The ninth day of the seventh lunar month in the first year of Dalong Taiping.
The coffin of King Zhongwu Yunyang was transported to his hometown in Yunzhou for burial as scheduled.
Liu Mingzhi first sent a letter to two officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, instructing them to write an edict to inform the world that Yunyang's coffin should be buried with princely standards.
Then, as a junior, he accompanied Yun Xiaoxi, Yunchong and a group of Yun family members to see Yunyang off for the last time.
Looking at Yun Xiaoxi who was crying like a man, Liu Mingzhi was also filled with sadness.
Although Yunyang would rather die than recognize his status as self-proclaimed emperor, he stood on the opposite side of himself.
But this cannot conceal Yunyang's lifetime dedication to Dalong.
He joined the army as a young man and guarded the country's borders for decades. At the age of seventy, he commanded the three armies on the battlefield, just to unify the world and support the country and the country for generations to come.
Although he did not approve of Yunyang's behavior, Liu Mingzhi admired Yunyang's character very much.
Just like Wan Buhai who had been dead for many years, in order to regain the lost territory of the Han family, he did not hesitate to carry the coffin and went into battle, and even let his youngest son Wan Shoujiang serve as the flag bearer and charge into the battle.
Just for the so-called loyalty.
The same is true for Yunyang, knowing that there is no hope of supporting the orthodox, and he has failed the late emperor's entrustment on his deathbed, but he just wants to die.
Throughout his life, he deserves the word "loyalty and martial arts".
Watching the frame of the carriage escorting the coffin gradually turn into a black spot, Liu Mingzhi looked at Yun Xiaoxi next to him who was still swallowing in plain clothes, and silently grasped the beauty's hand.
“The fallen leaves return to their roots, and they die in their proper place.
For the old man, this is the result of his own choice.
Xiaoxi, my condolences! "
A few days after Yunyang's coffin left Yingzhou and returned to its hometown.
It seems like in the blink of an eye, it's July 15th.
It is the 15th day of July in the first year of Dalong Taiping.
The Feiying Guard came out from Fuzhou, the Longwu Guard came out from Yingzhou, the Huben Army came out from Yunzhou, the Huxiang Guard came out from Suzhou, the Xiaoguo Guard came out from Ganzhou, and the Hubao Guard came out from Jezhou .
The soldiers and horses of the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang rushed out in full force for several days and rushed to Mamingpo in the west of Yingzhou City. On July 15th, they rushed to Mamingpo on time to join the Sixth Guards Camp of the New Army.
The soldiers and horses of the Protectorate of the Western Regions departed from Yingzhou and Yunzhou, and also rushed to Mamingpo outside Yingzhou City. At the same time, there were also soldiers and horses of the Western Regions countries headed by Gumo Wang Gumo Rongrong.
In an instant.
When the winds and clouds meet, dragons and tigers gather.
Liu Mingzhi's command eliminated 50,000 troops from the Imperial Army, and An Gouer's command included 50,000 navy brothers. Only the Sixth Guards of the New Army had more than 289,000 men.
The six guards in northern Xinjiang combined with the square soldiers and defenders had more than 244,000 soldiers and horses.
Commander-in-Chief Zhang Mo of the Protectorate of the Western Regions had more than 117,000 soldiers and horses, and the coalition forces of the Western Regions countries had more than 153,000 soldiers and horses.
There are more than 800,000 elite soldiers and horses under the Dalong court.
We gather here day and night, facing each other from the north to the south.
After three northern expeditions, more than 800,000 elite soldiers and horses could be gathered, which shows how powerful Dalong's country is.
Liu Mingzhi had deduced the military formations of the Song and Qing Dynasties more than once. If he had not faked his own death and used a trick to successfully raid the capital, he would have only raised troops to rebel with the two armies facing each other. He was afraid that after seizing the country, his troops and horses would be different from those of Marshal Yun. The soldiers and horses are all in ten pieces.
The collision between the elite and the elite has shown its tragic side to the world half a month ago.
In three days, more than 70,000 people were injured and more than 26,000 people were directly killed.
800,000 troops and horses seem to be numerous, but with such a fierce collision between elites, both sides will be injured in less than a month, and all will be killed or injured.
Especially with the help of An Gouer's troops and the wealth brought back from the West.
Otherwise, the situation will be even less optimistic.
Above the boundless wilderness of Mamingpo.
The flags were so high that they blocked out the sky and the sun, and the roaring sound was like the howling of tigers and wolves.
Although the soldiers and horses of both sides did not engage in battle, the aura of murder lingered in the wilderness.
The wild beasts fled, and the forest birds flew away in fright.
The news was as big as the military parade two years ago, when a million-strong army was ready to go.
"Hush!"
"Hush!"
About 300 steps between the soldiers and horses of both sides, Liu Mingzhi, Zhang Kuang, and Nangong Ye tacitly raised the flags in their hands to convey the order.
After a while, the messengers galloped forward, and the soldiers of both sides moved neatly and stopped in an orderly manner. They stared at the opposite brothers who had fought side by side in the past.
Although there is a slight difference in the strength of the troops on both sides, they can be said to be evenly matched.
Even Liu Mingzhi, who had always been a little conceited, couldn't help but tighten his heartstrings at this moment.
If you don't handle it well today, it will be an accident.
In the wilderness of Yingzhou in northern Xinjiang, there were literally corpses everywhere and rivers of blood.
Liu Mingzhi, who was fully armored, silently looked at the six Arrogant people opposite who were also fully armored for a while, then dismounted and took the lead to walk towards the center of the 300-step gap between the troops of both sides.
Cheng Kai's six generals, Han Peng's thirty battalion generals, and the soft-armored girl Rongrong followed closely behind.
An Gouer and Song Qing were guarding Liu Mingzhi on the left and right.
On the opposite side, Zhang Kuang, Wan Mingliang and the other six people saw this and dismounted their horses, leading their battalion generals and many generals from the Western Region Protectorate to come towards him.
Feeling that the distance was almost there, Liu Mingzhi stopped directly and raised his hand to signal a few times.
"give a feast!"
Thousands of soldiers in the rear saw the command flag in Liu Mingzhi's hand, and rushed over carrying the wine and meat that had been laid out on the table.
Within half a stick of incense, the aroma of wine and meat filled the open field. Hundreds of low tables were arranged in rows, filled with wine, meat and various kinds of food.
After the soldiers retreated, Liu Mingzhi calmly looked at the generals opposite and waved his hands.
"please!"
The six Zhang Kuang people looked at each other, without any polite greetings, and took the lead to kneel down on the low table only two steps away from Liu Mingzhi.
Liu Mingzhi took off the Heavenly Sword from his waist, thrust it into the sand with all his strength, and then knelt down at the top of the table with the sword raised.
"Take a seat!"
"Got the order!"
Cheng Kai's dozens of generals knelt down one after another according to their rank.
Liu Mingzhi picked up the pot and poured wine, then silently raised his glass and looked around.
"I offer you a drink."
Zhang Kuang and the others on the opposite side frowned slightly when they heard Liu Mingzhi's self-proclaimed name. They looked at each other silently and hesitantly started to pour the wine from the pot.
"Everyone, let's have a drink together!"
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, gestured to Zhang Kuang and the others across from him with the wine glass, and then placed it on the table.
A meeting with a somewhat strange atmosphere began.
After the death of King Zhongwu of Yunyang, the generals of the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang naturally respected Wan Mingliang, the King of North Vietnam.
Wan Mingliang put down the wine glass in his hand, raised his eyes with a complicated expression and glanced at Song Qing, who was sitting opposite Liu Mingzhi's left hand, and fixed his gaze on Liu Mingzhi.
"Give us a reason to bow to you!
The old commander would rather die to support orthodoxy, so naturally we will not tolerate humiliation and live in vain.
To put it mildly, a large part of your success in rebellion comes from opportunism.
If we put it on the bright side, under the leadership of the old commander, we may not have any chance of helping orthodoxy win.
However, your strategy is superb. After you proclaimed yourself emperor, it was too late for us to receive military information and then rescue the king.
However, our rescue was unsuccessful and we deserved death, but it does not mean that we will become slaves to the subjugation of our country.
All of our generals here are veterans of the three dynasties, and all of them are veterans of Ruizhong.
Let us casually be a general who is responsible for the country and the country, and who is responsible for the late emperor's final trust. We cannot do it.
I know well that our military strength is indeed slightly inferior to yours at the moment.
However, I, the others and the generals under my command are not afraid of fighting, even if the entire army is annihilated.
This is not only the wish of the old man, but also the wish of many generals and more than 300,000 living and dead brothers.
We fought for our country, our country, and our country, and we deserved to die.
And I will never regret it even if I die. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at the solemn expressions of the generals who were willing to die generously and without fear. He frowned for a moment, nodded and chuckled a few times.
"No hurry, no rush!"
"Jiang Lei, Han Zhong!"
"The general is here!"
"How can a meeting with colleagues be so peaceful? Fire cannons to add to the fun!"
"Got the order!"
Cheng Kai and Jiang Lei immediately stood up and ran towards the wilderness on the east and west sides with their command flags in hand.
As the two men waved their flags, thousands of soldiers and horses on the left and right pushed out infantry cannons from a deep area about three hundred paces wide with no visible edge.
Fifty artillery pieces on each side were divided into two columns and aligned, aiming at the deserted wilderness.
The two communicated with the command flag, and then waved the command flag in their hands in unison.
One hundred infantry cannons made a muffled sound that was different from the artillery under the command of various soldiers and horses, and the shells bombarded away in the distance.
One rumble followed another.
The open space in the middle of the eight hundred or a thousand steps had been completely covered by a wave of artillery fire. Smoke billowed and dust flew up, obscuring the sky.
Streams of smoke and dust filled the air, and the thick smoke on the fields on both sides lasted for a stick of incense before it completely dissipated.
Wan Mingliang followed behind him, including hundreds of generals in the Northern Territory and the Western Region Protectorate. They stared dumbly at the smoke and dust covering the fields on the east and west sides, unable to regain their consciousness for a long time.
They also have artillery, and there are a lot of them.
But their artillery is nothing compared to the hundred artillery pieces placed in a row dozens of steps away on both sides...
Based on the position covered by the artillery just now, if it bombards the infantry phalanx and our troops are slightly denser, several phalanxes combined with tens of thousands of troops will have to... Gudu...
Liu Mingzhi clapped his hands gently, signaling Zhang Kuang and the others across from him to come back to their senses.
"Rebellion! Why should I be opportunistic?"
"Frankly speaking, you know why I have reached this point, and I also know it. In front of all the brothers, I will not go into details.
Furthermore, although I didn’t read the content of the letter the old man left you, I can make a general guess.
It’s just that we don’t want our two armies to fight each other, benefiting the two countries of Jin and Tu, and causing the Dalong Mountains and Rivers to fall into the hands of foreign countries. Seniors, don’t you refute this? "
Wan Mingliang glanced at the five old brothers on both sides and nodded hesitantly.
"Don't refute!"
"Just don't refute! Then, here comes the reason for you to surrender.
Queen Jin Wanyan said politely that she was my real and unnamed first wife, and the only person to inherit the kingdom of Jin was my daughter Liu Luoyue.
Let's fight to the death and both sides will suffer. Is there anything to worry about for me? After all, it is my own flesh and blood Liu Luoyue who benefits from this.
Come and go, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains still belong to me and future generations.
In a word, I have come to this point, and I am not afraid that the two countries, Kim and Turkmenistan, will benefit after we both lose.
But what about you, seniors? Do you dare to say you are not afraid?
Who dares to say that he is not afraid of such consequences without violating morality? I will kill myself with a knife and take my own head for you to watch.
Of course, these are just unpleasant words spoken out of necessity. "
Liu Mingzhi stood up straight away, took out a thick stack of rice paper from his sleeves, and placed them one by one in front of Wan Mingliang and other generals opposite him.
"Everyone, please read it. After reading the above content, you still insist on meeting me in arms. Although I am sad, I am also willing to accompany you to the end!"
