Chapter 43: In a desperate situation

Tang Ma said: "I don't think so, Shangguan Jinpeng is a treacherous and slippery, how can he be so easy to be fooled? With Xia Qianxun's strategy, I'm afraid I can't deal with him!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Shangguan Jinpeng is useless no matter how cunning he is, after all, the power is in the hands of Ma Shiying and Xia Qianxun, as long as they can make the emperor issue a holy decree!"

Duan Hongyu said: "Yes! Shangguan Jinpeng has always been foolish and loyal to the imperial court, as long as the emperor is willing to surrender, I am afraid that he will have to be recruited!"

Tang Ma said: "Shangguan Jinpeng is not so stupid? You must know that he has been calculating all his life, how can he not see such a trick?"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Knowing that it is a trap, he must drill it! I am afraid that such an opportunity is only one or two times in his life, and there is a one in 10,000 chance that he will not easily miss it, not to mention that Shangguan Jinpeng has always been conceited, he must think that his talent is enough to impress the emperor." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "Reasonable! As long as the emperor is willing to accept him, Shangguan Jinpeng will have to come no matter what!"

Zhan Tianlun said: "Then won't he become the second Song Gongming?"

Tang Ma said: "That's fine! Shangguan old thief killed so many of us, and now the butcher's knife is finally his turn!"

Duan Hongyu gritted his teeth and said, "No, we must not let Xia Qianxun kill Shangguan Jinpeng like this!"

Tang Ma said: "Tenth brother, what's wrong with you? They are killing each other, which is unacceptable to us, can't you bear to be killed by the old thief?"

Duan Hongyu said: "It's not that I feel sorry for Shangguan Old Thief, but that he killed so many brothers in my Ten Thousand Blade Mountain, and I am really unwilling to let him die at the hands of Xia Qianxun!"

Tang Ma said: "That's right! If you want to kill, you should also be chopped out by my people from Ten Thousand Blades Mountain!"

Fearing that they would be discovered by the officers and soldiers, they all jumped off their horses and tied their horses to a tree. Duan Hongyu lowered his voice and said, "Third brother, starling brother, the two of you are outside, and Han Bing and I will go in." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "Since you are here, no matter how dangerous it is, everyone should be together!"

Duan Hongyu said: "It's useless to go up so many people, you can still pick us up at a critical moment outside, and remember, don't mess up!"

Zhan Tianlun said: "Tenth brother, don't worry, the outside affairs are left to me!"

After Duan Hongyu finished explaining, he and Zuo Hanbing evaded the official army and quietly went around to another mountain in the west.

The two of them went up to the top of the mountain, lay on the ground and looked forward, only to see a middle-aged man about forty years old sitting in the octagonal pavilion on the top of the opposite mountain, with a dragon helmet and gold armor, and a Longquan sword hanging from his waist. Duan Hongyu said secretly: "This man must be the newly enthroned Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty!" He looked down the mountain again, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see that the hillside ditch was full of armed armor soldiers, and he didn't know how many people and horses, led by Xia Qianxun, who was in the blood. Duan Hongyu said puzzledly: "Why is Emperor Hongguang dressed like this?"

Zuo Hanbing said: "I think it may be that the imperial court was forced by public opinion to dare not summon Shangguan Jinpeng in the city, and Emperor Hongguang went out of the city to meet Shangguan Jinpeng in the name of hunting!"

Duan Hongyu said: "That's right! They summoned Shangguan Jinpeng like this, not only can they hide people's eyes and ears, but they don't need to issue a holy decree, even if they kill Shangguan Jinpeng, they don't have to worry about someone scolding the court for being untrustworthy, these court traitors are really cruel and treacherous!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "People in the government have always been like this!"

Duan Hongyu said: "Which one is Ma Shiying?"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Ma Shiying is not present!"

Duan Hongyu sighed: "It is full of official and military elites, and none of the civil officials are present, it seems that the end of the Moth Army has really arrived!"

After a short time, I saw Shangguan Jinpeng leading the leaders of the Moth Army to the pavilion. The leaders fell to their knees and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Duan Hongyu said: "I didn't expect them to come even slower than us!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "I think they must have had an argument with the government on the road!"

Duan Hongyu said: "Shangguan Jinpeng insists on bringing weapons up the mountain, it seems that his mind is still sober!"

Both of them are martial arts masters, and although the two mountains are far apart, they can still hear the conversation between the two sides clearly. I only listened to Emperor Hongguang said: "Mr. Shangguan, when you were the first emperor, you were an important minister of the court, and then because of the traitorous ministers, you fell into the rivers and lakes, I appreciate your character very much, and I have been paying attention to your actions all the time, and now I will reintegrate you into the court, I only hope that Mr. can serve the country loyally and live up to my high hopes!"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "Thank you for your grace!"

Emperor Hongguang said: "I heard that Mr. Shangguan is very good, and now there is a big mess today, I don't know what Mr. thinks?"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "Holy Lord, the Qing army has now entered the customs, and the momentum is very rapid, and now it has become my number one rival in the Ming Dynasty." Only by using the strength of the whole country to break through the cauldron and fight against the water, can it be possible to come back to life......" Then, he talked eloquently and talked about his theory that all the people are soldiers, but Emperor Hongguang and Xia Qianxun and others looked away, and they were not in the mood to listen to his speech at all.

Shangguan Jinpeng was gushing about his national salvation strategy to Emperor Hongguang, when he suddenly heard a "knock" in front of him. He was taken aback, and quickly looked up, only to see that the pavilion was already empty, and Emperor Hongguang had disappeared. Knowing that he had fallen into a trap, he quickly got up from the ground, and the other Moth Army leaders also got up from the ground. At this time, a large number of officers and soldiers surrounded the mountain from behind the mountain, and the mountain peak was impassable.

Duan Hongyu and Zuo Hanbing didn't expect that there was a hidden mechanism in the pavilion, and when they saw Emperor Hongguang suddenly disappear, they all screamed in shock.

Xia Qianxun led the three kings of the world and the seven monsters of the Heavenly Remnant to come closer, and said with a sneer: "Shangguan old thief, I didn't expect it!"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "Xia Qianxun, you are so vicious, in order to get rid of me, you did not hesitate to deceive the saint!"

Xia Qianxun said: "It's not that I, Xia Qianxun, framed you, but that the current emperor is wise and has already seen through your conspiracy." Who in the world doesn't know that you are a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? You surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and came to Nanjing again, do you want to open the gates of Tianjing and let the Qing soldiers in?"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "The bloody battle between my Moth Army and the Qing Army is well known in the rivers and lakes, I didn't expect you to be so framed!"

Xia Qianxun said: "Then what about you and Suo Long joining forces to slaughter Ten Thousand Blades Mountain?"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "Ten Thousand Blades Mountain, like the thieves, are all robbers who rob homes and houses, if we destroy them, it is to kill thieves for the country!"

Xia Qianxun looked up to the sky and smiled: "Forget it! You are a traitor if you cooperate with the Qing army, and today is your burial place!"

Shangguan Jinpeng said: "My Moth Army has not shaved his hair in Yifu, and he has not betrayed his homeland, how can he be regarded as a traitor?"

Xia Qianxun said: "Dolgon, so I didn't let you shave your hair, I'm afraid it's just so that you can break into my Daming as an internal response, you and Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou are all the way." What kind of mission are you doing to Dolgon this time in the south?

Shangguan Jinpeng said angrily: "What nonsense!"