dognovel Chapter 188 8 Mile Expedited
Chapter 188 8 Mile Expedited
As for Emperor Wu's seven or eight brothers, except for the three with the best performance, they were granted fiefdoms.
The others either died or were not granted fiefdoms.
Even now, I am quite old, but I am still staying in the capital.
He is so honest that he never even leaves the house.
Now, the emperor's uncle, Prince Huai, actually dared to do such a rebellious thing. Ning Yi felt that he might have been bullied by Emperor Wu for too long.
He was extremely unwilling to give up, and now, taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Wu was seriously ill and with the support of Manyun and Duke Dingguo, he was ready to take a gamble.
Qin Haifeng was worried: "Your Highness, there are border troops to stop the barbarians, and Duke Dingguo has the Beijing Camp, so there is no need to worry. But what about Prince Huai?"
"There aren't many soldiers available near Huaizhou Prefecture."
Now that King Huai has suddenly appeared and is likely to be in cahoots with Duke Dingguo, people have to worry.
But Ning Yi showed no concern: "It's okay."
"King Huai once had only 10,000 elite soldiers, but now he has 100,000, 90% of whom are miscellaneous soldiers."
"Giving a weapon to a group of refugees, this kind of army can take care of them at any time."
"Besides, Huaizhou Prefecture is not far away, isn't it Jizhou? Prince Ji is still there, so what is there to be afraid of?"
King Ji?
Qin Haifeng looked at him strangely: "Your Highness, that person is not easy to deal with."
Prince Ji is the uncle of Emperor Wu and is quite powerful.
Jizhou is rich and quite wealthy. It is an important road leading to the west, and many passing merchants and caravans need to pay.
Moreover, Prince Ji has very good relations with many powerful families.
It has the support of several aristocratic families, and it is said that it has a military force of 40,000 to 50,000, all of whom are elite and quite terrifying.
Moreover, Prince Ji was arrogant and domineering. It was said that in Jizhou, even the prefect was afraid of him when he saw him.
Even if the prefect was dealt with, Emperor Wu would not be affected.
If you want to attack Jizhou, you will need at least twice the number of troops and a huge amount of money and food.
Although Emperor Wu controls the entire country's military, he does not dare to act rashly.
If we deal with Prince Ji, the other princes will not help but just watch the show.
They all wished that the imperial court would be in trouble so that it would not dare to touch the vassal kings at will.
He even supports Prince Ji in private.
Ning Yi chuckled and said, "Prince Ji is powerful and difficult to deal with, but if Prince Huai were to rebel, he wouldn't sit idly by at such a close distance."
"Besides, Prince Ji is rich."
This sentence made everyone else stunned. It was true that Prince Ji was rich, but what did it have to do with them?
Ning Yi smiled meaningfully, and no one could guess what he meant.
Ning Yi immediately gave the order: "Give the Intelligence Department an order to not only keep an eye on Huaizhou, but also keep an eye on Jizhou for me."
"It would be best to capture the officers of the Jizhou City Defense Force."
"Also, tell the Second Army to prepare for an offensive."
"The Second Army is being dispatched?" Qin Haifeng was even more surprised. "Your Highness, you want the Second Army to be dispatched as well. Are you going to deal with King Huai?"
At present, King Huai has the largest number of troops and is quite threatening, after all, he is in the west.
If King Huai attacked the capital, he would definitely pass through their side.
Ning Yi shook his head slightly: "This prince will not fight against Prince Huai who is just a bunch of explosive soldiers."
"This prince has his own plans."
He never took King Huai seriously from the beginning to the end. From any perspective, King Huai was not a concern.
The one who really needs attention is King Ji.
Now all forces are seizing the time to make secret preparations.
Only the imperial court had not received any news at all. There was still peace and prosperity in the air.
On this day, a group of riders suddenly rushed into the capital.
When they reached the city gate, they shouted loudly: "Make way, make way, eight hundred miles away!"
The officer guarding the city gate was immediately alerted by the shouting and immediately urged, "Drive the people away quickly."
The soldiers immediately drove the people into the city with their weapons, and everyone was in a panic.
A horseman on a fast horse flashed past on the cleared road.
Looking at the signalman who ran into the city with a flag behind him.
The officer defending the city felt ashamed, but fortunately, nothing happened in his defense area.
The soldiers beside him all whispered to each other: "General, it's been a long time since we've seen the 800-li express."
"Yeah." The officer thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "It looks like something big is going to happen."
Generally, if there is a disaster somewhere, the express delivery will be 400 miles. This is already quite good, as the speed of 400 miles a day is enough.
As for any rebellion or something like that, it would be rushed 600 miles and would be taken seriously enough.
But there is only one possibility for the 800-mile rush: a huge war has broken out somewhere, and on a large scale.
The train traveled 800 miles in an expedited manner, rushing through the streets of the capital. Fortunately, the streets were wide enough and no civilians were hit. This was enough to make many people worried.
Rushed all the way to the palace gate.
The interrogator reined in his warhorse and rolled off it, exhausted.
The royal guards at the city gate quickly went over to check.
The messenger panted and muttered, "Eight hundred miles, urgent, urgent."
The junior officer of the Royal Guard at the city gate urged the soldiers to take the secret letter tube from behind the interrogator.
This thing is specially used to store confidential letters.
Let the others quickly carry the signalman back to rest.
The young officer didn't dare to open the secret letter tube.
Give it to your boss first.
The boss didn't dare to open it and gave it to the eunuch on duty.
The eunuch on duty didn't expect to encounter an express delivery of 800 miles today.
He also did not dare to delay and immediately ran to Eunuch Zhao.
Eunuch Zhao also had an idea. He wanted to open it and take a look first, so as to send a message to his new master.
Later I thought about it and decided to forget it. This kind of matter is too important and will easily be taken seriously by Emperor Wu.
Eunuch Zhao took the initiative to go to the back garden, where the current emperor was admiring the flowers.
It looks like nothing serious is wrong.
In fact, many people were wondering in their hearts whether this often trembling Emperor Wu was really sick or was pretending to be sick.
It has been said that his condition has worsened. He vomited blood today and won't be able to eat tomorrow.
But he just won't die, which makes people anxious and helpless.
Eunuch Zhao walked up to him and handed the letter tube to the emperor: "Your Majesty, express delivery of eight hundred miles."
"Hmm?" Emperor Wu frowned and looked over: "Where are you from?"
Eunuch Zhao looked at the Empress, who was also looking at him with a pair of beautiful eyes beside Emperor Wu, and explained: "According to the imperial city guards, they were border patrol officers."
"Border?" Emperor Wu waved his hand and said, "Open it."
Only then did Eunuch Zhao dare to actually open the secret letter tube.
He took out a letter from inside and handed it to the Emperor Wu in front of him. He didn't even dare to look at it. He could only see five words written on the envelope: "Han Dingtian pays homage."
Emperor Wu only took one look at the envelope before opening it to read the contents.
But when he saw this, the leisurely Emperor Wu suddenly sat up straight in anxiety and almost fell into the fish pond in front of him.
Eunuch Zhao immediately supported him and said, "Your Majesty, be careful."
The Empress Dongfang Qing also went over to support him and said, "Your Majesty, be careful. Nothing is more important than your health."
But she was still muttering in her heart, Old Emperor, why don’t you be more anxious and just jump into the pond.