Chapter 117: Quelling the Disorder
His Majesty's body is highly poisonous, his life is not long, the Imperial Forest Army has suffered heavy losses, and now the defense of the capital is in a mess, and at this time the news that the five princes are not in the palace, although Emperor Zhou forbade it to spread, but it was still spread out, and it reached the ears of people who should not know, giving birth to ambitions that should not be in the hearts of some people, so that they can't judge the current situation at all, as long as they want to rely on luck, gamble!
That night, when the people of the capital were still immersed in the joy of family reunion, some nobles united to make a rebellion, seized the city gate, and then surrounded the palace, wanting to take advantage of Emperor Zhou's serious illness to rob and rob in an attempt to seize the throne. And the reason why Emperor Zhou is highly poisonous, everything is done by Jiang Xiaoyu and other chaotic ministers and thieves, and the five princes and others conspire to kill their father, which is an animal behavior, and naturally has no qualifications to inherit the throne again, so now this throne, of course, is lived by capable people and virtuous people!
If Emperor Zhou dies, ascends the throne by the trend, and then defends the city gate, as long as he can hold on until the arrival of King Qin's army, exterminate the city guard and the cavalry camp, and kill Jiang Xiaoyu and the five princes and others, then this throne will sit firmly!
Although there are not many people left, the Imperial Forest Army is still struggling to resist, but the situation in the palace is still very dangerous, and it may be breached at any time!
"Your Majesty, please evacuate the palace as soon as possible!" The eunuch hurriedly came in and reported, "I'm afraid that the Imperial Forest Army won't be able to support it for long, and it's too late for Your Majesty to leave now!" Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, Your Majesty let's go! ”
"I am the emperor, the monarch of the Great Zhou, where can I go?" Emperor Zhou said lightly but majestically, "Do those wastes think that they can also be emperors?" Seeing fools talking about dreams, they can't help but underestimate my son! ”
"You take the concubine and leave first!" Emperor Zhou said, "I want to see how they dare to deal with me!" ”
"Your Majesty won't leave, and neither will your concubines!" Qi Guifei said lightly, "I have been a husband and wife for a lifetime, and in this last time, let the concubines accompany you, so as not to be lonely Your Majesty, and it is also excellent to have someone next to you to talk to!" Your Majesty, don't forget that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the day of the family reunion! ”
Emperor Zhou grabbed Qi Guifei's hand and said: "As the saying goes, adversity sees true love, but it's not wrong, the two of us, we haven't spoken well for a long time, and now it's enough!" ”
Concubine Qi glanced at Concubine Yun on the side and said, "You are still young, there is no need to stay, you leave here and go to the King of Chu and them!" ”
Concubine Yun lowered her eyes and said: "I have been dependent on my sister these days, my sister is not leaving, I am not leaving, I am accompanying my sister, my sister does not have to be persuaded!" ”
And the news in the capital, when those nobles had just started the rebellion, had already spread to Jiang Xiaoyu and their Zhuangzi.
"While the people who can call the shots are not there, Emperor Zhou's body is no longer good, they want to take advantage of the fire to rob!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "If they really succeed, I am afraid that the situation is not good, we must rush back as soon as possible, no matter what, we must also return to Beijing, and after Your Majesty dies, so that the five princes can rightfully ascend the throne!" Yang Xing, you go to the Xiaoqi camp now to find Jiang Shuai, and let Jiang Shuai cooperate with our actions! ”
"Yes!"
Jiang Xiaoyu said to Yu Sicheng again: "I'm afraid that I will trouble Commander Yu to gather the brothers again, this time we are really going to kill back to the capital, although I don't want other people to die, but now that the situation has changed, I can't help it!" ”
"The five princes are still here, and there is His Majesty's holy purpose to pass on the throne, so other clowns who jump off the beam can't take advantage of the fire to rob!" Yu Sicheng said, "I'll let the brothers prepare now, and I'll go back to the capital now!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu glanced at everyone again and said, "All the things, I'm afraid that it will end tonight!" ”
Since the situation in Jingzhong is critical, although Jiang Xiaoyu and several of them were injured, they still went into battle with injuries, hoping that this matter can be truly ended in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost.
"Be careful!" Zhao Ling took Jiang Xiaoyu's hand and instructed.
"Don't worry, I'll be back before dawn!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "Take care of them!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu raised his eyes again and glanced at the women and children who stayed in the Zhuangzi, and said, "Don't panic, don't be afraid, when the matter in the capital is over, I will take you back!" ”
After explaining the matter, Jiang Xiaoyu led everyone to the direction of the capital again.
Those aristocrats who made a rebellion were mainly their families and the dead soldiers they raised, as well as the bribed patrol battalions, the patrol battalions attacked the palace, and the guards of the city gate were those who were guarded by those families, who had not received training, and naturally did not have much combat effectiveness, and the main energy of the other party was still on the palace, hoping to forge a holy decree to succeed to the throne immediately after the emperor's death, grasp public opinion, and then mobilize the people of the capital to defend the city together, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements!
It's just that they first overestimated the combat effectiveness of their own family guards, and secondly, they underestimated the strength of the palace guards, although the Imperial Forest Army was taken out a lot by Emperor Zhou, but as the elite of the elite, the strength should not be underestimated, and moreover, in addition to the Imperial Forest Army and eunuchs in the palace, they also picked up their swords and joined the resistance.
The nobles did not take the palace in the expected time, and at this time, the city guards and the cavalry battalion were already attacking the city, and the enemy on their backs made them impatient and anxious! If the city is really breached, then they are rebellious, and Jiang Xiaoyu and his party, who first rebelled, will be whitewashed because of rehabilitation!
Under heavy pressure, they can only attack the palace frantically!
And the eunuchs who were bought by them before, as well as the palace people who couldn't assess the current situation and wanted to give themselves a certain way out, but at this time, they reversed and joined forces with the rebels, and the defense of the original palace further collapsed!
Seeing that the west gate of the palace was opened from the inside, the rebellious nobles were overjoyed, and they commanded their men to rush in, and found a step to find Emperor Zhou first, and the situation was very critical for a while. However, at this time, Yan Shuhang and Ling Huyao led a group of knights to rush and appear, which instantly changed the situation!
As the light of the morning light gradually sprinkled down, the sound of shouting and killing gradually became smaller, the city guard and the cavalry battalion soon broke through the city gate, the army entered the city, and directly killed the rebellious nobles, and at this time the palace gate was not captured, and was rushed from behind a wave, the defeat has been decided, I thought wrong for a while, and I actually caused the disaster of killing, and it was too late to regret!
Not long after the sun rose, the nobles who took the lead in the rebellion had been captured alive, Zhao Li got off the horse, walked in with a cold face, and said, "There is no forgiveness for killing!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu nodded, and then several people didn't even shout out the sound of sparing their lives, and their heads had already fallen to the ground.
Zhao Li looked at the gate of the palace, as long as Jiang Xiaoyu didn't have any extra thoughts, then this country was basically in his hands, but did Jiang Xiaoyu really have no other ideas? Could she just want him to be her puppet?
He glanced at Jiang Xiaoyu quietly, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Jiang Xiaoyu patted Zhao Li's shoulder and said, "Go in, talk to your father!" ”
Zhao Li nodded, and then led a few people into the palace.
He came all the way to Concubine Qi's bedroom, and the eunuchs realized that this would be their new master, so without any instructions, they directly opened the door and let him in, and he came to Emperor Zhou unimpeded.
Looking at his dying father, Zhao Li lifted his robe, knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The son-in-law is late to save the driver, so that the father and the concubine are frightened, and the traitors have all been ambushed!" ”
"You didn't disappoint me!" Emperor Zhou glanced at his son, and his eyes were quite relieved, "Come here, come to my side!" ”
Zhao Li moved a few steps forward, but he looked at his father about this, but he was not afraid of the past, and asked, "What else does the father have to order?" ”
"You have grown up, and this country is handed over to you, and I can be relieved!" Emperor Zhou said, "It's just that the traitors are really all ambushed? ”
"What do you mean?" Zhao Li's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Have you received your own today? Definitely! What you didn't get yourself, there will always be times when you lose it easily! Emperor Zhou said, "I have experienced such a situation before!" If you want to be a real emperor, if you don't want to be a puppet, kill the people who help you today! ”
"Father!" Zhao Li was slightly startled.
Concubine Qi also glanced at Emperor Zhou in surprise.
"This is my last piece of advice!" Emperor Zhou said, "After I can't see it, it's up to you what you want to do, I just hope you don't regret it!" The country of the Great Zhou Dynasty is in your hands, you have to work hard, be diligent and love the people, and don't let your ancestors be ashamed! ”
"Yes, father, the son will not disappoint his father!"
"Prime Minister Bai is available, this mess is only he can clean up, Jiang Shuai is available, and the defense of the capital will continue to be handed over to him!" Emperor Zhou commanded.
"Erchen remembered!"
"Stand down!" Emperor Zhou said, "Do what you have to do, I'm tired, I'm going to take a break!" ”
"Father...... Zhao Li lowered his eyes and sighed, "The son of the emperor retired!" ”
Then he got up and went out of the dormitory.
The light of the sun sprinkled on Zhao Li's body, and in a short period of time, he already had a sense of majesty and a calm bearing.
Jiang Xiaoyu stood outside, looking at his figure, as if he saw a kind of historical cycle.
At this time, Concubine Yun opened the door and came out and shouted, "Your Majesty, you have died!" ”
The people outside knelt down in unison, Zhao Li knelt down with his back straight, and looked straight at Jiang Xiaoyu, the only person still standing here.
Jiang Xiaoyu also looked at Zhao Li and said, "I can only accompany you here, and the rest of the way, you have to go by yourself!" ”
"Thank you!" Zhao Li said solemnly.