imperial psychologist

Chapter 628 Worse News

(There is no missing chapter here, the number of the chapter name of the previous chapter is wrong.

In the evening of the next day, the first two [-] reinforcements from Qinzhou and Chuzhou to go south had arrived.

As soon as the [-] troops arrived, the ministers who supervised the country in Pingjing immediately felt relieved.

However, there was no sound of horns from the deep forest in the south that night.

The well-trained troops left the city from the south gate, looking for traces of the enemy in the dark, but only found an abandoned tent site, and countless remains of longbows that had been smashed.

Until the end, the guards in Pingjing City couldn't figure out what happened outside Pingjing City during the first two nights.

In the morning light of the third day, the second batch of troops—about 10 people—had rushed to the north of Pingjing [-] miles away, rushing all the way to the capital.

It was still Zhang Shouzhong who went out of the city to meet him in person.Ordinarily, there should be 20 troops from Chuzhou and 10 from Qinzhou, so there should be [-] troops, but for some reason, only [-] people from Qinzhou came here

Knowing that the crisis in Pingjing seems to have been resolved, the generals stopped moving forward, but rearranged the army to station on the spot, waiting for the next news from Pingjing.

In this way, three days passed.

During this period, Zhang Shouzhong received a reply from the general of Chuzhou. After discussing with the general of Jiangzhou, he felt that something was wrong, so he decided to defy Pingjing's transfer order and continue to stay with his 10,000+ army.

When the news was delivered to the cabinet, the government and the public were in an uproar, and several civil officials participated in the retrograde on the spot.

However, Sun Beiji was noncommittal, and did not make a decision on the spot. He just said that the enemy is now, and the matter of severe punishment will be discussed later.

Zhang Shouzhong could see that Sun Beiji wanted to delay the matter for a while, so he also echoed his own reasons to calm the restless officials for the time being.

When the private crowd dispersed, Zhang Shouzhong just shook his head and sighed.

"Don't be surprised, everyone's reaction is not difficult to understand." Sun Beiji said indifferently, "After all, everyone in Beijing is in danger now. If Pingjing really falls and the emperor goes out and never returns, it will indeed be difficult."

"I'm lamenting the guard of Chuzhou," Zhang Shouzhong said in a low voice. "At such a critical juncture, he didn't listen to Beijing's transfer order. Could it be that he also has the heart of disobedience?"

"Not necessarily, Xue Jichong is guarding Chuzhou now... I still know this person, and he will not do anything to deceive the king." Sun Beiji said softly, "Let's take a look and see what he is going to do."

In the past three days, nearly ten thousand people have been searching for potential threats outside the city—but no suspicious crowd was seen outside.

The cabinet ordered the surrounding states to pay close attention to whether there were any movements of rebels. However, no matter whether it was Yuezhou, Huizhou or other places, no one saw any suspicious troops passing by.

The roar that resounded through the sky a few nights ago, and the arrows passing through the clouds, were like a dream, leaving some innocuous traces, and then evaporated from the world.

The army stationed thirty miles away from Pingjing, after confirming that the capital was safe, soon went north again.They were originally going to be transferred to the northern border to fight against gold, and this trip was delayed for about six days. Although there was plenty of food and grass, it was not a small expense to take it out alone.

Pingjing has finally completely lifted the siege, but the nightly curfew is still maintained.

It was about this time, however, that worse news came from the north.

——Chen Yicong was ambushed by troops suspected of being Jinren on the way from Jiangzhou to Chuzhou.

When the news was sent back to the cabinet, several ministers fainted on the spot.

"Gold thief?" Zhang Shouzhong's eyes widened. "Why are there gold thieves in the hinterland of my Great Zhou? The defense line in the northern border has never been breached!"

"General Li judged that this group of gold thieves may have come from the southwest." The messenger replied, "They are still investigating the specific situation!"

"Where is the emperor now?"

"I don't know..." Chuan Ren gritted his teeth, "The troops of Qinzhou and Chuzhou who went north from Pingjing are now fighting fiercely between Chu and Jiang, and there is no trace of the emperor!"

Zhang Beiji, who had been standing and listening to the conversation, sat heavily on the chair.

When the messenger had finished talking about the situation on the front line, several ministers gathered around and talked about their opinions in one go.

In the midst of this chaos, Sun Beiji suddenly patted the table, and the noise stopped abruptly.

"How many troops is the emperor bringing?" Sun Beiji frowned, looking at Zhang Shouzhong with sharp eyes, "I remember the previous report saying that the emperor left some troops in Zhuozhou?"

"Yes." Zhang Shouzhong nodded with a pale face, "The current accompanying troops, even if we count the one thousand mausoleum guards we sent earlier, there are only two thousand and five troops around the emperor."

"That's enough." Sun Beiji clenched his palms and released, "If the emperor has already been captured, the gold thief will definitely take the emperor first to threaten our army. If something happens to the emperor, all 500 people will die. It's also a mountain of corpses."

The members of the cabinet were stunned for a moment, and hope gradually appeared in their eyes.

No news... just good news.

The emperor might have escaped from the golden cicada's shell!
"The Jinren claim to have a surprise attack of 30 troops, and they want to attack the west and take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos in the three prefectures of Jiangzhou, Chu, and Qin. However, Jiangzhou and Chuzhou did not go south this time, so they responded quickly." Sun Beiji whispered, "The battle line is still between Chuzhou and Jiangzhou, so we can't panic."

The next person came out, "Elder Ge, why don't you take this opportunity to let the Zhuozhou garrison go south, and join our Jiang and Chu troops to attack this group of gold thieves?"

"...Impossible." Zhang Shouzhong immediately said, "What if this is also an attack from east to west? Once Zhuozhou's troops go south, and the gold thief takes the opportunity to commit crimes south again, your 'flank attack' will become 'flank attack'!

"The northern border cannot be moved." Although Sun Beiji's voice was not loud, he said with a bit of reassuring maturity, "Just wait."

"Wait? Wait for what?"

"Wait for the emperor to come back." Sun Beiji said with a frown, "The emperor lost contact in Jiangzhou. From Jiangzhou back to Pingjing, three days is enough."

……

That night, when Ai Songqing came back from the outside, as soon as he entered the house, Boling raised his index finger at her and made a silent movement—Niannian finally fell asleep.

Ai Songqing really had something to say, but she just reached her mouth and held back.

Bo Ling walked a few steps closer and poured a glass of water for Ai Songqing, "What's wrong?"

Ai Songqing sighed, "Didn't it be said a few days ago that other crises in Pingjing have been lifted except for the curfew at night... I went out today, why do I feel that the control outside has become more and more strict recently?"

"What kind of strict law?"

"Patrols are everywhere. If you see anyone, you can arrest them for questioning on the spot." Ai Songqing frowned, "I went out with my master today to make new strings for the piano, but when I was talking, the patrols overheard me and said I was from Chuzhou. Accent, if you don’t listen to my explanation at all, you will take me away for questioning.”

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, and quickly pulled Ai Songqing closer to have a look, "They didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

"No, it was a little father-in-law next to that Eunuch Yuan who just passed by and released me back after bailing me out." Ai Songqing wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Otherwise, they will all be arrested and sent to the camp in the south of the city. "

(End of this chapter)