Chapter 196: The City Gate Is Closed
On this day, a scout came to report to Cao Xinyang and said: "Report, general, Luzhou Taishou and his troops have rebelled, and now they are less than a hundred miles away from Beijing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Cao Xinyang was shocked when he heard this, and said, "What? Luzhou is too defensive to rebel?" Cao Xinyang sat down on the stool in a hurry, calmed down, and said: "You go and tell General An to strengthen the city defense and send all the soldiers to the city." After finishing speaking, Cao Xinyang immediately went to the palace, and the emperor was also very incredible after hearing it, and said: "What, the Liao army actually rebelled against Zheng Tong." Cao Xinyang said: "I think these are all ghosts that the silver wolf is doing, now the silver wolf has been executed, and his conspiracy has succeeded, now I am glad that the princess has nothing to do, but the minister is now more and more worried about the safety of the capital." The emperor said: "Immediately order the generals, order the civil and military officials in the capital to be ready for battle, and now send a message quickly, so that the nearest state and county can immediately deploy troops to support the capital." Cao Xinyang said: "The minister will go and prepare." The emperor signaled, and Cao Xinyang went down.
Prime Minister Chen Shunan discussed countermeasures with the emperor in the palace, while Cao Xinyang discussed with the soldiers in the army to meet the enemy. At this time, someone pleaded with the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, now is the time to employ people, and the forbidden army is also a force, whether to let Tian Zhen re-command the forbidden army in case of emergency." The emperor said: "You are so bold, are you threatening me?" Chen Shunan said on the side: "Your Majesty is angry, I think what he said has some truth, now is the time for the court to employ people, but this matter has to be decided by Your Majesty, and the ministers also have some considerations, and they really don't know what to do." The emperor said: "Alas, okay, now is the time to employ people, come and call Tian Zhen over." This Tian Zhen heard the emperor's summons, hurriedly ran over, and saw Tian Zhen wearing soldier clothes, although he was mighty, but he looked miserable. He arrived in front of the emperor, knelt down and said, "Minister, Tian Zhen, knock on Your Majesty." The emperor said: "Tian Zhen, there is an enemy attacking today, and it is the time to employ people, so I will restore your position as commander and order you to lead all the forbidden troops and wait for the battle." Tian Zhen kowtowed again and again to thank the emperor. said: "The minister will not fail in his mission. After that, he went out, and Chen Shun'an said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, now the minister will go and count the grain, grass and ordnance in the city to prepare for the battle to defend the city." The emperor said, "Okay, you can go now." ā
In the whole capital, these armies came and went, very neatly, and the city gate also posted a notice, and the people in the city were not allowed to enter or leave. This Youyun soldier wondered what was going on, the boss happened to meet Cao Xinyang's subordinates at the door of the house, and it happened that he had also talked about it. He stepped forward and said, "Dare to ask the general, what are you doing here?" The man saw the boss and said, "Oh, it turned out to be the brother of the Horse Mansion, we are preparing for war, and soon the enemy will come to the capital." The boss said: "Enemy? Where did the enemy come from, this Liao army is still at the border, and it can't come so quickly." The man said: "That's the case, the Luzhou guard general rebelled, and led his troops to attack the capital in the future, and now it is very critical, I know this, I will go first, and I will rush to the city gate." After bidding farewell to him, the boss returned to the mansion and explained the matter to the brothers. Everyone was very surprised when they heard this, and the eighteenth sister said: "Big brother, this city is very dangerous now, it is said that there are more than 100,000 people in Naluzhou, and there are about 100,000 people in the capital." The boss said: "Yes, this is really difficult, and this is the capital, and we must not abandon the city, now that the master is not here, it would be good if we could help." Chen Jing said on the side: "Those enemies came just in time, and watch me go out and kill them." Everyone laughed, and Zhen'er continued: "Uncles, your kung fu is so good, why do you say that you can't help." The second child said: "Although we have the ability to rush and kill the army, we can't defeat this 100,000 army." Zhen'er nodded, she understood. The eighteenth sister hurriedly said: "Brothers, now the top priority, we have no good way, we can only take one step at a time, but now let's write to the master first, presumably he is also daring to go back now." The boss agreed, and immediately sent a message to Chaoping Feige, explaining the current situation.
Chaoping drove the carriage, took the two ladies and Baguio, and had already walked not far from Beijing, when they rested in a tea house. Chaoping's expression was very solemn after receiving the flying pigeon's message. This Liu Er asked him and said: "Xianggong, what's wrong, is there an accident at home?" Chaoping said: "No, it's an accident in the capital, Luzhou is too defensive and rebelled, and now he has led a large army to suppress the border, no, I have to let you go elsewhere." Bi Ying said: "Xianggong, I want to go back with you, I'm worried about my father." Chaoping said: "No, you and Liu'er and I will arrange a place, you wait for me there, I'll go back and see, the emperor must be fine, there are a lot of guards in this capital, don't worry." Bi Ying had no choice but to obey Chaoping. Chaoping thought about it, I don't know where this place is close, and who can entrust the two ladies to settle down, and I can't let Baguio take them to the inn on the town store to rest, and there are no sects on the rivers and lakes around here, Chaoping is going to find a family for them to settle down, but he suddenly thought of a person, the ghost doctor Du Jian, so after they rested, Chaoping drove the carriage and took them to Du Jian, and walked for several days before arriving. When he arrived at Du Jian's hut, he happened to be here, and Du Jian said: "Alliance leader, two ladies, Baguio girl, why are you here, come in, please take a seat." Chaoping said: "This capital is now under the city, originally we planned to return to Beijing, but now I am worried about the safety of the two ladies, so I want the two ladies to live in your place temporarily." Du Jian said: "Okay, this is naturally no problem, but the alliance leader, do you still want to go to the capital?" Chao Ping said: "Yes, I want to go to the capital." Du Jian said: "It's very dangerous to go to the capital here, why don't you gather some brothers on the rivers and lakes to go with you to solve the siege." Chaoping said: "They have a lot of soldiers and horses, and now they are gathering brothers on the rivers and lakes, and they can't find much for a while, and it doesn't work, so I'll just go by myself." Du Jian said: "In this case, the alliance leader is now here for me to rest for a day, and then I will rush to it." Chaoping said: "It's okay." After that, Chaoping settled down in Du Jian's hut with the two ladies and Baguio.