"You...what did you say?" Li Qing was almost frightened when he heard the news and fell from the throne to the ground.
When he heard that Li Ying's troops were heading towards the capital, he was indeed a little panicked, but he was still somewhat confident. After all, it would be too difficult to break into an iron-walled city like the capital.
Although there are not many defensive troops in the capital now, Li Jinglong is rushing back with 100,000 troops. As long as these 100,000 troops enter the city, the city defended by 100,000 troops will be almost impossible to conquer.
Even if there are millions of people besieging the capital, it is almost impossible to capture the city. All we have to do is defend for a few days and wait for the enemy's food and supplies to run out.
But now you say that the 100,000 troops on defense this time disappeared overnight? What is going on? Are the soldiers on his side really papery? One moment, the 400,000 troops were gone, and the next one hundred thousand
The army also said that it would be gone if they didn't have it. Even if there were 100,000 pigs, they wouldn't be gone so quickly.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this is all the fault of Li Jinglong." The general who escaped and reported quickly put the blame on Li Jinglong. "As soon as the battle started, Li Jinglong abandoned the army and ran away alone.
It caused the entire army to completely lose its command and allowed the opponent to defeat it easily."
This is not wrong, because Li Jinglong did escape before the battle, and he must bear a lot of responsibility. However, even if Li Jinglong did not run away, there would be no big difference in the result. After all, the morale of the army was unstable, and the soldiers had no intention of facing the enemy.
But this situation is very difficult to explain, and no one wants to take on this responsibility. Instead, it is very convenient to blame Li Jinglong. So those who escaped have basically passed the test and unanimously agreed to blame Li Jinglong for this matter.
Forget it.
"Where is Li Jinglong? I'm going to kill him!" Emperor Li Qing was really easy to fool. When he heard what these people said, he didn't even bother to ask more questions and just roared angrily.
"Your Majesty, now is not the time to hold people accountable." A minister came out and said, "The enemy is approaching the capital. How to retreat the enemy now is the key."
When Li Qing heard this, his eyes suddenly became fierce when he looked at the minister who made the correct opinion. As for why he became fierce, it was because this minister was one of the ministers who advocated for Li Jinglong to be the marshal of the army a few days ago.
As mentioned before, Li Jinglong became the marshal because of the recommendation of the ministers. As for why the ministers recommended him, they naturally received benefits.
Compared with other military generals, Li Jinglong's relationship with the civil servants was actually pretty good. Because Emperor Li Qing was petty and suspicious, if any general military commander had some contact with civil servants, it would directly arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction.
Naturally, the ministers and generals under him also knew this.
But Li Jinglong is an exception, because his identity is quite special. He is a member of the royal family who has not been granted a title and has joined the army. This strange identity, which seems to rely on both sides and not, allows him to stand among various forces.
Wandering between.
Although Li Jinglong is not very good at fighting, he is really good at dealing with people and public relations, and his relationship with all parties is pretty good.
When civil servants recommended him, on the one hand, they really took money from him, and on the other hand, it also expanded the sphere of influence of their civil servants.
And they didn't expect such a big thing to happen. Because when Li Jinglong was recommended, the imperial court had more than 500,000 troops including the vanguard troops. Li Ying's troops on the opposite side had more than 100,000 troops at full strength.
The difference between the two sides is huge.
In their view, this battle is a must-win. In the past, it was just a matter of gaining reputation. How could they have imagined that such a situation would happen.
But now that things have suddenly developed to this point, they are also panicking. Not only is the emperor likely to hold them accountable, but the enemy is about to invade the capital. What should they do if the city is really broken?
If they had known that Li Jinglong would be such a idiot, they would never have spoken for this guy. But now that the matter has come to this, what can they do if they regret it? They should first find a way to remove themselves from this matter.
When Emperor Li Qing heard what these ministers said, he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. He was recommended by you. Now something happened, and everyone wanted to get rid of the matter because of the overall situation. Under normal circumstances, Li Qing would
He must have been so angry that he killed him on the spot.
But now, Li Qing also knows that the current situation is critical and it is not the time to settle accounts.
At this time, Li Qing no longer believed these civil servants at all, and he once again turned his attention to Wang Men next to him, the only general he trusted.
He also regretted why he didn't send Wangmen to take over the camp immediately. Thinking about it, he thought of those guys from Cang Qing Mountain. These guys are the ones who are looking for trouble these days. These guys from Cang Qing Mountain have been looking for trouble these days.
Not only did he create trouble and enmity in various ways, but now that I think about it, he seemed to have deliberately delayed the Wang Clan.
Because the reason why the people from Cang Qing Mountain came to the rescue was that Wang Clan was rescued and then injured the senior sister they sent, so as the parties concerned, the people from Cang Qing Mountain would confront Wang Clan from time to time. Of course, every time
The first time I casually asked a few questions about the so-called details at that time, and I asked again and again.
Now that I think about it, these people obviously did it on purpose.
Not only that, he is now a little resentful of his daughter Princess Linchuan. If his daughter hadn't been so stubborn and insisted on protecting the person named Chu Chengwen and handed him over earlier, this matter would have been over long ago.
If this matter had been settled before, Wang Men could have returned to the military camp earlier. Even if he couldn't take over as marshal, he could have arranged a deputy marshal position for him, and at least it wouldn't be like this situation.
Li Jinglong abandoned the army and ran away immediately after the fight. If Wang Clan had been there at that time, it wouldn't have happened like this.
In short, Li Qing really regrets all kinds of things now. It's just that he had known about it for a long time, and it was all an afterthought. Now that things have become like this, it is really not the time to settle accounts.
"Your Majesty, given the current situation, it may be difficult to defend the capital." The Wangmen here thought for a moment, then seemed to have made some decision, and said in a deep voice, "General, I sincerely request your Majesty to patrol the south."
"What?" Everyone present was shocked. The so-called southern tour is a nice way of saying it, but it actually means asking Emperor Li Qing to abandon the capital and run away directly.
"Nonsense! Your Majesty, you must not do this. This king's monstrous words are misleading the public and should be executed!" Immediately, a civil servant next to him said to Li Qing.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this." Another group of ministers came out and said.
This chapter has been completed!