Wu Qi and the others stayed outside the city, holding their breath, waiting for the news, the expected battle and call for help did not happen.

After about a stick of incense, the ten-member team that entered Hexi City returned intact.

The Wei Wushu, who was the leader, replied: "General Hui, the Zhao army in Hexi City has all evacuated, and no trace of the Zhao army has been found. ”

Wu Qi frowned, and after a while, he decided: "Enter the city!" ”

Wei Wushu entered Hexi City in a mighty way, and found that the entire Hexi City was empty and extremely desolate.

Hexi City is not a big city, but it is still a city with 60,000 or 70,000 people, and even if it encounters the disaster of war, it will not reach this level.

What about the others?

Wu Qi went straight to the county office in Hexi City and found several male corpses hanging from the door.

Judging by their dress, it should be the official office of Hexi City.

Wu Qi was not surprised by this, and his face was calm and unwavering.

Fighting and dying in battle is really common for him.

Even if he captures the city of Zhao, if there are officials of Zhao in the city who do not cooperate, he will make an example of him.

Wu Qi walked into the county government and found that there were still many traces of Zhao Jun's activities inside.

There were other generals around him who shouted loudly: "Is there anyone in the county office? Come out and talk back. ”

His voice echoed in the huge county office, and there was no response.

The general was about to open his mouth to shout again, but was stopped by Wu Qi on the side: "Don't waste your efforts, no one will reply to you, go and search." ”

The crowd around him began to rummage around.

The wooden lid on the water tank behind the county government moved slightly, revealing a pair of eyes, and looked out cautiously.

Don't dare to make any noise.

However, his slight movements were captured by Wu Qi, who was already in the innate realm.

Wu Qi walked to the side of the water tank.

The other subordinates also realized that there might be a problem in the water tank and gathered around.

Under Wu Qi's gaze, a general violently lifted the wooden lid on the water tank.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

Hidden in the tank was an unkempt man, who was like a frightened bird, terrified.

Wu Qi pulled him out: "Who the hell are you, sneaky here." ”

"Master Jun...... The villain, the villain is the cook here......"

Wu Qi asked, "What about the people in Hexi City?" ”

"The men were all taken away by Zhao Jun." The man said in fear: "Now all the only people in Hexi City are the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the women. ”

Zhao Jun actually took away all the prime-aged laborers in Hexi City?

Some generals wanted to confirm that they should shout in a threatening tone: "What about you, why haven't you been taken away?" ”

"The military master is wronged." The man's wrinkled face showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "I'm a cripple." They didn't take me away when they saw that I had trouble with my legs, and if I had been able to walk well, they would have taken me to the other side of the river. ”

"General, does this mean that Zhao Jun was scared by us, and left after making a fortune?" Some subordinates expressed their guesses.

Wu Qi shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I think Zhao Jun has not given up his goal of occupying Ying County. If they really want to retreat, they should choose to slaughter the city and loot, that is the mentality of making a fortune and leaving. ”

"The capture of only young men shows that they want to gather strength and rearmament. Now after the battle of Jinyin, Zhao Jun is wary of us, Li Mu is good at guarding, and it is not so easy for us to establish miraculous skills like this. ”

"General, what are we going to do next?"

"If it is not as I expected, now the Zhao army has retreated to Hedong and is reorganizing the army." Wu Qi walked to the position of the county office, pondered for a while and said: "You send scouts first, investigate one or two, and wait until the specific movements of the enemy army are found, and then I will make a decision." ”

"Yes, General." The general who was born in the forbidden army next to him immediately agreed.

Wu Qi continued: "At present, the military merits of the first battle of Jinyin have not been fulfilled, so let's take the opportunity to distribute them today." ”

The generals around him all showed excited looks.

In the first battle of Jinyin, they won more with less and played extremely well.

The military merits obtained can almost make the entire army rise by one level, and some leaders can even be promoted by three levels in a row.

There are a lot of wish stones, exercises, and silver that I have waited for.

How can they not get excited?

These soldiers are licking blood from the knife edge to live their lives, focusing only on the present.

If Wu Qi didn't honor his military exploits for a long time, they wouldn't say anything, but they would definitely have some complaints and dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Reflected on the battlefield, it is difficult to say how many percent of the combat effectiveness will be lost.

In fact, no matter whether Zhao Jun is in Hexi or not, Wu Qi will reward his merits and calculate his military merits today.

If military merit is not fulfilled for a long time, the decline in morale is not fatal, and if the people below have doubts about the realization of the military merit system, it will be troublesome.

Regarding this, as early as today's departure, he had already communicated with Zhao Hongming.

Later, when he is ready, Zhao Hongming will personally pledge grain, grass and military salaries to come here to discuss meritorious deeds.

……

At the same time, the girder was five hundred miles away.

Wei Imperial Palace, Qianqing Palace.

Jian'an Emperor Zhao Fuxu got the news that Li Mu of Zhao State had undeclared war and planned to attack Ying County.

"What does Lu Zonghui want to do, does he want to rebel? and Pu Yuanqing, as the lieutenant of Yingjun, is not guarding the city in Yingjun, and has been walking with Lu Zonghui, what do you want to do? Yes! ”

He looked gloomily at the row of Wei ministers kneeling on the ground, and was furious.

Jian'an Emperor Zhao Fuxu already knew through the Imperial City Division that in recent times, as a general of the Eastern Army, he has not actively deployed defenses, but has been "grinding foreign workers" and has not sent troops for a long time.

Judging from the news sent back by the secret son in the army, Lu Zonghui wanted to take the opportunity of Li Mu to send troops to beat the news that he gave King Wu 100,000 soldiers.

How can this keep him from getting angry?

It just doesn't make sense.

"The ministers are incompetent and have failed to share your Majesty's worries, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." Xiao Boling, the right man in the middle book, knelt on the ground and took the lead in pleading guilty.

Immediately after him, Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Hong Daowen, the military department secretary and Shaobao Yu Hezheng, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Chen Mou all knelt on the ground and shouted: "The ministers are incompetent and have failed to share your Majesty's worries, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." ”

Jian'an Emperor Zhao Fuxu was even more furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "Forgive sins, forgive sins, what else can you do except let me forgive sins?" ”

Zhao Fuxu, who was rushed to the head by anger, was like a beast, losing part of his mind.

"At the beginning, you suggested that I let the martial arts forces in the Three Sides Land be able to keep their own wishing stones after two years, but now it's good, these border wings are stiff, do you want me to repeat the mistakes of the Zhou royal family? You rebels. ”

Even without the coercion of martial arts power, Emperor Jian'an's anger made the atmosphere of the Qianqing Palace extremely depressing and dull.

The ministers present clearly remembered that this edict was issued only after Emperor Jian'an agreed.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that the development of East Road exceeded their expectations.

Now that Donglu has weakened the power of the imperial court because of this edict, Emperor Jian'an obviously does not want to bear such a fault.

"It's all the sins of the ministers, and please punish Your Majesty,"

Xiao Boling, Hong Daowen and other courtiers have followed Emperor Jian'an for many years, and they also know his temperament and is a good-looking person, but at the same time, they also know that the emperor in front of him knows the priorities of things and has a scale in his heart.

If they are responsible, they only need to give a step and admit their mistakes honestly, and Emperor Jian'an will expose this matter.

If you have to give him "right and wrong", then he will resign from the government at the least, and his life will be at risk at worst.

It's all human spirits, and they don't do that kind of stupid thing.

Sure enough, after Xiao Boling and Hong Daowen and other courtiers "admitted their mistakes", Jian'an Emperor Zhao Yuxu's tone obviously became much more relaxed.

"Hmph, isn't it easy to punish you? As courtiers, you don't just want me to punish you, you want to make ideas for me! ”

Emperor Jian'an's tone softened slightly: "This time the front line came to report, and Li Mu of Zhao led an army of 180,000 troops. Zhao is a country with a large population, and this is certainly not the upper limit. ”

"You all know what it means if Ying County is lost."

"Heyuan County, which is known as the granary of Wei behind Ying County, if Ying County is taken away by Zhao State, Heyuan County is afraid that it will not be guaranteed, and the best state is afraid that it will lose one-third, and Zhao Guo is obviously prepared this time."

"If the country handed over to me by my ancestors is destroyed in my hands, how will I have the face to meet the ancestors of the Great Wei Kingdom?"

Emperor Jian'an said that everything was true.

Actually, he said it lightly.

Because although Yingjun is a frontier wasteland, its geographical location is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a dangerous place, which is the east gate of Wei.

With such a position in the hands of others, he is obviously not at ease.

Martial King Zhao Hongming has a dragon vein, is a person with great luck, and at the same time is a martial arts genius, unlike his prince, he will not be so easy to fall.

So the ideas that he had always had in his head could be implemented.

In his plan, he turned Yingjun into the fiefdom of King Wu, relying on King Wu's ability to firmly grasp this dangerous place in the hands of the royal family.

In the event of a war, the Eastern Army near Ying County provided timely support and defended each other, so as to ensure that Wei was on the eastern front and defended Qi and Zhao.

But I didn't expect that now Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army has his own careful thoughts after the edict announced by the Three Kingdoms Expedition to Wei, and he still only cares about the present in the face of the great enemy of Zhao.

This is a blatant challenge to the imperial court, but the imperial court is helpless, and there are not many means to check and balance him.

brought the already fragile and sensitive relationship between the court and the local government to the table, and also brought the Wei royal family's fragile control over the border to the table.

Actually, that's fine.

After all, it was just a contradiction within the Wei State.

For the sake of the overall situation, as long as it is not too ugly and can maintain the stability of the border, Emperor Jian'an is also willing to continue to appease, and is even willing to agree to some of the conditions of Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army.

However, Zhao Hongming, the martial king of Yingjun, had only been in the domain for half a year, and he only had 30,000 troops in his hands.

In the face of Zhao's 180,000 army, there was almost no chance, and it was a situation of inevitable defeat.

Things are already in jeopardy.

At this juncture, Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army was still thinking about his own little abacus.

Where can Emperor Jian'an still stand it?

Can he not be angry?

Many ministers in the Qianqing Palace knelt on the ground and did not say a word.

The dull atmosphere in the main hall became more and more depressing.

Even Feng Dabao, the palmprint eunuch standing beside him, couldn't help but ooze a layer of cold sweat on his back.

The emperor next to him will really kill people in the main hall.

Emperor Jian'an took a deep breath, calmed down the anger in his heart and said, "General Cen Xiu is still on the way, let him rush to Yingjun as soon as possible to assist King Wu." Then Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army can no longer stay in the Eastern Army, you see, pick a suitable reason, let him obediently hand over the military power, and let Cen Xiu take over the defense in the future. ”

The ministers frowned.

What Jian'an Emperor Zhao Yuxu has to do is really not simple.

Now that Lu Zonghui has a different heart and wants to obediently hand over the power of the Eastern Army, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

The emperor's power is weak, and they can't deduct a trumped-up charge.

If this is not good, it will completely force Lu Zonghui to rebel.

The ministers in the Qianqing Palace all had sad faces.

"Report! Ying County has a major military situation. ”

At this moment, someone from the Imperial City Division outside the palace sent important information.

As soon as they heard the information from Yingjun, many ministers in the palace all raised their heads and looked at them together.

Emperor Jian'an Zhao Yuxu even stood up from the dragon seat: "Express, what is the news." ”

The people of the Imperial City Division gasped and said, "Back to Your Majesty...... Li Mu had led an army of 180,000 to capture Hexi City the day before yesterday, and when the officials left, Li Mu had already led his troops to attack Jinyin. ”

"What?" Jian'an Emperor Zhao Fuxu hurriedly asked: "What about our side, what is the movement of the Eastern Army?" ”

"The Eastern Army has no sign of sending troops, and only 30,000 Wei soldiers of His Royal Highness King Wu are facing the Zhao army."

Hearing the news, Emperor Jian'an slowly sat back on the dragon chair with a solemn expression.

Not only him, but the other ministers were silent when they heard the news and stopped talking.

30,000 to 180,000 troops, such a huge disparity in strength, I am afraid that it takes the existence of martial artists in the Creation Realm to make up for one or two.

Not to mention, Emperor Jian'an knew that these 30,000 troops were just an army formed by Zhao Hongming, the martial king, and had never been on the battlefield, and they were battlefield recruits.

From any point of view, Martial King Zhao Hongming is very likely to be defeated, and Yingjun is also very likely to be lost.

Jian'an Emperor Zhao Fuxu gritted his teeth and said: "Whether Lu Zonghui is against it or not, the loss of Yingjun is his death, and I will kill him at all costs." ”

Yu Hezheng, the secretary of the military department and the young guard, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, we should urgently prepare for the army, if the Eastern Army is sure that there is a backbone, then Ying County will be difficult to defend, before the Zhao army captures Ying County, we may still have some opportunities, otherwise when the situation in Ying County is erosive, it will be too late for us to respond." ”

"As you said, since the battle of Jinyin took place yesterday, even if it is one city a day, it will take ten days, and we still have some opportunities." Jian'an Emperor Zhao Yuxu ordered: "Wait, quickly adjust the army, with General Cen as the commander, and block the Zhao army as much as possible." ”

"Feng Daban, if there is any news from Ying County as soon as possible, I will sit in the main hall and wait."

"The minions obey."

In an instant, the entire Qianqing Palace was very busy.

Minutes and seconds passed.

With the passage of time, the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace was extremely depressed.

Everyone was worried about the urgency of dealing with all the important things.

In the afternoon, a fast horse rushed into the palace from outside the palace.

"Five hundred miles in an emergency! Dodge quickly. ”

"Report! Ying County's latest battle report. ”

An urgent report outside the hall shocked Emperor Jian'an, and he was worried that it would be a bad battle report.

"Summon!"

Emperor Jian'an recognized that the person who came was the guard beside King Wu Zhao Hongming, and he asked impatiently: "How is the battle situation in Yingjun, is King Wu safe?" ”

The janissary guard panted like a cow and said, "Return to Your Majesty...... Won ......"

"What wins?"

The Praetorian Guard tried to calm his breath and said quickly: "Our 30,000 Wei soldiers have broken the 180,000 army of Zhao State...... We've won a big game...... His Royal Highness King Wu won...... Your Highness specially asked me to rush back overnight to report the news......"

"What?"

Hearing the news, all the officials in the court and the Manchurian government were shocked.

(End of chapter)