Chapter 119: Li Tang's Sudden Death (3)
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Facing the raging flames on the river, facing the more than 100 warships that were engulfed in the flames, and facing the wailing sergeants on the warships, Li Jing was dumbfounded. Eighty-one middle school? Textual network? In the depths of his heart, there was a sense of pain and frustration that he had never felt before. And then there is a kind of inner fear and panic. The noisy sound of gongs and drums gradually thinned out. The sergeant who beat the drum seemed to be shocked and touched by the battle on the river, and the fighting spirit in his heart gradually faded.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's big thing is not good, Your Majesty." A pro-army general ran up from the city tower in a panic, and two feet away from Li Jing, he pounced, knelt on the ground, and stammered while gasping: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Chu army, the vanguard of the Chu army has arrived outside the West City Gate!" ”
The drums of war stopped abruptly.
"Oh?" Li Jingleng was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, he came to his senses, and he said a little dejectedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the matter has come to this, everyone, everyone still has... Is there anything else you can do? Looking at Li Jing's appearance, although he said so in his mouth, his heart was already full of despair, and his last hope had completely disappeared with the fire on the river.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Minister... The ministers listened to Li Jing's words, poofed, and all fell to their knees. Some even cried softly, and it was obvious that Li Jing's discouragement and disappointment, like a plague, infected many people at once.
"Your Majesty, there are still 25ooo troops in the city, plus the men and horses of the school inspection battalion, there are a total of 30,000 horses, we just need to hold on and wait for reinforcements, wait until the army of Huainan goes south, and then fight to the death in the Chu State, it is not too late. Your Majesty must not be so discouraged. Song Qiqiu persuaded on the side. Song Qiqiu, who is known for his ability to change, can only talk in general terms and use empty words to comfort Li Jing. No matter how many troops there are in Huainan, what can it do? Without warships, one person can't cross the Yangtze River!
Li Jing's eyes glanced at Chang Mengxi's body, and Chang Mengxi said: "Your Majesty, Lord Song is right, we should stick to it and confront the Chu army, Lord Cha Wenhui is in Jiangbei, and he will definitely find a way to rescue His Majesty!" ”
Li Jing looked at his younger brother Li Jingda, the king of Wei, Li Jingda hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, we can hold on to it while sending people out of the city to negotiate with the Chu army. ”
"You mean you're going to surrender?" Li Jing asked expressionlessly.
Li Jingda's heart jumped suddenly, he just relied on Li Jing's favor to say something in his heart. He is a member of the royal family, and it would be best if he could not surrender, but now the situation is pressing. He lowered his head, not daring to speak!
The noisy war drum of "dong dong" came straight from outside the west gate. Li Jing was stunned for a while, looked up at the west, and asked hurriedly, "Is it that the Chu army has already attacked the city?" ”
"Report !!" A fast horse galloped from the distant street, and the one on it rode on, urging the horse with a whip, and said in a loud voice: "Report! ”
Li Jing looked at the spy in a daze, his face was like water, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart!
Song Qiqiu stood up, walked to the staircase of the city wall, and said below: "What is the urgent military situation!" ”
"Report, the defenders of the West City Gate have surrendered, and the brigade of the Chu army has entered Jinling City!"
"What?" Buzzing, kneeling on the city tower and turning his head and ears, Chang Mengxi stood up anxiously and asked, "Who is the guard of Xicheng?" How could he betray the country and join the enemy at such a critical time? ”
"Yes ... It's the king of Changzhou Thorn History! The messenger said.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Just when Chang Mengxi was stunned, Li Jing's body shook, and his legs fell to the ground when he was weak, Song Qiqiu and others hurriedly surrounded him, helping his heart and chest, and pinching people, which finally made Li Jing breathe a sigh of relief.
"The tide is gone, I ... How is it good for me? Li Jing muttered.
All the ministers were silent, guarding Jinling relied on the tall city wall, sufficient grain and grass, and now that the city wall has been breached, then there is no place for sufficient grain and grass. These people are all sensible, but none of them have come up with such a creative idea as "street fighting". In fact, Li Jing was beating drums and cheering at the head of the city, and the sudden fire in Dajiang was like growing wings, and it soon spread throughout Jinling. Ordinary people and ordinary sergeants, how could they carefully distinguish the reasons for this, and under the false rumors, it became an explanation: the Tang Dynasty died in the sky, and the water caught fire. The sergeants' will to fight dropped a lot. In addition, this Changzhou Thorn History is already linked to the Chu State, in this case, it is strange that the wolf is not lured into the house.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can follow the example of Sun Hao of Eastern Wu in the past when he saw the Jin soldiers, hold a court meeting in Hanyuan Palace, and meet the generals of the Chu army, even if you are defeated, you can't embellish the majesty of our Tang Dynasty!" Chang Mengxi said. Obviously, abandon the city and flee, I'm afraid the roots can't escape, the families of these hundred officials are all in Jinling, not many people are willing to follow Li Jing to escape, and what about escaping to Runzhou, where there are no soldiers and horses for a long time, as for the Yangtze River, it is still a raging fire, and it is strange that it will not be burned down from the waterway!
Song Qiqiu looked at Chang Mengxi, nodded, and said, "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, it is better to follow Lord Chang's advice, and we will meet Chu Jun in Hanyuan Palace!" ”
Before Li Jing could speak, the person who reported the news said resignedly: "I'm afraid... I'm afraid it won't work! After the Chu army entered the city, they went straight to the palace, and now, I am afraid that the men and horses of the school inspection camp have exchanged fire. Now rush to the palace, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter again! ”
"That... That... Chang Mengxi was in a hurry, he "that" for a long time, and he didn't say why, there was no way, Chu Jun's degree was too fast.
"Li Tang's emperor is at the North City Gate, and my brothers are all rushing with me!" The horse's hooves clicked, and the cavalry of more than 500 people came straight towards the north city gate, in order to be Li Ergou, the commander of Ma Yun's guards of the Chu State, and the cavalry of the Chu army, the vast majority of them were in Jingnan, and there were less than 1ooo horsemen in the guards.
This cavalry really has little effect in the city, but now that ** has been completely messed up, this cavalry has played the role of a scout, patrolling everywhere in the city, and it happens that Li Jing's dragon and other royal supplies have appeared. This Li Jing can't escape anymore.
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