As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Hua Manlou smiled wryly and said: "Yes, Erchen... I can't hold him back, maybe he can make more messes if he is put in Xishan, so I can only take him with me."

"I don't blame you." Emperor Guangxing waved his hands depressedly, and then said: "Sit down and talk, the love ministers don't stand up anymore, they all sit down."

After several people thanked them for being seated, Emperor Guangxing looked at Huamanlou and said, "What do you think about the matter in Lanzhou Mansion this time?"

Hua Manlou sighed and said, "First of all, Xining Guard has been lost. Judging from the news that came back, since King Yiduan was able to collude with Tumote, it is impossible for him to confiscate Xining Guard. Lanzhou government needs to gain a foothold first, and then make plans."

Emperor Guangxing frowned and said, "Based on the strength of Xishanwei, it's not difficult to gain a foothold, right?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly and said, "Father, the Xishan Guards only have more than [-] people, and because the speed of support is as fast as possible, many heavy weapons cannot be carried. And how much is the strength of the new army from other places?" It is not clear, but after arriving at Lanzhou Mansion, they will face not only the Three Guards of the Wangfu and Xining Guards, but also the Tumote Department, which is estimated to be more than [-]. The city wall of Lanzhou Mansion is not as tall as that of Datong, so can it be defended? Say both."

Emperor Guangxing's brows were wrinkled together: "My good brother, really picked a good time!"

Although this remark is ironic, it also expresses the bitterness of Dazhao at the moment—it was so difficult to divide the Tatars and carry out the reform of the military system. As a result, it suddenly came out when there was no result. This just hit the pain of Dazhao's reform when.

So, if the defeat in this battle is a mess, not only will there be problems with the reform of the individual military system, but the entire newly built defense system on the nine sides will also collapse. This will not be an ordinary blow to Da Zhao.

"That's the case. The matter is still within the controllable range. I'm afraid that King Yiduan will directly lead Tumot to invade on a large scale without waiting for the news from the Liaodong Army." Hua Manlou continued: "Since Peng Guang sent the letter, I haven't heard from Lanzhou Mansion for a few days, so..."

He didn't continue to speak, but everyone in the room knew what he wanted to say: If it is true what he said, I am afraid that the Lanzhou government will go to war in a short time. 7 people fought—even though it was verified that after the rebellion of King Yiduan, Bo Huai'an could immediately become the governor of Lanzhou through a secret decree, and he had the right to mobilize nearby troops, but the beating nature of the guard...

Emperor Guangxing looked at Hua Manlou with a sad face, and opened his mouth to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say—it was his own younger brother who rebelled, but it was the Hua family and his son who worked hard for him, how embarrassing it was. How embarrassing.

Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Fan Ge, who was sitting opposite Huamanlou, said, "This is just a guess. Maybe Tumed didn't raise his troops so soon? There is no news at the moment, so it's good news."

Elder Zeng Ge also said: "That's the truth. In the past two days, the ministers have stepped up their supervision, and it will save some time."

Even though he knew that these two people wanted to reassure himself, Hua Manlou still bowed his hands to express his gratitude, but when he was about to speak, he heard Wen Ge's old way: "Your Majesty, maybe... there may be a support army."

Emperor Guangxing was stunned: "Where else?"

Elder Wen Ge looked at Hua Manlou: "You must be more aware of this. If the Tatar tribes in the Hetao area provide food and money, it will not be difficult for them to send troops, right?"

Hua Manlou blinked: "This...maybe it's really possible?"

In the past, when Uncle Huai'an returned to Dazhao, several Tatar tribes came together, and later settled in the north of Hetao. Last year, he resisted other Tatar tribes going south to plunder.

On the surface they are still in the tribute mode, but in fact they are no different from surrendering to the Great Zhao—at least that's how the Tatars see it, after all...

Last year's snow disaster, Emperor Guangxing, under pressure, gave them food and grass, and also gave them some other preferential policies. From the perspective of Tatars, this is a surrender to Zhao.

Elder Zeng Ge looked around and said with a smile: "Then let's send someone to communicate. It doesn't matter if the conditions are better, after all, the court still has some surplus this year."

Mentioning this old Zengge, I feel a little bit emotional: some Tatar tribes surrendered because of Huamanlou's toss, and the imperial court had a surplus because of the lottery tickets sold by Huamanlou. The more you earn——for all these years as an official, Mr. Zeng Ge has never felt so rich.

For Huamanlou, this is a kind of good cause and good fruit, but for Mr. Zeng Ge, it is much more complicated. When the former Fanhua family and the Wen family got married, Mr. Zeng Ge was quite critical, thinking that Mr. Wen was dizzy before marrying his daughter to Xungui, but now he is a little jealous: why doesn't his family have a daughter of the right age to marry Huamanlou?The granddaughter is also fine, when the time comes, I will be able to let this old man, Old Wen, call him uncle...

Well, it's okay to call me Dad!

572. One Jin Er

It is the practice of the country and the court to hold a general meeting for small things and a small meeting for big things.

This war was not only about quelling a rebellion, but also a serious Patriotic War, so this small meeting lasted until half the afternoon.

After agreeing on most of the details, the three senior members of the cabinet immediately returned to the cabinet office. Ying Guogong began to recruit the remnants of the three major battalions, planning to pursue the Liaodong Army with the Tianjin Navy, while Hua Manlou was preparing to return to the West Mountain. It was estimated that after two days of preparations Set off to Lanzhou Prefecture for support.

Before leaving, Emperor Guangxing called Huamanlou to stop, hesitated for a while before saying: "Lanzhou government can abide by the rules, if not, you can lead people back to the east."

Hua Manlou was taken aback: "Father, this..."

Emperor Guangxing patted Hua Manlou on the shoulder and said, "Gains and losses in one place are nothing, success or failure cannot be judged by a single game, even if there is no Lanzhou Mansion, as long as you are here and your father is here Now, this place will be brought back sooner or later, you know?"

In fact, it is very inappropriate for Emperor Guangxing to say this, after all...

If the Lanzhou government is really lost, I am afraid that more than [-] people will die because of this war, and there may be more displaced people.

But then again, Huamanlou Yu Dazhao is really more important than one or two cities, so Emperor Guangxing would rather lose Lanzhou Mansion than let Huamanlou have any accidents-he was not willing to let Huamanlou This is also what Hua Manlou went to investigate the situation in Lanzhou Mansion, and he can be sure that this is not an act of inviting people's hearts at all.

Therefore, theoretically, Hua Manlou should bow deeply and say something like 'I promise not to return if I don't break the heresy', 'People are in the city', but looking at the worry in Emperor Guangxing's eyes, he didn't say anything at all. After saying it, he just smiled in the end, gave a deep bow, said goodbye and went out.

……

Time went back to when Huamanlou had just left for the capital, Xishan.

"Hey hey hey...hahahaha..." There were bursts of weird laughter from a courtyard.

This courtyard is located to the north of the Xishanwei camp, and this area is specially arranged by Huamanlou for the family courtyard of Xishanwei. Unmarried officers can also be allocated a courtyard here, so that Zhao Ren's plot is closely covered. Status, he naturally has a house here.

The courtyard is not big, basically the size of a quadrangle. Normally, Zhao Ren's "long follower" lives here——Zhao Ren himself mostly lives in the camp, or in the flower-filled Xishanbo Mansion. .

And today...

Zhao Ren came back to live for the first time yesterday, so today the long-term attendants were all put down - this is a causal relationship.

Xiongzi knew very well that after the Liaodong Army retreated, Huamanlou would definitely go to Lanzhou Prefecture, and the war situation in the capital area would definitely be handed over to the court, so basically he would not get any benefits from these two places.

So if this is the case, why not take a step first and go to Lanzhou Mansion?

Now that Hua Manlou has gone to the capital, the only ones stopping him are the 'long followers' around him, so why not put them down?

"Hey hey hey..." Zhao Ren looked at the sleeping pill developed by Wan Cheng Yanran with a smirk on his face: "The effect is really good, no wonder Wan Teng sister can't use it casually! Fortunately, Jin'er is honest and easy to deceive, otherwise I really can't figure it out..."

Jin'er is a female disciple accepted by Wan Qi Yanran—or rather, she is the granddaughter of Li Minglei, a genius doctor who came to Xishan for exchange and study and then stayed in Xishan. Naturally, it was handed over to Wan Cheng Yanran.

The little girl is about 13 years old this year. In Wan Cheng Yanran's words, she is very spiritual and has a good understanding. If you teach her well, she may become a master of Xinglin in the future. How can I put it...

Because she was protected by Miracle Doctor Li in her childhood, she was a bit too strict, so the little girl is extremely innocent, no matter what anyone says, she will believe everything, and occasionally Hua Manlou can't help but want to tease her when she wanders around the medical center .

So, isn't this innocent little girl being cheated every time she meets Zhao Ren's brat who goes to play in the clinic from time to time?

When Zhao Ren was proud, a little girl's cry suddenly came from the door: "You...you lied to me again!"

"Jin...Jin'er?" Zhao Ren was stunned as soon as he turned around, "Why are you here?"

Standing at the door was the deceitful Jin'er he was talking about. The little girl was very cute with pink makeup, but at this moment her face was puffed up like a steamed stuffed bun, and she was so angry that she seemed to cry: "I...you say you are Worrying about the war is hard to sleep at night, so I gave you medicine to let you have a good rest, and I came to see you early in the morning, but...you used it to make fun of others again!"

Zhao Ren looked back at the guards lying asleep on the ground, and then at Jin'er: "This...no, they are my personal soldiers, the main reason is...they are also worried about the war, so today Isn't this the retreat of the Liaodong Army? That's why I asked them to take some medicine and have a good sleep, so they can rest, right..."

"Yes...is that so?" Jin'er looked at those people: "But they sleep on the ground, they will catch a cold..."

"Leave them alone, they're not afraid of the cold." Zhao Ren gritted his teeth, pulled Jin'er up and walked out: "I still have tasks today, you go back first..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ren suddenly felt something was wrong: According to Jin'er's temperament, he would definitely tell Sister Wancheng about what happened here after returning home, so that it would be exposed. ...

The bear boy turned his sinful eyes on Jin'er: "You go with me!"

"Ah?" Jin'er stared blankly at Zhao Ren: "Is...is it Xishanwei's secret mission? Why should I go with you?"

"Secret mission, it's said to be a secret mission, so you know it, what kind of secret is it?" Zhao Ren was talking nonsense while carefully watching the crowd near the family courtyard, and then took out an envelope and placed it in Jin'er. He wavered in front of him: "Here, this is a confidential document. The uncle said that he wanted me to send it to the old uncle secretly. It must not be discovered by others. Once discovered, it must be silenced..."

Jin'er was stunned, and suddenly her face turned pale with fright: "Then...then you...you want to kill me..."

"What are you talking about, aren't we friends?" Zhao Ren took the little girl's hand and sneaked into the Xishanwei camp, and then fled to Jinov's team: "I will guarantee you, you Would you like to deliver the letter with me?"

"But... can this be done?"

"Of course! I said it!" Zhao Ren limped the little girl with a righteous face, then called a few of his soldiers in Xishanwei, showed the envelope again, and continued to deceive.

Half an hour later, two newly developed four-wheeled carriages drove out of Xishan, carrying: one scout balloon, some fuel, two tiger squat guns, ten firecrackers, some bullets, some Purdue, some dry food and water ,as well as……

There are seven Xishan Guard soldiers, one is the Prince of Zhao, and one is Jin'er who is at a loss.

573. Calms blood pressure

"You mean, that bastard not only ran away first, but also... took Jin'er away?"

Hua Manlou returned to Xishanwei to prepare, but saw Wen Liang in the lobby of Xishanwei, and only after asking about it did he learn that Zhao Ren had sneaked away again.

Wen Liang's little face was pale, and he didn't know whether it was from the cold or from fright: "It must have been a sleeping pill cheated from Jin'er. In order to avoid being discovered by Wan Teng's sister, I took Jin'er and ran away."

Hua Manlou looked at Zhao Ren's long follower who was trembling with fear, and sighed, "You guys, if you knew he was such a brat, how could you be so vigilant?"

A few guards knelt down on the ground with a puff: "Uncle, it's because I didn't care enough to wait, but... who would have thought that His Highness would prescribe medicine?"

"That's all, let's get up first." Hua Manlou's brain began to hurt.

According to the information collected by Wen Liang, Zhao Ren has been preparing for a sneaky escape for several days - not only sleeping pills, but also such things as coils and carriages. Yin, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to prepare everything in the morning.

"A wandering heart that can't be tied on a thick dog leash." Hua Manlou said with a wry smile, "I should have thought about it a long time ago, especially when we fought on the first day..."

During the night raid on the Liaodong Army's camp, Zhao Ren lamented indiscriminately about being unhappy in life. Hua Manlou didn't pay much attention to it at the time, or he never thought that Zhao Ren would set his mind on Lanzhou Mansion at all. of.In the next few days, Zhao Ren didn't act like a monster. Hua Manlou thought that this guy was being honest under his own strict defense, but in the end...

"Anyway, you can't let him go to Lanzhou Mansion, that's the real battlefield." Wen Liang looked at Hua Manlou with a sad face: "And His Highness ran away from Xishan, if His Majesty pursues it..."

Hua Manlou looked at Wen Liang, then at the trembling guards, and said, "If nothing goes wrong, His Majesty will not pursue it. I can guarantee this. The most important thing now is to chase him back..."

Speaking of this, Hua Manlou felt helpless: "No, I am the only one who can bring him back right now, except His Majesty, and he won't listen to other people's words. Moreover, the speed of the new carriage is faster than that of ordinary carriages. Much more, he has been running for more than half a day, unless he stays around day and night, it is impossible to catch up..."

Emperor Guangxing couldn't go out of Beijing, and Hua Manlou was the general, and he had to prepare a lot in the past two days, so it was impossible to go after him personally.

"It's even counted into this, such a calculation...Should I praise him?" After Hua Manlou sorted out his thoughts, he looked at the guards who were mourning: "You guys should catch up first, not now. Begging him to come back, you just need to ensure his safety. It doesn’t matter if you chase after Lanzhou Mansion. If you encounter Tumed attacking the city there, you don’t let him go to the battlefield even if you hug his legs. Put him on a hot air balloon, understand?"

The guards looked at each other for a while, then quickly agreed and went to prepare the horses.

After waiting for a few guards to go out, Hua Manlou took Wen Liang's little hand and said: "I... have to go out again."

Wen Liang looked up at Huamanlou, forced a smile, but said nothing.

Hua Manlou said again: "Earlier I said that I would not go out after getting married, but now the situation..."

Wen Liang raised his hand to cover Hua Manlou's mouth, and said softly: "In the face of the national crisis, and father is still in Lanzhou, it will be bad if you don't go. I'm not the kind of girl who doesn't care about the overall situation and plays petty temper. Why do I say this?"

Hua Manlou held her hand again, squeezed it before saying, "I'll let you look after the house again."

This housekeeper is not another housekeeper. If Xishan is not in Wenliang town, let alone whether the ammunition produced can be guaranteed to be sent to the front line, it is unknown whether some people's dog paws will come here.

Not to mention, when Huamanlou conquered Japanese pirates, there were some people who were acting as demons in Xishan, sneakily wanting the method of making iron, and some people were ingeniously wanting to make hot air balloons - the former was mostly seeking money, and the latter The author's ideas may not be very harmonious.

"I have no problem here, but you. Be careful when you go. Don't get any wounds on your body. If you have a child in the future, the child will laugh at you." Wen Liang said it very easily, as if talking about Huaman It seemed like Lou was going to go hunting, but at the end of the sentence, his voice trembled a little.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Hua Manlou responded, pinching her face before saying, "Let's go home first."

……

Huamanlou's side was busy with preparations and reluctantly bid farewell, but Uncle Huai'an, who was far away in Lanzhou Prefecture, was not in such a good mood.

After King Yiduan fled, Uncle Huai'an took out Emperor Guangxing's secret decree and quickly captured many officials, and then directly took over the military and political affairs of the Lanzhou government in the name of the governor of Lanzhou.

After taking over the Lanzhou Mansion, Uncle Huai'an felt that the situation became more and more difficult: the treasury was in short supply, the soldiers guarding the city gates were either old or disabled, many people fled due to various exorbitant taxes, and those left behind did not care about the government at all Favorable, so it is even more difficult to recruit civilian husbands to repair the city wall.

As for the walls...

Theoretically, it should be repaired every once in a while, and the account of Lanzhou Zhifu newspaper also appeared to repair the city wall, but in fact, no one has seen the maintenance of the city wall since the third year of Guangxing.

Xu Shi knew that the war was coming, and the only few wealthy households in the city fled with their families. The nearby gentry also hesitated and began to move their families. , especially food prices.

However, Huai Anbo, who planned to open a granary to stabilize people's hearts, found that the granary in Lanzhou Prefecture was empty enough to run away mice-even though there were three months of grain in the account.

The bad situation can't be bad, which made Huai Anbo's blood pressure rise day by day. In order to calm down the blood pressure and give an explanation to the people in the city who couldn't escape, he not only beheaded the prefect of Lanzhou with his own hands, but also Hanging a group of corrupt officials at the gate of the city and swinging in the wind, finally...

Chopped up a censor who came to point fingers.

This guy has no eyesight, not only reprimanded Uncle Huai'an for indiscriminate killing, but also accused him of shaking the hearts of the people, and planned to impeach him, so Uncle Huai'an directly chopped him up out of sight and out of mind.

What's interesting is that after chopping up the censor, the people in the city suddenly started to go up to the city wall to help.

The days passed day by day, and the battle was being prepared in full swing in the city. The troops mobilized by the left guards began to arrive, and the grain and grass collected from other prefectures and counties also gradually arrived, but Uncle Huai'an's brows did not relax.

Until this day, when the magistrate's yamen was calculating the grain and grass, suddenly a young soldier ran over and reported happily: "Old man, Mr. Song Qian is back!"

574. Thieves Don't Go Empty

The moment he saw Song Jie at the gate of the city, Uncle Huai'an was in a daze: "You are..."

"Hey, hey, old man, I'm back." Song Jie smiled very embarrassedly: "There is a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Pointing at the person behind him, Uncle Huai An opened his mouth and asked dryly, "Let's not talk about the news, what's the situation...?"

When Song Jie went to Xiningwei, he took only four people and set out with light clothes, but now...

A young girl followed closely behind him, her head lowered, and she firmly grabbed Song Jie's cuff; two young soldiers carried a fat man off the carriage behind him like a pig and threw him on the ground, groaning ; and in the car behind, a guy who looked quite iron and simple lifted a person out of the car like he was carrying a sack, causing the man to curse: "Bastard! Be gentle... hiss, it hurts!"

Song Jie glanced back and said, "Oh...Huang Zhenfu was injured a little, but he is generally fine. That fat man is the son of King Yiduan. As for this one, this is the youngest daughter of King Yiduan."

Uncle Huai'an looked at this, looked at that, and didn't know what to ask: Just... went out for a trip, not only picked up the undercover Huang Zichao, but also captured the son of Prince Yiduan and his daughter?By the way, why is this girl not tied up, but still seems to be very attached to Song Jie?