Chapter Ninety-Three: The Battle of Dongchuan (5)
"Governor, go! The end will be on top! The front is Shaonanguan! There are people from Xifu to answer! "Dong Que has already killed himself into a blood gourd.
In retrospect, things came too suddenly, Lu Chongzong just returned to the house after inspecting the city, and a strange chamberlain came to the house waiting for him, and thought that something had happened in the palace, when he walked out of the city, Lu Chongzong held back that this chamberlain was actually equipped with a short sword, and he immediately became vigilant when he walked in the palace all the year round, thinking that there was something wrong in the palace, but he really didn't expect it to be aimed at himself.
Just when the group was about to step into the gate of the palace city, Dong Que suddenly appeared, and came over with a team of elite horsemen with a nervous look, the chamberlain wanted to stop it, but seeing Dong Que's team, he still couldn't help it, Dong Que stepped forward to report some inconsequential things to Lu Chongzong, Lu Chongzong was also full of questions, today is too strange, Dong Que has no choice but to say: "Duke Yu, there is an abnormality in Shaonanguan, how should we deal with it?" ”
Lu Chongzong suddenly felt that there was a problem, Shaonanguan was mainly to prevent Xifu, Meng Yan would definitely not do anything unfavorable to the imperial court at this time, why would Dong Que say this, and thought of the short sword on the waist of the inner servant, it seemed that something big was about to happen, so he followed Dong Que's meaning and said to the inner servant: "Father-in-law, Shaonanguan's change is not a trivial matter, can you go down to the Military Aircraft Pavilion and then follow your father-in-law into the palace?" ”
The chamberlain immediately refused, and replied with great respect: "Duke Yu, you should go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and it is not too late to go to the Military Aircraft Pavilion after leaving the palace." ”
When Lu Chongzong heard this, he felt that the crisis was coming at him, and looked around at the surrounding vendors, a smell of conspiracy filled the surroundings, and he couldn't control so much, so he gave Dong Que a look.
After Dong Que received Lu Chongzong's order, he immediately snatched Lu Chongzong out and shouted loudly: "Someone assassinated Yu Gong!" It's going to be a rebellion! ”
Dong Que's sudden attack made the inner servants and the soldiers hidden in the surrounding area stunned for a while, and by the time they reacted, Dong Que had already escorted Lu Chongzong to the north gate of Chenjing.
Lu Chongzong and Dong Que were protected by soldiers in the middle, and Lu Chongzong hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?!" ”
"Governor, I don't know what to do! Just now, a person holding the waist card of the Xifu Mingjian Division found that the Queen Mother was going to kill you in the palace, and let me take someone to intercept you! ”
"Where is that man now?!" The more Lu Chongzong thought about it, the more wrong it became, it should be that there was a problem with Jiuqu, and the eldest grandson must have sold his father.
And he left! Where should we go, Governor? Dong Que replied.
Dong Que is loyal, there is no problem, but he is easy to be confused when he does things, and he doesn't ask clearly, if someone sets him up, it will be miserable, it's just that it is not easy to save himself.
Lu Chongzong did not hesitate and said, "Go out of the North City Gate!" Go to Huashan Daying! ”
The power in Chenjing can no longer be trusted, and a few of the people who were ambushed in the surrounding area are familiar faces, it seems that the Queen Mother has controlled and recovered her power in Chenjing, but because there is no excuse to do it to herself, only the 80,000 people in the Huashan camp can still be counted on now.
Lu Chongzong and others rushed out of the north gate and went straight to the Huashan camp, less than ten miles away from the camp Lu Chongzong saw the Huashan camp commander Chu Dian appear with soldiers and horses, and shouted in his heart that it was not good, he believed that Chu Dian would not betray himself, but it was not normal for Chu Dian to appear, it seemed that there was something wrong with the camp, so he shouted loudly: "Chu Jiangjun!" Why are you here?! ”
Chu Dian was also stunned, an hour ago the capital sent a decree saying that Lu Chongzong was assassinated, and he wanted to bring people to strengthen the defense, but Lu Chongzong now appeared in front of him, this is a big deal!
"Chu Dian! How many of you have on hand right now? Lu Chongzong came to his side and asked.
"50,000 people will be replaced according to regulations." Chu Dian hurriedly replied.
Lu Chongzong breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, and immediately arranged: "The Queen Mother wants to kill me, and we will go north now." ”
"And what about the 30,000 men in the camp? Liang Hao is still in the camp..." Chu Dian suddenly figured it out, remembering Liang Hao's disgusting look with a smile just now, this bastard had taken refuge in the Queen Mother.
"The former army has become the rear army, turn around!" Lu Chongzong shouted loudly.
Rushing all the way to kill, until the Shangyuan Festival rushed to Shaonan Pass, everyone was already exhausted, the army of more than 50,000 people, the camp was full of wounded soldiers, and there were less than 30,000 people who could fight, but fortunately, there was Xifu Yu Geng outside Shaonan Pass.
Dong Que tried his last strength to block the pursuers, but fortunately, Shaonanguan did not resist to the death under the attack of the two armies, first, they were all their own people, and no one would kill them, and second, this matter did not reach Shaonanguan at all, and the Shaonanguan guards didn't know what was going on, they were all bigwig-level tasks, and he couldn't afford to offend; The third is that Yu Geng in Xifu is famous, so why bother looking for trouble.
"Yu Gong, why is this so? The Queen Mother just wants to ask you something. "Luo Yiming, the guard of Ci'an Palace, led the pursuers to ask questions under Shaonan Pass.
"General Luo, the Ming people don't say secret words, you and I understand the thoughts of the Queen Mother, as long as you retreat fifty miles now, I will immediately give up Shaonanguan." Lu Chongzong was not polite, and directly made it clear.
"Duke Yu, this is a rebellion!" Luo Yiming was no longer polite.
"What is rebellion? I was ordered by the emperor to establish the Southern Mansion in Changsha, and now I want to return to Changsha, what is wrong? "Lu Chongzong is not afraid of him, and the righteousness is here.
"The Queen Mother asked me to ask you a question, is Duke Yu still loyal to the royal family?" Luo Yiming's face flushed, and he asked word by word, he knew in his heart that the imperial court was attacking Lu Chongzong only because he hid his identity, and Lu Chongzong had never done anything to hurt the imperial court, and he was the governor of Nanfu personally elected by the emperor, so he was ready to be arrested secretly.
"Lu has always been loyal to the court, and he also invited the Queen Mother Mingjian!" Lu Chongzong said frankly.
"Then please return to Chenjing with me to explain to the Queen Mother, I guarantee the safety of you and your family." Luo Yiming changed his way, thinking that Lu Chongzong's family was still in Chenjing, and Lu Chongzong would never give up his family.
Thinking of his family, Lu Chongzong's heart hurts, but there is no way, he will be served by a pot when he goes back now, at this time Yu Geng and Dong Que, who have been hiding in the shadows, whispered a few words, Dong Que hurriedly stepped forward to speak to Lu Chongzong, only to see Lu Chongzong's eyebrows stretched, and shouted loudly to Luo Yiming: "The general will not be affected by the life of the monarch outside, and now that the Northern Expedition has restarted, Lu must focus on the great cause of the Northern Expedition, and please forgive me!" ”
Luo Yiming was about to have a seizure, someone shouted behind the army, Luo Yiming glanced at the person who came, it was Zhong Ju, Zhong Ju glanced at him, and then said to Lu Chongzong with a smile: "Your Majesty has an order, the Duke of Yu has the Northern Expedition in his heart, which is the pillar of my court, and he immediately went to Changsha to form the Southern Mansion." ”
The superficial work still has to be done, "Lu Chongzong commands, thank Your Majesty!" ”
"Duke Yu, the matter has come to this, and the Queen Mother doesn't want to pursue anything, I just hope you can remember the kindness of the emperor!" After Zhong Ju finished speaking, he turned around and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, withdraw from the army!" ”
Looking at the army in the distance, Yu Geng didn't know when he appeared next to Lu Chongzong and said: "Duke Yu, let's repair it and let go of Shaonan Pass, the prince has already vacated Changsha." ”
"How could your lord's reaction be so fast?" Lu Chongzong said faintly.
"Qingfeng Gu girl said that the big family has always put interests first, and the eldest grandson clan wants to gain the trust of King Wu, and betraying you is the best vote." Yu Geng said with a grin.
"Breeze girl? The maid next to your prince? Lu Chongzong had a little impression of Gu Qingfeng, but a maid was not worthy of his attention.
"Yes, Miss Qingfeng is the only daughter of the Gu family, and she will be by the prince's side after the battle of Yuanjiang." Although Yu Geng seems rude, he actually has an inner show, he told Lu Chongzong of Gu Qingfeng's identity to probe his attitude, after all, Gu Qingfeng is about to be the next master of Xifu.
"Your prince has good methods, even the daughter of the enemy family can be reused, I don't know if the Mengshi soul has entrusted him with a dream?" Lu Chongzong was very dissatisfied, Meng's blood debt was still warm, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Gu Yanfeng's use that day, and now there is another Gu Qingfeng, listening to the meaning, Meng Yan's relationship with her is not ordinary.
"Duke Yu, after the Hengyang Army escorts you to Lincheng, you have to go to Hezhou to reorganize the army." Yu Geng already understood Lu Chongzong's intentions and began to do business.
"General Yu, are all the people in Xifu gone?" Lu Chongzong heard the attitude of doing business.
"Some of the chief officers of Xifu have gone to Jiangxia one after another to stand by, most of the main generals at all levels have been assembled in Baoqing and Hezhou, Dongchuan must be, all the soldiers of Xifu will leave, according to the order of the prince, the county and county defense troops of all the prefectures, counties and counties have not marched west with the army, and some of the soldiers with local household registration have respected their wishes and left you behind." Yu Geng explained everything as clearly as possible to show Xifu's attitude.
"What is the situation in Dongchuan? Where is your lord? ”
"Ye Shuai and Yiling Assassin Shi Tushan Yiyuan have changed their defenses, Ye Shuai has led the Jiangxia army to Dongchuan, and will launch a general attack with Qingshuai in the near future, and the prince is supervising the battle in Qiqi."
Meng Yan was willing to exchange the rich granary of Xizhou for the barren land of Yiling, this hand was atmospheric and ingenious enough, but Meng Yan was not on the front line of Dongchuan, and it was unexpected that he was in Qianxi.
"How's the war going in Qianxi?" Lu Chongzong wanted to understand what Meng Yan was thinking through Zhu Mu's war, his father was still in captivity, and he didn't think that Meng Yan had no action.
"Zhu Ti surrendered without a fight, General Meng Huan had already swept Nayong clean the day before yesterday, and at this time, the army should go to Dali."
Lu Chongzong was stunned, Meng Yan's movements were too fast, the six counties of Dali were the last line of defense of the Zhu Mu clan, and the reason why Zhu Mu had been helpless for so many years was that the Zhu Mu clan had always occupied most of the Guizhou land, and the Central Plains was in civil strife, and no one cared about the wilderness of the Guizhou land.
The two of them have already said what they should say and what they shouldn't say, Lu Chongzong and others retreated north after two days of repairing in Shaonanguan, and after arriving in Lincheng, Yu Geng said goodbye to Lu Chongzong, Lu Chongzong thought for a long time before saying: "General Yu, thank you to your prince for me, and by the way, tell your prince that it is impossible for the Montessori family to accept the daughter of the enemy family to live in the middle feed." ”