Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 84: Two Strategies to Destroy the City (Special thanks to book friend Yaoyaoer, the Third Prince of Xizhimen, for his monthly ticket!)

Xiang Gong tried to persuade Wang Quanbin for a long time, but to no avail. Knowing that this man had a very stubborn temper, he had to give up.

Xiang Gong stood up and saluted:
"Quan Bin, I will submit all your requests to Your Majesty in a written form, so you can take care of yourself!

The old man took his leave. "

Wang Quanbin quickly persuaded Xiang Gong to stay and use the banquet prepared by the side hall before leaving, but Xiang Gong ignored him.

After leaving the city in a hanging basket on the Luoyang City Wall, Xiang Gongxian returned to Han Hui's army to discuss with him.

After briefly describing the journey, Xiang Gong sighed:

"Xiaguan originally knew that Wang Quanbin was hot-tempered and foolish, and His Majesty was very kind to him for his rebellion. Who knew that he was now so arrogant that he wanted Your Majesty to make him king! It was really self-destruction!

Commander Han, the cause of recruiting Wang Quanbin to surrender has failed. Commander Han is requested to attack the city with all his strength and destroy Wang Ni as soon as possible.

The official immediately left for Bianjing to report back to His Majesty. "

Han Hui stood up and walked out of the camp together with the officers of the Second Corps of the "Long Xiang Army".

After returning to the handsome tent and sitting down, Han Hui said:

"Since Wang Ni is so crazy and wants your Majesty to make him king, your Majesty will never agree to his terms of surrender.

Seeing that hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang City have no food, in order to avoid the tragic situation of cannibalism, our army must attack Luoyang as soon as possible! "

Zhe Yuxun, commander of the First Army of the Second Corps, said:
"Commander Han, the general has sent his sergeants to inspect the terrain around Luoyang in detail in the past few days since receiving the order, and has thought of two strategies to quickly attack Luoyang."

Han Hui was overjoyed and said:

"Commander Zhe is worthy of being a general. He thought of a way to attack Luoyang in a few days. Please tell me quickly."

After Zhe Yuxun thanked him for a few words, he said:
"In the first case, Luoyang is adjacent to the Luoshui River in the south and is low-lying. Our army can move the camp to a higher place at the foot of Funiu Mountain, and then dig the Luoshui River at night to irrigate Luoyang.

When the river water rose and the enemy troops in the city were in panic, Commander Han led our army in a fast boat. With the strength of our army, it was very easy to annihilate Wang Quanbin and the Shu army. "

When all the generals in the tent heard this, they all felt that this plan was clever. As long as Long Xiang's army attacks Luoyang City by boat, it will be as easy as shooting target training to kill the enemy troops who are panicking after being flooded with the divine arm bow.

Many generals praised it as a good plan.

Han Hui pondered for a moment and said hesitantly:

"This plan can indeed lead to Luoyang quickly! But Luoshui is ruthless, and hundreds of thousands of our innocent people in the city will be seriously injured.

Your Majesty has always cared for the people. Although we can rush to Cloyang, we are only afraid of His Majesty's punishment afterwards.

Commander Zhe, tell me about your second strategy. "

Zhe Yuxun said:

"Yes. This second method is the plan to enter the city through tunnels that Commander Han had previously ordered his subordinates to prepare.

After questioning the "Longxiang Guards" who accompanied the army and the people near Luoyang, the general selected two excellent tunnels to dig to the opening of the city:

One is the White Horse Temple and the other is the Shangqing Palace. These two temples and courtyards occupy a large area, and the surrounding area is quiet, which is convenient for our army to sneak in. Moreover, the monks and Taoist priests in the two places have always been clean cultivators and did not participate in the king's rebellion. The number of them is also small, which is convenient for our army to control. "

Han Hui said happily:

"Commander Zhe is really talented! This plan will not bring disaster to the people in Luoyang City, so we will act on it immediately."

After the generals discussed for a while, they immediately determined the route that would lead to the tunnel that had been dug near the Luoyang city wall and lead to the White Horse Temple and Shangqing Palace. The entrance was chosen in the military camp 3 miles away from Luoyang City.

In order to avoid being detected by the enemy troops in the city due to flooding, Han Hui and others will choose to dig two feet deep from the ground. When they enter the city and reach the White Horse Temple and the Shangqing Palace underground, they will dig upward for the exit.

After the agreement was reached, the sergeants of the First Army secretly went underground in batches and dug tunnels in rotation.

After Xiang Gong left the Longxiang military camp outside Luoyang City, he traveled on the road for five days and rushed back to Bianjing on November 26, the fourth year of Kaixi.

As soon as he entered Bianjing, Xiang Gong immediately got into a carriage and rushed to the palace to ask for an audience with Emperor Chai Zongxun.

Chai Zongxun was in the Qingshou Hall at this time, listening to Fifth Chao Lu playing the harp. After hearing the eunuch's report, he immediately ordered Xiang Gong to wait at Huangji Hall.

Wu Chaolu played "Invite Drunk to Dance" which has become popular in various countries in China in recent years.

This song was composed by Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was the empress of the Zhou Dynasty, in the second year of Kaixi when Li Yu just ascended the throne to celebrate.

The music style of the whole piece is cheerful and warm, and Chai Zongxun feels happy when he listens to it. It wasn't until the song was played that Chai Zongxun said goodbye to Fifth Chaolu, got up and walked to Huangji Hall.

Xiang Gong had been waiting in the hall for a while. After seeing the ceremony, he said to Gong:

"I report to Your Majesty that the old minister is incompetent and failed to persuade Wang Ni to surrender.

This Wang Ni's temper has become increasingly violent in recent years. When the old minister met him in Luoyang City, he was not only ungrateful for his majesty's magnanimity to him, but also made extremely rude demands.

I don’t know whether I should talk about it or not? "

Chai Zongxun nodded slightly and said:

"Xiang Taishi, you are just relaying Wang Ni's words, but it doesn't matter. I won't blame you."

Xiang Gong said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty.

The veteran minister tried his best to persuade Wang Ni in the city of Luoyang for a long time, but he turned out to be rebellious:

Only if your majesty makes him king and treats him like the king of Wei will he capture the Shu soldiers and surrender.

If His Majesty does not agree, this Wang Ni...Wang Ni actually said that he would kill everyone in Chai Shouli's family in Luoyang! "

Chai Zongxun was stunned for a moment before he remembered that Chai Shouli was the biological father of his father, Emperor Chai Rong, which was also his biological grandfather.

Chai Zongxun slapped the armrest of the golden throne and said angrily:

"How dare the thief king do this!
In order to save the innocent people of Luoyang, I have treated him leniently, regardless of his crime of spreading rumors, but how dare he be so arrogant? !

It seems that since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, these arrogant and powerful generals in troubled times have been too presumptuous! With a little force in your hands, you will be lawless! "

In the hall, he stood respectfully toward Gong, not daring to say a word.

Chai Zongxun took a few quick breaths, gradually calmed down, and said:

"Grand Master, you have been working hard on this trip. Wang Ni wants to die. He wants me to kill him in front of the arrogant and powerful generals to establish his power, so I will help him!"

Grand Master, please retire and go back to your home to rest. "

Xiang Gong breathed a sigh of relief and immediately bowed and left the hall.

After Chai Zongxun pondered for a moment, he said:

"Manager Tang, send someone to summon Prime Minister Li."

Tang Qi quickly agreed and went out of Huangji Palace to appoint two young eunuchs to invite Li Tao.

Wang Zhu was busy these days sending extra manpower to repair the "Xingtong of the Great Zhou Dynasty". Chai Zongxun told him that he wanted to promulgate the new law before New Year's Eve, so he did not call him to come for discussion.

Within a moment, Li Tao had arrived from Zhongshu Province in the front yard of the palace.

After seeing the ceremony, Chai Zongxun gave Li Tao a seat and told Xiang Gongqian about going to Luoyang for negotiations.

Chai Zongxun said: "These military generals who have been through troubled times for decades have been rampant for a long time, and they don't know the integrity of monarchs and ministers, etiquette, justice and integrity!"

It's time for me to show off their arrogance!

Li Xiang, but this Chai Shouli is indeed my father's biological father and my blood grandfather, I still can't bear it.

Will people in the world blame me for being so callous and disregarding the life of my biological grandfather? "

When Li Tao heard this, he knew that Emperor Chai Zongxun was determined to kill Wang Quanbin regardless of his threats, but he still couldn't bear it in his heart.

Li Tao said: "Your Majesty, it has been two generations since the late emperor adopted him as his son and entered the family tree. As for your Majesty, he has not had any contact with Chai Shouli for a long time.

Your Majesty, for the sake of the country, ignored Wang Ni's threats and executed him. Even if Chai Shouli and his family were not spared, the people of the world would never say that Your Majesty did not care about family ties.

Since Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous and cannot bear the murder of Chai Shouli by the king's thief, he might as well tell Han Hui and other officers of the Longxiang Army ahead to act according to the opportunity and try his best to save Chai Shouli and his family. "

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:

"That's all we have to do. Pass on my will to Han Hui. If we can save Chai Shouli and his family, I am willing to spare Wang Quanbin from the death penalty!"

(End of this chapter)