Chapter 42: The Transformation of the Yihai Kingdom
It was just dawn, and the soldiers of the Yulin Army in the capital began to slowly withdraw.
Wen Qianhu and Lu Zhan, who were standing at the city gate, saw the queen passing under the city gate with eunuchs, palace maids and scarred soldiers, Wen Qianhu said: "I never thought that there would be a day when the army would withdraw from the capital for so many years."
Lu Zhan looked at the letter sent to him by the third uncle Lu Qian in his hand, lowered his head and said, "I never thought that after returning to the capital after many years, I would encounter such a thing. Have the brothers all withdrawn? ”
"Except for a part of the Southern Army controlled by Dong Cunren and some brothers who insisted on staying in the capital with the Son of Heaven at the last moment, the rest have withdrawn." Wen Qianhu said about the small stone beside him.
The Qin State Shaking Mountain Army also assembled at the Northern Army camp outside the city, and the high arch on horseback looked melancholy at the place in the east that made him sad, so many Qin State elites were lost there.
In the cold weapon era, the battle loss rate of ordinary troops would lose their combat effectiveness if it exceeded 30 percent, and although the elite of the Qin State's Shaking Mountain Army could still maintain combat effectiveness with battle losses of more than 50 percent, there was no need to take the last old book to fight the Song army.
Tang Liyi, who was in the Tang family's mansion, couldn't help but smile when he heard the report from his subordinates that the imperial army's army was slowly retreating, and the master beside him asked Tang Liyi: "Master Hou, do we want to let the Song army go after you?"
"As the saying goes, the poor don't chase, not to mention that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are slowly retreating, and rash pursuit may add more casualties. My Tang family also has royal blood, and my ancestors were enshrined in the Tang Land and were named Tang Hou, and now I am going to change from the Hou Ye to the Son of Heaven. ”
After speaking, Tang Liyi looked at the hanger with the dragon robe hanging, and the master on the side complimented: "When you have complete control of the capital, you can force the current Son of Heaven to take the Zen position."
"Ordered my subordinates to pass the meal, and I got up early in the morning and I was a little hungry."
"The minister will go and order the subordinates." After speaking, the master withdrew from the room.
Looking at Chaoyang on the wall of the palace city, he said to the Taifu beside him: "Taifu Xun, you don't have to accompany me." Go out of the city with the prince, the prince still needs your assistance when he is young. ”
After the Taifu on the side knelt on the ground and bowed three times and nine times, he said to the Son of Heaven with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty take care, the old minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust if he goes to assist the prince."
Looking at the Taifu who was gradually moving away, the Son of Heaven walked to the imperial garden with the eunuch he carried.
Lu Zhan, who returned to the barracks, saw that the fifth princess Jing Nianshuang was beside her, in addition to Xiao Yezi, there was also a palace maid, and said in a joking tone: "Her Royal Highness the princess is really understanding, and she has found me such a little girl with such a sign."
Jing Nianshuang, who was not in a very good mood, rolled his eyes at Lu Zhan and pulled the palace maid beside him to walk away, while Xiao Yezi walked up to Lu Zhan and said with a hint of resentment: "Young master, it doesn't matter when you joke, sister, she is in a bad mood, and you still make such jokes."
Looking at Xiao Yezi, who hated iron but not steel, Lu Zhan opened his mouth and asked: "That palace maid should be the personal palace maid of the fifth princess, by the way, you have always called Her Royal Highness the princess's sister?"
"That's Sister Nianshuang told me that they will be a family in the future, and there is nothing wrong with calling my sister in advance." Xiao Yezi's voice became smaller and quieter, and it gradually became so small that he couldn't even hear Lu Zhan.
Although the voice was small, Lu Zhan heard the meaning of the words, Lu Zhan gently scraped the bridge of Xiao Yezi's nose with his hand, leaned over and said in his ear: "You are my person, don't always follow Nianshuang, you should be by my side."
Xiao Ye Zijun blushed and agreed in a low voice, Lu Zhan asked Xiao Ye Zi to remember to take care of Zhang Yu and then walked straight to the tent where the prince was.
"Chen Lu Zhan, I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Although the prince has a lot of intentions to woo him, the necessary etiquette is indispensable.
The prince waved his hand to signal Lu Zhan to get up, and then said: "The main forces of the Qin State will arrive one after another in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, and most of the soldiers who were originally guarding against the Qin army on the western front should be able to arrive within five days. Brother-in-law can have a good plan to break the city after the army is assembled? ”
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the original method of attacking and capturing the city at night will definitely not work now. The only way to do this is to build siege equipment, and the craftsmen in the capital are also among the evacuees, and the preparations for defending the city before the retreat have been destroyed by us. Presumably, we are going all out to build siege equipment, but the Song army has no tools to defend the city, so we can recover the capital. ”
Hearing that Lu Zhan was still attacking the city in such an ordinary way, the prince waved his hand at Lu Zhan in disappointment and prepared to let Lu Zhan retreat. At this time, Lu Zhan suddenly thought of something, and said to the prince: "His Royal Highness the prince, the minister suddenly thought of a plan."
The originally disappointed prince's eyes lit up after hearing Lu Zhan say this, and he said to Lu Zhan: "Brother-in-law, tell me what is the clever plan."
"That is, immediately build a hill of earth outside the moat, condescendingly and shoot arrows downward, and then fill the moat overnight. With our archers shooting their arrows from the top of the dirt hill, there will be no hindrance for our besieging warriors to ascend the walls. ”
After hearing Lu Zhan's plan, the prince hurriedly sent someone to inform the soldiers that they could deploy according to Lu Zhan's plan, and Lu Zhan's idea was recorded in many ancient books, and legend has it that Nurhachi used this trick to attack Shenyang back then.
The happy prince took Lu Zhan's hand and said: "The brother-in-law of this palace is really Wang Zuozhicai, now build a mountain and wait until the main force arrives, and such a project can be completed in about ten days."
Walking out of the prince's tent, Lu Zhan felt that he had to go and see his future daughter-in-law. As soon as he entered the camp, he saw the palace maid giving Jing Nianshuang a massage.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Weichen knows that he is wrong. It's not a joke at this time, but I'm here today with good news. ”
Jing Nianshuang, who was originally sitting and enjoying a massage, asked the palace maid to stop and look at Lu Zhan intently.
"The crown prince and I already have a way to attack the city, after the Song army captures Your Majesty, it will definitely not do anything to Your Majesty, and when our army and the Qin army recapture the capital, Your Majesty will be safe and sound."
After hearing what Lu Zhan said, Jing Nianshuang stood up excitedly, "Is Lu Lang's words serious?" It wasn't just a lie to comfort me. ”
Looking at Jing Nianshuang's expectant, smart big eyes, he said, "How could I lie to you, fool." After speaking, he stretched out his index finger and scraped the bridge of Jing Nianshuang's nose.
The Son of Heaven, who was standing next to a locust tree in the imperial garden, asked the eunuch beside him, "Where is Song Jun now?"
"The Song army is now approaching the palace."
"Okay, Otomo help me tie the white silk, and tie it to this locust tree. I, Jing, did not have the Son of Heaven to surrender. ”
As the Son of Heaven was martyred under the locust tree, the eunuchs beside him also followed.
Entering the Imperial Garden, the Song army saw only a few corpses hanging from trees.
Historically, it is known as the "Yihai National Change".