Chapter 8 Worried

Taicheng, is the location of the imperial palace of the Southern Dynasty and Taiwan Province, because Shangshutai is located in the palace city, so it is also called Taicheng, at this time the gates of Taicheng are closed, the forbidden army is heavily guarded, and idle people are not allowed to pass without permission. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, in fact, there are no idle people who have the heart to enter the city, and the people in the city, regardless of whether they are high or low, are anxiously waiting for the news, because today's official army is fighting a decisive battle in the north outside the city, and its victory or defeat is related to the net worth and lives of everyone in Jiankang.

On the streets outside Taicheng, except for the soldiers patrolling the city, there are not many pedestrians, and most of the men who can use weapons have been requisitioned to assist the officers and soldiers in defending the city.

Many people remember the panic when the Qi army approached the city 33 years ago, but some people remember the catastrophe 50 years ago.

Hou Jing's rebellion, the rebels besieged Taicheng for more than five months before breaking through, during these five months, Jiankang became a hell on earth, all kinds of tragic situations even after 50 years, it is terrifying.

The officials and magnates can hide in Taicheng and wait for the army of King Qin to come to the rescue, but the people are not so blessed, if the official army is defeated today, what should I do?

Many people hide at home, in addition to looking at their relatives, they can only recite sutras and chant Buddha, pray for the Buddha to bless the whole family, pray for the official army to win the battle, or pray that even if the official army is defeated, the northern captives enter the city, and the whole family can escape the military disaster.

If there is a young woman or daughter in the family, not only is it beautiful or not, but all of them use the ash at the bottom of the urn to smear their faces into black charcoal, and the people who are really not at ease hide their petite daughters in inconspicuous corners, so as not to go into the city to find women from house to house and then drag them away, and they don't know whether they live or die from now on.

When the war is in chaos, the price of grain soars, and a stone of rice is about three or four hundred wen on weekdays, and I am afraid that it will become thirty or forty yuan a stone.

Experienced people will deliberately leave some valuable things and rice, in order to let the enemy soldiers who break into the door can have a harvest, otherwise they will draw their knives and cut them in anger, and when the time comes, everyone will be gone, what is the use of leaving money and food?

After making all these preparations, in addition to burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, I can only sit at home with anxiety, listen to the movement outside, and wait for the news that I don't know whether it is good or bad.

Although the government is very exploited on weekdays, and everyone's life is not easy, the people still hope that the official army can defeat the northern captives, after all, I don't know if these northern captives enter the city, will they come with money and women to take them, and they will not seal the knife for three days.

All kinds of people in Jiankang City are uneasy, and Emperor Chen Shubao is also uneasy in Taicheng, yesterday Kong Fan strongly advocated that the official army go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the Zhou army, he originally did not want to agree, but the other party made a generous statement, and he burst into tears when he said it, and the scene was extremely touching.

What "the Han and the thief do not stand together, and the royal industry is not partial", what "Weichen does not know the danger of arrows, but only knows that the lord humiliates the minister to death", what "Please make a decision, Weichen should be the official Le Shi Yanran".

said that Chen Shubao's blood was boiling, it seemed that he was Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, and Kong Fan was Huo Quai, who was about to go north to attack the Huns, how could Chen Shubao not be excited to have such a loyal minister ask for his life to fight.

Kong Fan was one of his henchmen, much more reliable than those veterans, and Shi Wenqing, another henchman, also expressed his approval of the attack, so he waved his hand and ordered the official army to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the northern captives.

However, when the army really drove out of the city today, Chen Shubao regretted it again.

He felt that it was better for the official army to hold on to the city and wait for the rainy season, after all, those veterans all thought so, and the main force of the official army went out of the city for a decisive battle, once there were three long and two short, I am afraid...

I'm afraid Jiankang won't be able to hold it!

As soon as he thought that the Beiyu broke through Taicheng and rushed into the palace, putting the knife on his neck, Chen Shubao's legs trembled, he was a true genius, and he didn't enjoy enough glory and wealth, so he didn't want to die, so...

That's why you shouldn't send troops out of the city for a decisive battle!

How good is it to defend the city? Stay up until the rainy season, and then the northern captives will retreat without a fight, so how safe, why bother to go out of the city for a decisive battle, once you lose, everything will be over!

Yesterday, Nale Shi Yanran's pride was full of pride, at this time has been left behind, the worried Chen Shubao burned incense and prayed in front of the Buddha statue, and made a wish, as long as the Buddha blessed him with safety, he would reshape the golden body of the Buddha statue in all Buddhist temples in Jiankang in the future.

A new seven-level floating map will also be created to show piety.

From morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon, Chen Shubao worked hard in front of the Buddha for most of the day, all kinds of thoughts came to his heart, and gradually his expression began to be in a trance.

"Don't worry about the officials, Jiankang has the spirit of the king, and he will definitely be able to protect the officials and troops to defeat the northern captives."

"Concubine... I'm just worried, just worried..."

Chen Shubao was worried, although he was hungry, but even if the food was in front of him, he didn't want to enjoy it, Zhang Lihua was relieved when he saw this: "The official, the concubine heard that the angel came to the army yesterday to reward the army, and the soldiers of the whole army were happy to be rewarded, and they will fight hard to kill the enemy today..."

She babbled a lot of words, although there was no substance, but Zhang Lihua was eloquent and familiar with Chen Shubao's temper, so after talking for a while, Chen Shubao nodded silently.

Looking at the radiant concubine, Chen Shubao was very reluctant, this is a stunner in the world, few women can compare, once the northern captives break the city, I am afraid that Zhang Lihua will be robbed of mermaid meat.

Thinking about it back then, Emperor Qi Gaowei's favorite concubine Feng Xiaolian was so stunning, but she didn't end well after Zhou Guo destroyed Chen, Chen Shubao became more and more worried about his favorite concubine Zhang Lihua.

So even if it is based on a man's instinct, he hopes that the official army can defeat the northern captives and keep his women worry-free.

As he was talking, Chen Shubao faintly heard a commotion from outside the palace, and as the sound became louder and louder, he heard more and more clearly: it seemed that many people were shouting something.

The shouts converged, and it seemed that they were approaching Taicheng, and there should be a lot of people coming over here.

Could it be that the northern captives have entered the city?!

Thinking of this, Chen Shubao's face was pale, his hands and feet were cold, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his body was shaky, Zhang Lihua hurriedly supported him and ordered the eunuch to go out to inquire about the news.

Soon after the eunuch ran out, he stumbled back, followed by several forbidden soldiers and surrounded by a soldier whose armor was stained with blood, and it looked as if he had just returned from the battlefield.

Seeing such a scene, Chen Shubao only said that the official army was defeated, and some of the defeated soldiers ran back to tell the bad news, only to feel that the world was spinning, and he was almost about to cry, the soldier knelt down a few steps away, choked and shouted: "Official... Home, Official... Big... Great..."

Zhang Lihua saw that the other party was out of breath, thinking that what she was going to say was "the official family, the big thing is not good", and her face became pale, but she didn't expect this person to finally get angry: "The official family!" A great victory for the officers and troops, a great victory for the officers and the army! ”

"Huh? What do you say? ”

Chen Shubao couldn't believe his ears, he didn't care about the difference between dignity and inferiority, rushed forward and pulled the soldier's collar and shook it desperately: "What did you say? ”|

The soldier burst into tears and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Official, the official army has won!" The officers and soldiers killed the corpses of the northern captives all over the field, a great victory! ”