Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 333 The Flying Qin Army

The wounds on Jing Si's body were not completely healed, and the bandages that had just been bandaged on his naked upper body were still messy and stained with a lot of blood.

Shi Congyun took a look and immediately became worried. What if such a fierce person dies from infection?How can there be warriors to fight for him in the future!
Now he regrets it a little bit. In fact, he had long thought of setting up a distillery that can brew high-quality alcohol, which can be used to disinfect the battlefields of soldiers, because now the number of wounded in battle is always several times that of those killed in battle. Risk of wound infection.

Every time a war is fought, many people die because of wound infection and ulceration, fever and fever.

Unfortunately, he later forgot that distilling wine is one of the few technical jobs he knows, because it is not difficult in itself. When he was a child, his father in the village made wine and sold it. There are not a few people in the village who can distill wine. It is not complicated in itself, and the first wave can reach about 70 degrees, which is already very high purity.

It's a pity that he was lazy and forgot about it later.

Then he called Jing Si to stop: "You don't need to kneel down if you are injured.

That day when I saw you at the bottom of the city, you went to Zezhou first. You were a brave man. I asked you to meet me to reward you. "

Then he waved his hand and called the secretary officials who accompanied him, and declared: "For my achievements in ascending first, I will reward the heir of Jing with [-] yuan, a pair of saddles, and a brocade robe. I will serve as a commander in the Crane Control Army."

Then he got up and walked down: "Some people are not very good at themselves, but they can command thousands of troops;

I still need to see what kind of you you are, and work hard. "

"Promise!" Jing Si bowed excitedly, but was stopped by Shi Congyun: "You don't need to salute if you have an injury, go down first and recuperate."

Jing Si withdrew.

At noon, Shi Congyun specially asked the accompanying chef to prepare some lighter meals, steamed fresh fish, and Xiao Huanghua's favorite dessert.

He is usually not that extravagant, but when the little yellow flower comes, his life is better.

When Xiao Huanghua got up at noon, it was still raining outside, the first thing the little girl thought about when she got up was to help him wash up, Shi Congyun laughed and asked her to rest for a while.

The little girl hugged his arm happily, but she didn't want to leave.

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, put on a beautiful snow-white mink fur cloak for her, and asked her to follow him, "It's raining, it's cold outside, you wear it."

The little yellow flower happily followed behind him, the little girl was more innocent and not shy, and after in-depth communication, the little girl became much closer.

Shi Congyun had nothing to do, so he asked the eunuch to hold an umbrella and take her to Zezhou City.

The rain was still pouring down, and from time to time on the street, patrolling soldiers in full armor saluted him.

After walking for a while, Shi Congyun felt that it was troublesome, so he took an umbrella to hold it up, and took the little girl shopping.

Boys and girls strolling with umbrellas in the drizzle is quite poetic and picturesque. If it weren't for a lot of eunuch guards behind them, it would really feel like first love.

Shi Congyun recalled, did he have a first love?It seems that there is, and it seems that there is no, I can't remember.

To the north, the rain became heavier and heavier. The continuous rain for three days and three nights caused the Fen River to rise a lot. The beach and rocks on the embankment were all in the water and disappeared.

The rushing water line slides down the tile ditch, flows into the rivers on both sides of the white jade fence along the ditch at the corner of the wall, and then flows into the Fen River outside the city along the low dark passage.

On the white jade stone bridge, many people braved the rain and hurried to the north hall.

Zhao Huari was not young, so he led a group of people forward at this time, although he tried his best to walk, but he couldn't walk fast, he always walked in small steps, and the people behind had to slow down and follow behind him. It rained a lot.

When the eunuchs in the distance saw them, they even came out and opened umbrellas to cover them from the rain, so as to prevent a group of old people who were not young from getting sick in the rain.

When everyone arrived under the eaves in a hurry, a strong smell of medicine stone spread over the surface.

Zhao Huari was puzzled, bent his body and asked, "Why is there such a strong smell of medicine?"

The eunuch next to him whispered: "Yesterday morning, Your Majesty fell ill. He had a headache, couldn't eat, couldn't get out of bed. The imperial doctors have all come here, and he still doesn't feel better today."

Zhao Huari was not too surprised after hearing this. His Majesty is not in good health. He has no children so far. He only has some adopted sons. The lord Liu Jun is originally from Shatuo, just like Li Keyong in the later Tang Dynasty. The adopted sons belonged to Shatuo people. Tradition.

Moreover, this tradition accompanied the dominance of the Shatuo people in the late Tang Dynasty and their entry into the Central Plains, and it also affected the Han people. Among the Han people, Guo Wei, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, let his adopted son Chai Rong succeed him.

But this time the illness is probably not that simple, because he has already received the news, there was a battle report to Taiyuan yesterday.

Shi Congyun's imperial conquest, fought more with less in the south of Zezhou, defeated them and Li Yun's [-] coalition forces, and then broke through Zezhou City. Li Yun set himself on fire and died, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out.

And Liu Jiye, the general and the adoptive son of the leader of the Han Dynasty, was captured, and the two military supervisors, Wei Rong and Lu Zan, were also arrested. Almost all the elites of the country were scattered.
Eight years ago, the first emperor wanted to take advantage of Zhou Dynasty Emperor Shizong Guo Rongxin's accession to the throne and contact the Liao Kingdom to attack the Central Plains. As a result, he was defeated in the first battle of Gaoping and was besieged in Taiyuan. Finally, he relied on the assistance of the Liao Kingdom to repel the bandits. However, not many of the tens of thousands of troops survived, and the first emperor also died of depression after Zhou Guo withdrew his troops.

After His Majesty ascended the throne, he made great efforts to govern and conscientiously worked hard to slow down the precarious country.

Finally, after seven or eight years of rest and recuperation, finally there are soldiers, money and food, young and strong men, pulling an army of 3 people, but in the end, no one came back from this battle
This undoubtedly makes things worse and makes it even more difficult for a country that is not rich.

And the most frightening thing is Shi Congyun, after killing the gods and killing Li Yun, will they continue to march northward and take Taiyuan directly? What will they do then!
Such a situation is unavoidable.

Zhao Huari felt his legs go weak after thinking about it. Although he did not agree with His Majesty's sending troops, that was before sending troops. Now that this situation has come, what else can he do?
He knew very well in his heart that as long as he crossed this threshold, His Majesty would definitely ask him a good question, and how he should answer then.
He didn't know all these things.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the splashing rain water hit the white jade bricks and stones with a loud sound, echoing under the beams and eaves.

After a while, the door inside opened, and an eunuch came out, "Your Majesty, invite Mr. Zhao to enter."

He pretended not to hear it, only as if the rain was too loud.
"Mr. Zhao, Your Majesty will let you in!" The eunuch increased his voice.

"Ah? Oh, the old minister is a bit deaf." He said, and then he stepped in helplessly, and when he stepped down, he couldn't walk, and he had to use his strength to lift his back foot.

In the main hall, more than a dozen imperial doctors anxiously lined up on both sides, many of them were decocting medicine in a small furnace. The smell of many medicine stones was so strong that he couldn't help coughing a few times.

The one serving and feeding the medicine on the upper bed was neither the imperial concubine nor the eunuch, but Liu Jien, the adoptive son and nephew of the king.

Liu Jien is the lord's favorite adopted son, he is only sixteen this year, and he is likely to succeed in the future, if the country can still be in his hands
Seeing him coming in, Liu Jien saluted and then withdrew. The young Liu Jien was rather burly, but it was a pity that he was tall and short. He was very burly when he was on a horse, but he looked like a dwarf when he got off the horse.

Liu Jien is also from the royal family, his surname is Xue, his father Xue Zhao is an ordinary soldier, the late emperor married his daughter to Xue Zhao and gave birth to Liu Jien.

Later, the first emperor Liu Min made a fortune and established a country, and Xue Zhao changed from an ordinary soldier to a son-in-law in one fell swoop.

Just remove his military status and put him under the door.

It's a pity that Xue Zhao has no talents, and the first emperor has nothing to use for his food and clothing.

But because his wife became a princess all of a sudden, she looked down on her husband who was a soldier more and more. She didn't want to see him, so she lived in the palace as the late emperor's daughter. Xue Zhao rarely saw his wife, and felt very unhappy. The more depressed I think about it.

One day, he entered the palace drunk and drew his saber to kill his wife, but he survived the injury. Knowing that he had committed the crime of hurting the princess, Xue Zhao committed suicide immediately, and the princess remarried afterwards.

Liu Ji'en became an orphan and was adopted by his uncle Liu Jun as an adopted son. He was also very filial, often serving around the bed, and was very fond of the king.

Thinking about it, he had already arrived at the bed, and Liu Jien stood aside, showing no intention of leaving.

Zhao Huari looked at the lord on the bed, the lord was speechless, it was a tacit consent, he understood His Majesty's thoughts, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The king on the sick bed looked haggard, his complexion was yellow, his thin palm grasped his hand, and tears in his eyes: "This is the reason why you don't listen to the public opinion. If you lose Jiye, Wei Rong, and Lu Zan, they will all hate you." me."

Zhao Huari was speechless, and wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't find any words of comfort in such a situation, and in the end there was only speechlessness.

This silence lasted for a while, making the atmosphere in the hall slightly awkward.

"I know why you didn't say it, but you have to say it today. You said that the situation has reached such a point, what should I do." The king stared at him, holding him with his withered hands.

Zhao Huari was flustered and confused, trying to break free but was held tightly.

After thinking hard, he said: "Perhaps. You can send envoys to beg for mercy and save your life. I also heard that Shi Congyun is lustful, and there is still room for maneuver in doing what he likes.

Taiyuan City is strong, gather all the troops, if the Qin army comes, it will last as long as it can.

In addition, they sent people to the north to cross the Yanmen Pass to ask for help from the Liao Kingdom. "

"There are not many things that can be sold in the middle school"

Zhao Huari shook his head, "It doesn't matter. The Liao Kingdom saved us for themselves. If our country were gone, they would at least be blocked to the north of Yanmen Pass. No matter how difficult it is to go south, they will definitely not be reconciled. They don't need any tribute, money and silk."

The king thought for a while, then nodded slowly, "That's the only way, that's the only way
An army of [-] was defeated by his [-] forwards, so is Shi Shi so powerful!
There are such people in the world, there are such people.”

Zhao Huari didn't speak. At such a critical moment, the people in Taiyuan City are in panic, so it's not good to say such words.

When he came out, the officials outside were already waiting eagerly. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and a thin layer of white rain was covering the guardrails and roofs in the distance.

Everyone gathered around one after another, anxiously wanting to ask something.

Zhao Rihua had no choice but to leave this mess to him, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Everyone don't need to panic, each of you should perform your own duties, the lord already has a solution.

On the one hand, we sent people to the south to ask for help. If we can't gather troops around Taiyuan City and resist, the Liao army from the north will come to help. Go back and do your own thing well. "

Some of the crowd breathed a sigh of relief, some were skeptical, but they couldn't say anything, so they had to leave and go out in the rain again.

Just as Zhao Rihua was about to leave, a middle-aged man strode over in the rain, only nodded when he saw him, and then entered the hall.

The person who came was Guo Wanchao, the commander of the Mabu Army.

He thought for a while, but didn't leave.

Sure enough, after a while, Guo Wanchao came out and bumped into him immediately, and reluctantly cupped his hands: "Your Majesty asked someone to cooperate with Mr. Zhao. If you have something to do, just ask Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Rihua said: "What else is there now, it's nothing more than trying to resist Shi Congyun."

Hearing this, Guo Wanchao showed fear and his face became ugly, but he quickly stopped and returned to normal.

"Then let me tell you, Mr. Xiang. If you have something to do, you can tell someone directly." As he spoke, he strode into the rain.

It took Zhao Rihua a long time to mutter to himself, "Just mentioning a name can scare people so much, what should I do?"

When he was at a loss and frowning, Fang was about to lift his legs to leave the palace, but someone hurried over panicked and stopped him, "What happened, why is he so flustered and unseemly, the king is still inside."

The visitor was soaked, wearing an official robe with long sleeves, and looked like an official of the Privy Council. He knelt down in the rain with a plop anxiously, pulled his sleeves and said excitedly: "The big thing is not good, the big thing is not good! The Qin army has arrived at Fen State!"

Zhao Huari was stunned for a moment, and then furious: "Nonsense! The Qin army was still in Zezhou four days ago, and the fastest way to go north from Zezhou is to go to Luzhou, Taipingyi, Bizhou, and Tuanbai Valley.

There are several sections of mountain roads, seven or eight hundred miles away, how could it be possible to reach Fenzhou. "

"The villain never dares to lie!
A few soldiers came back from the front and said that they met the Qin army near the post station twelve miles south of Fenzhou. There were many people on the other side, let alone thousands of people.
Qin Jun killed more than a dozen people, and they escaped desperately.

We didn't believe it at first, but after a few hours, several groups of soldiers came back one after another, all saying the same thing, and there was also a servant sent by the governor of Fenzhou to ask for help. Thousands!
I waited until now to report it, there is absolutely no lie, Mr. Xiang, it is absolutely true! "The official said solemnly.

Zhao Rihua couldn't turn his head, "Impossible! How did they get to Fenzhou? How did they get to Fenzhou!"

"I don't know, I don't know." The official of the Privy Council who reported the letter could only bury his head in the rain and did not answer.

Zhao Huari only felt dizzy for a while, had a headache, and was still muttering to himself, "Impossible, impossible"

The main force went south and the middle school was empty. If they were given about ten days to gather troops from surrounding states and counties, repair the city defenses, and gather more than [-] people to defend Taiyuan, they could try desperately.

But now the news from the south arrived only yesterday, and the army of the Qin army has actually arrived in Fenzhou!Did they fly with wings!

More than a hundred miles to the north of Fenzhou is Taiyuan. It is impossible to say that the Qin army will be able to kill Taiyuan tomorrow, so there is no time to gather troops and repair the city.
Zhao Huari's mind was buzzing, and suddenly he felt that his limbs had no strength, and he sat on the ground paralyzed.

(End of this chapter)