Chapter 1144: The escalation of the turmoil (2) [two in one]
In early September, the Korean general stationed in Hexi, Taiyuan Guard Lian Pi, was replaced by deputy general "Success". The latter stole Lian Pi's Taiyuan Guard position, tore up the "Wei-Han Handan Agreement", and took the lead in attacking Wei's Fenyin
The county launched an offensive.
However, the Wei general stationed in Fenyin, Lintao Lord Wei Ji, somehow knew about the sneak attack by Han general Le Cheng, and led the newly trained "Fenyin Army" to desperately defend Fenyinjin (the ferry), and Le Cheng's
More than 20,000 Korean troops blocked Hexi.
The good times did not last long. Two days later, "Han Yangyihou Han Xu", who had blocked the army of Wei Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo at Maling in Taiyuan, marched out of "Lishi" city, crossed Hukou Mountain, and approached Wei's "Beiqu" city.
The newly-appointed Beiqu Ling "Huo Yan" and Beiqu Lieutenant "Dou Guang", on the one hand, led the newly established Beiqu Army to resist, and on the other hand, they urgently asked for help from the two cities of "Linfen" and "Anyi". Because these two
This city is stationed with the two most powerful Wei armies in Hedong County - the First Northern Army under King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and the Third Northern Army under General Jiang Bi.
However, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan is not currently in Anyi, and the general commanding the First Army of the North is Zhang Ao, the Zongwei of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and the deputy general of the First Army of the North.
After a brief meeting, Zhang Ao and Jiang Bi reached a tacit understanding: the First Army of the North would go to support Fenyin, while the Third Army of the North would go north to support Beiqu.
At the same time, in South Korea's Handan County, Han generals, Dangyin Hou Han Yang, "Jin Fu", "Sima Shang", "Feng Ting" and other Korean generals left Yecheng and went straight to Qiguan.
This news shocked the Korean merchants in the border cities of Qixian and Moyi. They immediately ended their transactions with the Wei people and fled with as much goods as possible amid waves of curses directed at those in power in Handan.
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After learning the news, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang, who was in Shanyang County, cursed South Korea's "treachery" and immediately led 30,000 Shanyang troops to Qiguan.
On the sixth day of September, the urgent news that "South Korea tore up the agreement" reached Daliang, the capital of the Wei Dynasty.
For a moment, Liang Chaoye was filled with anger and cursed the Koreans for not keeping their word.
"Xiao Luan really colluded with South Korea..."
After learning about the war situation in Northern Xinjiang, Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi looked gloomy.
In fact, Jie Ziu is not the only one with a discerning eye. In the past two months, after the Zhongyang rebellion and the Daliang rebellion, the remnants of the Xiao family launched rebellions in various places in the Wei Kingdom. It seemed like a cricket was shaking a tree, and they were ridiculously trying to use that
A small amount of power shakes the foundation of Wei State, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the series of rebellions by the remnants of the Xiao family are just the foreshadowing before the "real crisis".
"South Korea has an unjust army. We, the Wei Dynasty, should inform the world of the Handan Agreement and condemn the Koreans' treacherous behavior."
Li Zheng, the president leader of the Third Guard Army who was summoned, said seriously.
Hearing this, Emperor Wei shook his head with a smile and said calmly: "So what about condemnation? If this matter is really Xiao Luan's long-planned trick, then it will not be just South Korea that sends troops to attack Wei..."
Zhao Yuanci knew very well: This time South Korea did not hesitate to bear the stigma of treachery and resolutely broke the agreement to attack Wei State, which meant that this was a national war with the ultimate goal of "destroying Wei State".
If the Wei State cannot survive this national war in the end, then what is the point of indifferent condemnation?
Victory is justice!
As long as they win the war, the Koreans will have plenty of ways and time to cover up the truth and deceive the world.
While Emperor Wei was talking with Li Zheng, a middle-aged eunuch hurried to the Manlu Hall and said a few words to the eunuch Tong Xian, but Tong Xian's expression changed.
"You should step back first."
After dismissing the eunuch, Tong Xian turned to face Emperor Wei and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the eunuch has just received news from someone from the "Qing Crows Qi Chu Branch", saying... King Xiong Xu of Chu,
Appoint Shouling Jun Jingshe as commander, General Xiang Mo and Diyang Jun Xiong Shang as deputy generals, and raise hundreds of thousands of troops, known as millions, to attack Song County."
"..." Emperor Wei's eyelids twitched uncontrollably a few times, and he forced a smile: "Hehehe, it seems that the civil strife in Chu State has been calmed down..."
However, Li Zheng, the president of the Third Guard Army, could not laugh.
Going to war with two powerful countries, South Korea and Chu at the same time? You know, even one of them is a strong enemy for Wei.
However, the feast Xiao Luan prepared for Wei was far more than that.
Three days later, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance sent news that the Wuxu tribe had gathered the Jie tribe and the Ling tribe to attack "Henan" - after the Yi tribe defected to the Sichuan-Luo tribe, the current chief of the Yi tribe, "Erdemo",
Moved the entire tribe from "Huayin" to "Henan".
If there were only rebellions between the Wusu Royal Court and the Jie and Ling tribes, the powerful Sichuan-Luo Alliance would not be facing a formidable enemy. What really makes the Sichuan-Luo Alliance fearful is the comeback of the Qin army - which was defeated in the past two years.
Wei Gongzi Ji Runtu attacked the Qin State with an army of 200,000, and organized an army again in an attempt to avenge the blood debt of that year.
On September 11th, the situation worsened. The de facto ruler of Song County, Nangong Yao, the former surrendered general of the Song Dynasty, faced the so-called million-strong army led by Chu Shouling Jun Jingshe. Instead of resisting
, actually took the opportunity to raise a flag to rebel, and openly launched an army to rebel under the banner of "restoring the royal family of the Song Dynasty".
When hearing this series of bad news, Emperor Wei could still pretend to be calm at first, but when he learned that after Han and Chu, Nangong Yao of the Qin State and the Song Dynasty also joined the camp hostile to his Wei State,
He could no longer control the anxiety and anger in his heart, his vision went dark, and he fainted in the Manna Hall.
Suddenly, the palace was in chaos, and the imperial doctors rushed to the Ganlu Hall to diagnose and treat Emperor Wei.
After some diagnosis, the imperial doctors told Li Zheng that Emperor Wei fainted mainly because of long-term exhaustion and anger.
Li Zheng did not dare to be careless about this. After all, throughout the ages, anger and heart attacks have often been the main cause of "sudden death". This kind of illness caused by a severe psychological blow is almost difficult to cure by taking medicine, and can only be cured by taking medicine.
Relying on long-term conditioning to improve, otherwise, how could the saying "Heart disease requires heart medicine and medicine" remain?
After being in a coma for half a day, Emperor Wei woke up and saw the eunuch Tong Xian and the president of the Three Guards Li Zheng standing next to the bed with worried expressions on their faces.
"I can't fall yet. If I fall now, I, the Wei Dynasty, will be doomed..."
As if muttering to himself, under the efforts of Tong Xian and Li Zheng to stop him, Emperor Wei struggled to sit up on the bed, panting and said: "Li Zheng, seal the palace, there is something about me fainting today,
Never let it out..."
After hearing this, Li Zheng clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have sealed off the palace and warned the imperial doctors not to leak..."
"Hmm." Emperor Wei nodded and said in a deep voice: "In extraordinary times, special procedures should be used... Please tell me to go down and kill anyone in the palace who dares to make false remarks about my condition!"
"Yes!" Li Zheng clasped his fists and left.
After taking a look at Li Zheng's leaving figure, Emperor Wei ordered the eunuch Tong Xian again: "Tong Xian, send someone to summon the King of Nanliang, Shao Hu, and my son Hongrun."
"Yes!" Tong Xian immediately summoned several young eunuchs and ordered them to summon Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, General Shaohu and Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.
At the same time, in the clan prison of the clan mansion, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, under the guidance of his cousin Zhao Hongmin, met the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli in the prison.
In view of the behavior of King Yi Zhao Yuanli who forced the palace to enter the Zhongyang Palace, his position as Zongling had been removed by Emperor Wei, and the power of the Zongfu returned to the hands of Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan again.
Of course, this is not the most fundamental reason why King Yi Zhao Yuanli is trapped in the clan prison of the clan. In fact, it is King Yi Zhao Yuanli who requested to be imprisoned here on his own initiative.
"Do you want Brother Yu to prepare some drinks and dishes?" Zhao Hongrun's cousin Zhao Hongmin asked in a low voice after taking Zhao Hongrun to the prison where Zhao Yuanli was being held.
"No, thank you very much, cousin." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and thanked him.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongmin nodded and said: "In that case, Brother Yu will not disturb you anymore. If you need anything, please send someone to inform me."
After saying that, Zhao Hongmin turned and left.
After watching Zhao Hongmin leave the prison, Zhao Hongrun turned his attention to King Yi Zhao Yuanli in the prison.
The prisons in the Zongfu are specially used to detain those children of the Ji Zhao family who have committed serious crimes. Therefore, the prisons here are naturally not as simple as the prisons in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, just like the one where King Yi Zhao Yuanli is currently.
The prison has a green brick floor, bamboo mats on the floor, bookcases, desks, beds, candlesticks, and all the necessary items. If it weren't for the clanking iron railings, it would be like an exquisite study room.
"Uncle Six, I heard you want to see me?"
After opening the iron cell door, Zhao Hongrun stepped in. He found that his uncle Liu Wang was sitting behind the desk, concentrating on drawing a portrait.
Zhao Hongrun knew who the beautiful woman in the painting was without having to guess - it was undoubtedly the woman that the Sixth Prince had never forgotten, Xiao Ning, the daughter of Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nanyan.
After a while, Zhao Yuanli put down the pen in his hand. After looking at the portrait for a while, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun and asked, "Hongrun, how is Yulong's current situation?"
Zhao Hongrun let out a breath and said: "That incident was a blow to her... For the time being, I will let Miss Su and Yang Shixing stay with her, and she will get better slowly."
When saying these words, Zhao Hongrun felt very sorry for Princess Yulong: her biological mother was wrongly killed by her biological father, and her biological father also killed her grandfather. Her biological brother did not know whether he was alive or dead, and her biological uncle had become the biggest villain in Wei State.
"Party" is such a messed up word.
Zhao Yuanli sighed quietly and said: "I didn't want you juniors to get involved in this matter... I'm sorry, Hongrun, I am not what you imagined, and I am not worthy of being the person you admire..."
"Uncle Six?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with a trace of unbearability, and he advised: "Uncle Six, you were just deceived by Xiao Luan..."
"You don't have to excuse me." Zhao Yuanli shook his head and interrupted Zhao Hongrun's words, saying bitterly: "In the final analysis, I pushed Wei into a pit of fire that will never be recovered..."
"Uncle Six, what are you talking about?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes moved slightly and he said with a smile: "Those things have passed, haven't they?"
King Yi Zhao Yuanli raised his head and glanced at Zhao Hongrun, shook his head and said: "Hongrun, you don't have to hide it from me. Even though I am here, I can still know what is happening outside... Han, Chu, Qin, Sichuan, Song,
Hahaha, five parties have raised troops to jointly attack our great Wei Dynasty, what a huge scene..."
By the end of his speech, his laughter was mixed with sobs.
"Uncle Sixth..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and his expression changed slightly. Being smart, he had already vaguely guessed the reason why Uncle Sixth Prince asked to see him this time.
There was a look of disapproval on his face, and he said with a smile: "Hey, speaking of this matter, Xiao Luan is really capable, and he can actually encourage these five parties to unite to deal with me, Wei... But doesn't he know that
, no matter Han, Chu, Qin, or Sichuan, are they all defeated by me? Even if there is another Nangong Yao this time, what can he do to me, the Wei Dynasty? Uncle Liu, you can rest assured that with me, Zhao Hongrun, he will
It’s destined not to succeed!”
Looking at his arrogant nephew, Yiwang Zhao Yuanli smiled as if he was pleased. He nodded and said, "Okay, okay, then I feel relieved..."
Hearing the implication of Zhao Yuanli's words, Zhao Hongrun's expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said: "Sixth Uncle, just wait for me. When I defeat the enemy troops attacking Wei in five directions and capture Xiao Luan alive, then..."
At this point, his voice stopped abruptly because he could no longer pretend. He had already guessed that the sixth uncle in front of him had already made up his mind to die to apologize.
Holding back the grief in his heart, he begged: "Uncle Six, no, things can still turn around..."
Hearing this, King Yi Zhao Yuanli sighed quietly, shook his head and said: "That day in Zhongyang Palace, I made an move to force the palace in full view of everyone, which is tantamount to treason and rebellion... You know, Hongrun, I, Ji Zhao,
According to the ancestral system of the clan, anyone who conspires to cause rebellion will be punished! No matter who he is or what his status is, once he is involved in treason, there is no possibility of pardon... If I don’t die now, it will be difficult for the people to obey the law of the country, or someone will imitate me.
What we did today will mean that our Wei Dynasty will never have peace. This precedent cannot be set!"
Zhao Hongrun heard this and said anxiously: "But Uncle Six, you are not plotting rebellion, you are just..."
"Stop talking, Hongrun." Interrupting Zhao Hongrun's words, Zhao Yuanli whispered: "Hongrun, there is something that I have never told you. You once said that Uncle Liu, I lived a free and easy life, living in debauchery, drunkenness and sleep, cuddling up to death.
Red and green, the sounds of dogs and horses, it seems that a man should live like me, so now I tell you, over the years, I have lived in a haze, and I have never felt happy at all... Let me tell you again, when I first came into contact with you,
We fell in love with each other, I said at the time it was because your temperament was like mine, but in fact it was not the case."
"..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth but said nothing.
After taking a look at Zhao Hongrun's expression, Zhao Yuanli flashed a hint of guilt in his eyes and continued: "Over the years, not only Xiao Luan has been looking for the baby boy, I am also looking for it. After all, Yulong and the baby boy
, are her children... As far as I know at that time, shortly after the baby boy was in the hands of Xiao Boyuan, Marquis of Nanyan, Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan and his son came to Daliang with the heads of Zhao Yuanmin and his son. The baby boy, at that time,
Xiao Boyuan entrusted him to be raised by the Xiao clan of Nanyan. Later, after the Dredging Army attacked Nanyan, the baby boy fell into the hands of Wei Mu... Wei Mu did not dare to kill the baby boy, so,
It is very likely that the baby boy fell into the hands of your father... At first I suspected that it might be you, because you were not welcomed by the Fourth King Brother at that time, just like Yulong. Later I found out that your age
It is not consistent with Yulong, and your biological mother is Wei Ji... But it is undeniable that when I first approached you, my original intention was not pure."
Zhao Hongrun was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said with a smile: "I see, in fact, I have always felt strange, as the sixth uncle, why would he value an unpopular nephew so much..." As he said,
He took a long breath, looked at Zhao Yuanli and said, "But even so, it still cannot change the fact. Uncle Liu, you are the best person to me since I was a child."
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's sincere eyes, Zhao Yuanli couldn't help but be moved. After a while, he used self-mockery to hide his excitement: "Huh, the secret that has been hidden for many years is finally revealed today, and I really feel a lot more relaxed."
Zhao Hongrun cooperated tacitly: "A secret that has been hidden for many years? That's it?...Come on, actually, I doubt that Uncle Six, you had bad intentions when you approached me!"
After a while of joking, Zhao Yuanli gradually calmed down the smile on his face, looked at Zhao Hongrun deeply, and said with a smile: "Hongrun, as I said at the beginning, 'a waterside pavilion' will be left to you, as well as my daughters.
...Nightingale. Those are poor children. Promise me to treat them well."
"Uncle Six..." Zhao Hongrun's expression changed slightly, and he was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhao Yuanli raising his hand.
"I admit that when I first came into contact with you, my thoughts were not pure, but over the years, you have become like my own son in my eyes. If your father hadn't insisted on not allowing it, I would have wanted to adopt you to me, hahaha."
After chuckling a few times, Zhao Yuanli sighed again and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, I was not adopted..."
As he spoke, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun and said sternly: "Hongrun, if you have regarded me as your father and your dream in your heart, then don't stop me... I have made a mistake.
He must be punished as he deserves."
Looking at the resolute Uncle Liu Wang, Zhao Hongrun was speechless.
At this moment, he was struggling in his heart: If the person in front of him who was imprisoned this time was not the Sixth Uncle Wang who he had admired since childhood, he would definitely support punishing him with the charges of "colluding with Xiao Ni" and "plotting evil intentions". After all, just as this Sixth Uncle had said
As I said, anything related to "conspiracy and rebellion" cannot be tolerated, even if the circumstances are slightly minor, because once a precedent is set, it will be impossible to prevent imitators in the future; but the problem is that it is this person who violated the ban this time.
Uncle Liu Wang.
For so many years, in Zhao Hongrun's mind, the status of this Sixth Prince's Uncle has always been on an equal footing with Concubine Shen Shu. Even with Emperor Wei, whose relationship has improved over the years, he still ranks behind this Sixth Prince's Uncle.
How could Zhao Hongrun let go of this relationship and watch this uncle of the Sixth King die before his eyes?
Not only how much time passed, Zhao Hongmin walked to the prison and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, the chamberlain supervisor sent someone to summon you and ordered you to go to the Manlu Palace immediately."
After that, Zhao Hongmin left. Presumably he also felt that the atmosphere in the prison was too solemn.
"Go ahead."
Looking at the silent Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Yuanli smiled and urged: "Your father is summoning you now, presumably to send troops to defend against the enemy."
Zhao Hongrun raised his head after hearing this and looked at Zhao Yuanli with a complicated expression. He knew that if we say goodbye today, he might never have the chance to see each other again in this life.
"Uncle Six..."
"You have grown up, Hongrun, do what you should do, and Uncle Six... will also do what I should do."
"..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He stood up with a depressed expression. He knew that he could not dissuade the Sixth Uncle.
"Uncle Six, then I...then I'm leaving..."
"Yes." Zhao Yuanli smiled and nodded, and then warned: "Hongrun, don't underestimate Xiao Luan. This man has the talent of a general. If it hadn't been for Xiao's incident, he would definitely become our general in the Wei Dynasty.
, not inferior to Wei Ji and Shao Hu."
"..." Zhao Hongrun nodded silently and then walked towards the cell door.
When Zhao Hongrun was about to walk out of the cell door, he suddenly heard Zhao Yuanli's apologetic voice from behind him: "Sorry, Hongrun, I got you involved after all..."
"..." Zhao Hongrun squeezed an iron railing tightly, took a deep breath, and walked out of the prison.
After Zhao Hongyu left, two clan guards, Yu Linlang, walked in.
When they came to the cell door, one of them, Mr. Habayashi, took out the key from his arms, apparently preparing to lock the cell door.
At this moment, the two Zongwei Habayashi suddenly struck each other with the swords in their sheaths at the same time.
There was a crisp "pop" sound, and the two scabbards hit each other hard.
At this time, the eyes of the two Zongwei Lang Yulin flashed with a hint of astonishment: "You..."
After saying one word in unison, they seemed to suddenly reach a tacit understanding. After opening the cell door, they knelt on the ground with one knee.
One of the Zongwei Yu Linlang said: "Prince Yi, do you still recognize the villain? Back then, my mother was seriously ill and the family was poor and had no money for medical treatment. It was all thanks to the prince's generous donation."
"Oh." Zhao Yuanli smiled slightly.
In fact, he didn't recognize this Zongwei at all, because Zhao Yuanli had done thousands of similar righteous deeds and had long forgotten them.
On the other hand, Zong Wei glanced at his companion, and then whispered: "Prince Yi, Master Zong Zheng has decided to sentence the prince. You cannot stay here for a long time. Please leave with me quickly."
The previous Zongwei also said: "I have summoned some trustworthy Zongwei who will fight to the death to send the prince away from Daliang."
Looking at the two Zongwei with worried faces, Zhao Yuanli shook his head and suddenly asked with a smile: "Do you have any wine?"
The two Zongwei looked at each other, and one of them left immediately, taking a pot of wine and a wine glass.
Ignoring the persuasion of the two Zongwei, Zhao Yuanli poured a glass of wine, then took off the hairpin on the jade crown, took off a pearl-like thing on it and threw it into the wine glass.
Immediately, he inserted the hairpin back into the jade crown.
And with just this little effort, the "pearl" had already melted in the wine.
"I made an unforgivable mistake again, but..."
After taking a deep look at the portrait on the table, Zhao Yuanli picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Immediately, he straightened his clothes and sat up straight.
After an unknown amount of time, his head hung down feebly.
From the beginning to the end, the two clan guards knelt on one knee in front of the open cell door, motionless, as if to see off Prince Yi in front of them.
At the same time, on the official road about thirty miles away from Daliang, a carriage was driving very fast.
Beside, a dozen mounted guards guarded the carriage.
Suddenly, an order mixed with coughing came from the carriage: "Shen Yu, stop the car."
"Yes!" The groom driving the carriage immediately tightened the reins and stopped the carriage. He asked with a smile: "Are you feeling tired? Prince Yu?"
After his inquiry, a middle-aged man in white got out of the carriage with a cane, covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, then looked up and looked in the direction of the beam.