Chapter 119: Father Li's resignation (Come on, Wuhan!) Come on, China! )
Chapter 119: Li's Father Resigns (Come on Wuhan!) Come on, China! )
After a night's rest, the originally tired sergeants returned to their previous energetic appearance, and marched towards Jizhou City under the leadership of the twelve horsemen, Xu Mengmeng's car was mixed in the middle of the army.
The army entered the city, and the military horses of the Northern Guard were withdrawing gloomily, and they not only lost nearly 100,000 troops in this battle, but almost all the generals who went out to fight were lost in the sand, which is not tragic!
"Ning Jun, would you like to come out and see me?" As soon as the guards all withdrew, Mu Jingyun turned his horse's head with red eyes, looked at the height of the city tower, and shouted unwillingly.
This roar that used all his strength echoed above the two armies, Xu Mengmeng naturally heard it, and under the gaze of thousands of soldiers, she jumped out of the carriage, stepped on the city tower step by step, stood on the high city tower, looked at Mu Jingyun below and said:
"The soldiers of the Northern Guard, in the past, I once said to the soldiers of Western Chu that it is the next policy to enrich the country and strengthen the people by plundering, although my Eastern Jin Kingdom is not strong, but there are many men with strong blood, so for those who dare to offend my Eastern Jin Dynasty territory, even if they lose their own cheap life, they will be punished even if they are far away!"
"Although it is far away, it will be punished", "although it is far away, it will be punished", "although it is far away, it will be punished"......
Xu Mengmeng's voice was not loud, but what he said was recognized by the soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and suddenly these four words echoed in the sky over the entire Jicheng.
"Mu Jingyun, please remember that the reason why I, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, will let you leave today, is not because I don't have the ability to leave you all, but because I don't want more brothers to lose their precious lives, so in the future, you Beiwei Kingdom should not blindly provoke, otherwise we don't mind directly entering your capital!" Xu Mengmeng continued to say with a straight face.
At this moment, the eyes of the Northern Guard sergeants were focused on the thin white figure on the city tower, such a small figure bathed in the morning light, but it exuded a shocking momentum to look at the world, they admired this woman who killed many of their brothers for the first time, and they envied the enemy army for having such a general, although she was a woman!
"Ning Jun, you are beautiful! This attack on your Eastern Jin Dynasty is indeed the most wrong decision we have made! I will convey your words to my brother Wang! After Mu Jingyun finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and led the army away.
Although the enemy army was far away, Xu Mengmeng did not leave immediately, she quietly stared at the empty grass outside the city, and felt that her breathing was much freer for a moment.
"Sister, what are you looking at?" The young man's crisp voice sounded behind him.
Xu Mengmeng turned around and evoked a gentle smile, the golden sunlight hit her delicate face, inexplicably making people feel relieved and warm, this smile was still remembered by the teenager many years later.
"Let's go back! Bring back the people of Jizhou City! Xu Mengmeng patted the young man's shoulder and walked down the city tower, the young man glanced back, saw that there was nothing on the empty grass, and immediately followed.
Five days later, the court received the news of the victory ahead, and along with the good news, there was also a letter written by Xu Mengmeng himself, which was roughly as follows:
Although the Northern Guard temporarily retreated, the border is not a peaceful place, and the ministers are willing to live in this cold and bitter place from now on to defend the territory of our Eastern Jin Dynasty. Not long ago, Weichen happened to meet the orphan of General Bai, Bai Junning, the son of the loyal and righteous marquis, saw his natural appearance and intelligence, and took pity on him alone, so he took him with him to take care of it, and hoped that the saint would not read it!
Originally, everyone's joy at the defeat of the guards was transformed into astonishment after hearing the content of this recital, no one expected that Ning Jun, who had won the battle, did not plan to return to Beijing, so how to solve the problem of whether he was a man or a woman?
And isn't the White Mansion full of beheadings? Where did Bai Junning, the son of the Loyal Marquis, come from? Ning Jun actually planned to keep him by his side to take care of him, didn't he plan to hand over the northern border to him in the future? So what is the relationship between Ning Jun and Bai Fu?
The expressions of everyone in the court were incomprehensible, and Sima Ze's face on the dragon chair was not good-looking, he didn't expect Ning Jun to have the idea of not returning to Beijing, and the most angry person in the court was Zhao Taifu, originally he was still going to wait for Ning Jun to return, and make a big fuss about him being a woman, if Ning Jun didn't come back, then his plan would be all in vain.
"Emperor Qi, this time General Ning has made meritorious contributions to defending our country's borders, and he should be rewarded, and there are also orphans in the Loyal and Righteous Mansion, and the Holy Lord should comfort him to calm the hearts of the people!" Before everyone could speak, Zhao Jingyuan stood up eagerly.
"What the Taifu said is very true! The order is passed down, General Ning has made meritorious contributions to protecting the country, and ordered him to enter Beijing in the near future, and I will personally reward him in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty! In addition, Bai Junning, the Marquis of Zhongyi, was named the king of Anping County, and was given the county king's mansion to reward 10,000 taels of silver and a number of jade! At this time, compared to dealing with Ning Jun, Sima Ze was more concerned about Bai Junning.
Although Li Wenqi knew that the emperor and Zhao Taifu wanted to be unfavorable to Ning Jun, the reasons they found were clear, and he was powerless to stop them.
When the holy decree was transmitted to Jizhou, Xu Mengmeng felt that her three views were refreshed by Sima Ze, she didn't expect Sima Ze to be so small-bellied, she had already expressed her determination to stay in the north and no longer care, but he still refused to let go of herself? Is he still the same person in his original memory?
However, Xu Mengmeng had already made up her mind not to return to Beijing, and she had also imagined this situation, so she naturally had already thought of a way to deal with it - pretending to be sick.
The minister who went to announce Xu Mengmeng's rogue behavior was helpless, and finally had to return to Beijing in a gloomy manner.
"What about people? Why did you come back on your own? I didn't see the person I wanted to see, Sima Ze's brows tightened.
"Back to the emperor, General Ning said that he had thanked the saint for his kindness, and it was the duty of every Eastern Jin Dynasty sergeant to protect his family and defend the country, and he did not dare to say anything.
In addition, he recently had a disagreement with the Marquis of Zhongyi...... It is the king of Anping County who is sick, the road from Jizhou to the capital is far away, and I am afraid that the weak body will not be able to bear it, so I hope that the saint will understand and let him stay in Jizhou to recuperate with peace of mind! The person who came to reply saw Sima Ze's expression, and replied cautiously.
"Got it, you go down!" Sima Ze knew Ning Jun's cunning level very well, and he had already guessed that he would not be able to obey, so he was angry in his heart, but he did not bring his anger to the innocent.
After the man left, Sima Ze pondered alone for a while, and finally relieved, since Ning Jun was very good to Bai Junning, and he had no objections, but had the ability to protect the northern border, then let him be his mountain king in Jizhou!
However, although Sima Ze didn't plan to care about it, Zhao Jingyuan didn't plan to let Ning Jun go, so everyone had almost forgotten that Ning Jun was a woman and he reopened it.
At this time, there was no border crisis, everyone no longer needed to rely on Ning Jun, and Zhao Jingyun was an obstacle, and for a while Ning Jun became the object of the world's officials' verbal criticism, and most of the civil officials in the DPRK and China were forced to ask Sima Ze to punish Ning Jun under pressure, and the military attaches also echoed it because of their interests.
Sima Ze had just ascended the throne, the power of the DPRK and China was unstable, and there was nothing to be done in the face of the pressure of the ministers, so he set his eyes on Li Wenqi and An Qingyuan, the only ones who did not speak out on the side.
Li Wenqi looked around at the ugly faces of his colleagues, and a deep sense of disappointment and disgust welled up in his heart, he walked out of the crowd without Sima Ze's expectations, raised his hand tremblingly, took off the black gauze hat on his head, and knelt down to Sima Ze and said:
"Your Majesty, Weichen is old, he has been ill in recent days, I am afraid that he is not suitable to work for the country anymore, please allow the old minister to resign and go into hiding!"
"Li Aiqing is unwell, I can allow you to recuperate for a period of time, and then send the imperial doctor to treat you, as for the resignation, you will be exempted!" Sima Ze still cherishes his talents, although Li Wenqi has maintained Ning Jun a lot, but he still won't embarrass him in terms of his personality, and he doesn't want to lose such a talent.
However, Father Li, who had seen through the hypocrisy of everyone in the court, did not buy Sima Ze's retention, and still knelt in place and insisted on saying: "The old minister has thanked the saint for his kindness, but the old minister has made up his mind, and I ask the emperor to accept the minister's request for the sake of the minister's loyalty to the country for so many years!" ”
He had already shown his goodwill, but Li Wenqi didn't go down this step, and Sima Ze was also a little annoyed for a while, and waved his big hand and shouted: "So I will allow you!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Longen! Take care! Li Wenqi put the black gauze hat on the ground, got up, and walked out resolutely.
"Ning Jun's matter will be discussed later, retreat from the dynasty!" Sima Ze got up and flicked his sleeves and strode away directly, leaving the ministers looking at each other, and among these people, only An Qingyuan smiled deeply.