MM Racing Chapter 241: Losing Everything
Chapter 241: Losing Everything
"This bridge is broken. Our army has no way to retreat. From now on, our army will only advance and not retreat!"
Xia Yu was mourning over Zhang Yu's tragic death, and he also noticed the cowardice among the soldiers in the Jingnan Army.
"My fellow soldiers, follow me and point our swords at Kyoto. We will purge the emperor's entourage and pacify the country!"
Xia Yu followed the advice of Monk Daoyan and planned to attack Kyoto directly.
After the Jingnan Army crossed the Yangtze River, he ordered his men to burn the bridges for retreat and only allowed the entire Jingnan Army to carry enough food for one month.
After such an arrangement, everyone knew that the entire Jingnan Army now had no way of retreat.
Only if the entire army makes a full effort to capture Kyoto can they get a chance to catch their breath.
If you don’t fight, you die!
Only by fighting can we have a chance of survival!
"Pass on my order. No garrison will be left in any city captured by my army! We will head straight to Kyoto, purge the court of corrupt officials, and quell the national crisis! Avenge General Zhang!" Xia Yu said loudly.
"Yes!"
"Go straight to Kyoto and avenge General Zhang!"
"The Qing Dynasty is in trouble, and the country is in trouble!"
"war!"
The entire Jingnan Army was filled with indignation and no longer had any fear of fighting.
At this moment, there was a sudden strong wind, and the tiles on the house were blown off one after another, making a loud noise.
Everyone was shocked.
At this time, Monk Daoyan strode out and said in a loud voice: "The true dragon flies to the sky, Dingyou wind and rain follow; the tiles of the house fall to the ground, God orders to replace the yellow tiles!"
This loud shout made all the soldiers in the army even more motivated.
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At this time, outside the capital, Xia Chongwen's imperial army had only 100,000 elite soldiers left.
For Xia Chongwen, these 100,000 elite soldiers are his last barrier. If Xia Yu can defeat these 100,000 elite soldiers in one breath, no one will be able to resist him anymore.
Xia Yu also didn't want Xia Chongwen to have any chance to catch his breath.
When the news reached Kyoto, Xia Chongwen urgently summoned all civil and military officials to the palace to discuss how to fight against the rebels.
Daxia Imperial Palace, Fengxian Hall.
The civil servants in the court were all passionate and denounced Xia Yu's evil ambitions. They even accused him of heading straight for Kyoto, which was clearly an attempt to usurp the throne.
The generals argued fiercely over who should be sent to resist Xia Yu.
After several days of discussion, the roof of Fengxian Hall was almost blown off by the officials, but there was still no result.
On this day, even Empress Dowager Lu, who was keen on attending court, claimed to be ill and did not attend.
Xia Chongwen also held his forehead with his hand and sat on the dragon throne with an anxious look on his face.
"Your Majesty, there is no general in the court who can lead the troops." Qi Taishen frowned and said to Xia Chongwen.
"If no new generals are sent out, I'm afraid it won't take Xia Yu a few days to break through the gates of Kyoto. By then..."
He looked up at Xia Chongwen sitting on the dragon throne, and thought to himself that this was to clear the emperor's side and quell the national crisis.
Even if Xia Yu conquered Kyoto, could Xia Chongwen still continue to be the emperor?
At this moment, Xia Chongwen's eyes were filled with fear and disbelief.
He can't figure it out!
It was clearly the imperial army that defeated Xia Yu and even killed one of his generals.
How come there was a sudden report that Xia Yu had crossed the Yangtze River and was now directly at the gates of Kyoto.
For a moment, Xia Chongwen didn't know what to say. He just looked at the ministers in the hall with a dull look in his eyes.
"My dear ministers...my dear ministers, do you have a good plan to deal with this?"
After a long while, Xia Chongwen finally spoke.
"I think the best way now is to let Shen Yizhong lead his troops to resist Xia Yu's army, perhaps we can achieve a surprise victory!" Qi Tai knelt on his knees and said.
"Your Majesty, please appoint the Duke of Wei as the general and lead the army north to resist the rebels!" Another minister, Huang Zicheng, also seconded the proposal.
"Eunuch Wang."
"The minister is here."
"Draft an imperial decree to appoint Duke Wei as the general who suppresses the rebellion and to lead his army north immediately to resist the Ning Wang's rebels."
"Yes."
"Sir, obey the order!"
After the court session, Shen Yizhong returned to his Duke's Mansion.
He slowly walked back to the study and took out the sword that had not been used for a long time.
Only at this time did Xia Chongwen agree to let him lead the troops.
Shen Yizhong frowned and looked at the sword in his hand, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He originally thought that if Xia Chongwen had sent him troops earlier, he was confident that he would be able to defeat Xia Yu strategically and tactically, and relying on his brotherly relationship with Shen Yuyao, he persuaded Xia Yu to surrender to the court.
If Xia Yu could really give up his path of treason, he would definitely be able to use his military achievements to ask the new emperor to pardon Shen Yuyao's death sentence.
At worst, if my sister and brother-in-law cannot become princes or princesses, they can just live in his Duke of Wei's mansion and be a pair of rich and idle people.
He will definitely use his entire life and property to protect Shen Yuyao's family.
But the imperial court had already suffered heavy casualties after several decisive battles with Xia Yu's army!
Shen Yizhong no longer has the confidence he had in the past.
Even if Xia Yu surrenders now, can Xia Chongwen still let their family go?
He was just feeling lucky because Xia Chongwen's distrust saved him from a confrontation with Shen Yuyao.
Qi Tai also proposed that he lead the army to the north to quell the rebellion.
Xia Chongwen, it turned out to be accurate this time!
Thinking that he would soon have a life-and-death battle with his beloved little sister, Shen Yizhong's eyes could not help but turn red.
"Brother, do you really want to be an enemy of my little sister?"
Shen Yizhong was thinking hard when he saw Shen Yixiao walking quickly into his study.
"Second brother! You're here."
Shen Yizhong said indifferently. He knew that Shen Yixiao must have come to persuade him to claim illness and not go out.
But now, it's too late to say anything.
The imperial edict has been issued and he has accepted it. He has to fight this battle even if he doesn't want to!
"Brother, you are confused!"
"If you send out troops, no matter whether we win or lose this battle, it will be a complete loss for our Shen family!"
"You... aren't you afraid that you will be ashamed to face your parents in the afterlife in the future?" Seeing his expression, Shen Yixiao guessed what he was thinking.
When Shen Yi Zhong received the imperial edict in the court today, Shen Yi Xiao was horrified, but because he was under the emperor's nose, he did not yell at him.
"Second brother! Be careful with your words!" Shen Yizhong said angrily.
"Now, those people in the court, apart from talking big, only clamor to go north to quell the rebels." Shen Yixiao said with a look of pity, "But before they even go to the battlefield, Prince Ning has already arrived at the gates of Kyoto! I think this world belongs to his Xia family, let them fight over it, why did you, big brother, join in the fun and make my brothers and sisters in the Shen family enemies?"
Hearing this, Shen Yizhong was speechless for a moment.
Second brother was right. The throne that Xia Chongwen and his nephew Xia Yu were fighting for originally belonged to their Xia family.
As long as there is no loss of life, isn't it the same no matter who becomes the emperor?
Those princes who had not yet withdrawn their fiefdoms turned a blind eye.
But it’s too late to say anything now!
Could it be possible that Shen Yizhong could disobey the order?