Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 381 The Battle of Nine Deer Plains

The envoy from the imperial court stood with his hips akimbo at the gate of the backyard of the prefect's mansion in Yunshang County, shouting loudly.

"Zhang Xinzhi, are you guilty? You have done such a big thing, and you dare to conceal your military achievements!"

Zhang Zhe kicked this person amusedly and angrily, but was easily dodged by this person.

Then the two embraced tightly.

"Brother, how did you mess up, this kind of errand that may kill you is your turn?"

Zhang Zhe dragged Huo Bingcheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, into the backyard.

Huo Bingcheng also sighed when he heard Zhang Zhe's ridicule.

"If someone else came, I would be afraid of being starved to death by you. I had no choice but to do it! But I don't know that you have managed such a situation here?"

Zhang Zhe believed in his ghost!

Huo Bingcheng must have offended someone in the court, so he was sent to the grassland thousands of miles away to send the letter of credence to the Waqiang people.

One envoy, plus four servants of the Huo family, not even a deputy envoy.Huo Bingcheng had to recruit other members of the mission along the way.

"You are offending people very much!" Zhang Zhe called Meng Xiaowan to fill up the wine for Huo Bingcheng, while Huo Bingcheng was teasing Miss Mi in his hand, and did not answer his question.

"Before I left, I had Yuxin, and I will almost have a son or daughter when I go back. Brother Zhang, you have to promise me that if anything happens to me in Waqiang, you will take care of me at home." alright!"

"Unlucky!" Zhang Zhe slapped his nose in dissatisfaction. Sister Mi learned something when she saw it. She also slapped Huo Bingcheng on the nose, and said in a childish voice, "Unlucky!"

Meng Xiaowan smiled and added wine to the two people's dishes, letting them eat and drink until late at night.

The maid helped the drunk Huo Bingcheng to the guest room, and Zhang Zhe came to the front hall rubbing his dull face.

Old Leitou was waiting for him.

"How about it, did you get any words from the Huo family's servant?"

Old Leitou had just eaten and drank with several Huo family servants, and now his face was slightly red.

"I drank two before asking."

"Mr. Huo Lang offended Hou Chaoqing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. He is a person who lives in the world today, and now he has more power in the government and the public. Originally, Mr. Huo Lang was assigned to the Ministry of Rites. This Minister of Rites is Huo Langjun's boss. .”

"This Hou Shilang loves to be courteous and elegant. He likes to write poems and fill in words. The people below also like to flatter him. He often puts his poems on a par with yours. At the banquet in the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Huo Lang first If you don’t make an evaluation, but then you are forced to tell the truth, this offends people terribly.”

Zhang Zhe returned to the study and began to write the memorial while he was drunk.

Meng Xiaowan happened to come over with her clothes on, stood by her side and glanced at the booklet, then couldn't help laughing.

"How can you write a memorial like this? The whole article is full of curses."

"Why can't you scold me?" Zhang Zhe smiled drunkenly, "The princes of the court were thinking of accusing me of an unwarranted crime. If I endured it, it would appear that I was guilty. Brother Huo was sent to die. What do we have to worry about? If I don't show off, our Majesty may not be at ease."

Meng Xiaowan glanced at the memorial again, and couldn't help laughing again.

"Aren't you afraid to piss people off?"

"Really?" Zhang Zhe himself re-read it, but the whole article was complaining to the emperor, scolding Hou Chaoqing for daring to compare his poems with his own. This kind of shameless operation brought "Zhang Xinzhi" A great insult; at the same time, he also participated in the performance of Hou Chaoqing's subordinates who flattered him, and they were gentle scum; Hou Chaoqing was willing to accept "name" bribes, and he was definitely not an upright minister.

The nonsense throughout the article does not do much harm to Hou Chaoqing, but it is extremely insulting.

That Hou, if he dared to write another poem in the future, he might not be sprayed to death by literati from the seven kingdoms of the world.You are shameless, entertaining yourself and boasting in private is fine, everyone is a virtue, but it is too shameless to directly bully Zhang Xinzhi's brother because of this.

The writer curses at people with his poems, what's so cool about it!

Zhang Zhe originally wanted to write a few more sentences, but Hou Chaoqing would not give up if he was not angry, but in the end Meng Xiaowan took the pen and dragged him back.

Huo Bingcheng only stayed in Yunshang County for three days, and then escorted by Xie Lun with [-] cavalry, he embarked on the road to the ancestral land of the Waqiang people in the northwest.

After Huo Bingcheng was sent away, Zhang Zhe began to think about the "will" given to him by the court.

"My lord," Abayi prostrated himself on the ground, obsequiously speaking to Zhang Zhe in Waqiang dialect, while Xu Jidao sat aside and acted as an interpreter again, "The current king of Qicheng Kingdom is Kasgar! The guardian of the mountain country, in fact, he is a tyrant! Our Taoshan country originally had four cities, among which Shiwan City, which was close to the Qicheng country, was taken away by Kasga, our former king was killed by him, and our poor prince was also killed by him. He was imprisoned in Qicheng, and now he is in charge of the state affairs of our Taoshan Kingdom."

"If you are willing, my lord, I am willing to lead you the way to punish Kathgar who offended the Celestial Dynasty!"

Zhang Zhe smiled and looked at Xu Jidao.

"Mr. Xu has trained this person well in the past few days."

"It's just that the imperial court gave me the excuse of attacking Qicheng, Fangdu, and Baibailuo to win over the Waqiang people." Zhang Zhe could see that it was Xu Jidao who taught Abayi to say this. However, he was not interested in the expedition to the interior of Anmu, "If you start a war, you will die."

Seeing Zhang Zhe's refusal, Xu Jidao didn't panic at all. He pointed to Abayi lying on the ground and said.

"According to this person's account, Taoshan Kingdom is surrounded by the three kingdoms of Qicheng, Fangdu, and Baibaluo. These four kingdoms have always formed their own faction among the Ammu kingdoms, and they have never participated in the war against the Waqiang people in the north. Among them, Qicheng State has the largest ice-making industry among the Ammu countries, because there are seven or eight saltpeter mines in the eastern part of Qicheng State close to Taoshan State; Fangdu State is in the southeast of Taoshan State, and is famous for its rich sulfur Famous; Bibero is relatively the strongest among several countries, because there are several gold and silver mines in Bibero."

Zhang Zhe's heart suddenly trembled a few times. Xu Jidao had officially worshiped under his sect a few days ago and became the servant of the Zhang family, so Xu Jidao, the master of gunpowder, also knew about it.

No wonder he wanted to encourage Zhang Zhe to attack the four countries within Anmu.

"Patriarch," Xu Jidao lowered his voice, "Among the four kingdoms, the strongest is Baibailuo, who only owns nine cities, has a population of [-], and has no more than [-] soldiers; while Qicheng Kingdom is second in terms of strength. , owns six cities, with a population of more than [-], and at most two thousand soldiers; Fangdu has five state-owned cities, with a population of only [-], and an army of between [-] and [-] soldiers; while Taoshan State is the weakest, with three cities and a population of Less than [-], under the coercion of King Qicheng, there are only [-] guards in each city."

Seeing that Zhang Zhe closed his eyes and said nothing, he finally said another sentence.

"No one can say for sure what the situation of the Central Plains court is like. If the court wants to transfer Sir in the future, where will the family's foundation in Yunshang County go? Why don't Sir leave a way out for everyone in the family?"

After a long time, Xu Jidao heard Zhang Zhe's low voice.

"Go and transfer Geng Liang's troops back."

"No!" Xu Jidao laughed.

May 26, the first year of Dazheng Longde.

Under the full auspices of Liu Jiansheng, the internal assistant, all the troops and horses of Dazheng gathered in the south of Chen State.

These include 13 troops from the four provinces in the North, 12 troops from various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, 31 troops from the kings of Linsi County, Hedong County, Dengyang County, and Taining County, as well as those sent by Emperor Longde. The [-] Imperial Forest Army, a total of [-] troops, under the leadership of Nanxianghou, launched a battle that determined the fate of the Northland against [-] Beibei cavalry and [-] Chen Guo soldiers.

The Marquis of Nanxiang was old and strong, and he chose Jiuluyuan, which had a wide belly and narrow tail, as the battlefield. The rear army strictly guarded the narrow exit of Jiuluyuan, and stood in formation layer by layer, moving forward steadily.The advantages of the large number of people are fully utilized to the extreme.

The Beibei cavalry retreated seven times in a row, retreating nearly [-] miles.

The Marquis of Nanxiang remained unmoved, and the whole army only advanced twelve miles before going down to the stronghold to hold on.

On the second day, the Marquis of Nanxiang ordered the whole army to reinforce the camp. On the third day, they lined up again to press forward, and after advancing ten miles, set up the camp again.

During the seven days, the Marquis of Nanxiang set up three villages and only advanced 31 miles.

The impatient Beibei cavalry finally gave up the purpose of luring Zheng Jun into the wilderness, and began to use the mobility of the cavalry to divide the connection between Zheng Jun's front and rear villages.

The Marquis of Nanxiang had expected this a long time ago, [-] imperial cavalry rushed out from the camp in the middle, and cut the Beibei people straight in half, passing by the troops between the front and back camps.

After attacking the Beibei cavalry, the imperial forest army did not love to fight, but rushed straight into the front camp, attracting furious Beibei people to attack the camp. As a result, they suffered heavy losses under the defense of Zheng Jun's strong bow and crossbow.

By the beginning of June, Zheng Jun had even built the left and right camps. The five camps in the front, back, left and right echoed each other ten miles apart, and [-] imperial cavalry echoed from them.

Half of the vassal armies of Zhaoyang County King and Haian County King each were drawn, plus 5 recruits, a total of [-] recruits arrived at Houzhai at Jiuluyuankou on the third day of June.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Xingkong Khan ordered [-] Chen Guo soldiers to storm the right camp of Zheng Jun. The battle lasted from early morning to afternoon, and another [-] Beibei cavalry who had been hiding around the battlefield also appeared together. A total of [-] cavalry were used to stop Cut off the connection between each battalion and the right battalion.

The fierce battle continued until the early morning of the second day.

The 3 attacking Chen army, driven by the Beibei people's supervisory team, crazily attacked the right battalion for a full thirteen hours, and after dropping more than [-] corpses, the more than [-] Chen troops who had withdrawn had been completely abolished. , More than [-] people were seriously injured, and the rest were wounded.

When the Beibei people invested 30 fierce cavalry to continue to attack the almost dilapidated right battalion, Nan Xianghou seized the opportunity, and the whole army of [-] came out of the camp to squeeze the eastern battlefield to compress the movement of the Beibei people. space.

But at this moment, chaos appeared in the fan army.

Tens of thousands of Fan troops suddenly turned around and fled, and even dispersed the Chinese army guards.

Xingkong Khan was overjoyed when he saw this, and personally led [-] of the most elite cavalrymen of the king's tent to plunge straight into the middle army of Zheng Jun who was in chaos for a while.The house leak happened to be raining all night, and when Nanxianghou was preparing to organize a counterattack, he suddenly fell to the ground with an arrow in his back, and his life or death was unknown.Soon even the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army was shot down.

People everywhere are shouting "The king of Linsi has turned back", "The king of Hedong has escaped", "The king of Dengyang has voted for the Beibei people", "The king of Taining."!
The Chinese army was in an uproar and was easily dispersed by the Beibei cavalry.

The leaderless 30 Zheng Jun fell into chaos and could only fight on their own.

This battle lasted from Sishizheng (22 o'clock) in the morning to Xushi ([-] o'clock) in the evening. Zheng Jun suffered the worst defeat before the founding of the country.

16 people died under the horseshoes and crowding, more than 7 people were captured, and more than 3 people were missing. Only less than 4 Zheng Jun managed to escape to Houzhai at Jiuluyuankou.

Xing Kong Khan lost less than 1 people, and of course nearly [-] Chen soldiers.

The battle that broke out from the middle of May to the sixth day of June in the first year of Longde was known as the Battle of Jiuluyuan in history. The total number of troops on the battlefield was as high as 51.

In this battle, all the elites of Zheng State, including the 9 Yulin Army, were killed in one battle.Most of Dazheng's mobile forces were wiped out, leaving only [-] reserve recruits to guard the Houzhai.

That night, the loss of Zheng Jun's senior management was gradually cleared up.

The Marquis of Nanxiang killed more than 870 officers, including 61 famous generals.At the same time, the king of Linsi died in battle, the king of Taining was injured and captured, and only the kings of Hedong and Dengyang fled back to Houzhai.

And that night, King Dengyang suddenly "died suddenly", and all the remaining [-] troops in Dazheng fell into the hands of King Hedong.

And a few days before the war broke out, a "major event" also happened in Chang'an City.

On the first day of June, each clan goes to the Taimiao to offer incense.

Yang Shangjian, the eldest son of Hedong County, was once again humiliated by Ji Wang Yang Shangchuan.

When Yang Shangjian offered incense, King Ji had someone replace him with three pillars of broken incense.The fragrances of the sons of all families are nine inches, but Yang Shangjian only has five inches!
Yang Shangjian, who couldn't bear the humiliation, immediately questioned the prince, but Yang Shangchuan summoned a group of clans and beat him up in the name of disrespecting the prince.

All the elders watched from a distance, only Yang Shangyang couldn't help but come forward to hold Ji Wang, otherwise it is unknown how things will develop.

The Minister of Zongzheng Temple rushed over and executed all the eunuchs who were in charge of preparing incense without saying a word, and punished King Ji and the prince of Hedong County for ten days.

When the son of the Prince of Hedong with a face of grief and anger returned to his mansion in central Beijing, he bumped into Quan Lu, the most trusted eunuch by his father's side.

"Grandpa Quan? Aren't you by your father's side? When did you arrive in the capital?"

Quan Lu greeted the son with a smile, and then led the son into the study.

"My lord asked my servant Xingye to rush back to the capital for a big event."

Yang Shangjian, who had just been humiliated, immediately lit up and asked in a low voice.

"Father is going to make a move?"

Quan Lu did not answer this question, but looked at Shizi with some distress.

"But just now you received the atmosphere in the Taimiao?"

"It's okay, we have to settle it with them in the future!"

Quan Lu sighed.

"Among the brothers of the prince, our prince is actually the one who resembles the late emperor the most. Not only in appearance and heart, but also in how he behaves. The woman that the late emperor likes most, everyone in the world knows who it is. He has not been placed in the palace for many years, and he has raised a son outside, who is now the eighth master. My son, do you know that our prince is no different from the late emperor in this regard?"

Yang Shangjian was stunned for a moment, what on earth did Quan Lu come back for?His father still has such romantic affairs?
"My lord, this time the slave came back to help my lord with a big event."

Yang Shangjian was completely confused by Quan Lu's nonsense.

"Whatever my father told me, you just have to say, this son will definitely accomplish it even if he risks his life!"

Only then did Quan Lu smile in relief.

"What the slave wants is the son's words!"

Two figures suddenly appeared behind Yang Shangjian, strangled his neck with a rope, and then began to tighten it forcefully.

The terrified Yang Shangjian hurriedly opened his mouth wide, ready to yell, but he couldn't yell at all, he could only kick his legs desperately.

Quan Lu looked at him regretfully.

"The prince actually has more than one son, the prince also hides a Zhao family in Hedong County. The prince actually has two sons. The older one is just eighteen this year. The prince is about to raise troops, but he lacks a legitimate reason. I can wrong my son."

On the second day, the news that the prince of Hedong County committed suicide due to the humiliation of King Ji quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.

Just when Emperor Longde and Liu Jiansheng realized that something was wrong, a few days later, the report of Jiuluyuan's defeat reached the capital, and at the same time, news came that the King of Hedong County raised troops to avenge his son and announced that he would take the side of the Qing Dynasty.

Dazheng officially fell into civil strife.

(End of this chapter)