Chapter Seventy-Three: The Flames of War Spread, and the Unprecedented Enemy Attack Entrusted with Heavy Responsibilities
The lord of Qingyue City, Yue Liangqi, was finally pardoned, and after thanking him for his kindness, he immediately took his leave and began to arrange for the refugees to return home.
Wang Yan, Zhou Shan, and Dong Yun also wanted to say goodbye and leave, but they were warmly retained by the emperor Yuezheng. Other factors can be ignored, but the establishment of the Xingshan Medicine Hall requires Wang Yan's personal participation. Emperor Shang Yuezheng slightly increased the function of the Xingshan Medicine Hall, turning the Xingshan Medicine Hall, which was simply for the poor people to see and treat the poor, into a Xingshan Medicine School integrating treatment and teaching medicine.
Wang Yan is grateful for this. The medical knowledge that Grandpa Tao has devoted himself to studying will be carried forward as a result, and his years of hard work will be learned and inherited by countless people. Under the arrangement of the emperor Yuezheng, Wang Yan was admitted to the Tai Hospital, where he would work with the imperial doctors to compile the essence of medical knowledge written by Grandpa Tao with his life into easy-to-understand textbooks to facilitate the people to teach and learn.
The next day, the palace of the July Kingdom was restored to life. The Imperial Garden, where a hundred flowers are in full bloom, is very lively. Charming dancing and melodious music add to the fun of the small banquet held here.
The joy of quelling the civil strife made the emperor Yuezheng brows stretch. Although on the border, the army of the Scorching Sun Kingdom is still attacking, but the war has entered a stalemate. The decree to recruit troops and prepare for war has been issued. With a little training, these newly recruited soldiers can go to the border to defend their homeland. Everything is going in the expected direction. It is believed that in time, this war will eventually end in victory.
"Come on. Cheers!" Emperor Yuezheng picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it all.
"My emperor is blessed with the sky, and the country of July will win. The ministers raised their glasses together. Have a drink.
In the blink of an eye, the wine passed three rounds. The ministers in a happy mood began to revel in singing and dancing.
"Wang Yan, are we beautiful?" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun were overwhelmed by alcohol, and their faces were full of red glow, adding to their delicate appearance.
"Shan'er, Yun'er, you're drunk. Wang Yan said with concern. In his heart, Zhou Shan and Dong Yun will always be the most beautiful.
"We're not drunk, you haven't answered us yet. Zhou Shan and Dong Yun seemed to be drunk, and their charming smiles overshadowed the flowers in the garden.
"Beautiful! The two girls can be called peerless!" Prime Minister Yue Wen'an heard Wang Yan's conversation. Loud compliments. He was very grateful in his heart. If it weren't for the king's words that they defeated the rebels, how could the emperor strengthen his confidence in the decisive battle?
"Xie Lu Xie praised. Zhou Shan and Dong Yun saluted Prime Minister Yue Wen'an.
They weren't so drunk that they couldn't tell people apart, but they didn't get praise from Wang Yan. There is unwillingness. Two pairs of big watery eyes looked at Wang Yan. Long eyelashes flickering.
Wang Yan obviously felt that his heart was beating faster, this was the first time he had experienced Zhou Shan and Dong Yun's cute appearance, and he didn't even want to answer them. I'm afraid that this feeling will disappear from my eyes.
"Wang Yan, say it quickly. Zhou Shan and Dong Yun urged again, they didn't understand whether they were not beautiful enough, or Wang Yan was too wooden.
Wang Yan came back to his senses, and immediately felt that the ministers around him began to look at them, intentionally or unintentionally, afraid that if they continued like this, they would make Zhou Shan and Dong Yun ugly, so he pondered appropriate words of praise in his heart.
At this moment, there was a commotion at the entrance of the Imperial Garden, which disturbed the peaceful atmosphere in the Imperial Garden. The dancing figures disappeared, the melodious music came to an abrupt end, and everyone looked at the door of the Imperial Garden and listened with their ears pricked.
"Let me in, the military situation is urgent!" One of the soldiers was stopped by the guards guarding the gate of the Imperial Garden, and immediately shouted to get the attention of the people in the Imperial Garden.
"The emperor is entertaining the ministers and disturbing the holy driver, can you take responsibility!?" The guards of the Imperial Garden were full of voices, and the spears in their hands sealed the gate of the Imperial Garden.
"You can't afford to delay the military situation and delay the warplane!" The soldier who was blocked showed no sign of giving in, and seeing that the guards of the Imperial Garden had no intention of letting him in, he tried to force his way in.
"This is the Imperial Palace, you can't be presumptuous!" the guard of the Imperial Garden shouted angrily, and at the same time, he pushed the soldier to the ground with the strength of his hand, and the bright tip of the spear in his hand was against the soldier's chest: "If you dare to move and trespass, it will be regarded as your misdeeds, and you will be killed." ”
"Even if I die, I will report the military situation to the emperor. "The soldier was pinned to the ground, unable to move. The long journey had exhausted him, and he could only do his best at this time.
"Bring him in. Emperor Yuezheng vaguely heard the content of the argument between the guards and soldiers of the imperial garden, which was related to the military situation, so he didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the attendants around him.
After a while, the waiter brought the soldiers to the emperor Yuezheng. I saw that the soldier's lips were chapped, his eyes were bloodshot, and the cloth armor on his body was in tatters.
"How is the military situation on the border, haven't I already sent troops to support, what accidents will there be?" Emperor Yuezheng looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground, and wondered in his heart.
"Your Majesty, on the border between our country and the Blue Water Country, I found that the army of the Scorching Sun Country, according to the scouts, the number is not less than 500,000, please send the army to support as soon as possible. The soldier told him what he was trying to convey.
Emperor Yuezheng was stunned at once, not only him, but all the ministers who heard the voice of the soldiers were also stunned.
"On the border with the Blue Water Country, how can there be an army of the Scorching Sun Country? Aren't they on the border between our two countries?"
"Emperor Qiqi, his subordinates are only responsible for transmitting information, and I don't know the specific details. The soldiers couldn't give the answer that the emperor wanted.
"I know that you have said, you can step down. The emperor sat on the chair, closed his eyes decadently, and looked depressed.
The Blue Water Country is a small country sandwiched between the July Kingdom and the Scorching Sun Country, and in order to protect its own country from perishing, the Blue Water Country chose to be a vassal of both the July Kingdom and the Scorching Sun Country. It was this kind of behavior that made the Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, Shang Mengtan, think of the best way to attack the July Kingdom. Secretly sent an envoy to make secret contact with the Blue Water Country, and used coercion and inducement to force the Blue Water Country to agree to his request to attack the July Kingdom through the channel.
The realistic geographical situation could not satisfy the desire of the Scorching Sun Kingdom to drop all its million-strong troops on the border. Because the border between the July Kingdom and the Scorching Sun Country was not wide, it was attacked there with half a million troops. It's already the limit. Emperor Meng Tan of the Scorching Sun Kingdom had already expected that once the July Kingdom learned of its attack, it would mobilize the forces of the whole country to go to the border between the two countries to defend it with all its might. And his third prince, Meng Zhiyuan, took the opportunity to launch a rebellion, which made the people in the country panic in July and had no time to take care of themselves. The news that he led the army through the Blue Water Country would not be discovered by the July Kingdom. Once the army led by himself launched an attack from the border of the Blue Water Country, the July Country would definitely be unable to deal with it. Attacking the Kingdom of July is like digging for something. Moreover, this can also prevent the royal family of the July Kingdom from escaping from the Blue Water Country and completely wipe out the July Kingdom.
As a vassal state of the July State, the Blue Water State has fully won the trust of the July State for years of tribute, therefore. The July Kingdom only symbolically placed a small number of troops on the border between the two countries. There are less than 10,000 people.
At this moment, on the border between the July Kingdom and the Blue Water Country, the Emperor of the Scorching Sun Country was full of spirit, and the 500,000 army behind him was showing off his might.
"The Kingdom of July is just around the corner. Soldiers. The time has come to test you. Anyone who kills the soldiers of the July Kingdom will be rewarded heavily. If one person is killed, the reward will be ten taels of gold, and five people will be killed. Reward 100 taels of gold, a beautiful woman in July, kill 10 people, seal the official, kill 100 people, and seal the marquis. Whoever is the first to attack the palace of the July Kingdom will be crowned king!" Emperor Meng Tan of the Scorching Sun Kingdom announced loudly. The reason why he dared to say such a rich reward was nothing more than to stimulate the soldiers' desire for war, so that they could occupy the July Kingdom as quickly as possible.
"My emperor is mighty!" All the soldiers were excited, but where did they know about the Dao, their emperor made just an empty promise, you must know that they are a huge army of 500,000 soldiers, how can there be so many soldiers in the July Kingdom for them to kill.
"Haha....... Attack!" The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom looked up at the sky and smiled, and then gave an order to the army.
"Kill!" shouted the soldiers of the Scorching Sun Country, rushing towards the border of the July Country like a tidal wave.
The troops of the July Kingdom guarding here, where can they resist? Just one round of impact, the army will collapse, and the border will be lost!
In the Imperial Palace of the Seventh Kingdom, after coming out of the Imperial Garden, the Emperor Yuezheng and all the ministers who had regathered in the court were silent. Even Prime Minister Yue Wen'an, who has been fighting the main battle, bowed his head and said nothing, without an army or soldiers, who can stop him?
"Are you coming up with ideas for me?" Emperor Yuezheng looked at the ministers kneeling in the court, all of them bowed their heads, eager to stuff their heads into the crotch of their pants, and trembled with anger.
I asked three times in a row, but no one said anything. The emperor Yuezheng was furious, grabbed the books stacked in front of him, and threw them at the kneeling ministers.
"Your Majesty, now that the matter is over, from the perspective of the ministers, we might as well surrender the whole country, then there is still a possibility of saving our lives. "Hong Kuan, a scholar who once fought for the Lord's peace, was hit on the head by Shujian, and then he said what he thought in his heart with a slight tremble.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to this. Easily giving away the country laid down by the ancestors is not only ashamed of the ancestors, but also ignores the people, allowing them to be enslaved. The old minister is not talented, and he is willing to go to the border to block the enemy. Prime Minister Yue Wen'an was in tears, he couldn't watch the emperor embarrassed, even if he died on the battlefield, he couldn't survive in the contemptuous eyes of the enemy.
"Your Majesty, it's good to surrender. Avoid large-scale massacres in enemy countries, and the people of July Kingdom will be grateful to Dade. Doctor Hong Kuan still insisted on surrendering and gave self-righteous reasons.
What can really make the people grateful is to fight bloody battles to defend their homeland. Even if we all die in battle, we can't leave a bad name. Prime Minister Yue Wen'an opened his mouth to educate the scholar Doctor Hong Kuan.
"Shut up!" Emperor Yuezheng was reluctant to listen to their arguments anymore: "Those who support surrender stand on the left, and those who support resistance stand on the right." ”
The sound of "huhulala" sounded, and after a while, only Prime Minister Yue Wen'an, Wang Yan, Zhou Shan, and Dong Yun were left on the right side of the court. The generals have all gone to the battlefield, and the rest are civil servants, and no one wants to lose their lives in the war.
Wang Yan, Zhou Shan and Dong Yun should not have appeared in the court, but the emperor Yuezheng directly led the ministers from the imperial garden back to the court, and did not give them a chance to say goodbye at all.
"Hey," Emperor Yuezheng was helpless when he saw such a scene.
"Your Majesty, I heard that more than three hundred miles away from the border, there is an ancient fortress, although it has fallen into disrepair, it is still an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. It is the only way for the enemy to attack, and I am willing to lead the soldiers to hold the fortress. Wang Yan knew that it was difficult for the Emperor to make a decision, so he thought of delaying the enemy army in this way, so as to leave more time for the emperor to consider carefully.
"Wang Yan, I understand your intentions, but now you can send up to 5,000 soldiers, and in the face of 500,000 enemy troops, there is no hope at all, so you don't have to be reluctant. "Emperor Yuezheng really admires Wang Yan, and every time he encounters difficulties, he will stand up.
"Your Majesty, if you don't give it a try, how can you give up easily. Besides, the emperor has just agreed to set up a good medicine hall, and I can't let my wish die before it has been implemented. Even if I really can't lead my troops to resist the enemy army, the emperor can still lead his subjects to hide in the mountains and wait for an opportunity. Surrender, a symbol of shame, must not fall to my July Kingdom!" Wang Yan's answer shocked every minister in the court, and those ministers who followed the trend felt ashamed.
"Well, in that case, I promise that even if the country is broken, I will never surrender. The emperor Yuezheng made a choice, and at the same time ordered Wang Yan: "I have appointed you as the general of the shooting sun, and there must be no mistake in leading 5,000 elite soldiers to block the enemy army." ”
"Obey!" Wang Yan's voice in reply was loud and crisp, resounding through the main hall of the court. (To be continued......)