Chapter Twenty-Four: The Battle of Revenge
After the triumph, a celebration banquet was held in the northern border town, and everyone laughed and drank happily, only Yun Fan frowned, and his left hand kept kneading his temples, and his heart was solemn.
After only three months of the Northern Expedition, Yun Fan came back and learned that the new emperor Yun Feng was slaughtering and arresting the royal family with the same surname in the imperial capital on trumped-up charges.
The new emperor killed and arrested the royal family for no reason, Yun Fan couldn't think of why, what he cared about was that his relatives would be harmed, which strengthened his heart - revenge on the new emperor Yunfeng.
Qiu Yue was instructed by Yun Fan to send troops to protect King Lu and the eldest princess family, especially Yun Jue and Yun Fei'er, from being innocently killed by the madman-like new emperor.
"Is the new emperor crazy? Has he forgotten his surname Yun? This country belongs to the Yun family after all, does he think that he can sit firmly on the throne with the power of his relatives and eunuchs?" Yun Fan asked with interest, obviously the new emperor's behavior was very incomprehensible.
"Eight or nine is not far from ten, it is crazy, only half a year after ascending the throne, ignoring the ministers who support power, and now slaughtering and arresting the royal family for no reason, isn't it crazy?" Qiu Yue really didn't understand what the new emperor was doing, the new emperor's behavior was incredible.
The incident happened suddenly, and Li Yao, who was sitting in the imperial capital, intervened afterwards, but he pounced.
Yun Fan sat on the grass, a war horse beside him bowed his head and graze, he was just looking into the distance, as if waiting for something.
A cavalryman galloped over and handed Yun Fan a letter, and after reading it, Yun Fan got on his horse and galloped back to Gulong City.
The imperial capital was in a hurry, Yun Fan lost contact with the people sent to protect King Lu and the eldest princess, Yun Fan was determined to use his military power to wield his troops, and at this time, the old grandmother sent a letter, indicating that the Yun royal family had agreed to this civil war.
Yun Feng surprised everyone, specifically targeting the royal family with the same surname, even including the nobles outside the court, and the royal family far away, the Yun clan was recalled to the palace, and everyone who went back lost contact. The royal family was instructed by the Empress Dowager to support the Dragon Cloud Empire's first civil war in nearly a thousand years.
On the Great Wall, Yun Fan picked up troops, looked at the black cloud-like military formation, remembered his mother, remembered Su Rong, he had no way back, no reason to turn back.
"Now, the crown prince has killed the emperor and slaughtered the royal family, and my only remaining relatives have also been harmed, and the whereabouts of Princess Fei'er and Yun Du are unknown. Not for power, not for fame, for the dawn of the people, for my relatives. This king is reversed!"
"This king promises to conquer the imperial capital, the treasury jewels, and ask for them as much as possible, and the relatives of the Qian family, men are slaves, and women are prostitutes. ”
"If you are willing to go with this king, this king is willing to live and die with him, and if you are unwilling, you will continue to stay in the north and protect the empire. ”
"Swear to follow the Cloud King!
The roar of the military array made even the eagle of the sky tremble.
"Kill the unreasonable, punish the tyrant!"
Su Rong always knew that this day would come, and she only told Yun Fan one sentence: don't lose yourself.
Yun Fan divided the army into two routes, one to guard the north, one to the imperial capital led by him personally, and other Zhenbian Wang troops to protect his left and right flanks, especially the overlord Yunwu directly raised troops in the south, and attacked Yun Fan from the north and south.
Yun Fan's Beizhen army is the elite of the empire, and the guards at the barrier pass of the imperial capital basically dare not stop it, not to mention that there are other armies marching towards the imperial capital one after another, they are not hopeful for the new emperor, and at the same time, they are also self-preservation, Yun Fan only took half a year to hit the imperial capital on the northern border.
The new emperor killed all his brothers and sisters in order to seize the heir, and only King Yun, who had been fighting in the north for a long time, was left - Yun Fan, who was the direct bloodline of the royal family and had the qualifications to inherit the throne.
Yun Feng lost and did not lose the support of the Qian family, but Qian Wantong at the monk level would not help him anymore. But that doesn't mean there aren't monks to help him.
Yun Fei'er and Yun Jue were protected by the scouts, and new news came, confirming that they were still alive, and the eldest princess and others were also alive, but their whereabouts were unknown.
Yun Fan sat outside the tent and looked at the sky, remembering his days in the palace, his expression was complicated, and he just whispered: "The cruel madman is the most terrifying. ”
Before dawn and before the rooster crowed, the Beizhen army marched towards the imperial capital on a rampage. These soldiers only recognized Yun Fan, and they were promised, so they would not picket any reason to fight, after all, what Yun Feng did made them famous.
The guards of the outer city wall of the imperial capital are the four royal families, and even if they guard the protective barrier, the new emperor Yunfeng still arrests their clan relatives.
The new emperor doesn't seem to know anything about the art of scheming with the imperial ministers, blindly arresting the royal family relatives who are related to the Yun family, and has the confidence to control the country and is not afraid of everything. In fact, the imperial court was firmly controlled by him, and the Yun royal clan in the vicinity dared to be angry when they watched the children of the clan being taken away and never came back.
The cloud wind made Yun Fan incomprehensible.
Under the Imperial Capital!
"Grandpa, you see that person in red armor is Yunwang Yunfan. "The young man who speaks is one of the four major families guarding the city, the royal family~ Yun Tie, his father went to the palace not long ago, but there is no news.
"Well, although the eyes are not good, but looking at this red-armored person from a distance, there is definitely a temperament that shocks the whole army, so that the horses are not frightened and the people are not chaotic. "The old man who spoke was the old man of Beiwang Yunmu.
Yun Tie asked suspiciously: "Grandpa, what do you mean?
The old man Yunmu knew the depth of the water, and at the same time, he also knew something about the maternal power behind the Empress Dowager, so he sided with Yun Fan.
At night, the old man Yunmu and Yun Tie received Yun Fan and said a lot of polite words, saying that they would follow Yun Fan and kill the tyrant together.
Yun Fan thought to himself that he was not ambitious, and he was just a personal vendetta communiqué.
Yun Tie, who is six feet tall and has a relatively fat body, shows a different feeling, and his demeanor and conversation are implicitly funny. The two talked happily, the drunken Yun Tie shook his Yongman's body and said words like allegiance intermittently, Yun Fan just smiled casually.
Although Yun Fan has few friends, Yun Fan never rejects making friends, and he is happy to make friends, not interests, not wine and meat friends, but confidants. Talking with Yun Tie, I learned that Yun Tie is very eager to kill the enemy and serve the country, and the family has always refused to let him go to the border to defend against the enemy, although he is chubby, honest and cute, but he has a man's spirit in his bones.
After a banquet, the two became friends.
Early in the morning.
Yun Fan's army barely met resistance, and advanced all the way to the outside of the moat of the inner city of the imperial capital.
The defenders of the inner city wall are the army that the new emperor has deep control, and the defender will be Yun Xing, the younger brother of the new emperor.
Qiu Yue said: "The defenders of the inner city sent a messenger to deliver the message, can you see it?"
"See you!"
Yun Fan was also trying to say something to learn more about the situation of the new emperor, the journey was too smooth, and he felt uneasy.
The envoy was a civil official, and when he saw Yun Fan, he trembled, and his legs trembled.
"Say!
Yun Fan's words were gentle, but it relieved the envoy's nervousness.
"General Yun Xing asked me to bring a sentence... In a word, do you remember what smelled like?"
"Look for death!" Qiu Yue raised his sword and was about to slash, and the army was angry.
Yun Fan was beaten when he was a child and was dung by Yunfeng, Yun Fan was not shocked, and said lightly: "Stop!"
"The two armies are fighting without killing, you don't have to go back, you dare to come here to spread this, your courage is commendable, lest you die, look at it. He reminded me, reminded me to treat others the way they did. Minister, did I do the right thing?"
"How's the new emperor?
Yun Fan asked the envoy, his tone was gentle, and he didn't feel very peaceful.
"It's... It's hard to say, but judging from His Majesty's behavior, it's really not very ... It's normal, but as far as I can see from my contact with His Majesty, he is not crazy, he is very calm, and his manners are a little unconventional. ”
Yun Fan fell into deep thought, as he thought, the new emperor is not simple, if it weren't for Yun Jue and Fei'er, he really wouldn't have taken this risk to go south.
"And he's confident. The messenger added.
Yun Fan breathed a long sigh of relief and got up to leave.
After three days and three nights of continuous siege, the inner city wall was basically breached.
At this time, the inner city was full of panicked and helpless people running around, the streets were in chaos, and the dead bodies were lying on the ground for people to trample on and no one cared for.
In the panicked crowd, Yun Fan saw a back figure that seemed familiar, and hurriedly rushed over.
"It's you, sir. Yun Fan rushed to a purple-robed "half-immortal" and recognized at a glance that this person was the fortune teller who had helped him ten years ago.
The purple-robed "half-immortal" did not answer, as if he was in a hurry.
"Don't you remember me, sir? Ten years ago, you gave me a divination. Yun Fan was very excited when he saw the purple robe.
"There are so many diviners that it's hard for the grass people to remember. ”
The purple robe wanted to leave first, but was stopped by Yun Fan.
"The hexagram you gave me had a great impact on me, and more importantly, you told me to go back to the palace earlier, so that I saw my mother for the last time. You are my benefactor!" Yun Fan's tone was excited, his eyes were slightly red, and he remembered the day his mother left.
The purple-robed "half-fairy" looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Everything is the destiny of heaven!"
"That's it, thank you! Fate will arrange it!" "The purple-robed "half-fairy" wanted to leave again.
"Sir, I don't know why, but I ask him to guide me. Yun Fan asked the purple-robed "half-immortal".
"I said it ten years ago. The purple robe said to leave, but Yun Fan did not stop him, and ordered the sergeant to escort him away.
Yun Fan stood in place and recalled the words of the purple-robed half-immortal ten years ago.
"My way is my life. Yun Fan comprehended some truth and returned to the present.
The purple-robed "half-fairy" thought to himself: My registered disciple has even taken his life in order to be able to calculate your tomorrow, I hope you have a tomorrow! It's too dangerous here, I want to go home.
The Imperial Palace has a total of four main walls - the outer wall of the Imperial Capital is guarded by guards led by the royal family. The inner city wall of the imperial capital was guarded by the forbidden army of the cloud punishment rate. The outer walls of the imperial city were guarded by the second elite Praetorian Guard of the empire led by Yun Feng himself. The inner walls of the Imperial City (which is the Imperial Palace) are guarded by the Emperor's own army.
The royal family on the outer wall of the imperial capital has revolted, the Beizhen army occupies the first main wall, and the inner city wall of the imperial capital has also been breached and occupied, and the next is the imperial palace, the destination of this campaign.
Yun Fan ordered the army to rest, and constantly sent reconnaissance cavalry to pay attention to the movement of the army, to inform the princes and nobles to coordinate interests, strictly restrain the troops, and get the support of the people, and also ordered the small team to constantly attack the imperial city, chisel the city wall so that the siege equipment could arrive, and ordered the logistics to transport more grain and grass, and he also went to appease the soldiers and the people, and stayed up all night.
Because Yun Fan had a bad premonition, he wanted to do everything possible, but Yun Fan didn't expect that it was not the stronger million lions that threatened him, but a few "people"