In the month of Layue, a message circulated in the imperial capital.

Zhao Yingqi, the abolished emperor of the previous dynasty, the abolished queen, the abolished prince and the abolished Chu king Zhao Yinglin and other royal families of the former dynasty, on the way to Yunnan, waded and capsized, and all drowned.

This news naturally caused a lot of discussion among people, and also aroused a lot of suspicion.

Some say that it was murdered. So many people, it would be so coincidental there, and they all drowned all at once.

Of course, there are also people who say that they died a normal death. Who doesn't have a catastrophe?

The officials did not respond to this matter, and they did not have to pay attention to the reaction of the people.

However, Emperor Tianshun decreed that the family of Emperor Xun of the former dynasty be buried.

The emperor also sent an edict to various places, and there were people who saw the lost princess of Chang'an in the former dynasty, Zhao Wudie, hoping to tell Zhao Wudie and ask her to come back to give her family a funeral.

The emperor mentioned Princess Chang'an, which caused news about Princess Chang'an.

It is said that Princess Chang'an is now with Jia Min. The two teamed up to capture Goryeo and are currently preparing to attack Seunggyung.

At this time, the news of Jia Min and the Tatars attacking Goryeo and occupying the northeast had spread in the imperial capital, and even the ordinary people knew about it.

This added even more panic to the imperial capital.

At this time last year, it was the three feudatories who attacked the Dade court, but I didn't expect that just one year, the current court was attacked by others again.

This gives people a deep sense of powerlessness.

In this world, it seems that there will never be a time for peace.

Then, there was even more shocking news.

Jia Min's subordinate Chen Yejun landed from Songjiang, occupied Suzhou, Wuxi, Zhenjiang and other places along the way, and finally captured Jinling.

Li Guoxin, the guard general of Jinling and the younger brother of the king of Xining, was killed by Chen Yejun's army, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Jiangnan court in Jinling and other places were all wiped out by Chen Yejun.

Not long after, it was reported that Jia Min's subordinate Feng Ziying had landed in Quanzhou, captured Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, and was currently advancing to Yunnan and Guizhou, as well as Hubei.

Such news makes people unbelievable.

They don't believe that Jia Min has so many people.

And the news that came out is also very suspicious.

It is said that whether it is Chen Yejun or Feng Ziying, there are only about 4,000 people under their command, although they all say that their firearms are powerful, but no matter how powerful the firearms are, how can they be the opponents of so many people in the imperial court?

Not to mention that ordinary people don't believe such news, even the officials of the imperial court, and even the emperor himself, don't want to believe it.

Officials don't want to believe it, but they know it's true.

At first, there was news from the local government, but gradually, there was no news from all over the country, and the local government had lost contact with the imperial court.

Then it was discovered that there were fewer and fewer ships and merchants coming from the south. The news brought also proves the authenticity of the previous legend.

At this time, there was news that Jia Min and Chang'an Gonggong were going to attack Shengjing.

For the imperial court, the bad news doesn't stop there.

Some areas in the northwest, which had not been attached to the new dynasty before, also continued to raise troops.

There are more rumors, that is, Han Qi, who has been advancing westward smoothly before, encountered the resistance of He Jialin, a subordinate of Wang Ziteng, the original commander of the Beijing camp, in Shanxi.

He Jialin was originally the prefect of Yulin, and because he was unwilling to belong to the new dynasty, he raised troops in Shaanxi and Shaanxi according to Zhou Tong to fight against Han Qi together.

With them, there is also Ma Qingshan, the garrison of Fengxiang Mansion in Shaanxi.

At present, these three men have gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses, and after fighting Han Qi, they have blocked Han Qi in Shaanxi, and the two armies are currently in a standoff.

The details of these people were quickly figured out.

Among them, Zhou Tong is the most famous. Because he was the champion of the martial arts of Enke in the year of Bingzi, Ma Qingshan was also a martial artist of Enke that year.

As for He Jialin, it turned out to be the brother-in-law and subordinates of the late Wang Ziteng, the envoy of the Jingying Festival.

People soon found out that Jia Min was the Tanhua of that year, and Zuo Linliang, who was next to Princess Chang'an, was the leader of that year.

And Luo Xingshan, another important general by Chang'an's side, is also Wang Ziteng's subordinate.

Subsequently, it was rumored that Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde also led troops to join Jia Min's ranks and jointly attack Shengjing.

The new dynasty has only been established for a few months, and there is so much bad news that it is almost impossible to believe that it is all true.

"Are the soldiers and horses of the three feudal clans, who were so powerful in the past, so vulnerable?"

Luo Qihua didn't want to believe that this was true.

At this time, he and his nephew Luo Musheng were eating and drinking in the Meiyue Building in the Great Golden Gate.

Although Luo Qihua is still a scholar of the Military Aircraft Department, his status at this time is no longer the same as in the past.

Now that he is speaking at the military plane, he no longer has the weight of the past, not only the emperor does not listen to him, but several other scholars also regard him as dispensable.

As for Luo Musheng, in the previous dynasty, he was the head of the household. This is the hot fat difference in charge of money and grain, but, just half a month ago, he has been transferred to the country to supervise the sacrificial wine. It has been excluded from the center of power of the imperial court.

"Yes, I used to think that the soldiers and horses of the previous dynasty were too weak, but now it seems that the soldiers and horses of the three feudal clans are not much better than those of the previous dynasty."

Now that the two are talking, if outsiders listen, they will definitely think that the two are rebellious.

Because they even said that the current imperial court is the "three feudatories".

This was said in the previous dynasty, which was normal, but now when the three feudatories have already sat in the world, it is naturally suspected of being a big rebellion.

However, now that the two are talking, they don't seem to have these scruples.

"I thought that if I supported them to win the world, they would have a good life in the future, but I didn't expect them to be so unbearable, it seems that if they want to keep the world, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"It's all because they are short-sighted, and before the world is stable, they begin to exclude meritorious people. First Li Yuan died in no apparent terms, and then we were excluded from the government. Uncle, don't they really care about our protégés? There are so many protégés of our Luo family, if we are maintained well, won't these people all serve the imperial court? ”

"Maybe it's because we have so many protégés that they are afraid of us."

"Hmph, they are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. If it really doesn't work, let's go to Jia Min. ”

"Defecting to Jia Min? You're thinking too simply. ”

"Jia Min seems to have the heart to dominate the world, even if he wins the world, he also needs us civil officials to help him govern the world."

"Your thoughts are a bit wishful thinking. First of all, Jia Min originally had a feud with us, and second, we participated in the matter of Jia Yuanchun and Wang Ziteng. Third, there are people in the world who read books, and there is no shortage of us people. Jia Min's own subordinates are all literate. The most important thing is that we have attached to the three feudatories, and we are already disloyal to the previous dynasty, and if we are attached to Jia Min again, we are disloyal to this dynasty, such a person, Jia Min will not like it. ”

"Even if he reluctantly agreed, I'm afraid he will treat us the same as today's three feudatories."

"It's all to blame for that Zhao Yingqi's mediocrity and incompetence, if he hadn't lost the country, why would we have fallen into such a difficult situation."

Luo Musheng said hatefully.

"Alas, forget it, he's all dead, what's the use of you blaming him? Besides, if he weren't incompetent, where would he put us in a high position? I'm afraid we would have cut off our heads a long time ago. ”

"I still don't believe that Jia Min can overcome everything with just a few people?"

"There are not many soldiers. In addition, he uses soldiers like a god, so he naturally wins by surprise. Who would have thought that he would send people to land in Songjiang and Quanzhou? The capture of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Gwangju, the two major tax-paying places, cut off the financial resources of the three feudatories, this trick is the same as the three feudatories against the previous dynasty, but it is more rapid and ruthless. ”

"If this continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the three feudal clans to support it for too long, and my uncle will have to make plans early."

"Well, what else can I do now? We have not a soldier in our hands, and when the time comes, we will be lambs to the slaughter. The world is big, but there is no place for us. Now. , can only hope for the battle of Shengjing. ”

"Uncle is saying that if the battle of Shengjing is won, the three feudatories will still have a chance to turn over?"

"If Sheng Jingzhi is defeated, he can withdraw and deal with Chen Yejun and Feng Ziying in the south, no matter how good their firearms are, after all, the number of people is limited. The imperial court now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the area of Shengjing and Shanhaiguan, and it may not have no chance of winning against Jia Min. ”

Similar to Luo Qihua's thoughts, Gao Wangshan is also confident in winning the battle of Shengjing.

At this time, he was studying the battle situation with Song Kuan.

The situation in the south and the situation in the northwest, they know better than anyone else. Therefore, at present, all the attention is focused on the battle of Shengjing.

"Shizi, as long as we win the battle of Shengjing, we can pull out our hands and do our best to clean up the mess in the south."

"Alas, I hope that Zhili can support it for a long time, and Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun can move more slowly, leaving us time."

"Jia Min captured Goryeo, and he has not been in a hurry to attack Shengjing, he should be waiting for Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun to go north, pacify Zhili, and approach the imperial capital."

"I was worried about the whereabouts of Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun before, but I didn't expect that as soon as they appeared, they would go to our rear."

"It's no wonder that Tianshun is too big, although we have 400,000 elite soldiers, but once we disperse, it will not be enough. The army attached to the previous dynasty had no combat power, and the people's hearts were unstable, so they could not be counted on at all. ”

"Gao Shangshu, did you say that Jia Min was just waiting for Chen Yejun and Feng Ziying to go north?"

Song Kuan questioned.

"Previously, he used Sheng Jing to contain us, and asked Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun to take advantage of the situation in the south. Now, he has achieved that purpose. I don't attack yet, I'm afraid there is another reason. ”

"I think he's not fully prepared, he should be running out of ammunition."

"Shizi is right, he came all the way from Beihai, and the ammunition he carried was limited after all, and Beihai was thousands of miles away from here, making it difficult to replenish. In Goryeo he consumed some more, and there should not be much left. ”

"Jia Min plundered a lot of materials from Goryeo, including a lot of saltpeter charcoal, you say, will he want to make ammunition on the spot in Shengjing?"

"It's already difficult to make gunpowder, and his kind of ammunition is even more complicated to make, workshops, craftsmen, etc., all of which are indispensable, will he still move here from Beihai? Unlikely, right? ”

"Jia Min can't do things with common sense. At that time, the Tatars did not think that he would attack them in the heavy snow, so Jia Min marched while removing the snow, and defeated the Tatars in the heavy snow. It's not surprising that the workshop has been moved here now. ”

"What does Shizi mean by attacking Jia Min's firearms workshop?"

"Yes. Although Jia Min's firearms are powerful, without ammunition, the strengths of firearms are gone. Tell Uncle Han Shi that he wants to find Jia Min's firearms workshop and destroy it at any cost. ”

"Okay, this is a plan to draw money from the bottom of the kettle, and it's worth a try."

"Gao Shangshu, I want to go to Shengjing in person."

"Okay, there you go. If the emperor asks, I will say that I invited you to go. Although General Ningguta is brave and resourceful, he is inevitably a little stubborn and self-serving, and went to talk to him well, and now that this is an extraordinary time, you should be more tolerant of him. ”

"I know."