The clouds on the horizon rolled, bringing the news of Lingjiang to the sky.

However, in just a few days, Xi Yan took Lingjiang without spending a single soldier, and the battle report reached Fangling.

Compared with the glory of Chongdu Taiji Palace, Fangling Palace is much simpler.

For many days, the early dynasty has not been abolished, and the scene of verbal battles is still being staged in front of the emperor's eyes.

It was another morning in the court, Situ He's face was worried, and he bowed to the emperor with a little confusion: "Your Majesty, the rebels have broken through the Daqing Pass, and the traitors ridiculed him...... Siege has been made into Anding City. ”

"Traitor!" The emperor was angry and roared like thunder, "Are all the officials in Lingjiang dead!?" Are all those local armies I raised a waste! How did you let this traitor enter the Lingjiang River without blood! None of the people of Lingjiang rose up to resist! Kill, kill! ”

For a while, the ministers were cold, for fear that the thunderous anger would affect them.

Li Zhizhang, the general of the auxiliary state, looked left and right, hesitated again and again, and finally stood up, "Your Majesty, do you want to send troops to fight?" ”

He Fangping is not here at this time, he seems to be the first person in the military in Chongdu City, and the emperor has also intended to support the Li family these days, at such a time, he naturally has to stand up and speak.

Qi Zejun sneered, "General Li's words are so light-hearted, do I still have soldiers to send at this time?" The Praetorian Guards have all been surrendered to Xi Yan, and the 100,000 Lin Wei has been entangled in the northwest and cannot be withdrawn. Most of the generals have been killed in battle, even if there are soldiers to be dispatched, does General Li want to take command in person, or does he want His Majesty to drive the expedition in person? ”

Li Zhizhang couldn't help but sneer at him, "I have soldiers in all the state capitals of Dazhao, Lord Qi is not destroying his own ambition and growing up to be a rebel and a thief!" ”

"Shut up!" The emperor was so angry that he knocked all the pieces on the table to the ground, "My country is going to be broken by the traitors, what are you still fighting for!" ”

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to speak, for fear of accidentally angering Tianwei again.

The emperor exhaled a long breath, the war in the northwest is not over yet, and the Lingjiang River in the southwest has been divided in a blink of an eye, no matter what, the emperor still has to make an idea.

After a long silence, the emperor still looked at the minister headed by him: "Situ He, what do you say?" ”

Situ He had already thought about this matter, so he thought about it: "The minister thinks that if you want to conquer at this time, I am afraid that the troops are really insufficient. If the officers and soldiers from other state capitals are transferred, they are afraid that those with evil intentions will take the opportunity to cause chaos. ”

"Then you just can't help it!"

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! The minister thought that it was better to send troops from the state capitals around Lingjiang to block the roads in and out of Lingjiang, and wait for the war in the northwest to be resolved, and then send troops to Lingjiang. ”

Li Zhizhang scoffed at Situ He's proposal, and said again: "The Lingjiang River is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you don't take advantage of the fact that his feet are not stable and take it with the momentum of thunder, and then want to suppress it in the future, I am afraid that it will not be so easy. ”

The emperor ignored Li Zhizhang's proposal, but said, "Just do as Situ He said." It is bound to block the rebel in Lingjiang, this matter is ...... The Ministry of War is in charge. ”

Qi Zejun originally wanted to say something, he knew that Li Zhizhang was familiar with the art of war, and the advice he made was more long-term than Situ He's, but seeing that the emperor was like this, he had no choice but to keep silent.

That night, in Qi's mansion in Fangling, carrier pigeons threw themselves into the night sky one after another, flying towards the northwest.

A few days passed, and after leaving Lelang City, Meng Qingye and An Ruofei traveled all the way south, hurrying slowly, and finally arrived at the border between Lingjiang and Dazhao.

Unfortunately, it was very unfortunate that on the official road ahead, a team of soldiers blocked the road and did not allow anyone to pass.

Looking at the crowd of people in front of him, An Ruofei leaned close to Meng Qingye's ear and whispered, "Qingye, I'm afraid we have to change our path." ”

Meng Qingye nodded, grabbed An Ruofei's sleeve and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Why are there so many people going to Lingjiang?"

Meng Qingye leaned over slightly, and his voice was extremely low: "I heard someone in the inn this morning that he invited people of insight from all over the world to go to Lingjiang, but whoever went was promised heavy profits." You see, most of the people who are busy on the road are merchants. His Majesty found out about this, so he called the government to close the road. ”

"So how do we get there?"

"Don't worry. In addition to taking the official road to Lingjiang, there are also many small roads, but most of them are mountain roads and are not easy to walk. ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

"But I'm afraid!"

An Ruofei's face was suddenly full of helplessness, "Then, what do you say?" ”

Meng Qingye seemed to be smiling, and his eyebrows were quite smug, "I investigated overnight last night, and I really found a road that is neither difficult nor conspicuous." ”

"What are you looking for?" An Ruofei couldn't help but be a little stunned, she didn't sleep all night last night, and Meng Qingye was always in the room next to her, when did he go out to investigate?

"Maps. Since you can't go on the official road, you can only think crookedly. As he spoke, Meng Qingye took out a map from his arms, pointed to the markers on the map and said, "Look, going west through these woods, it is Qujiang." If you walk along the river, there will definitely be a wild ferry, and when the time comes, we can just hire a small boat and go in quietly. ”

"Wonderful!"

The Lingjiang River is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a Qujiang River winds through the mountains, sending the blue waves to the embrace of the Qunqu Mountains, and it is precisely because of the Qujiang River that the Lingjiang River will be so abundant. Therefore, in addition to the official road, you can also take the waterway to enter the Lingjiang River. It's just that now that such a thing has happened, the large and small wharves have long been closed by the Great Zhao Mansion, and if you want to take the waterway, you can only hope for the wild ferry by the river.

Meng Qingye and An Ruofei took advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers were not paying attention, and slipped into the forest on the side of the road. walked about two miles to the west, but the scene in front of them made the two dumbfounded, "Qingye, this is the inconspicuous road you said?" ”

Looking up, the scene in the forest is the same as the official road, crowded with people, and the clothes are yin. Groups of caravans cleaved the already modest woods even more crowded.

Meng Qingye couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to argue sneeringly: "If you follow the signs on the map, two miles ahead will be Qujiang." But now, it seems that there are people in the two miles ahead, and there is no way out. ”

"Then, can you walk along the woods again, didn't you say that there are many wild crossings in Qujiang? If you can find a wild crossing that no one cares about, you don't have to wait here. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was another sound of horses' hooves behind the two.

"All caravans, idlers, etc., leave quickly, if anyone goes to Lingjiang without permission, they are guilty of treason!"

As soon as Meng Qingye turned around, he saw two officials coming to bombard people, and An Ruofei glanced at each other helplessly.

However, in just an instant, two short sharp arrows flew out from Meng Qingye's side one after another, and before Meng Qingye could react, An Ruofei grabbed his sleeve and fled back to the depths of the woods.