Chapter 271

Since the war in southern Xinjiang, because of the strategy of land shortage, more and more troops were mobilized to crush their opponents with thunder. Although this kind of layout made Da Qian not lose too much troops, for Zhuge ya, a veteran who had been in the army for half his life, this kind of war was not pleasant enough.

And Zhuge Ya knows that she is the only one who is familiar with Xihe County in the whole Fengxiang army, so after she breaks Pingshan pass, she will continue to lead the army to garrison Xihe county. That is to say, the future star wars have nothing to do with her, so she will take the initiative to come to Gu Qingcheng and ask her to attack Pingshan pass.

Gu Qingcheng understands that Zhuge Ya is not for military merit, but just doesn't want to leave any regrets. After all, Zhuge ya, like her aunt Gu Jieyun, will basically give up her military post after the war in southern Xinjiang and take a casual job in waige. Although she will be promoted in official rank, she is no different from pension.

"Since my aunt wants to go, Qingcheng naturally agrees. Now that Xu Shouyi is dead and Xie Daoheng is captured, Pingshan garrison will not be able to resist my aunt." Gu Qingcheng nodded and said.

"Well, I'll get ready." Zhuge Ya saw a flash of light in his eyes when he heard that he was about to go out to prepare for sending troops. Now the badminton army and the thunder army on the North Bank of Huangyan River have begun to cross the river by detour. The Zhongjing Navy in the eastern sea area is also looking for a chance to fight a decisive battle with the Tianxing Navy. The whole Tianxing war has come to an end, and there are few opportunities to attack the pass with such a leading army.

"Wait a minute, aunt. I have something else to discuss with you." Gu Qingcheng stopped Zhuge ya, who was about to leave the camp, and continued, "aunt Zhuge, I will lead the troops to the north after I have captured Pingshan pass. This Pingshan pass and the whole Xihe county will be guarded by my aunt. I plan to leave Zhai Ning to assist you. What do you think of my aunt?"

"Zhai Ning?" Zhuge Ya was slightly stunned. Although Zhai Ning was a demoted general, he could be regarded as Gu Qingcheng's real man. From Guangji county to Xihe County, and then to Heyan County, Zhai Ning's contribution was no less than those of their generals, and even better. It can be said that he was angry with Gu Qingcheng's center. And because he was a general of Tianxing, he knew the military and political power of Tianxing very well, and would play a great role in the future war. Zhuge Ya didn't understand why Gu Qingcheng wanted to leave Zhai Ning here.

"Yes, it's zhaining." Gu Qingcheng nodded and said, "aunt, for Daqian, the fate of Tianxing and Nanli has been doomed since the day when the six legions were dispatched to launch the battle in southern Xinjiang. The difference is just how many troops we will lose. Now that we have the strategic advantage, as long as Pingshan pass is broken, we can get through the northern passage. In the overall situation, Tianxing has been defeated, and the rest is nothing but a dying struggle. It's easy to attack the city, but difficult to defend the city. Now the biggest problem in front of us is how to make the Tianxing people return to their hearts. This requires not only our good governance, but also someone to set an example. "

Zhuge Ya immediately understood Gu Qingcheng's meaning. Now Fengxiang army has captured the nine counties of Tianxing, and Heyan County, which has occupied more than half of the nine counties, is half of the nine counties. However, because it is still in the war, Fengxiang army can't divide its forces to guard the counties, so it can only use Tianxing people who are close to Daqian to govern the newly occupied land. Just like brothers Qiu Yue and Qiu Kui in Nanhai county. As Gu Qingcheng's back road to the north, Xihe county must be safe, so the only way to maintain the stability of Xihe county is to leave Zhai Ning here and use his identity as a star man and his army.

"I see." Thinking of this, Zhuge Ya nodded. She was very relieved about Zhai Ning, and Zhai Ning was really a very capable person. With his help, she would be much more relaxed. At least, dealing with local forces in Xihe would be left to Zhai Ning.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Ya could not help thinking of Xie Daoheng, who was locked up in the camp alone, and then asked, "Qing Cheng, what are you going to do with Xie Daoheng? He didn't say a word since he was captured, which is obviously very resentful to us. In addition, Xu Shouyi, who died, was his first teacher, I don't think he will surrender in a short time."

"It doesn't matter to me whether he will surrender or not, as long as he lives in our hands." At this point, Gu Qingcheng thought for a moment and said, "Xu Shouyi died in the war and Xie Daoheng was captured, which must have been known by Pingshan pass. Since Xie Daoheng laid down his arms under the threat of wolves, his aunt might as well mix Xie Daoheng's banner in the army when attacking Pingshan pass."

"But if Xie Daoheng doesn't show up, will the garrison of Pingshan pass believe it?" Zhuge Ya was puzzled and asked. She naturally understood that Gu Qingcheng was trying to spread the news that Xie Daoheng had surrendered to Da Qian. However, if the garrison of Pingshan pass didn't see Xie Daoheng himself in Da Qian's army, it was just a flag and could not be believed.

Gu Qingcheng smiles, glances at the place on the table, looks at the star capital on the map, and says, "aunt, whether there is Xie Daoheng or not, Pingshan pass now can't stop us any more. It's not to take Pingshan pass lightly. I just want to spread the news to the star capital. The government of Tianxing is in chaos, As for the political opponents of the Xie family, it doesn't matter whether Xie Daoheng really surrendered. I just sent this excuse to them. "

"I see. I'll send someone to do it." Zhuge Ya's eyes flashed a little clear. She came from Zhuge family of the auxiliary country, and she was not unfamiliar with power struggle.

Today, for example, the xingchai, Xie and Qiu families are in charge of government affairs together, and Qiu Xu, who led the army back to the capital of the king, is bound to have a fight for power even if the big army is under pressure. As Gu Qingcheng said, it doesn't matter whether Xie Daoheng surrenders or not. The important thing is to spread the news from Pingshan pass. Those who are willing to take advantage of the news will make trouble for the Xie family. The people who are most likely to attack Xie are the Qiu family, who are at odds with Xie Jiasu, and Qiu Xu, who has just returned to the capital and needs to consolidate his rights.

"Then my aunt will send troops and let Zhai Ning go with me. I'm waiting for my aunt's success." Gu Qingcheng is relieved to see that Zhuge Ya understands what he means and agrees to Zhai Ning's stay. Zhuge Ya is her aunt and her teacher in the school. If Zhuge Ya doesn't want Zhai Ning to stay, she really has no other way but to force her by military orders. But Pingshan pass and Xihe county are the back roads for her to go north. If she doesn't talk about Zhai Ning's staying here, she is really worried.

"Nuo ~" ZHUGE Ya gave a military salute and turned away.

Seeing Zhuge Ya leave, Gu Qingcheng looks back on the map. She doesn't worry about Pingshan pass. Now that there are no leaders in Pingshan pass, she can't stop the joint attack of Zhuge Ya and Zhai Ning. Looking at the map for a while, Gu Qingcheng could not help but get up and walk out of the tent. Looking at the sky, Gu Qingcheng could not help thinking that today was the day of Daqian's autumn hunting. He could not help muttering, "according to Lu qiexin, the scale of this year's autumn hunting was the largest in the Hongxi Dynasty, and I don't know what the Qianyuan city looked like at this time."

Hunting in spring and hunting in autumn is a great ceremony of the country, but the spring hunting ceremony is mainly based on rituals because of the revival of everything and the growth of vegetation in spring. Generally speaking, it does not kill animals. Autumn hunting is a real hunting, with emperors, courtiers, invited people and zonglao enjoying together.

Different from the autumn hunting ceremony of the previous dynasties, the imperial dynasties such as Dali and Daxuan before Daqian paid more attention to martial arts, but in Daqian, it was really hunting. As a Ming monarch, the emperor of Daqian spent most of his time dealing with state affairs. Therefore, the autumn hunting ceremony was mainly to let the emperor exercise his muscles and ease his mood. At the same time, the emperor could use another way to get in touch with his courtiers.

At this time, the west gate of Qianyuan City, the capital of emperor Qian, opened, and an endless procession slowly opened from the west gate. This year's autumn hunting ceremony was the largest since Emperor Yu Yuanxu ascended the throne. Not only the imperial concubines and princesses, but also the imperial families, court officials, the people in the field and the elders of the nine university palace were present, In addition to waige, who was busy with the war in southern Xinjiang, and Hubu, who needed to dispatch and transfer materials, almost all the officials above Wupin were on the Qiushou list.

Early in the morning, the upper and lower armies set up defense on the road from Qianyuan city to Xishan. With the sound of the bells and drums in the Imperial City, the Ziji palace guards, as the head of the seven palace guards, escorted the empress and drove out of the imperial city slowly. At this time, the Tianjie street was full of people who came to the imperial capital in advance. All of them looked excited at the chariot carrying the empress of emperor Qian.

Since Yu Yuanxu's accession to the throne, he has paid little attention to the taxes. In addition, he has destroyed the grassland Qingyang. Even though the war in southern Xinjiang is constantly consuming the national strength of Daqian, Daqian has not increased the annual taxes. The people who grew up in the imperial city all respect the emperor who loves the people like a son.

As the emperor and empress drove into the Tianjie street, the courtiers who had been waiting here joined the motorcade one after another. There were the government offices of the great powers, the thirty-six civil and military Marquises' offices, the county and township Marquises' residences, the five prime ministers of the cabinet, the ministers, the ministers, the servants and the elders who had been in Beijing for many days. Carriages with different family emblems joined the team, making the whole team expand dozens of times in an instant. After empress emperor's chariot had been out of Qianyuan City, there was still a frame in Tianjie, which constantly joined the team.

"This is the power of Daqian. The scale of an autumn hunting ceremony is many times larger than that of our Tianxing Festival." A young man in the crowd at the west gate of Qianyuan City, looking at the endless procession of horses and chariots, whispered to the people around him. The voice was full of envy and fear.

"Young master, we have been out for some time. If we don't go back, we will be worried at home." Next to the young man stood several people of different ages who were not wearing a hat. They escorted the young man in the middle. One of them was wearing brocade, and his face was full of warm smile. He looked like a businessman. He walked up to the young man and whispered.

"Yes, my husband, there are too many people here. Let's go back earlier." Said the veiled woman standing beside the young man.

"All right." The young man sighed, turned and disappeared into the crowd.

They were Yan Wensheng, the king of Tianxing, and Qiu Qiao, the queen of Tianxing, who brought Tianxing experts to Daqian. Originally, they planned to set an ambush in the west mountain, either to attack and kill Yu Yuanxu, the emperor of Daqian, or to capture an important member of the royal family of Daqian, forcing Daqian to sign an alliance to withdraw from Tianxing.

Lu que transferred the three battalions of the Changqing army to the side of the Xishan hunting ground early, and Emperor Qian invited the elder Gong Su of the ninth university to Beijing to participate in the autumn hunting. When he heard the news, Yan Wensheng was a little silly. He didn't know whether the scale of this year's autumn hunting was decided early or because he had to be on guard, but he knew, It's impossible to attack and kill emperor Daqian with the help of the army and the strong guards of Jiuda University palace.

Today, he came to the west gate of Qianyuan city to see if he could find a chance. However, when he saw the endless motorcade, he completely gave up the idea. Because he knew that if he started at this time, he was looking for death. Yan Wensheng was worried when he thought of this.

The reason why he came to Daqian in person was that he had already seen that in the most weakened days of Tianxing's military strength, he could not beat back Daqian's attack on the battlefield, and it was difficult for a skillful woman to make a meal without rice. Even if Yan Tuohai, the Duke of Wucheng, and Qiu Xu, the Minister of his hidden residence, were a generation of famous generals like Lu Chun, in the days when Tianxing could only recruit new soldiers to enrich his military strength, It can't change the ending of Tianxing. If you want to continue Tianxing Wangzuo, you must use means outside the battlefield.

But now Daqian's arrangement for Qiushou makes him unable to find any chance to start. Outside the Xishan hunting ground, he is surrounded by 36000 people of the Changqing army. In addition to the accompanying personal guards of the upper and lower armies and the imperial guards of the Ziji hall, there are more than 30000 troops in the hunting ground. In addition, the imperial city of Daqian, which has an unfathomable cultivation, worships and houses the elders, At this time, Xishan hunting ground was more dangerous than Daqian palace.

Not long after, Yan Wensheng and Qiu Qiao turned into a secluded lane and took a look at the candy vendor at the entrance of the secluded lane. Seeing that they nodded slightly, they walked into the secluded lane and pushed open a slightly shabby house door. Entering the courtyard, Yan Wensheng took off his hat, went to a flower bed and sat down without saying a word. At this time, a feeling of desperation suddenly appeared in the heart of the new king of Tianxing. The army was in full swing, the country was losing cities and lands, and his family and country were killed. As the king of Tianxing, he was helpless.

"Have a cup of tea, my Lord." Qiu Qiao holds a teacup to Yan Wensheng and looks at the husband who has been haggard for a long time.

"Joel, don't you think I'm useless?" Yan Wensheng took the tea cup, but he was not in the mood to drink it. Looking at the clear yellow tea, his eyes were full of pain.

Qiu Qiao sighed in his heart and went to Yan Wensheng's side. He gently pressed the acupoints on his head and said in a soft voice, "king, there has never been an immortal Dynasty since ancient times. This is the case with Dayan built by Emperor Yan. This is the case with Daxuan, which was the most prosperous in those years. Now, this is also the case with Daqian, which is at the height of the sun. We have been fighting with each other for decades, It's not the king's fault. "

Yan Wensheng sighed, then clenched his fist and said, "Qiao Er can see clearly. It's just that my Yan family has been inherited for more than 500 years, but now it's going to be destroyed in my hands. I'm really unwilling to be my husband."

"Human resources have their limits. In today's situation, we can only do our best and listen to the destiny." Qiu Qiao whispered. She is proficient in celestial phenomena. Naturally, she can see the decline of the king que of the southern heaven and the collapse of the national fortune. For the country, any means other than national strength and military strength are vain, or can solve the temporary disaster, but it is not the strategy to save the country. At this time, Da Qian didn't even give Tianxing the chance to use his means. Obviously, he saw through this point. This is the grand trend, which makes all the intrigues have no place to be brave.

"What do you say we should do?" Yan Wensheng slowly put the tea cup on the side, raised his red eyes and looked at Qiu Qiao. At this time, he really didn't know what to do. If he gave up the assassination of Qian Huang Yu Yuanxu, it would be meaningless for them to come here. It would be better for them to stay in Tianxing, at least to survive with their family and country. Now give up the assassination of nanhuitianxing, maybe Tianxing has already died before they return to Zhongxing city.

"I don't know what to do, but no matter what choice the king makes, I will be with him." Qiu Qiao went to Yan Wensheng's side and encircled his waist from behind. He said in a soft voice, which was full of firmness and dependence.

Qiu Qiao was born in the family of Qiu, a general of Tianxing. Since she was a child, she had gone to the battlefield with her father and brother. She had seen the battle between Qiu lie and Bai Yi, a Wu'an Marquis of Daqian. Therefore, she was not afraid of death. Otherwise, she would not choose to marry Yan Wensheng, who was the weakest at that time. For her, the great cause of her family and country is a man's business. As long as she is with her husband, he is king, and she is the mother of the world. When he dies in battle, she will accompany her to the yellow spring.

"Joel, it's really wrong of you to marry me." Yan Wensheng grabs Qiu Qiao's soft hands with his backhand. After they have been married for many years, he can naturally hear the meaning of his wife's words. He is deeply moved.

Qiu Qiao shook his head and said, "Joe is not bitter to be with the king. No matter how the king chooses, Joel will be with him