After the game emperor awakens

Chapter 89

Like Jiangnan, Saibei is just a general term.Changli has a vast territory and countless large and small cities. Saibei is composed of five major cities: Mobei, Yanmen, Jincheng, Linglan, and Wolong.Qin Yulong practiced at the border in the past, that is, in Yanmen, bordering Qifeng, only separated by a Wild Goose River in the shape of a wild goose.

Wolong City is adjacent to the border of Yelang, because most of the continuous Wolong Mountain Range is in this city, so this place is named Wolong City.If Yelang wanted to reach the Qifeng border, his soldiers and horses had to borrow the road from Wolong City and pass through Linglan, Jincheng, and Yanmen, as if entering a land without people.Such a serious violation of Changli's territorial sovereignty, because Yelang has a strong army, Changli has always swallowed his anger.

Xie Chongjin is not going to bear it now.His military training this year was not for nothing, nor were his weapons made for nothing, they were all to have enough confidence and strength to fight back.

Although Yelang has not yet formally declared war on Changli, he has been active in the northern part of the Saibei area in recent years. Now, perhaps relying on the research and development of crossbow arrows and puppet Gu, he is less concerned about Changli, and openly crosses the mountain to station at the foot of the mountain. The ambition of battalion training and waiting for annexation is clearly revealed.The local prefect did nothing, but Yeyang Villa led people several times to repel the Yelang soldiers who tried to cross the border.

The local officials should have been uneasy with the foreign enemies staring at them.The local prefect is so rampant, how can he know that he has never colluded with foreign enemies, pretending to be a tiger?

Xie Chongjin's eyes darkened when he thought of what Shadow had found these days.

Lu Xuechao noticed Xie Chongjin's increasingly condensed expression, said nothing, and held his hand comfortingly.

Xie Chongjin rubbed his temples, his eyes were tired from working for days: "I was negligent, I didn't know that Yelang was so rampant that he was training soldiers in Changli, and the prefect of Wolong used chicken feathers as arrows, which made the border people suffer."

"People always have a hundred secrets." Lu Xuechao massaged his acupoints for him, "There are too many things to deal with, and even I don't have the skills to do everything. I don't know? This matter should have been reported by the local prefect, he After reporting the chaos at Yeyang Villa, but not mentioning anything about Yelang's changes, his heart can be punished."

Xie Chongjin said coldly, "I'm afraid he betrayed the country."

"Yulong told me earlier that the military salaries distributed to the border barracks are always not enough, and the soldiers can't eat enough to eat, so how can they have the strength to fight. Yujing transports grain and grass to Yanguan, and the Panlong Road from Wolong to Linglan is a must. Road. If it was embezzled by the local officials, it would be the next best thing to fill your pockets. If it was to feed Yelang's soldiers and horses... I had already checked Yanmen at that time, but I missed Wolong—no, I didn't. , I also sent someone to check, but it was still...ahem!" Xie Chongjin coughed twice angrily.

Lu Xuechao immediately patted him on the back: "Huai Yun."

He took out the water bag: "Drink some water."

He knew that Xie Chongjin was a good and responsible emperor, who dedicated himself to the country and the people.No matter how happy and angry he is on weekdays, he must be really angry when he encounters this kind of thing.

Xie Chongjin shook his head: "I'm just angry, I'm not thirsty, I'll save you this water."

They are now on the desert from Mobei to Jincheng.A large area of ​​land in Saibei is desert, and there are droughts every year, and sandstorms are also very serious.Under Lin Chanzhi's planning, many Populus euphratica and red willows were planted here, and greening was done, but there was no effect for a while, and the surrounding area was still a vast desert.

They abandoned their carriages and replaced them with camels.The water source in the desert is precious, Xie Chongjin thinks that if he can save this little water, he can save some, just in case, and save more for dredging.

Lu Xuechao had no choice but to say, "Come out for a trip, I've brought enough water, you don't have to worry about it."

Xie Chongjin hardly drank water on this journey, so he had to leave the water for him.Under the circumstance that resources are limited and life is needed, Xie Chongjin's tension with Lu Xuechao will skyrocket.

Xie Chongjin replied immediately: "I don't worry about the sky, I only worry about you."

The goddamn protectiveness.

"Do you want to drink?" Lu Xuechao pretended to be impatient, "If your mouth is dry and cracked, don't even try to kiss me again, I find it uncomfortable."

"..." When Lu Xue got angry, Xie Chongjin was instantly obedient, "I'll drink it."

Seeing Xie Chongjin drinking water obediently, Lu Xuechao was satisfied.

"When you arrive in Wolong City, don't startle the snake." Lu Xuechao returned to the topic, "I want to meet Dugu Ye. It's best to persuade Zhao'an without bloodshed. It's not a last resort, so we can't meet in battle."

Because the current situation in Wolong City is unclear, Yelang soldiers are stationed, and the prefect's position is a mystery. They did not make a grand tour with the emperor's honor this time, but disguised themselves as officials delivering military rations.Although the battle is not small, anyway, the status is not so eye-catching.

Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that no assassination will be encountered.

For safety reasons, it is not advisable to travel high-profile.

There are troops stationed on the two borders of Yanmen and Wolong, and food needs to be transported regularly.Lu Xuechao thought about what happened on Helian Yu's side soon. The Empress had used the Broken Soul Incense for nearly half a year, and her life was not long. Once she died, the situation in Qifeng would be in chaos, and Qin Yulong and Helianxi would need to lead troops to help out. There is no shortage of days to transport grain and grass to Yanmen.Avoid favoritism and scare the snake, and there are quite a few sent to Wolong City.

It is the best choice to use the food transport team to deceive people.

"As for what you said, you sent someone to investigate, but they didn't find out the problem..." Lu Xuechao thought thoughtfully, "Maybe it's not because they didn't find out."

"Qingshu means that he found out but didn't report it, so he betrayed me?" Xie Chongjin frowned, "The person was chosen by Shen Hezhou, so he shouldn't be mistaken."

Lu Xuechao shook her head: "It's not impossible, but there is another possibility."

"Yelang is good at Gu, he can confuse people."

"It's not unprecedented, is it?"

Xie Chongjin acts openly and aboveboard, even his thoughts are upright and noble, and he will not easily think of despicable and shameless means.

He is a real gentleman, but Yelang is also a real villain.

Wolong City is an important border gate. Since Xie Chongjin knew that the military rations were being deducted layer by layer, every time he sent officials to go there, he would send credible people to monitor to ensure the whereabouts of the food, and inspect the situation of local officials by the way.The cronies who monitored Wolong City never reported any abnormalities, so Xie Chongjin was unaware of Wolong City.

For this, Lu Xuechao didn't think it was betrayal by his cronies.

Yelang is good at using Gu, although he can't create the Gu that can control Xie Chongjin for three years as rumored, but a hundred years ago, there was already a Gu that can control people's mind for a while, and can order someone to do something.The general back then was bewitched to make a fatally wrong decision, which led to his defeat.

So now, it couldn't be easier to trick the confidants sent by Xie Chongjin to forget one thing.

Yelang used Gu to control people, so that Chang Li failed to detect it in time, and tried to infiltrate the border silently, catching Chang Li by surprise.

Dirty means.

But as long as it can be used, it is a good means.

At the foot of Wolong Mountain, in the middle of Panlong Road.

The mighty grain transportation team finally crossed the desert and arrived outside Wolong City. The flags were flying, and the word "official" on the official flag was particularly conspicuous.

On the mountain, a young mountain patrolling man saw this grand occasion from a distance, and immediately ran back to the village to report: "Villa owner, owner, the food team is coming down the mountain!"

Above, a handsome man in black was sitting on a chair covered with tiger skin, his ice blue eyes were cold and sharp, and when he was swept by those dangerous eyes, he felt like he was being stared at by a wild beast.

Before he could speak, the second leader on the side said: "What are you talking about? Don't you come to the food team every day at the foot of the mountain? How did the steward teach you? We don't do the business of robbing caravans. We saw Yelang and those bastards attacking report again."

On the Panlong Road, merchants' food teams often pass by, but Yeyang Villa doesn't care.They never robbed houses, only robbed the government, and returned the robbed to the people.Except for local officials, no one regarded them as bandits, they all called them chivalrous men.

Their owner said that robbing the rich and giving to the poor is not justice, and the money of the merchants is hard earned by them, so there is no reason why they should be given to the poor.But the money of the Wolong government must have been greedy from the people. It is not called robbery, but to take back their own things, which is justified.

The mountain patrol man hurriedly said: "It's not a caravan, it's an official team!"

The second master got up immediately: "Did you see clearly? Is it really an official team?"

The man patrolling the mountain said: "Although I don't know how to read, the word 'official' was specially taught to us by the manager. I can see the pattern on the flag clearly, it is the imperial court sending food!"

Dugu Ye finally spoke: "Are they going in the direction of Linglan, or are they going to Wolong City?"

Going in the direction of Linglan is to deliver military rations to Yanmen, and they don't care about that.Yeyang Villa can only manage the territory of Wolong City, and it can only protect the people of a city.To intervene in other things is to intend to occupy the entire northern part of the Great Wall and openly oppose the imperial court.

Dugu Ye led the crowd to rebel because the prefect of Wolong oppressed the local people, but he didn't want to and couldn't rebel against the current emperor.They don't have enough troops to compete with the imperial court. Once they disturb the imperial court and are labeled as a rebellious party, the desperate people on the mountain will all die.

Besides, I heard that the prefect of Yanmen was dismissed and replaced last year, and all the military rations sent to Yanmen were sent to the army, so there was no need to intercept them.The situation in Wolong was even more serious. Yelang soldiers crossed the mountain to garrison at the foot of Wolong Mountain. The army needed food, which was inconvenient to transport, and they all got it from the territory of Changli.No matter how insensitive the businessman is to politics, he also knows that Yelang's move is really provocative to Chang Li. Recently, there are fewer businessmen doing business in Wolong, and even Mr. Wang, who is resident in Saibei, has returned to Yujing.

The caravan did not sell grain to these Yelang soldiers, but the Wolong prefect defected to Yelang, and offered to provide Yelang with the grain exploited and corrupted from the people of Changli and the court. clean.He was greedy for life and afraid of death, bullied the weak and feared the strong, the Emperor Changli couldn't reach the border, but the Yelang soldier's knife could cut off his head at any time, did he have to think about who he should listen to?

It turned out that the people in Wolong City were still somewhat bloody, remembering the century-old feud between the two countries, and spontaneously resisted.

Under such circumstances, Yeyang Villa must be robbed of the military rations sent to Wolong City by the imperial court.If they rob, the food can be sent to Changli's army. If they don't rob, the prefect will feed all the food to Yelang soldiers.

The man on the mountain patrol replied: "It's heading for Wolong City. It looks like it's going to enter the city."

Dugu Ye tapped his knuckles on the armrest, and raised his indifferent ice blue eyes.

"Assemble the manpower, fully armed, and go to rob food."

It's not the first time they've done this.It has always been their rule not to keep the military rations, but they cannot just sit idly by, but the government guards and steals itself, and colludes with foreign enemies.

But in the past, they waited for the grain to fall into the government's grain depot, and then they went to rob, and they would not face the court officials head-on.This time the prefect speaks harshly and has reported their "evil deeds" to the imperial court, and the imperial court will send troops to punish them soon.

Now that the trouble has come to the imperial court, he simply dies.

The food team at the foot of the mountain is the best. If the imperial court pretends to be the food team and sends troops to wipe them out, it is better to strike first.