Chapter Seventy-Five: The Death of the Country

Xie Xiangcun said: "I will take Wenzhou soldiers and horses to aid Fujian, if defeated, please behead the ministers to relieve the anger of the people." ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "Aiqing, it is the original intention of the Lone King to rescue the Min Kingdom, and Aiqing cannot be allowed to become the target of the public. ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "Shengshang, Wu Yue Country can't be left without an owner for a day, and Shengshang has the blood of Fujian State, so it's better to push all the qiē on the minister's body." ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "No, no." Aiqing, wait a minute, my country's leopard army also has a secret lurking in the Tang Kingdom, I want to find Ju Buji, Li Jishen and them to come over, let's discuss it again. ”

Qian Hongzuo sent an internal servant, Xuan Shang was waiting to be summoned, and Li Jishen saw him, and after a while, the two of them walked into the Min'an Palace.

Qian Hongzuo told the two of them what he had just agreed with Xie Xiangcun, looked at Xie Xiangcun with a smile, and asked, "Lord Xie, you are really not afraid that once the army is defeated, the ministers will make a noise and let the saint behead you!" ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "If there is such a day, I will make a decision on my own, and I don't need them to make a noise." ”

Ju Buyi stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay! Since Master Xie is so courageous, I will never give up my life to accompany the gentleman. After that, he turned to Qian Hongzuo and said: "Weichen asked for a secret order to go to the Tang Kingdom, and Fujian led to the invasion of the Tang Kingdom. But the Tang State is also in crisis, I have been the deputy envoy of the border army for many years, and I know a lot about the politics of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "What are your plans?" ”

Ju Buyi said: "The lord of the Tang State is suspicious, before he sent the general Bian Gao to enter the Fujian Kingdom, he was afraid that Bian Gao would establish himself as the king in the Fujian Kingdom, so he invited Bian Gao's family members into the inner courtyard of the palace, and actually treated them as hostages. And Bian Gao and the prime minister of the Tang State do not agree, I spread rumors that Bian Gao wants to establish himself as the emperor in the Fujian State, and the prime minister of the Tang State will definitely fall into the ground; And the lord of the Tang State is very **, Bian Gao has a concubine, it is said that he is loved like a treasure, I spread rumors that the lord of the Tang State took the opportunity of Bian Gao's family to live in the palace and occupied it. What will happen when the monarch and the ministers do not agree, it is still difficult to predict at the moment, but it will definitely help Lord Xie in his battle. ”

Qian Hongzuo scolded with a smile: "A villain like you is really sad. After that, he took off the ring on his hand that only the owner of the leopard army could wear, handed it to Ju Buyi, and said: "The leopard army lurking in the Tang Kingdom, this time it is under your full command." You must pay attention to your own safety. ”

Ju Buyi respectfully took the ring and said, "Thank you, Holy One." ”

Li Jishen, who had not spoken, said: "If the Tang State occupies the Min State and then captures the Wu Yue Kingdom, then the place it occupies is larger than the Central Plains Imperial Court, and the Central Plains Imperial Court must feel deeply threatened." We have paid tribute to the Central Plains court for many years, and now is the time for it to help. ”

Qian Hongzuo nodded and said: "I will send the Ministry of Rites to the Central Plains Imperial Court tomorrow to ask for help, if they can attack the Tang State and force the Tang State to retreat, it will be the best." ”

Having said that, Qian Zuohong knew that because of Dai Yun's killing, Dai Yun, who pretended to be Yao Yan, a beautiful woman from Wuyue, had become the daughter of the concubine of the Central Plains Emperor Dai Shengrong, and said a lot of bad things about himself in front of the Central Plains Emperor. Wu Yueguo is trying his best to mend the relationship with the Central Plains Imperial Court, and in this case, it is unlikely that the Central Plains Imperial Court will help Wu Yueguo.

Three days later, Wu Yueguo's early dynasty was carried out as scheduled, but there were no important ministers such as Xie Xiangcun and Ju Buyi in the court. Qian Hongzuo also did not let the ministers discuss whether they should send troops to save Fujian. After the next dynasty, many ministers gathered in one place and scolded Xie Xiangcun for being greedy and misleading the country.

On that day, Xie Xiangcun had already crossed the border between Wu Yue and Min with the Wenzhou garrison as the mainstay, supplemented by some cavalry from the other two states, and the coalition army under the command of General Xu of the Fujian State, and marched towards the capital of the Fujian State "Changle".

As expected, the coalition forces were treated with courtesy by the cities and towns of the Fujian State, and the troops of the Min State who were scattered by the Tang State or were unwilling to surrender to the Tang State continued to join in. Everyone regards this army as the savior of Fujian, and the number of troops is growing like a snowball. Xie Xiangcun is not good at leading troops, and the command of the entire army belongs to General Xu, who has strict military discipline and has no offense against the people.

In this way, the two armies that attacked Min from Tang and entered Min from Wu Yue appeared in completely opposite situations. One is burning, killing and looting, and the other is protecting the territory and the people.

General Xu took the rescue troops of Wu Yue Kingdom and entered the tenth day of the Min Kingdom, and the protracted battle between the two Min kings finally ended. The ending of the same room was even more cruel than the invasion of the enemy country, and the royal family members of the defeated side, regardless of men, women, and children, were all killed.

The victorious King of Min did not wait for the arrival of Wu Yueguo's reinforcements, but was carried away by the victory, and wanted to show the demeanor of a heroic monarch in front of the people, and dared to fight a decisive battle with the Tang troops, but the result was the annihilation of the entire army. The king of Min, who had just sat down in the country, and the members of the royal family who went out together, were beheaded by the Tang general Bian Gao. In this way, except for an elderly princess, the rest of the Min royal family died.

The Tang army began to besiege Changle (now Fuzhou), the capital of Fujian, and the defender Li Renda struggled to defend it, and when the city was about to be broken, Wu Yue's reinforcements finally arrived. The capital city is Changle, and it is safe from the fate of being slaughtered.

During this period, the unswerving anti-intermediary plan was successful, and the Tang government and the opposition were angry that Bian Gao wanted to establish himself as the king of Fujian, and the emperor of Tang sent his own son Li Ding to replace Bian Gao and make a call to make the commander invade the army of Fujian. And Bian Gao also heard the rumors that his favorite concubine was occupied by the king, and he was angry and hateful, and he turned away from the Tang Kingdom.

Ordered by his father to succeed Bian Gao, Li Town, soon entered the Min Kingdom. On this day, he came to Dongyi City, because of the decisive battle between the Bian Gao army and the King of Min, most of his troops were gathered near Changle, the capital of Fujian, and the guards who guarded Dongyi City were the generals who surrendered to Anguo. Hearing that the prince of Tang was coming, Yu Anguo took his subordinates to blow and blow and beat and greeted him ten miles outside the city. Then he held a banquet in the house to entertain Li Town. Singing and dancing, carnival boiling, Li Ding was drunk. When he woke up, he had been tied up and placed in a speeding prison car. And the people who escorted him were the ones who surrendered to the Tang State, and the former Fujian State Dongyi City was guarded in Anguo. Before Li Ding arrived, Xie Xiangcun had already received a secret report from the Leopard Army, and planned the kidnapping with General Xu.

Li Ding was secretly captured, and Bian Gao already had the intention of rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, it should be said that the allied forces of Wu Yue and Min had the best opportunity to attack the Tang army. General Xu and all the soldiers were gearing up and preparing for a big battle. But at this time, this force, who can really call the shots, is finally revealed.

On this day, outside the gate of the Bian Gao army, there was a melodious flute, and a soldier entered the tent of the Chinese army and announced: "General Qiyu, Wu Yueguo's troops, call for battle in formation, this is the war book they shot with bows and arrows." ”

Bian Gao is taking over his own affairs for Li Town, and he is at a loss. He understood that if he returned to the Tang Kingdom, what awaited him would be a dead end. Changing commanders in battle is a taboo in the army, and the insistence of the Tang State Lord on this shows that he has murderous intentions towards himself. At this time, Bian Gao had no intention of fighting with Wu Yueguo's troops, because no matter whether he won or lost, it was no longer meaningful to him.

However, the enemy called for a battle, and he couldn't help it, so Bian Gao had to put on armor weighing more than 40 pounds, and led many soldiers to meet the enemy in formation.

When I came to the front of the formation, I saw Wu Yueguo's troops, the formation was neat, the banner hunting, the soldiers were murderous, thousands of troops and horses, and the blades were like forests. But what is quite incommensurate with this piece of slaughter is Xie Xiangcun, the commander of Wu Yueguo. Instead of wearing armor, he wore a tuxedo with a phoenix feather cape, sat on the back of an unbareback horse, and was playing the flute. Bian Gao has been fighting for so many years, and he has never seen such a leisurely enemy commander, and it seems that he is a child who has not grown up at all. But there is one thing Bian Gao knows that most of the people who dare to have bareback war horses are superb in riding skills and have a tacit understanding with war horses.

Seeing Bian Gao, Xie Xiangcun stopped the sound of the flute, urged the horse to slowly walk to the middle of the formation, and said, "General Bian Gao, Xie is polite." "Then clasp your fists on the horse and salute.

Xie Xiangcun is not a famous general of Wu Yue, Bian Gao does not know him, and he does not answer.

Xie Xiangcun said: "This is my gift to the general, and I hope the general will not give up and accept it." He waved to himself. A column of soldiers, pushing dozens of carts, walked to the middle of the formation, and the carts were full of wine jars. There can be more than 100 of them.

The generals of the Tang Kingdom were all confused, and they didn't know what medicine Xie Xiang was selling in the gourd.