Xing'er looked at the two people coming out of the backyard and said, "Your Majesty and the others are going to the city gate. Your Majesty told the princess to rest temporarily at the palace and they will be back soon."
"I see."
"Princess, please sit down!"
"Princess, how come you can speak the language of us Han people?" Cuier asked.
"There are many people in our Xianbei tribe who can speak Chinese. My father Khan asked me to learn Chinese since I was a child." Le Yang explained.
Several people sat in the room and chatted.
At the city gate, Zhao Bin ordered military doctors to bandage the wounds of some injured Xianbei soldiers. However, due to the stimulating effect of alcohol, many Xianbei soldiers could not bear the pain for a while, and they had conflicts with the military doctors, and almost died.
Zhao Bin hurriedly asked Su He to explain. Finally, under Su Hetu's explanation, these Xianbei people understood what was going on. They could only endure the stinging pain like a needle prick and let the military doctor disinfect and bandage them.
Qin Fang and his men were cleaning the Jie clan camp. Many horses were frightened and fled in all directions. These are excellent war horses and must not be wasted.
Some soldiers went around looking for the lost horses, and the other were the corpses of the Jie people. These corpses must be disposed of as soon as possible. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. If not disposed of, plague will easily occur.
Several war horses that had not escaped were still tied in the stables. A soldier came forward to check and found that the horses, which had regained their composure, were munching on the food in the manger.
The soldier curiously looked at the round thing in the manger. He had never seen this thing before, but he felt that since these horses could eat it, it should be horse feed specially used by the Jie people to feed horses.
He searched around and found a few remaining sacks in a corner, which were all filled with these round things.
The soldiers took out two war horses, put the sacks on the horses' backs, and led the horses toward the city gate. At the city gate, I happened to meet King Yan, Su Hetu and others who had finished dealing with the commotion.
"Young man, I have met the prince," the soldier saluted Zhao Bin.
"No need to be polite, what's on the horse?" Zhao Bin asked curiously.
"I don't know, I don't know. It's a round thing. It should be horse material. I found it at the stable." The soldier replied calmly.
"Chunky?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, do you want to take a look?" the soldier asked.
"Okay, take it off and let me take a look."
The soldier quickly pulled the sack off the horse, opened the bag, took out two irregular round objects and handed them to Zhao Bin.
Zhao Bin looked at the two items in front of him and couldn't help but smile on his face: "Hahaha, aren't these potatoes?"
"My lord, do you know this thing?" Su Hetu asked curiously.
"Oh, I know, it's just a crop," Zhao Bin said, returning to his normal expression.
"Send someone to search again, collect everything that can be found, and then send it to the palace." Zhao Bin ordered the soldiers.
"It's the prince."
After the soldiers left, Zhao Bin fell into deep thought. Potatoes are originally from South America. They were only spread from South America after Columbus discovered the New World. How could they appear in Eurasia?
Could it be that the course of history has been rewritten and Columbus has discovered the New World? So what era is it now?
While Zhao Bin was thinking, Qin Fang ran over and said: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Xiguan. Lu Biao and the others successfully captured Xiguan the night before.
Moreover, they ambushed the fleeing Modo tribe last night, and nearly all 4,000 of them were wiped out. Their leader Modohar was also shot to death by random arrows, but many soldiers were also injured. Lu Biao asked to send some wine. "
"It's not wine, it's alcohol!" Zhao Bin corrected.
"Dayong, you go back to the palace and transport all the remaining alcohol, gauze, and hemostatic drugs to Xiguan. The soldiers should have only bandaged the wounds briefly. They need to re-treat the wounds in time, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
"It's the prince, I'll go right away."
"Captain Qin, I'll leave the matter here to you. In addition, Cao Li, please count the casualties and work out a pension plan as soon as possible. The disabled brothers should be provided for in old age, and the brothers who died in the war should have a family. raised"
"It's the prince. I'll start to handle this humble duty now."
"In addition, send another military report and memorial to the court."
"It's the prince"
After giving all the instructions, Zhao Bin, Su Hetu and others headed towards the palace.
The battle report sent three days ago has arrived in the capital. The horse galloped into the city. No one dared to stop it. The messenger shouted "Urgent report from the frontier" along the way.
Pedestrians on the street gave way, and the fast horse galloped all the way to the palace. The messenger dismounted and headed towards the palace.
"Urgent report from the frontier!"
There was a commotion in the hall when they heard the shouting, and many ministers whispered, "What happened?"
Zhao Wuji looked moved as he looked at the messenger rushing in.
"Your Majesty, a 30,000-strong army of Jie people on the border of Xiguan attacked Xiguan. Zhang Da, the guard general of Xiguan, abandoned the pass and fled. Xiguan, Xiguan was occupied by the Jie people!"
Zhao Wuji suddenly stood up from the dragon chair and asked, "What did you say? Xiguan is lost?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Xiguan guard Zhang Da abandoned the pass and fled to Yancheng!"
When Zhao Wuji suddenly heard the bad news, his eyes were dazzled and he was about to faint in an instant. The eunuch Liu Zhi also had quick eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the shaky Zhao Wuji and helped him to the dragon chair.
"Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body!"
"Cough cough cough"
Several heavy coughing sounds came from the dragon chair.
At this time, the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty began to become commotion.
Fang Shutong, the Minister of War, asked: "Isn't there an army of fifty thousand in Xiguan?"
"Except for a few of the 50,000-strong Xiguan army who stayed behind, all the rest were taken away by Zhang Da."
"Could it be that Zhang Da defected to the enemy and rebelled?" asked an official in Confucian shirt.
"How is King Yan now?" Yang Guozhong asked.
"This subordinate doesn't know yet," the messenger said hurriedly.
Zhao Wuji, who had calmed down a little, sat down again and said, "Here, take down Zhang Da from top to bottom and put him in prison."
The imperial guards at the door heard Zhao Wuji's order and immediately left the palace.
Fang Shutong went out and said: "Your Majesty, now that Xiguan has been lost, the Jie tribe should move south in large numbers. The imperial court should quickly send troops to support them. Secondly, they can mobilize defense troops from various counties and cities in Hebei Province to intercept and buy time for the imperial army. "
"The decree is passed, General Dou Mao of Yunhui is appointed as the commander-in-chief, General Tai Shihong of Guide is appointed as deputy general, commanding 100,000 troops and horses, and the defense on the north bank of the Yellow River is immediately strengthened.
He ordered the defense troops from various prefectures and counties in Hebei to assemble in Zhenzhou, and then ordered the Taiyuan defenders to reinforce Yanmen Pass to prevent the enemy from attacking Yanmen. "These people are the royal troops he can mobilize as emperor.
"It's Your Majesty"
Fang Shutong returned in response, and immediately gave an order, and an attendant from the Ministry of War immediately left the hall to draft the transfer order, and then brought it back to stamp the emperor's seal.
After giving these instructions, Zhao Wuji glanced at the officials below: Zhang Rang, Xue Qing, Fang Shutong, Dai Yan, Meng Xiangli, and Liu Wenda.
Zhao Wuji said leisurely: "Order 300,000 troops from various places to assemble in the capital and stand ready."
As soon as this statement came out, the audience was completely silent.
"What? Didn't you hear what I said? Cough, cough, cough," Zhao Wuji said with an ugly expression.
Zhang Ju, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Jie people have already seized the pass and moved south. There are Xiongnu tribes to the north and west of Guanzhong. Recently, the Xiongnu army has been mobilized frequently to harass the border. Once the troops in Guanzhong are mobilized, the Xiongnu will definitely take advantage of it. If you enter empty-handedly, the pass will be in danger."
Dai Yan also stood up from the queue and said: "The old minister immediately sent a letter to Shuzhong, ordering the people to recruit troops. However, Shuzhong is far away and the mountain road is difficult to travel, so it will take some time."
"Your Majesty, the South Vietnamese country is stationing troops on the border and may attack Xiangchu at any time. Moreover, there are many barbarians in the southwest who are causing trouble and cannot be suppressed. Once they relax a little, they will attack counties and counties, and there are no troops to mobilize." Xue Qing Youyou said. .
"You... none of you send troops, do you want to hand over Hebei to the Jie people?" Zhao Wuji cursed.
Liu Wenda left the mission and said: Your Majesty, there are still 50,000 Japanese soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River. The veteran will immediately send a letter to mobilize them.
"The old minister also immediately issued a letter, saying that 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers from Shandong would cross the Yellow River north to guard Weizhou. 30,000 troops were ordered to defend the capital," Fang Shutong said.
Zhao Wuji had known that this would be the result. Once these aristocratic families involved their own interests, they would definitely stay away from them.
"Okay, you two beloved ministers can pass the message first and immediately mobilize their own troops."
"Order the Ministry of War to increase military service and recruit 100,000 soldiers within the month!"
"Old minister, take the order!" Fang Shutong replied.
Zhao Wuji helplessly looked at the ministers in the hall and said, "Let's go prepare ourselves. The prince stays here!"
After all the civil and military ministers withdrew, Zhao Wuji looked at the prince.
"Does this matter have anything to do with you?"
Prince Zhao Chong lifted up his clothes, knelt on his knees and said with a righteous expression: "Father, I understand that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me. No matter how stupid I am, I will never do this!"
"Of course I will be aware of it! Just go down."
"Father, please protect the dragon body, and I will retire."
After leaving the hall, a strange smile appeared on Zhao Chong's face. He thought to himself: Third brother, don't you want military power? I will grant you this.
