The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

Then Wang Zhen heard that the scouts from below reported that a large group of cavalry came chasing the army.

This surprised him, and hurriedly led his cronies and five thousand elites to the rear of the army.

But when he came here, he found that there were only ten thousand people chasing after him, which made him feel relieved.

After all, if the enemy really wants to defeat him, it is impossible to think about it with more than 1 cavalry.

Then these people should come to monitor their own army, as long as they don't attack the opponent, they won't fight easily.

After thinking of this, Wang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

But even so, he did not dare to take it lightly and order his general Sun Xing to lead five thousand cavalry to monitor the cavalry in the distance.

But then the two sides lived in peace, the cavalry led by Liu Yue just followed Wang Zhen's army from a distance, and did not launch an attack.

Wang Zhen, who received the reward, was even more sure that his judgment was correct, so he didn't care about the people who followed him, and went to Jin Province on his own.

Besides, in the capital at this time, it was only at this time that Emperor Shunde knew that Wang Zhen had brought his troops, and abducted tens of thousands of imperial troops out of the west gate and left the capital.

After receiving the report, Emperor Shunde vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot.

You must know that the most elite under his command is the 20 forbidden army. Today, Wang Zhen led the [-] forbidden army to attack Yang Heng. He didn't expect that the other party would run away after getting the military power.

As a result, he now has only [-] forbidden troops under his command, and more than [-] newly recruited young men.

How did these people resist the wolf-like Yang Heng?

After thinking of this, Emperor Shunde hurriedly ordered someone to ring the alarm bell, and called all civil and military officials to the Jinluan Hall to discuss countermeasures.

But when Emperor Shunde put on his court clothes and came to the Jinluan Hall under the guard of eunuchs, he almost vomited another mouthful of blood.

It turns out that there are only seven or eight officials standing on top of the Golden Luan Hall.

At this time, Emperor Shunde had a feeling of the end of the dynasty in his heart.

But in his heart, he felt a little reconciled. Since he became the throne, he has worked hard to govern, and he can't sleep well every day. How did he end up in such a situation?

It seemed that these outsiders were hopeless, so Emperor Shunde said softly to the eunuch next to him.

"Pass down my will, and let the royal relatives and relatives in the capital also come to the hall to listen to the decree."

After saying this, Emperor Shunde sat on the throne, lowered his eyes and said nothing more.

And the seven or eight officials below saw that the Emperor Shunde was silent, and none of them dared to say anything, so the entire Jinluan Hall fell into a deathly silence.

After about half an hour, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then a eunuch trotted into the hall, knelt down on his knees and said to the Emperor Shunde above.

"Going back to Lord Long Live, all the relatives and relatives of the emperor who can be recruited are already waiting outside the palace."

Emperor Shunde frowned, what is it that can be recruited?

But Emperor Shunde didn't show anything, he just ordered softly: "Tell them to come in."

Following the will of Emperor Shunde, four or five people came in outside.

Emperor Shunde looked down and sighed.

It seems that not only those ministers have already deserted, but even their relatives and relatives of the emperor are not optimistic about the court anymore.

Otherwise, there are at least a few hundred of my close relatives in this capital, why only a few people are here now?

But what else can we do now?Did you send someone to catch them all and cut them down?

Hey, that's all right, if they hide well, maybe they can leave a bloodline for the royal family.

After thinking of this, Emperor Shunde didn't want to worry about these troubles any more. He stood up from the throne and said to the people below.

"That rebel Yang Heng outside is in a hurry to attack the city. What's the strategy for you, dear friends, to retreat from the enemy?"

The ministers who came below all came to the main hall with loyalty and determination to die.

But at this moment of desperation, these people have no choice but to come up with any ideas.

So they stood below one by one in silence.

Emperor Shunde sighed and could only be a general.

"Li Ying, you are the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, what strategy do you have to retreat from the enemy now?"

To say that this Li Ying is indeed the hard-core confidant of Emperor Shunde, otherwise he would not be able to command 20 forbidden troops and station them in the capital.

But apart from being loyal, this Li Ying is indeed a bit mediocre.

Therefore, he was speechless in the face of Emperor Shunde's inquiry, and could only stand there trembling.

Emperor Shunde saw that he could not count on him, so he could only look down at the people below again.

This time he saw, he saw, Shou Ming at the end of the crowd.

All I saw was the grandson of the Three Emperors, who took a step forward and knelt down in the center of the hall.

"My Majesty, now I have no choice but to resist desperately. As long as the opponent's food and grass are exhausted, he will have to retreat."

Li Ying stood aside and took a look. The third grandson grinned, he didn't know what to say.

Because no one knows better than him the lax defense in the capital and the lack of food and grass during this period of time.

Because the capital is located in the north, but the supply of grain and grass in the north is not very abundant, so it has to rely on water transport to transport the grain and grass from the south to the capital.

Now that Yang Heng has occupied Shandong and Henan, it can be said that the water transportation has been completely cut off. Now the price of grain in the capital is rising three times a day.

Chapter 643 Food Dilemma

If this is the case alone, Li Ying is not very desperate. What makes him even more desperate is that the large granaries in the capital are almost empty.

It's not that the imperial court didn't have a long-term vision and didn't want to hoard grain early, but the hoarded grain and grass had already been sold out by the collusion of the officials of the household department.

But Shouming and the emperor didn't know about these things. They thought about it and thought that this was indeed a good way.

After all, the two of them wanted to have two large granaries, Jipingcang and Jiyuncang, in the imperial court, in which there were countless grains and grasses, enough to feed the entire capital for two years.

They didn't believe that Yang Heng's food and grass with the army could last for such a long time.

"Okay, my good emperor and grandson, you have experienced it."

Emperor Shunde excitedly walked a few steps on the imperial steps, then turned around and said to Shouming.

"I ordered you to be the governor, to take charge of all the military forces inside and outside the capital, and when Yang Heng is defeated, I will make you the grandson of the emperor."

Emperor Shunde was desperate. Originally, he was not going to make a heir to the reserve when he was in good health, but now in order to inspire Shouming's fighting spirit, he had to make such a big promise.

That Shouming calmly cupped his hands upwards, and then quietly retreated back into the class.

Then Emperor Shunde said some words to boost morale, and then retreated.

Shouming originally thought that Emperor Shunde would have something to say to him, so he waited for an hour outside the palace, preparing for Emperor Shunde to summon him.

As a result, he waited in vain until late at night, and the emperor of Shunde did not summon him.

In the end, Shouming had no choice but to take a few followers and hurried to the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies.

After Shouming took over the military power here, he began to understand the defense situation of the capital.

However, he heard that there were only [-] imperial guards left, and the rest were deceived by Wang Zhen, and those new recruits were forced to climb up the city wall after only two or three days of training.

Now Shou Ming's heart is completely cold.

Just relying on this 10,000 regular army and 10,000+ newly recruited civilians, can they really stop Yang Hengsan's [-]+ elites outside the city?

And what made people feel even more desperate was Yang Heng's magical powers.

But Shouming still felt that he had to persevere desperately, maybe the other party would really return to Shandong because of the lack of food and grass.

After thinking of this, Shouming hurriedly issued an order to gather all the men above 15 years old and under 40 years old in the capital.

He wants to train these people briefly, and then catch up with the capital, let them use up Yang Heng's elite as cannon fodder.

After all, the capital has a population of one million, and these men add up to more than 20.

He didn't believe that Yang Heng could really kill so many people.

In this way, relying on the high walls of the capital, as well as the hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder and [-] elites, he may really be able to persist until the day when Yang Heng retreats.

As Shouming's military orders were passed down one by one, the entire capital city began to become chaotic.

After all, for the people in the capital, war is very far away, not to mention that these people are more delicate than the people in other places.

Don't look at them usually drinking six at a time and looking down on outsiders, in fact, they hide faster than anyone else when it comes to critical moments.

But this time, no matter how tightly they hid, there was nothing they could do.

The soldiers who came back this time were not there to discuss with them, but to arrest the strong men. Anyone who resisted was cut down immediately.

So they didn't want to anymore, but facing the bloody steel knife, they could only cry and say goodbye to their wives and children. Under the cries of their wives and children, they left for the school ground in frustration.

The next day, when it was just dawn, Shouming brought some people to the teaching ground. When he went in, he saw that it was dark and filled with human heads.

From the looks of it, the people below carried out his orders to the core yesterday, because at least 20 people gathered on the teaching ground.

Shouming nodded in satisfaction, and then said to a master next to him: "Prepare some food, let these people have a full meal, and then distribute weapons, train a few times casually, and tomorrow they will be able to go to the city to defend the city for us."

Hearing Shouming's words, the head secretary was embarrassed, and finally said through gritted teeth.

"Returning to the little prince, we are running out of military rations in the city, and with the food and drink of these more than 20 people, I am afraid that the food and grass will not be able to hold on in the end."

Shouming glared at him, and then said: "Pass my military order to open the poor warehouse. The food and grass there are enough for us to eat for several years? What are you worried about?"

The chief bookkeeper looked at Shouming helplessly, and finally retreated tremblingly to handle his errands.

But the head book knew that there was no grain left in the poor warehouse, so he wandered around to find Li Ying, the governor of the imperial army.

Li Ying also felt her brows twitch when she heard the master's report. In the end, she had no choice but to come to the teaching ground in person.

Shouming is commanding the soldiers under him, and is simply training these young men who have just been summoned.

Suddenly his personal soldiers came to report, Li Ying, the governor of the Forbidden Army, asked to see him.

For this Li Ying, Shou Ming didn't think much of him. He thought that this man was a poor man, and he couldn't even control the soldiers under his command.

However, this person is also the emperor's confidant anyway, so Shouming still wants to give him some face, so he ordered someone to lead Li Ying to him.

Seeing Shouming, Li Ying hurriedly gave a salute, and then stood neatly aside.

Shouming squinted at him, and then asked, "Why are you here?"

Li Ying hesitated for a while, and finally stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Back to Commander, I'm here to report to Commander the state of the capital's grain reserves."

Shouming didn't even look at him, and directly threw the account book in his hand on the table.

"It's all in the account book. You don't need to report it. You should go back and rectify the imperial army quickly. Don't go to the battlefield and hold me back."

Li Ying looked at the ledger on the table, and the wry smile on the corner of his mouth got bigger.

Shouming was a little annoyed at the beginning when he saw that Li Ying hadn't left, but he turned around and thought, although this Li Ying is said to be a rich man, but he is very good at observing words and demeanor, otherwise he would not have won the appreciation of the emperor.

How come here, Li Ying can't see that she hates him, but stands here with a stern face, is there something strange about it?

After thinking of this, Shouming had a bad premonition in his heart.

At this time, Li Ying also went all out.

"Marshal, you can see that there are a lot of grains in the ledger, but the granary is almost empty. Please make plans early, Marshal."

After Shouming listened to it, he broke out in a cold sweat.

If there is no food in the granary, how can he feed hundreds of thousands of mouths?

So Shouming jumped up from his seat at once, came to Li Ying in two steps, grabbed him by the neck, and asked with blood-red eyes.

"Is what you said true?"

Before Li Ying could reply, Shouming continued.

"Where is the grain in the granary?"

It seems that Shouming has believed Li Ying's words.

Li Ying smiled bitterly, and then said: "I don't know about that, I'm afraid the commander-in-chief will have to go to the household department to ask."

Shouming frowned and thought for a while, then said, "How do you know there is no food in the granary?"

Li Ying said with a gloomy face: "I'm afraid only the emperor doesn't know about this matter, and which other civil and military men in the Manchu dynasty don't know about it, but these people have all got involved in it, so everyone joined forces to deceive the emperor. "

After hearing this, Shouming flew into a rage, and pulled out the sword from his waist all of a sudden, reaching Li Ying's neck.

"In this way, you also benefited from it."