On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, King Zhu Zhi gave Yang Wen some instructions and then left his fiefdom in Guangning City and took a boat directly to Laizhou Prefecture. He happened to arrive at the ferry of Laizhou Prefecture on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.?? ≠ He originally wanted the ship to sail It was bound for the ferry near Laizhou Prefecture, but somehow the sailor made the boat arrive at this ferry, which was closer to Qingzhou Prefecture than to Laizhou Prefecture.
Zhu Zhi saw the mountains of smoke when he was still on the sea from a distance. He also discussed with his guards what it was. They all thought it was fog, but it was only after they arrived at the shore that they discovered so many soldiers. Waiting for dinner.
It happened that Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxu came back from searching the ship one by one for any missing soldiers. When he turned around, he saw Zhu Zhi and his party. Then Zhu Yunxu shouted in surprise: "Uncle Fifteen?"
"Huh?" Zhu Shou turned around and looked at Zhu Zhi. He was not familiar with Zhu Zhi. He had been thinking about something just now, so he didn't pay attention to the small boat sailing into the port. But he immediately became confused:' Why is His Royal Highness the King of Liao coming to Shandong at this time?'
No matter what they were thinking, the two of them rushed forward in unison.
King Zhu Zhi of the Liao Dynasty was also wondering why they were here and why there were so many soldiers here. When he saw Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxu coming to greet them, he also got off the boat and went to greet them.
After the two parties finished saluting and said a few words, they understood why the other party was here now.
Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxi lamented that Zhu Zhi was indeed loyal to the imperial court and actually left his fiefdom to come to Shandong in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. Zhu Zhi also lamented that Yunxi adopted a similar method coincidentally with his own. method.
Just as they were sighing at each other, a commander came over. Because Zhu Zhi was not wearing the prince's clothes, the commander did not know Zhu Zhi. He just saluted Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxu and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Heng, Lord Marquis, The army has already had a good meal, when will the attack be reversed?"
Zhu Shou said to Zhu Zhi: "Your Highness the King of Liao, my decision to attack tonight has been reversed. Now the time has come and I cannot exchange greetings with Your Highness."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhi said: "Since I have caught up with the army, and I am also a man who knows the army well, why not let me follow him to Qingzhou."
Zhu Shou immediately shook his head and said like a rattle: "I don't dare! Your Highness should go to Laizhou to rest!"
But Zhu Zhi insisted, and Zhu Shou did not dare to do anything to Zhu Zhi. He was in a hurry, and finally had to agree to Zhu Zhi's expedition with the army. However, he secretly made up his mind: if Zhu Zhi dared to seize the command, he would kill Zhu Zhi. Even if Zhi is temporarily knocked unconscious, he will not lose command of the army.
Of course, Zhu Zhi would not compete with him for command. The reason why he insisted on going with him was because when he was chatting with Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunzhen before, he heard them say that Zhu Zhu and his children were probably still there. Qingzhou.
Although Zhu Zhi couldn't stand his seventh brother, he quite liked Zhu Shu's children. Especially Zhu Shu's fourth daughter, Zhu Xiancai, who had a lot of affinity with him, so he wanted to know about Zhu Shu's family as soon as possible. Is it peaceful?
The entire Right Army was advancing within the territory of Laizhou Prefecture. Because Yunxi had great expectations for the Right Army, he assigned several guards from the Twelve Guards to serve in the Right Army. The other guards were also from the Beijing Guard. Most people do not have night blindness, and the moonlight is bright tonight, so they can march at night.
After marching for half a night, they arrived outside Guangling Town. After Zhu Shou let the army rest for a while, he swarmed up and rushed into Guangling Town.
The hundreds of Chengni households stationed in Guangling Town never dreamed that an army would come from the north. What's more, Wei County and Changyi County to the east were still under Cheng Ni's control, so they were completely unprepared.
was overwhelmed by the imperial court's counter-rebellion army.
After Zhu Shou made sure that no one had escaped, he ordered: "Rest overnight in Guangling Town, and get up at dawn tomorrow to go south to attack Shouguang County."
"Tell the soldiers that after Shouguang, we will reach Qingzhou City. If we capture Qingzhou City, we can rescue King Qi's lineage. Everyone will be rewarded!"
On October 13th, Chen Lianyu, who stayed behind in Qingzhou City, looked at the man in rags in front of him in shock and said: "What are you talking about! The imperial army captured Shouguang County yesterday? How is this possible? The imperial army
How could it be possible to come from the north!"
Jia Shiming also said: "This is impossible! You must be the person sent by the imperial court to disturb the morale of the army! Someone, pull him down and chop him down!"
The man in front of them said: "Two adults! Everything the villain said is the truth, and there is no lie at all!"
Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming actually knew that this man was unlikely to tell lies. When he came in just now, Jia Shiming had already asked the people at the door to identify him, and it was indeed their soldiers who let him in. Moreover, he had Shouguang Guards on him.
The letter written by the county guard couldn't be fake. The reason why they came up and denied it was because they couldn't believe it.
At this moment, a man from a hundred households stationed on the north city wall ran in in a panic and said: "Master Chen, Master Jia, it's not good! A lot of troops suddenly appeared in the north. There are at least 30,000 people!"
The news of this hundred households was like the last straw, completely making Jia Shiming and Chen Lianyu lose their energy and slumped in their chairs.
The two of them knew very well that although there are still tens of thousands of troops in Qingzhou, many of them are in Changyi, Weixian, Mulingguan and other places. There are only three thousand troops in Qingzhou City now, and they are the most incompetent among the three guards of the King of Qi.
Those hundreds of families who were fighting.
In addition, they were completely unprepared to defend the city and had almost no equipment to defend the city. It was impossible to defend Qingzhou City.
Moreover, the opponent has so many large soldiers that they can completely surround the entire city. Now that there are no organized cavalry in the city, it is impossible to break through.
After hearing the words of Baihu who came to deliver the message, the two of them did not organize any defense. They just sat on the chairs and did nothing. The Baihu who came to deliver the message was very anxious, but they didn't know anything except urging them.
What can be done.
At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the house, and then a middle-aged man walked in, and then loudly said to Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming: "There are troops from the imperial court coming outside the city, why are you still here?"
Don’t organize a defense of the city!”
Chen Lianyu looked up and saw that it was indeed Hu Yongwei. Hu Yongwei was Lu Yuan's confidant who stayed in Qingzhou City. Although he did not care about the army or the people, he sent people from the lineage of the King of Qi and the family members of the generals who were out on expeditions.
guard.
Chen Lianyu smiled miserably and said: "How can we defend the city? There are only three thousand people in the city now, and you also know the virtues of these soldiers who stayed in Qingzhou City, and there are thirty thousand troops outside. The city cannot be defended."
Keep it."
Hu Yongwei said loudly: "Can't we organize the people to defend the city?"
Chen Lianyu continued: "The people are not fools. Of course they know that we are rebels, and the army from outside is naturally the army of the imperial court to suppress the rebellion. In this case, who will be willing to die for the rebels? Our people
There are too few, and it is impossible to take care of all places. And as long as one place is lost, the entire city will be lost. Therefore, Qingzhou City can no longer be defended."
"In addition, the imperial court's counter-rebellion army has already reached Qingzhou City. It is estimated that the road outside is far away, and the army led by Xie Cheng has also been wiped out, or is about to be wiped out. Otherwise, how could the imperial court send so many people to surround Qingzhou. We
This rebellion will be over by now."
"But it's already October 13th. Two and a half months have passed since we were supposed to be captured and sent to the capital for punishment. We finally survived for more than two months, which is not bad. Haha."
Hu Yongwei looked at his expression, then looked at Jia Shiming's expression to make sure they were not joking. Then he seemed to remember something, pointed at Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming and ordered: "Tie them up!"
Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming were caught off guard and captured by Hu Yongwei's men. Although they were already destined to die, they still asked one after another: "Why are we tied up?"
Hu Yongwei said gloomily: "Since this rebellion is about to fail and Qingzhou City cannot be defended, there is no need for you to live."
After he finished saying this, he made a gesture, and then two cold lights flashed. Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming, who were about to yell, stopped making noise because their heads had fallen off their bodies.
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Hu Yongwei didn't even look at the two corpses. He turned his head and said to the people behind him: "Now Qingzhou City will be lost soon, and even the entire rebellion should have failed. Next, I will execute Master Lu Yuan before leaving.
The order I left before."
"You follow the previous arrangements and kill those who should be killed."
The most luxurious and magnificent building in Qingzhou City is none other than Prince Qi's Mansion. However, this luxurious and magnificent mansion has a somewhat gloomy feeling at this time.
Since many people were killed in Prince Qi's Mansion that night, although Lu Yuan had people clean Prince Qi's Mansion, the mansion has completely lost its former bustle since then. Lu Yuan later used the front yard to imprison Zhu Shu and the backyard to imprison Zhu Shu.
The sons who did not go to the capital and the daughters who were not abused turned this place into a big prison.
Hu Yongwei led people to this gloomy mansion and said to those who followed him: "The imperial court's counter-rebellion army is already besieging Qingzhou City. Maybe Qingzhou City will fall soon."
"But Master Lu Yuan's order must be implemented. Originally, I should have executed him immediately after Master Lu Yuan's order to execute Zhu Su came yesterday, but I delayed it until now."
"You guys, go to the backyard and execute all Zhu Su's children. I will go and execute Zhu Su personally."
After Hu Yongwei said these words, he was about to go to the front yard. But at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of weapons breaking through the air!