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At the open city gate, only a slightly hunched back walked silently inside.

But where is there anyone here?

"Your Highness, this time Beiping City can be preserved in the nine deaths, which is really a blessing in misfortune. Thanks to our soldiers defending the city and the people of Beiping City, they are not afraid of life and death and fight against the enemy...... Also, it's really thanks to Xia Gong. With that, he turned his head sideways, looking for Xia Tinggan, who was still standing beside him and watching the excitement.

Then, he met Zhao Zhu's relieved gaze and gave his hand to report.

"It's not hard anymore." Chen Jing brushed the hem of his battle robe, took the lead in standing up, commanded the soldiers to perform their duties, and left.

"Good work." Zhao Zhu frowned.

Chen Jing led the neatly arranged Beiping defenders to wait at the gate of the city, kneeling to welcome Zhao Zhu's arrival. At this time, it was only an hour before the end of the war, there was still blood, the vicissitudes of life were unsolved, Chen Jing's eyes were black, his beard was unkempt, the battle robe on his body was torn and dirty, and in the cold wind of the night, his upper body was covered with exhaustion.

"Your Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose-"

"See His Royal Highness King Jin!"

As Zhao said, every power and the result of struggle is built with blood and bones. War, politics, and imperial power themselves have nothing to do with them, but they have written a page of a legendary road with their blood and lives.

They were wrapped in simple coarse cloths, one after another, and there were special soldiers cleaning and checking their identities. Those corpses were densely packed next to each other, including people from the Southern Army, people from the Jin Army, and ordinary people from Beiping City...... Not so long ago, they may have fought to the death, but now they lie quietly together, and will always lie together.

In the square at the gate of the city, countless corpses were parked.

By the time they arrived, the war was over.

However, this ancient city is very different from when she left, and the war-torn city wall is still standing tall, like a mighty lion and beast, guarding the people of Beiping City with its hard arms. However, the blood stains seeping into the blue bricks and rammed earth of the city wall can no longer be washed away, and the traces of those slashed by knives and guns, and the ruins of firearms, are not all telling of the vicissitudes of life it has passed.

At the beginning of the summer, he arrived at Beiping City with Zhao Zhu.

The eighth day of September in the second year of the founding of the chapter.

In Beiping City, the beacon fire of the company camp has not been extinguished, and the things he is worried about have not received news, let alone results. Therefore, after a little trimming, he once again took Xia Chuqi on the road to Beiping.

Zhao Zhu did not stay in Juyongguan for a long time.

Those who stayed on the spot, in addition to the whistling north wind, there were countless people who deeply worshiped Zhao Zhu. Zhao Bottle's ability is the same gamble, and Zhao Bottle's virtue of being virtuous and capable has also been reflected today, and through their mouths, it has spread out and spread all over the world, so that the road to the south has been much smoother since then. At least, none of the surrendered Confederate generals would have worried that he would cross the river and tear down the bridge.

After saying a few words, he rode past Shang Hongtu's side.

"Good. Over to you. ”

Zhao Zhu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace not to kill, and for your virtue...... Since then, no one dares to set foot in this mediocre pass, and there are old ministers in one day. Unless, they stepped over the corpse of the old minister. ”

Shang Hongtu's lips trembled, he knelt heavily on the ground, and knocked his head three times.

Although he was not sure that Zhao Zhu would win, with his experience at this age, he felt that the young emperor of Jingshi must not be Zhao Zhu's opponent. A proposition about life decisions is in front of him, and anyone with clear thinking knows how to choose.

Now that a great opportunity is in front of him, one side is death, and for the emperor who has never seen him in his life, he will lose everything. On the one hand, it is life, and from then on it will be glorious and rich, and it will be ambitious.

From a prisoner bent on death, to a guard at Juyong, he never came back to his senses. In fact, Shang Hongtu is ambitious, courageous, and good at literature and martial arts, but he can't go through relationships, he won't please his boss, he has been mixed all his life, he is at this age, and he is only a seven-grade sesame official, which is already a little unwilling.

Unconsciously changed the title, he didn't even notice it himself.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin......"

Shang Hongtu was also shocked, and his mouth couldn't close!

"Ah", countless people at the scene gasped.

Zhao Zhu said, "Since you are familiar with the defense of Juyongguan and are willing to stay, then continue to serve in Juyongguan." After that, he slowly swept around the crowd, and under their suspicious gaze, he said again, "The imperial court didn't know people at the beginning, so a profiteer like Fu Zongyuan made a general of Juyong, and General Shang was such a figure, but he was just a general." This king thinks that it is a pity, with your talent and virtue, you should be the master general. ”

Shang Hongtu looked at him puzzled.

"That is it, this king has another good way to let you stay in Yongguan forever."

Zhao Zhu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips raised.

This old man!

"The old man doesn't care about you, after all, the old man is a local, and he has been working in Juyongguan for fifteen years...... Life and death must be in Juyongguan, you can watch it! ”

Shang Hongtu looked at his cold face, his knees suddenly weakened, his eyes were a little red, and his tone was a lot lighter.

"Old man......"

Zhao Jun looked at him coldly, "No, no one is not afraid of death." If you are not helpless, why do you dare to die? In the same way, if he was not forced to do so, why would this king risk life and death to bear this great rebellion? ”

Shang Hongtu subconsciously took a step back, "The old man is not afraid of death." ”

One is soft and the other is hard, which makes people feel timid.

Given a piece of candy, he swung the whip again.

"As a prince, this king has asked himself to be loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and his father is filial piety. But how does the court treat me? Before the birds are finished, they hide a good bow. The cunning rabbit is not finished, and he wants to cook the dogs... General Shang, I respect you for your loyalty and righteousness, and I am not guilty of the past. But if you push me too hard, I will not keep you. ”

Zhao Zhu squinted slightly, rode up to him, and stopped.

"I'm a thief! Who wants your stinky money? ”

Shang Hongtu was stunned for a moment, glaring at him angrily, looking like he was going home.

"Who said the king was going to kill you?" Zhao Zhu didn't get off the horse, looked down at him condescendingly, and then glanced at the "Jin" flag planted high in the city, and said lightly, "You can also take the money and leave." ”

"Traitors, don't be pretended, you can get them, but you can't deceive the old man. If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. ”

With a snort, he looked sideways at Zhao Bottle.

But everyone has a face, and he refuses to admit defeat.

Shang Hongtu recovered from his stupor, and his mind was a little messy. I have to say that Zhao Zhu's reaction was beyond his expectations, before this, he thought that Zhao Zhu was a man with a face full of flesh and murder traitors, but now he looks at it, not only is he a beautiful man, but also broad-minded, he laughs at the insults, and he is also very good to the soldiers, and he can't help but doubt his own opinion.

"We will swear allegiance to His Royal Highness King Jin to the death."

If you take the silver, you can't go out of the door, and you don't know if you have a life flower, who dares to take it? Everyone in the southern army glanced at each other and knelt on the ground in unison.

What's more, wouldn't it be better to follow Zhao Bottle than Wuliang Khan?

Those southern troops were able to surrender to Uliang Khan before, and they didn't want to die. From the captive of Wuliang Khan to the captive of the Jin army, the treatment is clearly much better.

He uses both grace and power, and the scale is accurate.

"Everyone, from now on, those who want to leave, go to the treasury to get the money and leave, and from now on they will do their own thing, if they return to the Southern Army, the next time they meet on the battlefield, they will have no eyes on the battlefield, and life and death will be worry-free. Those who don't leave, stay as brothers, drink wine and eat meat, you are indispensable, but if anyone dares to deliberately make trouble, they will be killed. ”

Zhao Jun smiled slightly, his gaze swept over Shang Hongtu's face, and then looked at the thousands of soldiers of the Southern Army behind him, his voice was very shallow, but it had its own deterrent power.

The sentence "this king" shocked Bingyi and Shang Hongtu. Almost at the same moment, the arrogance of those eager Southern troops fell, and the Jin army slowly surrounded him in order to protect him.

"The king said to let him go." Zhao Zhu's voice was even colder.

"Your Highness!" C Yi was anxious.

"Let him go."

Zhao Zhu glanced at Bingyi.

"Comfortable, come on!"

But a patriotic heart made him hold his head high.

"Hmph", although Shang Hongtu is a martial artist, he is also somewhat knowledgeable, just looking at the noble and graceful bearing of the man in front of him and the silent but seemingly able to kill people in the invisible evil spirit, he knows that he is not simple.

"Scolding comfort?"

When he scolded and his mouth was dry and he was panting heavily, he slowly passed.

However, Zhao Zhu's face was expressionless.

Those Jin soldiers who recognized Zhao Jun all sweated for Old Man Shang, and said in their hearts: Death is going to die, but I don't know whether to peel or cramp.

Quietly, except for his roar, only the sound of the wind.

"God, open your eyes and see, Zhao Zhu rebelled against his ministers and thieves, disregarded the way of heaven in vain, and rebelled...... Why don't you punish him, why don't you punish him! ”

"Anti-thieves, you anti-thieves."

Struggling heavily, he was still insulting.

A seven-rank official is indeed too small and too low-level for the entire imperial court official system, and they usually have no chance to meet the upper peak officials, let alone the prince. Therefore, even if Zhao Tuo had been to the front of Juyong Pass before, but at this time he was wearing the general's armor, and Shang Hongtu was in anger again, and he couldn't recognize him as Zhao Tuo at all.

Put the general, Nan Yan is the seventh rank military attaché.

"The old man is exact, Ju Yongguan is the general Shang Hongtu, you are a child, there is a kind of killing the old man, come on, the old man is not afraid of you."

The old man had a white face, and his hands were cut by two Jin soldiers, and when he saw Zhao Zhu coming over, he examined it, and spit out a mouthful of phlegm.

"Wait!" At the end of the torch, Zhao Zhu rode over with a cold face, glanced at the old man unhurriedly, and asked, "But General Juyong Guan, the general Shang Hongtu Shang?" ”

"Still stunned, drag it down, fight!"

Seeing that a large number of southern soldiers had changed their faces, as if they were resisting, Bingyi wanted to bite him to death.

This old man's incitement is quite strong!

"Hahahaha, the soldiers of the Southern Army, have you all seen it clearly? This is the true face of the Jin army, they are in the name of benevolence, trick you into sincerity, with your flesh and blood to fight against the court, once you die, not only will you be infamous as a thief, but also your father, wife, and children will have no one to take care of, and even these disobedient thieves may turn around and cut you to the roots, leaving no one behind...... Hahaha, if you don't listen to the old man, you're at a loss......"

C was annoyed, and the old man laughed even harder.

"Damn, don't you eat and drink for toasting, right? Someone is coming, pull Lao Tzu down, beat him hard, and see if his king will come to save him. Stupidity! ”

The guy was more and more expensive than the other, and he looked like he was going home, and he looked unusually cold. Bingyi first got Zhao Zhu's order, and he couldn't wait for the soldiers of the Southern Army who were in Yongguan Toucheng, so entering the city was to appease. is so dignified, when he meets such a difficult old man, his scalp is about to explode.

"And you, you cowards, dignified soldiers of the Celestial Empire, the ruler of the king, first descend to the Uliang Khan, and then to the rebel army...... Shame, shame! Shame on your parents, shame on your lord! ”

"Hahaha, kill, you bastards!"

In addition, there was a large group of Southern Army soldiers who could not follow the evacuation of Uliang Khan and had to be captured for the second time.

In front of them, a group of Jin soldiers were surrounded.

Zhao Tuo was riding high on his horse, and from a distance he heard an old voice, roaring hoarsely. He frowned slightly, only to see Bingyi arguing with an old man.

"Milky hair, if you dare to let go of the old man, the old man will definitely lead the army to fight for the emperor in the future! You rebels, traitors—"

"Kill me! The old man is brave and loyal, and he is not afraid of death. ”

The vanguard battalion of the Jin army that returned to Beiping tonight has set off under the command of Jia Yi, and the defense of Juyong Pass is still being handled by Bing Yi. In the chilly north wind, everywhere is in a state of readiness.

The city that has just been won is in ruins.

Unlike the cold silence outside the city gates, the city was noisy.

~

Obviously, from now on, Zhao Zhu no longer regards him as his own person.

And the people he ostracized, he was not happy to say a word.

People who are familiar with Zhao Bottle, he is indifferent on the outside, but he is very easy to get along with.

Summoned to look at his back, a heart, cool from the inside out.

With that, he no longer looked at the stiff expression of the wind, slapped the horse's back heavily, galloped past him, passed through the strict guard of the gates with swords and arrows, and went straight into the city, a black sword raised high in the north wind, and flew in a cold and inaccessible arc.

"You're long dead."

Zhao Zhu's eyes were cold, staring at his desolate face.

Sighing slightly, like the wind is inconvenient to stay for a long time, Le Ma took a step forward, lowered his head and said, "I am waiting here today, not only to tell His Highness these things, but also to ...... Say your goodbye officially. Also, please ask Your Highness to help me bring a message to my brothers. It's B that can't stand you, and I can't stand them...... From now on, please let them die when I die. ”

In the end, he is just a subordinate, an outsider.

Over the years, Dongfang Qingxuan and Zhao Zhu have both known their feelings for Chu Qi. As a man, he naturally understands Dongfang Qingxuan's knot of "asking but not getting". He didn't say it because it was inconvenient to say it.

He smelled the breeze blowing from the direction of Zhao Zhu, vaguely mixed with a faint smell of acetate acid, and understood in his heart......

Rufeng was slightly stunned.

"Hmm!" With a sound, Zhao Zhu slowly pulled away the corners of his mouth, and on his cold and hard face, he was indifferent, calm, and alienated, "It seems that you don't know Dongfang Qingxuan yet, at least not as well as me...... In his selfish heart, he still thinks about my woman. ”

"He didn't say it, but I just know it."

Shaking his head like the wind, his face is astringent.

Zhao Jun sneered, held the reins of the horse's index finger, tapped it carelessly, and asked lazily, "He told you?" Occupy Juyong Pass to defend the rear for me? ”

"Your Highness, as far as I know, the total strength of the Jin army is only about 100,000, if it is consumed on the northern defense line, how many people can go south with you to fight against Zhao Mianze? You must know that the Nanyan court has millions of troops. If you don't care about the northern defense line, it is tantamount to grabbing corn and throwing sesame seeds. ”

Slowly, he stared at Zhao Zhu's cold face.

Rufeng sighed and explained: "He did this for two purposes. First, the establishment of the Great Khanate by Uliang Khan was not long, the internal affairs were weak, and the foreign politics were weak, if he died, he was afraid that he would be torn apart. Second, if His Royal Highness leads the troops south, the future will be empty, and the safety of Juyong Pass is also an important guarantee for the foundation of the Jin army. But Beidi is eyeing the tiger, you guard? How to keep? And how many troops are there to defend it? ”

Moreover, since he has no intention of occupying it, why is he rushing to pass it?

Everyone knows that Dongfang Qingxuan was coerced by Zhao Zhu to withdraw his troops.

If you glance at the wind, you will know what he means.

With a light snort, Zhao Zhu smiled silently.

"Your Highness Mingjian, a person who has not lived long for a long time, will not have much ambition for the world. He sent troops to be stationed outside Juyong Pass, and his intention was not to embarrass you. Otherwise, he would not be easily coerced, so he withdrew his troops and lived in the middle of the pass......"

In the end, he was his master before, what is Zhao Zhu's temperament, like the wind, he still understands, typical cold on the outside and hot on the inside, chivalrous. And when he said these things now, he didn't think about asking Zhao Zhu to say anything. He wants to say, wants to say, but he has been holding back for too long, and he wants to find a suitable person to talk to.

If you are indifferent to him, Rufeng is not surprised.

Zhao Zhu pulled his lips slightly, "What does his life and death have to do with me?" ”

Three-year ......

Zhao Zhu's pupils shrank slightly, and the bottom of his eyes deepened a little, but he did not interject. Rufeng glanced at him and continued: "Two years ago, at the Pukou Wharf in Jingshi, he was poisoned and fell into the river, injuring his internal organs...... A few days ago, the doctor said that if it drags on like this, I am afraid that I will not live for three years. ”

Short-lived?

"There is one thing Your Highness probably doesn't know, the Great Khan ...... Lives are short-lived. ”

Seeing that Zhao Zhu was silent, he lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was unable to speak.

"It was I who asked Bingyi, and Your Highness should not punish him."

The eyes that were like a breeze were retracted from the backs of Jia Yi and Xia Chuqi, and a pair of bloodshot eyes could be seen to be haggard and tired even in such light, and the red tassels on the top of his head were swaying in the wind, more desolate than his voice.

"Bingyi is very bold and dares to keep you." Seeing Xia Chuqi and Jiayi entering the city gate, Zhao Zhu turned around and looked at Rufeng coldly, "Say, what is the matter?" ”

However, the eyes of the two only met in the air for a moment, and then they diverged, no one exchanged a word, and there was no inappropriate emotion on their faces. But they both know that the brotherhood that was once a blood alliance is still alive in the end. Even...... It's over.

The gaze of the wind looked at him impartially.

As he stepped back, he seemed to inadvertently look up and glance at Rufeng.

Jiayi silently bowed the leader's order.

"Yes! Your Highness. ”

Knowing that she was worried about her daughter and the people in Beiping City, Zhao Tuo nodded, glanced sideways at Jiayi, who was standing quietly not far away, and ordered, "Take the princess into the city to rest for a while, you go to the camp first to order troops, and prepare to leave Beiping, I will arrive later." ”

"Heh", Xia Chuqi glanced at him, jumped off the horse sensibly, patted the big bird's back, and looked at Zhao Bottle with a serious face, "There has been no definite news from Beiping, you should hurry." ”

"Looking at Princess Haihan, it is really a last resort."

was slightly embarrassed by her ridicule, such as the wind, and bowed his head to confess.

"When did Brother Rufeng see me like this?"

With a curl of his lips, Xia Chuqi smiled.

His eyes were very clear, and what he said next didn't want to be heard by a second person besides him, including Xia Chuqi.

Rufeng's body stiffened slightly, stunned, and looked at Xia Chuqi in front of him, frowning, as if he was a little hesitant, "Your Highness, I stayed this time, and I really have something to tell." ”

"This king still has important things to do, and he has something to say."

"He's fine." Zhao Tuo replied incompatibly, his deep eyes staring at Rufeng, but his gaze did not seem to fall on him, but at the mottled marks of swords, slashes and spears on the thick city wall behind him.

The last few words of his words were slightly hesitant.

"Your Highness...... Can you still be healthy? ”

Zhao Zhu stared at him from a distance, slowed down his horse, and slowly paced over, until he stopped about three feet away from him before stopping. In the dim light, the two looked at each other, and after a moment, Rufeng spoke first.

The army of Uliang Khan retreated, and he was the only one who remained.

is also because the person he has to wait for is Zhao Zhu.

Because he is waiting here, it is Bingyi who agrees.

He stood there as a Uliang Khan, which seemed a little abrupt, and the painting style was extremely incompatible. But a few Jin soldiers only glanced at him occasionally, but no one stepped forward to ask.

On the city wall, the city gate is full of Jin army sentinels.

Before the two of them entered the city, they saw a man and a rider standing not far from the city gate. He was dressed in the armor of the general of the Uliang Khan, and his thin figure was tall and resolute, as steady as the rammed earth of the city wall, and it seemed that he had stood for a thousand years, and became a statue in the wind.

When Zhao Zhu arrived on horseback with Xia Chuqi, it was already dark.

There was a sound of wind, but no voice. The entire Juyong Guancheng is dead silent. If it weren't for the unwashed blood at the city gates, it would have been almost impossible to see that there had been a life-and-death contest between the soldiers of the two armies not long ago.

Autumn is deep, and it is a desolate color. The rolling yellow sand in the sky crushed the sky. Wuliang Khan evacuated, hung the Jin army flag on the city wall, and "fluttered" in the wind.

Juyongguan.