The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 371 Changes Are Always Unpredictable
Towards midsummer, the sun is shining brightly on the rolling hills, and the official roads are quiet and dusty among the lush greenery, suddenly splashing into the air and flying densely.

The passing merchants and pedestrians from the three mountains and five mountains retreated to the side of the road and bowed their heads. A team of flags and flags were spreading, and the sound of cars.The sound of horses and people's footsteps is noisy.

Kaifeng is about 380 miles from east to west to Luoyang, and it takes a few days to ride a fast horse. If such a slow-moving army, it can be reached in about ten days.

Among the mighty ranks, the 500 crane-controlling army is fully equipped, with [-] cavalry in front, [-] infantry behind, and [-] personal guards guarding the largest chariot marching in the middle.

The pro-army general named Huang Fulin rode his horse and pressed his sword, watching the wind and grass around him, occasionally listening to the scout's report, waved him away, and approached the carriage, whispering that nothing happened along the way.

Inside the opened curtain of the car, Zhu Youzhen, dressed in fine clothes, was enjoying the hands of a folk woman who was forcibly conscripted. He leaned against the window frame and looked at the faces of farmers and traders in the fields and villages along the way. The figure lowered its head and bowed, gradually falling behind.

With a face that was blowing in the breeze, the corner of his mouth curled into a smile. When he was not an emperor, he also liked to wander around in such a pompous manner. He felt comfortable seeing those muddy legs and lowly merchants saluting to him.

This is a countertop that ordinary people can hardly enjoy.

Especially the beautiful woman in the car who is holding his legs for him is not like those concubines in the palace who only know how to please and make people tasteless for a long time. Feel.

Huang Fulin, who was accompanying the carriage, looked at the lowered curtain and sighed, not because he couldn't see the spring inside, but because he felt that the emperor's playing like this was a bit too much after all.

It's a pity that he was personally promoted by Zhu Youzhen, and he chose not to see the emperor's outrageous things.

While the carriage was shaking slightly, Huangfulin turned his gaze away to the front, observing the movement around him, or when he gave the order to adjust the marching team, a fast horse galloped from the front in the distance.

The scout on horseback was quite embarrassed, and there was an arrow sticking out of his left shoulder. Before he reached him, Huangfulin's heart skipped a beat. Such a scene must have been attacked.

"What's going on?" He asked the scouts, and then yelled at the surroundings: "Stop, the team stops—"

The loud roar spread, and the cavalry held up a small flag and waved it to convey the order. The scout who stumbled off the horse was supported by his comrades and half-kneeled to report.

"Report to the military envoy, someone attacked ahead, and several brothers were killed."

"Whose army is it?"

"The number of King Yongyong is no less than [-]!"

Huangfulin's expression changed, he hastily pulled out his sword from his waist, and sent an order to Lingqi to the whole team, the front army changed to the rear team, and immediately turned around and returned to Kaifeng.

"It's only half a day out of the city at this time, there should be still time to go back to the city!"

In an instant, the stopped team was a little chaotic, but they also quickly made a change. The spacious imperial chariot turned around, which was quite troublesome. Feeling the change, Zhu Youzhen opened the curtain and pushed the red-faced woman away from him. Going down, tidy up Huangfulin who looked serious with his loose skirt.

"What happened, why did you turn around suddenly?"

"Your Majesty, King Yong turned against us and our scouts were attacked."

Zhu Youzhen's face was 'shua' pale, and she was almost lying on the window of the car, waving her hands again and again urging her to turn around quickly.

"Why did Geng Qing Geng Qing appear at this time? It coincides with my going to Luoyang to worship the heavens."

In the rapid and chaotic thoughts, a person suddenly came to mind.

'Jing Xiang?This guy rebelled against me, he dared to rebel against me'

'When I return to Kaifeng, I will punish him all over the house! '

The woman who didn't know what was going on was hiding in the corner with her arms around her dress and shivering. Just by looking at the change in the face of the emperor over there, she probably knew that something bad would happen. However, before she could ask, Zhu Youzhen over there looked at him He came over, grabbed her by the hair, dragged the woman to the curtain, kicked her outside, and let the coachman throw her down.

"Throw her outside for me, speed up the car and drive back to Kaifeng!"

While the woman screamed and was knocked off the carriage by the coachman and rolled to the side of the road, the imperial chariot was escorted to speed up, and the emperor in the chariot was also quickly arranging his robes, and kept issuing orders to Huang Fulin outside, let the fast horse Go quickly to Kaifeng, and Dai Siyuan from the Northwest Camp, He Gui from the North Camp, and Xie Yanzhang from the South Camp are dispatched to resist the enemy.

"Take another order from me and ask Zhang Quanyi from Luoyang to hold back Yong Bing, and Liu Po ​​from Kaifeng to greet you immediately and protect me back to the palace!"

A series of orders were issued quickly, causing the cavalry to gallop in all directions. However, Rao increased the speed, and the speed of the entire team was still slow after various orders were issued.

An hour later, when Huangfulin received the news from behind, his expression changed again. He steered his horse and rushed up a hillside not far away. Looking back, in his field of vision, there were countless dust and smoke rushing up as far as he could see. The sky is filled with rolls under the sun.

Those who were born in the army knew that this was the sound of a large number of cavalry running.

Sure enough, as soon as he got off the slope, he clearly felt the 'rumbling' vibration coming from the ground. Zhu Youzhen in the car naturally felt the change, and hurriedly got out of the carriage in fright, abandoned the cart and got on the horse, hugging the horse's neck and moving forward crazily rush.

"Huangfulin, protect me and leave! Hurry up, hurry up!"

If he was still riding in the carriage at this time, he would be playing with his own life.The emperor galloped through the walking crane-controlling infantry in front, and a thousand crane-controlling cavalry behind him also began to gallop around the infantry on both sides of the road. Stepping forward, clutching the iron helmet, dragging the flag and running wildly, the whole formation became chaotic.

"Broken Empress! Broken Empress, Crane Controlling Army, join me in formation!"

There were generals screaming in the ranks, but there were only more than 2000 people left, and the other half were too far apart, coupled with the chaos caused by running wildly, it was difficult to hear, and they ran away with the emperor.

However, those who stayed behind formed a formation hastily, feeling uneasy and fearful in their hearts when they felt the movement of the enemy cavalry who were still several miles away. Soon after, the fleeing soldiers and horses and the emperor had disappeared behind them, and what they faced next , is the iron horse on the official road and the field, undulating like a torrent, rushing towards them.

In the blink of an eye, it was the power of the torrent rushing over the embankment, and amidst the rumbling sound, the 2000 people who formed the formation were instantly submerged under the turbulent 'iron wave', or were driven to flee desperately in the wilderness.

The team going to Kaifeng could already see the outline of the capital. The few fast riders who called the gate first entered the range of the city wall, and the people shot by the arrows turned their backs, and only two people fled back in panic.

Hearing the news that the city gate was closed and Zhu Youzhen was not allowed to return to the city, Huang Fulin had no choice but to pass down an order to turn in other directions, find a dangerous location, and drag him to several military camps to come to the rescue.

"Liu Po. This guy and Jing Xiang turned against each other!"

"I'm so blind—"

Zhu Youzhen was guarded by personal guards. He and more than 500 guards and guards were stationed on a hillside [-] miles away from Kaifeng, with the back of the mountain forest, which could effectively prevent attacks on the back. time.

"Have all my orders been sent to the battalions?"

After dismounting from the horse, Zhu Youzhen ignored the raw pain of the two scratches, and leaned on the sword to ask Huangfulin again. The sudden change made him feel like a dream. Yongbing left Tongguan and passed Luoyang, but there was no news at all. came.

"Unless Zhang Quanyi is also against it."

"That's right, that's right, I almost forgot that Zhang Quanyi was friends with Ge Congzhou and others back then. He was also acquainted with Geng Qing."

While he was wrinkling his lips and muttering, Huang Fulin was also comforting, and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the battalions should be on their way." A scout from the foot of the mountain charged up on horseback.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Xie Yanzhang's cavalry from the Northern Camp has arrived!"

"Haha. My humerus is here!" Zhu Youzhen's face was terrified, and she smiled excitedly. She walked quickly to the edge of the hill with her sword in hand. In contrast, the iron cavalry of the Yong army from the west of Luoyang, in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, stopped half a mile apart.

But it is not far from the hillside.

"Xie Junshi, quickly defeat this rebel army—"

Huangfulin hissed and yelled down the slope, but he didn't reply with any words. Instead, the cavalry of the Liang army facing the confrontation gradually dispersed towards the hillside, and the cavalry of the Yong army on the other side also spread out in tacit understanding, and the two sides formed a joint formation. The momentum of the mountain.

The faces of the 500 crane controllers on the slope, Huang Fulin, and Zhu Youzhen suddenly paled.

"This"

The words that were originally excited to shout stopped in his throat, and Zhu Youzhen swayed slightly, unable to accept such a change at all. Just when he was about to despair, a soldier and horse rushed towards the north like a black line at the end of the world.

The flags fly high, with the words "Liang" and "He" written on them.

"It's He Junshi from Beiying"

At the same time, in the northwest, there was also an army spreading rapidly. Seeing the two flying banners of "Dai" and "He", Zhu Youzhen's ugly face finally calmed down. The big flag stood up, walked to the flag and raised his chest slightly, with a majestic and loud tone.

He waved his hand boldly.

"This is my reinforcements, my confidant general—"

(End of this chapter)