"Fu Ma Ye? What Fu Ma Ye?" Shao Yan said in surprise.
The King of Golden Guns said cheerfully: "I just learned about it just now. I heard that Emperor Nanliang married Princess Yuegui to Jin Dingguo."
"Wha-what?" After hearing the news, Shao Yan felt like five thunders were hitting his head. His body couldn't help but trembled back, his head also became groggy, and his whole body seemed to have fallen to the bottom of the valley.
Seeing that his mood fluctuated greatly, the Golden Gun King was surprised and surprised, and asked hurriedly: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Shao Yan shook his head and said nothing. At this moment, deep in his heart, apart from being disappointed, he was also complaining about Zheng Yuegui's unfortunate marriage. In his opinion, it might be better for the Fu Ma Ye to be replaced by someone else.
At least he doesn't have to worry blindly about Zheng Yuegui. It's good now, but this Fu Ma Ye is Jin Dingguo. He always feels very uneasy. You know, Jin Dingguo is a bit more cruel than the previous Sima Jun, and his temperament
Being suspicious, if such a person is used as a husband, domestic violence will definitely be inevitable. Marrying Zheng Yuegui is tantamount to jumping into a pit of fire.
Seeing Shao Yan shaking his head and sighing unhappily, the Golden Gun King became more and more puzzled and murmured: "It is rumored that Princess Yue Gui was born in a beautiful country, and had both ability and political integrity. She was known as a talented woman. I will eventually hear that the emperor used to
Have you ever been to Nanliang? Have you seen this Princess Laurel?"
"Not only have we met, the Emperor and her are also sworn friends." At this moment, Chang Yixiao suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
The Golden Gun King couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, is what Brother Chang said true? Why has the general never heard you mention it?"
"Brother Jin, you have only known the emperor for a few days. There are many things you have never heard of. You will know them gradually in the future," Chang Yi said with a smile.
"Oh, is that right? In that case, the general needs to listen more." The Golden Gun King chuckled, walked over and patted Chang Yixiao on the shoulder and said: "Brother Yixiao, come and talk to me."
Chang Yixiao was about to continue talking when he accidentally noticed that Shao Yan's expression was not good, so he smiled and prevaricated: "Brother Jin, you'd better ask the emperor, I only know a general situation."
The Golden Gun King couldn't laugh or cry, "Why are you such a letdown? Hey, if you say it, you haven't said it yet." Chang Yixiao has always been an eccentric boy. Although the Golden Gun King was unhappy, he would not get along with him, so he turned his attention to Shao Yan.
Before the Golden Gun King could speak, Shao Yan sighed and said directly: "Speaking of me and Princess Yuegui, that happened a long time ago, so it's okay not to talk about it, but I really don't want her to marry Jin Dingguo."
"Who says it's not?" The Golden Gun King frowned and said angrily: "I don't know what the Emperor of Nanliang thought. First he gave his sister to Sima Jun, and now that Sima Jun died, he pushed Princess Yuegui to him.
Jin Dingguo, poor Princess Laurel is being pushed around like a piece of cargo."
After a pause, he continued: "I will see that none of Wang Boyan's adopted sons are good. No matter who the princess follows, she will suffer. Let's not talk about Sima Jun, let's talk about Jin Dingguo. Who doesn't know his mansion?
There are so many beauties in the world, and there are so many wives and concubines. There are no women around him at all. I think they have ulterior motives."
Shao Yan nodded and thought to himself, the Gun King was right, all this was Wang Boyan's conspiracy. To a certain extent, the Emperor of Nanliang was actually a puppet emperor worthy of the name. He had no power to stop the killing, and now he even
I can't control my sister's life-long affairs. To put it bluntly, such an emperor is no different from a foolish emperor. Since he can't control it, then it's up to me to take action. Yuegui has helped me before, but I can't do it on this point.
Watching her jump into the fire pit, "Brother, are you sure that the princess and Jin Dingguo are married?"
"That's not true. I just heard that the Emperor of Nanliang selected Jin Dingguo as his vassal. Princess Yuegui refused to agree to it, but this was an imperial decree after all. In desperation, she made a request to the emperor."
"What's the request?" Shao Yan and Chang Yixiao asked at the same time
"The princess said that it is okay for her to marry Jin Dingguo, but she has to follow Jin Dingguo on his eastern expedition. During this period, the two parties are not allowed to go more than half a step beyond the Leichi. They will not give a grand ceremony until the master returns to the court."
Chang Yixiao said doubtfully: "So, they haven't gotten married yet?"
“It should be like this”
"That would be much easier. The brother can exchange his sister's happiness for his own peace. Princess Yuegui is very isolated now. How can I, as her friend, just sit back and ignore it? Besides, with Jin Dingguo's wild nature, sooner or later he will confront her.
She did bad things,"
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" asked the Golden Gun King
Shao Yan frowned slightly and said decisively: "Before Jin Dingguo rushes back, let's take down a few surrounding cities as a meeting gift for him."
Chang Yixiao hurriedly asked: "What about the princess? Should we rescue her first?"
Shao Yan shook his head and said: "The princess wants to be rescued, but not now. Our current task is to recover the lost ground before Jin Dingguo, otherwise it will be too late when Jin Dingguo's army arrives." Then he said to the Golden Spear King: "Brother, Qi
I'll leave the county side to you. You rush back and do as I say."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will fight to the death to keep the city. I'll get over here." After saying that, the King of the Golden Gun turned around and left with a few followers. They came to the outside of the camp and changed their horses to fast horses, and quickly headed towards Qixian.
rush
After the Golden Gun King left, Shao Yan turned around and looked at Chang Yixiao beside him, and asked: "Yixiao, how did you do with the things I asked you to do?"
Chang Yixiao hurriedly said: "Reporting to the emperor, during this time, I asked the brothers to speed up and travel day and night. For half a month, they have opened up several fortresses from Changqing City to several nearby towers. In time, they will be connected to Qi."
County area”
A trace of joy flashed across Shao Yan's face, and he said confidently: "That's good. As long as this project is successfully completed, I don't believe that we can't drive away these Liang soldiers."
Chang Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty is still wise. With these tunnels, we can fight with much less effort. The enemy never expected that they would defend the city. We have already bypassed their backs."
"So, you can't just rely on physical strength to fight. Sometimes you have to use your brain. Okay, go down and get ready. We'll catch him by surprise later."
"I obey!" Chang Yixiao walked out cheerfully, humming a tune from time to time, jumping up and down, looking like a stinky child.
This guy is really interesting. Shao Yan chuckled and went back to the conference room to continue discussing the battle plan with Zhang Baihu and others.
Half an hour later, Zhang Baihu and the three brothers of the Lu family each led 5,000 soldiers and attacked several small cities outside Changqing City from the east and west sides. Due to the rapid dispatch of troops, Chang Yixiao led some soldiers disguised as enemies.
The Donglin Army sneaked into the enemy city through the tunnel to join forces with the outside world. In less than half a day, the Donglin Army successively captured the four cities of Huainan, Shanyang, Luochang, and Nanling. Among them, the Battle of Huainan was the most brutal. The Donglin Army fought with 3,000 troops.
Annihilated the enemy, totaling more than 10,000 people, and captured four of the enemy's generals alive, but all 3,000 people died heroically.
According to the final statistics, Donglin's army suffered a total of 5,000 casualties, killed 10,000 enemies, and captured more than 20,000 enemy troops. After Shao Yan's patient guidance, most of these prisoners were willing to surrender to the Donglin court. In the blink of an eye, Donglin's troops were transformed from the original ones.
The population of more than 30,000 people suddenly grew to nearly 50,000 people.
That night, Shao Yan held a grand welcome ceremony in Changqing City. The surrendered Liang soldiers were deeply moved when they saw how approachable the emperor was, and they expressed their willingness to follow the emperor to the death in the future. Shao Yan was overjoyed.
After the ceremony, he ordered Zhang Baihu to integrate these surrendered soldiers into each city together with Donglin soldiers, half and half, and dispatch a group of reliable generals to guard them. This greatly reduced the possibility of mutiny.
The next day, because he was too busy last night, Shao Yan woke up at almost noon. Just as he sat up from the bed and was about to put on his shoes, he heard Chang Yixiao from outside the door saying that it was Prime Minister Ren Xianliang.
Shao Yan was shocked when he asked to see him. He thought that Ren Xianliang had been ordered to recruit rebels. He had been there for more than half a month, and there was no news during this period. His sudden appearance at this moment must have brought good news. Thinking of this, he did not bother to go and wear it.
shoes, immediately put on clothes, opened the door, and walked toward the living room.
Ren Xianliang was already standing in the living room. When he saw the emperor coming from the back hall in a hurry, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The humble minister Ren Xianliang has come to see my emperor, long live long live—"
"I'm sorry for you." Shao Yan didn't let him say any more, and quickly walked over to help him up from the ground. He thought that the old prime minister had brought good news, but what he saw was a depressed expression and a thin face.
His face is full of traces of time, his small eyes always carry a bit of melancholy, and there is a scar from a whip on his left face.
"Prime Minister Ren, what happened? Your face -" Shao Yan pointed to the left side of his face and said in surprise
Ren Xianliang covered his wounds, with a few tears rolling in his eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I am useless. I did not bring you the rebels, but instead destroyed the Donglin Kingdom with my own hands. I deserve to die." After that, he plopped down.
Kneel down
Shao Yan couldn't understand what he heard, but judging from Ren Xianliang's demeanor, it was obvious that he had experienced something important, otherwise it wouldn't have been like this. However, the words "Destroyed the Donglin Kingdom with my own hands" really made him unbelievable, "
Don't be anxious, speak slowly."
Ren Xianliang said with tears: "On that day, Wei Chen went to various places to recruit rebels. When they arrived at Linyi City, Wei Chen and others encountered a group of bandits in a valley. Fortunately, they were rescued by two knights. Later they learned that they
These two brothers were Huang Shoucheng and Huang Shouzhong, the leaders of the rebel army. Seeing that they were all rebels, the ministers directly stated their intention to come. When they heard that they were working for the imperial court, they agreed without thinking. A few days later
, Wei Chen heard that the Chu army had forcibly crossed the canal, and the troops led by the Baimei father and daughter were forced to retreat. Wei Chen led the two generals to advance towards the canal, trying to rescue Marshal Bai and his companions, but who knew——"
"Who knew they were not rebels at all, but Liang Jun's fake ones, right?" Shao Yan had already guessed the second half of the sentence through his dejected expression.
Ren Xianliang was stunned, "Your Majesty, how did you find out?"
Shao Yan said calmly: "This is a trick used by the enemy, also known as soldiers who never tire of deceit. These people are obviously under the banner of 'rebels', but in fact they are a trick deliberately used by the enemy. The purpose is to find Bai's father through you."
"Women's Army"
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is guilty, Wei Chen——" Ren Xianliang said with tears in his face: "If Wei Chen hadn't mistakenly believed in the Huang brothers, Marshal Baimei would not have died."
Shao Yan couldn't help but dimmed, and said eagerly: "What did you say? Bai Mei is dead?"
Ren Xianliang nodded with tears in his eyes: "That day, Wei Chen led the Huang brothers towards the canal, and happened to meet the Baimei father and daughter who were retreating from the front. They thought it was the emperor who sent reinforcements to help.
The soldiers also relaxed their guard. At this moment, a large number of Chu troops came after them. The Huang brothers quickly turned against each other. Seeing that the situation was not good, Marshal Bai ordered Bai Ruxue to retreat while fighting. The father and daughter
We risked our lives to rescue the humble minister from the traitor, while Marshal Bai was responsible for covering our retreat, but unfortunately he died under the enemy's arrow."
Hearing this, Shao Yan was filled with grief and anger, and tears kept flowing out of his eyes. In this world, apart from Liu Fuju, Bai Mei was the best to him. Although Bai Mei was usually more verbose, everything he did was perfect.
For the sake of his master, and now he was spilling his blood on this battlefield for the sake of the imperial court, Shao Yan wanted to cry, but he held it back
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen deserves to die. Wei Chen indirectly killed Marshal Bai. Please Your Majesty, punish Wei Chen for his crime of death."
Shao Yan was furious, but after hearing what he said, he became even more angry. He glared at him fiercely and said angrily: "Criminal punishment for you is of no use! Can Baimei be resurrected? I don't like you guys the least.
Wenchen are sour. All day long, they only know such nonsense as "a crime worthy of death" and "a minor minister is guilty." If you have this time, you might as well learn more about the art of war and learn how to fight, instead of doing nothing.
It’s just messing around there.”
Ren Xianliang lay on the ground and did not dare to say any more. Shao Yan realized that his tone was indeed harsh. After all, Ren Xianliang was also a veteran of two dynasties. His mistake this time caused great losses, and he should be punished with death according to law.
, but this is what the enemy wants to see the most. Shao Yan didn't even bother to do this kind of stupid thing that makes relatives hate and enemies please, so he subconsciously softened his tone and said: "My words just now were a bit fierce, Prime Minister, don't take it to heart.
It’s because of my white eyebrows that I—”
"Your Majesty, there is no need to say more. Wei Chen knows about your relationship with Marshal Bai. Before you ascended the throne, he was by your side to protect you. Marshal Bai is loyal and courageous. There are many things that Wei Chen admires."
"It's good if you understand." Shao Yan nodded and then asked, "I want to know where Bai Ruxue is now?"
"Back to the emperor, when the Chu and Liang armies besieged us, Bai Ruxue asked a group of soldiers to protect me and break out of the siege, while he led his men to retreat to the southwest."