Chapter 195: Race Against Time
"Your Majesty, hold on for a while, and you can rest when you get to Anyuan County in front. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Wei Shiliang endured the pain in his inner thigh and said to Li Gui, the most important thing for the army to break through is speed, and this wild run can make his old bones tossed a lot.
"It's okay, I can still hold on." After the blows of these days, Li Gui has also become much stronger, no longer as willful as when he first came out of Beijing, and now he only thinks about returning to the capital as soon as possible to clean up Yang Jiefu's group.
"Report, the Simen of Anyuan County ahead is locked, and I won't be allowed to wait to enter the city." Before Wei Shiliang could continue to speak, a scout hurriedly ran to Qian Hua's side and reported.
Qian Hua and Qiu Shangjian exchanged glances, this magistrate of Anyuan County must be Yang Jiefu's person, "Didn't you say that Your Majesty is also in the army?" ”
"The small one said, but the magistrate of Anyuan County said in the city that now the soldiers are in chaos, and rumors are spreading, he has the responsibility to guard the land, and he never dares to let the idle people enter, and the small one took a step back and asked them to give some grain and grass, and he also refused because there was no food and grass in the city; The little one wanted to say more, but the city began to shoot arrows, so he had to retreat. Tanma replied unwillingly.
"How dare a magistrate do this?" Li Gui on the side was furious, "I'm going to go to Anyuan City to call the door in person, see if they can open the door!" ”
"Your Majesty, the most important thing at the moment is not these, but to return to the capital as soon as possible." Li You, who hurried to catch up with the army, hurriedly said, "The minister has already cut off the pursuers with a fire, and they can't catch up in a short time, so we can take a break, use some dry food, and discuss the next plan." ”
"Everything will be done according to what Li Aiqing said." Li Gui now felt that his legs were almost no longer his own, and when he heard this, he hurriedly agreed, and asked Wei Shiliang to pull himself off the horse, drink some water and eat some snacks, and then he remembered Li You's words, "There is something big in Beijing?" ”
Guo Yuanjing, who was behind Li You, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is waiting for reinforcements outside Weizhou City, but the reinforcements are delayed; Until a few days ago, I met someone from Beijing, saying that although the ministers in Beijing had issued an order for King Qin, they only let the army rush to the capital, and no soldier was sent to Weizhou City. ”
Speaking of the back, he lowered his voice and said in a voice that only Li You, Qian Hua, Qiu Shangjian, Li Gui, and Wei Shiliang could hear, "And there are many His Majesty in the capital who have been... Already.... rumors. After all, he didn't dare to say the words Long Yu Bintian, "The minister also heard that the Queen Mother had summoned King Yu into the palace and did not leave the palace for several days. ”
The words King Yu entered the palace were like a blow to the head of Li Gui's dizziness, he had just ascended the throne not long ago, although there was already a queen, but he had not yet given birth to a prince, King Yu was his own brother, and he was closest in the clan, if he had a case, then King Yu would be the best candidate to succeed to the throne.
It is self-evident what it means for the Queen Mother to bring King Yu into the palace, now that the army is lost, all he can rely on is his identity as the emperor, and now even this aura is in danger of being lost, Li Gui fell into silence for a while.
"Your Majesty, there is no other news yet, perhaps the Queen Mother has not made up her mind, as long as you return to the capital as soon as possible, King Yu will definitely leave the palace and return to the palace." Li You said persuasively.
"Yes, as long as I return to the capital, then everything will be back to the right path." Li Gui's eyes glowed again, and he muttered to himself, "I am the emperor, I am the Ninety-Five, and the king is just a naughty boy, how can I be worthy of it...... Li Aiqing, let's leave and return to the capital immediately. ”
"Your Majesty, your body ......" Li You asked hesitantly, it had only been a long time since Li Gui's face was so pale, there was still a long way to go to the capital, if he didn't get to the capital, wouldn't it be a trip in vain.
"I... It's still up to it. The danger of losing the throne made Li Gyu no longer care about these little things, and struggled to stand up, staggering to get back on the horse.
Hey, it's really not good, Li You shook his head secretly, turned to Qian Hua and said, "Brother Qian, although you can't enter Anyuan County, there must still be some villages around, so Brother Qian immediately took people and horses to search to see if he could find the carriage." ”
Then he turned to Li Gui again, "Your Majesty, now that the soldiers have been fighting for a long time, they are already sleepy and tired, so let's rest for the time being, wait for the horses to recover a little before leaving." ”
"Things have come to such a point, how can I wait, Li You, you ......" Li Gui's face was extremely hideous at this time, he just wanted to scold Li You but was stopped by Wei Shiliang.
"Your Majesty, let's listen to Jiazhoubo's arrangement." Wei Shiliang hurriedly pulled down the corner of his clothes, so as not to say anything unpleasant, now whether he can keep the throne depends on Li You and these people, if it hurts their hearts, it will have a good end, "If it weren't for Jiazhou Bo, General Qian, and General Qiu, I am afraid that we would have been captured by Tang Kuo's department, and now that the Queen Mother is deceived by traitors, we can only rely on you." ”
Saying that, Wei Shiliang was about to kneel down to Li You and the others, he knew that if Li Gui lost the throne, then he would definitely incur the crazy revenge of Yang Jiefu and others, and it would be difficult to ask for death at that time.
"Why does Grandpa Wei have to be like this." Qian Hua hurriedly stepped forward to stop him from bowing, "I'll go look for the carriage, Your Majesty will rest for a while, and the ministers will come when they go." ”
Hey, is it necessary to go to such great lengths just to keep such a waste? Li You kept smiling bitterly in his heart, although this defeat was due to the fact that Yang Jiefu and others cut off food and grass and colluded with Tang Kuo's troops, but if he hadn't changed his marching plan at will all the way, how could he have been defeated so quickly and so miserably?
There is no way, if he dies, even if Brother Qian and Brother Qiu and I can return to the capital safely, Yang Jiefu will definitely use the loss of the lord as an excuse to put me to death, now we are tied to this waste, and let's endure this catastrophe for a few more days; Li You secretly sighed, the capital is still too dangerous, if I can return to Beijing safely, I should go back to Jiazhou.
Qian Hua searched around for more than an hour before he found a half-used carriage from a small landlord's house, and arranged it a little for Li Gui to use as a tool to ride.
And these lucky escaped armies were also divided into two parts, Li You, Qian Hua and Qiu Shangjian quickly returned to Beijing with elite cavalry escort Li Gui, while Yao Pingzhong and Qin Tansheng followed with the rest of the soldiers and horses, and the little food left in the army also belonged to Li You and others, Yao Pingzhong and they could only find their own way in the future.
"From now on, we must rush to the capital day and night." Li You said loudly, now you have to race against time. (To be continued.) )