King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 102

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

The scene suddenly became chaotic. Seeing the blood spat out on the ground, everyone was terrified for a moment.

If the prince has something good or bad, they will all suffer, not to mention the front line is defeated.

Several guards hurried forward and carried Zhu Jingyuan into the gatehouse, where there was a soft couch specially set up.

As the crown prince, he was naturally accompanied by an imperial physician, who soon appeared upon hearing the call, and began diagnosis and treatment after asking the reason.

After a lot of busy work, he finally fed Zhu Jingyuan the decoction, but he still showed no sign of waking up.

However, there were more and more bad news. Wang Quanyi and Kong Jinshan also appeared in front of Zhu Jingyuan's bed when they got the news.

The situation is very bad now, it can even be said to be extremely bad.

At least [-] Japanese pirates rushed out of the encirclement of the officers and soldiers. These people are extremely vicious, and it is unknown how much damage they will cause.

Thinking of this, Wang Quanyi became angry when he saw Gao Shuyan, and he didn't look good from the beginning to the end.

"You two, why was the northern line of defense breached?"

The two of them didn't speak, but Gao Shuyan came over to question, and it was a serious question.

"There are nearly 5000 Japanese pirates, and they are attacking north with all their strength. The combined forces of Chuzhou Wei and Zhenjiang Wei in the north are less than 4000. How can they resist?" Kong Jinshan, the commander of the capital, replied.

It stands to reason that if the Japanese pirates tried their best to break through to the north, troops from other directions should support them.

However, after this month of "serious beatings", the generals no longer dared to make their own claims, and never dared to attack without orders.

As a result, Chuzhou Wei Zhenjiang Wei was beaten, and the other guards watched.

Gao Shuyan said coldly: "No matter how you say it, it was their failure in the battle that led to today's disaster!"

At this moment, Wang Quanyi finally couldn't help but burst out: "My surname is Gao, you know what it's like to fight on the front line, so you dare to say that the soldiers on the front line didn't fight well?"

At this time, no matter from the perspective of safeguarding his own interests or protecting his subordinates, Wang Quanyi could not let Gao Shuyan take the blame.

"Although I am a scholar, I have read a lot about the art of war..."

Although he knew that it was his command's fault, Gao Shuyan couldn't admit his mistake. His mistake was the prince's fault, and the prince can't be wrong.

Someone in the court impeached, Gao Shuyan already knew about this, how could he let the crown prince give someone else a handle.

So even if he knew he was wrong, Gao Shuyan couldn't admit it.

Wang Quanyi was really about to go mad with anger. Just as he was about to scold Gao Shuyan, Kong Jinshan at the side made it right in time.

"You two, the most important thing right now is the crown prince's illness, and how to clean up the situation!"

"The Japanese pirates fled to the north, burned, killed and looted, and wherever they went, they were afraid that they would be turned into scorched earth..."

Speaking of this, Kong Jinshan became more and more worried: "If the Holy Majesty finds out about such a disaster, I'm afraid..."

The last time Japanese pirates harassed Taizu's mausoleum, many people died in Jinling Dusi. Will there be more deaths in the future?
Not wanting to talk nonsense to Gao Shu, Wang Quanyi immediately said: "Since the crown prince is unconscious, we will deploy our troops first and send the remaining troops of the guards to defend against the enemy!"

The Jinling Metropolitan Division has nine guards under its jurisdiction, with about [-] soldiers, but only [-] were transferred to the front line to fight, and each guard has soldiers left behind.

"This is the truth!" Kong Jinshan hurriedly chimed in.

However, Gao Shuyan didn't make a statement, which means that the prince didn't make a statement, so the transfer of troops really couldn't be done.

In addition to the routine transfer of the Ministry of War, the Jinling Dusi, as the highest commanding body of the Jinling local army, can only transfer less than [-] soldiers without imperial edicts.

Before Zhu Jinghong was attacked, there were only 500 people from Yingtian Shouyu Qianhu Office. It was an emergency situation where the prince died, and the capital must strictly abide by this red line.

But at the moment, it is the crown prince who controls the military power, and Gao Shuyan is the spokesman for the crown prince.

"Master Gao? What do you think?" Kong Jinshan asked.

"How to act, please discuss a strategy first..."

Hearing this, Wang Quanyi couldn't help getting angry again: "When is this, and we need to discuss a strategy... Is it possible to order the guards to pursue first?"

"The envoy of the capital..."

Gao Shuyan yelled: "Pay attention to your words, are you trying to seize power?"

Wang Quanyi was stunned by a single sentence of "seizing power", a crime he could not bear.

When the situation was embarrassing, Kong Jinshan said with a smile: "You two...why is this necessary? We are all doing business for the prince and the prince. What can we talk about!"

Gao Shuyan's face was still ugly, and he said immediately: "I can order all the guards to pursue, how to deal with it later, the two of you should come up with a plan as soon as possible!"

"The safety and danger of the common people of the Li people can all be borne on your shoulders!"

In order to protect the prince, Gao Shuyan, who seemed upright and upright, automatically triggered the civil servant's skill of throwing blame.

The safety of the people of Li was on the shoulders of Jinling Dusi, so it had nothing to do with the prince.

Wang Quanyi wanted to argue, but he also knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he flicked his sleeves and left.

After the two left, Gao Shuyan turned to the prince, who still showed no sign of waking up.

"Hey...how can this be good!"

At this time, a scholar from Donggong said: "Scholar Gao, the failure of this encirclement campaign is due to the general's ineffective conquest and suppression, and he must be severely punished..."

"That's right, the commanders of Chuzhou Guard and Zhenjiang Guard must be responsible for this defeat!"

To shirk responsibility and defend the crown prince, it was easy for the bachelors of the East Palace to reach an agreement.

As for who is responsible, they don't think about it at all. Politicians only look at the interests and don't care about right or wrong.

Gao Shuyan nodded: "Okay, first draft a military order, and after using the seal, order the guards to arrest people!"

At this time, someone worried: "Scholar Gao, the prince is unconscious after all, if you don't ask for instructions, just use the seal..."

"When the prince wakes up, I will explain the situation to His Highness!" Gao Shuyan was not worried that the prince would disagree.

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Here, Gao Shuyan wanted to arrest someone, and Wang Quanyi and Wang Quanyi, who had walked down the tower, found an empty corner to talk after delivering the order to pursue.

"This guy surnamed Gao doesn't even understand farts. I really wanted to kill him just now..." Holding the water pouch, Wang Quanyi took a gulp into his mouth.

Kong Jinshan said helplessly: "Alas...he is close to the crown prince and the imperial court, we can't afford to offend him!"

In the current era, although civil and military status are equal, objectively speaking, civil officials have a higher voice.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Quanyi said in a deep voice: "We have to ask someone...to restrain this fellow!"

"You mean..." Kong Jinshan hesitated to speak.

Kong Jinshan could easily guess who could restrain Gao Shuyan.

"This... I'm afraid it's not good. If it spreads, saying that we use the Thirteenth Lord to restrain the prince, it will be a disaster!" Kong Jinshan thought very thoughtfully.

Wang Quanyi smiled and said, "If Master Thirteen can't stand it, so what?"

Kong Jinshan nodded slightly. If Zhu Jinghong couldn't stand it and pushed Gao Shuyan aside, then it's none of their business.

As for whether Zhu Jinghong would crowd out Gao Shuyan, Wang Quanyi didn't think it was a problem at all. He thought he understood Zhu Jinghong's temper very well.

"So the most important thing is to let the Thirteenth Master know that His Royal Highness is critically ill, and ask him to come over immediately!"

"Exactly!" Kong Jinshan replied.

(End of this chapter)