Chapter 794 Where have all my troops gone?
Although Kyoto was surrounded, as the world's first capital, Kyoto had sufficient material reserves.
As long as people have food and drink, there will be no large-scale panic among the people.
The emperor and all the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not very worried. The Great Zhou had a large army. If they could not defeat the Tartars and the Duke of Yun, could they not defeat the tiny Fang La?
Li Aotian from Guangde Prefecture, Xie Lantian from Xiangzhou, General Zhou from Tubo, and the navy from Quanzhou...
Either one of them coming back can end this absurd farce.
As for why they haven’t come yet, it’s probably because they’ve been delayed by the long journey.
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In Xiangzhou, Xie Lantian was stuck in the mansion and couldn't get out, let alone go to the military camp.
"Song Zhizhou, what do you mean?!" Xie Lantian had never seen such a shameless person.
Prefect Song tricked himself out of the military camp on the pretext of donating military funds.
As a result, there is no going back.
There was a long table and chairs at the entrance of Xie’s house.
The shameless villain, Song Zhizhou, was sitting on a chair, sipping tea and eating snacks, looking so leisurely and comfortable.
Behind him were the densely packed people of Xiangzhou, blocking the wide avenue to the point where no one could get through.
The servants reported that not only the main gate, but also the side gate and the back gate were all blocked by the common people.
The shameless Song Zhizhou even boasted: "Thank you, sir. The millions of people in Xiangzhou, including many weak scholars, all rely on you to lead the army for protection. You can't abandon us."
Xie Lantian's face was gloomy: "The capital is in danger, do you want me to watch him die without helping? How can I be worthy of the government and the people of Kyoto?"
His words really stirred up a hornet's nest.
The people of Xiangzhou were already in panic because of Fang La's army, and now from what Xie Lantian said, he was actually going to abandon Xiangzhou and go to save Kyoto. How could this be possible?
"Thank you, sir. The lives of the people of Kyoto are lives. Are the lives of the people of Xiangzhou not lives?"
"You are the parent official of our Xiangzhou, not the parent official of Kyoto!"
"We are so close to Kyoto in Xiangzhou. If you leave and they attack us again, what should we do?"
"The Great Zhou army has so many troops that they can't miss you! Didn't Longwu General Li Aotian go too? I guess the situation isn't urgent. You can leave after General Li leaves, and you'll still have time."
The crowd was excited, and Xie Lantian felt that if he insisted on leaving, his legs might be broken by these people.
Xie Lantian walked in front of Song Zhizhou, and his tall shadow covered Song Zhizhou.
His eyes were deep, and complex emotions were like a whirlpool, surging in the depths of his eyes.
He said sympathetically: "Song Zhizhou, if the capital is destroyed, you will be burdened with hundreds of thousands of blood debts!"
Song Zhizhou looked at him fearlessly: "Shouldn't the person who should be held most responsible for this be the Great Zhou Emperor? If he is willing to hand over Kyoto to my godmother, the siege of Kyoto will be lifted! Innocent people in Kyoto will not die. Thank you, sir, you have a kind heart, why don't you go and persuade the emperor?"
Xie Lantian walked away in a huff.
The people of Xiangzhou were unwilling, the soldiers of Xiangzhou were unwilling, and the officers of Xiangzhou were unwilling.
He can't command anyone from top to bottom, what else can he do?
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Maozhou.
Some time ago, the Emperor of the Great Zhou wrote a secret letter to General Zhou, the garrison commander of Maozhou, telling him that if Tubo had a large-scale troop mobilization, General Zhou should not panic.
If necessary, the Tibetan army will be allowed to pass through the Great Zhou.
At that time, General Zhou guessed that the Emperor of the Great Zhou should have reached some kind of cooperation with Tubo.
As expected, spies reported that there were signs of troops gathering on the Tubo border.
"General Zhou, Kyoto is surrounded. Should we go back quickly?"
General Zhou looked at his deputy general in surprise and reminded him, "We are the frontier troops! How can we leave the station without an imperial decree?"
The deputy general wavered: "But that's Kyoto!"
The heart of the Great Zhou, where the imperial city is located, is not just any other small city.
General Zhou responded with just one sentence: "Think about Duke Yun."
Working under the current government, the more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make; and if you do nothing, you make no mistakes.
It’s best to be a wooden man who only moves when poked with a stick.
The deputy general agreed with this. Besides, Maozhou was so far away from Kyoto that by the time they got there, the opportunity would have been lost.
Aren't Xiangzhou and Li Aotian still here? That's enough.
The deputy general turned his gaze to Tubo again: "If they really come over, will we stop them?"
General Zhou was in a very difficult situation, but the government would not allow him to stop him.
But Kyoto is surrounded!
The deputy general looked at General Xia Zhou's expression and asked tentatively, "How about not stopping them? After the division of Tubo, the strength of each tribe is not as good as that of the previous dynasty. Even if we let them go, it should be fine."
General Zhou was speechless. Tubo was not as powerful as the previous dynasty, but the Great Zhou was not as powerful as the previous dynasty either!
If I really let them go, how can I, as a military commander, still have dignity?! If it is reported by the Yunzhou Weekly, won’t I be infamous for eternity?!
General Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Stop it!"
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Quanzhou.
Merchants from all over the world come to the sound of the rising sea.
The dock was bustling with people, as merchants from overseas directed workers to move goods, creating a busy scene.
Lord Song, the inspector general of Quanzhou, walked in a hurry.
He went to look for the Shihu Inspection Office and the Weitou Inspection Office.
"Sir Song, it is your duty to lead the Quanzhou navy and eliminate pirates. The government didn't allow us to go to Kyoto, so it's not easy for us to go."
"Yes. You know, everyone is under a lot of pressure. Although Fang La's rebels didn't do anything to Quanzhou, there are always small groups of rebels coming to harass us. Our brothers have hardly slept a wink!"
"Yesterday I heard from a Korean merchant that Japanese pirates were rampant on the sea again and had robbed several cargo ships."
"Quanzhou is a place where all nations trade. If we cannot protect the safety of merchant ships in the nearby waters, it will affect the purse of the Great Zhou!"
There are a lot of reasons, the main one being that he didn't want to go to Kyoto without receiving an imperial edict.
If we save Kyoto but lose Quanzhou, we will still be in trouble.
Lord Song had no choice.
Quanzhou is a foreign trade port with huge profits. Despite the dual supervision of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security, corruption is rampant inside and outside, from top to bottom.
It was impossible to ask these people to give up their daily lives of making money and go to Kyoto to work hard. Lord Song thought he did not have the appeal to do so.
Forget it, let’s wait for the imperial edict. If the imperial edict doesn’t come, it means that Kyoto is fine.
The garrisons in other places have similar ideas to Lord Song.
Kyoto was just besieged. Although it was the first time in the history of the Great Zhou, it was not a big problem.
Didn't you see that the emperor didn't issue an imperial decree to ask all places to come to the king's defense?! It can't be that the capital is surrounded and even the news can't get out.
Hahahaha, in the history of war, when a city was besieged, some news would more or less come out, it was just a matter of speed at most.
This is Kyoto, there are so many talented people here, how could there be no news?
If there is no news, it means the government has not issued any order!
AI is really fun. I want to use AI to make this book into a small animation, but I haven’t learned it yet... Hahaha, I only learned how to make Lilliput and digital people.
I'm really looking forward to whether the author can make the story into an animation or even a short play in the future?
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