Chapter 580: Falling Apart (Part I)

After a heated debate, in the end, the pro-side side prevailed over the opposing side.

After determining the pursuit policy, Lu Zhi personally led 30,000 pro-troops under his command to pursue, while Li Shimin led 20,000 troops to assist.

But what no one expected was that Lu Zhi, a veteran of the battlefield, led the army less than fifty miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and fell into Zhang Liang's ambush.

Zhang Liang had already guessed that the Han army would come to chase after him, so he set up an ambush in advance on the road to Yanzhou, and he did not hesitate to hope that the enemy would be completely annihilated, and only after the enemy's front army entered the ambush circle, ten thousand arrows would be fired.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Lu Zhi didn't know that the Ming army might set up an ambush, but he didn't expect Zhang Liang to set up an ambush so close to the Tiger Prison Pass, and he was killed with heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Li Shimin of the rear army arrived 'in time', not only broke the ambush, but also rescued the seriously injured Lu Zhi.

Looking at Lu Zhi lying on the stretcher, Li Shimin hugged his fists solemnly and said, "My lord, please rest assured that you will recuperate from your injuries, and the subsequent pursuit will be handed over to the last general." ”

Looking at this handsome and energetic face, Lu Zhi's heart was extremely complicated.

It's really old.

Lu Zhi thought bitterly in his heart, even if he was not convinced, he had to admit that the young generation was full of heroes.

After all, the world is young people, but it's a pity that how many people are truly loyal to the big man?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but feel a little disheartened, the princes of the world are in their own ways, and there are very few loyal men, and the Sizhou handed over to him by the Son of Heaven will not be able to hold it.

If it weren't for the persecution of the Liangzhou family too tightly, how could Lu Zhi risk chasing to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, but unfortunately the tiger did not become a shock but became Li Shimin's momentum.

Now that Lu Zhi's strength has been weakened again, the Liangzhou family has become a general trend in Sizhou, Dong Zhuo will support the Liangzhou and the two states, and the princes' overlords are about to be born, even the imperial court is powerless to stop it.

Sizhou was snatched away by the Liang Department in his own hands, Lu Zhi was unwilling and helpless in his heart, but he really tried his best, how could he be weak.

Seeing that Li Shimin was leaving, Lu Zhi grabbed his arm, stared at his eyes, and said word by word: "Li Shimin, old man, ask you, is your allegiance to Dahan or his Dong Zhongying." ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then showed a bright smile and said: "What the people of the world are loyal to is the people of the world. ”

"You ......"

Lu Zhi's eyes froze, of course he knew the meaning of Li Shimin's words, he said that he was loyal to the world, but in fact he was loyal to himself, but Li Shimin's words did not leak, and Lu Zhi could not find any flaws in the topic.

Another hero!

"That's it, that's it, you go."

Lu Zhi weakly let go of Li Shimin's hand, there are many heroes in the world, and there is no shortage of Li Shimin, he is a dying old man who is powerless to intervene.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord Xie." ”

After leading the army to break the two ambushes of the Ming army, Li Shimin did not continue the pursuit, and then accepted it when he saw it, because the bigger show was still to come.

In the third year of Zhongping, in October, a rumor spread throughout the Central Plains that Emperor Zhang Sheng of the Ming Dynasty was a woman.

This rumor flowed out inexplicably, but it exploded in the Central Plains like thunder, and spread throughout the thirteen states at an extremely abnormal speed.

Emperor Ming is a woman?

How is this possible.

The identity of Zhang Sheng and Zhang Jiao's son, but after many recognitions, you say that you are a woman or a woman?

Not to mention that men don't believe it, even women don't believe it.

In this era of male superiority and inferiority of women, it is too fantasy for a woman to be the emperor, and people with a little judgment basically don't believe it.

However, the following news made the unbelievers waver.

Rumors say that Zhang Sheng is actually the Taiping Saintess Dongfang Sheng, as soon as Zhang Sheng appeared, the empress Dongfang Sheng disappeared inexplicably, isn't it strange?

Zhang Sheng is handsome and beautiful like a demon, since ancient times, beautiful men such as Song Yu Pan An are less than one-tenth of Zhang Sheng, men can be so beautiful?

Of course, the most important point is that Zhang Sheng has not chosen a concubine so far, and he is not close to any woman, except for his sister Zhang Ning.

Let's ask, apart from the man who has Long Yang, which man doesn't like a woman? Unless it's a woman!

Also, even if it is good for Longyang, since he is the emperor, even if he is for the country and the people, he should reproduce heirs!

Zhang Sheng didn't get to the point that the source of the identity was actually the concubine, she thought that staying away from women, being diligent in government and loving the people, would be supported by everyone, but she didn't expect it to become the source of cholera.

After all, it is not a sin for the emperor to be lustful, it is to create people for the country, no matter how hard and tired he is, Zhang Sheng didn't realize this, and was used by Li Shimin to catch a flaw.

To sum up the above three points, coupled with Zhang Shicheng and other surrendered Qu Shuai, they all stood up and insisted that Zhang Jiao had no children, which made Zhang Sheng's gender issue a little confusing.

Many people are doubting whether Zhang Sheng is a man or a woman, and this doubt has also made the gradually stable state of the Ming Dynasty turbulent again, after all, most people can't accept that they are ruled by a woman.

Of course, the team left by Zhang Jiao is still very loyal, and the eight floors of the high-level of the Ming Dynasty are occupied by them, so the high-level of the Ming Dynasty is quite stable in the short term, and most of the turbulent ones are the middle and lower levels.

Even if it is the middle and low level, most of them believe in Zhang Sheng, after all, during her reign, she is indeed gradually reversing the decline of the Ming Dynasty, and the national strength is gradually thriving.

In addition, Zhang Sheng went to the battlefield in person, both civil and military, and he looked like a wise man, so most of the middle and lower levels were supportive.

They thought that this was a trick of the Han army, and the Han wanted to break the rising state of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty would make a mess of itself, so they hoped that the emperor could stand up and explain, and not be splashed with dirty water.

But Zhang Sheng has not stood up to explain, as if he had acquiesced in the rumors, which also made the turmoil of the Ming Dynasty gradually intensify.

Qingzhou, Qi State, in the Governor's Palace.

After reading the information in his hand, Huang Chao looked up at the starry sky and was silent for a long time.

"Great sage and good teacher, why would you rather believe in her little girl, but don't want to believe in me Huangchao?"

Scenes of the past appeared in Huang Chao's mind, the unreserved trust of Zhang Jiao, and the three plans to destroy the Han Dynasty on his own, how high-spirited he was at that time.

Until he was defeated by Qin Hao in Kaifeng, Huang Chao completely lost to Xiang Yu in the battle for heirs.

Thinking of this, Huang Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "No, the good teacher gave me a chance, but I lost the bet myself, lost to Qin Hao, and I can't complain about others." But Xiang Yu, what if you win, what if I win? In the end, they lost nothing. ”

Zhang Sheng's efforts during this period of time, Huang Chao saw it, but he couldn't get Huang Chao's loyalty by relying on this, because Huang Chao would not be loyal to anyone except Zhang Jiao.

"Little girl, I am here to repay the kindness of the great sage and good teacher, not to identify with you and your Daming Kingdom."

The next day, Huang Chao stood up to refute the rumors, admitted the identity of Zhang Sheng and Zhang Jiao's son, and announced that he would support the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty to the death.