In the middle of April, Shuozhou City finally has the breath of spring.

Many people say that spring can bring endless hope to people.

In fact, many people don't know that spring can also bring the smell of death.

When Xiong Chu saw Zhang Ying with a gloomy face in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

He suddenly felt that this year's spring might not be a good season.

At least for the border pass of the Ming Dynasty, it should not be a good season.

"I just received a report from the imperial court: Guizhou's official army marched into Shuixi on three routes, and the left-hand army of Liu Chao, the deputy commander-in-chief, was ambushed and suffered a great defeat at Luguanghe. Liu Chao escaped alone, Yao Wang and other 27 generals were killed in battle, more than 6,000 people were killed, and more than 20,000 people under General Yang Mingkai were captured, and the whole army was wiped out. ”

Zhang Ying saw Xiong Chu come in, and said the above paragraph with a sad face.

"Shuixi, Guizhou, can't tens of thousands of officers and troops defeat the rebels of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan?"

Although Xiong Chu was a little surprised, he began to mumble in his heart.

The affairs of Guizhou are thousands of miles away, and they have nothing to do with the Datong front, so there is no need for Zhang Ying to pretend to be a rabbit and a fox. He cried with a sad face, it was definitely not because Liu Chao's army was annihilated, there should be other reasons.

Sure enough, Zhang Ying's words changed and said something else: "Di Bao emphasized that in the past two years, the mob has been making trouble everywhere, and it should become the main task of the garrison troops in various places. In particular, the Diao people in the Ganxi and Shaanxi areas are all ready to move, and our attention in the future should be focused on the Diao people, rather than on friendly neighbors outside the country. ”

When Prince Xiong heard this, he was a little disapproving: "General Zhang, please forgive me for being blunt. As far as I know, there has been no rain in Ganshan for the past three years, and there has been no harvest for many years. Moreover, two major earthquakes occurred in a row the year before last and last year, and the common people even ate up the bark, grass roots, and Guanyin soil. ”

During this period, Beimeng dispatched 6,000 cavalry to raid Yan'an Mansion and Huanghuayu, kidnapped more than 3,000 women, and killed more than 1,800 young men. Are they all such people?"

Zhang Ying sighed: "Alas, who said it wasn't? Zhang almost lost his head last year because he asked for an order to lead troops to Huanghuayu to rescue the people who were taken captive." Therefore, this time he declared his military exploits to the imperial court, not only did he not receive a reward, but he was only exempted from last year's crimes. ”

Xiong Chu still felt a little incredible: "General Zhang, could it be that Lord Hou of the Prison Army is blind, and he hasn't seen these things?"

Zhang Ying looked outside the gate with some weakness, and then said softly: "Zhang is complaining in front of a hero like a hero, and he doesn't dare to say such disobedient words in other places." ”

"In the eyes of the literati, one's own fame is a qiē. What kind of rivers and mountains, the people of Limin, that's just what they usually talk about to find an excuse for themselves. ”

"Hou Sui has said many times: As long as the Ming Dynasty is in the Dao, our official position is there. Diao Min just wants to overthrow the imperial court, which is absolutely unforgivable. As long as they dare to make trouble, they will be all killed. ”

Xiong Chu smiled bitterly and nodded: "I understand." Even if the Fanbang Waiyi outside the Great Wall came in, their main purpose was not necessarily to kill the emperor, so there was still a chance to pay tribute to the ministers, and then continue to be officials. ”

"But if the common people rise up to rebel, it must be their responsibility to overthrow the court and kill all the corrupt officials as the criterion, so there is absolutely no room for compromise. ”

Zhang Ying spread his hands, then made a grimace at Xiong Chu, shrugged his shoulders and did not continue to speak, because he was completely silent.

Xiong Chu felt that this should not be the purpose of Zhang Ying's special visit, so he smiled slightly: "General Zhang has always been determined to serve the country, and there must be other things to do when he came here today." There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to say. ”

Zhang Ying gave a thumbs up: "The hero really has a sharp eye, and he sees the problem to the point! Yes, Zhang visited today, and there is indeed a matter of trouble for the hero." Zhang immersed himself in military training, just to resist foreign humiliation and serve the court, not to slaughter his own people. ”

"But the situation is getting tense day by day, and I can't guarantee that I won't be sent out to suppress bandits. Zhang didn't want to consume the elite soldiers in the process of suppressing bandits, so he wanted to hire Hachiro Daxia as the head of the gun and stick head of the Shuozhou City garrison barracks. ”

"If Hachiro Daxia can deign to take up the position of head coach, Zhang will go back and then declare to the supervisor Hou to recruit a group of recruits for training, and this training task will be entrusted to Hachiro Daxia. ”

Zhang Ying left happily, because Prince Xiong agreed to take up the position of head coach without hesitation.

After a simple exchange, Xiong Chu had a further understanding of Zhang Ying.

This person has the enthusiasm to serve the country, and he is full of righteousness, and he is indeed a good soldier.

There is no doubt that what Zhang Ying handed over to him for training will definitely not be any recruits, it must be the most elite troops under him, but they are just preparing to implement the strategy of stealing beams and changing pillars and secretly preserving their strength.

At present, the foreign enemy is close at hand, and they are eyeing it day and night.

Being able to keep an elite army ready to resist foreign enemies at any time preserved a trace of vitality for the Ming Dynasty.

This is a soldier's strategy, and it is also a soldier's entrustment, and Prince Xiong believes that he should not shirk.

However, when Zhang Ying laughed and went out, there seemed to be some other meaning in his eyes.

It's a pity that Xiong Chu reacted a little slowly, and before he could figure out what that unfathomable and profound look meant, Zhang Ying was already gone.

In the spring, when the moon rises in the middle of the sky, there is still a hint of chill in the night sky.

Although this cold is not very strong, Xiong Chu can sense it very clearly.

When Xiong Chu felt this trace of cold suddenly become stronger, he knew that he had made a mistake.

This is not cold at all but murderous, and the murderous aura that directly penetrates into the heart makes people shudder.

Xiong Chu completed a big Zhou Tian cultivation in the abbot's room, and then went to the platform in front of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion for a walk, which was a habit that he had recently developed.

Of course, for the architecture of Buddhism, such as the Daxiong Treasure Hall, such as the Mida Palace, such as the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, etc., it is not called a platform, but a Sumeru seat.

The main building of Buddhism cannot be placed directly on the land, and there must be a nine-story Sumeru seat underneath.

Xiong Chu must say that this is the platform at the gate of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, in fact, you can't do anything about him, because the top of the Sumeru seat is indeed a big platform.

On the central axis of this large platform, there is a two-eared unicorn giant tripod about four feet high and six feet in diameter at breast height 18 zhang away from the gate of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.

There is a mountain and river bridge of white marble between the Qilin Juding and the gate of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and under the bridge is the release pond.

However, there is no water in the release pond now, and of course it cannot be released.

There was no water in the release pool, so there were some messy things on the other side, which completely destroyed the solemn and solemn atmosphere of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.

That can't be helped, because Prince Xiong and his brothers are not bald monks, and they don't believe in Buddhism, so naturally they are not in the mood to clean up any release ponds, which is understandable, isn't it?

The chilling murderous aura came from the southwest corner of the Sumeru seat, which was at least twenty zhang away from the position occupied by the bear prince.

There was a murderous aura from such a distance, and it also made him shudder, Xiong Chu already suspected that what kind of bed-sitting living Buddha Du Buba came, and ordinary people did not have such profound skills.

"Since you're already here, hurry up and let your son-in-law see what it is, what kind of thing is hiding his head and tail?"

Xiong Chu stood next to the Qilin Juding, although he was talking nonsense, his left hand was still caressing the edge of the Juding, and his eyes were also staring at the Qilin Juding, as if he didn't care about anything outside his body.

His current appearance makes outsiders look like he has a charm that is unsurprising and unfathomable.

"Mida Buddha! Hachiro is really the posture of the dragon and phoenix in the world, the instrument is extraordinary, good and good!"

Only then did the Xiong Chu turn around and look up, and a person had already appeared about five feet behind him.

Without the slightest sound, he appeared five feet behind him, and Xiong Chu suddenly gasped.

Although he didn't seem to care about it just now, he had already raised his 120,000 points of vigilance.

Even so, no one was found approaching, if not spoken.

This phenomenon has only appeared once, that is, his master Wangqi Scattered Man appeared in the cave, and Xiong Chu did not notice it at all.

"Could it be that this Dububa can be on an equal footing with his own master?"

Xiong Chu was very shocked in his heart, but his face looked very indifferent, and he looked at the other party presumptuously.

A shiny bald head in the moonlight, a pair of eyebrows at least two inches long, and a white beard on the chin more than a foot.

He was dressed in monk's robes, which looked like a dark red color in the moonlight at night.

In his hand is also a gilded crescent shovel, exactly the same as the one of King Thubden.

These appearances Xiong Chu didn't care, and to his surprise, this was clearly an old guy who couldn't be older, but he looked like a child's face.

If it weren't for the white eyebrows and white beard, Xiong Chu would have thought that there was a twelve or thirteen-year-old child standing in front of him.

Xiong Chu was so presumptuous with a large number of other parties, and the old monk didn't even make a sound, nor did he make any other movements, like a sculpture.

Of course, Xiong Chu would not think that the other party was a sculpture, because it was impossible for a sculpture to suddenly appear behind him silently.

"There is a saying in the Central Plains, maybe you haven't heard it like you. Old and undead are called thieves, so I should call you an old thief. Old thief, you have been staring at Ben Gongzi for so long, haven't you seen enough?"

Xiong Chu thought that if he deliberately spoke ill words, the other party would definitely be furious.

"Mida Buddha! The donor of Hachiro is really extraordinary, and he actually said it in one sentence. Old and not dying? Good and good, really wonderful. ”

Unexpectedly, the other party's reaction was even more strange than just now, which made Xiong Chu feel a sense of powerlessness: Is this old guy a fool, can't he even hear me scolding him for being an old thief?

I scolded you, if you don't get angry, forget it, your face is still full of excitement, as if you have discovered a new continent, you don't know what to do!

It's no wonder that Xiong Chu is a little overwhelmed, it's easy to understand.

If you are trying to scold someone, you hope to make the other person angry and scold, and then achieve some kind of goal for yourself.

But in fact, the other party insisted that you scolded right, scolded at a high level, and put on a posture of "you continue, I will listen to you, and I will never be angry", which is actually a very unsuccessful thing.

You hollowed out your mind and wasted your lips and tongue to scold, but as a result, the other party was watching the play there, and it was fake to say that it was not uncomfortable.

Even if he didn't feel uncomfortable, Xiong Chu felt that scolding like a shrew was actually boring, and he really lost his identity, although he didn't have any identity in the first place.

In short, Xiong Chu felt that he was a failure because he had not achieved the intended goal. I734