Thief Emperor

Chapter 723: Rebel Gathering
The day after the Emperor led his troops to leave the capital, Yang Hou, a general under Liang Wen, led his troops to the gates of the capital.

This General Yang was originally only responsible for garrisoning Tongguan, which meant that he only led about half of Liang Wen's original subordinates.

However, at this time, the defenders of Xiaoguan were also on the way. Once the defenders of Xiaoguan arrived, Yang Hou would most likely be able to take over all the "legacy" left by Liang Wen.

Moreover, Yang Hou is quite smart.

After he received the news from Liang Wen, he did not rush to the capital at full speed. His marching speed along the way could be said to be neither fast nor slow.

He waited until all the imperial guards near the capital had withdrawn and the emperor's carriage had left the capital before he led his troops to the outskirts of the capital.

In other words, he had no conflict with the Imperial Guards at all.

After the imperial guards left, only a few officials and soldiers from some government offices were left in the capital. They had no ability to resist a large-scale army. On the third day when Yang Hou's army was at the gates of the city, the people in the capital took the initiative to open the city gates to welcome Yang Hou into the city.

At the same time, Liang Wen's former subordinates from Xiaoguan also arrived at the city gate of Beijing. Yang Hou directly opened the city gate and let them enter.

This was naturally another disaster for the people of the capital.

Money and women are bound to suffer another round of plunder.

On the fifth day after Yang Hou and other former subordinates of Liang Wen entered the capital, the Shuofang Army following them also entered the pass from Tongguan and arrived all the way to the outskirts of the capital.

General Wei sat on his horse, looking up at the capital city in front of him, his eyes still eager.

People of their generation have completely different ideas from Li Yun.

When Wei Quanzhong grew up, although the Great Zhou was already on the decline, it was still strong on the surface, and the capital was still prosperous. Wei Quanzhong still remembers the shock he felt when he first entered the capital in his twenties.

I also clearly remember how majestic the Emperor was at that time.

He is obsessed with the capital.

During the period when his ambitions were growing, he dreamed of entering the capital.

When the three military governors jointly controlled the capital, General Wei would dream at night of himself sitting on the throne in the imperial palace.

When he had to leave the capital, he felt extremely unwilling.

Therefore, after learning about the shocking changes in Guanzhong some time ago, he left Luoyang almost without hesitation, and handed Luoyang over to his son Wei Yao to garrison, while he led 50,000 Shuofang troops and once again marched into Guanzhong!
Now, the dream is right before your eyes!

After what happened last time and this Central Plains War, the filter that people all over the world had for imperial power has finally disappeared.

No one would think that the Wu Zhou Dynasty would one day be restored to power!
And if we start a rebellion under the banner of Wu Zhou, not so many people will follow us!

If we say that the last Guanzhong Incident only made the old dynasty exist in name only, then this time the Guanzhong Incident also destroyed the name of the old dynasty!

It's time to establish a new dynasty!

Wei Quanzhong looked eagerly at the capital city in front of him, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Pass the order down, rest here for a day, and then prepare to attack the city!"

The deputy general below almost immediately nodded his head in response.

Soon, the Shuofang army began to set up camp outside the capital city.

General Wei's tent was the first to be set up. Wei Quanzhong sat in the tent, reading the news sent from the rear.

When he saw that Li Yun's Jiangdong Army had already entered Duji Road, he narrowed his eyes slightly and hummed: "Good boy, you are really brave."

After saying this, General Wei took a deep breath and said, "Call the clerk."

Soon, a clerk came into the general's tent and knelt down and kowtowed to Wei Quanzhong respectfully.

"Commander!"

Wei Quanzhong closed his eyes and said calmly: "I told you to write."

"Yes."

"Nephew Li Zhenxian."

General Wei still closed his eyes and said in a muffled voice: "There are too many bandits in the world now, and everyone wants to go to the capital and become the emperor."

The clerk bowed his head and wrote: "Today, the world is full of rioters and everyone is vying for the throne."

After finishing writing, he looked up at Wei Quanzhong, and after hearing the next sentence, he continued writing: "Li the bandit in Jiangnan has been rebelling for several years. Now most of Jiangnan Road, Huainan Road, Lingnan Road, Shannan East Road, and even Henan Road have fallen into his hands. He has lost nearly half of the country."

"Now, the Liang bandits are rebelling, and the emperor is hunting in the west."

"I have received the emperor's grace for generations, and I have no choice but to go south again to serve the king. However, the Li thief is powerful and now controls half of the Central Plains."

"If my dear nephew continues to sit on the sidelines and watch, the day when Li the bandit army will arrive at Taiyuan will not be far away."

"Wei Quanzhong bows his head."

The clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally "translated" his general's words. He blew the ink off the letter and handed it to Wei Quanzhong with both hands. General Wei took it and took a look at it. A smile appeared on his face: "You scholars are really interesting and well written."

As he spoke, he took out his personal seal, stamped it on the signature, and said calmly: "Send it as soon as possible, and send another letter to tell Wei Yao to hold on in Luoyang and not to leave the city to fight without my order."

"Yes."

The clerk stood up and went respectfully. General Wei was about to get up to take a look at the capital outside the tent when another person ran up to him, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "General, I received a letter from the capital."

Wei Quanzhong was startled, then said in a muffled voice: "I'm too lazy to read it, you read it to me."

"Yes."

The subordinate responded first, and was about to read it, when he suddenly thought of something and added: "General, this is a letter sent by General Yang Hou in the capital."

Wei Quanzhong was stunned, then snatched the letter and cursed: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

General Wei unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

He was illiterate when he was young, and it was only in the last twenty years that he slowly learned to read and write. However, he read the letter very carefully. After reading it once, a smile appeared on General Wei's face.

The content of Yang Hou's letter was very simple.

He wanted to join the Shuofang Army.

However, Liang Wen had more than one subordinate. He was responsible for guarding Tongguan, and there was another person responsible for guarding Xiaoguan. His name was Shen Hu.

Shen Hu is a die-hard fan of Liang Wen, and now he wants to lead his troops to hunt down the Dog Emperor and avenge Liang Wen.

Yang Hou meant that he would work with Wei Quanzhong to kill Shen Hu, and then he would lead the entire army to join the Shuofang Army.

"well."

General Wei was in a good mood.

He grinned. "Write him a reply and tell him to send someone to see me."

"Then, trust me."

"Yes."

…………

Duji Road, outside Luoyang city.

Su Sheng rode on the horse, looked up into the distance, and did not speak for a long time.

At that time, there were no very tall buildings, and the capital was mostly plains. Even from twenty miles away, Luoyang City could still be vaguely seen.

After an unknown amount of time, until the sun was setting, he finally came to his senses. After looking at the generals accompanying him, he ordered, "Set up camp and send out scouts thirty miles away."

"Report to the superiors and tell them that we have a smooth journey and are only twenty miles away from Luoyang."

The generals below responded loudly, and then began to choose a suitable place to set up camp. Su Sheng himself picked up the telescope and looked at Luoyang from afar.

When it was almost dark, he put away the telescope. At this time, someone lowered his head and reported: "General, General Zhao is here!"

Su Sheng hurriedly said, "Please come in, please come in!"

Soon, Zhao Cheng arrived outside the tent. Su Sheng went out to greet him personally and helped him into the commander's tent to sit down. After he sat down, Su Sheng smiled and said, "Why are you here, brother?"

Zhao Cheng's face was also full of smiles, and he was also a little excited: "After receiving the order, our army also rushed to Duji Road. At this time, the vanguard army has reached Gong County, which is only more than a hundred miles away from here."

"I got the news from Jiusi that my brother was here, so I rode here to discuss things with him."

Zhao Cheng's eyes were full of excitement.

"How to capture Luoyang!"

At this point, they were both a little excited.

Although Luoyang was not the capital of Wu Zhou, it was a secondary capital. In a sense, it was not particularly different from the capital. It was also one of the political centers of Wu Zhou.

Both of them had a deep hatred for Wu Zhou and hoped that the dynasty would be destroyed as soon as possible. Moreover, they were both founding ministers of Jiangdong, so they were both very happy to see Luoyang.

Su Sheng poured him a cup of tea and did not directly talk about Luoyang. Instead, he asked, "Brother, did you encounter the Shuofang Army on your way here?"

"Yes, we fought briefly three or four times, which took only a few hours."

"After the contact, they began to retreat westwards and did not engage in a head-on confrontation with us at all."

Su Sheng whispered, "I didn't even encounter the Shuofang Army along the way."

He clinked glasses with Zhao Cheng.

"The dog emperor runs really fast."

“But this time, he ran well.”

"His escape has opened up a long front for us in Jiangdong."

Zhao Cheng raised his head, drank the tea in one gulp, and his eyes became cold.

"He can't run away."

(End of this chapter)