Chapter 53
Baipu and Daliang quickly reached a peace agreement. In order to show its magnanimity, Daliang only took back one city and "gave" the other one to Baipu.
When Yang Gan led his troops back to Beijing, Lu Ling had already made all preparations.
When the Daliang army passed by a hill, Lu Ling and others loosened the ropes, and pieces of stones rolled down one by one. Yang Gan was caught off guard and was caught off guard.
Before the Daliang army could react, arrows flew down from above their heads again.
When the arrows were almost ready to be shot, Lu Ling and a group of soldiers flew from the top of the hill to Yang Gan, with the sword in Lu Ling's hand pointing at Yang Gan's throat.
"Don't move!" Lu Ling shouted to the soldiers who wanted to move forward. The female soldiers did not move when they saw that it was him.
"Soldiers, do you really want to be loyal to Daliang and to the tyrant emperor far away in the capital?" Lu Ling asked loudly.
Lu Ling looked around at the people around him and said, "Do you know that the current emperor, for his own selfish desires, killed everyone around him without leaving a single one alive? And the plague in the north of the city is not a plague, but a poison. This poison is not from the Prince of Chang'an, but from our noble Emperor."
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they looked at each other in bewilderment.
"You are talking nonsense. The epidemic in the north of the city was caused by the collusion between Prince Chang'an and Bai Pu, who wanted to frame Your Majesty..." Yang Gan retorted.
Seeing this, Lu Ling pushed the sword in his hand a little deeper.
"If you don't want to die, shut up."
"The emperor doesn't care about the safety of the people and only thinks about himself. Do you still want to be loyal to such an emperor?" Lu Ling asked.
"How can we trust you? What if you are fooling us?" asked one of the soldiers.
At this time, Bai Xichen stepped forward and said, "I can testify that although His Royal Highness Prince Chang'an was colluding with Bai Pu, he was not looking for poison, but for the antidote."
"He has written to me many times asking me to ask King Bai Pu for medicine on his behalf." As he spoke, Bai Xichen took out a few pieces of letter paper.
Seeing this, all the soldiers were at a loss.
"Soldiers, if you follow me, I will make you generals in the future, your salaries will be higher than they are now, and your vacation time will be longer."
"If you follow me, there will be no more wars. I will bring peace to the people."
Lu Ling had been to the military camp and knew what the soldiers desired most.
In recent years, Daliang has been plagued by wars and the people have been displaced, but the imperial court seemed to have noticed nothing and was still thinking about continuing the war.
In the battle with Bai Pu, if Bai Pu had not surrendered first, Daliang would not have let it go.
"I would like to follow General Lu."
A female soldier said.
"I would like to follow General Lu."
"I would like to follow General Lu."
“…”
More and more people were willing to follow Lu Ling, and Yang Gan's face turned red when he saw this.
He knew that Daliang was doomed.
Afterwards, Yang Gan pulled Lu Ling's hand, and the sword grazed Yang Gan's neck, splattering blood everywhere.
Lu Ling was frightened. She originally thought that if Yang Gan did not stop her or was willing to follow her, she would definitely not kill him. Now it seems that Yang Gan does not want to stand on the same side with her.
When the soldiers saw Yang Gan dead, they were stunned for a moment, but they quickly recovered.
After Yang Gan died, everyone followed Lu Ling. If Lu Ling wanted to rebel, they would follow suit.
Lu Ling ordered the entire army to move southwest.
The soldiers looked at each other with confusion on their faces.
Lu Ling was right. She was heading southwest. Since she wanted to rebel against Liang, she had to start by making people from all states submit to her.
And Shuzhou is her first target.
The army that was originally heading back to Beijing marched back in a mighty procession and soon arrived in Shuzhou.
Because the original army had not gone far, the news of Yang Gan's death on the way back to Beijing soon reached Zhang Xunwen in Shuzhou. When Lu Ling led the army to Shuzhou, the whole city had already been under martial law.
Lu Ling rode on her horse and looked at the city wall, where she had stood countless times. She never expected that one day she would stand under the city wall.
"Zhang Xunwen, surrender. Daliang is no longer the same Daliang as before. The emperor has long since changed." Lu Ling shouted to the city wall.
Zhang Xunwen, who had not shown up all the time, came out, and Lu Ling waited for him quietly.
"Miss Lu, if it was any other group of soldiers and horses standing outside the city today besides Bai Pu, I might have considered it. But unfortunately, the one standing outside the city is you—Lu Ling!"
Zhang Xunwen pointed at Lu Ling, his face full of anger.
Lu Ling frowned and looked at Zhang Xunwen.
She knew why Zhang Xunwen said that, because she was the one who killed Qingdai, and Qingdai was the most special person to him. If it weren't for her, Qingdai would still be alive and well.
Perhaps the two have been married for several years now.
The person is gone, Lu Ling has no way to go back to the past, he can only look forward.
Since Zhang Xunwen is unwilling, Lu Ling will not be polite anymore.
Thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the city gate was filled with arrows. Many soldiers who were originally standing on the city wall fell off the wall.
Because he knew Shuzhou well and also understood Zhang Xunwen's combat methods during the battles a few days ago, Lu Ling broke down the city gate in no time.
Zhang Xunwen fled with a group of soldiers and horses, but he was stopped by Lu Ling before he had gone far.
"Zhang Xunwen, it's been so long, haven't you faced the reality yet?" Lu Ling lowered his eyes and looked at Zhang Xunwen.
She felt that Zhang Xunwen looked really embarrassed now.
Lu Ling: "Your father served his country loyally, was killed by the Baipu people, and yet someone else threw mud at him. Do you really think these were all accidents?"
Zhang Xunwen was stunned and looked at Lu Ling: "What do you mean?"
Lu Ling: "Your father, Zhang Guang, fought against Emperor Huan and stayed in Ningzhou. Later, Shuzhou went to war with the Baipu people. Your father went to support them but was unfortunately captured and falsely accused of leaking secrets. Even the Baipu people hung his head outside the city, but no one came to claim it."
Lu Ling laughed and said, "Do you really think all this is just an accident?"
"You mean..." Zhang Xunwen looked at Lu Ling with a heavy expression.
"Only your father and Xie Heng knew the original battle plan. Do you know why everyone suspected your father instead of Xie Heng?"
"It's because these rumors were spread by Xie Heng, who was instigated by Emperor Huan. He's the emperor, so no one would say anything bad about him."
Zhang Xunwen looked at Lu Ling in disbelief, and some of his zombie rationality had already disappeared.
"Impossible, impossible! You are lying!" Zhang Xunwen pointed at Lu Ling.
"I'm not lying. You can go to the Shu'an Prince's Mansion and see there are a lot of letters that the two exchanged."
Lu Ling only learned about this matter when he was discussing tactics with Bai Xichen two days ago.
Xie Heng had been in Shuzhou for a long time and left behind many things. Perhaps he thought that one day he would have something to hold against the emperor, so he kept those letters until now. But what he didn't know was that it was those letters that ruined him.
On the day Lu Ling escaped from the military camp, Liu Yong was ordered by Emperor Huan to burn the letter, but Liu Yong failed to do so. After he knocked the man unconscious, he was discovered and ultimately failed.
After several twists and turns, those letters finally reached Bai Xichen's hands.
Emperor Huan wanted to kill Zhang Guang only to pave the way for his own son so as not to threaten his beloved son's throne.
Zhang Xunwen found it hard to accept, his eyes slightly red, and he looked at Lu Ling in confusion and disbelief, as if he wanted to see a hint of pretense in Lu Ling's expression.
But the ending was not what he wanted, Lu Ling did not lie.
The soldiers behind him were still waiting for Zhang Xunwen's orders, and then they heard an order that no one expected.
"Go with them to the capital and kill them all!"
The soldiers were stunned at first, but they did not dare to disobey military orders and wanted to follow Lu Ling's army out.
But Lu Ling stopped them.
"You don't have to follow us all. We still need soldiers to guard this place. The Baipu people are cunning. I'm afraid the agreement will be useless. If they know that Shuzhou is short of troops, they might attack again." Lu Ling said.
Zhang Xunwen smiled and said, "You really don't trust people."
Lu Ling was about to retort, wanting to say that she didn't distrust anyone, but just didn't trust the Baipu people, but Zhang Xunwen didn't give her a chance.
"Don't worry, the agreement is absolutely valid. You know, the agreement was signed by Prince Bai Pu himself. He didn't need to come in person, but he came anyway. Can you guess why?
What?"
"Why?"
"He said he wanted to see you and apologize to you, but you were in jail at the time. When Yang Gan and I heard that, we lied to him and said you were back home. I didn't expect him to actually believe it."
"That's why I said don't worry, the current King Bai Pu is completely devoted to you!"
When Lu Ling heard what Zhang Xunwen said, he didn't feel happy, but felt nauseous instead.
Are you completely devoted to me? But it's just to satisfy your own selfish desires.
Apologizing to myself is simply because I feel that what I did was really cruel and I am afraid that it will affect my country.
No matter what, Lu Ling would never believe that person's words again.
Finally, at Lu Ling's insistence, Zhang Xunwen left a team of soldiers and horses in Shuzhou.
From then on, the capital also knew the news of Lu Ling's rebellion against Liang, and everyone inside and outside the imperial city felt insecure.
All prefectures were under martial law, but Daliang's military reserves were already insufficient. The two strongest teams were the Shuzhou troops and the army in the imperial city. However, more than half of the main forces of these two armies were now in Lu Ling's hands. Together with Bai Xichen's troops, Lu Ling could be said to be on a smooth journey.
Due to the disparity in military strength, Lu Ling headed north and passed all checkpoints smoothly.
Soon they arrived outside the capital.
The city gates were closed, martial law was in effect, and everyone held their breath.
Lu Ling didn't take these things seriously, because she knew that the capital was already at the end of its strength and the city gates would be broken open soon. When the time came, she would go straight to the imperial city and the world would be hers.
Lu Ling watched the city gate being broken open bit by bit, and twisted her neck uncomfortably. She had been looking at the city wall, and she had been looking up, and her neck was tired.
Now that the city gate has been broken open, Lu Ling can finally show off his skills.
Lu Ling just lightly raised his foot, then stepped on the flying ladder and flew to the city wall.
Before the soldiers on the city wall could react, they saw the flag with the word "Liang" written on it collapse.
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