Chapter 418: Manluo? Why are you here?
Fu Yunqing felt dizzy. On one side was his unconscious wife and poisoned child, and on the other side was the army outside the city and the rebels in the palace. The desperate situation of being attacked from both sides was even more dangerous than the Yunqiu mutiny.
If we open the city to fight, there might be changes in the palace.
If we don't fight, a lot of food and supplies will be burned. How long can we last?
Moreover, at the moment, these bad things are bound to spread, and the soldiers and civilians are in panic. Even if we fight, we will be defeated.
Fu Yunqing clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white - Xiao Beicheng and Helian Feng had calculated the perfect opportunity to force him to death!
He closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, Fu Yunqing remembered that Xiao Nanyan had given him three magic bags before he left, and told him to open them only when his life or death was at stake.
After thinking about it, he hurriedly took out the brocade bag from his arms, unfolded it and took a look. The panic in his eyes was replaced by a deep calmness until he finished reading the last brocade bag.
He turned around abruptly and said to Fu Mingyuan in a deep voice:
"Father, you must immediately go to the Golden Palace to stabilize the situation. I will mobilize 10,000 imperial guards to protect the palace. Tell the court officials that the abdication edict is unverified, and that His Majesty is merely ill and temporarily taking refuge in the palace. Anyone who dares to force his way out under the pretext of 'welcoming the new emperor' will be charged with treason!"
He paused and added very quickly:
"Lin Cang, dispatch three thousand imperial guards to put out the fire. Announce to the public that it's only a partial fire in the granary, and that the grain and grass are intact. This will calm the troops down first. Order five hundred personal guards to split into ten teams, disguised as civilians, and patrol the streets. Anyone spreading rumors about the lack of grain will be apprehended immediately. If anyone is seen gathering to cause trouble, execute them first, without asking for permission!"
"Then outside the city..." Fu Mingyuan hesitated.
"Keep your troops outside the city for now."
Fu Yunqing's eyes were as sharp as a knife:
"Helian Feng wanted the title of 'the new emperor entering the city,' not a forced attack. He knew I was under attack from both sides and would abandon the city. He ordered Zhang Wei, the commander of the north gate, to pretend weakness by lowering the drawbridge halfway, leaving only a hundred old and weak soldiers to defend the city, thus luring him to split his forces and attack."
He walked to the table, quickly spread out the map, and pointed his finger at the low hills southwest of the city:
"Send a secret guard to inform Li Mo, the commander of the west gate, to lead three thousand elite soldiers around to the southwest foothills and set up an ambush. Once Helian Feng divides his forces to attack the north gate, immediately raid his central camp. There's no need to fight too long; burn his baggage camp and then withdraw."
Lin Cang's eyes lit up: "General, are you trying to cut off his retreat?"
"more than."
Fu Yunqing sneered, "He relies on the supplies brought with him. If you burn the supplies, he'll be eager to break into the city. Then, have Zhang Wei feign defeat and abandon the north gate to lure his main force into the city."
He ran his finger over the city's street map:
"I've had people set up rolling stones and kerosene around North Street and Wanghai Tower. The deeper he gets into the city, the more traps there will be. We'll definitely delay him until the Regent returns, leaving them vulnerable from both sides."
After arranging the military affairs, he quickly walked back to the inner room. Looking at Xuan Yue sleeping on the couch and the baby in the cradle, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.
In the brocade bag, Xiao Nanyue left behind a lot of ingenious plans, but he had not expected that Xiao Beicheng would use the vicious method of the Dream Tapir Gu to harm his wife and children.
Xuan Yue still has a chance to catch his breath, but after Xiao Nanyan returns to the court, he will rush to southern Xinjiang to find an antidote, but his son may not be able to survive.
In order to save his son's life, he had to leave Tianqi immediately, take his son with him, and rush to southern Xinjiang day and night to pick the awakening herb.
But if he left, there would be no talented general in the capital. How could his father, Fu Mingyuan, stand alone and resist Helian Feng's 80,000-man army and the rebels in the city? And who would protect Xuan Yue?
Xiao Beicheng's move was really vicious. It was easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to guard against a hidden one. He actually used the lives of his wife and children as bait to force him to make a choice.
Before Xiao Nanyan left the capital, he solemnly handed the military command to him, which was undoubtedly entrusting the safety of Tianqi and the people of the city to him. This trust was more than a thousand pounds.
But if Xuan Yue watched her son die of poison, how could she not hate him for the rest of her life when she woke up?
On one side is the heavy responsibility of family and country, and on the other side is the affection of family. In his more than twenty years of life, Fu Yunqing experienced the heart-wrenching pain of being caught between love and friendship for the first time.
After a while, he slowly bent down and carefully picked up his baby son.
The little guy didn't know if he could feel his father's grief, but he moved his little hands weakly and rubbed his dark face against his father's clothes.
Fu Yunqing's throat choked with sobs, and hot tears fell on the baby's face:
"Son, Daddy is sorry for you... Please allow Daddy to stay in the capital and watch over you and your son. Daddy will find a way to prolong your life as much as possible. When your Uncle Xiao returns, even if Daddy has to risk his own life, he will definitely take you to southern Xinjiang to collect the Awakening Herb."
Before he finished speaking, there was a "clatter" sound, and the window was suddenly pushed open from the outside. A purple shadow flew in like a butterfly, with a string of silver bell-like laughter:
"I never thought that our Master Fu, who is usually so unserious, would be so loyal at the critical moment!"
Fu Yunqing raised his head suddenly, and when he saw who was coming, his eyes instantly burst into ecstasy:
"Manluo? Why are you here?!"
But Manluo was wearing a purple dress that was particularly dazzling in the sunlight, and her pretty face was as rosy as a peach blossom.
She shook a green porcelain bottle in her hand, raised her eyebrows and smiled:
"If I don't come, who will bring you the antidote for the Nightmare Tapir Poison?"
"ah?!!!"
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