Chapter 114
The kidnapped Liu Buqi
In front of Yue Hanxin, Liu Buqi called out all the guards in the mansion and ordered them to go to the street immediately and make announcements.
"The Great Wall is in danger, and there are no soldiers left in Yanjing to save it. Madam Liu will be at Zhenbei Gate tomorrow morning to borrow a head from the young men in Yanjing!"
Yue Han carefully savored the words that came out of Liu Buqi's mouth!
In her opinion, the best way now is to mobilize the troops stationed in Tai'an Prefecture or find a way to contact the Song officials on the Lushan defense line!
Unexpectedly, Liu Buqi would rather recruit civilians from Yanjing than give up the gateway to Youzhou!
Moreover, conscription of civilians wasn't forced! They came voluntarily! In the end, how many people would willingly die? And how much use could these civilians really have?
Yue Hanxin didn't understand where Liu Buqi got such confidence from!
That night, the lights in Prince Yan's Mansion were brightly lit. Liu Feiyan, wearing a full set of armor and leading soldiers, was gathering the yamen runners, constables and detectives in Yanjing City. These people were all former soldiers in the army. Although their number was small, they were considered veterans that Youzhou urgently needed!
According to Liu Buqi's idea, all the civilians who volunteered tomorrow would be directly assigned to these veterans, and then go straight to the battlefield. Yue Hanxin watched the whole process silently.
Before dawn the next day, Liu Buqi took Yue Hanxin on a carriage and headed straight for the Shili Pavilion outside the city with all the capable fighters in the mansion.
Liu Feiyan had already lit a circle of bonfires at Shili Pavilion and was waiting. Behind him were more than a hundred young and strong yamen runners and constables, who were also holding swords and wearing armor, and gathered in groups of three or five around the bonfires.
Compared with the mountain of fine wine from Deshenglou piled up behind them, this small number of people is really not enough!
Seeing that the sky was already turning pale, Liu Buqi, who had just arrived at Shili Pavilion, casually handed the minced meat porridge handed by Liu Feiyan to Yue Hanxin beside him.
"Wait a little longer, it should be here soon!"
To Yue Hanxin's surprise, the first group to arrive was Xu Ningmei and some Youzhou officials in Yanjing. Among these officials, in addition to the local and neutral factions, there were also many etiquette factions.
Xu Ningmei rarely took off the scholar's uniform that she always wore, and changed into a black tight-fitting outfit. She even held a saber in her hand. She seemed a little confused as to why Yue Hanxin appeared here.
But after saluting respectfully, he stood behind the two of them with these officials who came voluntarily. However, Liu Buqi suddenly called out to Li Huaigu, who was following the large group in a low-key manner.
"Huai Gu, I have sent someone to inform Tai'an Lü Qinghou that a large amount of supplies will be delivered to the Great Wall defense line. Someone in Yanjing City is needed to coordinate!"
"I order you to temporarily serve as the prefect of Yanjing Prefecture and handle all subsequent affairs in Yanjing!"
After receiving the order, Li Huaigu was able to quietly connect with officials who supported Liu Buqi, launch a public opinion offensive, and ultimately form the final force to crush the psychological defenses of Yue Hanxin's faction, demonstrating his good abilities!
In addition, Zhang Ruoxu, who was in charge of the overall situation in Zhenbei Prefecture, also performed very well. Even when the grassland had opened a gap in the Great Wall, he was able to rely on Zhenbei Prefecture, a small town that could barely be considered a military town, and mobilize the nearby civilians to resist the small number of grassland soldiers who entered the country.
The two men treated each other like brothers. Lu Ren, who was far away in the capital, also used the network of relationships that had been established in the capital to find out the background of the two men and found that they were indeed people with clean backgrounds!
Therefore, Liu Buqi wanted to boldly use two people who seemed to be quite good at the moment!
After all, they were born in the capital and are foreign officials, but this time they stood firmly on their side. They should play a key role in bridging the rift between local and foreign officials in the future!
Li Huaigu originally thought that through this incident, he would most likely be appointed to one of the three inner court offices and would no longer be well-known. However, he did not expect that he would be directly appointed to take charge of Yanjing Prefecture, the center of Youzhou!
And in front of so many officials! This was clearly a chance for Madam Liu to make a name for herself. If the mission was successfully completed, she would naturally soar to fame!
After accepting the order and expressing his gratitude gracefully, Li Huaigu hurriedly selected three more officials from among his surroundings, one from each of the three factions of Youzhou civil servants, and requested Liu Buqi to let these three officials assist him.
Liu Buqi nodded in satisfaction. This action alone was enough to basically conclude that Li Huaigu would at least not mess up the situation in Yanjing.
Xu Ningmei watched all this, glanced at Yue Hanxin who looked calm, and sighed in her heart.
The princess's defeat was not unfair. This Li Huaigu was indeed very capable. More importantly, he had good relations with officials from all factions. He was also the person she and Yue Han admired, and they wanted to find an opportunity to entrust him with important tasks!
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be Liu Buqi's man! Harmonizing officials from different factions might be a deliberate act, clearly a preparation for the future!
The problem is that this person must have arranged this before he and the others took control of the situation! In other words, Liu Buqi had already prepared for today's situation, which is very scary!
She truly lived up to the name of the Fox Spirit! My awe for Liu Buqi grew even stronger!
Even if Liu Buqi, the person involved, had the ability to read minds and could know what was going on in Xu Ningmei's heart, he would probably just smile bitterly!
She was not some god or immortal. She was just forced into a desperate situation and had no one to use. She had no choice but to try any possible means. Her original intention was just to leave a nail in Yanjing so that she could reverse public opinion at the right time!
Who would have thought that by picking up a treasure, he would not only complete the task assigned to him, but also make friends with and connect with three factions of civil servants. It was a pure surprise!
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At this time, the sky was completely bright, and the rising sun had just risen above the horizon. The spring light splashed on Liu Buqi, dispelling a lot of the biting late spring cold, making her unable to help but squint her eyes comfortably.
In the distance, a team of more than a hundred people appeared vaguely in his eyes. Leading them was a white-haired old man with a nimble figure, also wearing armor and holding a sword.
When he got closer, he looked at the group of people in front of him suspiciously, until his eyes focused on Liu Buqi, then he bowed and saluted, "I heard that Madam has an order, so I came to deliver my head for use!"
Liu Buqi hurriedly took a few steps forward and reached out to help the old man up.
"Old man, you are at an age where you can enjoy your retirement. Your desire to serve your country is admirable, but it is really not appropriate for you to step onto the battlefield again!"
Before he finished speaking, suddenly!
Seeing Liu Buqi approaching them, the men behind the old man suddenly rushed out and surrounded Liu Buqi and the old man in an instant!
Someone behind picked up fireworks and set them off in the air, as if sending a signal to someone!
Liu Feiyan and the others were caught off guard by the sudden change! Gongsun Wuhui, who had been following closely, was already preparing to fight his way out!
However, Liu Buqi grabbed her hand that was about to draw the sword!
"Wuhui, wait a minute!"
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