Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Then the army led thousands of troops in person, and then passed through the long and wide horse street and turned to the west. The half-mile-long street came to the cavalry in an instant, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes could be heard from far away.

At this moment, the fine autumn rain fell in the sky, the sound of rustling rain echoed, the sky was gloomy, and the air was filled with ice cold, hitting the cold armor was another sound.

A large number of people headed straight for Donghua Gate in black, the Donghua Gate was tall and majestic, and many flags on the top of the city were rolled together in the autumn rain, and fell down wetly.

Swinging listlessly, when Shi Congyun arrived at the Donghua Gate, he found the tall vermilion city gate closed tightly. Close tightly.

This was something he did not expect at all. The huge cavalry team stopped in the rain, and everyone looked at the front, and someone said: "Commander, do you want to climb up?"

Shi Congyun shook his head. The height of more than ten meters is still a smooth city wall. They don't have large siege equipment, how can they climb?

The city leaders also found them, and looked at them in horror, so Shi Congyun rode on his horse, and at the same time asked the soldiers to unfurl his banner, went to the bottom of the city and shouted: "Everyone in front of the palace will be inspected, and Hebei recruits them." Send Shi Congyun to capture the king of the South Court of Liao Kingdom and come back to offer prisoners to the officials, so open the gate quickly."

The people at the top of the city said in succession: "Report to Commander-in-Chief, please wait a moment, I will go and ask the empress and the prime ministers for instructions."

Shi Congyun was in a hurry, "No need, open the door quickly, our business is very important, we will never harm anyone in the city, you will definitely remember your contribution when you open the door, if not, I will hate you."

The people at the head of the city suddenly became embarrassed, looking at the black army in the rain and fog in panic, sweating profusely for no reason, everyone knew that this kind of formation was not easy.

It's hard to decide, Shi Congyun's reputation is known to everyone, but opening the gate of the imperial city without authorization may be a capital offense!

While everyone was hesitating, a young man suddenly said loudly: "Commander, I can open the door later."

After a while, the city gate opened, Shi Congyun waved his hand, and immediately his tiger and wolf troops swarmed in, the horseshoes splashed a lot of water, and the sound of horseshoes was drowned in the rain, and then the armored soldiers immediately skillfully occupied the key positions above and below the city gate , to completely control the city gate.

They have played too many cities over the years, and they are already very proficient.

The soldiers on many city gates were detained, and the young man who opened the gate was also brought over. His armor was much better and decorated, and he was the gatekeeper at first glance.

He then cupped his hands and whispered: "Commander, my father asked someone to wait here. When the commander comes, he will open the door for convenience. Father said that it is good for the love of the world. If it falls apart for decades, I'm afraid it will be a long time." Fall into Khitan's hands."

Shi Congyun was surprised when he heard his words, and asked curiously, "Who is your father?"

"A certain name is Li Ji, my father is Li Gu."

Shi Congyun suddenly realized that it was Li Gu, no wonder he would help him, so he immediately said: "You should be familiar with the terrain in the palace, and show us the way."

Li Ji nodded, just at this time Wang Shenqi sent someone to tell him that Xuande Gate was under control, and the army could enter and leave. If Donghua Gate could not enter, they could go to the south.

"No need, tell General Wang to keep him safe. Our side has already entered the palace, and we will go back to meet the officials." The messenger hurried away through the rain again.

Shi Congyun was covered in rain, but he couldn't feel any chill, instead he was tense, and ordered: "Leave 500 people to guard Donghua Gate, and the rest guard the main roads along the way, and keep a team at each intersection.

It's fine to drive them away when you meet palace maids and eunuchs, but be careful of the East and West Banjun, if they dare to resist, they will be killed. "

So the dark army, braved the autumn cold rain, stepped on the wet stone bricks, poured in from Donghua Gate like a tide, and went west from the avenue, and the court ladies and eunuchs they met along the way ran away in fright.

The guards of the East and West Squads who were on patrol yelled to stop at first, and then drew their swords to resist, but they were shot into a sieve in an instant, and fell into a pool of blood, and the large bricks and stones were stained red by the autumn rain.

The remaining Sa Yazi ran away, shouting for help, echoing between the corridors of the palace.

The rain covered everyone's footsteps, but the news would definitely spread quickly, but once the army entered the palace, Shi Congyun's heart had already fallen into his stomach.

Although the East and West squadrons are the emperor's guards, they are different from the troops that have been fighting all year round. It can be seen from their weapons that the East and West squadrons wear swords, while Shi Congyun's imperial troops all use knives.

The sword is closer to actual combat, whether it is fighting on horseback, or pressing the back of the sword with your hand to increase strength to suppress the opponent when fighting hand-to-hand, and the sword has a stronger sense of ceremony.

It is impossible for the Imperial Army of these east and west classes to be the opponent of Shi Congyun's elite soldiers, not to mention that they are small and scattered.

However, the imperial city is not small after all, and it is difficult to react quickly in the rain...

......

When Shi Congyun approached and prepared to "offer captives", the Long Live Hall was still unaware of the mourning......

Chapter 252, Transaction

The bleak wind and rain outside the Long Live Hall continued, and the cold autumn wind drifted into the solemn and solemn Senran Hall from time to time, which was creepy.

In the main hall, huge pillars of sandalwood wood stand silently, and the lingering fragrance still lingers.

I don’t know how many dynasties it has gone through, but there must be many. It has only been six or seventy years since Zhu Wen established the post-Liang Dingdu Daliang. The imperial city has not changed much, but the people have changed wave after wave. precipitation.

When she first moved in, sometimes Empress Fu would think wildly. She thought that every brick and stone in the hall had been soaked in blood, and there were countless people's grievances, so that she often had nightmares.

At this time, the hall was empty and quiet, the rain outside the hall was endless, the official's eye sockets were sunken, his lips were chapped, his face was bloodless, he had lost a lot of weight, and he was already angry. The imperial doctor next to him was waiting quietly, but at this moment There is no other way.

In addition to waiting for him to die silently, it is undoubtedly suffering. Seeing the struggle and powerlessness of life, no matter whether he is an official or not, it is enough to resonate.

Empress Fu sobbed softly, and she couldn't tell whether it was because of sadness or fear, and there was even a bit of joy in it.

The five flavors are mixed for sure, the joy is that the government is not here, the queen mother is in power, and the power of the court will fall into her hands. Since the beginning of the system, the queens of all generations have played an irreplaceable role in the country's stability and power. effect.

But joy is only a small part, more is fear and anxiety.

Today is not a peaceful and prosperous age, once the officials leave, how can she shock those arrogant soldiers?

Many of them, even the officials, have to bear three points, like Li Yun of the Zhaoyi Army, even the official supervisors dared to imprison him, and the officials only dared to blame him, while those veterans and fierce generals in the court, For example, veterans such as Bai Yanyu (deceased) and Zhao Chao had no choice but to acquiesce in burning, killing and looting officials' homes in Huainan.

Zhao Chao is now too old to be able to lead troops anymore, and he is still only comforted by asking the inspector Taibao, Heyang Sancheng Jiedu, Meng, Huai and other prefectures to investigate and deal with him.

Because Zhao Chao, Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin and other Zhao family generals are also powerful in the army.

But today's historians, father and son, Shi Yanchao and Shi Congyun are even worse...

She doesn't think she has the ability of Empress Lu. Empress Lu can't completely suppress the tiger and wolf general who followed Emperor Gaozu to conquer the world by relying on ruthless methods. There are many heroes who have contributed a lot in the process of conquering the world.

But she is different, the only thing she can rely on is the Fu family behind her, but the generals will definitely not obey her, let alone fear the prince who is only seven years old.

What she is most afraid of is that if the official family dies, the world will be in chaos. If nothing else, Li Yun will probably jump up. How to appease him is a big problem.

Especially Shi Congyun, who participated in the battle of Gaoping, then conquered Western Shu, defeated Southern Tang, defeated Nanping, defeated Wuping, and now defeated Khitan. How should he be rewarded? Will he be willing to submit to himself?

Empress Fu was in a panic, not to mention the internal crises, but also the external dangers. Today's world is not a peaceful world. Western Shu, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Northern Han, Khitan, and Wuyue are all still there.

These forces on the separatist side dare not move on the surface, that is because almost all of them have been beaten by Shi Congyun once, but if there is a change in the court and the Great Zhou falls apart, they will never sit idly by.

The sky was about to fall, but she couldn't stand it at all......

If anything happened, no matter how stupid she was, she would think that the crown prince and she were the first to die, but she didn't want to die, and was terribly afraid.

She has already written several letters to Hebei, wanting her father and brother to bring troops to Beijing so that she can feel safer, but nothing has been heard from her.

She knew in her heart that her father would not dare to come. Her father had not had the ambitions he had at the beginning. Once the Fu family led troops into Beijing, everyone thought that they might want to take advantage of the opportunity of the queen mother to control the government, and they might be punished by various parties. So, the general's crusade became the target of public criticism.

My father didn't dare. He didn't have the ambition to control the court. He was afraid that if the Fu family got involved, he would die without a place of burial. It would be tantamount to letting her fend for herself...

Her heart was cold and lonely, and a sense of helplessness swept over her whole body. Empress Fu sometimes even felt that if she went with the official family, it might be good, and all the mess would be left to others.

But she didn't have that kind of determination, the man was thinking about how to die with dignity, what could she do as a little girl?Just thinking about how to survive, no one in the world is greedy for life, just afraid that life is worse than death.

All kinds of sorrows and sorrows can only be shed tears.

The autumn rain outside the hall was still rustling, and the autumn wind lingered at the entrance of the hall with a chill. The eunuchs serving behind him also cried in a low voice.

The Chui Gong Hall is just a few hundred steps in front of the Long Live Hall. Officials usually sleep in the Long Live Hall and pay their respects in the Chui Gong Hall, so it is convenient to come and go.

Just when she was extremely melancholy, hurried heavy footsteps came from outside, and someone shouted from afar, "It's not good, it's not good, the army has entered the palace, and it has passed Xuanyou Gate!"

Empress Fu's heart skipped a beat, and the eunuch and imperial doctor beside her also trembled in fright.

"Let him come to the door to talk, where is the army!"

"I don't know, the villain doesn't know, there are people and horses everywhere in the palace, it seems that they came in from Donghuamen." The imperial guard said loudly.

Empress Fu trembled all over and almost couldn't stand up. She knew that the situation would be very bad if the official was not around, but she didn't expect it to come so soon!

"Quickly find Guo Yi and transfer the Imperial Guards from the East and West Squads!" She said anxiously. Guo Yi was the leader of the East and West Squads. He replaced Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning and was in charge of the Third Squad and the Third Squad of the East and West Squads. There were about 500 soldiers.

The guards outside the hall hesitated, "Reporting to the queen, Guo Xingshou went to call for someone, but...but seeing the crowd of bandits, the brothers couldn't call and dared not come... …”

The forbidden soldier's words became smaller and smaller, and was soon submerged in the icy autumn rain. The rustle and rain in front of the steps of the main hall did not stop, fine and cold, just like Empress Fu's heart at this time.

They must have come to kill me and Zongxun, Empress Fu thought so, she wanted to run to Kunning Palace, but she also thought about the use of running to Kunning Palace without generals?Immediately overwhelmed, desperate.

Come in from Donghua Gate, pass Zuoyintai Gate, Xuanyou Gate, and soon you will be the Chui Gong Hall, and behind the Chui Gong Hall is the Long Live Hall.

"Empress, let's go!" Eunuch Wei Min said excitedly and frightened.

Empress Fu shook her head and took a long sigh, "I should have died in the chaos of the Hezhong Mansion, but I didn't expect to survive to this day by chance. I was a greedy woman, but I didn't expect that I couldn't escape after going around... ...."

As he spoke, tears could not help but fall from the corners of his eyes: "They must have come to look for me, and they will not be able to escape sooner or later. Everyone will be safe and sound after I die."

Even so, she was so frightened that her hands trembled, her lips trembled, and her face was pale.

In her mind, she kept imagining the sharp pain of the sharp knife piercing her body, the world was silent and desolate, and all the autumn cold seemed to be coming to her frail body at this moment, accompanied by the bleak wind and rain.

Wei Min and other eunuchs prostrated themselves on the ground, sobbing softly, and the hall was miserable.

After a while, an eunuch rushed to the front of the Long Live Hall in the rain, prostrated himself in the rain, and cried in his voice, "Emperor Empress, Commander Shi Congyun has arrived at the Chuigong Hall, please... ...please go out and meet him."

After speaking, he suddenly burst into tears.

Empress Fu's heart trembled, she muttered to herself: "It's him, it's not surprising at all, who else has such ability except him."

He asked softly, "How many people did he bring?"

"I don't know, the slaves don't know, there are people outside the palace..."

He was terrified, Queen Fu thought, and then said helplessly, "Wei Min, help me out."

.......

It was not far from the Chui Gong Hall to the Long Live Hall, but the eunuchs beside her tremblingly held up umbrellas for her, and she walked for a long time, and she herself felt weak on her feet.

She entered through the back door, the hall was empty, all the officials and prime ministers were at the main entrance of the hall, the rain was still falling, the hall was terribly silent, no one among the officials dared to make a sound, she only heard Fan Zhi's scolding voice .

"What do you want to do, do you know what you are doing! This is a rebellion, you lead the troops back quickly, and I will be nothing to all the officials and colleagues. It has never happened..."

But there was no answer on the other side, Wei Min boldly shouted, "The queen is here!"

All the officials suddenly woke up, and they all turned their heads to make way for her, but no one dared to look up at her. They all lowered their heads and let her pass by. At this moment, she understood Baiguan's attitude.

Now, in front of Chen Bing's gate, no one dared to stand up for her and the crown prince, even Fan Zhi, who was usually the most stubborn, softened his words.

When she passed through the crowd, her heart was suffocated and she could hardly stand. On the open space in front of the white jade steps of the Chui Gong Temple, black crowds of people and horses were lined up neatly, and several banners were erected straight. They are black and white tigers, blue and white cranes, red and white dragons, and white and white horses.

The four main forces of the Forbidden Army, Hu Jie, Kong He, Long Jie, and iron cavalry tightly surrounded Shi Congyun's handsome flag, collapsed and did not move in the rain, but it was palpitating.

Under the gray sky, many officers and soldiers of the imperial army remained motionless, lined up neatly, heavily armored, with swords and guns like a forest, and the icy rain fell, stirring up a thin layer of rain on the cold iron armor, but no one moved, standing majestically in the rain, Like a silent statue.

The black dense imperial guards spread all the way to the distance, and the head and tail could not be seen in the rain curtain. I don't know how many there were, but the wide open space in front of the hanging arch hall was already filled with darkness.

Shi Congyun stood under the steps, in the rain, motionless. He was majestic and tall, and he was dressed in a thick black iron armor, showing a cold and ruthless appearance. Behind him were more than a dozen powerful warriors, also standing silently behind him.Rainwater flowed through the icy iron armor, cold swords and guns, ticking down, many soldiers lined up but there was no sound.

No wonder all the officials dared not take a breath, no one dared to look up for her. Empress Fu felt dizzy and palpitated when she looked at the tiger and wolf master in front of her. Min herself trembled even more.

Facing such a situation, anyone would understand what power and strength are.

he came to kill me...

Empress Fu thought sadly, tears slowly fell, and no one could stop it, and no one dared.

"Creating chaos, you are a traitor!" Just when everyone was silent and even Fan Zhi shut up, someone started to curse, rushed out of the eaves and pointed at Shi Congyun's nose in the rain.

Everyone gasped, Empress Fu also recognized that it was written by Hanlin Bachelor Wang.

"Scholar Wang, please don't say a few words..." Someone anxiously persuaded him.

But Wang Zhu didn't stop at all, he stood in the rain and continued to curse: "The first emperor treated you well, but now you are seriously ill, but you do such a rebellious thing, your conscience is eaten by dogs, you are a rebellious minister and thief, you are ungrateful little man!"

The rain covered up some sounds, but most of them could be heard clearly, and many people's faces turned pale with fright.

At this moment, Shi Congyun moved, and everyone was shocked, thinking that he was going to attack in anger, and Empress Fu also raised her heart in her throat.

At this moment, Shi Congyun suddenly took a few steps forward, laughed and said, "Scholar Wang, I don't know what you mean, you must have misunderstood."

After finishing speaking, he saw him walking straight towards her. His tall figure was far ahead of her, and the shadow in the rain curtain was about to cover her. Just as Empress Fu retreated subconsciously, Shi Congyun knelt down in front of her on one knee: "I will pay my respects to you, the late general." Empress, entering the palace in a hurry is to report something important to the officials.

In the end, the general defeated the Liao army at Yijin Pass, killed [-] rebel soldiers, and captured Yelu Talie, the king of the Southern Court of the Liao Kingdom. "

As they spoke, a few soldiers brought up a man with disheveled hair and hands tied behind his back. His head was shaved, and it looked like Khitan's hairstyle.

At this time, Empress Fu didn't care whether that person was the King of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao Kingdom, and suddenly reacted to such a change, and experienced such ups and downs, she almost cried for a while.

Immediately, the idea of ​​survival surged up, and I didn't want to die, I even thought about how to deal with it.

Empress Fu stood firm and said loudly: "Please get up, Shi Aiqing, the official is too ill to manage affairs, and my palace is temporarily regent; you defeated the Liao Kingdom, captured the king of the South Court, and made great contributions. This palace proposes, Because of meritorious service, Shi Congyun was made the King of Qin, and he also guarded the Taishi and the Zhongshuling, what do you think?"

At such a time, the officials still dare to say anything, and they even said: "Marshal Shi is of great skill, as it should be!"

"The queen made a clear decision..."

"........"

Everyone agrees with you and me.