imperial psychologist

Chapter 704
In Wei Changming's life, he had confronted Jinren hundreds of times, among which there were seven victories that are most praised.

For the last time, he pushed the gold thief all the way to the north bank of the Lure River, and even captured the leaders of the four tribes alive.

However, at the last moment of encircling and suppressing Yu Kou, the veteran who was over seventy years old passed away in his tent at that time.

Letting this veteran die on the way to crusade against the Jinren may be due to God's pity for him and Jingzhou Webster.It is too much for such a brilliant military exploits.At that time in Pingjing, civil servants had continuously written letters demanding that his military power be cut off, and some people linked Wei Changming's Northern Expedition with the disobedience of the Wei family in Jingzhou and demanded a thorough investigation.

At that time, the gold thieves were almost withered, and it was the time when the cunning rabbit was dying, and Pingjing was also in a difficult situation. He was wary of a possible mutiny in the northern border, and he was unwilling to do everything wrong and leave his reputation in history.

After Wei Changming's death, the imperial court breathed a sigh of relief. On the one hand, they immediately conferred the title and received the general with a state funeral; at the same time, they recalled all the garrisons north of the northern border, and replaced a group of generals in a thunderous manner.

Then, the imperial court ordered that all matters in the northern border should not be passed on to Anjiang.

During the decades when Wei Changming was in charge of the northern border army, famous generals from the four northern border states emerged in large numbers, and the vitality of the Jin people was severely injured. The northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty was also exchanged for nearly 40 years of peace.

This period was turbulent, and more than 140 years have passed since now, and the dispute between Zhou and Jin began again almost a hundred years ago.

Time has passed, and the events of that year have gradually subsided, but the subjects south of the Great Zhou River have really forgotten this legend that once chased the Jin people to the point of throwing away their helmets and armor.

But not in the North.

Compared with the posthumous title given to Wei Changming by the imperial court later, the people here still like to call him "Grand Master Wei", because he was originally from a prominent background, and he was already well-known in the Jing and Fu areas before joining the army.

Berlin read with emotion in front of the stele.When he left, he crossed his hands and bowed deeply in front of Wei Changming's stone tablet, then returned to his horse and caught up with Wang Meng and his party.

"Is this the first time for Songqing to come to the northern border?" Wang Meng asked immediately.

"Well, yes." Bai Ling nodded.

"Although there are Lord Wei's ancestral halls everywhere in the northern border, the place just now is the place where Lord Wei was buried." Wang Meng said, "Do you know why?"

Burling shook his head.

"Looking at this place from both ends, it was chosen by Lord Wei to build it. At that time, it was used as a camp for garrisoning troops. After the war stopped, some people moved to this place." Wang Meng said softly, "The terrain here is dangerous, and it is easy It is difficult to defend and attack, and you can support Zhuo and Yanzhou when you advance; when you retreat, you can store up grain and defend alone, waiting for opportunities to move."

"So that's how it is..." Bai Ling looked back sideways, and the city gates looking at both sides had long since disappeared among the mountains.

"I originally thought that after four years of ascension to Ming Dynasty, the arrogance of the Jinren should be extinguished." She whispered, "I didn't expect that these years are still so arrogant."

"You mean about the firearms?"

"Yes." Bo Ling responded, "Even if their horses run faster and their archers aim more accurately, can they beat their guns and firearms?"

Before the words were finished, Xue Zian laughed from the sidelines, "Who told you that only we have firearms... Jinren also have them."

"...there are golden men too?"

"We fought beautifully in the turnaround battle in the fourth year of Shengming, making a group of old thieves scream... But after two years, they have everything." Xue Zi'an laughed, "But our equipment Needless to say, it is much better than the earthen guns and earthen artillery they made, at least the bombing is not so frequent."

"How... how?" Bai Ling was still a little surprised.

She clearly remembered that the imperial court's improvement of firearms was something that happened in the last years of Jianxi. Could it be that when Zhou people were improving firearms, Jin people happened to be doing the same thing?

"Either there are capable people in their team, or there are ghosts in our team." Xue Zian half-opened his eyes and said softly, "I see——"

"Don't talk nonsense." Xue Ziping stepped forward, frowning, and walked on the other side of Boling, "General Chang also investigated this matter a few years ago, but there was no conclusion."

"There is no conclusion, that is, both situations may exist," Xue Zian muttered in a low voice, "I didn't say which one is true..."

"Suspicion is the most taboo in the army. Have you forgotten General Chang's words?" Xue Ziping frowned and said, "We just need to be careful. Suspicion like this will only increase internal friction."

Xue Zian fell silent, and silently followed behind his brother.

Bo Ling didn't ask any more questions.

After leaving Lord Wei's tomb, the speed of the march gradually accelerated. The sky was cloudy, and it seemed that snow might fall tonight.Wang Meng ordered that camping be postponed tonight, and that he should take advantage of the fact that there is no snow falling and the ground is still easy to travel.

On this section of the road, Wang Meng paid more attention than the front line, and sent out more scouts. In addition to finding out what happened to the main road ahead, Wang Meng also sent a special team to follow up with them. The firearms transport team separated by about four or five miles.

From Tunlongpi to Zhuozhou is still within the territory of Dazhou, but the road from Zhuozhou to Yanzhou is equivalent to walking on the border of Dazhou.

Wang Meng's army is on the outside, and the ice passage of the firearms transport team is on the inside. It stands to reason that if there is an invasion, their side will react first, but in order to avoid accidents—even if it is like the previous "ice passage that has not been frozen yet" "In this case, Wang Meng still decided not to bow his head and hurry, and always be careful.

However, what he was afraid of would happen. Around evening, Wang Meng heard the muffled sound of shells coming from the south.

The first few noises didn't attract everyone's attention, they thought it was thunderstorms, maybe it was a sign of snow, but the sound of cannons rolled out, four or five times in succession, everyone realized something was wrong.

However, the scouts did not reply. Wang Meng ordered the team to stop moving forward, and personally ordered the general to lead the team to support.

Bo Ling stayed in the brigade, listening to the sound of gunfire that never stopped in the distance, and felt anxious for a moment.

About an hour later, the sound of artillery fire in the south finally stopped, the sky was completely dark, the cold wind picked up in the north, and silvery white snowflakes swirled in the hills.

All the soldiers received a thick felt cloak from the logistics department, and all of them waited on the spot without starting a fire.

No one spoke, and apart from the sound of the wind, there was only the neighing of horses from time to time.

Half an hour later, a rush of horseshoes came from the mountain road in the south, and someone among the soldiers shouted, "Your Excellency is back!"

Bo Ling looked forward and saw Wang Meng leading the team back, with dozens of empty horses leading by long ropes behind him.

When they approached, Bo Ling realized that it was not an empty horse, and each horse had a golden man tied to its saddle.

"Command!" Wang Meng immediately ordered as soon as he returned to the team, "The whole army retreats, and we must rush back to look at both sides tonight!"

(End of this chapter)