Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 114
Guangling City.

Shang Shanqi received a secret letter from Honma Qianhezi, detailing Yuan Zhi's request, and let Shang Shanqi make his own decision.

"Pavilion Master, could this be Chizuko Honma's trick?" Toshi Miyamoto couldn't help but said.

Uesugi rolls up shredded tobacco and puts it in his mouth. He doesn’t actually smoke. He thinks smoking is harmful to his health. However, the oppression of war and the death of soldiers are his own rules. He cannot drink alcohol and must keep his mind online at all times. Being addicted to cigarettes, of course, is not an addiction.

He was thinking about what Chizuko Honma meant.

To hand over the princess, to be honest, Uesugi had this plan, but he absolutely couldn't hand it over to the Japanese right-wingers headed by Honma Chizuko. Once the princess made a mistake in their hands, war would break out immediately.

No wonder Jun Miyamoto was so suspicious, because after Xi Shen's death, Honma Qianhezi didn't have enough dignitaries with prominent status in his hands. Looking at the land of Wuyue, there was no suitable candidate except for His Royal Highness the Princess and the son-in-law.He suspected that Qian Hezi was deliberately cheating and defrauding the princess. In fact, he was using the princess to stabilize the situation in Wuyue and wait for her development to mature before launching a large-scale war. This possibility is very high.

"Whether she has ulterior motives or not, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Uesugi smiled and said: "Miyamoto, you set out in person, bring thirty warriors, escort the princess, take a merchant ship to Zhongzhou, and send the princess to the capital with peace of mind."

Jun Miyamoto was taken aback, "Pavilion Master, just bring 30 people, will you be...reckless?"

"It's nothing. This year's tobacco leaves are mature and will be sold to fourteen states. Only you and I know about this."

Toshi Miyamoto knew very well that the matter was of great importance, so he didn't dare to take it lightly, he bowed immediately, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Pavilion Master, you will definitely fulfill your mission in the end."

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Xuzhou city.

Today, people from various counties and towns spontaneously went to the city to beat drums to appeal their grievances. Overnight, the plague of locusts from Wanzhou devoured the counties of Xuzhou, and many wheats that were about to be harvested suffered unprecedented blows, causing countless losses. Moreover, the range of insect infestation is very large, which has never been heard before, and there are countless dust clouds. If it is not controlled, it may sweep all counties.

After Yan Yue learned of the situation, he paid great attention to it, and immediately rode his horse and led his troops to the farmland to check it.

a few days later.

All counties in northern Wu were harassed by insects, and locusts moved southward, endangering southern Wu.

……

Purple Bamboo Forest.

When Chen Ci heard about this, he couldn't sit still, but Jiang Ziqi laughed to himself. Chen Ci was annoyed, and asked, "You keep saying that you have the world in your heart, so how can you laugh? This insect infestation is so serious that it may be difficult to control. Now that the autumn harvest is coming, These damned locusts have eaten the food, how will the people survive this winter?"

Jiang Ziqi shook his origami fan with a smile, and said calmly, "My son-in-law, I can't see that you really care about the country and the people. Do the people in Dongying care about the people's lack of food? If they don't care, they will stand on the basis of morality Besides, don't worry, no matter what kind of regime it is, it is based on the people, if the Dongying people abandon the people, it means abandoning Wu and Yue, as for the pests... tsk tsk."

"What about the bug problem?"

"People in the imperial court can't sit still. I remember that Wanzhou was hit by a disaster a while ago, right? Why were the bugs driven to Wuyue?"

The statement stopped talking.

"My son-in-law, it's not that I want to laugh. Look, there are people working behind the scenes. Don't worry. After this year, the Dongying people will definitely fall into exhaustion. Reorganization is just around the corner."

Chen Ci now only thinks that Jiang Ziqi is a complete villain, sinister and cunning, and only has interests in his eyes.

Or.

He had seen through Jiang Ziqi a long time ago, he was a villain.

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Beijing.

In midsummer, the scorching sun hung high, the little prince was absent, and he had no thoughts of fishing, so he got up at Yinshi to recite the scriptures, and at Maoshi he had to pick up a long sword and practice martial arts. After finally taking a breath, he saw Huangshi walking over.

"Your Highness, your sister is going back to Beijing."

"elder sister?"

The first thought that flashed into the little prince's mind was Second Sister, she was a very vicious woman, always dressed in red, and flirtatious, but the last time I saw Second Sister was three years ago, and my memory is very vague.

"Yes, little princess, Ji Zijin."

"Ah? It's the fourth sister, isn't she in... Wuyue?" The little prince wanted to blurt out that the fourth sister was captured by Japanese pirates?But he held back abruptly.

"Yeah, she's back, and she's coming back. I just received the news that she has arrived in Qingzhou and is expected to arrive in the capital in half a month."

The little prince stopped talking.

He is the little prince, and Ji Zijin is the little princess. They are half-brothers and have no feelings for each other. The little princess's mother is a concubine, a maid in the palace. The prince should know something, he was killed.Emperor Tai'an had so many children, and their mothers were all from famous families, and they were all conferred the title of concubine, except for the mother of the little princess.Died of a political game, Emperor Tai'an couldn't say anything, but he felt sorry for the little princess and kept her in the palace to avoid bloodshed and killing.

Huang Shi looked at the little prince kindly, "Your Highness, do you know what to do?"

The little prince hesitated.

He suddenly felt that he was so strange and indifferent to his always amiable father-in-law.

He lowered his head and said weakly, "I see."

"Ugh."

The Lord Supervisor who covered the sky with one hand in the court sighed, rubbed the little prince's head, his tone was gentle, as if he was feeling emotional: "Your Highness, you were born in the emperor's family, there is no other way, this is not your choice." , but your fate."

"I see."

What Huang Shi meant was to let him kill his sister with his own hands, once and for all.

The princess is a hidden danger.

No, even say that the eldest prince and the third prince are hidden dangers.

As long as there is no official emperor in Great Liang, the few royal families left by Emperor Tai'an who only have the blood of the orthodox royal family are hidden dangers. The eldest prince is, so is the third prince, and so are the eldest and second princesses.

It's just that they all have the ability to compete with the little prince for the throne, and they can't be eradicated for the time being, but the little princess is different, she has no right or position, and can be suppressed and killed at will.

There is another reason why Huangshi must kill the little princess. First, the current situation is unclear and the throne has not been established. He is afraid that the princess will be left in the future and become a bargaining chip for being threatened by others. There are miscellaneous people on the right wing of Dongpu; secondly, they use the princess to practice their skills for the little prince, so that he will not be soft when he kills other brothers and sisters in the future.

……

On this day, Yuan Ji was relieved when he learned that the princess had arrived in Qingzhou safely, as he had completed the mission. He was immediately summoned by Honma Qianhezi and asked about the whereabouts of the statement.Qian Hezi had made up his mind a long time ago, if Yuan Ji was using her, or playing some kind of conspiracy, then she would make Yuan Ji's life worse than death, but Yuan Ji was also quick, and directly stated that the statement was hiding in Zizhu Lin is less than sixty miles away from Guangling City, and there are more than 300 missionaries with Chen Ci. Qian Hezi was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, and immediately burned with anger. The armies of various ministries prepared to besiege the purple bamboo forest and capture the statement alive.

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Huaiyin.

Yan Chang looked at the secret letter with a solemn expression. It was sent by a spy, saying that Xuzhou had encountered an unprecedented insect plague, and the source might be Wanzhou. Yan Chang was in a complicated mood.

Fan Ke said: "General, if there is no accident, it should be planned by the imperial court secretly, and its purpose is to intensify the war in Wuzhou."

Yan Chang closed his eyes, and the secret letter in his hand instantly turned into powder.

What to do if a pest plague does come?

What a cruel heart.

Yan Chang could have predicted that two months later, the entire territory of Wuzhou would be starved to death and the tragic scene of hungry people eating each other.

This move of the imperial court directly killed the whole territory of Wuzhou, no matter if they were ordinary people or soldiers, no matter if they were people from Dongying or Great Liang.

"Yafu, if this is the case, wouldn't it be useless for our army to occupy Huaiyin?"

Fan Ke nodded, "Yes."

If the locusts invade Huaiyin, the scene at that time will be that the crops and food will be eaten up, and the people will have no food to pay taxes. In order to appease the people, they will have to take out the army food for disaster relief. beyond morality.

"Yafu, what should I do?"

"General, those who achieve great things don't care about small things." Fan Ke said meaningfully.

Yan Chang understood.

It's nothing more than robbing people in disguise as Japanese pirates last time, and robbing them again.

What Fan Ke meant was to let Yanchang abandon Huaiyin. Since the pests came, Huaiyin was useless.His subtext is also, let Yanchang order his troops to continue disguised as Japanese pirates, and rob the people of Huaiyin again. Anyway, everyone will starve to death.

Yan Chang felt that it was cruel and inhumane?
"General, this is war."

"I see."

That night, the Xue Guojun disguised themselves as Japanese pirates, took advantage of the darkness and set fire to them, broke into houses, burned, killed and looted hundreds of innocent people, robbed countless grains, and then left. Yanchang pretended to be angry, organized soldiers to chase, and finally announced that Return in vain.For several days in a row, Yanchang ended the battle like this, ransacked for several days, and made a lot of money in his pockets. Then, Yanchang shamelessly met the people and announced that he would lead the army to fight against the Japanese pirates, and return Huaiyin to peace. Withdrew from Huaiyin, in the pretense of chasing down Japanese pirates.

So far, in Huaiyin City, the Taozhi Mountain Rebels family dominates.

Huaiyin.

Looking at the empty mansion, Lu Qian only felt familiar, and after thinking about it, he recalled it, and couldn't help laughing.

"General, why are you laughing?"

Lu Qian pointed to the empty hall where even the pots and pans had been packed away, and said, "Don't you think this scene looks familiar?"

The lieutenant was slightly taken aback, "It looks familiar."

For a moment.

The lieutenant was taken aback, "General, you really look familiar when you say that."

"We were in Hailing at the time. We did this the night before we withdrew our troops. Now Yanchang is doing the same thing. They said they were chasing down the Japanese pirates. I don't think they will come back, leaving an empty city behind." Lu Qian was sad.

The deputy general hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice: "General, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Since there are no outsiders, why can't we talk?"

The deputy general nodded, "Recently, some people came to us to complain, saying that they were looted at night, not like Japanese pirates, but like... the northern army, general, do you think Yanchang himself planned this incident?"

Lu Qian narrowed his eyes, did not answer, but fell into deep thought.

The Taozhi Mountain Rebel Army is a miscellaneous army, Yanchang is the orthodox army that eats the king of Great Liang, and is the most valiant Yanyun iron cavalry in the Snow Country. Lu Qian can be compared.No matter how nervous he was, Lu Qian sensed that something was wrong. Could it be that Yan Chang knew something?
What does he know?
Why did he give up Huaiyin for no reason?
It's fine to give up Huaiyin, and looted a wave of people's food.

You know, the autumn harvest is about to come. In the next three months, the Dongying people will also be busy with the autumn harvest work, and they will never start a war at this juncture. That is to say, in the next three months, Huaiyin is absolutely safe. No need to do it, just sit back and enjoy the achievements, but Yanchang left, why did he just leave at this time?

"It's not right, it's not right, pass on my military order, let's prepare to withdraw at any time." Lu Qian only thought, could it be that Yanchang knew that the Japanese pirates were about to invade?

Don't say it.

There is this possibility.

Although everyone subconsciously believes that the autumn harvest period is the most peaceful period, even animals know not to fight in water sources, let alone people?Besides, the Dongpu people are cunning and don't play their cards according to the routine. Who knows if they will go crazy and send troops at this time?
At this time, a sergeant hurried in, walked up to Lu Qian, knelt down and saluted, "General, the spies came to report that the Guangling Japanese pirates mobilized more than [-] soldiers and horses three days ago, and secretly rushed to Zizhu Forest."

"Purple Bamboo Forest?" Lu Qian was stunned, and after receiving the report from the general, he was even more convinced, "Purple Bamboo Forest is one of the ways to come to my Huaiyin. Damn it, it could be that the Dongying people really don't talk about martial arts. Is it impossible to attack Huaiyin?"

After Lu Qian finished cursing, he scolded Yan Chang again: "Yan Chang, you goddamn idiot, you knew the military situation in advance, ran away by yourself, and let me work here for you, you are a fucking beast."

Then, Lu Qian became worried again.

Because the Japanese pirates started to arrive at the Purple Bamboo Forest three days ago, what about now?
Did they secretly rush to the various counties and towns of Huaiyin City to ambush?Just waiting to be caught off guard?

"General, do you want to withdraw your troops?" The deputy general also panicked.

One hundred thousand Japanese pirates.

There are only tens of thousands of them, plus the tens of thousands of stragglers in the city, they are completely unable to resist.

Lu Qian really wanted to say that he would withdraw his troops immediately, but he couldn't do that. First, the Dongying people had set off long ago, three days earlier, and they hadn't taken any action yet. They were probably laying an ambush. If they withdraw their troops at this time, it would be tantamount to In the middle of the Japanese pirates' arms, it is not worthwhile to either go out and be ambushed by the Dongying people, or withdraw troops to Huaiyin and be occupied by the Japanese pirates.

After figuring out the reason, Lu Qian immediately said, "No, we won't withdraw."

"General, don't you want to withdraw?" The lieutenant thought he had heard wrong.

Lu Qian was full of pride, and laughed loudly: "I'm not leaving, the world is so big, where is my home? We are soldiers, and we came all the way from Taozhi Mountain, just to kill the enemy and serve the country. We are soldiers, soldiers When you die in the frontier field, die in the green hills, and be buried in the green hills, all the green hills in the world are the same. When we leave, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of people in Huaiyin City? Yanchang is gone, and we can't leave. This time, when Live and die with Huaiyin."

(End of this chapter)