Pang Xiao chuckled: "Of course we have to wait. If this king moves rashly, some people are afraid that they will be frightened to death, and they don't know what to do. Besides, since the king of Beijing Qin, he naturally has to listen to the meaning of the sage. How many pairs of eyes Staring at us, you will naturally act more cautiously than before."
Hu Zi puffed up his face and said dejectedly: "Looking at Tartar right in front of us, we can't rush to chop melons and vegetables. It's just too embarrassing! I haven't fought a battle in a long time!"
Pang Xiao laughed and patted Hu Zi's shoulder, "What's the hurry, Tartar is right in front of you, are you afraid there is no battle to fight?"
Not to mention Huzi, it's him, and after a long time of comfort, his hands will itch. The Tatars went straight to the capital from the northern Xinjiang, occupied how many cities in Dazhou, and slaughtered how many people? Such a bloody debt cannot be tolerated by any bloody Da Zhou person!
It's just that Li Qitian has no will at the moment, and they are under the eyes of everyone in the world. He brought 280,000 soldiers and horses to the King of Diligence, and he would have been stared at by people with intentions. If he took half a step wrong, he would definitely be caught. In terms of handle, things will be pushed to an uncontrollable point.
Therefore, even if he wanted to lead his troops directly into the city gate and go through the entire capital to help Ji Zeyu in the north, he couldn't act rashly.
The Pingnan Army led by Pang Xiao was stationed in the south. The mountains were high and the emperor was far away. The sloppy temperament that used to only know how to get paid had already been completely changed under the leadership of Pang Xiao. Now the Pingnan Army is strictly disciplined. Camping outside the door and waiting for the saint's orders, no one said a word.
"Fortunately, the spring is blooming. Even if you live in a tent, the big guy will not be frozen." Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi led their advisors to Pang Xiao every day to discuss countermeasures. Speaking of Li Qitian's arrangement, everyone Surprised and helpless.
"The sage is afraid of the prince, and has reached the point of disregarding the safety of the capital, which is really chilling."
"You and I have never experienced the tense situation in the capital, but it's still like this. Every day, the people of the capital watch the wounded soldiers being carried down, and listen to the shouting and killing outside the city. I am afraid that people have already panicked."
The advisors looked at Pang Xiao and the others all had the same idea at this time.
Xie Yue pursed his lips, thought about it, and then said pertinently: "My lord, this is actually an excellent time. The emperor and the court's attention are all on the Tartars, and they have limited money and food. If we attack with all our strength, we will definitely be able to take the capital."
Even if the latter words are not finished, everyone can understand what he means. Right now is when Li Qitian is focusing on the Tartars. If he wants to win the throne, it is the best time. If Pang Xiao starts now, he will surely succeed in one fell swoop.
Hearing this, Pang Xiao just smiled, "I'm from Dazhou, and I can't hand over the people of Dazhou to foreigners to rule, that will definitely make the people into slaves, even if I can take the capital now, what about in the future? Will anyone hold a grudge against me for this? Will there be anyone who will not follow me and continue to resist the Tartars
"Right now is not the time to think about these things. Together with the outside world, it is important to drive the Tartars out of the land of Dazhou. As for the rest, everything will be safe in the future, and the people will be safe. I can't build my great cause on on the sacrifice of the people."
All the advisors only supported Xie Yue's statement, and they all nodded when they heard the words. The prince is a man of benevolence and righteousness, and he always puts the people first, so it is very rare. If they can follow such a clear master, they will be blessed in the future.
Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi looked at each other and smiled.
Others may not know, but Xu Weizhi knows Xie Yue too well. The reason why I said this in front of the advisors was to give the prince a chance to make a statement, so that they could all understand the painstaking efforts of the prince and why the prince did not choose to attack the capital directly.
The reason why the prince made such a choice now may be from the perspective of the common people. But for them bystanders, the choice of the prince can bring him the greatest benefit.
As a strategist, of course, you must do your best to think of the prince. Appropriate suggestions are made when the prince is confused. But in recent days, Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi have gradually discovered all the choices Pang Xiao made. On the surface, it seems that there are adventures, but the final results seem to be good for him.
Sometimes Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi also felt that the prince was taking a risk, but in the end they both saved the day.
Could it be that this is destiny, and Tianjizi's early calculations were correct
When everyone was discussing, Li Qitian in the palace was also able to discuss with a few confidants, "The Pingnan Army is still stationed outside the city, if such a large number of troops, if they are like the rest of King Qin's reinforcements, they will go directly into the city gate, if Prince Zhongshun is the same. If you have a rebellious heart, won’t you be able to find any hope at that time?”
Li Qitian also thinks this way, so he is particularly tangled.
"I also thought about it, Prince Zhongshun fought for Da Zhou for many years, and he made great contributions in the end, and I don't want to doubt him."
Li Qitian's confidants are those who can be called to the imperial study alone to discuss countermeasures, and the reason why these people are Li Qitian's confidants must be because they are good at judging the situation and better understand what Li Qitian is thinking, and they can always say that they can Solving problems can also please Li Qitian's words.
Therefore, at this time, they were all worried, and they said in unison: "Think before you, Holy One."
Several people looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, you are an open-minded person, so you don't think much of it, but you can't help but consider what happens. Your Majesty, you trust Prince Zhongshun, but that doesn't mean that Prince Zhongshun is certain. I will be loyal to you. Once something happens, things will get out of hand. Please think about it carefully."
"Yeah, the sage should think about the great cause first. The ministers also know that the sage should do such a thing of distrusting the loyal and obedient prince. It is indeed uncomfortable and tormented, but for the sake of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, I also ask the sage to think twice."
Li Qitian's face was as usual, and he lowered his eyes and thought about the back of his hand.
After a long time, Li Qitian said slowly: "I understand what you mean. Let me think about it."
Pang Xiao thought that with Li Qitian's temperament, the matter would be resolved within two days, but he unexpectedly took 280,000 people and waited in front of the city gate for three days.
Three days is neither long nor short, but the camp of 280,000 people is so huge that the food they bring will not last for a day sooner or later.
"The sage's will is still not fulfilled, it seems that this king is going to urge him." Pang Xiao frowned in thought.
"I don't know what the sage thought. When the war is tight, there are reinforcements but they don't move slowly, they don't give us orders, and they don't give us military salaries. What does it mean to let so many of us stay here! "Hu Zi was already full of unhappiness.
The sage could not issue an decree, so the lord ordered them to be stationed in place, not to enter the city, and not to contact Ji Zeyu in private.
Pang Xiao didn't want to give people the reason to doubt Ji Zeyu, so as not to let the interested people see that they secretly contacted and conspired to design the saint.
But no one understands Ji Zeyu's dilemma better now.
The army of the Duolu Qin Kings each has a commander in chief, and each has his own mind. Not every person who comes here under the decree of the Qin King is dedicated to the Holy Spirit, and most of them have their own plans. If it is such a complicated human heart, it will be fine, and what is more important is the lack of food and salaries.
When a soldier fights a war, he has no food to eat, and the complaints in the hearts of the soldiers will only accumulate more and more deeply. Faced with the pressure of the Tatar army on the battlefield, whenever they retreated, the people in the capital would fall.
Under such oppression, what should Ji Zeyu do
He needed reinforcements and food, but the Holy Master refused to accept anything.
These days, it is not only the people who came with the Pingnan Army who have doubts in their hearts, but also the Huben Army guarding the North Gate.
The wounded soldiers on the battlefield had to be brought back to the city to recuperate. Their condition would affect the mood of the people in the city to some extent. However, after a long period of repression, the Sage refused to do anything, and even the people now complained a lot.
Pang Xiao smiled reassuringly: "The decision that the Holy Master has to make depends on his fate in his opinion. It is very difficult to make a decision. We don't need to be too anxious. The will is in the past two days."
If it drags on any longer, I am afraid that before Pang Xiao brings people into the city, the people in the capital will start to make trouble.
If it was as Pang Xiao said, the next day, the emperor's will was sent to the Pingnan army barracks.
Xiong Jinshui grimaced, his iron-grey sunflower shirt was blown up by a sudden gust of cold spring wind, and he was already in a cold sweat, but at this moment he shivered.
Not long after, I saw Pang Xiao leading several generals, riding horses from the almost boundless barracks.
When he got close, Pang Xiao turned over and jumped smartly, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Xiong. But what is the Holy Master's order?"
"Yeah!" Dushuai Feng asked loudly, "Is the sage going to tell us to fight the Tartars?"
Xiong Jinshui took a hard sip of saliva and unfolded the imperial decree, "Prince Zhongshun accepts the decree!"
"The minister is here." Pang Xiao led everyone to kneel.
"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict said: I order Prince Zhongshun to lead the Pingnan army, bypass the capital, take the Jiashao Valley, and flank the Tartars from the rear, and attack the Tartars with the Huben army before and after, I am here!"
The slightly shrill voice of Xiong Jinshui belonging to the internal supervisor spread in the wind, and everyone who listened was stunned.
Before Pang Xiao could speak, Commander Feng jumped three feet high: "What? The capital is right in front of you, and when you open the city gate, brothers can rush over and fight the Tartars to the death, why do you have to wait for me to take a detour? "
"That's right! We came all the way back in a hurry to relieve the siege of the capital. It's good now, we're here, we've been hanging for so many days, and now the city gate doesn't allow us to enter, let's take a detour! What are you flanking from the rear? , when we bypass Jiashao Valley, what if the Tartars have already entered the capital!" Huzi also shouted angrily.
For a while, the whole barracks was excited, Xiong Jinshui listened to the roars of these people, and almost felt that he might be grabbed by these people and screwed his head off and played as a ball.