Heroes of Northern History

It is said that when Er Zhurong left Jinyang, he thought to himself on the way: "The court, Chinese and military all surrender to me because I have too much power."

So people wrote a letter and sent it to all the officials, saying: "Those who surrender can live, and those who don't obey will die. Don't ask my army to come to the city and kill you all."

All the officials were trusted, and fearful in their hearts, and some timid ones were afraid of death, so they resigned and returned to their hometowns.

Wen Zisheng, a member of Zhongshushe, presented a letter to Emperor Xiaozhuang. Emperor Xiaozhuang hoped that they would not come. When he saw the letter, he knew that they would definitely come, and his expression was worried.General Xi Yi of Wuwei was strong and upright, and Emperor Xiaozhuang treated him very well.

One day, he saw the emperor sitting alone on the dragon chair, and said in a memorial: "I heard that there may be changes when Er Zhurong enters the court. Does your majesty know?"

"Emperor Xiaozhuang pretended to say: "I don't know. "

Xi Yi said: "Er Zhu Rong must have the heart to kill the emperor. Although I am his subordinate, I will definitely not help the emperor to do evil. In an emergency, if I sacrifice my life, I will save your majesty."

Emperor Xiaozhuang said: "I will protect Tianzhu without any disagreement. Of course, I will also remember your loyalty."

Xi Yi retreated, summoned all the officials in Chengyang, and said to them: "The Tianzhu is coming, why should we treat it?" All the ministers advised him to kill him because he entered. "

Emperor Xiaozhuang asked the story of killing Dong Zhuo in the last years of the Han Dynasty, and Wen Zisheng told the emperor.

The emperor said: "If Wang Yunruo pardons the people of Liangzhou, there will definitely not be a mess." After thinking for a long time, he said to Wen Zisheng: "If it is done, we may not die. I would rather be a noble man than a regular man. .”

Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, the ministers advised His Majesty to kill Er Zhurong and Yuan Tianmu, and then pardon his party after killing them. "

At this time, people in the capital panicked and said loudly that Er Zhurong must have come to usurp the throne when he entered the court, and that the emperor would definitely kill Er Zhurong.On the first day of September, Er Zhurong arrived in Luoyang and stopped the army outside the city. The emperor sent officials to meet him.

The next day when I entered the court, I saw the emperor in the Taiji Hall, giving a banquet to the inner court. The eldest son Erzhu Puti also came in to pay homage to the emperor.All the officials came to see him.

Er Zhu Shilong and Sima Ziru went in to meet Princess Beixiang.The next day, Er Zhurong entered the court again, and the emperor gave him another banquet. This time he was going to kill him, but Yuan Tianmu hadn't summoned him yet, so he didn't dare to act. "

Er Zhurong's behavior was not good, every time he went to court to see the emperor, he didn't pay attention to the emperor, he only liked to touch his sword in the palace.At the shooting banquet in Xilin Garden, the queen and all the concubines were invited. Every time the emperor hit a shot, Er Zhurong couldn't help dancing. The ministers around him boasted on the surface, but they felt strange in their hearts.When the wine is hot, sit down and appreciate it.If you go home at sunset, you will sing with the left and right, and if the left and right disobey, you will kill them.

Er Zhurong also has a hobby, that is, he likes to watch his subordinates face each other vigorously, and if they don't obey, they will be killed.With such a brutal Er Zhurong, it is no wonder that the emperor is going to kill him.Er Zhurong once said to the emperor: "People say that His Majesty wants to harm his ministers."

The emperor said: "There are people outside who say that Qing is going to kill me? Do you believe this?"

So every time Er Zhurong saw the saint, he only brought dozens of people with him, without any weapons.First, the long star came out of the middle stage and swept the big corner.Er Zhurong asked what this meant. Tai Shiling replied, "This is a sign of getting rid of the old cloth." "

Er Zhurong thought it was auspicious and was very happy.

Erzhu Shilong secretly wrote a letter to Er Zhurong, urging him to act quickly.Er Zhurong said: "When Yuan Tianmu arrives, invite the emperor to go hunting in Mount Song and force him to move north."

The servant Zhu Ruimi wrote a letter and handed it to Xi Yi. After seeing it, he wrote a letter and presented it to the Holy Majesty.In September Wuzi, Tianmu arrived in Luoyang City.The emperor went out of the city to greet him, and Er Zhurong and Yuan Tianmu entered the palace and went to Xilin Garden for a banquet. "

When the wine was half drunk, Erzhu Rongzuo said: "Recently, the ministers of the court and the central government have not practiced martial arts. Now the world is not stable, and the military division cannot be neglected. Your Majesty should lead [-] cavalry to go hunting in Songshan and train the soldiers."

"The emperor was startled unconsciously when he heard his words, so he said: "I'm not in good spirits recently, as for going to Songshan, we can talk about it in a few days. "

After the banquet was over, the two left. "

Emperor Xiaozhuang said to his ministers: "If you don't do anything, it will be too late." So he secretly ordered Li Kanxi and other strong men to hide in the east corridor of Mingguang Hall, and kill them when they entered the hall.

Wang Daoxi said: "Er Zhu Shilong, Sima Ziru, and Zhu Yuanlong are all Er Zhurong's confidantes, and these people must not stay."

Yang Kan said: "If Erzhu Shilong is not here, Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Tianguang must be pardoned." Hui said: "Er Zhurong has a knife in his waist, which is very fierce. May your majesty get up and escape." Zhu Rong entered the palace.The next day, Zhu Rong and Yuan Tianmu entered the hall together, sat down and ate something, then got up and left.

Yang Kan and others went up to the hall from the east steps, and saw that the two had already reached the atrium, so they didn't dare to act.Tomorrow at Renchen, neither the emperor nor Er Zhurong will go to court.In the Jiawu period, Er Zhurong entered the palace for a short time, then went to Chenliu Wang's house, got drunk, said that he was ill, and did not enter the palace for a few days.Emperor Xiaozhuang's plan leaked a lot, and everyone involved was very scared.King Chengyang said to the emperor: "Using the excuse of giving birth to a prince, he will definitely come to congratulate."

Emperor Xiaozhuang said: "The queen is only nine months pregnant?"

"Hui said: "Some people will give birth before September, they will not doubt it. "

The emperor obeyed and announced the birth of the prince.First lay an ambush in the east of the hall, and then send Huiqi Ma Benrong's family to tell his son to give birth.

Er Zhurong and Yuan Tianmu were dancing in the living room, Hui came in and said, "The prince has been born, and His Majesty ordered his ministers to report."

Er Zhurong took off Hui's hat and danced with him.

The next day, the two accompanied him to the court. When the emperor heard that the two were coming, he felt a little scared. The people around him said: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, let's see how we deal with Er Zhurong. The emperor drank a glass of wine to strengthen his courage. Zisheng The amnesty document was drafted in the hall, and he took Li Dian and went straight to the Chaomen Gate. When he reached the Chaomen Gate, he happened to meet Er Zhurong and his wife.

Er Zhurong asked, "What kind of document is this?"

Zisheng didn't change his face and said, "Forgive me." "Er Zhurong and Er Zhurong accompanied him to the hall to face the saint."

The emperor took his seat in the direction of Xiba under the east corridor, and Er Zhurong and Yuan Tianmu took their seats in the northwest and south direction of the imperial couch.King Chengyang entered the palace, and after paying homage, Er Zhurong suddenly looked up and saw Guanglu Shaoqing Lu An, Dianyu Li Kan, Wang Xi and others coming in from the east gate with knives, and felt something was wrong, got up and wanted to leave, the emperor saw the opportunity, took out and hid them dagger, walked behind him, and killed him.Tianmu fled wildly, and Lu An and others slashed at him with knives and killed him.The son Bodhi, the cavalry general Er Zhuyang and others were bestowed to death by the emperor.

When Er Zhurong died, the ministers were overjoyed, and all civil and military officials entered the court to congratulate.The emperor boarded the gate of Changhe and issued an edict of amnesty.General Xi Yi of Wuwei and Cui Yuan, the former governor of Youzhou, were dispatched to guard Beizhong City.That night, Erzhu Shilong sent the princess of Beixiang, Shuairong trilogy, burned Xiyangmen out, and stationed troops in Heyin.The palace gates were not properly guarded, so Tian Yi and the others negotiated to enter the palace to avenge Tianzhu.

He Basheng said: "The Son of Heaven dares to kill people. He must be prepared. Let's leave first."

"Tian Yi gave up. Er Zhu Shilong left, He Basheng was unwilling. Zhu Rui was afraid of the emperor and ran away.

Er Zhurong was very kind to Sima Ziru. After Er Zhurong died, he went to Rong's house, abandoned the family, and followed Er Zhurong's wife out of the city.Erzhu Shilong wanted to return to the north, but Sima Ziru said: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. Now the world is in turmoil, and only the strong can survive. At this time, don't show weakness to others. If you run away immediately, the soldiers may be chilled. It is better to divide the troops and guard the river. Qiao, by surprise, launching an attack on Beijing may be successful, if not, it is not too late to escape."

Erzhu Shilong obeyed his order and called the rest of the people to attack Beizhongcheng.When Xi Yi knew that the soldiers were coming, he hurriedly led the troops out of the city to meet them.Who knows that the soldiers in Beijing are weak, how can they fight against Shilong's army, fight each other with swords, and flee in defeat.He personally participated in the battle, and seeing the army scattered, his heart was already nervous and timid, so he was cut off by Tian Yi's horse.

Cui Yuan patted his horse and wanted to escape, but was also killed by the rebel army.Shilong took advantage of the victory to occupy Beizhong City, and ordered General Tian Yihu to stay in the city with his family members. He led the generals to station troops outside the city. "

Erzhu Shilong was angry that he was outspoken and ordered him to be beheaded.On the first day of October, Erzhu Dulu led a thousand cavalry, all dressed in white, with flags like snow, to the city to demand the body of King Taiyuan.The emperor came to the city to watch.The soldiers outside the city saw the dragon and phoenix flags surrounding the city, and knew that it was the emperor's arrival, so they shouted together: "Long live, kill the heroes in vain!"

"The emperor said loudly to them: It was not my fault. It was the traitor who wanted to usurp the throne and kill the king, so I had no choice but to kill him. You are not wrong, and the official position remains the same." Erzhu Dulu said loudly: "Long live, please return the body of the king of Taiyuan." Give it to us, or we will never leave." "The emperor had no choice but to send his servant Zhu Rui to go out with an iron coupon to reward Er Zhu Shilong."

Erzhu Shilong said: "The king of Taiyuan has made great achievements and is loyal to the country. He flattened Ge Rong in the east, retreated from the Liang army in the south, wiped out Wanqi ugly slaves in the west, and eliminated Hanlou in the north. His achievements are not inferior to those of Han Xin and Peng Yue. The emperor killed the king without regard for his kindness. , You think I care about iron coupons. Go back and tell the emperor, saying that I want to avenge Taiyuan King? Surrender, hmph! I will not surrender." Zhu Rui didn't dare to speak anymore, and went back to tell the emperor.

The emperor had no choice but to ask people to write a recruitment notice and post it next to the city gate.Widely recruit people who dare to die.To defeat Erzhu Shilong.One day, he won ten thousand people.Appoint Li Shuren, the chariot and cavalry general, as the governor, and fight Erzhu Dulu out of the city.Due to the poor training of the army, they lost to the opponent.Erzhu Dulu withdrew his troops and withdrew temporarily because he had few troops. "

"Empress Erzhu hasn't seen the emperor for a few days. Last night, she dreamed that the king of Taiyuan was dead. She felt very uncomfortable, so she asked the palace envoy, "Which palace is the emperor discussing recently? He said, "In Mingguang Hall." "

"The queen said: "Help me to invite the emperor, I want to see the emperor. The palace envoy took the order to go, and came back to report: "The emperor is not here, and he went to the city with all the officials to see the Heqiao army and horses." "

The queen was surprised, thinking secretly: "Could it be that my father rebelled?" "

"So I summoned the ministers in the palace to inquire, but the eunuch dared not hide anything, so he took revenge for the killing of King Taiyuan and Er Zhu Shilong's soldiers at Tunhe Bridge, and reported it."

"When the queen heard this, she was so frightened that her spirit flew away, and she burst into tears. The maid helped her to sleep on the dragon bed, and she didn't eat for three days."

The servant heard that the emperor sat on the back bed after entering the palace and said to her: "Your father wanted to murder me, and I killed him as a last resort. You are her woman, and suffering is normal. Don't worry, I won't cure you." You, after all, you are my wife."

After repeated admonitions, the queen said nothing in pain.The emperor asked the maid to serve carefully, so he got up and left the palace.That night, the prince was born, and an amnesty was issued.The emperor entered the palace again to watch his son, and the empress went up to the saint and asked, "Has the Heqiao army retreated?"

The emperor said: "No." Empress Erzhu said: "I want to write a letter to my mother to persuade her to withdraw from the army." The emperor said: "If you withdraw from the army, I will give you whatever you want in the future."

Empress Erzhu immediately wrote a letter for the sake of the emperor. The emperor was very happy after reading it.When the servant came to Erzhu Shilong's army, Erzhu Shilong opened the letter and said angrily, "This is not written by the empress, but a forgery."

He ordered people to be blasted out of the camp gate, but the servant had no choice but to go back and report.

Knowing that Erzhu Shilong was unwilling to stop the war, the emperor called a group of ministers to discuss the strategy of repelling the enemy.Everyone was terrified, and they couldn't think of a way to repel the enemy.Tongzhi Sanqi's regular attendant Li Miao waved his clothes and got up and said: "Now is the day for loyal ministers and righteous men to show their loyalty."Although I am not talented, I would like to lead a division to cut off the river bridge for His Majesty. "

Chengyang King Gao Daomu agreed.Li Miao then recruited 500 soldiers who dared to die, and arranged the fire boats in front and the war boats in the rear.At one o'clock, I took a boat from the upper reaches of Mazhu and went down at night, about a few miles away from the river bridge, and lit the fire boat together. The wind blew the flames, and the smoke pierced through the sky. "

Erzhu's soldiers saw the fire shining on the sky, and the river bridge was burned, and they fought to cross the bridge north.Soon, the bridge broke and many people were drowned.Miao parked more than 300 people in Xiaozhou, waiting for the southern army to respond.After waiting for a long time, no reinforcements arrived.Erzhu Shilong sent troops to come, seeing that the officers and soldiers were helpless and helpless, he tried his best to attack them and killed them all.Li Miao was also wounded in many places, raised his head to the sky and screamed, jumped into the water and died.

Seeing that the river bridge was broken, Er Zhu Shilong didn't dare to stay too long, so he withdrew his troops overnight and fled north.The next day, when the emperor heard that Li Miao had died in battle, he was very sad and regretted, and decided to make him the Marquis of Heyang, with the title of Zhonglie.Fortunately, Shilong retreated and felt at ease, so he ordered Yuan Zigong to lead 1 horses to send troops from the west road to guard Taihang Dangu and build fortresses to prevent the enemy from coming again.

Sikong Yangjin said: "Now Tianbao is dead. Although Erzhu Shilong has retreated, he has many party members. Wanren occupies Fen and Bing, and Erzhu Zhongyuanxiong guards Xuzhou. They are all strong and strong. Tianguang monopolizes Kanxi Fifth Road, and Hou Mochen Yue and He Bayue are assisting. Once something happens, these people will help Long."

Zhu Yuanlong said: "On the way to Guanxi, I am willing to go with the imperial edict and persuade him to surrender."

Emperor Xiaozhuang was so happy that he ordered Zhu Yuanlong to leave that day. "If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter.