Chapter 0166: In person
Kou Zhun's words were scorching, but Zhao Heng was afraid.
The battlefield, he had already experienced it once, and he didn't want to go through it a second time.
Kou Zhun looked at Zhao Heng's reaction and was extremely disappointed.
At the beginning, he recommended Zhao Heng to Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi as an official, and he took a fancy to Zhao Heng's courage.
In the past, when Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was in power, the young Zhao Heng threatened to be a general, and was praised by Emperor Taizu.
After that, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, and Zhao Heng became the prince, but he still did not abandon martial arts.
Everyone says it's majestic.
Kou Zhun recommended Zhao Heng to Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi as an official because of this.
He hoped that Zhao Heng, with his assistance, would become an immediate emperor, conquer the Liao Kingdom in the north, recover Yanyun, and establish immortal achievements.
However.
Kou Zhun didn't expect that after Zhao Heng ascended the throne, it was very different from what he had shown before.
Not only did he never mention the matter of the emperor immediately, but he didn't even have the ambition to recover Yanyun.
Not only that, when the Liao people raised troops to the south, instead of thinking about how to fight the Liao people, he thought about blindly seeking peace.
almost didn't Kou Zhun to death.
If it weren't for that, Kou Zhun wouldn't have been able to force him to go to the battlefield back then.
Now that the soldiers are approaching the city, Zhao Heng is still retreating, and Kou Zhun really has a feeling of being blind.
"You, carry the official family and follow the old man to the imperial city."
Kou Zhun gave an order to the eunuchs in the chamberlain.
The eunuchs were stunned one by one, staring at Kou Zhun with big eyes, and then at Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng shook his head and said in a trembling voice: "I won't go to the imperial city, I won't go to ......."
Zhao Zhen, who had been accompanying Zhao Heng all along, suddenly grabbed Zhao Heng's hand and shouted in a low voice, "Father......"
Zhao Heng's heart was shocked, he turned his head with difficulty, and glanced at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen blinked and looked at Zhao Heng with a worried expression.
When Zhao Heng saw this, he felt ashamed in his heart.
Close your eyes in pain.
"Yiqing's meaning ......"
He was on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before he sighed helplessly.
Zhao Heng opened his eyes and said to Kou Zhun: "I can go to the imperial city, but the crown prince must stay in the palace." I also want the queen to accompany me. ”
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth to refute.
But I heard Zhao Heng grit his teeth and say: "I am gambling on my life......"
Hearing this, Kou Zhun closed his mouth and said no more.
Zhao Zhen was sent back to the East Palace by the eunuchs.
Liu E was recruited here from the harem.
Hearing that Zhao Heng was going to the imperial city to boost morale, Liu E did not say anything to stop him.
Although Liu E and Kou Zhun do not deal with each other, but now that the soldiers are in the city, if Zhao Heng does not come to the imperial city in person, the soldiers may not be willing to work hard.
She can tell which is more important.
She is more decisive than Zhao Heng.
Immediately.
The inner eunuchs carried a dragon couch and appeared in the vertical arch hall, moved Zhao Heng from the dragon chair to the dragon couch, and used a gauze tent to cover the surroundings of the dragon couch, and waited until the dragon couch became impermeable, and then carried the dragon couch, and went to the imperial city with Kou Zhun and Liu E.
When Kou Zhun and his entourage boarded the imperial city.
Zhou Huaizheng led the army, and he had already killed under the imperial city.
Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses fought fiercely in the imperial city, shouting and killing to the sky.
Torches reflected Bianjing City, turning Bianjing City into a sky that never sleeps.
As soon as Zhao Heng arrived, Cao Wei and other generals who commanded the operation, as well as the officials who cooperated with the operation, quickly gathered over and saluted in unison.
"Greetings to the Holy Driver!"
Zhao Heng, who was lying on the dragon couch, did not speak, Liu E was about to speak, but Kou Zhun took the first step and said: "You don't have to be polite, the war is important." ”
Cao Wei and the others agreed in unison and got up one after another.
……
Under the city.
Zhou Huaizheng, Yang Yi and others saw Zhao Heng appear, and the two glanced at each other.
The generals who followed them sensed that something was wrong, approached Zhou Huaizheng, and asked urgently, "Zhou Duzhi, didn't you say that the official family summoned us to the side of the Qing monarch?" Why did the official family appear in the imperial city? ”
Zhou Huaizheng looked at Yang Yi, Yang Yi gritted his teeth and didn't speak.
Zhou Huaizheng's mind turned sharply, and he shouted: "This is Liu E's trick of the demon queen. If the official family really came, why did they have to wrap it so tightly? It is clearly trying to disturb the hearts of our army. ”
Hearing this, the general took a closer look at the head of the imperial city, and nodded slowly after seeing Zhao Heng's tightly wrapped dragon couch.
He felt that what Zhou Huaizheng said was reasonable.
He apologized to Zhou Huaizheng for clasping his fists, "It's me Meng Lang, who almost fell for the trick of the demon queen." ”
Zhou Huaizheng nodded and said: "Order your soldiers and horses to attack the city quickly, take the imperial city, and kill the demon queen, the official family will definitely give generous gifts." ”
"No......"
The general hugged his fists, left Zhou Huaizheng, and commanded the soldiers and horses to continue the siege.
Zhou Huaizheng and Yang Yi got together.
Yang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "The official family is here, our plan is about to be exposed, what should we do?" ”
Zhou Huaizheng said fiercely: "So far, do we still have a way out? ”
Yang Yi said in a deep voice: "There is no way out. ”
Zhou Huaizheng said fiercely: "As long as we enter the palace, who can know our plan?" ”
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and exclaimed, "You mean ......"
A cold light flashed in Zhou Huaizheng's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Kill the official family...... As soon as the official family died, there was no proof of death. At that time, the palace will be in the hands of you and me, and the prince will also be in the hands of you and me. ”
Yang Yi clenched his fists, and his heart was a little uncertain.
Zhou Huaizheng saw that Yang Yi's heart was shaken, and hurriedly said, "Don't you want to help Li Di rehabilitate?" Li Di was cheated by you, and now he is infamous for being disloyal and unfilial.
If Qingjun's side is not successful, Li Di's infamy cannot be eliminated for a day. ”
Yang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Killing the king is a big crime......
Zhou Huaizheng glanced Yang Yi up and down, and said coldly: "It is also possible that Liu E is the one who killed the king......"
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and said in astonishment: "You mean ......"
Zhou Huaizheng said with a gloomy smile: "Pushing it on Liu E's head just conforms to the name of our Qingjun side." ”
When Yang Yi heard this, he hesitated again and again, and finally nodded and said, "Listen to your ......"
"Kill?"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Zhou Huaizheng and Yang Yi had a plan, and immediately led the soldiers and horses to storm the imperial city.
……
On the top of the city.
Kou Zhun waited until Cao Wei and the others got up, and asked, "How is the war?" ”
Cao Wei hugged his fists and said: "I can hold it, but I can't hold it for too long." ”
Kou Zhun frowned and said, "How long will it take for reinforcements from outside the city to arrive." ”
Cao Wei gritted his teeth and said, "It will take an hour at the earliest." ”
Kou Zhun nodded slowly and ordered: "Quickly spread the news of the official's visit in person." ”
Cao Wei nodded and said, "Understood......"
Cao Wei said goodbye to Kou Zhun and his party, and after going down, he immediately spread the news of Zhao Heng's visit.
When the soldiers of the forbidden army at the head of the city heard this, they did not believe it.
Someone also went to Zhao Heng's location to take a look.
After Kou Zhun saw these people, he lifted the corner of the dragon couch and let them witness Zhao Heng lying on the dragon couch.
When these forbidden soldiers saw Zhao Heng, they were shocked, and they ran to tell each other one by one, spreading the news of Zhao Heng's visit.
After the soldiers of the forbidden army at the head of the city learned the news, their morale was greatly boosted, and they became more powerful in fighting.
What's more, they also shouted at the rebels under the city.
Threaten that the rebels are all rebellious and thieves.
threatened that Zhao Heng had never had the mind of Qingjun, and it was Zhou Huaizheng who took advantage of them.
When the rebels first heard the news, they still didn't believe it, and still stormed the imperial city.
But later, more and more soldiers of the forbidden army shouted from the city, and they were a little suspicious.
There were rebel soldiers, and they immediately ran to question the rebel generals.
The rebel general took out the set of rhetoric that Zhou Huaizheng told him and told the rebels.
The rebels believed and began to storm the city fiercely.
Although the soldiers of the forbidden army at the head of the city are brave, they cannot withstand the onslaught of various large-scale siege equipment of the rebels under the city.
The soldiers of the forbidden army used to defend the city, but they never thought that anyone would lead a heavy army to attack the palace, so the large ordnance on the head of the city was mostly bed crossbows, and there were few things to deal with large siege equipment.
Now that they have collided with the rebels attacking the city with large siege engines, they cannot cope and can only be beaten back and retreated.
In just half an hour, the rebels under the city, the soldiers of the forbidden army who were smashed with trebuchets did not dare to take the head, and climbed to the top of the city by means of a ladder.
"The western wall has lost ......"
The western wall was breached.
The soldiers of the forbidden army were a little flustered.
Cao Wei was dressed in bloody clothes, ran to the edge of Zhao Henglong's couch, and said urgently: "Official, the western city wall has been lost, the rebels have been killed, and the official family is invited to move." ”
When Zhao Heng heard this, he immediately wanted the eunuchs to carry him away, and Liu E was also a little flustered when he heard this.
Only Kou Zhun was not afraid of danger, and said coldly: "Ring the bell and drum on the city, the old man will meet these rebels for a while." ”
Cao Wei was taken aback.
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "It's just a group of chaotic ministers and thieves, what are you afraid of?" The old man will let you see today, what does it mean that evil does not prevail over good! ”
"Koji?!"
Kou Zhun shouted.
Kou Ji hurriedly said, "It's here." ”
Kou Zhun said coldly: "Push the old man to the west city wall to take a look." ”
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Grandfather......"
He was reminding Kou Zhun not to take risks.
Kou Zhun glanced at him and said indifferently: "The old man knows what he wants. ”
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and pushed Kou Zhun to the head of Xicheng.
When I arrived at the head of Xicheng, I saw the rebels fighting bravely, fighting with the soldiers of the forbidden army with swords.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The sound of bells and drums suddenly rang.
The soldiers of the forbidden army and the rebels at the head of the city were all stunned.
Kou Zhun took advantage of this opportunity to take a deep breath and shouted: "Old man Kou Zhun, who are you waiting for, who dares to make trouble? ”
"Kou Gong?"
"Kou Xianggong?"
"Kou Gong is in the city?"
“……”
When the rebel soldiers heard this, they were stunned and looked at each other.
Then they gathered together in groups of three or five and whispered about it.
After discussing for a while, a rebel said in a low voice: "Bacheng is Liu E's trick again...... demon queen"
"Hmm...... It must be Liu E's trick of the demon queen......"
"Kill the past...... Yes, kill it. ”
“……”
The rebel soldiers shouted, ready to continue the charge.
At this moment, a voice sounded, "I was fortunate enough to meet Kou Gong, it was really Kou Gong's voice......"
In an instant, the eyes of all the rebel soldiers fell on the place where the voice came from.
The thin and weak men, stared at by everyone, lowered their heads and whispered, "That voice...... It's Kou Gong's ......"
When the rebel soldiers heard this, their faces changed.
Someone exclaimed: "Gong Kou has always been the most trusted person in the official family, he is in the city, so ......"
At this point, he couldn't go on.
But everyone understood what he meant.
"Inside the dragon bowl, may it really be an official family?!"
"The official family doesn't mean to clear the king's side, we have been deceived?"
“……”
The rebel soldiers lied in an instant.
They entered Bianjing City for the sake of the Qing monarch's side, for loyalty, and for the promotion of officials.
But now that the Qing monarch's side has become a rebellion, loyalty has become disloyalty and injustice, and the addition of officials to the lord has become beheading, how can they not panic?
"Now? What to do? ”
“……”
The rebel soldiers have no master, and they are all in turmoil.
There are ruthless people, seeing this situation, gritted their teeth and said: "So far, we have no way out, it is better to go into the palace and do nothing......
"No!"
Someone shouted to stop it.
"It is imperative to ask Gong Kou about this matter and the attitude of the officials."
"We're not at the end of the road......"
"What is there to ask, since ancient times, it is a capital offense to commit rebellion. Horizontal and vertical is a death, it's better to fight. ”
"What if you can live? If we die for our loyalty, one day someone will help us rehabilitate, give us justice, and treat our wives and children well. But if we commit chaos and die, not only will we have to bear a lifetime of infamy, but our wives and children will also be bullied.
We're just asking a few words now, and we don't have much time to lose.
If the official family lets us live, we will live.
If the official family doesn't let us live, then it's not too late for us to fight to the death. ”
“……”
As soon as this remark came out, many people responded.
Immediately, the rebel soldiers elected two lieutenants as representatives and appeared in front of the battle.
The two lieutenants faced the location of the soldiers of the forbidden army and arched their hands: "Can you invite Gong Kou to come out and see you?" ”
Hearing this, Kou Zhun smiled indifferently and let Kou Ji push him to the front of the two armies.
The two lieutenants saw Kou Zhun and immediately recognized him.
"It's really Kou Gong in person......"
The two lieutenants bowed.
Kou Zhun stared at them and said coldly, "Do you know that you are making trouble at this moment?" ”
When the rebel soldiers heard this, their hearts twitched, and they subconsciously clenched the blades in their hands.
The two captains glanced at each other, and one of them gritted his teeth and said, "Gong Kou, the lowly rank and others are not guilty of disorder. The lowly rank is ordered by the edict, the side of the Qing monarch! ”
Kou Zhun scolded: "Nonsense. Whose edict was it given, and whose order was it? ”
"Zhou Du knows ......"
"Zhou Huaizheng is pretentious, deceived you and others, and you really believe it, it is simply stupid."
"Zhou Du knows that there is an official talisman ......"
"Zhou Huaizheng stole the official soldier's talisman, which is a heinous crime."
“……”
The two lieutenants saw that Kou Zhun opened his mouth and was aggressive.
My heart sank and sank.
One of them gritted his teeth and asked, "Duke Kou, the lowly rank and others are on the side of the Qing monarch, are they really deceived by the villain?" ”
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "That's natural ......"
The two lieutenants glanced at each other and asked in a deep voice, "How are the officials going to deal with the lowly people?" ”
Kou Zhun glanced up and down at the two lieutenants, and sneered: "You also deserve to be dealt with by the officials?" ”
The two lieutenants looked stunned.
Kou Zhun said disdainfully: "Little captain, the official family doesn't bother to look at you on weekdays, do you really think you are a character?" ”
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