() The palace was relatively empty, with only one oil lamp on, making it seem a bit dark. Emperor Chongzhen was adjusting his eyes. Over there, Archi was sitting in front of Zhong Jinwei's bed. He turned around to look at the movement and was startled to find that it was Emperor Chongzhen who came in.
, quickly turned around and knelt down: "My slave, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live."
In this moment, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes adjusted to the light in the palace and saw Aqi in front of the bed, but he didn't care about her. Lying on the bed was Zhong Jinwei, motionless. Could it be that he was awake and couldn't move?
Emperor Chongzhen thought and walked over.
The palace lantern in the hands of the chamberlain who followed immediately illuminated the entire hall, allowing Emperor Chongzhen to see more clearly.
Didn't move, still didn't move. As Emperor Chongzhen walked towards Zhong Jinwei, he looked at the motionless person lying on the bed, and his heart slowly sank. At this time, the only sound of Emperor Chongzhen's footsteps was heard in the entire palace.
Archi lowered his head and saw Emperor Chongzhen approaching, then he took two steps to the side and gave way to the bedside position.
Emperor Chongzhen walked to the bed and looked at Zhong Jinwei's face. He found that Zhong Jinwei's eyes were still closed, and his face was much thinner than when he first saw it, with the cheekbones on both sides showing. His hair and beard were also thin.
It's grown a lot, but it's not messy. It's obviously because someone takes care of it from time to time.
"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Zhong?" Emperor Chongzhen called softly twice.
"Your Majesty, the young master has not yet woken up." Archi on the side gently introduced the situation to Emperor Chongzhen.
"Who were you talking to just now?" Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, turned to look at Archi who was kneeling on the ground and asked.
"Replying to Your Majesty, I heard from the imperial doctor that a person who has been unconscious for a long time may wake up if someone close to him talks to him regularly."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly: "You are still talking to him so late at night?"
Archie's face blushed slightly and he replied: "Young master likes to talk at night by candlelight." Archie was embarrassed to say that the two of them were lying in bed and chatting. Although they were not in the same bed, he couldn't say it out loud.
"Very good, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Archie slowly stood up and stood at the foot of the bed with his head down.
"How is Zhong Jinwei doing lately?"
Archie knew that Emperor Chongzhen was not asking whether he was awake or not. Things that could be seen at a glance were naturally not the questions to ask.
"Although Young Master is gradually losing weight, his pulse has also strengthened a lot recently. Eating is much easier than before."
"really?"
"My slave dare not deceive you." In fact, Archie had already deceived you once.
"Okay, okay!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen grinned and praised with a hint of joy. Then he started pacing back and forth in front of the bed, looking down at the bottom of his feet, as if he could find a panacea to cure the disease there.
Same as Zhong Jinwei.
After a while, Emperor Chongzhen stopped and said to Archie: "You should talk to Zhong Jinwei more. I will order the hospital to find relevant medicinal materials to supplement Mr. Zhong, lest Mr. Zhong wakes up and finds himself so thin and thinks that I have treated him badly."
I killed him." Emperor Chongzhen was so happy that he couldn't help but tell a joke.
After giving the instructions, Emperor Chongzhen prepared to go back in a good mood. When he came to the door, he said to Archi: "You did a good job. When Mr. Zhong wakes up, I will reward him heavily!"
On the seventh day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, the Yanshan Mountains had already taken off their green clothes, but had not yet put on their silver clothes. They were naked. In the evening, under the fading sunlight, it began to look dark. Not far from the bottom of the mountain was the Returning River.
, amidst the whistling of the north wind, it rushed away stubbornly. If I wanted to stop and rest, it would have to be colder.
The official road along the river has few pedestrians either because it is getting late or the temperature is too cold, or for other reasons. In fact, since the Liaodong War, the flow of people on this road has decreased a lot.
Just when the sky was about to darken, a faint sound came over, getting louder and louder, like the "rumbling" sound of the rushing river hitting the rocks it encountered.
If the sky is brighter, you can find a very low dark cloud drifting over.
As they got closer, they discovered that it was a cavalry force, like an extremely long python, swimming forward. At the head of the snake was a large red flag with the word "Yuan" embroidered on it and small characters on the side.
Can't see clearly anymore.
The only few pedestrians saw clearly that what was coming was a large army, so they "swooshed" and walked to a recessed place not far from the roadside. They did not dare to move and hid.
This troop was the Guan Ning cavalry heading to Jizhou, and Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, was at the forefront of the troop. No one spoke, and they all walked on silently.
After a while, Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Zu Dashou looked up at the sky, then drove his horse as close as possible to Yuan Chonghuan, controlled the horse's speed, and shouted loudly to Yuan Chonghuan: "Superintendent, Yutian is ahead. Do you want to stop the camp?
I’m afraid I’m tired after traveling all day.”
Yuan Chonghuan looked at Tianse, then turned to look at Zu Dashou. He could vaguely see the expectant look on his face, and knew in his heart that it was indeed time to rest.
Seeing Yuan Chonghuan nodding, Zu was very happy for his birthday, so he wanted to convey the general's order, but he heard Yuan Chonghuan shout loudly: "Take a rest for an hour and drive all night."
Zu Dashou's smiling face immediately froze, but there was nothing he could do. The leader had spoken and he had to listen now.
Arriving outside Yutian City, the army immediately stopped to rest, but the dust it brought passed them and continued to cover them forward.
In front of the army station was a forest. The birds in it had just finished chirping and discussing the day's harvest. They were about to go to bed when they were awakened by the sound of horse hooves. After knowing that there was no danger, they fell back into the forest. Unexpectedly, the sky was covered with dust.
There was no time to escape, and there was no way to escape. They fell to the ground one after another. When a bird fell, he was cursing in his heart: Damn, the pm2.5 in ancient times was so serious that it exceeded the standard. If I had known before, I should have brought it with me.
Come over with a mask.
The army is resting, but Yuan Chonghuan is not resting. He is discussing matters in the temporary commander's tent: "If we don't collect from the front at night, there will be rewards."
General He Kegang came out of the queue and replied: "The news came back a quarter of an hour ago, but no trace of Jianlu has been found."
"How far is this place from Jizhou?"
"There are still two days to go."
Yuan Chonghuan thought about it, frowned and said: "It's too slow. Jianlu's departure from Zunhua to Jizhou is more than three times shorter than our army's journey. Jianlu's main force has been used up, and there are more than 100,000 troops. Jizhou and Santun camp have been in recent years
If there is no war, the defense will be relaxed, and it may not last long. Our army must rush to Jizhou as soon as possible to block Jianlu, otherwise the capital will no longer have a barrier."
"In addition, we will send troops straight to Jizhou without stopping at night. If Jizhou has fallen into the hands of the Jianqiu, we will report back quickly so that the army can respond early." Yuan Chonghuan thought for a while and added.
Zu Dashou knew what Yuan Chonghuan said was reasonable, but he still went out and said: "Supervisor, the soldiers have been rushing for more than three days in a row, and I'm afraid they may not be able to bear it anymore."
Yuan Chonghuan raised his eyebrows: "When marching in war, you must obey the general's orders. If anyone makes trouble, he will be killed. Send an order to all the officers and soldiers, if they can reach Jizhou on the ninth day of the lunar month, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and will not be deducted!"
Zu Dashou wanted to say more, but He Kegang winked at him. Well, this is the only way. He passed on the order. Although Guan Ning's army was exhausted, he heard that as long as he ran to Jizhou, he would have a real army of more than a month.
With silver hair and salary, we don’t care about our health. Who makes our lives cheap?
The closer he got to Jizhou, the more nervous Yuan Chonghuan became. He was afraid that reports would come back that Jizhou had changed its flag and was occupied by Jianqi. Yes, everyone was afraid of failing at the last moment.
In the afternoon of November 9th, Guan Ning's army finally arrived in Jizhou.
Fortunately, this situation did not occur. More than 20,000 cavalry arrived in Jizhou, which added a dose of reassurance to the turbulent Jizhou. When Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, arrived, many Qinwang troops had already arrived. Ji Youshanhai
You Shiwei, the commander-in-chief of the central region, Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, Cao Minglei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, and others.
After arriving in Jizhou, Yuan Chonghuan did not bother to rest. He called all the generals to a meeting. He first presented the imperial edict to the generals and declared the general's authority. Then he began to inquire about the situation.
The generals had just arrived. They didn't know much about the local situation and there was no news about the captives. They only knew that Zunhua had fallen on the third day of November and there were about 100,000 captives. Yuan Chonghuan was stumped now.
, where did the Jianlu go? The commander-in-chief was far away in Shanhaiguan, and they all ran here, but there was no trace of the Jianlu on the Zunhua front line. So, he discussed it with the commander-in-chief.
Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army, was the first to come out and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "Supervisor, the last general estimates that Jianlu has plundered enough and left the border on his own, so there is no trace of Jianlu."
This seems to be possible, and if so, that would be the best.
Liu Ce, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right Qiandu, held a different opinion: "Would it be possible for Jianru to know that our army was gathering in Jizhou to prevent them from attacking the capital, so they took a detour to the west again?"
This is also a choice for Jianlu. Yuan Chonghuan looked at the other generals to see if they had any other opinions. Seeing that no one answered, He Kegang expressed his worries: "Supervisor, will Jianlu follow the route of reinforcements from Marshal Zhao?"
How about heading to Shanhaiguan?"
This..., it seems like every possibility exists. What should I do?
Yuan Chonghuan frowned, thinking hard about what kind of choice Jianlu would make: The person in charge of Jianlu now is Huang Taiji. This man is courageous, but cautious, and will not move unless there is a big profit. Several possibilities.
The only way to gain the most profit is to attack Jizhou and capture only the capital. But why is there no movement after the army has gathered?
Now, after the fall of Zunhua, many guards have been guarding Yongping. The guerrillas Manku guarded Qian'an, the capital commander Liu Zhenhua guarded Jianchang, the general Shao Zhongwu guarded Fengrun, and the guerrilla Cai Yu guarded Yutian and Changping. The commander-in-chief You Shiwei still guarded the tombs;
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the prefecture, was stationed at Sanhe to prevent them from moving west; Cao Minglei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding; Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, was stationed in Jizhou to contain the enemy; Liu Ce was also stationed in Miyun. In this way, every aspect was taken into account.
As a precaution, all generals must set out overnight without making any mistakes.
One of the general soldiers was unhappy and said that we had just arrived, King Qin, and before we even took a breath, your supervisor asked us to leave again. Should we pay some departure fees? Also, what should we do if we bump into Jianlu on the road?
Add some insurance premium.
Commander Yuan, how do you deal with such ruffians?