"Minister Yang Yiqing see Your Majesty!"

Yang Yiqing led a few people into the inner room, and immediately saluted Zhu Houzhao.

"Ahem, General Yang get up, don't be polite."

Zhu Houzhao said, and looked at Jiang Ning, who was pale on the side, also a little embarrassed.

He didn't think he would be discovered.

"Jiang Shiyu, I stayed alone in the post house and panicked, thinking that it was still interesting to watch the war, so I ran over."

Jiang Ning sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the sword here has no eyes, it is really too dangerous. ”

Zhang Yong's face turned pale, and he also said loudly:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the fight was so fierce outside just now, fortunately the Tatars don't have decent firearms, otherwise it would have been bad!"

"Okay, okay, don't say it, I know it.

But if I don't see the real war with my own eyes, and only guard the little military horses in the palace, how can I go on the horse to fight like Taizu Taizong. ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, ran to the huge sand table on the side, and looked at it with relish.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Yiqing whispered to Jiang Ning: "How did you bring Your Majesty over?!" ”

"It's a long story, I'll talk to the general later."

Jiang Ning shook his head with a wry smile, and also walked to the sand table to look.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said excitedly:

"Jiang Shi reads it, you see, this sand table is really detailed. There are not only the passes and cities of my Ming Dynasty, but also the mountains, rivers, grasses and forests of the Tatar steppe.

This picture is comparable to an army of 100,000! ”

"What Your Majesty said is good, with the Tatar map, in the future, my Ming army can not only defend, but also take the initiative to attack and burn the war to the grassland!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Ning suddenly stared at the sand table and fell into deep thought, and his mind flashed.

Miao Kui won't be ......

"Yang Qing, did you send the scout to explore the horse and draw it deep into the grassland?

A great achievement, I want to be rewarded! ”

At this time, Yang Yiqing took a few steps forward and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, this map is not drawn in the army, but measured and measured by Lord Jiang's inner factory in the desert outside the country after spending countless days and nights, regardless of the danger."

When Jiang Ning heard this, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Song seemed to have told him about this before.

Then he asked Zhou Song to hand it over to the Ministry of War to draw a map of public opinion.

I didn't expect it to have been passed to the army, and it was made into a sand table.

"It's good, it's all meritorious.

It seems that I set up the inner factory at the right time.

Jiang Shiyu did a good job, but after half a year's effort, it was much more powerful than Jinyiwei and Dongchang. ”

Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate to praise himself, and looked at Yang Yiqing again:

"I heard you say outside that you sent Miao Kui to carry out secret military affairs, what kind of military affairs?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the grassland has suffered a snowstorm, the cattle and sheep have frozen to death, and the Tatars have no food to live.

Therefore, there are only some old and weak women and children left behind in the grassland.

The minister thought that instead of passively defending, it was better to take the initiative to attack. As long as the rear of the steppe is disturbed, the Tatars will have no intention of fighting again, and their morale will be greatly demoralized.

When they retreat in a hurry, our army can take advantage of the situation to pursue and kill, and most of the enemy will be destroyed.

After careful discussion with General Wang Shouren and the generals in the army, he sent Gonggong Miao and General Xu Tai to lead his troops deep into the grassland behind enemy lines and plunder all the tribes along the way.

Kill and eat up their cattle and sheep grain, burn all the horse feed tents, and leave the old and weak women and children as a drag on them.

In this way, it can greatly consume their underlying strength, so that they dare not go south to herd horses!

It has been seven or eight days since they set off today. ”

"Good!"

Zhu Houzhao stroked his palms and praised it, looking very excited:

"Yang Qing, you have already made what I want to do in advance.

I will reward you so much! ”

Jiang Ning nodded secretly, seeing that it was exactly the same as what he had just thought, and said thoughtfully:

"It's a great plan!

If successful, the Tatars will not be able to go south for several years.

Taking advantage of the past few years, as long as our dynasty vigorously reorganizes its armaments and trains its army, sooner or later it will be able to lead the army into the desert like Taizong and kill him upside down!

General Yang has made a great contribution! ”

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and Yang Yiqing hurriedly said:

"It's all Jiang Daren's inner factory who took the risk to draw a grassland map and laid a solid foundation, otherwise no matter how subtle the strategy is, it will be powerless."

Jiang Ning smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao:

"Your Majesty, this time Gonggong Miao personally led the army into danger, and when he returns, he needs to be rewarded."

Miao Kui suffered a big defeat in the previous rash attack of the enemy, which made Zhu Houzhao very angry.

He is not like the Eight Tigers, and he has a deep friendship with the emperor, so he naturally tries his best to make meritorious contributions.

This time, as a prisoner, he personally entered the desert, and he did it, which is a great achievement.

So Jiang Ning, who is a staunch ally of Miao Kui, doesn't mind saying something good to him in advance.

Zhu Houzhao nodded:

"Yes, in addition to Miao Kui, then Xu Tai should also be rewarded. And the soldiers must be rewarded, they are the heroes of my Ming Dynasty! ”

Jiang Ning heard the name Xu Tai, and suddenly remembered that he should be the martial champion of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi.

In history, he was favored by the Son of Heaven, not only gave the country surname, but also accepted as a righteous son.

is that his character is flawed, and he also had conflicts with Wang Shouren, and was finally exiled by Jiajing.

But he is indeed a fierce general, and he can be regarded as a martial artist.

Subsequently, Jiang Ning explained to Yang Yiqing the reason why Zhu Houzhao went north.

After Yang Yiqing learned the inside story, he extinguished the idea of persuading the emperor to go back.

However, he did not dare to relax at all, and ordered the heavy troops of all departments to gather in the Zhuguan near the left side of Datong, strictly defend it, and contacted Wang Shouren to renegotiate the strategic plan.

After inspecting the forts of the Great Wall, Zhu Houzhao finally followed Jiangning back to Datong with satisfaction.

And within two days, it was the day of the king's wedding and the joy of the people.

Coincidentally, at the same time, the news of the Tatar retreat was received, which made the people of the city even more happy.

On the morning of the same day, Jiang Ning and Zhang Yong came to congratulate as scheduled.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao, who looks like a soldier, is indispensable.

After being introduced into the palace by the palace housekeeper, a bustling noise was heard.

After Jiang Ning inquired, he learned that the acting king was rich and rich, and invited these opera troupes to sing in the mansion.

And according to the scale, scattered in the front and back of the palace and the nave, it is really lively.

"My lord, father-in-law, please come here.

The prince still needs to make some preparations, and the ceremony of accepting the concubine will be held after a while, so that the two adults need to rest for a while in the side hall. ”

Jiang Ning and the others nodded, and went to the side hall under the guidance of the butler.

And when passing by the stage of a corner gate in the outer hall, Jiang Ning suddenly noticed that there was a gaze staring at him, and subconsciously looked back.

But it quickly vanished.

He frowned, didn't think much of it, and left with the butler.

In the corner of the stage, a woman dressed in a costume withdrew her gaze, and took a good time to pack up the things in her hands, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Just looking at her bewitching figure, I feel that she is a rare beauty.

But when you see the dense spots on her face, you can't be interested.

This woman is Yang Yue'er in disguise.

She had a big quarrel with her brother and persuaded her many times, but Yang Hu couldn't listen to it in the end, and insisted on assassinating Zhu Houzhao.

Although Yang Yue'er is superb in martial arts, she is a daughter after all, and the old people of Yangjiazhai led by the seventh master all support Yang Hu's decision.

As a result, she was forced to agree.

After thinking about it, she felt that if she wanted to assassinate the emperor, she still had to start from Jiang Ning's side, so she ventured into the opera troupe, and then entered the palace, trying to find clues about Zhu Houzhao.

It's a pity that Yang Yue'er only looked at Jiang Ning just now, and didn't notice that one of the guards behind him was quietly grimacing at him.

There is no appearance of a guard at all.

"Two adults, please."

After turning around for a while, Jiang Ning and Zhang He finally arrived at the side hall.

After letting the guards wait outside, the two of them raised their feet and walked inside.

But I saw that in the somewhat dim hall, there were many people standing full.

There is Yang Yiqing, who put down his military affairs and rushed to come urgently, there is the acting king who should have prepared a big gift, and there is Zhou Nan, the governor of Datong who begged for death at every turn.

The most terrible thing is that there is also Yang Tinghe, a cabinet university scholar who doesn't know when he came over.

Jiang Ning and Zhang Yongqi glanced at each other, and they could see the badness and helplessness in each other's eyes.

Not to mention how the palace was "bloody and bloody", Zhu Houzhao, who couldn't stay outside, called a few internal guards and ran to the stage he passed by before to watch the play.

Suddenly, he was attracted by Yang Yue'er, who was dancing with knives and guns in the audience, and ran up happily:

"Sister, you're so handsome."

Yang Yue'er was stunned for a moment, put down the props in her hand, looked at the junior lieutenant in front of her and said with a smile:

"It's just some tricks, but it makes you laugh."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said:

"But I think it's much better than those big men.

Sister, when are you going to perform on stage, I'll throw you copper and silver.

It's guaranteed to be more than the money you get in this troupe. ”

Yang Yue'er covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Look at your age and dress, you are a small colonel in the army, where do you get all this money.

You, it's better to save up and marry a daughter-in-law in the future. ”

"No, no, I already have a daughter-in-law.

It doesn't hurt to give it all to my sister. ”

Yang Yue'er was amused by him, and giggled:

"Then you can't give it to me, you have to support your family."

At this time, I only heard the sound of a gong from the platform.

Yang Yue'er hurriedly said: "Brother, my sister is going to perform on stage later, you have to prepare first, if you really like it, just give your sister a good cheer offstage." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded again and again.