Xiao Yu was helped down from the boat. His legs were as weak as noodles. He retched several times and even vomited out the gall water. His face was pale and haggard, his eyes were lifeless, and he was completely exhausted.
The accompanying imperial doctor hurriedly stepped forward to check, and shook his head at Li Junxian: "The Duke of Song Dynasty is old and frail, and his energy has been exhausted from the long journey. This trip on the boat was miserable. If he cannot recover and rest in time, he may be exhausted."
No medicine or stone can save you if you work hard."
Li Junxian was startled, and quickly had someone make a simple stretcher, carry Xiao Yu, and make the long journey to Tongguan.
When he arrived at Tongguan Pass, he ordered someone to deliver the crown prince's token to Li Ji.
After a long while, the soldiers guarding the gate returned, with no expression on their faces: "The commander-in-chief is busy with military affairs and has no time to meet him. You can go on your own."
Li Junxian was furious: "The prince was ordered to supervise the country, and the order issued is just like an imperial edict! Do you want to resist the order and disobey it?"
The soldiers guarding the gate showed no fear at all and did not even bother to speak.
Xiao Yu struggled to get up from the stretcher and said reluctantly: "General Li, calm down." Then he turned to the soldiers guarding the gate and asked: "I wonder when the British Lord will be able to take the time to meet you?"
The soldier shook his head: "I don't know either."
Xiao Yu was not discouraged and said: "I have traveled a long distance and am seriously ill. Can you provide a house for my soldiers to stay temporarily?"
The soldier said: "That's okay."
So he personally took Li Junxian to a barracks one mile away from the city gate, found the military general, and cleared dozens of barracks, allowing Xiao Yu and his party to temporarily settle down.
After a lot of tossing, Xiao Yu became increasingly unable to bear it, and developed a high fever after settling in the barracks.
It was about to fall at night, and the soldiers under his command were hungry. Not to mention food, they didn't even have saliva... Li Junxian waited for a while, but no one brought food, so he got up and took two soldiers to find the deputy general of the army.
He asked accusingly: "Why don't you prepare meals for us?"
The deputy general looked dumbfounded and asked curiously: "Why do I need to prepare meals for you?"
Li Junxian was choked badly. He held back his anger and clasped his fists and said: "We have come a long way and have already finished the army rations. Please help the general to prepare some food for the soldiers to satisfy their hunger. There is no taboo on meat and vegetables. Just take care of them. Just a little while.
Later, I will pay the money."
The deputy general had a generous look on his face and said impatiently: "How great is it to have money? The superiors only ordered to allocate barracks for you, but they didn't explain that they also had to take care of the food. Now hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in Tongguan, and all kinds of materials are in short supply, especially food.
Nervous, I don’t have any extra food for you to eat, so you have to think of something yourself.”
Then he ignored Li Junxian and walked away. Li Junxian was so angry that he looked livid and wished he could rush up and chop off this stupid guy with a nostril that reached to the sky...
Think of him, Li Junxian, as the commander-in-chief of the "Hundred Cavalry Division", in charge of the emperor's imperial army, in charge of the imperial secret agents, and a proper minister of the emperor. His power is almost as powerful as that of the six ministers, and his status is unattainable, even in front of the Duke.
He is also very respectful. Have you ever encountered such contempt and indifference?
It's just that now I have a heavy responsibility and I can't rashly conflict with these soldiers, lest I ruin the big thing, I can only endure my anger and return to the barracks.
The imperial doctor walked out of the inner room and saw Li Junxian sitting on a chair sulking, and asked curiously: "General Li, why didn't the soldiers prepare food? The Duke of Song Dynasty was tired from traveling and traveling, and his vitality was extremely depleted. He needed nourishment, otherwise he might not be able to replenish his vitality.
This will lead to the root cause of the disease. For people of this age, who are usually pampered and well-off, suddenly damaging the root cause is too great a hidden danger."
His words were reserved. In fact, if the prince had not insisted on sending him to follow him all the way, Xiao Yu would have been seriously ill and died...
Li Junxian suddenly felt dizzy and angry.
Who would have thought that with Xiao Yuzhi's status, Li Ji would not only avoid seeing him when he came to Tongguan, but he wouldn't even prepare meals?
There are hundreds of thousands of troops gathered near Tongguan. The entire hilly land where Tongguan is located is full of military camps. All the important passes are blocked. It is almost impossible to buy food.
Could it be that the more than a thousand people under his command were so hungry?
It’s okay for the soldiers to be hungry. At worst, they will leave Tongguan early tomorrow morning. After crossing the Yellow River, they can choose a post station to replenish food, but how can Xiao Yu afford to wait...
When the imperial doctor saw Li Junxian's depressed look, he asked curiously: "It's just a meal, why does the British prince not care about it?"
Li Junxian sighed and explained the situation: "I can't see the British prince at all right now. These lieutenants and lieutenants in the army don't sell my face at all. What can I do? I can't catch these bastards and kill them, right?"
The imperial doctor pondered for a moment and said: "General Li might as well go to the military general to try. First, Song Guogong won't be able to survive for long. If he doesn't eat, he will be in big trouble. Secondly, he can test it to see if these low-ranking warriors are messing around.
, or the British general’s order.”
Li Junxian sighed again.
He had naturally thought of this for a long time, but his identity meant that he could only be a "lone minister". He usually had little contact with the civil and military officials of the DPRK, and even because he monitored those high-ranking officials in the DPRK, these people were not interested in him or him.
More or less opinions.
I beg you to come to your door right now. If these arrogant warriors ridicule you, how can you save your face?
But when I think about the current situation, I can only do this...
His heart skipped a beat, he gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Then I'll go look around."
Then he got up and left the barracks with his own soldiers. He caught a few soldiers passing by, asked Xue Wanche about the beginning of his garrison, and hurried over.
The reason why I chose to meet Xue Wanche first was because the prince-in-law had always been on good terms with Fang Jun, and the only person he kept in contact with in the court was Fang Jun. With such a medium, I hope Xue Fool will not look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face.
, don’t embarrass yourself too much...
He was galloping through Nuoda's camp with his own soldiers on horseback. The patrolling soldiers only glanced at him a few times and didn't pay much attention to him.
Li Junxian then understood that Li Ji was adopting a strategy of ignoring and letting their envoy retreat in the face of difficulties...
But why didn't he just reject Dong Gong?
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered inside and outside Tongguan. There were military camps everywhere. People were shouting and horses were neighing, and there was a lot of noise. It took half an hour to arrive at the Youwuwei military camp.
When he arrived at the gate of the camp and was stopped by soldiers, Li Junxian thought carefully about his words and said: "When I leave the capital, Duke Yue has something to convey to Duke Wu'an. Please come in and report it."
Fang Jun had to be carried out, otherwise he would avoid seeing Xue Wanche for fear that he would also get Li Ji's general order...
The soldiers went inside to report, then turned around and said, "My general, please come in and meet us."
Li Junxian breathed a sigh of relief and asked his soldiers to stay outside the camp. He rode his horse into the camp and went straight to the Chinese army tent. When he got to the tent door, he dismounted and soldiers came forward to take away the horses. The soldiers in front of the door lifted the curtain.
, invite him in.
The light in the tent was a little dim. Li Junxian squinted his eyes and saw Xue Wanche, dressed in military uniform, sitting on a chair by the window with a golden sword, holding a small teapot in his hand, drinking "fu lu lu lu"
Tea is very relaxing.
Li Junxian stepped forward to greet him: "General, I have met the Duke of Wu'an!"
"Yes," Xue Wanche snorted. He placed the teapot on the table beside him. He looked Li Junxian up and down, raised his chin and said, "What does the second room have to convey?"
Li Junxian was a little embarrassed and said: "This is the lieutenant of the general. The Duke of Yue has no words to entrust the general to convey to him."
"Hey!"
Xue Wanche was angry: "Could it be that you came here to entertain me just because you are the commander-in-chief of the 'Baiqisi'?"
Li Junxian said: "How dare I, the general? In this eastern expedition, the Duke of Wu'an took the lead and attacked for thousands of miles. He defeated the Goguryeo army invincibly and made great contributions. The general is deeply admired. He only hates that he holds an important position and cannot do it without authorization.
Leaving Beijing to fight for the country."
Xue Wanche's anger subsided instantly. He was an obedient donkey. As long as he was stroked along his fur, there were no taboos. Although there were many setbacks in this Eastern Expedition, as the vanguard of the army, he stormed the city and stormed the stronghold. It was indeed a great achievement, and he was the most grateful in his heart.
When Li Junxian told me that he was proud at the beginning, he just felt comfortable all over.
He nodded reservedly: "General Li must have some difficulty in using Erlang's name, right?"
Li Junxian sighed and said: "The journey to escort the Duke of Song was long, and he was surrounded by rebels several times. After the fatigue of traveling and traveling, the Duke of Song became ill. However, the general went to the army to ask for food, but he was met with
When I refused...I was finally helpless. I remembered that the Duke of Yue had previously said that the Duke of Wu'an County was the most righteous. I was anxious for justice, so I had no choice but to come. I was also afraid that the British Duke had issued a strict order not to receive us, so I
I can only speak nonsense, and I hope the Duke will forgive me."
Wow! This is really a surprise. That boy is always generous and generous, and only a few ministers and generals in the government and the public are looked down upon by him. He is so arrogant, so it turns out that I have such a high status in Fang Er's mind?