Chapter 249 The Luoyang Incident The Death of Yang Guang
Zhang Ling was the descendant of Captain Zhang whom Ye Chenchu met when he came out of Lianhua Mountain. When he attacked Guo Zitong, he contacted Zhang Ling and united all the descendants in the Chu army to defect together and defeated Guo Zitong at the minimum cost.
After defeating Guo Zitong, Ye Chen only rested for half a month to reorganize his troops. Including Zhang Ling's command, a total of 80,000 troops set out and marched up the Yangtze River, preparing to attack all the way to Xiangyang, and then go north to attack Wang Shichong and Li Yuan.
As long as these two groups are defeated, the entire Central Plains will be unified. Even if he is not here, it will not be difficult to reunify the world with Yang Guang's ability to slowly develop for a period of time.
It's just that the plan didn't change quickly, or in other words, he first destroyed Wagang, then Du Fuwei, and Guo Zitong in just a few months, which shocked the entire world and scared other forces.
Just when he was about to march and set off, an urgent message disrupted his plan.
Sitting at the top of the camp, he held an edict in his hand and looked at it. Below him stood a dusty eunuch. After looking at it for a while, he put down the edict and asked:
"When did you set off?"
The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied quickly:
"I set out from the capital eight days ago. I didn't dare to be careless along the way. I killed five fast horses one after another before I reached the general."
"Well!"
Ye Chen rubbed his forehead and said:
"It looks like there's still time. With the capital's defenses and the support of the Demon Sect's Western Sect, we should be able to hold on for a month without any problem!"
When he said this, he raised his eyebrows and said in a loud voice:
"Dugu Zhan!"
"The end is here!"
"Order to lead 30,000 troops to guard Hangzhou until new orders arrive."
"The last general takes command!"
Ye Chen nodded, glanced at the other generals present, and said in a deep voice:
"The others are ready to make rice immediately and prepare to set off back to Luoyang in an hour!"
"Here!"
The eunuch brought Yang Guang's imperial edict not to seize power, but to protect him, because he destroyed three forces in just a few months, causing panic among other forces. Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and other forces joined forces to launch an attack.
Luoyang has been surrounded for more than ten days now.
For Ye Chen, it is not a good thing to be unpaid. Among the remaining major forces in the world, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are the most powerful. Now the main forces are gathered under Luoyang City. As long as they can be defeated in Luoyang, the world will be pacified soon.
But this presupposes that Luoyang City can hold out until he leads the army back, leaving 30,000 men to be led by Dugu Zhan. He personally leads the 50,000-strong army back to the court. With the speed of the army, it will probably take a month to rush back to Luoyang.
, if there are troops blocking the road, the speed will be even slower.
So Ye Chen thought about it and decided to rush back with the army behind, and he would take a shortcut with a group of soldiers to rush back first.
There is a distance of thousands of miles from Hangzhou to Luoyang. Even if he takes a shortcut and rides horses all the way, it will take at least eight or nine days to arrive. Just two days after setting off, he met the second group of special envoys along the way, with Yang Guang
An urgent imperial edict was issued to urge him to return to Beijing quickly.
Ye Chen made a decisive decision and left his soldiers alone, crossing the mountains alone and rushing to Luoyang in a straight line.
The imperial edicts were issued in just two days. It was obvious that the city of Luoyang was in danger. By the time we arrived in Luoyang seven or eight days later, the day lilies would have been cold.
And he was traveling alone, and it wouldn't take him more than a few days without stopping day and night.
Finally, at noon on the fifth day, Luoyang City, which was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, appeared in front of him. He just looked at the dense army, then turned around and touched an unknown abandoned temple a few miles away from Luoyang City.
One of the exits of Yang Gong's Treasure House is here.
Luoyang City, in the imperial palace, Qingxinwan, Sui Emperor Yang Guangzheng and the queen were admiring flowers in Qingxinwan, but neither of them was in the mood to enjoy flowers. The queen said with a worried look:
"Your Majesty, I heard someone said that the general has evil intentions and wants to be independent, and is unwilling to send his troops back to the court to rescue him?"
Yang Guang put his hands behind his back and looked at the lotus flowers in the pond in front of him, and said confidently:
"That's because someone is spreading rumors. I believe that the general will immediately send his troops back to the court after receiving the imperial edict."
The queen said again:
"But even if the general returns to the court immediately, it will take at least half a month to arrive at the speed of the army. At that time..."
Yang Guang looked back at the queen and said with a smile:
"Queen, don't worry. Kyoto has many soldiers and supplies, and the city is strong and well-equipped. It won't be a problem to hold it for half a year. We will definitely be able to wait until the big day..."
As soon as he said this, a voice suddenly interrupted him and said:
"Your Majesty is really optimistic, but I don't think Luoyang City can be defended until that time."
The expression on Yang Guang's face changed and he shouted:
"Who is so sneaky!"
A eunuch behind him immediately rushed to Yang Guang and shouted:
"Someone is coming, escort!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of forbidden troops immediately surged outside Qingxinyuan and surrounded Yang Guang tightly. Everyone stood in formation and looked at a bald monk walking out of a row of bamboos on the edge of the wall of Qingxinyuan.
"Tian Jue Monk Wu Xiang!"
Yang Guang's pupils shrank, then shrank again. After seeing the bamboo forest, someone walked out again and grabbed the queen's hand tightly:
"Fan Qinghui?"
After a pause, he spoke out two more names in a dry voice:
"Master Fei Xuan, Ning Daoqi!"
At this moment, an old eunuch behind Yang Guang suddenly reached out and grabbed Yang Guang and fled away. Another eunuch pointed at the four great masters and shouted:
"Hold them off!"
"boom!"
There was a loud bang, and the old eunuch Yang Guang had just fled to the arch of Qingxinyuan about ten meters away. Suddenly, a rockery not far from the door exploded violently, and a pumpkin hammer about the size of a table flew out and hit Yang.
Guang, the old eunuch threw Yang Guang towards the gate and shouted:
"Protect Your Majesty!"
He pressed his palms together and pushed hard, his internal energy surging. This old eunuch turned out to be a master.
But the power contained in the giant pumpkin hammer was too strong. As soon as the two palms came into contact, with a loud noise that shook the sky, the old eunuch spurted out a mouthful of blood and flew upside down several meters away. He twisted his body in mid-air and flew towards Yang.
Guang, a man with white hair and an extremely evil appearance appeared out of nowhere. He waved his palms and transformed into hundreds of palms, killing all the imperial guards at the gate of Qingxinyuan. He reached out to grab Yang Guang.
"Evil King Shi Zhixuan!"
A trace of unspeakable fear flashed in the old eunuch's eyes, but he still pounced on him without hesitation, and then flew upside down at a faster speed and knocked away a rockery several meters high. He struggled to get up with tears on his face:
"Your Majesty, I can't save you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took his last breath.
Shi Zhixuan waved his sleeves to fly away the advancing Imperial Army, and threw Yang Guang back into Qingxinyuan. Yang Guang got up in embarrassment, looked around, and said with a wry smile:
"I didn't expect to have to trouble six great masters to attack at the same time. I will not regret my death. It's a pity that the general is not here, otherwise he will definitely be very excited to fight with you."
