Devil’s Advent

Emperor Luanjia stayed in Xueguan for three days;

A group of savage headmen and nobles headed by the Hailan tribe paid homage to His Majesty Emperor Dayan.

The ceremony was grand and the occasion was unprecedented;

Everyone knows that the one Xueyuan really overwhelmed was Pingxi Palace;

However, the Pingxi Palace used a very generous gesture to let Emperor Dayan realize what it means to "add Vega to the world".

At least in this regard, the attitude of Pingxi Palace is very clear, and this matter is done in a very authentic way, even Eunuch Wei, who has always been by His Majesty's side, can't find any faults at all.

In fact, Eunuch Wei has gradually gotten used to this "way of getting along" since entering Eastern Jin;

Before Pingxi Wangfu Zheng'er Bajing declared rebellion, it was still Dayan's feudal town, and it would follow this set of procedures;

As for some details below, you can pretend not to see it.

Emperor Dayan gave a lecture to the leaders of these savage tribes,

The process is basically the same,

Let’s start by reviewing the tacit and friendly relationship between Dayan and the wild people in the snow field, although the leaders of these wild people themselves don’t know what kind of "close relations" they had with Dayan and the Yan people before;

But this does not prevent them from nodding like chickens pecking at rice, nor does it prevent them from kneeling at the emperor's feet and weeping bitterly:

"O great and benevolent Son of Heaven,

You have finally come to Xueyuan, who has been loyal to the Ji family since ancient times. We hope you look forward to it so hard! "

Immediately afterwards,

The emperor reprimanded the savages in Xueyuan for their crimes of endangering the land of Zhuxia under the instigation of rebels like the savage king.

A group of savage nobles immediately swore righteously that they and the savage king did not share the sky, and did not participate in it. One of the savage tribe leaders even took off his shirt in front of the emperor, and asked the emperor to grant him the punishment of cutting with a knife. Come and warn him and posterity.

What they said is actually the truth, because the wildling tribe who followed the wildman king back then, because King Pingxi blocked the Xuehai Pass, the young and strong in the tribe basically confessed to Jindong;

And their tribe, after being severely injured by this, was quickly suppressed and annexed by those left behind tribes, and almost none of them survived;

It can be regarded as the "bad money drives out good money" of the Xueyuan group;

After all, those who followed the Savage King back then were the elites of this generation of Snowfield Savages, and those who stayed and did not follow, defined from a historical perspective, could not escape a "short-sightedness".

at last,

The emperor raised his wine glass again, and at the same time bestowed royal wine on these savage noble chiefs, hoping that Xueyuan would live in harmony in the territory of Dayan from now on;

The savage leaders took a sip together and knew that it was the wine produced by Pingxi Palace. They solemnly swear with the emperor that the emperor is the star of the snow field. They will always follow the footsteps of the emperor and Dayan, and will always be Dayan's most loyal dog. !

After the ceremony,

The host and guest enjoyed themselves.

As for late at night, these savage leaders who had just expressed their loyalty to the emperor during the day knelt down in front of the courtyard where Prince Pingxi stayed to "express their hearts again\

,"Um,

Such trivial things are not enough for outsiders to understand.

Different from Zhu Xia’s traditional family and country ideology, which has been strictly rooted in “destiny” and “orthodoxy” since ancient times, the savage tribes on the snowfield have always been in a barbaric value system of fighting and annexing each other;

Even the savage king at his peak had not been able to integrate the entire snowfield in time.

As for the barbarians in the desert, although they have been in decline for a long time, they once had a glorious golden tent royal court era, at least they were able to maintain a nominal "co-lord", which the barbarians did not have at all.

Therefore, the leaders of the savage aristocrats believed more in respecting the strong. Whoever became powerful in the tribe and had more people following him would directly turn back to the original owner or break away from the original tribe to fight for a new pasture on their own. This was a matter of course.

Therefore, when Prince Pingxi cooperates with them in acting to the emperor, they will devote themselves wholeheartedly;

But what they really thought was,

Why didn't Prince Pingxi just kill the emperor and become the leader himself? What is Prince Pingxi waiting for?

Thanks to the generous remuneration and treatment given by the royal family after recruiting wildling servants to enter the customs several times before, they really hope that the prince can take them to do it together when the prince rebels, and they are waiting for the prince's call!

For this,

Naturally, it is impossible for the emperor to be unclear.

On the way Luanjia left Xueguan and turned to Zhennanguan,

The emperor who can't bear the fatigue of traveling and traveling, and the prince Pingxi who always likes to be lazy when it is not necessary,

They were all lying in the spacious carriage specially made by the palace,

face to face

The emperor ate grapes,

Spit out a grape seed,

Laughing at himself:

"Being an emperor is like being an actor on a stage. You know you are acting, and your subjects know you are acting, but you have to work hard to perform it well.

Show it to the people,

Show it to the world,

Show it to God,

Show it to the history books.

Zheng Fan,

Do you feel very meaningless? "

"How to say?"

The prince asked while drinking fruit wine with ice cubes.

"For example, in Xuehaiguan a few days ago, I summoned those savage noble leaders. In your eyes, is it a waste of effort? Even, in your heart, you think it is a bit ridiculous?"

"Am I this kind of person in your heart?"

"Um?"

"If I really want to laugh at you, I will smile in front of your face."

"Too."

The emperor thought so,

continued:

"So, you agree with my approach? Just to let the accompanying historians add Xueyuan's money to my east tour in the history books?

I think that at least there is history to check. Snowfield, at least since my dynasty, has been the territory of my Great Yan. Although we don’t have the energy to completely conquer the snowfield now, just as we don’t have enough energy to rule now. like a desert

But when Zhu Xia was unified and there were no internal constraints,

posterity,

If you can't say it to the outside world, you will be able to free up your hands to truly occupy and develop the snowfield and desert.

In fact, what I want to do is this, so that future generations can have a "since ancient times" proof of righteousness before doing anything.

Do you think I'm naive? "

"No, I think you're doing the right thing."

"real?"

"real."

"But relying on a history book, it is impossible to truly win these territories and make the savages or barbarians bow their heads. In the end, it is really relying on the fighting of the descendants with swords and guns.

Although I am not from Qiu Ba, I also understand the thinking of Qiu Ba like you.

Why,

It depends on whether the future generations can live up to it. "

"At least, there is a thought left, and there is a room for buffering." The prince continued, shaking the wine glass in his hand, "If you are poor, you will put aside the dispute, and if you are rich, it has been since ancient times."

When Prince Pingxi said this sentence,

The emperor was stunned for a long time;

at last,

With a wry smile:

"I always thought I was the smartest person in the world."

"Don't think, you are."

"Thanks."

"polite."

"But a smart person like me understands some things only after sitting on the dragon chair, but I suddenly discovered that you really seem to have a very thorough and clear view of the dragon chair."

"oh."

"If this goes on like this, I'll think it's a pity that you don't rebel."

...

The Weihe River is the current dividing line between Shanggu County and the border of Chu State, and it is also the place where the armies of Yan and Chu are intertwined.

The Yan people would rush forward and build some small fortresses on the south bank of the Weihe River. Similarly, the Chu people would also build some similar military forts on the north bank of the Weihe River.

The story of Prince Pingxi when he was a garrison at Cuiliu Castle has been circulated among the armies of both sides, inspiring the generals of the lower ranks of the two armies to take risks again and again.

Ma Yang is one of them.

He is a centurion under the Royal Guards of the Chu State, but in fact, there are only about twenty people under him now, because before that, he was only a corps leader.

However, he decisively crossed the Weihe River to attack and beheaded two sentry cavalry of the Yan army, and used this as a military merit to be promoted.

Now, he was ordered to take the newly recruited people under his command to build a small fortress on the north bank of the Weihe River. It was not a strict masonry structure, and many places were piled up with soil blocks and supported by wooden boards;

The defensive power is pitifully low, and it can only serve as an outpost beacon tower, and there are always two bamboo rafts parked behind the fort, so that it is convenient to run away at any time.

at dusk,

Ma Yang was leaning on the pile of the small military fort, biting a grass stalk in his mouth.

The people below are busy, trying to add a little more resistance to this not very strong fortress;

Of course, this is an extravagant hope. Once the Yan people here intend to pull out their own nails, they have no choice but to immediately light the beacon and retreat to the other side;

To stay is to wait for death.

Even if the other side has his own soldiers and horses who can quickly come to support him, Ma Yang still doesn't think he has the strength to fight now.

He was very lucky. With the original five robes under his command, he beheaded two sentry cavalry of the Yan army. Two of his subordinates died and two were injured, but it was considered a profit.

But he was unlucky, and happened to catch up with a young general of the Zhao family who had just suffered a big loss from a surprise attack by the Yan people, making him a foil for him.

Therefore, although he was promoted to be a centurion, only twenty old and weak auxiliary soldiers filled his hands, and they did not have the slightest appearance of the elite Imperial Guards of Chu;

He was even dispatched to the north bank of the Weihe River to build a fort, and it was clearly sent to the mouth of the tiger.

However, Ma Yang also knows that this has to be thanks to His Majesty the Emperor for promoting the poor family to the head of Guizhou in the past two years. The arrogance of the nobles has long since disappeared. Once you feel that you are an eyesore, with the banner of the Zhao family, even if you are only a collateral child, you can easily kill yourself.

Now, at least there is no way out, and this is not a hopeless situation. They don't dare to go too far.

As for the subordinates who continue to strengthen the fortress,

Ma Yang didn't stop them either, because he knew that these people were already on the north bank, and they were already worried. Adding a brick and a handful of soil would make their inner "fortress" more secure and prevent it from completely collapsing.

after all,

Why is it that Yan is strong and Chu is weak now!

And everyone knows that the Yan army on the north bank of the Weihe River and Shanggu County that my family is facing now, and the Yan army farther to Zhennanguan, are the direct descendants of the Great Yan Pingxi Prince.

Ma Yang silently took out a few mint leaves from his cuff, then found a piece of paper, wrapped the mint leaves in it, glued it with his saliva, and then moved it to a small brazier that had just risen in front of him, and lit it.

immediately,

He changed his posture, leaned comfortably in front of the stack, and took a breath.

"Cough cough...cough..."

Choking, still very choking, the whole lungs were filled with a burning feeling.

it's painful,

But he also slowly got used to it.

According to legend,

Prince Pingxi likes to hold a stick of this in his hand when commanding battles;

shake the ashes,

The strong captives were wiped out.

Ma Yang knows that there are many people in the Chu army imitating this.

There is nothing to admit, but he was really convinced by the prince of Dayan, and that prince was born in Qianshou, which resonated with the middle and lower ranks of the Chu army, especially the officers.

only,

What Ma Yang didn't know was that Prince Pingxi wrapped it with tobacco leaves instead of mint leaves, and even the cigarette paper was specially made with filters by a small workshop under Prince Pingxi's mansion.

Unknowingly, Ma Yang, the centurion of Xiaobaozhai who was simply imitating,

Facing the setting sun in the west,

took another sip,

In exchange for a more severe cough.

...

"Cough cough...cough..."

"This, don't learn." Zheng Fan said looking at the emperor who was coughing because of smoking.

The emperor still held a cigarette in his hand, shook his head, and said:

"I used to be curious that you smoked this thing, but you said it was bad for your health, so I didn't try it anymore. It's also good to use a snuff bottle.

Now that I know it, I can’t…”

The emperor originally wanted to say that he might not have many years to live, so there was no such thing as being spared.

"It's enough to keep you refreshed." The emperor reminded, "When I go back, you have to ask me to bring some more back home, and then send someone to the capital to deliver them to me every month."

"This is addictive."

"Is this better than Wushi San?" the emperor asked back.

Zheng Fan nodded. Smoking is harmful to health, but it is nothing compared to the popular five-stone powder in Qianguo, that is, heavy metal poisoning.

"I'll take money from the inner treasury to buy this for you, will it work?"

"It's not necessary, it's not worth the money."

"Okay, take advantage of you, I'm very happy, it's a rare time to..."

"The army pays me."

"……"emperor.

At this time, Eunuch Wei came over and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please wear this too."

"If I wear this again, I won't even be able to run!"

The emperor said with great resistance.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Wei was very embarrassed.

"Under layers of protection, how could I be so unlucky, tell me, Zheng Fan."

The emperor looked at Zheng Fan who was standing beside him.

And A Ming, who was standing next to Zheng Fan, heard this question, and the corner of his mouth showed a little helpless arc.

"Ji Laoliu, be obedient, put it on, on the battlefield, I have encountered... seen all the unlucky things."

"Your Majesty, let's just listen to the prince." Eunuch Wei hurriedly advised.

The emperor had no choice but to put another layer of leather armor on his body.

The emperor wore a body protection similar to the golden silk soft hedgehog armor, and then there was an inner armor, and then a layer of light armor made by the Yan army, and after covering it with a layer of leather armor,

Already very weak,

The emperor who became more imaginary because of the empress on the way to the East,

I had to put my hands on my knees and start panting.

"Zheng Fan, if my Yan's army is dressed like this, will they be able to fight?" the emperor asked while panting.

"If my Dayan army was like yours, Your Majesty, there would be no need to fight at all."

"Can't you say something nice?"

"Your Majesty knows that there are camps in every Yan army in my Great Yan?"

"Naturally, this is the tradition of my Yan army."

"Soldiers trapped in the camp, dismount and fight on foot. Everyone can fight at least five rounds with heavy armor."

"I, Da Yan, can have such a tiger-like man, I... I am so relieved... Huh... Huh..."

At this time,

The two painters set up their easels, sat on their own folding benches, faced the emperor and prince, and began to paint.

Seeing this, the emperor straightened up subconsciously, but the prince had no choice but to reach out and lift the emperor's waist belt from behind to help him share some weight.

Not only that,

The emperor also decreed:

"Draw me more heroically."

It means that the emperor allows you to do some artistic processing, at least you can't look too different from the surname Zheng around you.

"Follow the order."

"Follow the order."

The emperor turned to look at Zheng Fan and asked;

"You arranged it really well."

Zheng Fan nodded and said, "It should."

In fact, it has long been the habit of Prince Pingxi to take a painter with him when he goes on an expedition. The folklore "Picture of King Pingxi Breaking the Array" and "Picture of King Pingxi Breaking the Thieves" have long been used as paintings of door gods.

The most widely circulated one is the one where Prince Pingxi sits with his legs crossed and eats melons, while the enemy army breaks up in the distance. The common people think that posting this on the door can get the prince's protection and ward off evil spirits.

immediately,

Zheng Fan looked at the historian standing there and reminded;

"Later, record the facts truthfully, the history is clear, don't be sloppy."

"The subordinates take orders."

The historian who had accompanied the emperor here since Yanjing took his orders seriously. After standing up, he had a sense of uprightness as if he was responsible for Qingshi with his pen like a knife!

At this time,

The emperor asked in a low voice:

"My surname is Zheng, why don't you say that my behavior is ridiculous and unreliable?"

"Dreams, I understand."

The emperor raised his hand very satisfied but with great difficulty, patted the breastplate on Zheng Fan's chest, and said:

"Yes, you still understand me, unlike this Wei Zhonghe, he doesn't understand me without you."

When Eunuch Wei heard this, he felt aggrieved and said:

"Your Majesty...slave...slave..."

The prince on one side smiled and said:

"Hehe, it's easy to handle. I'll do it myself and go to the palace to accompany you instead of Eunuch Wei."

"Plop!"

Eunuch Wei knelt down immediately.

The emperor laughed "haha\

,"road;

"Look, how frightened he was when he heard that you were going to steal his position."

Eunuch Wei felt bitter,

That night immediately came to mind,

The Prince Pingxi, who was still a little guard, entered the palace late at night from Tianfu, and he led the way;

"Zheng Shoubei, Supervisor of Rituals, there is really a shortage of talents like you."

then,

Seeing Zheng Shoubei's embarrassed expression and not being angry or speaking, Eunuch Wei thought it would be interesting to tease him;

Now,

This moment is that moment.

"Wei Zhonghe, get up, tell me you're so frightened, it's really embarrassing to me."

...

"What's the matter, are you so scared?"

Ma Yang looked at a subordinate standing there trembling. This subordinate was an old man who followed him.

immediately,

Ma Yang looked in the direction of this subordinate who was in a daze,

his look,

will change soon,

Without hesitation, he brought the arrow wrapped in oilcloth to the brazier and lit it, then quickly lifted it up, and threw it high towards the front.

A little blood was instilled in the rocket, and it split open in the air, releasing sparks;

In this flash of light,

It was found that a large group of armored soldiers wearing brocade clothes and armor were galloping towards this weak small fort fast.

When the rocket is launched,

At almost the same moment, the Jinyi guards below all drew their bows and arrows, and shot them out!

In the small fort where the shot was caught off guard, people turned on their backs and screamed again and again.

at the same moment,

There is also a big eunuch, with two blue horses coming out from his sleeves, roaring towards him;

the other direction,

There is also a white-clothed swordsman, holding sword energy at his fingertips, and a terrifying sword intent burst out and swept out.

right in the middle,

There is also Liang Cheng, the number one general of the Pingxi Palace,

wave order,

Jinyi's personal guards rushed to the fort!

Ma Yang was completely stunned.

This little fortress,

As far as I am old, weak, sick,

As for himself, a little centurion born in the head of Guizhou who was squeezed out after he had just made meritorious service,

He De He Neng,

Can benefit from such a battle!

next moment,

He saw another scene that made his eyes tear up even more.

He saw a man wearing a silver black armor, holding a broken knife, and behind the man, was holding a banner of the King of Yan Pingxi!

thousands of words,

At this moment in Ma Yang's heart,

It can only be converged into one sentence with despair:

"Sin!"

This is a battle without any suspense, if it can be called a battle.

More than half of the Chu people in the military fort were killed or injured, and the rest surrendered directly.

However, the Jinyi guards who had already entered the military fort were still deliberately hitting each other with their knives, making "huhuhaha" sounds from time to time, continuing to create an atmosphere of fierce fighting.

Prince Pingxi was not the last one this time.

He came to the gate of the fort,

behind,

Wearing several layers of armor and holding a Dayan saber, the emperor struggled to keep up, and then with the last of his strength, he rushed forward and kicked open the gate of the military fort.

The moment the emperor kicked open the door,

The Great Chu Huofeng Banner hanging on the military fort was chopped down by the Sword Master.

Eunuch Wei was so excited that he set up the Dayan Black Dragon Flag!

far away,

The historian holds a pen,

In the manuscript book, it is recorded in a very solemn and solemn way:

"On the first day of April in the first year of Ying'an, the emperor visited the Weihe River in the east;

When the Chu slaves invaded the country aggressively, the military situation was like fire, and the situation was like a dangerous egg;

The emperor in armor and holding a white blade leads the army to charge forward,

fight day and night,

Get rid of Chu Nu, break a city! "