The gates were wide open.

Fang Ruohua led all the soldiers out of the city and rushed straight into the enemy formation.

Unless the heavens and the earth are hanging upside down, even the lord of Darong and the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty will not be able to dismantle the soldiers on both sides who have been forced to rise in blood by the hatred between generations.

Fang Ruohua also looked a little less calm, the long knife slashed the enemy's head, the rolling head, and the wreckage of the broken arm, which could not move her at all.

Growing up so far, Fang Ruohua finally knows that her body has been branded with the ruthlessness and tenacity unique to soldiers.

As soon as she goes up to the battlefield, her hands, her body, and her thoughts will turn into spears and arrows, piercing her enemies without dying.

The Northern Barbarians charged like crazy.

Fang Ruohua led an army of less than 1,000 people, as unshakable as the Dinghai Divine Needle.

There were constant sounds of fighting and explosions in the rear.

The fighting lasted from the middle of the day to the treetops of the moon, and finally gradually stopped.

Fang Ruohua...... Da Zhou finally won the war.

The first rays of morning light reflect the sky.

The town in the east is full of joy, and the lights are everywhere, and the common people take out the fine food that they will not easily take out to enjoy at home, and make the best noodles for everyone in the city to enjoy.

There was cheering outside.

In the backyard of the General's Mansion, Dongting Xuan.

The atmosphere was also very gentle, at least the messy map on the table had been collected, and the sand table had been moved to the warehouse.

The girl in the yard who came from nowhere, chattering while kicking the shuttlecock, is very lively.

The warm sun shines on people's bones, and there is a tingling warmth in their bones.

Fang Ruohua poured Bai Shao a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Wu Qien ran away, don't care if you can catch it or not, just this one Da Rong prince falls into our hands, it is enough for King Rong to suffer." ”

Bai Shao crooked on the bed, stretched out his hand to take it, and drank two sips slowly, looking very comfortable.

The newly-changed mattress was stained black and red with blood, and the four-year-old duck sent by the people in the east had not yet turned into soup, and hung half-dead from the window.

Bai Shao stared at the fat duck and drooled, Xu Liu sat on the side and peeled apples for him, and when he saw his expression, he couldn't help but glance at the door.

Fortunately, the door was closed tightly, otherwise outsiders would have seen Donglin, a wise man praised by everyone in the world, a Confucian general, who looked like this, so why not?

Donglin has been supported over the years, and most of them rely on Bai Shao's good reputation.

Qian Feng turned around twice outside the door, and the guards at the door glanced at each other, all of them were a little surprised: "Commander Qian, if you have something, I will go in and pass it on?" The old man is awake at this time, and His Royal Highness the Sea King is also inside. ”

They don't treat Qian Feng as an outsider now.

After a bloody fight, all the people who survived were robe Ze's siblings, and they were really closer than anyone else.

Qian Feng gritted his teeth, but still let people spread the word, and slowly walked into the door by himself.

When he entered the door and saw Bai Shao's cheeks sunken, his cheekbones protruding, and the snow-white bandages still oozing blood, Qian Feng couldn't help but pause.

The smell of the decoction on the table is always a little unpleasant.

Bai Shao turned his head to look at him and smiled: "What's the matter?" ”

Qian Feng's lips moved, he suddenly turned around, and the whole person was stuck to the wall, his head buried in the cold hollow, and his mind recalled the secret decree that he had just gotten his hand on, from the Imperial Palace in the capital, written by His Majesty himself.

Bai Shao was quickly escorted back to Beijing for trial.

His whole body was poured with a basin of cold water.

Before, he had never questioned any of His Majesty's orders.

His Majesty is always right, His Majesty can't be wrong, but he never expected that what he was waiting for would be such a secret decree.

Escort General Bai back to Beijing for trial?

What to judge?

Does Your Majesty want to question a veteran who lost half his life on the battlefield for the sake of Da Zhou? Questioning his loyalty, questioning his contributions?

Fang Ruohua saw his appearance, and he knew in his heart, "Let Bai Shao return to Beijing?" ”

Bai Shao also frowned, but his expression was quite calm.

Fang Ruohua also smiled: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty to have such a thick skin, but if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising, the more meritorious you are, the more prestige you have in the army, the more uneasy he is." ”

In all dynasties, in fact, every emperor always has to be on guard against and win over military generals.

"Today he is a qualified emperor." Fang Ruohua restrained his smile, his expression was a little cold, "It's okay for you to be greedy for money and lustful, it's not a big sin to even be foolish, even if you don't lead troops to fight, the emperor won't hate you so much." ”

"But if you make him feel uneasy, even if there is no evidence, only suspicion. I suspect that you have thoughts about his dragon chair, as long as you are a qualified emperor, you will definitely respond, and you will not continue to stay in a place where he can't reach to take charge of the army. ”

Fang Ruohua said softly: "Isn't now the best time to clean up you?" ”

There's never been a better time than now.

Northern Xinjiang has just experienced a big war, the Northern Barbarians have been disabled, and they can't slow down for a while, Bai Shao's old foundation has also been consumed, and his soldiers are also seriously damaged, and there are only a few thousand remnants left.

At this time, what does the emperor want to do?

Bai Shao shook his head: "Commander Qian, rest assured, old decay will not embarrass you." ”

Qian Fengden lowered his head, not knowing what to say for a while.

He was somewhat unable to stay in the room and walked away in embarrassment.

Bai Shao looked at his back and walked away, and suddenly said faintly: "You go back to Ship Island as soon as possible, and you will be more restrained recently." ”

Fang Ruohua was also a little silent for a while.

This big victory, no matter how you look at it, should be a great achievement, the emperor did not say that the fastest speed of the order to commend, reward the three armies, the addition of officials into the knighthood, the promotion of reuse, the promotion of reuse, but the first time to order Bai Shao to escort into Beijing, it is estimated that there have been army movements around to prevent the northern army mutiny.

She really got to know him better as an emperor.

Bai Shao sighed: "When people get old, they are always soft-hearted, and they are indeed becoming more and more useless. ”

Fang Ruohua shook his head: "Anyway, I won't let my fate be controlled by others, and that person is the so-called emperor is no exception." ”

"What people!"

The guard outside the window pulled out his gun, a gunshot rang out, only a muffled snort was heard, and the sound of fists and feet intersecting sounded, and then there was a plop, and someone fell down, and then screamed miserably: "Wait, stop, it's all ...... Own! ”

Bai Shao was stunned: "Qi Wu? ”

The guard pushed the door and dragged a person in and threw it on the ground, the long knife in his hand never left the vital point of the opponent's neck, as long as this person moved a little, it was obvious that his head would be in a different place.

Everyone in the room took a closer look, and the person who came had been ripped off from head to toe, his clothes were in disarray, all the buttons were torn off, his hair was unkempt, and it was obvious that even his hair had been carefully examined, and the whole person was embarrassed.

Bai Shao: "...... Misunderstand. ”

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "He is a member of the rebel army, His Royal Highness the Sea King, please let him go." ”

Fang Ruohua took the teacup and shrugged.

The guard did not move at all, and said expressionlessly: "According to the security regulations, this person's identity is unknown, his behavior is sneaky, and the threat of force must be completely lifted, if General Bai must ask to let this person go, then I have to break his limbs and seal his mouth, so as not to endanger my sea king." ”

The corners of Bai Shao's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to look at the person on the ground with difficulty, before he could speak, this Qi Wu on the ground was already indignant and angry: "Shi Ke can not be humiliated, the Sea King is also a hero, how can he humiliate Qi so much?" ”

Fang Ruohua smiled: "Let's not talk about whether I am a hero or not, those who are broken into the house with bad intentions and greet them with a smile are definitely not heroes, they must be idiots." ”

Qi Wuyi choked, obviously he didn't expect this sea king to be very powerful, he was silent for a moment, tried to ignore the knife on his neck, straightened his face, turned his head to look at Bai Shao, and said righteously: "Bai Ye, I just want to ask Bai Ye when I come over, King Ming intends to make you my forward general, Yu Donglin raised troops, captured Jingshi, killed the Zhao rebels, and restored my great Chen Guozuo, are you willing?" ”

Bai Shaodeng was stunned, turned his head to look at Fang Ruohua, his expression was shocked, he never expected that King Ming's people would expose themselves in front of others.

Fang Ruohua didn't show surprise, just stared at Qi Wu and sneered: "You said such fatal words in front of me, it can be seen that your King Ming did not take Old Man Bai's life to heart." ”

Qi Wu's expression did not move: "His Royal Highness the Sea King is a hero in the world, and our King Ming is also a long-standing admiration, I believe that you will never do anything unjust, not to mention that Bai Shao was originally a general under the throne of my Ming, and in the past, he let him be a thief, which was a last resort, but now Da Zhou has lost his way, with the prestige of King Ming and Old Man Bai, he will ascend to the heights, and he will inevitably be a righteous man in the world, and the person who should be like a cloud, how can he be afraid of the Great Zhou?" ”

The atmosphere in the room was solemn for a while.

Bai Shao's face was as difficult to look at as it was to the naked eye, he tried to sit up straight, looked at Qi Wu, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes, and he couldn't care about Ruohua here: "Although the Northern Barbarians were defeated and suffered heavy losses, it was not without the strength of a battle, if something happened at this time, our Northern Army would inevitably leave Shanyang Pass, and the entire Shanyang Pass would no longer be able to stop the defenders of the Northern Barbarians." ”

"In addition, when the Central Plains is bound to be in turmoil, the Northern Barbarians will definitely take the opportunity to go south, and from then on, how can this be the world that His Royal Highness King Ming wants?"

Qi Wu frowned, very disapproving: "General Bai is also too worried. Even if those barbarians enter the customs, it is just a plunder, as long as I can win the world, I can do other things. ”

As he spoke, his expression turned cold, slightly suspicious, "King Ming said that the time was ripe and asked you to respond to the incident, but you were unwilling, but you are nostalgic for the high-ranking officials of the Great Zhou?" ”

Bai Shao's heart froze, he only felt that something was flowing from his heart, and it was like a big dream, he was tired, he closed his eyes, and he didn't want to tell about the efforts he had made over the years to abandon his family and business.

He only sighed and reluctantly said: "If I am not in Shanyang Pass, the order of the Ming King, I dare not disobey, but I am staying here, the life and death of the Northern Xinjiang are all in my hands, when my ancestors were there, I formed a blood feud with the Northern Barbarians, and the descendants of future generations dare not or forget." ”

"When we overthrow the Zhao family, King Ming sits on the world and becomes the lord of the world, the people of the Central Plains, and his people, no matter what, as the monarch's father, how can he let the Northern Barbarians enter the country and let the people die under the iron horse?"

Seeing that he was decisive, Qi Wu's expression gradually became cold, shook his head, and said softly: "You are still so stubborn, as long as we can sit on the world, temporarily allow the barbarians to have some gold and silver money, what does it matter if the land and population matter, we can take it back sooner or later." ”

"Whew!"

Fang Ruohua couldn't help it and laughed.

Qi Wu turned his head and saw that her face was extremely contemptuous, his heart was angry, he opened his mouth to scold, and before he could say anything, he let the guard 'gently' pat it with a knife, the cold blade was reflected on his face, and the unspoken foul language was immediately put back.

Fang Ruohua yawned: "I originally wanted to give the righteous army a face, how can they be business partners, but listening to your mouth full of feces, I'm afraid it's only good for the righteous army." ”

Qi Wu was taken aback: "You, what are you going to do?" ”

Fang Ruohua shook his head.

"Go ahead, after the review, it's disposed of, I see that his face is arrogant, not like a person who can keep the bottom line, it is estimated that it is a capital crime.

The guard leaned down, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him out.

Qi Wu changed color in shock: "Bai Shao, General Bai, General Bai save me, I am King Ming's person, you can't do this to me!" ”

Bai Shao still didn't intercede after all.

It wasn't until Qi Wu's call became farther and farther away that he slowly turned his head and looked at Fang Ruohua: "Over the years, in this fertile field, in these mountains and forests, the rebel army under the command of King Ming has made great contributions to stopping the northern barbarians from going south. ”

Fang Ruohua nodded: "I know, ten years ago, in the battle of Longyuan Valley, the imperial court reinforcements never came, it was Baifeng Mountain Lu Buyi who came to the aid with six hundred strong men, and fought to the death in three days, and when the reinforcements finally arrived, there were only four of them left, one of whom was Lu Buyi's fifteen-year-old son, who also lost an eye on the battlefield." ”

"Lu Buyi has a total of five sons, and only this one is left who died."

Bai Shao nodded lightly, "...... But why, did it become like this? ”

Fang Ruohua was silent for a long time, and just said, "Be careful." ”

In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that the one who leaked the relationship between Bai Shao and the righteous army, and the whistleblower was probably the person from the righteous army, and he was also a high-level.

They are the only ones who can understand what Bai Shaodu has done so well.

After all, no matter how Bai Shao disguised and concealed it, the grain he bought, the money he saved, and his letters would eventually flow into the rebel army.

"Why?"

is a sword on his neck, Bai Shao can also be calm, he is not afraid of death, but today he is in a trance.

"I once vowed to assist King Ming and to accomplish a story of a wise man and a virtuous minister...... But if the defeat of this army is like a mountain, I am afraid that it can only be left for 10,000 years. ”

Bai Shao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Will you go back to the capital or not?"

Fang Ruohua frowned and asked.

If it were to be replaced by himself, he would definitely refuse to return to Beijing, but Bai Shao would probably still have to go back.

Donglin Town was built by him with great painstaking efforts, and the people in the town and the brothers and sisters in the army are all existences that Bai Shao can never give up.

For the sake of these people, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, he can only go on.