Zhou Zun was walking on the main street of Tongcheng. The autumn wind blew up the fallen leaves, swirling them and gathering them in the corner. He looked at a pile. Normally, someone should have come to clean them up, but no one was taking care of them at the moment.
The pedestrians were walking in a hurry, and when they saw officials or sergeants, they seemed to have seen the god of plague, and they distanced themselves one after another.
Human heart!
Gone!
"Shilang Zhou!"
Someone was chasing after him, an official who had treated him coldly in the past.
Zhou Zun acted silently.
"I heard that Your Majesty likes to raise birds? I recently got a thrush. It has a very clear cry. If you don't give it up, I will send it to your mansion..."
Zhou Zun was silent.
"Xiaguan has just obtained the fine wine from Shu. I would like to ask Mr. Zhou to give me a favor!"
"Shilang Zhou!"
Zhou Zun said calmly: "Do you want to die?"
Official: "..."
"The people on the mirror are following me!"
Whoosh!
The official disappeared.
Zhou Zun turned around and saw two familiar faces lazily following him, and no one chased the official.
Even the people on the mirror are lazy!
When he returned home, Zhou Qin was drinking. When he saw him coming back, he said happily: "The good days of the false emperor are numbered."
"But the more time it is like this, the more we need to be careful of him jumping over the wall!" Zhou Zun sat down and saw his father put the wine bottle on the table for a few times. He couldn't help but smile, "Today is a big day, so just drink less."
"I don't want to drink too much." Zhou Qin then brought the jug back up and took a sip happily, "Once the Yangling Pass is broken, the rest of the road will not be smooth, but it will not stop Zitai. I can't wait to see it.
Look at A Liang and the others."
Zhou Zun said: "Aye, Zitai's army is attacking, so there must be internal support in the city."
Zhou Qin had been planning for many years so that he could protect the Zhou family from the oppression of the puppet emperor and Yang Songcheng. Zhou Zun didn't care about it, but he specifically mentioned it today because he wanted to attack with all his strength.
"It's been cleared." Zhou Qin squinted, "When the false emperor entered Shu, the first thing he did was to clean up the manpower I deployed back then. It's my fault. Yang Songcheng forced me too much, so I changed the layout back then.
Most of them were uncovered to scare the old dog. Among them, the layout of Shu is in it."
"What a pity." Zhou Zun shook his head.
"Don't worry!" Zhou Qin said with a smile: "Originally, there was still Yangling Pass blocking the way. Everyone thought that the pseudo-emperor and his family could separate Shu for decades. Now that Yangling Pass is gone, how many people think
Surrender to Zitai? I bet that there will be many people asking to see you in the past few days."
"There was one on the road before." Zhou Zun admired his father's judgment the most.
"This is just the beginning." Zhou Qin took a sip of wine, poured himself another glass reluctantly, and shook the flask, "It's too much, not too much!"
…
Wei Zhong came to Huang's house.
The autumn wind picked up, and Huang Chunhui's cough worsened again.
He was coughing heartbreakingly, and Huang Lu waited beside him, patting his back and stroking his chest.
After finally calming down, Huang Chunhui gasped and said: "I'm old, I'll let you see the joke."
"Everyone will grow old one day." Wei Zhong sat down, "Did Mr. Huang know the news?"
"Well!" Huang Chunhui took the tea and took a sip, "Fangzhou can't stop Zitai's army!"
"Then, let's look at Yizhou next." Wei Zhong squinted his eyes, "I'm wondering if there is a way to contact them."
The news about Huahua and others could not be conveyed. Wei Zhong wanted to respond internally, but he had to ventilate the situation first.
"You can't move!"
Huang Chunhui shook his head, "I am just an old and weak person who can fall at any time, and there is not much threat. But you are different. There are still your original subordinates in the army. How can the false emperor not be wary of you? Don't move, otherwise I dare to bet that you
As soon as you move, the murderous intention will come."
Wei Zhong nodded, "I just thought of this, so I came to ask you for advice. How should we cooperate?"
"Want to follow the dragon?" Huang Chunhui rarely teased Wei Zhong.
"Yes!" Wei Zhong did not hide anything, "Although I had some friendship with His Majesty back then, there was no credit after all!"
The new emperor is not someone who rewards people casually, nor does he regard titles and official positions as tools of reward.
Judging from the news coming one after another, almost all of the new important ministers in the court are fulfilling their duties.
"I don't know about this either."
After Wei Zhong left, Huang Chunhui said to Huang Lu: "Wei Zhong is a descendant of a noble family, and a large family behind him is eagerly waiting for him to find some benefits. If he doesn't find any, the family will break up. So he must bow his head.
However, once you bow your head, according to Zitai's temperament, you will definitely look down on him."
Huang Lu said: "But I want to win over you after all!"
"I asked you to read the history books, but you have seen this. If an emperor wants to control the world, he must win over several forces. Aristocratic families, relatives, clans, generals... But this is an ordinary emperor!"
Huang Chunhui looked at Huang Lu thoughtfully, "Where are the aristocratic families?"
Huang Lu was startled, "His Majesty suppressed me."
A wealthy and powerful family in Guanzhong was beaten severely by the new emperor without being able to fight back. He took the risk of raising an army but was easily wiped out. After the news reached Tongcheng, many people were shocked.
"The aristocratic families are the most feared by the emperor, but Zitai took the lead in suppressing this force. Since he dares to take action against the aristocratic families, what clan or kin do you think he will be afraid of?"
Huang Lu was horrified, "So, what is he going to do?"
"Others don't know, but I know what he is thinking." Huang Chunhui said with a smile: "When he was in Northern Xinjiang, his eyesight was far beyond that of his peers, and he could see things far ahead. Once he felt that something was right, he would overcome it no matter how many dangers lay ahead.
If it doesn’t happen in one year, then it will take two years; if it doesn’t happen in two years, then it will take three years. It was with this kind of persistence that the three major divisions were destroyed, Tanzhou was destroyed, and Bei Liao was destroyed..."
Huang Lu shook her head in amazement, "If those people are smart, they'd better show their loyalty now."
"But those people are used to not expressing their opinions if there is no benefit." Huang Chunhui said sarcastically: "If you don't see the rabbit, you won't let go. But what benefit will Zitai give them?"
Huang Lu looked at her old father.
Huang Chunhui said:
"Big slap!"
…
In an alley in Tongcheng, Huahua walked into a house calmly, carrying a bamboo basket.
Inside, several Horned Dragon Guards were talking in low voices.
"Flower!"
Huahua came in and closed the door behind her back. She stood behind the door and listened for a while, but found nothing unusual before entering the house.
Everyone followed in.
"If Yangling Pass is lost, Yizhou will be in danger. The false emperor will definitely be panicked, and the civil and military officials below will also be panicked. At this time, it is our turn to take action."
"How is Wei Zhong doing?" someone asked.
"I went to look for Wei Zhong earlier, and Wei Zhong said he was being stared at and couldn't move. I went out and walked around, and sure enough, more than ten people outside were staring at his home."
"Who else can I win over?"
"Mainly the generals on the city defense side."
"Tsk! This is not easy to do! Once the other party refuses, the person who goes there is doomed."
"It has to be done after it's over!" Huahua said coldly.
Later, Huahua walked out of the alley again.
There were many pedestrians outside, but they were all in a hurry and looked a little panicked.
Whenever there is a war, the most unlucky people are the people.
There are also more sergeants on the street, patrolling back and forth.
Huahua looked carefully and found that these sergeants also looked a little nervous.
The corners of her mouth raised slightly and she lowered her head.
"The end of the false emperor is not far away."
…
The army is marching hard on the Shu Road.
"ah!"
A sergeant lost his footing and fell, and his screams echoed in the mountains for a long time.
Everyone clung to the mountain wall and moved forward little by little.
There is a wide area ahead, where the emperor is conferring with the generals.
"The vanguard has approached Fangzhou, but it was discovered that a section of the plank road was destroyed and is being rebuilt." Pei Jian said and handed the news to the emperor.
The emperor took a look and said, "This is what it should be. However, this will not stop the army from advancing, but it will expose the cowardice of the defenders. Send my order. When the forward reaches Fangzhou, don't worry about anything and just scold me."
…
"Du Que, your mother-in-law is so kind!"
"Du Que..."
Wang Laoer and his men were shouting and cursing. At the top of the city, guard Du Que said coldly: "Watch the city and don't give them any chance to take advantage of it."
"yes!"
At the top of the city, the defenders were solemn.
Awe-inspiring, from another angle is nervousness.
The fall of Yangling Pass was a huge blow to the Shu army... Du Que saw it, but couldn't think of a way to boost morale.
By using loyalty to the emperor to boost morale, Du Que felt that the soldiers would think he was a fool.
With money, he doesn't have it.
Li Mi's plundering in Shu was extremely vicious, but most of it was used on the army, to win over the big families in Shu, and to reward the dignitaries who accompanied him.
Du Que looked into the distance and said softly: "We can only leave it to fate."
But, at least he has the confidence to hold on for half a month.
until reinforcements arrive.
But what about the wings?
Du Que looked to the left.
There are sailors over there.
If he wanted to attack the relatively weak Fangzhou from the side, Li Xuan would have to bring the Southern Zhou navy to Shu.
This is obviously impossible.
Du Que felt depressed, but at least he felt that the crisis was not imminent.
…
The main purpose of Shu's navy was not to attack, but to defend.
The waterways in Shu are still dangerous. Under normal circumstances, the navy's ships will not go to the middle and lower reaches, but will operate on the wide water surface to combat smuggling, water thieves, etc.
Jiang Qin is the deputy general of the navy, and he is taking his subordinates on a boat patrol that day.
"It's safe and sound!"
No abnormalities were found during the inspection.
Just when Jiang Qin was about to take the fleet back, a ship appeared in front of him.
And it's coming this way.
If it is not a ship heading out of Shu, it is not worth paying attention to.
As for the water pirate, after seeing the big flag on his boat and the racket on the warship, who would dare to get close?
But the ship still came closer.
"Be alert!" someone shouted.
On the boat opposite, a man walked out of the cabin. He was wearing a Taoist robe, and he looked fluttering in the river breeze.
"Brother?" Jiang Qin was stunned. Thinking that his brother had become a monk in Biandang Mountain behind Yangling Pass, and that it was the wrong time to appear here, he suppressed his enthusiasm and ordered: "Leave over."
The two ships approached, and Jiang Qin jumped in front of Jiang Min.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Jiang Qin turned his eyes and saw more than ten men sitting in the cabin, the leader of whom looked a little wretched.