Chapter 583 Yin Cheng has attacked the southern border
"I told them where the guards in the border town are the most lax, and let their people sneak into the city in advance, kill the guards guarding the city, and replace them..."
Jing Li's breathing was stagnant and he looked at Murong Ling angrily. "In order to survive, you will do anything!"
"What's wrong with me!" Murong Ling yelled at Jing Li uncontrollably. "I'm just trying to survive! What's wrong with me!"
Is it wrong to want to live?
When she deceived Xiao Junze, she just wanted to gain Xiao Junze's favor and become the crown princess. She wanted to be inferior to ten thousand people! She wanted to honor her ancestors and make the Murong family look up to her. What was wrong with her...
Later, she also tried every means to prevent Shen Yunrou from harming Xiao Junze, and she also desperately asked Jing Li to let the news out, just so that Xiao Junze could come back alive!
She admitted that she had selfish motives. She thought that when Xiao Junze came back, he would avenge her and avenge her previous shame. She hated Shen Yunrou...
She also thought that Xiao Junze would kill her.
But she doesn't want to die.
She just didn't want to die.
It was Jing Li who rescued her and locked her in a secret room.
If she had to live in that dark and dark place all her life, what would be the difference between her and death?
She just wanted to be free and escape. She just followed her heart. What did she do wrong?
Why should she suffer retribution? She should be miserable than everyone else.
"Is living really that important?" Jing Li asked in a deep voice.
"You are a shadow guard. Life and death are not important to you. Everything you have been exposed to since childhood has made you look down upon life and death. But I am different. I am the legitimate daughter of the Murong family. I want to rely on glory to establish my position in the family. I just A woman... I have nothing to ask for, I just want to live."
Murong Ling laughed sarcastically, stood up and walked to Jing Li. "The day I first met you at Bianguan, I asked you to take me away. You said it was too late..."
Today, Jing Li also told her that it was too late.
"Yes, it's too late... because Brother Shu Zheyu's people have already sneaked into the border town." Murong Ling smiled paranoid and out of control.
"Jingli!"
"There are enemy troops!"
As soon as Murong Ling finished speaking, panic began outside the camp.
Obviously, Ge Shu Zheyu attacked.
Coordinating the inside and the outside is a severe challenge for the Fengtian Army.
"alert!"
Jing Li gave Murong Ling an angry look. Maybe she thought she was right, but she was too selfish in front of justice and the country.
Ignoring Murong Ling, Jing Li had completely given up on her and let her fend for herself.
"Jingli!"
Seeing Jing Li running out, tears gathered in Murong Ling's eyes.
Jing Li turned around and glanced at Murong Ling, but his eyes were full of disgust.
Murong Ling felt as if a knife had been stabbed in her heart. Maybe... it was really her fault. She was not worthy of anyone's liking and love. "The prefect of Hui'an has colluded with the barbarians. These people came in from Hui'an." , you can’t guard against it…”
Jing Li gave Murong Ling a thoughtful look, turned around and ran away.
Watching Jing Li leave, Murong Ling collapsed on the ground.
Her motivation to survive is because no matter what happens, at least there is still a fool who loves her and is willing to have her.
But it turned out that everything was destroyed by her own hands.
Walking out of the tent with weak legs, Murong Ling hid in the snow from Fengtian's soldiers in panic.
If she doesn't leave, Jing Li and Mu Huaicheng will not let her go.
…
Fengtian, Kyoto.
Three days later, Kyoto received a letter from the border.
Ge Shu Zheyu made a surprise attack on the border. Thousands of soldiers were killed and injured, but no food or fodder was lost. The enemy seemed to be deliberately retaliating and retreated when they gained the upper hand.
Xiao Junze lowered the table angrily. Brother Shu Zheyu was provoking Mu Huaicheng.
"The opponent's troops had already laid an ambush in advance before Mu Huaicheng entered the border town. They could not win without force."
In the main hall, the generals were indignant.
"Is the battlefield a chessboard where we compete for victory? The chess pieces can be damaged, and the chess game can be played over again. The dead soldiers and my people in Fengtian may be resurrected!"
Xiao Junze was very angry, and the emperor's pressure made all the ministers dare not say anything.
"Is the governor of Hui'an a dead man? The Tartar troops entered the border city from a weak position, and the border army was unable to defend it! The other side should cooperate inside and outside, what is the difference between this battle and you opening the door and letting people come to fight!"
Xiao Junze threw the object in his hand on the main hall.
In an instant, the hall fell into deathly silence. Officials from the border towns, Hui'an and other places who had stayed in Beijing were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they knelt on the ground, refusing to say a word.
"The border troops are the subjects of Fengtian. If someone eats the inside and outside and fails to defend strictly, they are the sinners of Fengtian." Mu Huaichen said coldly and stepped forward to bow. "Your Majesty, the governor of Hui'an must not tolerate it."
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, spare your life. It's because of the lax supervision of my subordinates. I'll give you another chance." The prefect of Hui'an knelt down and kowtowed in horror. He felt that the emperor had no substantial evidence to prove that he was collaborating with the enemy, so he spoke again. "Your Majesty, I will follow the late emperor.
For more than ten years, I have been loyal..."
"Opportunity? The seller seeks glory, colludes with the barbarians, and still needs a chance?" Xiao Junze sneered, walked down the steps step by step, and put his foot on the chest of the Hui'an prefect. "I will let you die in peace!"
The subordinates handed over the evidence, which were all secret letters between the barbarians and the Hui'an governor.
"Do you think that I suddenly asked you to stay in Kyoto because I think highly of you? I have already given you a chance, but you are useless!" Xiao Junze's decision to stay in Kyoto was a warning.
The prefect of Hui'an was so frightened that his face instantly turned pale, and it was too late to kowtow.
"Drag him down and behead him! Send his head to the border town and hang it on the city gate to comfort my soldiers who died in vain!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Above the court, all the officials who had been left behind in Kyoto huddled together in fear.
This is done to scare the monkeys and show them.
The new emperor was young, but he was really scheming. He trapped these domineering local officials in Kyoto in the name of promotion, and brought their families with him... The purpose turned out to be for better control.
In the main hall, everyone is in danger.
Mu Huaichen gave Xiao Junze a deep look, which was enough to shock the civil and military officials of the court.
…
After leaving the morning court, Xiao Junze was walking back to the imperial study.
Obviously, his mood was not high.
War is something worth pondering.
The people are wasted, the money is wasted, the country is torn apart, life and death are parted.
Going to war means bloodshed and sacrifice.
But Fuyao was smart, and with a wave of his hand... he gave up Southern Xinjiang.
However, southern Xinjiang may not be easily recovered.
Rubbing his eyebrows, Xiao Junze felt extremely conflicted.
The definition of peace must be paved with blood and sacrifice.
If we don't use strong methods to suppress those who are interested, the world will never be peaceful.
Xiao Junze's way of being an emperor was taught by the late emperor, who once asked Xiao Junze.
If someone rebels because they don't have enough to eat, and the emperor has distributed relief food, but it is eaten by corrupt officials, how should the emperor deal with it?
Xiao Junze replied, kill corrupt officials, appease the people with their grievances, and let them have enough to eat.
The late emperor shook his head, saying that corrupt officials should be killed, and rebels should be eradicated even if they had great reasons.
Otherwise, anyone can use the same excuse to rebel.
If you suppress it and send troops, blood will be shed and people will die.
Kill one person to save more people.
Killing one family is to protect hundreds of families.
"Your Majesty, there is civil strife in southern Xinjiang, and the Dayu border troops are ready to move. The Emperor of Dayu is preparing to send troops under the banner of saving the people of southern Xinjiang."
Fuyao had just returned to southern Xinjiang, and what was supposed to come... came anyway.
Xiao Junze clenched his hands hard, knowing that Yin Cheng would not let go of such a good opportunity.
The Fengtian border troops were held back by the barbarians, and now they are attacking southern Xinjiang as if they were taking something out of a bag.
"Send orders to Mu Huaicheng to resolve the border war as soon as possible and send troops to reinforce southern Xinjiang!"