turmoil

In the twinkling of an eye, October was approaching, and the wind in the capital became more and more bitter. This night, Emperor Xinglong woke up in the midst of heavy wind and rain. Lightning flashed across the night sky, and the bright cold light penetrated the palace pavilion. Liu Yanzhao sat up in the golden tent, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Wet the temples.

In his dream, he saw a bloody face. At first, he thought it was Zhang Jingche who had "suicided himself in prison", but later found out that it was wrong. The person with disheveled hair and palace attire was clearly Concubine Shu who died of dystocia.She stood in the depths of the dense fog, staring at the ninety-five supreme being with a pair of eyes that were more white than black.

Liu Yanzhao has always been reluctant to think of Concubine Shu, because he feels ashamed of this woman.He had doubted Concubine Shu and hated Concubine Shu, but when he learned the truth and realized that he had misunderstood Zhang Jingsu all along, he had no chance to make amends.

Liu Yanzhao vaguely remembered that it was also a thunderstorm night when Concubine Shu died.The sharp whine of the woman giving birth is mixed with the sound of wind and rain, which is particularly penetrating.

Liu Yanzhao didn't go to see Concubine Shu, and he wasn't even interested in his first child. At that time, all he could think about was Zhang Jingche who was far away in Shandong, thinking about his life and death, and hating his indifference.

What really made Liu Yanzhao unacceptable was that Zhang Jingche, a foreigner, would rather defile himself and get entangled with the emperor's concubines than accept the emperor's love.

Although it took him a long time to realize that he had wronged Concubine Shu and Zhang Jingche.

This made Liu Yanzhao hate and feel guilty.

The person on duty that night was Yuezhao, who had followed Liu Yanzhao for many years and knew the emperor's daily habits like the back of his hand.Hearing the movement in the inner hall, Yuezhao filled a bowl of longan lotus seed and bird's nest soup to calm the mind and calm the mind, and bent over to bring it in.

"Your Majesty," Yuezhao said respectfully, "tonight there will be lightning and thunder, I'm afraid it will startle you, drink some bird's nest soup to calm yourself."

After a moment of rustling in the tent, a hand was stretched out, Liu Yanzhao took the bird's nest soup, but he didn't bring it to his mouth, but was stunned for a while: "I remember... Concubine Shu loved bird's nest soup the most?"

Yuezhao was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "Concubine Shu" Liu Yanzhao was talking about was Zhang Jingsu who had passed away...it has been almost five years since her death.

Concubine Zhang Shu was a thorn in Emperor Xinglong's heart. Her unexpected death indirectly contributed to the break between Liu Yanzhao and Zhang Jingche. Over the years, no one dared to mention her in front of Emperor Xinglong. Even the Empress Dowager Wu had to tactfully abduct her bend.

Yuezhao couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking, so he could only apologize with a smile: "Your Majesty has a good memory."

Liu Yanzhao was really bored with the eunuch's low-browed and pleasing face, so he waved his hand to signal him to back down.

Yuezhao stayed in the outer hall until five o'clock, and heard no movement inside, then handed over the errand to the little eunuch who came to change shifts, and went back to the verandah for the eunuch to rest.He is now the chief eunuch of the fourth grade, and he is also a prominent figure in the Qinzheng Palace. When the little eunuchs below see him, they have to respectfully call "Eunuch Yue" and rush to please him.

There is a warm stove in the verandah room, and tea and snacks are ready in a hurry.The little eunuch who was following Yuezhao stepped forward, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Eunuch Yue, in the evening, someone from the Palace of Compassionate Ning passed a message, saying that after the storm, tomorrow must be a big one." On a sunny day, some new chrysanthemums in the imperial garden are blooming just right. If your majesty is free, you might as well lead your majesty to the imperial garden for a walk, it will be a relief."

Yuezhao heard the implication: "Why, the Queen Mother arranged for a newcomer?"

The little eunuch smiled apologetically and said, "The servants are soft-spoken, how do you know this? I only know that the autumn scenery of the Royal Garden is just right... If the Holy Majesty has caught his eye, isn't it also the father-in-law's credit?"

Yuezhao didn't speak, just looked at him so quietly.

Under his indifferent gaze, the little eunuch's face gradually turned pale, his knees softened, he knelt on the ground straight, and kowtowed desperately: "Damn it, I know it's wrong! It's my own decision... Please forgive me this time. Don't dare to do it next time!"

Yuezhao was silent for a moment, and laughed "heck": "The emperor is our master, and the queen mother is also the master of the six palaces. If you follow the master's orders, what is wrong with you? I will reward you!"

The little eunuch was only talking ironically back then, kowtowing his head begging for mercy.Yue Zhao listened to the movement, slightly impatient: "Get up!"

The little eunuch's forehead had already been scratched, he raised his head in amazement, only to see Yuezhao didn't even look at him, and raised his chin self-consciously: "Okay, I've lost my appearance, how can I still work in front of the imperial court in the future? Go wash it up, I know about it."

The little eunuch went down tremblingly.

Yuezhao reached into her bosom, and took out a note, on which there were no words, only a string of numbers with unknown meanings.This book is You Yunwei's secret method for transmitting messages. Yuezhao has been with the emperor for a long time, and he has also learned some fur.

Those scriptures recorded the words and deeds of the sages, but now they are used to pass on the informants of the treacherous criminals, which makes Yuezhao feel the pleasure of revenge.He compared the mother text and listed the words and sentences symbolized by numbers one by one, which happened to be connected into one sentence: the imperial capital should be in chaos, and the emperor's star should be in chaos.

Yuezhao moved the note closer to the candle and burned it into a handful of indistinguishable ashes. The candlelight shone on his side face, and the eunuch's delicate and pale face was distorted by the light and shadow.

The wind and rain were severe in the imperial capital, and in the depths of the grassland thousands of miles away, the Beile elites led by Tumen finally rushed back to the royal court.What greeted them was a messy place, and the former land of abundant water and grass had been completely burnt down by a fire. Green smoke billowed from the ruins. From time to time, vultures swooped down and hopped and pecked among the charred wreckage.

The Beile people were stunned in place, although they had been prepared for a long time, they were still stunned by the tragedy in front of them.Before they could react, the frightened vulture flapped its wings to the sky, and Hai Dongqing's sharp cry came from above, and the sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded.

"People from the Central Plains!" Huo Sen drew out his long knife and roared hoarsely, "Meet the enemy!"

The long-awaited crossbow arrows fell like a dense rain, and the crude leather armor of the Beile people could not withstand the force of the crossbow, and the blood exploded.However, they reacted quickly, stabilized their position immediately, and charged the Central Plains people.

Beile cavalry swept across the grassland, relying on horses and warriors the most.The high-spirited Beile warriors are like a pack of hungry wolves, showing their ferocious minions towards their prey.The two sides fought hand in hand, and gradually changed from evenly matched to vacillating. When the balance of victory gradually tilted to the north, the sneak attacking Central Plains army sent a signal to retreat without thinking.

The Beile people did not allow them to flee, and pursued them with bloodthirsty and resentment.The two armies chased through the lush pastures. When they approached the river, the galloping Beile horse suddenly lost its balance and lost its front hoof unexpectedly.

The sudden change caught Huo Sen by surprise. He took a closer look and found that countless holes had been dug deep in the wild grass. The people from the Central Plains who had been lying in wait for a long time uncovered the turf camouflage and emerged continuously from the holes.They had been prepared for a long time, and the long knives in their hands were designed to chop off horseshoes. The Beile people were forced to fall off their horses and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy.

Huo Sen realized that he had been tricked, and the only thing he could do was to withdraw the extended front. However, the Beile people were pushed too far by the Central Plains army, and the front was pulled into a thin line. When a surprise attack is launched, backup is easily cut off.

The ground suddenly trembled violently, as if the movement of a giant beast passing by.Thick shadows floated on the horizon, and thousands of troops and horses rolled up like thick clouds, and they came close in the blink of an eye.

The leading man, Xuanjia Heiqi, wiped away the blood splattered on his face with the back of his hand.

"Where is Tumen?" He slashed with the knife, and the head rolled to Huo Sen's horse's hooves. General Bei Le raised his head, and met a pair of murderous eyes in the bright light of the knife.

"Hand over Tumen, disarm and surrender," Dingbianhou said softly, "I can spare your life!"

Huo Sen was enraged, he rushed forward with his horse's belly, and slashed at Yang Fan with a knife.Marquis Dingbian turned the long saber into a heavy hammer, and each stroke carried the force of splitting mountains and shaking seas.With just a few blows, Huo Sen's tiger's mouth burst open, blood stained the handle of the knife, he let out a wolf-like roar, but was forced to retreat under Yang Fan's fierce pursuit.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Huo Sen shouted, "Protect Khan!"

The Beile cavalry surrounded a huge carriage, and the gorgeous golden tent fell to the ground. The warriors drove the horses and tried to drag the carriage to turn around.

"There is Tumen in the carriage!" The pursuing general of the Central Plains shouted, "Kill him! Avenge the brothers!"

The Northwest Army swarmed up, but Yang Fan smelled the danger when the situation was good, and shouted: "Be careful, don't fall into the enemy's tricks!"

The general stopped when he heard the sound, but it was too late. The Beile people pulled the thick rope hard, and the gorgeous golden tent was torn apart. There was no one inside, but a dense row of crossbows. The crossbow arrows shot out like locusts, and the Central Plains army fell. Row.

"Damn it!" Liang Yi roared, "Beile people have already prepared!"

Huo Sen stared at Yang Fan with cold eyes: "Since you're here...let's stay!"

The strong crossbows of the Beile people are far inferior to the bed crossbows of the Northwest Garrison, even if it is so, it is enough for the Northwest Army to drink a pot.They retreated quickly as the crossbow arrows flew horizontally, and the Beile Army took advantage of the situation to catch up and cut off the Central Plains people's retreat from all directions.

Yang Fan is very familiar with the formation of the Bei Le Army, and their horses are elite, so they like to outflank the enemy with two wings.But this time, they made a mistake, because at the moment when the left and right forwards of the Beile Army formed a siege, the Northwest Garrison suddenly withdrew to both sides, and a brand new cavalry filled the gap, with two-foot-long firecrackers on their forearms .

There was a loud "boom", and the flames were pushed out with resentment. Huo Sen didn't even have time to give a warning, watching the left and right forwards get their heads blown.

The Beile army miscalculated. They knew that the Central Plains people had firecrackers, and they had suffered losses under the hands of the firecrackers, but they never imagined that in just over a month, the Central Plains people's firecrackers had been improved to less than half an arm long, and they could even Use immediately.The horse galloped and galloped, and the knight on the horse skillfully switched hands, but in the blink of an eye, the gunfire had already changed three rounds, and the left and right vanguards of Beile were routed, and the proud horse was dizzy amidst the gunshots.

"Tumen, come out and meet me!" Dingbianhou waved his long knife and shouted sharply, "Your wife and daughter are in my hands, don't you want to rescue them!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sharp sound of piercing through the air, Yang Fan lowered his body, and swept across with the blade, cutting the incoming crossbow arrow in two.

The arrow was fired by manpower, but its strength was not as strong as a crossbow. Marquis Dingbian turned his horse's head and saw Tumen's figure in the center of the overlapping guards.

Beile Khan held a longbow in his hand, and pointed the stringed iron arrow at Dingbianhou. His appearance boosted the low morale of the Beile people.

Beile people call themselves the children of the grassland. They live in the Xushan Mountain with their backs, but they spend their whole lives in the land inside Xiao Xiang Pass.In the nursery rhymes passed down by word of mouth, it is a gift from the gods to the people of Beile, where the four seasons are like spring, the land is fertile, and there is endless food.Poverty and starvation stop in front of prosperity. People there eat silk and eat delicacies, and they never know what it feels like to be hungry.

Tumen didn't want his people to fight among themselves for a meager amount of rations. He inherited the ambition of the old Khan, and even in his dreams he wanted to take Beile Babu across the border that shouldn't exist.But the Central Plains people gave him a head-on blow. They fought each other in the mountains and rivers and wind and rain, until the blood spilled on the ground, and they swallowed their last breath.

The cold comes and the summer goes, and it starts again and again.

"I will keep your head." Tumen took out a pill from his bosom and put it into his mouth slowly. "In my lifetime, I will lead the warriors of Beile to that rich land."

What responded to him was the ensuing explosion.

Yang Fan didn't intend to spend too much time with the Beile people. The firecracker team he brought this time was built by Zhang Jingche all his life. The number of people is small, but the weapons are really elite-they are all ten-ball continuous firecrackers.Flames spewed out from the sinister muzzle, and the scimitars and war horses of the Beile people had no power to fight back in the face of absolute fire suppression, so they could only flee in a hurry.

This is no longer an evenly matched battle, but a unilateral crush.

Tumen's eyes were about to burst: "Yang Fan, come here and fight to the death with me! What kind of a hero is a man who plays tricks behind his back!"

Yang Fan was unmoved, and stared at him with cold eyes: "When you invaded my city and slaughtered my people, did you ever think about fairness!"

Tumen wanted to argue with him, but the dull pain in his chest made him speechless.At this moment, the rapid sound of horseshoes came from a distance like thunder.Tumen turned his head suddenly, and saw the fiery red skirt of the first rider flying up.

Tumen froze.

Su Rina had never been so embarrassed before. Her headscarf fell off, and her red hair was scattered in the long wind, like a burning fire.She has a pair of blue eyes, and the lake water reflects blood and fire.At that moment, Tumen was dazzled by the beauty of the once frightening grassland.Behind her followed the remaining elite of Beile, and they merged into a torrent, hitting the iron wall cast by the Northwest Garrison.

"Su Rina...my Su Rina!" Tumen looked at his wife lovingly and proudly, "You are the pearl of the grassland, the wolf king bestowed on Beile by longevity!"

The Beile cavalry began to attack on both sides, but the northwest garrison ignored it and rushed to the king's banner of Beile Khan.Dingbianhou took the lead and rushed through the barrier in front of him. Beile's personal guards broke the ground like straws. Tumen stepped forward without hesitation, and drew his sword to hold Dingbianhou's long sword.

"You invaded my grassland, burned my cattle and sheep, slaughtered my warriors..." Tumen paused, "I will give your head to the emperor of the Central Plains!"

Not to be outdone, Yang Fan said, "You have invaded my city, destroyed my fertile land, and killed my people... I am at odds with you, and we are incompatible!"

With a "bang", sparks flew everywhere, and the two stared at each other viciously, feeling the shocking hatred and killing intent in each other's eyes