The Reborn Wife is Farming

But this is easier said than done?

Although the Xixia army has retreated a little, there are still many cities left guarding the captured cities. In addition to the rebels blooming everywhere, it can be said that the entire Great Zhou Dynasty is in flames of war.

General Yuan was concerned about the country and the people and lamented the decline of the country's fortunes, but the emperor was very happy. He didn't expect Qi Xiuyuan's strategy to really work. In this way, their manpower would be free.

Almost immediately, the emperor ordered General Yuan to dispatch another half of the manpower to Qi Xiuyuan, and let Qi Xiuyuan personally lead the troops to rehabilitate him.

General Yuan raised his eyebrows, thinking that this was too risky, and there were too few people left at the border.

Qi Xiuyuan also frowned. His foundations are all in Xingzhou Mansion, Hanzhong Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion. If he leads his troops away, the three mansions will be guarded by General Yuan's men. Doesn't he put his rear in General Yuan's eyelids? Underneath?

Therefore, when General Yuan wrote a letter to argue for reason, Qi Xiuyuan also followed suit. At this time, Emperor Jingyan didn't want to quarrel with the two of them, so he was very tolerant to them. The number of people transferred from the general is reduced by half, and Qi Xiuyuan can also keep half of the people to guard the Jingzhao Mansion, and bring all the rest back to suppress the rebellion.

Both General Yuan and Qi Xiuyuan agreed, and began to order troops and generals.

At this time, Qi Haoran had already taken over a dozen counties in the south, and the progress was not too slow. The emperor was very satisfied with Qi Haoran, because he was not perfunctory like other generals, and worked hard to recover the cities.

The emperor was about to praise him and promote him, which could be regarded as appeasing Qi Xiuyuan, but who knew that when he turned his head, he confronted the remaining Xixia army. Qi Haoran led his army to directly attack the city occupied by Xixia , biting the Xixia army like crazy, and took back three county towns in just two days. When the emperor received the news, Qi Haoran was sending troops to besiege another county town.

Emperor Jingyan fell back in anger, Xixia had to retreat part of its troops due to the domestic war, and the remaining troops only defended the defeated city and did not attack again.

The final strategy he discussed with the ministers was to put down the rebellion first, and then try to take back the city occupied by Xixia, if not, then negotiate peace.

Now that the Xixia army is no longer attacking, what is Qi Haoran doing to provoke them? Isn't this a disaster for Da Zhou?

Emperor Jingyan was so angry that his teeth were itching, he asked the summoner, "Why did Qi Haoran resist the order? I asked him to suppress the bandits, not to fight the Xixia army. Does he not even know the difference between the bandits and the barbarians?"

The messengers were only in charge of sending messages, and they were almost on the road, so he really didn't know why General Qi refused to obey the order, so he could only pretend to be a quail with his head down.

However, the left servant of the household department stumbled in and cried on the ground: "Your majesty, your majesty, the Xixia army slaughtered Jiayuan County, and no one in the county and the villages below was spared. One hundred thousand people just disappeared, even the old man Weak women and children are not spared, Your Majesty—”

Emperor Jing Yan's complexion turned pale, and he sat down on the dragon chair, and asked with a dry voice: "Has this matter dissipated?"

"Not yet, but I can't hide it. Jiayuan County is the outermost county town occupied by Xixia..."

"Your Majesty, in this way, it can be explained why General Tong Qi fought with the Xixia army at this time."

"General Qi did nothing wrong in this matter. Your Majesty, if we don't respond to this matter, I'm afraid that the common people will be disappointed, and there will be no benefit in countering the rebellion. Please forgive General Qi."

The emperor asked dryly: "Then what if Xi Xia attacks again?"

After the Highness was quiet, Yan Du stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, will the common people forgive the imperial court if we give in to Xixia and stop massacring the city?"

Emperor Jingyan remained silent. This is obviously impossible. If they do not fight back, the Xixia army will only intensify. The Han people under their rule may be massacred at will, and the people of Dazhou will only be more disappointed with the court when they see this. , There will only be more people joining the rebels. This is simply an endless loop.

But when they sent troops, they would bring in Xixia, who had already stopped fighting, and Da Zhou was still under attack. Emperor Jingyan smiled bitterly, as if no matter how he went, it would be a dead end.

These damn Xixia barbarians, the situation is obviously improving, why should they massacre the city?

"Qin Xiang has been around Xixia all the time, why hasn't he heard the sound so far? Could it be that Qin Xiang didn't notice something as big as the massacre?"

When Qin Xiang was mentioned, everyone became angry at the same time. It is true that Qin Xiang is too good at hiding. Since he went to Xixia to negotiate, there was some news of progress at the beginning, but after more than half a year, people are still staying in Xixia, and the news is also gone. According to the rumor, but it is all nonsense at all, and more and more people in the court are dissatisfied with him.

The emperor also frowned slightly, and was also dissatisfied with Prime Minister Qin. He originally thought that Prime Minister Qin would be able to negotiate a peace with Xixia, but he didn't expect that there was no progress on his side. In the end, it was Qi Xiuyuan's trick to make Xixia take a step back.

The emperor lowered his eyes, and decisively ordered Qin Xiang.

After massacring Prime Minister Qin, he undoubtedly shifted the responsibility to him. The courtiers with flexible minds were slightly chilled, but those who did not consider this level were pure indignation.

Yan Du retreated with the ministers. He stood on the steps and looked at the ministers who came and went in a hurry, then turned his head to look at their office, and sighed.

When I went back, I told Yan Fu, "I want to resign as a father."

Yan Fu was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid the emperor won't allow it."

Yan Du nodded, "So I planned to get sick for my father. Your grandfather was his teacher, and he pushed him to that position with one hand, and ended up like that. You should have heard about what happened in the Chongzheng Palace today. Prime Minister Qin assisted him. In the past 20 years, I didn’t think much about it when I launched it.”

So father is chilling the emperor?

Yan Fu didn't persuade him, it's not certain whether Da Zhou can keep it, anyway, he has long since despaired of this country and this king.

As soon as the story of Xixia massacre spread, the fierce reaction of the people was beyond the expectation of Emperor Jingyan and his courtiers. With this incident, the rebels from all over the country proclaimed themselves kings one after another, and directly spread their names to other places.

Most of the poor people who suffered from the war directly took their families and found a government nearby and joined the army. Anyway, they would die if they were from the Great Zhou, and they might live two more days if they didn't.

The rebellion reached a new high.

The rest of the people thought of this character after Emperor Jingyan issued an imperial decree to Prime Minister Qin, so a vigorous Qing Dynasty side movement appeared, and the common people who shouted to execute Qin Xiang, a traitor, were almost blocked by the avenue leading to the palace. up.

Lin'an City, which has always been quiet and stable, has also become a little chaotic. At this time, it shows the benefits of having the imperial guards outside the mansion. At least when listening to the noisy voices outside, Mu Yangling is not afraid at all of being bumped into by unsightly people Qi Mansion.