My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 428 The final madness

Outside the tent there was the sound of raindrops hitting the tent.

Yaozhou, Yizhou Military Camp.

The muddy combat boots were stained with water and walked into the tent. The man with a rough and dark face opened the curtain, came in with a laugh, and raised his hands towards the figure reading a book in the first place.

"Cang pays homage to the Lord, there is good news!"

The candlelight flickered on the pages of the book. Guan Yu raised his eyes, closed the book, and looked at the old brother opposite with a smile, "What kind of good news."

The swarthy rough man was quite happy. After saluting, he walked to a seat on one side and said, "Zhang Liao has surrendered the Wu State's border troops. Now Wu State has no more soldiers to fight."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, then stood up, walked to the hanging map and looked at it for a moment, "There are indeed no soldiers left to fight, and the rest are all the losers of the rich families."

"Tell me, general, to have Zhang Liao's Bingzhou Army and his third brother Zhang Fei join me at the border of Shengzhou." Guan Yu quickly let the outside guards come in and took the armor to cover him.

Guan Yu stood where he was, with his arms straight and letting his guards do what he did. At the same time, he also asked Zhou Cang: "Is there any news from Zhou Yu?"

"Not yet!" The rough man responded: "But the prince also knows the previous news. Governor Zhou has occupied Minggang and is guarding the place where Shengkang goes to sea. Now he should just wait for us to attack from both front and back!"

Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, waiting for the soldiers to put on the golden armor for him. While putting on the green robe, he walked to his old brother. He looked at the raindrops outside the tent and said, "It's finally over."

"By the way, Lord!" Zhou Cang suddenly spoke of another matter. He leaned close to Guan Yu's ear and muttered a few words.

You can vaguely hear the name 'Lu Meng'.

"Lu Meng..." Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, with a murderous intent in his eyes, but he did not say any harsh words. Compared with the joy just now, he took the Qinglong Yanyue Sword from the weapon rack and silently stroked the blade. .

"Zhou Cang... do you think Guan should kill him?"

"Of course I have to kill him and keep him for the New Year!"

Zhou Cang has always been rough and arrogant, and he respects Guan Yu like a god. When he knew that Guan Yu was killed, he killed himself on the wall. Now when he saw his enemy again, he blurted it out without thinking.

"Go and get to work, let the military athletes gather together and march towards Shengzhou!"

Guan Yu didn't say any more and patted his old brother on the shoulder. The latter shut up at the right time and immediately received the general's order and walked out of the tent.

After the people left, he sat back behind the long desk again, placing the heavy Green Dragon Sword on the table. He gently stroked the winding dragon shape on the blade, and there was a low murmur between his beard and beard.

"You are also my old brother. Do you think... I should kill him?"

The blade was silent and trembling slightly.

At the same time, the general was still on his way to Yuanzhou. Over there, Zhang Liao, the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, surrendered to Zhao Kangzhi's frontier army. The two armies gathered about 36,000 people. After getting to know each other, the frontier army commander The position was handed over to Zhang Liao. As a famous general who entered the Wu Temple, he was still very comfortable in controlling the surrendering army.

On September 20th, Guan Yu's general came to Yuanzhou. More than 30,000 people gathered in the wilderness. The troops were in order. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Guan Ping, Zhang Bao, and Wei Yan lined up at the camp gate in uniform. After receiving the general's order, they mounted their horses directly. , and joined the surrendered army coach Zhao Kangzhi.

All the soldiers on the border were no longer nervous and panicked when they saw Xia's troops approaching for the first time. Perhaps in order not to lose face of the Wu people, they all stood holding their weapons with bated breath, with serious expressions and tall postures.

Soon after, they saw Zhang Liao, the commander-in-chief of the Xia Kingdom, riding on a horse with a tall figure and carrying a hook and sickle. His angular face showed indescribable fortitude and majesty.

Zhao Kangzhi, who was standing in front of the soldiers on the border, led a group of generals forward. He lifted his cloak, jumped off his horse, and strode towards this side.

"General Zhao Kangzhi pays homage to General Chariot and Cavalry!"

Zhao Kangzhi looked older than Zhang Liao, but as a reduced general, he must lower his posture. The generals behind him, including Zhou Tiansheng, also bowed to him one by one.

"There is no need to be polite. From now on we are one family, there is no difference between people from Wu and Xia."

Zhang Liao helped Zhao Kangzhi up, and then raised his hands to the surrendered generals behind him, "We, the Xia soldiers, will uphold the emperor's will, unify the six kingdoms, and conquer the world. Four of the six kingdoms have gone, and now Wu will follow in his footsteps, Liao Discourse Although it sounds unpleasant, it is the fact that there will be no more wars in the unification of the six countries. The people will be healthy, the roads will be smooth, and the government orders will be accessible. This will be a situation that has not been seen in this world for hundreds of years. You should be happy. "

"Yes, you should be happy." Zhao Kangzhi forced a smile, and then asked in a low voice: "I wonder where my emperor is now?"

The emperor he mentioned naturally refers to Kang Chengqian.

At present, Kang Chengqian has been named An Le Gong. He was not very clear about it, so Zhang Liao did not blame him. After correcting him, he said: "An Le Gong is the commander of the expedition against Wu. He should follow Guan Jun now." The Marquis has gone to Shengzhou. This time of gathering, the Marquis has come and ordered us to go there too. It won't be long before General Zhao can see him."

"Really?"

Zhao Kangzhi's face showed joy. His family had been generals for generations. Every time he returned to the capital, he was made things difficult by the officials in the court. Only Kang Chengqian spoke up for him. Later, he was even exempted from coming to the capital to report on his duties. It was just such a small favor. , he kept it in mind.

This surrender was, to a large extent, to welcome Kang Chengqian back to Wudi.

"Haha, happy! What a happy thing." Zhao Kangzhi turned around and shouted at the generals and soldiers: "Such a happy thing makes me laugh!"

The dark soldiers laughed loudly.

Zhang Liao knew the reason for the opponent's surrender. Seeing that his morale was ready, he immediately asked Zhao Kangzhi to continue to lead the frontier army. "The generals obeyed the order, sent troops to Shengzhou, and surrounded Shengkang with the Yizhou army and navy army!"

"Yes!"

In the field, while the generals were shouting, the messengers carried the words to each formation. More than 30,000 people followed and shouted: "Surround Shengkang and kill the rebellious ministers!"

Zhao Kangzhi returned to the front of the formation, got on his horse, pulled out the sword from his waist, and raised it high. "The whole army marches out, let those rebellious officials and traitors in Shengkang give us an explanation!"

The sky and clouds changed color.

Soon after, the mighty army marched eastward. On September 25th, they entered the territory of Shengzhou and surrounded Shengkang from three directions with the Yizhou army commanded by Guan Yu and Zhou Yu's navy.

The century-old city is already in crumbling condition.

Before preparing to start the war, the three armies were galloping on horseback to deliver various orders, including the strategy of attacking the heart ordered by Guan Yu.

He asked each army general to copy a large number of letters written by Kang Chenggan, and then asked archers in each battalion to shoot arrows tied with notes onto the city wall. The contents roughly stated that he was forced to leave Wu, and also stated that Prime Minister Gu Chongwen, Tai Wei Fanli and Zhongshu Shilang Xiao Zhiyi were the traitorous leaders. They killed three of them and spared the rest.

Zhou Yu also appreciated this very much, "I didn't expect that after my death, Guan Yu would lead Jingzhou and he would have the talent to be a commander."

Gan Ning snorted and didn't take it seriously.

And here, Anle Gong Kang Chengqian was fully clothed and majestic like a general, leading Zhao Kangzhi and other generals, as well as hundreds of personal guards, to the gate of the western suburbs of Shengkang.

"Who is the guard in the city? Do you know who I am?!"

The city guards and a group of soldiers almost all had the notes shot up in their hands. Some of them had read it, and some of the soldiers didn't know how to read. Moreover, they had never seen what Emperor Kang Chengqian looked like. Suddenly they saw his whole body. Armored and surrounded generals appeared and gathered at the top of the city.

"I don't know who you are. If you want to attack the city, you have to be verbose!"

"presumptuous!"

Zhao Kangzhi immediately took two steps forward, raised his whip and pointed at the city wall and shouted: "You know that Kang Zun in the palace is no longer a puppet, the real emperor is here!"

On the tower, everyone looked at each other, but there was no immediate defection.

Kang Chengqian followed and shouted: "I was forced by the treacherous ministers and had no choice but to leave the palace and flee to the Central Plains. Now I have surrendered to the Emperor of Xia Kingdom and was granted the title of Duke Anle. I can't bear to see the generals and people of Wu being burdened by the treacherous ministers and dying in vain." Next, during this southern expedition, I came back specially to persuade everyone to surrender!"

"Everyone, don't listen to this man's nonsense. How could the Supreme Emperor run to the Central Plains and shoot this man to death when he is in the palace?"

The guard on the city drew his sword and pointed, and the surrounding archers drew their bows and set arrows. Zhao Kangzhi outside the city quickly led Kang Chengqian's horse and galloped away from the range of the arrows.

After hearing the news, Guan Yu closed his eyes and said nothing for a while before saying: "This is Wu's last chance to survive. Let them go."

Compared with the popular sentiment on the city wall, the situation is urgent.

At the Taiwei's house in the city, Fan Li drank one glass after another. His face was red, and he stared straight at the door of the central hall. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he suddenly smashed the cup in his hand to the ground. .

"Gu Chongwen, this old thief, he actually escaped!!"

He stood up unsteadily, pulled out the sword lying next to him, and chopped wildly at the table. Thinking of the other party's past face, he kept claiming that he would live and die with the city. However, three days before the Xia Kingdom's troops besieged the city, he secretly escaped. Whereabouts unknown.

He slashed out with his sword again, the blade of the sword got stuck on the pillar, his hair was disheveled and he was breathing heavily.

"Thief, you deceived us so much!"

At this time, the steward from outside came in and approached to report something. Fan Li quickly pulled out his sword from the pillar and slashed with his backhand, killing the old steward who had served the family for more than 20 years in a pool of blood.

"What are you doing here..." He saw the figure in the pool of blood clearly, and with a clang, the sword in his hand fell to the ground.

"Lieutenant!"

Xiao Zhiyi's words could be heard outside. Just now, the steward of the palace came to report that he wanted to say that the Vice Minister of Zhongshu was visiting, but he was killed before he finished speaking.

Xiao Zhiyi had something important to say. After waiting for a while, he simply came in. As soon as he arrived in the middle hall, he saw the old steward lying in a pool of blood, and his face couldn't help showing a look of shock.

"Lieutenant, why did you kill him?"

Fan Li's expression changed. He probably didn't want to talk about the shameful incident of killing him because of panic, so he waved his hand casually: "I found out that this steward had colluded with the outside rebels and the generals of the Xia Kingdom, so I simply killed him with one sword."

"How could it be..." Xiao Zhiyi also had a look of surprise, but then he hurriedly said: "I came here to talk about this. Today, the soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom ordered people to shoot arrows at the top of the city. There is a letter from Kang Chengqian tied on it. Let us The matter has been made public. I am worried that the generals and soldiers on the city wall will be like Zhao Kangzhi and Zhao Kuian..."

Thinking of how these generals had curried favor with him when they first came to the capital, now they were all vying to be surrendered and groveling before the Xia generals to beg for mercy.

Thinking of this…..

As well as Gu Chongwen and Taiwei Fan Li who escaped, they overturned the wine table with a cry of "Ah!", their eyes were red and the smell of alcohol was snorting from their mouths and noses.

"Tell all the big families still in the city to send private soldiers to help defend the city, and secretly 'protect' the residences of the four gate guards. Tell them to fight without worrying about their families."

"Lieutenant, your order is a bit..."

"You don't listen to me either?" Fan Li's beard grew angrily, he raised his sword and pointed it at it. Xiao Zhiyi was so frightened that he backed away and waved his hand: "Listen, I'll do it right away!"

(End of this chapter)