Chapter 3: The Long Song of the Sword

The Tatar village is lit up in the sky, and the patrol camp and sentry go back and forth, which is chaotic but not chaotic. I am very strict in governing the army, and no one dares to be lazy and lazy, and everyone in the Iron Guard Camp is even more spiritual.

Seeing the return of the Great Commander, the armor leaves rang out, and the red-clothed guards split their hands and gave way to the road.

Wu Enqi led Zhao Quan into the big tent, and Shi Yili stood beside him.

There are four triangular brackets erected in the tent, with shallow oil fire trays, and smoke and flames are swirling, illuminating the surrounding light and shadow. I sat on the tiger skin chair in the center, his face was very gloomy, and when he saw Zhao Quan coming in, he shouted loudly: "You did a good job!"

Zhao Quan was so frightened on the spot that his eyes and hands trembled, and his color changed. The heart said Could it be that my conversation with Wang Tingfu was heard by the Great Khan's meticulous work?Stabilize my mind and step forward to salute: "Great Khan, I don't know what is angry?" The brain spun rapidly: "No, I had already retreated left and right, there was no one at the tent, and my voice was low, how could it be leaked?" Squinted at the third lady Zhong Jin beside me, and saw that she was also cold-eyed, and couldn't help but make a plan in my heart.

I replied and looked at him for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "You have an affair with the Ming army, and you want to turn my back on me to return to the Southern Dynasty, yes or no?"

Zhao Quandeng's heart was wide, and he expected that Zhong Jin must have found out that Tingfu and I were getting closer, and the conversation was waved back and right, and the shape was secret, so he sued the deviation. What's the use of having no evidence? He smiled dumbly and said, "How can there be such a thing?"

I replied angrily: "You dare to hide it from me! Someone is coming, push it out and behead it!"

The knife and axe hand rushed up to tie up Zhao Quan, so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground: "The minister is not guilty, I hope the Great Khan will take a closer look!"

I snorted angrily: "Let me ask you, why did you spread the news of the Jacket Dusi to the public, so that the army's heart was turbulent and everyone was in danger?"

Zhao Quanquan was stunned: "I haven't mentioned this matter to anyone, even if it is leaked, it is definitely not Weichen's doing!"

Zhong Jin said next to him: "When the messenger made the report, only the Great Khan, Huang Taiji, you and I and Wu Enqi were there, not you, could it be us?"

Zhao Quan's eyes rolled, and he said that Huang Taiji was rude and unwise, and he could tell Wang Tingfu about such a big thing, but he might not tell others, and the news might come from him, but in front of me, how could he say that his son was not. Kowtow and bow again: "The eldest prince led his troops to leave the camp from behind, 30,000 horses, how can he hide from the eyes and ears of the army, causing the sergeants to speculate and discuss, it is normal, I am afraid that he may not know the truth." Since the ministers voted for the Great Khan, after 13 years, they have been conscientious and loyal, how can they ever have the heart of rebellion? The ministers' wives and children are all in the city of Dabansheng, if the ministers rebel, how can they have their lives? Not to mention that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is mediocre, how can he compare with the Great Khan's Yinghua Tianlong, and his virtue is great, and the ministers go to Tatar and go to the southern dynasties, they abandon the light and go to the dark, and the birds run to the barren mountains, although the ministers are ignorant, such foolish deeds must not be done! The Ming Dynasty governors supported the Great Khan in the Tatars, and they looked at the ministers as if they were staring at the flesh in their eyes, and they offered rewards for each other, how could the ministers go to the net! I am afraid that some people are jealous and frame Wei Chen, hoping that the Great Khan will see everything and make decisions for the ministers!"

I replied expressionlessly, looked at him coldly, and remained silent. After a while, he said, "Are you the same heart?"

Zhao Quan kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Great Khan Mingjian!

"Hmm. I replied with a slight wave of his hand to make the knife and axe hand retreat, and his tone was much softener: "Huang Taiji is rough and open-mouthed, I know it. As a southerner, it is common for you to sit in the position of a military advisor and be hated and jealous, so how can I not know your loyalty? ”

Zhao Quan kowtowed: "Yes." ”

I replied lightly: "Get up." Zhao Quan thanked him and got up, and gave Zhong Jin and Wu Enqi another salute, and then took a step back and stood at the side. I replied: "The thunder dragon out of the plug, must be made by Wang Chonggu, this person is very deceitful, this time I don't know if he personally dispatched, if so, with his soldiers, I am afraid that Huang Taiji is not his opponent." I have the heart to lead another 40,000 troops to reinforce in person, and after the army is broken, I don't know what you think?"

Zhao Quan's expression did not move, his heart turned over a few times, and secretly wondered that the 50,000 troops of the Thunder Dragon attacked the Yuan'er Division, and Huang Taiji led 30,000 troops to rush there, although the number was insufficient, but there were also a lot of people and horses in the Yuan'er Division, and the military strength should be enough. Nai said calmly: "No, the thunder dragon long-distance attack, sharp and tired, there is a prince rushed to help the war, enough to resist, if the Great Khan leads heavy reinforcements, the camp is empty, once the Datong Ming army attacks, the military burden and the southward income, are not guaranteed, according to the minister's opinion, or after the heavy army is broken, the baggage first, slowly retreat, not too impatient, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy." ”

I replied and Zhong Jin glanced at each other and smiled: "Well, what you said is reasonable." Then proceed as planned. It's getting late, so the military advisor should go back early to rest. ”

Zhao Quan scolded secretly in his heart, Xie En came out and returned to the tent to strip and lie down, turning over and over and over and not being able to sleep comfortably, weighing left and right, considering Wang Tingfu's suggestion, his heart was in turmoil, and he secretly gritted his teeth. I thought that the Tartars would only use cavalry to loot the villages, if I hadn't taught you to make strong armor and sharp soldiers, rush rods and ladders, etc., facing the city wall, you would only stare at me! Now you only want to put me to death based on one or two words of slander from others, it can be seen that the beast nature is not lost, and there is no grace in the blink of an eye, sparing but not killing is just to see that I still have use value, it seems that Tingfu is right, you can't be too attached to the Tartars, find the right opportunity, and have to speed up the realization of our plan to be the king, and then get rid of the Tartars and become one, so that you can firmly hold your destiny in your own hands!

He thought about it, I don't know how long it took, sleepiness hit, dazed and fell asleep, in the haze, I saw that he was wearing a dragon robe and jade belt, sitting in the city of Taiyuan, the palace was splendid, the armor soldiers each held guns and axes in the two compartments, hundreds of officials worshipped, and said Long live Gaozu, long live, long live! Then the banquet was set down, the banquet was feasted, the drums were singing, the palace danced, and he fought in the sword court, raising his words and aspirations, and he was full of spirit: "I am a Confucian student, born in a slight cold, and I threw myself into the Tartars in vain, and Tao Hui was planning to wait for the time, and now I have gained power, exhaled and raised my eyebrows, expanded the rivers and mountains, opened the Changping of hundreds of millions of years, rich in the four seas, and the world returned to the heart, how magnificent? The ministers congratulated, waited eagerly, shook their robes and belts, waved their swords and posed a few times, but their thoughts were suddenly blocked, and they couldn't think of any wonderful words.

Looking up, the candlelight in the tent is like a bean, the wind outside is whistling very urgently, help the quilt to sit up, recall the things in the dream, think about Cao Cao's horizontal lance when the poem, not far from the disaster of the red cliff, this dream is afraid of bad omen, the heart is uneasy, just thinking about it, suddenly heard a cannon sound, shaking the heavens and the earth.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and got up and went out of the tent to inspect, but when he saw that the stars and the moon were fading, and the night was dark, he was afraid that it had reached the beginning of the ugly end of the year, and the night breeze was cool and hunting, and the flag horn was pulled to the southwest.

I replied with a loud voice faintly in the sound of cannons: "Hold your ground, don't panic!" Zhao Quan called a few entourages to protect, and hurried to the Chinese army's iron guard camp, and suddenly saw a person running down, this person has a head like a wheat bucket, a body like a mountain bear, and a ghost face in his hand, which is Bo Rigude. He was without heavy armor and wearing a thin shirt, and he was obviously in a hurry, and he rushed over and shouted: "Great Khan, the shelling is from the north, and in the dark night I can only see the flash of artillery fire, and I can't see how many people and horses!"

I replied with a pale-pleasing face, and secretly wondered: "There are cannons, and the range of the cannons in the city is absolutely not up to here, and they are coming from the north, could it be that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty have arrived?" shouted to his side: "Where is the horse team patrolling the city?" The sound of the cannons was deafening, the neighing was chaotic, and no one answered him. At this moment, another horse flew in, and immediately the man was tall and strong, with a thick black face, red hair and red hair, eyebrows like flying fire, and a machete in his hand, which was the general Sukhbashou. He was far away and said in a loud and urgent voice: "Great Khan, the enemy's artillery is firing very fast, and it is estimated that there are a lot of them! I led people to rush out, but there were archers and musketeers outside the enemy's camp, and the firepower was dense and continuous, and it was really difficult to break through!" Zhao Quan was terrified in his heart, he had already experienced the taste of artillery bombardment at close range in the south of Datong City that day, looking at the current situation, it seemed that the power of the shells of the bombardment camp was comparable to that day, and the firearms were deadly things, and even if they were aimed at Da Luo Jinxian, they couldn't dodge, so they hurriedly said loudly:" Great Khan, I'm afraid that the Ming army's reinforcements have arrived, let's withdraw our troops!"

With a wave of his arm, he threw him off, mounted his horse with his sword, and shouted: "Pass my order! All the armies should be careful to avoid it, strictly guard the fence and not move lightly, and those who flee in vain will be killed!"

At this time, Zhong Jin also put on his armor and mounted his horse, carried a spear in his hand and said, "I will take a detour from the rear camp and turn to the north to have a look!"

I replied: "No! I don't know the reality of the enemy yet, and I am afraid that I will suffer from it if I go out, so it is better to hold on to the fortress and wait for the battle to see what happens." ”

Wu Enqi suddenly said: "The rear camp is on fire!" Several people looked back, only to see that the sky was flying red, shining like the day, Sukhba Shou raised his knife and said: "I'll go to the back camp!" "The horse flew out of the fence, the four hooves overturned, and clashed in the artillery fire, and on the way, I saw a Tatar soldier who fled in panic, and they all waved their swords and slashed immediately, but they couldn't stop the momentum of defeat and retreat, thinking that this army has always been extremely brave, why is it so bad today? Running out not far away, the rumbling ground trembled, and I saw the neighing of the cattle and horses in front, the hooves were fried, and the fire was rushing, and the number was very large, and the fence broke through the fence and rolled forward to the camp, and the ground was even to the sky, like the tide.