Chapter 527 The long road ends
The night is deep, and the twinkling stars and moon pave a silver belt across the sky.
In the crackling sound of the campfire, sparks bounced up and rose into the air.
Behind the noisy imperial tent, in the open area, in front of two unoccupied dining tables, there was a noisy scene that only Su Chen and the Chinese civil and military officials could see.
The surrounding soldiers had been sent away by Xu Chu. Dian Wei, who stayed behind, looked worriedly at his old master Cao Cao, who was drinking and having fun over there, but seemed a little crazy.
Su Chen untied the Xia Wang Sword and handed it to the giant man. Then he went over to pick up a bowl of wine on the table and raised the bowl to salute Cao Cao, who was laughing and drinking happily.
"King Wei, I offer you a bowl."
"Okay!"
Cao Cao did not refuse, grabbed the wine bowl next to him, and drank with Su Chen's There was a light clink on the edge of the bowl, and he tilted his head up and drank the wine boldly. The wine filled the corners of his mouth and slid down his thick beard.
“Haha, so happy!”
Cao Cao wiped the wine stains on his beard and said, "The Japanese pirates were defeated in one fell swoop. Such a victory reminds me of the time when we cleared out the thieves and entrenched Yellow Turban remnants in Zhongshan, and the people under our rule were able to live in peace and longevity. This is a sign of a prosperous age, so we must take good care of it." Be sure, don't be a fool. "
Cao Cao played with the wine bowl on the table silently, his slender eyes revealed a dark look, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.
Su Chen picked up the drink and offered it to him, "I am only close to Mr. Cao. What is the Sima family? Life and death have nothing to do with me!"
"I am actually afraid that immortality will be difficult to achieve." "
"What, you all want to be Su Congfang?" Wu Zetian interrupted at the right time. This made the surrounding emperors laugh.
"If the Sima family were like this, I wouldn't be so angry."
Sun Quan at the other table stretched his neck, and his face was quite ugly when he heard Cao Cao scolding the "blue-eyed boy", but when he heard from behind The mountain was so beaten that the rats were running away with their heads in their arms, but they couldn't help but straighten their backs.
Before Cao Cao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Su Chen on the side with a drink. Su Chen filled up the wine for him and himself.
Once it starts, the first people to see the benefits will definitely be the wealthy gentry. If they taste the benefits, they will also benefit the people at the bottom.
After all, China’s collective thoughts and useful things from each dynasty began to be moved over one after another.
The biggest threat nearby has been completely eradicated. As long as the family remains in chaos and saves for one or two generations, the Xia Kingdom will definitely enter an unprecedented prosperous age, which may not exceed that of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin, and even emperors such as Zhao Gou and Li Cunxu also came over at the other table. It can be seen that Cao Cao's popularity among the emperors is actually very good.
He patted the table, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were about to burst into flames, "Back then, when Duke Xuande was still alive, all the barbarians had to be beaten, and they could only be beaten. Even a kid with green eyes in Jiangdong can fight like a mouse in his arms, but in the dynasty when the Sima family was unified, he was so weak!"
"Since we are not familiar with each other, why should I hesitate? I just need to be familiar with him. , why care about people you don’t know well?”
Su Chen knew that these emperors and princes were all face-saving, so he smiled and said: “We are all members of the same family, so tell your unhappiness and no one will say anything. Dao Si, after all, who doesn’t have a few worries in his heart?”
But it was a sign of prosperity, and Cao Cao was right.
After thinking for a while, Su Chen put down the wine bowl and sat next to Cao Cao. After pondering for a moment, he said in a low voice: "King Wei, you have something on your mind these past two days. Everyone is here, so you might as well say Come out and let us help you solve it together.”
It takes several generations of emperors’ hard work and savings to create a truly prosperous age.
The overall enthusiasm of society will be stimulated.
"Brother Meng De, is it because Sima usurped Wei?" Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Li Shimin simply exposed Cao Cao's worries directly.
This kind of concern was something Cao Cao had never experienced before.
He was angry at the Sima family for their despicable and despicable methods, and it was obvious that the consequences were widespread, otherwise the descendants of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would not have stayed away from their hometown and moved overseas.
Here, Cao Cao finally had a completely different smile on his face. Looking at Su Chen, who was holding up one hand and sending it to the throne in front of him, he nodded happily.
"No, I think he looks like me!"
Liu Bei had no expression on his face. He just raised his hand and knocked on the table, "Back then, Cao Mengde didn't hesitate at all. Jiang Bei has been driven all the way to Jingzhou. Is it difficult for you to worry about something? ”
It is still very early to reach the prosperous age. Just like the Tang Dynasty, the real prosperous age was not until the period of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, he really took care of Shanyue.
"I know... I have read it in a book."
Cao Cao not only learned hot words below, but also read books from later generations.
"The fault lies with the Sima family. If the king of a country is ignorant, he will be rotten to the core from top to bottom." Li Shimin expressed his opinion.
"Mr. Cao, you should know Wu Huan Hua below, right?"
"Father..." Cao Pi called out in a low voice.
"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to call out, "You can clearly distinguish between love and hate, so similar to me!"
While he was talking, Su Chen also mentioned another person who helped Cao Cao. reason.
The surrounding emperors stopped talking and looked at Su Chen. Many emperors from the Wei and Jin dynasties nodded.
"Of course I'm not familiar with it." Cao Cao was stunned for a moment.
Su Chen stood up, his words mixed with the sounds of horses neighing in the camp, the soldiers talking around the campfire, and the generals drinking and laughing in the imperial tent.
Immediately, Cao Cao poured out his troubles like fried beans. It turned out that he didn't care. The Sima family usurped the Wei Dynasty. After all, the iron-clad country and the flowing emperor would be taken away sooner or later.
"Mr. Cao, am I familiar with the Sima family?"
He looked at the emperors of various dynasties who were looking at him with concern, and then his eyes fell on Su Chen.
"For example, in my Tang Dynasty, if the emperor can't do it... the three armies are really exhausted!" He glanced at Emperor Tang Ming. Li Longji immediately shrank his neck, buried his face in the bowl, and waved his chopsticks vigorously. Scratching the grains of rice in the bowl.
"Brother Meng De, you are drunk." Zhu Yuanzhang turned around from another table and shouted to him.
Each emperor also expressed his views on the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty, and most of them scolded them harshly. Anyway, they didn't have to worry about historians recording their words and deeds.
Zhao Gou squeezed over and poked his head between Zhao Da and Zhao Er, "Chang Sheng, what are you going to do?"
"Then I have to ask Duke Cao and all of you. However, Gao Zong, when will you give Yue Wumu to me?”
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."
As soon as he mentioned Yue Fei, Zhao Gou's expression changed immediately, and he retracted his head in a snap.
A group of emperors, even Li Cunxu, who was on good terms with him, cast their eyes with contempt.
Cao Cao turned his head and followed Su Chen's previous sentence of "Ask Mr. Cao". He asked in a low voice: "Can you bring it here so that everyone can vent their anger?"
"If Mr. Cao wants to, you can also Your Majesty has no objection. When I return, I will engrave all the emperors of the Sima family on it!”
Hearing Su Chen's words, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Li Shimin's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty eyes.
The Five Husbands devastated China and Shenzhou Luchen were a deep shame to the emperors of subsequent dynasties.
Soon after, the sky gradually became brighter, and the thick incense in the ancestral coffin was burned out. The army that had rested for the night regrouped, and Su Chen gave the order to continue the clearing.
But this time there was no need for a large-scale battle. After the order was issued, only the Youyan Army marched eastward in a marching array, met with the Wuzhou Navy docked there, and then headed to the other three islands to complete the reception. Down the sweep strategy.
Bingzhou Army, Tang Army, and Yizhou Army are preparing to return to the coastline one after another, and then board the ship to go directly to Tsushima Island, rest there for two days, and take their comrades who died in the battle back to Xia Kingdom.
It's early morning on the sixth day of July.
Su Chen returned to Tsushima Island on the Emperor's treasure ship. On the vast wilderness outside the harbor, there were a dozen three-foot-high firewood stands.
In the wooden frames built layer by layer, there are layers of figures wearing armor, with weapons placed beside them, lying quietly inside, with their faces closed.
The array was solemn and quiet. Someone in front lit a torch and walked to the emperor's side.
On the treasure ship, Wu Zixun was weakly helped to the deck and looked into the distance. He had been in the army for many years. Although he had never been on the battlefield, he had experienced this scene countless times.
In his sight, the Emperor Su Chen took the torch handed over by Liu Sheng with a solemn expression, "I'm coming over here, you guys get out of the way!"
After the words fell, Su Chen walked towards the pyre over there. The guards rushed to meet him, but Su Chen waved them back.
In the blue sky, the east shines with golden light.
Above the wilderness, in front of a tall wooden frame, Su Chen held a torch and walked slowly around the firewood piles, walking over step by step, looking at the corpses lying on top. Returning to the first pyre, Su Chen closed his eyes and was silent for a moment. When he opened them again, he moved the swaying torch in his hand downwards and lit it on the firewood that had been soaked with kerosene.
In an instant, the flames traced a long path, extending to the pyre. The flames burst into flames, and then spread, igniting a huge pillar of fire in this golden morning.
Then, Su Chen walked to the next one...
"For my brother..." Dian Wei pursed his lips, then raised his voice, and the words echoed across the field: "...Send off ! ”
Bang!
Bang bang bang bang bang... The weapons hit the ground together, making a neat sound.
In the early morning sunshine, many eyes of the three armed forces looked at the burning fire, sending the familiar or unfamiliar comrades on their last journey.
After a long time, it was already noon, and the fire gradually extinguished. The soldiers guarding the fire waited for a while before they began to collect the ashes and take them back to their hometown of Xia for burial.
“Take the brothers home together——”
Su Chen clenched his fists on horseback and roared, his voice echoing in the sky for a long time.
“Go home!”
Countless voices mixed together and rushed into the blue sky.
On the eighth day of July, sea ships left Tsushima Island one after another and returned to Linjun in the Central Plains according to the route they came from. In the sea breeze, Su Chen stood at the highest point of the ship building, looking at the island that was getting further away.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to see the emperor of the Japanese. I don’t know if he is the so-called man of destiny, but as the great sage said, the man of destiny is in the west... Next, there should be something Be on guard."
As the waves swept across, Su Chen turned around, looked to the west, and slowly raised his hands. It would not be long before he could return to the Central Plains and then return to the north.
Su Chen had a smile on his face at the thought of being reunited with his family.
hehe.
"No matter what destiny he has, just bury him if you dare to come!"
On the treasure ship, Zhou Yu held a sword in his hand, walked on the deck, and shouted at the surrounding sailors: "Japanese pirates!" Although it is destroyed, we must not slack off and always be prepared to fight——"
"Yes!"
The surrounding navy troops followed and shouted seriously.
The big ship rode the wind and waves and continued sailing. It was surrounded by densely packed ships. Looking at this sea area, the Xia Navy was already a behemoth.
At the same time, on Sanliang Island, a lone boat parked on a deserted beach, and two pairs of footprints spread messily into the depths of the island.
The sea breeze blows in the woods and fields by the sea.
The ground in the forest is difficult to walk, and the terrain is dim and difficult to distinguish. The sound of footsteps rustling around, with moans that are half painful and half sobbing, the smell of blood spreads faintly, and someone's foot slipped. Fall down with a thud.
"Emperor Omikado, don't stop!"
The speaking voice was also weak. In the darkness, the speaking figure came back and stepped forward to help the fallen person up.
The words continued: "The soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom may still come after you, but the other daimyo should be dead. There are still some Japanese here. From now on, Kotaro will ride for your majesty!"
These short words belonged to Fuma Kotaro who did not appear on the battlefield. After Takeda Shingen's defeat, he already understood in his heart that these famous names who used to dominate one side were nothing in front of the real overlord of the other side.
The things you learn have been used by others.
This battle cannot be won no matter what.
He thought of a way to hide, not wanting to die like Sasuke Sarutobi and Hanzo Hattori.
Unfortunately, when the meteorite fell that day, even though he was hiding in the mountain, he was also affected by the terrifying air wave, and he was almost buried in the collapsed cave.
Perhaps the opportunity came for him, Fuma Kotaro. Not long after he escaped from trouble, he met Emperor Omikado, who was confused and beggar-like. He heard that the castle castle was destroyed and all the daimyo had died.
Before the soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom swept over, they immediately took the emperor and fled here.
“There are tens of thousands of Japanese people here. Your Majesty, don’t be afraid. I will gather them all and rebuild the city...”
Fuma Kotaro held the tree trunk with one hand and supported Emperor Omikado with the other, looking at the edge of the forest and speaking in a relaxed tone.
However, just in the middle of his words, the beautiful picture constructed in his mind came to an abrupt end.
He only felt a sharp pain in his lower back, and then felt something flowing out of his body.
Fuma Kotaro looked down and saw a short knife stuck at his waist.
Stretching along the hand holding the handle of the sword, is the always trembling Emperor Omikado, "Your Majesty... why do you..."
Behind him, Emperor Omikado had red eyes and clenched his teeth. Although he was not tall, he did not have the aura that an emperor should have.
But the ferocity shown at this moment is not inferior to any warriors on the battlefield.
“You all deserve to die... The people on this island used to be... carefree... go out to sea to fish... pick fruits in the forest, fall in love with the woman they like... live their lives. How wonderful...But you are here...let us learn...let us listen to you..."
Emperor Omikado took off the crown on his head and threw it to the ground, unabashedly Smiled miserably.
"I'll just listen to you...you let me marry the woman I love...but why did you kill her, kill my Ah Qing!!"
The hysterical cry of "Aqing" came out. Emperor Omikado held the handle of the sword and roared "Ah!" after shouting his name.
Grasp the handle of the knife in your hand and stab it forward again!
"Uh uh uh..."
The exposed half of the blade was completely inserted into Fuma Kotaro's lower back. He widened his eyes and looked at Emperor Omikado with a twisted expression. Until now, he still hadn't understood how this cowardly man had the guts to kill someone.
What a pity. I originally thought that I could replace those heroes and become a famous name, but I still failed in the end.
The thought flashed past.
The short knife inserted into his body was pulled out suddenly, and then inserted again. Fuma Kotaro finally lost his balance and slowly crouched down against the tree trunk, falling sideways to the ground with half-open eyes. , gradually stopped moving.
Huh...
Emperor Omikado looked at the dead Japanese assassin, sat down on the ground and breathed heavily. After a while, he got up, swaying He walked towards the outside of the woods.
The sound of waves washes over the beach.
Hearing such a familiar voice made him feel like he was back to the time when he had not yet done anything for His Majesty.
As if his eyes were dazzled, he vaguely saw Ah Qing's figure, running barefoot across the beach.
"Aqing..."
Emperor Omikado gave a low cry, and chased after him with a joyful expression. He took off his heavy robe while running, and chased 'A Qing' figure kept running into the sea.
The sky was slightly tilted, and there was no one on the sea surface. Only a soaked embroidered robe was left floating in the waves.
...
In midsummer, the seventh year of Yuanxing, news of the expedition to the Japanese Islands in the East China Sea spread one after another during the expedition.
But there are rumors everywhere. After all, the outside world rarely knows the real news.
Military matters have always been kept secret, and even well-informed businessmen have difficulty catching real-time information.
However, on this day in mid-July, the news finally spread explosively.
First, it shocked the villages and towns around Linjun, and then it reached Luyang in the Central Plains at a terrifying speed.
The whole city was shocked.
Destroy the Japanese in several battles, leaving no trace of the entire clan.
"That's hundreds of thousands of people..."
Thinking of this terrifying number, everyone from nobles to peddlers shuddered.
(End of this chapter)