May 21, Yanjing.

At this time, on the fifth watch, the court was as noisy as a vegetable market, and the news was discussing why the 150,000 troops on the battlefield were advancing so slowly.

It stands to reason that such a large army only needs to push all the way to Longyang County, force the rebels into the city, and then besiege the city and trap them to death.

However, the news came on the morning of May 20 that the main army was still in Yushanyuan.

"Your Majesty, don't believe the words of others, Guo Xin is old enough to seek the country, how can he not know the severity, although the rebel army is small, but it must not be cautious. The minister felt that General Guo's style of play was mainly prudent and not picky. However, some people in the DPRK and China have repeatedly slandered me, and I am afraid that there is another profound meaning, and Your Majesty must not ignore it. ”

In the main hall, Qin Xiuwen, the secretary of the military department, walked out of the queue and said these words in a deep voice. He is more than fifty years old this year, and he has experienced two dynasties, and he is close to Guo Xin, who has also experienced two dynasties, and there are not many courtiers like them in the court.

Seeing the old ministers pass away one by one, or resign and return to their hometowns, the dignified Yan has become tattered in less than a year, and the beacon fire is everywhere, and the prosperous Yandu is now even more panicked, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and these days, his hair and beard are much whiter than at the beginning.

However, he still mustered up his energy, allocated troops, horses, and grain, and did his best to conquer the rebels.

Guo Xin led the army, which was also highly recommended by him, only such an old minister led the troops, he could rest assured, and when the 150,000 soldiers and horses were pushed to Longyang, even if they did not advance, it also brought a buffer to the west of Yanjing, and there was a chance to breathe.

After that, he accumulated strength, swept away several turmoil one by one, and used Guo Xin to sweep away the rebellious aftermath, clean up the wine bags and rice bags in the court, and climb the followers.

Only then can the country of Yan be truly stable.

In the queue of generals on the right, before Che Jin could speak, a general had already walked out, frowning slightly: "The way to use soldiers, how can you hesitate to hold 150,000 soldiers and horses, more than 70 miles in a row, like a big net, the rebels have no way to avoid it, and they can only be defeated." However, Guo Xin is not moving forward, isn't he trying to raise his own respect? ”

Qin Xiuwen glanced at him deeply.

"I'm afraid that's what you think, right? General Guo is already in his prime, what other dissents can he have? If it weren't for Dayan, he would have been teasing his grandson at home at the moment, why bother to go to the army to suffer this hardship! ”

"He may not have it, but he can't be a descendant?"

"You!"

Qin Xiu was so angry that he stomped his feet, arched his hand at the emperor in the Jinluan Palace, and shouted, "Your Majesty, please allow the minister to fight him alone!" ”

This kind of thing has long been commonplace in the court, Xiao Wenbi almost didn't say a word, the old god was listening, these people were noisy.

However, the emperor above, his face is not so good-looking, at this time, he can't replace Guo Xin because of one or two gossips, and in the face of the vicious rebels, he still has to show some heroism.

He raised his hand and dispelled the quarrel between the two sides, after all, it was impossible for the two of them to fight like a hooligan street fight in front of the civil and military, so wouldn't he, the emperor, become the leader of the hooligans?

"Continue to talk about the battlefield, I still have to trust Guo Qing, the army is rebellious, don't chew your tongue behind your back."

After the quarrel subsided, everyone in the DPRK and China then continued to discuss the way to fight against the rebels, and the secretary of the DPRK and the Central Committee sent fast horses to the front line for Guo Xin's reference.

Halfway through the discussion, there was a hundred miles of urgent orders to rush into the palace with a small flag,

Before dawn, the news had already been sent to this side of the hall.

- The rebels march eastward.

"Eastward?" Chao Chinese Wu was stunned for a moment, and even Beigong Ye was stunned, and he didn't react for a while. Qin Xiu asked tremblingly, "Is it General Guo who retreated westward, deliberately let the rebels advance eastward, and implemented the policy of 'inviting the king into the urn'?" ”

"Startle me, it's still the quasi-...... Qin Shangshu guessed"

"If you invite you into the urn, the rebels will be destroyed now."

"Don't underestimate the enemy, wait for the battle report later......"

The voices of gossip in the court came and went, in fact, it can be seen that this group of civil and military officers usually seems relaxed, since the army marched westward, the nerves have been in a tense state, and now the battle report came, Ling Gang spoke.

They couldn't help but interrupt and express the breath in their hearts. Just as you were guessing Guo Xin's strategic intentions, the interrupted Lingqi looked at the civil and military who were buzzing and talking on both sides, and shouted out in a hurry.

"Where is there still an army of 150,000 people, all of them are defeated!"

There was a sudden silence in the court, and a strange dead silence enveloped the hall.

The Son of Heaven on the imperial steps slowly stood up, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Is this ...... When did it happen......"

For a while, the surroundings were silent, and their faces were full of disbelief, and many people's eyes became hollow, thinking that the next step would be that the rebels would come to the city, and their bodies in official robes couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Just yesterday afternoon, the rebels encroached step by step and turned the tide of the battle."

The emperor's body trembled: "Guo Xin...... Where is he? ”

"The coach held on to the last moment and died in battle."

The emperor's body shook, he covered his forehead, stumbled back to the dragon chair, raised his hand weakly, and waved: "Retreat from the dynasty, go back, gather the servants to protect the courtyard, prepare to defend the city, I will fight to the death with the rebels in Yanjing!" ”

The court's civil and military lowered his face and only said: "Retire" and slowly withdrew from the main hall, and the commander of the imperial city did not leave, but went forward to the imperial steps.

"I ...... Defeated again and again, no matter what the plan is, none of them succeeded, I feel that there must be spies around me, tonight I will lead the troops to surround the Taishi's Mansion, I will send the masters in the palace to you, act together! ”

Che Jin's face was heavy, and he arched his hand heavily: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

……

The news transmitted by the court had already spread before everyone left the palace, Qin Xiuwen rode out of the imperial city in a carriage, and the streets outside the curtain were crowded with pedestrians, and everyone could see a frightened expression on their faces.

At present, there are rumors everywhere in the city, and the families who can leave have already packed up their belongings to avoid the war before the city gate is closed, and the remaining small families have gone to the streets at this time, buying food and hoarding it at home.

The once prosperous Yanjing has become so bleak in a blink of an eye.

Back at the mansion, Qin Xiuwen looked at the old trees in the courtyard and the falling leaves, the relatives at home were also nervous and anxious, his wife pursed her lips, looked at her sons and grandchildren on the side, and simply said: "Husband, let's go, escape from Yanjing, the rebels of the province have entered the city and become prisoners." ”

The relatives around him all looked at him like this.

In response to them, Qin Xiu heard a stern reprimand: "Get out!" ”

"My Qin family is deeply favored by the emperor, and now that the Yan country is in trouble, I don't remember the grace of many years and run away, how can Qin leave with his family."

Qin Xiuwen ignored them anymore and turned around and walked into the study.

However, on this morning, all kinds of news had spread throughout the city, and the atmosphere among the people was terrified and tense to the extreme, even if they knew that the city gate was closed, there were still people lined up in a long line, including some officials, changed their official robes, put on the people's clothes and mingled, stuffed money to the city gate guards, and let him and his family out of the city.

The same information is spreading in all directions to the east, north, and south.

On this day, this news that can shock countless people is still spreading wildly, and Duan Jin and other princes who are attacking the city in the south are already in a strange atmosphere when they hear this news.

Many people are still in a daze, and they even slapped themselves in disbelief.

Duan Jin raised his face and looked at the generals in the army, as well as the rest of the princes who rushed over after hearing the news: "Haha, 150,000 ah......"

He laughed a little strangely, and then asked them, "We have 150,000 ......?"

After the laughter, he whispered again.

"Backwards...... Let's not talk loudly in front of him. ”

In the big tent, whether it is the generals or the rest of the princes, they feel that they have joined forces, and they also have sixty or seventy thousand troops, and they will attack the city and conquer the troops along the way, and wait until the Yanjing City, even if they are not elite soldiers, they can make Rongzhou dare not underestimate it.

When the imperial court raised 150,000 soldiers and horses to attack each other, they had some thoughts of schadenfreude in their hearts.

However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that all his soldiers and horses were counted together, and they were meaningless in front of the other party.

"Damn...... That's 150,000 people. ”

Many people sighed in their hearts, and they were also thinking about where they should be placed in the future.

……

While this news was still being transmitted in all directions, between the roads from Yushanyuan to the east, a group of soldiers and horses that had been prepared first were forcibly marching.

"Dong Gong, this attack on Yanjing is not a beautiful difference, why are you in a hurry to ask for it?!" Li Wei followed behind the fat old man, watching a group of Xiliang foot soldiers pass in front of him.

"Hmph."

Dong Zhuo looked at the eastern sky and grinned: "Among these people, who has the experience of the old man entering Beijing?" The fun of this, they are even more unclear. ”

(End of chapter)