hotmtlnovel Chapter 232: Fight without bloodshed
Chapter 232: Fight without bloodshed
July in Yanjing City is the hottest time of the year.
Not only was the sun scorching brightly every day, with heat waves rolling in, but the people of the entire Yanjing city were also starting to become restless.
But in the early morning of the seventh day of July, it unexpectedly rained from the sky, making people feel quite cool.
On the top of Jinshan Mountain outside Yanjing City.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and baggage wagons were connected end to end, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Angelica advised: "Your Majesty, it's raining, you should get back to the carriage."
Xia Yu's body had suffered some damage from spending those days in the pigsty, and Danggui was afraid that he would catch a cold and his old injuries would be revived.
At this time, the few strands of long hair on Xia Yu's forehead were already wet. He was riding on a tall horse, looking back in the direction of Yanjing.
The road ahead is dangerous and the return date is far away.
He remembered the scene three days ago.
That day was the fourth day of July, and it was also the day when Princess Xia Xiaoxian of Prince Ning's Mansion returned home.
When she entered the palace, she not only brought back her childhood playmates Zhang Yu and Zhu Aneng, but also brought in a general named Zhang Rui.
Zhang Yu, Zhu Aneng and 800 personal soldiers entered the Ning Wang Mansion through a secret tunnel.
At Xia Yu's command, Zhang Yu and Zhu Aneng took the opportunity to kill Zhang Rui, and used the flare in Zhang Rui's arms to lure Xie Gui, who had just arrived at the palace gate, into the palace and killed him.
On the night of the fourth day of the New Year, Xia Yu, with his children and personal soldiers, took the opportunity to capture the nine gates of Yanjing.
And control all the imperial garrisons in Yanjing City.
On the fifth day, Xia Yu sent Zhu Aneng, Zhang Yu and others to attack Tongzhou, Jizhou, Yongping Prefecture and other places near Yanjing.
By the sixth day, in just one day, Xia Yu had recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Among them were Xia Yu’s former subordinates, soldiers at the northern frontier, as well as Xia Yu’s seventeenth brother, the former subordinate of the King of Beilin, who was also a vassal king.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Xia Yu officially declared war on Xia Chongwen who was far away in Kyoto!
"This king, I am sending out troops today to quell the rebellion!"
Xia Yu rebelled!
Yes, that's right!
He and his whole family rebelled!
Danggui sat on the shaft of the cart and looked up at the other side of the mountain.
At this time, Yanjing was half-covered by a thin layer of rain and fog, still holding the pipa!
Danggui knew in her heart that Xia Yu was looking at Prince Ning's Mansion in Yanjing City.
Ma Sanbao took out a golden bag and walked to Xia Yu's side. "My Lord, this is what the princess asked me to give to you when I got to the golden mountain before she set out."
"The Three Guards of Yanyun!" Xia Yu took out the brocade bag and couldn't help but call out softly.
You should know that the first thing Xia Chongwen did after he ascended the throne was to transfer away the three Yanyun guards that Xia Yu relied on the most. On the fourth day, Xia Xiaoxian only brought back Zhang Yu and Zhu Aneng, and the remaining Qiu Xiaofu, for some reason, had not yet come to Yanjing to join him.
"The Queen said that if the prince starts a rebellion, the three guards of Yanyun will return!" Ma Sanbao cupped his hands and said, "Princess Xiaoxian is on her way to persuade Qiu Xiaofu to surrender. Please don't worry too much, and give it a try!"
"Let's go!" Xia Yu retracted his gaze towards Yan Jing after hearing this. He reminded Dang Gui, "On this journey, you need to send a letter home to Yan Jing every day to prevent her from missing you!"
Angelica: “Yes.”
"And more." Xia Yu frowned slightly, and said, "Leave 200 personal soldiers back to Prince Ning's Mansion to protect her!"
Danggui did not answer immediately, but just raised his head slightly and looked at Xia Yu.
Xia Yu was a little confused, lowered his head and looked at him, "Hmm?"
"Her Majesty had long guessed that Your Majesty would leave your personal soldiers back at the palace, and she specifically instructed that she only needed twenty personal soldiers, and Your Majesty would take the rest to Kyoto."
Danggui thought to herself, it turns out that the princess understands the prince.
"So do you listen to me? Or do you listen to her?" Xia Yu suddenly asked.
"Of course I will listen to the prince!" Danggui paused for a moment and then said, "I will pass on the order and send 200 personal soldiers back to the palace to protect the princess and the prince."
Monk Daoyan walked towards Xia Yu from not far away, "Your Majesty, it's time to set off."
The rain stopped and the sun came out again.
"Report!"
"Come in."
Xia Yu was discussing matters with Dao Yan, Zhang Yu and others in the military camp when a military report suddenly came from the front.
It turned out that on July 8, the vanguard team led by Zhu Aneng, the general appointed by Xia Yu himself, had headed straight from Yanjing City to Zunhua.
Zhu Aneng captured Zunhua City with only a few thousand elite soldiers and captured the defending general alive.
Afterwards, Zhu Aneng headed directly to Xiong County and successfully captured it.
On July 11, Xia Yu launched a surprise attack on Juyong Pass, and the defending general was defeated.
On July 15, Xia Yu led his troops to attack the important town of Huaiyuan.
There were more than 30,000 defenders of Xia Chongwen in Huaiyuan City, led by General Weiyuan Wu Zhong.
At this time, Xia Yu only brought 8,000 elite soldiers. He was not very confident that he could capture such a strong city defended by tens of thousands of people.
Unexpectedly, before Xia Yu attacked Huaiyuan, Huaiyuan's deputy general killed the main general Wu Zhong and surrendered to Xia Yu with 30,000 troops.
"General Qiu Xiaofu pays respect to His Majesty!"
As soon as Xia Yu saw Xia Xiaoxian leading Qiu Xiaofu into the military camp, he immediately understood why Huaiyuan would collapse without a fight.
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Great Xia Dynasty, Fengxian Hall.
Xia Chongwen sat on the dragon throne with a look of shock on his face. After a moment, he turned around and looked at Empress Dowager Lu who was ruling the country behind the curtain.
He had just learned that Ning Wang Xia Yu had captured the first important town without bloodshed. At this time, the two adults Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who were responsible for monitoring Ning Wang in his mansion, were kowtowing like crazy.
At this time, Empress Dowager Lu also frowned and looked angry.
She really underestimated Xia Yu's prestige and influence in the Great Xia Army, and she felt a little annoyed.
"Your Majesty, calm down. You must not lose your composure at this moment." Empress Dowager Lu pulled herself together, straightened her back, took a deep breath, and continued, "Hurry up and summon all the generals to the palace to discuss how to quell Prince Ning's rebellion."
"What a bunch of idiots! How could they give Xia Yu a city and tens of thousands of soldiers for nothing?" Xia Chongwen said angrily, "Summon Li Jiujiang, the Duke of Cao, to the palace!"
"Yes!" The eunuch Wang Gonggong beside him said in a shrill voice, holding a whisk in his hand, he walked to the door of Fengxian Hall and shouted: "Announce the Duke of Cao, Li Jiujiang!"
Not long after, Li Jiujiang, the Duke of Cao who had just inherited his father's title, walked quickly into the Fengxian Hall.
"Your Highness, Li Jiujiang, pays respect to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"My dear, please don't be polite. Please stand up quickly." Xia Chongwen said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
As soon as Li Jiujiang stood up, Xia Chongwen asked anxiously, "Now that Prince Ning Xia Yu is rebelling, how do you think I should eliminate the traitors?"
Li Jiujiang cupped his hands and said solemnly: "I think we should first ask Duke Wei Shen Yizhong to send troops to quell the rebellion."
"Shen Yizhong?"
Xia Chongwen was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes were full of suspicion, "He? He is..."
Empress Dowager Lu behind him was overjoyed when she heard this. She ignored the etiquette and interrupted Xia Chongwen directly, saying, "Great! It's really great!"