Fang Chuning and Xie Jue, Xie Xun looked at each other from afar through the strong wind and rain. Fang Chuning's eyes fell deeply on Xie Jue. Both of them were wearing silver armor. They were the most familiar faces to each other in the past seven years.
When they were wearing armor, they were all on the Ningzhou battlefield, fighting side by side, chatting and laughing.
He never thought that one day he would wear armor and meet Xie Jue in battle in Kyoto.
The Forbidden Army and the Jin Yiwei were chasing after the cavalry. There was an ambush in front of them and the pursuers behind them. They had nowhere to escape. They saw that the Forbidden Army and the Jin Yiwei were about to catch up.
"Tingfeng, if you want to leave the city, you can only step over my body." Fang Chuning asked softly, "Will you kill me?"
"Yes!" Xie Jue said indifferently.
He didn't even have an explanation. He waved his long sword in the air and said, "Fang Chuning, get out of the way!"
Fang Chuning closed his eyes in pain. Tingfeng and Xie Xun were at the end of their rope. He knew that they were dead without seeing Xie Zhang or Zhenbei Hou. Tingfeng knew that after leaving tonight, Yanyang would be torn apart and wars would rise everywhere.
You must also be determined to leave, even if you are his enemy, even if you swing a knife at your comrades.
The Zhenbei cavalry and the Jiangnan garrison have been watching each other for many years. He and Xie Jue are also the bridge between the two armies, and Xie Jue doesn't care about wielding his sword at him.
Or garrison troops south of the Yangtze River.
He has decided to rebel!
Fang Chuning thought desperately, what else can he do? In this desperate situation, what else can he do to turn the tide and prevent the world from falling apart?
Tingfeng, let's capture him without mercy. You and Xie Xun left Kyoto. War broke out again in Sangnan and the Northern Barbarians. There was a civil war in Yanyang. The people of Li were in dire straits and the people of the world were in dire straits.
Can you and Xie Xun exchange peace for the world?
If the civil servants and Confucianists would advise him like this, they would choose the lesser of the two powers harming each other. They would be the best at weighing the pros and cons, but Chu Ning would never advise Xie Jue like this.
What else can he do?
Tingfeng, as long as you can surrender, I will keep you and Xie Xun safe.
He can do it, is Tingfeng willing?
In the rain and fog, Xie Jue couldn't see Fang Chuning's face clearly. The heavy rain buried all the love, hate, joy and sorrow. Wu Zui, who was treading the snow, seemed to feel the anxiety of his master and kept neighing. Fang Chuning rode forward and approached Xie Jue.
The horse was riding out, and when he was about to wave his sword to stop him, Xie Jue raised his hand to stop him.
The army behind Fang Chuning rushed towards the Zhenbei Cavalry like a tide. Zhenbei Hou and Xie Zhang were dead. Xie Xun became the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Zhenbei Cavalry. Without his order, the cavalry did not dare to move. Or maybe the generals of the cavalry have been fighting against each other for many years.
Chu Ning was too understanding and took the initiative to give way.
The Jiangnan garrison crossed the cavalry and Chen Bing's city gate, blocking the front of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Guards. The flags of Jiangnan and the tiger flags of the Zhenbei cavalry crossed each other.
Fang Chuning tightened the reins in front of Xie Jue. Seeing Xie Jue's red eyes, Fang Chuning felt like a knife was twisting in his heart. He knew Xie Jue's answer.
Ting Feng doesn’t want to!
When he saw the dilapidated city wall and listened to the sounds of fighting in the city, he knew that everything was irreversible. Fang Chuning suppressed all his emotions and said, "Ting Feng, don't let the Northern Barbarians cross Ningzhou's front line."
This is his only request!
If the Northern Barbarians cross the front line of Ningzhou, tens of thousands of people in Yanyang will be destroyed. No matter how much they hate the Yuwen royal family, they cannot allow the Northern Barbarians to cross the border.
Xie Jue lowered his eyes slightly and did not respond.
"Xu Zhou, Cui Lansong, lead the troops out of the city!" Xie Xun said in a deep voice, "Whoever dares to stop us, take action directly!"
"yes!"
Xu Zhou and Cui Lansong immediately rushed to the city gate with their cavalry. Only the vanguard came to the rescue from King Qin from the four cities. The main force still had an hour of urgent march. They had been frightened by Fang Chuning at the gate and did not dare to stop them.
The Northern Iron Cavalry could only separate their left and right sides and watch the Iron Cavalry break out of the city gate.
Lin Sheng rode out and shouted loudly, "Fang Chuning, you are crazy. If you let them go back to Ningzhou, you are guilty of conspiracy. You are the only son of the eldest princess. Do you want to help the tyrants do evil and harm the country and the people?"
Fang Chuning laughed angrily. Who is causing harm to the country and the people? Who is helping the tyranny? Who launched this coup to split Yanyang?
Half a month ago, the prince urgently recruited the troops stationed in the south of the Yangtze River to return to Beijing to serve the king. After receiving the secret report, Marshal Fang noticed the change. After arranging the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, he led the army to Beijing. Three days ago, Fang Chuning learned the news and asked for orders in front of the battle.
Led the vanguard to rush to aid Kyoto first. Marshal Fang hesitated for more than two hours before agreeing to his request.
Before leaving, Marshal Fang said that if the Marquis dies and the Hou family is in trouble, all the Xie family will die for the funeral, and the Xie brothers must not be allowed to return to Ningzhou.
If the tiger returns to the mountain, there will be endless troubles.
As long as one of the three sons of the Xie family escapes from Kyoto, the power of the Yuwen royal family will be at an end. Beiman and Sangnan will be at war with each other, and the melee will continue for decades.
This coup can only be buried in Kyoto, and Fang Chuning takes over the Zhenbei Cavalry, so that Yanyang can continue to recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment.
Fang Chuning said categorically, "My son respects the order and will not let Xie Jue and Xie Xun leave Kyoto!"
He could only obey and let Xie Jue and Xie Xun go.
Father, if there were no Xie Jue and Xie Xun, do you know what would have happened in Ningzhou?
After this coup, Yanyang's vitality was severely damaged. The Northern Barbarians marched southward. Who could stop him? How could he watch Xie Jue die in Kyoto?
The prince's carriage slowly appeared at the forefront of the imperial army. The eunuch lifted up the curtains of the carriage, and rain and mist poured into the carriage. The prince said coldly, "We will kill Xie Jue and Xie Xun tonight. Anyone who dares to stop them will be killed without mercy!"
Fang Chuning slashed his long sword, and white light swept across thousands of troops, "Let's see who dares!"
"Fang Chuning, Zhenbei Hou Xie Yuan conspired to rebel and punished the nine clans. Will the Fang family also join in the rebellion?" Lin Sheng asked urgently.
Lin Xiao was beside Xie Xun. Hearing Lin Sheng's words, his whole body became stiff and cold.
"Execute the nine tribes?" Fang Chuning sneered, "Do you dare to punish my nine tribes?"
The prince's face was extremely ugly. The Xie family had rebelled. If the Fang family also rebelled, the whole of Yanyang would be truly doomed. He wrote to Jiangnan to ask the general to send troops to help the king because he knew that the Fang family would not rebel!
The monarch and his ministers were indifferent to each other, and only the strong wind and rain washed away the filth between heaven and earth.
"Aning, see you on the battlefield!"
Xie Jue's voice was fragmented in the rain. Fang Chuning did not look back. He only heard the intensive sound of horse hooves. He left in the rain. He sat on the Wuzui in the snow, his back always straight.
Tingfeng, I'm afraid the next time we meet, we will be on the battlefield!
On the sixth day of June in the eleventh year of Jianming, Emperor Jianming died, the Marquis of Zhenbei was executed for his rebellion, and Xie Zhang died from a thousand arrows piercing his heart. On the seventh day of June, Marshal Fang Qin came to his rescue, and Fang Chuning defended him in front of the formation, and let Xie Jue go.
and Xie Xun.
At a quarter of the hour, Marshal Fang led the Jiangnan garrison and the four-city army into the city. A carriage slowly drove into the north gate of Kyoto and was stopped by the imperial guards guarding the city. "Stop, who?"
A hand with sharp bones lifted the car curtain, and a token engraved with the emblem of the Lin family appeared in the hand of the visitor. The Imperial Guard knelt down and said, "I have met Mr. Lin!"
Even the heavy rain could not wash away the strong smell of blood in Kyoto. After the car curtain was lifted, a slender figure got out of the car with a bone umbrella open.
At three o'clock on the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, Lin Heli, the eldest son of the Lin Mansion, entered Kyoto at night.
The flags of the Yanyang army and the tiger flags of the Zhenbei Cavalry were scattered on the ground. The Forbidden Army and the Imperial Guards were carrying corpses and cleaning the streets. If it weren't for Lin Heli, this car would not have been able to enter Kyoto.
The long street was densely packed with corpses and broken arms and limbs, and blood flowed into rivers. Lin Heli held an umbrella, his face solemn, and after the distant sound of horns and the sound of fighting, the ground was in chaos.
Lin Heli thought, things in Yanyang have changed!
On the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, Crown Prince Yu Wenjing ascended the throne, simplified everything, changed the name of the country to Yuan Hui, and made Crown Princess Lin Yushu the queen. On the same day, Lin Ge died due to old age and serious illness.
"Yanyang's energy has been exhausted, and I have no power to return to heaven... God will not bless me, Yanyang, my energy has been exhausted!" The head of the Lin clan knelt in front of the bed. Before his death, Lin Ge was still worried about the fate of the country.
Liancheng, with cavalry stationed at the city gate, Xie Xun lost too much blood and woke up from a coma for two days. When he saw Feng Yu lying on the bed, Xie Xun suspected that he was seriously injured and hallucinating, "Ah Yu?"