"Great victory in Luoyang, great victory in Luoyang!"
A fast horse passed through the long street of the Chu capital, heading straight to the imperial city. People on both sides of the street ran out.
"Great victory in Luoyang?" A man dressed as a scribe said happily: "It seems that the city of Luoyang has been captured. Hahaha, the Chu army is so powerful. The world has been unified again, and the war has stopped."
A group of people gathered around, and someone asked: "Xiangong Song, did you really capture Luoyang?"
"You should know that the Northern Han Dynasty was in civil strife and fighting with each other. Our Chu army crossed the Huai River with overwhelming force. General Yue was so brave that he naturally captured Luoyang." Song Xianggong pointed to the messenger cavalry who had gone away: "Don't you I also heard that there was a great victory in Luoyang, even Luoyang was captured, and the Northern Han Dynasty was finished."
"In this case, we really don't have to fight in the future."
"If the world is unified and the world is at peace, there will naturally be no more wars."
There was a burst of cheers all around, many people reported the news to others, and the entire Jianye City was soon in jubilation.
Lu Xiao, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, had already led a group of ministers to the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor. When the ministers arrived in front of the imperial study, Lu Xiao and a large group of people had already knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations. Your Majesty, there is a great victory in Luoyang, and General Yue has entered Luoyang."
The young emperor Longtai walked out of the study and saw a group of ministers kneeling on the ground. The young and handsome face could not hide the excitement: "Really... have you really captured Luoyang?"
"Your Majesty, there is a memorial from General Yue, and the Ministry of War has also received the military report." Lu Xiao took the report and came forward, presenting it with both hands: "The leader of the Han army, Zhong Li'ao, committed suicide. The Han army abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and General Yue commanded his troops. Luoyang, our army has also entered Luoyang. Qu Yuangu, the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty, strangled Beitang Feng and Kaicheng surrendered."
Longtai opened the folder, glanced at it a few times, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "The long-cherished wish of all the previous emperors of Chu has finally come true today."
All the ministers said in unison: "This is the Emperor's heroic spirit!"
Lu Xiao was also excited and said: "Your Majesty, we have captured the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty. The Northern Han Dynasty has been destroyed, and the world has been unified. From now on, your Majesty will rule the world, and all the seas will be the territory of our great Chu."
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"
The ministers bowed their heads again.
"According to my decree, Yue Huanshan is temporarily stationed in Luoyang. The Ministry of War has prepared a list of rewards. In addition, the soldiers of the Qinhuai Army will be highly rewarded." Longtai straightened up: "The Ministry of Punishment has also conveyed my decree to grant amnesty to the world!"
The ministers said: "I obey the order."
Lu Xiao added: "Your Majesty, General Yue reports that King Yiheng deserves the most credit for the successful capture of Luoyang. King Yiheng went to Luoyang alone and persuaded Qu Yuangu to surrender to our great Chu. It was precisely because of Qu Yuan Gu rebelled and took control of Luoyang, which cut off the Han army's money and food from the enemy. Therefore, Zhong Li'ao ordered the surrender and committed suicide."
Longtai smiled and said: "King Yiheng is our blessed general in Chu. I will think about how to reward him."
After the ministers retreated, Longtai left Lu Xiao alone. At this time, Longtai could not express his joy and said with a smile: "Lu Aiqing, I knew that sooner or later I would unify the world, but I didn't expect that it would be achieved so soon. Unification of the country and the country. After that, I can let go of my hands and feet, and with the assistance of all my dear friends, I will work hard to govern and give the people of the world a peaceful and prosperous age."
Seeing the young emperor's high spirits, Lu Xiao felt happy and said: "The emperor has great ambitions and cares about the common people, which is really a blessing to the people of the world. Although I am not talented, I am willing to devote my best efforts to assist the emperor to bring peace to the people of the world."
Longtai laughed loudly, and then sighed: "But there is one thing, please help me come up with an idea."
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"Before going to Luoyang, King Yiheng came to see me and told me some things." The little emperor sighed: "Do you know the great master?"
Lu Xiao was startled, then frowned and said: "I have heard a little bit about it. Those great masters are elusive, and it is said that their martial arts are also superb. It is said that Mu Yunhou of the Northern Han Dynasty is a great master, but this time it is very rare. It’s strange that Qu Yuangu strangled Beitang Feng, and Mu Yunhou was from the royal family of the Northern Han Dynasty, but he didn’t come to the rescue, which is really strange.”
"He is dead." Longtai said: "Not only Beitang Huanye, but also several other great masters have passed away."
Lu Xiao was startled and said in surprise: "All... are all dead?"
"Don't publicize this matter to the outside world." The little emperor said: "Beitang Huanye is dead, and our sword god of Dachu has also passed away. From now on, there will be no great master in this world."
Lu Xiao pondered for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, this is not a bad thing. Those great masters are too powerful in martial arts. Once they have evil intentions, they will bring disaster to the world. Without the great masters, the Holy Master can freely govern the world without any constraints. .”
"The grand masters are all gone, but King Yiheng's martial arts is also superb, close to the grand master." Longtai said: "Before, Zhuo Qingyang came to the palace to see me and presented the map of the world. According to his words, in this world, Yi King Heng can be said to be the only great master. It is precisely because of this that King Yiheng has the ability to go to Luoyang alone and ask Qu Yuangu to submit to our great Chu."
Lu Xiao was surprised and said: "King Yiheng... he is the Grand Master?"
"Of course he is not a real grand master, but those few grand masters are dead. King Yiheng's martial arts cultivation is unmatched and he can be called a grand master." Longtai sighed.
Lu Xiao frowned and said: "If this is the case, it will be a threat to the court...!"
Longtai shook his head and smiled: "You misunderstood. Whether King Yiheng is a great master or not, he always talks about brotherhood to me. Others don't know him, but I know it very well." Calmly said: "If he is willing, the throne will be It belongs to him."
Lu Xiao was startled and couldn't understand.
Of course, Longtai would not say something directly to Lu Xiao.
Naturally, he had known for a long time that Qining's biological father was Beitang Qing, and he had the blood of the Beitang royal family flowing through him.
After the death of all the great masters, no one in the world can surpass Qi Ning in martial arts. Moreover, he has the blood of the Northern Han royal family and is an important minister of Chu State. He needs a choice.
And Qining did make a choice.
With Qi Ning's skills, it is not difficult to take the head of a general among the three armies. If he really wants to become an enemy of the Chu State and take off the heads of Longtai and Yue Huanshan, the Chu State will be in chaos. With Qin Ning's strength, it is necessary to He also knew how to control Luoyang, just as he forced Qu Yuangu to submit to Chu. As long as he controlled Qu Yuangu, sat in Luoyang, and disclosed his life experience, even if some people opposed him taking the throne of the Northern Han Dynasty, they would still be able to control him. Nothing to do with him.
But he did not do that after all. Instead, he forced Qu Yuangu to submit to Chu, which eventually led to the surrender of the Han army and Zhong Li'ao committing suicide.
The moment the good news came, Longtai was not only happy about the unification of the world, but also that Qining finally regarded him as a friend.
"When King Yiheng left for Luoyang, he had a request for me." Longtai sighed: "He hopes that after the world is unified, he can resign all his official positions and titles and become a common man, carefree and at ease. "
Lu Xiao was even more surprised: "King Yiheng wants to resign?"
Longtai nodded and said: "But I don't want to agree to him. He has helped me a lot since I ascended the throne. I hope to govern the world in the future and have him by my side."
Lu Xiao pondered for a moment and sighed: "Your Majesty, I understand that King Yiheng has good intentions. He does not want to put pressure on the Emperor in the court and stay away from the court. He just hopes that the Emperor can relax his hands and work hard to govern."
"I have no pressure." Longtai said with a wry smile: "He doesn't understand my feelings."
"Your Majesty, I think it's okay for King Yiheng to be at ease, but there is no need to resign." Lu Xiao said with a smile: "King Yiheng has the emperor in his heart. If the emperor really encounters difficulties in the future, King Yiheng will never stand idly by. I think that King Yiheng has a free and easy mind and just wants to live an unrestrained life. If he is in the court, various interests and personnel will always tie him up. Rather than doing this, it is better to stay away from the temple."
Longtai thought for a while, nodded and said with a smile: "Maybe that's true." Thinking of something, he frowned and said: "Yes, there is Linghu Xu in Puyang with 20,000 remaining Eastern Qi troops. Are they not ready to surrender?"
Lu Xiao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have another memorial here. I originally wanted to wait for the good news to come before reporting to the Emperor. The remnants of the Eastern Qi Dynasty entrenched in Puyang are indeed a trouble, but King Yiheng thought of a way. He asked Qu Yuan The Northwest Army under General Gu was heading towards Puyang, and it was a wonderful strategy for the Northwest Army to deal with the remnants of the Eastern Qi."
Longtai was startled for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
While Longtai and Lu Xiao were discussing matters, Qu Yuangu had already commanded the northwest iron cavalry to approach Puyang City.
Qu Yuangu naturally knew that the Eastern Qi soldiers in Puyang were alone, and their morale had been extremely low. When Yue Huanshan was about to reorganize the Northwest Army, Qu Yuangu felt bitter in his heart. He only thought that he was going to surrender the weapons of the Northwest Army, but Unexpectedly, Qin Ning eventually asked him to command the Northwest Army to capture Puyang.
Although Qu Yuangu knew that this was a bloody fight between the Northwest Army and the remnants of the Eastern Qi, this was still the best outcome compared to being immediately seized of military power.
After all, he could still lead tens of thousands of cavalry for a while, and after conquering Puyang, he had truly made a contribution. At least he would not have to lower his head in front of the Chu people in the future.
He had this thought, and so did his subordinates.
This was the last opportunity to make a contribution, and no one wanted to miss it, so the army came to the city, and all the generals asked for battle, hoping that they could be the first general to invade Puyang City.
It's just that Qu Yuangu got instructions from Qi Ning. After the siege, there was no need to launch an offensive immediately. He had to wait for two days. If Linghu Xu had not surrendered after two days, he could launch a fierce offensive.
Therefore, after the army besieged Puyang, they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they camped on the spot and waited for two days.
Qu Yuangu only hoped that Linghu Xu would grit his teeth and persist and not leave the city to surrender, otherwise his last chance to make a contribution would slip away from his hands.
Perhaps he could not have imagined that Linghu Xu did not open the door to surrender precisely because it was he, Qu Yuangu, who besieged Puyang.