Chapter 47: Bounty

Quickly opening his eyes, he was immediately startled and broke into a cold sweat: Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen was looking at him coldly.

"I didn't know that the Queen Mother was coming. Please forgive me for the delay in worshiping." With that, he was about to salute again.

"No need." Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen sat aside and stared at him for a long time.

Liu Zixing just sat there, not even wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, not knowing whether what he was about to face was a disaster or a blessing.

After looking at him for a long time, Qi Zhen's real servants all withdrew, and then whispered: "If you continue to join forces with Gu, you may be able to avoid death. Otherwise, with your sins and injuries, you will die in the blink of an eye."

Liu Zixing was originally looking for someone to join forces, but he didn't dare to hesitate at this time. He couldn't salute, but he immediately lowered his head and said, "All I have to do is obey the Queen Mother's orders!"

Qi Zhenzhen sneered a few times, and then whispered: "You should heal your injury as soon as possible first, and then I will discuss it with you." After that, she stood up and left without looking back.

Liu Zixing lowered his head and was silent for a long time, with a blazing fire of hope already igniting in his heart.

His hopes of getting support from King Xiao Nanchen were dashed, but he gained the attention of the Queen Mother again. Although King Xiao Nanchen was powerful, the Queen Mother was the one who controlled the lifeblood of the court. In contrast, Liu Zixing could only be more happy about the change in his destiny and looked forward to his injury getting better as soon as possible.

The power of habit, if there is no strong force to change it, will continue to be known. Although there was an additional Situ Xie Chong in the imperial court, it did not completely change the chaotic political situation.

Xie Chong is indeed loyal, but his methods are still weak. Prime Minister Liu Wei was indeed restrained by him, and Tutor Piao Guang did continue to teach the young emperor, but these still could not make Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen calm down.

Not long after King Xiao Nanchen left with his troops, Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen took the power of governing the government into her own hands on the grounds that the young emperor was young.

This was his mother, and Liu Hui did not dare to disobey, so he had to obey - at least on the surface.

When Xie Chong, Piao Guang, Liu Wei and others saw this, who would dare to interfere too much with the emperor's mother? Fortunately, the commanders of the imperial guards, Xie Yun, Qin Yan, and Yuan Wuchu, were able to check each other, so that even if the Queen Mother still recruited male favorites, she would not dare to cause harm to the soldiers of the imperial guard.

Zhongzhou City was still in order on the surface but in chaos internally, but Xiao Nanchen and Wang Zhou Shengchen paid no attention to it. Because the problem he has to deal with now is indeed serious.

The defender of Yongcheng suddenly received news of the rebellion of the royal family Liu Changshan while he was sleeping. He quickly mobilized his troops in an emergency, but was soon besieged by Liu Changshan's rebels. The guard general sent a few more capable soldiers out of the city to ask for help, and he led some of his soldiers to defend.

It was always difficult to resist the rebel offensive, and the defender was defeated and killed. Liu Changshan occupied Yongcheng, claiming that he would no longer accept the control of the Northern Chen court.

His rebellion excited Jin Rong of nearby Taiyuan County. Even though he knew that Liu Changshan was not the opponent of King Xiao Nanchen and King Dingbei Gao Yuchao, Jin Rong still secretly felt relieved for the previous humiliation.

After Dingbei King Gao Yuchao got the news, he immediately sent his troops northward. But at this time, Jin Rong firmly refused him to use the passage again because of the bad surrounding situation.

In desperation, Gao Yuchao had no choice but to take a detour north and attack Yongcheng.

Jin Rong was secretly happy about this: It also makes you anxious!

While he was secretly feeling proud, he suddenly received a report from a scout: "King Xiao Nanchen is leading 30,000 elite troops and is passing through Taiyuan County without warning!"

He was immediately shocked after hearing this. He quickly asked King Xiao Nanchen about his marching route and looked it up on the map.

All the civil and military officers and generals nearby also came closer anxiously. The military generals shouted: "I will send troops to intercept you soon!"

Seeing the menacing appearance of these reckless men, the civil servants knew that the matter was urgent and did not dare to speak out to dissuade them.

While everyone was making noise, Jin Rong looked away from the map and said slowly: "Fortunately, it's still far away from Jinyang City, so let's let him pass."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this: With Jin Rong's cruel and vicious temper, how could he be so afraid of King Xiao Nanchen?

Seeing everyone's doubtful glances, Jin Rong squinted his eyes and said coldly: "He is now the regent of the imperial court. It's fine if we don't send troops to help suppress the rebellion. How dare we stop him? If we really want to do that, we will It was first surrounded by the surrounding princes.”

Everyone felt helpless after hearing this, but they didn't believe that Jin Rong just thought this way.

Sure enough, Jin Rong squeezed out words through his teeth later: "Let him be arrogant first. When he is not prepared, I will let him know the consequences of bullying me and Taiyuan County!"

After that, he punched hard and saw that the sand table on the table was in a mess.

"Liu Changshan can never be saved." Then he sighed again.

King Xiao Nanchen marched towards the north, and all the generals were happy - this was how Jin Rong should be frightened.

While Liu Changshan still dominated Yongcheng, he sent envoys to call on several nearby feudal towns that were relatively close to each other to fight against the imperial court together.

While he was busy, the consequences of happy rebellion soon appeared before his eyes.

Dingbei King Gao Yuchao took a detour and came from the east, while Xiao Nanchen King simply came straight from Taiyuan County to the north.

The war broke out on both sides, and Liu Changshan had no choice but to grit his teeth and order his generals to lead their troops to stop Zhou Shengchen.

Since the king's army came well prepared, he naturally compared the military strength of the enemy and ours. In addition, we are all brave soldiers, how can the rebels who bravely accept the battle be able to resist.

After a few charges, the two front armies of the rebels were almost completely annihilated.

The defeated general who ran back reported the battle situation, and Liu Changshan had no choice but to collect the remaining soldiers in the city.

When Zhou Shengchen was overseeing the attack, he suddenly met a general who came to ask for help. This man claimed to be Yang Shao, who had escaped from Yongcheng and asked for help, but there was no one to support him.

Knowing that this person had a changeable personality, Zhou Shengchen just asked him to move forward with the team.

King Xiao Nanchen led his troops to Yongcheng City and directly ordered the attack. The rebels were all panicking. Liu Changshan was frightened when he looked at the countless banners of the royal army at the top of the city.

At this time, no reinforcements arrived, and Liu Changshan had to order people to defend the city.

"All soldiers and generals must come to the city to defend the city! Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!" He had no choice but to form a supervising team and send orders to the generals everywhere.

The royal troops outside the city did not shout a word, but carried long ladders one after another. The ladder was set up at the top of the city, and the soldiers of the royal army immediately climbed up the ladder with shields in one hand and swords and guns in the other.

Liu Changshan saw this and shouted angrily: "Kill them back quickly! After a few days of persistence, 100,000 reinforcements will arrive!"

The rebels were inspired by him and gritted their teeth and persisted in fighting the royal army.

It is naturally disadvantageous to attack upward, but the king's army is like a tide. When this wave comes down, another group of elite soldiers will rush forward.

"The prefect said, if you survive for three days, each person will be rewarded with a reward of one hundred taels!" the rebel generals shouted, urging their subordinate soldiers everywhere to quickly counterattack.

After finally holding on until nightfall, Liu Changshan couldn't help but sigh secretly when he learned that King Xiao Nanchen's troops had withdrawn to the camp to rest.

He led his guards to the top of the city, held the city ultimatum in his hand and looked out of the city.

The night was thick, and everything was originally dark. But now, the wilderness outside the city seemed to be twinkling with stars because of the countless bonfires in front of the royal army's tents.

Seeing such a situation, Liu Changshan lamented in his heart, but he knew that he must not show it on his face, so as not to shake the already fragile morale of the rebels.

After patrolling along the corridor at the top of the city, he encouraged the soldiers and generals and then led the guards back to the government office in the city.

The servants brought food and wine at the right time, and Liu Changshan couldn't help but feel upset again.

As the fighting intensified, the city's food supply was also running low. Not to mention the usual feasting, feasting, and feasting, even a few more plates of various meats are not enough.

Just when he was about to frown and get angry, he remembered that when he was patrolling the city just now, most of the soldiers were just eating hard steamed cakes.

With a sigh, Liu Changshan, who was already hungry, quickly picked up a piece of stew that looked extremely delicious.

"Report! There is a sudden commotion in Xiao Nanchen's royal family outside the city!" A scout hurried into the back hall to report.

Liu Changshan's fast son just touched the piece of stew and was so shocked by the report that he let go.

With a "click" sound, Kuaizi couldn't help but fall from his hand.

"Yes, what's going on?" he concluded by asking.

"It seems that a troop is breaking into King Xiao Nanchen's headquarters from outside. It looks like they are about to rush over." The scout replied hesitantly.

"Ah?" Liu Changshan was surprised at first, thinking that another enemy force was coming, but he suddenly became extremely excited, "Can you see clearly?"

"Coming to report to the general." The scout saluted again and said.

Liu Changshan immediately lost interest in the beautiful things in front of him, and jumped up from his seat in the blink of an eye: "Quickly order the guards to come with me to the top of the city to inspect!"

The guards had just stuffed the dry steamed cakes into their mouths, but now they received the order. After cursing a few times, they stuffed the steamed cakes into their arms and came to follow.

Liu Changshan and others rode horses to the city wall and quickly dismounted. Everyone hurriedly ran along the steep corridor to the top of the city.

Before he reached the city, Liu Changshan could already hear the sound of gongs and drums beating outside the city, which was extremely loud and shocking in the night.

When he ran to the top of the city, he approached the city certificate and looked out. Sure enough, he saw a troop of tens of thousands of people. At this time, they had already rushed through the camp of King Xiao Nanchen's garrison and were quickly approaching the Yongcheng city.

Liu Changshan immediately felt nervous and could not guess whether this troop was an enemy or a friend.

Soon, dozens of horsemen rushed in front of this army. The leader rode straight to the edge of the city.

"Who are you?!" Liu Changshan asked loudly in a panicked mood.

"I'm Jin Biao! I'm the brother of Jin Rong, the governor of Taiyuan County. I came here to rescue the general!" the man shouted loudly.

Liu Changshan was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened. But there was still hesitation in his heart, and he worriedly shouted to the people in the city: "Although I am very grateful, since the city gate cannot be opened at night, please ask the general to enter the city tomorrow morning!"

"I brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and broke through several military camps of King Xiaonanchen. I have already lost more than 10,000 troops! If I have to hold on until dawn, I may also be dead! If the general cannot be trusted, I will have to give up. Death has returned." After saying that, Jin Biao cupped his hand at Liu Changshan at the top of the city, and then turned the horse's head.

The war horse neighed, perhaps unhappy because of extreme exhaustion.

Liu Changshan gritted his teeth. Seeing that the people in the city turned around helplessly and returned with swords and guns brandished, he quickly shouted again: "General, stay! Please order the rear troops to resist King Xiao Nanchen. I will order people to open the city gate right now!"

Because the city gate was blocked by various wooden sticks and stones, many of Liu Changshan's soldiers moved for a long time before slowly opening the heavy city gate.

With the sound of "squeaking", the city gate opened. After the same sound was made, the suspension bridge hanging above the city was also loosened by the soldiers at the top of the city. With a "pop", it was slowly placed on the city.

Liu Changshan shouted from the top of the city: "General, enter the city quickly!"

Jin Biao waved the spear in his hand, and soldiers from outside the city swarmed in. As soon as these soldiers entered the city gate, they began to brandish their swords and guns, killing the rebels in the city at will.

"Hahaha. Liu Changshan, even if it's dark and you can't see clearly, can't you still hear my voice?!" Jin Biao laughed from the city.

Liu Changshan naturally knew how to fall into the trap at this time, so he could only gnashed his teeth and shouted: "Who are you?!"

"Yang Shao was once taken care of by General Liu, but he hated you for rebelling against the imperial court, so he led the king's army to sneak attack! Sure enough, he succeeded. If Liu Changshan doesn't surrender, when will he wait?!" Yang Shao shouted loudly.

Liu Changshan was so angry that he stamped his feet, but there was nothing he could do at this time. Not to mention that the men and horses led by Yang Shao had already entered the city and were fighting, the troops of King Xiao Nanchen in the distance were also making noise and charging towards them.

There was a melee that night, and Liu Changshan wanted to take advantage of the darkness and chaos to escape from the city with his cronies. Unexpectedly, when he reached the city gate, he encountered a general blocking his way.

"Liu Changshan, do you still recognize someone?" the visitor shouted loudly.

Liu Changshan looked at the scattered torch light nearby and suddenly realized that there was no way to survive. That person was Gao Yuchao, King of Dingbei. How could Liu Changshan not recognize him?

"Yang Shao's disguise is my troops!" After Gao Yuchao said this, he couldn't help but laugh up to the sky with joy.

Numerous royal troops swarmed forward, immediately pulled Liu Changshan off his horse, and tied him up with all their hands and feet.

Liu Changshan was pushed down into the dust at this time, and he felt that his mouth and nose were full of dust. At this moment, he wasn't just in a trap, nor was he worried about dying immediately, but he was extremely regretful that he couldn't put that delicious piece of stew into his mouth in the back hall of the government office.

Even if he still fell into the trap, it would have been better if he had not been so excited and eaten that piece of stew!

Liu Changshan, who had eaten a mouthful of dirt, was pulled up from the ground by the soldiers of the royal army. At this time, there was only pain all over his body. Liu Changshan secretly looked at himself who was tied up like a rice dumpling, and lamented in his heart: Not to mention that the rice dumplings in the south are filled with meat fillings, even if they are like the rice dumplings in the north, at this time, someone's stomach is also filled with meat fillings. Empty.

Liu Changshan was temporarily detained. After Xiao Nanchen Wang Zhou Shengchen entered the city, he announced the rectification of military discipline and the settling of the people.

The rebellion here in Yongcheng was quickly put down, and Jin Rong from nearby Taiyuan County was so angry that he cursed Liu Changshan for being a bastard and useless.

"The city was destroyed after resisting for only a few days?" He cursed, "What a useless thing!"

The officers and generals nearby did not dare to come up with any more ideas, but one person came closer and whispered: "We are surrounded by the forces of King Xiao Nanchen and King Dingbei. It seems that the situation is not good."

"This is something that can be seen with eyes, so you need to interrupt more!" Jin Rong shouted angrily in displeasure.