We went all the way south, stopping only in Shangzhou, and then we continued our journey after preparing enough food and grass for a few days.
The military situation was urgent. After confirming that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could adapt to the ship, the entire troop transport fleet increased its speed.
"Thanks to His Highness, for this march, all state capital supplies are first-class military supplies."
This is a fact. Di Qing has been fighting for many years and has a very detailed understanding of the military supplies provided by the state capitals along the way. He has never been as good as he is now. Not only is he top-notch, but he has everything he needs to eat and drink, and he is not even in the army.
All the spices are available.
This is military supplies... He knew that it was not because of the situation in Guangnan, but the real reason was the prince.
It is almost obvious how officials in local and state governments treat passing soldiers, but no one in the imperial court cares.
It is common to add sand and lack of food, and sometimes some old grain that is rotten and cannot be eaten is sent as military supplies.
Along the way, chatting in the southeast and northwest, Di Qing found that His Highness the Crown Prince was very friendly and seemed to have a military temperament. Therefore, even with his cautious temperament, he would tell the truth intentionally or unintentionally.
Of course, he still knew that Professor Lu was a civil servant and he could chat with the prince about certain things, but he had to go behind Professor Lu's back.
"Di Shuai, look forward and think for the better."
Zhao Xi is not stupid and can understand many things. Besides, this kind of situation is not uncommon and has happened in all dynasties.
Along the way, Guangnan was rarely mentioned. Even if there were post-delivery battle reports about Guangnan after docking, they were sighed after reading them and no more comments were made.
Words always fail to tell the truth. Whether it is the mountain topography and water shape of Guangnan or the actual situation after the arrival of the main force, it is impossible to obtain it from the arrival report.
Most of what was said in the arrival report was that the bandits broke into the city again today, who abandoned the city and fled, and who died for the country. None of it inspired the fighting spirit, and more talk about it would make the soldiers timid.
Guangzhou has been under siege for more than a month and is still holding on. This is the only gratifying thing about the arrival of news in the past few days.
Nong Zhigao started the rebellion in April and attacked eastward. He first defeated Hengshan stronghold and followed the people with large amounts of supplies, so that a large number of people gathered.
However, Chen Gong of Yongzhou did not report or take precautions. He hurriedly deployed his defenses and rewarded reinforcements when the Pennsylvania reinforcements arrived at a time of intense fighting. As a result, Yongzhou was lost and many Yongzhou officials were killed, wounded and taken prisoner.
The peasant thieves repeated their old tricks and once again rescued the state's crown prince, with the number of people increased to more than 20,000.
At this time, Nong Ze threatened to establish a country, called the Southern Kingdom. At this time, the prefectures in Guangnan each reported to the court.
The court ordered Yu Jing and Sun Mian to rush to help. Before the reinforcements arrived, the bandits went east along the Yujiang River.
Hengzhou abandoned the city, Guizhou abandoned the city, and Sun Kang, the magistrate of Xunzhou, resisted vigorously. After the city was defeated, there was no news.
The bandits broke through Gongzhou in June, and another one abandoned the city and fled. Then, Tengzhou abandoned the city, Wuzhou abandoned the city...abandoned the city, abandoned the city, abandoned the city!
Later, Zhao Xi stopped reading the report and abandoned the city. Nong Zhigao was not unstoppable, but had an unimpeded journey!
Zhao Xi was worried that he could not bear it anymore and would die more. When he got to Guangnan, he would hang all the officials who Nong Zhigao had not killed in the place where he governed, so that the people and God could see how careless they were.
The so-called scholar-bureaucrats of the people!
Throughout the Guangnan West Road, there were nine state capitals, from Yongzhou to Duanzhou in the east. Only Xunzhou, Fengchuan and Kangzhou resisted. Sun Kang's whereabouts are unknown, while Cao Jin and Zhao Shidan died for their country.
This is the war situation, the corrupt Guangnan war situation.
Zhao Xi couldn't stand it or listen to it. For the past few days, the atmosphere in the entire cabin was cold, and his heart was chilled by those Zhizhou who had no shame.
‘‘Your Highness, Commander Cao has learned to grill fish, so I ordered the young one to call His Highness to eat grilled fish.’’
For several days, His Highness the Crown Prince has been alone in the cabin, silently.
On the day we first boarded the ship, His Highness the Crown Prince grilled fish for everyone to eat, and I think His Highness liked it. Now that His Highness is unhappy, he even eats less.
The guard camp's worry learned from His Highness's method, grilled the fish and asked Wang Zhongzheng to come over...
When His Highness went on an expedition, he sternly rejected the guard of honor and the maids and chamberlains who were waiting on him. The only people around him were Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian, who were considered personal attendants. Seeing that His Highness did not want to eat or drink, they were also anxious.
People, it's best not to waste the kindness of others, even your subordinates.
Zhao Xi didn't force a smile, but still left the cabin.
"Uncle Jie, our country has been raising scholars for hundreds of years. Our job is to be a herdsman. At the same time, we should protect a place for the people to live in. If you abandon the city and abandon the people, what is the use of raising them?"
Zhao Xi has never spoken such strong and clear words before, and the emotions of disgust, hatred, disdain and even murder are clearly revealed in his words.
"Your Highness, his behavior has insulted the name of a scholar..."
Lu Gongzhu didn't know how to reply to the Crown Prince's words. He was a scholar and a scholar-official, but all the battle reports along the way were describing the evil deeds of those scholar-officials.
Not only him, but Han Zhen, Su Song, and Wang Tao were also speechless in response to His Highness the Crown Prince's accusations.
The imperial dynasty treated the scholar-bureaucrats with such preferential treatment, and no one in the history of dynasties and dynasties had ever treated them so favorably. But the actions of the governors of Guangnan West Road really brought shame to the entire scholar-officials.
Even though they were both civil servants, they couldn't help but feel murderous intentions. What's more, His Highness...
"It's a waste of time to be a minister, a waste of time to be a husband, a waste of time to be a father, and even a waste of life as a human being! What's the use of doing this?"
During this period of time, Zhao Xi really had murderous intentions.
"Your Highness, the country will not kill scholar-bureaucrats..."
Lu Gongzhu could feel the murderous intention of His Highness the Crown Prince at this moment, which was even stronger than when he let Prince Runan really die.
But His Highness the Crown Prince must not handle this matter in this way. Leading the escort battalion on an expedition has already alerted the civil servants, as His Highness the Crown Prince is not a minority in martial arts.
If at this time, His Highness the Crown Prince really deals with those who abandoned the city and fled before the war, no matter how good the reason is, it will cause a rift in the relationship between His Highness the Crown Prince and the civil servants.
The reputation he has built up in Shilin over the years is likely to fall away in one fell swoop.
Those who abandon the city will already have stains on their resumes. Even if their qualifications are mediocre or even those who are above average in the evaluation, they will not be reused again.
You don't deserve to lose your reputation because of a despicable person!
Zhao Xi shook his head. He didn't know whether he was denying Lu Gongzhu's statement, or he couldn't understand the ancestral law, or he was following Lu Gongzhu's persuasion.
Killing doesn't have to be beheading. It's more refreshing to kill someone than to kill someone.
Zhao Xi would not really kill these scholar-bureaucrats, but letting them go would make him unhappy. The only way is to make them loveless.
When there is another battle report, it is good news.
The Nong rebels had been besieging Guangzhou for a long time but could not be defeated. They were supported and severely defeated by Su Yan, the governor of Yingzhou... which only hindered the Nong rebels' advance. But this point is already the most gratifying news since the entire Guangnan Rebellion.
At the same time, compared to those who abandoned the city and fled...
Su Song finally breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he knew that his family was not the type to abandon his people and ignore the people. However, the entire Guangnan Prefecture abandoned the city and fled, so it was inevitable that the officials and staff would reach a consensus.
It affects my uncle’s decision-making.
Fortunately, I didn't lose the Su family, and I didn't touch the black Shilin. I can still stand upright in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.