Chapter 196 Waiting (600 months)
After rushing out of Weizhou City, he fought with Tang Kuo's troops. Even with the defeated soldiers gathered by Guo Yuanjing, there are only 20,000 people left. Thinking about how energetic the 300,000 army was when they went to war, and now, Li You had the desire to kill Li Gui and Yang Jiefu.
Needless to say, Yang Jiefu planned all this, and Li Gui, who commanded the 300,000 troops, did not think of the dead soldiers at all. He only had hatred for Yang Jiefu and others, and fear of losing the throne. He became more and more irritable along the way. He often scolded the soldiers serving him. In a hurry, Li You could only avoid it from afar and end up invisible.
If the emperors and court officials of the Great Wei were like this, then the remaining days of the court might not be too long. Thinking about the growing Tang Kuo tribe and the refugees he saw along the way when he entered the capital from Jiazhou, Li You couldn't help but think of this. With internal and external troubles, the people in the court were in power, which was such a group of waste who only knew how to fight for power and profit. It is conceivable that the Tang Kuo tribe will make a comeback next year. At that time, what will Yang Jiefu use to resist foreign invaders?
The Great Wei has quite similar military system to the Great Song Dynasty. They all adopt the strategy of defending the inside and the outside, gathering heavy troops to guard the capital and guarding the capital. There may be some combat-effectiveness in the remaining borders. As for the military forces of the states and counties, Yang Jiefu has swept away the Imperial Army, the pillar of the Great Wei camp, for the benefit of the aristocratic families and poor families, which is equivalent to breaking the backbone of the Great Wei. If there is any change in the next year, there will be no more available troops in the Great Wei.
The troubled times are about to come, and Li You suddenly had this idea in his mind. So how should he deal with the upcoming chaos? The capital can no longer stay. Even though it is the core and most prosperous city of the Great Wei Dynasty, without the protection of hundreds of thousands of imperial guards, the capital is just a sweet cake that anyone can use.
Besides, even if Lee Kyu returned to the capital successfully, he could not deal with Yang Jiefu and others. He had the support of the nobles led by the British Duke, but he could not even impress everyone, let alone now that the nobles were completely lost? It would be better for him to be a stamp on the throne safely. Without thinking about the reason, he knew that Yang Jiefu and others would definitely throw the responsibility for the army's defeat on Lee Kyu and the nobles. What can Lee Kyu, who is missing from everyone, do?
Judging from the fact that the Empress Dowager in the palace also lost confidence in Li Gui. His Majesty the Emperor was like a candle flashing in the wind, which would be extinguished if he was not careful. Even if he had the credit for protecting the emperor, it would have no effect on Li You. It would be better to go back to Jiazhou, where he had been in business for many years. Perhaps it would be safer to go wherever he was.
Staying in the capital, an imperial edict or an assassin can take away his life. In Jiazhou, even if the imperial edict is issued, he can still overturn the table. With the current military strength of the prefectures of various states in the Wei Dynasty, he will definitely not be able to stop the impact of the two thousand Xuan-armored cavalry. Well, now the command value is not enough and they cannot be summoned, but I guess you can save enough of it at most?
As for staying with Li Gui as a powerful minister, Li You didn't think at all. Cao Cao was able to hold the emperor to command the princes because he had a large army based on the Cao clan. The reason why Yang Jian was able to abolish the emperor was because his father Yang Zhong was the founding father of the Northern Zhou regime and one of the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty. He had great military achievements and was at the Zhuguo State. He himself married the daughter of the general Dugu Xin as his wife and became the core figure of the Guanlong Group. He wanted everyone, money, and soldiers.
Li You now only has thousands of troops in Zhenwei Camp. Although he also has friends such as Qiu Shangjian, Qian Hua, Zheng Liang, etc., his strength must be far inferior to Yang Jiefu and others, and he is even more said to be compared with Cao Cao and Yang Jian.
In the chaotic times, strength is the foundation. I can't show my strength in the capital, so I'd better go back to Jiazhou. There is a Li family that has been operating for more than 200 years, and there are allies such as Changhua Bo Qian family nearby, which is more than that in the capital. Li You made a secret decision to pay attention, but if you can't send Li Gui back to the capital and help him ascend the throne again, then everything is false.
"Brother Shiheng, have you ever found out the news?" A sound of horse hooves woke Li You up from his thoughts. He looked up and saw that it was Wang Ji who followed them back to Beijing.
In addition to bringing 5,000 cavalrymen, Li You also had his own ideas for screening the accompanying generals. Qian Hua and Qiu Shangjian had many old friends in the capital, especially Qian Hua. His father Qian Sa is currently in the capital, and he is the few powerful faction left among the nobles. With them, they will be much more convenient to act at that time. Wang Ji is a son of the Wang family of Langya. No matter whether it is to use him or to guard against him, he cannot stay with Yao Pingzhong and the others.
Fortunately, since he met, Wang Ji has not shown any strangeness. After changing in the army, he also tried his best to help Li You and others come up with ideas. From now on, it seems more credible, so Li You relaxed his guard along the way and today he sent him to the city ahead to find out the news.
"I haven't heard of the new king's succession yet, but I heard that there are people everywhere saying that the army of the Tang Kuo tribe is about to kill to the capital, and the wealthy families in the city are ready to escape." Wang Ji said in a calm tone.
It is still three days away from here to the capital. Perhaps it is still time for Li You to breathe a sigh of relief, but he became nervous again in a flash. Five thousand cavalrymen would not easily cover up the traces. If someone quickly sent the news back to the capital and forced Yang Jiefu and others to attack in advance, it would be dangerous. They pretended to be defeated along the way and did not expose Li Gui, and they didn't know if they could deceive an old fox like Yang Jiefu.
It seemed that the troops had to be divided again. He hurried back to the army to summon the soldiers to discuss it. Finally, he decided that Li You and Qian Hua would lead 500 elite troops to disguise themselves as the king's army to rush to the capital first, while Qiu Shangjian led the army to follow behind.
Two days later, after a day and night, the 500 troops led by Li You and Qian Hua finally arrived outside the capital. You could even see the city walls of the capital from afar. The city walls were heavily guarded and the city gates were also extremely strict. According to the spies who went to inquire about the news, Yang Jiefu, a confidant from the imperial guards, led the army to take care of the city gates. It was difficult to enter the city.
"Brother, what should we do now? Should we directly show our identity as our Majesty to enter the city or?" Qian Hua asked hesitantly when he heard this.
Chapter completed!