My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 80 78. The general’s order determines the army’s plans

The walls of Chang'an City are tall and majestic, like a giant lying on the ground.

However, it is no longer as prosperous as it once was.

There used to be people coming and going, and traffic was busy, but now the city gates are closed, and everything is sealed tightly, and no entry or exit is allowed.

The national flag of the Northern Wei Dynasty was planted on it, fluttering high in the wind, and there were many soldiers patrolling back and forth inside the city walls, killing them severely.

When Zhao Xuanqi saw Chang'an City from a distance, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least it's not too late.

He was afraid that when he arrived too late, Chang'an City would have been captured by the rebels.

Looking at it now, Chang'an City is still in His Majesty's hands.

"God has a place for me."

Zhao Xuanqi couldn't help but sigh.

Along the way, he did not encounter the rebels.

All they encountered were small groups of bandits and bandits. These bandits had been scared away by the army and did not dare to approach them at all.

Most of the rebels did not meet at all, and there was no friction or war. The journey was smooth and smooth, and finally there were no accidents.

Otherwise, if you fight an encounter in a place without a city, once you are entangled by the rebel army and attract a large number of enemies, whether you can reach Chang'an City alive is still one thing!

When Zhao Xuanqi led the army to Chang'an City, the defenders on the city wall were stunned.

With so many troops coming, could they be rebels?

When they determined that this army was King Qin's army, they were even more shocked.

A general guarding the city shouted in disbelief: "Are you really the army that came to serve the king?"

Zhao Xuanqi opened his mouth and shouted loudly, and replied without hesitation: "Of course, I have your Majesty's gold medal to prove it, and I have the title of No. [-] Scholar. I was the No. [-] Scholar ten years ago, and I have a merit book to prove it!"

After speaking, Zhao Xuanqi sent a soldier, who put the two certificates in the hanging basket.

The gondola was slowly pulled up by the soldiers on the city wall. Even after the people on the city wall confirmed that there was no fraud, they were still worried and sent prestigious officials to check.

"Master Zhao, please come to the front and give me a look."

Zhao Xuanqi walked to the front of the army, approached the city wall, took off the armor on his head, and revealed his true face.

The man on the city wall obviously knew Zhao Xuanqi. He squinted his eyes for a long time, with a happy expression on his face, and then ordered: "Open the door, open the door quickly!"

So, the city gate opens.

Zhao Xuanqi rode on horseback and led the army slowly into the capital.

The army was in order and the formation was complete. The soldiers entered the city safely without causing much trouble, and the team was full of majesty.

There were also many people from the capital watching around.

"Someone actually came to support the capital!"

"I thought there were rebels outside the city, and all the territory had become the territory of the rebels. It turns out there were people of my own to support me. I thought our Chang'an City was already an isolated city!"

"This is Mr. Zhao, the number one scholar ten years ago. He is famous in the world and has always been honest and upright!"

"never heard of that…"

"Have you ever listened to a song in a restaurant? It's a popular song. It praises the number one scholar who used his own integrity to force the assassin away. He's the one he's talking about!"

"He is such a famous person!"

The people were shocked that Zhao Xuanqi would come to King Qin.

Everyone was surprised and excited.

With the army coming to support the king, the chances of defending the city are much greater!
Zhao Xuanqi looked at the surprised faces of the people and had a bad feeling in his heart.

He asked the official next to him: "Aren't there other officials to serve the king these days?"

If other armies came to serve the king, the people would not be so shocked and would not express so many emotions!
The official next to him really recognized Zhao Xuanqi's identity. At the same time, he was also a prostitute in the same batch as Zhao Xuanqi. It was only after his confirmation that the city defenders dared to open the door.

Tanhua sighed and said: "From the people's words, you also know the crisis of the situation."

"You are right. Except for you, none of the other princes in the world came to the capital. They...they actually ignored His Majesty!"

A look of indignation.

Zhao Xuanqi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

No one came except myself!
He thought that although there were so many princes retreating in a hurry, at least one or two people would lead the army to the capital, but he didn't expect that there would be not even one person!
So he sighed and comforted: "Most of the world has fallen to rebels, and rebellious officials and traitors have jumped out en masse. This is normal."

"There are only seven mountains and rivers left in the imperial court. I think there are many princes among them who are willing to come to serve the king. It's just that they encountered rebels halfway and something unexpected happened!"

Tanhua smiled bitterly and said, "I hope so!"

But looking at his expression, it was obvious that he didn't believe this statement.

Why did the world collapse so quickly? Wasn't it because there were too many rebellious officials and traitors?Isn’t it just that there are too many incompetent ministers?
In the following time, Zhao Xuanqi arranged the troops in the city and found an open place to station the troops.

Tanhua then said: "I will take you to see His Majesty!"

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "Okay!"

Not long after, the two of them successfully arrived at the center of the imperial city, entered the palace, and found Emperor Jingming in a garden.

At this moment, Emperor Jingming is almost 50 years old, with gray hair and many wrinkles on his face. He does not look like a man in his 50s, but more like an old man in his 70s or [-]s!

As expected, it is normal to be addicted to women, indulge in excessive sexual activities every day, and look older.

Fortunately, although Emperor Jingming was addicted to women, he was not addicted to elixirs like other emperors, and he did not have the habit of taking elixirs, so he was able to live steadily until now, which can be regarded as a long-lived constitution.

Zhao Xuanqi saluted respectfully: "See your Majesty."

Emperor Jingming immediately stepped forward to help Zhao Xuanqi up, with a look of respect on his face: "I didn't expect that you would be willing to come to my rescue at such a critical moment. I was not wrong about you!"

"Give me a seat, give me a seat!"

A eunuch trotted in, slowly took out two small benches, and then left in a hurry without stopping.

Obviously, you can listen to some things, but you can't listen to some things at all. If you listen to things you shouldn't listen to, it will kill you!

In the huge garden, only Zhao Xuanqi and Emperor Jingming were left.

The two sat on the bench, and Emperor Jingming said: "I misjudged the wrong person. I didn't expect that except you, everyone else is a traitor and traitor!"

"..."

Zhao Xuanqi opened his mouth.

In the end, he chose to remain silent.

Along the way, he met many princes of King Qin.

The small army has more than 1000 people, and the large army has [-] or [-] people.

Although the combat effectiveness of these armies is not as good as Zhao Xuanqi's army, and most of them are improvised and miscellaneous armies, the total number of them is also very impressive.

There are at least close to [-] troops.

It proves that many people are still willing to serve the king, are willing to come to protect the emperor, and are willing to come to the capital to rescue him.

Then on the way, everyone received bad news from Emperor Jingming: General Chongtian defeated all the rebel armies, the Luang Army united 40 troops, and most of the imperial court's territory was lost, and they were about to attack Chang'an City!

It was this news that made everyone give up the idea of ​​​​rescuing the driver and hurriedly turned around and fled.

Emperor Jingming's idea is: In such a critical situation, you ministers should work hard and arrive as soon as possible, otherwise if you are slower, something will happen to me!

The thinking of the princes is: The situation is already such a crisis. Even if we get over it, it will be useless. We will probably die with all our wealth, so it is better to conserve our strength and face the troubled times!

Emperor Jingming did something bad with good intentions.

He overestimated everyone's loyalty and their determination to die.

It’s okay to ask everyone to contribute, but if everyone is really working hard, then forget it and say goodbye to you.

If Zhao Xuanqi were the emperor, he would never tell the news to the other princes. Instead, he would wait until all the princes arrived and take control of the army before announcing the news.

In this way, everyone has no way to retreat and must face the rebels together in Chang'an City.

But this is just Zhao Xuanqi's ideal state.

In fact, the princes also have their own scout teams. Even if Emperor Jingming does not inform the news, some people will know the news. It is even possible, as Zhao Xuanqi said before, that they may encounter rebels on the way, and there may be an accident on the way...

The matter has come to this, it is too late to say anything.

Zhao Xuanqi asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, am I really the only one to serve the king?"

Emperor Jingming replied: "Indeed."

Zhao Xuanqi asked again: "How many troops are there in the capital?"

Emperor Jingming said without hesitation: "I have [-] Yulin troops in my hands, and they are willing to die for me. There are also some armor weapons in the treasury, which you can use to arm the army you brought."

Originally, there were many troops in Chang'an City. Although they were all miscellaneous troops and their combat effectiveness was worrisome, their numbers were considerable. However, Emperor Jingming sent them out to quell the rebellion a few days ago, but he did not expect that they were all defeated!
Zhao Xuanqi thought for a while and said: "In other words, including the soldiers I brought, there are only more than 3 troops in the entire capital now? And we need to face 50 million rebel troops?"

His face became not so pretty.

The critical situation is still more difficult than imagined!

The current rebel army has captured half of the country. They are no longer peasant rebels with hoes in their hands, but an armed army. And because they have attacked each other along the way and experienced many wars, they are definitely more elite than the imperial army!
Even if only one-fifth of them are elite veterans and the rest are miscellaneous troops, there are still a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

As we all know, people in ancient times liked to lie about the number of armies. For example, an army of 20 people can be called an army of 20 people, and an army of [-] people can be called an army of one million people. It is very outrageous.But according to his investigation these days, the leader of the rebel army, General Chongtian, is very real. He usually just says how many thousands of troops there are. He never talks about more, and of course he never talks about less.

Therefore, if we say that there are four and a half million rebels, there are definitely four and a half million in number. It will not be less, it will be more.

According to rumors, when General Chongtian once led his army to fight, he reported that he had an army of fifty thousand.

The rebel army next door also reported a force of [-] troops.

As a result, the two sides met face to face, and the Wandering Army easily defeated this army. Finally, General Soaring to the Sky stepped on the opponent's head and said: "Where are your [-]-strong army hiding?"

There are only a few troops in the capital, and they can't defend themselves like feathers!

Emperor Jingming could see that Zhao Xuanqi's face was ugly, and he sighed: "There are also some people in the city who can temporarily form a city defense army, or transport supplies and do some logistics work. There is still a lot of food in Chang'an City, enough for everyone to eat. It’s been months…”

At this point, the two fell into silence.

Is the situation in the capital as good as imagined? In this situation of imminent subjugation, someone might have secretly contacted the rebels.

Even among the civil and military officials, I am afraid there are many people who have different intentions. When the rebels really come to the city, can they really fight against the enemy as one?

King Qin in the world has only one army, and the people of the world have lost their hearts, so few people in the city are optimistic about the option of defending the city.

Morale is low, and they are basically scared even before the battle. Even the name of the Wandering Army can stop children from crying at night. After all, even if there are only 50 pigs outside the city, it will take several days and nights to kill pigs, let alone humans. !
Many people already think that the change of dynasty will happen during this period, and they have no mentality to defend the city. I am afraid that once the rebels come to the city, the situation in the city will collapse on its own!
The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it down, the tree fell down and the hozens scattered, the city surrendered, and the first achievement was achieved. This is what many people think!
The strongest cities are often destroyed from within.

The current situation is not whether you can defend the city, but whether everyone is willing to defend the city with you!
Emperor Jingming spread his hands and asked anxiously: "My beloved, what should I do?"

Zhao Xuanqi rolled his eyes: "As long as the morale is improved and everyone can see hope of victory, then the people in the city will be willing to defend the city with us, and those civil and military officials who have different intentions will not dare to act rashly to scare them!"

"Your Majesty, I have a plan!"

Emperor Jingming was stunned. He was just grumbling and asking casually. Do you really have a plan? !

He put his ear in.

Zhao Xuanqi carefully told the plan in his ear.

Emperor Jingming's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally he slapped his thigh hard: "This is a great plan!"

"I make you the general, and I will give you full control of the [-] Imperial Guards in the capital. My dear, my life and fortune will be in your hands!"

Zhao Xuanqi was stunned, he didn't expect Emperor Jingming to do this.

Directly hand over the [-] imperial guards to yourself?
This is your ace army!

Do you need to trust me so much?

What should you do if you meet someone who is not kind to you?
He did not refuse: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

……

One night a few days later.

The people had gone to bed early.

Everyone is anxious and worried.

The news that the rebel army had captured half of the country caused panic among the people in the city, causing many officials to find it difficult to eat, which tasted like chewed rice.

Especially since the rebels have an army of 50 million and are about to attack the capital, this bad news is like a mountain weighing on everyone's heart, making it impossible to breathe.

I'm afraid that once I fall asleep, I won't be able to see the sun the next day.

midnight.

A relatively remote area.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the more than 2000 soldiers standing in front of him.

He brought a total of more than 13000 people from Ziyun County, and he divided them into four parts, each with more than 2000 people, each under the jurisdiction of a school captain.

These armies are called Ziyun Army.

Standing in front of Zhao Xuanqi now was one of the troops.

Several officers stood in front of Zhao Xuanqi.

"Take off your clothes and put on the clothes of Kurosawa County that are lying next to you!"

"As ordered!"

"Is there anyone who can speak Mandarin with the accent of Kurosawa County? Come forward and report. You will be rewarded later!"

"General, I can!"

"Do you remember everything I told you?"

"remember!"

When everything was ready, Zhao Xuanqi and the captain of the army said: "Act according to the plan, everything is left to you!"

The school captain's name was Zhao Wuwei. He came from Shixi County. He was very brave and tall. He was able to achieve such a status thanks to Zhao Xuanqi's training.

Zhao Wuwei, as a fellow villager of Zhao Xuanqi, has almost lost everything at every turn, so he can definitely be trusted.

Zhao Wuwei bowed respectfully, saluted and said: "I obey!"

He led the army slowly towards the night, without being discovered by any people in the city, and finally quietly left the capital and Chang'an City.

Everything is silent.

the next morning.

An exciting news has emerged.

Kurosawa County led the army to come to Qinwang!

This is the second army coming to King Qin!
Chang'an City slowly opened, and an army called the Fearless Army slowly walked toward the capital along the city gate.

Many people gathered along the way to watch.

"Finally, some princes have come to serve the king again. Although it does not seem as large as the army brought by Ziyun County, with only 3000 people, it at least proves that those princes have not abandoned us!"

"The hope of defending the city is greater!"

"So what? The rebels have an army of 50 million people. What will happen if there are thousands more people?"

They poked their heads and looked towards the army.

The soldiers in the army also stared at them and cursed with a loud accent from Kurosawa County: "What are you looking at? You look down on me, right? Those rebels are just a ragtag group, I can fight ten of them!"

The troops in Blackpool County were full of morale and mighty, which suddenly dispelled many dark clouds in the hearts of the people in the city.

In the next few days, more good news came.

The army of King Qin of Longqing County has arrived!

The army of King Chengqin of Jinfei County has arrived!

"..."

King Qin's troops continued to enter the capital, and troops from various counties and cities came to Chang'an City one after another.

Or more than 1000 people, or 5000 to [-] people.

Various armies are mixed together, fish and dragons are mixed together, and some armies are more like a mob. After entering, they will even harass the people.

There are also some troops who are very observant of order and stay in the military camps vacated by His Majesty, observing order calmly and not disturbing the people.

Each army has distinct characteristics, and each other has different characteristics. They may even have conflicts over some issues and fight with each other in the streets, which is an eye-opener for everyone.

Whenever people pass by the military camp, they can hear the shouts of killing coming from inside. The voices are loud and powerful, and the number of people can be seen at a glance.

"With so many princes coming to support the king, the total number of these troops must be at least [-], right? We can defend the city!"

In this way, the people have the confidence to defend the city, and they can even sleep more peacefully, and no longer worry about not waking up the next day.

Even the civil and military officials in the capital were surprised by the determination of the princes from all over the country.

How is this going?

In the past few months, I had not seen so many princes come to visit the king.

Why did King Qin's troops appear in so many numbers since Zhao Xuanqi came to Beijing with his army?
Maybe... maybe it's really too chaotic outside and the princes are rushing too slowly, so they focus on entering Beijing during this time!
Only Zhao Xuanqi and Emperor Jingming knew the real reason.

Of course, the most loyal troops under their command also know.

Zhao Wuwei and other army generals were cursing and cursing. They had been exhausted these days!

Every few days, I have to lead people to wear different clothes, speak with different accents, run out of the capital in the middle of the night, and come back again at dawn. It is really tiring!
Fortunately, the rebels did not arrive during this period, and the city was in a relatively safe situation. Otherwise, it would be difficult to carry out these operations!
Although he cursed in his mouth, he was extremely admired in his heart.

Mr. Zhao is truly a god.

Under these operations, the morale of the people in the capital was so high that they were finally willing to cooperate with the court and finally had the determination and courage to stick to the capital.

And most of the civil and military officials and aristocratic families are more contented and willing to donate military supplies and food. They no longer have as many excuses as before, and they no longer dare to disobey their words.

This seemingly simple plan succeeded in raising the morale of the people in the city as well as the civil and military officials to the extreme!
If people's thoughts changed a month ago, now they are impregnable. At least everyone has the hope of defending the city and the courage to unite!

Once upon a time, Dong Zhuo used this kind of strategy when he came to Beijing and successfully shocked the entire capital. Now Zhao Xuanqi just borrowed it from him. Fortunately, the strategy really worked!
That is to say, in days like this, time passes quickly, and day by day passes without realizing it.

More than half a month later, the rebels came!

50 troops are approaching the city!

(End of this chapter)