Chapter 226: Your Majesty, Run!
In Chang'an City, there has long been chaos.
The people have no intention of living, and the government has no intention of managing, and almost all the troops that can be mobilized have been transferred to the city defense, and there are only a small number of troops in the city to maintain law and order.
Before the grounding, the people flocked to Taipingfang like crazy, which was the territory of the King of Qi, although the King of Qi had never appeared there again in the past year, and Taipingfang was almost directly taken over by the imperial court, but the people who had no way out could only pin their hopes on Taipingfang and the King of Qi.
"Hey, I really don't know when this day will be." Lao Li Tou held his head in pain and shook his head, squatting in an inconspicuous corner of Taipingfang to vent.
Taipingfang is full of people, and now even a corner belongs to the treasure land of feng shui, and if you come late, you have to look at people's faces, or simply do a fight.
"Why do you say that this King of Qi is good? Isn't it good to be a king outside? Although it is a little farther, it should be better than Chang'an, right? Some people couldn't help but wonder and expressed deep doubts about Li Yuanji's rebellion.
It seems that you can't find a reason to rebel, the emperor is far away, the entire outside the Saiwai is your territory, and the Turks have also been defeated by you, isn't it good to be a majestic and domineering prince outside the Saiwai?
"Who knows......" Lao Li continued to shake his head in pain, pushed the person next to him hard, and glared at him fiercely.
The man wanted to scold a few words, but when he saw the wife and child protected by Lao Li Tou's arms, the anger in the man's heart instantly dissipated, turned his head, pushed towards the people outside, and moved some small places for them.
"Didn't the court send a large army to the north? It's not been long, has it? Why did King Qi fight so fast? Someone else questioned.
Some time ago, the matter of transferring troops was vigorous, and the government soldiers at home almost poured out, and that was the case, and there were also rumors that the imperial court was mobilizing troops in the Central Plains and further afield.
The king of Qi has only been in the north for a year, and outside the border gates, there is no barren land, how many people can he develop?
What can the King of Qi make the Kingdom of Qi look like in a year? Anyway, even if you don't know anything, you know at this time that you can't do much in a year.
"Li Jing has a regiment of Fengzhou Army, Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Zhijie each have three regiments, as well as Li Daozong of Lingzhou, Zhang Gongjin of Daizhou, and Li Xiaogong of Shuozhou, which adds up to ten regiments, right? 200,000 people, could it be that the king of Qi avoided them? Didn't fight at all in front? The people gathered together were idle, and there was no management of officers and soldiers, so one by one they gossiped.
The rumors in the market are the most terrifying, if you say a word to me, if no one guides you, it doesn't take much effort to spread countless versions.
At this time, an inconspicuous man scratched his head, revealing a look of disdain: "You guys are just guessing here, you don't even know what's going on in front of you, and you say it so sure, as if you've seen it." ”
"Hey, how do you talk, you kid? We haven't seen each other, haven't you seen it? Someone immediately said unpleasantly.
"I haven't seen it either, but I'm better informed than you do." The man continued to speak disdainfully.
"Boy, if you can't make a sense today, don't blame the old men for bullying you!" The man next to Old Man Li repeatedly rolled up his sleeves, and it didn't matter if he was despised, but if he was despised by the braggart person, then he would be sorry.
The man glanced lightly, not taking the man's threat to heart, and said to himself, "Do you know where my news came from?" I, there is a cousin who is a government soldier, that is, the Fengzhou army, I came back quietly a year ago, I was afraid of being seen, so I didn't dare to go home, so I came to my house, hid for a while and left. Any idea why he's hiding? ”
The show was staged, and the audience quickly entered the role, shaking their heads again and again to show that they didn't know, and their impatient eyes seemed to urge him to speak quickly and not stop......
"Because he's the Toyosu Army!"
"Lao Tzu knows that he is the Fengzhou Army, you said earlier, what's wrong with the Fengzhou Army? The Fengzhou army is going to hide? What kind of reasoning is this? ”
"That's it, boy, you're not fooling around, are you?"
"Huh!" The man smiled and continued: "It's because he is the Fengzhou Army that he has to hide, the entire military government is the Fengzhou Army, and the entire military government is back by him alone, when he was serving, which of you came back alone when he saw a military government?" ”
"I don't think I've seen this before, tell me, what did he tell you?" Someone realized that he had indeed not seen it, and hurriedly urged.
"He said, the king of Qi got some new equipment, those equipment was originally intended for the Turks, probably around September last year, the Turks who couldn't get along planned to go south to Qi to fight the autumn wind, and the king of Qi led his troops to the north, but at this time, Li Jing took them to attack Zhenbei City." The man was stunned, Zhenbei seemed to be very strange to them, and hurriedly explained:
"The north of the town is the first city built by the king of Qi in the country of Qi, all built with concrete, a city rose up in less than half a year, they fought for a day and a night, five or six thousand people were killed and wounded, and later I learned that there were less than four thousand defenders in the city, and half of them were patrols in the city to manage public security."
"In the future, the Turks came, and I don't know what method the King of Qi used, the Turks took refuge in the King of Qi, and even took refuge in the King of Qi with the Liang State, at this time there were less than 6,000 people left in the Fengzhou army, and at the beginning it was a full army of 20,000 people, and it was only a day and a night, and there was only so much left." The man said with some regret.
"And then?" Someone urged.
"Later, the King of Qi came out with new things, and the King of Qi did not lose his mind, and did not kill the remnants of Fengzhou in the face of the defeat, but came to a demonstration in the open space, I don't know what the scene was like at that time, my cousin only told me that if the King of Qi was aimed at them at that time, the remaining five or six thousand people, at most a cup of tea, would be gone." The man held out a finger.
"Shhh So powerful? ”
"What's more terrifying is yet to come...... the man continued to talk about the welfare of Qi State, including those that originally belonged to the people and defenders of Fengzhou.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
As soon as the two were compared, the gap immediately came out, and many people who listened to it were a little impatient, and they couldn't wait to fly to Qi Country immediately, where people should live.
"Then why did your cousin come back? How can he be willing to be treated with such a good treatment? ”
"Isn't it like everyone in the family is here? My cousin said to find an opportunity to bring them over, and then settle down over there, anyway, I haven't seen my cousin and my aunt's family since the Chinese New Year. ”
'......Boom'
There was a faint sound of explosions, the sound was not loud, it seemed to be an echo, the explosions were one after another, and the entire Chang'an instantly fell into a terrifying silence.
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In the East Palace, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair with an earthy face, looking at the ministers in the audience, feeling disappointed.
There are almost no more things that can be used, and most of the rest are Wenchen.
Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Zhijie had no news, but Li Daozong and Zhang Gongjin sent news that they did not find the Qi army, but they found the traces of the Qi army passing by and the soldiers left behind by the Qi army.
Li Shimin ordered the Weiqiao Bridge to be blown up, which was only blown up the day before yesterday, but yesterday came the news that the Qi army had arrived at the Weishui River, and for a while, Li Shimin was shocked, but there was nothing he could do.
"Can the general still fight?" Looking at the audience, he could only pin his hopes on Qin Qiong, who was recuperating from his illness, there was no available general in his hand, Li Shimin wanted to drive the expedition in person, but he was afraid that he would be killed as soon as he went out, after all, his secret had not been exposed, and he had not been completely exposed when he went out. At that time, I am afraid that these ministers of the court will no longer support themselves.
The hatred in Li Shimin's heart, the itchy teeth of hatred, he shouldn't have been deceived by Li Yuanji's bastard in the first place, if he had slashed him with a knife, how could there be these things now?
Facing Li Shimin's inquiry, Qin Qiong nodded solemnly.
"Okay, I will give you the strength of a legion, don't ask for anything else, just block the Qi army north of Weishui." Li Shimin nodded helplessly, saying the minimum requirements, but for a legion, he couldn't put forward any too high requirements.
"Your Majesty......" Li Shimin's personal eunuch had just received a message, and hurriedly ran to Li Shimin's side and whispered in his ear.
Li Shimin's face changed suddenly, and he returned to normal, waved his hand, and signaled that he knew.
There are already people in Chang'an City who are ready to move, but now that they are in trouble both internally and externally, how can they have the energy to take care of so much?
"Your Majesty, Duke Suguo...... Su Guogong is back! Outside the main hall, panicked voices came one after another.
Li Shimin's face suddenly became happy, but then it was replaced by a solemn face.
"Sinner Cheng Zhijie, knock to see Your Majesty!" Cheng Zhijie, who returned to Chang'an, knelt directly on the ground as soon as they met, his head was tightly pressed to the ground, and he made a gesture of pleading.
"What about your three legions?" Li Shimin subconsciously noticed the problem, and asked with a little trembling.
"No, it's gone as soon as we met, what Li Jing said is true, but the King of Qi has done more than anything in this matter, the minister is powerless to stop it, and he was captured, yesterday the minister took advantage of their carelessness and took the opportunity to escape. The guilty minister implored His Majesty to leave Chang'an as soon as possible, it would be too late! ”
"Has it really come this far?" Li Shimin suddenly calmed down, has the situation deteriorated to the point where it cannot be changed?
Cheng Zhijie nodded with difficulty, and continued: "King Qi is high-spirited at this time, arrogant and can't do it, and some things have no intention of hiding from his ministers at all, King Yi'an has also rebelled, and King Yi'an has already bought off some people in the palace......"
"What?" Li Shimin was taken aback, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the whole person who was surprised stood up suddenly, and looked at someone in the audience in disbelief: "King Nghe An is also reversed?" Why haven't I heard anything about it? ”