Chapter 166: The Three Eunuchs Rebelled against the Duke of Zhou
"So, King Cheng has already been tricked!" "Yin Du, in the palace, Wu Geng was pacing unhurriedly, and standing in front of him was the former Wuwei general, Liu Hui, Jun Song, Han Yong, Liang Jian, and Xie Tao.
"Exactly! Ji Yu has firmly believed that his father was killed by Ji Dan, and he has already planned to get rid of Ji Dan!" said the general Liu Hui with an oath.
"Okay! Now that Ji Yu has been tricked, then the last obstacle is the three eunuchs! In addition, Dongyi and Pucheng must also contact each other as much as possible! I will bother you to go on a journey for Ben Hou!"
"Obey!" the five hurriedly said when they heard this!
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In the capital of Huo State, Ji was discussing with the ministers, but the content of the discussion was exactly the rumors he heard. Suddenly, a servant came to report, "Lord Qiqi, there is a person outside the door holding the token of the king to meet him!"
Ji Chu exclaimed: "The messenger of King Cheng, could it be that the rumors are true? Spread it quickly!"
In a moment, the servant brought in a man. I saw that this man was wearing a golden hoop on his head and a sword hanging from his waist, and as soon as he saw Ji, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "The last general will see the prince!"
Ji Chu hurriedly helped him up and said: "The general is the messenger of the Son of Heaven, and Ji Chu dares to accept this worship! But I don't know why the general came this time?"
The man said: "The last general is on the order of King Cheng to ask the general for help, and the secret letter of King Cheng is here!" After that, he took out a letter with a yellow cover from his bosom and handed it to Ji.
Ji said: "It's hard work for the general! Someone is here, and I order you to go down and hold a banquet for the general to catch the wind and wash the dust!"
The man said: "Don't dare, King Cheng ordered, because the matter is serious, this letter must be opened and read by the prince in front of the last general, and it will be burned immediately after reading it!"
Ji Ji opened the letter as he said, and his face became heavier and heavier! After reading it, he lit the letter with a candle. Then he commanded his servants to bring them down to rest.
The man had just walked to the courtyard. was surrounded by countless family generals. The man couldn't help but say angrily: "What does this mean, prince?
Ji Chu said with a complicated face: "King Cheng instructed in the letter, because this matter is very important, I want this king to leave the general's life no matter what! General, offended!"
The man smiled and said, "'The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!' The last general has already sold this life to the royal family." I hope the prince can live up to his trust, and the last general will go first!" Drawing his sword and killing himself, the body was still standing.
Ji Chu looked at the man's corpse blankly and said, "Uncle Huo must live up to the general's trust!"
The corpse collapsed with a bang at the words.
In the palace of Guan Guo and Cai Guo, a similar scene was also staged at the same time, and seeing King Cheng's edict, the two Wang Shuyi couldn't help but be indignant.
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"Hahaha...... It's time for the people of the world to know that we are powerful! If we don't do it again, the people of the world will probably forget about my Great Qin!"
In the Pucheng City Lord's Mansion, an old man laughed arrogantly, laughed and muttered to himself: "King Wu is dead, and King Cheng is young." Zhou Gong is suspected, it is really a God-given opportunity!"
"Please tell Your Majesty that the eight thousand dead soldiers of my Pugu City are willing to advance and retreat with the king to live and die together!" Seeing the general of the five guards standing with a smile on the side, the old man suddenly realized his gaffe, hurriedly bowed deeply, and swore an oath.
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"Okay! As long as the prince of Dashang raises troops, my Dongyi tribes will definitely lead troops to respond! I must show them how powerful my Dongyi archers are!"
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Wu Geng raised his troops, and each of the nine divisions of Dongyi sent 10,000 troops to help, Xu Guo sent 20,000 troops to help, plus 8,000 dead soldiers in Xiangcheng and Pugu City and 80,000 horses secretly trained by Wu Geng himself. A total of 198,000 regular troops, fifty-three of the seventy-two princes had participated in the anti-Zhou campaign.
The news of Wu Geng's rebellion against Zhou swept across the land of China. The people have rumored that Wu Geng is leading hundreds of thousands of troops to kill Haojing, and he is here to restore the Great Qin River.
The imperial court was shocked, but what was even more shocking was still to come! Guan, Cai, and Huo Sanguo also joined Wu Geng's team, and their slogan turned out to be "King Qin".
Then. Up and down the government and the opposition, the civil and military officials are really in chaos.
On the hall of King Zhou, Zhou Gongdan was giving an impassioned speech, what he wanted was to stabilize the hearts of the people, and what he wanted was the support of the Manchu Dynasty and King Cheng.
King Cheng looked at this qiē coldly. He deeply remembered the words of his mother--"forbearance"! What else could he do now besides forbearance?!
"It's like a tiger lying on a hill, lurking minions to endure!" Perhaps only this sentence can best reflect the mood of King Cheng at this moment! Regardless of whether Zhou Gongdan's crusade is successful or not, as long as he can cultivate his own power during this time, then he will become the final victor!
King Cheng secretly dialed his wishful thinking, not knowing that he had fallen into the trap of others, and how could the extremely smart Zhou Gongdan think that the young King Cheng had already killed himself!
Finally, Zhou Gongdan successfully persuaded everyone to agree to send troops. King Cheng crowned Zhou Gongdan as the generalissimo of the Eastern Expedition, and was fully responsible for the affairs of the Eastern Expedition. So, three days later, Zhou Gongdan hurriedly led the 300,000 troops that were urgently patched together and set off!
A month later, the two armies finally met! Zhou Gongdan stood firmly on the troop chariot, holding the wheel of the chariot, looking at the rebel army from a distance, his eyes heavy on his face.
Zhou Gongdan once watched with great envy Jiang Shang sitting under the big red umbrella cover, waving the command flag, and commanding thousands of troops, but now he finally has the opportunity to taste the fun of this general, but there is not the slightest joy on his face.
Zhou Gongdan quietly watched the rebel army advance in an orderly manner, stood still, and pointed his troops at him. He didn't understand why Wu Geng was able to pull up hundreds of thousands of regular troops in just a few months.
In front of the rebel team, there are dozens of generals quietly arranged, these people are either using guns, or using hammers, or holding axes, or holding maces, but without exception they are majestic and murderous, as for the front of the rebels, a figure is also carefully looking at the team of the Zhou army.
I saw that this person was wearing a cupola helmet, wearing chain mail, carrying a gold-backed knife, a free horse under his crotch, and a pair of tiger eyes looking forward to life. The wind suddenly rose, blowing the rolling dragon robe behind it and flying up and down. It's like a wave of blood. Looking at it coldly, there was an innate domineering spirit all over his body, but it turned out to be the culprit of this rebellion - Wu Geng!
Zhou Gongdan saw that Wu Geng was watching his team, and couldn't help but be furious: "Wu Geng! You thief who will take revenge, why do you repay your grievances with virtue and rebel against the imperial court! Have you forgotten who left your life?"
Wu Geng laughed wildly and said: "Repay virtue with resentment? Revenge will be avenged? Rebellion against the imperial court? My Wu Geng is a big crime! But I don't know what virtue your Zhou Dynasty has." What kind of kindness do you have to me? Who is in this world? Who is the real committer!"
Zhou Gongdan said angrily when he heard this: "Stop! The former Qin has no way, and he will destroy himself, and the princes of the world will promote King Wu as the son of heaven, and this world is naturally my Zhou's, and you will raise troops privately, which is to commit chaos." King Wu couldn't bear that your Yin family would be extinct, so he named you Yinhou, but you took advantage of King Wu's new funeral to become a young king. And if you commit rebellion, isn't this a grudge to repay virtue?"
Wu Geng sneered a few times, and waited for Uncle Huo next to him: "When others kill my people and destroy my society, they are doing the right thing for heaven and petitioning for the people;
Although Ji Chu and others cooperated with Wu Geng. But he couldn't bear to mention the past, so he played a little clever right now. Beat the horse forward and said to Zhou Gongdan: "Ji Dan, you killed the king of martial arts, persecuted the young master, and plotted to usurp the throne, which is extremely shameless! But as long as you and my brother are willing to take the initiative to resign as regent and return the imperial power to King Cheng, we will let you live. But if you are obsessed, don't blame the brother for being ruthless. ”
When Zhou Gongdan heard this, he hurriedly explained: "Third brother, you must not be deceived by the villain! The fourth brother came on the king's orders for this expedition!"
On the side, Ji Du replied with a smile: "King Cheng is already in your control. I have already agreed with the Marquis of Yin: After King Qin, the Great Zhou and Yin Shang will divide the world equally, and the two countries will coexist peacefully and never go to war!"
Zhou Gongdan was furious when he heard this: "Brother is so confused! This country is already the world of my Ji family, where do you still need to share it with others! Who is my Zhou Gongdan, others don't know, don't you know brother! As long as you turn back now, we are still brothers, and I Zhou Gongdan can not blame you for what you have done!"
Ji Chu seemed to be moved by Zhou Gongdan's words, and was thinking about something, but he listened to Ji Xian's persuasion on the side: "Third brother, don't listen to his rhetoric, wait for me to go and capture this unkind and unrighteous horseman!"
How could Zhou Gongdan personally go into battle to fight him, I saw a young general rushing out of the Zhou camp, holding a steel gun, beating a horse to the field, hugging his fist to Ji Xian and saying: "Lord Wang, let the end meet you in the future!"
Uncle Guan scolded: "Ignorant child, look at this king to get your head!" Ji Xianli's big gun sank, and a black iron spear turned over like a giant python, and there was no flaw in his body.
The young general is also very heroic, a gun makes the god elusive, the tip of the gun is a little cold light, like a white snake spitting core, the two are chess opponents, will meet good materials, and the battle is fifty rounds without winning or losing. But Ji Xian is old after all, and he can't compete with the courage of the young general, and his face is already sweating unconsciously.
After another twenty rounds, Ji Xian was careless for a while, and was hit by a young general, stabbed in his right arm, almost fell off the horse, and hurriedly beat the horse and defeated back to his own formation. Seeing that his side had won, Zhou Gongdan hurriedly waved the handsome flag and ordered the team to pursue the victory.
For a time, but seeing the flags in the sky covering the sun and the drums shaking the sky, 300,000 Zhou troops rushed towards the rebels like a tide.
Wu Geng smiled coldly, raised the golden-backed knife high, and saw five thousand archers mysteriously appear in front of the rebel team.
After dropping thousands of corpses, the two armies finally met. The red-eyed Zhou army suddenly found that five hundred chariots appeared on his left and right sides at the same time, and eight warriors stood on each chariot.
The two warriors in front of them, one holding a whip and being responsible for the chariot, the other holding a bow and arrow to clear an obstacle in front of them, and two soldiers on the left, right, and back of the chariot, one holding a spear to guard against the enemy's cavalry, and the other holding a short knife to block anyone's approach to the chariot.
Hearing only one cannon shot, these thousand chariots rushed towards the Zhou army at the same time. When the distance was closer, Zhou Bing was terrified to find that the chariot had obviously been modified, and even the war horse had been armed to the horse's legs, and the two sharp blades protruding from the axle were rampant in the Zhou camp like sickles, and the Zhou soldiers had undoubtedly become wheat to be harvested.
Fear spread in the Zhou camp, and one of the generals, in order to boost morale, rushed towards a chariot, but before he could reach him, he was pierced through his chest by the spear that was eight feet long.
The Zhou soldiers really collapsed and retreated to the rear regardless of a single moment. They are not cowards, and they are not afraid to die on the battlefield, but that doesn't mean they can face this one-sided massacre without suspense.
"The defeat is like a mountain!" Zhou Gongdan naturally understands this truth, but what can he do now! He really couldn't imagine that Wu Geng would be so cunning, and he couldn't imagine that Wu Geng's strength would grow to such a point!
The blow brought by these thousand chariots to the Zhou army was undoubtedly devastating, and Zhou Gongdan had no choice but to withdraw his troops and lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee to the west! Wu Geng led the troops to chase and kill for a while, and then returned to the camp with a victorious palm!
Zhou Gongdan didn't expect to suffer a fiasco in the first confrontation, and thought that the three eunuchs not only did not play a role in containing Wu Geng, but helped Wu Geng to commit chaos together, and he couldn't help but be secretly annoyed.
At this time, a strategist offered advice: "My lord, the Qin people are the most happy, every time they win, they will set up a banquet to celebrate, presumably the same is true of Wu Geng, today's rebel flag is victorious, it will definitely be celebrated overnight, and if we are unprepared, we might as well go to rob the camp tonight." ”
Zhou Gongdan thought about it carefully and felt that this person was reasonable. So, he allocated 10,000 horses, led by himself, to rob the camp. The rest of the men and horses were stationed in place and held the camp. said that Yin Shang was here, and Wu Geng also had such plans. So he sent Pu Gong to lead 8,000 dead soldiers from Pugu City to rob the camp.
Clinker, the two armies actually met on the road. I only heard the spies of the Zhou army report: "Marshal Qibing, about three miles to the right of our army, a group of rebels is moving in the direction of our army's camp. ”
Zhou Gongdan said: "Can you find out how many people are on the other side?"
The spy said: "Because it is dark, the number of the opponent's army has not yet been ascertained, I wonder if the team has been ordered to stop advancing?"
Zhou Gongdan pondered for a moment, thinking that this was probably a small force sent by Wu Geng to investigate the military situation! What Zhou Gongdan didn't know was that Pu Gong on the other side also gave the same order.
When the spies of the two armies were surprised to find that there were so many soldiers dispatched by the other side, the commanders of both sides understood each other's intentions.
Thus, a scuffle began! The scuffle began on the third watch and ended until the reinforcements of both sides arrived after dawn, and each of them withdrew. (To be continued......)