Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 101 Xi Shen betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, the imperial court revoked the title
Xi Shen defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, and cooperated with the Second Allied Forces of Dongying to launch a sneak attack on the Great Liang Allied Forces stationed in Xiaxiang, Huaiyin, Haizhou and Piaocheng. The war went on for several days, and the public opinion was bad. After Quan, there was the second national traitor who openly betrayed the country, and he was even more abominable than Juquan. One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and I don't know how many people secretly poked Xi's deep spine.

Of course, the discussion triggered by this incident is also multi-faceted.

Why did Xi Shen betray the country?

Regarding this matter, Zuo Huaiyu, the overlord of the Southwest, specially held a meeting. Laymen watched the excitement, and experts watched the doorway. There are many deep points behind the matter of Xi Shen's betrayal of the country that are worthy of scrutiny.

First, Xi Shen's situation is different from Ju Quan's, and their personalities and powers are also completely different.When Juquan surrendered to the enemy, he had only [-] soldiers and horses, and Xishen was ten times his. People bow their heads, which is surprising.

Second, when Juquan surrendered to the enemy, the first allied army of Dongying attacked the city and pulled out the village, almost destroying half of the country in northern Vietnam. Mu Chengshouyu of Yuezhou had no reinforcements and could only defend to the death; Xishen was different, Xishen not only got 28 towns The support of the army, in the battle of Lin Guming, also caused the Second Allied Forces of Japan to lose troops and lose their generals.

Zhongzhou, Luoyang.

Summer is about to enter, and the flowers are all withered. The scorching sun has warmed up the climate in the Eastern Capital a lot. It is the same as the situation in Wuyue continues to heat up, but there is a little less sense of urgency.The officials in the capital seem to be accustomed to being superior and contemptuous of everything, so even if Xi Shen surrendered to the enemy, this group of officials is still drunk and dreamy, and shows nothing.In the palace, today's rare little prince did not bother to go fishing, but was studying military art under Huang Shi's careful teaching.

"Why did Xi Shen surrender to the enemy? Didn't we reinforce him with millions of troops?" The little prince was puzzled. This question has always troubled him. It was the same sentence. If Xi Shen wanted to treason, why did he choose this time? ?

Huang Shi's face was full of red, and he stroked his bare chin, "Your Highness, if you are the emperor, what should you do at this time?"

The little prince hesitated, showing embarrassment, and said weakly: "But I am not the emperor, father-in-law, don't you say that the emperor is not a god? If I am really the emperor, what can I do?"

He naively thought, even if he is the emperor, he can't kill Xi Shen with a sword in his dream, right?

Huang Shi smiled even more. He lightly touched the little prince's brow, smiled kindly and said, "Your Highness, do you still remember what the old slave said? The world is like a chessboard, and everyone in the world is a chess piece. One, although you are not the emperor now, with the help of an old slave, you can barely play chess."

The little prince was in a dilemma, his face flushed, and he was a little cowardly. Holding the book of war, he said: "I will take his title first!"

Hearing this answer, Huang Shi was satisfied and even more satisfied: "Hahaha, yes, Your Highness, it's time to take his title."

On that day, Huang Shi wrote an imperial edict with the status of supervisor of the country, announcing to the world that Xi Shen was expelled from the title of Wuzhou Mu, and he condemned Xi Shen's crime of treason and seeking glory in words.You must know that Xi Shen is different from Juquan. When Juquan betrayed the country, the situation in Yuezhou had already been unable to recover. Juquan was a puppet supported by the Dongying people in Yuezhou in the true sense. Zhang Quan and Li Quan.But Xi Shen is different. He directly affected the structure of Wuzhou. He united with the Dongying people to wipe out the allied forces who went to the Wuyue battlefield to save the country and help the community with good intentions, and dragged Wuzhou into a catastrophe of blood and fire. His crimes are too numerous to write down!
really.

On the third day after Huangshi's proclamation was promulgated, many riots broke out in the counties in northern Wu. Some generals rose up, planned a mutiny, pointed the finger at Xi Shen, and did not want to be a traitor, and there were quite a few such bloody generals.First of all, these generals who eat Daliang Junlu have gold seals and documents officially canonized by the imperial court. They all have family and country feelings in their hearts, and they cannot accept Xi Shen's blatant betrayal of the country; second, there are also many soldiers who are veterans who have participated in In the battle of Jingzhou that year, it was bloody as a soldier; thirdly, many of them were opportunistic and took advantage of the chaos to seek benefits: there were also many ordinary people who participated in the rebellion. This old bastard sold them all behind closed doors, and even shot at the allied forces who came to support him, which undoubtedly angered them... In short, the imperial court only used a decree to impeach Xi Shen's title to make Wu Bei's army Chaos, it can be said to be very clever.

Huangshi's document is just a catalyst, causing Xi Shen to be in chaos, but it can't change the situation of the battle, it will only make Xi Shen pay a heavy price.

……

The fifth day of the war began.

Chen Ci has recovered and recuperated under the power of the medicine, and he can already get out of bed and walk. He has already figured out the temperament of this old man with white beard. There is no distinction between medicine and poison. Medicine and poison are just two completely different things. Hearing the name Cheng Jiujiang, Chen Ci subconsciously thought of Cheng Sanxu, the court physician, and wondered if the two had something to do with each other?
At this time, it was getting dark and Chen Ci was hungry. Seeing Cheng Jiujiang holding a bamboo scroll book and reading it with relish, he didn't realize that he got up and sat down. Chen Ci yelled: "I'm starving to death, What are you looking at, so fascinated, get me something to eat."

Cheng Jiujiang glared at Chen Ci sideways, "You are the grandfather? I want me to serve you to eat and drink. If you are hungry, you can bear it. I haven't eaten yet."

Chen Ci had no choice but to be self-reliant, so he walked over silently. When he reached the door, he glanced casually. The old man frantically put away the bamboo scroll, but Chen Ci still saw a few words. Chen Ci was speechless for a while, feeling cold inside. Cheng Jiujiang blushed and said angrily, "What are you looking at? I'm watching "Spring and Autumn", you little bastard."

Chen Ci is ashamed, what a few springs and autumns, it is obviously pornographic, but Chen Ci is too hungry, and he is too lazy to expose him. There is nothing wrong with this old man, but he is too perverted. Every time he teases Zhang Qiao in front of his face Coincidentally, I said some foul language, but I just dared to say hello, and then I also noticed that this old man is disrespectful, and he has a lot of women's underwear in his house, which are still authentic Every night, Cheng Jiujiang sneaked up on those things, and there was a lot of noise, and Chen Ci could only turn a blind eye, slandering him as an old pervert in his heart.Being exposed by the statement, Cheng Jiujiang was even more ashamed. He just wanted to find a crack in the ground, but he still pretended to hide the book. Those who didn't know thought that he was studying medical books by burning a lamp at night, but he didn't want to secretly read pornographic books. There is no one anymore.

"Just like you, you can be a member of the family. I'm afraid it's not some unhealthy trend spreading?" Chen Ci rolled his eyes.

The old man was in a hurry, rolled up his sleeves, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he was about to argue with Chen Ci. However, at this time, a burst of fragrance came in, and Zhang Qiaoqiao, who was dressed coolly and showed his thighs and chest, came in, and saw Cheng Jiujiang's posture, She was a little surprised, but when she saw the frisky Chen Ci, Zhang Qiaoqiao joked: "Yo, you're recovering well, you can stand up now." As she spoke, she threw a piece of beggar's chicken to Chen Ci at any time.

"Any news about the princess?"

"Yes, my family went around to inquire. Today, Uesugi, the leader of the Dongying Army, went to Huaiyin and took the princess from Tojo Goro." Zhang Qiaoqiao told the truth.

Chen Ci breathed a sigh of relief, it was better for the princess to fall into the hands of Uesugi Qi than to fall into the hands of other people. He was really frightened these days, for fear that these Japanese Japanese pirates would be mad and do something unscrupulous to the princess.

"Where's Fan Chu? Those close guards who protect the princess?" Chen Ci became nervous again. He and Fan Chu have been together for two years, and he has long regarded Fan Chu as a brother and loves him like a brother.

Zhang Qiaoqiao said: "I don't know, there is no news."

Chen Ci was silent, tore open the lotus leaf, and started to eat. He was indeed hungry, and he couldn't eat a grain of rice for a day, so he ate it even more voraciously.

Cheng Jiujiang tactfully left.

There were only Chen Ci and Zhang Qiaoqiao in the room. Zhang Qiaoqiao watched Chen Ci eat in silence, and did not forget to hand him a water bottle to keep him from choking.

"Why are you saving me, where is this place?"

Zhang Qiaoqiao covered her mouth and smiled, her charm was unspeakable, and her laughter was provocative, but Chen Ci was not interested in thinking about that kind of thing now, so she was immediately immune. He had no choice but to put away his smile, and said seriously: "This is the Purple Bamboo Forest."

Purple Bamboo Forest?
"where is it?"

"Strictly speaking, the banks of the canal are still within the scope of Huaiyin."

Chen Ci frowned, "Why did you save me?"

"Let me take you to meet someone. After meeting him, you will know the answer. But it will take a few more days. You need to recover first, oh yes, your sword."

Zhang Qiaoqiao took out the winter solstice wrapped in white cloth and handed it to Chen Ci, and gave Chen Ci a meaningful look.

……

Huaiyin.

Uesugi came to Huaiyin himself and forcibly took the princess away, which made Tojo Goro very dissatisfied, but there was no way, no matter whether it was military position or force, there was no reason for Tojo Goro to refuse.

Tojo Goro came to the dungeon, where Fan Chu and 14 people were under custody. Fan Chu was bound by iron chains and couldn't move.Dong Tiao entered the dungeon, took a wine jar and some barbecue, and handed them to Fan Chu, who snorted coldly, turned his head and ignored him.Tojo said sadly, "General Fan, you haven't eaten or drunk for three days."

Fan Chu sneered.

"I admire you very much. You are a man and deserve my respect."

Fan Chu didn't speak.

Tojo thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Did you forget your duty? You failed to protect the princess well, how can you be worthy of your son-in-law under the nine springs? Save your strength to be eligible for revenge, general, let's eat. "

Fan Chu simply closed his eyes.

"Ugh."

Dong Tiao took a deep look at Fan Chu and nodded: "General, eat, I will send you on your way when you are full."

Only then did Fan Chu speak, his voice was very hoarse, like the deep roar of a ferocious beast, without emotion, very cold: "No, I don't need your charity and pity, let's do it."

The rest of the soldiers also had the same resolute expression, and they closed their eyes calmly.

Tojo really expressed regret, he admired Fan Chu very much, but Fan Chu is like a beast that is difficult to tame, if he can't use it for himself, he can only kill it to avoid future troubles, otherwise, he will let the tiger go back to the mountain.In the end, Tojo ordered the execution of Fan Chu and others.

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Zhongzhou, capital city.

Ever since he was coerced by Lin Pojun with force, Prince Gong locked himself in the house all day long, never leaving the door or going out. The chess game he had painstakingly worked on for several years developed in another direction, which was a big surprise for him. Such a heavy blow, Ji Zai will not be able to accept it for a while.However, I got the news today that Huang Shi issued a call to action in the name of Jian Guo. After reading the content in detail, Ji Zai clapped his hands and exclaimed, and Xi Shen actually betrayed the country?This was something Ji Zai couldn't figure out, which surprised him very much.

"Hahaha, this king misunderstood Xi Shen before, but he didn't want Xi Shen to be so courageous. Doesn't he know what this means?" Ji Zai rolled up the shredded tobacco, put it into a pipe, and lay down. Breathe slowly, very comfortable.

The butler bowed his knees, "My lord, Xi Shen has no choice."

"Yes, there is no other choice." Ji Zai closed his eyes and meditated, breathing out smoke rings, "Lin Guming has withdrawn, the allied army has no leader, and the leaders of the Western Regions Army and the Snow Country Army don't want to fight, and the southern princes are all behind the wall. Grass, there are only a handful of people who are really willing to fight, oh, Jingzhou Army, Western Chu Army, Qingzhou Army, Shandong Army, Wanzhou Army, Ganzhou Army, Jiangxi Army, are there just a few? Chat is better than nothing, Xi Shen surrendered to the enemy at this time , maximizing the benefits is a wise choice.”

"What the prince said is true." The butler nodded in agreement.

Prince Gong twitched and shook his head, thinking that Xi Shen is really a fool, doesn't he know that the group of hundreds of families are hiding in the Wuyue area?That group of people had evil intentions, but they were all staring at the situation in Wuyue. As long as they found an opportunity, Xi Shen, as the leader of Wuzhou, would definitely be the first to be killed.

The butler lowered his voice to reach Prince Gong's ear, leaned over and said, "A few days ago, I heard from the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments that Huang Shi released a man from Tianzihao's prison. Ten years of torture in prison."

"Oh? Is the news reliable?"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice is a dovish minister, and he is considered a fool. It stands to reason that he should be tight-lipped about this kind of news, why did he still disclose it?This had to make Prince Gong doubt the authenticity of the news.

"The news is correct."

When Prince Gong heard this, he laughed, flicked the ash into the incense burner, and narrowed his eyes: "Huangshi, Huangshi, what are you thinking about? What is your purpose?"

Ji Zai felt that the inside was like a cloud of fog. His vision was blocked by the fog. He wanted to see what was going on, but he couldn't get rid of the fog.

suddenly.

Ji Zai, who was struggling to find a way to break the situation, seemed to think of something, and stood up all of a sudden. His action was so sudden that he startled the housekeeper.

"That's right, that's right, why didn't this king expect that there is still a turning point, there is still a chance."

The butler looked at the ecstatic Prince Gong who was talking to himself, not knowing why.

"The princess and the son-in-law are in Wuzhou and Huaiyin, how could this king have forgotten?"

The butler also understood Prince Gong's intentions.

In contrast, the weight of the princess is much heavier than Lin Guming.

If the princess died in the hands of the Dongying people and the imperial court did nothing, the world would be in chaos, and the princes from all walks of life would rise up.It would be good if the world was in chaos, then Prince Gong would be able to take the opportunity to catch fish.

(End of this chapter)