Chapter 94: Civil unrest in Yun State, attack on Yun State...
Shen Zhiwei thought that if there had not been the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, no one would have shouted out the phrase "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races?", and the people at the bottom would not have awakened.
It turned out that she thought too little. History never disappears because of the disappearance of anyone. It will only reappear in another form.
An uprising broke out in the Yun Kingdom, and some people shouted similar slogans, attacking the Yun Kingdom's nobles.
Shen Zhiwei's current territory already borders the Yun Kingdom. Shen Zhiwei feels a little annoyed. What is King Yun doing? He even allows the domestic unrest to affect the territory of the Great Zhou.
The princes were just like the nomadic people at his doorstep, and Shen Zhiwei hated them.
People in later generations thought that the nomadic people were too annoying. They kept appearing at their doorsteps every day, and they didn't care who moved every day. They always installed their gates in the nomadic people's yards. Shen Zhiwei didn't care why there was always a prince who she hated appearing on her border.
After a whole winter of accumulation of various disasters, the victims rose up in the spring, rushing towards the major cities of Yun Kingdom in large numbers to rob food. Some victims even grabbed seeds and devoted themselves to farming without any major ambitions.
Jingchang secretly observed, wanting to see how this matter would develop in the end.
Prince Yun was almost mad with rage. That question, which was disregarding all distinctions and was an act of disrespect, was a pure insult to him. Especially when Prince Yun saw that more and more people were following the group of rioters, the feeling of humiliation was deeply engraved in his heart.
"Untouchables! A bunch of untouchables! If it weren't for me, they would have been lazy, greedy, never satisfied, weak and stupid, and would have starved to death long ago! How could they, ants, dare to turn the world upside down?"
Prince Yun was so angry that he overturned the table, and the memorials on the desk rolled to the ground. The papers shipped from Jingchang were pearlescent and they still sparkled when they fell to the ground. The neat handwriting on them made them even more gorgeous. Unfortunately, no one present had the heart to appreciate these works of art.
The palace maids knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves on the ground, not daring to look up at the furious king, while the ministers stood with pale faces and bowed their heads, not daring to speak and interrupt the monarch from venting his emotions.
Finally, it was Yun Zhao, the Prime Minister of Yun State, who spoke up, saying gently, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The first thing we should do now is to put down the rebellion."
"It's easy to put down the rebellion, but does Yun Kingdom still have a general who can fight for me?"
What King Yun hated the most was this incident. In the past, Yun State dared to be the first country to declare itself a king because it was powerful. But after Yun State declared itself a king, the Emperor of Zhou actually asked Anbei and other countries to unite and jointly attack Yun State. If it were not for the help of the allies at that time, Yun State might have been destroyed!
After fighting for a long time, the Yun Kingdom was beaten half to death. Then other countries successively proclaimed themselves kings, but those countries did not learn any lessons. The Zhou Emperor was like a blind man!
King Yun knew from then on that he had fallen into the trap of the princes, but he realized it too late. The Yun Kingdom paid a terrible price and almost fell from the ranks of powerful countries. Later, when the Northern Kingdom was attacked, King Yun had to hold his nose and help his former enemy, but in the end he failed to help him.
He sent troops to take advantage of the civil unrest in Anbei and Bei, but was defeated by Jingchang. How could Jingchang be so self-righteous when he was also taking advantage? Prince Yun was really angry when he thought about it.
Anyway, at this point, it is an indisputable fact that the Yun Kingdom has become weaker, and the generals of the Yun Kingdom have been exhausted after several defeats, which has completely made King Yun lose confidence. So now, when it comes to suppressing the rebellion, King Yun cannot choose a general who is sure to win.
Yun Zhao was also worried. In the current situation of Yun Kingdom, the most important thing was not to quell the war, but to select wise ministers and powerful generals to assist the king.
Yun Zhao is old. He was the prime minister of the former Yun Gong of Yun State. He was similar to An Qu to Prince An before. He was an old minister and should have been replaced long ago. However, Prince Yun had never found a prime minister that suited his taste, so he kept Yun Zhao as prime minister.
After all, the Yun Kingdom is located in a remote place. If King Yun had not fought with the Anbei Kingdom when he first became king, he might have been able to find capable ministers with the help of King Yun's name. But who knew that Emperor Zhou would be so stupid as to make things difficult for the Yun Kingdom, which resulted in the Yun Kingdom getting nothing and being badly beaten.
Finally, they decided to appoint a military general. It would be bad to just leave the rioters alone. Prince Yun actually knew that any military general could deal with a group of common people who used to be farmers. The reason why he was angry was that the common people dared to resist him, making him lose face in front of the princes.
At the same time, he was also afraid. There was no barrier in front of him. Yun State and Jingchang were directly adjacent to each other. Jingchang could attack at any time. Facing Jingchang, which was now so powerful that almost no one could match it, Yun State had no chance of winning at all.
When he thought that Yunguo would follow in the footsteps of Anguo, Beiguo and Bianguo and become a part of Jingchang's glorious achievements, and that he, Prince Yun, would be like the other kings, either dying for his country or dying quietly of illness in Jingchang, Prince Yun was afraid from the bottom of his heart.
He doesn't want to die, he wants to live!
But facing the powerful Jingchang, even if Yun State joins forces with Ning State again, what chances can they have of winning?
Not only King Yun had questions in his mind, but the other vassal states were also asking. Compared with the peak period when there were more than 200 vassal states, the number of vassal states has now fallen to the bottom, and at most there are less than 100.
The small vassal states were nothing but serving pieces in front of Jingchang. They were not to be feared at all and posed no threat. As for the large vassal states, only Yun and Ning were worthy of respect. The rest of the medium and large vassal states were actually not much stronger than the small vassal states.
Prince Yun was preoccupied with Jingchang's attack on Yun State in the future, and did not take the uprising in the country seriously at all. Therefore, when the rebel army broke through one city after another in Yun State and was getting closer and closer to the capital, Prince Yun was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word and packed up his bags and ran away.
After all, the rebel army is too close to the capital. If he doesn't run away, when the capital falls, he, the king, will be captured alive or killed, and the Yun Kingdom will become a huge joke!
An unprecedented joke!
King Yun explained to himself that he ran away because he didn't want to make the Yun Kingdom a laughing stock. At the same time, his legs were moving very fast, as if he wished he could grow wings and fly out of the encirclement.
The chaos in Yun State continued until the summer of the following year. By then, Yun State had lost most of its territory, which was completely taken over by the rebels.
Hu Youan has also led his troops to the border of Yun State and is only one step away from entering Yun State.
Last year, he failed to realize his wish to destroy the two big countries. This year, he encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How could Shen Zhiwei let it go?
So Hu Youan, who had rested in Jingchang for more than half a year, led her troops to fight again. She would conquer a vast territory for the emperor and recover the land lost by the Zhou Dynasty!
When the civil unrest first broke out, Prince Yun never imagined that one day he would be in such a miserable state, like a stray dog, being chased by others because of those untouchables.
But this is what happened now. When they fled to the next city, the previous city was broken by the rebel army. Because the king fled, the other nobles also ran away. Without the nobles and the king, how could there be enough guards in the city? The city's defenses were like paper in front of the rebel army, and they could be broken with a poke.
Prince Yun would not think whether it was his fault that the city was lost so easily. He would only abuse the generals defending the city. They were indeed trash, trash among trash. They could not defeat Jingchang and Anbei countries before, and now they can't even defeat the rioters. It's a shame that Yun Kingdom has such a bunch of generals!
Prince Yun fled, and at first he took his harem with him, but later he left behind his concubines, and then his children one after another, followed by less important court officials. Recently, the only people by his side were his personal guards, and even there were only three or five court officials left, all of whom were nobles from powerful families, and he only took them with him because they were protected by his troops.
In the eyes of King Yun, no one is more important than himself. As long as he is alive, the Yun Kingdom will have the day to revive. If he dies, the Yun Kingdom will really be finished.
King Yun was running around everywhere. When the God of Chariots was fighting, Hu Youan had already led his troops into Yun and was searching for King Yun's whereabouts with the chaotic army. Because King Yun was fleeing to avoid the chaotic army, Hu Youan found King Yun first. To be precise, King Yun was speeding and hit Hu Youan.
When he saw the huge group of people fleeing in a panic, Hu Youan sighed in his heart that he was so lucky.
When King Yun saw the troops, he wanted to turn around and run, but then he remembered that the rebel army was behind him, and the rebel army was uneven, with no organized troops at all. The army in front was fully equipped with soldiers and armor, and it was obvious that they were regular troops, not rebel troops.
So he immediately gripped the reins and ran straight towards Hu Youan.
He thought that no matter whose subordinates were on the other side, he was willing to offer them huge benefits. As long as the other party could save him and save the Yun Kingdom, he would agree to any conditions!
When he arrived, King Yun discovered that the leader of this army seemed to be a woman.
The other party was wearing armor and had a strong body, with only his face exposed. His eyebrows and eyes were clear, with a bit of gentleness that belonged to a woman. There are generals who look like beautiful women in various countries, but there is only one most famous army with a woman as the leader.
"Hu, Hu Youan!"
Jingchang's army.
Hu Youan did not respond to the scream, but tightened the reins, took the lead and charged forward with a spear in hand. What was there to say? Once Prince Yun became a prisoner, there would be plenty of time to reminisce about the past!
The two armies soon engaged in battle. One side was the well-rested and well-armed Ever-Victorious Army, while the other side was the royal guards who were fleeing in disgrace and fighting with injuries. The outcome was already clear. It all depended on whether Hu Youan could capture King Yun alive before the chaotic army caught up.
Hu Youan was very lucky today. Before the rebel troops arrived, she achieved her goal. Prince Yun was captured, and the remaining guards did not dare to struggle anymore. They laid down their weapons and surrendered.
When the rebel army arrived here, all that was left was a messy battlefield and some of King Yun's debris scattered on the roadside.
The next day, Hu Youan wrote a memorial and sent it to Jingchang. He also locked Prince Yun in the tent and waited for the king's decision.
After writing the memorial, Hu Youan stood with his hands behind his back and looked towards the south. That was the direction where Prince Yun fled, and it was also the capital of Yun Kingdom, Yunshan City.
At this moment, Yunshan City has become a battlefield of chaotic armies. Flames shoot into the sky, shouts of killing continue, and the shadow of wailing and pain hangs over the once prosperous city. The world has instantly turned into purgatory.
It took nearly seven days for Shen Zhiwei to receive Hu Youan's memorial. Prince Yun, who had abandoned the city and fled, was despised by Shen Zhiwei, who only passed on a royal decree.
Take King Yun as a sacrifice.
Hu Youan’s next enemy is the rebel army that has long been swallowed up by blood and desire and no longer has any justice.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
