When Zhou Yafu returned to the mansion, he asked all the servants to go out and immediately lost his temper: "Cheng Bushi is nothing. He only had one or two thousand stones a year ago, but he dared to refute my words!"
Zhou Yang stepped forward to persuade him, "Father, there is no need to be angry. Cheng Bushi is just using the power of the Queen Mother to defeat King Zhongshan. What's wrong?"
The more he spoke, the softer he spoke, because Zhou Yafu's eyes were extremely sharp, as if he was on a battlefield and would draw his sword if he disagreed.
"Father, father?"
"You idiot!" Zhou Yafu grabbed Zhou Yang's lapel and yelled, "Do you really want to serve the regicide?"
These words really made Zhou Yang stupid. He was filled with horror and looked at Zhou Yafu stammering, "Father, it's not you."
"What's wrong with me?"
Zhou Yafu pushed Zhou Yang away and said bitterly, "Although the late emperor is ashamed of me, as a minister, I should avenge the late emperor. How can I really commit myself to the rebellious ministers and traitors?"
These words really made Zhou Yang stupid. He never expected that his father would actually become a spy.
"You have been more honest lately." Zhou Yafu scolded, "Stay at home and don't go out if you have nothing to do. When King Zhongshan returns, the matter will be resolved."
"Father."
Zhou Yang couldn't help but asked, "The new emperor has already ascended the throne, why do you still want to seek refuge with King Zhongshan?"
Looking at the stupid son in front of him, Zhou Yafu wanted to beat him up.
But, after all, he is the heir, so he could only sigh and explain, "How can you be a king if you have rebellious ministers and traitors? If this is the case, the big man will be in chaos. What else will happen."
Zhou Yafu lowered his voice and said, "They can't win!"
Zhou Yafu, who once served as a general and led an army to defeat the Seven Kings Rebellion, had a military vision and knowledge far beyond anyone else's.
He knew very clearly that Li Yunze was very capable and deserved to be the Tiger King.
At the same time, he was surrounded by the most elite soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty. These soldiers and horses had just won a great victory and their morale was high.
This is a group of tigers led by the Tiger King, rushing towards Chang'an City.
Well, in the early Han Dynasty, the degree of development in various places was not high. There were large expanses of primeval forests and grasslands and swamps everywhere in the wild. Groups of tigers, leopards, wolves and crocodiles were commonplace.
Zhou Yafu knew very well that the unstable soldiers and horses in Chang'an City were no match for King Zhongshan.
"Just stay at home."
Zhou Yafu really didn't want his cheating son to do anything bad, so he arranged for his family to put him under house arrest. "It will be over soon."
Indeed, very soon, Li Yunze's army moved south. Along the way, almost all counties and counties received edicts from the new emperor of Chang'an City, ordering them to resist the rebels.
However, the counties and counties in various places directly ignored the edict of the new emperor, and instead took the initiative to welcome King Zhongshan's Jingnan army.
On the one hand, the death of the emperor is naturally strange, and all kinds of rumors are flying in the sky, arousing suspicion.
On the other hand, and the most important aspect, it is because the name of the King of Zhongshan is too loud and the strength in his hands is too tyrannical!
The King of Zhongshan defeated the Xiongnu many times. In this battle at Taiyuan County, he even destroyed the royal court of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu and even beheaded the prince of the Xiongnu.
This kind of illustrious martial arts has the charm of admiration among the martial men.
Not to mention, the tens of thousands of the most elite soldiers and horses in the world under Li Yunze's command.
With the counties and counties along the way providing supplies and arranging civilians to accompany the army, the Han army moved very quickly and reached Fenglingdu in less than twenty days.
Li Yunze originally thought that he would encounter real resistance here.
After all, as long as you cross the river, you will reach the land of Guanzhong.
Unexpectedly, there were only a few hundred defenders at the ferry, and they surrendered immediately.
After learning the news about the former army's use, Li Yunze also thought thoughtfully, "We have given up the most critical location. It seems that we are planning to defend Chang'an City."
There is no doubt that Chang'an City is the strongest city in the world.
But the problem is that if there are no reinforcements from outside, there will be no city that must be defended within.
No matter how strong a city is, if there are no reinforcements, it will inevitably be captured.
"Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from?"
Li Yunze also smiled, "He must have sent a message to the Huns. Unfortunately, the military officials were beaten violently by me just now. The remaining strength in my hand can only be used to suppress internal opposition. I will never waste my time fighting here."
"Even if I kill Yu Shan, it will be the same. The military officials must try their best to integrate the power of the Xiongnu, rather than immediately seek revenge when the military's morale and morale are unstable. Otherwise, he is not worthy of being a great Shan Yu.
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In fact, even if Shan Yu, the military minister, was red-eyed and regardless of counterattack, he was unable to break through the restored Great Wall defense line.
And if that were the case, Yi Zhixie and others would never let go of such a good opportunity.
When fights broke out among the Huns for power, they were much more violent than here in the Han family.
If the Huns don't come, the only reinforcements Wang Quan and others can hope for are the troops from Guandong.
It is somewhat similar to when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There were a large number of feudal states in Guandong.
Needless to say, there is no need to mention the Liang Kingdom of Liang Wang Liu Wu. In addition, there are Linjiang Kingdom, Hejian Kingdom, Jiangdu Kingdom, Changsha Kingdom, Jiaoxi Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, Yan Kingdom, Qi Kingdom and many other feudal states.
In addition, the counties and counties in Kanto directly belong to the imperial court. If they are really mobilized, a million troops can be mobilized.
But the question remains the same: how many people will obey the orders of the new emperor?
The new emperor and the new prince had no prestige, and they did not even allow the princes and kings to come to Chang'an City to worship the late emperor and the late queen mother.
Under such circumstances, the reinforcements that can be summoned must be very few.
Because of this, Li Yunze became even more confused, "Why are you defending without reinforcements?"
If it were Li Yunze, he would definitely have taken advantage of the favorable terrain of the river to resist along the river bank.
Even if they are defeated, they will not defend the city. Instead, they will flee directly to the Qinling Mountains and into the mountains, and then flee to Shu.
In his opinion, defending the city is always the lowest choice.
If you don’t understand what Wang Quan and others are planning, then just don’t think about it.
Anyway, as long as the army arrives outside Chang'an City, the overall situation will be decided.
At Fenglingdu, ferries kept coming and going, carrying Han soldiers across the river.
At this time, the front army led by Dou Ying had already crossed the river and headed towards Chang'an City.
Those currently crossing the river are Li Yunze's Chinese army.
Originally there was a pontoon here, but although Wang Quan and others did not resist on the river bank, they sent people to burn the pontoon. Now they can only rely on ferries.
When Li Yunze was crossing the river, his father Yan found the largest ferry for him.
But even the largest ferry can only carry a hundred people.
In addition to a group of staff, the only people accompanying him were members of his personal guard.
Most of these members of the Guards were self-funded soldiers who had gone to battle with the army in the past and finally persisted until the end and performed well on the battlefield.
That is, those good family members, knights, etc. who have some money at home, prepare their own weapons and horses, and want to fight with the army to earn military merit.
To be selected into Li Yunze's personal guard, he naturally had the utmost perseverance to persevere to the end, and at the same time he also made military achievements.
In addition, there are also some nephews and nephews of local county officials whom Li Yunze has recruited over time, and the outstanding ones among them have also joined the Guards.
Li Yunze planned to expand this personal guard force and change its name to the Yulin Army once things in Chang'an City were settled.
The river in front of us is wide and gentle, and even more rare is that it is extremely clear.
Standing on the bow of the boat, Li Yunze could even vaguely see the fish swimming in the water.
Such clear water of the Yellow River is unimaginable in later generations.
The impression given by the Yellow River in later generations is always that it is turbid and turbulent, like mud.
"Where does the sediment come from? It's caused by soil erosion."
"Why does soil erosion occur? Naturally, it is due to the large-scale destruction of forests. Without forests to stabilize the ecosystem, it is naturally impossible to lock in sediment."
"How to govern? Of course. Huh?"
Li Yunze stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, thinking about how the river in front of him changed from a clear river to a turbid Yellow River. His keen intuition made him vigilant.
Within a moment, Li Yunze suddenly heard the sound of rapid footsteps on the deck behind him, as well as the roars of people around him.
Li Yunze suddenly turned around and saw a member of the Guards holding a sharp short spear in both hands and stabbing Li Yunze fiercely in the chest.
The incident happened so suddenly that everyone around them never thought that there would be an assassin in the Guards. They had no time to react and could only watch helplessly as the assassin pierced the king's heart with a short spear.
At this moment, everyone’s eyes were wide open!
Master Fuyan, Gongsun Hong and others' legs weakened and they collapsed on the ground.
It's over, it's over, once the king dies, the army will inevitably fall apart and disappear, everything will be completely over, and they will also become the targets of the court's pursuit.
This is really
The sergeants around him reacted, roaring with red eyes, pulling out their weapons and howling, rushing towards them, trying to smash the damn thing into pieces!
The one who rushed to the front was Wei Qing.
Wei Qing, who had made great achievements, was now the Army Sima of the Guards and his direct superior.
And the commander of the expanded Habayashi Army has already been booked.
At this moment, an assassin appeared before his eyes, and he was from the Guards.
Looking at Li Yunze who was stabbed in the chest by a short spear, Wei Qing's mind flashed back to the scene when he was herding sheep outside Pingyang County and saw the King of Zhongshan entering the city, and the scene where the King of Zhongshan chose him to serve for him.
When I was starting out.
Tears flowed down unsatisfactorily, blurring his vision.
Wei Qing, who was roaring, drew his sword and staggered forward. He wanted to avenge his benefactor!
Then, he heard Li Yunze's voice, "That's it."
The voice was so full of energy that everyone was stunned.
Quickly raising his hand to wipe away his tears, Wei Qing stared blankly at Li Yunze who was standing on the bow of the boat. He held the short spear with a calm expression and asked the assassin, "Do you know that if you do such a thing, your family will be harmed?"
How to be sad and despairing?”
Now he finally wanted to understand why he insisted on holding on to Chang'an City when there were no reinforcements outside.
Why don't we abandon the natural danger of the Yellow River and directly abandon the river bank defense line?
Why did you take the initiative to burn down the pontoon? Just to give this assassin a chance!
Being able to join Li Yunze's personal bodyguards means that he is naturally clean.
Just like the assassin in front of him, he was a son of a good family from Zhi County, Hanoi County. He had repeatedly performed outstanding military exploits with the army and was selected into the Guards.
What Li Yunze wondered was what kind of reason could make this person assassinate him even if he risked the lives of his entire family.
The assassin struggled to pull out the short spear, but unfortunately Li Yunze's hand was as hard as iron and could not be shaken.
Wei Qing and the others, who had come back to their senses here, had already swarmed up and controlled him firmly.
The assassin raised his head desperately and roared at Li Yunze with red eyes, "Where justice lies, I will risk my life regardless of death! Even if there are thousands of people, I will go!"
Li Yunze had a look of surprise on his face, "Who are you here to avenge?"