Pingyang County, south of Zhangshui, has been stationed here since the beginning of winter.

Everything was because the rebels in Yuzhou were driven away by the three-way soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and they had no choice but to retreat all the way to the north of Yuzhou.

In order to prevent the rebels from entering Jizhou, Xiao Qi, the assassin of Jizhou, had to cooperate with the imperial court soldiers and horses and stationed troops in Pingyang.

In Pingyang County, the snowfall in the past few days has caused the rooftop streets to be shrouded in a white expanse.

In the county office, all the generals gathered together, eating roast mutton and drinking wine around the stove.

"My lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to go home for the Chinese New Year this year, what are the arrangements for the New Year in Binh Duong?" The staff of Jizhou Thorn Shi took a sip of wine and asked.

Xiao Qi put down the wine cup, looked out of the door coldly, and said, "What arrangements can be made in the ice and snow?" In order to prevent the rebels from crossing the Zhangshui River into our Jizhou, everyone is on duty in shifts, and other resting people can play to their heart's content. ”

Speaking of the rebels who were driven to the north of Yuzhou, these generals in Jizhou felt aggrieved, and the imperial court gave them several orders from Emperor Huiyuan, so that their soldiers and horses in Jizhou could quell the rebellion, but they have been watching, maybe the world is in chaos, and they can profit from it.

"Speaking of which, this new queen is a bit incomprehensible, she doesn't return to the capital or is in Jiankang Maodong in the cold winter, but she is defending the front line, isn't she worried that her soldiers can't stand the cold?" The one who said this was the eldest son of the Assassin Mansion, that is, Xiao Baoyin, the eldest son of the Assassin Shi Xiao Qi.

The staff glanced at Xiao Qi, who was sitting at the top, and said: "This is not the most headache, the most headache is that the imperial court has issued a few clear and secret decrees to let us cooperate with the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and if we don't see us acting, they will drive the rebels to the border of Jizhou, and the imperial court has forced us to take action!" ”

Xiao Qi, who was sitting at the top, drank the wine in the wine cup in one gulp, put down the wine cup and snorted coldly: "Hmph! The court is playing a proper conspiracy, and we still have to take it! ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals below were suddenly silent, everyone drank wine and ate meat, I really don't know how to break this game?

At this time, Xiao Qi didn't expect that the imperial court would not only let him send troops to contribute, but also want the rebels to break the deadlock in Jizhou, trying to redivide the forces of Jizhou and strengthen the imperial court's rule over Jizhou.

The staff thought for a while, and then opened his mouth and proposed: "My lord, this winter is extremely cold, many livestock in the Jiliao area have frozen to death, and it is even more difficult to endure on the grassland, why don't we bring this situation to the imperial court, and let the imperial court allocate funds to help the people in the disaster area survive this difficult winter?" ”

Xiao Qi frowned slightly, and glanced at everyone, "This time the white disaster, Meng Shaokui, the chief soldier of Jiliao, sent a report over, the people in the Jiliao area are not happy, and the herdsmen of Beidi are also difficult to endure this winter, they are countless people and livestock are frozen to death, and when the ice and snow slowly melt in the spring of next year, I want to come to Beidi again!" ”

Xiao Baoyin listened to his father's words, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "As long as we explain the situation here to the imperial court, I don't believe that the imperial court will dare to embarrass us regardless of border security?" ”

The staff looked at Xiao Qi who was at the head of the staff, "My lord, no matter what decision the imperial court will make, how to deal with this problem, we must report the current difficulties, and don't let the imperial court think that we are enjoying happiness in Jizhou!" ”

Jizhou occupies a vast area, most of which belongs to the land of Yanzhao, occupying the vast fertile plain area, and is at the top of Kyushu in terms of population and economy.

The difficulties of Jizhou, presumably the imperial court will pay attention to it!

When the news reached the Jiankang Southern Imperial Court, hundreds of officials were shaken.

Damn!

What the officials are most afraid of is that Beidi is affected by the disaster, and when he can't survive, he will raise the strength of the whole clan to enter the pass and fight the grass valley.

If all the military forces of Beidi come to invade the border, then even if the imperial court has recovered a little strength now, it will not be able to withstand the destruction of Beidi!

"If Beidi comes to attack after the snow melts next year, I just don't know what the defense capacity of the passes along the Great Wall is? Border defenses such as Huangya Pass, Yanmen Pass, and Pingxing Pass in Bingzhou and Jizhou should be strengthened. ”

The first to stand up was the military department Shangshu.

Li Jingfu, who was Emperor Jianyuan, listened to his words, nodded and asked, "Since Aiqing has a statute for dealing with this matter, then please please submit the specific implementation plan in writing to me in two days!" ”

No!

The book of the military department: "." How do he know how to arrange defense?

Even though he knew how to arrange the defense of the soldiers and horses, in case the Beidi soldiers and horses broke the defense, would he still be able to sit firmly in the position of the secretary of the military department?

Zuo Servant stood up, saw a salute and said, "Your Majesty, should this report be sent to the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" They were stationed in the capital, which was closer and more dangerous than the Great Wall Pass! ”

Emperor Jianyuan held back his anger and asked, "The queen and the crown prince will definitely send a copy, but the imperial court handles the military situation, you won't still count on the queen and the crown prince, right?" ”

It's really a group of traitors who are vegetarian in the corpse, and the court is raising a bunch of waste!

When they encounter something, they want to put the responsibility on the women and children, haven't they thought that if the women and children can solve the problem, then the court still needs to support them?

Could it be that they are raising this group of wine bags and rice bags just to pass on the ancestry?

"The emperor has misunderstood, the queen mother and His Royal Highness the crown prince are in the north, and their situation is more dangerous than ours, and we informed them entirely for their safety."

Emperor Jianyuan's eyes were gloomy, staring at the left servant who knelt on the ground and snorted coldly, "What do you think in your hearts, you know it!" However, I have to warn you that the court is not giving you money to raise pigs, but to raise capable ministers, so don't beep with me, and give me some practical action! ”

As he spoke, he looked at the military department: "You are limited to two days to submit the specific implementation plan to the royal court!" ”

The military department Shangshu and the left servant glanced at each other and kowtowed to receive orders.

Two days later, just after the early dynasty, the imperial pen will be sealed, and the next dynasty will have to be next year.

Emperor Jianyuan did not have a report from the Ministry of Military Affairs two days later, and after the next dynasty, he copied a copy of the report sent by Jizhou to Xia Jing.

It's just that no matter how fast the letter is, because of the heavy snow for several days, the weather gets colder and colder the further north it goes, and the road is icy and slippery, and the messenger can't get up fast if he wants to.

By the time this recital arrived in Xia Jing's hands, it was already after the Lantern Festival.

Xia Jing handed the letter to Long Yutian and asked, "What does the prison army think about this matter?" ”

Long Yutian took the letter and read it, and sneered: "It seems that Jizhou, the Lord of the Thorn History, has chased Taizu with his martial arts!" ”

This is not a good word, it is ironic that Xiao Qi has a heart of disobedience, and wants to learn from Taizu to rise up and establish a new dynasty.

Xia Jing agreed with his words, "It seems that some people have been in the local government for too long and don't know who their names are, and it's time to give them loose skin!" ”

No matter how you plan to clean up the feudal officials this year, but now that it is cold and snowy outside, the plan can only be put on hold, and you can only wait for the snow to melt.

Xia Jing has been in the Dayu Dynasty for several years, and through several years of observation, she feels that the climate of this period should be the Xiaoice River period.

Often history enters the Xiaoice period, which will lead to a significant drop in the earth's temperature, resulting in a large reduction in global food production, which will cause violent social turmoil and a sharp decline in population.

For example, in this period, the Yu Dynasty, Beidi, Xirong and Nanyang countries, everyone is weak, and if you want to win, you can only take a quick step.

Of course, Dayu because of Xia Jing crossing, has been speeding up the pace, if according to the normal development, I believe that in the near future, Dayu will get better and better.

Walking out of the conference hall, Xia Jing saw that many soldiers were happy, so she asked Ye Fei: "What's going on?" ”

Ye Fei glanced at the soldiers passing by, slightly hooked the corners of his lips and said: "Today is the end of the festival, it is the end of the New Year, and many people have picked up pickaxes to chisel ice in the morning." Looking at their happy faces now, they should have caught a lot of fish and came back. ”

"Oh, then let's go and see, if we really catch a lot of fish, let the guy stew sauerkraut fish today."

Xia Jing also came to the interest, the meat quality of the fish in winter is completely different from the fish in summer, the fish in winter is more delicious and the fish is not as heavy as in summer.

She has been here for a few years, and she has slowly raised this mouth.

The same ingredients can now tell which season is more delicious, this change surprised Xia Jing herself, she used to think it was good to stutter.

Outside the city, there were many soldiers on the ice of the Zhangshui River, who were in groups of three or five, some of them were digging ice, some were fishing, and some were carrying baskets full of fish ashore to be transported back to the county seat.

Xia Jing saw the basket full of fish, and her face also showed the joy of harvest.

"We'll eat hot pot tonight."

Ye Fei responded with a smile: "Wait for the subordinates to arrange it, Niangniang, be careful, the ice is slippery!" ”

"Queen Mother!"

Li Chengmu was standing next to him and watching the soldiers turn into fishermen, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of Xia Jing out of the corner of his eye, and immediately walked over with a happy face.

Xia Jing glanced at the guards following him, frowned slightly, and said: "Now that the situation is unclear, you will bring more guards when you go out in the future, there are fewer of these dozen guards!" ”

Li Chengmu looked back at the guards he brought out, although he felt that the dozen or so guards who went out of the city were enough, and there were not many other soldiers on the ice, no matter how powerful the assassin was, he would not dare to come to his base camp to assassinate, but he did not refute, nodded and said: "My son remembers, he will pay attention next time he goes out." ”

Xia Jing saw that his attitude of admitting his mistakes was good, so she didn't ramble anymore, but walked around the ice, feeling the happiness of the soldiers.

"Queen Mother, the hole is about to be opened, do you want to go and fish the first net of this hole and feel the joy of fishing?"

While Li Chengmu was talking, there were cheers from the front, and the hole was opened.

Xia Jing rolled up her sleeves, snatched the fishing net in Changlu's hand and walked over.

The first net was swept into the sand by a big wave, and the net sank and then fished up, and a few fathead fish were fished up.

"Wow, queen mother, you are so amazing, you caught a few big fish in one net." Li Chengmu took Xia Jing's fishing net and poured out the fish.

Xia Jing then fished out another net and smiled: "Let's eat fish tonight, a whole fish feast!" ”

"Just the two of us?" Li Chengmu leaned over to Xia Jing and pointed to the fish on the ground, "These are a lot of portions, can we eat them tonight?" ”

"If you can't eat, call other generals, or call the captains of the guards!"

"Wow, it's so lively here!"

A man's voice came from behind her, Xia Jing was startled, and when she turned around, she found that this person was an unruly man in Yuzhou City.

With a face that has brought disaster to the country and the people, coupled with the dress of the bag, this person is very recognizable.

The guards were very wary of this stranger who suddenly appeared, and looked secretly, and the more they looked at it, the more bottomless they became.

How did this man break through their defenses?

Li Chengmu was vigilant in his eyes, turned around and asked Xia Jing in a low voice: "Queen Mother, who is this person?" can get close to us quietly, we don't have any precautions against this, if it comes out, none of us will rather die than give in! In the end, there was only a lose-lose situation. ”

Xia Jing stared at Feng Zhang, shook her head and said, "I don't know either!" ”

In fact, she had seen it twice, but she had covered it twice, and she rushed back in a hurry, and these people who were waiting for her didn't know that there was such a thing.

Feng Zhang didn't recognize Xia Jing at all, the first two times they met, Xia Jing was wearing a night robe that outlined her posture, and now she is wearing a loose robe, plus she wears a lot in winter, Feng Zhang can't still recognize her.

"Feng Zhang has seen the queen mother, and he has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Phoenix?"

Xia Jing furrowed her brows slightly, "There seem to be very few people with the surname Feng in the Northland. ”

Li Chengmu looked at the person who came, he looked better than him, and brought disaster to the country and the people, "What is the relationship between you and the history of Youzhou Thorn?" ”

The history of Youzhou thorns? Xia Jing looked at the people who came, and came to the history of Youzhou thorns that she had never seen in a few years? She was a little curious about what his parents looked like.

Feng Zhang stepped forward with a smile and respectfully bowed to Xia Jing and Li Chengmu.

Then he said: "In Xiafeng Zhang, Youzhou Thorn Shi is the father. ”

"The sons of the assassins, are you all so idle?"

"Nothing." Feng Zhang pointed to himself, "Xiaguan has been wandering outside for the New Year, how can he have a free time, even if he can't help his parents, he can be busy with business to support his family." ”

Xia Jing didn't believe his words at all, in order to do some business, he didn't even go home, what is more important than the family reunion during the Chinese New Year?

Unless he had a reason to stay!

Moreover, I have met him several times in the night, and if he is said to be eating, the ghost will believe it!

Feng Zhang was so vague, Xia Jing had every reason to suspect that he was the ancient version of the military commander!

I just don't know what he broke into the barracks alone this time?

Li Chengmu didn't understand and asked: "The eldest son of Youzhou Assassin History, do you Assassin Mansion rely on you to do business to maintain your family?" Otherwise, you won't be allowed to participate in the reunion banquet? ”

Feng Zhang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "Your Highness, your subordinates' family members didn't let your subordinates not participate in the reunion banquet, but your subordinates are used to running around, and because the business in Yuzhou has not been arranged, they didn't have time to rush back." ”

"Oh." Li Chengmu responded lightly, and he didn't know whether he believed it or not.

After returning to the city, Xia Jing and the others parted ways with Feng Zhang, she didn't care where he lived, and went straight back to the county government with Li Chengmu, ready to make a fish pot later!

(End of chapter)