Huan Rong

Xiahou and his son raised troops hastily and did not do things well.

Xia Houshuo personally led troops to seize the gate of Chang'an, but encountered a lot of resistance in the process.After several battles, the elite lost two hundred before they captured Ximen.Had it not been for the strong and powerful people in the city to respond, the plan would have died in the middle.

The powerful do not control the government army, but have private soldiers and healthy servants.

The ants killed the elephants, even though they were not as good as the elite soldiers guarding the city gate. It took a whole day and night, and those who were dissatisfied with Qin Ce cooperated internally and externally, and finally took down the south gate in the evening.

The south gate is about to go down, and the rebels concentrate on attacking the north gate.

The general who defended the city was Qin Ce's former army. He was grateful for Qin Ce's life and resisted desperately, refusing to take half a step back.At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the city gate has not yet been breached, they sent more than ten cavalry to ask for help in Luozhou and Yongzhou respectively.

How Yongzhou will react, the guard can't say for sure.However, Qin Yu, the governor of the military in Luozhou, knows that Chang'an has changed, and will definitely send troops to help.

When Luozhou sends troops, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou will also get the news.

As long as the news of Chang'an's rebellion spreads, the Highnesses will definitely send troops.Xiahou's wishful thinking will eventually come to nothing, even if he dies, he can close his eyes.

"Pei Yuan, look who this is?"

The city gate could not be attacked for a long time, and the rebel general who volunteered to invite Ying was furious, and even sent people to arrest the guard's family members, old and young, women and children, and pushed them all under the city gate.

"I advise you to see the situation clearly, Qin Bomian is really not a wise king!"

"Since he came to the throne, Zhuzhou and counties have been hit by natural disasters, drought and locusts are endless, making people's lives difficult. A month ago, there was even a phenomenon of a dragon eclipsing the sun, which shows that the heavens do not want to see him stealing Chang'an!"

"Since ancient times, innocent kings have killed Liang Tuzhong, Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, and they can be found everywhere."

"It's true that the Qin family has the ability to exorcise the Hu, but it killed too much. The blood of the Tang family, Yu family, and Yang family has not been drained!"

The rebel general was bent on slandering the Qin family, and he did not hesitate to put the tyrants who died under Qin Jing's hands alongside the Tang family, just to trample the Qin family into the mud and gain righteousness.

Whether the plan can be successful, whether it can persuade the defenders, the effect cannot be seen for a while.

However, the arrogance of following him to attack the city gates was red-eyed. He knew that there was no turning back when he opened his bow. .

Thinking of Qin Jing's soldiers, everyone present couldn't help shivering.

For the current plan, we must take down the city gate as soon as possible, surround the Gui Palace, and force Qin Ce to write the Zen Edict, and point out that Qin Jing and Huan Han colluded in order to occupy the moral high ground.

"Pei Yuan, don't be so stubborn!"

"What a joke!" Pei Yuan stood on the top of the city, looking down at the rebels and the family members who were kneeling on the ground, his face turned red with anger, and his eyes were bloodshot, "Xia Houduan, don't talk sweet words! If there is no Qin family, six The state is still in the hands of Xianbei, and Chang'an is also occupied by Di thieves!"

"His Highness Wusi swept across Monan and sent troops to the Western Regions, His Highness Wusan captured Sanhan, completely wiped out Murong Xianbei, how can we have today's situation?!"

"Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the world has been in chaos. After the Yongjia Rebellion, the Central Plains was stolen by Hu thieves, and the people lost their homes and died in the hands of thieves!"

"You speak so boldly today, what is your intention for passing this word?"

"Could it be that in your eyes, this land of the Central Plains should be stolen by Hu thieves?!"

Xia Houduan became angry from embarrassment, and stopped using words to persuade, ordered Buqu to push Pei Yuan's family out, and said sharply: "Pei Yuan, I tried to persuade you, but you don't know what to do, and you are determined to follow the Qin family to the bottom of the ground? Well, I will help you! No It's just you, and your family. If you dare to insult me, I want you to watch the heads of your family fall to the ground!"

"How dare you!" Pei Yuan bristled with anger, his eyes were bared.

"Why don't you dare, do it!"

Xia Houduan gave an order, and several heads rolled to the ground.

Blood spattered three feet from the broken neck, and the body fell to the ground, with the limbs still trembling slightly.The head rolled down, and there was no rest in peace until death.

"Father, mother!"

Seeing this scene, Pei Yuan screamed in pain, his eyes were bloodied.

Xia Houduan was laughing out loud, his face full of complacency.

Laughing enough, he shot fierce eyes at the top of the city, ordered his subordinates to push out more than twenty people, all knelt down on the ground, and raised his voice: "Listen, people at the top of the city, if you don't give up your sword quickly, your family members will all be killed." If the head falls to the ground, what happened to Mrs. Pei is an example!"

"mean!"

"Xia Houduan, you will be cast aside by the world for acting like this!"

On the top of the city, some people scolded Xia Houduan for being shameless, while others were shaken.Seeing the rebels raising their butcher's knives again, they couldn't bear it any longer, gritted their teeth fiercely, and pointed at their comrades who had just fought side by side.

Seeing this scene, Xia Houduan laughed out loud.

"Take Pei Yuan's head, forget all the past, and give a reward of fifty and twenty pieces of silk!"

More and more defenders turned against each other, and the people around Pei Yuan fell one by one.

At the end of the battle, only Pei Yuan was left alone at the head of the city, looking at his former subordinates, he kept smiling wryly.

"You servants, have you ever thought about the consequences? The Xiahou family is a rebellious villain. Once the highnesses return to the court, the rebel army may not be able to last for a few days."

"General, it wasn't because I was willing to follow the thief when I saw that Qian's eyes were open. It's because my parents, wife and children are under the city. I don't want to see my family's heads in different places. I have no choice!"

"There's no choice."

Pei Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed, and then took a look at the city, and saw that all his family members had been killed, leaving only the youngest son, trembling under the sword of the rebel army.

"Azi!" Pei Yuan raised his voice, ignoring the swords that surrounded him, "Pei's sons and daughters practice loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. They only die in battle and are shrouded in horse leather. There is no one who will live on his knees!"

After saying that, Pei Yuan swung his saber across and forced his former subordinates back. Immediately, he supported himself with one hand, jumped, flew down from the top of the wall, and fell to the ground with a bang.The tiger's eyes are wide open, the blood is flowing down by itself, and the blood of the same family gathers in one place, making it difficult to distinguish each other.

There was silence all over the city.

Even Xia Houduan, looking at Pei Yuan's body, swallowed hard, not knowing what order to give.

"Father!"

Finally, the silence was broken by a mournful cry.

Pei Yuan's youngest son struggled desperately, throwing himself at his father's body regardless.The rebels who were holding him subconsciously withdrew their knives, but he actually broke free.

"Father!"

Seven or eight-year-old children threw themselves on their father's body and cried loudly, their hands and cheeks were stained with bright red, and the tears slid down their eyes, which were not transparent, but tinged with blood red.

"Father taught me that the Pei family has no sons who bend their knees."

The boy's face was full of tears, his body was still shaking, but he pulled out the dagger from Pei Yuan's boot tuck, and with a flash of cold light, he rushed towards Xia Houduan who was standing not far away.

Such an attack is naturally impossible to succeed.

The blade swung across, and his chest suddenly felt cold. The boy looked down and looked up again. There was no trace of fear on his face, but he smiled in front of everyone.

Amidst the laughter, blood kept pouring out of his mouth, staining the boy's jaw red.

"Even if Pei's bloodline is severed, he is not ashamed of himself! Xia Houduan, you and other villains will be accused by thousands of people and slaughtered after death!"

Such words are not like what a child said at all.

Xia Houduan was stunned for a moment, and his face turned pale.I just feel that Pei Yuanying's soul is still alive, and he cast the most vicious curse through the mouth of his parents and children.

The guard died, and the battle at the North Gate came to an end.

There was no cheering in the city, but a deathly silence.

"Come here." Xia Houduan clenched the handle of the knife, maintaining his composure, and ordered Qu Fei to report to Xia Houpeng that the North Gate had been captured, "Quickly report to the Patriarch."

The trilogy flew on the horse, swung the whip and went away.

The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, and Pei Yuan's body had been taken away.The bloodstain left under the city became more and more glaring, as if telling the world what happened here just now.

When Xia Houduan attacked the North Gate, Xia Houpeng personally led people to surround the Gui Palace.Xia Houshuo led his troops to search the city, and ordered the gates to be closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.

Those who dared to resist, the common people were all shot to death, and all the court officials and powerful people were captured.

As a situ, Zhang Yu didn't want to be a thief.Relying on Zhang's private soldiers and uniting several in-laws, they formed a confrontation with the rebels.

There are high walls and deep courtyards, and there are archery towers standing inside the walls, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Xia Houshuo didn't want to waste time, so he ordered the soldiers to set fire directly.

Except for the courtyard wall, most of the buildings in the house are wooden structures, which are easy to ignite in case of fire.Even if there are fire prevention measures, it won't be able to withstand the wave after wave of rockets, and it won't be able to extinguish them at all.

The fire was raging, and the mansion was in chaos.

The rebels took the opportunity to break in and captured several servants.When Zhang Yu was found, he was immediately tied up and taken directly to Gui Palace.

"Most official edicts are written by Situ." Xia Houshuo laughed, "Today, I have to trouble Zhang Situ again."

"Traitor! Shameless!"

Zhang Yu yelled at him, but Xia Houshuo didn't take it seriously, and ordered him to be taken away.At the same time, he ordered the rebels to guard the gate of the mansion strictly and arrest those who escaped one by one.

"Quickly put out the fire after it's done, don't let the fire spread."

"promise!"

A fire a few years ago nearly destroyed half of Chang'an. Everyone was terrified, so naturally they didn't dare to be negligent.

Unexpectedly, just after the fire was extinguished, there was a sudden thunder in the sky, and the wind blew up instantly.

How can there be thunder in December?

The rebels all raised their heads and looked at the dark cloud-gathered sky, suddenly terrified.Looking at each other, they were all terrified, not knowing why.

What does this strange celestial phenomenon represent?

In Gui Palace, the rebels and Dianqianwei were locked in a fierce battle.

Qin Ce was seriously ill, and it was really difficult to get up, let alone move easily.Empress Liu and Concubine Liu Shu were guarding the Guangming Hall. When they heard the shouts of killing outside the hall, the two sisters did not panic at all. They still had a calm expression and offered soup and medicine to Qin Ce.

The faces of eunuchs and maids in the hall were pale, only Da Changqiu and a few servants were as usual.

Seeming to be used to this kind of killing, Da Changqiu only frowned slightly when seeing the blood sprayed in front of the palace gate, and just glanced at it.

When the situation was urgent, some rebels broke through the defense of the palace guard. Da Changqiu asked Empress Liu for instructions, personally led people to support them, and quickly beat the rebels back.

Several times and three times, the battle lasted until late at night. Torches were lit in the palace, and the corpses of the palace guards and rebels covered the royal road.

Bloodstains flowed along the stone steps, and the entire stone road was stained red.

"Your Majesty, do you want to rest?" Empress Liu handed the lacquer bowl to Concubine Liu Shu, unfolded the silk handkerchief, and wiped away the medicine stains from Qin Ce's mouth.

"No need." Qin Ce shook his head, leaned against the side of the couch, looked at the flames dancing outside the hall through the carved window, and said hoarsely, "What time is it?"

"It's about to be ugly."

"It's time?" Hearing the uninterrupted shouts of killing and the blunt sound of knives and knives, Qin Ce didn't feel nervous at all, waited for a moment, and said, "It's hard for Bo Ju to spend so much effort, and he's only one step away , but it has not been possible.”

Empress Liu and Concubine Liu Shu didn't speak.

"Jiuhua Hall and Lanlin Hall..."

"Your Majesty still misses the beauty?" Concubine Liu Shu raised her eyebrows with a smile.

"Missing?" Qin Ce leaned against the brocade quilt, shook his head and said, "Ninety percent of the families that send their daughters into the palace will follow the thieves, and it will always be a disaster to keep them."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"There is a secret passage behind the Guangming Palace, let people take fire oil to go there, let's deal with it."

"According to His Majesty's will."

Concubine Liu Shu went down to make arrangements, Feng Shi and Zhao Shi changed into neat short robes, led a few loyal servants, and went to the two halls along the secret road.

In the early years, surrounded by enemies outside Wubao, the two faced countless dangers, and both of them had their lives in their hands.Knowing Qin Ce's arrangement, the two didn't say a word, and each took flammable kerosene and walked into the secret passage.

After another half an hour, the shouts of killing outside the hall gradually subsided. Qin Ce and the Liu sisters knew in their hearts that a few hundred palace guards and eunuchs alone might be able to stop them for a while, but they would not be able to stop them forever.

Xia Houpeng was about to be proud, when he suddenly saw the fire in the palace, and knew that it was Lanlin Hall and Jiuhua Hall, he couldn't help being furious.

"Do you want to put out the fire?"

"I must be saved!"

Some soldiers were sent to fight the fire, and Xia Houpeng stepped into the Hall of Light.

The corpses of Da Changqiu and several eunuchs fell in front of the hall, and they had died for a long time.

Looking at the dragon chair in the front hall, Xia Houpeng's eyes were hot.Thinking about what to do next, he had to tear his eyes away from the dragon chair, and ordered Xia Houshuo to take Zhang Yu with him to the inner hall.

As soon as he walked into the gate of the palace, he smelled a bitter smell of medicine.

Xia Houpeng frowned, and looked at Qin Ce who was leaning on the couch.The other party is clearly terminally ill, but for some reason, he still fears from the bottom of his heart.

"Boju," Qin Ce said slowly, his voice hoarse, but without any fear, it made the Xiahou father and son standing in the hall feel uneasy, "I ask myself that I treat the Xiahou family well, why do you do this?"

Xia Houpeng laughed dryly, looked up at Qin Ce, his throat seemed to be blocked by a stone.Clearly thinking about the words to respond, but at this moment, it is extremely difficult to utter.

In the end, it was Xia Houshuo who spoke on behalf of his father and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you did treat the Xiahou family well, but that is an old story. Since you entered Chang'an, you have behaved differently from previous years, and the appearance of a foolish king has appeared, making people's lives difficult. , the country is in danger!"

"The ruler of the family couldn't bear to see the people suffer, and couldn't bear to see the great foundation of the Han family collapse, so he raised his army."

"This is in accordance with the destiny, and it is to do justice for the heaven!" The more Xia Houshuo said, the more confident he became, as if this was really the case.

"Okay, what a good one to do justice for the sky!"

Qin Ce laughed out loud and couldn't stop, as if hearing the funniest joke in the world.

Xia Houpeng's face turned red, and he raised his arms to stop Xia Houshuo, preventing him from continuing to speak.

"Your Majesty, if you are willing to issue an edict to advertise to the world that the Fourth Highness has secretly communicated with the Huan Han and colluded with the Hu people. The years of fighting are just a cover, and you invite the heroes of the world to discuss it. I will not kill you, and I will allow you more Sit on the throne for a few days."

Hearing this, Qin Ce's face suddenly darkened.

"You want my son to bear a bad name and kill each other?!" Qin Ce was furious.

"Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that the Fourth Highness has a close personal relationship with the Emperor Huan Han. He led his troops to sweep across Monan, and the Hu bandits retreated when they heard the news. One or two left, and most of the grasslands also fled. They never dared to fight. , Chen has long felt strange.

It is so easy to wipe out the bandits, how could the Central Plains have been in chaos for more than a hundred years. "

Xia Houpeng said word by word: "Your Majesty thinks that everyone in the world will believe that His Royal Highness is really brave, making the thieves frightened?"

"Ridiculous!" Qin Ce sternly reprimanded, "Xia Houpeng, if you raise an army to seize the throne, I respect you for your responsibility. To do such a despicable thing is to be a child of man!

The Xiahou Clan followed the Qin Clan to sweep the North. Heroes have emerged in large numbers over the years, and now there are rebels like you. Your ancestors have spirits in the sky, so you must be ashamed to keep this blood! "

Xia Houpeng became furious, and drew his sword out of its sheath: "Qin Ce! I'm trying to persuade you, if you don't agree, what will happen?!"

Qin Ce laughed again.

"I, Qin Boyan, have fought for half my life, how can I be afraid of a mere traitor like you?"

"Okay, really good!" Xia Houpeng said loudly, "Come here, please invite the Queen and Concubine Shu to worship the flag in front of the hall!"

A soldier was ordered to enter the palace, and under Xia Houpeng's order, he was about to take away Empress Liu and Concubine Liu Shu.

"Xia Houpeng, how dare you?!"

Qin Ce was furious, Empress Liu and Concubine Liu Shu showed no fear, but instead smiled coldly and said, "Xia Houpeng, have you forgotten what happened to Lu Polou's family? If you forget, you can think about Yu and Yang."

Lu Polou attacked the Wubao of the Qin family, and killed his concubine, the Zhang family, and Qin Jing's concubine brother. After many years, Qin Jing never forgot the great enmity, and eventually completely wiped out the Lu family's blood.

The Yu family and the Yang family murdered Empress Liu and touched Qin Jing's Ni Lin, and the whole family was killed.

Empress Liu was reminding Xia Houpeng that if he dared to act rashly, the Xiahou clan would surely disappear when Qin Jing led his troops to come.

Xia Houpeng looked at Empress Liu gloomyly, weighed left and right, and finally waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to retreat.

On that day, the emperor and empress were placed under house arrest in the Guangming Palace, and all loyal servants around her were executed.

Xia Houpeng forced Situ Zhang Yu to rectify the imperial edict, and issued the emperor's seal, accusing Qin Jing of secretly communicating with Huan Han and secretly forming an alliance with the Hu tribe, and ordered Qin Yu and Qin Jue to send troops to destroy them.But he changed suddenly and became a loyal minister who cared about his family and country, and did not hesitate to bear the notoriety and raise troops to persuade him.

The edict was advertised to the world, and Huan Rong soon learned of the news.

After confirming that the content was not fictional, there was only one thought left in my mind: Was Xia Houpeng's head kicked by a donkey?