choke element

Chapter 531

Hearing Wu Lin answering and scolding so much, the two officers were both annoyed, but they couldn't answer.

Just as he was about to say a few words, Wu Lin changed his mind: "Or, this is not what the soldiers mean, but Marshal Shuhu Gao Qi?"

During the coup in Zhongdu that day, Shuhu Gaoqi was in charge of foreign troops, while Pu San Anzhen was the direct commander of the guards and had Weijie troops.Later, servant San Anzhen went out to try to control the local military and government, while Shuhu Gao Qi focused his energy on the city of Zhongdu.

When Shuhu Gaoqi was a teenager, he fought bravely in the war with Song State in the Southern Dynasty and made great achievements.When he was stationed in Qinzhou, he was not only good at fighting, but also read and explained things. The people of Shu were also well-known.Later, he was ordered to move troops to guard the central capital. During the period when he was stationed in Jinshan, he was also very popular, and he used it for music.At that time, many people thought that he was one of the few people in the Dajin Kingdom who knew how to fight after the veterans of the previous generation withered.So that day the emperor chose Shuhu Gao Qi as the marshal, and everyone thought it was very appropriate.

But who would have thought that after Shuhu Gao Qi entered the center, he seemed to have changed from a resolute warrior to an unscrupulous politician.

I heard that not long ago, in order to please the emperor, Shuhu Gao Qi even paid attention to whether the mutton the emperor ate was fat or not.And when Pu San Anzhen reorganized the Meng'an Muke Army in Hebei, there were many unknown attacks from the court, and there was a shadow of the tiger Gao Qi looming behind them.

A dignified marshal puts all his mind on these things, and he doesn't want to, let alone fight.

And the marshal is like this, why is he so demanding on so many officers under him?

The two officers were silent for a moment, and Wulin answered and pressed: "I guess, the emperor also meant this?"

This is even more impossible to answer.

Since the emperor came to the throne, he has always been addicted to making wishes for officials, and because of the endless wars, in order to motivate the soldiers, the court had to award generals with empty titles, and Xu Zhi regarded them as meritorious deeds.So in the past two years, there has been a continuous decline in the dog tail in the capital city. However, the number of generals has more names, which does not mean that the army's combat effectiveness is strong. In the past two years, it can even be said that the level of the army has continued to decline.

When the Mongols invaded the last time, the emperor had just ascended the throne and was eager to show his difference from his predecessor, the Dajin Emperor, and he had some ambitions to make contributions.

So he frequently urged the soldiers and horses of Zhongdu and even the generals around Zhongdu to go out to fight against them, and sent many officials to recruit brave people in various places, fought several battles with the Mongols, and even dispatched militiamen to retake Juyongguan. The idea of ​​blocking the Mongols in the interior of the Central Plains.

However, perhaps because his own military talent was not outstanding, perhaps because all the civil and military officials in Zhongdu were busy with their own private affairs, or perhaps because the employers did not see well, every time the emperor tried to fight in the field, the result was a failure.The damage to the military has been beyond imagination.

After the two disastrous defeats at Yehuling and Migukou, the basic strength of the Jin army was insufficient.The soldiers and horses gathered in the central capital at that time were already the last battleable soldiers directly controlled by the imperial court.But because the emperor was too impatient, these more experienced middle-level and lower-level officers, more capable backbones, and more courageous soldiers died in large numbers during a series of failures.

The emperor's response was to work harder to seal officials and sign troops in order to maintain a huge force.But everyone knew that the emperor maintained his momentum in vain, but he didn't have the ability to temper the elite soldiers, and the army was getting more and more decayed.

The result is like this.

At this moment, China is already facing great danger.

Not to mention anything else, the last time Zhongdu was besieged for more than five months, four or five out of ten soldiers and civilians in Zhongdu starved to death, and the common people had to change their sons for food.This time the Mongol army came again, and with the help of tens of thousands of surrendered troops from Beijing Road, it was easy to attack the city along the way. Seeing that the huge Zhongdu Road, more than a dozen military states, dozens of cities, and countless key passes changed hands one by one, Only the two isolated cities of Zhongdu and Tongzhou remained.

More than ten days ago, the Lushui channel was blocked, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were trapped in the city, while officials searched for private savings everywhere, and wealthy businessmen even hoarded them.Seeing the situation go by day by day, the price of food on the market has skyrocketed a hundred times!The soldiers and civilians in the city were all panicked when they thought of the tragic situation last time, so that there were mutinies and civil uprisings one after another every day.

In this situation, servant San Anzhen went out in person to guard a huge amount of food and fodder, but in the end, the city of Zhongdu couldn't even send troops to respond!dare not!

From Liangxiang to Daxing Mansion in the central capital, there is no undulating terrain to cover the plains, so it is very dangerous, no need to deny it.But in the final analysis, it is only fifty miles, a day's journey!

Hebei Xuanfu envoy San Anzhen drove here from Yijin Pass in Bazhou, which has been in business for a long time, for these grains and materials. It was a full distance of 170 miles and attacked several cities controlled by the Mongolian army along the way. Isn't this dangerous?

Not to mention, Shandong Xuanfu envoy Guo Ning fought fiercely with the Mongolian army in Zhigu village, and at the same time sent tens of thousands of people to squeeze out tens of thousands of grain and fodder from his own treasury. The journey from Shandong was no less than [-] miles!

Who would have thought that the imperial court soldiers and horses in Zhongdu would not even dare to take the risk of a distance of more than fifty miles!

Why did Da Jin become so depressed, it was in vain to waste all his painstaking efforts!

Wu Lin replied, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he wanted to clenched his fists and beat up the two messengers in front of him, but he really thought he couldn't beat these warriors.He gasped for a long time, finally pointed his halberd at the two of them, and cursed: "My envoy will leave tomorrow and go back to Hebei tomorrow! Whatever you do!"

Wulin replied that he was also a descendant of the Jurchen's famous family, married to the royal family, and married the queen who was the Lord.He himself is related to Empress Sejong Zhaode, and started his career as a servant and imperial servant. He has successively served as the head of the Shangshi Bureau and the supervisory censor.

After yelling twice, he walked away.

When the two officers were stunned, Du Shisheng laughed dryly, turned around and left.

Du Shisheng hurried outside the Shuai's mansion, and his carriage turned out from the side alleyway.He was about to board the car, but he saw Wulin Dahe pacing back and forth in the empty space in front of the door, the anger still on his face.

He stood in front of Du Shisheng a few steps, and said in a deep voice, "There is something wrong with this matter!"

"how to say?"

"Your emissary brought food!"

Wu Linda and Halberd pointed to the edge of the empty field. At the foot of a wall there were several skinny refugees who looked like ghosts: "Right now in the capital city, food is life! Whoever can find food will be the savior of everyone." , is a great hero of the imperial court! But Shuhu Gaoqi didn’t dare to send troops? Why didn’t he dare to send troops? There must be ghosts in it!”

Du Shisheng withdrew his foot on the shaft of the chariot, and listened to Wu Lin's answer and continued to shout: "The two people who sent orders to us are Wan Yan Lin, the right wing commander of the Wuwei Army, and Wan Yan Xie, the envoy of the Servant Bureau. Lie. Of these two people, one is the arm of Shuhu Gaoqi, and the other is the emperor's confidant. So I said, this may not be what Shuhu Gaoqi meant, the emperor himself is also timid! Why are they afraid of becoming like this? There must be a ghost in it!"

There is no need for Wu Lin to answer and repeatedly emphasize this, as long as you are not a fool, you can see it.

Du Shisheng remembered that just ten months ago, when Chen Ran supervised the grain ship and went up Caohe River from Zhigu Village, it was Wanyan Lin and Wanyan Xilie who aggressively led Jingqi to intercept and severely stop the foreign army Enter Zhongdu.How long has it been since the imperial court didn't even dare to send a single soldier out?

What made them so afraid?

Du Shisheng's thoughts changed sharply.

But he and Wu Lin answered that they were not in the same group, so they just nodded, boarded the car and left.

The frame turned around Sheng'an Temple and walked towards Kaiyang Dongfang for a while.At a certain intersection with few pedestrians, the curtain of the car was suddenly lifted by someone, and someone stepped inside and said hastily: "Guo Liulang sent his luggage here at this time, isn't it just a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? Send a message quickly and tell them to leave quickly!"

Du Shisheng didn't answer, and the vehicle continued to drive south.

After passing two intersections and turning around a charcoal field, the curtain of the car was lifted again, and someone bent down into the car and said, "Let the people of Guo Liulang outside the city go quickly! The Mongolian army is in Jinkou to the north. River camp!"