Zhu Nao

Since all the officials from all over the country were involved in the matter of King Qin, it took a lot of time to prepare before dispatching troops.

For several months, one letter after another was continuously circulated between the various prefectures.

Regarding the King Qin Order issued by the three prefectures, every local official who received the official letter responded.No matter what people think in their hearts, whether they are willing or unwilling, almost no one refuses to participate in the affairs of the king, and they are very active on the surface-even if the imperial court is now in name only, but in name, everyone is still the imperial court. of courtiers.Rescue is an inescapable duty, and there is absolutely no reason to shirk it.

And because the governors of the three prefectures have all issued the King Qin Order, the princes from all over the country have also replied to almost every governor who issued the King Qin Order, which has caused a certain degree of confusion on the contrary—who will preside over the affairs of the King Qin?There has to be one of the three governments who has the final say, otherwise things like when to send troops and where to garrison cannot be settled, and there is naturally no way to talk about joint suppression of bandits.

In the matter of dominance, Jing Zhaoyin Feicen gave up without much effort.Originally, his purpose of sending out the Wang Ling was just to take the opportunity to shirk his responsibility for not doing enough to suppress the bandits.Moreover, he is far away from the capital, so it is not easy for him to handle this matter.

And Yin Luguang of Henan Province and Liu Song, Yin of Guangjin Prefecture, criticized each other several times for this matter.Now that the imperial court has no master, both of them have the intention of taking the opportunity to seize power.

Seeing that the matter of King Qin might end because of the dispute between the two, I don't know if Lu Guang suddenly found out with his conscience or what, he took the initiative to give in and handed over the right of coordinating to Liu Song who first initiated King Qin.

Liu Song raised his eyebrows now, as if he had become an agent of the imperial court, he was so proud of himself, and once again sent an official letter to the princes of the world to promote the matter of King Qin.

However, his elation did not last long.He soon discovered that this matter did not represent power, on the contrary, it was a big pit, a huge pit, and a sinkhole!

——Although all the governments have expressed their agreement to participate in the matter of King Qin, participating is one thing, and how much each government is willing to contribute is another.

The farther away from the capital, the fewer soldiers and horses willing to dispatch.For example, the Jiangnan Mansion and Lin'an Mansion are obviously rich and prosperous places, and they have not suffered much from military disasters. Normally, the soldiers should be strong and horses strong.But one after another in the letter, they shirked the hardship of their people's livelihood and the lack of soldiers.One is willing to give out 3000 people, and the other simply wants to give out 500 people.

After all, they were far away, and the rebellion had little effect on them.And if the rescue is successful, the benefits they can share are also the most limited.Therefore, they made it clear that they only planned to go through the motions, as long as they could save face.As for the success of the bandit suppression, they didn't care much at all.

It's okay for the remote princes to send less troops, and even the princes in the Central Plains are more stingy than the other.What these people think is that people from all walks of life will come together to serve the king and devote all their strength to the whole country. Are they afraid that they will not be able to beat the rebels to pieces?Since it is something that must be won, why should I waste money and be too active?It's okay to get by.But everyone thinks this way, everyone points to others, who else can count on it!

Moreover, since the imperial court devolved power, the trend of separatism in various places has gradually become established, and the troops of each government are almost all the private soldiers of the officials of each government.As a private soldier, he has become a personal treasure, as if it has nothing to do with the country, who is willing to consume his own wealth?Regardless of the loss of soldiers and generals in a war, just mobilizing troops will consume a lot of money and food, and will also delay the farm work in the jurisdiction.In this way, the less everyone is willing to bear, the better.

So when Liu Song gathered the news from all the government offices and summarized the numbers of soldiers and horses reported by the various government offices, his nose was almost crooked.

"What a bunch of shameless people! They are really wolf-hearted and ashamed to be courtiers!" He slapped the table and cursed angrily while watching.

The number of rebels was 4, but the total number of troops from the princes of the country who were willing to dispatch the king was only more than [-]! !Although [-] is more than [-], you must know that the rebels are in danger of guarding the capital and have sufficient food and grass.And the troops from all over the country came from thousands of miles away, and their combat power would be greatly reduced due to the fatigue of the journey. If the number of rebels was not several times that of the rebels, the encirclement and suppression of the capital might not be sure of victory.

Liu Song read all the letters sent by the prefectures, and the replies from all the prefects were surprisingly consistent, making one suspect that these letters seemed to be written by only one or two people—each letter begins with Angrily scold the rebels, worry about the situation of the court, and show their enthusiasm for participating in the suppression of bandits; then take a sharp turn, complain about their own suffering, last year's harvest was poor, and the people protested again; finally cut to the chase and express their willingness Sending thousands of soldiers and horses is already doing their best.

Liu Song was so angry that he waved his hand and swept the official documents on the table to the ground: "This is the king of Qin!! , they are all rebellious officials and thieves!"

Just because others did not send enough troops, he beat them up as traitors.If the scolded officials hear this, they will have to fight a lot.

The officials under him hurriedly picked up all the letters that had been swept away. When they picked up a certain letter, they glanced at it and were overjoyed: "Fu Yin, isn't this someone who is willing to send 1 soldiers to serve the king?"

Liu Song said: "Who?"

The official took a closer look: "It's Xie Wuji..."

Liu Song rolled his eyes wildly, and his liver hurt even more: "The ones who should come don't come, and the ones who shouldn't come are the ones who dance the most! Why did he bring an army of [-] here?! If he makes a fuss, who will end it?!"

Official: "..."

Whether it is Liu Song or Lu Guang, they are very afraid of Xie Wuji and his army.The reason for this is not because of Xie Wuji's bad background, nor is it because of Xie's army's poor military discipline, the main reason is actually because Xie Wuji is an out-and-out warrior.

For example, Jiangning Mansion, Lin'an Mansion, or Zhu Nao of Chengdu Mansion, if they brought tens of thousands of troops to the Central Plains, the officials of the Central Plains would not be so worried.After all, even if these governments intend to expand their power, they will slowly expand and erode outwards based on the original territory.It is impossible for them to give up their original territory, and it is impossible for them to dispatch all their forces, let alone leave tens of thousands of troops in the Central Plains alone and leave them alone.Therefore, their ambitions for the Central Plains are very limited.

Xie Wuji is different.Although he also has his own jurisdiction, he lacks a name on the one hand and has limited control on the other.He can bring his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses out at any time, and occupy wherever he says, without any worries.Who dares to recruit such an army?

Liu Song stomped back and forth a few times irritably, and ordered: "Go, order someone to help me reply to the letters of the princes everywhere, emphasizing how critical the current situation in the Central Plains is, and there is no need to delay, so that they must send me more troops! Don't look for it there. Excuses to evade! ——Also, write back a letter to Xie Wuji, saying that the princes from all over the country are sending troops one after another, there are too many people, and I am afraid that the situation will be chaotic, so let him bring me less people out."

The subordinates took the order and hurried out.

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Beijing.

In the palace, the officials are going to court.

The nine-year-old little emperor was not on the dragon chair, but sat on the small bench next to the dragon chair tremblingly.And the person lying sprawled on the resplendent dragon chair was Guo Jinli.

The so-called officials are actually a group of rebel officers under him.Everyone was standing or sitting, and they were jokingly reporting their recent great achievements—for example, who found some treasures from the treasury, for example, who searched for many beauties in the city, for example, who brought a certain rich man to glory. Hanging on the city gate with his buttocks for three days and so on.

Guo Jinli also laughed when he heard it.

Suddenly someone ran up to the hall and said, "General."

Guo Jinli said lazily, "What's the matter?"

The man didn't dare to say it in front of everyone, so he leaned into Guo Jinli's ear and reported in a low voice: "General, someone has inquired about the news and heard that the Guangjin Mansion is sending orders to the princes all over the country to lead the army to the capital. Come King Qin!"

"King Qin?" Guo Jinli asked inexplicably, "Who is King Qin? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Spy: "..."

"King Qin, it means asking the princes from all over the world to send troops to rescue him..."

"Uh, that's it." Guo Jinli scratched his ear before he understood.

"General, what should we do?" The spy was very nervous.All the princes of the country send troops, that's no joke!

Guo Jinli was indifferent, and muttered: "Send troops to save him? They want to save this kid? What's the use of saving him?" As he spoke, he glanced at the little emperor next to him.

The little emperor was obviously eavesdropping, his ears were erect and his head was slightly tilted.He was taken aback by Guo Jinli's sudden glance, and shrank his neck suddenly, trembling.

Guo Jinli scoffed.When he first came to Beijing, he actually planned to kill the emperor and sit on the throne himself.At that time, I was persuaded by a few people under my command who had read some books, saying that killing the emperor was too dangerous and would offend the world.It's better to keep the emperor, if there is no way to "hold the emperor to make the princes".Now it seems that holding the emperor is useless, but the emperor actually sits under his buttocks, very comfortable, no difference.

He waved his hand indifferently and said: "If you want to save it, save it. I haven't seen such a big storm before, so I'm afraid of them? Just wait and see, with me here, they can't keep this soldier out!"

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This time, Guo Jinli's plan did not come to fruition.

After several months of mediation and communication, and after rounds of bargaining, the Qin Wang's matter did not fall through, but made progress.

After all, it was a matter of the imperial court's face, and the governments agreed to send a certain amount of troops, which finally brought the total number of King Qin's army to more than [-].Such a number of people should be sure of victory against Guo Jinli's rebels.

The time for dispatching troops has finally been set.After the autumn harvest this year, all the prefectures immediately dispatched troops, counting the farthest journey, a total of one month's marching time.In mid-September, people from all walks of life gathered in the Xuzhou and Songzhou areas to discuss the thief's plan.Strive for a quick decision and put down the rebellion as soon as possible, so that all the government soldiers can rush back to spring plowing and planting in time.

After finally negotiating all the conditions, Liu Song was exhausted physically and mentally, and regretted that he took this job in the first place.For this errand, half of his head lost his hair, and his forehead was much brighter than before. When the oil lamp was on at night, the whole house was lit up.

And the final assembly order was finally issued to all places...