In the camp of the Ruishi battalion, the Datong soldiers under the command of Wang Bin were whispering around the women and children of Wara with rice bowls, and from time to time someone spat on them, they almost died in the hands of the Warat people in the battle that day, and now they want to tear them alive.

The women and children of Warat bowed their heads, all nervous, and their eyes showed fear. In the big tent, Wang Bin was sweating profusely, and the food on the table was very rich, not only beef and mutton, but also sometimes fresh vegetables, and after taking a sip of wine, Wang Bin laughed and said: "Damn, I have been drilling in the mountain nest in the past few months, drinking cold water and eating dried meat along the way, and birds are pouring out of my mouth." Or are you kid having a good day, hey, where did the wine come from in the camp? Jia Jue changed the subject,

"Before you came, I interrogated some prisoners, these people were originally members of the Huai'an Cao Gang, and they followed their deputy gang leader to the Xuanfu, and I don't know what means were used to infiltrate the army." Hearing this, Wang Bin put down his fast son, his eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "After Zhang Qiang's death, this Xuanfu will have the final say on Zhang Xiaoguang alone." Jia Jue's face was serious,

"Zhang Qiang's death is a bit strange." Wang Bin: "That's right, the court has a meritorious statement, even if he Zhang Qiang is convicted, it will not be a capital crime, there is no need to take the risk of escaping from prison, let alone bringing the women and children at home." Jia Jue sighed, Zhang Qiang, Jia Jue was very optimistic, thinking that he could win him over in the future, but he didn't think that he died in Xuanfu for no reason, or died under the knife of his own people, and no one survived in the more than 30 members of the family.

When I got the news, it was already mid-April, and Zhang Qiang was convicted of treason and defection to the enemy in the newspaper of the Ministry of War, and it was conclusive evidence, the crime of punishing the clan!

Thinking of this, Jia Jue suddenly asked, "If Zhang Xiaoguang has a problem, then why didn't he do it?" And when will you choose to do it? Wang Bin was startled, and suddenly coughed violently.

Jia Jue: "What's wrong?" Wang Bin: "I hurt a little wind a while ago, it doesn't matter." Speaking of this, he looked out of the tent and asked, "How did they fall into the hands of the Cao Gang?" Why did they go all the way to escort them to Hangai Mountain? You know, these people are peasants who pick up swords and guns, and they don't have the ability to wipe out the elite of the five hundred heavily armed sharp soldier battalions....", he sighed and said worriedly: "I'm not worried about Zhang Xiaoguang's rebellion, because he doesn't have the ability to influence the entire Xuanfu garrison, what I'm worried about is that he will do something to the military rations of the Imperial Forest Army....... Jia Jue was startled, stood up reluctantly, and shouted loudly outside the tent: "Someone! Come! ”............ In the lower reaches of the Aruhun River, a battle has just ended, both sides have retreated, this is already the third time that the Warat people have attacked, although the Ming army has the advantage in numbers, but fighting on the steppe, the Warat cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and the Ming army can only fight passively.

In the past two days, the two sides have fought several battles, each with its own victory and defeat, and it was in a state of stalemate for a while. The main force of the Ming army arrived here at night two days ago, this place is less than forty miles away from the forest, but it is these forty miles of land like a moat to separate Niu Jizong and Wang Ziteng, and cut off the communication between the two sides, the camp of the Royal Forest Army is stationed on a higher mound, not far away is a lake, not big, but enough for the army to drink, in order to prevent the Warat people from doing their feet in the water, Niu Jizong strictly forbade to take water from the Arukhun River.

On an arrow tower, Niu Jizong stared at the Warat people in the distance expressionlessly, since he learned that Zhu Houze led the army south to Helin, Niu Jizong led the main force of the Ming army to the east, but unfortunately it was harassed by the Wara cavalry, at the beginning there were only twenty or thirty thousand Warat cavalry, Niu Jizong used the means of striking east and west to cripple them in one fell swoop, but, as the army marched to Helin, there were more and more Warat people around, and now there are seventy or eighty thousand people, although there are many herdsmen armed with scimitars, But it still puts pressure on the army.

Niu Jizong gradually guessed seven or eight points, this must be Zhu Houze's strategy, in order to drag himself and let him have enough time to deal with Tatar and Duoyan, if it is just to deal with Helin's 20,000 Ming army, there is no need to move the army so much.

Niu Jizong already regretted it a little, he completely underestimated the strength of the Warat people, he didn't expect them to have so many people, he thought that there were at most forty or fifty thousand, which made him a little jealous, and he didn't dare to easily send out cavalry to attack the Warat people, he was worried that the camp would suddenly be attacked by Zhu Houze's main force.

Niu Jizong was in a dilemma, he couldn't sit back and watch the prince Tengbu Ming army being wiped out by Zhu Houze under his nose, and he knew very well in his heart that he had to go, because there was a problem with the army's grain road, they had cut off contact with Xuanfu, and then they could only rely on grain storage and looted cattle and sheep to satisfy their hunger, in addition, the sky had cooled down, and the army did not prepare cotton clothes.

Niu Jizong looked at the direction of the Arukhon River for a long time, and finally, he made up his mind and ordered: "Pass my order, and in an hour, the army will be mobilized!" ”............ In the Qianqing Palace, Huang Jin, the young eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, walked in worriedly with a secret letter of six hundred miles urgent, but saw the guards of the Qianqing Palace lined up, standing at the door of the main hall, Huang Jin was stunned in his heart, and his steps were stunned.

Wang An, the deputy chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, greeted him,

"Manager Huang, Your Majesty's dictation, no one is seen." Huang Jin looked at him with an inquiring gaze, half a month ago, Huang Jin won the trust of Emperor Tianyou by not very glorious means, and divided part of the rights of Dongchang from the hands of the great eunuch Dai Quan, so he could meet the emperor at any time without reporting it.

Wang An did not answer. Huang Jin's face darkened for a moment, thought for a while, took out a jade pendant from his sleeve, handed it over, and said in a low voice: "Who is Your Majesty receiving?" Wang An was stunned, knowing that this jade pendant was a reward from the prince during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he knew even more that this was the prince's entrapment of Huang Jin.

"Steward, this is a small life, don't you dare, please put it away!" Then, he stepped forward and whispered: "It was brought by Jia Fucheng, I don't know it." ”

"Jia Fucheng?" Wang An was stunned, could it be that there was progress in destroying the village, but why did he want to meet the emperor?

Thinking of the prince's instructions again, he glanced at the secret letter in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said to Wang An: "Please pass it on, just say that the miscellaneous family has an urgent report, and the six hundred miles of the Xuanfu are urgent." Wang An was taken aback, glanced at the letter in his hand, and replied for a long time: "The miscellaneous family went to take a look, but they didn't dare to disturb His Majesty's affairs..... There is no hurry for this moment. A trace of unhappiness flashed in Huang Jin's eyes, but he had to stand outside the hall.

...........

With a "snap", a tea bowl smashed on the ground! scared Jia Lian, who was standing on the side, into a thrill.

Zhang Zhao, the second son of Zhang Qiang, the third-class uncle of the deputy general of Xuanfu, knelt on the ground and wept silently,

"The grass people escaped with their lives, but more than 30 members of the father and the Zhang family died under Zhang Xiaoguang's knife, Your Majesty, my father died so miserably, and the Zhang family died unjustly!"

"I know!" Emperor Tianyou sat weakly on the dragon chair, his eyes were red and terrifying,

"I will order the Ministry of War to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I will definitely give an explanation to the Zhang family." Speaking of this, he asked Jia Lian again, "How many people have been caught?" Did you ask? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there were a total of thirty-seven people, two of whom were caught, and the rest were all killed. asked, they were all the remnants of the Huai'an Cao Gang who fled to Xuanfu. At this time, Dai Quan, who was standing aside, stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, since Uncle Zhang is wronged, there must be a big problem in the Xuan Mansion, so it is better to send someone to hurry up, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops over there now, if something goes wrong, it will be a big deal." This reminded Emperor Tianyou that if Zhang Xiaoguang really had a problem, then the army on the front line would be in danger, and he was not worried about Zhang Xiaoguang's rebellion, because the Xuanfu garrison would not obey his orders, thinking of this, he immediately said: "Quickly invite Shoufu and Qi Guogong, well, let the prince come over too." Emperor Tianyou sighed lightly and said: "Zhang Zhao, you risked your life to avenge your father, you are a great filial son, no matter what the results of the investigation are, I will praise you well, now you go down to rest first and wait for news from the imperial court." ”

"The grass people thank Your Majesty." Emperor Tianyou smiled and said to Jia Lian: "Jia Aiqing, you not only broke the slaughter of the village, but also brought me important news, I will ask the cabinet to give you credit, when the matter comes to light, I will reward you heavily, Zhang Zhao will be handed over to others, I don't worry, you have to arrange him, I will summon him at any time." ”

"Obey the order!"

"Go down and rest!" At this time, Wang An walked to the door gently,

"Your Majesty, Young Eunuch Huang is here, saying that there is an urgent report, and the six hundred miles of the Xuan Mansion are urgent."