Chapter 173
Wang Pu hesitated slightly, then straightened his clothes, bowed three times and kowtowed, and saluted to Baili Wuji, with the distinction of being a monarch and a minister.
Baili Wuji showed a smile at this time, got up and helped Wang Pu and said: "Don't worry, Wenbo, you have also witnessed the relationship between me and my second brother, I will naturally send troops to rescue Bianjing, but at this time, even if I rush to send troops, it is too late to stop Zhao Kuangyin from breaking through Kaifeng Mansion, so it is better to wait for the Ming army to prepare and then wave the army north, and the battle will be decided." ”
Wang Pu naturally didn't know that Baili Wuji had already made the Ming army ready, and the 200,000 new troops were waiting for an order. Wang Pu felt that what Baili Wuji said was reasonable, Zhao Kuangyin's nearly 300,000 army could not be defeated by tens of thousands of Ming troops, and only by doing his best to fight with the Ming army.
Wang Pu was unwilling, and in desperation, he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are worried about the emperor...... Belch....... Once Wang Pu declared himself a vassal to Baili Wuji, he couldn't think of how to call Chai Zongxun, and he was stunned for a while.
Baili Wuji knew what Wang Pu meant, and comforted: "Wen Bo don't worry. With me here, no matter how bold Zhao Kuangyin is, he doesn't dare to poison my nephew. ”
Baili Wuji knew that in the history of later generations, after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he treated Chai Rong's family well and crowned him king. Now that Chai Rong has more of his own righteous brother, I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin will not dare to take it lightly.
Killing Chai Rong's family will not only not have any benefit to Zhao Kuangyin, but will also provoke those subjects of the Zhou State who are still loyal to the Chai family.
Wang Pu listened to Baili Wuji's comfort, and his heart was a little settled. It was time to say more, but he was stopped again by Baili Wuji, "Wen Bo rest assured." In as little as two days, as much as three days, the Ming army could complete the preparation and move north. ”
Seeing this, Wang Pu had no choice but to bow and leave.
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Zhao Kuangyin only besieged the city and did not order the siege of the city, for two reasons, one is that he himself wanted to be the emperor and smashed Bianjing. Where did he go into the city? The second is that Zhao Kuangyin sent someone to invite Chen Kuangyin, but Chen Kuangyin refused on the grounds of Bigu retreat, which made Zhao Kuangyin feel a little inappropriate. Chen Tuan has been in contact with him since he was a child, how could he send someone to invite him now, and he refused without even seeing him?
Zhao Kuangyin felt that things were unusual and was hesitating. Heaven has given him an excellent opportunity. You can enter the opportunity to enter Bianjing City without a single soldier.
Li Yun took over the 150,000 army to hold Bianjing, thinking that he would rely on the strong walls of Bianjing City to defend it for a month or two, and wait until the surrounding feudal towns heard the news to send troops to King Jing, and then go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Kuangyin.
But I didn't want to, and on the third day of defending the city, I encountered the same situation as Zhang Yongde.
In the barracks of the forbidden army in the city, such a situation occurred.
Many soldiers in the barracks walked around, talking to each other and not knowing what to say.
One of them, in front of the crowd, shouted to the other soldiers to come and admire the sun.
He said with some divine words: "Brother Chu." Do you see, there is another sun under the sun. Oh. This is really providential, providential! ”
One of the people who was greeted understood and immediately chimed in loudly: "Really! Come and see, comrades, something is rare! Everyone came to see the surprise, and they couldn't stop talking. Everyone began to discuss: "What's going on?" ”
"It's probably the same day, so let's get rid of one."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you say the proverb "check to be the son of heaven"? ”
"You mean...... Zhao Diancha? ”
Some generals began to incite in tandem: "Emperor Daxing has collapsed, the emperor is young and ignorant, even if we have made meritorious contributions on the front line, the credit will definitely be coveted by the bigwigs of the DPRK and China." We should follow the will of heaven and the people, first set up Zhao Dianjian as the emperor, and then it is not too late to march north. ”
When everyone heard this, applause rang out: "Reasonable ......!" ”
The army is a very strange thing, with a strong herd mentality, especially easy to be instigated, and under the instigation of a few ill-intentioned people, the barracks began to sao chaos, and then quickly spread to the surrounding barracks.
In just one hour, the entire forbidden army began to riot.
By the time Li Yun, who was in the Chinese military tent, learned of the abnormality, the situation was completely uncontrollable.
Li Yun had no choice but to lead his direct army of 10,000 to withdraw in the direction of the palace, he knew that the situation was irreparable, and the only thing he could do now was to cover the Empress Dowager Xiaofu and Chai Zongxun to leave Bianjing City, in case they were killed by the rebels.
After rushing to the palace, Li Yun briefly recounted the matter, and poor Empress Dowager Fu and Chai Zongxun looked frightened, how could they still have any ideas.
Fortunately, Fan Zhen was decisive, so Li Yun quickly broke through to the north city gate, attracted the attention of the rebels, and returned to his festival town after breaking through, accumulating strength and waiting for King Jing.
And let the thousands of palace guards in the palace escort the Empress Dowager Xiaofu and Chai Zongxun to break through the West Gate, and escape to Xuzhou through Songzhou, as long as they escape to Xuzhou, even if Zhao Kuangyin rebels are numerous, they will not continue to pursue at the risk of war with the Ming State.
In order to prevent the rebels from noticing the emperor's escape, Fan Zhen and others decided that all courtiers and officials should stay in the palace to cover the emperor's escape.
The officials unanimously agreed on the method of Fan Qian, in their opinion, with Zhao Kuangyin's person, as long as he does not resist and obeys him, he will be safe in the palace, and if he escapes with the emperor, if he is caught, he will have to worry about his life.
What's more, if you stay so righteously, you can still earn a good reputation, so why not do it?
So, Li Yun led the army to first launch a breakthrough to the north gate, and then the palace guards covered Chai Zongxun and his group to break through to the west gate.
Zhao Kuangyin was hesitating, but suddenly got a report that there was something wrong in Bianjing City, and hurriedly went out to check.
At this time, the gates of Bianjing City were opened, and countless soldiers rushed out, Zhao Kuangyin was startled at first, thinking that the forbidden army was coming, but later he saw that the soldiers who came out were all disorganized, and they didn't even bring weapons.
Zhao Kuangyin ordered the striker to be on guard, and he moved forward to watch.
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin recognized that several leaders were his own henchmen, and he was overjoyed. On that day, Zhao Kuangyin led 50,000 forbidden troops to Cizhou, leaving 20,000 people according to the contract, and Zhao Kuangyin had a heart at that time, and placed a lot of henchmen in these 20,000 people, so that the internal and external echoes when the incident is now.
Seeing these people, Zhao Kuangyin let down his guard, he thought that all the soldiers who came out of the city gates were the soldiers of the forbidden army who had been rebelled, so he ordered the army surrounding Bianjing City to only be on guard and not take the initiative to attack.
This inadvertently gave Li Yun, who broke through to the north, and the palace guards who broke through to the west, a chance to escape.
No army that breaks through will be undaunted to attack an enemy who is watching them flee.
As a result, both groups of men and horses escaped from contact with the rebels without danger. (To be continued......)