Someone took the lead, and all the officials stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to follow Liu Xi and defect to Yanyun. The hall was extremely noisy for a while. Liu Xi was happy when he saw that things were going so smoothly. He originally thought that someone might come out to object, so for this reason
He deliberately arranged soldiers around to deal with the opponents, but he didn't expect that they would be useless at all.
Liu Xi saw that although everyone had expressed their willingness to defect to Yan Yun, many people still had worries in their eyes, and he understood what they were worried about, so he stood up and raised his voice: "To be honest with you, I have already spoken with King Yan
We have talked about it, King Yan is very friendly to us, and has promised that everyone will remain in their original positions. If they have meritorious service in the future, they will be rewarded as Yan Yun did before. King Yan will treat everyone equally, so you don’t have to worry about anything!"
When everyone heard this, their worries immediately disappeared. Liu Xi signaled the maid to bring wine, picked up the wine glass, raised it high, and said loudly: "From now on, we are all officials of Yanyun.
, I will serve as a minister under the command of King Yan in the future, so please take good care of me!" Everyone laughed and picked up their wine glasses. An official said: "You are so polite, I should be the one to ask you to take good care of me.
!" Many officials echoed.
Liu Xi was quite proud and laughed loudly, "I'll do it first as a token of respect!" Then he clinked his hands and drank the glass in one gulp. All the officials also drank from their glasses. At this point, everyone had completely drawn a clear line with Zhao Song.
Liu Xi sat down, and others also sat down one after another. At this moment, Sun Xie, who had been out of the way, suddenly ran in. Ignoring other officials, he ran straight to Liu Xi, lowered his head, and whispered something. Everyone
I saw Liu Xi's originally red face turned white in an instant, and his eyes showed a look of panic. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little confused, and there were many doubts. An impatient official couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Liu,
General Sun, did something happen?"
Liu Xi hesitated for a moment, feeling that this matter could not be hidden from anyone, so he said: "Liu Ziyu led 50,000 troops and horses and left Xichuan and was heading towards Jingzhao Mansion." As soon as these words came out, everyone changed their colors, and some people shouted in panic.
Said: "It's over, it's over, the imperial court must have discovered something, so Liu Ziyu was specially sent to destroy us!" As soon as these words came out, everyone became even more flustered. Someone shouted: "I think, I think let's just drop this matter, let's go our separate ways."
Go back and pretend nothing happened!" Many people echoed, and the officials walked out one after another without saying goodbye to the host Liu Xi.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Liu Xi frowned and threw the wine glass to the ground with a loud bang. The glass broke into thousands of pieces. Countless sergeants suddenly poured out of the front yard and hall, throwing the officials who were about to leave.
Officials surrounded the place. The scene immediately became quiet. An official turned around and asked Liu Xi: "Master Liu, what are you doing?"
Liu Xi said with a gloomy face: "There is no turning back when the bow is fired! You have already sworn allegiance to Yanyun, how can you go back on your word!" A commander shouted angrily: "The imperial court has sent Liu Ziyu, this matter can't be done! No more!"
If you continue, people will die! I still want to live for a few more years, so I want to quit!" When he said this, many people started shouting, and the crowd was excited, seeing that the situation was about to get out of control.
Liu Xi felt a little troubled and cast inquiring glances at Guo Hao and Sun Xi. Both of them had fierce looks in their eyes. Liu Xi frowned and said to himself: The matter is now over, and I can't care about that much anymore.
Poison is not enough for a husband! As soon as he thought of this, he raised his voice and shouted: "Give it to me, kill him!"
The officials and generals were stunned, and the surrounding sergeants had already begun to take action, slashing the previously aloof masters and generals with their swords. Loud screams were heard, blood flew, and everyone fled in panic, but there was nowhere to escape.
Although the generals could still struggle for a while, the civil servants were like pigs and sheep being slaughtered. In the blink of an eye, there were countless people on the ground.
After a while, the scene became quiet. Dozens of officials attending the meeting were all killed, and the originally joyful hall turned into a bloody slaughterhouse. Several maids around Liu Xi had already collapsed on the ground in fear, and their bodies were shaking.
Shivering.
Guo Hao walked quickly to Liu Xi and said: "These people should have died long ago! Now Master Liu can mobilize garrisons from various places as a recruiting envoy! With our army of hundreds of thousands, we are not afraid that we can't deal with Liu Ziyu's 50,000 troops!"
Liu Xi nodded, and immediately called a few trusted officers and issued a general order to recruit envoys, ordering them to leave Jingzhao Mansion immediately and go to various places to mobilize troops. The officers followed the order and left.
Guo Hao asked Sun Xie: "General Sun, I wonder where Liu Ziyu's army has arrived?" Sun Xie said: "When I received the news, they had already passed Niushou Mountain. Calculating the journey, they should have reached Qindu Town at this time." Qindu Town is in Beijing.
About fifty miles southwest of Zhaofu, it is located on the bank of Fengshui River, a tributary of the Weishui River.
Guo Haodao: "There are still fifty miles, we still have time to make arrangements. My army plus Master Liu's army has almost 40,000 troops, which is more than enough to defend Jingzhao Mansion; plus General Sun's more than 10,000 troops for external reinforcements,
We are already in an invincible position. When the troops mobilized from all over the country feel this, Liu Ziyu will have no choice but to walk around without food!"
Sun Heshen nodded in agreement. Liu Xi thought: "I'm thinking that Liu Ziyu may not be here for us!" He raised his head and glanced at the two of them. There was no news about this matter before, and it was impossible for Xichuan to do so.
You know, maybe Liu Ziyu’s coming here has nothing to do with us!”
Sun Xie said angrily: "Why are you thinking so much? Anyway, we have defected to Yanyun. If Liu Ziyu doesn't leave, he will start a war!" Guo Hao thought: "If Liu Ziyu doesn't know the situation here, we can take it ourselves."
There is no need to attack by force!" Liu Xishen nodded with approval, "Yes, I can send a confidant to see him first and ask him directly about his intentions for this trip! As an envoy from Shaanxi and Gansu, he did not inform me.
Leading the army into my jurisdiction, I have the right to ask him about his intentions, which will not arouse any suspicion! After we understand his intentions clearly, we will make plans based on the situation!" The two nodded.
At this moment, an officer ran in, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, General Qi, there is an officer coming from outside the city, claiming to be the envoy of Lord Liu Ziyu, asking to see your Lord. We have not received your order, and we have not received your order."
Dare to open the city gate and let him in!" Guo Hao said: "This is normal. Liu Ziyu led the army into our jurisdiction, so he should first send an envoy to explain the situation to us."
Liu Xi glanced at the hall where the corpses were dripping with blood, frowned and said: "It's too late to start cleaning up here immediately! I'll go to the city gate to meet him, you guys hurry up and clean up this place!" After saying that, he left the hall and came out of the mansion.
, led a dozen soldiers and ran toward the city gate.
A group of people rushed to the city gate, and Liu Xi immediately ordered his men to open the city gate and let the messenger in. The men shouted, and the soldiers immediately opened the city gate. Liu Ziyu's messenger rode out, and saw Liu Xi immediately at the city gate.
, was startled, quickly turned over and dismounted, and said: "Greetings to your lord!" "No need to be polite. I heard that Lord Liu Ziyu suddenly led an army of 50,000 people into my jurisdiction. What on earth is going on? Why didn't I know anything about it before?
Love?" Liu Xi asked angrily.
The messenger quickly clasped his fists and said, "It's an order from the imperial court. In view of Yanyun's control of the Weibei area, the imperial court was worried about the lack of troops here, so it specially sent Master Liu out of Xichuan to support Weibei." Then he took out a letter and raised it with both hands.
Top, "This is Mr. Liu's handwritten letter, please read it!" Liu Xi immediately stepped forward, picked up the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, read it again, and murmured: "The imperial court appointed Liu Ziyu as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.
Envoy?" Putting down the letter, he hummed: "Humph! Shaanxi and Gansu have me as an envoy to recruit, but why do they still send an envoy to appease?" How could the messenger answer this question? He cupped his fists and said: "This subordinate doesn't know.
Got it!"
Liu Xi's face suddenly became kind and cheerful, "Trouble, go back and tell Mr. Liu that tomorrow is my birthday, and ask him to come and see me tomorrow!" Seeing Liu Xi's face changing so quickly, the messenger felt a little surprised and muttered in his heart.
After a moment, but not daring to say anything, he clasped his fists and said: "I remember this, little man! If you don't have any other instructions, I will leave!" Liu Xi nodded, "Go ahead." The messenger said to Liu Xi
Xi bowed, turned back to the horse, got on the horse, turned the horse's head with the reins, waved his whip, and galloped away. Liu Xi squinted at the leaving messenger, and then ordered: "Close the city.
Gate." He turned his horse's head and led more than a dozen soldiers back to the mansion. At this time, a shout from the gate captain came from the city gate: "Close the city gate!" All the sergeants worked together to close the city gate and go up.
Huge door bars.
The messenger rushed back to the military camp in Qindu Town overnight, met Liu Ziyu in the tent, and said, "I have given your Lordship's letter to Lord Liu Xi!"
While writing something, Liu Ziyu asked: "Did Mr. Liu say anything?" The messenger frowned and said: "Sir Liu seems to be very dissatisfied with the imperial court's appointment of you as the envoy of Shaanxi-Gansu Xuanfu!" Liu Ziyu smiled, put down his brush, and looked up.
He said to the messenger: "When I didn't come, he was the ambassador of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he was very good at what he said. However, I, the ambassador of propaganda, came and kept pace with him, so that he lost his former prestige, and naturally he was unhappy.
!”
The messenger said: "But Mr. Liu soon became friendly and cheerful. He also wants to invite you to attend his birthday party tomorrow. He asks you to honor him!" Liu Ziyu and Liu Xi did not know each other well and did not know when his birthday was.
Therefore, he did not become suspicious and thought: "I don't like to participate in such activities. It is better for gentlemen to be more plain. But the situation is a little different now, and I can't go against Master Liu's kindness." He smiled and said
"Perhaps Mr. Liu would like to take this opportunity to talk to me about something."
Seeing that the messenger was hesitant to speak, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
The messenger clasped his fists and said, "There is something very strange. Mr. Liu actually came to the city gate to meet me!" Liu Ziyu was very surprised. Although he was not familiar with Liu Xi, he had had several contacts with him and knew what he was like. He was definitely not that kind of person.
He is a guy who is willing to condescend to others. On the contrary, that guy is very pretentious and full of official airs. Liu Ziyu stood up, walked to the messenger, frowned and said: "This is really strange! When did Liu Xi become so courteous to a corporal?"
After ringing for a moment, the phenomenon messenger asked, "What else happens besides that?"
The messenger thought for a while and said: "My subordinates saw the Zhaofu Mansion decorated with lanterns and colors at the city gate. It seemed very festive. I don't know what happened."
Liu Ziyu thought to himself: "Putting up lanterns and congratulations? Since Liu Xi said it's his birthday tomorrow, what are he doing with the lanterns and congratulations tonight?" Subconsciously, he felt that Liu Xi seemed to have some special skills, but for a while he couldn't figure out the connection.
He murmured: "Now that Yanyun is in great power, people like Liu Xi are by no means loyal people, and they may even have the intention of betraying them." Thinking of this, he was shocked, "Could it be that this guy is really fighting this
Abacus? If so, if he invites me to go tomorrow, I'm afraid he has bad intentions!"
After thinking about it carefully, I felt that although the possibility of this matter was unlikely, it was hard to say that it was impossible. After all, it was necessary to be careful in sailing the ten-thousand-year ship. Don't be careless. As soon as I thought of this, I called my subordinates and ordered them to send out smart and capable soldiers.
Disguise yourself as a commoner and go to Jingzhao Mansion and its surroundings to inquire about news.
The next day, Liu Xi climbed up to the gate tower of the south city wall early. Looking to the south, he saw a vast expanse where the sky and the earth meet. Sun Xie ran up, clasped his fists and said: "Everything is ready.
, just wait for Liu Ziyu to arrive and take action!"
Liu Xi nodded and ordered: "I ordered all four gates to be opened, so as not to make him suspicious." Sun Xi agreed and ran down. Liu Xi stood on the city gate tower and looked at the south. Soon after, the sky and the earth met.
Countless black dots appeared in the hazy place, and then the black dots turned into a black tide, and a large army was seen heading this way. Liu Xi couldn't help but become nervous, and grasped the hilt of the sword.
About half an hour later, an army of about 50,000 people arrived outside the city. Liu Xi stared at the army's handsome flag and couldn't help but murmured: "Come on! Come on!" At this moment, Liu Ziyu immediately looked in front of him outside the city.
of the city, he first glanced at the city gate tower, and saw Liu Xi standing on the city gate tower in uniform. He couldn't help but feel surprised; then he glanced at the city wall. Although he didn't see a few sergeants, the sun had already set at this time.
When it rises, you can faintly see many metal reflections on the city wall shooting into the sky; finally Liu Ziyu's eyes fell on the city gate. It was a busy time early in the morning, but the city gate was empty and not a single person was seen. What a place.
I don’t have three hundred taels of silver!
Liu Ziyu smiled coldly, looked at Liu Xi on the city gate, and cursed: "This bastard has really rebelled!" He waved his horse whip and spurred the horse to run out of the military formation, came to the city gate, reined in the horse, and raised his head.
Lai asked sternly: "Liu Xi, the court has treated you well, why did you betray the court?" When Liu Xi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Liu Ziyu said: "I know you want to defect to Yanyun. But Yanyun is just a minister of the imperial court. Isn't it absurd for you to do this? Furthermore, you have to eat the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor. You have read the books of sages, how can you
Don’t you understand the principle of loyalty? Listen to my advice and step back from the brink as soon as possible. I can guarantee that this matter will never be reported to the imperial court until now. You must not make a mistake that will lead to eternal hatred and end in infamy for thousands of years!"
Liu Xi raised his voice and said: "Master Liu, what are you talking about? I don't understand what you are talking about at all!" Liu Ziyu sighed, "You say that, it seems that you insist on having your own way!" Liu Xi said angrily:
"Master Liu, why do you keep slandering me? What are your intentions?"
Liu Ziyu sneered, "Your birthday was obviously yesterday, but you lied to me and said it was today. What on earth did you want to do by luring me into the city?" He pointed at the city wall, "You clearly ambush countless soldiers on the city wall.
Didn't you see the reflection of the weapons and armor?" He pointed to the empty city gate, "At this moment, it is a busy time of the day, but there is no one at the city gate. Isn't this self-inflicted? Mr. Liu,
Did you make all these arrangements just to deal with Liu Ziyu? I, Liu Ziyu, am not worthy of your making such a big move, you are clearly going to betray the imperial court and go to Yan Yun!"
Seeing that his careful arrangement was full of flaws in the eyes of the other party, Liu Xi was shocked and admired at the same time. He cupped his fists and said: "I have long heard that you, Liu Ziyu, are as intelligent as the sea. I didn't believe it at first, but I found out when I saw you today."
Your reputation is well-deserved! Mr. Liu, listen to my advice and follow me to join the King of Yan, so that you and I will not fight and be ruined!"
Liu Ziyu shouted: "Shut up!" Then he said with dignity and dignity: "Do you think that I, Liu Ziyu, am a despicable villain like you? I eat the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor. I, Liu Ziyu, swear to repay the kindness of the country, and I will not hesitate to do anything to my heart!"
The two sentences were so resounding and decisive that Liu Xi couldn't help but feel ashamed, but the shame was fleeting. He raised his voice and said: "Master Liu, the Zhao and Song Dynasties were so stupid and ignorant that the people were in dire straits, and that was why the Khitan sent troops.
, after the Central Plains Lu Shen, Zhao and Song thought of escaping and seeking compromise, regardless of the land of their ancestors and the lives of the people who went there, how could they have the qualifications to be the masters of China again! It has always been said that destiny is the destiny, why is destiny the destiny?
It’s nothing more than the hearts of the people! After Zhao and Song let the mountains and rivers fall apart, what destiny can there be? On the other hand, the King of Yan rose to the east of Cangzhou, like the rising sun in the east. A hero emerged from the sky and swept across the world to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and save the country.
All peoples, this is the true destiny of destiny! If you are foolishly loyal to Zhao and Song, it is tantamount to helping Zhou to commit evil. In the end, Zhao and Song will not be protected, and countless people will suffer! There is no owner in the world, only the virtuous will live in it! Mr. Liu
, you must not be stubborn, otherwise you will be ruined and ruined, and you will bring disaster to countless people!"
Liu Ziyu angrily scolded: "Don't confuse right and wrong here! As a minister, Chen Xiao is disloyal and traitorous. What virtue can he say? Isn't this ridiculous, Master Liu?" Liu Xi sighed, "Look at it.
No matter what, we can’t talk about it together! It’s superfluous to say anything else!”
Liu Ziyu suddenly raised his voice and said: "Generals of the Song Dynasty, you are all loyal ministers and righteous men of the Song Dynasty. Do you want to follow Liu Xi and betray the court? Aren't you afraid that your relatives and children will be humiliated because of this? I don't believe you.
If you are willing to be a thief, if you still have a little bit of loyalty, kill the rebellious Liu Xi as soon as possible. Not only will it not be a fault, but it will also be a great service to the court. Your Majesty will definitely reward everyone!"
When Liu Xi heard this, he was shocked and angry. He pointed at Liu Ziyu and shouted: "Liu Ziyu, don't confuse the public with your evil words!" All the soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them seemed moved. An officer stood up.
, said to Liu Ziyu: "Master Liu, you don't have to shout, we won't listen to you!"
Liu Ziyu frowned and asked angrily: "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning when you say this?" The officer said: "I haven't read books, so I don't know what you scholars call 'loyalty', but I know that Zhao
Song Dynasty lost all the land of our ancestors and didn't care about the life or death of us ordinary people, so why should we sacrifice our lives for them?"
Liu Ziyu shouted: "In life, one must be loyal to the king and the father. Don't you understand such a simple truth? If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die, and if the father wants his sons to die, the sons have to die!"
The officer laughed mockingly, "What you scholars are talking about is nonsense! If you say so, why did Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, betray the Chai family? Isn't Zhao Kuangyin a minister of the Chai family? Going further up, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Han Dynasty
In the Tang Dynasty, so many dynasties have disappeared. If you follow what the Lord said, wouldn't it be too ridiculous?" The soldiers who were originally hiding behind the walls stood up one after another and echoed the officer's words. A soldier mustered up the courage and said loudly
: "According to your words, we still don't know who we should be loyal to? To Li Tang, to Liu Han, and beyond that there seems to be Da Qin! Is this clear?"
Although Liu Ziyu is very knowledgeable, he is really speechless when faced with the words of these rough guys. Although these rough guys don't understand anything, what they say makes sense! You said that loyalty to the king is a matter of course, so the land of China is so
Over the years, I don’t know how many emperors have had surnames. It’s really uncertain who I will be loyal to!
Seeing the performance of his soldiers, Liu Xi was secretly happy, and his heart dropped. Seeing the army behind Liu Ziyu, his heart moved and he shouted: "Brothers of the Song Army outside the city, listen, many of you are in hometowns.
In the Central Plains, when Zhao and Song ruled, they collected exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes without caring about the lives of your relatives. However, when foreign enemies came, they abandoned the people and fled for their lives. Do you want to be loyal to such a court and such a master?" There was a commotion among the Song army.
Liu Ziyu quickly looked behind him and saw that the army's morale had been moved, and he couldn't help being shocked; but Liu Xi looked proud and continued to shout: "Brothers from the Song Army, come here, your relatives are at home.
Waiting for you, under Yan Yun’s rule, you will never experience the pain of having your wife separated, your family separated, and your family dead!”
Countless cries were heard among the Song army. Before the war started, the morale of the army had already collapsed. Liu Ziyu did not dare to stay any longer, so he rushed back and led the army to retreat. Fortunately, Liu Ziyu was quite prestigious in the army, so he
After stabilizing the morale of the troops, the troops obeyed his orders and withdrew smoothly without any major problems. Liu Xi took Liu Ziyu's reputation and did not dare to go out of the city to attack.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.