Chapter 3
The woman's back against the wall finally slipped to the ground little by little. The tears that I haven't seen for many years are like bursting the embankment, and this bitterness flows into the mouth and turns into thousands of sorrows. In the end, she didn't see this younger brother who has followed her since she was a child - even if she knew that things had reached the point of no return, even if she refused to do so, she might regret it for the rest of her life.
Three days later, a government Yin came to report that the imperial historian Sima Duzhao was stabbed to death at home, wearing official clothes and hats when he went, and his court clothes were not stained with dust, as if he had been ready to meet everything in advance.
At that time, the civil strife was out of control. The king of Kang, who was the leader, fought all the way and led the iron cavalry to the city. Emperor Concubine Jin came to the gate of the imperial capital on behalf of the Son of Heaven, standing on the high wall and had a bird's-eye view, not far from the gunsmoke. She was only stunned when she received the news of Yushi's death, and when the commander was about to persuade her to return to the palace, the woman had already turned around resolutely and methodically instructed the people to evacuate the place.
The soldiers all thought that she was always with the emperor, but they didn't realize that she had become hard-hearted, but only the armored city guard commander could see the fleeting layer of mist in her eyes.
She must stay here, since the rebels are in the name of the Qing Emperor's side, then she has this dragon descendant in her belly here for a while, and the rebels will not dare to act rashly.
As he spoke, King Kang had already ridden his horse and stood under the city, his jet-black armor shining in the sun. He is in his fifties, with gray sideburns, but he is still strong and physical, especially with a touch of cunning in his eyes, like the power-hungry queen mother in the deep palace.
The archers on the walls are ready to fight, and they will be thrown into a bloody battle at the first order of the commander.
The woman in white who watched quietly was like a lotus on the top of the mountain, obviously living in the harem for a long time, but she was not contaminated with the slightest bit of fat powder and vulgarity. 's innate cold temperament makes her like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world. The coach wanted to open his mouth several times, but he was taken by the momentum, so he had to wait and see what she did next.
"Niangniang came here on purpose, and this king is really flattered." King Kang raised his head, his deep voice revealed some contempt, and his shrewd eyes seemed to be unable to withstand too strong light and narrowed slightly.
Concubine Jin frowned slightly, but still replied: "King Kang has traveled thousands of miles to meet the Holy Lord, which is very hard. β
"It is a great sin for this king to enter the city without being summoned, and when the matter is done, he will plead guilty to the Holy One."
The woman smiled. "But I don't know what happened."
At that moment, King Kang's body burst out with a solemn murderous aura, and the flag beside him was windless. He opened his mouth slightly, and his voice was low but clear and powerful, and he spit out three words: "Qing Emperor side." β
"There are no ministers here," Concubine Jin's eyebrows turned angry, and she coldly reprimanded, "Even if there is, it won't be King Kang's turn to worry." β
"Niangniang's words are wrong, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, not to mention that the saint is my own nephew today. If it weren't for the fact that the court came out of the imperial history** and maliciously instigated the saint to start a war, how could it be that the people of our dynasty would be in dire straits? If the chaotic party is not eliminated for a day, the world will not be at peace for a day. β
"In that case, King Kang can go back." Her hands were clenched into fists in her wide sleeves, and her white clothes flew like snow. "The leader of the rebellious party has died violently at home."
The soldiers under the city were slightly shocked when they heard this, they were just people who were instigated, thinking that they were fighting for the common people, and they had no regrets about dying. Now that I heard that the imperial history was dead, the reason for the natural conquest no longer existed, and I had no idea for a while, and they all looked at King Kang, who was riding a jujube-colored horse and wearing armor.
The treacherous and cunning King Kang was not in a hurry to respond, but stared intently at the woman on the city wall, trying to find a trace of sadness on her calm face. It's just that no matter how much he stares, he can't find a flaw in the endβshe is as calm as if she is telling the end of someone else's death about her brother's death.
"Although the leader of the thieves is dead, it is difficult to get rid of the chaotic party. There is still a demon concubine in this harem, so how can this king feel at ease! β
"Bold thief!" The coach behind the woman finally couldn't hold it back, pulled out a long arrow with his backhand, pulled the bow like a full moon, only to see a streamer, and the silver shuttle sank into the three inches of mud and stone in front of King Kang, and the arrow body was as straight as a ruler.
His arrow also completely announced the break of the negotiations, King Kang waved the banner in his hand, and the soldiers behind him had raised their long whips and marched towards the city gate, and the usually well-trained iron cavalry once they took action, they rolled up the surging momentum of the three thousand battlefields, and these defenders of the city would be nothing more than a group of mediocre people, and the two armies were already inferior by three points before they fought.
Imperial Concubine Jin pursed her lips, but she still stubbornly refused to take a step. At that time, she was holding her stomach and standing reluctantly, not to mention the exposure on the city wall, the scene was fierce and bloody, she only felt her stomach rolling, and a wave of nausea hit her heart.
The coach was coldly rejected by her several exhortations, she always had to do something for her husband, and if she didn't leave, these soldiers would resist for a moment longer. Even if the city gate is lost, she will witness King Kang's crime with her own eyes!
At that moment, the woman suddenly burst into a smile, as beautiful as a pure lotus.
The siege did not last long, and suddenly a shout resounded through the sky in the distance, and in an instant, thousands of horses were in unison, and the momentum of the two sides was suppressed. As far as the eye could see, ten miles away from the outskirts of the city was already a black oppression, and hundreds of thousands of troops were advancing towards the inner city in an orderly manner. Although the specific number of people is not known, it is enough to be several times that of King Kang.
The people of the city were astonished. The few royal guards in the palace have been guarding the gates of each palace, Yuchen has also taken 100,000 elite soldiers to guard the border, and there are 100,000 people in the camp of the Huyong general, and the rest of the troops are also scattered in the place, how can there be such a huge elite army?
I don't know whether the comer is friend or foe, and neither side dares to slack off in the slightest, but they also slow down the attack because of this sudden huge formation. An Yan saw that King Kang was also pale, and knew that this team was not dispatched by him.
When they saw the word "Wei" fluttering from a distance, the defenders of the city almost cheered from the bottom of their hearts. The army of nearly 10,000 people slowly advanced, but there was no trace of chaos, dressed in the armor of the dark light fine net, and the equipment of the high-grade dark iron weapons in their hands had already demonstrated their incomparable tactics, which was no longer covered by the word elite. And the person at the head is the rising general Huyong, the cousin of the Queen Mother - the person who should have appeared on the border battlefield to fight side by side with Yuchen.
Wherever the army went, the vegetation was razed to the ground, and the outskirts of the city were almost deserted. Before Kang could find out who this sudden royal reinforcement belonged to, he was stabbed in the throat by a flying spear and killed under his horse.
The rebel commander is dead, and all that remains is a rabble. and knew that there was a dead end, so they returned to the court one after another, or there were people who knew that they were incapable of survival, and simply committed suicide in the city. The situation of the battle, which was extremely critical, was suddenly reversed by the tens of thousands of troops born on this flat land, and the form was turned upside down in an instant. This farce-like rebellion quickly spread throughout the government and the opposition, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The woman in white held the railing, and the brave man under the city was adjusting the army and waiting for the city.
For some reason, she just had a faint sense of unease, and it became more and more intense with the soldiers' every move.