"We must go." Wang Zhikun didn't say these four words, he just glanced coldly at the generals in the camp, patted the table, and said earnestly: "I don't care who these black knights are. , I only know that the Privy Council’s winter training order clearly stated that no one can stop the three thousand riders from the Yanjing camp from entering Dongyi!”
The 3,000 Yanjing soldiers were just probing, they were the vanguard, and they were the court's attitude towards the First Prince step by step. Wang Zhikun's eyes narrowed slightly, and the cold light in his eyes gradually rose, and his voice was squeezed into an ice line: "No matter what, the 10,000 soldiers led by His Highness are the people of Daqing after all, His Highness can't take the risk of mutiny , and bring those soldiers to stop them, so the immediate problem is that the thousand black cavalry deployed in the Niutoushan area will pass the order of the Privy Council to the other party in the future, if the other party still refuses to give way... that can only prove that they are no longer It is our Daqing army."
"But... Your Majesty's attitude towards Mr. Fan is still not clear." A general said worriedly. The atmosphere in Yanjing City is very subtle. The generals in Yanjing City don't know exactly how the man in the palace plans to deal with Fan Xian. It's not easy to come back.
The tent was deep in the city of Yanjing, but it was actually a very spacious room, but it used a name with a strong military color. The generals in the house at this time are all direct relatives of Wang Zhikun, so they are not taboo about speaking a lot, and some things can be said clearly.
The worry that the general said earlier was actually the worry in Wang Zhikun's heart. His Majesty has indeed cleared Fan Xian of all his official positions, but he has never really asked him to blame. Who knows what the future situation will look like
Outside Yanjing City, the thousand black cavalry with a ghostly look at the foot of Niutou Mountain are indeed a very powerful force. In theory, it is really the leader of the Qing Kingdom's five frontier soldiers, and it is impossible not to break through the blockade of the thousand black knights.
The problem right now is that it is impossible for Yanjing to devote all its troops. Once the war ignites, Dongyi City will only belong to it in name, but people's hearts are not determined at all. I am afraid that it will really lead to the first real civil war in Qing Kingdom.
Wang Zhikun never dared to shoulder this kind of historical responsibility. Especially since his status in the army has reached the top, no matter how much credit he makes on the battlefield, at most he will return to the capital like Ye Shuai, become an envoy of the Privy Council, and make some progress in his reputation, but in reality But it didn't do any good. For the governor of Yanjing, there was very little room for him to struggle in life.
So he has to think about his own family lineage and the future. Although His Majesty is still proud of the world, His Majesty is old after all... There will always be a day in the future, if Fan Xian can survive this turmoil ... No, even if Fan Xian couldn't make it through, when the Third Prince sat on the Dragon Throne in the future, with his friendship with Fan Xian, would he tolerate him
Wang Zhikun frowned very tightly. After all, he was a military commander who was proficient in strategies on the battlefield, but he could not pay attention to the details. The matter of the draft in Kyoto did not let him understand His Majesty's plan. His frown Wrinkled tight and loose, finally made up his mind, said in a cold voice: "If you move again in the future, if anyone dares to stop them, you will immediately disarm them!"
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All the generals of Yanjing left their tents with their own thoughts and worries, because they didn't know whether the military operations in the future would really conflict with the Black Cavalry, let alone that His Royal Highness in Dongyi City, Will it really lead the 10,000 elite soldiers back east to confront the Qing Kingdom's frontier army head-on? It broke out in the place under its own jurisdiction.
Governor Wang seemed to have made up his mind, but that night he went to the Mei Mansion and found Mei Zhili, the chief civil servant of Yanjing City.
Mei Zhili is a student of Liu Guogong, and although he doesn't have a close relationship with Fan Xie, he is familiar with Fan Xian. After hearing Wang Dashuai's sincere request for advice, this Master Mei asked Wang Zhikun a word indifferently.
"Tong'er is still in the capital, right?" Mei Zhili came to Yanjing City after leaving the position of governor of the capital in the fourth year of Qingli. Governor Wang also had a deep understanding of Lord Mei's vision and strategy. Just because this Lord was able to escape from the position of governor of the capital, one knew how capable he was in the officialdom. The two have a good personal relationship, so it is as natural for Mrs. Mei to call Miss Wang as if she were a junior, and she only calls her the word "Tong'er".
Upon hearing the word Tong'er, Dudu Wang's face remained unchanged, but his extremely tough heart, which had been polished by the ice and snow on the battlefield, trembled unexpectedly. He knew what Mei Zhili wanted to point out.
Wang Tong'er had already entered the Prince He's Mansion in June this year and became the eldest prince's side concubine, and this young lady was raised by Fan Xian's ear before getting married, and she was taught a lesson for several months. Not only the capital of Yanjing, but most people in the world know that besides the four sons of the Fan family, Fan Xian also has three distinguished students. It was the young lady in Yanjing Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.
In Nanqing Tianxia, the word filial piety is the first, and the word teacher is the second. With the relationship between Yanjing Palace and Fan Xian, the thousand black horsemen stopped at the foot of Niutou Mountain, which seems a bit complicated. Wang Zhikun glanced at Mei Zhili, and after a long silence, he said: "There is an order in the palace, and an order from the Privy Council. Even if there will be some discussions in the future, this matter must be done."
"The governor has misunderstood." Mei Zhili looked at his nose and nose at his heart. He had escaped from the political vortex in Kyoto for several years. Concubine Yigui, the relationship between the three princes is too deep. Although he is in Yanjing now, if he really wants to escape in the future, it may be extremely difficult to escape. That's why he said these words in front of Wang Zhikun tonight. through.
"The teacher-student relationship between Mr. Fan and Tong'er is certainly worrying, but the most important thing..." Mei Zhili sighed, looked at Wang Zhikun and said, "You want to send troops to Dongyi City, but anyone with a discerning eye will not It can be seen that His Highness does not listen to the will of the capital at all, and Tong'er... is the side concubine of the palace. Have you ever thought about this problem? If His Highness really occupies Dongyi and makes himself king, even if you Jiyan The 100,000 troops from the capital have defeated Dongyi, how will Tonger manage himself in the palace?"
Wang Zhikun guarded the frontier for Nanqing for many years, suffered from bitter cold, but at the age of 40, he had an extra daughter, who loved him like a baby, so he couldn't help being arrogant and indulgent, which created Wang Tong'er's bad habits, thanks to Fan Xian Forcibly suppressed Wang Tong'er's bad temper. Whenever he thinks about this point, Wang Zhikun secretly feels a little grateful to Mr. Fan, but today he was stunned by Mei Zhili and said: "Could it be that Mr. Fan predicted the current situation long ago? So at the beginning He was the one who surprised everyone, and in his capacity as the Minister of Taichang Temple, facilitated His Highness's marriage to Tong'er?"
Thinking of this point, Wang Zhikun felt a chill in his heart, he didn't expect that the little father-in-law would be so far-sighted, it was really palpitating.
Right now, Wang Zhikun's position is really awkward. Although the Yanjing camp is strong, Dongyi, which the blade is targeting, is already within the strength of the First Prince and Fan Xian, so there is relief between these two young dignitaries and Wang Zhikun Inseparable relationship, one is his son-in-law, the other is his daughter's husband.
Mei Zhili pondered for a moment and then said: "As for what Master Xiao Fan thought at the beginning, it's useless for you and me to speculate now, but there is a sentence that must be reminded to the governor...I can think of the problem here, the palace The one in the palace can naturally think of it, but the Piansheng Palace has never dealt with Yanjing."
He raised his head, glanced at Wang Zhikun indifferently, and said, "If Mr. Fan really predicted the current situation at the beginning, it can only be said that he has a far-sighted vision. You are sitting in Yanjing, the governor, and you were born to target Dongyi City. If your majesty I suspect that your intentions are not enough, no matter who comes here, I am afraid it will be difficult to condense the hearts of Yanjing's army, so the safety of Dongyi City will naturally be a little more guaranteed."
"My loyalty to His Majesty is undeniable. If Fan Xian wants to take advantage of this, it will be impossible." There was no anger in Wang Zhikun's words.
Mei Zhili nodded, and said: "Obviously, Lord Fan's arrangement has not worked. The capital side has not done anything about Yanjing City. Your Majesty is a wise master after all, and he has a lot of trust in the governor... even The military order of the Privy Council and the secret decree of the palace are actually a test for you, the governor, from your majesty."
Wang Zhikun was awe-inspiring, cupped his fists and saluted, and said, "Teach me."
Mei Zhili's face was still solemn, and he said slowly: "But the governor, you really don't think about Tong'er any more? Think about the discussions in the world? If you can really conquer Dongyi City in one battle, you will naturally be my hero in Daqing , but once the civil war breaks out and the flames of war continue...the pressure from all sides will be piled on you."
"But what can be done? If you really suppress the troops, you will be ashamed of your trust in His Majesty." Wang Zhikun raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "The conflict in the capital will eventually fall on the battlefield. Your Majesty's subjects, there are many things... that have to be done."
"If you have to do it, if you can't... then don't do it." Mei Zhili looked at him quietly, and after a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said: "Speaking of disobedience, this is the emperor's family business after all, you and me as courtiers, of course You must be loyal to His Majesty, but if the Qing Kingdom really breaks out into a civil war, how will you and I explain to the world? The change in the capital should be on the battlefield, but that Little Master Fan and His Majesty obviously do not want this kind of turmoil The impact will be too far-reaching, otherwise His Majesty will not always hold his breath for Mr. Fan, and Mr. Fan will not be a wealthy idler in the capital honestly."
"Those two are guarding the bottom line. The governor should also keep this bottom line in mind when he dispatches troops in the next day. Threats and offenses are fine, but if you really want to bleed like a river, I think...it's unwise. I'm afraid Your Majesty will This is not the result."
"But the opponent is a black cavalry, and those wolf cubs from the Overwatch Council don't know what it means to back down." Wang Zhikun closed his eyes and said, "This is too difficult to grasp. We must send troops, but we can't really fight, and we can't miss His Majesty's orders." It is a big plan, and we must prevent the situation from expanding too seriously."
Speaking of this section, Chief Commander Wang sighed deeply. He has spent his whole life in the shadows of swords and swords, but he has never encountered such a complicated situation. It is the easiest to fight as soon as he wants, even if the opponent is Fan Xian is the eldest prince, but if the eastern part of the empire is really disrupted, His Majesty will be unhappy again.
"Since Your Majesty has a secret decree, we must fight, at least we must really confront each other and suppress the aura of the black cavalry." Mei Zhili lowered his eyes and said: "The decree of the palace must be carried out, and the wind and rain are overwhelming. How many days can the black cavalry resist? Although they are a group of murderous cold-blooded cavalry, after all, His Royal Highness is not, and neither is Little Fan."
"This situation can't be maintained for a few days, and it will eventually be torn apart." Wang Zhikun looked at him and reminded: "This is His Majesty's will, and I don't want His Majesty and his elders to think that I am ineffective."
"No, there must be some chance to stabilize the situation between Yanjing and Dongyi City." Mei Zhili looked at him and suddenly smiled slightly, and said: "Master Fan has spent so much effort on the Dongyi City." On the body, on the relationship between you and the eldest prince, the purpose is to seek a balance between the two parties at the moment, as for His Majesty's will... I think he must have a way to end this matter."
"Although the will is difficult to disobey, the governor really does not want to meet my sons and daughters of Daqing on the battlefield." Wang Zhikun frowned deeply, and said slowly after a long while: "It's just that I can't see the current situation. The method can not only make the governor not miss the will, but also withdraw the troops from the front of Niutou Mountain."
"That depends on Master Xiao Fan's means." Mei Zhili stretched out a finger calmly, "If we want to maintain it, we need a variable, we don't know what this variable is, but Master Xiao Fan must know. "
Wang Zhikun sighed: "I don't believe that he can do this, but if he can really find out this variable within five days, I'm afraid I will be like Tong Er, admiring him."
Two days later, there was a murderous atmosphere inside and outside Yanjing City. Frontier soldiers gathered from various barracks gathered in front of the city and marched towards the east. After only half a day, they had already joined forces with the 3,000 soldiers sent by the previous group. Soldiers from the Yanjing Battalion joined forces and came to the foot of Niutou Mountain.
An official road passed by the foot of Niutou Mountain, passed through the edge of the golden and bright red autumn forest, and extended towards the coast of the East China Sea. Walking along this road, the army could reach Dongyi City directly.
The black army gathered here, with the flags fluttering in the wind, the cavalry covered in light armor, full of murderous aura, this army has a total of more than 10,000 people, the momentum looks really terrifying.
However, such a menacing frontier soldier from the Qing Kingdom was stranded at the foot of Niutou Mountain, unable to advance a single step, because at the entrance of the official road below the mountain, there were three rows of cavalry in full black armor waiting in formation.
There were only three rows of black cavalry with a total of more than a hundred people, but they exuded a palpitating cold smell, blocking the middle of the official road, and on the gentle slopes on both sides, there were two thicker black ink lines, which were also black ride.
In order to show his loyalty to His Majesty, the Metropolitan Governor of Yanjing, Wang Zhikun, spent a lot of money in the temptation this time, sending a full 10,000 frontier soldiers over. Of course, the governor himself will not lead the troops himself. The leader is one of his trusted generals, who has already received a secret order.
The general looked at the black cavalry on the official road in the distance, and felt a little chills in his heart. The military of the Qing Dynasty had long been famous for the black cavalry of the Sixth Office of the Overwatch Council, and they were also jealous for a long time, because the other party had the best equipment and the best The horses and the light armor all over the body are all built by the three major workshops of the Neiku, and the combat power is completely piled up with gold.
There have always been rumors within the military that black cavalry are no more than a thousand, and that they are invincible. This is certainly because of the several cooperations in the past few decades. Among the laws and decrees, the reason for strictly limiting the number of black knights to less than 1,000.
Of course, some military generals were not convinced. The elite of the Qing Army was famous all over the world. Whether it was the cavalry of Dingzhou or the Changjian Battalion of the North Camp, they were all famous and famous. Stolen all the glory.
However, during the Kyoto rebellion three years ago, Fan Xian sneaked into the capital with 500 black cavalry, and there was a bloody fight at Zhengyangmen. Army cavalry brigade.
That is the elite of the old Qin family! Even Qin Heng was picked to death by the black cavalry gun! This iron-clad fact allowed the Qing army to truly understand the power of the black cavalry, and no one dared to underestimate the opponent, and even a certain unspeakable fear arose in their hearts.
The general of Yanjing squinted at the lone knight directly in front of those black knights. From the silver mask of the opponent, he clearly knew the identity of the opponent. The leader of the six black knights of the Overwatch Council, Jing Ge with a silver mask!
General Yanjing's heart was slightly chilled, because he knew that the commander of the black cavalry opposite him was the fierce general who shot Qin Heng with a single shot.
After thinking for a moment, the Yanjing general led a few soldiers, clamped his horse's belly, and leaned towards the black cavalry's defensive line with a clacking sound.
"Commander Jing." General Yanjing ordered his subordinates to hand over the military orders from the Privy Council, and said in a deep voice, "Please make way for your side."
Jing Ge silently accepted the transfer order from the Privy Council, glanced at it twice and said: "The headquarters is only under the control of the Overwatch Council, and has not received a court order so far, so... it is difficult to obey."
The Eldest Prince led 10,000 elite soldiers to station in Song State not far from Niutoushan, just to deal with the court's inquiries, so it was impossible for him to personally lead the troops to stop him, so he had to hand over this task to the black cavalry.
The mask on Jing Ge's face was glowing with a cold silver light, looking at the densely packed Yanjing army on the opposite side, he said in a deep voice: "I was ordered to garrison Dongyi, strictly prohibiting irrelevant people from entering, if anyone dares to take a step... Kill without pardon .”
What he said was very clear and calm, but there was an unquestionable certainty in it.
Ordered to garrison Dongyi? Whose order is it? Master Xiao Fan's? But now Fan Xian is no longer the president of the Overwatch Council, and it is a joke to only listen to the orders of the Overwatch Council. If Yan Bingyun really sent officials from the Overwatch Council to dispatch troops, I am afraid that these black knights will be very clean He beheaded the person who came, and then burned the court order into a ball of black ashes.
With these words, the general of Yanjing felt a little cold and angry, and said in a cold voice: "This is the imperial court's order. Could it be that you are going to resist the order?"
Jing Ge didn't answer this sentence, but after finishing the conversation that should have been done, he reminded: "Don't think about detouring into Dongyi, the headquarters doesn't want to go over mountains and mountains to hand over your weapons." The reins of the horse returned to the awe-inspiring black cavalry, and the iron spear hanging beside the saddle shone coldly.
General Yanjing took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and squinted to observe the black cavalry that was close at hand. After watching for a while, he had to admit that the opponent's equipment was far superior to his own, and Looking at the weight of the equipment, we can also know that the individual quality of these cavalrymen and even the quality of the horses are far above the generals of the Yanjing camp...
Although there are only a thousand people, facing these thousand killing gods, how easy is it to rush in with as little bloodshed as possible
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The real confrontation between the Yanjing Camp and the Black Cavalry has entered the third day, which is also the fifth day in Wang Dadu's calculation. The two sides occasionally have small frictions. Yanjing's fighting spirit and anger have already surged, and the Black Knights Although the number of riders on that side is small, they are still indifferent and not like ordinary people, and they are not very excited.
It was the time when the swords were on the verge of breaking out, and the governor Wang also felt that he couldn't bear it any longer, and he had to teach these black knights a lesson. Because His Majesty's decree is here, if he can wait for five days, he has given Fan Xian and the First Prince enough time to react. If Yanjing still maintains a confrontational situation and cannot enter Dongyi, I am afraid that the people in the capital will His Majesty the Emperor will be furious.
At the moment when Wang Zhikun was about to issue the military order to forcibly enter the line of Niutoushan and charge against the black cavalry, suddenly, a general rushed into the Dudu's mansion with a calm face holding a battle report.
Wang Zhikun squinted at the contents of the battle report, and felt a chill in his heart. He never thought that Fan Xian could actually cause a change in the north of Daqing, and this change was something he could never have imagined!
He knew that his army could be withdrawn, and he neither disobeyed His Majesty's will nor allowed civil war to break out within his jurisdiction. Calm, full of worries.
The military newspaper came from the North Camp of Cangzhou, and it clearly stated that Uesugi Tiger, who was recuperating in Shangjing in the Northern Qi Dynasty, suddenly returned to the border line and led a hundred thousand troops straight to the south line, and had already pressed down to a place 70 miles north of Cangzhou !
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