Chapter 683: Life and Death
"It's not me!"
In the chaos of people and horses, King Jin weakly defended, but no one could hear it.
Suddenly countless torches of men and horses poured out from the thick inky mountains, gathering into an ocean of starlight, galloping towards the narrow pass.
Since the end of the banquet and all the subordinates went to sleep, Zhang Qian's heart has always been unsteady, and he did not go back to sleep, but took people to patrol the camp.
At this time, I saw the fireworks on the city tower, I was shocked, and I heard Yongchangbo's shout, and subconsciously scolded my mother in my heart, and when I got on the horse, I took people to the city gate and ran!
The horn of assembly was soon sounded in the pass, but unfortunately most of the generals were unconscious, and no matter how fierce the battle outside was, no matter how the mountains were shaking, they only sank in their dreams and did not move.
The Hangu Pass is narrow, as long as the door is closed, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but when the city gate is opened and attacked without defense, no matter how powerful the natural danger is, it will become in vain in an instant.
When Mr. Zhang Qian arrived with people, Zhao Wensong had already rushed in with people, firmly controlled the city gate, and the continuous influx of Qin troops, even if Mr. Zhang Qian was brave and good at fighting, he was also cold in an instant-
Sure enough, someone collaborated with the enemy!
And who else can this person be except for King Jin, who has been constantly involved with the Qin army!
It's just that at this point, what else can he do but fight to the death?
The equipment of the officers and soldiers is only a thin armor and a sword and spear in their hands, but the Qin army does not only have these, the first people to rush in are specially selected pioneers, including Zhao Wensong, everyone has a strong bow behind their backs!
Before Zhang Qianzong's men and horses came close, Zhao Wensong had already led people to set up a formation, while attacking forward, while waiting for the appearance of officers and soldiers, and when Zhang Qianzong's men and horses appeared, Zhao Wensong immediately waved his hand coldly:
"Shoot the arrows!"
The sharp arrows roared through the night, and the moonlight in the sky was obscured by the shadows cast on both sides of the road, and the officers and soldiers had already been hit by arrows before they could see the enemy clearly, screaming and falling from their horses!
"Eight Lambs!"
Zhang Qian always heard the sound of the wind in his ears, and intuitively leaned away, but he could dodge the flying cold arrows, and shouted:
"Traitors are rampant!"
"If the faint king loses his morality, how can he say that the thief will come forward to fight!"
Zhao Wensong's cold provocative voice came from the shadows opposite.
Zhang Qian saw that the people around him kept falling, looked up at the narrow passage at the pass, and turned around with tears in his eyes:
"Withdraw!"
This place, which used to be a dangerous place, has now been occupied by the Qin army, and the enemy has bows and arrows, for them, it has become a place of death!
Behind the officers and soldiers who evacuated in a hurry, there was the laugh of Qin Jun's ridicule, and that laughter sounded in Zhang Qianzong's ears, like a cruel smile from hell-
He has been holding on for so many days, but tonight he will be planted in the hands of a shameless person like King Jin!
Yongchangbo didn't expect that the vicious battle would start without warning, the pitiful combat experience many years ago was now in his mind, and he was shocked and frightened, he drew his knife, and suddenly he couldn't remember what he was going to do!
It wasn't until the King of Jin was about to run past him that he suddenly reached out and grabbed the King of Jin, who was defenseless against him, trembling and putting the knife in his hand on the neck of the King of Jin, forcing him to the battlement of the tower:
"Stop, stop, or I'll kill him!"
Lu Tong never thought that Yongchangbo would turn his face at this time, and watched King Jin being held hostage by him, so he took out a knife and put it on Yongchangbo's neck without saying a word!
"Let go of the prince!"
Yongchangbo didn't seem to see the knife on his neck, and still shouted frantically to the city tower:
"It was the King of Jin who let you in, if you dare to take a step forward, I will kill him!"
"Don't want to live if you kill the prince!"
is already an enemy of life and death, Lu Tong never thought that the Qin army that was attacking under the city tower would stop for King Jin, the knife in his hand was sent forward, and a trace of blood immediately appeared on Yongchangbo's fat neck.
Yongchangbo shook in pain, but the hand holding the knife also tightened a little, and shouted like crazy:
"If you don't live, you won't live! Do you think I lost Hangu Pass, and I can still live when I go back?"
After so many years, he received the emperor's order for the first time, and he originally thought that he could make a contribution, but in the face of such a cruel fact, he realized that this was a deal that lost his head!
Seeing the momentum, Lu Tong didn't dare to approach any further, so he had to look down the city tower in despair-
Would the princess of King Qin really give up this great opportunity in front of her for the sake of the prince who called her "sister"?
In the ethereal night, the torches of the Qin army gradually gathered, illuminating the city tower as bright as day.
"That's Little Ten!"
Bai Chenghuan heard Yongchangbo's shout, raised his head and saw King Jin who was forced to hang half of his body in the air, and his face under the armor suddenly turned white.
Seeing him staggering in the wind and hearing Yongchangbo's crazy roar, Bai Chenghuan instantly understood Song Changqing's intentions!
"It turns out that Song Changqing is not deceiving us, he is asking Xiao Shi to be a scapegoat......"
The capital has already determined that the King of Jin is a traitor, so at this time, pull the King of Jin out to take the blame, not only to reach an agreement with them, but also to clean up the Song family, this is Song Changqing's plan!
Knowing that soldiers are not tired of cheating, it is common for people to be treacherous, but at this moment, Bai Chenghuan still feels angry-
Even if life and death are facing each other, but if she really comes to this point, her heart is still like a knife!
"Little Ten!"
She stepped forward and stretched out her hand into the air, as if her hand could be extended a little longer to save the person with whom she had spent her teenage years!
Xiao Shaotang also saw it.
Xiao Shaotang, who was about to enter the city gate with his people, only glanced at Bai Chenghuan's face from a distance, then raised his hand and waved it down heavily, so that the people and horses around him stopped.
Although King Jin was his enemy, he knew that if King Jin really died in front of them at this moment, it would be tantamount to gouging out a large piece of her heart!
He was jealous of the deep friendship between them that he had not participated in, but he could not bear to let her regret it for the rest of his life.
Xiao Shaotang drove his horse in the direction of Bai Chenghuan in the surprised eyes of the soldiers behind him.
"His Royal Highness, seeing that we are about to enter the customs, absolutely not!"
Behind him, the lieutenant generals caught up to dissuade him, and some even shouted directly at Yongchangbo on the city tower:
"King Jin has nothing to do with us, don't want to use this to threaten us!"
After shouting, he came again and exhorted bitterly:
"Could it be that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World really wants to give up his achievements for this King of Jin who is entangled with the princess?"
At the beginning, they tried their best to persuade the prince, and they didn't want the princess to follow, but they were afraid that there would be such a situation as it is now, but what was the result?
Xiao Shaotang looked back coldly, and his sudden cold look made them all shut up:
"Now everyone thinks that King Jin is our internal due, so do you want me to be ruthless and indifferent to watching him die in front of him? Also, the princess and the king of Jin are sisters and brothers, not the so-called entanglement! If any of you dare to say such inexplicable words, don't follow me anymore!"
Several lieutenants were stunned, and then lowered their heads with some weakness.
The four words "entangled" are suspected of splashing dirty water on the princess of the past life, but at this time, how can His Royal Highness delay a big event for a woman!
However, what Shizi said also makes sense...... They knew that King Jin was not the so-called Neiying at all, and there was someone else in Neiying, but the vast majority of ordinary soldiers in the Qin army didn't know it!
If the prince is indifferent at this time, will the military spirit change?
After all, if you use it up, you will lose it, and if you don't save it when you die, it is a taboo for the superiors!
Just when a few people hesitated, Xiao Shaotang had already arrived beside Bai Chenghuan.
"Huanhuan, don't worry, let's save him together. ”
The man's voice seemed to have the power to calm people's hearts, Bai Chenghuan turned his head and saw that the people and horses in the distance were looking at this side in unison, and there was no further step forward.
She suddenly came back to her senses, and the idea of almost compromising with Yongchangbo disappeared in an instant:
"No, you can't just give up your efforts!"
"How long have we waited to get to this point, how many soldiers did the Qin army fall all the way before Chen Bing is here, how can everything stop here at this time? I can't be a sinner in the Qin Palace!"
After saying that, he turned the horse's head in a panic to go back, but tears suddenly welled up.
She instantly turned her head to look at Xiao Shaotang:
"Can you wait a little longer and let me think about how I can get the best of both worlds......"
Xiao Shaotang grabbed her.
"Huanhuan, I said that I would put you in the most important position, not just talking. I'll take care of this!"
He said lightly, and even smiled at her and winked:
"You are my woman, and I will never embarrass you. ”
The lieutenant generals who finally came back to their senses behind him thought that Xiao Shaotang was going to compromise with Yongchangbo, and couldn't help but shout loudly:
"His Royal Highness, you must not listen to the princess! These dog officials of their court will use such insidious and shameless methods, and the prince must not be coerced by them!"
Xiao Shaotang raised his head and looked at the city tower, and drank coldly:
"Shut up!"
No matter which side he abandons, it is a heart-wrenching thing for his Huanhuan, how can he make her make such a cruel choice?
Xiao Shaotang sat upright on horseback, pulled out the necessary bow and crossbow of the Qin army from behind his back, pulled out a sharp arrow from the quiver he carried with one hand, put it on the bowstring, stretched the bowstring to the fullest, and faced the fire on the city tower, aiming at the king of Jin who was hanging half of his body:
"This prince wants to clarify one point, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not my Qin army's internal response, he has always been loyal to the emperor, heaven and earth can be learned!"
After a pause, he said:
"This son and His Royal Highness the King of Jin met once, and they should have remembered the friendship of the past, but today, you and I are enemies of life and death, and this son personally sent you on the road, under the nine springs, don't blame this son for being ruthless!"
"Xiao Shaotang!"
Bai Chenghuan's tears stopped abruptly, and he looked at the man who had said that he wouldn't embarrass her a moment ago, and shouted in dismay, with a heartache in despair-
He actually wanted to kill Xiao Shi with his own hands!
The solution he said was to kill Xiao Shi with his own hands!
The lieutenants behind Xiao Shaotang showed joy one after another, as long as the prince is not swayed by the princess, then there are no scruples!
"Xiao Shaotang, are you really not afraid of people scolding you for being ungrateful, wolf-hearted and dog-hearted?!"
Yongchangbo, who was a little proud just now, never expected such a result!
However, the king of Jin faced the sharp arrow that seemed to come and take his life in the next moment, and suddenly remembered the prince of Qin who could speak well in Hongnong County, downstairs of the city.
He burst out laughing.
Yongchangbo must not know that the prince of Qin, he has never been a person who will compromise.
"Xiao Shaotang, so far, dying here, I have nothing to say!"
King Jin also replied loudly to the city tower, and put his eyes on Bai Chenghuan, who was full of tears and looked desperate.
"But in this life, you must not be Sister Huan! Otherwise, even if I am a ghost, I will not let you go!"
After King Jin finished speaking, his haggard face actually showed a trace of relief and happiness.
If he dies like this, then he will at least retain the last dignity and glory of being the heir of the first emperor.
He is no longer a betrayer, he doesn't have to be charged with trumped-up crimes, and he no longer has to be caught between the imperial brother and Sister Cheng Huan.
Sister Cheng Huan found someone she liked, so that's fine.
It's just that his Yingjia is still pregnant with his child in Hedong waiting for him to go back......
King Jin turned his head with difficulty and looked to the north, as if he could still see the hearty woman who accompanied him day and night.
Endless guilt welled up in his heart, and he smiled apologetically at Bai Chenghuan:
"Sister Cheng Huan, in my life, I have nothing to do, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the royal brother, it's okay to end it here. But after I died, I asked Sister Cheng Huan to take care of my wife and children, and I died without regrets. ”
After that, King Jin suddenly retreated, and he was about to take the initiative to hit Yongchangbo's blade!
"Little Ten!
The woman who had almost lost her soul spoke out miserably!
She couldn't watch Xiao Shi die in front of her like this!
"No!"
She quickly turned over and dismounted, and ran towards the ladder where the soldiers had already secretly set up the tower!
But she still heard the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air in her ears, and then the muffled sound of arrows shooting into the flesh, and the slight sound passed over the noisy battlefield and into her ears.
She looked up and saw a dark figure fall from the tower, but in an instant, it slammed down in front of her.
"Little Ten, Little Ten!"
After a moment of stunned thought, she realized what had happened, and rushed over in a state of distraught, the shouts of killing behind her surging past her like a tidal wave.
"Little Ten...... Little Ten!"
She reached out to turn over the man who was facing the earth, and had broken his bones, but halfway through her hand retracted, and could no longer hold back on her knees on the dusty ground and weep.
The cry echoed up and down the city tower intertwined with blood and fire, like a tragic song in the world.
After all, she still watched Xiao Shi die in front of her!
She didn't even dare to look at how the once handsome man was at the moment!
Even if she gets a new life, even if she has infinite strength, what's the use?!
The soldiers around her are all related, but no one stops to comfort her, who can comfort such a thing?
Only a pair of hands reached over, took her arms and helped her up.
Bai Chenghuan raised her head, tears and muddy water made of dust were all over her face, embarrassed, and her bright eyes were already dead:
"Xiao Shaotang, I hate you! I hate you!"
Xiao Shaotang raised his hand to wipe the muddy water on her face for her, and said with a wry smile:
"Huanhuan, you hate me for other men, it really makes me sad!"