The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 372 Genglu Mountain

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The black line on the horizon is advancing like a tumbling tide, and countless footsteps that have passed by have splashed dust and smoke to gather and roll away the flying banners.

Two troops of 4 people each approached from the northwest and north camps. The northwest battalion was Dai Siyuan, a confidant general promoted by Zhu Youzhen, who was an important army to deter Taiyuan in this Northern Expedition.

Beiying is He Gui, the envoy from the north who was recruited during the Northern Expedition to Weibo, one of the best horses and gaiters. As soon as he arrives, even if Xie Yanzhang rebels, Zhu Youzhen will be invincible.

"Your Majesty, be careful with arrows." Huangfulin walked two steps forward, vaguely intending to protect the emperor. He was not as excited and ecstatic as Zhu Youzhen, but was a little worried about the other two troops coming over, but the emperor was very happy , he is not good at pouring cold water.

"Whether they rebelled or not, you only need to observe whether the iron cavalry of the Yong army and Xie Yanzhang's cavalry have changed. '

At the critical moment, Huangfulin looked calm. Among the orders issued, a thousand crane-controlling infantry and personal guards had already tightly guarded the hillside. Shields were erected on the top and edge, and rocks of different sizes were moved and piled up. Another thousand cavalry dismounted at this time and temporarily acted as archers and stood behind the shield pawns.

With such a tight defense, the cavalry didn't even have to think about attacking.

"Huangfu's envoys did a good job. Wait for He and Dai to recruit envoys to come over and advance slowly with their abilities. The cavalry general of the Yong army and that Xie Yanzhang will definitely retreat. There are nearly [-] soldiers and horses. I don't have to worry about it. "

Zhu Youzhen swept away the previous depression, rubbed his palms excitedly, walked back and forth, looked at the two armies that were getting closer, his face was flushed, and even drew his sword from its sheath, standing majestically behind the shield wall, dispatching The soldiers who had been arranged by Huangfulin stood elsewhere according to his will, like a mighty general.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The corner of Huangfulin's mouth twitched slightly, and he spoke to stop him, but the emperor was so excited that he didn't take it seriously at all, he just waved his hand to tell him to shut up.

Huangfulin sighed, stepped aside, watched the emperor's impromptu performance, and cast his eyes down the hillside. Anyway, as long as the opponent attacked the mountain, he would take over the command.

"It's up to His Majesty, Huh?"

He murmured, his voice suddenly raised to express doubts. In his eyes, the two soldiers and horses coming from afar did not intend to stop and stand in formation, but instead moved towards the middle of the cavalry formation on the left and right sides of the hillside.

The iron cavalry of the Yong army and Xie Yanzhang's cavalry did not change and confront each other.

Huangfulin's face darkened, and Zhu Youzhen over there naturally also saw something was wrong, the horizontally raised sword gradually fell to the side of his leg, and he stepped back a few steps to come to Huangfulin's side, his voice trembling and stuttering.

"Huangfu Military Envoy. Tell me that they didn't betray me"

"Your Majesty." Huangfulin called out in a low voice to the somewhat desolate Son of Heaven. There are not many changes in this situation, "Your Majesty, you should cheer up and hold on here. There may be a chance of survival."

"Fart life!"

The emperor, who was still a little trembling just now, yelled violently at him, his eyes were red, he squeezed away the two guards in front of him, rushed to the front of the formation, and headed towards the watertight army formation surrounded below.

"I treat you well, why are you against me, Dai Siyuan! He Gui! Do you have the face to come out and see me!"

"Come out, you are unknown, if it weren't for me, how could you be here today—"

The wind blew across the hillside, and the flags fluttered. Countless eyes below looked at the emperor who was walking around on the hillside in dismay, dragging his weapons, with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, like a madman yelling in hysteria.

"Dai Siyuan!"

"He Gui!"

The roaring words came again, vaguely feeling mixed with sobbing, which made the few generals out of the battle a little unbearable. He Gui got off his horse and walked to the front, pursing his lips, and when he clasped his fists towards the crazy figure on the hillside, there was someone behind him suddenly. When he came, he reached out to stop him, then passed He Gui, and strode forward, holding a human head in his hand, dripping blood all the way.

"Your Majesty's kindness, to Wang, it's really kind—"

Then, he swung his arm violently and threw it towards the hillside.

The head streaked across the brilliant sunlight, dragged the blood line and fell far to the hillside, fell on the pile of rocks, smashed the blood marks, and rolled to the ground again, the ashen face was facing Zhu Youzhen.

The emperor, who was so frightened that he couldn't restrain his emotions, jumped back suddenly, and saw clearly that the appearance of the head was the Dai Siyuan he was talking about.

"Your Majesty, it is really not unreasonable to step down from Wang's official position and hide in Kaifeng for so many years."

From the direction of the voice, the middle-aged Wang Yanzhang was wearing mountain armor and a cloak fluttered slightly in the wind. He was wiping the blood on his hands, and he happened to meet the looking emperor, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"King Yong was able to establish you back then, and he can dethrone you today. He should be content with letting you be emperor for 11 years."

In his eyes, the emperor who draws lots cannot compare with Taizu Zhu Wen. Although Taizu was bloodthirsty, he never killed his relatives. Now this emperor imprisoned his brothers one by one and forced them to death, which made Wang Yanzhang disheartened. Heartfelt disgust.

The person who even killed his own relatives, for the gang of generals who were born and died, but superficially favored, from Yang Shihou's death, he wanted to gather the other side's fierce soldiers, which can be seen, even self-defeating. He joined Li Cunxu.

Such an emperor will be ruined sooner or later, and it is really not worth it to work for him.

Because of Geng Qing, the generals of the various armies were already close, and they naturally had a unified opinion in private, and those who opposed it probably ended up like Dai Siyuan.

With fluttering thoughts coming back, Wang Yanzhang threw away his handkerchief, pressed the handle of the knife and walked further, almost reaching the foot of the hillside, he shouted to the general above who was forming the formation.

"Huangfulin! You can be regarded as a brave general. To protect such an emperor, you really want to bury your talents. How about making an army under my command to make great achievements?!"

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously looked at the tall general over there, instinctively raised the long sword in his hand, and called out in fear: "Huangfu Military Envoy."

Over there, Huangfulin looked at the ground silently, and when he heard the voice of the Son of Heaven, he stepped forward without saying a word, walked to the front of the formation, and clasped his fists towards Wang Yanzhang below.

"Understood, a certain body has received the emperor's grace to be today, if you can't do the thing of betraying the master and seeking glory, the general doesn't need to persuade you anymore!"

He turned his head, looked at the trembling Zhu Youzhen, and sighed.

"Your Majesty has today, and the subject is also at fault. This place can no longer be guarded. I don't want to surrender to ruin my reputation. After I hope that the subject goes, Your Majesty will bring a group of sons to surrender and save their lives."

With a serious expression on his face, Huangfulin bowed and bowed down, then he clasped his fists and looked at the surrounding soldiers and laughed.

"It's a blessing in this life to be able to be with the brothers, so let's go!"

"Military envoys are not allowed to—"

"Army!!"

The surrounding soldiers shouted and rushed forward, but they were one step too late. Huangfulin put the long sword on his neck and pulled it suddenly, and blood immediately flowed out along the edge of the sword.

The blood color gradually faded from his face, his body shook twice, was hugged by the soldiers, and slowly lay down on the ground.

"Military envoy!"

The confidant soldiers, who have been with them for many years, naturally have feelings. Dozens of people wailed and knelt on the ground and kowtowed their heads.

The blade was pulled out, and everything hit the neck.

Dozens of bodies slammed and slammed in everyone's sight, and fell around Huangfulin's body, forming a big circle.

Zhu Youzhen staggered, sat down on the ground, looked dully at the corpse lying in the pool of blood, and when footsteps came up from below, he suddenly woke up, and pushed the crane control army and guards beside him personal soldier.

"Form formation, block them!"

"What are you doing in a daze, I'm talking to you, let's end up—"

The soldiers who were pushing away kept their heads down and did not move. Zhu Youzhen turned around and went to push and pull other soldiers. Some of them were out of character, and pushed them to the ground with their backhands. With red eyes, they shouted: "The envoys are all dead, what are we going to fight?!"

On the side, a few burly soldiers rushed forward with bloody courage, picked up the emperor on the ground, sandwiched them, and sent them directly to Wang Yanzhang, Xie Yanzhang, and He Gui who had already come up, And a group of soldiers threw them to the ground like rag dolls in front of them.

Zhu Youzhen had lost her arrogance, her body was trembling uncontrollably, watching the armored boots stretch upwards little by little, meeting Wang Yanzhang's ferocious face.

The latter came over and squatted down, and gently patted the dust off the emperor's shoulders.

"Your Majesty, it's time for us to return to the palace, King Yong is still waiting."

The sky was slanting to the west, and in the majestic glow, flocks of wild geese flew past the palaces. A convoy drove into the city from the southern suburbs, passed through the bustling streets, and entered the gate of the palace under the setting sun.

Soon, the curtain was lifted, and the cloud-patterned gold-rimmed steps stepped out. He was wearing a purple round-neck satin robe, a large group of gold-plated clouds, and there was a dragon shadow among the clouds. Up the stone steps.

"King Yong entered the court, and all the officials had an audience—"

The eunuch stood in the main hall and proclaimed, and when he entered, civil and military gathered, dazed, astonished, and doubtful all appeared on his face, looking at the high stone steps, gradually a figure came up.

Geng Qinglong stepped into the hall with tiger steps, threw the sword in his hand to Jiuyu who followed him, and walked straight up the imperial steps, his voice echoed in the hall.

"Don't be impatient, wait a moment, estimate the time, His Majesty should be back soon!"

In the hall, the sound of panting could be heard quietly.

(End of this chapter)