Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 757
On August [-]th, the mighty and exhausted hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers finally "escaped" to Tumubao.Tumu Fort is now in Tumu Town, Huailai County, HEB Province, but at that time, it was an important post station, next to Langshan Mountain, within a hundred miles around, there are many peaks, and the terrain is extremely dangerous.

Wang Zhen chose such a place to be stationed because of his own considerations. Although the Mongolian cavalry were extremely brave, according to reliable information, the number of pursuers led by him this time was only more than 2.Can a mere 2 people stop hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers?There are too many ants, and they kill the elephants.What's wrong with a civil fort, the terrain is high and dangerous, as long as he dares to come first, I, Wang Zhendeng, shouted, hundreds of thousands of troops will be sent out, and he will die first without a place to bury him.

"First of all, this guy is really not a good guy. Back then, I secretly did a lot of business with him, and treated him badly. I didn't expect such a big thing to happen this time. I thought he was just pretending to come after him. Who would have thought that the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers led by Zhu Yong would be defeated so terribly." Wang Zhen said in the temporary camp.

On his left and right, there are two eunuchs, one is his confidant Guo Jing, and the other is not a confidant, but he is very happy with him. Moreover, this person often serves the emperor, and if there is any disturbance, the eunuch will The first to report to him is simply more confidant than confidant.The eunuch's name is Xining.

"My father-in-law is really a brave man. With my father-in-law sitting in the camp, I would not dare to catch up with him. As long as the luggage arrives, I will enter Huailai city at that time. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" Xining said flatteringly.

Wang Zhen always liked this kind of flattery, nodded his head, and said, "Xining, how is the Holy Majesty's health recently? You have to take good care of him, the Holy Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and there is no room for mistakes."

Xining said: "Thanks to my father-in-law, everything is fine, Your Majesty. I have been thinking about coming to visit my father-in-law for the past two days."

Suddenly, someone outside the tent said: "Report to the Governor, my subordinates have something to report."

"what's up?"

"Kuang Ye led a group of ministers to go to the hall to face the saint."

"What?" Wang Zhen was furious, got up with a flick of his sleeves, and said gloomyly: "Old man Kuang really doesn't know what is good and what is bad. He said a lot of corrupt words in the previous episode, and the Holy One ignored him, but now he wants to rebel. ?" After speaking, he took Guo Jing and Xining out of the camp.

When Wang Zhen led several Dongchang fans to the outside of the Xingdian, the Minister of the Ministry of War (equivalent to the Minister of Defense) Kuang Ye and the Minister of the Ministry of Households (equivalent to the Minister of Finance) Wang Zuo were leading a dozen ministers and guarding the palace. The guards outside the hall quarreled.It was a quarrel, but it was actually just the ministers loudly saying that they wanted to go in to face the saint. Although the guards wanted to let them in, but because of Wang Zhen's despotic power, no one dared to make decisions without authorization.

As soon as Wang Zhen arrived, Kuang Ye turned his finger on Wang Zhen, and saw him rushing towards Wang Zhen, and said angrily: "Wang Zhen, I am waiting for the face of the saint, if you dare to stop me, don't tell me you are going to put the saint in danger ?”

The Dongchang fans on both sides of Wang Zhen were about to rush out, Wang Zhen waved his hands, rushed up to hold Kuang Ye's arm, and said with a smile: "Master Kuang, you are in a hurry to meet the saint, what's the matter?"

Kuang Ye was stunned for a moment when he heard his kind tone, and then said in an extremely painful tone: "Huailai City is more than twenty miles away, at this moment, we should continue to move forward, all the soldiers are exhausted. Yes, but it can still be sustained. Mongolia is also chasing after it first, and only the Holy One can enter the customs as soon as possible. Why do you detain my memorial? Why don’t you analyze the current situation with the Holy One? Why stop here?"

Listening to his questioning, Wang Zhen felt dull on his face, as if Wang Zhen was just a big idiot, his expression darkened instantly, and he shouted: "You are a rotten scholar, how do you know about military affairs? Don't blame me for turning against you if you dare to speak nonsense. ruthless."

Kuang Ye looked up to the sky and laughed, with tears streaming down his face, he said, "I, Kuang Ye, think about the living beings of the country, why should I be afraid of death?"

Wang Zhen was furious, and shouted: "My Lord, pull him down." With a shake of his arm, Kuang Ye was shaken to the ground. At this moment, he grabbed two guards and held Kuang Ye, regardless of Wang Zuo and others. Shouting, soon gone far.

Seeing that Kuang Ye was forcibly taken away, Wang Zuo glared at Wang Zhen angrily, and chased after him. No one dared to shout anymore, and followed Wang Zuo.

When Wang Zhen asked his guards to escort Kuang Ye away, in the tent of the British Duke Zhang Fu, Cao Nai, the chief minister of the cabinet (the chief scholar, equivalent to the prime minister), was trying to persuade Zhang Fu.These two people are all well-known figures in the court, especially Zhang Fu.Zhang Fu was a veteran of the four dynasties, in terms of status and prestige, he was above Kuang Ye.Cao Nai actually took a great risk to come here this time. However, Zhang Fu is old after all, and he no longer has the ambitions of the past. No matter how much Cao Nai tried to persuade him, he didn't say a word. Cao Nai's eloquence cannot be said badly. , but at the end of his speech, he could only sigh. At this time, Kuang Ye, accompanied by Sima Wufeng, entered Zhang Fu's camp.

Ever since Yu Donghai and Kong Boduan left the palace, Sima Wufeng felt that he had lost his right-hand man. In terms of friendship, he was the longest with Kong Boduan, and in terms of closeness, he was closest to Yu Donghai. As for He Fei and Nangongyan, they were not very good , because he felt that Nangong Yan had too much ambition for fame and fortune, and he wanted to restore the reputation of the Nangong family. Even his nephew Nangong Yi was pulled into the court by him and became a general of the Golden Dragon.As for He Fei, Sima Wufeng discovered that he was secretly cultivating power.Originally, these things are normal, no matter whether it is a civil servant, a military officer, or even an eunuch, they all want to make connections all the time. The larger the network of connections, the more powerful the person is. If he wants to be in the officialdom, how can he It doesn't matter?

The relationship between Sima Wufeng and the Cao brothers used to be very good, but recently, these two great priests have gotten very close to Wang Zhen.He also went to Cao Tianzuo less often, and when he talked about the matter of the Holy Majesty's personal conquest, both of them agreed that it was very bad, but when it came to the essence, Cao Tianzuo stopped talking.Whenever Sima Wufeng thought of Cao Tianzuo's attitude of being far and near, he wished to beat him up.

These days, apart from those who were loyal to him and promoted by him, most of Jin Yiwei's masters "turned to" Wang Zhen, which was one of the reasons why he wanted to do "big things" but couldn't.

On this day, after he was stationed in Tumubao, he ordered his subordinates to pay close attention to the movement around them. He went out alone with two confidants to relax. A guard asked them to go back, but the two guards dared not listen.Seeing that Sima Wufeng had relieved Kuang Ye's "struggle", the ministers who caught up went back one after another, while Kuang Ye dragged Sima Wufeng to Zhang Fu's tent.

As soon as he entered the account, Kuang Ye wanted to kneel down to Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu hurriedly helped him up in a panic.Kuang Ye burst into tears, and stated his reason for coming, asking Zhang Fu to stand up and lead the crowd to face the saint.

After Zhang Fu heard this, he was really embarrassed. Although he was highly respected, he was punished by the court for offending Wang Zhen back then.He has already seen through it. Long live loves Wang Zhen. If anyone dares to offend Wang Zhen, it is tantamount to having trouble with Long live.Does he dare?No, he dare not, because he still has many scruples.Wang Zhen is cruel and ruthless. If he fails, his family will be ruined.

Seeing him, Kuang Ye just looked sad and didn't say a word. He knew that it would be useless to ask any more. He was full of grief and anger and had nowhere to vent. With a sound of "Wow", he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face was as pale as paper.

Sima Wufeng and Cao Nai were taken aback, they didn't expect him to be so sad, they hurriedly supported his body, and hurriedly left Zhang Fu's tent, leaving Zhang Fu sighing in the tent.

The news of Kuang Ye vomiting blood soon reached Wang Zhen's ears. Wang Zhen pretended to send someone to greet him, but he was very happy in his heart: This old man Kuang has repeatedly punished him to survive, but now he is so angry that he vomits blood. Good job.

The people who went to visit came back to report and accidentally mentioned Sima Wufeng. Wang Zhen let out a strange laugh and said while laughing: "Old Sima's power is getting weaker and weaker now. After returning to Beijing, I see It's time to let him go."

Xining on the side frowned and said, "Eunuch, this matter is not good."

Wang Zhen was stunned and said, "What's wrong?"

Xining said: "Although Sima Wufeng's power has been greatly reduced, he should not be underestimated. He suddenly walked with Kuang Ye, the little one... the little one..."

"Just say what you want, I don't blame you."

"The little ones are afraid that they will be bad for the father-in-law."

Wang Zhen's face darkened, and he shouted: "How dare he? Don't look at him as the Holy One's in-laws, he has made me anxious, and I want him to be wiped out!"

Guo Jing hurriedly said: "Eunuch calm down, Sima Wufeng is alone now, and there is no need to confront him head-on. Xining's words are quite reasonable, and I hope you will be careful."

Wang Zhen always cared about Guo Jing's words, after listening to them, he also felt that they should not be underestimated, after sending Xining away, he secretly asked Guo Jing for a long time, Guo Jing hurried away with a wicked smile on his face.

That night, in Sima Wufeng's camp, there were so many people sitting, besides the owner Sima Wufeng, there were Kuang Ye, Wang Zuo, Cao Nai, Zhang Yi (a cabinet scholar), Ding Xuan (the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, equivalent to judicial Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry), Wang Yonghe (the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, equivalent to the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Construction).These people are people Sima Wufeng can trust, but what makes Sima Wufeng a little headache is that these people are not military generals, they are completely civil officials. Now that the military power is in the hands of Wang Zhen, Sima Wufeng has not found out whether those generals are sincere Those who opposed Wang Zhen, therefore, did not dare to call.

Cao Nai was the first to speak and said, "Before the expedition, I suggested sending experts to assassinate Wang Zhen. You all said that this plan was too risky. Unexpectedly, we still have to make such a bad plan now."

Sima Wufeng sighed: "Up to now, there is only this strategy left."

Kuang Ye vomited blood during the day, and after being treated by Sima Wufeng Yungong, his complexion is much better now, and he said: "Commander Sima, except you, no one here knows martial arts, it's up to you to decide."

Sima Wufeng thought for a while, and said: "Everyone trusts Sima so much, Sima is obliged to do so." After clapping his hands, after a while, he saw a tall Jin Yiwei walking in from outside the tent, and Sima Wufeng suddenly stood up. When he got up, the others saw him, and they stood up as well.

"Everyone, this is a friend of Sima's in the martial arts, named Yin Shangzhi, he can help us." Sima Wufeng introduced.

Everyone immediately understood, Kuang Ye cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your help, I will thank you here."

Yin Shangzhi glanced at Kuang Ye and the others, and said coldly: "You don't have to thank me, this old man is just looking at my old friend's face."

Everyone saw his appearance, but he was only in his early thirties, and he actually called himself "Old Man", not only a little surprised.Yin Shangzhi ignored them, looked at Sima Wufeng, and said: "Sima, there is no need to say anything about our friendship. Wang Zhenxiong, I will fight with all my strength, but the Cao family brothers are not easy to deal with, in case They teamed up with Wang Zhen, I'm not sure at all. I can't let my subordinates die in vain."

(End of this chapter)