Chapter 345: Ring the bell in front of the palace, and report the emergency in Yandong
A group of people came with great interest and successfully completed the work of promoting the relationship between two people. However, there was silence on the way back and the atmosphere was extremely depressed. A group of guards and generals watched and listened in all directions, their heads scanning like radars.
Sweep away.
Until the carriage and horse safely entered the gate of the Hou Mansion, Zhu Biao felt a little more relaxed. The shadow of the assassination shrouded the entire Hou Mansion, changing the joy of yesterday. The people from the six gates who arrived later took the clues
Shops were laid out one after another. The five Yuantong people only registered for Chaoyang Viewing eight days ago, and today’s trip to Chaoyang Viewing was the sudden idea of the old lady yesterday. It seemed that the other party had put down their pockets early and came to wait.
Everyone in Yibei Marquis Mansion threw themselves into the trap...
In this way, the other party's plan is even greater!
"Brother, this is what Sister Ping asked me to give to you." Zhu Cai'er slipped to Zhu Biao and handed over a purse, with a weird smile on her face, "I didn't take it apart to look at the sealing thread.
All in good condition.”
Leaving behind a string of low-pitched laughter, Zhu Cai'er quickly ran to her small courtyard. The atmosphere in the Hou Mansion was too depressing. She was not used to it, and she didn't want to stay here and suffer.
Zhu Biao hooked his purse into his cuff with his fingers. His eyes were bright but unfocused. Zhu Biao didn't know what he was thinking. The younger generation of the Yu family, who had no official position and no ability to intervene in this matter, were all driven back to their residence.
Yu Shaoan glanced at Zhu Biao's back with some jealousy, but his eyes were more nostalgic for the lively figure who was far away. The crisp laughter was still lingering in his ears...
Is Yu Ziliang a god? No. Then he doesn't know the origins of the assassin. The low-pressure atmosphere in the hall lasted for nearly half an hour, but Zhu Biao came out and wanted to gouge out his ears. It was all nonsense. The main central idea was -
- Before the case is clarified and the mastermind is caught, everyone should be more vigilant and on safety alert.
After saying hello to everyone again, Zhu Biao went back to the small courtyard. On the road, he secretly considered everything in his mind. Which one is more likely, that the Hou family will take revenge against others or that others will come to take revenge on him? Although he is sure
If it weren't for the Jiang family and Kuai Dao sect, Zhu Biao really didn't dare to say that the latter was not possible.
He had several tails that he hadn't cleaned up. For example, the earliest pair of assassin brothers. Their families also assassinated Liu Zhengqi and Liu Zhengchu in revenge, which not only caused Zhu Biao's failure in his first mission, but also almost destroyed him.
The foundation of the Liu family at that time.
That tail was just beaten to death, but it still remains until now!
However, the killer brother's martial arts skills are too poor, and the level of cultivating five first-class masters to become death warriors is vastly different. It is impossible to connect them together.
After thinking about it, Zhu Biao really couldn't think of any of his enemies who had such strong strength and power and could cultivate top-notch master-level warriors.
Purse, the purse in the cuff. I can’t think of anything, so I’ll leave it for now. I still have a treasure in my cuff. Open it up and you’ll see it’s a piece of jade.
There was nothing unusual about the ordinary white jade, and the carvings were ordinary. But a word in the center of the jade plaque made Zhu Biao's calm heart skip a beat - Ming!
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The Kingdom of Chen is thousands of miles away from the royal capital of Peiping.
A life-and-death battle that determines the fate of our family and country is taking place on the land of Fengshan County.
The county town of Nieyang has been besieged for more than half a year. More than 100,000 troops garrisoned the isolated city and could not get out. This is the most elite army of Chen State, facing Di cavalry that is twice as many as themselves. They are also fully confident in guarding the city and guarding the city.
This is the most important gateway in front of the capital.
The crown prince supervises the army, and more than 100,000 Chen army elites rely on the fortified city. They are not afraid of the overwhelming enemy like a sea of clouds. But they are afraid of running out of food and grass!
The battle started in September, but the grain road at that time was still smooth. Although there were obstacles from Di Qi, batches of grain and grass could be transported into the city every now and then.
However, when the dark snowstorm swept over in November, the food route was cut off. Di Qi, who was supposed to retreat, refused to retreat even half a step under the strict orders of his boss, Moyuan Khan. The final result was that he was forced to retreat.
From last November until now, not a grain of food has arrived in Niyang City.
After the heavy snow melted, King Chen twice formed large armies in an attempt to open up the food route to Niyang City. However, the Di people who survived the blizzard used their scimitars as cold as the blizzard to bloodbath the two groups of Chen's army. The Di people
The transformation from siege to "siege and reinforcement" was completed, and the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers was spilled on the battlefield, but it did not help to alleviate the pressure of the siege of Nirvana.
This is Chen Guo's third reinforcement. The seventy-three-year-old commander He Guo has just been ordered to do something in danger. He is looking to see if he can turn the tide and help the building to collapse. Because the prince had sent a message from the eagle half a month ago, saying that the food and grass in the city were gradually running out.
It’s less than a month’s supply…
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The fierce fighting in Chen State did not affect the Northern Han Dynasty, because the Hu people and the Northern Han Dynasty had already experienced such battles as the Siege of Niyang in the Battle of Beiling and the Battle of Yuming.
Although there was no such thing as Beiping City blocking the Mingluo River before Fengshan County and the capital of Chen State, the Han army on the Luozhou battlefield was almost 70% of the Northern Han army. The troops in Yanzhou and Hezhou
The soldiers and horses have long lost their former courage due to the continuous deployment. The total number of forbidden troops in Beiping City is less than 30,000.
Once the more than 200,000 Han troops in Luozhou were lost, half of the sky in the Northern Han Dynasty would collapse.
However, there is no mention of bravery in the past. In the Second Battle of Beiling, Uwetuo was defeated by Li Huizu with an absolute advantage and fled. He suffered countless casualties and was completely defeated, which ruined the originally good situation. Now.
Hu Qi's threat to the Northern Han Dynasty was not as good as Di Qi's threat to the capital of Chen State.
One winter passed, and when spring came and flowers bloomed, Hu Qi, who had rested and prepared, once again exposed his sharp claws and claws against the Northern Han Dynasty.
Xinchang and Kaihua were both in danger, and a small group of Hu cavalry bypassed Beiling City and penetrated directly into Yuming County behind them.
The troops on the western front of Luozhou were insufficient, and the Han army was completely on the defensive. The civilized Yandong Army had only about 30,000 infantry and cavalry out of 50,000. Together with the rest of the Han army, they could only close the city and defend.
In times of national calamity, Li Huizu could not help but think of Zhu Biao again.
But he knew clearly that Zhu Biao had completely caught the eye of the King of Han, and he could no longer be mobilized and used by just talking. Only the King of Han could decide how to use him.
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Urgent military intelligence reports came from Yandong.
The fast rider, with a small red flag stuck behind his back, entered directly from the west gate of the royal capital. The horse galloped on the avenue without slowing down, heading straight for the Yamen of the Ministry of War.
The streets along the way were naturally stirred up with people jumping on their backs. There were a lot of curses, but there were also some people who looked at the back of the horse riding away, showing a look of worry. There were also many soldiers in the royal capital.
As middle school students, they all know that the red flag represents urgent military information. Every time it appears, there is related extremely important military information, but they don't know whether it is good or bad.
However, if there is a big victory, you will shout along the way, although sometimes you won't. But if you suffer a big defeat or crisis, you will never shout.
"Yandong Qianli is urgent, Juyan City is besieged——"
He rushed directly to the lobby of the Minister of War with the urgent newspaper, and with one sentence, everyone in the hall was shocked and panicked.
"The terrain of Yandong is not much better than that of Luozhou. The imperial court has mobilized troops one after another. It knows how to mobilize troops. Now disaster is coming!" Ma Mao, the left servant, was reporting the status of the troops to Cai Jueshen.
Zhi Yandong was in danger and sat down on the chair slumped.
Cai Jueshen had no intention of scolding Ma Mao for his discouraging remarks, and even read the result document.
"Pap..." Just halfway through reading, I felt that my limbs were all weak, my hands were so weak that I couldn't hold anything, and the document suddenly fell to the desk.
"Sent troops...defeated?"
"Juyan City was besieged. After Governor Yang received the report, he immediately organized troops and horses to rescue him. As a result, he was besieged by superior Hu cavalry forces thirty miles south of Juyan City. After one day of fierce fighting, the north was completely destroyed. Only 30,000 soldiers returned.
There were less than 10,000 people, and out of ten, not three were saved. Zhonglang generals Huang Shenggong, Zhuang Bingling, and school captain Cui Tong all died for their country."
Kuaibao looked gloomy. He had lost more than 20,000 troops, and Juyan City was tightly besieged again. There was no military power left in Yanzhou for counterattack and rescue.
There are only 40,000 troops left in Yanxi, 40% of which are new soldiers. If we draw more troops, the 17th Fort of Daqingchuan will no longer be able to be saved. There are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yandong living in Yancheng, and nearly 40,000 in the remaining counties.
Then there is the 40,000 to 50,000 civilian army formed in the countryside, but the latter can only defend the city. Going out to fight in the city is purely courting death.
Yandong lost 20,000 troops, which was equivalent to losing half of its real combat power, and even lost its only mobile force. At the beginning, Wu Hengfei alone had an army of 150,000 infantry and cavalry, and the imperial court mobilized it every two days.
Finally, the blood of the Yandong Army was drained.
The Minister of War, the Taiwei, and other important military officials swarmed into the palace. Then the bell rang in front of the palace, and the prime minister, the Minister of Household Affairs, and other officials rushed to the palace in a hurry.
The bell that was still ringing in front of the palace was only nine times. If it was three, seven, twenty-one, it would be an emergency escort of civil and military officials from all over the city. Yu Ziliang in the Yibei Marquis Mansion was startled by the sound of the bell, and even the assassination was mentioned.
It was forgotten in an instant.
"Quickly, order someone to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to inquire!"
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"......As for why you don't ask, just keep an eye on the Duke of Ming's house." Zhu Biao was adding a new task to Zhu Ming. Shan Yuping reminded him that his enemy also included Duke Ming!
Although he thinks that everything is done perfectly and Ji Yan will never be able to catch any evidence, but for some people, he does not need to find any real evidence at all, he just needs to believe that you are guilty from the bottom of his heart.
"Ring the bell in front of the palace, God, what big thing happened?"
Zhu Biao stopped talking and looked in the direction of the palace in surprise.
