Chapter 289
"Third Master, news is coming from Bian Jing!"
In the Zhongmu camp, Wei Yun was barbecuing meat in the tent, and Gu Tingye was sitting next to him, but his hands and shouting were covered with thick iron chains, and there were big and heavy shackles on his neck.
The roasted lamb, half of the lamb after the head is removed, and the roasted lamb in midsummer in July, which is no one else.
Although sweat was already hot on his forehead, Wei Yun still enjoyed using a brush to brush oil and sprinkle seasonings on the mutton. At this time, the curtain of the tent was lifted and Xiao Baiyang walked in.
"It's considered back, hurry up!" Xiao Baiyang said a few words, but was greeted by Wei Yun and took over the barbecue work by the grill. Wei Yun walked to the table and picked up a palm fan, and slapped it on his own.
I picked up the iced sour plum soup on the table and took a big mouthful of it, then I breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he asked, "What's the news!"
Xiao Baiyang said: "The news sent by Luowang is three days later, the time to act!"
"Three days later?"
Wei Yun frowned slightly, "I have to wait for three more days? Why are you still dragging it out!"
If Wei Yun had acted himself, I was afraid that he would have been put down by Bianjing City now, so he would not have waited until now.
With an invisible net in hand, and with Wei Yun's nearly 130,000 black armored army, I really don't know what those women are still worried about. Don't they know that the longer this kind of thing is, the more likely it is to make mistakes?
Being cautious is naturally good, but it is also a scoring situation! This game has been played for so long, and all the things that should be prepared should be prepared long ago.
Of course, Wei Yun only complains in his heart at most.
"How is the camp in the suburbs of Beijing?"
"There is no problem in the camp, everything is as usual!"
Wei Yun nodded. This was normal. If Emperor Yong'an transferred the Black Armored Army into the palace like Emperor Yuanyou and stayed by his side, that would be the real problem.
The original intention of Luowang was to supervise the existence of the Jinyiwei. The imperial city was Luowang's base camp. If Emperor Yong'an wanted to hide from Empress Dowager Cao's eyes and deploy all this, the Black Armored Army would definitely not be able to use it.
Otherwise, if he secretly transferred the Black Armored Army into the palace like Emperor Yuanyou, it would be equivalent to telling Empress Dowager Cao that he had a ghost in his heart.
Moreover, Wei Yun has not received any news this time, even Liang Hao, the governor of the Southern Fufu Division, and Yuan Wenshao, the Jinyiwei Tongzhi. Currently, only Empress Dowager Cao and Luowang's Zhao Neiguan know about Wei Yun's whereabouts in Bianjing City.
There is also Ding Jian, who is in charge of the operation department.
Even Wei Yun's wife Zhang didn't know that her husband had arrived in Zhongmu County with an army of 100,000, and was stationed in the camp where soldiers from all over the country gathered, let alone other people.
Although Ding Jian was Wei Yun's brother-in-law, even Ding Jian thought that Wei Yun was really following the will of Emperor Yong'an, leading a large army to Bianjing in order to serve the king and rescue the emperor and rectify the trouble.
How could Ding Jian know? It was indeed a matter of making up for the right thing, but who is the right thing? He couldn't guess who is the right thing.
Wei Yun was indeed granted the imperial edict from Emperor Yong'an, but it was not the imperial edict to summon him to Beijing. Instead, he asked him to dispatch food and grass in Shaanxi. The old general Zheng, who was guarding the border, defended Shaanxi together and prepared to prevent the Xixia army from invading again.
Emperor Yong'an naturally knew that Wei Yun was the commander of the Jinyiwei, and he also had several intelligence departments of the Beizhenfu Department. He was so keen? How informed was the news.
Therefore, in the imperial edict given to Wei Yun by Emperor Yong'an, it was explained that this time the Liao people went south was just a name, in order to take this opportunity to send troops north and recover Yanyun's land. Therefore, Guo Xiting led the elite troops of the 100,000 Black Armored Army to go north to help Zhang Qianzhong, who is now stationed in Datong Prefecture.
Emperor Yong'an wanted to use troops to the Liao Kingdom and was preparing to recapture the land of Yanyun, Wei Yun, of course, believed it? But the key is to seize it back? This is a big problem.
Emperor Yong'an waved his hand and opened his golden mouth. The soldiers below naturally had to tie their heads to their belts. In order to recover Yan Yun, abandoning life and death is naturally nothing.
But the key is that relying on the current military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is purely a fool to regain the land of Yanyun. In the past, the Great Zhou did defeat the Liao Kingdom? He also signed the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao people. He agreed that the two countries would form a friendly and ally. Brotherly countries would not invade each other, communicate with each other's trade routes, and exchange or not.
But that has been happening for decades. At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty struggled out of the war, and its military strength was definitely the top among the Three Kingdoms.
But now decades have passed. During the reign of Emperor Yuanyou, the government was harmonious and the people were prosperous, and the people were living and working in peace. The country was cultivated and replenished. The economic strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty and its comprehensive national strength have indeed increased several times compared to the original one.
However, decades of peace and peace have brought about rapid growth in national strength, and have also made the Great Zhou military weakening, redundant soldiers, redundant military issues, etc. have already made the entire Great Zhou military terminally ill.
Even the former British Duke and Old General had nothing to do with the Northwest Frontier Army, let alone the 15th Route Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Moreover, the absence of war has caused the army to neglect training on weekdays, and there are many elderly, weak, sick and disabled people, and only about two-thirds of them have real combat power.
Why did the Northwest War last for more than half a year and it could not end? In the end, it was through uniting the Liao Kingdom that Xixia felt the pressure and ended this protracted war.
In the final analysis, it is not that the overall quality of the Great Zhou army is not as good as that of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. Otherwise, if so many troops mobilized by the Great Zhou would have made this battle so difficult and lost tens of thousands of troops?
Now three years have passed since the war in the northwest. In these three years, the weather has been good in all parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no natural disasters have occurred. The taxes in various places have been paid every year, and no problems have occurred.
Moreover, the last time King Huan inspected salt in various provinces in Jiangnan, killed many officials and confiscated countless families, which indeed brought a considerable income to the court. In addition, three years and Western Xia compensation, the national strength of the Great Zhou had recovered a lot. If it took another one or two years, it would definitely be able to restore to the state of the strongest national strength when the late emperor was in power.
But if you rashly use troops to the Liao Kingdom, it is hard to say whether Yan Yun can be taken back. This time, the battle with the Liao people in the north will not be considered how many soldiers and generals will be lost.
The consequences caused by tearing up the alliance and provoking war are enough for the Great Zhou to bear. If the Liao people used this as a reason to jointly launch a war against the Great Zhou, that would be the real disaster. The current military strength of the Great Zhou is already facing these two countries at the same time, they may not be able to overcome it.
Fortunately, Wei Yun has now expanded the Black Armored Army to 300,000. Although it has only been less than two years since its establishment, it has crossed Shu many times and entered the Tubo territory. The Black Armored Army has already begun to gain combat power.
Wei Yun didn't want to guess whether Emperor Yong'an was really planning to use troops against the Liao Kingdom, or whether it was just a chess game, a chess game where Wei Yun, Jinyiwei, and Black Armored Army were all used as chess pieces.
Those who regard others as chess pieces must also be prepared to be regarded as chess pieces.
Emperor Yong'an is using Wei Yun, but isn't Wei Yun also using him?
There is also Empress Dowager Cao who thought she was already smart and confident.
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Three days later! Early in the morning! At three o'clock, the sky was already bright, and the sun had risen from the distant mountains, and the sun shone on the entire earth.
In the Zhongmu camp, the 20,000 cavalry of the Black Armor Army and 3,000 Modao camps have been assembled.
Wei Yun was wearing black armor, a blood-colored cloak, holding a big gun in his hand, a long knife hanging around his waist, an iron-tied bow behind him, and a quiver hanging on the back of the horse.
Behind Wei Yun, a black black flag with only a red flame was waving in the wind.
"Set off!"
Wei Yun waved his hand and took the lead. As the big flag behind Wei Yun danced, 20,000 iron cavalry turned into a torrent of steel, followed closely behind Wei Yun, out of the camp gate and headed towards Bianjing.
The remaining 80,000 cavalry stayed in Zhongmu Camp, one for the purpose of keeping in charge of the newly-meeting parties, which was also a backup plan left by Wei Yun.
Zhongmu County belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture, just west of Bianjing. The two places are only a few dozen miles apart. The army will be dispatched, and even if they walk slowly, they will definitely arrive in two hours.
Today's Bianjing City is destined to cause another bloody storm.
Bianjing City, within the imperial city.
"What time is it now?" Empress Dowager Cao, who looked as old as before, sat cross-legged in front of the Sanqing portrait, closed her eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly asked.
The thin old eunuch beside him replied respectfully: "Go back to the eldest lady, it will be noon in another quarter of an hour!" However, the voice was a bit sinister, unlike the duckling voice of an ordinary eunuch, and was more feminine.
Empress Dowager Cao still closed her eyes: "Is there news from Wei Yun?"
The old eunuch said: "Just just sent a message from Luowang, saying that Lord Chen Shiwei had led his troops out of Zhongmu Daying today. Zhongmu is only a few dozen miles away from Bianjing. Calculate the time, and now we are almost out of the city!"
Empress Dowager Cao opened her eyes, looked at the Sanqing statue in front of her and said, "What's going on in the Yangxin Palace?"
The old eunuch said: "Just just passed the message from the Yangxin Palace, saying that the queen is now in the Yangxin Palace, and she is having fun with our official family. It seems that she will not leave in a short time!"
"Empress?" Empress Dowager Cao's eyes were slightly condensed and she said in a deep voice: "It's good. Now that the couple gathered together, it saves us some effort!"
As he said that, he planned to get up from the cushion. As soon as he reached out his hand, the old eunuch immediately rushed to Empress Dowager Cao and carefully supported Empress Dowager Cao and stood up.
"Master, noon is coming soon. Do you want the servant to send lunch to the imperial kitchen now!"
The old eunuch asked carefully.
"No!"
But Empress Dowager Cao refused!
"At three o'clock in the afternoon, let the imperial kitchen bring lunch!"
At 3:00 a.m., the agreed time!
"Slaves obey the order!"
Chapter completed!