Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 886 Admiration!still!
"Qian'er has to go out to travel around the rivers and lakes recently, assisting your mother with housework and taking care of your younger brother in the mansion. Le'er is too troublesome to practice exercises more than in the mansion. If you don't understand, you can ask your sister and Uncle Zhou for advice. Zhou Cang should be on guard in the mansion, and discuss matters with the wives."

This guy didn't wait for a reply, but his body disappeared into the hall like a ghost, which made Qin Xiaole envious of his father's skills.

Qin Wenyuan left the mansion and headed towards Bingzhou alone...

Outside Bingzhou City, Chai Rong led his wife to pass tens of thousands of steps, and cavalry soldiers approached the city gate. Looking at the closed city gate, the Imperial Army and Bingzhou Army were waiting in full battle on the tower. The axeman stood beside him with a knife in his hand, in an execution position.

Chai Rong took the lead and shouted loudly at the bottom of the tower.

"Listen to the defenders on the tower, there is a foolish king who listens to the woman's words and makes a traitor and a sycophant harm the loyal and good. You have to help the tyrant to do the tyranny, otherwise, the army will break through the city without leaving any dogs behind."

On the tower, Xue Rengui was dressed all over, pointing the halberd in his hand at Chai Rong and saying.

"General Chai is a relative of the emperor. Aren't you afraid of embarrassing your ancestors if you commit a rebellion? At this time, everything is easy to discuss when withdrawing troops. Xue advised the general to recognize the situation and stop committing the crime of implicating the entire family."

Chai Rong was impatient when he heard the words, and ordered the swordsman to behead Wu Yuanying and others to sacrifice the flag.

The sound of the sobbing horn sounded, but seeing the knife-axe hand raised the ghost-head knife high, several heads fell to the ground in an instant. Poor Wu Yuanying died before realizing his ideal of honoring the Wu family.

All the troops under the city cheered loudly, seeing that the siege battle was about to start.

Xue Rengui saw Wu Yuanying and others being beheaded from the top of the city. Knowing that today's affairs are extremely difficult, he ordered the defenders to string their bows and keep the rolling logs and other weapons at their positions. To launch a siege situation.

In the palace, Li Zhi and Empress Wu heard that Chai Rong was so bloody, and Li Zhi wished to catch Chai Rong's body to pieces, but Empress Wu was thinking of the death of the Wu family's heir, and said sharply in grief.

"Chai Rong's rebellious and immoral deeds should be linked to the nine clans. The so-called "cut the grass without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze will regenerate, the emperor should send an edict to the army. Anyone who captures Chai Rong, regardless of his birth, can be bestowed with the title of Tang Dynasty envoy." Generations to enjoy the country's grace."

According to the queen's words, Li Zhi walked in the palace hall and said to the ministers.

"Zunzuo, pass on my decree, whoever captures Chai Rong, regardless of his subjects, can be conferred the title of baron of the county, which will be inherited from generation to generation."

It was after Li Zhi spoke, there was a long sigh without warning in the hall.

"Ugh……!"

Outside Bingzhou City, the Niangziguan garrison launched an attack on the city, but the city wall of Bingzhou City was tall and thick, which made Chai Rongjun's attack on the city extremely unfavorable.

But seeing Chai Rong's soldiers below the city tower use catapults and siege crossbows to raise boulders and arrows, raining down on the city tower, the sound of "rumbling" filled with dust and smoke, but it had little effect.

The continuous siege of the city in one day not only caused casualties to soldiers of the two armies, but also made the city of Bingzhou stand still.

Seeing that the situation was not good for him, Chai Rong considered the danger of being surrounded by Qin Wang Tang's army rushing to help Bingzhou after a long battle.

The old general Li Zekun cupped his hands and said.

"The young general has a perfect strategy for attacking Bingzhou. If you want to break through the city, what should you do with the emperor? Forgive me for what I said. If you use Niangziguan's troops to fight against the Tang army in the world, there is no possibility for us to survive. This old servant thinks that if you want to achieve a big event, you should make a long-term plan. It's better to withdraw the troops here, preserve our strength, and find a hidden place to develop secretly, then the major general should understand what he wants, and then act according to it."

Hearing what the old general said, Chai Rong couldn't help feeling a little scared after thinking about it.

Yes; what I did today was indeed a bit sloppy, it was an act of anger, nothing more than wanting to lead the army to intimidate and disgust Li Zhi, and I never thought of replacing him in my heart. King Qin's army is surrounded everywhere, wouldn't it cost the lives of tens of thousands of people under his command?

Thinking of this, Chai Rong already had the intention of retreating, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of not causing huge casualties to the army under his command to gather the old and weak soldiers and their families who stayed in Niangziguan to prepare food and grass, and waited for the support troops sent by the Xu family at Niangziguan pass. .

Chai Rong had no doubts about the Qin family's sending troops to respond. Based on his understanding of his uncle Qin Wenyuan's protection of his family and his concern for the safety of his family, if he knew that his nephew was in danger of life, he would never stand idly by.

This kid guessed right, Qin Wenyuan had already arrived in Bingzhou City, and the sigh in the palace came from him.

Qin Wenyuan heard Li Zhi's words hidden in the palace, and sighed that today's Tang Dynasty is moving in the direction of Wu Zetian's sole control of military affairs according to the historical track. His sigh is just a pity for Li Shimin. Fall aside, making it a wedding dress for others.

Just when Chai Rong listened to Li Zekun's advice and was about to withdraw his troops to Niangziguan, a scout from Chai Rongjun reported that the Tang army would point at Chai Rongjun from Luzhou, Fenzhou, Xingzhou and Hengzhou and cut off the route to Niangziguan. way of retreat.

Faced with this critical situation, Chai Rong discussed with the generals and came to the decision to concentrate his forces on one of the Tang troops.

Chai Rong led the army to retreat quietly, leaving a large number of military tents as a plan to suspect the enemy, so that the Forbidden Army in Bingzhou City and the Bingzhou Army did not dare to go out of the city to pursue them easily. Tang Jun encountered the state rushing to help Bingzhou.

In front of the formation of the two armies, the general of the Tang army pointed a spear at the vanguard general of Chai Rongjun and shouted loudly.

"You can still survive by waiting for the rebels to surrender at this time, otherwise, don't blame a certain family for being ruthless."

The vanguard general Chai Rongjun laughed "haha" when he heard the words, and said disdainfully.

"You want to stop our army even if you wait, sons, kill!"

The leading general said "kill", and Chai Rongjun's forward had already launched an attack on the Tang army.

Generals face off against generals and soldiers against soldiers. One side is a sergeant who wants to kill his wife to keep him alive, and the other side is a soldier who wants to win the battle of King Qin. In comparison, everyone who wants to survive is ruthless. No scruples, but those who want to make meritorious deeds are the opponents of such a desperate army. Not long after the two armies fought, the Huanzhou army was defeated by the vanguard of Chai Rongjun, causing Chai Rongjun to kill a bloody road.

Chai Rong led the main force to "Chenwangzhuang" to join the forward, and then launched an attack on the defeated enemy of the Hengzhou Army.

After the "Chenwangzhuang" encounter, Chai Rongjun took a short rest and continued to advance towards Niangziguan.

At this time, [-] cavalry led by Lu Qingling had entered Niangziguan secretly. Hearing that the scouts reported that Chai Rongjun had encountered the Tang army in "Chenwangzhuang", Lu Qingling sent [-] troops to station in Niangziguan, and led [-] cavalry to help Chai Rong.

Cheng Yaojin led [-] Tang troops to Bingzhou City to break the siege. After seeing the emperor Li Zhi, he was ordered to pursue Chai Rongjun.

Li Zhi suspected that after Cheng Yaojin defeated Chai Rong's army, he would let Chai Rong go privately, but he made Xue Rengui the vanguard of Cheng Yaojin's army, and told him to arrest Chai Rong and bring him back to the court for disposal, so as to rectify the law of the country.

Just after Chai Rongjun and Lu Qingling's [-] Xu family cavalry joined together, Xue Rengui led the army to the "Chenwangzhuang" line, and all he could see was the tragic scene of the Hengzhou army being defeated. Yao Jin led the main force to arrive, so that the lone army continued to pursue Chai Rong's army, hoping to capture Chai Rong by himself.

Cheng Yaojin led his troops on the way, and heard that the former army scouts reported that there was a change in the Qin army in Cangzhou and Pingzhou. The Qin army in Pingzhou had already approached the "Gubeikou" pass in Youzhou.

Cheng Yaojin heard the news, how could this old ghost not know that this was Xu Tian's method, so when he received the order to go to Bingzhou to rescue the siege, he had expected that Qin Wenyuan would not be able to stand by on this matter, because Qin Wenyuan valued his family and the eldest princess Li Xiuning How could he sit back and watch the imperial court suppress Chai Rong? Thinking of this, Cheng Yaojin sighed, knowing that today's events would cause Chai Rong to have three ups and downs, which would definitely arouse Xu Tian's monstrous anger, and the situation would be out of control at that time.

The old ghost ordered the whole army to speed up their march to Niangziguan, hoping to calm the matter before it got out of hand. At the same time, he sent messengers to report the urgent military situation that the emperor's Xu family army was about to attack.

Just when the Youzhou garrison was alert to the Pingzhou Xu army's formation at "Gubeikou", Qin Wenyuan was already sitting in Niangziguan, and Chai Rong and Lu Qingling led the army to the pass. After meeting this fellow, they saw him smiling at the two speak.

"Is there any conflict with Tang Jun on the road?"

Lu Qingling stood with a smile on the side, but Chai Rong was a little jealous. This was the excitement of seeing his relatives. Thinking of such a serious crime, his uncle did not give up on himself. In addition to sending troops to help, he even went to the army.

"I tell my uncle that apart from the encounter between my nephew's vanguard army and the Hengzhou army, there has been no battle with the Tang army yet."

"Why are you so jealous, boy, a man is as good as a girl, you know that the situation is being plotted by others, since the disaster is coming from the sky, you don't have to worry about it, you have an uncle here, so you can act with confidence and let the army stand firm Niangziguan is the matter, leave the rest of the matter to my uncle, Xu wants to see how the court wants to settle this matter today."

After reassuring Chai Rong, Qin Wenyuan continued.

"Brother Qingling, you will lead your [-] cavalry to hide in the hilly forest outside Niangziguan, and wait for your younger brother's military order to act."

Lu Qingling had to leave with a smile. The two uncles and uncles were like family members, and they didn't pay much attention to the coming Tang Jun.

Xue Rengui led [-] forward soldiers to the Niangzi Pass to set up a battle. This man jumped on his horse and showed his power, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd and pointing at the guards on the pass and shouted loudly.

"And call Chai Rong out to see the general, otherwise, when the army arrives, you will have no chance to surrender."

The Niangziguan guards had Qin Wenyuan, a great god, sitting in the town, and their hearts had already settled down. At this time, seeing the Tang army descending from the pass calling for formation, in addition to clamoring, laughing, and cursing, there were even those with strong bows in the army, all responding with arrows.

Xue Rengui pushed his halberd aside to shoot arrows, but he was helpless in his rage. Facing the high and thick pass of the city, the situation has now reversed, making Chai Rongjun stand firm and Tang army attack.

This pass is more difficult to break through than Bingzhou. It can be seen that the defense crossbows and catapults prepared on the pass are all ready to attack, Xue Rengui quickly retreated the army to a safe place, staring at the arrogance of the defenders on the pass...

When Cheng Yaojin led his troops to Niangziguan and joined Xue Rengui's striker, they were in Li Zhi's palace in the state city.

The Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty saw the military situation reported by Yao Jin during the process. Apart from knowing that the army rushing to help Hengzhou was defeated by Chai Rong, the biggest crisis he felt was the mobilization of Xu's army from both sides of Youzhou and Cangzhou.

Shocked, Li Zhi quickly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures in the palace.

"Nowadays, Xu Jun from Pingzhou and Cangzhou are advancing to Youzhou. You all talk about what Qin Wenyuan intends to do, and how the court should deal with it."

Yang Jixing, who is now the new minister of the household department of the imperial court, made a report with old-fashioned and conservative words.

"Your Majesty, I thought that King Qi's sending troops to Youzhou was nothing more than putting pressure on the court to get Chai Rong out of trouble. I thought that Chai Rong was the nephew of King Qi, and he definitely didn't want him to be arrested and beheaded by the court for the crime of rebellion. The imperial court opened the net, and the matter of Xu Jun's mobilization can be solved. However, if the imperial court makes Chai Rong's rebellion compromise due to coercion, how should it deal with the subjects of the world? Blame King Qi for further planning."

Yang Jixing was worthy of being the number one scholar, so he had a good guess about Qin Wenyuan's actions. He even thought that Xu Tian was waiting for the development of the incident at Niangziguan. In addition to making the incident bigger and bigger, not to mention the loss of Lao Jun, it may even cause irreparable troubles to the political situation of Datang.

This guy finally knew that Empress Wu Zetian underestimated the strength of the Qin family.

Yang Jixing put forward his own opinions, but the emperor and the courtiers were not allowed to express their opinions. Wang Fangyi, the minister of the Ministry of war, flashed out, clasped his hands and continued.

"Your majesty and the last general have different opinions on what Lord Yang said. That is, Xu Jun was mobilized in Pingzhou and Cangzhou. Is it possible that Qin Wenyuan dared to risk the world without violating the situation and sent the army to help Chai Rong in rebellion. I request an order to go to You Let's see if the Qin army is as strong as the rumors say."

This Wang Fangyi can also be regarded as a relative of the emperor. He is the son of the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's sister, Tong Anchang Princess, and Wang Yu, the head of the Wang family. The patriarch of the Wang family was at odds, and Li Zhi’s uncle was exempted from exile. Seeing that the power of the Wang family was no longer what it was before, this guy didn’t want to take revenge, but he hugged Wu Zetian’s thigh and got the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, but he wanted to go outside the capital. As an official, the incident of Chai Rong happened to give him the opportunity to go to Youzhou under the pretext of observing the movement of the Qin army, but in fact he took advantage of this opportunity to take charge of the army.

Wang Fangyi's words made all the ministers in the hall hear something, they all admired this guy for not forgetting to plan for himself in such a situation, this made Wu Zetian, who had been silent all the time, have an idea.

For those who have ideas and want to be in power, Wu Zetian's attitude has always been that as long as you are loyal and obedient like a dog, it doesn't matter if you are given power.

Wang Fangyi asked for an order, Mao Sui recommended himself to lead the army in Youzhou, and Wu Zetian echoed it.

(End of this chapter)