Chapter 124: The Crown Prince
The general said: "First, we must ensure that our granary is prevented from being destroyed by the masters in the city, second, we must continue to attack, so that the soldiers defending the city have no respite, I believe it will not be long, third, in the second half of the night tonight, while the soldiers defending the city are sleepy, a sudden attack on the city will definitely achieve unexpected results, and fourth, we must open a gap so that the soldiers have a chance to live, so that they can continue to give up resistance and thus take the city." ”
Who knew that the first three strategies of the second prince were agreed, but the last most critical strategy was not followed, the first is for the sake of that unwarranted face, to win this victory in this way, even if he becomes the emperor in the future, he will be laughed at by the world, if he wins this war in a dignified manner, it will show that he can.
Second, after these people escaped, they would definitely spread the news of the rebellion of the second prince, which would be detrimental to his future rule, so those soldiers would be slaughtered.
Everyone was really speechless about the naivety of the second prince, how could such a stupid person command the army? But as generals, they had to obey.
At night, the soldiers of the second prince began to secretly approach the city wall, but before they could climb the city wall, countless torches suddenly lit up, and countless rockets shot at them, and the soldiers who attacked the city were already killed and wounded, but the second prince did not care about the life and death of the soldiers, and insisted on letting them continue to attack the city, and the battle lasted until dawn.
At this time, the soldiers defending the city were exhausted, covered in blood and paralyzed on the head of the city and drowsy, and the disciples saw this scene, and their hearts were extremely painful, this is the real war.
In the next few days of fighting, the soldiers defending the city have been lost, and the martial arts masters on Li Chunfeng's side have also lost more than 1,000 people.
The second prince's side is not much better, the soldiers have lost sixty percent, and they are tired, but he can't manage so much, seeing that Tianyun City is about to be breached, and if he attacks again, he will definitely be able to attack the city, so he immediately organized the army to launch the last round of attacks.
Seeing that the enemy soldiers were about to attack, Li Chunfeng led a group of masters to prepare for the final resistance, who knew that two groups of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of Tianyun City, the number of which was about tens of thousands, and the rest of the infantry then arrived, and the words "Qi" and "Li" were written on the banner, and the reinforcements finally arrived.
When the remaining soldiers defending the city saw the reinforcements, they immediately cried and shouted: "The reinforcements are coming, the reinforcements are finally coming." ”
Everyone immediately became angry, and took up their weapons to make a final decision with the enemy.
When the second prince saw the enemy's reinforcements coming, he showed a frightened look, and immediately organized soldiers to defend, but this group of tired divisions was no longer able to resist, and immediately collapsed into an army and fled in all directions, and the soldiers who came to support defeated these people without much effort, and the remaining 20,000 people were surrounded by groups, the second prince was killed in the war, and the third prince was captured.
When the prince saw the reinforcements coming, he didn't let people open the city gates, and he didn't know if they had the heart to rebel.
The crown prince took Li Chunfeng and Wen Zhong out of the city and came to the reinforcements.
Qi Tiansheng and Li Hongjin immediately knelt down when they saw the prince, and the prince helped the two of them up, "Thank you two for coming to support, if you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid that Cloud City would have been captured this day." ”
Li Hongjin looked at Li Chunfeng, on this occasion, he did not recognize his grandson, but his eyes were full of pride, worthy of his grandson, he could do such an earth-shattering event, which can be regarded as being able to explain to his ancestors.
In order not to make the crown prince and His Majesty the emperor suspicious, Qi Tiansheng immediately handed over his tiger talisman, as for Li Hongjin, after talking with the prince for a few words, he left with his army, in this way to prove that he had no rebellious heart.
After the prince took the talisman, his hanging heart finally let go, and then Qi Tiansheng said to the prince: "His Royal Highness the prince, what should the three princes and this group of captives do?" ”
The prince looked at Li Chunfeng, "Spring breeze!" This is a big battle, not only did you slash nearly a thousand enemies, but you also led the martial arts heroes to help so much, so what do you think these people should do? ”
Li Chunfeng immediately knelt down, "They are all the people of the Zhongzhou Empire, they just follow the orders of the second prince, and now that the second prince is dead, I hope His Royal Highness the crown prince can let them go." ”
After the prince heard this answer, he laughed, now that the second prince is dead and the third prince has been arrested, his throne will be stable in the future, so he must think about the future, and he can't let others scold him for being a faint king, right?
After he helped Li Chunfeng up, he came to the group of captured soldiers and said loudly: "You are all good sons of the Zhongzhou Empire, and the attack on the capital is not out of your own intentions, so I can represent Your Majesty in the past, but you must also be punished, and all of you will be sent to Beixiang City to resist the Three Kingdoms of Dibu, do you have any opinions?" ”
The captured soldiers, who had thought that they were in danger, now learned that they still had a chance to live, and immediately knelt down to thank them, and expressed their willingness to go.
The prince took the tiger talisman and ordered these soldiers to enter Beijing for defense, Qi Tiansheng was invited into the palace by the prince, and Li Chunfeng was called into the palace to treat the emperor.
The emperor leaned on the dragon bed, and as soon as Li Chunfeng arrived there, he wanted to kneel down and salute, but was stopped by the former, "Spring Breeze, they are all from their own family, so there is no need to be polite." ”
After Li Chunfeng checked the emperor's pulse, he began to treat him, took out a silver needle, roasted it on the candle flame, intercepted the black line and said: "Your Majesty, to tell the truth, if you take the medicine I gave you on time, you still have two years to live." ”
The poison in the emperor this time was much deeper than Shen Nian's, so the time to survive was much shorter than the latter.
After this great war, the emperor has seen through life and death, and it is already a great luck to have two years of survival, so he must arrange everything while he is alive and attach the crown prince to the throne.
"Chunfeng, what do you think should be done with the second and third princes?"
Hearing this, Li Chunfeng was a little puzzled, "Your Majesty, don't you know that the second prince has been killed?" ”
After showing up on the battlefield, the emperor came to the palace, and he didn't know the news, when he learned that the second prince was killed, his face showed a sad look, although the two princes wanted to kill this father, but after all, he was his own son, the second prince died like this, how could the emperor not be heartbroken.
"Did the prince do it?"
Li Chunfeng shook his head, "When the second prince was running away, because he was too flustered, he unfortunately fell off the horse and was trampled to death by the horse's ass, everyone saw it, and it has nothing to do with the prince." ”
The emperor sighed, leaving a tear in the corner of his eye, "It is said that ruthlessness is the most emperor's family, and even relatives can be killed for the sake of power, which is really heart-wrenching." He looked at Li Chunfeng again and asked, "What about the third child?" ”
Li Chunfeng replied truthfully: "I have been imprisoned by the crown prince, waiting for your fate." ”
Hearing this, the emperor finally had a smile on his face, the prince's performance this time was deeply meaningful, but the emperor was afraid that the prince did it on purpose, and wanted to use this to confuse him, who was a father, so as to ascend to the throne.
"Chunfeng, what I trust most now is you, you tell me, if the crown prince becomes the emperor in the future, what kind of emperor will he be?"
Li Chunfeng thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I know what you want to ask, with my understanding of the prince, after he ascends the throne, as long as the third prince does not take the initiative to die, the prince will definitely let him die, let him spend this life as a rich and powerful prince, as for what kind of emperor he will be in the future, let me tell you the truth, don't be angry, you must do better than you." ”
Hearing Li Chunfeng's explanation, the emperor could finally rest assured, but before he made a final decision, he had to make a final test of Li Chunfeng, "If the crown prince is a faint monarch in the future, you can replace him." ”
Li Chunfeng thought that the emperor was joking, but he didn't take it seriously, he said casually: "You can pull it down!" I'm not interested in being the emperor, and when the war subsides, I'll take Yun'er to the rivers and lakes, and as for the future, I'll be free for future generations to solve. ”
The words that people say unintentionally are the most true, so the emperor can be regarded as relieved of Li Chunfeng, and suddenly the emperor sat up straight and said to Li Chunfeng: "Li Chunfeng takes the order." ”
Li Chunfeng was still yearning for what would happen after him and Yun'er, and suddenly hearing the emperor's words, Li Chunfeng subconsciously knelt down.
"From today onwards, I will make you the prince and the prince, and from today you will be the prince's master, and the prince can also consult you about anything."
Li Chunfeng did not accept the order, but objected: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about political affairs, how can I be worthy of this position, and besides, I ......", before Li Chunfeng finished speaking, the emperor signaled Li Chunfeng not to worry about this matter, and explained: "Don't worry! On weekdays, you, the crown prince and the prince, are just an idle position, you don't have to participate in political affairs, and you don't have to go to the court, and you still receive the monthly salary, only when the prince and the Zhongzhou Empire are in danger, you must appear. ”
Only then did Li Chunfeng understand that the emperor wanted to use him as a lifesaver for the Zhongzhou Empire and the crown prince, but as a colt, he was the master of the eldest brother, which was not in line with etiquette!
In this regard, the emperor also explained, "Fuck the etiquette rules, let those imperial histories be written how they should be written!" As long as the Zhongzhou Empire can prosper, what if they scold it? ”
Helpless, Li Chunfeng had no choice but to accept the order to thank him.
After leaving the dormitory, Yun'er rushed over in a hurry, she has been helping a lot in the past few days, saving people and killing enemies, and is deeply loved by soldiers.