I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 371 Literati, wearing armor, going into battle

In the governor's house in Tanzhou City, Du Yu was sitting in front of the study. Du Yu was the governor of Biejia. In other words, in the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the highest person in a state was Biejia, and there was no establishment of the governor.

The storm is coming and the wind is filling the building.

Looking at the dark sky and the biting cold wind, if it were Du Yu before, he would have to write a few sentences to look at the weather.

Something like, 'If it doesn't rain or snow again, the scenery in my hometown will be the most unique.'

But now Du Yu has a frown on his face. From the time Weishan left almost ten days ago until now, Du Yu's eyebrows have not relaxed.

This also made Du Yu, who originally looked like a goat, look a little more ferocious and solemn in addition to his original treacherous appearance. Unexpectedly, he saw it and thought that Master Du had finally exposed his true nature and started to show his violent temper.

Weishan had been away for more than ten days, and except for a letter sent on the fifth day saying that everything was fine in Jizhou, no letter had been sent back so far.

Counting the days, if we go from Tanzhou to Jizhou, stay in Jizhou for a few days, then go to Zhuozhou, and then return, we should be back. Even if we are delayed on the way, according to Du Yu's caution about Weishan In my mind, someone should be sending a message, but now there is no news.

And they sent two groups of people one after another, but none of them came back.

This made Du Yu frown even more.

And for some reason, Du Yu became more and more uneasy. It was not because the weather in Tanzhou was getting colder and colder, nor was it because God had suppressed a heavy snowfall, which would cause disaster to the people.

If there was a snowstorm, Du Yu had prepared a plan in the summer, and had stored cotton clothes, quilts and other winter items in several large warehouses, just in case there would be a snowstorm.

Therefore, this matter will not make this master who used to drink wine, laugh and recite poems with Li Jiulang, Wen Daoji and others uneasy.

"Nowadays, many people in Yandi are worried. Mr. Du in Tanzhou is free to watch this windy and cold weather."

But it was at this time that Du Yu heard the voice from the door of the courtyard.

Turning around and looking over, he saw a scholar, wearing a black gown, about the same age as Du Yu.

Seeing this man, Du Yu's original sad face suddenly changed, and he stood up with a smile: "You Lian!"

After waving his hand to the servant who led the way, Du Yu quickly stepped forward with a look of joy and surprise.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar named You Lian saluted Du Yu and then looked at Du Yu with a smile.

Du Yu had a look of surprise on his face and pulled You Lian towards the house: "Why are you here! We haven't seen each other for two years since we parted ways in Suizhou Zongshuai's tent!"

You Lian waved his hands and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about these polite words between you and me. Let's take a look at this first."

With that said, You Lian took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Du Yu: "This is a letter stamped with the seal of General Meng Qin."

When Du Yu heard this, he looked at the seal of the letter and the rubbing on it, frowned, and then looked at You Lian: "Aren't you joining the army under Commander Zong? Why did you tempt Marshal Qin?"

You Lian shook his head: "Read it first before talking. The content of the letter is true, and it is related to whether there will be war in Daxia."

When Du Yu heard this, his expression immediately became solemn. He looked at You Lian again, but without saying anything, he just opened the envelope and looked at it.

Just a moment!

Du Yu looked horrified, took a deep breath, and looked at You Lian in disbelief, but immediately, a sudden realization appeared in his eyes.

You Lian was originally a member of Zongze's side Lu Shi and joined the army. However, a few months ago, he received an imperial decree and was transferred to Meng Qin's side Lu Shi to join the army. His responsibility was not to supervise, but to assist.

Together with Li Jiulang, Wen Daoji, Shen Yue, Du Yu, Cui Yu, Zhang Gu and others, they were the two Jinshi in the same period.

Seeing the change in Du Yu's expression, You Lian asked, "Were you suspicious before?"

Du Yu did not answer, but continued to lower his head to read the letter in his hand. He read it several times and looked at You Lian: "Seriously?! This matter is not a child's play!"

You Lian was helpless: "The handsome seal is on it, why should I lie to you? Moreover, this is a matter that collapses the sky. How dare I forge it?"

Du Yu looked at You Lian in shock, and asked after a while: "Your Majesty, what are you doing now?"

You Lian said: "For the following crimes, conspiracy to rebel, colluding with foreigners to disturb our Daxia, and plotting to kill the king, any of the crimes are punishable by death."

After saying that, You Lian looked at Du Yu: "The land of Yan has been run by the traitor Xia Chenfeng for decades, and many officials have long become his confidants. Even the army of Yan has been disobedient and has become the King of Yan's private army. I won’t hide it from you either. Apart from you, Shi Zishan, An Tai, and Qi Chen are the three other drivers, and now there are people there, and no one else can believe it!”

"Although you, Du Yu, were single-handedly promoted by the Eighth Prince, and your reputation is as the most corrupt official under the protection of the Eighth Prince, your Majesty, Marshal Meng, and even the Commander-in-Chief all know that What did you really do? What did you Du Yu do during the war in Yandi a year ago? Those people above also know!"

"Your Majesty has sent General Meng Qin to garrison in Dazhou before. He is just waiting for this moment. Your Majesty means that it would be best if we can take back Yan Land from the Yan Palace without any bloodshed, because the people of Yan Land are suffering too much and it is not easy to recover. There is no room for war, so I came here in person. This matter caused a big fuss. We only learned about what happened in the capital this morning, so we came to you immediately, and even if we blocked the road, But Xia Zhixu will definitely learn about what is going on in the capital, and when the time comes Xia Zhixu will definitely raise troops to protect himself."

Du Yu frowned. The eighth prince Xia Chenfeng actually had a favor for Du Yu. When Du Yu passed the imperial examination, he was appointed as the magistrate of a county called Liu County in Yandi. For five consecutive years, Liu County was in Du Yu's hands. The households were open at night and the people were prosperous. When Xia Chenfeng found out about it at that time, he transferred Du Yu to Yanzhou as the magistrate, followed by the magistrate of Yanzhou, and then the current Tanzhou Biejia.

So now I heard that the King of Yan, who was known as a virtuous man and loved by the people, actually welcomed the Mobei barbarians into the land of Yan, causing the catastrophe for the people of Yan a year ago!

And he also committed regicide and rebellion, as well as many other nasty things!

It is inevitable that there is some regret in his heart, but although Du Yu is a scholar, he has long passed the age of those hypocritical favors and choosing between common people and kindness. What Xia Chenfeng did is against humanity and even more harmful to human morality!

So at that moment, Du Yu suddenly guessed what You Lian meant by coming here.

Du Yu saw with his own eyes what happened to the people in Yandi a year ago, so the more he thought about it, the more Du Yu clenched his fists.

Because the Eighth Prince, who often talked to him and always kept his mouth shut, actually behaved like a beast just as he had guessed countless times before and rejected things he didn't want to believe!

When I think of this.

Du Yu's expression suddenly changed: "No! No!"

You Lian was stunned, thinking that Du Yu was saying something was wrong with him, and was about to speak immediately.

Unexpectedly, Du Yu looked at You Lian and said, "Something big is going to happen!"

Immediately!

Du Yu shouted towards the outside of the courtyard: "Alang! Call three generals Zishan, Liu Yu and Pei Dao to come see me immediately!"

When Du Yu saw his servant standing there stunned, he immediately yelled: "Go quickly!!"

The servant was startled, turned around and hurried to call someone.

You Nian frowned and came to Du Yu: "Du Yu!"

Du Yu looked at You Lian: "Xia Zhixian of the Prince Palace asked Meng Shaoan to move the people who moved out of Jizhou from Zhuozhou and other states in Yandi, as well as some people from other states who are willing to go to Jizhou, mobilize to get to Jizhou. You should You know."

You Lian nodded.

Du Yu continued: "This thing doesn't seem like much. Even Meng Shaoan had a good way of mobilizing the people, but he was really bad at doing things. But! All the garrison in Jizhou were taken to Yongshan Camp by Xia Zhixu There are no soldiers stationed in Jizhou, and it was the same situation last year when Xia Chenfeng welcomed the Mobei barbarians!"

Upon hearing this, You Lian immediately said, "There are soldiers and horses in Jizhou."

Du Yu was startled and looked at You Lian in confusion. You Lian said: "Seven days ago, we also found out what you said. We were afraid that Xia Zhixu would do the same treasonous act as Xia Chenfeng, but in order not to alert the snake, we specially sent people to investigate, but Jizhou has soldiers and horses. , as for the garrisoned soldiers, they are all soldiers from Yongshan Camp, this is true, we even sent people to Yongshan Camp to check."

Du Yu frowned when he heard this: "Then why Weishan hasn't come back yet?"

You Lian looked at Du Yu, doubted for a moment, then turned to look into the dark: "Immediately go to the marshal's place to see the notes sent from Jizhou, the passes and the border fortress today."

Although there was no one in the darkness, he immediately saw the presence of figures.

Du Yu didn't say anything when he saw it, but he was sure that if he didn't agree, the people in the dark would take action.

But it's not important anymore. Du Yu was hesitant and a little hesitant at the moment. If it was as You Lian said, then he must be worrying too much!

So everyone is happy!

After all, what is going to happen next is much better than welcoming the barbarian in again.

but.

If that's the case, why didn't Wei Shan come back? Why didn't any news come back from the people sent later?

Thinking of this, Du Yu looked at You Lian: "You Lian, I know what you are going to do, and I will definitely help you, or rather not help you, but help Daxia and the people of Yan! But you You Lian And Marshal Meng has underestimated me. In fact, you should not have come. Du Yu values ​​​​love, but I can tell the difference between big and small! But there is no need to say more about this right now, just do it, you Immediately send someone back to tell Meng Shuai that Tanzhou's military rations can be used at any time, and the soldiers and horses are at his disposal! Just go on the road! But I am restless now. You know Weishan, he is cautious and cautious, and he has the strength of the fifth grade , although it is not high, but I just asked him to go and have a look, but it has been sixteen days and he has not come back or even sent a message. I have not seen him. I just feel something is wrong about this, so I am troublesome. The people around you should immediately go to the three passes and Jizhou to take a closer look. If possible, it is best to investigate at Prince Yan's Mansion. Don't investigate this defense change or the people's affairs. Check Xia Zhi May."

You Lian looked at Du Yu, thought about it for a moment, and nodded.

But nothing has been said yet

"Master! Master, come back. Come back!!"

At this moment, a servant ran over, followed by two people carrying a person.

Seeing this scene, Du Yu hurried over, and when he saw it, it was one of the two people he sent behind to find Wei Shan!

I saw that the man's mouth was dry and his trousers on the inner thighs were stained with blood. It was obvious that he had come all the way back on horseback.

"grown ups."

When the man saw Du Yu, his eyes widened and he spoke.

Du Yu quickly squatted down.

"Sir, it's not that they have withdrawn their troops. The troops are still there, even in Jizhou." At this point, the man pursed his lips, and then said: "There is still Hopekou Pass, the troops are still there, and they have not withdrawn."

Hearing this, Du Yu breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't withdraw his troops, he would be overthinking it. This was naturally the best.

However, this person continued to say: "But Lord Weishan found out that some of the people who were sent to Jizhou were sent to Wangkou Pass."

Hearing this, Du Yu was stunned for a moment. Wangkou Pass was actually a pass in Jizhou.

Together with Liuzibao, Wuheshan Pass is the three major passes between Jizhou and Mobei. It can be said that it is the gate of the entire Yanyun Sixteenth State, and it is also the boundary where wars often occur.

but.

There are also those who plow the fields in Wangkou Pass, and they were sent to Wangkou Pass. In fact, the number of pages is normal.

The man pursed his lips, swallowed hard and said: "Look at the soldiers in the pass at Wangkou Pass. Among the soldiers in the Yongshan Camp, there are people from Mobei, and it's not just Wangkou Pass. Lord Weishan found something wrong." After that, he took us to Liuzibao and Wuheshan Pass. It turned out that more than half of the soldiers inside were from the Yongshan Camp. Yes, but there were also many Mobei people, and those who were sent to Wangkou Pass were civilians. Among them, all the young and strong ones were locked up and sent to Mobei. Master Weishan found out about this, so he kept an eye on it and asked the young ones to come back all night to inform you! Those people, those people. "

Just before this person finished speaking.

Du Yu understood everything at once, looked at this man and said: "Those people did not go to Jizhou, but passed through Jizhou and were sent to Mobei to be slaves to the Mobei people!"

The soldier who fell on the ground was very weak and trembling, and nodded with all his strength: "Yes!!"

After Bian Youlian looked shocked, he immediately became furious: "How dare he, Xia Zhixu, do such an unscrupulous thing!!"

The soldier who was trembling on the ground and extremely weak looked at Du Yu: "We found the Tuzikou. There are 30,000 Mobei people in Wuhe Mountain. They are not the main force. The main force is not there. Weishan. Master Weishan is watching over there. He said that he begged you to send troops immediately to seize and recapture Liuzibao and Wuhe Mountain Pass. Otherwise, people would be sent out every day. Children and women would also be locked up and would be sent out. The elderly would be sent out. He was killed and buried on the spot."

Du Yu looked at the soldier with red eyes and could imagine what the soldier saw at that time.

I also suddenly understood why there has been no news about Weishan until now. Zhuzikou and Wuheshan Pass are almost six or seven days away from Tanzhou.

It is even more conceivable how many horses this soldier killed along the way!

You Lian was even more shocked.

because

What Xia Zhixu did was exactly the same as Xia Chenfeng!

Even more treasonous than Xia Chenfeng!

Xia Chenfeng brought people in, then killed many of them and then drove them away.

But Xia Zhixu.

It was the gate to Yanyun Land that was given away! !

And Yanyun is the gate to the northeastern land of Daxia!

"Xia Chenfeng and his son will definitely be reviled by thousands of generations of people in my country who will come after me!!"

After saying this, You Lian knew that the matter was no longer a matter of civil strife, but a matter of foreign invasion. He immediately looked at Du Yu and said: "Du Yu, I will go to Marshal Meng immediately. If Qingqi marches out."

Du Yu directly interrupted You Lian: "It's too late!"

After that, Du Yu ordered people to take care of the soldier and asked him to carry him to see the doctor. Du Yu looked at You Lian: "It's too late! People are being sent away every day. I don't know how many people are being transported out after a day's delay." People! Meng Shaoan sends people there every day from Zhuozhou, and Xia Zhixu’s request is 150,000! But as far as I know, as of today, Meng Shaoan has inspired as many as 180,000 people! 180,000 people!!”

"So it's too late. I will take the Tanzhou soldiers and horses and set off to Zhuzikou and Wuhe Mountain to intercept them. You go back immediately and inform Marshal Meng, asking him to lead the army into Yanyun immediately. I will take all the food and grass in the Tanzhou army depot. ! Entering the land of Yan, anyone who resists can be regarded as a traitor and should be killed without mercy! From this point of view, the Yongshan camp has been completely controlled by Xia Zhixu. How come no one knows in the territory of Yan? The emperor blames me, Du Yu. Request! If you don’t kill! The people will suffer again! The people of Yandi are suffering too much and cannot bear the punishment!! I will lead my people to find a way to take back Tuozikou and Wuhe Mountain, and block all the Mobei who are in my Yandi. When people go back, don't let any of them go, and don't let them take away any of the people! Please also ask Marshal Meng to immediately send light cavalry to Mobei to chase those people immediately. If you are lucky, you may be able to catch some and save some. Some!"

"And send out experts, any experts! Xia Zhixu will definitely escape! If he does such a thing, he will definitely run to Mobei. We don't know the extent of his collusion with Mobei, but if he is allowed to escape, We no longer have the face to face the people of the world! We must not let him escape!"

When Du Yu spoke, he squeezed You Lian's arm: "The situation is about to collapse. We have the advantage of knowing about it before it gets out of control, and there is still room for redemption! So... please!!"

You Lian looked at Du Yu's solemn expression and nodded immediately, but suddenly thought of something and looked at Du Yu and asked: "You have less than 8,000 soldiers and 3,000 cavalry in Tanzhou, how are you going to stop them!"

Du Yu looked at You Lian: "Think of every possible way."

You Lian understood something immediately and wanted to speak, but after clenching his fists, he did not say anything. He bowed deeply to Du Yu and said, "I will definitely rush back to Dazhou within half a day, and then I will lead the cavalry directly into Mobei." Go to Zhuzikou within the territory, don’t force yourself to seize the pass, it’s important to save the people!”

Du Yu nodded.

You Lian was no longer in Moji, turned around and left quickly.

I came here today to persuade Du Yu, but I didn't expect things to turn out like this!

Du Yu looked at You Lian's back and took a deep breath: "Here comes someone wearing armor."

A scholar.

Armor again!

……

At this moment in Prince Yan's palace, Xia Zhixu looked at Shen Pei, who was kneeling on the ground and shivering in front of him, yawned, then looked outside and asked, "Shaoan, aren't you here yet?"

(End of this chapter)