Yan Han waited for less than three days, and the spies sent out sent back the news.
After walking for a day, the troops sent by the Ministry of War encountered the vanguard of the Shuoxi Army who came to investigate. After some investigation, they saw that there were indeed more than 100,000 troops behind them, so they dared not go any further, and rushed towards Lin'an almost all night. , entered Lin'an City, rode all the way to the gate of the palace, lit the golden feathered arrow, and complained to Yan Han in fear as soon as he entered the palace.
As soon as Yan Han heard this, he fell into a convulsion on the throne, took off the imperial pen, and froze there for a long time, yelling no answer, Yuan Qing was so frightened that he sent the imperial doctor, but the imperial doctor hadn't arrived yet, Yan Han But he slowed down first, his complexion was as white as paper, but he still couldn't say a word for a long time.
Yuan Qing was also sweating profusely for a moment, "Your Majesty, what should we do? Do you want Commander Zhao to come over? Or let Duke Wei also come into the palace?"
Zhao Yu was in charge of the imperial guards, and Peng Huaichu was never entrusted with the important task of the Northern Expedition, and he is still in Beijing. After hearing the news that Yan Han's army was going south, Yan Han had already handed over the Nine City Patrol Battalion to him. He and the Nine City Patrol Battalion have already made preliminary deployments, but Yan Chi has more than 100,000 troops, and the combined Imperial Army and Patrol Battalion in the city are only 30,000 horses, so how can they resist? !
Layers of cold sweat broke out on Yan Han's palms, and he couldn't think of a way to delay for a while. After a while, Yan Han suddenly said, "Let Zhao Yu and Peng Huaichu come over, and then immediately order Yue Jia and Yue Qing to enter the palace." Come."
Yuan Qing was slightly surprised, he didn't know what to ask Yue Jia and Yue Qing to come into the palace, before turning around to go out, Yan Han said again, "Let Yan Ze come into the palace too."
When Yuan Qing heard this, he hurried to deliver the order, but within half an hour, all three people who had been reported entered the palace.
Yan Han had calmed down a little at this time, and when he saw the three of them, he said, "Yan Chi rebelled, and now he has brought a hundred thousand troops south, and will go outside the capital in a few days, and now there are only 30,000 horses in the city, I call you three People come here just to hear your ideas."
Yan Han got straight to the point. As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three of them changed drastically.
It was the first time that Yue Jia and Yue Qing knew about this, but Yan Ze knew about it as early as when Yan Han sent people north to investigate the military situation.
Yue Jia frowned and said, "Why did Yan Chi lead an army of 100,000 to the south? Didn't he say that he was fighting the enemy in the north?"
Yan Han sneered coldly, "The army enemy has been repelled, I suspect that he and the Beifu army have joined forces, and now there are 100,000 troops, and now they are taking advantage of the emptiness of the capital guards to join forces to seize my land Imperial—”
Yue Qing couldn't help but said, "Impossible, my father is still in the north, why would Yan Chi go south?"
Yan Han heard this, and his tone became a little unpredictable for a while, "I am also very curious about this question, but I believe that the loyalty of the Marquis of Anyang may just be hindered by the remaining barbarians—"
Yue Qing was terrified when he heard that, how could he dare to ask again, Yue Jia's eyes were serious for a while, but Yan Ze's face was serious, but he was not flustered.
Yan Han glanced at a few people, looked at Yue Jia and said, "Yue Jia, you invited to fight north before, and I never gave you this opportunity. Now, I allow you to enter the Nine City Patrol Battalion to defend Lin'an. Are you willing?"
All the questions have been asked here, where is there any reluctance
Yue Jia immediately embraced his orders, but Yue Qing hesitated to speak, but there was nothing he could do, Yan Han looked at Yue Qing and said, "Yue Qing, you and Yan Chi are about the same age and have friendship, I order you to go out of the city to persuade him to surrender, if he is willing At this moment, stop and return to Shuoxi, I will make him King of Shuoxi, how dare you?"
On the one hand, let Yue Jia go up to the city tower to guard Lin'an, and on the other hand, let Yue Qing go out of the city to persuade him to surrender. This plan will take the Anyang Houfu to death.
Yue Qing didn't dare to answer, and immediately took the order. Seeing this, Yan Ze smiled and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, in terms of friendship with Yan Chi, I know Yan Chi better than Yue Qing. This matter of persuading him to surrender , how about handing it over to Weichen?"
Yan Ze took the initiative to take orders, which is a testament to his loyalty. In such a crisis, Yan Han really felt very grateful.
"Yanze, have you made up your mind? Are you really going to go out of the city to persuade Yue Qing to surrender?"
Yan Ze fixed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I have made up my mind, please believe that even if I can't persuade Yan Chi to surrender, I can at least delay it for two days."
If you can delay the time, there is hope to wait until Ge Yang comes back. Yan Han's eyes brightened, and he said immediately, "Okay! Excellent! Since you have this intention! Then I will approve your request!"
Yan Ze cupped his fists, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best!"
Yan Han breathed a sigh of relief. It is very comforting to feel that someone still firmly supports me in this kind of crisis.
Leaving the Chongzheng Hall, Yue Qing was still nervous, Yan Ze saw him aside and said, "Yue Qing, don't be nervous, go back and serve the sick, I'll go and persuade you to surrender."
Yue Qing apologized after hearing the words, "Third brother, you are doing it for me, I really..."
Yan Ze smiled, "Not for you, but also for myself."
Yue Jia hurriedly frowned and said, "It's better to let Yanli out than the third brother to persuade him to surrender. It's really wrong for Yanli to be locked up in the prison..."
Yan Ze waved his hand, "It doesn't matter whoever goes, but if I go, it can really delay for two days."
Yue Jia looked around and said in a low voice, "Third brother, now that Prince Rui has a hundred thousand horses, how can we delay?"
Anyone who thinks about it will know that this time there is no chance at all, not to mention that Yan Chi's Shuoxi Army is still the most valiant elite in the Great Zhou, Yan Ze smiled slightly when he heard this, and he didn't look nervous at all , "It's not certain whether this battle can be fought."
Yue Jia raised his eyebrows, "It's good if you can't fight, but Yan Chi's temperament, if you don't do it or do it, you will never be persuaded to change your mind."
Yan Ze patted Yue Jia's shoulder, "Don't worry, it's best if you can't fight."
Seeing that Yan Ze was still as calm as usual, Yue Jia became even more puzzled, but Yan Ze didn't say much, the three of them separated at the palace gate, Yan Ze's smile faded away, and he went back to the palace. Back home, Tan Xiang said, "My lord, the prince is waiting for you in the study."
Yan Ze nodded, turned around and went to the study. When he arrived at the study, he saw Prince Yi Yanxiang standing in front of the window. When he heard footsteps, he turned around and asked, "How?"
Yan Ze's face was cold, and he smiled and his expression became more mocking, "Let Yue Jia enter the patrol camp to guard the capital, and let Yue Qing go out of the city to persuade him to surrender. When I saw this, I took over the matter of persuading him to surrender."
Yan Xiang sighed, "Why are you bothering? Now, we are not as good as Ren Yan who enters Lin'an late, who can stop him?"
Yan Ze shook his head, "Father is right, but I don't want it to end like this. Mother and concubine's spirit in heaven is still watching, and Yan Han hasn't paid the price yet."
Yan Xiang looked at Yan Ze with pity, "Yan Chi enters the city and loses his throne. This is the price."
Yan Ze smiled again when he heard the words, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "How can this be possible? This is far less than what my concubine and I have suffered."
"Ze'er..." Yan Xiang hesitated to speak, "Even the queen can be relieved, why do you need to?"
Yan Ze snorted, "I thought highly of the queen, I thought she was a man of gold and stone, but it was nothing more than that, she gave up the opportunity, but Yan Chi went all the way south easily, he has more than 100,000 troops and I can't stop him But in that small imperial city, I still have something to do, father, just rest assured."
Seeing Yan Xiang's worried face, Yan Ze said, "Father, don't worry, I will accompany father to Donghai to practice Taoism after the matter is over."
Yan Xiang looked at Yan Ze's expressionless face as if wearing a mask, and in the end he just let out a long sigh.
Both Yue Jia and Yue Qing returned to the Marquis of Anyang's mansion, and as soon as they returned to the mansion, they went straight to Princess Taichang's residence. As soon as they entered the door, Princess Taichang said, "The emperor knows?"
Yue Jia stepped forward quickly, "Grandmother, is it true? Yan Chi has rebelled?"
Only then did Princess Taichang take out the letter received a few days ago and show it to Yue and Jia.
After reading the letter written by Yue Qiong, the two of Yue and Jia were shocked for a moment. In just a few days, they did not expect that so many things happened in the north, let alone that the emperor not only sent people to the west, but also played such a trick in the north. Shuoxi's army suffered heavy casualties, no wonder Yan Chi suddenly led troops south!
Previously Yan Chi returned to Shuoxi for many days, although he built a small imperial court, he did not lead troops northward, but this time it is a change from normal, the original reason is this.
Yue Jia stared and said, "If there is a real fight..."
Princess Taichang looked at Yue Jia and said, "How did your father do it? The letter has come, don't you know what to do?"
Yue Jia suddenly understood, and naturally responded immediately.
Since the letter came three days ago, Yan Han ordered the city to be alert. For a while, the people in the capital knew that something was going to happen, but the war was in the north. Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't think that the capital might also experience war. On the night when the emperor received the exact news, countless gossip and rumors spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital as if they had grown wings. During the period, they all talked about how the emperor assassinated Prince Rui, and how he ordered King Cheng to be measured by his subordinates in the north. Murder the loyal soldiers of the country.
In addition, several secret cases such as relegation and unjust killing of officials in the court a few years ago or even more than ten years ago were spread out, and even the case of Concubine Jin was passed on clearly, and it was said that Concubine Jin died at the hands of the emperor , and King Yanyu of Jin was just a scapegoat. In this way, Dali Temple Minister Shen Yi and others were involved. In this way, the crimes of murdering the prince, unjustly killing loyal officials, poisoning concubines and parents and children all fell on the emperor.
In just one night, the rumors made the aloof emperor crumble.
The aristocratic families in the capital dare not publicize, but they have their own calculations in their hearts. Most of the courtiers have heard about this matter, but they have not seen such rumors. In the world, who Dare to shake off the emperor's scandalous secrets like this? !
The Son of Heaven is the Ninth Five-Year King, above ten thousand people. Although he is not a saint, he should not be so vicious and unrighteous. There is a saying that a tiger's poison does not eat its offspring, but today's emperor even owns his own son. It can be framed, which shows that he has deviated from human relations early on. Although the ordinary people are not as good as the historian's Spring and Autumn style of writing, they still have a lot of talk. But he said that instead of wantonly suppressing it, it is better to ignore it, so that he has a clear conscience.
After hearing this, Yan Han felt that it made sense, so she really did it right away.
Another day later, Yan Chi led an army of more than 100,000 troops, and finally arrived outside Lin'an City.
Rumors have already made the capital turbulent. Now that the army has arrived, people with a clear mind can already guess what is going on, and anyone with a bit of determination can also understand the current situation. Yan Chi has absolute force to suppress and drive the emperor away. When I step down from the throne, I just want to see whether he is in a good mood or not. Is it a day? two days? It's only three days.
As for Ge Yang, who was far to the west, how could he easily rush back for reinforcements
With enough troops, Yan Chi could have directly invaded Lin'an, but thinking that the imperial capital of more than a hundred years would not survive the war, Yan Chi first ordered the army to set up camp outside the city, and then began to "rebel against the faint king and prove the way of heaven" He sent someone to send a letter of surrender to the city.
Just as Yan Chi delivered the letter of surrender, the gate of the city was ajar, and one person and one horse left Lin'an City, it was Yan Ze.
Yanze left Lin'an alone, and walked through the tens of feet of wildness in front of Lin'an City. Under the watchful eyes of Shuoxi Army's archers and arrow clusters, they slowly approached the Shuoxi Army's camp. Knowing that it was him who came, Yan Chi did not let anyone stop him. When Yan Ze arrived at the camp, he saw the Kuoda camp dotted like a galaxy, and saw the capable and elite Shuoxi army. The unwillingness in my heart also faded by three points.
Yanze entered the camp Shi Shiran, and when he saw Yan Chi and Qin Wan, he had a sense of right and wrong.