Chapter 267: Two Birds with One Stone
Yuwen Chonghe came out of the Daxing Palace, and he couldn't help but laugh halfway, because he was now sure that the emperor couldn't leave him.
Now there are tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the city, and the generals are Liu Chongxin's people, if the emperor explicitly wants to do something to Liu Chongxin, the generals of the forbidden army may depose the emperor first because they are afraid, Liu Chongxin is not without a choice, he can also go to welcome the return of the third prince to ascend the throne.
"His Majesty the Forbidden Army doesn't dare to use it, he has to wait for Liu Chongxin to die before he dares to do anything to the Forbidden Army."
Yuwen Chonghe gently stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty, now you can see clearly, who else can he rely on besides the Yuwen family?" It is not only the three princes who are staring at this throne, but also His Majesty's uncles. ”
His eldest son, Yuwen Zhi, said with a smile: "Now the left leading guard and the right military guard are in the capital, which is the only barrier for Your Majesty. ”
Now that these two guards are in the hands of the Yuwen family, if the emperor wants to do anything, he really has to look at the face of the Yuwen family in every move.
"Father."
Yu Wencong asked: "Then, do we really want to listen to Your Majesty and line up the two guards outside the city?" ”
"It doesn't matter."
Yuwen Chonghe said with a smile: "I have already informed the forbidden army general Liu Buang in advance, I told him that if he wants to live, he must rely on him, instead of guarding Liu Chongxin, Liu Chongxin will definitely die, and he can still rely on me to continue to be his forbidden army general." ”
Yuwen Cong smiled and said: "Liu Buang is not stupid, he will definitely be attached to his father, His Majesty can change one, and his master can also change one." ”
Yuwen Chonghe said: "You are arrayed outside the city, I am watching from the city wall, the city gate is guarded, and I will let Liu Buang's forbidden army guard the four gates of the palace city, and then send troops and horses to respond at any time, who else is available to our majesty?" Is that the palace maid and eunuch in Daxing Palace? ”
"Hahahaha......"
Yuwen leaned back with a smile, and he said with a smile: "Father, as long as Liu Chongxin is killed, and then the Arrest Department is sealed, at least millions of gains can be made." ”
Yuwen Chonghe nodded and said, "You assign scouts, if Liu Chongxin really comes back with the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou battalion, then let him know what it means to have no way out." ”
"In front is the impregnable capital, as well as the soldiers of the two guards in your hands, and in the back is Prince Wu's left guard, do you guess, those soldiers in the Jingzhou battalion are willing to die for Liu Chongxin?"
Yuwen Chonghe said: "After Prince Wu enters Beijing, and then take Zuo Wuwei's military power, hundreds of thousands of troops are in the hands of my Yuwen family, and Your Majesty can only look at our faces." ”
He let out a long breath and slapped his hand heavily beside him.
"It's our Yuwen family's turn!"
Daxing Palace.
Emperor Yang Jing looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Pu slave, my father has used you for sixteen years, I don't plan to change someone, and I will always trust you." ”
Pu Nu leaned over and said, "Minister, Your Majesty." ”
Yang Jing said: "I know that when I captured the assassin Yao Wuxi, your sword was cut off by Yao Wuxi, so I plan to give you a sword. ”
He got up and took a wooden sword box from Jing Obedient, the chief attendant of the inner chamberlain, he handed the sword box to Pu Nu and said: "This is the armor-breaking of one of the three emperors of Great Chu, this sword is as sharp as clay, everything is broken, today I will hand over this sword to you, and you will hold the sword for me." ”
"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty."
Pu Nu immediately knelt down, of course he knew very well what the Three Emperor Sword symbolized, the Great Chu Emperor Sword, what symbolized was His Majesty, and the most important thing for him was the recognition of his identity.
"The sword is on you, you are acting on my behalf, as long as the sword is still there, you will bear the emperor's order."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I hope that you can treat me as you did to my father, the world has not changed, and it is still the world of the imperial family......"
Yang Jing stretched out his hand
The slave helped up: "Others don't know who you are, don't I know yet?" The Chu Emperor swordsmanship is not passed on to outsiders, but the Chu Emperor swordsmanship without the Chu Emperor Sword is worse after all. ”
The face of the slave kept changing, and the weight of this sword was too heavy.
Emperor Taizu of Great Chu was born in the rivers and lakes, and his swordsmanship was superb, according to the rules of Emperor Taizu, after every new emperor ascended the throne, he had to select a person with high talent from the imperial family and teach him the sword of Emperor Chu, this person, after learning the sword technique of Emperor Chu, will be incognito, forget his identity and even his life, and his only mission is to protect the emperor.
When the old emperor dies and the new emperor ascends the throne, he will also choose another person in the imperial family and hand it over to the previous generation of swordsmen to cultivate and learn the swordsmanship of Emperor Chu.
But the sorrow of the slave is that the old emperor never gave him the armor-piercing sword, the old emperor is hateful and pitiful, he is the emperor, but he is more and more distrustful of anyone surnamed Yang, even if he pins his life on the slave, he is not willing to give him the armor-piercing sword.
The old emperor reigned for a long time, the previous generation of swordsman died unexpectedly, and the slave was replaced, he was very talented, and he taught himself the swordsmanship of Emperor Chu, but he never broke the armor in his palm, which was also a thorn in his heart.
But Punu still remembered Emperor Taizu's legacy, even if it wasn't fair to them.
Taizu is a native of the rivers and lakes, he was the master of a sect, when he did not gain power, his sect was divided into two families, the inner disciple is his own inheritance, and the status of the outer disciple is much lower, although he will also learn swordsmanship, but he will never get the true inheritance, no matter how good he is, he will not inherit the position of the master.
After Chu Taizu ascended the throne and became emperor, he divided the Yang family into two lines, inside the sect and outside the sect, all of whom were his descendants, and outside the sect were branches of the Yang family.
The fate of each generation of the Yang family outside the sect is to defend the Yang family in the sect to the death, and each generation of swords is also selected from the Yang family outside the sect.
is also the bloodline of the Yang family, but it has to be a sword slave.
Yang Jing looked at the slave and said seriously: "I have already drafted a will, as long as I kill Liu Chongxin, I will cancel the inner and outer two families set up by Emperor Taizu, both of them are the Great Chu royal family, why bother to divide what is inside and outside, the bloodline of the foreign family is also the bloodline of the Yang family." ”
After a pause, he continued: "I have already contacted the foreign family before and asked them to come back to assist me, but now the civil and military forces of this Manchu Dynasty are all selfish, and no one really assists me, and the Yang family's world has to be held by the Yang family themselves." ”
Pu Nu bowed down again, his eyes were already red, and His Majesty's words touched the sore spot in his heart.
It's been hundreds of years, and the foreign family is finally going to raise their eyebrows.
"I thought about it, after killing Liu Chongxin, I would choose someone from another family to take charge of the forbidden army, take charge of the Jingzhou camp, and take charge of the ......."
He whispered a few words in Punu's ear, and Punu raised his head violently, his eyes full of shock.
The emperor slowly exhaled a breath, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "Those bastard things, the power in their hands is given by the royal family, and it is all given by the Yang family, but they use the power given by the royal family to blackmail the royal family, to deceive the royal family, and even want to rebel!" I'm going to take back all this imperial power. ”
He looked at the slave and said, "The royal family can't be bullied! ”
The slave nodded vigorously: "The royal family can't be bullied!" ”
A few days later, outside the capital.
Liu Chongxin looked at the tens of thousands of troops waiting outside the city, his face was ugly as if he had just swallowed a dead mouse, Yuwen Chonghe actually dared to stop him outside the city, the old fox who used to be submissive in front of him has now become a white-eyed wolf.
Daxing Palace.
The emperor sat on the dragon chair, looked at the hundreds of people in the main hall, and after a moment of silence, said, "Today, I have entrusted my life and death to you. ”
Hundreds of people fell to the ground at the same time: "Swear to follow!" ”
These hundreds of people are the emperor's dead soldiers in the East Palace, and he has spent several years training them.
"Defend Daxing Palace."
emperor
got up and said loudly: "If you keep the Daxing Palace, you will also guard the Dachu River, and if you can't keep it, I will live and die with you today." ”
"Hooray!"
The people below shouted.
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
Someone hurriedly ran in from outside the hall, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, hit ...... It's time to fight! ”
The emperor snorted, and after he slowly exhaled a breath, he said, "Close the palace gate and wait for Prince Wu to enter the city." ”
Two hours later, Yuwen Chonghe on the city wall looked back at the side of the palace, and suddenly came to his senses, he snorted and said: "I see, go and give Liu Buang an order, let him break through the Daxing Palace and arrest the emperor out!" ”
His men immediately went to give the order.
After another hour, the forbidden army began to storm the Daxing Palace, and at this time, it was the emperor's dead soldiers in the East Palace, those palace maids, and eunuchs, all of whom took up arms to guard the palace gate.
The next day.
The emperor put on his armor and stood on the city wall with the dead to resist the onslaught of the forbidden army, and in the afternoon, for some reason, countless people poured in from all directions, and they fearlessly attacked the forbidden army, and then formed a circle of defense outside the palace.
After another day of death, Prince Wu returned.
Outside the city gate, Prince Wu rode his horse to Liu Chongxin's more than ten zhang away, he looked at Liu Chongxin and asked, "Why are you attacking the capital?" ”
Liu Chongxin said angrily: "The old thief Yuwen Chonghe has already kidnapped Your Majesty, I am saving Your Majesty!" ”
Prince Wu pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at Tong Meng and said loudly: "What are you waiting for, when the time comes, kill this eunuch!" ”
Tong Meng was stunned at first, and then his face changed in fright, and he looked at Liu Chongxin: "Overseer, father-in-law!" Don't listen to him to provoke! ”
Prince Wu drew his long knife and shouted, "Stand up my banner!" ”
The guards behind him immediately erected the banner of Zuo Wuwei.
"Ordered to rebel and kill the thief!"
Prince Wu shouted, urging the horse to charge, more than 100,000 people in the Jingzhou army, but no one dared to stop Prince Wu, where Prince Wu's banner went, all the soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered.
Prince Wu only took half a day to subdue the Jingzhou camp, and captured Liu Chongxin and Tong Meng, he ordered the army to retreat, and then took his personal guards to the city gate, pointed at the defenders on the city gate with a long knife and said loudly: "Open the city gate, I am not to blame for the past, if I wait for me to break through, destroy the nine clans." ”
Prince Wu has the prestige of the Great Chu Martial God, and the Chu army is up and down, who is not in awe?
The soldiers guarding the city, look at me, I look at you, no matter how the people of the Yuwen family order, they don't dare to shoot arrows at Prince Wu.
"If you don't dare to kill me, why don't you kill the thief from me?! Open the city gate, kill the traitors, and others are all meritorious ministers of Great Chu! ”
Prince Wu shouted loudly: "The one who opens the city gate, the first merit!" ”
originally thought that they could control the capital by holding the soldiers of the two guards, but the people of the Yuwen family did not expect that with Prince Wu's words, those defenders and soldiers would be afraid.
The city gates were opened, and Prince Wu led a large army into the capital.
On this day, Prince Wu opened a killing ring in the city, and more than 30,000 forbidden troops besieging Daxing Palace were killed by Prince Wu, and the rest all knelt down and surrendered.
Prince Wu led the Yuwen family, raided Liu Chongxin's mansion, directly destroyed the forbidden army general Liu Buangmanmen, ordered the left Wuwei to take over the city defense, and the forbidden army surrendered to the Jingzhou battalion to take care of the soldiers and horses, and the left leading army guard and the right military guard were all withdrawn to the outside of the capital to wait for dispatch.
Daxing Palace, outside the palace gate.
Prince Wu, covered in blood, walked to the door, and then fell to his knees.
"Your Majesty, Minister, you're back!"
On the palace wall, Emperor Yang Jing laughed loudly, laughing hoarsely.