Chapter 523 522 Bear Mountain

"I see, Your Highness is worried that the child will die young."

Wei Guangde murmured.

Wei Guangde can understand King Yu's concerns.

If you don’t have children, at least you are still young and have hope. But if you have children and they die young, you will definitely be sad. This kind of blow may even be worse than not having children.

Thinking of the two sons and two daughters who had died in infancy, Wei Guangde really felt sympathy for King Yu at this time.

It's so miserable.

"Eunuch Li, it's best to find some capable doctors from the private sector in addition to finding imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to diagnose and treat people in the Li palace."

Wei Guangde whispered to Li Fang.

"Private doctor?"

Li Fang was stunned and asked uncertainly.

"There is a proverb circulating in the capital, and Eunuch Li may have heard of it."

Wei Guangde replied.

"What proverb?"

Li Fang asked with a frown.

Wei Guangde glanced at Li Fang, and said softly with the corner of his mouth: "Articles from the Hanlin Academy, swords and guns from the Arsenal, tea soup from Guanglu Temple, and prescriptions from the Taiyuan Hospital."

Wei Guangde heard this passage not long ago, and it was Zhang Ji who told him.

He didn't care much about the phrase "Hanlin Academy article" in it. No matter how beautiful the Hanlin Academy article was, it was actually just that.

People ridiculed the Hanlin Academy's articles for being rhetorical, but did not say what the cabinet votes were going to be. It was obvious that they still understood the importance.

In fact, this was also because he often asked the imperial doctor from Tai Hospital to nurse Xu Jianglan's health. As a result, Zhang Ji told him what he heard outside when he came back. Perhaps he gave a kind reminder because he learned about it from his mouth.

This passage is a sarcastic remark that is not worthy of the name, rather than saying how good they really are.

After knowing this, Wei Guangde also asked Lu Bu about it. After all, he was an authentic Sijiucheng native. Then he heard several different versions from him, but without exception, they all had "Taiyin Hospital Prescriptions" This passage.

Seeing that Li Fang still didn't respond, Wei Guangde smiled and said: "Besides this, there are also several jokes circulating among the people, talking about 'Hanlin Academy articles, Luan Yuwei's swords and guns, imperial hospital prescriptions, Luomashi suitcases.'

What he said is actually that these are just superficial and not suitable for use. ’

If you haven't heard it yet, there is also a paragraph. Let me think about what it is about. "

Having said this, Wei Guangde lowered his head and recalled for a moment before remembering, and then read: "Articles from the Hanlin Academy, prescriptions from the Taiyuan Hospital, tea soup from Guanglu Temple, and Luan Yiwei's sedan chair."

Before Wei Guangde could finish speaking, Li Fang had already waved her hands hurriedly and said, "Okay, okay, I understand what it means. I seem to have heard it mentioned before, but I just took it as a joke and didn't take it seriously. .

After hearing what you said this time, I went back and asked someone to find out where a doctor is good at regulating the body, treating fetuses, etc. "

"If Eunuch Li believes me, I will go back to the house later and ask. You can also ask about the doctor I was looking for outside. Anyway, it seems that he is really capable."

Wei Guangde said again.

When he heard this, he immediately asked Zhang Ji to look for folk doctors in the streets and alleys of the capital.

Regardless of whether his methods are better than those of the imperial doctors at the imperial hospital, at least Xu Jianglan's mother and child are not safe.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Wei Guangde now introduced the doctor who was treating Mrs. Wei. Naturally, Li Fang would not say that he would send someone out to look for her, so he agreed immediately.

Wei Guangde also wrote down this matter, and when he returned to the palace, he called Zhang Ji to learn about the doctor's situation in detail, and then sent someone to send the news to Prince Yu's palace.

As for what Li Fang would do, Wei Guangde couldn't control it.

Time passed day by day, and it entered August, and the day when the Li Gongren gave birth was approaching.

During this period of time, this matter was undoubtedly the top priority in Prince Yu's palace. Therefore, Wei Guangde knew the name of the person in the palace, Li Caifeng.

Caifeng is really a bit like a mother who cares about the world and is a queen.

The emperor is a dragon, isn't the queen a phoenix?

However, King Yu's queen is destined to be Princess Chen. Even if Li Caifeng and Li Gongren give birth to a prince, unless the prince finally ascends the throne and becomes emperor, it will be impossible to become a queen.

After all, being a princess does not mean whoever King Yu wants to do. It was decided by Emperor Jiajing, and the inner court would also grant a golden book.

"Rumble"

With a sound like thunder, a large group of Tatar cavalry galloped across the plain.

This cavalry had once again broken through the permanent fort a few days ago and looted the villages and towns outside Liaoyang City. Now it roared out of the already broken side wall and ran to the north.

In the past few months, the Mongolian Tatars seem to have been at loggerheads with Liaoyang. They have successively broken through the permanent forts in the west of Liaoyang, Changning Fort and other border walls. After some raids near Liaoyang, they escaped through the border walls without caring about the surrounding areas. Ming army fort.

You know, where they are, there are Ming army large and small side forts within a few dozen miles to the left and right. If the Ming army comes out of the fort to intercept them, as long as they can delay a little bit, the troops of the Liaoyang General Army will catch up.

After all, the Liaodong Great Wall is in a "V" shape here, which is also an extremely risky move from the perspective of military use.

"Taiji, I'm afraid Yang Zhao'er is going crazy right now. We've broken down the border wall twice in the past half month and looted the entire west side of Liaoyang, haha"

The one who spoke was Da Lai Sun. He broke through the barrier this time and met the troops transporting grain and grass in Liaoyang City halfway. They carried a lot of grain and prepared to distribute it to the forts below.

It was also because not long after the last time they broke through the border wall and looted property, the forts were in urgent need of food and grass to provide relief to the affected military families and civilians.

When the two armies encounter each other, a fight is inevitable.

However, the Ming army's troops were supply troops, but they had little combat effectiveness. Almost as soon as the Tatar cavalry rushed closer, many people in the Ming army's formation turned around and fled, directly leading to the collapse of the entire army formation, leaving them this time It was easy to grab a lot of food.

"We are lucky, and we have all this food. I believe Yang Zhao will lead his troops to chase him this time. How do you plan to deal with him then?"

The speaker was naturally Xin'ai, the son of Anda Khan, also known as Huang Taiji.

Relying on their speed advantage, the Tatar cavalry could move back and forth vertically and horizontally, making the Ming army unable to defend themselves.

Only this time, because they grabbed a large number of grain trucks, their progress was greatly slowed down.

However, this seemed to be exactly what they wanted. They seemed to be eager for the Ming army to catch up. Huang Taiji still had time to joke with his men about beating Sun.

"Over there in Baodu, I'm afraid I'm already impatient with the waiting. Then I'll have to compete with him to see who can catch or kill Yang Zhao, hehehe."

Among the Mongolian Tumote tribe, there were not many warriors who had the ability to fight against Da Lai Sun, and the one he mentioned was Ba Du'er.

Last time, Bao Duer followed Huang Taiji to break through Changning Fort and looted it. This time, it was him who brought Sun.

"This place is still nearly a hundred miles away from Xiong Mountain. We can't let down our guard. If Yang Zhao leads people to chase him, you have to lead people back to intercept him and pretend to be defeated. Do you understand?"

Huang Taiji reminded.

"Don't worry Taiji."

Sun replied indifferently.

As the two slowed down their horses to talk, a fast horse galloped behind them.

After arriving at Zuojin, the knight on horseback did not dismount his horse to report like the Ming army did. Instead, he rode directly to the two of them and reported loudly: "Taiji, Lord Tong, the Ming army has chased us thirty miles away."

"Oh, can the person leading the team investigate clearly?"

Before Huang Taiji could say anything, Sun couldn't wait to ask the question he was most concerned about.

"There is a Yang-character flag in the Ming army, but it is not yet certain whether it is the Ming army Yang Zhao who is leading it."

The scout replied hastily.

"Why can't you be sure?"

Sun was anxious when he came to call, and he raised his riding whip unconsciously, but as soon as he raised his hand, he had to put it down because of Huang Taiji's eyes, so he had to suppress his anger and asked.

"The Ming army was protected by cavalry at the front, rear and left, so they could not get close. Also, the smoke and dust during the march of the Ming army was too great, so the flag could not be determined."

The scout replied hastily.

He almost got whipped. At this moment, he just wanted to complete the task of reporting the news as soon as possible and leave here.

"Keep watching and investigate as soon as possible."

Huang Taiji spoke at this time, and then waved his hand to signal him to leave.

"yes."

The scout was eager to leave as soon as possible, but Sun was not very good-tempered, so he agreed and then turned his horse's head and headed back.

"Just keep this speed. By the time we reach Xiong Mountain, the Ming army will almost catch up. I just hope that the Ming governor doesn't do anything bad."

Huang Taiji said to Lai Sun while calculating the marching speed of the two armies.

"Yang Zhao has led his troops out, will he still listen to the governor of the Ming Dynasty?"

Sun didn't believe it when he called, so he answered casually.

"I hope so."

Although Huang Taiji is also relatively reckless, he has been with Anda Khan for a long time and has come into contact with many people from the Ming Dynasty, especially the group of White Lotus believers who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.

During the contact, I learned from them that the generals of the Ming Dynasty had to listen to the civil servants.

As for Liaodong, the largest military commander is the Liaoyang Commander-in-Chief, followed by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Guangning. But above them there is the Governor of Liaodong, who is the largest official in Liaodong.

As for civil servants, Huang Taiji didn't care about them. Even though I had inquired about this person before, I knew that he was recognized by the Ming Emperor and sent to patrol Liaodong by suppressing the rebellion of a man named Shi Shangzhao within the Ming Dynasty.

"The governor of the Ming Dynasty was called Wang Zhigao. He used to participate in suppressing the rebellion of Henan Division Shangzhao. At that time, he was the Henan Councilor and Deputy Military Envoy."

At this time, a man behind Huang Taiji who looked obviously different from the Mongolians said loudly.

Needless to say, this person was of course also a person from Guihua City, and many of them stayed with the leaders of various Mongolian tribes to serve as tributes and paintings.

At this moment, he heard the two people talking about the governor of Liaodong, and then he spoke.

"Yes, the man named Wang Zhigao is the governor here."

As soon as he reminded him, Sun said loudly.

"Let's wait until we are sure that the person behind him is Yang Zhao."

Huang Taiji just said casually.

At night, for the sake of marching safety, both the Mongols and the Ming army chose to set up camp as soon as it got dark.

When marching at night, soldiers and horses may get separated for various reasons, which may even cause chaos and get out of hand.

However, even as they were setting up camp, Mongolian scouts kept approaching and inquiring outside the Ming army's camp. Even if the Ming army's sentry cavalry kept driving them away, it was ineffective.

In the middle of the night, Huang Taiji finally received a report from the scouts in his tent, confirming that the leading general of the Ming army was Yang Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

In fact, what they planned this time was just to inflict pain on the Ming army and let the Jizhen Ming army march eastward to support Liaodong.

Of course, on this basis, it would be great if Ming officials with sufficiently high official positions could be killed.

The most famous people in Liaodong were the Liaodong governor and two generals, so whether it was Huang Taiji or other Mongolian leaders, they naturally hoped that they could catch Yang Zhao, the big fish, by playing the long game this time.

They knew it was impossible to ask the Ming governor to fight, after all, he was just a civil servant.

The next morning, the two armies chasing on the plain got up early and moved north, but one was running and the other was chasing.

The general leading the Ming army this time was Yang Zhao, the general of Liaodong. In the two months after the rainy season, Liaoyang was tormented by the Mongols.

They broke through the border wall several times in a row, and did not take him, the general of Liaodong, seriously at all.

The first two times, Yang Zhao led his troops to pursue when he learned that the border fort was broken, but the Tartars ran too fast.

This time, Yang Zhao learned that there were only two or three thousand Tartars coming in, and they were moving slowly because they had robbed dozens of carts of food. Naturally, he felt that it was an opportunity, an opportunity to eliminate this Tartar.

As long as this group of Tartars is destroyed, no Tartars will dare to invade Liaoyang in the next one or two years.

It was precisely because of this idea that he mobilized all the cavalry in Liaoyang and the surrounding areas, more than 5,000 people, to pursue and recapture the lost food and grass.

Along the way, the Tartar scouts kept investigating the Ming army, and the Ming army's scouts were naturally tracking the traces of this group of Tartars, and their strength was already clear.

It seems that there are less than 3,000 people.

The Tartar troops who broke through the border wall several times have been showing a trend of continuous reduction. In Yang Zhao's opinion, it should be the result of the Tartars dividing a part of their troops to transport the looted property before.

Now that the news has been confirmed, he naturally does not take the mere 3,000 troops seriously.

Such opportunities are rare. The Ming army's marching speed exceeds that of the Mongolian Tartars, and they can't escape even if they have wings.

It was precisely because of this preconceived idea that Yang Zhao's pursuit became bolder, and he was not worried about the Mongols cheating, even though he had received a letter from Yang Xuan, the governor of Ji Liao, reminding him to be careful and alert and guard against the Tatars' large-scale attack on Liaodong.

Yang Zhao's thoughts were actually similar to those of Yang Bo, the Minister of War. He did not believe that the Tatars would set their sights on Liaodong, a bitter and cold place.

The journey of dozens of miles passed quickly during the march of the cavalry. In the eyes of the Ming army's vanguard, the smoke and dust raised by the army in front was clearly visible, and they had caught up with the Tatars.

"Quick, speed up, catch up with them."

The guerrilla general leading the vanguard hurriedly gave orders and sent a messenger to inform the general behind him. The purpose was naturally to ask him to split a part of his troops and go up from the flank to intercept the Tatars' escape route.

Yang Zhao received the previous report and knew that the vanguard had bitten the Tatars' tail. He hurriedly sent two teams of cavalry to encircle them from the left and right flanks.

These two groups of troops did not need many people. As long as they could hold off the Tartar army for a while, most of them would be able to reach the battlefield.

Both sides had been marching all the way these days, and there was no such thing as tiredness and exhaustion. Everyone was in the same situation, and the Ming army had the advantage in numbers, so he was not worried about losing the battle.

While running and chasing, the two armies soon entered Xiongshan.