Speaking of three days ago, Shao Yan only remembered chatting with the Queen Mother Guo from midnight to dawn that night. Later, he drank a bowl of chicken soup stewed for him by the Queen Mother herself, and then fell asleep in a daze. As for what happened next,
Naturally, he had no way of knowing, but when he just woke up, he found that his head was dizzy.
Three days ago? Chicken soup? He frowned slightly and recited these two words in his heart over and over again. Suddenly he came to his senses and suddenly realized: "I understand. There must be something wrong with the chicken soup that night. You two should tell me honestly. That bowl
Who makes the chicken soup?"
Chang Yi smiled and said: "For your information, Your Majesty, that bowl of chicken soup was indeed prepared by the Queen Mother herself. In order to allow you to escape safely, the Queen Mother had someone add Mongolian perspiration medicine into the soup, so -" He bit his lips and said nothing.
Go on
Zhang Huaide also had a look of helplessness on his face and sighed: "My queen did this because she didn't want you to fall into the hands of the Chu army. She knew that the south gate would be broken by the Chu army sooner or later, so she had no choice but to take this strategy. Your Majesty, you should not blame your queen.
Is there any parent in the world who is willing to watch his son get into trouble? She is doing this for your own good, she——"
This guy either doesn't speak, but once he talks, he won't stop talking. Shao Yan interrupted him and said: "I know she is doing it for my own good, and I don't mean to blame her, but - hey, the queen mother doesn't understand me.
Don't you understand what I'm thinking? As the king of a country, I should fight on the front line with the soldiers, but you let me stay out of it. Now that the south gate has been broken, the country is not safe, how can you let me face the people of the world?
"After that, he turned back to Zhang Huaide and said: "General Zhang, didn't I issue a handwriting to all states and counties across the country? What? Could there be something wrong with it?"
Zhang Huaide bent his legs, knocked his knees heavily to the ground, and said with tears in his eyes: "I owe you the divine grace. I just want to die, please your Majesty."
Shao Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How long has it been since this happened? You still have the intention to betray me. If you do this again, I will have you chopped off right now."
Zhang Huaide did not dare to make a mistake and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. The ten warriors sent by the ministers rushed to the major states and counties. Although the letter was delivered, more than half of the total soldiers supported the imperial court on the surface.
, but privately, he remains on hold.”
Today, these hateful guys, I really should have fired them all. Damn, they are a bunch of unfamiliar jackals. No wonder the ancients said that a woman's kindness can't accomplish big things. Shao Yan regrets that he was not ruthless. This
This has led to the current situation where the general is outside and the emperor’s orders are not given.
Most of the teams outside the city were Guo Wei's old troops. They had always been resentful about Shao Yan's execution of Guo Wei. Before Shao Yan's decree was delivered to them, they had already discussed together and made up various excuses to deal with it.
In this way, the only troops that can be mobilized outside the city, apart from Zhang Baihu in Changqing City and the Golden Spear King in Qixian County, are the only troops under the missing Bai Ruxue. However, Zhang Baihu's troops stationed there are only 70,000.
Once the remaining people are mobilized, they will definitely give the isolated Liang Jun an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Needless to say, Bai Ruxue, since the defeat of Canal, she and her 50,000 to 60,000 men miraculously disappeared. This made Shao Yan puzzled, and at the same time he had to deal with his isolation and helplessness.
Feeling sad, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed, "I think that although Donglin is not a big country, it spans more than a dozen provinces and cities. I didn't expect that it would be like this in the end. It seems that I am really not worthy of being the emperor."
"Your Majesty, you must not say that. In the eyes of our ministers, you are the wisest emperor and will still be the overlord of the world in the future." Chang Yixiao said
Shao Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Smile, stop comforting me. What kind of wisdom? What kind of overlord of the world? I am like a bereaved dog now, fleeing everywhere. There is no place for me in the world."
Seeing the emperor's compassionate look, Chang smiled, and Zhang Huaide felt very sad. They threw themselves on the ground and kowtowed in unison: "No matter what happens in the future, I am willing to follow the emperor to the death."
Shao Yan felt very happy when he saw their sincerity. At this moment, what he was most concerned about was the situation inside the palace. He thought to himself that if the Chu army invaded the palace, they would definitely loot it. If it was just to grab some
It’s just a matter of belongings. Anyway, there is not much money to be found in the entire palace. It turns out that in order to fight the war some time ago, most of the valuable things have been used to support the frontline fighting. Only some inconspicuous jewelry and the like are left.
But if these Chu soldiers are as cruel as Liang soldiers and kill everyone on sight, then thousands of people in the palace will face disaster. Thinking of this, Shao Yan seemed to have seen that bloody scene and heard that sound
He heard a helpless wail, and without saying a word, he immediately climbed onto Zhang Huaide's horse.
The two sisters were surprised: "Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
"There are still so many people in the palace, I have to rush back to rescue them." As he said this, Shao Yan clamped the horse's belly with his legs and drove forward with a sound. The two of them rushed to the horse and stopped him, "Your Majesty
, you can’t go”
"Bold" Shao Yan picked up the reins and said angrily: "What are you stopping me for? I have to rush back to save people now. If it's too late, it will be too late. Get out of my way."
"No, Your Majesty, even if you beat your subordinates to death today, they won't let you go," Chang Yixiao said firmly.
Shao Yan was furious and said anxiously: "Smile, I am going to do business. If you stop me again, you will trap me in injustice. Can you bear the responsibility if something happens?"
"I -" Chang smiled and was speechless, then ran over and hugged the neck of the horse Shao Yan was riding on, and said sincerely: "You are the emperor, and I dare not offend you, but this time you must listen to me.
"
Shao Yan snorted coldly: "Listen to you? Everyone will die if I listen to you."
"Your Majesty, please listen to your subordinates. We followed the wishes of the Queen Mother and escorted you with thousands of soldiers and horses to break out from the south gate. Now there are only more than two hundred brothers left." Chang Yixiao pointed to the soldiers and said: "You
Look at them again, none of them are scarred, but the brothers have no regrets. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. As long as you are here, we can make a comeback."
Seeing this kid talking like an old man, Shao Yan couldn't help but listen, but he was still a little worried about the safety of Queen Mother Guo and others. They said that killing people can only be done with a nod, and a person's life is only once, so he missed it.
will never exist
"I heard that when the Chu soldiers invaded the city, the first order they gave was to arrest you everywhere. You are undoubtedly throwing yourself into a trap by going here," Chang Yixiao continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Yixiao is right. In order to prevent the Chu army from harming innocent people, while Wei Chen and others were escorting you out of the city safely, she took Prime Minister Dongfang, Deng Shangshu and other ministers to open the palace directly.
She opened the door to welcome the Chu soldiers, which avoided many casualties. Under her strong request, the Chu soldiers general Qin Ling ordered to let those palace maids and eunuchs go, so you don’t have to worry about them."
Upon hearing this, Shao Yan felt much more at ease. At least he didn't have to worry about these innocent lives. He just heard that Queen Mother Guo, Dongfang Yi and other ministers had been placed under house arrest in the palace. During this period, Qinling Moment
He did not miss asking about the whereabouts of the emperor from their mouths, but with the temperament of Queen Mother Guo, she would not tell the truth even if she died. Dongfang Yi and Deng Bingtang were both loyal ministers of the Donglin Kingdom, so Qinling would naturally learn from them.
No valuable clues
Chang Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Qinling just wants to find you through the Queen Mother and others. As long as you don't show up for a day, they will be fine."
Shao Yan finally calmed down and thought about it carefully. Qinling's main target is me. He will never kill me before he finds me. In other words, if I am caught, their lives will be lost.
the only barrier
Yixiao and Huaide said it right. Now is not the time to be impulsive. The top priority is to prepare for the next step as soon as possible. Shao Yan nodded in acquiescence, "Okay, we can take a moment to save people, but we have so many people."
It's not an option for people to wander away for such a long time. The Chu army may be chasing after them, and the Liang soldiers may be blocking them in the front. We should think of a perfect strategy."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and couldn't think of any good solution for a while. Shao Yan looked at the terrain in the area, and then at the injured soldiers. His eyebrows knitted together, and he immediately sent people to the front.
After some investigation, not long after, the scouts reported that there were mountain roads all around for ten miles, and after passing the mountain road, there was a wide and long river.
So, he immediately ordered everyone to go back along the original road and try to avoid this mountain road, especially the river in front. Zhang Huaide often smiled without knowing what he meant. He was thinking in his heart that after crossing the river in front, he would soon
They can reach Changqing, Qixian, Fenyang and other places, which are still under the rule of Donglin Kingdom, but what Shao Yan did was beyond their expectation. Why did he take the long way around instead of taking the shortcut?
In less than half a day, Shao Yan led his soldiers to the other side of the river. Considering that there were many wounded among them, Shao Yan stopped the team and sat down by the river to rest. Chang Yixiao came to him and asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty
, I have something unclear to you, why do we spend half a day taking a long detour instead of taking the shortcut?"
Zhang Huaide was also very curious and wondered: "Yes, Your Majesty, if it weren't for this half-day delay, we would have almost reached Qixian County, and the Golden Gun King would still be waiting for us there."
Seeing the two of them looking at him with suspicion, Shao Yan smiled slightly and said: "You were not in my period of history, so you don't know many things."
The two of them were stunned and didn't understand what he meant. Shao Yan didn't explain much. He slowly straightened up, pointed at the wide river in front of him, and said calmly: "There were two big figures in history who were blocked in the river.
Later, the whole army was wiped out."
"Big shot, are they big?" Chang Yixiao asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, who are they?"
"One is Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and the other is Shi Dakai, the Yiwang of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."
"Xiang Yu?" Zhang Huaide was stunned and seemed to have remembered something: "Isn't he the emperor of the Western Chu Kingdom? He just ascended the throne not long ago, why did he die trapped by the river?"