Wei Wuhou

Chapter 845

After the coalition forces around Shangluo were completely wiped out, Wei Guo established a line of defense to the south of Shangluo.

But at this time, it became extremely difficult for Wei Jun to take a step forward.

Because further south, there are hilly areas blocking it, which is very unfavorable for the Wei army's cavalry to attack and kill, which greatly weakens the Wei army's advantage.

Just like the current state of Qin, after experiencing the attack of the state of Wei, the reason why it retained more territory than the state of Qi was due to the barrier of mountains in the west of the state of Qin.

The allied forces of the princes focused on defense, and the Wei army was unable to advance an inch, so the Wei army turned its attention back and locked its eyes on Shangluo.

To be more precise, it was Wei Wuji who focused his attention on Shangluo. He had used the banner of accusing Ji Xiao before, so naturally he should go to Shangluo at this time.

Another point is that Shangluo is a good stronghold for the Wei army, and it can be used as a forward position for the Wei army to attack the coalition forces of the princes.

In other words, after the Wei army is stationed, Shangluo will be transformed into a military fortress.

On May 13th, the 25th year of Marquis Wei, [-] Wei troops came to the city of Shangluo, and the two generals who led the troops were the best of the new army.

As Wei Wuji single-handedly picked up the humble heroes, Chen Feng and Wu Cheng are loyal to the monarch.

Therefore, when they learned that they would be stationed in Shangluo and become the monarch's guards, they were extremely excited.

Although this may lose the opportunity to make meritorious service on the front line, there will be greater benefits in getting closer to the monarch in this way.

Everyone knows that those confidantes who followed the monarch back then have now become the pillars of the country, and there is no shortage of titles, fields and houses.

Although Chen Feng and Wu Cheng have become generals, their titles are not very high, and the gap with other generals is still a bit big.

Therefore, when the two of them saw the city of Shangluo, they had only one thought in their minds, and that was to do well the errands assigned by the monarch.

Looking at the tall city in front of him, Wu Cheng said with emotion: "General Chen, this Shangluoke is really like a king!"

Although Chen Feng next to him had the same thought in his heart, he said at this time: "Although it is the breath of a king, it is not what it used to be..."

"Your Majesty is mighty, and the Zhou family is already in the west. The one who really has the aura of a king should be my Great Wei!"

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Wu Cheng couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's the case, then let the two of us take down Shangluo personally today, and dedicate this royal city to the king!"

At this time, the gate of Shangluo City was still closed, and there were only a small number of soldiers guarding the city tower. It was impossible for the Wei army to attack them by force.

"So, the first thing to do is to enter Shangluo City first, and then control the palace and capture Ji Xiao alive!" Wu Cheng said resolutely.

Chen Feng next to him nodded, and then said to a prince next to him: "Send someone to tell the people on the tower to open the gate immediately, or we will see you in battle!"

After the prince received the order, he immediately rode back to the scout team he led, and then sent soldiers to pass the message to the gate of Shangluo City.

It has to be said that even a few small soldiers in the Wei army have the arrogance beyond ordinary people.

I saw one of the pawns rushing forward on his horse, and said to the generals who were watching on the tower: "Listen, people in the city, I will be stationed in Shangluo by the order of the Marquis of Wei, and open the door quickly... otherwise the city will be destroyed and people will die." , burn everything together!"

The moment he said this was not ordinary heroism, this is the old nest of the Zhou royal family, but a mere soldier clamored in front of the door.

This made several Zhou military officials on the tower very angry, but they could only stare blankly, because they really didn't dare to do it directly.

Wei Guo's hundreds of thousands of troops are entrenched around Shangluo, and it is impossible to have the slightest chance of winning with the people of Wei Guo at this time.

Even if it wasn't for their own lives, they still had to consider the safety of the emperor, so they still held back their breath.

What's more, at this time, Chen Yao, who was a close minister of the emperor, stood on the tower and gritted his teeth and said: "Order the whole army not to move rashly, let the Wei people enter the city if they want to enter!"

Although the emperor expressed despair at Wei Jun's entry into the city, and even thought of asking Gu, Chen Yao still thought that things would not be so bad.

From Chen Yao's point of view, Wei Guoren's entry into Shangluo this time was nothing more than humiliating the emperor and the royal family as before, but this time it was more extreme.

The Zhou family has already lost their majesty, so it doesn't matter if they lose some face, it's better than losing their lives in a war between the two sides.

Although Chen Yao's idea was outrageous, it was an indisputable fact, because the Zhou family didn't have the capital to resist at all, not at the beginning, let alone now.

Therefore, Chen Yao ordered: "Send down the order and let the Wei army enter the city!"

Several military officials wanted to argue, but before they could open their mouths, Chen Yao spoke first: "This is His Majesty's intention, are you going to resist the order?"

"Or do you want to provoke the Wei people and let them go all the way into the city and kill His Majesty?"

Pressing questions from both positive and negative directions completely blocked the mouths of these military officials so that they could only obey Chen Yao's orders.

Just as Chen Yao was imagining what he would encounter next, he was suddenly awakened by the noise from under the city wall.

Chen Yao said inwardly that something was wrong, don't make trouble at this time, no one knows how serious the consequences will be.

Thinking of this, Chen Yao immediately rushed to the direction where the sound came from. There were already many soldiers gathered there, and the two sides were already at war.

The few people in the middle quarreled fiercely, so Chen Yao pulled away the surrounding soldiers and squeezed into the middle, shouting as he walked, "What's going on?"

When he entered the core, he saw a few military officials in the middle arguing with Wei Jun's military officials, listening carefully made Chen Yao furious.

It turned out that the Wei army wanted to disarm the kings in the city and asked them to disband on the spot.

In other words, let all the soldiers loyal to the Zhou family put down their weapons and get out of the city to become ordinary people.

This was unacceptable to all the Zhou soldiers present. They were the last confidant soldiers of the emperor. After removing those who kept defecting, most of the remaining ones were diehards.

"Why let us leave, this is Wang Ji, the room of the emperor..."

"That's right, we're not leaving..."

The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty were in a mess, and now it became extremely noisy, while the officials of the Wei Army watched all this silently.

The generals have given them an order, if these people don't put down their arms, then just kill them directly.

The monarch has the courage to ignore everything, and they, who are courtiers, should have the courage to push all disobedience.

Just as several captains of the Wei army exchanged glances and were about to start besieging and killing the Zhou family, Chen Yao finally asked angrily: "When the Marquis of Wei entered Shangluo, he only asked our army to withdraw, and never asked me to wait for the handover." Bringing out weapons to humiliate us...you are too presumptuous!"

"Could it be, do you really think that my Zhou family's children have no blood and courage, and dare not fight with your life?"

Following Chen Yao's questioning, the Zhou soldiers in the rear were also filled with righteous indignation, and all of them clenched their weapons tightly, ready to play their lives with the Wei army on the opposite side at any time.

Although the soldiers of the Zhou family were full of murderous intent, they could not scare the soldiers of the Wei army in Jiuli's battle. They were as calm as before, but they also clenched their arms tightly.

Afterwards, a captain of the Wei army stood up and said, "My lord, it's not that I want you to put down your weapons and disarm you, but my Lord Wei!"

"You can ignore what I say, but you dare to go against the will of the monarch?" The captain's tone increased.

As soon as Wei Wuji's name was mentioned, the deterrent effect was completely different, which was more effective than any threats.

"Your Majesty has Zhao, those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish. You have to think about it!" Wei Jun Duwei finally warned.

When he heard Wei Jun Duwei say this, Chen Yao knew that this time was really different from the past, Wei Wuji might really do something extremely outrageous when he came to Shangluo this time.

Therefore, Chen Yao really wanted to keep enough weapons, so that he could have a sense of security.

But Chen Yao also knew that this was meaningless, and there was no way to overturn any storms in the torrent of the Wei army with more than [-] soldiers.

In desperation, Chen Yao made the final decision.

"All the troops listen to the order, put down their weapons... let's go out of the city!"

When Chen Yao said this, some military officials below couldn't hold back, and they all said: "My lord, why is this so?"

Chen Yao didn't explain, but said angrily: "Listen to the order and go, you will die in vain here, why don't you save a useful body for the future?"

Hearing this, several military officials seemed to be persuaded, and none of them said a word.

After thinking for a while, a person bowed slightly to Chen Yao, picked up his sword and inspected it for a long time, then threw it on the ground and turned away.

When one person left, it caused a collapse effect, and the other officers immediately put down their weapons and left, and the rest of the soldiers who lost their leaders also dropped their weapons and dispersed.

Chen Yao also knelt on the ground, asked everyone to leave, bowed deeply, and then shouted loudly: "On behalf of Your Majesty, thank you all, thank you all!"

In any case, these people have accompanied the emperor to the end, and they are worthy of accepting the emperor's gratitude from Chen Yao.

Looking at the scene in front of them, the generals of the Wei army were overjoyed. No matter what they say, it is better to surrender without fighting, at least no brothers will shed blood and die.

After being happy, one of the military officials took a step forward, picked up a saber dropped by a Zhou military official just now, and then drew out his own saber to look at it carefully.

Then I heard him say: "Look, my lord, the Zhou family's soldiers are so old, how can they block my big Wei's sharp weapon?"

"It's a great thing for them to survive if they leave, why should you feel bad about it?"

These words seemed to be comforting Chen Yao, but the tone was full of condescending disdain, extreme disdain for Wang Ting and the emperor.

Chen Yao stood up involuntarily, ignored the soldiers of the Wei army around him, and walked straight towards the Forbidden City.

The soldiers left, and as the most loyal subject of the emperor, he should naturally be by the emperor's side.

At this time, Wei Jun had occupied Shangluogemen. When Chen Yao rushed to the gate of the palace, he found that the palace gate happened to be taken over by Wei Jun, which prevented him from entering the palace to meet the emperor.

(End of this chapter)