Two hundred and eighth chaos
...
"It's past noon, and the funeral is in full swing~~"
"It's past noon, and the funeral is in full swing~~"
"It's past noon, and the funeral is in full swing~~"
Just after noon, Yuan Tianhao's funeral time had arrived. The eunuchs in the palace kept shouting and quickly passed the news of the funeral inside and outside the palace gate.
For a moment, the crying suddenly arose. The concubines and palace maids in plain clothes were escorted by the palace guards, walked to the tomb before the coffin. They looked up and saw many and three hundred people.
The civil and military officials following the coffin also lined up in a long queue, silently following the coffin, lowering their heads and their faces were covered with sadness...
Yuan Muhao and his brothers rode their horses in the middle, guarding directly in front of Yuan Tianhao's coffin. As for the coffin, there were twelve strong horses carrying them together and slowly sailing towards their destination...
"Strange, why didn't I see Yuanmin?"
After leaving the palace gate, Yuan Muhao saw Yuan Min's traces. He was puzzled. He had never seen him before.
However, Yuan Min is an outsider after all, and even if he doesn't see him off, no one will say anything. Yuan Muhao didn't go into it. What he has to do now is to host the funeral, then steadily ascend to the Khan throne, and control the entire Xia Kingdom...
Only Yuan Ronghao next to him was looking at Yuan Muhao's back while being "sad", and couldn't help but sneer: "Let's let you show off for a while. When you leave Wuwei City, your doomsday will come!"
Under the command of the wizard at the forefront, the funeral team slowly walked towards the south gate of Wuwei City. The people on the street had already learned about the funeral of Tianhao today. No one dared to stay, adding a bleak atmosphere to the entire city.
In this world, people in the Central Plains will choose to be buried from four to six o'clock in the morning, but the Xia people are different. Especially the princes and nobles will choose to be buried when the masculine energy is strong at noon, which means that the yang energy is sufficient, and ghosts dare not approach it when they are in the underworld.
Yuan Tianhao's burial tomb is located in Zhaoling, twenty miles away from the south gate of Wuwei City. This is the Feng Shui treasure land for the burial of kings and nobles of Xia...
The Qiang and Hu nobles admired the Central Plains culture from the bottom of their hearts, especially those royal etiquettes. Unfortunately, they learned all the superficial things and had no essence at all. Judging from the "Hu and Han" specifications of the funeral, they always give people a feeling of being incompatible and not liked...
The funeral team rushed out of the Wuwei City Gate. After walking ten miles, the road ahead was suddenly stopped by Yuan Min and his cavalry.
"Yuan Min?"
Yuan Muhao was stunned and hurriedly led his men to meet him. He saw Yuan Min wearing iron armor and holding a long spear on his head. He stared at him with a solemn face on top of a dark horse.
Behind Yuan Min, the three thousand cavalry were also staring at each other, pressing their weapons in their hands, and making a tiger pounce that was ready to go...
The strong murderous aura made Yuan Muhao feel strong uneasy, but he still plucked up the courage to say to Yuan Mu with a kind look: "General, you are here, so I'm so angry that Ben Khan is looking for you everywhere. Suddenly you come, why don't you lead the way?"
When Yuan Min heard this, his eyes twitched, he pointed at Yuan Muhao with his spear and shouted angrily: "Yuan Muhao, how did you die when you sweat first?!"
Yuan Muhao was stunned when he heard this and asked back: "Why did the general ask this? My father Khan naturally died suddenly due to illness..."
"Stop!" Yuan Min shouted, stopping Yuan Muhao's words, "I already know that the sweat first was strangled to death by someone, and the one who killed the sweat first was you! Yuan Muhao!"
As soon as these words were said, the entire funeral team was in a state of turmoil. In fact, many of them also suspected the cause of Yuan Tianhao's death, because the person who inherited the Khan throne was Yuan Muhao, not what everyone thought was Yuan Ronghao.
However, this is the business of the Yuan clan after all. As a minister and slave, he should not meddle in other people's business. There is no evidence to prove that Yuan Tianhao died of a bad life, so he did not raise any doubts...
But now, Yuan Min took the initiative to raise everyone's inner thoughts, which suddenly ignited the atmosphere of the funeral team.
Yuan Muhao glared at Yuan Min angrily and said viciously: "You are talking nonsense, how could Ben Khan kill his father!"
"I have examined the body of Dahan, and I dare to argue. Since you said you did not harm Dahan, how dare you open the coffin in front of all the ministers to show your innocence?" Yuan Min said angrily.
Yuan Muhao naturally couldn't open the coffin and examine the autopsy, so he pointed at Yuan Min and shouted: "Yuan Min, don't be sarcastic here again. It delayed the time for father Khan to bury. Can you take responsibility? My Khan ordered you to retreat quickly, otherwise you will kill the three clans!"
When Yuan Min heard this, his face immediately darkened, he raised his long spear with both heads and said loudly: "All the warriors obeyed the order. Yuan Muhao killed Xian Khan and usurped the throne of Khan. After this general's investigation, the evidence was conclusive. He quickly took down the murderer!"
"Aoao~~"
With Yuan Min's order, the Three Thousand Wolf Cavalry immediately let out a creepy call like a wolf howl, and rushed towards the funeral team with an arc knife, scaring the concubines and palace maids who were buried with them trembled. Even the officials who were seeing them off were like headless flies looking for a safe place to stand.
"Protection~"
Yuan Muhao's pupils shrank, and his hands waved. In an instant, thousands of warriors in plain clothes drew their swords to protect Yuan Muhao. It was obvious that he was prepared for it.
"Tear the traitor Yuan Min, a traitor!"
"Aoao~~"
Yuan Muhao also gave the order, more than 2,000 palace guards rushed towards Yuan Min's wolf cavalry. The two sides broke the staggering intercourse, and immediately the people were on their backs...
The situation was completely out of control. The sound of killing in the wilderness ten miles away from Wuwei City shook the sky, and howlings were everywhere. The splattered blood kept turning into bright red blood light and soaring into the sky. The concubines, palace maids and the ministers were eager to save their lives, seeking cover everywhere to avoid the consequences of the sword and axe.
Only Yuan Tianhao's coffin has long been thrown on the side of the road, and the horses who pulled the hearse have been unloaded, acting as war horses to join the battle.
Yuan Ronghao looked at everything that happened in front of him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth after the conspiracy succeeded. Then he slowly retreated with the hundred guards who accompanied him, trying his best to avoid the battlefield.
Yuan Dehao, Yuan Chonghao and Yuan Qionghao did not have too many guards to protect him, so they could only rely on Yuan Ronghao's side, and slowly retreated with him.
"Yuan Min Piaofu, I, Yuan, treat you very well. I just sweated first, so why would I be a traitor?"
"Bah~ Yuan Muhao, you are a traitor. Today, Yuan Min will definitely kill you to repay the kindness of sweating and raising you first!"
After Yuan Muhao and Yuan Min each fired their own "mouth guns" and hyped up their legitimacy of their behavior, the men and horses of both sides fought again.
Yuan Min took the lead, and waved his two-headed long spear back and forth like a hurricane. Any enemies who entered the range of his long spear were completely unmatched, and he was defeated by him, as if the god of war came down to earth.
Inspired by Yuan Min's force, the wolf cavalry that followed him was even more motivated and fought fiercely with Yuan Muhao's army.
After a brief confrontation, the advantages and disadvantages of the battlefield began to become clearer. Since Yuan Min's men were veterans of the army outside the border for many years, and the army was dominated by cavalry, the troops of Yuan Muhao, who had more and fewer cavalry, fell into a hard battle.
Yuan Muhao, who knew he would lose to Yuan Min, decisively left Yuan Tianhao's coffin and the funeral team, and quickly retreated to Wuwei City with his followers and confidants, which made Yuan Muhao's army's morale fall into the valley.
Seeing that the situation on the battlefield began to become clear, Yuan Muhao also fled to Wuwei. Yuan Ronghao thought the time was ripe, so he climbed up and shouted loudly, "Don't be impatient! Yuan Muhao killed the Khan and usurped the throne. It was the king and the general who discovered this traitor's plan. As ministers of the Xia Kingdom, we should help the king to rectify the chaos and kill the traitors together!"
With Yuan Ronghao's voice, the guards of Yuan Muhao who were still resisting and the anxious ministers immediately responded and joined Yuan Ronghao's camp.
Soon, the war ended. Yuan Min was covered in blood, holding a blood-stained spear, and came to Yuan Ronghao, nodded to him, and said loudly to the officials: "The evidence of Yuan Muhao killing the Great Khan and usurping the throne is conclusive. Who would you continue to be with him?"
The funeral procession was silent and did not dare to raise any objections. Compared to Yuan Ronghao, they were more afraid of Yuan Min.
Yuan Min's cruelty is even worse than Yuan Tianhao. What's even more terrifying is that he is very good at using troops...
Yuan Ronghao nodded with satisfaction, and finally looked at Yuan Dehao and others, his face suddenly sank: "Third and fourth brother, what are you planning?"
Yuan Dehao was not a fool, so he immediately said to Yuan Ronghao: "Yuan Muhao killed his father and usurped the throne. I wish I could eat his flesh and drink his blood! Both public and private should be corrected!"
Yuan Chonghao and the young Yuan Qionghao were naturally attached to Yuan Ronghao. Who would dare to raise any objection at this time?
Yuan Ronghao waved his hand and said, "Okay, now we will kill back to Wuwei City and rectify the law on the spot, so as to pay tribute to the dead of the previous Khan. Everyone will follow me to kill Wuwei City!"
"Kill~~"
"Kill~~"
"Kill~~"
The mountains were roaring and the sounds were shaking the sky, so the funeral team of tens of thousands of people turned around and walked towards Wuwei City with Yuan Tianhao's coffin, vowing to carry Yuan Muhao, a rioter who killed his father and usurped the throne, to the death.
...
Yuan Muhao fled back to Wuwei City. As soon as he entered the city gate, he immediately ordered his confidants to close the city gate. He then mobilized the city guards, more than 20,000 people, to guard the city gates on the south side, and sent people to dispatch the troops on the Yongliang border to return to rescue quickly.
A series of actions are enough to show that a bloody power battle between senior officials of Xia State is inevitable.
The Yuan clan, led by Yuan Ronghao and Yuan Muhao, kept building momentum for the throne of the Khan...
"The Khan position can only belong to Ben Khan, and no one can take it away from me!"
Yuan Muhao, who was sitting in the palace, couldn't help but tremble slightly because of nervousness. He understood very well what Yuan Min was standing on Yuan Ronghao's side.
Yuan Min's prestige in the army was just like Xu Zhao's position in the hearts of the military and civilians of Yongzhou. He was in charge of 30% of the entire Xia Kingdom. Among the defenders of Xia, Ling and Liang, many Central Plains soldiers supported Yuan Min. Once he took the initiative to launch an attack, no one could guarantee that the defenders in Liangzhou would respond with one call and take advantage of the situation to attack.
To be honest, Yuan Muhao has no chance of winning at all now, and Yuan Tianhao's coffin is in Yuan Ronghao's hands, which is even more passive in public opinion. If Yuan Tianhao is buried, he can still argue that he was wronged by Yuan Min, but now it is equivalent to confirming the evidence of his father killing his father and usurping the throne. It is still unknown how long he can stay in this palace...
"Report~~Report to the great khan, Yuan Min and Yuan Ronghao have already carried the coffin of the khan and arrived at the city..."
When he was upset, Yuan Muhao's guards heard bad news to him, which immediately made Yuan Muhao frown even tighter...
Chapter completed!