In the eighteenth year of Da Chu Yanguang, the ninth day of September.

Nanjing City.

Zhongshan is coiled in the city, like a sleeping dragon, and the name of 'Panlong' refers to this majestic mountain.

The majestic Forbidden City of Nanjing is backed by Fugui Mountain at the head of the Zhongshan Mountains, which is more magnificent than the Imperial City of Beijing.

On this day, it was the Double Ninth Double Festival, and the emperor's grandson Zhou Yu went to the filial piety tomb at the southern foot of Zhongshan to worship Emperor Taizu of the Chu Dynasty.

In the pine forest sea in the Forbidden Garden of Xiaoling, there is a sound of deer singing from time to time.

In such a place where the emperor's spirit was at its peak, Zheng Yuanhua climbed to the peak, his clothes flying, like an immortal.

He didn't look at the beautiful Xuanwu Lake in the west, but looked north with his eyes.

"You've survived until now...... The capital should have been broken a long time ago, and it was ......"

With some doubts in his eyes, the old man whispered to himself, as if he was speaking to the clouds in the sky.

After a while, there was some movement in the forbidden garden, Zheng Yuanhua looked down the mountain, only to see a few horses galloping, saying something to Wen Rongxiu, and the group climbed up the mountain.

"Here we are." Zheng Yuanhua stroked his long beard, and his eyes shone with some essence.

Those dusty soldiers went up the mountain, but they didn't salute Zheng Yuanhua, the leader just hugged his fists and called: "Lord Zheng." ”

Although they are dressed in Chu military attire, they have a bandit spirit all over their bodies.

"Did you get it?" Zheng Yuanhua asked lightly.

"Emperor Chu has run away, presumably our Majesty has now entered the capital......"

Zheng Yuanhua's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he whispered: "Ran away? ”

"You don't know how many soldiers and horses he has, the military advisor asked me to tell Master Zheng that he may not be able to stop him, so let you prepare your hands later......"

Zheng Yuanhua put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky from afar, as if he hadn't heard.

The man was helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "My military division will naturally try his best to besiege and rob, but the center of the Chu Dynasty is not as incompetent as you said." ”

After a while, Zheng Yuanhua sighed and said, "King Qi imprisoned the monarch's father and usurped power, and the old man can move him." But Your Majesty must not have an accident south of the Yangtze River. ”

In this way, it will also be convenient to understand.

- Zheng Yuanhua can kill Zhou Yan here, but Zhou Zhang still has to kill on his own side.

"Got it, I'll go back to the military division."

"I'm afraid this is the last time we will work together, so we can do it ourselves in the future......"

~~

At the same time, Tang Zhongyuan rode into the capital, and the people in the city cheered, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

After so many years of war, this rogue finally conquered Chujing and became the emperor of the Central Plains.

Over the years, he has fought in all directions, experienced countless fiascos, and was seriously injured and near death, and finally created a new dynasty with a cloth cloth.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live!"

The people who welcomed the people were sincerely happy and excited.

They believe that they have finally survived a chaotic era that has fallen apart and ushered in a prosperous era of peace. Just like the Tang, Song, and Chu, in short, the next may be two or three hundred years of peace.

As for the original Majesty......

The old majesty's name was 'Imperial Driving Expedition', but he fled by himself on the eve of the destruction of the city, abandoning the people of the city and the temple society, how can such a person be worthy of being the son of heaven?

It is the king who regards his ministers like mustard, and the ministers who regard him as enemies.

It's not that there are no hearts for the Chu Dynasty, it's just that after Wang Zhen and Zuo Jinglun bothered to return to the unification, they brought most of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and almost all of the people who were interested in the Chu Dynasty left.

Of course, no matter how careful they are, there are always omissions.

Mei Jingsheng, the original secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Chu Dynasty, was angry when he reopened the East Factory, and now seeing the Son of Heaven abandoning the city and fleeing, he came from the sorrow, and ran to the noon gate in white clothes and hair and died, and nine of his students also committed suicide with him.

At the same time, there are more than 20 people in the capital who are unwilling to commit suicide for the government and the people under the rule of anti-thieves.

But whether it is the festival of righteousness and death, or the immortal king, after the blood in front of the noon gate is washed, it will not affect the new emperor who is welcomed by others......

Tang Zhongyuan's royal drive from Yongding Gate to the palace slowly, along the way the people cheered, "long live" is not enough to show their longing and expectation, they knelt beside the road and cried with joy, adding layers of joy to the atmosphere of the new dynasty.

In front of the palace, rows of officials who had not been taken away knelt there, surrendering to Tang Zhongyuan with trepidation.

When the new emperor generously accepted his surrender, he was even more happy and full of joy.

One by one, the palace gates slowly opened, and the royal driver entered the palace through the Chengtian Gate.

Another mountain shouted long live, and the people watched Tang Zhongyuan enter the palace with tears in their eyes, not only feeling reluctant to give up His Majesty the Emperor, but also feeling that the new emperor should settle in the palace.

After a long time, Tang Zhongyuan transferred to the imperial court, was carried by someone to pass through His Majesty, walked into the Imperial Palace, and sat down on the dragon chair.

The wish that has been accumulated for more than ten years has come true, and the joy is naturally extremely joyful, but by this time the joy has also been boiled up in the long ceremony.

Tang Zhongyuan leaned back on the dragon chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

- Damn, it's finally over.

Then, he spoke slowly, and the first question he asked wiped out the atmosphere in front of him.

"How's the battle going on King Wu's side?"

There was a quiet moment in the hall, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the old and new ministers were immersed in the excitement of welcoming the new monarch, and no one thought about it for the time being, and they all hesitated when they heard the words.

After a while, Yi Guangyao, an old minister of the Chu Dynasty who surrendered in Taiyuan, came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, it may not be appropriate to call your subordinates by name now, please call General Wu's officer Yi ......"

~~

From this sentence, Tang Zhongyuan's mood slowly turned bad.

He gradually found himself in a dilemma.

An invisible, huge hand began to press down on him.

In the past, he was a rogue, and the Chu army surrounded and suppressed him, he could run away, and he could lose countless times.

But now that the situation has turned over, and now it is he who is besieging Emperor Chu, only to find that this is a huge problem.

~~

Originally, the Chu Dynasty and the Rui Dynasty were in peace talks, and when it came to making progress, Tang Zhongyuan sensed that Wang Zhen had the intention of taking the Chu Emperor to escape, so he decisively ordered to attack Yanjing. The army took Tang Jie as the vanguard, and Tang Zhongyuan personally led the Chinese army.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen actually arranged an extra hand, and the vanguard army of Tang Jie marched to Changping, and was ambushed by Sun Baigu.

At that time, Tang Jie was leading the army to cross the Shahe River, he was already arrogant, and he felt that he had seen through Wang Zhen's tricks, and wanted to surround Yanjing by surprise before Wang Zhen escaped with Emperor Chu. The idea is the fastest Chinese network

Fortunately, Tang Jie was brave, and after breaking it in person again, the casualties were not heavy.

But since Sun Baigu had laid an ambush, Tang Jie's plan to attack Yanjing had obviously been broken, and only then did he understand that Wang Zhen was not so easy to deal with.

Next, Tang Zhongyuan urgently ordered King Wu Yan to surround Yanjing and block the route of Emperor Chu's southward escape, and the army on the East Road was not in a hurry to march, and fought and advanced with Sun Baigu, steadily forcing towards Yanjing.

Over there, King Wu Yan was also very happy to receive the military order.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, he thought that when he bypassed Taihang Mountain, Tang Zhongyuan would have already conquered the capital, so he was not in a hurry to march, and attacked the city and plundered the land all the way, but he did not expect to catch up with the credit of conquering Yanjing.

He was overjoyed and led his army to Yanjing, but he fought a few battles with Shandong soldiers and horses in Xiongxian, and the two sides won and lost each other.

King Wu Yan was anxious to snatch the first merit of breaking Yanjing, and attacked with all his might, and finally defeated Qin Xuanbing, chasing all the way to Baiyangdian, only to suddenly realize that the Chu army was trying to attract its own men and horses, and I was afraid that the Chu Emperor would take the opportunity to flee south.

By the time he turned back and headed north, Emperor Chu and important courtiers of the Chu Dynasty had escaped from Yanjing.

~~

At that time, the Chu army also had the Xuanda Army, the Shenji Battalion, the Shenshu Battalion, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the 12 guards of the pro-army, adding up to nearly 70,000 people.

If these 70,000 people were to guard the capital and disperse to the twelve city gates and the imperial palace, the troops would actually be very weak.

But these 70,000 people began to flee south, and Tang Zhongyuan needed to mobilize at least 400,000 troops to encircle them.

Although the Swiss army is known as a million-strong army, in fact, the two-way army is only more than 300,000, and most of them are miscellaneous soldiers.

In addition to being overstretched, Tang Zhongyuan also felt anxious about more things.

He originally wanted to personally lead his troops to hunt down and kill Emperor Chu, but the capital could not be without him.

The people of the capital need him to appease, and the officials need him to surrender, and his absence from entering the capital is not enough to settle people's hearts.

But as soon as he entered the capital, he was bound by countless trivial matters.

He realized that not only did he not have enough troops, but the more serious problem was that there were not enough courtiers who could do things.

How much can he Tang Zhongyuan do in a day? From leaving the city to entering the palace, it took a whole day to pay homage to all the people along the way, and then it was necessary to sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, to be rewarded, to establish a charter, to screen the old ministers of the Chu Dynasty, and to clean up the Chu Dynasty relatives left in the city......

At this time, his old subordinates were full of thoughts about choosing the mansion in the capital first, and there were countless messy things.

The attached Chu Chen, such as Yi Guangyao, began to point fingers and wanted to restrain his words and deeds, worried that the pro-emperor would make some jokes.

Liu Xun, a bachelor who was originally relied on by Tang Zhongyuan as his arm, was full of wisdom in the past, but obviously he did not have the experience of governing the country in a country, and after the key officials of each yamen were transferred away by Wang Zhen and Zuo Jinglun, the entire center seemed to be temporarily paralyzed. Liu Xun couldn't hold up the shelf for a short time.

Including Li Baibo, Tang Zhongyuan regarded him as a great talent in the past. But in fact, Li Baibo is only a person, he has never been a leader, the Chu Dynasty has been a cumbersome official system for three hundred years, and it is by no means as simple as the small court of the Rui Dynasty in Xi'an, and his eyes are dark as soon as he enters the center.

……

What Tang Zhongyuan didn't know was that he was sitting on this Jinluan Palace, exactly the same as the former Chu Emperor Zhou Zhang.

Internal and external troubles.

The fleeing Emperor of Chu wanted to besiege and rob; Liaodong should be armed; The court was in shambles; Money and food are running out again......

Tang Zhongyuan seemed to be mired in a quagmire, and he really couldn't pull out, so he had to order King Wu Yan to lead an army of 300,000 to continue to besiege Emperor Chu.

~~

When King Wu received the will, he was very dissatisfied.

The credit is also divided into good and bad, conquering Yanjing is a great achievement, and killing Emperor Chu is also a great achievement, but killing Emperor Chu has to bear the infamy through the ages.

- Who knows if Tang Zhongyuan will kill himself, the great hero of the founding of the country, when the time comes, he will be the emperor whose name will be immortal, but he will have to bear the charges pointed out by Qianfu for him.

But no matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, King Wu Yan didn't dare to be perfunctory. Now that the reward for meritorious deeds is about to be discussed, if Emperor Chu is let go, not to mention whether he is guilty or not, the reward will definitely be greatly discounted.

He had no choice but to besiege with all his might.

Fortunately, although the Chu army had many soldiers and horses, there were tens of thousands of people with a group of civil servants, concubines, family members and other chaotic people, and the march was not fast.

The two sides fought fiercely all the way, from Suncheonfu to Hejian Province, killing the land of Gyeonggi in a mess. Half a month later, King Wu Yan finally surrounded the Chu army in Cangzhou.

But besieging the Chu army in this place, King Wu Yan was also under great pressure.

Cangzhou, which means "the state of the sea", is close to the Bohai Sea. This place is located at the lower end of the Nine Rivers, north of Beijing and Tianjin, south of Shandong, is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running through. Mobile phone one second to remember the "Idea Chinese Network →" to provide you with wonderful \ novel reading.

At this time, the Shandong soldiers and horses were preparing in Xian County, west of Cangzhou, and if the Chu army broke through to the west to join them, King Wu Yan would probably not be able to stop them.

If the Chu army goes south, it will be in Shandong, and I don't know if there will be King Qin's soldiers and horses to respond; If to the east, Emperor Chu could leave by boat; The Chu army could even turn north and go to sea from Tianjin.

~~

The eighteenth year of Da Chu Yanguang and the first year of Da Rui Xinghe, September 24.

Five miles outside Cangzhou City, in the Yue Temple, King Wu Yan was discussing with his generals.

This Yue Temple is the 11th grandson of Yue Fei in the Chu Dynasty Taizong moved to Cangshi Prefecture to build, Wu Yan King garrison here, will occupy the Yue Temple as his own camp.

There are three statues behind the incense case, Yue Fei is sitting in a precarious position, and his sons Yue Yun and Yue Lei are standing on both sides with weapons in hand.

In the hall, King Wu Yan sat with a golden sword, and his two sons Wu Tong and Wu Bo were standing in front of him, and behind him were a group of generals.

Everyone discussed for a while, and then Meng Jiu came in, glanced around, and seemed to think that it was a little ridiculous for someone like King Wu Yan to be in the same hall as Yue Fei, so he shook his head, with a slight irony on his face.

"Meng Jianjun is here." Wu Tong, the eldest son of King Wu Yan, greeted, "The army is not enough for this grain and grass......

Meng Jiu didn't care, straightened his clothes, walked to the incense case, and solemnly put three pillars of incense on Yue Fei's statue.

Wu Tong snorted coldly.

- This old eunuch pretended to be something.

Meng Jiu had incense, and then sat down in the position next to King Wu Yan, and said, "There is not much grain and grass?" The Zhennan army attacked the city and plundered the land all the way, but took a lot of money and grain in the name of donations. How? That's it? ”

Wu Tong was displeased, glanced at Meng Jiu, and said, "That's the rations of the Zhennan Army......

Before he could finish speaking, Meng Jiu interrupted him, turned to King Wu Yan and asked, "Does the general want to break up with His Majesty?" ”

Wu Tong was furious, raised his hand and pointed at Meng Jiu and shouted, "Your Majesty sent you to supervise the army, but you want to sow discord?!" ”

Meng Jiu raised his eyes and stared at Wu Tong, with a cold glint in his eyes, and said slowly: "Boy, put away your little bit of caution." Your Majesty and the general have created a foundation together, and they are like brothers, don't force Your Majesty to fall into the stigma of treating heroes harshly because of your dirty thoughts. ”

In a gloomy sentence, Wu Tong's heart was cold, his face was stiff and he wanted to be angry, but King Wu Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't make any noise." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Meng Jiu and said, "The prison army misunderstood, it's not that our Zhennan army hides the silver grain and refuses to take it out. Since the eldest brother has asked me to take the lead......"

"Your Majesty." Meng Jiudao.

King Wu Yan's eyelids twitched slightly, and he nodded: "Yes, since Your Majesty asked me to lead the troops, of course I treat all brothers equally." Last month, the Zhennan army was defeated by the soldiers and horses of the Chu Dynasty and Shandong, and a lot of money and grain were robbed......"

Meng Jiu didn't raise his eyes, but slowly took out a booklet from his sleeve and opened it himself.

When King Wu Yan saw it, there was a faint trace of murderous intent in his eyes, and the words in his mouth turned sharply, but he said: "In short, no matter what, it is still possible for grain and grass to support more than a month." ”

Over there, Wu Tong and Wu Bo glanced at each other, and they were also dissatisfied with Meng Jiuji in their hearts.

Since ancient times, the fate of the founding heroes can be learned, not to mention the infamous flooding of Kaifeng like King Wu Yan, their father and son knew in their hearts that Tang Zhongyuan would inevitably want to attack him in the future. If you want to protect yourself, you can only tighten the military power in your hands, and if you want military power, you must first have grain and grass.

Therefore, the south road was looted all the way when it was borrowed from Chu, and all the money and food obtained were hidden by their father and son.

I thought that things were done secretly, but I didn't expect it to be recorded by Meng Jiu......

Then, he heard Meng Jiu sigh and said, "The general has difficulties, and His Majesty naturally understands. Grain and grass are trivial matters, and this is the end of the discussion. ”

In a word, the atmosphere finally eased a little.

Meng Jiu said again: "The most important thing in front of me is that we can't let Zhou Zhang escape." ”

King Wu Yan nodded and asked, "What do you think of the prison army?" ”

"The Chu army takes Sun Baigu as the commander, but the key lies in Wang Zhen, this son has some means, abandon the capital and run to Cangzhou, which extends in all directions, both by sea and by land, and also by Shandong soldiers and horses. If the general wants to attack hard, I'm afraid he won't be able to prevent it. It is better to besiege but not attack, and when the Chu army runs out of food and grass, someone will offer Zhou Zhang. Meng Jiu said, "By the way, Your Majesty has sent the Third Highness to invite you to help, and you will be there in a few days." ”

When King Wu Yan heard this, his face darkened.

Tang Zhongyuan himself sat in the capital, let him command the troops outside, and forget it if he didn't give money and silver, and he was worried that he would attract other soldiers and horses and send Tang Jie to check and balance.

When I got back, my money and food were eaten. When I returned to the capital, the benefits were all taken up by others.

Thinking of this, King Wu Yan shook his head and said, "No, it's inevitable that you will have a lot ......of dreams at night."

The next moment, I heard the soldiers rushing in and reported urgently: "General, the Chu army has attacked the camp......

~~

There was a battle on the battlefield in the distance.

The temple fell silent.

Yue Fei's statue remained motionless, and his face always had a look of no anger and self-authority. It's as if after seeing the selfish calculations of a group of thieves, I feel compassion for this eternal country......