Chapter 252

Early the next morning, the brigade withdrew from the valley and came out of the mountain, got into the horses and carts, and continued its march to the northwest; At noon, I left behind the rolling hills of Mashuikou and showed the open plain of the Ichima Pingchuan River in front of me, which was already at the boundary of Ulju.

During the lunch break, Wan Zhi galloped back, but did not follow Jiang Bin's greeting team, Song Nan saw Jiang Bin's letter, and his brows suddenly twisted into a pimple.

It turned out that Wan Zhi went to Ulzhou to deliver a letter but did not see Jiang Bin for the first time, because Jiang Bin was not in Ulzhou City, but led hundreds of officers and soldiers to fight against a group of Tartar rangers in the area of North Black Mountain Fort in Ulzhou. There are so many small-scale battles like this in Ulzhou, and there is nothing to say, but the problem is that the emperor passed by here, and he had to let Song Nan have more eyes, and he was afraid of everything if he was not afraid of 10,000.

Song Nan quickly informed Zhengde of this situation, and gathered in front of Zhengde's carriage with Liu Jinshi, Wenyi, Qiu Ju and others to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, if there is a war in Ulzhou, let's take a detour to avoid it, and there are not many soldiers and horses with us, so we can't make any mistakes." After listening to Song Nan's story, Shi Wenyi said cautiously.

Liu Jin frowned and said: "Commander Shi, your courage is too small, it's just a ranger harassment, there are more than 6,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Ulzhou Wei, what can the Tartars do?" ”

Zhengde nodded and said: "Liu Jin is right, the Tartar small group of rangers harassment is not to be afraid, I am not afraid at all, on the contrary, I really want to go to meet the Tartars in person, Song Nan also said, the number of soldiers and horses disturbed by the Tartars is definitely not more than a hundred, and the Ulzhou Wei sent hundreds of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, can they still escape?" ”

Qiu Ju said with a smile: "What the emperor said is that the slave maid is to enter the territory of Ulzhou as usual, if you meet the Tartars, we will kill them, and also teach the Tartars to taste the emperor's power." ”

Zhengde's excited eyes lit up, and he looked at Song Nan and said, "Song Nan, what do you think?" ”

Song Nan said slowly: "Your Majesty, what the minister is worried about is not that he will encounter the Tartars, but that if his identity is exposed after encountering the Tartars, it may cause inconvenience." ”

Song Nan is worried that as written in Journey to the West, once Tang Seng is found, he will gather a group of demons to share meat and eat, if there is a large team of people and horses to escort it, it is fine, but there are only more than 200 guards, which is not very stable.

Qiu Ju said: "Lord Song's worries are really unnecessary, in my Ming Dynasty, what if the Tartar has found out the identity of the emperor?" Could it be that they still have the audacity to attack? ”

Liu Jin also said: "Indeed, Lord Song is too cautious, teach me, I wish they would recognize the identity of the emperor, otherwise how can they know the majesty of my Ming Holy Son of Heaven, the emperor led us to sweep the Tartar rangers, this is a glorious thing, and the Tartars on the road behind me may be frightened." ”

Zhengde laughed and said, "Xiao Jinzi is right, I think so too." ”

Song Nan saw that there was no need to defend himself at this point, and Song Nan's worries were only based on foolproof considerations, whether he could meet the Tartar or not, even if he met the Tartar, it was not a big problem.

In the afternoon, the large group of men and horses marched forward noisily, and at the end of the hour, the cavalry exploring the road in front suddenly galloped back and reported that they found wolf smoke rising on the official road in front, as if a large group of soldiers and horses were coming.

Song Nan felt a pang in his heart, this place is less than sixty or seventy miles away from Ulzhou City, in fact, it has entered the defense range of Ulzhou, although this is the south of Ulzhou, but Bao Buqi will encounter Tartars.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone stopped their carriages and horses as if they were facing a great enemy, and put on a posture to fight; Liu Jin was a little confused, could he really be said by Song Nan's crow's mouth, would he really encounter the Tartar cavalry? Liu Jin has never experienced a battle formation, and his body is a little trembling when he stands there, but Zhengde is quite eager to try.

The second sentry scouted the horse and rushed back, and the news brought back made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, it was not the Tartars who came, but the more than 100 cavalry teams led by the commander of the Ulzhou Wei and the Tongzhi Jiang Bin, Song Nan guessed that Jiang Bin must have repelled the Tartars, so he galloped to take over.

Everyone was relieved, but Zhengde was a little disappointed, it turned out that he was not a Tartar, and he couldn't show his might.

Half an hour later, Jiang Bin led a hundred Ulzhou guards to arrive in front of Zhengde's car, knelt on the ground to meet the car, and everyone felt a little strange when they saw that the soldiers and horses brought by Jiang Bin were all covered with blood and gray and black, and their clothes were untidy, as if they had experienced a fierce battle.

Zhengde frowned and said, "You are the commander of the Ulzhou Wei Tongzhi Jiang Bin?" What about Qi Wende, the commander of Ulzhou Wei? ”

Jiang Bin said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has just arrived from the northern battlefield of Ulzhou, and has not yet notified the commander of Qi. ”

Zhengde was surprised: "Oh? You're from the battlefield? How's the war going? ”

Jiang Bin kowtowed and said: "Thanks to the emperor's blessings, more than 100 Tartar cavalry came to disturb them, and they were defeated by Weichen with his troops. ”

Only then did everyone understand why Jiang Bin and the others were disheveled and covered with blood, and they originally came from the battlefield, but they were shrewd, and Song Nan, Liu Jin and others naturally understood Jiang Bin's intentions, Jiang Bin did it on purpose, and he came to see the emperor without rest after the battle, just to give the emperor the impression that he was loyal and brave and not afraid of death.

Song Nan smiled secretly in his heart, Jiang Bin will play these tricks, it seems that he has opened his mind.

Zhengde smiled and said, "Brought me a gift?" What is it? ”

Jiang Bin waved his hand and shouted, "Present it." ”

Several Ulzhou guards unloaded a few sacks from their horses, and they were round and round inside, and Song Nan suddenly had an ominous premonition, and was just about to say something to stop it, but saw Jiang Bin tear open the mouth of the sack, and shook it with the sack, and suddenly rolled out a lot of things.

Everyone exclaimed, Princess Kangning, who had poked her head out of the car window to see the excitement, screamed, and then fell on the car window and vomited, Zhengde, Liu Jin and others also changed color.

Instead of gold and silver were poured out of the sacks, there were bloody heads, which were known to be Tartar heads by the strange little braids that were combed on the skulls.

Jiang Binwu didn't know it, and happily poured the heads of the rest of the sacks outward, and said: "Knowing that the emperor is coming, Weichen sent the forty-six heads cut in this battle to the emperor. ”

Liu Jin shouted loudly: "Jiang Bin, you are so bold, don't take it away quickly, what crime should you be guilty of shocking the emperor and princess." ”

Jiang Bin was stunned and said, "This ...... I just dedicated my head to the emperor to show that my Ming officers and soldiers are brave and invincible, and the Tartars have never returned, showing the majesty of my Ming Dynasty......"

"Shut up, didn't you see that Her Royal Highness the princess was already scared by you? What are these heads doing to scary? Liu Jin said angrily.

Jiang Bin sighed, and said in his heart: Damn, this is bad, trying to show merit is self-defeating.

Zhengde covered his mouth with a handkerchief with a white face, forcibly holding back his vomiting, his face was extremely ugly, Song Nan saw this and hurriedly whispered in Zhengde's ear: "The emperor doesn't blame Jiang Bin, the rules of the border town are to behead and make meritorious contributions, and it is the highest gift to sacrifice the head, but Jiang Bin is a rough man and doesn't know how to avoid it, the emperor must not blame him, he is also unintentional." ”

Zhengde nodded slowly, frowned, and said: "Jiang Bin, I know that you are brave and invincible, kill the Tartars to keep my Daming border town safe, you are very good, retreat." ”

Jiang Bin said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for the emperor's compliment, the emperor ......."

Zhengde didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he turned around and avoided from afar, Jiang Bin was stunned again, and Song Nan hurriedly said: "Lord Jiang, the emperor knows your intentions, hurry up and bury the head, don't you see the princess unwell?" ”

Jiang Bin looked at Song Nan's confused face, Song Nan urged repeatedly, Jiang Bin only then did he say oh oh again, and ordered someone to put away all the heads and drag them to a distance to bury them.

Liu Jin and the others looked at Jiang Bin coldly, covering their noses with a look of disgust, Jiang Bin understood that things were done poorly, and he was embarrassed to death; He took the cavalry to hide far away, and did not dare to approach the emperor's entourage.

Zhengde was frightened by the round grinning heads, hiding in the car to calm down, if he didn't know that Jiang Bin did it unintentionally, Zhengde almost ordered someone to cut off Jiang Bin's head; Princess Kangning retched for a long time, and Song Nan secretly went over to comfort her for a long time before finally calming down.

It was getting late, the convoy found a flat place to set up camp, Jiang Bin and the ragged cavalry were at a loss from afar, they neither brought a tent for camping, nor did they bring much dry food and water, and they rushed to see the emperor, but at the moment they were like orphans abandoned by their parents.

When the sun set, more than a dozen soldiers of the guard battalion dragged a few carts towards the Ulzhou guard cavalry, Jiang Bin hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, the first person was a powerful and honest man, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Jiang, below is the subordinate of Lord Song of Fusi Town, Beizhen Fusi, and sent the tents and food for camping on the order of Lord Song, and asked Lord Jiang to camp on the periphery to escort the emperor to drive." ”

Jiang Bin's tears were about to come out, and he hurriedly thanked him, and Wan Zhi said: "Song Zhenfu asked Lord Jiang to change his clothes and go to the big tent after bathing, and Lord Song invited the emperor's intention and asked Lord Jiang to accompany the emperor to the banquet." ”

Happiness came too suddenly, Jiang Bin hated to hug Song Nan and kowtow and kneel, or his own Song brother gave his strength, it seems that after his coordination, the emperor is no longer angry.

Wan Zhi left a few clothes and a brand new set of armor and left, Jiang Bin hurriedly came to the pond not far away to peel himself clean, and the black skin on his body was almost peeled off a few layers before he changed into clean clothes and hurried to the big tent.