Chapter 445 Seems quite pitiful
At the beginning of the second year of Emperor Jing of the Jin Dynasty, King Zhao crossed the river at night and attacked northern Hubei. General Liang Cheng led his troops to fight desperately and blocked King Zhao's army ten miles outside Linjiang County in northern Hubei.
The record of just a few sentences in "Records of the Grand Historian: History of the Great Jin" is so tragic that it is unimaginable to future generations.
Time goes back to New Year's Eve. Messengers are riding horses all over northern Hubei, urgently recalling the soldiers who are spending the New Year at home. Sheng Ze, Chen Xiao, Chen Yong, including Shen Qingqian and others, all rushed back to the army overnight.
No one expected that King Zhao would choose to cross the river on New Year's Eve.
The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year in the entire Central Plains. For thousands of years, no one has ever started a war at this time. This is why Liang Cheng allowed some soldiers whose families were in northern Hubei to return home for the New Year.
The behavior, which was originally intended to be compassionate to the soldiers, made the soldiers stationed in Lanjiang suffer terribly.
Sheng Ze and others were urgently transferred to Lanjiang. At the same time, another deputy general under Liang Cheng, General Yu, was sent to the border to guard together with the previously injured General Zhao to guard against the forces outside the border taking advantage of the situation.
As a member of the Military Medical Department, Shen Qingqian naturally followed Doctor Hu and others to the banks of the Lan River.
Given Doctor Hu's age and status, he still had to travel in a carriage at this time.
As the only female military doctor, Shen Qingqian was also given special care and sat in the same carriage with Doctor Hu.
"Alas," Doctor Hu sighed as they set out, "The Zhao family has ultimately betrayed the emperor's trust!"
The original body only knew a little about the situation of King Zhao. After hearing what Doctor Hu said, Shen Qingqian asked: "King Zhao is the only king of a different surname in the Great Jin Dynasty. Why is he so rebellious against the court now?"
"You are still too young. The twists and turns involved are not something a little girl like you can understand." Doctor Hu did not say much. He just shook his head and sighed a few times before stopping.
Shen Qingqian thought to herself that she was not really a little girl. The rebellion of the vassal kings was nothing more than their ambitions being grown. They were not willing to be just a prince of a small place and wanted to fight for the throne.
Just as he was thinking about it, Doctor Hu spoke again.
"Prince Zhao, under the pretext of defending the late Crown Prince, ostensibly spoke out for him, but his actions couldn't conceal his wicked ambitions. It's a pity that the late Crown Prince died in such an unclear manner and still has to bear such a reputation."
Shen Qingqian blinked, "Doctor Hu, you have never seen the late crown prince?"
Logically speaking, Doctor Hu should have seen Sheng Ze before, so why didn't he recognize him?
"Yes, but that was fifteen years ago." Doctor Hu shook his head. "The late Crown Prince was born weak, and I was summoned to Fengluan Palace to examine his pulse back then."
Shen Qingqian's mouth twitched. No wonder she didn't recognize him. Fifteen years ago, Sheng Ze was only five years old. He must have changed a lot from now.
However, is Sheng Ze really born weak? But he is now very skilled, so it doesn't look like it.
Shen Qingqian was just wondering when Doctor Hu spoke again, "I heard that the late Crown Prince became a disciple at Xuanji Mountain and was already in good health five years ago. If it weren't for the rules of Xuanji Mountain that required disciples to train for five years, the late Emperor would have passed the throne to him long ago."
When he said this, Shen Qingqian immediately imagined a palace drama in her mind.
She suddenly felt that Shengze seemed quite pitiful.
He was born sickly. In order to save his life, his biological parents sent him away. After he finally recovered and was able to go home, he was murdered by his half-brother who plotted for power. Now he has become a homeless person.
Uh, was she too cruel to him before?
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