Chapter 183 Dawn of Liaodong
Liaodong, Shanhaiguan. When Tang Feng lived the most leisurely life in the Korqin tribe in Mongolia for more than a year, something happened here that could affect his life on the grassland.
On December 23, he set out from Beijing to Liaodong. On the morning of December 26, after Li Ouang ran for two nights, he finally arrived at the foot of Shanhaiguan. At this time, the four gates of Shanhaiguan were closed, and there were soldiers watching the night, but they could not stop the solution to the problem of entering the city immediately. Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, he took advantage of the hook rope and Gao Qiang's skills and entered the pass without knowing it. Then he did not stop and sneaked directly to the residence of General Zhao Rujiao.
When Zhao Rui Cult suddenly felt something strange and woke up from his sleep, Jie Qu was quietly watching him at the head of his bed. Zhao Rui Cult did not see clearly who was appearing in front of his bed, and immediately pulled out the sharp sword under the pillow and stabbed the uninvited guest. However, this was hurt at all. Although he had been traveling for two or three days, he was still agile as usual. He easily grabbed Zhao Rui's sword into his hand, and then revealed his identity: "General Zhao, don't panic, I am the answer. Lord Tang Feng's book boy solved the doubts!"
The sharp sword in his hand was taken away, which made Zhao Lujiao very frightened. He was about to call on the personal soldiers outside the yard to rescue him, but suddenly heard the person coming to solve his doubts, and swallowed it back. Then the chicken occasionally returned the sword to him and lit the candle in the room, which made him completely relieved. But at the same time, he also complained with lingering fear: "It's fine if you come, why are you so sneaky? He suddenly appeared on the head of my bed at the middle of the night. If I was injured by me, how could I explain to Lord Tang?"
Resolving the doubts was just a smile and did not answer his words. He was still very confident in his ability. Zhao Lujiao could not hurt him at all, but this was a bit hurtful, so he did not say it. He sat down and said slowly: "General Zhao, I took the liberty to come here for something. Do you know where my young master is?"
At this time, Zhao Rujiao also came out of the shock just now, poured a cup of tea for solving the problem, and then smiled bitterly: "Even I can't answer you in this regard. After Lord Tang defeated Jiannu in Ningyuan, he led his troops out of the city to chase the enemy, but only 30,000 people came back. The news they brought back was that Lord Tang brought hundreds of elite cavalry to break north, but half a month had passed, but Lord Tang had never heard of any news, I'm afraid..." Speaking of this, he couldn't say the despairing words no matter what.
"No, the young master will be fine!" Jiemo shook his head and said, saying, "He said it firmly, but he didn't know if he was telling himself this or what he said to Zhao Lu Sect. Zhao Lu Sect didn't know how to deny his words, and suddenly he calmed down in the room. After a while, Jiemo said, "The news I got from the capital was because the new Liaodong Zheng named Gao Di refused to send troops to fight the enemy, which forced the young master to defend Ningyuan to the death. Is this true?"
"This is indeed true, but Gao Di made another memorial, taking all the credits of Lord Tang on himself, and placing the responsibility for the destruction of the 30,000 troops to Lord Tang who has not returned yet. This made Yuan Chonghuan put a stamp on his identity regardless of his identity. Now that even you who are in the capital know that this is Gao Di's fault, then does the court have agreed to Yuan Yuan's memorial?" Zhao Ruijiao was happy when he heard this and asked and answered his questions.
"It should be true that this is true. The young master was also rewarded by the court." Xie Qu nodded, "But what's the use of this? If the young master was really... even if he was let to be a Grand Secretary, he wouldn't know." After saying this with emotion, Xie Qu seemed to think of something, and suddenly showed murderous intent from his eyes: "What did you say just now? This Gao Di not only made the young master guard Ningyuan, but finally disappeared, but also wanted to push all the mistakes on the young master?"
"Yes, but Man Yi's plan was obviously successful. Maybe after the New Year, the imperial court's writing to punish him would come... What do you want to do?" Zhao Ruijiao answered the question of understanding, and found that he suddenly stood up, with a murderous intent in his eyes. He was also startled and asked quickly.
He sneered and said, "It turns out that I only thought that he was ineffective in commanding the battle, so I was in danger. I didn't expect that he wanted to frame the young master. I must not let him go. I will take down his head now!" As he said that, he was about to go out.
Such a direct answer scared Zhao Shujiao. He rushed forward and grabbed the puzzled hand and said, "You must not do this. This will not only harm yourself, but also be very unfavorable to Lord Tang!"
I solved the problem and thought of getting rid of Zhao Lu's sect. Now I heard that he would hurt Tang Feng, and the strength in my hand was relaxed, and I asked with a thrust, "What do you mean? Why did I kill him and the young master?"
Seeing that his words were moved to resolve the problem, he was about to go out to kill people immediately, Zhao Rujiao let go and explained slowly. It turned out that Gao Di knew that his prestige in the army had disappeared after this battle, and some of the soldiers would want to seek justice for Tang Feng. So after sending the memorial from the commission to the court, he kept hiding in his residence and even laying many trusted men around to protect him. Even if he went to the command post every day, he would have to guard hundreds of people, for fear of any mistakes. He believed that as long as the court recognized his memorial and still let him do the Liaodong strategy, the soldiers would not dare to do anything to him. So until Man Yi got the exact news, he did not dare to be careless.
After talking about the whole story, Zhao Rujiao said again: "Now, there are guards with no less than a hundred people outside his bedtime room. I know that it is not difficult to assassinate him with your martial arts and skills, but it is also difficult to leave after killing him. Your purpose in Liaodong is not to settle the score with this Gao Di. If Lord Tang is really in danger and needs you to rescue him, and you have something to do because of killing this person who will be punished by the court. Wouldn't Lord Tang be harmed by you?"
After hearing his words, the murderous intent in his eyes slowly dissipated, and his body that had wanted to exert force also softened. Zhao Shujiao felt this and continued, "And have you ever thought about it? Now it is not the era of revenge in the Spring and Autumn Period. My Ming Dynasty still has a royal law. Assassinating the imperial officials is like a rebellion. There are many people who know your identity, which will affect Lord Tang and even his family. At that time, even Lord Tang comes back safely, I am afraid he will not escape the prison.
"Since Lord Tang has been rewarded, it means that no one has believed Gao Di's report, and he will be responsible for our failure. Dismissal and dismissal are all light. Why do you take such a big risk for someone who is about to be punished by the court?"
"This..." Answering the question was obviously convinced by Zhao Su. He sat down slowly and thought for a long time before saying, "If it is true as General Zhao, you said, I shouldn't have killed Gao Di so recklessly. But if Gao Di was not punished by the court, wouldn't that be too cheap?"
"Just worry about this. If he really hasn't been blamed by the court, he will still be the governor of Liaodong. He will definitely stay here. You can kill him and take revenge at any time. What you should do most now is to find Lord Tang. Unfortunately, as the general of Shanhaiguan, I cannot leave here without authorization, otherwise I will go to the north to find him with you."
"General Zhao, you have the intention." After hiding the murderous intention, he seemed very polite again. After bowing, he said, "I came to see the general today. In addition to inquire about the young master's affairs, I would like to ask you for help."
"If you have something, you can say nothing. As long as you can save Lord Tang, I will definitely not refuse."
Resolving the question, he smiled awkwardly and said, "That's right. Because I was eager to come to Liaodong, I never stopped along the way. The horse was so tired that I was too tired. So I wanted to ask General Zhao to prepare a good horse for me so that I could continue on the road."
"So it's such a small thing. It's easy to deal with. I immediately took the people to prepare horses, dry food and silver. I hope you can find Lord Tang as soon as possible." Zhao Ruijiao opened the door and walked out without thinking about it, and ordered his personal soldiers to prepare everything. While he was preparing all this for himself, he solved the problem and closed his eyes and adjusted his breath in Zhao Ruijiao's room... On the 28th day of the New Year, a group of Jinyiwei came from Shanhaiguan, bringing the imperial decree. After telling the various mistakes that Gao Di made, he put him in the prison carriage brought with him and brought him back to the capital. At the same time, there was a news that made the soldiers very happy, that was, Lord Sun Chengzong, who was deeply loved by the soldiers.
According to the past practice, during the New Year, there would be no officials who committed any crime, so they would have let them pass the New Year. However, in order to try their best to clear their relationship and prevent the border army from being dissatisfied with them, the eunuchs hurriedly took Gao Di back to the capital no matter when.
The problem of the successor really made the eunuchs' party members exhausted their efforts, but when the people they selected heard that they were the Liaodong General Manager, they immediately killed them and did not dare to go. You should know that in just half a year, both regiments suffered difficulties due to the war, one committed suicide, and the other dismissed from office to investigate. Who else dared to take on this thankless position? Moreover, there are often Jin people who attacked the border there, which is really not something that ordinary people can do.
Chapter completed!