Chapter 45: You're the Second Emperor?!
Liu Bang immediately ordered the army to march to Xiangxian.
After arriving in Xiangxian, seeing the city gate open and the people coming and going, Liu Bang did not hesitate to order an attack on Xiangxian.
Xiao He looked at the open city gate, and suddenly had a bad premonition, but at this time, the army had already begun to rush towards the city gate, and it was too late to stop it.
Liu Bang took the lead in rushing to the city, but saw that the soldiers defending the city were too late to stop him, and hurriedly withdrew to the city.
Liu Bang was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted: "Soldiers, the Qin army is invincible, follow me into the city gate!" β
Just when the front army was only a few steps away from touching the city gate, countless soldiers holding shields suddenly poured out of the city gate, and a "chapter" word suddenly appeared on the city wall, hunting in the wind. Numerous soldiers armed with bows and crossbows poked out of the battlements and pointed their arrows at the rebels beneath the city.
Immediately afterwards, the Qin army that appeared from all directions surrounded the rebels under the city.
The rebels were in a state of confusion, unable to take care of each other.
Liu Bang looked at Zhang Han who appeared on the city wall and shouted: "Zhongji! β
Zhang Han suddenly shouted: "Great Qin Zhang Han is here, and the thieves are not quickly arrested!" β
Liu Bang saw that the general trend was gone, and roared at Zhang Han: "Dream! Today, I, Liu Bang, will fight you to the death! β
Zhang Han ignored him, but said to the rebels under the city: "The emperor has an order, and those who surrender will not be killed!" β
Suddenly, the voices of the 30,000 Qin troops resounded in the sky, and they roared in unison: "The emperor has an order!" Those who descend will not be killed! β
Liu Bang still wanted to resist, but saw that except for Fan Hao and the pro-army who followed him, the rest of the people slowly put down the weapons in their hands.
Liu Bang sighed: "My life is at rest!" "Fall headlong on the horse.
On the other side, when Xiao He saw Qin Jun suddenly appear, he knew that he was planning and was about to escape with Liu Bang's wife, children and guards, but was directly captured by Qi Liang, who rushed over.
Xiao He looked around for Nanshanzi's figure, where could he still find it.
At this point, Liu Bang's rebellion was finally quelled.
Two days later, he was in prison in Xiangxian County.
Xiao He said hatefully: "I have long felt that Nanshanzi is not a good person, blame me for believing him!" β
Liu Bang glanced at him and said weakly: "Didn't you bring him here?" β
Xiao He was stunned, his old face turned red, and he didn't speak again.
Fan Hao roared angrily in the cell next door: "If I catch him, I will definitely break his body into ten thousand pieces!" β
"Ten thousand broken corpses? It's terrifying! As soon as Fan Xu's words fell, he heard a slightly ridiculous voice coming.
Xiao He listened, isn't this the voice of Nanshanzi? Immediately, he also shouted: "You still dare to come?" β
I saw a familiar figure gradually coming out of the shadows, it was Nanshanzi! Zhang Han and Meng Yi followed behind.
When the guards saw the comer, they hurriedly bowed to Nanshanzi and said, "Your Majesty is ten thousand years!" β
When the three of them heard the guard's words, they were all dumbfounded.
Liu Bang muttered in disbelief: "Your Majesty? Are you the Second Emperor? β
I chuckled softly, "That's right, I'm the Second Emperor." β
Xiao He also looked incredulous, and then showed an expression of sudden realization, and smiled bitterly: "No wonder I listened to you and defended the Second Emperor everywhere, I see!" β
"I should have realized that you were from the court. Judging from Zhang Han's leading talent, how can you hide your schemes from him, it's ridiculous that I actually believed your words. It's just that I never imagined that you were actually the Second Emperor! β
At this time, Fan Hao lost his arrogance just now, and sat on the ground without saying a word.
I sat down on the seat that the guards had brought and said to the three of them, "Why did I hide my identity and approach you?" β
Fan Xu muttered in a low voice: "Conspiracy! β
Liu Bang thought for a moment and said: "If you just want to suppress us, you don't have to risk the emperor's life, just the Qin army led by Zhang Han is enough to defeat us, presumably the emperor has other plans." β
I nodded, not polite: "If you are suppressed, Zhang Han is enough." I am busy with state affairs, and I have traveled thousands of miles to see you, not to visit the mountains and rivers. β
"You are all smart people, I just said directly, are you willing to serve Daqin?"
The three of them were stunned, and even Xiao He didn't know how to answer for a while.
I continued: "You should have some understanding of the current Great Qin, and you have a scale in your heart about how many of my national policies are. Do you remember what I told you about the massacre of the people by the county lieutenant Li Zhong? Meng Yi, tell them the facts of the case. β
Meng Yi said yes and said: "It has been ascertained that the Lu clan in Surabaya has repeatedly concealed it when reporting the acres of land in the past, and over the years, they have evaded taxes as much as 10,000 gold. During this inventory of acres of fields, the prince of the Lu family still wanted to repeat the old tricks, and bribed the officials of the inventory with 20 gold. β
However, the official sternly refused, and wanted to report to the imperial history, and arrested him on the charge of bribing officials. Angered and ashamed, Taigong LΓΌ instigated the head of the Surabaya Pavilion to confront the officials, and beat five officials to death on the spot. Later, he bribed the county lieutenant Li Zhong with a large amount of money, and instigated Li Zhong to suppress the head of the Qianshou and kill him on a large scale. β
When Liu Bang heard this, his brain buzzed, and he interrupted Meng Yi: "You said that it was Prince Lu who instigated Li Zhong to kill the people?" No way! If you are against the inventory of acres, why slaughter the people? β
Meng Yi did not answer, and continued: "After Li Zhong slaughtered the people, he was deceived by Taigong Lu to the Lu Mansion on the grounds of re-reward, and ordered the slaves to kill Li Zhong and hide his body in the wilderness. Now Li Zhong's corpse and Lu Fu's slaves have been found. The human and physical evidence is complete, and all the criminals involved in the case have been arrested. β
Liu Bang was stunned after hearing this, he couldn't believe that the slaughter of the people was actually done by his wife and father.
Looking at his appearance, I slowly spoke: "You just asked Taigong Lu why he slaughtered the people? I'm telling you, it's for you! β
Liu Bang raised his head and asked suspiciously: "For me?" β
"Taigong LΓΌ listened to Fang Shi's words and thought that you could replace me as emperor. But seeing that you hide between the mountains and rivers all day long and don't want to make progress, you have to rely on Lu Pheasant to give you money to live. In order to stimulate your fighting spirit, simply let Li Zhong slaughter the people and blame the court. I guess that before you started the army, Taigong Lu or Lu Pheasant must have come to persuade you, right? β
Xiao He looked up suddenly, and I knew I had guessed right. When Lu Pheasant came to persuade Liu Bang to raise troops, he was next to him.
Seeing the behavior of the three men, I got up and said, "And you must have agreed to raise troops for the sake of the people who were killed." Otherwise, the notoriety of instructing Li Zhong to massacre the people will fall on Xiao He's head, and now you will raise troops in the name of the Great Qin Master who instructed the county lieutenant of Daqin to slaughter the people, and you killed Xiao He. β
Xiao He looked at me with wide eyes again, and Liu Bang was also shocked.
"I heard that you once looked at the car of the former emperor and said, 'The big husband should be like this', the emperor you can't do it, if you are willing to serve the Great Qin, it is not impossible to be a great minister, you should think about it."
Since you are drawing a cake, of course you have to draw a big one.
I asked Meng Yi to put Taigong Lu and Lu Pheasant in the cell next to them, and ordered someone to watch them carefully, and let them take care of the rest.
It's been more than half a month since I left Xianyang, and I have to go back quickly. When Li Si and Feng Qujian knew that I was going to come to Surabaya County, they almost put a knife on their necks, and explained to them for a long time before they reluctantly agreed, but they only gave me a month.
I'm also a little worried about whether anything will change if I'm not in Xianyang.
In a hurry, I first rushed to Xianyang with Meng He, and ordered Zhang Han to go back immediately after sorting out the affairs here, and at the same time brought Liu Bang and others to Xianyang.