Chapter 57: Surprise

The stove is left with ashes, lest the wind blow, and there is a slight vacancy, and the smoke flies. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 At the beginning of April of the ninth year of Emperor Nedi, the news of the emperor's illness spread to the southern regions, and the old Central Plains that had been defeated by Emperor Gong and fled from southern Xinjiang in the past regrouped again, intending to rebel, and the beacon fire was calm for many years, and the imperial soldiers and horses lived in peace for a long time, and soon they were moved more than 100 miles and lost several cities.

Although the old ministry was small enough to shake the dynasty, after all, the war was in chaos and had to be cured, and King Pan, who was the prisoner of the country, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the old prime minister and King Bin to the Guangci Palace.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the old department?" asked the Queen Mother without hurry.

Min Cheng replied in faith: "The anti-thieves have always been entrenched in southern Xinjiang, and according to Weichen's investigation, there are no more than 30,000. The first emperor thought that he did not dare to make a rebellion, and he was afraid that the people of the old dynasty would be dissatisfied, so he had allowed them to occupy fifty cities in southern Xinjiang. ”

"Hehe!" the Queen Mother looked at her, "30,000 soldiers and horses, a few cities in my Great Dynasty can make them stop, what do the officials think?"

"After returning to his mother," King Pan seemed to be in his chest, "the rebels on this road are intended to be disobedient, and the officials of the court and the central government unanimously think that sending troops to attack and suppress is the best, and they can't give them a chance to breathe, so as to reassure the people of the world and prevent people from making changes in chaos." ”

"Well," the Queen Mother praised a little, and then looked at the old prime minister, "Is there a candidate for the crusade?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, more than a dozen fierce generals are eager to try, waiting for the Niangniang's decree, and the rebellion can be eliminated in an instant. "Prime Minister Min Cheng is righteous, speaking of the righteousness of the war, there is no delicate image, "The Beijing division is only a thousand miles away from the southern Xinjiang, the war cavalry can be reached in less than half a month, there are more than 100 cities in the south, hundreds of thousands of troops can be deployed, no accident, the southern rebellion can be quelled within a month." ”

"That's right," a smile appeared on the face of the Queen Mother, "This rebellion naturally cannot be appeased, and we must send troops to fight against it, and we must cut off the chronic disease so that we will not leave any troubles! Although southern Xinjiang is close, we can easily use soldiers, horses, food, and grass, and the enemy's small movement will cause us a huge amount of money, and we cannot pay for the opportunity to make a comeback." Then it is up to you to choose a fierce general, fight a quick battle, and put down the rebellion in southern Xinjiang. ”

"Queen Mother!" King Bin stood up suddenly, holding the posture of seeing death as home, "Erchen is willing to go, not to move a single soldier in the capital, only to take the general to go south alone, so that he can reach the south in seven or eight days, gather troops from the neighboring city, and destroy the enemy in less than ten days.

Without waiting for the queen mother to refute, King Pan shouted loudly: "Good! The third brother is really brave, this time he led the troops to go out to experience the imperial brother, and secondly, he also exalted the royal prestige, and ordered the world to surrender, the third brother can rest assured, for the elder brother to draft an edict, quickly and whip the soldiers and horses in the city to assemble in the border city, waiting for the opportunity to move, and when you go into battle to kill the enemy, you will do your best to assist, and you will make the imperial brother return triumphantly......"

The Queen Mother unconsciously moved her body, and saw that King Pan had already spoken, and stopped speaking.

Wentu found the clue, King Pan will never easily send troops to assist, once King Bin is in trouble, the entire court King Pan immediately covers the sky with one hand, glances at Jing Zi to make a look, his own people speak softly, this kind of scene is not open.

"The Queen Mother," Jing Zi took a step forward, attached to her body and said, "I have been idle for a long time, and my hands are also itchy, I want to evacuate my muscles and bones with the third prince to the battlefield, and I hope that the Queen Mother will be successful!"

"No need!" King Pan immediately raised his hand to stop it, what is the difference between Jing Zi going and the Queen Mother, and said with a smile, "You are so good to serve the emperor and the queen mother, this king looks at the queen mother these days are a little tired, how can you leave the palace without permission at this time? The third brother will set off in two days, and I will immediately order the movement of the military division, so that nothing goes wrong!"

The Queen Mother looked at the prime minister deeply, and the old prime minister nodded slightly.

King Pan left with the prime minister and King Bin, no matter how you look at it, it is also the aura of brothers loving the country with one heart, but the queen mother and Wentu both know that there is a mystery here. If it is really meritorious, King Pan will never allow King Bin to go!

Seeing the Queen Mother's sad face, Wentu couldn't help but say: "Queen Mother, King Bin is estimated to have many dangers here, and this battle can only be won, not defeated, otherwise King Bin will immediately fall into a dilemma, it is better to rush to the battlefield by the humble position with the Queen Mother's secret order, once the soldiers and horses are sick, it is also good to call in a hurry to ensure that King Bin has enough troops around him." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes lit up, and she immediately agreed, "Yes, there are no soldiers and horses in this world who can't be adjusted," the Queen Mother showed an arrogant look, and then dimmed for a moment, "Remember, once King Bin changes, you can ...... Instead!"

"The Queen Mother rest assured, the three princes are intended to become famous, and there is no intention of rebellion, but Pan Wangye has now begun to step into Gyeonggi to guard such an important position, the third prince is not there, the old prime minister is lonely, I am afraid that there will be some action in the near future, the mother can stop it, then stop it, and if you can't stop it, you can avoid it, at the moment Pan Wangye is fledgling, and he does not dare to act arbitrarily, and I hope that the Queen Mother will take care!"

"The mourning family has written it down," the queen mother was also deeply moved by Wentu's wisdom, and spit out the words of obedience that she had never said in her life, "Now the emperor, the queen and the prince have no news of the disaster, which also invisibly helps the mourning family, maybe the master is right, the one who should come will always come, you can rest assured that the harem will help Bin'er to achieve a complete victory on the battlefield, and the class can only compete with Pan'er when he returns to the court, and the court will be stable." ”

At the time of parting, Wentu still came to Fu Rou's side and comforted: "County Lord, no matter whether this trip is successful or not, you must not act rashly, before the emperor and the prince do not come back, do not provoke King Pan, if you kill him, the world will immediately be in chaos, either there is no owner in the court, or King Bin has the sole power to usurp the government, and the queen mother and you cannot protect themselves." ”

"Got it. Fu Rou replied lightly.

Wentu secretly cried and laughed, you dead girl, this is your future husband going to the battlefield, life and death are unknown, so you can't say a few more words, even if you care about it!

Fu Rou squirmed her lips a few times, but after all, she didn't make a sound, but she said silently in her heart: It's best to come back alive......

On the long road under the sunset, on the official road in the ancient tree, two war horses galloped with hooves, and the two messengers shouted with tense faces, and they had just driven out of the capital not far away, and were stopped by a team of patrolmen. The messenger immediately shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, the prime minister has an urgent order!" Unbeknownst to him, the patrol simply ignored it and cut the messengers under their horses in an instant!

The Prime Minister's secret order was stopped halfway!

Soon, Wentu drove a red-maned horse out of the capital quickly, he knew that it was not feasible to transfer troops in southern Xinjiang in a day, and he must prepare the troops and horses properly before King Bin arrived, but when he thought of doing things for this heinous prince, his heart was extremely uncomfortable.

Waving the past, Chi Shabang, the red mane and back cross Yinglang, the silver saddle and thin armor are not profitable, and they will go to the ancient road.

The sand road in Zhongdu was glowing with the white light before sunset, and the golden wheel in the distance on the right was swallowing the last breath of heat, so the entire western sky was red like blood, and the sun was no longer dazzling like a fireball, embarrassingly telling the tiredness of the day. There are few pedestrians on the endless road, and from a distance, it looks like a single horse is immersed in the sunset.

"Phewβ€”" Ventu suddenly noticed something, and quickly reined in his galloping horse.

What a familiar figure! Heavy, clumsy, and a little staggering!

He immediately lifted the reins and turned the horse's head, returned to a fork, and leaned into the trail on the right, and there was nothing!

Just now, I saw a blurry figure at the end of the path, a lady holding a child, that action was very similar to Zhuo Ji and Bi Zi! At this time, the path wide for the two people was empty, and the horse's hooves kept trampling "Gege" sounded, and the horseback was at a loss, rubbing his eyes vigorously and looking at it again, it was still empty, the path might lead to a barren mountain, how could there be Zhuo Ji and Bi'er?

How did he know that the small dirt road was the one that led to Emperor Nedi and the prince's house!

Wentu leaned forward, holding the red horse under his crotch, and suddenly felt sad, perhaps it was an illusion caused by overthinking......!

"Driving-" The official couldn't help himself, Wentu shouted, and the reins of the royal horse galloped.

No one looked back for him, no one applauded for him, the lonely hero, tasting the astringent wind along the way, tasting the pure grass fragrance on the side of the sand road, eating the sour and bitter green fruits, all the way south......

Seven days later, Wentu arrived at the border, and with the warrant of the Queen Mother, it was easy to meet the left-behind general.

"Come on, make tea for the civil servant!" When the general saw the Queen Mother's person, he kept blowing his black beard, hiding his excitement in his heart.

Wentu didn't have time to taste tea and chat, so he hurriedly explained his intention: "General, Wen Mou is here to follow the secret order of the Queen Mother, mobilize a few soldiers and horses in the city, and wait for the ......dispatch of the handsome."

"What?!" the general couldn't believe his ears, and walked around impatiently in the huge military palace, "How can there be such a thing? Two days ago, several cities near the battlefield received an edict from King Pan, the lord of the prison state, and all the soldiers and horses rushed westward to prevent the state of the western frontier from taking the opportunity to change, saying that King Bin personally led the troops!"

Wentu was stunned, jumped up, glared at the general and shouted, "Why don't you wait for King Bin to arrive before transferring troops?"

The general suddenly realized the danger and hurriedly replied: "King Pan's edict ordered the troops along the way to set off the day before yesterday, and King Bin's soldiers and horses can arrive today, and there is a pass in front of it, and the thieves dare not come easily......"

"Two days?" asked Ventu angrily, "what if the counter-soldiers break in within two days?"

"They don't know the inside story, they will never dare to cross the mountain pass, even if they venture to come, they are only snooping on half soldiers, we will calmly resist, waiting for the army of King Bin to come. ”

"If you go to transfer troops at this moment, how many days will you arrive at the earliest?"

"The city to the north of this hundred miles has not been transferred, but there is no military and police preparation there, so it will take five or six days to return at the earliest!"

Wentu trembled with anger, it was estimated that King Bin was close to Lincheng at this time, so he had to wait for King Bin to arrive before making plans, and he hoped that the rebels would not dare to cross the border. In short, abandoning a few cities and then breaking troops to clear them will not hinder the overall situation. At this time, Wentu deeply lamented the palace gladiatorial battle, and he couldn't imagine that King Pan was so ignorant, and in order to make things difficult for his younger brother, he was ready to give up several cities, and this king's joke would make hundreds of people die in the enemy!

At the end of the unitary hour, the red sun sank in the west, and there was a circle of red halo in the sky, as if he was laughing at the drama of the emperor's house, and he seemed too lazy to see this ugly scene, and he was not seen for a moment and a half.

"Report to the general!

Wentu and the general hurriedly greeted them out, both dumbfounded: one cart, one horse and two entourage!

"Humble welcome to the king!" both of them leaned over at the same time.

The general grasped the handle of the long knife with one hand, and with the other hand, he slammed over a general beside him, lowered his head and ordered angrily, "You take five hundred people to the pass to ambush and investigate, if any thieves come to rush and kill immediately, delay the opportunity, the longer the better," he said and immediately turned to King Bin, "Third prince, the big thing is not good, the situation has changed, please leave the city immediately and go north......"

"Wait!" A trace of contempt flashed on King Bin's white face, and he stopped the soldiers who were about to leave, "Is there no soldier in this city right now?"

The general closed his eyes fiercely, and then knelt on the ground with a plop and lost his voice in shame: "Back to the prince, not only there are no soldiers in this city, but even the neighboring cities have no soldiers......

At this time, King Bin found out that Wentu was there, so he glared at Wentu suspiciously.

"Back to the prince," Wen Tucai is not afraid of his brothers' rebellion, the more this is the more beneficial it is to the queen mother and the emperor, "I humbly obeyed the secret order of the queen mother, and went out of the city overnight to come to the city non-stop," said and took out the edict and handed it to King Bin, "Niangniang is worried that the soldiers and horses here will not be deployed, so the secret order is to raise troops for the prince, and I don't want the soldiers and horses here to be transferred to the west by Prince Pan two days ago!"

King Bin sat down stupidly, with no intention of abandoning the city, and began to think about how to report to the Queen Mother after returning to Beijing.

"Third Prince?" the general couldn't wait, sweating profusely.

"No hurry, no hurry, how many soldiers are there in the second city?" King Bin smiled.

"There are only three thousand, please ...... the three princes"

"Come, come," King Bin immediately grabbed the general's arm, and said calmly, "This king has not yet drunk your Nanfeng tea here, how can he say that he can leave? On both sides are the boundaries of our great dynasty, which can be easily besieged, and they just bluff, occupy a few cities, fantasize about taking the pass as the boundary, taking our city forever, and then occupying the southern mid-levels, forming a new boundary. ”

As he spoke, King Bin tasted the tea with his eyes in his eyes, and made a smack sound from time to time.

"King Bin, my subordinates will send someone to accompany the Wen servant to transfer troops......"

Just halfway through speaking, I suddenly heard a sound outside the city!

The scouts came in a panic to report: "Report, the rebels suddenly appeared outside the city, and the city was surrounded by water, and the soldiers in the city may not be able to resist!"