My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 231: Capture Luyang in half a day!

This afternoon, many people in Luyang Palace were anxiously waiting for the news Liu Gun brought back.

back garden
The queen knelt down and sat in the Zen room, looking at the kind-faced Buddha statue above, clasping her hands and praying silently. She knew some of her husband's plans, and hoped that reinforcements from various states could resist them as soon as possible. She also hoped that the extremely vicious soldiers and horses of Yan State would try not to rush to attack the city. , and at the same time, he also thought that Liu Gun, who was on a mission to the Yan State military camp, could bring back some good news.

However, soon after, the team of envoys returned to Luyang. The emperor who was the first to learn the news heard the conditions proposed by the Yan army. He overturned the desk weighing more than 70 kilograms and filled it with pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and memorials. Bits and pieces fell everywhere.

"That's unreasonable...this bastard! He's too much of a bully -"

The fierce scolding made Liu Gun dare not raise his head. He listened with fear to the emperor's anger over there. The eyelids of the deputy envoy who came with him, as well as the several ministers and censors who were listening on the side, were all twitching.

They were indignant when they heard the conditions proposed by the Xia king. The emperor couldn't bear it even more. He walked back and forth like an angry bear, roaring in the study.

"Cede the land of the three states?! If I agree, my ancestors will not agree, and neither will the civil and military officials in the entire palace!"

"They really think I'm scared!"

The emperor ran angrily, waving his hands and speaking with an unprecedented killing intent. His face was stained by time, his beard was bulging, and his cheeks and eyes were red.

The exquisite flower porcelain shattered in his hands with a bang.

"It's just a delaying plan. The land of the Three States, haha... Even if it is destroyed, I will not give it away!"

Bah!
Another flower porcelain was thrown to pieces.

"For me to recognize a young emperor as my uncle! What a shame and humiliation! Young son of the Yan Kingdom, you are humiliating me too much... cough cough!"

In a fit of rage, Zhao Chuanting roared hysterically and broke many things. After roaring several times, he suddenly felt dizzy and coughed. He stumbled back a few steps and leaned against the shelf where the books were placed.

"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body!"

Yuan Feng, Minister of the Ministry of War, quickly stepped forward to help him, "Your Majesty, why should you be angry with the other party?"

"That's not to embarrass you!"

"Your Majesty, it may not be a good thing." At this time, Zhao Xusheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out and said: "According to what Ambassador Liu said, in the Yanguo Xiaoer military camp, horses and sheep were being killed at this time, thinking that a great victory was in hand. Since you are willing to talk, let’s continue talking. After all, Your Majesty is just delaying time. The other party is so cooperative, why is Your Majesty still angry?”

These words immediately made Zhao Chuanting stunned for a moment. The anger that had been pent up in his chest gradually dissipated, and he laughed out loud, "Yes, I was so angry that I almost fell into the trick of the kid from Yan Kingdom and made my old illness relapse." , Zhao Shangshu has woken me up, let’s drag it on like this, tomorrow morning, Liu Qing will send out the envoy to Yan Jun again, use these two items to argue and bargain with the other party, try to drag it out for a few days!”

"what?"

Liu Gun showed a hint of sadness and bravely accepted the offer.

The army of the State of Yan was stationed outside the city, and they didn't know when they would attack the city. People inside and outside the imperial city were already panicking. In a small, inconspicuous courtyard, Pei Min came back from outside and looked at the few men waiting for him in the courtyard.

"I got in touch with An Lushan."

He said so.

The night was like water, and there were still cicadas chirping monotonously on the old trees. In the inner garden of the palace, the emperor, who had already fallen asleep, shouted "Ah, no!" and woke up from the dragon bed and sat up.

The queen beside her also woke up and knew that he had a nightmare. She reached out and caressed her husband's back.

"Your Majesty, it's okay...it's just a dream."

"Ah."

Zhao Chuanting nodded with a cold sweat on his face. When he came to his senses, he got out of bed and walked to the table with his shoes on and poured cold water down. The queen took a single coat from the bedside rack and put it on for him.

"In recent times, things inside and outside the city have been complicated. Your Majesty has too many things on his mind..."

Zhao Chuanting patted her hand on his shoulder, looked at somewhere in the room, and forced a smile: "I claim to be knowledgeable in military affairs, but now that I think about it, I am just a mediocre king who has never experienced big winds and waves. Now think about it. , I had a big gamble with the other party that day, and I don’t know where I got the courage.”

He paused for a moment and looked at the candlelight on the table with blurred eyes: "But I don't regret it!"

"Your Majesty..." The queen froze there. She didn't know why her husband said these words.

"The ministers outside all call me the King of Bears and Tigers. I am a rare wise king in the past hundred years of the Wei Dynasty. Haha... I have always listened to the flattery in my heart. But where is the Bear and Tiger? All my hundreds of thousands of troops are Gone! Now there is only one Luyang left, and the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom are approaching the city. I can no longer pretend to help others!" The emperor clenched his fists and shook the candlelight on the shaking table.

"I must defend the city!"

His words were precise and precise: "I personally protect the people in the city!"

……

The daylight passed as time passed, and early the next morning, before it was fully dark, Liu Gun, who had already taken the imperial order to leave Luyang, went to the Yanguo military camp again.

The carriage was swaying, and he was thinking about the excuses to delay the conditions in the car. It would definitely not work if he messed around. He didn't want to use his neck to test the sharpness of the Xia King's sword.

'It can only be euphemistic, or...quoting scriptures...it can't be done...'

At this moment, the soldiers driving the carriage outside suddenly spoke in a panic: "Envoy Liu, come out quickly!"

The group of soldiers guarding the carriage were also walking in a panic at this time. Liu Gong looked at each other with the deputy in the carriage, and hurriedly opened the curtain and looked out. Many running things came into view.

"Be on guard!" the leading primary school student shouted from outside.

There was the sound of horse hooves all around. Groups of northern scouts were coming from the north. There were hundreds of them, but they didn't even look at their convoy. They just crossed over and headed towards Lu Yang. Run in the direction.

"Envoy...what...what's going on?"

Liu Gun pursed his lips and did not answer. He walked out of the carriage and looked north. Then, he felt a biting chill running from his back to the back of his neck, and his scalp shrank and became numb in an instant.

In his field of vision, there were strange tower spiers and high-erected wooden boards, slowly appearing at the end of the intersection between heaven and earth, and gradually revealing their ferocious outlines in his eyes. They were two huge towers nearly ten feet tall, with countless towers below them. Strong barbarians, either shirtless or wearing fur coats, struggled to pass.

Beyond them, countless flags appeared in sight, as well as the faint sound of war drums.

"Go back... go back..."

Liu Gun turned around and got into the car. The moment he sat down, he yelled at the driver who was still in a daze: "Let's go! Go back to Luyang!"

The driver woke up and waved his whip, driving the horses to change direction, and then dragged the carriage back to Luyang City. The scouts running around did not embarrass him, but just observed the terrain, or ran further away to record the nearby areas. The terrain, whether there are soldiers or not.

When the carriage rushed back to Luyang, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

In the palace, the emperor was in high spirits today. He was sitting on his throne and was discussing all the city's defense, public security and other matters with a group of civil and military generals. When he was about to leave the court, Liu Gun rushed into the hall at the fastest speed in his life.

"Liu Qing, are you back so soon?"

Not only Zhao Chuanting was surprised, but also Yuan Feng, Long Qiao and other civil and military officials were surprised that the other party was so quick. But before anyone could ask, Liu Gun held the door frame of the palace door, took a few deep breaths, and pointed outside.

"Your Majesty... the Yan army has attacked the city!"

After the words fell, the entire court fell into silence. The emperor, Yuan Feng, Long Qiao, Zhao Xusheng, etc... a group of civil and military officials opened their mouths and were speechless for a long time.

……

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The rhythmic drum beats shook the world, and densely packed figures stepped on the rhythm of the drum beats, forming dozens of arrays across the entire wilderness, like a black tide sweeping over.

Under the tall banner with the character 'Xia' standing tall.

Su Chen stood on the ancestral coffin, and with the voices of the emperors behind him, he saw for the first time the capital city in the hinterland of the Central Plains: Luyang.

"Send the order down!"

He slowly raised his hand, "Assemble the siege equipment and destroy the city in half a day!"

The words came out decisively.

(End of this chapter)