Jiang You and Yi'er were worried about being poor here, but things did not develop in the direction they expected at all.

At the beginning of March, the Miaoxi War broke out, the general of the Turtle and Miao Kingdom, Mo Erchi, led five thousand elites to attack Rushing City at night, because of the tense situation in Miaoxi, Rushing City was defended day and night, so the Devil Blaze was not attacked for a long time, and fought until dawn, and Mo Erchi saw that the reinforcements of Treadsand City were coming in an instant, and he did not dare to fight, so he retreated.

In the battle of Rushing City, although the Gui Miao Kingdom did not get a bargain, it became the fuse of the Miao West War, and the Miao Xi garrison Meng Pingdong went on an 800-mile expedited fold overnight, and on the Yundu Jinluan Palace, Emperor Qiming waved his hand and finally decided to officially declare war on the Gui Miao Kingdom.

It's just about the choice of the commander, but the military officials in the court have their own words, and they don't give in to each other, and in the end, I don't know why, Emperor Qiming is to override public opinion, and named the old general Qin Bizhi as the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, commanding 100,000 elite soldiers, and expeditioning to turtle seedlings.

This Qin Bizhi is the teacher of Liang Wangye, originally the commander of the two Shaanxi Road General Economic Strategy, two years ago was transferred back to Beijing, into the cabinet to worship the prime minister, it seems to be beautiful, but the clear-eyed person understands that this is the result of the planning of the Weiqin Marquis who was in full swing at that time, in essence, it is the rise and descent of the dark, except for the idle position of a scholar of the Chaohuadian University, the real power on his body has been completely emptied. It was only later that the Marquis of Weiqin calculated the prince of Ningguo, and the Hou Mansion was demoted to the Weiqin Bo Mansion overnight, and Wei Daohuai died, and the former Weiqin Marquis Mansion was slumped and was squeezed out of the power center of the Dahui court.

Contrary to what happened to the Marquis of Weiqin's Mansion, Qin Bizhi was re-activated by Emperor Qiming in the spring after the decline of the Marquis of Weiqin's Mansion, and took over the appointment of Wei Daohuai and became the commander of the city guard.

This Qin Bizhi is over sixty years old, and some ministers call him old, and ask Emperor Qiming to choose another good general, but Emperor Qiming was not moved at all, and insisted on promoting him to the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, so that he could unify the elite soldiers of the Heavenly Dynasty and expedition to the turtle seedlings.

In fact, for this old general, Jiang You's evaluation of him in front of Yi'er is still very high, although this person is the king of Liang, but the veterans of these two dynasties, whether in the army, or in the official's reputation, are very prestigious, Emperor Qiming took him as the handsome, although it was unexpected, but after careful consideration, it was also reasonable. Of course, this is also a good thing for Jiang You, otherwise, what is in front of him is to be separated from Yi'er for a few months or even longer.

In the end, the battle in Miao Xi was as Jiang You predicted, Qin Bizhi led the troops to pull out the Black Deer Village, and after killing three thousand enemies, the army of the Turtle and Miao Kingdom hid in the jungle, unwilling to fight head-on with the Dahui Heavenly Soldiers, but sometimes sneak attacks at night to harass the nuisance, Qin Bizhi was unbearable, led the troops to chase in, but was repeatedly ambushed, suffered heavy casualties, and had to retreat to Tasha City.

At this point, this protracted battle has officially entered a tug-of-war.

On the battlefield, the two countries are at war, the origin of the consumption is huge, the competition is the national strength reserves, Dahui here, as far as Miaoxi, the soldiers are already a little unsuitable, grain and grass materials, should be supplied, but also climb the mountains and mountains, labor and labor, can be described as miserable. On the other hand, in the Guimiao country, the area around Miaoxi is their territory, and Guimiao has always advocated fighting to raise war, even if it is not possible to plunder materials, they can also hunt and hunt animals in the jungle, and basically achieve self-sufficiency.

Therefore, the longer the tug-of-war confrontation, the more unfavorable it will be to Dahui, Qin Bizhi knows the truth very well, but he has nothing to do, so he can only consume it like this.

It's just that this war dragged on for more than a year, and the pressure on the household to raise military salaries was extremely great, and the household department Shuishang Shu was on the table several times, called this war, the national strength was consumed too much, the treasury was empty, and it was not worth it.

Emperor Qiming also knew the stakes, but the war had started, and the great glory of the heavenly kingdom could not lose its momentum and took the initiative to seek peace. Coupled with the insistence of the main battle faction led by Ning Guogong and King Liang in the court, Emperor Qiming gritted his teeth and pressed down the fold of Shui Shangshu.

In March of the fourth year of Qiming, the Ningguo Mansion took the lead in donating 10,000 taels of silver to military funds, and the Ningguo Mansion took the lead, and the nobles and wealthy people in Beijing donated their money one after another, which temporarily alleviated the difficulty of raising military salaries from the household department.

As a result, under the repeated urging of Emperor Qiming, on the third day of the fifth month, Qin Bi led a large army to attack Yuankuzhai Village, but was ambushed by the turtle and Miao generals Moerduo, and suffered the most tragic defeat after the Miaoxi War, which is known as the rout of Yuankuzhai in history.

A total of tens of thousands of troops raided the Yuankuzhai village, and finally able to break through and escape back to Tasha City, but more than 2,000, the generals above the general flag, folded eighteen, even the commander Qin Bizhi, also wore several branches, after being rescued back to Tasha City by the soldiers, he was seriously injured and unconscious, for a while, the Dahui soldiers, morale was greatly injured, and the border pass was rushed back to Kyoto like snowflakes.

After Emperor Qiming learned the news, he fell down from the dragon chair in the Jinluan Hall and fainted, which frightened the civil and military officials in the court.

The situation was urgent, after being cured by the Taiyi disease, Emperor Qiming endured the discomfort of his body, and was carried back to the Jinluan Palace, and the hundred officials discussed politics.

Emperor Qiming hesitated, but at this time, Jiang You, the prince of Ningguo, stood up and refuted Shui Shangshu's claim for peace.

Emperor Qiming asked Jiang You.

Jiang You said: "The minister thinks that the battle between my Dahui and Guimiao will be a complete victory in the end." There are three reasons for this, one is the national strength, I am the kingdom of the Great Radiant Heavenly Dynasty, and the country of Guimiao is just a wild projectile land, which cannot be compared at all. Second, the military strength, I have countless good generals, millions of elite soldiers, strict military discipline, and the prosperity of the military is far from being comparable to the turtle seedlings. Three people's hearts, Gui Miao is a barbarian, burning and looting everywhere, making the Miao Ximin miserable, complaining, and I Dahui Xingyi Shi, begging the barbarians, is the destiny of heaven, how can there be a reason for not winning a complete victory? ”

Shui Shangshu said: "General Zhaoyi is conclusive, but how can he explain the fact of the defeat of Yuankuzhai? ”

Jiang You said: "A momentary victory or defeat is not enough. The barbarians occupy the geographical advantage, and the nature is easy to kill, everyone is brave, our army is indeed a little caught off guard, but they do not have systematic training drills, do not understand the battle formation, this is like a straggler, although all brave, after all, how can it be my well-trained Dahui Erlang's enemy? ”

Shui Shangshu said: "After all, General Zhaoyi's this, I don't know if it will drag on for three years or five years?" Can the general know how long my Dahui treasury can last? ”

Jiang You said: "Lord Shui only saw my embarrassment of Dahui, but he didn't see the difficulties of the Turtle Miao Country? ”

Shui Shangshu sneered: "The Turtle Miao Kingdom has always advocated fighting to raise war, and the longer it is fought, the less impact it will have. ”

Jiang You shook his head and said, "My lord is wrong. Do you know, why did the turtle seedlings suddenly use troops against me last year? ”

"The people of the barbarian tribe are not educated, and they are just wolves with ambitions."

"Definitely!" Jiang You said, "The area around Miaoxi has been in drought for several years, the grass and trees have dried up, and the number of beasts that can be used for hunting has also decreased year by year. ”

"So what?"

"In other words, at the beginning of this war, the food and armament of the Turtle Miao Country was already insufficient, and after this year's war, do you think that the adults will be easier than us?"

Shui Shangshu was stunned for a moment, unable to answer.

Jiang You continued: "So the turtle seedlings at this time are just the end of the strong crossbow, as long as they find the fighters and defeat them again, they are bound to collapse." ”

Emperor Qiming's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How can you make it defeated?" ”

Jiang You said: "The emperor should not forget, when the old general Qin first arrived in Miaoxi, he pulled out the black deer village and killed more than 3,000 enemies. ”

Emperor Qiming was immediately overjoyed and said, "General Jiang You of Zhaoyi stepped forward to listen to the seal. ”

Jiang You stepped forward, bent his knees on the ground, and bowed his head to listen to the order.

"Promote General Jiang You to be the Marquis of Pingxi, go to the military department, take the affairs of the Tian battalion, set off on the same day, unify the Tian, Huaishui battalion 50,000 elite soldiers, gallop to the aid of Miaoxi, and have full authority to blindly conquer everything in the west, there must be no mistake."

"Commandment."

In fact, Qin Bi was seriously injured by an arrow, and Jiang You knew that if he insisted on using troops against Gui Miao, he would go into battle and take command, but he was afraid that it would become a foregone conclusion, and naturally it was not to say that he was a great man, except for him, there was no talent for generals, but when it came to being close to Xinzhong, he was the best candidate in Emperor Qiming's heart, after all, a person with a far-reaching reputation, like Chang Yuanzhong, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, who made immortal achievements in the Northern Desert War, even if he was willing to fight for the imperial court in Miaoxi, Emperor Qiming would have a pimple in his heart, and whether he dared to use this person again is especially two.

It's just that Jiang You was originally the prince of Ningguo, and now Emperor Qiming has made an exception to seal the marquis, this praise is valued, try to look at the court's civil and military, and there is no one who can stand out.

The so-called military situation is tense, the soldiers are fast, from the Qiming Emperor Jinluan Palace to announce the decree, on the third day, Jiang You led a group of personal soldiers from the Dongshan camp, out of Yundu, to the camp of Jitian.

On the one hand, he was glad that Jiang You was appreciated by the emperor and entrusted with important tasks, but on the other hand, he was full of worries, and Yi'er was sent all the way, and finally if it wasn't for Yi'er to persuade her, she would almost have been able to follow Jiang You to the camp of Jitian.

Of course, Yi'er was also worried in her heart, but when she saw that the county lord of Huayang was in tears, she was about to cry into a tearful person, she could only suppress the parting feeling in her heart, and couldn't help comforting the county lord of Huayang.