Chapter 97: The Dawn of the Edge
"What? only fifty?!"
Cui Hao stopped suddenly, with a frightened look in his eyes, which means that Her Royal Highness the princess only has these fifty people to fight against enemies six times more than herself?!
Mei was much colder than Cui Hao, and when he heard Cui Hao's exclamation, he just said coldly and said:
"Fifty is enough for the Lord!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mei grabbed Cui Hao's shoulder and quickly took Cui Hao away from here, he had other important things to do, how could he delay the hour here.
Cui Hao originally wanted to say something more, but he was caught by the charm with lightning speed, and he fell asleep in a moment, and he didn't know anything about the rest of it.
......
In front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Xiao Wan stood quietly, like a wall standing thousands of feet, unable to shake lightly.
The cool breeze in the middle of the night was a bit biting chill, but compared to the cold wind on the side of the border, this was really a small thing. Xiao Wan's robe was gently blown by the breeze, and the air was filled with a mixture of aroma and blood, which was disgusting to smell.
Xiao Wan didn't change or be busy, took out a terrifying copper ghost mask from his arms, stared at the mask in his hand for a moment, and then did not hesitate to cover his beautiful face.
Wearing a ghost mask on the battlefield not only serves to deter the enemy, but more importantly, it covers your joys, sorrows, and sorrows, even if you are afraid, you can't let the enemy see clearly.
Ever since she first went on the battlefield to kill someone, she won't feel a trace of it in every bloody battle since then.
For enemies who want to kill themselves, Xiao Wan will never show mercy!
"The generals will obey!"
Xiao Wan let out a long roar, and the soldiers who had been waiting outside the treasure hall poured into the Daxiong Treasure Hall in an orderly manner, gathered in front of the hall, knelt down in front of Xiao Wan, and responded loudly:
"The last general will obey the order!"
The voice, deafening, swaying people's souls, they were all dressed in military uniforms, their faces were the same as Xiao Wan, with bronze ghost masks, holding halberds, wearing swords at their waists, and □□ bows and bags on their backs, and the sergeants in the front row were also holding shields, mighty and majestic, moving in full gear, like an iron-blooded army, just a roar in the sky, it can shake the mountains.
Xiao Wan looked down at the fifty people kneeling down the corridor and waiting for the military order, although it was only a new army, but it already had the military appearance that a sergeant should have, yes, Rong Xun really lived up to the trust.
Although the combat strength of these people is far from being equal to the dragoon guards stationed in the military town, it is more than enough to destroy this mere 300 rabble.
There are never bad soldiers, there are just generals who can't lead soldiers!
"If there is a criminal, it will be executed on the spot, and it will not be forgiven!"
"The last will be ordered!"
The voices of the generals who could hear it, and before the enemy was placed, it made people frightened.
"Report, the Empress Dowager Feng drove Luan. ”
The soldiers hurriedly reported, and the Empress Dowager assisted several princesses and the palace attendants to move to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and the master of Yongan City and several stewards also came with them, and they all followed the original plan.
"Line up!"
Xiao Wan decisively issued an order, and the generals immediately lined up on both sides, sorted out the military appearance, and greeted the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield for a long time, and the women do not let her eyebrows, even at this critical moment, her complexion still does not change, she is graceful and peaceful, and her eyes are sharp.
But the Empress Dowager knows that she has the responsibility of being the Empress Dowager, and she must not act rashly, and now this matter of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions naturally has to be handed over to young people to experience.
All the soldiers knelt on the ground and praised, saying:
"The last general and others welcome the Empress Dowager Feng Jia, the Empress Dowager Wanfu Jin'an, Her Royal Highness the Princess Jin'an!"
The Empress Dowager stood in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall to inspect the sergeants, the second princess Xiao Yue and Aunt Luo Xia accompanied the left and right, the Empress Dowager raised her hand slightly, not threatening and angry, and said:
"The crowd will be flat. Now when the enemy army is in danger, the mourning family will work together with the generals to attack the attacker. The heart of the mourning family is bold, and the generals know: Those who dare to offend my Northern Wei Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!"
The Empress Dowager's pre-war mobilization immediately made the generals' hearts lift, and after a while, the sergeants kept shouting in front of the palace, one after another, saying:
"Those who have just offended my Northern Wei Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!"
"Who is the commander in chief?"
The Empress Dowager asked for an order, Xiao Wan got the order, knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager on one knee, clasped her fists and saluted, and said:
"The last general Rong Xun, listen to the order in front of the palace!"
The Empress Dowager looked at the heroic young general in front of her, although there was a hindrance to the mask and did not argue the truth, but the Empress Dowager knew in her heart who this person was, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, full of relief, and then ordered in a straight voice, saying:
"The guards used in Yong'an Temple are all attributed to the general's moderation, and those who do not obey will be killed in front of the palace, and they will not be merciful. ”
"The last will be ordered!"
After hearing Xiao Wan's firm response, under the eyes of the generals, the Empress Dowager led everyone into the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and the second princess Xiao Yue deliberately walked to the end of the team, and looked at Xiao Wan thoughtfully, and the eldest sister Xiao Wan was never seen in the whole team.
She was anxious, and told Aunt Luo Xia that she just said that she didn't have to worry, as if the eldest sister was in a safe place and didn't need to worry. But how could Xiao Yue not be in a hurry, now that there are rebels attacking Yong'an Temple, listening to the fighting outside, it is not impossible to kill people and slaughter the temple, such a scene of sword and chaos, when have they seen it, how not to make people tremble.
After all, like the imperial grandmother, there are only a handful of women who are decisive in killing.
Xiao Yue never interfered in the internal affairs of the DPRK and China, and he didn't know who this General Rong Xun was, and their bronze ghost masks were really terrifying, even if they couldn't see this person's appearance, but just looking at that person's eyes, Xiao Yue couldn't stop the sense of déjà vu.
Even if he was scared in his heart, once he met General Rong Xun's gaze, it would be difficult to leave......
Xiao Wan smiled bitterly, she looked like this now, except for the imperial grandmother and Aunt Luo Xia, no one should know her. But the second sister Xiao Yue has the most delicate mind and knows her as a sister the best, and now she looks at herself like this, and she doesn't want to leave lightly, either she has doubts about herself, or she can't bear it in her heart.
She was afraid that she would be in danger.
Xiao Wan couldn't help lowering his voice, and the general's resolute tone softened, and he said softly:
"Your Royal Highness the Second Princess, don't worry, the last general will definitely do their best to protect the safety of His Royal Highness, please believe in the last general!"
Hearing General Rong Xun's promise, Xiao Yue unconsciously had a layer of mist in her eyes, yes, the premonition in her heart was really right, she should have thought of it a long time ago, the imperial grandmother suffered such a catastrophe, how could the eldest sister avoid it first, this is an impossible thing......
Xiao Yue felt a little excited and unbearable in her heart, she suddenly realized that she had lived too easily and comfortably, and she had always been immersed in her own world, suffering from gains and losses, feeling that the flowers bloomed and fell, and the years passed, and she always felt that she was the most unfortunate one.
How could she have thought that she still had the responsibility of being a princess and never took the initiative to shoulder it, thinking that as long as she followed the will of the imperial grandmother and married her designated concubine, she would be regarded as completing her mission as a princess.
But now Xiao Yue understands that these are far from enough, and the weight that they failed to complete was all thrown to the eldest sister, so the rumor that the eldest sister is frail and sick and recuperates outside the palace all the year round has another deep meaning!
She should have known why she was so stupid, but now she understands it, when she was a child, her eldest sister was lively and active, where was she frail and sickly, it turned out that a qiē would be like this......
She is powerless, and this will only hinder General Rong Xun.
Xiao Yue put away the tears lingering in her eyes, saying that she is also Her Royal Highness the Second Princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and she must not lose the face of the royal family, let alone make General Rong Xun worried, so she pretended to be strong and said softly:
"That's ...... Please be careful, General. ”
After the two looked at each other for a moment, the corners of Xiao Wan's mouth rose, and he bowed his head slightly, seeing that Xiao Yue had also entered the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the door of the Treasure Hall was tightly closed in a moment, and he looked like he was closing the door to meet the enemy, and he would not surrender lightly.
Xiao Wan immediately stood up and began to order, saying:
"Shut the gates, keep the array, and all the soldiers obey my orders. Ring the bell, lead the enemy into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and we will fight to the death here!"
"Order!"
When the generals heard the order, they immediately sent out a battle formation, closed the gate, and then rang the self-chiming bell next to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, taking the initiative to expose their place and leading the group of rebels to the treasure hall.
Time passed tightly and slowly, obviously it was only a stick of incense, but the generals felt as if several hours had passed.
In front of the hall, the generals stood in a defensive formation, and when the general gave an order, the front row was surrounded by shield soldiers, behind them was the halberd soldiers, and the inner row was the crossbowmen.
This arrangement is to cope with the changing needs of the battlefield, especially this kind of campaign with fewer people versus more people, so as to be flexible and eclectic.
Xiao Wan held the arrow in his hand, and sat behind the battle, but now there is no war drum gong, and he cannot change the formation of the thunder drum, and the only thing he can rely on is the calm response of the commander and the sound of thunder.
Hearing the sound of shouting and killing outside the treasure hall, Xiao Wan knew that the group of traitors had attacked outside the wall.
All the reckless people in the rivers and lakes can rely on is their skills and blood, and the formation of troops is not comparable to that of the generals. Xiao Wan saw that those people didn't dare to attack and kill for a long time, and the one who wanted to take the lead was also a cautious person, so he first let people light a large number of agarwood, and then the wind gradually wafted the smell of agarwood to the main hall.
Xiao Wan knew that there would be such a trick, so the fifty people in front of this hall were all soldiers brought in from outside, and they had never been drunk for seven days, so they had no feeling for this agarwood.
It's just that the imperial grandmother and several sisters in the treasure hall may have to suffer a little.
Xiao Wan has a deep internal force to protect her body, coupled with the curative effect of the incense pill, she can hold on for a while, but she also knows that this battle should be resolved quickly, and it must not be delayed for too long.
Let the soldiers in front of the palace pretend to be poisoned and poisoned, and lure the group of thieves to take the initiative to attack, and sure enough, after a while, there are thieves outside the wall who are flying over, intending to let this advance team sneak inside, open the gate and let the follow-up team seize the Daxiong Treasure Palace.
But those people had not yet stood firm on the wall, Xiao Wan gave an order, and ten thousand arrows were fired, and the group of thieves who flew back in mid-air and could not be touched by it, all like birds that had been shot down, after letting out a terrible cry of dying, they were hit by several arrows, and the corpses were about to go straight down.
The leader in charge of the attack was not only horrified, but there were also stubborn resistance in this temple, could it be that the poison was not completely triggered?
How did they know that there were only fifty soldiers in this temple, and that these fifty people had never been drunk for those seven days, no matter how vigorously their agarwood burned, it would not affect the combat effectiveness of this team.
"Give me rockets and burn them!"
The leader of the team was furious, and when he saw that this advance team was completely annihilated, he immediately did the same, and let people ignite rockets and shoot them into the treasure hall one after another.
"Shield Array!"
Xiao Wan gave an order, all the soldiers changed the battle formation, and they all leaned back to protect Xiao Wan in the formation, and the outer armor soldiers raised their armor high and tilted it into an angle, protecting the other soldiers under the shield, and after a while, the rockets rained down, and the treasure hall was suddenly shot to a thousand holes, but none of the soldiers in the formation were unharmed.
After a rocket attack, the leader ordered the arrows to stop, and seeing that there was no movement for a long time, he sent a second team to jump up the wall to check the situation.
Before the team jumped onto the wall, rockets were about to shoot out, but in a moment, the team was wiped out. Before the leader could recover from his fright, he saw countless rockets suddenly shot out of the air, like meteors, sending out a beautiful arc in mid-air, and then like a merciless rain, they shot towards everyone's heads.
This group of reckless people was immediately frightened and fled in all directions, and there was still a little neat formation. After hearing only a burst of mournful shouts, the number of people in this team suddenly decreased by a small half.
The leader didn't feel frightened for a while, and instinctively wanted to save his life and escape, but everyone had already attacked the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and he could make meritorious contributions when he saw it, and he would be prosperous and rich in the future, and he would enjoy it inexhaustibly, so how could he give it up lightly.
"Don't escape, those who dare to escape before the formation, form on the spot!"
The leader drew a long knife and killed the people around him who tried to escape mercilessly, and the others were frozen in place, neither advancing nor retreating, and suddenly, the people were panicked and their morale plummeted.
"If you can't fulfill the life of the Taibao, do you think you can still have a way to live?"
The leader said this, everyone suddenly woke up, Taibao's cold and ruthless, everyone knew that this battle would rather die in battle than live, otherwise, it is not only themselves who will die, but also their loved ones.
"Make meritorious contributions, fight here, the people in the palace are just the end of the strong crossbow, it won't last long, everyone will follow me to attack the general, kill the traitor, and the future will be glorious and rich, and you will not be able to enjoy it!"
The leader's words aroused the greedy nature of the tiger wolves of this group of people in the rivers and lakes, and their morale was suddenly boosted.
"Knock open the door and rush in!"
When the leader saw that it was useless to cross the wall, he wanted people to knock open the gate, but he didn't believe it, his own group of people, melee combat would not kill those people in the temple.
After receiving the order, his men immediately worked together to cut down a thick uncle, and a dozen people carried the trunk of the tree as a siege tool, constantly hitting the gate.
Xiao Wan was clear about the intentions of that group of people, sneered, and then changed the battle formation, and said loudly:
"Change the formation, the sky will cover the formation!"