Chapter 440: The Conspiracy to Seize the Palace
Xiao Han was fighting with Murong Qiuyu, and suddenly heard someone talking outside the door, and the two immediately stopped moving. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Murong Qiuyu let him hold him, the two of them leaned on the bed, and heard a person outside: "Do you see them living here?" A young man said: "I saw them come in, those two changed their clothes, but their faces were not wrong." ”
The original voice said, "You two keep an eye on here, and I'll go back and report to Senior Brother." The two young men agreed softly, and then they heard the sound of footsteps in the distance.
Xiao Han leaned close to Murong Qiuyu's ear and said, "We are exposed, what should we do?" Murong Qiuyu said softly: "Whoever asks you to go out to swagger, you will definitely be recognized." Xiao Han smiled and said: "My son saved them, but they want to take revenge, this world is really unfair." ”
Murong Qiuyu said: "You deceived them, and they are not stupid, they will definitely be able to think clearly afterwards, and they will naturally settle accounts with you." Xiao Han chuckled and said, "I helped those two pairs, you should at least be grateful to me, right?" Murong Qiuyu wanted to break free from his embrace, but Xiao Han didn't let go, his face turned red and said: "We should think about how to get out now, if the three sects know that we deceived them, it will be a big trouble." ”
Xiao Han turned over slightly, let go of his hand and said, "Don't worry, there are our people outside the house, Brother Xing has been following us, you just listen." ”
The two sat on the bed together, and in less than a moment they heard someone arguing outside the house, followed by a loud noise, and a rough man shouted: "I lost my money bag, these two did it, don't leave them." Outside the house, there was a lot of activity, and the guests who stayed at the hotel flocked to watch.
The two young men were entangled and tried their best to defend themselves, but no one listened to them, and more than a dozen people surrounded him and scolded them, so anxious that the two of them were sweating profusely and were at a loss.
In the chaos, a window quietly opened, two figures flashed away, and the two young men under the window looked like torches, bowed their hands to the two of them, followed by the front to close the window, and went back to the front.
Naturally, there are Qinglongtang disciples everywhere here, Xiao Han got their help to get out of trouble, and as soon as he went out of the back door, he saw a Qinglongtang disciple waiting outside, leading the two of them around into an alley, and came to an ordinary people's house, but it was a rented house, which happened to change with Xiao Han's residence.
The two stayed here that night, got up early the next morning, and had their own Qinglongtang disciples to lead them out, in case someone was unfavorable to the two, the two of them each wore a small bamboo hat, and when they came to the street after breakfast, they saw that the black pressure was full of heads, people were crowded by everyone, and there was no place to put their feet at all, and the two desperately squeezed out of the circle of people, and came to the predetermined small building.
This small building is full of people on three floors, Xiao Han took Murong Qiuyu to the predetermined position on the third floor, only to see that there were people everywhere on the railings on the left and right, looking downstairs, there was a black pressure on both sides of the street, and the number of officers and soldiers was twice as large as yesterday, almost people lined up next to each other to the west.
The street is sprinkled with clear water, and it is clean and abnormal. The banners of the shops and restaurants on both sides were all put away, and the red colored silk and red lanterns were hung instead. All the merchants were dispersed away from the streets, and the people were ordered to stand in the designated places on the side of the streets. Everything is busy but not chaotic, and it seems to be very orderly.
Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu were standing upstairs, and seeing that the hour was approaching, a team of officers and soldiers in red clothes and red armor suddenly rode their horses, ran back and forth on the official road, and then turned their horses and went back.
After waiting for a while, the sound of drums could be heard from afar, and the people immediately cheered, and countless people shouted, "Coming, coming." From afar, I saw a team of red-clothed men and horses coming, the first colorful flags fluttered, there were more than 100 people, followed by dozens of carriages, each carriage had eight red horses to drive, except for a big red carriage with colored balls in the middle, the rest of the carriages stood several beautifully dressed palace maids. Behind was a team of elite forbidden army escorts, several high-ranking officials riding tall horses followed, and at the back was the drum band, there were one or two hundred people, and the playing was in full swing.
The country of Nanping is weak, and now there are one or two thousand people who are dispatched to welcome their relatives, plus there are 10,000 guards along the street, which can be regarded as the strength of the country.
Since ancient times, Chinese have liked to watch the excitement, especially the marriage of wealthy nobles, which has always been the object of their onlookers. At this time, the people of Gangneung City were still amazed when they looked at the royal wedding of such a scale. It must be known that Nanping only has three states, the power of the country is declining, five generations of troubled times, wars and chaos, the Gao family has always been brutal to the people, the people are not happy, every day for the plan, which day is a comfortable day. Now when I come to watch the ceremony, I am just having fun in the midst of suffering.
The people commented on everything they saw, and the scene was extremely lively. Someone soon found out that there was no one in the middle car, and speculated that Gao Baoqiao was too ill to greet his relatives in person. Some people speculate that the lord of the country is noble, how can he personally greet his relatives, so he is naturally waiting in the palace.
The convoy slowly passed and headed west. Xiao Han's eyes were blazing, and he turned to Murong Qiuyu and said, "This time is not enough, do you dare to accompany me to the palace to have a look?" Murong Qiuyu smiled and said: "I will go wherever you go, why don't you dare?"
Xiao Han gently squeezed her hand, Murong Qiuyu didn't dodge this time, just turned his face away. Xiao Han let go of her hand and said happily: "Wait a while to see what pomp the Demon Sect has, and see how this son turns him upside down." ”
Murong Qiuyu said: "The number of people in the Divine Sect is large, and it should not be underestimated. Xiao Han nodded and said, "You said that the one who sent the relatives would not be the second son of Shi?" Murong Qiuyu shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
The two of them were talking about it, and seeing that it was almost noon, they ordered food and used it. Seeing the people below starving and still standing on both sides of the street was a sigh of perseverance.
As soon as the two of them had finished eating, they heard drum music coming from afar, and the welcoming procession turned around. In addition to the original thousands of people, there are more than 1,000 people, all of whom are sturdy men in silver costumes around 30 years old, escorting a large sedan chair with a plate, two young men wearing red silk each riding a white horse to escort them on the left and right, and the back car pulls the horses, and the red silk is covered with many cages, and I don't know how much dowry has been paid.
Xiao Han watched the convoy walk by with cold eyes, and said softly: "It's really not good, today's thing can't end well." Murong Qiuyu looked at him suspiciously.
Xiao Han didn't have time to explain to her, pondered for a while, and suddenly picked up the jade card again and came down from upstairs, raised the jade card and swayed around, turned around and returned upstairs.
Before the tea was ready, a thin man came upstairs, holding a food box in his hand, nodded and said, "This is your old steamed bun, please enjoy it." ”
Murong Qiuyu was just about to speak, Xiao Han's eyes flashed and said, "Wrong, what I want is not buns or dumplings, call me your shopkeeper." ”
The thin man bowed down and said with a smile: "My shopkeeper is in the private room on the second floor, please move the two distinguished guests." The two didn't say much, and went down to the private room on the second floor with him, and the thin man invited the two to go in, and he stayed outside the door.
As soon as the two entered the private room, they saw two middle-aged men bowing their heads, and Xiao Han hurriedly asked the two to stand up. The four of them were introduced separately, and the two were Ge Shaofeng, the commander of the hidden dragon, and Jin Qiuping, the commander of the war tiger. The two had already received the news from Li Congshan, and knew that this expedition was under the unified command of Xiao Han, and when they saw the two of them so ordinary this time, they couldn't help but change their faces slightly.
Xiao Han didn't pay attention to it, and immediately asked about their arrangement, and the two reported in turn, saying that everything was under the command and had been arranged in place. Xiao Han said worriedly: "Where is Xue Lian now?" Ge Shaofeng said: "General Xue and the little general have already joined the armies last month, and there is no news from the Yan Luo Gang. Now that the army on the river is gathered, Nanping can be wiped out with just one order. ”
Xiao Han frowned and said, "My plan is not like this, you say be more detailed." Ge Shaofeng was stunned for a moment, his face was slightly red, and he said: "The subordinates are not clear, please forgive me." "Then I will report on the preparations in detail. Feng Yanqing of the Jiangzhou Army and Guo Ran of the Jianzhou Army each led 10,000 horses and horses to Guizhou and Xiazhou ten days ago. Sun Zhen, the commander of the expeditionary force, was in the palace to watch the ceremony, with 200 personal soldiers by his side, all of whom were selected from the best of the Southern Tang Army, and it was not a problem for them to be worth ten. Xue Jian and Xue Dingfang led their troops to stand by on the river, and they would enter Jiangling City at the first order.
Deputy Marshal Yang Shui is helping Wuping to quell the rebellion, with Tingzhou Weixian, Fuzhou Sun Lezhi, Yunzhou Jian Wenbin, Yuanzhou Yanze, Jizhou Chuming 50,000 horses, now has recovered Tanzhou, trapped Zhang Wenbiao in Hengzhou, Zhang Wenbiao was defeated by the Tang army in repeated battles, and he was also hit by Yan Ze's arrow, and the destruction was a matter of three or five days.
Yang Shui has also been prepared, recovering Chu Ming and Sun Lezhi's people outside Langzhou City, Wuping Zhou Baoquan sent people to work with the army, the two sides cooperate harmoniously, Yang Shui is now a guest in Langzhou City, with 500 men and horses around him, which is naturally mixed with hidden dragons and war tigers.
Everything is quite orderly, step by step, according to Xiao Han's pre-war plan, there has been no deviation so far. Xiao Han was very satisfied, and said to the two: "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, there must be a mistake, although I consider that the Demon Church uses marriage to force the palace, I still underestimate their strength." How's the arrangement in our palace?"
Xiao Han's plan was for Xue Jian to pretend to be the Yama Gang to clear the blockades on the road to the west, and then the Jiangnan Navy's army would advance westward in the name of killing the Yama Gang. At this time, there was civil strife in Wuping, and the messenger who asked for help from the Great Song Dynasty was killed by him, and at the same time, the news was tightly sealed, so that the Zhao family could not know the news, which was just convenient for them to act.
There was civil strife in Wuping, and after waiting for the Song army to come for a long time, he could only ask for help from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army took advantage of the situation to intervene.
The Nanping Navy was weak, so it was natural that it could not withstand the impact of the Yama Gang, and Gao Baoqiao naturally chose to cooperate with the Tang Army, and the Tang Army naturally entered the Jiangling Water to lay the groundwork for the occupation of Nanping.
On the eighth day of October, Gao's wedding, the Tang army took advantage of the chaos to move out and take the opportunity to destroy the country, and with the current combat strength of the Tang army, it should pacify Nanping in less than three days. According to Xiao Han's plan, once the Tang army is dispatched, the Demon Sect will not dare to confront the officers and soldiers, so naturally they can only avoid and escape, and Nanping will naturally fall into the hands of the Tang army.
After thousands of calculations, Xiao Han still ignored a problem. The Demon Sect has been planning for a long time to use the Nanping Kingdom to increase its strength, how could it easily change its plan because of the arrival of the Tang Army? Even if the Tang Army invades the palace, they will also have the strength to rescue the Gao clan, and then they will borrow a knife to kill and give the Gao clan to Zhao Kuangyin.
Nanping has always been a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, and now it has been destroyed by the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely not stand idly by, and will definitely send a large army to fight, and then the soldiers will be in trouble, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is not ready to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, even if the Tang army is invincible, it will definitely fall into a bitter war situation.
Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, has a weak personality, once the war is stalemate, this goods will have the intention of retreating, and he will definitely ask for peace with the Great Song Dynasty.
If he was careless, he lost all the games, and the more Xiao Han thought about it, the more frightened he became. His eyes swept out of the window, and he suddenly stood up and shouted, "It's not a good thing." ”