Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

Originally, King Wen was still holding on to the idea of ​​luck, and he was still vaguely expecting that this group of unexpected visitors who suddenly arrived could quickly skip the sand dunes, so that their whereabouts would not be exposed and he would not have to follow them to fight head-on.

Although they could see things around them clearly through the moonlight, they should be able to avoid being discovered if they were well hidden.

If he waited a while and attacked from behind, he might be able to catch them off guard.

But King Wen miscalculated.

Before traveling, he calculated the sunrise time in the past few days, as well as the wind direction and travel route.Even the small hill where they are hiding now was carefully arranged by King Wen and prepared in advance.

But even if he was asked to make more preparations, King Wen probably could not have expected this situation to arise.

Just when King Wen was planning to wait for the large number of Qingyi cavalry to pass by and then lead his troops to outflank them from the rear, he suddenly heard a roar.

The Qingyi cavalry, who were many times more powerful than them, were drawing their swords and holding the reins tightly. The dark horses were running towards them like lightning.

The black mass of a large group of knights in armor surged forward like a flood.

King Wen's face turned pale, they seemed to have been discovered.

Even the tens of thousands of troops led by King Wen rushed out from the hill, and the two armies clashed with each other, and the fighting continued.

But before his eyes, the black Qingyi cavalry rushed over. In the rampage, many soldiers who had just reacted were knocked off their horses.

For a time, roars, shouts, and the clang of handovers continued to sound. On the side of the hill, a bloody battle was going on.

When the sky lights up slightly, the blue sky is shrouded in a layer of white light, and the first ray of morning light hangs quietly in the sky.

At this time, the war in the world has ended.

The white and yellow hills were covered with corpses, and the blood seemed to gather into a winding and thin river.Dried blood stained the dunes a mottled red.

The war horse collapsed on the ground, its dark eyes looking at the sky.There are still a few scattered war horses still alive, but they have fled far away and run to the north. When they look over there, they can only see a few small black dots.

But perhaps just because they ran fast and far away, they also escaped from the hands of the Qingyi Knight.

If you are in the distance, looking towards the hillside, it looks like a sea of ​​blood in hell, a netherworld, which makes people feel creepy, frightened and frightened.

The corpses left on the side of the hill are basically the Daxia people who were originally ambushing them.

King Wen's personal guard died in a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy. A scimitar stabbed him in the chest, and he fell to the ground.

Where is King Wen?
Among the most obvious piles of bones, he had several scars on his body.

When he was on the battlefield, a Qingyi general who used a spear pierced his chest with an iron-headed spear.

The sword originally held by King Wen was broken when the swords clashed, and the remains of the sword fell not far from his body.

King Wen struggled desperately, but was eventually besieged by the Qingyi knights and had no chance of winning.He was hacked to death by everyone with their long knives.

If there are still people alive, they must be a little afraid of the purpose of this group of Qingyi people.

It seems that they are here for 'them'.Or more accurately, they seemed to have come specifically for King Wen.

Moreover, at the same time, he would also discover that the Qingyi people were much stronger than they had expected.

This made all the previous attacks by the Qingyi people seem false.

But it was a pity that not one of the people who followed King Wen on the expedition was alive this time.

It was already noon when the generals in the northwest camp had not seen King Wen come back and sent out scouts to explore.

By the time the scouts riding fast horses discovered the bodies of King Wen and his party and notified the general account, it was already getting dark.

After dark, everyone couldn't figure out whether there was any ambush by the Qingyi people.

In the end, everyone had to wait until the next morning to set out to collect the bones of those who died in the battle.Especially to find the bones of King Wen.

Since King Wen's life and death were uncertain, the position of general fell to the old General Mu.

After the old general received the news, he was extremely sad and even shed tears.

The other generals in the camp knew that King Wen had the deepest friendship with this old general, and they all spoke to comfort General Mu.

"Old general, take care of yourself..."

"Yes...King Wen...if King Wen escapes from death, he will definitely not want the old general to be so sad."

"Yes, yes, King Wen's life or death is uncertain now. The old general is concerned with major matters, and state affairs are the most important..."

After some consolation from others, the old general managed to calm down and began to arrange many matters for the search for King Wen. He also wrote a memorial, traveled eight hundred miles and sent it to Kyoto overnight.

On one side, the old general was lamenting the impermanence of the world and urgently searching for King Wen's whereabouts, while on the other side, the atmosphere was much more cheerful and joyful.

Qingyi-Wolf Throat
In the camp, everyone was sitting closely together. Shanyu Wumu was sitting on the high chair made of huanghuali wood, listening to everyone's replies.

"King Wen is really dead?"

Wu Mu asked with a bit of curiosity and a relaxed expression.

The general who was asked looked nervous. He nodded quickly and said quickly: "Yes, King Wen is dead. He was shot by the last general and chopped several times by others. He is definitely no longer alive."

"The general inspected the wound himself and found that it was indeed fatal. He had no breathing or pulse. He was already dead.

If you hadn't refused, we would have cut off his head and presented it to His Majesty."

A general next to him helped, his face was very excited, and his eyes were shining when he looked at Wu Mu.

This made Wu Mu nodded with satisfaction, with a hint of smile appearing on his face.

"Yes, this is Gu's great general. Well, this matter should give you an extra attack, but..."

When he said 'but', the smile on Wu Mu's face disappeared and was replaced by seriousness and majesty.

This made the generals facing him clenched their hands into fists and seemed to become nervous.

"However, you have been losing battles these days. Even the wolf's throat was almost taken away."

When he said this, there was a trace of sadness in Wu Mu's eyes, and the atmosphere of the generals also became lonely.

Yes, they really lost their wolf throat before.

Li Yancheng's attack had a huge blow to Qingyi, especially to their generals.

The generals had apologized several times for this, and even considered committing suicide to apologize, but in the end they were dismissed by Wu Mu.

But that battle is still a shame for them, a shame that cannot be erased.

Thinking of this, the generals couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"It's hard for me to reward you for your merits, but this battle can be regarded as making up for my mistakes."

When he said this, Wu Mu looked around at the generals who were looking at him uneasily, and said comfortingly: "I will keep your contribution and hard work in my heart. Now it is hard to reward you on the surface, but I value and reward you." There won’t be any less.”

Wu Mu suddenly said loudly: "Queen Gu will specially ask envoys to send rewards. Not only will there be rewards, but you can also follow Gu to make contributions and gain promotions."

"Make great achievements and gain promotion to a noble position!!"

"Make great achievements and gain promotion to a noble position!!"

Seeing everyone's excited faces and red eyes, Wu Mu was also very happy. He rewarded everyone with good wine and meat on the spot to reward the returning troops.For a time, Qingyi's morale was high, and it seemed that everyone had confidence and hope.

Even the soldiers guarding the barracks were extremely excited.

After all, this is the Wolf's Throat. As long as the territory is defended, there are still many battles to be fought and many places to make achievements.

……

Daxia
The big tent was full of generals with sad faces.

After King Wen's body was found, the news that King Wen died on the battlefield was immediately concealed by the Northwest Camp.

Although Old General Mu had already informed the court secretly, King Wen's special status and status prevented him from taking any rash action, fearing that he would miss important events if he cooked the oil in a raging fire.

Therefore, after General Mu learned the news that King Wen was really dead, he immediately not only blocked the news, but also deliberately let people release the false news.

It is said that King Wen escaped from death and his whereabouts are unknown.

Such rhetoric can only be concealed for a few days, not for long.

No matter how anxious he was, General Mu still made up his mind and waited for the express report from the court.

But he probably never expected that the first person to know about King Wen's death was not the new emperor Jiang Yi.

On the contrary, there were two other vassal kings, King Qin and King Chu.

How did Qin and Chu know such confidential military information?

It seems that the only word is intuition.

King Chu and King Qin originally followed King Wen back to Kyoto to mourn the Queen Mother.

But who could have expected that just when they were about to arrive, the eldest brother in Kyoto would already take office and go to the northwest to become a general.

The brothers just missed it and didn't have a chance to meet each other.

When King Wen won his first great victory, several of his brothers had just been beaten by the second brother of the new level and were returned to the vassal territory.

But this incident of King Wen left a deep impression on both the kings of Qin and Chu.

The two princes also often asked people about King Wen's current situation.

Whenever good news of victory came, the two princes were extremely happy for their eldest brother.

This time, the news of King Wen's death on the battlefield came early.

Since the fiefdoms of the two kings of Qin and Chu were far away from Chengzhou, the news was not as fast as when military reports reached the capital.

However, when Jiang Yi received the military report, it was the first military report. King Wen's body had not yet been found, and King Wen's life and death had not yet been determined.

Jiang Yi didn't pay much attention at that time and just replied: Let the veteran general search quickly to ensure that King Wen is alive.

But Jiang Yi himself didn't believe that King Wen would die at all.In his eyes, King Wen seemed to be like an unbeatable little strongman/or in other words, a scourge.

Therefore, Jiang Yi who received the news did not believe it, but King Qin who heard the rumors and rumors did.

Not only did King Qin believe it, he also sent craftsmen to build a tomb for his eldest brother King Wen in the fiefdom overnight and began to worship him every day.It seemed as if he really believed that King Wen was dead.

The King of Chu in the neighboring fiefdom took a little longer to get the news, but after hearing it, the King of Chu was convinced.A small ancestral hall was also built to worship King Wen.

But why did the two princes believe the rumors so much?
It’s not like no one has ever asked this question.At least the residences of the two princes still support dozens of staff.

These questions were also asked to the two princes by counselors who were very sensitive to and fond of the political situation.

King Chu's answer was: "The eldest brother must be dead."

"Perhaps King Wen escaped death and escaped a disaster?" the staff comforted King Chu.

King Chu said categorically: "That can't be the case. My eldest brother must be dead."

As he spoke, King Chu also had a sad look on his face and sighed: "Gentlemen, you don't understand. In my opinion, my eldest brother is destined to suffer this disaster."

Seeing the puzzled expressions on the faces of his staff, the King of Chu further whispered:
"I think this year... no, these two years will be a great calamity for my Jiang family."

"You see, my father and seventh brother both left last year, and this year the fifth and sixth brothers also left one after another.

This time when I returned to Beijing and received the news that my eldest brother was going to the northwest, I felt unexpected. "

As he spoke, the King of Chu spread his hands and spoke with certainty.

"Look, won't my eldest brother die in battle today?"

"Alas, a disaster is coming. I might as well just stay idle in the mansion for the rest of my life."

……

The situation in Prince Qin's Mansion is similar to that in Prince Chu's Mansion.

Although the two princes were hundreds of miles apart, they still came to the same conclusion.

"The past few years have been very vicious..."

With that said, the two princes planned to stay in the mansion, recuperate, and stop going out to play and wander around if nothing happened.

After all, when this evil happens to a person, it seems that there is only one way to die.In order to survive, it is better to stay at home.

But at the same time, the two of them were also wary of Jiang Yi.

It's said to be vicious, but it seems... there are already quite a few people who have died at the hands of the second brother, or because of the second brother.

Both of them felt the shadow that seemed to hang over the imperial mausoleum and the conspiracy lurking in the dark.

……

When the complete news of King Wen's death was actually handed to Jiang Yi, Jiang Yi only felt that it was weird and unusual, and even...a bit false.

He had people verify several times that the document was indeed from the northwest, and he also verified several times that the handwriting was indeed written by General Mu himself.

But Jiang Yi still couldn't accept the news.

"King Wen...is dead?"

Jiang Yi only found it funny, as if someone had played a big joke on him.

"How could King Wen die?"

Jiang Yi only felt confused. The words King Wen and death seemed inappropriate.How could King Wen die?
He had never thought about it... no, even if he had thought about it, it was just a thought.

How could King Wen die?
Jiang Yi once again felt confused and felt the emptiness of fate.

King Wen's stubborn temper would not be welcomed even in the underworld, right?
Just when Jiang Yi was in a trance and wandering around, Chongan reminded Jiang Yi.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Jiang Yi walked towards him in a daze, his eyes confused, as if he was still lingering in the sea of ​​clouds and mist, unable to see clearly what was happening in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Ministry of War asks to see you."