Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 60

The soup was still hot, but Xie Shu put it down after taking two sips, just when Mubai came in, she asked, "Why doesn't the medicine taste right today?"

"My lord doesn't know something, Mr. Ran found a prescription for you to strengthen your body. Doctor Zhong found it effective after reading it, so he changed the medicine today."

"Xie Ran?" Xie Shu twitched the corner of his mouth, didn't say anything, but didn't continue to drink the medicine.

The battle on the river is still going on.

The fire burned for two consecutive days, and on the night of the third day, the bright moon hung high, the strong wind stopped, the boat was burned, and there was only a strong smell of burnt fire around, and everything returned to calm.

The spies of the Qin army returned and reported to Shi Can that the Jin army had indeed retreated and had reached Tonggu Bay.

Tongu Bay was open on all sides, and Shi Can was overjoyed, as long as they entered the Piagu Gorge, they could turn around and take advantage of the critical terrain to deal with the Jin army.

How could such an opportunity be missed!He immediately sent someone to report to the Emperor Qin on the main ship, and he himself took the lead and headed for Piaogu Gorge.

The cliffs on both sides of the strait look like silent beasts at night, the water surface is quiet and peaceful under the moonlight, and the boat passes by, but you can feel the turbulent undercurrent underground.

Shi Can ordered the left and right lieutenants to take the lead into the canyon, and he followed closely behind. In order to frighten the army, he drew his sword and shouted: "Kill all the Jin troops! Dominate the world!"

Qin Jun responded one after another, and the shouts shook the sky, but the flavor of the voice changed in an instant.

There was a muffled groan, and the smell of blood quietly permeated the air. By the time the soldiers on the boat realized that their companion beside him had been dragged into the water suddenly, it was already too late.It must be the Jin army lurking underwater. They could only use their guns to plunge into the water indiscriminately. When they turned their heads again, there was already a sky-high flame in front of them.

"Kill!!!" He shouted angrier and faster than Qin Jun.

Shi Can's face turned pale with shock, he ordered the left and right sides to fight, and at the same time ordered the rear to retreat.But the narrow passage is really difficult to exit. Their ships are too big, and it took a lot of time to get in. Now they are in a panic, and the soldiers in the rear are attacked repeatedly, and the ships are all bumped into each other.

Suddenly a row of torches lit up on the cliff on the right, shaking from side to side, and stopped after three clicks.The ships of the Jin army changed, and several ships rushed out from the far left and the right, and surrounded the big ship sent by the Qin army to fight, surrounded by archers, and arrows rained down.

Immediately afterwards, another row of torches came out, and they were shaken three more times.The Jin army sent out warships again, but this time they came straight to Shican's direction. There were dozens of them, forming a siege.

"General, what tricks are they playing!" The lieutenant beside Shi Can panicked.

"It's a formation!" Shi Can clenched the hilt of his sword, almost unable to believe his eyes, but the Jin army was indeed right in front of him: "One of Wei Yi has been waiting for us for a long time!"

"Then what should I do?"

"I don't care about that much anymore! Get out!"

"But..." The deputy general looked back, hesitant to speak.

They have no way out.

"Report-"

Emperor Qin was awakened from his sleep, and heard the soldiers outside hurriedly reporting: "Your Majesty, the troops led by General Shi were completely wiped out by the Jin army in Piaogu Gorge!"

"What?" Emperor Qin thought he had heard it wrong. A few hours ago, he reported that the fire attack was successful and the Jin army retreated. How could they be wiped out?

The soldiers had no choice but to report again: "The troops led by General Shi were completely wiped out by the Jin army at Piagu Gorge!"

Emperor Qin was furious, and hurried out of the cabin wearing his middle coat and bare feet. The sky was pale, and there was a thick cloud of dust and smoke floating above the Piagu Gorge in the distance. Such a fire could not do anything to them!

"Impossible..." He held onto the railing tightly, still unable to believe it.

Wei Yizhi stood on the top of the cliff looking at the water surface of the Yangtze River below, with a little dew on his armor.

The water surface below has long since returned to calm, but there are still floating masts and broken masts. Although it is a bit ugly, it is a symbol of victory.

"It would be nice if she was here at this time."

Yang Qiao stood behind him, puzzled: "Who is the governor talking about?"

Wei Yizhi smiled: "Nothing."

The first battle on the front line was won, and the battle report was sent to Jiankang, and the whole court was excited.But at this time a rare thing happened in the court - Sima Lin suddenly appealed to the emperor, asking to give up the crown prince to Sima Ting, the ninth prince.

When Xie Shu received the news, he was playing chess with Xie Xuan in the garden pavilion, beside him Chu Lian was still building, looking happy.Mubai walked quickly to her side and whispered a few words, she immediately pushed the chessboard away and left.

"Did the eyeliner in the palace find out the reason why the prince did this?" Xie Shu asked as he walked towards the study.

"No, the East Palace is strictly guarded."

Xie Shu thought for a while, "Go and call Huan Ting here." After she dismissed Xie Ran from the position of Prince Sheren, she gave this position to the Huan family, and the Huan family must know the reason.

There was no need for her to invite, Huan Ting came by himself.He entered the study and closed the door first, sat opposite Xie Shu, and said mysteriously: "Cousin must know about the East Palace, right?"

Xie Shu poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and pushed it in front of him: "Don't be tricky, just speak up."

Huan Ting coughed dryly: "Cousin doesn't know something, but in fact the crown prince is doing this for the crown prince's concubine."

"what?"

"I heard that the concubine's dystocia was murdered by someone, and she almost died. The prince did not find the murderer. He was worried about the concubine's safety, so he planned to quit the court and live outside the palace. He didn't even want to be the crown prince."

As a woman, Xie Shu admired and was moved, but as a prime minister, she was helpless.

"The princess should also persuade the prince herself, right?"

"Persuasion," Huan Ting sighed: "The prince is an infatuated kind, so he must do this."

Xie Shu patted the center of his brows: "Then what does Your Highness the Ninth Prince say?"

"I don't know that."

Xie Shu thought about it, he still had to find an opportunity to find out what Sima Ting said.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Huan Ting left, Sima Ting arrived at the prime minister's residence.

Xie Shu was taken aback, this was the first time he visited the door in his memory.

Sima Ting was dressed in a black robe, his hair was tied with a gold crown, his eyebrows had grown, and his voice was much deeper and deeper. He looked quite heroic, but his expression was as arrogant as ever.

"Your Highness came to the humble house, I am really flattered." Xie Shu stroked the hem of his clothes, got up and saluted.

Sima Ting sat down in front of her and said, "Prime Minister, please give me a letter of appointment. I plan to go to the front to supervise the army."

"Overseer?" Xie Shu rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "How could Your Highness have such an idea?"

Sima Ting impatiently pointed at the desk with his finger: "The prime minister just give it to me, I just want to leave Jiankang now."

Xie Shu tentatively asked, "Your Highness, is it for the sake of the crown prince to abdicate?"

Sima Ting glared at her: "So you already know, so why are you pretending, wishing I could leave?"

"Your Highness is serious. How could I have such an idea? It's just that, as a prince, if you don't ask clearly, Your Majesty will pursue it at that time. I can't bear the burden."

Sima Ting snorted: "If the emperor agrees, I still need to come to see you? It's okay to tell you, I am tempted by the crown prince, but I don't want to get it like this. Now that the crown princess is not in good health, I accept it frankly." , Isn’t it worse? I can get what I want by myself, so why give it up.”

Xie Shu knew that he was proud and arrogant, so he was not surprised by this, but he felt that this kid had grown up, became much smarter, and knew how to use the opportunity.Now that he is going to supervise the army, first he will gain a good reputation in the court, and then he will make some meritorious service on the battlefield. It will be different when he comes back.

The emperor must be clear in his heart, otherwise, if he really didn't want him to go to the front line, he would have sent someone to lock him in the palace.

After she sat down to the case, she picked up a pen and dipped in ink, and smiled at Sima Ting: "Dare to ask Your Highness, is this considered a favor?"

The corner of Sima Ting's mouth twitched: "Forget it!"

Xie Shu just started to write, and when he put the seal, he said: "Your Highness is going, can you bring a few words to Zhongqing for the truth?"

Sima Ting frowned immediately when he heard her call so affectionately: "Prime Minister, be more self-respecting, isn't Brother Zhongqing's reputation ruined enough by you?" , turned around and left.

Xie Shu was helpless and funny, and said something to his back: "Your Highness, go slowly."

Sima Ting snorted back.

The fighting on the front lines has shifted the battlefield.Emperor Qin knew that Wei Yizhi couldn't fight on the water, so he naturally wouldn't fight recklessly, so he quickly retreated to the land and concentrated his troops to go left and right.

Yang Qiao anxiously followed Wei Yizhi back and forth in the camp: "Why didn't the governor make arrangements? Do you want to watch the Qin army flee to land?"

Wei Yizhi straightened his armor slowly, picked up the whip and sword: "They can't run away, didn't you notice that Lu Zijue and others are not here?"

Yang Qiao was stunned, and suddenly realized: "So the governor has made arrangements?" He was very excited, "Then why didn't I be arranged to fight!"

"You are sitting in the camp, His Highness the Ninth Prince is coming to oversee the army, receive him for me." Wei Yizhi wrapped his whip around his waist, and walked out of the tent: "This king is going to meet Emperor Qin in person."

The Qin army concentrated heavily in the two counties of Badong and Jingzhou.Zhang Zhao led heavy troops from Ningzhou on his left, Lu Zijue led his troops from Xuzhou on his right, and soldiers from the hinterland of Wuling and Changsha came north, forming a three-way encirclement.

This deployment had been arranged when the Qin army was dragged on the river. Wei Yizhi deliberately attracted all their attention to the river, and they knew nothing about the movement on land.

An Heng sent several letters, all saying that the situation in the country was tense, and Emperor Qin was in a hurry to turn the situation back, so he urgently dispatched the domestic general Lu Ming and his nephew Fu Xing to lead the army and fight to the death with the Jin army.

Originally thought that disembarking from the dizzy big ship would revive the army, but then the Jianghuai River Basin entered the rainy season. The wet weather made it difficult for the northern soldiers to adapt, and many of them fell ill.

Emperor Qin angrily smashed everything in the tent, but God still rained calmly, sticky and wet, which made people feel irritable.

Two days later, the Jin army raided the Qin army's food and grass-heavy land, killed two thousand enemies, seized all the supplies, and quickly retreated.

Emperor Qin couldn't bear it anymore, and ordered Lu Ming and Fu Xing to lead their troops to pursue the Jin army.

Lu Ming was calm and urged Emperor Qin to think twice before acting, but Emperor Qin was furious and Fu Xing was frivolous, so he had no choice.

Most of the Qin army went to chase the Jin army, and the Jin army went straight to the Qin army's camp.

Lu Zijue and Zhang Zhaozheng were fighting with Lu Ming, Fu Xingxu and Wei Snake, and Wei Yizhi personally led a heavy army to attack Huanglong.

Putting on his armor, Emperor Qin went to battle in person. He saw from a distance under the gray sky, soldiers and horses of the State of Jin approaching on the mud. His eyes fell on the big banner with the word "Wei" and the dragon flag of the State of Jin, and he gritted his teeth angrily.

"Your Majesty, that is King Wuling of the Jin Kingdom, you should avoid it." The attendants beside him advised him tremblingly.

"Avoid what!" Emperor Qin got on his horse and ordered everyone to meet the enemy.

Seeing the emperor personally leading the troops, Qin Jun's morale soared, and he rushed over bravely.

However, the Jin army did not confront them head-on, but instead wandered in an orderly manner, as flexible as a snake. When the Qin army reacted, they were already trapped in the formation.

Wei Yizhi hit his horse in the back and nodded, and the messengers around him began to wave their flags, and the formation changed rapidly. The Qin army was still trapped in the human wall surrounded by shields at the first moment, and the shield was lifted at the next moment. Entering, howling everywhere, can't bear to hear each other.

Surrounded by farmland with green onions and seedlings, trampled and turned upside down by the two sides who were slaughtered, there is a pond with fat river fish in the distance, which has long been stained with blood.

Emperor Qin was watching from a distance, his eyes were like eagles.

Wei Yizhi was also looking at him, and through this person seemed to see the past that only existed in the narratives of the elders: foreign soldiers and horses entered Luoyang, families were forced to move south, Han people were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and disobedient It's massacre, obedience is slavery... Until this person came to the throne, he was much more enlightened.But where there is conquest, there is unyielding resistance, and where there is desire, there is endless conquest.

Just wait for an opportunity to end it all.

The messenger waved the flag, and the Jin army retreated. The corpses of the Qin army were scattered all over the field, and the remaining people hurriedly retreated.Emperor Qin knew that Lu Ming and Fu Xing had been dragged back, and could not wait for their help, so he ordered to retreat.

Wei Yizhi ordered the pursuit without hesitation, and he rode his horse to take the lead, holding a longbow in his hand, and shot two arrows in succession.An arrow missed, and an arrow hit Emperor Qin's shoulder. His body was crooked, but he still insisted on fleeing to the north.

The Jin army shouted victory all the way, and even Lu Ming and Fu Xing, who were fighting the Jin army in the distance, heard it.

Hearing that the Emperor Qin fled away, the morale of the Qin army immediately sank, and then hearing the roar of the Jin army, it seemed that there were Jin soldiers and horses on the left and right, and the hearts of the people were even more chaotic, and they were quickly killed.Lu Ming and Fu Xing had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops and retreat towards the border.

(End of this chapter)