Chapter 429 The prosperity is gone

In the early morning, the east was already white, but the sun had not yet come out.The light is hazy, and everything seems to be sleepy and can't see clearly.

On the mountain road in Pingyi County Wei (north of Fuyuan County, Qujing City), the sound of horse hooves from far to near.

A group of official soldiers suddenly appeared in the woods on the roadside, blocking the middle of the road. A general shouted to the two riders rushing towards him: Whose troops are you?

No one answered, and in the dim light, the two riders snatched their horses together, and the horses neighed and continued to rush forward, but gradually slowed down; one of the riders made a whistle sound.

The general who blocked the road shouted again: Who is Shangfeng?get in a word!The surrounding officials and soldiers immediately raised their bows and arrows.

The two riders still didn't say anything and turned around.After a while, there was a few thuds of bang and a scream came from the front. One rider fell off the horse, and the other rider slapped the horse and ran away.

The general in the middle of the road pulled his bow, glanced for a while, and shot an arrow with a bang.The arrow hit the horse, and the horse's neigh immediately sounded. The knight screamed and fell off the horse.

Catch the living!

The next day, the captured knight, together with his personal belongings, was sent to the west by the official army scouts.

The group passed through the Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion, which had been occupied by the government army, and arrived at the official army camp outside Kunming City.

Gu Cheng, whose hair and beard were mostly white, first received a lacquered letter in the headquarters of the Central Army.

He tore it apart and saw it in a very good line of calligraphy. He asked General Ping to send a letter to Sheng Yong and Mr. Li, and passed on my king's military order, and ordered them to defend Kunming to the death and fight to the death.

Signatured by Zhu Gaoxu, King of the Han Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.The golden seal of the King of Han was also stamped.

Gu Chengwen’s general who sent the letter: Where did he arrest the person?

The general replied: Report to the general, the land ten miles north of Pingyi County Wei.There was no garrison there, and the last generals were stationed in the Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion. The day before yesterday, he was ordered to inspect the north and caught the man.

Gu Cheng pondered for a moment and said: You did it well.Immediately torture the living mouth and ask him to reveal where the contact base was!

The general held his fists and said, "The last general is ordered!"

The arrested messenger could not help but torture and forced confession, and on the same day he confessed to the place where the letter was delivered, located in a Yi clan village between the Usa Military and Civilian Mansion and Civilian Mansion.

Perhaps because Mu's mansion joined the Han Wang Army, many of the barbarians in the southwest tended to the Han Wang Army; however, the Han Wang's mansion dared to set up secret strongholds in the places of the Yi people, which was somewhat beyond Gu Cheng's expectations.

Gu Zhenke dispatched troops to the place to eradicate the Han Wang Army's stronghold!A few days later, the report reported that the mountains near the Yi tribe's village were high and dense forests were dense, and the terrain was complex, which allowed most of the people in the stronghold to escape.

The news was leaked, so the official army could no longer follow the clues and raid the safe military camp.However, the Han King's military order was of course detained by Gu Cheng.

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The spring breeze in February is like scissors. In this springtime, the four cities in Kunming are in chaos.

Amid the roar of cannons, most of the people hid at home, the market was depressed, and the city was shrouded in a lifeless atmosphere.

The general safely put the carrier pigeon into the city and sent new news.

Zhang Fu has a 100,000 army, only more than one hundred miles away from Kunming City.The weather is clear this time, and the enemy will be at the city four to five days later!

Ping'an also had a message to inform the civil and military officials in the city that he would leave the area near Yunnan Prefecture in five days, mobilize all the cavalry to Dali, and escort the families of the soldiers to set out towards Lingguan Road...

Around Kunming City, enemy soldiers built complete siege fortifications. Sheng Yong believed that concentrating all the remaining troops and breaking through the west of the city would still not be successful; he could only try a night attack.

If Zhang Fu's reinforcements arrive, the defenders will completely lose the opportunity to break through!

If the soldiers of the defenders could surrender or survive, or they could also vent their anger due to the hardships of the government army to attack the city, it would depend on fate.

However, Sheng Yong, Mr. Li and others will undoubtedly die!

Mr. Li is still reading "The Doctrine of the Mean" every day and never has a clear opinion on whether to break through.

Sheng Yong occasionally had a sudden idea, would Mr. Li live enough and wanted to go and accompany him to the kiln sister?

Sheng Yong immediately felt that it seemed unreasonable. Even though Mr. Li was very sorry for the fate of Sister Yao, a Jinshi would not have to die for a Sister Yao who had tried it thousands of people!

After dark, Sheng Yong came to the study room of the government office again to meet Mr. Li.The big decision that the two of them have been considering recently is of course a breakthrough.

Mr. Li finally talked about this matter in person, and he said: This battle is related to the survival of the Han King’s power!If this battle is completely defeated, the main force of the Han Wang Army can only retreat to Sichuan.I dare not conclude that the Han Wangjun will definitely be finished, but there is no doubt that the opportunity will become very small.

Sheng Yong could not refute it, so he nodded his head vigorously, and then pondered: The prince has not yet been able to break through Guizhou, so he is afraid that he will not have time to reinforce Kunming City.

Mr. Li said: This uprising is not a joke. It is related to the wealth and life of 100,000 people. We cannot leave all of them, so there must be someone who stays... General Sheng can prepare and lead the soldiers to break through.I decided to stay.

Just as Sheng Yong was about to speak, Mr. Li rudely said: General Sheng!

Sheng Yong finally bowed his fists and walked to the door of the study. He turned his head and said: Wait for another three days!If there is no news from the prince, I will lead the remaining brothers to try to find a way out.

Mr. Li nodded slightly.

Sheng Yong was not very afraid of death, but his nature was always like this. He was very conscious of the current affairs and knew that he would lose, but he could not solve the problem even if he died.

So as long as there is a way to not die, he always wants to try it... After the Jingnan Battle, his method was to surrender. He knew he would be liquidated, but he still had some chance of luck.

In this situation, there is definitely no luck in surrendering. If you settle the old and new debts together, Sheng Yong will definitely be undone. It is still okay to choose to break through and continue to fight to the end.

He knew that Mr. Li was not the kind of person who had to struggle to the end, so he wouldn't say much.It’s good that we can understand each other, there is no need to force it.

...The gate of the pear orchard near Caihaizi was closed at this time.I haven't done business here for many days.

The theater that was hard to find in the past is now empty.After only more than a month of closing, there was a rotten and musty smell in the dust, as if the smell of wood after it was damp.

Chen Xu, wearing a white dress, walked silently, from the elegant rooms where high-ranking officials and nobles sat on the upper floor to the stage where the most popular actors showed their skills.

She was wearing a dress made of white cotton, without a trace of pattern, and a white dress between the dark wood, with a pale color; she had no jewelry on her body and no pink on her face.

By chance, even Chen Xu himself felt as if he had become a ghost.

Chen Xu raised his head, as if he saw people sitting upstairs. Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and Mu Sheng, the head of the Mu Mansion who is well-known in Yunnan, were nodding to her, showing a slightly arrogant and self-sustaining smile.

The sound of silk and bamboo orchestras around them also sounded, and the noisy and loud shouts followed. Waiter and Dr. Tea shuttled through them, and people were everywhere.

Li Lou on the stage bowed his knees gently and showed a reserved and shy smile to the lobby.

Madam... A voice came.

All the people around disappeared in an instant. Chen Xu turned around and saw a middle-aged woman standing at the door and bowing.

The middle-aged woman was her close servant. She didn't remember her surname. She didn't remember her surname, but she gave the woman the surname Chen. From Chen's mansion to the Liyuan, everyone called her Aunt Shen.

Chen Xu came to her senses and immediately smelled the moldy smell of the decaying wood. She seemed to smell the coffin board was buried in the soil and was soaked in the rain and slowly rotted. She seemed to feel that the silk satin-like skin on her body was decaying and falling.

The middle-aged woman came over and whispered in Shen Xu's ear: Our people outside the city sent back with carrier pigeons. Zhang Fu's Jiaozhi army is only more than one hundred miles away from Kunming City!Coming for Kunming City.

Oh... Chen Xu replied.

When the Han Palace fled Kunming City and went to Dali, the people from the Han Palace did not call Shang Xu.

Chen Xu also understood that the Princess Han must be not very satisfied with her... But if she wanted to escape, she would not have to follow the people from the Prince of Han's Mansion. People from the Shen and Xu family were everywhere in Yunnan.

When the deadline for the official army to come to the city, Chen Xu finally did not leave here.

She is a young woman. As Xu Fujiu's legitimate daughter and Chen Wansan's daughter-in-law, she has invested a lot of money many times.

But if we say that like this time, we would provide Han Wangjun with more than 100,000 jin of military expenditure, it would be a business that we had never done before.

What can be compared with such a business is probably the case when Chen Wansan sponsored the Ming Dynasty Taizu to build Nanjing City.

But in the end, none of them seemed to end well. It is indeed too dangerous for merchants to do business with those superiors who are competing for the world. Chen Xu understood this truth again.

Chen Xushi said: Should I disperse my family property quickly and prepare the white silk?

Madam, never!The woman knelt down in front of her, her voice choked.

Chen Xu's face was bleak. The ministers of the tribe and the female family in his family were also tortured to death after being humiliated, let alone businessmen like us? She smiled coldly and bitterly, but unfortunately no one praised me for being virtuous, and my reputation was so bad... Alas, I died too humiliated.

Aunt Shen in front of her was already crying. Aunt Shen, who was not talking much, was also crying and talking at this time. Madam should have left Kunming City long ago and left the green mountains there, and you will definitely be able to revive your momentum.

Chen Xu shook his head slowly, without saying a word.

She knew in her heart that losing money can make a comeback, but this kind of thing cannot be done.

The righteous way is the greatest king in the world. The imperial court wants her life. It is too difficult to escape. I don’t know how many trials I have to suffer in a foreign country.

Chen Xu suddenly felt a little tired.

Although Kunming City has the reputation of spring as the four seasons, all things have withering and flourishing.I am afraid that the world will not be spared the exception. The prosperity will always fall, and wealth and disasters will not be the norm.