The eunuchs and maids all took detours to avoid a large hall, but Prince Lu's palace was too small, and no matter how they detoured, they could not stop the crying from reaching their ears.

They looked pale and at a loss. They had been in the Daxia Palace for so many years and never knew that ministers could lock up the emperor. It was really unbelievable.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not unbelievable. The late emperor drank poisonous wine and committed suicide, and his favorite minister Ankangshan rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor...

It’s not surprising that Prime Minister Cui locked up the emperor.

There seems to be something wrong with thinking like this, comparing Prime Minister Cui with Ankang Mountain...

No matter what, the Queen doesn't care. She only listens to the Prime Minister when it comes to important matters of the court.

And of course the Prime Minister is doing it for His Majesty’s good.

The emperor was crying inside the main hall door, and the eunuchs knelt on the ground outside the door and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, you cannot put yourself in danger."

"You have to take care of your dragon body."

"You can't go to the barracks."

The emperor leaned against the door and followed the eunuchs and said earnestly: "How can I hide in the palace at this time? How can I live and die with Linzhou? If I don't go out to share the difficulties with the soldiers and the people, Linzhou will be in danger, and I will too

Danger."

But no matter what he said, the eunuchs would not let him go.

The key is in the hands of the prime minister. The queen said to listen to the prime minister. The imperial army was told to protect the emperor's safety. Everyone guarded the emperor wholeheartedly and never let the emperor be in danger.

The emperor leaned on the door and bit into his cries, risking his life? What was Cui Zheng, an old man, thinking in his heart? How could he know? He was locked up to prevent him from running away!

This is what puts him in danger! Send him to death!

The emperor looked around, there was no secret passage to the outside world in this palace...

"Your Majesty, please be at ease." A eunuch outside the door comforted the emperor, "The third prince has followed the prime minister to the military camp. The third prince is fighting with the soldiers and the people."

Feel relieved?

The emperor stopped crying, his face without any trace of sadness was filled with coldness and ferocity.

The third prince.

Queen.

Cui Zheng.

I see.

Now that my replacement has been found, I will be allowed to attract the rebels, and I will die in Linzhou and in the Palace of Lu!

The emperor burst into tears again. The hearts of monarchs, ministers, husbands and wives, fathers and sons are so bad. People's hearts are so bad.

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The cold wind whimpered between the hills, and ghosts cried and wolves howled.

The sound of human crying has disappeared.

The corpses scattered in the ravines were frozen on the ground with the blood flowing out. It was not easy to collect the corpses, especially when the corpses of the enemy and ourselves were mixed. Pulling the corpse of a comrade, two people stood up and almost knocked down the guard.

"Go to hell." The guard was startled, let go of his hand and kicked him, and simply stopped collecting the body.

Most of the companions who collected the corpses were like him. They were all running out of energy and were too sad to have the strength. They thought it would be better to take more rest at this time.

The deputy general simply said to the commander: "Stop cleaning it up, set it on fire, and it will be considered as a burial place."

The Lord looked solemn and did not care about these small things, and waved his hand: "When you put on these clothes, you have sold your life and gone to the grave."

He looked ahead, distinguishing it from the howling wind.

"How many troops does An Qingzhong still have? Governor Xiang said there are forty or fifty thousand. With so many, it's really a worry. Should we fight or not?"

The lieutenant general looked at the front covered by the cold winter. He could not clearly see the situation dozens of miles away, but he could imagine the scene of fighting.

Fan Yang's soldiers are really good at fighting. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart. They were dozens of times more ferocious than the rebels he encountered before. If Xiang Yun hadn't taken action in time, they would have almost retreated first.

"But An Qingzhong was lured out." The deputy general said, "Dudu Xiang mobilized another 30,000 troops and horses. The three armies surrounded him. Even if An Qingzhong cannot be captured, he can be scared away."

The general squatted in the cold wind and touched his chin: "If you can't catch An Qingzhong, scaring him away is a great achievement..."

The lieutenant general said: "Then let's take action. Governor Xiang said that we should still attack An Qingzhong's left wing from the west. As long as it is cut off, An Qingzhong's large formation will be overwhelmed by him."

The general thought for a moment and looked at the soldiers and horses scattered around: "We have already suffered so many losses. If we charge forward again, we will lose at least half more."

"Sir, it's worth losing half to repel the rebels," the deputy general said.

The general stood up with a sigh and said: "With so much discount, we must get more value to get our money back. The governor warned us before he came that we can't just go ahead and foolishly make wedding clothes for Xiang Yun...

"

He looked ahead.

"Let the scouts keep an eye on them and wait for them to fight for a while before we take action."

At that time, the rebels would be consumed more by Xiang Yun, so they would be able to consume less, and the more credit they would gain from fighting in more critical times.

They stood and looked forward...

The scene dozens of miles away was more intense than they imagined.

Groups of soldiers and horses were running across the land, rushing in all directions like a loose tide.

On the high lookout cart in the Chinese army's formation, the messengers waved flags and drums and horns conveyed orders. The soldiers and horses running on the ground turned into a huge millstone. As they slowly rotated, they would move from all directions.

The incoming rebels were rolled in and crushed like rice...

The Stone Mill Formation is very powerful, but there is a constant flow of rice, which blocks the Stone Mill, and the Stone Mill will occasionally become stagnant, and this stagnant rice will submerge a corner of the Stone Mill...

Moreover, Shimo can only defend, not attack.

If they just keep it, they will be in danger.

The shouts of killing were deafening, and the vibrations on the ground were heart-stopping.

"As long as the soldiers and horses from the Southeast Road pull away a corner of the rebels." Xiang Yun stood in the Chinese army's formation and said calmly, "Our formation can turn into a guillotine and cut off these layers of straw."

Even if An Qingzhong couldn't be killed, it was enough to make him retreat in fear.

The lieutenants understood that this was a plan that had been planned long ago, so they did not panic when the rebel camp was defeated, nor did they despair when An Qingzhong led his troops to surround them.

but......

"Why haven't the troops on the Southeast Road taken action yet?" a deputy general asked, "What are they waiting for?"

Another deputy general simply said: "Were they scared away? The governor should not have told them that An Qingzhong has 40,000 troops. Just say less."

"If I say less, they will run away immediately." Xiang Yun shook his head, "They are not stupid, but very smart. They know the situation here well. If I deliberately say less, they will think that the situation is critical and I am lying to them.

They were willing to die in the past, but to be honest, they only dared to fight if they had the chance to fight and if they had merit to claim."

The lieutenants nodded. Governor Xiang had a very good idea of ​​Southeast Road's thoughts.

"Then why haven't they come yet?" A deputy general couldn't help but ask.

Xiang Yun looked to the southeast and said clearly: "They are waiting for us to fight harder and more miserable and need them to appear."

The lieutenants were angry and helpless. Nowadays, all the soldiers and horses defending the country are no longer what they used to be. They all have their own thoughts. Forget it, don't ask for more. It's already good enough if they are willing to send troops to fight.

Then hold on for a while longer. Although the rebels are fierce, the soldiers on the observation pole said that they can see the banner of An Qingzhong. This time it is true. There is a tall chariot under the banner...

Compared with the number of troops on both sides, they are more numerous, not to mention the 40,000 reinforcements that are coming.

At this moment, a scout was held up by the soldiers and rushed over covered in blood.

"Captain, something bad has happened," he shouted, "the reinforcements from Linzhou were ambushed and intercepted by the rebels."

Like a thunder, everyone in the Chinese army camp was stunned.

"How is this possible?" the lieutenants shouted, "Where did the rebels come from?"

The scout vomited a few mouthfuls of blood: "It's the rebels from Ande Zhong in western Zhejiang... who crossed from the southwest of Jiangnan Road at an extremely fast speed!"

There was a buzz of discussion all around.

Xiang Yun's face was solemn: "Then this time, it's going to be really bad."

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The troops and horses rolling forward became a little confused. The general reined in the neighing horses and looked at the panicked scouts in front of him in disbelief.

"What are you talking about? Linzhou's reinforcements were intercepted? There are about tens of thousands of rebels?" he asked.

The scouts nodded: "We saw it with our own eyes and were discovered by the rebel scouts. Only a few of us, out of a dozen brothers, escaped."

"Then it will be bad this time." The general murmured, looked forward, and turned the horse's head without hesitation, "Quickly move!"

He gave the order, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses followed him, like the tide receding.

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To be continued...