Chapter 15: Return to the Capital

Because of the eastward migration, he brought many princes and ministers, and the population of Yingdu exceeded 400,000. The city of more than 400,000 people fought every time, and in addition to the soldiers who stayed behind, the only men in the city were the craftsmen who built the palace and the officials of the court. 300,000 women and children are worried day by day, waiting for the news of victory from the front and waiting for the men to return home. The establishment of Feixun and the distribution of newspapers have made it possible to learn from the news that used to take months to be known within a few days.

“…… The king rode forward and waved his sword and rebuked him, saying, 'Who else?' Who else? Tens of thousands of Wei people were worried, and they didn't dare to look at the king. The king said, 'If you don't give up your army, you will be captured!' The Wei people immediately abandoned their troops and armor, and all of them surrendered. In this battle, we killed 46,853 people, wounded 14,329 people, killed more than 35,000 enemy troops, captured more than 95,000 Wei troops, and captured more than 2,400 Qin troops. ”

Xia Yangan sat on the straw mat in Yingdu's restaurant, it was not time to eat at the moment, but there were people in front of him. This is reading the newspaper, after the men went on the expedition, only illiterate women and children were left in the family, Xia Yang was a businessman from another country and was not on the list.

The master was in class, and the women and children were all looking at him, and they could not fully understand it, nor could they imagine the scene of hundreds of thousands of troops fighting, but they still understood the meaning.

"Sir is saying that my Chu country, my Chu country has won?!" A woman with a child asked, dressed more decently and with an emerald green hairpin stuck in her head. This is a semi-jade, or inferior jade, which is allowed to be worn by wealthy commoners.

"Yes, yes." Xia Yang shook the newspaper in his hand, he regretted that the Qin army was defeated again, and he was glad that the Qin army was able to retreat.

"Is Chu Guo victorious? Chu State has won! Chu State has won! The old lady in the room only now understood, and cheered for a while.

"Dare to ask, dare to ask," the green hairpin woman asked again, her voice not only excited but also eager. "When will the army return to the capital?"

"When will the Great Army ...... Back to the capital? Xia Yang looked at the newspaper again and finally found a text. The Qin and Wei armies retreated to the Wei realm, and the general Xiang Bo ordered our army to stand by to prevent it from coming again. The king, the king... Return to the capital

The newspaper said: The Qin and Wei armies only retreated to the Wei realm, which was dozens of miles away, so the army was not allowed to return. You don't need to worry, the Chu army has won a big victory, and Qin Wei will not dare to attack the Chu State again. In March or April at the latest, or in a month or two at the earliest, the army will return to the capital. The king has returned to the capital. ”

After his wife gave birth to her daughter last year, Xia Yang, as a father, seemed to have reined in his sharpness overnight and became mellow and tactful. He knew that the hosta woman cared about her husband, and his beloved wife didn't care about him.

"The king is back in the capital! The king returns to the capital! There was a gong outside the restaurant, and it was the people of the palace temple who shouted.

"The king has returned to the capital?" There was a commotion in the house, and the child had the fastest legs and feet, and he ran out in an instant. The young girl was a step slower, the old woman was even slower, and the green hairpin woman waited for them all to go out, so she bowed to Xia Yang and went out with her.

"Why did the master deceive them? The king of Great and Qin will not give up. Xia Yang read the newspaper, and his wife was holding the child next to him. When Xia Yang took over her daughter, his wife smiled, and the youthfulness of youth had faded from her, replaced by gentleness and charm.

"I hope that my husband will return early, and all the good wives in the world are like this, so why should I tell the truth. If Qin Wei really retired from the army, wouldn't it be the beauty of an adult. Xia Yang also smiled. He didn't finish laughing when he noticed that his hands were a little wet, and said with a bitter face: "Pee, pee again." ”

There was no one in the restaurant anymore, including the shopkeepers and shopkeepers, all rushed out of the suburbs to welcome the king. The whole city is empty, except for some soldiers patrolling the city on the city wall, and the faint sound of 'tom tom tom' in the north of the city, even a dog is not seen, and it is quiet and scary.

This is inside the city, but outside the city on the Huaishang wharf, there are crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder, countless people are staring at the west of Huaishui, that is the direction of the king. Surrounded by concubines and princesses, Concubine Zhao and Mi Xuan, who were dressed in dark clothes, looked forward to the west, and Yi Su, who was anxious among the ministers, also raised Lu Lijing, and soon after the big wings with the banner turned into Huaishui, he shouted: "The king is also!" ”

"The king?" The whole audience looked at him, and some ministers who were strict with etiquette also took out Lu Lijing. Mi Xuan also has one, she saw it and gave it to Concubine Zhao: "Queen Mother, Brother Wang is also back." ”

The big wing that Xiong Jing rode down the water, and the speed was extremely fast. He didn't want to return to the capital, but after the Battle of Aocang expanded into the Battle of Hangu Pass, he had to return to Yingdu to discuss the matter with his ministers. First of all, in diplomatic discussions, he had decided in his heart that he wanted to expel the Qin envoy and break off diplomatic relations with Qin, but he could not insist on going his own way, and he still needed to listen to the opinions of the important ministers; Then there is the military arrangement, Aocang is not far from the exit of the chasm, dozens of kilometers only, Hangu Pass is different, Hangu Pass is more than 700 miles west of Aocang, plus the contact countries to attack Qin, these must be carefully discussed and carefully arranged.

"King! King! The king ...... "The ministers and nobles are all on the dock, and the fast-legged commoners have rushed to the position near the shipyard, and when they see the boat, they shout for the king, and for a time the right bank of Huaishang is full of voices." When the big wing was about to slowly land on the shore, the crowd shouted 'Banzai' again, and the cry was deafening, and Kaile was completely covered.

"The ministers pay their respects to the king." Concubine Zhao burst into tears, and the ministers and soldiers shouted under the leadership of Ling Yin in order to let Xiong Jing hear her shout.

"Wait for the courtesy." It is already the third year of his ascension to the throne, and Xiong Jing's gestures are not only strong, but also gradually have the majesty of the emperor.

"King Xie." The ministers and soldiers stood up, but their hands were still clasped together, waiting for the king to advance.

"The concubine pays a visit to the king." Concubine Zhao also bowed to her son, and the concubine and princess behind her bowed to Xiong Jing.

"You are also exempt from courtesy." The war was not over yet, Xiong Jing did not bring a coffin like last time, he waved away the concubine and stepped forward to bow to Concubine Zhao, shouting: "Queen Mother, the child has made the Queen Mother worried." ”

A queen mother shouted that Concubine Zhao cried again, she couldn't cry, and when Xiong Jing got up and grabbed her hand, she whimpered and cried. It's just that she shouldn't cry after defeating, she couldn't help choking and said, "Wang Er has grown taller again." ”

Xiong Jing has indeed grown taller, in the past, he could only usually be on Concubine Zhao's waist, but now he can look at Concubine Zhao's shoulders. He smiled happily. In this era, both men and women regard being tall as beautiful, so he not only eats more soy products, but also lies down every day to let Chang Jiang pull his legs and arms at one end, and pull his body to help him grow, so that he can grow taller as soon as possible.

"Please drink from the king." As with the expedition, there are many etiquettes for the monarch to return to the capital after a great victory. Ling Yin Zhaoxiao said that the Zhenlu is similar to a review, and the drink is a banquet in the ancestral temple.

"The battle is not over, and tens of thousands of armor soldiers are in Chen Ying." Xiong Jing's words were full of rejection. "It's okay to drink it."

Xiong Jing and his servants and others were the first to get off the boat, followed by the palace armor led by Zhuang Quji, and more than 2,000 honorary soldiers who were newly promoted because of defending the city, and finally hundreds of Qin and Wei captives who were tied with ropes. Offering prisoners to the Taimiao is also a triumphant ritual for returning to the teacher.

"Listen to me: Stand up!" The captains of the guards were already lining up and sailing all night, and everyone had not slept all night, but now the suburbs were crowded with people, and they still needed to revitalize the brigade to enter the capital, and the soldiers were all like chicken blood.

"Before the old man, after the young!" Zhuang Qujian is forming a team, and the brigade is different from the battle, and the elders are in front.

It took a while for the sound of the footsteps of the 'tom tom' and the 'whoosh' of the armor when the armor ran to prepare to enter the capital. In the array, the honorable soldiers are in the front, the palace armor is in the back, and finally those poor captives.

"Please return the king! Please also revitalize the brigade of the three armies! Zhao Huang drove away the maid and surrendered himself to shout in place of the servant.

"No!" Xiong Jing replied. At this time, the cheers of the common people all stopped, and dozens of chariots drove to the front of the military formation, Xiong Jingli rode to the front, and drove away Zhao Huang of the imperial hand, and personally gave him the royal horse.

The soldiers and the common people greeted them on the road, and when they saw the car coming, everyone bowed down, and the bells, drums, and chimes on the car behind them played Kai music. Accompanied by Kai Le, the four thousand armor soldiers sang the Kai song of the capital under the leadership of the general:

"Kai music is playing, and the sun is shining.

The partridge is stinging, and the halberd is shining.

Wang Zhijing is fierce, and the division is mighty and powerful......"

The car drove by, and the crowd on both sides gradually got up, and at this time, Yushi Gongjia just came. It was only the third day after the war, and the violence between the eyebrows of the armorers, the blood stains on the armor, and the dust on the clothes had not dissipated.

They didn't walk fast, and Kai sang not only not loudly but a little low, but the more so, the more people could feel a kind of murderous aura like substance. When they glared at each other, the timid child instantly cried.

Of course, there were also brave women who rushed out of the crowd and stuffed sachets into their arms. The slender hand stretched out, the sachet into the arms, although the Shangsi has passed, but the Purple Mountain on the outskirts of Yingdu can be wild everywhere. Not to mention the palace armor, the soldiers who defended the city for half a year, and became a meritorious soldier by fighting for their lives were a little helpless. They looked at the delicate Yingdu beauty's mouth and smiled, and the terrifying murderous aura instantly turned into the rustic atmosphere of the countrymen.

"Kill Qin Kou! Kill Qin Kou! Killing Qin Kou ...... "It was the incense sachet that greeted the soldiers, and the stones and mud that were thrown at the captives." Hundreds of people sacrificed the prisoner Taimiao, and then they had to sacrifice their heads, and finally made a Beijing view and piled up in the court. It's not cruelty, it's an honor given to them.

Enter the city, enter the palace, enter the court, and sleep. Although he did not drink in the Taimiao, Xiong Jing also feasted the ministers, and set the day for the Yushi to meet and give the banquet, so he sat down under the king of the Yan Dynasty to the ministers. Nao's cunning wound has not healed, but the wound has scabbed, and he was also carried to the Yan Dynasty by the temple people at this time. In addition to Yang Wenjun, who was imprisoned, Taibu Guanji, who had died, and Qu Sui, who was still on the road, the important ministers had arrived.

Xiong Jing looked around at the ministers, and suddenly found that Taibu Guanji was not there: "Why didn't Taibu come?" ”

"Your Majesty, Taibu is a pawn!" Zhao Huang said.

"Huh?!" Xiong Jing was surprised, he remembered that when he left, he was still fine with the season, "How to die?" ”

"Bu Yinyan: Taibu leaked the opportunity and died." Zhao Huang offered a bamboo slip, and said: "Before Taibu died, Yunzhongjun entered his body, and Yunzhongjun asked where the king was, and when he didn't see the king, he told the king, saying: 'One cannot be destroyed'." ”