Chapter 12: Picking up the Mess

On the tenth day of the first month of Wu, in the Daming Lake Palace.

Your Majesty, Liang Dajin and Liang Dazhong attacked the city day and night, but there was no progress, the chaotic army in the city poisoned the people, and the blood and water inside and outside the capital were unbearable, if the rebels were not exterminated in time, it would be difficult for the Great Xia Dynasty to have a peaceful day! Zhao Wuxu said.

Xu Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: At present, the more than 200,000 rebels in Liang'an are like bamboos, and the momentum is huge, and Guanhua and Zhenbei are ready to move. For example, Liang An attacked the Beijing Division, and Liu Bo and Qian Jiongan attacked inside and outside, and we were in danger.

Wu Zhao said: It is better to have a broken pot and sink the boat, Your Majesty personally led the Banner King, the Lake King and other princes and ministers and escorted the army to aid the Banner State and the Huguo Army, and ordered the soldiers of the three armies to shout outside the city that Liu Jin and Liu An are dead, surrender and do not kill, and those who counterattack the rebels will be rewarded for their merits, otherwise the nine clans will be destroyed on the day the city is broken. In this way, we can boost the morale of our army, and secondly, disturb the morale of the enemy's army, and if we are waiting for a fierce attack, the city will be broken just around the corner.

Zhao Wuxu said: This is too dangerous, there is a mistake, and we will become sinners for thousands of years.

Taikang Emperor said: I think this plan is feasible, and there is this method to break the city, otherwise the Liang'an army will be killed, and the Great Xia Dynasty will be destroyed.

The public will listen to the order, cook on the third watch today, and set off on the fifth watch.

Ten points in the fifth watch, Tai Kangdi led more than 20,000 people to rush to the aid of the flag country's army, concentrated on attacking the south gate, and all the soldiers lit torches together, shouting long live our emperor...... Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live.

Emperor Tai Kang said loudly: The rebels and the people in the city listen, Liu Jin was killed in battle, Liu An and Liu Jiang were captured, and you are about to be defeated. Now I hereby order the rebels and the people in the city to surrender and not kill, and those who help me eliminate the rebels will be rewarded for their merits, and those who will be captured Qian Jiong'an, Liu Bo, and Xu Da will be captured, and the hereditary ones will be replaced, and the stubborn resisters will be destroyed on the day the city is broken, and a general attack will be launched within half a pillar of incense.

In the capital, the rebel generals heard the edict of Emperor Taikang, and immediately panicked, some young and strong people abandoned the city and fled, and some rebel generals wanted to open the city and surrender, but Qian Jiongan was not an ordinary person, a pillar of incense kung fu quelled the civil strife, killed 11 rebel generals, more than 200 soldiers, and more than 700 young and strong people escaped. The defenders of the city returned to normal again.

When the time for a pillar of incense arrived, Emperor Taikang personally led 20,000 reinforcements and 20,000 banner troops to launch a general attack. Liu Bo was shocked, and hurriedly transferred the northeast defenders to the south gate to assist in defending the city, and under the attack of the rebels at the east gate, thousands of flag troops who attacked the city were destroyed.

Your Majesty, such a siege may be difficult to win, the minister thought that at this time the rebels at the east gate had rushed to the south gate of the city, the north of the city must be empty of garrison, His Majesty and others pretended to attack the south gate fiercely, Rongcheng led the right guard army of five thousand to the northeast to kill him a piece of armor without leaving a piece of armor, will be able to break the east gate, the right guard army commander Zhao Gang said.

This is a very good plan, and you can wait for a quick battle, Tai Kangdi said. So Zhao Gang led the right guard army of 5,000 to attack the east gate.

Li An, Li Fu, Li Wei, Wu Zhao, Tai Kangdi continued. After General Zhao Gang attacked the east gate, you led the army from the east gate to enter the city. Zhao Wuxu, Liang Shili, Liang Shicheng, and Liang Dazhong played the remaining men and horses to maintain the existing offensive and continue to storm the south gate, remember not to attack the city, be sure to reduce the injuries, retreat to the east gate after a pillar of incense, and cooperate with the rest of the generals to enter the city from the east gate, there must be no mistake.

The people received the order and quickly led the army forward.

The defenders of the East Gate went to the south gate to help, and Zhao Gang led the army to take the East Gate in one go in one go in the early morning of May 11 and killed the city. At this time, Zhao Wuxu, Liang Shili, Liang Shicheng, Liang Dajin, Wu Zhao, Li An, Li Fu, Li Wei, Zhu Qiqi, Zhu Guozhi and others entered from the east gate, and more than 70,000 troops outside the city entered the capital strongly.

Qian Jiongan learned that the East Gate was broken and knew that Shangjing would be lost, so he led more than 100 horsemen to flee from the North Gate to the direction of Zhenbeiguo. Xu Da took advantage of the chaos to lead more than 500 personal soldiers to rob the household money of 6 million yuan, fled from the West Gate, and fled in the direction of Xikangguo.

Liu Bo was still commanding the rebels to fight with everyone, at this time, more than 10,000 young and strong people who were coerced to help the rebels defend the city defected, killed more than ten rebel generals and killed from behind the rebels, the rebels were defeated, and they defected, Liu Bo was killed by the rebels when the rebels left. By the evening of May 11, all the rebels had been wiped out, the Jingshi battlefield was over, and the rebellion of the Liu clan was quelled.

More than 200,000 corpses gathered outside the capital, such as the enemy army, the flag army, the lake army, the Zhennan national army, and the female disciples of the Snow Mountain faction, piled up like a mountain, the blood stream flowed into a lake, the birds chirped and wailed continuously, and the smell was stinking. In this battle, the rebels killed as many as 100,000, the Taikang Emperor's side killed as many as 120,000, the people of the capital of the early dynasty were busy with more than 100,000 deaths, more than 1,800 princes and ministers were injured, and more than 300 people were killed in the battle, which was the most tragic battle since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty.

After this battle, the vitality of the Great Xia Dynasty was greatly damaged, the houses in the capital were destroyed, the crops were delayed, the merchants could not proceed normally, the treasury money and grain were robbed, and the family was looted countless times.

Report...... Your Majesty, Liang An, the king of Wu, has captured more than 400 counties in 20 prefectures, including Linzhou, Qizhou, Taizhou, and Pingzhou, and gathered 600,000 troops.

Wu Zhao said: The regular offensive of King Wu is too urgent, the supply of grain and grass is insufficient, and the training of new soldiers is not enough, according to my opinion, King Wu will not dare to expand the offensive within three months and send troops to the north.

Zhao Wuxu said: Wang Shi is also seriously injured, and the remaining sergeants have no combat power, so they can be repaired, recuperate, and put down the rebellion after the soldiers are strong.

Taikang Emperor said: Zhao Wuxu listened to the order, and you took over the post of the first assistant of the dynasty and the prime minister of Zuo, and quickly organized the people in the city to clean up the corpses and restore order in the capital.

Zhao Gang listened to the order, and you took over the post of Minister of the Guard, and organized 5,000 men and horses to defend the Beijing Division and escort me and the princes and ministers.

Xu Liang listened to the order and quickly issued an edict in the name of the Ministry of War, ordering the governors of Linzhou in Shangjing to quickly recruit troops, recruit 30,000 soldiers in each prefecture, organize 50,000 militia, build a high wall, accumulate grain, and block the attack of the Liang'an rebels.

Liang Dajin, Liang Dazhong, and Liang Ping obeyed the order, and the others quickly returned to the fiefdom to recruit troops, each with a large army of 50,000, which was completed by His Majesty before August 1, and then obeyed my orders to counterattack the rebels.

Yang Lin, a scholar of the Baohedian University and a scholar of the household department, listened to the order, and you took the post of Zuo Prime Minister, proclaimed to the world, collected grain and grass, one to compensate the fallen soldiers, the second to praise the meritorious people, the third to restore the order of the various departments, the yamen, the merits, and the official summer, and the fourth to raise grain and grass to quell the rebellion. At the same time, the government inventory was quickly cleared in case of emergency.

Li An listened to the order, and you served as the chief administrator of the internal officials, integrating the remaining eunuchs and palace maids to clean the palace and restore the order of the internal officials.

When the people listened to the order, they set up camp on the spot, moved to their respective mansions within three days, and held a court meeting five days later to announce to the world.

The ministers obey the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live... Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live.

On the morning of May 15, Your Majesty, before quelling the rebellion, the minister listened to the words of Wu Zhao, the fourth son of the king of Zhennan, and had transported the money and grain from the household treasury and secretly transferred it to the secret room, so the 20 million yuan was not robbed, and the money and grain in the treasury of our court can still be guaranteed to operate, Xu Liang said.

Tai Kangdi said: Wu Zhao Xiao'er, unpredictable prophet, I should be rewarded and reused.

May 16 Morning Meeting.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live...... Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live.

The ministers are flat and give seats......

Li An said loudly: Everyone knelt down to listen to the order.

Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Liu Jin, Liu An and other Liu clan plotted against each other, on May 1, the extraordinarily large sacrifice raised troops to rebel, fortunately there are gods to bless, the ancestors appeared, and the Qing fought bravely to kill the enemy, in order to quell the rebellion. Now Zhao Gang, the minister of the guard, led the army to capture the remnants and kill Liu Jin and Liu An.

Liang Shili, the king of the banner, Liang Shicheng, the king of the lake, Liang Kuan, the king of Qin, and the four sons of Zhennan Kingdom have made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and I will be rewarded separately. The fallen soldiers will be rewarded with a pension of 100 yuan, and the officers and officers who participated in the war will be promoted to three levels and retained, and the vacancies will be filled with posts.

Zhu Guozhi, the head of the Snow Mountain faction, was originally a relative of the Liang family, my uncle, who had the most credit for quelling the rebellion, and was specially named Prince An, hereditary replacement, and restored the clan membership.

Liang An, the king of Wu, did not want to serve the country, colluded with Liu Jin and Liu An, sought power and usurped the throne, attacked and killed the state capital, poisoned the people, and was heinous, and now he has removed his clan membership. I have been fighting against all the people of the world, and those who have obtained Liu An's head will be sealed by 10,000 households, hereditary replacement, and a reward of 10,000 gold. The people of our Great Xia Dynasty can join the army in the Yamen of the neighboring states and counties in Beijing, the Banner State, the Hu State, the Qin State, and the Zhennan State, and jointly kill the Liang'an rebellion. After meritorious service, you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and you will be rich and prosperous for a lifetime. Chin this......

Wang Lang, the owner of Juxianzhuang, was loyal to the country and made military exploits, but was unfortunately framed by Liu Jin and Liu Ansheji, resulting in more than 10,000 people in Wang Lang's family becoming unjust souls under the knife. All states, counties, and towns set up land temples, and all the people of the country go to pay tribute on the first day of April every year.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live...... Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live.

The land of Chu has been completely collected by our country, in the Chuzhou prison, the king of Chu Liang Ping pretended to be poisoned and unconscious, and after the guards approached, Liang Ping, the king of Chu, escaped after killing dozens of defenders in a row, and fled in the direction of Zhennanguo.

Xiao Wang Liang Ping met His Royal Highness the King of Zhennan, and in the palace of the King of Zhennan, King Liang Ping of Chu said.

The widow only knew that the king of Chu was imprisoned, but he did not know that the king of Chu had arrived, and he hoped to forgive him. It's just that the king visited the widow late at night, and he didn't know what he wanted. Wu Zichong said.

Liang Ping, the king of Chu, said: Xiao Wang was careless, he didn't want to be used by his mother Liu Ying and King Wu, and he failed to stop the rebellion of the Wu army, which is a big crime, and now the Wu army is chasing and killing everywhere, Xiao Wang wants to see that His Majesty will also be implicated and killed by Liu Jin, Liu An and King Wu's rebellion, so there is no place to say anything, so I came to ask for help.

Someone came, quickly took down the chaotic party and sent it to the capital to be handed over to Zhao Gangzhao, the minister of the guard, for disposal.

In the early morning of the next day, escorted by Wu Gong, the third son of Zhennan Kingdom, Liang Ping, the king of Chu, was tied up and sent to the capital by Wuhuada.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not strange, I am involuntary to arrest the king on the orders of His Majesty, my fourth brother has made great contributions in Beijing this time, His Majesty said that he will increase the reward, and sent a secret letter the day before yesterday, so that I can protect the king, and he has his own way after sending it to Beijing. All the secret escort of you to Beijing will only give you to my fourth brother, and will not be handed over to Lord Zhao Gang, please rest assured. My fourth brother Wu Zhao is resourceful, and has made great contributions, he will definitely try to save him, Wu Gong, the third son of Zhennan Kingdom, said, come to someone, loosen the tie......

Thank you to the third prince, Xiao Wang has no teeth and does not forget, Liang Ping, the king of Chu, said, so more than ten people Qiao Zhuang rushed to the capital.

May 20, in the city of Nanjing.

The king, my Chu army is like a rainbow, the king commands properly, within ten days even more than 400 counties in more than 20 states such as Chu Prefecture and Pingzhou, and now the soldiers are using their lives, and they are united in their hearts, although the imperial court defeated the Liu rebels, but it consumed vitality. The army of our Chu State has reached more than 600,000 and there are 1,000 generals, why not wave the army to the north, capture Shangjing, and sit on the world? Zhang Hao, a former general of Wu State, said.

Liu Ying said: What General Wu said is true, why don't An'er take advantage of this turbulent time in the imperial court to rise again, and when the imperial court recovers, it will be difficult for me to go north again.

Wu Wang Liang An said: You are reasonable, but we are now in short supply of grain and grass, and the new soldiers cannot work together, especially the 100,000 troops of the Chu State are still nostalgic for the old master. What's more, the people in the jurisdiction of our Chu State are now unstable, and we still need to compensate the soldiers and appease the Li people. All, the widow announced that the whole army would be repaired in March, and the generals of the various armies would strengthen their training, and when the grain and grass gathered and the soldiers used their lives, the widow would personally lead an army of 400,000 to conquer Shangjing.

The ministers obey the order, but the king's order is obeyed, and the king is a thousand years old and a thousand years old.

On the morning of May 21, in the Hall of Nourishing Hearts.

Taikang Emperor Dao: The four imperial uncles have repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and I have specially rewarded Prince Zheng, King Qi, King Qin, and King Hu with 100,000 gold, Liang Dajin, Liang Dazhong, Liang Dahai, Liang Dali, Liang Daguo and other meritorious people in this battle, all of whom have been crowned as princes.

Liang Shi, the king of the lake, said: Tearing the earth is the king, it is actually a move to split the country, Liu An's suggestion to make me the king of the vassal is to trap me is tantamount to injustice, and it is an attempt to harm the descendants of the Liang family. The old man did not approve of splitting the soil and sealing the king, so the minister applied on the table: to lift the fief of the king of the Huguo domain and restore the title of Prince Li.

The flag king seconded: The old man also empathizes, before His Majesty divided the ten major vassal kings, it was actually an independent kingdom, occupying sixty percent of the territory and population of the Great Xia Dynasty. All the old ministers agreed with Brother Huwang's move, and the above table revoked the banner state vassal state and restored the title of Prince Kang.

At this time, Liang Kuan, the king of Qin, suddenly opened his mind, and also revoked the vassal state of Qin and restored the title of Prince Kuan.

Emperor Taikang was overjoyed and said: Uncle Wang and Brother Wang are well aware of the righteousness, this is the blessing of Daxia, and the blessing of me is also, and I am worshiped by my little nephew. So he knelt down and couldn't bow down.

Everyone knelt down and bowed: "This is our duty, and I am flattered by Your Majesty's kindness, and Your Majesty should get up quickly."

Emperor Taikang got up and said: I announced that I would revoke the three vassal states of Qi, Qin, and Hu, restore the titles of princes such as Er, and that they could choose to live in the Great Xia country, and be named the hereditary prince of the iron hat, and that the descendants of Er and others would share the peace of the Great Xia Kingdom with my descendants.

Your Majesty is wise, and I will be blessed...... The kings spoke in unison.

Wu Zhaoxiaoer, you are young and have made great achievements, what reward do you want? When what the official said, Tai Kandi said.

Wu Zhao said: The minister is not good for officials, does not love money, the ideal of the minister is to be a small landlord, focus on good losses, corn, read some sage works, and grow old with beautiful women. Or be a wealthy businessman, practice advanced martial arts, and fight with beautiful women. All Your Majesty, don't seal me.

Tai Kangdi said: How can this be done, Your Majesty will reward you, otherwise you will be asked by the Wu family.

Wu Zhao said: I Wu Zhao knows that this time I entered Beijing to take office, called reuse, but actually a hostage, if you want to be rewarded, the villain has two requirements for Your Majesty to meet. First, to give the villain the top of the snow mountain, I want to accompany the seven beauties for a lifetime. Second, the villain's righteous brother Wu Wang Liang Ping is loyal, refusing Liu Jin, Liu An and his brother Liang An thousands of miles away, if it was not for Liu Ying's seizure of power, the rebellion of Wu may have been quelled, he now has no mother and brother, His Majesty wants to take him as Liu's family, King Wu as a party and get rid of him quickly, it is really pitiful. Therefore, the villain implored His Majesty to pardon the sins of Liang Ping, the king of Chu, and hoped that His Majesty would grant it.

Liang Shicheng said: Your Majesty, the Liang family has suffered a lot, after this calamity, my Liang descendants are even more withered, Liang Ping, the king of Chu, has always been loyal, with Prince Kang to the east and west, countless meritorious contributions, I really shouldn't ask for guilt, but also ask Your Majesty for permission.

Emperor Taikang said: Okay, give Liang Ping, the king of Chu, the death penalty, reduce him to a commoner, and remove his clan status. Wu Zhao Xiaoer has made great contributions, and should have been added to the official rank, but Wu Zhao Xiaoer has been postponed many times, and now Zhu Qiqi is crowned as the princess of the Snow Mountain, and Wu Zhao gave Wu Zhao 100,000 acres of fertile land on the top of the Snow Mountain, and the money is 200,000 yuan.

Your Majesty, please retract the order of the old man, the old man has been free for sixty years, or go back to the top of the snow mountain with his grandson Qiqi and the future grandson-in-law! Please allow the emperor, Zhu Guozhi said.

Tai Kangdi said: Okay, I will give you 100,000 yuan, give Wu Zhao the gentleman's sword, and you can attack at any time.

The old man Zhu Guozhi and his granddaughter Zhu Qiqi brought the small landlord on the top of the snow-capped mountain to thank His Majesty...... And so the crowd burst into laughter.

On May 22, in the main hall of the Jingshi Wu Mansion.

Brother Xian, thanks to you, otherwise Brother Fool wouldn't be able to see the sun today, Liang Ping said.

Wu Zhao said: Brother don't take it to heart, you and my brother don't be polite, but after this big change, the elder brother must cheer up, and the younger brother will do his best to help.

Liang Ping sighed and said: The world is unpredictable, but my heart remains the same, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and the royal family is ruthless, but for my brother there is love, blood, and flesh, you can rest assured, for my brother has his own way of life.

Wu Zhao said: I don't know what my brother is going to do?

Liang Ping said: There will be no more Liang Ping after that, so he changed his name to Li Guang for his brother, left the Great Xia Dynasty, and went to a place where no one knew him for the rest of his life.

Wu Zhao said: I have a lot of money to spare, and my brother will bring 30,000 yuan to go, no matter what country I am in or what I am doing in the future, I can also be at ease.

Liang Ping said: I accepted it for my brother, the top of the snow-capped mountain condensed the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, and the brother must take care of it.

The next day, Wu Zhao gave Wu Mansion to Li An, and after saying goodbye to Li An, Liang Ping changed his name to Li Guang and left the Great Xia Dynasty with 30,000 yuan.

The fourth prince, please stay, Zhang Zhongyuan, Li Guohai and the eighteen warriors of Zhennan Kingdom came quickly.

Brother Zhang, Brother Li, go back to Zhennanguo, say hello to my father and the three brothers on my behalf, and leave the matter of Zhennanguo to you, Wu Zhao said......

The fourth prince, we are willing to follow the prince and never leave, and ask the prince to take him in, Zhang Zhongyuan said..., so everyone knelt down and said: Please take the prince in, I am willing to follow the fourth prince for the rest of my life.

Zhu Qiqi said: "Wu Zhao, since Brother Zhang, Brother Li and all the brothers have this intention, let them go with us, and when we settle down on the top of the snowy mountain, we will go back to Zhennan to visit your father and the three brothers."

Okay, brothers, please get up, let's go to the top of the snow mountain, so everyone sent Wu Zhao, Zhu Qiqi, Zhu Guozhi and the remaining one hundred and eight female disciples to the top of the snow mountain.