Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 415 Pan Chongche

The news of the soldiers approaching the city soon reached the south, and the Panyu Palace suddenly became panicked.

They heard the news that Qin State was going to send troops, but they didn't expect this day to come so soon.

The palace was in chaos, and Liu Yu hurriedly summoned his most trusted court ladies and eunuchs, as well as his most trusted witch, Fan Huzi, to discuss this matter. Fan Huzi was still mysterious and said that he would go to public divination to spy on the secrets of heaven.

Liu Yan didn't dare to delay, so he immediately found someone to replace him, and then he began to gather everyone in the hall to discuss countermeasures, but most of them hesitated and had no idea at all.

Only someone whispered a few words, "Your Majesty, why don't you go find Pan Chongche?"

Liu Yan also realized immediately, "Yes, go and call Pan Chongche."

The eunuch nodded, but when he was about to go out, he was suddenly stopped by Liu Yan, "Wait a minute!" He rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not going to call, I'm going to invite you, and I'll go with a gift."

The eunuch nodded and reacted.

If anyone can fight in the Southern Han Dynasty today, it must be Pan Chongche.

More than ten years ago, the old Chu generals Liu Yan, Wang Kui, Sun Lang, Zhou Xingfeng and others rebelled, captured Changsha, and expelled the army of the Southern Tang general Bian Hao. Later, it developed into Wuping led by Zhou Xingfeng. It was attacked by Shi Congyun a few years ago, and Wuping King Zhou Xingfeng was also captured to Daliang.

After Zhou Xingfeng and others rebelled against Chu, they did not work together. Among them, Wang Kui wanted to take advantage of the victory and develop southward, occupying the land of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Thirteen years ago, 13 barbarians from Huihedong attacked Chenzhou where they were attacked. At that time, the king of the country ordered Pan Chongche to lead the rescue.

When the armies of the two sides met, Pan Chongche looked at the troops coming from Hunan from a high altitude, and saw that their deployment was disorderly and disorganized, so he judged: "Weary and unorganized, we can be defeated."

After that, Wuping did not dare to go south to invade.

But after that, Pan Chongche gained a high position and power because of his military exploits, and many people were jealous, especially the eunuchs who were close to the lord of the palace.

Under their constant remonstrance, Liu Yu also suspected that Pan Chongche had the intention to rebel.

So the eunuch Xue Zongyu was sent to Daying to check the situation.

After Xue Chongyu came back, he said that Pan Chongche didn't care about military affairs every day, but just wore more than a hundred actors and actresses in beautiful clothes, played jade flutes, and danced and sang and danced day and night.

Since then, Pan Chongche has lost his military power, and he has been frustrated, dispirited and quite aggrieved.

The matter gradually came to light later on. It turned out that the eunuch Xue Chongyu had failed to extort bribes from Pan Chongche, so he made that argument, but no one vindicated him. The eunuchs and maids around the king wished that Pan Chongche would die, so as not to lose their power However, the lord of the country didn't care at all, or forgot.

Pan Chongche left the center of power, led troops outside all year round, depressed and frustrated, now that the army is overwhelming, everyone thinks of him.

There was a panic in the country, and the army outside the city gathered one after another. Finally, the next afternoon, the eunuch who had been sent to look for Pan Chongche returned, reporting the news with a dejected and terrified expression.

"Your Majesty, Pan Chongche said. He said that his eyes were ill and he couldn't see clearly. He was afraid of delaying His Majesty's important affairs, so he didn't want to lead the army to resist the Northern Army."

"What!" Liu Yan was furious, grabbed the jade cup in his hand and dropped it.

The eunuch didn't dare to dodge, his head was bloodied, he could only kowtow and beg for a detour: "Your Majesty forgive me, Your Majesty forgive me, it's the servant who is incompetent!

But Pan Chongche lived in the barracks, and there were soldiers and generals who supported him. He didn't come out to see the servants when they left. He only asked his adjutant to come out and say that his eyes were ill, so he couldn't come to lead the army, and he didn't see anyone alive or dead.

The slaves said it was His Majesty's will, but he didn't see him, and even drew his knife. The slaves really have nothing to do!I think he really doesn't want to come, and he just doesn't take His Majesty seriously!Even rebellious! "

The eunuch burst into tears, but everyone was terrified, not only afraid of the king's anger, but also a greater uneasiness, if Pan Chongche didn't come to lead the army, who would be able to resist Qin's army?

For a while, many people in the court pretended to be calm, but they were in a panic.

"Dog, I'm going to kill him!" Liu Yan blushed with anger.

The maid Lu Qiongxian next to her was still awake, and even reminded: "Your Majesty, you can't turn against him at this time."

Liu Yu also reacted, and could only grit his teeth. He is clever and immediately understood what it meant. Pan Chongche was a general who had led troops in victorious battles. He was in a hurry, if he did something outrageous, he would be in trouble.

"Hurry up and discuss with me someone to lead the troops to rescue Hezhou!" Liu Yan said impatiently, not wanting to talk too much about Pan Chongche.

All of a sudden, everyone started to discuss.

At this time, although many people were afraid, they still had hope. As long as they blocked the Qin army this time, they would live a stable life again.

There are such precedents in history. Didn't Pan Chongche stop the 13 troops in Chudi [-] years ago and quell the disaster of war? Now if it happens again, the good old days can be restored.

Thinking of this, everyone started discussing it, but most of the people who recommended it were people related to Lu Qiongxian and Fan Huzi.

And not everyone has that kind of courage and self-confidence. Several people who were recommended declined with various reasons until one person stood up, Wu Yanrou, one of the favored eunuchs beside the king.

He very confidently asked to lead the troops to the north to rescue Hezhou, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, what Pan Chongche could do back then, the servants could do, and for the lord of the country, I would not hesitate to die in the north. I will definitely stop the northern army Bingfeng."

The lord Liu Yan was overjoyed, and said three good things in succession: "Good, good, you are as close as my godson. If you can resist Qin's army, you will be my godson."

"Yes!" Wu Yanrou said happily.

Liu Yan raised his hand and wanted to say something, but he stopped quickly, took off the jade belt around his waist, and handed it to Wu Yanrou in front of all the officials.

Wu Yanrou was so excited that her hands trembled and her voice trembled a little. She even put her head down and took it with both hands, "Your Majesty, even if I die in the north, I will stop them!"

Early the next morning, the morning fog had not yet cleared, and there were crowds of people outside Panyu. The first batch of reinforcements gathered more than 2 people. Under the leadership of the eunuch Wu Yanrou, they began to go north to support Hezhou. Near Panyu, the follow-up The army also began to gather one after another.

Under the city of Hezhou, dark clouds pressed down on the city, flags were fluttering, drums and horns sounded continuously, resounding in all directions, and galloping riders came and went on the muddy avenue.

Even if it has been filled with stones several times, after a light rain, under the trample of tens of thousands of people, no matter how good the road is, it will become muddy, and no matter how hard the stone is, it will be crushed into powder.

The strength of a single person is insignificant, but when hundreds or thousands of people gather together, they become unstoppable, and that is where people are most powerful.

Tens of thousands of Qin troops have completed the siege of Hezhou City. Numerous trenches are criss-crossed and are being dug out by the auxiliary soldiers. They are criss-crossed in front of the city head for several miles. This is for the siege troops to avoid the arrows at the city head when they approach the city wall. The riprap was used by the Qin army who had been fighting for so many years, and the auxiliary soldiers were also working hard, but in just a few days, the trenches were almost under the city.

(End of this chapter)