Murong Guanyuan and Su Yunchu didn't know why Gan Ji appeared in Ruopingcheng to carry out the massacre. However, no matter what the reason was, the occurrence of the massacre was not allowed.
When receiving the battle report, Murong Yuan had already organized his troops and led the army to Ruopingcheng. As for Suining Mountain, there must be someone to stay behind. The two generals who followed Murong Yuan were left behind. And Wang Zi'an.
Although Gan Cheng returned to Beiliang, Yugu was also a hidden danger. Moreover, this person was too vicious and his methods were not clean. Therefore, after Murong Guanyuan told them to be extremely careful, he and Su Yunchu led the army to Ruoping City .
Suining Pass, at least for now, is safe. Yugu didn't have such a fast time to slow down, so he had to retreat north.
But at this time in Ruo Pingcheng, Gan Ji was in a human shooting competition with Peng Sheng, the son of Ruo Pingcheng's city lord.
Gan Ji came to Ruopingcheng more than ten days ago. Since the last time he suffered from Murong Yuan's loss in the third line of defense, he has been brooding in his heart. At that time, Daxin and Gan Cheng were still in Suining Mountain Zhou Xuan, after receiving the decree with Empress Dowager Gan, he vowed that Murong Yuan must be given a boost. Empress Dowager Gan has always loved this younger brother more, so he naturally agreed to Gan Ji's coming to Ruopingcheng.
Gan Ji vowed to let Murong Yuan suffer, and when he talked to Queen Mother Gan, he only said that he would use Ruoping to become a great new commoner.
Compared with other cities, the Daxin people in Pingcheng should be the fewest. However, due to the geographical location, most of the people in Daxin in the city are slaves to the people of Beiliang. , low status, less than half the number of Beiliang people in the city.
In comparison, Beiliang didn't pay much attention to the people in Daxin in Ruopingcheng. This was a tacit understanding that Beiliang had formed all along. Even the officials in Ruopingcheng didn't care about the people in Daxin. Open one eye and close one eye, so, if Heisei's Daxin people's life is said to be in dire straits.
However, these are just things that happened in Ruopingcheng, outsiders don't know, even Su Yunchu and Murong Yuan can't really understand the situation of the people in Ruopingcheng.
More than ten days ago, Gan Ji came to Ruopingcheng. As the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Gan, Gan Ji was treated well. The city lord of Ruopingcheng even called for a banquet to greet Gan Ji in order to welcome Gan Ji's arrival. Wash the dust.
At the banquet, Gan Ji met the son of the lord of Ruoping City.
At that time, Peng Sheng caught the dancer who was used to clean up Gan Ji at the banquet, and smiled at Gan Ji, "I heard that General Gan is very good at archery. "
Gan Ji didn't know what he wanted to say, but the simple and polite words certainly had a hint of unruliness. He was about the same age as Peng Sheng, and he had always heard that Peng Sheng was a well-known playboy, a fish and meat man. It's even more common.
However, Peng Sheng is a playboy. Hearing Gan Ji's words, he only shouted, "What is acceptable? Good is good, bad is not good. I just like archery. I don't know. General Gan, would you like to play with me?"
"Oh? How to play?" Gan Ji seemed very interested in Peng Sheng's proposal.
Peng Sheng only smiled arrogantly, and flirted with the people around him. The people around him knew what Peng Sheng wanted to do, and they had already pulled the dancing girl to a place outside the banquet, and then, with a hand The bow and arrow were handed over to Peng Sheng.
Gan Ji pursed his lips and looked at it with great interest, "General Gan is watching, let's see how I have mastered this archery skill."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes, and then pointed at the dancing girl standing outside the banquet.
The dancing girl was frightened and shouted loudly, and at the moment of shouting, Peng Sheng's arrow feather shot straight out, hitting the dancing girl's forehead.
Then, Peng Sheng opened his eyes, and said with regret in his tone, "Yo, the shot missed."
The other dancers at the banquet were so frightened that they couldn't make any sound after shouting.
But Gan Ji looked at this action, but raised his hands and clapped his hands, "Mr. Peng, you are really good at archery. When I was still in the capital, I heard that Mr. Peng can shoot arrows with his eyes closed and listening to the sound. Now , It’s really worth seeing once.”
With a smile on his face, he said to Peng Sheng.
After hearing this, Peng Sheng felt happy, "General Gan, in fact, the rumors from outsiders are all exaggerated. My archery skills are not as good as others say."
With Peng Sheng's temperament, Gan Ji would not believe such a remark, and knew that Peng Sheng was only advancing in order to retreat.
Naturally, such a favor should be given, and Gan Ji was not stingy, "Mr. Peng is modest. I see that his archery skills are invincible, even the rumored Daxin's crossbow team. Take Mr. Peng's archery skills."
Hearing this, Peng Sheng exchanged a glance with him, and then, the two of them seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement, and they just laughed.
Thus, the two met.
In the following time, Peng Sheng and Gan Ji's job was to keep searching for the Daxin people in Ruo Pingcheng and use them as human shields for them to practice shooting.
Taking the organs of common people as the target, Gan Cheng and Peng Sheng even conducted a competition to see who can hit the target the most times in a day to determine whose archery level is the highest .
Beiliang is a sturdy nation, and has always used arrow feathers as a weapon of life. A good archery in Beiliang can make others think that they are heroes, and they are the eagles of Beiliang.
Therefore, this contest was a fresh stimulus for Gan Ji who had just come to Ruo Pingcheng.
Earlier, he wanted to use Ruo Pingcheng's people to deal with Murong Yuan.
After all, it has been known for such a long time that in every place where Murong Guanyuan fought, the people have great trust in the Northern Expeditionary Army. Even the original Beiliang people did not have any resistance to Murong Yuan's army.
Except for the accident that happened in Bian Li, it has always been favored by the common people.
Well, since Murong Guanyuan loves his people in Daxin so much, and even treats the people in Beiliang equally, then, with this inspiration from Peng Sheng, he would like to see, this time, even if Murong Yuan came to Ruo Pingcheng , so what, what face.
Before Lai Ruo Pingcheng, he had already vaguely known about the decision of the Empress Dowager Gan. The lost land he plundered from Daxin back then may not be important anymore in the current situation, but Murong Yuan is the one in the north. Liang's biggest hidden danger.
As long as Murong Yuan is around for a day, the iron hooves going south of Beiliang will not be able to collapse the Meiguan Pass, and the Xuanmen Pass will not collapse. Therefore, the two cities behind are not necessary, but Murong Yuan's life must stay in Beiliang on the battlefield.
This is something that Gan Ji realized later. However, at this time, neither Murong Yuan nor Su Yunchu knew Gan Ji's thoughts, nor Bei Liang's thoughts, let alone that this idea had already been tacitly understood by all parties. Among them, the temperature is gradually heating up, and a bigger conspiracy and plan is brewing.
The massacre continued every day, and the Daxin people in Ruoheisei, who were not so panic-stricken even though they were in dire straits, were about to collapse, so they hid at home all day long, and could not escape bad luck.
If the city gate of Ruopingcheng was closed when Daxin broke through the Suining Pass, the common people could not enter and exit, they could only move around in the city, and the brutal fighting in the city made them suffer every moment.
In just two days, the number of people in Daxin in Heisei had been reduced by half. With such a bloody scene, even the people in Beiliang would only dare to hide at home and dare not go out all day long.
At this time, Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu were still rushing to Ruo Pingcheng.
The massacre, such a thing, only survives in Su Yunchu's memory. Throughout the history of the previous dynasty and the present, the massacre has never happened. Unexpectedly, it was Gan Ji and the city lord of Naruoping who set the precedent His son Peng Sheng.
While the army was recuperating and resting, Murong Yuan received news about Ruo Pingcheng from the front, but he couldn't find out much.
After a pause, Murong Yuan said, "One eagle, two eagles, three eagles."
Hearing this, the three of them came out one after another and stood in front of Murong Yuan, "My lord?"
Murong Yuan paused for a moment, and then said, "Sneak into Ruo Pingcheng, and cut off the heads of Gan Ji and Peng Sheng."
When the three of them heard the words, their faces became dull, but they all followed the order and left.
Although Ruo Pingcheng's city gates were firmly guarded, Ying, Ying, Erying and the others had already been trained, so they knew how to sneak into a locked city.
When the three of them were about to leave, Su Yunchu suddenly said, "Hang their heads on the gate of Ruopingcheng to welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army."
Cold voice, cold tone.
On the other hand, when Yugu heard the news, he chuckled lightly, "God is helping me, this idiot Gan Ji!"
The people on the side were puzzled, "Why did the son say that?"
After hearing this, Yougu just laughed, "That idiot Gan Ji only wanted to provoke Murong Yuan, but he didn't know that when Murong Yuan captured Ruoping, he died without a place to bury him. It's just stupid!"
Constantly insulting, I don't know whether Yugu is angry or happy with Gan Ji's action.
The people on the side looked at him puzzled, "My son...?"
"Do you think this son should be happy or angry? There is such a stupid person who digs his own grave in Beiliang, and he can still be named a general. I think the old woman in the palace is nothing more than that, and I am right. , After all, it has been more than ten years, no matter how ruthless a person is, he is old now."
Such disrespectful words came out of Yugu's mouth, and the people beside him dared not respond, after all, they all knew that what Yugu said was actually the Queen Mother Gan.
However, Yougu seems to have found a vent, "Hmph, if that's the case, why not let my You family take over the power, Beiliang won't be defeated by Murong Yuan, and I, Beiliang, will dominate the world." Days will go faster!"
There has always been an arrogance in the You family's blood.
The people on the side listened in silence.
But Yugu turned around suddenly, and said to the people next to him, "Pass down the order and immediately call all the generals to discuss the military situation."
"Yes!" The others only respectfully replied yes.
After the others left, there was a smile of unknown meaning on Yugu's face.
After a pause, the voice that spoke no longer had the previous anger, "Come out."
The visitor respectfully asked, "My lord?"
"Sang Qian, you are my bravest warrior in Beiliang, and the tasks entrusted to you have never failed."
"yes!"
"Then, this mission can only be successful and not fail, do you understand?"
"yes!"
Yougu turned his head and looked at Sang Qian, "If this matter is done well, you will not only be the most brave warrior in my Beiliang, but also the most admired warrior in my Beiliang."
Hearing this, Sang Qian finally raised his head and looked at Yougu, "Don't worry, my son, Sang Qian will definitely live up to his trust."
The corners of Yougu's lips curled up slightly, but the raised arc was creepy, "I heard that Death Valley is a good place."
Sang Qian lowered her eyes, "Sang Qian knows how to do it."
"good!"
One day later, at night, in the room where Gan Cheng was staying, two figures suddenly broke into the room in the middle of the night. In Gan Cheng's sleep, while Gan Cheng was still immersed in his helplessness and remorse for wanting to see Murong Yuan In his sleep, he raised the knife and dropped it, ruining his life.
Gan Cheng didn't know until his death that it was his own stupidity that ended his life.
However, in the early morning of the second day, when the sky was just dawning, the soldiers guarding the city above Ruoheicheng's city gate were knocked awake by two things from the sky. With a bloody head.
After recognizing whose head it was, the soldiers on the city gate were all shocked.
At this time, the city lord's mansion was already in chaos. The city lord of Ruoping City found out that his son had turned into a headless corpse early in the morning, and he was panicked, frightened and angry.
And this city lord was originally a vicious person who doted on his son, and he had only one son in his life. Now he found that his son had become a headless corpse. Apart from grief and panic, he passed out in the end.
This chaos directly caused the chaos in the City Lord's Mansion.
On the other side, the soldiers and horses that were guarding Ruo Pingcheng were led by a wine and meat general from Beiliang. At this moment, when they received the news that Gan Ji's head was gone, they were also shocked. It was after yesterday's hangover. , At this moment, he became extremely sober.
Gan Ji is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Gan, who suffered such a calamity in Ruo Pingcheng, he cannot absolve himself of the responsibility, he may have been beheaded by the Empress Dowager Gan before Murong Yuan's army arrived, let alone everyone knew , Empress Dowager Gan is very kind to her younger brother.
Therefore, if the defender of Neibeiliang in Pingcheng has only one purpose at this time, that is to survive, and to find a way to survive.
That being the case, then, instead of being punished by the Queen Mother Gan, it is better to take the initiative to surrender to the enemy.
Therefore, when Murong Guanyuan and Su Yunchu's army arrived, the guard of Ruoping City, Wang Zheng, had already opened the city gate to welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army to enter the city. , wanted to take the opportunity to contribute to Murong Yuan.
However, this wine and meat general doesn't know Murong Yuan, let alone Su Yunchu. If it's an ordinary soldier who surrenders, Su Yunchu or Murong Yuan will treat him kindly, but Wang Zheng is not worth it. It was won with one pawn, but Wang Zheng did not end well.
A person who appeared in a massacre in the city but made no achievements, and only knew how to follow the wind, was nothing but a scum.
And if Wang Zheng could think a little more and not take chances to welcome Murong Yuan into the city, perhaps his life would not be so short.
Therefore, when Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu entered the city that day, they received unprecedented support from the people.
Gan Ji's plan was indeed self-defeating. The cruel massacre made the people in Ruoping City, whether they were from Beiliang or Daxin, unbearable. Therefore, when the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city, they were naturally very popular.
However, Empress Dowager Gan also heard the news in Beiliang, and knew that Ruo Pingcheng's guards had opened the door to meet the enemy and surrendered. Apart from being sad for Gan Ji, she was even more angry.
And it was at this time that You Ying led all the officials to speak, entangled the tribes and small countries in the north of Beiliang, and attacked Meiguan in one fell swoop.
You Ying hoped that, taking advantage of the fact that the Northern Expeditionary Army had reached the later stage and was already short of numbers, and at this time, Beiliang still had strength to rely on, he would go south early and open his mouth at Meiguan.
Because Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu have been busy regaining the lost ground, and there is only one Feng Shilang at Meiguan.
This plan has been supported and approved by Queen Mother Gan, partly because of Gan Ji.
However, after returning to the imperial court, Gan Cheng did not agree with this plan at all. However, as a defeated general, he could not get the support of most people.
Gan Cheng was helpless, and only lamented that Beiliang was about to kill himself.
However, this exclamation made Empress Dowager Gan even more dissatisfied. So far, Gan Cheng was dismissed again, and his status plummeted.
Therefore, Beiliang assembled the army as quickly as possible, entangled the various tribes, and attacked Meiguan together.
When Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu were still in Ruoping City, Beiliang's army had already set off.
At this time, in the barracks where Yugu was, 200,000 troops had already assembled and were waiting for Yugu's order.
On both sides, Meiguan and Suining Mountain, he wanted to see how Murong Yuan made a choice, and what kind of abilities Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu had to be able to defend these two places.
the capital.
At this time, in the prime minister's mansion, Chen Ziming was sitting at the desk, thinking about what happened after he went to see King Yuan today, and felt frowning.
As a prime minister, even though he didn't have much job as a prime minister since he took office, he didn't know everything.
Emperor Yongye's coma has always felt strange to him, and the faintly revealing atmosphere in the whole situation always makes him feel that Murong Zhi has some plan to implement recently, especially after a secret investigation with King Yuan , has already doubted the current form of Emperor Yongye and Duanhe Palace.
He once sent a letter to Su Yunchu. However, more than a month has passed, but there is no news at all, which is really abnormal.
Just like the calm before the storm, Chen Ziming couldn't help laughing wryly. In the beginning, most of the reasons for joining the court were actually because of Su Yunchu. If she couldn't give her some definite news from the court, wouldn't everything be in vain.
Continuing to sit in the study, Shen Mou thought for a while, Chen Ziming suddenly took out a piece of letter paper, picked up a pen to write, and then walked out of the study resolutely. However, Chen Ziming seemed to have never noticed it, and walked out without stopping.