Chapter 120: The night of the city of Hong Hui mourns, and the Tianguan City of Tiande violates the realm

Southern Qi Jingshi Night Yin City.

At this moment, the city was full of slaughter, and there was a thick sadness all over the city.

In the Hongfu, Hong Quan colluded with Cheng Younian, hid the funeral and did not report, the crime was unforgivable, and was sentenced to death on the spot, and dozens of servants of the Hongfu who were tigers were killed at the same time as him.

When he was killed, Hong Quan looked sad and did not say a word.

After Hong's death, Li Yuqin gave Hong Hui a funeral as a prince.

In the sound of mourning music, the hundred officials wept bitterly, and Yuwen Junxun personally invited Hong Hui's body out and served him as a nephew to bathe and change clothes.

Hong Hui's body was put on a python robe and jade belt representing the identity of the prince, and his mouth contained the night pearl of Dongbao, and finally was included in the python pattern sandalwood purple gold coffin, and he was buried in Hongfu for three days and when he chose auspiciousness.

On the day of the funeral, Li Yu personally presided over the funeral, recited the eulogy, crowned Hong Hui's nickname "Zhuang Wu", sealed the country, and gave his eldest son Hong Zai Guanglu the position of doctor, and gave the second son Hong Chao Yuewu the position of doctor, and gave the descendants of the Hong family as officials for generations, enjoyed 800 food, and never paid taxes.

On top of Hong Hui's funeral, Yuwen Junxun held the coffin and wept bitterly, fainted several times, and finally barely completed the sacrificial ceremony with the support of his subordinates.

This situation was spread by the ministers, and it was spread as a good story in the night city, and Yuwen Junxun's reputation was in full swing for a while, and the people praised it.

After the funeral of Hong Hui was completed, Yuwen Junxun began to drastically purge the soldiers and horses in Beijing. He issued a commanding order, taking advantage of the thunderous momentum to reduce the establishment of the Zhaowu Battalion in one fell swoop, filling the remnants of the surrendered Zhaowu Battalion into the Yulin Guard and Xiaoyi Guard, and directly expanding the two guards to 10,000 people, virtually expanding the power of Yang Yunxiu and the Chu family again. At the same time, Yuwen Junxun reduced the number of Tianlongwei to 4,000 people, cut the military expenses of Tianlongwei, and saved the treasury to strengthen the army and benefit the people.

This time, many generals under the command of Cheng Younian, except for some who died in battle, some of whom were punished for their heinous crimes, and the rest of them were pardoned by Yuwen Junxun, they were already grateful to Dade at the moment, and several of their sons and nephews were eliminated from Tianlongwei, so they naturally didn't dare to say more. As for the others, the death of Cheng Younian and his subordinates has vacated a large number of interests in Beijing, Yuwen Junxun has not hesitated to reward them, they have already earned a lot of money, and Tianlongwei's little welfare is naturally no longer in his eyes. In such a situation, even Hong Hui's Tianlong Guard, who had never been able to move lightly, was weakened by Yuwen Junxun in disguise in this way.

Immediately afterwards, Yuwen Junxun sat in the capital division, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and with the help of Li Yusheng's decree to order the world, and began to compete with the other five leaders for the control of the world's soldiers and horses.

The military situation of Southern Qi is very complicated, in addition to the giants such as Marshal Hong Hui and the six leaders, there are also many local generals, these people have the right to command the army, scattered in the major provinces of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and accept Hong Hui's dispatch and dispatch like the six leaders. Among them, the six leaders were the strongest and the most powerful, and the warriors under their command together accounted for more than one-third of the soldiers and horses in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the remaining soldiers and horses were scattered and controlled in the hands of the remaining states and counties and royal vassal kings.

Now that Hong Hui is dead and Yuwen Junxun is in power, these people immediately fell apart and began to look for new backers. The strength of the six leaders is extraordinary, just like the Feng family, they have already secretly infiltrated their tentacles into the major states and counties near the fiefdom, and the generals who are close to the six leaders have been secretly controlled by the six leaders, When the news of Hong Hui's death came out, these people immediately stood under the banner of their respective leaders. And the choice of the rest of the generals is also different. Most of them are heading towards each other

The court submitted a recital, expressing its willingness to obey the orders of the new marshal Yuwen Junxun, while a small number of them were obscure and unclear.

However, all this was already expected by Yuwen Junxun, he would not be so naïve as to think that as soon as he ascended to the throne, he would be able to respond to every call and dominate the entire Southern Qi soldiers and horses. His goal was to control as much of the Southern Qi army as possible, and the situation at the moment was already very satisfactory to him.

After many years of operation, several counties near Tong Yao have long been secretly controlled by him, and at this moment, with the power of the marshal, the states and counties in the direction of Tong Yao have responded, and suddenly connected the land of the capital and Tong Yao, and the armies of all walks of life echoed each other. Yuwen Junxun went from being the weakest of the six leaders to the strongest force controlling nearly one-third of the soldiers and horses of Southern Qi in one fell swoop.

The red sun is sinking in the west, and the evening breeze is bleak.

The southern border of Southern Qi is a long and windy province.

The sunset is shining, the red light is full of sky, and the four peaks on Qixiu Mountain are like four stout giant pillars supporting the sky, towering like clouds.

Between the four peaks, a majestic city standing next to the mountain looms in the mountains, which is the famous Tianguan City in the south.

Tianguan City was built by Hong Hui personally to invite the first emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and it took three years to build. The terrain of this city is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, connect the four peaks of Qixiu Mountain, with the help of natural danger, cut off a valley under the city, it is the military town fortress guarding the border between Tiande and Southern Qi.

Over the past few decades, Tiande has crossed the horse several times, and thanks to this Xiongguan resistance, he was able to drag the arrival of reinforcements, and finally drove the Tiande wolf horse out of the border of Southern Qi. Li Yu, the contemporary emperor of the Southern Dynasty, once wrote a poem:

The drums of war are playing, the horses are neighing, and the morning glow is full of red sunrise.

Ten thousand dangerous peaks stand among the clouds, majestic and majestic, and the mountains are horizontal.

The general was ordered to rebel against the thieves, and the armor had to be ordered to leave the fortified city.

Destroy the camp and pull out the enemy's head, and the blood-stained flag wipes the blade.

It is said that the magnificence of the gate city on this day is majestic.

However, there must be gains and losses, the heavens bestow the director, there must be short, Tianguan City is dangerous, but it is subject to the terrain, built by the mountains, the east and west are long and narrow, but the north and south are slightly narrow, so there are not many troops that can be stationed in Tianguan City. Therefore, if you want to hold the pass for a long time by virtue of the terrain advantage, you must have reinforcements to support it in time, but thirty miles behind Qixiu Mountain is Taiyuan City, Dongcheng County, one of the five counties of Changfeng Province, which is one of the important military towns in the south, with a garrison of up to 50,000 troops, and if there is a war, they can support Tianguan City in time.

Moqi City is the capital of Changfeng Province.

There is a nine-storey building in the city called Qiongzhi Tower, which is the tallest building in Changfeng and is also the viewing tower of Changfeng. From the top of the ninth floor, you can overlook the entire city of Mozi, and in case of war, it will be requisitioned by the army as an observation point. And as we all know, the governor of Changfeng Province, as one of the six leaders of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Zhou Qiuwu, especially likes to climb the tower to watch the scenery.

Now the sunset shines on the world, the sky is full of red glow, under the reflection of the red glow, the real Moqi city is like a layer of red tulle, the scenery is beautiful and outstanding, it is the best time to climb the tower to watch the scenery.

On the nine-story Qiongzhi upstairs, two figures stand by the window, both dressed as literati, and at this moment they are reading the beautiful scenery of Moqi dyed red.

Among the two, one is white, the other is green, both are about forty years old, the white-clothed scholar is a little cold, expressionless, temperament out of dust, a pair of deep eyes like a clear spring, the streamer looms. The scholar in Tsing Yi has an ordinary appearance, with a Chinese face, big eyes and thick eyebrows, rough skin, and wrinkles on his forehead, looking like an old farmer who has been cultivating the fields all year round.

Looking at the sunset outside the window, the man in white said: "I never thought that Yuwen Junxun would seize the opportunity!

, the previous handsome order must be the masterpiece of Cheng Younian and Yang Yunxiu. In this way, the Jingshi fell into the hands of Yuwen, and the situation of the governor was a little embarrassing. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Tsing Yi man, who looked like an old farmer, was about to come out, and it was Zhou Qiwu, the most powerful of the six leaders of the Southern Qi Dynasty. And the person who can be so close to Zhou Qiuwu is naturally Zhou Qiuwu's brainsman, known as the "feather coat god", the peerless strategist Ximen Yanxuan.

Zhou Qiwu smiled silently and said: "Guozhu had a plan against the six of us before his death, and his purpose for promoting Cheng Yang and the others is well known to passers-by, so I am not surprised that Cheng Younian forged the handsome order. However, Yuwen Junxun was able to hide from all of us and quietly leave Tong Yao for Jingshi, which was beyond my expectations. The handsome order must be issued by all six people, but Yuwen Junxun can see at a glance that the handsome order is fake, this scheming and eyesight really make me admire, but I have always underestimated him before. ”

Ximen Yanxu walked back to the tea table in the room and sat down, raised his hand to lift the teapot and poured himself a drink, and Zhou Qiwu didn't care. Ximen Yanxuan drank all a cup of tea, gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said: "Before, our hands in Yeyin City were severely injured by the hidden wolf, and the news came back a little later, should you be more careful over there in Tianguan City? Now that the national pillar is dead, Tiande will inevitably have some changes, can we alone stop their invasion? ”

Zhou Qiwu said: "Hehe, plan in advance? How to plan? My Zhou Qiuwu's foundation is in Changfeng, can I give up easily? And even if I want to give up Changfeng, now that Yuwen Junxun is in power, he will never allow me to do this." In the past, no matter how many soldiers and horses Yuwen Junxun had, I wouldn't care. However, now that he holds the emperor in his hands, it is equivalent to grasping the most powerful power --- righteousness! As long as I do not oppose the imperial court for a day, I will be restrained by him, and if I really rebel, it will be even more self-sufficiency and self-destruction of the Great Wall. I am now ready to fly, and there is no way to retreat, I can only fight for my life and make a desperate fight. It was precisely because he Yuwen Junxun understood this that he recruited soldiers and horses with great fanfare, the purpose was to control the periphery of Changfeng, confine me to Changfeng, fight with Tiande, and consume Tiande's living power. ”

"Now, that's all we can do. If you are lucky enough to be able to block Tiande, it is better to say, otherwise, you can only ...... the Metropolitan Governor" Ximen Yanxu didn't say the last few words, but Zhou Qiwu naturally understood what he meant, but he only smiled slightly.

Zhou Qiwu turned around and sat opposite Ximen Yanxu, and said, "I have already sent someone to Tianguan City to send an order to them to strengthen their vigilance, and I have also informed Hu Chao of Taiyuan City, so that he can be ready to send troops and horses to help Tianguan at any time." I think the speed of coming to Tiande to get news will be much slower than ours, and we still have time to arrange. ”

Zhou Qiwu stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, and was about to drink it, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps downstairs, and with a bang, the door of the ninth floor was slammed open from the outside, and a sweaty military envoy rushed in.

Zhou Qiwu and Ximen Yanxu frowned at the same time.

"Governor, something is wrong!" The military envoy knelt on the ground with a thud and said urgently: "I just got the news that the Tiande wolf rode on the side, and now it has entered Tianguan City!

With a crackle, Zhou Qiwu stood up suddenly, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces.