Chapter 259: 2 Difficulties (Part 2)

The setting sun left a long shadow, a blood red.

Han Hao didn't know what happened, since the Duke came back from court, he stood in the yard, motionless, watching the sky getting darker and darker, Han Hao walked over and said, "Master Guo, beside the old lady The servant girl came over to ask, is the Duke coming to have dinner at night?" After entering the palace, the Duke was like this, and he didn't know what the emperor said to the Duke.

Han Jianming said: "Let's just say I have too many things to do, so I won't go over for dinner today!" At this moment, he didn't want to see anyone, he just wanted to be alone.

As the sky darkened, Han Hao lit the lamp himself. Han Jianming looked at the orange light and said, "Go and call Mr. Zhao!"

Mr. Zhao had known about Han Jianming's strangeness for a long time, but Han Jianming didn't call him, so he couldn't take the initiative to come over. Mr. Zhao asked: "My lord, what happened?"

Han Jianming said: "The emperor wants me to kill Yuxi. If I agree, the position of Minister of War will be mine." This idea is really good, it is impossible for Yuxi to guard against his elder brother.

Mr. Zhao opened his mouth, and after a while, he asked, "What is the Duke planning to do?" On one side is the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, and on the other is his younger sister. This is really a dilemma.

Han Jianming shook his head and said, "I refused." He was not mad enough to murder his sister for the position of minister of the Ministry of War, and the emperor underestimated him too much.

Mr. Zhao did not breathe a sigh of relief, but said: "The emperor will not give up easily." Now that the emperor has spoken, Han Jianming can't help but refuse. When it really comes to that point, the emperor will use the Han family to threaten the country. Lord.

Han Jianming said: "Let's talk about the future!"

Mr. Zhao looked at Han Jianming's worried look, and said, "Si Gu's nǎinǎi has always been cautious, and it's not that easy for the emperor to kill her." Yucheng is the territory of Yunqing and Si Gu's nǎinǎi. The emperor wanted to kill her, but he might not be able to kill her.

Han Jianming said with some concern: "Yuxi is still pregnant!" This is a critical moment, so there must be no mistake. What's worse, for the safety of his family, he can't do anything now.

Mr. Zhao said: "Fourth Auntie's grandmother will be fine, don't worry about it, Grandpa!" In fact, Mr. Zhao didn't have a better idea. Although the emperor is under the control of others, it is still easy to want the life of the Han family, so it would be impossible to hide Chen Cang.

I struggled all night and couldn't think of a better way. I didn't expect to receive the imperial decree the next day, and the emperor appointed him as Minister of the Ministry of War.

The news spread back to the backyard, and the women in the backyard were all overjoyed. The servants in the mansion also have something to do with Rong. Minister of the Ministry of War, one of the chief officials of the six ministries, has a real high position and weight.

Qiu said happily: "Send someone to Deyue Tower to book two high-class tables. Let's celebrate today." The son is promoted, and the mother is the happiest. But this joy was gone when he saw Han Jianming who came back from the palace.

Knowing a son is like a mother, the Qiu family knew that her son always wanted to honor his ancestors. This will be promoted, but her son's face is full of joy, she knows something is wrong: "Ming'er, is there anything wrong with the position of Minister of the Ministry of War?"

There is nothing wrong with the position of Minister of War. It's just that what the emperor asked him to do was not very appropriate. Han Jianming shook his head and said, "Mother, you are rebelling everywhere now. The position of Minister of the Ministry of War is like a hot potato. Whoever takes it will be unlucky." Han Jianming dared not tell the truth to Qiu Shi, for fear that Qiu Shi would worry.

Qiu Shi said: "I said, why such a good defect falls on your head, it's a hot potato! But it doesn't matter, if you can do it, do it, if you can't do it, we won't do it."

Han Jianming felt bitter,

Now the question is whether you want to be right or not! But Han Jianming didn't show anything on his face, and said, "Well, I will try my best."

Seeing that her son was not in a good mood, Qiu changed the subject and said, "Forget it, the child in Yuxi's stomach should be more than six months old. I prepared some clothes and other things for her, and after two days **Have someone send it to the northwest."

Han Jianming nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to send it in two days." The things must not be sent, or the emperor thought he was tipping the news. But you can't disobey what your mother said, you can only let these things disappear halfway. Fortunately, this kind of thing happens often, and it won't make his mother suspicious. I just don't know if Yuxi will become suspicious if she hasn't received her mother's things for a long time. Han Jianming hoped that Yuxi would become suspicious, which might be safer.

Qiu couldn't help but said, "I just hope this baby is a son." If two girls are born, the pressure will be great.

Han Jianming reassured Qiu Shi and said, "It will definitely be the son's." Whether it is a son or not is second, the most important thing now is to overcome the current difficulties. Han Jianming had a headache and didn't know how to pass the news to Yuxi.

At this time, Yuxi, how could she know that the emperor was already planning to put her to death! If she knew, she would definitely be more defensive. It's a pity that Yuxi doesn't know anything.

Yun Qing said to Yu Xi; "Just got the news, the rebel army has now expanded to more than 42,000 people." In just over half a month, the number has doubled, and it has also occupied three states County, this speed makes Yunqing a little startled.

Yuxi thought it was normal, and said: "The people are so oppressed by Ji Xuan that they can't live anymore, and they will die if they continue to be punished by Ji Xuan like this. If they follow the rebellion, at least there is still a way to survive." Rebellion is death, no Rebellion is also death, anyway, it is death, it is better to fight.

Yuxi knew about Yunqing's worries: "Peng Lianggong is short-sighted, narrow-minded and can't tolerate others, so don't worry about him." Knowing that Peng Lianggong pushed out Jun Yuanbo, the second leader of the rebel army, she knew that Peng Lianggong was not a threat to them.

Yun Qing wasn't worried that he couldn't deal with Peng Lianggong, but that there were too many rebels, and they would pay too much to suppress the rebellion. Today's Northwest Army is basically trained by him alone. The loss is too great, and he feels distressed.

Yuxi was also worried before, but she was worried about Peng Lianggong, not how many people Peng Lianggong had: "The more people, sometimes, it is not always beneficial." When there are too many people, rations and weapons are two big problems. Rations can be obtained by robbing grain merchants and wealthy households, but weapons are not so easy to obtain. As far as Yuxi knew, none of these rebels had a decent weapon.

As he was talking, suddenly Xu Wu shouted from outside: "General, the army has an urgent message." The word "urgent" was added to the sent letter, which indicated that the situation was urgent.

Yunqing strode out. It was inconvenient for Yuxi to have a big belly, so she immediately called Zijin, who helped her to the front yard.

When Yu Xi arrived in the study, she looked at Yun Qing with a gloomy face, and asked, "What happened?" It must not be Feng Dajun's accident.

Yun Qing handed the letter on the table to Yu Xi, and said: "This group of rebels are really bold enough to take the idea of ​​taking food and grass." Although I had this worry before, but these people really came to rob food and grass, I still couldn't say it in my heart out of annoyance.

After reading the letter, Yuxi said with a smile: "More than 200,000 shi of grain, anyone would be tempted to change it. But these rebels are too arrogant, they only sent two thousand people to try to rob us of our grain." This time Feng Dajun They were ambushed. The speed of so much food and grass is too slow, it is still very easy for someone to detour and ambush in front. It's just that two thousand people want to rob them of food, which is not taking the cavalry of the Northwest Army seriously. You must know that the strength and combat effectiveness of these cavalry are several times that of ordinary soldiers. It was also these people who underestimated the enemy. Two thousand people were all wiped out by Feng Dajun.

Yun Qing said: "These rebels think that they won't be able to find North after a few big victories." Speaking of this, Yun Qing was full of anger. Every state and county has its own battalion and guards, and these people will become their substitutes for the Northwest Army in times of crisis. But these people, not to mention fighting, only heard that the rebels were coming, so they all ran away. This is why Peng Lianggong occupied three counties in less than a month.

Yu Xi said: "One raging soldier, one raging general. The general fled watching the wind, and the soldiers below would not stay in place waiting to die. Naturally, they ran away. In the final analysis, it is not on the soldiers, but on those officials body." Of course, military officers are like this, and so are civilian officials. Officials from several prefectures and counties near Nancheng basically ran away.

Yun Qing agrees with Yuxi's statement.

Yu Xi asked: "Yu Cong should be almost here at this time!" After receiving the news that the counter-insurgency army was wiped out, Yun Qing sent Yu Cong with two thousand elite soldiers to meet Feng's army. In fact, in terms of combat effectiveness, two thousand elite soldiers are actually a lot, but this is also for insurance purposes. As for this decision, no one in the whole army felt that it was inappropriate. This is their ration, if it is taken away by the rebels, then they will have to starve.

Yun Qing said: "It will be there in a few days." This time, no cavalry was sent, but infantry, so the speed was slower.

Yuxi asked: "Before the meeting, there should be nothing wrong, right?" Although she believed in the abilities of Feng Dajun and the cavalry of the Northwest Army, she was still a little worried.

Yun Qing said: "Don't worry about this. If something is wrong, the army will find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack and wait for reinforcements." The main reason is that there are 800 cavalry following, so Yun Qing is not worried.

Yu Xi said with a smile: "Uncle Huo has such a good vision." These are all people trained by Huo Changqing, and each of them is so excellent. Looking at her again, Yuxi felt ashamed, so she raised a Zijin, and she was still a brave and foolish girl.

Yun Qing smiled and said: "Uncle Huo said, those girls can be used by you after a while of training." This time Huo Changqing also selected more than ten girls to train together. These little girls were trained for Yuxi.

Yu Xi smiled and said: "Then I'll wait." In this respect, she is far behind Huo Changqing, so the three of them should play to their strengths! (to be continued)