Chapter 77 Shocked Discussion in the Court
“Your Majesty!” “Quickly pinch the person!”
“Quickly call the imperial doctor!”
Amidst the chaotic sounds of exclamations and shouts, Xiao Wenbi hurriedly carried the emperor and placed him on the dragon throne, using his internal energy to sort out his inner energy. The civil and military officials in the palace hurriedly picked up the paper that fell on the floor and circulated it.
In the entire hall, hundreds of figures gradually turned into deathly silence.
Someone took the paper over and read it again in disbelief. His hands were shaking. It read vertically: 120,000 soldiers and horses pressed against the border. The troops were blocked. After two days of fighting with the rebels, they were defeated.
Military information has always been simple. In just a few words, if you want to know, you will need more information to put it together to know the cause of the matter.
Not a hundred thousand troops?
The extra 20,000 people there should be Rongzhou local county soldiers.
All the civil and military officials in the main hall looked a little uneasy. When the emperor on the imperial steps woke up, someone stepped forward to comfort him: "Your Majesty, please don't be upset. This news was only two or three days ago. It's hard to explain. Now that the general has regrouped his defeated troops and reorganized his troops to counterattack, Your Majesty and your ministers should wait with peace of mind.”
Xiao Wenbi also nodded: "That's what the Minister of Civil Affairs said. Your Majesty is waiting for the news with peace of mind. He Jinchen is a veteran general in the army. How can he be a general in power without means? It is normal for the two armies to win and lose in battles."< br>
In fact, the old man's face was also ugly. He was compared to a vicious minion in the previous article, which made him hard to get out of his anger. However, the other party was his nephew, and the other party did not know his identity. But now the imperial court's counter-rebellion army was frustrated, and Victory Failure is unknown, which makes it even more uncomfortable.
"I... my heart aches for you, general..." Kitamiya pressed the armrest and gradually recovered. After he calmed down, his anger also rekindled. He has martial arts, and the pure gold armrest was He was deformed: "A hundred thousand soldiers and horses, all of whom are elites in our capital, can't even defeat the rebels. How can He Jinchen have the dignity to come back to see me!"
We are discussing how to put down the rebellion. On the afternoon of the incident, a troop of soldiers returning south once again broke the silence of the imperial city. It was Li Gan, the leader of the Huben Army. Following him were more than 4,000 remnant soldiers, all of whom were injured and whose armor was in ruins. Fortunately, The other two thousand Yanshan cavalry were in good condition and there was no major loss.
He himself suffered several wounds, and there was a wound on one arm that was deep enough to show the bone. As soon as he arrived in Yanjing and the troops returned to camp, he was summoned by the emperor, and the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were also there.
Bei Gongye looked at Li Gan kneeling in the middle of the hall. His armor had not yet been taken off, and it was stained with blood, stains and knife marks. Only half of his cloak was torn. It can be seen that the intensity of the war at that time was completely beyond the imagination of everyone here.
"...Where is He Jinchen now? But he has no face to come back to see me?!"
Li Gan pursed his lips, lowered his head and stared at the floor: "Back to Your Majesty... Big The general died in the battle."
The eyes of the civil and military personnel on both sides widened. On the dragon chair, Kitamiya's expression was stunned for a moment, but he soon recovered, with obvious fluctuations in his voice, "Tell me everything... ...Where are the other generals? How did my army of 100,000 lose!"
"Your Majesty..." Li Gan raised his face, his hair was messy, his lips were pursed, and his voice was choked: "Originally The general had the upper hand in the battle with the rebels. Rongzhou's 20,000 soldiers and horses also joined the battlefield to assist the army. However, later that night, the food camp was burned by a night attack, and the morale of the army was low. The general wanted to defeat the rebels in one go to avoid shortage of food. Changes occurred during the protracted time of the province, but when the battle started on the second day, Rongzhou's soldiers and horses were defeated on the battlefield. They were rushed to the front line by the rebels, causing a complete rout... We were involved with the rebels, and we were fighting all over the mountains and plains... ”
"When I later found the general, he was besieged by the rebels on a hillock and beheaded by the rebels... Seeing this, I tried my best to fight but failed to retrieve the general's body. I could only lead the remaining troops to retreat. They met two thousand Yanshan cavalry and then returned to Yanzhou... In this battle, the commander of the Yanshan cavalry, Ling Xiao, died in the battle, the leader of the Shengnu Army, Nu Yan, and the leader of the Shibuya Army, Chen Fang and Zhao Sheng, died in the battle, and the leader of the Longxiang Army, Jiang Hua, died in the battle... ..."
Listening to the names of the generals who died in battle, the eyelids of all the civil and military officials in the palace were twitching. This was the first time they had heard so many generals killed in battle in decades of service.
Li Gan paused, and then said the next words that shocked everyone.
"...Your Majesty, there is another matter. Wu Huizhi, the Marquis of Yunqi County, and Tang Huaiyuan, the governor of Rongzhou, have also rebelled!"
"Ah!!!"
After hearing this last sentence, Kitamiya stood up directly from the dragon chair, raised his hand and shook it tremblingly: "I... I want to kill them... pass on my will... raise another hundred thousand troops, I will Ping Rongzhou, leaving no stone unturned!"
"Your Majesty can't do it!" Wang Huaiyi walked out of the crowd. He was the crown prince of Fenzhou and was left by the emperor's side as a permanent attendant after the court meeting. Hearing that troops and horses were about to be raised again, he raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, there are not enough troops and horses in the capital. If the Rongzhou rebels are conquered again, Yanjing will have no troops to use."
"You Are you going to disobey me?" Beimiya took two steps forward, flicked his dragon sleeves, and roared at the other party.
Wang Huaiyi hurriedly knelt down, clasped his hands and bowed his head: "Your Majesty is your father, I dare not disobey! I just tell the truth."
The Minister in charge of the Ministry of Revenue also hurriedly stood up at this moment: "Your Majesty, what Wang Changshi said is that Yanjing's troops, excluding the guards of the capital, only have more than 70,000 people, and there is not much food and fodder. Last year, there was a drought in several states, and the food and fodder turned in by various places was insufficient. This year, in the spring, the general will conquer Yong. The state has taken away a large amount of grain, and now the grain warehouse in Beijing is only enough for one year.”
"Are we leaving the rebels alone and waiting for them to become more and more powerful?!"
Among the civil servants, a censor walked out and stood behind Wang Huaiyi: "Your Majesty, the one hundred thousand army has failed in the conquest, and the princes of various states have also failed. Be careful, the Wei State south of the Hun River is also watching. If you lose again, then..."
"Shut up!" Beigongye shouted at the censor who had just dissuaded him, and raised his hand to shout. The guard came: "Drag him out..."
"Slow down."
At this time, Xiao Wenbi came out, waved the two guards who entered the hall to go out, and then faced the emperor The emperor on the steps raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what the ministers said is not unreasonable. Yanjing must not make mistakes, but your Majesty's words about not allowing rebels to become powerful are to guard against tigers, and there is nothing wrong with it."
The emperor exhaled, suppressed his anger, returned to the dragon chair and sat down. "Does the Grand Master have any good strategies?"
"I have three strategies."
"Tell me!"
"One strategy, Your Majesty will restore it With the position of marquis, he repairs relations and does not hesitate to award rewards. All his soldiers and generals are also rewarded and promoted, and are transferred to the capital or elsewhere. Regardless of whether they are accepted or not, the rebel generals will definitely be alienated. Once their wings are cut off, the Rongzhou rebels will not be able to do anything. A thief in a corner.”
Xiao Wenbi raised his second finger: "Secondly, He Jinchen studied under the Sword God Yuan Bai Sheng. I heard that this person has been in the realm of a grand master for thirty years and has lived in seclusion in the ice and snow of Yubai Mountain all year round. If he hears that his disciple has been killed, he will definitely come out of the mountain."
"How old are you this year?"
"One hundred and twenty-nine."
Kita Miyano was stunned for a moment, "You let an old man who is over a hundred years old come out to seek revenge? ?”
“Haha, Your Majesty, don’t underestimate his age. When Yuan Bai Sheng was a hundred years old, I had the honor to see him crack a twenty-foot-thick snow peak with just one strike. Tilt.”
The emperor pursed his lips and said, "What about the third strategy?"
"The third strategy is to promise Xirong some benefits and let them send troops. The northwest of Rongzhou is connected to Yantang Pass. Say hello to the border guard and let them go. The Xirong people entered Rongzhou and let the two dogs fight. Your Majesty only had to watch the fire from the other side and rest for half a year before sending out troops again. By then, the Su family was almost defeated. He not only put down the rebellion, but also killed the Xirong wave and returned the troops. There is no need to give the remaining benefits to the other party.”
Let the Xirong people enter the pass?
This made many civil and military officials in the court change their expressions. Although they were supported by Bei Gongye personally, if they really wanted to do this, it would be against the ancestral precepts of Emperor Yan Gaozu to resist Hu.
Just as someone stood up to accuse Xiao Wenbi, the emperor on the imperial steps took the first step. He stood up and pondered for a moment: "The three strategies of the Grand Master do not conflict with each other. It is better to use the three strategies together. In the end, There is one that works.”
The emperor looked at the crowd and said, "Don't be so alarmed. The Xirong barbarians are just scabies. The Rongzhou rebels are suffering from internal diseases that are fatal!" , returned to the dragon chair, and sat down with Da Ma Jin Dao.
"Just do as the grand master said. In addition, according to my decree, all states should speed up the handover of grain. Starting today, the Yanjing grain depot will no longer be used by the imperial city, and inventory and storage will be stepped up..."
"Your Majesty!!"
A sudden voice interrupted Kitamiya's voice. A guard quickly ran up from the stone steps outside the palace to the front of the hall, raised his hands and shouted: "Your Majesty, something happened. The grain depot in Wengcheng, northeast of Yanjing, was on fire, and a cavalry force of unknown origin suddenly attacked there! ”
The faces of the officials in the palace had never changed like they did today. Over there, Kitamiya's face turned red.
“The wall of Wengcheng is thick and high, how could it catch fire?”
“The group of cavalry robbed the cavalry patrolling Wengcheng halfway, used tokens to pretend to open the city gate, and rushed directly into the city. , set fires everywhere, and thirty-six granaries were set ablaze."
Xiao Wenbi quickly asked: "How many people are there in that cavalry group, and where are they now?"
"About a thousand. Riding, they burned the official warehouse, rushed out of Wengcheng, and went west again. "
"They must be the rebel cavalry..."
Kita Miyano's face turned purple from suppressing the pressure. He sat back on the throne for a while, clenching his teeth and puffing up his cheeks, and struggling to squeeze out his hoarseness. sound.
"Send the Yanshan Iron Cavalry to pursue and suppress... I don't want to live!"
...
Under the same sky, the wind traveled hundreds of miles to the southwest.
Changchuan County.
Su Chen was wandering in a dream, and the fighting, shouting, and screams of that day flashed through his dream all the time.
(End of this chapter)