Chapter eight hundred and twenty-ninth the general did not hang the seal
March 24, the third year of Dalong Yongping.
Zhao Wang Li Tao raised his troops to Beijing for more than a month but could not capture it for a long time. The next afternoon, they bombarded the west gate of the capital. The fully repaired Qingling Gate of the west gate of the capital almost fell into the hands of the artillery fire of the siege army under Zhao Wang Li Tao.
There are different opinions as to why King Zhao Li Tao had such weapons as the frontier troops, such as artillery.
There are rumors that a certain general from the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang secretly supported King Zhao in raising troops to seek justice for King Bingjian's assassination.
The most questionable and most suspected generals of the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang are General Yunchong of the Huben Army and General Zhang Kuang of Longwuwei.
Yunchong, the general of the Huben Army, was the biological uncle of Liu Mingzhi, the king of Bingbian at that time. Because the court was dissatisfied with the ambiguous explanation of the assassination of King Bingbian, it was very possible that he secretly supported King Zhao in raising troops.
As for General Long Wuwei, Zhang Kuang, he had a very good relationship with Wang Liu Mingzhi and had a very close personal relationship with him. In addition, Prince Bingjian's palace was located in Yingzhou City, so everyone knew that the relationship between the two was extraordinary.
The king of side was assassinated and died, and the answer given by the court was confused, the tiger's head, and the tiger -headed king's uncle Long Wuwei, Zhang Kuang, to be justice for the nephew, and supported Zhao Wang Li Tao to support his soldiers.
However, the rumors are just rumors after all and have not been confirmed. No one dares to talk openly about the rights and wrongs of Yunchong and Zhang Kuang.
They are both generals who have guarded the border for many years. The two guards in their hands, Tiger and Horse, and Long and Wu, are the best among the best.
Without solid evidence, one dares to openly criticize two frontier generals who hold heavy troops, unless they have two heads and want to compete with Long Wu and Hu Ben who have 100,000 soldiers crawling and wallowing in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Elite troops show off their arms.
Even if they are arrogant, the two generals Yunchong will not show up in the name of the imperial court.
Willows in the south of the Yangtze River, clouds in the northwest, Zhang in the Mobei, and white in the East China Sea.
Zhang Kuang and Yunchong happened to be characters from two of the four major ones.
Even just relying on the power of aristocratic families is enough to make those who dare to spread rumors and cause trouble drink a few cups.
The rumors that Zhang Kuangyunchong and the two men may secretly support Zhao Wang and Li Tao's artillery have not yet come to an end, and new rumors have been passed on.
The artillery in the hands of King Zhao Li Tao was most likely made by Li Geng, the crown prince of King Shu.
After all, his father, King Li Yunlong of Shu, also had artillery in hand when he rebelled. Now that he is cooperating with King Zhao Li Tao to attack the capital, it is not impossible to bring out sharp weapons such as artillery to assist in the siege.
However, there are rumors everywhere, but there has never been any strong evidence to prove anything.
Although the situation in the capital was tense, compared to the time when King Shu, King Qing, King Yun, and King Jing joined forces to rebel, King Zhao alone raised an army, so the worst situation for the capital was not reached.
Yunyang originally wanted to send another group of soldiers and horses to the capital to end the raising of troops by King Zhao Li Tao as soon as possible, so that the rear would be peaceful and people's hearts would be stabilized.
However, the scouts suddenly detected a group of soldiers and horses with Turkic flags wandering around outside the city, which made Yunyang give up the idea of sending troops to King Qin in Beijing to rescue them.
When Wanyan Luoyue, the little princess of the Jin Kingdom, left Dalong's northern territory, she widely publicized the rumor that she wanted to go south to attack the city and fight Dalong to the death, making it known to everyone.
At this time, soldiers and horses with Turkic flags appeared outside the city.
Yunyang had to become nervous.
What worries Yunyang the most is the New Army's Six Guards of more than 200,000 cavalry soldiers who have disappeared without any movement for more than a month.
Although he saw with his own eyes the body of Young Master Liu lying in the coffin, Yunyang always felt that the assassination of Young Master Liu was not as simple as it appeared on the surface due to his military intuition.
After the 240,000-strong army was disarmed and returned to the fields, there was no news, as if they had disappeared out of thin air, making Yunyang unable to sleep, eat or sleep well at night.
Zhao Wang Li Tao raised troops to rebel in the name of seeking justice for his uncle Liu Mingzhi. In Yunyang's view, it was just a small fight and not worth worrying about.
What worries Yunyang is the more than 200,000 elite cavalry of the Six Guards of the New Army.
If they gathered troops under the capital city to rebel, they would not be able to stop them by relying only on the semi-elite, semi-new army of the Imperial Guard and the 100,000 elite troops they transferred into the capital.
Just outside the city, there was a group of Turkic soldiers and horses waiting for an opportunity to move, and the little princess Wanyan Luoyue of the Jin Kingdom came with threatening words first.
Yunyang simply could not get away from thinking about the possible rebellion of the Six Guards of the New Army.
Since the 100,000 elite soldiers transferred back to the capital from Yunyang and rescued by King Qin arrived in time, King Zhao Li Tao had already shown a defeat.
And all the wars that took place in the capital have never escaped the secret observation of one person.
Above the main street of Mingzhou City.
The war in the capital fell into an incompatible stalemate, but the people in Mingzhou Prefecture were not affected by the war at all and still lived a stable and contented life.
Above the main street in Mingzhou City.
A middle-aged strong man was holding a long spear and wielding it with a cold light flashing in the wind. Under the watch of dozens of people, the tip of the spear was densely shaking and facing the sun, shining with a dazzling cold light.
The strong man flipped in the air, and stabbed a straw man tied up five steps away with the spear in his hand.
There was a crisp sound, and the sharp tip of the spear pierced into the straw man. The strong man's arm muscles flexed and he swung hard, and the wooden stake shattered into pieces mixed with the straw on it.
Saw chips were flying and straw was scattered all over the ground.
“Okay, one more!”
“Good job brother, let’s do another one.”
“It’s a pity that someone with such good skills is reduced to performing on the streets instead of serving the country on the battlefield.”
Many of the people watching sighed and shook their heads, and then threw out a few coins.
The strong man put away his spear, smiled and bowed to the people watching around him.
"Thank you all for your support. It's been two hours today. I'm going back to rest. I'll show off my shame tomorrow!"
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he did not mind the embarrassment and squatted on the ground silently picking up the copper plates scattered at his feet.
A young man in white clothes, wearing a turban on his head, and slowly waving a folding fan in his hand took out a piece of silver from his cuff and threw it in front of the middle-aged man. The folding fan in his hand was waving gently, half-smiling.
He looked at the muscular man squatting in front of him.
“Your way of playing the world is really unique and eye-catching.”
The strong man who was picking up the coins and thanking him was startled, grinned twice, and looked up at the young man standing in front of him, waving his folding fan gently, looking like a handsome young man from a well-known family, with a strange expression.
“The general’s gun can overwhelm the rivers and seas, but he can’t stop a penny from defeating the heroic men.
If you don’t make some money by performing arts, I’m afraid you’ll have to live on the streets.”
“Then your gun can still turn the tide?”
“Hehe, if the commander-in-chief says it can be done, it can be done. If the commander-in-chief says it can’t, it can’t be done.”
“Have a trip to Yuezhou?”
“Sure as you wish!”
Fengjia Village, Dingyang County, Yuezhou.
A dozen and a half-year-old children were waving branches in their hands, following one with a simple knife hanging on his waist, holding a wine gourd in his hand, taking a sip from time to time, and limping toward the river hut with unshaven beard.
The man behind him was jumping up and down and humming nursery rhymes.
“Uncle Cripple, it’s time to tell us the story you made up again today!”
"Yes! Yes! Brother Shengzi is right. Uncle Cripple, it's time to tell us stories again today. Although the war stories you told were all made up by yourself, we were really excited when we heard them.
“Uncle Lame, please tell us quickly. What happened after the attack on Cheshi’s former country? Is it time to unify the Western Regions?”
The man carrying the wine gourd listened to the chirping inquiries of a dozen children, limped to a tung tree and stopped, pulled out the stopper of the noodles on the wine gourd, raised his head and took a sip.
He looked around at the dozen and a half-year-old children who were sitting around him and sneered twice.
“You little bastards, how many times have I told you that these stories are not made up by me, I have experienced them myself!
Back then, under the command of King Bingjian of our dynasty, I won hundreds of battles and killed the enemy to the point of being frightened. However, I was made a general by the imperial court. "
“Tch, the lame uncle will brag. The husband said that the Marquis is a hero who fought and fought bloody battles among thousands of troops. How can he be like you, a poor man who can drink the cheapest drink.”
“That’s right, lame uncle, please stop bragging, or you’ll blow a big hole in the sky.”
The man looked at the distrustful eyes of the children around him, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, he raised his hand and stroked the sword at his waist and smiled bitterly.
The general does not wear the title seal, and always wears a bloody knife hanging from his waist.
These brats are right, they don't look like what a marquis should be like.
Similarly, the original Qing Tonghou ceased to exist two months ago.
Patting his thigh, which was left with hidden disease, the man looked sadly and leaned under the tung tree, changing into a comfortable position.
“Boys, Uncle Lame will tell you the story I made up.
It is said that the Western Expedition army fell into the enemy's trick in front of Che Division and suffered unprecedented losses. Liu Mingzhi, the original Generalissimo of the Western Expedition, immediately ordered "
Today’s story is over, don’t delay my rest, little cubs, go back and eat.
More than a dozen children stood up reluctantly: "Uncle Cripple, I will definitely become a general in the future, just wait and see!"
“Okay, I’m waiting for you to become a general commanding thousands of troops and show me to Uncle Lame.
Get out of here and don’t disturb my rest.”
After the man finished speaking, he fell asleep holding the wine gourd.
“Did I have such a clever plan back then? If you don’t go to the restaurant to tell stories, you are really lacking in talent!
Cheng Kai, study hard, compared to you as a street performer, this guy is now a real gamer."
"This is not a game, this is a drunkard!"
The man who was dozing suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Young Master Liu who was standing a few steps away from him, holding a folding fan, and Cheng Kai, who was carrying a spear on his side, with a flash of excitement in his eyes.
"It's time?"
“Yes, it’s time for your bloody sword to see the light of day again.”