Chapter 888

Sitting high on the horse, Xiao Wenyu kept waving to the people beside him, with a friendly and gentle attitude.

The young emperor, on a high horse, was as handsome as a god's mansion, and the people who saw him felt that he was covered with a layer of golden light.

Quite a few people saw them subconsciously knelt down, shouted long live, and shouted at the same time: "Your Majesty's bravery and martial arts are the blessings of the Great Zhou Dynasty. We will definitely defeat the rebels!"

Xiao Wenyu nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Evil does not overpower righteousness. I will marry the leader of the bandit Zhao and eradicate traitors for the people of the world."

"Long live Your Majesty, long live long live."

There was a loud voice.

Xiao Wenyu drove all the way to Lincheng Yamen in a carriage.

When he entered the Yamen and sat down, the prefect of Lincheng immediately reported the battle to him respectfully.

Xiao Wenyu looked at the prefect of Lincheng, who was in his forties, and saw that this man was capable of handling things. Knowing that Lincheng's troops could not resist Zhao's troops, he temporarily mobilized the people, and only then did Lincheng be saved.

"Yes, Not Bad."

After Xiao Wenyu finished speaking, he said: "Tonight, everyone should have a good rest. Tomorrow, the sky will be twilight. Go to Dingcheng and attack Dingcheng."

As soon as Xiao Wenyu finished speaking, General Feng and others were surprised. Shouldn't they immediately go to Dingcheng to attack Dingcheng?

Several generals couldn't bear it anymore, and quickly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, we should attack Dingcheng overnight."

Xiao Wenyu raised his eyes to look at General Feng and the others, and said slowly, "I'm waiting for someone, when she arrives in Dingcheng, where the army sets out."

General Feng and the others were confused, but Xiao Wenyu didn't explain, and ordered everyone to go down and rest.

In the end, he only kept the second treasure.

When Erbao saw other people there before, he stood very politely and didn't move. When everyone had left, he rushed over excitedly and hugged Sibao.

"I didn't expect His Majesty to personally conscript this time. It's not bad, good job."

Xiao Wenyu raised his arms to hug him and gave him a good beat.

"How is it? How is the second brother?"

"Except that there is no war, everything else is fine. Didn't His Majesty send envoys to the Nomadic Twelve Divisions of the Northland to discuss the two mutual markets? If there is no accident, it can be negotiated, and there will be no war at that time." gone."

Xiao Wenyu looked at Er Bao with a serious face and said: "Even if the mutual market is successful, we should not take it lightly. We should train our soldiers and horses every day to prevent the Twelve Nomads from doing evil things when we are slack."

Er Bao frowned immediately after hearing this: "What your Majesty said is true, the minister was careless."

But Xiao Wenyu laughed quickly, pulled Erbao and said, "Second brother, after the Zhao thief is eliminated, how about I let you guard the Longguan Customs?"

Erbao stared at Xiao Wenyu excitedly after hearing this, and guarding the Longguan Customs meant that he could stand alone in the future.

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"Your Majesty, can I please?"

"I believe you can do it."

Er Bao immediately puffed up his chest and promised: "I will guard the Long Customs for Your Majesty."

"it is good."

After Xiao Wenyu finished speaking, he suddenly said, "Mother is here."

Er Bao was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard it wrong: "Who did you say is here?"

"Mother, she should be here tonight."

Er Bao frowned after hearing this: "Her, why did she come here?"

Then he thought of Sibao: "Mother, are you worried about you?"

Er Bao was a little sour after finishing speaking.

Xiao Wenyu smiled triumphantly: "Could it be that you don't trust you?"

Erbao reached out and stabbed Xiao Wenyu: "Brother, it's over."

The two brothers were chatting and laughing in the inner hall, not unfamiliar at all, as if they were still the same as when they were children.

That night, Lu Jiao, the Empress Dowager Zhao and others rushed to Lincheng.

Along the way, the Empress Dowager often used various excuses to delay, so she didn't want to come to the city.

It's a pity that Lu Jiao was with her on the road, no matter whether she was pretending to be unconscious or dead, she was woken up by Lu Jiao in the end, and in the end she stopped pretending to avoid suffering.

However, Mrs. Zhao hated Lu Jiao so much that she scolded her a lot along the way.

Of course she didn't dare to scold in front of Xiao Wenyu. At first she scolded Lu Jiao in front of Lu Jiao, but every time she scolded, Lu Jiao gave her an injection. scolding.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao regretted one thing very much. When she knew that Lu Jiao raised Xiao Wenyu, a bastard, why didn't she take care of the mother and son?

But no matter how noisy the Zhao family was, they still rushed to Lincheng.

When the sky was twilight the next day, Xiao Wenyu led the army all the way to Dingcheng.

At dawn, more than 100,000 troops stopped outside Dingcheng, Xiao Wenyu signaled his subordinates to push the Empress Dowager to the front of the formation, and ordered people to shout into Dingcheng.

"Zhao thief listen, the empress dowager came to persuade you to surrender, come out quickly."

On the city wall of Dingcheng, the defenders heard the shouts from below, looked down quickly, and saw a carriage with a canopy and tassels in front of the formation. The woman in the carriage was covered in silk and satin, wearing nobile jewels, and she said no. The appearance was so graceful and luxurious that the city guards did not dare to be careless, and quickly sent someone to report to Duke Zhao.

Zhao Guogong is the elder brother of the Empress Dowager, when he heard the general's report, he was in disbelief.

"You said that little thief Xiao Wenyu brought the Empress Dowager to the front."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The soldiers defending the city responded quickly, not daring to look at their master's dark face.

Now Zhao Guogong couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and paced back and forth in the main hall.

On the lower side, Zhao Lei said in a deep voice, "Father, I'll go and have a look, you shouldn't go."

Zhao Guogong was so angry that his eyes were like torches, and he cursed angrily: "Xiao Wenyu, this vicious little thief, he brought the Empress Dowager here, if I don't show up, I will be scolded by the world."

Now he doesn't want to go, and he doesn't want to go. If he goes, he can't listen to Zhao's words and surrender.

Surrender is death, and there is still a possibility of fighting if you don't surrender. Even if you guard the three cities and Longhaiguan, you can save your life.

Zhao Guogong thought about it, and finally looked at Zhao Lei: "You go and deal with it."

"Yes, father."

Zhao Lei walked out in big strides, and the people outside hurriedly followed, and all the people went straight to the city wall.

As soon as Zhao Lei went up the city wall, the Empress Dowager recognized him and hurriedly shouted: "Zhao Lei, hurry up and persuade your father to surrender, you are plotting treason, you will be scolded, you rebelled in Longhaiguan, Don't care about the rest of the Zhao family? If you surrender, the rest of the Zhao family will still have a way out, you are going to kill everyone in the Zhao family."

Mrs. Zhao has always been a selfish person. She helped the Zhao family before, but she actually thought that she, the queen mother, was able to sit securely because of the Zhao family. No one dared to control her. Now seeing that she was going to be in trouble, she didn't care about the Zhao family. I just want to make myself not sad.

If she persuaded Zhao Guogong and Zhao Lei to surrender, even if she couldn't be a majestic empress dowager, she would still be able to live a free life on the mountain. If the Zhao family rebelled, she would be a sinner, and I'm afraid she would suffer in the future.

The more Mrs. Zhao thought about it, the more frightened she became. Looking at Zhao Lei on the city wall, she tried to persuade her: "Zhao Lei, the Zhao family is a famous family in the Great Zhou Dynasty. How can you lose the reputation that has been managed for many generations? How can you ruin it like this? Aren't you afraid of being scolded by the dead ancestors? If you surrender, the Zhao family will not leave a bad name."

(end of this chapter)