Chapter 55: News of bad things happening one after another, the emperor of the DPRK raised his troops
Some time before Baili was rushed to the palace.
Juxian Hall.
The long sleeves of the court dancer Yingying Yanyan are flying, accompanied by the wonderful clear sound, gently swaying the slender waist, graceful and charming, looking back, giving birth to a hundred charms.
The sound of chimes, silk and bamboo is soft, and the green smoke of sandalwood curls up.
Bei Miyano was wearing a black dragon robe with a slightly high collar and embroidered dragon claws with cloud patterns. On both sides below him, hundreds of civil and military officials were sitting one after another. Grand Master Xiao Wenbi was also among them, sitting at the top on the left, closest to the imperial steps. , he looked at the song and dance with a solemn expression.
When the singing and dancing were over, a eunuch in front of the emperor waved the dancing girl away.
On the left and right, the two marquises and princes who won the civil and military championships in this court meeting came out. They came from Jun and Fen states near the Hun River. They were summoned by the emperor in person. They took a shower and changed clothes early in the morning. , followed the officials into the palace, and waited at the seats.
At this time, the two people walked to the middle and knelt down, "Gao Ting and Wang Huaiyi pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"Get up."
On the dragon chair, Kitamiya looked at the two of them, curled up the corners of his mouth, sat upright, and put his hands on the armrests.
"You are all the crown princes who won the championship this time. My young talents will be with me from now on, listening to the court's culture and talking about martial arts. In a few years, you will go to the local area to practice. You can't learn a certain way. You have betrayed all my good intentions."
There is no need to say this 'someone' explicitly. Gao and Wang also understood that they were referring to the deceased Prince Su Yong of Ding'an. They knelt down again quickly. Bend your head and touch the ground.
"I will never live up to your majesty's grace."
"Why did you kneel down again and get up to speak." The young emperor's tone was stern, but there was a smile on his face. He was obviously very worried. Satisfied with the trembling demeanor of the two of them, he showed his majesty as an emperor.
"Just in time, I have something here that I want you to hear and see what you have to say."
Kita Miyano asked the eunuch to pass the news sent a few days ago to the two of them for reading. Yanshan Ranch was robbed, all the soldiers and horses stationed there were killed, and a red smoke flying cloud horse that was presented as tribute to the emperor was also robbed.
“My pasture is not big, but there are also many good horses. They are handed over to the court every August. However, in the winter of this year, they were robbed. If someone hadn’t seen the horses running around outside, they would have found them. Looking at the pasture, I’m afraid no one knows it yet.”
The Yanshan Ranch is located at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains. The terrain is connected to the grassland, the climate is cold, and the water and grass are extremely abundant. The weather is freezing in winter. During this time of year, few outsiders came over, and the nearby farmers waited until the winter snow melted before coming out. They discovered that there were horses and stallions looking for food outside, and they realized something was wrong at the ranch.
After a few days, the news reached the capital. Kitamiya was furious and immediately sent people to investigate. However, there was no reply yet, so he treated these two people as correct questions.
"Reporting to your Majesty, these are just a bunch of thieves who lurk in the cold winter. They are big-hearted, but also timid. They only hide in the dark."
"Your Majesty, I think this matter is big or small. He attacked the clan ranch without revealing his identity. Obviously, his identity would have a greater impact, and he was afraid of attracting His Majesty's wrath. However, he also robbed the horse farm, so there must be a shortage of war horses. This was suspected of gathering troops to plot something nefarious. The horse farm was close to Yanshan, and I had already seen it. I heard that the Yanshan bandits were roaring in the mountains and forests, gathering thousands of people. They seemed to be powerful, but they lacked clothes, armor, weapons, and no baggage to support them. There was no discipline at all. They could attack the horse farm, but they were lacking in attacking the city and there was no need to worry about it. "< br>
Gao Ting's martial arts skills were excellent, but in the racecourse, Wang Huaiyi clearly spoke to the emperor's heart.
Kita Miyano smiled and nodded, quite satisfied with Wang Huaiyi's analysis, and then called a waiter to pour the imperial wine reward to the two of them. Now one of the eight hereditary and irreplaceable marquises has been eliminated, and he is in a good mood. Two more people have joined his ranks, which can divide the hereditary and irreplaceable marquises in the two states.
The banquet resumes and the dancer enters.
At almost noon, horses' hooves were flying on the Imperial City Palace Road. Seeing the command flags fluttering on their horses, the Imperial City guards did not dare to stop them. They also asked their colleagues in front to clear the road quickly and let the fast horses go first.
Tap...
The horse's hooves churned, stepping on the tight floor tiles and rushed towards the palace where the emperor was currently. After a moment, the war horse stopped in front of the hall, and the scout jumped off the horse.
The eunuch in front of the Juxian Hall quickly descended the steps. Seeing the tired-looking soldiers, the eunuch did not dare to neglect, took the lacquered bamboo tube and trotted into the hall.
Kita Miyano, who was talking to Gao and Wang, raised his eyes. The eunuch had already walked around from the general's seat, climbed up the imperial steps and handed it over to the emperor's hands, trembling slightly.
Seeing the chicken feathers on the front and back of the bamboo tube, the smile on the emperor's face froze. Normally, this kind of Baili Express would not be used unless it was a border emergency. Could it be that the Xirong people were violating the border?
The emperor opened the lacquer seal and opened the paper inside, only to realize that this was a message from Fei Zhong's headquarters stationed in Yunqi County. After reading the content, the smile on his face quickly faded, and the Tai Tai on the side below Master Xiao Wenbi saw that the expression on his face had begun to turn gloomy.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" He stood up and walked out of the seat, standing in front of the two princes and asked with cupped hands.
The emperor was silent for a while. He subconsciously stuffed the news back into the bamboo tube and smiled at the civil and military officials: "Baili is urgent. Can you guess what is going on?" Everyone, you look at me, I look at you. , at this time no one dared to take over the conversation and bring trouble to the emperor.
Before two breaths had passed, Kitamiya threw the bamboo tube to the ground with a bang, and said in a low voice while suppressing his anger.
"Su Congfang rebelled!"
In the main hall, a group of civil and military officials suddenly caused an uproar. They looked at the emperor above in horror. Xiao Wenbi stepped forward to pick up the bamboo tube that rolled under the imperial steps. He got up and unfolded the note stuffed in the mouth of the tube. It stated that Su Congfang rebelled, killed Han Tao, the deputy commander of the imperial city, and Qin Zhuang, the chief of the imperial guard, and drove the An army to take the city.
"Su Congfang shouldn't have the guts!" The situation became serious, and Xiao Wenbi was horrified. In his mind, he just tried his best to save his sister and the whole family during the reduction of the vassal, but now his somewhat cowardly and incompetent brother-in-law actually rebelled. Oh, where did he get the courage and courage? !
Over there, Beigong's ambition was also full of anger and doubts. In the original plan, he would first remove this incompetent marquis and eliminate some resistance, and then start to deal with the other seven families. Unexpectedly, the other party How dare you do this. While the emperor was silently thinking and doubting, Xiao Wenbi stepped forward with the news: "Could it be that Wei secretly encouraged him to send troops to make him a puppet?"
This is not impossible. There has been a severe drought for several months, and the people of several states are in dire straits. The people and the army are in panic. During that time, the Wei State still had troops on the south bank of the Hun River. The army once reached 50,000. I heard that other troops in the Hun River were also increasing one after another.
At this moment, Bei Gongye was discussing with the civil and military officials in the palace about the possibility of the shadow of Wei appearing behind the news. The second news came from the outside again. This was also specially arranged by Fei Zhong in Yunqi territory. Originally, this news To show off his outstanding military achievements, he did not expect that the civil and military officials in the palace and the emperor on the imperial court would feel their hearts in their throats.
It’s still urgent from Baili.
Beigong Ye glanced at the bamboo tube in the eunuch's hand, flicked his dragon sleeves, and said loudly: "Read it!"
"Your Majesty, Fei Zhong bowed to me, and I heard that Su Congfang raised his troops. They rebelled, captured Ancheng, and attacked Ji, Qu, and Qingshan counties. I was so angry that I stopped returning to the city, hoping to fight the rebels to the death and recover the four cities! "
Ji County was captured!
Qu County is occupied!
Qingshan County was robbed!
Beigongye's eyes filled with anger when he heard that the cities were being lost one after another. Fortunately, he did not get angry when he later heard that Fei Zhong led his army back to Ding'an to quell the rebellion.
"General Fei defends the imperial city and is very experienced in leading troops. I can still trust him. Then I and all my beloved ladies will be waiting in Yanjing..."
Before he finished speaking, another eunuch ran into the hall in a panic, still holding a bamboo tube in his hand. The civil and military officials in the hall suddenly felt their scalps numb and stood up one after another.
Kitamiya smiled: "It is normal for military affairs to come and go in a hurry. This information may be the voice of General Fei's triumph."
Then he asked the eunuch to open the bamboo tube , read it out loud.
The eunuch took a look at the content and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, this letter was written by General Fei Jiji."
What? !
The civil and military officials in the palace looked shocked. Kitamiya stepped forward to seize the information, and the contents unfolded in front of his eyes.
At his own expense, Zhong led troops to counter the rebellion. More than fifty miles north of Ding'an City, the entire army was defeated by the Ding'an Army. Fei Zhong fled with the defeated troops, gathered halfway, and was defeated again! Lieutenant of Changchuan County under Yunqi County led troops to rescue, but was ambushed by enemy cavalry on the way! County Lieutenant Duan Zhi was beheaded by the enemy general! The defeated troops fled and were chased all the way to the city of Yunqi County!
“Ah!” Kitamiya roared angrily, knocking over the bronze lamppost placed on the side of the imperial steps with one palm.
Xiao Wenbi took the information in his hand and looked through it. His expression changed greatly. Then an official from the DPRK and China came forward to take it and read it out. It was not difficult to tell from the content of the letter. The troops led by Fei Zhong were captured by the opponent. They were defeated, massacred in the wilderness, directly to Changchuan, and pushed to Yunqi County without stopping before retreating. This means that Changchuan County may also fall into the enemy's hands.
The hall suddenly exploded. Some people didn't understand where Su Congfang had the strength and generals to be able to kill the imperial city's soldiers and horses in such a manner, but there were still many generals in the court who stood up to ask for a fight.
"How can we allow him to commit rebellion and rebel?"
At this time, the fire of rebellion must be extinguished directly, otherwise once it succeeds, war smoke may rise in various states. Kitamiya calmed down his emotions and turned back to the dragon chair.
"Deploy soldiers and horses from the capital, and arrange the food and baggage as soon as possible. I want to see the food and baggage at the end of the month and set off first. The Longxiang Army and Huben Army in Beijing are ready, the Yanshan Iron Cavalry is on standby, and the Shengnu Army is on standby. In addition, order The governors of Rongzhou, Huaizhou, and Lingzhou gathered 80,000 troops from the three states to put down the rebellion first..."
The emperor flicked his sleeves and hit the armrest of the dragon chair with his palm: "...Eradicate The leader of the thieves, kill his three clans!”
(End of this chapter)