Prison Dragon

Chapter 176

"Get up," Yang You said as he helped Liu Hui up, "This matter has nothing to do with you."

Liu Hui hugged his thigh and wept uncontrollably. He spent most of his life following Yang You, and his faith and political career were also pinned on Yang You.But he didn't expect that in the end, his father and younger brother chose to run counter to him.

Liu Hui endured the condemnation and anger in her heart because of the betrayal, and asked Yang You to personally lead troops to attack Liu Heng.

"You don't know how to fight." Yang You smiled and rejected his request, "Just deal with internal affairs in Beijing, isn't there Yang Yan and Liao Xiang?"

Yang You wanted to cry too, but he had no place to cry. The choice he made had to bear all the consequences by himself, and he couldn't escape.

This is the fateful ending that Qi should have gotten a long time ago. As a person who understands, he should watch the ending completely until the end.

This winter, the snow was extremely heavy, and the two plum blossoms that Yang You planted in front of the window seemed to be sick, and the petals withered and deformed.

Snow covered all the blood and crimes on the earth.

The flames of uprisings in various places quickly ignited. Except for Gyeonggi-do, which was guarded by the government soldiers, all other places fell into melee.

The central court couldn't rein in Qi's horse, so it could only let it gradually run loose.

Just after Yang Yan and Liao Xiang finished Liu Wu, they met Liu Heng who had returned to the army for reinforcements.The two sides fought together.

The terrain in Longxi is very critical, Yang Yuchun has to face the pressure from Turks and Liu Heng, once Yang Yan and Liao Xiang lose, he will be attacked from both sides.

Yang Chixin of Yizhou was also surrounded by other separatist forces and was temporarily unable to leave Jianmen Pass.

These are Yang You's only two teams.

At a critical moment, Yang Yuchun decided to mobilize another [-] troops to join forces with Yang Yan and Liao Xiang, and must defeat Liu Heng.

After paying Yang Yan's life and tens of thousands of casualties, they almost succeeded. In the spring of the ninth year of Guangde, Liu Heng made a huge mistake in his strategic deployment, and Liao Xiang seized the opportunity to fight several battles of encirclement and annihilation. Go seven or eight.

Liu Heng couldn't hold back his subordinates at this time, Yang You issued an order to recruit security in time, promising that as long as he surrendered, he would forget the past.

Yang You's character, as long as anyone who has worked under him knows that it is guaranteed, and under the current situation, Yang You really needs Liu Heng and his men.

Many of Liu Heng's subordinates have appeared to persuade him to submit to the court.

Originally, everyone's status in the imperial court was not low, and following Liu Heng was just a future, and now there is no hope for the future, it is better to return to the imperial court, at least there is a guarantee.

Things are supposed to develop like this, but some accidents always happen.

In April of the ninth year of Guangde, Liu Heng, who had already disappeared and was about to be chased to death by Liao Xiang, suddenly sent troops to capture Run County. His soldiers and horses were much stronger than the bandits. Among the several armies, Liu Heng's combat power was also higher than that of the general army at the same time. After annexing more than a dozen surrounding forces, the number of his men quickly recovered to more than 15.

He used Runzhou as his base to launch a counterattack against Liao Xiang.

Rumors gradually spread from Liu Heng's army, saying that Liu Heng is protected by a real dragon, which can protect soldiers from being injured by swords and swords during battles, and can go to the Paradise of Paradise after death.

Liu Heng's intentions were clearly revealed. Liao Xiang fought with him, each winning or losing, but in the end they lost a bit and were captured and detained by Liu Heng.

So far, Liu Heng has become the largest force in the north. On the one hand, he mobilizes troops and horses to guard against Yang Yuchun, and on the other hand, he quickly advances to Lidu.

Many people are heading to Lidu, and they are all thinking about one thing - as long as I occupy the capital, I will be a legitimate emperor.

It was already summer at this time. Because of the war, the land had not been cultivated properly in the past few years, and the surplus grain in the capital was almost exhausted. Yang You ordered people to rush to harvest summer wheat, hoping to ensure the food rations of the people before the war broke out.

After finishing the day's discussion on political affairs, Lu Shanjian didn't know why he couldn't restrain himself from blaming him, and complained to Yang You: "I said a long time ago that you shouldn't let the Dragon God go. , On the contrary, he was hated by others. Now there is only one Liu Heng, who knows which soldiers were not instructed by him?"

Yang You smiled and didn't speak. Lu Shanjian knew the truth. Facing the devastated dynasty, he had to find someone to vent his anger on.

Yang You understood better than anyone else, "He doesn't hate me, he hates Qi."

He looked at the peaceful city under the night sky, and said with emotion: "Actually, I have thought about it for a long time. Those who raised the army said that they would cut me, a tyrant, into pieces. In fact, none of them knew me, even my elder brother." Don't know what it looks like. Who are they hating?"

They are corrupt officials, soldiers who plunder everywhere, continuous heavy taxation and corvee, a miserable life of starvation and homelessness.

But these are not Yang You, what they resent is Qi Guo.

"What is the significance of a country that can't even guarantee the normal life of its people? It has existed for 800 years? Someone once told me the difference between the world and the country. I think I understand now. The world is not Yang You's world, Yang You The imperial throne of the family was even cheated from the heavens, the world belongs to the people in the world, and the emperor's responsibility is to protect the world, not to occupy the country alone."

"I lost my job."

He hasn't said my word since that day.

By this time, Lu Shanjian already understood what he meant, and he respectfully kowtowed to Yang You, "Minister..."

"You don't need to say anything, I understand." Yang You said, "You go, live a good life in the future, whether you want to go to a new dynasty, or just live in seclusion, I hope you can live a good life."

Lu Shanjian shed a few tears and left with a stooped body. Only then did Yang You realize that they were no longer young and excited, and the monk who was talking about fortune-telling back then had also disappeared.

In July, Yang Yuchun tried to go south to King Qin, but was jointly attacked by the Turks and Liu Heng. He suffered heavy losses. After that, he launched several southward attacks one after another, but he was still unable to break through Liu Heng's defense line. As autumn and winter approached, the Turks also began to prepare for a large-scale invasion. The pressure he faced increased sharply, and he had to choose to retreat to Guangwu Pass.

Yang Yuchun had already made plans to separate the regime. If Lidu fell, he had to quickly find Yang You and bring Yang You's team south to Yizhou.Yizhou has natural dangers and abundant resources. With Yang You's ability, it must be enough to make a comeback.

It seems that God has always been against them. The most troublesome thing in wars throughout the ages is the accompanying diseases. Suddenly, a highly contagious plague appeared in Yang Yuchun's army, and the combat effectiveness dropped several levels.By this time, he had completely lost his chance to help the capital.

Yang Chixin thought it would be easy to separatist in Yizhou, but the difficulty of leaving Shu may not be lower than that of Yang Yuchun. Just looking at the results of Ji Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions, he knew that it was difficult to go north to help Wang Shi, not to mention that he was facing Jingzhou. The Zhao Kingdom in the south under Wu Tongkui's unification, and gradually annexed most of the north, is Liu Heng, one of the few fierce generals in the world.

In the autumn of the ninth year of Guangde, news of the death of Qishan General Tie Lan came. Liu Heng broke through the front line of Qishan and divided his troops into three groups to encircle Lidu.

After 800 years of construction and perfection, the city walls inside and outside Lidu are impregnable. Cui Jue, the defender, has no other experience, but he has rich experience in defending the city. Yang You is not a simple person. Liu Heng has been attacking for two months and still has not captured the capital.

Zhao Guo in the south sent troops to attack Hefei, and Yang Yuchun also sent troops to continuously harass his rear. Liu Heng was once again in a dangerous situation. If he continued to stalemate with Yang You, he would lose his favorable strategic position.

In fact, Yang You, who was under siege, couldn't last long, his food reserves were exhausted, and even the families of second-rank officials in the imperial court began to eat wild vegetables.

Yang You was in a hurry, but Yang Yuchun was even more anxious than him. He even summoned all the Great Wall troops, preparing to abandon the northern defense zone and go south. No matter what, he must protect Yang You. But Liu Heng occupied Qishan. The capital was still out of reach, and the Turks behind them also started to attack. They seemed to know the situation in the Central Plains, and they didn't even pay attention to the paperwork submitted by Yang Yuchun to seek peace. .

Yang Yuchun had no choice but to fall into the situation of fighting on two fronts and struggled to maintain it.

This stalemate dragged on until the spring of the following year, and both sides were gritting their teeth to see who could not hold on first.

At this juncture, Liu Heng used a trick that none of them wanted to see—he started to build embankments to store water in the river.

What an interesting end, the dynasty that started with the black dragon ended in the monstrous flood.

As time went by, the cannibalism in the capital was out of control.At first, the army killed migrant workers, then the common people exchanged children for food, and finally starved to death everywhere in the capital, and these hungry dying people will soon be dragged to slaughter to fill the appetite of the next wave of starvation.

There is food in the palace, even so, Yang You can only drink one bowl of soup every day, which can count rice grains.

Under such circumstances, there are still many ministers who are loyal to their duties. Yang You knows which ministers are useful to the country, so he has nothing to do and dismisses them.In fact, by this time, the imperial court was no longer important.

Liu Hui was the first to react. He went directly to Yang You and confronted his monarch.

"You want to surrender?" Liu Hui said straight to the point.

"Yes." Yang You knelt in the ancestral temple and said lightly to the tablet of the ancestor.

"Yang Yuchun still has the strength to go south, and Yang Chixin is about to break through Zhao Guo and Liu Heng's defense line. There are still many officials who miss you organizing resistance in various places. Do you want to surrender?"

Liu Hui grabbed Yang You's clothes and lifted him up from the ground. The emperor was left with skin and bones, so light that he could be blown away by the wind at any time.

"You actually want to surrender?!" Liu Hui's eyes were red, "Do you know how difficult it is for us to get to this point? What about your ideals, your persistence, you just give up all of them?"

Yang You looked at him without saying a word for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, "Now it's just cannibalism, if you surrender, there is room for the capital to be preserved, once it drags on, wait for Liu Heng to flood Lidu, pass the plain Will be completely ruined by him. I can't watch people die."

"I heard that the harvest in Longxi is good this year, and the people are all talking about him." The more Yang You said, the more depressed and unwilling he was, but his expression was as gentle and plain as ever, "Haven't you heard those nursery rhymes about Liu Heng? He We've known about his ability for a long time. How long will we have to wait for Yang Yuchun and Yang Chixin to come to our aid? Can we hold on? Relying on cannibal soldiers to defend the city, Brother Hui..."

He called out the title he used in the Southwest a few years ago, "I have a disturbed conscience."