A cavalry team came galloping towards the city gate with billowing smoke.
As if facing a powerful enemy, the city gate guard immediately drove away the crowd and prepared to close the city gate.
The soldiers on the city wall drew their bows and arrows one by one, ready to attack at any time.
"Put down your bows. Didn't you see that they all have red feathers on their heads? They are the red feather envoys of the Zhenxi Army!"
An old captain roared: "Quickly, make way and let them pass!"
The guards on the city gate finally saw clearly at this time, there was a Zhenxi military flag looming in the smoke.
The red feathered messenger represents the most urgent military situation, and anyone who stands in the way will be beheaded.
The soldiers immediately drove the people near the city gate to the roadside and made way for them.
"I don't know where the emergency came from again?"
"The red-feathered envoy of the Suppressing the West Army is of course from the west."
"Alas, the party members are calling again. I don't know how much the tax will increase this year."
"Damn party members, they accept the annual tribute from our wealthy family every year, but they still come to attack us every year. It's really too much."
"It would be great if the Zhenxi Army could stop the Dangxiang people, so there would be no need to pay tribute to the Dangxiang people."
"I heard that General Fan went to the Zhenxi Army, and he might be able to defeat the Dangxiang people."
"Stop dreaming."
…
When the people standing by the roadside heard that Hong Ling was rushing to Beijing, they all sighed with grimaces.
Over the years, every time Hong Ling's envoys came to Beijing, they always asked for help.
Then the tax will increase in the second year.
The Red Ling envoys also knew that the people in the capital did not like to see them, so they tried to keep a low profile every time they entered the city.
But this time it's different.
Still half a mile away from the city gate, the Red Ling envoys shouted in unison:
"The Zhenxi Army urgently reported that there was a great victory in Qingshui Valley. The Tielin Army killed thousands of enemy cavalry and captured thousands more!"
Exaggerating the results of battles can not only boost morale, but also appease the people, and troops who have made meritorious deeds can also receive more rewards.
Everyone is happy in every aspect.
General Fan believed that even if the Ministry of War knew the truth, it would not expose it, so he falsely reported hundreds of people to build up his reputation.
This can be considered a military tradition.
"Oh my God, did you hear that right? The Zhenxi Army won the battle?"
"Who knows if it was a false claim to defraud the credit."
"Didn't you hear that it was Lord Qing's Tielin Army that won the battle? When did Lord Qing falsely claim military merit?"
"Looks like we really won the battle!"
"The Iron Forest Army is mighty!"
"It would be great if the Tielin Army could keep the Dangxiang people out. Maybe we wouldn't have to pay tribute to Dangxiang this year."
There are not many troops that Dakang can and Dangxiang can fight with, so Tielin's army has a high prestige among the people.
"The Zhenxi Army urgently reported that there was a great victory in Qingshui Valley. The Tielin Army killed thousands of enemy cavalry and captured thousands more!"
The red feather messenger shouted slogans and quickly passed through the city gate and headed straight for the imperial city.
Dakang has been beaten for too long in recent years, and suddenly he won. For the common people, it was too exciting.
Wherever the Red Ling Envoy passed, the streets turned into a sea of cheers.
More and more people heard the cheers and ran to the street to join in the fun and find out what was going on. Then new people joined the cheering team.
In the palace, Emperor Dakang Chen Ji held a writing brush in his right hand and stood in front of the desk with his brows furrowed.
A beautiful woman in palace attire signaled the two maids fanning themselves to step back, and smiled as she got into Chen Ji's arms:
"Your Majesty, what is so bothering you?"
"My beloved, I don't know that I have been painting this landscape painting for more than a month, but I have never been able to think of a suitable poem to accompany it. It is really a pity."
Chen Ji skillfully put his left hand through the collar of Concubine Liu: "I had an occasional witty sentence during the morning court today, but unfortunately those ministers kept chattering about commonplace things, and I couldn't remember it after I came back."
"Since you've forgotten it, don't force it. Your Majesty is very talented. I'm sure you'll be able to think of something better in a few days."
Chen Ji put down his brush and was about to put his right hand into his collar when he suddenly heard cheers coming from outside.
The emperor was in high spirits and shouted at the door very unhappy: "Why is it so noisy?"
The chief eunuch Li Youde walked in quickly with small steps, not daring to raise his head, and bowed his body and replied:
"Back to Your Majesty, Hong Ling hastily reported to the army that there was a great victory in Qingshui Valley. The Tielin army killed thousands of enemy cavalry and captured thousands more!"
"Tielin Army?"
Chen Ji frowned slightly: "Isn't Qinghuai seriously injured and unconscious?"
As the emperor, he naturally knew the news about Qinghuai's return to the Tielin Army.
Dakang has been a country for hundreds of years, and has accumulated countless honors and nobles. The relationships and forces between them are also complicated. There are more than thirty designated armies in the Zhenxi Army, and they are controlled by more than twenty nobles.
In the hands of the family.
Chen Ji knew very well that Qinghuai's return to control the Tielin Army was the result of a game between the ministers, so he didn't take it seriously.
A few days ago, he received a military report that when Qinghuai was inspecting the front line, he was attacked by the party's cavalry and was seriously injured and fell into coma. He also handed over the Tielin Army to a country craftsman.
For this reason, Chen Ji was furious in the court and severely reprimanded Duke Qing.
If it weren't for the political opponents of Duke Qing who wanted to see the irony of Tielin's army and repeatedly stressed that generals could not be changed before the battle, Chen Ji might have issued an edict to change Qing Huai's order.
Now we are talking about a great victory for the Tielin Army?
what happened?
"Where's the military report? Let me take a look."
"According to the order!"
The great eunuch bowed his back and backed away.
From the beginning to the end, I didn't dare to look at Chen Ji and Liu Guifei.
"Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."
According to convention, concubines are not allowed to participate in state affairs. Concubine Liu was very sensible and stopped pestering Chen Ji. She stood up, packed her clothes, and prepared to leave.
However, Chen Ji nonchalantly pointed to the cushion next to him: "This is not the Hongde Hall where business is discussed, and there are no foreign ministers. My beloved concubine does not have to avoid anything."
"yes!"
Concubine Liu knelt down and sat on the cushion beside her obediently.
Soon, the chief eunuch came in with military reports.
"I want to see how this old guy Fan Wenyuan plans to fool me."
After checking Huoqi and the seal of the Marshal of the Zhenxi Army, Chen Ji muttered and opened the envelope.
The military report was written by General Fan himself, without too many embellishments, and was concise and clear.
Deep down in his heart, Chen Ji did not believe that the Tielin Army could defeat the Dangxiang Cavalry, so he did not read the letter too seriously at first.
But when he saw it, Chen Ji couldn't help but sit up straight, and his expression became serious.
Jin Feng's method was very simple. After Chen Ji thought about it for a while, he could tell that horse traps and square formations could indeed restrain the cavalry.
When he saw Jin Feng using horse traps and Macedonian phalanx to destroy the party's cavalry vanguard battalion, and then surrounding the remaining more than a thousand cavalry, unable to move, Chen Ji couldn't help but clenched his fists:
"Good! What a Jin Feng! He actually created such a formation!"
"Ask Hong Ling to rush to Hongde Palace. I want to see them in person."