Chapter 68: The granary catches fire
In order to keep his father's country and the people's peace and contentment, he must put on armor and go into battle.
Before leaving, King Chen hoped that Chu Lixue would go to Hanyue Palace to live temporarily, lest the Queen Mother kill her, Chu Lixue didn't think so, if she didn't stay in King Chen's Mansion as a hostage, then how could the emperor Nangong Anyi rest assured that he would lead the troops to the battle, Nangong Anyi didn't want any border war, he just wanted the throne, a hegemon with supreme power.
"Yihan, you can rest assured to go to the border, I am here here, no one dares to hurt Lixue, if anyone dares to hurt a single hair of her, I will make him repay it a thousand times." Ye Wushuang patted his chest and reassured.
Hearing this, King Chen nodded, he absolutely trusted Ye Wushuang's strength, some time ago, this guy just went to eradicate the bad luck of the Blood Demon Alliance who was looking for trouble for him, and in less than a day's effort, the Blood Demon Alliance became a branch of the Cold Moon Palace, and he really admired him.
King Chen's expedition was imminent, and the emperor ordered Shangguan Tianyu to be the deputy marshal to follow King Chen to lead an army of 150,000 to the border to fight, but the grain and grass were only given to bring 100,000 troops, saying that the rest would be supplemented later.
It has been three days since King Chen set out on the expedition, Chu Lixue is worried in his heart, he is out on the expedition, naturally it is not as good as his home, not to mention that there are wild beasts in the barren mountains and mountains, in case there is an enemy ambush, it will also put them in danger.
At the foot of Guangping Mountain, King Chen and Shangguan Tianyu were discussing tomorrow's marching route, while the other soldiers, some of them were sentry, and some were resting.
Suddenly, hearing the sound of wolves howling outside, the soldiers were awakened, they had been walking for a day and a night, they were already exhausted, there was no battlefield to kill the enemy, but to be a few wild wolves for dinner, this death is a bit too much.
"Tianyu, you stay here, I'll take a look." King Chen picked up the long sword and was about to leave, but was unexpectedly pulled by Shangguan Tianyu, "No, you stay, I'll go, you are the boss, this time you go to Nanchu, you can't have anything to do, Lixue is still waiting for you at home." ”
Hearing the word Lixue, King Chen was slightly stunned, yes, if he has something three long and two short, what should Li Xue do? Nangong has coveted Lixue comfortably for a long time, will she be robbed of her into the palace? There is also the Empress Dowager Bai, she fought back and forth with the Empress Dowager Bai, and sent the Empress Dowager Bai's younger brother to the guillotine, how could the Empress Dowager Bai let her go?
Thinking of this, King Chen hesitated a little, but let Shangguan go, he was not at ease, and finally decided that King Chen and Shangguan Tianyu would take their personal guards to take a look, if they could kill a few wolves, when they were in a hurry, they would be considered food and grass.
After paying attention, several people quietly walked towards the flashing green light......
When he got to the front, it was really a few vicious wolves, the wild wolves saw that the food was in front of him, the corners of his mouth raised a smug smile, and saliva slowly flowed out from between his teeth, King Chen pulled out the dagger on his waist, slowed down his breathing, and was ready to fight the wild wolf at any time.
"Ah...... The prince ...... carefully" Chu Lixue woke up from her dream, heard the sound, Ning Xiang gently lifted the curtain, and saw Chu Lixue sitting on the bed, panting heavily, and cold sweat on her forehead.
Immediately, Ning Xiang picked up the handkerchief, gently wiped the sweat beads from Chu Lixue's head, and said softly: "Princess, you are having a nightmare, it's okay, people say that dreams are reversed." ”
"Really? Are dreams reversed? ”
"Yes, princess, you must have thought too much during the day, as the saying goes, you think about it day and night and dream at night, as long as you relax."
Suddenly, Chu Lixue grabbed Ning Xiang's hand tightly and said, "Ning Xiang, do you know?" Just now I dreamed, I dreamed that the prince was attacked by wolves, and the prince was injured. ”
"The princess is too worried, the prince's martial arts are so high, how can he be easily injured, you must be too worried, don't worry, it'll be fine."
After listening to Ning Xiang's persuasion, Chu Lixue took a sip of hot water, and then lay on the bed, still very worried, but he was in Cloud City, and King Chen and they had been in the army for many days, so the news naturally did not come so quickly.
At this time, at the foot of Guangping Mountain, King Chen, Shangguan Tianyu and a group of guards were surrounded by wolves, and the long swords in their hands did not have an advantage at this time.
Suddenly, a wolf pounced on King Chen, who turned sideways and stabbed the wolf into the wolf's jaw with a dagger, and the wolf howled and fell to the ground.
"Use a dagger to stab them in the abdomen or jaw." King Chen said in a deep voice.
"Yes."
Seeing this, the wolves attacked in groups, and everyone killed the other wolves by the method of King Fang Caichen killing the first wolf. Immediately, all the carcasses of the wolves were carried to the camp.
Everyone saw the two princes carrying the dead wolf back, they all regretted a little, if they followed the prince, maybe they could learn one more trick to protect themselves when they encountered wolves, and sure enough, the diligent birds had worms to eat.
"Everyone is tired from traveling today, and tomorrow we will load these wolf meat into the car, and when we get to the next location, we will roast and eat it." King Chen said lightly.
As soon as they heard that there was meat to eat, the soldiers couldn't wait for it, but today they were too tired, anyway, the wolves were already dead, and tomorrow was their dinner, and it was the same day in the morning and in the evening.
In the early morning of the next day, Chu Lixue couldn't sit still, so she got up early to make up, and told Rean Xue to go to Ye Wushuang and ask him to inquire about King Chen's situation.
When she learned that King Chen was safe and that they had hunted a few wild wolves to make game, Chu Lixue had to marvel that she had unknowingly had telepathy with King Chen.
Knowing that King Chen and they were safe, Chu Lixue also became relieved, and the mother and child life hall that she was thinking about opening was also temporarily shelved, she thought, now I'm afraid no one has the heart to participate in the opening of her new store.
Three days later, the 150,000 army led by King Chen finally arrived at Yunxia Pass, and Xiao Yao, the guard of Yunxia Pass, was the younger brother of Xiao Guogong.
"General Xiao, how is the current war?" As soon as King Chen arrived at the border pass, he summoned all the generals to discuss the war.
"Back to the prince, the general of Southern Chu is their general Liang Cheng, and the most important thing is that he still has Shen Fei as a think tank."
"Liang Cheng and Shen Fei?" These two people, King Chen is naturally no stranger, every time Nan Chu goes on an expedition, most of them are this Liang who becomes the boss, Shen Fei is also a well-known strategist, someone once asserted that the one who wins Shen Fei wins the world, but this Shen Fei has not always been in love with the landscape, vowing to be assisted by a Ming Jun, otherwise he is willing to be in the company of flowers and landscapes, and somehow went to serve Nan Chu? It's incredible.
"Yes, Lord Wang, it is said that this Shen Fei met Liang Cheng when he was traveling in Southern Chu, and the two of them hit it off at first sight, and they talked for a long time all day long, and fell asleep. Mrs. Liang is jealous. ”
Hearing this, one of the generals smiled and said, "Huh? Two big men sleeping together? This Shen Fei shouldn't be a broken sleeve. Yes? Hahaha. ”
"Zhao Jin, the prince is here, don't talk nonsense." Xiao Yao scolded.
This Zhao Jin is a tiger general under Xiao Yao's account, but he doesn't like to use his brain very much, he only knows how to look at the surface of everything, and does not analyze the deeper meaning, but he is never ambiguous when he goes into battle to kill the enemy, he will do whatever he wants, and absolutely obey military orders, once, Xiao Yao was besieged, he broke into the siege single-handedly and rescued Xiao Yao. This is also the reason why he can stand out among small soldiers.
"General, I'm ......"
"Okay, this king knows that you have no malicious intentions, but what we are facing now is a big enemy of Southern Chu, they now have an army of 400,000, and this king has brought 150,000 horses, plus the 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, it is only 200,000, compared with Southern Chu, the disparity in power is very large, if you want to control the enemy, you must have a good way." King Chen said in a deep voice.
The current situation is indeed not optimistic, and if you want to use 200,000 horses against the 400,000 soldiers and horses of Southern Chu, it is undoubtedly an egg to hit a stone, and the grain and grass in the city, plus the ones he brought, are only enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city for 15 days, and after these 15 days, they will have no food to eat.
That night, King Chen wrote an urgent report, asking the emperor to arrange for the household department to prepare grain and grass as soon as possible and send it to the border pass, otherwise the border pass would be in danger. But how did King Chen know that this was exactly the result the emperor wanted, if he returned the throne to King Chen, it would be better to let him destroy the country.
Chu Lixue received the news almost at the same time as the emperor, and the emperor glanced at King Chen's recital, and discarded it on the table, "Grain and grass, grain and grass, you know that you want grain and grass from me, why don't you eat a few bites?" Why is there no grain and grass at the border, I don't believe it, there are so many generals in Beichen, and they will be afraid of a Liang Cheng? The emperor said indignantly.
Actually, this is not to blame the emperor for being ignorant, he has never been on the battlefield at all, how can a person who has not been on the battlefield and only knows how to be comfortable and enjoyable understand the consequences of the war, Nangong is comfortable, the name is really good, if the country is not guaranteed, where do you come from?
It was night, the wind was blowing, the sky was fluttering with snowflakes, Chu Lixue was standing under the porch wearing mink fur, and she was always worried about the war at the border pass.
Now, there is a shortage of grain and grass, and the emperor refuses to hurry up to prepare grain and grass, indulging in lust all day long, ignoring the government and politics, and making it clear that he wants to send the soldiers over there to death.
Chu Lixue naturally wouldn't sit idly by looking at King Chen's lack of food and grass, and was about to write a letter to Ye Wushuang when she suddenly heard the sound of gongs outside shaking the sky, and then heard someone shouting loudly, "It's on fire, it's on fire......
"On fire? Wanyue, go and see where the fire is. Chu Lixue's heart thumped, but don't be a granary, if the granary catches fire, then everything will be over.
After about a cup of tea, the waning moon walked back quickly, "Princess, it's not good, it's the Taiping that is on fire, the fire is very big, and when the slaves and maids passed, the granaries had collapsed." ”
"What? The fire in the breach ......"