Chapter 409 The day the city was broken
In the Huainan King's Mansion in Shouchun City, Huainan King Liu Xi was supported by everyone and sat down in the conference hall. After drinking two bowls of honey water, they all came to their senses. The strategist who sat together saw the expression of the King of Huainan, had guessed that the trip on the mountain was quite unhappy. At that moment, a strategist told Liu Xi: "Your Highness, the two armies are in a stalemate, and the outcome is not clear. Mr. Yan Jie is still serving in front of the army. Should he invite him back? He is the elder of the two gentlemen. For the sake of Mr. Yan Jie, there may be a turning point in this matter."
"Turn the opportunity..." Liu Xi smiled strangely, and ate two bites of meat soup under the service of the eunuch. Then he waved his hand to the counselors and said, "The matter is not as serious as everyone thinks. Now the two gentlemen are out to visit friends and have not returned. A few days later, I will go to Wangtian Mountain again. Seeing that the master and disciple and worship relationship in the past, Huainan Kingdom will definitely get the protection of the two gentlemen. Everyone will be affected by this king. The prime minister left to explain to me the military battle report for the past two days. The rest can retreat."
After seeing everyone retreat, the Prime Minister said to the King of Huainan: "Your Highness, the Han army has not made any major moves in the past two days, but our army has no reserve troops to supplement. If we continue to stalemate, the war will be unfavorable to our army sooner or later. I have a plan to take advantage of the main force of the Han army in our Huainan Kingdom, which is better than Yizhixie Shanyu and Nanyue Kingdom who united the Huns..."
When he said this, the Prime Minister stopped his mouth and looked at the reaction of King Liu Xi of Huainan. Based on his reaction, he saw if he said the following words. Liu Xi stopped when he heard the Prime Minister halfway through his words. He looked up at the Prime Minister and said, "I want to say something but stop. Lord Guo, do you want me to guess what you are going to do later?"
Seeing that the King of Huainan had no intention of attacking, the country gave a half-hearted salute to Liu Xi, then lowered his head and continued, "Your Highness, the capital of the imperial court is now empty. Take advantage of this time to join forces with the Xiongnu and Nanyue. As long as you have to cede it in Hetao, Ekimaki and other places, then..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard a sound of a sword being unsheathed. Just as the Prime Minister looked up, he saw that the King of Huainan had already slashed at him with his sword in his hand. After a cold light flashed, the sword was on the head of the Chinese Prime Minister. However, at this time, Liu Xi had no strength to cut off his head. The sword was stuck in the Prime Minister's head and fell to the ground with the dead body.
At the same time as the Prime Minister was killed, a young and half-year-old boy happened to come in outside the chamber. The person who came was Liu Xi's prince Liu Qian. This teenage child was quite like a young father. After seeing that the Prime Minister was killed, he immediately closed the door of the chamber. Then he helped his father sit down. He asked his personal eunuch to take advantage of the night to bury the Prime Minister's body in the garden of the palace, and told others not to tell others about what happened tonight. Killing the Prime Minister between the two armies would probably affect the general in the army.
After everything was arranged, Liu Qian came back to report to his father. After hearing what his prince said, Liu Xi sneered at the place where the prime minister fell to the ground, and finally said to his son: "Do you know why I wanted to kill the prime minister with one sword?"
"There must be a reason for the father to kill the prime minister," Liu Qian put a big cloak on Liu Xi's body and continued: "However, in recent days, there have been some Huns in the Prime Minister's mansion, and people from South Vietnam frequently come and go. Compared with the Prime Minister's death, he has nothing to do with his words and deeds."
Liu Xi pointed to the position where the Prime Minister fell and said, "This thief wanted to borrow the Huns and the soldiers of the South Vietnamese. I and Liu Che were just internal struggles between the Han family of the Liu family, which led to foreign soldiers to overthrow the chaos in the world. He was trying to conspire with the tiger and take Li from the fire. He could actually say this from the mouth of the Prime Minister of the Huainan Kingdom. I was blind at the beginning and used such a traitor."
"My son understands that the death of the Prime Minister is his own fault," Liu Qian picked up the rice bowl full of meat soup, served his father and ate two bites, and continued: "And now the victory or defeat of the two armies is not yet clear, and his words can be regarded as disturbing the morale of the army..."
"The victory or defeat is not clear yet," before the prince of his own finished speaking, Liu Xi smiled bitterly, let Liu Qian sit in front of him, and then continued to say to him: "Our Huainan country gathers troops from all over the country, which is only one-tenth of the imperial court. Our army will only have a chance of victory when we are unprepared and will attack the capital with the cooperation of the friendly forces of the kings and the chances of victory."
Speaking of this, Liu Xi moved his phlegm and coughed a few times. He took the honey water handed over by Liu Qian and drank a few sips before he suppressed the phlegm. Then he continued: "I have not been my original intention in the past few years. I want to use my Huainan Kingdom to attract the attention of the court and let other kings and friendly troops secretly develop their power. Since the attempt to rebellion by King Liu Bi of Wu and others, the court has already suppressed the kings and vented. No princes attract the attention of the court, and the other kings dare not develop their own strength at all.
Originally, when the imperial court attacked our Huainan Kingdom, it was the best time for them to raise their troops. Taking advantage of the empty capital, several kings were just enough to raise troops to attack the capital. Unfortunately, those people were too brave... Now it seems that Huainan and the imperial court are in a stalemate, but in fact, the Han army is waiting for their reinforcements to arrive. At that time, a few troops will force us to the city of Shouchun in one round, at the latest five days..."
After hearing what his father said, the prince's face changed color. He had already calculated that the situation of the war was not good, but who would have thought that it would be so bad? After taking a deep breath, he said to the King of Huainan: "Then is there no turning point?"
"I had a helping force many years ago, but now I can't protect myself. I don't care about our small Huainan country," Liu Xi sighed slightly and continued, "I hope to return for this trip to Tianshan. Mr. Wu can sneak attack the Han army camp and kill the Han army's chief general. In the face of chaos, my Huainan army can break through the camp, avoid those reinforcements, and directly attack Chang'an. Unfortunately, the two gentlemen are originally outsiders, and they will be so sad about the trivial matters in the world."
When he said this, Liu Xilian looked at his son who was not yet adult. After breathing a long sigh, he continued: "Now I just hope that the two gentlemen can see the relationship between the past and protect the mother and son's completeness on the day the city is broken..."
Almost exactly the same as the King of Huainan expected, three days later, the five reinforcements from the court rushed to the battlefield. The already exhausted Huainan Kingdom was about to collapse. Then the cities under the Huainan Kingdom were lost one by one. Five days later, the 200,000 troops from the court arrived at the city of Shouchun.
However, in terms of details, it was still a little different from what Liu Xi expected. Shouchun City was held for seven days and the city was broken. On the day the city was broken, the prince Liu Qian was supervising the battle at the city gate. An arrow shot through Liu Qian's throat. After seeing the prince's death, the officers and soldiers who were guarding the city gate were unintentional to defend the city. A moment later, the city gate was broken by the Han army.
After hearing the news that the prince had died in battle by breaking the city gate, the queen of Huainan jumped into a well and died on the spot. Liu Xi vomited blood. At this time, everyone in the palace was fleeing, and no one could think of him, the king of Huainan.
Looking at the empty Huainan Prince's Mansion, Liu Xi laughed bitterly, then staggered in the Huainan Prince's Mansion. At this time, the shouts of killing outside were shocking. It seemed that the Han army would come here in a blink of an eye. Unconsciously, Liu Xi walked to the dormitory before his wedding. Next to it was the dormitory of Wu Mian, Gui Bugui and Xiao Rensan. In an instant, he remembered every bit of the encounter with the three of them as a child. In an instant, the tears of the King of Huainan could not stop flowing.
At this time, there was a loud footsteps outside. Liu Xi understood that the Han army broke into his palace. He walked a few steps and walked towards the dormitory of Wu Mian and the other two. It still maintained the appearance of the three people not leaving. However, at this time, Liu Xi no longer had the heart to remember. At that moment, he grabbed a sheet and put it on the beam of the room...
Chapter completed!