Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 588: Crit
"Fight in a hurry, the opponent has a large number of people, and more than half of them are Yan people... The Yan people are brave and brutal. Our [-] army, except for a very small number... has been wiped out..."

After the scout finished speaking, he actually shed two lines of clear tears, which wetted the dry soil on his face and turned it into a big painted face.

"Suddenly tens of thousands of horses appeared, and more than half of them were Yan people?"

King Zhongshan frowned, he didn't seem to believe it.

"Are you sure you read that right? Where did the Yan people come from in Chuzhou today? There are still tens of thousands of troops. It's impossible. There were only 3 troops under Qingliu Hou's tent. In Jiangpu County, thousands of them have been wiped out... …How is it possible that there are still tens of thousands of troops?”

A deputy general asked.

"My lord, general."

The scout wiped away his tears and handed over his hands to King Zhongshan and the deputy general respectively. "It's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. It can't be false! It's only by chance that my subordinate can escape and ascend to heaven..."

King Zhongshan stared at the scout's expression carefully with his narrow eyes, and then glanced at the mud and grass on his clothes...

"My lord?"

All the lieutenants and generals turned to King Zhong Shan one after another, waiting for him to make up his mind.

If what the scout said is true, then things are terrible and action must be taken immediately.

On the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly. If you cannot control it, you will only be destroyed.

King Zhong Shan was calm and composed, his two sword eyebrows were already squeezed together, and he stood up slowly.

The eyes of the lieutenants and generals followed the movement of King Zhongshan's face.

"Pass down the order..."

"Report... Your Majesty, it's not good, Your Majesty, it's not good..."

However, a voice suddenly appeared, interrupting King Zhongshan's words.

King Zhongshan and his generals hurriedly looked at the door of the tent, and saw a man who looked like a general rushing in, shouting: "Your Majesty, just now, [-] of our soldiers were vomiting and having diarrhea. Soft..."

"what?"

The two sword eyebrows of King Zhongshan squeezed closer to the center of his eyebrows again, and he walked down, "Why on earth? Why are twenty thousand soldiers vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time?"

King Zhongshan attacked Qingliu County this time and brought [-] soldiers, all of whom are now stationed in the city.

If [-] soldiers have problems at the same time, suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, and become weak all over, it is equivalent to the direct loss of half of his troops!
"Your Majesty, I've checked it out, I've checked it out..."

Before the general had time to speak, at this moment, another general rushed over, "It's well water, and half of the well water in the city has been given laxatives! We don't have enough doctors in the army, and there are not enough herbs in the city." not enough……"

"broken!"

King Zhong Shan suddenly yelled like thunder, and the general was interrupted immediately, and together with the rest of the generals in the tent, they looked at King Zhong Shan in unison.

"The capital is in danger... Send the order and order the remaining [-] soldiers to immediately prepare and set off to return to the capital to aid!" King Zhongshan ordered loudly.

"General, I obey!" The lieutenants bowed their hands without hesitation, turned around and went down to make arrangements.

"Report to... Your Majesty, something bad is going on, something is going wrong..."

The lieutenants had just stepped out of the threshold of the Chinese army's tent. At this moment, a scout suddenly ran towards them as fast as he could.

Is something wrong again?

Somehow, when the lieutenants heard these four words, they felt terrified.

They couldn't help but stop and listen to what happened to this scout.

"What happened again?" King Zhongshan lost his composure and was shaking the cloak on his shoulders, walking around with frowning eyebrows.

The scout came shouting "something bad is going on". King Zhongshan immediately stopped and stared at him with a pair of bulging tiger eyes.

"Your Majesty, according to the scouts' reports, a large number of people appeared around Qingliu County at the same time. Judging from the smoke and dust, it is probably no less than one hundred thousand, heading towards Qingliu County!"

"Report..." Another scout rushed over, "My lord, there are cavalry attacking from all sides of Qingliu County, and their banners can already be seen clearly on the city wall. They are... the Yan Army!"

"Report... to the prince, a total of [-] Yan troops are encircling from Qingliu County. They have gathered together..."

Quiet.

It was completely quiet in the Chinese army tent. You could hear a needle drop, and everyone could only hear their own breathing.

"Beat the drum and make the army ready to defend the city!"

King Zhongshan was relatively calm. He walked quickly towards the city wall, giving orders as he walked.

"Recruit all the doctors and medicinal herbs in the city and do our best to treat the poisoned soldiers!"

"Yes!"

"Send several cavalry to find the weak points of the Yan army, try to break out, and send the news of Qingliu County back to the capital!"

"Yes!"

"By the way, how are the [-] troops heading to Yongyang County now? Is there any news?"

"My lord, I haven't received any news yet."

King Zhongshan nodded silently, and without slowing down, he led a group of lieutenants directly to the city wall.

News that one hundred thousand Yan troops were besieging the city had spread throughout Qingliu City.

Last night, the city was in chaos all night, but I didn't expect that King Zhongshan finally calmed down the chaos. Not long after the notice of peace of mind was posted on the wall, the city started to be chaotic again...

Following the order of King Zhongshan, the drums sounded like thunder. More than [-] soldiers from the Beijing camp who had been poisoned rushed to the city wall, carrying thunder stones, rolling logs and other weapons to defend the city. They were very busy.

After a while, King Zhongshan led his men and horses onto the city wall.

Sure enough, smoke and dust were seen flying in the distance and rising into the sky. The billowing smoke and dust all around seemed like a tall and insurmountable iron wall, surrounding the entire Qingliu County.

"It is indeed the banner of the Yan people!"

King Zhong Shan's eyes were pretty good. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a while. Although it was a little far away, he could still see clearly that the 10 horses were indeed the Yan army!

"Why did the Yan army appear in Chuzhou? Or were there hundreds of thousands of troops?"

"Yes, didn't you say that the Yan people's Western Army is still on the way? Where did these 10 people come from?"

On the city wall, the generals began to discuss.

"The Yan people have a plan for a long time!"

Suddenly, King Zhongshan sighed, interrupting everyone's discussion.

When everyone looked around, they saw King Zhongshan holding the mottled parapet with both hands. He seemed to have aged ten years.

"Haozhou, Chuzhou, and Chuzhou, their rebellion in these three states was not a sudden move, but a premeditated plan!" King Zhongshan looked at the approaching Yan army in the distance.

"The army of the Yan people on the west road did not start going south just yesterday, but they have already gone south secretly, crossing Haozhou and hiding in the dark place of Chuzhou!"

"What a shame...our scouts failed to detect any clues in advance...who is coming!" King Zhongshan suddenly sounded serious and turned to stare at the generals on the city wall.

"Your Majesty!" The generals hurriedly handed over their hands.

"There must be something wrong with our scouts. Go and find out quickly. If anyone is found to be problematic, we will kill them on the spot. No need to report back!"

"General, I obey!" A deputy general went down to carry out this order.

The other generals looked at each other in astonishment and remained as silent as cicadas.

……

at the same time.

Beijing.

The royal palace, the main hall.

Chen Huang and all his ministers were still enjoying the "good news of King Zhongshan's capture of Qingliu County".

They were really happy and joyful. This was the first time they smiled since they learned that Qingliu Hou had attacked Jiangpu County.

Zhu Xiuyuan stood in the main hall. Infected by the atmosphere, he also felt happy for a while, and his face couldn't help but reveal a sense of relaxation.

King Zhongshan and the others captured the three counties of Chuzhou and used them as a stronghold to block the Yan army going south from the three counties of Chuzhou.

Even if the Yan army cannot be completely stopped, it can still be stopped for a while.

By then, reinforcements from various states and counties in the south should have arrived one after another...

The situation is looking good!

The trace of worry in Zhu Xiuyuan's heart disappeared completely due to the atmosphere in this hall.

but!

All the monarchs and ministers in the palace were happy for a while.

Immediately following, what they will meet is a series of brutal "triple strikes"!
Soon, the "first hit" came.

It was King Zhongshan's left army, the 3-man army that attacked Quanjiao County, was actually wiped out by the entire army outside Quanjiao County last night.

News brought by the remnant soldiers who escaped.When the news spread throughout the hall, the joy and laughter suddenly stopped and disappeared in an instant.

In the quiet hall, the laughter just now seemed to still be echoing.

The king and his ministers were stunned.

How could this be?
Where did the tens of thousands of troops appear from?
In fact, to Chen Huang and the others, it was nothing if the [-] soldiers of the Beijing camp were wiped out. As long as they could protect the safety of the capital and sacrifice [-] soldiers of the Beijing camp, it was nothing.

The most serious problem is the tens of thousands of troops!

So why are there still tens of thousands of troops in the three counties of Chuzhou?
Not only Chen Huang and other monarchs and ministers were confused, but Zhu Xiuyuan was also confused.

But there were also two people among them, with strange lights blooming in their eyes.

The first one is the Prime Minister Li Zhong, and the second one is the newly promoted General Han Qingshan of the Imperial Guard.

Before the emperor and his ministers could recover from their dazed state, the "second blow" struck again.

This time, it was news about "Qingliu County was surrounded by [-] Yan troops. King Zhongshan and his [-] soldiers from the Beijing camp were trapped in the city, and the [-] soldiers who rushed to Yongyang County did not know what happened." .

This was another thick bolt from the blue.

The ministers were confused, dizzy, and in a trance.

The 3 troops who rushed to Quanjiao County were completely wiped out.The 4 troops who rushed to Qingliu County were besieged in the city by the Yan army.As for the 3 people rushing to Yongyang County, I don’t know what the news is...

In a short period of time, [-] of the [-] soldiers of the Beijing camp brought out by King Zhong Shan were wiped out by the entire army, [-] were besieged, and [-] did not know what happened to them.

In other words, in just one night, Chen Huang lost [-] soldiers of the Beijing camp!
Those were 20 soldiers in the Beijing camp. The entire Beijing camp only had a total of [-] troops, and now half of them were removed at once.

Chen Guojun and his ministers all felt great pain...

However, the bad news isn't over yet.

"Third Strike" finally makes its debut.

"Report..."

Suddenly a long voice sounded, coming out from outside the hall, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, gradually approaching the hall.

All the monarchs and ministers in the entire hall couldn't help but look towards the entrance of the hall.

It turned out to be a scout with small flags stuck on his back. He came straight into the hall.

Because this is a critical period, in order to ensure the smooth flow of news, this kind of scout has the privilege of entering the palace directly, and no one along the way can stop him!

"Your Majesty!" The scout was not aware of the strange atmosphere in the hall and directly knelt down and said: "King Liyang led his troops to sneak attack the Hezhou camp last night, cut off the head of the Hezhou guard, and moved the Hezhou camp to All the more than [-] garrison troops have been recruited!"

"Wha...what?" Emperor Chen didn't seem to have reacted yet, "King Liyang...killed the general of Hezhou?"

As we all know, the place where the capital is located is Runzhou.

To the south of Runzhou, close to Xuanzhou, there is Liyang County. Because of its special status, a prince was specially assigned to garrison it with [-] troops.

As for Hezhou, north of the Yangtze River, it consists of four counties: Hanshan, Liyang, Wujiang, and Jiangpu.

Among them, Jiangpu County faces the capital across the river, and then along the Yangtze River to the west is Wujiang County in Hezhou. Beyond Wujiang County is Liyang County, the seat of Hezhou's government office.

Hezhou Daying is located near Liyang County.

It can almost be connected with Liyang in Xuanzhou.

Once this line is connected, it will form a barrier to the states and counties in the southwest...

"That's right. The King of Liyang not only killed the defender of Hezhou and incorporated [-] defenders in Hezhou Camp, the King of Liyang also blocked the land route from Xuanzhou to Beijing with more than [-] garrisons and thousands of sailors in his hands, as well as Xuanzhou. , Jiangzhou, Ezhou and other places from the Yangtze River to Beijing's waterway!"

"The troops of King Qin led by King Xuancheng and King Luzhou have been blocked by the rebels led by King Liyang. The time to enter the capital will be a few days at the earliest!"

The scout loudly reported.

"How dare you, King Liyang, to rebel!"

Chen Huang was so angry that he blew his beard, rocked up from the dragon chair, and slapped the dragon case violently. His face and facial features were distorted, and he was extremely angry!

"Report..."

At this time, another scout quickly rushed into the hall, saw Empress Chen, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Changzhou Jiangyin led a garrison of [-] troops to rebel!"

"What! King Jiangyin also... rebelled?!"

Chen Huang stepped back two steps, but behind him was the dragon chair. He could not retreat, causing his body to lose balance and fell backward in front of everyone.

Concubine You Gui, who was sitting on the phoenix chair next to her, was shocked when she heard the news of King Jiangyin's rebellion.

Because this King of Jiangyin has an unusual status. He is the second son of Concubine You and the younger brother of the current Crown Prince.

His fief is in Jiangyin County, Changzhou.

Previously, King Jiangyin actually did not go to the fiefdom and stayed in the capital.

Until Zhu Xiuyuan came to Beijing on his first night, he was dragged by Liu Wencai to Huamanlou to eat wine, and ended up having a conflict with the King of Jiangyin...

Afterwards, Concubine You sent King Jiangyin to the fiefdom, and King Jiangyin hadn't entered Beijing for a long time.

Unexpectedly, at this time of national crisis, this traitor would actually raise an army to rebel!

After Concubine You was terrified, she was terrified again.

She was afraid that King Jiangyin would implicate the crown prince and her status.

However, Concubine You Gui suddenly saw Chen Huangzheng fell backwards, she hurriedly got up to help.

He also said: "This traitor, as a prince, did not want to be loyal to the emperor and patriot, but took advantage of the invasion of foreign enemies to rebel... When I catch this traitor in the future, I will definitely kill him with my own hands!"

At this time, Emperor Chen had already calmed down. After he was helped up, he gently patted Concubine You's hand, and in turn comforted him: "My dear concubine, this is not your fault, this is not your fault..."

"Your Majesty, King Jiangyin took the lead and set up defenses at the checkpoints on the road to the capital, blocking King Qin of Changzhou, Huzhou Guards, Zhenze Army and others from entering the capital!"

The scout said again.

"This pervert!"

Chen Huang cursed loudly, then slumped back to the throne.

It was as if his whole body had been ripped out of bones. He was leaning on the back of the dragon chair, his face was pale, and the expression on his face was very complicated.

Runzhou, where the capital is located, borders the Yangtze River in the north and two prefectures and counties in the south.

To the southwest, it borders Xuanzhou.

To the southeast, it is connected to Changzhou.

Needless to say, the situation in the north of the Yangtze River, King Zhongshan's [-] army has just fallen there, and there are also tens of thousands of Yan troops...

The situation in the north of the capital has become critical again, even more critical than before.

To the southwest of Runzhou, Xuanzhou bordering it, and King Liyang between the two states, had also launched a rebellion.

He killed the Hezhou garrison, recruited the Hezhou camp garrison, and fortified the area. The road to Beijing from the southwest, whether by land or water, was blocked by King Liyang.

Then in the southeast of Runzhou, another king of Jiangyin appeared...

The King of Jiangyin has blocked all the roads entering Beijing from the southeast.

The king of Changzhou, the general of Huzhou, and the Zhenze army were blocked from Runzhou, and they were not allowed to advance even an inch in a short period of time.

So now, the capital city has become an isolated city!
There were Yan people in the north who were eyeing him, and two traitors appeared in the south, blocking the way for King Qin from other states and counties to the capital.

Now, the capital is in real danger!
Extremely dangerous!

There is nowhere to escape!
Because both the north and the south are enemies, and the Yangtze River waterway is blocked, where else can you escape?
Not only Chen Huang slumped on the dragon chair, but several of the ministers standing below had weak legs and sat on the ground in public, trembling there...

Zhu Xiuyuan was also shocked.

This time, it’s too much fun!

The entire capital city of Chen State is trapped, and Emperor Chen and the imperial court are all here. If the capital city is in trouble, then the state of Chen State... is very likely to be lost!
This is a tragedy that will destroy the country!
Needless to say, once the country of Chen is destroyed, there will be too many variables.

As the saying goes, there is no perfect egg under the crowd.

Zhu Xiuyuan would probably have to spend a period of time wandering around when he came here, but fortunately, he had been in the capital for so long and was well prepared.

Although the world is in chaos, it can still be done to ensure the safety of his uncle Jiangcheng's house...

At this moment, Zhu Xiuyuan had a lot on his mind.

Afraid but not so afraid.

Since he crossed over, Jiangzhou alone has experienced natural disasters and military disasters.It's extremely dangerous. If you're not careful, he might travel through time again...

He had survived that kind of danger, and although the current predicament seemed scarier than the previous two times, he was actually not that scared in his heart.

Perhaps it was because that morning, when he read Kou Wanwan's letters in the carriage and learned that the Yan people had already attacked Jiangpu County across the river from the capital, he was already scared.

(End of this chapter)