Chapter 567: The country can't be a day, right?

Zhongzhou, outside the Meridian City, a major city in the north of the Eight Cities of the Sleepy Dragon in the past, the rolling heat wave rolled there, right?

Looking north from the dilapidated city gate tower of Meridian City, the continuous barracks almost reach the horizon, eighty miles of blowing horns and company camps, as many as 300,000 troops are arrayed, and the scene is magnificent.

Whoosh, whoosh, from hundreds of earthen platforms outside the city, the huge thunderbolt catapult took over the baton of the siege, and began to exert its power again, and the pieces of earth and stone that had been sintered into blocks were placed in the spoon of the catapult, and then with a "put" order, the catapult violently waved the huge throwing arm, throwing pieces of earth and stones to the Meridian City in the distance.

The overwhelming rain of earth and stone almost covered half of the sky, so that the Meridian City was shrouded in a shadow, and at the head of the city, the Li Tang soldiers who defended the city seemed to have not seen this, and still hid behind the battlements of the city wall, some were bandaging the wounds on their bodies, some were holding bloody pancakes and steamed buns to eat, and some were closing their eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Bang, a huge earth and stone flew down, smashing hard at the head of the city, this earth and stone is not as hard as a boulder, and the moment it hits the ground, it will shatter into pieces under the violent impact, right?

After a crackling sound of stone flies, there was finally a human voice on the city.

"Grandma's, Lao Tzu is really enough to carry half of his shoulders, and he was smashed. A soldier who was hit on the shoulder by a flying rockfall shouted loudly, and his shoulder that was hit was already a blur of flesh and blood, because of the past few days of fighting, the armor on his body had already been torn and ragged, and the defensive effect had dropped significantly, and although Li Tang had been in reserve for many years, the war had been going on for several months, and the fierce confrontation of several major battlefields had made Li Tang's form precarious.

"Okay, hurry up and wrap it, if you are hit once, it is estimated that there will be no next time, you can sleep with peace of mind" The person next to him shrunk his body into a ball, with a wooden shield in front of him, forming a triangle with the battlement, unless the battlement is smashed, it is difficult to hurt him a hair.

"Grandma's" The soldier who was hit scolded again, began to bandage the wound with a fairly clean cloth on his body, looked at the sky with a slightly pale face, and pressed the shield tighter, and then he became drowsy, and the continuous siege of the city had exhausted the defenders in the city, and had to seize every moment to rest.

A few earth and stones smashed on the top of the city, but it was like a small pebble thrown into a waterhole, and after a little ripple, it would return to calm, while more earth and stones flew over the city and smashed towards the meridian city.

In the past, the Meridian City was still a prosperous street, not empty, the soldiers in the corner of the alley next to the street lined up, although there are few complete buildings near the four cities of the Meridian City at this moment, but thanks to the arrangement of the three cities imprisoned by the empire, the eight cities of the prison cage were built into a solid castle, and the city defense built by the boulders transported from all over the country was as unshakable as Mount Tai, and the buildings in the city were mostly made of bricks and stones, although the roofs of many houses were smashed off, but the wall became the best hiding place.

Every day at noon, the hottest time, is the time when catapults are raging, and it is also a rare time for Meridian City to recuperate, despite the rain of rocks, but in this harsh environment, the Li Tang defenders in the city are still stubbornly holding on.

Twenty miles outside the city, in a not too big wood, in the shade of the trees, Situ Ming, the Nine Emperor Princes, sat on a rocking chair made of silk nanmu, on the low table next to him, the black tea was bubbling with ice mist, and a trace of breeze rippled in this tent, compared with the scorching heat wave outside, as if it could roast acquaintances, this place was simply heaven.

Situ Ming put the letterhead in his hand on the table, picked up the black tea with ice cubes in his hand, put it to his mouth, took a sip, but his brows were furrowed, and put the teacup back on the table.

The content on the letterhead is not too unusual, and it is still the usual way to send some recent events in the imperial capital, but Situ Ming believes some signs from it, that is, there seems to be a wave of arguments in the imperial capital to elect a new emperor as soon as possible.

Unconsciously, the throne has been vacant for more than a year, this is the first time in the empire to break the wilderness, the sky can not be a day, right? Jun, but at this moment the throne has been vacant for too long, although the empire has a perfect system, when there is no emperor, it can still operate, but if the position is empty for too long, it is inevitable that some mistakes will occur, and even the royal family will feel uneasy, after all, the military and political power has been left for too long, which will directly threaten the authority of the royal family.

Although the three princes are loyal to the empire, it is inevitable that there are no young people who will make it difficult for them, of course, these are not Situ Ming's top priorities, but the recent letter sent by his uncle seems to mention the new emperor too frequently, which is not normal.

Especially at the end of the letterhead, there seems to be a voice-over in the words, although Situ Ming is still old, just past the year of the weak crown, but in the past year or so, his temperament has changed a lot, especially after the failure of the Northern Expedition and Situ Ming almost missed the throne.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the camp tent, and when the curtain of the camp tent was lifted, a wave of heat swept in, Situ Ming opened his eyes and looked towards the door, but there were three people walking in, one was Dongfang Ji, one was Bai Qi, and one was Bo Qianjian.

Dongfang Ji is a strategist sent to Situ Ming from the Dongfang family, and he has followed him since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, and he is considered a confidant, Bo Qianjian is the commander of the Yunzhou Clouded Leopard Legion, but unfortunately in the Northern Expedition, the two divisions led by Bo Qianjian were also badly damaged, if it were not for its value, and he would never abandon Situ Ming, the Dongfang family worked hard to protect it, and Bo Qianjian was also a smart person, and found out who the backer was, so he was even more desperate for Situ Ming.

Among the three, Bai Qi's relationship is the most estranged, but it is the most relied on by Situ Ming, and he even has to choose, Situ Ming would rather sacrifice Bo Qianjian than choose Bai Qi, Situ Ming has not ascended the throne at the moment, so he needs a capable general like Bai Qi, it can be said that Situ Ming has cultivated Bai Qi as a henchman, and he is even a little closer than Dongfang Ji.

Seeing the three of them walking in, Situ Ming didn't get up, but said very casually: "Sit down, there is a letter in it, you can pass it on, help me see what the meaning is inside" Situ Ming said and handed the letter to the left and right.

There are three or five pages of letterhead, all of which are written in small block letters, so there is a lot of content in it, and some things related to this side are more or less mentioned, although I don't want to exhaust them, but I can also see a rough idea, after the three of them finished reading, there was also a small while, but Situ Ming closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.

The three people present looked at each other, Bai Qi bowed his head directly and said nothing, indicating that he did not speak, while Bo Qianjian looked at Dongfang Ji for a long time, as if he was making eye contact, and after a while, Situ Ming said dreamily: "I've finished reading it"

"Back to Your Highness, I'm done"

"It can be seen that there are other meanings in my uncle's letter" Situ Ming did not hide it in front of the three of them, but asked bluntly.

Dongfang Ji and Bo Qianjian looked at each other for a while, and finally Bo Qianjian simply raised his head, and came to an attitude that nothing was wrong with me, although Dongfang Ji was angry, but he was also angry, right?

"Oh, let's hear it"

"First, the recent letter from the patriarch mentioned the matter of the prince, the country can't be a day, right? Jun, now it has been a year since the death of Emperor Huiwu, but the prince is still undecided, how long has this time been longer than in previous years, so this matter has been reported in the imperial capital, which means that the imperial capital has made a decision and intends to establish a new emperor in the near future. ”

When Situ Ming heard this, he sat up, opened his eyes, looked at Dongfang Ji, and said, "Go on."

Since Dongfang Ji has opened his mouth, it is naturally impossible to cover it up, so he continued: "Second, the patriarch also mentioned in the letter that let His Highness be more sympathetic to his subordinates, get close to the soldiers, and comfort the wounded soldiers, these various things seem to be teaching His Highness the matters that need to be paid attention to in commanding the army, but on such an important letterhead, a small half page is used."

When Situ Ming read the letter, he also felt that this uncle was a little verbose, he had already understood these things, if he wanted to become the emperor, he must have a soldier that belonged to him, so he usually paid attention to these matters, not to mention mingling with the soldiers, but it was enough for the soldiers to know him Prince Yun, Situ Ming looked at Dongfang Ji and motioned for him to continue.

Dongfang was extremely encouraged and said: "The patriarch said this, it should be to let His Highness hold the military power tightly, in case something big happens."

"Continue" Some things are like window paper, if they are not pierced, they will be pierced, and if they are pierced, the hazy feeling will be swept away, and the thinking will become clearer and clearer.

Dijing discussed the matter of the new emperor, and his uncle asked him to hold on to the military power, only these two things are already obvious, the upper echelons of Dijing are already discussing the matter of the new emperor, and who this new emperor is, obviously it has not yet been decided, but will it be him, Situ Ming is suffering from gains and losses, although in Zhongzhou, he Situ Ming is also quite accomplished, but his brothers are also not weak, the most important thing is that he has the defeat of the Northern Expedition in front, so even if the credit is higher at the moment, but there are previous points, it is not as good as the other princes.

"At the end of the letter, the patriarch's words are also quite thoughtful, not only saying that the Dongfang family will fully support His Highness, but also saying that let His Highness put the national body first, is it ......" Dongfang Ji did not continue to say.

And Bai Qi on the side lowered his head and rolled his eyes for a while, saying that the ability of readers to take words out of context is great, and now I have seen it, that behind the national body, there are obviously more kills and more meritorious deeds, such a decision, but inexplicably has a trace of other meanings.

Although he also saw that the meaning in this letter was not that kind of meaning, but looking at the constantly changing color on Situ Ming's face, Bo Qianjian found that this highness was planning to be rich and dangerous.

Now all the princes are all over the front line, if Prince Yun suddenly appears in the imperial capital, using the strength of the Dongfang family and the support of the queen, first create a fait accompli, once the news of the new emperor spreads, when the time comes, for the sake of the empire, even if it is the three kingdoms, the cabinet must compromise, the national body is important, and the empire can no longer afford to toss, so no one will tear down the stage at this time, otherwise he will be the first to be unlucky.

"Your Royal Highness, what the Lord of the East has said is clear, the throne must not be vacant for too long, His Royal Highness is the son of the former emperor and the queen, and the inheritance of the throne is the return of heaven, and now the election of the new emperor in the imperial capital is a foregone conclusion, as long as His Royal Highness appears in the imperial capital, it will be supported by the ministers, and His Royal Highness needs to make a decision as soon as possible."

Chapter 567: A country cannot be without a king for a day