The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 176 Details of the Defeat
When Daiyu and the others saw the grassland at first, they thought it was very strange, but after a few days, they found that the scenery along the way was almost unchanged, and suddenly lost interest.Seeing the listless look of the master and servant, Mu Xu couldn't help but smiled and comforted him, "Okay, cheer up, we're almost there."

Qingwen was impatient. When she heard the news, she quickly put her head out of the carriage window and looked forward, but she didn't see the city. She was disappointed and said, "Your Majesty will deceive people. It's clear that there is no future in the past and no future." Store, where is it coming?"

"You, you can't learn from Zijuan, you have to be calm. We have already crossed the Liaohe River, and we will be able to reach Fengtian tomorrow at the latest. What are you in a hurry for?"

Qingwen and Mu Xu are also familiar now, so naturally she is no longer afraid of him, and immediately murmured, "It will take another day, and the carriage ride all the way made my ass bloom."

As soon as she said something, she realized something was wrong, and then she saw Mu Xu looking at her lower body strangely. Although she knew that there was a carriage blocking her and she couldn't see anything, she still blushed, gave Mu Xu a hard look, and shrank her head. Not to mention going back, he also put down the curtain to block Mu Xu's sight.

Hearing the voices of the masters and servants inside, Mu Xu shook his head and laughed, rode his horse to the front of the team, and ordered the leading family to speed up and try to reach the town outside Fengtian City before dark.Since leaving Gubeikou, they have already slept outside several times, Mu Xu himself is fine, but Daiyu and the others are not used to it.

That night, they found a small inn in a town more than [-] miles west of Fengtian City, where merchants could rest. It was a lift of spirits.

The city gate officer guarding the city gate saw a team of dozens of cavalry coming, and hurriedly led the soldiers forward to interrogate him. When he got closer, he saw Mu Xu in the team. Of course, he knew this prince very well. After all, when Mu Xu was still in Fengtian, he would go out of the city to hunt every three days, and he knew a lot of people.

"Little Huang San has met the son of the world." The city gate officer recognized Mu Xu, so he hurriedly bowed to greet him.

Mu Xu lightly raised his horsewhip, "You don't need to be too polite, let me ask you, has the prince ever returned from sending troops?"

Huang San hesitated, "The lord has come back, but I heard..."

"But what, why don't you hurry up and talk about it?" Mu Xu's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked.

Huang San looked around, and then whispered back, "I heard that the prince's dispatch of troops this time was not smooth, it seems that the prince was injured."

As soon as Mu Xu heard the news, he didn't have the time to inquire with him again, so he immediately told Yang An, "You escort the concubine and the others to go slowly, I will take a step first." After speaking, he led several guards into the city.

The few of them were galloping on the street, causing chaos all the way. Some people wanted to curse, but the passers-by hurriedly stopped them, "Are you crazy? Didn't you see that the young master in the lead is the son of the world?" "The man immediately stopped his curse words, and said to himself, "Didn't you say that the son of the world has returned to Beijing, why did you come back?"

Fortunately, Mu Xu and the others were proficient in riding skills, so there was no incident of injury, and they arrived at Fengtian's Dongping County Palace unimpeded.When the gatekeeper of the palace saw his eldest son come back, he hurriedly opened the door and passed it in.

Mu Xu got off his horse, slipped the rein into the servant's hand, and rushed into the gate in two or three steps.Although his family's mansion in Fengtian City is not as exquisite as that of the Prince's Mansion in the capital, it is more magnificent, and it is more than twice as big.He hurried all the way towards the inner courtyard, ignoring the servants who saluted him on the way.

Mu Xu came to the gate of the instrument, and was about to lift his legs to go in, when he was stopped by someone behind him, he turned around and saw that it was Shi Gengzhong, the head of the palace, so he had to stop.Geng Zhong approached, before he could salute, Mu Xu asked, "Master Geng, I heard that my father is injured, is it true?"

Geng Zhong cupped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the prince just got an arrow in his arm, and the arrow was not poisonous, so there is no serious problem."

Only then did Mu Xu let go of his worries, and he was not in a hurry to see his parents, and immediately asked Geng Zhong about the specific situation of this dispatch.

Through Geng Zhong's mouth, Mu Xu roughly knew what happened.Similar to what he thought before, his father did make a mistake of underestimating the enemy.

In fact, speaking of it, he couldn't completely blame his father Mu Jing for despising the Jurchens.It's just that the Jurchens at this time have always been a mess, with a small number of people, and they especially like infighting.Therefore, from Dongping County King Mu Jing down, all the generals in Liaodong have a consensus, that is, although the Jurchens are brave, they can't make a big impact.

Therefore, Mu Jing only brought two thousand light cavalry to go there this time, nominally to patrol the border, but in fact he just wanted to beat Wanyan to make them be more honest.When they arrived at the residence of the Wanyan tribe, Mu Jing sent an order for Wanyanchi, the leader of the Wanyan tribe, to come and see him, but Wanyanchi not only refused to listen, but also deliberately killed the messenger, and even personally led the troops to provoke him.

Mu Jing was furious immediately, and directly led his troops to attack, but he didn't know that Wanyan Chi's trick was right in the middle.When the battle between the two sides was in full swing, Wanyan's ambush soldiers rushed out from the flanks, and caught Mu's army by surprise.Fortunately, the place where they fought was located in the plains, and the Mu's army went to the cavalry side, so the entire army was not wiped out, but they also lost nearly half of their troops. Even Mu Jing was shot in the arm by Wanyan Chi arrow.

After hearing his father's defeat, Mu Xu didn't know what to say, after all, the son never blamed his father.On the other hand, Geng Zhong stopped Mu Xu but he had something to say, he just listened to him and said, "My lord, the prince is defeated by the Jurchen savage whom he has been looking down on this time, so he will definitely not let it go, but the lower officials have different opinions."

"Master Geng, please tell me, I'm all ears."

"My lord, I have heard from Xi Ren in the past few days that more than half of those Jurchen tribes have surrendered to the Wanyan tribe. According to my estimation, they probably have no less than [-] people who control strings. Your lord also knows that those Jurchen barbarians are brave. Very well, our soldiers are definitely not their opponents one-on-one, if the prince sends troops in a fit of anger, it will be fine if he wins, but the consequences will be disastrous if he loses."

Mu Xu nodded seriously, looked at the anxious Geng Zhong, and assured him, "Lord Geng, don't worry, I will definitely persuade my father not to act righteously."

Geng Zhong wanted to say something more, but he saw a girl standing in the gate of the ceremony and kept looking at this one. He recognized that it was the princess's personal servant girl. It seemed that the princess was anxious to see her son, so he had to stop what he wanted to say. , reluctantly said goodbye.

Mu Xu saw that he had unfinished intentions, but he didn't keep him. After all, there is no need to rush if you have something to say.Besides, others may underestimate this group of Jurchens, but he will not underestimate them at all.

Watching Geng Zhong leave, Mu Xu turned around and entered Yimen, and Hongxiu, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him, and complained, "This Geng Changshi is real, I don't know that the son is tired all the way, so he must be stopped at this time." .”

"Okay, Mr. Geng also has something important to report to me, how can he be blamed. What about my mother, is my father's injury more serious?" Mu Xu asked Hongxiu as he walked towards the inner house.

Hongxiu trotted and followed Mu Xu, "The concubine and the prince are both in the side yard of the Yin'an Hall. The prince's injury is no longer serious, and it should be fine after two more changes of the golden sore medicine."

While talking, the two had already bypassed the Yin'an Hall, and saw that Princess Changning had long been waiting under the Moon Gate in the side courtyard.Seeing this, Mu Xu hurriedly came to her and knelt down, "Son, pay respects to mother!"

Princess Changning pulled Mu Xu up, looked at him lovingly for a long time, and then blamed, "Why didn't you inform mother in advance that you are coming to Liaodong, I was talking to your father just now, just listen to the servant Come to report that you are back, but I was shocked."

Mu Xu smiled and supported her mother and walked towards the courtyard, "I want to give you a surprise."

"You, when can I save some time for my mother? You suddenly came to Liaodong for no reason. If you have this spare time, you might as well give birth to a grandson for me as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)