Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 272 What a good person he is
Luoyang.

Nine Dragon Hall.

Yuan Hao paced back and forth in the palace. In front of him, Li Shengui yawned and occasionally flirted with the palace maids beside him, completely ignoring Yuan Hao.

"If you like her, I will give her to you!"

Yuan Hao's angry words made the palace maid who had been harassed by Li Shengui pale and immediately kneel down.

However, Yuan Hao was clearly not targeting the palace maid, but rather Li Shengui, who seemed completely unaffected.

"If you're still not satisfied, I'll give you all the women in my harem!"

Li Shengui, his interest thwarted, said:
"Why is Your Majesty so angry?"

"Why?"

Li Shengui's comment ignited Yuan Hao's anger.

"You still ask me why? That Da Yeshuang is truly a scoundrel!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong! My sworn brother is such a good person, how can you slander him like this!"

After hearing Li Shenggui's words, Yuan Hao touched his chest, wondering if he was hallucinating.

What a great person is Ohno Sawa?

Is this something a person can say?
"Whatever Da Yeshuang wanted, I gave him. Treasures from the treasury, books from the pavilion, hundreds of cartloads of them were transported. And in the end, he conspired with Erzhu Rong and the others against me! And you still say he's a good person?"

Li Shengui advised:

"Your Majesty is mistaken! You really don't understand my sworn brother at all!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hao expressed his own hopes.

"Could it be that he's feigning this, actually trying to lull Erzhu Rong into a false sense of security so he can launch a surprise attack?"

Li Shengui smiled and said:
“My sworn brother is such an honest person, he wouldn’t do such a thing.”

"Why is that?"

“If my sworn brother has done this, then there is only one possibility: His Majesty is about to be finished.”

"..."

Yuan Hao was seething with anger. If the person in front of him hadn't been Li Shengui, he would have already gone up and slapped him.

Despite his extreme anger, Yuan Hao actually smiled.

"With a powerful army at my command and Chen Qingzhi's assistance, Beizhong City is as impregnable as a rock. How can it be doomed?"

Just then, an urgent report came from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the traitors Yuan Tianmu and Murong Shaozong have crossed Baima Ferry by force, and Yuan Ziyong has suffered a great defeat. They have now gathered their remaining troops and retreated to Hulao Pass!"

Yuan Hao, who had been full of confidence just moments before, now turned extremely pale, his face drained of all color.

Seeing that Yuan Hao was silent, Li Shengui waved his hand and said:

"You go down first!"

At this moment, Li Shengui was calmer than Yuan Hao.

"I knew it, you were doomed."

Yuan Hao looked at Li Shengui and felt a pang of sadness upon hearing his hurtful words. At that moment, he grabbed Li Shengui's sleeve like a drowning traveler clutching a straw.

"You still have a thousand troops, and Heba Yun as your general. Send them to guard Hulao Pass. As long as you can hold Hulao, Luoyang will be safe."

Li Shengui looked at Yuan Hao, his brother-in-law, and said:
"Are you crazy? These thousand books were left to me by my father, to fill this hole for you. Don't you have hundreds of books yourself? Why don't you use your own to fill it?"

Yuan Hao felt utterly helpless and asked:
"What about that?"

"You got your emperorship for nothing. Aren't you satisfied with being emperor? If you really can't stand it, just run away."

"Escape?" Yuan Hao looked at Li Shengui, who had completely lost his composure. "Where can we escape to?" "Huanyuan Pass is still in our hands, so where else can we escape to? We'll cross Mount Song and head to Yingchuan! Don't forget, Xiao Gang is still in our hands!"

Li Shengui's words puzzled Yuan Hao, who said:

"Then why not just go to Guanzhong?"

“My sworn brother is such a good person. If you go to Guanzhong, won’t you just let him bear the infamy of regicide for nothing?”

"..."

How could you be so heartless!

Yuan Hao stared at Li Shengui, inwardly cursing him to death!
Hanoi.

Erzhu Rong's main tent.

Since Li Shuang sent a thousand cavalrymen to Shaanxi, Erzhu Rong has attached great importance to it. He even temporarily put aside the war preparations along the Yellow River and sent scouts to Hongnong and Hedong regions to keep an eye on the situation there.

However, intelligence indicated that after Peng Le's thousand cavalry arrived in Shaanxi, there was no sign of them sending reinforcements.

The Zhechong Prefecture in Hedong did not assemble troops to garrison Baibi. Neither Gao Huan nor Yuwen Tai sent any significant reports.

Besides raising their banners to clearly express their support for General Tianzhu's leadership, the main task of these thousand cavalrymen was to protect the safety of the caravan traveling from Luoyang to Shancheng.

I had a bit of a fear that if things got chaotic, I would lose my things.

When Erzhu Rong found out, his initial worry quickly turned into anger.

What does this represent?
Li Shuang was fully aware of the situation in Luoyang and was clearly making a fool of him!
Erzhu Tianguang entered the main tent and saw Erzhu Rong, whose face was somewhat gloomy. Knowing that he was in a bad mood, he cupped his hands and said:
"General Tianzhu, what are your orders?"

Erzhu Rong looked at Erzhu Tianguang, and his expression softened considerably.

"Among the Erzhu clan, you and Tumo are the younger generation I have the highest hopes for. Tumo is brave but lacks wisdom. You are not as brave as him, but you are more intelligent."

After hearing this, Erzhu Tianguang was puzzled. Did Erzhu Rong summon him just to praise him?

"If our army goes to war with your third uncle after this battle, you should be prepared to take control of Guanzhong."

Erzhu Tianguang was greatly alarmed upon hearing this.

“Uncle, Da Erzhu is still in Guanzhong. Moreover, the world is not yet at peace. You and Third Uncle are brothers. If we start a war, wouldn’t we be making ourselves a laughing stock in the eyes of outsiders?”

"Brother?" Erzhu Rong said indignantly, "Does he even consider me a brother? It's one thing to laugh at me like everyone else, but he also treats me like a monkey!"

Erzhu Tianguang cupped his hands and advised:

“Uncle, that’s just the kind of person my third uncle is. Why bother getting angry with him? Besides, you’ve seen the formidable defenses of Baibi City, a strategically important area in Guanzhong. Wang Sizheng has recently set up fortifications along the way. With less than 30,000 field troops under my command, my third uncle can hold the city by relying on its strategic location.”

Erzhu Tianguang's words did not quell Erzhu Rong's anger.

"Do you think I let Hou Mochen Yue and the others become governors of a province for nothing?"

Erzhu Tianguang said:
"That's why Uncle San is suspicious. In the end, Uncle, you're the one who's in the wrong."

If anyone else had said that, Erzhu Rong would have dragged them away and beheaded them long ago. Even if he hadn't beheaded them, he would have certainly given them dozens of lashes.

Erzhu Tianguang said this, but Erzhu Rong only said:

"Whose side are you on?"

Erzhu Tianguang cupped his hands and said:
"I think we should wait a little longer!"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Isn't Da Erzhu pregnant again?"

Upon hearing Erzhu Tianguang's words, Erzhu Rong instantly calmed down and became deep in thought.

A prince of Qin with the bloodline of the Erzhu clan can indeed change many things.

……

(End of this chapter)