Chapter 1424: 1425 Abnormal Emperor
Although Qin's troops were large, they could not quickly concentrate on one point. After the main force of Guangmian was inexplicably wiped out by the Tang army, Qin was unable to continue to gather a large number of troops to the north.
The remaining backbones of the previous troops are no longer able to continue to function. Therefore, it is impossible for the Qin Army's assembled troops to rely on these veterans to increase their combat capabilities.
The hastily assembled Qin army was no match for the Tang army. They were surrounded, annihilated and eliminated. Surrounded in motion, there was no time to react.
Theoretically, the Qin army's troops that can barely maintain the situation are all in the Shushan area in the south, and there is no time to rush to support Wuyang, the imperial capital.
After receiving the order from Emperor Qin Yingduo, Liu Zhian immediately led all the troops he could find and began to advance northward. He didn't even bother to inquire about the defense of areas such as Shushan and Nanjiao, so he led his troops directly towards the imperial city.
There is no other way, he has no other choice. If his troops do not rush back, then the imperial capital will have no chance of winning at all.
"Your Majesty." Ying Ke looked at Ying Duo, who looked haggard but still very excited in the main hall of the palace. He was very anxious for his king, because he felt that Ying Duo was in a very strange state of excitement at this moment.
This is not a healthy excitement, but a pathological excitement that makes people feel uncomfortable no matter how they look at it. In this state, Yingduo's mind seemed a little unclear.
But he was still very excited, with dark circles under his eyes, and his speech was somewhat slurred. He waved his arms frequently, as if to shoo away flies around him.
"Yes, what's the matter? Tell me!" After a few seconds, Ying Duo spoke to Ying Ke. It was as if there was a network delay when talking to him.
Yingke lowered his head and suggested: "Your Majesty! The situation is very critical now. I ask your Majesty to hunt west to preserve the foundation of the empire."
He suggested that Emperor Qin Yingduo leave the imperial capital immediately and go to a city farther west, which would be safer. After all, the situation was already very critical, and the Tang army had already begun to attack the cities around Wuyang.
Although the Tang army was unable to threaten Wuyang for a while, everyone knew that the cities on the road could not stop the Tang army.
The Qin State has lost all its elite troops, and the regional defense forces do not have much combat effectiveness at all. There are even rumors that it was these local troops and rebellious nobles who surrendered in Guangming Kaicheng.
"I won't leave! It's very nice here..." Ying Duo regained his consciousness somewhat, and he looked at Ying Ke with a dull expression. Although he can still speak now, his condition is indeed very bad.
"I would like to ask your Majesty to seek medical treatment! Your Majesty, your condition..." Ying Ke lowered his head in embarrassment and mentioned the matter again.
A few days ago, he had already advised Ying Duo and asked his team of doctors to check Ying Duo's body. Ke Yingduo rejected Ying Ke's suggestion and criticized him for being nosy.
This time, Ying Ke bit the bullet and tried to dissuade him again, because not only him, but other ministers had also seen that something was very wrong with Ying Duo. There were problems with the emperor's decision-making again and again, and his mental state was obviously not very good. This situation was very dangerous in a war, so they hoped that Ying Duo could carefully check his physical condition.
Ke Yingduo knew what made him like this. He waved his arms and once again rejected Ying Ke's kindness with a slightly stiff movement: "I'm fine! I don't need a doctor! You... now, assemble the troops... Gather the troops as soon as possible! Don't worry about me!"
His tongue was a little stiff when he spoke, and Ying Ke's eyebrows raised unconsciously after hearing his order. He felt that Emperor Yingduo had indeed lost his ability to make decisions. At least until he returned to a good state, matters in the court could not be left to him.
Ying Duo also seems to realize that something is wrong with his state. He has been eating black crows at an increasingly faster rate recently. He was eating more and more and eating more and more frequently. He was not a fool. He knew that something was wrong with him.
But the attraction of that kind of medicine to him was so great that every time he wanted to put down the pills in his hand, he would feel like there were countless ants crawling all over his body.
There were countless things biting at his heart, causing him to twist on the bed like a prawn. And as long as he eats more black crows, all the pain seems to end.
So Yingduo stood up with force, waved his arms and said: "You just need to come up with a result through discussion...I...I need to rest! Just inform me of the decision, just inform me."
As he spoke, he stumbled out of the hall in a panic. Only a group of ministers were left, looking at each other and not knowing what to do.
After a few seconds of silence, the scene suddenly became chaotic. A minister took Ying Ke's hand and said loudly: "Prime Minister, the economy has collapsed, prices have soared, and people in the city are panicked. There must be a solution after all."
Qin's economy has completely collapsed following the defeat, and no one has even bothered with this year's farming. Peasants were drafted into the army to fight, the land was laid waste, and many of the crops needed to sustain industry were not even sown.
Even if the troops of the Tang Empire did not attack, the Qin State itself would completely go into darkness due to its poor economy. No one cares about the life and death of the people, because the nobles and high-ranking officials can no longer control their own life and death.
Before Ying Ke could explain anything to the official, another official complained equally loudly: "The mobilization of materials has almost stalled. Our railway was bombed by the Tang army. The front of the train was damaged and there is no way to repair it. Railway transportation has almost been paralyzed. There are also problems with road transport.”
Originally, the Qin State was deploying a large amount of transportation capacity to reinforce the front line, and there were very few train engines left in the rear.
In this case, the transshipment of materials has become a very difficult matter. As the war front approaches, airlift near Wuyang City has become a luxury.
Qin State does not have air superiority, so it is not easy to try to take off aircraft near the front line. After losing air transportation, Qin's material transportation capacity became even more insignificant.
Due to the lack of workers, parts manufacturing plants, and raw materials, the damaged locomotives could not be repaired in a short period of time, which further led to Qin's tight transportation capacity.