"Your Majesty, I will send you back to rest." Xiao Shunzi was so anxious that he burst into tears and hurriedly knelt in front of Shao Yan and begged.
Shao Yan shook his head, and did not bother to wipe the blood from his mouth. He reached out to hold the iron box containing Wang Wang's head, and said with tears in his eyes: "Wang Wu, my good brother, you died in the battle today, I won't
I will forget you, and the people of Donglin Kingdom will not forget you." As he spoke, he knocked his knees to the ground, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth secretly, "Wang Wu, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you.
Dongfang Yi and Ren Xianliang knelt down and said in unison, "Please, Your Majesty, take the dragon body as your priority." The ministers present followed suit and threw themselves on the ground and shouted: "I am so frightened, please protect the Dragon body."
The sound was uniform and uniform, just like the rolling waves in the river one after another, and like the echoes in the mountains lingering in every corner of the entire hall, lingering in every corner of the hall, unable to dissipate. After Shao Yan took his last look at Wang Wu,
Then he carefully closed the lid of the iron box, walked up to Zhang Er, laid the iron box flat on the ground, and asked: "Tell me, what is going on?"
Zhang Er was already bursting into tears and choked with sobs: "Reporting to the emperor, yesterday evening, Jin Dingguo led an army of 100,000 to attack Changqing. The last general, Zhang San, and Zhang Baihu were responsible for defending the city, while Marshal Wang led 20,000 troops.
He penetrated directly behind the enemy, but he didn't know that the enemy had an ambush. Tu An, the general of Nanliang, suddenly rushed out with his troops from all directions. Marshal Wang realized that the situation was not good, so he led his troops to try to break out of the encirclement. Unexpectedly, Jin Dingguo gave up the siege midway.
, and worked together to attack Marshal Wang from behind. Marshal Wang led his troops to snipe tenaciously, but in the face of the powerful enemy offensive, they were finally outnumbered and all 20,000 men were killed. Marshal Wang was unwilling to fall into the hands of Liang Jun and immediately swung his sword.
He committed suicide. When Jin Dingguo led his troops to attack the city this morning, the general found that their battle flags carried the heads of Marshal Wang and our soldiers."
Shao Yan was so furious that he grabbed Zhang Er from the ground and shouted: "Since you know that Marshal Wang's troops are under heavy siege, why don't you lead people to rescue him? If you had opened the city to meet Jin Dingguo's troops as soon as possible, Wang Wu would not have
As for being attacked from both sides by Liang Jun”
Zhang Er suddenly turned red and hesitated: "When I return to the emperor, there were Liang soldiers everywhere outside the city at that time. It is really inconvenient for me to open the city gate. I do this for the sake of the overall situation."
Before Shao Yan could speak, Lu Hengshan walked over to Zhang Er and lectured coldly: "That's nice to say, the coach is in trouble, but you all stay in the city and do nothing to save them. Are you still Donglin's soldiers?"
?I really doubt that you have received any benefits from Jin Dingguo. The huge Changqing City is just thrown away."
Zhang Er was extremely annoyed, "Mr. Lu, what you mean by this is that the general had nothing to do and deliberately opened the city gate to lure Liang Jun into the city, right?"
"I never said that."
"Then why are you making things out of nothing?"
"You—" Lu Hengshan was so angry that he thought to himself, you, a little general, dare to accuse me of making things up out of nothing. I think you are getting impatient. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he came to the palace.
He knelt forward and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Er should be severely punished for losing the city."
Ren Xianliang hurriedly said: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty, Zhang Er and other generals risked their own lives and deaths to resist Liang Jun's attack. If they had not fought tooth and nail to defend Donglin's territory from infringement, Liang Jun would have been killed long ago.
Just rush into the capital. Even if they have no merit, they still have toil. Please think twice, Your Majesty."
Lu Hengshan snorted: "The Prime Minister said that you should not be harsh with your subordinates. Military orders are like mountains. The Emperor asked them to guard every city, but these people don't take the Emperor's will to heart at all. It's only been less than half a month."
, our Donglin Kingdom has lost six or seven cities in a row. If this continues, Liang Jun’s attack on the capital will be just around the corner."
"You are alarmist," Ren Xianliang said sternly: "Master Lu, as the dignified minister of the Ministry of War, you are in charge of the supply and deployment of soldiers. Why don't you lead the troops on an expedition? I think your combat ability is inferior to that of these juniors.
Not much better?"
Lu Hengshan tilted his head to the side, "I admit that I am not as good as these juniors. Since Ren Xianliang is so capable, why not ask the emperor to go to war?"
"You don't need to tell me this. I have this intention." After saying that, Ren Xianliang approached the front of the palace and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead troops to attack Liang Jun."
It was rare to see someone volunteering to fight, and Shao Yan was very pleased. However, most of the generals in the current dynasty have been sent to various places, leaving basically civil servants who don't know how to fight. Moreover, Ren Xianliang is already old.
At this moment, he was still shouldering the heavy responsibility of recruiting rebels. Shao Yan thought for a while and then said: "I know the loyalty of Ren Qing's family. You only need to recruit some rebels for me. I have thought about it and decided to lead the expedition myself this time."
"I will conquer in person? Your Majesty, do you want me to conquer in person?" Ren Xianliang asked twice in surprise. Shao Yan nodded and said solemnly: "Nanliang, Western Chu doesn't want me, the emperor, to be safe, so I will do it."
An instant emperor"
The ministers were discussing privately, and the whole court became very lively for a while, with opponents and supporters mixed in half. Supporters said that the emperor's military expedition would show that the emperor loved his soldiers as his sons, and would further boost the morale of the soldiers.
Secondly, set an example for the people of the world and let them know that the current emperor is always standing with them, and those who oppose him are mostly thinking about the emperor's safety. The so-called sword has no eyes, which will happen if the emperor bumps into him on the battlefield.
what to do?
Although the ministers had different opinions, they all had their own reasons. Shao Yan thought about it and finally decided to lead the expedition in person, so he handed over the affairs of the court to Dongfang Yi and Deng Bingtang in front of everyone. The ministers saw the emperor's attitude
Determined, I had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The next morning, the sky was gray, with no clouds and no sunshine. There were only streaks of green smoke swirling back and forth on the upper edge of the capital. The strong wind swept the dust on the road and blew the trees and flowers. Autumn was a rainy day.
In this season, it looks like there will be a heavy rain
On the school grounds in the capital, civil and military officials stood in several rows in an orderly manner. The Imperial Guardsmen all held spears in their hands and stood energetically on both sides of the school grounds. Tens of thousands of soldiers held high the Donglin flags, filling every corner of the school grounds.
The son blew the flag and made a whirring sound
Shao Yan was sitting on the horse. He was wearing a white robe and a golden otter helmet. He had a long sword hanging on his waist. He was jumping on the saddle and holding the reins with both hands. Yunyun was sitting behind him with both hands tightly.
Holding his waist, before that, Shao Yan was worried about leaving her alone in the palace, so he took her with him
Empress Dowager Guo, Xiao Yingying and other concubines, surrounded by a large group of maids and eunuchs, rushed to see them off. Empress Dowager Guo slowly came to Shaoyan's horse and said: "Your Majesty is going on a personal expedition, so be careful along the way.
"
Shao Yan saw her eyes filled with tears and knew that she was very reluctant to give up. Just because of this matter, the mother and son had a few words last night, "I know, please don't worry, mother."
Xiao Yingying walked over with her slightly protruding belly held up with one hand, and said reluctantly: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself all the way. I, my concubine, and the fetus in my belly are waiting for your good news."
Since Xiao Yingying's title of Queen was abolished, Shao Yan felt that she had changed a lot. She was no longer so hot-tempered and would not resort to corporal punishment. At least she had not done anything vicious so far.
, this made Shao Yan feel very pleased, and he nodded readily, "Yeah."
Yun Yun saluted Queen Mother Guo and Xiao Yingying one after another. Queen Mother Guo felt very regretful when she saw that her legs were useless, but Xiao Yingying was not the same. She had always been biased against Yun Yun, but it was not so obvious now.
At this time, Deng Bingtang and Dongfang Yi walked up to Shao Yan and kowtowed to each other in unison, "I wish the emperor an early victory in returning to the court."
Shao Yan smiled slightly and said, "I will definitely do it. It's just that during my absence, the affairs of the court and the court will fall on the heads of the two beloved ministers. The burden is not light."
"I will serve my whole life until I die." The two of them knelt down and kowtowed.
Shao Yan drove his horse forward a few steps, looked up at the soldiers on the city wall, then turned around and looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs, the three thousand Imperial Guards, Queen Mother Guo, Xiao Yingying and others behind him. He waved his hands and said: "Send you a thousand miles to find someone."
No, everyone go back”
"I respectfully send you off to your Majesty. Long live my Emperor!"
The shouts shook the earth and shook the mountains, deafening...
"Go!" Shao Yan kicked the horse's belly hard. Under his leadership, the mighty 50,000-strong army walked out of the school grounds in an orderly manner.