Chapter 762: The Battle for the City Gate
Yang Jing's Great Song Army is indeed the great savior of Longyuan City, and now that he has returned triumphantly, he should indeed go out of the city to greet him, but the question is, who will go out to greet him?
Although Chen Xuan was the lord of Annan, he accepted the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty and was a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, and the lord was just a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty.
As the marquis of the suzerain, and the commander of the first army, if there is no Yang Jing, Longyuan will definitely be broken, the Mongols will trample and slaughter, and the royal family will definitely be humiliated.
But if the wolf is lured into the house, it will be stinking for 10,000 years!
Especially that dragon, since it is recognized as a dragon, and this dragon has helped them repel the enemy, as the lord of the country, he can't ignore the existence of this true dragon, right?
Yang Jing was already under the city, but Chen Xuan turned his eyes to the old man beside him, half of the old man's body was hidden in the shadow cast by the torch, as if he was secretly controlling the entire Dayue land.
Chen Shoudu looked at the dragon riding general under the city, finally sighed, and said to the general beside him: "Open the city gate." ”
The general answered the order, and soon opened the gate of the imperial city, the civil and military officials lined up on both sides, the palace people hurriedly sorted out the honor guard, Chen Xuan and Li Zhaohuang and others, personally came to the back of the city gate.
However, they waited for a long time, but they didn't see Yang Jing come in, and Chen Shoudu's face couldn't help but look difficult!
"It's not possible, he still wants us to go out to greet him!" Chen Shoudu thought in his heart, and after a while, the reception staff of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly walked back.
"Taibao... The Marquis Yang of the Great Song Dynasty... That Marquis Yang said... This true dragon can only be subdued by him, and he can't leave the body of the real dragon for a moment, lest the real dragon accidentally injure people's lives... Therefore you cannot come in and knock before the king..."
When Chen Shoudu heard this, he couldn't help but be furious: "Ridiculous! Although he has made meritorious contributions in breaking the siege, I have already been treated by the monarch of Dayue Kingdom in the city, and he has also been able to ride a dragon to meet him, why is he so arrogant!"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked embarrassed, for fear that the Taibao would anger the Marquis Yang of the Great Song Dynasty, if the real dragon is angry, who can stop it!
"Taibao, it's not that Marquis Yang doesn't want to ride a dragon to meet you, it's really... It's the city gate... The gates are too low... If the true dragon wants to enter, it can only tear down the city gates, or... Or fly over the gates..."
Chen Shoudu's face was pale, and the civil and military officials also began to discuss.
"Although it is a real dragon, it is only a dragon of the Great Song Dynasty, if it flies over, won't it press on the head of my Great Yue monarch?
"Tearing down the city gate is not possible, this is the gate of our Dayue Imperial City, we desperately resisted, so as to avoid the Mongols breaking in, but this time because of the Great Song Dynasty envoy and demolished the city gate, in the future, we will be in front of the Great Song Dynasty, but we will no longer be able to raise our heads..."
"It's not... This is also a thousand difficulties, if the monarch personally comes out to greet him, he will raise the status of the marquis..."
"It's better if the Taibao goes out to greet him, but the monarch has already arrived at the city gate, and if the Taibao comes forward again, I'm afraid that I will be laughed at and say that I am too stingy..."
"The monarch can't go out to greet him, the real dragon can't come in, the city gate can't be demolished, and he can't let it fly over, and the Great Song General can't leave this real dragon... This... How good is that..."
The civil and military officials were also in a hurry, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty could come up with a good idea!
When the monarchs and ministers on Annan's side were impatient, Yang Jing sat on the dragon's back slowly and methodically, and almost hummed a little song.
He didn't expect that this evil Jiao's deterrent power on the Mongols would be so great, with the firearms and evil Jiao of the Shenhuo Battalion, he actually defeated the Mongols in one fell swoop, covering up and killing countless enemies, not to mention, even Annan and these people were shocked!
He didn't want to be too high-profile, and let this evil Jiao leave on its own.
But the terrain of Annan is too complicated, and there are not many rare birds and beasts in the jungle, in case you encounter some rare things, like the existence of spirit Gu Lingchao, and the evil Jiao's spiritual wisdom is encroached upon, it will be worth the loss.
Besides, the evil Jiao fought side by side with him and repelled the Mongols, Yang Jing has no reason to share the difficulties, and the blessings cannot be shared, so naturally the evil Jiao will share the glory of this moment.
The Mongol army led by Kublai Khan is no longer in the climate, and then send the snake Erchi, the founding father, Kublai Khan will definitely withdraw his troops, otherwise he can only be dragged to death in this jungle by the barbarians, Yang Jing believes that Kublai Khan will not think of such a consequence.
Now that the crisis of the Mongol army has been lifted, if we don't take advantage of the situation to knock on Annan and catch this small and unruly country in our hands, I am afraid that after a while, these people will heal their scars and forget the pain, and they will start jumping up and down on the south side.
Yang Jing, who didn't want to take advantage of the danger of others, after figuring this out, he calmed down, sat on the back of the dragon, and waited for these people to be in a hurry.
Although Jia Rudao was a prisoner, he did not go to the battlefield in person, and now that the war is over, he does not dare to jump out to fight for credit, so he has to endure it on the side.
However, with his person, as an important minister of the Celestial Empire, the lord of these small countries, he should personally come out to greet the generals of the Great Song Dynasty, and in this matter, he and Yang Jing actually maintained the same opinion!
Zhang Changling, Jiang Manyu and others won a big victory, and because it was a tailwind battle, they did not have too many casualties, so naturally everyone was happy.
Especially Jiang Manyu, he and other leaders also participated in many wars when they were young, all of which were small-scale wars in the Great Song Dynasty.
At that time, they were not the leaders, but they just followed the leaders to fight, and after the officials of the Great Song Dynasty recruited them, they always let them take the lead, often with many casualties, and they did not pay the remuneration in time after the war, and they threatened to exterminate them as barbarians.
They followed the court and army of the Great Song Dynasty, and never received the respect they deserved, on the one hand, the court never seemed to regard them as real Great Song people, and on the other hand, they were recruited as cannon fodder when necessary.
Jiang Manyu has long been disappointed in this court, in fact, the people, whether they are Zhuang, Yao or Miao, everyone is full of disgust and even hatred for this court.
This time, if it weren't for Yang Jing's words to mobilize the old man Lu and Longxu Tusi in Miao Village, and the ethnic minority brothers in the southwest to fight together, they would really not want to listen to Yang Jing's call.
Fortunately, in the end, they won a big victory, and there were not too many casualties, and they also cut a large number of ranks, and now they are waiting for Yang Jing to fulfill his promise.
Yang Jing looked at these generals, and naturally noticed Jiang Manyu and other leaders, and saw that they were a little impatient, so he said to them with a smile.
"Uncles, don't be impatient, your remuneration will still fall on these Annan people, hahaha!"
As soon as Yang Jing said this, Zhang Changling and the others couldn't cry or laugh, and said that our Hou Ye is also dark enough, let them be in charge of the grain and straw at the beginning, not to mention a set of rattan armor per person, and now even the remuneration of the barbarians has to be paid by these Annan people, it is really ... It's really exciting!
The more relaxed Yang Jing's side is, the more dignified the atmosphere behind the city gate becomes, Chen Xuan is an indifferent character in the end, anyway, the national affairs are controlled by his uncle Chen Shoudu, and he can't make up his mind, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to this at this time, so he has a headache for them.
Chen Shoudu was also aggrieved, his eyes swept over those officials, but none of the officials who pride themselves on being resourceful on weekdays could come up with countermeasures.
The more stalemate it seems, the more ugly the situation becomes.
This kind of thing is like this, the more anxious you are, the more you can't think of a countermeasure, and the more helpless you are, the more anxious you are, and you will soon fall into a vicious circle.
Chen Shoudu's face was cloudy, and he suddenly asked Chen Xu, "What does the king think?"
Chen Xuan couldn't help but feel nervous, because often at this time, it was time for Chen Shoudu to let him carry the black pot!
Chen Xuan has been absent-minded, and he hasn't seriously thought about countermeasures, where can he answer, so he had to say vaguely at this time.
"This... In the end, this Song army relieved the siege of our people, and it is not considered to go out alone to greet them... It's not a broken temperament... However, Yang Jing is only a marquis after all, and if he comes forward in person, it will be too face-saving..."
Chen Xuan was used to being submissive, and the courtiers didn't expect him to give any constructive decisions, and when he heard these words, he shook his head with a wry smile, and there was both anger and pity in his eyes.
Chen Shoudu snorted coldly, and was about to speak, but he heard a voice behind Chen Xuan.
"The minister thinks that my Dayue soldiers fought desperately and repelled the Mongolian barbarians, and the king should go out of the city to reward the three armies and give them imperial food to boost the hearts of the army and comfort the people!"
The one who spoke was obviously a female voice, but she claimed to be a minister, not a concubine, looking at the whole of Annan, only the abdicated Li Zhaohuang was so maverick!
After all, she is the last queen of the Li Dynasty, although she was forced to abdicate due to the threat of Chen Shoudu, she has always refused to be called a concubine, unwilling to live under others, and is unwilling to be like other concubines and the like, claiming to be a concubine, and always calling herself a minister.
As soon as Li Zhaohuang said this, the civil and military forces couldn't help but be in good spirits!
Oh, yes!
The lord of the country can go out of the city, but not necessarily to meet the marquis of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols are repulsed, but if there is no Da Yue's soldiers to defend to the death, and the final decisive out of the city to cover the kill, they may not be able to achieve such a big victory!
Everyone was shocked by the dragon, even Chen Shoudu was no exception, he had no confidence in his heart, and he was preconceived, so he naturally showed weakness.
But Li Zhaohuang is more kingly than Chen Xuan, and she doesn't need to consider these many political gains and losses, so she can jump out and look at the problem from a different angle, and the method is naturally different!
Although the lord of the country went out of the city, he was not the minister who greeted the Song Dynasty, but rewarded the meritorious soldiers, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty also had merit, so the lord of Annam also rewarded you!
If you accept the reward, it means that you are inferior, if you do not accept the reward, it will be regarded as giving up the pension of the monarch of my dynasty, and when the time comes, what tricky requirements will be made, naturally there will be no need to talk about it!
The civil and military officials were overjoyed, and Chen Xuan was also overjoyed, but Chen Shoudu had a gloomy face, and there was no joy at all!
If he hadn't been concerned about his reputation, he would have wanted to kill Li Zhaohuang a long time ago.
After all, this woman is too scheming and wise, and she is a huge threat to Chen Chao for a day when she is alive!
If she had been in obscurity, Chen Shoudu would not have been so jealous, but at such a critical moment, she stepped forward again, and she would definitely win the popularity of many courtiers!
Just like the situation at this time, everyone was helpless, it was she who came up with a good way, and the civil and military officials naturally wanted to elevate her and recognize her ability!
Although Chen Shoudu was vigilant in his heart, he was not stupid enough to veto Li Zhaohuang at this time, he sorted out his thoughts, and said with a smile.
"The king's consequence is truly wise, and if this is the case, it is all up to the king. ”
Chen Xuan didn't notice Chen Shoudu's unhappiness, waved his hand and ordered downward: "Quickly prepare the imperial meal, I want to reward the three armies!"
This is a rare moment when he can show his face, Chen Xuan naturally wants to be in the limelight, but Li Zhaohuang behind him sighed helplessly.