I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 19 True Purpose
Zhu Hui was stunned, as if he didn't expect him to be so sharp, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you think so?"

"Because of your tone."

Su Hanshan said, "Between the lines in your words, I always feel that I am about to die, but I have not received any kindness from the Yu family, so I don't have to die here."

Zhu Hui smiled and said, "You are too worried. So many of us went out just to save the children of the Yu family. Now we are here. If we don't leave, wouldn't it be a waste of so many days of bloody battles and hard work?"

Su Hanshan did not answer immediately, but just looked at the people chatting.

Among the dozen or so people, there were a few who answered less and didn't have too many smiles on their faces. They looked very solemn.

Climbing mountains and wading through rivers, fighting bloody battles, and finally done, even a person with a reserved personality should not look like this.

They looked like what happened so far was just a prelude, and what they had to face next was the real big thing.

"I guess some of you want to escort the Yu family's children away, while the other part is the one who wants to stay."

Su Hanshan said, "And those who are about to leave don't know that the other people will stay."

Zhu Hui said nothing and looked at those people with a look of sadness.

Su Hanshan continued: "But I don't understand, what do you people want to do by staying here, to break up the queen?"

"As long as we enter the desert, it is impossible for them to find out our specific direction of travel. Even if we disperse our forces and chase them everywhere, it will be more successful if we gather together to fight."

"If you divide your manpower into two groups, it will only cause that after all of you are killed, the manpower on the other side will be weaker, and it is more likely that the people on both sides will fall into a tragic ending."

Zhu Hui was silent for a moment, no longer denying it, and said: "It's not just us who will stay. Soon, there will be people coming to join us. Our purpose is not just to break up."

Su Hanshan asked: "Then...who?!"

He suddenly turned his head and looked eastward. A figure jumped down from the roof on the east side, and everyone drew their swords.

Zhu Hui took a closer look, but quickly shouted: "Don't do anything, this is one of ours too, a friend of Wu Canjun."

The visitor was about 30 years old, with handsome eyebrows, sharp eyes, a high nose bridge, only a little cyan color could be seen on the skin on his chin, a clean shaven beard, a slender figure, and holding a black umbrella in his hand.

"Xiao Shaofan, I have met you all."

After he clasped his fists at everyone, his eyes fell on Su Hanshan and said with a smile, "After we entered the city, we realized that the situation here was not what we expected. All the people sent by Dongchang here have been killed. It must be thanks to This young hero."

Su Hanshan also gave him a fist and said his name.

"It turns out to be Su Shaoxia."

Xiao Shaofan looked around at the crowd and said, "Su Shaoxia guessed right just now. The people here will indeed split up and have their own places to go."

The conversation between Su Hanshan and Zhu Hui was not loud, and the group of people chatting and laughing over there did not hear what the two of them were saying.

This man actually heard it from the rooftop, and his internal skills were no small feat.

But the effect of his words was even more amazing than his internal strength.

Tie Zhu and others' expressions changed greatly. Regardless of the pain on their bodies, they stood up in a hurry and asked repeatedly: "What do you mean by splitting up?"

"You, this group, are the ones who should leave."

Xiao Shaofan took out a road map from his arms and threw it to them.

"The group of people escorting the children of the Yu family to leave must arrive at the grain stack that Wu Ning set up in the desert before the ninth day of March. They will be on guard during the day and sleep in the cellar at night. They will wait until the windy and sandy weather has passed before continuing on their way. "

"As for the group of people who should be left behind, we already know it in advance and there is no need for me to repeat it."

Tie Zhu and the others looked at each other in confusion, then looked at the people who had been sitting still at the table, their eyes full of surprise.

Dora also frowned: "What is going on? It is the best choice for us to go directly into the desert. There is no need to leave anyone behind."

"Because we are not trying to cut off the queen."

Zhu Hui said calmly, "We want revenge." There was a sigh from outside the door, and about 30 people walked into the dilapidated courtyard one after another.

The leading man looked about 50 years old. He was wearing a scarf and a cloth robe. He was thin and had a long white beard.

When everyone saw him, they all saluted and said they wanted to join the army.

Even Dora recognized this man, and his face was quite happy to see an old acquaintance.

This person was Wu Ning, who joined the army in Yu Qian's tent. He once sat in the position of Minister of War, that is, the second-in-command of the Ministry of War, second only to Yu Qian himself. He was a high-ranking official, and he was also a master of dexterity. He moved around in the army every day. .

Therefore, everyone in Yu Qian's old department basically recognizes his face. Moreover, when he was an official, he also liked to wear such a cloth robe, and the color matching has not changed.

It is said that shortly after the Battle of Beijing, Wu Ning became seriously ill for several days because he used too many scheming methods and resigned from his post to recuperate.

Unexpectedly, now that Yu Qian is dead, this soldier who has returned to the civilian world will appear in front of them again.

After Wu Ning greeted everyone, he also thanked Su Hanshan, and then said to Xiao Shaofan: "Brother, why are you in such a hurry to tell the truth?"

Mr. Xiao raised his black umbrella and nodded: "They will leave tomorrow, and they will definitely tell the truth tonight. What difference does it make if it's earlier or later?"

Looking at Yu Mian's changing face, Wu Ning knew that his nephew had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and shook his head secretly.

"Zhu Hui is right. Those of us who stay in the city do not want to break up the family, but want to take revenge. But it is not just to avenge our family."

Wu Ning faced everyone and spoke sincerely, "Although Lord Yu is the symbol of loyalty in the court, are the others just wooden and stone puppets under Lord Yu's clothes?"

"They and we are all living people with flesh and blood, hearts and thoughts, families and countries."

"In the incident of seizing the gate, the traitors of the eunuch party killed hundreds of officials, large and small, in the capital that day. Their corpses were piled on top of each other, and it was too horrible to see. When the purge was implicated in the local area, the exact number of people killed was innumerable. "

"Nearly all of the people present were those who had personally experienced the incident."

Zhu Ji, Tie Zhu and others all fell silent.

Although Yu Qian's kindness and righteousness were great and his reputation was great, he still had the ability and courage to participate in this desperate act, and those who kidnapped Yu's children were basically those who had positions in the military.

They worked hard to finally meet a boss who acted with integrity and carve out a future. However, precisely because they had an official position, they became the fastest group of people to be attacked and massacred after the incident. .

When Tie Zhu escaped from the capital, several of his brothers who were as close as brothers died. His dreams were filled with blood and tears, but he might have been the one with the least blood feud with the Gate Seizing Change among all the people present.

And the culprits of the incident of seizing the gate can be said to be the Supreme Emperor, it can be said to be Cao Jixiang, it can be said to be the general Shi Heng and the civil servant Xu Youzhen.

But in the minds of those who knew the inside story, the most undoubted person who committed the most heinous crimes was the governor of Dongchang, Cao Wubo, who was awarded the title of Zhaowubo.

Yu Qian was not ignorant of soldiers, nor was he ignorant of people's hearts. Otherwise, he would not have been able to establish a new emperor, lead the government, and stay in power for eight years.

Although he wanted to avoid suspicion and would not do anything to control the palace, there were actually people who were willing to report information to him in every important place inside and outside the imperial city. They could be said to be his eyes and ears.

However, on the day of the incident, Yu Qian failed to receive any news and failed to make any timely response.

The biggest reason lies in the hidden power of Dongchang.

Cao Wubo secretly cultivated dead men and recruited big thieves and lords in the arena. On the day of the Seizing of the Gate incident, he robbed and killed all the people who wanted to report to Yu Qian's family. He also disrupted the palace and made Emperor Jingtai mistakenly believe that Yu Qian wanted to rebel. The last opportunity to seek help for counterattack.

"Some of us still have some care, but some of us have only hatred left."

"So when I heard that Uncle Cao Wu wanted to use his family and children to set up a trap to lure out Zhongliang's old men, I tried every means to contact the people who were determined to take revenge at all costs, and came up with a plan to exploit the trap."

Wu Ning continued, "I calculated astronomy, checked geography, and looked through local records. It dates back to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and I determined that there will be a big wind and sandstorm in Pingyang City this year that is different from the past. It will start on the ninth day of March and blow continuously for seven days. To about ten days.”

"The troops were divided into two groups, robbed prisoners along the way, and obstructed the Dongchang troops all the way. This was just to give the illusion that we ourselves had fallen into the trap, and to delay their arrival at Pingyang City."

"When they arrived in the city, the wind and sand were blowing so hard that it was hard to keep their eyes open. No matter how many people there were, there would be chaos. But we had the snow silk masks prepared in advance. We were fearless in the dust and could see things hundreds of feet away. We took advantage of the chaos to make a surprise attack... …”

When Wu Ning said this, he took a deep breath, and his slightly old voice unexpectedly sounded like a golden stone, "With our flesh and blood bodies, we can break through the chaos of swords and guns and go straight to Uncle Zhaowu! !”

(End of this chapter)