Ming Empire

Chapter 105
The red lady still thought highly of Cao Yue's character. He didn't take any precautions against their master and servant as the red lady said, but sent someone to closely monitor them.In order to avoid embarrassment and trouble, Cao Yue also strictly ordered that he must not be discovered by the three masters and servants of Hong Niangzi, and he sent someone to monitor, otherwise the person who performed the task would be punished.

Of course, the one in charge of this task is the secret special training team formed by Cao Yue.For the members of the training team, lurking, tracking, and monitoring are skills they must master, and the matter of monitoring the matchmaker's master and servant is given to them without hesitation.

Of course, Cao Yue didn't do it for the purpose of spying on their privacy, but because he was suspicious of Hong Niangzi's abnormal behavior. He always felt that Hong Niangzi came for a special purpose this time, maybe it was still In order to spy on the military situation.

Li Yan had just lost the battle and fled in embarrassment. The red lady who seemed to have a deep affection for Li Yan and was also an important leader of the rebel army could not break up with Li Yan, let alone turn against Li Yan at this time. Come together to fight against slavery.

In order not to leak out the secrets around him and the situation of the Datong Army, Cao Yue of course had to take precautions.

However, Hong Niangzi didn't seem to plan to go everywhere. In the past few days when Cao Yue asked someone to find a house for her, she always found time to meet Cao Yue and ask about the last time the Datong Army fought against Jiannu, and this The process of confronting Li Yan's army for the first time.Hong Niangzi was full of curiosity about Cao Yue's easy victory in these two battles, and went around to find out how Cao Yue defeated the opponent and what secret weapon he had.

Hong Niangzi is a staunch and forthright person, and the twists and turns in her heart can't be compared with Cao Yue's at all. For such a person, if he does something against his nature and says something insincere, it's easy for people to see his flaws.Cao Yue also immediately noticed the strange words and deeds of the red lady, but he didn't point it out. He also "cooperated" with her and told her some war scenes, but he didn't tell her the core content.

Cao Yue's doing this made Hong Niang's appetite very much. Although she moved to live in the small garden that Cao Yue found for her, she would come to talk to Cao Yue every day, even when Cao Yue was in the barracks, she would go find it.This made Cao Yue more and more convinced that this woman came to inquire about the military situation of the Datong Army, and he took more precautions against her, that is, not letting her know the core things, but telling her some unimportant things.

The red lady is indeed not expected to be a spy. When Cao Yue dealt with her like this, she didn't realize that this man was suspicious of her.In the contact with Cao Yue, Hong Niangzi also got a better understanding of the heart of this man who was two years younger than her, further eliminated her prejudice against him, and gained a little more admiration. There was no care about the embarrassing things between the two before. Thoughts, and even a little bit of hero worship.

At this time, Sun Chuanting, who was ordered by the emperor to work in Datong and had a special mission, came to Datong.

Sun Chuanting's prestige is quite high, and he is also very upright. Many people admire him, and Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong, is one of them.

Cao Yue knew about this famous historical figure before he crossed over. After he came to Daming, he also hoped that this person would come out to do things, and asked Wang Chengen to speak well in front of the emperor.Cao Yue was of course happy to see that Sun Chuanting was finally released from prison, reinstated, and came to Datong.Two people who liked Sun Chuanting very much, together with Zhang An, the eunuch of Datong who hated Sun Chuanting, and other officials at all levels went out of the city to meet Sun Chuanting.

But after seeing Sun Chuanting, Cao Yue couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

In his heart, such a person whose name has been recorded in history always thought that he was tall and upright, but he did not expect that Sun Chuanting was a small old man who looked rather wretched, at most about 1.7 meters tall, with white beard and hair , looking malnourished.

If it weren't for Sun Chuanting's official uniform and so many entourages, Cao Yue really couldn't believe that this was the famous Sun Chuanting in history, the person who was called "the death of his people, and the death of Ming Dynasty".

The meeting was naturally a courtesy. Wei Daben, Cao Yue and others met the ceremony as juniors and subordinates. Sun Chuanting praised the heroic behavior of the officials of Datong in the process of establishing slaves and invaders, calling Datong Officials are role models for Ming Dynasty.Sun Chuanting also made no secret of his admiration for Cao Yue. In front of other officials, he praised Cao Yue, saying that Cao Yue was the future hope of the Ming army.

Because he had some understanding of Sun Chuanting's role in the late Ming Dynasty, Cao Yue was flattered that this wretched old man had such a high opinion of him.And Wei Daben, Zhang An and others also admired Cao Yue's performance during this period. Hearing Sun Chuanting's praise of Cao Yue, they were not embarrassed. Fortunately, the luck of Daming.

After some compliments, Cao Yue, Wei Daben, Zhang An and others took Sun Chuanting back to the post house in the city, because Sun Chuanting came to labor on behalf of the imperial court, and Datong officials naturally received them with very high etiquette.

Sun Chuanting also announced the imperial court's rewards in public as soon as he arrived at the posthouse.Emperor Chongzhen formally issued an edict, making Cao Yue the captain-in-law, marrying Princess Kunxing Zhu Yu to him, and continued to entrust him with important duties, letting him lead the army to fight and relieve the court.

Other officials also had different rewards, but one thing did not surprise Cao Yue, that is, the money and things rewarded by the court were pitifully small, just like sending off beggars.Because he had already expected it, Cao Yue also took out his own money to reward the meritorious soldiers, and he didn't pay much attention to it.This time the imperial court sent such high-level officials to work in the army, which was quite unexpected to Cao Yue, and also surprised him.

Cao Yue originally wanted to befriend Sun Chuanting, a legendary figure. Today, this wretched old man came to work in the army, and he could still get his praise. Cao Yue was a little smug.However, after the celebration banquet and the reception banquet in the evening, when the two talked privately, Cao Yue was suddenly in a bad mood.

During the private conversation between the two, Sun Chuanting handed over a secret decree from Emperor Chongzhen to Cao Yue. The men and horses will be withdrawn from Liaodong and will be under the command of Sun Chuanting, and the Datong Army will also be under the command of Sun Chuanting.Such an arrangement did not come as a surprise to Cao Yue. After he defeated Li Yan at the Datong city, he was guessing that the imperial court would attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and his Datong army was scheduled to be recruited.

But what Cao Yue didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen's secret decree asked him to hand over the Datong Army to Sun Chuanting to command, and he would return to Beijing to serve in the Jingying and marry Zhu Yuxi.The moment he read the secret decree, Cao Yue was filled with boundless anger.

However, he suppressed his anger in the end, and asked Sun Chuanting in a calm tone as much as possible: "Master Sun, why did the court make such an arrangement? It has only been half a year since I took over the position of the general of Datong from a humble position, and the military training has only improved, so I want to send Datong to the army. What is the meaning of handing over the army to other people as commander?"

(End of this chapter)