Chapter 137 Interception and Killing
Er Zhurong's army is slowly marching, Gao Huan is still the vanguard of the army, at this time he has recovered from a serious illness, and his complexion is not very good, but he is in a very good mood, he believes that many people in the world will remember his name soon, and the day of raising his eyebrows is not far away.
At that time, Er Zhurong and others were fiercely arguing whether to continue to march into the army, Gao Huan came to Er Zhurong and said that Chen Yu had long expected that Empress Dowager Hu would forge an edict, and Chen Yu had already ordered that the army could not stay no matter what.
Gonggong Xu, who passed the edict, was already exhausted all the way, he was not a hard bone himself, under some torture, how could he not tell the truth, Er Zhurong was furious, and stepped up the march, but they didn't go far, and there was another news from the capital that shook the mountains of the Northern Wei earthquake......
Emperor Xiaoming died, and the little emperor, who was not yet twenty years old, died suddenly, but the imperial court couldn't even tell the cause of the emperor's death, how could the people of the world be convinced, but this news once again disrupted Er Zhurong's deployment.
Er Zhurong does not have many soldiers and horses, just from the number of people, his horses and horses are a little worthless compared to the garrison in the capital and its surroundings, Er Zhurong is actually very risky to enter the capital, he is willing to take risks because of the emperor's support, but now the emperor is gone, this is really ......
"My lord! Lord Erzhu Shilong has arrived! Liu Guitong said.
Before Liu Gui's words fell, he saw that Er Zhu Shilong had already strode over, "I've seen my brother!" ”
Er Zhu Shilong's status in the family is not low, he also has an official position in the capital, and he was originally a figure, but in front of his cousin Er Zhurong, he is extremely respectful, even more cautious than in front of the emperor and the queen mother.
"Rongzong! What is the current situation in the capital? Er Zhurong hurriedly asked.
"I don't know much, this Qian Gui is a person sent by Chen Yu, let him explain!" Er Zhu Shilong was followed by a person, it was Qian Ergou, Qian Ergou was not polite when he heard this, and after saluting Er Zhurong, he said:
"Lord Qiyu Erzhu, the Son of Heaven was poisoned, and now the new emperor has ascended the throne, but this little emperor is actually a female baby, and few people know about this matter for the time being!"
"What! The girl ascends the throne! Er Zhurong exclaimed, this is not to blame him for being so surprised, a woman ascended the throne as the emperor, there was never such a thing at that time, and even everyone did not have this concept at all, so to speak, this thing is as unexpected as hearing about which man is pregnant......
"And how do you know?" Yuan Tianmu, who was beside Er Zhurong, couldn't help but ask, the newly enthroned emperor is a female baby, this matter is really unexpected, and there are too many things involved, everyone really can't believe it.
"My young master said it!" Qian Ergou had an expression of truth in Chen Yu's words, "The Queen Mother thought that this matter was hidden, the young master said that he only needed a little arrangement in the capital to make the Queen Mother mess up, and this matter would be self-defeating!" ”
"This ......" Yuan Tianmu said in his heart that you have no basis for such a big matter, and you can explain what your young master said, which is really too irresponsible and rampant.
Qian Ergou didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions, and bowed his hand to Er Zhurong again, so he continued: "My lord! The young master of my family has a perfect strategy, the adults only need to lead the commander to drive straight in, the opportunity is fleeting, and there is no arrears. ”
"I don't need you to say it, even if I avenge the emperor, I will enter the capital!" Er Zhurong didn't hesitate at this moment, and immediately ordered the army to move forward at full speed!
Although Er Zhurong usually shows a lot of disrespect to the imperial court, but this is completely due to nature, the Erzhu family has followed Emperor Taizu to fight in the east and west since the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they have been loyal for so many years, even if it is this time to enter Beijing, Er Zhurong just wants to overthrow the corrupt regime of the Empress Dowager Hu, and by the way, he has built some merits, and he really has no other ideas.
But at this time, the world's first angry young man has already been angry, he can't wait to enter the court immediately and hang all the traitors led by the queen mother, he is not so eager to avenge the Son of Heaven, but he really hates these villains in his heart, and hates them for ruining the court that he has been loyal to, at this moment, the last trace of awe in Er Zhurong's heart for the court has disappeared......
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"Have you heard, the emperor was poisoned, and the new successor to the throne is actually a female baby!" In an inconspicuous small restaurant in the capital, two acquaintances were muttering quietly, if they usually had the courage to talk about this kind of thing, but now they don't have to worry.
The imperial forest army of the imperial court was already unruly, and lacked reverence for the imperial court, otherwise it would not have happened in broad daylight to openly attack the imperial court officials, and now they are not only disrespectful and disappointed in the imperial court, they even feel a little disgusted with the imperial court they are loyal to, the imperial forest army has always been to defend the imperial city and defend the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is not dead in vain, can they not be disheartened, now even they are talking about it, and who will care what the people say.
Now that the people in the capital have long been panicked, this kind of scene of private discussion is being staged everywhere, and these small traders and splashes and others that Lou Zhao has bought or befriended finally come in handy at this time.
When the imperial court found out that the rumors were spreading, it was already too late for the capital to spread, and it was difficult for the imperial court to trace the source even if it wanted to, because the source of this matter was several of Lou Zhao's subordinates, and these people had long disappeared without a trace, of course, the officers and soldiers cared about the truth of the matter, not the rumors, so they didn't bother to deal with this matter seriously.
When these rumors spread throughout the capital, even the Empress Dowager Hu and others can't sit idly by, it's actually very simple to let the rumors go uncovered, as long as the facts are revealed, but the Queen Mother and others can't do it, because the rumors are true.
Empress Dowager Hu didn't know that the news was spread like this, but she didn't care about tracking it down in front of her, and after hastily killing dozens of suspected palace people, Empress Dowager Hu discussed it with several face-to-face heads, and felt that the paper couldn't hold the fire, and the news had already gone out, and it was useless for them to cover it up, so Empress Dowager Hu not only admitted that the new emperor was actually a female baby, but also immediately changed Yuan Zhao, the son of Yuan Baohui, the king of Lintao, as the emperor.
This Yuan Zhao is only three years old now, of course, he was appointed emperor to facilitate the control of the Queen Mother and others in the future, the Queen Mother immediately ordered Li Shenliang, the squire of the Yellow Gate, to lead the troops to meet Er Zhurong as the governor of the capital, the deputy generals Zheng Jiming and Zheng Xianhu led the troops to guard the river bridge, and the military guard general Fei Mu was stationed in Xiaopingjin.
After all this was arranged, the Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, Li Shenliang wanted to go out to lead the troops, of course he couldn't accompany her, and the other Zheng Yan and Xu Su were left by the Queen Mother to comfort themselves and appease the Queen Mother's frightened body and mind, of course, the Queen Mother's body may need to be appeased more than her heart.
At this moment, the news came that Er Zhurong had established Changle Wang Yuanzi Youyou as the emperor, which frightened the three people who were on the bed.
Xu Su saw that the queen was different, and immediately said with relief: "Naer Zhurong is just a small beard, only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, he has nothing to fear, and now he has held the dangerous area, we can win with one blow when he is exhausted alone." ”
The Queen Mother was also refreshed when she heard this, and her nervous mood was also relaxed a lot, at this time Zheng Yan and Xu Su offered to help the Queen Mother inspect the city defenses, and the Queen Mother saw that the two lovers who were usually timid as mice were so responsible at the critical moment, and she felt very relieved in her heart, and she was not in the mood to go to bed at this time, so she agreed to the proposal of the two, but the Queen Mother Hu did not know that this was the last meeting between her and the two lovers......
Zheng Yan is okay, he is just going to take his family to escape back to Xingyang, but this Xu Su is going to run to the south, and he is far away, so he is more anxious, "Brother Zheng, it is estimated that it will be difficult to see each other again in this life, take care!" ”
"Brother Xian also has a good trip!" Zheng Yan waved his hand and said, this scene is quite a bit of a wind and a cold smell.
Wait for Zheng Yan to clean up and leave immediately with his wife and children, of course it is not difficult to get out of the city with his status, Zheng Yan is also full of emotion now, what power and position are in the past, now as long as he can survive, it is enough, looking at the wife around him, Zheng Yan feels that he owes his wife too much, since he was the face of the Queen Mother, he has never had the opportunity to make love with his wife, and it is difficult to even say a few more words when he meets, and now it can be regarded as a relief.
Zheng Yan had just walked a short distance, but he saw a person standing alone on the road in front of him, he fixed his eyes and looked, who else could it be if it wasn't Xu Su, Zheng Yan asked the convoy to stop, he kicked the horse's belly and took a few steps forward, "Why did Brother Xian stay here, what about your subordinates and family?" ”
"Brother, we can't go......" Xu Su said with a sad face.
Before Xu Su's words fell, the sound of bows and crossbows came, and I saw Zheng Yan's guards fall down one after another, and when they reacted, most of them had been shot, and then hundreds of people and horses galloped over, these people were all young people, but they were skilled in all bows and horses, and they saw them rushing all the way to kill, and they killed Zheng Yan's guards when they raised their knives.
"Lord Zheng, it's been a long time!" Only then did Chen Yu ride his horse and come over slowly.
"Are you Qian Ergou?" The scene just now frightened Zheng Yan, but after suddenly seeing Chen Yu, who was valued by him very much, but ran out of his hands, Zheng Yan was surprised and forgot to be nervous.
"No, I should call you Chen Yu, the famous Yan Gongzi, I didn't expect to meet you here again!" Zheng Yan also knew Chen Yu's identity that day, but he really didn't expect to meet the other party again today.