Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 181 Escape North

Empress Dowager Jiang felt that it was impossible at first, because King Yanghua should be fighting against Zhuang Xun's Xia Kingdom, so how could he be here.

Even if Zhuang Xun captured Chengdie Pass, the battle between the two sides would take more than ten days. How could King Yanghua's army have time to come here.

But it was not her turn not to believe it. There was smoke and dust billowing in front of them. The clothes of the army were all from King Yanghua's army. They were marching neatly, like a well-trained army.

Didn't King Yanghua resist Zhuang Xun?

When she thought about it, she suddenly felt enlightened, but she felt it was impossible.

Zhuang Xun abdicated and gained the orthodoxy of Yu, which was an irreconcilable conflict with the three brothers, because admitting Zhuang Xun was admitting the subjugation of his country.

Finally, she was convinced that King Yanghua had surrendered to Zhuang Xun, simply because King Yanghua's current army was protected by the national destiny.

The national destiny of the Yu State cannot protect the army. Now King Yanghua's army is protected by the national destiny. It is obvious that he is no longer the army of the Yu State. As far as we can know, there are two countries in Jizhou that have the national destiny, one is Chengguo and the other is It's the Xia Kingdom.

The leaders of the peasant army did not have the favor of the emperor, and they had no national destiny. The three kings also had no national destiny, because the national destiny was cut off.

The army of King Yanghua that was at war with the Xia Kingdom now had the protection of National Fortune. Needless to say, the result was obvious.

"What a waste. No wonder King Yu would rather pass it on to outsiders than to you."

Empress Dowager Jiang sighed. Bingxue was smart and thought about it a little. With a target, she could deduce the truth without much effort.

When I came to Yu State, I talked with Ge Guoshi. He didn't like any of these princes. It was not unreasonable. They just surrendered and became dependents. They didn't have the courage to fight. No wonder they wanted to pass the throne to Zhuang Xun.

Zhuang Xun was able to escape in the face of Zhao Guo's top temptation and wanted to find a way out on his own. Although Zhuang Xun was a toad who defiled himself, he still looked like a monarch compared to these people.

After sighing, she felt a little uncomfortable thinking that Zhuang Xun was going to take advantage, occupy Yindu, and control the entire Yu Kingdom.

Although a nail for King Donghua was buried, it was an unavoidable situation and a helpless choice.

Seeing Zhuang Xun getting bigger and stronger, she wanted to control it, but she had no leverage anymore, so she could only use Donghua King to block the position, which would only delay Zhuang Xun's integration of Jizhou.

Thinking about Zhuang Xun's exchange and leaving the northwest of Youdi, he was now really high-spirited and laughing all day long. Queen Mother Jiang felt even more uncomfortable because she thought of his smile in front of her.

Zhuang Xun's smile corresponded to Empress Dowager Jiang's humiliation. I can't forget that Zhuang Xun took off her clothes with a smile on his face, and I felt chilled just thinking about it.

However, it was uncomfortable to be uncomfortable, and Queen Mother Jiang did not make any special revenge. She was not a child. This incident itself was the result of her own murder. If she felt uncomfortable and wanted to take revenge anxiously, she would only lose more. many.

It was enough to be impulsive once. She still had business to do. She wanted to maintain the balance of Jizhou and not cause more trouble to Zhao. Zhuang Xun let her go. Without stopping for a moment, she gave King Donghua a staff and helped him The conflict between Li Pingyuan and Zhuang Xun made King Donghua stand firm.

She stayed in the air, thinking about how to continue to maintain the balance of power in Jizhou, thinking about Zhuang Xun, thinking about the peasant army that was now crazy, thinking about King Donghua, and finally thinking about Chengguo.

Thinking of the conflict between the couple, I had some ideas, but I still went to seek confirmation and took another look at the marching army.

Empress Dowager Jiang flew to the north. She wanted to see Li Pingyuan. The peasant soldiers, who were indulging in pleasure, had not realized that a disaster was coming. They had no business with intelligence scouts. They had long been fascinated by the colorful world.

By the time they reacted, King Yanghua's army was already approaching the city. Some of the group were confident, while others felt that disaster was imminent.

The one who is full of confidence is naturally Qin Dahe, who has just become the emperor. He feels that his own army of more than 30 refugees and the army of King Yanghua outside are only 10. I don’t understand who has the advantage?
In addition, the withdrawal of King Donghua gave him great confidence. King Donghua's 20 troops were afraid that he would run away. King Yanghua had 10 troops. If the three of them fought against one, wouldn't the advantage lie with him?

It was too easy to seize the royal capital, and the world was avoiding it, so people were a little confused. After gathering the soldiers and horses of the newly-confessed kings, they were about to fight in a big way, preparing to form a battle array to defeat King Yanghua's army.

This made Lu Buming, who proposed to defend the city, extremely frightened, because the other party sent a letter of persuasion to surrender not in the name of King Yanghua of Yu State, but in the name of Xia Guozhuangxun.

Zhuang Xun was very familiar with Lu Buming. He had originally sided with Prime Minister Yang to frame him, but the frame-up failed and instead he lost face among the upper aristocracy.

He didn't believe that Zhuang Xun would forget that he was the one who framed him. In the past, it was because he had no chance, but now he fell into Zhuang Xun's hands, so there was no need to think about it.

However, none of his persuasion was listened to at all, and some even questioned whether he wanted to surround everyone in the city.

Because King Yanghua's 10 people could be wiped out quickly. If Zhuang Xun's army besieged Yindu together, there would not be such a good chance.

What he said is plausible, maybe because he has read too many Romance books, and each of them feels that he can be like the founding general in the Romance books, defeating more with less.

The current situation is 30 vs. [-]. I have the advantage. Do you still want to hold on to the city and wait for death? Now is a great opportunity to begin to unify the Yu Kingdom. The army of King Yanghua is coming, and they are gearing up and eager to grab it. Head strength.

These people have fought against the army before and have won many battles. Now that they have such a huge advantage, do they not want to crush the enemy but give them a chance to gather together? Is this ridiculous?
What they said was correct, and Lu Buming's purpose was not simple, which was to let them wait for death, wait for the army of Chengguo and the King of Henan, and let the King of Henan occupy Yindu first.

Speaking of this, Lu Buming couldn't say anything, and Qin Dahe, who had already drifted away, had already ordered his brothers to prepare for a decisive battle with King Yanghua. Lu Buming could only watch them die on their own initiative, because if he tried to persuade them again His identity as a traitor will be exposed if he goes down.

But he really knew how capable the Forbidden Army was. This rabble had no chance of winning at all. It was foreseeable that there would be a stampede and massacre tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

He could only go home in panic. The law and order along the way was chaotic. It had been quiet for two days just because he heard that an enemy army was coming. It became chaotic again. He ignored the injustice in the world and asked the driver to speed up and go home quickly. .

When he got home and got off the carriage, Lu Buming felt a little chilly. He didn't know if the weather was getting colder again.

After all, the end of autumn was about to turn into winter, and it was normal for the weather to be colder. He couldn't admit that the coldness in his heart was even worse because the future was uncertain.When the State of Yu is here, he is the Duke of the State of Yu and the son of a loyal man. When the State of Yu is gone, he is nothing. Now he can only rely on his reputation to protect himself a little.

When she got home, she went to greet her mother as usual. Mrs. Zhao looked happy. When she saw him coming in, she said, "I heard that King Yanghua's army is coming. Son, we are saved."

Although he is not the king of Henan, he is the king of Yu State, which makes people feel safer than these bandits and hooligans. Mrs. Zhao wishes that these bandits and hooligans would be wiped out as soon as possible. She has endured all the arrogance of the mud-legged people, and now she finally can Someone has come clean.

Ms. Zhao also felt that the days of swallowing her anger were coming to an end, so her eyes were filled with smiles, and her smile made the corners of her eyebrows become slits, making it look like it could trap a fly.

Lu Buming bit the bullet and reminded: "King Yanghua has surrendered to Zhuang Xun, and now it is Zhuang Xun who attacks the peasant army."

"Ah? Who is Zhuang Xun?" Zhao didn't react for a moment, because her impression of Zhuang Xun had faded with the stability of the past few years.

She had no political acumen to begin with, and Zhuang Xun hardly appeared in the sight of their upper-class nobles. After all, she had already defaulted to the political circle before.

Zhuang Xun has already left Yindu. He is considered to be in semi-exile. It has only been this year since he became more popular. He is a bit far away from the circle of people like Zhao. Even if Zhuang Xun is crowned king, he only has one impression.

"Zhuang Xun, who previously asked his child to accuse him at the Longevity Banquet to facilitate Yang Xiang's elimination." Lu Buming explained briefly, using iconic events to evoke Zhao's memories.

Mrs. Zhao pondered for a while, then suddenly realized, she thought of something again, and said in horror: "Why did King Yanghua vote for him? He and our family don't deal with him. He came to our house to do business before, but we sent him away. Later, he promoted Xiaolian , was awarded the title of Jiedushi, and was granted the title of king, and now he is back?"

I remembered that Zhao's expression was not good-looking. There was still hatred between the two parties. This hatred was not small.

"Not only that, the news just came out that the Holy Emperor has abdicated the throne to him, and now he is the emperor of the Yu Kingdom. It is also like this that King Yanghua will surrender."

Lu Buming continued to break the news and said that this was only known recently. King Yu Chan gave up the throne to Zhuang Xun. When he heard the news, he was stunned. His first reaction was that it was impossible.

Zhao's reaction was similar, muttering about the impossibility and saying in disbelief: "Could it really be King Yu's illegitimate son? How could it be like this? What should we do now? What should we do?"

"The illegitimate son should recognize his master and return to the clan. Now Zhuang Xun has inherited the throne and changed the name of the country to Xia. It seems that King Yanghua has surrendered to him, so he came to attack Yindu."

Lu Buming smiled bitterly, seeing his enemy climbing up step by step and now becoming someone he couldn't afford to mess with. He felt quite complicated.

"We framed him, and he will never let us go. Son, what can we do?" Zhao was a little stupid when it came to applying herself to others. She didn't believe it if she expected others to retaliate with kindness.

"As long as we escape, we should be safe when we escape to His Highness the King of Henan." Lu Buming didn't have any good ideas. In this capital, he couldn't control the operation of power at all.

"How can we escape?" Zhao suddenly had hope and her eyes lit up like light bulbs.

"My son made an appointment with Han Yaoquan, one of the leaders of the peasant army. He is one of the few sober among them. He will help us escape. Mother, please clean up the little things. Don't take too many. It will not be good when the time comes. escape."

Lu Buming got up again and went to change his clothes. After a while, someone announced that Han Yaoquan had arrived.

"Crazy, these people are really crazy. They want to use their own soldiers and generals to fight the regular army." Han Yaoquan's mind was clear, or he himself was an official who fell into trouble.

Han Yaoquan knew very well what kind of crooked men he had, what kind of officers and soldiers he had won, and how strong the army he was facing now was, so he started to complain after retreating to the left and right.

"I can't help it. I originally wanted to persuade them to hold on until His Highness the King of Henan and Grand Master Li come, but these people are too arrogant and they will definitely lose. And even if they defeat the 20 forbidden troops, Zhuang Xun will not be able to do it later. Raise [-] troops to attack Yu State."

Lu Buming also complained that he was just a vase, used to win people's hearts. How could he listen to him when making real decisions?

"I also understand your helplessness, Duke, but now that we have reached this point, don't you think Zhuang Xun and Master Li are related by marriage? Can we surrender to the Xia army?"

Han Yaoquan had a flexible mind and made a suggestion. He wanted to surrender and enjoy the glory and wealth after surrender. Anyone who could not vote could vote.

It would not be a bad idea to seek refuge with Zhuang Xun. The other party has the throne that King Yu abdicated, and it is the orthodoxy of the Yu Kingdom. You can also make some good gains by joining Zhuang Xun yourself.

When you become stronger, you will notice the problem of orthodoxy. You will always look for reasons. The most convincing reason is that you cannot beat the brothers who want to betray you in exchange for some rewards.

Of course, Han Yaoquan did not regard the other members of the rebel army as brothers. They were all for his own future and future glory and wealth.

"No, no, Taishi Li has already had a rift with Zhuang Xun, and I can't contact him. I can only contact the King of Henan, and the only orthodox person in our country is His Highness the King of Henan. What will this do to His Highness the King of Henan? "

Lu Buming quickly shook his head and made up nonsense, mainly to surrender to Zhuang Xun. He was afraid of being liquidated. He still remembered Zhuang Xun's hateful look at the Wanshou Banquet. He was also present in the impeachment of Zhuang Xun over the years. He He didn't trust Zhuang Xun to let him go.

"What does the Duke mean? If the war starts tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will definitely not be able to defeat King Yanghua's army." Han Yaoquan felt a little troubled and looked at Lu Buming.

"You and I can flee to the north. The King of Henan is in the north. I will speak kindly to you, general. We may fight tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but we will flee tonight."

Lu Buming requested that he did not want and could not surrender to Zhuang Xun, so he had to escape and wanted to win over Han Yaoquan.

"But I still have many brothers. How about you go first, Duke, and send me a message first? While those idiots are going to fight with the Xia Kingdom, I will take the brothers away." Han Yaoquan was a little embarrassed. Then make a decision and say.

"That's fine, I'll leave tonight. I have to trouble the general to open a convenient door and let me go." Lu Buming breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could leave.

"Easy to say, easy to say. I would also like to ask the Duke to speak kindly in front of the two adults."

(End of this chapter)