November 21, 40th year of Tianyou, Zhangjiakou Pass.

In the middle of winter, snowflakes were falling in the sky, and the northwest wind was bitingly cold, and five days ago, a snowstorm that had not been seen in decades suddenly hit the entire Hetao area, and the wind swept across the Great Wall with goose feathers and heavy snow.

In the blizzard raging violently, the alliance army of the three clans crossed the monolith mouth and fled from the land of the Ming Dynasty in embarrassment, and more than a thousand Jizhou elite horsemen lost their way because of the blizzard and crashed into the arms of the Tatars, and the whole army was wiped out, and the news reached the Zhangjiakou Pass, Jia Jue couldn't help but sigh, which also means that the war is finally over.

Since September 6, Duoyan Sanwei attacked and broke through the Dushikou, the two sides broke out nearly 100 battles in less than three months, especially the last big battle in Tumubao, the three ethnic coalition forces in order to turn the tables, day and night to storm the military village under the Niu Jizong village, but unfortunately, because of the Xuanfu cavalry in the outside containment, plus there are nearly 40,000 Jizhou, Shanhaiguan iron cavalry in the camp, the plan of the three people of A faux pas finally failed to realize, after leaving nearly 30,000 corpses, they withdrew overnight, In order to prevent the Ming cavalry from pursuing, they left nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers at Mayukou.

However, when they entered the mountain road, they encountered a blizzard raid, after eliminating the remnants of the Mayukou, Jizhou General Weiyuan Hou Chengyuan led 10,000 Jizhou cavalry to pursue, all the way were frozen to death grassland people, and all their leather jackets and clothes were stripped of people.

Although this battle shows that the army has achieved the final victory, but the cost is very large, not to mention the people who suffered from the war, the loss of soldiers and horses in all places alone is more than 140,000, as for the three-tribe coalition army, it is estimated that the loss is more than 170,000, plus such a big snowstorm, the three-tribe coalition army that finally returned to the grassland alive is estimated to be about 50,000.

After a big war, it is estimated that the treasury is empty again, and the distressed appearance of Emperor Tianyou Jia Jue can imagine it without guessing.

Although he failed to get his wish to be promoted to deputy general, but the Ruishi battalion suddenly expanded to 15,000 people, which is more than doubled, there are soldiers in their hands and do not panic, weapons and armor are directly drawn from the arsenal of Xuanfu Town, and more than 10,000 young people were recruited from Xuanfu, Huai'an, Wanquan, and Longmen in one go, and 4,000 nimble young men were selected from them to be incorporated into the cavalry battalion, and more than 7,000 war horses were captured from the Warat people in the first battle of Harrier Ridge.

In the blizzard raging violently, Jia Jue led his own soldiers to hide in the guard tower of the Great Wall Beacon Tower, several torches were bright and dark, the light was weak, Jia Jue sat in the corner of the wall and was distracted, the day before yesterday he led the cavalry to the Great Wall Pass, because he got the news that there was a small group of unknown steppe people trying to approach the pass, he was worried that there would be Tatars or Warats taking advantage of the blizzard to attack the pass.

He slowly stood up and walked to the battlement, looking out at the gray sky, ready to wait for the snow to stop and send someone to inquire about the situation.

At this moment, Jia Fu ran in with difficulty in the strong wind, and said loudly: "Third master, the prince of Zhenguo has sent a military order, let the Ruishi battalion guard the pass here, and in two days, the Marquis of Changning will lead the main force of the Xuanfu to hand over the defense, and then we can go home." ”

Jia Jue nodded and asked, "Zhen Guogong and their class teacher have returned to Beijing?" ”

Jia Fu: "I heard the military envoy say, the snow peed at noon yesterday. ”

Suddenly, one of the soldiers shouted urgently: "General, there seems to be movement in the snow below." ”

Jia Jue glanced at the battlement, pulled out an arrow, gradually pulled the bow full, and aimed at the moving black spot, "Whoosh! With a bang, a powerful arrow shot out and disappeared into the white snowstorm.

Jia Jue sighed secretly, the wind was too strong, and the distance of less than thirty steps was blown away by the wind, but fortunately, the black spot retreated, and when Changning Hou came, he had nothing to do.

Time gradually to the beginning of the month, the second heavy snow swept Gyeonggi again, the real sense of the harsh winter is coming, three days ago, Shenjing held a grand ceremony, Zhenguo Niu Jizong led 10,000 troops to return triumphantly, this 10,000 people are from the Imperial Forest Army, Xuanfu, Jizhou and Shanhaiguan selected from the elite of the army, all the way to the flag, the armor is distinct, the momentum is huge.

Emperor Tianyou personally led the civil and military officials and the King of Shu, the King of Liang and the two brothers met with them, in the eyes of the public, Emperor Tianyou pulled Niu Jizong to board the dragon, in the surprise of the hundred officials, the cheers of the people walked towards the noon gate, Zhang Fu's old face was distorted with anger, and the eyes of other civil officials were slightly puzzled, it didn't matter, more because of the deep humiliation and anger.

On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month of the 40th year of Tianyou, a heavy snow fell one after another, turning the Gyeonggi area into a silver world, Jia Jue returned to Shenjing City, when he crossed the Wuli Pavilion on horseback, the majestic Shenjing City Wall was already in sight.

Jia Jue Zhuma silently looked at the Shenjing City in the distance, the gray sky, the snowflakes sparsely fell down, in the misty snow, the majestic Shenjing City is like a giant dragon lying on the ground in front of him, here is the political, economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, is the greatest city in the world.

Jia Fu: "Third Master, we are finally back." ”

Jia Jue smiled faintly, looked back at the mighty army behind him, these more than 15,000 soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion will be the foundation of his life in this Shenjing, and he must hold them firmly in his hands, especially those newly recruited recruits in Xuanfu, most of their family members died in this war, so they will follow themselves to Shenjing, which is also said at the time, and some are many brothers in the family, and they came for the ten taels of settlement money they gave, but don't think about leaving when they come, they will let them marry and live here.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of the secret letter I received on the road, the emperor with the power of a great victory, completely held the military department in his hands in one fell swoop, and Lu Nansheng, the left attendant of the military department, was driven to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites with a pole.

This year's winter solstice ceremony is on November 29, because of the Xuanfu War, the imperial court did not hold a celebration, and those civil officials did not write to ask the emperor to canonize the crown prince, and I heard that because the king of Shu sent a message to the emperor, Zhang Fu and others were dissatisfied with him, and Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu, has now begun to win over the noble generals.

Because of the appearance of Jia Jue, history has changed.

Outside the Yongding Gate, Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu, and Zhu Wucheng, the king of Liang, had been waiting for a long time, but they were not in a hurry, standing calmly in front of the city gate and waiting.

The time had come to Shen Shizheng, and the snow suddenly became heavier, and the slanting wind and the blizzard hit everyone's faces and bodies, but they stood solemnly one by one, silent.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves and rustling footsteps came with the shaking of the ground.

Hou Xiaokang heard the sound of horses' hooves and said with a smile: "They are coming!" ”

The first thing that caught everyone's eye was the big flag that represented Jia Jue's identity.

Because Jia Jue returned triumphantly, Emperor Tianyou made an exception to allow him to lead troops into the city, so he led a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry into the city.

Jia Jue on a war horse appeared, when he went out of Beijing, he rode a pure white horse, but unfortunately it was too eye-catching, he was shot to death on the battlefield, for his own safety, Jia Jue rode the same war horse as the cavalry, he looked ahead, first stunned, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, I didn't expect Emperor Tianyou to send his two sons, which is also equivalent to him personally coming to greet himself, this is already a big face, a wave of his hand, out of the military formation to run towards the city gate.

At a distance of five or six steps from the city gate, Jia Jue turned over and dismounted, walked two steps quickly, and gave a military salute to the King of Shu and the King of Liang, and said loudly: "Minister Jia Jue, see His Royal Highness the King of Shu, see His Royal Highness the King of Liang!" ”

Zhu Wucheng, the king of Liang, stepped forward to help Jia Jue up, and said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to be polite, this king and the imperial brother came to welcome the soldiers of the Ruishi camp who returned triumphantly by the will of His Majesty the Emperor. Seeing your safe return, the king's hanging heart was finally let go. ”

Jia Jue hurriedly smiled: "The road was delayed because of heavy snow, and the minister was ashamed. ”

"Don't talk about that, let's go to Beijing."

Zhu Wucheng glanced at Zhu Wuxiang, the smiling king of Shu, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, please first!" ”

A cold light quickly flashed in Zhu Wuxiang's eyes, and in an instant, he regained his smile and smiled at Jia Jue: "Today's general is the protagonist, let's go together." ”

Jia Jue smiled, "Let's not be in a hurry, let's let the army enter the city." ”

As he spoke, he turned back and waved his hand to Jia Fu, who said loudly: "Enter the city!" ”