Chapter 47: The Last Battle
Thousands of miles of bright moons look at each other, mountains, seas and stars are separated. So far in the world, who is him in the world. Floating like a dream, a fantasy white horse; The old things of the previous dynasty sank like smoke and rain, but they were particularly clear and scorching after waking up from a dream.
The closer he got to the imperial city, the clearer Chu Lingran became about the sad past of his childhood, as if the pain and grief hidden in the box for more than ten years of life all ran out, allowing him to face the ugliness and darkness under the glorious mask of the He dynasty. The increasingly painful responsibility on his shoulders, and the hundreds of lives owed to the Chu family, finally asked them back in the spring of more than ten years later.
Linglong broke the city gate wide open, the city of displaced people in all directions, the closer the people from all sides to the Central Plains, the more sparsely populated, especially in the capital. In order to avoid affecting herself, along the way, she was all homeless people who rushed from the capital to other places, and Mu Ruoying knew very well that if a war in the capital was inevitable, it would be better to leave earlier if the displacement was unavoidable. In this troubled world, it is often the people who live most clearly who live under food and clothing. The so-called emperor is just a different person sitting on the throne and giving orders.
Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying easily passed the last hurdle and joined the king of Northern Xinjiang, and the powerful army of the four seas and wilderness was now in Chu Lingran's hands. In the battle of the capital, the He family must be subverted. They just hope that they will find a way to end it without bloodshed and without harming the people.
The army gathered outside the city gate, which was only five miles away from the capital, and from the highest lookout in the capital, the part of Chu Lingran under the city could be seen, and hundreds of thousands of people were majestic, and no one could stop them from rushing towards the capital. Ten thousand horses galloped, and a hundred bows were released. I don't know when the capital has been heavily guarded, the army is guarding the last checkpoint in the city gate day and night, if Chu Lingran breaks through the gate of the capital and goes straight to the palace, it will be the moment when the world changes hands.
After Chu Lingran finished assembling the army, the soldiers came to the city and looked at the first ten thousand people in the imperial city above the city gate, bows and shields, ready to go. Chu Lingran looked at the hasty faces of those people, they were very afraid of the battle, the wind blew the trees and fell down, just like this golden jade, the imperial city in which it was defeated, it could be overthrown so easily.
"When you used to kill the enemy with me, I told you not to expose your cowardice to your opponents. Now that we are separated by a door, the world is fighting against each other, if you are determined to sacrifice your life and die, I Chu Lingran respects you as heroes, if you are only willing to be a smart person, then open the door, the people of the capital, I am not willing to move. ”
Chu Lingran led the three armies, commanded the north and south, and shouted to the thousands of soldiers on the ten-meter high platform, Chu Lingran actually didn't want them to show weakness, and the people who had gone to the battlefield with him must not show cowardice because of the fact that they were one enemy and one hundred, that was not a general taught by Chu Lingran. A soldier who died in a hundred battles and died in his own country is the highest honor for a soldier.
"General... In the past, you taught us to be calm in everything, so that we can turn defeat into victory. But you have never taught us that if you are the opponent, there is still room for survival. ”
Standing on the city was Chu Lingran's deputy general in the past, who had lived and died with him for five years, and now both sides were in charge. Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran's best plan was to attack the imperial city without hurting a single soldier, and the last thing they wanted was to hurt innocent people. Therefore, this war cannot be fought, the capital is the prosperity of a country, if this war is attacked, it will be a harm to the survival of the entire country.
"I ask you, in the past, did you kill the enemy for the man on the throne or for the people of the dawn in the land?"
The army did not move, but the people of the capital were in a panic, they intended to crash open the city gate, seeking a glimmer of life, the whole capital is now in chaos, they are stationed at the city gate, but in their eyes it is still to suppress them, at the expense of harming the lives of the people, they really don't know who they are living for, who they are dying for.
"We're not going to defect to this land."
In fact, sometimes people's hearts are not so complicated, even so simple that they can be seen at a glance, their struggle at the moment and the so-called unchanging faith, there is nothing in people themselves that cannot be changed, as long as they wake up at that moment, at that moment, in that sentence.
"Dare to ask your lordship, the land has been in this Asian continent for hundreds of thousands of years, and the people have lived in peace for only half a hundred, the He dynasty was prosperous in the past, and now it has declined to this point, is it not enough to make the soldiers in the city sober? Chu Lingran today with the east, west, north and south of the four sides of the border troops in our Central Plains to the richest land, along the way there is no military defense, if this He dynasty can really win the love of the people of the world, today Chu Lingran will not be able to attack the Xuanwu Gate at all. You are killing the people you are protecting, for whom do you kill them? And why kill to stop killing? ”
Mu Ruoying walked from behind Chu Lingran, she had already recovered her former appearance, all the way with the army, and the people did not distinguish that there was a woman hidden among the tens of thousands of people, but now before the horse army, standing proudly in the frost and snow, the incomparable aura told the army, no matter how this battle ends, the people of this world will be towards Chu Ling. She is honored with the name of the lord of the country, which is given by the people, and the people will no longer believe in an emperor who holds real power, but will follow a woman who has given them the opportunity to survive and faith.
"Rong... Lord Rong'an? You... Still alive? ”
When the people of the city heard their lord standing outside the city, they immediately stopped what they were doing and froze in place. They originally thought that Chu Lingran would be like any emperor in this world, cold-blooded and ruthless, regardless of life or death. If Mu Ruoying stood by Chu Lingran's side today, they would be willing to believe that the new emperor could give them peace.
"Yes, I'm alive. I went to Fuwan alive, and I saw what your beloved emperor did to the people of Fuwan, and he did nothing but tolerated Dongying. Half of Fuwan was buried in Dongying, and General Chu and I took the heads of the lords of Dongying, but we couldn't repay the peace and tranquility of the rest of their lives. It's your uselessness, you haven't set foot in the most feared areas of human nature, and you still think you're doing the right thing. The wandering soul is not yet at peace, are you really willing to let these innocent people be displaced for that person, with nowhere to return? ”
The wind is undefeated, the military flag flutters in the dust and sand, and the mighty mountains and rivers are like the lonely tombs on the red and yellow territory. Mu Ruoying understands the fragility of people's hearts, so she easily defeated the faith of a soldier, and in order to provide another way out, as soon as the city gate is opened, everything is ready. Chu Lingran is not the general of the He Dynasty, but the lord of the new dynasty, those soldiers who are now stationed at the city gate have long been unable to distinguish between the true and the false, and what they are waiting for is nothing more than a voice that comes first, and they can throw away their armor. People... Often unwilling to be a person who retreats first.
"General... I will follow to the death, as I have done before. Accompany you to conquer the mountains and rivers. ”
The leader on the city gate waved the long sword in his hand and looked down at the battle flag of the dynasty, and the banner fell thousands of miles away, just like the heart of the army that collapsed in an instant. The sword fell straight down in front of the soldiers inside the city gate, deep in the mud, and made it clear to them who they were going to follow.
"General... I'll follow the general to the death! ”
The city gate opened, and all the people and generals were divided into two lines, and the two people who bowed to each other immediately bowed to each other, the young man was handsome and tough, and there was no match in the world. The girl has an outstanding demeanor and is peerless and independent. In this way, the two of them should be worthy of the lord of the world. Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying glanced at each other, just like the first glance in the suburbs three months ago, a glance of ten thousand years. The young man in his eyes has finally achieved his ambitions, and he finally doesn't have to live in debt and hatred to sleepless all night.
"Ling Ran, as soon as you enter this city gate, you will be the lord of the world."
Mu Ruoying looked at the person in her eyes, Chu Lingran stretched out her hand, holding both hands to feel the pulse of the other party's heartbeat, Mu Ruoying clearly sensed Chu Lingran's nervousness at the moment, finally, after ten thousand years of loneliness and grief, she was finally able to declare her country and identity, and finally returned a home to the people of the world.
"Ying'er, you told me at that time, you don't care about the world and Mufu, you have nothing to worry about. But I want to be your family and give you the last trace of sincerity and warmth in the world. ”
Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying rode into the capital, and then the army followed, and when they passed through the fireworks and willow alleys that they had passed countless times, they found that the capital was no longer as beautiful as yesterday, like a layer of smoke covered with glass, and it was gray. The capital has also become a desolate place, and the palace is even more so, so quiet... Lost all traces.
Chu Lingran entered the palace, and there was no trace of the royal family outside the palace people running around. I'm afraid they all fled into hiding underground. That hiding place had always been known only to the royal family, and they thought that Chu Lingran did not know the deepest secret when the He Dynasty built the palace back then. Who knows, Chu Lingran... Was it the former crown prince of the previous dynasty?
"Ling Ran, are they hiding under the dormitory?"
He Qiyu led an army to follow Chu Lingran to the imperial city first, the place that made him sleep at night, he hated everyone in this imperial city, hated it so much... I want to kill everyone who has insulted my mother. A servant girl with a humble status, but she has to buy a lifetime of fault for the emperor who is high. He was going to cut off the beast's head with his own hands, so that her mother would know him, but he was nothing more than a cowardly and incompetent dumb king.
"Well, it should be under the Zhengda Bright Palace."
At that time, when his father built the dormitory, he was the last place to live in order to prevent foreign enemies from attacking, and he escaped in that place and was rescued by Chu Xiang. The emperor... Now I am still complacent, I will never find him.
Chu Lingran's army came to the Zhengda Guangming Palace, and there was a dark compartment under the dragon chair, which led directly to a tunnel, which led to the outskirts of the city, and countless money and grain were placed in the tunnel. Chu Lingran knew that the emperor would hide in the tunnel, and before coming to the capital, on the day he met Mu Ruoying, he took the lead in going to the other end of the tunnel and closed the exit on the outskirts of the city.
"Set fire!"
He Qiyu ordered the soldiers to light several torches, wanting to burn those in the royal family alive. His tone was cold and ruthless, not at all like the gentle and elegant prince before, this was the first time Mu Ruoying realized the true side of He Qiyu, and sure enough, his hatred for the He dynasty did not diminish Chu Lingran in the slightest.
Under the dim tunnel, the gas is blazing, the fire spreads to the deepest depths, you can hear the miserable screams under the tunnel, the torment of every minute and second, with the most fierce roar to express their pain, that sound seems to come from hell, but in the end it still can't escape the fate of going to hell.
The voice became more and more poignant, women, girls and children, old and weak Venerables, none of them were spared. The high emperor, the graceful and luxurious queen, the noble royal family who used to sneer at their mothers, now ended their lives under this tunnel, and their pain only lasted for a few minutes, but Chu Lingran and He Qiyu suffered from more than ten years of burning fire. In order to make them feel that death is not painful, but in the world, you stay up and look forward to your own death, which makes it more and more terrifying.
Until the end... The fire weakened, and the sound was no longer loud, only wisps of smoke spread from the tunnel, it was the blood of human flesh, and the smoke drifted into the sky, Mu Ruoying didn't know if they could heal the injuries of Chu Lingran and He Qiyu, Mu Ruoying only knew that this dynasty would eventually fall at this moment.
"Someone... Throw their bones out of the city. ”
Chu Lingran turned his head, turned around and stopped looking at the smoke billowing in the tunnel, he looked at the deathly silence of the palace, all he thought in his heart was a happiness, now he... Probably so. Lord Chu, and his father and queen mother, have they ever seen that he led his troops into the imperial city and asked for the life of the dog emperor, and the people of that country, did they know that the He dynasty had never abandoned them, and the prosperous world was peaceful, and it was many years late to agree.
The troubled times finally became a little too peaceful at this moment, and after that, the history was rewritten. The winners are another matter, and the losers are determined by history. He Qiyu's eyes finally erased the last deep pain, he has lived for revenge all his life, and now... He and Chu Lingran were finally able to live for themselves, for the people, and for the ambitions of the world. That was the ambition of a man, Mu Ruoying was behind him, looking at the two of them, gambling with their lives, and finally won a world after all.