Xie Ying didn't go home, and this year has been lived in a clean and widowed way, and it's not much fun.
Cui Xie didn't even bother to buy New Year's goods, so he just asked Cui Liangdong to send gifts everywhere according to the rules of previous years. He only kept half a slice of pork, a few cages of chickens and ducks, a few baskets of dried Tianjin seafood, and a few fresh vegetables and fruits. Cooking and eating at home when selling food.
Cui Liangdong handed over stacks of gift lists, took out the ones given to Xie's house, and asked, "This year, Mr. Xie is not here, this gift list needs to be changed, but I have to go with fresh meat and vegetables, and change it to dry food. Wa?"
Cui Xie nodded: "Then give less, but it can't be completely changed. He also uses strong men in his house. He eats a lot, and some fresh vegetables and meat are good. In fact, we should send some to the border, but The heavy snow at the border closed the road early, and it is inconvenient for us to send it there.
His family gave gifts as usual, and Xie's family also returned gifts as usual, and according to Xie Ying's practice in Beijing, they sent a few jars of high-quality shochu like clear water. Cui Xie himself didn't drink much, and most of it was given to Teacher Li and the seniors of the Hanlin Academy. The rest was divided among the authors, and he only kept a jar for New Year's drinking.
New Year's Eve to keep the New Year's Eve, New Year's Day to go to the palace to worship the sky, go home to worship ancestors, and on the second day of the first year, Sister Yun returned to her mother's house.
The most important work of the past two days has passed, and before you can relax and enjoy a day of holiday, an emergency military report came from the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi in the north - the little prince of the north has gathered 30,000 troops and headed for the newly built military town of Shaanxi Red Salt Pond! .
Fortunately, Yansui Town has built dozens of miles from the border town in the past two years. There are many buildings along the castle platform. The beacon fire spreads quickly.
Bianshu Pegasus came and asked Beijing to send troops to rescue immediately.
The cabinet and the Ministry of War did not celebrate the New Year, and hurried to the palace to discuss the deployment of troops.
It is too late to transfer troops from Beijing to Shaanxi, and even from Xuanda area is too slow. Liu Daxia suggested that Yang Yiqing and Shaanxi defenders should be recruited to recruit troops on the spot, and they should recruit good family members to defend the city and wait for the army to go out to encircle and destroy the little prince. .
This proposal was passed immediately, and the emperor immediately ordered the cabinet to formulate a decree. .
Cui Xie was also called back to the Hanlin Academy to work overtime.
He was living the New Year in peace, and when he heard the news, his heart beat faster, pressing his chest and asked, "I'm afraid the guns and guns will arrive at the border soon, and the arquebuses are very troublesome to charge and open the chamber. , are the frontier troops used to it?"
As war reporters, the Zhang brothers must be going where there is danger; Xie Ying not only won't control them, but also has to work with them on the front line. If the weapons can't keep up, how can he, how can he rest assured!
He went to see Li Dongyang restlessly and asked for more details of the battle. Teacher Li also thought that he was worried about the country and the people, patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You were the one who made the cement, you were the one who made the telescope, and you were the one who wrote the letter to the court to go out to sea to purchase military equipment. If you want to fight, how come you are afraid again at this moment?"
At the beginning, he was preparing for the war to change history, but now he is worried that something will happen to his family... Alas, he really is not a hero, and he still has the word "little" hidden in his bones.
Cui Xie bowed his head slightly and shook his head ashamedly: "I have relatives and friends on the front line, so how can I not worry. If the thief arrives a few months later, even the frontline sergeants can be familiar with the arquebus, and I can rest assured."
Teacher Li smiled and said: "In the past, there was no Fran cannon, no Spanish guns, and only with some cement, our Daming frontier army was able to keep the captives out of the gate, not to mention now? I know that your ancestors and uncles are all At the border gate, you miss them, but it’s useless to think too much, and the sage will not tell you to go to the border gate. If you have the heart, you can print more "Heroes of Stuffing" and sell them everywhere, so that more people can serve the court with their hearts."
Well, the imperial court is about to send troops at this time, and he can also help with some propaganda work. However, Yansuiwei is far from Beijing. It is difficult to send such a thick set of books on the road, and it must not be able to send many sets. It is better to simply create propaganda posters.
You don't have to sell it, just stick it on the streets and alleys. Based on his popularity, many people must tear it up and take it home for collection.
Cui Xie has already broken the jar of Cui Meiren's identity, and worked overtime to draw up various edicts. When he got home, he took advantage of the two holidays of New Year's Day and Lantern Festival to draw more than ten promotional pictures.
The craftsmen of the Cui family immediately started work and gave him a double salary for the holidays to engrave new drawings. The characters in the picture are all the ones he drew in "Heroes on the Stuff". All of them are heroic and handsome, wearing new iron armor, dragging them, and holding a sharp blade with a cold light in their hands. They are valiant and enviable. .
These characters include those who slashed into battle with their swords, those who rode horses and stood at the head of the city wall to patrol the distance, and those who killed the enemy with real swords and real guns... Yang Yiqing, the beautiful version of Yang Tinghe, dressed in a red peacock suit and shook the feather fan, was fully satisfied. The common people's traditional aesthetics of wise generals and Confucian generals.
Out of selfishness, he still painted a propaganda picture of Zhang Xie and Zhenfu, leading two national uncles and a team of golden-robed guards into the desert.
In the painting, Xie Ying is holding a map, and the two uncles are holding pencils and interview books, but Jin Yiwei is no longer a family of 14,000 households, but an ordinary Tiqi wearing red and yellow clothes. The group of people were all furious horses in fresh clothes, their cheeks were blood-stained, reflecting the blood-like setting sun over the desert, sketching a breathtaking murderous intent.
This year, in order to work overtime to print paintings, Ju Anzhai did not hold any grand events, and only hung a few of the posters outside the study after the posters were printed.
The rest is naturally loaded and transported to the northwest important town.
Yulin Weizhen Fu is the grandfather of Cui Xie, so how can the things sent by his grandson be used
Regardless of his age, Liu Zhenfu personally escorted the car to Wang Ji, the general who was in charge of recruiting troops. He especially found the picture with his portrait printed on it, and repeatedly praised him for his heroism and heroism.
Wang Can smiled and looked at Huang Rihua, whose face in the painting did not look like him at all, but the verve was exactly the same as his own self, and praised repeatedly: "Thanks to the two uncles for writing well, Cui The scholar's fine brushwork is like a god, otherwise how could such a good picture be obtained? Those good children of the common people saw this picture and saw the demeanor of our Ming soldiers, how could they not join the army?"
Not to mention calling the son of the Liang family to be a soldier, even the Mongolian soldiers under the little prince who saw this painting would have to hate himself for not being a sergeant of the Ming Dynasty!
He admired the painting for a long time, and asked people to post it all over the city, so that the people could also see the style of the Ming officials and troops.
This painting was not only sent to Yulin, but also sent to the new city built by the Red Salt Pond with the reinforcements and provisions of the Yulin Guards. Xie Ying and two national uncles came to this border town surrounded by thieves with Yang Yiqing, and they also saw the propaganda posters sent by Yulin.
The two generations of Jinyiwei are finally in the same frame, and the uncles have been the protagonists of offline works for many years, and finally turned over!
Brother Zhang Heling was full of emotion at the poster, and when he saw someone, he wanted to show the scroll to others.
When General Manager Yang, who was traveling abroad, returned to the camp and saw the coloring pictures promoting him, he couldn't help but sighed twice: This has painted him as Yang Tinghe. How can he see Yang Xueshi when he returns to Beijing? Do his senior brothers Liu Daxia and Li Dongyang know that this appearance was written by the uncles of the country, and do they think he wants to look like Yang Xueshi and laugh at him behind his back
It would be fine if he was only laughing behind his back, Senior Brother Li would definitely be able to laugh at him face to face...
During the day, General Manager Yang was worried about how to contain the little prince, waiting for the reinforcements from the towns to flank him from behind, to wipe out the set of sights here, and at night to worry about his appearance, which can be said to be extremely hard. Fortunately, Yulin Town not only sent soldiers and propaganda posters, but also some mutton and cheese.
The thinner you are, the longer your face will appear, the more you eat, the more plump your face will look good.
He was thinking about his face in the city, and the army of the little prince outside the city was also studying his appearance.
In the winter of last year, Wuliangha gave their Mongolian people the "Heroes on the Wall" written by the Han people, and said that the two most beloved uncles of the Ming Emperor were preparing for battle in the frontier army. The book depicts the faces of the uncles of the state and Yang Yiqing, the ruler of the three sides. If these three people can be obtained, the Ming court will definitely be able to cast a rat against them. Even if you can't hit the city of Beijing like when you kidnapped Yingzong, at least you can enter the customs and loot.
In the past two years, they have been subject to the cities, forts, platforms, and piers that the Ming army rose up overnight, stone fences everywhere, and cannons that kept firing every battle... and Wang Shouren, the censor of Shaanxi, who taught the Ming army to Wang Yuan. Magic, has never grabbed anything from the hands of the Han people, but lost soldiers and generals one after another, and lost countless ordnance.
Nowadays, iron is as precious as gold on the grassland, and more than a thousand households can still afford a full set of battle armor and weapons. And the most terrifying thing is not the lack of armour, but that the Tatars today are not as daring to fight against the Ming army as they used to be.
If you can't win a big victory over the Ming army and boost your morale, I'm afraid that the princes and sergeants from top to bottom will not dare to fight against the Ming army again. Barrens Migration.
How much hard work it took for them to cross the river back then, how could they give up this grassland so easily and go to those poor days in the past!
For this battle, the little prince, the Mongolian Dayan Khan Batumengke, not only led his troops across the desert, but also sneaked into the Red Salt Pool, an unknown place where Mongolia's Kaslan tribe was defeated by the Han more than 30 years ago. He even wanted to marry his daughter to Erqiman from Wuliangha's tribe in exchange for support.
It's a shame that A'er is begging for both ends of the barbarian head and mouse, and he refuses to borrow troops to attack the Ming kingdom with him. If this battle is won, they will take advantage of the general trend to annex the Duowu Liangha tribe, so that the grassland tribes will know the consequences of rejecting Dayan Khan.
The little prince squinted at the two 16- or 17-year-old handsome young men on the paper, and instructed lightly, "After the city is destroyed, first focus on finding the Ming Guo uncle. As long as they are caught, I won't be afraid that the border guards won't bow their heads!"
The appearance of the two young men has been kept in the hearts of princes and generals. As long as the gate of the Red Salt Pond is opened, his sons will lead troops into the city to search for the two of them.
The Tatar army endured the damage of heavy bombers and the drought and bitter cold of the desert, and insisted on sieging the city for nearly a month. Just when the little prince could no longer bear the burden, the gate of Hongyanchi New City suddenly opened, and a team of infantry soldiers wearing strong armor and holding strange spears walked out from the gate, exposing them to the little prince.
There were also a few soldiers with bright red short skirts under their armor in the formation, dressed as Jin Yiwei. The Tartars only glanced at their faces, then raised their long knives and shouted: "Rush! Rush into the city, Catch Ming Guo's uncle alive!"
There was a shout, and everyone was about to break in, but heard a sharp and broken voice from the doorway: "Your grandfather Zhang is here, which thief dares to come up and catch our brother!"
Prince Ballsborough, who was leading the charge, subconsciously restrained his horse, trying to distinguish the two uncles they were looking for from among the armored soldiers.
But before he could find it, a cloud of smoke rose from the front of the gate, and he only felt a pain in his chest, and the world in front of him fell into darkness.
The first batch of arquebusier troops retreated to reload, and the second batch went up alternately, clearing the Mongolian army approaching the city. Teams of well-trained soldiers retreated to exchange formations. The sound of bullets and screams continued. In just one stick of incense, a large cavalry was harvested.
The Tatar army has only seen the three-eyed guns and bird guns of the Ming army. As long as they have iron armor, they can be safe from dozens of steps away. Unexpectedly, they met the Ming army in this battle. They were also equipped with Spanish arquebuses for a winter. .
The horses were frightened by the sound of gunfire and neighed. The former army quickly retreated for a while, trying to avoid the range of the arquebus, but this shot exposed the army to the long-caliber gun at the head of the city and the Fran cannon launched at the city gate. in range.
Under the bombardment of Fran's machine cannon, more than ten lives can be harvested, while the marbles of the long-caliber cannon bloom in the array, but the flesh and blood splashes like a purgatory on earth.
The two brave sons of the little prince died in the battle for no apparent reason. However, it was not the time for him to retreat if he wanted to. The sharp-eyed soldiers saw the beacon fires on the left and right fortresses burning continuously, the ground trembled slightly, and the Ming army stretched for several miles from the back of the army.
It turned out that the Ming army went into battle today, not because the officials in the city were unable to defend the city, but because the reinforcements the Ming army was waiting for had arrived, and they came out to encircle it both inside and outside!
But how could the Ming Army be able to pinpoint the time so accurately
Could it be that they didn't kill enough traitors, and the person who passed the news to them was a traitor who had a heart for the Ming Kingdom? !
The little prince was dizzy, and he couldn't help but glance at the top of the city - countless armored soldiers patrolled the city. A tube of black stuff looked at him with a stern look.
That's... Wang Shouren! Wang Shouren, who can check the movements of thousands of miles! No wonder the Ming army in the city could just come out to lure the enemy at this moment!
The little prince glanced at his head with hatred, and turned around to call the remnant soldiers to leave with him, but the others who saw Wang Shouren shouted in disappointment: "Grandpa Wang Shouren! It's Grandpa Wang here, sweat, we can't win, quickly retreat. Bar!"
Dayan Khan was surrounded by people, and he didn't pay attention to the city head, so he didn't feel that the long-diameter cannon on the city head turned a slight angle.
With a slightly higher angle, the ammo will travel further along the parabola.
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In May, the battle was completely settled.
Nearly half of the 30,000-strong army led by the little prince was annihilated and subdued under the city of Hongyanchi. The little prince, his eldest son, third son, Da Jinong and others were all killed by gunfire. After retreating to Dongtao, Xie Ying and other Jin Yiwei found traces in the north of the desert, and were finally surrounded by three-way army.
The second son, fourth son, and fifth son of the little prince were killed in battle, and the youngest son disappeared.
The main fire sieve of Golejin Banner, who had been in the vertical and horizontal sets for many years, wanted to cross the Hebei to escape, but was blocked by the Xuanfu defenders who were guarding the river.
However, "The Fortress of Jinyiwei" is still being serialized. The people did not stop buying books because the imperial court spoiled the ending of the little prince and the Huosibu. Instead, they were more willing to spend money to see more books that made Mingren proud. story.
At the end of June, Yang Yiqing and others were ordered to go to Beijing to offer prisoners, and the court also discussed how to reward them.
Xie Ying chased the dead and chased the north, and led the army to block the rest of the thieves; the two uncles personally killed the second son of the little prince, Ballsborough, and Wang Shouren commanded the cannon of the city to kill the little prince, his sons, and his generals. Yang Yiqing presided over the battle and dispatched the troops, all of which should be rewarded for meritorious deeds.
Yang Yiqing was awarded the imperial censor of Youdu because of his merits, and he was still temporarily responsible for the trilateral general system; the uncles of the country were awarded the title of uncles because of their merits and their status as relatives of the country; Wang Shouren's award has caused the court to quarrel for a long time - the merits of war should be awarded, but there is an ancestral system in which civil officials are not awarded.
Once you are enthroned, you will not be able to join the pavilion.
The three old patriarchs did not teach him the title of nobility in the end, but presided over the military affairs in the Xuanda area as the deputy chief censor to prepare for the restoration of Kaiping Guard by the imperial court.
After this award, officials in the DPRK and China who were preparing for the war also got promoted, and Cui Xie, the hero who made and introduced the weapon of the battle array, should not be forgotten.
He was promoted to be a Hanlin bachelor and a right-hand man of the Zhan Shifu, and if he continued to age, he was one step away from entering the cabinet, which is also a proud life.
He was socializing around during the day, and at night, he went to a private meeting with Xie Ying in the small garden, and spent a long time hustling around. It wasn't until another New Year was approaching, when it was discussed in the DPRK that the crown prince would be handed over to sixteen next year, and he could prepare to choose a concubine, and he suddenly realized that—
The Hongzhi Dynasty has not ended yet. The Emperor Hongzhi is not only still alive, but also living a healthy life. He is not as frail and sick as in history, and is in danger of dying prematurely.
Zhu Houzhao, this bear child, can ask his father to take care of him until he grows up and matures.
When he becomes a relative and has a family in charge, he will not make a mess in the leopard's room, and he will probably have children and daughters, and he will not have no heirs behind him.
The history of the Ming Dynasty really changed the wings of this little butterfly. Although he doesn't know how big he can become, as far as he knows, it has indeed become better than in the history books.
He could finally rest in peace for a while, let this prosperous world go on naturally and steadily, and concentrate on living a small life with Xie Ying.
The author has something to say: Thank you for your support for so long, the text is written here, and there will be extras later