Chapter 533
Chapter 533
However, with this action, Emperor Shun took the blame for killing Liu Zongmin.
This is the horror of suspicion.
What is more terrifying than suspicion is the chain of suspicion built on suspicion.
According to normal logic, Liu Zongmin died suddenly, and the two armies should have shared a common hatred and worked together to find the real culprit and seek revenge.
However, Liu Ying suspected that Emperor Shun had killed the general, so he instinctively adopted a self-preservation strategy.
When Emperor Shun saw that Liu's troops were retreating to protect themselves, he naturally suspected that they were trying to escape.
In this situation where you suspect me and I suspect you, proving your innocence has become meaningless and impossible.
And from the perspective of Emperor Shun, once Liu Zongmin died, I would be worried about you, so annexing you became an inevitable option.
You have to do both, there is no choice.
You have to take the blame for this, no matter what.
So at this time, suspicion escalated further.
When the generals in Liu's camp saw that the Shun army was mobilizing on a large scale, they wanted to make their own dumplings.
Then what are you doubting!
The general was killed by Emperor Shun!
Emperor Shun wanted to annex Liuying to consolidate his throne.
Now that the situation has developed to this point, what else is there to say?
run!
It is impossible to win by fighting. We don’t have as many people as them, and we are not as strong as them.
The most important thing is that they have no energy to fight against Emperor Shun, who is more powerful than the general.
Liu Ying was well prepared. As soon as the Dashun Army mobilized, they opened the city gates and fled.
But they only managed to escape the seven battalions of troops outside the city.
The two battalions of centaurs in the city that had not yet left, along with the 70 million taels of silver that had not yet been transported, were all blocked in the city by the cavalry led by Emperor Shun himself.
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the blocked Liu Ying troops had no choice but to give up resistance and surrender.
There was no fierce fighting between the two sides.
Only 50,000 of the 200,000 troops were blocked, and the remaining 150,000 were like mercury pouring out of the ground, splitting into seven or eight directions and fleeing rapidly to the south.
Emperor Shun did not pursue and kill him openly because this was an internal conflict and could not be made public.
So he had no choice but to gather the surrendered soldiers while issuing an imperial decree, saying that Liu Zongmin was assassinated by the remnants of the Feiyu Guard of the previous dynasty. Liu Biao led Liu Ying south to support the battlefield in Bazhou in order to completely wipe out the remnants of the Feiyu Guard headed by Shen Lian and avenge Liu Zongmin.
At the same time, Liu Biao was appointed Marquis of Chang and General of Suppressing Rebellion, and the other generals were also given titles and rewards.
Well, that's politics.
It's really fun.
No escape, death.
Ran away, a local lord.
It has to be said that although Emperor Shun suffered a huge loss this time, his response was correct.
The outside world doesn't know exactly what happened.
All we know is that the army was moved back and forth, and then Liu Biao led 150,000 troops south.
The statement of supporting the Bazhou battlefield is completely reasonable.
As for Liu Biao, since Emperor Shun gave them a way out, they naturally took advantage of the situation.
Otherwise, what would be pursued would not be a reward, but Emperor Shun's pursuit and interception at all costs.
Open internal strife would be a bad choice for both Emperor Shun and the generals in Liu's camp.
Thus, a major internal conflict within the Shun army ended "peacefully".
After this incident, Emperor Shun lost a great general and 150,000 capable soldiers, and his strength was greatly weakened.
……
However, the aftermath of this incident has not yet ended.
After the internal strife subsided, Emperor Shun immediately faced the same dilemma as the generals in Liu Ying.
So who killed Liu Zongmin?
Remnants of the previous dynasty?
Or... Prime Minister Li Yan?
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