After the general fell ill

Su Ce destroyed Zheng Guo a month ago, why are you in such a hurry?You can't really want to see His Majesty soon, can you?For Your Majesty, I don't even want your soldiers! "

He Liang's analysis gradually went astray, but he became more and more convinced of his own reasoning, and pretended to accuse him: "Gu Yan, you have no heart!"

Gu Yan, who was scolded by him by name and surname, was not angry at all. His eyes flickered slightly when he heard the word "Su Ce", but he was quite speechless when he heard the three sentences on the left and three sentences on the right.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a sneer: "He Qiming, if you have time to persuade me to change my mind, it's better to deal with military affairs. I'll go first, see you later."

After saying that, he walked past He Liang who had nothing to say, and walked straight to the stable. He planned to set off for Chang'an right now.

He Liang knew that he was determined to abandon the army and leave early, so he shouted unwillingly: "When you return to Chang'an, remember to prepare wine and good food for me to cleanse the dust—"

Gu Yan raised his hand to him to show that he heard it, and then walked into the scorching sun of Qingzhou without looking back.

He Liang was right in one sentence, he was indeed more anxious than the intelligence envoy who escorted the [-] li urgently, and he was a thousand times more eager. Qingzhou is more than [-] li away from Chang'an, and Qingzhou is far more than [-] li away from Yinzhou.

Gu Yan stepped on his horse and left Qingzhou with his horse. The scenery on both sides of the road passed by quickly. He didn't need to look carefully, he was very familiar with every detail of Qingzhou city.

When he was transferred to this place two years ago, Qingzhou was still a capital city that had been ravaged by Udi. Due to the dangerous terrain and abundant water and grass, Xiao Zhuo hoped to build this place into an important military town to guard the frontier. Cultivate land and reclaim wasteland, build frontier fortresses, and build fortifications.

When he first arrived here, he deeply imprinted in his mind this land that suffered a lot due to the war. The soldiers and people were scattered and the roads were cut off. It was very similar to the war scenes in the last years of the Jin Dynasty.

Beyond this city is Udi's territory, and Qingzhou is an invisible Great Wall that guards the frontier of Qin State.

With him, Qingzhou is an indestructible invisible Great Wall.

These years, Gu Yan has been focusing on guarding the frontiers and securing the land. The last time he was so eager was to recover Shuozhou, which was invaded by the Udi people four years ago. Bring back the brothers who lived and died together.

But at this moment, the moment he received the emperor's edict, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Last time he was able to bring all his brothers back together, this time he didn't want to bring so many, not tens of thousands, but only one person.

A man he met seven years ago in Zhuoguang County in early spring and February.

This man is separated from him by the Yellow River at present, and the Yangtze River was separated from him a month ago.

The reality is not just two wide rivers, they are in different countries, and they are loyal to different monarchs. Now that Qin State sends troops to attack Yan, Gu Yan cannot guarantee that he will be safe.

The decision-making power is not in his hands, Yan State is not Shuozhou occupied by Udi, nor is Qingzhou allowed to play by him.

The last time he made a great contribution and gained an official rank, but this time he had to be prepared to give up all of this.

But he is willing to fight for this right to make decisions for that man, whether he can do it or not, he has to go to the palace to see the emperor to be sure.

He was willing to take the risk, and he was confident that the emperor would save the other party's life.

As long as there are no accidents and the soldiers are risky, he has a great chance of winning.

Gu Yan walked very fast, and when he entered Ningzhou City, the spring rain of February followed. The rain was not heavy, but with the unique biting coldness of early spring, it drenched Gu Yan's blue uniform and hair bun.

The rain splashed down Gu Yan's sharp cheeks and fell to the ground, causing a small splash.

The doors of every household were closed tightly, and occasionally a pedestrian or two holding oil-paper umbrellas passed by on both sides of the street, and Gu Yan rode his horse and drenched himself in the rain.

How could the rain in Ningzhou in February compare to the cold wind in Shuozhou in February? Gu Yan's eyes were not blurred by the rain. He could see the road ahead very clearly, and the closer he was to Chang'an, the clearer the road became.

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4. Tianqing

Yan, Tianqing also.

In the second year of Ganlu, February [-]th, the vernal equinox.

Maoshi, Chang'an City.

The morning light was twilight and the mist was misty, Gu Yan rode his horse across Gwanghwamun and headed straight for the palace.

When he reined in his horse and stopped in front of the Taiji Palace, Gu Yan still thought that he had caught up with the early court, but he didn't want to miss a single servant.

Waiting for the little eunuch who led the way to bring him to the Zichen Palace, Gu Yan discovered the problem after chatting with Liang Rang, the chief eunuch who was guarding the door with a whisk in his hand.

"General, are you coming to see me so early?" Liang Rang greeted him with a smile and asked politely.

"It's getting late, how is your majesty?" Gu Yan asked as he walked.

Liang Rang: "After the court meeting three days ago, His Majesty was so busy that he didn't go to bed until Haishi."

The Qin Dynasty followed the old ritual of the previous dynasty, which was once every five days.Gu Yan counted the days, and he was just one day short of the morning court.

However, according to the diligence and responsibility of the current Holy Majesty, the change from the five-day dynasty to the three-day dynasty may have been put on the emperor's agenda.

Gu Yan nodded and said, "Trouble pass."

"Wait a moment, general, I will pass it on to you." Liang Rang walked to the front door of the Zichen Hall, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, see you, General Gu Yan!"

A young eunuch soon walked out of the hall, and saluted Gu Yan: "Please, General."

Zichen Hall is the emperor's daily residence, and the front hall is the emperor's usual office.

In the seventh year of Shiping, after Emperor Gaozu Xiao Jiang died of illness, 25-year-old Xiao Zhuo inherited the throne.

That year, Gu Yan stayed in Chang'an City for less than a month before embarking on the journey to Qingzhou.

However, this is not the first time he has come to Zichen Palace.

The ministers who are eligible to be summoned in Zichen Palace are often a manifestation of the emperor's trust.

After Gu Yan walked into the gate of the palace, he saw the emperor Xiao Zhuo wearing a bright yellow five-clawed dragon robe sitting in front of the desk and flipping through some books. His brows were full of majesty. Gu Yan stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, I am here. May Your Majesty rest in peace."

"I'm safe." Xiao Zhuo put down the book in his hand, stood up and went around to the desk, looked Gu Yan up and down carefully and said: "Ting Yuan, why did you come back in such a hurry that you didn't even change your clothes."

Gu Yan traveled day and night, and his clothes were changed and washed only once because of the rain in Ningzhou. Although he was tidy, he could still see that the road was full of dust.

Xiao Zhuo just said casually, and didn't care about the other party's disrespect, "The envoy I sent to deliver the order hasn't come back yet, but you came back first." Then he walked back to the desk, and said casually: "Sit."

After Gu Yan sat down, before he could speak, Xiao Zhuo took out a copy from the pile of memorials and handed it to him directly, "Look."

The black and white words in the memorial happened to be the same thing as what Gu Yan wanted to say.

Under Gu Yan's gaze, Xiao Zhuo stood up again, walked around the large and exquisitely carved dragon screen, and said to Gu Yan, "Come."

Hanging behind the screen is a map depicting the territory of the world, which was drawn by Emperor Gaozu when he was there. Maybe after this month, or even today, this map will be swept into the pile of old papers.

Standing in front of the map, Xiao Zhuo pointed at the place name "Guangyang, Capital of Yan" with his knuckle fingers, turned sideways and said, "In early February, the emperor of Yan Kingdom, Liang Yu, died, and Su Ce was on the march. Such a god-given opportunity, I and I After deliberation, all the love ministers agreed and decided to send troops to Yan State immediately."

Gu Yan didn't say anything, just heard the emperor continue: "The main force of the Yan Kingdom is not in the country, and the Qin army has been unimpeded all the way. As soon as they arrived at Guangyang City, they received the letter of surrender from Prime Minister Wang Fang."

Wang Fang was a person who followed Liang Mao during the uprising. He was a seventh-rank official of the Jin Dynasty. Later, after seeing the situation in the last years of the Jin Dynasty, he resigned and lived in seclusion in the mountains.

Liang Mao passed by his cottage during the uprising, and the monarch and his ministers hit it off right away. Afterwards, they assisted Liang Mao with Su Ce, one Wen and one Wu, to plan for the great cause.

After Liang Mao passed away, Wang Fang and Su Ce were one of the most important ministers in Tuogu, but Liang Mao had a saying that Su Ce would be the one to decide any undecided military and state affairs.

In the past two years, whether Yan State attacked Udi in the north to avoid worries, or accumulated food and grass to prepare for wartime needs, they were all preparing for the southward crusade against Zheng State.

Zheng Dasheng was destroyed, but the emperor Liang Yu died of illness unexpectedly, and there was no army in the country that could fight against the Qin army.Gu Yan was not surprised that Wang Fang chose to surrender after assessing the situation.

Xiao Zhuo pointed to the place name "Zhengdu Jinling" again, paused on the line depicting the Yangtze River, his deep and majestic eyes burst into bright light, and whispered to himself: "Unification of the world is just around the corner."

Gu Yan asked: "Your Majesty, I have heard that Su Ce, the former Marquis of Yan, is loyal. Has he also surrendered?"

Xiao Zhuo glanced at the memorial in Gu Yan's hand, then focused his attention on "Yinzhou" on the map, and said in a deep voice: "When the army was detouring Yinzhou, Su Ce's subordinate Li Yi returned with his Yan army. Qin State."

"As for Su Ce..." Xiao Zhuo took the memorial in Gu Yan's hand, casually flipped through it, and continued, "I haven't found him yet."

Gu Yan frowned, "What happened?"

Xiao Zhuo handed the memorial to the personal eunuch, sat on the seat under the map, and pointed to the seat next to Gu Yan to signal him to sit down too, and after watching Gu Yan sit down, he said: " Li Wei said that it was Su Ce's idea to make him surrender. At that time, because of Liang Yu's death, Su Ce led the 5000 troops back to Guangyang, and the rest were led by Li Yi to follow the original plan. Now, the whereabouts are unknown. That's the 5000 people."

After hearing this, Gu Yan immediately said: "I would like to go to find Su Ce to relieve His Majesty's worries."

Xiao Zhuo waved his hand, "Those generals have all gone to him, including Li Yi, plus you, the military officer of the Manchu Dynasty is only for him."