Chapter 17: Becoming a Pawn
Yan Rate continued: "So, it's impossible to go back, but the other thing you said is that you can think of a way. To be honest, Li Gui is arrogant and domineering, no one is in his eyes, and the old man has always looked at him unaccustomed to it, but the Son www.biquge.info of Heaven trusts him, and it is not easy to withdraw him. ”
Ji Che said fiercely: "Anyway, as long as he Li Gui is here, Lao Tzu won't do it." ”
"General Ji don't be impatient, the old man doesn't want to see such a situation, I still want to defend the city with your help! As far as the old man knows, although the Son of Heaven believes in Li Gui, he cares more about another matter, as long as we are willing to help him with this matter, he will not hesitate to remove this old guy. What's more, it is really easy for more than 10,000 of you to do this. ”
Ji Che's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "What's the matter?" ”
Yan Shu was not in a hurry to talk about it, and changed his words and said, "Do you know what kind of person our Son of Heaven is?" ”
"I don't know. Besides, it is not in accordance with the law of etiquette for the courtiers to talk about the monarch behind their backs. Ji Che seemed to be righteous and stern.
Yan Shu didn't care about his pretense, and said with a sneer: "He is just a playful and willful child, what can't be said." He thinks about leaving Luoyang City all day long, and often says that as the Son of Heaven, he can only be in a remote corner, like a prisoner squatting in prison. A few months ago, he told the courtiers that he wanted to build a palace on the edge of Luoshui, and he could go over and walk around when he had nothing to do. ”
"The old lady is saying that let's build a palace for the Son of Heaven? Where did these vulgar men of the last general do this? Ji Che shook his head and said, "No, no, no." ”
"Where is the need to really build a palace? He is a child, what do you know, as long as you take the team to Luoshui, cut down some trees, open some stones, and build some houses according to the old man's method, and then the old man tells him that this is the palace, he will definitely be very happy. ”
"If it's just a matter of building some houses out of trees, that's fine, don't we have to build barracks when our army is stationed?" Saying that, Ji Che looked at Yan Shuo playfully, "The old lady's move seems to be a suspicion of enriching his own pockets!" ”
"This is a common thing for courtiers, could it be that the general never does it?" Yan Shu sneered, and then asked, "Will General Ji agree or not?" ”
"As long as Li Gui is removed, the king can forgive my subordinates for their rude behavior just now, and the last general will agree."
"Okay, that's a deal." Yan Shu finally showed a satisfied smile with the treacherous trick being sold, "The general will go back and straighten out the team with peace of mind, and the old man will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." ”
"Good. Deal. Ji Che said loudly, turned around and greeted the other three reinforcement generals, and walked straight towards the reinforcement team, without even looking at Li Gui.
Li Gui was in a hurry, how could Yan Rate let go of these bastards so easily? "Old lady, what decision did my king make?"
Yang Han sneered on the side: "Do you still need to think about it? There are so many reinforcements, if you really behead the main general, why don't you blow up the nest immediately? The Son of Heaven is smarter than you, so let them go back and deploy the city defenses according to their ideas. ”
Yan Shu looked at Li Gui and said expressionlessly: "Don't worry, general, the royal order will arrive soon." ”
Wei Yan approached the king lane: "Qi my king, several reinforcement generals have returned." ”
Ji Yanhuo, who closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Okay, pass on the order of the lonely king." ”
A commander of the forbidden army walked quickly in front of Yang Han and Li Gui with several forbidden soldiers, and said in a loud voice: "Wang Ling: Li Gui, as the commander of the city defense, did not know the art of war, and issued military orders indiscriminately, which almost caused the reinforcements to mutiny and caused a catastrophe. In a hurry, he withdrew from the position of the chief general of the city defense, and went home to wait for the fate. The post of the chief general of the city defense was temporarily replaced by Taishi Yan. ”
Li Gui shouted in amazement: "Your Majesty, the old minister is loyal!" ”
Two forbidden soldiers walked up to his side and said coldly, "General, please." ”
Li Gui Muran walked in the direction of Wangcheng, thinking that he had been diligent and loyal to the king all his life, but in the end he ended up with such a result, and he only felt cold in his heart.
"The rain and snow are sloppy, and the sun is gone. Moken was left behind, and Lou was arrogant. The rain and snow float and float, and the sunset flows. If it's fashionable, I'm worried. Li Gui sang as he walked, gradually drifting away, the song slowly drifted away on the moat, and his feelings of worrying about the country and the monarch lingered and endured.
Yang Han saw that the matter was over, and after greeting Ji Yan, he went straight with a few entourages.
Yan Shu didn't care about Li Gui and Yang Han's situation, and took a few soldiers to discuss the construction of the house with Ji Che. Ji Che was a man of his word, and when he heard that Li Gui had been withdrawn, and the Son of Heaven no longer pursued his rude behavior just now, he led the reinforcements under the leadership of several Zhou soldiers and soldiers to slowly drive towards the place where the houses were built by the Luo River.
Yan Shu returned to the side of the king's car and said to Ji Yan happily: "Enlighten my king, the matter has been done." ”
Ji Yan also said happily: "Okay, when Sima Xiaxun gathers the craftsmen tomorrow, we can start construction." This batch of reinforcements has helped Gu a lot. ”
Wei Yan has been paying attention to the progress of the situation, and he is puzzled about the withdrawal of the old general, and the reinforcements who did not defend the city but went to Luoshui to build houses, etc., and wanted to ask questions, but he was afraid of causing misunderstanding between the Son of Heaven and the Taishi, so he was uncomfortable, and a flush gradually rose on his face.
At this moment, a fast horse galloped from a distance, and when it approached the king's chariot, the knight immediately turned over and shouted, "Enlighten my king, the Qin army has reached Mengjin with thousands of forwards." ”
When all the people present heard this, their faces changed drastically, and their anxiety was overflowing.
Ji Yan and Yan Shu met their eyes, although they were inevitably nervous, but they had already taken a countermeasure, but they were not too worried.
Yan Shuo said in a loud voice: "Qi my king, Mengjindu is only eighty miles away from the royal city, although it will take a lot of time for tens of thousands of troops of the Qin army to cross the river, but the matter of welcoming the suburbs is urgent, and the old minister will do it." ”
Ji Yan smiled: "Where else to go?" The forbidden army is all here, so it won't be enough to bring it over directly. ”
Yan said: "But the big flags, flags, musicians, maids, and chamberlains used by the Son of Heaven's honor guard are all in the palace, although they are all ready, they have to go back and bring them over." ”
Ji Yan said coldly: "The old lady has forgotten the three principles that Gu set for you? Just let your subordinates do what they have to do. ”
Yan Shu covered his forehead and said: "The old minister is confused. After speaking, he turned around and arranged a few attendants, "You go back immediately, you go to the Clothes Supervisor to get the big silk and all kinds of flags, you go to the Chunguan Mansion to call Shangle Ren, you go to the queen to arrange the honor guard maids, you go to the Chef Prison to bring the king's wine and wine vessels for the army, and you go to ask the Fun Horse Supervisor to bring the prepared horses and carriages." ”
Several of the retinue took their orders and departed.
Yan Shu said to Wei Yan again: "General Wei, the king and the old man are about to welcome the king of Qin in the suburbs, you immediately go back to preside over the city defense of the southern city, and wait for the honor guard to come back, if there is no other royal order, put the drawbridge, open the city gate, and welcome the Qin army into the city." ”
Wei Yan was surprised in his heart, and then he realized that the Son of Heaven had already planned to welcome the King of Qin in the suburbs, this method was good, there was no need to fight, and the Qin army could not do anything, so he couldn't help but cheer secretly. Without hesitation, he said in a loud voice: "No." He took the king's order and hurried back to the city with a few of his subordinates.
When Wei Yan went, only Yan Shu and a group of forbidden soldiers were left on the scene, Ji Yan glanced at these forbidden soldiers for a while, and said to one of the forbidden soldiers who was about the same size as himself: "You, come here." ”
The little soldier approached the king chariot in fear, knelt down and said weakly: "The little pawn has seen the king." ”
"Get in the car." Ji Yan said again.
"Ahh This little soldier opened his mouth and stammered, this is the king car! He didn't dare to go up.
Yan Shu said on the side: "The king has an order, you just obey it." ”
Xiao Bing was helpless, threw Changge in his hand to the ground, trembled and climbed into the king's car, knelt on the board, and did not dare to raise his head.
The king's car slowly drove towards the dense forest next to it.
"Take off your leather armor and tunics."
Xiao Bing only felt cold sweat, what is the Son of Heaven going to do? Could it be that he has a dragon yang fetish? But I'm still innocent! Is it just ruined? But the constant fear of royal power made him unable to do it, trembling all over his body and began to take off his clothes, but his hands and feet trembled so much that he couldn't take them off for a long time.
Ji Yan said angrily: "What are you afraid of, Lone is just borrowing your clothes." ”
That's it, I said it earlier! The little soldier made up his mind and quickly took off his coat.
Ji Yan took off his hat, removed the Xuanduan, replaced it with the leather armor and military clothes worn by the soldiers, and took the leather jacket on the head of the soldiers and put it on, and the whole person turned into an authentic forbidden pawn. Looking at his current outfit, Ji Yan is very happy, being able to be a pawn, for him, a modern person who has been high up here since he came here, he feels unprecedented relief, and the only dissatisfaction is that there is a heavy smell of sweat on his clothes.
The little soldier who was only left with thin underwear looked at the Son of Heaven who had changed greatly in front of him, and then looked at the Son of Heaven Xuanduan who was thrown aside, and an inexplicable thought suddenly rose in his heart: Wearing the clothes of the king, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, wearing the clothes of a pawn, is the Son of Heaven still the Son of Heaven? If I put on the clothes of the Son of Heaven, will I become the Son of Heaven? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder.
"What's your name?" Ji Yan asked.
When Xiao Bing heard the Son of Heaven ask, he quickly threw away his nonsense and replied with a slight trembling: "Lin Bang." ”
"What title?"
"Foot soldier."
"You go back first, go to the clothes prison to get a new set of clothes, and follow the forbidden army left behind to guard the palace."
"No." After Lin Bangying got off, he had to get out of the car.
"When you return to the palace, you will be promoted to be the captain. But remember, don't tell anyone about it, or you'll be huh! ”
Lin Bang trembled, and quickly knelt down to thank him, so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.
When he arrived at Lin Bang, the king's chariot drove from the dense forest to the front of the forbidden army. Ji Yan squinted his eyes and sat in the car, waiting for the arrival of the honor guard, thinking in his heart how to delay the reinforcements of the East and West Zhou for a while longer, so that they could volunteer for a while longer and build more houses. It's all here, if I can't squeeze out a little more oil and water from you, I'm really sorry for the generosity of the two dukes, isn't it? Thinking of the smugness, a sinister smile came out of his mouth.
About an hour later, all the personnel needed for the Son of Heaven's honor guard arrived, and all the necessary items were brought. Especially the group of war horses supervised by Fun Horse, so that the forbidden army had mounts, and Ji Yan felt that he had a bit of an honor guard. Under Yan Shu's order, the team slowly set off and rumbled towards Mengjindu.
Eight cavalry in front of the line lined up to open the way, followed by Yan Rate's horse chariot, followed by a group of palace maids holding various military items, followed by a group of Chunguan Fule people, and then a wrestler holding the word "Zhou", the king car driven by six horses walked behind the Daxu flag, there was a team of guards on the left and right, the guards held various flags in their hands, and the last was the forbidden army brigade.
Ji Yan observed Zhou Tianzi's honor guard with red as the main color through the gap in the curtain, and secretly sighed in his heart that it was indeed a heavenly atmosphere, and the momentum was magnificent. It's just that the horses are slightly thin, the king chariot is slightly old, the formation is scattered and scattered, and the team is slowly dragging out, which makes the magnificent lineup a little bit of decadence, which makes people inexplicably have a kind of "the sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk." Feelings.