Another life of Xifeng, the king of the Red Chamber

Autumn goes to winter, and half a year has passed in a blink of an eye.

For more than half a year, Wang Xifeng's life was not too comfortable.To put it in detail, there are Xu Yezhi's respect and love for her, Xu Hanyi's cuteness and cuteness, the elders' love and help, and the servants in the house are all sorted out. Honestly.If she said she was uncomfortable, God would think she was hypocritical.

Wang Xifeng originally lived a prosperous life, but an incident in the court broke her fairy-like days.

Due to the heavy snowfall and severe cold for two consecutive years, the Huns in the north gathered [-] people and attacked the border city of Yunzhong County!

After the Huns entered the city, they burned, killed and looted all kinds of crimes, causing a large number of people in Yunzhong County to be displaced, and more than [-] people were killed or frozen to death.Even Wan Zhongyu, the prefect of Yunzhong County, and Yan Hu, the garrison of Zhongwu General of Yunzhong County, died for the country.

Such a large man-made disaster naturally made the government and the public furious, and even the civilian groups that had always been in harmony with each other wrote letters to plead for the people, saying that if they did not severely punish the Huns, it would be difficult to block the hearts of the people in the world.

The civil servants moved their mouths, and the military generals broke their legs.As one of the few families of military generals in this dynasty, the family of Xu's family is naturally inseparable.Of course, no one would give up on being a military general, but they were more eager to try. After all, if you want to be promoted, it depends on your military merits.

But this time, Xu Yezhi and his father Xu Zhongjie had different opinions.

According to his father Xu Zhongjie's wishes, the Xu family would naturally have to get involved in this opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. This opportunity is moved up to move up the official position.

But Xu Yezhi didn't think this was a good opportunity. For one thing, the Xu family had long been known as the Five Tigers, and his father Xu Zhongjie had a high status in the army. My brother-in-law Qi Baiwei has made great contributions, and I am afraid that he will be suspected of being the master of the game. At that time, the suspicion of the emperor and the suspicion of all the officials will not be a good thing for the Xu family.Second, the reason why the Xiongnu attacked Yunzhong County this time was because of the severe winter and heavy snow for two consecutive years, and the Huns had no food. Such Huns may be starving and red-eyed, and it is not easy to deal with them. If they fail, they will be shrouded in horse leather.Although generals don't have life and death, Xu Yezhi doesn't want his relatives to die.

It's not that Xu Zhongjie doesn't understand what Xu Yezhi means, but he is already old. If he doesn't support his son and son-in-law while still leading the army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support him when he gets older. .

However, Xu Zhongjie finally listened to Xu Yezhi's words. One is that the Xu family is indeed a bit eye-catching now, and the other is that, after all, people are getting older, and it is very important for the family to be healthy. Xu Zhongjie really doesn't want gray-haired people Send brunettes.Therefore, during the court meeting, the emperor asked who could lead the army to fight against rebellion, and the Xu family kept a low profile.

The emperor was also quite satisfied with this phenomenon. Although he didn't say anything, he was still afraid of the prestige of the Xu family in the army. This time Xu Zhongjie was so upright, the emperor expressed his good mood.

The emperor, who was in a good mood, finally appointed Zheng Wei, the general of Boyang Hou Fuguo, as the commander of the crusade, and led 15 troops to resist the invasion of the Huns.

Things are happy here, but things don't end here.

After two months of expedition, Boyang Hou had just encountered the Huns and lost the battle, losing more than [-] people.With the arrival of the military intelligence report, there was also the booklet of Boyanghou pleading guilty. Although Boyanghou pleaded guilty, he still expressed his determination to expel the Tartars in the booklet.

Although the emperor was a little dissatisfied with the defeat of Boyang Hou when he first encountered the enemy, but when the two armies were fighting, it was not possible to change the coach immediately. Therefore, the emperor had no choice but to order Boyang Hou must kill the Huns until they cry for their fathers and mothers.

However, things did not go in the direction everyone expected.

In another two months, Boyang Hou suffered countless defeats, big and small, and the apology papers he posted did not have the high fighting spirit before.

The emperor was in a hurry, but he also knew that Bo Yanghou might not be able to withstand the attack of the Huns. Therefore, when he went to court again, the emperor brought up the matter of increasing troops to discuss.

Although it was a discussion, all civil and military officials knew that this was a final matter, the only difference was who should lead the army.

Different from the enthusiasm of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty last time, this time the court meeting seemed a bit deserted. The root cause is that first, the civil official group was dumb; second, the civil official group had a hidden tendency to divide into different views; People's combat power is also a bit out of line. Although they are not afraid of death, who is willing to die when they have nothing to do these days!

Seeing the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty like this, the emperor couldn't help but feel depressed for a while, but he couldn't help it at this time.Although he is the emperor and the supreme being in the world, if he wants to secure the throne, he has to rely on these civil servants and generals, especially when the country is unstable.

His lord the emperor endured the suffocation in his heart, and asked softly: "Are there any suitable candidates for you, my loves?"

The Emperor's words were very insidious. He didn't ask if there was anyone willing to lead the army, but asked everyone if there was a suitable candidate. In this way, even if there was no self-recommendation, the Emperor could call a few civil servants and ask who would be more suitable.

However, even if His Majesty the Emperor said so, no one came forward to recommend it.After all, this matter is no longer a favorite, and it is an offense to recommend anyone.

His Excellency the Emperor also expected this to happen, so he didn't expect anyone to stand up and say something.Directly called the name and said: "Taifu Cai, who do you think can take on this great job?"

Cai Taifu who was named was the emperor's confidant. Although he didn't want to offend anyone, he had already been named by the emperor, and he didn't dare to play tricks, otherwise he would lose his sacred heart.Compared with Sacred Heart, the general's hatred value is really nothing.

Cai Taifu bowed deeply and said: "I think that the Huns must be starving because of the heavy snow and cold weather for two consecutive years. The Huns are brave, and they will be even more difficult when they are ruined. If I don't Send out the most elite soldiers, I am afraid that the Huns will continue to wreak havoc on our border. Looking at our dynasty, the most elite is probably only the loyal tiger army led by Hussar General Xu Zhongjie."

Although he had to say something that offended others, Taifu Cai still praised Xu Zhongjie again and again, hoping to save some impression from Xu Zhongjie.

In fact, the emperor was just waiting for Cai Taifu's words. With Cai Taifu's recommendation, the emperor could ask questions. If he asked, he would not be afraid that Xu Zhongjie would not take orders. After all, generals want face.

"Xu Aiqing, what do you think of Taifu Cai's recommendation?"

In fact, Xu Zhongjie and Xu Yezhi had expected such a situation since Boyanghou's repeated battles and defeats.For such a situation, whether it is for the country, the family or the people, the Xu family cannot refuse.

Therefore, Xu Zhongjie came out of the ranks of generals, bowed directly and said: "Your Majesty, although I am old, but for the sake of state affairs, I would like to be shrouded in horse leather."

His Excellency the Emperor was pleased with Xu Zhongjie's straightforward acceptance of orders.Tunnel: "Xu Aiqing is worthy of being a minister of my dynasty."

"In that case, I will order General Hussars Xu Zhongjie to be the commander in chief to defend against the enemy this time, commanding the entire army, and Marquis Bo Yang to be the deputy commander to obey orders. Then I will order General Hussars to lead [-] troops and set off today. This time , and vowed to defeat the Huns.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, my minister Xu Zhongjie takes orders." Xu Zhongjie said in a deep voice.

So far, Xu's fight against the Huns has become a foregone conclusion.