The weather in Luoyang in the tenth month of the lunar calendar is slightly cold, stratus clouds are stacked, the wind is desperately shaking the trees with cold, shaking down a golden yellow, cold and ruthless, the feelings on the branches, dragging the nostalgia of those few pieces, struggling to maintain the last remaining green. The window is not cold, the dew is deep and heavy, and the eyes are desolate and faded red, leaving only a few places that stretch diagonally to the alley. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, a baby's cry in the Taiji Palace, Ying'e worked hard to give birth to a prince for Yuan Ziyou, and the life that should be celebrated was in this stormy and shaky, and it was impossible to distinguish where to go. Yuan Ziyou was overjoyed, and on the same day, he granted amnesty to the world, and all the civil and military officials were promoted to two levels.

However, the husband and wife were indifferent, the country was in danger, and the Erzhu family did not resign themselves to being vassals because of Yuan Ziyou's amnesty, and Erzhu Shilong gathered a large army to attack outside Luoyang City, and demonstrated in the north of Luoyang. The Northern Wei court was in a panic, and Yuan Ziyou knew that the military strength in Luoyang City was insufficient to fight against Er Zhu Shilong, so he sent the former Huayang Taishou Duan Yu to proclaim condolences at the suggestion of Yuan Hui and Yuan Yu. Unexpectedly, Zhu Shilong didn't even see his face, and directly beheaded him to show the public, and sent his head back to Luoyang to demonstrate deterrence. He saw that Yuan Ziyou had shown weakness, so he took the opportunity to send Erzhu Dulu to Luoyang City to ask for Erzhu Rong's corpse.

Yuan Ziyou frowned when he heard this, he didn't think about tea and rice, and he had no countermeasures. Yuan Hui hurriedly ran to offer advice as soon as possible, "Qihu is just a barbarian state, without any education, seeing that Er Zhurong was killed, he must be worried about his own life, so he was instigated." If the emperor does not personally persuade him to surrender with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and personally allows him to avoid death, and his official position remains unchanged, then these people will inevitably retreat. ”

Yuan Yu shook his head and said, "Although what the King of Chengyang said is reasonable, but I think that the Zhu clan is united in the same spirit, and now although the dragons have no leader, they each have their own troops and are trapped, and they are trapped in Luoyang in the encirclement, nominally asking for the corpse to be returned, but in fact, they are each pregnant with ghosts." I am afraid that the emperor will come to pardon him in person, but it is still difficult to eliminate the ambition of these wolf sons, the Gao Qian brothers are now in Luoyang, these two people can be an enemy in martial arts, it is better to recruit strong men in the city with heavy money, fight with one, frustrate their spirit, and then try to reconcile. ”

Yuan Hui glanced at Li Yu on the side, Li Yu understood, and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, although the Gao brothers are brave, but we are now lonely and difficult to sing, and Luoyang has become a bucket again, and the whole body will be moved." It's easy to kill this Erzhu Dulu, but how can the tens of thousands of soldiers in my city resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of Naerzhu Shilong, and the Erzhu Zhao who is close at hand? ”

After listening to it, Yuan Ziyou thought about Xi Yi, who had just died not long ago, and thought that there was indeed no soldier to fight, so he stopped Yuan Yu's further exhortation, and dressed up, "Don't say it, Zhang Haosong, set up the Great Xia Gate." ”

In Luoyang in early winter, the wind gusted, the blowing of people's faces was as painful as a knife, the sky with black clouds piled up, pressing the gloomy and low city tower, full of gloom. Thousands of Qihu soldiers under the city tower, playing white flags, playing the Hu flute, singing the folk songs of Qihu in unison to summon the spirits of Erzhurong, the sound is condensed, and the momentum is majestic.

Yuan Ziyou was actually thought about by the mournful flute, Ying'e's smile appeared in front of him like a flower, he pinched his brows, and tried to concentrate on regaining his majesty, but he couldn't hide the shallow pain in his heart. The Son of Heaven stood in the city tower, condescended to the noble, and personally persuaded him to surrender: "The general of Tianzhu has made meritorious contributions, tried to kill the king and usurped the throne, the conspiracy was exposed, and he has been punished." You are all the warriors of my Great Wei, the arms of me, the barrier of the frontier, and the weight of my treasures. I know the kindness of the great generals of the Heavenly Pillar, but our dynasty is the time to employ people, as long as you are willing to continue to serve the country, I will not blame the past, and I will give you an iron coupon to avoid death, and your honorable officials will still remain unchanged. ”

Erzhu Dulu's face was full of sadness, and he rode to the city gate, pointed at Yuan Ziyou and said impassionedly, "The ministers were shocked to hear that the general of Tianzhu was ordered to enter the court, and suddenly he was wronged and died tragically in the palace, and dozens of unjust souls were not allowed to return to their hometowns. Today, the body of the Tianzhu General will not be returned, and the soldiers will have no regrets in life and death. Erzhudulu's words were extremely painful, and he thought of Erzhurong's past kindness, and his words were choked, and he was sad and self-contained, and wept bitterly.

Behind the Qihu soldiers are all following Erzhurong to live and die, although Erzhurong is strict in governing the army, but not harsh, all the Qihu people are subject to its kindness, when they see Erzhudulu riding on horseback crying pain, the grievances infected everyone, each holding the knife Ge howling and crying, they have shouted to kill Yuan Ziyou, for Erzhurong to avenge.

In this situation, under the pitch of Yuan Ziyou, the turbid waves in the distance are tilting eastward, the waves are crashing on the shore, the mountains and rivers in front of him are ancient soups, and the wolf smoke is flat, all of which are obtained by Er Zhurong from birth and death. Yuanzi thought of Ying'e, who had just given birth, and was so sad that he even cried.

Zhang Haosong hurriedly handed over the sweat towel, Yuan Ziyou's mood calmed down a little, and Erzhu Dulu and the others gradually stopped crying, he comforted, "If you still have concerns, come here, I will now give the iron coupon to the Erzhu family and a group of Qihu Zhishi, I will make a promise, and from then on, your life is safe, and your wealth is still the same." After speaking, he waved his hand and beckoned Wen Zisheng to issue an edict to send a death-free iron coupon out of the city.

Unexpectedly, a cold arrow came, Zhang Haosong blocked in front without thinking, and an arrow stabbed at the shoulder armor, and immediately the blood flowed like an infusion, and he still desperately protected each other. The surrounding guards hurriedly raised their shields to cover it, and Yuan Ziyou said angrily, "I have already pardoned the sins of Er, could it be that you want to kill the king and usurp the throne like the Tianzhu General?" ”

"Dog Emperor, let me ask you, you keep saying that the Great General of Tianzhu wants to kill the king and usurp the throne, is there any evidence?" Erzhu Dulu put down the bow and arrow in his hand, and sneered, arrogant and arrogant, "You, the dog emperor, are mediocre and unreasonable, listen to slander, let Zhongliang die unjustly and tragically, and Erzhuchuan weeps blood." Now you know that you have no soldiers in the city, and once you fight, you will be using your mantis arm as a car, and you will not be able to measure yourself. Therefore, I have come up with this strategy of persuasion, and I ask you, what kind of sword do you use to negotiate with us? Today, we made a covenant and vowed to avenge the Great General of Tianzhu, so you can't see the situation too clearly. If you want to survive, send the bodies of General Tianzhu and my nephew as soon as possible, and I can still consider saving your life for the sake of Ying'e's face. ”

Wen Zisheng shouted, "Erzhu Dulu, you speak wildly, dare to kill the king with arrows, this is a great rebellion, and the world is angry." ”

Erzhu Dulu sneered, "To kill the king, you have to see if he is a gentleman first, you old man Wen, you also have your advice when you kill my eldest brother." He turned to his subordinate sergeants and shouted, "Warriors of Qihu, let us enter Luoyang City, kill these mediocre talents, and avenge General Tianzhu!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The sound of killing under Luoyang City shook the sky, so far, Yuan Ziyou no longer has illusions, he looked at Zhang Haosong who was dying, and knew that he had no way to retreat, but to fight to the death. He retreated from the city tower under the escort of soldiers, and instructed Qiu Guan to arrange for the imperial doctor to try his best to rescue Zhang Haosong, and he convened the ministers of the Taiji Hall to discuss the meeting. After listening to what happened on the city tower, the ministers, including Yuan Hui, showed panic on their faces, and everyone was in danger, eager to go home now to pack up their things and escape.

Unexpectedly, at the time of crisis, there was a person who strode out of the crowd, this person was Shangshu Zuocheng Li Miao, I saw that he was righteous and impassioned, "The court is in unforeseen danger, and it is the day of the loyal ministers and martyrs." Although the minister is not martial, please ask the emperor to give a brigade of people, and the minister will cut off the river bridge for His Majesty and block it outside Luoyang City. Although the soldiers of the Naerzhu family are brave, but the number is outnumbered, they only dare to patrol the city all day long, as long as the river bridge is broken, these thousands of people will be difficult to care about, tens of thousands of guards in my city, the camera moves, under the attack of the north and south, it will be able to force it to rout and flee, so Luoyang's urgency can be solved. That Erzhu Shilong is also a man of the rat generation, and now he is only bold because he has won a few battles, and once he loses, with his character, he will not dare to commit it again in a short time, and we will have the opportunity to raise armaments again for a great war. ”

Yuan Ziyou didn't expect Li Miao to come forward at this time, he got up from his seat, walked down the steps quickly, walked in front of Li Miao, and personally helped him up and clasped his hand, "Li Aiqing, you are willing to fight for the country at this moment, I am deeply grateful, that is, I have exhausted the funds of the treasury, and I must recruit people who dare to die with you to help you." ”

Yuan Hui saw that someone was sent to death, so he lost no time in stepping forward and said, "The emperor has such a loyal and courageous person as Lord Li, which is my great Wei's luck." Without further ado, the minister counted the treasury, placed it under the city, and recruited the dead, and the minister retired first. ”

Yuan Hui took Yuan Ying to set up a ring under the gate of Luoyang, the drums vibrate, and 10,000 people enthusiastically enlisted in the army in just half a day after posting the list. The change of Heyin has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Luoyang, they are afraid that the day of the city will be over, rather than die in the slaughter, it is better to fight, maybe there is still a chance to live. The enlisted people carried the bounty and went home to settle their parents and relatives, and the crying in the city shook the sky, and some families even had coffins ready.

Li Miao counted the men and horses, and after a short training, he led the dead soldiers to detour the Yellow River at night. For fear that the target would be too big, only bamboo rafts were used to go down the river from Mazhu, and each bamboo raft was towed behind a spare boat, and when it was still a few miles away from the river bridge, the torch was lit to burn the spare boats, and the boats traveled south along the wind, and the raging fire illuminated the entire river red. The fire spread rapidly by the wind, burning the river bridge, and the soldiers under Zhu Shilong saw the size of the fire and thought that Yuan Ziyou's army had entered, worried that there was no way back, so they went to the bridge to fight the fire. The river bridge had been burned, the wood was charred black, how to withstand the crowd of soldiers rushing to fight the fire, the place where everyone gathered, it was only a moment's work, the river bridge collapsed, and the Qihu soldiers who were not familiar with the water were drowned countless times.

Erzhu Shilong, who got the news, was furious, put on armor and led the sergeants to rush over, and attacked Li Miao in a big way. Poor Li Miao saw that it was done, so he stopped in the small island in the Yellow River and waited for Yuan Yuan's reinforcements to respond, but the reinforcements were delayed, Li Miao couldn't help but lament the wrong belief in Yuan Yuan, he knew that he would die, and after looking up to the sky and sighing, he held the sword and shouted generously, "Warriors, many of you are enlisting for the first time, I, Li Miao, know that you are not for that bounty, people are alive, more important than anything else." But you are here so that our relatives will not be destroyed on the day the city is broken, so that our children can laugh and play in the sun. But even if we die here today, we must let this group of Qihu people see our backbone, even if we die, we must die so that they are afraid! ”

The soldiers who had just been injured in the great battle simply bandaged their wounds, helped each other to get up, and shouted, "Lord Li, we are not afraid of death, what are we afraid of death, we will fight with you in the next life." ”

Erzhu Shilong's army launched a fierce attack, and Li Miao led these hundreds of troops to resist until all his men died heroically, leaving him alone. He looked at the corpses of the soldiers with tears in his eyes and shouted, "God bless me Dawei, Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for their incompetence and can't keep Luoyang for you, and the ministers will die to apologize." After speaking, he jumped down the rolling Yellow River, the huge waves quickly flooded his body, the sky sounded a huge thunder, black clouds suddenly rose, and the tragic scene made the Yellow River whimper. Thinking that this Li Miao was originally a Liang person, because his uncle had a different heart, he was killed by Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang, Li Miao took refuge in the Northern Wei Dynasty in order to avenge his family, and he was loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty until the final sacrifice.

As Li Miao expected, Er Zhu Shilong didn't know that these hundreds of warriors were just temporarily recruited You Yong, thinking that they were the defenders of Luoyang, and thinking that he was so embarrassed that hundreds of people had killed him, if Yuan Ziyou's army was killed, wouldn't it be a small life. Fortunately, his timid and cautious heart rose again, and he chose to retreat north quickly without the intention of fighting, and Li Miao exchanged death for Yuan Ziyou's short-term peace.

Er Zhu Shilong did not give up, he knew that his strength was limited, so he sent Murong Shaozong to contact Er Zhu Zhao to discuss the attack on Luoyang. In order to become famous, the two thought of abolishing Yuan Ziyou and setting up a new emperor. After some thought, the two hit it off and fell in love with a person, in terms of bloodline, he was the descendant of Emperor Taiwu of Wei's crown prince Tuoba Huang (Emperor Wei Jingmu), and the royal blood was almost none; In terms of intimacy, it was the nephew of Princess Beixiang; In terms of honor and favor, it is just that he is in the state, and the talented Taiyuan is too guarded, and the history of the merger of the state is stabbed, so the mediocre Yuan Ye was hastily decided. Although Yuan Ye is not talented, but his mother Empress Dowager Wei is a talented and virtuous person, Er Zhu Zhao and others are afraid of Empress Dowager Wei will interfere in politics in the future, so before setting up Yuan Ye as the puppet emperor, he ordered Qingwei to hang thousands of dollars in the market, recruited dozens of wanderers, and took advantage of the Empress Dowager Wei's travel, intercepted and killed Empress Dowager Wei in the downtown area.

After everything was arranged, on the 30th of the same month, Erzhu Shilong garrisoned the Gaodu of Jianxing, and Erzhu Zhao came from Jinyang to meet him. The two jointly supported Yuan Ye as the emperor, Er Zhu Shu, the daughter of Er Zhu Zhao, as the queen, the amnesty department, the year name Jianming, and the personnel were at the fourth level. Er Zhu Zhao was named a general, and Jin Jue was king; Er Zhu Shilong also tasted his long-cherished wish, was named the king of Leping, and finally passed the addiction of the prince; Erzhu Zhongyuan of Xuzhou was also named the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the left servant of Shangshu. After Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Shilong were knighted, they united with Erzhu Zhongyuan to kill Luoyang, and Erzhu Zhongyuan on the east road attacked the city all the way, and captured Wang Yan, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Luoyang was in danger.