Chapter 213 Fierce Conflict

The Tatar army came in a fierce momentum and left in a panic. Boyan's army suffered the worst damage, and the direct troops were killed and injured, almost half of them. Boyan originally expected that the fire sieve would make a noise because no one responded to Datong. Unexpectedly, the fire sieve not only did not have any complaints, but instead brought the wounded soldiers to Boyan. The slaughtered war horses made of frozen meat and took the initiative to send them to Boyan's army and other tribes. He took the initiative to ask for a break. All kinds of behaviors made Boyan very depressed.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren's general and deputy general agreed that even if the Tatar bandits were defeated, they should not pursue them again and again. However, most of the Tatar soldiers were injured and the troops did not store food. If they set up a heavy pursuit to urge them to retreat quickly and prevent them from withdrawing their troops calmly, the situation of reducing their troops due to injuries and the situation of hunger reduction will increase exponentially.

So Yang Yiqing sent several armies, several miles apart, echoing each other, catching up with a small group of remaining soldiers and eating them. When they met the main force of the Tartars, they acted as encircling the army, forcing the Tatars to escape day and night in the ice and snow. They were starving all over the world, and their injuries were not recovered and treated, and they were killed everywhere.

The city of Datong was full of singing, and there were gentry and celebrities who invited generals to garrison, and held banquets for reinforcements from all walks of life on behalf of the royal palace, and the generals who had made great contributions to the war invited each other, and the people celebrated their families, and the restaurants were crowded with people.

The ultimate goal of all celebrations is naturally the current emperor. However, since the young emperor returned to the city that day, after accepting the congratulations of King Dai and officials from all walks of life in the governor's office, he returned to the inn and stayed away from home. Even the King Dai personally invited him to the banquet. Who else is more qualified to invite the emperor to the banquet?

If the emperor didn't come, he had to let the emperor know his intentions. So Yang Ling, Zhang Yong and Miao Kui, three favorite ministers in the imperial court, became representatives of the emperor. They had to go out early and return late, and drank the white-faced Cao Cao and the red-faced Guan Gong before they could come back.

Yang Ling has always had a good reputation in the military and does not act as an airs of an imperial envoy. At banquets, he always humbly asked about some skills in the battle formation and the situation of the Tatar army, which made these generals who held heavy troops but mostly had no education rarely have the opportunity to satisfy their vanity in front of Shangguan, and had a great impression of Yang Ling.

Yang Ling also asked a lot of skills from these veterans who have been guarding the border for many years, especially about the character and temperament of these generals. When he sends troops to attack the desert in the future, he can at least know the available generals, and he can be said to have benefited a lot.

At this evening, Yang Ling rushed back to the inn. Today, the banquet was held to welcome the generals of the three towns led by Du Renguo. During the war, they were stationed on the pass on the Datong line. Now the siege of Datong has been lifted. The two generals will return to their respective towns to host banquets to entertain the imperial envoys in the border patrol.

They intended to make friends with this former hero and the governor of the Inner Factory. After the banquet ended, they sent more than a hundred personal soldiers, Ma Yi, to send him back to the inn. This grand reception was previously only the Minister of War and the veteran Liu Daxia could afford it.

Yang Ling arrived in front of the mansion and greeted the three generals' personal captains politely. Then he turned back to the inn. As soon as he entered the gate of the inn, he quickly rushed to the back hall. When he opened the curtain, a faint fragrance drifted into his nose with a rich smell of medicine. Yang Ling frowned and walked in. Tang Yixian was lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt. Two palace maids who were temporarily found from the palace saw him in, and hurriedly bowed: "I have seen the sir!"

Zhengde was still dressed as a captain. Zheng wet the towel from the copper basin and twisted the water very seriously. When he saw Yang Ling coming in, he hesitated for a moment and bowed and said, "I have seen you sir!"

Yang Ling nodded and asked, "Is Yixian better today?"

"Um... Are you here?" Tang Yixian's face was red. Hearing Yang Ling's voice, he sat up in a daze. The two palace maids quickly supported her and added another piece of clothes to her shoulder.

Zhengde clumsily wanted to put a wet towel on her forehead, but when he saw her sitting up, he had to hand it to her. Tang Yixian took the towel and wiped his face, then leaned half on the head of the bed, with a lazy expression, which was particularly pitying.

She gasped and saw Yang Ling's expression, and then said, "My cousin is drunk again today? If you don't like socializing, don't go."

Yang Ling glanced at Zhengde. He always appeared in front of Tang Yixian as a captain. Yang Ling could not ask him to sit down, so he had to move his chair and sit down. He smiled and said, "People are in the world, and they can't help but like some things. Some things they like, and some things they don't like, and they have to do, but they can't help but."

He reached out and tried Tang Yixian's forehead, frowned and said, "Why is it still so hot? Didn't you hire a famous doctor in the Daiwang Mansion?"

Zhengde took the opportunity to complain: "She...she refused to drink medicine. I boiled it three times and added sugar. She just didn't drink it!"

Tang Yixian gave him a blank look and said angrily: "Talking, you say more than me, isn't it that you're too bitter to boil the medicine?"

"I..." Zhengde rolled his eyes and said that he had boiled a can of medicine. The next two times he looked for someone else to boil medicine. Yang Ling smiled and said, "The good medicine is bitter. You have never taken medicine and just held it up. When will it be a big deal?"

Tang Yixian smiled sweetly and said, "It's okay to be cold, it's just that my head is dizzy, just like I'm drunk, my bones are sour all over my body. I'll just sleep a few more nights."

Yang Ling shook her head, and the fragrance was even stronger when she sat here, and it was even a bit intoxicating. Only then did he see the fragrance lit on the table. Yang Ling couldn't help but ask, "Why are there still fragrance lit here?"

Zhengde said embarrassedly: "Miss Xian'er thought the Chinese medicine smell was too strong in the room, so I ordered the fragrance of the branch to remove the smell of the medicine."

Yang Ling said laughing and cryingly: "Don't let her go. She suffered from the wind and cold. It was so severe that the air should be kept fresh in the room. It would not be beneficial to the body if you smell the fragrance."

He said to Tang Yixian in a warm voice: "Xian'er, lie down and rest. If you don't take medicine, drink more water. Let's go out first." Then he said to the two palace maids: "Two girls, please remove the medicine bowl and burn incense, lift the curtain to change the smell in the room, and then add two charcoal stoves."

Tang Yixian said this moment and really lost his strength, so he lay down obediently. Yang Ling looked at Zhengde and the two left the room. As soon as they returned to the study, Zhengde lost his face and said frustrated: "Yang Shidu, I am so sick and weak, or have I blamed me for not doing anything well all day long. Am I really too stupid? If I abandon the identity of this emperor, I really don't know what to show off to her... Alas! If she is half good to me to you, my brother, I don't know how happy I will be."

Yang Ling was surprised and couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "Although the emperor has one queen and two concubines, he still doesn't understand women. Yixian is polite to my subordinates, and never acts like a lady, but to you... Haha, I'm so sick that I can't open my eyes and like to talk to you. Isn't it a little different?"

Zhengde's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes. The words of Yang Shilu made me suddenly understand. Yes, yes, yes, yes, I thought that the fairy girl hated me, but she told her the story of the pirate queen at noon. She listened with relish and pulled me to tell me, hahaha..."

Zhengde smirked for a moment, and suddenly said annoyed: "It's all the damn Boyan and Huojian. They attacked the city and the mountain, which made the Xian'er girl wait in the attic for us to return to the city. She was so angry that she was sick. Humph! Is Yang Yiqing's pursuers back?"

Yang Ling replied: "Not yet, but this pursuit is just a gesture. If you continue chasing, the supply of food and grass will be a little tight. I guess the army will return within the next few days."

Just as Zhengde was about to speak, Liu Dabangcui walked in quickly. When he saw the emperor and Yang Ling were there, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have seen the emperor and the general..."

Zhengde laughed and said, "What kind of minister are you?"

Liu Dabangcui turned black and scratched the back of his head before giggling foolishly: "This...this...this...small land has seen the emperor and the great commander."

Zhengde was amused by him and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Get up, don't be called randomly, fight a few battles for me. You will be the one day when you are sermoned to me! By the way, what are you doing when you come in?"

"Ah!" Liu Dabangchui slapped his forehead and shouted again: "Two adults came from the capital. One was Gu Dayong and the other was Yang Fang, and he asked to see the emperor!"

"What?" Zhengde and Yang Ling looked at each other, and were secretly surprised. It was not surprising that Gu Da used it. Yang Fang was here... Could it be that all the officials in the capital already knew that the emperor had left the capital?"

Zhengde calmed down and realized that during this trip to Datong, he had achieved all his policies and military achievements, which was enough to be arrogant to all the ministers. Moreover, it had already made everyone know about it, so this matter could not be concealed. What would it matter if they knew it before and later?

Zhengde said carelessly: "Go and ask them to come in."

After a while, Gu Dayong and Yang Fang hurried into the room. When they saw Zhengde, they fell to the ground in surprise and said in tears: "I (old slave) meet the emperor. The emperor is safe and sound. I am very happy. I heard about the incident of Boyan's army surrounding Bai Dengshan on the way, and I was so shocked."

Zhengde spread his hands, rolled his eyes helplessly, and smiled bitterly with a sarcastic smile: "I haven't ascended to heaven yet, why are you crying? Besides, when you heard that I was besieged by Boyan, you should have heard that I had defeated the Tatars and Boyan ran away in panic? This will make you so shocked that you can lose your soul. Even if you practice, you will be able to leave your body."

The two were crying and expressing their loyalty, but Zhengde was sarcastic and cried, and they were either laughing or froze there. Zhengde sat on the chair and raised his legs and said with squeaking, "Why are you here? Did the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager or the Three Grand Secretary force you to come?"

Although Zhengde used to be a fool, he was influenced and taught by court etiquette since he was a child. He had never had any problems with standing or sitting. He learned this from the soldiers as a captain in the army. He was stunned for a moment when Yang Fang, who was born in the Zhan Shi Mansion and was in charge of the prince's education since he was a child.

Seeing that his eyes were straight and did not answer the emperor's question, Gu Dayong took over and said, "Emperor, the emperor was out of the capital, and the palace and the three great scholars wanted to hide it first, but the emperor did not attend court for many days, and rumors spread everywhere in the capital, which was absurd and bizarre.

Originally, the three great masters ignored it, but later there were more and more rumors, and there were rumors... Well, it was rumored that the emperor believed the slander and said that there were beauties from Shanxi, but he actually ran to Datong in a disguise to collect beauties and ignored the court. Even the officials in the court began to sway. The three great masters asked the Empress Dowager for instructions, so they sent Lao Nu and Lord Yang to welcome the emperor, asking the emperor to return to Beijing as soon as possible to calm the people's hearts."

Zhengde jumped up suddenly, his handsome face turned red, and he said furiously: "Fuck! Are you here to Datong to find beauties?"

Secretary Yang Fang, the secretary of the Warrior, had just recovered from the rogue sitting position of Zhengde. Before he could speak, he was shocked by Zhengde's swearing again and wandering away. Zhengde cursed him with a word of a word. Suddenly, he remembered Tang Yixian. Although he took the risk to the important frontier where he was fighting for national affairs, this beauty... the rumors are not completely unreliable.

Thinking of this, Zhengde couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Yang Ling frowned for a while, and suddenly interrupted, "The emperor went to Baideng Mountain two days ago, and the people of Datong knew that the emperor was here. Rumors in the capital began to spread more than ten days after the emperor left Beijing? Who spread this rumor? Half true and half false, it is the least easy to make people defend themselves. It must be someone who is interested in making trouble!"

Zhengde was reminded by him and suddenly said, "Yes, the incident of my departure from Beijing has long been discovered by the Maitreya cult. This must be a rumor they spread! Great use. I asked you to investigate the Maitreya Cult strictly, but what progress has it been?"

Gu Dayong quickly said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have received the imperial edict and dare not hesitate. I immediately ordered the world to be sent to the East Factory to investigate the remnants of Maitreya. In Gansu, Shaanxi, Shandong and the capital, some rebellious areas of the White Lotus Sect were found. They were all local gentry and landlords. The Maitreya Sect attracted the church members and no longer only tempted some suffering. I am following the clues..."

Zhengde didn't want to hear him continue to brag, so he waved impatiently and said, "I know, continue to investigate. You stay first, I will go back to Beijing with you in two days! Now..."

His eyes rolled, "Wang Hu, the commander of Datong West City, and Li Yi, the commander of the gate, are spies of the Maitreya Sect. I see that they not only absorbed some squire and landlords, but also began to reach out to the army. I am almost in danger. It is these internal thieves who are doing this. I see that Datong is almost ruined, and you are here just right. I will give you the full responsibility for this matter. Dig out all the spies for me!"

Zhengde was so quick that he flashed out of the room. Yang Fang woke up. Yang Fang didn't know that the most important woman in the emperor's heart was lying in bed. He asked him to set off now and leave Tang Yixian, or let Tang Yixian, who had not recovered, ride and ride into Beijing with difficulty. He would never refuse.

Thinking about the emperor's words and deeds without any emperor's demeanor, the people in the capital are now in panic, and he still stays outside and refuses to return to the capital. Yang Fang's anger is all over Yang Ling. He stood up, his eyes wide open, and pointed at Yang Ling and shouted: "Yang Ling, is the emperor's departure from the capital out of your intrigue? You...you...you are just the governor of the inner factory, the emperor's retainer, dares to break the horse legs of the three great scholars!

Bai Dengshan is placed in the emperor and the dangerous land. Even if you are not the border guard, you will be the one who causes it! In order to welcome the emperor's favor, you will not fulfill your duties as a minister, and encourage the emperor to stay away and ignore the country and the country, and your crimes cannot be forgiven!"

Yang Ling suppressed his anger and explained patiently: "Mr. Yang, I know that you have prejudices against me, but I dare not accept the crimes you listed, but I dare not accept them. Now I am not afraid to let you know that Bai Dengshan is an alliance with the three guards of Duoyan. With them restraining Boyan, we have the spare time to rectify the ranks, accumulate strength, and find opportunities to solve this great trouble in the north in one fell swoop..."

Yang Fang sneered and said with a sneer: "The barbarians in the north regard the vast desert grasslands as their homes. When they arrive on the grassland, they will be like a dragon entering the sea. Emperor Hongwu's talent and strategy have not completely destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Yongle's five-way tournament cannot eliminate the Ola. You are young, Wen has never been in the palace examination, Wu has never been in command, and he is accustomed to flattery. He encourages the emperor to go to the north to visit Wang Zhen and want to learn from the traitors?"

Yang Ling endured him again and again, not once or twice. At this time, when he heard that the anger that had been accumulated for a long time finally reached the critical point, Yang Ling also angrily said with the intention of drinking: "Forget it! Xia Clock should not talk to him. You have no idea except to use the ancients to learn from the present, but you are just a corrupt scholar. I will explain it to you that it is unnecessary. In your opinion of Lord Yang, you will just sit down and see the Tatars as a disaster!"

Yang Fang became even more angry when she heard this. Yang Ling had always tolerated herself. Even if he took the initiative to provoke, he never avoided the move. He never expected that he would be so tough this time. Since the two of them had broken their faces, he scolded without hesitation: "What are your skills to dare to say such big talk? Why do you have the ally to the Three Guards of Duoyan? It's stupid!

On the way, I heard that you encouraged the emperor to command the three guards of Duoyan to be the Khan. What is the decent attitude of the court? You have all traded between the borders, what are the barbarians? Apart from horses, they are all fox furs, ginseng, and high-quality goods that are not related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Once the trade is made, can you enrich the country with business? If there are any loss of silver, it is better to use it to prepare military pay. Our army will defeat the Tatars and promote our military power so that they will not dare to invade!"

"Absurd, talking about war on paper, unrealistic, short-sighted!" Yang Ling retorted mercilessly: "The silver you mentioned is the property of my wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty. If you don't take it out, can you rob it and expand your military salary?

They have something to ask for. If you don’t open a trade, he will also ask for a high price. Opening a market and trading, one is to show that they are good at Urianha. Strengthening the alliance with each other, and the other is that they do not produce anything except the treasures of heaven and earth, and they earn the money in their hands. They should still be used to buy things for the civilians of the Central Plains. Ordinary farmers and small workshop owners can benefit from it. This is just to use the hands of the Duoyan people to take out the silver that the rich landlords stored in the cellar and put them in the hands of me and ordinary people."

Gu Dayong saw that one of the two people was more angry than the other and couldn't get in the mouth for a while, and just stood aside in a daze.

"Uh?" Yang Fang was a little overwhelmed. Although she was so angry that she was angry, she was a lowly business like business. He had never been involved in it, so he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Yang Ling took advantage of the alcohol and said again: "Send troops! How many soldiers do you need to send? You only see that there is too much money in front of you, and the silver was not thrown directly into the Ming Dynasty's pocket, but do you know how much it costs to send troops? Is it possible that there is no 200,000 cavalry to annihilate the Tatar cavalry roaming around on the grassland?

Where does the horse come from? How much money does it cost to buy it? As long as 100,000 cavalry enter the desert, the infantry transporting supplies, grain and fodder must use 300,000 yuan. Eat along the way, and only one stone will be left when the thirty stones of grain are transported to the place. Can this bottomless Ming Dynasty fill up? Now it can provoke civil strife in the Tatars. I, the Ming Dynasty, make a thousand pounds and sit in the mountains to watch the tiger fight. Why not do it?"

"Uh?" Yang Fang was speechless, and still couldn't say what he wanted to say. If he wanted to talk about the book of sages, he could say it for three days and three nights without repeating it, but military...

After Yang Ling said that, he said, "I just gave away the two generals who are about to return to the garrison. I can't bear to drink, so I'll stay with me. Old Liu, see off the guests!"

"Yes!" Liu Dabangchui heard the Grandmaster cursing outside, and was so excited that he rushed in as soon as he heard the order, and said loudly: "Affect the Grandmaster's order, I respectfully send you off!"

"You...you..." Yang Fang's beard was raised and she was erect. Before she could express her polite swear words, Liu Dabangcui "helped" him out.

Yang Ling and Zhang Yong followed the emperor's sage. The emperor's contribution is indispensable to the two imperial envoys. Miao Kui led 5,000 troops across the desert, and was born and died. Now, although the emperor's personal feelings towards Miao Kui are not as good as himself, he obviously values ​​his talents very much. If he comes to Datong, he will not work hard to show his strength. How can he be worthy of the imperially-given python robe on his body?

Gu Dayong cheered up and investigated the case of Datong rebels very seriously. He had done business with Wang Long and arrested them all. He didn't want to be beaten to death! He had drunk a little wine with Wang Hu and visited the kiln together. He arrested them!

Zhu Ziyi, the deputy general of Datong who was guarding the border, was nearly 70 years old. He was generous and had many friends in the Datong army. Li Yi was both civil and military, and was familiar with military books. He was like a crane among the many illiterate border generals. Zhu Ziyi thought he had a keen eye and recommended a talented young man. He was implicated by this and was imprisoned, and his whole family was also imprisoned for rebellion.

Officials who were close to him and recommended generals were investigated one by one, and they accepted money for small profits and wrote Li Yi into his family's genealogy, allowing him to successfully enter the Li family of Xuanfu, which was sent to the army to lock him up and punish him.

Gu Dayong followed the clues again. Not only did the generals who were friends with the criminals and were all imprisoned and were waiting for investigation, but his friends were dismissed from office and investigated. This widely implicated purge began vigorously before the celebration banquet of Datong was over.

For a moment, people's hearts were fluctuating and everyone was in danger. Many generals did not know these two people and were bitten out by circling around. Yang Yiqing knew that this action was too big, but even though he had the emperor's words, he could not refuse to let it go. What's the face to plead for others? Moreover, Gu Dayong didn't buy his account at all.

The powerful subordinates of these replaced generals, who are not good brothers who live and die together? Although they dare not be dissatisfied with public dissatisfaction, they can still do it with passive and slacking off work, and the morale of the entire border army suddenly became sluggish.

Some of the newly appointed generals were lifted up on the spot, and some were exchanged with each other. The officers who were transferred were not conscious of the troops, and the former generals were quickly dismissed. Many things were not too late to settle, so they were delayed there. Those who were lifted up on the spot were hired to appoint private individuals to rectify colleagues who had rifts, which caused complaints.

Gu Dayong's efficiency in punctuating people was really fast enough. In the three days of kung fu, a large number of "Maitreya religious believers" were dug out in the military and political parties of Datong. Yang Ling had not noticed when the investigation began on the first day. On the third day, he received a large amount of information sent by his ears, which scared him.

At the same time, the generals of the army who became familiar with him in the past few days also came to ask him to plead for help. Yang Ling then felt that the situation was not good. He would rather kill him than miss it. The border army would be greatly damaged.

He quickly asked Gu Dayong to raise the matter solemnly. Gu Dayong agreed politely to him, but he felt that Yang Ling was afraid that his contribution would overwhelm him, so he became even more powerful.

On the second day, Yang Ling saw that he was still implicating the purge. Even the generals who were pursuing Boyan's posture and had not yet returned were sent by him to take back the horse. He couldn't help but be angry. At this time, Boyan's army had retreated. Although Gu Dayong's reckless behavior would not cause great disasters, if it caused a mutiny, chaos would be small.

At this moment, even if he was in trouble with Gu Darong for this, Yang Ling immediately rushed to mention this matter to Emperor Zhengde. Zhengde originally thought that Gu Darong was doing his best, but he did not expect that there would be so many serious consequences. After hearing this, he realized that the situation was serious and quickly agreed to ask Gu Dayou to stop arresting people. He would let go without real evidence and restore his post.

Yang Ling finally relaxed. He had just returned to his study and saw Wu Hanchao walking in with an invitation. In the past few days, because the border troops were purged, everyone in danger of the generals and no one invited each other to have a banquet. So Yang Ling was a little curious when he saw it and couldn't help but ask, "Who was the one who invited me?"

Wu Hanchao said: "Sir, the invitation sent by Zhang Yin, the commander of Taiyuan Guard, please check it out!"

Yang Ling opened it and saw it straightened. The main text of the invitation was only a few words. Zhang Yinzuodong, the commander of Taiyuan Guard, invited him to the banquet that night. However, the list of guests was long like a memorial written by a Chinese civil servant to the emperor. It was smelly and long. The list of all the officials who had not been imprisoned yet were included, with more than 100 people of all sizes.

Zhang Yin was a general transferred from Taiyuan. The spies in the Datong border army had nothing to do with him. Besides, he brought troops to rescue him and shot more than 3,000 Tartars outside the gate of the enemy, making great contributions. In any case, the spy in the enemy could not be tied to him. Therefore, among the current generals in Datong, his identity was very transcendent, which was also the reason why the border generals asked him to come forward and invite Yang Ling on the grounds that he was about to leave.

Yang Ling picked up the list and smiled bitterly in his heart: Gu Dayong is eager to make contributions. Now the Guan'er who has made great contributions have become frightened birds. Just look at this list, why don't you know what the purpose of this banquet tonight is?
Chapter completed!