The four hundred and eighteenth chapter still has a conscience
"The imperial court has a conscience this time." Xiao Mohe couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Zhou Que and King Gu Ye walking quickly into the lobby.
Zhou Que and Gu Yewang smiled knowingly, saying it was nothing.
When they positioned themselves as a member of the East Palace system, the entire imperial court naturally no longer counted as one of their own compared to their East Palace.
Chen Xu's edict was written exactly according to what he said in his instructions for Li Xinchen's battle report, and the messenger who announced the edict this time also surprised many people, because it was Gu Yewang, the Qing of Guanglu, who was standing in the hall at this time.
As King Gu Ye, it would be a bit overkill to serve as the envoy of the decree. In fact, his more important task is to replace Zhou Que as the governor of Jingzhou. Zhou Que is the most core minister of the East Palace in any case. When Chen Shubao was in Jingzhou before,
, it was reasonable and reasonable for him to help handle the common government in Jingzhou. Now that Chen Shubao has returned to Jiankang Mansion, it is naturally inappropriate for Zhou Que to stay in Jingzhou, so it is reasonable to replace Zhou Que with King Gu Ye.
As for the fact that King Gu Ye has been siding with the East Palace, Chen Xu must have already figured out and suspected it. This time, he transferred King Gu Ye out of the capital. Naturally, he did not want someone from the East Palace to take on the role of Guanglu Qing.
Although he was idle, he could control important positions in the entire imperial city at critical moments. Trading Guang Luqing for an important feudal official position such as the governor of Jingzhou would be a great relief to King Gu Ye who had spent half his life in various idle positions for nobles.
To say that it is tantamount to hearing the decree of amnesty from the world, which is called "crazy with joy".
What's more, Li Xingchen had made it clear in his advice to King Gu Ye before that, as Guanglu Qing, the most important existence significance of Gu Yewang to the East Palace was to control the imperial city at critical times. But after all, King Gu Ye was responsible for most of it.
A lifelong loyal minister, now that he is old, he certainly does not want to get too deeply involved in the vortex of this struggle, especially the unquestionable center of the whirlpool in Jiankang Mansion. The old man definitely does not want to step into it.
Therefore, King Gu Ye must not delay his mission to Bashu and his appointment in Jingzhou.
This is why when Li Xingchen, who was under Hezhou City, received the news, King Gu Ye had already appeared in the lobby of the Hussar General's Mansion in Jiangling City, covered in dust.
"I heard that Shizhong and the others are making another move in Bashu?" King Gu Ye was tired from the journey, but his face was full of joy. Now Nanchen and Northern Zhou have maintained unexpected silence on all fronts - in fact, this is not surprising.
Who knows, Nan Chen has insufficient troops on the other fronts, and Northern Zhou is still in the period of national mourning, so of course they cannot easily go to war.
In addition, it was obviously impossible for the Northern Zhou Dynasty to watch Nan Chen be so arrogant. It is said that generals from all over the country went to Chang'an in person or sent reliable subordinates to obey the new arrangements of the court. But at least until the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to sharpen their swords, the battle lines between the two sides would still remain so strange.
of tranquility.
So now the distant Bashu is the only place where the two sides are still at war. Compared with Jiankang Prefecture, Jingzhou is half closer to Bashu, so of course the news can be obtained faster.
Before anyone could reach the meeting hall, King Gu Ye heard the news that Bashu was at war again, so he hurriedly wanted to find out.
Xiao Mohe smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation: "I am studying the situation in Bashu, and it just so happened that the two of me were also reviewing the details together."
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In Hezhou City, Song Ping, the governor who was in charge of the offensive and defensive affairs of Hezhou, looked pale and felt that he had really been unlucky for eight lifetimes.
He didn't know how many siege equipment Li Xingchen had prepared to deal with him. He only knew that the entire Hezhou City was shaking violently under the stone bullets thrown by the trebuchet.
The trebuchet brought out by Li Xingchen is definitely not the small trebuchet usually used to defend the city. That kind of trebuchet is filled with broken stones and relies on a large amount. When thrown out, it can cause damage to the entire surface, thereby damaging the entire area.
The dense siege crowd caused considerable losses.
That kind of trebuchet is suitable for city defense, but it is not suitable for siege. Facing tall city walls and city wall battlements, towers and other shelters, small stones, no matter how high their speed and kinetic energy are, will hardly have much effect.
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Therefore, the trebuchet used by Li Xingchen is obviously the thunderbolt chariot that became famous since the Three Kingdoms period. This large trebuchet throws huge stone bullets, which roar from the sky and can easily hit crossbows, small trebuchets, etc.
The equipment that poses a greater threat to the siege troops is directly smashed into parts, let alone people.
Before, Song Ping would never have thought that Li Xingchen would move out such a device. You must know that although the Thunderbolt Chariot is an effective siege weapon, its huge size and astonishing consumption mean that not any general can say that
It can be used as soon as it is used.
Of course, there is a more important point, that is, the status of weapons such as thunderbolt chariots and giant crossbows for city defense in this era is at the strategic level. They are out-and-out strategic weapons. This means that the use of these equipment
It must be approved by the court, even if it is tacit approval, otherwise it will be treason.
Although Song Ping didn't know about the current turmoil in the Nanchen court, he could figure out that there must be intrigues on Nanchen's side. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Xingchen to have been in Shu for so long and open up the whole situation, but he was still fighting alone.
Therefore, he never expected that Li Xingchen would reveal the Thunderbolt Car at this moment. Looking at the arc across the sky, Song Ping felt only despair in his heart.
Of course he would not know that Ouyang Mo, the master craftsman under Li Xingchen, was a general supervisor. Although this Thunderbolt car was not easy to build, at least the blueprints were in Ouyang Mo's mind. Give him two months.
, he still has the ability to build and assemble more than ten Pili cars. There are many mountains and trees in Bashu, so the last thing he doesn’t have to worry about is the materials. As Li Xingchen continues to resettle the refugees and dispatch manpower to support the Tang family in Xiajiang,
The efficiency of building and assembling is naturally much higher.
As for whether the imperial court would allow the use of Pili chariots, Li Xingchen didn't even bother to answer such a question.
How about the imperial court thousands of miles away? What does it have to do with Li Xinchen? He was so domineering and domineering when he was not allowed to accept his orders. However, the memorial sent from Jiankang Mansion clearly showed that Chen Xu had no regard for him.
There was nothing that could be done about this guy who had turned Bashu upside down.
Li Xingchen even felt that the most regretful thing Chen Xu had ever done in his life was sending troops to the Northern Expedition. Although the Northern Expedition captured Huainan, he still suffered a bloody blow in Huaibei. More importantly, with the opportunity of this Northern Expedition, Xiao
After Maha successfully ascended to power, the strength of the East Palace instantly expanded and developed step by step to what it is today, which is even enough to compete with the imperial court.
Of course, this is not what Chen Xu regrets the most. The real variable is Li Xinchen. Li Xinchen entered Jiankang in white clothes, and actually disturbed the overall situation of Nanchen. With Yu Wenyong's sudden death, the overall situation of the world also changed.