Reincarnation of the powerful minister

King Yu hurriedly came to the cave dwelling that Wei Shengwu had mentioned, and at a glance he saw two half-grown prairie wolves, with their hind legs tied to the trunk by iron chains, lying listlessly on their stomachs, like two trained watchdogs. of.

He suddenly realized that his own soldier leader had done something stupid, cursed secretly, "The glass is still smashed lightly", and knocked on the door.

The door didn't open.The voice of the young man in the room was laziness: "I'm sleepy and sleepy, so I'll go, and I'll come back tomorrow to be annoying."

King Yu smiled apologetically through the door: "Qinghe, Qinghe, don't be angry, there is a misunderstanding here. I really didn't know you were the one who came here... I have already taught that stupid young man a lesson, and I will ask him to apologize to you later. Apologize."

The man in the house said: "If I didn't bring Ah Zhui with me, I might have become a pile of wolf dung by now."

In the severe cold weather, cold sweat oozes from King Yu's forehead: "It's...it's my fault, I apologize to you."

There was a hint of anger in the tone of the man in the room: "Does the lord really intend to kill every supervisor who comes, until the emperor has to agree to your request?"

King Yu said: "It wouldn't be so extreme, I will find another way."

"Not extreme enough? Within less than a month after you regained power in the military, your murderous reputation spread to the capital, causing a lot of controversy in the court. They said that you killed non-commissioned officers indiscriminately and tightened military laws in order to cleanse dissidents in the army and cultivate your own power. This move is not only a nostalgia for the old emperor, but also an arrogance and disobedience to the new emperor."

Hearing the courtiers' harsh criticism, King Yu smiled instead of anger: "What about Qinghe, what do you think?"

"I miss you..." The room was quiet for a few seconds, and then there was a loud shout, "I miss you, go and win a f*cking battle quickly, so that those chattering officials can shut up! It's not in vain Little Zhu and I fought [-] rounds of wits and courage, and finally got out of Beijing to serve as your military supervisor for a few months!"

This is not a war of supervising the army, it is clearly here to help him stabilize the situation and eliminate dissent.

King Yu laughed loudly.

He took a step forward, leaned forward and pressed his forehead against the door panel, and said in a low voice, "Since Su Yushi said so, then I have to hold Altan's head to see me, so as to be worthy of Su Yushi's painstaking efforts .”

In the house, Su Yan was sitting cross-legged on the kang, drinking the ginger syrup that Ah Zhui had just cooked, when he heard this, he suddenly choked and coughed half to death.

Jing Hongzhui hurriedly patted him on the back.Su Yan grasped Jing Hongzhui's wrist and hissed, "What did he just say? Holding Altan's head..."

"The two countries are at war, beheading the enemy chief, what do you think is wrong?" Jing Hong asked back.

"...There's nothing wrong with it," Su Yan murmured with some confusion in his mind, "I just think... there may be other ways to go between the two countries besides war..."

"What way, peace talks?"

Su Yan shook his head: "I'm not the kind of naive person who thinks that peace can be achieved through peace talks or paying tribute. The battle that should be fought must be fought... Let's put it this way, Ah Zhui, because of the conflict of interests between you and your next-door neighbor, today If he smashes your wall, tomorrow you tear down his roof, you two will stop cooking and work every day, and try your best to make each other eat your fists. Who do you think will benefit in the end?"

Jing Hong thought about it for a while, and said, "Neighbor across the door?"

"Isn't it!" Su Yan slapped his thigh, "Our family Ah Zhui is so smart, he can see through everything. Neither Tatar nor Wala can be the final winner. There is still a bright side in Liaodong." Daming, what about the Jurchen whose cat was growing up in the den!"

Jing Hongzhui: I don't quite understand...but what my lord said must be right.

Su Yan finally got himself out of the inexplicable entanglement: "The northern desert is vast and sparsely populated, and the climate is harsh. I can't chew on this hard bone so far, and there is no need to chew on it. If you can live in peace, you can do it." up.

"And what makes the two countries able to coexist peacefully? It is the strong national power that deters each other, and the fact that they can sit at the same table and share the benefits. They cooperate with each other while competing for resources. If there is a third party I also want to come to the table to share the cake - let's join hands and kick them down."

Jing Hongzhui was a little puzzled: "Then, are these two countries friends or enemies?"

Su Yan said with a smile: "There are no permanent friends between countries, only permanent interests. This is diplomacy. The common people don't really care which country the imperial court forms an alliance with or which country they fight against. They just want to live a stable life, but the relationship between a country The decision-makers must stand taller and see farther."

"So my lord thinks, according to the current situation between our court and Beimo, should we fight or not?" Jing Hong asked.

"Of course we will fight!" Su Yan said, "weak countries have no diplomacy. We must fight until they dare not cross the border to provoke again, until they have to sit down at the table and hand us the cake-cutting knife."

"But I just saw the expression on your lord's face. It seems that you don't want Altan, King Khan of Beimo, to die in the battle with Daming?"

"That's because I think that if we can sit at the same table in the future, Altan will be able to communicate better than other northern desert leaders. This person has a bright temperament but is not lacking in wisdom..." Su Yan recalled belatedly, and stared at Jing Hong chased, "What do you mean by asking this? Are you still worried that I will miss the little friendship I had with him?"

Jing Hongzhui replied with a straight face: "Whether you care about it or not is up to you. Others can't ask. This subordinate just wants to remind your lord that King Yu is gone outside the door."

Su Yan was stunned, and jumped off the kang to take off his shoes: "The one who was still talking just now, why did he leave suddenly? Even if he didn't want to come in and explain clearly, he didn't plan to meet and say hello to me? Damn, everyone is Gu Tou A bastard who doesn't care about his butt."

"——I'm not." Jing Hongchai picked up the cloak and followed Su Yan, saying in a cold voice.

Su Yan opened the door to find a bosom friend, and at the same time comforted the emotional little concubine: "Yes, yes, no, our Ah Zhui is the most reliable."

Sure enough, there was no sign of King Yu outside the door, and the two wolves tied to the tree trunk were taken away by someone.Standing in the dark night, Su Yan looked left and right, and heard the whole fort commotion, the shouts of people, the neighing of horses, and the clashing of utensils in the wind.

A personal soldier hurried over, clasped his fists at Su Yan and said, "Master Supervisor, the general has received the latest military report and is dispatching troops to lead the troops out of the city. I have specially appointed a humble official to report, please stay here temporarily in the fort, Mr. Supervisor." Rest for a few days."

"Are you going to send troops? Leave me here alone?" Su Yan asked.

The guards thought he was afraid, and said again: "The general has ordered the guards to stay in the guard. This place is safe, sir, you can rest assured."

Su Yan gritted his teeth and pointed to his nose: "I, yes, prison, army, the supervisor's prison. He just left me behind like this. How can I be a prisoner? You go and tell him... Forget it, tell you to follow him." He said it was useless."

"A Zhui!" He turned to greet the most reliable bodyguard, "Help me change my clothes and prepare my horse, let's set off with the army!"

Jing Hongzhui stood still.

Su Yan said angrily: "Don't worry, I didn't plan to charge into battle! Do you think my arms and legs can wield a knife and stick? We will follow the army. If there is a battle, we will choose a suitable place to watch the battle, even if we do some logistics or Liaison chores are also good."

Jing Hongzhui felt that it was feasible, so she went back to the house and took a set of easy-to-move clothes for Su Yan to change into. She had felt hats, earmuffs, gloves, and suede boots, and she was still covered with soft clothes to prevent Liu Ya. First.

He brought two horses, but asked Su Yan to ride one with him, and the other to gallop side by side, saying that it was too dark to prevent them from getting separated.

Su Yan is up to him, as long as he can join the army.

Seeing that the soldiers summoned could not be persuaded, they had no choice but to ask the Shangguan for instructions—the general Wei Zhangwei, whose face was so swollen that it was hard to see anyone, was violent.

Wei Shengwu saw that the battle had finally started, but he couldn't follow his general to charge into the battle, instead he had to stay behind and serve as a bodyguard for a scholar. He was sulking, and when he heard that Su Yan insisted on following the army, it was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately gathered his own army camp to find Su Yan.

Su Yan only pretended not to see the other party's swollen face, and asked him: "Where is the general? How many troops have been mobilized tonight, and what is the action?"

Weisheng Wuweng replied in a low voice: "The general has led the front army out of the city, about ten miles away. This trip only mobilized part of the Jingbei Army, and some are still in the nearby fortresses. There is no order to assemble. I can't tell you about the specific actions, but I only know that the general has frequently received military reports from scouts in the past few days, studied maps every day, and said that he should wait for the opportunity. Tonight I think the opportunity has come."

Su Yan suspected that even if this kid knew the inside story, he would not tell him easily.It was about military affairs, so he didn't ask any further questions, he just said: "I set off with the army, and I brought three hundred guards with brocade clothes, and I don't need your escort. You are the personal guard battalion, so you should be guarding the general. You lead the team to catch up with the front army immediately, When the general reported the situation, he said that it was not you who left your post without permission, but that it was my death order in the name of the supervising army."

Seeing that the new superintendent was very sensible, Wei Shengwu immediately looked better, and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your fulfillment! I'm going to set off right now, my lord, take care of yourself."

Not to mention that after King Yu saw Wei Shengwu, he wished to hit him on the forehead with a long spear, but the arrow had already been fired, and the opportunity was fleeting. Never approach the battlefield.

With Jing Hong's realm of chasing a martial arts master, it is not a problem to protect a Su Yan - King Yu thinks so, it is the first time that Su Yan is lucky to have a loyal and powerful guard by his side.

Su Yan was pursued by Jing Hong, and he rode his horse along the winding path in the dark night. He saw that there were cavalry at the front and back, each with a horse in the mouth. During the march, there was hardly any slight movement, which was due to the strict discipline of the army. scene.

He couldn't help but think of the reason why Ah Zhui had killed more than twenty generals at one go when he asked Ah Zhui to hold Wei Shengwu before, and forced him to explain why King Yu had just ruled the army.

"A civil official like you, who doesn't sit still, how does he know the bad habits in the army? Training is boring on weekdays, and life and death are unpredictable in wartime. Some generals take pleasure in abusing soldiers. Under the banner of military training, they ruin people. It’s not as good as pigs and dogs, many soldiers died because of this... If they die happily, it’s fine, but some methods of humiliating people are so despicable, you, a scholar, have never heard of it, and dare not look at it.”

"How despicable?"

Wei Shengwu looked at him with a sneer: "The first time the general killed a boss, he personally beheaded a boss, because he ran into the gang raped recruits with a few confidantes, and stabbed his lower body with a barbed wire rod .”

"...It should be killed." Su Yan murmured.

"It's not uncommon in all armies to abuse the lower and the old abuse the new. The general wants to get rid of the bad habits and order my own soldiers to spy on the generals who abused soldiers and withheld their pay. Officials, there are 23 people in serious cases. After counting their crimes at Yuanmen, they beheaded them in public according to military law, so that the morale in the army will be cleared. Dare I ask the superintendent, should this blood flow be appropriate?"

Su Yan took a deep breath: "I know, I will report the truth to the court."

"Therefore, the general made a decree: From now on, if anyone in the army dares to abuse soldiers and withhold food and pay, it will range from eighty army sticks, property confiscation, and severe death."

"What about the military rule that 'the rear team beats the front team, and the soldiers kill the general'?"

Wei Shengwu grinned and bared his teeth: "If Master Supervisor dares to go to the battlefield, he will naturally see... Isn't it better to see is to believe?"

The new wind was blowing against his face, and it was bitingly cold. Su Yan felt that the front of his cloak was being pulled together.Jing Hong chased his back as close to her chest as possible, and asked with her ear, "What is your lord thinking?"

Su Yan turned his head slightly, rubbed his cheek against the warm lips of the other party, and said in a low voice: "I was thinking, this trip to the frontier fortress, to go deep into King Yu... The Jingbei Army in Zhujin City may be a big challenge for me. important decisions.”

Through the torrent of time, through the old yellowed and unclear historical materials, through the exploration and debate of countless enthusiasts, the silhouette of the military god standing firm in the yellow sand of hundreds of battles is now clearly showing his face in front of him.