In Bianliang City, on the square in front of the Ouchi Chongzheng Palace, the distant roar made everyone present a little stunned. The sound was by no means a good thing, and the direction it came from was in the direction of Nancheng, and several senior generals in the army first felt a faint ominous omen.

Chen Jue, Wang Jun, Yuan and others actually knew the news that the army of the Luoyan Army had gathered under the city this morning. Not long ago, the three of them had just inspected the three gates and walls of the southern city, and they had also assessed each other's behavior. In the end, the three of them agreed that the Luoyan army was bluffing, taking advantage of today's big day when Lu Xiang ascended the throne to deliberately create the illusion of siege to disgust people. This judgment is not a casual conclusion, but is based on the intelligence gathered on the Falling Goose Army for many days. The main reason for this is that until now, there has been no sign of large-scale production and mobilization of siege equipment by the Luoyan army.

Today, although the opponent's soldiers are deployed under the city, there is still no shadow of siege equipment in the opponent's soldiers and horses all over the mountains. Are they going to use ladders to storm the city? Use the most primitive method to capture Bianliang City, a city with the highest city wall, the widest moat and the most rigorous defense system in the world? The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Luoyan Army are not enough to see at all. The Jurchens learned from the past, and it was impossible for the Luoyan Army to be stupid enough to repeat the mistakes of the past.

In view of this, Chen Jue and the other three all thought that there was no need to deal with the bluff of the Luoyan army, and only arranged the subordinate generals to prepare for the defense of the city. Those arrow towers, ballistas, archers, rolling wood, stones, oil, etc., can make the invincible army of fallen geese sober. The three of them even agreed that the matter of the other party gathering under the city did not need to be reported to Lu Xiang at all, because there was no need at all, and it only made Lu Xiang unhappy. Today is a festive day, so it's better not to block Lu Xiang.

On the steps in front of the Chongzheng Palace, Lu Zhongtian asked suspiciously. The distant roar unsettled him.

Chen Jue hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to see what happened, and it's not a big deal." The emperor doesn't have to worry, the ministers will come when they go. ”

Lu Zhongtian nodded slowly, and when he listened to it again, the aftermath of the roar had been drowned out by the sound of drums. There was no movement after that. If it weren't for the buzzing in the ear drums, they would almost have doubted whether they had heard that strange roar.

"Please come to the palace!" Liu Zhenbang bowed beside him and said.

Lu Zhongtian sighed, turned around and continued to slowly climb the stairs. Chen Jue walked down the steps quickly, took the reins handed by the guards, turned on his horse, and galloped away with dozens of guards cavalry.

The sound of drums was brilliant and solemn, and Lu Zhongtian came to the front of the gate of the Chongzheng Hall surrounded by hundreds of civil and military officials. Through the open door of the main hall, you can see the tall dragon chair throne on the north side of the main hall at a glance. Lu Zhongtian's heart was suddenly excited, and his wheezing voice became heavier, and he stretched out his hand to support Lu Tianci's shoulder on the side, and then slowly walked towards the hall.

Step by step, the golden dragon chair on the high platform is getting closer and closer. Although I have been to the court countless times and seen this dragon chair countless times, I am very familiar with it. Even the story that happened on the dragon chair, Lu Zhongtian could basically remember everything that the person sitting said, but he had never touched this dragon chair in his life, let alone sat on it. And now, it's all right around the corner.

Lu Zhongtian walked slowly to the dragon chair step by step, and the officials behind him slowly moved their steps. Lu Zhongtian walked very slowly, his eyes were always locked on the throne, and at a certain moment, Lu Zhongtian was in a trance. He seemed to see the figures of the three generations of emperors he had seen sitting on the throne, their shadows overlapping on the throne, some old, some young, some laughing, some angry, some radiant, some depressed, some majestic, some decadent, some impassioned, some silent and gloomy. All the figures were illusory and overlapped, like smoke and fog, but they were so clear and discernible that Lu Zhongtian could completely distinguish them.

Fifty years ago, when Lu Zhongtian was in his prime. That year, he won the first class of jinshi, and he was summoned by the emperor in the Chongzheng Hall with other jinshi. That was the first time he had seen the emperor sitting on a throne. Emperor Splendid was in high prestige at that time, and the entire Great Zhou was at its most powerful and prosperous, and the Splendid Emperor was also the same as the entire Great Zhou, majestic and strong, wise and wise.

After that, the first emperor Guo Chong ascended the throne. In Lu Zhongtian's memory, the impression given to him by the former emperor Guo Chong on the throne was basically silent and melancholy. It was during the decades when Guo Chong became emperor that the Great Zhou Dynasty gradually declined. The treasury is empty, the border towns are tight, and internal and external troubles are emerging one after another. Guo Chong is an emperor who wants to do something, but he has his fatal weakness. Compared with his predecessors, he lacks the indomitable and resolute spirit and courage, he is easily self-denial, easily swayed by emotions, and easily succumbs to external pressure. So in the end, he can only be regarded as a mediocre emperor.

However, Lu Zhongtian has a different kind of feelings for Guo Chong, he became the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty during the period when Guo Chong was the emperor, and Guo Chong trusted him very much. Although he is also worried that his power is too great, let Yang Jun balance his power. But on the whole, it was not a distrust of himself, but an instinctive fear of his own emperor, an instinctive protection of his own throne. If it weren't for the last resort, Lu Zhongtian would not have chosen to betray Guo Chong.

The third person Lu Zhongtian has ever seen sitting on this throne is his grandson Guo Xu. Once upon a time, Lu Zhongtian had great hopes for Guo Xu. He fully supported him behind the scenes, hoping that he could be a non-rebellious emperor who was close to him according to his own wishes. So that Da Zhou can run the way he wants. For Guo Xu's sake, he even did not hesitate to take a huge risk to provoke the Youth Sect to revolt and let Guo Xu reap his military exploits and prestige. However, Guo Xu is an embroidered pillow that is useless, just a lump of mud, and it can't be wiped on the wall at all. In the end, he had to use that kind of means to snatch the throne, which was not the result that Lu Zhongtian hoped for at all.

And even though Lu Zhongtian did his best to clean up the mess for Guo Xu, this grandson failed to give Lu Zhongtian the respect and return he deserved. Lu Zhongtian was very disappointed by what he did after becoming emperor, he was stupid and stubborn, tyrannical and incompetent, and it can be said that it was because of his several stubborn decisions that the situation almost collapsed. Lu Zhongtian finally saw the irreversible trend of the imminent collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty from Guo Xu's body, which also made him burn the fire in the hearts of everyone who had a thirst for power that was suppressed in his heart. Take a millet from the fire, and the chaos is your own opportunity. So he decided to take action and take control of the situation. He's going to do what he wants to do, and he's going to take advantage of this chaotic situation, and he's going to have to take advantage of it.

Lu Zhongtian approached the throne step by step, and when Liu Zhenbang's loud shout sounded in his ears, the three entangled and changing phantoms of the former Great Zhou Emperor on the throne in Lu Zhongtian's eyes suddenly dissipated like light smoke. Lu Zhongtian's eyes became warm and clear.

"Please enthrone the emperor! Hundreds of officials kowtow to celebrate the accession of our emperor to the throne, long live my emperor! Liu Zhenbang shouted loudly.

All the officials fell to their knees in a hula, and they kowtowed and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor, long live my emperor." ”

A smile appeared on Lu Zhongtian's face, he shook off Lu Tianci's hand, put his hand on the warm and smooth pear blossom wood handrail on the side of the throne, and stepped on the wooden steps of the throne.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. The Falling Goose Army is attacking the city! The Falling Goose Army is attacking the city! At the door of the main hall, an extremely discordant voice sounded, and Chen Jue, who was panting and sweating profusely, rushed into the hall, shouting out out of place.

Everyone turned their heads in shock to look at Chen Jue running over, and Lu Zhongtian also frowned and looked at Chen Jue dissatisfied. At this time, why is he so ignorant and so flustered.

"Lord Chen, the enthronement ceremony is underway, why are you shouting and screaming? The Luoyan army will let him attack the city, don't we have soldiers and horses to defend the city? Didn't you say that they had no siege equipment and that they had nothing to fear? Why are you so flustered? What kind of system? Liu Zhenbang frowned and stepped forward to stop Chen Jue, and said dissatisfiedly.

With a wave of Chen Jue's hand, Liu Zhenbang was pushed away by a strong force, and staggered a few steps and sat on the ground. Chen Jue didn't look at him, ran straight to Lu Zhongtian, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, the Luoyan Army is really attacking the city, and the ministers must come to report to Lu Xiang, the situation is probably going to be bad." ”

Lu Zhongtian frowned and shouted, "What are these words?" Why is it bad? Can they get in? Do they have siege engines? They're looking for death when they attack, aren't they? ”

Chen Jue smacked his lips and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, they have." We miscalculated. They have siege engines, and they ...... It's the kind we've never seen before. The explosion of Shicai was the roar of the siege firearms they had set up outside the city. With just one shot, the corner tower of Nanxun Gate collapsed. It's ferocious. What's even more terrifying is that they have ten of those firearms, and they are about to storm them at once. ”

Lu Zhongtian's body shook, he was dizzy, and he staggered back. Lu Tianci stretched out his hand to support it, and said angrily: "Chen Jue, what do you say are these scaring people at this time?" What do you eat? You are all generals who lead the army, and the enemy will call you to kill them, why are you running to stir up the situation and scare my father? Do you feed you for rice? ”

Chen Jue glared at Lu Tianci, and Lu Tianci shouted, "What are you doing?" Can't I tell you? Don't go to kill the enemy yet? What do you do with big eyes and little eyes? ”

Chen Jue clenched his teeth, glanced at the pale Lu Zhongtian, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "All the generals will go to the city to fight immediately, I'm talking about everyone." Follow me at once. ”

After that, Chen Jue threw off his cloak and ran out quickly. Wang Jun Yuan Ping and dozens of generals were stunned at first, and then followed him out of the hall.