After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

On the front line of southern Xinjiang, within the camp of Qiongqi Army Commander.

The charcoal in the brazier was crackling, and white rice rolled in the copper pot hanging on the brazier. Yun Jing, a retainer of the Yun family, sat cross-legged on the ground and stirred the porridge and rice in the pot back and forth with a wooden spoon.

Yun Jue was dressed in bright light armor, wearing a red gold pocket on his head, holding a wooden sand table with both hands, concentrating on the fighter in front of him.

From the day the military report of the start of the war reached Bianjing, Yun Jue received the imperial decree and led [-] elite soldiers to the front line of southern Xinjiang to rush to help overnight.

It has been more than a month so far.

Yun Jin beside him was also wearing an iron helmet and a copper helmet, holding a small flag symbolizing the position of the Great Zhou army in his hand, hesitating about where to put it.

Both Yun Jin and Yun Jue are generals of the same generation as Yun Yao, and they are also cousins ​​with the same surname.Ever since he returned from the northern desert in the 22nd year of Yongxi, he has been leading troops to guard southern Xinjiang.

Lingnan Road and Jiannan Road in southern Xinjiang are places with strong folk customs, where bandits are often rampant, snakes and caterpillars are poisonous, and the environment is harsh.Since he came here, he has not only guarded the surrounding territory, but also brought homeless refugees and even conscientious gangsters into the army, and trained these people to become tiger and wolf divisions.

In just three years, the originally smoky southern Xinjiang has been managed in an orderly manner. If it weren't for the fierce plague, Nanzhao, a vassal state alone, would not have made the country's intentions come to this point.

Yun Jin hesitated for a moment, and finally planted the small flag in his hand on a high ground called Jizu Mountain.

Yun Jin's actions were quickly refuted by Yun Jue: "Jizu Mountain is too dangerous. According to the range of my Da Zhou's existing mountain crossbow, I can only climb up on foot with soldiers who trespassed on the mountain. If you encounter an ambush, don't you let those soldiers go to this mountain to die in vain?"

"But it's been dead for almost seventeen days. The morale of the plague is still low. If there is no more victory to fight, the morale of the army will be lost." Yun Jin stretched out his hand and held down the flag he had planted just now. Stubbornly said: "This is neither offensive nor defensive, what is it?"

"That can't be rash. Right now, the plague in the army has not been eliminated, and the states and counties are also in dire straits. Nanzhao started the war at this time, isn't it just to make us lose our temper and mess up?" Yun Jue pulled out The flag was lowered, and it was planted in a position called "Jiyao Mountain" fifteen miles away from the pass of Jizu Mountain: "In my opinion, it is better to deploy defense here first. Before the next battle, we can fight first." An ambush."

"But Jiyao Mountain's terrain is not dominant, the ambushes are scattered, and even 1 people can't spread out in such a small place. What's the point of beating them without pain?" Yun Jin was anxious, and kicked angrily. He kicked the shelf of the sand table, pointed to the white porridge rolling in the pot and said, "Damn it, this battle is really a fucking useless one! Look how good the white rice is boiled in this pot. The rations and weapons are all the best, our Yun family has been so useless for generations! If uncle and eldest sister are still here, they must have already killed the imperial city of Nanzhao by now!"

"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this." Yun Jue patted his cousin on the shoulder, and the metal of the two armors collided and made sporadic noises: "Eldest sister never fights head-to-head with anyone when she uses soldiers. This time The war is intense and menacing, it doesn’t happen overnight. Nanzhao has been unknown before, paying tribute to his ministers. I thought it was the body of an ant, but I didn’t think that this ant would endanger the beast one day. If you have the skill to lose your temper like this, why not Think about how you can win right now."

The current battle situation is not optimistic. The geographical location of Nanzhao Kingdom is special, surrounded by natural barriers as natural barriers. It is humid and rainy all the year round, especially in winter. In addition, the smog and poisonous insects that are almost everywhere are difficult to distinguish. Even those who live in southern Xinjiang for a long time The old people in the frontier can't recognize it all.As well as the highly fatal plague that is currently breaking out in the entire southern border, the combat power of the frontier army of the Great Zhou has almost been cut in half.

The most important thing is that it is already the middle of winter. If the battle is not over during the spring plowing season in February, it will definitely affect the grain production of the entire southern Xinjiang this year. Allied with Xirong to rise at the same time, by then the decades-old balance in the frontier would be broken, and Mengshi, who had always been docile, would surely come to share a share of the pie.

Therefore, the time left for this battle is less than three months.

To win this battle, the key is to get rid of this almost incurable plague in the army, otherwise not only will the army's morale be slackened, but even the most elite troops will be dragged down by such constant wasting and becoming exhausted after a long time. Crushed army.

"If you want me to say, this plague is inseparable from that group of Nanzhao people, otherwise why have there been no incidents for hundreds of years?" Yun Jin clenched his fist and pounded the table: "This plague has been going on since last autumn. Over and over again, His Majesty even came to see it in person. Fortunately, the disease was not as fierce as it was at that time. Otherwise, if Your Majesty... Sigh, the amount of medicinal herbs sent from Beijing is almost more than food, It has little effect, and even military doctors are infected."

"But the sources of food, grass and water have been checked, and there is nothing that causes the disease. It is said that it was caused by poisoning by the people of Nanzhao, but I haven't seen where the poison is so far." When it comes to the epidemic, Yun Jue is also at a loss.

"Two generals, it's not good, something serious happened!" Outside the military tent while speaking, the herald ran in almost scrambling, and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "The spies ahead report, Nanzhao The lord has entered the capital with his own soldiers!"

"Entering Beijing? What is he doing in Beijing?!" Yun Jin picked up the edge of the herald's armor and lifted him up: "I wonder if it's wartime now?"

"Ahead of the replay, it is said that the Nanzhao king came to Beijing this time to discuss with His Majesty. The condition of the negotiation is to tear up the covenant of the vassal state, and change the name of the country to Nandian from then on. It will not be a vassal or pay tribute. In addition, it must cede southern Xinjiang. There are Hanzhou, Pengzhou, Shuzhou, and Meizhou in the territory. If His Majesty agrees, Nanzhao will immediately withdraw its troops, and at the same time, it will attach a prescription for curing the plague in the army."

"He's dreaming! How can I cede the territory of Great Zhou so easily!" Yun Jin raised her eyebrows in anger, pushed the soldier who delivered the order far away, picked up the Yun's gun that was lying on the shelf, and was about to charge Off the account.

"Yun Jin, are you crazy?! What are you going to do?" Yun Jue stood in front of the person and pressed Yun Jin's shoulders: "The battle opportunity is not yet determined, the attack and defense are not yet determined, do you just want to order troops?!"

"I can't control that much anymore! I'm going to send troops to fight to the death with those wild dogs in Nanzhao! He wants to use us sick frontier soldiers as bargaining chips and openly threaten the court. Let me tell you, today is the These 20 troops have all died on the battlefield, and I want to exchange for my great Zhou without losing any ground!" Yun Jin's eyes were red, and she grabbed Yun Jue's armor with her backhand: "The Yun family rules have a saying, as long as my Yun family's children return If there is one person who can fight, they will swear to the death! Have you forgotten?!"

"I know! I haven't forgotten! But have you ever thought about the fact that Nanzhao destroyed the Turks? The flames of war will never stop because of the sacrifices of the frontier soldiers. The flames of war will only burn more and more. What about the relatives of those frontier soldiers? What about the people of the land? My Yun family is not afraid of death, but I can't send them to die in vain!"

"Fifth brother, fifth brother, Chi'er is the one sitting upright." Yun Jin tugged Yun Jue's arms, and called out the title he used when he was a teenager in a trembling voice: "He is the blood of the elder sister, and it is my Yun Jue." How can we let him fall into such a dilemma? If we don’t fight to the death, what will the civil and military officials in the previous dynasty talk about? What will the royal family members talk about? The family members can't embarrass him!"

"Because of this, we must not act recklessly! Every step we take on the front line in southern Xinjiang is related to the honor and disgrace of His Majesty, as well as the honor and disgrace of the Yun Family. Your Majesty's throne is hard-won, and we have already committed crimes for reducing expenditures for the government. A group of deep-rooted royal family members have been formed. Now Duan Wang is in Lingnan, and those people with ulterior motives are waiting for His Majesty to make mistakes." Yun Jue's eyes also turned slightly red, and he held Yun Jin solemnly said with the palm of the gun: "So in this battle, we must win, and we must win beautifully. We can't ignore the consequences or the cost, do you understand?"

Yun Jin took a deep breath, nodded, calmed down for a while, and said to Yun Jing in the tent behind him, "Go and draft a secret letter and send it to the capital as quickly as possible."

"Yes, General Jin. How to write the content of the secret letter?" Yun Jing cupped his fists in return.

"Eight words, stick to the frontier, and don't give up an inch of land."

The end of the year is approaching, and there is heavy snowfall in Bianjing.

In the bustling Bianjingfang City, no matter it is the big clan family, the comprador of the high-ranking official Marquis's family, or the mistress of ordinary people, they all rush to buy New Year's goods for each family before the New Year's Eve.Whether it's chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, tofu, or even various candied and dried fruits, it seems that there is no money. There is a long queue in front of every shop, and even the hawkers who carry the burden are almost squeezed out. place.

There is a shop that sells noodles and fruit. There is a tall and big steamer in front of the door. The heat rises layer by layer, and the air is filled with a hint of sweetness.Before the fruit was out of the pot, many people lined up in the cold wind, even if it was so cold that they rubbed their hands and stomped their feet, they refused to leave.

After a while, the clerk in the store watched Shi Chen come out of the house, and the cauldron on the stove was lifted, and the thick mist-like water vapor quickly melted into the cold air.

The red noodles in the steamer reveal their true appearance, all of them are in the shape of red and fat koi carp, lifelike, smelling sweet and fragrant, and placed on the table during the New Year, it is festive and auspicious.As the steamer was lifted, the people queuing up flocked up, this one wanted three, that one wanted five, the little guy held the money box while maintaining order, and at the same time collected the money according to the amount people wanted.

Outside the lively crowd, stood three young people.

The leading man was about twenty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and delicate features.The man was wearing a wide and long black cloak, half-length temple hair was barely tied on the top of his head, two sword-shaped eyebrows slanted into his temples, and a jade hairpin that looked nondescript in winter was pinned to his head.The two men following behind him, one has a beard and the other has eyes like copper fish, both of them are wrapped in leather clothes to keep out the cold, with woolen hoods on their heads, the hair growing out of the caps looks like burrs .

At first glance, the appearance of these three people is not significantly different from that of the people of Dazhou.But after a closer look, it is not difficult to find that these people all have high foreheads and low faces, with small faces, broad shoulders and narrow bodies, and their bodies are not as tall as the men of Da Zhou.

One can tell at a glance that it is a foreign race entering Beijing.

"My lord, you see that Dazhou is too rich. Even the common people here have rice and noodles to eat." The bearded man touched the hood on his head and whispered enviously.

"Mao Chi, you don't have to be envious. Soon, our people in southern Yunnan will also be able to eat this kind of rice noodles." The leading man is none other than the Nanzhao king Ke Kanglangda who is making trouble in the surrounding area.

Ge Kanglangda was different from his grandparents in that he was not ruled by Nanzhao, a tiny country since he was a child.He has been traveling around since he was 12 years old. He saw the wealth of Dazhou, the richness of Xirong pastures, the fatness of Turkic cattle and sheep, and the beautiful scenery of high sky and wide clouds left a mark on his heart when he was young. As a vassal of the Great Zhou, the people of Nanzhao should enjoy all the wonderful things.

On this trip, he brought [-] of his own soldiers to the capital to discuss with Gu Xiu, ceding the four continents in southern Jian, and expanding their Nanzhao territory sealed in the distant mountains to the inland land of the distant mountains.The Meizhou and Pengzhou he asked for both have large tracts of arable land, and the Turks in the north also have pastures. If this agreement is successful, then they will not be imprisoned in the deep mountains in Nanzhao, and they will be with the poor mountains and rivers all day long.

"My lord, do you think King Zhou will agree to our request?"

The bearded Mao Chi's eyes were fixed on the red fruit skewers held by the two arm-in-arm children.

This reminded him of his daughter who was far away in Nanzhao.His daughter is five years old this year, and she has never eaten such a beautiful food except glutinous rice cakes.There are still many children who can't even eat glutinous rice. The country is located in the mountains, and all supplies are limited.

If one day, his daughter can also run recklessly in such a spacious street, holding a bunch of red fruit like gemstone beads in her hand, then he will die without regret.

"Mao Chi, you are wrong. This time we are not asking but negotiating, and the initiative is now in our hands." Ge Kanglangda raised the corners of his mouth and smiled frankly and cruelly: "We hold hundreds of people in southern Xinjiang in our hands. The life of the army, the people and the common people, as long as he still wants to secure this country, then he must agree."

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