The Emperor is Above

Chapter 255: The Capital City with Undercurrents (160+ additional chapters)

Qing Yi knew in his heart that Bai Ze's secret reminder was not out of hostility towards Bao Bu Tong.

Rather, as the captain of the rear camp of the central division, he has been stationed in the capital for a long time, has better connections and information, and has a very keen sense of some turbulent undercurrents.

In fact, there was no need for Bai Ze to remind him. Just based on the information he obtained from chatting with Bao Bu Tong along the way, Qing Yi analyzed that the two young officials who died in the battle in Sheri City did not simply die at the hands of the high priest of the Black Wind Tribe.

Bao Bu Tong's uncle, Shao Qing Bao Yu, has always supported Xing Hou's ideas in the court. Another Shao Qing, Chu Chen, is not a die-hard supporter of the monarch, but while he mostly remains neutral, he also supports Xing Hou from a fair perspective from time to time.

In this way, the two Shaoqings themselves have the strength of the third-grade combat master realm, and they are surrounded by four Shangqings, four Yaqings, as well as many powerful people such as the Worship Hall and the Black Armor Cavalry.

Even though the High Priest of the Black Wind Tribe was a first-rank grandmaster, it was not as easy as imagined for him to kill two Shaoqings and several strong men from the Worship Hall while being besieged by many second-rank and third-rank strong men.

But the strange thing is that the two Shaoqings still died, and what is even more strange is that none of the Shaoqings who were dependent on the Shangqing and Yaqings died.

In the battle of Shooting Sun City, in order to deal a heavy blow to the Black Wind Tribe, almost all of Xing State's top combat forces were mobilized, but this also attracted the Black Wind Tribe's high priest.

This battle resulted in heavy losses for the strong men who were directly loyal to the monarch. Relatively speaking, the strength under the command of the nobles suffered very little loss, and they can be regarded as the biggest beneficiaries.

As the overall power balance between the monarch and the nobles became unbalanced, when the external pressure from the Black Wind Tribe, the Ghost Witch Tribe, and the Xianyu Tribe subsided, the power struggle within Xing State instantly entered an extremely fierce stage.

In order to prevent the monarch from increasing his power and recovering, even Bao Bu Tong, the guardian of Yanjin City and senior official whom the monarch trusted, was brutally assassinated more than a dozen times in succession, leaving the safety of others in no way guaranteed.

If Bao Bu Tong's assassinations were more like a series of warnings, he would not be so cautious when dealing with other vassals.

Once Qing Yi is dragged into this struggle, the dark forces will even resort to direct physical annihilation, so there is no need to worry about anything when dealing with the Sergeant's vassal.

With these conflicts of interest in mind, the convoy quickly crossed the long ramp and arrived at the ground level of Midtown.

After chatting and laughing with Bao Bu Tong for a while, Qing Yi recalled recent events with a heavy heart on the way to the Zuo Shi camp.

No wonder the king insisted on waiting for Huo Yunyaqing to lead the border army back before rewarding all the meritorious soldiers. In addition to comprehensively considering military merit, he also had to wait for the loyal army to return.

The people inside and outside the capital, due to their fear of the massacre by the Xianyu tribe that year, attached greater importance to Huo Yunyaqing's military achievements and celebrated for him spontaneously.

The officials in the court obviously did not expect this, and out of reluctance, they encouraged all parties to parade through the streets to boast of their achievements. It seemed like just a farce, but in fact it was a struggle for the right to speak and to improve their image in the hearts of the people.

"Oh, it's really a storm that's about to come!"

Qing Yi couldn't help but repeat Bao Bu Tong's sigh once again. Under such a situation, the only way to protect oneself is to improve one's own strength.

"Brother Yi, what building did you just talk about?"

Ran You, who was chatting with Daniu, didn't hear what Qing Yi said. He grinned and said,

"You are young and full of vigor, but why do you look unhappy? I heard that a new Moon-Lan Restaurant was built in the middle city this year. It is located on the side of a cliff with magnificent scenery. It is very elegant to drink with friends under the full moon on a full moon night. It has been very popular among the nobles in the capital recently.

I didn't expect that you also knew about this building. Let's invite Zi Che Zhong Xing and a few other brothers to go to Lan Yue Building to have a good chat and have a few drinks."

"Forget about drinking. I don't think you, Brother Ran You, have time to drink!" Qing Yi smiled and immediately changed the subject.
"Brother, you have been in the border town for more than half a year. Why don't you tell me about your experience in the battle against Xianyu's army? If I am ordered to go north to fight Xianyu in the future, I can prepare in advance."

"Speaking of the battle in the northern border town, when our left and right divisions arrived urgently, the border town's defense lines were breached one after another. We were only able to defend the last pass, and it was really precarious!" When Ran You mentioned the battle with Xian Yu's army, his whole spirit and energy changed. His eyes lit up, and he gestured with his hands, saliva flying from his mouth.
"Left Master and Right Master led the soldiers of our Left and Right Divisions, constantly requisitioning carriages and horses for a hasty march along the way. It took more than a month to travel, and my brother's seventh-grade giant hoof horse was almost exhausted.

Along the way, many young and strong people from the country who accepted the call-up, as well as the private armies of nobles and ministers, also followed us northward. No one dared to let the Xianyu army break through the border town.

However, the Left Division, the Right Division, the young and strong people of the country, the private armies of the vassal, the garrison troops in the border towns, and the army originally led by Huo Yunyaqing only had a total of more than 50,000 people, while the Xianyu Cavalry had as many as 130,000. "

"With 50,000 exhausted soldiers, fighting against 130,000 elite cavalrymen, even with the advantage of terrain, it will be extremely difficult!"

Qing Yi couldn't help but feel deeply moved after hearing this. It was really not easy to achieve a brilliant victory under the attack of such superior enemy forces.

Ran Youyi slapped his thigh and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's not the case. It was very difficult, especially in the winter of previous years when military supplies and food were insufficient, and even ordinary patrol soldiers would freeze to death due to hunger and cold.

The sled you invented this year has been of great use. No matter how difficult the conditions were or how fierce the battle was, everyone could at least have enough to eat. We even used it to lure the enemy and win several great victories.

On several occasions, Huo Yun Yaqing praised your contribution in public, and told everyone that he wanted to meet you, the young hero, when he returned to the capital."

"Huo Yun Yaqing won a great victory because of his good command and the bravery of you, my brother Ran You. It has nothing to do with me."

Qing Yi smiled and waved his hand. He still had a lot of things to do in the short term, and he didn't want to get too close to Huo Yunyaqing, lest he become a thorn in the eyes of the other ministers, being watched by assassins every day and not daring to go out all day.

Ran You did not think too much about it. He chuckled and said, "In fact, in my opinion, Old Man Shi is the biggest contributor to the defeat of the Xianyu army.

At that time, when Grand Master Xianyu secretly sneaked into the border town defense line and killed Shi Kan, the captain of the right division's rear camp, and Lin Feng, the captain of the left division's vanguard, in one breath, the Xianyu army also took advantage of the situation to attack. Huo Yun Yaqing went to inspect the military farms, and we almost suffered a complete defeat.

Thanks to Old Man Shi's timely arrival, the morale of the army was stabilized. Not only did he force the great master Xianyu to retreat, but he also teamed up with Huo Yunyaqing, the left master and the right master to kill several generals of Xianyu. Our army took the opportunity to counterattack and won a great victory. "

Qing Yi nodded and said, "I have heard about this from Old Man Shi. He also told me that Xian Yu's strength is actually far more than this, but its main force is being pinned down by a powerful alien race further north. Otherwise, the border defense line would have been difficult to resist."

Zhu Cheng, who had been silent all this time, said with concern in his eyes: "What Old Man Shi said is right. Xianyu's territory is more than ten thousand miles in radius, and there are three million people in the tribe. If we really go all out to march south, we can at least recruit hundreds of thousands of troops.

Especially the Archers, Vulture Knights, Blood and Fire Cavalry, and Blue Bear Army under King Xianyu are extremely powerful, not inferior to the king's personal guards, the Black Armor Cavalry and the Flying Eagle Guards.

Although the Xianyu army we defeated this time was large in number, they were just ordinary tribal cavalry and herdsmen led by Prince Xianyu's younger brother, not the real elite Xianyu army.

If there were no attacks from the northern tribes, even if we had the border defenses to rely on, it would be difficult to resist the Xianyu army that was heading south with all its might. "

At this point, Zhu Cheng also said with emotion: "This winter, the winter in the northern border town is even colder. I wonder how cold it will be in Xianyu territory. Before Huo Yun Yaqing returned to the army, he said that there might be another large-scale and tragic war next year."

Qing Yi thought for a moment and said slowly, "Since Lord Huo Yun knew the threat of Xian Yu's army and knew that they would invade again next year, why did he return to the court instead of letting the king send a Lord or even a Lord to lead the defense of the border city?"

“It’s so difficult!”

Zhu Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "There are only 10,000 soldiers in the border town now. If we want to resist the Xianyu tribe, we will need at least 50,000 elite troops.

If a senior or junior minister was to be in charge of such an elite force all year round, do you think the ministers would agree? Or would the king agree?"

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