Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 43 Detonate the entire capital
"Lai Da, what's going on! So flustered?"

Jia Mu asked sternly, Sanchun and Baoyu were curious and a little scared, but Wang Xifeng and Li Wan were quite curious, what was the safest thing in the capital to have such loud cheers.

"Go back, go back to the ancestors, it's a big deal, the border is 800 miles away, and three messengers send three red flags."

Before Lai took a big breath, Jia's mother asked anxiously;

"anything else?"

"Great victory, great victory, great victory in Pingyang County, Luoyunhou defeated Jurchen Huang Jitai's 30 troops."

Lai Da finally finished speaking.

"what!"

"what,"

Sanchun cried out in surprise, and then suddenly covered his mouth.

Jia Mu stood there in a daze and did not speak, she was thinking a lot, it seemed that it was time to go to the palace, but Li Wan and Wang Xifeng's eyes flashed a strange light.

Only Jia Baoyu looked at the reactions of the sisters with his mouth curled up, lowered his head and continued to eat the steamed buns in the bowl, just because it was so unpalatable.

The three messengers who were still circling outside were hoarse, and they were still reporting the good news hoarsely. They ran from the east city to the south city, then from the south city to the west city, and then headed for the palace.

Just one morning, every market, restaurant, and teahouse in the capital was talking about the Northeast of the Great Wu Empire and the Marquis of Luoyun. If someone said they didn't know about it, everyone else would be contemptuous.

Emperor Wu, who was just full, got up and patted his stomach,

"Let's go, it's almost there, and I'll wait in court."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Wu Huang Zhou Shihong walked very forcefully and quickly today, and arrived at Qianqing Palace in a short while.

Dai Quan shouted as usual;

"The Emperor is here."

The hall fell silent instantly, then knelt down and shouted;

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Zhou Shihong came to the throne and only made a sound after sitting down;
"My dear dears, please stay safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After everyone got up, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong said:
"Everyone, rest first, wait, someone will come."

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking, and all the ministers stood there with puzzled expressions, asking each other with their eyes, and they all shook their heads lightly to express their ignorance.

Just as everyone was guessing wildly, there was a shout of the imperial army relaying orders from afar outside the hall;
"Report! 800 urgently!"

Hearing the shout, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong opened his closed eyes, a flash of light flashed in his eyes,

"Hurry up, the messenger enters the palace."

"Xuan, the messenger enters the palace."

"Xuan, the messenger enters the palace!"

The three people outside the palace got off their horses and waited there. After hearing the order, the three of them also rushed in nervously, holding red letters in their hands at the same time, and still shouting for the victory of Pingyang.

It attracted the attention of a large number of imperial guards on both sides, and I don't know who shouted;
"Da Wu will win."

Immediately lead the surrounding guards to shout together;
"Da Wu will win."

The shouting started from the imperial army outside the palace, and it was relayed all the way to the imperial army inside the palace shouting together. The entire palace was drowned by the shouts of the imperial army's great military victory.

It caused everyone in Qianqing Palace to be shocked, unbelievable.

Even Ge Lao had never experienced such a situation that was somewhat out of control, and it was the first time that the Forbidden Army was so excited.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong was also very excited. The military spirit is available. The Forbidden Army is the foundation of the Zhou family of the Dawu royal family. It must be in the hands of the Zhou family. No one can stop it. Zhou Shihong confirmed his belief in seizing power even more.

The three messengers soon arrived outside the Qianqing Hall, and the eunuch, who was passed on, shouted into the hall,

"The messenger has arrived."

"Quick announcement."

"The envoy enters the palace."

After hearing this, the three of them walked into the hall. Seeing that the two sides of the hall were full of officials from the central court, there was a huge area, and none of them were lower than the fifth rank, so they calmed down their sleepiness.

A look of exhaustion covered his face, but he still swaggered to the center of the hall and knelt down;

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, the messenger of the last general Pingyang County City, arrived here after 4 days and 4 nights, the letter is intact, please read it, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan went over to take the letters from the three of them, checked them carefully, and nodded to the emperor and the surrounding ministers.

Zhou Shihong saw that although the three of them were exhausted, they exuded evil spirits and vigor, and then realized the elite of the frontier army.

"Good! Good! Good! Pingshen! They are all warriors of Dawu, and they have worked hard all the way."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the last general will not work hard."

"Dai Quan, read the three letters first, and after reading them, you can read them out in the hall."

"It's Your Majesty."

Dai Quan returned to his seat and opened the letter to verify it.

Emperor Wu asked the three of them,
"Did you participate in the Pingyang County City Guard Battle?"

The leading guard of the Hou Mansion replied on behalf of the three;

"Return to Your Majesty, the last general and the other three have all participated in the bloody battle with the Jurchens."

"Okay, let me ask you, what about this Jurchen, it's really so fierce!"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Jurchens are indeed ferocious, especially the cavalry, they are extremely elite, but Your Majesty, the soldiers of Dawu are by no means weaker than the Jurchens. No one backed down in this bloody battle. On the first day alone, our army suffered more than 5 casualties. Standing on the top of the city for the first time, some brothers jumped into the city with the Jurchens in their arms and died."

After speaking, the three of them also had red eyes.

The surrounding ministers were also shocked. Hearing this, they knew how tragic that day was.

An official from the Ministry of Industry next to him asked stupidly,
"You're already a fifth-rank official and you still want to go to the battlefield?"

Just happened to be heard by Emperor Zhou Shihong, Emperor Wu also smiled contemptuously, ignorant.

"Three warriors, have you ever been on the battlefield this time?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the three of us will kill the Jurchens with no fewer than five people."

"Do you have proof?"

The three messengers also heard that someone questioned them, and they were also angry. When they heard the emperor asked for proof, the three immediately got up and took off their shirts on the spot.

"Your Majesty, we can't prove it, but they can."

I saw that the strong bodies of the three people were covered with large and small knife wounds, some of which were still scarred, and it was obvious at a glance that they were fresh wounds. The official who spoke shrank his head in fright, and no longer speech.

"Okay, put on your clothes, Dai Quan arranged for the three warriors to go down to rest, and returned to receive the reward, Dawu will not treat his warriors badly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will retire at the end."

After the three left, the faces of the civil and military officials were all different. Beijing Jing Wang Shuirong stared at the three who had left for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking. It was the first time for the civil officials to see the border army, knowing that the border was so dangerous so big.

"Dai Quan, have you read it? Come read it."

"Return to Your Majesty, well, the slave is just verifying the content of the three letters, and the meaning is similar, so I will read the urgent report from the Luoyunhou Mansion."

"Stand in the middle and read, and listen."

"It's Your Majesty."

Dai Quan took the letter to the middle of the hall and read it out;
"Your Majesty, Wanan, God bless the Great Wu. The minister Luo Yunhou Zhang Jinyu led all the soldiers and the elite Jurchen Huang Jitai to fight in the bloody battle under the city of Pingyang County for five days. It was very tragic. On the first day, they almost fell. The success fell short, and in the next four days, the Jurchen remained the same, even the cavalry dismounted to attack the city, but Pingyang was still strong, and the Jurchen suffered heavy casualties, but the whole army retreated, with less than 10 people left. After this battle, the minister seized Pingyao City, But this time the defenders suffered heavy casualties of more than 10. I purposely reported the victory to the pass with great fanfare, so as to boost my martial arts and improve morale. I hope that your majesty will advise me, and my minister Zhang Jinyu bows down."

"Your Majesty, I have finished reading the letter."

After Zhou Shihong listened to it, he realized that this was a tragic victory. He just defended, but fortunately he severely injured the main force of Jurchen, and he could be stable for several years.

"Qizou His Majesty, I have something to report."

Suddenly a voice interrupted Emperor Zhou Shihong's thinking, and he took a closer look, it turned out to be Zhao Jingwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War,
"It turned out to be Zhao Aiqing. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, after listening to this report, this battle was also a disastrous victory. I guess that Luo Yunhou's troops and 20 reinforcements have almost lost all casualties. It may actually be more tragic. But on the one hand, if the Jurchen is really like Luo Yunhou's If less than 10 people retreat to the grasslands, then we have at least five years of stability."

All the ministers and nobles nodded after hearing the analysis from the Minister of the Ministry of War. The actual casualties are more than reported, which is a common practice. I also know.

"What does Lord Zhen think?"

Hearing the emperor calling him, Niu Qing quickly stood up;

"Your Majesty, I agree with Mr. Zhao Ge's analysis, but the old minister said something, Luo Yunhou is right, a tragic victory is also a victory, we won the big martial arts, so we should talk about it and celebrate it, let the world know that our great martial arts can't be done. conquered."

(End of this chapter)