The slender Wei Zhongxian stood still in front of the martial arts warriors. His aura was unmistakable, and he looked like a practicing martial artist.
The temporarily arranged incense table faced the south, which was the direction of the emperor, and three pillars of incense lit up the smoke.
Yang Hao, the most senior official, staggered with the support of two servants, knelt down and kowtowed five times.
The expression on Wei Zhongxian's face did not change. Although he was not a eunuch, he represented imperial power and was naturally noble.
The generals knelt on the ground and kowtowed four times to the incense table. In everyone's expectant eyes, Eunuch Wei slowly unfolded the imperial edict.
The imperial edict is about two feet wide and more than three feet long.
Under the pattern of two auspicious clouds is the text of the imperial edict, with the words "By Heaven's Order" inlaid in gold, which is very powerful.
Wei Zhongxian glanced at everyone and read loudly:
"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says: The slaves and traitors have been provocative for more than three years. Liaodong is in trouble, and I am heartbroken. The Eastern Division has suffered a defeat, and I am heartbroken. The affairs of the Liao Dynasty have been discussed by many officials, and the chief military officer has ordered Li Ruzhen according to the agreement. In the past, Li Rubai withdrew to wait for the survey, and then he was sent to prison again! Former governor Xiong Tingbi went to Liao to supervise the division with heavy troops and good pay. Yang Hao was originally the commander of the Liao Dynasty, but he was not in the right position, so he should have been arrested! However, the situation of the captives was urgent, and there was no one to guard him, and Liu Zhaosun, his subordinate, led the southern troops to attack Jiannu at night, defeated the soldiers and horses with the blue banner, and beheaded the slave chief Amin. He defeated them with a drum in the Hunjiang River. He beheaded 1,500 people and captured Niulu Ezhen and three others. Efforts were made to save Liaodong from its fall. Yang Hao managed and planned well, and the affairs in the east were calmed down. He was allowed to retire, and Xiong Tingbi took full charge of the Liaodong affairs. Qiao Yiqi and Kang Yingqian were able to supervise the army effectively, and they will be rewarded when they return to the capital."
When Wei Zhongxian read this, he paused for a moment, raised his head and looked around, wondering if he was looking for Kang Yingqian.
Liu Zhaosun leaned down and said to himself:
It turns out that Eunuch Wei was literate, and the unofficial histories he had read before were all nonsense, turning Nine Thousand Years Old into coal and saying that he was illiterate.
"The battle of Hunjiang was an unprecedented victory since the rebellion of the slave chieftains. Today, Liu Zhaosun is a handsome young man with a majestic appearance. He is flying with feathers and is full of courage and courage. In the battle of Yangwei Qinglong City, he showed his team's extraordinary achievement! The return of 30,000 tigers is inspiring. The heroes of Liao all gathered together to respond. They won the food and scenery, and made extraordinary achievements. I am very pleased. Liu Zhaosun was promoted to Kaiyuan General, and he was assigned to the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion. He was awarded the title In the rank of Protector of the Army, it was discovered that Yang Qing'er, Liu Zhaosun's wife, was a virtuous and virtuous woman. She was granted the imperial title of Madam, and a reward of 8,000 yuan was given to the army. I admire her."
Liu Zhaosun was overjoyed. He didn't expect to be promoted to four levels in a row, directly to the rank of general, and Yang Qing'er also became the royal wife.
He is one step closer to his dream of building a successful career.
Wait, how did Wanli know that he was getting married? Jinyiwei's intelligence ability is too strong.
Eight thousand taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket, but it was a huge investment for Wanli.
The court's attitude was very clear, that is, it wanted Liu Zhaosun to be a sharp sword that could penetrate deeply into Liaodong and check and balance the Liao Town that was drifting away.
Yang Hao's life was saved after all, and he might have a chance to make a comeback in the future.
It's just that Xiong Tingbi is coming soon, and I don't know if I can have a good relationship with him.
It is said that this person has a hot temper and kills ginseng generals just like killing chickens.
Yang Hao and Liu Zhaosun led everyone to receive the order and express gratitude:
"Long live Long live Long live!"
The generals kowtowed a few more times and finally stood up.
Yang Hao's vision went dark and he fainted. After the past few days, the old man's energy had reached its limit.
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, pinching people and drinking tea. Yang Hao was tortured for a long time before he woke up and bowed his hands to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian sighed and asked his servants to take Mr. Yang down to rest.
Wei Zhongxian showed a smile on his face and handed the imperial edict to Liu Zhaosun.
Liu Zhao and Sun Cheng were frightened, so they took over the imperial edict and winked at Qiao Yiqi. Qiao Yiqi knew that he wanted to borrow money from him again.
Liu Zhaosun had already lent him seven or eight thousand silver, saying that when he became prosperous in the future, he would pay double the amount back to Mr. Qiao.
Even if the Qiao family is a wealthy family in Jiangnan, they can't waste money like this.
"this is the last time!"
Qiao Yiqi cursed in a low voice, turned around and returned to the side room, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find some money.
After Wei Zhongxian finished announcing the decree, he looked up at the generals, bowed his hands to Liu Zhaosun, and said with a smile:
"General Liu Shen, congratulations. I heard that the emperor was very happy when he heard about your victory. The gout disease that he had suffered for many years has been cured... Kaiyuan is dangerous and the soldiers are fierce and dangerous. Take care, general. This is a good job for our family." It’s over, see you later!”
When setting off from Shenyang, General Ding Bi urged Wei Zhongxian not to go to Kaiyuan, saying that Kaiyuan was in danger, Jiannu was approaching, and the Southern and Liao soldiers were still fighting.
Wei Zhongxian was not afraid. Before he entered the palace, he had been a wanderer in Jizhou. He also worked as a gangster and saw a lot of fighting and killing.
More than ten years ago, Gao Huai came to Liaodong for work as a fat employee. He worked as a tax supervisor in Shenyang and made an unknown amount of money.
Nowadays, slaves have risen, Liao Town is disobedient, and the good days of the eunuchs are over.
The situation in Liaodong is dangerous, and Eunuch Wei is well aware of it.
In order to get ahead, he had to risk his life and take a gamble. After all, this was not his first big gamble.
At that time, Wei Zhongxian was not called Wei Zhongxian, but Li Jinzhong.
Because of his gambling debts and being chased by his creditors, Lao Li castrated himself with one click of his knife and became a eunuch from then on.
Although in the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who took the initiative to castrate and enter the palace, it was rare for people like Li Jinzhong to aspire to enter the palace at such a young age.
He finally climbed to the ceremonial supervisor.
He takes on the errands assigned by him that others dare not take, and he does the errands that others are unwilling to do.
If you make a bet with your life, if you lose, you will only die; if you win, you will have the power over the world, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Liaodong is Wei Zhongxian's new gambling game.
"General Liu Shen, we think you have a certain affinity with us. If we come to the capital in the future, we must have a good get-together!"
How could Liu Zhaosun be willing to let Wei Zhongxian leave like this? He quickly said:
"My father-in-law works hard for the emperor. Although Liu is a warrior, he still has the heart of loyalty and patriotism. My father-in-law will stay in Liaodong for a longer time and serve the emperor well when he returns. I will ask someone to accompany you to Liaoyang for a visit." ·······”
Liaodong is dangerous. Although Wei Zhongxian admires Liu Zhaosun, he cannot commit suicide here.
"General Liu Shen, don't worry. Xiong Tingbi is already on his way to Liaodong. The general will kill the enemy with all his strength. It's getting late. Our family will return to the capital to report to the emperor!"
Liu Zhaosun no longer tried to persuade Wei Zhongxian to stay, but personally sent Wei Zhongxian out of the city.
The sword has no eyes. If something goes wrong, a prison guard has just been put under house arrest, and now a eunuch has died. He will not be able to survive in Liaodong.
More importantly, the nine thousand-year-old who was scolded by Qingliu as a heinous and super pervert didn't seem that scary.
After some contact, I felt that this person was no different from ordinary people, and even quite friendly.
Could it be because Wei Zhongxian is not nine thousand years old yet?
Or maybe he is so good-looking, what does this perverted eunuch have any evil intentions?
Half an hour later, the original south gate opened.
Everyone rode out of Kaiyuan City.
Along the way, we saw tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians busy and busy, and auxiliary soldiers and Liao civilians shuttled between the city gates like ants.
They transported firewood and grain into the city, carried the prepared horses outside the city, dug traps and laid iron caltrops on the roads.
Wei Zhongxian was worried and couldn't help asking Liu Zhaosun:
"General Liu Shen, how confident are you of holding Kaiyuan City?"
Liu Zhaosun was yelling at an auxiliary soldier, asking him to bury the mines and cannons deeper. Suddenly hearing Wei Zhongxian's question, he quickly changed into a smile, raised his hands and said respectfully:
"Back to my father-in-law, there are currently 12,000 Liao soldiers, 7,000 Southern soldiers, and 1,000 Sichuan soldiers in Kaiyuan City. There are also 5,000 Southern soldiers recently trained by the general. The total number of combatable soldiers is 22,500. Thousands of people, and 20,000 Liaodong volunteers, can serve as auxiliary troops. As for the chance of victory, the general believes that there is a 50% chance of victory. If reinforcements come in time and there is sufficient food and pay, there should be an 80% chance..."
Wei Zhongxian rode across the suspension bridge, while the auxiliary troops on both sides were digging trenches in full swing, and a group of Liao soldiers were setting up French cannons at the top of the city.
"And the southern soldiers are newly trained? General Liu, you are in Liaodong, how can you recruit southern soldiers? And you are just a general with hundreds of soldiers, how can you recruit so many soldiers?"
Liu Zhaosun had already expected that the imperial court would pursue these matters, so he quickly explained:
"Back to my father-in-law, those are all righteous people in the middle of Liao. Their families were killed by the Tatars. They have nowhere to go. If the general doesn't take them in, they will die. The general is also helpless, so he uses Qi Shaobao's military training method to train the generals. They organized themselves into an army, thinking that one day they would avenge them. As for the righteous people, they also had a bloody feud with Jian Nu, and they all voluntarily killed the enemy. The general wanted to inform his superiors and allocate some food and pay, but what happened to the Lord? I am seriously ill, slaves and thieves are approaching, and in desperation, I can only..."
Wei Zhongxian laughed loudly, waved his hand and interrupted:
"General Liu Shen, you don't need to explain. Our family all understands that the emperor told you to wait and kill the enemy."
"Since the people of Liao are eager to serve the country and the people's support is available, we must not chill the hearts of the righteous people. Our family will truthfully report the situation to the Ministry of War when we return. I don't think the Holy Emperor and the cabinet ministers will blame you. As for food and salary, you still have to listen. What do the ministers of the DPRK say? Our family has no control over the matter of millions of taels of silver."
Liu Zhaosun clearly meant what he said and remained silent. Everyone carefully passed through the dense ditches for seizing horses, walked for a while, and finally left Kaiyuan City, which was armed to the teeth.
Liu Zhaosun waved to his servant, and Zhang Mazi came up on his horse, took out the gold package from his arms and handed it to him.
Seeing no one around, Liu Zhaosun took out two small bags from his horse and rode up to Wei Zhongxian.
"Liu, a warrior, was lucky enough to get some military merits this time and was favored by the Holy One. Unfortunately, he could not go to the capital to serve. My father-in-law worked hard and long at night to take care of the Holy One's daily life. However, he worked so hard that these silver taels, Dongzhu and Korean ginseng were all This is my intention to fight against the emperor. I ask my father-in-law to accept it, repay the emperor's kindness for me, and work harder."
Wei Zhongxian looked at the heavy silver, then glanced at Dong Zhu and Ginseng, his eyes a little straight.
He quickly estimated the weight in his mind. The gold was a hundred taels, the pearls with different colors were worth hundreds of taels, and the Korean ginseng was even more priceless.
He pretended to refuse, and quickly collected the three bags and put them into the big bag he had prepared in advance, causing the horse under his crotch to pace back and forth.
Liu Zhaosun waved, and Pei Dahu brought another Hexi horse.
I saw that he was fat and healthy, his coat was shiny, and he kept snoring.
Wei Zhongxian opened his mouth wide and marveled. He had never seen such a good horse in the capital for many years.
"It's a hard journey to the capital. I have military affairs at the end of the year, so I can't send my father-in-law back to the capital in person. This Hexi BMW is a gift to my father-in-law. It will be safe in case of danger on the way!"
Wei Zhongxian looked up at Hexima, then looked back at Yinzi and Korean Ginseng. He could not close his mouth and kept smiling at Liu Zhaosun.
There are several senior eunuchs above Eunuch Wei. He is just the last eunuch in charge of rituals and has little power in his hands.
Unexpectedly, Liu Zhaosun would treat him so favorably without even covering his face.
"The general is so generous! Our family is very touched. I can't hide it. In the past few years in the palace, I have experienced a lot of the harsh world. I thought the general was an ordinary warrior, but I didn't expect such a man who attaches great importance to friendship!"
Before Eunuch Wei finished speaking, servant Zhang Mazi shouted from the front:
"Sir, be careful! There are slave thieves!"
Two light arrows landed at Liu Zhaosun's feet.
Liu Zhaosun drew his sword, guarded Wei Zhongxian in front of him, and said loudly:
"Come and protect father-in-law!"
Just after he finished speaking, another light arrow flew towards Wei Zhongxian's face and shot directly towards Wei Zhongxian's door. Liu Zhaosun raised his arm, making a clanging sound, and the iron gauntlet blocked the arrow cluster.
Wei Zhongxian looked at Liu Zhaosun blankly, not expecting that this man would block an arrow for him.
At this time, Pei Dahu rode back and was surprised to see Liu Zhaosun with arrow feathers in his arms.
Liu Zhaosun broke the arrow shaft and said disapprovingly:
"It's protected by chainmail, so it won't get in the way. How many slaves are there?"
"Returning to your lord, the two Ba Ya La, with their horses tied up far away, came to the camp on foot to investigate. Zhang Mazi has caught up with them!"
Ba Yala came. It seemed that the main force of Hou Jin was not far away. He turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:
"My father-in-law is waiting here. He is protected by his servants. Nothing will happen. I will go and kill these two slaves! If they dare to spy on the military situation of the army, they must not be allowed to go back alive!"
Wei Zhongxian pushed Pei Dahu away, patted his chest, pulled out his sword from his horse, and said loudly:
"My family has been in the fighting business and is good at close combat, and our hands are stained with blood! There are only three of you, you can't stop them. Today, our family will help the general to kill the Tatars!"
Liu Zhaosun stared blankly at the lean 9,000-year-old man in front of him, trying to imagine him charging into battle, and Jiannu's white knife entering and leaving with a red knife, and it seemed like a dream.
In this case, of course, one cannot refute the father-in-law’s face.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead Wei Zhongxian forward.
The two young eunuchs stayed there to look after the horses and luggage, while Liu Zhaosun, Wei Zhongxian, and Pei Dahu chased him north.
Soon, the figures of Zhang Mazi and the two Bagas appeared in front of the three of them.
The two Bagalas were originally sentry horses with blue flags. They were scouting around Kaiyuan yesterday and were going back to report the military situation today. Suddenly, they found a group of people coming out of the city, including a senior official. They thought, what if If you can kill this high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty by the way, you will definitely be rewarded heavily by your master when you return, and you will also be praised for their meritorious service as a sentinel.
Unexpectedly, this Ming army was all tough and difficult to deal with.
Hearing more and more hoofbeats behind him, Bagala knew he couldn't escape, so he decided to fight the Ming army.
They suddenly turned around and raised their short crossbows to shoot at the Ming army horsemen chasing behind them.
Zhang Mazi originally wanted to capture Bagaya alive, so he never acted harshly. Suddenly he saw a crossbow arrow coming and hurriedly dodged. The horse was frightened and raised its front hooves, causing the rider to fall.
A Ba Ya La quickly stepped forward, swung his heavy knife, and used all his strength to slash at Zhang Mazi who had not yet gotten up.
Zhang Mazi raised the Shun Dao to block. There was a clang sound, and the Shun Dao bounced out several gaps. Zhang Mazi felt that his jaw was numb from the shock, and he could not lift half of his arm.
He struggled to stand up, and the heavy knife struck him head-on again. He hurriedly stepped back, took out the folding short crossbow and shot it. Ba Yala raised the heavy knife, blocked the flying short arrow, and charged towards him with a roar. Come.
Suddenly there was the rumble of hoofbeats, and Zhang Mazi felt that the heavy knife above his head was blocked by some weapon. The weapons clashed, making a harsh rattling sound.
Ba Yala took two steps back and stared at the charging cavalry angrily.
A high-pitched and cold voice sounded in front of him:
"The slave thief can actually block our sharp sword!"
Ba Ya looked at the half-human and half-demon Wei Zhongxian with fear and fear. He had used all his strength to hit him just now, but he didn't expect that the human-demon could still block it while riding on a horse.
It seems that this Ming Dynasty is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
Before he could continue to sigh, a Ming army general came from behind brandishing a long sword. His horse was galloping like lightning. The speed was too fast to see him clearly. He quickly raised the heavy sword in front of his neck.
Liu Zhaosun raised the knife and lowered it. A cold light flashed through his hand. The heavy knife in Ba Ya's hand was shattered into two pieces as if it was hit by a hammer. The long knife remained powerful and slashed towards the opponent's neck.
Ba Ya's head flew high into the sky and landed more than ten steps away. The headless corpse rushed forward two steps and almost fell on it.
"What a hard work!"
Wei Zhongxian got off his horse and praised him heartily.
Liu Zhaosun Gong cupped his hands and said with a slight smile:
"My father-in-law's sword is still young, but his kung fu is unrivaled even in Dongchang Town Fusi!"
While he was talking, Pei Dahu took another Ba Ya and stabbed the person's head, then rode his horse to the front of the crowd.
Wei Zhongxian looked at the two bloody heads of Jiannu and the human blood splattered on Liu Zhaosun's body. He was very excited and grabbed his hands.
"Somehow, our family and Liu Shenjiang hit it off as if we had a life-long friendship. I thought you were just a wax gun head, the same as Li Rubai and the others, but I didn't expect that the head was real!"
"You led a lone army to defend Kaiyuan, served the country with loyalty, and were righteous to the sky. You should be a figure like Guan Gong Yue Wumu! Today I gave our family gold and a BMW. Just now, you protected the arrow with your body and killed the thieves side by side! You have benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust. , the Supervisor of Liturgy and Dongchang respect Yue Fei the most. Although our family is not a man, we admire heroes the most in our lives! If Brother Liu does not give up, we will sworn sworn brothers here! We will be sworn brothers with different surnames!"
Liu Zhaosun had a black question mark on his face. He didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to be so eloquent. He was indeed a scholar.
After knowing each other for less than a day, he actually wanted to become a sworn sworn brother. It turned out that Jiu Qian was also such a sweet-tempered person.
Shouldn't this damn eunuch be a cold political animal?
Shouldn't this damn eunuch be a super pervert who kills people for fun and harms Qingliu?
After thinking about it for a while, it seems that I was still narrow-minded before I traveled through time. I was blinded by a few pages of history books and thought of the problem too simply.
Put aside Wei Zhongxian's identity, put aside political speculation, let alone the purpose of holding someone's thigh.
As far as what he could see before his eyes, this man who was born in a gangster and dared to do anything, no, he was a shemale, and he could also be a friend.
Of course, you know, not that kind of friend.
Liu Zhaosun had tears in his eyes and held Wei Zhongxian's hands tightly.
"Me too!"
After saying that, I felt something was wrong. After all, I was not Zhang Fei, so I had to be more educated, so I added:
"I heard that Eunuch Wei was born in Jizhou, which is the land of Yan and Zhao. It is said that there are many people in Yan and Zhao who lament. Although Liu and his father-in-law met for the first time, they felt that his father-in-law was upright and upright. He was not like ordinary eunuchs. If he could become a sworn kinsman with his father-in-law, he would It’s also Liu’s luck!”
People in this era generally believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and believed in various karma and retribution. People believed that covenants not only had legal effects, but also would be supervised by gods after they came into effect.
Therefore, most people have nothing to do and will not swear an oath casually, because if they violate the oath, the consequences will be very tragic.
Witnessed by the servants and eunuchs, the two fell to their knees.
Ba Ya La's blood was put into a coconut gourd, and the two of them each took a sip, then looked up to the sky and laughed, making it a joke about drinking the blood of the Huns.
After drinking the blood, the two of them faced south, broke their arrows and made a very strong oath:
"Now I, Liu Zhaosun and Wei Zhongxian, have become sworn brothers. We rely on each other in life and death, help each other in good and bad times, share blessings and misfortunes, and depend on each other in times of adversity! If outsiders mess with my brother, kill him! If any brother messes with my brother, kill him!!!! In this life, the two of us have nothing to do with each other. If you are not a slave to one another and violate your oath, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
