Chapter 246 The dream is broken and the hair is white
The emperor looked at the remaining maids, waved his hands and said, "All of you, please go out. Just pretend that you didn't hear what I just said."
"Here"
Several palace maids fell to the ground and kowtowed, their faces all pale with fear. It seemed that the palace maids before were pulled out and killed with a cane because their hands were shaking and they dropped their crowns. In fact, it was not because they listened to something they shouldn't have heard. The tooth general named Zhuge Zhan said so much in one breath, and these words must not be spread casually now. The emperor killed one palace maid, just to tell the others not to talk too much.
Several palace maids quickly got up and exited, not even daring to express their anger.
The emperor turned to Zhuge Zhan and asked word for word: "Tell the truth from beginning to end."
Zhuge Zhan straightened up slightly and spoke with a trembling voice: "That night, I don't know how Meng Yuan's cavalry appeared behind the defense line of the right leader's guards and inserted directly from behind. How could the army set up defenses behind it in the middle of the night? ? General Yu Zhengdong, the right-leading army guard, hurriedly organized his troops to fight, but the enemy had at least two thousand cavalrymen coming from behind. It was too late to stop them because the army had to be deployed for hundreds of miles, and the right-leading army guard collapsed. When the news came, it had already been a day.¡±
"After General Pei knew that the right-leading army guard was defeated, he immediately sent several generals to divide the 30,000 troops to rescue him. Before he arrived, he encountered the rout of the Chinese army. The 300,000-man Chinese army was defeated overnight. When asked what happened to the Chinese army's defeat, they said that it was Meng Yuan's cavalry who suddenly came from behind, and the army broke through the company camp without any precautions, followed by Meng Yuan's large group of troops like a tide. At least 200,000 troops came forward. King Xujun and General Jin Shixiong led troops to fight back, but due to the sudden attack in the middle of the night, the soldiers were defeated too quickly and were unable to prevent the enemy from destroying the camp. "
"Prince Xujun and General Jin Shixiong were also killed. Prince Xu led some of his men and horses to run around, trying to collect the defeated troops. But Meng Yuan's cavalry was too fast, and we our infantry had no time to form an array. "
"Later, the 30,000 troops sent by General Pei did not dare to move forward rashly. Instead, they stayed in place and sent people back to ask for instructions from the general. The general ordered to return to the camp, then reduced his troops and slowly retreated to rescue King Xujun. As soon as the army moved out, the 60,000 cavalrymen of Meng Yuan's Keqin Banner came over. Most of our left-leading army guards were infantry, and they could only fight in formation for a day. One hundred thousand cavalry came to kill them."
"At night, the defense line on the west was broken through, and General Pei personally rushed forward with his personal guards. In the second half of the night I heard I heard that General Pei was shot to death by random arrows from the enemy cavalry. Military advisor Shi Le saw it. Although the situation was over, he refused to break out with the guards. He found the minister and asked him to lead the troops to break out and return to Chang'an City to report the news. The military advisor himself organized the last troops to investigate the life and death of the general The minister persuaded him to go with him. He said that he was favored by the general. Live together, die together! When I came out with dozens of cavalry, the military advisor and others also died in the battle. "
"I and my men did not dare to delay, and rode their horses all the way east. I was still thinking that we would definitely encounter our Sui army on the way. But all we saw along the way were corpses with their heads cut off, and every ten A few miles away, you can see a pagoda made of the heads of our Sui soldiers. I and my men were hiding in the night, but they were still discovered by the Meng Yuan cavalry. Only I escaped halfway. At that time, I heard that King Xujun was retreating towards Qingxia with his remaining soldiers, so I rushed to Qingxia to find King Xu But when I arrived at Qingxia cautiously, I didn't see our Sui Dynasty. Centaur."
"Later I thought Most of the men and horses under King Xujun were infantry, and the Mandu banner was two thousand miles long. How could King Xu's men and horses be able to outrun Meng Yuan's cavalry. An army of 700,000 All I saw along the way were headless corpses and the tall pagoda with human heads.¡±
"After waiting for a day in Qingxia, I saw Meng Yuan's wolf flag without seeing one of my own. I had to run back by myself. When passing by Fan Gu, I wanted to go in and notify the defenders to be careful, but I didn't have an extra thought. Dare to approach easily, but secretly observed that there were Mengyuan people near Fan Gu. How could the Meng Yuan people cross Qingxia so quickly? I didn't dare to stay for a long time, so I remembered the military advisor's instructions and rushed eastward without delaying for a moment on the way. Come to Chang'an City."
After hearing what he said, the emperor's brows furrowed. His face was very pale, and he obviously couldn't accept the news.
"Seven hundred thousand troops"
He murmured and repeated: "The 700,000 elite troops under my commandare just gone?"
"Where is Li Yuanshan?"
The emperor suddenly asked: "After hearing what you said, why didn't you mention General Li Yuanshan of You Xiaowei! Is You Xiaowei still there?"
Zhuge Zhan trembled slightly and kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty This is the reason why the military advisor asked me to rush back to Chang'an to report the news. Didn't Your Majesty realize that the northwest was defeated, and it would not be delayed if I returned with my horse? It's not as fast as flying pigeons to deliver messages But Your Majesty, you don't know about the war in the northwest Because someone has blocked the news. No one east of Langru Mountain knows about the defeat. When I was in the northwest, there was not even a post station. Dare to go! But the people are still talking about when we will go straight to the Meng Yuan Palace!"
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The emperor's body swayed slightly, and he was somewhat unsteady on his feet.
"Speak clearly!"
Zhuge Zhan raised his head, with tears in his eyes: "The military advisor suspected that the reason why the Meng Yuan people were able to sneak out from behind our army without anyone noticing was because Li Yuanshan colluded with the Meng Yuan barbarians! When our left-leading army guard moved the front line Before the garrison, the military advisor warned General Pei to be careful of the right guard. However, the right guard was farthest away from the defense area of ??our left guard The military advisor had a good relationship with me in private and had told him several times He said that Li Yuanshan's right guard was on the right side. There was something unusual about Xiaowei, and I didn¡¯t pay attention at the time, thinking that the military advisor was just talking nonsense when he was drunk"
"Li Yuanshanwhy is he!"
The emperor almost screamed, his voice filled with boundless anger and sadness. In an instant, he suddenly understood why Zhuge Zhan said that the people in the northwest did not know how to be defeated, and that Zhuge Zhan did not even dare to go to the inn. The emperor's vision went dark, and he couldn't stand and fell backward.
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There is a huge mountain less than fifty miles away from Gyeonggi Province. After crossing this mountain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province. The forests in the mountains are so dense that they look very depressing. The mountains and forests without green look particularly solemn. A row of ragged flying fish robes stumbled forward, obviously exhausted to the extreme.
Feiyupao, who was walking at the back, fell down and couldn't stand up again.
"Qianhuhe really can't walk anymore. He was seriously injured last night."
A man in flying fish robe panted and said to the person walking at the front.
The person at the front looks petite, but she is actually a woman. But the robe on his body was in tatters and there were a lot of blood stains. Her shoulder was wrapped in gauze and she was obviously injured. Looking at her face, I don¡¯t know how long it had been since she had washed it. Even though it was dirty, it still had its original color.
This woman is none other than Mu Xiaoyao.
Mu Xiaoyao walked back, checked the injury of the fallen man in Feiyupao, frowned slightly, and finally sighed: "Send him a ride, he can't be saved."
A member of the family walked over with a painful look on his face, knelt down and said, "Brother, I'm sorry." Then a knife pierced the heart of the flying fish robe. The man stretched out his hand and swung it back and forth as if trying to catch something. When the blade pinched his heart, his hand fell down helplessly.
"Thanks¡¡"
The seriously injured Feiyupao murmured something before he died, with tears filling the corners of his eyes.
"We can't move fast with him. And if we leave him behind, it will be even more painful if he falls into the hands of those people."
As if to comfort others, the murderer Baihu said in a hoarse voice: "We are about to enter Gyeonggi Province. Once we enter Gyeonggi Province, those who are chasing us will not have the courage to pursue us so closely. We find the local government and claim the inn." The horses will be able to rush back to Chang'an City as soon as possible. Your Majesty still doesn't know about the defeat in the northwest. If you don't bring the news back as soon as possible, the three northwest routes will be lost."
Another Feiyupao cursed: "Li Yuanshan, Yuan Chongwu, Wu Peizhi, Yang Shanchen! Fuck your ancestors! Thousands of miles of great rivers and mountains in the Sui Dynasty were defeated in the hands of these bastards! What will happen to the Meng Yuan people?" What benefits were promised to them? The three governors and a general rebelled The Sui Dynasty has never experienced such a shame in the hundred years since its founding! "
"Some of them want to be emperor."
Baihu sighed and said: "When we just retreated from the northwest, 700,000 troops and millions of civilians were slaughtered for thousands of miles When we arrived at Fangu, we saw that the defenders were all Yuan Chongwu and his county soldiers. The roads and supplies for the army were all blocked. At that time, Master Qianhu said that there was going to be chaos in the northwest. Then we accidentally ran into Li Yuanshan's big secret We escaped all the way back, thinking that we would be safe as soon as we reached Gyeonggi Province. Who would have thought that most of the brothers would not make it through in the end.¡±
Mu Xiaoyao took a deep breath and glanced at the dead Feiyupao again: "Let's go and climb over this mountain as soon as possible. The pursuers were chasing us too hard, and we couldn't even find the government officials at the inn along the way. Get rid of it. Yuan Chongwu and his men have war horses and have been deployed outside the cities and inns. It will not be easy for us to escape here, so we cannot delay. "
"Here!"
There are only six or seven aircraft leftYanpao responded, looking at Mu Xiaoyao with respect in his eyes. Along the way, if Master Qianhu hadn't predicted many ambushes in advance, they might have died long ago.
Mu Xiaoyao walked forward while thinking about what happened in the past.
Li Yuanshan and Yuan Chongwu rebelled because they relied on that secret. Then he colluded with the Mongolian people to defeat the imperial court's 700,000-strong army, so that the imperial court's troops would be stretched thin. By then they have occupied thousands of miles of territory in the northwest, and the imperial court has lost that 700,000-strong army, and will be unable to conquer them again!
The Battle of the Northwest was simply a huge trap dug by Li Yuanshan and the others because of the emperor's greed!
The imperial army marched to the northwest, fought a victorious battle first, and occupied the Mandu Banner. The Sui Dynasty was full of joy. In fact, this was all planned by Li Yuanshan. His purpose was to destroy the 700,000 soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and then he would be able to rebel without hindrance in the northwest! Using Meng Yuan's help to get rid of the imperial men and horses, his plan was too deep. He had several governors such as Yuan Chongwu as internal support, but he could not deal with the other guards stationed in the northwest. After this battle, there will be no more soldiers in the northwest! However, without the emperor's greed, how could Li Yuanshan succeed?
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You only want to expand your territory, but you don¡¯t know that you have been plotted by Li Yuanshan and the others from the beginning.
Mu Xiaoyao sighed slightly. She originally thought that the Sui Dynasty was as stable as a mountain. I thought that the Sui people were united and the whole court was united Now it seems that I was still too naive. For the sake of their dream of becoming emperor, men will become as ferocious as beasts once the opportunity comes.
Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry to kill the Sui people at the Mandu Banner. Corpses were everywhere, and almost no one escaped back to Langru Mountain.
The dream that the emperor carefully weaved for himself was shattered.
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"Your Majesty"
Su Buwei stepped forward to support the emperor. Seeing the emperor's pale face, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He could feel the emperor's mood and feel the emperor's current pain.
"Be my crowning glory"
The emperor broke away from Su Buwei and pointed at the crown that Su Buwei picked up and put aside: "I want to go to court."
At this moment, Su Buwei had the illusion that the emperor had suddenly aged dozens of years.
It was then that he discovered that it was not an illusion.
The emperor¡¯s temples turned white in an instant.