Chapter 124: The king wants the minister to die
When the army returned to Jingchu in a mighty way, Xiao Chenxuan killed too much, and thousands of people from the Chu State died in front of the two armies, because Xiao Chenxuan was impeached by many ministers.
Although Xiao Chenxuan pacified Qianzhou, he was defined by the court as not only being meaningless but as being a mistake.
Emperor Chu was very casual and arranged a minister of the Ministry of Rites to welcome Xiao Chenxuan before Jingchu entered the city gate, but he did not even have some substantial benefits. He just praised Xiao Chenxuan casually: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness Ji."
Hearing the words of the Ministry of Rites, Xiao Chenxuan couldn't help but curl his lips, turned his head to look at the King of Qiannan beside him. Could it be that he was really fucked by the King of Qiannan?
That's not right! Even though thousands of people died in front of the two armies, they had clearly agreed to Mengduo's conditions at that time! But in order not to humiliate the State of Chu, the people sacrificed their lives to their country.
As for the escort army's killings too much, Xiao Chenxuan believed that Jing Chu and other people who were eating had nothing to do, but they only knew how to joke.
At that time, the army of the rebels in Mengduo was known to have a population of 100,000, and 3,000 against 100,000. Since ancient times, no one except the overlord of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, could have achieved such a fierce record!
The killing was too heavy. Compared with the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu led 30,000 cavalry and the Han army killed in Pengcheng was defeated. More than 100,000 soldiers were killed on the road. Later, Xiang Yu chased Liu Bang's army all the way to Sui River and killed more than 100,000 Liu Bang. Later, many remaining soldiers dived to escape, and countless people drowned. Even the Huai River at that time did not flow. Only when Liu Bang was besieged by Xiang Yu's army, a sandstorm suddenly came. Liu Bang, who should not have died, took this opportunity to take only a dozen people to escape in a hurry.
Compared with Xiang Yu's army at that time, his three thousand guards were very kind, and he killed just tens of thousands of soldiers under Mengdu's troops. How could it be considered as excessive killing?
Xiao Chenxuan immediately wondered if Jing Chu, the ministers who were having a good meal, had any common sense? When he said that he had killed too much, wouldn't he think about the difficulties he was facing at that time? If he had no means, he would have been blocked by Mengduo's army long ago and would not let him not kill him. Could it be that he would have to invite Mengduo and the others to the Manchu and Han banquet?
An unrealistic idea suddenly appeared in Xiao Chenxuan's mind. Is it because of my own advantage? Now that I have money, I become more and more stingy and do not want to give myself benefits, so I followed the slander of these fools.
Xiao Chenxuan asked Chen Junxi to bring the guards back to the camp, and the army of Mengduo's subordinates were handed over to the people who came to take over by the Ministry of War. Only then did Xiao Chenxuan and the King of Qiannan go to the palace to report.
When he arrived at the gate of Ganlu Hall, he saw that the eunuch general manager He Fu was waiting for them at the door. Xiao Chenxuan spoke sarcastically.
"Oh! I'm really bothering you. I'm just asking you to wait for me outside. I'm so frightened!"
He Fu knew that His Highness King Ji returned to the court and was wronged because he did not receive the treatment he deserved. This was a disguised voice and ridiculed himself! But He Fu didn't care at all and smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are joking. Can you be qualified to wait for the two princes? I wonder if it is the blessing that I have cultivated in my life. The two princes, Your Majesty, have been waiting in the imperial study for a long time, please!"
Xiao Chenxuan nodded. Mr. He is the first one who is cheap. He can wait for the two of them at the gate of Ganlu Palace, so ordinary people cannot enjoy treatment. Why do you still have to speak and mock others?
"Thank you, General Manager He. I haven't seen you for many years. General Manager He is still in style! Haha..." The King of Qiannan who was walking beside Xiao Chenxuan returned to his death-like appearance, and he looked very worthy of beating.
"Haha, King Qiannan, your mouth is still the same as before! He is still shameless in his words! Haha..."
These two old guys should have been very familiar with each other before! When they met, they even joked. Xiao Chenxuan was too lazy to pay attention to the two of them and was going to walk into the imperial study of Emperor Chu, but found that He Fu was standing there motionless. Xiao Chenxuan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. He, don't you go in?"
He Fu looked at Xiao Chenxuan with a complicated expression, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty wants to meet the two princes alone, how dare I get involved!"
Xiao Chenxuan didn't think much about it, and he and the King of Qiannan quickly walked into the imperial study room. However, he never thought that He Fu, who was still motionless just now, quickly closed the door.
"My minister Xiao Yizhou, pay homage to Your Majesty."
"I have seen my father, long live my father..." Before Xiao Chenxuan finished speaking, Emperor Chu, who had criticized the memorial in the imperial study room, suddenly stood up, grabbed the memorial on the table and smashed it hard at Xiao Chenxuan and the others. Fortunately, Xiao Chenxuan was quick and immediately turned sideways and avoided directly. The King of Qiannan, who had always thought it was awesome to reach out, actually knelt on the ground and motionless.
Xiao Chenxuan looked confused. What's going crazy about this cheap guy!
"Hmph! Your wings are hard, right? I hit you, you dare to hide?" Emperor Chu slapped the desk in front of him and shouted expressionlessly.
Xiao Chenxuan was stunned. What did I do if I was cheap? After thinking for a long time, Xiao Chenxuan didn't come up with any reason, so he found a reason to say it casually.
"Well, Father, you can't blame Erchen. Erchen has been hanging out on the battlefield for a few days. If he was not agile and had been caught by Mengduo's army, how could you see Erchen? Instinctive reaction, yes, it is an instinctive reaction."
"Instinctive reaction, hum! Who is the civil and military in the court is not as quick as you? If I really want to hit them, who dares to hide! And you, I just threw a few memorials at you, and you actually found a reason for me. I killed you today, and I think you should not blink!"
At this time, Emperor Chu was like someone who borrowed his rice and returned his millet, which was completely unreasonable.
Xiao Chenxuan was completely stupid. He worked hard to destroy Mengduo and missed his wedding. But I was so favoured by myself. Xiao Chenxuan was a little depressed and gritted his teeth and replied word by word.
"Since ancient times, the king wants his minister to die, and the minister has to die. The father wants his son to die, and the son has to die!"
"What a king wants a minister. He has to die. His father wants his son to die. He has to die. He has to die. Humph! You pick up the memorials on the ground and take a look. What did you say? I asked you to pacify Qianzhou, not to let you watch the show. You actually watched the two armies in front of the formation.
Thousands of people sacrificed for no reason, how do you tell me to explain to the people of the world?"
Emperor Chu picked up the memorial on the table again and smashed it at Xiao Chenxuan again.
"Father, the two armies are facing each other. The three thousand soldiers of the sons and sons are fighting against the 100,000 enemy troops of Mengduo. How dare you take it lightly? Besides, the sons and sons also agreed to Mengduo's conditions, but unexpectedly, the people of our Chu State are so strong that they are willing to die and serve the country. They are not embarrassed. Can you stop me?" Xiao Chenxuan felt very wronged and did not want to see any people die for no reason. But in the situation at that time, he was powerless even if he had the will!
Seeing that Xiao Chenxuan still didn't pick up the memorial he smashed over, Emperor Chu became even more angry and shouted loudly.
"Hmph! Then you explain to me that you slaughtered tens of thousands of soldiers in Hongjiang. I don't blame you, but in Huitong, what did you do? The massacre can be said to be a bloody massacre. Facing the soldiers composed of the people of Qianzhou, you didn't have any kindness and slaughtered tens of thousands directly. What did you do when you dealt with Qianzhou later? The gentry and powerful local garrisons, who did not surrender to you on their own initiative, you actually killed them directly! Who gave you the right?"
Hearing Emperor Chu's words, Xiao Chenxuan seemed to have returned to the 21st century, transformed into an angry young man again, and recited the history of Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalry against Liu Bang's 500,000 army.
"This can be blamed on me. Haha, when I went to war, my father told me that you would survive if necessary, but fighting on the battlefield is not a joke. My son dared not to hold back."
"Looking back to the past, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu in our Chu area, led 30,000 elite cavalry back to kill Pengcheng. The total number of the princes and Liu Bang's troops was 500,000. Xiang Yu took away Liu Bang's 500,000 troops in one fell swoop!"
"Father, can you tell me what the result of this battle was? Xiang Yu quickly fought with the mobility of 30,000 cavalrymen. Liu Bang's Han soldiers were almost completely destroyed. Xiang Yu's cavalry charged, and the Han army was defeated. More than 100,000 people were killed on the way. Later, Xiang Yu chased Liu Bang's army all the way to Sui Shui and killed more than 100,000 Liu Bang's people. The remaining soldiers dived into the water and fled, and countless people drowned. Even the Sui Shui was piled up at that time."
"Did your father know that since Xiang Yu's death, who has ever said that Xiang Yu had killed too much since he died?"
"Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are just like today, our Chu State and Mengduo. If I don't kill them, these rebellious and restless people, as soon as possible, in the future, Mengduo will be Liu Bang, and our Chu State will be the next overlord of Western Chu."
When Xiao Chenxuan heard Xiao Chenxuan's explanation, not only Emperor Chu, but also the King of Qiannan who was kneeling on the ground couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning. Yes! After Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, he enfeoffed fifty-six princes, and he was known as the Overlord of Western Chu.
But Liu Bang, who was unwilling to be lonely, led fifty-six princes to fight and entered Xiang Yu's hometown Pengcheng, which almost ended the life of the Western Chu King. However, Liu Bang, who should not have died, escaped, which led to the subsequent "Farewell My Concubine". If Xiao Chenxuan did not destroy Mengduo's army and those restless factors today, would these people become the second Liu Bang in the future?
Chapter completed!