Chapter 492: One shot becomes famous, one burns becomes famous

Even the Xuanfu, the richest in the Nine Border Towns, has lost the noisy and lively people of the past these days. There was no shortage of merchants from all over the world, and there were no fewer kabuki bands that entertained merchants and flattered high-ranking military officers, and even fewer citizens who lived here...... But there are fewer idlers on the street, and there is less of a leisurely atmosphere that has nothing to do with the sky falling, even the eunuch's mansion, which used to be called the church meeting, has suddenly stopped these days.

As a result, the early morning of this Xuanfu also showed its rare diligent side. At three o'clock, the sky was still gray, and countless dots of light snow were falling in the air, and even the people who worked in the dark on weekdays had not yet come out of the warm quilts, and suddenly there were countless horses' hooves on the street, and there were all brightly dressed officers on them.

These former pampered officers didn't care about how distressed the horses were under them, and they all waved their whips desperately. It was easy to rush to the General Soldier's Mansion, and everyone jumped off their horses and rushed to the door. Before the chaos could stand, a cloud board sound came out, and everyone was silent for a while, all of them were looking for their own positions.

Zheng Heng, the Marquis of Wu'an, in the second hall, glanced at the leaky pot next to him, and when the sound of the cloud board was over, he frowned dissatisfiedly. I think that when he was the chief soldier in this Xuanfu, the generals and officers rushed to the station early every day, where is the messy situation like now. Glancing at the crown of the eunuch who had just arrived at the lower left and the other two hot officials in the palace, he couldn't help but feel an indescribable dissatisfaction, but he was careful not to show it.

Pressing the saber, Zheng Heng strode out the door. Standing still on the steps in front of the door, he glanced coldly at the people below, and took a deep breath of the cold and dry air of the early morning.

"Are you all here?"

An officer who was waiting in the hall hurriedly bowed down and said, "Back to Wu'anhou, everyone has arrived." ”

Seeing that all the officers were standing fairly straight in the wind and snow, Zheng Heng felt a little less annoyed in his heart: "By the emperor's holy decree, I took over from Xing'anbo three days ago to guard the Xuan Mansion. The reason why everyone was summoned today was because I went to Kaiping first, so I arrived at Xuanfu two days late. I haven't been here for six or seven years, and I'm sure there are new people among you who don't know me or what I'm doing. I just want to say one thing, don't forget your duty just because you are promoted now! Since Xinghe was besieged, you ask yourself, what have you done? ”

Zheng Heng is in the prime of life, although he is now in his early fifties, he does not have many gray hair, and he looks younger than Xing'an Bo Xu Heng. At this moment, he suddenly raised his tone, and said in a fierce voice: "Don't say that you are a lowly position and can't predict a big event, if you don't make a suggestion in the event of such a big event, what's the use of the General Military Mansion asking so many subordinate officials?" The emperor sent me here for only one purpose, to relieve the siege of Xinghe, to levy grain reserves in the north, and to eliminate the corrupt officials! Immediately after the point of duty, today, the three towns of Xuanfu will be read in the three towns of the Great Teaching Field, if there is a mistake in military law! When I met the messengers of Warat from time to time, they all cheered me up! ”

When you read the soldiers of the three towns of Xuanfu? How many people are there! Also, when did this Varat messenger come, and how did they not know?

At this moment, not to mention that the officers were in a mess, even the crown was stunned on the spot. However, Lu Feng has been tired these days and has not found out the ugly son of a so-called spy, and he has to worry that Zhang Yue will not have good fruits to eat when he returns to Beijing if he has an accident, it is simply exhausting, and he can't help but feel relieved when he sees these people in such a situation. But Hai Shou's face changed slightly, and then he stood there without saying a word.

Suddenly, the commander of the left, center, and right guards of the Xuanfu hurriedly went out, and the rest of the people did not dare to slack off, and even the three eunuchs left. And Meng Jun didn't have anything to do, just because the top boss was changed from Heng to Bi Heng, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, so he walked at the end. Before he could step out of the second door, he heard someone calling behind him, and when he turned around and saw that it was Zheng Heng's personal soldiers, he understood what was going on.

When he arrived at the second hall, he saluted his subordinates and immediately sat down on his left hand. To his surprise, Zheng Heng just looked at him thoughtfully, but did not speak immediately, as if he was hesitating about something.

"If there is anything to assign to Wu'anhou, please command."

"You're good, I do have something for you to do." Zheng Heng smiled slightly, raised his hand and ordered his relatives on the side to go outside with their hands, then he got up and paced two steps from his seat, suddenly turned around, stared at Meng Jun's eyes and asked, "You are the eldest son of the Marquis of Baoding, and you are determined to inherit the title in the future." I ask you, would you like to take the throne to yourself, or would you like to do what your grandfather did? ”

Meng Jun didn't expect Zheng Heng to ask such a question, and after being stunned for a while, he wanted to instinctively say that he didn't have any ambitions, but when he saw Zheng Heng's strange gaze, he immediately woke up. The emperor sent himself to Xuanfu, definitely not because of what happened to Meng Xian at the beginning to anger the Meng family, but because of some kind of expectation. Even if he can't afford this kind of expectation, if he says anything to Zheng Hengzhi about eating and waiting for death, then I'm afraid the consequences will backfire. With a roll of his eyes, he had an idea.

"It depends on what the emperor wants. If the emperor wants me to make a contribution, I am naturally willing to sand the enemy horse leather shroud. If the emperor has available people, I don't need to join in the fun, and it is not impossible to keep to myself. Wu Anhou has watched me grow up since I was a child, and he should know that I am a temperament that goes with the flow. ”

"No ambition!"

scolded and scolded, but Zheng Heng also knew that Meng Jun's words were true, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately said with a straight face: "This time Xinghe was surrounded, although I strongly advocated that reinforcements should not be sent easily, so as not to be caught by Arutai and take the opportunity to repeat the mistake of Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi that day, but I can't just leave it alone." Xinghe Kaiping is the last two fortresses of our dynasty outside the Great Wall, and I can't lose anything! After the Wara envoy comes, I will send you to take the soldiers of Xuanfu Zuowei and the town out of Zhangjiakou Fort. ”

At this moment, Meng Jun was stunned, and he didn't care about the elders and young for a while, and pointed to his nose and said, "Wu Anhou, you're not joking, right?" Although I have been in Xuanfu for more than half a year, I have not had the opportunity to bring a single soldier, if there is anything wrong with this......

"The commander of the Xuanfu Left Guard and those officers below are not rice buckets, so they won't let you mess around. You don't need to say anything more, just take advantage of this opportunity to learn more. Zheng Heng shook his head angrily and snorted lightly, "If you don't fight, you won't have much experience in Xuanfu, and this is a great opportunity." An envoy sent by King Taiping of the Guardian tribe and the King of Anle of the Hui Te tribe will arrive in the afternoon. If that side can hold on, Arutai's desperate gamble this time can just crush his arrogance! ”

These days, Meng Jun has been worried about Zhang Yue, who is trapped in Xinghe, and when he heard Zheng Heng say it so confidently, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Since Wu'an Hou said so, if Wara can send troops as soon as possible, wouldn't the siege of Xinghe be lifted immediately?" ”

"I know what you're trying to ask, but there's no news from Xinghe at the moment. Arutai sent rangers to rob and kill scouts on all sides, and I sent many people before and after, but so far there has been no news. Before leaving, the British duke also asked me to help if I could, not to mention this relationship, Zhang Yue also lives next door to my house, not only you are the only one who thinks about him, but his brothers in the family have also entrusted me. I also hope that he can be safe, after all, the Zhang family in the capital is already a mess......"

Hearing a garbled word at first glance, Meng Jun couldn't help but be stunned, and when he wanted to ask, there was a sudden commotion outside the hall. Not long after, a pro-casual foot rushed into the door, knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Report, a group of scouts who went to Xinghe have returned!" ”

Zheng Heng was in high spirits, and hurriedly ordered: "Let him come in quickly!" ”

Soon, an old soldier forty miles away was helped into the house. After barely saluting, he swallowed hard, and immediately shouted with all his strength: "Qiqi Wu'an Hou, the lowly leader met the Tartar rangers, and it was easy to kill them and capture a prisoner, but it was not in line with the situation of Xinghe!" It is said that Arutai led nearly 20,000 troops to besiege Xinghe, attacking day and night, but the city has been carried to the death, and Xinghe is still safe and sound! ”

Safe and sound!

Hearing that 20,000 people were besieging the city, Zheng Heng and Meng Jun were originally raised with one heart, but the four words "safe and sound" were tantamount to a reassurance. Compared with Meng Jun's joy, Zheng Heng had just been ordered to replace Xu Heng as the chief military officer of the Xuanfu after all, but he paid more attention to the previous paragraphs. In spite of his excitement, he was cautious, and asked where the captured Tartar was, and when he heard that he had brought it back, he went and questioned it himself. Because he had conquered the grassland several times in the Yanwang Mansion in the past, he was extremely proficient in Mongolian language, and soon asked about the inside story, and his face suddenly showed a changing expression.

The eldest son of Arutai was seriously injured when he lost his pinch, the military flag was also pierced by an arrow, and the night before yesterday there was a fire in the city that made Tartar chickens fly and dogs jump! He thought that defending the city would be the best result, but he didn't expect that there would be such a result!

At this moment, the Mongolian man spat out a very abrupt sentence with fear on his face. After distinguishing clearly, Zheng Heng's eyes widened suddenly, and he immediately gasped.

"That divine fire burned a lot of people, and at that time, there were still people in the city shouting in Mongolian, Xiao Zhang, Lord Shenhuo! The same is true of the vanguard, when the vanguard flag is shot through, there are also people who call ......"

Xiao Zhang's magic shot! Xiao Zhang's divine fire!

Zheng Heng didn't even have time to explain to Meng Jun, who was following him, turned around and strode out of the room, and ordered in a deep voice to find a scribe who was proficient in Mongolian. As soon as the people arrived, he ordered him and the other officers to continue to interrogate, and then smiled at Meng Jun, who came out with a blank face: "If what that Tartar said is true, your brother-in-law will really become famous this time!" ”