The 18th year of Yanguang in the Great Chu, on the ninth day of the ninth month.

Nanjing City.

Zhongshan lingers in the city, like a lying dragon, and the name of "Panlong" refers to this majestic mountain.

The towering Forbidden City of Nanjing is backed by Fugui Mountain at the head of the Zhongshan Mountain Range, which is even more magnificent than the Beijing Imperial City.

This day was the Double Ninth Festival, and the emperor's grandson Zhou Yu went to Xiaoling to pay homage to the Emperor Taizu of the Chu Dynasty on the southern foot of Zhongshan.

There are pine waves in the Forbidden Garden of Xiaoling, and the sound of deer sounds from time to time.

In such a place where the emperor's aura was extremely strong, Zheng Yuanhua ascended to the peak, his clothes flew, like an immortal.

He did not go to see the beautiful Xuanwu Lake in the west, but looked north.

"It's been so strong that it's... the capital should have been broken long ago..."

The old man had some doubt in his eyes and whispered to himself, as if he was talking to the clouds in the sky.

After a while, there was a sudden movement in the forbidden garden. Zheng Yuanhua looked down at the mountain and saw a few riders coming and saying something to Wen Rongxiu. The group climbed up the mountain.

"Here you come." Zheng Yuanhua stroked his long beard and his eyes were shining.

The few soldiers who were so busy that they went up the mountain, but did not salute Zheng Yuanhua. The leader just hugged his fists and called out, "Mr. Zheng."

Although they were dressed in Chu army, they had a sense of banditry all over their bodies.

"Have you succeeded?" Zheng Yuanhua asked lightly.

"Emperor Chu ran away, I believe our Majesty has now entered the capital..."

Zheng Yuanhua's eyes were filled with displeasure and he shouted in a low voice: "Have you run away?"

"You don't know how many soldiers he has. The military advisor asked me to tell Lord Zheng that he might not be able to stop him, so he asked you to prepare a backup..."

Zheng Yuanhua held his hands behind his back and looked into the horizon from afar, as if he hadn't heard it.

The man had no choice but to say, "Our military advisor will naturally do his best to siege, but the Chu Dynasty's central government is not as incompetent as you said."

After a while, Zheng Yuanhua sighed and said, "The King of Qi imprisoned the king and father and usurped power. I can move him. But Your Majesty must not have any accidents south of the Yangtze River."

Such a sentence will also come to your mind for convenience.

——Zheng Yuanhua can kill Zhou Yan, but Zhou Zhang still wants to kill him.

"I understand, I'll report back to the military advisor."

"This is probably the last time we have cooperated, so we can do it ourselves in the future..."

~~

At the same time, Tang Zhongyuan rode his horse into the capital, and the people in the city cheered and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

After so many years of war, this bandit finally conquered Chu Jing and became the emperor of the Central Plains.

In recent years, he has fought in all directions, experienced countless defeats, countless serious injuries and deaths. He has stepped on his bones and finally created a new dynasty with a commoner.

"Long live your Majesty!"

The people who welcomed the streets were sincerely happy and excited.

They believed that they had finally survived a chaotic world that had fallen apart and ushered in a prosperous era. Just like the Tang, Song and Chu, in short, the next may be two hundred years or three hundred years of peace.

As for the original Majesty...

His old Majesty was named "Imperial Commander", but he fled on the eve of the city's destruction, abandoning the people in the city, and disregarding the country. How can such a person be worthy of being the emperor?

It is precisely when the king regards his ministers as earth, and then the ministers regard the king as enemies.

It was not that no one was interested in the Chu Dynasty. It was just that after Wang Zhen and Zuo Jinglun tried to return to power, they brought most of the civil and military officials in the court, and almost all those who were interested in the Chu Dynasty left.

Of course, no matter how careful they are, there are still omissions.

Mei Jingsheng, the former Minister of Rites of the Chu Dynasty, retired in anger when he reopened the Dongchang. Now that he saw the emperor abandoning the city and fleeing, he was sad and ran to the Meridian Gate and ran to the Meridian Gate and killed him. Nine of his students also committed suicide with him.

At the same time, more than 20 people in the capital were unwilling to commit suicide by serving as officials and people under the rule of thieves.

But whether it is the ritual of justice or the lack of power in Pluto, after the blood in front of the Meridian Gate is washed, it will not affect the new emperor who welcomes them at all...

The imperial journey of the Tang Zhongyuan slowly walked from Yongding Gate to the palace. The people cheered along the way. "Long Live" was not enough to show their longing and expectations. They knelt beside the road and cried with joy, adding layer by layer to the atmosphere of the new dynasty.

In front of the palace, rows of officials who were not taken away knelt there and surrendered to Tang Zhongyuan nervously.

When the new emperor generously accepted his surrender, he was even more happy and full of atmosphere.

The palace gates slowly opened, and the imperial guard passed Chengtian Gate and entered the palace.

Another mountain was filled with long live. The people watched Tang Zhongyuan enter the palace with tears in their eyes. They felt reluctant to part with His Majesty the Emperor, and they also felt that the new emperor was about to enter the palace.

After a long time, Tang Zhongyuan changed to the imperial carriage, carried by a man over the Chibi, walked into the Huangji Hall, and sat down on the dragon throne.

Once the wishes accumulated over ten years come true, joy is naturally extremely joy, but by this time the joy has been exhausted in the long ceremony.

Tang Zhongyuan leaned on the dragon throne and breathed a sigh of relief.

——Damn it was finally over.

Then, he spoke slowly and the first question he asked completely cleared the atmosphere in front of him.

"How is the battle between King Wu's Yan?"

The palace was quiet for a while, all the civil and military officials of the court were immersed in the excitement of the new emperor. No one thought about this for the time being, and hesitated when he heard this.

After a while, Yi Guangyao, an old minister of the Chu Dynasty who surrendered in Taiyuan, came out to respond and said, "Your Majesty, it may be inappropriate to call the minister's name again. Please call General Wu the name of the officer..."

~~

From this sentence, Tang Zhongyuan's mood slowly turned to bad.

He gradually realized that he seemed to be in a dilemma.

An invisible, huge hand began to press down on him.

In the past, he was a bandit, and the Chu army surrounded him and he could run away, and he could lose countless times.

But now the situation has turned over. Now he is sieging Emperor Chu, and then he realizes that this is a huge problem.

~~

Originally, the Chu Dynasty and Rui Dynasty were having a peace talk. When it was about to make progress, Tang Zhongyuan realized that Wang Zhen had the intention to take Emperor Chu to escape, so he decisively ordered the attack on Yanjing. The army took Tang Jie as the vanguard, and Tang Zhongyuan personally led the central army.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen made another move. Tang Jie's vanguard army arrived in Changping and was ambushed by Sun Baigu.

At that time, Tang Jie was leading his army to cross the Shahe River. He was already arrogant and felt that he had seen through Wang Zhen's tricks and wanted to surround Yanjing before Wang Zhen and Emperor Chu escaped. In addition, he was eager to make contributions, so he was a little careless and was attacked by Sun Baigu halfway.

Fortunately, Tang Jie was brave and cut off the rear personally again, and the casualties were not serious.

But since Sun Baigu set up an ambush, Tang Jie's plan to attack Yanjing had obviously been broken. Only then did he realize that Wang Zhen was not so easy to deal with.

Next, Tang Zhongyuan urgently ordered King Yan of Wu to surround Yanjing and block the route of Emperor Chu to escape south. The army on the east side was not in a hurry to march. They fought and advanced with Sun Baigu, and fought steadily towards Yanjing.

On the other side, King Wu Yan was very happy to receive the military order.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, he thought that when he bypassed the Taihang Mountains, the Tang Zhongyuan would have captured the capital, so he did not rush to march and conquer the cities and plunder the land. Unexpectedly, he could still catch up with the contribution of conquering Yanjing.

He was overjoyed and led his army to advance towards Yanjing, but he fought several battles with Shandong soldiers in Xiongxian, and the two sides won and lost.

King Yan Wu was eager to seize the first achievement of breaking Yanjing, and fought hard to attack with all his might. Finally defeated Qin Xuanbing, chasing Baiyangdian all the way, and then suddenly realized that the Chu army was trying to attract their own troops, and they were afraid that Emperor Chu would take the opportunity to escape south.

When he turned around and headed north, Emperor Chu and his important ministers of the Chu Dynasty had fled from Yanjing.

~~

At that time, the Chu army also had Xuan army, Shenji camp, Shenshu camp, Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the twelve guards of his personal army, and together there were nearly 70,000 people.

If these 70,000 people guard the capital and scattered to twelve city gates and palaces, their troops were actually very weak.

But these 70,000 people began to flee south, and Tang Zhongyuan needed to mobilize at least 400,000 troops to encircle them.

Although the Rui army's Eastern Expedition was known as a million troops, the two armies were in total and the total was more than 300,000, and most of them were miscellaneous soldiers.

In addition to being short of troops, Tang Zhongyuan was also worried about more things.

He originally wanted to lead his troops to chase Emperor Chu, but he could not be in charge of the capital.

The people in the capital need him to appease him, and all officials need him to surrender. It is not enough to calm people's hearts if he does not enter the capital.

But as soon as he entered the capital, he was bound by countless trivial matters.

He realized that not only did he lacked military strength, but the more serious problem was that there were not enough ministers who could do things.

How much can Tang Zhongyuan do on a day? From leaving the city to entering the palace, it took a whole day to offer the people to pay homage. Next, we would sacrifice to the sky, the earth, reward, and the constitution should be established. The old ministers of the Chu Dynasty should screen, and the Chu Dynasty honors left in the city should be cleaned up...

At this time, his old subordinates were full of thought to choose the mansion in the capital first, causing countless messy things.

The surrendered Chu Chen, such as Yi Guangyao, began to point fingers and try to restrain his words and deeds, worried that the emperor would make a joke.

Liu Xun, a great-grandson who was originally leaned on by Tang Zhongyuan, used to be full of wisdom, but obviously he did not have the experience of governing the country as a prime minister. After the key officials of various yamen were transferred away by Wang Zhen and Zuo Jinglun, the entire center seemed to be temporarily paralyzed. Liu Xun could not support the shelf for a short time.

Including Li Bobo, Tang Zhongyuan used to regard him as a talent. But in fact, Li Bobo was only a juren and never served in an official position. The official system of the Chu Dynasty lasted for three hundred years was not as simple as the small court of the Rui Dynasty in Xi'an. As soon as he entered the center, he was also in darkness.

...

What Tang Zhongyuan himself didn't know was that he was sitting in the Golden Luan Hall, exactly the same as the former Emperor Zhou Zhang of Chu.
To be continued...