Chapter 1350 Numb
Just after the Lantern Festival, Yun Zheng started moving.
Yun Zheng dispatched five thousand elite cavalry and five thousand elite infantry to the frontier at the border of Minzhou and Fuzhou.
Immediately afterwards, Yun Zheng dispatched another 10,000 elite cavalry from Beilu Pass to garrison in Badong Town on the border of Fuzhou and Juzhou, and another 10,000 elite cavalry to Yaoxi.
Such a large-scale troop movement in Fuzhou naturally could not be hidden from Zhao Ji's eyes.
Zhao Ji immediately reported the situation in Fuzhou to the court, and at the same time strictly ordered all departments to strengthen their vigilance and strictly restrain their troops. As long as Yun Zheng did not take the initiative to attack, no conflict should break out with him.
"General Pei, what does this order from General Zhao mean?"
After receiving Zhao Ji's order, the generals and commanders of the Juzhou defense line were a little confused.
We need to strengthen our vigilance, but we cannot come into conflict with the Fuzhou army?
This sounds a bit contradictory!
"What else could it mean?"
Pei Mao rubbed his head with a headache, "It's winter now, and the ancestor of Fuzhou has nothing to do. I guess he's going to stir up trouble again, and then find an excuse to ask the court for money and food..."
Many people have figured out Yun Zheng's tactics.
Yun Zheng has been fighting for years, so it is inevitable that he will be short of money and food.
Yun Zheng now fights wars when the weather is warm, and makes trouble for the court when the weather is cold, trying to get money and food from the court.
Wait until the weather warms up, and then use the court's money and food to go to war.
When the weather turned cold, they asked the court for money and food.
So repeatedly!
Zhao Ji ordered them to strictly control their troops and not to clash with the Fuzhou army. Wasn't it because he didn't want to give Yun Zheng a chance to take advantage of the situation?
"Ugh……"
The deputy general sighed helplessly: "This ancestor is really annoying. We clearly did nothing wrong, but if something goes wrong, I'm afraid we will be implicated."
"Just have some fun!"
Pei Mao glanced at the deputy general and said, "Fortunately, His Majesty went to Jishan to offer sacrifices to the gods before this. Otherwise, he would have started doing this years ago!"
"If that's the case, we won't even be able to celebrate the New Year in peace."
"Now that the Lantern Festival has passed, it can be considered a solid year..."
Isn't it just to be happy secretly?
Anyway, half of the winter is over.
No matter what, it's better than being tormented as soon as winter comes, right?
The deputy general thought about it carefully, and it seemed... that it was true.
"Do you think His Highness the Sixth Prince deliberately waited until after the Lantern Festival to mobilize the troops?"
The deputy general suddenly asked Pei Mao.
"It should be intentional." Pei Mao nodded. "We are celebrating the New Year. Don't the Sixth Prince and his soldiers also want to celebrate the New Year?"
"So, the Sixth Prince is quite particular?"
The deputy general was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Damn it, what is going on!
It is not clear whether it is lucky or unlucky for them to be a general.
Pei Mao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
Is it particular?
Yun Zheng is quite particular.
Although he often showed his teeth to the imperial court, he never harmed the imperial troops. He might stir up trouble, but as long as the imperial court satisfied his appetite, he would give face to the imperial court.
"Okay, stop talking about these useless things."
Pei Mao shook his head slightly and ordered his deputy general: "Pass the order down, all units should strengthen their vigilance and strictly control their soldiers! Especially the soldiers and horses of Lulin Camp. No matter how provocative the Fuzhou Army is, as long as they do not attack directly, they must not provoke the Fuzhou Army!"
"Yes!"
The deputy general immediately took the order and went to convey the order.
"Ugh……"
As soon as the deputy general left, Pei Mao sighed again with a sad face.
Next, I guess I won’t be able to sleep well again!
However, compared to the crown prince who is the regent in the court, they are much luckier.
When the news here reaches the imperial city, the prince will probably be so angry that he will curse his mother.
Thinking of this, Pei Mao suddenly felt that his life was not that difficult.
……
Imperial City.
Yun Li just received the news yesterday that Emperor Wen and his men had passed Yizhou and were heading towards Dengzhou. In about half a month, they should be able to return to the imperial city.
When Emperor Wen went to Fengshan this time, he took the route of Suizhou, Juzhou and Muzhou.
On the way back, we took the route through Muzhou, Yizhou and Dengzhou.
In this way, Emperor Wen basically visited several states north of Qijiang River, which helped stabilize the morale of the army and the people.
Yun Li was originally quite happy because of Emperor Wen's actions.
But today, just when the court meeting was halfway through, Yun Li received an urgent report from Zhao Ji.
There is a large-scale movement of troops in Fuzhou!
Yun Zheng seemed to have also transferred a large number of elite troops from Beilu Pass to Fuzhou.
Zhao Ji did not say what Yun Zheng was trying to do, but just reminded Yun Li in a tactful way that Yun Zheng might be dissatisfied with the court's reward and was preparing to cause trouble for the court again.
What this meant was that Yun Zheng wanted to ask the court for money and food again.
Looking at Zhao Ji's urgent report, Yun Li suddenly found that his temper had improved a lot.
If it had happened in the past, he would have been furious when he saw Zhao Ji's urgent report.
But now, he was just a little angry and had a headache.
There was no feeling of rage at all.
Numb!
Yun Li knew that his temper had not improved, but that he had become numb!
Tang Shu and the others’ worries finally came true!
This bastard is finally asking the court for help.
"Read General Zhao's urgent report to you all!"
Yun Li rubbed his eyes tiredly and handed the urgent news to Yan Li beside him.
Yan Li took the urgent report with both hands and read aloud: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is urgently reporting..."
As Yan Li read out loudly, the ministers gradually understood what was going on.
Yun Li was numb.
The ministers have also become numb.
Some people even started to lose focus halfway through listening.
You know what this thing is about without even listening to the whole thing.
For officials below the fourth rank, it doesn't matter whether they listen to this urgent report or not.
Anyway, even if the prince asked for advice, it would not be their turn to interrupt.
These are all matters concerning the important officials in the court, and don’t seem to have much to do with them.
Sure enough, just as Yan Li finished reading, Yun Li waved his hand feebly: "Officials of rank 4 and above shall stay, the rest of you, leave the court!"
"Yes!"
The ministers received the order.
Officials below the fourth rank retreated expressionlessly, but they felt somewhat relieved in their hearts.
In fact, sometimes it is not a bad thing to not hold a high official position.
They can return to their respective offices happily and catch up on some sleep.
These important officials in the court may not even be able to have lunch.
In contrast to them, the officials who stayed behind secretly complained.
Again!
Again!
This seems to have become something that cannot be avoided every winter!
Some people even secretly thought that Yun Zheng should just fight his way to the imperial city as soon as possible.
As soon as Yun Zheng entered the imperial city, they surrendered quickly to avoid being tormented like this all day long.
"Okay, stop looking so miserable!"
Yun Li raised his eyes to look at the ministers, and then set his gaze on Tang Shu and the other three. "You three regents should discuss countermeasures with the adults first. Once you have a rough plan, come and report to me..."
