"Have you heard? Another tribe has been broken by Qiu Yan's army!"

The early dynasty has not opened, the emperor has not sitted, but the ministers have gathered in the Jinluan Palace.

They talked to each other, seemingly leisurely, but in fact, they wanted to gather some information from the mouths of others and speculate on the direction of the court.

If you want to say that the most touching thing in recent times, it is undoubtedly more than a month ago, when a large army of 200,000 people rose up in the northern Xinjiang of Da Rui, marching towards the grassland, to compete with the Rouluo people and sweep away the northern trouble.

With so many men and horses, the logistical requirements are very strict, and the transportation and transfer of the entire dynasty are severe tests, and if one is not good, not only will the military side encounter twists and turns, but the cornerstone of the entire dynasty may shake and cause social turmoil.

This is also something that many ministers are worried about, and they use this as an excuse to stop it in many ways, and they can also see that the emperor intends to use martial arts to send troops and reform the military system.

But with the smooth progress of the matter of the three waters, there are many unexpected gains, and in the face of the opportunity, even the military can not sit still, with the support of the military, the emperor's waist is undoubtedly straighter.

These two parties, one wants to seek the opportunity of the posthumous name and military system reform, and the other party sees the signs, wants to expand the territory, seal the wife and children, and earn a good military merit, and immediately hit it off, plus many courtiers wavered in their thoughts, and immediately the west wind overwhelmed the east wind in the court, so that the wind direction changed, and there was a matter of sending troops.

However, after raising heavy troops into the grassland, it did not go as smoothly as Li Kun thought, but encountered many problems that he had not thought of.

This was undoubtedly a serious setback to Li Kun's ideas, so much so that many courtiers who opposed sending troops had already written a memo and were ready to make a challenge on this matter, as a breakthrough to make the army return.

For this. Li Kun, the Supreme of Da Rui, is also prepared, ready to withstand the pressure of the ministers, and hold on until the army has some results, and then counterattack.

It's just that the two parties who were prepared did not expect the development of things, which completely exceeded expectations, and before the minister's side could make a difficulty, an unexpected news came from the grassland.

It was Qiu Yan who led a slave army to attack three grassland tribes one after another, and released all the enslaved people in the clan. It caused an uproar in the grassland.

But when the matter reached the Darui court, it was regarded by many people as disrupting the overall deployment and having the intention of making trouble, but it was used by Li Kun and said that it was part of the strategy of attacking Rouluo in the north.

In this way, not only did Qiu Yan be saved, but also blocked the ministers who planned to attack the army without any achievements.

It's just that this matter was regarded as a small twist and turn by the courtiers of the Peace Faction. Thinking that it was just a slight shift back in time, they didn't think that with Qiu Yan's limited manpower, they could really do anything to reverse the situation, after all, Qiu Yan was originally a civil servant. Even though the classics of the military family were written, theory and leadership are two different things after all.

However, they never expected that it would retreat for a while. But it was difficult to take the lead again, and in the next few days, almost every day, news came that Qiu Yan had attacked a certain tribe.

To know. The grassland tribes are different from the Central Plains, they do not build cities, but live by water and grass, and if they are attacked by the tribes, even if there are not many casualties, but if the momentum declines, they will be targeted by other tribes and fall into a series of chain reactions.

This kind of influence, the people in the frontier have the most direct feeling, the tribes that have lost their pastures often want to go south to plunder, but they are greeted by the officers and soldiers of Darui who have long been waiting for the enemy!

These officers and men were supposed to cooperate with the entire northern offensive strategy, but due to logistical and intelligence constraints, they could only deploy troops on the frontier, and on the one hand, they were responsible for defending the frontier and on the other hand, they were acting as a reserve force to cope with the changes in the grassland.

However, these are the views of the decision-makers, specific to the generals and soldiers in the army, in their opinion, they can only watch the front-line army make meritorious contributions, and they have no achievements, how can they not be in a hurry, and at this time, when they encounter the tribes going south, they are in the middle, why not try their best to resist?

In this way, not only the people of northern Xinjiang were not violated, but even the situation in the court was opened, and the military was no longer without achievements, but it was quite strange that the army on the front line only fought a few small battles, but the garrison in the rear killed a lot.

Of course, no courtiers mentioned it at this time, because they all saw the emperor's thoughts, and the border army did have a record, even if others persuaded him to withdraw from the army, it was difficult to say anything.

It is worth mentioning that some of the officials of the peace faction are inclined to withdraw from the army out of overall considerations, while others have reaped benefits, so they have added fuel to the fire, so how can they not do their best?

Seeing that the situation was difficult to turn around, it was not long before someone noticed one of the key points.

Qiu Yan.

The front line does not see its merits, and the garrison's record is shabby, and it really has combat merits, in fact, it is Qiu Yan's revision.

He led a group of slave troops, moved erratically, moved to the north and south of the grassland, and fought in fear, and more than a month ago, the imperial court finally contacted it, and a commissioner sent by the Governor's Office joined, so he was able to keep in touch, so that the good news immediately continued to come like snowflakes, which shocked the whole court.

At the beginning, there were still people who used the turbulent grassland situation as an excuse to impeach Qiu Yan and prepare to forcibly bring him back, but after hearing that Qiu Yan defeated the alliance of the seven major tribes in one fell swoop and forced the Tulang tribe to wander around, this voice became much quieter.

In his place, there was a series of mentions that wanted to welcome him back from the military classics.

Yes, there is such a saying in the imperial court, saying that Qiu Yan can defeat the Zhubu so smoothly, relying on the original book written by his people, and now the imperial court army is empty, and it is in a dilemma that the Rouluo people are in a dilemma, and they need the guidance of this classic, so many ministers have written books, hoping that Li Kun can make an order to let Qiu Yan and the classics return to Beijing.

With the passage of time, there are more and more people who jointly ask for the decree, and many people do not have ulterior motives, but really feel that Qiu Yan's classics can help the imperial court break through the current predicament, and there are more well-informed and active main battle factions, hoping that Qiu Yan can lead the order to the front line and help with the order of the soldiers.

"This time, Qiu Yan and his army, but even more incredible, broke the two tribes that shielded Tulang to join the army, so that those two tribes turned from prosperity to decline, I heard that one of them was divided by the affiliated tribes on the same day!

"Speaking of which, the news since these days has said that Qiu Yan has stirred up a storm in the grassland this time, and he is pointing at this Tulangbu, I don't know what the reason is. ”

"I don't know much about this, but there are a lot of rumors among the people, some people say that he is to avenge his father, but it's too ridiculous, Qiu Yan is a person from Jiannan, and his father heard that he died at the hands of the swamp people, how can he go to the grassland people for revenge?"

"But I heard that this move is a red face, you are afraid that you don't know, in that mission, there are the daughters of the Hou Mansion who go together, one of the young masters of the Tulang Department, is in Dingchang City to tease the county lord, which led to the disaster of killing, and Qiu Yan is not satisfied, and wants to uproot the entire tribe of Tulang!"

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with your news, how did I hear that it's because of a veteran? I heard that the Tulang tribe took advantage of the sudden attack of the Marquis of Maishan, and took advantage of the weakness to enter the ......."

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A courtier discussed in a low voice, told what he had heard, exchanged information, and then tried to restore the matter by analyzing and observing the expressions of others.

In the corner of the main hall, Di Ai, who was standing in the crowd, bowed his head and said nothing, but he was quite angry in his heart.

A month and a half ago, the return of the envoy group made Meng Qingbin receive a lot of rewards, the seat of the Ministry of Rites has been secured, I heard that there will be some promotion, and the ministers from the regiment are also rising, relying on Qiu Yan's two letters, they have been appreciated by the emperor, and everyone has been promoted.

With Di Ai is no exception, he not only has a grade in the Hanlin Academy, but also has been added to the official rank, transferred to the real power department, and has the opportunity to participate in the court meeting, although he is listed at the bottom, and he is not qualified to speak at will, but it is more or less a little progress, which is a good start.

But because of this, he became more and more unhappy, and felt that it was Qiu Yan's means to buy people's hearts.

In fact, no matter what Qiu Yan's purpose was, after such an act, the entire mission completely changed its opinion of him, not only was there no hostility at all, but also he often took out the envoys who had traveled with him as an honor.

This is just a microcosm, in fact, Qiu Yan is in the limelight right now, although he is not there, his reputation is rising day by day!

He is now rushing to kill on the grassland, not only has his prestige among the people increased greatly, but even the court's opinion of him has become more and more cautious, and the courtiers no longer speak at will, even if they speak, they will show a little respect, which is obviously slowly recognizing his identity as the master of the military family, which is especially obvious for the generals of the military family.

"It's really a good calculation, one envoy, let him make so many incidents, and even provoke the sword soldiers of the two countries, but he took advantage of the situation to ......"

Thinking about it, Di Ai deliberately ignored the emperor's intentions, as well as the general trend that had been accumulated in the Central Plains and the grassland, and put the reason for this military dispute on Qiu Yan.

While thinking, his gaze also slowly turned, patrolling through the chaotic crowd, and finally fell to the middle of Wenchen, Yu Pan swept over Hetian Youqing, he remembered that in the past few days, the two of them have sent people over to convey the meaning to themselves.

However, his sharpness is a double-edged sword, and it is not without political enemies, just wait for him to return to the court, I am afraid that there will be a storm. ”

was thinking about it, in the depths of the palace, the eunuch sang, the emperor walked out, sat down on the dragon chair, the early dynasty officially began, and the needle drop in the hall was immediately quiet.

The process of etiquette and answering questions related to government and policy was long and boring, but all the ministers present were ready to listen carefully, and to find out the clues from it, so as to adjust the future course of action.

Speaking of the midway, the new party and the old party will inevitably quarrel again, but it is already the norm.

After the performance was over and calmed down a little, Li Kun glanced at the hall and said, "A few days ago, I thought about the joint name of several chiefs and deacons carefully, and decided to approve it, recall Qiu Yan, and give him a reward. (To be continued......)

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It was too late to get home today, so the update was late.