Ping Yuanhou originally listed the formation as a frontal barrier, with the two sides separated like wings, like a semicircle. Bei Rong started, Ping Yuanhou gave an order, the volunteers who responded to the enemy in the middle turned and ran away, quickly evacuated the simple fortifications, and galloped desperately towards the camps on both sides, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, joined the camp of the nearby army, avoiding Overwhelmed the sharpness of Beirong, and let the three thousand cavalry go completely! The 30,000 infantry behind also chased after the cavalry.
He Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief: Southerners still can't do it! When they get real, they go soft.
The third prince, who was watching the battle with Marquis Pingyuan and Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang on the hillside, was dumbfounded, and asked Marquis Pingyuan, "Master, how did they pass?!" Shen Xiang also looked puzzled, looking at Shen Zhuo, Shen Xiang Zhuo shook his head at her.
Marquis Pingyuan said to the third prince: "I have just received a report that there are 30,000 Yulin troops behind our army. The emperor must be worried that our army is not a regular army and cannot be compared with Beirong, so he sent reinforcements. Although we It's too late to contact, but since they are ordered to come, our army should not take the credit alone, we can join forces with them to fight against the enemy. At this time, let the Beirong pass, just in time for the Imperial Forest Army to meet the Beirong, and our army will cover up and attack. Bei Rong is undefeated?"
The third prince was happy: "Father also sent reinforcements?! That's great!" But then he was a little worried: "The Beirong who just passed by has iron cavalry to clear the way. If the Imperial Forest Army can't resist, then the Beirong will drive down. .”
Ping Yuanhou said: "Zhang Xianfeng has brought the crossbowmen to the rear of the Imperial Forest Army. If the Imperial Forest Army can't stop Bei Rong, Zhang Xianfeng and the others should also block it."
The third prince asked again: "I don't remember how many of them there are, Lord Hou, can they do it?"
Marquis Pingyuan said: "They are all armed with strong crossbows, which can penetrate iron armor. Among them are hundreds of bed crossbows, and each crossbow shoots more than 30 arrows. It used to be used to deal with tens of thousands of cavalry, but now there are only a few thousand, which should be more than enough .”
The third prince nodded appreciatively: "That's great, Lord Hou, I'll follow you!"
Ping Yuanhou nodded, and ordered: "Let the teams return to their formations, and we will go after Beirong. If they come back, we will start a full-scale war!"
The volunteer soldiers were ordered to return to the team one after another, lined up into formations, and formed a semicircle formation again, but this time they took the direction of Beirong and moved forward vigilantly.
The army started, and the third prince led the horse, walked together with Shen Xiang, and asked Shen Xiang with a smile: "When Beirong rushed over just now, were you nervous? I was very nervous!"
Shen Xiang's whole body was actually tense at that time. Hearing what the third prince said, he gave him a look and said, "I can't even say I'm nervous!"
The third prince nodded and said, "Of course, I won't tell them."
Shen Xiang blushed upon hearing this. The third prince didn't realize it, and said to Shen Xiang: "Fortunately, the fight didn't start just now."
Shen Xiang casually asked, "Why?"
The third prince smiled at Shen Xiang: "Because I forgot to tell you just now that you have to follow me on the battlefield."
Shen Xiang's face turned red, he gritted his teeth and said, "Why? My third brother asked me to be with him."
The third prince waved his hand and said, "Don't listen to him, listen to me!"
Shen Xiang raised his eyebrows: "How can you say that?"
The third prince took it for granted: "Because I am older than him! He listens to me, and you should too. So, you want to be with me!"
Shen Xiang pursed his lips, secretly scolding the Third Prince for being as reckless as before, but did not continue arguing with him.
He Duo successfully got rid of the camp of the volunteers, let the cavalry rest for a while, and immediately continued to go south, so as not to be entangled by the volunteers behind. Soon, the Tan Ma Bao reported that there was still an army of southerners ahead, and He Duo had no choice but to continue to charge! You have to rush fiercely, otherwise you will be caught between the two armies of the enemy. He Duo ordered the team to move forward quickly, and attack the southern army when they saw it!
Cao Kai originally wanted to wait at the back, and was going to come out to pick up a bargain after Ping Yuanhou and Bei Rong finished fighting. The letter sent out in the morning came back and said that Ping Yuanhou had already formed an array to face Beirong, and they were about to confront each other. Cao Kai asked his soldiers to put on their armor for battle, walked to the main road, and prepared to rush forward as soon as the fight over there was over. But after a while, Xinshao who came back said that Bei Rong was coming this way!
Cao Kai panicked and hurriedly ordered the Imperial Forest Army to retreat, and wrote a secret letter, telling the emperor Pingyuanhou that he really knew foreign countries and would not resist with all his strength! As soon as the letter was written, someone shouted that Bei Rong's cavalry had arrived! The clerk said that he would personally send the letter to the capital. Cao Kai told the clerk to go fast in the confusion and asked the Yulin army to run faster, but how can a man be faster than a horse? A cloud of dust rolled over on the road, and in a short while, Bei Rong entered the formation!
Cao Kai was in a hurry, he was here to eliminate Marquis Pingyuan, not to fight Bei Rong! Losing the Imperial Forest Army and unable to eliminate Pingyuanhou, the emperor will kill him! He could only shout over and over again: "Retreat! Retreat!"
Originally, the cavalry already had the upper hand against the infantry, and the Northern Rong cavalry just broke through the camp of volunteers in the morning. Although the Imperial Forest Army is elite, they have never really fought a battle in these years. When fighting against his own people, he was full of confidence. Facing the wolves and tigers of the Beirong cavalry, the general shouted to retreat again. How could the sergeant have the heart to fight? Most of them ran away, some sergeants shot arrows indiscriminately, and some swung their knives in a hurry, but they didn't know how to resist the attack of the Beirong cavalry at all.
In the chaotic battle, the Beirong soldiers behind the Beirong cavalry also killed them. It stands to reason that the numbers on both sides are equal, and they are all elite soldiers from the country, but the Imperial Forest Army is in a state of chaos, and they have no intention of fighting, so they try to escape, but how can the infantry escape the cavalry? As soon as the Beirong cavalry saw the enemy running away, they rushed up and hacked desperately. There were many heads on the battlefield, which was terrible. In just an hour, the winner was already determined on the battlefield: the 30,000 Imperial Forest Army was few and far between, and the Bei Rong had won a big victory.
Cao Kai fled in embarrassment with a hundred people, far away from the blood-splattered battlefield. A group of people staggered forward, Cao Kai was shocked and frightened, full of resentment towards Ping Yuanhou. While he was panting, someone pulled him, Cao Kai raised his head, and the man pointed forward in astonishment.
Cao Kai looked and saw a large group of black-clothed soldiers in front of him, with strong crossbows in hand, sharp swords and guns, and they were waiting in battle.
Seeing the vanguard general flag under Ping Yuanhou flying in front of the formation, Cao Kai became angry. He puffed up his chest, walked over, and yelled at the front of the battle: "You guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death..."
A man on a horse shouted, "Tie him up!" A soldier responded, and came up and twisted Cao Kai. Cao Kai said loudly: "How dare you?! I am Cao Kai, the leader of the Imperial Forest Army. How dare you kidnap the emperor?! Are you going to rebel?!" Just as the other imperial soldiers were about to make a move, they saw all around them aiming at them, and they shouted loudly: "You bastards, instead of beating Beirong, you're beating your own people!"
Immediately, Zhang Yunming laughed loudly, and said to the soldiers: "Search!" The soldiers poked and searched Cao Kai, found a volume of yellow imperial decree, and handed it to Zhang Yunming.
Zhang Yunming opened it and read it, sneered, and put it in his arms.
Cao Kai said loudly: "The emperor has a decree, how dare you not obey it?!"
Zhang Yunming said to the people around him: "Tie all these people up! These people are sent by the traitor Jiaozhao to kill our volunteer soldiers against the enemy. Watch them carefully!"
Cao Kai was about to yell again, but he was gagged. The soldiers tied these people to the back of the formation, and there was already approaching dust and smoke in front of the formation.
After the Northern Rong defeated the Yulin Army, they took a breather, sorted out the military supplies and food of the Yulin Army, and buried the pot for cooking. Just when they were about to have a good meal, the volunteer soldiers led by Marquis Pingyuan arrived on foot. A crowd of soldiers surrounded them in a circle with bows and arrows in their hands. He Duo had just finished a battle and felt that it was not time to fight again, so he ordered his men to take the food and grass they had just robbed and set off southward, trying to get rid of these pursuers.
The cavalry of the Northern Rong army went first again, but before they had traveled twenty miles, they found infantry in front of them to block them. He Duo heard the report and hurriedly rode to the front, only to see several rows of archers in front lined up, blocking the road. He Duo knew that he was once again caught in a pincer attack. At this time, the volunteer soldiers behind closed their wings, and the encirclement gradually formed. He Duo could not allow himself to be trapped, so he ordered the cavalry to charge to the opponent's side, hoping to bypass the bow and arrow array and charge. Out surrounded.
But when the cavalry hadn't reached the edge of the confrontation, the opponent suddenly started shooting arrows. This is a powerful crossbow with an extremely long range. It is no exaggeration to say that it is raining arrows from locusts flying all over the sky! He Duo watched helplessly as his precious cavalry were cut down like straw under a torrential rain of arrows, his eyes were red with anxiety. The crossbow formation in front of him was so powerful that he had no choice but to charge back, hoping that the southerners who fled in the morning would be so weak this time. However, these southerners did not escape this time, but shot at Bei Rong head-on with arrows and crossbows.
When Bei Rong's soldiers finally rushed through the arrow rain and arrived in front of the opponent's formation, two-thirds of them were already lost, and the rest was just hand-to-hand combat between the two armies.
According to personal bravery, the Beirong sergeants should have the upper hand, but they are short of military supplies these days. They have already fought a battle in the morning, and their physical strength is a little bit behind. Although most of Pingyuanhou's volunteer soldiers were civilians, and those who came in along the way only took sticks, there were also soldiers in the army who had undergone systematic training in the southern mountains, and they were not at all afraid of fighting in battle. , The knife and gun in his hand are also sharpened with a special alloy, which is extra sharp and increases the chance of winning.
The voices on the battlefield shouted that the third prince must be at the front of the battle with Marquis Pingyuan. He just shot a few arrows on the horse, but when he got close to Beirong, he had to fight with his sword. Although he has been practicing martial arts, he often wields swords on the martial arts field, and he seems a bit clumsy on horseback. However, Shen Xiang has put all his attention on horse archery these years. In the fight, Shen Xiang is more proficient in flying his long bow than the third prince, and ordinary soldiers can't get close to him. But she is a woman after all, and bow and arrow are good for long-distance combat and not good for short-range attack. If someone really gets to the front, she has nothing to do. This is the time for the third prince to slash wildly with his sword. The two cooperated tacitly, one blocked the periphery, and the other fought with the person who came to the front. The third prince was dressed in black armor, and Shen Xiang was dressed in red, which was particularly conspicuous in the scuffle. Many Beirong soldiers rushed forward, but fortunately, Chunlu and Shen Zhuo were helping with their guards, so it was safe and sound.
The third prince was extremely excited, and shouted loudly: "Boys, charge! Kill!" He rushed back and forth, and a large group of people had to follow him.
At first, Ping Yuanhou swung his big knife dozens of times, and then he started to pant. His saber was lowered, and Lord Xiaoyao rode beside him all the time, and said to him: "Master Hou, our army is in a winning position, let them fight."
Marquis Pingyuan saw that Zhang Yunming's general flag also entered the fight, and knew that the sergeants on both sides had surrounded him. He looked for Zhang Yunming's figure, and soon saw his eldest son Yuema rushing through a group of Beirong people, and met the third prince, Shen Zhuo and others, and the few of them rampaged on the battlefield together... Ping Yuanhou sighed and said: "How come these bastards have grown up?"
Duke Xiaoyao casually pulled away a soldier from the Northern Army who had rushed in front of him with his scabbard, and said to Pingyuanhou: "Don't be so discouraged, Lord Hou, those children are still young, so I have to rely on Lord Hou's help this time." Is it a magic trick?"
Marquis Pingyuan didn't speak. If it wasn't for the person in Zhenbei Hou's mansion who told him that the emperor would send the Yulin army to hunt him down, he would not have taken precautions, and used his strength to let the Beirong and the Yulin army confront each other for a while. . If it wasn't for Zhang Yunzheng's formation of smoke attack, which consumed most of the Beirong's horses and generals, our side would not have an advantage. If you look into it further, if it wasn't for that person, Zhang Yunming would have sent Zhang Yunming to the south to manufacture weapons and train volunteers. Now, in this battle, he is the one who is at the mercy of others.
Ping Yuanhou was not at all complacent, but a little uncomfortable. He said to the messenger around him: "Go and send the order, the other party will surrender and not kill."
Lord Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "How do you pass it on? You don't even know the language."
Ping Yuanhou said: "That has to be passed on, we have done our best."
The soldiers passed on the order, and soon someone shouted on the battlefield: "The northern soldiers will not be killed!"
However, none of the Beirong soldiers could understand Chinese, and the people here did not understand the language of Beirong, so at sunset, the battlefield was already covered with dead bodies, and there were few survivors of Beirong alive.
The soldiers tied the captured He Duo in front of Pingyuanhou, and reported loudly: "Master, this man is well dressed and wears a headdress. He should be a general of Beirong!"
He Duo, who was covered in blood on his face, was speaking loudly in Beirong dialect, Marquis Pingyuan waved his hand feebly and said, "Let's go to Beijing."
The third prince rode past in high spirits, and shouted to Pingyuan Hou Yaoyao: "Your Majesty! We won!"
Pingyuanhou nodded, turned over and got off the horse. In the eyes of the third prince, he was very calm and cold, but in fact Pingyuanhou just had a heavy heart. Xiaoyao Gong also dismounted and walked to Pingyuanhou. Pingyuanhou said to him : "It seems that I am old, and I am not happy after winning."
Lord Xiaoyao smiled and said, "Master Hou has softened his heart and can no longer fight."
Ping Yuanhou nodded: "After this, I really want to retire."
Xiaoyao Gong said: "Master Hou's two sons have grown up, especially that bastard boy, he turned out to be a mess, I really can't believe it." He laughed.
Ping Yuanhou nodded, "Let them make trouble, I'm going to retire."
The third prince went to other places for a while, and then came over with Zhang Yunming, Shen Zhuo and Young Master Ye who was leaning on a stick.
Marquis Pingyuan asked Mr. Ye: "Is Mr. Ye injured?"
Young Master Ye shook his head: "No, it's just that my legs hurt from running. This stick can be used not only to hit people, but also to be used as a crutch."
Several people laughed, and the third prince pushed Young Master Ye: "Throw it away quickly! How ugly."
Seeing that the third prince was in a good mood, Zhang Yunming asked someone to escort Cao Kai over. The third prince was a little puzzled, and soon, someone escorted Cao Kai to them, Zhang Yunming motioned for someone to remove the cloth from Cao Kai's mouth, Cao Kai cursed: "Rebel!"
The third prince was surprised: "Isn't this the leader of the Cao army?!" He turned his head to Pingyuanhou and said, "Master Hou, this is the leader of the imperial forest army in front of the emperor's imperial father. Why was he tied up?"
Marquis Pingyuan looked at Zhang Yunming, Zhang Yunming took out the imperial decree from his bosom, presented it to the third prince, and said: "This man said he was ordered to kill Lord Hou and His Highness the Third Highness, but he confronted Bei Rong. Most of the imperial army was killed and injured. The others all ran away. Our army is about to have a decisive battle with Bei Rong, and if they can't be disturbed, I will have them tied up first. If there is a mistake, I will apologize in the future. "
When the third prince opened the imperial decree and read it, he was stunned. The imperial decree was written by the emperor himself, saying that the third prince of Marquis Pingyuan communicated with the Beirong, borrowed troops to force the palace, intended to rebel, and wanted to be killed on the spot!
Cao Kai yelled: "This is the emperor's will! The third prince Pingyuanhou will die quickly!"
The third prince's face turned pale, and he handed the imperial decree to Marquis Pingyuan, Marquis Pingyuan looked at it and said, "Take him away!"
Cao Kai said to the third prince: "If you don't obey your father's order, you will be disobedient!"
The third prince gritted his teeth and said to Cao Kai: "What kind of father's order is this?..."
Zhang Yunming interjected: "This is my father's order after being deceived by a bunch of villains!"
Marquis Pingyuan nodded and said, "Exactly. The decree says that His Highness is connected with foreign barbarians and intends to rebel. Where did these nonsensical words come from? We have to go to the palace to argue!"
Someone came to stop Cao Kai, Cao Kai struggled, saw Xiaoyao Gong in a blink of an eye, recognized him as the person who fought in the night attack, and shouted: "Ping Yuanhou, you intend to rebel! Otherwise, how could you raise animals?" Minions?!"
Mr. Xiaoyao laughed: "You don't know what to do! Am I a minion? I'm a good man! I let you go that night, but didn't kill you. Why don't you think of me?"
Cao Kai's eyes widened: "You...you know...it's me?"
Mr. Xiaoyao smirked: "I practice hidden weapons as a technique for shooting people. Of course, I can tell who is who. I recognize your two techniques. You are dishonest. Be careful and I will practice it on the way!"
Cao Kai showed fear and was escorted away.
The third prince was still in shock, and asked Ping Yuanhou: "Master Hou... is this imperial decree true?"
Marquis Pingyuan handed over the imperial decree, "Your Highness should understand better than me." The third prince took it, and Young Master Ye said he wanted to see it, and the third prince gave it to him. Young Master Ye read it carefully, and said in a low voice: "This is the emperor's own handwriting, and it has the holy majesty's private seal. It seems that it is true."
The third prince asked in a daze: "Why?! Why did the emperor want my life?! Want the life of Lord Hou? We are here to fight Bei Rong!"
Young Master Ye hesitated to speak, Zhang Yunming and Shen Zhuo remained silent, Marquis Pingyuan sighed: "Isn't it said in the imperial decree that the emperor suspects that you will borrow troops to ascend the throne..."
The third prince opened his eyes wide: "I never wanted to take the throne of that son Laoshi!"
Ping Yuanhou asked in puzzlement: "Then why are you against the prince?"
The third prince said: "He is against me! If I don't fight against me, I will die? My sister will not be able to come back from the temple!"
Marquis Pingyuan was speechless, and in order to avoid showing disrespectful looks, everyone did not look at the third prince. Only Young Master Ye rolled up the imperial decree again, and said solemnly to the third prince: "Your Highness, this matter is no longer that simple..."
The people around were silent, the third prince looked at them, surprised why they didn't speak, so he wanted to ask again, it can be seen that everyone avoided looking at him... In the silence, the third prince figured it out—the emperor issued a decree They sent 30,000 Yulin troops to hunt him down and kill him, Pingyuanhou, but because of Pingyuanhou's arrangement, the Yulin army fought a battle with Beirong and was defeated. He and Pingyuanhou were still alive. It's good. If he died because he wanted to listen to the emperor's words faithfully and filially, not only would Marquis Pingyuan, who had just defeated the army on the West Beirong Road and made great contributions to the country and the people, have no way out, Shen Zhuo and other friends, Mr. Ye and his staff, as well as these Hundreds of thousands of righteous soldiers have become traitors who rebelled with him, and no one can die well. These people know this, so they can't instigate him to rebel against the emperor...
The third prince took a deep breath, his throat tightened for a while, and he reluctantly said: "Yes, this matter is not that simple. Let's go back to the city, I want to go to the palace, and have a good argument with my father..."
Young Master Ye secretly heaved a sigh of relief—the Third Prince finally made up his mind.
Ping Yuanhou nodded, seeing the third prince's face was livid, he didn't say anything more, but he understood in his heart that the people from Zhenbeihou had won another step - really pushed the third prince back! The third prince had just defeated Beirong, and now that there is an imperial decree, it would be reasonable to sign up for the Golden Luan Hall.
Young Master Ye wanted to comfort the third prince: "Maybe the emperor misunderstood the slander, it's nothing..." He didn't go on, it's nothing? Could it be true that a father wrote an imperial decree demanding his son's life? The third prince turned his head to look at him, but Young Master Ye stammered: "...you have to ask the emperor..."
The third prince snorted, turned and left.
A soldier came to report: "Master Hou, just counted, our army suffered 12,000 casualties, and the entire Beirong army was wiped out."
Marquis Pingyuan nodded and said: "Okay, it's getting late, now we'll set up camp and rest, and we'll organize the battlefield tomorrow, then we'll divide our troops into two groups, go all the way to the north, clean up the remnants of the Beirong soldiers, support Yancheng, and go all the way to the capital with His Highness the Third Highness with wounded and prisoners."
Shen Zhuo said, "I can lead the army to the north."
Zhang Yunming said, "I'll follow you first." Go north to find Zhang Yunzheng.
Marquis Pingyuan said: "I will go back to Beijing with His Highness the Third Prince." He has to help the third prince who is straight-hearted, that child is really heartless!
Young Master Ye nodded: "I will go back with His Highness the Third."
Zhang Yunming said: "Okay, I'll arrange it for my father."
The third prince left Pingyuanhou and the others, only feeling cramping in his chest. Walking randomly on the battlefield, stepping over the corpses and the wounded, to the edge of the battlefield, seeing people from Zhenbeihou's Mansion set up a tent, the third prince went there in a daze.
Shen Xiangang took off his armor in the temporary barrier, changed his sweaty clothes, and put on thick clothes. Chunlu outside saw the third prince coming, so she hurriedly told Shen Xiang in a low voice, and Shen Xiang walked out of the tent.
The third prince stepped forward and said to Shen Xiang directly without being polite, "I want to go back to Beijing with Marquis Pingyuan, you should go back too?"
Shen Xiang looked like he didn't want to talk to him, and said: "I want to follow my third brother and go to the north to help my father and brother."
The third prince asked in surprise: "Aren't your father and brother..." dead
Shen Xiang shook his head and said, "I don't believe it! I think they are still alive! They are waiting for us to rescue them!"
The third prince also didn't want to believe the rumors that Zhenbei Hou and his son died, and was more willing to believe Shen Xiang's words, and asked again: "Then you should hurry back to Beijing after finishing your work."
Shen Xiang looked at the third prince, her bright eyes were as clear as ice, and she said calmly, "I don't want to go back to Beijing."
The third prince said in amazement: "Why?!"
Shen Xiang moved his eyes away: "Because, I don't like the capital city. When I come out this time, I think the outside is better..."
The third prince nodded, half turned around and looked at the battlefield completely shrouded in twilight, and said melancholy: "I understand what you mean. Although the war is so cruel, so much flesh and blood, so many dead people, but the sky is so high , The land is so vast! When a man is born in this world, he should gallop between heaven and earth, fight on the battlefield, and die without regret!"
Shen Xiang quickly glanced at the third prince, and pursed his lips tightly.
The third prince said: "You go first, I want to go to the capital to defend my father, and then, then, I want to go to the north to find you..."
Shen Xiang lowered his eyes and said, "Why are you looking for me?"
The third prince said in a low voice: "To be with you! I said it a long time ago..."
Shen Xiang interrupted angrily: "What's the use of you telling me these words?!"
The third prince was silent for a while, before slowly explaining: "In these years, every time I mentioned it to my father, he would not allow me to say it. This time, he actually ordered my life, and I want to go back and question him... "Then what
Shen Xiang looked at the third prince in surprise: "He ordered to kill you?!"
The third prince nodded, still looking at the battlefield, Shen Xiang was so angry that his almond eyes widened, and he said angrily: "How could he treat you like this?! He is your father! What have you done?!"
The third prince sighed, "I really don't know... No, I know he doesn't like me being close to your family all the time, but, it's not a damn thing, right? Besides, I'm willing to go out to fight..."
Shen Xiang was suddenly full of sympathy for the third prince. She felt that this young man was still a big boy. She looked at the third prince and said with some difficulty: "I will always... always be in the north..." She couldn't go on, blushing.
But the third prince didn't turn around, he was still looking at the bleak plain, feeling pain in his heart, he didn't dare to look at Shen Xiang, and said with difficulty: "You are over there... wait for me..." And then? he asked himself again. He also knew that Shen Xiang would not like the imperial palace, how comfortable it was for him and Shen Xiang to drive side by side on the battlefield! Going back this time, I have to settle with the emperor and the prince, and there is a result. If he loses, everyone who follows him will die, and Shen Xiang will not survive. He had to win, but he won. After marrying Shen Xiang, he would take her into the deep palace and let her go to jail with him. Is this worthy of Shen Xiang? …
But Shen Xiang didn't understand what the third prince was thinking, he lowered his head and hurriedly said: "Okay!" He turned around and entered the tent.
The third prince stood outside for a while before leaving.
In the capital, most of the news about Pingyuanhou is that Pingyuanhou is finished. In various rumors, there are even rumors that Pingyuanhou and the third prince have died in battle. A few of the imperial forest soldiers who fled back said that they encountered Beirong, Pingyuanhou was in front of them, and the Beirong must have been Pingyuanhou lost. The most convincing thing is a series of secret letters sent back by Cao Kai, the leader of the Imperial Forest Army. He said that Marquis Pingyuan suffered a disastrous defeat. Out. Of course, the clerk didn't mention at all that he passed through the formation of volunteer soldiers, and had a brief conversation with Zhang Yunming, the leader of the army.
The prince took these secret letters and went to the emperor again. The emperor also got the news near Yancheng, saying that the Beirong attacked the city madly, and the north of Yancheng was on fire. It seemed that the city gate was broken. Although it was taken back later, it probably Can't keep it for long. The emperor felt that this was the likely ending—Yan City had been besieged for almost two months, and the city must have run out of arrows and food. At this moment, the city should have been broken.
The relocation is a matter of recent days, and now all the palaces are packing their luggage.
The emperor felt that the greatest shame and humiliation in his life was nothing more than this—being kicked out of the capital by Bei Rong! The culprit in this is Zhenbeihou and Pingyuanhou!
The prince seemed to know the emperor's mood, and after the emperor finished reading the secret letters of the imperial forest army, he said, "Father! The Marquis of Zhenbei and Pingyuan have misunderstood the country and the army, and have failed the trust of the emperor. This crime of treason and treason should be punished." Only the Zhu Jiu Clan can warn the world. Now there is no time to submit it to Dali Temple for review, please order the execution of Zhenbeihou Mansion and Pingyuanhou Mansion!"
The emperor didn't comment, but the prince felt that there was no need to say any more, so he left soon.
After the prince left, the emperor asked Eunuch Sun, who had been standing silently by the side, "How old is that little Shen family?"
Eunuch Sun bowed and said, "It will be ten years old this year."
The emperor sneered: "Ten years old? What can a ten-year-old do? The Bei Rong went deep into our dynasty, what escorted the black dragon!" He pushed the various papers on the case, and said in an evil voice: "A bunch of trash!"
The next day, the emperor ordered that a thousand imperial forest troops be divided into two groups, and within a few days, they went to the Pingyuanhou Mansion and Zhenbeihou Mansion, beheaded all the males, and sold the female relatives into slavery.
The prince specifically inquired about the actions of the Royal Forest Army. On that day, he deliberately climbed up the palace wall and watched the Imperial Forest Army stationed next to the palace set off in formation and went to the city. He asked the generals in the imperial forest army to promise heavy rewards if necessary. Be sure to kill them all, so as not to leave future troubles!
The sun rose from the east, and the prince felt very happy, and the gloom of these years was swept away! He watched the team walk away from the palace wall, and then slowly came down from the wall. Now that the government is in chaos, the memorials from the north cannot be sent in, and the ones from the south are irrelevant. He doesn't need to rush to the court, he can fully experience the joy of being late before going to the court.
So many years! My mother and sister have all died tragically, so I can't see today! Otherwise they can share their happiness! ... Thinking of this, the prince's originally soaring mood became heavy again, and he felt that it was not enough. Now Zhenbeihou and Pingyuanhou are all finished, but he has not yet achieved the goal required by his mother!
He got on the palace chariot, and just after entering the East Palace, a maid sent by Sun Fengyi rushed to report that the Crown Princess was going out of the palace, so she left through the south gate of the East Palace. The prince frowned: Does this bitch want to run away? He already hated the Crown Princess to the bone, and he would never let her go after he ascended the throne, but he couldn't let her run away. Besides, although he doesn't need Lu's support now, it wouldn't be good for the Crown Princess to go out and talk nonsense...
The prince re-entered the palace chariot and asked people to take a shortcut to the south gate of the palace to intercept the princess.
Half an hour ago, the Crown Princess sent away the imperial doctor with a rare smile on her face: She is pregnant! She is finally pregnant! Once the dream of many years comes true, all the suffering and suffering she has suffered for it will be worth it! She finally said to her confidant maid beside her: "Let's leave the palace immediately and return to Lu's house!" Once you have a child, you don't need to be here anymore! Now it is rumored that the third prince is dead, and the prince can ascend the throne. With the hatred between him and himself, he must not be allowed to succeed! With this child, the prince is dispensable! The blood of the Lu family can become the next prince!
In the end, she hurriedly went to get the waist card, the princess got on the palace chariot, and asked people to go to the palace gate. Sun Fengyi, who came to pay her respects, and the former Second Miss Sun, saw the movement and hurriedly asked her court lady to report the letter to the prince.
The princess's palace chariot was on the way, but was stopped by the prince's palace chariot. The prince called out: "Stop." The eunuchs stopped, the prince got off the palace chariot, raised his hand to stop the princess and her party, and said, "Go back!"
The princess said in the chariot: "Go to the gate of the palace!"
The prince said: "Go back to the palace!"
The princess said: "Leave the palace!"
The prince suddenly walked over, opened the curtain, and dragged the princess out of the car. The princess screamed to protect her stomach, and shouted: "Don't touch me!"
The prince slapped him across the face: "Don't touch it?! You pretending slut! Didn't you kill someone and sell someone back then, didn't you just want me to touch you? Now you say no, who are you lying to?!" After a few slaps, the princess was knocked down to the ground, and then she went up and kicked her hard a few times. He used to be violent to the princess many times in the past, but now that he is familiar with the road, he can't help it.
The Crown Princess felt a heat in her lower body, and a stream of liquid flowed out of her body. With tears in her eyes, she cursed hoarsely: "You call me a slut?! You are the most despicable villain in the world! You have to shake a dog!" Wei Wei, but you used my family’s influence to keep the crown prince in the court, but you didn’t want to repay your kindness and abused your wife! You are heartless and unrighteous, and you are downright despicable! No wonder people say that the little mother is raised in mud and can’t be put on the shelf! Buy Pigs have to look at the pigsty! My family is blind! I chose you as a beast! No, beasts still have friendship, saying you are a beast really flatters you! You are as dirty as shit! Cheaper than a whore! I want you to touch Me?! You are dreaming! Every time you touch me, I am disgusted! Like a poisonous snake, cold and thin, inhuman! It stinks and is unspeakable!… "
In the past, when the crown princess was beaten and scolded by the crown prince, at most she sneered and said a few words, more often she gritted her teeth and didn't speak. How could she yell like today? Plus vicious personal attacks! The prince was in a hurry, and stepped forward to fight! The eunuch and maid next to him wanted to stop him, but the prince beat him and said, "Who dares to stop me, I want his life now!"
The prince's palace servants naturally stopped the prince's concubine's people from going up to pull the prince.
The princess was weak, and when the prince saw her clutching her stomach, he thought she was afraid of pain, so he kicked fiercely one after another until the princess vomited blood, which stained the clothes on her chest.
The prince was tired, sweating profusely, and panting, so he stopped and gave the princess a hard sip: "Bitch! Bitch! Don't let her go out of the palace!" Several eunuchs hurried up to support him and put him Bring back the chariot. The prince sat down and said, "Go back to the East Palace."
When the prince's palace chariot was gone, the people around the princess came to help the princess.
The Crown Princess was spitting out blood, her face was pale, and her servant girl finally cried out in fright: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" She knew that the Crown Princess was pregnant, but now that there was blood all over her body, she felt uncomfortable. Okay, crying and shouting: "Go and call the imperial doctor! Call the imperial doctor!"
Someone ran away.
The princess struggled to untie her chest belt, trying to take off her clothes. Final Rong thought that the Crown Princess thought her blood-stained coat was dirty, so she helped the Crown Princess take off the outer clothes. The Crown Princess pushed the clothes into Zhong Rong's hands: "Go... go home... give it to my grandfather..."
Finally nodded: "Your Majesty! The imperial doctor will be here soon!"
The princess spat blood and said: "Go now... while I still have... breath... go... otherwise, you won't live..."
Finally hesitating, the princess was in a hurry: "Go!"
Finally stood up, she was carrying the badge of going out of the palace, she rolled the princess's clothes into a bag, put it under her arm, and hurried towards the palace gate. You can't sprint in the palace, that will attract attention.
The concubine looked at a grandma who came from Lu's mansion, struggled and said, "Follow her... wait for her to leave the palace... come back and tell me..."
The grandmother nodded, got up and followed Zhong Rong.
The others looked at each other in blank dismay, just now the crown prince said that he would not let the crown princess leave the palace, but the crown princess sent his own maid out, is this not okay? Someone left quietly and went after the prince.
Someone wanted to carry the princess to the palace chariot, but the princess shook her head and said with difficulty: "Here...wait..."
The imperial doctor had just left, and before he reached the imperial hospital, he was chased by someone, and he hurried back, knelt down to feel the prince's pulse, looked at the blood on the crown prince's chest and the blood-soaked skirt on the lower body, and felt horrified. Said: "Mother, the blood loss is profuse, probably, probably, the spleen is broken..."
The princess looked into the distance, only vomited blood, and her face became more and more pale.
Someone chased into the East Palace, because the prince was changing clothes, he waited for a while before seeing the prince, hurriedly said in a low voice: "The princess gave her maidservant the bloody clothes on the outside, and let her go out of the palace and go home..."
The prince scolded: "Of course we can't let her go! Go after her!"
Finally Rong walked to the gate of the palace and handed over the waist badge. The grandmother watched Zhong Rong walk out of the palace gate, called a carriage on the street, and then turned and walked back. On the way, a eunuch came running all the way, shouting: "Don't let her go, don't let her go!"
The grandmother sneered: "Didn't I leave?" She stopped looking at the eunuch and walked on her own. The guard who listened to the gate of the palace said that the concubine's maid had just left, and he could not leave the palace at will, so he hurried back and told the prince to arrange for someone to go out of the palace to chase after him.
The princess watched the grandma approaching from a distance, but her eyes became more and more blurred. When the grandma came to her side, the princess' eyes were already pitch black. The grandma said to the princess: "Your Majesty, she is finally leaving the palace. I watched her get into the carriage, so she should be able to return to the Lu Mansion..."
The Crown Princess breathed out slowly, and didn't inhale again, her eyes were half-opened, the lower half of her face was covered with blood, and there was still half a mouthful of blood in her mouth.
People around started crying, and someone whispered, "Can the prince let us go?"
As soon as the words came out, people left one after another, and in a blink of an eye, only the elderly grandmother and the imperial doctor were left beside the princess.
The imperial doctor was also a little timid, and said: "I'll go, I'll report to the imperial hospital... I found out." He got up and left.
Sitting next to the Crown Princess, the grandmother of the Lu Mansion picked up the handkerchief that the Crown Princess had left on the ground, wiped her face, and said: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, I probably won't live long, and I will be your companion in a while. It was Mr. Lu who bought me back then, and I didn’t starve to death like my sisters. Today, let’s repay his kindness... "
Someone told the prince that the concubine died, and the people who left the palace did not catch up with the maid who was leaving.
The prince frowned: He was indeed ruthless today, but it was because the woman made offensive words! She asked for it! You deserve it! It's just that this time is not so right, he hasn't ascended the throne yet. The prince said: "Block the news, all the people around her from Lu's mansion will be executed! It is said that she is seriously ill." When the maid left, the princess was still alive.
The eunuchs were busy dealing with it. Since the crown prince became a director, he has mastered the personnel affairs of the East Palace, and he thinks he can still control the situation to some extent.
Finally, she got out of the car in front of Lu's mansion, her legs became weak all of a sudden, she fell down and sat in front of the door after walking two steps, raised her hands and cried, "Quick! Take me to see Mrs. Lu!"
The guard at the gate naturally saw Zhong Rong's attire as a court lady, and some people even recognized that it was the maidservant of the princess married by Lu's mansion, so they hurriedly brought over the soft sedan chair by the gate, and asked someone to report it.
Mrs. Lv was in the study. He heard that the Crown Princess had agreed to come back, so he sent a servant girl to say something, and asked them to send him in with a smile.
Finally arrived at Lu's mansion, relaxed, started to cry, was helped into the study, knelt down in front of Old Madam Lu, cried and unfolded the clothes on his chest, and presented it to Old Madam Lu Said: "Old official! Your majesty was beaten to death by the prince. She was just diagnosed to be pregnant by the imperial doctor in the morning, but she was beaten until she bled all over the floor! She asked me to come back and tell you that it would be okay if I didn't leave." die."
Old Madam Lu's smile disappeared rarely, and his complexion immediately became old and cold. He looked at Zhongrong faintly, and finally cried and kowtowed: "Old official! The slave and maid came back to the old official just because of the mother's request." Reporting the letter, it’s not that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and don’t care about your mother. If your mother has something to do, the slaves will definitely go with your mother..." Her family is still working in the Lu Mansion, if she makes a mistake, it will affect more than a dozen people.
Old Madam Lu nodded, and said softly, "Let's go out first!"
Finally, with the help of others, he withdrew.
Old Madam Lu said: "Send someone to the palace quickly, contact our people, and find out how the Crown Princess is doing! Go to the Royal Hospital to find the person who is treating the Crown Princess and bring him out." People hurriedly responded.
Old Madam Lu sat alone behind the desk, and seemed to see the little girl with a cinnabar on her forehead running into the door with a smile: "Grandfather! Grandfather! You can pick lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, lotus leaves and He Tiantian. Fish play among the lotus leaves. The east leaf of the fish playing with the lotus, the west of the leaf of the fish playing with the lotus, the south of the leaf of the fish playing with the lotus, the north of the leaf of the fish playing with the lotus... I memorized a poem every day! Grandfather hug me!"
Old Madam Lu seemed to hear himself laughing: "What a trick!..."
He often wears a smile, and never remembers that he has shed tears in his life, but at this moment, he feels uncomfortable in his heart, and tears are about to come out of his eyes. Everyone said that he had a predestined relationship with this little granddaughter in the previous life. She grew up under his knees. When he was reading and writing, she played on the ground. Later, she had a small desk in his study, and she wrote with a straight posture. Sometimes he saw that small figure from the corner of his eye, and his smile deepened...
He gave this granddaughter the highest title that a woman can get—Crown Princess, future empress! It is said that it is for the sake of fame and fortune, to assist the prince with all his strength, but in fact, why not expect this granddaughter's child to become the emperor? This granddaughter is so smart, she should be able to serve as a harem...
But what happened? What's wrong now? He knew in the past that the princess had lost favor, so he planned to force the prince to dismiss the harem. Later, I learned that the prince was getting worse and worse towards the princess, but the princess didn't come back. He more or less felt that this was just a discord between young people. He asked the emperor to move the capital. Once the capital was moved, the crown prince would be able to attack without the protection of an iron barrel like a palace... After that, he gave the crown princess a fake child. I will have something to rely on for the rest of my life, and I don't need to be angry with the prince anymore... But he is too late! Once he underestimated the enemy, he ruined his granddaughter...
In a trance, Mrs. Lu had been sitting for two hours. Finally, the contact person in the palace came back and said to Old Mrs. Lu, "Teacher! The news in the palace is that the princess is seriously ill, but my family is married to the princess. All the people disappeared! As soon as our people went to the imperial hospital to ask the imperial doctor, the crown prince called him to the East Palace and couldn't bring him out. He said..." The man looked at Old Madam Lu worriedly.
Old Madam Lu smiled hard: "Speak."
The man whispered: "He said that he checked the pulse of the princess in the morning, and the princess was pregnant for more than a month. swallowed..."
Old Madam Lu didn't speak for a long time, and that person didn't dare to speak out.
After a long time, Old Madam Lu said, "Tell people that the crown prince tortured and killed the crown princess, but he dared not mourn."
That person nodded hurriedly. As soon as the words came out, all the forces of the Lu family knew what to do.
Old Madam Lu said again slowly: "Let the people in the palace..."
After Old Madam Lu finished speaking, cold sweat broke out under the man's armpit, but he didn't dare to express anything, he just nodded quickly, Old Madam Lu signaled him to back down.
After the person left, Old Madam Lu did not move for a long time. The Crown Prince could not be counted on. The third prince's fate was uncertain, and it would not be a good thing to come back. He murmured, "Who is left..."