Zhang Yuqing listened to all of Jin Yongxiu's words in the carriage, and the corners of his mouth curled in a sarcastic arc in the dark.

Jin Yongxiu's loss of Wuling was not due to a shortage of manpower, the fundamental reason was a shortage of grain and grass.

Wars burn money and food.

King Jiangxia almost scraped the people of Jingzhou before he raised his army, and Jin Yongxiu, in order to make meritorious service as soon as possible, simply plundered the people on the spot when he raised grain and grass, and the dignified court general was even worse than bandits and robbers.

Thousands of miles of land in this vicinity were scraped clean by him cruelly and mercilessly like a rake in the plough, and not a grain of rice was left for the people.

Since they stepped into Jingzhou, all they saw and heard was that the land was barren, ten rooms and nine empty, and the bark and grass roots along the way had to be pulled clean by the fleeing people.

The people can't scrape out the oil and water at all, and the soldiers are seriously war-weary, after all, the soldiers are all from the bottom of the people, who wants to kill the people and steal food? What's the difference with animals?

As long as the king of Jiangxia cut off his grain and grass supply line, he had no choice but to lead his troops to flee and rout.

If he continues to fight, he can only kill the common people and use human flesh as military rations.

Before the rebellion against King Jiangxia, who knew that there was such a number one person in the capital, and they all thought that Jin Yongkang was the youngest son of the Jin family, how did they know that the Jin family still had a Jin Yongxiu? It can be seen that the Duchess Zheng Guo suppressed was completely silent.

This man is young and ruthless, only for his own promotion, completely ignoring the life and death of the people and soldiers, and the real success will be ten thousand bones.

However, the emperor and the crown prince like such people, and feel that Jin Yongxiu is his own person, and Lu Wei is an outsider and cannot be trusted.

"You're really capable!" Jin Yongkang scolded, "The good city is lost in your hands!" The faces of the ancestors of the Jin family have been lost by you! How do you want me to explain to the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

The lieutenant general beside Jin Yongxiu couldn't help but say, "How can we be blamed for the defeat in the war?" A few days ago, the king of the East China Sea and the king of Shuzhou also raised their banners and rebelled, leading a large army to join the Jiangxia rebels, and the two sides attacked us! Otherwise, our adults would have captured the thief leader of King Jiangxia a long time ago! ”

"What? The king of the East China Sea and the king of Shuzhou are also reversed? Jin Yongkang exclaimed.

Neither Kim Yongxiu nor the adjutant paid any more attention to him.

Jin Yongkang was frightened and said to Jin Yongxiu: "You send a thousand...... No, 10,000 people, escort me to the emperor! ”

He won't stay in this hellish place, it's too dangerous!

Jin Yongxiu frowned, suppressed his anger and said, "The emperor is not in Lingling. ”

"Not in Lingling?" Jin Yongkang was shocked, lowered his voice and asked, "How can you not be in Lingling?" ”

Jin Yongxiu couldn't bear it anymore and looked at him contemptuously, "I've retreated to Nanyang, how can the emperor still be in Lingling, which is further ahead?" ”

This person is just going to be reincarnated and put into his mother's womb. It's a pity that all the luck in life is used in reincarnation, and the brain is outrageously stupid.

"Where is the emperor?" Jin Yongkang asked in shock.

The meaning behind Jin Yongxiu's words is simply chilling, the rebels of the King of Jiangxia are just the end of the crossbow, and the emperor has brought hundreds of thousands of troops to the imperial expedition in person, who does not feel that the victory of the Great Xia court is in hand before the expedition.

Unbeknownst to him, important state capitals such as Lingling and Wuling were taken away by the king of Jiangxia again, and the imperial army was defeated all the way to Nanyang!

They just got lost in the mountains and wandered around for a few days, and the situation on the front line has changed so drastically that the situation that was originally a sure win has fallen into such a situation, which is unbelievable.

Jin Yongxiu pointed to the Yamen of the Nanyang Prefect's Mansion not far ahead, "The emperor is there." ”

Together with the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops who temporarily retreated to Nanyang, the small Nanyang City was crowded with water, and the soldiers were crowded on both sides of the road.

There was still a light rain in the sky, and although the shops along the street had been requisitioned, there were still not enough soldiers to accommodate, and the soldiers who could not squeeze into the house could only get drenched in the rain outside, and their faces were full of decadence and numbness of the remnants of the defeated soldiers.

Under the candlelight of the lantern on the side of the road, Jin Yongxiu's face was gloomy.

Jin Yongkang snorted coldly, "I'll go to meet the emperor first, and I'll settle accounts with you later!" ”

After saying that, he beckoned Zhang Yuqing to get off the carriage and enter the prefect's yamen with him.

Jin Yongxiu stopped him and shouted: "How important is the emperor's safety, no outsiders will be seen!" ”

"What do you mean? Am I an outsider or is Mrs. Lu an outsider? Jin Yongkang jumped to his feet and said angrily, "You stopped us from seeing the emperor, for fear that we would lose the battle if we participated in you in front of the emperor?" ”

Under the dim lantern light, Jin Yongxiu's face had a violent and fierce aura that could hardly be suppressed.

Jin Yongkang sneered: "I still have to take Mrs. Lu to see the emperor!" ”

One is to deliberately go against Jin Yongxiu, and the other is to show the emperor his merits for this trip to Liangzhou without Zhang Yuqing? Although he didn't go to the capital, he brought Lu Wei's wife out!

"That's it! I'm not going to see the emperor. Zhang Yuqing got out of the car, with a peacemaker posture, "Don't embarrass Lord Xiaojin because of me!" ”

Zhang Yuqing persuaded Jin Yongkang again, "Lord Jin, I don't think you should go." Lord Xiaojin is the pillar of the country, the minister of Daxia, the god of the sea, and is deeply valued by the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, why can't you get along with others? ”

Jin Yongkang's eyelids jumped and jumped with anger.

A girl from the countryside who is far away in Liangzhou thinks that he can't afford to mess with Jin Yongxiu, will he really tell Zhang Yuqing in the future, the entire Zhengguo Mansion belongs to Jin Yongxiu, a lowly concubine, and he will be driven away by throwing him two taels of silver!

"This must be Mrs. Lu, what a good eloquence!" Jin Yongxiu looked at Zhang Yuqing with a gloomy face.

Zhang Yuqing shook the fan in his hand, and smiled slightly, "Don't dare to be!" ”

"No matter how you call for wind and rain in Liangzhou, when you come to me, it's better to talk less, so as not to get into trouble!" Jin Yongxiu said coldly.

He is not the fool of Jin Yongkang, how can he not hear that this woman is sowing discord and fanning the flames.

Jin Yongkang felt that he had lost face, and he was about to jump to get angry.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion on the city wall, and the soldiers defending the city exclaimed at the top of their voices: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

Jin Yongxiu pulled out the long knife on his waist and shouted fiercely: "Don't panic! Arise quickly, and come with me to guard the gates. ”

The soldiers lying or sitting on the side of the street that he had ordered got up one after another, and although their movements were not procrastinating, they clearly felt a bit of disgust.

Suddenly there was a crashing sound of shaking mountains at the city gate, and the whole earth trembled.

"What, what enemy attack? Isn't it okay just now? Kim Yongkang was frightened and stammered.

An adjutant general beside Jin Yongxiu said: "The Jiangxia traitors don't know where they got a siege weapon, and the gates of Lingling and Wuling were all damaged by that sharp weapon!" Although there has been no large army attacking in the past two days, there are always small groups of rebels harassing them! ”

The abomination of this small group of rebels came and went without a trace, and even repeated several times a night, making them miserable.

The terrifying sound of crashing outside the city gate continued, as if it could open the Nanyang City Gate at any time.

Jin Yongkang was frightened and shouted: "Jiangxia traitors are all in front of you, why don't you leave?" ”

"Where are you going?" Jin Yongxiu rebuked angrily.

Jin Yongkang pointed in the direction of Yizhou, "You can go to Yizhou and make adjustments, and then kill the Jiangxia thieves in one go!" ”

"If you want to go, neither I nor the emperor will go! If you retreat to Yizhou, it is equivalent to giving up all of Jingzhou to the Jiangxia thieves! The current difficulties are only temporary, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are still there, as long as the grain and grass arrive, I can lead the troops out of the city to counterattack and take the head of the Jiangxia thief! Jin Yongxiu shouted. We live and die together with Nanyang City, advance and retreat together! ”

Zhang Yuqing covered his face with a fan and watched Jin Yongxiu run murderously with the soldiers to the city gate.

Zhang Yuqian's eyes were also straight, trembling, it was the first time he was so close to the bloody battlefield, and he almost fainted at the thought of the Jiangxia rebels across the wall.

"Lord Jin, why didn't Brother Ling listen to persuasion?" Zhang Yuqian wanted to cry without tears, "In case the Jiangxia rebels break the city, how can this be good!" ”

Zhang Yuqing said coldly: "Haven't you seen it yet? If Nanyang City is lost in his hands again, will he still have the military exploits he had saved before? So, Lord Xiaojin won't give up Nanyang! We can only resign ourselves to fate! ”

The reason why Jin Yongxiu was able to fly to the second rank in a rocket was because he relied on the merit of quelling the rebellion of the Jiangxia King and recovering several cities from the Jiangxia rebels!

But this time, he lost Lingling and Wuling one after another, and then Nanyang, didn't he return to the pre-liberation overnight?

Zhang Yuqian was furious, "It's so hateful!" He is not afraid of death, he wants to fight with his life, I don't want to! ”

Jin Yongkang was also woken up, and suddenly realized, "No wonder you don't want to die, you have to keep Nanyang!" ”

"We fled all the way, and we can be regarded as having a lifelong friendship." Zhang Yuqing covered his face with a fan and whispered to Jin Yongkang, "I'm just going to remind you a lot, don't take care of yourself, this army is in chaos, as a commander, it's not easy for him to let anyone die?" If you want to make a mistake, the prince of the Jin family will have to be replaced! ”

Jin Yongkang was shocked, and said to himself: "Mrs. Lu is talking nonsense, he is my own brother......"

Zhang Yuqing shook the fan and let out a long sigh, looking at Jin Yongkang's eyes as if he was looking at a fool who stretched out his head and drilled into the knot of the gallows.

"That's what I'll tell you!" Zhang Yuqing said meaningfully, "Lu Wei has been in Liangzhou for two years, and the officers of the Liangzhou Army have almost changed their blood, do you know where the old officers who didn't listen to him went?" All of them were sacrificed under the Hu people's knife! Is it a coincidence, you say? Those who are obedient are alive, and those who are disobedient are dead! I look at Lord Jin's younger brother, although he is young, he is more ruthless than Lu Wei! ”

The sound of crashing and killing cries outside was getting louder and louder, and there was no sign of stopping at all.

Zhang Yuqian said uneasily: "Didn't you say that it was just a small group of bandits harassing you? Why haven't you been evicted yet? ”

Jin Yongkang suppressed the panic and shock in his heart and said, "Let's go, let's go see the emperor first." ”

It's good to see the emperor, with the emperor here, what else can he do?

(End of chapter)