Situ Zhi smiled when he heard this: "Actually, it is reasonable to think about it, although Li Yunqing is pro-government, but in the final analysis, he is only a half-sized child, and it will not be at ease for the people or ministers to put the world in the hands of such a person, but Your Majesty, you are different, you have been deeply respected by Emperor Taizu before, and you are in the prime of life, so you are naturally more worthy of trust." These officials in Hongzhou were originally under your rule, so naturally they are more aware of this. ”

Li Mingyuan was even more complacent when he heard this: "This is the will of heaven!" The dragon chair in Tian'an Hall was supposed to belong to the Lone King, but now the Lone King is just taking back what belongs to him! Hahaha...... Hahaha......"

Situ Zhi's face was also full of excitement at the moment, how he left Tai'an City in embarrassment is still fresh in his memory, he can't wait to ride the high-head gate into Tai'an City, he seems to have seen the shocked or angry expressions of those high-ranking officials in the past.

Four days later.

The autumn wind is howling, rolling up pieces of golden leaves, but the whole Tai'an City is like a fire in this autumn, burning more and more! On the huge square behind the Canglong Gate of Xiachang Palace, 50,000 imperial forest troops gathered. The Guards were dressed in bronze armor and bronze iron masks, with only two glowing eyes and mouth exposed. Everyone in the world knows that the Imperial Forest Army is the royal guard commander second only to Jin Wuwei, and even Yin Wuwei is ranked behind it. The 50,000 Imperial Forest Army was preceded by 1,000 Jin Wuwei, and these people would mainly protect the safety of the Emperor.

Li Yunqing stood on the top of the 950-step Imperial Jie wearing the golden dragon Xiangyun armor, looking at the iron-like soldiers in the square, the blood all over his body seemed to be boiling, and he only heard his voice in a loud voice: "Heroic soldiers, sons and daughters of the great cadres!" The world has been peaceful for more than 30 years, the people live and work in peace and contentment, now Hongzhou Gong King Li Mingyuan raised an army to rebel, for this great river and mountain will return to the battlefield! Can you be confident in this battle? ”

"Loyal to the Emperor! Defend your homeland!! A tsunami-like shout came from the square, a force that seemed to shake everything in the world.

Li Yunqing put down the golden dragon head mask, pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, pointed diagonally at the sky, and shouted, "Go on the expedition!" Quickly walked down and walked down the imperial court, under the imperial court, a divine white horse was covered in golden armor, Li Yunqing stepped on Chen Zhong's back and got on the war horse, turned the horse's head and galloped away.

Outside the city of Tai'an, the 50,000 mountain youth army has been waiting for the day, and the 100,000 army is like a torrent rushing towards Hongzhou.

Seven days later, in the early morning, Li Yunqing's army arrived at the Daqing River, and a hundred miles on the opposite bank was Hongzhou. Li Mingyuan had already learned six days ago that Li Yunqing had led an army of 130,000 to Hongzhou, and instead of much fear, he was very excited. Li Mingyuan hopes to kill Li Yunqing in front of the army, so that he can deter the world!

At this moment, Li Mingyuan sat on the main seat of the handsome tent, looked at the general in front of him and said: "Li Yunqing actually sent it to the door by himself, so it's no wonder that King Lone, this time he must die in Hongzhou!" If someone can capture Li Yunqing, the day of the lone king's accession to the throne will be the time for him to pay homage to the prime minister! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The generals hugged their fists.

The big dry barracks, the commander of the big tent.

Li Yunqing also sat on the main seat and said to the soldiers in front of him: "At ten o'clock at noon, our army took the initiative to attack, and fifty cannons bombarded the rebel camp for half an hour!" ”

The generals who led the army naturally had no objection to the emperor's order, and the emperor's move was to catch the other party off guard, calm the other party's mind, and the so-called first strike! But he heard Li Yunqing continue: "In addition, send 500 people to secretly cross the Daqing River, and the driver burns the other party's grain and grass to assassinate Li Mingyuan." Three days of non-stop assassination, I want to see how bold Li Mingyuan is! ”

The deputy commander of the army this time is Wang Baolin of the Shanqing Army, and after listening to Li Yunqing's instructions, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty will definitely be suppressed if you move forward bravely, and Li Mingyuan will definitely be suppressed, so that our army will take the lead!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Fifty cannons shot towards the south bank of the Daqing River together, and the heavens and the earth seemed to tremble under this might. This is the narrowest place on the north and south banks of the Daqing River, and on the other side of the river is the camp of the Hongzhou rebels. One after another, the shells fell less than a few dozen meters from the entrance of the barracks, and the officers and men in the battalion were shocked. Cannons are a small number even in the entire Hanhua, and there are only fifteen cannons in the entire Hongzhou, how can its power be compared with Li Yunqing's artillery array.

Li Mingyuan naturally wouldn't be frightened, and after recovering from the initial shock, he roared angrily: "Li Yunqing is going to give this king a dismount, hmph, this king is not scared!" Come! Catapults are ready to let them know how powerful this king is! ”

Catapults were one of the sharpest weapons on the battlefield before the appearance of cannons, but it is a pity that the artillery was developed by the master of the five years of the emperor's reign, and since then the great cadres have never lost any internal and external wars. But it is precisely because of this that Li Mingyuan's bargaining chips for rebellion have been greatly enhanced.

It didn't take much effort for dozens of catapults to line up at the entrance of the Hongzhou barracks, and every two people carried a huge stone and put it into the spoon-like iron net in front of the trebuchet, and behind each trebuchet stood three or four people, and the four people turned the huge gear in front of the huge pole as thick as an arm and lifted it violently, throwing the huge stone out.

Stones rained down in front of the gate of the military camp on the opposite side, and many of them even smashed on the huge camp gate, which looked very violent, but did not cause too many casualties. Seeing this scene, Li Yunqing said in a deep voice: "The artillery array is pushed forward for 300 meters, and ten rounds are fired in bursts!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Ten shells were fired at the Hongzhou military camp on the opposite side without hesitation, and for a time the Hongzhou military camp was on fire. Fortunately, Li Mingyuan's big tent was in the most central position and was not affected by the cannon. Li Mingyuan roared in the big tent: "Attack with fire!" The cannon in the barracks is used by the Lone King!! The catapult pushed forward 200 meters and gave the lonely king a good !! ”

Wrap the stone with flammable materials such as straw and pour oil on it and set it on fire. Huge fireballs were thrown, and Li Yunqing's military camp soon caught fire, but it was quickly extinguished, and almost at the same time as the fireballs fell, many hand-held bucket soldiers appeared in the barracks, and they quickly ran towards one fire point after another, quickly extinguished the fire, and then quickly disappeared into the corner. The scene of the Hongzhou military camp is very embarrassing, this time there have been hundreds of soldiers who have died under the shells, most of them do not have obvious external injuries, but seven orifices bled to death, if there is a dissection of the corpse here at this time, it will be found that their internal organs have been shattered.

Li Mingyuan didn't expect Li Yunqing's methods to be so ruthless, he also thought that Li Yunqing would be reasonable and affectionate to him, and persuaded him well, but the result was nothing. The opponent's shells rained down but there was not much damage in the end, and he was ready to fight with Li Yunqing. But at this time, he heard a sergeant crawl to his side and shouted: "Lord, our granary is on fire!" ”

Li Mingyuan's face twitched twice when he heard this: "Hurry up and put out the fire!" ”

"Whoosh!" As soon as Li Mingyuan's words fell, three sounds broke through the air.

"Ding, ding, ding!" Immediately after that, three metal collisions sounded, and three arrows rained down not far in front of Li Mingyuan.

There were big beads of sweat on Li Mingyuan's forehead, he never thought that someone would assassinate him under this blue sky and white sun, right under his nose! Li Mingyuan was frightened and hurriedly entered the big tent again, and then there was a sound of fighting outside. Soon a sergeant came to report that a group of men in black were hiding in the barracks.