In the eleventh year of Tianfu, July 24, the imperial capital, Taiqing Palace.

The hundreds of officials in the main hall are noisy like bargaining vendors on the street, and the emperor clenched his fist on the dragon chair with one hand, watching the officials chatter, and only felt upset.

"Your Majesty, the thief army has gathered troops twenty miles outside the north gate today, and I am afraid that it will attack the city on a large scale in the near future." It was Wu Ji, the deputy general of the infantry defense, who spoke, but this was just a false title, his real position was just a centurion, with his official position, it was impossible to even see the emperor's face, but a few days ago, Jiang Yingwu, the left forward general who was in charge of the defense of the north gate, was hit by a stray arrow in a small-scale siege, fell into the city and died, and other officials who were higher than Wu Ji's official position either died or resigned from injury, Then only the head landed, so the task of entering the palace to report the situation at the north gate was also handed over to Wu Ji, he has been in the army for more than four years, but he is only a centurion, originally with his ability, maybe he will be able to be a lieutenant in a few years, but he is an upright person, does not know how to be flexible, and does not understand the so-called "way of being an official", and his career must be difficult.

"Siege again?!" Wang Ping, the king of Honglu Temple, changed his face, a huge stone smashed through the roof of a side house in his house during the siege a month ago, and a servant's brain burst out, and the blood stained most of the room red, but every time he thought about it, he still felt a chill in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how long the grain and grass in the city can last?" Taizhong Doctor Yang Qi suddenly stepped forward.

"If it is properly rationed, it can still support more than a year." The answer was Taicang Ling Hu Jiang, who held the board in his hand and stood respectfully.

"The grain can last for a year, and the city is not clear," Huangmen made Xue Chong sneer, he has always been the main member of the main surrender faction, since the day the emperor was besieged, his mind was full of only surrender, as if this was the only way to survive, but as soon as the words came out, he regretted it, where did this sentence put the emperor? But now, he only hoped that the emperor didn't hear what he had just said.

Ye Qing frowned, how could such a person stand on top of the main hall? He waved his hand, "Come on, drag him down for me and behead him." ”

The hall was quiet all of a sudden, the guards slowly stepped forward, Xue Chong panicked suddenly, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, shouting and begging the emperor to surround his life, but the emperor ignored it, watching him crying wolf and being dragged out of the hall, his heart seemed to be a little relieved.

No matter what, no one offered to go out of the city to meet the enemy. Because they know that there is still a glimmer of life in defending the city, and if they go out of the city, they will definitely be defeated. No one will forget, four months ago, the Tuoba Yan cavalry pressed the border, the emperor climbed the city tower, but found that the Tuoba Yan cavalry was only a thousand people, the hussar general Lu Cheng made meritorious contributions, boasted in front of the emperor Haikou, willing to lead the Janissary Wing cavalry five hundred, go to break the enemy, but the emperor knew that the people who could break through Qingfeng County overnight were by no means idle, he dared to use a thousand cavalry to press the border, naturally he thought of a countermeasure.

"No, you can bring all the 3,000 winged cavalry in the city, and bring Tuoba Yan's head to me, otherwise, bring your own head."

"Obey." Lu Cheng was overjoyed in his heart, three thousand against one thousand, even Tuoba Yan has great ability, and this time, he will definitely be defeated. So when he went out of the city to ride his horse and whip, but Tuoba Yan began to retreat, he only thought that Tuoba Yan was afraid of the might of the Son of Heaven, and even more afraid that his 3,000-winged cavalry army would be unstoppable, so he chased after him without any worries. When those giant wolves appeared, Lu Cheng just opened his eyes wide, and the formation of the winged cavalry suddenly collapsed in front of those giant wolves, and those divine horses who were eating better feed than people in the imperial capital rushed around like crazy in the giant wolves, and the three thousand winged cavalry soldiers survived only one-tenth of them in the end, and Lu Cheng was also torn to pieces in that massacre.

Wen Li sat on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes, and never spoke. This Taishi chair was specially set up by Ye Qing for Wen Li, saying, "Uncle Guo works hard for state affairs, and the chair is specially given to slightly reduce the hard work of Uncle Guo." ”

It's ridiculous. But no one stood up to oppose it, and the last person who stood up to oppose it was stopped by the emperor's loud voice, and he was reduced to a frontier official, and he could never turn over again.

The emperor kept looking at Wen Li, as if waiting for him to come up with some peerless strategy, and finally, his patience that was not good was exhausted, "Uncle Guo has any strategy to retreat from the enemy?" The Emperor asked softly.

Wen Li still didn't speak, and the silence in the hall allowed the officials to hear each other's breathing.

"In that case, then retreat." The emperor leaned back on the dragon chair, watching the hundred officials scatter, I don't know when it started, it would become like this as soon as he retreated, Ye Qing's heart felt inexplicably sad.

When the hundred officials were gone, Wen Li suddenly opened his eyes, he stood up and bowed his hand to the emperor, and then waved his hand, not only the inner prison, but even the guards also retreated. Wen Li slowly stepped forward and gave up his hand again, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid, we can only abandon the city and go north, Tuoba Yan is menacing, and the rescue of the princes has not yet arrived, and I don't know how many princes have already secretly surrendered to the enemy, we ......"

"This is the imperial capital, uncle, is there no other way?" Ye Qing looked shocked, but it was a consultative tone, as if the man standing in front of him was the emperor.

"We ...... With this alone, if you wait for the rebels to attack the city, you won't even have a chance to abandon the city and leave. ”

"I have never moved the capital for more than 400 years, is this really the only way?" The emperor suddenly stood up and asked stupidly.

"That's it." Wen Li's face was full of heartache, but he just repeated what he had just said.

"Good...... Okay," the emperor sat down unwillingly, but suddenly raised his head and asked, "Uncle Guo, when are we leaving?" Every move is like a child who is not deeply involved in the world, and he has to ask his parents for advice on everything.

"Your Majesty can order people to pack up what needs to be taken away, but the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, and we will leave tomorrow."

"Good!"

"Then your majesty will retire first." Unlike usual, Wen Li arched his hands and bent down deeply, as if he were ...... Farewell.

"Why does Uncle Guo bother to make this big gift!" Ye Qing was also taken aback, and was about to go down to help, but Wen Li suddenly straightened his waist, "I just feel that I owe Your Majesty too much." ”

"How could it be! Uncle Guo worked hard for me, but I felt that I owed Uncle Guo too much. Ye Qing hurriedly said.

Wen Li just smiled, turned around and left the main hall, the emperor's eyes followed Wen Li's figure like this, until he could no longer see, then slowly retracted his gaze, turned around and entered the apse, and instructed the servants to explain what Wen Li had just done to him.

......

The dark clouds slowly gathered in the distance, the sky outside the clouds was low, the darkness swallowed the light of the imperial capital little by little with the footsteps of the dark clouds, the wind whistled from the southwest, and the dark clouds of Tuoba Yan blew the hunting flag, it seems that a heavy rain tonight can not be avoided.

Tuoba Yan built the camp here, because it was only twenty miles away from the imperial capital, and he could even see the brilliant Tianming Palace when he looked up. Wu Ji's inference was correct, Tuoba Yan concentrated his forces here, that is, to attack the north gate with all his might, he besieged the imperial capital for nearly four months, and countless small-scale attacks buried the seeds of fear deep in the hearts of those princes and ministers, they are now all frightened birds, and the tight string may break at any time.

"Finally, the authority of this world will be held in my hands." Tuoba Yan held the flagpole with one hand, and suddenly stretched out his other hand towards nothingness, clenching it fiercely, with an undisguised longing smile on his face, Gongsun Yuan stood beside him with an old folding fan, and there was no expression on his face.

In recent days, Tuoba Yan has always liked to come here to look at the imperial capital, watch the sun sink in the west, and watch the light of Daxi dissipate little by little. He never thought that he would become a traitor in the mouth of others, he guarded the border, tasted the scorching sun and drank the wind, accompanied by the wind and sand all year round, and hovered on the edge of life and death every day, but the group of dogs in the imperial capital relied on exploiting the people to deduct military salaries to make themselves wide-headed, fat, and oily, and the emperor who scolded Fang Xuan and pointed out the country also became a chess piece in the hands of others little by little. Until a strategist said: "Daxi is exhausted, the ambition of the wolf son of the Wen clan will show their fangs in the near future, and the princes from all walks of life are already ready to move, the general holds the twenty-seven counties of three states in the north, and there are countless elite soldiers, rather than waiting for the world to fall into the hands of others, it is better to raise troops at this time to attack the Tianguan, it will become a big thing." ”

This is not a foolproof strategy, a surprise attack on the Lock Heaven Pass, a strong attack on the imperial capital, all with 120,000 points of danger, not to mention whether the Lock Heaven Pass can be taken or not, that is, it is taken, and the imperial capital is not just a casual talk can be captured, and then the princes will join forces to serve the king, and they will only end up in a dilemma.

But his words struck Tuoba Yan's heart, and pulled out his long-buried ambition, and that day, he was silent for a long time, and finally said:

"This false prosperity has existed for a long time, let's use wolf smoke to open the real prosperity!"

At dusk, the wind carried the heavy rain and swept every inch of the land within a hundred miles of the Apocalypse City, and the rain smashed on the eaves with a loud sound, and the torrential rain rolled down between the eaves, and soon gathered into countless trickles, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street, only the bleak wind and the desolate rain. In Tuoba Yan's camp, the soldiers were still patrolling in the mud, and the guards behind Gongsun Yuan and Tuoba Yan drew out the umbrellas they had prepared earlier to cover them, but they did not move. After a long time, Gongsun Yuan finally spoke, "Let's go, I think if you don't take the imperial capital tonight, the general won't leave." ”

Tuoba Yan really didn't leave, he took the umbrella from the soldier's hand, and said, "Go, bring me a chair, I'm going to sit here and watch you attack Apocalypse City." ”