Unparalleled Concubine - v2 Chapter 993

   Chapter 993 You can’t look at the north and the south!

The war in the north is tight, and the Zhenbei army is very simple to guard the gate, but compared to the north, the situation in the capital is not much easier. After Li Xin returned to Beijing, he was locked in his Jinganhou mansion. , There are people from the court everywhere, and they can’t go anywhere.

During this period, the emperor called him into the palace three times and talked with him about Tianlei, but the two did not reach it in the end. The emperor Yuanzhao had the idea of ​​killing his master more than once. Forced the young emperor to calm down.

This day, it’s already July, the hottest season of the year, even in Yonglefang, there are few pedestrians on the road, everyone hides at home to escape the heat, but this afternoon, a car The purple sedan still stopped at the entrance of the Marquis of Jing’an. Xiao Huai, dressed in clothes similar in color to the sedan, respectfully invited Li Xin to the sedan.

Li Xin walked from the Hou residence to the sedan chair, and sweat began to appear on his forehead. Fortunately, the sedan chairs in the palace were all iced this season. The temperature in the sedan chairs was not too high, but he was following Xiao Huai, who was walking beside him, and a few inner guards who were carrying the sedan chair, suffered the guilt. Before taking a few steps, several people were covered in sweat.

   Li Xinping usually only rides in carriages, not sedan chairs, but this time he couldn’t help himself. He glanced at Xiao Huai and asked, “Why is Eunuch Xiao Xiao here today?”

   Some time ago, the palace sent people to invite him into the palace many times, all of which were brought by Xiao Zheng himself.

  Xiao Huai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, “Master Hui, the weather is hot, and the godfather is old. If he can’t eat this bitterness, the servants came for him.”

   Lord Jingan closed his eyes and said lazily, “You are filial.”

   Xiao Huai lowered his head and wiped his sweat, but said nothing.

   The time the two of them were talking, the sedan chair had stopped at the gate of Weiyang Palace. As soon as the sedan chair got off and walked into Weiyang Palace, a cool breeze hit the face, which made it a lot more comfortable.

   Xiao Huai bent over and led the way in front of his head. It didn’t take long before he led Li Xin to the door of a side hall of Weiyang Palace. Li Xin looked up and found that it was the place where the emperor ate.

When the emperor of Chengde was the emperor, the emperor of Dajin still lived in the Changle Palace. Later, after the change of the Renchen Palace, the emperor Taikang was a little afraid of living in the Changle Palace, so he moved to the Weiyang Palace. Since then, the emperor Taikang has often Calling Li Xin to enter the palace to drink, he knew Weiyang Palace very well.

   As soon as I entered this side hall, I saw that a table of wine and food was already placed on the low table in the hall. The young Emperor Yuan Zhao sat on the side of the low table and seemed to have been waiting for Li Xin for a while.

  Li Xin walked into the side hall, the emperor stretched out his hand and waved, and withdrew from the palace servants, then pointed his finger at the opposite of him, and said, “Teacher, please take a seat.”

  Li Xin sat generously opposite the Emperor, first glanced at the wine and dishes on the table, and then said with a smile, “Does your Majesty want to treat me to a meal?”

   Emperor Yuanzhao reached out and poured Li Xin a glass of wine, and said in a sullen voice, “If this is the case, the teacher will not be alive today.”

   After he finished speaking, he raised his glass and offered a toast to Li Xin. Li Xin lifted the glass and touched it with the emperor.

   After putting down the wine glass, the emperor kept silent and drank another glass by himself.

   On the contrary, the Marquis of Jing’an took a few bites of vegetables, and after padding his stomach, he asked, “Your Majesty is so upset, presumably the situation in the north is very bad?”

During this period of time, although Li Xin lived in the Marquis of Jing’an’s mansion, he was always watched by the palace servants sent by the palace. Even when he was sleeping, the palace maids in the palace would sleep beside him, and he had no contact with him at all. With the opportunity of outside news, the news of Shen Gang and others could not be passed on to him. At this time, his eyes were smeared. He could only rely on himself to speculate on the extent of the war in the north.

  According to his estimation, by June and July, Yuwen’s attack had lasted for at least three months, and this time should be the most difficult time for Zhenbei Army.

   “Not just north.”

   The emperor’s tone was cold.

“The Southwest Army created by the teacher in the southwest is very strong. In three months, it has destroyed more than 30,000 people in Hanzhong! Xie Jing who fought did not dare to leave the city, so he could only defend according to Hanzhong. Hiding in Ankang, unable to move!”

Hanzhong and Ankang are both at the gates of Bashu. The imperial court used troops in these two places to guard the gates of the southwest, but at the moment, the two soldiers and horses were beaten and could only shrink their heads, which means that at this time If the Southwest Army no longer pays attention to them, they can drive directly to the capital!

   Of course, doing so entails the danger of being surrounded by two sides.

   But no matter what, the Southwest Army on the southwest side has already taken the absolute initiative. If the fight continues like this, the imperial troops in Hanzhong and Ankang will suffer heavy losses, and even the Southwest Army will break through the city and knock them out!

As for the situation in the north, it is even more unsatisfactory. Since June, the Yuwen Department has launched a fierce attack on Jimen Pass for a month. Although all of them have been defended by the Zhenbei Army, the Zhenbei Army has paid a great deal of attention. At the tragic price, the Zhenbei Army killed more than 20,000 people, suffered tens of thousands of serious injuries, and countless minor injuries. The toasting wine used for disinfection in Jizhou City is no longer enough, and the city’s defense materials have also been consumed. Seven, seven, eight, eight, if the imperial court has no reinforcements to rush to Jizhou, as long as the Yuwen Department fights like this for another month, the Jimen Pass will be broken!

However, the imperial court’s 50,000 forbidden troops have not arrived in Jizhou at this time because they have to **** supplies. When they arrive in Jizhou, the Zhenbei Army will not say that the soldiers are empty, at least the morale of the army will be gone. With these 50,000 people to guard Jimen Pass, it will not be able to keep it for a few months.

However, the Yuwen Department’s attack was not completely without cost. This crazy style of play led to the Yuwen Department’s death and aggravated injuries of more than 50,000 people within a few months. The conditions on the grassland are harsh, and serious injuries are basically equivalent to If they were dead, if it wasn’t for the Xianbei people who were not afraid of death, they would have been unable to support the withdrawal.

All in all, the current situation in the imperial court is very dangerous. In the past few days, Emperor Yen Zhao called several Saisukes to hold a meeting with the governors of the Grand Governor’s Office. Several Saisukes agreed that once the situation deteriorated a little more, the north and south sides would be broken at the same time. At that time, even if the Great Jin does not perish, the national fortune will take a sharp turn for the worse, and it will take at least three or four generations of Mingjun to recuperate to recover.

   However, in the monarchy era, if the three generations did not faint, the ancestors’ graves were already smoked. Where would there be three generations of Mingjun?

From this morning until now, Gongyangshu and the other Taisukes discussed with the Emperor for a whole day. The Emperor also told Li Xin’s conditions to the other Taisukes, but the discussions did not come to fruition until the afternoon. The Emperor could only Li Xin called into the palace.

Hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Li Xin pondered for a while and said slowly: “Your Majesty, from the beginning to the end, the ultimate goal of the Southwest is to restore the old homeland of Nanshu, the whole Southwest plus Hanzhong, it is already It was all the territory of Nanshu back then, and Shu has never had the ambition to compete in the world. I can write a letter to Mu Ying in the southwest, as long as the army of the imperial court withdraws from Hanzhong Ankang, they will not leave Shu.”

   Emperor Yuan Zhao lowered his head and took a sip of wine.

   “What about the teacher’s condition?”

   “I still have that condition.”

   Li Xin said solemnly, “I want to take Ye Mao out of Beijing.”

   (end of this chapter)