Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 627 Hit the hit

The soldiers who scolded were not in a hurry at all. They learned a lot of dirty words from their guides. When they were thirsty for scolding, someone brought them sweet mountain spring and specially made mint water to moisten their throats. , continue to yell.

  I’m hungry, even though I’m eating dry food, but the salted fish and cured meat can be cooked directly into porridge without even adding salt, the taste is very good.

  The native guide cried while eating the porridge.

   Tears fell down.

   I have never eaten such a delicious thing, and... I am still full.

You must know that this is a place with lofty mountains. There is a saying in Guizhou that there is no three-foot flat land. The environment is harsh, and the villages of the local people are all mountainous. They hunted for a living, but even if they hunted, there was not enough food for so many people in the village. In short, they lived a very hard life.

While eating the porridge and holding the iron basin, the guide cried, and after crying, he took Shen Ao's hand and said in raw Chinese: "I am willing to be a guide in the army for the rest of my life. There is my father, and my eldest son, who is seven years old, and I have eleven nephews, please let them all serve."

   "..." Shen Ao felt that they were a group of debt collectors.

   It's purely mixed eating and drinking.

   then comforted him: "If the job is done, there will be rewards, and your wealth will be indispensable."

  The native recharged his energy, and ran to the Annan army camp to scold him. His voice, from morning to night, made the Annan people in the army camp feel like they were going crazy.

On the third day, some Annan people finally couldn't bear it. Standing on the wooden turret, they bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the dozens of people who were crowded below them. When they loosened the strings, the arrows suddenly flew like locusts. Generally shot.

  The next moment, the arrow hit a soldier of the Flying Ball Battalion under the stronghold, and the arrow directly pierced his arm, and the bronze arrow cluster directly pierced through his back rib, dripping with blood.

   "Oh, the Annan people did it!"

  Everyone got excited.

   Many people's eyes are shining.

   "They did it, they did it." Someone seemed to be flying, and rushed towards their camp.

"I've hit it, I've hit it!" The soldier who was shot in the shoulder by the arrow was as excited as a scholar with a title on the gold list. He endured the severe pain, smiled, and clapped his hands: "Hey! Okay! I'm hit, I was shot by the Annans!"

Many excited companions began to summon the doctor, while looking enviously at the soldier who was shot, he was lucky, Er Hu, this guy is really smoked from the ancestral grave, and he shot him impartially Well, it's all right now, if you get the reward of three hundred taels of silver, you will have to be appointed as an official. After your wounds are healed, there will be at least a hundred households, and the wives and children in Xishanzhuang will definitely be taken care of. Such a good thing , Where can I find it, I am willing to die.

The doctors dragged the two tigers who were shot back to the camp on a stretcher. The two tigers were bleeding profusely, and they shook their arms excitedly in the stretcher and said, "I was hit, and I was shot impartially, Oye !"

The entire camp seemed to be blown up. Yang Biao and Shen Ao rushed over with a group of anxious people. Everyone's faces were full of joy. Yang Biao saw the two tigers on the stretcher and grinned when he saw this guy Yang Biao went up and gave him a slap in the face: "What's the fun? You dance like you got hit by an arrow. It doesn't look like you got hit by an arrow. People who don't know think we're playing tricks. Get hit right away." The officials and officials from all over Guizhou came, you are still happy, happy with your uncle, I will not give you jerky in the future."

  The two tigers burst into tears: "It's unreasonable, the Annan people shot me and provoked me, oh, it hurts to death, it hurts to death."

Yang Biao was satisfied just now. After seeing the arrow, it was the arrow of the Annan people, and there was a mark on it, so he felt relieved: "Quickly report to Marquis Pingxi, we have been attacked, the Annan people are mad and vicious, beat him* !"

  …

On that day, the middle official Chen Ye and the inspector Zeng Qi, who were asked to measure the land and investigate the Annan people's invasion of the border area, saw the two tigers who had lost blood and passed out. , Crying, came to complain, accusing the Annan people of how vicious, encroaching on their forests, and plundering their food.

Chen Ye and Zeng Qi looked at each other in blank dismay, especially Zeng Qi, the inspector, who was called by the Nanjing Metropolitan Censor. He was ordered to investigate this matter a few months ago. With care.

A few days later, Marquis Pingxi arrived with a large army. The mighty army and horses surrounded the stronghold of the Annan people. Dozens of cannons fired at once. Pity the stronghold of the Annan people, but there are only a few hundred people stationed here. It's just wanting the existing land and creating a fait accompli.

  Obviously, the Annan man who shot the arrow never expected that this arrow to vent his anger would lead to such a catastrophe.

  After a burst of bombardment from the iron cannons, thousands of Guizhou elites rushed out and entered the military camp. The battle ended quickly, and soon, there were corpses all over the place.

   There were also Annan people who fled in the chaos and hurried to the rear to report.

  …

  At night, the oil lamp is burning.

  Fang Jinglong ascended to his seat, and the other generals stood on both sides, solemnly in the tent.

In response to Pingxihou's revenge this time, Zhongguan Chen Ye and inspector Zeng Qi did not realize that this was the beginning of a great war, and the friction between the two sides was understandable. This time, it was the Annan people who provoked first , Ping Xihou moved his hands and leveled the army stronghold, which made sense.

   But at this time, Shen Ao took out an imperial edict from the Zhen Guofu: "Prince, Your Highness Zhen Guo Gong has an edict."

  Fang Jinglong left his seat and bowed down, and the rest of the generals bowed down one after another.

  Chen Ye and Zeng Qi looked at each other, feeling incredible.

  But the current crown prince is different from other dynasties. He is the only son of His Majesty, and His Majesty allows him to govern the government, so he has the right to familiarize himself with military affairs, and to a certain extent, limit the right to interfere in military affairs everywhere.

  Chen Ye and Zeng Qi did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly bowed down.

"My palace has heard for a long time that Annan has been arrogant to himself since he was granted the favor of our court and allowed him to establish a country. Since he became the emperor, he has refused to accept the king's land. I have tolerated it again and again, hoping that he can repent and reform his mistakes. So far, Annan and his subordinates have regarded His Majesty's benevolence as weakness, trampled on it again and again, and made it worse. Ya, take the position of prince to share the worries of the king and father. Now your majesty has been humiliated by Annan, and the people on the frontier have been bullied by Annan. The matter has come to this point, and the only thing to do is to punish the people and punish the ministers. The king of Annan is also a thief. Violent and violent, tormenting a country, the lofty men of the other country also regard it as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. You are a clown, the crime is heinous, if this thief is not punished, what is the use of soldiers? Today, the palace specially appointed Fang Jinglong, the Marquis of Pingxi, to conquer the barbarians General, lead our troops and horses, go south to hunt for thieves! All the ministries of the Zhen Guo Mansion march forward together..."

  The generals were terrified.

   Levy Annan.

   This is too much fun.

  Then Chen Ye and Zeng Qi were even more terrified, their faces were ashen, terrified and restless, does the prince have the right to conquer Annan?

they do not know.

Can…

   can't...

  But... why does it feel like His Royal Highness is playing tricks?

   It’s just... It’s fine if this is a child’s play. The problem is that the edict is so formal. Although the crown prince is the crown prince, it is reasonable to...

  Everyone was a little confused, and looked at Fang Jinglong in unison.

  Fang Jinglong smiled bitterly: "What do you think?"

   "..."

   "What do you think, Lord Hou?"

   "..."

   "This is the prince's edict. If it is not respected, what is the majesty of the prince? Today's world is not the same as before. If you think about it, your majesty will not want to. His highness's edict is regarded as a child's play, right?"

   "Then Lord Hou means..."

Fang Jinglong raised his eyebrows: "Don't keep asking me what the Marquis means, how can I have so many meanings, one of you is a middle-ranking official, and the other is an inspector appointed by the imperial court, you are the ones from Beijing. Local guards, how do they know what to do?"

"Or." After all, Chen Ye is a member of the palace, and the advantage of being a member of the palace is that he is sensible: "Or just bluff, at least His Royal Highness's face will be considered, and on the other hand, hurry up and play, Your Majesty please decide. "

  Fang Jinglong nodded and nodded: "Then do this, order!"

   "Here!" All the generals responded one after another.

  Fang Jinglong said: "Call all kinds of troops and horses to prepare for the southern expedition. Before the troops and horses move, the food and grass will go first, and the food and grass will be adjusted first to prepare for unexpected events. In addition, 50,000 civilians will be recruited..."

  Chen Ye and Zeng Qi couldn't laugh or cry.

  Fang Jinglong said: "How about this?"

   "Make it, make it." Zeng Qi was ashamed: "If you want to bluff, you must always look like a bluff. Lord Hou has considered it properly."

  Chen Ye said: "Let's leave, we have to play quickly, this matter is no small matter..."

  Chen Ye didn't say anything, turned around and left.

  Things were really beyond his expectations. The prince made a fool of himself not once or twice, but now that the imperial edicts have been issued and the world knows about it, it’s not bad. God knows how it will end.

  Chen Ye wanted to die.

  The current crown prince is really an uneasy master.

At the beginning, Chen Ye was almost sent to the East Palace, but at that time, he didn't know what kind of back door Liu Jin and others had gone through, and finally squeezed him out. Chen Ye was still annoyed at the time, but now he is relieved. Now, in my heart, I felt a little bit of sympathy for Liu Jin, that damned guy, I think life will be very difficult.

He hurried back to his residence, ordered someone to fetch a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and quickly wrote down the pen, hurriedly reporting the situation here in detail. Naturally, he did not have the courage to say that he would contradict His Highness, only saying that the Annan people were cruel , repeatedly crossed the border, bullied the border people of Ming Dynasty, plundered the land, and attacked the Ming army, heinous crimes...

   After writing this memorandum, he quickly called someone, and sent it to the capital in a hurry.

   Waiting for others to send the urgent report away, Chen Ye heaved a long sigh of relief, suddenly wanted to cry, and murmured: "This has never happened before, this is the evil that made that family."

  (end of this chapter)