Chapter 79 A letter from home

The result of the negotiations between the Military Affairs Office was that Xu Naizhao and Jingyu went north together. Yan Jingming's youth and strength were the best candidates, but Xu Naizhao said that now he was using troops in the northeast, with baggage, equipment, and silver, and he, the master of the Ministry of Education, wanted to stay in Beijing to take charge. Finally, the queen was moved and immediately issued an order, sending the imperial guard Xilinga to escort Xu Naizhao, Jingyu went north to Aihui and listened to the imperial front.

For more than ten days, the emperor has secretly left the capital and went north to Aihui. After all, in addition to seeing the Military Affairs Office every day, the emperor also had to summon the capital. Foreign ministers could hide it for a day or two, but not for many days. Such news surprised and frightened the people in the capital, especially the Qingliu and students of the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, with the most intense attitude, and the attack pointed directly at the Military Affairs Office! They believed that they were in vain to be the important ministers of the Shu Court. Once the country met a policeman, they could not support the country and report to the king and father, but the emperor left the capital and came to the battle in person. Once there was a mistake, it would be a major event that the heavens and earth were destroyed. What were the faces of these people to receive the salary of the country? They should ask the Queen's imperial decree to dismiss all these people and choose other talents!

The crowd was in a rage and quarreled. The queen was panicked and anxious. Finally, she followed Wen Xiang and others' advice and ignored such clear texts. After the war was over and the emperor returned to the capital, the Military Affairs Office would apologize for the crimes on his own, which was temporarily perfunctory.

Besides, Xu Naizhao, Jingyu and others took the train to Shanhaiguan, and took the official sedan chair. They went all the way to Aihui City. After all, Jingyu's young man accelerated his feet and climbed the city wall. His eyes were just the ones who were thinking about day and night. For a moment, he felt that all the suffering on the road was rewarded. Until the emperor stood in front of him, the girl looked at him with tears in her eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, you..." and she burst into tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry. Am I fine?" The emperor was watching the crowd. He was not good at being intimate. He took her hand and turned around. He was stunned again. Xu Naizhao, accompanied by Xi Ling'a, climbed the stone steps panting and came to him, "Old minister..."

The emperor felt aroused from it, and he felt his eyes warmed up, and he grabbed a few steps and held him, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite! Alas, why are you here too in this cold day?"

"The old minister is guilty!" Xu Naizhao held his arms for the emperor and could not bow down, so he had to bow and say, "The old minister is the position of a military minister and has not been able to help the king and father in the state affairs..."

"Since you have arrived here, there is no need to say these words. If you have to say guilty words, it is only for me. This time, I secretly left Beijing and traveled outside the pass. Although it is called encouraging the morale of the army and defeating the enemy, it is really ridiculous! You are in the capital, and you must not only assist the queen in handling state affairs, but also slander me. Speaking of which, it will be much harder than if I leave like this!"

Xu Naizhao truly shed tears, "My minister knows his heart, and his heart knows his heart!"

The emperor said, "You, I, the king and the minister, should we bear with each other for the country." He took a step back and pointed with his hand, "Go and talk to me in the war room."

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In the emperor's temporary bedroom, the monarch and minister sat facing each other. Jingyu was behind him, and he quickly packed the documents and files on the shop and table. After a while, the kettle in the charcoal brazier boiled, walked over and lifted it up, filled the ginseng tea for the emperor, poured another cup of Xu Naizhao, he took it over, held it in his palm, and used it as a hand warmer. Su Shun said the progress of the war.

Xu Naizhao said, "When I was in the capital, I always saw the Aihui army report. In addition to being worried and frightened by the emperor's sage in his heart, I felt that my emperor was willing to sacrifice his sage virtue for national affairs. What I see now is really a law of no good. The soldiers heard that the emperor personally came to the army, and the superiors and subordinates tried their best to serve the country. This section alone shows how wise and decisive the emperor was when he went north."

The emperor smiled and shook his head, "You don't have to praise me as if you were anything." He restrained his smile and said in a straight face, "I originally thought that in a few days, when the war situation became clearer, I would issue an order to call you to Aihui City! This time, both sides put in heavy troops. When the city of Yaquesa was captured, I expected that both sides would not be able to continue. At that time, it would be time to resolve the disputes between each other's borders at the negotiating table - it was time for military officials like you to come forward. I think the lowest bottom line is to return to the boundary line defined by the two countries when the Holy Ancestor; in addition, after the war has stopped, I think it is time to build a province outside the pass - the result of this war cannot be allowed to go with the wind, and in less than ten years of sight, it will be back to the old view before the war."

"Yes." Xu Naizhao listened and thought in his mind. When the emperor finished speaking, he immediately interfered, "I ask the emperor for his decree and summon Lord Wenbo and Chuanwen to the north in the future. He was in charge of the General Administration's affairs for many years and was proficient in foreign affairs. This time he negotiated with Russia."

"This is something I have thought about, but there is no need to hurry for the time being. The war will take place for a while." The emperor said this and said no more, "I will be here today. You come from afar, and you will be exhausted on the road. Go down and rest first. Wait until tomorrow, and you and my monarch and ministers will fight and discuss state affairs together."

Xu Naizhao didn't force himself. He had suffered a lot during the journey. He met respectfully and led him from his personal army to the arranged residence to rest.

The emperor turned around and looked at Jingyu with a smile, but the girl ignored him, pouted her beautiful mouth, and stood there without saying a word. "What's wrong, are you angry with me?"

"You are the emperor, how dare you be angry with you?" Jingyu pouted slightly and said with grievance.

"It's not that I'm willing to leave you. There are all a bunch of rough men in this army. You, a girl who grew up in the south, will be inconvenient to get here. Besides, the cold outside the pass is better than the capital. I'm worried that you will suffer with you." The emperor laughed and coaxed softly, "As you please, don't be angry, okay?"

What Jingyu was most afraid of was that the emperor showed his childish temper, sighed silently, and stood in front of him, "Look at your hair, so is Lord Su. Why don't you find someone to serve you well?"

"He has looked for it, but they are all a group of reckless men with thick hands and feet. It took me only one day to get them all out. It was not until then that I realized what a major mistake it would be if I didn't take you out of seclusion this time!"

Jingyu burst out laughing, "Oh, Your Majesty, I am taking the letter from the Queen's empress to you!" As she said that, she touched her arms a few times and took out a letter, "And, Concubine Qian, Concubine Jin, Concubine Lan, and Concubine Lan brought it to the emperor with the slave. Oh, and," she suddenly said with a smile as if she remembered something, "Yang Guiren has added another little master to the emperor..."

The emperor agreed casually, opened the letter skin and took out a few letters. They were all from the daughter's family words, and told the emperor that the sages were outside, pay more attention to the dragon body, and everything in the capital was safe, please explain the sage constitution. Although it was just a few family whispers, I felt a swelling in my heart. Although I had reached the front enemy, I would not have any concerns about safety. After receiving the letter from the queen and concubines, I was so moved, let alone those soldiers who fought in the front enemy. This really felt like the feeling of the war for three months and the letter from the family was worth ten thousand gold!

He didn't want to be upset about this, so he deliberately changed the topic, "By the way, Yang Guiren gave birth to the little prince, right?"

"Yes!" Jingyu said with a smile, "So cute. It's fat and white, so likable! But the emperor is not in the capital, so he is not as good as a name."

It was not the first time he was a father, but his nature of liking children could not be changed. A fat baby seemed to appear in front of him, with his small hands and feet crossed, and he laughed at it, "By the way, is she okay? But do you have any random thoughts?"

"I don't know this," Jingyu said, "However, this time the Empress issued an order and sent a slave out of the capital. Yang Guiren specially sent the eunuch in front of him to find the slave to talk, she said,..."

"What did she say?"

"She said, deeply regretting what he said at the beginning, and was worried about the danger of the emperor in front of the enemy. When the slave saw the emperor, he said: In the pass, countless people in the capital were looking forward to it, just waiting for the king's army to report to him as soon as possible. She was in the palace and burned incense and prayed at that time, asking the ancestors and ancestors to bless him, and the emperor's dragon body was healthy and returned to the court as soon as possible."

The emperor sighed with satisfaction. His spirit was not on Jingyu's answer, but was thinking about another thing. He said casually, "Let's wait for the future, I will talk about it after I return to the capital." Then he stood up, wrote a few words on the snow-white paper, and at the same time ordered, "Chuan Sushun comes in."

He called Sushun to the front of the imperial court, and the emperor said, "I just drafted an edict. After a while, you will order someone to send it to Beijing. The Military Affairs Office will ask for an edict and seal, and then print it into a document. Among the Green Camp soldiers who went out of the customs to fight this time, some people sacrificed their lives for the country. The Ministry of War found out their household registration one by one, and the local vassal yamen sent people to their homes in person to show my condolences."

Su Shun agreed and took the paper from Jingyu's hand. The blank was raised on it, which was written with a blank. The one who was respected by the enlightenment was written. The following was a direct topic. A paragraph was written, "I personally translated the message of the son's sacrifice for the country because he did not respect glory and did not respect sorrow. I personally conveyed the message of the son's sacrifice for the country. My son served the country and died on the battlefield. Not only the disaster of the court, but also the sorrow of the family. However, I think that as a soldier in the green camp, he was wrapped in a horse and his husband's return. I am now in the front of the enemy, and I cry with you. I only think that the Holy Dynasty's continuation of the endless dynasty, and my thoughts will last forever."

Su Shun frowned, "Your Majesty, is this not in line with the etiquette system?"

"Just! What kind of etiquette system? Soldiers serve the country and die in the battlefield. What kind of etiquette system do you still tell me about?"

Su Shun hit a big nail head-on, and dared not say anything again, Weiwei accepted his mission, "Yes, I have recorded all the slaves. After the slaves go down, they will handle it immediately."

"Also," the emperor called him again, "After you go down, you will be ordered to follow the army to select people who are familiar with literature and works, and all of them will be drafted for soldiers who want to communicate with their families in the army. You will be ordered to send them back to the pass. It is also handled as before - they will be delivered to the soldiers' families one by one. If the family is illiterate, they will be sent to the local yamen to recite word by word and explain."

When Su Shun heard this, he felt even more inappropriate. The Qing Dynasty emphasized culture and over military affairs, which was the ancestral system. What would it be like to treat soldiers like this? But seeing that the emperor's face was solemn and did not dare to give up at all, he thought to himself that after a while, he would ask Xu Naizhao to discuss the matter together.

Xu Naizhao also thought that the court treated the soldiers so well and the ritual system was not harmonious. The emperor ignored the two of them and carried out the matter against the objections. When the news spread to the army, his morale suddenly boosted! The soldiers did not understand what the court officials and the emperor said. In their opinion, the emperor was so kind and could repay him with only one bad life. Thinking about what the emperor said to the wounded soldiers in the military hospital when he first arrived in Aihui. In the future, soldiers who were disabled due to injuries must be given

The sage that ensures that he has a worry-free life in the future, as well as the personal letter from the imperial pen today, the death notice and Chinese letter of the dispatched army handed over to various provinces to execute, recorded letters for all willing soldiers, and sent special personnel to deliver various actions to their homes, which made the soldiers of the Green Camp so grateful. When the news spread, the voice of the Green Camp soldiers hang in Aihui City was shocking! Although the Russian army everywhere was unable to see the situation before the game, they knew that they must have been a look of love and a desperate act to repay the death.

On September 19, soldiers from all walks of life picked up their weapons again, and started a war in the city of Jieyaliannesk and the small town of Barnaul! The artillery bombing was in full swing. When Bao Chao, Liu Mingchuan, Cheng Xueqi and others entered the city's twelve kilometers, they could already see the towering cross in the city's center church from afar. But the moment it reached the Russian counterattack became more and more fierce. Moreover, the buildings here were mostly granite structures. Even if the Qing army had artillery cleared the way, the effect that could be achieved was no longer as immediate as the previous few days.

Opposite is a two-story building built by the Russian army. On the roof and in the houses, there are firepower points arranged by the Russian army everywhere. The fierce firepower blocked the Qing army's road to advance. The Qing army had no choice but to look for a suitable hidden place to hide in the distance of the street.

After a round of bombing with 40-pound artillery, the enemy's fortifications stood tall. Bao Chao was furious, grabbed the braid behind his head and swung his neck hard, "Brothers, load my quick gun and rush up with me!" After saying that, he jumped out of the hidden place, rolled on the spot, avoided the bullets fired by the Russian army, raised his gun to fight back, and rushed over with fierce bullets. Seeing the commander's desperate efforts, the soldiers were excited, and each took out the gun from the hidden place, followed Bao Chao, and attacked forward and risked his life.

Bao Chao was in the front, and saw a broken car in front of the building. The wheel on the right was blown up. The body of the car was crooked and crossed the road. He ran over a few steps, hid behind the car, avoiding the bullets falling like raindrops, curled up as much as possible, and raised his gun to fight back from time to time. His shooting skills were very good. Every time he fired a shot, he could always kill an enemy in the building. In a moment, this hidden fire point became a thorn in the Russian army's side. He opened fire together and shot at the broken car. Bao Chao listened to the explosion of the bullets breaking the wood of the big truck in his ears, and smiled bitterly in his heart: Ge, how could he know how to shoot at me?

After a moment of rushing, the Qing army approached, and the cart was close to each other and could not get close. Bao Chao's soldiers shouted behind him, "Sir? Are you still alive?"

Bao Chao raised a finger and cursed in a mess, "Don't you bet! Do you think I'm still alive?"

The soldier wanted to laugh but didn't dare, and there was no time left. With an order, he lit a torch, took out a fire grenade from his arms, lit the seal, stood up suddenly, and shot towards the building, "Boom! Boom!" Several smoke filled the sky, blocking each other's sight. Bao Chao took this opportunity and jumped up, led the people to the base of the window of the building in three steps, and fell down.

When the smoke disappeared, the Russian army in the house probably knew that it was not good, and the guns were even more violent. Bao Chao didn't even look at it, and snatched the fire grenade in the soldier's hand, and lit it on fire. He gently sent it in, then lay down, "Boom!" with dust, mud, wood, and screams from the Russian soldiers came out of the building. Bao Chao kept jumping onto the windowsill, raised his hand and shot him, killing an injured Russian soldier who was still fighting tenaciously, and his body had already reached the building.

When he entered the building, Bao Chao realized that it was not good! In the room on the first floor, there were hundreds of Russian soldiers lying on different windowsills and shooting outwards. What he came in was just one of them. As the smoke filled the gun, many Russian soldiers were turning their heads to look here. He screamed strangely, leaned back and then folded out of the window he had just come in, and fell to the ground with his back hurting the potholes everywhere. Seeing the face of a Russian soldier appearing at the window he had just left, and was preparing to shoot. Bao Chao rolled with the flow, and the Russian bullets were empty. At the same time, he quickly pulled out his pistol from his waist, shot him head-on, and shot him in from the enemy's forehead!

More Qing troops followed and rushed into the room. Bao Chao lay on the ground, listening to the ping-pong sounds inside, mixed with the random roars and shouts of his own people and the enemy. I don’t know how many of his brothers died? He didn’t have to think too much, and stood up again and rushed into the building. Behind him, more and more Qing troops rushed in.

After a cup of hot tea, they cleaned up the Russian army hiding in the building, and everyone had no time to rest. On the second floor, there was a more intense firepower point for the Russian army. They couldn't take it here, so the subsequent troops could not move forward smoothly. Bao Chao gasped for a few breaths, and when he picked up the rifle, he rushed upstairs again.
Chapter completed!