Chapter Ninety-Eight: Swords and Dragons Fight Together
"Tiger—"
"Tiger—"
"Tiger—"
Three hundred miles away, under the mountains, the earth-shattering call resounded through the city.
The corpses were everywhere in the wilderness outside the mountains, and the ownerless horses walked aimlessly on the muddy ground full of stumps, and the black-armored sergeant with a bow and arrow in his hand pulled out the feathered arrow from the corpse, picked up the hilt of the sword, threw it on the cart, and mended the knife when he met the defeated general who was still wailing.
The majestic pass city wall was full of corpses, the city wall was inserted with crossbow arrows like bed crossbow guns, some people were also nailed directly to the city wall, long ladders and siege engines were piled up all over the ground, and many were ignited by fierce fire oil and emitted black smoke.
The Xiliang army, which had been fighting all night, searched for wine and meat to eat in the town behind the pass, and by the way, they caught out the enemy deserters who were hiding everywhere, dragged them to the bottom of the pass and cut off their heads, and gave them a 'Jingguan' in front of the pass.
More than 10,000 heads piled up in Jingguan, ten zhang high, dressed in black armor, from time to time carrying a few bloody heads, stepping on countless heads, put the head on the top.
Under the morning light, the earth became a sea of blood, and the pungent smell of blood could be smelled more than ten miles away.
The banner above the pass was cut and replaced with the black royal flag of King Su.
The white-haired man in the python robe sat alone at the top of the city gate tower, holding a tea-blue wine gourd in his hand, looking at the Jingguan that had just been piled up in front of him, and his eyes were as unwavering as ever.
"Lord Wang, there's a letter from the capital!"
Downstairs at the city gate, the military advisor Yue Jiulou flew up to the roof, stood beside Xu You, handed him the paper tube containing the holy decree, and at the same time turned his eyes to look at the mountains behind:
"Lord Wang, are we fighting too fast, I thought it would take at least three days to break through, but I didn't expect it to be broken overnight, and there don't seem to be many defenders."
"No one is not very good, let Tu Qianchu continue to fight until someone is there."
Xu You put down the wine gourd, opened the paper tube that had just been sent over eight hundred miles in an emergency, opened it and glanced at it, and nodded lightly:
"The Holy Lord regards this king as a brother...... The crime of killing the monarch is not in Ling'er...... Cut off the ...... of Qin and Wei Prefectures"
Xu You stood up and carefully looked at the holy decree that had just been sent:
"Ling'er's calculation is really accurate, the saint really wants to cut the king's domain, no more and no less, this king wants to turn against the master and can't open his mouth."
Yue Jiulou walked up to him and glanced at the Holy Decree a few times:
"Today's saints are by no means mediocre, and this hand pushes the boat with the water and calculates, which is indeed ruthless."
"It's a shame that this king still regarded him as a brother back then, bah-"
King Su Xu You scolded secretly, jumped off the city gate tower, glanced at the Jingguan outside the city, and then entered the handsome tent in the city gate tower, spread out the paper on the bookcase, and brewed it slightly:
"Lao Yue, if you write like this, will the Holy Lord cut Ling'er with one sword?"
Yue Jiulou stood in front of him and pondered carefully:
"It's just right to cut it, the prince is famous, and it will be justified to fight the world again."
Xu You picked up the pen and brewed for a while, and then began to write down lines of handwriting on the rice paper......
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In the blink of an eye, it was already three days later.
From Chencang to Chang'an, the 200,000 Dayue Western Army in three hundred miles and three passes almost did not close their eyes.
Guo Zhongxian stood day and night on the head of Zhenhu Pass, waiting for the scene of Qianyang Pass reopening and Xiliang Iron Riding rushing over like a tide.
I also sent a lot of scouts to cross the Qianyang Pass to check the movement of King Su's march, but unfortunately after the Qianyang Pass is basically the chassis of King Su, the scouts have gone and have not returned, and they can't find out where they go, so they can only guard day and night, waiting for the day when they meet the enemy with Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
And in Chang'an City, there is still a dead silence.
Xu Buling was taken out of the prison and placed in a mansion near the imperial city for treatment, because Xu Buling had taken poison that blocked qi and blood in advance, and the lock dragon Gu was still there, and he was currently lying on the sickbed dying, pretending to be dead.
The Imperial Forest Army acted vigorously and resolutely, directly raided Liu and Han's homes, cut off the heads of Liu Pingyang and Han Zhongyu, and purged all the military attaches from the government and the opposition.
This was originally a major event that shook the government and the opposition, but at this time, the government and the opposition had been shaken and did not dare to care about the life or death of the two Jiangmen families. They all looked at the northwest intently, for fear that Guo Zhongxian would collapse at the touch of a button, and King Su's royal flag suddenly appeared outside Chang'an City.
Even Song Ji sat in the Taiji Hall every day waiting for King Su's reply, although it was expected that King Su would not end up with a way out, but before receiving the exact news, he was still a little uneasy.
It was in this atmosphere of restlessness that something happened in the summer resort outside the city.
The queen mother, who was recuperating in the summer resort, was sad and indignant when she learned that Song Yu and Song Ji's brothers were killing each other, and felt that she had not educated her good heirs, and she was ashamed of the first emperor.
This should have been a big deal, but at this critical juncture, the courtiers and Song Ji didn't even have time to remember, they just arranged for the eunuchs and the people of the Xiao family to deal with it.
As for the Queen Mother's sudden suicide, it is actually reasonable to think about it carefully. The cannibalism of the emperor's brothers is a scandal that has been stinking for thousands of years, and the queen mother, as the mother of the two, has the responsibility of disciplining the two people, and has suffered from loneliness in the palace for many years.
The Queen Mother is not very old and has no sense of existence, and the impact at this time is not as great as the impact of Liu and Han being raided, and it was basically forgotten the next day, and everyone is waiting for the war report from the northwest.
It's a pity that the news that the scouts risked their lives to pass through Qianyang Pass was that King Su was marching towards Qianyang Pass, and the speed was not fast or slow, cutting down trees along the way to build siege equipment, obviously preparing to attack the city.
And because the first Xiongguan in the northwest Qianyang Pass is in the hands of King Su, the court is very passive, and the direct counterinsurgency out of the pass cannot break through the Qianyang Pass, and the King of Su himself can not open the Qianyang Pass, so that Guo Zhongxian can lead the army to stop King Su.
And even if the Qianyang Pass is broken, the Xu family army, which is famous for its cavalry, cannot be defeated on the plain, and it is a death to go out, so it can only dig trenches and repair bunkers in Zhenhu Pass to check for leaks, waiting for King Su to come and attack the city.
One day, two days, three days!
Finally, on the third day after the coup d'état in Taiji Palace, a flying horse passed directly through the palace gate, holding a paper tube in his hand and a yellow flag behind his back, and ran directly to the Taiji Palace.
Song Ji stood up from the dragon chair and clenched his fists.
The civil and military officials, who had not closed their eyes for three days and three nights, suddenly became agitated and looked at the envoy who ran over to deliver the message. Waiting for the battle report that is related to Dayue's national fortunes.
At this moment, there are only three possibilities for news to be transmitted back from the northwest.
First, Xu You, the king of Su, accepted the punishment and withdrew his troops to cede the land of Qin and Wei, which solved the great trouble of the imperial court for 60 years.
Naturally, all the officials are looking forward to this good news, and they will completely drive King Su to the barren land in the northwest, so that they will not have to worry about King Su rebelling in the future. This is also the most likely news.
Second, Xu You, the king of Su, did not accept the punishment, broke through the Zhenhu Pass and continued to come towards Chang'an.
This is bad news, if you break the Tiger Pass in three days, you will definitely collapse without a fight. The King of Shu and the King of Chu have not yet arrived, I am afraid that they will really have to prepare to defend Chang'an and wait for rescue, which has to be guarded by the six kings who do not have the wit to watch the fire from the other side.
The last possibility is that the veteran Guo Zhongxian showed his might, led his troops to destroy the Xiliang army, and beheaded Xu You, the king of Su, under the horse.
This may be the same as nothing, the civil and military officials would rather believe that Guo Zhongxian surrendered to sincerity, and would not believe that Guo Zhongxian cut King Su. If the Xu family is so easy to destroy, the Son of Heaven will not have to spend a lot of time to deal with it for many years.
Pedal Pedal –
Soon, the messenger who reported the news ran up the royal road and rushed into the Taiji Palace.
The ministers hurriedly stepped forward and urged:
"How's the battle going?"
"Is the Xu family going down or not?"
"Can Zhenhu Pass be held?"
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Gossip, noisy, and noisy all flooded the Taiji Hall.
The envoy held the paper tube high, rushed to the golden palace and knelt on one knee, and said loudly in the eager eyes of the Manchu civil and military forces:
"Jingyuan is a great victory! Jingyuan victory! Jingyuan victory! ……”
Ministers: (?_?? )
Song Ji: (?_?? )