Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 278
Three thousand iron cavalry entered the flock of sheep like wolves, and after breaking into the camp of the bandits of the White Lotus Sect, they seemed to have no obstacles and split them into two rows, east and west.

A wide bloodstain stretched from north to south to the base of Yanzhou City, and then the leader shot an arrow at the top of the city, and before Jia Cong could respond, he led the team to kill in the northwest direction.

"grown ups……"

The soldiers presented the letter carried by Yu Jian with both hands, and Jia Cong quickly opened it.

He was very familiar with the handwriting in the letter, which was written by teacher Xu Jin.However, the content above made it difficult for him to accept, so Lu Xiaozu leaned over to take a look, only to see four words in the letter: Do not leave the city!

puff……

Jia Cong almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, why does the teacher distrust him, a brave and invincible good disciple?
Lu Xiaozu let go of his original concern, but actually he didn't really agree with the soldiers and horses in the city going out of the city to counterattack.

Yanzhou was besieged for six days. The army and civilians in the city suffered heavy casualties. There were only [-] soldiers capable of fighting.

Lu Xiaozu was afraid that Jia Cong would be eager to make great contributions, so if he rushed out of the city regardless of the casualties of the army and civilians, that would be a victory. I am afraid that every family in Yanzhou city will have to be silent, and all the people will be sad.

"Fortunately, Mr. Ioto is thoughtful..."

Lu Xiaozu's muttering was not loud, but was drowned in the sound of drums.Jia Cong stood at the top of the city and stretched his neck to look at the battle situation below the city. From time to time, he screamed as if he was the tip of the cavalry's arrow, and his whole body was in a state of excitement.

dong dong dong...

Jia Shixi had already read Xu Jin's order and heaved a sigh of relief.

He seized the enemy's panicked fighters and ordered the artillery to fire again, trying to harvest the vital forces of the White Lotus Sect bandits and reduce resistance for the imperial army's encirclement and suppression.

woo woo woo woo……

The horns sounded almost simultaneously on the east, west, and north sides. Liu Ke, Xu Jin, and the Ren Chengwei army who came from Zou County arrived at the scheduled assembly point at the same time and launched a general offensive.

The cavalry pierced through the camp of the White Lotus Sect army five times in a row, completely disrupting the formation of the enemy army, and at the same time disrupting the command of Han Tong, Zhang Chongfang and Li Duoyang to their troops.

It can also be seen from this point that Zhongshun Wang Liu Ke is really not a dandy waste, this guy is hiding deep enough!
Five consecutive battles had exhausted the three thousand cavalry, and after piercing through the enemy's camp for the last time, they rushed directly to the city of Yanzhou to rest for a while.

Jia Cong immediately ordered the crossbowmen to rain arrows, and the artillery fired to plow the north bank of the moat to create a safer rest environment for the cavalry brothers.

Be it Han Tong, Zhang Chongfang, or Li Duoyang, only now did he understand why he was able to stay in Yanzhou for so long without hindrance. It turned out that these were all conspiracy of the court.

Like turtles in a urn, they were trapped under the city of Yanzhou.At this time, it was too late to escape. If they hadn't agreed to attack Yanzhou three days ago, there was still a chance of going elsewhere...

Alas, it is all caused by greed!

Zhang Chongfang suddenly said: "If we can't get out, we can only lower the imperial court. We still have a chance!"

When Han Tong saw that the imperial court's elite infantry had entered the camp of the White Lotus Sect, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's God's will. I, Han Tong, have the ability to master the world, so what's the use of it? If you want to surrender, you can surrender. I can only fight to the death." It's a fight."

He had rebelled many times since the Zhaowu period, and the county magistrate killed several of them. The court would not accept his surrender.

Li Duoyang seemed to be choking his neck, and let go of the knife handle in his hand after being angry.Zhang Chongfang's face was full of ashes, and after a long time, he held the handle of the knife instead, flirting with the people around him, suddenly became angry, and slashed Li Duoyang's neck with one knife.

Almost at the same time, his subordinates also drew their knives and slashed at the people around them. In just a dozen breaths, they killed Han and Li's cronies near the Chinese army.

Li Duoyang's body was separated and fell under the horse.Han Tong is not dead, but there is a sword around his neck. The person holding the sword is none other than his military advisor Song Jinxing.

Han Tong's face was full of disbelief: "Sir, you..."

Song Jinxing asked Han Tong to be tied up and taught it to Zhang Chongfang's subordinates. Then, with shame in his eyes, he said to Han Tong: "I'm sorry, King Ming, I don't want to die yet!"

……

It is said that [-] bandits can resist for an hour or two, but the reality is so dramatic. When the imperial army rushed into the formation, after just half an hour of fighting, the tragic fighting that Jia Cong expected did not appear. On the contrary, it is a one-sided harvest.

"Your Excellency is very confused? The lower officials are a little shallow."

Lu Xiaozu accompanied Jia Cong to watch the siege below the city, and poured a mouthful of strong wine.Then he smiled slightly: "My lord, do you still remember the state when the White Lotus Sect rebels attacked the city for the first time six years ago? It is not an exaggeration to describe it as brave and fearless, but it was frustrated twice in a row, especially when the eleventh general attacked the city. After hurting Han Tong, the leader of the bandit, the faith of the bandits collapsed, and they began to fear death."

"The gangsters who are afraid of death are like chickens and dogs in front of the elites of the court. They are not vulnerable at all. Besides, the right army of the lower officials watching the gangsters is in chaos and has no fighting spirit. It is estimated that there is a big problem inside the White Lotus Sect. question."

As Lu Xiaozu said, the White Lotus Sect's offensive was at its strongest two days before it arrived at the city of Yanzhou. Since the siege was frustrated on the second day, the will to fight suddenly declined.

Even if today's [-] troops are all over the line, at least one-third of them are still hesitant.

"My lord, look over there..."

Jia Cong looked in the direction of Lu Xiaozu's finger. On the low hill to the right of the central army in the formation, the Mingzi flag that originally represented Han Tong had been replaced by a white cloth, which seemed to be someone's underwear...

Is this going to drop?

It has been a practice for thousands of years since Ziying Bai to surrender to the King of Han in the Qin Dynasty.

Lu Xiaozu was overjoyed and said: "We have won, we have won, my lord, we have won!"

Compared with Lu Xiaozu's excitement, Jia Cong was unwilling.

There may be many innocent people who have been deceived in the White Lotus Sect, but none of these people here is innocent.

It's too late to think of surrendering until you can't beat it!

"Come here, open the city gate, and follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"

Lu Xiaozu was shocked, and grabbed Jia Cong who was about to go down the city, "My lord, why is this?"

"This general is eating the salary of the imperial court. It is my responsibility to kill the enemy bandits. Lu Xiaozu, don't stop me."

The soldiers of Rongguo Mansion had already gathered around Jia Cong, and they were about to walk down the wall surrounded by them.

Lu Xiaozu became anxious, and lay down directly in front of Jia Cong: "My lord, I know that you are angry because of the surrender of the bandits, but my lord, killing and surrendering cannot be done!"

Jia Cong didn't bother to argue with him, he raised his foot and tried to step over, but his leg was hugged.

"Today, I will not let you leave the city no matter what!"

"Step aside……"

"Look, third master, Mr. Qingteng's army has overwhelmed him!"

Jia Shiyi's shout stopped the two stalemates from arguing, Lu Xiaozu got up from the ground, and returned to the city with Jia Cong.

I saw that the army on the east side had all pressed up, rushing towards the center army of the White Lotus Sect's bandits.

"It's not like being surrendered..."

Lu Xiaozu's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

In just a moment, the front of the soldiers overwhelmed the bandits on the low hill.When the white flag representing surrender fell down, Lu Xiaozu was stunned.

"This... this... this... Xu Qingteng actually killed surrender, he actually killed surrender! Crazy, is he crazy?"

Facing the mighty imperial army, the Bailian Sect's bandits who had lost their command and fighting spirit were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they were killed in just half an hour.

This time Xu Jin became ruthless, surpassing Zhongshun King Liu Ke, and issued a death order as an imperial envoy to suppress the bandits without surrender, and those who violated them would be punished without mercy!
The four gates of Yanzhou City, which had been closed for six days, finally opened slowly on the afternoon of the first day of March to welcome the army into the city.

The people in the city opened their doors one after another, walked out of the house to enjoy the warm sunshine that they had finally waited for.

Xu Jin was okay, the exhaustion on Liu Ke's face was extremely obvious.

The first thing he did when he returned to Yanzhou government office was to ask someone to prepare hot water, saying that he wanted to take a good bath.

Xu Jin ignored the old dandy's complaints. To be honest, this time he pitted his young apprentice against the prince. He was a dignified royal family and nobleman, who was mobilized by his own letter to follow the gangster's ass and wander around Yanzhou mansion. After six or seven days of circles, can you not feel tired?
"teacher……"

Jia Cong doesn't feel wronged now, the teacher is afraid that he will be impeached by the court when he returns to Beijing this time, and if he doesn't get the credit, he will have to make a fuss.

It is normal for generals to kill and surrender, but it is the first time Liuyuan Wenkui has done this.

At this time, Jia Cong couldn't care less about being wronged by being used as a pawn, and quickly helped the exhausted Xu Jin to sit down. Just as he was about to talk about the killing and surrender, Xu Jin waved his hand with a smile.

"I'll talk about other things later. You immediately arrange for people to go to Qujia Town at the foot of Fangshan Mountain to bring the food over."

"Huh? Food?"

I saw Xu Jin nodded, and whispered in Jia Cong's ear: "It's all the food of the Kong family, enough for Yanzhou to relieve the disaster."

How rich the Confucian family in Qufu is can be seen from what Xu Jin got.

A total of 11 shi of grain, just to transport the grain to Yanzhou City, Jia Cong arranged for an army of [-] to escort more than [-] young and strong to carry it overnight.

After the four gates were opened, the gentry in the city organized the young and strong overnight to dispose of tens of thousands of corpses inside and outside the city according to Jia Cong's instructions.

The weather turned fine and it was already March in Yangchun. As the temperature rose, if these corpses were not disposed of, a plague would break out soon.

"There is no shortage of food for the time being, and the medicinal materials must be delivered as soon as possible. After the great disaster, there is a high possibility of an outbreak of disease. You should hurry to Wenjingzhong and ask the household department to send the imperial physician and medicinal materials over."

Xu Jin handed a written official document to Lu Xiaozu and frowned.He was exhausted after two consecutive days of fatigue, but Liu Ke almost wiped out all the officials in Yanzhou City. Except for Hong Shixing who was busy disposing of the corpses outside the city, he and Lu Xiaozu were the only ones who could do things.

As for the Zhongshun King Liu Ke and his young apprentice Jia Cong, they are both half-baked in government affairs, so it would be nice not to make trouble.

Lu Xiaozu spread out the drafted memorabilia in front of Xu Jin again, bowed and asked: "My lord, I have already prepared the battle report, please take a look..."

Ok……

Xu Jin took a rough look, picked up a pen and added a few lines.

"Report the truth. You can't hide it. Since I dare to kill and surrender, I am ready to be impeached. If it can bring Shandong long-term peace and stability, so what if I give up this black hat?"

……

The weather was new on March [-], and there were many beautiful people on the waterfront in Chang'an.

The state is rich and elegant, and the texture is delicate and even.

The embroidered clothes shine in late spring, and the golden peacock and silver unicorn are woven together.

Since late February, the heavy snow in Gyeonggi has stopped, and the sun has been warm for several consecutive days. God finally gave the people in the capital the breath of early spring.

On the official road in the south of the city, there was one carriage after another. The Dabaoen Temple in the south of the city had a Dharma meeting today. Many believers, large and small, went to the meeting. temple.

"Shut up!"

The carriage stopped suddenly, and after a while, the driver drove the carriage to the side of the road and let it aside.

Mrs. Xing opened the curtain to look, and frowned: "What's going on? Who is putting on airs and asking people from our house to stay aside?"

The leader of the guards who escorted him to Baoen Temple clasped his fists and said, "Master, it's the red silk messenger, hurrying for six hundred miles!"

Although Mrs. Xing was born in a small family, she has been married to the Rongguo Mansion for many years, so she naturally understands what the red silk messenger represents.

She suddenly thought of Jia She and Jia Lian who had gone to the south of the Yangtze River, and Jia Cong who was in Shandong, and hurriedly ordered: "They are from the south. You should quickly arrange for someone to inquire. Where is the [-]-mile rush, but there is something with our family." relation."

"Subordinates obey, let's make arrangements."

The soldiers withdrew, and after a while, the sound of horseshoes galloped past the carriage.

Mrs. Xing opened the curtain of the car a little, only to see several light armored cavalry carrying a golden dragon flag with a red background on their backs, flying past.

Everyone passed by, and there was a faint shout in the ears: "Six hundred li hastened, Shandong has won a big victory, the army has won a big victory, and [-] Bailian bandits have been killed in Yanzhou!"

Whoa!

The curtain of a carriage in the back was pulled open suddenly, and Daiyu looked in the direction of the sound, but the red silk messenger had turned into a black spot and was heading straight for the capital.

"Second sister, I seem to have heard the great victory in Yanzhou..."

Yingchun was already full of surprises, held Daiyu's hand and said, "That's right, it's Brother Cong... Great victory in Yanzhou!"

If you say which place Yingchun and Daiyu are most concerned about these days, it is Yanzhou City where Jia Cong lives.

The old lady was heartbroken by the sudden shock at the time, and even with Jia Jing's guarantee these days, she is still lingering in bed.

After all, he was getting old, and after thinking about it for several days, he only had a little energy after drinking the decoction.

Today Mrs. Xing took two maids to go to the Dharma Conference of Dabaoen Temple. Firstly, she prayed for the old lady, and secondly, she also wanted to pray for the safety and blessings of the men outside the Rongguo Mansion.

"Second sister, why don't we talk to the eldest aunt and go back to Beijing first."

Now Daiyu really wants to know the specific situation in Yanzhou, so she doesn't have the mind to go to any Dharma conference.

But I saw an old woman getting off from the carriage in front, approaching Hou Fu and said: "Second Miss, Miss Lin, Madam said that she has arranged for someone to go back to Beijing to inquire about the news, so please don't worry the two girls."

Yingchun blinked at Daiyu, making her blush.

The team in front resumed driving normally, and the two started chatting in the carriage after putting down the curtain.

The atmosphere in Rongguo Mansion is a little depressing these days, even Baoyu dare not make noise in Rongxi Hall.

The old lady leaned against the pillow, and the mandarin duck finished feeding her the soup in the small bowl. After rinsing her mouth, the old lady ate a sweet plum, which finally relieved the bitterness in her mouth.

"Yuyu doctor Yang's medicine is getting more and more bitter, and it hasn't worked for several days. Stop it."

Yuanyang waited on the old lady to finish the medicine, tidied up the bed and said with a smile: "The good medicine tastes bitter, and I see that you have improved a lot in the past two days. Doctor Yang also said yesterday that the old lady is too worried this time, and the soup and medicine are not enough. Well, whether acupuncture or moxibustion is just for superficial treatment, you still have to relax your heart. Heart disease still needs to be healed by heart medicine, and when the third master's letter arrives, I can assure you that the old lady will be cured."

Hearing Yuanyang Baba's comforting words, the old lady smiled and said: "Every time you say these words over and over again, and you don't come up with new words. You should go to Dongfu to ask Jing'er first, and see Is there any news from the court. This Yanzhou is under siege, Brother Cong has not sent a word back home so far, I really can't let it go."

If it was before, how could the old lady care so much about Jia Cong, the concubine's grandson.

But it is different now. After so many things, the old lady can see very clearly that his eldest son is inextricably linked with Jia Cong who can be granted the title of Marquis.

And she had a feeling that the future of this concubine was limitless.

The emperors of the two generations valued it, and the Supreme Emperor personally selected celebrities as teachers for him. This is to cultivate confidantes for future emperors.

Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty, the prince's companions back then, didn't get this kind of treatment. Maybe the Jia family will have a third prince.

Not long after Yuanyang came out of the Rongxi Hall, before she reached the side door, she saw Rong's grandma Qin Keqing walking over with a smile on her face.

"My servant greets Grandma Rong..."

"Hurry up and stop saluting, take me to the ancestor's place, there will be a happy event!"

Qin Keqing raised the letter in Yang's hand, changed from his previous prudence, and rushed to Rongxi Hall with the mandarin ducks again and again, saying to him again and again: "The red silk messenger hastened six hundred miles to send the victory report, the great victory in Yanzhou, and the Bailian sect's rebellion. Cong Cong. The third uncle asked the red silk messenger to return home for a while, and the grandfather is still in the palace, and he just sent the letter back from his own soldiers."

……

After the old lady finished reading Jia Cong's home letter, her pale face turned red and she coughed again and again.

Yuanyang and Qin Keqing fed water and stroked their chests and beat their backs, finally calming him down.

"Your maidservant, I'm going to invite the imperial doctor..."

The old lady stopped Yuanyang: "I'm fine, I'm fine. Brother Rong's daughter-in-law, please write a letter for me and send it to Shandong..."

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　Let’s stop here today and continue tomorrow.Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)