marquis of jingan

Chapter 1024 North and South

In the autumn of the 35th year of Yongping in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Yongping died in the Xiude Palace. The prime ministers Tong Jian and Ma Cheng called together all civil and military officials to read the late emperor's last edict.

Zhao Li, the third son of the emperor, and the emperor Lingqian, that is, the emperor.

At the same time, Zhao Kai, the King of Wei, issued an appeal against the bandits outside the city, declaring that the king of Qi had killed the king, and that he would soon send troops to punish him and punish the country's bandits.

The 35-year battle for the crown prince in Yongping has completely kicked off, and it has directly entered into a fever.

Zhao Li issued an imperial decree in the name of the new king, mobilizing the forbidden army outside the city, preparing to round up King Wei, and at the same time posted a notice to spread the word to Zhao Kai.

As long as Zhao Kai enters the city, he, the new king, was confused for a while, so he can let the past go and allow him to see the late emperor for the last time.

However, after receiving the edict, the imperial army did not immediately round up King Wei, but was a little hesitant.

At this time, as long as you hesitate a little, you are already standing in line.

And King Wei outside the city naturally dismissed the new king's edict.

After several days of stalemate between the two sides, Tu Yuan and Zhou Shizhong, who were recruiting the Southern Army, led their troops back to Yandu.

After the two saw Zhao Kai in a large tent outside the city, they both knelt on the ground together.

"Chen Tuyuan, meet Your Highness!"

"Minister Zhou Shizhong, greeting Your Highness!"

Both of them were very particular about their speech, and instead of referring to King Wei, they directly addressed him as "His Royal Highness". At this time, the taste of calling His Highness is worth pondering.

After Zhao Kai saw the two men, he was overjoyed, stretched out his hand to help them up, and said with emotion: "The two generals are here, if not, Da Qi might fall into the hands of treacherous people!"

Hearing the words, the two senior generals were filled with emotion. Zhou Shizhong lowered his head, his voice choked up: "While on the road, I was surprised to hear the bad news. I just felt that there was a bolt from the blue. Sheng, at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was like this..."

Zhao Kai patted Zhou Shizhong on the shoulder, very sad: "The world has changed suddenly, and it is difficult for a lonely person to accept. I only hate the adulterer who deceived the father and the emperor first, and killed the emperor and the father later. A wolf's ambition is worse than a beast!"

Tu Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness orders, we will immediately enter Yandu to help the community and avenge the Holy One!"

King Wei didn't speak, but just glanced at Zhou Yuanlang behind him.

Zhou Yuanlang stood up, looked at his father, and the general Tu Yuan, and said, "Father, General Tu, what this junior means is that it is possible to surround Yandu City."

"Firstly, it's because the city walls of Yandu are so tall that it's not easy to get in, and secondly..."

"Even if you break into Yandu City at this time and kill the culprits, it will be left to posterity's pen and ink afterwards, and someone will inevitably frame and slander His Highness..."

After a pause, he opened his mouth and said, "The population of Yandu is more than one million. The grain and various supplies in the city are only enough for three months on weekdays. Now that the autumn grain has not come down, the grain in the city can only be enough for one month at most." about."

"Surrounding Yandu, it won't take long for the hearts of the people in the city to be in chaos."

Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "At that time, there is no need for us to rectify His Highness's name. Those people in Yandu City will naturally rectify His Highness's name, and will respectfully open the city gate and invite His Highness in."

Tu Yuan glanced at the young man standing behind King Wei, and frowned.He opened his mouth and said, "Surrounding Yandu is certainly a solution, but the night is long and there are many dreams, and something may happen after a long time."

Zhou Yuanlang said unhurriedly: "The general is just worried that someone will support Yandu, but Mr. Lang has already controlled the situation among the forbidden army. If the forbidden army does not move now, it will never move again."

"The only ones left to save Yandu are the local troops and the frontier troops in the north."

"General Tu, you are the chief general of the northern frontier army. I believe that the frontier army will not give you face, even if the frontier army really wants to come to King Qin..."

"They dare to go to Yandu, at least it will take nearly a month."

"As for other local armies, they cannot threaten Yandu."

Zhou Yuanlang looked at Yandu, and said slowly: "A few days ago, the forbidden army did not respect the false pilgrimage decree and was still vacillating, then today General Tu and his father led the forbidden army back, and the three major battalions outside the city should be cleared soon. will figure out the situation.”

"The situation in Yandu has already been settled."

"The rest is just whether the situation is good or not."

Zhou Yuanlang said unhurriedly: "After enclosing Yandu, His Highness only needs to send out an appeal to ask the people in Yandu to hand over King Qi, who killed the king, and it won't be long before someone will take the initiative to hand over King Qi." come out."

"And, find out the truth about his regicide."

"At that time, if His Highness enters Yandu again, it will be to turn the tide, and the name is just... the word is right."

Zhou Shizhong glanced at his son, but did not speak.

Tu Yuan on the side raised his eyebrows, then bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, the general still thinks that this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later. Since the winning ticket is already in hand, Your Highness should enter the city as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."

"As for what is justified..."

Tu Yuan lowered his head slightly, his voice hoarse: "That's what the Han people need, we real Zhu Li don't need these vain things."

"As soon as the army enters the city, the truth of King Qi's slaying the king will naturally be revealed to the world."

Zhao Kai had already accepted Zhou Yuanlang's suggestion, and was about to besiege Yandu, waiting for the imperial court in Yandu to compromise. After hearing Tu Yuan's words, his mind moved slightly, and he asked, "General Tu, if I give you command, how long will it take?" Can you break into Yandu?"

Tu Yuan grinned, and said: "The Yandu city defense force only has 6000 to [-] people, and they may not be able to fight for the puppet dynasty. Your Highness will issue a call first, and within five days, the last general will be able to invade Yandu! "

Having said that, he glanced at Zhou Yuanlang and said, "At that time, the dust will really settle."

King Wei looked back at Zhou Yuanlang.

Facing the huge temptation of the throne, at this moment, he was indeed moved.

After being silent for a while, he silently glanced at Yandu.

"solitary…"

"Think about it."

………………

Outside Suqian City, in Xue Wei's camp.

A messenger soldier rushed to Xue Wei in a hurry, knelt down half-kneeled, bowed his head and said: "General Xue, the people of Qi have left the city!"

It was already night, and Xue Wei was dozing off. After hearing this sentence, he opened his eyes almost immediately, and his eyes were wide open.

"The people of Qi left the city? Which city did they leave?"

"Back to General Xue, the Qi people in Suqian have left Suqian and are retreating northward one after another!"

Xue Wei suddenly stood up, casually took a long knife from the weapon rack beside him, held it in his hand, and strode outside.

"Pass my general order! All the brothers immediately dispatched the whole army and went straight to Suqian!"

"At all costs, prevent Qi people from fleeing north!"

Xue Wei was already beside Suqian, waiting for a long time.

After withdrawing from Suqian, he has been directing his troops, lurking near Suqian City.

During this period of time, according to Shen Yi's instructions, he did not take the initiative to attack Suqian, but just watched Suqian closely to prevent the Qi people from retreating northward at all times.

In the letter, Shen Yi gave him a death order. Once the enemies in Suqian escaped, he would try his best to delay them and bite their thighs to prevent them from escaping from the encirclement of the Huai'an army.

Xue Wei, who had been idle for more than half a month, was already itching to be idle, but now he finally got his chance.

After he gave the general order, he took his personal guard battalion and rushed straight to the battlefield in Suqian impatiently.

Cai Kun, the general from the Huaihe Navy, was still mobilizing troops at the moment, and he saw Xue Wei from a distance. He went all the way north, and soon left without a trace.

Looking at Xue Wei who disappeared, this General Cai ordered his subordinates to speed up their assembly, and at the same time said to a Huai'an army Qianhu with emotion: "General Xue is really hot-tempered."

"In our Huaihe Navy, there are very few generals of his level who are still leading the battle."

The Huai'an Army Qianhu grinned, and said, "That's because you Huaihe Navy, even if you kill a thief, you can't do anything."

"Our Huai'an army is very different."

"Do you know how long it took General Xue to become a third-rank military officer?"

General Cai was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Not sure."

The Huai'an army Qianhu stretched out a palm and said with a smile, "Five years!"

After saying this, he also rode his horse and headed straight to the north, leaving only a lingering voice: "It took only five years for General Xue to become a third-rank official!"

"Our Huai'an army is like this, the credit has to be earned in blood!"

After all, he slapped the horse's butt and rode straight to the north.

General Cai looked at the thousands of households who were gradually going away, and was silent for a long time before sighing slightly: "The credit earned in blood..."

"There is no such credit in the Huaihe Navy."

After muttering something, he looked to the north, turned around and drank a few words, and urged the Huaihe navy under him to go north.

"I wish here..."

He muttered in his heart.

"It can really earn credit..."

(End of this chapter)