Eight hundred and seventieth chapters practical action
Peiping, Tang Palace.
At dawn, a fast horse rushed to the gate of the palace. The horse had red feathers on its head, and it was clearly a Hong Ling messenger expressing the highest urgency.
"Waist badge——"
"Password——"
After confirming his identity, the messenger shouted, "Where is the king? I need to see the king in person——"
The palace guards did not dare to stop him at all, and followed the messenger straight to the palace of the Tang Dynasty. The rapid footsteps on the road were only two doors away before the palace guards alerted him.
"Who is coming? Stop quickly——"
The leader of the guards stepped forward with his sword in hand and shouted. The voice was not loud and would definitely not be heard by King Tang in the palace, but it was transmitted very far and reached the ears of each of the more than ten people who rushed towards him.
"Hong Ling Messenger?"
The footsteps outside were still rapid and did not slow down at all, which naturally meant that those people did not obey his orders at all. Anger rose in the leader's heart and when he was about to stop shouting, the group of people ran through the front door.
When a man in the center with red feathers on his head caught the commander's eyes——
"Hong Ling Messenger?"
The eyeballs instantly swelled to their maximum size, and the anger in the commander's heart disappeared without a trace. Instead, he turned around and quickly ordered the servants outside the palace, "Go and report to the king——"
In the palace, Ji Fa, who was sleeping sweetly with the princess, was woken up by the personal chamberlain. Her mind was dazed and her eyelids were drooped.
Ji Fa was very dissatisfied. Being woken up while sleeping was the most uncomfortable thing. But he also understood that if something big had not happened, these servants, even Zhang Wentian and Yao Jing would have dared to stop outside and stare blankly.
wait.
"Blackwater was broken——"
Half a quarter of an hour later, Prince Jifa of the Tang Dynasty, who was getting dressed, learned the bad news.
"Pa—" Unable to suppress his anger, Ji Fa grabbed the white jade paperweight on the case and threw it to the ground. "Bastard, bastard—"
"Here comes Yao Jing, Zhang Wentian..."
No one around knew what was written in the emergency report. Those who followed the king of Tang were very confused. They had not heard any news of a war recently. Could there be a leak somewhere? This made the king so angry.
What's going on?
In the following days, these people still did not hear any news about the defeat, which shows that the news conveyed in the emergency report was not related to the war. It is really strange. If it is not related to the war, what kind of news can it be?
Why did the king of Tang become so angry?
…
In October, the sky is filled with frost and snow falls.
After traveling for more than a month, Zhu Biao returned to Texas again. After the conference, a lot of news continued to come out. It can be said that the aftermath was constant.
The Taibaijin spirits of eight families were taken away, and the horses of three families were completely wiped out. No one was left. The world turned their attention to this, and the brutality of the fight was horrifying!
After entering the Xia King's territory, Zhu Biao was followed several times, but he was all shaken off or directly confused. Carrying three kilograms or three ounces of Taibai Jinjing, he stepped into the Texas town of Pingling this morning.
An important town in the northwest.
As for the other piece of Taibai Gold Essence that he obtained from Wuyou Valley, during the journey of more than a month, Zhu Biao had absorbed all of its Geng Gold weapon.
The remaining 'wreck' was treated as silver by a blacksmith and mixed with some real gold to make a Yin Yang and Five Elements token. It is now hanging on Zhu Biao's waist!
"Hey, Tang Shu will have some fun now. He captured me and pushed his son. It's okay to keep me under control. But now that I have been rescued by the court, let's see how the King of Han reacts?
Is it disloyal or unfilial, or is it because you have returned from the wrong path?"
"No matter which one it is, it is certain that the Northern Han Dynasty caused chaos."
"Brother Li has reached the point of what he said. The Northern Han Dynasty is going to cause chaos, and the soldiers and horses of the Northern Han Dynasty will not be able to be single-minded with Tang Ni after this incident."
"No wonder Tang Ni added insult to injury and supported the Zhongshan Kingdom to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. It turned out that he kidnapped the prince... He was really wicked."
Within two days of entering Texas, Zhu Biao heard a lot of relevant and major news.
First, his army has retreated to the three northern counties of Germany. The Zhou army from Dizhou and other southern reinforcements arrived in July and August. Without the army led by Zhu Biao, the strength is still there, but there is no face-to-face enemy.
The confidence to fight.
Coupled with Zhu Biao's previous instructions, more than a dozen Yuan generals under Zhu Hong advocated retreating and waiting for battle.
Second, the King of Han's father was rescued by the imperial court. This was a very sad thing, which caused great trouble to the Northern Han Dynasty and the King of Tang.
Things that were tacitly buried were exposed to the public, and the reputation of the king of Tang Dynasty plummeted. The reputation of Ji Yun of the Northern Han Dynasty as a "young and heroic" also gradually turned into a bad reputation.
Because there is never a shortage of the Truth Party in this world. The common people, gentry, and powerful landlords in the world are not as brainy as elm gada, and they are not enlightened.
Combined with the sudden political changes in the Northern Han Dynasty, everything was undoubtedly "exposed".
There was an uproar throughout the Northern Han Dynasty, and there was a lot of discussion throughout Northern Xinjiang. They expressed contempt and disdain for the king of Tang, the king of Han, and the important ministers of the Han court.
…
The word "gentleman" means saying goodbye to everyone and leaving.
Except for Zhu Biao, because the King of Han and the court had been continuously and obviously suppressing and suppressing him for many years, he took advantage of the current trend and got out of the limelight. He was temporarily dressed in white, and no one fell into the mud.
Such news completely wiped out Zhu Biao's joy of returning 'home'. While drinking wine and eating meat, the three counties of northern Germany were 'close at hand', but others just couldn't be happy.
On October 19, Zhu Biao arrived at the Han army camp in Yiyang.
The soldiers and horses of Yiyang, Jijun, and Fulong counties immediately started to move, and a large number of generals gathered towards Yiyang County. At the same time, a report was also sent from Yiyang to Beijing.
In the meeting hall of the Sheriff's Mansion, there was no Zhu Hong, no Chen An, no Zhu Wu, no Lu Tong, and no Wu Boniu.
Zhu Zhong, Zhu Tong, Zhou Zi'ang, Chen Mengren, Xia Yunxu, the generals in the meeting hall are all Zhu Biao's confidants, and they are all Han soldiers with good roots.
Looking at everyone, Zhu Biao spoke clearly and clearly. "We have no other choice, and the Northern Han Dynasty has no other choice. The King of Tang is the one we must support. No matter how dirty things have happened between us before, now -
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We can only follow the King of Tang, and the Northern Han Dynasty can only follow the King of Tang!"
"At both ends of the rat, the reeds on the wall fall in the wind. That will only lead to your own destruction."
"My hands are stained with too much blood of the Zhou army, millions of them. Do you think that the imperial court will give up after successfully suppressing the rebellion in the future?"
"The blood in my hands is the blood on Beihan's body. This blood debt will never be wiped out. If it were me, I wouldn't bypass a general who caused me such a big loss and caused me such a big loss.
An army."
"We have only one way -
Support the current king of Han. Support the king of Tang to restore justice."
"The commander-in-chief is right. I'm very cautious about the future. It depends on people's faces. It's better to go all the way to the dark side now——"
"Yes. Our enmity with Zhou Jun is too big. If we surrender, there will be no good in the future -"
The silence lasted only for a moment. Then the generals' voices rose, and the hesitation that had confused my mind for many days was all dispelled and dissipated at this moment.
"Come here. Please invite General Zhu and others to come in. Let's discuss the situation in Texas——"
Retreating from Denan to Debei, even Woyun County and Keyang County were lost. Unfortunately, Zhu Biao still had certain expectations for them before returning, which was really disappointing.
Half a quarter of an hour later, General Zhu Hong, who had been waiting outside for a long time, entered the meeting hall. The generals sat down in rows on the left and right, and Zhu Biao did not make any polite or formal remarks. For example: He has had a hard journey to the west, etc.
Wait. Speak directly of your decision.
Zhu Hongda was overjoyed and said, "I wish you a wise commander, I wish you a wise commander -" It was really unexpectedly cheerful and courageous, with Zhu Biao's "sweeping everything" spirit in the past.
Zhu Biao smiled and said it very plainly. "No matter how good your words are, it's better to do it. Is this considered a vote of fame for me?!"
"I hope King Tang will be satisfied."
"All the ministries are recruiting and setting out. Ten days later, the troops will march into Keyang——"
"promise--"
Zhu Biao's powerful prestige was enough to instantly turn the uneasy military morale into an impregnable one. It would also give the King of Tang a shot in the arm when he was in dire straits.
Woyun County.
Tang Wei has been very troubled recently. The evil star Zhu Biao has returned. The Han and Tang allied forces that had retreated into the three counties of northern Germany were as energetic as chicken blood. They continuously launched fierce attacks on both sides of the west and the southern Zhou army. Now it is already
It's winter, and Zhu Biao shows no signs of resting.
However, the king of the Tang Dynasty had to secretly admire him. He was astounded by the strength of the Han and Tang coalition forces. With a victorious general like Zhu Biao leading the army, no one was qualified to point at him even if he mobilized troops in December. And let alone
It is said that in the past few days, the coalition forces have won consecutive battles, and the county town of Keyang County has been surrounded. The reinforcements organized by Pingling were defeated a hundred miles away from the county town, and they retreated back to Pingling County.
After the results of the battle were reported, Tang Wei couldn't stop sighing.
He had a grudge. During the initial war, he surrendered to Zhu Biao. Later, when the imperial court became powerful again and troops came to the city, he repeated the decision again.
Tang Wei has become a standard "repetitive villain", but as long as he can survive, he doesn't care about this.
Besides, he was a prefect and a civil servant, and he had no shortage of peers in the war. At the same time, the damage to his reputation was far less than that of military generals.
But the fact is that everything must be done within a limit. Tang Wei has already 'repeated' it twice, and again and again, and again and again, and even if it is repeated three times, it will never be repeated four times. Based on the reality, Tang Wei's only one time is left.
Opportunity.
"Alas, I am not afraid of death. I really don't want to give up my useful life." Tang Wei, who had been in the study for a whole day, came out again and made up his mind. I reacted again——
The worst case scenario is that I will abandon my position next time and walk away.
In November of the sixth year of Yuanwu, Tang Wei, the prefect of Woyun County, raised a flag to rebel against the Zhou Dynasty and return to the Tang Dynasty. On the same day, he sent 10,000 troops to Lushan County, the gateway to Pingling County. The Lushan defenders thought they were reinforcements, so they opened the city gate and laid them down.
Yunjun soldiers entered the city, and soon the county seat was lost. Within a few days, contact with Ke Yang was cut off at Pingling.
Zhu Hong took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation to attack Keyang with a force of 100,000 troops. Among the 30,000 defenders in Keyang County, 20,000 were former security forces. Originally, the army was in the south and there was no lack of retreat. These former security forces still had the courage to fight, but now,
The back roads of Keyang County were cut off, which made people panic. Within three days, the sergeants in the city rioted, the city fell, and the governor of Keyang County and his 10,000 Zhou troops were wiped out.
Zhu Biao never paid attention to attacking Pingling County in winter. Taking down Keyang and Woyun counties is enough. Besides, Tang Wei spared one more Lushan County, which is the gateway to the east of Pingling County.
, capturing him will be of great benefit to the Pingling war in the coming year.
It took less than five days for Zhu Biao's actions in Dezhou to reach Northern Han Dynasty, but it took more than half a month to spread throughout Northern Han Dynasty.
As the military god of the Northern Han Dynasty, the idol most respected by the army and the people. Zhu Biao's actions to take sides and express his attitude immediately played a role in calming the hearts and minds of the people and the military.
When the time came to the last day of the sixth year of Yuanwu, the entire Northern Han Dynasty had reunited around the current leadership group with "Han Wang Ji Yun" as the core.
The turmoil in the Northern Han Dynasty cannot be said to have completely subsided, but it has calmed down in its main body. The Tang King's troubles have not been solved much, but the actual damage caused by the turmoil to him has disappeared. What remains is reputation and reputation.
Zhu Biao couldn't care less about that.
new year.
In order to express his gratitude and affirmation of Zhu Biao's attitude, the king of Tang Dynasty gave unparalleled preferential treatment to the Han and Tang coalition forces spread across the five counties in northern Texas.
During the entire New Year festival, there are 10,000 jars of fine wine, 30,000 pigs, 10,000 sheep, 500 oxen, 13,000 pairs of chickens, ducks and geese, and over 100,000 fresh fish. It can be said that from the New Year
During the Lantern Festival, the wine and meat in the military camp were fragrant, and the soldiers in the camp were full of food and their mouths were full of oil.
As for Zhu Biao himself, in addition to the rewards of a large amount of gold and silver jewels, silks and satins, rare antiques, and horses and armor, the king of Tang also gave him a pound of Taibai gold essence and twelve lively and fragrant people.
Charming beauty.
Zhu Biao accepted the front ones and returned the back ones.
No matter how much Taibai Jinjing gave him, he would never be too much. As for the beauty, firstly, Zhu Biao was worried that she might be a spy, and secondly, to be honest, he still had some secrets that he could not reveal to others.
Of course, Zhu Biao's reason for sending the beauty back was very upright: the military camp is an important place, and it is safe to marry a woman.
Hedong, General Mansion.
The ground is completely white, and when you step on it, it sinks straight into your ankles, and the crunching sound is crisp and clear to your ears.
Since entering the twelfth lunar month, there have been several heavy snowfalls in the Northern Han Dynasty.
The latest one started the day before yesterday and has continued to fall until now, but the overcast sky has slowed down a lot today, and the heavy snow has turned into scattered light snow.
The heavy snowfall in recent days did not block the bustling market, but it brought peace to the courtyard of the deep house. The Zhu family was not careless, and even let their servants and sergeants clean the house under the heavy snowfall.
After three days of free time, the snow in the back garden even reached his calves. Six-year-old Zhu Chun found it difficult to walk, let alone the three smaller ones behind him.
Especially the youngest, Zhu Qi, who was only four years old, fell down twice along the way, and her body and headgear were all covered in snow debris. But boys have thick skin, and children love to play in the snow, so they didn’t see it.
After crying out in pain, he kept laughing all the way. He didn't let the old woman who was following behind take a step forward.
"I will build you a snow house today!" Zhu Chun said plausibly as he walked.
"Snow house?" The three children at the back all looked confused. In their minds, snow is only associated with snowball fights and building snowmen, which is a completely different concept from a house.
"Brother Chun is lying, how can snow be used as a house?" Zhu Tao, the little boy of Zhu Qiangsheng's family, said in disbelief.
"Haha, if you don't believe it, I'll show you later!"
Taking off the dagger from his waist, Zhu Chun took it out and said to Zhu Qi, Zhu Tao and Zhu Pingshengsan: "Let's line up on one side first, and I will make your eyes pop out after a while."
Zhu Chun, who had played an igloo with Zhu Biao only once, always remembered every step. First he squatted down and touched the snow on the ground. It was very thick. It was enough to make a 'wall'.
Brushing off the snow on top, Zhu Chun swung his sword out. At such a young age, he had a very solid foundation with the sword. He slashed horizontally and vertically, and in a short time, he took out more than a dozen shaped snow blocks on the ground.
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He stood up the snow blocks on the ground, and formed a circle with twelve blocks, making a gap. Zhu Chun then asked the servant who was following him to fetch a pot of water. By the time the man arrived in the back garden, the pot of water was already so cold that it pricked his hands.
.The igloo built by Zhu Chun also has a third floor.
After all, snow cubes are not as good as ice cubes, and when building an igloo, the snow cubes have to move inward slowly. More importantly, Zhu Chun is just a child, so he can only imitate Zhu Biao's actions at that time.
The building wasn't built very strictly, so it was already crumbling on the third floor.
Zhu Qi's three children had long since given up their peace, and started to play around the igloo. From time to time, they would pound the snow with their little hands, and they would giggle as Zhu Chun stopped them.
He laughed. In the crisp laughter, the already dangerous igloo became even more precarious.
"Master." When the servant arrived, he happened to see Xiao Zhu Tao smashing a snowball on the north face of the igloo. The crumbling igloo could no longer hold up, and seven or eight snow bricks fell down one after another.
At the place where it was hit, the third floor and the second floor all collapsed. He suppressed a smile and the servants hurriedly stepped forward.
Zhu Chun then replenished three of the fallen snow bricks with a smile on his face, while muttering about Zhu Taosan being naughty. Then he directed the servants to carefully sprinkle the pot of water on the snow bricks.
Based on the foundation that has been established.
After working hard for more than an hour, Shan Yuping and Song Yingzhu finally decided on the gifts for the upper, middle and lower levels. The various formats and different combinations of gifts made their heads spin.
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"Where are they, young master?"
"Madam, the young master, Brother Tao, Brother Qi and Sheng Sheng are all playing in the back garden." Sitting on the armchair, Shan Yuping closed her eyes tightly and kept rubbing her temples with her hands. Nolan whispered to the side
Said.
"Going to the back garden? At this time of day? How do people see the heavy snow outside?" Song Yingzhu opened her eyes, recovered from the state of closing her eyes and concentrating, and said dissatisfied.
"It doesn't matter. You know how thick their clothes are. Children are just too skinny."
In the peaceful General's Mansion in the backyard, the person who doted on Zhu Chun the most, besides the old lady, was not Shan Yuping's biological mother, but Song Yingzhu's 'aunt'.
Song Yingzhu could not hold her grandson in her arms, but she poured all her love into this little guy.
