After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

On the first day of November, the sky was slightly bright in Cangtai, Yunzhou.

The wind picked up in the middle of the night yesterday, making the red military flags with black edges in the army in Da Jingzhong rustle.

In front of the general's tent stood two tall guards, one on the left and one on the right, wearing heavy armor and holding long spears. They looked at the low-hanging sky in the distance. The biting cold wind did not break their sight.

Soon, a small team appeared in the morning mist and walked straight to the tent.

The leader was a herald. He knelt down half-kneeling outside the tent and shouted to the inside: "Sir, General Xu is here!"

Soon, He Qingchang's voice came from inside: "Let him come in alone."

Xu Ye was stunned for a moment, turned around and gave some instructions to the soldiers behind him, then opened the tent curtain and walked in.

The tent was very warm, with fire pots burning everywhere. As soon as the curtain behind Xu Ye was lowered, the sound of wind and people outside were completely blocked.

Xu Ye was the military governor of Yunzhou, and the Yunzhou Army under his command was the main force in the battle against Beidi. Although He Qingchang is the commander-in-chief of the entire army and has the power to mobilize and command the Yunzhou Army, he has never intervened in the jurisdiction of the Yunzhou Army in the past few months on the front line, and has delegated power to Xu Ye.

Both of them were Gu Shihai's disciples. Although they were not familiar with each other, they were still in the same boat. Over the past few months, Xu Ye had gained some understanding of He Qingchang's temperament. He Qingchang was a calm person and would not wake him up from bed early in the morning to discuss matters for no reason.

Something big must have happened.

Xu Ye took off his soft armor and quickly glanced at the situation inside the tent.

He Qingchang stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back, as if he was looking at the map of Northland on the wall, but also as if he was not looking at anything.

On the main desk behind him, there is a blank folder that has not yet been written. The ink in the inkstone at the corner of the desk has dried up, but the brushes are still hanging cleanly on the pen holder. There was a candle burning on the table that was about to bottom out, and it seemed that it had been burning all night.

And the strangest thing is that there are two people kneeling in front of the sand table in the middle of the tent. They are wearing Dajing military uniforms. Judging from the style of the armor, they are from the capital, and their official positions are not low. But the two of them were already naked at this time, covered in blood, and they looked inhuman. They had obviously received a lot of punches and kicks.

"Beidi is about to withdraw its troops," He Qing said.

Xu Ye felt happy.

But before he could even express his joy, He Qingchang turned around and sat down in front of the case.

There was no trace of joy in his voice or face. On the contrary, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and the coldness in his eyes made the candlelight tremble.

Only his voice was calm: "This is the letter of credence sent by the Beidi envoy yesterday, requesting that it be forwarded to His Majesty."

He Qingchang handed a yellow-covered letter from the bank to Xu Ye.

Xu Ye quickly stepped forward and took the "letter of credence".

Soon, his expression turned from gloomy to angry like a sudden storm.

"That's unreasonable!" Xu Ye almost threw the "letter of credence" on the table.

Beidi indeed said in the letter that they were withdrawing their troops. But in addition, they also made wild claims in the letter that the spring warmth will come back next year, so that Dajing is ready to "leave his neck to death", and explained that they will go south next year to directly target Shengjing, and don't think about using five hundred A bribe of ten thousand taels of silver made them turn back.

The words used in this letter of credence are extremely insulting, and every word reveals the rampant pride of a gangster.

"What kind of letter of credence is this? This is obviously a letter of war!" Xu Ye said angrily, "How can such a thing be submitted to Shengjing?"

He Qingchang's expression was calm, not even a little angry. I don't know if he has been angry before, or if he has never been angered before.

He Qingchang did not answer his words. He remained silent without raising his eyes and asked: "Do you know about this?" Xu Ye was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Master Shangshu... what are you referring to?"

He Qingchang raised his eyes to look at Xu Ye and said: "Five million taels of silver."

There was no emotion in his triangular eyes, and his voice was very calm. But these words were like thunder exploding in Xu Ye's mind.

He subconsciously glanced back at the two officers kneeling on the ground, and suddenly understood what had kept He Qingchang awake all night and called him into the main tent alone early in the morning.

Xu Ye picked up the "Certificate of Credence" that he had thrown aside and read it carefully.

"Sir, are you saying that the five million here is not an... imaginary number?" Xu Ye's voice was trembling.

What is the concept of five million taels? If there was no war, five million taels would be enough to feed his more than 80,000 Yunzhou troops for two years!

He raised his head in disbelief and met He Qingchang's gaze.

There was a strange silence between the two for a moment, and then He Qingchang withdrew his gaze. He did not answer Xu Ye's question, but looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and ordered: "Raise your head!"

The two slowly and silently raised the blood-stained face.

"Does General Xu know them?" He Qingchang asked again.

Xu Ye made a careful distinction and said hesitantly: "Is this the Shi Congjun who is with General Gu?"

"When the Chinese army joined the army, Yuan Yi, the commander of the transport camp, Hou Rong." He Qingchang looked at the two people with a cold expression, frowned, and said, "Tell General Xu what you told me last night. "

There was heavy snow falling outside the tent.

The two guards guarding the camp still stood upright, and the group of people brought by Xu Ye were also waiting for their leader motionless outside the tent, maintaining the same formation as when they came.

A heavy tent made of camel skin and black cow hair separated the inside and outside of the camp into two worlds. Outside the house is the howling north wind, and inside the house is a drowsy warmth.

Xu Ye felt that he must have been dizzy from the heat of the charcoal fire in the room.

Otherwise, how could you hear such ridiculous things?

According to the confessions of Shi Yuanyi and Hou Rong, four months ago, they were ordered to sneak into the military camp in Beidi and secretly interview Beidi's second prince Luo Di - with two million taels of silver notes and a secret letter from Gu Haiwang.

The meaning of Gu Haiwang's secret letter to Beidi was very simple: Isn't it that you mobilized so many troops to go south just to grab money? In this case, there is no need to go to such trouble. I will give you the money directly, you will retreat, I will get military honors, and I won’t have to fight. Isn’t this killing three birds with one stone?

I have to say that Gu Haiwang is really a logic genius.

In Gu Haiwang's view, Beidi has always been a barbarian. What ambitions could a barbarian have? But they had too much life and not enough to eat, so they came to the rich scenery to plunder a wave, and when they were full, they would naturally leave.

As he expected, Lodi readily accepted his proposal and accepted the deposit of two million taels of silver notes, and gave back his flag and golden arrows as evidence of alliance.

After forming an alliance, Gu Haiwang and Luo Di negotiated to stage a drama in which "Beidi fled and Da Jing took advantage of the victory to pursue" to bring the deal to a successful conclusion. Unexpectedly, this time Luo Di faked the truth. He pretended to be defeated and escaped, then ambushed Gu Haiwang's army and killed them all.

After Xu Ye listened, he sat down on a chair beside him in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Although what they said was bizarre, if you think about it carefully, you can actually trace it.

Xu Ye suddenly remembered that time when Gu Haiwang insisted on crossing the river to pursue him. No matter how others tried to persuade him, he ignored them and insisted on taking all the troops he brought from Beijing with him.

Thinking about it now, in Gu Haiwang's eyes, it was a battle that must be won. The other side of the river was not the enemy, but the military power that was within easy reach. Naturally, he would not give such an opportunity to anyone else. (End of chapter)