My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 55: The news of bad things happened one after another, and the emperor of the DPRK raised his troops.
Baili was rushed to the palace some time ago.

Juxian Hall.

The long sleeves of the court dancer Yingying Yanyan are flying, accompanied by the wonderful clear sound, gently swaying the slender waist, graceful and charming, looking back, giving birth to a hundred charms.

The sound of chimes, silk and bamboo is soft, and the green smoke of sandalwood curls up.

Bei Miyano was wearing a black dragon robe with a slightly high collar and embroidered dragon claws with cloud patterns. On both sides below him, hundreds of civil and military officials were sitting in sequence. Grand Master Xiao Wenbi was also among them, sitting at the top on the left, closest to the imperial steps. , he looked at the song and dance with a solemn expression.

When the singing and dancing were over, a eunuch in front of the emperor waved the dancing girl away.

On the left and right, the two marquises and princes who won the civil and military championships in this court meeting came out. The two came from Jun and Fen states near the Hun River. They were summoned by the emperor in person to ask questions. They took a shower and changed clothes early in the morning and followed the officials into the palace. , waiting at the seat.

At this time, the two people walked to the middle and knelt down, "Gao Ting, Wang Huaiyi pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"Get up."

On the dragon chair, Kitamiya looked at the two of them, curled up the corners of his mouth, sat upright, and put his hands on the armrests.

"You are all the heirs who won the championship this time. My young talents will follow me from now on. You will listen to the court culture and talk about martial arts. In a few years, you will go to local places to practice. You must not imitate someone else and live up to my good intentions. .”

There was no need to say this 'someone' explicitly. Gao and Wang both knew that he was referring to the deceased Prince Su Yong of Ding'an. They quickly knelt down and touched their heads to the ground.

"I will never live up to His Majesty's grace."

"Why did you kneel down again and get up to speak?" The young emperor said in a stern tone, but with a smile on his face. He was obviously very satisfied with the trembling demeanor of the two of them, which showed his majesty as an emperor.

"Just in time, I have something here that I want you to hear and see what you have to say."

Kitamiya asked the eunuch to pass the news sent to them a few days ago to the two of them for reading. It turned out that Yanshan Ranch was robbed, all the soldiers and horses stationed there were killed, and a red smoke flying cloud horse that was paid tribute to the emperor was also robbed.

"My ranch is not big, but there are many good horses. They are handed over to the court every August. However, this winter, they were robbed. If someone hadn't seen horses running around outside and found the ranch to see what happened, I'm afraid No one knows yet.”

Yanshan Ranch is located at the foot of the end of the Yanshan Mountains. The terrain is connected to the grassland. The climate is cold and the water plants are extremely abundant. The weather is freezing in the winter months. During this period, few outsiders come. The nearby farmers also wait until the winter snow melts before coming out. I found There were horses and stallions looking for food outside, and they realized something was wrong at the ranch.

After a few days, the news reached the capital. Kitamiya was furious and immediately sent people to investigate. However, there was no reply yet, so he treated these two people as correct questions.

"Reporting to your majesty, these are just a bunch of thieves who are hiding in the cold winter. They are big-hearted, but also timid. They only hide in dark places."

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is not big or small. I raided the clan pasture without revealing my identity. Obviously, my identity has a greater influence. I am afraid of attracting Your Majesty's wrath. However, I also robbed the horse farm, so there must be a shortage of war horses. This is suspected of gathering troops to plot something nefarious. Speaking of Xiaoxiao, the racecourse is close to Yanshan. I have long heard that the Yanshan bandits roared in the mountains and forests, gathering thousands of people. They seemed to be powerful, but they lacked clothes, armor, weapons, and no support, and there was no discipline. It was difficult to attack the racecourse. However, we are lacking in attacking the city and taking the territory, so there is nothing to worry about.”

Gao Ting's martial arts skills were excellent, but in the racecourse, Wang Huaiyi clearly spoke to the emperor's heart.

Kitamiya nodded with a smile, quite satisfied with Wang Huaiyi's analysis, and then called a waiter to pour the royal wine reward for the two of them.Now one of the eight hereditary and irreplaceable marquises has been eliminated, and he is in a good mood. Two more people have joined his ranks, which can divide the hereditary and irreplaceable marquises in the two states.

The banquet resumes and the dancer enters the stage.

At almost noon, horses' hooves were flying on the Imperial City Palace Road. Seeing the command flags fluttering on their horses, the Imperial City guards did not dare to stop them. They also asked their colleagues in front to clear the road quickly and let the fast horses go first.

Tread...  

The horse's hooves churned, stepping on the tight floor tiles and rushed towards the palace where the emperor was currently. After a moment, the war horse stopped in front of the hall, and the scout jumped off the horse.

The eunuch in front of the Juxian Hall quickly descended the steps. Seeing the tired-looking soldiers, the eunuch did not dare to neglect, took the lacquer-sealed bamboo tube and trotted into the hall.

Kitamiya, who was talking to Gao and Wang, raised his eyes. The eunuch had already walked around from the general's seat, climbed up the imperial steps and handed it over to the emperor trembling slightly.

Seeing the chicken feathers on the front and back of the bamboo tube, the smile on the emperor's face froze. Normally, this kind of Baili Express would not be used unless it was a border emergency. Could it be that the Xirong people were violating the border?
The emperor opened the lacquer seal and opened the paper inside, only to realize that this was a message from Fei Zhong's headquarters stationed in Yunqi County. After reading the content, the smile on his face quickly faded. Xiao Wenbi, the grand master on the side below, saw his face. His expression had begun to turn gloomy.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" He stood up and walked out of the seat, standing in front of the two princes and asked with his hands raised.

The emperor was silent for a while. He subconsciously stuffed the news back into the bamboo tube, smiled at the civil and military officials and said: "Baili, hurry up, can you guess what is going on?" Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows at this time Dare to take over the conversation and touch the emperor's bad luck.

Before two breaths had passed, Kitamiya threw the bamboo tube to the ground with a bang, and said in a low voice while suppressing his anger.

"Su Congfang rebelled!"

In the main hall, a group of civil and military officials suddenly caused an uproar. They looked at the emperor above in horror. Xiao Wenbi stepped forward to pick up the bamboo tube that had rolled under the imperial steps, and unfolded the note stuffed in the mouth of the tube. It stated that Su Congfang had rebelled and was to be killed. Han Tao, the deputy commander of the imperial city, and Qin Zhuang, the chief of the imperial guard, drove the An army to take the city.

"Su Congfang shouldn't have the guts!" The situation became serious, and Xiao Wenbi was horrified. In his mind, he just tried his best to save his sister and the whole family in the process of reducing the feudal vassal. But now the somewhat cowardly and incompetent brother-in-law actually rebelled. Where did he come from? Courage and courage! !

Over there, Beigong's ambition was also full of anger and doubts. The original plan was to remove this incompetent Marquis first, and then deal with the other seven families after eliminating some resistance. Unexpectedly, the other party would dare to do such a thing. Things come up.While the emperor was silently thinking and doubting, Xiao Wenbi stepped forward with the news: "Could it be that Wei secretly encouraged him to send troops to make him a puppet?"

This is not impossible. There has been a severe drought for several months, and the people of several states are in dire straits. The people and the army are in panic. During that time, the Wei State still had troops on the south bank of the Hun River. The army once reached [-]. I heard that other troops in the Hun River were also increasing one after another.

At this moment, Bei Gongye was discussing with the civil and military officials in the palace about the possibility of the shadow of Wei appearing behind the news. The second news came from the outside again. This was also specially arranged by Fei Zhong in Yunqi territory. It was originally used to show his outstanding military achievements, but it was not Thinking of the civil and military officials in the palace and the emperor on the imperial steps, my heart was in my throat.

It’s still urgent.

Kitamiya glanced at the bamboo tube in the eunuch's hand, flicked his dragon sleeves, and said loudly: "Read it!"

"Your Majesty, I am paying homage to Fei Zhong. I heard that Su Congfang rebelled and captured Ancheng, and also attacked Ji, Qu and Qingshan counties. I was furious and stopped returning to the city, hoping to fight the rebels to the death and recover the four cities. !”

Ji County was captured!

Qu County was occupied!

Qingshan County was robbed!
Bei Gongye's eyes filled with anger when he heard that the cities were being lost one after another. Fortunately, he did not get angry when he later heard that Fei Zhong led his army back to Ding'an to quell the rebellion.

"General Fei defends the imperial city and is very experienced in leading troops. I can still trust him. Then I and all my beloved ladies will wait in Yanjing..."

Before he finished speaking, another eunuch ran into the hall in a panic, still holding a bamboo tube in his hand. The civil and military officials in the hall suddenly felt their scalps numb and stood up one after another.

Kitamiya smiled: "Coming and going, the military situation is in a hurry. It should be normal. This information may be the voice of General Fei's triumph."

Then he asked the eunuch to open the bamboo tube and read it loudly.

The eunuch took a look at the content and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, this urgent letter was not written by General Fei."

what? !

The civil and military officials in the palace looked shocked. Kitamiya stepped forward to seize the information, and the contents unfolded in front of his eyes.

At his own expense, Zhong led troops to quell the rebellion. More than 50 miles north of Ding'an City, the entire army was defeated by the Ding'an Army. Fei Zhong fled with the defeated troops, gathered halfway, and was defeated again!Lieutenant of Changchuan County under Yunqi County led troops to rescue, but was ambushed by enemy cavalry on the way!County Lieutenant Duan Zhi was beheaded by the enemy general!The defeated troops fled and were chased all the way to the city of Yunqi County!

"Ah!" Kitamiya roared, knocking over the bronze lamppost placed on the side of the imperial steps with one palm.

Xiao Wenbi took the information in his hand and looked through it, his expression changed greatly. Then an official from the DPRK and Central Government came forward to take it and read it out. It was not difficult to tell from the content of the letter. The troops led by Fei Zhong were defeated by the opponent and rushed on the field. Kill them directly to Changchuan, and push them to Yunqi County before retreating. This means that Changchuan County may also fall into the enemy's hands.

There was an explosion in the main hall. Some people didn't understand where Su Congfang had the strength and generals to be able to kill the imperial city's soldiers and horses in such a manner. However, there were still many generals in the court who stood up to ask for a fight.

"How can we tolerate him if he commits rebellion and rebels?"

At this time, the fire of rebellion must be put out directly, otherwise if it succeeds, the flames of war may rise in various states.Kitamiya calmed down his emotions and turned back to the dragon chair.

"Deploy soldiers and horses from the capital, and arrange the food and baggage as soon as possible. I want to see the food and baggage at the end of the month and set off first. The Longxiang Army and Huben Army in the capital are ready, the Yanshan Iron Cavalry is on standby, and the Shengnu Army is on standby. In addition, order the governor of Rongzhou and Huaizhou The governor and the governor of Lingzhou gathered [-] troops from three states to put down the rebellion first..."

The emperor flicked his robe sleeves and slammed his palm on the armrest of the dragon chair: "...Eradicate the leader of the thieves and punish the three clans!"

(End of this chapter)