In the face of His Majesty's inquiry, although Xiao Rui was a little stunned, he still nodded and responded: "If there is a reason to kill, Erchen will do it!" ”

Emperor Xia asked, "Aren't you worried that the Lord of Lanling will hate you for the rest of your life?" ”

Really!

His Majesty knows the relationship between Xiao Rui and Xiao Qingqing. was drugged and calculated at the beginning, although Zhuge Liuying came forward to solve the siege, it is not difficult to find out the truth.

I just don't know if he knows his relationship with Li Xiu'er, if he knows, it will be bloody. However, he has a clear conscience, it was after the death of the king of Chu, and it took a long time for the first seven to make his own hand.

"In the face of national events, what is the love of children?" Xiao Rui gave a suitable statement.

Xia Huang nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Seeing that His Majesty didn't plan to say it explicitly, Xiao Rui didn't continue to ask. However, a more crucial question was also asked, that is, the son of the king of Ruyang was still alive and still in Kyoto. As for what cards His Majesty played in it, Xiao Rui couldn't guess.

In addition, listening to His Majesty's meaning, he had already thought about solving the matter of King Ruyang, but he hadn't done it yet.

Since this is the case, Xiao Rui also decided to wait and talk, anyway, King Ruyang can't make any splashes now.

At this time, the imperial city of Qi.

A snow stained the Great Qi Imperial City, but fortunately, the snow was not strong and did not affect the soldiers' marching and baggage transportation, and the soldiers and horses of Great Xia finally came to the outside of the Imperial City of Qi in the wind and snow.

As early as ten days ago, the rich and noble people in the city fled as soon as they could, even if the forbidden army relied on the strength of the army to maintain order, it could not stop the Qi people who fled from the city with their families.

Among them, there are also many powerful people.

Now that the court of Qi has fallen apart, many officials have also joined the ranks of fleeing in the face of the war, hoping not to be poisoned by the war.

The most prominent representative is Wei Nanzheng.

The right minister and the supreme governor of Zhongshu Province escaped with his family as early as a few days ago, and the direction of escape was the north, and on the day he fled, the Yuan army disguised himself as the Qi army, and with the warrant of the Qi country's household department, he successfully entered the last well-protected household granary of the Qi army, and swept away the grain inside.

This is the last life-saving food of the Great Qi Imperial Court, which is 1.6 million stones, all of which are cheaper than the Yuan army!

Wei Nanzheng and his family left with the Yuan army.

It turned out that Wei Nanzheng had already taken refuge in the Yuan Kingdom!

This is also why he advocated the transfer of 200,000 Qi troops from the north who resisted the Yuan army to the south, which, combined with what he had done, all proved his sinister intentions.

Then why did Wei Nanzheng take refuge in the Yuan Kingdom?

First of all, Wei Nanzheng saw that the Qi State would die, and once the Qi State died, he Wei Nanzheng would be nothing, so he needed to find a way out. And the one who destroyed the Qi State was either the Great Xia or the Yuan Kingdom, which one to take refuge in?

He has a grudge with Prince He, so naturally he can't take refuge in Great Xia, so he chooses Yuanguo.

Choosing the Yuan State has the advantage of choosing the Yuan State, don't forget, the Yuan State has captured the northern land of the Qi State, and now Wei Nanzheng has taken refuge in the Yuan State, the Yuan State is not good at management, and it will inevitably be used Wei Nanzheng, and Wei Nanzheng will still be the person in power at that time.

And when Wei Nanzheng's betrayal of the enemy was revealed, Emperor Qi was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted, and for the civil and military officials, Wei Nanzheng's defection to the enemy sounded the clarion call to escape.

Nowadays, there are not many officials who are willing to stay, and most of them are military generals, their duty is to protect their families and defend the country, and they are loyal to the country, how can they escape alone? With these generals to appease the soldiers, they did not let the city protector army and the forbidden army collapse. There were also some people who volunteered to join the army to protect the last imperial capital, and no one wanted to be the people of the country.

Every time you slaughter more dogs, most of them are readers.

Some escaped from the city, and naturally some entered the city.

There were a large number of refugees gathered outside the imperial capital, and they could not afford to continue to escape, so they wanted to go into the city to make a living, rather than stay outside the city.

In this way, the rich people in the city want to come out, and the refugees outside the city want to go in.

Other than that, the ordinary people in the city could not escape.

By the time the army of the champion Hou overwhelmed the city, the population in the imperial capital had not decreased much, and it was estimated that there would be 1.45 million more.

With such a population, excluding the old, weak, women and children, how can the available troops be seven or eight hundred thousand, plus the tall and strong city, it should be able to block the 300,000 army of the champion Hou Bing under the city.

However, in reality, there are only 120,000 available troops in the city, and there are many people, who can be used as auxiliaries, but not as combat effectiveness. And as the Yuan army robbed the most important granary, the grain storage in the imperial city was limited, even if the grain was collected and handled in a unified manner like Liaoyuan City, how long could it last?

Therefore there was no confidence in the whole city to keep the city.

Now that the magnates and the rich have fled, what about Emperor Qi?

Did Emperor Qi escape?

Emperor Qi had the idea of running away, but where did he run away?

Just like Ye Qingshan said, the north is the Yuan army, the south is Great Xia, the east is the Nanshan army, and the west is the desolate land.

I'd rather be the king of the dead country than the dog of the lost family!

So Emperor Qi decided to stick to this city and live and die with him.

However, in order to leave his bloodline, he had already sent the forbidden army to take away his children, let them go to the small country of Heavenly Poison, live incognito, and continue the bloodline of the Ye family.

At this moment, Emperor Qi stood on top of the Golden Palace, looking condescendingly at the pavilions in the distance, his sorrow filled his heart, making his already weak face even weaker.

At this time, Hai Yuntian came over and said, "Your Majesty, go into the hall and rest." ”

Emperor Qi turned his head, looked at the old Hai Yuntian with a vicissitudes of life, and asked with red eyes; "Hai Lao, why didn't you leave? You and Ye Qingshan are close friends, if you take refuge in Great Xia, although you don't say that you can be a great minister, but with your character, Great Xia will definitely be reused! ”

Hai Yuntian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, my Hai family has been loyal to Daqi for generations, and I have a good relationship with Ye Qingshan, it's just a friendship, that's all." Now that Daqi is in danger of life and death, how can the minister escape? My Hai family is willing to repay the country's kindness and shed the last drop of blood! The big husband has something to do and something not to do. ”

Emperor Qi's eyes were red when he was moved, Hai Yuntian's son was the general who guarded the imperial city, and his grandson, who was only sixteen years old, also put on armor and went into battle, and it was bound to live and die in this city!

"I listen to slander, listen to villains, if I listen to the words of Hai Lao, why is the Great Qi Kingdom here? Under the Nine Springs, how can I be worthy of my ancestors and ancestors? Emperor Qi couldn't help but shed tears.

Hai Yuntian sighed and said, "Your Majesty is a good emperor who works hard, and he can only say that the way of heaven is unfair. ”

Emperor Qi shook his head and said, "These days, I have also figured it out, it is also the injustice of the Heavenly Dao, and there are natural disasters in Great Xia, but why can Great Xia become stronger and stronger?" If the Great Qi is destroyed, I have an unshirkable responsibility, and I am the king of the lost country. ”

Hai Yuntian still wanted to explain and make him feel better, but his mouth was open, but he was speechless, what can he say now!

There was the Zhao State first, and then the Qi State, why did it fall? It can only be said that the general trend is the trend, and looking at the trend, the Shenzhou Continent is likely to usher in unification.

Unfortunately, I may not see it.

At this time, Emperor Qi asked, "What are the Great Xia soldiers and horses doing?" Ready for the siege? ”

Haiyuntian said: "Back to Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of Great Xia are stationed ten miles outside the south of the city, and they are encamped, and it seems that they have no intention of attacking directly. And depending on the other party's plan, it is to attack from the south gate, so seventy percent of the troops in the city are all concentrated in the south of the city. ”

"Hai Lao, how long can we hold out?" Emperor Qi couldn't help but ask.

Hai Yuntian pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Weichen doesn't know!" ”

Emperor Qi sighed, not angry.

Yes, the things of war change rapidly, who can guess the outcome? Three years ago, Emperor Qi didn't believe in the death of the Qi Kingdom at all.

"Hai Lao, you go back to rest, if you have something to do, you can go directly to the palace to give it, and you don't need to report it." Qi Huang stood in the cold wind, covered in cold, and couldn't hold on.

Hai Yuntian sent Emperor Qi back to the palace, looking at his stumbling steps, Hai Yuntian couldn't help crying.

Go back to the hall and sit down, and after a while, Emperor Qi will be relieved.

"Queen, they've been gone for five or six days, everything is safe." Emperor Qi asked the internal officials beside him.

The internal official replied: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the flying pigeon sent a message saying that the queen mother and several noble concubines disguised their identities and pretended to be fleeing businessmen, so no one found any clues, and they were not far from the Heavenly Poison Country." ”

Emperor Qi sighed: "In this way, I can rest assured!" ”

After breathing a sigh of relief, he thought of something and asked, "Concubine Hui didn't leave?" ”

The internal official nodded and said, "Concubine Hui is still in the palace and has never left. ”

"Forget it, don't mention her! I'm tired, take a break, and call me immediately if there's something. Emperor Qi instructed.

The internal officials responded again and again.

......

At this time, the Great Xia military camp outside the city.

Set up camp and cook on the fire, the champion Hou ordered the men to take out the beef and mutton and cook a sumptuous dinner.

The Great Xia soldiers had a big bowl of steamed buns with potato stew, and when they looked up, they could look at the majestic Imperial City of Qi, eating meat one by one, and their eyes flashed eagerly.

The champion Hou did not do any mobilization before the siege, and only served a meal of meat, which completely drove the battle boom of the soldiers.

Eat meat before the war and drink in triumph!

This is the rule that the champion Hou leads his troops to fight!

As long as this city is captured, great military achievements are waiting for everyone, there is land, silver, titles, and official positions, isn't this their pursuit of being a soldier?

Look at the soldiers under the command of Chang Shenghou, since the defeat of the fourteen states of Anxi, as long as they are willing to stay there, each person can share twenty acres of land, and the rent of renting land is one-tenth of the previous one, and they can also grow new crops!

The potatoes and sweet potato noodles they eat now are new crops.

Incense, it's so fragrant!

So what are you waiting for, everyone can't wait.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the champion Hou Zheng was eating with a group of generals.

These generals saw the enthusiasm of the soldiers to make achievements, and they were not.

A Zhaowu general couldn't help but ask, "Master Hou, when are we going to attack the city?"

Everyone looked at Zhuge Yuanxiong with blank eyes.

Zhuge Yuanxiong smiled: "This snow is getting smaller and smaller, and it looks like it's about to stop." Wait for the snow to stop and start the siege! ”

Everyone immediately geared up.

Subsequently, Zhuge Yuanxiong explained in detail the plan to take the imperial city.