Chapter 35: Qi Chu Goes to War
Three months later.
A small soldier who had arrived overnight from the border rode a fast horse and went straight to Linyu with a war report in his hand, almost disturbing the people along the street where he passed.
"Who? How can you be so rude. ”
A man who had been splashed with muddy water because the creep's horse had run too fast whispered.
The other person next to him looked at him, and then at the little soldier who had already walked away, and he comforted softly: "Looking at the appearance of the person just now, it is estimated that there is urgent military affairs, and you can only be blamed for your bad luck." ”
When the man who was splashed heard this, he could only say, "Alas, now that's all there is to it." ”
Besides, this little soldier, he went all the way into Linyu, and soon entered the palace of Qi.
At this time, it was the early dynasty of the Qi State.
Qi Sixian was being quarreled by the ministers who were arguing below, what was the lack of money here, there were people over there, where was there any disaster, Qi Sixian, who was arguing day by day, had a headache.
Just when the ministers below were arguing, they suddenly heard an urgent report from outside the hall.
"The border is urgent, and the mirror city is lost."
The ministers who heard this immediately stopped arguing, and they were all shocked by the news.
You must know that Mirror City is the border city of Qi Kingdom, and now that Mirror City has been lost, they dare not imagine what terrible things will happen next.
And Qi Sixian, who was sitting on the top of the high hall, was even more stimulated by this news, and he hurriedly asked people to submit the military report in the hands of the little soldier.
Without waiting for the attendant next to him to unfold it for him, he hurriedly took the military newspaper and opened it to read it, only to see that it was written.
"The defender of the city of Chenjing Gu resigned, a few days ago, the state of Chu came to attack, the comer had already premeditated, the elite soldiers were strong, and the minister swore to defend the city, but he was still invincible. Now that the mirror city is lost, the minister knows that he is guilty, and he has apologized for his sin, and I hope that the king will not implicate the minister's family, and the guilty minister will thank Jun's grace. ”
Looking at this military report, Qi Sixian couldn't help but ask, "When did this happen?" ”
Seeing this, the little soldier below had no choice but to return tremblingly: "It was half a month ago." ”
Hearing this, Qi Sixian almost fainted.
And because the ministers below haven't seen the military information yet, they can't understand why the king has such a big mood swing.
And after they knew the reason, everyone's hearts thought at the same time that Mirror City had been lost half a month ago, and now they don't know where the Chu State has hit the Qi State.
Now they looked at Qi Sixian again, and felt that Qi Sixian's performance was not bad, if they were allowed to sit in Qi Sixian's position, they might be directly angry.
After all, Qi Sixian has only been a monarch for three months, and when he thinks about it, he feels that he is quite miserable.
But then they thought again, if the Qi country is gone, won't they become the people who will lose the country?
As a result, the ministers began a new round of quarrels over the military situation.
What should not be blamed on Gu Ci's family, how to deal with the next thing this time, who is responsible for this incident, etc.
Seeing that they quarreled so much, but no one said who should be sent to resist the army of Chu now, Qi Sixian finally couldn't help but break out.
"Shut up, all of you."
Hearing Qi Sixian's words, everyone was suddenly frightened and silent.
Although Qi Sixian has not been a young monarch, he has also stayed in the border after all, he knows Gu Ci, this person is good at using soldiers, and he also has absolute sincerity towards Daqi.
Otherwise, the first emperor would not have sent him to guard the mirror city, but now even he can't parry the army of the Chu State, and he apologizes for his crimes, presumably the Chu army is really menacing this time.
Now that it has been more than half a month since the fall of Jingcheng, the top priority is to send people to see the whereabouts of the Chu army as soon as possible, and then block the momentum of the Chu army's attack.
But looking at this noisy minister in the court, he really felt sad, could it be that he wanted him to drive the expedition in person?
I knew he wouldn't have killed those who opposed him before.
That's right, although Qi Sixian defaulted to Rong Xi pretending to be a princess before, and then let Rong Xi open his mouth to succeed to the throne.
But before that, there were still a group of people in the DPRK who firmly supported the former lord Qi Xuan, including not only many civil ministers, but also many military generals.
In order to make his rule more stable, and for the sake of his future reputation, he simply followed the example of Chu Xingchen, the king of Xiaochu, and directly killed those people with thunder.
It's just that what Qi Sixian didn't expect was that all countries had basically been at peace with each other over the years, and as a result, Chu Xingchen now dared to directly send troops to attack Qi State.
Presumably, he just saw that he had just succeeded to the throne now, and when there was no one at hand, he dared to directly send troops to attack the Qi State, after all, wealth and danger are seeking, he understands.
However, Qi Sixian thought again, although he really has no one available now, he is not a vegetarian, after all, he has directly ousted Qi Xuan from the throne.
He finally got to the position of the monarch of the Qi country, he would never allow anyone to destroy it, he had been planning for many years, how could he be easily killed by Chu Xingchen's junior?
Qi Sixian looked around the court, although there were not many people in the court who could help him now, but he still had the old ministers he had always brought with him.
Without waiting for Qi Sixian to speak, the old minister who had been following him took the initiative to say that he was willing to share the worries of the king.
And Wen Song, as a young general who has been following Qi Sixian's side, naturally has a dream of fighting on the battlefield, but he has never had a chance before.
Now that the State of Chu actually dared to send troops to attack the State of Qi, the heavens had sent him an opportunity, how could he let go of such an opportunity?
So Wen Song immediately requested, hoping that Qi Sixian could send him to fight against the army of Chu, and he would definitely live up to his mission and beat the army of Chu back.
Seeing such a courageous and commendable Wensong, Qi Sixian felt very relieved, it seemed that he really did not see the wrong person.
It just so happened that he also wanted Wen Song to experience this, so he quickly agreed to Wen Song's request.
After that, Qi Sixian also specially gave Wen Song a decree, so that the officials along the road would cooperate with his actions to ensure that he could fulfill his promise as soon as possible.
Seeing that Qi Sixian had such high expectations for him, Wen Song immediately made a military order, saying that if he could not fulfill his promise, he would definitely apologize to Gu Ci with death.
When the others saw Wen Song like this, they only thought that he was still too young, but no one objected to him, after all, they didn't want to die in vain like Wen Song.
At the beginning, they were able to survive Qi Sixian's iron-blooded rectification, but it was also because they knew the current affairs well enough to recognize the current situation.
Now even Gu Ci, who has a lot of experience, has apologized for his death, they don't think that Wen Song, such a young stunned young man with empty courage can be more powerful than Gu Ci.
Dare to compare yourself with Gu Ci, it's really unbelievable! But as much as they thought so, their faces didn't show it at all.
Soon, the early dynasty was in this chaos.