Chapter 80: Regret
On the main hall.
Zhao Jiza lay on the ground, buried his head, and didn't say a word, this appearance made the people around him anxious. Someone couldn't help it, and a minister said angrily: "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty will ask you again, how is the battle situation on the front line, why did you scare you like this, could it be that Qinzhou and Fengzhou were lost?"
This is also what Emperor Meng Chang of Shu wanted to say in his heart, and the people sitting on the throne looked at Zhao Jizha below, wanting to understand from him whether Qin and Feng were lost. The strategic position of Qin and Feng Erzhou is very important, although Meng Chang has been neglecting political affairs for many years, after all, he has been the emperor for more than 20 years, and this insight is still there.
"I ......" Zhao Jizha saw that the situation was not good, so he had to say in a hurry, "The minister got the news that our army has lost the mighty city." ”
How did he know if Qin and Feng had lost it, but vaguely said that Weiwu City had been lost.
"I want to ask Qinzhou and Fengzhou, but they are lost?" The people on the throne had begun to be a little impatient, and their tones were full of questions, and their words were not like the word "Aiqing" when they spoke at the beginning.
"Minister......" Zhao Jizha said hurriedly, "Minister... I don't know. ”
Faced with the emperor's questions and the ministers' angry questions, he couldn't bear the pressure after all, and squeezed out this sentence like toothpaste.
"I sent you to inspect Qin and Feng, do you know if you tell me now?" The voices of the people on the throne rose up, but they remained calm.
"I really don't know." Zhao Jiza replied stubbornly.
"Who was rushing to go at the beginning, as the military envoy of the two states, now that such a big thing has happened, you don't even know what to ask!" At this time, Meng Chang spoke with a thick anger, his heart was full of anger, and his mood fluctuated violently, just like a volcano on the verge of eruption, about to erupt.
"Didn't you go?!" Meng Chang thought of a possibility, and then asked.
"The minister is guilty, the minister has confessed, please forgive Your Majesty!" Zhao Jiza's face was defeated, and he repeatedly kowtowed to admit his mistake and asked for leniency.
"Okay, you still have the face to beg for me, it's good!" Meng Chang's tone was no longer majestic and calm at this time, his hand trembled violently and pointed at Zhao Jiza, everyone knew that he was in a very, very unhappy mood at the moment.
Zhao Jizha was already crying in fright, unable to speak, and looked around in a panic for the figure of the backer, just hoping to get rid of the crime and avoid death, and vowed in his heart that he must be a good man in the future.
The husband was angry, and the blood was splashed five steps, not to mention the lord of a country like Meng Chang. Whoever upsets him, he has the right to kill him!
Obviously, Zhao Jizha successfully angered Meng Chang!
So Meng Chang wants to kill him!
"Come on, bring this person down......" Meng Chang trembled with anger and scolded.
Before he could finish speaking, a minister came out to interrupt the sentence.
It turned out that Zhao Jiza's eyes had just drifted over the military ministers in the palace one by one, and he wanted his backer to say a few good words for him, and finally fell on a middle-aged civil minister.
The two have always maintained a power-for-money transaction on weekdays, and if it weren't for tying this thick thigh, Zhao Jizha would not be able to easily obtain his current status.
In the main hall, the person in the limelight was not Meng Chang, the highest-ranking emperor of Shu State, but Zhao Jiza, who was terrified at this time. The minister naturally also saw the pleading in Zhao Jiza's eyes, subconsciously shook his head slightly, and secretly said that he was wronged.
The minister came out and knelt down to speak: "Your Majesty is angry, although the envoy of Zhao is insulting to the mission, but the loss of the mighty city lies in the generals and sergeants defending the city, and has nothing to do with the envoy of Zhao, and now that the war report has not yet arrived, the two states of Qin and Feng may not have fallen, and the situation may not be so critical, it is better to put Zhao Jizha in prison first, and make a final decision in the future."
Now that the emperor is angry, the minister has no choice but to take a step back and euphemistically save Zhao Jiza's life, the days are still long, and when the turmoil subsides, everyone is no longer paying attention to this matter, and there is a lot to be done.
But he still underestimated Emperor Meng Chang's anger.
"Enough, I ask you, is this my country, or your family's country!" Meng Chang was angry.
"Your Majesty's anger, Your Majesty's anger!" No matter what Meng Chang is, but as the king of a country, he is in charge of the power of life and death of everyone, he is just a courtier, how dare he take the dragon face again, this minister was so frightened that his face turned blue and white, and he immediately begged for mercy.
He and Zhao Jiza are just interests, how could he lose his life for an outsider.
"Zhao Jiza, as a prison soldier, left his post without permission, and escaped from the battle with the crime, the crime is unforgivable, and his crime should be punished! The left and right guards pulled Zhao Jizha down and cut it down! ”。
A monarch's words can determine life and death.
The two guards stepped forward at the order, one left and one right, and the two of them worked together to hold Zhao Jiza's shoulders and stand up.
"Nope! The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life! Zhao Jizha was in a panic, his dangling legs shook chaotically, and he hurriedly asked the emperor to retract his will, but the people on the throne were unmoved, and the envoy of Zhao had to look at the other person, "Lord Wang, Lord Wang, please ask Your Majesty again, save me...... I don't want to die...... Don't want to die ......"
Zhao Jizha really wanted to buy a regret medicine at the moment, and he regretted his green intestines.
I don't want to die either.
Lord Wang, who was kneeling on the cold floor, remained motionless, as if his body had been immobilized and his head was buried, so that outsiders could not see his expression.
Lord Wang's face couldn't help twitching at this time.
Dead friends do not die poor.
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Chen Cang Road, mighty city.
The Chinese army marched.
In the meeting hall, a sergeant stood in the middle, the generals were lined up on the left and right, and Chen Xu was in the main seat.
This person was sent by Wang Jing, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, to report the news and convey the later deployment of the army.
When the messenger left, the voice in the hall gradually became loud and noisy.
He Meng said with some unhappiness: "Wang Jieshuai is picking up ready-made, and when we are almost done, we will receive the fruits of our victory." Who doesn't know, the mighty city is lost, there is no barrier north of Fengzhou, just wait for the army to surround it, and our army will go to the solid town again, and in the realm of no strong reinforcements, it is a sure thing to conquer Fengzhou. ”
After saying this, a few people nodded slightly, obviously not He Meng was the only one who thought this in his heart, but He Meng said this first.
"Let's lay down the mighty city and open up the situation for the war, this is the first merit, when the war is over and the merits are rewarded, how will the court treat us lightly!" Chen Xu has a different opinion.
Another person said sourly: "It's a pity!"
Chen Xu looked calm, and said lightly: "Don't have such thoughts, in addition to our army encountering and defeating the enemy reinforcements under the mighty city, but the monarchs and ministers of Shu will never sit back and watch Fengzhou fall into the hands of our army, first drive directly to Guzhen, occupy strategic places, and then attack the enemy reinforcements, wouldn't it be a great achievement!"
Chen Xu led them to win battles again and again, and everyone was still very convinced of him, so they no longer made trouble.