Chapter 277: Emperor Fu's Choice
Looking at the backs of several princes leaving, Emperor Fu's heart was mixed, and the family affection in the royal family was the lightest. I don't know how many of these sons were able to die in various struggles for power and profit.
"Your Majesty, the views of these Thirteen Highnesses are most in line with your intentions, the decree to select the new emperor has been written, do you want to change your mind?" Gonggong Gao knew Emperor Fu's mind best, and asked softly on the side.
"Alas, forget it, the old thirteen is really good, but it's a pity that the foundation is too shallow. If he is made the emperor, there may be several old five, wait for you to draw up a will, allow the fief of the old thirteen to have 50,000 soldiers, and the highest official of the fief can be the fourth grade, let him have a little more self-protection! Emperor Fu shook his head and said.
The common people in Xijing City, the people began to panic in the past two days, as the capital of Xijing, there has never been a large-scale war, and now it is surrounded by groups, and no one is allowed to go out of the city.
This frightened many people to hide in their homes, for fear that this war would affect them.
On the city wall, the guards of Xijing City and some family members in the official palace were waiting in strict formation, looking at the soldiers under the city.
"General Zheng, please don't be impatient, Your Majesty will definitely consider everyone's request, and will give you a satisfactory answer soon." Xiangwang Yang Xian is still a little bold, in this case, he still dares to poke his head out and talk to Zheng De, the champion general under the city.
"I also ask His Royal Highness the Prime Minister to tell His Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty will quickly release His Royal Highness King Sheng, and the generals under His Royal Highness, so as not to chill our warriors who fought for Dafu." Zheng De stood under the city, arched his hand, and shouted loudly to the city.
"General Zheng, your military exploits, I Yang Xian remember, you can rest assured, I will fight for your reason, and not let the merits of the warriors be buried." Yang Xian said a word to the soldiers below, trying to delay the time.
At the same time, at this time, Yang Xian still had such a careful thought in his heart, Yang Ming had no chance to turn over, he wanted to leave a good impression on the soldiers in the city, and take the opportunity to get the support of these generals and soldiers.
Yang Xian deliberately tried to win over the soldiers under the city, but obviously received a certain effect, and the soldiers under the city really did not immediately organize an attack. But there is a limit to the time that can be delayed in this way, and the soldiers under the city will definitely attack if they do not see the results for a long time.
Sure enough, two hours had passed, and Zheng De and his soldiers loyal to Yang Ming still had not received a clear answer, and they finally lost patience and began to assemble in formation, and pushed the siege equipment forward, it seemed that they were about to attack the city.
The news that the soldiers loyal to Yang Ming were preparing to attack the city soon spread to the palace, and Emperor Fu, who was lying on the dragon couch, finally couldn't sit still. He asked the eunuchs and palace maids to help him up, and prepared to go to the city to see it for himself.
But at this time, a commotion was suddenly heard, and the sound became louder and louder, and the hearing became clearer and clearer, as if someone was fighting.
"Your Majesty, it's not good! Oh no! Then a guard came running in in a state of embarrassment.
"What made you panic like that?" This guard Fu Huang recognized that this was a guard leader in charge of guarding the palace gate.
"Your Highness, the palace is surrounded by a group of masked black-clothed men, they are launching a fierce attack on the palace, and many brothers have already been injured." The leader of the guards panted, apparently running to report the news.
"Don't worry, can you tell who they are from their dress, moves, and weapons? Is it Lao Wu's subordinates? Emperor Fu asked slowly, he knew that the more this time, the more he could not show that he was in a hurry or panic.
"They were all masked, and they couldn't tell who they were. But it shouldn't be like a subordinate of His Royal Highness King Sheng, otherwise, when we cleared out King Shengwang's forces yesterday, they shouldn't choose to stand idly by. Seeing that Emperor Fu looked confident, and the leader of the guards was much calmer, he thought about it and said.
"Let's go, let's take a look!" Listening to the words of the head of the guards, Emperor Fu thought for a moment, and then said.
Seeing that Emperor Fu was about to go out, the eunuchs and palace maids beside him hurriedly took action and prepared steps for him, because his body was now unable to support him to walk quickly.
There is a tall tower in the palace, from which you can have an unobstructed view of the entire palace. Several of the observing guards were standing on the tower, inspecting the entire battle as they waved a few small flags to report what they saw.
"See Your Majesty!" These guards suddenly heard a sound behind them, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, and were startled when they saw that it was Emperor Fu and others who came.
"In special cases, there is no need to be polite." Emperor Fu waved his hand to stop them from kneeling, and then asked, "How many enemies are there, and are they strong?" ”
"Your Majesty, there are about 15,000 to 20,000 masked people attacking the palace, and some of them have very high kung fu, but there is not much discipline in attacking. Therefore, most of them should not be professional soldiers, and most of them should be people from the rivers and lakes. Hearing Emperor Fu ask, one of the guards hurriedly replied.
Emperor Fu came to the front with Gonggong Gao, and looked around the palace from top to bottom, only to see that the palace had been surrounded by groups at this time, and the men in black were desperately attacking the palace from all directions.
The guards in the palace were relatively high in kung fu and well-equipped, so they didn't let these blacks attack the palace for a while.
In this matter, many guards in the palace have been transferred to the head of the city to assist the guards in defending the city, and these black-clothed men have the advantage in numbers, so the guards are guarding very hard, and they may break through at any time.
"Your Majesty, I don't think these people should be Shengwang's subordinates, and they look like they look like the Tsing Yi Sect members we haven't found." Gao Gonggong said on the side.
"Well, I don't think it's Lao Wu's subordinate, because Lao Wu is more proud, and he should disdain to be in the company of these people." Emperor Fu nodded and replied.
"It seems that in Xijing City, and even in the palace, they have a lot of eyeliner, so they will choose when our defense is the weakest to attack the palace. At this time, the city wall is the most in need of people, and it should not be possible to transfer people to come over for reinforcements, what should I do now? Gao Gonggong said with a frown.
At this moment, several shrill sounds appeared in the sky, followed by several fireworks bursting in the air.
"Oh no, this is a sign that the city gate is in danger, it looks like they are starting to attack the city." Gao Gonggong said anxiously.
"What's the hurry? I don't believe that my capital and palace will be breached by these small ones, you arrange for someone to do that thing, and we will go out from the secret passage and go to the city wall to have a look. At the critical moment, Emperor Fu was still so bold when he spoke.
"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?" Hearing Emperor Fu's words, Gonggong Gao's face suddenly became solemn.
"Go ahead and arrange it! At this time, there must be some ruthless means. Emperor Fu's face showed a painful expression, but his tone was very resolute.
On the city wall, the soldiers outside the city had already begun to attack the city, and Yang Yun and his group of guards, as well as some masters of the Wu Wangfu and the Shadowless Guard, were guarding it.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Yang Xian, the second brother who was in charge of defending the city this time, arranged for Yang Yun's people to assist in defending the south gate, where the enemy was the strongest.
Looking at the soldiers who were struggling to climb towards the city wall, Yang Yun felt very uncomfortable in his heart, these are all warriors of Dafu! For the private interests of some people, I don't know how many good men will be sacrificed this time.
Seeing that the enemy had already emerged from the city wall, Yang Yun knew that he could not hesitate any longer at this time. He drew his sword from his waist and rushed toward the wall.
Yang Yun's current kung fu is not bad, surpassing the average general, so it is still very easy to deal with this soldier who can only lie on the ladder to fight. After only a few moves, the siege soldier was stabbed by him.
Yang Yun's long sword is made of very fine materials, and it is an experienced iron mountain, and he personally built it for him, which is much sharper than ordinary long swords. The sword stabbed the enemy in the head, and it actually pierced the besieging soldier's helmet and stabbed him directly into the temple.
The soldier didn't even have time to scream before he fell off the ladder. Before he had time to see whether this opponent was alive or dead, Yang Yun killed another soldier who had attacked the city.
The guards guarding the city on the side were dumbfounded all of a sudden, this young prince looked like a gentleman, and he was very kind to people on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be so brave in battle.
Even the dignified Thirteen Princes, His Royal Highness King Wu of Dafu personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and some of the generals beside him did not dare to slack off, and they also shouted one after another, and rushed towards the enemy who climbed up to the top of the city.
All the soldiers used all their strength to launch a fierce attack on the enemy soldiers who attacked the city.
Zheng De, who was commanding under the city, did not expect that the south gate, where he sent elite troops to attack, would be counterattacked so fiercely by the enemy.
Seeing the young man wearing a royal robe at the head of the city, desperately killing the enemy, Zheng De's heart was full of thoughts. He seemed to go back to the scene when he first went out with Yang Ming, and His Royal Highness King Shengwang was so brave when he fought against the enemy.
Since Yang Yun, the king of Wu who is as brave as His Royal Highness King Sheng, it seems that he will soon grow into a new "god of war" in Da Fu.
Yang Yun's bravery greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers defending the city, and they burst out with combat power far beyond ordinary times, and soon caused great casualties to the soldiers besieging the city.
Seeing that his soldiers suffered serious casualties, Zheng De immediately issued an order for them to temporarily withdraw from the city. Zheng De has led the army for many years, and he dislikes to rely on the tactics of sacrificing the lives of a large number of soldiers to achieve victory in the war.
After the soldiers withdrew, Zheng De called several officers with rich combat experience together and asked them to put forward their own opinions together according to the battle situation just now, and wanted to summarize the most reasonable siege plan.
These generals were all very experienced in warfare, and they quickly discovered some irrationalities in this attack and discussed a new siege plan.
Seeing that the soldiers under the city had transferred more siege equipment, lined up in a long line, and were slowly walking towards the direction of the city wall, Yang Yun knew that this round of attacks would definitely be more fierce.
The city walls of Xijing City are very high, and now the materials for defending the city are relatively sufficient, and the morale of the soldiers is still very sufficient, so Yang Yun is still very confident in holding the city for the time being.
The only thing that makes Yang Yun feel a little sad is that in the next round of attack, there will be many warriors who will have to lose their lives.
Zheng De, the champion general who commanded the siege below, Yang Yun had a lot of dealings with him, and he also had some friendships. But what he never expected was that now they would become enemies to catch and kill.
The soldiers defending the city also knew that this round of enemy attacks would be more fierce, and they held the weapons in their hands tightly, staring intently at the enemy in the city, preparing to start the next big battle.
"The emperor has arrived!" At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind the city wall, and I saw a group of people behind him, and the yellow-robed old man who was surrounded in the middle was Emperor Fuhuang Yang Chengfeng.