Chapter 242: Raising Troops
On the eighth day of February, Zhu Chen, the king of Yu, set out troops in Huaizhou. Imperial Physician Yao and Eunuch Feng could not escape and were dragged to the front of the army to worship the flag.
Looking at the endless camp tents, Imperial Doctor Yao's face was pale, he and Eunuch Feng calculated and calculated, thinking of a way to kill Zhu Chenyun, but they didn't expect that Zhu Chenyun had really been planning for a long time and was ready to rebel at any time!
"King Yu! How daring! When Eunuch Feng was pulled to the beheading platform, he was still shouting: "The first emperor treats you well!" Give fiefs and rewards! Thou art rebellious! It's just heaven and earth! ”
Zhu Chenyun didn't bother to pay attention to him, just stood on the stage, and solemnly announced to the soldiers below: "The hegemony of the courtiers, there is treachery and evil in it, and we raise troops to punish him, but it is in accordance with the mandate of heaven to clear the disease on the side of the monarch!" ”。
After that, he ordered someone to hang a pair of golden dragon flags of the rising sun high, and designated the army as 'rebellion'.
When Eunuch Feng was dragged to the tiger's head, he was still scolding, he roared hysterically, and shouted Zhu Chenyun's name without scruples, as if he wanted to dissipate the fear of death in a curse. And Imperial Doctor Yao was like ashes, without saying a word, he understood that before King Yu officially turned his face with His Majesty the Emperor, the two of them, as Qincha, were naturally able to hold the prince in control; However, once King Yu has a showdown, they are just insignificant pawns.
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has taken every precaution, but he has taken the right precautions......
The shiny guillotine slashed down with a click, and the two heads rolled off the stage. The excited drumming of the soldiers sounded around, they had been holding back for too long, and this day had finally come!
On the same day, the army approached Liuzhou.
There is no doubt that Zhu Chenyun has fulfilled his promise. The first city to be attacked was Liuzhou. This move was opposed by many of his generals, judging from the art of war. Jinzhou is the closest to Huaizhou, if you take Jinzhou first. The two places are each other's horns, and it will be much easier to deal with Liuzhou again, after all, Liuzhou is a big state, and there are nearly 10,000 troops garrisoned.
Zhu Chenyun did not take any of the advisors' advice, because he knew that as long as Zidui was there, it would be the same whether he would fight Jinzhou or Liuzhou first.
When King Yu's army came to the city, the prefect of Liuzhou was still arguing with the Cui family about Yang Zixi's affairs.
The Cui family was exposed by Tang Mengji in court, and they were no longer willing to go to trial. In private, he stuffed silver into the Liuzhou prefect, wanting to solve the matter for Yang Zixi secretly. But where did the prefect of Liuzhou dare to do this? If it is an ordinary case, kill a prisoner in private, and close the case, but Yang Zixi is standing behind the Dean Sima of Nanhuai Academy, if he really dares to lynch, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Shilin literati will spread his evil deeds! I'm afraid that his official position may not be guaranteed at that time!
Although the silver is good, it must be kept by power. The prefect of Liuzhou is a person who understands, and he knows very well that as long as he is in this position for a day, he will have a day of silver. And once you lose the position of prefect, no amount of silver will quickly dissipate and run out.
So he resisted the temptation, gritted his teeth and refused to agree to the Cui family's hulai. only persuaded the Cui family to find more evidence, so that they could win the lawsuit seriously.
The Cui family saw that the silver opened the way and it didn't work. began to tear his face with dead skin, and he looked for a way to find the prefect of Liuzhou every day. When they met, they cried and complained about how pitiful their son was when his family died; The child's revenge has not been avenged, and he can't sleep at night. The prefect of Liuzhou couldn't stand it by the Cui family, and he didn't return to the yamen for a few days, and was avoiding the office outside, so he missed the person who came to report the news in advance.
"Sir! King Yu led an army of 100,000 to our Liuzhou! And our defenders are only more than 5,400 people, what should we do! Master! The master said to him with a sweaty face.
The prefect of Liuzhou was stunned for a moment, and then spoke for a long time: "What did you say?" Say it again? ”
"King Yu's 100,000 troops are coming to the city! Sir, we ...... Shall we raise the city and surrender it? ”
"Surrender the city? Then you and I will become traitors? The prefect of Liuzhou sprayed himself on the master's face, "Are you faint?!" How do you make such a bad move? ”
"It's better to be a thief than to lose your life! Master, we have more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and we have more than 100,000 troops, where is the chance of winning? "The master didn't know where to hear the rumors, and there were 100,000 people in the army of King Yu, as if the number of 100,000 was enough to crush Liuzhou.
"Why is it only five thousand?" The prefect was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out, "Call Mr. Huang to come!" Isn't his strength eight thousand? What about people? Where have all my people gone?! ”
"Sir, have you forgotten? The year before last, you said that the yamen's expenses were insufficient, so I misappropriated Huang Zongbing's military salary, and when Huang Zongbing came to the door, you also instigated Huang Zongbing to lay off staff and reduce the burden. The master reminded him and said, "You also told him: 8,000 are compiled in the imperial court's booklet, and what you get is the food and salary of 8,000 people, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who can know the specific amount of garrison in our state capital?" ”
The prefect's heart suddenly burst out, and he hurriedly shouted: "I asked him to lay off some redundant personnel, and if I didn't let him reduce it, it would be three thousand!" ”
"Didn't you enlighten him? Huang Zongbing has been out of control since he started to eat empty salaries. In the past two years, he has only eliminated more than 3,000 people! Besides, sir, think about it, what is the difference between eight thousand and five thousand? King Yu's army is 100,000! Lakh! The master waved his arms hysterically and shouted.
The prefect's heart was cold, he was stunned for a moment, sighed and said: "Anyway, send someone to call General Huang first, even if you want to raise the city and surrender, you have to discuss it with General Huang Bing!" ”
The master also understands that this is reasonable, when there is nothing to do on weekdays, civil officials are naturally half a level higher than the five officials of the same level, and although the prefect is an administrative position, it also has the role of supervising the garrison. But once it comes to wartime, whoever has the soldiers in his hands has the power, and it doesn't matter what official position he has.
So whether to fight or surrender, after all, it is Huang Zongbing who has the final say.
So he hurriedly turned around and went looking for someone.
The prefect of Liuzhou waited in the house in a distraught manner, thinking for a while about sticking to the garrison and holding on until the reinforcements from the Beijing division arrived; After a while, I thought that it was better to surrender, and the first one to surrender might be able to get an official...... Hesitating and hesitating, the master went and reversed, he hurriedly said to the prefect: "Master! Master! Oh no! Mr. Huang has already put on a new coat and led people to the city to defend the city! ”
Before the prefect of Liuzhou could react, he asked stupidly, "Shouldn't you go?" ”
"This shows that Mr. Huang refuses to surrender! He's going to defend it! The master was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, "Once he ascends to the top of the city, it will be to inform the army of King Yu outside that we will not surrender in Liuzhou!" But we don't have a chance of winning! Just after the end of spring ploughing, there is not much grain reserves in the city, and King Yu's 100,000 army does not even have to fight, as long as we surround Liuzhou, after last month, the people in the city will starve to death! ”
This time the bad news was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the prefect who was stimulated instantly became cold.
But it was said that outside the city, King Yu led the army to the outskirts of Liuzhou.
Zhu Chenyun was wearing cherry red armor, and his mount was protected from head to foot, tight, like an iron man. Fortunately, he didn't need to personally command the battle, and his own generals did it for him, otherwise the horse would not be able to run up with the estimated weight of this armor.
It's the first time in his life that he's officially taken charge of the battlefield for the first time! Unconsciously, his face flushed with a little excitement.
Zhu Chenyun was next to Zidui, and the little guy was also wearing a specially made armor, but it was much simpler than Zhu Chenyun's style. He rode on the back of a pitch-black horse without a single stray hair, and looked at the Liuzhou city wall in the distance calmly, his face was always expressionless.
"Brother Yang, how long do you think it will take us to take Liuzhou?" He glanced and then twilight, and couldn't help but ask.
"Before dark." Zi Du replied casually, in fact, he didn't care how long it would take to take Liuzhou, the only thing he cared about was how long it would take to enter the city and bring Yang Zixi out of his cell!
What kind of lawsuit does that girl have to fight! I am worried that I will become a fugitive after escaping from prison!
There's no need to hesitate this time, right? Liuzhou was captured, where can I take care of any lawsuits? With King Yu on his side, who would dare to touch Renhetang near Huaizhou?
"Before dark?" When Zhu Chenyun heard this, he was inevitably surprised and delighted! Captured Liuzhou in one day? He originally planned to be able to take Liuzhou in ten days and half a month, which was already a very fluke, but he didn't expect Zidui to enter and say one day!? He, Zhu Chenyun, is afraid that he is going to create a miracle in the history of war! But I don't know what kind of expression the child on the throne will have when the news reaches Shangjing?
"That'...... Let's get started, shall we? He couldn't wait to raise the small flag in his hand.
The snare drums beat and the trumpets beat in unison. The vanguard troops prepared the ladder and bravely rushed to Liuzhou City under the orders of the commanders.
Countless sword rains fell on the city, and people were crucified to the ground while running!
But even so, many ladders were successfully erected on the top of the city, and the soldiers began to climb the ladders with their shields on their heads.
"Sons! Hold on! Huang Zongbing stood at the head of the city and waved his knife to cut down a Yu army who was the first to climb the city, and encouraged the soldiers, "King Yu is rebellious, and heaven does not tolerate it!" His Majesty the Emperor will be sending reinforcements soon! As long as we hold on for half a month, Liuzhou will not fall! ”
One rocket after another was shot at the head of Liuzhou City, and the defenders continued to fall from the city head with fire all over their bodies!
The sound of shouts of killing, the sound of trumpets, the sound of horses' hooves...... The faint smell of blood blew in with the wind, and Twilight took a deep breath, feeling comfortable all over her body!
The smell of death made the depths of his soul seem to be filled with life, and it is constantly surging. This is the power of his origin! A magical power that bursts out when life dissipates!
He greedily enjoys the bounty of war, and this place is more suitable for him than anywhere else! (To be continued......)