The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 555 Where Are King Qin's Soldiers and Horses?

The situation in the imperial capital is getting worse day by day.The atmosphere of panic that has always enveloped the top of the head seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

Of course, this is mainly for rich people such as officials and wealthy businessmen.

For ordinary people, they are tired of hearing about the current situation.

They are more concerned about how much food prices have risen today.Even if the price of grain has risen, whether the rice shop still sells rice today is a problem.

Traffic on the Grand Canal has been cut off by San Francisco.Food from the south has been cut off.

The granaries in Zhili and the imperial capital have released grain many times.It is said that there is not much food in stock now.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest has just finished, and the grain in the countryside has just been harvested, so it seems that they can hold on for a while.

However, based on past experience, these grains will not last long.

According to the grain merchants, if the grain roads in the south cannot be opened by the time of the Chinese New Year, there will be no grain available in the imperial capital.

Judging from the current situation, the San Francisco has almost occupied all of Zhili, and the hope of opening the grain road is getting slimmer and slimmer.

In addition to the food issue, the most talked about in the imperial capital recently is the topic of abdicating the throne raised by the San Francisco.

Now, the topic is almost a topic of public discourse.It turns out that people are still quite taboo about this, and even if there are discussions, they mostly talk about it behind their backs.

Now, among officials and scholars, it is almost unscrupulous to discuss this matter.

Jinyi Army, Wucheng Bingmasi, and Shuntianfu Yamen didn't care about this matter, and even they themselves often discussed it.

People with a sensitive sense of smell have already caught the direction of the wind from this kind of discussion.That is the time for people to change their minds.

It's not because San Francisco will be so good, but people have had enough of the current life.

If anyone can stabilize the price of food and not have to live in fear all day long, if the yamen can distribute salaries on time, it will be no problem to change the emperor.

Anyway, whoever is the emperor has to live his own life.Whoever can make himself live a good life is a good emperor.

At noon, a message spread in the imperial capital.

Soldiers and horses from all over the country came to King Qin.

For ordinary people, whether this news is good or bad, they can't tell the difference.

However, for Tianyou Tianzi, it is good news.So he took a group of ministers and rushed to the East Campus with great interest.

When walking along the way, Tianyou imagined the grand scene of huge crowds, strict queues, forests of swords and guns.Gradually, it became a little hot-blooded.

He even thought about how to speak to the soldiers to boost their morale, and then these passionate soldiers would go to the battlefield to beat the San Francisco rebels to pieces.

When necessary, he can also drive himself to conquer, and then personally capture the traitor.

When he arrived at the East Campus, Tianyou didn't see the scene he imagined.

On the huge school grounds, there are some people, but it seems that there are only 800 to [-] people, wandering around in a random manner.

"Li Yuan, where are King Qin's men?"

"Returning to the emperor, the minister has not been to the Yamen recently, and Hou Xiaolian will handle everything at this time. Hou Xiaolian, where are King Qin's soldiers and horses?"

"Aren't these all in front of you?"

"How many people came?"

"Going back to the emperor, I don't know. Wait for the minister to go over and ask."

After a while, Hou Xiaolian led a group of generals over.

"Who is in charge of you? Call us King Qin, and no one will respond when we come. What do we eat and live in? Where are the food and supplies?"

"Presumptuous, who are you? The emperor is here, why don't you kneel down!"

At this time, Li Yuan came to the prestige.

"Ah? Your majesty? I kowtow to the emperor in a humble position, but I don't know that the emperor is here. I deserve death for my humble position."

"That's all, get up. Who are you, and how many people are here?"

"Back to the emperor, the humble Zhang Bei guards Liu Huaide, and this time he brought 200 troops."

"Who else is here to serve the king?"

"This? Back to the emperor, I don't know about my humble position."

"Li Yuan, where are the 10 people you mentioned?"

"Back to the emperor, on the way."

"When will we get here?"

"I believe it will arrive soon."

"Soon, do you want to wait until San Francisco captures the imperial capital and I become their prisoner before coming to rescue you?"

"I dare not."

"Hou Xiaolian, where are all the soldiers and horses you train?"

"They're all on their way."

"When will we get here?"

"I believe it will arrive soon."

Just as Tianyou was about to lose his temper, he saw a galloping horse approaching. When he got to him, the man got off his horse and spoke angrily.

"Bastard Li Yuan, why don't you distribute food and grass to our army?"

It turned out to be Chu Yuanji, Governor of Zhili.

The governor of Zhili is a famous and important minister.At this moment, there is still the appearance of an important court official, and his expression is almost no different from that of a rascal.

"Chu Yuanji, the emperor dares to say nothing when he is here. Are you tired of your life?"

"Li Yuan, don't change the subject. I'm just asking you, why didn't you give me food and grass? My [-] army has been out of food for three days, and I'm currently fighting a desperate battle with San Francisco. Without food and grass, how can I ask the soldiers to use their lives?"

"Chu Yuanji, don't spout blood, where is there food for you now?"

"You're lying. I just came from Dongdaying, where the grain and grass piled up like a mountain. I asked, and I said that you refused to distribute it. At this time, what is your intention to withhold the grain and grass and not distribute it? Your Majesty, Li Yuan has evil intentions and can no longer be Minister of the Ministry of War, please impeach Li Yuan."

"Chu Yuanji, don't talk nonsense, why do I have evil intentions? Your Majesty, Chu Yuanji was not good in battle and even slandered the old minister. Please impeach Chu Yuanji."

"Forget it, you two stop arguing. Now is an extraordinary period, and we should work together. Chu Yuanji, how is the situation there?"

"Returning to the emperor, the situation is now in dire straits. Sixty thousand troops from San Francisco have captured Baoding. The veterans led the soldiers to fight to the death, but the bandits are so powerful that it is really hard to stop them. Now there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, so it is hard to hold back for too long. "

"Didn't the Xiaoqi Battalion go to [-] soldiers and horses a few days ago?"

"Where are there 8000 soldiers and horses? There are less than 3000 in total, and more than [-] ran on the road. The remaining [-] were destroyed as soon as they fought. Now there is no Xiaoqi battalion."

"Aren't there still 7000 people? Where did they go?"

"Where there are 7000 people, they are all empty."

"Hou Xiaolian, pass on my will to tell Chang'an to go to Zhili for reinforcements."

"Your Majesty, His Highness Chang'an is currently fighting fiercely with Han Qi at Juyongguan."

"Then ask Wang Ziteng to go, and ask Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp to go for reinforcements."

After Tianyou finished speaking, he saw all the ministers staring at him blankly, and then he understood.

Wang Ziteng and Jingying are no longer there.

"Li Yuan, why don't you give Chu Yuanji food and grass? Didn't I ask you to give it to him?"

"Return to the emperor, these grains and grass are prepared for King Qin's soldiers and horses."

"Hmph, Li Yuan, where are your King Qin soldiers and horses? King Qin soldiers and horses are here, have you given them? I just saw someone going to collect food and grass, but they didn't get it, and they went back in a fit of anger. Your food and grass are for three Did Fan prepare it?"

"Chu Yuanji, don't spout blood."

"Still spitting blood? Who doesn't know that you hooked up with San Francisco. Over the years, haven't you received much benefit from them?"

"Your Majesty, Chu Yuanji slandered the old minister for no reason, and I ask the emperor to be the master of the old minister."

"Forget it, you give him food and grass first."

"The old minister obeys the order. Hou Xiaolian, you go and convey the emperor's order."

"Chu Yuanji, let's go."

Hou Xiaolian left with Chu Yuanji, Tianyou stood on the school grounds, not knowing what to do for a moment.

At this moment, Liu Huaide's men and horses from Zhangbei had already lined up, and in a short while, they rushed to the outside of the school grounds.

When passing by Tianyou, he didn't stop, just passed by so proudly.

"Liu Huaide, where are you going?"

Li Yuan shouted.

"There's no food or lodging here, just drink the northwest wind? Let's go."

Liu Huaide ignored the crowd and left on his horse.

"Your Majesty, look, how dare a small garrison do this. It is pure treason. Please take him down as an example to others."

"Forget it, let's go back to the palace."

Liu Huaide led his more than 1000 soldiers and horses, and soon left the city.All the way to the north, gradually separated from the ground of the imperial capital.In the evening, we arrived in Changping.

Just as he was about to set up camp, he saw a group of people coming in front of him. After inquiring, it turned out that they were 2000 people from Luo Xingshan, the prefect of Datong.

Liu Huaide was a member of Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp in his early years, and was Luo Xingshan's subordinate at that time.At this time, I heard that Luo Xingshan was coming, so I went to meet him.

Luo Xingshan was also very happy to see Liu Huaide.So he ordered his soldiers and horses to camp.The two came together to talk.

"How did Huaide get here? Did he go and come back?"

"Hey, Mr. Luo, don't mention it. Don't go, go back."

"How could this be?"

So Liu Huaide told what happened.

"Nowadays the treacherous officials are in power, and the emperor is fatuous and incompetent. Luo Qihua, Jia Yucun, Li Yuan, Hou Xiaolian and others all have different ideas. It is said that it is King Qin, how many of them are here? Now everyone can understand, this court It's over, even if we go, it's just to die in vain. These sons and daughters are also raised by their parents, how can we have the heart to ask them to die?"

"Chu Yuanji is considered a loyal minister, yet Li Yuan withheld food and grass and refused to give it to him. We went, but no one paid any attention. Could it be that we were really told to burn, kill and loot in the imperial capital?"

"It's ridiculous that the emperor even asked Mr. Wang to lead the Beijing camp to reinforce Zhili. At this moment, Mr. Wang is remembered. What did he do?"

After listening to Liu Huaide's words, Luo Xingshan fell into deep thought.After a while, I sat down.

"Huide, I actually don't want to come, do you know why I came again?"

"Appreciate further details."

"We are all Lord Wang's people. The San Francisco regards Beijing Ying as an enemy. Will they let us go when they win the world? That's why I came here with a glimmer of hope. Now it seems that this road is dead."

"How about that?"

"I thought of a way."

"any solution?"

"Now His Highness Chang'an is fighting Han Qi in Juyongguan, so we will go to His Highness Chang'an."

"His Highness Chang'an is a good person, but in the current situation, I am afraid that she will not be able to recover."

"Do you know whose sect His Royal Highness Chang'an trained soldiers from? What is the reason for the invincibility of the Beijing camp?"

"Master Luo, you mean Jia Min and Jia Huaiyuan?"

Liu Huaide seemed to be a little enlightened.

"His Highness Chang'an has saved Jia's life. If His Highness is in trouble, can Jia Min just ignore it?"

"Lord Luo, do you mean that Jia Min will help His Highness Chang'an?"

"Yes! At the beginning, Mr. Wang admired Jia Min very much, and I also knew his talent very well. Now that he is in Beihai, even if he can't help the world, at least he can guarantee the safety of His Highness."

"His Royal Highness is safe, and so are we."

"exactly."

(End of this chapter)