Steel Dynasty - Chapter 639

[Chapter 638 Helpless Rumors]

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Chen Xinran launched an attack on Bingzhou City amid fierce artillery fire.

Now the king of Liang has launched an army to attack the king of Qi, and all the elites in the country have come out. The states and counties in Liang are empty of troops, and there are only a small number of defenders in each city.

Therefore, although their army was discovered by scouts when they entered the Liang Kingdom, the King of Liang did not gather his troops to fight.

Among the many vassal states, King Yong’s feudal state cannot be said to be rich, but relatively speaking, the soldiers of the Yong army have their own toughness because they have been defending against barbarians all year round.

With the strength of the whole country, Liang Guo was evenly matched with King Yong. Now facing the overwhelming Yong army, Liang Guo could not stop it at all.

The artillery first smashed the city gate of Bingzhou City. At this time, Chen Xinran shouted: “Soldiers, charge! The first person to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! After entering the city, there is no guilt for looting!”

The soldiers of Yong Army were rewarded heavily. They screamed and rushed towards Bingzhou City, and Chen Xinran’s order to indulge in looting also drove these soldiers, who usually lacked pay and lived in extreme poverty, into madness.

The soldiers blinded by desire are terrifying. The Yongzhou army outside the city rushed into the city gate like wild beasts.

The Yongzhou Army launched an attack from four city gates at the same time. The Bingzhou Army, which originally numbered only 3,000 people, was spread out and could not stop the fierce attack of more than 100,000 Yongzhou Army. Soon the Yongzhou Army rushed into this building located between Yongwang Fengguo and Liang Dynasty. A city between countries.

The Yongzhou soldiers who entered Bingzhou City quickly swarmed up the city wall and killed the Bingzhou soldiers who resisted one by one. At the same time, most of the Yongzhou soldiers began to loot the city wantonly.

Chen Xinran rode into Bingzhou City. He looked indifferently at the looting soldiers. The food and wages provided by Xiao Ming this time were only enough to allow them to capture Bingzhou City. If they captured other prefectures and counties, they would have to find ways to raise food and wages themselves.

It is for this reason that he condoned soldiers looting, because this was the fastest way to solve the problem of food and wages.

After taking Bingzhou City, Chen Xinran set his sights on Fenzhou. This was the next city he wanted to attack. After Fenzhou, there was Yanzhou. After Yanzhou, there was Qingzhou. The palace of King Liang was in Qingzhou. .

Just when Chen Xinran easily captured Bingzhou, Prince Liang’s Mansion in Qingzhou was already in chaos.

The news that King Yong suddenly sent troops to cross the border had reached here, and King Liang was shocked when he learned the news.

“How could King Yong send troops!”

King Liang still couldn’t believe it. After Xiao Ming captured Wei, he believed that King Yong would be wary of Xiao Ming, but now things are developing in an unpredictable direction.

“Your Highness, the old minister said that we should be wary of King Yong’s attack, but your Highness believed the words of the second prince. Now the military strength in the country is empty, and the Liang Kingdom is at rest.”

King Liang’s face turned pale. At that time, some civil servants persuaded him to form an alliance with the Yan Kingdom and destroy Yong first .

The king again approached Xu Tuzhi of Qi State, but it was the envoys of Yan State and the lobbying of the second prince that finally made him fall in love.

Because King Yan promised that after he captured Qingzhou, he would divide Yongdi and the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun among him, and divide the captured cities equally. However, none of the cities had been captured yet, and the city of Liang Kingdom was captured by King Yong.

“My dear friends, what should we do now?” King Liang also lost his mind.

“Your Highness, let the second prince lead the troops back immediately, otherwise it will be too late!” the officials said urgently.

King Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead. This time, an oversight could endanger the country. He said, “Immediately order the second prince to lead the troops back!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

…

Qingzhou City.

While the fierce battle was going on in Yunzhou City, Xiao Ming’s enthronement ceremony was also held in Qingzhou City.

In the days before he ascended the throne, Qingzhou newspapers continued to publicize Xiao Ming’s ascension to the people in various states. At the same time, the Chang’an rebellion was also thoroughly exposed in the newspapers.

The prince killed the king, King Zhao occupied the magpie’s nest, Queen Zhao and the thirteenth prince were forced to ascend the throne by King Zhao. All these were listed in detail. For a time, these news caused an uproar in Qingzhou City.

In addition to exposing King Zhao’s treasonous act, the newspaper also published the posthumous edict, proving that Xiao Ming’s ascension to the throne was in compliance with the emperor’s order.

Xiao Ming was going to ascend the throne, and the people of the feudal kingdom were naturally overjoyed, because it meant that the virtuous king in their eyes would become the emperor who blessed the world. From then on, their lives would be filled with food, clothing, and wealth under the protection of this emperor.

Therefore, on the day of the coronation, a large number of people spontaneously poured into Qingzhou City. They were all in high spirits and excited, shouting “Long live the new emperor” and waiting happily for the coronation ceremony.

The smiles on the faces of Qingzhou merchants are no less than those of the common people. Under Xiao Ming’s rule, their status has been greatly improved, and they believe that in the near future, Qingzhou will be more suitable for merchants to live and live.

Like the merchants, those who were once humble craftsmen now have not only a low status, but are gradually on an equal footing with the scholars.

The only ones who were unhappy were probably the Confucian scholars who had offended Xiao Ming. They were now trembling with fear and kept their tails in check, not daring to speak loudly on days like this, otherwise they might really be beaten to death by the angry people.

After all, Xiao Ming is now the destined emperor in the hearts of the people, and he is also the reincarnation of the Barefoot Immortal from the Upper Realm sent by God to save the common people.

“Barefoot Immortal!”

In Prince Qi’s palace, Xiao Ming laughed out loud after learning that the rumors were being spread by word of mouth among the people in the city.

He looked at Fiji, who was standing silently aside, and said, “Mr. Feige, it’s you who caused this thing again.”

Three days ago, Fiji gave him a trick, which was to deify him. At that time, Xiao Ming was reviewing the news from the war in Yunzhou City. Seeing that it was not a big deal and he didn’t want to argue with Fiji about it, he sent him to discuss it with Pang Yukun, meaning that if the two reached an agreement, they would do it. .

But in this case, it seems that Pang Yukun obviously agreed.

Pang Yukun smiled and said: “Your Highness, this is the rule of the past dynasties. Now that Your Highness has ascended the throne, the historian will write a book and biography for His Highness, and this will also help His Highness unify the Great Chongqing Kingdom. After all, the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom still believe this. “

Xiao Ming was a little helpless when he heard this, but after thinking about it, it seemed that it was indeed beneficial to him at this stage. In addition to fabricating the reincarnation of a barefoot immortal, Fiji also fabricated a story about a real dragon appearing in the sky when he was born.

“Yes, Your Highness, I am also loyal and loyal.” Fiji smiled, and he was still top-notch in terms of flattering skills.

Xiao Ming shook his head and said, “It’s getting late. Let’s start the enthronement ceremony as soon as possible. The war in Yunzhou is tense, and I am afraid that something unexpected will happen.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Pang Yukun and Fiji said at the same time. .

After saying that, the two of them bowed at the same time and said loudly: “His Royal Highness, Prince Qi, please enter the palace for a ceremony.”

Xiao Ming nodded, carrying Fei Yue’er in full dress in one hand, boarded the Luan Jia, and under the protection of the guards, he paid his respects as the temporary guest. He left for the Qingzhou government office in the Yizheng Hall.

(End of chapter)