It is a shame to say that the first major military feat achieved by the self-proclaimed orthodox "Righteous Army" was made by the attached bandits, and it was the former military governor who rebelled from the "Righteous Army" who defeated the former military governors.

However, although the Haoyang battalion also suffered a lot of casualties, after all, it crossed the Henan River and withdrew to Hengyang City.

At the moment of the great enemy, Pu Zitong and Zhan Huabi must also use their great victory to boost morale, and at the same time emphasize the consequences of rebellion - being used as cannon fodder and being beheaded.

Their attention was temporarily divided into the battle in the three remaining camps in the east and west of the city.

Yan Daniu was taken to the "Metropolitan Governor's Mansion" to recuperate from his injuries first.

During the battle, the mountain armor he wore was to block a few projectiles, but the projectiles fired from the fire gun at close range still had a lot of impact. The internal organs were not necessarily unharmed, but the more serious injury was the arrow.

Above the knees, on the outside of the thighs, the wound should not be faked. It's just that the shaft of the arrow was broken first, and the arrow was still in the flesh.

Luo Maogui is also with him here - the Haoyang battalion was first broken up and incorporated into the reserve of the defenders of each gate, and he, the overseer, is temporarily fine, and he also needs to rest.

For Yan Daniu, Luo Maogui is grateful and likes it very much - after all, Yan Daniu has a heroic personality, is brave and martial, but is very good at interacting with people.

Probably this is the strange charm of the original bandit leader.

When Tang Peiyu led his people to attack, the explosion of the destruction of the Qingye Bridge reached the Haoyang camp, and Luo Maogui's heart sank to the bottom for a while.

It was not easy to cross, and the defenders of the camp were not equipped with boats. The boats and boats near Hengyang City have been requisitioned, and the Bu prefect who came to cast Puzitong is responsible for dispatching and transporting grain and grass.

It was Yan Da Niu who took the lead in rushing out of the camp and crushed Tang Peiyu's army as quickly as possible without fear of death, so that he could have enough time to take a boat to the south before Gu Shilong's army arrived.

Otherwise, as long as Tang Peiyu dragged the Haoyang camp there first, he Luo Maogui would definitely die on the battlefield.

"Doctor, how's it going?"

In addition to Luo Maogui, Yan Daniu's two personal soldiers also insisted on entering the city with him.

Now, they all asked the doctor worriedly.

"General Yan is strong, although this arrow has entered the flesh, after all, it was slightly blocked by the skirt armor, and it did not hurt the muscles and bones."

"That's good, that's good!" Luo Maogui said repeatedly, and then pulled Yan Daniu's two personal soldiers out of the door, "Let the doctor concentrate on treating Brother Yan's injuries." ”

When they arrived outside the room, the two pro-soldiers were worried and angry: "The brothers have made great contributions, not to mention promotions, and they have all broken up the brothers!" Say that you have fought a war, and you want to scatter to each team to be the main force and fool people? Walking the rivers and lakes, the righteous word comes first! Since you can't trust us, when the eldest brother recovers from his injury, he will go back to the mountain and continue to be free! ”

"The Grand Duke's arrangement also makes sense!" Although Luo Maogui had a similar opinion in his heart, he still persuaded them, "Now that you have joined the righteous army, you must not say anything nonsense and go back to the mountain!" This will only hurt Brother Yan! ”

"Big brother?" One of the soldiers was startled, and he was about to rush into the room recklessly, "I have to go see the doctor!" ”

Luo Maogui hurriedly grabbed him: "That's not what you mean!" ”

Whether it is out of the feelings of getting along for so many days and this bloody battle, or out of the overall situation of the "righteous army", Luo Maogui has to reason with them.

Although it is a bit difficult, after all, these people are all bandits who don't pay much attention to the rules in the mountains.

It is indeed not an easy task to ask them to obey people other than Yan Da Niu and obey orders and orders.

As a result, they talked about the benefits and disadvantages, and another soldier who seemed to be smarter flashed in his eyes: "So, we only listen to the eldest brother, but it's not a good thing for the Metropolitan Governor?" If it really hurts the big brother, we can use it better? ”

Luo Maogui was dumbfounded.

To be honest, looking at the current arrangements for the Haoyang camp, he is not very easy to refute.

If Yan Daniu was seriously injured and died at this time, the remaining bandits would be leaderless, and it would never be possible to make big waves under the suppression of Hengzhou Wei and Chang Dewei. At the same time, with the bribes of high-ranking officials, Pu Zitong seems to be more convenient to digest these brave bandits.

“…… I've got to go see the doctor! The reckless pro-soldier walked again.

"Never!" Luo Maogui could only hold him again, "This is the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, how could you harm Brother Yan here!" You all listen to me first, if Brother Yan is really killed, I will pay for my life! ”

"......," the clever soldier looked at him for a while and then said, "Then the eldest brother's food, clothing, decoction and medicine will pass through my hands!" ”

Luo Maogui was helpless: "Okay!" I'm in charge, and I'm going back to ask the Metropolitan Governor for instructions. ”

already has a friendship, even if it is utilitarian, Luo Maogui hopes that the Guiyi Army will not disperse, so that he can make a lot of contributions with Yan Daniu.

For Pu Zitong to listen to Zhan Huabi's request to arrange it like this, Luo Maogui was not without resentment.

It's just that Luo Maogui can understand that they will always have scruples about their loyalty to the Guiyi Army, and Pu Zitong must respect Zhan Huabi's opinion.

Fortunately, after the doctor's treatment, Yan Daniu woke up before noon the next day.

Pu Zitong also rushed back to the mansion when he heard the news, and when he walked to Yan Daniu's window, he asked with concern: "Brother Yan, how do you feel now?" Is it better? ”

“…… A slight flesh wound, out of the way. Yan Daniu grinned, "If you hadn't fallen into the water while crossing the river, how could you get hot?" It's much better now, I think I'll be able to go down tomorrow! ”

Pu Zitong smiled and slapped him on the shoulder: "Hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, although you didn't hurt your muscles and bones, don't say anything nonsense about going to the ground tomorrow, take care of it for a few days, and eat whatever you want." ”

After smiling and talking about the topic, he first sighed: "You Haoyang camp has made great contributions, but after all, you came to Hengzhou with Tang Peiyu, but Tang Peiyu betrayed Wang Shi. I first broke up my subordinates and organized them into the guards of each gate, which is also to take care of other people's worries, do you understand? ”

Yan Daniu was silent for a while, and then said: "The last general understands, I didn't expect General Tang to be such a person. ”

"Why did he rebel, do you know?"

Yan Daniu was silent again and shook his head: "Why did he descend again, the last general doesn't know." But on September 13, he ordered someone to come and give an order, asking the last general to lead his troops to reinforce Hengshan City. The Metropolitan Governor ordered the last general to guard the Huangyang camp, and His Majesty's order was also to let General Tang lead the army and not transfer troops without authorization, so the last general refused. ”

Pu Zitong also knew about this matter, Tang Peiyu was ordered by him to go down the mountain to reinforce Hengshan City. Tang Peiyu wanted Yan Daniu to go with him, but Pu Zitong refused, and then Tang Peiyu backstabbed the defenders of Hengshan.

Therefore, Pu Zitong shook his head: "How can he talk to Gu Shilong about surrendering before he arrives?" Tang Peiyu's surrender should have been much earlier than September 13. Didn't he say anything before you? ”

"That is to say, the last general is also a treacherous person, and it is even more important to belong to the rebels, and if you open the camp and surrender, you can still make meritorious contributions." Yan Daniu was indignant, "He has to listen to the governor, can I not listen to the governor?" First of all, I helped him all the way to Hengzhou Mansion! He scolded badly, and as soon as the Aoba Bridge exploded, I was angry and worried about the safety of my brothers, so I took the lead in killing them. ”

This process, Pu Zitong also heard Luo Maogui talk about.

What he wanted to know was that after Yan Daniu rushed in front of Tang Peiyu, before killing Tang Peiyu, Tang Peiyu had said anything.

After asking this question again, Yan Daniu was a little proud: "The last general shot a series of arrows, and the guards around him fell one after another, Tang Peiyu was also first blocked by the last general's arrow, and then he was beheaded by the last general, what else does he have to say?" Grace will take revenge, and he will come to kill the last general and his brothers! ”

“…… Even if you think about it, it is nothing more than that the instrument is too small and thinks very highly, and is not angry with the arrangement of the governor of Bendu. As for Gu Shilong's side, he just made some promises, but he didn't expect that Brother Yan would be able to make all the righteous troops like a finger in a short period of time, and they would be able to fight like a good battle. ”

Although Pu Zitong has never figured out what Tang Peiyu's rebellion is after his rebellion, judging from the current situation, he probably didn't expect that he would be killed like this under the protection of the army and without personally rushing to kill.

The frightened eyes and expression on the skull that didn't close couldn't be faked.

On the contrary, Yan Daniu was able to take the head of the enemy general in the "Thousand Armies", which not only proved his bravery, but also completely cut off Tang Peiyu and proved that he was not the same person as the imperial court.

Although he was brought to Hengzhou by Tang Peiyu.

Pu Zitong patted him lightly on the shoulder again: "Take care of your injuries!" Now is the time for everyone to be united, as long as the rest of the generals know that Brother Yan's subordinates are loyal and available, I can also justifiably reuse you. Rest assured, it won't be slow. When you are healed, the governor of Pontus will ask your majesty to let you be the former military governor and lead the army all the way! ”

"The last general obeys!"

After Tang Peiyu left, Yan Daniu closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep again.

The real Yan Chunsheng thought to himself: The second brother's plan really worked, except for him and his two brothers who entered the city, the rest of the brothers were really left outside the city.

By the time the army pressed further, the defenders of Hengyang would have to return to the city sooner or later.

This time was the time when they completely obtained the Puzi communication position, and it was also the time necessary for many brothers to enter the city.

After that, it's just a matter of waiting for one chance. Until then, climb as high as you can within the rebels.

Maybe this is also a chance to catch all the bandits!

……

On September 27, among the two Hengyang garrison camps east of Xiangshui, the one to the north was breached first.

The imperial army did not risk hot pursuit, but continued to push southward steadily.

On September 29, there were Wuchangwei in the north, Nanchang Wei in the east, and although the two battalions in the east of Hengyang City had been united, they still set a trap after receiving the order from Puzitong and abandoned it, and retreated to the southeast camp of the city on the bank of Leishui again.

So far, there are more than 5,000 brave men in that big camp, which is enough to hold on for a short time.

If Gu Shilong's army wanted to pull out that big camp again, there was a danger that the defenders of Hengyang City would cross the river and cut off the back road. If the troops were divided to defend the long Xiangshui coast, it would be difficult to break through that large camp quickly.

The camp in the west of the city was broken, and the Guangxi army and Ning Yuanwei had already entered the city.

However, relying on Haoshui and Xiangshui, the defenders of Hengyang only concentrated on defending the western city wall, and the pressure was not great.

The battle of Hengyang has fallen into a stalemate, which is exactly what Pu Zitong wants - to hold on, drag on, and consume it.

With the money looted by Zhan Huabi, with Pu Zitong's many years of operation in Hengzhou Mansion, and the still smooth Leishui passage from Hengzhou Mansion to Chenzhou Mansion, Pu Zitong has the confidence to stay here for a year and a half.

For such a long time, so many large armies of the imperial court have gathered in Hengzhou Mansion, grain and grass transfer, new law waves, natural and man-made disasters, will he not be able to wait for a chance at all?

In the northeast direction where Puzitong could not receive the message, on the first day of October, the Shuori Dynasty began to meet.

"The autumn grain harvest in many southern provinces is poor, and the disaster relief is big, so if I want to visit the south to see the disaster, I should also go to Fengyang to pay homage to the ancestral temple of the emperor's mausoleum."

In the Fengtian Temple, Zhang Zuo read these messages aloud.

"The royal tour of the south, the military affairs should be as usual, and after submitting the cabinet vote, it will be urgently handed over to the driving force and submitted to the holy judge."

"Before the holy drive returned to Beijing, he specially ordered Sun Jiao, the marquis of Jing'an, Yang Tinghe, the university scholar, Yang Tan, the university scholar, and Wang Qiong, the secretary of the ministry, ......"

After the destruction of Changsha on August 27, the situation in Huguang changed, and the old and tired Sun Jiao received an order to return to Beijing in early September, while Yao Yi, who had rich military experience, was ordered to go to the governor of Huguang.

Now, the Holy Decree ordered nine counselors, including the Six Shangshu, to stay in Beijing, and the rest of the counselors went south with Zhu Houxi.

There will be no monarch in Beijing for the time being, and there will be no prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Although many major events have to be delivered to the Holy Judgment as soon as possible, according to the current process of the imperial court center, these nine counselors are equivalent to temporarily holding the decision-making power of many military affairs.

But according to the situation of the Ming Dynasty at this time, with Sun Jiao, the old national master, Dingguo Gong, the old Xunqi, and Zhang Yong, the old eunuch, also sitting in the capital, and Yang Ting and the leader of the new law, is there anything else that could happen?

The most important thing is driving.

Although Cui Yuan and Xiangcheng Bo Li Quanli commanded the guards of 5,000 Beijing battalion guards, once something really happened, it would be a big deal.

Didn't Emperor Zhengde also fall into the water after the "Southern Expedition", and then gradually fell seriously ill and died?

However, unconsciously, the emperor decided to tour the south at such a moment, and there were few objections in the court.

If the counselor doesn't speak, the rest of the court officials have gradually become accustomed to it's useless to open their mouths - in the imperial study, the national policy meeting must have been properly planned, so why do you do anything like a clown?

In the previous Confucius ceremony, I am afraid that it will be the last time that someone will not believe in evil, and the result will be - several people will be killed with a rod outside the Chengtian Gate.

At the court meeting, Zhu Houxi made a very detailed provision in the holy decree for the handling of all matters after he left Beijing.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, he returned to the harem first.

Sun Ming was very worried about him going, but Zhu Houxi stroked the back of her hand: "Your father has also returned to Beijing, and there will be nothing wrong in Beijing." If it weren't for the fact that the jaw was still small, I would have taken you with me. ”

“…… Your Majesty, you take Zai Yu out too, but guard against ......"

"I told you, nothing will go wrong with my southern tour, don't worry so much."

Although Zhu Zaiyu is only two years old, Zhu Houyu doesn't want him to grow up in the deep palace all the time.

Sun Ming could only sigh, and then said to Lin Qingping, Wen Suyun, and Zhang Qinghe: "Your Majesty, please ask Sister Xian, Concubine Shu and Sister Concubine Li." ”

Wen Suyun was overjoyed, and nodded again and again - how could she have thought that after entering the palace as a concubine, she would still have the opportunity to follow the southern tour?

Lin Qingping is Zhu Zaiyu's biological mother, so she naturally wants to go together.

Only Zhang Qinghe, who was always quiet and looked a little timid, didn't know why His Majesty ordered her to accompany her.

There are only two princes in the palace now, and everyone has heard that saying that - His Majesty wants them to be older and better in shape before they conceive.

This will be at least a few months, and by the time they return to Beijing, isn't it very likely that they will have conceived first?

But on the way, I don't know if I can get pregnant......

In the palace, Huang Jin finally checked the preparations of the attendants and palace maids accompanying him on the southern tour.

Outside the palace, Lu Song sternly taught Lu Bing: "You prepare for martial arts!" ”

And on the way through the emperor's southern tour outside the capital, Liu Zhenyuan had already led people to start arranging in advance.

The next day, the guards in the capital stood on the line from the noon gate to the Zhengyang gate.

More than three years after entering Beijing, the book of the great driver once again appeared in front of the people of the capital, and the emperor above the big chariot could be seen by many people from afar.

At that time, the somewhat thin young man had grown a lot taller. Sitting on the chariot, he even smiled and waved his hand at the people who came to kneel and send off.

What followed was the sound of a mountain shouting long live.

In the eyes of the gentry, this emperor was a little cold, violent, and impatient.

But for the people of the capital, after the emperor ascended the throne, some of the imperial shops and official shops in the capital disappeared, and those that did not disappear also converged too much.

The relatives and children of officials in the capital are not as ostentatious as they were during the Zhengde period.

Although the days have not changed dramatically, they are actually a lot more relaxed and have a little more security.

For ordinary people, this is already good.

Yang Tinghe and the others, who were about to send the emperor outside the city after the big chariot, watched this scene and looked at each other.

It's all the effect of killing.

Starting from Mao Cheng, to Chen Jin and Guo Xun pleading guilty, to Zhang Heling being castrated and brought back to the capital, there are more and more things after entering the first year of Jiajing.

In Jingxun and the officials, they have learned that under the gaze of this Son of Heaven, they can have some "understandable" extra income, but they must do things well and not be too high-profile.

Three years have passed, and everyone may not be called wholeheartedly surrendered, but no matter what they think in their hearts, they don't dare to jump easily.

For those who are not strong enough, some of the graves have grown grass, and some are on death row.

The emperor hung on the invisible pole to warn the people of the world, including King Ji and King Yi, including Yan Shenggong and Hui Anbo, including Mao Cheng, Meng Chun, and Fu Rongzhong......

Looking at Zhu Houxi's back, Yang Ting and them thought in their hearts about who he would hang up on his southern tour this time.

But there is no doubt that when he comes back, there should already be a result on Huguang's side, and there are still some unwilling people in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and they can no longer make any waves.

If he can come back without a hitch.