Chapter 241: Follow-up after entering the palace
The sunset gradually turned orange on the horizon, and the street fighting was coming to an end. Only the remaining Wei soldiers were still resisting in the corners of the city, attracting the Youyan, Xiliang, and Yizhou armies. Large groups of soldiers rushed over, and the last sound disappeared.
Xuanchun Gate, the stench wafts from the burnt wood of the tower.
The wide area nearby was filled with soldiers and soldiers. Joking and moaning of pain could be heard from time to time. In front of the city gate, Su Chen sat on a big tiger-skin chair and looked at the fiery-red token in his hand.
The previous conjecture was indeed confirmed.
‘What did Marquis Wen go through to undergo such a transformation? I don’t know how much stronger it is now than before. ’ Su Chen played with the token in his hand and asked Li Tiangang in a low voice in the car behind.
"Taoist Priest, what do you think the Great Master and Marquis Wen went through to undergo such transformation?"
In the carriage, the Taoist priest sat cross-legged, closing his eyes in silence, listening. Hearing Su Chen's words, he slowly opened his eyes, "Your Majesty wants to know, why don't you ask in person? Poor Taoist monks don't know much."
"The Taoist Master is hiding something secret again."
Su Chen looked forward and smiled at the Taoist priest behind him, "But I still hope that the Taoist priest can tell me more things in the future."
Not far away, Qin Qiong and Li Xuanba were punching and kicking a chubby old man. Amidst the moans, Su Chen winked at Dian Wei, who nodded and stepped forward to pull Qin Qiong and Li Xuanba away.
It was An Lushan who was holding his head on the ground. He was sitting at the city gate bragging to a group of soldiers about how powerful he was back then. Qin Qiong heard this, and then called Li Xuanba to deceive him. When we got to the corner, there was this scene.
"Bah! Old thing." Qin Qiong was pulled away, rushed over and kicked her again, then turned around angrily: "If the king hadn't been here, I would have crushed you to ashes to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
For Qin Qiong, Su Chen could still understand. The prosperous country that he and Li Shimin had worked hard to build was ruined in the hands of such a person. Even if he met him, he didn't attack him with a knife on the spot because he was worried about Su Chen. face.
As for Li Xuanba, he just wanted to beat him.
After the two left, Dian Wei helped An Lushan sit down by the wall. Seeing that his injuries were not serious, he patted his shoulder and said, "As long as King Xia is here, you will be fine. No matter how you conquer Wei, you will be able to conquer Wei." There is merit.”
“You said that the king protected me, but they… they just beat me so hard…”
“It’s because the king protected you. , you only received two blows, but if the king was not here just now, your bones would be broken. You don’t know what you have done!”
Dian Wei snorted, Dong Zhuo stood aside. He came over with his belly covered. His shoulders, arms, and abdomen were all wrapped with bandages. He came closer and said, "What has he done?" Shaking his head, he carried two halberds and returned to the cart.
An Lushan saw the same fat old man sitting over and quickly raised his hand: "I'm An Lushan, I wonder what you call this general?"
"Dong Zhuo."
Hearing this name, An Lushan's eyes suddenly lit up, "That Dong Zhuo from the late Han Dynasty?"
Here, Dong Zhuo's face darkened, and his eyes were half-squinted with murderous intent.
“Hmph, can there be a second Dong Zhuo?”
"It's not that I mean to make fun of you, it's actually..." An Lushan told the other party exactly what he had done, "I often told my subordinates that in the late Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo, the Grand Master of the Han Dynasty, was running the frontier and was often attacked by the capital. Wen Zhongwen looks down on us, we are also soldiers on the frontier, we should learn from Grand Master Dong and take charge of Chang'an!"
Pa!
As soon as An Lushan finished speaking, Dong Zhuo slapped his face to one side, and his spittle flew out. Dong Zhuo stood up and raised the sword at his waist, "Damn it, I finally changed my mind, but now you want to ruin my reputation again. Who can you imitate? Let me imitate you!"
Immediately, he left cursing.
An Lushan covered his face and stared blankly at Dong Zhuo, who was fat and had a thick beard and an evil eye. He didn't look like a good person, especially the slap just now. It couldn't be more evil.
He walked to the ancestral hearse and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is no place for An Lushan here."
Su Chen saw everything that happened, and what An Lushan had done before , he did not comment, just said: "There is everyone here in Gu, relax, Gu will never treat anyone kindly. General An still has his uses."
"Yes, Your Majesty, but please Your Majesty, let the general named Qin Qiong be beaten less... His old arms and legs can't stand the torment."
While he was talking, a horseman galloped across the street in the distance and came here. , outside the guarding range of the shield warriors, he reined up his horse and jumped off, walked to the cart about five feet away, knelt down halfway, cupped his hands and said: "Inform the king, General Lu and General Zhang have invaded the palace. Wei soldiers in the palace During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Wei committed suicide! "
"Is Emperor Wei dead? "
Su Chen was a little surprised. After all, if the Emperor of Wei was still alive, it would save a lot of trouble to surrender the other states, but since he was dead, he had nothing to worry about.
"Regulate the troops and horses, we enter the Wei Palace, and send an order to General Zhao, asking him to lead the Youyan Army to speed up the mopping up of the remnants of the Wei State, and spread the news that the Wei Emperor committed suicide, informing the Wei State that he is not dead yet "Officials to maintain order in the city"
The horse took the order, turned around and galloped away.
Here, a thousand shield warriors gathered to guard the front, rear and left sides of the ancestral coffin. The soldiers driving the cart waved their whips, and the six-wheeled cart began to drive slowly. People like Dian Wei, Li Xuanba, and Xia Houyuan were around. , An Lushan, Zhang Yu, Qin Qiong and other generals followed and went to see what the Wei Palace looked like.
In Luyang, which has a population of over one million, if you want to enter the imperial city, you still have to travel twenty miles. Riding a horse alone is faster, but a large vehicle like the ancestral coffin takes a long time. Enough for each commanding knight to convey the message. Not many civil and military officials in the Wei Dynasty were still alive, only about thirty people. Most of the others rushed to the south gate when the street fighting broke out. They were blocked in the street and were crushed and killed by Li Jue's flying bear army. They took away their gold and silver property. They were all looted by soldiers.
Su Chen knew about this, but he turned a blind eye. As long as he did not persecute the people, he would try his best to use war to kill all the dignitaries of Wei, especially the clan, so that no one would escape later. Come out and raise the banner of national restoration.
After all, at the end of Qin Dynasty, those old and young people were living examples.
When we came to Zhengyang Gate, the towers and walls of the imperial city were covered with blood. The palace roads had been cleaned by the slave slaves and the still alive Rebel Army, but the blood was still covering the gaps in the floor tiles and the broken meat. Clearly visible in the corner.
On the other hand, the two big trees behind Zhengyang Gate were not affected by the war. They were still lined with lush leaves. The cart drove slowly from the palace road and stretched towards the main hall of the palace. The square here The fighting has stopped, and the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army and the eunuchs in the palace are busy dragging away the corpses. The palace maids are pale, and they are washing the floor tiles over and over again with buckets.
Not far away, there were a group of old Wei officials bowing their heads.
Seeing the cart stop, the soldiers around them first put down everything in their hands, stood up straight on the spot, and shouted towards the ancestral hearse: "Greetings to the king!"
Eunuchs and palace maids They looked panicked and hurriedly knelt down and lowered their heads. Some of them were a little braver. They raised their eyes slightly and saw a tall figure walking down from the chariot wearing armor and holding a sword.
It will be dark.
The generals who followed Su Chen into the palace were all tall or fat and strong. They were all veteran generals on the battlefields in the south and north. They strode forward all the way, and the momentum they exuded was enough to make this place... Everyone is afraid.
Outside the Xuanzheng Hall above the steps, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Niu Gao, and Li Jue were sitting on the threshold of the hall, laughing and chatting. When they heard shouts from below, the five generals stood up one after another. Lu Bu and Zhang Liao walked in front of the three of them and raised their hands together.
"I have met the king!"
Su Chen came straight over and raised his hands respectfully towards the five people: "It was all thanks to the five generals who worked hard to kill the enemy that I had the opportunity to walk in today. Let’s go in and take a look at this Wei Palace!”
“Please!”
The generals laughed and made a gesture of invitation to each other, and then followed Su. Chen stepped into the Xuanzheng Hall together. The crane and tiger lampposts were lit by the frightened palace maids. The red background and the golden dragon winding pillars revealed the majesty and solemnity of the past.
Su Chen walked past the smooth stone bricks in the middle, looked at the dragon chair on the imperial steps, took off his cloak and threw it to Wu Zixun aside.
“I remember last year, I was exchanging eight hundred miles of urgent letters with the Emperor of Wei, and they were scolding each other. A year later, almost in the same month, I was standing in the palace of Wei. "It's here."
Behind him were two queues. On the left were the important generals of the army, and on the right were the thirty or so old ministers of the Wei State, headed by Long Qiao, and Yuan Feng was among them. , chose to protect oneself wisely and did not dare to take the lead at will.
Hearing Su Chen's words, more than thirty old Wei officials had complicated eyes and lowered their gazes.
"I am not a person who kills indiscriminately, but I am not a soft-hearted person either. As long as you do your job well, everything will be business as usual." Su Chen strode forward, stepping on each piece of wood. Walking up the imperial steps to the golden palace, your hand caressed the golden dragon chair.
"I don't know how many people fought for this seat. By the way, where is the emperor's prince? Did he run away?"
Su Chen turned his face and looked at the civil and military group, who shook his head. He shook his head, not knowing, but Lu Bu came out and clapped his hands boldly: "A certain family shot and killed a person in the suburbs of the west city. He was dressed luxuriously, but I don't know if he was a member of the royal family."
As he spoke, , several wolf riders pulled a corpse into the main hall and showed it to the thirty or so people there.
The expressions of Yuan Feng and Long Qiao suddenly changed, and the latter stepped forward in small steps.
"King Xia, this corpse... is indeed the Crown Prince of Wei, Zhao Longyi."
Su Chen casually flipped through a few memorials on the dragon case and nodded: "Take him away for a grand burial. Bury him with his father and mother, and the debt will be wiped out. You and other civil and military officials should go down as soon as possible to pacify the people, and the orphans as well." "Soldiers!"
Su Chen turned his face, his eyes were dull, but in the eyes of Yuan Feng and others, he looked ferocious. This is the real aura of the King of Bears and Tigers, not an act. .
Here, more than thirty people bowed their heads and said yes, and then were sent away by Su Chen.
Now that it is getting dark, all things can be done tomorrow. Su Chen sat on the dragon chair and patted the armrest: "It's hard, what's there to sit on? I'll lay it on it tomorrow." "Tiger skin."
Su Chen stood up, called Wu Zixun, and said to the generals who were looking around in the hall opposite: "Lead the eunuchs to clean the room. The generals will go to the palace to rest today. All the concubines of the Wei Emperor. Assigned to everyone to warm the bed.”
"One?" Wu Zixun cautiously stretched out a finger.
"How can one be enough!?" Dong Zhuo laughed, "I want five!"
"Haha!"
Su Chen walked down the imperial steps and waved He raised his hand and dragged his cloak towards the apse, "Then I will give you as many as you want according to the Grand Master's wishes."
(End of this chapter)