Chapter 16: King An is ruined
"Uncle, the flying pigeon passed the book and asked General Lu Wangxing to lead his men and horses to Beijing immediately and come to help Prince Ben!" The crown prince Xiao Luan ordered to come down.
Lieutenant Yao Jinlong stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Highness, the old minister has already flown a pigeon to pass the book to Lu Wangxing last night, and it is estimated that his army is already on the way to Beijing." ”
"So good! With the help of the second child this time, whether or not he can ascend to the throne depends on such a good opportunity! Prince Xiao Luan turned to face the soldiers and said, "Soldiers! The success and failure only look at this battle, and the next day will be added to the official and knighted! Attack the gates of the capital now! Only win, not lose! ”
In the capital, every house closed the gate overnight, and even the city gate was closed, and the soldiers guarding the city were replaced by King An's own soldiers.
The army of the Lang Kingdom of the early night of the Guansai was crossed, and the 100,000 strong soldiers and horses were lent to Xiao Zhao, the king of An, and the reward was that the Nanyue Kingdom returned the fifteen cities in the north that originally annexed the Yelang Kingdom.
Taiwei Yao Jinlong rode under the city wall, and scolded, "King Xiao Zhao is a thief, collaborating with the enemy to rebel, come out quickly and be captured!" "The crown prince Xiao Luan rode majestically on his horse, holding a spear and glaring angrily, ready to come forward to fight at any time.
The leader on the tower of the city ordered the soldiers to roll down tung oil and large stones, and ordered a group of soldiers to release cold arrows, and under the city wall, the prince's soldiers and horses were suddenly in disarray, and many were killed and wounded.
"Uncle, when will your soldiers and horses arrive?" Prince Xiao Luan asked Yao Jinlong, the chief lieutenant beside him, and from time to time he waved his spear to block the cold arrows that were galloping, "As soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will immediately send a signal to let the men and horses in the imperial city besiege and rescue them at the same time!" ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, as soon as noon the old minister's Northwest Army is led by Lu Wangxing, the champion of the new science and martial arts!" Taiwei Yao Jinlong waved his long sword and turned to the crown prince Xiao Luan and said.
Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, had entered the city a few hours earlier, at this time he led his own soldiers to kill in the city tower, and seeing that the people of Xiao Zhao, the king of the city tower, were gradually killed, he turned around and ordered his subordinates, "Duan Ming ordered someone to open the city gate and let the army of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enter the city!" ”
At this time, the Northwest Army led by Lu Wangxing rushed to the city majestically and entered the imperial city with the crown prince Xiao Luan.
"Thank you! Third. The crown prince Xiao Luan clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and he didn't have time to think about why Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, would enter the city one step faster than him, what was his purpose?
King Ning Xiao Chong just said coldly, "This is what a younger brother should do, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should quickly enter the palace to rescue his father and queen mother!" The crown prince Xiao Chong nodded, and led hundreds of thousands of personal soldiers into the palace to rescue him.
Under the gate of the palace, the guards are deep and strict, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The soldiers defending the city drew their bows and shot arrows early, and the soldiers of Prince Xiao Luan first entered the city and were shot down, and a group came up and shot a group out.
couldn't attack it for a long time, and the prince Xiao Luan was so anxious that he turned around. Lu Wangxing, the general of the Northwest Army, stepped forward to ask for battle.
At this time, the palace was already a mess of porridge, only Emperor Xiao Daocheng's Jingren Palace was guarded by cronies, and the others were occupied by King Xiao Zhao and others, and the civil and military officials were forced to be held hostage in the main hall. King Xiao Zhao of An did not kill the emperor or the civil and military officials, just to ascend to the throne for a justifiable title.
Xiao Zhao, the king of An, was wearing a yellow robe, sitting on the dragon chair proudly, touching the dragon chair left and right, and after being too addicted, he coerced and seduced the ministers and hundreds of officials and said, "My father has promised that Zen is located in this king, and if you are willing to submit, wait for this king to ascend the throne and be crowned an official!" ”
The officials just whispered, and still no one made a clear statement. An upright official stepped forward and scolded loudly, "King An, you have committed the following crimes, collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the wolf ambition of the Yelang country in the northwest!" Now that you have betrayed the country, the army of Yelang Kingdom has overwhelmed the border, and the Nanyue Dynasty is in danger! We will never descend to you! ”
"Someone! Kill this ignorant man! Zheng Lin Xianhu, the Shangshu Lord beside King Xiao Zhao, shouted loudly with a fake tiger. In a moment, two soldiers stepped forward and forcibly executed in front of the court, which frightened many civilian officials into turning blue, and the officials in the main hall fell silent.
At this time, several petty officials raised by King An Xiao Zhao stepped forward and knelt down, "The ministers are willing to be loyal to His Royal Highness King An!" Xiao Zhao, the king of An, laughed and said, "Okay! Reward 100 taels of gold, and the official will be from the second grade! "A few petty officials kowtow and thank you!
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian stood upright in a low-key and silent manner after being controlled by King Xiao Zhao from the beginning.
King Xiao Zhao glared at Prime Minister Wang Jingtian directly, and smirked cheekily, "Where is Xiangye?" How about going forward and considering a few words with this king? ”
After Xiao Zhao, the king of An, stepped forward from the back of the main hall, seized the prime minister Wang Jingtian, and put the sword around his neck.
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian saw that there was no way to escape, so he had to step forward and say, "Your Highness, this matter must be ordered by God, otherwise His Royal Highness King An will not be right!" lest it cause trouble to His Highness! ”
Hu Yongheng, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, nodded to Xiao Zhao, King An, "Your Highness, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land, if it is the holy decree of the Zen position of the saint today, then it is naturally justified, and the people of Nanyue Kingdom will naturally surrender to His Highness!" ”
King An looked left and right, thought about it a few times, opened it with all his strength, and ordered not to harm the emperor and others, he wanted to get the holy decree of Emperor Xiao Daocheng located in his An Wang Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao, the king of An, personally led his soldiers to force and kill the guards who were protecting the emperor, and broke in. "Join the Father, the Queen Mother!"
"Rebel! Great rebellion! Heaven will take you! Emperor Xiao Daocheng was seriously ill and bedridden, and anger filled his heart.
"Father, hurry up and write an edict of abdication!" Xiao Zhao, the king of An, held a sword in one hand and a pen and paper in the other, and shouted loudly.
The guards and eunuchs outside the door, the palace maid were detained by the soldiers of King Xiao Zhao, and knelt outside the palace and cried in a low voice.
Yao Jinling, the queen's mother, regarded death as if she were at home at this time, and led more than a dozen guards to rush into the main hall to save Emperor Xiao Daocheng.
"Yao Geng, you must hold on, protect Your Majesty, and wait for Luan'er to come back!" The queen mother, Yao Jinling, raised her phoenix eyes and said cleanly.
"Subordinates obey! Please back up, Niangniang's safety is the best! The guard Yao Geng knelt down and returned to his life.
Yao Geng led more than a dozen guards with knives to rush forward, and the two sides fought fiercely. The soldiers arranged by King Xiao Zhao were all the strongest in the Northwest Army, and it didn't take long to capture all the guards led by Yao Geng.
The queen's mother, Yao Jinling, was able to escape after being guarded by a master, and she fled to her palace and entered the secret passage.
"See the Queen! If you are late, please be punished! At this time, kneeling on the ground was Liu Fusu's mother-in-law, Nalan Rongruo, she was wearing a night dress, clean and neat, "What is the task of Niangniang?" ”
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The queen's mother, Yao Jinling, has also changed into a night dress, tore off her fake skin, stood in front of the palace, and faced more than a dozen martial arts masters smartly, "I have been lurking in Nanyue Kingdom for more than ten or twenty years, in order to abolish the dog emperor Xiao Daocheng!" Now is the time to do it. You will follow me into the main hall and hold Xiao Daocheng hostage, just wait for my son Xiao Luan to ascend the throne and the world will be peaceful! ”
"Obey the orders of the eldest lady!" A group of people knelt down in response, and this group of people was all the old spy organization of the general of the Yelang Kingdom, Gao Yi.
The general Gao Yi had a lot of combat strategies, often won battles, and also formed a secret agent organization to investigate the state affairs of Nanyue Kingdom. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of Xiao Daocheng's ascension to the throne, he sent Wang Jingtian to attack Yelang Kingdom, took Gao Yi with a stratagem, killed him, and occupied ten cities. From then on, Yelang Kingdom no longer dared to send troops south to invade the border of Nanyue Kingdom.
It turned out that Yao Jinling, the queen's mother, was not the original Yao Jinling, and on the day that Emperor Xiao Daocheng named Yao Jinling the queen, she was replaced by Gao Lancang, the daughter of Gao Yi, the general of Yelang State.
In the past few years, many secret agents have been placed into Nanyue Kingdom. Her purpose is to kill Emperor Xiao Daocheng, let the crown prince Xiao Luan ascend the throne, and return to the Yelang Kingdom!
"Action! All you need to do is kidnap the Dog Emperor. "The queen's mother Gao Lancang gave an order, and everyone quickly dispatched!
The soldiers guarding Emperor Xiao Daocheng's palace were eliminated by this group of people.
Xiao Zhao, the king of An, stepped forward and resisted with a sword, "Everyone obeys!" Kill this king! For a moment, the soldiers and guards surrounded the dozen or so men in black.
"Don't you dare to meet the king with his true face?" King An Xiao Zhao said coldly to these people, he raised his sword and flew, and in an instant, everyone's veils fell.
Gao Lancang's eyes widened with anger, Nalan Rongruo stood still in surprise, and the others were guarding with swords.
"Haha, it seems that the queen mother of this king is also here to join in the fun!" King Xiao Zhao held his sword and laughed at Gao Lancang and said, "Come and take down these traitors!" ”
"Bold! I am the queen mother, who dares to step forward? Gao Lancang said sharply to the guards who wanted to come forward to capture him.
"Does my father know that this queen who shares the bed with you, these people around her are all strong in martial arts!" Xiao Zhao, the king of An, turned his head and said to the lying emperor Xiao Daocheng.
Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, led the soldiers to break in, killed Xiao Zhao, the king of An, with a sword, and slashed more than a dozen guards, and captured Xiao Zhao, the king of An.
An Wang Xiao Zhao did not give in, constantly resisted and struggled.
Emperor Xiao Daocheng saw that there were reinforcements, and only then did he cough seriously several times, "Empress! You ......"
"Haha! That's right, I'm not Yao Jinling, take your dog's life! Gao Lan tore off his fake face and flew with a sword to stab Emperor Xiao Daocheng.
A long sword intercepted it, and Gao Lancang fell to the ground, "Say!" Who are you? Why pretend to be a queen mother? Cao Xuan, the commander of the guards, held a sword around her neck.
"I was originally Gao Lancang, the daughter of Gao Yi, the general of Yelang Kingdom, but your Nanyue Kingdom had to kill my father inch by inch, causing me to destroy the families of the border people of Yelang Country, and my wife was separated, and I have been lurking for more than ten years just to kill you - this dog emperor!" Gao Lancang pointed loudly at the emperor Xiao Daocheng who was lying on the bed.
"It turns out... So! Emperor Xiao Daocheng coughed several times, "What about Luan?" ”
"That's your son, it's a pity. One step away from him being able to ascend the throne and return to the kingdom of Shun Yelang! Gao Lancang looked up to the sky and sighed.
At this moment, he was covered in blood, rushed in with a long sword, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Please punish your father, your son is too late to save you!" ”
"Come on, take down the prince!" Emperor Xiao Daocheng ordered, "Will... Take all these traitors! ”
"Father!" The crown prince Xiao Luan had ten thousand doubts and unwillingness in his heart at this time, "Father, what did the son do wrong?" ”
Emperor Xiao Daocheng turned his head to stare at Gao Lancang, the empress mother who was looking at him, for fear of revealing a trace of emotion, what he wanted was to verify the identity of the crown prince.
Gao Lancang didn't have a trace of expression on his face, just looked at all this calmly, as if everything had nothing to do with her and me, and when the crown prince Xiao Luan was escorted past her, she suddenly burst out laughing!
At this time, Emperor Xiao Daocheng narrowed his shrewd eyes, and at this moment he confidently judged that the crown prince Xiao Luan was his biological son.