Daming: From the end of Hongwu

382 Chapter 380 - Surprise Change
The twelfth of the first lunar month.

Du Sheng and other Annan envoys brought Chen Tianping back to the south, and Huang Zhong led more than a thousand soldiers to escort them. After arriving in Guangxi, they will join the five thousand soldiers led by Lu Yi and send Chen Tianping to Annan The capital, the successor king.

Everyone on this trip knows that there is no great danger in the territory of Daming. On the contrary, after entering the territory of Annan, some unpredictable accidents may occur. This is why most of the escorts for Chen Tianping will choose Guangxi The reason for the bravery of the soldiers is that it can save people on the road from the capital to Guangxi to eat horses.

Today's sun is very good.

There is plenty of sunshine, and there is a warm feeling when it shines on people's bodies. It makes people feel calm and thoughtful, especially suitable for travel.

The soldiers who received this errand at the gate of the city were all very happy and energetic. Maybe apart from the weather, they also ate well during the festival, slept well, and accumulated all their energy. reason.

With smiles and confidence, they comforted the family members who saw them off.

Amidst the noise, Huang Zhong saw that when the time came, he began to gather his soldiers and line up for dispatch. The soldiers had no choice but to bid farewell to their wives and children, their parents, their relatives and friends, for their lives, for their responsibilities, and for their lives. Prepare to embark on a journey for the glory of Ming Dynasty.

A young soldier almost ran into Huang Zhong's horse accidentally because he was anxious.

His new wife exclaimed in concern.

Huang Zhong cast a glance and saw that the soldier's wife was still pregnant. His angry eyes softened for a while, but he still reprimanded him with his face: "What does it look like to be in a hurry? Hurry up and line up!" , being more stable in the future will also make your family feel more at ease."

"No." After the soldiers responded, they found their own team and ran over in a hurry.

Huang Zhong rode a horse and patrolled around, and when the team was all ready to go, he talked to Du Sheng and Chen Tianping, and then waved his hand, and the team slowly moved forward.

The family members who were seeing them off followed reluctantly, all of them still stretching their heads and shouting, talking endlessly to the soldiers.

After walking a long distance, they watched them off for a long time before turning back to the city with a sigh.

And among the people who saw them off, there was an unexpected person.

Pei Boqi.

He did not return south with Chen Tianping.

This made the officials who were seeing off from the Ministry of Rites a little confused, especially when Pei Boqi returned to the city gate, turned around and went up the tower, which made them full of question marks.

What the hell is Pei Boqi doing?

But when they saw the general standing upright like a pine tree in front of the city tower, they all suddenly realized that he was left behind by Duke Zhao.

But what did Zhao Guogong leave Pei Boqi behind?
Could it be that Zhao Guogong naively thought that Li Jishou would disobey Daming?
Trying to keep Pei Boqi as a backup? !

At this time, Pei Boqi had already come to Zhen Wu's side, and he asked Zhen Wu the same questions as those officials: "The Duke sent someone over yesterday to let the old man stay in Daming temporarily, but are you worried that Li Jishou will backtrack?"

These days, Pei Boqi has also heard about the political controversy between Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaoxu, so it is not difficult to come up with this idea.

Zhen Wu had no intention of hiding anything, so he nodded directly, then turned to face Pei Boqi and said, "Mr. Pei is full of loyalty and reputation in Annan. If something happens to Mr. Chen, you can expose Li Jishou The crime of this crime will not make Li Jishou turn black and white, so it is more appropriate for you to separate from Mr. Chen and return to the south."

Pei Boqi frowned, and he couldn't believe it: "Although Li Jishou is cunning and cruel, but under the prestige of Ming Dynasty, is it possible that Li Jishou really dared to hit a stone with an egg?"

"Dare you dare, I don't make inferences, I only consider the possibility, and take the precautions I should do."

Zhen Wu stretched his waist, looked to the far south again and said: "It won't take long for you to see black and white, Mr. Pei may as well stay patiently for a while, if Mr. Chen returns to the south safely and succeeds safely, when the time comes I will send someone to send Mr. Pei south again, and according to what I discussed with you before, I will also choose capable people and strong generals to help the gentlemen fight Li Jishu, of course, if there is any accident, then...hehe."

After that, Zhen Wu didn't say anything, but the meaning of it has been fully expressed.

Pei Boqi nodded, and then turned his head like Zhen Wu, looking to the south, but there was a touch of worry about Chen Tianping on his face.

At the same time, after the Ministry of Rites sent the officials back, the news about Zhen Wu leaving Pei Boqi was spread out in a short while, and with the chanting one by one, it soon reached the ears of Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others.

Xie Jin couldn't help but sneered and said: "Knowing the current affairs is a hero, and with the current strength of Ming Dynasty, ten Annans are not opponents, so how could Li Jishou make an unwise choice?!"

"It's definitely not possible. There are two roads in front of us. Would Li Jishou still seek his own death?" Several clerks immediately began to speak in agreement and praised Xie Jin.

Instead, Yang Shiqi frowned and said, "If Li Jishou really had the guts of a bear, and refused to compromise, would he rather be broken than broken?"

Xie Jin and the others were taken aback.

The next moment, Xie Jin smiled proudly: "These words are easy to say, but how many people can have such courage when things come to an end, after all, it is death, and there are very few who can face it calmly. Others, did brother Shi Qi forget the agreement between you and Zhou Shixiu? You and I can't do it, how can a barbarian from a small country do it."

As soon as these words fell, the clerks began to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and did not dare to say more about this matter, but they had also heard that Yang Shiqi and others made an agreement with Zhou Shixiu to release Jin when Jing was in trouble. On the day the capital city was destroyed, he served the country with his own body, but in the end, only Zhou Shixiu hanged himself calmly.

Later, this incident got to the ears of His Majesty today, and some people suggested that the grave was dug up, causing harm to Zhou Shixiu's family, but fortunately, His Majesty is broad-minded and doesn't want to care about it, so he gave up.

When Yang Shiqi heard Xie Jin talk about the past, a slight anger appeared on his face.

This matter seemed to be a vicious dog in his heart. It had been chasing and biting him frantically for a long time, and it was only recently that he suppressed the guilt.

Now that I see Jin's blunt mention without guilt, I can't help but feel a little displeased with Xie Jin.

But Xie Jin is now favored and trusted. Even if he doesn't like it anymore, he still doesn't say much about this matter. He just said lightly: "Mr. One side is worried, but it is not without purpose.”

"Mr. Zhao?"

Seeing that Yang Shiqi mentioned Zhen Wu, Xie Jin didn't think much of it, but even more disdainful: "This is probably Zhao Guogong, who feels that his face has been damaged, and forced himself to make up for it."

After finishing speaking, Xie Jin laughed loudly.

Yang Shiqi was taken aback.

Can this be ridiculed?
And the few clerks didn't know whether they were sincere or fake, and they even flattered Xie Jin with embellishments.

What surprised Yang Shiqi even more was that Xie Jinbiao was very proud of this.

Yang Shiqi sighed secretly in his heart, didn't say anything more about this matter, and started to run his errands seriously, but in other places, people like Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Xia Yuanji and others were also discussing, Zhen Wu Keep Pei Boqi's move.

Zhu Gaochi was still smiling, and he never offended anyone.

But most of the others thought that Zhen Wu was doing too much.

Even if they didn't say anything clearly, each of them was guessing in their hearts that Zhen Wu was just like Xie Jin's words, trying to find face.

And when Zhu Di heard these gossips, he shook his head and laughed for a while, and after he finished laughing, a cold look appeared on his face, and after thinking about it, he turned around and awarded Zhen Wu's youngest son the rank of Captain Xiaoqi.

This made everyone confused for a long time. Even Zhu Yuying couldn't figure out what Zhu Di meant. Although it was just an honorary title and had no real job, it was only rewarded for meritorious service. Her youngest son was still breastfeeding. Can have a fart credit ah.

On the contrary, Zhen Wu didn't care about it, and just smiled after hearing it and forgot about it.

……

Time passes day by day.

On the other side, Huang Zhong escorted Chen Tianping and others, and finally arrived in Guangxi. After a little rectification in Guangxi, they joined the five thousand soldiers and horses brought by Lu Yi and began to head towards Annan.

At this time, we are about to arrive in the territory of Annan. Huang Zhong thought of Zhu Gaoxu's point and Zhen Wu's emphasis on this matter, so he couldn't help but be a little cautious. Not only did he go to discuss with Lu Yi from time to time, but he even sent out horses to investigate. .

After everyone entered Annan territory and arrived at the first stop, Qiuwen, Huang Zhong and the others saw the officials and troops sent by Li Jishou to welcome the Ming army and Chen Tianping.

The leader of these people was a man named Huang Huiqing.

Hearing the tone of those people, Huang Zhong seemed to be a high-ranking official from Annan, or a close minister of Li Jisuo, but this still made Huang Zhongzhong ring the alarm.

dog day.

It was promised that Li Jishou and his son would come here to greet him in person, what is going on now?

If Li Jishou didn't come, how could Chen Tianping have the majesty of the King of Annan.

Huang Zhong asked Huang Huiqing on the spot: "Where is the Duke of Hue County? Why didn't he come to greet him in person?"

The Duke of Hue was the son of Li Jisha.

Li Jishou used his son's name to seek the canonization of the Ming Dynasty's throne, and now Zhu Di didn't want him to be the king, so he also made sense of it, and named Li Jishou's son the Duke of Shunhua County.

Huang Huiqing groaned, and explained: "Look at what the general said, why didn't the Duke come here? It's just that he suddenly fell ill on the way here, and the illness was so serious that he couldn't go on, so he had to stop in front. Heal the illness, but the Duke of the county is afraid that the general will misunderstand, so he asked me to bring people to greet you first."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed gold into Huang Zhong's hand, while sincerely begging for mercy: "Your Majesty sincerely has no intention of being negligent, but the illness can't be helped by others, I hope the general will not be blamed, and please forgive me a little bit."

How could Huang Zhong believe this, after looking at Lu Yi, the gold was directly returned to Huang Huiqing, and said with a cold face: "I don't care if he is sick or not, you hurry to urge him to come."

Seeing that Huang Zhong and Lu Yi were unmoved, Huang Huiqing had no choice but to agree to come down, and then returned with someone to urge Li Jishou and others.

In this way, Huang Zhong, Lu Yi and others temporarily stayed in Qiu Wen, waiting for the arrival of Li Jisuo and others.

But for two days in a row, there was no news, which made Huang Zhong a little restless, especially after Chen Tianping returned to his hometown, he asked him all day long: when will the general leave.

This made Huang Zhong feel a little bit overwhelmed.

However, Huang Zhong still didn't act rashly, he sent out many scouts to inquire about the news, trying to find out about Li Jishou's situation.

But before the detectives could detect the movements of Li Jishou and others, Qiu Wen and the subjects at the next stop, Jiling Pass, found out where they were.

These common people all had smiles on their faces, bringing eggs, good wine, food, and specialties to welcome Master Wang.

All of them were still muttering: "I have heard that Master Wang is coming. We people have been looking forward to it for a long time, and now we finally see Master Wang. Master Wang, don't dislike the bad things you entertained. It's all because of us. Self-grown and raised."

An endless stream of people were excited and crazy, and when they saw the Ming soldiers, they stuffed things into the hands of the Ming soldiers.

Some well-known old people came to invite Huang Zhong, Lu Yi and others to the banquet.

This well-received scene made Huang Zhong a little happy, but the people's enthusiasm caused the military discipline to be disordered, and Huang Zhong was a little bit devastated.

What made Huang Zhong even more embarrassed was that most of these people would ask, "General, when will the king arrive in the capital to succeed to the throne according to the schedule?"

The eager looks of the common people make Huang Zhong not know how to reply every time.

this day.

Huang Zhong and Lu Yi hid in a room to discuss countermeasures. Huang Zhong asked Lu Yi: "You said what should we do now, these people are too enthusiastic, if we stay here for a long time, it may be inconvenient, but until now there is no Li Regarding the news about Ji Ya and others, whether we can do it or wait, there must be a regulation."

As the deputy general, Lu Yi thought for a while and suggested, "I think it's best to wait for the news. If you don't see the attitude of Li Jisuo and others with your own eyes, you may be surprised if you rush forward."

Huang Zhong also knew this.

but…

"Then what should these common people do? All of them are so excited that they dare to force their way into our barracks, and they just want to see Master Wang's demeanor without saying anything. Said angrily.

"How about forced expulsion?" Lu Yi said, he was also annoyed by those people these days.

But as soon as the words fell, Huang Zhong shook his head.

"You have also seen that these people are very eager and have been looking forward to Master Wang. How can we expel him now? What's more, our trip is to send Chen Tianping to take over the throne of King Annan. If we expel him, wouldn't it be inevitable? A move of the heart?"

Lu Yi also felt worried when he heard this: "What do Governor Huang think?"

Huang Zhong fell into deep thought, and the room suddenly fell into silence.

a long time.

Huang Zhong must have seen it.

He knew that many people would definitely be paying attention to his trip, and if he stayed timid and did not leave, he would inevitably be looked down upon by others, so he said: "These people welcome us in such a way, I think they are looking forward to Chen Tianping in the hearts of the Annan subjects. Yes, I'll wait for him to return, so there shouldn't be any major surprises, and Li Jishou and the others are just ahead, I think it's better for us to start our journey, at worst, walk slowly on the road."

Lu Yi thought for a while, although he felt that it was a bit risky, but thinking of the current situation, he nodded in agreement.

Then, that afternoon, Huang Zhong gave the order to set off.

Walking all the way to Jiling Pass, when we came to a place called Qinzhan, it suddenly started raining, and in just a moment, the rain in the Annan coastal area was as heavy as a curtain, and the ground became muddy immediately I can't stand it.

Huang Zhong rode on the horse and looked around anxiously, wanting to see if he could find a place to camp temporarily, but when he looked around like this, he was startled and thought to himself: There are dense forests on both sides of this place, and the road is narrow It's steep and steep, but it's really a good place to set up an ambush.

thought here.

He couldn't help but suffer from an occupational disease, and calculated to himself: "Hey, this is such a good place, if you give me a thousand soldiers, I'll dare to ambush him with 8000 men..."

While talking, the voice has not yet fallen.

Surprisingly, there were ambushes on both sides, and the sound of ambushes charging could be heard all over the mountains and plains. They all rushed out from the forests on both sides. There were dense crowds of people, and the bustling crowds could not be seen at a glance. You can tell with a simple glance that there are at least ten thousand people here. .

"Kill Chen Tianping!"

"Kill Chen Tianping!"

...

The cold voices from among the ambush soldiers continued to reach the ears of Sergeant Daming.

Huang Zhongli was startled.

fuck.

Really...really...fucking ambushes.

The soldiers also panicked in an instant, and it was Lu Yi who made a decisive decision, riding his horse against the wind and rain and shouting: "Put the formation, set the formation!"

When the soldiers heard this voice, their meticulous training in the past paid off. As if by muscle memory, each team formed a defensive formation.

At this time, the ambush has also been killed.

In an instant, the two sides fought hand to hand.

After Huang Zhong came to his senses, he started to charge left and right while holding a horse spear. His martial arts skills were extraordinary, and the opponent who killed him bravely for a while retreated back again and again.

However, the soldiers were not as skilled in martial arts as he was, and they could still protect themselves in the sea of ​​people, especially those soldiers guarding Chen Tianping, who had suffered the greatest impact of the ambush.

Wave after wave.

The ambush seems to be endless, and it seems to be everywhere.

Finally, the formation of the Ming army guarding around Chen Tianping was blown to pieces.

The screams continued, and the blood was washed away by the rain like a trickling stream.

……

After a stick of incense.

The fierce battle stopped for a short while, this group of ambush soldiers not only took Chen Tianping by hand, but also surrounded Huang Zhong and others firmly.

They stared at Huang Zhong and the others.

But Huang Zhong and the others fell into the encirclement, as pitiful as chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered.

Huang Zhong looked at the soldiers who had only half the number left, and roared angrily to the sky. He hated, hated him for not being careful enough, and killed [-] soldiers.

Lu Yi also gritted his teeth, staring at the group of ambush soldiers full of hatred.

At this time, a young general walked out of the ambush, and he looked at Huang Zhong and the others with a disdainful smile on his face.

Ming soldiers?

That's it? !
Nothing more than that.

He said to Huang Zhong indifferently: "We are all vulgar people, and we accidentally had some friction with everyone, please forgive me, but I want to tell everyone about Chen Tianping, this person is cunning and eloquent, and Not a child of the Chen family, but just a servant of the Chen family, relying on knowing some inside information of the Chen family, he dared to deceive His Majesty Daming blatantly, it is more than worthy of death."

"fart!"

Huang Zhong said angrily: "Whether Chen Tianping is a descendant of the Chen family, I have my own conclusion, it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks."

The young general glanced at Huang Zhong's injured left arm, with disdain in his eyes, he turned his head and coldly ordered the people around him, "Bring me Chen Tianping."

The young general's men grabbed Chen Tianping and walked over, and pressed Chen Tianping to the ground firmly.

Chen Tianping asked Huang Zhong for help in panic: "General Huang, help me..."

Huang Zhong realized something, and said angrily, "You dare!"

"Why am I afraid?!"

After the young general finished speaking, he drew out his knife and slashed at Chen Tianping's head decisively.

As the knife was raised and lowered, Chen Tianping, who was innocent and innocent in the past, suddenly flew his head out, and blood gushed out against the rain, staining the rain with blood red.

The young general strode up to Chen Tianping's head, stepped on the head that was still begging for Huang Zhongxiang's help, and said coldly: "You Daming has been deceived too much, and now I killed this person for Daming, it's a rubbish just now. Apologies for the small misunderstandings caused. In addition, please go back and tell Emperor Daming that I, Annan, have no intention of offending Daming, but I just can’t bear Emperor Daming being deceived like this, so I have to do this trick. I, Annan, still regard Daming as the kingdom of heaven!"

After finishing speaking, the young general waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Annan's troops retreated like a tide, but Huang Zhong didn't feel that he had narrowly escaped death, he only felt humiliated.

Is this an apology?

The lives of [-] soldiers of my Ming Dynasty stayed here, can a trivial misunderstanding be explained?

You don't mean to offend, dare to kill the people who were enshrined and protected by me in front of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, how can we not offend each other?
Annan is arrogant and looking for death! ! !
He gritted his teeth and shouted at the young general: "Who are you? Do you dare to leave your name?"

In the distance, there was a dismissive voice.

"Annan, Ruan Feiming!"

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(End of this chapter)