Chapter 228: Lu Cong's Rise

The news that Ning Ze trapped Sun Yi in Liangzhou finally reached Lu Cong's side.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yuanxiang asked for the arrival of the paperwork.

Above the court, Emperor Hui read the document and hurriedly handed it to Prime Minister Lu Cong, who was sitting next to him: "Sister Huang has written a letter to ask for a decree to reward Ning Ze alone......"

Lu Cong took the document and glanced at it, and the case was slapped, which frightened Emperor Hui and the civil and military ministers.

Glancing at the ministers, Lu Cong said angrily: "Liu Yuanxiang is on the table, and it is bold to ask His Majesty to seal the general of Ningze Sipin Wuwei, the king of Danyang and the governor of Jiangzhou!"

"Prime Minister!" Shang Shufu shot Wang Jun stood up, bowed and said, "Ning Ze's ambition is revealed, it seems that Liu Yuanxiang is in the book, but it is actually instructed by this son!"

"How can you not know the true appearance?" Lu Cong snorted coldly, "This person is a wolf and has ambitions, and he can't let him get his wish!"

"Ning Ze's ambition is revealed, and he actually wants to be crowned king! Right now, he is still in Liangdi, but his eyes are looking at Jiangzhou, which is really rampant!" Taiwei Sun Ran said, "If you respond to it, you must get an inch!"

"I know it in my heart!" Lu Cong touched his beard, "If it weren't for Lian Xian's rebellion, how could he be allowed to plot to seize Liangzhou? Now this son occupies the land of Jin, Han, and Cheng, and Liangzhou will have even more power." Do you have a way to force him to quit Liangzhou?"

"Prime Minister!" Wang Jun replied, "According to the military situation, Sun Yi is not Ning Ze's opponent. It's been a long time since the last military intelligence was reported. Presumably, Ning Ze had already captured Liangzhou, and it was absolutely impossible for him to retreat! Obviously, Ning Ze's next target was either Jiangzhou or Xizhou. Chu Bai and Cheng Wan are incompetent, they must not be able to stop him. ”

Lu Cong thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "Although this son is young, he is not an idle person! He will be a big trouble for his henchmen in the future! It is better to let people reject Liu Yuanxiang, and order Ning Ze to withdraw from Liangzhou in the name of the imperial court." ”

"No!" Sun Ran thought for a while, stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, no!"

"What do you mean, Captain?" Lu Cong frowned.

"Prime Minister," Sun Ran replied respectfully, "If you flatly refuse, it will inevitably annoy Ning Ze." There are more Liangzhou here, and morale is booming. If he violates the realm, Sima Junshi can't separate the enemy, I'm afraid it will be a big deal!"

"The minister thinks that the words of the Taiwei are reasonable!" the imperial historian Pu Anmin stood up, bowed down and said, "Although Ning Ze is a great enemy, this is not the time for conflict. Lian Xian conspired against him, took the opportunity to destroy it, captured Yunzhou, moved His Majesty to the imperial capital, and obtained the most important thing in the Qilin Jade Seal! If Your Majesty is orthodox, he will be able to command the world and control the heroes. Sima Junshi has a plan, if Ning Ze attacks from the rear, it will be a big deal for me, how can it be good?"

Lu Cong frowned when he heard this.

Sun Ran said: "What Pu Yushi said is true, and this is not a good opportunity for conflict. If you provoke Ning Ze, it's easy to spoil me!"

"What should I do?" Lu Cong asked, "Do you promise Ning Ze to make him king and guard Jiangzhou?"

"Naturally, no!" Pu Anmin said.

"Then you tell the true image, what should we do?"

"Prime Minister," Pu Anmin thought for a while, "It is absolutely impossible to make Ning Ze the king. It is also inappropriate to give the position of governor of Jiangzhou. In my opinion, since it is inconvenient to provoke Ning Ze, it is better to take a step back. The prime minister can seal Ningze Danyang Marquis to calm his heart. If the governor of Jiangzhou is sealed, it will be easier for this person to seize Jiangzhou. It's better to make it the governor of the Golden State, anyway, the Golden State is in its hands. As for the fourth-grade general, just give him a fifth-grade miscellaneous general!"

"How can this son be able to be crowned a marquis?" Lu Cong was displeased.

Pu Anmin persuaded: "Prime Minister, at this moment, just calm your mind and avoid bad things for me." After taking Yunzhou, controlling the imperial capital, so that His Majesty can gain the orthodox position, and then cut his post after the preparation for the war, it is not necessary!"

"The minister seconded!" Sun Ran said.

"The ministers seconded the proposal!!" the other officials also stood up and spoke in unison.

Lu Cong touched his beard and thought about it carefully, and felt that it made sense, so he sighed: "In this case, let this son be proud for a while! When the overall situation is stable, I will find him to settle accounts!"

"Prime Minister is wise!!" the officials responded in unison.

"Your Majesty," Lu Cong turned to Emperor Hui, "Then issue an order to seal General Ningze Wupin Yingyang, Marquis of Danyang, and Governor of Jinzhou, what is the holy will?"

Emperor Hui said that you have decided, and asked me why am you the master?

So he reluctantly smiled: "According to the words of the prime minister!"

Emperor Hui issued an order, Ning Ze had a meritorious role in pacifying the thieves, and he was awarded the title of General Wupin Yingyang, the Marquis of Danyang, and the Governor of Jinzhou, and the holy decree was quickly sent to Huajun.

Liu Yuanxiang received the holy decree, which was no different from expectations, and he was very happy, and immediately sent someone to fly the pigeon to inform Ning Ze, so that Mi Yan would personally go to Liangzhou with the holy decree.

Lu Cong stabilized Ning Ze here, Sima Fa accelerated the process, and designed to let several princes and Lian Xuan fight to the death, and then launch a surprise attack. Wei Hui was deceived by him, and the army fought fiercely with Lian Xuan, but Sima Fa attacked from the rear and captured the four counties of Mizhou. And taking advantage of Wei Hui's exhaustion after the hard battle, he abandoned the alliance and attacked from the rear and annihilated Wei Hui in one fell swoop.

Later, he joined forces with several other princes to attack, occupy Tumen, seize the Nu River, and approach Miliang.

Lian Zhen is just a martial artist, where can he hold it?

Lei He and Feng Yuan each had their own plans, and the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty were unwilling to rebel.

The counties of Yunzhou were lost one after another, and Lei He and Feng Yuan couldn't resist it, so they surrendered to Sima Fa and joined Lu Cong's camp.

Lian Zhen was unpopular with the people, and the people in Yunzhou rioted everywhere, coupled with the strong attack of the coalition army, they could only defend Miliang.

Sima Fa hit Miliang and the soldiers came to the city.

The hundreds of officials in the city conspired to enter the palace while Lian Zhen was asleep.

Although Lian Zhen was strong in martial arts, he was hacked to death in his sleep.

Hundreds of officials opened the door to greet the coalition forces and offered the head of Lian Zhen.

The coalition army entered the imperial city and was greeted by hundreds of officials.

During the banquet, Sima Fa pretended to celebrate the achievement, ambushed the knife and axe hand and threw the cup as the number, and killed Zhou Qing on the spot, Zheng Mu, and Wu Xin, the assassin of Yanzhou.

The coalition forces were in civil strife, and fierce battles were fought in the imperial city for several days.

In the end, they were defeated by Sima Fa, and the remnants of the princes of the three roads fled back.

Since then, Lu Cong has occupied the land of Chi, Pu, Mi, Yun, and Bozhou counties, and his momentum has soared.

And occupy the imperial city and get the unicorn jade seal.

Sima Fa immediately sent an envoy back, urging Lu Cong to lead a hundred officials and take Emperor Hui to the imperial city of Miliang to officially ascend the throne.

After Zhou Qing's death, his henchmen fled back to Yanzhou and set up his eldest son Zhou Nan as the main one.

Zheng Mu's brother Zheng Qing ascended to the throne and took control of Wuzhou.

Wu Xin's second brother Wu Shuang took over Gunzhou.

Because Sima Fa designed to kill Zhou Qing, Zheng Mu, and Wu Xin, and Lu Cong's army rose in momentum, Zhou Nan, Zheng Qing, and Wu Shuang formed an alliance to prepare to resist Lu Cong.

Lu Cong took hundreds of officials and sent Emperor Hui into the imperial city to officially ascend the throne, and changed the year name to Huijing.

Huijing 1 year, amnesty to the world.

Lu Cong issued an order to seek talents, recruiting talented people from all over the world, and heroes from all walks of life went to him.

The allied forces of Zhou Nan, Zheng Qing, and Wu were under great pressure and discussed how to deal with it.

After discussion, he felt that the three of them alone were not Lu Cong's opponents, so he sent an envoy north to contact Tang Niu and invite him to join the alliance to fight against Lu Cong.

Tang Niu immediately agreed, and agreed to send troops to the four states at the same time, he attacked Puzhou to the east, and Zhou Nan, Zheng Qing, and Wu Shuang attacked Yunzhou.

The four-way coalition army went into battle, and Lu Cong urgently ordered Sima Fa to meet the enemy.

Sima Fa mobilized his troops, while consolidating the defense of Puzhou, and at the same time personally led his troops to Chicheng to fight against the Zhou, Zheng, and Wu allied forces.

Sun Yi sent his henchmen to break through and go to Xizhou for help.

Luan Bing traveled day and night, crossed the mountains and mountains to Qingshan County, and saw Chu Bai to explain his intentions.

Chu Bai was unable to protect himself, and in the face of the siege of Zhao Chen and Cheng Wan, he barely parried, and he couldn't spare his hands to assist Sun Yi at all.

Luan Bing was helpless, and he didn't want to go back like this, so he really couldn't explain. So he went to find Cheng Wan and Zhao Chen, who were fighting with Chu Bai.

Zhao Chen didn't want to provoke Ning Ze, but Cheng Wan held a grudge in his heart because Ning Ze's subordinates occupied Wolf Mountain and Huairou, so he agreed to Luan Bing to unite against Ning Ze.

In his opinion, after Ning Ze annexed Liangzhou, the next target was himself.

The so-called cold lips and teeth died, and Ning Ze could not be allowed to succeed.

Therefore, they discussed with Zhao Chen, temporarily stopped the battle with Chu Bai, and each of them retreated.

Then he set off with Luan Bing and marched towards Liangzhou to support Sun Yi.

Chu Bai was beaten by Cheng Wan and Zhao Chen before, and saw that Cheng Wan was going to Liangzhou with his troops. Take the initiative to send an envoy to contact Han Guan.

Han Guan learned the information and immediately contacted the surrounding counties through the flying pigeon message.

Ning'an Taishou Huang Xia sent troops to join Han Guan to set up an ambush, and took advantage of Cheng Wan's soldiers and horses to pass by, and suddenly killed.

The two armies fought fiercely, each with its own wins and losses.

Song Gao got the news and immediately sent troops to attack Hucheng County, Jiangzhou.

Chu Bai sent troops to attack Zhao Chen, and divided his troops to attack Nanhai County, Jiangzhou.

Cheng Wan was shocked when he learned about it. hurriedly retreated and turned around and returned to Jiangzhou.

Although I don't want Ning Ze to annex Liangzhou, but my own family was beaten, how can I not go back?

Luan Bing was very depressed, but he couldn't stop it.

You can't say that you don't care about your hometown, help me save people first, Cheng Wanli is weird for him.

Xiang Rong and Xiang Yan led their troops to storm Changping and Funing, and after a fierce battle, they successfully captured the two county towns with insufficient troops.

Sun Yi only had Boping left, and Luan's soldiers returned in vain, without half a reinforcement.

The news spread, and the hearts of the people in Boping County fluctuated.

The morale of the army in the city was shaken, and the morale of the people fell to the bottom. The bad news further shattered hopes.

Many civilian officials suggested that instead of sitting and waiting for death, it was better to fight and break through from the north gate to see if they could escape from Liangzhou.

The previous breakthrough of Luan's soldiers gave them confidence, and they might be able to protect Sun Yi from Liangzhou and retain their strength.

Sun Yi actually didn't want to leave Liangzhou, but now he was trapped in Boping and had no reinforcements, so he was really helpless.

The martial arts under the hall had their own suggestions, some said to surrender, some said to escape, and some said to fight to the death, so that his head was as big as a fight, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Chu Hong, as Sun Yi's strategist, couldn't think of a good idea. In desperation, he went to ask his niece Chu Wenxiu.

Chu Wenxiu analyzed the current situation, shook his head and said: "The situation is like this, there is nothing that can be done! ”

Chu Hong said: "Now there are tens of thousands of troops in the city, there is enough food and grass, there is always a way!"

Chu Wenxiu said: "At present, the morale of the army is weak, the public opinion is insufficient, and the civil and military officials cannot work together. I am afraid that the enemy army has not yet entered the city, and chaos will arise! The second uncle should think about how to save his life and ensure that his family is not dragged into chaos. ”

"Isn't there a plan to reverse?" Chu Hong was unwilling.

Chu Wenxiu sighed: "At this moment, there is nothing to do!"