In a dilapidated small temple more than twenty miles away from the official road, Gao Qiqian and his party were sitting in the small temple preparing to rest for the night.
This is a small temple that few people seem to visit. The statues in the small temple are badly damaged. Half of the head of the statue is missing and it is no longer clear which deity it is for. There are dense spider webs everywhere on the statue.
Gao Qiqian was sitting on a stone that the guards had found from nowhere. At this time, Gao Qiqian no longer had the look of the commander-in-chief of the world's Qinwang soldiers and horses, and his face, which was originally very fair, had become thinner.
After half a circle, his round chin also became sharper, and the only thing that remained unchanged was his still sharp voice.
"You all take good care of our family. When you return to the capital, our family will arrange a good future for you. Not to mention getting promoted to the third level in a row, but at least you will have no problem living among the wealthy. Xiao Anzi, this time
If you have served our family well, we will immediately give you a two-level promotion upon your return."
"My servant thanks Eunuch Gao for the reward." Xiao Anzi's voice immediately rang out, and he quickly offered the water bag in his hand.
Gao Qiqian took the water bag, took a sip, patted Xiao Anzi on the shoulder and said: "Do your job well, our family will not treat you badly."
"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to my father-in-law!" Xiao Anzi smiled so hard that his eyebrows narrowed. What was the reason why they worked so hard to protect Gao Qi and sneak back to the capital? Isn't it for the future glory and wealth? Now they have Gao Qi.
There is no reason to be unhappy with Qiqian's personal answer.
At this moment, although Gao Qiqian, who was sitting on the stone, still looked like a golden sword, he couldn't help but feel panic in his heart. Only a few days had passed since he came out of the camp, and there were more than a hundred guards around him.
Some got separated and some ran away. Now there are only these thirty or so people left. He knows very well that if he doesn't win over these people quickly, he will not be able to reach the capital by himself, so as soon as there is a
In his spare time, he immediately wrote out empty promises to win over people's hearts.
At this time, a follower handed Gao Qiqian a piece of dry food and said, "Father, we only have these things now. You can just make do with it and wait until we get to Baoding."
Gao Qiqian frowned slightly when he saw the dry food. When had he, who had always been pampered and pampered, ever eaten such coarse food? He almost vomited after eating these dry food these days. Now when he saw these hard dry food, his heart suddenly melted.
He felt nauseated again, but he also knew that this time was different from the past, so he no longer pretended to be a supervisor, took the dry food and slowly started to eat it.
Seeing Gao Qiqian start to eat, all the followers also took out the dry food from the package and started to chew on it. For a while, the small temple was filled with the sound of chewing.
The night quickly became dark. He lay down on the blanket Xiao Anzi had laid out and couldn't fall asleep. His eyes were as wide as copper bells. At this moment, he was thinking hard. What should he think about Chongzhen's confession to Lu Xiangsheng when he died in battle when he returned?
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Although he usually wanted to tear Lu Xiangsheng into pieces, but when Lu Xiangsheng died in the battle, he suddenly felt that without Lu Xiangsheng, he was like a tree without the vines to rely on, and that he would be in danger of overturning at any time.
"As soon as our family returns home, we will immediately shift the blame for the defeat to Lu Xiangsheng. None of the generals from Xuanda, Shanxi and Qingzhou armies can escape." Gao Qiqian slowly thought about the strategy in his mind, his eyes flashing.
He slowly closed them up and prepared to drift off to sleep.
Just as Gao Qiqian closed his eyes and was getting ready to fall asleep, there were several muffled sounds outside, and several muffled sounds like sacks falling to the ground.
"Bang bang..."
Just as Gao Qiqian was about to turn around and look over to see what was going on, the temple door that had been ajar was kicked open with a loud noise.
Immediately, dozens of black figures rushed in. As soon as they came in, they pounced on the people lying on the ground with lightning speed. The weapons in their hands still shone coldly in the dark night, followed by a series of muffled groans.
The sound came, and followers fell into a pool of blood one after another.
Suddenly a scream sounded next to Gao Qiqian. The scream was so melodious and sharp that it hurt Gao Qiqian's eardrums.
"Come here, there's an assassin!"
This was Xiao Anzi's voice. Before Gao Qiqian had time to scold this idiot, Xiao Anzi's scream was like a little rooster being strangled by the neck. The sound was quickly swallowed back into his neck, and his head had been chopped off.
I've gone half way, and I'll never be able to scream again.
As Banla's head flew up, a stream of hot liquid also splashed onto Gao Qiqian's face. Before Gao Qiqian had time to scream, a cold steel knife was placed on his neck, and at the same time a cold steel knife was placed on his neck.
A dull voice sounded in his ears, "Don't move, or you will die if you move again!"
When Gao Qiqian, who was barefoot, was roughly dragged out of the ruined temple and came to the open space in front of the temple, he discovered that there were torches lit outside. Countless torches illuminated the surrounding area. Hundreds of soldiers had already set up the place.
Surrounded.
In the red firelight, Gao Qiqian, who was dragged out like a dog to death, could clearly see the faces of the soldiers standing around him. When he saw the armors these people were wearing, Gao Qiqian felt despair in his heart.
Because he has recognized that there is only one army in the entire Ming Dynasty that can distribute these expensive chain armors to the soldiers, and that is the Qingzhou Army led by Pang Gang.
A tall figure walked up to Gao Qiqian and stood slowly, his sharp eyes fixed on Gao Qiqian who had collapsed on the ground.
"Eunuch Gao, there are so many places in life where we meet again. We meet again, and you are so easy for me to find!" Pang Gang's cold voice sounded before Gao Qi ducked down.
Gao Qiqian forced a smile, "Ah...it turns out to be Pang Pang. Pang...Pang Pang, do you have anything to do with our family?"
Pang Gang smiled, but this smile made Gao Qiqian feel a chill in his body.
Pang Gang's lips moved, and he said with a smile: "It's nothing, Eunuch Gao is the king of Qin in the world, and he is the commander-in-chief. Why did he just run back to the capital in such a dejected manner? You know how arrogant Governor Lu is
I miss you and want you to stay with him."
Looking at the murderous soldiers around him and Pang Gang's cold eyes, Gao Qiqian could no longer withstand the invisible pressure and collapsed. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Pang Gang desperately.
: "Pang Pang, I didn't know that Governor Lu would die in the battle. It's none of my business. It was all done by the Tatars!"
"Oh, really?" Pang Gang asked expressionlessly, "Then the Tatars asked you to not provide food to the army and refuse to send reinforcements?"
"This..." Gao Qiqian was speechless for a moment, but then he quibbled: "I originally just wanted to teach Lu Xiangsheng a lesson, but I never thought about letting him die. It was an unintentional mistake on my part.
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Pang Gang shouted with a livid face: "What a clever rat like a snake. You have an army of 50,000, but you sit back and watch the rooster crow without moving, watching the bloody battle with the Tatars at the front, and ignoring Governor Lu's call for help. This is
Is this an unintentional mistake as you say? I really don’t understand, is the emperor so blind that he would photograph a useless person like you to supervise the army?”
As soon as the emperor was mentioned, Gao Qiqian, who was originally sluggish, jumped up like a shot in the arm and shouted wildly: "Pang Gang, since you know that our family represents the emperor's face, you should know how to deal with Lu.
Governor, that is what the emperor means. Every wrong is committed and the debtor is the owner. If you have the ability, you can go to the emperor to plead your case. Why take your anger out on our family?"
"Hmph... don't worry, I will ask Zhu Youjian. I want to ask him what he thinks, that even a loser like you can become a supervisor."
When Gao Qiqian heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. He pointed at Pang Gang and said: "You...you...you are so rebellious and dare to call the emperor by his name. You...
Are you going to rebel?"
"Rebellion?" Pang Gang sneered, "What, what's wrong with rebellion? I'm telling you, starting from today, I'm really fucking rebelling! The time has come, I will send you to the underworld now.
Make amends with Governor Lu!"
"bass......."
There was a soft sound, a cold light flashed, and a bloody light flew up into the air with Gao Qiqian's head, and then fell heavily to the ground.
A drop of blood passed over Pang Gang's armor. As if he didn't notice it, Pang Gang bent down and picked up his head, which was still glaring with eyes. He faced the north and said loudly and sadly: "Captain Lu, I will avenge you in the end.
You're always on your way..."
The news that Lu Xiangsheng died in Julu quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty like a gust of wind, and also reached Chongzhen's desk.
"boom......."
A loud bang sounded in Nuanxiang Pavilion. Chongzhen stood tremblingly behind the Dragon Case. Broken porcelain fragments were scattered on the ground. In front of the Dragon Case, Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren, the two chief ministers, lay on the ground without even daring to show their faces.
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"Okay... okay, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Gao Qiqian disappeared, and tens of thousands of King Qin's troops dispersed in a hurry. This is a good thing you did."
Chongzhen's body was trembling non-stop, his originally pale face turned livid with anger, and his fingers were almost pointing in front of the two of them.
"I handed over an army of 100,000 to you. I originally expected Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqiang to help me, but I didn't expect that what I was waiting for was this news. One of you is the chief minister, and the other is the minister of the Ministry of War. How can you give me
Tell me what’s going on!”
Chongzhen roared and even sprayed saliva on their faces. Not only did they not dare to wipe it off, but they lowered their heads and remained silent.
Seeing this situation, Chongzhen became even more angry, "Tell me, tell me clearly. If you don't make this clear today, don't go back. Yang Sichang, as the Minister of War, you tell me first!"
Hearing Chongzhen's angry words, Yang Sichang's usual elegance and majesty were all gone. He knew that if he didn't give an explanation to the emperor today, he might really have to go home and farm.
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