God-level impostor

Chapter 285 You Are Guilty
The emperor's personal servant trotted over, took the report from the stranger, and trotted back to the emperor, not daring to lose any time.

The emperor grabbed the memorial from the servant's hand and couldn't wait to open it. As he read it line by line, his face became more and more ugly. When he finished reading, he threw the memorial on the Longshu table , said angrily, "Bold, bold, this is really too bold."

All the ministers in the court knew that apart from the big event, it was a big event in northern Xinjiang, but only the emperor knew the specific situation, and no one else knew.

But the emperor was only angry there, and no one else dared to be angry.

The emperor threw down the report angrily, and picked it up to read it again. This time he read it very slowly and carefully. After a long time, when he finished reading it again, he repeated the previous action and read the report again. fell down.

Then he shouted loudly, "Zhongqing, are you convicted?"

Zhongqing was very anxious. Not long after he got up from the ground, he immediately threw away his crutches and knelt down again, "The minister is here, why does the Holy One blame the humble minister?"

He knew very well in his heart that the person who came just now made it very clear that it was the urgent report of the Northern Xinjiang.The current marshal in charge of the army in Beijiang is no longer Zhenbei Wang Xiangwuchou, but his younger brother Zhongtao.If something happened in Beijiang, Zhong Tao would definitely be involved, and since he was Zhong Tao's recommender, he would naturally be implicated.

It's just that he was aware of the problem, but he didn't know what happened.

The emperor threw down the report angrily, "See for yourself what crime you have committed."

Zhongqing picked up the report from the ground, and knelt down to read it. After reading it in a hurry, his face was ashamed.

It turned out that half a month ago, when the defenders of northern Xinjiang were patrolling at the junction with Dajin, they found that there were thousands of cattle and sheep grazing in Dajin.But there were only a dozen herders, so the sergeant reported the situation to Marshal Zhong Tao.

This is wealth at your fingertips. Zhong Tao felt that the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty had just subsided and the national power was lacking, so he had nothing to fear, so he took thousands of cattle and sheep to Caoli City where he was stationed.

However, to Zhong Tao's surprise, after the incident, Da Jin reacted quickly and dispatched an army of one million to attack Caoli City.

There were only 8 defenders in Caoli City. Seeing that he could not guard the city, Zhong Tao retreated without a fight, abandoning the city and fleeing.Nuo Da's Cao Licheng was handed over to Da Jin.

After occupying Caoli City, Da Jin did not give up, and still marched southward, occupying twelve cities in Dayan one after another in just two days.

Zhong Tao knew that the crime was so serious that he dared not report it to the court, but the report was written by the deputy commander Yin Shiqu.Yin Shiqu was worried that Zhong Tao's insistence on going his own way would cause even greater losses, so he did not hesitate to risk offending the Generalissimo and spoke frankly, reporting what happened to the emperor truthfully.

What happened, Yin Shiqu wrote clearly in the report. The report was sent back by Feige. These things happened more than half a month ago. Now that it has been so long, what is the specific situation? Not yet known.

After reading the memorial, Zhongqing's heart was cold. He originally recommended his younger brother Zhongtao to guard the northern border, but he just wanted to do it nearby when he inspected the Xiaoyao Palace in the future. As for Dajin, he didn't think about it.Seeing that the vitality of the Jin Dynasty has not recovered, it is impossible to provoke a war again.

What he didn't expect was that it was Zhong Tao who took the initiative to provoke Da Jin, and the other party's reaction was so fast. According to the normal army horse transfer, it would take more than a month at the earliest, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve.

But the facts are in front of him, Yin Shiqu definitely dare not lie about it.

Holding the report in his hand, Zhongqing was stunned for a moment, then kept kowtowing to the emperor until blood oozes from his forehead, and kept saying, "I'm guilty of crimes, I'm guilty of crimes, the most urgent thing right now is how to retire Jin soldiers and horses, I also ask the emperor to give Zhong Tao a chance to make meritorious deeds and atone for his sins."

The emperor's face became more and more gloomy, and he said in a cold voice, "If it was another mistake, I would not kill them all, but Zhong Tao provoked Da Jin innocently, robbed him openly, and then retreated without a fight. The opportunity has been wasted by Zhong Tao himself. Tao has no choice but to die, as for you, Zhongqing? Immediately dismiss from your post and go to jail, and wait to be dealt with."

"Your Majesty is merciful, Your Majesty is merciful!" Zhong Qing repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The emperor glared at Zhong Qing, his expression getting uglier.

A warrior in front of the hall came over, took off Zhongqing's black gauze, and then took him out of the hall and took him to the prison.

"Your family, Northern Xinjiang is in an emergency. Zhong Tao's misbehavior has annoyed Da Jin. Da Jin sent 100 million troops and took down twelve cities in this dynasty half a month ago. What good strategies do you guys have?" The emperor calmed down his anger a little. asked.

At this time, there were still a group of ministers who impeached Lin Chen kneeling in the main hall. They looked at each other, stood up silently, and retreated to the queue, all of them dumb like each other and no one spoke.

The hall fell into silence, and no one spoke for a while.

The emperor said angrily, "Didn't you still chatter just now? Why are you silent now? Do you want to tell me in this way that you are helpless?"

The right minister Zhongqing was imprisoned, and the highest official in the court was the left minister Ji En. At this time, everyone turned their attention to the left minister.

Sensing the attention of many eyes, Ji En stepped out of the queue, bowed to him, "Qi Zuo Sheng, the most urgent task is to re-select the marshal, mobilize troops, prepare food and grass, and go to the northern border to recover the lost land."

The emperor nodded, "Naturally, but who should be appointed as commander-in-chief? Does Prime Minister Zuo have a suitable candidate?"

Ji En looked at King Zhenbei Xiang Wuchou, and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, King Zhenbei has been guarding the northern border before, and the border is safe and sound. Marshal Xiang has great prestige in the army and uses his troops like a god. The king is back in command, and will fight for the northern border for the imperial court."

The emperor also looked at Xiang Wuchou, and asked, "Xiang Aiqing, what do you think?"

Xiang Wuchou went out and said, "The sage has an order, and I swear to fight to the death. It's just that the Jin Dynasty has millions of troops. If it regains the lost land, it needs 150 million soldiers. It must have enough food and grass. As for when the lost land can be regained, it can only be seen. It depends on the fighter."

"150?"

The emperor frowned slightly, and asked Huo Yanguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "Huo Aiqing, how long will it take to mobilize 150 million troops?"

Huo Yanguang said, "Return to the Holy Lord, the soldiers and horses in the army are now distributed in various cities, which are quite far away from the northern border. There are 30 troops in the north. It will take at least half a year for the rest of the cities to get together."

The emperor also knew that what Huo Yanguang said was true, so he was not surprised, and instead asked Sun Jin, Minister of the Household Department, "Sun Aiqing, how long will it take to raise 150 million soldiers and horses for half a year?"

An official in his 50s stepped out of the queue, and he saluted, "Return to the Holy Lord, it will take at least four months to collect food and grass, and it will take three months if the food and grass arrive in northern Xinjiang."

"It takes six months to deploy troops, and seven months to transport food and grass to the northern border. That is to say, in these seven months, my northern border will be left to the Great Jin to do whatever it wants, and the whole country of Great Yan will be helpless?" The emperor asked coldly. road.

(End of this chapter)