Chapter 60: Enter the Palace
Rumble!
Luo Xiao quietly looked at the bloody battlefield, the Taiping army transferred almost all the arsenals around Luoyang, and the siege equipment was readily available, day and night, Luoyang was crumbling.
You can't hold it just by relying on Luoyang!
This is a fact that everyone knows, the emperor and the ministers in the city, the only thing they can hope for is the army of King Qin.
Luoyang City will have to hold on for at least half a year, or even a year, before the Kwantung princes regroup and retap the war potential.
But it's a pity.
The hearts of the people in Luoyang City have been lost, the crown prince has argued, there is a second political center in the world, and countless people are thinking in their hearts, will the princes of King Qin really come?
There is also an extremely horrible thing that almost no one dares to say.
If the crown prince argues for succession to the throne, can he be crowned the Son of Heaven?
I'm afraid not!
Is the mandate of the Han family really lost?
The importance of the Mandate of Heaven to the rule of the regime is unimaginable to ordinary people, and it is difficult for a regime without the Mandate of Heaven to maintain the hearts and minds of the people.
"Go first!"
As the Taiping army attacked the city again and again, the panic and uneasiness in Luoyang City finally detonated everything, and in a short period of time, Luo Xiao received dozens of documents that were willing to cooperate with the outside world.
It's the sun again,
Luo Xiaoce stepped forward immediately, standing in the center of the army, looking at the majestic Luoyang, listening to the sound of the gurgling Luoshui, he did not carry a horse lance in his hand, but drew a rather gorgeous sword.
Except for Qu Shuai, who organized the attack, the entire high-ranking of the Taiping Army surrounded him, Luo Xiao was holding the salute sword, and then stabbed straight into the sky.
"The sun is about to set, Luoyang should be broken!"
All the commanders of the Taiping army responded in unison, and then carried the reins, rode their horses and galloped around, shouting in their mouths: "The Taoist Lord has ordered the sun to set before the sun sets, break through Luoyang City!" ”
Then the herald spread the order throughout the entire army, and countless voices sounded: "The Taoist Lord has an order, before the sun sets, attack Luoyang City!" ”
This turbulent sound was like a tsunami surging by a violent wind, turning into the sharpest sword qi and slashing heavily towards Luoyang City.
"The door is open!"
With the sound of squeaking, a maniacal laugh rang out, followed by countless cheers.
The crumbling Luoyang City, just like the afterglow of the sunset, can no longer hold on, the north gate is wide open, the most elite heavy cavalry of the Taiping Army holds a shield in one hand, and holds the cavalry gun on the waist in the other, and rushes straight in, and the Taiping soldiers on the city wall also quickly control the city gate tower to prevent the city gate from being closed again.
"Dao Master, the gate of Luoyang City is open."
Guan Hai said a little excitedly, the commanders were all around Luo Xiao, and Luo Xiao stepped forward immediately, "Enter the city and control Luoyang." ”
When the gate of Luoyang opened, all the people in the city knew that the general trend had gone.
Relying on the fortified city of Luoyang, it is still impossible to hold it, and now the street fighting in the city is simply a dream.
The number of Taiping troops stationed outside Luoyang City is innumerable, and some people say that it is more than the population of the entire Luoyang City.
When Luo Xiao crossed the city gate, the Taiping army in front of the charge had already controlled several streets, including the city gate, and the results of the battle could be described in four words, and these soldiers had lost the heart to resist.
With the influx of a large number of Taiping soldiers, basically the soldiers defending the city gave up resistance and prepared to meet their fate.
After the Taiping soldiers entered the city, they began to control the main transportation routes, and according to Luo Xiao's orders, everyone must stay in the house and not be allowed to leave.
Luo Xiao looked at this holy city, and then put his gaze on the palace.
Zhong Qu Shuai naturally also set his sights on the palace, and entered Luoyang City, if he didn't enter the palace, it would be in vain.
Luo Xiao walked forward, everyone followed him, Zhang Yan led the Taiping army to attack the inner city of Luoyang and the imperial city, even the heavy city of Luoyang could not stop the footsteps of the Taiping army, let alone a palace?
As the corpses of the Forbidden Army fell from the top of the wall, with a loud bang, the last barrier to the palace was opened.
The Taiping army frantically poured into those corridors, and then headed towards the front hall, where the emperor was, and he wanted to flee for his life very much, but where to escape?
What is the use of escaping into the apse or into the harem?
From the gate of the front hall to the square of the front hall, the Praetorian Guards were still building the last defense, the Taiping army raised their shields and stepped forward, and then rounds of arrows rained down, and countless corpses were scattered.
As the Taiping army strode forward, the corpses were all removed, and Zhang Yan rushed to the front, and kicked open the door of the main hall with the last kick.
With that loud noise, the Taiping army poured into the hall, Zhang Yan walked in the front, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a man in the emperor's costume, and resentment appeared in his eyes, this is the faint king who caused chaos in the world.
But he didn't do anything, but stood beside him, standing with his head bowed slightly respectfully, and the emperor and the ministers looked at these fierce Taiping soldiers with trembling eyes.
"That's the commander of the Taiping Army!"
Seeing Zhang Yan's actions, everyone knew in their hearts that he was waiting for the thief to open his horn.
A group of Qu Shuai walked into the hall and stood tall and high, and then saw Zhang Yan, either standing next to Zhang Yan or standing opposite Zhang Yan, these Qu Shuai all bowed their heads and stood quietly.
No one made any sound, this scene was quite weird, it was obviously two sides of life and death, but it was unusually quiet, if you ignore the cold sweat on the bodies of those ministers and emperors.
Click.
Luo Xiao walked forward calmly, every step he took was exactly the same distance, there were countless thoughts and emotions in his heart, and he never imagined that his life would be like this.
The emperor and the ministers of the palace only saw a heroic figure appear in front of the main hall, that person's face can probably only be regarded as ordinary, but there is a pair of bright eyes like stars in the sky.
His temperament seems to be able to accommodate the whole world, and there is a sense of grandeur between his hands and feet.
Luo Xiao walked into the hall, at the top were the emperor and Empress He, and below the emperor, there were dozens of ministers.
The emperor's face is very pale, and his eyes are a little blue, it seems that he has not rested well these days, Empress He is still a beautiful woman, but she is a little haggard, some of those ministers are depressed, some are calm, some have a decisive will to die, and some have a flattering smile on their faces.
Luo Xiao walked straight forward, and then walked to the center of the main hall, with a salute sword at his waist, he stood with his hands in his hands, and said indifferently: "Emperor, Minister of the Han Dynasty, you must know my name, Zhang Jiao."
But I prefer another title.
One Lord of Heaven.
Chengtian was ordained, the first in the world. ”
The emperor and the ministers trembled when they heard this, if they heard these eight words when the Taiping army had just started an incident, they would definitely be sneering, but now, this is the truth.
Luo Xiao slowly pulled out the salute sword at his waist, and his voice was very calm, "I was born in this world, in order to tell the people of the world that Han Ting's destiny has been lost, and now is the time to do this."
Emperor of the Han Dynasty, leave from your throne, take your empress, and come to me. ”
It was obviously such a fluttering speech, but the kind of undoubted in it was undoubtedly revealed, the emperor was terrified to the extreme, he didn't dare to go down, for fear that Zhang Jiao would kill him with a sword.
Luo Xiao didn't care when he saw this, the more frightened the emperor, the better, there was even a hint of a smile on his face, and there was infinite mockery in his words, "Empress, bring your husband over." ”
Empress He trembled when she heard this, and forcibly restrained the fear in her heart, she knew that she was not qualified to refuse the person in front of her at all, so she forcibly dragged the emperor and walked down from the high place tremblingly.
On top of the beautiful face, with infinite fear, the chest could not stop rising and falling, and the heart in the chest was pounding wildly.
"Get on your knees."
It was still such a calm voice, but it made the hall fall into silence again, and let Zhu Xia Zi kneel?
The emperor and Empress He were dumbfounded, and the ministers in the palace were shocked to the extreme, and some people couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily: "Zhang Jiao, how dare you let the Son of Heaven of all Zhuxia kneel in front of you?"
Aren't you afraid that the supreme and holy Su King, the Emperor will blame him? ”
This is the voice of everyone in the hall, although their life and death are in Luo Xiao's hands, but let Zhu Xiazi kneel, this is really outrageous.
The smile on Luo Xiao's face was put away, his expression suddenly became stern, and he said sharply: "What summer?"
Han Ting has lost the Mandate of Heaven!
Where else is there any heaven?
Starting from Jizhou, the entrepreneurship is so fast, even better than Henkel, you people think that I Zhang Jiao is really invincible?
This is the will of God, and I am just respectfully carrying out the will of God.
The faint monarch is alive, and the Han court is in danger.
Coupled with you insect-like ministers, can Han Tingyan not die?
So it was a failure.
Still lying here, what are the summer sons, kneel down for me! ”
Empress He was shocked by Luo Xiao's powerful momentum, and knelt directly at Luo Xiao's feet, and the emperor directly weakened his legs and feet, and the whole person was paralyzed.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the emperor and empress really knelt in front of Zhang Jiao, one of the ministers let out a cry of grief, stood up suddenly, and wept: "The lord humiliates the ministers to death!" The Lord humiliates his ministers to death! ”
Saying that, he hit his head directly against the pillar and died directly in this hall, this sudden change made the hall quiet, Luo Xiao said lightly: "There are still strong ministers, but it's a pity that it's not worth dying for the faint king." ”
As he spoke, he directly used the sword to pick up the crown on the emperor's head on the ground, and the crown that symbolized the Son of Heaven was sprinkled on the ground like this, and the falling beads seemed to be smashed into everyone's hearts.
The destiny of the Great Han is really gone!
This message made everyone despair, these orthodox scholars and doctors learned from fame and fortune, but they were very loyal to the court, and there were a few roars, three of them couldn't accept this reality, and they died directly in this hall, and a faint smell of blood spread.
"Father, mother."
Suddenly, a very immature voice came from behind, Liu He suddenly ran out, and then saw that there were many fierce people with weapons in the hall, and there was blood on the ground, and his father and mother were kneeling in front of a very fierce person, and he was still holding a sword.
Liu He was suddenly frightened, and then burst into tears, Guan Hai was very upset when he heard it, so he asked in a low voice: "Daoist, do you want to deal with him." ”
The emperor was still in the midst of losing his soul, but when Empress He heard this, she was shocked, and hurriedly climbed forward two steps, reached out and grabbed the tail of Luo Xiao's robe, and said in a lamented voice: "Dao Master, He'er is a child, please spare his life."
As long as you can spare the life of the emperor, the concubine will never disobey if she is willing to do anything. ”
When a woman says it's okay to do anything, she actually means one thing.
Empress He knows very well that her identity as the mother of a country is a temptation that most men can't refuse, especially since she is still very beautiful, and Zhang Jiao is a leader of the peasant army from a relatively low background, she is very sure that Zhang Jiao will agree, leaving their orphans and widows alive.
Queen He's words surprised everyone again, and the look of humiliation on the faces of the ministers in the palace was indescribable.
Although the concept of chastity is basically absent now, the concept of loyalty is very important, after the separation, you can do whatever you want, no one cares, but when you are still together, it is necessary to ensure loyalty.
In the corners of the palace, the historian risked his life to carry out his duties.
But Queen He's words, he thought about it, and still didn't think about whether to remember it or not, after all, there is nothing wrong with this sentence on the surface, if you directly remember the self-recommended pillow seat and serve the thief, it will be distorted, but if you don't remember it like this, there is no need to go to the history books for this kind of nonsense.
Guan Hai and Zhang Yan, the commanders of the Taiping Army, heard this, but their eyes lit up one by one, this is the queen!
But when you think of the sacredness of the Taoist Lord, what do you think about the queen?
There is no one in this world who is worthy of the Taoist!
If there is, it must be those legendary strange women, those women who are not old and are born with strange faces.
"You slut!"
The emperor, who had been disconnected, suddenly came back to his senses, but he didn't expect that right next to him, the queen was about to put on a big green hat for herself, and couldn't help but slap her.
Empress He was slapped to the ground hard, her cheeks were red, but she was not angry, but directly mocked: "You faint king, and this palace minister."
You hold the power of the world, but you have made it the way it is.
If it weren't for the uselessness of you men, how could we women end up like this?
If you had one-tenth of the talent of this horn, would the Taiping army put the sword on our necks now?
My emperor is only four years old, he has not seen how beautiful the world is, is he going to die like this?
I don't want him to die!
I'm going to let him live to see this magnificent world, what's wrong with me?! ”
Empress He's voice resounded through the hall, and Luo Xiao couldn't help laughing.
It's really ...... Wonderful.
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The horn entered the palace, humiliated the emperor and the minister, and then bowed down and worshipped, saying: "The world is ruined, there is a lack of monarchy, the monarch is a great government, whipping the world, concubines and everyone, only admire the king's will, how dare not obey?" ——"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Zhang Jiao"
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