Chapter 1026 Unpretentious
Chapter 1026 Unpretentious
Liu Lugu ran away.
This guy's sense of smell is really sharp. After Liu Runzhong arrived in Wuwei with the Luoyan Army, he had a secret meeting with Jin Zheng and summoned Liu Lugu to Guzang for a discussion, but Liu repeatedly declined.
At this point, things are actually a bit obvious.
He and Wang Feng had a conflict and even had a small fight, which broke down their relationship.
It was normal that he did not dare to come when Jin Zheng summoned him to Wuwei for a meeting.
In fact, Liu Lugu didn't obey the order at all and just ran away with his men.
The Luoyan Army, the Xiaoqi Guards, the Shangdang Jie Cavalry and even some surrendered soldiers from Liangzhou were divided into different directions to pursue and intercept the enemy. Wang Feng led the Wuhuan people and refused to let go. After several battles, he killed more than 2,000 people from Liu's army.
At present, all the tribes have gathered in Xihai County, grazing their horses in the area of Juyan Lake, ready to track down Yinshan at any time.
And there will naturally be actions in the direction of Pingcheng.
On June 21st, in the mountaintop palace of Liangcheng County, Wang stretched lazily, then stood in front of a huge bronze mirror, looking quietly.
I haven't seen Shao Xun for a few months, but he is still helping me.
Sometimes she thought that it wasn't bad to follow him, even though he was gradually strengthening his control over her.
Wang looked at the person in the mirror and chuckled.
"Madam." A soft call came from outside the palace.
Wang hummed lightly and left the bronze mirror.
The eunuch Xuan Huai came in, lowered his head, and asked, "Have you washed and changed your clothes?"
"Okay." Wang nodded.
Xuan Huai was also sent by that man. He was originally a eunuch of Liu Han, and his daughter Xuan was the Empress of Liu Cong.
Wang could not refuse, nor did she dare to refuse, even though she knew that Xuanhuai had the responsibility to monitor her.
The palace maids came over, holding various clothes, while Xuanhuai went outside to prepare the carriage.
He put on the purple deep robe and the wide outer robe one by one.
The belt inlaid with gold and jade tightly bound the slender waist, making the upper body look so solid and tall.
The two pleats of trousers are put on one after another, tightly wrapping the strong, plump and slender thighs. Paired with long leather boots, it has a bit of the heroic flavor of a prairie daughter.
The last one is a gorgeous lotus crown, which is graceful, elegant and solemn, symbolizing her supreme status and power.
Wang looked down.
Under the majestic and luxurious dress, the most noble female body on the grassland is tightly wrapped.
The secret nest of the flesh should have given birth to a grassland hero with the purest bloodline, but now it has been brutally invaded time and time again, repeatedly defiled and the evil offspring from the Central Plains has been bred.
But she seemed to have gradually gotten used to this forbidden pleasure that went against tradition.
The four female attendants wore Xianbei-style cross-collared tops, floor-length skirts, and cage crowns on their heads, tied at their chins with colorful silk ribbons.
When Wang went out, the four followed closely.
One of them held a talisman and a seal, one held a document, and two others held the long skirt of Mrs. Wang's outer robe.
They were all female officials carefully selected by Wang, who passed down orders and carried out her will.
Dai Gong Tuoba Shiyijian was waiting outside.
As soon as they met, he looked at Madam Wang with red eyes and questioned, "Mother, why do you want to arrest Liu Lugu?"
Wang did not answer, but just held his hand.
Shi Yijian, who was already nine years old, threw him away angrily.
Wang turned to look at her son with a stern look.
Shi Yijian looked at her for a while and finally lowered his head.
Wang took his hand again and walked to the square in front of Liangcheng Palace.
In the biting mountain wind, all the ministers prostrated themselves on the ground.
Wang stopped.
"Are you here to persuade me too?" she asked.
Everyone was silent.
After a long while, Changsun Rui said, "Khatun, when we were lucky enough to visit Guangning, General Zhendong (Liu Lugu) also made contributions. Without him, we might have been defeated by the mother and son of the Qi family, and it would have been difficult to wait for the Jin army to come to our aid. This time he was just confused for a moment and had no intention of rebelling. Please forgive him."
"What about you?" Wang looked at the others and asked.
Chang Sun Rui was followed by a group of middle and lower-level officials. Upon hearing this, they all said, "I beg you to forgive the General Zhendong."
The expression on Wang's face seemed to be smiling but not laughing.
"It has been four years since Duke Dai restored the country." She only heard him say, "In the past four years, he conquered Shengle, Xiashuofang, Jiangku Jiesha and other tribes, and then took control of Yinshan Mountain. He also moved the mountains and moved the mountains. There are no less than 600,000 people in all directions. The country is so prosperous, but you only care about Liu Lugu. Do you have any conscience?"
"If I hadn't been running around, this country would have been gone four years ago, and you wouldn't know where you would have become. It's fine if you complain on a normal day, I just treat it as a joke. But in such a big matter, you are still so ignorant, you have lost your conscience."
As they were talking, the sedan chair arrived.
This was bestowed upon Duke Dai and Madam Wang after the founding of Daliang, and was sent to Pingcheng along with various ceremonial objects.
Wang said no more, took Shi Yijian's hand, climbed the steps, and sat in the sedan chair.
A chariot is a pulled carriage, and generally refers to the human-powered carriage used by the emperor, empress, and ministers, that is, a carriage pulled by people.
After Wang's mother and son got on the car, all the ceremonial guards came forward one by one.
For a moment, umbrellas, feather banners, and flags were like a forest, guarding the chariot in an extraordinary manner.
Apart from anything else, the current Dai Kingdom is much more formal than that of Tuoba Yilu.
Back then, the imperial chariot of Yilu did not have so many ceremonial guards. After successively relying on the State of Jin and the State of Liang, the formalization of the Dai State's system continued to advance, and the majesty of the royal family increased day by day. Now it has become a prosperous grassland country with a very obvious mixture of Hu and Han.
For example, this feather banner is a round cover decorated with a Hua insect pattern, and the flag is decorated with carved feathers. It is solemn, gorgeous and majestic.
Yang Quan, the lieutenant of Liangcheng State, rode up on horseback. When he saw Duke Dai and Wang, he dismounted and bowed. After asking a few questions, he waved his hand.
A deep horn sounded. Five hundred riders came out first, all of them were young men of seventeen or eighteen years old, full of high spirits.
Another five hundred riders were stationed on either side of the chariot, providing careful protection.
Finally, there were two thousand infantrymen, about half of whom were wearing iron armor, equipped with sophisticated weapons and looked extremely powerful.
These were soldiers from Liangcheng State, totaling three thousand infantry and cavalry, aged between fifteen and eighteen years old, and had been carefully trained for two or three years by Lieutenant Yang Quan of Liangcheng State.
As for my ability, I can only say it’s just so-so, not bad.
Mrs. Wang was willing to spend a lot of money.
A considerable portion of the iron armor, leather armor, spears, halberds, and bows made in Pingcheng and Shengle flowed into the State of Liangcheng.
Although the 500 cavalrymen who set out earlier had no horse armor, each of them was equipped with a set of iron armor, a horse lance, a saber, a cavalry bow and an infantry bow. They were provided as trusted forces.
Among the two thousand infantrymen, there were one thousand warriors with iron armor, and another thousand also had leather armor, which even made Pingcheng's personal guards extremely jealous - Dai State's efficiency in producing various equipment was not high, and it gave priority to Liangcheng State. How could others survive?
But there was no other way. Emperor Liang Shao Xun was so powerful that even if all the tribes joined together, they might not be able to defeat him. It was better to lie dormant for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
As long as Shi Yijian grows up and takes power, everything will be fine.
"Shi Yijian!" Wang looked at her son and warned him.
Shi Yijian withdrew his gaze from the ministers and looked ahead gloomily.
The mountain road was winding and the group of people walked very slowly.
The golden eagle was circling in the sky.
The north wind made the umbrella cover whistle.
The sunlight shone on the chariot, and the gold and jade on Wang's body sparkled, looking extremely luxurious.
After tasting the power, she became more and more obsessed with it. Therefore, she would not treat her son well.
"It's almost time." Wang said suddenly.
Shi Yijian was stunned for a moment.
"The Dongmugen Mountain people should have already taken action." Wang said, "Liu Lugu's family in Pingcheng should have been arrested as well."
Shi Yijian was startled.
"Don't think too much." Wang patted her son's hand gently and said, "In a few days, the men of the Dugu tribe will appear in Yunzhong and Mayi counties and become your registered households. You should be happy."
Shi Yijian trembled slightly.
"They won't say anything. The dead won't bite randomly, and the survivors know nothing."
Shi Yijian lowered his head in frustration.
For some reason, he thought of He Li's mother, Qi.
The woman was even more brutal. She killed more than fifty tribal leaders at once and almost messed up the entire country.
Mother now...
"Liu Lugu fled to the north of Yinshan Mountain to join Liu Hu. He won't come back." Wang placed her hands on her belly, sitting in a very dignified posture, but her words made people shudder: "In a few years, the emperor of Daliang will find a good marriage for you, with the daughter of a scholar from the Central Plains. I have done this to the best of my ability, and I am doing you justice."
Tuoba Shiyijian felt like crying, as it seemed that even after he became an adult, his mother would not give up power.
She definitely won’t!
There is a saying in the Han area that there are no fathers and sons in the royal family. How can there be a loving mother and filial sons in the grassland?
While Wang and Shi Yijian, mother and son, were talking, a large convoy was heading north on the grassland west of Dongmugen Mountain.
Their numbers were very large, stretching for more than twenty miles, and their number exceeded twenty-five thousand.
Normally, there are at least seven or eight thousand adults (over fourteen years old) among these people, but now there are only three thousand.
They looked terrified, obviously something terrible had happened.
On the distant horizon, the figures of the Wuhuan cavalry were looming.
There were even quite a few Xianbei, mainly from the Pu and Daxi tribes, as well as the cavalry from the Shiben and Uluolan tribes who surrendered four years ago and are now very loyal and brave - perhaps they are pretending to be loyal and brave.
Their appearance made the migrating Dugu herdsmen even more panicked, and they almost fled in all directions.
Perhaps, their fate is already doomed.
It is no coincidence.
All the gates of Pingcheng, the southern capital of Dai State, were closed. The sounds of orderly footsteps were heard on the streets of the city, followed by fierce shouts of killing.
A part of the royal guards were blocked in the military camp, only one step away from the armory, but they could not get through.
They were also dealt with by the personal guards, who shot dense arrows and slaughtered all of their former comrades in the barracks.
The doors of the mansions of the nobles were knocked open one after another. The shouting and cursing of men and the crying of women could be heard one after another. The strong smell of blood drifted far away, making people feel sick.
Several estates outside the city were also besieged.
Assistant Prime Minister Wei Xiong and Left General Mo Han led a large group of Han soldiers and looted Liu Lugu's manor.
The soldiers from Gaoliu Town who stayed behind also went out, and joined forces with the four Longxiang Prefecture soldiers who came north from Xinxing and Yanmen to suppress the rebellion around Pingcheng and maintain order.
The political struggle on the grassland is not complicated at all, it is so simple and plain.
Before taking action, we all knew that it might have a huge negative impact and even alienate people, but we just couldn't help it.
It can only be said that the land and water nurture the people, and the geographical environment of the grassland has created their tradition of being straightforward.
What is surprising is that Pingcheng East Market is still operating as usual, without being affected by the bloody massacre at all.
Thousands of miscellaneous Hu people captured from afar were now being measured in carts like goods. They were bought by the caravans of Guanqiu and Yang clans and transported to Luoyang and Bianliang.
This is one of the bonuses of this war: prisoners.
Perhaps it was the existence of this kind of business that made the counties south of Yinshan Mountain (Yunzhong, Mayi, Liangcheng, Dingxiang, Wuyuan, and Shuofang counties) feel more favorable towards Daliang.
This is one of the reasons why Wang family is confident now.
The transformation at the economic level is subtle, but extremely effective and unstoppable.
Liu Lugu and his followers were finished.
(The third update is here. The chapter at 8 a.m. tomorrow will be updated later, probably in the afternoon. I have a headache today and I didn’t sleep enough.)
(End of this chapter)