roccoschili Chapter 195 Crane Cry
Chapter 195 Crane Cry
Within two days, news came from the capital that Emperor Jingde had passed away and the new crown prince, Prince Qin, ascended the throne and inherited the throne, becoming Emperor Jingzhao.
The capital was in chaos. Xie Zhichan and the others were in the hot spring villa, seemingly far away from the disputes in the capital, but the wind would not stop even if the tree wanted to be still, and they could not escape it in the end.
For example, the Prince of Yan's Mansion received an imperial edict from the new emperor, stating that Crown Prince Xie abandoned the Prince of Yan's Mansion when the Crown Prince of Yan went to war, and failed to fulfill the responsibilities of a second-rank lady. She was not worthy of being the Crown Prince of Yan's wife, so Xie was demoted to a concubine.
Pei Yi's co-wife, Qin, was a man of great righteousness who firmly defended the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Although she was a woman, she had the virtues of a gentleman. She was specially granted the title of Princess Changning and the position of Crown Prince's Consort of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.
Dan Feng angrily reported the news to Xie Zhichan.
Xie Zhichan didn't care and just smiled: "As long as it doesn't affect the battlefield at the front, let them make trouble in Beijing."
But saying this is like making an empty wish, how can it really have no impact?
Less than ten days after the King of Qin ascended the throne, he issued an edict to increase taxes on the people, built palaces on a large scale, expanded his harem, and even handed over the matter of military supplies to the newly appointed Minister of War Jiang Song.
Jiang Song and the King of Qin were both like-minded lustful men. In order to please the King of Qin, Jiang Song focused all his energy on collecting beauties from all over the country. He spent a lot of gold and silver for this purpose, and even secretly embezzled a lot of military silver.
By the time the military camp actually arrived at the front battlefield, only three or four out of ten were left.
Pei Yuan stamped his feet and cursed in the hot spring villa: "Our ancestors should not have sworn that they would never claim the throne, which made these descendants of the Li family have no scruples."
Pei Jingshu saw that half of her father's hair had turned white in just a few days, and she also saw that he was worried, so she comforted him, "Father, please rest assured. Even if there is no supply from the court, the Crown Prince's Consort has made arrangements. Yi Ge'erming has a lot of property. With the Crown Prince's Consort's management, it is enough to provide supplies for the army."
It's just that the house leaked and it rained all night.
The joint attack of the Three Kingdoms on the western border had not yet been completely quelled, and the Turks, who had been waiting for a month, finally could not hold back. After learning of the changes in the Jin court, they immediately tore up the peace treaty that had been signed at the beginning of the year and sent their most capable and warlike prince to lead an army of 300,000 Turks into the northern border.
The northern border was in a state of emergency, but the imperial court had no generals available and there was no time to provide rescue in a short period of time. The Turks eventually broke through the northern border and quickly attacked near Kyoto.
When Xie Zhichan and others got the news at the Hot Spring Villa, Emperor Jing Zhao had already fled the capital with many officials, leaving behind some civil officials who volunteered to stay and the helpless people in the city to be burned, killed and looted by the Turks.
Everyone at the hot spring villa was shocked when they received the news.
Xie Zhichan got anxious and stood up from the chair immediately. She felt a pain in her abdomen. Frightened, Mai Sui and Xiao Liu'er quickly helped her sit down on the chair again.
Xie Zhichan took into consideration the baby in her belly, took two deep breaths, and forced herself to calm down.
But I was still very worried.
If Kyoto was occupied by the Turks, even if Pei Yi defeated the Three Kingdoms Alliance and returned to Kyoto to provide assistance, would he be able to turn the tide?
After sitting for a while, no one had any good ideas. They had neither soldiers nor generals, and ensuring military supplies and logistics was the only thing they could do.
After sitting for a while, everyone dispersed.
After returning to his room, Xie Zhichan took out the map of Dajin, sat behind the desk, and stared at it for a long time.
Xiao Liuer poured her a cup of hot water.
Xie Zhichan took the hot water.
Xiao Liuer knelt down, gave her a great Rouran salute, and said, "Princess Nana of Rouran, thank you for saving my life."
Xie Zhichan was stunned. He put down the hot water and looked at Xiao Liu'er steadily, waiting for her explanation.
Xiao Liuer continued, "The current Rouran King is my uncle. My father died young due to illness, and my brother and I were both young. In order to save my brother and my life, my father handed over the throne to my uncle.
It was also my second uncle's idea to ally with Tubo and Gaoche to use military force against Jin.
After envoys from various countries came to Beijing to pay homage, my brother decided to return to Rouran and prepare to take back the throne. As long as my brother could take back the throne of Rouran, he would definitely make Rouran withdraw from the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
I originally wanted to stay in Dajin. If my brother was in danger, I would use myself as a hostage to borrow troops from the prince to help my brother. Now that borrowing troops is impossible, I want to return to Rouran to help my brother. "
After listening to Xiao Liu'er's words, Xie Zhichan knew that she was worried about her brother and wanted the Rouran to withdraw their troops to repay her kindness.
But the fight for the throne is no different from the fight for succession in the Jin Dynasty.
She looked at Xiao Liu'er and said, "Have you really decided? If you stay in Dajin, I will keep you safe as long as Dajin survives."
Xiao Liuer nodded resolutely: "We Rouran women are just like men, we never act like cowards."
Xie Zhichan knew that she had made up her mind, and said, "In this case, I can't keep you here. Go pack your luggage first. I'll prepare some things for you. I guarantee they will be helpful to you."
Xiao Liu'er responded and went back to her room to pack her luggage. In less than half an hour, she came back with her luggage.
Xie Zhichan handed Xiao Liuer a small wooden box.
Xiao Liu'er opened the wooden box, and Xie Zhichan explained to her, "There is a recipe for poison for horses, and another for an antidote. I know that the peoples on your grasslands have deep feelings for horses, and you certainly don't want all the horses to die.
There is also a blueprint for a repeating crossbow. As long as it is equipped with excellent archers, it will be ten times more powerful than ordinary cavalry in the grassland. In addition, I will send you another person to ensure that you can achieve twice the result with half the effort when you return."
While Xiao Liu'er was in a daze, Mai Sui brought Hua Manxi over.
Xie Zhichan briefly told Hua Manxi about Xiao Liu'er's identity and her decision to return to Rouran.
Hua Manxi stared at Xiao Liu'er in a daze.
Xie Zhichan asked Hua Manxi, "You are extremely gifted in special skills. If you go to Rouran with me, it will greatly help Prince Amugu improve the power of his weapon. Are you willing to go back to Rouran with Xiao Liu'er and lend him a helping hand?"
Without waiting for Hua Manxi to answer, Xiao Liu'er refused, "Princess, this is my Rouran business, no one from Dajin is allowed to interfere."
Hua Manxi said to Xiao Liu'er, "You Rouran are invading our Great Jin now. Rouran's affairs are related to Great Jin. You don't want me to go, but I will go anyway. Anyway, my legs are on my body. You are not related to me, so how can you control me?"
Xiao Liu'er knew that Hua Manxi said this on purpose, but she was deeply moved to know that someone was willing to live and die with her. She asked Hua Manxi, "If you go back with me, you might fail, or die. You are the only surviving son of the Hua family, aren't you afraid?"
Hua Manxi said, "When did my Hua family raise a coward? I am only afraid that I will have regrets in this life, afraid that my beloved will go to a dangerous place, and I don't have the courage to go through fire and water with her. If so, even if I live a hundred years and die a natural death, the ancestors of the Hua family will spit on me in the underworld."
When Xiao Liu'er heard this, her nose felt sore and she threw herself into Hua Manxi's arms, cursing, "You big fool!"