Chapter 37: Fierce Battle of the Frontier (1)

The soldiers and horses with distinctive flags passed through the city and walked south. From time to time, there were commanders carrying the flags of the cha Ling to run back and forth. The people in Guangning, an important town in Liaodong, were the first to see so many troops stationed around Guangning in more than ten years, and people were panicked.

"Brother Zhao, how many years have you been in Guangning?" asked the tea chef at the roadside tea stall.

"It's been twenty years. I remember that it was in the eleventh year of Hongwu that came to Guangning with General Xu's army." The tea stall owner replied.

"Have Brother Zhao seen so many soldiers?" said Cha Ke.

"Why haven't you seen it? General Xu was in charge of the Northern Expedition of 300,000 troops, and that was even bigger than this." Brother Zhao yelled with pride.

"What's the year? Where have we had these soldiers and horses in Guangning in recent years?" The tea chef said unconvincedly.

"Well, you said that, I heard that the King of Yan has rebelled. The prince is mobilizing troops to quell the rebellion." Brother Zhao whispered.

"Oh, it's a good day, but what's the rebellion?" The tea chef said dissatisfied.

"That's right, I'm fine, I'm fine to do when I'm full. By the way, I'll have to collect a tea stall early this year. I have to go to the yamen to review the tax usage accounts for this year in the afternoon.

You should go home early if you have nothing to do. The war is in chaos. I think it is important to carry two more food," said Brother Zhao.

"Audit? This word is so fresh. It has always been the official who manages the people. Where is the reason why the people manage their officials?" said Cha Ke.

"Who said that last month, Lord Yao Shanyao specially recruited us members to the Guangning Prefecture Office and asked Mr. Mihu to teach us. Mr. Mi said that those who are not kind in heaven and earth regard all things as straw dogs, so if the heaven and earth want benevolent, they must take all things as masters.

Therefore, the people are the masters of power in the world. Members of parliament are representatives of public opinion and exercise power on behalf of the people; officials serve the people and naturally have to be supervised by the people.

Look, such a profound truth can be explained clearly in a few words. Knowledge means knowledge." Zhao Lige answered proudly.

These days, it is a great honor to see Mr. Mihu, let alone take a class with him. Nowadays, there are the most students in the "politics" elective area of ​​Mihu, who is still in the school at the beginning.

However, there were many students, even businesses and people around us who came to listen to the class, and the classroom that could accommodate 100 people could not accommodate at all. Later, Mihu moved the classroom to the grass next to Xiaoyue Lake in Xishan, and there were more than 200 people listening to the class each time.

Although everyone is skeptical about many of his theories, at least everyone understands the truth that the MPs represent the public opinion to supervise corrupt officials in the government.

At the beginning of the year, Guangning held its first electoral activity for parliamentarians, and elected forty people from scholars, farmers, industry and commerce to form the Guangning public opinion association. Of course, most of these nouns come from Zhu Zhi's creativity.

The most important task of this public opinion is to inspect Guangning’s accounts every six months and supervise the use of tax land in Guangning. This Zhao Lige is the representative of the parliamentarian who represents the interests of small vendors.

Brother Zhao said, "Oh. I finally lived a few comfortable days, but I was disturbed by Yan Ni again.

Look, tomorrow's review may be the last time the public opinion has done. It is said that since Liaodong is preparing to seek rebellion, the public opinion matters must be suspended. Today, the review will be suspended.

The tea chef said: "Look, everyone said this, the public opinion cannot be raised, sure enough!"

Brother Zhao said: "What do you know? They are all caused by rebellion. The day before yesterday, Mr. Mi took the lead in talking about the title.

Lord Yao said that the prince promised that the public opinion meeting would reopen after the rebellion. Mr. Mi did not believe it. Lord Yao also said that the prince was willing to make a contract with the public opinion meeting. "

The tea chef muttered, "Anyway, I just stopped..." Brother Zhao turned his eyes and ignored him.

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Geng Xian walked around the Shanhaiguan camp like an ant on a hot pan, and in his hand was a notice that had just been transferred to him by the scout - the King of Yan actually issued an announcement to rebuke the court.

"The emperor asked Emperor Taizu Gao, who had not yet diagnosed the disease, did not let his sons know about it. As for the time being, he did not let his sons go to the funeral. On the tenth day of the fifth month, he died at the hour of Hai, and was buried at the hour of Yin, and was buried at the month of July. After the month of the month, the kings were ordered to know about it.

He also demolished the palace, dug five feet into the ground, and changed the law of the ancestors. He was committed by evil and evil. He wanted to massacre the princes to end the country. The kings were not guilty and suffered a great disaster. Before the end of his life, he robbed the five kings.

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When a young man is in a state of chaos, he is tragic and abused, he is arrogant and cruel, he is accused of evil and ruthless, he is polite and arrogant, and he is unreasonable and acts without any ritual. He is at the bottom of the situation. The heaven is furious and punishes him. The disasters and condemnations come repeatedly, and he is fearless.

But you have many people who respectfully ordered them to calm down the great disaster, carry them to the Qing court and strengthen the foundation forever."

First, he showed the facts, then pointed at the nose and scolded him, and he was so rude and rude that he was a young man, or that he was not following the family rules of his ancestors.

Geng Xian knew that after this announcement came out, the uncle and nephew had already become a powerful force and had absolutely no room for reconciliation.

Now the most difficult problem is placed in front of him. The news from the scout in the morning was that the bandit general Zhu Neng and Zhao Yi and Jiang Yu led an army of 20,000 to Luanzhou. Zhang Xiang, the commander of Luanzhou Guard, finally dragged him under the city.

When Luanzhou comes down, it will be Yongping comes down, and when Yongping comes down, it will be Shanhaiguan. Now he has only less than 20,000 troops in his hands, and he has no confidence in fighting with the strongest general under the King of Yan.

Yesterday, the King of Liao sent an envoy to inform the Liaodong Guangning Guards and the generals of Liaodong arrived at Shanhaiguan within ten days to assist him in the guard. Geng Xian knew that the Liaodong army was strong, and now he could only put his only hope on the reinforcements. However, can Zhang Xiang stop it for ten days?

After walking around the lobby twice, I looked at the notice in my hand and looked at it again and again, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozing out of my forehead.

A staff member dressed in a scholar next to him looked at no one around and asked, "General, you are still waiting in the back hall. Whatever you do depends on the general's words."

Geng Xian sat down and said angrily: "Can I think about this kind of thing so easily? Do you tell me how to act?"

The scholar frowned and thought for a while, knowing that such a big thing would definitely not be so easy to decide. He said carefully: "The King of Yan is only a vassal king, only ten cities, and only fifty thousand soldiers. The court is in charge of the world. If the King of Yan wants to succeed, he will definitely die for a lifetime.

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Geng Xian rolled his eyes and said nonsense, no one knows these. The scholar seemed dissatisfied with him. He said again: "It's just that most of the Yan army are tigers and wolves. The 30,000 troops of the Song army were defeated in a flash. The general had only more than 10,000 subordinates. How could he fight?"

Geng Xian said: "Yesterday, did the King of Liao send envoys to say that the 5,000 troops of Ningyuan Guard were going to aid?"

The scholar's eyes rolled and said, "It's just that the front line urged reinforcements three times a day. If he doesn't support Luanzhou, he may not be able to survive these ten days. If the general wants to wait for the Liaodong army to come to help, should he send troops to General Zhang of Luanzhou?"

Geng Xian was upset.

Hearing what he said, he became even more irritable: "Reinforcement, what a big deal is the reinforcement. This commander is known to be 20,000 troops. In fact, which commander has enough troops? How to reinforce this number of people? And I always suspect that Zhu Neng has set a trap for me. Once he goes to the aid, he will ambush the troops and invite him to attack.

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When the scholar saw Geng Xian, he still had concerns. He said: "General, it is better to seize the city and defend it now. The first pass in the mountains and seas is the best in the world. It will be no problem to guard for a few days. If you wait for reinforcements in Liaodong, it will be the best.

If it really doesn't work, it's not too late to leave the envoy from Peking first.

This statement finally satisfied Geng Xian. He nodded and said, "Well, this is the only way now. Take one step at a time. You can settle the people in Peking first, and you can't let him run around, let alone let him run away." The scholar quickly agreed.

Geng Xian passed two more days uneasy, and Luanzhou still sent people to ask for help every day, but Geng Xian made up his mind and never left the solid city wall of Shanhaiguan. Seeing that Luanzhou was still blocking him, he devoted himself to counting the days and waiting for Ningyuanwei.

In the middle of the night that day, someone suddenly knocked on the door outside Geng Xian's bedroom: "General, General, a team of soldiers came from outside Xiguan, saying that it was General Zhang's subordinates, Luanzhou had been captured by Zhu Neng, and General Zhang died."

When Geng Xian heard the news, he sat up and threw the concubine in his arms aside. He said anxiously: "What?! Say it again..."

With dozens of personal soldiers, Geng Xian rushed to Xiguan. Shanhaiguan City is a city with land and sea on three sides. The other three sides are divided into three gates: Beiguan, Xiguan and Southwest Pass.

In order to resist foreign tribes, the Guancheng was the most solid, and the former Yuan court in turn repaired Xiguan and Nanxiguan. The entire Shanhaiguan City was an extremely solid fortress.

Geng Xian went to the Dexiguanmen Tower and saw a row of torches lit up above the Guancheng. He slapped the battlements and looked down carefully. He saw a figure in the darkness. From time to time, someone shouted: "Open the door, I have been running for a day and a night, and I haven't eaten anything.

"Then the soldiers shouted in a bustling mess.

Geng Xian shouted: "Where are the soldiers under the city?!"

The noise below gradually subsided with his shouting, and a voice returned: "I have been talking for a long time just now. We are the soldiers of General Zhang, Luanzhou Guard. Luanzhou was defeated by Yan Ni two days ago. We brothers finally escaped, so we opened the door and let us in.

"The soldiers around him started to clamor again, "Yes, open the door quickly!"

Geng Xian shouted: "I am the governor of the Eastern Road of Beiping Geng Xian. Why do you say that you are under General Zhang Xiang?"

Hearing the shouts above, the soldiers below immediately became much quieter. A knight on the horse saluted in the dark and said, "It's General Geng, please forgive me for the crime of collision. It's just that there are too many people and there are pursuers behind me. Please let us in."

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Geng Xian said: "The Luanzhou city wall is strong and General Zhang is brave and good at fighting. How could he be so easily broken?"

The knight replied: "Go back to General Zhang, Luanzhou was not so easy to break through with General Zhang's bravery, but someone in the city had the intention of being rebellious and opened the west gate of Luanzhou at night. The soldiers and hornets in Yan's land entered, and how could they still defend it?

We are the soldiers of General Li from Qianhu, the rear camp. After fighting in the city for a night, General Li was caught several arrows. Seeing that the counter-attack army was in great force, he could only break out and go out all the way to the general.

Geng Xian ordered people to throw a few torches down the city. The soldiers under the city picked up the torches. In the fire, hundreds of defeated soldiers, mostly infantrymen, surrounded by several knights, dressed in rags and looked depressed, and a body was immediately placed on the empty horse.

The knight below pointed to the body and said, "General Li was seriously injured yesterday afternoon and died. General Geng is kind to you, let me wait in."

Geng Xian was still hesitating whether it would be a profitable land? But their haggard faces and fleeing in panic did not look like it.

While hesitating, a soldier under the city shouted: "General Geng, brothers, you are desperately escaping, but you don't open the door. General Zhang sent people to ask for help again and again, but you just don't send troops. How can our Luanzhou Guard offend you?
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