Chapter 134: The Siege of the City
Compared with the former him, the current second prince is really like two people, many soldiers have seen the second prince before, know what he used to look like, and then see the current second prince, it is really a little unbelievable, so now the soldiers in the army are saying that the second prince has changed his evil and returned to the right, which is no longer the same.
In this case, Jiang Qingyue went to find the second prince again, hoping that he could temporarily lead the two armies, resist the Tatar army first, and then think about it in the long run.
The second prince still refused, and finally Jiang Qing became more anxious: "Is it time to consider your personal safety?" I know you have a lot of concerns, but now it is about the people of the entire Liuzhou City, as well as the life and death of 100,000 soldiers! After a pause, she was directly anxious: "If I were a man, I wouldn't need you!" ”
Liu Min, who was haunted, followed behind, and when he heard Jiang Qingyue's words, he was immediately unhappy, and there were still people who were not rare in command? Do you have to let the second prince come?
The second prince looked embarrassed, and finally said: "Then, then I'm all for you!" ”
Liu Min immediately glared at the second prince again, how could he speak? Do you want to be so cheap and sell well? Used him?
"Second Highness, if you really don't want to, you can actually refuse!" Liu Min said calmly.
The second prince smiled at him, and suddenly smiled: "I do!" For the sake of Qingyue, I am willing to do anything! ”
Why do you know how to speak? Liu Min was so angry! I almost pulled out the embroidered spring knife directly.
"No!" Liu Min immediately said: "This is absolutely not good!" Without the emperor's appointment, can anyone who wants to be a general? ! ”
What's more, that person is still the second prince! Let him make military merits and establish prestige in the army, which is a big trouble for Zhou Ruian!
Jiang Qingyue looked at him unhappily and said, "Okay, then you can take out the emperor's appointment now!" ”
Liu Min choked, it will take a month to go back and forth from Liuzhou to the capital at the earliest, and now the weather is still cold, and a month is enough for the Tatars to attack the city hundreds of times!
Jiang Qingyue said with a solemn expression: "In extraordinary times, we can't help it, otherwise you let the people of the whole city wait here for death?" Do you know that this is not only the people's Liuzhou City, but also the emperor's Liuzhou City! Once the city of Liuzhou is broken, Dajing will lose its natural barrier, and if you go all the way north, the most dangerous will be the capital at that time! ”
How important is the capital? How many years, Dajing and Tatar have been fighting for so many years, and the Tatars have never attacked the capital, if the Tatars break Liuzhou, where will Zhou Rui'an's face go? It's only been a year since he ascended the throne!
"Now it's not us choosing who will be the general, we're saving our lives! It is also to preserve the majesty of the emperor! Jiang Qingyue said sharply: "Besides, it's just a temporary generation, and when the emperor's appointment arrives, I will return to Beijing with the second prince!" ”
Liu Min stopped talking.
"Then, then you trust him too much!" Liu Min still couldn't help muttering.
Jiang Qingyue didn't think there was anything, after all, they were brother and sister, and the second prince also knew this, what could he think?
Jiang Qingyue smiled with relief: "In this way, it's really good, don't worry, if the emperor asks in the future, I will bear it, and it will definitely not affect you!" ”
The second prince said solemnly: "Everything I do for you is what I am willing to do, and you don't need to bear anything for me." ”
Liu Min: "......" Do brothers and sisters talk like this now?
Jiang Qingyue looked at the second prince with a smile, but there was a bit of inquiry in that smile.
The second prince said: "Command is not simple, I think if you want to figure out the current situation, you must ask General Su for advice, he is the person who knows the situation of the two armies and Liuzhou City best," paused, he looked at Jiang Qingyue: "I will go to see General Su now, I hope he can give you some advice!" ”
Jiang Qingyue nodded, "I won't accompany you, there are still some things in the army, and I have to talk to other generals." ”
The second prince looked at her movingly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Qingyue, it's really hard for you, if not...... If he weren't so incompetent, how could he have made you suffer this! ”
"Second Highness speak carefully!" Liu Min squinted his eyes and said unhappily: "You are also a dignified prince, how can you talk about people behind people's backs?" ”
What's more, the emperor was merciful and spared his life, and now Liu Min feels that Zhou Rui'an did not kill the second prince, which was a complete mistake, look at it, this will take revenge.
The second prince arched his hand: "Commander Liu is educating Qingyue, then I'll go first." ”
Jiang Qingyue bowed slightly, and looked at him with a smile as she walked away, and as soon as he left, she immediately looked at Liu Min.
Liu Min thought of their conversation just now, and his brows immediately frowned: "Childe, you have just overpassed, you can't rely on the emperor's favor for you, just do whatever you want!" This is a matter of state! Don't you think you're going too far?! ”
Jiang Qingyue nodded indifferently: "Mmmm! Yes, yes, you're right! After a pause, he continued: "But don't sabotage it, the second prince is a general now, you have to respect him, otherwise I will sue the emperor!" ”
Liu Min: "!! "Are you listening to what he's saying?
Liu Min was worried, he always felt that if this continued, the emperor's country would be moved back to his parents' house by Jiang Qingyue, but wasn't it his mother's house!
That's not right, this Jiangshan seems to really belong to Jiang Qingyue's family, that's not right, according to it, Emperor Xuande and King Jin are still family! Liu Min was dizzy by all kinds of relatives, and finally he decided that he didn't want to, he was going to send a letter to the emperor, and he had to tell the emperor! Who doesn't know how to make a small report?
Jiang Qingyue frowned, glanced at him hesitantly, and finally said, "Or, can you borrow a few people from me?" ”
What's going on with this reluctant tone!
Liu Min had a face.
Don't borrow! He won't borrow it!
Jiang Qingyue thought about it for a while, and said again: "Forget it, forget it, if you don't borrow it, what can you Jinyiwei do?" It's all fists and legs, so it's better for me to go by myself! After speaking, he still had a disgusted expression.
Liu Min was angry: "Who embroidered his legs with his fists!" We are all good men who stand up to the sky! How many people I lost in order to find you this time! They're all good! I can't let you defile! ”
Jiang Qingyue said reassuringly: "Yes, I said the wrong thing, then you can borrow a few people from me!" ”
Liu Min snorted coldly, and ordered a few Jinyi guards to follow Jiang Qingyue to do things, and they all chose the elites in Jinyiwei.
Jiang Qingyue looked at it and couldn't help but sigh slightly, how did this Liu Min become the commander of the Jinyi Guard? Compared to Zhou Rui'an, it is really much worse.
After Liu Min went back, he wrote a letter to Zhou Rui'an, telling Zhou Rui'an everything that happened in Liuzhou, but the strange thing is that Zhou Rui'an set off early tomorrow, and there would be news at the beginning, but there was no news at all in the past few days, Liu Min thought, maybe because the war affected the road, the news transmission was slow, and Zhou Rui'an traveled lightly this time, and did not bring too many people, and it was indeed a little inconvenient to exchange news.
Jiang Qingyue took the Jinyiwei that Liu Min allocated to her, and sent everyone out that day, none of them remained, Liu Min was still strange, I don't know what tricks she played, but the Jinyiwei was gone, and there was not even a person who returned him, Liu Min couldn't help but go to the handsome tent to ask Jiang Qingyue.
"What did you let them do? Why can't I see that I'm not in the city anymore? Liu Min said with a frown.
At this time, Liu Min regretted a little, he only now realized that he seemed to have been fooled, maybe he shouldn't leave people to Jiang Qingyue, he was very worried that Jiang Qingyue would let these brocade guards do things that were not good for the emperor, but now he regretted it, it seemed to be a little late.
Jiang Qingyue looked at him and said seriously: "I asked them to buy rouge gouache." ”
Liu Min: "!! "Don't tease me! Rouge gouache! When he's a fool?
Jiang Qingyue looked at him innocently and said, "Don't you always think that I don't look like a woman, and I hope I can learn from a woman's gentleness and thoughtfulness?" I'm not studying hard, what else is Commander Liu dissatisfied with? ”
Liu Min glared at her angrily: "Don't think that you are the emperor's sweetheart, you can tease me like this!" ”
Jiang Qingyue thought about it for a while, and smiled at him embarrassedly: "Then you can't blame me for this, the emperor does prefer me more, are you jealous?" ”
Liu Min: "!! "It was definitely the hardest mission he'd ever had in his life, because he was almost by his subject!
And he can't beat her yet, otherwise the emperor will be very angry, no, even if he moves, he may not be able to beat her! When he was on the battlefield, he had seen it with his own eyes, Jiang Qingyue's skills were really killing all sides, and with weapons that were not in hand, they could exert the greatest effect, and having a person like her on the battlefield was the best encouragement to morale.
Liu Min shook his head, no, why did he start praising her? How can such a woman take on the heavy responsibility of a queen?!
Liu Min looked serious: "Jiang Qingyue! I'm telling you something serious! What is the conspiracy between you and the second prince? Don't think that if you are the emperor's sweetheart, I won't dare to touch you! If you threaten the emperor, even if you fight for my life, I will not let you go! ”
Jiang Qingyue raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you let me go?" After a pause, he chuckled: "Now that I am the heroic general who saved the people and killed the Tatar army, what crime do you want to blame for not letting me go?" Now the Tatar army is eyeing the outside of the city, but we don't even have a general in charge, the soldiers are already fluctuating, and the slightest change at this time will definitely shake the morale of the army and affect the results of the battle! ”
After Jiang Qingyue finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Min again: "Not to mention, just with the few people in your Jinyi Guard, you may not be able to let me go!" As she spoke, she gave him a somewhat defiant look.
Liu Min was furious, but after he was angry, he found that Jiang Qingyue was reasonable.
Jiang Qingyue glanced at him and said lightly: "Let's stop the meeting, if you have this time, go and kill a few more Tatar troops, don't always feel that someone wants to harm your emperor all day long!" After a pause, she sighed faintly: "Is it that Zhou Ruian is too capable, so the people around him have no brains?" ”
Liu Min was so angry! Why can't this person speak well?!
The second prince walked in at this time, "Qingyue, I've thought about it......"
When the second prince saw Liu Min, his voice stopped abruptly, but Jiang Qingyue didn't care: "Your Highness is here, but for the next deployment?" ”
The Liuzhou defense map is still formulated by His Royal Highness the King of Jin in the past, and it is carefully customized according to the situation in Liuzhou, this defense map is evolved according to the gossip map, which is to deal with various emergencies, so many years, Su Liangyi has also evolved and optimized this defense map, which can be said to be very suitable for Liuzhou.
However, now that Su Liangyi's treachery is not yet known, it is still a question whether Su Liangyi can be trusted, so the second prince proposed that this defense map should also be changed.
The second prince came to discuss this matter with Jiang Qingyue.
Jiang Qingyue took the second prince's defense map and took a look, she didn't shy away from Liu Min, Liu Min will climb the pole more? Seeing that Jiang Qingyue didn't catch up with him, he immediately went up and watched.
Jiang Qingyue pointed out several unreasonable places, Liu Min couldn't help but look at her in surprise several times, but he didn't expect Jiang Qingyue to be so proficient in the layout of border defense, and the suggestions he put forward were all to the point, and he really had real skills.
It's a pity, it's a woman, Liu Min couldn't help but sigh, and then proudly thought that he was worthy of being the emperor's person, which was really extraordinary! I feel very proud again.
Jiang Qingyue didn't know anything about his exclamation, and continued to talk to the second prince about the next deployment.
Liu Min and the second prince listened attentively, but when Liu Min inadvertently raised his head and saw the second prince looking at Jiang Qingyue's gaze, he couldn't help but be stunned.
That look, he felt very familiar, until a long, long time later, when Liu Min remembered the second prince, he looked at Jiang Qingyue's gaze, and Zhou Rui'an's eyes were the same as Zhou Rui'an's eyes when he looked at Jiang Qingyue.
Later, he finally understood that a man looked at the woman he loved like that.
Liu Min turned his head, what Jiang Qingyue said really made sense!
After the second prince took over the command, the soldiers actually had some doubts, after all, the reputation of the second prince was not very good in the past, but the second prince had Jiang Qingyue's strong recommendation.
Jiang Qingyue is different from the second prince, she used to be quite prestigious in the army, until now, there are still people talking about the legend that Jiang Qingyue is against the eight Tatar warriors, the soldier is to worship the strong, although many people hope that Jiang Qingyue can take Su Liangyi's place.
However, the reason given by Jiang Qingyue made the soldiers speechless, because she said that she hoped to go into battle without shirk to kill the enemy and kill more Tatar troops, but a general wanted to look at the overall situation and strategize, and she was not suitable.
After hearing this, the soldiers recommended Jiang Qingyue again.
With Jiang Qingyue's strong protection and recommendation, even if there are still people who don't trust the second prince very much, but no one is blatantly opposed, after all, in their current situation, they really can't find other more suitable candidates.
As for the second prince, he did not embarrass Jiang Qingyue, as soon as he took over, he took the initiative to attack and fought several small victories, which boosted morale and boosted the morale of the army, so that those who doubted the second prince gradually began to be convinced.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, a major event came, the Tatar army blew up the most important key roads leading to Liuzhou, and now to come to Liuzhou, you must make a detour, cross the Nanshan, and enter from the direction of Liuzhou, and the other roads are blocked by boulders and are impassable.
What does this mean? It means that the news of Liuzhou cannot be delivered, and the weapons and salaries for support cannot come in, and Liuzhou has become an isolated city.
Jiang Qingyue, the second prince, Liu Min and others got together to talk about the current situation.
"I'll just say it's strange, why hasn't the Tatar moved in the past few days, it turns out that it's playing yin!" Liu Min said angrily: "Such a big battle, we didn't even find out!" ”
Liu Min said, he glanced at the second prince, the second prince is a general, he must be responsible for the overall situation, in fact, Jiang Qingyue asked him to lead the army, saying that it was to let him control the military power, but in fact, it was also to let him take responsibility, once there is any mistake in Liuzhou, the second prince will be a sinner for the ages.
Jiang Qingyue said lightly: "Such a big move, Tatar must have been prepared for a long time, it can't be done in a few days, the second prince hasn't arrived in Liuzhou at that time, and this matter has nothing to do with him." ”
Liu Min glared at Jiang Qingyue, thinking that she would speak for the second prince!
However, what Jiang Qingyue said did make sense, so he didn't speak.
The second prince wrinkled his brows and said, "What should I do now?" The food in the city can't last a few days, and there are also injuries and illnesses that also need medicinal herbs! ”
Jiang Qingyue glanced at the second prince, the first thing the second prince was worried about in the past must have been himself, but now he began to think about injuries and the people, this is also a kind of growth for him.
Jiang Qingyue said: "Someone must be sent to clean up the road!" ”
Speaking of this, Jiang Qingyue couldn't help frowning, when she first came to Liuzhou, she encountered an avalanche, and she also organized people to start cleaning up the road, but she didn't expect that after so long, she would have to build the road!
Liu Min said: "Leave this matter to me, I'll take someone to repair!" ”
Liu Min had to take this task for no other reason, just because Zhou Ruian had already set off to Liuzhou, and the road was impassable, what did Zhou Ruian take? He didn't feel comfortable handing over such an important matter to others.
Jiang Qingyue nodded and glanced at the second prince: "Now we have to stabilize the morale of the army, we can't mess with ourselves." ”
The second prince nodded: "I'll go and tell the soldiers." ”
The soldiers also knew the current situation in Liuzhou, and they were all panicked, and the people wanted to escape from the city, trying to find a new way, but they ran into the Tatar army on the way, and the Tatar army killed the people, and the next day they threw the people's heads under the city of Liuzhou.
Jiang Qingyue was furious, but the second prince tried his best to stop her.
Jiang Qingyue took a deep breath, and then began the days of thrift, all the food in the city was gathered in one place, in addition to the food in the city, there was also military food, which she collected in one place.
The grain merchants in the city were reluctant, and planned to raise prices to make money, Jiang Qingyue directly led people to rob a grain merchant, and almost killed the shopkeeper, and the other grain merchants saw this situation and immediately obediently contributed the grain.
Liu Min couldn't believe it after hearing about it, alas, their future queen of Dajing actually did the robbery, but after thinking about it, he felt that Jiang Qingyue was worthy of being the queen in the future, look at this courage! That's what you should do at this time, it's really relieving!
After Jiang Qingyue counted all the grain, he wrote an IOU to the grain merchants of each household, indicating how many stones of grain they borrowed, but the grain merchants did not dare to accept it at first, and finally Jiang Qingyue directly pulled out his gun, and then accepted it tremblingly.
Liu Min wanted to cry even more this time, their future queen of Dajing not only robbed, but also wrote an IOU to people! He wrote down the names of the IOUs written by Jiang Qingyue, and planned to redeem the IOUs in the future, and resolutely couldn't let these IOUs go outside!
There are unscrupulous grain merchants, as well as doctors who provide free clinics, and the medical centers in the city have donated medicinal materials, and many doctors have also been sent to help treat the injured and sick.
Jiang Qingyue was busy arranging these things, and he didn't rest for several days, but the Tatar army didn't give them a chance to breathe, and launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night, Jiang Qingyue immediately opened his eyes, rushed out with his weapons.
This was another hard battle, but the soldiers of Dajing finally held Liuzhou City, and when it was dawn, Dajing was tired and hungry, and everyone was lying on the ground.
This day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The people of the city, women and children, went out of their homes to help with the sick and wounded, as well as to help with cooking.
Jiang Qingyue was walking down the street with a spear in tow, and was stuffed with a bowl of porridge by a little boy, the little boy's little face was red from the cold, but his eyes were bright and bright.
"When I grow up, I want to be like you, and I'm going to go to the battlefield to be a Tartar!" The little boy said courageously.
Jiang Qingyue said lightly: "When you grow up, I promise you that the Tatars will not dare to commit again." ”
When the little boy heard this, he thought about it, and with a painful face, he took out a piece of snack from his arms and stuffed it into Jiang Qingyue's hand.
"Then, let's eat this for you too!"
After stuffing it into her, she glanced at the dim sum with a distressed face, and then turned around and ran away.
Jiang Qingyue looked at the little boy's back, put the snack in his mouth, and chewed it slowly, but his eyes slowly turned red.
The second prince who was standing not far away looked at Jiang Qingyue, she was such a strong and resolute woman, with the strongest heart, but her eyes were red because of a piece of dim sum that she didn't know how long it had been put on.
The second prince sighed and walked in front of Jiang Qingyue, her face was still stained with blood, how could there be a girl like her? When there is red on the face, it is just blood.
"Let's go back first, shall we? Let the doctor show you if there are any injuries. He whispered.
Jiang Qingyue raised her head, her clear eyes met his, and she said, "I hate this war, I hate every battle," after a pause, she continued: "No matter what the cause of this war is, I will not let that person go!" ”
The second prince was shocked, and his expression seemed to be a little uncomfortable, but Jiang Qingyue ignored his expression, turned around and strode forward.