Just as Su Fengnuan expected, shortly after Chu Han left Ding'an City, he was intercepted and killed by a large number of black-clothed masked men.
His personal guards resisted desperately, but there were so many assassins, one wave after another, finally Chu Han's personal guards were unable to resist, and were forced to a cliff, where Chu Han was thrown down the cliff with a palm.
That cliff is as high as 10,000 zhang, and there are ravines and abyss at the bottom. People who fall will either fall to pieces or fall into mud, with no way out.
The assassin surveyed the terrain and found that he couldn't even check Chu Han's body. He was sure that there would be no way out for him if he fell, so he left the cliff.
The news of Chu Han's death spread quickly, first to the nearest city of Ding'an.
Chu Yue was stunned when he heard about it, and looked at the person who reported the letter, and asked in disbelief, "Chu Han died so easily?"
The person who reported the letter said, "There are too many people who assassinated him, and he brought few entourages and guards. Although the second prince was saved by a miracle doctor, he has no strength to beat a chicken, let alone an ordinary person. A well-known killer? The subordinates went down to investigate, the cliff was covered with blood, it was very tragic, the cliff was as high as ten thousand feet, it is said that many people saw the second prince being beaten and fell off the cliff with their own eyes, there must be no return."
Chu Yue didn't speak for a while when he heard the words. Although he resented Chu Han and sometimes wished him to die, he didn't expect that he didn't die on the battlefield, but was killed by the killers sent by his brothers. He felt sadly that the brotherhood of the royal family was as thin as paper, and he couldn't help tearing it up.
But he didn't have much brotherly affection for Chu Han, nor could he be sad for a long time, so he put the matter aside and started dispatching people to attack Liuyang City.
The news that Chu Han was assassinated and fell off the ten-thousand-foot cliff quickly spread to the capital. The emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty almost fainted when he heard the news. The person who reported the letter must have received the correct news. Chu Han really fell into the cliff, and he was already smashed to pieces.
The Emperor of Northern Zhou spat out a mouthful of blood under his grief.
The emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty vomited blood, frightening the people who waited nearby, and hurriedly invited the imperial physician, and all the people from the imperial hospital entered the palace in fear. The second prince died, the emperor vomited blood, and Northern Zhou had lost four cities in a row. It was hard to avoid the feeling that Northern Zhou had exhausted its strength.
Under the diagnosis of the Imperial Physician, it was said that the emperor of Northern Zhou Dynasty hurt his heart and lungs in great grief, which caused him to vomit blood. It is not advisable to be too sad, but to calm down and rest in peace, otherwise he will suffer from heart disease.
The emperor of Northern Zhou mourned for a day, and angrily ordered a thorough investigation of the murderer, saying that if anyone was found out who had stabbed the second prince, he would be cut into pieces.
Sure enough, as Su Fengnuan expected, with Chu Han's death, the Northern Zhou emperor seemed to have forgotten the guilt of Chu Han's successive defeats that led to the fall of the city. Now it has become a weak country that is bullied by others, and Qiqi mourns along with the Northern Zhou emperor.
Chu Han's mother and concubine cried so hard that she wanted to hang herself and go with Chu Han, but was protected and looked after by the Northern Zhou Emperor.
Although the princes in the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were secretly happy about the killing of Chu Han, they were also worried that the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty would find out and cut him into pieces. Tidy up and clean up the traces.
After another day of mourning, the Northern Zhou emperor remembered to ask Chu Han if he wasn't in Ding'an City? Why did he leave Ding'an City? After asking, he was furious when he learned that the eldest prince Chu Yue had driven him out of Ding'an City.
If Chu Yue hadn't driven him out of Ding'an City, Chu Han might not have been assassinated and fell off the cliff.
The mourning of the Northern Zhou emperor turned into anger, and all of them were concentrated on the eldest prince Chu Yue. He angered the queen in the queen's palace, and sent people to Ding'an City to question Chu Yue.
The First Prince has been in Ding'an City for a few days, and apart from driving the Second Prince out of Ding'an City, there has been no news of a war. The eldest prince begged for mercy. After all, if the eldest prince did not drive away the second prince, the second prince had just been saved by a miracle doctor, so it would not be suitable for him to leave Ding'an City without a soldier and only close attendants.
One has to suspect that maybe the eldest prince sent someone to assassinate him secretly after driving the second prince out of Ding'an City.
Although the queen thinks that his son is a kind-hearted person and would not do anything to kill Chu Han, everyone now guesses that the eldest prince did it, and the eldest prince is far away in Ding'an City. If he is not busy, it is also difficult for everyone to argue, so he can only be secretly anxious, hoping that the eldest prince can win this battle and save the situation.
The people sent by the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to Ding'an City to inquire about crimes had just left the Imperial City of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the report of the eight hundred miles of military information spread into the capital.
Ding'an City fell two days ago. The First Prince lost to the Southern Qi Army and was seriously injured. He retreated to Pingshun City. In this battle, 50,000 troops were lost.
The emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was furious when he heard the words, and Ding'an City was also lost, so now the Southern Qi has captured a total of five cities in the North. He didn't care about mourning Chu Han's death any longer, so he hurriedly summoned the courtiers to discuss and choose someone to go to Pingshun City to help.
Both the third prince and the fifth prince came out and asked to go to Pingshun City for help.
The emperor looked at the third prince and the fifth prince. Their qualifications were slightly better than that of the first prince, but they were still inferior to the second prince. After thinking about it, he sent an old general from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to accompany the two princes to Pingshun City. The enemy, Yan must do everything possible to prevent the Southern Qi army from advancing.
On that day, the two princes brought 100,000 Jinglu soldiers and horses to Pingshun City together with the old general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
These two people also have selfish intentions in asking for the order, because among the people sent to assassinate Chu Han, there are many people sent by them. They are afraid that the emperor will find traces under a thorough investigation. Smooth it out carefully.
Before the two of them arrived at Pingshun City, Pingshun City had already been captured by the Southern Qi Army, and the First Prince was beheaded by Su Che in front of his horse.
Once the eldest prince died, the Northern Zhou army was in a leaderless state again. Shan Zhuo stabilized the army's morale by relying on his military prestige in the army for many years, and at the same time withdrew his troops to Fanxi City.
After the third and fifth princes arrived at Fanxi City, just as they stood firm, the Southern Qi Army had already attacked Fanxi City.
After all, the third prince and the fifth prince had never been on the battlefield. Facing the fierce Southern Qi army, with such overwhelming momentum, the two of them no longer knew how to dispatch them, and handed over all power to the old general.
After all, the old general was old, and within half a day, he was shot to death by a stray arrow.
The third and fifth princes panicked when they saw that the old general was dead, and instead grabbed Shan Zhuo, ordering him to resist the Southern Qi army.
Shan Zhuo could only smile wryly.
He knew in his heart that if the government and the people hadn't seen the Second Prince's successive defeats and no longer believed that the Second Prince could resist the Southern Qi Dynasty, there would not have been the First Prince who brought the imperial decree to Ding'an City and drove away the Second Prince. The city was easily broken and lost, the eldest prince was killed, and Pingshun City was destroyed immediately. Now the defenders of the Northern Zhou Dynasty retreated one after another, their morale was low and their vitality was seriously injured.
He didn't have the power to recover, and he thought he couldn't defend Fanxi City.
But the third and fifth princes are not worth it at all. Although they are slightly more capable than the first prince, they don't have the guts of the first prince, not even the first prince. He had no choice but to stick to Fanxi City.
Shan Zhuo ordered to defend Fanxi City to the death, but the morale of the Southern Qi soldiers was too strong. In addition, Su Fengnuan, Ye Chang, and Su Che went into battle together. Shan Zhuo is alone, and he can't defend Fanxi City even if he sticks to it.
A day later, he was shot by an arrow and fell in a pool of blood.
The third and fifth princes were horrified, seeing Fanxi City fall, they immediately led people to abandon the city and fled from the rear.
Although Shan Zhuo was hit by an arrow, he failed to hit the vital point, and he was led by his trusted lieutenant general to withdraw from Fanxi City. The Northern Zhou soldiers lost another 50,000 in this battle. The Southern Qi army won a complete victory and captured Fanxi City.
After the third and fifth princes withdrew to Kangping City, they were overjoyed to see that Shan Zhuo was only seriously injured and not dead, but seeing that he was no longer capable of fighting, and fearing that the Southern Qi army would come over immediately, they issued three copies of eight hundred in succession. Lijia was in a hurry, and the two emphatically described the strength of the Southern Qi Army in the 800-mile rush, and asked for support from Beijing.
After the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty received the urgent report from eight hundred miles, he finally realized that the country was in danger, and it was too late to mourn the death of the eldest prince, so he called the officials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to discuss it overnight to find a countermeasure.
Everyone in the court, Chinese and military officials was terrified. Thinking of these years, the most famous generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were the Second Prince and Shan Zhuo. Under the light of the two, it was difficult for the rest to compete with them. But now that one of them died and the other was seriously injured, the eldest prince was beheaded by Su Che, and the third and fifth princes were defeated, who should be sent there
The Eldest Princess is twelve years older than the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. As the eldest sister, she brought up the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty with her own hands. Nephew, but she puts more emphasis on orthodoxy, and has always been somewhat critical of Chu Han, who was too much for the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to love his concubines. However, Chu Han is talented, talented, and even very similar to the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Kind of like it. Chu Han's death also made her very sad.
Now that not only Chu Han is dead, but also Chu Yue, who she regards as the orthodox heir of the empress, is also dead, so she really can't sit still.
The court was full of civil and military affairs, and no one could go out to defend against the enemy. The eldest princess sighed and said desolately, "Your Majesty, please seek peace with Nanqi!"