Chapter 29: Shocking Change (21)
The night was dark, but Hong Tiangui's face at the east gate of Tianjing City became more and more ugly.
"Yuanbao, you have been in the army, calculate the time, now the young army should be here, right?"
"Your Highness, Lord Zhou left the city three hours ago, according to the horse's footsteps, you can reach the young army garrison in half an hour at most, even if the army starts slowly, it should be under the city now!"
"What about the people the king asked you to send?" Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.
"It's been half an hour! The order at that time was to report immediately when you saw the young army! Guo Yuanbao said in a deep voice. He saw that Hong Tiangui's face was very bad, and now it was not long before dawn, Hong Tiangui came to wait in person, which was enough to give the young army face, but the young army who should have come to the rescue did not move for a long time.
"Your Highness, why don't you go back?" Guo Yuanbao said cautiously.
Hong Tiangui shook his head, he wanted to watch the young army coming.
Soon, another half hour passed! It was already getting dark, and the guards who had sent out the city had come on horseback. and was quickly brought to Hong Tiangui.
Hong Tiangui, who hadn't slept all night, turned a little pale.
"What happened? Where is the Young Army? Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, the young army is still stationed twenty miles away, and when I arrive, the entire battalion of the young army is burying pots and cooking, and it has not been opened!" The escort said.
"What? Didn't Zhou Budo go to inform Youjun? Hong Tiangui's face became even more ugly.
"I saw Lord Zhou's horse, he should have been detained at the gate of the camp, and he felt that there was a problem, so he hurried back without stopping."
Hong Tiangui's expression was gloomy, and he waved his hand half-loudly, and said, "Let Wang Jian bring all the new army to see me!" ”
Guo Yuanbao didn't dare to slack off, he felt that things were a little big, and the young army was disrespectful, especially in that situation last night.
"Yuanbao, inform the King of Compassion and let him gather with the entire Imperial Forest Army! I don't care if his Royal Guards have embroidered pillows or not, give me the military might that I usually practice! If the performance is not good, he will not do it! ”
Guo Yuanbao was puzzled by Hong Tiangui's order, but he didn't dare to ask more. But he knew that the young army was going to be unlucky.
Half an hour later, the whole new army assembled outside the city, and then an hour later, the Imperial Forest Army also assembled outside the city, and Hong Tiangui's personal guards also built a platform with their own hands, but unlike before, this platform did not have the slightest festivity, and there was a cold and murderous atmosphere everywhere. In particular, the new army saw blood last night, and although they did not rest all night, their momentum changed.
On the other hand, the more than 10,000 people of the Royal Forest Army are fully armed, looking mighty and majestic, after all, it is a Heavenly Descendant Army, and the military appearance is extremely outstanding, and they are usually the most attentive in their training in this area. Hong Tiangui looked quite satisfied.
Soon, the banner of the young army appeared in the distance, and when they saw the Royal Forest Army assembled at the east gate, the formation changed rapidly, and a murderous aura erupted through the battle array.
Hong Tiangui's pupils shrank, but his face did not change in the slightest.
The young army came slowly, stopping a mile away from the Imperial Guards.
Then a dozen horsemen rode out of the column and came this way. Dismounted three hundred meters away from Hong Tiangui and came quickly.
"Your Highness! Weichen has a negative trust, and the sin deserves death! Zhou Budo's face was haggard, his eyes were blue, and he obviously suffered hardship. Behind him was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young general.
"Are you Li Rongfa?" Hong Tiangui couldn't see the anger, and there was only calm on his face.
"The last general, Li Rongfa, has seen His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King!" Li Rongfa, the commander of the young army, knelt down on one knee and said respectfully.
Hong Tiangui threw a copy of the Heavenly King's edict in his hand to him, and did not open his mouth to let him get up.
Li Rongfa received the edict, opened it suspiciously, his eyes were a little more frightened, and his expression barely remained calm.
"The last general, Li Rongfa, has seen His Majesty the Heavenly King!"
Hong Tiangui looked at him calmly, all around, surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, but no one dared to speak, as if everyone was looking at this young man who was kneeling on one knee. The invisible pressure was suffocating, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Li Rongfa's face, and the clothes inside the entire iron armor were already soaked.
A wordless fear hung over him.
"The king's edict arrived in the general's camp last night, right?" It seemed that a century had passed before Hong Tiangui's voice came faintly.
"The last general should die, because he didn't receive the edict of the Young Heavenly King, his subordinates didn't dare to rashly lead the army to stay in Tianjing City at night." Li Rongfa said.
"Oh? In this way, General Li is still a great loyal servant of the kingdom of heaven! Hong Tiangui said calmly.
"The last general will not dare! The last sin deserves death! Li Rongfa lowered his head and said.
"No, you are not guilty, you have done a good job, soldier, the important weapon of the country, how can you act at will! General Lee, hurry up! Hong Tiangui got up, walked to him and helped him up.
Li Rongfa was puzzled, and secretly raised his eyes to glance at Hong Tiangui, and he saw a pair of calm and indifferent eyes, which brought him a kind of coldness from the bones.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Rongfa said.
Hong Tiangui took him by the shoulders and carried him to the high platform.
"General Li, here is the Imperial Forest Army, here is the new army of this king's company, and the middle piece is left for the young army, today, the young army is the protagonist! Get your people back in their place! Hong Tiangui said loudly.
Li Rongfa didn't dare to refute Hong Tiangui's words, he gestured to his subordinates who followed, and then his subordinates took out two small flags, and then waved them at the main force of the young army in the distance.
Soon the young army slowly moved forward and quickly filled the vacancy in front of the stands.
"Brothers of the young army, this king Hong Tiangui, just last night, His Majesty the Heavenly King announced his abdication, and from today onwards, this king will officially ascend the throne and become the new king of the heavenly kingdom!"
After Hong Tiangui finished speaking, he knelt down in a big uproar! Of course, the main ones among them were the Imperial Guards and the New Army, and most of the young troops in the middle part were at a loss. But when they saw everyone kneeling, they knelt down one by one.
"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King on his succession as Heavenly King, long live His Majesty the Heavenly King!" The original shouts were noisy and messy, but they soon became neat.
Hong Tiangui had a smile on his face, he waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said with a smile: "As the lord of the kingdom of heaven, this king should not be like this when he succeeds to the throne, but this king understands one thing, everything in the kingdom of heaven is based on the bloody battles of the soldiers in front. Now the Qing Demon is approaching step by step, and many battlefields on the front line are fighting, and it is the blood of the front-line soldiers that has laid the stability of the heavenly kingdom. Therefore, the king's enthronement ceremony should be spent with the soldiers. ”
"You are drawn from the front line, and from today onwards you will no longer belong to the loyal king, but will become the direct army of this king, and this king hopes that you can continue to work hard in the future and become the real elite troops of the kingdom of heaven."
"When the ceremony is over, the brothers of the young army will each be given ten taels of silver, the whole army will have a day off, and they will assemble on time tomorrow, so you can relax in Tianjing City!" After Hong Tiangui finished speaking, there was a cheer below, especially the young army, who was even more excited.