Chapter XXIII. siege

The room where the guards were resting was brightly lit, but when I got closer, it was empty. "Crunch", I accidentally stepped on something under my feet, through the indoor light, it turned out to be a long knife with blood stains not dry, I took a few steps back, but hit a ball-shaped object, and was kicked by my heel and rolled several meters away, dragging a long black blood stain on the ground. When I looked closely, it was actually the severed head of the castle guard, who should have suffered great pain before his death, and his wide eyes were full of horror.

I don't know if I have long been numb to death, I turned silently, walked lightly to the other side of the tower, leaned down to look into the city, the night hid everything, but the air was filled with a scorched smell, my eyelids suddenly jumped, and I smelled a burst of ominous smell.

Suddenly, the wind blew fiercely, and a goshawk spread its full wings and suddenly flew out of the city, brushed past the high city walls, and circled overhead for a long time, making a lonely cry that pierced the night sky. I felt bad in my heart, and quickly took out the fire letter hidden in my waist, and quickly ran to the beacon tower.

The goshawk pursued me relentlessly, and its ghost occupied the sky above my head. I looked up and saw a man in black lurking under the giant talons of the goshawk, and this chase was deliberately manipulated. My figure flashed to the right, and I spun around the pillar, scurrying in all directions. Although the goshawk was controlled by its owner, it was still out of order, and I quickened my pace, and when I looked back, it had been left behind me.

Suddenly there was a sharp whistle in my ears, as if some kind of summoning, and countless flying eagles flew from all directions, like huge dark clouds shrouded in the night sky, and their wings flapped into a violent wind, making me dizzy for a while.

I pulled out the short dysprosium in my sleeve and threw it into the air, and a golden light pierced the night sky with a piercing sound. The black-clad men at the head gave commands in Turkic, and the eagles flew in unison, hovering above my head and encircling me.

"High interest month, we meet again." A familiar voice sounded, awakening the nightmare in my heart. I was a spirit, a man sitting upright on the back of a goshawk with a hideous and terrifying mask, and a pair of amber eyes burst out with a cold light.

"Helan Lonely! Are you still alive? I shouted, amazed in my heart.

Helan Lin took off the mask with one hand, revealing the scarlet scar on his face, and sneered at me: "Your husband is not dead, how can I die early?" High interest month, don't come unharmed! ”

As he spoke, he swooped down on the goshawk and swooped straight at me.

"Has Liangzhou been slaughtered by you?" I asked, looking at the strange silence of the city, and the smell of death diffused from afar.

Helan stopped in mid-air only a few centimeters away from me, played with the iron eagle claws in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when the sun rises in the east, you can see the corpses in Liangzhou City all over the field......"

His words conjure up a tragic image in my mind, and I can feel it shocking just by imagining it. "You dare to lead the army to slaughter the city, aren't you afraid that our Great Zhou will not be able to spare you!"

"Spare me?" As if hearing some joke, Helan sneered, "The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is dying, and now that the power of your Central Plains court has long been torn apart, why should I be afraid?" Even if Yuwen Qiye has three heads and six arms, he can't help me at this moment! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a long crossbow slashed, and the arrow with sparks landed on the feathers of a flying eagle and began to burn violently. The eagle struggled to flutter its wings, the flames on its body burning brighter and stronger, and the violent shaking caused the man in black on its back to fall to the ground. Immediately, countless arrows burst out, and the eagles began to mess around, Helan Lin manipulated the goshawks to dodge left and right, but the rest of the people in black fell down one after another.

The city began to attack the city to support, and I secretly calculated that the Turkic enemy in front of me was not enough for a team of elite cavalry, and with its strength, it was far from being able to slaughter the city in half a day. At this moment, in the middle of the night, how many Turkic troops are still buried in the city, I don't dare to think about it, I only know that before Yuwen Qiye leads reinforcements to arrive, I must not act rashly.

The fire crossbow under the city made the majestic Eagle Team the biggest obstacle to Helan Lone's capture of me at this moment. Taking advantage of the ferocity of the fire, I found the direction of the beacon tower, clenched the fire letter in my hand and ran there while it was chaotic.

Helan found out where I was going in a panic, only to hear a brief command from his mouth, and several men in black quickly got up from the ground, drew their scimitars and chased after me. Countless flying eagles were like fireballs scurrying around, blocking the way between me and the black-clothed people who followed me, and my dry eyes were burned by the blazing firelight, unconsciously overflowing with cold liquid. There was a terrible scream from behind, and I didn't dare to look back, so I could only close my eyes and rush desperately towards the beacon.

My hands trembled and ignited the blood-soaked fire in my hands, and a gust of wind blew almost to extinguish the faint flames. I looked back uneasily, and the eagles that had been blocking the way had all died under the scimitars of the men in black, and the towers were burned to a pulp by the extinguishing fire, revealing large black marks.

I subconsciously searched for Helan Lone's traces, but found that the people in black were getting closer and closer to me, and I hurriedly turned around to light the fire again. Who knew that the right hand holding Huoxin was suddenly tightly clasped, and when I looked up, Helan Lin was standing on the beacon tower, looking at me condescendingly.

"Want to get support? It's just a pity that you're still a step too slow! ”

I raised my eyebrows to look at him, and my eyes were full of sneers: "As long as I light the beacon fire today, the war between the Great Zhou and the Turks will be on the verge of breaking out." Originally, it was just to help you Turks solve civil strife, but today, since your Turks are treacherous and hurt my people of Dazhou, then don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

As soon as the words fell, another wave of fire crossbows attacked, and Helan held on to my wrist and let me break free. He looked at the fire crossbow shooting from the sky with an expressionless face, and a fierce light burst out of his eyes: "The Central Plains and the Turks have no faith at all, so what is the war?" If anyone dares to threaten her imperial power, I, Helan, will kill the gods when I meet the gods, and kill the Buddhas when I meet the Buddhas! ”

I looked at the blazing light reflected in his amber eyes, and subconsciously asked him, "Why do you want to help her so much when her son took your throne and exiled you?" ”

Helan Lone's eyes suddenly became sad: "Without her, I wouldn't even have Yizhou to hide." Some people make you feel like eating a mandala flower, even if you know that the Tao is in danger, you are willing to sink into it......" He stared at my cheeks, and the wind blew my already messy hair and gently patted his hideous face. Suddenly, he smiled strangely and said to me, "If you want to investigate the reason for this, why don't you go back and ask the princess of the northern kingdom who lives in the deep palace, and by the way, bring me a greeting and ask her whose mandala Hua she has become?" ”

It's just an ambiguous word, but it made my heart ring the alarm bell, Chang'an hasn't seen me for a few days, I don't know what the situation is now. I shook my head and quickly came back to my senses, only to find that Helan Lin seemed to be still immersed in some kind of painful and happy memory, unable to extricate himself.

"Allure accompanies his father every day, and he has long been unable to threaten the royal family." I say. After the loss of his son in Allure, the emperor was immediately infected with a strange disease, and after returning to the imperial capital, I intended to find Tongshi to live and read, the emperor almost no longer had a happy comment, and now Jinghong is about to be made the prince, even if Allure is waiting for the emperor every day, it is just a chat in the deep palace to comfort. "This demonic poisonous flower, I'm afraid it will only wither alone."

Helan looked at me with even more strange eyes, and a cold smile on the corner of her mouth: "A woman with such a beautiful appearance as you will not have too bad luck." ”

"Really?" I smiled at him, and I noticed that a firebow was shooting straight in our directionβ€”"If you're lucky, I'll still be victorious." As I spoke, I let go of my grip and threw away the fire letter that I was gripping tightly. Helan Lin noticed the movement in my hand, and when he looked up, he found the direction where the fire crossbow was shooting, and in a panic he turned sideways to dodge, and I took the opportunity to break free from his grip and turned to meet the rapid momentum of the long arrow.

"High Interest Month!" Helan shouted angrily, and instantly drifted away in the wind. It was too late, and at the moment when he called my name, I stretched out my hand and grabbed the long arrow, and the huge momentum made me take a few steps back with the arrow, and there was a hot stinging pain in my palm, rubbing strands of sweat.

The Shence army, who were waiting for the siege downstairs, heard someone chanting my name and quickened the speed of their arrows. There was a sound of rustling, and Shen Ce threw up a few chains from the wall, and the soldiers who took the lead began to climb up the tower. Helan looked at me incredulously, the waves of fire crossbows were overwhelming, I leaned down to dodge, and threw the flaming arrow in my hand towards Helan with a force on my wrist.

He took a few steps back, but the arrow shot straight into the beacon tower like an eye. The pine resin in Taichung burned quickly when it encountered the flames, and the fierce fire forced Helan to retreat. Not far away, the Shence army had already climbed the tower, and was fighting with the men in black, swords and halberds colliding, and the sound of fighting echoed in the middle of the night.

As if some kind of signal was passed between them, the beacon tower in the distance burned one after another, and as far as the eye could see, it was like a winding dragon, entrenched in the entire territory of the Great Zhou. Seeing that the momentum was not right, Helan first shouted at the man in black, and then jumped in front of me: "In this case, no one wants to escape today!" I want to see when Yuwen Qiye will come to save you! ”

As soon as he gave the order, the castle tower suddenly became bright, and the blinding light made my eyes hurt. Countless white flames exploded in the sky overhead, and the city was like daylight in an instant. I suddenly opened my eyes in the bright light, the city had already been unrecognizable, and through the flickering white light, the terrible scene of Liangzhou City flowing with blood continued to flash in front of my eyes. Loud trumpets sounded in the city, and I saw countless Turkic troops in armor with a fierce murderous aura, surging from all directions like a tidal wave, and a sudden chill felt in the air.

Helan Lin cut off an iron chain with a knife, accompanied by a terrible scream, and smiled at me: "Let's continue the unfinished game last time, how about it?" ”