The Mountain Resort was in chaos. After Princess Danyang came out of the emperor's bedroom, the ministers surrounded her, and Mu Wanyao began to direct the defense.
Mu Wanyao said, "The Qin King's army must be stronger than our ordinary guards. We don't have to defeat him or capture him alive. We just need to hold out for time. If there is trouble here, Chang'an will definitely send troops to support us. The Qin King is rebelling. He is a rebel and has no moral principles. He is not panicking, so why are you panicking?"
One minister had a sad face: "Hasn't the Ministry of War been under the control of the King of Qin for many years? Will Chang'an really have troops to support us?"
Mu Wan shook: "Of course."
Of course not.
If her father was stationed in Chang'an, the battlefield of the Summer Palace would be hers and Yan Shang's. Since Yan Shang had an alliance, the emperor would only care about the result and would not easily send troops out of Chang'an.
Mu Wan shook his head and said sternly: "You guys should control the expressions on your faces. How can you die before the battle?"
Minister: "The King of Qin has been in charge of the army for several years, and we are all civil officials..."
Mu Wanyao said, "What are you afraid of? Am I not with you?! Now go out with me and comfort the soldiers, let them take up arms and fight the rebels. I have spread my words - anyone who dares to take a step back will be executed as a deserter!"
At this point, there was nothing more to say, and the ministers perked up and said, "Yes!"
The Qin king's troops entered the Mountain Resort, and at first they were as relaxed as entering an empty place. The muffled roar of thunder above his head seemed to encourage him to fight. The Qin king was full of ambition. As long as he killed the emperor in the Mountain Resort, he would take advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne and restore order. Who could stop him?
But that was the beginning.
When the King of Qin's troops searched the Summer Resort but couldn't find the emperor, he began to feel uneasy.
At the same time, because Mu Wanyao stabilized the army's morale, the guards of the Summer Resort organized a counterattack, and the King of Qin's attack was no longer as smooth as at the beginning. The King of Qin gritted his teeth: Mu Wanyao, this little girl! She always causes trouble for him!
He wanted to eat alive this little girl who followed the emperor every step of the way!
The King of Qin ordered: "Capture the Sixth Princess alive!"
Mu Wanyao was watching the battle from the window, and ordered the guards around him: "Capture the leader first. Third brother will definitely try to kill me first. Fang Tong, it's up to you."
Fang Tong and other guards surrounded Mu Wanyao and protected her in the middle. When the princess opened her mouth, Fang Tong answered loudly: "Don't worry, Your Highness! What does this chaos mean? We will protect Your Highness!"
Muwan shook his head.
She didn't know military affairs, but she didn't need to learn them temporarily. She just needed to stabilize the morale of the army here, and as long as the guards of the Summer Resort saw her here, they could fight with peace of mind. Mu Wanyao stared at the civil officials and issued orders. They kept looking at her, but she didn't say a word. They were uneasy, but they continued anyway.
This battle has a high tolerance rate.
After all, the emperor was not there.
Mu Wanyao had the confidence to keep this secret. She waited for the best opportunity to spread the news and disrupt the enemy's morale!
Mu Wan gave the order: "Tell everyone that our people have sent troops to rescue us! Soldiers, please hold on for a while."
In the afternoon, the King of Qin's men had already captured half of the Summer Resort, but the other half was like an iron barrel. With a favored princess in charge, the morale of the troops in the Summer Resort was not disturbed at all. When the King of Qin couldn't find the emperor and was worried that he had made a mistake, the surveyor came panting and reported: "Your Highness, a group of soldiers are surrounding here! They are flying the banner of protecting the emperor! From what we saw on the corner tower, the other side seems to have nearly 10,000 soldiers!"
Ten thousand people!
Everyone in the Qin King's tent was in an uproar.
The King of Qin's eyes narrowed, but he said calmly: "Those are the reinforcements we are waiting for, there is no need to panic."
At the same time, the surveyor on Mu Wanyao's side also intercepted the same message. Mu Wanyao raised her beautiful eyes and smiled: "It must be my husband who has come to serve the king! We will send troops to welcome him!"
Yan Suchen is here!
Shouldn't Yan Suchen be in Taiyuan? He showed up here so quickly... The ministers looked at the princess with a smile on her face, and instantly realized that this battle was probably in their expectations. They were already prepared, so they felt more relieved.
Even though Yan Suchen is a civil official like them...but since Yan Suchen was able to quell the rebellion in Taiyuan, he can naturally quell the rebellion here as well!
Mu Wanyao shouted loudly: "We have rested for a whole afternoon and gave half of the villa to the third brother. Now, all the generals, get ready. We are going to counterattack. We must receive reinforcements!"
The minister was about to retort that how could they respond with such a small force, but Mu Wanyao asked them to send out a message: "Send a soldier with the loudest voice to stand on the highest loft in the villa and shout for half an hour. The louder the better. Make sure everyone in the King of Qin knows that my father is not in the summer resort."
Everyone was shocked again!
As soon as this plan came out, Mu Wanyao stood on the high building and watched. Sure enough, he saw that behind the clear line, the Qin King's side began to get chaotic. Someone on the Qin King's side immediately suppressed it, but as reinforcements arrived, the other side's formation began to get chaotic. The war between the two sides entered a white-hot stage. Mu Wanyao stared at the direction outside the villa and set a new goal: "Capture the Qin King alive!"
The King of Qin shouted at the top of his lungs: "Capture Princess Danyang alive!"
The speed of cavalry can be best demonstrated on the plains. In just one hour, Yan Shang's 10,000 soldiers appeared outside the villa. Yan Shang began to support from outside, while Mu Wanyao counterattacked from inside. The two sides cooperated and killed the King of Qin all the way.
The ministers were all excited: "It's Yan Suchen! It's Doctor Yan! Mr. Yan is really back! We are safe!"
Another hour later, the Qin king's army was broken, and reinforcements rushed in from outside, and the Qin king was defeated step by step. Yan Shang turned over and dismounted, and walked in the garden where corpses were scattered all over the ground and the grass and trees were dyed red. Mu Wan stood on the attic and saw him. She was startled, turned around quickly, and ran downstairs.
The hem of her skirt fluttered in the wind, and the gauze was wrinkled and rubbed.
Yan Shang felt cool and walked quickly to the stairs. A girl jumped down from two steps and hugged him.
Yan Shang was startled, and quickly put his arms around her waist and hugged her. The two stared at each other and asked in unison: "Are you hurt?"
The two were stunned at the same time, and said at the same time: "I didn't."
The two were stunned again, then couldn't help laughing. However, Mu Wanyao's smile was brilliant, while Yan Shang's was shallow.
Yan Shang held his wife's wrist, feeling a little scared. He was always afraid that he would be too late and something would happen here. Seeing that she was safe, he whispered to her, "The private soldiers from the Li family have entered the country from Jiannan Road and are almost here.
"King Qin will not escape this time."
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Let's capture him here together!"
The King of Qin was extremely anxious. The Emperor was not at the Summer Palace, Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao had reunited... This was increasingly like a trap set for him. How could he not know at this point that he had been tricked by his father? His father knew from the beginning that he was going to rebel... or rather, he hoped that he would rebel.
Only after he rebelled could the emperor deal with the Jiang family.
The King of Qin had a bitter taste in his mouth. He looked around with melancholy, wondering which prince of which dynasty would be forced to this point by his own father... Is that still his father?
That was the guillotine that cut his head inch by inch.
The surveyor came back in a hurry to report: "Your Highness! There are tens of thousands of soldiers approaching the city, divided into two groups, one coming towards us, and the other entering Chang'an from the north..."
After being startled, the King of Qin calmed down and asked about the situation of the troops. This time, he looked happy and said, "They are our people! Come on, help them over!"
It's their people!
It’s the prince’s man!
The prince did not deceive him, the prince really cooperated with him!
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Yang Si's 30,000 troops were divided into two groups, one to support the King of Qin, and the other led by him to force his way into Chang'an. The northern gate of Chang'an had already been opened by the prince's men, and the more than 10,000 troops entered the city easily, and joined by the troops in the city, they marched all the way to the direction of the imperial city.
"boom--"
The sky was covered with dark clouds and the thunder became louder.
Before the people in the city could react, they heard a roar that was even louder than thunder. It wasn't going to rain, it was more than 10,000 soldiers entering the city!
In the palace, the emperor's eyes gleamed when he heard about this, and he was a little stunned for a moment. He gritted his teeth and said, "Under the banner of Youzhou? Is it Yang San who led the troops? The prince... The prince dared to cooperate with the third brother! This rebellious son!"
He thought that the King of Qin had been in charge of the Ministry of War for several years, and he would not have only those few soldiers under his control. So he made all the preparations, and even used the power of the Li family to secretly bring the troops to Chang'an in the form of private soldiers, so as not to cause panic among the people... But he had not expected that the prince would cooperate with the King of Qin!
The emperor's hands were shaking as he swept the teacup on the table to the ground. The porcelain shattered all over the floor. The emperor was furious: "The prince is also planning a rebellion?! What right does the prince have to rebel? The future of this country belongs to him, what else is he dissatisfied with? I have paved all the way for him, what else is he dissatisfied with!
"Send the imperial guards to the East Palace and capture the crown prince for me!"
But the Eastern Palace was well prepared. The killing and counter-killing began the moment Yang Si led his troops into the city.
Outside, soldiers were fighting and blood was flowing like a river. The Crown Princess, with a terrified look on her face, led several concubines and children into the palace where the Crown Prince was. They all knelt down in the hall, their faces pale with fear: "Your Highness..."
The prince didn't look at them. He dropped the chess piece in his hand, and when lightning flashed across the sky, he turned his head and looked out the window.
The spring scenery is beautiful and the cattails are lush and green. This is a good season for enjoying the spring, but now it has brought a murderous color, and everything is dyed blood red.
The prince said calmly, "How about cooperating with the King of Qin? As early as last year, he instigated me and the King of Qin to make us brothers kill each other for the Nanyang Jiang family's matter... At that time, I had already started to cooperate with my third brother! Who in the world is smarter than who, and who is a fool?
"Why don't I rebel? Is the kingdom he gave me what I want? He wants to bury the entire Yang family, and it would be best to kill them all. It used to be the Li family, and now it's the Jiang family. When the Jiang family falls, he will take action to deal with the Yang family. The noble families have no chance to turn over, and I can only rely on the power of the poor family he gave me. Ha, he has a good plan.
"He broke my wings, cut off my path, and still asked me to be grateful to him! He asked me to endure for this, to endure for the sake of the country! I have endured for too long... He gave me the position of crown prince, but he was the one who really planned it! He said that I am the future emperor, and I have everything I need, but this is the country he arranged, not me!
"He wants the poor to rise and the noble family to decline. He has his considerations, and he has never considered me. He has never considered me, so why can't I cooperate with my third brother?"
The prince stood up suddenly, and his wide robe flipped over the chessboard. With a bang, the black and white chess pieces splashed like raindrops, hitting the floor tiles crisply.
"He was unkind first, so don't blame me for being unjust!
"The chess game he gave me is not what I want! I want to do it myself!"
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Liu Wenji led the Beiya army to be on high alert in order to prevent any unexpected events, but he did not expect that Yang Si's troops would enter the city first.
Now the traitor is Yang Si. Liu Wenji has received the emperor's will and does not need to be cautious about his identity. He should kill him without mercy.
Liu Wenzhi sneered.
I thought, this is Yang Sanlang! A natural general who rose from a soldier to become a general in Longyou! Bei Ya wanted to kill Yang Si, but could he?
It's just filling the gap with human heads!
Liu Wenji thought so in his heart, but he still went to stop and kill Yang Si. At the same time, he asked a soldier to pass on a message: "Go to the Summer Resort to ask the princess when Yan Suchen's troops will arrive! Chang'an is short of manpower and troops. The Yang family has rebelled. Chang'an needs support!"
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In the streets of Chang'an, Yan Xiaozhou heard muffled thunder in the morning and thought it was going to rain, so he did not go home in time. Instead, he stayed in a tavern with a friend he met in Chang'an, drinking and waiting for the rain.
In the afternoon, it didn't rain, so Yan Xiaozhou said goodbye to her friends. She felt uneasy, thinking something might happen, so she led her maid to return to the princess's mansion in a hurry. At this moment, the city gates opened with a roar, and Yang Si's troops attacked the city in a large scale, and the people fled in panic!
Yang Si shouted an order: "Only attack the imperial city, do not hurt the people! Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy!"
At the residence of Censor Zhao, Concubine Zhao Ling was not interested in the marriage. When the streets of Chang'an were surrounded by soldiers and horses, she refused her parents' request to stay at home. She climbed over the wall of the backyard of her home to see what was happening in Chang'an.
A large number of soldiers surrounded the city. She was worried about whether Wei Shu, who was in the imperial city, was safe, so she avoided people and went to the imperial city quietly.
At this time, the imperial city was also in chaos. The rebels would first capture the imperial city and then the palace. The six ministries, the Secretariat, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Imperial Censorate were all in the imperial city. It was an ordinary afternoon at work, but all the ministers were restless and asked around for news of the war.
The eunuchs sent by the emperor read the imperial edict everywhere with sweat on their foreheads: "Your Majesty said that the Yang family has rebelled, and all the young men from prominent families are required to send people back to their families and ask their private soldiers to come out and hand them over to the Northern Yamen to cooperate with Eunuch Liu to intercept Yang Sanlang!
"My dear gentlemen, you all have private soldiers at home. If you hide them now, your future will be in jeopardy once Chang'an City is captured!"
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In the Summer Resort, after Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao joined together, the troops of the King of Qin began to show signs of decline. But at this point, no one would retreat. The King of Qin was determined to fight to the death, and he did not retreat, but became stronger and stronger.
The enemy attacked with flaming arrows, so Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao had to leave the wooden attic and abandon the burning place. The two went to a rockery, still wanting to occupy a high position to see the enemy's situation.
Battle reports kept coming to the couple. Yan Shang stopped and said, "The King of Qin is not retreating at all. I'm afraid he has other tricks up his sleeve... The private soldiers from the south are about to arrive. The King of Qin has no way to retreat. Why doesn't he flee, but fights harder and harder? It's like, it's like..."
Mu Wanyao looked at him and said, "It's like you're buying time for someone."
They were both stunned.
Then Yan Shang blurted out: "The prince in Chang'an City!"
Mu Wan shook her eyes and widened.
The Crown Prince and the King of Qin... two people who have always been mortal enemies, actually cooperated? ! To what extent has my father pushed me!
The two of them were both nervous, because they thought that if the prince was involved in this matter, then the Yang family would be involved. If the Yang family was involved, would Yang Sanlang also be involved? Not to mention Yang Si's personal relationship with them, Yang Si's ability to lead troops was unmatched by others... The battle in Chang'an City must have been more tragic than the Summer Resort!
The Southern private soldiers should not support them, but Chang'an!
Thinking of this, Yan Shang immediately gave an order: "Pass on my order, let..."
Fang Tong suddenly said in a stern voice: "Your Highness, the Prince Consort!"
Yan Shang looked up and saw that several burly soldiers were hiding on the top of the rockery where he and Mu Wanyao were without anyone knowing. When he looked up, several of them sneered and shouted as they hit the rockery hard. The rocks on the rockery fell one after another, and the soil and dust rolled down.
Fang Tong and others rushed forward and attacked and killed the enemy.
The entire rockery collapsed while the other party was prepared, and rocks fell on Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao below.
Mu Wanyao was slower to react. When she looked up, Yan Shang had already hugged her and covered her face in his arms. A boulder several people high fell in the direction where Mu Wanyao was standing. No one could avoid it. In a hurry, Yan Shang could only hold Mu Wanyao and turn around, letting the boulder hit his back.
Yan Shang groaned and staggered a few steps while holding Mu Wan.
It was too late for Fang Tong and his men to come to the rescue. In a blink of an eye, the entire rockery collapsed, burying the prince consort and the princess underneath. In the dead silence, Fang Tong shouted, "Why don't you save His Highness and the prince consort!"
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The Mountain Resort was busy rescuing Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao, but the war in Chang'an City was in full swing just as Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao had expected.
All the soldiers that could be mobilized in Chang'an City were used. Yang Si only had about 10,000 men, but the Northern Yamen still couldn't resist Yang Si and retreated step by step. With no reinforcements coming, they were about to retreat into the imperial city. If they continued to retreat, they might really be forced to abdicate today!
It was clearly an arrangement that had been in place for a long time, but it became so difficult because of the prince's involvement!
Liu Wenji's forehead was covered with sweat, and he became more and more anxious as his troops retreated step by step. Liu Wenji was annoyed that he could not wait for reinforcements, and he wondered if Mu Wanyao had played a trick on him and deliberately wanted him to lose. Or did Yan Shang have other thoughts? Yan Shang no longer regarded him as a friend, but as a running dog and an alien like other scholars.
The scholars all looked down on him, and Yan Shang was also a scholar.
He was too arrogant and actually thought that Yan Shang would remain consistent and would not be his enemy.
Liu Wenzhi sneered coldly, knowing that life was difficult and he could not rely on anyone but himself.
While he was thinking about this, a general came running over, sweating profusely, panting: "Eunuch, we can't stop Yang San's army... What should we do?"
Liu Wenji said in a sinister voice: "Pull out all the people in Chang'an City, drag them to the streets, and drive them to the front of the imperial city! Every step forward taken by Yang Sanjun will step on these people. Let's see whether he kills more people today or more of us.
"Isn't it said in Chang'an that Yang San is a high-spirited young man? Now, I want to see... will that young man kill the people today just to attack the city!"
The general was shocked: "How can we implicate innocent people..."
Liu Wenji turned to look at him, his eyes full of sinister intent: "Otherwise, are we going to stand on the street and wait to be trampled to death by his army? Go and give the order!"
As a result, because of Liu Wenji's order, the people in Chang'an City were dragged out of their homes, driven onto the streets like pigs and dogs, and forced to stand on the streets to meet Yang Si's army with their flesh and blood.
In the chaos, Yan Xiaozhou hid in a shop in time to avoid being caught. However, she was filled with astonishment, watching innocent people being dragged out of their homes by soldiers, not even children were spared, the streets were filled with crying, and before the people died at the hands of Yang Si, they were dragged through the streets by soldiers, leaving a river of blood.
Yan Xiaozhou's face turned pale, and he murmured, "Crazy, they are all crazy..."
The shop owner was trembling with fear and tried to persuade Yan Xiaozhou: "Girl, hurry up and hide in the cellar with us. It will be bad if they catch you."
Yan Xiaozhou bit her lip. She was going to hide with the kind-hearted boss, but through the crack in the door, she saw a few poor children crying and sitting on the street. She didn't know when the soldiers would arrive again. Yan Xiaozhou thought about it and apologized to the boss. She opened the shop door and ran out.
Several children were separated from their parents in the chaos. Seeing the officers and soldiers on tall horses coming to arrest them again, they cried in fear, waiting for their cruel fate to come. Suddenly, a pair of slender white hands picked up one of the children and dragged him backwards.
A girl's gentle voice whispered behind the wall: "Come with me."
The children looked back blankly and saw that the person holding the child was a young girl standing in the corner of the narrow alley. The girl waved at them and put her index finger in front of her lips and whispered twice, quietly beckoning them to come over.
The girl had a friendly face and a gentle smile, and several children followed her, choking with sobs.
Yan Xiaozhou sighed, rubbed their heads, and whispered to them: "I don't know where your parents are, and I can't take you to find them. I know a place where the soldiers would never dare to search or arrest people. If you want to wait for your parents alive, come with me and hide there. If you don't want to, I won't force you."
She was referring to the alley where Princess Danyang's mansion was located.
Soldiers would never dare to search a princess's territory, even if the princess was not in Chang'an at the moment.
The children looked at each other and nodded with tears in their eyes: "Sister, we will listen to you. Please don't ignore us. They said that there is a fierce big brother who wants to kill us, and we don't want to die..."
A fierce older brother.
Yan Xiaozhou had a sad look in her eyes, but she smiled at them and motioned them to follow her. Although she was only a young girl and had only been in Chang'an for a year, Yan Xiaozhou was smart and clever. She cleverly avoided the soldiers on the street. More and more people followed her to escape, not only children, but also adults.
Yan Xiaozhou did not refuse either.
Help if you can, but if your fate is bad, you can’t force it.
She only occasionally lost her mind and thought about the drunk young man she met on the ancient road to Chang'an at the beginning of last year, lying in the stream. His smile was like the winter sun, and his expression was fearless and proud... How could he have come to this point today?
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As Concubine Zhao Ling was traveling around the city, she gave up her original plan to go to the imperial city.
She stopped and stared at the people who were fleeing like locusts all over the city. Chang'an City was no longer a prosperous and sacred place that foreigners yearned for. On this day, it turned into a hell of Shura.
Fighting and looting everywhere.
Some people made money from the war, and some people turned from good people into bad people.
Concubine Zhao Ling watched all this quietly - something she thought only the uncivilized barbarians from the Western Regions would do, but now it was happening in Chang'an.
A soldier saw a pretty girl standing on the street, and he was so tempted that he swung a chain to tie up the girl, do her a favor first, and then send her to the enemy to die. The chain was put around Zhao Lingfei's neck, and Zhao Lingfei suddenly turned around and looked at the soldier with icy eyes.
There was no murderous intent in her eyes, but when she put her hand on the iron chain, the officers and soldiers had already sensed the danger.
Concubine Zhao Ling took a step forward, her eyes lingering, and she whispered, "I will never let my home become your hell."
She would not go to the imperial city or save Wei Shu.
Brother Wei Qi is so powerful, he must have his own methods. And right now, the miserable people in Chang'an, the people who were dragged away by the eunuchs to die... are the ones who need her.
Yang Si learned of Liu Wenji's arrangement.
He had a blank expression on his face and did not give any orders on the matter. He would not kill the civilians, but he could not give any orders on today's matter... The civilians wanted to live, and so did his soldiers.
Thunder rumbled, Yang Si looked up at the dark clouds in the sky——
Let's just leave it to fate.
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In the dullness and silence, Mu Wanyao heard her lover's low and hoarse voice calling her.
She opened her eyes, but everything was dark. After a while, she realized that Yan Shang was holding her in his arms.
Yan Shang coughed and said, "We are trapped under the rockery."
Mu Wanyao responded muffledly. She tried to move, but she was leaning against the stones piled up like a wall, and Yan Shang, who was holding her in front of her, was kneeling in front of her. If he couldn't move, she naturally couldn't move either.
Mu Wanyao was depressed for a while, and took the initiative to persuade Yan Shang: "Fang Tong will rescue us, don't worry."
Yan Shang said yes softly.
Mu Wanyao suddenly said, "Are you injured? I smell a strong smell of blood."
Yan Shang didn't say anything.
Mu Wan shook: "Don't lie to me."
Yan Shang sighed softly.
He said: "I don't know, because I couldn't move and I didn't feel anything... I just felt very cold, probably because I lost too much blood. I guess a stone must have pierced my back, and I couldn't move, so the stone couldn't come out and the blood kept flowing.
"That's fine, I'm just worried about the situation in Chang'an. You said Liu Wenji was ready, but if the prince lets Sanlang attack the city himself, who can stop him? I'm worried about Chang'an."
Mu Wanyao tried to touch him, but her hands only touched jagged rocks. She couldn't even hug him: "Don't think about that. Second brother Yan, why do you always think about others and not us? What should we do?"
Yan Shang was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said softly, "I miss you. Yaoyao, can I give you a gift?"
Mu Wan sat there stiffly, looking up, and he stuffed a warm object into her hand. She rubbed it for a while and felt out the shape of a jade pendant.
She was startled, her heart pounding, and then she had a guess, and then she heard Yan Shang blushingly: "This is our family heirloom jade pendant, Yunshu brought it over when he came back from Nanyang. I have always wanted to give it to you, but I never had the chance."
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