I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 198 Fear
Xue Julin, Gu Xianglin, Liu Taiqing, Qian Luo, Li Zichun and other advisers and military generals can be said to be depressed people in the Jin Dynasty.

Most of them are not allowed to show their talents because of their backgrounds.

In troubled times, maybe this is a famous general and prime minister with a long history.

But now, they are all losers by the side of the road.

"I'm the most regretful, it's a matter of Luzhou, why should Shengmin be blamed?"

"I can't go back to Jiangnan."

"The ancestor King Wu Xian is the direct son of Emperor Taizong Wu, the same mother and brother of Emperor Taizong Wen, and has always been close to the current imperial family. When Li Wenzhen destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, the ancestor was also in the army."

"During the time of Emperor Taizong, all the kings were divided into vassals. Because the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, so the ancestor, the same mother and brother, was allowed to sit in the south of the Yangtze River."

"After I die, you can keep the mourning secret, or if there is another branch, and the son is still in Jianye, you can make Cheng Qi the king of Wu. You can also insist on asking for surrender."

Zhao Chengqi, the third son of King Wu who was kneeling beside him, lowered his head and wept without speaking.

But Xue Julin and others who heard this said hastily: "I will follow the prince and receive the great favor of the prince. If the prince is not there, I will serve Sanlang as the king and fight against the northern army. There is absolutely no way for the buyer to survive. reason."

For Zhao Chengqi at this moment, he was very at a loss.At this time, the position of King Wu, what else can he inherit?
The eldest brother was trapped in Jianye, and his life was at stake.

The second brother was captured by the army, and his life and death are unknown.

To succeed King Wu right now, wouldn't he be bound to die with this group of people?
It's nice to say now, who knows if these people will tie me up and ask for a pardon from the court after Aye dies?

Once such an idea came into being, Zhao Chengqi immediately fell into entanglement and fear.

"My lord. Looks like it's only a few days away." After leaving the cabin, Liu Taiqing sighed.

As usual, it would be very taboo to say such things, even if not in front of King Wu, Gu Xianglin and Xue Julin would still refute them.

But now, they didn't say a word.

Because it is the truth.

But at this time, it is natural to speak encouraging words to the people below, but these people are the people who are in charge of the rebel army. When King Wu can still take care of things, he will hand over all military affairs and government affairs to them. dying.

"You can't let the people below know about this. People are already panicked, and the Northern Army is still watching." Xue Julin also sighed.

"But what should we do now?" Li Zichun's words stabilized everyone.

What should I do?Who to ask?

A group of civil and military talents with outstanding intelligence and decisive actions have lost their minds at this time.

"Wait."

Gu Xianglin said only one word.

Wait for someone to die.

Wait for the boat to come.

"Saburo."

"Aye, I'm here."

Zhao Chengqi saw Zhao Deyu winking at him, and then ordered everyone to go down. He knew that it was Aye who wanted to explain something to him.

"After I die, you run immediately, go north, surrender to the army camp, and tell them that I am dead. This will give you a way to survive."

Zhao Deyu's voice was very small and weak, but Zhao Chengqi's heart was startled by his words.

"Aye? What did you say?"

"Run, run north, surrender the officers and tell them I'm dead"

Zhao Chengqi was completely stunned.

He didn't understand what Zhao Deyu meant by saying this. But he heard it right, it should be true
"Aye. Me."

"We are the clan. If we are defeated and captured, we will have no physiology. If we voluntarily surrender, we will bring some news to the court. The court will not embarrass you. I also sent Mr. Zhou back to Jianye to tell your brother, and asked him to open the door and dedicate the city. But he is the son of the world, I don't know if he can have a way out."

After Zhao Deyu finished speaking, he paused for a long time.Then he continued: "In this situation, it's no big deal to have you or not. After you leave, in order to win people's hearts, they will support Cheng Jun as king and continue to deal with the court. But these have nothing to do with you, even if you only Can be a commoner, or live within the high wall, confined in Zongzheng Temple until seventy or eighty."

"I'm sorry for letting you go. The officers and soldiers will send troops immediately when they see you. Whether they can go back to the south of the Yangtze River or not depends on God's will."

Zhao Chengqi finally heard clearly and figured it out.

Before Aye dies, show him another way to survive.

This is almost his only lifeline.

Otherwise, when he is supported as the King of Wu, defeated by the officers and soldiers, or tied up by the rebels under his command and sent to the officers and soldiers for a higher rank, no matter what kind of situation, he will surely die.

Only by voluntarily surrendering and making great contributions, in his capacity, might he be able to change his life.

This great achievement is the news of his Aye's death.

Knowing the news, the officers and soldiers will definitely take the opportunity to attack. The rebels can only leave in a hurry. There are less than 4 people left, and it is hard to say how many will return to Jiangnan.

But even if they return to the south of the Yangtze River, they can only go to Hongzhou and Raozhou, and use the advantages of the navy to survive.

With the manpower and material resources that the imperial court can mobilize, how long can the navy's advantage be maintained?

"I'm destined to be an eternal traitor of the Jin Dynasty, and I've caused your brothers to die, and shamed several generations of King Wu."

"If you can bring my head to surrender, maybe it will be better. But you child, I know if you can't do it."

Zhao Chengqi should be crying like rain at this moment.

"What is Aye talking about? The child must never do such a rebellious thing."

"Forget it, this is indeed a rebellious thing, against ethics"

In a trance, Zhao Deyu stopped talking.He seemed to see Jianye City.

In late March, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the spring grass is growing, and the scenery of Jianye City is extremely beautiful.

He was born in Jianye, grew up in Jianye, and stayed in Jianye for nearly 60 years.

Qinhuai River, Yanziji, Bailuzhou, Zhongshan Night Rain
These are never seen again.
Suddenly, the scenery in front of him changed again, it was in Jiangbei, Luzhou City.

Luzhou City that day was like a hell on earth, with countless soldiers holding sharp knives, burning, killing and looting amid grinning grinning.

Then, it seemed that there was a sudden sound in his ear: "The ghost of Luzhou, come to claim your life."

It was like a group of ghosts who couldn't see clearly, dressed in various common clothes with blood stains on them, all with disheveled hair, walking towards him.
"No, don't come here."

"do not come"

Zhao Deyu suddenly exclaimed.

Zhao Chengqi hurriedly got up, "Aye, what's wrong with you?"

"You don't come here, I'm not afraid of you"

"Oh, don't kill me, don't kill me, it's not what I did or what I did."

The guards outside rushed in to check, but Zhao Deyu yelled in horror.

"Go to the military doctor, hurry up."

Zhao Chengqi hurriedly ordered.

But for Zhao Deyu's situation right now, the military doctor had no choice but to give him an injection to make him fall asleep, and prescribed some tranquilizing medicine.

But King Wu's exclamation also alarmed the army.

The prince was killed by a ghost and went crazy.

Such news quickly spread throughout the camp.

It was already a series of defeats and people were panicking. With the addition of such news, some undercurrents were surging among the rebels.

Dozens of soldiers caused trouble because of the reduction in food distribution in the past few days.

And this is also one of the problems that the rebels are currently facing. There is not enough food.

Simply Xue Julin and Li Zichun led their own soldiers to suppress them in time, and dozens of soldiers who made trouble were all shown to the public.

But the heads of dozens of people fell to the ground, and it didn't have the effect it should have.

Instead, there was a mutiny that night.

The reason was that there were soldiers who were hungry and wanted to steal some food on board the ship that was going to store food at night.

As a result, he was flustered at night, got on the wrong boat, and ran to King Wu's upstairs boat.

Discovered by the guards on the upper boat, he was treated as an assassin directly, and the two sides fought directly.

Although the dozen or so soldiers were all beheaded, they also disturbed the already suspicious Zhao Deyu.

Originally, his condition was somewhere between sobriety and confusion, when he heard the shouts of killing outside, he panicked.

He kept repeating in his mouth: "Don't come to me, don't come to me"

"I didn't do it, I didn't make them do it."

He only saw countless ferocious ghosts rushing towards him, demanding his life.

Frightened, he died.

(End of this chapter)