Huang Qiong did not bring many people with him. He only retained the Minister of War and the Ministry of Household in Xijing, the privy envoy in Xijing, as well as the pacifier and chief envoy of Shaanxi Road to participate in politics. The Shaanxi Road Warehouse Ambassador and the military attache were only He brought the deputy envoy Jiedu with him. As for Liu Lu, the envoy of Shaanxi Road Festival, he had already led his people to Yan'an Prefecture after receiving the imperial edict. He personally took charge and intercepted the rebels in Ningxia Prefecture.
Except for these people, Huang Qiong didn't even pay attention to the others and dismissed them directly. The officials who were selected to accompany him did not know what the King of England was doing when he went to the Xijing camp to summon them, and they did not dare to go forward and ask. I can only do it tremblingly, not daring to do it in a comfortable sedan chair. The civilian officials got on the carriages, and the military attachés all rode horses, and followed them to the Xijing camp.
Originally, these people had no distinction between civil and military affairs. After Huang Qiong spoke, each one of them went straight to his sedan chair. At present, luxury is becoming more and more popular, and not only civil servants are accustomed to sitting in sedan chairs. Even the military attachés, many people have begun to ride in sedan chairs. Especially for Jiedushi and local military attachés, sitting in sedan chairs has become a common phenomenon, and few people ride horses.
In addition to the officials who came to greet Huang Qiong today, as well as the low-level military attachés who were only there for ceremonial purposes. Not to mention the civil servants, not even the military attachés from the Jiedushi Yamen came here on horseback. But they didn't expect that when they got on the sedan chair, the King of England glanced directly at them coldly. These officials were frightened by the cold eyes of the British King.
Although he didn't understand clearly, what was the meaning behind the cold eyes of the King of England. But they could all see the dissatisfaction in King Ying's eyes as he rested on the sedan chair. How many of the officials who were able to sneak in to greet Huang Qiong today were not human sperm? Although the meaning in the King of England's cold gaze was not guessed. But there are definitely people who are dissatisfied with the sedan they ride.
With this understanding, and if the official really doesn't shoot him to death, he dares to touch his sedan again? Especially the King of England, who has a notorious reputation. Many officials who gave up their beloved sedans hurriedly looked for replacements. Fortunately, the military attache said that it would not be too embarrassing to temporarily requisition the mounts of the officers and soldiers who came to escort the officers and soldiers, or the mounts of his own soldiers.
But the civilian officials were in a hurry. They couldn't ride a horse and could only stare at the horses vacated by the officers and soldiers. Finally, at the city gate, with the help of the governor of Chang'an, several carriages entering Chang'an were temporarily commandeered. At this time, Jinzi was no longer the stall of Wotou, and these officials did not care about these carriages, which were originally used to transport something. They all got on board one by one.
It was a bumpy journey as we followed the King of England to the Xijing camp outside the Daming Palace. In fact, the Xijing Camp barracks are not in Chang'an City, and the Liudianqiansi who is responsible for training and managing the Xijing Camp is not in the city either. Instead, they were stationed at Baqiao in the east of Chang'an, outside Yanpingmen in the west, and outside the Daming Palace in the north. The Si Yamen in front of the Liudian Hall in Xijing is just outside the Daming Palace in the north.
What is stationed in Baqiao is only part of the Xijing camp. Because the capital has moved to Luoyang, the east is no longer the main defense direction. Even the Xijing camp's garrison in Baqiao only had more than 10,000 troops, which was the smallest among the three camps. Therefore, Huang Qiong did not stop when passing Baqiao, but went around the city and went straight to the Si Yamen in front of the Xijing Liudian Palace outside the Daming Palace.
The Xijing Camp was set up to defend Chang'an, the then capital, after the War of Destruction of the Tang Dynasty. The troops and horses stationed at the Xijing camp were all returned from the expedition to Shu, and were the most elite soldiers of the Qi Dynasty. This also includes the 30,000 soldiers carefully selected from the last 100,000 troops of the former Tang Dynasty who were demobilized in Shu after the destruction of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Xijing camp had 150,000 troops and horses, which could be said to be a collection of elite soldiers from all over the world.
The purpose of setting up the Xijing Camp back then had three main functions. The first to bear the brunt was, of course, the defense of Chang'an, the capital at that time. The second is to deter the nomadic tribes in the northwest, especially the Dangxiang people, the Uighurs, and the Tubo tribes nomadic around Qinghai Lake and the Qilian Mountains. Third, when something happens in the northwest, troops can be quickly dispatched to quell the rebellion without wasting the opportunity to fight.
After Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, although he finally chose to move eastward in order to solve the increasingly serious food problem in Chang'an City at that time, the Xijing camp was not abolished. Only one-third of the twelve garrison troops in the original camp were removed and the troops were transferred to Jingzhao Mansion, which was originally deployed in Luoyang. Tens of thousands of troops and horses from various places in Guandong were intimidated, and they jointly formed four major battalions to defend Jingzhao Mansion.
Fifty thousand troops and horses were also dispatched to the roadside armies in Longyou, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei to defend the front line of the Great Wall. Under such mobilization, the Xijing Camp has guaranteed the number of 50,000 troops and horses. Within the territory of Da Qi Dynasty, the military strength was only slightly inferior to that of the four major battalions in the capital. Complementing each other with the four major camps in the capital, one in the east and one in the west constitute the Great Qi Dynasty, two anchors to maintain the stability of the world.
Although since the founding of Da Qi, the primary foreign enemy has been the Khitan people who have become increasingly powerful and eventually established the Liao Kingdom. But the northwest is not peaceful either. Although the Tubo Dynasty collapsed under the attack of Guilin County King. However, the Tubo tribes scattered in Qinghai Lake and the Hexi Corridor still frequently raided the northwest. The Uighur people who were driven out of Yumen Pass also joined forces with the Tubo people from time to time to invade the border areas.
In addition, at that time, there was still a personal problem of the party members, which could not be completely solved. In order to continue to frighten the tribes in the northwest, not only the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Privy Council were left in Xijing, they were responsible for matters in the northwest. Although these ministers have little authority, the Ministry of Revenue is only responsible for managing the tax collection of Longyou and Shaanxi Second Route, as well as the military salary allocation for the armies of the Second Route.
The Ministry of Industry is only responsible for the maintenance of Chang'an Palace and Taizu Mausoleum, as well as the maintenance of Chang'an City. The Ministry of War is only responsible for the military affairs of the two local guards, and it has no control over the two border armies. As for the Rites Department, they are so idle that they are almost growing hairy. In addition to organizing sacrifices to Taizu's imperial mausoleum every year. The only errand is to entertain envoys from Western countries when they pass through Chang'an.
Originally, before the Xuanzong Dynasty, he could also preside over the second-level examination. However, due to Xuanzong's imperial examination in Xijing, a scandal occurred that caused a sensation in the world. The Minister of Rites in Xijing was sentenced to death, two ministers were killed and exiled, and several principal officials were beheaded. So since the Xuanzong Dynasty, even this errand has disappeared. There is only one minister in the entire Xijing Ministry of Rites, not even a minister.
There are four departments, and only two departments are left: the temple priests and the host and guest departments. Because the Four Ministries of Xijing held high positions and did not do much, they were always called nursing homes in the official circles of the Qi Dynasty. The Xijing Rites Department was called the nursing home among nursing homes because it had nothing to do all day long, and it was extremely poor inside. All officials know that once they are sent to the Ministry of Rites in Xijing, their career will come to an end.
Not to mention that the four departments in Xijing have little power, even the Privy Council of Xijing only cares about major events happening on the second route, and deploys troops according to the imperial decree after receiving the imperial decree from the capital. The real power is still in the hands of the various yamen in the capital. Even in the Xijing camp, the actual mobilization power and jurisdiction are also in the hands of the Palace Secretary and the Privy Council. Among all the departments in Xijing, the front office department has relatively greater powers.
However, the Imperial Palace Secretary and the Privy Council in Xijing must also receive imperial edicts and receive troop deployment orders from the Privy Council and the Palace Privy Council in the capital in order to mobilize troops. Without the imperial edict and deployment orders from the capital, it is against the decree to mobilize troops without authorization. However, although Xijing's various divisions have very little power. But at that time, Emperor Taizong moved the entire court center and still left so many yamen in Xijing, which is enough to show that this dynasty attaches great importance to the northwest.
Of course, the Xijing Camp is said to be a large camp, but according to the practice since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so many troops and horses will definitely not be placed under the control of one yamen. Therefore, this Xijing camp is actually still divided into three parts. Not only do they have their own stations around Chang'an City, but they also have their own independent command systems. The three camps are not subordinate to each other and are directly responsible to the former department of Xijing Palace.
However, compared with the Chinese army following the Si Yamen in front of the palace, they were stationed eighteen miles outside the Daming Palace. The front army was stationed twenty miles outside Yanping Gate of Xijing, and the rear army camp was stationed at Baqiao. The three troops were like a person's open fist, tightly guarding the Xijing camp in the palm of his hand. Compared with the four major battalions in Beijing, half of them are infantry and cavalry, because cavalry is crucial for northwest operations.
Among the 50,000 troops and horses in the northwest camp, 70% are cavalry. They are all of the same color, recruited from Han people who are good at riding horses. In addition, there are a small number of Sinicized Dangxiang and Huihe people. Due to geographical reasons, the horses equipped with these 50,000 army horses are all the best party horses in Da Qi. In addition, in view of the special geographical conditions of the northwest, there are more than 5,000 camels in the northwest camp.
It is for this reason that Huang Qiong was reluctant to move after receiving the imperial edict from the Xijing camp. Only thousands of troops and horses were sent to rescue Qingyang Mansion. The rest of the main force was only 10,000 troops and horses, which were assigned to Shaanxi Jiedushi Liu Jiedu, who cooperated with the guards to block Ningxia Mansion and was extremely angry. So after Huang Qiong arrived at the front office of Liudian Palace in Xijing, he faced the obstruction of the guards and went straight over with a horsewhip.
He directly knocked the guard back. This is Huang Qiong's first time getting angry at the people below him since he returned to this era. The officials who were following Huang Qiong were so frightened that they all shrank their necks when they saw Huang Qiong's casual whip and whipped a strong man. If this whip hits me, I'm afraid I won't be able to ride the crane directly?
However, Huang Qiong knocked over a guard with a whip, and except for a military attache who ran into the yamen to report, all the soldiers who were guarding the yamen in front of the palace stopped him. Even if they didn't dare to stop them or fight back, they still stubbornly stood in a row in front of the Si Yamen in front of the palace, blocking the way in. After all, it is where the senior military attachés are located, but these soldiers still have some value.
Although this young man was not wearing any official robes. Behind him were a large number of civil and military officials, as well as three hundred soldiers, which was enough to show the identity of this young man. And to have so many high-ranking officials follow behind them and be submissive, not even daring to make a big statement. Besides the newly appointed ambassador of Longyou and Shaanxi Second Road, the ninth son of the emperor, King Ying, who else can there be?
But as soldiers, their lives were at stake, and they could only hold on here until they received orders from their superiors. Of course, I didn't dare to force myself in front of them, but I could still force myself to form a human wall and block the way into the Si Yamen in front of the palace. Seeing these people blocking his way, Huang Qiong, instead of getting angry, laughed softly.
But his smile made everyone present feel cold all over. The dozens of soldiers blocking the entrance of the Si Yamen in front of the palace were a little scared, but they still persisted. Fortunately, the stalemate didn't last long. After a violent cough came from the front office, a majestic voice came: "You bastards, how dare you block the way of any one of you?"
