The wind is blowing

The spring hunting of the royal family is actually a kind of hunting sacrifice, which means to thank the gods for their bravery.

The place for spring hunting has always been Mount Jiu'an, which is five hundred miles away from the capital, with dense forests, pastures, and a hunting palace, all well-equipped.

On March 27, the emperor's banner waved out of the city, and the queen led all the remaining officials to pay homage to the city gate.Arriving at the small town where they planned to stay in the evening, the entire accompanying team camped and settled down. After Xiao Jingyan paid his respects, he retreated to the king's tent that Lie Zhanying had prepared to rest.

Because Lie Zhanying was in charge of all the affairs around Wang's tent, his nerves were a little tense. After waiting for Xiao Jingyan to enter the tent, he went to patrol around again.

Early the next morning, Xiao Jingyan hurried to pay his respects to Emperor Liang again. Since he was given a meal, he never came back and stayed with him all the time.

The speed of this day was faster than the previous day, and they arrived at Jiu'an Mountain at dusk, and set up a large area of ​​tents outside the Hunting Palace.In the middle is the imperial tent of Jinding Yunlong. Although it was built temporarily, the inside is exquisitely furnished, and the velvet embroidered curtains and wefts hang down in the middle, which divides the entire imperial tent into two parts: sitting outside and sleeping inside.

Concubine Jing's tent was next to the imperial tent, so the regulations were smaller, but because she had to serve Emperor Liang, she basically lived in the imperial tent at night, and would only return to her own tent when the men went out to hunt.

The [-] imperial guards who came with Meng Zhi surrounded the two big tents like iron buckets, and the guards were so strict that even a groundhog would not be allowed in.

According to the previous rules, the number of Imperial Guards that Spring Hunting brought should have been about 3000, but since he had been reminded by King Jing, he brought 2000 more people with him to protect Emperor Liang's safety.Emperor Liang didn't say anything when he knew about it. Who would dislike the fact that there are so many people protecting him?

After a night's rest, the spring hunting officially started the next day.Since spring is the season for the reproduction of all things, it is not suitable to kill animals. Therefore, spring hunting is different from autumn hunting. Hare and pheasant generally do not shoot deer, roe and other conventional prey.

Emperor Liang presided over the hunting ceremony early in the morning, and then went into the dense forest for an hour under the heavy protection of his bodyguards, and finally returned to the tent with two pheasants.After all, he was old, so tired after lunch, fell asleep under Concubine Jing's gentle beating, and fell asleep after a short time.

Xiao Jingyan accompanied Emperor Liang back from the hunting ground, and he resigned after sending his father back.However, he didn't go back directly, but went to visit the camps of the third son, King Yu, and the fifth son, King Huai.Although the relationship between these two princes and him is not very close, they are generally not bad.

In the past, during the spring hunting every year, Prince Yuwang was aloof and only circled around Emperor Liang. These three brothers were close in status, but they often stayed together.But this year Prince Jing's status is no longer comparable to what it used to be, and the two of them didn't dare to come to the door casually like in previous years, so Prince Jing took the initiative to find him when he was free.The tents of King Yu and King Huai were next to each other. In order to receive King Jing, everyone gathered in the open space in the middle, spreading out barbecue and serving wine, and it was fun.

A few days later, at noon, Xiao Jingyan and Meng Zhi were discussing the surrounding terrain in a tent.At this moment, a soldier came in from outside the door and presented a secret report, the contents of which were not what Xiao Jingyan expected: King Yu wants to rebel!

"It's really going to be a rebellion. There are only so many people in King Yu's hands, so why should he rebel?"

Upon hearing the news, Meng Zhi almost jumped up.

"It is said that the two deputy commanders who commanded the remaining guards have already pledged their allegiance to King Yu. In addition, King Yu also got the help of Xu Anmo, the governor of the Qingli Army."

Meng Zhi's complexion changed instantly, the imperial army was his subordinate, how did King Yu control them?So far the most important thing is not this, he looked at Xiao Jingyan and asked quickly:

"Xu Anmo's Qingli Army has 5 horses. If King Yu led his troops, it would only be a five-day journey. What should we do next?"

"Wait!" Prince Jing explained to him succinctly, "When Shengjia travels, there are police posts in all directions. There are two police posts between the capital and Jiu'an Mountain. In order to gain time, it is impossible for them to bypass the police posts. Go the other way. Once the warning signal comes from the outpost, Father will naturally be sure that King Yu is going to rebel, and then we can request the imperial decree to send reinforcements."

"But it's already too late! This post is only fifty miles away from the foot of Jiu'an Mountain. It must be too late for us to dispatch reinforcements after we receive the news!"

Meng Zhi did some calculations and found that if he did what Xiao Jingyan said, the time would not be enough at all.

"Jiu'an Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the warning comes, I would rather have to defend the mountain. Assume that Xu Anmo can bring all the [-] Qingli troops. The guards of the Imperial Army are [-]. If you fight against danger, you can always resist four. Five days?"

"Now that we know they are coming, we must make preparations in advance. It's no problem to last for five days. It's just...in five days, can His Highness bring the Jicheng army?"

Xiao Jingyan raised a firm smile on his lips and said:

"Mother and you are both on the mountain, and I will come back when I die."

Now that Emperor Liang has already moved into the Hunting Palace, Meng Zhi is the busiest and most nervous person in the past two days. On the one hand, he has to adjust the defense of Jiu'an Mountain, and on the other hand, he must not let people think that there is anything strange about his adjustment. It's always tense.Fortunately, only two days had passed since this crisis was approaching, and the shocking news had already arrived.

The soldiers who called the police were soaked in blood, and when they were brought in front of Emperor Liang, they were speechless. From his distressed appearance, it can be seen that the sound of the rebels' horseshoes should be approaching.

Because of this news, the entire Jiu'an Mountain was shaken.According to the planned plan, Meng Zhi narrowed down the security range of the imperial guards, and quickly set up several outer defense lines along the mountain roads and ditches.

Fortunately, this place was originally a royal hunting ground, and all pedestrian trails outside the mountain road were blocked. There are natural mountain streams outside the pasture around the hunting palace, the slope is suitable, there are many mountains and trees, and quarrying is also convenient. They can't stand the rocks and rocks when they climb up the cliff to attack, so they can shrink the defense line tightly and densely, offsetting some of the disadvantages of being outnumbered.

"What? What are these traitors clamoring for? You...you say it again!"

Listening to the police envoy's report, Liang Di didn't know whether he was angry or frightened, his whole body kept shaking.

In contrast, Xiao Jingyan stood beside him calmly and said:

"The rebels used the banner to say that the sons and ministers rebelled and hijacked the father, so they came to protect the king."

"When did you hold me hostage?"

"The rebel army must have a reason for their rebellion. In the future, they can say that when they came to save him, the scene was chaotic. Although the son and minister were wiped out, the father and emperor were also killed by the son. The queen orders a new heir."

"Delusion!" Emperor Liang roared angrily, then forced himself to stabilize his mind, and looked at the son next to him, "Jingyan, the rebels are approaching, what can you do?"

"My son thinks that moving away from Jiu'an Mountain at this time is tantamount to committing suicide. He can only take advantage of the rebel army's encirclement, while preparing to hold on, and at the same time send someone to call Jicheng army to escort him."

"Why do you need to transfer the Jicheng army? The nearest reinforcements should be the forbidden army of the imperial capital!"

"Father, the rebel army came from the west. Do you still think that going to the imperial capital for help will be effective?"

Emperor Liang pressed his sweaty forehead with his hands and slumped in the chair weakly.The situation was critical, and there was no room for hesitation at this time, not to mention Concubine Jing was by his side, Emperor Liang was not worried that Prince Jing would not rush back as quickly as possible, so he only pondered for a while, and then he went into the inner account to fetch half a soldier talisman, Solemnly submit to King Jing:

"Jingyan, Jiangshan Sheji is now on you alone, remember not to lose anything on the way!"

"Yes! My son will definitely not disgrace his life."

Xiao Jingyan knelt down to salute, got up and grabbed the cloak, shook it in the wind, tied it on his shoulders, and strode out of the hall.

Walking around the huge platform in front of the Hunting Palace, one can see Meng Zhi standing on the side of the mountain road leading a few horses.Xiao Jingyan looked at him solemnly and said:

"I'm leaving now, and I'll leave the mountain to the Commander."

"Your Highness, don't worry!"

Meng Zhi clasped his fists together, and answered these four words very crisply.

As soon as Xiao Jingyan turned his head, he got on his horse and rode away with five knights accompanying him.