Chapter 397: Qingzhou City (1)
Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, left his fiefdom Guangning City after instructing Yang Wen on some things on the sixth day of the first month, and took a boat to Laizhou Mansion directly, and happened to come to the ferry port of Laizhou Mansion on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He originally wanted the boat to sail to the ferry port close to Laizhou Prefecture, but the sailor somehow let the boat drive to this ferry port that was closer to Qingzhou Prefecture than Laizhou Prefecture.
Zhu Zhi saw this layer of smoke when he was still at sea from afar, and he discussed with his guards what it was. They all thought it was fog, but when they reached the shore, they found so many soldiers waiting to eat.
It just so happened that Zhu Shou came back with Zhu Yunxi to search for whether there were any missing soldiers on the big ship, and when he turned around, he saw Zhu Zhi and his party, and then Zhu Yunxi shouted in surprise: "Uncle Fifteen? ”
"Huh?" Zhu Shou turned his head and looked at Zhu Zhi as well. He and Zhu Zhi were not familiar with each other, and they had been thinking about something just now, so they didn't pay attention to the small boat that sailed into the port. However, he immediately became puzzled: 'What is His Royal Highness the King of Liao doing in Shandong at this time?' ’
No matter what they were thinking, the two of them greeted each other in unison.
Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, was now also wondering why they were here, and why there were so many soldiers here, and when he saw Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxi coming over, he also got off the boat to greet them.
Then, after the two sides had finished saluting, they said a few words, and they understood why the other party was here now.
Here, Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxi lamented that Zhu Zhi was really loyal to the imperial court, and he left his fiefdom and came to Shandong in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.
Just as they were exclaiming to each other, a conductor approached. Because Zhu Zhi was not wearing the clothes of the prince, the commander did not know Zhu Zhi, but only saluted Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxi and said: "His Royal Highness King Heng, Lord Hou, the army has already eaten a full meal, when will it start to attack and become a rebellion?" ”
Zhu Shou said to Zhu Zhi: "His Royal Highness the King of Liao, the minister has decided to set off tonight to attack and become a rebel, and now that the time has come, I can't greet His Highness." ”
Who knew that Zhu Zhi said: "Since this king has caught up with the army, and this king is also a person who knows a lot about soldiers, it is better to let this king follow him to Qingzhou." ”
Zhu Shou immediately shook his head and said like a rattle: "Don't dare!" Your Highness should go to Laizhou to rest as well! ”
But Zhu Zhi insisted, Zhu Shou didn't dare to do anything to Zhu Zhi, he was in a hurry, and finally had to agree to Zhu Zhi to follow the army. However, he secretly made up his mind: if Zhu Zhi dared to seize the command, he would not lose the command of the army even if he temporarily knocked Zhu Zhi unconscious.
Of course, Zhu Zhi will not compete with him for command. The reason why he insisted on going with him was because when he was chatting with Zhu Shou and Zhu Yunxi before, he heard them say that Zhu Rong and his children were probably still in Qingzhou.
Although Zhu Zhi can't get used to his seventh brother, he likes Zhu Rong's children quite a lot. Especially Zhu Rong's fourth daughter, Zhu Xiancai, is quite close to him, so he wants to know whether Zhu Rong's family is safe at the first time.
The entire right army advanced on the territory of Laizhou Prefecture. Yun Xi had great expectations for the right army, so he allocated several guards of the twelve guards to the right army, and the other guards were also among the Jingwei, most of them did not have night blindness, and the moonlight was bright tonight, so they could march at night.
After half an night's march, they came to the outside of the town of Guangling. After Zhu Shou let the army rest for a while, he rushed up and rushed into Guangling Town.
The hundreds of rebel households stationed in Guangling Town, they never dreamed that there would be an army from the north, not to mention that Weixian and Changyi counties in the east were still under the control of Chengren, so they were defenseless and were overwhelmed by the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court at once.
After making sure that no one had escaped, Zhu Shou ordered: "Rest overnight in Guangling Town, and get up at dawn tomorrow to attack Shouguang County." ”
"Tell the soldiers that after Shouguang is Qingzhou City, you can rescue the King of Qi after defeating Qingzhou City, and everyone will have a heavy reward!"
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On October 13, Chen Lianyu, who stayed in Qingzhou City, looked at the ragged man in front of him in shock and said, "What are you talking about! The army of the imperial court has already conquered the county seat of Shouguang yesterday? How is this possible, how can the army of the imperial court come from the north! ”
Jia Shiming also said: "This is impossible! You are the person sent by the imperial court to disturb the morale of the army! Come on, pull him down and cut him down! ”
The man in front of them said, "Two adults! What the villain said is the truth, and there is no lie! ”
Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming actually knew that this person was unlikely to tell a lie. When he came in just now, Jia Shiming had already let the people at the door identify him, and it was indeed their soldiers who let him in. Moreover, he still has a letter written by the guard general stationed in Shouguang County, which cannot be fake. The reason why they came up and opened their mouths to deny it was because they couldn't believe it.
At this moment, a hundred households stationed on the north city wall ran in in a panic and said, "Lord Chen, Lord Jia, it's not good!" Suddenly there were a lot of armies to the north. At least 30,000 or more! ”
The news of this hundred households was like the last straw, which completely made Jia Shiming and Chen Lianyu lose their spirit and sit on the chairs.
The two of them know very well that although there are still tens of thousands of troops in Qingzhou, many of them are in Changyi, Weixian, Mulingguan and other places, and now there are only 3,000 troops in Qingzhou City, and they are all the hundred households that could not fight the most in the three guards of King Qi back then.
In addition, they had no preparation to defend the city at all, and there were almost no equipment to defend the city, so it was impossible to defend Qingzhou City.
And there are so many large soldiers on the other side, it is completely possible to surround the entire city, and now there are no formed cavalry in the city, and it is impossible to break through.
When the two of them heard the words of the hundred households who came to deliver the message, they did not organize any defense, so they sat on their chairs and did nothing. The hundred households who came to deliver the message were very anxious, but they didn't know what to do except for urging them repeatedly.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from outside the house, and then I saw a middle-aged man walk in, and then said loudly to Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming: "There is an army of the imperial court outside the city, why don't you organize to defend the city!" ”
Chen Lianyu looked up and saw that it was Hu Yongwei. Hu Yongwei is Lu Yuan's cronies who stayed in Qingzhou City, although he doesn't care about the army or the people, but the people of the King of Qi and the families of the generals who went out to fight are all guarded by him.
Chen Lianyu smiled miserably and said, "How can you still defend the city?" Now there are only 3,000 people in the city, and you also know what kind of virtue these soldiers left in Qingzhou City, and the army outside is 30,000 people, and it is impossible to hold the city. ”
Hu Yongwei said loudly: "Isn't it possible to organize the people to defend the city? ”
Chen Lianyu continued: "The people are not fools, of course they know that we are anti-thieves, and the army from outside is naturally the army of the imperial court to quell the rebellion." In such a situation, who would be willing to die for the thief? We have too few people to look after all the places. And if one place is lost, the whole city will be lost. So Qingzhou City can no longer be defended. ”
"And the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court has already reached Qingzhou City, and it is estimated that the army of Lu Yuan and Xie Cheng outside has also been wiped out, or is about to be wiped out, otherwise how could the imperial court send so many people to surround Qingzhou. Our rebellion is coming to an end now. ”
"But it's October 13 now, and it's been two and a half months since we should have been captured and sent to the capital for punishment, and we've finally survived more than two months, which is not bad. Ha ha. ”
Hu Yongwei looked at his expression, and then looked at Jia Shiming's expression, to make sure that they were not joking, and then seemed to remember something, pointed to Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming and ordered: "Tie up the two of them!" ”
Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming were caught off guard and were captured by Hu Yongwei's people. Although they had already been appointed to die, they still asked, "Why did you tie me up!" ”
Hu Yongwei said gloomily: "Since this rebellion is about to fail, Qingzhou City will not be able to hold it, and there is no need for you to live." ”
After he finished saying this, he made a gesture, and then two cold lights flashed, and Chen Lianyu and Jia Shiming, who were still about to shout, stopped making sounds because their heads had fallen off their bodies.
Hu Yongwei didn't look at the two corpses, turned his head to the people behind him and said: "Now that Qingzhou City is about to be lost, and even the entire rebellion should have failed, and then I will carry out the order left by Lord Lu Yuan before leaving." ”
"You go and kill those who should be killed, as you have arranged."
The most luxurious and magnificent building in Qingzhou City is none other than the Qi Palace. However, at this time, this luxurious and magnificent mansion has a somewhat eerie feeling.
Since many people were killed in the Qi Wang's Mansion that night, although Lu Yuan let people clean the Qi Wang's Mansion, but after that, the mansion completely lost its former liveliness. After Lu Yuan, Zhu Rong was imprisoned in the front yard, and the sons and daughters who did not go to the capital were imprisoned in the back yard, making this place a big prison completely.
Hu Yongwei led people to this gloomy mansion and said to the people who followed him: "The counterinsurgency army of the imperial court is already besieging this Qingzhou City, and it may not be long before Qingzhou City will fall." ”
"But Lord Lufar's orders must be carried out. Originally, I should have executed Zhu Rong immediately after Lord Lu Yuan's order to execute Zhu Yan came yesterday, but it has dragged on until now. ”
"A few of you, go to the backyard to execute all the children of Zhu Rong, and I will personally execute Zhu Rong."
After Hu Yongwei finished speaking, he was about to go to the front yard. But at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of the weapon breaking through the air!