Chapter 9 The Flames of War
Helian wants to rebel, then Emperor Wen Guang said that he can't let Helian Hongyi go back, he only has a hundred guards around him, close the city gate to catch turtles in an urn, even if Helian Hongyi has the ability to turn the sky, it is impossible to fight against thousands of forbidden troops in the city.
To win Helian Hongyi, the son of Helian Hongyi, it can also be used as a life-saving bargaining chip.
As for the elite correspondence of the Helian army stationed outside the city, it has its own royal military camp, and it is too busy to take care of itself, and it is impossible to attack the city to save people, and 8,000 forbidden troops are pouring out from the city, and they are about to capture Helian Hongyi.
Just when everyone thought that Helian Hongyi would die this time, the people used their actions to fully tell everyone what Helian Iron Army was and what was the five scum of war.
Helian Hongyi and more than 100 elites of the Helian army were stunned to kill him in Jiankang City.
Helian Hongyi is worthy of the name of the god of war, and in the end, the forbidden army in the city is forced by his aura, and he does not dare to approach the battle, he is surrounded by corpses, and the abyss purgatory, but so, the army that kills is cold.
After an hour of hard fighting, the reinforcements stationed outside Jiankang City finally broke through the city gate and entered the city to respond.
It can't be said that the forbidden army straw bales defending the city, they have already rotted the core in the extravagant life of the northern country, and naturally they are not the opponents of the elite soldiers of the Helian army, who have experienced a hundred battles, and then Helian Hongyi was under the protection of the generals, and he actually killed Jiankang City beyond everyone's expectations and escaped.
Everyone understands that Helian Hongyi's departure is to let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles in the future.
The Helian clan will do everything in their power to subvert the northern kingdom.
A rebellion led by the Helian clan has finally begun.
Emperor Wen Guang learned that the eight thousand forbidden troops could not catch a Helian Hongyi, and he escaped, so angry that Emperor Wen Guang scratched his heart and liver, hated himself, and the impatient Emperor Wen Guang kicked the stone lion at the gate of the imperial city, the lion was not a big problem, but Emperor Wen Guang kicked his own foot lame.
Since then, Emperor Wen Guang's limping has become a beautiful scenery above the court.
The Helian clan was already well aware of the Zhao clan's military deployment in the northern country, but the Helian clan's original intention was to overthrow the Zhao clan and become the emperor himself, so he could not hurt the people of the northern country without hurting them at all, and it took almost two years to go back and forth.
Helian clan was like a bamboo, first broke through the Shanhai Pass, then crossed the Tongjiang River, occupied the Tongguan, and took all the cities in the two river basins under its banner, and then turned to the south, approaching Jiankang, like a bamboo, invincible.
Emperor Wen Guang knew his own affairs from his own family, knew that he wanted no one and no one, and the people's hearts were disheartened, so he simply broke the jar and broke it, no longer went to the court to discuss state affairs, and sang songs in the palace night and night with a day of life.
In this situation, loyalty and conscience are dead, and traitors are frequent.
In just three years, the northern court called a group of demons dancing.
Gu Fengmao and other old ministers have long since gone to the court.
Because of the war, the people of Jiankang City complained bitterly, the people were panicked, everyone was in danger, and the people moved their families.
The Jiankang government did nothing, the city of Jiankang was in chaos, and the people who had been accustomed to comfort and peace had to suffer from the war, and the capable families continued to move south, just seeking a safe place.
But the status of the Gu family is there, it is not the group of people who can leave, and if the Gu family leaves, it will be treason, and the reputation established in a hundred years will be ruined.
But staying, Gu Fengmao is also worried that once the city is broken, this century-old family will be uprooted, and there will be no future.
At that time when the ancestors of the Zhao family in the northern kingdom, the Gu family was fortunate to escape, and this time they met the Helian family, and no one knew where the Gu family's life was.
The imperial court levied grain and money in the name of war day after day, and many wealthy people in the northern country were extorted by the government, and even some noble families in the city were not spared.
Emperor Wen Guang is mediocre, he only cares about pleasure, regardless of anything else, the traitors and villains under him take chicken feathers and arrows, extort money, and do everything.
Most of the money and food raised by these extreme methods have been filled into private pockets, and only a small half will be sent to the front line, misleading the country and the people.
The great changes experienced in Jiankang City, everyone wants to insert their wings and leave this chaotic world, but in the era of war, where is there any paradise, although the Gu family has a rich background, but in such a situation, they can only hold their tails and be low-key.
The number of servants in the house has been reduced from the original 300 to 60 at once, and at most one or two grandmothers and maids are left in each courtyard, and other chores are done separately in each courtyard.
In such a difficult time, only Gu Banqin went to the gatehouse every day to listen to the boys who guarded the house talk about the things on the street, while the other girls in the Gu Mansion washed their faces with tears every day.
These young ladies, their good days are coming to an end, at this flower-like age, born in troubled times, if the city is broken, the future of the Gu family is uncertain, if it falls, they will be stormy from now on, I don't know where the flowers fall, so they are sad every day.
Only Gu Banqin doesn't think so.
Even if the new monarch doesn't like the Gu family, with Gu Fengmao's family background, he will not make his wife and concubines suffer, the big deal is to pack up his baggage, bring the softness, and go to the countryside to live, as long as he has money and prestige, are you afraid that there will be no food to eat in another place?
is like the eldest lady's maiden family, the Fuyang Wang family, a famous family in the previous dynasty, although it was not used by the Zhao family, moved out of Jiankang and went to Fuyang, isn't it still famous, and the family is bright.
The only thing to worry about is whether the Helian clan will pull the Gu family over and destroy it as a typical example, but according to Gu Banqin's analysis, since the Helian clan has attacked the city all the way and has not hurt the people at all, then after entering Jiankang, as long as the Gu family does not make a bird, it should be no danger.
The war reports are becoming more and more frequent day by day, and Gu Fengmao's head has been white recently, and the prince of Zhenguo asked him to come forward to organize the old ministers to enter the palace to persuade the emperor to leave.
The Helian clan has occupied most of the territory of the northern country, and is now approaching Jiankang, the gas of the northern country has been exhausted, and the resistance of Jiankang is even more minimal.
Zhenguo Gong invited Gu Fengmao to enter the palace to persuade the emperor to abandon the city and flee for his life, Gu Fengmao thought for a long time, and finally decided not to participate in this matter, Zhen Guogong felt that Gu Fengmao's brain was in water.