The cat followed the footsteps of the Taoist and walked forward, turning his head from time to time to look at the two armies that were getting farther and farther away in the mountains behind him, and from time to time he turned his head to look at the Taoist priest beside him.

"Was that person the emperor just now?"

Sanhua Cat looked stunned and puzzled, and asked the same question as she had asked the night after she first met the Emperor and returned.

With her brain and intelligence, she couldn't seem to understand why there was such a huge change.

Song You naturally remembered that night.

That night in the palace, the emperor was high, invincible, and even looked at the world, like a god in the world, which brought a great shock to the cat.

So Song You also replied as that night:

"Yes, he's the Emperor."

"Why is the emperor not powerful?"

"The emperor himself is not powerful, what is powerful is the recognition and follow-up of the people of the world." Song You leaned on a bamboo cane, splashing dust in the mountains with every step, and did not look back, only looked down at the cat, looked at the pair of eyes that were as clear as amber and full of doubts, and patiently replied, "It's just that some emperors can be recognized and followed by the people of the world by themselves, and some emperors rely on their ancestors." ”

"Hmm......"

"The emperor is also like a god, he must have virtue and ability, and he must love the world and the people of the world in order to win the hearts of the people." Song You said, "If the emperor loses the hearts of the people, and the people of the world no longer recognize and follow him, he will naturally become an ordinary old man, which is what Sanhua Niangniang saw." ”

"Hmm......"

The cat took small steps, kept its head twisted, and looked at the Taoist.

It wasn't until she hit the stone on the side of the road that she stopped, but she didn't care, jumped over the stone, and continued to walk forward as if nothing happened, and continued to turn her head to stare at the Taoist, thoughtfully.

The Taoist waved the bamboo cane in his hand casually, and the stone suddenly flew down the road.

"Sanhua Niangniang, watch the road."

"Daoist, you say—"

"What do you think about Sanhua Niangniang?"

"Can you eat the conch in the field?"

“……”

"Can you eat the conch in the field?"

"......" Song You shook his head, and finally smiled, "Sanhua Niangniang really has a delicate heart. ”

"Is that okay?"

"That's called a snail."

"Is that okay?"

"Absolutely."

"Sanhua Niangniang saw a lot of ......"

The Taoist and the three-flowered cat walked farther and farther, and no matter how many armorers there were behind him, they couldn't see it, and he didn't seem to care about the countless footprints of the official road that were stepped on by the military horses and the countless dust raised by them.

Moving forward like this, I gradually entered Luzhou.

The closer you get to Changjing, the more rumors there are.

Song You almost figured out the current situation.

King Shun occupied Changjing but did not rush to become emperor, and the forbidden army that was originally stationed in Changjing and its surrounding states, such as Angju, Jingzhou, Gwangju, Luzhou, and Fengzhou, was used to defend the capital and guard the hinterland of Dayan, and most of them obeyed the dispatch of King Shun, and those who were dissatisfied and dissatisfied were basically suppressed.

Among them is the Long Weijun that Song You has seen.

When the prince fled to Yizhou, he was supported by the garrisons of the guards in Yizhou, Xuzhou, Yunzhou and other southwestern states, and also integrated tens of thousands of troops.

In addition, in any prefecture and county far away from Changjing, most officials and generals seem to be more willing to support the crown prince.

The two sides were tantamount to a confrontation from afar, and exchanged letters with each other, either accusing each other or persuading each other to surrender, and there was a stalemate for a while, and there was often friction.

There are many families in Dayan, all of whom have been operating in the local area for many years, with a long heritage and profound heritage.

There are also a few places in the south and southwest that seem to be subservient to the Great Yan court, but in fact they are highly autonomous, and they are not completely integrated with the Great Yan culturally.

Fortunately, today Dayan is unprecedentedly strong, and this strength is far more than territorial, military and economic, but also cultural and self-confidence.

This kind of strength is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Even the civilians who can't eat enough have a strong sense of honor and belonging to the word "Dayan", and even people from Fanbang countries thousands of miles away yearn for Dayan, which is difficult for people who have not experienced being the center of the world to understand. Although the country is secretly already full of contradictions.

In addition, not long after the Changjing Rebellion started, many people didn't dare to believe it at first even if they heard the news, and even if they believed that Changjing was really in chaos, they didn't think that this could shake the foundation of Dayan.

Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for someone to overthrow the rule of Da Yan in a short period of time.

If anyone rebels, he will be the target of the public.

……

The first day of the approach state.

Song You rested by a roadside tea stall.

In front of a small pot in front of him, there were grains of snail meat boiling, and two slices of ginger at the bottom, which were the stall owners of the tea stall.

Now is the time when there are the most snails, last night in the mountains to rest, there are a few rice fields next to it, and when Song You woke up in the morning, Sanhua Niangniang had already gone to pick up a lot of snails.

After Song You blanched it, he fried it casually, and it was a pot of fragrant snail meat.

Then buy a few steamed cakes from the stall owner, which is regarded as a thank you for the ginger slices given by others, break the steamed cakes and sandwich the snail meat, and listen to the passers-by around you tell about the things ahead while eating.

There are celebrities who seem to have just come from Angzhou, and they speak so vividly that many stall customers are listening.

"General Wu'anhou went south?"

"Can you still coax Brother Liao? The huge Wu'an Hou Chen Ziqi, who can look bad? It's just that Luzhou didn't spread the news, if you go to Angzhou, it's just a passer-by! ”

"Brother Yuan, please speak! When did Wu Anhou go south, where is he now, and who is he going south to support? ”

"I heard, I just heard that Marquis Wu'an received the order of the prince and His Majesty, went south to King Qin, took the elite of the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry, drove all the way in, and now he has arrived in Changjing City."

"That's Prince Bao!"

"Wu Anhou is here! It must be settled! ”

"It has to be Wu'anhou......"

Although the four scholars at this table seem to be weak, they are much bolder than the people in the rivers and lakes when they talk about the affairs of their family and country.

"In my opinion, the Marquis of Wu'an has arrived, and the chaos in Changjing has been decided, otherwise I would be too sorry for the word Wu'an and the great power of the Marquis of Wu'an's life." The scholar surnamed Yuan shook his head as he spoke, and said with some regret, "It's a pity that the Marquis of Wu'an is in danger......

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Yuan means that the merits of Wu'an Hou are too high, and now that he is going south to King Qin, his merits are high and the Lord is high, I am afraid that it will be dangerous?"

"But Marquis Wu Anhou originally came at the order of the prince, and he did not move troops without authorization. Wu Anhou went south to King Qin this time, I'm afraid he will also leave his brother in the north to guard like he did last time he entered Beijing, right? That's hundreds of thousands of troops, with them, even the previous majesty wouldn't dare to use force Anhou, right? ”

"A few people don't know ......"

The scholar surnamed Yuan said slowly, thinking of the news he heard, he still couldn't help but be shocked:

"I heard that this time Wu'an Hou went south, if you only talk about fine riding, only brought 10,000, but he went all the way south from Yuanzhi City, crossed Yanzhou, passed through Caotou Pass, and passed through Hezhou, through Beifeng Pass and Jiaxing Pass, and it is said that he was not hindered by anything. As soon as the guards heard that it was him, they let him go, and even worse, sent troops to follow. There are merchants along the way who have seen it with their own eyes. ”

"This ......"

"From Saibei to Changjing, it was a full 3,000 miles, and it only took half a month. Until the soldiers came to Changjing, they only fought once, that is, two hundred miles outside the city of Angzhou, they encountered the defense of the forbidden army of Jingzhou and Fengzhou led by General Li Chenghao. The scholar surnamed Yuan said, looking around at everyone, "Do you know how the battle was?" ”

"How?"

"Angzhou Shenwei Army, Jingzhou Huwei Army, Fengzhou Longwei Army, add up to more than 40,000 people, all of them are elite." The scholar surnamed Yuan said, "Under the iron cavalry in the north of the town, it will be defeated with one blow." ”

When they heard this, their eyes widened.

I have heard a lot of deeds of Wu'anhou, but I rarely have such a clear perception of the prestige of Wu'anhou and the Zhenbei Army.

"And now?"

"Now the Marquis of Wu'an led the iron cavalry to besiege Changjing, and there are more and more reinforcements in the rear, and my family wrote to me to return to my hometown, and I dare not stay in Angzhou anymore, for fear of being hit by the army, so I had to come back in a hurry. I thought that when I got to the city, I would visit a few brothers and invite them to drink, but I didn't expect a few, alas, how could I be filial piety, so that a few brothers would come to greet me in person. ”

“……”

A white and tender hand reached out in front of Song You, grabbed a steamed cake and walked away.

Song You couldn't help but withdraw his gaze from the table next to him, followed this little hand, and looked at the Sanhua Niang in front of him.

The little girl was expressionless, took the steamed cake, and was found by him as if there was no one around, only lowered her eyes and stared at the steamed cake with snail meat on his head, and carefully learned from him, and also broke the steamed cake in half, put the snail meat in the middle, and bit it down.

Raise your eyes to him as you eat.

"Is it delicious?"

"Is it delicious?"

"I think it's delicious."

"Then I think it's delicious, too."

“……”

Song You shook his head and didn't say anything.

After eating the steamed cakes, clean up a little, and continue on the road.

The closer it got to Angju, the more prosperous the roadside became, but the more affected it was by the Changjing Rebellion.

It's just that the news that Hou Wu'an went south to King Qin has spread.

Wu Anhou is really powerful.

I only heard that "Wu'an Hou went south to Qinwang", and countless people immediately thought that the world would be decided, so the heart that had just become impetuous immediately settled again.

I didn't walk for two days, and I walked to the mountains.

Suddenly, the wind picked up again on the side of the road.

"Meow!!"

The three-flowered cat almost blew up again and jumped on the spot.

I saw that there was a strange fox in the woods next to the official road, with yellow skin, as big as a dog, and eyebrows as long as whiskers, still walking side by side with them, turning his head to look at them as he walked.

"The kitten is scared again?"

Song You was not surprised, and turned his head to look at it:

"Here you go again?"

The cat also breathed a sigh of relief, settled down, learned from his own Taoist priest, and asked:

"Here you go again?"

"Yes, I'll go to Changjing for two days. I should have passed through the mountains over there, so that I wouldn't be seen, but I happened to notice that you were also here, so I came and said a few words to you. ”

(End of chapter)