Chapter Twenty-Five: Jingwen (will end, 5,000 words per chapter, 5,000 words!) )
Yun Dan couldn't wait, and personally urged the horse to run forward, and Yibi took out three flying knives from his sleeve and sandwiched them between his right fingers. Eyesore, you all deserve to die, Lady, Queen......" she muttered to herself.
The Tibetans did not harbor different intentions, which made this battle develop in the most chaotic direction.
Yun Dan sneered, and three knives shot out at the same time.
Because it was too chaotic, only one shot hit the attendant on the side of Concubine Shu. There were too many guards around Lin Yuan, more than a dozen of them fell, and more people galloped over from all around to surround her in the center, and Yun Dan's flying knife couldn't penetrate it at all.
The other two missed their heads and flew farther away.
At this time, Yun Dan didn't notice that when she was and Lin Yuan, when this straight line extended to the opposite side, it was Wen Zhuang and Prince Chizhen.
Wen Zhuang grabbed the Tiger King's silver spear in one hand, pointed it at his neck, and stared at him arrogantly. And the Tiger King was already so angry that he scolded Wen Zhuang for betraying the Han King and Mongolia.
He is a warrior, but he really doesn't have the courage to stab him with a shot at this time.
He already wanted to bow his head and beg the concubine - it was impossible to retreat, and the concubine had to give in.
However, there was no need for him to bend down. Wen Zhuang's face froze suddenly, and her fingers holding the silver spear slowly loosened, and finally the whole person collapsed to the ground.
She fell motionless, with a small, delicate blade stuck in her back.
The tips of the fingers slowly turned into an eerie bruising color.
She struggled to raise her head, and in a dim light she saw dust rising from the northern sky.
It was a brave group of elite soldiers, dressed in cyan armor, but the tassels on the helmets were as white as snow. They ran closer and closer. The leader cried out in grief: "The Great Khan is dead—"
The Eagle King galloped from behind her: "Save the concubine, come here, is there a medical girl......
The heaven and earth in Wen Zhuang's eyes gradually turned into an indifferent background. Blood was pouring from the corners of her lips, and her hands were clasped to the ground.
The cavalry with white tassels was getting closer and closer, but unfortunately, they were still late.
Wen Zhuang tried in vain to survive, she looked at her son with infinite nostalgia and muttered, "Why...... There was no time. ”
Won Yeol is dead, she finally waited for this day. She knew that she would succeed, Yuan Lie led his troops to attack the Xiongnu royal city, he would not have imagined that a group of assassins pretending to be Huns would ambush him after the army.
She had already calculated the days, and she knew that Won Yeol would die on this day. As long as Yuan Lie died, the great Mongolian country became the bag of their mother and son. The Eagle King had already surrendered to Chizhen, and that Tiger King was a trouble. But it doesn't matter, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the hands of the Tiger King are all from different tribes, and then they will be lured and wooed by each other, and they will always fall apart.
And the two countries in front of them are at war...... Joke. The Tiger King has lost Yuan Lie's support, is he still qualified to call the shots? Naturally, the Mongol army had to obey Chizhen's orders.
Ha, haha! She's already won!
Chi Zhen is about to become the new Khan King! Yuan Lie died in a hurry, he didn't have time to draw up a candidate for the prince, according to Mongolian practice, it was nothing more than a successor and a chief! And Chi Zhen, he has two complete pairs, and the original concubine did not give birth to a son......
It's a pity that I can't see that day......
Wen Zhuang finally stopped struggling. She smiled and closed her eyes, her fingers loosening.
***
Lin Yuan woke up that night.
It was still that humble house, and on the edge of the bed sat a maid with martial arts, dozing off with her head down. She got up and looked around, but did not see the shadow of the emperor.
One hand touched the wound on the placket, which was cut open by the arrow. Although a lot of blood was shed, the wound was shallow.
She frowned, opened her mouth to drink water, and the maid woke up. She got up and poured a bowl of hot water and brought it over, and said, "This place is the most expensive water, you can save some of it." Well, your wound will be able to get out of bed tomorrow, so don't touch it today. ”
Her expression was a little arrogant. As a female commander who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, being transferred to serve the imperial concubine is to bend her identity. However, the people in their Dongchang are the most loyal and brave, and they have received the grace of Concubine Shu, and they come to serve at this time, Lin Yuan does not have to worry about what she will not do.
Lin Yuan also knew that this maid had a noble status, how could she dare to be like the first peach and them, so she smiled and said: "Thank you Miss Liu for your thoughtfulness, today on the battlefield, thanks to you for protecting me......"
Liu smiled casually. After a while, she got up and put away the agate fragments on the bedside: "The jade pendant of this koi agate has been broken to pieces." What should I do? Please show me. ”
"Grind it into powder and throw it away." Lin Yuan smiled, her heart full of joy.
Of course, she doesn't know martial arts, and the placement of this jade pendant was consulted by Miss Liu. At that time, as soon as Bai Fanfu left her side, someone immediately couldn't wait to do it. Concubine Zhen has hundreds of thousands of Tibetan soldiers and horses to drive, and it is really difficult to guard against such a powerful force, and it is impossible for her to be unscathed.
Protect your heart with a jade pendant, as long as it doesn't lead to death.
I can't help but laugh out loud when I think about it...... As she lay on the ground, her eyes kept on her eyes. She watched Wen Zhuang fall!
There are two ways, one is to assassinate Wen Zhuang with Bai Fan's strength as a killer, and the other is to lure Yundan to cause chaos. The result was a bit unexpected, and it was the second method that succeeded.
When she made this decision, she hesitated - even if Wen Zhuang should be killed, if she is not careful, she may lose her life. However, now it seems that even if she is unlucky enough to die under the Yundan knife, this deal must be made!
Because Wonyeol is dead.
There was only one thing she hadn't expected at all.
She looked up at the dark window. There was a crisp sound of "jade drum" faintly.
It came from a Mongol barracks across the city. When the new Mongol king waited for the throne, the whole country would play music and drums all night long, without stopping for seven consecutive days. Even though they were in the midst of the war, the Mongols immediately proclaimed a new king and held ceremonies as usual, and rejoiced day and night.
There is no doubt that it was Prince Chizhen who ascended the throne. Even if his noble status is put aside, there is still the Eagle King who has always been at odds with the Tiger King standing behind him.
It turns out that Wen Zhuang is not just a fateful and pro-princess. She is about to have a country.
Lin Yuan was very scared, but fortunately Wen Zhuang was dead. Otherwise, with her supporting King Wu and Feng Huaien, what terrible things would happen in the future?
"Mongolia has already submitted its credentials for peace tonight." Liu put a bowl of wontons in front of Lin Yuan: "They will withdraw tomorrow, but ...... Khan King Chizhen refused to accede to Qin's conditions. ”
"This is natural, Qi Lianshan is not easy to get it, it is not easy for them to spit it out." Lin Yuan had expected such a result: "But this matter is decided by the emperor, and it is not something that this palace should worry about." ”
Her face was full of lightness.
The consequences of the Mongol regime would have annoyed him. Wen Zhuang didn't want to fight anymore, but she wouldn't give up the land and wealth that her husband had fought so hard to win all his life. Therefore, the current Mongols have used a rogue strategy, simply returning to the dynasty, but occupying the cities south of the Qilian Mountains and the border towns of the old summer will not let go.
"Your Majesty hasn't slept yet." Lin Yuan called out to Chu Xue to come in, and said, "I saw that the candle in the courtyard outside was still lit." You go and bring a small pot of wolfberry flower tea that we brought from the capital, the emperor is not easy, how can you not be anxious about the major affairs of the military ......"
She said in a whisper, thinking about it and said, "And Concubine Zhen will also send a little bit." Concubine Zhen is frightened today, is she still cold? Saying that, she covered her lips and smiled, Concubine Zhen didn't kill her and made such a big noise, but the emperor found out that she must have shrunk and didn't dare to go out at this time, and Bacheng also made up a fake name for illness.
Don't worry, this account will be settled with her sooner or later!
Hatsuyuki holds a tea leaf in her hand. She stood in the shadow of the screen, her body stiff and not as agile as before.
Lin Yuan urged a little impatiently: "Go quickly!" Don't forget to say hello to Lord Xue in front of the emperor......"
"!" Chu Xue suddenly interrupted her: "The emperor is still on the council, and no one is there...... Don't you know yet, mother? The Mongolian Empress Dowager Jingwen was regent, and she killed all the main battle henchmen led by the Tiger King, and ordered the Eagle King to lead the army deep into the Xiongnu border to compete with Daqin for the land. If it was just a young Khan King Chizhen, it would be fine, but the Empress Dowager Jingwen was deep and very difficult to deal with, and the emperor was anxious about it......"
"Well, then give the things to the palace maid in front of the palace. The emperor works hard, and the palace can't do anything, and the major events in the world are not something that the palace can interfere in......" Lin Yuan's expression was scattered.
However, in the next moment, her voice stopped abruptly.
She slowly turned her head sideways: "Chu Xue, what did you just say?" Empress Dowager Jingwen of Mongolia...... Who's that? ”
Chu Xue lowered her head and didn't dare to answer.
Lin Yuan's face turned snow-white.
***
August 23 of the 19th year of Qianwu is also the first year of the new Mongolian calendar. Empress Dowager Jingwen was regent as the concubine of the first Khan, which was unprecedented in the history of foreign vassals.
Especially in the northern tribes, there is still uncivilized barbarism in folklore. In the old practice, when a Khan died, the women he left behind would be inherited by his sons like property. It may seem appalling that a princess marries more than three times in her life and ends up as a concubine of her grandson.
There are no wonders about the size of the world. The women of the Tibetan State can override the heads of men, but the status of the women of the Mongols and Xiongnu is not even as good as the women of the Qin State.
But now the Empress Dowager Jingwen is able to stand behind the Khan King......
This incident caused an uproar in the Mongolian court. The "Queen Mother" throne was not originally available in Mongolia, even if her son became a Khan, she would marry her son as a concubine, so why did she come to the Queen Mother? It is certainly not easy for Wen Zhuang to set this precedent. On August 24, the Mongolian generals were ordered to withdraw from Guan County, and at that time, the Empress Dowager Jingwen had already killed dozens of generals including the Tiger King. Five days later, the Empress Dowager Jingwen once again executed the ministers who opposed the Empress Dowager's arrival on charges of collaborating with the enemy.
Wen Zhuang's approach to political opponents is simple. Qin Jun was pressing forward step by step, and she didn't have time to play tricks, she had the support of the Eagle King, and decisively wiped out all opposing voices. She even ignored the situation on the battlefield, and several generals who could fight well did not escape.
She stepped on the blood to ascend to the phoenix throne, the only regret is that she can't really be "in the dynasty" in her life.
In the melee in Jingbian City, she was seriously poisoned and injured, and although she was lucky to pick up a life, she could no longer walk.
She lay in the magnificent palace chamber that did not see the light of day, and gave orders one by one oracle. She began to plunder neighboring countries and various tribes, ransack the treasury of the old Xia, forcibly occupied the crater of the Qilian Mountain and Louhe River, which was rich in gold and agate, and soon after Chizhen ascended to the throne, she seized the Qin army ahead of the Qin army and captured Shan Yuting, which the Qin people had been coveting.
Her actions quickly annoyed the Emperor of Qin.
In September, Tuoba Hong marched westward and attacked the Mongol border city of Serenke.
In this battle, the Mongols lost the city. However, they soon attacked northwards and captured more of the Xiongnu steppe.
Wen Zhuang knew her imperial brother too well. She plundered the land on one wall, but offered her wealth and beauties to the Qin State to sue for peace, wanting to quell the war.
"Has the emperor really decided to negotiate peace?" Lin Yuan grinds in Tuoba Hong's study. This is Lianke City, a pastoral area with the most extensive pastures and swamps.
Because of the abundant water and grass, cattle and sheep everywhere, the wind and sand in this place are much better than those in Jingbian City. However, this Lianke city is said to be a city, but the people are the most primitive herdsmen, they do not have red walls and bricks, and they use cow dung and adobe to set up tents to live. Even the walls were made of haystacks and earth.
The days outside of September are already frosty. Lin Yuan's outstretched hand was already frozen red.
More than 10 years ago, I lived in a tent in the deer enclosure, which was called novelty. Now to live in the city of Lianke is a sin.
Tuoba Hong didn't raise his head. After a while, he rubbed his brows and sighed.
"Yuan'er ......" He hasn't slept for two days in a row. He weakly reached out to touch the teacup, Lin Yuan hurriedly handed him a full cup of warm water, he grabbed it and drank it in one gulp.
Lin Yuan looked at him sympathetically.
"Great Qin has already paid such a big price...... Thousands of soldiers died under the Mongolian saber, but now they want to negotiate peace......" He suddenly grabbed the finished tea bowl and threw it on the ground: "I am not reconciled! ”
"Your Majesty!" Lin Yuan hurriedly held his hand: "The emperor has worked hard, and his anger hurts his body even more......"
The Empress Dowager Jingwen of Mongolia is a tricky woman. Today, the Qin state was forced into a very embarrassing situation by the Mongols - continuing the war, the Mongols changed the tactics of frontal confrontation to delay guerrilla warfare, and they did not seek to seize more territory, but only to drag down the Qin state. If peace had been negotiated at this level, the war with the Mongols would have been in vain for many years.
However, today's Qin State is no longer rich as it used to be, and compared to Mongolia, the Xiongnu are the number one enemy. If Mongolia could negotiate peace, it would be much easier for the whole country, and the taxes would not have to be that high.
The letter of the Mongol peace request has been sent to the capital. Most of the courtiers led by the East Palace are all lords.
Tuoba Hong reluctantly waved his hand: "Don't worry. You go out and invite King Wu and General Feng and General Xue to come in, and ...... What about Concubine Zhen? She said yesterday that she would bring in a woman who is good at the guqin to serve, and you should send someone to bring it. ”
Lin Yuan responded as he was told. Tuoba Hong fought in Beisai for many years and captured many foreign women in the north. Especially the women of the Huns, who are tall and have deep facial features, have a unique taste. At first, he still felt fresh, but after a long time, he got tired of it, and if he talked about exoticism, guarding such a golden pimple as Yundan, the people around him were compared to the dirt.
Nowadays, most of the female slaves are rewarded to the generals below. Tuoba Hong missed the graceful and lovely women in the south of the Qin State again, but because of the anxiety of the war, he was unable to make a big move, and ordered the women to be sent to Beisai.
Lin Yuan did her best to serve the emperor, but Concubine Zhen came up with a ghost idea and privately recruited a few girls from the good family of Qin to stuff them to the emperor.
Lin Yuan scoffed at this.
After saying goodbye to the emperor's tent, she sent a message to the king of Wu, and took a bag of mare's milk to the guard tower of the military camp and sat on it to watch the sunset. Chu Xue took the account book and followed behind her and said, "According to the decree of the Fengdong Palace, five thousand quintals of grain and rice have been transported from the capital. It's all brown rice, and we can't give it to our soldiers, and we have been giving porridge to the people on the border between the two countries for the past few days. He couldn't help laughing as he spoke: "Our Great Qin Land is rich in resources, and if we fight again, the people will be able to eat more or less." Even if the Huns didn't fight, they wouldn't have enough to eat. Two days ago, in the battle of Fushui, the Huns ran across the border in spite of the ban because of our soup porridge, and even many Hun soldiers surrendered to death for a bite to eat...... Ah......h
The prince supervised the grain and grass in the rear, and although the military budget was tight, he still insisted on taking out a part of the grain and rice for soup kitchen. After this method was used, the soldiers of the Qin State praised the intelligence of the East Palace in unison, and they were able to recapture a large area of grassland without dying, and they also gained a good reputation.
Tuoba Qi can't go to the battlefield to win meritorious feats like his fifth brother, but the efforts and results he made were seen by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
Although King Wu went out with his father at a young age, he was too young to lead the troops alone, and several victories were picked up behind General Luo.
"Although there is praise under the East Palace, we still can't take it lightly." Lin Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the mountain in the distance: "King Wu has led his troops out of the city again...... The kid's tone was not small, and he said that he was going to take the Wusheling Mountain Range of Qilian Mountain. Feng Huaien was ordered to fight the northern land of the Xiongnu, but in addition to General Feng, there were also reinforcements from Tubo to support King Wu. ”
"The Tibetan people have nothing to fear." Chu Xue hung her head and crushed the dough in the mare's milk: "Is it my race, does the emperor still plan to set up Concubine Zhen as the adoptive mother of King Wu?" Even if the Tubo people helped Daqin, at most they just sent a large sum of money and property to express their gratitude, where did the emperor tolerate Concubine Zhen getting involved in the Qin regime? ”
"That's just as well." Lin Yuan yawned: "Hmm, didn't you pass it on Concubine Zhen's side?" The emperor asked her to bring the Han girl who was good at the piano...... Why, there hasn't been any movement yet. ”
"The slave and maid have already passed the ......" Chu Xue looked at Concubine Zhen's tent not far away, and showed doubts: "But master, did Concubine Zhen actually offer Han flowers to the saint?" With Concubine Zhen's temperament, how could she offer the woman next to her to serve the emperor? Even when the queen was the most favored, she refused to use the method of sharing favors......"
It's different from ordinary concubines. Yun Dan is too proud and persistent, it is one thing for the queen to be more favored than her, but it is another thing to send other women to her husband's bed with her own hands.
Lin Yuan didn't answer. After a while, a smile overflowed at the corner of her lips: "That Han Hua'er is not just a singer who is good at the piano...... I'm afraid she won't be able to get out, so let's wait and see a good show. ”
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