Chapter 69 [Settling the rear]
In the Eastern Palace, Lin Zhibai was having a meal.
Next to it, there were many leftover cups and plates, and many bottles containing qi-enhancing pills were all emptied at this time.
After a big battle, Lin Zhibai was unscathed on the battlefield with his strong strength accumulated over many years of hard work, but his inner breath was consumed in the battle.
Even if you have the essence of heaven and earth to make up for part of your consumption, you still need to supplement it in a lot of time.
The rebellion in the capital was just the beginning, and there was a more arduous battle waiting for Lin Zhibai.
While eating, a grandmaster who rushed back from the border reported sadly: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, Huanyu suddenly exerted force, relying on the beheading tactic of rushing straight to the central army, our army was defeated.
"Most of the border troops were separated on the grassland. Now Your Majesty is safe. He has summoned more than 300,000 surviving border warriors and others to guard Qixing Pass. He is currently reorganizing his army and preparing to resist the Iron Cavalry that followed him.
"The world thief leader is currently in the legendary cultivation level, and the people of the world have a kind of treasure that can quickly return to their energy. It is precisely because of this kind of treasure that they can burst out with endless true energy and defeat our army."
Lin Zhibai drank a bowl of ginseng soup and asked, "The army is stationed at Qixing Pass, are there anyone in the rest of the area stationed?"
This time, Emperor Longxing personally led the army to almost two-thirds of the entire Dahua army's troops to the grassland, especially at all the border troops, there were almost no one stationed except for some old, weak, sick and disabled.
In this case, if all the troops are stationed at Qixing Pass, it is equivalent to opening all the border defenses and exposing tens of millions of Dahua people in the border counties to the enemy's iron hooves.
"There are no ones to guard the other borders for the time being, but the Universe forces are only less than 500,000. It is estimated that most of the Universe cavalry guards chased His Majesty to Qixing Pass. Other areas should be safe for the time being."
This Grand Master Hongwei reported, but his voice was not confident.
He did not believe that the Dahua army, which had been dispersed once, could withstand the second attack from the Universe, nor did he believe that the Iron Cavalry of the Universe would honestly siege Qixing Pass without robbing other places.
"That's going to be a big delay." Lin Zhibai sighed.
Putting down the ivory chopsticks in his hand, Lin Zhibai spoke coldly and shouted: "Zhang Hai."
Zhang Hai hurried forward: "I am here."
After looking at him, Lin Zhibai ordered: "You lead the Eastern Palace Guards to be responsible for the palace, cooperate with the Queen Mother and the Queen to maintain order in the palace, and all martial law will be carried out before the crisis is lifted."
This kind of martial law is a cliché. It has never been loose since the rebels entered Beijing before. At this moment, they just need to continue to maintain it.
"I will take the order." Zhang Hai ordered to retreat.
Then, Lin Zhibai's eyes turned to the several imperial guards and ministers waiting on the side, and finally his eyes fixed on his uncle Zhao Xing: "I would like to ask several generals and ministers to be responsible for rectifying the order in the city and appease the people's hearts, and be sure not to cause chaos in the imperial city."
Only my uncle can believe in this chaos nowadays.
"I will not let down your entrust." At this time, almost all the imperial guards and ministers bowed and accepted the orders.
If it were before, they would still be panicked.
But at this moment, after seeing the shocking martial arts shown by Lin Zhibai, everyone settled down. They firmly believed that with Lin Zhibai, the sky would not fall.
Finally, Lin Zhibai's eyes turned to Duke Chen and several uncles and grandchildren, and ordered: "Duke Chen, you and several emperor uncles, will rush to the border with an army of 180,000 at night to serve the king and rescue the emperor, telling the soldiers that after this war, one more military pay will be paid as a reward."
Upon hearing this, the few people had no objection. They were already hard-core supporters of Emperor Longxing.
The Kyoto Imperial City is only two or three hundred kilometers away from Qixing Pass. With such a heavy reward, the soldiers will be very motivated and will not be able to arrive at Qixing Pass in a long time.
"I will go out of the city to make rice, and then set out." Several people received the order, and then said goodbye without delay.
Seeing that they were leaving so simply, Lin Zhibai nodded.
The capital is now empty, and although these people are loyal to Emperor Longxing, they have to be careful.
Although it is likely that the daylily will be cold when they arrive at Qixing Pass, Lin Zhibai still wants to transfer them away first, staying away from the capital and being constrained by some personnel within the army can ensure that they have no chance of rebellion.
"The interrogation results have come out." At this time, Admiral Hongwei came over to report the results.
Lin Zhibai signaled him to read it directly.
It was also at this time that Lin Zhibai learned that these rebels actually came from the Dongxian Islands overseas, and a small number of them came from small countries around.
They used the large project of dredging the north and south canals to arrive in the Central Plains in the name of labor refugees. Not long ago, they were covered by internal ghosts and high-ranking warriors to come to the capital area, and then launched a rebellion.
Momo recorded the forces to which these people belonged one by one in his heart.
At this time, the chief assistant Miao Haichao spoke and asked Lin Zhibai: "What should those prisoners deal with?"
More than 100,000 prisoners, it’s not appropriate to kill them, but it’s another time bomb left.
With so many people, the money spent on eating every day is not a small number, let alone paying attention to these people, it also requires considerable manpower and material costs.
"So many people died in the imperial guards, and they all need pensions. Naturally, these culprits should bear the burden. They all go to mine and use the money they produce to make up for the pension expenses of the soldiers."
After a pause, Lin Zhibai said again: "When the war in the world is over, the prisoners will be dealt with according to this example."
Upon hearing this, Miao Haichao shivered and quickly replied: "Your Highness is wise."
These days, mining is the most dangerous job, and these people are thieves, so it is definitely impossible for them to eat too well, and I am afraid they are not even as good as cows and horses.
Then the fate of these people is consumable.
"Ji Chun, you mobilize some Hongwei to catch all the insiders who are found, and kill all the ones that should be killed." At the end, Lin Zhibai ordered.
Ji Chun received the order and left. Seeing that Zhang Hai had returned after giving orders, Lin Zhibai said: "I will take a break for a while, and after the army of the King outside the city sets off, rush to Qixing Pass and wake me up."
Zhang Hai took the order and saw Lin Zhibai closing his eyes.
He was not asleep, but was in luck.
Among the meridians and acupoints of the body, Lin Zhibai's internal breath is operating according to an extremely complex route, which is even more than twice as complicated as the Hongtu meridian.
However, such a complex internal energy and mental method has extremely significant effects. The food and medicine that have just been consumed in the body are transformed extremely quickly.
Together with the rapid gathering of heaven and earth energy, Lin Zhibai's internal energy was compensated for the extremely fast internal energy consumed by Lin Zhibai.
When Zhang Hai reported that the army of kings had already moved towards the border, Lin Zhibai's internal energy consumed had returned to its peak state, and even made some progress.
"Don't worry, Grandma, Queen Mother, and the son will bring the father back safely."
It seemed that they knew that Lin Zhibai was leaving, and the Empress Dowager and the Queen had been guarding Lin Zhibai's side.
Facing the complicated look of the two of them looking forward to it, concerned and wanting to dissuade them, Lin Zhibai smiled and comforted her.
Then, no longer delayed, he rose from the ground, soared into the sky and rushed towards the direction of Qixing Pass.
Chapter completed!