Chapter 458: Sloppy rivers and mountains

Chapter 458 The Rampant Mountains
The army of the imperial court has passed Qinshui for more than a month. The concerns of the courtiers did not appear before, and everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Min Yong's fighting power is average, the fighting has been quite smooth so far, so his morale is very high. The initial killing was done by the soldiers. With the cooperation of the navy division, it was not too difficult for the trained Da Sui to kill Qinshui. Min Yong, who had been clamoring for the soldiers in the early stage, gradually participated in some battles after crossing the river. Although their quality was still not outstanding, after all, their equipment was better than the rebels.
After fighting a few victories, the morale of these brave soldiers increased. The rebels' defenses were compressed step by step, and after the self-confidence came up, the battalion gradually became independent.
Qinshui is the biggest natural barrier for the rebels, but the lack of a rebel is the biggest weakness.
Da Sui's navy has always been low-key, but its strength is undoubted. When Nan Chen was defeated in the same year, Nan Chen, who was known as the world's first, did not persist in the presence of Da Sui. Twenty years ago, the merchant team that attacked the Shang State, known as the Marine Division, was also unable to fight back under the crushing of the Da Sui Marine Division.
The strength of the army is built on national strength.
The Dasui Marine Division is fully equipped, the battleship is sturdy, and mature tactics have been formed for hundreds of years.
After passing through Qinshui, after the army entered Hexi Road, they fought almost every day. The defense lines of the rebels were so thick that every village and every fortress had to fight for it. Li Yuanshan asked his generals to constantly put pressure on the rebel soldiers, telling them that there was no resistance and no way to live. Their participation in the rebels was an impunity for the court, and if they wanted to live, they could only take up arms to resist.
Therefore, although the progress of the imperial army was not slow at first, few rebels surrendered actively.
For this, the court officials accompanying the army were often puzzled. They really don't understand why those fools would rather believe Li Yuanshan's nonsense than the court's successive amnesty. His Majesty made the decree before the Western Expedition. All rebel soldiers who surrendered their weapons and surrendered could not be blamed as long as they had not done any evil. But this amnesty was promulgated for a long time, but not many people believed it.
In fact, this is no wonder. Although the people had to obey the thief as a last resort, it was the same as having to steal. The government issued a notice saying that as long as they took the initiative to surrender, they could be exonerated, and basically the thieves did not believe it.
In the final analysis, nothing but the word ghost in my heart.
In November, the army captured Hengyuan, and His Majesty recovered it in one of the seven palaces in the northwest. Although the things in the palace have long been looted, after all, this is a relatively inspiring victory. The rebel general Shi Lei, who was stationed in Hengyuan, led his army to retreat westward forty miles and re-armed on the Yangjiaoshan front.
The scale of the Hengyuan Palace is not large, and it is not as rich as the Guangyang Palace in Xiangzhou. A Guangyang Palace reserve of grain, grass and armor weapons is enough to equip tens of thousands of troops.
The emperor, who had lost a lot of weight, refused Su Buwei's support to walk up the stone steps of Hengyuan Palace. This is only a short period of two or three years. This palace is beyond recognition. Although this is also the first time His Majesty the Emperor entered here, I can still feel the decline of this palace in the past two years.
The slate-covered yard was already full of wild grass. No one took care of it. Weeds were easily drilled out of the slate gap, and it took only one spring to capture the entire palace. With no maintenance, the speed at which the house breaks down always seems so amazing. The vermillion palace wall was originally painted, and the skin of the wall had fallen off, and a lot of arrow towers and watchtowers were added to the wall to make the palace wall look nondescript.
The horses lined up outside the palace door seemed even more desolate.
The emperor stepped slowly on the dust and weeds on the stone steps. He kept looking around, there was a touch of anger in his eyes.
This is his palace, which represents the majesty of the emperor, and now it has become a stable, a cattle circle!
His gaze stayed on a rebel banner on the roof of the palace before he could remove it, and his face became harder to look at. Su Buwei immediately understood the meaning of the emperor, pointed his finger at the location of the flag and rebuked a few words. Several guards in Jinyi immediately ran over, looked for a ladder and climbed to the house to pull the flag.
The inner guard is now dead. After Luo Weiran was driven out of Chang'an by the emperor, it was Su Weiwei's dark guard who took over the duties of the inner guard. The dark guard mentioned the dark from the dark, using the name of the inner guard, but for the sake of distinction, people now call the people who are not afraid of Jin Jin school.
Flying fish robes fell, and Jinyi school was unreliable.
"Although I haven't been here, this courtyard is my private house. As an emperor, I can't even keep my own private house. I'm sorry the ancestors."
The emperor stood on the platform talking to himself, terrifying the ministers who followed him. General Wen Chen was kneeling down, and no one knew why the emperor suddenly had such feelings. The emperor said he was sorry to the fathers and ancestors, so those who are courtiers cannot be forgiven.
"His Majesty……"
Su opened his mouth, but was stopped by the emperor: "No need to persuade him, he just blames himself. Taizu established the country, Taizong started his business, and the Yang family took over a powerful empire built over 100 years into his hands. But he didn't keep it. It has nothing to do with you, it's your own business. "
Say nothing, how can it be nothing?
The courtiers hurriedly nodded: "Catholics wait for death!"
"Let's all get up."
The emperor waved his hand: "I just feel something, and you don't have to be so trembling. You have to go through some unsmooth things to make things more diligent and prudent. Without Li Yuanshan's rebellion, I won't easily rectify the government. Raging, I wo n’t see the other side of the people. The predecessors said that they broke up, the Northwest has been in trouble, and governance from scratch. It is only easy to change from disorder to chaos, and it is not easy to change from disorder to chaos. Lost ground, you should now think about how to make people obey and stop being thieves! "
"The ministers respect the teachings of His Majesty."
Everyone got up, followed the emperor and walked forward.
"Before I arrived in Northwest China, although I hated Li Yuanshan for rebellion. Why don't you think this person has some ambitions and courage? When I was in Changan, I told myself to face up to this opponent. But after I arrived in Northwest China, I was more relaxed You see ... "
The emperor stretched his fingers around him: "Even if it was stolen, it will be lost sooner or later. Li Yuanshan only knows plundering and not raising people, how can it last long!"
After this sentence was finished, it immediately led to a scolding and scolding of Li Yuanshan and praise to the emperor.
The emperor stood in front of the palace hall, looked up at the mottled plaque and shook his head: "Take this plaque too ... make a new one. Break it up and stand, and all the old and useless ones must be wiped out To fall, can there be new ... "
Everyone didn't understand the following sentence.
Only the emperor knew what he was talking about.
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Sitting in the cleaned up side hall, the emperor pulled the brocade and wrapped it tighter. The weather in the northwest made him uncomfortable, especially at night, and the two quilts around him still felt uncomfortable. The lights in the room were very bright, but there were always corners that could not be illuminated, just like the emperor's heart.
Su dreadfully waited for the emperor to take the medicine, and then stood side by side.
"The dregs are handled well, so don't let anyone see them."
The emperor took out a handkerchief, wiped his mouth, gave a command, and looked at the memorials sent from Beijing in front of him, frowning slightly. These discounts were picked by Pei Yan, mostly trivial. The imperial court's biggest problem now is counterinsurgency. As for how many people have been frozen to death in a certain place and officials in a certain place have neglected their duties, the emperor has no intention to deal with it.
"Send an individual back to Beijing and tell Pei Yan that such a discount will not be sent over again. Wanli, how much manpower and material resources was wasted! There is a disaster in the local area, and the local government ’s help is that if there is a shortage of food and grass materials, let Pei Yan hold the Ministry of Housing officials. Transfer. If the turnover is not enough, just open the position. 朕 Let the three of them be assistant ministers, instead of letting them be postmans, they will only send the discount to the northwest. Although the prince is young, but the common sense, the gains and losses, the general knowledge, And the queen's advice, he can take his own ideas for many things. "
"Princes and senior citizens also worry that they can't do well."
Su Buwei bowed his head: "The slaves arranged for Minger to return early in the morning and inform His Royal Highness His Royal Highness and the three ministers.
"Ok"
"The tartars are in the northwest. It's not these folds ... Where has the left-winger entered? Now how are the troops in the Jiangnan County mobilized? Why didn't all the folds come up, and the person sent to ask Pei Yan, why is he? Screening of the performance! "
"Slaves obey."
As I was talking, suddenly someone asked for it. The night was dark, and it was obviously urgent for someone to come in at this time. The emperor signaled that Su Buwei hurried to open the door.
The wind poured into the room as soon as the door opened, and the candlelight swayed.
The emperor seemed a little dissatisfied and looked sideways to see who was so late and asked for it.
After a while, Su Buwei came back, followed by General Xu Yougong, General Xu Xiaogong, and General Liu Enjing, General Zuo Wuwei. Seeing the two of them coming in, the emperor's heart tightened involuntarily.
"It's so late, but there is an emergency military service?"
He sat upright and asked.
"His Majesty……"
Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing first saluted. Xu Xiaogong looked up and said carefully: "Someone came from Langru Mountain today, ran for more than a month, passed through the area occupied by the rebels, and several talented people were found here. Bring a message ... "
"Oh?"
The emperor could not help but smile: "But what good news did Yang Kai send to Lu? He knew it was not easy. After the defeat, he gathered the defeated soldiers on the spot. In the past two years, he has regained a lot of places. The court supplies, without logistical support, a lone army persists until now, it is difficult for him. "
"No ..."
Xu Xiaogong hesitated, and said in a low voice: "King Asahi ... did not fight ..."
The emperor's smiling expression gradually solidified, and the hand holding the tea cup was stiff in the air.
With a snap, the tea cup fell from the emperor's hand and broke into pieces.
"When……"
"It was a month and a half ago to return to His Majesty. In order to cooperate with the imperial army's western expedition, Wang Ye personally went down the mountain to survey the rebel Xi Daying, and was discovered by the rebels on horseback. Eventually outnumbered ... "
"I know."
The emperor waved his hand: "Let's go down ... weary."
He sat back slowly and pulled the quilt over to cover it.
Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing looked at each other and got up to leave. Just when the two of them had just reached the door, they suddenly heard a coughing sound behind them. The two were startled, and quickly turned back, only to see that the emperor sitting on the earthen owl had coughed, and clutched the horn tightly in his hands.
The two were startled, and hurried back to EbookFREE.me. They took a step and saw the emperor spit out blood.
The emperor glanced at the two scarred generals, who were scared. He shook his hand and reached out to take a handkerchief and wipe the corners of his mouth: "Today, if you let outsiders know about this, slap you nine people."
Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing immediately knelt down: "Don't dare ... Majesty, let's return to the capital, the dragon is the most important thing."
The emperor shook his head slowly: "I want to go back, but it's not the time. He originally planned to give you a will in a few days. Since you are here today, I will just leave it to you."
He glanced at Su Buwei: "You go out."
Su didn't dread for a moment, but still bowed out.
"朕 tomorrow will send you two to lead the troops south, and the left-back Luo Yao will besiege the rebels who siege Yin Poshan. But after you two headed south, you will return to Chang'an City immediately. You have transferred the Yangtze River Division The fleet is waiting in the lower reaches of Qinshui, don't show signs ... "
The emperor took the secret message from his body: "Look again on the road, remember, the errand that you gave to you is the Jiangshan of the Great Sui!"