readx;?readx; Chapter 590: The Invisible Hand

The words are divided into two ends, first press the Tongguan war, and say that the capital is in the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the new emperor and the full power of the cabinet, especially Prince Cheng, the divine soldiers descended from heaven and defended the last pass for Daqin, which greatly boosted the morale of the people, and the central capital finally got rid of the initial chaos and began to go all out to prepare for war, prepare materials, and support the front line...... Everything was going in a good direction, and Daqin seemed to have finally relieved himself.

But those who controlled Great Qin knew that everything was just beginning, and the real difficulties were still to come......

In the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Emperor Tianyou, dressed in civilian clothes, was looking helplessly at the white-haired old man sitting below. The old man was wearing a purple robe wrapped in a jade belt, and a luxurious sword was hanging from his waist, and he was looking at the emperor nonchalantly.

"Lord Lieutenant, your request is a bit excessive, isn't it?" Emperor Tianyou's voice was as gentle as ever: "My younger brother is on the front line to resist Zhao Wuyi's 400,000 army, how can he give priority to protection, right?" ”

The arrogant old man turned out to be Taiwei Li, I saw him raise his white eyebrows, and said in a rough voice: "Emperor, I know it's not easy to become a prince, but is it easy for me?" Regardless of my 80 years of age, I led the army from Wang Mang Gorge, which is difficult for birds to cross, and then returned to Huguankou, do you know what the price to pay? ”

"Our Tiance Army not only discarded all the war horses and baggage, but also thousands of people fell off the cliff and fell to death and injury." As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arm wrapped in gauze and said, "Even the old man has hung up the color!" Am I easy? ”

The old bastard's voice was like a lion's roar, which shocked Emperor Tianyou's ears, so he had to whisper: "Don't be excited, Lord Taiwei, I know that you are loyal......"

"It's good to know!" Li Sanjun exhaled angrily: "Emperor, I am a veteran of the Four Dynasties, and I belong to your grandfather's generation in terms of seniority, and I have eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice." You have just become an emperor and don't understand anything, so it's better to talk less and listen more, and then talk about it after a long experience! ”

Although Emperor Tianyou has a good temper, he is a clay man and has three points of earthiness, his face turned purple with anger by Li Hun's robbery, and his hands couldn't stop trembling slightly, so he could only say: "Okay!" Good! Good ......" three words.

Seeing that the emperor was angry like that, Li Hun slowed down his tone, but his voice was still loud: "Actually, the purpose of the two of us is the same, both are to bring Zhao Wuyi back to the Qi country, but everything has to have a priority, like the Tongguan side, there is Prince Cheng and seventy or eighty thousand troops, and the strong city is enough to block the Qi army, so there is no need to add more." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and approached Emperor Tianyou step by step: "And what about the 100,000 troops who came back with the old man?" The old man also said just now that the baggage horses are all left in the sheep intestines, and if they are not replenished, there will be no combat effectiveness. As he spoke, he slapped the written document on the imperial case and said, "On the contrary, if it is supplemented, you can restore your combat strength, defeat Zhao Wuyi, and regain the lost territory...... Let's use the seal. ”

Emperor Tianyou said with a pale face: "It's okay if you want me to use the seal, but you have to send the reinforcements that Prince Cheng requested." ”

"Pie must be sent." Li Hun said impatiently: "But not now, waiting for the forbidden army to recover, it will naturally go to support." ”

"The front line is in danger, when will you not send a change at this time?" Emperor Tianyou folded his hands and said, "If you don't send me, you won't need a seal." ”

"No need to pull it down." After staring at him for a moment, Li Hun snorted coldly: "Do you think it's easy to use your 'Emperor's Treasure'?" My 'Taiwei Great Seal' works just as well! As he spoke, he put away the paperwork, and said with a smile to Emperor Tianyou: "I am the Great Qin Captain, and the military affairs of the whole country are under my control, so you will be busy with yours and I will be busy with mine in the future, we will not interfere with each other, but it will be quiet." As he spoke, he laughed and walked away.

After the Taiwei went out, it was the turn of the university Shitian Minnong and Ko Yanwu to meet him, but the two pavilion elders waited for a long time, and it was not until around the hour that the little eunuch with a panicked expression came over and said, "Your Majesty invites the two pavilion elders to discuss the matter in the Heart Palace." ”

The two looked at each other suspiciously, then suppressed the doubts in their hearts, and followed the little eunuch to the bedroom of Emperor Tianyou.

When I arrived at the outer hall, I asked the two elders to wait, and the little eunuch went in to report: "Your Majesty, the scholar has arrived." ”

"Come in......" The emperor's faint voice came from the inner hall, and the two people who heard it were startled again, and hurriedly stepped into the hall, bowed together, and shouted long live, only then did they look up and couldn't help but be surprised!

I saw Emperor Tianyou lying weakly on the easy chair, his face was very pale, and he had a towel on his forehead, and he was actually sick.

The two of them wondered in their hearts: 'It was fine in the early days, why is it like this now?' Hurriedly said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's dragon body is not safe, don't discuss it today, it's important to recuperate." ”

Waving his hand hard, Emperor Tianyou looked at the top of the hall and said, "I am not sick, I am angry." ”

Naturally, the two elders would not say, 'What person? ' Such stupid words, between the early dynasty and the two of them, there was only Taiwei Li who faced the saint, who do you say the emperor was angry with?

Tian Minnong sighed and said: "Taiwei Li relied on his high qualifications and hard foundation, and when the Emperor Taishang was in power, he flew high and domineering, and he didn't look at the Emperor Taishang in his eyes at all. ”

After all, Lu Yanwu had been a governor and a soldier, and he couldn't help but be indignant: "Earlier, the Emperor Taishang and Prince Cheng joined forces to suppress his arrogance, and now look at the Emperor Taishang Dongjiao, Prince Cheng's royal side, His Majesty has recently ascended the throne, and this old man has intensified again!" ”

Emperor Tianyou slowly shook his head, closed his eyes and said with a bitter smile: "This is exactly the reason why I was unwilling to agree to you in the first place. With the ravine of his father and the fierceness of Yutian, how can he still not make the Taiwei, just rely on us, the minister and the crown prince, who have no power to restrain the chicken, and not let him turn the sky? ”

The two were sad for a while, but they were helpless. They all knew very well that the reason why Li Hun was crazy was not because of his noble status as a veteran of the Four Dynasties and a great master and captain, but because of his far-reaching influence in the army...... In addition to occupying half of the forbidden army, there is also Marshal Zhendong, his own brother, which is Li Hun's arrogant capital.

"Get rid of him!" Koji Yanwu gritted his teeth and said: "If this fang is not removed, the country will not be a country!" ”

"Impossible." Tian Minnong shook his head and sighed: "He is not a person, he represents the military power that is free from the imperial power, unless you can disintegrate those troops, otherwise Li Hun will die, and the world will be in chaos!" ”

"It's not just military power...... Emperor Tianyou closed his eyes slightly, and his voice was tired and helpless: "Think back to the two hundred and seventeen years of the founding of Great Qin, have you ever had a powerful minister?" Has there ever been a dictatorship of the Son of Heaven? None of them! Monarchy, military power, and relative power, fighting endlessly, one after another, but no one has ever really won, is it because my Great Qin has not been able to produce a Ming lord, a hero, or a power traitor in the past 200 years? ”

The two of them were terrified when they heard this, and they couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice: "Could it be that there is any black hand behind this?" ”

"Yes!" Emperor Tianyou slowly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "That is the will of the great clan, they don't want to see who completely controls the authority, and the Great Qin, whose power checks and balances each other, is the paradise for them to be powerful." And if anyone has monopoly power, the first one will cut them down! ”

The two scholars were silent, they had always thought that Emperor Tianyou was cowardly and incompetent, but who knew that he was such a clear and penetrating person...... It seems that his so-called incompetence at the beginning was not because he was intimidated by the predicament faced by Daqin, but because of a clear understanding of this position.

"Your Majesty, how can I cut off this black hand?" Koji Yanwu kowtowed and said: "The old minister will not give up when he goes to the soup and fights the fire!" Tian Minnong hurried to learn from him.

"I don't know......" Emperor Tianyou shook his head slowly: "Grandfather Huang was about to solve this problem, but he was assassinated; My father saw hope so easily, but he was captured by the empire, and life was worse than death. He laughed at himself and said, "My strength is no match for the emperor; The strategy is far inferior to that of my father, and I am afraid that this is one of the reasons why I was able to ascend the throne. ”

The two of them trembled when they heard this, and kowtowed vigorously: "The ministers are sincere, and they will never dare to plot against Your Majesty!" ”

"I'm not talking about you," Emperor Tianyou smiled slightly: "You Tian Minnong is the minister that the first emperor relied on; You are the hardcore of my fifth brother, and both of you can be regarded as my royal humerus, so of course they have to avoid you if they have anything. ”

Only then did the two raise their heads and say, "If you can't fight, Your Majesty will hold back for the time being and wait for the opportunity." ”

"I can't wait, after I saw it at the beginning, I shirked left and right, and I didn't want to be this emperor, just to not be in his position and not to seek his own government. Now that the ducks are on the shelves and they are on the throne of Daqin, they have to seek their own affairs! You can't get by! Otherwise, how can you be worthy of your ancestors? Emperor Tianyou's gaze was unprecedentedly firm, and he said, "I have decided to start a war with them!" Are you willing to fight side by side with me and the royal family? ”

The two scholars said with a solemn face: "I am willing to break my bones for Your Majesty!" ”

"Good!" Emperor Tianyou's face finally showed a smile and said, "Then let's be my first edict." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." The two of them hurriedly got up, one sharpened the ink and the other held the pen, and listened to the emperor quietly: "I am foolish, since I ascended the throne, I often feel the difficulty of state affairs and the complexity of government affairs. The people often say: 'Brothers work together, their profits break gold', and Yun: 'Fight the tiger brothers', although its words are not very elegant, but they contain the truth! "The two adults understood, it turns out that His Majesty is going to promote his brother......

"The closest relatives in the world are only the siblings of parents, but my fathers are old and deserve to enjoy their old age, although I am not filial, I dare not be biased; Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of my father and the blessing of my father, I have seven brothers, except for the seventh brother, who is young and has nothing to do, the rest are all talents and pillars of the country. This is God's gift, if I don't use it, I will be damned! ”

"Now the eldest brother Qin Li is the Prince of Yong and the leader of the army, the third brother is the king of Zheyi County and the ministry of the consul, and the fourth brother is the king of the concise county and the minister of the household; The fifth brother is the prince of Wucheng, leading the generalissimo king, controlling the world's soldiers and horses; The sixth brother is the king of Yingcheng County, and he will lead the internal guards after returning to China. May all brothers work together to help my Great Qin turn the crisis into peace and prosperity as soon as possible. Chin this! ”

Tian Minnong and the two of them wrote with a stroke of a pen, and at the same time, their hearts turned over the river and the sea, and the deep grudges between His Majesty and His Royal Highness could be put down, and it seemed that the holy will had been decided. Just does it really work? The two elders looked at each other, and they both saw the extremely complex meaning in each other's eyes, but they didn't see the word 'confidence'.

But in any case, Emperor Chrysostom said that the holy decree has been completed, which no one can change. Looking at the figures of the two scholars leaving, Emperor Tianyou leaned back in his chair again, slowly closed his eyes, and whispered, "Brother, that's all I can help you." Even if it doesn't have any practical effect, it's still a name......"

As he spoke, he fell into a deep sleep, and in his dream, he seemed to have flown over the Wanzhongguan Mountain and arrived at the front line of Tongguan, which was full of war......

Tongguan City, there has been no fighting for two days, but the atmosphere is becoming increasingly tense.

Qin Lei knew very well that Zhao Wuji would take down Tongguan at all costs...... Even if there is no room left to advance westward after the capture of Tongguan, it doesn't matter. Because as long as Tongguan has been lowered, Qi State will completely grasp the strategic initiative, and from now on, it can fight as much as it wants, and when it wants, it can be completely as much as it wants.

From a strategic perspective, he firmly believed that a tragic battle to defend the city would inevitably occur. From the day he entered the city, he put the strengthening of the city walls and the strengthening of the defense above all else. To this end, Qin Lei used a strong hand and mobilized all his forces to turn the entire Tongguan City into a sophisticated and ruthless war machine.

The Military Intelligence Staff Office, which Qin Lei had high hopes for, finally began to play its due role after the baptism of war in the Qi State. The staff officers with Tu Gongchun as the chief of military intelligence made a meticulous and thoughtful plan for the defense of the city, and after reading it carefully, Qin Lei only made a slight modification, then signed it and used the seal, turning it into a commander-in-chief order:

The first of them is to hoe and rape, appointing Li Sihai as the magistrate of the city, and Shen Bing, who is recuperating from his injuries, assists him. Li Sihai followed Shen Bing's instructions and led his subordinates to start sorting out the military and civilians in the city. Relying on the household registration files over the years, more than 200 unknown people were found within three days, and more than 100 of them were identified as Qi Guo's detailed work. At the same time, the law of joint sit-in of the armed forces is strictly enforced, forcing neighbors to supervise each other, so as to prevent fish from slipping through the net or lawbreakers seeking opportunities to do evil.

He also appointed Captain Niu as the city patrol officer to maintain law and order, fire prevention and theft. He was also worried that the Qi people would attack the city and would use artillery to destroy all the flammable buildings such as thatched bamboo houses and warehouses near the city wall. He also ordered him to take earth, sand, linen, water urns, buckets, and other fire-setting utensils, and distribute them to each protector in case of emergency.

Facts have proved that Qin Lei's speculation is completely correct. Two days later, the siege equipment of the Qi State finally arrived from the country, perhaps because he felt that it was too embarrassing to be blackmailed by Qin Lei, Emperor Xinghua made a bloody investment, and transported the equipment that had been manufactured and stored in the country over the years to Zhao Wuyi, and ordered him to break through the customs on the same day and go straight to the capital.

The reason why Zhao Wuji didn't attack for a long time was to wait for these things. But he didn't take the emperor's dream seriously, he now felt that as long as he could capture Tongguan, it would be enough. As for the middle capital, it's better to rest for three or five years, or even leave it to future generations to conquer, anyway, this time it's not hopeful.

After the assembly and arrangement of the bamboo and wood, ladders, goose carts, holes, guns, attack tools, grass oxen, earthen cloth bags and other utensils brought in, Zhao Wuji no longer wasted time and ordered the siege of the city the next day.

October 27, unknown. The sleepy patrol soldiers in the city were suddenly awakened by the noise, rubbing their sleepy eyes, and they saw the torches in the Qi military camp outside the city, and groups of Qi troops came out of the village, like long snakes.

Soon, the sentinels who came back to their senses rang the alarm bell, and there was an immediate reaction in the quiet Tongguan City, first the lights of thousands of households were lit, and then a group of sergeants rushed out of the barracks, under the leadership of officers at all levels, rushed to the combat post.

Qin Lei also came to the city head as soon as possible, but saw that the infantry of the Qi army outside the city was in front and the horse army was behind, dense and boundless, and was slowly advancing towards the front of Tongguan City.

Looking at the huge enemy army, the officers and soldiers in the city also knew that the moment of life and death struggle was finally coming, and most of them were extremely nervous.