Yang Yongdong left and came back half an hour later. When he entered the yard, Zhu Hang grabbed his sleeve and screamed in pain,
"I'm afraid the King's death cannot be concealed!"
"Why can't you hide it?" Yang Yongdong asked in shock.
The people in the outer (Guo) city were in an uproar, and there was constant arson and looting. The generals in the various camps were slack in suppressing it. Seeing that the momentum was getting stronger and stronger, it was difficult to suppress it. The newly appointed commander of the four walls of the capital, Liang Fuzhong, delayed it until the afternoon and reported to
Chongwen Hall.
Emperor Tianxuan summoned Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian, Hu Jinzhang and other ministers to discuss countermeasures. During this period, he also sent envoys to each camp to supervise the war, but to no avail.
The people's resentment was fierce and difficult to resolve, and they were afraid that the delay would directly impact the defenders. After it was dark, King Qi Yong and others had to suggest that Emperor Tianxuan sent Yang Yongdong to Qingye Lane to summon Wang Zhen to the palace, thinking of asking Wang Zhen to come forward and persuade Liu
Yan, Liang Wenjiang, Xu Pu and other leading military generals led their troops to suppress the rebels.
But he never expected that Wang Zhen had passed away in his house.
Yang Yongdong rushed back to the palace to report the message. Emperor Tianxuan and his ministers were also panicked. They could not issue an edict in a hurry, so Yang Yongdong quickly came to Qingye Lane to deliver the edict. He wanted to prevent the news from leaking, so as not to further disturb the morale of the army and cause serious consequences.
The incident cannot be dealt with.
Yang Yongdong even mobilized more than a hundred forbidden troops to come over to prevent stray people from entering and exiting.
Yang Yongdong didn't expect that when he returned to Wang's house, Zhu Hang actually told him that the news of Wang Zhen's death could no longer be concealed?
It was like a bolt from the blue, making him dizzy.
"Hey, Senior Officer Yang, you'd better listen to Chen Yaban and tell you in detail!" Zhu Hang exclaimed, "Everything is because we were too negligent!"
Only then did Yang Yongdong notice that Chen Zhi, the chamberlain who was guarding the palace, still had blood on his face and his nose had collapsed. He stamped his feet and asked, "What's going on? Why is your face so embarrassing?"
Are you injured?"
"It was Xu Huai, the inspection envoy from Chushan City, who injured him!" Chen Zhi grinned as he spoke, and when he pulled the broken bridge of his nose, he was heartbroken.
In the mourning hall, after Mr. Yang left, this guy said he wanted to go out for a drink. He was trying to stop him because of his humble position, so he punched me in the face. Even Mr. Wang Fanlang and Mr. Zhu Kang couldn't stop him. He also injured several people in the house.
people!"
"..." Yang Yongdong came to invite Wang Zhen to the palace before. When he heard that Wang Zhen had passed away, he was shocked. At that time, he only cared about verifying the authenticity of Wang Zhen's death. He didn't care about the other people in Wang Zhen's palace except Zhu Hang.
, were there other outsiders present? However, not only had he heard about Wang Xiaocheng's son Xu Huai, but even when Wang asked to transfer Xu Huai to the capital, he was the one who resisted, and asked in surprise, "Xu Huai shouldn't be in Caizhou
How come you are in Bianliang after being ordered by Hu Shijun to defend against the enemy?"
"Xu Huai learned that my father was critically ill, so he asked for leave from Shijun Hu and came to Bianliang to see him for the last time," Wang Zhen said. "I never thought that my father would pass away as soon as he arrived in the capital. Xu Huai was also greatly affected.
It's so exciting that we can't listen to anything we say. Mr. Yang, you should have heard that Xu Huai is a straightforward man, but he treats my father with sincerity. I can't stop him because I'm afraid that he will break out and say something to outsiders.
My father died of illness!"
"How long has he been gone? Did you send anyone to chase him?" Yang Yongdong said, stamping his feet.
"We sent people to chase him, but Xu Huai was in a hurry and moved very fast. He disappeared in the blink of an eye. We have searched for him several times, but we still haven't been able to find him," Wang Fan said.
"Send people to look for it again," Yang Yongdong shouted. "Now there are people who are secretly stirring up chaos and causing trouble. Guocheng is in chaos. If this bastard really leaks the news about Wang Xiang's death, he will poke a hole in the sky."
He's here! How can you and I afford it? Find him, and if you dare to come back without restraint, ask him how his father died! I came here with an official announcement, and whoever dares to spread the news of the king's death is
Disobedience!"
In his hurry, Yang Yongdong didn't know whether Xu Huai was reckless or had ulterior motives. After all, he had never had any direct contact with Xu Huai, and all he heard were rumors. He was in a hurry and sought medical treatment while threatening Wang Fan and Zhu Hang.
He hurriedly looked for people, and turned around to find the jailer who was staying at the entrance to block Qingye Lane. He wanted to send more people to various parts of the city to look for Xu Huai.
However, before he walked out of the yard, he heard the sound of galloping horse hooves coming from far and near.
When they walked into the alley, they saw a group of cavalry rushing straight into the alley with guns blazing and were stopped by the jailer Yang Yongdong left at the alley.
"Go away!" the leading cavalry officer yelled angrily, raised his whip, and mercilessly whipped the guard in the way.
The other knights either beat him with their swords and scabbards, or swept them across with their spears.
The guards who blocked the entrance to the alley did not dare to draw their swords at the intruders, so they came to kill them without mercy. They were immediately dispersed by the cavalry group.
Seeing dozens of armored cavalry galloping towards him, Yang Yongdong was so frightened that his face turned pale. He thought the soldiers were rebelling and shouted: "What's going on?"
But Wang Fan was heard asking the visitor in a deep voice: "Liu Yan, what are you doing?"
"The Prime Minister left so unwillingly, Mr. Wang Fan, why didn't you send a message asking me to wait to see the Prime Minister for the last time?" Liu Yan got off his horse with a dozen generals. He still respected Wang Fan and Zhu Hang.
, asked plaintively.
"My father left behind his family before he passed away. I don't want you to worry about defending the city!" Wang Fan said.
"General Liu Yan, if you don't guard the Xiqu Gate, why are you here?" Yang Yongdong could only clearly see the ferocious face of Liu Yan who was lighting up the torch, and asked bravely, "You left your post without permission, and went to work without permission.
If you enter the inner city, what kind of sin can you know?"
"Bah!" Liu Yan spat angrily at Yang Yongdong, "We left our posts without permission? Three thousand Xuanwu soldiers attacked the camp and died tragically. This was caused by Xu Tan, the imperial envoy in the palace, and Qin Zhihui, the chief minister of the Concierge Hall of Honglu Temple, collaborating with the enemy. Mr. Yang, you are not helping the officials.
We severely punished the traitor who collaborated with the enemy, but stopped us from worshiping the king. Did he leave his post without permission, and did he want to do something else? Did you know that when the king learned of the tragic death of three thousand Xuanwu troops, he vomited blood and his energy and blood were withered, which led to this
Did you die early? Prime Minister Wang’s early death was really caused by the vomiting caused by you cowards!"
Liu Yan and Chen Yuan were assigned to the Xiaosheng and Xuanwu armies respectively, and served as generals in Jingzhou and Yanzhou respectively. They had no contact with each other until they conquered Yan in the north, and then they both led their troops and were transferred to Yanmen.
And because Liu Yan is the son of coach Liu Shizhong, Chen Yuan treated him coldly when he was in Yanmen, and the two did not have close contact.
However, after the defeat of Yan in the second northern expedition, he and Chen Yuan supported him in fleeing westward. With the help of Xu Huai, he gathered the remnant troops in Shuozhou and Fuzhou, and then each led the remnant troops southward and incorporated into the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army to defend against the enemy.
Regardless of whether they share life and death, the two have formed a relationship that is thicker than water.
Not only the two of them, Xiao Sheng, but also the generals, officers, soldiers and soldiers of the remaining armies of Xuanwu and Xuanwu also forged a deep love for each other.
Chen Yuan led the remnants of the Xuanwu Army to attack the enemy camp at night and were completely wiped out. Wang Zhen was vomiting blood and Liu Yan was heartbroken.
There are rumors that the remnants of Xuanwu's troops were wiped out because someone in the DPRK secretly communicated with the imperial envoys, otherwise they would not have been ambushed by such a coincidence. For the sake of the overall situation, Liu Yan strictly prohibited random discussions in the army, but in the past few days, he has repeatedly written letters pleading.
The DPRK conducted a thorough investigation into the matter, and was even reprimanded by Liang Fuzhong, the newly appointed capital defense envoy.
This morning, news about the incident at Caopu Bridge porridge made Xiao Sheng's remnant soldiers furious. However, the outer (Guo) city was in chaos and various gossips spread rapidly. It was difficult for Liu Yan to distinguish the authenticity of the incident at Caopu Bridge.
, he is not an impulsive and reckless person, he just secretly sent someone to inquire for more detailed information.
It wasn't until Xu Huai sent someone to tell him that Wang Chun had passed away that Liu Yan could no longer hold himself back. Dozens of generals, filled with grief and indignation, came to pay homage to Wang Chun.
Seeing that Liu Yan and others were so aggressive and armed, Yang Yongdong was really afraid that they would be so angry that they would trigger a mutiny and no one would be able to stop them, so he just lowered his tone and shouted:
"How come you come to worship the Prime Minister like this? Isn't it what the Prime Minister wants? Why didn't you secretly check the matter of collaborating with the enemy? I am not as knowledgeable as you fools. If you want to worship the Prime Minister, you must also know the rules.
, Don’t disturb the king’s spirit in heaven!”
"snort!"
Although Liu Yan did not have the opportunity to participate in the court meeting, as one of the core generals guarding the capital, he still knew who was in charge of fighting and who was in charge of peace. In the past, he could endure it, but how could he give Yang Yongdong this chance now?
The eunuch had a good face, pushed Yang Yongdong aside, saluted Wang Fan and asked: "Where is the king's soul?"
"Follow me..." Wang Fan and Zhu Hang led Liu Yan and others to the mourning hall. Yang Yongdong was afraid that Liu Yan and other soldiers would cause trouble, so he did not dare to leave here. He just asked Chen Zhi to go back to the palace to report.
The situation here.
However, not long after Chen Zhi left, the sound of horse hooves came again.
Xu Pu, Liang Wenjiang and other generals from the main fighting faction in the city rushed over after hearing the news.
The curfew was in vain at this time. No one on the night patrol dared to stop him, and no one wanted to stop him. There were even quite a few soldiers from the Xiang Army who came to Qingye Lane to pay their respects.
The second northern expedition to Yan was defeated, and the Red Husbands destroyed their trust and invaded the south. This made Wang Zhen, who had tried to resist the coalition forces for several years but was exiled, have the same reputation in the government and the public for a while.
He was in charge of the defense of the capital. It could be said that he walked all over the inner and outer city walls and barracks, and even ordinary soldiers recognized Wang Zhen.
The Xuanwu army attacked the camp and was annihilated, Wang Zhen was deprived of his position, and the court was so humble and begging for peace. Naturally, the warring generals in the court were filled with resentment and hatred, but the warring generals also clearly realized that they were unable to fight against the captives.
Outside the city of decisive victory, I also clearly knew that the defense of Bianliang could only be supported with difficulty, so I could only accumulate resentment in my heart, endure it hard, and find it difficult to vent.
Even though Wang Zhen was deprived of his post, he still tried hard to persuade his generals to put the overall situation first.
The sudden death of Wang Xun was like the toppling of a huge tree, which also stirred up the resentment in everyone's hearts.
Seeing that more and more people came to pay homage, and the situation was getting out of control, Yang Yongdong also tried hard to persuade Liu Yan in the mourning hall: "General Liu Yan, you have offered incense and paid homage, why don't you go back to the military camp early to rest?"
?”
"The death of the Prime Minister is so unjust, we must pay filial piety to the Prime Minister!" Liu Yan said.
Yang Yongdong secretly complained, knowing that many people came to worship in batches and left after offering incense. It would not cause any trouble immediately. However, he asked the generals of the main war faction to keep vigil at the royal residence. The tide was gathering and the crowd was angry. Who could
Does knowing it really break the sky?
However, Liu Yan proposed to keep watch for Wang Zhen, and Liang Wenjiang, Xu Pu and other generals all agreed, and they couldn't help but go find white clothes to change into. Yang Yongdong did not dare to stop him, he only hoped that Wang Qiyong and others would learn about this in the palace and be able to do so.
