Everyone knows that the key to the victory or defeat of this battle actually lies in two points. One is to capture Tongzhou City, and the other is that Liu Sheng led an army of 120,000 people to hold back 20 of the most elite members of the imperial court outside Juyong Pass.
Wan Dajun, this was their victory.
Wang Xian looked at the generals and asked softly: "Calculating, their food and grass should have been exhausted five days ago. Do you plan to sacrifice them?"
The generals all lowered their heads, even if they didn't care about Liu Sheng's life and death. As soon as the more than 200,000 elite border troops were liberated, they could enter the pass immediately. Coupled with the Qinwang troops from various places who were coming one after another, failure was certain.
Or myself...
In fact, except for Wu Wei and Mo Wen, only a few people could understand Wang Xian's painstaking efforts. The other generals seemed to understand, but since the coach made such a decision, they had no choice but to accept it unconditionally.
Without further ado, Wang Xian asked Wu Wei and Yang Pu to return to the capital that day, and proposed to Emperor Hongxi the conditions for a withdrawal of troops. The first was to immediately withdraw Xuan Da's troops and hand over the Xuan Mansion to Wang Xian's temporary control. The second was to
Wang Xian was granted the title of King of Zhennan, and the land south of the Qinling Mountains, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Annan was his feudal state. The court was not allowed to interfere in all domestic affairs. The third was to maintain the status quo in Shandong, and officials were still appointed by Wang Xian. The fourth was to maintain the Hetao
Under the current situation, all unfavorable actions against the Loop will be regarded as breaking the contract. Fifth, all officials who are willing to follow Wang Xian will not be blocked by the court.
Wang Xian originally thought that there would be a tug of war, and other than the immediate withdrawal of Xuan Da's army without discussion, he did not intend to force the court to agree immediately. However, the next afternoon, the emperor asked Yang Pu and Wu Wei to return to Tongzhou and tell Wang Xian
——As long as he agrees to one thing, the court can agree to all his conditions.
Moreover, Yang Pu told Wang Xian that in order to show the court's sincerity, the emperor had issued an order to withdraw Xuanda's troops, deposed Zhu Zhanji as crown prince, and released his sister and brother-in-law back.
As for the emperor's condition, there was no way Wang Xian could not agree to it, because the emperor only asked him to swear to be loyal to the court from generation to generation and never betray.
If you don't agree, doesn't it mean you want to rebel?
After sending someone to confirm that the Xuanda army had withdrawn and that Liu Sheng and others were safe, Wang Xian readily agreed to sign the contract. After Yang Pu returned to the capital, he brought back the emperor's will. Zhu Gaochi said that in order to make the covenant more
As a binding force, a monument should be erected to engrave the covenant so that future generations may never violate it. A ceremony to canonize Wang Xian as King of Zhennan will be held in person.
The generals were worried about Wang Xian's safety and did not agree to let him enter the capital. However, Yang Pu told Wang Xian that the emperor said that in order to reassure you, it would be okay to hold the ceremony outside Tongzhou City.
Now no one had any reason to object, and both parties agreed to hold a canonization ceremony outside Tongzhou City five days later, at which time the emperor would come in person.
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In the capital, when they learned that Wang Xian had agreed to the peace talks, everyone from the court officials to the common people heaved a long sigh of relief.
In the palace, Empress Zhang, Zhu Zhanquan, Huang Huai and other ministers all knelt in front of the dragon bed, crying and begging the emperor not to risk his life and leave the city.
"Your body and bones are like this, you can't bear any torture!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, there is no need for the emperor to come in person. It is perfectly fine to let His Highness Prince Zheng do the canonization for you!"
"Yes, Father, let me go..." Zhu Zhanji was captured and deposed. Prince Zheng Zhu Zhanquan became the first heir to the throne and he should take responsibility.
"He can't do it. I must see Wang Xian in person in order to settle all the grievances." The emperor had already made up his mind and asked everyone to retreat, leaving only King Zheng who said: "My life is short. If I die one day,
You can take over the throne."
"My son's talent is shallow and his virtues are weak, and he cannot bear the big responsibility. Please ask your father to plan for the country and select talents from among your younger brothers to take on this important task!" Zhu Zhanquan cried when he heard this. If it were normal, the emperor would pass on the throne.
If you give it to him, he will dance with joy, but the current mess really scares him away.
"You are indeed incompetent, but you are still better than your brothers..." Zhu Gaochi did not allow him to refuse, and said slowly: "In the future, I will rely more on the clan to protect the Zhu family."
Seeing that Zhu Zhanju could not refuse, he fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
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In a blink of an eye, on the day of the alliance meeting, the emperor arrived in Tongzhou under the escort of five thousand Yulin troops.
Wang Xian personally led the civil and military forces and went ten miles out of the city to greet him. The soldiers on both sides were at war with each other, and they were all extremely nervous. However, when the old eunuch Zhang Cheng appeared in front of Wang Xian, supporting the frail emperor, the scene suddenly calmed down.
The monarch and the minister looked at each other, both of them unable to hide their emotions... After all, they had been so united and experienced so many hardships and obstacles together, how could they not have feelings?
"Your Majesty!" Wang Xian pretended to bow, but Zhu Gaochi couldn't make him kneel down. He quickly asked someone to support him and said with tears in his eyes: "I can't help you! Zhongde..."
"Don't mention the past anymore..." Wang Xianye said with a sad expression: "I also made mistakes, but when I resisted and disobeyed the decree, I just didn't want to waste all my efforts. I had no intention of betraying the emperor!"
"I know, I know, I was bewitched by the people around me, so I cut off my thigh and humerus, and it was my own fault..." Zhu Gaochi took Wang Xian's hand, looked at Wang Xian who was still handsome, and sighed: "I know
, no matter how I block you, I can't dispel your doubts, so I came here in person."
"We believe that the emperor will keep his promise." Wang Xian said word for word.
After saying what needed to be said, the two of them went up to the high platform hand in hand, and the canonization ceremony officially began. After paying tribute to the heaven and earth, the emperor personally handed the gold book and gold treasure for canonizing Wang Xian into his hands. Then the emperor and King Zhennan
We set up a monument together as an oath, swearing to heaven that we would never break our promise, and that we would always be kings and ministers in all our lives.
At the end of the ceremony, the emperor was very tired, but he still kept his spirits up and said to Wang Xian: "You also know about my body. I can no longer see you off on the day you leave for the country."
Zhang Cheng then brought over a silver tray with dragon patterns, a silver wine pot and two gold cups on it.
Looking at the silver pot and gold cup, Wang Xian's pupils shrank, and then he heard the emperor smile and say: "I'll give you a farewell here."
As he spoke, the emperor raised his hand with difficulty, held the wine pot, and wanted to pour wine into the cup, but he couldn't even complete such a simple action. The wine in the pot spilled on the tray. The tray was silvery and the wine was crystal clear.
, the frightened guard behind Wang Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Xian quickly took the jug and poured wine into two glasses for the emperor.
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, I'm a useless person."
"Your Majesty is in his prime. Please rest assured and take care of yourself for a while, and you will recover." Wang Xian said, picking up a wine glass and offering it to the Emperor.
The emperor accepted it happily, and Wang Xian also raised his glass.
The emperor raised his glass to signal Wang Xian, gave him a false bow, raised his hand, and drank the wine himself. Then he showed the bottom of the glass to Wang Xian and looked at him with a smile.
Wang Xian took a deep breath, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing Wang Xian drinking, the emperor laughed loudly, but the laughter was not cheerful, but filled with a trace of sadness and pain.
Wang Xian frowned slightly, but saw the emperor's expression change, and he lowered his head and coughed suddenly!
"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body..." Wang Xian was about to persuade him, but he saw the emperor raised his head and stared at him with a malicious look on his face, with a trace of black blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.
The emperor stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointed his halberd at Wang Xian, and yelled with all his strength: "You, brave Wang Xian, dare to poison the wine and murder your father, everyone in the world... everyone can be punished.
Of!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud of blood spurted out from the emperor's mouth, which splashed directly on Wang Xian's new royal robe. He fell straight into Zhang Cheng's arms. Blood continued to pour out of his mouth and nose, but he still refused to close his eyes and stared.
By Wang Xian.
"Come on, come on, come on, Wang Xian has poisoned the emperor to death!" Zhang Cheng screamed in horror, and there was chaos in the arena. Guards from both sides rushed forward.
Among the guards in Ouchi, a phantom suddenly rushed out, holding a sword and stabbing towards Wang Xian like lightning! This is a skill that can only be achieved by a top master!
Hearing a cold snort, someone next to Wang Xian drew his sword and faced him, but he blocked the assassin forcefully!
"Xianyun!"
"Hu Hao!"
"Your Highness, we have fallen into a trap!" Seeing that Master Xianyun was blocking Hu Hao, several guards hurriedly protected Wang Xian and retreated: "Let's leave quickly!"
Just as Wang Xian was about to speak, his blood suddenly surged up. With a whoosh, he spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Hongxi closed his eyes...
The guards hurriedly carried Wang Xian out of the high platform. Erhei and others were on guard outside the scene, but when they heard the chaos inside, they quickly led their troops to rush in. Just when they saw Wang Xian vomiting blood and falling to the ground, all the soldiers immediately went crazy!
All the princes and ministers who came with the emperor were slaughtered, and the Yulin army was surrounded and killed without leaving any one behind!
On the high platform, Hu Hao saw that something was not going well and wanted to escape, but Xianyun stabbed him in the ribs with a sword. He couldn't hold his breath and suddenly fell to the ground.
Xianyun broke Hu Hao's hand tendons and hamstrings and allowed the soldiers to tie him up.
Hu Hao stared at Xianyun in disbelief. During the previous fight, Xianyun was clearly no match for him, but that last sword attack fully demonstrated his skills as a top master!
"A soldier never tires of deceit." Xianyun said coldly and jumped away.
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After learning that the emperor had been killed, the officials in the capital were in chaos, but they saw Zhu Zhanjuan, accompanied by Queen Mother Zhang, appearing in the Golden Palace.
Empress Dowager Zhang personally read out the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing. It turned out that the emperor had made Zhu Zhanquan the crown prince and abdicated the throne to him before leaving the capital.
Zhu Zhanquan burst into tears and said: "My father had long expected that the traitor might kill him, but for the sake of the common people and the country, he went out of the city to meet him without hesitation. The traitor was indeed so mad that he killed your father in public! I swear to God that I will not avenge this."
I swear not to be a human being!"
Thinking of the many benefits of the late emperor, the ministers also cried and cried, expressing with tears that they were incompatible with Wang Xian and must avenge the late emperor!