Zhang Mao had to prepare to send troops.

But he was still anxious about the results of his son and Ma Yi's expedition, and he seemed to know very well that the victory or defeat of this battle was related to the rise and fall of his family's fate.

Finally in the afternoon, Zhong Decai and a partial general hurriedly came to report the news to Zhang Mao: "Grandpa, win, win......"

"Yes...... Is it? ”

Zhang Mao's voice trembled, "What is the victory?" How many kills? Fast...... Tell the old man in detail. ”

Zhong Decai said: "I don't know the specific situation, Gongzi has already led his troops to the side pass, so let's wait for him to come back and tell you in detail." ”

Zhang Mao said as if he was full of spring breeze: "Let the soldiers pack up, leave the pass tonight, and leave before dark!" ”

With the results of the battle, Zhang Mao didn't want to give it to Ma Zhongxi, especially since this thing scolded him just now and was rude to him.

Now I seem to be in the scenery.

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The news of the victory of the former army soon spread among the army.

Originally, the generals and soldiers of the army were reluctant to march in such a hurry, but because of the good news, the mentality of the soldiers also changed, and they really went out to leave the side pass before dark, although they only walked out of less than ten miles and were stationed, but how to say that this road seems to have nothing to do with the soldiers of the side pass defenders.

Inside the governor's yamen.

Ma Zhongxi was writing something, and a subordinate officer came in to inform him about Zhang Mao's march.

"It's better to go, who does he think he is? The Tatars have repeatedly attacked, and even if he can defeat the Tatars, isn't that his job? The official will also impeach him! A lord who doesn't understand the rules will sooner or later become a disaster for the country and the people! Take the seal of the Official! ”

Only then did the subordinate officials know that after Ma Zhongxi entered the city, the official affairs had not been handed over clearly, so he was busy participating in the impeachment of Zhang Mao.

It seems that Ma Zhongxi's purpose as an official is not to get promoted and make a fortune, as if he is here to find a sense of existence, and he has to fight against all the injustices in his eyes.

I don't know, anyway, in the eyes of the subordinate officials, this is an axis person.

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Zhang Mao didn't rest for two days and one night, and his spirit was not bad, sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army and waiting for his son to come back.

It wasn't until nearly midnight that Zhang Rui's troops finally joined his Chinese army.

"It's good to be back." Zhang Mao sighed with emotion, it seemed that he could see his son return safely, and his goal would be achieved.

Immediately, he hurriedly asked his son to go to the big tent of the Chinese army to talk.

"Father, win!" Zhang Rui first made a summary, and then said in detail, "When we arrived with our troops, the Tatars had already begun to prepare to retreat, they were not the main force of the Tatars, but they were also well-trained, we could only catch up with their rear army, and the two sides did not engage in large-scale battles......"

"Pick the point, how many enemy leaders have you killed?" Zhang Mao asked eagerly.

"Six!" Zhang Rui said, "In addition, more than 200 animals were captured, plus four women and children, a total of ...... Ten people. They have fled to the northwest. ”

Zhang Mao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Is this still called winning?

Why does that sound so shabby?

"Just kill six? Why didn't you chase it? How to report this merit to the imperial court? Zhang Mao was also anxious.

"Father, after getting out of the pass, the situation is not as good as in the pass, and now it is close to winter, and the soldiers are also complaining, after such a night march, if we encounter the enemy ambush again, our army will suffer too much, and I am afraid that it will be more difficult to deal with the imperial court." Zhang Rui explained.

Zhang Mao said with an annoyed face: "I haven't learned anything else, you have learned the rhetoric of the civil official." I just ask you, why don't you chase? ”

Zhang Rui said: "Poor Kou Mo chase. ”

"Alas!"

Zhang Mao hated it a little, and said angrily, "You rebel, didn't you notice anything wrong?" Don't you realize that the results you have achieved are even the same as the credit that Zhu Hui reported at the beginning? And then what happened to him, do you still use me to remind you? ”

Only then did Zhang Rui know why his father was so annoyed.

Zhang Rui said: "Father, in the end, it is a military merit, and today is not that time, and my father should not be annoyed by this at all." ”

"Humph!" Zhang Mao was so angry that he trembled and said, "I'm afraid that the people in the court don't think so, they will compare the old man with Zhu Hui, thinking that we are all useless, and then someone will participate in the impeachment, and then the old man needs to explain to that group of people, and even look at the faces of His Majesty and Zhang Bingkuan......

Zhang Rui hurriedly lowered his head and said: "It's too cautious, if you knew this, you should have led the troops to kill without hesitation." ”

"You can't be entirely blamed for that, either." Zhang Mao suddenly wanted to understand something, and his anger was not as full as before, and he sighed lightly, "The situation is like this, who would have thought that the Tartar would come suddenly and leave suddenly?" Which way it is? What is the purpose of their outreach? ”

Obviously, even Zhang Rui can't answer this question.

Zhang Mao said: "Didn't you capture a few Tartars?" Why didn't you ask clearly? ”

Zhang Rui said: "It's just a few women and children, they don't know anything, they only know that they are not the people and horses of the little prince of Tatar, and they still enter the land of the Hetao, it seems that they also have nowhere to graze, so they want to spend the winter in the land of the Hetao before winter, but they happen to ......."

Zhang Mao waved his hand and said, "No, how can the Tartars not know that this place is close to the Eccentric Pass?" They must have a purpose. Yes, that's it, it was the old man who sent troops to attack and repel them, which made their plot not succeed, as for killing the enemy and capturing the enemy, it was just piggybacking, and breaking the Tatar conspiracy was the main topic. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Rui found that his brain couldn't keep up.

Father is really looking for a breakthrough.

Can he be brought back by his father and invite himself to take credit?

"Father, if you say so, Your Majesty will ...... Believe it? Zhang Rui asked.

"Hmph, you don't understand, do you? What does Your Majesty want? Face is more important than anything else, as long as we fulfill Your Majesty's face and let Your Majesty have the capital to brag to the ministers in the court, then everything will be fine, otherwise even if you get the credit, you don't say the reported things too well, and Your Majesty's face is not earned, then no matter how much you do, it will be in vain. ”

Zhang Mao seemed to understand the emperor's thoughts, and was following his son's path.

"Father, will this ...... Great disrespect? Zhang Rui asked.

"Will you go and report your fatherhood? Between father and son, what's the point of telling you this? I'm afraid that you have empty ambitions, but you don't even know how to be an official, how can you stand tall in the court all these years as a father? Is it just to eat and drink with those colleagues by catering to the holy will in peacetime? ”

Zhang Mao suddenly became stiff at this time.

Zhang Rui hugged his fists and said: "My son has been taught!" ”

Zhang Mao said: "Hurry up and prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for my father, and play it for my father, so as not to be preempted by others." Some things should be preconceived, and the later ones will be considered by His Majesty to be a quibble, and the father must guard against the hand of the surnamed Ma. ”

"Father, Ma Zhongcheng is also a responsible minister in the end, how can he ......?"

"You know a fart, you haven't seen his attitude when he saw the old man today, and he almost wanted to kill Lao Tzu! This kind of person, for the sake of his reputation of honesty and self-discipline, dares to be enemies of the world, Lao Tzu believes that he is a ghost! You also hurry back to rectify, send troops early tomorrow morning, and then pack up all the people along the way, the most important ...... along the way It's about going fast! ”

Zhang Mao seems to have summed up the "trick" of victory at this time.

In other words, whether victorious or not, the march should be intensified, so that even if he finally ran a lap to the northwest and did not encounter the main force of the Tatars, the emperor would think that he had tried.

If you want to "play steadily", then Zhu Hui is his role model, and Zhu Hui planted it like this.

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Imperial Palace, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu received the recital from the northwest, Zhang Mao played the recital asking for credit, and Ma Zhongxi participated in his impeachment, which was almost sent to Beijing before and after.

Zhu Youzhu watched two almost completely different performances, and didn't say anything, but just asked Xiao Jing to leave the two pieces in the middle first.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that the British Duke seems to be in a hurry to show himself, but in fact, he may have missed the opportunity in this battle." Xiao Jing said.

Zhu Youzhu looked impatient and said, "Are you really the main force of the Tartars that he encountered?" The Tatars have been mainly active in the vicinity of Ningxia recently, and the enemy situation reported around Ningxia is also very urgent, but he is not in a hurry to reorganize his army in the border pass, if it is not for Ma Zhongxi forcing him to send troops, or he still wants to leave a few days later. ”

Xiao Jing said: "Then should Your Majesty issue an order to urge him?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a disdainful face: "How to fight this battle, it depends on his own, I only care about the result, do you want me to teach him how to fight?" Didn't I have much to prepare for him? ”

Xiao Jing was also a little confused, and asked, "Then Your Majesty, ...... this battle?"

"If you shouldn't ask, don't ask!" Zhu Youzhu also lost patience with Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing hurriedly lowered his head and retreated.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Look at you recently, you seem to be absent-minded, just go back and rest for a few days, and the errand of the celebrant will be handed over to Chen Kuan for the time being." You...... Alas! ”

"Your Majesty......" Xiao Jing immediately knelt down.

The emperor has given him idle.

Although he had long expected this kind of result, Xiao Jing didn't expect it to come so suddenly, he was still reporting to the emperor on the front foot, and he was punished by the emperor because he said a few words about Zhang Mao?

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said, "Wait until you think clearly, and then come back." Wait for my summons. Stand back! ”

"Yes." Xiao Jing almost wanted to cry.

This fell too suddenly, from the original celebrant to the eunuch who held the seal, to an idler, it was equivalent to losing everything he had before, although there may be a chance to make a comeback in the future, but it is obvious that the emperor is tired of him now.

Once this situation goes, the emperor will think of him in the future, and will he think of his goodness?

The love between master and servant seems to be coming to an end.

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The celebrant is on duty in the room.

Li Zhang also learned the news of Xiao Jing's departure temporarily, and he still didn't know the situation clearly, so he hurriedly returned to the duty room and went to Chen Kuan and Wei Bin to ask for clarification.

Because Li Zhang had a thought in his heart, that is, as the chief eunuch of Bingbi, once Xiao Jing retired, he should take over the eunuch who was in charge of the seal.

But when he arrived at the duty room of the celebrant supervisor, he didn't see Wei Bin's figure, only Chen Kuan was sitting there alone, seemingly on behalf of Zhu Pi, the son of heaven, but in fact, he was sitting there in a daze.

"Grandpa Chen, what's going on? Previously...... Aren't they all okay? Li Zhang asked.

Chen Kuan said: "You are in charge of the East Factory, and you have received more information than our family, you come to ask our family?" ”

Li Zhang said with emotion: "I heard that Gonggong Xiao was sent out of the palace as a gift, and now it seems to be ...... Temporarily suspended. ”

"Alas!" Chen Kuan sighed, "This is the case, and there is no way to do it, but what is the specific reason, our family has no way of knowing, this is not Wei Gonggong has already gone out to inquire about the news, or it is difficult to inquire now, even we don't know, who will know?" ”

Li Zhang said: "I don't know if it's ......"

"You want to ask, who took the place of the palm print, right? We don't know, if it's you, you'......"

Li Zhang hurriedly said: "How can someone be virtuous, or Gonggong Chen, you are highly respected." ”

"Don't, everything is about rules, if everything is normal, then it should be you, and we should all listen to you. But for now, you'll have to wait for news. ”

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Li Zhang didn't inquire about the news, and immediately went out again.

Not long after, Wei Bin also returned.

Wei Bin's face was a little not good.

"How?" Chen Kuan hurriedly went over to inquire.

Wei Bin said: "Gonggong Xiao was indeed kicked out of the palace, that is to say...... For the time being, he was out of ground. ”

Chen Kuan said a little eagerly: "Then let's ...... But just follow ...... Woe to you! Li Zhang came in before, saying that he was here to ask about the situation, who doesn't know what he thinks in his heart? ”

Wei Bin said with an unpredictable look: "Guess what? I just learned that the news came from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and it wasn't originally related to today's events, but now it seems that it may be ...... There is a great connection. ”

"Please." Chen Kuan also became nervous.

Wei Bin said: "I heard that Yang Peng came back from Liaodong, and the first thing he did when he entered the city, guess what?" It's to see Cai Guogong! He didn't even visit His Majesty, so he went to see Cai Guogong! ”

Chen Kuan frowned and said, "This wind is from the Imperial Horse Supervisor?" ”

In Chen Kuan's opinion, no matter whether Yang Peng returned to the capital or not, or who he went to meet, it was impossible for the people of the Imperial Horse Prison to know, and even if someone knew, they would not dare to chew their tongues casually.

Wei Bin said helplessly: "This is the case, whether this is the case or not, it's hard to say, I'm afraid that the next step is that he Yang Peng will be promoted to the position of palm print and ride on the heads of the two of us." ”

Chen Kuan thought for a while and sighed: "If it's Yang Peng, it's not a bad thing, but it's better not to ...... Li Zhang. ”

"Hmm." Even Wei Bin seems to feel the same way.

Chen Kuan said again: "Father-in-law Xiao lost power, the biggest loss is the two of us, if the two of us have an unstable foothold in the future, it is estimated that in about half a year, we will lose everything in our hands." Have you thought of a way out? ”

Wei Bin shook his head.

"It's too late to talk to Cai Guogong now, or Yang Peng has the foresight, he was able to follow Li Guang at the beginning, and then followed Cai Guogong, that is, he is like him...... Those who can be dogs can be mixed well, but both of us are doing things for His Majesty, how can we be like him? Chen Kuan is helpless.

Wei Bin said: "I'm afraid that what Your Majesty wants is only someone who can help Cai Guogong." (End of chapter)