Chapter 45: The Son of Heaven Flees South
At that time, the world was divided into feudal systems, and the supreme ruler was the emperor of heaven, and under it, there were various vassal states.
These vassal states have existed for a long time, and most of them were sealed by the founding emperor after he ruled the world, although they respected the Son of Heaven as the co-lord of the world, but in this rebellion, none of them sent troops, and they all watched the fire from the other side.
In other words, this turmoil took place within the territory directly under the Son of Heaven.
Imperial Imperial Hall.
At this time, Emperor Shang Rui was losing his temper indiscriminately:
"These princes and kings were all sealed by the empire at the beginning! Now the traitors are rebelling, but the nations turn a blind eye and do not send troops, which is really hateful! β
He was in his twenties, and he lost his temper, like a loser smashing things.
And over the years, there have been many conquests between the nations, and now they are all busy with the little things in their fiefdoms, who will pay attention to him.
This rebellion, in the final analysis, was also caused by himself, and the gradual weakening of imperial power was directly related to the increasing mediocrity of generations of emperors.
After he lost his temper, Prime Minister Dong Hua stood up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the most important thing at the moment is to quell the chaos, with the suppression of troops from all over the country, the traitor force has become smaller and smaller, but the thief leader Wu Yuan led his troops to attack the imperial capital, and wanted to break the net with the imperial court!" β
"What...... What the!? When Shang Rui heard this, his eyes immediately widened: "What about Lu Bolin!" Why didn't Lu Bolin stop him!? β
"Lu Bolin was pinned down by the main force of the thief army, and in terms of time, it was too late to come back to help." Dong Hua explained: "And Wu Yuan, the leader of the thieves, gathered tens of thousands of thieves, and it is less than two hundred miles away from the imperial capital. β
"Oops!" Hearing this, Shang Rui panicked all of a sudden, and immediately became like an ant on a hot pot: "This, this, these two hundred miles!" What a good thing that is! β
He was so scared that he was going to die, and even his tone changed, where was there a trace of the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
Seeing this, all the ministers stood below, and they all lowered their heads slightly and glanced at each other.
Dong Hua pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to leave the capital temporarily, move to Yuyang, and wait for the war to calm down, and then it's not too late to return." β
Due to the wars in many places in the north, the Son of Heaven can only flee south, and Yuyang is also the best choice.
When Shang Rui heard this, he didn't even think about it, and said again and again: "Okay, good!" Just do what Aiqing said, quickly send the order and give the order, no matter how late it is, it will be too late......"
At the same time, Fengcheng.
Xiao Yuan exchanged all the results of Fengcheng for half a month of grain and grass, and it has been a few days since he left here.
Now, after learning the news, Yu Anmin was furious, slapped Yu Ze in the face on the spot, and scolded angrily: "Who asked you to give him half a moon's food!" β
"Daddy......" Yu Ze covered his cheeks and said with grievances: "Xiao Yuan gave me the entire Fengcheng battle results, how can I not have such a merit." β
"Stupid!" Yu An was angry: "I told you a long time ago to control Xiao Yuan with grain and grass, let him attack the city for us, and keep food, so I won't give him food!" You just gave him half a month's grain and grass, and now, are you going to hit the Ling! β
Yu Ze was silent, and the military advisor Jiang Xing also sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, adults don't have to blame the son anymore, although Xiao Yuan has great ambitions, but his troops are only four thousand, and it can't be accomplished, let's think about what to do next." β
He came out to persuade, but Yu Anmin could only snort coldly at Yu Ze before giving up.
The next day, at Jiang Xing's suggestion, Yu Anmin personally led 50,000 county troops and prepared to capture Shangling in one go.
Shangling's rebels are almost the same as Fengcheng, only 10,000, in Yu Anmin's eyes, Xiao Yuan only 6,000 people, in a few days, broke Fengcheng, then his own side now has 50,000 troops, for this Shangling, he can be said to be full of confidence.
You must know that Yu Anmin's ordnance is very sufficient, and it is also very sophisticated, far from being comparable to the rebels, and the march of 50,000 troops is even more endless.
But the army had just passed halfway, and at this moment, a county soldier also rode a war horse and ran over in a panic.
"Report ~~~~" Just before the arrival, the county army had already turned over and dismounted, and then knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "Your Excellency, the enemy has been found ahead!" β
"What!?" When Yu Anmin heard this, he was taken aback at first, and then said: "Explore again and report again!" β
"No!" The spy saluted and left.
After he left, Yu Anmin rode a tall horse, and also looked sideways at Jiang Xing next to him, and chuckled: "Sir, this official also said that he was going to Shangling to crusade against the thief army, but he didn't expect the thief army to come to the door himself." β
"Hehe, isn't it better, the adults can annihilate it in one fell swoop, and it also prevents our army from fighting siege warfare." Jiang Xing laughed.
"Yes." Yu Anmin nodded, and then shouted in a loud voice: "Pass the order!" Get ready to meet the enemy! β
"Prepare to meet the enemyβ" With his command, the herald began to gallop on his horse.
The enemy army in front of him was indeed Shangling's thieves, and its main general heard that Fengcheng was lost and Zhou Qi was captured, and he also specially led the army to prepare to recapture Fengcheng.
Now, the two armies met in the wilderness, and it wasn't long before they formed a formation on a plain.
Yu Anmin's side is well-equipped, and on the surface, his momentum is better than that of the rebels, and his troops are superior.
But the rebel commander was not afraid at all, after the two armies encountered, he didn't say a word, he directly drew out his sword and pointed forward, and shouted in a shocking voice: "Kill-"
He shouted loudly, and the men also rode their horses and rushed out, and the 10,000 rebels behind him, all armed with spears and cloth towels around their heads, began to charge wildly and shouting.
In such a situation, he will fight when he comes up, Yu Anmin immediately panicked, and then commanded again and again: "Release the arrow!" Hurry up and release the arrowsβ"
Following his order, the sergeants in the front row began to draw their bows and arrows, and the arrows were fired in unison, but the rain of arrows was sparse and weak.
At that time, the hard bow was not like now, but the two corners were curved, and it was very tense, and it was impossible to pull the bow full without a strength of more than 100 catties.
The discipline of the county army is sloppy, drinking and gambling all day long, living a free life, being lazy, being a corporal and soldiers, and where has he experienced any war.
Yu Anmin thought that with an army of 50,000, he could wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop, but when he really went to the battlefield, the situation was completely different!
This is completely a rabble, in the face of the charge of 10,000 rebels, the formation was disrupted in an instant, there are many soldiers, have never seen such a bloody scene, looking at the battlefield splashed with blood, even more frightened screams, throw away the halberd in his hand, and flee frantically.
Yu Anmin was even more panicked and began to shout: "Hurry! Protect the officer! Protect this officerβ"
As the so-called soldiers are bearish, they will be bears, and it can be seen that the county army is such a waste.
This encounter did not last long at all, the county army that had never been on the battlefield had no combat power at all, and under Yu Anmin's greed for life and fear of death, he quickly lost his armor and was defeated by the rebels, and in the end, he fled back to Fengcheng in a hurry.
Seeing the defeat and retreat of the 50,000 army, the commander of the Shangling rebel army smiled on his back, and then said:
"The enemy army is several times larger than mine, but it is so vulnerable, I really don't know how Zhou Qi lost Fengcheng!"