At this time, the rebel cavalry also killed on the shore of Yuehua Lake, and for the lake, they who were born in the north had no doubt about its hardness, because in Hunzhou, Daizhou, Youzhou and other places, the ice surface of the Chinese New Year's Eve was not to mention hundreds of cavalry, even thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of cavalry could bear it. So without hesitation, they rode over the fence and rushed to the island in the middle of the lake, and the cavalry captain in front shouted: "Take the tyrant alive!" Bounty 10,000 taels! ”

"Capture the tyrant alive, the bounty is ten thousand taels!"

"Crunch-squeak-boom-"

After a loud bang, the ice suddenly cracked, and hundreds of war horses fell into the Yuehua Lake one after another, the ice cracked bigger and bigger, and the war horses in the rear did not have time to stop and rushed straight into the cracked lake. The entire cavalry team fell into the icy lake one after another, and the cavalry captain who took the lead had long since disappeared and landed in the lake.

"Help!"

"Don't pull me!"

"Someone's coming!"

"Mother-"

"I'm going home!"

"Come and save people!"

The miserable cry for help spread from the icy water to all sides, and the other rebel foot soldiers who followed hurriedly stopped, they looked at the people in the icy water of the lake in amazement, and suddenly someone reacted and shouted: "Help! Save people! Only then did the others react and began to save people, some with red tassel guns, some with flagpoles, some with ropes, some untied their belts and threw them into the water, pulling a person and then desperately dragging people.

But everyone didn't dare to rush into the water to save people, after all, in this winter ice lake, the cold and poisonous lake water can freeze to death. The rebels on the shore could only watch as they drowned and froze to death and could do nothing.

Some people who know how to swim to the shore hurriedly swim to the shore, but as they swim, they are grabbed by their ankles or collars or the backs of their hands by other drowning people around them, and finally fall into the water. Most of them were peasants from the north, and there were very few people in the north who knew how to water, and most of them were still at a loss and struggled indiscriminately, and eventually drowned.

The cries for help grew weaker and weaker, and in just a few moments, they were ice corpses.

On the island in the middle of the lake, Zhang Xiaowu and others looked at the rebel soldiers struggling in the icy water, and felt sympathy in their hearts, but they felt that it was okay, after all, this is the battlefield, this is the war. Think about it, if they didn't fall into the lake and drown, but caught up with the Guards, would they let the Guards escape?

Only a dozen of the 120 rebel cavalry were eventually rescued ashore, and they were immediately sent to the burning palace to keep warm so that they would not freeze to death after coming out of the water. The survivors were terrified when they looked at the lake from afar, and the floating corpses on the ice made people cry and cry, and the morale of the rebels suddenly dropped, and some people looked around in a daze, not knowing whether to continue the pursuit or wait for orders.

At this time, Li Canglan finally led the army to kill, looking at the broken ice surface and the floating corpses floating in Yuehua Lake, he shouted and ordered: "The ice on the surface of Yuehua Lake is too thin, and it is not suitable for the team to stand on the ice at the same time, everyone immediately takes the team as the standard, and advances from different directions of Yuehua Lake to the island in the center of the lake to capture the tyrant alive!" ”

"Whoa!"

With Li Canglan's command, the rebels immediately dispersed and cautiously slaughtered the island in the middle of the lake from all directions.

At this time, Zhang Xiaowu and others have fled to the island in the middle of the lake to pick up the stars, he has broken through several times today without success, and finally knows what it feels like to catch the turtle in the idiom urn, that is, there is nothing to be done by trying his best. No matter how capable a person is, when facing a tide of enemies, a person's strength cannot go against the sky after all.

Zhang Xiaowu had already given up on breaking through, but when he saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs who were still taking refuge under the star-picking platform, he immediately had a plan, he pulled Emperor Dade and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the rebels are powerful, and the ministers are incompetent, so they can't take Your Majesty to escape." But the minister has a plan to keep His Majesty safe, wait for His Majesty to disguise himself as a palace maid or eunuch and blend in. And I led the Guards to pretend to hunt you down, and you can take advantage of the chaos to escape, so that you can avoid the pursuit of the rebels. Li Canglan knew that I was here, and he would definitely be worried that the minister would lead the silver guards to counterattack the palace, so he would definitely do his best to hunt down and kill Yu Chen, and then all the thieves would chase me down, and His Majesty would escape from the palace again. Your Majesty, as long as you find the Silver Guards, they will definitely help Your Majesty regain power, and they will definitely help Your Majesty eradicate the traitors. The minister is incompetent, and he is ashamed of his trust, and he is willing to die to thank His Majesty for his favor to me. ”

Emperor Dade wept bitterly when he heard this, but he shook his head very firmly, stood upright, and resolutely said: "I can't escape, I want to stay here and fight the rebels with you." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was shocked: "Your Majesty, you can't stay, you will definitely die if you stay." ”

Emperor Dade said: "I am also a saint man, although I have a few chances of winning if I flee in disguise, but I am the king of a country, how can I escape so despicable?" It is impossible for me to die in disguise as a eunuch and palace maid, and the backbone of the Xuanyuan family does not allow future generations to be so incompetent. I have made up my mind, stay, fight to the death! After that, he pulled out his Han knife and said loudly: "Zhang Xiaowu, I will fight the rebels with you, and I would rather die than surrender." ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked at Emperor Dade with admiration, felt the dignity and backbone of the emperor, and understood the emperor's choice, he couldn't escape like this. He looked at Emperor Dade with mixed feelings, heard the sound of the rebels approaching around him, and nodded: "In this case, Your Majesty, let's be the first pair of monarchs and ministers to go to Huangquan together." Your Majesty will not live up to me in this life, and the minister will not live up to Your Majesty in this life, and today, the minister will use this life to repay Your Majesty. ”

Dade Dilang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to Huangquan with you." ”

"And they-"

"You let them go, they may survive, and I don't want more people to be buried with me."

Zhang Xiaowu nodded heavily, and then said to everyone: "Everyone listens to the order, today's rebel army is strong, and has besieged us on the island in the middle of the lake. However, the palace maid and eunuch are not guilty, and the rebels will not kill you, Your Majesty has decreed, you can escape now, and you can go alive. ”

Everyone was startled at first, and then wept bitterly, and a palace maid came to Emperor Dade, knelt down with a puff, and kowtowed respectfully. This is the highest and most respectful etiquette of the Holy Han, showing the feelings in her heart, the palace maid said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, you are a good emperor, if there is an afterlife, the maidservant will still serve Your Majesty." Then she cried and turned away.

The second maid stepped forward and kowtowed in thanks, then turned and left.

The third person, the fourth person, the fifth person -

Everyone left one after another, even the Imperial Forest Army was gone, and in the end, only a few old eunuchs who couldn't escape were left, looked at each other, and said with a smile: "I will go with Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty at Huangquan." ”

Emperor Dade laughed while crying: "Good, good, good." ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked up and said, "We are all married to Xingtai, even if we die, we will have to pull countless rebels on our backs." ”