Chapter 123: Buckle the Hat
Half a month later, Qianzhou finally calmed down completely, and the local guards or gentry and powerful people who were deceived by Mengduo and participated in the rebellion opened the city gates and surrendered before Xiao Chenxuan's army arrived. Even the generals on the territory were captured by the Wu Gong brothers.
If you think about it, Mundona is known to have an army of 100,000, but what is the result? He was also destroyed by the 3,000 troops of His Highness King Ji in two battles! And he and others are just a county garrison, with no soldiers and no supply. So what can we do to rebel! Even if there are some people who are slightly dissatisfied with them, they dare not reveal it.
As for the Wu Gong brothers, after hearing Xiao Chenxuan's army heading towards Nanchuan, they quickly fled back to Liang State with 10,000 troops bewitched from Qianzhou. Mengdu's cousin Meng Zheng also committed suicide in Jishou.
As for whom the Emperor of Chu would send to take over Qianzhou next time, Xiao Chenxuan said that he had no money because he was about to go to the Tianshun Empire to participate in autumn hunting.
Two days later, Xiao Chenxuan embarked on the way back to Jingchu. In addition to his guards, there were tens of thousands of troops surrendered by Mengdu’s subordinates. In addition, he and the general Fang Xu and the representative of the people who participated in the guards, Shen Rong, both of whom received the order of Emperor Chu to personally reward him!
The King of Qiannan was very shameless and even reported to Emperor Chu that the army of Mengduo had been destroyed and Qianzhou Wuyou asked Emperor Chu to remove his title and that he wanted to be a general at once, and claimed that he would go to the Tianshun Empire with Xiao Chenxuan to protect Xiao Chenxuan's safety. I don't know what the Emperor Chu was wrong, but he actually agreed to the King of Qiannan's request. As expected, the King of Qiannan almost annoyed Xiao Chenxuan to death along the way.
"Oh, I said to Boy Xuan? I am going to protect you. I don't know if it's the blessing you have cultivated for many lifetimes. You even ignored me. What does it mean?"
When Xiao Chenxuan heard the King of Qiannan was crooked again, he wanted to slap this old man to death. He was like a crow along the way, never stopping for a moment. He either asked himself how the local turtle was made or how the guards were trained?
"Can you not bother me? With your little abilities, you dare to say you want to protect me. Are you ashamed?" In fact, Xiao Chenxuan also knew that Qiannan's ability was really good. If there were no local turtles and muskets in his guards and fighting alone, none of his guards would be the opponent of Qiannan King. It would take a lot of effort to lift the double hammers in his hand, but if Qiannan King didn't have so many, it would be very suitable for his taste.
"Tsk, what are my abilities? Don't you know? By the way, let me tell you something. If I guess correctly, you will definitely be impeached by many people now. Don't think about the credit when you return to Jingchu, hehe!" It's true that the old man is a virtuous person. The King of Qiannan knew that a capable prince would definitely attract the jealousy of other princes, not to mention that Xiao Chenxuan still had an army that defeated Mengduo's 100,000 troops in his hand.
It just so happened that those who are interested will definitely use the people to be willing to serve the country by life and death in order not to shame the State of Chu. Xiao Chenxuan was still standing in front of the two armies at that time, but did not save these innocent people. Instead, after thousands of people died, he used the excuse of avenging the people to kill.
"Haha!" Hearing the words of the King of Qiannan, Xiao Chenxuan, as a political idiot, didn't believe it at all.
But just the day before Xiao Chenxuan's army was about to return to Jingchu, overnight, all the adult princes of Jingchu were assassinated on the same day. Although they were not dead, they were seriously injured. After being taken down, the assassins who assassinated these princes spoke up and insisted that Xiao Chenxuan had too much killing in Qianzhou, which led to a large number of people in Qianzhou holding grudges. However, King Ji's guards were too powerful and they could not get close to them at all. Then, he took a curve to save the country and instead killed all the adult princes in the Jingchu Imperial City. In this case, almost all the censors and doctors in the Jingchu court reported to impeach Xiao Chenxuan.
"Your Majesty, Lao Chen has a memorial."
Although Emperor Chu did not believe what the assassins told him, he repeatedly impeached Xiao Chenxuan's memorials. Emperor Chu, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, looked gloomy and knocked on the dragon throne rhythmically with his hands, and said expressionlessly.
"What's the matter!"
Seeing Emperor Chu’s gloomy face, a censor who seemed to have nothing to do with all the princes said, “Your Majesty, all the adult princes in Jingchu were assassinated, and the assassins confessed that they were related to His Highness King Ji. I asked Your Majesty to surrender His Highness King Ji…”
Before the Censor finished speaking, Chu Di shouted: "Rareless, Xuan'er worked hard to fight Qianzhou. What the assassin said was actually true. He dared to slander Xuan'er. What did you mean by what you were?"
The censor who impeached Xiao Chenxuan immediately fell to the ground and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. Please ask Your Majesty to tell me slowly."
"Say, if you can't tell a word or a third, and slander Xuan'er for no reason, I will kill your nine clans!" Emperor Chu pointed at the speaker and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, I have two reasons to impeach His Highness King Ji. When His Highness King Ji was confronting with Mengduo in Qianzhou, Mengduo dog thieves captured thousands of people of our Chu State as hostages. Mengduo proposed three conditions: First, let His Highness King Ji withdraw from the conjunction, second, use the weapons in his hands as exchange conditions, and third, sign an agreement for never-invasion. These three conditions, His Highness King Ji could have agreed to save thousands of people of our Chu State from the war, and then find an opportunity to eliminate the Mengduo army, my Emperor Chu
Thousands of people don’t have to sacrifice in vain, but His Highness King Ji? He hesitated again and again, which led to the thousands of people under the city who were under the city who would rather choose to commit suicide in front of the two armies and serve the country with their own power than be hostages of Mengduo. But what did His Highness King Ji do? Regardless of the life and death of thousands of people, he still watched thousands of people commit suicide in front of him. As a prince of a country, he did not pay attention to people’s livelihood and not value it.
The people, the ministers think that this is inaction, is one of them.”
After His Highness King Ji and thousands of people died, he began to carry out large-scale killings on the Mengduo army, causing the death of tens of thousands of Mongolian troops. When the Mengduo army died, the bones were left untold, and the flesh and blood on the ground was actually harmful to the harmony of heaven. This led to the people of Qianzhou having greater complaints about our Chu State, and thus assassinating several His Highnesses for the second.
Hearing that Xiao Chenxuan's guilt was listed, another censor stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I approve it. These two points just fit the reasons for the assassins to assassinate several of His Highnesses. His Highness, King Ji, has brutality, which has caused the people of Qianzhou to complain and hold grudges. They want to take revenge on His Highness, King Ji, but King Ji is protected by his army and they cannot get close at all, so they chose the adult prince of Jingchu."
These censors are truly literati, and they make up stories with slightest eyes.
Before Emperor Chu spoke, Yao Xiang said, "It's ridiculous. The changes on the battlefield are unpredictable. Meng Duo used the people as hostages, which was originally despicable. Even if His Highness King Ji had hesitated, it was just a means of negotiation on the battlefield. What is this a crime? Besides, the people sacrificed their lives to the country, which proves that our Chu State has the right to govern the country. The people are based on the country. In the face of the country and life and death, they chose to serve the country. This has something to do with His Highness King Ji?"
Another censor stood up and retorted to Yao Xiang: "Xiang Yao, your granddaughter is the princess of His Highness King Ji. Of course you speak to His Highness King Ji. You don't think about it. If there was no such thing, why would the assassins slander King Ji? Besides, the princes would not have been assassinated sooner or later, but when His Highness King Ji was about to return to Jingchu? This is a naked provocation to retaliate against King Ji. Fortunately, the princes were blessed and lucky, otherwise..."
"I agree with what the censors said." If you have the opportunity to deal with the enemy of King Qi, the old Yin native Xu Jingye chose to step on Xiao Chenxuan without hesitation.
"The old minister also thinks that the censors have some truth." Under Xiao Chenxuan's step-by-step pressing, Pei Zhixing, who not only almost lost the trust of the King of Wu, but also suffered several losses, also stood up.
Hearing the words of Pei Zhixing and Xu Jingye, the old general who had not spoken in the court for a long time said "hum" and said, "A group of visionless guys, several of His Highnesses were assassinated, and they did not go to investigate the real origin of the assassin. They were fooled by several assassins and even put their hats on His Highness King Ji for no reason. You are really a little taller."
"Elder General, I'll wait for Bai Chang's head, then tell me, where is the real origin of the assassin?" Pei Zhixing immediately retorted when the old general was criticized.
Chapter completed!