Chapter 228: Coming to King's Landing
Just after Ji Qingchen waited in the royal court for half a month, Chief Manager Zhang arrived at the royal court. As soon as Zhang Rang arrived at the royal court, he immediately reported the current situation in King's Landing City to Ji Qingchen. And after listening carefully to Zhang Rang's report, Ji Qingchen fell into deep thought. Because through Zhang Rang's report, he has already made it clear that the current King's Landing City is the world of the Eighth Emperor Ji Qian.
Because since Ji Qian made military achievements in Yizhou, and because he Ji Qingchen disobeyed Emperor Yan, this makes the Eighth Prince now the most favored prince in front of Emperor Yan, plus the Eighth Prince's maternal uncle is Cui Jingsheng, one of the seven great families of Great Yan, Cui's family, he is the son of the queen, is the son-in-law, and Li Muzhi fell to the Eighth Prince Ji Qian.
This made two of the seven great families of Great Yan support the Eighth Prince, Ji Qian.
Therefore, with these many factors, the Eight Princes are now in the limelight in King's Landing.
And because Emperor Yan was ill, and the Eighth Prince was his favorite son, Emperor Yan had already begun to let the Eighth Prince supervise the country, so the power of the Eighth Prince suddenly rose a lot.
However, when listening to Zhang Rang's report, he said that the reason why the power of the eighth prince has risen so fast is because the princes who are now competing with him for the crown prince are not in King's Landing, like the third prince Ji Hongchang is in Ningzhou, like the second prince Ji Ping is in Xizhou, like Ji Qingchen has just returned to Dayan, but he is in the royal court.
Otherwise, with the checks and balances of these three people against the Eighth Emperor Prince Ji Qian, his strength would not have swelled so quickly. This made Ji Qingchen sigh in amazement at the development of the strength of the Eighth Emperor and breathe a sigh of relief.
"So, the current King's Landing is Ji Qian's final say?" Ji Qingchen asked Zhang Rang, "Aren't the others silent?" ”
"Wang You's father and son made a turtle with a shrunken head, probably waiting for the second prince Ji Ping to return to King's Landing City, while the fourth prince Ji Wen is closed, Prime Minister Pei Wenju doesn't care about government affairs, and hands over all government affairs to Ji Qian and the queen and Cui Jingsheng, Bai Jin has already given his head to Shi, and he is idle at home, and now the Privy Council is Li Muzhi's final say, and government affairs are Cui Jingsheng's final say." Zhang Rang said.
Seeing Ji Qingchen's brows furrowed, he continued, "However, this situation is not necessarily! Because His Majesty's current illness is good or bad, so that no matter what the Eighth Prince and the Queen do, they must have scruples, so now His Majesty can still suppress the Queen and the Eighth Prince's party, if His Majesty's condition has really become very serious, it is estimated that His Royal Highness will not only receive the holy decree to return to King's Landing, but even ......"
Zhang Rang's words were here, and he stopped talking, because Ji Qingchen knew what he was going to say next.
Indeed, with Ji Qingchen's understanding of the queen and Ji Qian, it is fortunate that Emperor Yan's condition is good or bad, otherwise he may not have received the holy decree of Gonggong Yang to let him return to King's Landing, but the will to make him commit suicide.
However, from this point, it can also be analyzed that the situation in King's Landing is very dangerous, which makes Ji Qingchen feel conflicted, is he going to King's Landing? Or don't you go to King's Landing?
Obviously, the current King's Landing City has been controlled by the Eight Emperors and the party, if he goes this time, if his father has an accident, won't he fall into the clutches of Ji Qian? Escaping from King's Landing will be even more difficult. But if you don't go, it will be tantamount to disobeying your father's will, if your father's condition improves, won't you be suspicious of your father in the future, so won't you suffer a big loss in the future?
"Well, is there any movement between the second brother and the third brother?" Ji Qingchen pondered for a moment and asked Zhang Rang.
He wanted to determine how Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang would deal with the strong rise of Ji Qian that appeared in King's Landing this time.
"The slave heard that the second prince is preparing to return to King's Landing City, but the queen did not approve it, as for the specific situation, the slave does not know." Zhang Rang replied, "But the third prince doesn't seem to have any moves, I don't know what Lu Dao is thinking?" ”
"The second brother's foundation is not in Xizhou, he naturally wants to return to King's Landing City in a hurry, and the third brother's foundation is not in King's Landing City, so he is naturally unwilling to return to King's Landing City at this time, which is very understandable." Ji Qingchen said.
Looking at it this way, he also has to go back to King's Landing City, because there is only Ji Wen in King's Landing City now, and if he wants to contain Ji Qian, the queen and Cui Jingsheng, he also needs Ji Qingchen. Otherwise, if you wait until your father returns to heaven, and the eighth prince Ji Qian ascends the throne regardless of his posthumous photos, the consequences will be unimaginable!
However, Ji Qingchen is also thinking about it, is this a ploy set up by Emperor Yan and the Eighth Emperor Prince Ji Qian? Is it just to guide him to King's Landing and imprison him in King's Landing?
Therefore, with such considerations, Ji Qingchen was a little hesitant about this trip to King's Landing.
After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't settle down!
"Go down and rest first! This king wants to stay alone! Ji Qingchen said to Zhang Rang.
"The minions are gone!" Zhang Rang said goodbye to Ji Qingchen and bowed out of the hall.
After Zhang Rang left, Ji Qingchen, who had pondered for a moment, returned to Shu'er in the backyard and told Shu'er about his hesitation.
Shu'er quietly listened to Ji Qingchen's narration, and didn't express any opinions, but just said a word, "Actually, Brother Qingchen, no matter what you do, Shu'er will support you, because Shu'er always believes that as long as Brother Qingchen is willing to do it, there is nothing that can't be done!" ”
After listening to Shu'er's answer, Ji Qingchen was stunned. No matter when Shu'er is so confident in him, he believes in him so much. Since even Shu'er is so confident, and he has an army of 600,000, what else is not confident? What else is there to fear?
With Shu'er's words, Ji Qingchen finally decided to return to King's Landing.
However, before returning to King's Landing, he also had to prepare, he couldn't just go back to King's Landing like the Commander of the Light Pole, he felt that he had to bring a fine cavalry escort with him. Because now Emperor Yan is sick, and King's Landing City is already under the control of Ji Qian's hands, if Ji Qian is not good for him Ji Qingchen, he will not have a guard at that time, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape Ji Qian's poisonous hands!
"Who should I take to King's Landing?" Ji Qingchen pondered, and on this issue, he was a little hesitant, because what was said here was not only the question of who to take to King's Landing, but who to take to King's Landing City, and whose soldiers and horses must follow him and be his own guards, this aspect is particular.
Like Cao Yukun's bandit army, like Zhou Shun's Beirong Governor's Mansion Elite Cavalry, like Wang Yin's Black Eagle Cavalry, like Xu Dachun's Devil Cavalry, like Huang Taiji's Beirong Elite Cavalry and so on.
With so many fine riders, you can't just bring one, and you have to make a decision based on the situation.
Because he returned to King's Landing this time, the army around him could only be stationed outside the city and separate him from this army, which required a mature and calm commander, otherwise it would be easy to fall for Ji Qian's tricks and annihilate this army. Similarly, this is also a test of the willpower of this army in a place like King's Landing, because King's Landing City now not only has Yulin Cavalry, but also the Eighth Emperor Ji Qingchen Pingnanyi Clan's elite cavalry, and it takes a lot of willpower to let this elite cavalry around him gain a firm foothold in the various armies of King's Landing.
"Li Changzheng must be taken with him!" Ji Qingchen said softly, because Li Changzheng is his captain of the guard, and Li Ke must also be with him, because Li Ke is the captain of Shu'er's guard and the commander of a hundred tigers and leopards. Now there are only 100 people left in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and only 300 people left in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.
"Cao Yukun wants to train the bandit army, Zuo Zongquan wants to train the battalion of dead soldiers, Huang Taiji wants to lead the Beirong elite cavalry, Xu Dachun is the deputy governor of Northern Liao, he can't easily leave Beiliao, Mengli can't leave Beirong, and Zhou Shun must also stay in Beirong, Beirong is his own territory, and he can't make a mistake!" Ji Qingchen muttered in his heart, "In this way, the only remaining candidates are Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and Hou Xiaotian." ”
However, Wang Yin and Li Qingqing are both generals who command tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and because of their status, they can't let go of their hands and feet in King's Landing City. If you calculate it this way, only Hou Xiaotian is left who can be suitable for this position.
"Well, Hou Xiaotian is indeed a steady and resourceful person, and he is also a rare general." Ji Qingchen thought in his heart, "It's him!" ”
The man who will accompany him to King's Landing has been decided, and now it's time to decide which team he will lead.
The dragon cavalry in the dragon army is absolutely not good, this army has defended King's Landing before, and the relationship with the defenders of King's Landing is not ordinary, and there will be big trouble. The Black Eagle Cavalry is OK, but it needs to guard the surroundings of Northern Liao, and it cannot be easily mobilized. The Devil's Cavalry is even worse, this heavy cavalry can't show his might in King's Landing. As for the heavy infantry and non-commissioned officers, it is no longer in the scope of Ji Qingchen's consideration.
Thinking about it like this, it made Ji Qingchen embarrassed.
After a long time, he could only decide to let Bai Xiangcheng cooperate with Xu Dachun and Xiang Ziyu to form a fine cavalry for Hou Xiaotian, and the number was determined to be 20,000, and let this elite cavalry escort him to King's Landing City.
And Ji Qingchen also gave this elite ride a name, called Qingfeng Ride.
In this way, in Ji Qingchen's thoughts, the Qingfeng Rider who was famous in the city was formed in this way.
Because the Qingfeng cavalry was established on the basis of the Northern Liao army, it took less than ten days for this cavalry to be formed, and the combat effectiveness of this cavalry is very strong, because they are the best among the 300,000 elite cavalry selected from Northern Liao, and the personnel are also very complicated.
Therefore, in addition to the strong combat effectiveness of this army, the requirements for the commander are even stricter.
Therefore, at the suggestion of Bai Xiangcheng, Xu Dachun, Xiang Ziyu and others, because Hou Xiaotian's fame was far from being able to suppress this complex team, Ji Qingchen appointed Li Changzheng as the main general of this Qingfeng cavalry, and Hou Xiaotian only became a deputy general. Because Li Changzheng has been by Ji Qingchen's side for a long time, and he commands the Xiaocai battalion and has great achievements, there is no situation where the soldiers are dissatisfied with the commander when he stays in the Qingfeng Cavalry.
By the time the Aomine Ride was formed, two months had passed.
And Ji Qingchen didn't embarrass Father-in-law Yang anymore, he kept his promise and took Shu'er on the way back to King's Landing City!