Volume 1 Chapter 135: Open the Gate or Die
The Emperor of the Great Zhou roared at his civil and military officials, but the military officials didn't care, as they had never approved of the Emperor's framing of Yue Shenqiang and Yang Wudi.
Now he is being threatened by the Duke of Qin and Bai Qi, he deserves it!
Anyway, even if Bai Qi came, they would just clap and cheer.
Some civil officials looked unhappy. After all, they had contributed a lot to getting Yue Shenqiang and Yang Wudi imprisoned.
After these civil officials who had given advice to the Emperor of the Great Zhou looked at each other, the Minister of Rites stood up and saluted, saying:
"Your Majesty, as a matter of course, how about releasing Yue Shenqiang and Yang Wudi first?"
"It would be best if Yang Wudi and Yue Shenqiang could persuade Bai Qi to withdraw his troops!"
That makes sense!
Many people think that the Minister of Rites’ proposal is good and thoughtful.
Bai Qi doesn't listen to others, so why doesn't he listen to Yang Wudi?
If they could come forward to dissuade him and show that they were fine, Bai Qi would have no reason to continue leading his troops to attack the imperial city.
"My dear, what you said makes sense!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou felt relieved, thinking that these people were truly old foxes and this was a good idea.
So he ordered the eunuch beside him to go to the Ministry of Justice to ask Yang Wudi and Yue Shenqiang what they thought.
The eunuch went there in a hurry, and when the prison door was opened, he was stunned.
I saw that Yue Shen's spear was hooked on the scapula by an iron hook and hung on the torture instrument.
The prison uniform on his body was torn everywhere, and even his hands and legs had been broken and were hanging limply.
It was a horrible sight.
When the people from the Ministry of Punishment saw the emperor's favorite coming, they immediately stood up to greet him and said, "Hey, what brings you here?"
“What…what’s going on?”
The eunuch beside the emperor pointed at Yue Shen Qiang and felt his heart trembling.
These people are too cruel.
"This Yue Shenqiang is too stubborn. He refuses to confess and even refuses to sign the confession! So we can only use some tricks."
The man from the Ministry of Punishment spat fiercely on the ground and cursed angrily.
The eunuch beside the emperor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, kicked the man from the Ministry of Punishment to the ground, then came to Yue Shenqiang with a shameless face and asked cautiously:
"General Yue, Bai Qi is leading his troops back to the capital now. His Majesty asked me to ask you if you can persuade Bai Qi to lead his troops back to Honghua City?"
Yue Shenqiang opened his tiger eyes, looked deeply at the eunuch, opened his mouth, and a sad sneer emanated from the corner of his mouth.
Then he said in a hoarse voice, "Well... If a king wants his subject to die, the subject must die! He still hasn't forgotten to use Yue."
"So, General Yue, you agree!"
The eunuch asked cautiously, and when he saw Yue Shenqiang nodded, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt a sense of awe for Yue Shenqiang from the bottom of his heart.
General Yue was injured so badly, but he still insisted on observing the duties between a monarch and his subjects!
If such a loyal minister met the current emperor, it would be a waste of such a peerless general!
Even he felt sympathy.
I just hope that General Yue can be born into a good family in his next life, and not meet a tyrant like the Emperor of the Great Zhou.
"Thanks to the general!"
He knelt down from the bottom of his heart and bowed deeply to Yue Shenqiang.
Then he turned around to look at Yang Wudi. Yang Wudi's condition was much better and he was not tortured at all.
The emperor's sanctions on Yang Wudi were mainly because Yang Wudi used 400,000 taels of silver to provide pensions to soldiers, which was indeed done by Yang Wudi.
Yang Wudi didn't waste any words and signed the contract directly. He believed that it was right for him to provide pensions to the soldiers, so why would he refuse to acknowledge it?
As to whether he deserves to die or not, future generations will have to judge.
When the eunuch looked at Yang Wudi, Yang Wudi snorted coldly:
"Go back and tell the emperor that he asked me to persuade Bai Qi. I can go, but you also need to tell him to prepare for facing the soldiers who have been fighting on the border for decades!"
"Soldiers cannot be bullied!"
Yang Wudi sighed and wondered when these kings would understand the role of their soldiers.
When the chief eunuch heard that this was promising, he bowed to Yang Wudi and quickly ran back to the palace.
When the eunuch returned to the throne room and reported the attitudes of Yue Shenqiang and Yang Wudi to the emperor and the civil and military officials,
The Great Zhou Emperor laughed excitedly: "With Yue Shenqiang and Yang Wudi, I don't believe that Bai Qi can still command 100,000 troops to besiege the capital!"
"Yes, yes, yes! How many years has Bai Qi been in the army?"
"These troops are all soldiers under the command of Yang Wudi and Yue Shenqiang, especially Yang Wudi, who has been stationed in Honghua City for decades."
"As long as Yang Wudi gives the order, don't you believe these people will still listen to Bai Qi?"
The civil officials all thought that what the Emperor of Zhou said was right, only the military generals sneered in their hearts!
Is this really the case?
Don't invite Yang Wudi and Yue Shenqiang out at that time, it will be counterproductive!
But they had no obligation to remind the Emperor of Zhou, because every general felt the grief of seeing the rabbit die and the fox mourn.
Just wait and see the joke of the Emperor of Zhou.
General Cao Changqiu sneered and said, "Don't forget, even if Bai Qi doesn't have an army under his command, Bai Qi's own combat power can still kill the enemy in an army of 100,000!"
Having said that, he looked at the neck of the Emperor of Zhou with ill intent.
This idiot, does he really think Bai Qi is so easy to deal with?
Hearing this, the Emperor of the Great Zhou suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He immediately clamped his legs together, and a strong urge to urinate rushed to the top of his head.
But then he realized that this was not a good idea, so he pretended to be calm and said, "It's just a little Bai Qi. As long as I can get the three priests to help me, even 10 Bai Qis won't be enough for me to kill!"
Thinking of the offerings from the royal family of the Great Zhou, the Emperor of the Great Zhou felt more confident.
He then gave the order: "Pass on my edict, order the prefectures and counties along the way to defend the cities to the death, and prevent Bai Qi from leading his troops back to the capital. Whoever can resist Bai Qi outside Tongguan will be promoted three levels and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
The generals cursed in their hearts, we were fighting to the death in the front line and you didn’t even offer me a title of marquis!
If you stab your own people in the back, you can be granted the title of marquis?
A tyrant is just like this!
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Three days later.
Tongguan!
Bai Qi has arrived here with 30,000 vanguard cavalry.
Along the way, wherever Bai Qi went, basically as long as he reported his name, the soldiers guarding the city would open the door, because these people guarding the city were all old Qin people.
But Tongguan is different. Tongguan is the gateway to the northwest. The emperor of Zhou is also afraid that Duke Qin will take Tongguan and truly become a vassal king.
Therefore, the defenders and soldiers of Tongguan are all direct descendants of the Zhou royal family!
There is not a single old Qin person here.
The general defending the city was a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty and was given the title of General Zhenxi.
The General Zhenxi was in charge of the Duke of Qin in the northwest.
On the top of Tongguan City, General Zhenxi looked at the cavalry below and shouted angrily: "Bai Qi, I advise you to return as soon as possible! Are you really going to rebel?"
rebel?
Bai Qi sneered and shouted coldly at the General Zhenxi on the city wall:
"Marshal Yue has fought all his life and is about to destroy Beiliang. The Emperor of the Great Zhou is framing loyal officials in order to achieve immortality!"
"Marshal Yang Wudi guarded the northwest for decades. When the Xiongnu army besieged Honghua City, Marshal Yang almost starved to death in the city."
"But he didn't step back!"
"These loyal and brave ministers who were loyal to the Great Zhou did not die under the iron hoof of the enemy, but died under the conspiracy and conspiracy of the Great Zhou emperor!"
"I, Bai Qi, only want to return to the capital and question the emperor in person!"
"Open the city gate now and let us pass through Tongguan!"
"Otherwise, I will regard you as a member of the Great Zhou Emperor's party and will not be polite to you!"
Bai Qi raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. He didn't want to raise the butcher knife against his own people, but if these people insisted on colluding with the tyrant.
Then he won't be polite.
"Open the city gate! Open the city gate!"... The cavalrymen slapped their armor frantically with their spears, making a rumbling sound.
"Humph, what can you do if I don't open the city gate?"
General Zhenxi raised his head proudly. Although he was a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou, his relationship with the current Emperor of the Great Zhou was too distant, so he could only be given the title of general and not even the title of duke.
If he could solve the current troubles for the Emperor of Zhou this time, he would at least be able to enter the core sequence of the royal family of Zhou.
"If you don't open the city gate, you will die!"
Bai Qi's eyes turned cold. He didn't want to take a detour. If he wanted to enter the capital of the Great Zhou from the northwest, he had to pass through Tongguan.
If he didn't go through Tongguan, he would have to take a detour through the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which would be a huge waste of time. By the time he got back, Yue Shenqiang and the others would probably be exhausted!
So Bai Qi took the fastest route this time!
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