Imperial capital, Imperial City, Yinshi.

The rain drowned out all sounds, and the palace was eerily quiet. In addition to the wind, only occasionally the inner supervisor walked under the eaves with a lantern, and Ye Qing on the dragon couch tossed and turned, and could not sleep again no matter what. For some reason, he was faintly uneasy in his heart. After retiring from the dynasty today, Wen Li wanted to summon the queen home for no reason, Ye Qing hesitated, and finally agreed, now that the person who has been accompanying him is not there, he is still a little unaccustomed.

"Someone." Ye Qing suddenly got up.

"Your Majesty." Wang Kun ran to the side of the dragon couch in small steps and stood respectfully.

"What time is it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, when I first entered Yin."

"Is it time for Yin," Ye Qing muttered, "Help me up." Wang Kun took a step forward, lowered his head and stretched out his hand, Ye Qing stood up with Wang Kun's hand, and glanced around, the candle flame was dim, and the figures overlapped.

Heavy and rapid footsteps suddenly penetrated the rain curtain, from far to near, the owner of the footsteps seemed to be running wildly, Ye Qing and Wang Kun looked at the door in unison, the palace rules, unless it is urgent, you can't run in the imperial city.

Wang Kun approached the door of the dormitory, and was about to stop the master of the footsteps, but the footsteps suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, there was a figure at the door, only to see him half-kneeling on the ground, shouting, "Wu Ji, the deputy general of the North Gate Infantry Army, please face the saint, the military situation is urgent, and there can be no delay for a moment!" Wu Ji opened his mouth wide and was about to shout again, when the door suddenly opened.

"General Wu, do you know that disturbing His Majesty's rest is a capital crime." Wang Kun opened the door and saw Wu Ji kneeling respectfully on the ground, as well as the saber he was carrying.

"Why do you still carry a sword when you come to face the saint?"

Wu Ji ignored what Wang Kun said, and said to himself, "The rebels, the city is under siege." ”

When a maid who was standing next to Ye Qing heard this, she suddenly trembled and fainted.

"What?!" Ye Qing walked quickly to the door and opened the hidden door, holding the door frame with one hand, his face turned pale, "General Wu, what you said is true?"

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can see the wound behind the general." By the faint light of the candle, you could indeed see the blood oozing from under Wu Ji's armor mixed with the rain and flowed through the cracks in the floor tiles.

"Why...... Why is this time in the first place?" Ye Qing muttered, he couldn't stop taking two steps back, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, "Uncle Guo!" Wang Kun, quick, call Uncle Guo to my bedroom to discuss countermeasures!"

"Yes." Wang Kun bent down to answer, went out past Wu Ji, and left quickly.

"General Wu, please get up." Ye Qing held his forehead and turned around, and walked slowly to the couch, "Since you came to see me, the guards outside the palace didn't confiscate your sword?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the last general will go all the way without seeing a single guard." Wu Ji replied after Ye Qing.

"No guards?!" Ye Qing turned his head suddenly.

"Yes, there are no guards."

"What the hell is ...... What's going on? Ye Qing muttered, and he turned his head to look at Wu Ji again, "General Wu, I already know the situation at the North Gate, you can go." ”

"Your Majesty, General Guan ordered me to protect Your Majesty here, saying that I am afraid that something big will happen tonight."

"......" Ye Qing was silent for a moment and agreed, "It's okay, I also feel uneasy in my heart." ”

Wu Ji stepped aside and stood upright, but he frowned from time to time, and his wound was still aching. Ye Qing sat on the dragon couch, occasionally turning his head to look around, and no longer sleepy.

A thunderbolt flashed, and the huge sound frightened Ye Qing into a daze, Wang Kun suddenly pushed open the door, the heavy rain drenched him very embarrassed, and the rain was dripping from the ends of his hair, he didn't even have time to say it, he knelt in front of Ye Qing, "Your Majesty!" Uncle Guo's Mansion...... Empty! ”

......

Five miles outside the east gate of the imperial capital, Wen Li was composed of Yu Linwei, Hu Ben, and most of the soldiers at the east gate Thousands of horses were marching, he suddenly reined in his horse, looked back at the imperial capital, and said faintly: "Farewell, Your Majesty." ”

......

"What's the matter with being empty?!" Ye Qing stood up suddenly.

"There are only a few maids in Uncle Guo's mansion, and the whereabouts of Wen Li and others are unknown." Wang Kun paused, and then said, "Moreover, Your Majesty, Weichen has gone all the way, and there is no one in the imperial city to guard it. ”

"Could it be...... Did Uncle Guo get the news and take all the living forces in the imperial city to support General Guan?"

"Your Majesty, do you still believe in Wen Li so far?" Wu Ji said quietly.

"Uncle Guo has done his best for the country and has done everything he can, why don't you believe it?"

"Wen Li is a thief who steals the country! The sin is punishable!" Wu Ji suddenly became excited, "If it weren't for him, how could the imperial capital be surrounded!"

"Wu Ji, bold!" Wang Kun scolded.

The emperor stood up all of a sudden, pointing at Wu Ji's fingers trembling slightly because of anger, he glared and said, "Wu Ji! How dare you slander Uncle Guo in front of me?!"

"Slander? Hmph, that's just a fact. Wu Ji completely ignored that the man in front of him was the emperor, his voice suddenly became cold, and his speed became faster and faster, "The last general came all the way from the main street of the north gate, and there was no one else on the road except for the soldiers under General Guan, even if it was really as His Majesty said, Wen Li took the imperial city guards to support General Guan, the three thousand Yulin guards in the imperial city, plus the tiger army on duty, there are definitely no less than five thousand people, will I ignore them?" Knowing that the rebels were attacking the city, Wen Li even transferred the palace gate and the guards of the various dormitories, so he was not afraid to sneak in and cut the throats of the adults? Besides, no matter how much you transfer troops, you can't transfer them to the imperial city, right? Could it be that there will be fewer soldiers in the other three gates than in the Imperial City?"

"Uncle Guo, he ......" Ye Qing was speechless when asked by Wu Ji, he sat back on the dragon couch weakly, supported his knees with both hands, lowered his head, and slowly raised again, "That...... Those rumors about Uncle Guo ......"

"That's not a rumor, that's a fact."

"Wang Kun." The emperor looked at Wang Kun as if expecting him to say something good for Wen Li. Wang Kun glanced up at Ye Qing and buried his head deeply. The emperor opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

......

Guan Yu climbed the city tower, the situation on the city wall is not optimistic, Tuoba Yan's soldiers are hidden under the black clothes, heavy rain, dark clouds, swallowing the moonlight cleanly, the sky and earth are dyed as black as an abyss, the fire does not illuminate the enemy in front of him, but he exposes himself to the enemy, every arrow penetrates the rain curtain, there is an extra corpse on the city wall.

"Where's the reinforcements!? Where's the reinforcements?!" Guan Yu roared and asked the people next to him, the wolf smoke has been lit for a long time, and according to the time, the nearest Ximen reinforcement should have arrived.

"General, will it be...... They didn't see wolf smoke?" Said the soldier next to him.

"Then set the castle tower on fire!" Guan Yu clenched his fists fiercely, and said, "Send another herald!" Inform the other three of them about this. ”

......

The west gate of the Apocalypse, the main city tower.

There were several wine jars staggered in front of He Jin, and he poured himself a drink, and he had already drunk most of the jars of wine. Probably because he didn't find it enjoyable, he threw the cup aside again, and directly raised the wine jar to his mouth, and the extremely strong jade ice burned to him like clear water.

All the centurions and above in Ximen were crowded here, they all looked at He Jin without exception, but no one said a word, they had already seen the wolf smoke rushing to the sky at the north gate, and even the heralds came to urge a few, but He Jin still didn't make any moves, he was like a frustrated drunkard, drinking glass after glass, but not saying a word.

At last, when he had finished drinking the jar of wine, he got up from his seat with a long roar of joy, and then he glanced at everyone around him and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, what are we standing here for? Is it for yourselves, for your families, or for the people of this city?"

Dead.

"Okay, if you don't say it, then I'll say it for you!" He Jin paused, and then raised his voice, "We are for the emperor on the dragon chair!" For Daxi! You all know that if it weren't for Wen Li's dog thief, the saint might still be a Ming Jun, at least, he wouldn't have left his dragon chair, the tens of thousands of people in the city, the soldiers who defended the city for him, and us like today! What's the point of us guarding this city now?"

"Your Majesty...... Abandoned the city?" Someone's eyes widened and he couldn't help but ask.

"The emperor's dragon is halfway through the time and leaves the south gate, if you don't believe it, you can ask the people on duty in the southern section."

"But even if it's ...... For the sake of the people in the city, we must keep it......" someone said.

"Do you know what it will take?" He Jin asked rhetorically.

And there was no answer.

"When the emperor is here, we can't wait for reinforcements, and when the emperor is gone, the reinforcements are even less likely to come, even if we really hold on, we will die without food! Have you ever seen the famine in Cangzhou a hundred years ago? Tree bark, grass roots, mice, Guanyin soil, cats, dogs, horses, and even ...... Person. He Jin paused word by word, calmly as if stating the facts, "Kaicheng negotiations, the people may still have vitality, if the city is closed and held, when the city is broken, there may not be a living creature in this city." ”

"If you want to be a great hero, pull out your sword, kill me with one sword, and then lead your troops to support Guan Yu and obey his command, otherwise send a messenger, and early tomorrow morning, Kaesong will surrender."