Chapter 24: Exemption From Vulgarity

At this time, Guang Guang, who was over seventy years old, felt quite sad in his heart when he saw the looks from everyone.

In the court, although there are many evil thieves like Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng, there are also many people like Liu Wei, Liu Changxi and others who "shake their heads when asked but don't know". But there are indeed loyal people, but they don't dare to speak out rashly.

If they are right, they feel as if they are in the company of Liu Yuan and others and feel ashamed; if they are wrong, they know that Liu Yuan and others may cause trouble at any time.

How could Guang Guang himself be exempt from vulgarity?

He is the head of the third branch of the Yu family. It was by virtue of his carefulness that he was reused by the court and brought glory to the people of this branch.

What's more on his mind is not the government affairs - if he speaks a few more words of justice, he might be executed, but how to preserve the glory of the Miao family, at least the lives of everyone in this branch.

And to do all this, the first priority is the safety of his sect leader.

Normally, he would behave like a coward, but now that everyone was looking at him like this, he knew that it would be impossible not to say anything.

"King Ping Qin is a king with a different surname named by the late emperor. If compared with a royal prince like King Xiao Nanchen, he must be weaker." Guang Guang could only explain in a different way, "King Xiao Nanchen sent his troops north to put down the rebellion. It is a blessing for the court that King Ping Qin followed him loyally and courageously. He should be rewarded, so why are there still doubts?"

After he finished speaking, everyone seemed to be led by an invisible thread, and all their heads turned to Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng, the two people who held real power.

Before Zhao Teng could answer, Liu Yuan nodded first, and then praised loudly and said: "King Xiao Nanchen really has charisma! Make another great contribution to the court!"

Seeing that the situation became clear, everyone quickly agreed and praised Zhou Shengchen continuously.

After retreating from the court, Zhao Teng asked doubtfully: "Why did the general easily agree with the actions of King Xiao Nanchen and King Ping Qin?"

"Otherwise, can we still have power in the court?" Liu Yuan said coldly, "King Xiao Nanchen has always abided by his oath, but he just likes to fight."

Zhao Teng felt reassured after hearing this and couldn't help but laugh out loud again: "He likes to fight, and we like to kill people for fun. Hahahahahaha..."

The two of them laughed wildly one after another, and the little emperor Liu Hui over there couldn't help but tremble. "Prince" Liu Zixing, who was standing not far from him, frowned tightly, and couldn't help his physical weakness, coughing continuously.

At this time, King Xiao Nanchen and King Ping Qin Gao Yuchao had indeed made an appointment to break out of the Great Wall and rush towards the Yellow River in the north.

At night, after Zhou Shengchen temporarily garrisoned the army, he ordered someone to send an ultimatum to Gao Yuchao, asking him to attack the important town of Huaishuo.

After receiving the instructions, Gao Yuchao was hesitant to attack there because there were other rebels nearby Huaishuo who could support him.

After pondering for a long time, he finally understood: King Xiao Nanchen wanted him to provide support. Zhou Shengchen's true intention was to quickly wipe out the westernmost town of Woye!

Gritting his teeth, Gao Yuchao immediately issued an order: After dawn, immediately rush to the northeast to attack the rebels in Huaishuo Town!

He took action here, and sure enough, the surrounding enemy troops could only go to the nearest place to rescue Huaishuo. The rebels in Woye Town in the far west fell into a situation of being attacked by the royal army.

After several days of fighting, the soldiers of the Wang Army finally planted the banner of King Xiao Nanchen in the sky above the Yinshan camp.

With the flags fluttering in the cold wind, Zhou Shengchen reorganized his army and immediately led a large number of troops to detour to the side and rear of Huaishuo Town and attack with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai.

Gao Yuchao, who was already surrounded by rebels, was also extremely anxious at this time. Because he lost contact with King Xiao Nanchen's troops, he could only hold on with determination to die.

Just when he felt that the loss was heavy, he suddenly saw in the hazy sky to the north, accompanied by the cold wind, was the banner of King Xiao Nanchen!

The royal army came like a tidal wave, and the rebels' initially not tight encirclement was immediately shattered into pieces.

The rebels in the north are usually very fierce. In his troops, there were Rouran and other barbarian soldiers and generals, who looked even more brave.

But even if they were like this, how could they defeat the King Master who was victorious in every battle?

At this time, Zhou Shengchen felt even more concerned about and expected from Miao Shiyi - peace and victory!

In the continuous battles, the strength, courage, and ferocity of the royal army combined into one, making the battle situation quickly determined by the strong and the weak.

The rolling hills and ravines were filled with the wailing figures of the rebels, as well as corpses and blood everywhere.

After several days of fighting, Zhou Shengchen and Gao Yuchao either joined forces or divided their forces to attack, and then successively conquered the three towns of Huaishuo, Wuzhou and Fuming.

After mopping up the rebels, Zhou Shengchen ordered people to calm down the people everywhere, and then personally visited Gao Yuchao's camp.

When the two met, Gao Yuchao held the hands of King Xiao Nanchen with tears in his eyes and said: "If it weren't for my king, my entire army would be wiped out!"

After Zhou Shengchen looked around, he replied: "Even so, King Ping Qin never wavered, which makes me admire him endlessly."

Gao Yuchao was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "I protect my family and my country, and I only imitate King Xiao Nanchen! How can I be afraid of the rebels!"

The two of them entered the big tent hand in hand, and then considered their next move.

Gao Yuchao only said to march eastward as soon as possible and wipe out and recover the other three counties.

Zhou Shengchen thought for a long time and said slowly: "Let's divide our troops into two locations." After that, he pointed to the map and started explaining.

To pacify the other two towns is nothing more than a matter of sooner or later. But what Zhou Shengchen is most worried about is Qingcheng, Jiangzhou, Shuozhou, Daizhou, which are under these six towns, and the Changsun family in Jiyang, which is close to Guanzhong.

The six towns rebelled. Like Jin Rong in Taiyuan County, these places maintained a posture of watching the fire from the other side.

Ordinarily, this has been suspected of rebellion, but because the court was unable to pursue it, and was worried about offending the vassal kings and important generals in these places, it did not dare to blame him too much. It can also be seen that the more relied on King Xiao Nanchen was because of his loyalty, the more he was trusted. They are people who are discriminated against and strictly controlled.

Gao Yuchao listened to his analysis and then said: "King Xiao Nanchen only said how to do it, just follow it and fight!"

He spoke frankly, and Zhou Shengchen nodded to him with gratitude and approval.

"Please ask King Qin to attack the towns of Rouxuan and Huaihuang from the east. I will lead my troops to test and go south. If the guards in those places have no objection, they will definitely have to work hard. If there is resistance, they will feel nervous and panic. Hands and feet." Zhou Shengchen continued.

His intention is very clear, that is, even if he is tempted, he must maintain long-term peace for the future.

If the defenders in those places really had any intention to rebel, they would definitely act treacherously. In this way, it is convenient for the king's army to clear up and stabilize the surrounding states and counties.

After hearing his words, Gao Yuchao couldn't help but hesitate again and asked hesitantly: "If this is the case, doesn't it mean to force them to rebel?"

"This is necessary for the long-term peace of the world. Instead of waiting for them to suddenly rebel in the future, it is better for us to severely punish them when we are nearby with hundreds of thousands of troops!" Zhou Shengchen said flatly.

Gao Yuchao immediately agreed and made careful arrangements with him.

The remaining four towns that had been occupied were temporarily handed over to the management of Zhou Shengchen's disciples and generals, Shi Yize and You Meng. The rest of Hong Xiaoyu, Zhou Tianxing and others followed King Xiao Nanchen to the south.

The rebels in the two places to the east first detected Gao Yuchao's attack, and then heard that King Xiao Nanchen did not follow him, but went to the south. They couldn't help but feel surprised.

The rebels in Rouxuan and Huaihuang towns were first puzzled by King Xiao Nanchen's advance arrangements, and then thought that this must be another of his military tactics. Just like attacking from the north of Huaishuo, King Xiao Nanchen this time wanted to detour to the south and then attack from the north.

The rebels could only divide their troops into two places to respond to the enemy, but they fell into Zhou Shengchen's plan of dividing their troops.

The number of men and horses was originally limited, so the rebels divided their forces. When Gao Yuchao went to attack, the pressure was much less.

Gao Yuchao seized the opportunity and quickly attacked Rouxuan and Huaihuang towns. At this time, Zhou Shengchen had already launched the attack on Qingcheng.

The Qingcheng defenders were originally unwilling to participate in countering the rebellion, thinking that with the chaos, they would be more like a local king with no one to manage.

However, they did not expect that Zhou Shengchen personally led an army to approach. Thinking that they would be blamed by him, the Qingcheng garrison simply united with the garrison generals from Jiangzhou and Shuozhou to raise the flag of rebellion.

The flames of war quickly broke out, and the mountains were filled with steaming smoke and wolf smoke.

These three places were lined up in a line. Zhou Shengchen had to make a decision, where to make a hole first.

According to the geographical terrain, Qingcheng is located in a plain and seems to be the easiest to capture. But precisely because of this, the number of rebels here is the largest.

Jiangzhou seems to have a small number of rebels, but because there is a large river surrounding it, it seems easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As for Shuozhou, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers and the terrain is quite dangerous. To the south is Taiyuan County, which should have received secret military support from Jin Rong, and was even more arrogant.

After several days of repeated discussions with the military advisors and generals in the big tent, Zhou Shengchen did not get a definite answer from them, so he had to rearrange his thoughts on his own.

Those three places all have their own problems, but they don't end there. Southeast of Shuozhou, there is Daizhou, which is also bound to be rebelled.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shengchen made an arrangement: Ling Hong Xiaoyu, Zhou Tianxing and others divide their troops to attack Jiangzhou and Shuozhou, and he himself would lead the troops to attack Qingcheng!

Qingcheng is located in a vast plain with several hills around it, but it cannot be defended. There were roughly 100,000 rebels under his control, and they originally thought they could divide some of them to challenge King Xiao Nanchen outside the city.

But after the scouts reported that King Xiao Nanchen's royal army had actually appeared, the rebels immediately broke camp and returned to the city. They only defended the city and did not dare to fight with the royal army in the wild.

Like a flood that bursts a dike, the king's army surged out from the surrounding hills and valleys, seemingly slowly but in fact, resolutely.

The rebels in the city were shocked when they saw it.

Several large army marching teams arrived outside Qingzhou City. Because they had already simulated the local terrain through the sand table, they found a suitable location and started setting up camp.

Aren't you worried about the rebels going back to harass you? It's not necessary.

First of all, the king's army has guard troops, closely watching the movements of the gates in Qingcheng. In addition, the rebels in the city thought they had more troops, but when hundreds of thousands of royal troops appeared in their eyes, how could they dare to go out to fight in the city? !

As night fell, the rebels at the top of the city saw that the royal army had set up camps everywhere, blocking all the roads and mountain roads around Qingcheng.

Bonfires were lit everywhere, outside the tents of the royal army. The rebels at the top of the city looked at it from a distance and thought it was the stars in the sky falling to the ground. Or, there is simply an extra sky full of bright stars.

Seeing this, the rebels were helpless, thinking that the battle would start tomorrow, so they must get enough rest tonight. They did not expect that the king's army would begin to attack the city that night.

Suddenly, fire broke out all over the city. The royal army attacked the city from all over, and the light of torches and bonfires illuminated the inside and outside of Qingcheng as bright as day.

At various city gates, there are soldiers of the royal army pushing and beating carts; at every city wall, there are soldiers of the royal army setting up ladders to attack the city.

Although the number of rebels guarding the city was also large, they were still very busy and worried.

It was finally dawn, and the rebels couldn't help shouting "tragic".

There were dead and wounded soldiers everywhere on the city, and outside the city, the king's army seemed not to be tired - they took turns to attack and continued to attack.

The rebels cheered up again and changed teams to fight back. But not long after, Wang Jun suddenly disappeared like a flood at ebb tide.

The rebels couldn't help but let out a long breath, encouraged by their temporary victory.

Not long after, they were shocked again.

The officers and soldiers of the royal army were pushing trebuchets of different sizes and were approaching the city resolutely!

It turned out that the king's army did not want to give the rebels a break. The continuous attacks were just to give the colleagues time to assemble the stone dump truck.

After the trebuchets were assembled separately, the Wang Army naturally no longer needed to use the human sea tactic, but could just use stone cannons.

The riprap cart over there has a good frame, but the rebels here can only wait to be smashed.

Stone rain suddenly appeared in the clear sky. The rebels stared blankly, unable to find a place to hide.

"Bang", "plop", these are the sounds made by stone rain falling on the city.

"Kacha" and "crash" are the sounds made by stone rain smashing the doors and windows of the tower.

Beyond that, there was the indescribable howl of the rebels.

These heavy stone cannons flew and smashed the Qingcheng city tower to pieces, damaged the Qingcheng city ultimatum, and splattered the blood and flesh of the Qingcheng rebels.

"Tongtong", the dull sound of the stone cannon hitting the target, like the countless giant drums beaten by the royal army outside the city, shook the hearts of the Qingcheng rebels who were about to collapse at any time.

The Qingcheng rebels received these stone cannons from the royal army outside the city one after another. They could pile up a hill at the top of the city.

Are you thinking of setting up a stone dump truck to fight back? As soon as they were set up here, the rain of rocks flying from the Wang Army's formation immediately smashed these trebuchets and the dreams of the rebels into pieces.

I know that if this continues, Qingcheng will be destroyed in a few days. The rebel garrison in the city had no choice but to send dozens of dead soldiers to descend on the city at night and disperse to Shuozhou, Jiangzhou and other places to report to the rescue troops.

As expected, these dead soldiers were not afraid of death. When they tried to attack the king's camp, they were easily killed by the king's soldiers.

After daybreak, the rebel guard stood eagerly at the top of the city, hoping that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.

The first to arrive were not reinforcements, but hundreds of royal cavalry.

Each armed with a spear, they rode slowly and proudly along the moat.

The rebel guard watched intently for a long time and asked in confusion: "What are these cavalry doing when they are wandering around with guns in hand?!"