My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 398 The Emperor Surrendered to the Enemy

In the Western Capital of Liang Dynasty, the flag with the word Liang had long been replaced, and the Xia Kingdom's black and white dragon flag was floating on the blood-stained city wall.

After entering June, the sun was scorching. Su Chen led Dian Wei and Xu Chu out of the deep palace back garden. A large number of palaces were being demolished, dust was rising in the air, soldiers were shouting, craftsmen were swinging hammers, and chisels were banging.

Here in the front palace, there is also a scene of palace demolition in full swing. At present, only the Yongning Palace is still standing. The military generals and Jia Xu are also there. Everyone probably knows from his mouth that he is planning to leave the northwest and return to the Central Plains. , Lu Bu looked happy.

"I haven't seen Wen Yuan for a long time." He was smiling, and beside him was Lu Lingqi who came from Qidi.

The girl saw that her father's robe was a little skewed, so she straightened the collar and shoulders for him. She pouted her red lips slightly and muttered: "Dad, it's true. Mom is not here, and the robe can't be put on properly every time."

"Haha." Lu Bu smiled happily. Someone looked over and stared back at him.

"Generals, you are here early enough." Su Chen came in from the back hall and greeted everyone from the ordinary side.

Dian Wei carried his two halberds, and Xu Chu followed behind with his golden tiger-headed sword. They whispered to each other: "You guys came here so early. You must have thought you were going to attack Wu Yue."

"If we don't have enough military rations, how can we beat them on the head?"

Su Chen and Jia Xu had a conversation before, and after the order was issued, it was inevitable that people would have no idea. At this time, there were only two countries, Wu and Yue, in the world. Among them, the emperor of Wu did something that was rarely seen in the history, and abandoned the palace. , leaving behind the civil servants and the people, came to the Central Plains to surrender.

It seemed logical to take advantage of the situation to defeat Wu Yue and unify the world. Especially among the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, many people had never enjoyed the feeling of unifying the world. Naturally, they were all so excited that they could not sleep and came to Yongning Hall early to wait.

Su Chen looked at the generals in the palace and said: "... You generals must have also heard the news. Emperor Kang Chengqian of Wu State secretly sent his mother, his queen, princes and princesses out of Shengkang and headed to Luyang . When I first heard it, I thought my ears were wrong. After rechecking, I found that it was indeed the case."

The old commander Li Jing closed his eyes, smoothed his long white beard under his chin, and thought for a long time before nodding his head, "This is a strange story for the ages, but it is also an opportunity to win over the Kingdom of Wu."

"But the Central Plains has provided a lot of grain for the army to conquer Qiliang this year. I'm afraid they won't be able to spare the extra grain to conquer Wu."

Hearing his disciple Su Dingfang's worries, Li Jing smiled and said, "Why worry about food and crops? With the Emperor of Wu in hand, why worry about the injustice of this country."

As the master and apprentice talked, other generals also talked about their thoughts lively. Su Chen sat on the throne where Emperor Liang had sat. After listening for a moment, he raised his hand slightly, and then the sounds in the palace slowly subsided.

"The Wu side may be able to use other methods, but the military front is definitely indispensable. This time we will go to the Central Plains first. When Kang Cheng arrives, we will know the details. Now I have another thing to say."

In the main hall, Su Chen looked at the generals standing on both sides below him. He informed everyone one by one of the matter he had discussed with Jia Xu about converting the country into a state.

"My intention is to implement the name of Huaxia. In addition, after the Liang Kingdom is destroyed, the tribes in the northwest should still be optimistic. From now on, this place will be renamed Liangzhou, and the Western Capital will be renamed Wuwei County! For the time being, Grand Master Dong Zhuo will be in charge!"

Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment in the queue on the right, especially when he heard the word "Xiliang", his lips moved slightly and his voice was choked.

"Xiliang..."

Li Jue was also stunned for a moment, and looked at Dong Zhuo with some excitement, his eyes gradually turning red, "Grand Master... Xiliang... Xiliang..."

The surrounding generals were also quite surprised when they thought about it. When they just said that the state of Qi was changed to Bingzhou, Lu Bu's hands clenched into fists. Although the place was different, it was still the name of his former hometown, the place where dreams began. .

"Your Majesty, I and Zhiran will definitely guard Liangzhou!"

Outside, a soldier entered the palace at this moment. After handing over his weapons, he stepped inside, half-knelt on his knees, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Pei is about to leave. Please give me your permission."

"Ah."

Above the main hall, Su Chen nodded, immediately stood up and went down the imperial steps, holding up the raised hands of Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, "I can trust the Grand Master."

Turning his eyes, he scanned everyone's faces, and his voice fell: "The Youyan Army is the vanguard, breaking out of camp into Meizhou, and then into Luzhou. The Qingzhou and Yizhou armies advance in the middle, and the Tang Army is the rear team, carrying equipment on the road."

Everyone raised their hands together, and their voices shook the hall: "Here!"

The Liang Kingdom has been destroyed, and all that is left is to appease and intimidate the tribal leaders. With An Lushan here to deal with both sides, this is probably the safest situation at the moment. After the Central Plains matter is settled and we return to Yanjing, we can then deal with this The two places have implemented governance policies.

Except for the Xiliang army who stayed to garrison Liangzhou and replenish their troops, the rest of the troops had begun to prepare and move out of camp. Liang Mo had left first and was escorted by Ma Chao to Meizhou.

.........

Su Chen took Dian Wei Xu Chu out of Yongning Hall, out of the imperial city, and came to the city wall at the south gate. The bright sunshine was shining on the wall, and the patrolling Xiliang soldiers saluted Su Chen.

Not far away, Pei Min, the swordsman in brocade and black robes, was standing behind a wall looking at the scenery outside the city. When he heard the soldiers at the rear shouting "Your Majesty", he quickly turned around and bowed to the approaching figure: "Greetings." His Majesty."

Su Chen, who was wearing a cloak and mountain armor, came over at a leisurely pace, raised his hand to excuse him, stood behind the towering wall in front of him, raised his hand and pressed it against the cold wall, took a look at the scenery outside, and smiled. : "The scenery in the northwest is desolate and tragic. No wonder Commander Pei likes to see it."

"The northwest was like this when it was in China." Pei Min took half a step forward and stood beside Su Chen: "This time when I go to Jiangdong Wu, I wonder if your majesty has anything else to entrust to you."

Su Chen smiled and nodded, "There is indeed one thing." He raised his hand and asked Wu Zixun to hand over the token, and then handed it to Pei Min's hand. Merit had already been poured into it, and Pei Min only needed to release it.

"If you go deep into Wu, if you encounter a critical situation, and I and the generals are thousands of miles apart, we can't provide help. These two tokens may be able to add some help."

Pei Min lowered his gaze and looked at the two tokens in his palm.

One has the word ‘Yuwen’ written on it and the other has the word ‘Wei’ written on it.

"Commander Pei was in danger and had no time to take care of him, so he summoned these two people and made sure that Kang Chenggan arrived at Luyang alive. I have sent a fast horse to leave and return to Yanjing, so that Zheng He can lead the fleet south to Sheng Kang, when you leave Shengkang City and head east, they will meet you at the beach."

"Yes!" Pei Min hasn't been on a mission for a long time. It's so exciting to be able to go to Shengkang, the capital of Jiangdong, and take away the other emperor.

He arched his hands heavily.

"I am determined to bring the Emperor of Wu safely to the sea and return to Luyang!"

Su Chen entrusted him with some more matters, and then sent him and a group of masters from the Embroidery Department out of the city. After they rode away, he went to the military camp.

Outside the camp, large and small carriages stopped, and the voices of women could be heard from outside. These were the concubines of the Qi State that had been previously rewarded to the generals. Although they were no longer the emperor's wives, they were still able to follow the generals who commanded the army. It is a blessing, better than becoming a female slave or being trafficked.

After entering the military camp, seeing that the generals were ready to leave, Su Chen gave them a few words to prepare more food and drinks on the way. They didn't have to march to fight this time, so they should eat and drink well on the way and not get in a hurry. Everyone burst into laughter. After a while, Su Chen shook his hand, his lips slightly parted under his increasingly thick beard: "In addition, the women I have given to you generals must be treated well, and I hope to add more children to the family next year, and bring my Chinese seedlings to the family." The roots are firmly planted in this land.”

"Hahaha!"

The generals burst into laughter again.

Dong Zhuo and Li Jue didn't have to leave, but they came to see him off. The former laughed with his bulging belly: "Your Majesty, you must work harder. One prince is not enough. From now on, we generals will lead the princes to fight!"

"Dong Gong, you said the opposite." Li Jing waved his hand, "It is the prince who should lead us!"

"Humph, I'm different from you, I let my son go to war with the prince!"

Zhang Fei obviously didn't hold any grudges about what happened yesterday, he still said cheerfully, and pushed out the somewhat shy Zhang Bao, asking him to talk to his uncles and uncles, which made Zhang Bao's face turn red and support him. He was speechless and speechless.

"It doesn't matter, I will protect you from now on!" Li Xuanba looked at the equally young general and patted Zhang Bao on the shoulder like a big brother.

"He's older than you!"

Cheng Yaojin raised his hand, poked Li Xuanba's back with his fingers, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense."

While everyone was laughing and talking, Lu Lingqi's cheeks bulged out and she muttered: "Your Majesty, is he sending a girl to you again?" She flicked her green hair and glared at her father beside her: "Dad, don't ask for it, otherwise when mother comes, I will Just tell mom!"

"Hmph, are you starting to take care of your father's business too?"

Lu Bu was indeed lustful, but that was in the past. He rubbed his daughter's head with a gentle smile: "Don't worry, foreign women, my father will not look down on her."

The girl nodded repeatedly with admiration on her face: "Dad is the best."

Occasionally, she turned her head and looked at Su Chen, who was talking to the generals in the crowd, "His Majesty, the emperor, is quite good to father and other generals."

Soon, the three armies set out, and the two Xirong cavalrymen, Tiefo and Tieya, returned to the grassland. Su Chen said goodbye to Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, and after a few words of warning, he also followed the Qingzhou and Yizhou armies in the ancestral hearse, guarding the generals. Leave next.

The fast horses sent out the day before yesterday meandered through the northwest mountains at a speed of hundreds of miles. After three days, they entered Qidi. Li Ru specially found three good horses so that the other party could change horses on the way.

We arrived in mid-June and had just entered Yantang Pass. After resting here for a while, we rushed to Yanjing under the stars and the moon, and we arrived in Yanjing in another two days.

"Haha, finally it can be used by our family!"

After reading the letter sent from Li Bai, Zheng He got up from his chair with a half-smile, burned the letter, and summoned an agent from the police station, "Immediately send an order to Feiyun Port to prepare ships and let those red-haired people The barbarians are ready to board the ship, as well as the pirates who have just been released, our family will also need them!"

In the palace, Fang Xuejun held her child and listened to her senior sister muttering beside her. After a moment, she whispered something, which made Fang Xuejun blush and raised his hands to hit her.

Yanjing, which had not been at war for a long time, was now restless. At this time, a group of officials in Yanjing had already changed. They were all young and energetic. They were all talents selected by Li Bai, Guo Jia and others in the imperial examination in the past two years. He was also passionate about doing things. As soon as the order was given, all the food and grass were prepared overnight, as well as the fruits that the governor Zheng He needed.

At first they didn't know why they had to prepare fruits and melons on the ship. It wasn't until they heard that these things were necessary to eat at sea that they admired the eunuch in the palace for knowing about such things.

On June 21st, everything needed for the voyage had entered Feiyun Port and was loaded into the cabin one by one by civilians. When Zheng He's team came over, a red-haired woman named Elsa stepped on the barrel. With her red hair flying, she raised her standard blade and shouted in Chinese language from the bow of the ship.

"Weigh anchor and set sail!"

On another large ship, a strong red-haired man named Barry also shouted the same thing. On the third large ship in the distance, the former pirates still wore ferocious iron armor, carried big axes, and sang songs about breaking the sea and raising sails.

They were imprisoned in the Eastern Prison for two years. Finally, under Zheng He's careful "education", they changed their minds and returned to the ship, and were given a warship as their vanguard.

In fact, Zheng He asked them to sail ahead and observe the changes in the maritime climate here. If they encounter danger, they can dock in time.

The sea breeze blows in my face.

Zheng He walked onto the flagship and onto the five-story ship building. Seabirds sang around the mast. The next moment, birds flew away in fright, and sails rose up in the strong wind.

The waves rolled up and were then broken by the bow of the ship. The four large ships were instigated by the sea wind and slowly sailed away from the port. After that, they turned around and headed south along the offshore sea.

As the ship rides the wind and waves, the sun shines across the sky. Far to the south, in the majestic city at the mouth of the Huaijiang River, dark clouds are also brewing.

Kang Cheng spent half a month in the palace in fear. He was often awakened by nightmares, so that during this half month, he looked tired and depressed.

"The Queen Mother and the Queen have arrived safely in Luyang, right?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and Queen, as well as several princes and princesses have arrived in Luyang." Kang Cheng replied that it was the eunuch who had been accompanying him all the time. It was the eunuch who was responsible for the Queen Mother and Queen's escape from the palace.

"As long as it's safe, then... Lu Yang, did they tell me how to rescue me?"

"The Emperor of Xia Kingdom has already sent a reply to Lu Yang, and the news has reached the slaves early this morning." The eunuch was a clever man, not to mention that the emperor's escape was basically unheard of, and there was not much precaution at all.

Therefore, as long as the information is kept confidential, there is not much danger.

"The Emperor of Xia Kingdom has said that he has sent people from the Embroidery Department to take His Majesty out of the palace. They are all the masters of the Emperor. By the way, there is also the Northern Fleet, which will be at the seaside to meet you."

"fleet?"

Kang Chengqian was a little worried: "On the war ship... Wu Guoyan has an opponent. If he leaves from the sea, he will be intercepted."

"Your Majesty, if the Emperor of Xia says so, there must be a way."

A maid came in from outside and handed a bowl of soup. The eunuch took it, blew some hot air on it, and put it next to the emperor. "Your Majesty, it's better to get your health in order first, so as not to wear down your body after traveling long distances later."

"Well, I think so too."

Kang Chengqian exhaled. He leaned against the bedside, took the soup and took a sip. Then he laughed and said, "I, the emperor, am really a coward."

(End of this chapter)