My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 353 Patrol
The emperor's chariot of the Xia Kingdom continued to move south from Jiuding Prefecture and entered the northern part of Pingsheng Prefecture, a large county called Jinkang. There were many wounded soldiers who retreated from the front line. Because Su Chen entered the city, those who originally belonged to Qi In the country's county towns, all streets and lanes, large and small, had been sealed off the night before, and people were not allowed to leave their houses.

The streets above the second floor of the attic were occupied by men from the Embroidery Department sent by Pei Min to guard against possible assassinations.

After all, you can always make money by sacrificing a few people to assassinate the opponent's emperor or coach. During the journey south, the Embroidery Department successfully prevented more than ten premeditated assassinations. Most of the assassins were Jianghu people from Qi State. , there are also palace masters sent by the court.

The sound of wheels turning and the heavy footsteps of soldiers from the Huwei camp mingled together in the empty street. .

Across the curtain, Su Chen and Jia Xu were sitting in the carriage, looking at the deserted street.

"After the destruction of Qi, we must also strengthen the unification of writing, roads, wheels, and languages... Only by completely accepting China can they be regarded as people of China."

Jia Xu put his hands in his sleeves and listened quietly to the emperor's words, with a gentle smile on his face. Only Su Chen understood how many lives were hidden behind this gentle smile.

After a while, the sound of fighting came from a street away, and then died down. Pei Min came over with a sword: "Your Majesty, several Qi assassins who wanted to assassinate have been intercepted and killed by people from the Embroidery Department."

"I know, let's continue to spread the investigation. Even if Jianghu people hide in people's homes, they are still easy to identify."

Su Chen gave instructions through the curtain. Hearing Pei Min's footsteps go away, Jia Xu on the side looked serious but calmly raised his eyelids: "This is already the 17th time. Assassinations are becoming more and more frequent. "

"The more it reaches this point, the more it shows that they are no longer capable of turning the tide of the war."

Jia Xu nodded with a smile: "Li Jing is the commander-in-chief Lu Bu, Xiang Yu is the vanguard, Zhao Yun and Dong Zhuo are the main forces of the Chinese army. Unless a peerless general and commander emerges from nowhere in this world, there is no way we can stop their march south."

"...Hmm." Su Chen sat on the big tiger-skin chair, pressed the armrest, curled up the corner of his mouth, and said: "It's useless if I have one. I have not only Li Jing as the commander-in-chief here, but also Hou Junji." There are too many coaches in the Tang Dynasty."

A group of prisoners in front of them who had just been captured from a corner of the city were pulled to the street by Youyan Army soldiers. When they saw the imperial carriage coming from a distance, some of them spit at the carriage.

On the side of the approaching chariot, Xu Chu approached the crowd expressionlessly and pulled out the Qi Guo primary school student who had just spat. The other party twisted his body to resist and hit Xu Chu with all his strength. As a result, the force of the rebound knocked him out. He pressed himself to the ground, still yelling: "You thief of Xia Kingdom, you will not die a good death!"

The prisoners around him looked horrified, and one of his comrades yelled at him in Qi dialect: "Shut up, you want to kill us!"

The royal chariot came over and paused for a moment. Su Chen opened a corner of the curtain, looked at the Qi soldiers on the ground with cold eyes, raised his finger, raised it slightly, and conveyed it to Xu Chu in a cold voice.

"kill him."

Xu Chu hummed, lifted up the Qi soldier, and threw it to the two soldiers who came forward, "You should be killed if you disturb the emperor and insult the emperor!"

When the scolding soldier was taken away, he was still swearing, and then his voice disappeared in a nearby alley. When he came out again, his body had been separated and was taken to the suburbs for burial by the guards on the forbidden street.

"Your Majesty, don't get angry with them." Jia Xu was afraid that the scene just now made Su Chen feel unhappy, so he comforted him: "Throughout the ages, all those who have joined the world have been hindered by such stubborn and stubborn people."

"I'm not angry. On the contrary, I feel pity for the soldiers, and also for the country of Qi. First, a loyal veteran like Zhao Chengguang, and then such a general, but he sacrificed his life for such a court. He went south all the way and read it casually. If you look at the account books, you will know that the country of Qi is in decline."

While Su Chen sighed, the chariot drove through this long street. The first stop was the wounded soldiers camp near the south gate of the city. Here, he met the injured soldiers and saw if they had enough medicine and food. Accessible.Wu Zixun was also asked to say hello in advance and not to make any announcement, lest the general in charge deliberately hide anything from him, the emperor, to save face.

The royal chariot stopped nearby, and the soldiers on guard were quickly replaced by soldiers from the Huwei Camp and people from the Embroidery Department. Su Chen opened the curtain door and came out, taking Jia Xu into the chariot door.

There is a faint smell of blood and herbs in the air, and the groans of wounded soldiers can be heard from the large tents everywhere. The wounded soldiers from Xiliang and Youyan soldiers are gathered here. Some people are seriously injured and lying on the mats to cover themselves. Moaning and wailing at the parts injured by the sword.

There were also soldiers who were slightly injured or who were already recovering, bragging and spanking with other comrades.

"My stab wound was a bit unjust. I didn't know that guy didn't follow common sense. His companions had all run away. He actually dared to fight back. As a result, I wasn't paying attention and was stabbed by the other party. At that time, half of my intestines leaked out. I thought about home. The second one still had an acre of land left, so I gritted my teeth and stuffed my intestines back in. I caught up and chopped the guy over and cut off his left ear."

"...Your luck is not bad. I am from the Youyan Army. I was unlucky just a few days ago. I was about to rush to the city. I got a cut on my buttocks with the knife of some bastard below. It hurt so much that I never stopped. I fell off the ladder and broke my leg. I estimate that this battle won’t be enough to gain an acre of land, at most half an acre.”

"Haha, the recruit must have not held the knife properly. When he climbed up, the knife edge scratched your butt!"

Su Chen and Jia Xu listened outside for a while, with smiles on their faces. Listening to the soldiers talking like this, they felt really cordial and felt comfortable in their hearts.

"It seems that the living conditions of the wounded soldiers are good. As for those who are seriously injured, they must not be neglected after they return. They are all my meritorious officials and should be promoted. Don't pity the land for me. Instead of giving the land to those wealthy families in vain, it is better to give it to My soldiers should take more to support their families."

The two of them walked around the wounded barracks again. The generals in the camp heard the news and rushed over to accompany them. The wounded soldiers in the tent also heard the movement at this moment, and those with minor injuries rushed outside to greet Su Chen who was walking through the wounded barracks. Greetings.

This movement made the soldiers in the Huwei Camp very nervous. They wanted to drive them back, but Su Chen scolded them.

"You all, get back! Anyone can kill me, but they won't!"

This sentence made the surrounding soldiers stunned for a moment, and then they all giggled. The densely packed figures were holding their own weapons, hanging their arms, or limping out. They bowed and saluted the emperor who was being guarded, and then swarmed around him. In the past, he surrounded the soldiers from the Tiger Guard Camp, like personal soldiers, escorting Su Chen all the way until he left the camp gate, and then they dispersed.

On the way the chariot left the wounded soldiers' camp, Su Chen leaned on the big tiger-skin chair, thinking about the feeling of being supported by a group of wounded soldiers just now, and felt warm and a little sad for some reason.

"Pass on my decree and ask Li Jing on the front line to speed up the attack and capture the capital of Qi as soon as possible."

Wu Zixun received the order outside the carriage, got on his horse skillfully, ran forward, summoned his order, and dictated the emperor's order. The latter listened only once and remembered it in his heart, then turned around and rode away.

When the emperor's oral message entered the central part of Pingsheng Prefecture and then conveyed it to Huiyin County as quickly as possible, the pace of the war had already begun.

The two troops and horses, which had been resting for several days, quietly started operating under Li Jing's order.

Xiang Yu, Lu Bu's cavalry, and Li Jue's heavy cavalry also made final preparations.

Excluding the casualties from the attack on Pingyang County that day, the Xirong cavalry still had more than 3 cavalry. At this time, they were divided into three cavalry groups, each led by a [-]-horse cavalry commander, waiting for further orders from the supreme commander Li Jing.

(End of this chapter)