More than half a month later, Shen Yuan and His Highness the Crown Prince arrived at Shanhaiguan Camp. However, Shanhaiguan Camp now only had less than half of its troops left. The other half followed Shen Yi and Ling Su out to surround Shengjing. Already.
Arriving at the gate, His Royal Highness looked at the gate and hesitated again and again.
The young Marquis was keenly aware of his emotions, and the two of them had become familiar with each other along the way. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, you..."
"What's wrong?"
Li Rong shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Nothing, I was just thinking about my father's edict."
Emperor Hongde asked him to patrol the border and reward the troops. Theoretically speaking, if he patrolled from Datong to Shanhaiguan, his merits would have been completed during this border patrol, and there was no need to leave the customs again.
Firstly, I was worried that leaving the customs rashly would make His Majesty the Emperor unhappy, but more importantly...
He was also murmuring in his heart.
Within the Pass, this is Marquis Shen's territory. No matter what happens to him, Marquis Shen's Mansion will be responsible for it. With this layer, the Shen family cannot let him have trouble in the north.
And if you get out of the pass, it will be Zhu Zhenren's place. There is no eye on the battlefield. Who knows if there will be things like flying arrows flying over?
Go a little deeper.
Everyone knows that the relationship between Marquis Shen and his eldest brother seems to be closer. Now that the imperial grandmother is gone, the father also prefers the eldest brother more. If Marquis Shen is cruel and kills him outside the customs, , as soon as the incident was reported, all the blame was placed on Zhu Zhenren.
As a prince, who should he ask to reason with?
In fact, the Shen family is unlikely to be implicated.
Originally, His Highness the Crown Prince would never think so if he knew more about Shen. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only sixteen or seventeen years old this year. He was established as the Crown Prince in less than half a year. Obviously, he has great feelings for Shen Yi. I understand, but not very deeply.
He was indeed a little scared.
Moreover, on this trip, he just wanted to finish this errand well, and then go back in peace and be a well-behaved prince.
Hearing what he said, the young Marquis understood something. He raised his hands to His Highness the Crown Prince and said with a smile: "Yes, His Majesty's edict is to order Your Highness to patrol the border. Now Shanhaiguan is the border of Dachen. It is indeed inappropriate for Your Highness to do so." Out of seclusion."
"There are still 30,000 soldiers in the Shanhaiguan camp. Why don't Your Highness temporarily stay in a nearby city and reward the soldiers for the imperial court. I will go out alone to take a look at the situation on the front line and then report to Your Highness."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned: "Brother, isn't this bad?"
"Nothing bad."
"This is also for the safety of His Highness."
The young Marquis patted his chest and said with a smile: "It's been a hard journey all the way. Your Highness, please rest here for a while. If something happens to your rich body while you are outside the Pass, our Shen family cannot afford it."
"If your Majesty asks you about it in the future, your Majesty will just say that I am trying to prevent you from leaving the customs."
Having said this, His Highness the Prince breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He nodded and said: "Since Brother Shi insists, I will not cause any trouble to Brother Shi's family."
"I'm here alone, waiting for my brother and uncle to come back."
"That's not necessary."
The young Marquis said with a smile: "My father wrote in a letter two days ago and said that the imperial court will begin to move to Yanjing after the Chinese New Year. After His Highness rewards the army at Shanhaiguan, he will return to Yanjing and wait to welcome him."
"When His Majesty and the imperial court arrive in Yanjing, I and my father will definitely return to Yanjing to pick him up with His Majesty."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll just follow Brother Shi's arrangements."
After the two exchanged a few polite words, the young Marquis left His Royal Highness in the pass, and he took several brothers out of Shanhaiguan together.
When they arrived outside Shanhaiguan, a tall and tall general was waiting outside. After seeing Shen Yuan, he immediately stepped forward, bowed his head and clasped his fists: "General Chen Atai, pay your respects to the young Marquis!"
"The general has been ordered to escort the young marquis to the front line."
Shen Yuan first looked at the commander under Ling Su, then waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, thank you General Chen."
"Let's get going."
"yes."
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Because they were riding horses all the way, they didn't waste much time this time. Four or five days later, they arrived at the camp outside Shengjing City.
At this time, winter is about to begin, and it is already very cold outside Shengjing City. Even Shen Yuan, who grew up in the north, can no longer bear it. The three brothers trembled into Shen Yi's handsome tent and were The fire in the tent started to warm up.
The three brothers knelt down on the ground in unison, kowtowed to Lord Shen, and only called them different names.
"Father."
"Uncle Seven."
"Uncle..."
Mr. Shen put down the book in his hand, looked up at the three brothers, and then said with a smile: "Get up."
"Sit and talk."
The three brothers got up together and found a place to sit down. After sitting down, the young Marquis tightened his clothes and said, "Dad, it's too cold here. How can we fight in this cold weather?"
"Can't fight anymore."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said calmly: "So now we are just surrounding Shengjing. There is no way to fight, and we can't break in, but this is the siege."
Lord Shen said softly: "The wood and charcoal outside the city cannot be transported in. Zhu Zhenren in the city will definitely suffer from the cold this winter, whether he is hungry or not."
Shen Zhou lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Then...it will freeze people to death."
"Of course it will."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "A lot of people will freeze to death."
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Speaking of this, Shen Yi looked at the three brothers and asked, "How are you doing in Datong?"
Shen Ying and Shen Zhou both lowered their heads and said nothing.
The young Marquis was about to complain, but when he saw Shen Yi's eyes, he lowered his head slightly and gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay, but I suffered some losses at the hands of the Tatars."
"Xue Wei told me."
Mr. Shen lowered his head to drink tea and said, "He is convinced that he will give you three a good meal."
"I said that you three brothers independently led the troops and struggled with the Tatars for several days. I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that this is true."
The young Marquis sighed: "Uncle Xue will certainly praise us in front of you. In fact, although we struggled with the Tatars for several days, we suffered losses everywhere."
"Until now..."
Shen Yuan said silently: "Our brothers are still a little uncomfortable."
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely and looked at Shen Yuan: "Come forward."
After saying this, he looked at Shen Ying and Shen Zhou and said, "Children, you go down and have a nap first. Come back later. We will have dinner together and we can have a good talk at the dinner table."
The two brothers looked at Shen Yuan, then stood up, bowed and left.
After they left, only the father and son were left in the big tent. Master Shen asked: "Is the prince unwilling to leave the seclusion, or did you not let him come out?"
"He himself hesitated."
Shen Yuan curled his lips: "I made it clear that I didn't dare to come out. My son gave him some face, so he didn't let him come out."
Shen Yi nodded lightly and asked: "What do you think during your time in Datong?"
Shen Yuan thought for a while and then said: "Tatars are very powerful."
"However, Uncle Xue's Xuanjia Army cavalry are also quite powerful. They can be as good as or even better than the Tatars."
"The elite cavalry under his command, so far..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "Less than five thousand people."
Mr. Shen patted his son on the shoulder and asked: "The imperial court will be moved to Yanjing soon. After that, my father will have to work in the imperial court for a few years, and the border army..."
"I can't say that I will leave it to you, but you will probably have to stay in Xue Wei's army for a long time and learn his skills from him."
"As for the hard work, you should have experienced it this month."
Shen Yuan said "Ah" and said in surprise: "Dad, my son can't even go back home?"
"Of course I can come back."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "You can come back at any time."
Just don't come back with Xue Wei.
Of course, Shen Yi didn't say the last half of the sentence clearly.
There is no need to say it.
"You figure it out yourself."
Shen Yi took two documents from his desk, placed them in front of Shen Yuan, and said slowly: "Here are two documents, one is the document to propose the princess to the royal family, hand it over to my father, you will be married next year marry."
"If it's this one, you can stay in Yanjing and enjoy your happiness from now on."
The young Marquis blinked his eyes and asked, "Where's the other one?"
"The other document is also a document requesting your Majesty's marriage."