"Your Highness, less than ten miles further, we will enter the territory of Liangzhou."
Hearing Wei Qin's voice, Liu Qi slowly opened the car curtain.
Today, I have been gone for three days.
It can be said that it is very fast to drive here from Jincheng in such a short time.
In fact, from the moment you arrive here, you can already feel the difference from Gyeongju. The most intuitive feeling is.
Cold, very cold.
It's September, and the trees here are almost completely withered. The cold wind blows on your face, and the cool feeling makes you suddenly wake up.
Because in my previous life, I lived in the north.
Therefore, Liu Qi felt very at ease with this environment, so he put on his coat and sat outside the carriage.
Qin Wei also wanted to stop him. After all, it was very dangerous for him to do so.
"It doesn't matter, I will come out and get some air."
After a few miles, Zhao Wenhui pointed ahead.
"Your Highness, look, there is a village."
People here can tell that it is very different from Gyeongju.
The men are tall and tall, and the women are generally stronger than the women in Gyeongju.
Liu Qi remembered what was written in the book.
The folk customs here are very fierce. Before Daqing was recovered, riots would occur from time to time.
Just when the Qing Dynasty was founded, troops were sent here twice to counter rebellion.
But I have to say that the soldiers here are very brave. Several famous generals in Daqing came from here.
Take General Feng Ying who was stationed at Younang Pass as an example. He was from Liangzhou. He once brought less than 50,000 soldiers with him and defeated Liang's hundreds of thousands of troops.
After this battle, Liang Guo no longer dared to have any other thoughts towards Daqing.
"Your Highness, it's better to go back."
Liu Qi also knew that now that there were people on the road, safety was the most important thing.
He nodded and got into the carriage with Zhao Wenhui.
But not long after he sat down, Bai Qi came.
"Your Highness, not far ahead is Yongcheng. Should we stay here?"
Liu Qi didn't even think about it.
"No need, we will be stationed near the official road and let Qin Wei lead a team of soldiers and horses to transport the needed supplies from Yongcheng."
...
But Liu Qi never expected that after Qin Wei went to Yongcheng, he would bring back not only supplies, but also very embarrassing news for him.
"Your Highness, the supplies have been brought back."
"However, there is one more thing that I feel I need to tell you."
"speak."
"The general arrived at Yongcheng and met the local guard. He begged Your Highness if he could help them or report the situation in Yongcheng to the court."
Hearing this, Liu Qi opened the car curtain further.
"what happened?"
"That's right, banditry is very serious near Yongcheng. Among them is Wutang Mountain, where more than 5,000 bandits have gathered. The bandit leader, named Song He, claims to have 108 people in his hands. general."
"The garrison of Yongcheng has led troops to suppress bandits many times, but Wutang Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is no match for Songhe. As the banditry grows stronger, it has now become a threat to Yongcheng."
After hearing what Qin Wei said, Liu Qi was shocked.
Good guy!
Unexpectedly, I would meet that Mr. Song in this world!
I just don't know if among his one hundred and eight generals, there are still those famous heroes.
"Didn't the Yongcheng guard tell the court about such a serious situation?"
"Your Highness, of course you said it, but the court ignored it at all and wrote back to the local guards, saying that they should solve it on their own. There is no need for the court to send troops for a small bandit problem."
When Liu Qi heard this, he slapped the car wall hard.
"These are these people who eat people's food and don't care about people's affairs!"
The banditry of more than five thousand people is no longer a small number.
If they are allowed to continue to develop, I am afraid that they will be able to pull out a large army within a few years.
By then, if they were allowed to occupy Yongcheng, the important transportation route from Qingzhou to Liangzhou would be blocked.
This is no joke.
Once Yongcheng's defenses are breached, the supply and demand north of Liangzhou will not be supplied in time.
Whether it is the Xiongnu, the female empire, or South Korea, they can take advantage of this opportunity to march from the north, directly to the passes around Pingzhuang, and push all the way to Pingcheng.
Even if the Qing Kingdom recaptures Yongcheng in time, there is no danger of defending it.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Pingcheng is destroyed and Yongcheng is gone, then the north of Qingguo will be completely opened.
Thinking of this, Liu Qi couldn't wait to go back now and give Li Shouting a hard blow.
If he didn't know about this, Qingguo would be in danger in a few years.
"Tell General Bai Qi to stop the army temporarily and call all the generals over. I have something to say."
After a while, Bai Qi and other generals, including the fourth prince and Yan Wenhu, all gathered beside Liu Qi's carriage.
All around were closely guarded soldiers.
"...That's what it is. What do you think?"
Liu Qi sneered.
"Third brother, are you being too alarmist? He is just a small gangster, how can he cause such a big disaster? It seems to me that he is obviously the guard of Yongcheng, and he is just useless."
Yan Wenhu also echoed.
"Yes, no matter how powerful the gangster is, how can he be the opponent of our Daqing soldiers? Firstly, they don't have decent weapons, and secondly, they don't have decent equipment. From what General Yi Mo saw, it was clearly the guard of Yongcheng who didn't use all his strength. ."
At this moment, Han Zhong waved his hand.
"I don't think so. The guard of Yongcheng has met me several times, and he also served as a captain in the army for a period of time. If he is an ordinary bandit, with his ability, it should be easy It can be solved.”
"So, from what I see, there must be something unusual about these bandits. They are either very good at fighting, or the terrain they occupy is very special."
Liu Qi nodded. It was Old General Han who spoke to the point. Unlike those two fucking brainless things.
"General Bai, what do you think?"
"The general will obey His Highness's arrangements. If the General's guess is correct, His Highness may want to stay and solve the troubles facing Yongcheng."
Before Liu Qi said anything, Liu Yin couldn't sit still.
"Brother Imperial, this is not okay!"
"We have been stranded in Jincheng for many days. If we delay arriving in Pingcheng any longer, my father will definitely blame us. I don't want to be punished too."
"Besides, can you take care of so many things along the way?"
Yan Wenhu also started to follow.
"Your Highness, it's better to send a letter to the court explaining the situation here. The court will definitely solve it."
shit! If the imperial court was willing to resolve it, why would it need to be delayed until now?
But what Liu Yin said was not completely unreasonable.
If the army stays here for a long period of time, Yang Wenyuan and others will definitely not be able to protect them if they come forward.
After all, this mission was to put down the Huns' rebellion, and what happened along the way had nothing to do with him.
But for Liu Qi, he didn't think so.
I am the crown prince of Daqing. How can anything in Taiqing have nothing to do with me?
If you close your eyes and leave today, what will the guards of Yongcheng think and what will the people think?
After thinking for a while, Liu Qi slowly raised his head.
"Okay, let's listen to this king's decision."
