Jinyi Night Walk

In the early morning of the next day, He Tianyang proposed to the Ministry of Rites to see His Majesty Jia and send Wang Shizi back to the country. Meng Shilang listened and hurriedly brought He Tianyang to the court together.

In the early court, according to the rules, the first thing to deal with was the people from other places who came to Beijing to meet the driver and the Beijing Central Majesty resigned from Beijing. Prince He Tianyang of the Queen of the Mountain, please leave the capital with your Majesty's permission."

Zhu Yunwen was surprised and said: "The prince behind the mountain once said that if you want to see the customs of China and learn the customs of the country, you have to live in Jinling for at least a year. Are you leaving now?"

Meng Fusheng said: "Your Majesty, it's not that He Tianyang is leaving, but that the prince's concubine, Pingnu, is pregnant. The king and queen of that country are very happy to hear the news. They miss their daughter-in-law and ask for her to return early. He Tianyang admires her." I am transformed into a father in heaven, and I will continue to stay in Jinling."

Zhu Yunwen laughed loudly and said: "Okay! This is a happy event. The king and concubine of the Queen of the Mountain are pregnant even in my Ming Dynasty. This tune will also be contaminated with the aura of my capital. In this case, I should give some more gifts. As a congratulatory gift from my heavenly court, the Ministry of Rituals must make proper arrangements, and I have allowed the prince and concubine to return to the country, and I want him to come to the palace to thank you."

Meng Fusheng agreed, feeling strange in his heart: "This morning, the emperor seems to be very happy."

The decree was spread, and He Tianyang, who had been waiting outside the Jinshui Bridge for a long time, took the decree to the court. Here, Zhu Yunwen glanced at the civil and military affairs of the court with a smile, and stared intently at the new minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Chang, and ordered: "Zu Shi .”

Xiao Linzi, who had already changed his name to Muen, raised his fly whisk and sang loudly: "The emperor has a decree, and all the officials will play something. If there is a book, I will play it early, and I will leave the court without incident."

When the sound fell, Bingshan Shangshu Ruchang raised the wat board and said loudly, "I have a play!"

He Tianyang stepped into the court hall, before seeing his driver, he heard Ru Chang's voice say: "Your Majesty, Dongchang has won a great victory!"

He Tianyang was startled, stopped quickly, and heard Ru Chang playing: "Your Majesty, the Yan army went south, and there was a fierce battle with our imperial army in Dongchang. The enemy army was defeated, Yan Qi suffered heavy losses, and several generals perished in this battle. Yan Ni himself was assisted by his general Zhu Xiong and his son Gao Xu, broke out of the encirclement in a panic, and retreated all the way to Guantao. The general had already occupied Zhending and cut off his retreat, so he had to flee to Shenzhou and fled back to Beiping by detour. Our army won a complete victory in this battle and killed tens of thousands of enemies, especially Zhang Yu, the general under Yan Ni , died in this battle, our army has a strong momentum..."

He Tianyang was secretly horrified when he heard this, the imperial court falsified the military report many times, hiding defeat as victory.But he never dared to say that he would kill the enemy's general, because this is the most easily exposed lie.Zhang Yu was originally unknown, and no one in the government and the public knew about Qianhu, the left guard among the three guards of Yanshan Mountain.But now, as the Yan army became more and more powerful, Zhang Yu seemed to be a famous general in the world. This was the number one brave general under King Yan, and he... died in battle?This news should not be fake.

Ru Chang's words were like thunder on the ground, and immediately caused an uproar in the court. Everyone was excited and generous!Many officials whispered to each other, and the whole court was in chaos, but this was a great joy, Zhu Yunhui's face was bright, and he didn't care at all about the disrespect of the monarch and his ministers.

After all the fathers and soldiers digested the news, they worshiped the land together, shouted long live, and praised the emperor's sage, Zhu Yunwen was complacent, and announced loudly: "Preach the decree, declare to the world, and discuss the great victory of Dongchang. Rewards for meritorious deeds, rewarding the three armies. In addition, the edict ordered the fathers, ministers, and relatives of the fifth rank and above in Beijing to gather at the Meridian Gate at noon, and follow me to the Taimiao to tell the ancestors the news of the great victory.

Before the hour or three quarters, wine was set up in the palace, and the ministers were feasted! "

Zhu Yunxuan smiled and glanced at He Tianyang, and said, "Prince behind the mountain, you also participate."

"The minister obeys the order."

He Tianyang hastily agreed, groaning secretly in his heart: "Too bad, the southern army won a big victory. Under such circumstances, my lord... can he still succeed in instigating rebellion?"

Just as He Tianyang retreated, another imperial envoy flashed out from the class of civil servants, held up the wat board, bowed and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the imperial court has won the army and horses, and defeated the first general of the Yan army. This is your majesty's wisdom and martial arts. The frontline soldiers dedicated their lives. But..."

He changed the tone and said again: "This also shows that Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai were three adults who assisted the government. The previous defeat was all due to Li Jinglong's incompetence, which affected the three armies and shamed the court. Now our army is defeated." Since we won a big victory and the emperor clearly rewards and punishes, then the three adults Fang, Huang and Qi should be reinstated and reappointed."

Ru Chang glanced at him, and recognized that he was an official from Fang Xiaoru's faction, Ru Chang didn't speak, but felt very uncomfortable.Sheng Yong won the battle during his tenure as Shan Shangshu, well, now that he has made merit, it's nothing to do with him.

Besides, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng are nothing more than a new comeback. Qi Tai was originally a Bingshan Shangshu, and I only took up this post when he stepped down. As an official Shan Shangshu is such a fat job, as soon as I left, someone took up the seat on the back foot. Now that you have him reinstated, where shall I go?

Zhu Yunqi was in high spirits. He knew that this was actually the first victory of the court soldiers and horses, and it was such a beautiful victory. If he hadn't remembered the majesty of the king, he would have danced and danced a long time ago. There is no need to think carefully about this personnel arrangement.As soon as the imperial envoy said it, Zhu Yunqi nodded happily and said with a smile: "Aiqing is right, pass the decree, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, immediately return to their posts!"

Therefore, when Zhu Yunxuan led civil and military officials to worship their ancestors in the Taimiao, the Liushan Shangshu standing behind Zhu Yunqi became the Qishan Shangshu. back to Peiping.

One of the main reasons for the Yan army's defeat this time was to underestimate the enemy.A series of victories, formed a burst of arrogance among the Yan army, not only the soldiers, but also King Yan and his generals. to a fiasco.

After the successful surprise attack on Cangzhou last time, Zhu Di's confidence increased greatly. Compared with Li Jinglong, who had led more than 50 soldiers twice, he didn't take this Sheng Yong, who was originally just a mere general under the command of Geng Bingfu, Marquis of Changxing, seriously.Therefore, after conquering Cangzhou, Zhu Di's soldiers and horses had not been repaired, and a large amount of military supplies accumulated in Cangzhou were being transported to Peiping, so he went south again non-stop.

This time, he put aside Sheng Yong, Pingan, Wu Jie and other enemy forces, and went straight to Dezhou. The Ming army who had originally marched north was afraid of losing their foundation, so they hurried back and crept behind him.After the Yan army arrived at Dongping from Guantaodu River, Sheng Yong and other southern troops also caught up and stationed troops in Dongchang.

After Zhu Di heard the news, he suddenly killed his carbine, abandoned Dezhou and attacked Dongchang.As soon as the battle started, Zhu Di, who underestimated the enemy, led his own cavalry to attack Sheng Yong's left flank, but he couldn't get hit after several hits, so he had to go around the front and rush to the backbone.Sheng Yong saw that Zhu Di didn't take himself seriously at all, so he deliberately launched a battle, pretending to be defeated, and lured him to go deep.

After King Yan led his iron cavalry into the enemy's formation, Sheng Yong immediately joined forces to surround him and drove all the troops to fight to the death. The southern army was in hot pursuit, but fortunately Zhu Gaoxu also led Shan to arrive, and the two joined forces to protect Zhu Xi and escape in a panic.

However, Zhang Yu, the leader of the Left Route Army, did not know that Zhu Di had been safely rescued due to poor information. Seeing that King Yan was in trouble, Zhang Yu also led his troops into the enemy's formation. As soon as Zhu Di and Zhu Neng left, Zhang Yu was trapped in the enemy's formation , he had a chance to escape, but he only thought that Zhu Di was still trapped in the enemy's camp, so he rushed through the formation, regardless of himself, and finally exhausted and died in the rebellion.

Zhu Di escaped all the way, and was constantly chased and intercepted along the way. If it wasn't for Xia Xun's deliberate pursuit of Sheng Yong in the capital, there would have been suspicions among Ming generals. This was the first effort to kill Zhu Di, and the cooperation between them was not tacit enough, so that there was a loophole in the encirclement, and Zhu Di might not be able to survive in Beiping.

Zhu Yunxuan led all the civil and military officials, and the honored Qi Gongqing had gone to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors. He drove back to the palace to prepare a big banquet.

Frozen for thousands of miles, snow drifting for thousands of miles, inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but recklessness.

The howling cold wind whimpered and blew across the plain. On the soul-calling platform built of three feet of frozen soil, the soul banners fluttered, and the filial belt on Zhu Di's head also fluctuated with the cold wind. He stood on the platform, looking at Dongchang in the distance, He only yelled: "Shimei, Hunjia...returned..." and broke down in tears.

Zhu Di was really sad. When Zhang Yu was still a vassal, he followed him to fight outside the Great Wall. When Jing Nan raised his troops, Zhang Yu did not hesitate and was loyal. This time, he took the risk to save him. How could Zhu Di not feel sad for falling into battle and dying of exhaustion?

Zhu Di said with tears: "Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, so it is nothing to worry about. However, in a difficult time, it is sad and hateful to lose such a good assistant like Shimei! This is the fault of the lonely king!"

"Your Highness, my condolences!"

Zhu Neng, who was also wearing sackcloth and filial piety for the fallen soldiers, hurriedly supported him. Zhu Di offered three cups of water and wine to pay homage to the fallen soldiers. He came forward holding a lacquer plate, which contained a blood-stained war robe, which was the war robe Zhu Di wore in this battle.

Zhu Di took the battle robe, took a torch from the guard, ignited it, looked up at the sky and chanted: "Is there no clothes? You are in the same robe as your son. Even if there is a trace, you can know the rest of your heart!"

"Ami... Buddha!" ​​Monk Daoyan put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name in a low voice.

Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the three armies under the stage shook their voices together: "Is it said that you have no clothes? You have the same robes as your son. Even if there is a trace, you can know the rest of your heart!"

Thousands of spears fell to the ground at the same time, and thousands of shields were struck by steel knives at the same time. The voice was tragic, indignant, majestic, and the pessimistic and decadent atmosphere that had just permeated the army because of the defeat. Swept away, the only thing left is the murderous aura that hits the night, reflecting the cold sunlight. ! ~!