Return of the Swallow

Outside the tent, Xie Yue, Xu Weizhi and other counsellors are accompany Jinghuwei to take stock of food.

Looking at the cart full of grain, Xu Weizhi couldn't help but sigh: "When the prince left the capital, the saint gave the eight carts of grain worse than this. The Xie family, a large household in Jiuhe County, could bring out so much grain. But the sage couldn’t get it out, which shows that the court is really nervous."

"That's not necessarily the case, the saint just wants to embarrass the prince." Jinghuwei is already very dissatisfied with Li Qitian's behavior.

Xie Yue smiled. They followed Pang Xiao all the way to the south. Along the way, they not only helped the victims and won the hearts of the people, but also made everyone who followed Pang Xiao more determined of their choice. It is theirs to follow such a benevolent person. lucky.

"The sage is in the throne, although his mind is deep enough, his vision is limited, and as an emperor, no one dared to say half-hearted in his actions, and even the flattering villain is on the sidelines. No matter what the sage does, someone will follow. It is foreseeable that the sacred feet will become like this when they hold their feet in the back."

"The imperial court has suffered from natural and man-made disasters, but the sage still insists on going his own way. He feels that if he becomes the emperor, everything in the world belongs to him, and he can do it for this reason. This is also helpless."

If these words they said were spread, it would be enough for the emperor to kill them several times.But people have emotions, they are now full of dissatisfaction, and they don't care about those anymore.Regardless of whether the prince rebelled or not, he is very jealous today. If he is not guilty, he will be charged with the prince Luo. They are all followers of the prince. Once something goes wrong, the emperor will not let it go.

Several people registered the food in the register while talking, and at the back of the food they marked how and when they got it from whom and where.

With the help of this method, the days are a little bit more hopeful. After Jiuhe’s food collection is completed, Pang Xiao ordered people to continue to find out where there is food to buy, and arranged a group of people to wait for the Ping Nan army with food. arrival.

When the Pingnan Army was stationed near Jiuhe, Pang Xiao's food obtained by this method was also delivered one after another.

The more than 100,000 people in the Pingnan Army were still worried about the food problem, especially those who were new to the army. They are all victims. Although they trust Pan Xiao, they have the strength to solve the food problem and let them do what they do. .

Now that there are so many grains and grasses, everyone is relieved. When Governor Feng and several Fushou spoke, their voices were a little louder than usual, and the ordinary people who had just participated were stunned.

"Who is the prince? The hardship and haha ​​life that we had in the Ping of the Southern Army was not uncommon. Once the prince came, he led a group of us to live a good life. How did you ask? The court did not give it. For food and payment, the prince took us to find food. At that time, the bandit nests near the old capital of Dayan were picked up by our brothers. The bandits were eaten to protect the people. Who said that our prince did not give a thumbs up?"

The recruits were full of enthusiasm and sighed with emotion that they did not have that good luck at the beginning and failed to follow the prince to fight against the bandits.

And the central figure of their topic, at this time, has gone to the next place where there is grain, and still uses the same method to get grain and money. A lot of money in the treasure is recovered, not to mention, there are also ways to buy grain and grass. Now, many people even plan to follow Pang Xiao and join the Pingnan Army to fight against Tatar. The Pingnan Army can be said to have grown a little bit.

At this time, the army of King Qin from all over the world has also been heading to the capital one after another. The mountains are high and the road is long, and the time to reach the capital is quite different.When Pang Xiao and his entourage had just walked halfway, a prince army had already entered the capital. Li Qitian had a happy heart, and with a stroke of a big pen, he arranged the person to Ji Zeyu.

Ji Zeyu was a lot thinner these days, and his handsome face was as cold as an immortal, but now he has fewer expressions and fewer words.

Tatar soldiers approached the city, and the court had no money or food, but he had to find a way to defend this last city.If the capital falls and is driven by the Tatars, I am afraid that the entire capital will be reduced to purgatory.

This is the most difficult battle Ji Zeyu has fought in his lifetime, because he cannot retreat, and he has no other choice but to defend himself.

Fortunately, King Qin's army arrived one after another, so that he would not be caught off guard.However, the military salary is insufficient. Now all soldiers, including Ji Zeyu himself, can only eat gruel per meal.They were all young men of the right age, who couldn't stand three meals a day.Everyone was so hungry and yelling, and helpless.

Ji Zeyu has never been willing to treat his soldiers badly, but now the national treasury is empty, and the money from the saint's internal money has been used to buy materials for the tomb of the Emperor Xiu, and the court really can't get the money to sell food, let alone pay for the army.

Ji Zeyu stood on the high wall.The cold wind of early spring blew on his face like a knife, and the red cloak was raised high behind him, like a hunting banner.

Ji Zeyu stared at the Tartar camp stationed in the distant plain under the pale morning light with a grim face.The tents are connected one by one, forming a magnificent scene outside the capital. It feels like a knife is in the throat, which makes people completely lost their thoughts and emotions, and become flustered and at a loss.

"Duke Guo, the princess of Anyang is here." The soldiers approached and whispered back.

Ji Zeyu said without looking back: "This is the battlefield, let the princess go back. This is not where she should come."

"Why isn't this palace where I should come?" Li Helan's voice has appeared behind Ji Zeyu.

Li Helan wore a silver fox fur coat, and the red pomegranate skirt raised slightly when walking, revealing the toes of moccasin moccasins with soft fur.

She personally carried a food box, and said with a smile: "The husband refused to accept the summons for many days. If the palace missed it, she had to come uninvited."

The soldiers all around lowered their heads when they heard the words, pretending that they had not heard the blatant words.

Ji Zeyu looked back expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "This is not a place where you can play. Go back."

The smile on Li Helan's face couldn't be stretched for a while, her dark face was pursed with her lips, just about to speak, Ji Zeyu's lieutenant said with a smile:

"The eldest princess calms down. It is our country's father-in-law who is worried about the situation and has no time to think about it. It is indeed extremely dangerous here. There are often arrows coming out of the oblique stabbing. Yesterday, someone died on the wall. The father-in-law is also worried about you.

"Tarzi now sees that we have insufficient food and grass, and deliberately dealt with us so that we consume the little food left. They may soon organize an attack to harass, and the sword has no eyes. Taking into account that the eldest princess was injured by Liu Shi, how do you think the grandfather of the country should deal with it? So please be considerate of the eldest princess.

Li Helan's heart was a little more comfortable when the words were reasonable.

Anyway, since she met Ji Zeyu, she hadn't seen this person smiling and talking, so sooner or later she would be impatient with her.She was angry, and felt that Ji Zeyu was so indifferent to her in the public, it was a shame for her to speak.

"Is this palace afraid that you will starve to death on the wall? If you have something wrong, the common people will suffer. Or are you willing to come here to blow the cold wind as this palace? Take it!" Handed the food box forward.

Ji Zeyu still ignored him, watched with his eyebrows, and suddenly turned and left. When he passed Li Helan's side, he didn't even look at him, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is on guard."

As soon as he said this, he knew that Tatar was about to move again.

Li Helan was first snubbed and angry, and was shocked by the sudden battle situation in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers couldn't take care of a lot, and immediately took a few people to escort Li Helan down the tower.

And that exquisite food box was not taken care of by anyone, so it was placed on the tower.

After Li Helan got off the city wall, he was semi-forced to take a carriage and sent directly back to the Princess Palace.

When the carriage gradually left the city gate, the Tatars had already attacked it.

All of a sudden, the screams of the soldiers and horses of Da Zhou and Tarzi who defended the city shook the sky, and they forgot Li Helan's breath.

This is the cruel battlefield, either you die or I die.

The carriage turned a turn, and even if Li Helan pulled half of his body out of the window, it was impossible to see the battle on the tower, but Li Helan vaguely felt that he saw Ji Zeyu on the tower.

It was another fierce battle for defending the city, and the whole process was less than an hour before the Tatars had retreated.This is the case for them during this time, it seems that they are not trying to directly capture the capital, but to consume the limited materials and energy of the capital defenders.

When Li Qitian learned the news, he was extremely anxious for a while.

A person pacing back and forth in the Hall of Nourishing the Heart, is Xiong Jinshui, who serves personally. At this time, he dare not approach Pang Xiao. For fear that the sage is unsatisfactory, he treats them as an air barrel.

Even though there is still a long distance from the city wall, Li Qitian still seemed to hear the yelling and killing of the Tatars.He is also a horse emperor, he also fought in his early years, but over the years he has been pampered, not only has Li Qitian been blessed, he has also forgotten his strategy when facing the enemy. When he thinks of going on the battlefield, he used to be excited, but now he thinks She was very resistant, even a little bit resistant.

"I just want to be a Mingjun. Why is it so difficult? As an emperor, why can't I just let myself..." Li Qitian whispered.His voice echoed in the room, causing Xiong Jinshui's several servants to bow their heads.

At this moment, an inner monitor suddenly rushed over and knelt in front of the Linghua gate with a thump, and said with a loud and cheerful voice: "Going back to the Holy Spirit, two teams of princes have arrived at the South City Gate!"

Li Qitian was overjoyed, "Hurry up, open the city gate and let them go directly to the city to meet Ji Lan at the north gate! Tell them that everything is under Ji Lan's command!"

"Yes!" The waiter turned around and ran away rolling.

"God opened my eyes." Li Qitian gave a high-five and wanted to stay in the house, but he felt restless. "Quickly, get ready, I also want to go to the North City Gate to see the situation!"