Bianjing, Imperial Palace.
Royal study room.
"Father, why do you want to replace Chen Duling and let Ding Cheng, a fugitive general, guard Heyuan City? If Ding Cheng and the others escape the first time, they can escape the second time. Isn't this giving up Heyuan City to the Xiongnu in vain?"
In the imperial study room, Prince Zhao Ming asked in confusion.
He didn't understand how his father, who had always been wise and mighty, could do such an unwise behavior.
Beside the desk, Zhao Duan signed and approved a memorial with a swipe of his pen, then picked up the next one and asked without raising his head:
"Are you done?"
Zhao Ming was choked by his plain words and didn't know what to say, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't understand!"
"If you don't understand, think about it for yourself. If you can't figure it out, go back and give birth to your child. If you don't have talent, at least give birth to an heir for Song Dynasty.
You have to do something instead of making a fuss here! "
Zhao Duan slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed on the prince with a terrifying sense of oppression.
The prince's momentum immediately weakened, and he was speechless for a long time.
"Chi~"
With a chuckle, Zhao Duan continued to lower his head and correct the memorial in his study.
The imperial study room also fell into silence again.
Only the slight rustling sound of the cinnabar red pen in Zhao Duan's hand as he wrote on the memorial could be heard from time to time.
Suddenly, the rustling stopped, and Zhao Duan also put down the cinnabar pen in his hand, folded the memorial and threw it aside, and ordered to Cao Shuang:
"Give this stack to Zhang He and tell him to follow the rules as usual, but the places I circle with the pen must be done according to my wishes. There is no need to discuss!"
"promise!"
Cao Shuang responded and quickly gathered up the pile of memorials pointed by Zhao Duan. After gathering them, he immediately walked out of the imperial study.
When the door was gently closed, only Zhao Duan and the prince were left in the imperial study.
The candlelight in the room was swaying gently, making a slight crackling sound from time to time. It was very small, but unusually obvious in the quiet imperial study room. It was the sound of burning lamp oil.
Zhao Duan raised his head and saw that Zhao Ming stood up and stretched. Then he casually picked up a memorial on the table and threw it to the prince's side. He said angrily:
"As a prince, he doesn't have any sense of government, his face is full of joy and anger, and he is impatient and has no patience at all.
How can you afford the Song Dynasty in the future?
No, the answer to your curious question is above. Never draw conclusions about things that you don’t know the whole story, otherwise you will often make wrong choices.
As the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, you must combine all the information before you can make your own judgment. Think twice before you act. Go back and think about it more! "
Zhao Ming subconsciously bent down to pick up the memorial on the ground. He looked at the big word memorial on the memorial and the official seal of the Privy Council envoy below, and his spirit was suddenly shocked!
Is this the memorial of that thief Ding Nie?
Was it because of him that his father changed generals?
What trouble did this bitch cause again?
Zhao Ming was curious and couldn't wait to open the memorial.
“Your Majesty, Privy Councilor Ding Nieqi, is here to pray for the Holy Inquisition!”
The content of the memorial was not much, it was written in three pieces of paper, but the content inside shocked Zhao Ming.
The meaning is very simple, that is, there is a cousin in my family who has betrayed the divine grace and actually abandoned the city and fled, leading to the fall of Weiyang.
But he was careless and not intentional. He also asked the emperor to give him another chance and let him serve as the guard of Heyuan City to perform meritorious service.
The minister is willing to let the Tiger Hunting Army assist the court in fighting the Huns.
Please give the young man a chance to repent!
That's roughly what it means.
After reading, Zhao Ming raised the contents of the memorial in his hand and said in astonishment:
"Father, are you agreeing now?"
Zhao Duan nodded slowly: "I agreed, why not? The court is in need of reinforcements now.
The Tiger Hunting Army is an army formed by the Ding family with all their efforts. It has strong combat effectiveness. With their assistance, the court can deal with the Huns more easily.
Since the Ding family is willing to let the Tiger Hunting Army fight for the imperial court, why don't I agree? "
"Yes! That Ding Cheng is a fugitive general. If he escapes again, Heyuan City will be in danger. There are still hundreds of thousands of stones of food in it. What if the Huns get it?"
Zhao Ming still didn't understand.
Just for the sake of the Tiger Hunting Army, Heyuan City was placed in such a dangerous situation!
"Don't worry, how could I not know this.
Heyuan City cannot be lost. "
Zhao Duan said calmly.
Zhao Ming was stunned, but Zhao Duan said slowly: "Long Xiang's army has already gone to the front line."
"What!"
Zhao Ming was really shocked now. You must know that since his father ascended the throne, at least two of the four imperial armies have always been left in the capital to guard against the underprivileged. When has there ever been a situation where only one of the four imperial armies was left in Bianjing? ?
Now that the two teams are in Daliang City, my father actually transferred Long Xiang's army to the front line.
If everything goes well and the Forbidden Army can come back smoothly after the war, everything will be fine.
But if something went wrong in the Imperial Army, it would mean that the royal family's own strength would be lost. It's hard to say that some people wouldn't have some thoughts.
How could my father take such a risk?
This doesn't look like him!
"Father!"
Zhao Ming was about to say something, but Zhao Duan raised his hand to interrupt him.
He said slowly: "I know what you want to say, but since I did it, there must be a reason.
I don’t like taking risks, but if taking this risk can bring great benefits to the extent that my brain refuses, I don’t mind taking the risk! "
"Father, what do you mean?"
Zhao Duan smiled, put his hands on the table, and said in a deep voice with an uncontrollable smile in his eyes:
"This time, it was his Ding family who exposed the flaw first, so I will accept it without mercy!
Tiger hunting army? Haha..., it will become history!
Without the Tiger Hunting Army, I want to see how long the Ding family can survive! "
…
Outside Daliang City, on the grassland!
Flags flying!
On the grassland outside Daliang City, 50,000 black cavalry came on horseback, and the darkness was like a dark cloud approaching Daliang City rapidly.
Among the black cavalry, countless military flags embroidered with scarred tiger heads were blowing in the cold wind, making a hunting sound and looming in the wind.
The two corresponding colors of black and white create a sharp contrast between heaven and earth.
As soon as the black knight appeared, he immediately alerted the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army in Daliang City!
The two commanders of the Dragon Guard Army and the Divine Guard Army were immediately notified by their subordinates and arrived at the top of the city. The moment they saw the scarred tiger head flag, they looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes. A smile appeared.
The commander of the Long Guard Army, Long Lie, immediately ordered: "Open the city gate and welcome the friendly troops into the city!"
Then he turned around and said to the crowd: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here! It's time for us to switch from defense to offense!"
They and their party were originally from the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty, which had the highest combat effectiveness. However, these days, they were suppressed by their numerical superiority and could only rely on the city for defense. They had long been suffocating.
Now when they heard this, they all shouted excitedly, and the sound spread farther and farther. Gradually, all the guards in the city knew the news, and the cheers and excitement suddenly became loud!
And when the north gate of Daliang City opened wide, the black riders began to slowly enter the city.
Long Lie, the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, and Zhang Baiye, the commander of the Divine Guard Army, stood at the city gate to greet them. The first person to enter was a tall black war horse.
Immediately, the black-armored knight was 1.9 meters tall, burly, with a black beard, coupled with his extremely indifferent eyes, you could feel a great sense of oppression when you saw him!
The black-armored knight slowly came to the two of them, cupped his fists, and said in a deep voice:
"Ding Hu, the commander of the Tiger Hunting Army, has been ordered to come for support. I have met you all!"
…
Some people say it's impossible. The emperor's behavior is a sign of wisdom. Don't rush to a conclusion. Just read on. whee!
(End of chapter)
