Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 56

The commander of the Fifth Army in Zhenbei, Kelemacus, was shot and killed on the way Yingmao returned to the camp.The news spread to Daying that night, and Tong Guan seemed to have been slapped severely.The Jinyan Mansion could not find out the assassin's whereabouts, Tong Shuai was so angry that he had nowhere to vent, raised his account overnight, and summoned all the army commanders.The spearhead of the investigation was aimed at the Hebei general who had a problem with Marcus, and Tian Shizhen, the commander of the Jingsai Second Army who had fought with Marcus, was the first to bear the brunt.

"Marshal, the last general was wronged." Tian Shizhen was woken up by the soldiers in the quilt, and just handed over the saber to the guards, but immediately had her hands cut behind her back, and she was escorted into the tent to kneel down. After explaining what happened to him carefully, Tian Shizhen broke out in a cold sweat.Fighting in the barracks was commonplace. If the commander of an army was assassinated, it was no small matter. If it was light, he would lose his position, and if it was serious, he would lose his life.

"Tian Shizhen, it's clear that you were jealous of your rivalry and killed General Kelie's life. How dare you make excuses?" Zhou Dingchen, the secretary in charge, angrily reprimanded Tian Shizhen, then turned to Tong Guan and bowed: "Killing a colleague is an inevitable death penalty. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, please kill Tian Shizhen quickly and show everyone!" He beckoned, and the two sword and ax hands pressed Tian Shizhen down again, and as long as Tong Guan nodded slightly, he dragged down to correct the army.

Marching Sima Wang Yan shook his head secretly in his heart, Tong Guanfang Zhou Dingchen came out to act like this, he clearly had the idea of ​​killing Tian Shizhen with a sharp knife, not only to explain to Ke Lie's Hu Qi, but also to frighten the old generals in the Hebei camp Moreover, this Tian Shizhen was Liu Yanqing's favorite general who was deployed in the Hebei camp. He once instigated the generals and persuaded Liu Yanqing to remonstrate with the decree. Tong Guan was afraid that he would have murdered him long ago, so he never got a handle. That's all.As Wang Yan thought about it, he looked at the generals present. He sent Wu Yu, who was in charge of assassination in the Jinyan Mansion, to survey the scene. The assassin was about 150 steps away from Klein. The three-stone hard bow is necessary. Although there are many archery experts with strong physical strength among the people, most of them who can hold the three-stone bow and kill with one arrow are in the army. Therefore, Wang Yan also deduced that the person who presided over the assassination of Tian Shizhen must be a general in the Hebei camp. .It's just that it's hard to say who it is. After all, there are 20 troops in Hebei camp, and there are countless hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

His eyes fell on Han Shizhong's face, and he saw him standing there calmly. According to the report from the detailed work, Tian Keer was fighting for prostitutes at the beginning, and there were many generals who did black hands. This Han Shizhong has been standing far away, Staying out of the matter, this person is being supported by Tong Guan, newlywed Yan Er is proud of the spring breeze, and has no direct conflict with Klein, among the generals, he is one of the least suspicious.

After Zhou Dingchen finished speaking, before Tong Guan could speak, sweat dripped from the forehead of Tian Shizhen who was pushed to the ground. He struggled desperately and shouted loudly: "Marshal, I am wronged!" , actually shouted: "I am not the only one who has a gap with Kret, why did you kill me?" He looked at Shang Qiong, the commander of the Jingsai First Army, and shouted: "Old Shang, didn't you eat wine that day? Did you just say you want to kill this barbarian?" Then he looked at Hu Sai'an, who was in the Xiongxiong army, and shouted, "Old Hu, you fought with Klein in the camp that day, and you actually kicked that guy several times while trying to persuade him. You still kicked me on the head, the most insidious person in the camp is you, Kled was killed by you, right? One person does things and one person is responsible, why bother to implicate me?"

Hu Sai'an's face turned pale immediately, and just as he was about to start his defense, Tian Shizhen yelled at Jin Yaochen, the commander of Ningshuo's third army: "Old Jin, Hu Qi from Ke Lie's department took away all the fodder hoarded by your Zhuangzi. , and polluted two women, you hate it so much.” Then he said to Yang Kuo of the Zhongyongjun Army: “Old Yang, you told me that if Cremachus died, Hu Qi would be assigned to each army. All right."

At this moment, Tian Shizhen, in order to save his life, racked his brains and uttered all the unfavorable words of the generals of the army towards the Kelei, involving as many as a dozen generals in Hebei, and the faces of all the generals turned green and white. There is still some sympathy for this person, but at this moment, they can't wait to take Tian Shizhen out of the tent for the swordsman, and chop off the head of the clumsy biting man with a single knife.

At this time, Tong Guan hesitated a little, he wanted to use Tian Shizhen's head to settle the matter, but Tian Shizhen got involved with so many generals, and the marching Sima Wang Yan in the tent stood watching his nose, nose, nose, nose, and heart. He looked like he had nothing to do with himself, but Tong Guan knew very well that one of the most important responsibilities of the Jinyan Mansion was to monitor the frontier generals. Tian Shizhen's words in today's account might be in Shen Yun's hands tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. High officials.I was in Hejian, far away from the capital, and when there were doubts about the case, I killed the general without authorization. It's hard to say how this guy Shen Yun would slander himself in front of the officials.

"This nail should be driven back sooner." Tong Guan felt a rare remorse in his heart, his face was as cloudy as the candlelight in the camp, and he said to Wang Yan: "Although the murder of Commander Ke Lie is still not clear, I haven't found out yet, but the most suspicious point about Tian Shizhen is unmistakable. In my opinion, Tian Shizhen should be taken into custody first, and dealt with after investigating the situation. What's Wang Sima's plan?"

Wang Yan bowed his body and said: "Your Majesty's words are true." He sneered secretly in his heart, and took Tian Shizhen into custody. It sounds nice, as long as he is tortured and coerced, he will admit to this crime. The murder case turned into an iron case, this eunuch has a good plan.

Tong Guan nodded slightly, after Tian Shizhen was taken into custody, it took a little time to resort to means, and it was over. There was a lot of noise and shouting, and even though the handsome tent was located in the middle of the camp, people could hear people neighing and crying for their mother and father.

All the generals looked at each other, even Tian Shizhen stopped complaining, straightened up and looked out, "What's going on?" While Tong Guan was muttering to himself, a soldier rushed in and said, "Commander, barbarian, a barbarian from the Kelei Department Rebellion! Tens of thousands of cavalry outside are shooting arrows around the camp, wanting to seek justice for their patriarch! The brothers who were guarding the camp were also killed and injured."

The noise outside was still the same, as soon as the soldier's words fell, all the generals in the camp immediately whispered to each other, their voices even overwhelmed the noise outside.Tian Shizhen, who was tied to the ground, showed 'joy', and said in a loud voice: "I have long seen that these barbarians are uneasy and kind, please Marshal Enzhun will fight in the end, and don't kill these Diyi completely The last general will come to see you!" He also relied on this military order. The Jingsai Army is the most elite cavalry among the old armies in the Hebei camp. The feud with the Liao people is as deep as the sea, and they are good at riding and shooting. All the mounts they use are purchased from the good horses of the Western Regions in Xia Kingdom, and they can charge with heavy armor. Picking the best ration has finally become a trump card in the hands of Hebei Xingying.During Emperor Wuzong's Northern Expedition to the West, the Jingsai Army fought in the vanguard, retreated and retreated, with the most beheadings and the least losses.And the Jingsai Second Army is the elite main force of the Jingsai Army. Tian Shizhen has been in charge for a long time, and it is not a problem to confidently defeat the Hu Qi outside.

All the generals of the northern camp have also woken up. As long as the charges of Kremache's Hu Qi rebellion and "rebellion" are true, even if Kremache's killing is unsuccessful, it is not easy to pursue it any further. Everyone knows the strength of Zhenbei's fifth army. There are only more than 3000 Huqi who can fight. It is said that there are still some old and weak women and children who have not come from outside the Great Wall. Could it be better than the 20 army of Hebei Daying?

All the generals below asked the enemy to fight, but when they were annoyed, they all deployed Tong Guan, slapped the table, and shouted loudly: "Shut up!" It was a great achievement for the army to be recruited, and these Hu people were familiar with the roads, water and plants outside the Great Wall, and they expected to rely heavily on Pingyan, but soon they made a "chaos" and spread it to the court, where the officials could be considered incompetent.

Tong Guan suppressed his anger, stretched out his hand to make a move, and said to Xin Xingzong, the commander of the Zhenbei First Army: "Xingzong, you are the most prudent person, go out and have a look, if the soldiers of the Zhenbei Fifth Army are only General Ke Lie Crying for grievances and complaints, I told them to be patient for a few days, and the commander will give them justice." Xin Xingzong was about to take orders, but when he was stopped again, Tong Guan said in a deep voice, "Go to the warehouse and take out five thousand pieces of cloth as a gift. For comfort."