Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 157 Deja Vu
Since our Young Master Zhang's nickname is Young Master Zhang Gou, his nose is naturally as sensitive as a dog's. Although Huang Taiji's scheme of Tiaohulishan is clever, he almost deceived Young Master Zhang for the first time, but it was because of a From the uneasy back, Young Master Zhang immediately smelled the danger in it!But if you really want to blame, the key is to blame Huang Taiji for being too greedy and cautious. In order to reduce the casualties of the Horqin Tatar soldiers and to prevent accidents, he used two tricks to divert the tiger away from the mountain and let the two virtual soldiers attack Hongshan Pass separately. And Lengkouguan, the result was that Young Master Zhang, who was more suspicious than Cao Aman, sniffed out that something was wrong-if Huang Taiji only used a false soldier all the way, Young Master Zhang might be more likely to be fooled.

After confirming the direction of the enemy's main attack, the next work will be much easier. Prepare a little more for bows, arrows, gunpowder and muskets, and prepare a little more for Leimu boulders, bricks, kerosene, etc., and still use less lights to pretend that there are few defenders. Appearance, to lure the enemy into the bait.Sure enough, at the second watch of the night, the main force of the Tatar cavalry once again sent people to visit secretly. This time, Young Master Zhang was no longer polite, and immediately asked the soldiers to entertain them with bows, arrows and muskets, and beat gongs and drums to light the beacon tower. Forcing the Tatar cavalry to launch a storm.The next scene was much simpler, one team after another of Tatar cavalry rushed over, and then one after another the generals were overthrown by Ming army snipers, and ordinary Tatar soldiers were entertained with bows, arrows, muskets, bricks and stones .The Horqin Tatars, who had long lost the Golden Family's ability to attack fortifications, bumped into Young Master Zhang, who was famous in the battle of defending the city. The result was natural. Even touching the wall at the entrance of Xifeng is as difficult as reaching the sky.

At dawn, the Tatar soldiers running back and forth were almost exhausted, and Mangui's cavalry also rushed to the Xifengkou for reinforcements. Young Master Zhang immediately opened the door and let Mangui out to kill people. The combat effectiveness of the Mangui cavalry may be It is a bit worse than Jiannu Eight Banners, but compared with Horqin Tatar's raped cavalry, it is still a bit higher. After being chased by Man Gui and hacked for more than 50 miles, he regained his footing. Man Gui took more than 800 heads back to the mission, which added a lot of color to Young Master Zhang's first victory in the first battle as Governor of Jimen.

The failure of attacking Xifengkou for the second time declared that Huang Taiji’s plan to attack Xifengkou was completely aborted. The main force of the nine guards of Jimen had rushed to the [-]th gate of Jimen for reinforcements, and the defense was airtight. Yongping Mansion The troops of Xiong Tingbi and Yan Mingtai have also defended the Nine Passes of Yongping. The Horqin Tatars will not be able to get any advantage except to go west of Gubeikou and attack the Changping Pass. Of course, this has to be based on the Horqin Tatars On the basis of sufficient food and grass for the army.In desperation, Auba didn't have the face to mention avenging his son any more. He led the army and ran back to his lair in desperation. He was afraid that he would be a step too late. Lin Danhan, who hated Horqin so much, seized the opportunity to steal his lair , that is the real loss outweighs the gain.

The first battle to defend Jimen ended successfully. The Ming army in Jimen killed more than [-] people, beheaded more than [-] people, captured more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] horses. This record is comparable to that of Master Zhang last time. Compared with the great victory in Liaodong, of course it seems a bit insignificant.However, after the good news and the heads were delivered to the capital, Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian were still very satisfied, and ordered the Ministry of War to reward the soldiers for their meritorious service and reward the three armies. The dissatisfaction in the court with regard to Young Master Zhang's appointment as the governor of Jimen at a young age also disappeared without a trace. trace.The official award document from the imperial court was sent to Xifengkou, and the officers and men at Xifengkou burst into cheers, but what puzzled Young Master Zhang, who was still sitting at Xifengkou, was that there was even a call for Young Master Zhang to come back together with the award document. The imperial edict of Beijing's debriefing.

"Returning to Beijing to report? I have only been in Jimen for two months? Is it necessary to return to Beijing so soon?" Young Master Zhang was confused and called the eunuch Xuanzhi to ask, and the eunuch Xuanzhi sent by Wei Zhongxian also Can't say why, only that this is the emperor's intention, and the emperor intends to reward Young Master Zhang in person.The eunuch's words inevitably made Young Master Zhang even more puzzled - such a small victory, even the credit for getting Young Master Zhang to a higher rank is not enough, is it worth calling Young Master Zhang back to the capital to reward him face-to-face?However, if you are confused, the imperial decree of the emperor is not something Young Master Zhang can ignore now. Young Master Zhang can only make adjustments to the defense line of Jimen, and take advantage of the opportunity of the nine guards of Jimen to help them, and send all the guards to stay at the checkpoint. After re-arranging a tight defense, Song Xiance and Man Gui and other generals were entrusted with the rest of the work, and then they rode fast horses and returned to Beijing with Zhang Shitou and a dozen personal soldiers on horseback.

Fortunately, Young Master Zhang's defense area was basically outside the threshold of the capital. After two days of riding fast horses from Xifengkou, Young Master Zhang and his party arrived at the foot of Beijing on the afternoon of August 28.Because the sun was already setting in the west, it is estimated that the emperor would not be seen when entering the city, and it was inconvenient for people to ride horses on the official road outside Chaoyang Gate, so Young Master Zhang simply got off his horse and walked, intending to go home directly to surprise his family.When passing Chaoyangmen Wharf, a large group of people beside the wharf suddenly attracted the attention of Young Master Zhang - there were two tall poles in the middle of the crowd, and a hemp rope the size of a thumb was tied in the middle, and a petite girl in red was hemping Performing rope skills on the rope, rolling and jumping on the thin rope, like walking on the ground, aroused bursts of applause from the onlookers from time to time, and Young Master Zhang stopped involuntarily, thinking.

"Master, are you dumbfounded?" Zhang Shitou shook his hand in front of Young Master Zhang, and said with a smirk, "That girl looks good, but the two young mistresses are still at home waiting for you to go back. If you dare to take her home today , Elder Young Mistress probably can eat you up."

"Nonsense!" Young Master Zhang opened Zhang Shitou's hand and said angrily, "I was thinking, should I find some quack entertainers to help the soldiers of the Slaughter Army exercise their flexibility. On the battlefield, the more flexible the body Well, your movements will be more flexible! If you talk nonsense again, I will tell your wife Xiu'er when I get back——Your kid is sneaking around a brothel in Jizhou! And not only once!"

"Farewell, young master, I'm just kidding, and you didn't take me there those few times?" Zhang Shitou was taken aback, and quickly apologized to Young Master Zhang.Young Master Zhang snorted coldly, and waved his hands and said, "Let's go." After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang raised his legs and left, but before he could take three steps, Young Master Zhang caught sight of the girl in red jumping off the hemp rope. There was another burst of applause, followed by some arrogant and domineering voices, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, Master Hou is here!" "Get out! Don't hinder Master Hou from doing business!" There was another voice He shouted: "Little lady, you are lucky, our Young Master Hou has taken a fancy to you!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Young Master Zhang's mouth, he knew that the son of the rich and powerful in the court must have taken a fancy to the entertainer girl, and planned to snatch her home and spoil her.Young Master Zhang smiled at Zhang Shitou again: "Shitou, it sounds familiar, you seem to have said these words before, right?" Zhang Shitou nodded quickly, and replied with emotion: "Yes, I remember when you, Young Master, You and I did this in Linqing - for this, I was beaten up by that busker's father. Why don't we go over and see if the people in the capital are as good as we were back then?"

"Of course that's good." Young Master Zhang smiled evilly, leading Zhang Shitou and others to squeeze past.Squeezing into the crowd, there was indeed a young man dressed in fancy clothes leading a group of people to confront the art class. The young man was about the same age as Young Master Zhang, and seemed to be a little familiar. He was holding a erotic painting fan in his hand. , apart from being far inferior in appearance, it was vaguely Zhang Gou Shao in Linqing back then.The red-clothed girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she had outstanding looks. Although her figure was not fully grown, she was still very attractive, her hands were tightly clenched into fists, and she was glaring at the young master surnamed Hou.

"Go away! Don't interfere with my work, Master!" The somewhat familiar boy was very arrogant, pushed away the busker in front of him, stretched out his hand to go to the girl in red and said with a smile: "Little lady, don't be shy, Master, I have plenty of money, follow me to take care of your delicious and spicy food every day, and you don’t have to work so hard to earn money.” —— Zhang Shitou whispered next to him: “Master, you have said this before, and it’s not too bad. Second-rate!"

"Young master, this young master, I have something to say." A middle-aged man stopped in front of the young master, and said with a Shanxi accent, "My young master, my daughter is still young and comes from a humble background. I really dare not Gao Pan, please hold your hand high and let the little girl go."

"Damn old man, get out of the way, don't interfere with my work, young master." The young man raised his leg and kicked the middle-aged man's thigh, trying to kick him away. Board, the pain was so painful that I couldn't help hugging my feet and screaming.The red-clothed girl sneered and said: "You deserve it, you useless trash!" The young man was furious, and shouted: "Little ones, give it to me, beat this old man to death, and take the little beauty back to me! "The seven or eight villainous servants brought by the son immediately rushed up screaming, and started fighting with those buskers.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang and Zhang Shitou couldn't help thinking together: "I seem to have seen this scene before? Why are you so familiar?"

This group of buskers obviously had some martial arts skills, especially the girl in red, who was even more skilled. In a short while, the evil servant brought by the young master was beaten to the ground, looking for teeth and rolling all over the place.The son was timid, when a group of soldiers from Wucheng Bingma Division came over after hearing the news, the son was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted at the soldiers: "Fucking, come here for me, I am the commander of the hereditary Jinyiwei, Mrs. Feng Sheng's son, let me take down this group of minions!"

"Taiyang, no wonder he looks so familiar. He turns out to be my god-brother!" Young Master Zhang suddenly realized that this son-in-law was none other than Hou Guoxing, the only son of Young Master Zhang's godmother and Ke Baba, Xi Zong's wet nurse. Noble, it was still sealed with the honor of Young Master Zhang's Liaodong Great Victory, but Young Master Zhang usually asked Wei Zhongxian to forward gifts to Kebaba, and he and Hou Guoxing only met once while drinking, and they were polite, so they didn't have a deep impression.At this time, in order to flatter them, a group of soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi had drawn their weapons and surrounded the group of buskers—if nothing happened, this group of buskers would never be able to escape from prison.

"Forget it, since I met you, let's count it as a good deed for the little dog." Young Master Zhang sighed secretly, threw the reins to the soldiers, squeezed into the crowd and shouted: "Wait!" Young Master Zhang roared, Naturally, it attracted the attention of all the audience. Hou Guoxing originally wanted to subconsciously scold and let Young Master Zhang mind his own business, but when he saw Young Master Zhang's appearance, Hou Guoxing, who felt familiar, stopped cursing immediately.The red-clothed girl's eyes lit up, her heart beat faster, and she looked at Young Master Zhang full of expectation, hoping that this handsome, handsome and refined young master would uphold justice for her and punish the wicked young master.

"Brother Gan, long time no see, do you still remember me?" Young Master Zhang greeted Hou Guoxing with a smile.Hou Guoxing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Gan, why is it you? I heard that you have become the governor of Jimen, why did you come back to the capital again?" Hearing these answers, the red The girl in clothes was stunned at first, then disappointed, but she still had a little expectation—hope that Young Master Zhang is not so bad as to wait for Guoxing.

"The emperor ordered me to return to Beijing to report on my duties. I just came back." Young Master Zhang replied first, and then said to Hou Guoxing with a smile: "Brother Gan, the beauty is not shallow, I saw it just now, this chick looks good , barely worthy of our brothers."

"What?" The girl in red couldn't believe her ears.Hou Guoxing was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Brother, you have winks, this girl is pretty good, brother, I like it." Saying that, Hou Guoxing shouted at the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi: "Your eyes are so beautiful. Blind? Do you know who this is? Zhang Haogu and Zhang Futai, my god-brother, nine-thousand-year-old son, why don't you greet him soon?" No one in the capital knows the great name of Young Master Zhang?Who doesn't know?So not only the soldiers of the Five Cities Army and Masi were frightened and rushed to pay their respects, but the girl in red also screamed, "What? You are Master Zhang Haogu who killed Jiannu to bleed like a river?!"

"That's right, it's me." Young Master Zhang grinned, pulled the triumphant Hou Guoxing in front of the girl in red, and said solemnly: "This girl, do you know who this young master is? He is my boss." Brother Hou Guoxinghou, the hereditary commander of Jinyiwei, young and promising, handsome and romantic, I can guarantee that as long as you follow him, you will be able to eat well and drink spicy food for the rest of your life, and you will never be poor again."

"What did you say?" The girl in red was completely stunned, never dreaming that the famous Young Master Zhang would be of such virtue.Hou Guoxing laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, brother, you are right. No wonder Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing, those two monkeys, said good things about you and said you played together, it really is good brother."

"Thank you, Brother Gan, for your compliment." Young Master Zhang nodded and smiled, and said to the girl in red more seriously: "Girl, don't worry, my Brother Gan is a responsible person, and he won't do anything. It’s a matter of chaos and abandonment. ——Let’s do this, I’m a good person and will do it to the end. As long as you agree to marry my god-brother now, I’ll take you to the palace right away, and ask my godmother, Mrs. Feng Sheng, and my own father Jiuqian I will act as a matchmaker for you at the age of [-], let my god-brother marry you as the wife of the house, and I will handle your marriage tonight. From now on, you will also be a relative of the emperor."

"What?" Hou Guoxing and the girl in red exclaimed together.Hou Guoxing's face was filled with fear, and he pulled Young Master Zhang and said: "Brother, this matter is not a joke. If I marry a busker as the wife of the house, it will be no wonder my mother doesn't break my legs! Don't say marry She has become the main wife, even taking her as a concubine will not work."

"You don't want to marry her to be the wife of the house? Then what do you want to do?" The young master Zhang was confused and asked suspiciously: "Brother, do you want to play the game of robbing the daughters of the people and forcing the bow? If you do this, Aren't you afraid that your godmother and your own father will find out? If they know that you have ruined their reputation so much outside, the consequences..." After speaking, Young Master Zhang said seriously: "Brother Gan, I think about the reputation of my godmother and my own father. I will take you to see your godmother and your own father now, and ask them to make the decision to marry you, if not, I can also help you to intercede with the emperor directly."

"Don't, don't." Hou Guoxing was sweating profusely, and waved his hand to refuse: "My good brother, I accept your kindness, but let's forget about it. I don't want this chick. If you like it, you can take it. I Let's go first, and drink together another day." After finishing speaking, Hou Guoxing broke free from the clutches of Young Master Zhang, led the evil slaves out of the crowd, and fled without a trace with his head in his arms. happy laughter.

Young Master Zhang smiled, and shouted at the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi: "Hurry up and get out, let me catch you doing these things next time, and you won't want your jobs!" They also put away their knives and guns and ran away.Eldest Young Master Zhang smiled again, turned to the bewildered girl in red and asked casually, "Girl, can I ask your name?"

The red-clothed girl was still dazed and didn't come to her senses. Young Master Zhang shook his head, took out two taels of silver from his purse, threw it to the red-clothed girl casually, and said, "My god-brother hindered you from collecting money, so that's fine." I will apologize to you on his behalf, and be more careful in the future." After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang took Zhang Shitou and waited for his soldiers to leave. After walking a dozen steps, the girl in red came back to her senses, and hurriedly rushed forward with a blushing face. Young Master Zhang shouted from behind: "Master Zhang, we country people don't have a name, and everyone calls me Hong Niangzi."

"Bang!" Young Master Zhang sat down on the ground as if he had stepped on a piece of watermelon rind.

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Leading the soldiers back home in a hurry, seeing Young Master Zhang suddenly descending from the sky, the 12 Zhang Laocai and his wife, Xiong Hu, Dayuer and others were naturally overjoyed, while Young Master Zhang snatched himself from Xiong Hu's arms and still The son who didn’t take a real name hugged and said with a smile: “Puppy, my good son, let father see, have you gained weight now?” Xiong Hu scolded with a jealous smile, “Why did you hug your son just after you came back?” Did you forget what my father taught you, that a gentleman wants to have grandchildren but not sons?"

"Tch, I'm not that pedantic, I'll hug my son and grandson." Young Master Zhang agreed with a smile.At this time, the old housekeeper Zhang Fu suddenly ran in again and reported to Young Master Zhang: "Master, Zhang Guogong is here, and he said he has something urgent to see you."

"Zhang Guogong? His news is very well-informed. He came just as soon as I got home?" Young Master Zhang was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to neglect. He hurriedly handed his son back to welcome him out of the gate, and saw Zhang Weixian standing in front of the gate with his hands behind his back. .Young Master Zhang was about to go up to salute, but Zhang Weixian waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Stop making such vain rituals, take me to your study, you are returning to the capital to report on your duties this time, actually it is our intention, there is a big matter about the empress, I want you to do it."

(End of this chapter)