Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The boat went down the river at a very fast speed, and it took a few days to reach Jianye.Pei Linzhi did not land at Jianye, but on Wuhu, two hundred miles west of Jianye.

It directly broke through Wuhu, which was weakly defended, and advanced towards Jianye from land.

Guan Shan and An Jun fought a battle in Yongjia, and after capturing Yongjia, they withdrew quickly.

When the An army stationed in Dongyang County arrived, Guan Shan had already led an expanded force of more than [-] troops from the sea to join Jianye and Pei Linzhi's army.

As soon as Pei Linzhi set off from Jiangzhou, Xiao Yi received a secret letter from the spies.He deployed all his troops in Jianye, and issued orders to all states, asking the governors of all states to come to the rescue quickly.

However, until Pei Linzhi fought outside Jianye City, only Wuzhou and Yanzhou sent troops.

Xiao Yi has tens of thousands more troops than the Beibei Army, of which [-] are recruits recruited from last year to this year, and some of them have just finished their recruit training.

At first Xiao Yi refused to fight and tried to wait for reinforcements from various places. However, the Yanzhou soldiers had been there for several days, and the nearest Yuzhou did not send any reinforcements.

Xiao Yi was furious, and almost wanted to arrest all those aristocratic families and force the governors from all over the place to return to Jianye.

But he still didn't dare, because there are many descendants of aristocratic families in the [-] imperial guards, and many of them hold important positions in the army. Once the aristocratic family is moved, he may not be able to protect himself.

Xiao Yi didn't wait for reinforcements, but he waited for [-] soldiers led by Guan Shan.

After receiving the King Qin's order, the [-] An Army who suppressed the rebels in East Yangzhou quickly returned to aid Jianye.By the time they arrived, Jianye had been surrounded into an iron barrel by the North Army.

After the hand-to-hand combat, the An army knew that their strength was far from that of any other, so they quickly withdrew south, fled into Wu County, and guarded Wu County's granary, daring not to make any more moves.

Pei Linzhi surrounded Jianye City and did not attack the city. Instead, he showed great patience to spend time with Xiao Yi.

They don't have to worry about food and drink outside the city, but how long can the millions of soldiers and civilians in Jianye City last.

Guan Shan led [-] soldiers to take counties and counties one by one in Yangzhou. Many counties and counties saw the Guangzhou army coming, and opened their doors to greet them without fighting.

Guan Shan doesn't harass the people, and when he arrives in a place, he doesn't do anything except recruit local armed forces.People in Yangzhou saw that although they were rebels, the rebels were quite good. They did not burn, kill, loot, or bully the weak.

There are thousands of former Anguo navy troops in the Guanshan Army, and many of them passed by their homes during the march.Guan Shan allowed the soldiers to go home to visit their relatives, but they had to abide by military regulations and come back within a limited time.

At the beginning, his lieutenant was worried that these people would not come back after returning, but it turned out that only a very few people did not return on time, and most of them returned as scheduled.

Half a month after Pei Linzhi arrived in Jianye, Xiao Yi still hadn't seen any new reinforcements. He finally couldn't hold on anymore, opened the gate of the city, and went out to fight.

The soldiers sent in the first battle were not the elite of the An army, but the recruits who had only been in the army for a few months. This is clearly sending someone to die. The generals of the An army have their own plans, and they are not willing to sacrifice their elites. They only let these newcomers come. die.

How the outcome of this battle will be, no need to think about it.

Xiao Yao looked at the tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, and twitched the corners of his mouth to sneer: "Does Xiao Yi's dog thief think that there are too many mouths to eat in the city, so he wants to liquidate a batch of them?"

Pei Linzhi nodded in agreement: "It's probably so. Since there are so many soldiers, let's accept them, saving me from having to conscript."

After the first battle, Xiao Yi stopped fighting.

Pei Linzhi continued the siege, intending to siege until the An army had no intention of fighting before deciding to attack the city.

A few days later, Xiao Yu sent a letter asking Pei Linzhi to attack the city as soon as possible.Xiao Yi had already made preparations. The granaries in the city must be rich, and the private granaries of the major families must also be full. They can last for a while, but the common people cannot survive.They usually eat as they buy, and it is considered a long time if they can last for ten days and a half months.What's more, the city is besieged, and the food price in the city is bound to skyrocket, and people are afraid that people will starve to death.

Xiao Yu's guess was right. As soon as Jianye City was surrounded, the price of rice doubled that day. From then on, the price would be one price per day. By the time Pei Linzhi received Xiao Yu's letter, the price of rice on the black market in Jianye City had already risen to 120 Wen per catty.

The government doesn't care?Of course, the government was in charge, and ordered that the price of rice should not exceed [-] yuan. As soon as the government's official document was issued, all major rice shops announced that the rice was sold out.

Rice stores have no rice to sell, but there is plenty of rice on the black market, as long as you can afford it.Some people soon fell into the predicament of running out of food. At this juncture, how many people are willing to give out life-saving food to help others.

There were a lot of beggars in Jianye City, and many people began to kneel at the gate of the government office, begging the government to release food.

How can the government release food at this time, there are still 10,000+ soldiers to feed, if the soldiers are not full, how can they fight the rebels outside the city?

Xiao Yi listened expressionlessly to the ministers reporting the situation in the city to him in the court hall, and said after listening, "Lord Cui should have a lot of food in his home, please release some to help the hungry people."

It was Jing Zhaoyin Cui Sheng who reported the situation. Hearing what Xiao Yi said, his scalp became numb. Shouldn't it be the court's business to help the hungry?How did it become his private matter?

He had no choice but to say: "Returning to Your Majesty, there is not much food left in the minister's family. It is really more than enough energy."

Xiao Yi glanced coldly at all the ministers present, and said, "Which family still has food left? It's time to contribute to the country and the people."

Everyone lowered their eyes and didn't look at Xiao Yi. At this time, whoever is the first bird will have the second time after the first time. Those untouchables are not worth saving.It is still unknown when the siege will be lifted, and their own quality of life has also seriously declined.

So the matter of helping the hungry people was left alone.

But soon Xiao Yi didn't have to worry about it.That night, several loud bangs erupted on the west wall of Jianye City, and the stone wall that had been built for hundreds of years collapsed.

He had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the Zhengbei Army took a long ladder to the moat, launched a charge, and rushed into the city from the broken wall.

These loud noises shattered the dreams of Jianye people, especially that of Xiao Yi.

Countless conquest troops poured in from the gap in the city wall, and the An army, caught off guard, resisted passively, retreating while fighting.

The brave Beibei army rushed into the city and captured the nearest west gate. Xiao Yao led the army to rush in from the west gate and fought fierce street battles with the An army. No fighting spirit.

An Jun simply opened the north and south city gates and fled out of the city in a panic.Outside the city gate is the Northern Conscript Army waiting for them for a long time. Those who surrender will live, and those who resist will die.

Xiao Yi, with disheveled hair, was protected by his guards, and escaped from the palace in a hurry on a dragon chariot.

He listened to Wen Zhun's report with ashes on his face: "A huge thunder fell from the sky, and the good western city wall collapsed. The rebel army came in from the collapsed city wall, captured the west gate, and the main force came in."

"The south gate and the north gate are broken. To be precise, they were opened from the inside."

Wen Zhun didn't say who opened it, but Xiao Yi also guessed it, he suddenly said: "Stop, I'm not leaving!"

Wen Zhun was surprised and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you go?"

Xiao Yi looked back at the palace, and sneered: "Where can I escape? The attitude of the governors of each state has long been clear, can they tolerate me?"

Wen Zhun said: "Going further north, there are Dongrong and Xirong. If you leave the green hills, you won't have to worry about no firewood."

Xiao Yi looked at Wen Zhun, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! If I want to live, it depends on Xiao Yu's final fate."

After a while, Wen Zhun came over: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes and abandon the chariot. We will pretend to be civilians and escape."

After Xiao Yi changed his clothes, he said to Wen Zhun, "Let someone light a fire."

When the Beibei army entered the city, they did not harass the people, but they did not harass, which does not mean that the Anjun did not harass, so the city was in chaos, and many houses were burned. The people dragged their families and began to flee outside the city.

Xiao Yi, who disguised himself as a commoner, and his followers took advantage of the chaos to leave the city.

When Xiao Yao arrived at the palace, the palace was already in flames.Xiao Yao searched the whole palace, but he couldn't find Xiao Yi, no one was alive or dead, he realized that Xiao Yi had escaped, and said to the people around him: "Go, guard the city gate strictly, and search for Xiao Yi's body." Come down and let no one go out of the city gate."

Pei Linzhi also arrived at this time, looking at the palace that had been buried in flames, he let out a long sigh, this is really in line with Xiao Yi's usual style, if he is not good, he will not let others be good.

Xiao Yao said: "General Pei, Xiao Yi has escaped, let me have the gates of the city sealed, and find Xiao Yi."

Pei Linzhi waved his hand: "There's no need to seal him, he must have already escaped from the city by now, and he may have crossed the river and left."

"Then where will he go?" Xiao Yao asked.

Pei Linzhi said: "I guess I should go to Dongrong."

Xiao Yao sneered: "So what if a dog who lost his family fled to Dongrong? Could it be that he still wants to make a comeback?"

"It's impossible to make a comeback. But I think he will incite Dongrong to send troops to Anguo, and sit back and watch the tigers fight."

"It's not his turn to take advantage of it."

"He may not be able to find a bargain, but he absolutely does not want to see His Majesty have a good time."

Xiao Yao agrees with this point: "He is indeed such a person. He has such a dark mind. His father was blind at the beginning, so he was appointed as the prince. By the way, I have something to deal with, so I will leave." After speaking hastily leave.

Pei Linzhi looked at the palace that had turned into a sea of ​​flames. It didn't make much sense to put out the fire or not. He murmured and sighed: "It's just burned like this. How much money will it cost to rebuild, Xiaoyu should be in pain again."

On the seventh night of the seventh month of the fourth year of Taichu, a vision fell from the sky, and thunder struck the ground, blowing down the century-old city wall of Jianye City.

The An army was defeated, the palace caught fire, Emperor Zhiping Xiao Yi disappeared, numerous concubines and palace people were killed and injured, and the Queen Mother Zhao committed suicide by hanging herself.

The next day, when the Beibei Army took over Jianye City, the first thing they did was to open official warehouses to distribute food to the hungry people, and urged Jianye City to restore order as soon as possible.

After daybreak, Pei Linzhi rode back to Duke Protector's Mansion. The grass on the door was swaying in the wind, the red-painted door was mottled and covered with dust, and there were no signs of anyone walking on the stone steps and horse-holding posts in front of the door. inhabited.

Pei Linzhi pushed the door open, and several wild birds fluttered up from the weeds in the yard, obviously it had been abandoned for a long time.When he was leaving, although his parents had passed away, his widowed aunt was still living in the mansion. Where was the aunt?What about the servants at home?Where have they all gone?