Loyal heart travels a long way

When Gu Zhiyao arrived at the Mobei military camp, Zhu Chengdong didn't even come out to meet him.

Ying Er came out to meet him. He was very different from when they separated from Chu Dancheng and the others. His already thin face was even less fleshy. The expressionless face that seemed to have no awareness of his surroundings was now replaced by With a heavy frown.

Gu Zhiyao knew that it would be difficult for the two of them to stay alone in this Mobei, not to mention how tight the war was, the most agonizing thing was the matter of the old general and the old lady.

He didn't have time to wash off the dust all the way, so he got off his horse and went to Zhu Chengdong's military tent.

At this moment, Zhu Chengdong was looking at the map of Mobei, frowning and thinking about how to fight the next battle, how to take the life of the man in purple.Seeing that it was Gu Zhiyao leading the troops, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Why are you here?"

"What's the situation now?" Gu Zhiyao didn't answer Zhu Chengdong's question, walked forward boldly, sat down on the chair next to Zhu Chengdong, took off the helmet and put it on the table, and looked at the map with him: "Wulanchabu was beaten back again?"

Seeing that Gu Zhiyao had no intention of talking about how he persuaded Chu Dancheng to let him go, Zhu Chengdong nodded without asking, and pointed at the Ulan Chabu area: "It was shot down. A few days ago, the Tatars brought a group of The herdsmen went to the gate of the city to threaten each other, set fire to the prairie fire, and trapped the soldiers in the city. Ying Er and I almost collapsed at the gate of the city, and it was my grandparents who brought soldiers to meet them."

Speaking of grandparents, Zhu Chengdong paused, and clenched his fists suddenly: "There is a Han general in the Tatar army, and he used to be a member of our Chu family! It was Cong Jian who killed grandparents!"

"A member of the Chu family?" Gu Zhiyao hesitated, "The Chu family has never treated their subordinates harshly. Since they are already members of the third rank, why would they do such a thing?"

Zhu Chengdong took a deep breath: "This person likes beauty. Back then, he wanted to force the young lady of the Zhou mansion to marry him. Mr. Zhou was in a job of the sixth grade, so he couldn't disobey him, but that young lady was betrothed since she was a child." , I couldn’t think about throwing myself into the lake for a while. I don’t know what else is there. I was still young at that time, and I didn’t have any silver or walnuts.”

In this way, it is a matter of old sesame seeds and rotten millet for who knows how many years.Although Old General Chu was tactful and understood accidents, he couldn't tolerate such a thing. He wanted to punish this general according to the law, so this person held a grudge, so he killed General Chu and his wife.

"Did you hear anything else?" Gu Zhiyao asked again. He thought for a long time before continuing to say a few words: "Grandfather and grandmother are all first-class in martial arts, and they still carry Yunshi. Planted in the hands of the villain Cong Jian? Also, I just heard you say that the Tatar soldiers set fire to the prairie fire, and the grass is knee-high, so how could it still be burning?"

Zhu Chengdong hated even more when he heard the words, "They have tung oil in their hands! That Congjian even has firecrackers in his hands! If it wasn't for the firecrackers, no matter what, he wouldn't be where he is today!"

firecrackers...

Gu Zhiyao chewed these two words in his mind several times. It's not that he doesn't know what a firecracker is, but it's rare in Dazhou, and it's never been used in the army.The only ones who own firecrackers are all relatives of the emperor, and they also have one, which was given by the emperor, and they have been well hidden all the time and have never been taken out.

Where did the firecrackers in the Tatar army come from?Was the collusion a royal thing?

And tung oil... How did the Tatars get the tung oil, these made Gu Zhiyao have to think more.

In the battle of Ulanqab, Dazhou suffered heavy losses. Almost half of the soldiers in Mobei lost their lives on that grassland, and the old general Chu and the old lady never came back.I heard from Zhu Chengdong's spies that the old general and the old lady had fought to the end and arranged for some soldiers to retreat south to the barracks.

Yun Shi roared loudly, and was finally shot dead by Cong Jian with a firecracker.

Of course, the Tatars didn't get much benefit. Even if Cong Jian had a firecracker in his hand, he still suffered serious internal injuries.After this battle, the city gate of Ulanqab was burned down, and the city wall was also smoked with a layer of scorched black. Dazhou lost an old general who had gone through three dynasties and his wife who was not pampered at all; One of the most powerful warrior generals, the Han general who possessed the intelligence of the two countries, was also seriously injured.

But the Tatars forced the soldiers of Dazhou back from Ulanqab. In general, the Tatars won this battle.

Although Gu Zhiyao brought the reinforcements sent by the capital, and they were all elite soldiers, they did not solve the most fundamental problem.

One is the problem of tung oil. The Tatars have tung oil in their hands, and the wind is blowing south again. How can we prevent those barbarians from setting fire to the prairie fire?From the events of the past few days, it can be seen that the Tatar Khan will not give up his plan to set fire to the prairie fire for the sake of innocent herdsmen.

The second is that there are firecrackers in the Tatar army now, and it is not known how many firecrackers there are.It stands to reason that having a firecracker is a big deal, but it cannot be guaranteed that there will be no talented people in Tatar who can imitate more firecrackers.The firecracker is an unusually powerful hidden weapon. It does not need to be fed poison, as long as the aim is high enough, it can kill people.

The third, and most important point, is who is the collaborator behind the scenes.After the two people's speculation just now, it can be predicted that most of the collaborators will be members of the royal family. Who is it that can stretch their hands so far?

In Gu Zhiyao's mind, he passed An Rumeng, An Ziqiong, and the people from the Qin Mansion one by one, but he didn't think they looked alike. After all, even if it was really them, Mobei was far away from the capital in the end. It is not always easy to get things done seamlessly.

Who else can do such a thing?

The princes, except for An Ziqiong, have all gone to their respective fiefs, and the emperor has never shown any intention to cut down the feudal clan. Those princes are obviously more comfortable being an honest feudal prince in the fief than rebelling.

Wait... my lord?

Gu Zhiyao unconsciously thought of a special prince.

That man was also a prince, but he was a sinner. He was destined to win the throne, but he missed the dragon chair because of a mistake.This person has a good reason to rebel, and the fief is extremely close to here.

That person is—— Wang Wang An Zifeng.

An Zifeng was originally the eldest prince and also the crown prince, and the late emperor had long intended to pass on the throne to him.At that time, besides An Ziqiong, the youngest prince, the eldest prince An Zifeng was the most favored, but for some unknown reason, he ruthlessly killed the first emperor with poison.

Fortunately, this matter was revealed early, and the late emperor took his life back, so he went to An Zifeng's position as the crown prince, and changed the fourth prince An Zimu - that is, the current emperor is the crown prince, and put An Zifeng's fief in Mobei In this land, he was given the title of king.

However, the medicine was too poisonous, An Zifeng was determined to take the late emperor's life, and within a month, the late emperor still couldn't bear it and left.

Zhu, the same crime, originally it was the king who killed the king, but it was An Zimu who cared about the brotherhood, so he left the word "killing", and did not let An Zi Fengzhen become a two-character king.

If it was An Zifeng, everything would make sense.

There is a piece of land further south in Mobei that can produce tung oil, and An Zi, as the fief king, can receive tung oil from the fief every year.Moreover, although firecrackers were rare, they had already been introduced to the Great Zhou Dynasty when the first emperor was still there. An Zifeng was a favorite in the past, so it is not surprising to have firecrackers in his hand.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhiyao looked at Zhu Chengdong and said, "Cousin, I'll take care of it tomorrow, please come and meet someone for me."

"Who?" Gu Zhiyao had always done something he could do by himself, but he suddenly asked him to do it, thinking it was inconvenient to come forward.And the person who can make it difficult for Gu Zhiyao to come forward is probably an important person.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chengdong even sat up straighter.

"King King."