On the banks of the smoky Yellow River, the German army and horses are waiting for Wang Rong, and they are also looking at the opposing military city in the distance, as well as the young and strong men and women who are weeping and weeping under the city and are captured and left; but in my heart, I am thinking. This is an explanation from Wang Jingchong, a German military ambassador.
Just before the swearing division sent his troops, Wang Jingchong, who had white hair like snow but was strong in spirit and could still hold concubines, said loudly to him:
"If you go here, you don't want too much siege or capture or plunder. As long as you make the towns in Henan with great fanfare, it will be convenient for you to become uneasy..."
"I wonder why we should send troops to help the thieves at this time? Everyone knows that Heshuofang Town is domineering and unruly, and often intersects with swords and soldiers; but who knows that our generation has been trapped by the righteous name of the court for generations, and The suffering that can't be relieved..."
"My generation is not born with rebelliousness, nor is it not without the intention of serving the country; it is just that once the ancestors take this position and become the leader of hundreds of thousands of generals, soldiers and civilians, they are destined to be unable to control their own special thoughts. Not only is the court deep. Thinking that they are jealous, the subordinates and generals are also coercing people's opinions from time to time, coercing and persecuting them..."
"If we don't have enough control strategy and aggressive and pioneering heart, or even the tactics of playing and wrestling with the court, no matter how we advance or retreat, we will be the disaster of the destruction of the dead in the south."
"Therefore, although there are strong soldiers and horses, with thousands of armors, but they can only sit in the land of several states for generations, and a small move is a situation of siege and siege; even connected to each other to protect themselves for a while. What's the point of what I did, the imaginary King of Changshan?"
"As long as we have this name, our generation will never be able to do what we want, and we must continue to respect this imperial ruler. Otherwise, once dissidents and ambitious people under their respective subordinates rise up, the imperial court will recognize them and want to do that. Substitution is the time when the dead clan is annihilated like the Ziqingtian clan..."
"Because no matter how dim and weak the imperial court is in the past, there are still many people in the world who have national righteousness; no matter who jumps out to raise the anti-ban, I am afraid that it will not be like Pang Xun and his like for a while, but they will achieve others It's a bird's-eye, a cornerstone..."
"But as it is today, there is a group of rash thieves who can break the shackles and barriers from the imperial court; for the sake of the long-term plan in the future, why can't my generation take the risk of doing so..."
"Now, this is not just a matter of my family and a surname in Chengde Army, who bear the brunt of it; it is the common interests, gains and losses of the millions of soldiers and civilians in Heshuo towns, and dozens of large and small generals. If you want to take over me securely The position behind you needs to do everything you can to do such a major stakeholder matter..."
Thinking that in the future, he might inherit the imaginary King Changshan, and possibly become the truly tangible "king of Chengde", Wang Rong's mind became fierce again, and he raised his horse whip.
"My sons worked harder, and they robbed me carefully, and if they couldn't take it away, they burned it all... You must know, why are you here to beg the thieves for the court,"
"Why don't the imperial court provide us with money and food out of bounds, then we can only eat well on our own in the places along the way, so that we can have enough spare energy to fight for the country..."
Following his words, the soldiers who became the German army laughed louder and arrogantly, and became unscrupulous.
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And in the Chang'an city shrouded in the summer heat, Peking University (Daming Palace) is surrounded by the cool breezy Taiye Pool, in front of the Hanliang Temple, which is specially used to cool off the summer heat; the long-lost and intense galloping exchanges resounded again. His horses hooves kicked and stomped, shouting one after another, and there was a tight wave of shouting.
After experiencing a period of diligent and extremely boring discussion of the government, the young emperor could not help but retreat and retired early; he also declined the prime minister’s excuse to leave the little queen for discussion. pilgrimage. I went straight to this specially opened place to fulfill my long-cherished wish of not holding a polo pole for a long time.
For this young emperor with a playful nature, it was the eighth year of his succession and the seventh year that the Wang-Huang Rebellion that broke out in Henan continued.
He is particularly puzzled by how the world, which was originally in the mouths of many courtiers and nearby eunuchs, is still in the world, and Fengheng Yu is big and full of things, has become such a situation that is overwhelming and overwhelming. .
Especially those thieves who were suffering from scabies were wiped out time and time again in the court’s Gelub and Tang Newspapers, broken down for a while, and praised many times for their merits; from a mere corner of Henan. The land has been wiped out to the south of the Yangtze River, and then recovered from the south of the Yangtze River to the outside of the ridge;
As a result, now they have been suppressed from Lingwai and back to Jiangxi, from Jiangxi to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong has passed Huainan. The thieves killed by the officers and soldiers in various places may be enough to throw the river into the river, but in that place, it can be called a country. The king of Gaojun, a famous general in the dynasty, was sick and struggling to fight, but he was about to send all his troops to Henan.
But it did not prevent him from contacting and observing at the meeting, to understand and observe, the limited contact with the officials, and thus grasp and drive them to meet and complete their own interests and needs.
At least in the field he is interested in, he is smart enough to learn; therefore, in addition to his favorite polo and Cuju, he is also proficient in riding, archery, dancing, fencing, music, law and calculation, More than a dozen skills such as Qingbo, cockfighting, goose fighting, and chess.
Therefore, this time he just wanted to play polo happily, to temporarily forget all the heavy and condensed faces of the courtiers, pessimistic loss, majesty and uprightness, violent expressions, and other depressing negative emotions.
At least, he can find a moment of competitive victory and defeat here, without any false and intriguing happy talk, but temporarily forget that he is the holy lord and emperor who needs to hold the world's billions of trillions of hopes and deal with the grand plan of the military nation.
Therefore, for the rare interest of the Holy Lord this time, the eunuchs in charge of this matter also changed their methods to please this person; not only did they dug the ground of the polo field deep and leveled it again, but also used clean sand, carbon dust and sieve. The mud of the river crossing was smeared with several layers; after adding dozens of barrels of grease to dry in the shade, it was repeatedly flattened and compacted with a stone roller, and then polished with a stone plate to make it smooth and dust-free, which made people feel comfortable at first glance. .
Although the ground in Guanzhong outside is full of "birds die from bitter heat, and pond fish are draining their mud." scenes of intense heat and drought; but here is still a cool and shaded scene of surging mountains and torrents of spring water.
Especially after the thick wefts and large dark curtains that are set up piece by piece, cleverly spliced together to cover most of the sun and the rising wind and dust. This has turned into a cool and clean place.
And in the pergola dedicated to rest, there are even more piled up and carved into the ice of Penglai fairy mountain, as well as seasonal fruit foods and drinks displayed during the period. In the Qingluo Palace, people hold large leaf fans. With a light wave, it exudes bursts of cool air.
Therefore, the young emperor, dressed in brisk and translucent silk, was also full of excitement and glamorous face while riding a horse. He allowed his robe to be blown by the galloping wind, tightly fitting to every contour and line of his thin body. On the folds.
At least in the field he is familiar with and good at, he is the invincible master and the unfavorable leader, instead of being highly respected and admired in the court, but haunted by all kinds of complex thoughts and desires. The Holy Lord is supreme surrounded by all kinds of hateful faces and false expressions.
The last time he was able to enjoy himself this way, he was still in that polo match to set Sanchuan; in a temporary playoff, the Jiedu Envoys of Xichuan, Dongchuan, and Shan (South) West were appointed. Up. He still vaguely remembered that it was Chen Jingxuan, his elder brother Tian Dafu, who was so skilled that he was the first choice for Xichuan Jiedushi.
However, even his short-lived leisure was destined to be fruitless; because just the third time he put a polo studded with beautiful embroidery and bells to the edge of the colored silk banner for the first time, Suddenly I can't hear the cheering and rushing drums.
He couldn't help showing some disappointment and annoyance on his pale, flushed and slightly baggy face; he saw the eunuchs and palace people around the polo field, all seeming to have been banned. , And only the intensified cicada's chirping remains.
"Why, why... I stopped..."
The voice of the young emperor's questioning echoed in the wide field, and it also made these people around the world jump down and bow down in panic and fear. Then he saw a few figures with a Zhu Zi crown belt and a golden turtle bag on their waists exposed.
Surprisingly, he was supposed to meet the ministers on duty who should have met and stayed in. It's just that these ministers did not show some kind of bitterly persuasive attitude as always, nor did they make a bitterly generous statement. They just took the Tongzhong Shumen Xia Dou Luyuan as the head, and said in a deep voice after an inspection:
"The trend of seeking thieves in the front has changed, please move the Lord"
Later, in the Yanying Hall, where the atmosphere became dull again, the young emperor only knew and understood the bad news called "The thieves have changed." The soldiers and horses of the various towns who went to the Huai River to prepare for the enemy, had already "Improper thief" and either collapsed or retreated.
As a result, the Dongdu Liusi and Zhudao thieves camps chaired by the two important ministers of Zheng and Cui now have little available soldiers and foreign aid, and can only rely on the hastily recruited pawns to defend Heluo. They are all closed; so that they called together in the book; fearing the troubles of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi.
However, there is a worse situation: that Huang Ni actually sent people in the Kwantung area to spread posts, and issued a notice to the officers and soldiers of various places, affirming that he would enter Chang'an to inquire about crimes, and have nothing to do with everyone. Dispatch makes trouble.
Even worse is the reaction of the Kanto vassals. Regardless of those who have always been rebellious or secretly alienated from Yang and Yin, or those who obeyed and got close to the court in the past, or even obeyed the court, they all lost their voices unanimously at this time.
Among them, naturally also included the Heyang Jiedu who came from the thief to make Zhuge cool. (End of this chapter)