"It is God's destiny, the emperor decreed:
The late emperor suddenly passed away and returned to the Five Elements. I inherited the order of the Emperor and Heaven, the descendants of the martyrs and sages, and the order of Heaven. I entered the ancestral hall in the order of the wheel. The civil servants and generals at home and abroad, the virtuous people of the world, and the senior soldiers and civilians, who have repeatedly refused to accept the offer, hereby declare to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the state of Penglai that the emperor is located in Penglai..."
The announcement of the edict echoed in the hall.
The guests nodded and listened respectfully.
"Mother and concubine, what is your father doing..." The little princess hugged her mother and expressed that she could not understand the solemnity in the palace.
Princess Han hugged her daughter tightly, but her eyes were not very firm, and even mixed with a little helplessness. She sighed softly: "Your father is realizing his ideal..."
"But isn't my uncle already the emperor in Luoyang? Why does dad still want to be the emperor? How could the Liang Dynasty have two emperors?"
The little princess used the most innocent tone to issue a torture that hit her soul.
Indeed, how absurd would it be for a country to have two emperors who ascended the throne in different places?
"Tan'er, please stop asking..."
"Mother, I want to go back to Luoyang. I dreamed about my grandpa last night. He said -"
"Shut up!"
Princess Han reprimanded in a low voice. This tender woman lost her temper for the first time.
The little princess held back tears and felt aggrieved.
Princess Han held her daughter's face, her eyes filled with guilt: "I'm sorry Tan'er, there are some things that my mother and concubine can't do anything about..."
Perhaps as the person beside her, she had tried to persuade her so many times and shed so many tears about this matter. But women are women after all, and no matter what, they can't change the heart of a man who longs for power.
Song Che had no intention of listening to the recitation of the edict. He only looked at the night sky outside the palace, expecting the lotus lantern to appear.
"...The new emperor ascended the throne, comforted the world, and reformed the people. All joint matters are listed below...I hereby--"
"Boom!"
As soon as the edict was finished, a lotus rose into the sky, followed by a thundering cannon!
Everyone was shocked!
"What happened?"
Everyone ran out of the Daming Hall and saw a prairie fire burning in the south of the city. The sound of bells, drums and horns, and the roar of thousands of people, instantly spread throughout Dengzhou City.
panic!
At this time, the generals of the Guards Battalion rushed into the Wanshou Palace in a hurry:
"My lord, it's the horn sound of enemy attack. Someone is attacking the south gate!"
King Anyang was furious: "How dare your army attack my city!"
"Listen to the sound of cannons... maybe only the Huainan Navy has such firearms."
"Your Majesty, we have fallen into a trap! Now that the navy has been transferred out of the military port, it will be difficult to recall it for a while. If the enemy troops attack the city -"
"Shut up! You mediocre people, stop being alarmist here. If it weren't for your poor supervision, how could the Huainan Navy take advantage of it?"
Liu Chong stepped forward and offered advice to King Anyang: "My lord, don't worry. Since the attackers can sneak outside Dengzhou City silently, they must be lightly armed and unknown troops. Their number must not be large. Now There were still more than 30,000 troops left in the Dengzhou garrison and the military port. They were transferred together to guard the south gate. At the same time, they quickly sent people to recall the Jingdong Navy;
We only need to defend the city for half an hour, and we can hold on until the navy returns to Hong Kong. At that time, we can launch a counterattack and completely annihilate the rebel army! "
After saying this, he knelt down and asked for orders: "I am willing to personally lead the troops to stop the enemy!"
"Okay! If we are really in danger, we have to rely on my uncle to take action!"
Anyang Wang Dayue also ordered to the general of the Guards Battalion: "Han Huang, you lead 800 Guards and work with Mr. Liu to go to the south gate to stop the enemy. You must stop the rebels outside the city!"
"The last general takes command!"
"The rest of you, please close the palace door tightly. No one can enter or leave easily!"
What needs to go goes, and what needs to stay stays.
The remaining guests were pacing back and forth, counting on their fingers, craning their necks and looking at the sea, hoping that the navy would return to King Qin as soon as possible.
Song Che frowned and stared in the direction of the south gate.
It is undeniable that there are still some talents under King Anyang.
If Liu Chong's plan is really followed, can the 10,000 lightly-armed soldiers led by Jiang Yuntian defeat the smaller ones and break through the south gate of Dengzhou?
At this time, the sound of gunfire stopped suddenly.
"Crackling..."
Bursts of gunfire replaced it.
Listening to the sound, it seems to be getting closer...
Song Che took out his binoculars and was about to take a look at the situation when his vision suddenly went dark and Lin Yue suddenly stopped in front of him.
With disappointment in her eyes, mixed with a little indifference, she asked in a low voice: "Did you plan everything tonight?"
Song Che lowered his eyes and asked, "Why do you ask that?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"No one thinks you're stupid unless you're pretending to be stupid."
"Haha... How could you, a profit-seeking businessman, come to Dengzhou just for me? I am really stupid. After a few sweet words and a few lingering encounters, I told you everything, and I didn't even have a trace of you. I had no doubts until the sound of gunfire sounded."
"Yue'er."
Song Che wanted to hold her hand.
Lin Yue retreated step by step, tears welling up in her eyes, "Looking at the whole beam, only people like you can make guns and cannons for the Huainan Navy. You have been a member of the Huainan Navy from the beginning to the end. You simply can't You didn’t come here to find me, everything you did to me was just for tonight!”
She vented her emotions, but no matter how excited she was, she still suppressed her voice for fear of letting outsiders hear her.
Song Che wanted to explain something, but now, how could she listen?
"No matter how you behave, I will get what I want no matter what, including you."
"Tsk..." Lin Yue smiled disdainfully, watching Song Che step back step by step, "I will never let you hurt the princess and the little princess, even if you risk your life."
"Bang bang bang bang..."
"Pah, pah, pah..."
Swords clashed, muskets sounded.
The sound of fighting could be heard outside the palace.
All the guests in the palace were extremely panicked.
Obviously, the army that captured the king arrived before King Qin's troops. This was destined.
"Your Majesty, let's run away!"
"There is a cliff behind, where should we escape!"
"Where are the guards! Where are the navy masters!"
"Concubine, Tan'er is afraid..."
Sudden!
The fighting outside the palace came to an abrupt end.
The gusts of sea breeze blew the smell of blood into the Longevity Palace.
All the guests looked around in confusion.
"we won?"
"Master Liu! Mr. Liu, you can kill all the traitors -"
"Snapped!"
The palace door was kicked open.
A group of axemen baptized in blood stood coldly at the gate with white blades and murderous eyes.
Jiang Yuntian was holding a blood-drinking sword, like a hellish Shura, and he was holding a bloody human head in his hand.
He strode into the Longevity Palace and threw the human head in his hand on the stage. The head rolled out a trail of blood on the ground and finally stopped at the feet of King Anyang.
Protruding eyes, messy beard and hair, and a ferocious expression.
Liu Chong, died!
