The emperor quickly finished reading Shen Yi's secret performance, and then the inner guard's secret performance. Then the emperor sat on his chair and thought silently for a long time without moving.
Waiting until Chenshi, Eunuch Gao lowered his head cautiously and said: "Your Majesty, this morning, the new governor of Guangxi will enter the palace to meet the emperor..."
The emperor slowly came back to his senses, and then he frowned and said, "Let him wait."
Eunuch Gao then lowered his head and stopped talking.
The emperor thought for an unknown amount of time, then looked at Gao Ming and said, "You will go to the Ministry of War in person later and ask Old Man Jiang how many warships the Ministry of War has, and send them all to Huai'an."
"If it's not enough, let the Ministry of War make new ones."
His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his head and continued: "There are many wounded soldiers on the front line. We need to transfer some medicine from the pharmacy warehouse near Jiankang."
At this point, His Majesty the Emperor thought hard and couldn't think of anything else that could help Shen Yi. He thought for a long time and couldn't think of anything, so he looked up at Gao Ming with some annoyance and said, "Last time I asked you to help Shen Yi. Looking for a big house, have you not changed it for the Shen family yet?"
"You're deaf, but you still didn't take my words seriously!"
Gao Ming made a plop in fright, knelt on the ground, lowered his head and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have already found a new house and have the evidence. I am just waiting for the censor's desk to report that the imperial court has confiscated his house. I will immediately Send someone to sort it out…”
The emperor took a deep breath and then calmed down. He closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then said coldly: "Pass on my order, the internal guards will keep an eye on the Anping Marquis Mansion."
"From today on, no one from the Anping Marquis Mansion, including the servants and maids, can leave Jiankang City even half a step without my order!"
Naturally, the internal guards of the Anping Marquis Mansion have been keeping an eye on it, but they have never been so open and above board.
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, will this alert the Zhao family in advance..."
"Just to make them alert!"
His Majesty the Emperor said angrily: "Zhao Lu is becoming more and more arrogant in his actions. How long has it been since Shen Qi arrived in Huai'an? How many battles has Huai'an fought? How many battles has his Huaihe Navy fought?"
"I turned a blind eye to the matter at Hongze Lake Camp and pretended not to see it."
"The Zhouqiao Camp in Huai'an was attacked. Can the Huaihe Navy move any soldiers?"
"Even if we don't rescue, why don't we go north and call the court to take a look?"
Having said this, His Majesty the Emperor snorted angrily, then turned to look at Gao Ming and said in a low voice: "Go, let the commander of the imperial army enter the palace. I want to discuss important matters with him."
"also…"
The emperor's voice was hoarse and he said: "Let Sun Jin go to Huai'an, meet Shen Qi for me, and ask him what he still lacks and what he wants."
"Report to the Ministry of War, and then notify Shen Yi. All soldiers on the Huai'an Defense Line and the Zhouqiao Battle will be credited once."
When Eunuch Gao heard this, he was filled with emotion.
That famous person in the court who is not in Jiankang, why...
It seems that your Majesty's place is getting more and more popular?
But at the moment, it was not the time to think about this. Eunuch Gao lowered his head respectfully.
"Slave, I obey..."
………………
On the north bank of the Huaihe River, there is the camp of the Southern Army.
In the handsome tent, a young man dressed in purple was sitting under General Zhou. He bowed his head alone and drank the tea in front of him.
General Zhou, sitting on the main seat, holding a book in his hand, was reading page by page.
No one in the handsome tent dared to speak.
Falling into a silent and very depressing state.
I don’t know how long it took before someone carefully entered the handsome tent. After looking at the people in the handsome tent, this person came directly to the young man in purple, lowered his head slightly, and said: "Your Highness, the matter is done.
alright."
Among the soldiers who conquered the South, there was naturally no one else who could be called His Royal Highness, the only one was King Wei Zhao Kai.
After hearing these words, His Royal Highness King Wei waved his hand and said lightly: "I understand."
"Just step back."
The man then bowed respectfully and exited the handsome tent.
After the man left, Zhao Kai turned to look at Zhou Shizhong who was sitting on the main seat flipping a book. He stood up, walked to Zhou Shizhong, bowed slightly and said: "General, you don't want to do these dirty things."
, Gu sent people to take care of it, now that the matter has been settled, the general can report his merits to the court."
Hearing his words, even Zhou Shizhong, who had experienced many battles, couldn't help but frown deeply.
Because he knew in his heart that when Zhao Kai said these words, countless innocent people had died inexplicably and tragically at the hands of this noble man from Tianhuang.
Zhou Shizhong was silent for a while, looked up at Zhao Kai, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness..."
"You are too extreme."
"The imperial court will not be unaware of it."
"That's why I spent two days and asked the people below to kill some bandits."
Zhou Shizhong looked calm and said quietly: "I'm afraid it's not just mountain bandits."
"The rest are just some refugees."
Zhao Kai didn't care.
"Kill them, just kill them. They are all Han people anyway."
"Even if there are a few ordinary people who are registered occasionally, they will blame it on the bandits and traitors."
He squinted his eyes and said calmly: "Han people can't do anything except give birth. In a few years, they will all give birth again and it won't be a problem."
Seeing that Zhou Shizhong's face was not very good, Zhao Kai was also a little unhappy and said: "General, you think this matter is dirty, but I didn't use your manpower to conquer the Southern Army. Besides, I am doing this for
General, wipe your ass."
His Royal Highness King Wei was a little unhappy.
He frowned and said: "Eight thousand people fought against two thousand people. We still made a sneak attack in foggy weather. When we almost landed by surprise, we were blocked by those two thousand Southern Dynasty people for two hours!"
"If the general can successfully land on the south bank, let alone capture the city of Huai'an, even if he only eats the two thousand people in Zhouqiao, then reporting to the imperial court will not be too ugly."
"Why should I, the king, be so embarrassed that I should look for compensation elsewhere?"
Zhou Shizhong put down the scroll and frowned: "Your Highness, if you insist that this matter is for the purpose of conquering the Southern Army, then Zhou can only report the truth. If Zhou fails to lead the troops, the worst he can do is to be punished by the court. If he does not become a general in the Southern Conquest,
, just go back to Yanjing to retire!"
Hearing what he said, Zhao Kai felt a little guilty.
Because he himself also knows that the reason why he started from
The reason why he looked for help elsewhere was because he, the "Prince of the Overlord", could never lose the first battle.
Even if he wins by force, he must win!
Otherwise, as soon as the defeated official arrives in Yanjing, his brothers who are aspiring to the throne will try their best to write to him and kick him out of this game of seizing the throne.
Then, His Highness King Wei forced out a smile and said with a smile: "General, don't be angry. Recently, the fighting along the Huaihe River has not been very good. Even my father has sent reinforcements.
"
"It won't be long before the imperial court's more than 100,000 reinforcements will arrive along the Huaihe River for the general to command."
"It's rare that the whole court is focused on conquering the south. At this time, we can't lose the temper of the court, don't you think?"
Zhou Shizhong closed his eyes and sighed helplessly: "Then how does His Highness think the battle at Zhouqiao should be repaid?"
Zhao Kai touched the already sizable beard on his chin, lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Zhou Shizhong and asked: "In return for the death of two thousand of our troops and the killing of five thousand of the enemy?"
Zhou Shizhong's eyelids twitched and he was a little angry: "In order to mess with His Highness, our army of 8,000 people crossed south this time, and at least more than 4,200 people were killed. If we repay 2,000 people, what about the remaining pensions for the fallen soldiers?"
Distributed?”
Zhao Kai rubbed his brow and said, "How about this, if we are ambushed by the Southerners, our army will bravely kill more than 4,000 enemies and injure nearly 3,000 others?"
Seeing that Zhou Shizhong still wanted to talk, Zhao Kai patted his chest and said.
"The rest of the pension will be paid by me."
General Zhou looked at the young prince in front of him, sighed silently, and shook his head slightly.