Chapter 15 Return to the Capital
Because he brought many nobles and ministers during the migration eastward, Yingdu had a population of more than 400,000. Every time the city with more than 400,000 people fought, the men in the city were all craftsmen who had left behind the army and officials in the court. The 300,000 women and children were worried every day, waiting for news of victory to come from the front line every day, waiting for the men to return home. The establishment of Feixun and the issuance of newspapers made it possible to know the news that had been known in the past few months within a few days.
"... The king rode his horse and waved his sword and scolded him, saying, 'Who else? Who else?' Tens of thousands of Wei people were worried and did not dare to look at the king. The king also said, 'If you don't abandon your troops, you will be captured!' The Wei people immediately threw away their troops and abandoned their armor, and all of them asked to surrender. In this battle, I killed 4,6853 people, injured 14,329 people, more than 3,500 enemy troops, more than 95,000 Wei troops, and more than 2,400 Qin troops."
Xia Yangan sat on the straw mat in the Yingdu restaurant. It was not the time to eat, but he was crowded with people. This was reading a newspaper. After the men went to war, only illiterate women and children were left at home. Xia Yang was a businessman from other countries and was not recruited.
As the Master was in class, women and children were watching him. They could not fully understand, nor could they imagine the scene of hundreds of thousands of troops fighting, but they could still hear the meaning.
"Sir, I, Chu State, won?!" asked a woman with a child. She was dressed more decently, with an emerald green hairpin inserted on her head. This was a silhouette, half-jade, or inferior jade, which the rich common people allowed to wear.
"That's right." Xia Yang shook the newspaper in his hand. He regretted that the Qin army was defeated again, and was glad that the Qin army could escape unscathed.
"Is Chu the State victorious? Chu the State victorious! Chu the State victorious!" The old woman and daughter in the house understood now and cheered for a moment.
"Dare to ask, sir," the woman with green hairpin asked again, her voice not only excited but also anxious. "When will the army return to the capital?"
"When will the army... return to the capital?" Xia Yang looked at the newspaper again and finally found a passage. "The Qin and Wei armies retreated to the Wei territory Guiyan, and General Xiang Bo ordered our army to be on high alert to prevent them from coming again. King, King... Return to the capital
The newspaper said: The Qin and Wei army only retreated to the Wei territory dozens of miles away, so the army was not allowed to return. Don’t worry, the Chu army won a great victory, and Qin and Wei would never dare to attack the Chu State again. It would be three or four months later, and one or two months earlier, and the army would return to the capital. The king had already returned to the capital."
After his wife gave birth to a daughter last year, Xia Yang, as a father, seemed to restrain his spirit overnight and became round and gentle. He knew that the woman in the jade hairpin cared for her husband, and his beloved wife also cared about him.
"The king returns to the capital! The king returns to the capital!" A sound of gongs came from outside the restaurant, and the people who called out were the people in the palace.
"The king has returned to the capital?" There was a commotion in the room. The child ran out as fast as possible. The young daughter was slower, and the old woman was even slower. The woman with green hairpin waited for them to go out. Then she bowed to Xia Yang and followed her out.
"Why does the master deceive them? The King of Qin will not give up." Xia Yang read the newspaper and his wife was sitting next to him holding the child. When Xia Yang took over his daughter, his wife smiled. The youthfulness of youth had faded from her, replaced by gentleness and charm.
"I hope my husband will return early, and all the virtuous wives in the world will do this. Why should I tell the truth? If Qin Wei Zhen retreated, wouldn't it be a human beauty?" Xia Yang also laughed. Before he finished laughing, he found that his hands were a little wet and said with a bitter face: "I peed, I peed again."
There was no one in the restaurant, including the shopkeepers and owners, who ran out of the suburbs outside the city to welcome the king. The whole city was crowded with people. Except for the soldiers patrolling the city walls, there was a faint "bangbang" sound from the building mansion in the north of the city. There was no dog, and it was so quiet that it was scary.
This is inside the city, and outside the city, there are crowds of people on the docks of Huai Shang, shoulder to shoulder. Countless people stared at the west side of the Huai River, which was the direction of the king. Surrounded by the concubines and princesses, Concubine Zhao in a mysterious suit, Mi Li looked forward to it. Yi Tu, who was impatient among the ministers, raised the Lu Li mirror. The big wing with the flag hanging on it and turned into the Huai River, and he shouted: "The king is here!"
"The King is here?" Everyone looked at him, and some ministers who were observing etiquette also took out Lu Li's mirror. Mi Yu also had one. She looked at it and gave it to Concubine Zhao: "Mother, Brother Wang is back."
The big wing that Xiong Jing rode down the water and was extremely fast. He didn't want to return to the capital, but after the battle of Ao Cang expanded into the battle of the coalition of the countries attacking Hangu Pass, he had to return to Yingdu to discuss the matter with his ministers. First, it was diplomatic discussion, and he had already determined to expel Qin envoys and break off diplomatic relations with Qin, but he could not just act alone, and he also needed to listen to the opinions of the important officials; then there was a military arrangement. Ao Cang was not far from the exit of the Honggu, only a few dozen kilometers. Hangu Pass was different. Hangu Pass was more than 700 miles west of Ao Cang, and in addition, he contacted the countries to attack Qin, so all these had to be discussed carefully and arranged carefully.
"King! King! King..." All the ministers and nobles were on the dock. The common people with fast legs had already rushed to the position near the shipyard. When they saw the boats, they shouted the king. For a moment, the right bank of Huai Shang was full of shouts. When Dayi was about to slowly dock, the crowd shouted "Long Live" again, and the shouts were deafening, and Kaile was completely covered.
"I'm paying homage to the king." Concubine Zhao was filled with tears. In order to let Xiong Jing hear her shouting, the ministers and soldiers shouted loudly under the leadership of Ling Yin.
"Your and others are exempted from courtesy." It was the third year since the throne. Xiong Jing's every move not only killed and strong, but also gradually gained the majesty of an emperor.
"Thank you, King." The ministers and soldiers stood up, but their hands were still bowing, waiting for the king to move forward.
"I'm paying homage to the king." Concubine Zhao also bowed to her son briefly, while the concubine and princess behind her bowed to Xiong Jing.
"You are exempt from the gift." Before the war ended, Xiong Jing did not bring the coffin like last time. He waved his concubines to come forward and bowed to Concubine Zhao, shouting: "Mother Queen, the child has made the mother worry."
The first concubine called Zhao Concubine Zhao to tears again. She couldn't cry. When Xiong Jing got up and grabbed her hand, she started crying. She just wanted to win and return home. She shouldn't cry. She resisted her choking and said, "Wang'er has grown taller again."
Xiong Jing did grow taller. In the past, he could only look at Zhao Fei's waist, but now he can look down on Zhao Fei's shoulders. He smiled happily when he heard this. In this era, both men and women regard tallness as beautiful, so he not only ate more soy products, but also lie down every day and let a few long ginger pull their legs and arms, and pull their bodies to help grow taller so that they can grow taller as soon as possible.
"Please drink from the king's house." Just like going to the battle, there are many etiquettes for the king to return to the capital. The Zhenlu mentioned by the emperor Zhaoshu is similar to the review, and the drink from the ancestral temple will be held to have a banquet and have fun drinking.
"The battle has not been over, and tens of thousands of soldiers are in Chenying." Xiong Jing said with some refusal. "You can keep the brigade, but you can't drink it."
Xiong Jing, ministers and others got off the boat first, followed by Gong Jia led by Zhuang Quji, and more than 2,000 new honorary scholars who were promoted because of defending the city. Finally, there were hundreds of Qin and Wei prisoners tied with ropes. The offering of prisoners in Taimiao was also a triumphant etiquette for returning the army to return to the triumphant.
"Listen to my order: make a formal one!" The soldiers and soldiers were already in line, sailing all night, and everyone did not sleep all night, but now there are crowds of people in the suburbs, and they still need to enter the capital. The soldiers all seemed to be injected with chicken blood.
"The old one is in front of the young one is in front of the young one!" Zhuang Quji was in the team, and the Zhen Brigade was different from the formation battle, and the elderly were in front of the old ones.
The footsteps of the "bang-bang" and the "bang-bang" sound of the armored clothes running, it took a long time to arrange the four thousand armored soldiers into a rectangular array of ten wide rows to prepare to enter the capital. In the formation, the honorary soldiers are in front and the palace armor is behind, and the pitiful prisoners are finally the poor prisoners.
"Please return the capital to the capital! Please ask the three armies to revive the brigade!" Zhaoshu drove away the bride and yelled in his own position instead of the bride.
"No!" Xiong Jing replied. At this time, all the cheers of the common people stopped. Dozens of military chariots drove to the front of the army. Xiong Jing stood in front and drove away Zhaoshu, who was the emperor, and personally gave him the horse.
The soldiers and common people met in the road. When they saw the chariot coming, everyone bowed down to worship. Bells, drums, chimes and doors on the chariot behind them played Kai music. Accompanied by Kai music, the four thousand soldiers, led by the general, sang Kai songs of returning to the capital:
"The music of the Kai music plays the trunks, and the flags are trunks and the sun is yang.
The sword is covered with pirates, and the spears are destroyed and the light is bright.
The king holds the competition and is only harsh, and his master is powerful in all directions..."
The chariot passed by, and the crowds on both sides gradually stood up. At this time, Yushi Gong Jia was just here to go. He entered Ying in a hurry. Today was just the third day after the war. The violence between the armored soldiers' eyebrows, the blood stains on the armor, and the dust on the clothes had not dissipated.
They did not walk fast, and Kai's singing was not loud but a little low. But the more they did, the more people could feel a murderous aura that seemed to be substantial. When they glared at them, the cowardly child was instantly scared to tears.
Of course, there were also brave women who ran out of the crowd to stuff sachets into their arms. They stretched out their slender hands and the sachets into their arms. Although Shangsi passed, there were wild animals everywhere on the Zijin Mountain outside Yingdu. Gong Jia did not mention it, and the soldiers who had been guarding the city for half a year and became famous by bloody struggle were at a loss. They looked at the delicate beauty of Yingdu and smiled, and the scary murderous aura instantly turned into the rustic spirit of the countryman.
"Kill the Qin bandits! Kill the Qin bandits! Kill the Qin bandits..." The soldiers were greeted with sachets, and the stones and mud thrown at the prisoners. Hundreds of people offered prisoners to Taimiao, and then they were beheaded and sacrificed, and finally made into Jingguan piles in the court. This is not cruel, it is honor given to them.
He entered the city, entered the palace, entered the court, and went to bed. Although he had not arrived in Taimiao, Xiong Jing was still having a feast for the ministers and decided to pay a banquet for the honorary scholars to visit and give them a banquet. Then he sat down at the King of Yan Dynasty and faced the ministers. Nao cunning and wounds had not yet recovered, but his wounds had scabbed. At this time, he was carried to Yan Dynasty by the temple people. In addition to Yang Wenjun who was taken to the prison, Taibu Guanji, who had already died, and Qu Sui, who was on the road, all the important officials arrived.
Xiong Jing looked around the ministers and suddenly found that Taibu Guanji was not here: "Why didn't Taibu come?"
"Report to the king, Taibu is dead!" Zhao Shu bowed.
"Ah?!" Xiong Jing was surprised. He remembered that when he left, Guan Ji was lucky to pay it back. "How can I die?"
Chapter completed!