"How long has it been since there has been news of the Southern Expeditionary Army?"

However, for the second emperor Yingcheng at this time, the Confucian matter was only one of thousands of things for the Great Qin Empire, and what really worried and puzzled Yingcheng was that the inner servants who were sent to the large camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army to give orders had not returned so far, and even the imperial court had not received any news about the inner servants.

"It's been half a month since I returned to Your Majesty."

The chief chamberlain replied without thinking.

This is something that must be remembered as the head of the emperor's chamberlain, Yingcheng can forget it for a short time, but when he occasionally remembers to ask in a flash of inspiration, the chief chamberlain must answer quickly.

One or two times can be allowed, but three or four times the head of the chamberlain will be done, and Dequan is an old man in the palace, so he is naturally familiar with this.

"Half a month?"

Yingcheng pondered slightly, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Southern Expeditionary Army!

That is, the current Left Defender Army, General Nanping, and the Left Defender Commander Tu Sui's 500,000 Southern Expeditionary Army.

He commanded the five counties of Lujiang, Minzhong, Cangwu, Dongting, and Nanjun, plus a Nanling in a semi-peaceful state.

According to the final news, Tu Sui did stop entering Nanling, and also in accordance with the last military order of the Taiwei Mansion, Tu Sui was the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army to guard the Lujiang River, Zhao Tuo was the main Southern Expeditionary Army's right guard battalion to guard Cangwu, and the left guard battalion of the Southern Expeditionary Army was to guard Fujian.

Among them, Tu Sui's main force has 100,000 elites of the Qin State and 100,000 prisoner troops.

Zhao Tuo led 50,000 elites of the Qin State and 150,000 prisoners.

There were 50,000 elite soldiers of the Qin State and 150,000 prisoners.

If the prisoner army that fought with the Xiongnu in Hedong at this time was a group of ordinary people, then the 400,000 prisoner army now in the southern expeditionary army was the Qin army of the tiger and wolf division.

The prisoners led by the Southern Expeditionary Army were all soldiers who had been defeated by the Six Kingdoms in the past, and they were conscripted to Nanling to become death squads, and opened the way in Nanling in an extremely bloody way.

In terms of large-scale legion operations, the combat effectiveness of the Great Wall Legion is more than a star and a half stronger than that of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

But in terms of pure combat effectiveness, the two are comparable, and the Southern Expeditionary Army has almost become a group of outlaws.

But now.

The Southern Expeditionary Army lost contact.

This made Yingcheng feel a heavy sense of powerlessness.

Recalling the process of the fall of the Qin State after the succession of Qin II Hu Hai in history, how similar it is.

First of all, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, although they were pacified, but they were followed by the chaos of the people in the world, and the counties successively listened to the edict and did not obey the order.

The two largest military bodies of Great Qin, the Southern Expeditionary Army and the Great Wall Army, disappeared and did not appear on the battlefield at the end of Qin, which led to the shortage of troops in Guanzhong, giving Xiang Yu and Liu Bang and various anti-kings an opportunity to take advantage of.

Eventually, with the breaching of Xianyang City, the Qin state perished in an extremely short period of time.

And now, the same scene is repeating itself to him.

Meng Tian led the Great Wall Army to disappear into the desert and expedition against the Xiongnu, but there was no news.

The heralds ordered many commanders of the Southern Expeditionary Army to report on their duties in turn, and the heralds who could go to the Southern Expeditionary Army had not heard from them for more than half a month.

Once things go in the worst direction, it will be a disaster for the Qin State, and the Southern Expeditionary Army at this time has the power to destroy the withering and decaying.

"Continue to send chamberlains, heralds, scouts, and all the forces that can be sent out, and we must find out what happened to the five counties on the left."

"Even if Tu Sui leads the Southern Expeditionary Army to sentence my Qin State, I want accurate news."

Yingcheng gave an order in a deep voice, and at the same time sent the Zhenfu Division, Heilongwei, Taiwei's Mansion, Inner Servant, and Lang Zhongling's Mansion to Lujiang to investigate.

Half a month, an urgent order of 800 miles, and the return of the starry night after the order, is enough for the waiter to run three times in Cangwu.

All military orders conveyed by the Taiwei Mansion are issued from Xianyang day and night, and the post station must not be blocked, and high-quality fast horses must be provided for the herald to drive.

In addition, there is Wuguan Road all the way for the herald to gallop, if the left defender does not change, the imperial court has already received the news of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

And it's winning

After the city issued another order, that night, Wang Ben, who was in Xiayang, also sent back his judgment in a secret letter.

"Tu Sui, I will never judge Qin!"

The simple and powerful seven words made Yingcheng's heart slightly relaxed.

Tu Sui is a veteran, a veteran of the same era as Bai Qi, and the same generation as Wang Qian, because his merits are not as heavy as Wang Qian, so he was sent to Nanling by the First Emperor to give Tu Sui a chance to be a marquis.

When the Nanling Mountains were pacified, it was the day when Tu Sui was crowned marquis.

Although it is a lot of relief.

Yingcheng is still worried about the southern expedition every day.

But.

Although Yingcheng took this matter seriously, it was soon dragged into another matter with a more serious impact.

"Marry a wife and have children, and set up a harem?"

Early in the morning, the Empress Dowager Li Xian blocked the door of the Zhenghe Palace, only discussing one thing with Yingcheng.

Married Yu Yan, the queen of the Wang family, and became the master of the harem.

This almost made Yingcheng vomit blood.

Now he is only twelve years old, and he is already in the development stage, and he can't handle housing at all.

What's even more terrifying is that Wang Yuyan is only six years old and is still a little girl.

Let him marry Wang Yuyan now, he only feels that Li Xian is crazy.

"Your Majesty, since your attitude is so resolute, and the Queen Mother doesn't want to scruple about anything, you might as well make your words clear!" Li Xian's attitude was also extremely resolute, and there was no room for negotiation:

"The marriage between the king and the ministers of the court, and the marriage of the nobles of the country, is not for the sake of love and selfish desires, and the royal family is ruthless, let alone for the sake of succession."

"The real purpose is to establish ties with the ministers of the court and the nobles of the Qin State, and to make the courtiers and nobles loyal to Your Majesty through family relations."

"And the ministers of the court and the nobles of the Qin State are also willing to give their daughters to His Majesty as His Majesty's wives and concubines, and they also hope to have kinship ties with His Majesty."

"This is the foundation that maintains the world of Qin, and it cannot be abolished."

"In the same way, if Your Majesty refuses to allow your ministers and nobles to send their daughters to the palace, they will think that Your Majesty has other intentions, or, if they do not accept anyone's daughter, they will think that Your Majesty will dislike them, and even punish them."

"Courtiers can not advocate sending women to the palace, but Your Majesty cannot but advocate allowing officials and nobles to send women to the palace."

"When His Majesty gets married, the harem will repatriate a group of palace maids from the time of the former emperor, and announce it to the world, so that the subjects of the world will send their daughters to the palace."

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"The queen mother can handle other things, but in this matter, Your Majesty must approve and issue an edict to marry the daughter of the Wang family, and make the daughter of the Wang family the queen!"

"Your Majesty thinks about it, and if you delay it, it will be no different from Your Majesty and no different from the Qin State."

Let's talk about it.

Li Xian turned around and left the Zhenghe Palace.

She had already said what she had to say, and she had done everything she could, but in the end, she couldn't influence the emperor's thoughts.

If she overstepped her authority and interfered in politics, at this time, it would cause even greater turmoil in the imperial court.

The succession of this eldest son is different from any king in the past dynasties of the Qin State.

Yingcheng watched Li Xian leave the Zhenghe Palace with a low gaze, but in his mind, Li Xian's words could not dissipate for a long time.

Good news!

Where did the good news come from.

On the contrary, bad news came one after another.

It's been a month, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising has not been pacified, and Sacheon County is in turmoil, and the momentum is getting bigger and bigger.

It's been a month, the Xiongnu rebellion has not been pacified, the war has spread to the valley, Hedong County is now only left to pacify the Xiongnu, and even the summer harvest will be delayed.

The thirteen counties of the east guard have just changed their commanders, and it is still unknown whether Yang Duanhe can stabilize the thirteen counties, and I only hope that the thirteen counties of the east guard will not be chaotic again.

Although Hanzhong did not set off a wave of rebellion, it was by no means possible to settle Hanzhong in January.

What is the attitude of the Wu tribe in Longxi now, the court does not care, and the Wu tribe does not have any attitude, does not rebel, but does not express it.

Now coupled with the loss of contact with the Southern Expeditionary Army, the Qin State is now left with the northern border, which is quite peaceful.

"Report, Jiangdong urgent, 100,000 urgent!"

Before Yingcheng had time to think deeply about Li Xian's persuasion, a burst of rapid exclamations resounded in Xianyang Palace.

The post soldiers held military newspapers in their hands and rushed towards the Zhenghe Palace unimpeded.

Yingcheng turned over and got up, and rushed out of the Zhenghe Palace in a hurry, only to see the post soldiers kneeling in front of the Zhenghe Palace panting, holding the military newspaper in both hands.

"Your Majesty, Jiangdong is in urgent need of military information, and 100,000 are urgent." The official who gave the order was not a soldier stationed in Jiangdong, but a post soldier who was on standby at the post station.

"Bring it in!" Yingcheng's mood was extremely low.

Don't even think about it, it's not good news.

"Spread my will, the three princes and the nine kings, and the Taiwei Mansion will discuss it." Yingcheng took the military report, just glanced at it, took a deep breath, and summoned the three dukes and nine kings while heading to the Taiwei Mansion.

Koto, too, it's messed up!

It was not the people who rebelled, but the Xiang clan who fought back.

Xiang's soldiers and horses raided Huiji City, Huiji City was lost, and Meng Wu led the Mengjia army to besiege Huiji, and the current battle is unknown.

However, this is only secondary.

Meng Wu brought back another piece of news, which made his heart sink even more.

The Southern Expeditionary Army has entered the South Ridge!

Meng Wu is not clear about the specific things, but recently the land south of the Yangtze River is unstable, and all counties need soldiers and horses to defend it, but Sacheon County needs to be pacified quickly, but Li You has been unable to pacify the rebellion in Sacheon County for a long time, so Meng Wu went to contact Ren Huan, who was stationed in Fujian.

But who would have thought that the people sent by Meng Wu would see the camp of the Left Guard Battalion, and the Left Guard Camp was empty.

After inquiring in many places, I learned that as early as half a month ago, the Left Guard Battalion had pulled out the camp and entered Nanling.

For the military that does not belong to his own defense, Meng Wu will naturally not interfere, coupled with the frequent military orders in recent times, Meng Wu thought that he ordered the southern expeditionary army to enter the South Ridge.

It's just that Jiangdong is next to Minzhong, and this time the Xiang clan messed up Jiangdong, but let Meng Wu know the beginning and end of the Southern Expeditionary Army, so he reported it together with the Jiangdong Military News.

The Southern Expeditionary Army is not missing, nor is it a rebellion, nor is it disobeying government orders.

It's because there was civil strife in the Southern Expeditionary Army!

Zhao Tuo's right guard camp was almost broken by the prisoner army of civil strife, Zhao Tuo is not a mediocre talent, although he is young, he can also fight well, and led his troops and horses to quell the civil strife of the prisoner army.

correct

Whereas.

The civil strife in the Right Guard Battalion was only the beginning, and with the chaotic battles all over the world, especially the news of the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in Sacheon County, the news of the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in Sacheon County was circulating among the prisoner army, which made the 400,000 prisoner soldiers of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army fluctuate in their hearts and minds, and the army was unstable, and there was a possibility of screaming the camp at any time.

Thereupon.

Tu Sui concealed from the imperial court and ordered the Southern Expeditionary Army to enter Nanling, and with the help of the Southern Barbarians, consume the prisoner army.

The reason why Meng Wu understood so clearly was also because Meng Wu captured a general of the prisoner army who fled into the Xiang rebels, and only then did he learn the beginning and end of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

And actually.

As early as half a month ago, the Southern Expeditionary Army was already in turmoil, but Tu Sui *** concealed it and did not report it.

Soon.

The three princes and nine kings of the Taiwei Mansion gathered.

The Jiangdong Rebellion can be described as a shock to the Manchu Dynasty.

Although Sacheon County was in turmoil, with the strength of the imperial court guarding the six counties in the south, it was not afraid of the Sacheon Rebellion.

In particular, Jiangdong is guarded by the Mengjia army, once Li You of Sichuan County cannot quell the chaos, there are Mengwu in the south, and there are soldiers and horses in the thirteen counties in the north, and they can enter Sichuan County at any time to quell the chaos.

But.

This gap was broken by the Xiang clan, and the soldiers and horses of the Xiang clan restrained Mengwu in Jiangdong, and once Chen Sheng and Wu Guang of Sichuan County went south to converge with the Xiang clan in Jiangdong, the chaos in the southeastern counties could not be stopped.

At this time, the Southern Expeditionary Army entered Nanling, and the son of Cangwu, Rong Lu, with the soldiers and horses guarding Cangwu County, was still encircling and suppressing the Xiongnu in the east of the river.

Now, on the contrary, Mengwu has become a lone soldier.

"With the strength of the Meng family's army, coupled with General Mengwu's command, the last general of the Xiang clan is not worried."

"What the last general is worried about is that the rebellion in Sacheon County has blocked the grain route of Binhai Road, and the grain and grass of the Mengjia army are not enough to support it to quell the rebellion."

"The imperial court must send grain and grass to Huiji as soon as possible to help General Meng quell the rebellion in Huiji."

"There is chaos in Sacheon County, and the grain road is not safe, so the only way to take the Wuguan Road and transfer the grain and grass from Hengshan and Jiujiang to the failure."

"With the failure as a shield, General Yunmeng will advance and retreat to attack and defend, and then make plans."

Wang Shu is now the only commander-level general in the Taiwei Mansion, although he was shocked by the situation in Jiangdong, he still quickly proposed a solution.

The important thing is not to pacify the strength of the Xiang clan, but to transport grain and grass.

"Grain and grass are not worried, the issuance of grain bonds this time is enough to support any military action in Daqin, but, who will escort the grain and grass to the failure?" Xu Feng followed up and added, "The grain and grass escort cannot be lost."