The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 62
The weather in the frontier is cold especially early.

It's just the end of October, but it's already bitingly cold here.

Especially with the light rain in the past two days, the weather has become a few minutes colder.

Outside Dongsheng City, the sound of orderly and powerful shouts resounded through the Acropolis.

"prick!"

"what!"

On the flat ground outside the city, a huge square formation of more than [-] people was spread out. The soldiers held their spears tightly, listening to the command of the officer in front, and stabbing out the spears in their hands again and again.

On this frosty morning, many soldiers practiced sweating profusely.

Because no one knows better than them how powerful the collective spears trained today are on the battlefield!

After the baptism of blood, this army mixed with half of the recruits has truly transformed into a mature army.

……

"I've heard about Marquis Zhaowu's unparalleled achievements in the Zhenbei Army back then. Looking at it now, Lord Hou, you are even better at training soldiers!"

On the high platform, Huo Cunyi, commander of Dongsheng, looked at the soldiers below with a startled look on his face, "With such a strong army, it's no wonder that the [-] Tatar allied forces are vulnerable to the Lord Hou!"

"What kind of good training is this? It's nothing more than hard training and self-sufficiency! These soldiers are all people who are going to the battlefield. They sweat more on weekdays and bleed less in war. They themselves know better than anyone else. clear!"

Jia Jing smiled and said: "The general just provided enough food, so that they can practice with all their strength without worrying about their stomachs every day, that's all!"

"It's amazing to be able to do this. It's really the luck of this group of soldiers to meet Lord Hou!" Huo Cunyi sighed.

The two were talking, when the sound of "da da" horse hoofs sounded, it was the sentry outside returning to the camp.

"Report!"

"General, twenty miles to the southeast, we found the main force of the conquest army!"

Jia Jing nodded, "I already know!"

Swinging away the scouts who came to report the news, Jia Jing said to Huo Cunyi beside him: "The general has arrived, Master Huo, do you want to welcome me together?"

Hearing this, Huo Cunyi nodded and said: "Naturally, I will go with Lord Hou! These days, the general has been looking forward to the day when Duke Wei comes!"

……

Dongsheng City, the residence of the Commander.

Amidst the "squeak" of the armor, a group of people came in from the door.

The leader, a veteran with gray hair, said with a smile: "Running for hundreds of miles, [-] broke [-], Marquis Zhaowu will make another great contribution this time!"

"Master Huo, please don't make fun of me like this. Others don't know, so how can you not know?" Jia Jing waved his hand and said, "Besides, if Lord Huo hadn't led the troops to resist tenaciously that day, let the Tatars Busy with the siege, no time to look back, how can the last general have a chance to attack from behind?"

"Master Hou is too modest!" Huo Cunyi on the side also said with a smile: "Master Hou saved my Dongshengwei from fire and water, and now I have to share the credit, I will be ashamed in the end!"

In the hall, Wei Guogong Xu Yao took the main seat, and Jia Jing sat next to him as the deputy.

After Wei Guogong and other generals of the conquering army had finished their seats, Huo Cunyi, together with the only remaining young lieutenant beside him, came to the middle of the hall, bowed down and said:
"General, at the end of the day, I will sue the general of Datong. I will sit back and watch Dongsheng City be besieged and refuse to send troops! Dongsheng City is almost destroyed! I hope the general will be the last general! Also for those who died in Dongshengwei Soldiers call the shots!"

Wei Guogong Xu Yao stretched out his hand to help him, "Commander Huo got up for the time being. Before this time, he had already sent someone to Datong Mansion with the command amulet. It is estimated that those two idiots have already been taken to Shenjing for trial! "

After a pause, Wei Guogong said again: "Although this general was ordered to supervise the troops along the town, it is an overreach of authority to dispose of the general army of a government privately when it is not an emergency! Commander Huo needs to know!"

Although the words were addressed to Huo Cunyi, Xu Yao's eyes were on Jia Jing who was looking aside.

Knowing that this was Wei Guogong's point to her, Jia Jing also nodded quickly to show that she understood.

Seeing this, Wei Guogong Xu Yao nodded in satisfaction.

Victory without pride, not bad!

…………

At the end of October, Shenjing, the weather is fine.

The battle at the border did not affect the prosperity of Shenjing at all. On sunny days, the market was still very lively.

Vendors hawking in the street and merchants setting up stalls are trying their best to attract customers, and there are all kinds of snacks and a wide range of objects.

In this way, Fang deserves to be called the economic center of the Great Zhou Empire, the most prosperous place in the world!
In this bustling area, suddenly a messenger from the border came galloping on horseback!

Hearing the rapid sound of horseshoes, the vendors in the market were all very skillful, and retreated their stalls, and the pedestrians on the street all stepped aside one after another.

In recent years, Tatars or Oirats would go south to plunder basically every autumn. Every year at this time, there would always be one or two messengers passing by, and everyone was even used to it.

"Dongshengwei Great Victory! Dongshengwei Great Victory!"

"The vanguard army defeated the Tatar army, beheaded 2000 Tatar soldiers, and captured [-] enemies!"

"The Tatar Khan fled in panic!"

Shouting all the way, the messenger's voice was already hoarse, but it didn't stop the dusty messenger from continuing to shout.

……

In the market, when they heard the shout of the messenger, everyone couldn't help being stunned.

"The Tatars have already been defeated? It hasn't been a month since the army set off?" A street vendor asked in confusion.

Another vendor next to him replied: "Where is a month? But it's only a little over half a month! But what's going on with the vanguard army?"

"Pioneer army? That day the army marched out. Judging from the flag, the vanguard general seems to be surnamed Jia, right?"

The previous vendor nodded and said, "It's Jia. It is said that it is the Jia family on Ningrong Street in Xicheng. The leader of the army is the newly appointed Marquis of the Jia family!"

"The Jia family is up again now! Ningrong Street was very deserted before, but since the Jia family has a new Lord, now it has become full of traffic!" A hawker selling candied haws next to the street also Couldn't help but interject.

"I said you are just worrying about it. If you have the time, you might as well yell twice!"

"..."

After the messenger passed by, the bazaar quickly resumed its previous bustle and bustle.

A middle-aged man dressed as a butler walked away in a hurry with a happy expression on his face.

…………

Great Zhou Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"The [-] Tatar army will be decided in one battle!" Emperor Hongde squeezed the victory report in his hand, his face was full of joy, "Marquis Zhaowu really gave me a big surprise!"

"Come here, submit this good news to the Dragon Head Palace, so that the Supreme Emperor will be happy!"

Qiu Shi'an took the good news, and immediately a little eunuch came up beside him, respectfully took the good news from Qiu Shi'an's hand, and after saluting, he turned and went straight to the Dragon Head Palace.

"Dare to fight, able to fight, this Marquis Zhaowu is really a member of my great Zhou!" Emperor Hongde admired first, and said to himself: "It only took half a month to calm down the Tatars in the northern part of the Great Wall. But it saved me a lot of money! This time I must reward him well!"

"Your Majesty," Qiu Shi'an said at the side, "It's a great thing for Marquis Zhaowu to win, but this reward..."

"What?" Hearing this, Emperor Hongde put away his smile and frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Zhao Wu is only nineteen this year!"

A soft sentence made Emperor Hongde fall into deep thought.

Seeing that Emperor Hongde understood what he meant, Qiu Shi'an took two steps back and said nothing.

While pondering, Emperor Hongde frowned suddenly, and said with a smile: "Isn't there still Lin Aiqing? Why did I forget Lin Aiqing! Haha..."

(End of this chapter)