Yanbei in June is the season of lush growth of all things, the grass is fat and the horses are strong, and all kinds of frost are free.

However, in the Pingcheng of Zhongshan Kingdom, there was an atmosphere of depression and death, which was the fear gathered by the 5,000 Zhongshan troops and 200,000 civilians in the city in the face of the slaughtered Yanbei army.

The Yanbei army has surrounded the national capital Pingcheng for two hours, but there is no news from the surrounding counties, as if the Yanbei army has never come at all, and the calm is a little chilling.

The reason is simple, because they dare not come and die.

"Knock knock knock ......" The front army of the Yanbei Army began to beat the drum.

The drumstick struck the drum surface of the cowhide very gently, and it did not seem to be a harbinger of attack.

"Woo ......" accompanied by the sound of drums, a horned soldier standing in the middle of the military formation suddenly blew the horn!

The black-armored cavalry outside the city began to retreat inexplicably, and some soldiers on the city wall showed puzzled expressions, but Li Chengqian did not feel happy because of the retreat of the black-armored cavalry, but shouted solemnly: "All the sergeants obey the order! Open the rune array!"

In an instant, the vitality of heaven and earth condensed towards Pingcheng like a tide and a sea of waves, and there was a "hum!" After the loud bang, countless huge runes appeared on the walls of Heijo!

Li Chengqian knew very well that the retreat of the cavalry represented a precursor to the Qin army's crossbow battalion to fire a salvo.

Sure enough, not long after the retreat of countless black armors, a phalanx of lightly armored crossbowmen came out of the Chinese army, and the war machine organized by the Qin State was in operation, and a small country like Zhongshan had no power to fight back at all.

"Knock knock knock...... The drums of the Yanbei Army are getting faster and faster, and the sound is getting deeper and deeper!

"Crossbow Camp Ready!" Adjutant General Wan Nian stood on the extremely high wooden cart of the Chinese army and gave the order.

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the three thousand spirit crossbow soldiers took out the large spirit crossbow they were carrying, took out the spirit arrow engraved with silver runes and loaded it into the crossbow, spread it on their feet, and lay down on the spot in the shape of an oblique shot towards the sky.

"Squeak-" Countless Dao spirit crossbows were pulled into a full moon in an instant.

The formation of Daqin's crossbow battalion comes from the idea of Lu Wei, a military advisor during the founding of the country, using a rune master to engrave silver armor-piercing runes on a specially made arrowhead, with a military crossbow that strengthens the range, it can shoot thousands of steps at once, but it also caused a problem, that is, the military crossbow cannot be pulled apart unless the arm is strong or the martial arts are not open.

Later, in order to popularize the crossbow camp, Lu Wei transformed the military crossbow, so that it could ask soldiers to pedal on it, exert force with their whole body, and also pull the crossbow to the full.

The power of the crossbow arrows shot from a distance can easily pierce through the armor that the so-called heavy armor soldiers are proud of, and the runes engraved on it can be used not only to deal with the heavy cavalry, but also to deal with the martial arts masters in the army, and to break the body protection vitality of the martial arts masters.

Wan Nian waved the order flag in his hand and shouted: "After three breaths, release the arrows!"

"Whoosh ........."

"Two volleys, three, two, one, put!"

The soldiers of the crossbow battalion quickly loaded the new crossbow arrows, and used all their strength to pull the spirit crossbow in their hands again.

"Whoosh ......"

"Three rounds of volleys, three, two, one, put!"

The rapid three-round salvo of the spirit crossbow battalion is the limit of the Qin army's continuous shooting, and after the three spirit crossbow arrows, the sergeants of the spirit crossbow camp are all trembling and numb, except for the martial arts masters, they have lost their combat ability in a short period of time.

Three rounds of salvo crossbow arrows shot straight from the sky, and the rain of nine thousand swords formed a sea of arrows in the sky, bringing people an endless sense of oppression, the speed of the crossbow arrows was so fast, but in the blink of an eye, the Zhongshan soldiers standing on the head of the city could see the dazzling silver light flashing on the crossbow arrows.

In the face of so many spirit crossbow arrows, Li Chengqian took out the jade seal that was used to smash people just now and printed it in the groove on the city tower.

A huge rune array with the inner city wall as the cornerstone emerged from the city tower, protecting the people on the city wall, one inside and one outside, two rune arrays, flowing smoothly on the city walls of Pingcheng, and the dim rune array burst out with unprecedented light, as if it was sheltering the people in this city with the last afterglow.

Bai Xianzhi sat in the Zhongjun account, took a sip of tea, but his eyes looked at the two-fold rune array in front of him through the countless sea of people, and after seeing the rune circulation law of the big array, he chuckled: "I can't do it." ”

"Bang, bang, bang!" Above Pingcheng, countless spirit crossbow arrows struck the rune array. The arrow runes collided with the runes of the large array, and such a violent impact between the runes caused damage to the inside of the two, and some of the crossbow arrows even exploded when they directly touched the rune array!

However, under the attack of so many crossbow arrows, the rune array on the outer wall was still shattered after three breaths, and the rain of arrows that flew from behind shot straight at the rune array in the inner city.

Bai Xianzhi put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at everyone, and said, "Bai Yan Baibei, the two of you go to break the rune array at the city gate." ”

"The last general will be ordained!" Bai Yan and Bai Bei made a fuss, turned around and walked out of the big tent, only to find that an old man in a green shirt was already standing outside the tent.

The old Confucian saw Bai Yan and Baibei coming out of the tent, stretched out his hand to stop the two, his cyan clothes were blown up slightly, and the noon sun shone on his silver hair, like a layer of gold leaf. The old man arched his hand and said with a smile:

"Tell you Master Hou, the national teacher of Zhongshan Country, the old Confucian Chen Qing came to ask for advice before. ”

"Who are you, dare to break into my Yanbei Army camp and look for death?"

Bai Xianzhi walked over and slapped Bai Wang's face, scolding: "This is the famous Mr. Chen in Confucianism and Taoism, even I need to respect three points, you rebel actually dare to insult Mr.!"

Everyone was shocked, this Mr. Chen is said to be a great monk of Confucianism and Taoism, he has been in Zhongshan for forty years, and his strength is extremely profound. ”

Chen Qingzhi smiled, ignored it, just made a gesture of invitation to Bai Xianzhi, and said, "Master Hou, please go out to fight with me?"

Bai Xianzhi frowned and said, "But Mr. is not my opponent, Mr. should go." ”

"Entrusted by the king, loyal to the king, the foundation of the emperor, I should keep it, and the Hou Ye doesn't have to mind. ”

......

Inside the Heijo Castle Tower.

Li Chengqian stood in the city tower with the jade seal of the country in his hand, looked at the two people in the Yanbei army who were walking into the distance, a trace of resoluteness flashed in his eyes, and then he did not hesitate to smash this jade seal that had been passed down for thousands of years to the ground.

The jade seal of the country was suddenly torn apart.

The surging Imperial Road Dragon Qi emanated from the shattered jade seal, turning the canopy on the flat city into a golden yellow.

Li Chengqian opened his mouth and inhaled the imperial dragon qi under this canopy into his body.

This is the qi of national fortune accumulated in the jade seal for thousands of years, and the national fortune enters the body, and at the same time it will bring people strong strength and will also give people the most serious burden on their bodies.

Everything has an equal price.

Li Chengqian's face showed a painful expression, endured the pain of the country's fortune entering the body, and absorbed the last trace of the imperial dragon qi. Then he leapt into the air, and with a raised hand, a ten-foot-long yellow dragon swept forward, knocking down the last hundreds of spirit bolts with a single blow.

The sea of crossbow arrows has been depleted.

A torrent of black iron armor poured up towards Heicheng.

Li Chengqian walked down the city, patted a young soldier guarding the city gate on the shoulder, looked at everyone, and said: "In this world, there is no reason to let your soldiers go to die, the teacher has already gone, if you can survive if you surrender, you can surrender." ”

Then he shouted, "Open the gates!"

The gates were not opened.

The young soldiers guarding the city gate seemed to have guessed what he was going to do, and their faces were full of tears, and they all sobbed: "Your Majesty, we ...... We don't open ...... Whining....... ”

Li Chengqian walked up to him, wiped the young soldier's tears with the sleeve of the dragon robe, and said softly: "Then I'll open it myself." ”

An imperial dragon qi shook the huge city gate open.

Li Chengqian stood alone outside the city, and pulled out the imperial sword that symbolized the monarch of Zhongshan on his waist, the imperial sword clanged, and the imperial dragon qi surrounded by it soared straight into the sky!

This is the last unwillingness of the country's luck!

The black Yanbei Iron Rider rushed up like a flood bursting its banks!

......

Three days later, 100,000 Yanbei troops invaded the capital of Zhongshan.

Li Chengqian, the monarch of Zhongshan who absorbed the dragon qi of the national fortune, and Bai Xianzhi's 100,000 Yanbei black armor wheel battles lasted for three days and three nights, until the imperial dragon qi was exhausted and was cut into pulp by the Yanbei army. And Chen Qingzhi, a famous old man in green shirts on the Confucian road in Shenzhou, burned his blood at the same time and was killed by Bai Xianzhi on the outskirts of Pingcheng.

The Yanbei army slaughtered the entire Pingcheng, and even the soldiers and civilians who surrendered did not spare, and more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians were all killed. Since then, Zhongshan has become a vassal state of Great Qin, and a captured three-year-old prince Li Zhiyan was supported by the Yanbei Army in Jincheng County, and Jincheng has rightfully become the new capital.

Two days later, a Confucian monk who was studying in the capital of the Great Qin Emperor and was a disciple of Chen Qingzhi rushed to Pingcheng.

What he saw was a shattered ruin.

The June wind carried the bloody breath of Heijo hundreds of miles away, endless flocks of black crows flew from all over the mountains and grasslands, vultures landed on the city walls and pecked at the rotten corpses, wild wolves howled and fought for the remains of the dead, and wolves with severed human limbs in their mouths whispered at him, warning the bipedal creature in front of him to leave his territory.

In the south of Pingcheng, all the soldiers and civilians of Zhongshan who dared to resist died there, and the south of the city directly became an endless blood field, judging from the blood stains on the wall, it seems that the blood here once could reach the ankles.

The Confucian monk dug three feet into the ground, but was horrified to find that the soil below was still red and full of blood.

Later, the Confucian monk finally found the body of the old Confucian Chen Qingzhi on the outskirts of the city.

Lao Ru's green shirt has been stained dark red with blood, there is a big hole in his chest that has penetrated through his body, and his heart seems to be shattered by great force, but the strange thing is that Lao Ru's face is inexplicably full of smiles.

The Confucian monk crouched in front of Chen Qingzhi's corpse and cried, while crying and cursing for the inaction of other counties in Zhongshan Kingdom, after crying, it took two days and two nights to find all the corpses in the city, dug a huge pit in the center of the city, buried all the corpses in the city together with Chen Qingzhi's body, demolished a section of the city wall that was still intact, and carved the five big characters of "Tomb of Zhongshan Kingdom".

The tomb is not erected for civilians, nor is it a soldier, nor is it Chen Qingzhi, nor is it Li Chengqian, who has become a meat paste.

Buried there is the dead Zhongshan Kingdom.

After the tomb was completed, the Confucian monk wept and wrote an anonymous poem and engraved it on the tombstone:

"Fight in the south of the city, die in the north of Guo, and die in the wild and don't bury it.

For me: and for the guest!

If you don't bury the wild dead, can the carrion escape?

The water is deep and agitated, and the reeds are dark;

The horsemen died in battle, and the horses wandered and roared.

Liang Zhu's room, why south? Why north?

What food can you eat if you don't get it?

Thinking about the good minister, the good minister is honest and thoughtful:

Attack on the march, and return at night!"

After the Confucian monk carved the last word, he vomited blood and died of exhaustion.

A month later, news came from the capital of the Great Qin Emperor that the Marquis of Yanbei had slaughtered civilians for no reason in vain and had punished them for three months, and had gone to the imperial capital to plead guilty.

(PS: It should be the reason for updating a chapter every day, it looks like the storyline is very slow, this episode of Zhongshan Country is an important part of the story, I was going to write three or four chapters, but then I felt that the main line of the protagonist was too slow and cut it in half, which looks a little compact.) Also, the protagonist is Ah Xiao, and he is the protagonist! really!)