The most unlucky crossing in history

Coming out of Xie Wenzhuo's camp, Xie Wenyuan saw Wu Qu and Zhen Xianke standing not far from the camp.The two of them obviously didn't just stand there with nothing to do to enjoy the cool breeze, they were afraid that Xie Wenzhuo would be beaten up by him in a fit of anger, so they listened and guarded outside the tent.

Seeing this, Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly, and said with pursed lips, "Don't worry, you two, Xie won't do anything to a seriously injured person."

Seeing Xie Wenyuan's plan, Wu Qu gave a dry laugh and patted the back of his head uncomfortably.Although he really didn't want to see Xie Wenyuan at first, but after seeing Xie Wenyuan's strategy in the war in the past two months, Wu Yu is not a fool, he naturally understands that Prime Minister Xie is deliberately hiding his clumsiness in the court.and.....

Wu Qu carefully sized Xie Wenyuan up.Xie Wenzhuo was seriously injured, but he was also in the Northwest for two years, so Wu Ju didn't know that Xie Wenzhuo was indeed a martial arts expert. Easy, but... Thinking of Xie Wenyuan's single-handed move to snatch Xie Wenzhuo's weapon in an instant, Wu Qu sighed in his heart.

This Prime Minister Xie is not as good at martial arts as rumored, he is clearly a man who is very good at planning and deploying troops, and has extraordinary martial arts skills. Such a person, as a general who speaks by strength, he naturally admires him.

Wu Qu asked: "Master Xie...then, how is that great general?"

Xie Wenyuan responded: "It's already rested."

"Then what should we do next?" Wu Qu asked subconsciously, but he himself felt that something was wrong when he said it. Xie Wenyuan is not a general, so of course he has no control over the future, but After these two months, he subtly felt that he should ask Xie Wenyuan.

Zhen Xianke added from one side: "General Wu, you want to ask if you want to continue discussing the war?"

Wu Qu nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes."

Xie Wenyuan shook his head, and said: "The general needs to rest, let's forget about today, let's talk about it when the general wakes up, there is no rush for the Uighur."

"Then..." Wu Yu planned to ask some more questions, but before he could say anything, some guards came to report here: "Prime Minister, General, Lord Zhen, the Zhong family's caravan is here again." Brought cattle and sheep for the well-meaning unknown."

Wu Ju laughed out loud when he heard this, "I don't know who the person who sent the sheep is. Since February, at the beginning of every month, the Zhong family caravan has been invited to send a large number of cattle and sheep to the army to improve the food for our soldiers. It's so great."

I didn't leave a name for the matter, but the Zhong family earned a lot of money for transportation. "

Xie Wenyuan: "..."

Zhen Xianke nodded with a smile on one side, "If it wasn't for the fact that the gifts were all living things, Zhen would have almost thought that this was a ruse set up by the enemy, and we will just poison the army one day when we relax."

"Yeah, there are all kinds of strange things these days." There are so many people in the army, and it would be nice to have a full meal in wartime. This fresh mutton is really rare, and Bolai is close to Dazhu. The border is sparsely populated and there are no herdsmen selling cattle and sheep. It has been a long time since the army has eaten a bite of meat.Thinking of this, Wu Ju waved his hand and said to the guard: "You ask the kitchen to slaughter all the sheep, and I will cook a pot of mutton for everyone today!"

The guard happily took his orders and left.

Seeing this, Xie Wenyuan smiled, and then said to Wu Qu and Zhen Xianke: "If you two have nothing else to do, Xie will go back to the tent first."

Zhen Xianke bowed his hands to Xie Wenyuan: "Prime Minister, go slowly."

After separating from the two, Xie Wenyuan went back to his tent, went to the table and poured a glass of cold water, before drinking it, Peng Yi's voice came from outside.

"My lord, there is something from Hangzhou..."

Xie Wenyuan sighed slightly, "Bring it in."

"Yes."

After Peng Yi responded, ten guards immediately delivered things to the tent one after another. The tent that was originally empty became crowded in an instant.

In addition to sending sheep every month, the anonymous well-meaning man also used this cover to send things to his camp.

Clothes, fur robes, and soft shoes from Chunri, snacks, dried fruits, and dried meat from the Central Plains, silk quilts, soft pillows, and wool blankets from Jiangnan, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones from Luzhou, etc. were all sent.

There was also an unsigned letter sent along with it.

When the people left, Xie Wenyuan opened the letter, and there was only a short sentence in the letter:

"The flowers in the northwest haven't bloomed yet, right? I had a business negotiation the day before yesterday and on the way back to the house, I saw the peach blossoms beside the road were pink and tender, and the wind blew really beautiful, so I went to pick up two and put them in the book. In your spare time, you can Go to the window and take advantage of the sunlight to open it and have a look.”

Xie Wenyuan smiled, not knowing what Zhong Qiyun was trying to sell, but after thinking about it, he went to find the book first.The book was placed in the package of the clothes, and on the cover was written the words "Poetry Collection Book". Xie Wenyuan walked to the window of the camp tent and opened the book of poems casually.

At that time, there was a wind blowing, and when the book was opened, it blew

There are peach blossoms in the book one after another, the setting sun is slanting, the afterglow is golden, and the peach blossoms as tender as spring are blooming one after another.

Xie Wenyuan was startled, looked down and looked again, there were more than two peach blossoms in the book, more than a sentence of longing...

Xie Wenyuan put the book under the pillow.

Before Xie Wenyuan arrived the next day, Wu Qu, Jiang Hupin and others started chatting first.

"You didn't see it yesterday, Prime Minister Xie's formation, even I, Wu Qu, was a little shocked," Wu Qu sighed, "Aside from old General Xie, the prime minister is probably the only one who dares to beat up the general, right?"

Jiang Hupin suffered a serious back injury and couldn't sit or stand, so he could only lie on one side of the recliner and said, "What is this? I remember that when the prime minister was in the general's mansion, when he was practicing martial arts against me, Zhang Hong, Bai Lan, etc., it was a beating." How many of us have gone through it?"

Wu Qu was shocked when he heard this and said, "How many of you did he hit alone?!"

"That's right," Jiang Hupin said with a smile, "Does General Wu know about the fact that I led the army to fight against a branch of the Qiang people ten years ago?"

Wu Qu nodded, "Of course I know, this is still a beautiful story. General Jiang's [-] troops drove back this Qiang people for dozens of miles, which is really amazing..."

When Wu Ju mentioned this, he paused suddenly. Ten years ago, when Xie Wenyuan was with the army, Jiang Hupin suddenly mentioned this matter...

As if to clear up his doubts, Jiang Hupin said: "In fact, Prime Minister Xie was the leader at that time, but after returning from victory, the prime minister refused to mention it, so the credit goes to me."

Wu Qu was taken aback for a moment: "Why!"

"I didn't know why at the beginning, and I didn't understand it for many years, but I gradually understood it during this period of time." Jiang Hupin looked over there and Zhen Xianke hadn't spoken. At this time, he didn't want to hide it anymore, thank you Wen Yuan was close to commanding the generals to win the victory in the northwest. Beijing must have known about it and couldn't hide it anymore. Jiang Hupin sighed and continued: "If he hadn't come to this position, there would be no us in the Daqing Dynasty. The place where generals speak? How can we take back more than ten cities in the northwest like this now?"

Wu Yu was silent for a moment.

Jiang Hupin said: "Now we are approaching the border of Dazhi. If we take Tike City again, we will be able to drive the Uyghurs out of Bot Lake. But now General Wei Hechu is guarding the rear and cannot come forward. The General and I They were all seriously injured and unable to fight again, the Uighur king Ye Hezhe liked to attack the chief general most in battle, the knife wound on General Wu's back has not healed yet, I am afraid that he is not his opponent, there is only one person..." Jiang Hupin Eye sockets suddenly turned red, "Only

There is one man who can fight..."

Zhen Xianke heard the sound and said: "No, the prime minister is a civil servant, and civil servants are not allowed to handle the military power of generals. This is a rule set by the Taizu."

"It's true."

After Zhen Xianke finished speaking, Xie Wenyuan opened the curtain and walked in. He looked at Zhen Xianke and said, "It is true that civil servants are not good, but the Taizu also mentioned that the military power of the Xie family will be taken over by the head of the Xie family. And I happen to be the eldest son of the Xie family, just now the general entrusted me with the affairs of the general."

"This...although there are such words, but...but why do you take risks..."

Xie Wenyuan looked at Zhen Xianke, and he said calmly, "I know what Mrs. Zhen is worried about."

Zhen Xianke was startled when he heard this.

Xie Wenyuan looked at the sand table, he said slowly: "The war is critical now, if I don't go, who will?"

Zhen Xianke looked at Xie Wenyuan with a complex expression, but finally shook his head and sighed.

Zhen Xianke didn't speak any more, and Xie Wenyuan didn't say anything else either. After calling Zhang Hong and Bai Lan into the account, he discussed the follow-up battle with Wu Qu and Jiang Hupin.

It's just that when the time just arrived at noon, the guards outside came to report in a hurry.

The guard panicked and trembled: "The ice and snow on the top of Qingcang Peak melted rapidly, the big lake on the top of the mountain broke its embankment, the mountain torrent crashed into Daluo Peak in the south, the avalanche of Daluo Peak, and the peak collapsed, blocking the only way in and out of Bolai!"

On the tenth day of April, Jingzhao City was drizzling with drizzle.

In Qinghe Zhai of the Imperial Palace, Zhou Kui, a close confidant of Emperor Fengzheng of the late Emperor, knelt in front of Tan Yuanyong and remonstrated with all his might, "Your Majesty! This Xie Wenyuan must never be kept! He has hidden himself for many years before the court, and now he is in the northwest to recruit generals." , The secret agent sent a message, bluntly saying that after this battle, the soldiers in the army obeyed him! If he can return from victory in such a situation, his achievements will surpass the Lord, and he will no longer be able to suppress him!"

Tan Yuanyong stood on one side, frowning, not saying a word.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Zhou Kui said anxiously: "If he wins, his achievements may be even worse than those of Wei Hechao! Feel free to find his mistakes and suppress them. I'm afraid the world will not accept it. Your Majesty, you can't do anything!" But now the heavens have sent a mountain torrent unseen in a century, blocking the way in and out of Bolai, this is the heavens wanting to cut off Xie Wenyuan's vitality and life!"

Tian Maoli also said: "In fact, it is not intentional. The mountain is blocked by torrents. The soldiers inside are trapped by the flood and cannot get out. The army rations and herbs outside can hardly be sent in..... This is the sky. Thank you. Prime Minister..."

He Qinyan sat aside and listened for a long time, and when he heard this, he frowned and said

Said: "Almost impossible, that is to say, there is still a glimmer of life. There are not only Prime Minister Xie in Bolai, but also 15 soldiers. Those are all subjects of the Great Emperor, and they are all heroes who protect the frontier. Don't be so careless. its life."

Tan Yuanyong said: "Master He is right. Now is the moment when the war is going well. If this is the case, who will protect Dazhu, and which soldier is willing to protect me?"

Zhou Kui thought for a while and said: "The army must be protected, but Xie Wenyuan has to be eliminated! Although Xie Wenyuan was not a general in the Northwest War, he sat behind the soldiers and quietly commanded the Northwest army. Go forward, reverse the defeat in just two months, that is an army of hundreds of thousands, all under his control, if such a person has rebellion..." Zhou Kui couldn't imagine, Just thinking about it makes you feel cold all over your body, it is even more terrifying than that Uighur Ye Hezhe, Wei Hechao and others.

He Qinyan heard the sound and said: "Master Zhou also said 'if there is rebellion', if not, then he will kill loyal ministers."

"What is the meaning of Mr. He's repeated lobbying for Prime Minister Xie?" Zhou Kui squinted at He Qinyan and snorted, "Mr. He has forgotten his status as a servant and that he must be loyal to the emperor in this life, right?"

He Qinyan looked at Zhou Kui, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Zhou is right. Speaking of which, the new emperor succeeds, and the former veteran He Mou should no longer sit in the position of Shi Zhongling."

Tan Yuanyong frowned and said: "Okay, the servant orders you not to mention this matter again."

Tian Maoli bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, when the late Emperor was alive, he mentioned that if Xie Wenyuan wanted to touch the military power of the Xie family, he would not be allowed to stay. Your Majesty, please think deeply, no one knows whether Xie Wenyuan will Will give birth to rebellion, just like Wei Hechao back then. In the next few decades, people's hearts are fickle. He has tasted the taste of power, and he is afraid that he will not be able to let go. If there is that day...... , the general trend of the world, there are no two tigers in the mountains, there are no two masters in the mountains and rivers, the emperor is the stability of the world, who can tolerate such a person? Since the sky has left this opportunity, it must not be let go."

Tan Yuanyong closed his eyes, and after a long time, he finally said: "The army is short of rations, Xie Wenyuan will not just sit and wait for death... I think he has only one choice, and that is to take risks before the army's rations are exhausted. To seize Uighur rice grain..."

Tian Maoli said: "In this way, we can wait for the opportunity to let the person who is placed do the assassination."

Tan Yuanyong was silent for a long time, finally he closed his eyes and said: "Mr.

The 15 troops cannot ignore the delivery of food and medicinal herbs, but let’s send it slowly..."

Send it slowly, the meaning in this sentence is that you don't need to spend energy to win a chance.

Tan Yuanyong said again: "And ask the local governments to tell those big merchants that this journey is really difficult and dangerous, and food, grass and medicinal herbs cannot be sent into Bolai."

On April [-]th, in the Zhong family's mansion, when he was discussing with He Minqing, Liu Wangcai, Yang Xiangdong and more than a dozen other stewards about the important matters of the foreign country Chengfeng Station, Jiang Sicheng pushed the door directly into the discussion hall with a serious expression.

Zhong Qiyun, who rarely saw Jiang Sicheng's expression like this, asked aloud, "Brother Jiang, what's the matter?"

"Qingcang Great Lake broke its embankment, Daluo Peak collapsed in an avalanche, and the Northwest Army was trapped in Borai. There was an Uighur army in front, and there was no way out. The army had no rations, healing herbs, and the situation was critical!"

He Minqing, Liu Wangcai, Yang Xiangdong and others were all startled, but Zhong Qiyun stood up abruptly when he heard the words, rushed to Jiang Sicheng, and said, "What do you mean!"

With a sullen face, Jiang Sicheng told Zhong Qiyun about the situation in detail.Just waiting for him to clarify what happened and the situation sentence by sentence, Zhong Qiyun's face became more and more ugly.

After listening, Zhong Qiyun's face turned pale, his head was buzzing, his body trembled, his eyes were wide open, his teeth were clenched, and he took a deep breath, "Is there really no way to get in Bo Lai?"

"It's almost impossible to enter, the mountain is sealed off, and there will be flash floods again... But the specific situation, the person who inquired has not returned, so I don't know yet."

"Brother Jiang doesn't know, but I do."

It was Zhang Zhenfeng who was "invited" by Zhong Qiyun to be a "guest" in Zhong's mansion. He walked slowly into the hall and walked up to Zhong Qiyun.

Zhong Qiyun couldn't control Zhang Zhenfeng's intentions when he came here at this moment, as long as he thought of the sentence that the Northwest Army was in danger, he grabbed Zhang Zhenfeng's collar by the neck and said sharply: "Say!"

Zhong Qiyun has always been indifferent and casual in dealing with things, but he has the feeling that the mountain collapsed in front of him without changing his face. Not only Zhang Zhenfeng, but even Liu Wangcai and others have never seen Zhong Qiyun's anxious and angry appearance.

"Brother Zhong, Brother Zhong... calm down first."

But how could Zhong Qiyun hear this? Before Zhang Zhenfeng could answer, he shouted impatiently: "Say it quickly!"

Looking at Zhong Qiyun's extremely angry appearance, Zhang Zhenfeng was startled. He originally wanted to make fun of it, but now he didn't dare.is it old

He said honestly: "The day before yesterday, my family found out in the middle of Beijing that the worst place in the northwest was a large lake bursting its embankment and forming a river. The big river passed over the collapsed mountain boulders and chaotic rocks, naturally forming an extremely difficult and dangerous water situation, and the hotter the weather , the more the snow on the top of the mountain melts, the water will definitely not ease up. If you want to wait for the water to slow down before entering the mountain, you may have to wait until the end of the year, when the 15 troops will be dead..."

Zhong Qiyun pursed his lips and said, "Water? When will I be afraid of going over water!"

Zhang Zhenfeng frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said, "I'm afraid that kind of water..."

But Zhong Qiyun didn't listen to these words any more, he turned around and said to Liu Wangcai: "Please tell me to take out all the rice in the cabin! Ask all the ships in Hangzhou City to load me with rice, and He Minqing will go there The Hu family, take out all the things that the Hu family and the Chen family have ordered, and put them on the ship, and head north immediately!"

Liu Wang came back to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Zhong, Brother Zhong, are you going to the northwest?! Don't act impulsively!"

He Minqing looked at Zhong Qiyun, frowned and said: "The shopkeeper Liu is right, just now you also heard that Brother Jiang said that Emperor Shengning asked the government to inform us that these merchants' grain, grass and medicinal herbs cannot be sent to Bo Lai, what is the meaning of this? This is Emperor Shengning who wants to take this opportunity to get rid of Prime Minister Xie, and he is warning merchants not to be troublesome."

"My boss, don't be impulsive!"

"Don't be impulsive for the Zhong family!"

"Yeah! Brother Zhong, it's so obvious, don't you know?! I know that you have a good relationship with the prime minister, but you should also think carefully. If you go, you are clearly against the emperor! Then tell us merchants that whoever wants to ruin his business will kill him! Brother Zhong, don't die!"

"Fate? Hahahahahahaha, fuck it!" Zhong Qiyun burst out laughing suddenly, his eyes were red with uncontrollable anger, "My life is already trapped in Bo Lai, Tan Yuan Yong moved Xie Wenyuan, this is my life!"

No matter how surprised the dozens of people in the hall were because of these words.Zhong Qiyun turned around and said to He Minqing, Liu Wangcai and the others in a gloomy voice: "I just want to say one thing, Xie Wenyuan is my beloved, and the Zhong family stood up for him and for him. He, I, Zhong Qiyun, will rush into the inner courtyard of the palace and kill Tan Yuanyong."