Lin Jinke received the urgent report from King Beibin. He gritted his teeth in anger and lifted the table in the military tent. He cursed at the sergeants under his command: "Fuck, a bunch of losers, so many people can't look down on a woman and a few people."
child."
After taking a closer look at the briefing, I found that the princess had also been detained. I was confused for a moment, clenched my fists, and said loudly: "This is unreasonable. Who leaked this important event about this king?"
I wanted to take advantage of the Lantern Festival and the defenseless city defenders to attack the palace in one fell swoop. I never thought that as soon as I sent out the troops, they were resisted by three battalions. Tens of thousands of troops were blocked in the western suburbs.
Don't use your hands and feet.
Jia Qian, the counselor next to King Qinghe, asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, could it be His Highness the Sixth Prince who is causing trouble?"
"impossible."
Lin Jinke waved his hands decisively and said: "Uncle Sixth Emperor now does not have the support of King Nandu. He can only rely on this king to achieve wealth. How can he help King Pingning?"
"But I always feel that His Highness the Sixth has ulterior motives. Your Highness should have listened to the Queen Mother."
Jia Qian sighed helplessly and said: "His Royal Highness is now at the peak of his power. As long as the Qinghe Cavalry is stationed near the outskirts of Beijing, until the general stabilizes the rear, he will make his own decision when he returns. Even if our ancestors want King Pingning to enter the capital, it is not possible."
It's an easy thing, but now it gives King Pingning an opportunity to go north in good faith."
After thinking about it, his tone became more firm: "I even think that this is a conspiracy by the Queen Mother to use her body as a bait to deliberately force His Highness to march into Jinling City."
"Lin Jinxiao, even though he has a poor residence, he still wants to go north?"
Lin Jinke snorted disdainfully: "Immediately send me the king's order to ask Tang Yi from Yizhou to guard the pass and beware of King Pingning going north."
"Your Highness, the top priority is to recover Princess Pingning, mother and son. We must not let them escape back to Luyan Port."
Jia Qianyi persuaded righteously: "I heard that when Princess Pingning left the city, Princess Shu personally delivered an edict from King Qin to Mrs. Chang. If this edict is allowed to leave the capital, not to mention the Yizhou army and horses will have difficulty obeying the order.
The hundred thousand cavalrymen from Langzhou are very likely to fall to King Pingning."
"What the military advisor said is absolutely true."
Lin Jinke immediately realized something was wrong: "At present, apart from the Qinghe Cavalry and the Sixteenth Guards stationed in the north, the elites of our empire are the two hundred thousand troops from Yizhou and Langzhou closest to Jinling City. They must not let Chu Nanzhi
Leave Jingling City."
After that, he told Jia Qian categorically: "Military advisor, you lead the troops under my command to continue attacking the west gate. I will personally lead people to attack the south camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and we must chase that woman back."
Then he ordered five thousand cavalry and hurried towards the southern suburbs.
The 10,000 sergeants of the South Camp were jointly attacked by King Qinghe and the Tang family tribes. They were ultimately defeated. They had to follow Princess Shu's military order and retreat slowly and orderly from Chaoguang Gate into Jinling City to resist the enemy.
It was already the next morning when the road to the south was opened. Lin Jinke led five thousand cavalry in pursuit all the way south. When they arrived at the fork in the road, they found that there were ruts on all five roads.
This stumped him.
"Your Highness, how should we catch up?"
Tang Che, the general of the Tang family who came with Lin Jinke, asked confused.
"This damn Princess Pingning."
Lin Jinke was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed: "He has been pretending to be nonchalant these days, but he didn't expect that he had already made arrangements. He is really cunning."
"Princess Pingning is traveling with an old man and a child. Even if she walks all night, she won't be able to go very far. I will take someone to chase her now, and I will definitely be able to bring her back."
Tang Che said indignantly.
"Does this king know?"
Lin Jinke glared at Tang Che angrily. There were ruts on all five roads. Who knew where she escaped from?
The closest of these five roads is a rugged trail, which is full of thorns and swamps and is not easy to navigate. Although the two official roads are wide, they have to detour through multiple states and counties.
The other two roads are full of twists and turns.
But Lin Jinshu arranged for an escort to accompany him, so the road no matter how difficult it was, was no longer a problem.
After thinking for a moment, he had no choice but to order his generals to lead their teams to catch up.
Tang Che looked in the direction of Xiaguan Village and asked with some uncertainty: "Your Highness, these are not the only five ways back to Luyan Port. There is also the Jinglu Canal that can be traveled down the river. Will Princess Pingning take this route?
Return by water?”
"idiot."
Lin Jinke cursed and pointed at the secluded mountain road: "If you go south along the waterway, you are asking for death."
After a pause, he narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head disdainfully: "Besides, when Prince Xie disappeared a few days ago, she mentioned the waterway. If she had already made preparations to escape along the waterway, how could she
If you leak this to me, I won't use your pig brain."
Although Tang Che had a vague feeling in his heart that Princess Pingning was very likely to escape along the waterway, King Qinghe had already made a decision, and he could not say more. He could only turn his eyes to the widest official road and vowed to
: "Now the capital has to rely on His Highness to preside over the situation. The general is willing to personally lead people all the way south to recover Princess Pingning and her son."
"Okay, I will leave this matter to you. If you cannot bring back Princess Pingning and her children, there is no need for you to come back to see me again."
Lin Jinke was currently in a dilemma. The attack in Jingling City had reached a deadlock, and Chu Nanzhi was allowed to escape. It was really a leaky house and it rained all night.
Five hundred guards were left behind, and all the remaining soldiers and horses were handed over to Tang Che. Before leaving, he solemnly told Tang Che: "When you arrive in Yizhou, tell your clan uncle Tang Yi and call him
We will go all out to capture Princess Pingning. If this king loses power, the entire Tang family may never have a peaceful life again, so he must carefully consider this."
"The general will definitely persuade the clan uncle carefully."
Tang Che obviously knew the stakes involved.
Over the years, everyone in the Tang family has placed their bets on King Qinghe. Once King Qinghe falls, all the powerful forces related to the Tang family will be suppressed.
After that, he hurriedly led the sergeant and headed south along the official road.
After resting on the boat for several hours, Chu Nanzhi waited until dawn before going down to the cabin on the bottom floor to see Xie Jingchen.
In the dim light, looking at Xie Jingchen who was tied up in the cabin, she walked forward with a smile, pretending to be extremely attentive and said: "Long time no see, Prince Xie, how are you?"
"Little Zhizhi, you are going too far."
Xie Jingchen felt extremely depressed when he thought that she had used sweat medicine to tie him up and tied him up in the Zhao family's courtyard for many days, and even had to be guarded when he went to the latrine.
"It's indeed a bit too much."
Chu Nanzhi glanced casually at Li Shiyao, who was standing next to him. This woman had been silent, but she seemed to have less resentment towards him.
"If I didn't do this, how could you be willing to follow me back to the south?"
Chu Nanzhi personally bent down and untied the rope from his body: "If you want to go back now, I won't stop you, but I still ask Prince Xie to think carefully before making any plans. Right now, all the powerful people in Qinghe are looking for Xie
Regarding the whereabouts of the prince, if you go back, not only will the entire Baiyu mission lose their way of survival, but it will also intensify the conflict between the two countries."
After hearing this, Xie Jingchen suddenly hesitated.