Chapter five hundred and ninety-ninth ground breaking on the head of Tai Sui
When the Ming army was surrounded, almost everyone was sleeping soundly and knew nothing about the dangers that were about to occur. The past month of traveling through mountains and rivers made the Ming army, including those officials of the Yongli Dynasty, extremely tired. They finally arrived at a safe area and thought they could rest for a night of peace. Naturally, everyone was relaxed and they all slept. They never thought that Annan, who was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, would suddenly turn against them.
When the incident suddenly began, the Ming army had no time to make preparations and surrendered in a hurry. The Shu king soldiers under the command of Chen Jian, the Guangping Bo, were almost directly confiscated by the Annan soldiers in their dreams, and the two camps under Chen Jian were also instantly controlled by the Annan soldiers.
Xu Yingyuan, Guo Shao, Liang Shuanghu, Grand Secretary Fu Gang, Minister of War Sun Shun and others were in the same camp as Princess Changle. After the incident, Xu Yingyuan was stunned and came to his senses for a while. However, he did not think about saving the princess quickly, but took out the Yongli Dabao and the forged imperial edict that had been hidden in his arms, and handed it to Princess Changle, who was shocked by the movements outside, and checked out the house.
"This seal is the great treasure of the emperor. This decree is the imperial edict of the emperor to promote my lord to the King of Qi. The two things are of great importance. I am afraid that the people of Annan will be allowed to go. Please ask Your Highness to take it away! Your Highness should not be alarmed. Your Highness is my Princess of the Ming Dynasty. The people of Annan suddenly started a rebellion and would not worry about me. There may be a possibility of torture and plundering later. However, the people of Annan will never attack the princess, so as long as your Highness does not say it, the people of Annan will not know these two things!"
After Xu Yingyuan finished speaking, Princess Changle was shocked: When did the emperor issue an order to enthrone his prospective husband as the King of Qi? How could this emperor's treasure fall into Xu Yingyuan's hands?
Not only Princess Changle was surprised, but Grand Secretary Fu Gang and others were even more shocked: How could they have never heard of such a big deal that the emperor had appointed Zhou Shixiang as King of Qi?
Cheng Yuan, the Minister of Rites, opened his mouth and wanted to ask Ming what was going on, but after thinking about it, he did not speak, but stared at the jade seal that was held in his hand by His Highness. If he remembered correctly, in peace, the emperor seemed to have mentioned the loss of the treasure.
Cheng Yuan thought of this festival, and as a Grand Secretary, how could Fu Gang not think of this festival? The lost emperor's treasure reappeared, and a decree of appointing the prince that he had never heard of came out. If Fu Gang could not see anything strange about it, he would have been useless. You should know that such a big thing as appointing the prince was not something that the emperor could do with an imperial edict, and it would also need to be handled by the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. Now Fu Gang is the second assistant to the cabinet, and Cheng Yuan, the Minister of Rites, does not know about it. It is naturally not difficult to guess the authenticity of the imperial edict.
Xu Yingyuan ignored the strange and puzzled eyes of the Yongli dynasty officials around him, and only urged His Highness the Princess to put these two things away quickly. Leaving the things to His Highness the Princess is the best way Xu Yingyuan could think of now. In his opinion, Annan has been a vassal of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years. Even if he is in chaos at this moment, he must at least respect the princess of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is impossible to offend His Highness the Princess, and it is even more impossible to search for him. Therefore, it is undoubtedly safe to put things in the princess.
Xu Yingyuan had thought of letting Liang Shuanghu take these two things out, but he was not afraid of ten thousand, but he was afraid of one. If Liang Shuanghu couldn't rush out, these two things would fall into the hands of the Annan people. So Xu Yingyuan chose to hand over the things to His Royal Highness the Princess, even if it could only be kept for a while.
Among all the people present, the only Eunuch Ma of Shangbao, who was always carried by Xu Yingyuan, knew the whole story of Dabao and the imperial edict, but he did not dare to tell Fu Gang and others about the truth about this. Besides, Eunuch Ma had already been so scared that his legs were trembling, so he didn't even bother to expose the fake imperial edict.
When the clay Buddha crosses the river, I don’t know whether he can have this life or not, and I still ask what else.
After handing over Dabao and the imperial edict to the princess, Xu Yingyuan pulled Liang Shuanghu and asked him to take people out of the camp immediately. No matter what method was used, the news would be transmitted back to Guangdong.
Liang Shuanghu wanted to take His Highness the Princess with him. Xu Yingyuan was anxious and pushed him out suddenly, saying that if the general did not know about this, no one could save the princess. Guo Shao also knew that the matter was urgent and repeatedly urged Liang Shuanghu to leave quickly. How could he save the princess together at this critical moment? Since the Annan people dared to take action, they must have a support. If Liang Shuanghu left late, they might not be able to leave.
Fu Gang and others would also come over and have to spread the news immediately, and they didn't care about asking about Dabao and the imperial edict of the King of Qi. They also persuaded Liang Shuanghu to leave quickly.
Liang Shuanghu had no choice but to grit his teeth and lead his soldiers out of the camp. There were no less than a thousand Annan soldiers surrounded outside. Liang Shuanghu and his party fought bravely, most of them were killed and injured, and finally escaped dozens of people in the dark. After Annan people found that the Ming army had escaped, they immediately dispatched troops to chase them.
After Liang Shuanghu and others rushed out, although they didn't know if they could get rid of the Annan people's pursuit, Xu Yingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. After he recovered from his calmness, he immediately asked Fu Gang to come forward to question why the Annan people wanted to betray the Ming Dynasty.
Princess Changle also realized that she was the eldest princess personally named by Emperor Yongli, the niece of Emperor Longwu and the daughter of Emperor Shaowu. She had an extremely valuable status. But after all, she was a woman and was in a foreign country, so she was inconvenient to come forward to argue with the Annan people who were in a rebellious manner.
Fu Gang, Minister of War Sun Shun and Minister of Revenue Wan Niance went out to the camp to question why Annan people betrayed the Ming Dynasty. Annan people ignored it and only came to ask who had escaped. Fu Gang and others naturally would not tell him. Annan officials snorted coldly and turned around and left. Then a large number of Annan soldiers rushed into the camp and registered all the Ming Dynasty officials in the camp. They did not offend Princess Changle as Xu Yingyuan thought. There was even an official who came to ask what the princess had to do with her. Annan tried to do what she needed.
Perhaps the Annan officials had some concerns, or they wanted to use these Ming army and officials to express their merits to the Qing Dynasty, so after controlling the Ming army camp, the Annan soldiers did not slaughter them and killed Ming dynasty officials and soldiers, but only took away weapons and armor, and did not allow the Ming army to go out of the camp, and did not interfere with the others. However, the Annan officials and soldiers were not polite about the property in the Ming army camp. After some searches, they all had a big pocket.
After Liang Shuanghu and others rushed out of the Annan people's encirclement, they ran north desperately, finally getting rid of the Annan people's pursuit and returning to the Ming Dynasty border. After resting in an unknown mountain for a long time, Liang Shuanghu led the remaining subordinates to grop and walk eastward. The border between Yunnan and Guangxi was full of mountains, and most of them were large and small chieftains in the mountains. The road was inconvenient, the speech was blocked, and there was no guide. They had to face the attacks of those chieftains at any time. Liang Shuanghu and his party had experienced life and death. After more than half a month of touching the mountains, they finally arrived in Guangxi from Yunnan. It took another half a month to reach Qinzhou from the junction of Guangxi and Annan. On the way, they were attacked several times by local chieftain armed forces. When they arrived in Qinzhou, there were only seven people left by Liang Shuanghu, and Liang Shuanghu was even seriously injured.
The Ming army in Qinzhou discovered Liang Shuanghu and his party and took them to the Governor's Office. Although Lian Chengbi was very dissatisfied with Zhou Shixiang, Liang Shuanghu said that the emperor had already enthroned Zhou Shixiang as King of Qi and married the eldest princess of the eldest princess of Qi. His Royal Highness and the Grand Secretary Fu Gang were present. Several Shangshu and a group of officials were locked up by the Annan people. Lian Chengbi was shocked. The Governor, who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, wanted to go and rescue His Royal Highness of the Longest Princess immediately, but because he had no soldiers and was unable to save them, he could only send someone to treat Liang Shuanghu while sending the news to the Taiping Military Office in Leizhou.
After receiving the news from the Governor's Office, the First Taiping Army Town stationed in Leizhou, he did not dare to delay and quickly spread it to Guangzhou. After hearing this, Duke Xiang of Song, who was in charge of the Guangdong military and political affairs of the Taiping Army in Guangzhou, heard this, and quickly sent the news to Yuanzhou.
After Tie Yi, who was participating in the military convention in Yuanzhou, learned about this, he slapped the table and cursed: "The people of Annan are so brave. Taisui dares to touch the ground. Are they impatient? Don't worry, the general will lead his troops to attack Ping'annan!"
As he said that, he stood up angrily, but found that the generals and officials around him were staring at him in amazement.
Tieyi was stunned: "What?"
Chapter completed!