Jiangmen Tianjiao: Reborn with funny ancestors
Chapter 618 The Li family’s choice
As soon as Marquis Li Yang and Lu Yu left, Lu Chengji and Phantom rushed back to Xiangyang with Jing Zhao.
"Miss, when we arrived at Fenghuang Pass with Jing Zhao, the army had already set out.
After hearing that General Feng Hu said that the eldest lady was fine, Jing Zhao went to Hanyang.
He asked me to bring a message to the eldest lady. When the eldest lady attacks Hanyang, he will find a way to cooperate with the eldest lady inside and outside. He only hopes that after the eldest lady captures Hanyang, he will be released back to Nanchu. "
After listening to Lu Chengji's reply, Chu Tianjiao had some thoughts in his mind.
She ordered Chu Minyu to go to Xinyang, and half a month later, he led soldiers from the Xinyang camp to besiege Hanyang together.
On the seventh day after Lu Yunkui's death, Kang Wang Lu Qianhao ascended the throne in Shangjing, appointed officials from the Ministry of Rites to worship the heaven and earth and the Ancestral Temple, and changed the name to Shouchang.
Lu Hongcheng, the eldest son of King Kang, was named crown prince.
At the same time, in order to show his legitimacy, Lu Qianhao also issued an order to reward generals such as Chu Ge, Chu Tianjiao, Li Bochang, and Zheng Batian who were fighting at the front.
In order to please the Chu family, the Chu family was given the heaviest reward. Chu Ge was directly awarded the title of King of Liyang, which was hereditary for five generations. With the rank of mighty general, Chu Ye was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
At the same time, Li Bochang was also named King of Jiaodong, and everyone in the Li family was rewarded.
If you just look at these imperial decrees of rewards, outsiders would think that both the Chu and Li families had surrendered to Lu Qianhao.
Many officials and people in the capital who did not know the truth were misled.
But it didn't take long for the late emperor's edict to spread, and everyone knew that Prince Lu Yuanqing had ascended the throne at Fenghuang Pass.
There is a regent in the Chu family, so naturally he will not obey Lu Qianhao's edict.
There was an undercurrent surging in the capital city. Under Prime Minister Wang's suggestion, the civil and military ministers all shut up and made excuses with the pseudo-emperor Lu Qianhao. Only the old censor Zhang directly accused Lu Qianhao of plotting to usurp the throne, and Lu Qianhao killed everyone in his family.
There were also some military generals who defected to the puppet emperor. Most of these people were part of a secret move that Lu Qianhao had made many years ago. The puppet emperor issued an order to mobilize troops. These people led their men to assemble in Beijing to prepare for the counterattack of the Chu family army.
Since Li Bochang on the eastern front has not moved his troops so far, the imperial army in the capital plus the troops transferred from foreign enemies can only number 60,000.
"What's going on with Li Bochang? Why haven't you moved yet?"
Lu Qianhao was extremely anxious. If he dared to usurp the throne, his biggest weight was the Li family army.
But so far he has only received a letter from Li Bochang saying that he declined to withdraw because the war was urgent and he had no time to spare.
This made Lu Qianhao realize that the Li family might have turned against them.
That day, after Li Bochang received a secret letter from Lu Qianhao asking him to withdraw his troops and return to Beijing, he almost agreed.
It was Li Kuang who stopped Li Bochang.
Li Kuang put a knife on his neck and threatened Li Bochang: "Father, if you withdraw your troops now, the Dongyi people will definitely occupy Jiaozhou and then attack Linhai and Quyang Pass.
With the Eastern Front lost, the Li family's sins will never be expiated. Instead of being infamy for eternity, my son might as well kill himself now to thank the world! "
"Nonsense! We withdraw our troops because of Lu Qianhao's secret order. Lu Qianhao has ascended the throne and it is hard to disobey the king's orders. We are just acting according to the order. If we want to scold him, everyone in the world will scold Lu Qianhao. What are you doing to my Li family?"
After listening to Li Bochang's words, Li Kuang suddenly thought of what Chu Tianjiao had said to him about "the king is less important than the people", and Li Kuang smiled miserably.
"The king carries out his orders, and his ministers carry out their will. If the king is unworthy, the ministers will be unfaithful. Dad, King Kang has rebelled against his superiors. Even if an imperial edict is issued to you to withdraw your troops, you can still disobey the edict. Why is it so hard to disobey the emperor's order?"
Our Li family is a soldier, and the duty of a soldier is to guard the country. How can there be any reason to open the country and let foreign enemies trample on it for the sake of a false emperor who seeks to usurp the throne? "
Li Bochang naturally understood what his son said. He struggled several times not only because Lu Qianhao had the handle on the Li family, but also because of other considerations.
If it helps Lu Qianhao secure his position in the country, the Li family will become the second Chu family in Liguo, and may even replace the Lu family in the future.
But if you don't obey the imperial edict, you will always be subordinate to the Chu family.
Li Bochang was unwilling to give in.
After many days of fighting between righteousness and selfishness, selfishness finally defeated righteousness, and Li Bochang was ready to order the withdrawal.
But his son threatened to die, but Li Bochang couldn't force himself.
He kept persuading and even asked his eldest son to kneel down to his younger son. However, Li Kuang remained unmoved. As long as Li Bochang's messengers dared to leave the general's mansion, he would kill himself immediately.
Just when the father and son were in a stalemate, a servant from the General's Mansion came to report, "Generalissimo Zheng Batian of the Eastern Expedition has led 10,000 Quzhou troops into the city."
Li Bochang was shocked: "Why is he here?"
A smile appeared on Li Kuang's face, "Dad, I wrote the letter to my uncle."
"You!" Li Bochang sat down slumped and sighed: "That's all, I'll just follow your orders. My father will never order the withdrawal of troops again."
Li Bochang knew that once Zheng Batian arrived, what he planned would be impossible to succeed.
Not to mention that Zheng Batian, the uncle of Wuning, brought the Quzhou army, but that Old Man Zheng had great prestige in the army. He said he wanted to withdraw his troops, but he couldn't.
Everyone knows that the war situation in Jiaozhou has reversed at this time. It is the time to drive the Dongyi people out of the country. The soldiers in Jiaozhou are not stupid. As soon as Zheng Batian arrived, he ordered to hold on. Even if Li Bochang ordered to retreat, most of the soldiers in Jiaozhou would Put the interests of the family and country first and listen to Zheng Batian instead of him.
After Wu Ningbo entered the general's mansion, Li Kuang had already removed the knife from his neck, but Wu Ningbo still felt the strange atmosphere.
"Boy from the Li family, you wrote to me and said you had a clever way to defeat the enemy. For the sake of my eldest granddaughter, I believed you.
Now I'm here, let's talk and listen! "
Only then did Li Bochang learn that Li Kuang had not told Wu Ningbo the truth, but coaxed Wu Ningbo to Jiaozhou on the pretext of discussing military affairs.
Although he was at odds with Uncle Wu Ning, in order to cover up the truth that he almost withdrew his troops, he greeted Uncle Wu enthusiastically and said with a smile: "Uncle Uncle has come all the way. This boy of mine is acting recklessly. What can he do?" A good way to defeat the enemy?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Bochang finished speaking, Li Kuang said seriously: "I do have a plan to completely drive the Dongyi people out of the country."
Wu Ningbo had already learned about King Kang's rebellion, and he had been anxious for a long time. He didn't want to spend any more time on the Eastern Front.
He guessed that the Chu family would definitely not follow the false edict, and a civil war would definitely begin.
Wu Ningbo was anxious to end the Eastern Front campaign as soon as possible so that he could divide his troops and return to Beijing to quell the chaos, so he hurried over as soon as he received Li Kuang's letter.
Hearing what Li Kuang said, Wu Ningbo said: "Okay! Li family boy, although I don't like your father, you can catch my eye. If you have any plans, let me know."
Li Bochang was slapped in the face and showed his displeasure, but Wu Ningbo pretended not to see it, so he had to endure it.
Li Kuang invited Wu Ningbo into the war room, pointed to the sand table and explained his strategy in detail.
"Uncle, please see, Shangguan Lie has now retreated to the entrance of Partridge Gorge. There has been heavy snowfall in Jiaozhou recently, and the snow on the peaks on both sides of Partridge Gorge is getting thicker and thicker. I am ready to..."
It turned out that Li Kuang planned to lead Shangguan Lie into the Partridge Gorge and drown the Dongyi people in snow. This requires the cooperation of the Jiaozhou Army, the Quzhou Army and the Linhai Army in order to force the Dongyi people into a dead end.
After listening to Li Kuang's tactics, Wu Ningbo praised: "Okay, let's do it. I will write to Zheng Chuang right away and we will fight in seven days."
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