Chapter 88: Yang Huan plans the last fight and Wang Tuo swears to defend Jicheng
It is said that in the Ye Palace, the former Zhao Emperor Shi Jian is now the guardian Li Jian. Although he is allowed to live in the Ye Palace, he cannot serve the ancestral temple and cannot meet with the ministers. He is almost like a walking corpse and only eats rough things every day.
King Wei also wanted to humiliate him.
Unexpectedly, Li Jian didn't care at all, he just accepted it happily, kowtowed and thanked the King of Wei for long live him. How could Ran Min be so easy to deceive? After many days, he tried many times, but he saw Li Jian just sitting in the palace.
Respectful and humble, with no trace of temper, he indeed no longer posed a threat to him. In addition, Ran Min had agreed to Princess Shiyun's request and was about to get married. If he tried to harm him again, it might damage his harmony. So he slowly relaxed his supervision.
, except that he cannot go out of the palace, he is allowed to move around freely in the palace. His former servants such as Yang Huan can also take care of Shi Jian's daily life.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat." Outside the palace gate, a guard delivered the meal.
Shi Jian was silent, just like the previous days, but this time a pair of pale and mottled hands picked up the food box and brought it to Li Jian. Li Jian looked up and saw Yang Huan.
When the master and servant's eyes met, Li Jian's eyes only revealed deep hatred, which flashed past. Li Jian only smiled and said: "It's been a long time, Mr. Yang, how are you doing?"
"Your Majesty," Yang Huan said respectfully, "please have a meal."
"Bang" the door of the palace closed. For a moment, Li Jian held it down, snatched the food box and threw it at Yang Huan. Yang Huan fell to the ground instantly. Li Jian still couldn't help but kicked him with his foot.
He suppressed his voice and cursed: "The whole country of Zhao has been harmed by you, this cheap slave." The kicks and punches were like a strong storm pouring down on Yang Huandao.
Maybe Li Jian was also tired from beating, so he just slumped on the ground. Looking at Yang Huan who was crawling on the ground with bleeding from the corner of his mouth, he gasped and said: "Get up, I am a bereaved dog after all. There is no one around me to take care of you. What's wrong with you?"
comfort."
Hearing this, Yang Huan just cleaned up the dirt on his body, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Your Majesty, this old slave is useless, allowing Your Majesty to suffer such a shame and humiliation."
"What a shame and humiliation, ha, ha." Li Jian only smiled bitterly, "The Shi family's foundation has been completely destroyed by my hands. If I had known about this, I would have killed him at the first glance, so as not to be humiliated by that Han kid."
Yang Huan only looked at Li Jian and said calmly: "Your Majesty, your patience with humiliation is beyond the reach of the late emperor and his disciples. If not, how could I serve your Majesty again?"
Li Jian only wandered around the hall in a daze, "I'm just surviving, I'm just surviving, how can I have the face to survive in this world? I just want to remember our master and servant, you can go."
Seeing Yang Huanshen kneeling on the ground, Li Jian only asked in confusion: "Why are you still here? Now everyone is afraid to avoid you, why don't you leave quickly."
Yang Huan only stood up and came closer. Although his voice was small, his words were firm, "Now that the world is uncertain, your Majesty has the opportunity to regain the country. I would like to wish your Majesty a helping hand."
"Recover the country?!" Li Jian's body trembled a little and then he took a few steps back, looking at him doubtfully, "What are you trying to do by deceiving me? I can't give you anything here. You go away, go away quickly."
"It seems that your majesty was finally frightened by Ran Min. Li Tekang trusted someone unreasonable." Yang Huan only turned around and left.
"Stop!" Li Jian just called him.
Yang Huan only said firmly: "Yes, it is Li Tekang, the young man next to Princess Shi Yun."
At this time, the night was already deep. In a secluded place in Dongming Temple, Li Tekang saw no one in private. He ducked into a rockery, only to be captured by Yao Yi. The leader Zhang Chen cursed angrily: "You actually
It is really a shame for us to surrender to those Han thieves, how can you invite me and others with such a guise?"
Li Tekang was tightly cuffed, but he said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Uncle, I know that my parents died tragically at the hands of barbarians, but now I have no choice but to commit myself to Shi Yuncheng."
I saw Zhang Chen pushing Li Tekang away violently, while the two people behind him had their hands on their sabers but were not at ease with him.
"Shi Yun, if it weren't for her, how could I, the Hu, be in the trouble I am today? If I don't kill him, it won't be enough to resolve the hatred in my heart."
Li Tekang said anxiously: "Uncle, no! This matter has nothing to do with Shi Yun."
At this time, Yao Ruo, who was behind the two people, pushed Zhang Chen and Yao Yi away, only looked directly at Li Tekang, and asked him: "Everyone in the world knows about the old events in Hualin Garden, but you actually defended them. This woman is the culprit, and we will not get rid of it." However, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
Li Tekang rubbed his shoulders and said: "General Yao Wu Yao Yi and General Wu Wei Yao Ruo, if it weren't for Shi Yun's advice and advice to kill Hu Ling, you two would not be here today. You are not serving as generals in Ye Palace now." Yet?"
The two men were silent for a while, and the elder Yao Yi first said: "If my brothers were not trapped in Yecheng, how could they serve under the Han Chinese Ran Min? In addition, my father Yao Yizhong led the army outside, Ran Min must If you have scruples, it would be a shame to not be sincere now."
Yao Ruo on the side said: "I want to escape in the next few days, Li Tekang, how about you and I go out together?"
"Hahaha." Li Tekang only laughed mockingly, "After talking for a long time, it turns out that you only care about yourself and your own well-being. I misjudged you."
Everyone looked ashamed when they were mocked by little Li Tekang.
Zhang Chen finally asked him, "General, I have served under your father for many years. I know that you have great ambitions at a young age. If you want my uncle to do anything, just tell me."
Li Tekang only looked around and saw no one around, and said: "Shi Yun has promised to marry Ran Min, the traitor. Ran Min is very careful when traveling now, only during the wedding..."
Yao Ruo said excitedly: "Yes, everyone was extremely happy at the wedding, so letting your guard down is the last chance to make a move."
Seeing his younger brother Yao Ruo's excited expression, Yao Yi did not feel much joy and asked Li Tekang: "Even so, Ran Min, the thief, will definitely let his confidants arrange things from the side. If things are not done secretly, I'm afraid... "
The moonlight shines on Li Tekang's slightly thin figure. On the contrary, he has a pair of big eyes and two crimson cloud-like eyebrows. At this time, his eyes reveal a cold look. The cold light was not commensurate with his age. Li Tekang said slowly: "At the wedding, I will be Princess Shiyun's personal attendant. If there is any success, I will inform you secretly." He added at the end. He said, "Who would notice a young man? Only one thing can't hurt Shi Yun."
"Shi Yun?" Yao Yi was doubtful, "Why?"
Li Tekang's eyes had murderous intent, and he said: "I just said, don't hurt Shi Yun."
At this time, they remembered voices outside, and all they heard was the voice calling Li Tekang. Seeing this, Yao Ruo and Yao Yi only left in a hurry.
Xiaoqiu, who turned out to be Princess Shiyun's maid, finally found her way to the rockery. When she saw Li Tekang, she just complained: "You made it easy for me to find her. The princess told you to go quickly."
Indoors, there was only an oil lamp in front of the window sill, dragging the figure of Princess Shiyun into a long figure.
The door finally opened, and Li Tekang quietly came inside.
"Why did you do this?" Shi Yun just looked at him quietly and said slowly, and suddenly slammed the table angrily, "You don't know, now Ran Min has stopped, if you continue to kill, it will only increase the blood. ”.
"Princess." Li Tekang kowtowed deeply, prostrated, and said for a long time, "Now that the Han people have taken full control of Ye City, all our Hus are dead and wounded. Princess really wants to see all our Hus perish..."
"Shut up!" Shi Yun was angry for a moment, and then cried, "You have escaped from the tiger's mouth, and King Wei spared your life. Why are you still like this? Could it be that Hu Han really couldn't..."
"Princess's Shi clan is now all surnamed 'Li' because of a prophecy, how humiliating it is." Li Tekang's sharp eyes only saw the handkerchief in front of the stage, and he stepped forward with anger and a trace of jealousy.
, just want to tear it off.
Unexpectedly, Shi Yun rushed forward and snatched it away.
"You are so reluctant to let go of that Han kid. I, a Hu, can't compare to that Ran Min." There was a hint of jealousy in Li Tekang's words.
At this moment, Xiao Qiu came in and said, "You kid, why are you talking like that?" But seeing the jealousy on his face, he smiled and said, "You kid, I don't know what you are thinking."
Li Tekang was a little embarrassed by what he said, and suddenly he sternly yelled: "I, Hu and Han, will never stand in harmony." Then he ran out of the room as if trying to escape.
Outside Yecheng, Shi Min fought against the invading army.
Shi Min was right as he expected. Outside Yecheng, Ruyin King Shi Kun, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang and others led a large number of troops, but they were all a patchwork of troops. They did not listen to orders, blamed each other, were afraid to move forward, and were defeated.
fighter plane.
Shi Min was in the lead, holding a spear in his hand, and the red dragon horse under his crotch was as fierce as fire. The 3,000 cavalry he led were unstoppable, and they were able to defeat the coalition army and behead more than 3,000 of them.
Stepping on the corpses of the enemy soldiers in the wilderness, Shi Min climbed up to the high platform and shouted: "Soldiers, no one in our country of Zhao can bully our Han people. The generals of our country of Zhao belong to the Han people in the world."
"The general is mighty! The general is mighty!" the soldiers below cheered loudly.
Suddenly, someone in the team said, "The general has such unparalleled achievements and deserves to be the emperor. We all support the general as the lord of Zhao."
For a moment, the sergeant fell into calmness, and then he shouted, "Long live the general, long live the general."
After hearing this, Shi Min tried to stop him, but the accompanying generals knelt on the ground and stayed up for a long time, saying: "General, wearing strong armor and armed with sharp swords, he won a place in the Zhao Kingdom for us Han people. Now that the Jie clan has lost power, the general should go one step further."
Shi Min said: "Now that the world is not settled, the barbarians are not attached, and Shi Jian is not wrong, I want to follow Cao Cao's story and wait until the world is settled before we discuss it."
One person was busy holding Shi Min's lapel and said: "It is better for the Yi and Di to have a king than for the Chinese to perish. The world should be restored to our Han people. Now the Jie people are unruly and the Jie people in Ye City have been slaughtered. At this time, the general should be
Follow the public sentiment and join the Ninth Five-Year Plan."
Shi Min still wanted to refuse. At this moment, an envoy from the city arrived in front of Ran Min's army.
The envoy walked up to Ran Min and said, "I am following your Majesty's instructions."
The King of Wei did not move at all, and the rest of the soldiers in the beggar army were also solemn and silent. The envoy had anticipated this situation and did not panic. He only cleared his throat and said: "The King of Wei has worked hard and achieved great results. He is happy to hear that he has defeated the powerful enemy. The traitor Shi
I am very relieved that you have been loyal to the country, and now I will congratulate the King of Wei by bestowing royal wine in the palace."
The envoy only signaled for the waiter to present the giant wine bottle to King Wei. The King of Wei just held the wine glass and looked at the turbid liquid, but did not import it. The envoy just looked at Wei quietly.
King, you are not in a hurry.
At this moment, Dong Run snatched it up and drank it all in one gulp. He did not forget to thank the envoy and said: "The King of Wei cannot bear the power of wine, so for the time being, I will drink it with my general." Finally, he said to the envoy, "Go back and tell you Li Li.
Jian said, King Wei has made great achievements again, if you, princess, don’t marry King Wei again, then how can we protect His Majesty’s inheritance?”
The envoy only took a step back and bowed and said: "What the general said is true, my envoy will definitely bring it to you."
"Long live, long live." I remembered a shout from the army.
The messenger left in a hurry, only to see Ran Min patting Dong Run on the shoulder and saying, "You kid, you have overstepped your bounds."
"Haha, King Wei, my life is not worth cherishing. If something happens to King Wei's body of a thousand gold, which the begging army relies on for survival, please take care of it."
After some time, seeing that Dong Run was normal, Zhang Ai simply said: "It seems that Li Jian has surrendered to the King of Wei."
Wang Tai looked at Ye City in the distance and said leisurely: "If it weren't for the begging army stationed in the city, and all thirty-eight members of the Li clan are in my hands, wouldn't I know what Li Jian would do?"
"Forget it." Ran Min just sighed, "If the Li family doesn't let me down, I will never let him down. Now the enemy is in front of us, and the land of Youji is empty. After the civil strife is over, quickly fight against the Murong family. All the troops are in charge.
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Youzhou Jicheng
Most of the Jicheng garrison was transferred due to Ye City. At this time, the city's defense was weak and unable to withstand the Yan army's advance.
Youzhou governor Wang Wu and Deng Heng have decided to let the city go and preserve its strength. Jicheng, the fortified city built by Zhao State for many years, has become an abandoned child.
In the early morning of that day, after counting the last batch of supplies and soldiers, Wang Wu led his sergeants to prepare to leave the city.
"Where is my brother Wang Tuo?" Wang Wu asked the attendant next to him.
"I haven't seen you since yesterday. It's time to go back and reorganize your troops."
"The forward of the Yan army is approaching. The situation is critical now. Forget it, leave quickly."
At this time, the mist in winter enveloped the entire Jicheng City. Wang Wu was leading a group of soldiers to leave the south city gate, but he saw a dark mass in front of him, which looked like soldiers. He couldn't help but feel nervous, so he walked forward, and just here
At that time, the mist dispersed and the morning light began to show. It turned out that Wang Tuo, Wang Wu's younger brother, was standing at the city gate leading his troops.
"My brother pays homage to the Governor." Wang Tuo only saw Wang Wu and bowed to salute.
"Brother, what do you mean now?" Wang Wu hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked.
"Have you heard about what happened in Yecheng?" Wang Tuo asked Wang Wu slowly.
Wang Wu was also sad, "I heard that due to the dispute between Hu and Han, the Zhao Kingdom will not survive long."
"Brother, now that the world is in chaos, where can we go? The wives, children, and children of these soldiers are all here. If the army leaves, how can Jicheng be defended?"
After hearing this, Wang Wu hurriedly pulled his younger brother aside and whispered: "Brother, listen to my advice. Today's world is no longer comparable to Shile and Shihu. Yecheng, Xiangguo, and Zhaoguo are already in chaos. We
These people are just trying to survive. I don’t want to abandon them, but now there are no reinforcements outside Jicheng, and there is no food and grass inside, so what can we rely on? The Shi royal family doesn’t care about us, let’s find our own way out.”
Wang Tuo just stood in the cold winter wind, with the fringe flowers on his armor fluttering in the wind. He said slowly for a long time: "Brother, I have the duty to defend the land and resist the enemy. If you escape now, you will die, if you defend the city, you will die. Either way, you will die.
My younger brother is willing to defend Jicheng with all the soldiers." Wang Tuo patted his elder brother's shoulder and said, "Now that all the Jie people in Zhao are slaughtered, where will we go? The army of Yan will arrive soon, and my younger brother will be my elder brother's queen.
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When Wang Wu saw this, he wanted to persuade him, but Wang Tuo said: "I am not guarding this city for the Shi family. I have long heard that the Yan army has strong bows and crossbows, and their horses and swords are unparalleled in the world. My brother has long wanted to meet him."
Wang Tuo looked at an elder in the team and said to Wang Wu, "I am not the only one who has this intention. The prefect Li Chan and the general Mu Jian also have this intention."
Li Chan stepped forward and made an impassioned speech to Wang Wu and Deng Huan, "When I receive someone's salary, I should share his safety. If I give up this honor to save my life, what will the righteous people say to me!"
Mu Jian said calmly: "The last general has been favored by the Shi family. He has been cannibalizing people's salaries and being loyal to the emperor since ancient times. The Shi family has been under Jicheng for a long time. Now that the enemy is about to invade, there must be some people who are in trouble."
Immediately, Wang Tuo turned around and said to the troops: "I am willing to defend Jicheng to the death. Who is willing to follow me?"
I saw Wang Tuo's subordinates all kneeling down: "I will follow the general to the death."
Deng Heng had been waiting beside Wang Wu for a long time, and then he stepped forward and said to Wang Wu: "You are commendable for your loyalty and bravery, and you have trained your troops well. It is a pity that Wang Tuo has not met the Ming Lord. If he is like this, he will have great achievements in the world."
Wang Wu knew that he could not be persuaded, so he bowed deeply to Wang Tuo and led the Jicheng army to disappear into the mountains and forests on the southern outskirts of Jicheng.
