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Chapter 565: Wangxiang

When the convoy left Gyeonggi Province, Luo Weiran couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the imperial officials and soldiers guarding the official road. Now it is easier for people in Gyeonggi Province to get out, and they can be released by stuffing some silver, and if they want to come in, unless they are people sent by the imperial court to contact or messengers who deliver military information, no one can enter. The entire official road outside Gyeonggi Province was blocked, and it was said that it was to arrest the Mong Yuan spies who had infiltrated Gyeonggi Province, but in fact it was to prevent the spread of news that the outside had collapsed in Gyeonggi Province.

Now that the emperor is not in the court, the crown prince is young, and once Gyeonggi Province is in chaos, I am afraid that the situation will be difficult to control.

"That's it?"

Luo Weiran was a little stunned and said: "I don't know how much wealth Lu Dao took to leave Gyeonggi Province, it was so easy and simple. ”

Wu Yiyi smiled and said: "I'm not a wanted criminal by the imperial court, why can't I come out without a portrait of the sea?" Now there are few people in the court who still have time to think about me, the first is to be busy sending people to meet the emperor, the second is busy blinding the people to block the news, and the third is busy preparing for the emperor to succeed to the throne immediately after the death of the crown prince. ”

"The Crown Prince Succeeds ......"

Luo Weiran said: "This throne, in fact, is not a succession." A while ago, I went out for a walk, and I heard that four governors had announced that they would no longer accept the imperial court's moderation and no longer recognize the imperial court's decrees. used the reason of suspecting that the prince had been kidnapped by Xu Xiaogong and others, but it is reasonable. ”

"Nine"

Wu Yiyi corrected the number Luo Weiran said: "The news I just got yesterday is that there are six in the south of the Yangtze River, two in the southeast, and one in the northeast, not counting the three in the northwest and four in the southwest. Of the 28 rivers and mountains of the Great Sui, more than half of them are not subject to the imperial court decrees...... The Northeast Zhudao is still stable, but it's also fast, don't forget that there is another prince in the Northeast who has been unwilling, if the emperor has an accident in the northwest, once the news of his death comes out, the Northeast will not live in peace. ”

"In addition, the Jiangnan Liuwei General elected Pang Ba as the leader and announced the establishment of the National Protector Army, and he has already issued a document, saying that he wants to protect the country and rebel against the rebellion, and assist the prince, and even the emperor has directly omitted it. It's just that the traitors they want to crusade against are not Luo Yao in the southwest, not King Yiqu in the northwest, but Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing in Chang'an City. ”

Luo Weiran drank all the wine in the cup, and there was some sadness in his eyes, "I never thought that I would actually see such a powerful empire fall apart on this day." I thought that the Great Sui would continue to prosper for another 100, 200, 300, or even 1,000 years. ”

"I didn't think about it either."

Wu Yiyi said indifferently: "But sometimes you have to think about what you have to think, maybe you will think that how I changed so quickly, and I didn't feel difficult at all, it was because I was preparing for how to escape being killed by the emperor from the beginning." From the day I really made the goods pass the world, I knew that the Emperor of the Dao Dao was going to kill me sooner or later. And because I have goods all over the world, I know many things earlier than others, and to be really, I know the Tao earlier than you, the commander of the Ouchi Guards. ”

Luo Weiran nodded, he didn't deny this.

He had never underestimated the ability of a businessman, let alone a businessman like Wu Yiyi.

"I just didn't expect you to choose him in the last place."

Luo Weiran said: "In any case, it doesn't seem very wise to put your net worth on him. In this world, there will be countless heroes, and people with big roots abound, why did you choose a guy with such a shallow foundation? And how do you know that he will definitely embark on this path? ”

Wu Yiyi smiled: "Since he bought that dilapidated yard in Chang'an City and converted it into a workshop, I knew that he would walk on this road sooner or later." Maybe he was just a concern when he built the workshop, but there was no doubt that he wasn't too late to prepare, and a little more than anyone else. ”

"What does this have to do with that tailor's workshop?"

Luo Weiran asked.

"It's too big."

Wu Yiyi took out a long wooden box from behind him and handed it to Luo Weiran, about a meter long. Luo Weiran stretched out his hand to take it, opened it and looked at it, showing some surprise in his eyes: "What is this?" ”

Wu Yiyi took out a short hammer from his cuff and put it on the table and said, "When he saw this thing for the first time in Prince Yi's mansion, he was moved. But then he was sent to Jiangnan by the emperor, so he gave one of these things to my daughter Yinyu and asked Yinyu to take back to the capital. Before, he asked me to ask the merchants of Dongchu to invite a few craftsmen who could make this thing from the other side of the sea, and recruited many apprentices. The workshop in Chang'an City is ostensibly just a ready-to-wear maker, but it is actually studying how to improve this thing. ”

"He made such a big fanfare to let the red sleeves show off in beautiful clothes at the expedition ceremony, not that he thought that he could make a lot of money by making ready-to-wear clothes, but just to hide people's eyes, this trick was played very beautifully, and even the emperor did not doubt it. Over the past few days, the workshop has been rushing to make long guns, which are more powerful than short guns, and the range is farther, but the output is limited, and the things needed are all bought from the merchants of Eastern Chu by my goods through the world, so there are not many, and only a few hundred people can be equipped. But...... I have already moved my workshop to Wong Yeung Road, and it won't be long before production resumes. ”

Luo Weiran was taken aback, looked at the long gun in his hand and muttered, "He started preparing to rebel so early? ”

"No"

Wu Yi said lightly: "As I said just now, when he first prepared this thing, he didn't necessarily want to rebel, but just a worry about the future, so he would prepare." He wasn't sure how he would use it, but he knew it would. That guy...... But everywhere he goes, he always prepares for the future, he asked people to make two glasses in Yongzhou, one for Pei Yan and the other for the emperor. ”

Then he sent the craftsmen who could make glasses to the Chang'an City workshop, and then began to make clairvoyants...... And the two pairs of glasses dedicated to the emperor and Pei Yan were just his tricks. Do you know how much such a pair of glasses sells for in Chang'an City? Three hundred taels of silver are not allowed to bargain! Both the emperor and Pei Yan thought that he was just greedy for money, and the first two pairs of glasses were just to ventilate the emperor and Pei Yan, but in fact, it was to cover up his purpose of letting the workshop make clairvoyance. ”

Luo Weiran was stunned for a long time, and then sighed long: "He is really an outlier......"

"That's not all."

Wu Yiyi said with a smile: "He has declared to the outside world from the beginning, he and Mrs. Xi have discussed, the money earned from the ready-to-wear business is divided equally with him by the red sleeves, so that the silver accounts are all on the side of the red sleeves, and the red sleeves have quietly transferred the silver to outside Gyeonggi Province, if I hadn't gone to find Aunt Xi, even I would have concealed it." ”

Luo Weiran was silent for a while, and then said very seriously: "He's not an anomaly, he's a pervert!" ”

Wu Yi nodded: "Yes...... That's why I chose him, I like this kind of pervert who can look far behind. What's more, I also have a daughter...... You should know that I haven't been able to do anything about the hidden jade. She fell in love with that silly boy, can I still help others and fight with that silly boy on the battlefield? ”

Luo Weiran was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Yes, let's talk about it, that's the point." ”

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northwest

Hexi Road

After another day of fighting, the corpses on the west bank of Luoshui were covered with a thick layer, and the corpses began to become dense from a hundred and fifty steps away from the river, and by the time they reached the river, they could no longer see the color of the earth. The blood flowed slowly under the corpse and eventually merged into the river, which was about two meters wide and red in color, and did not return to its original color for a long time.

The crimson battle banner was dropped on the ground, covered with holes pierced by feathered arrows.

Several crows flew down from the trees in the distance, pecking at the eyes of the dead.

A few hundred meters away from the shore, the soldiers who had retreated from the last charge of the day supported each other and walked back. They didn't even seem to have the strength to walk, and everyone looked expressionless, not even rejoicing for the rest of their lives. Because they all know that death may only be a matter of one day earlier and one day later.

The rebel sailors blocked the river, and the archers standing on the big boats could easily cover the riverbank, but they could only rush forward to the rain of arrows and then fall to the ground without incident. The pontoon bridge built at the beginning had already been smashed by the sailor's boat, and it became more and more unrealistic to cross the river. Only once, about 1,000 warriors familiar with the nature of the water swam to the opposite bank, trying to snatch some centipede clippers back but were discovered by the rebels, without support, the team of more than 1,000 people held out for two hours, until dawn fell the last person.

Before they set out, the Emperor walked up to them tremblingly, promising not to abandon them. However, while they were fighting alone on the east coast, their comrades on the west coast could only watch but were powerless to rescue. The soldiers on the west bank are weeping, and the soldiers on the east bank are bleeding.

The reason why they did not surrender was because they felt that since the emperor said that he would not abandon them, he would never break his word, thinking that it was the emperor, the emperor who made his word.

In the golden light of the morning sun, they still waved their knives and shouted. During the fight, he looked back from time to time, hoping that his companion had appeared behind him.

But no.

The team that swam past the water fought to the extreme, and none of them were able to bring reinforcements, because the reinforcements were blocked by the rebel sailors on the west bank. Throughout the night, the soldiers on the west bank did not give up the rescue, and too many people died but still could not cross the river so wide and wide. The corpses were laid on the east bank and on the west bank.

When the last soldier on the east bank looked back at the west bank and fell, all the soldiers on the west bank knelt down, blood and tears flowed together.

That day, the emperor watched the scene in a wheelchair, silent.

Another day's assault finally ended when the sun was setting in the west, and the soldiers dragged back to the camp on two legs. The strategy of the rebels was not to attack on their own initiative, but they would never let them cross the river. In this way, day after day of fighting, people have become numb in death.

One of the generals sat down on the stones, and with some difficulty took off his iron helmet and threw it aside. Blood stained the long hair, dripping down the strands.

"General, bandage it."

The soldiers came and tore off their clothes, but there was no medicine for the wounds.

"Don't fight again next time...... You're a woman, after all. ”

The soldier's voice trembled a little, and then he helped the general untie his armor, the clothes inside had been soaked with blood, the wound was on the shoulder, and a feathered arrow was still stuck there. The soldiers cut her clothes with knives, but there was only blood on what should have been white and tender skin.

"Will go back."

She lowered her head, pulled out her dagger, stuffed it into her mouth, and bit it. The moment the feather arrow was pulled out of his shoulder, the sound of teeth and daggers rubbing together made people's hearts ache.

"Can you really go back?"

The soldier bandaged and said, "No one believes that you can go back...... Listen, General, someone on the other side of the river has started singing again. ”

She spat off the bloody spit in her mouth and listened to the songs sung by the rebel soldiers on the other side.

It is the most widely sung song by the people of Hebei Province, and its name is Wangxiang.

"I heard that two more generals from the martial arts academy died yesterday."

The soldier hesitated for a moment and did not continue.

She suddenly picked up the dagger and carved a horse character on her left arm: "If I die and my body is collected, at least let people know who I am." ”

The blood flowed down and burned her heart.