Da Wei Chun

Chapter 495 Good News
The New Year's Eve is over, and the earth recovers.

The ice in the Luo River has long since melted, and the water is clear and clear.Several wild ducks floated on the river and swam back and forth.

Thin and dense grass buds are drilled under the sunny slope, which is very immature.An old cow pulling dung in the field stopped its hooves, as if it wanted to have a taste.The farmer flicked his whip and made a crackling sound.The old cow shook his head a few times, but had no choice but to go on the road.

The sky is fine and the scenery is also extremely beautiful, but the gloomy clouds in the court hall are gloomy.

After the new year, the emperor is already six years old, but he is still ignorant.At a loss, he looked at the sad faces of several ministers.

Father... oh... no, the emperor's uncle, King Qinghe, seems to be in danger. The very handsome Li Jungong rushed to the rescue with only two thousand soldiers.The queen mother and the princes were very worried, but the emperor couldn't tell for a while. They were worried about King Qinghe and Duke Li, or they were worried that this battle would be lost.

Glancing down, then at the weeping Empress Dowager, the emperor moved his small body uncomfortably, and leaned closer to Gao Ying.

Feeling cold in her hand, it was the emperor who put his little hand in her palm.He opened his eyes wide, as if he wanted to comfort her: "Mother..."

Gao Ying suddenly felt sad from his heart, tears fell like broken beads, and he hugged the emperor tightly in his arms.

Li Chengzhi, you god damn...

Don't go to Guanzhong, don't go to pacify Liangzhou, why don't you go to the six towns for no reason... and only bring two thousand soldiers?

If the six towns will be chaotic, if Yuanyi will die, what does it have to do with you?

If you have an emergency, let Gu... What should you do with Gu and Sanniang?

Half a month ago, I received an urgent report from Li Chengzhi, saying that Yuan Yi's life and death were unknown, and that there was chaos in Woye, and then I was shocked to hear that Rouran had invaded across the border.
When Yu Zhong was not settled and Yuan Huai was still undecided, Cui Zuzhi of Qinzhou and Bo Gulu Yujing successively raised incidents.Now even Wo Ye came to join in the fun, quite a bit like the gourd was not held down, and the gourd was floating again.

In addition to panic, all the officials were even more suspicious, wondering why Li Chengzhi counted as if he could pinch him?
When the first emperor died and the young emperor succeeded to the throne not long after, when the court agreed to send troops, Li Chengzhi said: Yuan Huai, Yu Zhong, Yu Jing, etc., now only occupy two or three states, and they seem to be powerful, like elbows and armpits. Suffering, in fact, is a disease of scabies, sooner or later it can be determined, not a concern.

Zhu Fu asked him: What is the trouble in the heart?
Li Chengzhi: Six towns.

And it's only been three months, and Li Chengzhi's words have been answered?

What's more: Li Chengzhi didn't lead the army to pacify Liangzhou well, he didn't even go out of the Luoyang border, didn't even turn a corner, and ran straight to Woye, and it just happened when the deputy general Lu Yan started an incident?

As he said in his memorandum, "I was going to Xiazhou to explore Bogulu later... But when I arrived in Xiazhou, I was shocked to hear that His Royal Highness King Qinghe had arrived in Woye and didn't listen to the news for several days, so my suspicions changed. , day and night... to Woye, just in time for a shocking change" and other nonsense, you don't believe a word.

When you think that Xiazhou and Woye are only separated by a wall, you can hear any rumors?

The distance between the two places is hundreds of miles...

Or it is true as rumors say, that Li Chengzhi is a god-given man, and with a pinch of his fingers, he can make a decision thousands of miles away.

Either that or Li Chengzhi believed from the very beginning that there must be Yuan Huai in the six towns who would rebel, and that he would rise up accordingly.Therefore, one step ahead, want to explore the truth.

It's just too coincidental, when he went to Woye, Lu Yan got into an incident with his back foot, and the two of them just negotiated?
Coincidentally, it makes the scalp tingle.

The first urgent report was sent to Luoyang roughly half a month ago.Li Chengzhi said that it was only Woye Township for the time being, Lu Yan had not started an incident yet, and Li Chengzhi had led two battalions of tiger cavalry to the Sixth Township.

At that time, Chao Yan was only surprised by the coincidence, and was not very worried about how much trouble Lu Yan could make.

With Li Chengzhi's two battalions of tiger cavalry, and he has alerted Luo Jian, even if there is chaos in the fertile field, it should be under control.

When Luo Jianteng makes his move, it will be the time when Lu Yan is destroyed.

And three days later, Li Chengzhi sent a second urgent report: Wo Ye is flat!
But the princes in the court were not only unhappy, but unprecedented chaos: Because Lu Yan had already colluded with Rouran, now, tens of thousands of elite riders from Du Lun's tribe have already entered the pass.

In the past, there were only tens of thousands of horsemen, relatively speaking, it was nothing to worry about.

There are nearly 20 soldiers in each city, each garrison, and each pass in the six towns.Among them, cavalry accounted for [-]%, which should be around [-].Moreover, the households in the town are military households, even if they are in a hurry, it only takes half a month to two days to recruit [-] million soldiers.

But the bad thing is, precisely at this juncture when the first emperor died and Yuan Huai rebelled?
Just because Li Chengzhi said: The Yu family has led the army for several generations, and the power has been poured into the government. Since Xiaowen moved the capital, he has deeply cultivated the six towns.Now for decades, it can be said that the children and in-laws have spread all over the six towns.Although not all those related to Yu Zhong will rebel with him, there must be people who wait and see and change their minds.

Therefore, if the war is stalemate, or if there is chaos in the six towns, nine out of ten it will become a prairie fire.Therefore, it is better to block it than to avoid it, it is better to appease it first, and it will not be too late to screen in detail after the overall situation is settled...

There were not dozens or hundreds of rebellions in the Great Wei Dynasty. If a single spark could start a prairie fire, the whole world would not have the surname Yuan long ago.

But this time Yu Zhong and Yuan Huai's momentum is bigger, but just like Yuan Xi and Yuan Yu, as long as troops are dispatched in time, it will only be a matter of time before they are pacified.

Everyone thought he was scaremongering, except Gao Zhao.

But when the urgent report of Rouran's entry was sent to Beijing, no one dared to think like this.

Just because of the [-] Huqi who have entered the customs.

Du Lun's tribe is not limited to these [-] tribes, but most of them have households of more than [-] households, which is enough to summon [-] elite riders.In a hurry, if the six towns can win, I am afraid it will be a feather in the ground.

But at this time, the situation in the six towns is unpredictable, and people's hearts are in danger.It's hard to guarantee that you won't be like Yu Zhong: You regard him as the pillar of the country, and when the building is about to collapse, he suddenly backstabs and strikes you back.Just like Lu Yan...

What's more: if you only rely on the Dulun tribe, it is common for hundreds or thousands of small tribes to occasionally cross Langshan to plunder.Six towns sometimes do this too, and it's normal for them to come and go.

However, Wanqi's move to enter the customs is not something that can be prevaricated by "looting", and it is no different from a war between the two countries.

Without the instigation or acquiescence of Rouran Khan Yu Jiulu Chounu, how could Dou Ling be so aggressive?
Thinking of this, all the princes were startled and felt chills in their hearts: If there were no accidents, Yuan Huai and Yu Zhong would have already worked together with Rou Ran and worked hand in hand.What's more, they have already agreed on a plan for a joint attack from both inside and outside.

These [-] Huqi are just the vanguard of the first test...

It was really as Li Chengzhi expected: the chaos has already appeared, and the catastrophe is coming?
The important ministers no longer cared about why Li Chengzhi's calculations were so accurate, let alone so coincidentally.

After waiting for four days, seeing that there was no urgent report from Li Chengzhi, except for Gao Zhao, the Empress Dowager and Qifu completely lost their patience.On the same day, it was agreed that Gao Zhao would be the commander in chief, and the military forces in the four prefectures would be supervised, and [-] Chinese troops would go straight to the six towns.And ordered Sizhou, Dingzhou, Hengzhou, Shuozhou and other four states to recruit [-] troops each, and a [-] army went northward.

The Chinese army is already ready-made, and the food and grass have been collected in sevens and eighties. In two days, Gao Zhao will set off.

Today, Gao Zhao came to bid farewell to the Taihuang, the Emperor, and all the assistants...

It is clearly a sunny day, and the spring is full of joy.But the hall is extremely oppressive, like a mountain rain is about to come, dark clouds are overwhelming.

After agreeing on various trivial matters, all the ministers retired one by one, Bafu said a few words of comfort to the Queen Mother, don't worry, and left one after another.

How complicated it is for the army to go out, regardless of when Li Chengzhi sent troops, it took nearly two months before and after.But this time, in just seven days, Gao Zhao was going to set off with an army of [-], how many unresolved matters?

No one has time to watch the queen mother cry...

Gao Zhao said a few words of persuasion in a warm voice, the hall was empty and the spring was very cold, so he asked the internal officials to escort the empress dowager and her majesty to the side hall to warm the pavilion.

When it was time for lunch, the emperor was taken away by the female officials, leaving only Gao Ying and Gao Zhao in the pavilion.

As if losing the last ray of support, Gao Ying burst into tears: "A year ago, he wanted to lead the army to the north, but he refused to allow it. It was my uncle who persuaded me to focus on the overall situation. He also said that all the forces in the court You...but now, even my uncle wants to leave, Gu...what should I do?"

Gao Zhao secretly sighed, and remembered Li Chengzhi's words: After all, the Queen Mother is a woman with a weak heart. She was overly frightened by the assassination of the late emperor, so she felt that everyone except Gao Zhao and Li Chengzhi would harm her...

But what can be done?
He has persuaded the other seven Empress Dowagers more than once: don't worry, no matter good or bad, Li Chengzhi will definitely report again, and Naixin will wait for a few days.Just after waiting for three days, he was completely shocked like ants on a hot pot, determined to send troops...

There are only a few who can lead the army, fight against Rouran, and can be trusted now.For example, Xi Kangsheng, Li Chong, Li Ping, and Cui Yanbo were all guarded by various important places. When the wind and rain are so precarious, how dare they move lightly?

But the senior officials in the court were old, sick, and those who couldn't lead the army couldn't lead the army. They picked and picked, and only Yuan Cheng and Gao Zhao were left.

Yuan Cheng is the chief assistant, if Gao Zhao doesn't go, who will he go?
Gao Zhao sighed secretly, and persuaded softly: "The queen mother can be relieved: I am going here, the name is to calm the chaos, but it is actually to deter the softness. Therefore, it is not certain whether there will be a war or not, at most it will be three or five months. At least two or three months, I will definitely return to Beijing..."

How can Gao Ying believe it: "Hu Qi has already entered the customs, how can this battle be spared? Just as my uncle and the princes expected, once the army reaches the sixth town, Rouran will not dare to invade. It's appeasement, how can it be stable in three to five months?"

"chaos?"

Gao Zhao chuckled, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, with Li Chengzhi around, there will be no chaos. Don't forget, he ambushed strange soldiers outside Yuguan..."

When Li Chengzhi was mentioned, Gao Ying's tears flowed even faster: "Uncle still dare to believe him? When he talked about Huazhou, he ran to Xiazhou, and when he talked about Xiazhou, he rushed to Woye? How can he tell the truth... ..."

Gao Zhao secretly sighed in his heart: It is because he told so many lies that I believe him!
Luoyang is more than [-] miles away from Woye, and Li Chengzhi arrived in a few days, which clearly means going straight to Woye.

And just when he arrived at Woye, Lu Yan started an incident, and Hu Qi entered the customs?
No matter how coincidental, it is not so coincidental.

Therefore, Li Chengzhi had expected that the fertile field would be in chaos, and he had predicted exactly when the chaos would occur, so it was such a coincidence...

How can you dare to do this if you are not a person gifted by heaven?

If he is not sure, how dare he go north alone, how dare he take only a hundred retainers and go deep into the tiger's den?
Therefore, when Li Chengzhi's urgent report stated that he ambushed a surprise army outside the pass, intending to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao, cut off the rear of Hu Qi who entered the pass, and drive them out of the pass, Gao Zhao believed it.

Gao Ying wiped away tears: "Gu and ask you, where did he get the strange soldiers?"

Gao Zhao smiled: "The Empress Dowager Chengzuo has also seen it. Could it be that she forgot the Liangzhou Legacy mentioned by Li Chengzhi?"

"Fake... Even Yuan Cheng, Yuan Jia and others said that it should be Li Chengzhi's plan to slow down the army because he was afraid that the people in the capital would change their minds... Besides, if he really has a surprise soldier, and he really came from the West Sea, it is a thousand miles away from Woye Five or six hundred miles away, we must set off three months ago, wouldn't it be earlier than when he sent troops?"

Gao Ying's sentence stopped Gao Zhao from asking, and he didn't know how to explain it.

I can't tell Gao Ying that Li Chengzhi can be called a magician. I'm afraid that before he sent troops, he expected that the fertile fields would be in chaos, so he made a move...

The queen mother will not believe it.

As Yuan Cheng and others said, if Li Chengzhi can really pinch and count, he knows that Woye will be chaotic and Hu Qi will enter the customs. Why didn't he give Luo Jian a warning first?

Even if Luo Jian cannot be trusted, Yuan Yi can always be trusted...

Gao Zhao thought for a while, then shook his head again: "This is the end of the matter, and it is a certainty that I will lead the Northern Expedition. But I firmly believe that if Li Chengzhi said that Beizhen is safe, it will be safe. The Queen Mother will wait for it." That's right. It will take three to five days at least, or ten days at most, and there will be good news from the north..."

Is it like this again?

Just like Li Chengzhi, why would he swear categorically when he couldn't explain something?

It has been almost half a month since Li Chengzhi's second urgent report arrived. I'm afraid Li Chengzhi is in danger, so you still let me wait for his happy news?
Gao Ying was angry and scared, and opened her mouth to scold.

But just as he stared, he suddenly heard a "boom".

After a moment of trance, the expressions of Gao Zhao and Gao Ying changed in unison.

The clock on the end tower?

If it is not a grand ceremony, or there is a big event, how to ring the court bell.

The two looked at each other in dismay, uncertain, and heard the clock rang six times, then there was no more sound.

The three rings are the code, the six rings are the driving, the eight rings are the death, and the nine rings are the collapse!
Congratulations... a happy event?
Gao Zhao's whole body trembled, a surge of hot blood gushed out from his heart and rushed to his forehead.

The bell seemed to be knocked into his brain, and Gao Zhao's face was numb.

What did you say to the Queen Mother just now?

good news...

He stood up abruptly, his eyes went dark.Biting the tip of his tongue hard was the only way to calm down.As soon as he took a step, he felt his sleeves tighten. Gao Ying grabbed his sleeves and stood up.

"Uncle, Gu also goes..."

Although Gao Zhao was startled, at least he remained calm.Gao Ying, however, had long since neglected his manners, and trotted all the way to the Tai Chi West Hall.

Yuan Jia who was supposed to be on duty today was already waiting in the hall, his face was flushed as if he was drunk.

Seeing Gao Ying and Gao Zhao, the folds on Yuan Jia's face turned into a smile, and his voice was hoarse and hoarse: "Your Highness, a moment ago, there was an urgent delivery of eight hundred miles from Woye to Beijing... Dasheng, Li Chengzhi's big victory: wipe out the twelve Dulun tribes, conquer Touman City, and capture Dou Ling, the master of the Dulun tribe..."

(End of this chapter)