Shanxi Prefecture, outside Datong City.
"What, the thousand cavalry sent out are gone again!" the leader of Aluo's troops shouted angrily.
In the big tent, several other leaders also looked at each other. The situation this time was beyond their imagination.
In the past, they sent troops to besiege the city, and then each tribe sent some people to go out to burn, kill and loot, and then went back to spend the winter while they were grabbing supplies.
Now, no matter whether there are hundreds or thousands of people who were separated, they have all disappeared. The key is that they are all cavalry! Under what circumstances will no one come back?
Could it be that there is still a cavalry team of ten thousand people wandering around in the Ming Dynasty? Or is there something weird?
The leaders looked outside the tent. The night was deep and as black as ink.
This is the land of the Ming Dynasty. It used to be their pasture, but now it is like a black abyss that is constantly devouring their soldiers.
After a long silence, the leader of Aluo's troops asked: "What do you think? Do you want to continue sending troops? If we send more troops, we will not have enough troops. I am afraid that the soldiers in Datong City will come out. It is said that there are 100,000 soldiers in this city." Army!"
The leaders looked at each other.
The leader of the Maolihai tribe was the first to say: "Winter is coming, and the supplies are almost gone. How about we go back?"
The other leaders were also moved upon hearing this.
Why do they come out to thresh the paddy every year? One is to train soldiers; the other is to grab food and women; and the last is to eliminate those in the tribe who can't deal with them.
Now that the mission has been completed, and winter is coming, the weather is getting colder and colder, and they are afraid that they will not be able to leave if they don't leave.
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On the fourth day, early in the morning, Yang Xin got up and went to the hall to work, while listening to music and dancing.
He is the commander-in-chief of Datong, and there is someone in the court. As long as the city of Datong is not lost, it will be a credit! As for the life and death of the people outside, are they as important as his black hat?
What would he say if he was ambushed by Tatars when leaving the city and lost his troops? If the city was lost again, how would he explain it?
So he has always believed in one thing: as long as he doesn't do it, it won't be wrong!
"Report! General Yang, the Tatars have retreated!" a soldier shouted.
Yang Xin was overjoyed and took out the battle report he had prepared long ago from his arms: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up for eight hundred miles, tell your Majesty that I, the Datong sergeant, was not afraid of death, fought bloody battles, defended the city for three months, and killed countless enemies. Hundreds, finally guarding our border with the Ming Dynasty."
"yes!"
After the soldiers left, Yang Xin walked directly to the group of dancers, without any courtesy, holding a pen in his hand and playing the flute with his sandalwood mouth.
"Hahaha, keep playing music, keep dancing!"
...
At the gate of Datong City, the soldiers were also cheering and celebrating. Of course everyone was happy to have saved another dog's life.
Although according to usual practice, they didn't get any reward at all, maybe Shangguan was in a good mood and gave them some drinks, but it was better to die than to live.
"Boom~" Suddenly, a group of cavalry came from a distance, their momentum was like a rainbow.
The cheering soldiers stopped immediately. Could it be that the Tatars were fighting back?
I saw thousands of cavalrymen in the distance, each with at least two horses, galloping to the city gate. Then the leading Jin Yiwei, who was wearing a navy blue unicorn uniform, reined up his horse, and thousands of horses behind him came to an emergency stop.
The movements are uniform and uniform, just like one person.
Such military appearance and military discipline made the city gate guard swallow his saliva.
"Commander of the Jinyi Guards, Sir Jiang Yuyan, came to inspect, but he didn't even open the door to welcome him!" Yu Mian came out and shouted, arrogantly.
The young city guard was stunned: "Wait a minute, we'll report it!"
There have been cases where the city gate was fraudulently opened before, but he didn't dare to make the decision.
An hour later, Yang Xin, who was so drunk, went up to the city wall and was about to carefully distinguish the unicorn uniform. He saw the leader of the Jin Yiwei raising his head and meeting those black eyes. In an instant, he felt as if he had been struck by a sledgehammer. His head was pounding, buzzing.
"Whoosh~" A golden token was inserted deep into the city wall, right in front of him.
Yang Xin swallowed. The city wall was thirty meters high and made of a single piece of bluestone. The strength of the visitor was beyond his ability to predict.
After struggling to pull out the gold medal, I took it into my hand and looked at it: It felt like I was here in person! Four big characters came into view.
Yang Xin broke into a cold sweat and shouted: "Open the city gate, open the city gate!"
"But!" The young general was still waiting to make a decision.
"But what, drive quickly! If you're a little late, I'll chop your head off!"
"yes!"
…
In the evening, there was singing and dancing in the general hall.
"Master Commander, you've been tired from the journey. Come here, let me toast you!" Yang Xin bent down and offered a toast, very politely.
Jiang Yuyan looked at the delicacies on the table, then thought of the tattered clothes and weapons of the gatekeepers, and shook her head.
Some people eat people, and they really feel comfortable eating.
Jiang Yuyan picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Hahaha, come, let's all have a drink tonight. The Tatars have just left. According to common sense, we can live a stable life for a winter."
"Okay!" The remaining generals shouted.
At the city gate, the guard sergeants looked enviously at the bright lights, singing and dancing at the General Military Mansion in the distance. However, each of them was given only a white-flour steamed bun and a small pot of wine.
A Jinyiwei came over, approached him and whispered, "Brother, have you ever heard of Jinyiwei?"
The guard sergeant was stunned.
Then, in military fields, warehouses, and military camps, hundreds of Jin Yiwei quietly walked beside the lower-level sergeants and asked quietly: "Brother, do you know Jin Yiwei?"
General Hall.
"It's not good, Lord General. The Jin Yiwei and tens of thousands of border troops have surrounded the General's Mansion!" A loyal soldier rushed in to report.
Yang Xin was stunned and looked at Jiang Yuyan, who was still drinking slowly in the first place. The girl's fair and tender face actually had a hint of blush.
Asked: "Master Commander, what do you mean?"
Saying that, Yang Xin quietly drew his sword. He is a warrior, so if the court really wants to attack him, it is impossible to capture him without mercy.
Jiang Yuyan raised her eyes, her eyes focused.
"boom!"
Yang Xin flew five meters away and hit the wall.
"A person like you is worthy of drawing a sword with me?" After saying that, Jiang Yuyan stood up slowly.
The other generals looked at Yang Xin and immediately took a few steps back.
Jiang Yuyan glanced at them contemptuously, went out, and waved back.
Xiao Yu'er understood this and immediately shouted: "Brothers, if you have a grudge, take revenge, if you have a grudge, kill!"
"kill!"
"Meow meow!" Something strange seems to have been mixed in.
Two days later, Jiang Yuyan left the city and took thousands of royal guards to the next big city.
On the city wall, Yu Mian looked at their uniform and powerful backs from a distance. Looking inside the city, the low-level sergeants stood on the high platform one by one to complain and complain, and the crowd was furious.
The sergeants in the audience also echoed loudly.
He suddenly felt that the lifeless Jiubian seemed to suddenly come to life.
Everyone is back!
He is even looking forward to the Tatar invasion next year.
fight? Who has I, Ming, been afraid of?
…
Kyoto, court.
There has been a lot of noise here today.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Yuyan killed dozens of generals from the Nine Sides for no reason within half a month. She is going to rebel!"
"Yes, the power and personnel of the Jinyiwei are too large and bloated. Please reduce them, otherwise the consequences will be endless!"
"Your Majesty, please judge!"
"Your Majesty, please judge!"
…
Looking at the officials kneeling on the ground below the court, Emperor Tianshun had no expression on his face, even looking at a bunch of trash.
"What, are the lovers trying to force you into the palace?"
Hearing this, the ministers below immediately trembled. This Emperor Tianshun was insane and anyone would dare to chop him.
"No evidence? Why, you couldn't see the memorial sent by the Jin Yiwei to the Ministry of War, could you?
With a total of 200,000 troops, we are watching the people on all sides of the Ming Dynasty being slaughtered and robbed. What are those generals doing?
Listening to songs, dancing, and even annexing the farmland and wages of the border troops, and even daring to sell ordnance to the Tatars.
If my royal guards don't go, will they also give away my Ming Dynasty's land?
ah? My dear friends, do you think so? Zhu Qizhen asked in a deep voice.
Suddenly the ministers did not dare to say another word.
Why is it so hard to cheat this time? In the past, reporting for meritorious service in defending the city and killing three hundred enemies would satisfy Emperor Tianshun.
In the next court, Zhu Qizhen returned to the study angrily.
"A bunch of trash who only know how to fight among themselves!" After cursing, Zhu Qizhen glanced at Liu Xi next to him.
"What surprise does Jiang Yuyan give me this time?"
Liu Xi lowered his head and reported: "Your Majesty, last time Jiang Yuyan led thousands of imperial guards to kill more than 4,000 enemies. The bandit leader has returned with good luck and will be exhibited at the Meridian Gate for three days and finally burned.
This move will definitely boost the power of our Ming army! "
Zhu Qizhen nodded. This Jiang Yuyan was still quite capable. His military exploits in half a month were more than the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Nine Sides had this year.
"By the way, Jiang Yuyan also sent back the evidence that the slain generals had embezzled money and violated the law, and asked Your Majesty to review it."
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand: "I won't read it. I feel upset after reading it."
If everyone has already been killed, why should we look at the evidence?
Liu Xi said carefully: "In total, there are about more than 500,000 taels of silver, more than 10,000 taels of gold, and countless other treasures and war horses."
Zhu Qizhen was stunned and pondered for a moment: "Well, very good, send them all to the inner treasury for me. I want to check them carefully!"
"yes!"
Liu Xi then carefully took out a piece of crystal clear jade from his sleeve.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Yuyan also found a rare treasure in Commander Yang's house. It is said that the Tatar leader gave it to Commander Yang, hoping that he would defend the city and watch the Tatar troops plunder."
"This national thief!" Zhu Qizhen cursed, took the jade, and seemed to have an inexplicable cool power pouring into his mind, and then he became energetic.
It is indeed a rare treasure, and it has such miraculous effects?
Only then did Zhu Qizhen take a closer look at the jade stone. The stone was as transparent as crystal glass. The key was a golden filament in the middle. At first glance, it was not ordinary.
"What's the saying about this jade?" Zhu Qizhen turned over it and couldn't put it down.
Liu Xi raised his head slightly to pay attention to the emperor's expression, and felt happy and stabilized.
"Your Majesty, it is said that this jade is from a Tatar leader who was bathing in their holy river one day. A golden dragon flew through the sky. The leader quickly led an army of 100,000 people to chase it for thirty miles, and finally only picked up this piece of jade.
Before coming, I asked Qin Tianjian to take a look at it. He said that the gold thread in the middle of the jade stone is the condensed destiny of heaven and earth. Holding it can increase the destiny of the country and prolong life! "
Seeing that Emperor Tianshun was getting happier and happier, Liu Xi quickly knelt down and said, "I congratulate your majesty, congratulations to your majesty.
Your Majesty now has this valuable treasure. Under your leadership, our Ming Dynasty will open up new territories and expand our territory. All nations will come to court and become an emperor for the ages! "
"Hahahaha!" Emperor Tianshun was very happy: "This Jiang Yuyan is really an important minister of my Ming Dynasty."
"Come here, give me a reward! Appoint Jiang Yuyan as the temporary governor of Jiubian, and the commander of Jiubian Guards. The following generals can be killed first and then reported!"
"yes!"
After the reward, Zhu Qizhen was in a good mood. As long as Jiang Yuyan could regain Jiubian, killing a few generals would not matter.
Just kill his son!
...
Late at night, Dongji Smuggling Factory.
Liu Xi returned to the bedroom and looked at the gift list in his hand, feeling very satisfied.
Three hundred thousand taels of silver, a lucky jade stone, and the magical power of grafting flowers and grafting trees that he had only dreamed of!
This was the reason why he always stood on Jiang Yuyan's side.
Once he has mastered the art of grafting flowers on others, he will have no rival in this world except Jiang Yuyan. When the time comes, he can do whatever he wants?
Minion? He doesn't want to be a slave anymore!
Liu Xi was stunned when he opened the secret book of transplanting flowers and grafting trees.
"If you want to practice this skill, do you have to abolish it first?"
…
Tianshun eight years, autumn harvest.
Yu Mian looked at the large tracts of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the fields and was very excited.
The commander was indeed right. The yield of this new crop cultivated from Suzhou Prefecture was surprisingly high, with a yield of up to three thousand kilograms per mu.
Moreover, the requirements for rainwater and land are not high.
You must know that if rice is grown in ordinary fields, more than 300 kilograms is considered a high yield. Based on this calculation, the same amount of land can support more than ten people.
With these crops, even if the court does not distribute food and salary, Jiubian can live well on their own.
"Rumble~" Smoke and dust were flying in the distance.
Yu Mian turned his head and saw a little yellow cat leading the way and having fun on the ground, followed by hundreds of wild horses and dozens of big wolves.
Shaking his head, he continued to observe the grain.
He had seen this scene many times over the years. This cat would run wildly across the desert with a group of animals.
Of course, these animals have also made many outstanding military exploits.
Last winter, the imperial court did not distribute food or salary, so Lord Jiang Yuyan simply took the soldiers to the grasslands to grab them.
They robbed cattle, sheep and horses to use as meat to increase nutrition for the soldiers to practice ordinary Yuan-building skills, and robbed weapons, bows and arrows to train the soldiers.
Guided by gold and wolves, the Ming army came and went like the wind, and the Tatar tribe could not find the enemy even after grinding their teeth.
Of course, what makes Yu Mian strange is that Suzhou Prefecture has been sending various supplies here, including canned fruits that make the soldiers salivate.
In the important towns in the north, this is a real rarity.
The key point is that it is not surprising that Suzhou Prefecture sends things here, but how do these materials pass through many checkpoints?
Yu Mian fell into deep thought. Could it be that many of the ministers in the court were on the side of the Commander-in-Chief?
Those dog officers are really clever!
"Husband, it's time to eat!"
"Hey, here we come!" Yu Mian looked at his wife calling for dinner in the distance and ran over quickly.
"Be careful, you have a big belly." Yu Mian carefully supported his wife.
"It's okay. Lady Yuyan has personally helped me with the treatment, and she even said it's a boy. Husband, you have a child in our family." Mrs. Zhang said happily.
"Yeah!" Yu Mian nodded solemnly.
…
Shanxi Prefecture, Datong, warehouse.
Xiao Yu'er is coordinating the distribution of food and grass from Jiubian, as well as the meat donated by various tribes.
Because they could not deal with the Netherworld Black Cavalry led by Jiang Yuyan, several tribes close to the Ming Dynasty directly chose to pay tribute.
Please stop hitting me, why don't I give it to you?
Xu Dabai quietly approached Xiao Yu'er and looked around.
As a top swordsman who can compete with Fairy Yuyan, he is as cold as ice when silent, his profile is as sharp as a knife, and his temperament is outstanding, making him very popular with ordinary girls.
But he still couldn't forget Hua Xingnu, a woman with eyes above her head, not because she was beautiful, nor because she was clean, had a good temperament, and had a good figure, but just because of three words: unwilling!
Top swordsmen are stubborn in nature. With a sword in hand, they will move forward indomitably.
He swore that he would marry this woman back into his family and teach her a lesson so that she could experience his unpredictable sword skills!
"Zhen Fu, is there any way to make girls remember me forever?"
Xiao Yu'er turned his head, glanced at him, and gave him a good suggestion.
"Is it any use if you buy this or that for a girl and coax her back and forth? In a few days or if she meets someone better, she will turn around and forget about you.
Listen to what I say and punch her hard in the face. She will remember you when she dies! "
Xu Dabai fell into deep thought.
It seems to make some sense.
