Zhu Nao

164 Empty City

After hearing the rumors that were raging in the city, people from all walks of life began to pay close attention to the movements of the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, for fear that they would resort to some tricks.

As a result, it didn't take long before Junao really made a new move.

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Because he hardly fell asleep at night, Liu Song took a restful sleep in the house at noon.When he was sleeping comfortably, he was awakened by a knock on the door.

Boss Liu Song sat up unhappily and asked, "Who is it?"

The voice of his confidant came from outside: "Fu Yin, it's me."

Liu Song specially sent that person outside to inquire about the news, he heard his voice and knew that there was something to report, so he lost his temper, put on his clothes and got out of bed, saying: "Come in."

His subordinates opened the door and walked in. He opened his mouth and said, "Fu Yin, something has happened. The Shu army and the Yanzhou army transported dozens of carts of grain into the city, and began to distribute grain in the city for disaster relief."

Liu Song was taken aback, and couldn't believe his ears: "What? Distribute food for disaster relief?"

You must know that the armies of various governments are now searching for gold and silver treasures everywhere in the capital to expand their own gains from wars. Although they all promise to hand over the spoils, they may not actually follow through on their verbal promises.And Liu Song didn't expect them to hand over everything.As long as they hand over all the confidential official documents related to the court, as for the gold, silver and treasures, there is no way to verify how much the various government troops have embezzled.

Originally, these troops came to the capital from all corners of the country, not to do good deeds.Soldiers are greedy, and officers are also selfish, wishing to feed their soldiers without paying their own pockets.The capital city is not their Shu land, and the people in the capital are not their subjects. Who cares whether these people live or die?And with so many troops entrenched here, if you don't do it yourself, let others rob it all!

Of course, as officers and soldiers, with so many eyes staring at them, they can't do anything to directly rob the people for the time being--there are really nothing for them to plunder the clean people who have been raided by the rebels.

The armies of all the governments seized the so-called garrisons of official mansions and mansions. These places used to be the residences of the dignitaries in the court. Later, when the rebels took over, they became the residences of the rebel officers. Belongings.As a matter of course, those treasures were all involved in the arsenals of the various government armies.

All in all, even if the nearly ten groups of people stationed in Beijing did not search for property, they never took the initiative to distribute money to support the people.This capital city is not their Shu land, and the people in the capital are not their people, so what reason do they have to take care of these people?

But Junao did this...

"Buying fame and fame!" Liu Song first gave a conclusion.Immediately after he thought for a moment, he was still puzzled, "What is his purpose in enlisting the people? Could it be that he still expects these people in the capital to help him plot rebellion?"

In terms of the current military strength in the capital, the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army must have the upper hand.But their jurisdiction is too far away, and it takes a long time to mobilize troops and horses, so they plan to rely on the people in Beijing first to fight against other government troops?

This is not very wise. There used to be hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing, but now there are only tens of thousands of people left, and they are all old, weak, disabled, and sick. What can we expect?

Liu Song thought about it, but couldn't figure out what Zhu Nao's intention was.But he heard his subordinates ask: "Fu Yin, should we also learn from the Shu army and appease the people in the city?"

Earning a reputation for benevolence and righteousness is never a bad thing.What's more, Liu Song is quite ambitious. If he wants to stabilize the situation in the capital before the arrival of reinforcements from all over the country, the people's support must be the help to make things happen.

Liu Song said, "Comfort? Then the Shu army has released food in the city to relieve the disaster, how can I comfort you?" Thinking that Zhu Nao distributed a lot of money and food to the people, he earned it even more. Grinding his teeth in anger.

The subordinate said: "What should I do?"

What should I do?He could only stare blankly.

Liu Song sneered and said, "Let him dance. He is going to be an enemy of the whole world. Can those people in Beijing save him? It would be great if someone could collect his body!"

The subordinates had nothing to say, so they could only turn around and leave.

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In the capital.

Soldiers of the Shu army came in and out busily, transporting cart after cart of grain to the sentry post.They have set up nine sentry posts in Beijing, and there are already long queues in every place.

The soldiers set up a big pot to cook porridge and pancakes. As soon as a pot was cooked, they immediately served it to the common people who lined up with bowls.Because they were too busy, many soldiers of the Yanzhou Army also came to help.

A soldier handed a bowl of hot porridge to an old woman. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she bent her back and kept bowing in thanks: "God has eyes, and you will live a long life."

In the morning, the common people were scrambling to find out the only belongings left in their homes, and wanted to give them to the Shu army and the Yanzhou army as a thank you gift, but in the afternoon when the Shu army released food, the common people still came to collect it.After all, most of the common people hadn't eaten anything for a long time. Because the rebels were afraid of King Qin's invasion, the gates of the city were closed for several months, and the grass roots and bark in the entire capital had been dug up long ago.

Dozens of large pots of porridge were put down, and the people who lined up finally got their food.

Among the crowd, it is not known who made the move, and suddenly someone shouted: "Long live Zhu Fu Yin!"

The shout spread, and soon someone joined in, and the crowd began to shout in unison: "Long live Zhu Fu Yin! Long live Zhu Fu Yin!"

"I beg Zhu Fu Yin to ascend the throne!"

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Shu Army were startled when they heard such a bold shout, and hurriedly began to maintain order: "Don't say that, Zhu Fu Yin is going back to Chengdu Mansion."

"Zhu Fuyin can't leave!"

"Yeah, you can't leave us..."

The common people were clamoring, and the soldiers of the Shu army could only appease the common people constantly.

But at this moment, among the crowd, there were actually quite a few spies sent by the armies of various governments.When they heard the people say those "rebellious" words, they couldn't help but have different expressions.As for what the Shu army said that they were going back to Chengdu mansion soon, the spies from all the armies didn't believe it at all.

These spies withdrew from the crowd one after another, and hurried back to report the situation to their lord.

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Three days later.

In the main hall, apart from the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army, the officers of the various government armies had already gathered, and the crowd was chattering about what happened in the city in the past few days.

"The Shu army actually puts food in the city every day, and they keep saying that they will take the troops back to Shu when the matter in Beijing is resolved. The food and grass are gone. How can they go back to Shu?"

"Damn it, a lot of the food they distribute is earned from us..."

"Now the common people are actually saying that Zhu Nao is the crown prince...Fucking his mother's bullshit, he will recognize his father indiscriminately! Thanks to those foolish people who believe his nonsense!"

"What do you believe? Isn't he buying people's hearts?"

"Is it okay to let him go on like this? His desire to usurp the country is clearly revealed! When he and Xie Wuji arrive in a while, we must take them down, and we must not let them continue to run amok!"

"That's right!"

Liu Song sat on the main seat, listening to everyone's indignant discussions, a smile could not help but hang on the corner of his mouth.

Just as he expected, the troops of all the prefectures were obedient to him, but due to the rumors about Zhu Nao raging in the capital these days, the troops of all the prefectures stood by his side one after another.As long as the banner is used to resist the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, the orders he conveyed will be much more effective.

Counting the time, his order to dispatch troops should have been sent to his territory, and in a few days, his army will march into the capital.According to the current situation, there is no problem for him to stabilize the situation before the army arrives.

Speaking of which, he really wanted to thank Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji.If it weren't for those two cunning rabbits, these lackeys would have caused him so much trouble.

At this moment, someone ran up to the hall: "Report—the Shu army and the Yanzhou army have entered the city!"

Liu Song's spirit was lifted immediately, and the military officers from various prefectures who were talking a lot quickly quieted down.

Liu Song said in a loud voice: "Everyone! Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji pretended to be false positions and acted domineeringly; they also humiliated the royal family and violated laws and disciplines. They are full of five poisons. Today we will arrest the two thieves and punish them for their crimes. Zhen Guoji! Do you have any objections?"

Everyone said one after another: "No objection!" "Follow what Liu Fuyin said!"

In fact, before that, Liu Song had already sent people to communicate with the military officers of various governments, and they had already arranged the manpower.When Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji entered Beijing as agreed, and handed over the spoils they seized, as well as the rebels such as Guo Jinli and Li Cui, the armies of various governments would attack them immediately, close the city gates, cut off the backup of the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, and then Detain Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji.

His proposal was supported by all.

After all, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji's recent actions really provoked public outrage.It's okay for them to gain fame and reputation themselves. Compared with them, what have the other government troops become?It is to prevent them from serving the king, and it is to collect money in the capital. In short, it is shameless and useless to be set off by them.Some people in the capital have already made up nursery rhymes. In the nursery rhymes, only the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army were praised, but all the other troops were scolded.Who can stand this?

Most of these officers present here are not high-ranking and powerful people. They were left behind by their lords only to hinder King Xie Wujiqin.With the current situation like this, they will definitely not be able to get anything good after they go back.If he wanted to make meritorious service, he had to get rid of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji first.

Everyone reached a consensus and continued to wait for news in the hall.Not long after, another message arrived.

"Report—the Shu army and the Yanzhou army have all entered the capital! Zhufu Yin and General Xie refused to enter the imperial city, and asked us to send people out to receive them!"

"what?!"

Liu Song was stunned, and so were all the officers of the government.All the soldiers of Shu Army and Yanzhou Army have entered Beijing? ?

It stands to reason that it would be enough for Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji to have dozens or hundreds of guards around them, and they also did the same a few days ago.There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the two armies, it is not Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji who need to worry about their own safety, it is the other armies who need to worry about whether they will suddenly attack him!

What does this mean?It shows that Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji are already wary, and they may even know their plan for today, so they refuse to enter the imperial city, and have to hand over outside the imperial city!

The smile on Liu Song's face suddenly collapsed, and he glanced at the people in the seat angrily, wondering if someone among them had leaked the news.The military officers from various prefectures were also scanning each other, obviously having the same suspicion as Liu Song.

But now is not the time to look for fine work.

Liu Song didn't give up, and said: "Send someone to talk to them and let them enter the imperial city as agreed. Just say that everyone is waiting for them."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sneer from below.Following the prestige, the person who made the sound was Xie Wuchen.

Xie Wuchen had a dull expression on his face, and said coldly: "Master Liu, why bother?"

Now that this is the case, does Liu Song still expect to persuade them by sending someone to talk to them?Even if you have to ask the big Luo Jinxian in the sky to be a lobbyist.

Liu Song was ashamed when he heard Xie Wuchen's six words full of sarcasm.In fact, when he calmed down and thought about it for a while, he knew that he was doing useless work, but it took so much effort to arrange today's game, and he really couldn't bear to give up like this.

He said angrily: "Xie Changshi, you and that Xie Wuji are brothers of the same clan, could it be that you tipped him off?"

Xie Wuchen looked at Liu Song's greasy face and felt more disgusted.

He informed Xie Wujiu?How can it be!The only thing he has done these days is to stand on the sidelines.Although he also wanted to call Xie Wuji bad luck, but he was completely tired of the situation in the Central Plains, and he didn't want to mess with it anymore.

Facing Liu Song's accusation, he didn't have any excuses, just sneered a few times, got up and said: "Master Liu, everyone, forgive me for feeling unwell, and leave first."

Liu Song hurriedly said: "Don't leave!"

Xie Wuchen had just taken two steps when soldiers came up to stop him.He said coldly: "Why, do you even want to detain me?"

The soldiers who stopped him looked at Liu Song hesitantly.

Liu Song was extremely ashamed, but he also knew that Xie Wuchen had an extraordinary status in Jiangning Mansion and in Jiangnan.He didn't want to make enemies everywhere, so in the end he had to wave his hand to make the guards retreat, and let Xie Wuchen go out.

The rest of the people in the hall stared and looked at each other.

"Liu Fuyin, why don't we just follow their request and send someone out to receive the trophies and prisoners they sent... Otherwise, the stalemate will go on like this, I'm afraid the situation is not good..."

"Yes, if they really heard the news and marched into the city, wouldn't they attack us?"

Liu Song was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

yes!They have seen the ferocity of the Yanzhou army before, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, these two lunatics, really dare to be enemies of the world!If the news that they are not good for them is known to them in advance, and they use it as an excuse to attack and flatten the imperial city, is this not the end? !

The discussion in the hall became louder and louder, and people began to worry about this possibility.Some people even began to accuse Liu Song of acting rashly and selfishly.

Liu Song had no other choice but to send someone out to receive Weiming's war profit, and quickly explore the reality of the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army...

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Outside the Imperial City.

The mighty Yanzhou army and the Shu army surrounded the imperial city tightly, and the soldiers of other armies retreated when they saw it, but the common people in the city were not afraid at all, and boldly approached the team.

Today Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji came to hand over the spoils and prisoners they captured to the coalition forces of various governments, so there were many bound rebel prisoners of war in the team, Guo Jinli and Li Cui were also among them.

Ever since Guo Jinli was taken out of the stable that day, no one had bathed him, and now his body is still covered with dry horse manure, he is really embarrassing and embarrassing.

The people picked up branches and stones one after another, and threw them at the rebels who had oppressed them for more than a year.It was supposed to be a very relieved time, but gradually some people in the crowd began to cry, as if they were infected, and more and more people cried bitterly.

In the past few days after King Qin's army entered the city, although the capital was in dilapidated condition, after all hardships are rewarded, the common people are always more happy than sad.On the contrary, today, the emotions that people have suppressed for more than a year seem to have finally found a breakthrough.

Some people cried, others cursed loudly.

Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji rode on the horse, listening to the wailing and cursing in their ears, they were silent for a long time.

Suddenly, some people noticed something and asked quickly: "Brothers of the Shu Army, why are you all carrying your bedding? Where are you going?"

Today, since Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji brought the whole army over, of course the army broke out and all the luggage was transported.

The soldiers replied: "We are going back to Chengdu Mansion."

"What?!" The people were in an uproar.

Although they had heard that the Shu army and the Yanzhou army had plans to go back, after all, they had always hoped that they were just talking, at least they never thought that they would leave so early.How many days have passed? !

"You can't go!"

"I beg you, don't leave, I will kowtow to you!"

"If you insist on leaving, take us with you!"

The people became more and more noisy, and gradually surrounded the imperial city with three floors inside and three floors outside.Although it was only a few days, the common people could see the appearance of each army.The only people who cared about their life and death were the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army, and no one else.What's more, Liu Song's reputation of incompetence and incompetence has long been heard by the people in Beijing. As long as Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji leave, they will have to return to the situation where every day should not be called and the earth is not working.

At this moment, the gate of the imperial city opened, and the people sent by the coalition forces of various prefectures to receive the spoils came out.

Seeing the bustling scene outside the imperial city, these people were terrified. They were really afraid that the army would rush in with the common people and push down the city wall.

They came to the army tremblingly. Cheng Jingzhe led the soldiers and brought thousands of bound rebel prisoners of war and dozens of carts of spoils to those people.

Cheng Jingzhe said coldly: "It's all here. Do you need to count it?"

Those people were quite surprised when they saw what was handed over.To be honest, they didn't know how many things the Shu army and Yanzhou army had seized, so it was impossible to verify whether the amount handed over was correct.But judging from the amount handed over, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji are already extremely generous, at least they won't detain too many things themselves.

Those people were surrounded by soldiers of the two armies, and were stared at by countless ordinary people. They didn't dare to make any embarrassment at all, and hurriedly said: "Let's take them back and count them slowly."

Someone else dared to ask: "Is it true that Governor Zhu and General Xie will not go in? As for how to deal with this, Governor Liu needs to discuss with General Xie and Governor Zhu..."

Cheng Jingzhe was expressionless: "The army has been away from home for a long time, the soldiers are homesick, and there is not much food and grass left. Moreover, there are many people in Beijing, and the power is complicated. The governor and General Xie are entangled in rumors, which only arouses suspicion, which is really inconvenient. Stay here longer. Our army and the Yanzhou Army are leaving Beijing for the return journey today."

"What?!" The people from all the military forces were stunned when they heard this.Are the Shu Army and Yanzhou Army going back? ? ?

In the past few days, all kinds of rumors have been raging, and the people in Beijing have the intention of carrying Zhu Nao into the imperial city.Everyone thought that all of this was planned by Jun Nao himself, that he was the one who released the rumors, and that he instigated the people.But now, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji are going back? ? ?

Facing the sluggish crowd, Cheng Jingzhe urged: "Please accept it quickly. It's getting late, and the army is still on their way today, so we need to leave as soon as possible."

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After half an hour.

Liu Song and the others fidgeted and waited in the hall for a long time, and the person they sent finally came back.

Liu Song quickly asked: "How's the situation? Did they take the opportunity to make trouble?"

Those who came back shook their heads and reported: "Yanzhou Army and Shu Army started to withdraw after handing over their spoils and prisoners of war. They said they would go back to Shu and Guanzhong today."

"What?!" Hearing the news, the military officers from all the prefectures were also taken aback, "Are they really going back??"

"Yes..." The man hurriedly repeated what Cheng Jingzhe said.

The officers were dumbfounded.

This is simply unbelievable!Could it be that the recent rumors in the city were not released by Zhu Nao?Or did they realize that they had made too many enemies and had to give up halfway?

Some even started to feel sorry for them.If I were Zhu Nao, why not fight today, maybe I can really sit on the throne...

When Liu Song heard the news, he was greatly relieved at first, and then became entangled.

Although they failed to take down the two big hidden dangers of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, at least the danger was lifted when they left.

But these two cunning rabbits are gone, will the remaining lackeys make trouble again?I don't know how many days it will take for my army to arrive from Henan Mansion.

There are also prisoners of war handed over by the Shu army and the Yanzhou army... I didn't expect that they would really hand over people and things, and they would pat their butts and leave after handing them over.What to do with these thousands of rebels is really a big problem.If you go directly to kill them all, I'm afraid it's not fair enough.But if it is not dealt with as soon as possible, these thousands of people will have to consume food and grass...

All in all, first find a way to drag it.Dragging his own reinforcements, the capital and the court will be his world in the future.

Liu Song was both happy and sad, and everyone in the hall had complicated thoughts.No one is in the mood to continue talking about business.

After an unknown period of time, another spy hurried up to the hall.

"It's not good, something serious happened!"

Everyone was startled, and hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"

The spies panted and said, "All the people in the capital followed Shu, the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, one, and left together!"

Everyone's faces were blank, obviously they didn't expect this to happen.

Liu Song was the first to come back to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "How far have you gone?"

The spy said with a sad face: "I don't know yet, but people keep coming out of the city, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."

This capital was once the hometown of the people in Beijing.However, after more than a year of war, the property is gone, there are not many relatives left, and the foundation has been uprooted.Faced with such a complicated and homeless situation in central Beijing, how can the ordinary people who have suffered so much dare to stay any longer?The only way to survive is to follow Zhu Nao and leave with his family.

Liu Song remained dazed for a long time, not knowing how to react.

He has always felt that the tens of thousands of old, weak, disabled and sick left in Beijing are not enough to worry about, but this is good, he really doesn't have to worry about it.You don't even have to worry about how to stabilize the form of the capital.

The people in Beijing have all left, leaving an empty city, so why talk about stability?

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Suburbs of Beijing.

Xie Wuji rode a horse and stood by the side of the road, and the team slowly passed by him.

Before leaving the city, Junao specifically ordered the army to move slowly.At that time, Xie Wuji didn't know why, but now he knows.

The women carried their children, and the men mixed with the elderly, and one or two small packages were all their belongings.These people followed behind the army, turned around every step, but walked without hesitation.

Wu Cong took two steps forward slowly, and came behind Xie Wuji: "General."

Xie Wuji glanced at him sideways: "What's the matter?"

Wu Cong hesitated for a while, not knowing how to speak.

Recently there have been rumors about Zhu Nao's life experience in Beijing and China, not to mention the various military forces, even Wu Cong could not help suspecting that these news were released by Zhu Nao himself.Although Zhu Nao did not stay in the capital in the end, it was probably just the timing was wrong, and his ambition was already very clear.

Prior to this, Xie Wuji's purpose had always been to coerce the emperor to make the princes.But the emperor is dead, there is no doubt that this road will not work.Xie Wuji had to choose a new path.

So, he is still walking with Junao now, which means he chose Junao?

Wu Cong didn't understand.Since they are all opening up new dynasties, why is it Zhu Nao and not the Xie family.Jiangnan is at least Xie Wuji's hometown, Xie's family is Xie Wuji's relatives, and the prosperity of Jiangnan is not inferior to the prosperity of Sichuan.

Wu Cong hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Is the general going back to Guanzhong?"

He has followed Xie Wuji for several years and knows Xie Wuji better than others.And Xie Wuji also understood him.With just this sentence, Xie Wuji understood what he meant.

Xie Wuji said: "Do you want to ask me why I don't know Jiangnan?"

Wu Cong nodded awkwardly: "...Yes."

Xie Wuji glanced at the winding team behind him, his long eyelashes fluttered slightly, as if he was also thinking.

After a while, he said calmly, "They want to be emperor."

Wu Cong was taken aback for a moment, not understanding who "they" were referring to.

Xie Wuji glanced at the front of the team again, and said, "And he wants to do something."

Wu Cong understood immediately, and was immediately stunned.

Xie Wuji didn't say anything more, pulled the rein of the horse, and chased towards the front of the team.

The author has something to say: Liu Song: I want to control the capital!

Zhu Nao: I'm not interested in Beijing.

Liu Song: mmp!You are stupid!How can you let others play!

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