in the sound of swallows

Chapter 169 It's Too Late
"Yes." The confidant went down to deliver the order, and repeatedly emphasized with Shen Guiwu and Yuwen Changqing: "We must send troops, and don't listen to other words."

Both Shen Guiwu and Yuwen Changqing responded seriously.

However, that night, Wen Shoushan received the news that the defenders of the capital had dug trenches in the northeast and west directions, and deployed heavy troops and gossip formations overnight, which was already well prepared.

"Tomorrow's march, General Yuwen and General Shen are unprepared, and it may be too late to tell them to change their formation now." Wu Chen said: "Let's wait a little longer and discuss it properly before attacking."

Wen Shoushan pursed his lips, sighed, nodded and said: "Then go and inform."

"Yes."

After suspending the march, Wen Shoushan collected information to check.There are only [-] to [-] garrison troops in central Beijing. It should not be difficult for him to attack from three sides, plus there are reinforcements in the rear. As long as Mingyu is put on the throne and killed the emperor before the princes of all walks of life, then It's all settled.

I thought so, but on the second day, when he was about to summon Yuwen Changqing and Shen Guiwu to discuss a new attack route, he heard that the two parties had already attacked the capital.

"What's going on?" Wen Guozhang yelled angrily: "Didn't you say that you have to discuss it before attacking the city!"

The confidant trembled and said: "The general said yesterday that people on both sides should not believe any news about the cessation of the attack, so someone reported the news yesterday, but the two generals didn't listen."

Wen Shoushan was so angry that he immediately led his army to the capital.

Rivers of blood flowed on the battlefield, and people wearing different colors of clothes swung knives at each other when they met. Some crawled on the ground with broken legs, and their heads were chopped off by the enemy soldiers next to them.Some breathed a sigh of relief and took a last look at the imperial city.

No matter how ingenious the deployment of the army is on paper, after any war, when the rain flows into the river, the red will not disperse.

The soldiers of the southern battalion charged into battle, even with prepared traps and deployments, there were still countless casualties.The gate of the capital is closed tightly, but there is a dog hole in the small gate.The little girl who ran from nowhere sat on the battlefield where corpses were piled up and cried loudly.

The cry shocked the world, the eyes of all the defenders in the capital were bloodshot, roaring, roaring, weapons collided, iron horses stepped on the bones, and the sorrow went straight to heaven.

Drunk lying in the battlefield, Lord Grim, a few people have fought back in ancient times.

Gu Chaobei did not play in person today, but stood on the tower.He had discussed with Shen Guiwu and Yu Wenchang early in the morning that this war would sacrifice 3000 people from the Southern Camp and damage the [-] forwards they brought.

To those in high positions, it is just a number, but what is in front of them is Senluo Hell, where countless people died tragically.Drums beat and horns wailed.

"The heroic souls in the capital may not be able to disperse for a few years." Shen Guiyan came up to the tower at some point, stood beside the emperor, and said in a low voice.

"What are you doing here?" His calm face just now turned livid when he saw her.Gu Chaobei pulled her down, frowned and said: "This is not the place where women should come, isn't it waiting for me in the palace?"

Shen Guiyan was not wearing palace attire, she was wearing armor, and there was a bamboo basket on her stomach.She didn't want to go to battle to kill the enemy, but she had protected herself thoroughly, so she dared to come to see him.

"Don't be angry." Shen Guiyan said with a smile: "The ministers and concubines came to deliver the news. There are more than [-] officials who defected overnight in the court. The names of the officials and concubines and Prime Minister Gu have been recorded in the book and will be left for the emperor to dispose of."

Gu Chaobei pinched her shoulders, took a deep breath and said, "Let others pass on these things in the future. If you come, I will be distracted."

Shen Guiyan was silent, looking at him with a pair of eyes, and nodded lightly after a long time: "Okay."

She doesn't plan to go back to the palace, even if her stomach is already eight months old, she wants to be in a place where she can see him, so that even if something happens, she can still make it in time...

No one is absolutely sure of victory in the face of war, she is afraid.

The left-behind people in Beijing were all organized by the yamen, and they wanted to arrange them, but they had nowhere to put them.Shen Guiyan said: "Clear out the dungeon, spread straw, so that some people can live there, and then clear out the houses of fugitive officials, and resettle the common people."

Both the sky prison and the official residence are well built, and if the enemy troops enter the city, the people in these two places will not be killed wantonly.

"Your Majesty, be merciful."

The rest of the people are old, weak, sick and disabled. The food in the army is already in short supply, and they are not allowed to go out in the city. Food is a big problem.

"Your Majesty, the food and grass in the nearby cities have already begun to be transported. The army food is guaranteed, but the people in the city..." Gu Chaonan stood beside the emperor in armor, and said with a frown, "Maybe we can't take care of the people anymore."

"No." Gu Chaobei said solemnly: "If the people in the city riot, it is more terrifying than the enemy army outside the city."

"But..." Gu Chaonan said helplessly, "There is no extra food and salary."

Gu Chaobei was silent.

At the end of World War I, when Wen Shoushan arrived, Yuwen Changqing was wounded and retreated, and Shen Guiwu also suffered heavy losses.

Before he could inquire about the crime, Yuwen Changqing spoke first, and said slightly angrily: "If you are far away, the order will not reach. The three armies are all around the capital, and it takes only four hours to pass the order. Why does the head of the country always change the order, vacillating, causing me to The army suffered heavy casualties?"

Shen Guiwu was also a little annoyed: "It's not good to listen to the order, and it's not good not to listen to the order. How should the generals treat the words of the head of the country?"

Wen Shoushan couldn't blame them for being snatched from the front line. It was the enemy who was behind the scenes, so it was no wonder.These two are the two he trusts the most, and they have a lot of soldiers in their hands, so they have to appease them.

So he said: "This time I was tricked by that brat, and it was also separated by a certain distance, which gave him an opportunity. After this battle, the troops gathered at the south gate, and the army worked together to attack the main gate of the capital. Come, the military order will not be wrong."

"Do you want to combine forces?" Shen Guiwu frowned: "But in this way, the capital will be empty on three sides. If there are reinforcements, or reinforcements, what should we do?"

"There will be no reinforcements." Wen Shoushan said in a deep voice: "Our army has 50 to [-] troops, and the emperor's children are only tens of thousands. Anyone with eyes can see the situation clearly, and will not help him deal with me."

Wen Guozhang has been on the battlefield for many years, and now that he is old, he is inevitably a bit headstrong, and he also underestimates Gu Chaobei.

Shen Guiwu didn't persuade, and Yuwen Changqing didn't say anything, and the two forces would have to wait another month for reorganization and reorganization.

Fighting is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive process, but Wen Shoushan felt that he could afford it. All the states and counties he passed were his own, and asked him to pay for the army.Once the army is repaired, the more than 20 troops will be as strong as a broken bamboo. Are you afraid that they will not be able to attack the capital?

Temporary truce, in exchange for a moment of tranquility in the capital.The military rations have been prepared, and the soldiers will not be hungry.However, there is no supply of food for the people, and young people with some strength can still leave Beijing to find food outside, while the elderly can only sit and wait to die.

"Niang Niang?" Baoshan supported Shen Guiyan, almost dying of anxiety: "Your belly is so big that the servants are afraid to look at it, don't go out again?"

"I can't trust other people, so I have to go and watch." Shen Guiyan got into the phoenix chariot, left the palace all the way, and went straight to the granary in the north of the city.

The grain she had saved before Wen Guozhang's rebellion was useful. Tens of thousands of shi of grain was enough for the elderly left behind in Beijing to live for a year.

Opening warehouses to release grain without taking any money, the capital that was originally dead seems to have regained its vitality.The common people can get porridge to drink, and Shen Guiyan even summoned the students in the school to help Gu Chaobei arrange it in the streets and alleys of the capital while taking care of the elderly.

The capital cannot be guarded for too long, but it must be guarded.

"The lofty sky, pity our country. The lives are in misery, and the dead are innocent!" A scholar said angrily, "Even if they are allowed to attack the capital, such a heartless person will not be able to sit on the throne!"

Shen Guiyan listened, sighed, leaned on the carriage, and settled the people everywhere.There was food in the capital, and some of the people who fled came back instead.The prefectures and counties around the capital are short of food, but today's imperial concubines are giving out food for free!
"Your Majesty, I think that the release of food in the capital is a bit of a waste." Prime Minister Gu cupped his hands and said, "It's better to use it as a military salary, which will make our soldiers better at fighting."

Gu Chaobei touched a blue sachet at his waist, and smiled softly: "Prime Minister, that is the grain bought by Concubine Yan Gui, so let her handle it herself. If I forcefully take it, wouldn't it be too overbearing? ?”

"But..." Prime Minister Gu looked at the look in Gu Chaobei's eyes, sighed slightly, and finally stopped talking.

After one month, Shen Guiyan finally couldn't move because her belly was so big that she was about to give birth.Lying in the Yonghe Palace, all I heard was the sound of horns shaking the sky outside.

"Niang Niang..." For some reason, Bao Shan seemed to be crying a lot today, and his voice was trembling: "I heard today that a 30 army has conquered the capital. We may not be able to hold this place."

With a slight pain in her stomach, Shen Guiyan took a deep breath, squeezed the hand of the treasure fan and said: "It's okay, if you can't hold it, we will go wherever the emperor goes, even if it is Huangquan."

It's just that I feel sorry for the child in her belly.

The 30 army is as powerful as a bamboo, and the number is suppressed. It is too large to kill.Wenshou Mountain has a unique trick, which allows people to disguise themselves as ordinary people and sneak into the capital, and when the army is attacking the city, they open the city gate.

This is simply unexpected. According to the original plan, if today's battle is unbearable, Gu Chaobei will lead his people to evacuate to Lizhou first.There is Prince Gong in Lizhou, who has already delivered a letter of willingness to help. Even if the capital is given up first and the green hills are kept, there is no fear of running out of firewood.

But Wenshou Mountain attacked too fast, even if Yuwen Changqing temporarily rebelled, he only had time to take 8 people to protect the emperor and escape from the capital.

"Wait, Yan'er..." Gu Chaobei frowned and wanted to turn around, but Yuwen Changqing stopped him.

"If the imperial concubine stays, there may not be anything wrong, but if you stay, the emperor, it will be over. There is no extra time."

(End of this chapter)