On the banks of the Sanggan River, Zhuo County, Huairong.

A middle-aged bald man sat in the Taishou Mansion in Huairong City, and in his arms, he also held a young woman with the same bald head.

"Hasn't King Qi arrived yet?"

The bald man frowned, this was the first time he didn't know how many times he had asked King Qi Gao to open the way.

"Back to Your Majesty, King Qi should be here soon."

"It's coming soon, it's coming soon, how many times have you said this, but I haven't seen anyone yet, but Zhao Gui's soldiers and horses are coming quickly, and if you continue to fight, you will hit Huairong City."

Zhao Gui led a large army out of the capital pass, and the momentum was like a bamboo along the way.

The cities under the rule of Mahayana Buddhism have been lost.

Seeing that, there were only a few cities left.

It is said that there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm, but there is no hair on the head, and it will not be a big deal. This young bald monk Gao Tansheng became a monk in Wutai Mountain when he was young, but later he was expelled from the mountain gate for breaking the precepts because he could not bear the precepts. After going down the mountain, he swaggered and deceived everywhere, but he was also at ease.

Since then, he has become a wine and meat monk, and even hooked up with a beautiful young nun.

Seeing the turmoil in the world, those ambitious people, regardless of their background, as long as they have the courage to call themselves kings and emperors, he is also in turmoil.

Gao Tansheng chose his own path, and in the name of preaching the Fa, he began to engage in Maitreya Buddhism. This Maitreya Sect was originally a cult that was often used by ambitious people in troubled times, and in his hands, he carried it forward even more, secretly robbing everywhere, and recruiting and luring believers everywhere.

even colluded with the Turks, and co-opted scholars and powerful officials, and finally got into trouble, and it really happened.

In a short period of time, there were tens of thousands of people and occupied the land of Zhuojun outside the military capital.

In fact, it is only because Zhuo County is not the previous Zhuo County, the previous Zhuo County center of gravity in the Fanyang area, and later Zhuo County changed to Fanyang, and the place outside the original military capital was newly placed as Zhuo County, and it was assigned to the jurisdiction of Dingxiang Road.

The place outside the gate here is sparsely populated, and Dingxiang Road is also out of reach of the whip here, although Fan Yang is close but has no right to jurisdiction, which makes Gao Tansheng take advantage of a loophole.

But in the end, this Xinzhuo County has a small population and a partial terrain, so although it was easy to get started, its population and geography also limited its development after the uprising.

Gao Tansheng relied on his bold recruitment of Gao Kaidao and declared himself a vassal to the Turks, but he was also temporarily prosperous for a few days.

But as soon as Da Qin counterattacked, Fan Yang's Zhao Guibing went out to the army, and he appeared in his original form.

Now he only hopes that his righteous brother Qi Wang Gao Kaidao can return to help as soon as possible, otherwise his capital will be breached, and he and the queen may also become prisoners.

At this time, his Maitreya disciples could not resist the attack of the Qin army at all, and even many of them were defeated and fled as soon as they encountered the Qin army, or even surrendered directly.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, the King of Qi has led an army of 20,000 and 5,000 Turkic cavalry to ten miles outside the city."

When Gao Tansheng heard this, his face was immediately full of joy, and he was finally saved.

"What about the Qin army, what about Zhao Gui's Qin army?"

Previously, Zhao Guijun went out to the capital and broke seven or eight cities in a row, and its forward 5,000 people also arrived in the east of Huairong City.

"When Zhao Guijun saw the return of King Qi's army to help, he was already frightened and fled eastward."

"Hahaha, King Qi is mighty, Zhuqing, go with me to welcome King Qi into the city."

Outside the city.

Gao Kaidao rode on his horse and watched as the Qin army slowly retreated eastward.

He didn't pursue either, just quietly watched them evacuate.

An officer reported the military situation to Gao Wudao, and there was now only one Zhuojun city left in the Mahayana Buddha Kingdom, and there were less than 10,000 horses left in the city.

Many of the generals either fled or surrendered to the Qin army.

"If it weren't for the difficulty of the mountain road behind the military capital and the inconvenience of military food transportation, Zhao Gui would have already broken through Huairong."

"Let's get into town!"

Gao Kaidao said with an indifferent face.

Tens of thousands of troops set up camp outside the city, and Gao Kaidao took his general Zhang Jinshu and more than 100 adopted sons into the city together.

At the gate of the city, the bald emperor Gao Tansheng had already brought his bald queen to greet him in a golden car.

"Fortunately, King Qin's rescue was timely, otherwise I would not be able to protect it." Gao Tansheng took Gao Kaidao's hand and said happily, and issued an order in public to seal Gao Kaidao as a lieutenant and a scholar.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Gao Kaidao thanked him.

Gao Tansheng held Gao Kaidao's hand and boarded the golden chariot and returned with the car.

At the celebration banquet, Gao Kaidao didn't drink much.

Towards the end of the banquet, Gao Kaidao came to the emperor with a glass of wine, "Your Majesty, the minister will toast you another glass of wine." ”

"I'm too drunk to drink anymore."

Gao Tansheng's tongue was a little numb, and he didn't want to drink it anymore.

But Gao Kaidao held the wine glass and did not mean to take it back.

"Your Majesty, please drink this wine."

"Is there anything special about this wine?"

Gao Kaidao said with a smile, "This is a cup of poisonous wine, colorless and tasteless, and it will die immediately after drinking, but there will be no pain." ”

Gao Tansheng's face changed greatly, "King Qi's joke is not funny at all. ”

But Gao Kaidao sneered, "It's not a joke, I think you can go on your way." ”

"Someone, escort!"

Gao Tansheng shouted.

But no one came forward on the left or right.

On the contrary, it was Gao Kaidao's adopted son who came up with a group, all holding swords.

"Gao Kaidao, I treat you well, why rebel?"

"No, I just want to be an emperor too." After speaking, Gao Kaidao asked his adopted sons to hold down Gao Tansheng, and then poured the cup of poisonous wine into Gao Tansheng's mouth.

Gao Tansheng struggled, and after a while, he swallowed his breath.

Looking at Gao Tansheng, who was still angry, Gao Kaidao sneered, "If you don't have that strength, you also want to be an emperor, so you can't do it." ”

After poisoning Gao Tansheng, Gao Kaidao claimed to the outside world that Gao Tansheng died violently, so he unceremoniously took over the throne as the emperor's brother, and changed the country name to Yan, changed the year name to Shixing, and crowned the hundred officials and generals.

The Turkic general received a lot of gold and silver money and silk sent by Gao Kaidao, and also got Jing Xuan, the queen nun of Gao Tansheng. As a result, he was indifferent to Huairong's palace rebellion, anyway, as long as Huairong's troops were still loyal to the Turkic Jieli Khan, it didn't matter who he was.

The military capital is closed.

Zhao Gui, the general of the Qin army, was still urging the rear to transfer grain and grass, and after Fan Yang's soldiers and horses went out of the customs, they broke seven or eight cities in a row, but the grain and grass were very small, and Zhao Gui had to summon the people to transport grain from the rear. It's just that the mountain roads are difficult to travel, and the summer is rainy, which leads to the delay in the supply of grain and grass, and also makes it difficult for Zhao Gui's soldiers and horses to move.

"Report, Huairong enemy sent Xie Ling to deliver a letter to ask for surrender."

"Xie Ling?"

"He is the adopted son of Gao Tansheng, and he was previously awarded the title of General Zuo Wuwei and King of Yanjun."

"Then why did he send someone to surrender?"

With a little doubt, Zhao Gui asked people to bring someone in, and after he read the letter, he was half skeptical.

"Gao Kaidao suddenly mutinied, killed Gao Tansheng, and then established himself as Emperor Yan? Now Xie Ling wants to belong to my Qin, and is he willing to be the internal response? ”

"Yes, my general just wants to borrow the Qin army to avenge the blood hatred, kill the monarch killer Gao Kaidao, and have nothing else to ask for, so I am willing to lead my subordinates to please be the internal response, and I am willing to lead the troops to join afterwards."