Chapter 376: The Battle of Zhengshuo (4)
The round mound altar, which was originally a little noisy in the sound of drums, became dead and silent.
Among the more than 100 officials, most of them are middle- and upper-level officials, and nearly half of those standing in front have not knelt down, including the predecessor Zuo Xianglan and his eldest son Lan Fu. Among them, the most conspicuous are some highly decorated generals, but they are all veterans.
There was an awkward silence in the scene, and some officials seemed to sense that the wind was about to rise when they saw that these people were not kneeling, and some wanted to stand up, but when they saw Liu Yu's murderous eyes standing on the altar of the round mound, there were only a few who stood up with these more than 100 officials at this time.
Originally, Qi'er was ready to take over the authority that symbolized the emperor, but when she turned around at this time, she found that the situation below was not quite right, and glanced at Liu Yu, Liu Yu's sharp eyes seemed to be looking for something, Qi'er wanted to ask Liu Yu what happened, and at this time Xu Xuanzhu had already come up to support her, so that she could feel a little more at ease.
Han Sheng stood at the head of the hundred officials, raised his head at this time and asked, "You ...... Do you want to rebel? β
Responsible for guarding the Yuanqiu altar is Ye Wei, the right commander of the Royal Forest Army, at this time, Ye Wei took the sword and climbed the first altar, pointed his sword at the civil and military officials below and said: "What Han Xiang said is extremely true, you want to rebel!?" β
The Imperial Guards began to press into the square with spears from all sides, and some of the officials who had nothing to do with themselves looked a little nervous, and many of them who were still standing were still standing with the crowd, as if to declare that they had nothing to do with the "traitors". But soon, standing on the platform, Ye Wei, who was still righteous just now. Suddenly turned around and pointed his long sword at Liu Yu who was standing on the high round mound altar and said, "The traitor in the world." This thief is great! Usurpers. Everybody gets it! β
With a wave of the long sword in Ye Wei's hand, the Imperial Forest Army under the four sides seemed to have received an order, besieging the front of the round mound altar and making a gesture to attack the top of the round mound altar. Because there is only a staircase on the north side of the round hill altar, the royal forest army will block the lower road, which is equivalent to cutting off the return route of the people on the round hill altar. At this time, the following people realized that these officials who refused to kneel were emboldened, and today's enthronement ceremony. In fact, it was also a military coup.
Looking at Qu Zhu, the president of the Imperial Forest Army standing on the altar of the round mound, people immediately understand that he has been set aside.
The coup d'Γ©tat of the Imperial Forest Army should have come naturally. But at this time, it was the female army guards who were responsible for guarding the middle and upper floors of the Yuanqiu altar, and there was no royal forest army on the middle and upper altars. Although there are not many female guards, they can be regarded as having been on the battlefield and experienced actual combat. Lu Chu'er, the captain of the women's guard, lifted her sword and made a sword posture in a formation, and more than 20 female soldiers around her had already blocked the steps of the round hill altar, forming a barrier in front of the Imperial Forest Army and the new emperor.
However, this human barrier is insignificant in front of the four or five hundred Imperial Forest Army.
Ye Wei had a sneer on his face. He did not rush to order the Imperial Forest Army to attack the top of the Yuanqiu Altar, but returned his gaze to the entrance of the square under the Yuanqiu Altar Mountain. A man dressed in a black and red dragon robe, escorted by some officials and soldiers of the Imperial Forest, walked calmly to the altar step by step. When Baiguan saw this person's face, he unconsciously moved out of the way of the red carpet in the middle so that he could smoothly approach the bottom of the round hill altar, Liu Yu couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and sneered when he saw this person.
The second prince Su Dian.
At this time, Su Dian was dressed in a gown and wore an imperial crown, although it looked unnatural to walk because of the inconvenience of the old arm swing of his arm, but his steps were quite steady and had the demeanor of an emperor. When he passed by the crowd of hundreds of officials, there was no one who would not get out of the way, and there were two reactions after the hundred officials got out of the way, either standing aside and watching the changes, or following behind Su Dian to show his position of following Su Dian.
Su Dian walked in front of Han Sheng, the head of the hundred officials, and the officials who followed behind him had changed from more than 100 people at the beginning to nearly 200 people. Those who are in power are very "politically conscious", and in this case, those who vacillate in their stance are still very much at the helm of the wind under such circumstances.
At present, the entire Yuanqiu Altar is controlled by the Imperial Forest Army, even if the Yamen of the City Defense Division outside gets the news, the combat effectiveness of the City Defense Division cannot be attacked. As for Liu Yu's other descendants, after the lifting of martial law in Chang'an City, most of the new army and border troops have been transferred outside the city, even if there are patrols in the city, they cannot be integrated for a while, and the army outside the city is far from quenching the thirst of the near. When the new army came, Liu Yu's family was already dead, and the imperial power had already settled, and those generals could not give in.
Su Dian walked all the way, and he was about to walk through the team of hundreds of officials. Before the hundred officials, at the end of Su Dian's road, there were a total of four people standing to block the way, Han Sheng, the right minister, Lan He, the former left minister, Su Yan, the former emperor, and Chai Jin, the marquis of Linqing. Seeing that Su Dian walked in front of them with the civil and military officials who had taken refuge, they did not get out of the way. Su Dian said: "Ministers, emperors, it is a great achievement to help me ascend the throne!" β
Among these four people, the one who is the most unlikely to take refuge in Su Dian is Han Sheng, and Su Dian also understands this, Han Sheng was about to step forward to question him, and the guards beside Su Dian had already held Han Sheng down. Among the remaining three, Lan He's face was very complicated, and his expression was a little unbearable and remorseful, and he stepped aside.
Chai Jin saw that the situation was not good, and said: "Who is Your Excellency?" As soon as he finished speaking, the guards pushed him aside.
At this time, Su Yan was the only one left in front of Su Dian, Su Yan was the former Son of Heaven, even if he was no longer in the position of the Son of Heaven, he was also the King of the South, his status was noble, and the guards on the side did not dare to make a mistake, and the guards all looked at Su Dian with inquiring eyes.
Su Dian said with a smile: "Brother Nine Emperors, you and I are compatriots of the same mother, and our feelings have been different from ordinary brothers since childhood. You and I are in trouble, and as a brother, I often miss you. Now that your throne has been usurped, your brother will regain the throne on your behalf, are you willing to assist the imperial brother with all your heart? β
Su Dian and Su Yan are brothers of the same father and mother, Su Dian thinks that Su Yan must hate Liu Yu at this time, and he will definitely stand on his side, and then his throne can be directly said to be given to him by Su Yanchan, and the legitimacy and legitimacy of the throne can be guaranteed.
However, at this time, Su Yan was a little sad, his legs seemed to tremble, but he also said stubbornly: "Second brother, go back." β
Su Yan refers to other brothers and sisters as royal brothers and sisters, but for Su Dian, he is called "second brother". The reason is as Su Dian said, their brothers' feelings are extraordinary, their mother Queen Mu is a brave and resourceful woman, but also a competent mother, when Queen Mu was alive, the three Su Yan brothers can be said to be very close, the three brothers are friendly, and no one can shake their status in the palace and the court.
But the good times didn't last long, after the death of Queen Mu, there was a cannibalism between Su Dian and his brother, with the death of the prince, Su Dian was exiled, Su Yan's status in the palace plummeted, and then he didn't know how to rape the palace maid, coupled with gambling wantonly, he ended up on the street. Su Yan is still very eager for brotherly feelings, and now that Su Dian is standing in front of him, he has not taken refuge but just persuaded him.
"Su Yan, what did you say?"
was persuaded by Su Yan's "kind words", Su Dian was a little angry, and he did not call him "Nine Emperor Brothers", but directly referred to him as a big name. Today, Su Yan's refuge was within Su Dian's plan, and he didn't expect that Su Yan's ring would change, which he didn't expect in advance.
"Second brother, you can't fight the master." Two lines of tears flowed from Su Yan's face, knelt on the ground to block the way, and cried, "Let's turn back, it's too late to turn back...... Master, he will assist the fourteenth emperor sister to be a good emperor, as long as you repent, he will not attack you and my brother......"
"Nonsense!"
Su Dian snorted, which was very different from the attitude he had been treating people since he returned to Chang'an City. And when he is angry, he also has a majesty of his own. With his shout, he no longer paid attention to Su Yan who was blocking the way in front of him, and strode up to the first floor of the round mound altar. Su Yan wanted to pounce on him and grab him, but was stopped by the guards, and when Su Dian climbed the first layer of the round mound altar, Su Yan was still shouting: "Stop being obsessed......
Su Dian took the officials to the first floor of the Yuanqiu Altar, and faced Liu Yu and Qi'er and others standing on the third floor of the Yuanqiu Altar.
Su Dian raised his head and looked up, that sharp look made Qi'er a little scared, Liu Yu looked down, the one who basically wanted to take refuge in Su Dian had already set a team, there was no need to drag things down again, leaving a disaster in vain. Liu Yu showed a very relaxed smile on his face, grabbed Qi'er's head with his left hand and let her stand behind him, and at the same time blindfolded Qi'er with his hand, and his right hand had already touched out the short gun, heading in the direction of Su Dian, "Bang!" "Shot a shot.
The distance was about forty or fifty steps, a little far, and there were a lot of guards of the Royal Forest Army in front of Su Dian, so this shot was directly missed.
However, a gunshot rang out, and the team of hundreds of officials below was also a little messy, everything was too calm in today's coup, and everyone expected that Liu Yu would not be so easily captured, at this time they thought that Liu Yu's best skill was not to play with swords, guns, swords, and halberds, but to win with firearms and artillery.
"Protect the Emperor!"
Ye Wei, the right commander of the Royal Forest Army, seemed to have seen his own bright future, and in his opinion, Liu Yu at this time was just a battle between trapped beasts. He also has to show himself at this time, so that he can become the next Liu Yu. A good man's achievements depend on such critical moments.
Liu Yu shot a shot, and Su Dian was surrounded by the guards of the Imperial Forest Army, and they were afraid that Liu Yu would shoot another shot to hit Su Dian.
But they miscalculated the purpose of Liu Yu's shot, Liu Yu would not be confident enough to shoot Su Dian at such a distance, this shot was just a "signal", as the gun rang out, a thin and flexible boy like a monkey suddenly sprang out from behind the round mound altar, followed by two or three hundred soldiers of the new army.
The hundred officials were in an uproar, they didn't expect that Liu Yu would have ambushed the soldiers behind the Yuanqiu Altar. After looking at the lush evergreen trees around the square, layers of ambushes suddenly appeared, and the number of them was as high as thousands. What's more, none of these people are holding cold blades in their hands, and all of them are facing each other with spears.
As long as Liu Yu gave an order, there was no one to save below. (To be continued......)