CHAPTER XXXII

Empress Dowager Longyou sat still, and when she saw Qin Hui kneeling in front of her, she only said, "You don't have to be like this, please get up and speak." ”

Qin Hui bowed respectfully a few more times before he stood up and smiled at the Empress Dowager Meng: "The minister came to Lin'an this time, and was ordered by His Majesty to go to Chang'an to live in Chang'an. ”

Meng Hou didn't answer at first, but after half a ring, he smiled bitterly and said: "This is natural, where the official family is, the old body will naturally be there." ”

Qin Hui heard that her voice was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is also well-intentioned, now the army is in chaos, the Queen Mother is thousands of miles away here, Your Majesty is uneasy, if there is an accident, isn't it the shame of the temple?" ”

Empress Meng shook her head and smiled, and said, "The shame of the Zongmiao is in the Five Kingdoms City, and my wife will never be humiliated again." ”

Qin Hui ignored her words, and only said: "Chang'an is located in Guanzhong, there is a danger of Tongguan, and the western soldiers are strong, so the Queen Mother should not suffer from the wind and dust again, Your Majesty is also kind, and please don't think about it." ”

Empress Dowager Meng traveled thousands of miles from Tokyo to Yangzhou, Yangzhou to Jiankang, and Jiankang to Lin'an, and she was really tired. Moreover, when he was in danger, he had always been taken care of by Zhao Gou, and if he hadn't, he would have been captured or killed by suicide.

Miao Liu mutinied, and she issued an edict to let Zhao Gou abdicate, but unexpectedly, Zhao Huan took this opportunity to insist that Zhao Gou be King Kang again, as an elder who has been following Zhao Gou, he is also very helpless about such an ending.

The Qin Hui in front of her, just like kraft candy, completely ignored her accusations and difficulties, and just smiled and urged her to express her position. As an elder of the royal family, if you insist, it will really be a shame for the temple.

She was so helpless that she had to say with a straight face: "I heard that the emperor is in Chang'an." I have not repaired the palace, and if I build a lot of construction and disturb the people in order to welcome my old woman, is it not my sin? If I want to do it, I need to speak first, and if I go, where will the emperor live? Wherever I live, I don't need to build more palaces, and I can't add more bricks and tiles. ”

Qin Hui knew that what she said at this time was just to look good, so she smiled slightly at the moment and arched her hand: "The Queen Mother is sympathetic, what else can I say, these emperors will definitely agree." ”

He continued: "Your Majesty often says that the Emperor Taishang is far away in the Five Kingdoms City. Not being able to live in person is a big hate. Now take the Queen Mother over, serve and live, and be able to fulfill filial piety in one or two, which can be regarded as filial piety to the Emperor. ”

Empress Meng smiled slightly and replied, "I only hope that the emperor can greatly revitalize the Qiangang." The elite soldiers of the strong country will send generals to the Northern Expedition in the future, and it is good to welcome the Taishang. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Qin Hui, but also the rest of the people present said together: "It must be so!" ”

Qin Hui was relieved to see that Meng was relieved, the matter was settled, and he didn't want to delay too long in front of the old queen mother, so he immediately wanted to quit and quit.

Empress Meng looked at him. Know what it means. But he suddenly said: "Lord Qin, how is King Kang?" ”

Qin Hui was shocked in his heart. I know that although this old woman doesn't care about political affairs, she actually has a deep strength, and she has seen a lot of power struggles, and she has many difficulties in choosing the right talents, most of which is for this sentence at this time.

His face was silent, and he replied indifferently: "The minister came this time, one is to see the situation in Liangzhe, and the other is to welcome the Queen Mother and King Kang back to Chang'an." Your Majesty said, King Kang has a great contribution to saving the temple land, and now His Majesty has no children under his knees, and he will imitate the story of Taizu and Taizong in the future. Therefore, when the minister comes this time, he must kindly escort King Kang. ”

Empress Meng finally let out a sigh of relief, her face was full of exhaustion, and she waved her hand to Qin Hui and the others: "This is very good, you can go, I have nothing to worry about as an old woman, and when King Kang and them are ready, they will go on the road together." ”

Qin Hui also looked relaxed, bowed down and replied, "Yes, then the ministers will leave." ”

Just as he was about to leave, Empress Meng suddenly said: "Around the palace, there are at least two or three thousand forbidden troops around, the country is fighting, it is good to have more of these troops to go to Jiangfang, I am an old woman who is going to die, what else is there to watch out for." ”

Qin Hui hadn't done anything yet, but Miao Fu and the others were blushing.

Qin Hui glanced at him, and had to say again: "This matter will be discussed with General Miao." ”

"Alright, my lords, please go."

"Yes, the ministers are leaving."

Qin Hui and the others saluted again and retreated together.

Miao Fu was indignant in his heart, and when he was a little farther away, he said hatefully: "We sent troops here, but we were also afraid that there would be chaos after the war, and with good intentions, the Queen Mother was so suspicious and suspicious!" ”

Seeing that Qin Hui was noncommittal, he had a sudden break in his heart, knowing that the prime minister in front of him was not a good match, so he had to silence himself and stop talking.

Everyone walked to the palace gate, Qin Hui and everyone gave in, and instructed Kang Yunzhi and others to go to prepare the carriages, horses, and materials on the road for Empress Dowager Meng and King Kang and others, but he took Miao Fu's hand, and smiled at Liu Zhengyan again: "The business is over, I have something to say to the two generals, can the two of you move one or two, let Qin ask for advice slowly." ”

Although Miao and Liu were calm on the surface, they were actually uneasy in their hearts, lest they not be able to do anything, annoying the big red man in front of the emperor, and the consequences would be worrying.

At this time, Qin Hui took the initiative to invite, both of them are scheming people, how do you know that Qin Hui is doing this way to suppress first and then promote, first beat these two and one to get off the horse, and then show favor like this, but it is easier to be convinced than showing favor as soon as he comes.

This kind of officialdom and research on human psychology may not be able to understand it even if the poor Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan study it all their lives.

They wanted to talk in private, and others naturally didn't dare to disturb them, and at that moment, the officials retreated one by one and scattered in all directions.

Miao Fu saw that Yue Fei was also leaving, he knew that this general was only afraid that he would also be reused, so he had a whim, and actually smiled at Yue Fei and said: "Lord Qin is talking to us, General Yue might as well go, so let's ask for advice together." ”

Although Qin Hui felt that this Miao Fu was too stupid. But he also had the idea of wooing Yue Fei again, and he couldn't help but look at Yue Fei to see how he was.

Yue Fei only took a moment to make a move, and then immediately replied: "There are still military affairs to deal with in the last general's camp. If you have any instructions, just show them, if you want to receive them, or will you want them to come to the future? ”

Qin Hui felt helpless for a while, knowing that the other party didn't want to make friends with the minister in private.

At that moment, he had to wave his hand and said: "General Yue, please go, if there is something, I will go to the general's camp to order." ”

Miao Fu snorted heavily from his nose and waited for Yue Fei to turn around and leave. He said: "This person is too arrogant, although he has made meritorious contributions to breaking the siege, but these days, we have had enough of his anger." ”

Liu Zhengyan also said: "When I was in charge of the forbidden army, he was just a loyal and righteous man, with 500 people. Now he is the commander of the army, and he is standing up in front of us. ”

They attacked like this in front of Qin Hui, but they had a desire to compete for merit and favor.

The first righteous great achievement. Naturally, no one could rob them, but it was Yue Fei's small town that held Lin'an and kept the fruits of the coup d'Γ©tat.

Liu Guangshi surrounded Lin'an, first suffered a big loss, and stopped for a few days. began to attack more than a dozen city gates around Lin'an. Miao Fu and Liu Guangyan knew that there was no way to escape, only to defend hard, so they went to the city every day to command, and the armor was on their bodies all day and night, Yao Pingzhong went to see the generals of the forbidden army in private, and encouraged the military spirit with his qualifications and prestige, plus Kang Yunzhi and others mobilized the residents of Lin'an City to help in the city and deliver bows and arrows. Pounding wood and sand. Deliver meals and treat the wounded. In this way, after a month of hard work, more than 10,000 forbidden troops in the city have suffered great casualties, and the army's morale has begun to be unstable, and Liu Guangshi has a lot of people in the end, and many people have been coerced to enlist in the army, as a sign army to make a meat shield, the city is not guaranteed, Miao Fu was frightened, and even went to Xinglong Temple to ask Zhao Gou to reinstate, so that Liu Guangshi had the intention of retiring from the army.

In the summer and May of the fifth year of Jingkang, the weather was hot, and Liu Guangshi outside the city also knew that the army in the city was unstable and its combat strength was declining, and he was afraid that reinforcements would come, so the army was all dispatched to attack day and night.

Arrows fly, cannon stones fire in unison, and its sound shocks the sky.

Up and down the city, flesh and blood flew everywhere, dead bodies lay on the ground, the smell was stinking, flies were flying, maggots were everywhere.

When it was, under the city of Lin'an, whether it was day or night, only the sound of killing shook the sky and the blood flowed like a river.

At this most critical time, Yue Fei's more than 10,000 troops finally arrived.

When Miao Fu and the others saw it, they were only disappointed.

Liu Guangshi's troops attacked so hard, the first dead and wounded were all signed army miscellaneous soldiers, the main force was not greatly damaged, when besieging the city, and sent troops to loot everywhere, each soldier got a lot of money, Liu Guangshi promised to loot at will after breaking the city, although his soldiers were uneven, they were afraid of the enemy like a tiger when they were Jurchen, but they were also fighting in all directions, and most of them were veterans with a lot of combat experience. The defenders of Lin'an City are difficult to defend anymore, all soldiers are clear, the city is in sight, and the morale of the army is extremely high.

At this time, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, what is the use.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan combined slightly, and decided that no matter how the city fought against each other, the defenders in the city should not be taken lightly.

They discussed this, but Yue Fei decided that the army did not need to rest and attacked immediately.

It was dusk, and the remnant sun was like blood.

In front of the high banner of Yue Zi, Yue Fei's eldest son Yue Yun was twelve years old at the time, and he had just enlisted in the army.

Liu Guangshi originally thought that the other party was here to send him to death, but he didn't expect that this twelve-year-old boy was so brave that he rampaged through Liu Guangshi's infantry formation, slashing and killing in the west, and the forward team of thousands of people was overwhelmed and could not resist.

Behind Yue Yun, there were Wang Gui and Zhang Xian, surrounded by the main general Yue Fei, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, directly into the soft underbelly of Liu's army!

However, for an hour, no matter how angry Liu Guangshi was, he even beheaded several generals, but he could not stop the opponent's ground troops, and seeing that the whole army was about to be defeated, Liu Guangshi was escorted by his own soldiers and prepared to flee.

Yue Fei saw him like this, but he rode alone, and chased after him, and Liu Bu's defeated soldiers saw him so brave, but they fled from the wind, and no one dared to stop his horse steps.

He galloped a little closer, stretched out his bow and arrows on his horse, and after he was full, he shot Liu Guangshi off his horse with an arrow.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were dazzled and frightened when they only looked at the city.

The two looked at each other in shock, and said in unison: "This Yue Fei is so brave!" ”