Chapter 137: The Last City
The news that Beixia County was easily taken by Lu Jiuyuan spread throughout Beixia County in an instant, and even spread to other places in the Qingyu Dynasty.
At the same time, an earth-shattering event happened in various parts of the Qingyu Dynasty in the dark, and many officials were replaced by Jinyiwei, and the remaining officials were mainly officials who were good for the people, and there were even people who took refuge in the Jade King, but the people of the Jade King still had Jinyiwei secretly watching.
This is Lu Jiuyuan's meaning, originally according to Li Ru's meaning, the Jade King's people don't need to stay, but it seems that Lu Jiuyuan's officials who are capable and consider the people are better to stay, after all, this part of the officials is loved by the people, and there are Jinyi guards in all places in the Qingyu Dynasty, and this part of the officials can't make any waves at all.
In addition to this, Lu Jiuyuan also ordered the Jinyi Guards to shrink in three directions, of which Qingyu City had the largest number of people, followed by Dongjun, and Nanjun the least.
The purpose of the largest number of Jinyi guards in Qingyu City is to prevent the Jade King from sending people to the Fengyu Empire or the Xia Dynasty, and the Jade King may send people to the Wind and Rain Empire and the Xia Dynasty for help, there is no doubt about this, he also knows that the Jinyi Guards can only stop most of the people, and a very small number of them can't be stopped, and this is related to the increase in the number of Jinyi Guards in Dongjun and Nanjun, Dongjun is not very worried, mainly in Nanjun, Nanjun's strength is far worse than Dongjun, and Dongjun has Wuwang Lu Yifei and Yuntai Twenty-eight generals, Dongjun will definitely not have an accident.
So what he is worried about is Nanjun, it is impossible to take Qingyu City quickly, and there are still many things to deal with within the Qingyu Dynasty, the biggest problem is the official problem, plus the two hidden dangers of the Xia Dynasty and the Fengyu Empire, the Qingyu Dynasty can be said to be in crisis, but his luck is better than others, there is a system to summon people and legions.
Lu Jiuyuan took Yan Yun's eighteen horsemen directly to Qingya Mountain outside Qingyu City, at the top of Qingya Mountain, you can overlook the entire Qingyu City, but the location of the palace is relatively special, you can only see part of it, just wait for Li Ru's army to arrive, that is, when the city is attacked, I don't know how many people will die in the war, but he has no choice, if he doesn't fight, there will definitely be other wars in the future, if Kyushu is unified, there will be no more such large-scale wars, and there will not be so many casualties among the people.
On the other side, in Qingyu City, Lu Jiuyuan blocked the entire Qingyu City from the outside, making the Jade King and the officials of the Jade King's department afraid, worried that Lu Jiuyuan would attack Qingyu City, and this was also the case.
Now the people of Qingyu City are panicked, and many officials are unhappy with the Jade King's Lianzhu three clans, but there are only a few officials in the three clans, and most of the officials just lost their lives and did not harm their families, which is inseparable from Guo Jia's secret promotion, at this time the information he investigated played a key role, although the Jade King did not fully believe in Guo Jia, but Guo Jia was also relieved, there were several factors, and the most important factor was that the Jade King did not have a capable official like Guo Jia, the original two prime ministers were indeed outstanding, But Zhao Jiulong and Li Nan are still Lu Huaan's prime ministers after all, not the prime ministers of the Jade King.
Today, the Jade King will gather Guo Jia, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Tian Er, the secretary of the Military Department, and the current Queen Xia Mengzhi, and the Queen Mother Yan and Concubine Yan.
Originally, Guo Jia and Tian Er were not considered, but he really couldn't find any reliable officials to let Guo Jia participate, and Tian Er was because of the relationship between the Ministry of War, as for what Tian Er could do, he didn't have hope at all.
In the Imperial Study.
"Guo Aiqing has worked hard for you these past few days." The Jade King first appeased Guo Jia.
In the past few days, many officials are Guo Jia helping him deal with it, although he doesn't know the specific situation of these officials, but he knows that these officials have no ability, and he still has to appease Guo Jia's hard work, after all, there is no one available to him now.
"This is what Wechen should do." Guo Jia said.
"Hmm!" The Jade King nodded, then looked at Tian Er, and said with a serious face, "Tian Aiqing, how did I do the things I arranged for you?" ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen has already transferred back all the soldiers and horses that can be transferred back, plus the palace Praetorian Guard has a total of 70,000 troops, and the combat strength is only 65,000."
"Tian Aiqing, don't tell me that there are only 40,000 soldiers and horses in this huge Beixia County, Guangyang County, Qinghe County and Yunzhong County." Hearing what Tian Er said about this number, the Jade King was not satisfied at all.
Especially among the 70,000, there are still some soldiers and horses inside Qingyu City, that is, 30,000 soldiers and horses are the soldiers and horses of Qingyu City itself, there are Janissaries and city defense troops, how weak is this to have this bit of soldiers and horses.
"Your Majesty, Wechen only has the right to order the mobilization of the world's soldiers and horses, and does not really have the ability to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, and Weichen's order must also be sent to the place." Tian Er's words became quieter and quieter the more he spoke.
Although he doesn't have any real skills, he is very cautious when it comes to his family's life, and the Jade King has killed a lot of people recently, so it's always good to be careful.
Whew!
"Tian Aiqing, do you mean they don't listen to me?"
The Jade King sitting on the dragon chair took a long breath, he could understand what Tian Er meant, not all the soldiers and horses of the Qingyu Dynasty would listen to him, but as far as he knew, this kind of thing would never happen, then only Lu Jiuyuan was secretly making ghosts, but Lu Jiuyuan's power was already so strong, so why not just drive him off the dragon chair, but wait for him to sit on the dragon chair before starting to act, he really couldn't figure it out.
"Your Majesty, that's not what Weichen meant, according to the news that Weichen got, now Qingyu City has been surrounded by the King of Jiuyuan, maybe the news didn't arrive, so he didn't come." Tian Er couldn't find a suitable reason, so he said something that even a fool could see.
"Tian Aiqing, you've been following me for several years, right?"
"Your Majesty, Wechen has been following Your Majesty for seven years." Tian Er said.
When Tian Er said this, cold sweat began to appear on his face, and the reason was very simple, he had a sense of foreboding, which was related to the sudden change in the tone of the Jade King.
"yes, seven years." The Jade King stood up from the dragon chair and sighed, and then his face changed suddenly, "You have learned this in seven years?" Are you supposed to be a fool? Or do I not know what Mi is doing in secret? ”
Boom!
"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare."
This time it really scared Tian Er, and he instantly knelt down and bowed his head and begged for mercy.
"Humph! You'd better not dare, or I'll have you good-looking. The Jade King was not surprised by Tian Er's reaction, "If it weren't for the credit of the past few years, I would have pulled you out and cut you down a long time ago." ”
"Okay, get out of here, I'm upset when I see you." The Jade King finally chose to let Tian Er leave.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
After Tian Er finished speaking, he left the imperial study without looking at the Jade King, he didn't want to continue to stay here, when there was danger, he was the first to be unlucky, and the Jade King was the first to pull him out to take the blame.
"Guo Aiqing, I need to work hard for you in the next period of time." In the imperial study, the Jade King returned to normal and said to Guo Jia with a face.
"Your Majesty rest assured, the ministers should do their right."
"Okay, with Guo Aiqing's words, I can rest assured."
After speaking, he beckoned to Guo Jia, Guo Jia also understood what the Jade King meant, and left the imperial study, and there were only three people left in the imperial study: the Jade King, Xia Mengzhi, and Yan Guifei.
As the emperor's office, the imperial study is generally not allowed to enter the concubine, but Xia Mengzhi and Yan Guifei's appearance in the imperial study has violated the common sense and morality known to the world, but the Jade King has no choice, he needs a lot of things to do, it is impossible to run to Yan Guifei's Qingyu Palace, and to Xia Mengzhi's palace.
"Mother, how's it going? Have you contacted the Fengyu Empire? ”
"Your Majesty, you should have contacted the Fengyu Empire, but Qingyu City can't wait for reinforcements from the Fengyu Empire." Concubine Yan said slowly when she saw the Jade King asking.
She is not in power, but now he is still very eager for power, but he still has to deal with Lu Jiuyuan's affairs at the moment, otherwise there will be no chance.
"Alas!" The Jade King sighed and said, "I know this, but I am not reconciled." ”
"Your Majesty, let's make preparations as soon as possible, in case Lu Jiuyuan enters the city at that time, we also have a complete strategy." Yan Guifei said suggestively.
"Well, I've asked the person I trust the most to do it, and I'm sure there's news soon." The Jade King naturally had to have a way out, and he didn't want to end his life at this time.
"It's a pity, if we didn't have that person, maybe we would have been able to hold out until reinforcements arrive." At this time, Concubine Yan suddenly sighed.
"What does the queen mean?" The Jade King frowned and asked, he didn't remember any other ways to delay Lu Jiuyuan.
"Of course it's that old immortal, if there wasn't someone who secretly protected him, we could still use him to contain Lu Jiuyuan now."
"Huh." The Jade King smiled sarcastically, but didn't say anything.
He wouldn't do that kind of thing, after all, it was his biological father, although Lu Huaan was not optimistic about him, but he didn't treat him too badly, Concubine Yan was still the ruthless Concubine Yan after all, and he would never be able to compare to Concubine Yan.
"Queen, where are you?" The Jade King looked at Xia Mengzhi and asked, and when he saw that Xia Mengzhi didn't answer, he called out again.
"Huh?" Xia Mengzhi just fell into a memory, he still chose the wrong one, if he didn't go to the Jade King's Mansion, he wouldn't have a different result if he didn't have a different result with the Jade King and his relatives, but after all, there was no if.
"Empress, have you contacted the Xia Dynasty over there?" Concubine Yan also spoke at this time, she didn't like Xia Mengzhi Concubine Yan very much, but she didn't hate it too much.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the concubines have not contacted the Xia Dynasty, but the Xia Dynasty should send someone to make peace soon." Xia Mengzhi reacted immediately, she knew what to say and what not to say.
"And pro? Your Majesty, what's going on? At this time, Concubine Yan didn't know about the relationship, and when she heard what Xia Mengzhi said, she immediately asked the Jade King.
"Lu Liyuan is not small."
The Jade King walked to the window and said.
"Even if I defeat you Lu Jiuyuan, I will leave you with a few hidden dangers."
The Jade King's face was full of evil, and Concubine Yan and Xia Mengzhi had their backs to him, so they didn't see it.
It's just that although the Jade King's idea is good, it doesn't necessarily mean that Lu Jiuyuan will do what he wants.