Chapter 65: I Can't Afford It
"Great victory, great victory in Yujing Mountain!"
"King Yi's army killed Cai Min, captured 8,000 Cai Guo's army, and Zhou Hai fled!"
"Great victory, great victory!"
In the middle of the night, a cavalryman rushed into Jingcheng, roaring as he rushed towards the palace.
This news was like a midnight thunderstorm, which woke up the entire Jingcheng, and the news instantly spread throughout the city, shaking the city.
The ministers in the court have been waiting for news, none of the six major princes left, they got the news one step earlier, and at this moment the court has been thunderous, and countless old ministers are crying silently, and they celebrate with their crowns. The victory of Yujingshan is not only a partial victory, but also an important turning point that can affect the entire Jingguo war.
Cai Min was killed, Zhou Hai was defeated, and Jingcheng was worry-free.
As long as the Black Rock City side withstood the pressure, Wang Tai was not a fool, so he could only evacuate quickly. Cai Min's reputation in Cai Guo was shocking, and his death was a huge blow to the morale of Cai Guo's army, plus the shortage of food and grass, Cai Guo's army did not withdraw, only the whole army was annihilated.
The six great princes all breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on their faces. They and Jingguo are both prosperous and loss-making. Jingguo is destroyed, and some officials may have a way to live, but their family has no way to live. Because their family occupies a large part of Jingguo's interests, how can Cai Guo's high-level leaders let it go?
The six princes discussed it and immediately asked Black Dragon Terrace to spread the news to Black Rock City as quickly as possible, and spread it. There is a Sifang Pavilion in Jingcheng, where the envoys of the major vassal states and the Southern Chu Dynasty live, and the six major princes also quickly sent people to inform them.
At the same time, the six great princes also did one thing, so that Heilongtai could be summoned to Li Yunyu. The country can't be left without an owner for a day, and Jingcheng can't be without a leader, now that the crisis has been solved, it is natural to invite Li Yunyu back to preside over the overall situation as soon as possible.
Half an hour later, all kinds of flying pigeons and birds soon took off from the Sifang Pavilion to pass on the news, and it is estimated that the news of Yujingshan's victory will spread throughout Nanchu early tomorrow morning. The war between Cai and Jingguo, the major vassal states were very concerned, and the Southern Chu Dynasty was actually also very concerned, but they did not intervene and let it go.
Many people are destined to be sleepless this night, and the six great princes are afraid that they will not be able to sleep tonight. The envoys of the major vassal states and the envoys of Southern Chu are estimated to be unable to sleep, although they have passed on the news, but what they have passed on is only the news of preliminary judgment, and it is necessary to further verify and obtain accurate information before sending the news back again.
Cao Li, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, was seriously injured, and he couldn't rest tonight, so he was busy until the middle of the night so that the bodies of those who died in battle could be placed separately. After hurriedly returning to the palace to heal for a while, it was already dawn, and he received a message that Li Yunyi had come down the mountain and went straight to Jingcheng.
The officials of the court didn't sleep for an hour or two when they went back, and they all gathered in King Jing's palace in a hurry, and the six great princes all received the news.
Li Yunyi went down the mountain and was going back to Jingcheng. These news were actually deliberately released by Li Yunyi, including Cai Min being killed and Zhou Hai retreated, if Li Yunyi's permission was not obtained, the secret agents of Heilongtai would not be able to go to Yujingshan at all.
His Royal Highness King Yi, who has made immortal achievements and supported the building will fall, has returned triumphantly, what kind of etiquette should the court have to welcome?
This is the theme of all the officials gathered in King Jing's palace to discuss, and the greeting must be welcomed, depending on what the specifications are. According to the normal situation, it should be that hundreds of civil and military officials went out of the city to greet them, but many officials raised objections and found various reasons, saying that the specifications did not have to be so high, after all, Li Yunyi was just an ordinary prince, and there was a mistake in the past......
These officials are all from Li Yunyu's faction, Li Yunyu abandoned the city and fled, but Li Yunyi turned the tide, which will make Li Yunyu very wasted in comparison. So those officials want to keep a low profile, Li Yunyi abandoned the city and fled to the ordinary people don't know about it, keep a low profile here, block the news there, and wait for Li Yunyu to ascend the throne, it doesn't matter much.
Yes, enthroned!
Naturally, this group of officials wanted Li Yunyu to ascend the throne, because they were all strong supporters of Li Yunyu. Li Hongtu is about to die, and there must be a prince who will ascend the throne.
Before, the state affairs were difficult, Jingguo was in turmoil, those officials didn't dare to think about it, and they wouldn't let Li Yunyu ascend the throne, in case Jingguo was destroyed, it would be useless to ascend the throne.
Now it's different!
There was a shocking reversal in the war, Cai Min was killed, Zhou Hai was defeated, and the balance of the battle was tilted towards Jingguo's side, and the possibility of a big victory was very high. Since it is possible to win a big victory, the matter of ascending the throne must be planned in advance.
Jingguo had five princes, the crown prince died in battle, and the second prince, the fourth prince, the seventh prince and the ninth prince remained. The ninth prince is still young, so there is no need to think about it, so only the second prince, the fourth prince and the seventh prince Li Yunyi are left.
Li Yunyi returned with a big victory, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he will become famous all over the world. But the officials in the court did not regard him as an object that could be assisted. This prince was very mediocre before, he didn't like to make friends with officials, but followed the prince wholeheartedly, and belonged to the prince's lineage.
After the death of the crown prince in battle, many officials of the prince's line were secretly excluded, and there was not much left in the court. Therefore, most of the officials in the court are not familiar with Li Yunyi, and they do not belong to his lineage, and they have not established a good relationship before, and it is useless to hold Buddha feet temporarily.
In addition, Li Yunyi's legs were crippled and his dantian was broken, which has been notarized. A crippled prince wants to ascend the throne as king, which is too difficult, and there is no force at all, which is difficult to convince the public in Jingguo, which is extremely martial.
The most important point is that what Li Yunyi did in Tiannan County, as well as "ransacking" the city all the way, Li Yunyi's reputation among the people is not good, and many officials in the court have criticized him. Now that they have formed a relationship, it is naturally impossible for them to support Li Yunyi anymore.
So......
Before Li Yunyi was about to arrive in Jingcheng, King Jing's palace finally came to a conclusion, and asked Cao Li, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, to take a few military attaches to the city gate to greet him, and some civil officials were also sent, and the rest of the country's important ministers such as the six great princes were greeted outside the Jingwang Palace.
The commander of the Imperial Forest Army does not belong to any faction, he only obeys the orders of the lord of the country, and his identity to greet him is relatively important, and second, it will not be too grand. The rest of the important ministers greeted each other outside King Jing's palace, which was also enough to save face.
Cao Li is above the court, but although his status is not low, his duty is only to protect the palace. So he has been secretly healing without saying a word. After the court came to a conclusion, he didn't say anything, and took a group of civil ministers and military generals to the gate of the north city quickly in a carriage and war horse.
The Imperial Forest Army opened the way and blocked the inside and outside of the North City Gate, and the news of the deliberate blockade in the court was not known to the people of Jingcheng about Li Yunyi's return. Therefore, the north city gate seemed a little deserted, with only two hundred imperial forest soldiers and more than a dozen officials such as Cao Li.
After two incense sticks, hundreds of cavalry rushed quickly, led by a man who was as burly as a mountain, wearing a ghost king mask, carrying a huge war knife on his back, and his head was held high, like a peacock with the screen open, who is not Xiong Jun?
Xiong Jun and the others rode war horses to open the way in front, the Blood Wolf Battalion did not follow, Li Yunyi went down the mountain only to let the Shaking Mountain Battalion and the Shenbow Battalion follow, and the rest of the army, including the prisoners, all stayed in Yujing Mountain. Those miscellaneous soldiers will only add to the chaos, and the Blood Wolf Battalion is not suitable for entering the city, and it will frighten the people. As for security, Li Yunyi is not worried at all, not to mention that there is a blessed father-in-law, the 300 Divine Bow Battalion and the 1,000 Shaking Mountain Battalion are enough to withstand 10,000 troops.
Xiong Jun arrived at the gate of the city on his horse, and he glanced down condescendingly, with a look of disappointment in his eyes. Originally, he thought that they had made such a great achievement, not to mention that hundreds of civil and military officials would come out to greet them, at least hundreds of people would flock to greet them with countless girls holding flowers in their hands, right?
Xiong Jun was a little dissatisfied, the war horse arrived in front of Cao Li and the others, he controlled the war horse to stop, and hundreds of mountain-shaking camps lined up, without dismounting or greeting, just standing coldly.
"Brave Division!"
Cao Li changed into a suit of armor, except that his face was a little paler, and he did not look seriously injured. He glanced at the Shaking Mountain Battalion, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he got the news about the performance of the Shaking Mountain Camp yesterday, and he couldn't believe that the predecessor of the Shaking Mountain Battalion was actually an ordinary army in Huya Pass? And this general wearing a mask and looking like a sassy bag was actually just a tooth general.
"Da Da Da!"
A chariot and several carriages came quickly, surrounded by the Divine Bow Battalion on horseback guards, and then hundreds of Shaking Mountain Battalions.
Cao Li hurriedly took a group of officials to the front and walked a few steps, Cao Li knelt down on one knee, a group of military generals followed the salute, and the civil officials knelt down on both knees and prostrate on the ground, Cao Li shouted: "The last general, Cao Li, led the generals to greet His Royal Highness King Yi." His Royal Highness saved thousands of people in Jingguo from fire and water, and made immortal achievements, which will surely go down in history for a hundred generations. ”
The chariot slowly stopped, and Xiao Anzi opened the door curtain, revealing Li Yunyi's handsome face. He glanced at the audience lightly, without any expression, and said with a slight bow: "Grand Commander Cao and all of you, please get up, Grand Commander Cao fought bloodily, fought bravely against the grandmaster, and protected Jingdu, hard work." ”
Cao Li hurriedly got up, bowed his head again and said, "Your Highness praises falsely, and the last general is afraid." ”
"Okay!" Li Yunyi waved his hand and said, "You guys do your duty, Xiong Jun enters the city and goes to King Yi's mansion." ”
"Whoa!"
Xiong Jun took the order, took hundreds of Shaking Mountain Camp to open the way, and rushed directly to the city, Xiao Anzi drove the chariot to follow, and the carriage and the Shengong Battalion followed all the way, and directly entered the city gate.
"Your Highness!"
Cao Li was stunned for a moment, he thought that Li Yunyi would ask more about things, but he didn't expect to enter the city directly after saying a word or two. He saw the chariot passing in front of him, and hurriedly said, "The six great princes and the civil and military officials are all waiting in King Jing's Palace to greet His Highness." ”
Li Yunyi's chariot did not stop, and his indifferent voice came from inside: "Help this king tell them what they should do." This king's crippled body can't afford to be greeted by a group of important ministers. ”