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Chapter 212 Run away

There is more than one Su Nancheng who wants to be a treacherous minister in the court?

Cheng Kanghou, who was promoted to the crown prince at the end of last year, is now thinking the same way.

He took over the position of Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the beginning of last year, and became the prince's teacher at the end of the year.

There is also the Marquis, which can be regarded as a bright future.

Far more trusted by His Majesty than when he supported the Third Prince.

Together with Tang Taishi and He Dudu, they are the three most powerful ministers today.

Of course, there are Jun Yihou, General Liu, King Jing, and Yu Jinshu of Dali Temple, all of whom are trusted by His Majesty.

But none of these people made it clear that they wanted to fight.

Their attitude is basically respect for His Majesty, and what His Majesty says is what they say.

There were also people who tried their best to fight according to reason, but unfortunately...

The emperor's final decision was to stick to it.

Yes, it will increase troops and send food and grass, but it cannot go to war.

He tried to keep the enemy out of Xiongshan Pass.

In the study room in the front yard of Chengkanghou Mansion, the father and son sat silently for a long time.

It was Su Yicheng who broke the silence first: "That's it? Don't fight?"

"Sit down." Su Jincheng frowned.

Su Yicheng took a deep breath and sat down: "Is that all? Can Xiongshan Pass be able to withstand it?"

"Your Majesty's imperial decree has been issued." Cheng Kanghou said indifferently.

Another moment of silence.

"...South, settle down. Settle down now, don't have to wait." Su Yingqu suddenly said.

The meaning of these words was too negative, and everyone was silent for a while.

Everyone else had cold and ugly faces, which Su Yicheng couldn't accept at all.

Maybe it's because he has a relatively simple personality, or maybe he was spoiled and raised.

He couldn't accept that his living environment would suddenly become like this.

So he was devastated: "Why? Why can't I fight because my Dayuan soldiers are strong and strong?"

"Strong soldiers and strong horses?" Cheng Kanghou put down the tea bowl: "What do you know?"

"How can there be a strong army? The Northwest Army handed over local taxes to the army because they had no food and grass. There was a severe drought in the north and floods in the south, and disaster relief failed. An earthquake in Luancheng almost caused a civil uprising. Now in the north It's urgent again..." Su Nancheng sighed and shook his head.

"Then don't fight? What if... what if the Beiyi people break through the Xiongshan Pass? Drive straight down, really want... to move south?" Su Yicheng asked with difficulty.

No one could answer him.

After a long time, Su Nancheng said, "So what if you and I want to fight? Your Majesty doesn't want to."

He didn't want to, so there was no way to make the whole country twist into one rope.There is no way to lead everyone's death-like resistance.

The emperor is full of fear, how can the people below have such confidence?
Su Yicheng didn't speak anymore, but there was no trace of life on his beautiful face, like a sculpture.

No one comforted him.

Everyone is very anxious inside.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, even worse news came.

Outside Jinshan Pass, another group of soldiers and horses from Beiyi had arrived. It was the [-] army led by a prince of Beiyi.

By the time the news reached the capital, the war had already started there.

Su Nancheng could only quickly tell the people from Hongyan Mountain to withdraw to Xinyang, otherwise they would all be dead.

And the imperial court has already become a pot of porridge.

Most people proposed to negotiate a peace, and took their property to quell the war, but no one wanted to be the person who asked for peace.

This person needs to have a certain official position, otherwise the Beiyi people will not recognize him.

But who is a person of high authority, who is willing to take risks?

In fact, sending a prince is the best, but who will go?

Some people even suggested that the prince should go.

But this time, there are many people who support the prince.It's not that I really love him, but that if the prince is hurt at this time, it will really be over.

There was no result.In such a huge dynasty, everyone seems to have a strategy of procrastinating for a day.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

However, Xiongshan Pass, which is far away from the border, has been baptized by the flames of war.

The left general fought hard, but unfortunately it was still useless.

The first batch of food and grass has been delivered, but the reinforcements have not yet arrived.

He couldn't hold on any longer, it was freezing cold, the soldiers didn't have enough to eat, and their clothes weren't enough to keep them warm.

Broken weapons could not be replenished in time, and the morale of the army gradually collapsed.

Just when the lights first came on, the Xiongshan Pass... was broken.

What followed was bloody.

The pass was broken, and the Beiyi people drove straight in. General Zuo did not escape, but led the crowd to resist.

It's a pity that the morale of the army is broken, and there are not many people he can organize.

However, because the Beiyi people broke through the Xiongshan Pass, they had the strongest fighting spirit.

The consequences of such two teams colliding can be imagined.

General Zuo was killed in battle, and 16 people including the deputy general around him were captured.

The entire town under the Xiongshan Pass was slaughtered, and countless soldiers and civilians were killed or injured.

The sixteen captured generals were not exchanged for anything, but were tied up in the city and executed in an open space the next day.

It is not a clean beheading or other death penalty.

Instead, he was tortured to death.

Eyes gouged out, ears cut off, tongues cut off, limbs cut off.

This is the punishment of their northern barbarians, and it is specially for those who have committed the most heinous crimes.

In their eyes, the generals of Dayuan were the most sinful people.

Sixteen people, as well as General Zuo's severed body after his death.No one dared to restrain the seventeen corpses.

Just like that, it has been left in the city.

Three days later, the capital received news that when Xiongshan Pass was broken, Jinshan Pass was also broken.

Further down, there is only one Yuping Pass and the Fen River.

The Su family immediately decided to send their family members to the south.

Su Nancheng has moved back and is sitting in the main courtyard.

"Let's pack up your things, and follow the Hou's mansion to the south first."

"This... will... really..." Mr. Feng Zhu was speechless.

"Yuping Pass can't stand it." Su Nancheng didn't sleep well these days, and said tiredly, "Go to the south first."

"What about you, husband?" Mr. Feng Zhu said eagerly, "You have to go too."

"I can't leave. Anyone in the Su family who has an official position can't leave." Su Nancheng said.

Now if the officials also run away, it will really be over.

"My lord..." Shen Yingniang was also eager: "But if the capital is not safe, what will you do?"

Su Nancheng smiled: "I will leave when I get to that point. You pack up your things well and leave the day after tomorrow. Don't worry. Cheng Ming is in the south, and he has people with him."

The three women's eyes were full of fear and uneasiness.

Su Nancheng looked at Mr. Fengzhu: "How is your natal family? You can send someone to ask. If you want to leave, you can go with the Hou Mansion."

He looked at Shen Shi and Dongmei again: "You two don't need to talk about it, your natal family is not here. But you have to take all the girls away."

If the city really breaks down, the girls will be the most pitiful.

Forget about the ones in the Hou's mansion, they can't control them, but they are still taken away from my own family.

At this time, I regretted that the women in the family hadn't married yet, so they couldn't care less, just take them away like girls.

Su Nancheng really doesn't like this kind of time.

(End of this chapter)