Troubled Times Survival Raiders

Wu Junyi hasn't rested for a long time.

Since Xianbei went south, he hasn't left the Wenhua Palace. He is either reading the memorials sent by the front, studying maps, and discussing matters with the ministers.The last time I rested on the bed seemed to be two days ago.

Not to mention him, the six ministers haven't been home a few times these days, and almost all of them are on call at the Yamen at any time.

Li Qi didn't dare to urge him to rest. In fact, even if Wu Junyi really lay down, he still couldn't fall asleep.In his mind, he kept replaying the bloody scenes he saw along the way when he was a child, which he could not understand at that time.

He was able to understand more and more why Shen Yu was afraid of seeing those people, and why Shen Yu felt so deeply guilty.After personal experience, empathy is no longer just words on paper. Wu Junyi can even be said to be a victim of the previous experience, but Wu Junyi is responsible for the current military chaos.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the great victory in Longzhou!" Wu Junyi was still in a trance when he suddenly heard a shout.Li Qi didn't even care about etiquette, he rushed in in a panic.

"Quickly report the performance to me!" Wu Junyi lifted his spirits, stood up suddenly, felt dizzy again, and had to support the table.But he didn't care about that much, and almost roughly grabbed the report from Li Qi's hand, and quickly read it at a glance:

The army and civilians in Longzhou resisted tenaciously and repelled the Xianbei cavalry with fireballs of thorns. Now Longzhou has been relieved.

"Good, good, good!" Wu Junyi praised three good words in succession.He continued to read, but he didn't speak any more, and frowned slightly.Xu Hongxian, the prefect of Longzhou, died in the line of duty.This memorial was drafted by Shen Rong.

When Wu Junyi sent Shen Rong to Longzhou at the beginning, he was only interested in his loyalty, and he could implement a mutual market with Xianbei.But he never expected that at such a critical moment, Shen Rong would be able to stand on top of the prefect and lead the army and civilians to withstand Xianbei's fierce attack.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help feeling a little scared.If there was no caltrop fireball at the critical moment, I am afraid that Longzhou has already fallen. I don't know if other states have such luck as Longzhou.

"Xianbei has retreated!" Wu Junyi's memorial was still in his hand, but another notification came from outside.

There was a gap of two days between the second report and the first one, the first one was delayed for a while at the post station, but this one was delivered at about the same time.Wu Junyi was afraid of changes, so he hurriedly opened it to read it. It was sent by Songzhou. The report said that Xianbei really went to Songzhou after withdrawing from Longzhou. Shen Rong reported in advance, urging them to use fireballs, and sent They were supported by others and attacked back and forth, but they caught Xianbei by surprise. Now that the Xianbei people have withdrawn their troops, neither of the two prefectures could stand firm and did not pursue them.

After Wu Junyi read it, he still didn't dare to believe it. He immediately turned around and read it again from the beginning. After reading it again, he felt a little more at ease in his heart.But he still didn't dare to relax. "Copy the report to the Ministry of War... and other courtiers, I know everyone well. Copy another copy and send it northward to Zhang Jue. He knows how to do it. Recruit the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War."

"Now, it depends on how long the east side can last." Wu Junyi concluded.If he can hold out until the reinforcements arrive, Zhang Jue's ability will be enough to break the siege.But if he couldn't hold on... Wu Junyi didn't dare to think about it.

The war in the east is not going well.

In the past two days, the reports were sent one after another. The two sides fought four or five times in just two days.Moreover, Tongzhou is a small state, and there are not many soldiers stationed there. Now that it is besieged, it will not last long.Ruzhou is a plain, and the Xianbei cavalry has no obstacles in this Mapingchuan, so it is absolutely impossible for Ruzhou to send troops to support Tongzhou.

Wu Junyi was very anxious, but he couldn't exert himself.Xi Xianbei had withdrawn his troops, and he still had to discuss with the adults how to negotiate with Nanliang.Divide and attack, Wu Junyi also knew that this was the only way.East and West Xianbei are not a single iron plate, since they were established separately

No matter how Wu Junyi wandered around the Wenhua Palace, Tongzhou was already in danger. If there were no fireballs sent that day, the fall would have been even earlier.Zhang Jue had already led the army northward immediately, traveling day and night, but the fall of Tongzhou seemed to be only a matter of time.

Even Deng Xian was discussing abandoning Tongzhou and sticking to Ruzhou that day. "Your Majesty, please make a decision early!"

Wu Junyi understood what he meant, time is not waiting for anyone, and the opportunity for war is fleeting. Now give Zhang Jue an order, and Zhang Jue can directly enter Ruzhou City.But if Zhang Jue hadn't arrived yet, and the city of Tongzhou was destroyed, Zhang Jue and others would face the Xianbei army who were waiting for work, and they might lose more than they would win.

However, did the people in that city deserve to be slaughtered, robbed, and reduced to Xianbei's slaves?Wu Junyi looked at the marching signs of Zhang Jue and others on the map, frowning.

That day he sat facing the map until late at night. He thought about the plants and trees in Tongzhou, the common people and soldiers, and everything in Ruzhou. He thought, if Shen Yu was sitting in front of him at this moment, what would Shen Yu do? How to say?

——Do as you want, no matter what you choose, just do it with a clear conscience.

By the middle of the night, he finally wrote the handwriting ordering Zhang Jue to guard Ruzhou.That word is sonorous and powerful, but it is as heavy as a thousand weights. It is the most difficult word he has written.But after finishing writing, he got out of hesitation and immediately asked someone to send out the handwriting.

However, Wu Junyi finally made up his mind to send out the handwriting, but it didn't come in handy. Not long after dawn, the Tongzhou memorial was delivered again:

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Tongzhou rescue!"

"How come!?" Wu Junyi fell into surprise.According to Zhang Jue's report, he hasn't even arrived in Ruzhou yet!

Is it...

"It's Mr. Zhang... the traitor Zhang Jicai!" Li Qi almost mistook Mr. Zhang. He looked at Wu Junyi's face with trepidation, but Wu Junyi didn't notice his slip of the tongue for a moment.

Just yesterday evening, Zhang Jicai sent troops to the west, heading straight to the capital of the Dai King!

Maybe Zhang Jicai has been dormant for too long, even the Eastern Xianbei has forgotten this old enemy. When he went south, the country was empty, and it was being delivered to Zhang Jicai!

Today's Daiguo is no longer the Dong Xianbei who wandered on the grasslands and migrated around. This time, the leader of Dong Xianbei did not personally lead his troops south. He and his wife and children are still in the capital!

Hearing that the king's capital was attacked, the Xianbei army that besieged the city couldn't stand it any longer, and immediately withdrew most of the troops to go back to rescue.The pressure on Tongzhou was greatly reduced, and he managed to survive until this day.

"Zhang Jicai!" Wu Junyi repeated the name in shock.For this person, Wu Junyi's feelings have always been very complicated. When he was young, he naturally regarded him as a traitor, hated him like hatred, and hated him to the bone. However, Zhang Jicai fought Xianbei for so many years and never flinched. Appreciation and some words of praise also subtly affected Wu Junyi's attitude.

But even so, Wu Junyi did not expect that Zhang Ji would send troops, not at all.

Of course they could say that Zhang Jicai's attack on Dai was a plunder, but if he really wanted to take advantage of the situation, he should wait until both sides were hurt, and send troops at this time. Objectively speaking, the biggest beneficiary would undoubtedly be Da Qi.

But these were just thoughts that flashed through my mind.Wu Junyi reacted immediately: "Order again! Ask Zhang Jue to enter Tongzhou immediately, bring the military rations to rescue, and prepare for negotiation!"

After being besieged for many days, Tongzhou may be close to running out of food.Speaking of which, we have to thank Shen Yu, otherwise, in previous years, the granaries of the states would not have been so full.

Wu Junyi sighed lightly, and immediately recruited people to discuss the peace talks.The reason why Dong Xianbei still left part of the army was because it wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot.Wu Junyi understood that the Xianbei people just wanted to get some benefits. For example, Xixianbei obviously didn't work hard, otherwise they would not retreat when they were attacked by the two states. If they waved their troops back again, Tongzhou would definitely not be able to bear it.

So we still have to negotiate peace and pay tribute.

The ministers hurried into the palace again, thinking that Tongzhou had fallen, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Zhang Jicai sent troops to rescue them, but what they saw was Wu Junyi, who was more solemn and stern than when Tongzhou was trapped.

"Give me another two years..." Wu Junyi condensed all the unspeakable words between the monarch and his ministers into this sentence, which still has more meaning.

Two years, two years at most, Da Qi will definitely pay back all the grievances of today!

At that moment, everyone was aware of the young emperor's anger and ambition, but they all remained silent, and then calmly discussed the peace.

When Minister Xuan entered the palace, Wu Junyi already had a figure in mind to discuss with them for a while, so he wrote to the two prefectures respectively, giving instructions: to increase the tribute, the Eastern Xianbei is less than the Western Xianbei.

Wu Junyi still remembered the Prince of Nanliang who loved Confucianism, and specially wrote him a book, reminiscing about the friendship between the two countries when they met in the capital, and condemning this treachery.

After all, the Xuanqing League is still there, and it was the Xianbei people who broke their faces first. If you don't use this kind of reason, you won't use it.Moreover, the Eastern Xianbei army is still restrained by Zhang Jicai, so it would be a fool not to bully it at this time.have opinions?It's best to have an opinion, Wu Junyi wished Dongxi Xianbei would not like each other, so they would fight.

Zhang Jue is definitely not a fool. He brought reinforcements to Tongzhou, sent envoys to negotiate aggressively, and accused Xi Xianbei of breaking the covenant.In the end, Zhang Jue tried his best to push down that number a bit.

As for the accusations of "spineless" and "cede land for compensation" in the court, Wu Junyi is out of sight and out of mind, just don't listen.The war has just ended, and there are still many things to do. Those who have meritorious service should be rewarded, those who have done nothing should be punished, and the soldiers who died in battle should be buried and paid for.

Shen Rong, for example, happened to fill the vacated post of governor of Longzhou.

Wu Junyi also announced that soldiers who died or were injured in battle could get land for their meritorious service and be exempted from taxes.

The civil servants were naturally dissatisfied with raising the soldiers in this way, but they forgot that Wu Junyi is already an iron-handed monarch who has experienced wars.

All those who wrote to criticize were relegated, dismissed from office, or exiled to the border.In Wu Junyi's words: "Since you have an opinion, the Qing family might as well give it a try."

The more dissatisfied people are, the more they value their reputation as a civil servant.Seeing Wu Junyi's treatment, they immediately became honest.

In June, Shen Yu's memorial entered Beijing: the first batch of ships dispatched by the Municipal Shipping Department had returned, and all the gold and silver belongings they brought back arrived in Beijing.