From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 239

On the carriage, King Jing looked at the map with his brows furrowed.

After a long silence, he sneered and said, "It's just a last-ditch struggle."

He looked at the old man beside him and said calmly, "I don't know where they got the information from. They should have known that Xuanfu had also rebelled. They were forced to flee to the northeast."

"Over there is the endless Yanshan Mountains. They don't carry any supplies. They can only flee for one or two days at most."

The old man said in a deep voice, "To the east of Yanshan is the important town of Jizhou, which is not short of food."

King Jing said, "Of course they want to go to Jizhou, but unfortunately we are too close to them. The road to the south has been blocked, so their small number of people can't go to Jizhou at all."

"To be honest, if those dozens of strong men were not too brave and seemed to have endless physical strength, we would have taken it."

The old man thought for a moment before saying: "Specialized armor cannot be made in a day or two. These dozens of sets of armor should be prepared in advance. Your Majesty may have thought of this day and planned a lot for this. Don't be careless."

King Jing smiled and said: "How could I underestimate her? I have experienced her methods nine years ago."

"Her plan should be to lure out I came, and destroyed my legitimate foundation, so as to use the Xuanfu garrison to defend the king and completely defeat me. ”

“It’s a pity that Guan Miaoshan didn’t expect Xuanfu to belong to me, so she could only run away and flee to Yanshan in the northeast.”

The old man took a deep breath and said, “If you delay, something will happen. You can’t delay. I always feel that the other party’s reaction is not embarrassing, and I have a bad premonition in my heart.”

King Jing smiled lightly and said, “What other tricks can they have? Even if they send pigeons to let the garrisons in Shandong and Jizhou come to the king, it’s too late.”

"We have succeeded this time."

After saying that, he looked at the map and said in a deep voice: "The Yanshan Mountains blocked their way. Send a pigeon to Yao Guangyi and ask him to lead 50,000 troops from Juyongguan to join us in besieging Guan Miaoshan."

"My five military camps have 60,000 troops, plus Xuanfu's 50,000 troops, a total of 110,000. If we besiege them at the foot of Yanshan, we can slaughter them like lambs."

...

In the front team, there were six people squeezed on a carriage. They were naturally the core figures of the Jin Dynasty and the five cabinet ministers.

Yang Guozhong, the Grand Secretary of Taiji Palace, the Special Advancement of Ronglu, the Grand Master, and the First Assistant of the Cabinet.

Deng Bochi, the Inspector of the Left Supervisory Censor and the Grand Secretary of Dongji Palace and the Second Assistant of the Cabinet.

Xu Shigong, the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and the Cabinet Minister.

Zeng Cheng, the Right Supervisory Censor of the Inspection Office and the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Pavilion and the Cabinet Minister.

Wang Duo, Minister of Works and Cabinet Minister.

And the last Minister of War, Wu Qingrong, although not a cabinet minister, this is a war after all, so he must be there.

Apparently, Wu Qingrong was quite professional in this regard. He showed the map and said in a deep voice, "Our overall direction now is northeast, but we can't go too far. It's almost dawn now. How long can we escape? Another 300 miles to the northeast is the Yanshan Mountains, and there is no way."

"The only way is to go to Jizhou, where there are 80,000 defenders. At the same time, we can send Qu Shaogeng to the north to defend the king."

Yang Guozhong said in a deep voice, "Jizhou is an important border town. Further east is the territory of the Tartars. Wouldn't it be too dangerous to go there?"

Wu Qingrong smiled bitterly and said, "The most dangerous one is King Jing. No matter how powerful the Tartars are, it is impossible for them to send troops from Shenzhou overnight to break through Jizhou."

Deng Bochi said, "Your Majesty is very abnormal. He insists on going to the northeast instead of Xuanfu. It is probably because something happened in Xuanfu."

As soon as this was said, everyone changed their faces.

Zeng Cheng glared and said, "Xuanfu has more than 100,000 troops!"

Xu Shigong waved his hand and said, "How can a large army be sent out at the same time in an important border town? Yao Guangyi is an old general and will not make such a low-level mistake. At most, there will be 40,000 or 50,000 troops."

"That's terrible!"

Zeng Cheng said loudly, "There are 90,000 troops in the five military camps. Even if they are not paid, there must be 60,000 or 70,000 people, right? If something happens in Xuanfu, plus 50,000 troops, that would be 110,000 or 120,000 troops."

"Even if we insist on going to Jizhou, we may not be able to stop it. The siege of the rebels. "

Wu Qingrong smiled bitterly and said, "My lords, wake up, it is impossible to hold on to Jizhou. The rebel king's army is sandwiched from the south, and we will be blocked at the foot of Yanshan Mountain."

"Look at the map. North of Jizhou, the Yanshan Mountains are jagged across the land, running from southeast to northwest. If we move forward like this, we will be blocked near Miyun Lake, unable to advance or retreat, and unable to communicate from north to south."

"At that time, we will be dead."

As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.

At this moment, Yang GuozhongBut suddenly he asked: "Why didn't Song Zhuguo move?"

Everyone was shocked, and then they remembered that Dajin still had Song Shanao. As the Grand Marshal of the Army and the First-Class Duke, he had unparalleled prestige in both the court and the army. Facing such a major event, he was still in seclusion in the palace!

Deng Bochi said: "Maybe it happened suddenly, and the Duke of Zhenguo didn't have time to react."

Xu Shigong sneered: "Do you think the Duke of Zhenguo is a fool? Not to mention the capital, even if there is any disturbance in the Great Jin, he knows it better than anyone else."

"Obviously, King Jing has already informed him and explained everything."

Zeng Cheng said in horror: "In this case, what can Your Majesty do! The situation has reached this point, there is no hope of reversal at all!"

Yang Guozhong said: "I don't know, I don't know. To be honest, you have been officials for many years and have worked with my cabinet for nine years. There have been constant party struggles on weekdays, but... Have we really seen through Your Majesty over the years?"

This sentence made everyone silent. Seeing through His Majesty? They really have never done it.

In their eyes, His Majesty is always moody, and apart from being diligent and frugal, nothing else can be seen.

But they knew very well that His Majesty's succession was not legitimate, and the resources he controlled were limited, so he was almost unable to control the court situation, so the party struggles would intensify.

But on second thought, His Majesty seemed to have never suffered any major losses over the years.

I can't guess, I can't guess at all.

Yang Guozhong said lightly: "If this time, everything is His Majesty's plan, then we have to think carefully about how to go in the future."

In the future, will you dare to be as unscrupulous as before?

"No!"

Wu Qingrong suddenly yelled, scaring the five cabinet members.

"Wu Qingrong, why are you so startled!"

Deng Bochi couldn't help but blush with anger.

Wu Qingrong said, "No! No! My Lords, Yanshan... I always feel that I have heard this name recently. Didn't they say that Yanshan was on fire a few days ago!"

Zeng Cheng seemed to have thought of something and said anxiously, "More than 10,000 people from the Five Cities Military Department are all at the foot of Yanshan!"

Wang Duo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Princess Qinshui was stabbed a few days ago. Zhou Yuan, the commander of the North City Military Department, fought hard against the enemy. His life or death is still unknown."

"Now the Five Cities Military Department is all in Yanshan, and your majesty is also going to Yanshan. The North Mountain connects to Juyongguan, and there is also Yanshan to the east..."

"Maybe Zhou Yuan is not dead, and he is waiting there with his army!"

Yang Guozhong frowned and said, "More than 10,000 people, what can be accomplished?"

Deng Bochi said, "If your majesty has a plan in advance, then it is really... only more than 10,000 people from the Five Cities Military Department are waiting there?"

The six old guys looked at each other, and huge waves rose in their hearts.