The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 124
Fortunately, most of them were suppressed and wiped out by local government soldiers before they formed a large force.

Changsun Ji finished writing the last word, put down the brush, straightened up, and stretched comfortably.He drank the tea in the cup in one gulp and was about to continue writing when a voice came from outside.

"My lord, the time is coming, you should go."

"Okay, I got it, let's go now." Changsun Ji agreed, and then told Wang Gang: "After the ink is dry, fold it for me."

Wang Gang bowed his hands and agreed.Because he wrote in oracle bone inscriptions, he didn't avoid Wang Gang very much.

Changsun Ji got up from the desk and walked out the door.Followed Qing Lan who came to call him and walked towards the bedroom together.

Since the beginning of the war with Meng Xiu in the spring, the situation of the battle was not very good for the imperial court. They lost several cities before and after, and then fell into a stalemate.

Domestic disasters broke out, and a stalemate in the war would be more and more detrimental to the Yan Kingdom. Therefore, at the time of the summer solstice, Emperor Yan decided to march in person, accompanied by his eldest grandson Lianyi, and many generals and advisors.

Above the court, the crown prince oversees the country, supported by Xiahou Fishing and Hunting.

A few days ago, there was news from Yanzhou Yanqiu that the victims rioted, killed local officials, seized the city, and used this as a base to plunder everywhere. Three surrounding cities have already been breached by these victims.Local officials in the vicinity appealed to the imperial court for help, begging to send troops to rescue.

But now because of Emperor Yan's suppression of the rebellion, the imperial court not only lacks generals, but also lacks many elite soldiers.Except for the army defending Kyoto and managing the security of Kyoto, there are no redundant soldiers.

Although there are no extra soldiers to be sent to suppress, the victims cannot be allowed to wreak havoc.Moreover, Yanzhou Linqiu is also a place that military strategists must contend for geographically.It is the junction connecting the three continents of Yanzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou.

If the disaster victims are allowed to develop and form a large scale, once these disaster victims reach an agreement with Mengxiu's rebels, they will create a pincer attack on the counter-insurgency army.

So the prince asked the policy ministers.A minister named Yue Ce proposed a strategy, which was to organize the victims of disasters outside the city and the criminals in prison into soldiers.

This strategy was agreed by the officials in the court, but there was a dispute over the selection of generals.This is not a good job, if the victims and death row prisoners are organized into an army, if the general has no skills, he probably won't be able to reach Linqiu, and he will die tragically on the way due to mutiny on the way.

In the entire Yan Dynasty, it is not that there are no generals who can suppress these disaster victims and death row prisoners.Rather, these generals were pinned down at the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou because of Mengxiu's rebellion.

As a result, when it came to the end, there was no discussion about what kind of Chou Yinmao came out.

But in the end the minister named Yue Ce stood up again and said: A strong youth makes a country strong.Now the veteran who fought with Emperor Yan was sent to suppress the rebels.Then the younger generation should inherit the father's generation.

As for the three most prestigious veterans in the court, the King of Chu was exterminated, and Xiahou Fishing and Hunting was granted the title of Marquis for managing logistics and food, so Changsun Ji was naturally pushed to the leading position.And without knowing it at all.

Although afterward, Feng Wan'er went to the palace to discuss with the prince and wanted him to take back his order, but the prince was not Emperor Yan after all, and he could not be the master of the officials.

So in the end, Changsun Ji was named a General Pingbo.This is still a general title set during the war, and it will be revoked after the war.

Apart from Changsun Ji, there are some other powerful children of military generals in the court, but most of them are dude children. There are almost no eldest sons on the list, and many of them are even born to concubines or maids.

Compared with the children in other generals' mansions, Xiahou's mansion is unique.As the eldest grandson of the direct line, Xia Houchun was directly thrown out by Xia Hou Yulie.

However, as far as Changsun Ji is concerned, he hopes that Xiahou Yulie will send out a collateral child at random, and he will be better than this talkative Xiahouchun.

Changsun Ji didn't put too much thought into the selection of the powerful children sent by the court to assist him.What he is concerned about is who is setting him up, and what is this person asking for?
This obviously means that the minister named Yue Ce is a pawn manipulated by others, but what is strange is that this Yue Ce belongs to the prince's row, and Changsun Ji, as the prince's brother-in-law, will naturally belong to the prince.

Commanding his own people to set him up, Changsun Ji felt that the prince would not be so stupid.Moreover, Yue Ce died suddenly of a sudden illness that night after he proposed this plan.

Changsun Ji didn't believe in such a coincidence, and Yue Ce was obviously silenced.However, Yue Ce's death cut off the news, and the whole thing became a little confusing.

During this period, the prince also summoned Changsun Ji to discuss this matter with him.Although the crown prince didn't say it clearly, Changsun Ji listened to the crown prince and believed that one of the three princes and seven princes would do this.

As the eldest son of grandson Lianyi, he is not weak in the court, and he is now in the prince's faction.As the crown prince's rivals for the throne, no matter whether it is the third prince or the seventh prince, their motives are not small.

But Changsun Ji felt something was wrong in his heart. Although he didn't know who was behind the incident, subconsciously, Changsun Ji didn't think it was these two people, although he couldn't explain why.

It has been more than half a month since Yue Ce proposed this plan. According to the time discussed at the beginning, tomorrow is the time to dispatch the army.

For these disaster victims and death row prisoners who have only been trained for half a month, Changsun Ji actually does not have too much hope.But fortunately, my opponents are not well-trained elite soldiers, but also a group of disaster victims who don't cover their clothes and eat enough to eat.It can be regarded as a starting line.

In the past half a month, Changsun Ji hadn't actually been to the military camp a few times, only twice.He has done three things in the past half month, one is to strengthen his martial arts training, and the other is to increase the time for reading the art of war.

Compared with the first two things, the most important thing he did was to summon three people, a down-and-out scholar, a ranger who was not productive, and a jailer.

Because these three people all appeared in Changsun Ji's chaotic dream memory in his previous life.

I have to say Changsun Ji's luck, after he met the prince that day, he was sitting in the carriage and was preparing to return home.

On the way, he was stopped by three people.To be precise, the dispute caused by the three of them fighting on the street attracted the people in the capital who watched the excitement, thus blocking the way of Changsun Ji.

Originally, if it was normal, Changsun Ji ordered the driver to change the road.But that day, I was a little depressed because of the matter of leading the army, and I encountered someone blocking the way.It was even worse, so I wanted to find something to do to have fun.

(End of this chapter)