After a short silence, Lu Zhongtian suddenly stood up and shouted: "Come, accompany me to the palace wall. I want to see how ferocious these traitors are."
Accompanied by Liu Zhenbang, Lu Zhongtian arrived at Daqing Gate. The place was already in a panic. Soldiers and horses were running around in chaos, carrying defensive materials to the top of the palace wall, and temporarily building fortifications to resist the enemy.
Separated by a low palace wall, the sound of people neighing and horses in the square outside Daqing Gate was extremely noisy. Lu Zhongtian knew that the noise was from enemy troops gathering outside the palace gate.
Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong saw Lu Zhongtian coming and hurried over to see them. Lu Zhongtian saw a sense of frustration from the expressions of Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong. By asking Chen Bin, Lu Zhongtian roughly knew the situation at the moment.
When the Luoyan Army came to Zhuque's gate, Chen Bin learned the news and took his men to supervise the battle in person. He knew that once the inner city was broken, everything would be over, so the inner city must be defended. However, halfway through, he got
After receiving the news that Wang Juan and Yuan Ping had engaged in a battle with their opponents, but both of them were defeated. Moreover, their bet was completely lost and they immediately withdrew their troops. At this moment, the two to thirty thousand soldiers and horses on the city head were running away, and they had already become birds and animals and scattered. Luoyan geese.
The army has already entered the inner city without using a single sword or shot.
Chen Bin was shocked when he heard the news and cursed loudly. He angrily scolded Wang Jun and Yuan Ping for being stupid and making an appointment with their opponents on their own initiative. This was extremely stupid. Lin Jue was full of tricks and the appointment he proposed
Fighting is absolutely unacceptable. These two people thought that they had strong martial arts skills and thought they could turn things around, but they didn't know that in the face of intelligence, the level of martial arts had no influence on the situation. No matter how high the martial arts skills were, they could not defeat the conspiracy.
In desperation, he could only order people to gather the remaining soldiers and abandon the inner city and return to Ouchi. This was actually no other option. The only place he could stay now was the Ouchi Palace. There were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so it was impossible to defend it.
Yes, we can only act on camera. Chen Bin was very annoyed. Not long ago, he desperately persuaded Lu Zhongtian to evacuate the capital. At that time, the outer city had not been breached and there was still enough time to escape. But Lu Zhongtian refused to live or die, saying what he said now
How could the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty be driven out of the capital by these rebels? Chen Bin had no choice but to sit back and watch the outer city being forced. As a result, in the current situation, he could not escape even if he wanted to.
In fact, Chen Bin didn't know what Lu Zhongtian was thinking. It was not that Lu Zhongtian didn't want to run away, but firstly, the outer city was not broken at that time, and he still had 200,000 defenders nominally defending the city. It was impossible for him to make such a decisive decision. Secondly,
, where can we go after escaping from the capital? It is impossible to go south, and the occupied area is already in the north. To the northwest? The Northwest Army has already surrendered to Lin Jue, and the only choice is to go north to join the Jurchens.
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It's not that Lu Zhongtian has never thought about this possibility. It sounds like a good idea to seek refuge with the Jurchens and borrow their power to plan for the future. But Lu Zhongtian knows very well in his heart. The Jurchens formed an alliance with him entirely because they were unable to capture the capital.
, and they can get a large amount of supplies, food, grass and manpower from their own hands. That's why they joined forces with them to deal with the Luoyan Army. However, at this time, after they escaped from the capital, they were like a bereaved dog. They had nothing and lost everything.
The value that can benefit the Jurchens. With the Jurchens' tiger and wolf nature, they will inevitably become the weight used by the Jurchens to trade with Lin Jue, Guo Kun and others. In order to get some benefits, Wanyan Agu will not hesitate.
He handed himself over to Lin Jue and Guo Kun in exchange for favorable conditions for them. And he was undoubtedly the person Lin Jue and Guo Kun wanted to get their hands on.
"Chen Aiqing, Zhu Aiqing, can the palace be defended?" Lu Zhongtian asked the stupidest question he had ever asked in his life, and he regretted it after asking it. In fact, he already knew in his heart that there would be no luck today. He
You shouldn't ask this question at all.
Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong were silent. They could not answer. They said they could hold on.
, that’s nonsense. Saying you can’t defend it is not the answer Lu Zhongtian wants.
"Your Majesty, I will defend the palace to the death and protect the Emperor's safety." Chen Bin came up with the best answer.
Lu Zhongtian nodded and said in a deep voice: "I understand, come with me to take a look. I'm going to meet these rebels."
Chen Bin, Zhu Zhirong, Liu Zhenbang and others accompanied Lu Zhongtian on the palace gate wall. The inner palace wall was one and a half feet high and one foot wide, exactly like a city wall. However, compared with the inner and outer city walls of Bianliang, the palace wall looked small.
It's too weak. The Luoyan Army's firearms can even knock down the outer city wall that is more than ten feet wide. I am afraid that a dozen cannons will penetrate the palace wall. The outer city cannot be defended, let alone this palace wall.
Lu Zhongtian stood on the palace wall, holding on to the battlements and looking towards the square outside. On the Daqing Gate Square under the setting sun, flags were fluttering and soldiers and horses gathered in countless numbers. Lu Zhongtian stared blankly at the enemy soldiers swarming around.
Ma, looking at their uniformly armored and high-spirited appearance, was silently stunned. He really couldn't understand how this group of bandit soldiers and horses coming out of Funiu Mountain got to where they are today. How did they possess
With such a strong combat power, it has developed from a bandit village to today's army approaching Bianliang City and fighting in front of the palace. And he once held hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, ample food and grass supplies, weapons and armor and other strategic supplies.
How did you get to where you are today?
So what kind of deceit did Lin Jue use? Is this person a god or a demon? How could he develop a bandit army to its current scale? And those deadly firearms with various names. How could Lin Jue make them?
There are so many firearms, and they are so powerful. Who is he? Could it be that he was sent by God to fight against him? His good situation was ruined by this person. This is really hard to understand and accept.
"Your Majesty, come down, there is nothing to see. Let's go down." Liu Zhenbang whispered from the side.
Lu Zhongtian waved his hands, took a breath, and suddenly shouted loudly towards the dark enemy troops in the square: "Where's Guo Kun? Where's Lin Jue? Tell them to come to see me. Tell them to come to see me!"
In the square, the Luoyan Army's cavalry and infantry troops were arranging. A large group of infantrymen were pushing Shenwei General Cannon into the square from Zhuquemen Street. There was a lot of noise in the square, and Lu Zhongtian's shouts from the palace wall were ignored by everyone. Luoyan
The officers and soldiers were each busy with their own affairs and focusing on their own concerns, but no one paid any attention to the emperor who ascended the throne today.
Lu Zhongtian was extremely annoyed and said in a deep voice: "Speak for me and ask Guo Kun and Lin Jue to come see me."
Although they didn't know what Lu Zhongtian was going to do, the soldiers still shouted in unison. This time the shouts were noticed by the soldiers of the Luoyan Army. They heard the content of the shouts, so someone quickly reported it to Lin Jue and Guo Kun in the rear. Soon
Later, Lin Jue and Guo Kun, escorted by a large group of cavalry, galloped out of the passage between the soldiers and horses, and came to stand not far outside the palace gate.
"Guo Kun, Lin Jue. Is that you? Come closer, I have something to ask you." Lu Zhongtian shouted loudly.
Guo Kun was hesitant. He was worried that the other party was cheating and deceiving him to come forward. Lin Jue didn't care and said with a smile: "Let's go and listen to what the old thief has to say. It must be interesting."
Guo Kun had no choice but to follow Lin Jue and ride his horse forward, reaching about seventy or eighty steps away. A group of bodyguards were guarding him with large shields to ensure that everything was safe.
"Guo Kun, Lin Jue, is that you?" Lu Zhongtian said loudly.
Guo Kun shouted coldly: "Thief Lu, it's me and Lin Jue. You didn't expect that I'm back. Old thief, your death has come."
Lu Zhongtian frowned and shouted: "You dare to call me me? I am the emperor."
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Guo Kun spat: "Bah! You're dreaming of your Spring and Autumn Period. You thief, you want to steal my empire? It's not a good idea. The world belongs to my Guo family, old thief, you can't even get your hands on it. I'm here to kill you."
This thief belongs to the country."
Lu Zhongtian shouted: "Guo Kun, you are a traitor to the imperial court, what qualifications do you have to inherit the throne? I am the emperor who abdicated by the previous emperor, and I am the orthodox one. The Guo family? Your Guo family has torn the Great Zhou Dynasty into pieces, and
Who are you qualified to continue to be the leader of the Zhou Dynasty? I am the one who saved the Zhou Dynasty. You rebelled against the imperial court and caused trouble for the Zhou Dynasty. What did you do for the Zhou Dynasty? It is precisely because of your rebellion that foreign enemies have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Jurchens
When the Liao people invaded, who turned the tide and defended the capital? Who protected the country of Zhou Dynasty? Is it you? It’s me. It was I who defended Bianliang, and it was I who protected the country of Zhou Dynasty, and you are coming with your army now.
Now, you are attacking Bianliang City with great momentum. You are here to steal the capital and the country that I protect. You come here to attack me when I am exhausted from fighting the enemy. Don’t you feel ashamed? When the capital was in trouble before, you
Where?"
Lu Zhongtian was a sharp-edged poet, and he was originally a master of sophistry in the court. What he said was very clear and reasonable. Although Guo Kun knew that he was talking nonsense, he didn't know how to refute it for a while. He waved his hands anxiously, annoyed.
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Lin Jue saw this and smiled: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you can't defeat this old thief. I'd better deal with him."
Guo Kun nodded and said: "Okay, you scold him and it will make him bloody. This old thief is really hateful and confuses right and wrong."
Lin Jue nodded with a smile, turned to look at the figure of Lu Zhongtian standing on the palace wall, and shouted loudly: "Old thief Lu, you are fine. Oh, you have become the emperor, this is amazing.
This is disrespectful."
Lu Zhongtian frowned and shouted: "Lin Jue, little thief, what are you talking about? If you dare to be rude to me, I will cut you into pieces."
Lin Jue laughed and said: "Are you still showing off your power? I'm afraid you've lost your mind and gone crazy. Old thief, old thief, how dare you brazenly say that you defended Bianliang? How many evil things have you done, old thief?"
You are the worm of Dazhou, and Dazhou will be destroyed in your hands. You have been prime minister for decades, and Dazhou has been getting worse and worse. You are helpless and only focus on fighting, framing loyalty, and fighting for power. If you hadn't killed my teacher
By being loyal to Lord Yan and others, our great Zhou Dynasty has already been full of vitality and has overcome the difficulties. How dare foreign enemies dare to provoke easily? It is precisely because of the obstruction of an old thief like you that the good situation has been ruined. For your own selfish interests, you betrayed the late emperor and collaborated with Guo Xu
Conspired to usurp the throne. The Great Zhou Dynasty became bloody, and the throne was seized by unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unjust people. And you, an old thief, took advantage of the fire to usurp the throne when the country was in crisis. Old thief, old thief, you
What you did was seen by everyone in the world. Who knows your wolfish ambition? Bianliang City was not in danger. You were worried that the Northwest Army would enter the city and let you usurp the throne. So you tricked the Northwest Army into attacking the Jurchens, but you met your death.
If you don't save him, you will let more than 100,000 soldiers of the Northwest Army spill their blood on the battlefield. That's all. Then you will put on a show and force Guo Xuchan to give up the throne to you. In order to collude with the Jurchens, you will give Guo Xu to the Jurchens as a hostage. All these,
It's all clear. Thief Lu, if you are not wiped out, it will be unbearable. We fled the capital because the late emperor and the prince were murdered. We don't even recognize Guo Xu's throne. Guo Xuchan gave up the throne to you.
It’s even more ridiculous. To put it bluntly, you were forced to do so. Even if it was really voluntary, it’s just a piece of waste paper to us. What’s even more ridiculous is that when my army came to the city, you were still in a hurry to ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor. Hehe,
Just wear your dragon robe and be buried. You are an old thief who has brought disaster to the country and the people. You are unfaithful and unjust, cunning and dishonest. Even if you die today, you will be infamy for thousands of years."
Lin Jue's stormy retort made Guo Kun feel happy, and he laughed and said: "You are so eloquent that you can scold others so happily."
