To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 281 Volume 5 8 Sounds of Ganzhou

At sunrise, You Miao rode his horse out of the east gate of Maocheng. In front of him were a group of military officers and civil servants with better physical strength.You Miao assigned the territories of the counties and asked the ministers to send letters separately and come to Maocheng to serve the king.

"Master You." A military officer said, "The rebel..."

"Zhao Yu is dead." You Miao said without thinking, "Li Yan and Pingxi spread rumors about His Majesty's death, and people with unknown history lied about the late Emperor. They deserve death. Let the counties Cheng quickly dispatched troops, and if anyone is unwilling, he will be killed and seize the military power!"

Another military officer said: "Most of the militias in the counties are composed of powerful family soldiers..."

"Their sons are all in the inner city of the palace, protecting the queen and the unborn prince." You Miao said, "We must come to save them!"

The military officers were stunned for a moment, understood You Miao's arrangement, and immediately scattered and left. You Miao hurried back to Jiangbo Villa.The only hope now is that the Quanrong people did not go south in a big way, otherwise once Daleke breaks through the Yangtze River, everything will be over.

The prince should not borrow Hu Bing to go to the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise Daleke would kill him before he can secure the throne... You Miao was so anxious that she rushed back to the villa, mobilized all the soldiers, and passed through Anlu County along the way. He entered the county government and summoned two thousand militiamen from Anlu.

The city of Mao had already fallen into a bitter battle, and the Yangzhou army began to attack the inner city. The crown prince personally supervised the battle, and said loudly, "Why don't you open the door and surrender! I have been living overseas for many years. As long as I change my past, I will treat you equally and will never harm you." wait!"

Another voice roared angrily: "This man is definitely not the prince, the prince is dead! This is the false king! I, Tang Hui, have led the Imperial Forest Army for many years. He has changed his appearance but not his voice! Put down the weapon in your hand, there is still time to surrender!"

Outside the inner city, everyone who attacked the city gate gave a meal together.

The crown prince said: "General Tang Hui! What face do you have to meet my Apocalypse ancestors..."

Horns were blown outside the city, thousands of troops rushed forward, the earth trembled, and at dusk, a sunset seemed to stain the sky with blood, and the King Qin's army had arrived, and the Imperial Forest Army cheered loudly.

"Hold it!" Ping Xi changed his expression: "As long as you attack the inner city, with the Queen as your hostage, You Miao dare not mess around!"

On the plain outside Maocheng, more and more militiamen gathered, and tens of thousands of people occupied the plain and the military path, cutting off the rear route of the Yangzhou army.There are more troops arriving one after another, You Miao is stationed outside Macheng, taking a deep breath.At this moment, he didn't even know whom to pray to.

Chao Nie Dan's spirit in heaven?Chaosunyu?Chao Tianqi's previous emperors?

No heroic spirit will help him.

You Miao watched the billowing smoke rising from the city, and said in a low voice, "Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go and start a war."

"rush--!"

King Qin's army rushed into the city gate, and the first wave of soldiers rushed to the city immediately died under the random arrows. However, the untrained militiamen could not kill them like ants. After paying the painful price of nearly 5000 people's sacrifices , and finally captured the South Gate.Immediately afterwards, You Miao's private soldiers scattered into the city and snatched the top of the city. More soldiers rushed into the city and started street fighting.

The third wave of troops arrived.

A rough voice shouted: "Master You! I will help you!"

Tu Risheng arrived with his soldiers, and marched rapidly all day and night. The 2 people joining immediately made King Qin's army regain the advantage.

"Apocalypse's people..." Zhao Zhuo said loudly in the distance.

"Shoot the arrow!" You Miao roared hoarsely.

You Miao knew that Zhao Yu could not be given any chance, so arrows flew towards the city, and at the same moment, the bronze gate of the inner city opened, and the Imperial Forest Army came out overwhelmingly!

This downstream Miao finally had a big stone in his heart, and the Yangzhou army was attacked from the front and back. Zhao Yu's situation is over now.Tu Risheng led the troops to bear the brunt, filling up with their lives, and the ten-mile long street was filled with the flesh and blood of soldiers, successfully forming an encirclement with the Imperial Forest Army.

From the early morning of July [-]th to the evening, and then to the early morning of the [-]th, until the evening of July [-]th, this civil war finally came to an end.The Yangzhou army was completely defeated, and the chief generals died almost without exception.Ping Xi was killed by an arrow, and Tang Hui beheaded the dog guards guarding Zhao Zhuo.

Zhao Yu was captured, but the Yangzhou army fought to the last moment, and everyone would rather die than surrender.

You Miao walked into the inner city, and the fire in the whole city gradually extinguished. Xie Hui, Tang Bo and others greeted them.

"Where's the queen?" You Miao asked.

Xie Hui said: "It's already resting."

Tang Hui was covered with scars and was sitting in front of the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. You Miao went over, knelt down on one knee, and took Tang Hui's hand.Tang Hui put his hand on You Miao's forehead and said, "Ziqian, brother knew you would come back."

You Miao was overjoyed, tears fell, and nodded with a sob.

There were charred corpses everywhere outside the city, You Miao looked at all this numbly, saw the dead soldiers, for some reason, thought of Nie Dan.Nie Dan's heroic spirit seemed to shuttle among the fallen soldiers, comforting their dead souls, regardless of enemy or friend, no distinction between each other.

Two imperial guards came over with a stretcher covered with a white cloth, and placed it in front of You Miao.

You Miao took off the white cloth and saw Ping Xi's dirty face, couldn't help crying.

You Miao knelt in front of the stretcher, hugged the corpse and cried loudly: "Ping Xi... I don't want to, I have no choice..."

There was light rain in the sky, You Miao was overwhelmed with grief, and several ministers looked at Pingxi's body in silence.

After winning this battle, You Miao was not half happy. After killing so many people, every soldier seemed to be their relatives and compatriots, especially Ping Xi.

He fell asleep leaning against the white jade railing in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. In the middle of the night, the Imperial Forest Army found him and carried him back to the hall.

He woke up in a daze, and his whole body felt as if falling apart. When he opened his eyes, everything was like a dream. Under the light, Qiao Rong was still concentrating on embroidering Zhao Chao's fiery red shirt.

"Bring the porridge here, Uncle Guo is awake." Qiao Rong ordered.

You Miao took a few sips of porridge and felt better, Qiao Rong said: "Don't blame yourself too much for Ping Shangshu's death."

"I know." You Miao choked up.

Qiao Rong said again: "You have been sleeping all day and all night. When you were asleep, Master Xie and General Tang also came."

You Miao suddenly woke up and said, "Come on!"

When the guards came over, You Miao said, "Order Tu Risheng to lead the troops quickly to the north bank of the Yangtze River to prevent the dog soldiers from crossing the river..."

"Already gone." Qiao Rong said: "After cleaning up the battlefield, the first thing Xie Hui did was to send General Tang and Tu Risheng to guard against the sneak attack from the south."

You Miao breathed a sigh of relief, and the guard knelt on one knee and said, "King Qin's army is still in the city and has not retreated. Master Tang has sent people out to search Yangzhou."

You Miao hummed, knowing that the Zhengshitang could still operate spontaneously when he was not around, so she was finally relieved.

This time, You Miao knew who betrayed and who stayed, and there would be a big purge when Zhao Chao came back.Fortunately, most of the sons of the Jiangnan gentry served in the court, and when Li Yan and others attacked the inner city, You Miao detained them in the palace.

In this way, he can avoid being charged with rebellion and let Zhao Chao kill people he doesn't want to kill.

"Zhao... what about the fake prince?" You Miao asked.

"Report to Master Shenzhi." The guard replied: "He and Li Hanlin have been taken to the prison."

You Miao finished her porridge, got up and said, "I'll go see him."