The Red Mansions

Chapter 1023 Jin Xuan: Report to Shenjing and dispatch the heavenly soldiers to rescue!

Qinghai

And when Jin Xiaoyu was thinking about the strategy to defeat the enemy, in the Golden Khan Tent five miles away, Doerji, one of Qinghai Badaiji, was convening his generals, Yue Tuo and others to talk.

In the big golden tent, the torches were brightly lit, and there were many people.

Dolji looked at the generals on the left and right of his seat, and said, "From yesterday afternoon to now, two days of attack and defense, the Han army in the city insisted on defending the city, and our army wants to break the city, where should we start?"

The [-] Xining frontier army did not collapse at the first touch in the city of Haiyan. They relied on the city to throw rolling wood and rocks at the soldiers and horses below, preventing Heshuote Mongolia from attacking the city.

Meng An said in a deep voice: "Taiji, when the young one retreated from Haiyan City, there was still a group of people hiding in the houses. As long as we raise the fire tonight, we can enter from the south city and take this city. "

Meng'an, a general under Dorji, lost Haiyan City under the onslaught of 200 soldiers in Xining, but before leaving, he left [-] soldiers and horses hiding among the Mongols living together.

When Dolji led a large group of elite Mongolian soldiers, it just came in handy.

Yue Tuo also opened his mouth and said: "Brother, our Eight Banners warriors also sneaked into the city secretly before, and it is enough to start an incident at this time."

In the past few days, Yue Tuo and Dorji have married Jinlan and sworn brothers.

Dolji thought for a while, with a determined look on his face, he said in a deep voice, "Then use troops tonight to take back Haiyan City!"

Yue Tuo said again: "Brother, this battle should be done with the utmost effort."

Dolji asked in amazement, "How do you get all the work done?"

"Brother, if the Xining frontier army is defeated and flees out of the city, our army should send a troop to cover up and kill the [-] Xining frontier troops on the road they must pass in the dark!" Yue Tuo looked aggressively, There was a fierce look on his face.

As the resourceful general in the Jurchen country, Yue Tuo is not only brave and good at fighting, but also resourceful. He is good at using both strange soldiers and regular soldiers.

Dolji said: "Your brother is right, we have a lot of soldiers and horses, not only to defeat the Han people, but also to bury them all!"

Thinking of this, he made up his mind, and Dolji said: "My dear brother, I will give you seven thousand soldiers and horses. You lie in ambush on the way of the Han people's escape, and try your best to keep them!"

Yue Tuo looked heroic, and said with emotion: "I will live up to my brother's entrustment!"

The plan has been decided, the sky is getting late, until midnight, in Haiyan County——

Jin Xiaoyu was sitting in the study, holding a candlestick in his hand, concentrating on the map of Qinghai and even the snow area, frowning tightly, his eyes showing a look of thought.

If he can defeat the Dorji Department in Qinghai this time, then the soldiers and horses in the Xining Mansion will completely obey his orders, and then take back the four guards outside the Great Wall and pacify the Western Regions.

It's not much worse than the child's bombardment of the angry chieftain.

"kill!"

At this moment, there were bursts of shouts and killings in the city, which was especially earth-shattering in the silent night.

Jin Xiaoyu put down the candlestick, looked up at the moonlit courtyard outside, and asked, "What's going on?"

At this time, a family hurried into the study room and said in panic, "My lord, it's not good, the Mongolian Tartars have invaded the city."

Haiyan City was originally a small city, a small county town with [-] soldiers and horses. Because Qianghu and Han people live together, the inside is intricate. After Jin Xiaoyu captured the city, he still had time to sort out and identify the spies in the city.

The more than [-] Mongolian soldiers and horses left by Jurchen and Meng'an before the retreat were fighting for the gate of the southern city, trying to kill and disperse the officers and soldiers. With a sound of "squeak", they opened the blocked city gate to welcome the Qinghai Mongolian soldiers The horse enters the city.

Jin Xiaoyu yelled loudly, then said with a deep yell, "Bring me my armor and knife!"

The general hurriedly fetched the armor and the Yanling knife, and Jin Xiaoyu put on the armor in a short time, holding a sharp water-like Yanling knife in his hand, and strode outside. Just as he came to the hall, he saw a gloomy face. Zhan Yunguo came face to face.

Zhan Yunguo said in a deep voice: "Xiaoyu, the enemy army has entered the city and can't hold it anymore, let's leave the city."

Jin Xiaoyu said: "Uncle, there is another way, just drive them out."

If he returns to Xining City, how will he meet his second uncle?Wouldn't it be true that the second uncle's comment was reckless and not serious?

Zhan Yunguo shook his head, took Jin Xiaoyu's arm, gave the general a wink, and said, "Xiaoyu, the city can't be defended anymore, and now we can go back to Huangyuan, and we can do something."

He couldn't watch the Xining frontier army die in one battle. If they were defeated, they were defeated. It was impossible for this small county to fight to the death with the Mongolian elite.

Jin Xiaoyu's complexion changed, and just about to say something, Zhan Yunguo followed Zhan Yunguo to lead the guards who had heard the news, and headed out of the city to kill.

However, rioting soldiers were already everywhere around the Quartet, and the screams of killing approached the county government.

At this moment, outside the city, looking at the burning Haiyan City, Dorji looked at Yue Tuo who was beside him, and said with a smile: "This Haiyan City was originally built by Mongolia, and the Han people couldn't hold it at all. The various tribes in Qinghai tolerated the Han people lording it over their heads."

It can be said that the small Haiyan City was originally not suitable for storing too many troops. Even Dolji only left Meng'an with 5000 people to occupy the county seat.

And Jin Xiaoyu stationed his troops in Haiyan, and he didn't enter the army, or he didn't have time to enter the Qinghai Mongolia, so he opened the city for the internal response.

The strength of the Xining frontier army in the city is inferior to that of Qinghai and Mongolia, and they are being captured in their sleep, and there is chaos in an instant.

Then, under Zhan Yunguo's order, he opened four cities to flee, and Jin Xiaoyu also escaped from the city gates and fled towards Huangyuan County.

In summer, the days were long and the nights were short. At dawn, the shouts of killing in Haiyan County stopped, and the battle in Xining City came to an end.

Sitting behind the table, Dolji said, "The Han people can't stand up in this city at all."

On the other side, at Chenshi, Jin Xiaoyu and Zhan Yunguo led more than ten thousand remnants out of Haiyan City and fled towards Huangyuan County.

After fleeing to Bayan, a hundred miles away from Haiyan, Jin Xiaoyu looked ugly and said: "Uncle, you shouldn't escape, you should fight them to the death."

"If you don't escape, the entire army will be annihilated." Zhan Yunguo said in a deep voice, "I asked you to divide the troops out of the city and set up camps earlier, but you didn't allow it."

At the beginning, Jin Xiaoyu's use of troops could not be wrong, and it was easy to be taken advantage of by the Mongolian cavalry in Qinghai when he left the city.

After all, the combat power of the Xining Frontier Army has degenerated to the point where the Chen Han Provincial Army's second-rate troops.

Because the northwest has been at peace for more than ten years, there is no big battle to fight. No matter how strict the king of Xining County is in running the army, he cannot stop the downward trend of military strength.

Jin Xiaoyu's face was gloomy. At this pass, suddenly there was a sound of arrows coming from the front, accompanied by a scream. On the grassland in front, he saw a large number of cavalry, majestic and majestic, like black clouds pressing over the city.

In addition to the generals under Dolji who led the army, the leader was Yue Tuo.

The general showed admiration on his face, and said: "How did the county king know that these defeated soldiers would escape from here?"

"Only this road can accommodate more than ten thousand troops to escape eastward." Yue Tuo said coldly.

Although the number of Xining frontier troops in front of us was twelve thousand, under the leadership of Zhan Yunguo, the troops left Haiyan City in a fairly orderly manner.

But in Yue Tuo's eyes, he was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

It's just a defeated army, fleeing in panic, but a few rushes to kill.

Jin Xiaoyu's complexion changed slightly at this moment, even the horses sitting down were stamping their hooves uneasily, which seemed to make people flustered.

It is true as Yue Tuo said, the men and horses are exhausted, the soldiers are in panic, it is the time when the morale is low. At this moment, when they suddenly encounter a strong Mongolian army, [-]% of their morale has been lost.

"The generals obey my orders and meet the enemy!" Zhan Yunguo said.

And Jin Xiaoyu also clenched the Yanling Saber in his hand, looking at the Mongolian soldiers and horses who were about to charge forward, his heart beat like a drum.

"kill!"

A stream of red torrents collided with black clouds of smoke, and the brave won when they met on a narrow road.

The cavalry of both sides clashed with each other. Amidst the crisp sound of "clang", the sharp blades broke flesh and accompanied by screams, one after another on the battlefield.

"呲呲!"

Blood gurgled, and the ownerless horse whined and fell to the ground, but the soldiers on both sides turned a blind eye and fought fiercely.

Holding a long knife, Jin Xiaoyu killed three people in a row. The bright silver armor on his body was stained with blood. When he looked back suddenly, he saw that Zhou Fang's soldiers and horses were scattered and scattered, while the Han army was retreating steadily. , Those who were killed were routed.

At this moment, Yue Tuo held the rein in his hand, and he saw Jin Xiaoyu on the horse riding rampant at a glance, and there was a gleam of coldness in his eyes.

This Han will be the leader, and the king is the first to capture the thief!

With this thought, he greeted the soldiers beside him, drove the horses, and killed Jin Xiaoyu like a sharp arrow.

Suddenly, the light of the saber and knife in his hand suddenly appeared, like a startled horse.

Jin Xiaoyu also saw Yue Tuo, met almost by fate, and rushed towards Yue Tuo.

"clang!"

Accompanied by sparks shooting out, Jin Xiaoyu narrowed his eyes slightly, his body trembled on the horse, and his heart was terrified.

In just one round, Jin Xiaoyu felt an indescribable sense of oppression, which was the breath of death.

Yue Tuo was a well-known general in history, with illustrious military achievements, but Jin Xiaoyu's appearance as a man was naturally far behind.

At this time, Yue Tuo's sword forged from fine steel was as swift and fierce as the wind, and the increasingly fierce sword attack continued like a tide, and Jin Xiaoyu was undoubtedly exhausted to fight back.

The war horse under the seat gradually neighed overwhelmed.

Just in the blink of an eye, when Yue Tuo suddenly turned around, a surge of hostility surged on Yue Tuo's face, the veins on his neck burst out, and he slashed towards Jin Xiaoyu's neck fiercely.

"Xiaoyu!" Zhan Yunguo was sitting on the horse at the moment, seeing this scene, his heart became more and more anxious, he swung his big knife continuously, hacked and killed two people, and wanted to drive the horse to rescue them, but it was too late.

"Pfft!"

A large head shot up into the sky, blood gushed out like a fountain, and that young face glared angrily, as if it was unbelievable.

"Happy!" Yue Tuo laughed loudly, screaming like an eagle owl, and the roar was heard on the battlefield of fighting, which made people feel a little bit terrified.

The Han army, which had been struggling to support, suddenly appeared like a scorching sun, and collapsed in an instant. The morale of the Han army was low, and they began to flee in all directions.

But Zhan Yunguo's eyes went dark, and his heart ached when he saw this scene.

At this time, the guard general next to him said: "General, withdraw!"

The army was defeated like a mountain, and at this moment, the situation was irreversible.

Under the retinue of a group of generals, Zhan Yunguo led his soldiers and horses and fled in the direction of Huangyuan.

But Yue Tuo yelled at the soldiers and horses, strangled and strangled the Han army, chasing the remnants.

Qinghai, Huangyuan County

Jin Xuan, the younger brother of the king of Xining County, entered the county seat yesterday. Forty thousand Xining frontier troops took over the county seat. Jin Xuan has built five villages around the county seat, and at the same time sent 3000 people to guard in the direction of Haiyan.

Compared to Kim Hyo-wook's immaturity and stubbornness, Kim Hyun, who has been a soldier for half his life, is obviously much more steady and steady.

Compared with Haiyan, Huangyuan went deep into the hinterland of Qinghai and Mongolia. Because it was closer to Xining Prefecture, the proportion of Han people in the city was higher. Han officials had long been here to manage affairs, and it was extremely convenient to transfer grain and grass from Xining to Huangyuan.

In the county government office, it has already been converted into a meeting hall. At the moment, the clerks on both sides are dealing with the army's money, rations and various affairs, while the county magistrate of Huangyuan County has already led the county's Chinese officials and history officials to prepare food, grass and military supplies for the army. .

Jin Xuan was in his early forties. He was of medium stature, his face was like a jujube, and his eyes were hidden. Sitting behind the handsome table, he put down the military newspaper with his palm like a thin pine branch, and asked: "Is there any filial piety in the direction of Haiyan?" Yu news?"

At this time, a dark-skinned young general with thick eyebrows and big eyes named Fang Jin, who is Jin Xuan's second son-in-law, got up and said, "My lord Yuezhang, Xiaoyu has not heard from him yet."

Jin Xuan frowned, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday, Uncle Xiaoyu told me that he led the troops out of the city of Haiyan. How can this be done? If you don't investigate the movements of Mongolia in Qinghai, you will be besieged in the city. Trapped to death?"

Fang Jin thought for a while, and said loudly: "My lord Yuezhang, how about I lead our troops to meet him."

Jin Xuan looked silent, and said in a low voice: "The enemy's situation is unknown, and I will ask someone to inquire about it."

If my nephew has great ambition and lack of talent, if he has self-knowledge and abdicates to let the virtuous, he would not have sent troops like this.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, Jin Xuan looked displeased, and was about to ask questions.

Immediately, a middle-aged general stepped into the hall, with a look of panic on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the defeated soldiers from Haiyan County have returned."

"Defeated soldiers?" Jin Xuan exclaimed in surprise.

The middle-aged general said anxiously: "My lord, it's a defeated soldier. He said that the day before yesterday, the inside of Haiyan City should join forces with the Mongolian soldiers outside the city, and they should enter the city. The son led the defeated army and fled out of the city."

Jin Xuan frowned and asked quickly: "Where is he?"

Not long after, Jin Xuan saw the defeated general who had escaped from Haiyan City, listened to his narration, his face was iron, and said: "Fang Jin, quickly summon the Xining iron cavalry to Haiyan to meet him."

The Xining frontier army still has an elite force, about 3 people, who were originally the direct descendants of Xining County Wang Jincheng. Compared with the sinking of other soldiers and horses in Xining over the years, this elite combat force is still considerable, and belongs to the foundation of the Jin family in Xining .

At this moment, Jin Xuan has brought out all of them from Xining Mansion just to be on the safe side.

"Lord Yuezhang." Fang Jin's face was slightly condensed, and he said softly: "The army has just been defeated, the situation is unknown, and the iron cavalry must not be taken lightly."

Jin Xuan's face was gloomy, and he said: "With what Uncle Xiaoyu can do, he will definitely be able to bring out nearly half of the defeated army. Now we should gather towards Huangyuan, but there is no guarantee that Mongolia will not send iron cavalry to intercept it. I will go to meet it as soon as possible."

But at this moment, another young general came from the courtyard and said anxiously: "Sir, General Zhan is back."

Zhan Yunguo wears the official title of Xining General Soldier, so he is called the General Soldier.

Jin Xuan's face was slightly condensed, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart. He hurried out of the hall and stood under the eaves to look.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhan Yunguo, who was supported by his personal guards, had his hair disheveled, was covered in blood, and his face was covered with tears. He hurried forward and said in a mournful voice, "My son..."

"What's wrong with Xiaoyu?" Jin Xuan asked anxiously, holding Zhan Yunguo's arm tightly, his face slightly condensed.

Zhan Yunguo choked up and said, "Xiaoyu was beheaded."

Hearing this, Jin Xuan felt his eyes darken, his face turned pale, and his figure swayed.

After all, I watched Jin Xiaoyu grow up with a group of sisters since childhood. Although they competed for the title of the county king, they didn't necessarily want to kill their nephew.

"Master Yue Zhang." Fang Jin quickly supported Jin Xuan from the side, with worry on his face.

Jin Xuan's eyes were moist, and suppressing the grief in his heart, he waved his hands and said, "Gather Haiyan's defeated soldiers and horses, and report to Shenjing to send the heavenly soldiers to rescue!"

After the defeat, Jin Xuan, who has always been cautious, no longer dared to continue to march towards Haiyan, where the situation was unknown. He suppressed the pain of losing his nephew, and asked the court for reinforcements.

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……

In Shenjing City, Xianning Princess Mansion——

Jia Heng went to Jia's mansion in the evening, had a few glasses of wine with the Jia family members, and returned to the mansion in the dark of night.

At this moment, the entire Princess Mansion is brightly lit, as bright as day.

In fact, it is not only the Princess Mansion, because of the festive atmosphere today, the shops on both sides of the capital have also been replaced with red lanterns.

Jia Heng got off his horse and looked away. There were red octagonal palace lanterns hanging in front of the porch and behind the house, which complemented the purple-red silk ribbons hanging on the beams, creating a joyous scene.

Following the titles of the son-in-law one after another, Jia Heng walked through the corridors and alleys, heading for the back house.

Princess Xianning and Princess Qinghe are in the same house, or even a courtyard, but the space is very large, and they are divided into warm pavilions one by one.

On the east side is Princess Xianning, and on the west side is Princess Qinghe. It is obvious that Princess Xianning and Princess Qinghe's bridal chamber has been considered.

It's just that it's a bit hard for Jia Heng, who needs to run on both sides.

At this moment, the Wardrobe and the wardrobe with the Luanfeng engraved are already pasted with red double happiness characters, the red candles are shining brightly, and the light and shadow are shining brightly.

"My son-in-law."

Before Jia Heng came to the room where Princess Xianning was, the maids on both sides of the door saluted the boy.

Jia Heng nodded, took out a handful of golden melon seeds from the purse at his waist, and said: "It's all hard work, let's divide it up, let's go and rest earlier."

Later, Xiaoxiao will be dressed in a wedding dress and arrive on the moon, these maids should stop eavesdropping outside.

"Thank you, Consort Consort, for the reward." All the court ladies smiled, and Yingyingyanyan laughed happily.

And Zhixia, the female official inside the room, also got up quickly when she heard the voice from outside, and greeted him.

Sitting on the bed in the west pavilion, Li Chanyue, who was sitting on the bed with her hands folded on her chest, clenched her plain hands tightly, while her face was as rosy as a rosy glow under the red hijab, her heart hung in her throat.

Mr. Jia has arrived at the door.

Although I have... come to the door before, but this time I am probably going to come in.

Yeah, what was she thinking, her cousin got it wrong.

As for Princess Xianning, she doesn't have so many mental activities at the moment, she is dozing off in the hijab.

Although today is his special day, after all, he and Jia Heng have already been married. He got up early in the morning and was busy for most of the day, so he felt a little sleepy now.

In the middle, although I secretly let the female officer know Xia, and took some snacks to cushion myself, but after dusk, I felt sleepy.

Jia Heng entered the Nuan Pavilion, looked at Zhixia, and said, "Zhixia, you go and have a rest too."

"I'll take care of you." The tall, pretty female officer Zhixia said softly with lowered eyebrows.

Jia Heng said softly: "I'll be fine."

It will be more embarrassing when Xiaoxiao comes over later.

Difficulty appeared on Zhixia's face, hesitantly said: "But according to the rules in the palace, Your Highness, she..."

Later, if His Highness has orders, she can answer them at any time.

"Zhixia, you and Chuntao, both go down first, I don't need to wait on you here." Princess Xianning's voice came, lazily and softly.

He clearly heard Jia Heng's voice.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhixia heard the words, her jade face changed slightly, and she gave a salute, then bypassed several screens, came to the West Pavilion, and called away the female officer Chuntao who was serving beside the little princess Li Chanyue.

With a "squeak", the outer door was closed, and the room fell into silence for a while.

Jia Heng approached so close, and took Yu Ruyi wrapped in red string from the tall table with melon seeds, longan and other gifts on the side, looked at the girl sitting in the red gauze tent, and said softly: "Xianning, we Pick out the hijab first."

Princess Xianning didn't respond at the moment, obviously the girl was looking forward to and cherishing this wedding very much.

As the hijab was picked up by Yu Ruyi, the dripping emerald phoenix crown shone brightly, and the necklace tassels hung down from the forehead, vaguely covering a face that was as gorgeous and charming as a spring flower.

Princess Xianning only felt her eyes light up. The red candle with the word Double Happiness on the tall table above the window, the bright candle flames splashed on her face like water. The mole of tears has a somewhat hazy and graceful demeanor.

The girl originally had a beautiful face with curved eyebrows and plump cheeks. At this moment, her peach-like lips pursed a delicate smile, as if spring flowers were blooming, and her voice was like flowing jade from a spring: "Consort, are you back?"

Even though I have seen the beauty of Xianning in spring, I still feel indescribably stunning when I see the girl in her wedding dress and red makeup.

Sure enough, the wedding dress is the most beautiful dress a woman ever wears in her life.

So, some fairies wearing wedding dresses to a ten-year engagement?

Unlike Yuanchun, who belongs to the graceful and elegant Tang Dynasty Huayan, Baochai is a sweet and fat girl from Sichuan and Chongqing, and Daiyu is a white and thin girl from Suzhou.

But Qing also has the beauty of Chai and Dai, and her appearance is indeed slightly better than Sichun and Chai and Dai.

It's not that Keqing Nanbowan, if you combine appearance, figure, charm, voice, personality, and even identity bonus... Others such as Tanchun, Xiangyun, Miaoyu, and Xiuyan are quite unique.

Moreover, Keqing is still slightly inferior to Jinyang and Song...

The beauty has reached a certain level, but in fact, plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums are all good at winning.

Well, even the supervisor of the island country knows that the only way to increase the attack speed is by adding occupational labels and identity attributes.

Whether it is in terms of height or face, Xianning is the kind of beauty that conforms to the aesthetics of later generations. She is not a face of an Internet celebrity, but a tall, thin and fair goddess in college. Even without makeup, she is already youthful and beautiful. Bright and moving.

Probably the goddess of tiger pounce with straight male aesthetics?

Although the tear mole at the corner of the eye looks white and slightly flawed, it just makes the dreamy and false Zhuangyan painting style in Da Liu's pen become real and palpable.

Of course, is it because of the red candle lighting?

Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, his thoughts were complicated, he held Xian Ning's bare hand and said, "Xian Ning, I'm really not used to you calling me that all of a sudden."

Maybe let Xianning change his name next time, like Brother Heng?Hang Lang?Papa... Forget about this, it's a big treason.

Princess Xianning's eyebrows were curved, her clear eyes were as clear as moonlight, and she smiled lightly, capturing the astonishment and lack of focus in the young man's eyes, her heart was filled with joy and sweetness.

It seems that she is very pleased with her wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei?Then wait a while...don't take it off.

Princess Xianning said softly: "Sir, I'm starving, go and see Chanyue, bring her here, let's drink Hebei wine, Chanyue is also starving right now."

"I was talking about looking for her in the past." Jia Heng said, and took Yu Ruyi to the West Pavilion to look for Li Chanyue.

As the wife he is currently marrying, he still cherishes Chanyue.

Should we untie her knot later, or was it a mistake?

It seems the latter is more...

This, it's better to be decent.

At this moment, Li Chanyue was sitting in the west pavilion on both sides of the curtain, with her hands folded on her calves, covered with a red hijab, a heart in her chest was pounding.

She didn't know why, even though she and Mr. Jia had... had skin-to-skin contact, she still had expectations and tension.