"Yan Qing, please get up!" Yuan Yao quickly helped Yan Xiang up.
"Your Majesty, since you already know that Liu Xun has ill intentions, why do you still insist on going?”Yan Xiang got up and asked curiously.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It's difficult to stay in the Jiang Pavilion for long. Other than Lujiang, there's no other good place for the time being.”
"Moreover, Zhen already has an idea in mind. I will definitely make that Liu Xun obediently give up Lujiang.”Yuan Yao said boldly.
A smile appeared on his knife-like face, and his tone carried an innate confidence.
Yan Xiang could not help but be infected by Yuan Yao's imposing manner. The doubts in his heart instantly disappeared. He sighed in admiration and said," Since Your Majesty has long been prepared, I am willing to follow Your Majesty to charge into the tiger's den of Lujiang River."”
The monarch and his subjects looked at each other and smiled.
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Lujiang County, Wancheng County, the prefect's office.
After sending off Jin Shang, the Governor of Lujiang, Liu Xun, sat alone in the hall with a gloomy expression.
Then, he ordered his nephew Liu Wei to come over for a meeting.
After a while, Liu Wei rushed over.
Seeing that his uncle was troubled, he asked,"Uncle, why did you call me here?"”
Liu Xun told Liu Wei that Yuan Yao was coming to Lujiang.
After Liu Wei heard this, he was overjoyed and said," Uncle, what is there to worry about? Yuan Yao only has a few hundred soldiers. Our Lujiang County has 8,000 soldiers. Do we have to be afraid of him?"”
"Moreover, he still has the Imperial Jade Seal in his hands. As long as we pretend to agree to serve him as our master and trick him into coming here, we can take him down in one fell swoop. Not only can we obtain the Imperial Jade Seal, but we can also kidnap Yuan Yao and give him to Prime Minister Cao.”
Liu Xun's eyes lit up when he heard that. Then, his face showed some hesitation. He sighed and said," Yuan Yao is Yuan Shu's son after all. Yuan Shu was our lord in the past. Wouldn't it be a joke if he betrayed his master for glory?"”
Liu Wei retorted," What lord? He's just a traitor. We respected him as our lord in the past because he was the general of the imperial court. Ever since he became the emperor, we have long severed our relationship with him."”
"Moreover, uncle is also a relative of the Han Dynasty. How can you be associated with a traitor like Yuan Shu? As long as you seize the Imperial Jade Seal and present it to the court, Prime Minister Cao may be happy and let uncle be the governor of Yangzhou!”
"Yangzhou Overseer!" Upon hearing this, Liu Xun's breathing could not help but quicken. This was the official position that he had always dreamed of.
Liu Xun immediately made up his mind. He slammed the table and suddenly said,""Yes, capturing the traitor and taking back the jade seal is what I, a relative of the Han clan, should do!”
"Wei 'er, quickly go to the guest house and inform Jin Shang that I, Liu Xun, will lead all the officials of Lujiang to welcome Yuan Yao personally.”
"Yes!" Liu Wei accepted the order and left.
After Jin Shang learned that Liu Xun had agreed to welcome Yuan Yao, he could not help but be overjoyed. He quickly sent someone to inform Yuan Yao to lead the army to Lujiang.
……
However, Yuan Yao was currently facing a major crisis.
"What? There's an army of 10,000 approaching Jiang Ting 30 miles away!”
When Yuan Yao and his subordinates received the report from the scouts, they couldn't help but turn pale with fright.
Yuan Yao's heart couldn't help but thump. Before he prepared to go to Lu River, he had already counted the number of soldiers under him. There were a total of 800 people.
Among them, there were only 300 who could fight. Among the 300, there were 100 of the most elite Yulin Royal Guards. The remaining 500 were either sick or disabled. They had almost no combat strength.
Eight hundred against ten thousand. If it was eight hundred elite cavalrymen against ten thousand ordinary infantrymen, it was still possible.
However, he only had a hundred cavalrymen with him. It was not enough to charge into the formation of ten thousand people.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to lead a hundred imperial guards to escort Your Majesty away!”Imperial Forest Lieutenant General Zhang Xun requested.
"That's right, Your Majesty. You should retreat first. As long as you're still here, there's still hope for Zhong Guo!”The ministers knelt down and begged.
Yuan Yao was touched. Indeed, danger revealed a person's heart, and an unyielding person could identify a loyal official.
Those who could follow him all the way here were basically loyal to Zhong Guo.
However, how could he bear to abandon these loyal officials and escape alone?
He wasn't Liu Bei, Liu Paopao, who would abandon his wife and children in times of crisis.
At this moment, a clear voice sounded in Yuan Yao's mind.
"Ding! The system has detected that the host is in a difficult situation. The system has given the host two choices.”
"Option 1: Escape alone. Reward: Host, an off-road vehicle (petrol can only support one hour of running).”
" Option 2: Take the initiative to attack the enemy. Reward: Dragon Sparrow Saber, Limitless Dragon Armor, Snow Treading Cloud Chasing Stallion, and 500 black-armored cavalry.”
Yuan Yao chose to fight without any hesitation.
The Black Armored Cavalry was an elite troop led by the famous Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.
However, he was invincible in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and made great contributions to the unification of the Tang Dynasty.
The most glorious moment of the Black Armor Cavalry was the battle at Hulao Pass. The King of Qin, Li Shimin, personally led 500 Black Armor Cavalry into the 100,000 Xia army and captured the Xia King Dou Jiande in one fell swoop.
At the same time, it destroyed the Zheng and Xia Kingdoms, making the Tang Dynasty the dynasty that unified the Central Plains in the shortest time.
If he had 500 black-armored cavalry, he could immediately change the current predicament he was facing. He could personally lead the cavalry to attack the enemy's formation and kill the enemy generals.
Since ancient times, the south had lacked cavalry. Sun Ce had led three thousand old troops to sweep through the River East, but his army was only three hundred cavalry at most.
In the south, having five hundred cavalry was already precious enough, let alone the most elite black-armored cavalry. Yuan Yao was so happy that his mouth was crooked.
Moreover, with these 500 cavalrymen as seeds, he could cultivate more cavalrymen in the future.
Yuan Yao immediately said to the ministers,"All of you have followed me throughout the journey and have never left me.”
"You can't bear to abandon me, but how can I bear to abandon you!”
"Today, a disaster is coming. I am willing to go to the national disaster with all my beloved ministers and fight the enemy!”
"Moreover, the king should die for the country!”
"The king will die for the country!" This sentence was like a giant hammer smashing into everyone's hearts, causing them to buzz.
The monarch was going to die for the country, and the subjects were going to die for the monarch's humiliation. As subjects, they actually wanted the monarch to die for the country one day. How could they endure this!
The ministers were all filled with righteous indignation and asked to fight.
The generals took out their spears and wiped their armor, preparing to fight to the death.
The civil officials also drew their swords and prepared to go to the battlefield to protect their king.
Looking at this scene before him, Yuan Yao could not help but feel extremely emotional in his heart.
If the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty saw this scene, he would probably be moved to tears. After all, the officials he met did not have any moral integrity.
Most of his officials had just finished court in the morning and could open the door to welcome the king at night. In the end, he could only hang himself on the southeast branch.
There was only one eunuch by his side, Wang Chengen, who was usually looked down upon by these civil officials, to accompany him to death.
But the civil officials were all thick-skinned and eager to curry favor with their new masters. It had to be said that it was really ironic.
Fortunately, his subjects had more integrity.
Since ancient times, martial artists had fought to the death and civil officials had remonstrated. Now, even civil officials were not afraid of death and were willing to go to the battlefield to protect their monarch.
As expected, the spirit of the Han people in this era was still high. The Han people did not lose their blood and righteousness, and the martial and masculine style prevailed.
Not only were there warriors who valued righteousness over death, but there were also Confucian scholars who valued fame over life.
Both warriors and Confucian scholars had a stronger sense of shame than later generations. Reputation was far more important to them than life.
However, what was heartbreaking was that during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was actually popular to take drugs and talk.
The men even put on makeup and put on pretentious looks. They did not feel ashamed but thought it was beautiful. The wind of martial masculinity disappeared.
In the end, the Han family's sons could only be wantonly massacred by the trifling miscellaneous Hu, and the legend of a Han being able to withstand five Hu became a legend.
This was such a heartbreaking and sad thing!
However, since Yuan Yao had come to this era, all of this would change. The so-called Wei and Jin Dynasty demeanor would no longer exist, let alone the Five Barbarians.
At this time, Yuan Yao had already made a decision in his heart-once he had secured a stable territory, he would change the name of the country to Tang, bringing forward the arrival of the Great Tang Dynasty by 400 years.
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