A scout walked into the big tent quickly, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Report to the marshal, report to General Shao, the main force of the Qi army has captured the Xingyang granary, Li Mi's army has been defeated and returned to Luojing, and the 30,000 forwards of the King of Qi have now arrived in Yanshi." ”

Shen Ji and Shao Jingwen were both taken aback at the same time, could the Qi army march so fast? Shen Ji couldn't help but said angrily: "I fought all the way, the main force of the Yuzhou army was on top of us, but they Qizhou attacked the city and plundered the land, and it was effortless to snatch the fruits of victory......."

Shen Ji's resentment stopped abruptly, and he remembered that his brother Shen Qin had always been resolutely opposed to uniting with the Qi army, and it was for this reason that he began to regret a little in his heart, but in front of Shao Jingwen, he couldn't admit his mistake, and he didn't support the Queen Mother, and he, the King of Qin, couldn't get involved.

"General Shao, look ..... now," he asked, a little embarrassed.

Shao Jingwen didn't seem to think about this problem, he didn't hesitate to say: "Yang Sheng must withdraw his troops back to Luojing tonight, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we will pursue it overnight, and we will definitely defeat Yang Sheng." ”

．．．．．．．． Luojing crisis made Yang Sheng no longer have a choice, he withdrew the army overnight and returned to Luojing, the camp tent and baggage were all discarded, and the posture was lured to the enemy to go deeper, but Shen Ji saw through his tactics, Yongjing army drove straight in, tail pursuit, Yang Sheng led the army to fight and retreat, all three battles were defeated, and the front army was outflanked by Shao Jingwen with 100,000 troops, cutting off the retreat, the Yuzhou army was defeated, the 200,000 army was annihilated, and finally Yang Sheng only led 8,000 people to flee back to Luojing.

The Yuzhou army was defeated in successive battles, 300,000 troops were wiped out, Yong, Qi hundreds of thousands of allied troops have approached Luojing less than 30 miles, the news came, Luojing was in chaos, everyone knew that the general trend had gone, the officials no longer went to the court, they fled, the soldiers unloaded their armor and lost their soldiers, hid in the houses, most of the shops have been closed, and the price of rice has skyrocketed, fighting rice and silver, there are constantly rioters attacking rice shops, killing people and robbing rice, Luojing streets and alleys, chaos.

A carriage was speeding on the street, inside the carriage, Zhang Jinjie looked at the chaos on the street with a heavy heart, he saw from time to time that there were thugs rushing into people's houses and looting property, he knew in his heart that these so-called thugs were all fleeing soldiers, he sighed secretly, the situation was chaotic to this extent, and he expected in advance that the emperor was suspicious and refused to trust the general, and finally used the mediocre Yang Sheng as the commander, which was destined to have today's result.

At this point, there is no point in holding Yang Sheng responsible, and he was wounded by an arrow, he was anxious and angry, he was seriously ill, and soon after he was alive, the emperor also removed him from all his duties, and Zhang Jinjie didn't say anything, and the question now was how to stabilize the chaos in front of him.

The carriage passed by a burned shop, this is a jewelry store he passes by every day, now it has been looted, lit a fire overnight, and now what he sees is the ruins of the shop, still smoking green smoke, thinking about the easy-going shopkeeper, the guys worked hard, but now it has become like this, which makes Zhang Jinjie heartbroken.

Although most of the officials have fled, and Su Hanchang also came to persuade him to go to Chuzhou last night, Zhang Jinjie resolutely decided to stay, and he has an unshirkable responsibility on his shoulders for this centuries-old capital.

The carriage drove into the palace, the palace gate was closed, and most of the Yulin army also fled, leaving less than a thousand Yulin troops and hundreds of guards.

Zhang Jinjie walked quickly on the empty palace square, and soon came to the Taiji Hall where the emperor worked, and more than a dozen guards were gathering under the palace steps to discuss something, and when they saw him coming, they all stood up one after another.

"Do you also want to abandon the emperor and run away?" Zhang Jinjie asked sharply.

More than a dozen guards bowed their heads in shame, just now they were indeed discussing escape, and one of the guards bowed down and said: "Xiangguo, now there are only three hundred guards left in the Forbidden Palace, and it is difficult to hold the Inner Palace." ”

"Then you will guard the emperor and the queen!"

Zhang Jinjie was angry in his heart, and even the guards fled, didn't everyone know loyalty? He didn't need to report it, he only walked towards Huang Fuheng's imperial study.

The imperial study was also quiet, only two little eunuchs sat listlessly at the door, seeing him coming, the two were so frightened that they wanted to stand up, but Zhang Jinjie waved his hand to them, signaling them to keep quiet, he slowly walked into the imperial study, only to see Huangfu Heng sitting behind the imperial case, holding his forehead with his hand, looking painful, Zhang Jinjie felt pity in his heart, he knew today, why didn't he listen to persuasion at the beginning.

"Your Majesty!" He stepped forward and saluted.

Huang Fuheng slowly raised his head, and when he saw that it was Zhang Jinjie, a complicated expression flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know whether it was surprise or bitterness.

He laughed bitterly at himself, his voice hoarse, "Zhang Xiangguo, haven't you left yet?" ”

"Where is Your Majesty's minister?"

"I don't, everyone is gone, the second son of Xiangguo is a high-ranking official in Chuzhou, if you go to Chuzhou, you will definitely be reused, you go! I'll let you go, the house is about to collapse. ”

Zhang Jinjie shook his head and said very firmly: "Your Majesty, things have not yet reached the worst level, there are one million people in Luojing, no less than 50,000 troops who have fled and hidden, and there are 10,000 loyal troops around the city gate, with 1.2 million stones of grain, 3 million silver in the treasury, and countless cloths and silks in Zuozang. ”

"But how long can you keep it, a month or two months, does it make sense?"

Huangfu Heng sighed, "I have not been on the throne for long, and I have no blessings for the people, so I let the Yongzhou army enter the city to appease the people, and I have a clear conscience." ”

"Your Majesty is decadent, where are the people who support Your Majesty in place?"

Zhang Jinjie saw that Huang Fuheng had lost confidence, so he resolutely said: "Your Majesty, please be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and let the ministers be loyal to Your Majesty in the end!" ”

Huang Fuheng also felt a little moved in his heart, so he nodded, "You can do everything cheaply, I will allow it." ”

He took out his gold medal and handed it to him, "With this gold medal, I will be here in person!" ”

Zhang Jinjie took the gold medal and hesitated and said, "The minister has another request, I hope Your Majesty agrees." ”

"Say, listen."

"The minister suggested that Jingzhou be ceded to Huangfu Wujin in exchange for him attacking Qizhou and Yongzhou."

Huangfu Heng smiled bitterly, "This doesn't need to worry about Xiangguo, I sent someone to Chuzhou three days ago to pass the decree, and named Huangfu Wujin as the governor of Jingzhou, and I have already given Jingzhou to him, but it's a pity that I made this decision too late, and it was too late." ”

Zhang Jin nodded, "The minister has gone to transfer troops to set up a formation, and the minister will call all the resources of the warehouse, please don't blame Your Majesty!" ”

"I've given you the gold medal, go for it!"

Zhang Jinjie saluted and left in a hurry, Huangfu Heng looked at his background, shook his head, and said to himself: "What if Huangfu Wujin comes?" Isn't it the same? ”

The biggest regret in Huangfu Heng's heart was not that he used Yang Sheng as the marshal, but that he should not have made the capital Luojing, if the capital was Xiangyang, the situation would be different, but now the way to retreat to Jingzhou has been cut off by the Qi army, and he has no way to retreat.

Huang Fuheng slowly closed his eyes, he just wanted to sleep well now, he didn't have to think about anything, he didn't want to know anything.

．．．．．．．． Zhang Jinjie ran out of the palace gate, and met the general Li Mi at the gate, Li Mi led 80,000 troops to defend Xingyang, but was surrounded by 200,000 Qizhou, he was outnumbered, defeated back to Luojing, Huang Fuheng did not blame him, and appointed him as the general of the Nine Gates.

"Zhang Xiangguo!"

Li Mi stepped forward and said urgently: "The soldiers ask for pay, otherwise everyone will quit." ”

Zhang Jin nodded and said in a deep voice: "I know, Your Majesty has allowed me to do everything cheaply, I will go to check the library immediately, first you give one million taels of silver, recruit soldiers, rectify public security, I will distribute the food needed one by one, the top priority is to stabilize the situation, General Li, as long as you hold on for a month, the situation will definitely change." ”

Li Mi is also one of the few people who are loyal to Huang Fuheng, and he arched his hand and said: "As long as the soldiers are guaranteed money and food, I will fight for Your Majesty with this life!" ”

The two discussed for a while, and then went separately, Zhang Jinjie summoned dozens of petty officials who did not escape, gave them heavy rewards, ordered them to assist themselves, open warehouses to release grain, stabilize prices, and asked for 500 sergeants from Li Mi to control all grain stores and purchase grain in limited quantities, at the same time, Li Mi began to rectify military discipline, sent troops to patrol the streets, and killed dozens of thugs, under a series of measures, the situation in Luojing gradually stabilized.

Two days later, 500,000 Yongzhou and Qizhou coalition troops surrounded Luojing, they were not in a hurry to attack, but surrounded Luojing, for them, it was easy to break Luojing, but the difficult thing was what to do after breaking Luojing? Who does Luo Jing belong to? Qizhou wants, Yongzhou also wants, in the previous negotiations, both sides did not clarify this issue, now that the problem has arisen, how to solve it, before reaching an agreement, neither side wants to take Luoyang prematurely.

．．．．．．．．． The Qi army camp has basically formed a prototype, it is a half-moon shaped camp, 200,000 troops will be half surrounded by Luojing City, Yongjing camp is also the same half-moon shape, the two and a half months are not completely integrated, the north and south each left a gap as wide as one mile, this is also the passage for the Luojing army and people to escape, as long as they pass the inspection, the Luojing soldiers and civilians can carry their property and leave the city smoothly, which is an effective means to break the Luojing people's determination to resist. The battle of westward expansion has lasted for half a month, it is the beginning of September at this time, so far, Huangfu is very satisfied with all the gains, fully achieved his expected purpose, he has occupied most of Yuzhou, and his original plan is only to Xingyang, but now, he still wants to get another piece of Luojing's soup.

In front of the big tent, Huangfu sat on a soft recliner, squinting and enjoying the warmth of the autumn sun, with the towering Luojing city wall in the distance.

"Is there any information on Chuzhou?"

This is the only thing that Huangfu is worried about, his Qizhou is empty, he is very worried that Huangfu Wujin will take advantage of the situation, so almost every half day will ask about the situation in Chuzhou, yesterday I got the news that the army of Poyang County has crossed Poyang Lake and marched to Jingzhou, which is in his expectation, Huangfu Wujin really attacked Guangzhou is false, his purpose is still to take Jingzhou, Huangfu Heng is defeated, everyone wants to get a piece of the pie, but Huangfu Wujin is silent, but he took a big advantage.

"Back to Your Highness, there is no news from Chuzhou yet."

Huangfu was slightly relieved, and he began to imagine what it would be like for him to step into Ziwei Palace, and at this moment, a carrier pigeon flying from afar circled in the sky and met his narrowed eyes.

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(To be continued)