Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Behind the low curtain of the Jinxiang Hall, several ministers standing outside could see figures walking back and forth inside.

Wang Pu clasped his fists and said: "The Liaoxi Fortress in the northeast has not yet been completed, and has been besieged by the Khitan army... Some soldiers from the Cao Division have reported to the Privy Council, and all ethnic groups in the northwest have appeared near the Yellow River, and they may be plotting big things..."

The figure inside was Fu Jinzhan, with her arms folded in front of the ribbon, her brows were frowning and she said nothing. Jing Niang, who was next to her, just reported a secret message: It is confirmed that Guo Jin is recruiting troops in Shouzhou and is preparing secretly.

These things are usually urgent matters, but now Jinzhan doesn't care about them. What she cares most about seems to be the things that everyone avoids on the scene: Li Chuyun's 50,000 troops are approaching Tokyo!

After a long time, she said: "Wang Shijun, please come to Yangde Hall to discuss matters."

"Observe the order." Wang Pu's voice said.

When Wang Pu entered Yangde Hall through the door of the study room in the East Hall, he saw Fu Jinzhan was surrounded by two people, one eunuch Cao Tai and one Jing Niang.

Wang Pubao glanced left and right, clasped his fists and said, "Empress, I heard that Dalang of the Fu family has come to Beijing?"

Fu Jinzhan frowned and said, "What's the use of summoning Zhao Xu to Beijing? For a while, can he play any role in the Imperial Army?"

Wang Pu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

Fu Jinzhan threw two more memorials on the table and raised his chin lightly. Cao Tai immediately stepped forward and silently passed the things to Wang Pu.

Wang Pu browsed through it. One was Wei Renpu's own handwriting, reporting that there was no change in the army, and everything returned to Beijing in accordance with the order of the Privy Council; a letter of merit was written by Li Chuyun, reporting that the "Hexi Army" defeated the party and other coalition forces in Feng'an.

After reading it, Wang Pu immediately bowed and said, "Wei Renpu's letter has already been read by Li Chuyun when it was sent out."

"Oh?" Fu Jinzhan thought for a while, then nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Wang Pu felt that the Empress had figured out why. Li Chuyun came back almost twice as long as he went to the Northwest. There was obviously a delay. It can be boldly guessed that Li Chuyun had been suspicious for a long time, so it was difficult for Wei Renpu to send the letter out of the military camp privately; and judging from the content of the letter, there was no reason for the delay at all, so Wei Renpu's letter was an official letter.

"Li Chuyun's memorial is not asking for credit, but a warning." Wang Pu said again.

After hearing this, Jinzhan said coldly: "It is reported that Luo Yanhuan met Zuo You in private and sent someone out of Tokyo. Didn't he have an affair with his friend Li Chuyun?! Li Chuyun already knew that the official was in a coma and had been lying in bed for a long time. "

Wang Pu mused, "It seems from Li Chuyun's memorial that although he temporarily has military power, he does not want to take risks. It is just a warning to the court that he has just made military exploits and is not at fault. If he is moved at this time, the empress will lose his virtue... With the prestige of the empress, the regent is not easy to convince the public. Killing the general may cause instability in the government."

Wang Pu said calmly: "The old minister thinks that judging from the current situation, the real trouble is that the court may fight internally in the future... But after all, tens of thousands of elite soldiers have gathered in Tokyo, so we should be more cautious."

Jinzhan was silent for a long time, and said: "When Li Chuyun arrives in Beijing, let Yang Biao restrain Tokyo's defense, order martial law in the four cities, and deploy the inner hall to the west gate. Order Li Chuyun and the Qianying Army Mansion to transfer the guards and horses to the north gate school grounds, and the imperial army to the west gate school grounds. They will be divided into two shares. Then silver coins and copper coins will be transported from the inner treasury, and the soldiers will be rewarded. All armies will be disbanded in batches and enter the city from the south gate."

Wang Pu was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly said: "As long as the army pays off the weapons first, the danger can be saved, but... this will make Li Chuyun even more suspicious!"

Jinzhan said in a trembling voice, "I don't care about that much anymore!"

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Queen, please think again."

Jinzhan said coldly: "I didn't send someone to bring Li Chuyun straight into the imperial city with the imperial decree, so I thought twice."

... Fu Jinzhan didn't know if he did something wrong, maybe he was really wrong.

She had thought about Wang Pu's warning carefully, and was fully aware of the consequences it would bring. She wasn't willful, but she couldn't get over a hurdle in her heart... The past of the crazy rebels who directly entered Li Shouzhen's inner palace that year was like a shadow, which deepened her impression in countless nightmares.

Almost everyone has a weakness. That incident is not a memory for Jinzhan, but a nightmare deep in his heart.

Although Wang Pu and she thought about it many times, Li Chuyun was unlikely to take the risk; but in the current situation, the general in the city is the brother of the general who supported the army, and the courtiers had a vague relationship with the general, which made Fu Jinzhan very worried.

And Wang Pu hinted to her that even Wei Renpu's letter could not be sent without authorization. Who knows if those warriors have set up something?

She thought about many games that her opponent might set up, but they were all guesses out of thin air. She was in the palace, so she really didn't know what was going on in the army!

Deep down in Fu Jinzhan's heart, Wufu is the one she distrusts the most, because they have knives and guns, which is unreasonable... But the absurd thing is that she has an excellent reputation among Wufu, and has a reputation of forgiving and trusting soldiers.

In fact, everything is just the appearance she made. The more wary she is of some people, the more she has to pretend. She is considered very intelligent among women, but she is still a woman, and she is still not Wu Zetian who comes out only once in thousands of years. How can she deal with warriors like a strong lord?

Calendula stayed up all night.

The next day, she went to the Yangde Hall of Jinxiang Hall and ordered to summon Yang Biao, the Duke of the State. Usually, the princes of the state do not go to court to work, and it is relatively long to wait for Yang Biao to enter the palace. Jinzhan waited for a long time uneasily, and before he knew it, he fell asleep while sitting with his arms supporting his head.

While half asleep and half awake, she suddenly saw a group of vicious armored soldiers rushing in! In a trance, she couldn't tell whether she was in Li Shouzhen's mansion or Tokyo Ouchi. The warriors screamed crazily, and some were still laughing. Jinzhan was terrified and just wanted to die to escape the unbearable panic...

She woke up suddenly, and found that her vest was covered in cold sweat, her chest was pounding like a drum, and it was difficult to breathe.

A voice said: "Your Majesty, Fu Guogong (Yang Biao) is waiting outside the hall for an audience."

Jinzhan's eyes were blank, and after a while he opened his mouth and said, "Xuan."

Not long after, there was the sound of heavy footsteps, and Yang Biao entered the room wearing military uniform and armor, and said with cupped fists, "I pay homage to the Great Empress."

Jinzhan was still in shock, but her expression and posture had returned to her dignity and calmness. She said calmly, "It is said that Duke Fu and the official family were married to Jinlan back then. When we got married, it should have been said that we should not be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but that we should die in the same year, the same month and the same day?"

"Kang Dang!" Yang Biao suddenly knelt heavily on the ground with one knee, and said decisively, "For the protection of the official family and his descendants, Yang is utterly torn into pieces, and he will pretend to be a man in the blink of an eyelid!"

The cruel words made Jinzhan feel a little palpitated, she took a deep breath and said: "The official family is fortunate to have loyal ministers such as Fu Guogong." After she finished speaking, she picked up an imperial edict with a jade seal on it, "Fu Guogong accepts the order, and the Privy Council will issue a military order to you."

Yang Biao got up, looked at the floor, bowed forward to take the things with both hands, and suddenly bowed: "Whoever dares to approach the palace will step on the corpse of the minister!"

Then Jinzhan summoned Han Tong, Dong Zunhui and others separately, and gave them opportunities one by one.

...

Daliang, Tokyo, has staged many dramas of changing dynasties in this city, and the sudden martial law shrouded the whole city in terror.

The order to close the city gates and martial law is undoubtedly the direct cause of exacerbating panic.

Tokyo has not lit a beacon for many years. In recent years, wars are still frequent, but they always happen outside the country's gates, and the martial law at the city gates has almost never reappeared. Rao there were two large-scale decisive battles in Youzhou, and there is no martial law in Tokyo... But now, the gates of the inner and outer cities have been closed one after another.

The palace guards in brand new armor rode tall horses and marched in a neat formation on the Royal Street. The footsteps of the infantry shook the city even more. The news of the closure of the city gates is spreading in the city, and the shops in various places are closed one after another. The usually bustling and crowded Tokyo city has gradually become sparsely populated, and no one knows where so many people have gone.

But at this time, outside the west city, on the post road and in the city chamber, there are all iron armored soldiers, men and horses are raging, and banners are like clouds.

When the troops marched outside the city, they stopped when they found that the city gate was closed, and those who arrived one after another had to spread out to both sides. Tens of thousands of people slowly arrived outside the city wall, and there was a huge crowd of people for a while, and the scene was extremely terrifying.

"Drive!" Li Chuyun patted his horse and drove forward from between the formations for a while, seeing the closed city gate with his own eyes.

It was the morning, and it was a special case for the city gate to be closed.

Li Chuyun felt a "thump" in his heart, and suddenly became cold.

"Li Gong." Zhongli, who came from his entourage, called out calmly, and then didn't continue. The surrounding generals were also present, looking at the city gate wonderingly.

Not long after, someone came from the gate of the city. Li Chuyun squinted his eyes to see clearly that only Lu Duoxun, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and a few officials came on horseback, and he waited on horseback.

"Greetings to the Founding Duke." Lu Duoxun and others approached and cupped their fists on the horse, and then got off the horse.

Li Chuyun pointed at the city gate with a whip, his displeasure was revealed on his face: "Lu Shilang, what does this mean?"

Zhongli and the generals looked at the visitor without saying a word, feeling a little dignified for a moment.

Lu Duoxun said: "The Great Empress's order is an order of the Privy Council."

Li Chuyun and others immediately jumped off the horse to perform the salute.

Lu Duoxun unfolded the edict of the auspicious clouds, and said loudly: "The Privy Council ordered that the founder of the country and the soldiers of the Hexi Army defeated the party's rebels in one fell swoop and served the country. They made great contributions. The court rewarded the merits. There should be no confusion about the distribution of rewards."

Li Chuyun stepped forward sullenly, took Yi's decree with both hands and said: "I would like to obey Yi's decree." After he finished speaking, he looked back and said to Lu Duoxun, "There are too many people, and Vice Envoy Wei is not here. The old man sent someone to find him and tell him."

Lu Duosun nodded calmly: "I have to tell Shi, the former commander of the battalion, and he has to preside over this matter."