Kou Zhun spoke passionately, but Zhao Heng was filled with fear.
He has already experienced the battlefield once and does not want to experience it a second time.
Kou Zhun looked at Zhao Heng's reaction and felt extremely disappointed.
When he recommended Zhao Heng to be an official to Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi, he was interested in Zhao Heng's courage.
In the past, when Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was in power, the young Zhao Heng threatened to become a general on horseback. Emperor Taizu praised him, and after it spread, it became a legend.
After that, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne and Zhao Heng became the prince, but he still did not neglect his martial arts.
Everyone said that he was majestic.
It was also because of this that Kou Zhun recommended Zhao Heng as an official to Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi.
He hoped that Zhao Heng could, with his assistance, become an emperor on horseback, conquer the Liao Kingdom in the north, regain Yanyun, and establish unparalleled achievements.
However.
Kou Zhun did not expect that after Zhao Heng ascended the throne, he would be completely different from what he had shown before.
Not only did he never mention the matter of the emperor, he did not even have the ambition to regain Yanyun.
Not only that, when the Liao people raised their troops and went south, instead of thinking about how to fight the Liao people, he only thought about suing for peace.
Kou Zhun was almost mad to death.
If this were not the case, Kou Zhun would not have been able to force him to go to the battlefield.
Now that the army was approaching the city, Zhao Heng was still retreating, and Kou Zhun really felt like he was blind.
"You guys, carry the officials and follow me to the imperial city."
Kou Zhun gave orders to his eunuchs.
The eunuchs all froze on the spot, looking at Kou Zhun with big eyes and small eyes, and then looked at Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng shook his head and said in a trembling voice: "I won't go to the imperial city, I won't go..."
Zhao Zhen, who had been by Zhao Heng's side, suddenly grabbed Zhao Heng's hand and shouted in a low voice, "Father..."
Zhao Heng was shocked, turned his head with difficulty, and glanced at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen blinked and looked at Zhao Heng with a worried look.
Seeing this, Zhao Heng felt extremely ashamed.
Close your eyes in pain.
"As you wish..."
He sat on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, and then sighed helplessly.
Zhao Heng opened his eyes and said to Kou Zhun: "I can go to the imperial city, but the prince must stay in the palace. I will also ask the queen to accompany me."
Kou Zhun was stunned and opened his mouth to refute.
But Zhao Heng gritted his teeth and said, "I'm gambling on my life..."
When Kou Zhun heard this, he shut his mouth and stopped talking.
Zhao Zhen was sent back to the East Palace by the eunuchs.
Liu E was recruited from the harem and brought here.
Hearing that Zhao Heng was going to the imperial city to boost morale, Liu E did not say anything to stop him.
Although Liu E and Kou Zhun did not deal with each other, the soldiers were now approaching the city and if Zhao Heng did not come to the imperial city in person, the soldiers might not be willing to fight tooth and nail.
Which one is light and which one is serious, she can clearly distinguish.
She is more decisive than Zhao Heng.
Immediately.
The eunuchs in the chamber carried a dragon couch and appeared in the Chui Gong Hall. They moved Zhao Heng from the dragon chair to the dragon couch, and used gauze to cover the surroundings of the dragon couch. When the dragon couch became airtight,
Then he carried the dragon couch and followed Kou Zhun and Liu E to the imperial city.
When Kou Zhun and his party boarded the imperial city.
Zhou Huaizheng led the army and had already reached the imperial city.
Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses fought fiercely up and down the imperial city, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The torches illuminate Bianjing City, turning it into a nightless sky.
As soon as Zhao Heng arrived, Cao Wei and other generals commanding the battle and officials cooperating with the battle quickly gathered over and saluted in unison.
"I respectfully welcome the Holy Master!"
Zhao Heng, who was lying on the dragon bed, was speechless. Liu E was about to speak, but Kou Zhun was the first to speak: "You don't need to be polite, the war is urgent."
Cao Wei and others agreed in unison and stood up one after another.
…
Under the city.
Zhou Huaizheng, Yang Yi and others saw Zhao Heng appear, and they looked at each other.
The general following them felt something was wrong, approached Zhou Huaizheng, and asked urgently, "Zhou Douzhi, didn't you say that the officials summoned our Qingjun to accompany us? Why did the officials appear in the imperial city?"
Zhou Huaizheng looked at Yang Yi, who gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Zhou Huaizheng's thoughts suddenly changed and he shouted: "This is a cover-up trick by Liu E, the demon queen. If the officials really came in person, why should they be so tightly wrapped? They clearly want to mess with the morale of our army."
After hearing this, the general took a closer look at the top of the imperial city. After seeing Zhao Heng's tightly wrapped dragon bed, he nodded slowly.
He felt that what Zhou Huaizheng said was reasonable.
He cupped his fists and apologized to Zhou Huaizheng, "It was me, Meng Lang, who almost fell into the Demon Queen's trick."
Zhou Huaizheng nodded and said: "Ask your soldiers and horses to attack the city quickly, seize the imperial city, and kill the demon queen. The officials will certainly give you generous rewards."
"promise……"
The general clasped his fists, left Zhou Huaizheng, and commanded his troops to continue attacking the city.
Zhou Huaizheng and Yang Yi got together.
Yang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "The officials are here in person and our plan is going to be exposed. What should we do?"
Zhou Huaizheng said harshly: "At this point, do we still have a way out?"
Yang Yi said in a deep voice: "There is no way out."
Zhou Huaizheng said harshly: "As long as we enter the palace, who will know our plan?"
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and said in shock: "You mean..."
A cold light flashed in Zhou Huaizheng's eyes, and he whispered: "Kill the official... Once the official dies, there will be no evidence. When the time comes, the palace is in your hands and the prince is in your and my hands. Whether the Qing Dynasty is false or true will not be determined by
We have the final say."
Yang Yi clenched his fists, feeling a little uncertain.
Seeing that Yang Yi was shaken, Zhou Huaizheng hurriedly said: "Don't you want to help Li Di rehabilitate him? Li Di was framed by you, and now he is accused of being unfaithful and unfilial.
If the Qing Dynasty can't sideline you for a day, Li Di's infamy will never be eliminated."
Yang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Regicide is a serious crime..."
Zhou Huaizheng glanced at Yang Yi up and down, and said coldly: "The regicide could also be Liu E..."
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and said in shock: "You mean..."
Zhou Huaizheng said with a gloomy smile: "Putting it on Liu E just fits in with our reputation as Qingjun."
When Yang Yi heard this, he hesitated again and again, and finally nodded and said: "I will listen to you..."
"kill?"
"kill!"
"Kill!"
Zhou Huaizheng and Yang Yi had a plan and immediately led their troops to attack the imperial city.
…
On top of the city.
Kou Zhun waited until Cao Wei and others got up and asked, "How is the war going?"
Cao Wei cupped his fists and said, "We can hold it, but we can't hold it for long."
Kou Zhun frowned and said, "How long will it take for reinforcements from outside the city to arrive?"
Cao Wei gritted his teeth and said, "It will take an hour at the fastest."
Kou Zhun nodded slowly and ordered: "Hurry and spread the news about the official's visit."
Cao Wei nodded and said: "Understood..."
Cao Wei said goodbye to Kou Zhun and his party, and after going down, he immediately spread the news of Zhao Heng's personal visit.
After hearing this, the Forbidden Army soldiers on the city didn't believe it.
Someone even went to where Zhao Heng was to take a look.
After Kou Zhun saw these people, he opened a corner of the dragon couch and let them see Zhao Heng lying on the dragon couch.
When these Forbidden Army soldiers saw Zhao Heng, they were shocked. They all rushed to tell each other and spread the news about Zhao Heng's personal visit.
After the soldiers of the Forbidden Army on the city heard the news, their morale was greatly boosted and they fought with more vigor.
What's more, they even shouted and cursed at the rebels below the city.
He threatened that the rebels were all traitors and traitors.
They claimed that Zhao Heng had never had any intention of clearing the emperor, and it was Zhou Huaizheng who corrected the edict and took advantage of them.
The rebels just heard the news and still didn't believe it, so they still stormed the imperial city.
But later on, more and more Forbidden Army soldiers were calling out from the top of the city, and they became a little doubtful.
Some rebel soldiers immediately ran to question the rebel general.
The rebel general took out the rhetoric that Zhou Huaizheng told him and told it to the rebels.
The rebels believed this and began to violently attack the city.
Although the Forbidden Army soldiers on top of the city were brave, they could not withstand the onslaught of various large-scale siege equipment from the rebels below.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army used to defend the city, but they never thought that someone would lead a heavy army to attack the palace. Therefore, the large ordnance on the city head was mostly crossbows, and there were few things to deal with large siege equipment.
Now they encountered the rebels using large siege equipment to attack the city. They were unable to deal with it and could only be beaten back again and again.
In just half an hour, the rebels below the city and the Forbidden Army soldiers who were hit with trebuchets did not dare to show their heads and climbed to the top of the city by ladders.
"The west wall was lost..."
The west wall was breached.
The Forbidden Army officers were a little flustered.
Cao Wei, dressed in bloody clothes, ran to the side of Zhao Henglong's bed and said urgently: "Guan family, the west city wall has been lost. The rebels have already attacked. Please move away."
When Zhao Heng heard this, he immediately wanted the eunuchs to carry him away. Liu E was also a little flustered when he heard this.
Only Kou Zhun was not afraid in the face of danger and said coldly: "Ring the bells and drums on the top of the city. I want to meet with these rebels for a while."
Cao Wei was shocked.
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "It's just a bunch of rebellious ministers and traitors, what's there to be afraid of? I'm going to show you today what it means to be evil but not to suppress good!"
"Kouji?!"
Kou Zhun shouted.
Kou Ji quickly said: "Here he is."
Kou Zhun said coldly: "Push me to the west city wall to have a look."
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Grandpa..."
He was reminding Kou Zhun not to take risks.
Kou Zhun glanced at him and said calmly: "I know what I'm doing."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and pushed Kou Zhun towards the west city head.
When we arrived at the top of the West City, we saw the rebels fighting bravely and exchanging swords with the Forbidden Army soldiers.
"Dong dong dong..."
Bells and drums suddenly sounded.
The Forbidden Army soldiers and rebel soldiers on top of the city were all stunned.
Kou Zhun took this opportunity to take a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Old man Kou Zhun, who of you dare to cause trouble?"
"Kou Gong?"
"Mr. Kou?"
"Kou Gong is on top of the city?"
"..."
When the rebel soldiers heard this, they looked at each other in astonishment.
Then they gathered together in small groups and talked in low voices.
After discussing for a while, one of the rebels whispered: "It's probably another trick of that demon queen Liu E..."
"Well...it must be Liu E's trick by the Demon Queen..."
"Kill it...yes, kill it."
"..."
The rebel soldiers shouted and prepared to continue the charge.
At this moment, a vague voice sounded, "I was lucky enough to meet Mr. Kou. That was really Mr. Kou's voice..."
In an instant, the eyes of all the rebel soldiers fell on the place where the sound came from.
The thin and frail men, stared at by everyone, lowered their heads and whispered: "That voice... belongs to Mr. Kou..."
When the rebel soldiers heard this, their expressions changed.
Someone exclaimed in shock: "Kou Gong has always been the most trusted person of the government. He is on top of the city, so..."
At this point, he couldn't speak any more.
But everyone understood what he meant.
"Is it possible that there is really a government official in Longhu?!"
"The official family has no intention of clearing the emperor's side, have we been deceived?"
"..."
The rebel soldiers lied to each other in an instant.
They marched into Bianjing City for the purpose of clearing the emperor's side, for loyalty, and for promotion to the rank of nobility.
But now the Qing emperor's side has turned into rebellion, loyalty has turned into disloyalty and unrighteousness, promotion to a higher position has turned into beheading, how can they not panic?
"Now? What to do?"
"..."
The rebel soldiers were all confused and distraught.
Some ruthless people, seeing this situation, gritted their teeth and said: "Now that things have come to a point, we have no way out, so we might as well go into the palace and keep doing nothing..."
"No!"
Someone made a sound to stop him.
"The top priority is to ask Mr. Kou about this matter and the official's attitude."
"We are not at the end of the road yet..."
"What's there to ask? Since ancient times, committing rebellion has been punishable by death. It means death anyway, so it's better to fight."
"What if we survive? If we die for our loyalty, one day someone will help us vindicate ourselves, give us justice, and treat our wives and children kindly. But if we die for committing rebellion, not only will we have to bear a lifetime of infamy,
My wife and children will also be bullied.
We are just asking a few questions now, and we won't waste much time.
If the officials let us live, we would live.
If the officials don't let us live, it won't be too late for us to fight to the death."
"..."
As soon as this statement came out, many people responded.
Immediately, the rebel soldiers elected two captains as representatives and appeared in front of the formation.
The two lieutenants faced the position of the Forbidden Army soldiers and said, "Can you please come out and see Mr. Kou?"
Hearing this, Kou Zhun smiled calmly and let Kou Ji push him to the front of the two armies' formation.
The two captains saw Kou Zhun and recognized him immediately.
"It's really Mr. Kou's face..."
The two captains bowed their hands.
Kou Zhun stared at them and said coldly: "Do you know that we are making trouble at this moment?"
When the rebel soldiers heard this, their hearts tightened and they subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands.
The two captains looked at each other, and one of them gritted his teeth and said: "Kou Gong, Bei Shi and others did not commit rebellion. Bei Shi and others were ordered by the imperial edict to protect the emperor!"
Kou Zhun cursed loudly: "That's nonsense. Whose edict do you follow, and whose order do you receive?"
"Zhou Douzhi..."
"Zhou Huaizheng was correcting the edict and deceiving you, but you really believed it. He is simply stupid."
"Everyone knows that there are official military talismans..."
"Zhou Huaizheng committed a heinous crime by stealing official military talismans."
"..."
When the two captains saw Kou Zhun open his mouth, they became aggressive.
My heart sank again and again.
One of them gritted his teeth and asked: "Kou Gong, humble officials and others are ordered to clear the emperor's side. Are they really being deceived by villains?"
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "That's natural..."
The two captains looked at each other and asked in a deep voice: "What are the officials going to do with the low-ranking people?"
Kou Zhun looked the two captains up and down and said with a smile: "Are you worthy of being dealt with by the officials?"
The two captains looked stunned.
Kou Zhun said disdainfully: "Little captain, the officials don't bother to look at you on weekdays. Do you really think you are a person?"