Chapter 246: Dreams are broken and sideburns are white

The emperor looked at the remaining palace maids, waved his hand and said, "Let's all go out, you shouldn't have heard what you said just now." ”

"Whoa"

Several palace maids fell to the ground and kowtowed, and they were so frightened that their faces turned white. The palace maid before seemed to have been pulled out of the crown because of a trembling hand and was killed with a rod, but in fact, it was not because they listened to something they shouldn't have heard. The tooth general named Zhuge Zhan said so much in one breath, and these words must not be spread casually now, the emperor killed a palace maid, it was nothing more than telling the other few not to talk too much.

Several palace maids hurriedly got up and withdrew, not even daring to come out.

The emperor turned to Zhuge Zhan and asked word by word: "From beginning to end, tell the truth." ”

Zhuge Zhan straightened up slightly, and his voice trembled when he spoke: "That night, I don't know how Meng Yuan's cavalry appeared behind the defense line of the right leading guard, and directly inserted it from behind. Late at night, how could a large army be fortified behind its back? Yu Zhengdong, the general of the right leading army, hurriedly organized men and horses to meet the battle, but the enemy had at least 20,000 cavalry from behind, and it was too late to stop him. Because the army had to be defended for hundreds of miles, it had already been a day when the news of the collapse of the leading guard on the right came over. ”

"General Pei knew that after the defeat of the right leading guard, he immediately sent several generals to divide 30,000 troops to rush to the rescue, but before he arrived, he encountered the rout of the Chinese army. The 300,000 Chinese army was also defeated overnight...... When asked what happened to the rout of the Chinese army, they said that it was also Meng Yuan's cavalry who suddenly killed from behind, and the army was broken through the company camp without any precautions. The brigade that followed Meng Yuan immediately rushed over like a tide, with at least 200,000 horses. King Wook and General Kim Se-woong led their troops to counterattack, but because of the sudden attack in the middle of the night, the soldiers were defeated too quickly, and they could not prevent the enemy from killing the camp after all. ”

"King Xujun and General Jin Shixiong were also killed, and King Xujun ran around with some of his men and horses, trying to gather the rout. But Meng Yuan's cavalry is too fast, let's ...... Our infantry simply didn't have time to line up. ”

Later, the 30,000 horses sent by General Pei did not dare to continue to move forward rashly, but stationed in the same place and sent people back to ask the general for instructions. The general ordered to retreat to the camp, and then shrank his forces and slowly retreated to rescue King Xujun. Before the army was opened, the 60,000 cavalry of the Mengyuan Keqin Banner were killed. Most of the men and horses of our left leading guards are infantry, and they can only fight in formation. After holding out for a day, more than 200,000 cavalry of the Mengyuan royal court were killed. ”

"In the evening, the western line of defense was broken, and General Pei personally pounced on it with his own guards. In the middle of the night...... Heard...... I heard that General Pei was killed by the enemy's cavalry and arrows. The military advisor Shi Le saw that the general trend was gone, but he refused to break through with the guards. He found the minister and asked the minister to lead the troops to break through and return to Chang'an City to report the news. The military advisor himself organized the last men and horses to find out the life and death of the general...... The minister advised him to go along, and he said that by the favor of the general, life is the same, and death is the same! When the minister came out with dozens of horsemen, the military division and they were also killed. ”

The ministers and his subordinates did not dare to delay, and rode all the way to the east. The minister also thought that he would definitely meet our Great Sui army on the way. But all you see along the way are corpses with their heads cut off, and every dozen miles you can see a pagoda piled up with the heads of our Great Sui soldiers. The ministers and his men traveled day and night, but they were still discovered by Meng Yuan's cavalry. Under the fighting, only the minister himself escaped. On the way, I heard that the king of Xujun was retreating in the direction of Qingxia with the remnants of the army, so the minister hurried to Qingxia to find the king of Xujun...... When Kechen cautiously arrived at Qingxia all the way, he didn't see our people and horses in the Great Sui. ”

Later, the minister thought...... Most of the men and horses under the command of King Xujun are infantry, and the Mandu flag is two thousand miles long, how can King Xujun's men and horses outrun Meng Yuan's cavalry. An army of 700,000 people...... All he saw along the way were headless corpses and tall human-headed pagodas. ”

After waiting in Qingxia for a day, the minister didn't wait for one of his own people but saw Meng Yuan's wolf flag. The minister had to run back by himself, and when he passed by Fan Gu, the minister wanted to go in and inform the defenders to be on guard, but the minister had an eye and didn't dare to approach easily, and secretly observed that there were Mengyuan people near Fangu, how could Mengyuan people cross Qingxia so quickly? The minister didn't dare to stay for a long time, and remembered the explanation of the military advisor and rushed all the way to the east, and did not dare to delay a moment on the way to Chang'an City. ”

After hearing him say this, the emperor's brow furrowed into two mountain beams. His face was pale, and he obviously couldn't take the news.

"The ...... of the 700,000 Army"

He muttered and repeated: "The 700,000 elite divisions under my command...... It's just gone? ”

"What about Li Yuanshan?"

The emperor suddenly asked: "Listening to what you said, why didn't you mention Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Xiaowei!" Is the right Xiaowei still there? ”

Zhuge Zhan's body trembled slightly, and he kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty...... This is the reason why the military advisor asked me to rush back to Chang'an to report the news, didn't Your Majesty notice that the northwest was defeated, and even if the ministers came back without delay, it was far less fast than flying pigeons to pass the book...... But Your Majesty, you don't know about the war in the northwest...... Because someone blocked the news, east of Wolf Milk Mountain, no one knew about the defeat, and when the minister was in the northwest, he didn't even dare to go to the post station! And the people are still talking about when we will go straight to the Mengyuan Palace! ”

"You ......"

The emperor's body shook slightly, and he was actually a little unsteady on his feet.

"You name it!"

Zhuge Zhan raised his head, his eyes were full of tears: "The military advisor suspects that the reason why the Mengyuan people were able to kill from behind our army unknowingly is that Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mengyuan barbarians!" At the beginning, before we led the army on the left to move the army to the front line, the military division reminded General Pei to be careful of the right guard. However, the right guard and the defense zone of our left leading guard are the farthest apart...... The military advisor has a good relationship with his ministers in private, and he has said it a few times...... He said that Li Yuanshan's right guard was a little abnormal, and the minister didn't care about it at the time, thinking that the military advisor was just talking nonsense when he was drunk......"

Li Yuanshan...... Why is he! ”

The Emperor almost screamed, his voice filled with boundless anger and sadness. In an instant, he suddenly understood why Zhuge Zhan said that the people of the northwest did not know about the defeat, and Zhuge Zhan did not even dare to go to the post station. The emperor's eyes were dark, and he couldn't stand and fell backwards.

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Less than 50 miles from Gyeonggi-do, there is a large mountain. Climbing over this mountain is under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province, and the forests in the mountains are too dense so they look very oppressive, and the mountains and forests without green look particularly solemn. A line of ragged flying fish robes stumbled forward, obviously exhausted to the extreme.

The flying fish robe who walked at the back fell down and could no longer stand up.

"Thousand households...... He couldn't walk anymore, and he was badly injured last night. ”

A flying fish robe panted to the man walking in front.

The person at the front looked petite, but it was actually a woman. It's just that the robes on his body are in tatters, and there are still a lot of blood stains. She was wrapped in gauze over her shoulder and was apparently injured as well. Looking at her face, I don't know how long it has been since she washed it, and where is it dirty and still has its original color.

This woman is Mu Xiaowaist.

Mu Xiaoxiao walked back, checked the injury of the flying fish robe that fell to the ground, frowned slightly, and finally sighed: "Give him a ride, he can't be saved." ”

A hundred households walked over with a painful face, squatted down and said that my brother was sorry. Then a knife stabbed into the heart of the flying fish robe, and the man reached out and swayed back and forth as if trying to grasp something, and when the blade wrenched in his heart, his hand fell limply.

"Thank you......"

The seriously injured flying fish robe muttered before he died, and the corners of his eyes were full of tears.

"With him, we can't go fast. And it would be more painful to leave him and fall into the hands of those people. ”

As if to comfort others, the murderous Baihu said in a hoarse voice: "Come into Gyeonggi Province, as long as you enter Gyeonggi Province, those who chase and kill us will not have the courage to chase so closely." Let's find the local government office, and if we ask for the war horse of the post station, we can rush back to Chang'an City as soon as possible. His Majesty doesn't know about the defeat in the northwest yet, if you don't bring the news back as soon as possible, the northwest will be three ...... It's all lost. ”

Another flying fish robe scolded: "Li Yuanshan, Yuan Chongwu, Wu Peizhi, Yang Shanchen!" I--you ancestors! The thousands of miles of great rivers and mountains of the Great Sui were lost in the hands of these bastards! What benefits did the Mengyuan people promise them, the governor of the three provinces, and a great general rebelled...... The Great Sui has never had such a shame in the hundred years since its founding! ”

"Some of them want to be emperors."

Baihu sighed and said, "When we just withdrew from the northwest, 700,000 troops, millions of people, slaughtered thousands of miles...... When I arrived at the front line of Fan Gu, I saw that the defenders were all Yuan Chongwu and their county soldiers, blocking the road, and the supplies of the army were intercepted. Then let us inadvertently bump into Li Yuanshan's big secret...... After escaping all the way, I thought that I would be safe when I arrived in Gyeonggi Province, but who would have thought that in the end, most of the brothers would not survive. ”

Mu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and glanced at the dead flying fish robe again: "Let's go, cross this mountain as soon as possible." Those chasing soldiers chased too closely, and we couldn't get rid of the post station government along the way. Yuan Chongwu and their people have war horses, and they are arranged outside the cities and post stations first, it is not easy for us to escape here, and we can't delay. ”

"Whoa!"

Only the remaining six or seven flying fish robes responded, and the eyes that looked at Mu Xiaoxiao were full of respect. Along the way, if it weren't for the fact that Lord Qianhu had foreseen a lot of ambushes in advance, they might have died a long time ago.

Mu Xiaoxiao walked forward while thinking about what happened in the past in his heart.

Li Yuanshan and Yuan Chongwu rebelled, all because they had that secret to rely on. Then collude with the Mengyuan people to crush the 700,000 army of the imperial court, so that the imperial court's forces will be overstretched. When the time comes, they occupy thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the northwest, and the imperial court has lost the 700,000 troops, and they can't crusade anymore!

The Battle of the Northwest was simply a huge trap dug up by Li Yuanshan because of the emperor's greed!

The imperial army went to the northwest, fought a victory first, occupied the Mandu banner, and the Great Sui rejoiced. In fact, this was all calculated by Li Yuanshan, his purpose was to bury the 700,000 male soldiers of the Great Sui, and then he would be able to rebel in the northwest without hindrance! With the help of Meng Yuan's hand to get rid of the people of the court, his calculation was too deep. He had Yuan Chongwu and other governors as internal responses, but he couldn't deal with the other guards in the northwest of the garrison. And after this battle, there were no more soldiers in the northwest! However, if it weren't for the emperor's greed, how could Li Yuanshan succeed?

Emperor......

You want to expand your territory, but you don't know that you have been calculated by Li Yuanshan and them from the beginning.

Mu Xiaoxiao sighed slightly, she originally thought that the rivers and mountains of the Great Sui were as stable as a mountain. thought that the Sui people were united, and the court was united...... Now it seems that I am still too naïve. For the sake of that dream of becoming emperors, the men will become as hideous as beasts once the opportunity comes.

Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mengyuan cavalry to kill the men and horses of the Great Sui in the Mandu Banner, and almost no one fled back to the side of the Wolf Milk Mountain.

The dream that the emperor had carefully woven for himself was shattered in this way.

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"Your Majesty......"

Su Buxing stepped forward to support the emperor, and looking at the emperor's pale face, he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. He could feel the emperor's mood, and he could also feel the emperor's current pain.

"For the Crown"

The emperor broke free of Su Buxing and pointed to the crown that Su Buxing picked up and put aside: "I want to go to court." ”

At this moment, Su Buxing was delusional, and the emperor suddenly aged dozens of years.

Then he realized that it was not an illusion.

The emperor's temples turned white in an instant.