Chapter 32: Waiting for Help?
"Your Majesty, the horse has never led the troops, so don't let him lead the troops!"
Qi Luming was about to persuade Yang Ying not to lead the troops, but Yang Guan, who was in the ranks of the ministers, was already the first to kneel down and shout.
However, Yang Ying retreated to the side, and knelt down on one leg to Li Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to lead the troops to battle." ”
Now the Great Qian's court is in crisis, and the biggest crisis is Li Chengba's rebels, Yang Ying naturally wants to exterminate him, at least in the current Great Qianjing Dynasty, he doesn't know who can lead the troops to defeat Li Chengba.
What he was more worried about was that the generals who led the troops would directly surrender to Li Chengba.
"The colt is so bold!" Xu Shaogong immediately agreed, beaming in his heart, but immediately had some doubts: This kid dared to take orders on his own, could he really have the ability to lead the troops.
It's impossible, if he knew how to lead the troops, wouldn't he have come out early...... What's more, even if he could, who in this world could defeat His Royal Highness King Qin.
Xu Shaogong was proud in his heart, but he was maliciously reborn: Yang Ying must be 100% killed, and he must be left with no soldiers to send and no generals to bring.
"Master Horse, as the governor of Jingzhao, now Li Chengba's rebels are outside the city, although they have retreated, but the threat is still there, please also ask the horse to immediately transfer the defenders from all over the country to Qianjing to ensure the safety of Qianjing."
"That's how it should be."
Yang Yingzi did not object: There is indeed nothing more important than the safety of Qianjing.
However, Yang Ying was completely unfamiliar with the guards around the capital.
Yang Ying shouted: "Is the military department still available?" ”
Qi Lu shouted: "Your Majesty, there are still horses, and the military department has gone to the head of Qianjing City and commanded the soldiers to defend the city." ”
"Where's the Squire of the Army?"
A red-robed official came out of the queue and knelt down to Li Qiyuan: "Cui Yuanrang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Ministers, has met Your Majesty and met General Huaihua." ”
"Your Majesty, let Master Cui get up."
Yang Ying reminded in a low voice, and Li Qiyuan said: "Cui Shilang, flat body." ”
Cui Yuanrang stood up, and Yang Ying asked, "Cui Shilang, what is the situation of the defenders around Qianjing, and what is the situation of the defenders in various parts of Daqian?" Where can we mobilize a large army to Qianjing at the earliest? ”
"Your Majesty, I was originally stationed in Qianjing's sixteen guards, a total of more than 400,000 troops, most of them had gone out with Li Chengba to fight earlier, most of the guards have not yet returned, at this time in Beijing only the left Xiaowei and the right Xiaowei, as well as the emperor personally in charge of the Imperial Forest Army, as well as the original East Palace Guard, can also be dispatched, a total of more than 30,000 people.
In addition, since Li Chengba's rebellion, the emperor has ordered the recruitment of young and middle-aged men in Beijing into an army, the distribution of weapons, and the number of soldiers has been 50,000 or 60,000.
At this time, the number of people who could be recruited in Beijing was about 80,000 people. ”
Yang Ying was stunned for a moment, he recruited 50,000 troops in two days, and his efficiency was quite good.
But the 50,000 new troops were not able to fight at all, and the 30,000 horses naturally had to stay in Qianjing, so there were no soldiers and horses at all.
"And the nearly 400,000 Fourteen Guards army? Not in the capital? I think it was Li Chengba who was transferred, and it was because of this that Li Chengba had the courage to 'rebel'!
Among the fourteen guard armies, how many were completely obedient to Li Chengba's orders, how many were neutral, and how many were willing to listen to the new emperor's dispatch?
Shi Xiao should know the situation? ”
Yang Ying asked, "What about the defenders in various cities?" What is the situation of the 16 prefectures around Qianjing? ”
"In the sixteen states around the capital, there are still 80,000 troops in addition to Yanzhou, which are used to guard against the Beirong tribe, although there are guards in other places, but there are only thousands of people, and the road is far away, if you want to transfer them to conquer Li Chengba, I am afraid that the water will not quench the thirst of the near!"
Of course, Cui Yuanrang didn't say one thing: many of these sixteen states are actually under Li Chengba's control...... Probably half of them.
I don't know the specific details of Yang Ying, but I expected it.
Li Chengba's rebels are now outside the city, and he won't retreat too far if he retreats, so if he wants to go farther away to transfer troops, it will be far away and can't quench his thirst.
So now if Yang Ying wants to lead the troops into battle, he can only mobilize the Tiger Head Battalion.
Although the combat power of the Tiger Head Battalion is strong, the number of people is too small after all, and now Li Chengba knows the situation of the Tiger Head Battalion and will never fight hard with the Tiger Head Battalion again.
Yang Ying asked desperately, "Then where else can we transfer troops?" ”
Cui Yuanrang said: "Your Majesty, General Huaihua, if you want to quickly transfer troops, there is really no more!" ”
Xu Shaogong asked "eagerly": "Cui Shilang, is it okay to urgently recruit the army again?" ”
"The first emperor has already recruited 50,000 people, if he recruits urgently, Jingzhong may be able to get 100,000 troops, but they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are not enough weapons, so they can't fight Li Chengba's rebels at all!"
"So, how is it good?"
Xu Shaogong became "anxious" again, and asked Yang Ying again: "Master Ma, you are the general of Huaihua, do you have an idea?" ”
Yang Ying was anxious for a while, and someone next to him said: "Your Majesty, the current plan is to release the army of King Qin to the outside, and at the same time to defend Qianjing, my Daqian has loyal ministers and warriors, and I believe that I will be able to rush to Qianjing before Li Chengba breaks the city." ”
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
……
For a while, many courtiers were in agreement.
The corners of Xu Shaogong's mouth smiled slightly, but no one noticed: To defend is to wait for death! His Royal Highness the King of Qin is like a god with soldiers, how can he allow you to wait until King Qin's army comes, no...... King Qin is the king and the emperor!
Yang Ying unconsciously looked at Xu Shaogong, a "rare familiar face" among the ministers: pretending to be deep, but the triumphant appearance was still too obvious.
This Li Chengba's spy!
And this is not the only one of Li Chengba's spies in Qiancheng Beijing.
"The odds of winning are extremely low, so you have to fight."
Yang Ying tried hard to think of "any possible way to fight", but now in front of the "spies", he couldn't be exposed.
Yang Ying immediately said to Li Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, this is the only way now. ”
"Good!" Li Qiyuan had no other ideas.
couldn't get out of the city, and naturally couldn't do anything else, Li Qiyuan immediately asked Qi Luming to deal with the funeral of Joan of Arc, and then let people pass on the edict to King Han to preside over the enthronement ceremony.
But as soon as the ministers retreated, Yang Ying said to Princess Linyang: "Your Majesty, princess, we still have important matters, and only a few of us can know." ”
Li Qiyuan summoned Yang Ying and Princess Linyang to the emperor's imperial study.
"What's the matter with the colt?"
Yang Ying said: "Your Majesty, princess, if we want to defeat Li Chengba, we must fight!" ”
Princess Linyang said curiously: "Do you still have soldiers and horses?" ”
"No?"
"How do you fight?"
"If we don't fight, we will lose, so we must do everything we can to mobilize our troops!"
Yang Ying looked at Princess Linyang: "Did the first emperor tell the emperor and the princess that among the courtiers, who is absolutely worth believing?" ”
"Lord Huangfu Yu, even if others have loyal ministers, their abilities are limited, by the way, Brother Qi Wang!"