Sure enough, Yang Yi lived up to Shen Changge's expectations and captured a group of Dongyi spies not long after taking office. After Yang Yi reported the Dongyi spies to Shen Changge, Shen Changge was furious and immediately ordered these people to be tied up and taken to Qiushuiguan to confront Gao Yueming, the general of Qiushuiguan of Dongyi Kingdom at this time. He took this matter very seriously and personally detained his deputy Tuoba An to apologize.
But when those spies arrived at Qiushui Pass, they didn't even recognize Tuoba An. Then, without saying a few words, they all betrayed him, saying that they were forced by Shen Changge to frame Tuoba An. Ba'an had an old grudge and came to Beilin to stir up trouble, because he wanted to start a war with Dongyi but didn't want to openly violate the three-year agreement between the two countries!
Those spies spoke truthfully, and even used the badges of Beilin spies to prove that they were actually Beilin spies, and then they all bit their tongues and committed suicide in front of everyone!
Shen Changge realized at this moment that he had been caught in a trap. He glanced at Yang Yi, the commander in charge of the spy management, and found that he was also confused at this moment, and he was furious in the face of these spies who suddenly betrayed them. But these people are all dead now, and they can't explain clearly this time even if they are covered in words!
At this time, Gao Yueming immediately ordered Tuoba An to be untied and apologized to him in person.
"General Tuoba, it was Yue Ming who didn't investigate, and he almost fell into someone else's trick, and he wrongly accused Deputy General Tuoba!"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Changge's face immediately turned blue with anger, and Yang Yi's eyes showed a fierce look, as if he was ready to fight at any time!
In the end, Shen Changge struggled to speak: "General Gao, I believe you are a sensible person. You should know that it is impossible for me to instigate these people. However, in any case, I will investigate this matter immediately after returning, and will definitely report it to you." General Gao Da and Deputy General Tuoba will explain it to each other!"
Gao Yueming's face was as dark as water, and he said nothing, but Tuoba'an jumped up and said to Shen Changge: "Beilin Army has always been involved in wars, and it will make such plots and tricks, bah!"
Shen Changge immediately glared at her coldly, and Yang Yi jumped to his feet and yelled back: "Ignorant idiot, I am too lazy to pay attention to you!"
All the generals present at Qiushuiguan had their hands on their swords at this moment, with sinister eyes.
Seeing this, the Beilin generals behind Shen Changge also gathered around, as if sharpening their knives.
In the end, Gao Yueming said: "Forget it, General Shen will go back and investigate, and give me and General Tuoba an explanation as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Shen Changge clasped his fists and said, "Definitely!"
Then he turned around and walked out of Qiushui Pass. The generals behind him also held knives and bows and arrows, while retreating to guard against Dong Yi's hidden arrows, and slowly followed him out of Qiushui Pass!
Returning to the Beilin military camp, Yang Yi immediately fell to his knees.
"General, the general was careless for a moment, fell into the trap of a traitor, and even harmed the general. Please punish me, general!"
Shen Changge raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said slowly: "I can understand that you were careless for a while when you first took charge, but it will not be the same again. And I want you to immediately find out the ins and outs of this matter and atone for your sins. If there is any mistake again, Double the punishment!”
"Yes, the general will obey the order!" Yang Yi replied sonorously!
Three days later, Yang Yi found out that one of these spies had contact with Tuoba Anduo during his lifetime, but none of them had any identity records. He suspected that they were all dead soldiers secretly raised by someone, and felt that someone was behind all this. Control!
Shen Changge told Gao Yueming everything truthfully, but Gao Yueming refused to believe it because there was no evidence!
That night, Shen Changge was writing memorials over and over again. He always felt that a war was coming. Is Dongyi so pretentious this time? Is it the intention of the court or someone behind the scenes? He didn't know, but he had a strong premonition, which was a kind of natural acumen belonging to soldiers. There seemed to be a fierce battle between the two sides!
Soon after this incident, as expected, the Dongyi court immediately launched an attack and asked Beilin King to severely punish Shen Changge for maliciously undermining the diplomatic relations between the two countries. However, Beilin King, who had always advocated peace, rarely took a hard line this time and issued an edict stating that It was the spies of the Dongyi Kingdom who tried to steal the defense plan of the northern border city first, and maliciously framed the blame later. Suddenly, the relationship between the two countries gradually became tense!
In March of the 19th year of Tiangang, Tuoba'an, the deputy general of Dongyi Border Pass, secretly sneaked into Beilin Border Pass from Beilin Village and burned and killed the soldiers who were transporting grain and grass in Beilin. A total of 1,000 loads of grain and grass were burned, and dozens of soldiers were brutally slaughtered along the way. The innocent people in the north triggered large-scale retaliation by the generals stationed at the border in the north. The war once extended to the vicinity of Qiushuiguan, and countless innocent people died in this revenge.
General Gao Yueming of Qiushuiguan stationed troops at Yongji Pass, vowing to seek justice for the people who died in Qiushuiguan! Yongzhou Border General Shen Changge actively responded to the challenge, and the two sides fought hard to separate each other! A river of blood flowed under Yongji Pass, and the rafts were filled with blood!
Qingcheng was even busier these days, and she was almost sleepless. The sight of soldiers with broken arms and legs, and the dead bodies everywhere burned her eyes. Faced with the King of Beilin coming to take her back to the palace, she sternly refused. She also wrote a personal letter to King Beilin, saying that she was now a military doctor at the Yongzhou border and the war was going on, so she would never return to the palace!
Shen Changge also tried to persuade her several times, but seeing that her attitude was still firm, he could only let her go. She just stayed within the border, and he had no problem protecting her.
In this battle between the two sides, Shen Changge was an outstanding strategist and good at tactics, while on Gao Yueming's side, the Dongyi army had a larger number and stronger troops and horses. Therefore, it was difficult to determine the winner after several battles, with each suffering casualties! Gradually, both sides became tired and began to want to negotiate peace. At this point, the fighting gradually eased.
This battle was Shen Changge's first real battle since he became the general. He spent 12% of his energy. Although the battle situation has slowed down a little now, it is different from the past. He tried every means day and night to prevent the Dongyi Army from sudden attacks. After strengthening the city defense, studying tactics, and working hard, Qingcheng was also busy treating the wounded soldiers, and teaching the new good doctor the art of acupuncture and hemostasis!
Although the two were in the same army, they had not seen each other for many days. On this day, Qingcheng accidentally saw Shen Changge who was returning from inspecting the city defense with his soldiers. After not seeing him for several days, he was actually haggard and his whole body seemed to be exhausted. Having aged several years, Qingcheng suddenly felt heartbroken. It suddenly dawned on her that she had put too much energy into treating the wounded soldiers and had forgotten to care about Shen Changge.
As soon as Shen Changge returned to the general's camp, Qingcheng followed him in. As soon as he saw Qingcheng, Shen Changge felt refreshed. He immediately retreated all the soldiers and took Qingcheng into his arms.
"Qingcheng, I haven't seen you for several days! I miss you so much!"
"Well, me too, I always want to come and see you, but in the end I'm always busy with things, I'm sorry Changge!" Qingcheng couldn't help but say emotionally.
"It's all my fault, I should have gone to see you!" Shen Changge said guiltily.
"Changge, I'm really sad when I look at the wounded soldiers on the front line. Changge, why do countries have to go to war?" Qingcheng asked sadly, thinking about the plight of the wounded soldiers.
"For interests, for rights, to protect and strengthen our own country! This is probably the case. The purpose of every country that wants to be strong in the first place is to avoid being bullied by other countries. But when it becomes truly strong, it will almost always be bullied. For other countries to achieve their own goals, this is an unsolvable knot and an unavoidable situation!" Shen Changge said thoughtfully.
"I don't like this!" Qingcheng sniffed, with tears in her eyes.
"I don't like fighting either, but I still have to get involved in it! Because I am a man from Beilin and must protect my family and country. Because I am the general of Zhenbei in Beilin. It is my responsibility to defend the dignity of Beilin! "Shen Changge said quietly, his eyes dark.
"Then, if one day everyone has only one country, will there be no war?" Qingcheng thought for a while and asked.
"Maybe! But where there are people, there will be fights!" Shen Changge thought about Qingcheng's words and fell into deep thought.
After that, Qingcheng began to follow the medical books to learn various nourishing and tonic soups to recuperate Shen Changge's body. No matter how busy Shen Changge was, he would try his best to see Qingcheng and calm her panic. This war made the two of them The feelings are deeper than before! It also made Qingcheng seem to grow up overnight, and she was no longer the ignorant little princess in Changping Palace!
Nan'an Wu Mansion
Chu Yuheng, who lived in the Wu Mansion's annex, had been begging to see Wu Daoqiong for several days. On this day, Wu Daoqiong finally got free time and summoned him in the study. The two talked for a while about borrowing troops. Wu Daoqiong couldn't help but said perfunctorily: "Prince Chu, please go back first! I will think of a solution later!"
Chu Yuheng suddenly prostrated, grabbed Wu Daoqiong's lapel and cried bitterly: "Prime Minister Wu must help the little king!" Then he immediately stuffed a letter into the mezzanine of Wu Daoqiong's desk when Wu Daoqiong was not prepared.
Wu Daoqiong didn't notice anything, just helped him up and asked him to go back to the other courtyard to wait for news.
On the morning of the next day, two newly promoted officials suddenly impeached Wu Daoqiong for colluding with Dongyi and betraying Nan'an military aircraft.
Emperor Nan'an was furious and ordered the two famous officials to be dismissed from their posts and investigated. But in the end he said: "To prove Wu Xiang's innocence, let the Third Division investigate!"
Wu Daoqiong felt something was wrong, but he could not refuse. He thought that among the three departments, the Supervision Department and the Command Department were all his people, and the remaining Chief Secretary, who was powerless and powerless, could not make any trouble, so he said calmly: "Wei Chen has a loyal heart and can learn from the sun and the moon. Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Emperor Nan'an was immediately elated when he heard this, but he still said sincerely: "I feel wronged, uncle!"
In the third year of Taikang, the Chief Secretary, Command Department, and Supervisory Department of Nan'an searched the residence of Nan'an Prime Minister Wu Daoqiong on the orders of Emperor Nan'an. They found a letter written by Chu Yujin, the crown prince of Dongyi, in his study, and then found it in his secret room. Unexpected treasures, jade, money, and treasure were found in the search.
Emperor Nan'an was heartbroken and asked the Supervision Department to immediately detain Wu Daoqiong for strict investigation! At the beginning, Wu Daoqiong still had hope that the supervisor of the Supervision Department would be his student Yan Feng, but he did not expect that Yan's supervisor would be completely business-like, and almost everyone who knelt down in front of him would be another Yan Feng.
Wu Daoqiong suddenly realized that the situation was over. He had never understood how the letter appeared in his study. Later, he recalled it one by one. The person who could get this thing and put the blame on him was most likely Chu. Yu Heng, he immediately regretted it, it was really him who led the wolf into the house! But he couldn't figure out why Chu Yuheng would harm him. He was afraid that Emperor Nan'an was fueling all this!
From then on, everything was in accordance with Emperor Nan'an's wishes. More and more ministers impeached Wu Daoqiong for corruption, bribery, cliques, and liaisons with border generals. The most serious ones were to exclude dissidents, frame blame, falsely accuse Nan'an Han of treason, and destroy Wu Daoqiong. Killed the nine Han clans!
Emperor Nan'an issued an edict on the grounds that he had been deceived by a treacherous minister. He rehabilitated the Han family and ordered that the living members of the Han family be recalled and be supported by the court for life.
Then Emperor Nan'an ordered that all the adult males within the nine Wu clans be killed, and all the female relatives be sent to the border as slaves! Anyone in the court who dares to intercede for Wu Daoqiong will be immediately dismissed from his post and investigated. If he is found to be friends with him, he will be taken into custody immediately!
On the day the edict was issued, Wu Daoqiong committed suicide in prison by taking poison. No one knew where the poison came from, and no one dared to investigate!
After Wu Shishi, the noble concubine of Nan'an, learned that her grandfather had committed suicide by taking poison, and that her father and clan members had been killed, she desperately grabbed the steel knife of a forbidden army guard in front of Emperor Nan'an, and rushed towards Emperor Nan'an. Everyone thought she was When she wanted to kill the king to avenge her family, she turned the blade and died in front of Jun Hu at the last moment!
The sight of blood finally moved Jun Hu. This noble concubine he was forced to confer, this scheming woman Wu Shishi who once secretly hid in the Yuqing Pond to please him, is actually only nineteen years old this year. In this battle for power, , how innocent she is!
But the struggle for power will always involve bloodshed and sacrifice. The dragon chair that symbolizes the Nine-Five Supreme Being was cast with the blood of countless people. Now these people's deaths are for the lives of countless people in the future!
Under the iron-blooded suppression of Emperor Nan'an, no one in the court dared to question this matter. The border general Yuzhen had always regarded Emperor Nan'an as his protector. Fang Tongxing, the captain of the imperial army, felt that the situation was over and asked for help because of his old age and frailty. After handing back the military power, Emperor Nan'an tried hard to persuade him to stay, but finally agreed to Fang Tongxing's request and took back the military power of the Forbidden Army!
At this point, all the military and political power in Nan'an was restored to Emperor Nan'an! The centralization of imperial power is beginning to take shape!