MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 986 hold high the flag
Chapter 986 Hold high the banner
On the official road to the north of Chi’ankou, an ox cart was walking slowly along the official road. There were two women sitting in the ox cart. Both women were wearing bamboo hats with wide eaves on their heads. The face of a famous woman, this is the most common attire for women in the Song Dynasty to travel. The light gauze can block the erosion of sunlight and dust, and it can also block the eyes of some disciples.
However, it can be seen that one woman is older and tall, with a long sword on her waist, while the other woman is relatively young, not tall, and looks very young. She holds a child in her arms, The child is sleeping soundly, the woman looks down at the child, looking worried,
"Cai'e, don't worry, of course he won't be at Chiankou now, we will continue to go north and we will definitely find him!"
At this time, the elderly woman saw a tea shed by the side of the road ahead, and said, "I'm going to inquire about the news, and bring some food and water along the way."
After she finished speaking, she didn't need to stop the ox cart, she jumped down and walked quickly to the tea shed. Only then did the ox cart driver realize that the elderly woman had got out of the cart, and he stopped the ox cart quickly.
Not long after, the older woman came back with a bag of food and two jugs of water in her hands. She told the driver, "Go to Huzhou by turning the road ahead!"
She returned to the ox cart, and whispered to the young girl: "I got it clear, there was a battle in Huzhou a few days ago, and the fleet should have gone to Taihu Lake. Let's go to Taihu Lake to inquire, and we will know the location of the fleet. landed."
The young girl nodded lightly, "Everything is decided by the master."
The older woman thought for a while and said: "We can't go to Huzhou. Since a big war broke out there, there must be a lot of troops. We are easy to be intercepted. It is best to detour."
She ordered the coachman to go directly to Pingjiang Mansion instead of Huzhou.
Needless to say, these two people are the palace lady Li Cai'e who escaped from the palace, and the master of Baiyun nunnery, Master Mei Yun.
Zhang Wei searched all over the palace, but ignored the Baiyun nunnery in the back mountain. The master of Meiyun nunnery seized this opportunity and fled Fenghuang Mountain with Li Cai'e and the prince Zhao Yang. Li Yanqing and the two hired an ox cart to go north.
Li Cai'e is only thirteen years old this year. She entered the palace at the age of seven, and has been living in the palace without any contact with the outside world.
The old nun, Master Mei Yun, is slightly better than her, but not much better. She has been isolated from the world for nearly thirty years, and her worldly skills have almost degenerated, but she has a little bit of martial arts, but she can deal with three moves and five moves.
The two of them had no experience in escaping from the secret post at all. Master Mei Yun ran to the tea shed to inquire about Li Yanqing's whereabouts, and was immediately watched by the secret post guarding the tea shed. Just as the ox cart left, the secret post took a dozen soldiers with him Tail pursuit.
"Master An, what's going on behind the scenes?"
Li Cai'e suddenly realized that more than a dozen soldiers were chasing after her, and she panicked.
Master Meiyun’s nunnery turned pale with fright, she knew they had been exposed, she was anxious in her heart, pulled out her long sword, jumped out of the bullock cart, yelled, and stabbed at the leader’s dark sentry.
These secret sentry soldiers are all experienced, how could they fight with Master Meiyun, they immediately divided into two groups, five or six people entangled Master Meiyun, and the others rushed towards the bullock cart.
"Cai'e, get off the bullock cart and run!"
Master Mei Yunan was entangled by soldiers and could not go to rescue. Seeing that the situation was critical and the ox cart was too slow, she shouted anxiously.
Li Cai'e had already panicked, how could she jump out of the car and escape for her life, so she had to hug Zhao Yang tightly and burst into tears.
Several soldiers had already caught up with the bullock cart. One soldier knocked down the driver with a knife and controlled the bullock cart.
At this moment of lightning, a mace arrow shot, and the arrow pierced the back of the leader, Anshao. With a scream, Anshao fell from the bullock cart to the ground.
Another arrow was also shot, and the secret whistle controlling the ox cart was shot through the neck, and rolled from the ox cart to the ground.
I saw seven or eight big men rushing out of the woods by the roadside. They were all brave in martial arts and powerful in combat.
Leading the big man to lift the curtain of the car, he said to Li Cai'e who was trembling with fright: "Don't be afraid, we will not kill you."
He pointed at the child and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me the truth, is he the crown prince Zhao Yan?"
Li Cai'e cried loudly: "The officials entrusted the crown prince to me and asked me to find King Jin, but where can I find King Jin!"
The leading man laughed loudly, "Ruan Xiaoer, I am a general under His Royal Highness King Jin, we are about to rush to Pingjiang Mansion, it seems that the crown prince's life is not worth dying."
Li Cai'e was both surprised and delighted, "Are you really from His Royal Highness Jin?"
"You will know when you see His Royal Highness King Jin."
Ruan Xiaoer turned around and shouted, "Fifth, Seventh, we have a new mission!"
Li Yanqing's fleet docked at West Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake. West Dongting Mountain belongs to Pingjiang Prefecture, which is today's Suzhou. It is an independent large island, not directly connected to the land. fish for a living.
At noon that day, Mo Jun, the prefect of Pingjiang, rushed to West Dongting Mountain and brought Li Yanqing the latest news about Lin'an Prefecture.
"The martial law in Lin'an Mansion has been lifted during the day, but the curfew is still enforced at night. The Supreme Emperor officially became the Regent yesterday, presided over the first court meeting, and made many official adjustments."
"What major adjustments have been made?" Li Yanqing asked.
"The main reason is that Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen were dismissed from the positions of Xiangguo, and they were replaced by Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan. In addition, Qin Hui also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and was about to start cleaning up the incompetent chief and deputy officials from all over the country. The Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Cheng was dismissed. Du Chong took over, and at the same time Du Chong set up a supervisory bureau, mainly to monitor the speeches of the government and the public. Now everyone in the capital is in danger, and I heard that more than 100 officials have offered to resign."
Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and then asked: "Have you appointed a new Sichuan-Shaanxi Economic Strategy Envoy?"
"Maybe not!"
Mo Jun smiled and said: "The Supreme Emperor said one thing, but he said another thing behind his back. Although he dismissed all the titles and official positions of the Dutong, he really didn't dare to reach out to the Jingzhao Army."
Li Yanqing sneered, "It's not that he didn't dare to stretch out his hand, he first secretly wooed, and probably sent someone to Jingzhao Mansion, if Liu Qi or Wang Gui were wooed by him, he would immediately appoint a new Sichuan-Shaanxi Economic Strategy Envoy .”
Li Yanqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and asked again: "Is there any news about Yue Fei?"
Mo Jun nodded, "On the afternoon of the coup, he and Li Gang were appointed by the government as the Yuezhou Governor and Jingnan Comforter, and went to Dongting Lake to suppress the bandits. The Supreme Emperor did not change this order, but I heard that Li Gang seemed He also proposed to resign, so the Taishang Emperor also appointed Yue Fei as the ruler of the two lakes."
"Did that spill over to you?"
Mo Jun smiled wryly, "It will happen sooner or later. I guess Qin Hui is calculating the bias of local officials! I must be doomed."
Speaking of this, Mo Jun asked cautiously: "When is Dutong planning to return to Jingzhao Mansion?"
Li Yanqing shook his head and said: "Why should I go back to Jingzhao Mansion? Wouldn't it be too cheap for me to go back to Jingzhao Mansion, those gangsters!"
"But."
Just as Mo Jun was about to speak, Li Yanqing interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I know what's going on, I've sent people to contact Han Shizhong and Cao Sheng, and there will be a cavalry from the Jingzhao Army."
At this moment, a soldier reported from outside the cabin, "A message to Dutong, prefect Cao and Han Dutong have pigeon letters sent!"
"Bring it in!"
After a while, the soldiers came in and presented two pigeon letters. Li Yanqing opened the pigeon letter and read it carefully. He quickly walked to the map to check it carefully. Mo Jun stepped forward and asked, "Dutong, how is the situation?"
Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Cao Sheng will fully respond to my call. Jiangning Mansion has 15,000 garrisons who will obey my command. In addition, Han Shizhong will declare neutrality, but he will secretly lend me 30,000 elite soldiers."
Mo Jun quickly said: "Pingjiang Mansion also has 5,000 troops, and a lot of money and food, so the army has 50,000 people."
Li Yanqing nodded and said: "What I am worried about now is Liu Guangshi of Chuzhou. I have written to him, hoping that he will remain neutral. Now he has no attitude. Just in case, I need to recruit five thousand sailors in Pingjiang Mansion. .”
Mo Jun smiled and said: "Actually, there is no need to recruit. Three thousand soldiers with good water skills can be selected from the five thousand Xiang army, and the other two thousand people can be selected from the Jiangning Prefecture army. They all want to block the Yangtze River!"
"That's exactly the case. It would be a pity if the sixty warships here are not in use."
That night, Li Yanqing raised a banner in Pingjiang Mansion, calling on the states and counties all over the world to follow him, ‘Qing Jun’s side! ’ Get rid of Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Du Chong and other villains.
Cao Sheng, the governor of Jiangning and defense envoy along the river, responded first, followed by Zhao Yan, the governor of Runzhou, and Pan Yue, the military training envoy of Changzhou.
The Huaibei defense envoy Han Shizhong declared that he would focus on the anti-golden cause and remain neutral, but he secretly ordered Xu Ning and Zhang Hu to lead 30,000 troops to the south of the Yangtze River to support Li Yanqing.
(end of this chapter)
