Minister

178 [The second year of Zhenglong]

Facing the Khuzi who was kneeling in the tent, Wo Tuolei said nothing, and the other nobles lost their joyful mood at the moment, and all lowered their heads tremblingly.In this battle, more than [-] elite soldiers were lost, and many generals were damaged.Before, it was just a retreat, and the hereditary nobles lost their lives because of this. No one is optimistic about how to deal with the chiefs now.

Vottore frowned, and grabbed his hair with his hands, pulling and pulling, and he didn't have enough strength to pull a bunch of hair off.Taking a closer look, there were a few white hairs. Wo Tuolei felt a little bored, so he let go and threw them on the ground.

"You all go out, you! Stay." Wo Tuolei didn't look up, but everyone understood the meaning and quickly retreated.

When the big tent was empty, Wo Tuo Lei raised his head and looked at Zuzi, suddenly!He violently overturned the table in front of him to the ground, and threw the wine cup beside him on the ground, and the golden wine utensils rolled all over the floor.

"Say it! Say it! How can I do it! I won't kill you! You bastard! You bastard!" Wo Torrey gritted his teeth and lowered the volume.

Wo Tuolei seemed to be asking himself: "Think of a way, think of a way right away, I want to capture the capital! Immediately! Think of a way quickly, or I can't help but kill you!"

Kuiz knelt on the ground, as if he was not infected by the anger, and after serious thinking, he slowly replied: "We still have the ditch in front of the capital."

It is inevitable to attack the city by conventional methods, because the emperor of Daqi seems to have no choice to escape.

Tug of war?Wo Tuolei began to weigh his calculations: "Don't forget that Yulongguan still has our old opponent."

"And, I met Wei Chi."

Wo Torre looked at Zuz with wide eyes: "Wei Chi?"

"Yes, he was the one who blocked the reinforcements."

"Ha! Ha!" Wo Torrey turned the golden ring on his hand: "This man is an interesting man."

"I met him by chance, and our swords faced each other."

"You killed him?" Wo Torre was a little surprised.

"No."

"This little boy actually defeated you in melee??"

"No."

"You mean, you," Waltore snarled, "let him go???"

"Your Majesty, it is true."

This kind of behavior is indeed in line with this person's personality. Wo Tuolei felt that he was not only surprised, but his own feelings were very complicated, partly because of Kuz, and partly because Wei Chi was still alive.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I have always believed that if you can't outwit the capital, it will be basically difficult to conquer. Now there must be a way to outwit it, but the risk is obviously greater. The emperor of Qi lost his life because of his greed for merit, and even the country's death Dangerous situation. Now if our army captures the capital by chance, that would be great, but if we really stay here for a long time and cannot capture it, it will not be as simple as being attacked by the enemy."

"Do you think that because I lost to this little boy, you are worried that you will lose to him?"

"That's not true." Muzi suddenly smiled: "If it is a strong enemy that is difficult to conquer, how can I be willing to let him go? The reason for letting him go is because I think the capital is indeed difficult to conquer. One more person died, and the situation will not change in any way because of his life and death. This morning, when our army was defeated, drums sounded on the city gate, and it seemed that hundreds of people played together. Therefore, I deduce that there must be one person in the capital , he is determined and has the power to turn the situation around. Therefore, I can no longer take risks. The only way to break the capital is to break the capital in one fell swoop. If you delay the battle, the situation will definitely change. The crime of defeating the army is hard to offset. Don't be in trouble."

Wattore savored Zuz's words—had the situation changed?

Qin Wang, Wang Yunyi, these people have not moved yet.Why did I want to shoot the most powerful Emirates attacking the capital?In fact, I understand very well that this is a war that I can't afford to lose. The lessons learned by the emperor of Qi are here. If you conquer the capital by yourself, you will be able to sit in the Central Plains, but otherwise, you are just a praying mantis bug in the mouth of a oriole.Both Wang Yunyi and King Qin's troops were ready-made, and it would not take too long to rush to the capital to rescue them. Compared with the disparity between the enemy and us in the battle of Fengyi, it is really bloody.

Wattore untied the ropes tied to Zuzi and motioned for him to walk out of the tent with him.The fading sun shrouded the smoke on the battlefield. In order to replenish the military supplies in the trench at the gate of the capital, Monan's army had to approach the capital.Wattore didn't speak, just looked into the distance with a very serious expression.

It wasn't until the stars came up that Vottore made up his mind: "I can't give up. I'll give you another 4 people. You can find opportunities by yourself. I'll give you about ten days. When you can retreat, I will give you [-] people." You order."

Zuzi sighed secretly when he heard Wattore's decision: "Of order."

The letter to Wang Yunyi and the decree sent to King Qin have already reached the hands of these two people, but what Yu Mian waited for was Hu Runzhi!

Hu Runzhi's departure did not alarm anyone. When the imperial bureaucracy was running smoothly, even if the news could not reach the capital, the news should be notified to the local authorities, but King Qin and Wang Yunyi didn't hear any news, and 10,000+ people had already rushed to the capital. .

Chiefs tried to use the captured trenches to organize a siege according to Wattore's deployment.While plundering the wealth of the Central Plains, Votore began to carefully prepare for reinforcements.

Here comes the oriole.

Not ten days, but three days, Hu Runzhi's troops brushed past Votore's garrison troops lightly.

Hu Runzhi was a little depressed to find that the capital had not fallen as he thought. After a short trial, he stationed his large troops in the suburbs of Beijing.

Votore quickly found out the name of the opposing general. He was not very clear about the intricate relationship with the Qi State, so he thought it was King Qin's forward.Hu Runzhi's troops did not form a formation, but quietly formed a confrontational posture.

At this moment, there are still three days before the arrival of the forward of the real King Qin's army, and five days before the arrival of Wang Yunyi's forward.

When everyone was kept in the dark, Hu Runzhi had already found out everything, and he still had three days to "fall" the capital.

Why didn't King Qin's army attack the enemy?The officers and soldiers in the capital who were fighting Monan on the top of the capital wall couldn't figure it out!Just to the northwest of the capital, you can see a black banner with Qin written on it.But the reinforcements didn't seem to move.

Wei Chi was also puzzled: "I heard that Hu Runzhi is the vanguard of the reinforcements, do you understand?"

Populus euphratica belongs to Jinyiwei. He has participated in various cases of investigating officials, among which of course there are big figures like King Qin, Hu Runzhi?Of course I know this person, but he seems to be an honest man who knows how to fight: "I don't really know, because he is related to the emperor by marriage. Although he is close to King Qin, the emperor doesn't seem to have much interest in him."

ah!Hu Guifei!Wei Chi patted his head, pretending to be calm.

Concubine Hu Gui is the emperor's concubine, and she doesn't have much contact with the officials of the current dynasty, so of course most people are still happily waiting for General Hu's rescue.

At this moment, Yu Mian hesitated, because in front of him was the superstition sent by Hu Runzhi last night.This letter was written to the cabinet, because Yu Mian was the waiter of the Ministry of War and the commander in chief of this war, so I showed it to him.The content is very simple: at the end of the night, King Qin's army will clean up the enemy troops in the trenches, and ask the defenders of the capital to open the gates to cooperate and wipe out the enemies in one fell swoop.

The cabinet unanimously believes that the turning point has come, and of course it is to cooperate with General Hu to cooperate internally and externally.

Yu Mian hesitated, the reason is very simple - according to common sense, even if there are [-] reinforcements, how can they guarantee to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop?Opening the city gate at this moment is a very risky move, and it has no practical significance other than expressing confidence in victory.It would take a long time for the cavalry in the city to go out of the city to fight, and even for tens of thousands of people to run out of the north gate like a military parade.If you are facing Liutong trenches, even if reinforcements are in front, you will inevitably be blocked by infantry.It seems reasonable to a layman, but a veteran should not make such a mistake.

The elders of the cabinet are all people who have been in the officialdom for a long time, and everyone has their own thoughts about Yu Mian's analysis.Zhou Wenyuan felt that Yu Mian's analysis was reasonable, but even though he was still the chief assistant of the cabinet, he had to wait for Yang Shenyun to speak.Yang Shenyun also felt that what Yu Mian said was reasonable, but he also knew that everyone was waiting for him to speak, and this opening would entail taking responsibility.

If it is true as Mr. Yu said, then these 10 people will not be the traitors of the people of Monan, right?If he really didn't agree, there was a mistake in the capital, wouldn't it be a big crime for him?But if Hu Runzhi is allowed to enter Beijing, he still knows a thing or two about Hu Guifei's domineering, and Mao Yixuan explained the matter of snatching the prince very clearly to himself, so it is inevitable that the two of them have no ambiguity.Now that he's in a dilemma, he's not the chief assistant in the first place, wouldn't it be a miscalculation to be forced to take the lead?Yang Ge held back his mouth, and respectfully signaled that Zhou Ge should make up his mind.

Zhou Wenyuan wasn't afraid to make up his mind at the moment. If he got it wrong, everyone would admit it.But he didn't believe that Yang Ge always asked sincerely, so he was dumb for a while.

Everyone didn't speak, so they all looked at Yu Mian again.

Yu Mian could anticipate their concerns, but he didn't expect to be able to take these side issues to heart at such a juncture.Seeing that Master Yu was about to speak, Song Chuiping, who had always been a dumb gourd in the cabinet, stood up: "Master Yu's analysis is reasonable. This letter was written to our cabinet, and it should be our cabinet that should approve it. Mr. Yang Ge, Mr. Zhou The elder Ge has never been in contact with wars, so he can't make up his mind. I went through World War One and World War II in my early years, and I have some experience, so I don't think the city gate should be opened. What do you two elders think?" He picked up a pen and drew up a reply.

Elder Zhou Ge breathed a sigh of relief, took out the seal of the first assistant, stamped it, and showed it to Elder Yang Ge.

Yu Mian took the ticket stamped by the cabinet and planned to walk out of Xiyuan, he was a little surprised, he was about to go to the front line for deployment, but saw the old Song Chuiping tremblingly chasing after him.

"Master Yu!" The old man took a breath: "I am old and useless, you are the pillar of the country, you must cherish yourself, you must cherish yourself."

Yu Mian shook hands that were slack and smooth, and nodded gratefully.

Hu Runzhi, who did not wait for a reply, still initiated the entry into the Liutong trench as promised. The defenders of the Forbidden City did not receive the order to greet them in Kaesong, and fired cannons at the top of the city in a regular manner.The Monan army under heavy attack began to attack the city wall of the capital. Muzi braved the dust and smoke from the artillery fire to observe the enemy's situation with difficulty. Soon, he found that the opponent was very strange. Whenever he was oppressed and couldn't hold on, the opponent would pause Attack, give yourself a chance to breathe.And the opponent's attack surface seems to be very single, as if trying to drive his own people out of the trench and towards the city gate.

Hu Runzhi got his wish. For the convenience of supplies, the side of the six-pass trench leading to the city gate is only a few hundred meters away from the city gate.The gun holes on the city wall are evenly distributed, and this place is too close to the city wall. If the reinforcements do not supplement the artillery fire here, the city gate will easily become a weak link.A large number of Monan infantry were overwhelmed by the artillery fire and flocked to the city gate.

Muzi couldn't guess Hu Runzhi's background, but he sensed that this person's intentions were far from pure.

Will the gates be open?

Hoogewerf is waiting for the future.

Eunzi closely watched every move of the two sides. Under the fierce artillery fire, before facing the pressure of 10 people, before being cut off from the desperate situation, he found a glimmer of life for his 4 people, but need to wait.

The time has come.

The city gate was closed tightly, Hu Runzhi couldn't help but clenched the horsewhip in his hand, his ferocious expression flickered in and out of the artillery fire.

The pause of this attack was different from before, even the artillery fire on the city wall stopped.The two parties in Qi seem to be guessing at each other's intentions, and Yauzi knows that his chance has come.After all, this is a trench, and Emirates quickly organized manpower to launch a fierce attack on the reinforcements in front of him.

Hu Runzhi didn't want to make an unnecessary counterattack here, so he withdrew his troops.

That night, Wei Chi did not stand at the top of the city to obey Yu Mian's command, Zhou Wenyuan invited him to his home.Faced with the hospitality of the chief minister of the cabinet, Wei Chi was flattered.

In the future, the answer will be revealed.

Hearing the intermittent artillery fire outside the city, Zhou Wenyuan put down the teacup in his hand, changed his previous idleness, and seemed to be able to see Wei Chi's heart with his eyes.

After a pause, Zhou Wenyuan spoke: "Master Wei, Mr. Shu said bluntly, if you spend tonight, you will not be able to live a comfortable life."

Wei Chi was so shocked that he almost threw his teacup away, and somehow he was told by the chief minister of the cabinet that he could not live a comfortable life while chatting.

Zhou Wenyuan wrote two words and stuffed them into Wei Chi's hands.

Wei Chi opened the note hesitantly, and there were two words written on it.

Prince.

It was dawn, and the sun, which had not been seen for many days, came fiercely, and the glazed tiles of Dachen Palace shone brightly.Wei Chi was sitting in Xiyuan, Hu Runzhi was outside the city, Wang Yunyi's army was marching in a hurry, there were still two days to go, and King Qin was even more urgent, arriving tomorrow.

Wei Chi never thought that this war is not over, but gradual.

Hu Runzhi knew the answer, he looked at the empty Liutong trench unwillingly, and forced his ambition back into his heart.

The chief fisherman made a profit and ran all the way with his 4 people to join the large army.Although he violated Vottore's order again, this time the King of Monan felt lucky for it!His spies detected the movement of King Qin and Wang Yunyi.

The reason why King Qin marched in a hurry was because he knew that Hu Runzhi was not the forward he sent.

At this moment, Wang Yunyi received the news that Empress Wang was critically ill. Faced with this situation, Wang Yunyi's mood was no better than that of Hu Runzhi.

The people of the capital finally ushered in a Jedi counterattack after three days of war-torn No.60.But it seems that it is not as simple as the victory in Liuqiao Town. Nearly 50 people just fought lightly for half an hour in Pingjin. The four teams gathered together and then dispersed like eagles hovering over the capital. .

Chen Yuxiang breathed a sigh of relief, the recent anxiety made her have to temporarily put the Queen aside.Now that the outcome is finally fulfilled, the first thing to do is to tell her the great news, which is the first good thing since she was seriously ill.Yuxiang simply packed up and was about to take the prince with him, but he heard the notification that Wei Chi asked to see him.

"Master Wei, please come in!"

Wei Chi invited Ann, seeing Yuxiang's attire, he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"What's the matter, Master Wei?" Seeing that he was silent, Yuxiang had no choice but to open the mouth: "If there is no important matter, I will go to see the queen first, and my lord can wait for a while?"

"No!" Wei Chi realized that he was impolite when he spoke: "Chen, Chen, can I let you go with me?"

go together?

"Okay." Chen Yuxiang saw that Wei Chi's face was not right, and thought that he might have something to say.

The prince's sedan chair was in front, and Wei Chi, as a courtier, should have followed.But after a while, Wei Chi slowed down, Chen Yuxiang saw him like this, so he said to Tangtang: "Passing by the Imperial Garden, stop for a while, I want to take a look."

"Aunt Huang, are you not going to see the queen mother?" Chen Entropy didn't know why he had to stop. At this moment in early spring, there were no flowers and plants in the garden, and it was the most boring time.

"Master Wei, please come together."

Wei Chi quickly saluted and walked a few steps quickly.After entering the garden, Yuxiang handed Chen Entropy to Tangtang: "Prince follow Tangtang carefully, aunt and Master Wei talk."

Chen Entropy nodded quickly.

Turning around the dwarf tree in front of the door, a few jackdaws startled up. The snow in the garden was half-melted and half-condensed, black and yellow.

"Is Master Wei cold?" Chen Yuxiang remembered that Wei Chi didn't have a small hand stove like her.

"It's not cold, it's not cold, how could I feel cold?" Wei Chi was a little embarrassed.

"Master Wei must have something to say to Ben Gong, so you might as well say it directly."

"Princess, but is the princess going to visit the queen?" Wei Chi thought about his words: "I, I think something is wrong."

When Chen Yuxiang heard this, he was stunned for a moment: "Why is it wrong?"

"Princess calm down!" Wei Chi took a deep breath: "The Queen is General Wang,"

Chen Yuxiang interrupted Wei Chi: "Is it because of the Wang family behind the queen? Is it because of the Hu family outside the city, the Wang family, and my elder brother, King Qin? Is it because this palace and the crown prince should be on the side of the cabinet at this moment?"

"..."

"If we go to see the Queen at this moment, all the officials in the capital will inevitably have different ideas, and the Hu family will also think that this palace and the crown prince will stand with the Wang family?"

"..."

"Then, the situation will result in the three families fighting each other, especially the powerful military officials like the Hu family and the Wang family. At that time, it will be difficult for the palace and the crown prince?"

"No, no." It was the first time Wei Chi saw her so excited.

"So, Master Wei came to persuade me not to go to see the queen, not to see my dying relatives?" Chen Yuxiang held back tears for a long time, when the capital was in danger, but now he couldn't help it: "Queen Wang is not just the queen of Daqi, but the daughter of the Wang family. She is still a person, an ordinary woman. You guys! How can you bear to treat her like this?"

The difference in status made Wei Chi's hand hanging in the air a dilemma.

The cold wind does not diminish its prestige in the sun, and it blows in the ear.

Chen Yuxiang lowered her head, her tears couldn't help but fell on the snow. The hands in front of her were red from the cold, and they finally lifted up slowly, and the cold fingers helped her wipe away the tears.

The coldness on his face caused Chen Yuxiang's heart to tear apart.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Wei Chi said softly: "How about this, I will accompany the princess to the Queen's Palace privately. Outsiders don't know, so I guess it's okay."

"Huh?" Chen Yuxiang thought he heard it wrong.

"The queen's bedroom is not far away, so let the palace people wait here, and the minister will accompany the princess to go, and it will be a short walk through the front door. It should be very soon, and no one will know."

Chen Yuxiang looked at Wei Chi's face, still hesitating.

"bring it on!"

Because of the war, the curfew time in the palace became very long, the huge palace became empty, and the snow that no one cleaned made a slight noise when stepped on.Wei Chi wanted to walk faster, but he was afraid that the girl's little feet would be slipped by the snow, so after thinking about it, he still supported her shoulders.Wei Chi's coat was black, and Chen Yuxiang was petite, so covered up like this, it was almost tightly caged.

A faint sandalwood scent...

Faint...

Chen Yuxiang smiled comfortingly at himself.

After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, I finally arrived at another gate of the garden. In the distance, the queen's bedroom was in front of me, and the palace wall was in front of me.

"and many more."

"?" Wei Chi had no choice but to stop.

"Master Wei, look," Yuxiang sighed, "Look."

Wei Chi looked forward along Yuxiang's finger, but he didn't see anyone or anything else.

"flower."

The high palace walls reveal a little color.

The winter jasmine, Wei Chi remembered that spring, sitting in front of the door of the side yard, looking at the ledger with her.

The topic of the day seemed to be: Are we all clingy?

"Just stop here," Chen Yuxiang's words interrupted Wei Chi's train of thought.

"The queen's palace is in front, why not go?" Wei Chi didn't understand why she changed her mind.

"No need," Chen Yuxiang looked at the far palace wall: "Maybe in the eyes of the cabinet, even in the eyes of her relatives, she is just a queen, but I understand that she is just an ordinary wife who really cares for me Brother Huang. For this feeling, she has paid too much, too much. This is the responsibility she cannot escape as the daughter of the royal family and the queen of Daqi. In the eyes of others, it is a noble honor, but I know this is The most tragic oppression and humiliation. I used to think that I could fly out freely and choose the life I wanted. But now I accept my fate and know that the queen is no different from me. We are just sick and healthy. Wei Chi, we Let's go back."

"real."

Seeing Wei Chi's hesitation, Chen Yuxiang smiled at him comfortingly: "Master Wei can accompany me here, I am already very content."

In which palace is there no palace ban?Is there anyone who has gone without being known?You are willing to accompany me to come here, I am really, really, very contented.