The flowers are gradually charming to the eye, and the asakusa can have no horseshoe.

The mountains are full of wild flowers, the grass is quiet, and there are no horses' hooves, but they can't bury the loyal soul.

The road home of 100,000 loyal souls is not peaceful.

More than 10,000 elite soldiers sent thousands of carriages loaded with loyal souls.

There is no solemnity of the army's travel, but a touch of sadness.

"Da Da Da ......"

The carriage at the head, when the fog of the early morning dissipated, knocked on the door of the county seat.

The hearse, which stretches for more than four miles, is dazzling when viewed from the city wall.

When the city guards saw this, they hurried down the city wall and lined up on both sides of the city gate to greet them.

With the most solemn military appearance, they expressed their respect to the 100,000 loyal souls who returned.

The emigrants in the county who were about to flee were blocked at the door.

They had no way out of the city, so they could only drag their families to watch the excitement at the city gate.

It's just that.

They didn't see the excitement, but saw a scene that they would never forget.

One hearse after another entered the city.

Smooth jars were piled with hearses.

On each jar, there is a military plaque.

"It's ......"

"It should be the group of veterans who went to Haoshuichuan before......"

"Looking at the posture, I'm afraid I'm afraid I've died a lot, right?"

"I'm a little bit of arithmetic, and after a rough calculation, I should be all dead......"

"So to put it that way...... Isn't the good water river breached? We're in danger, and we'll have to run when they're gone. ”

“……”

The people whispered and discussed.

Wang Xing and his entourage turned a deaf ear.

The revival of the veterans' feelings for the Yan Kingdom, they who emigrated do not understand.

Wait until all the hearses enter the county.

The county commander supported an elderly man, followed by a large group of old and weak women and children, and arrived in front of Wang Xing.

The old man looked at the dense columbarium behind Wang Xing, stumbled forward two steps, and said in a trembling voice: "...... are all dead."

Wang Xing burst into tears and nodded solemnly.

The old man's eyes were red, and he also shed two lines of tears, he staggered and almost fell.

Fortunately, the county commander was quick to help him steady.

After the old man stood firm, he glared at Wang Xing and asked, "My son went into battle, can he fight bravely?" ”

Wang Xing nodded heavily, "Heroic!" ”

The old man asked again, "My son is afraid of death when he goes into battle?" ”

Wang Xing nodded again, "No!" ”

The old man asked again, "Can the good water river be kept?" ”

Wang Xing took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice: "100,000 brothers, fight desperately, behead the Liao general Yelu Xian, behead the Liao army of 50,000, and defend the good water river." ”

"Good!"

With tears in his eyes, the old man stomped on the crutches in his hand, "My son died fighting for his family and country, and he died." He is not afraid of death, but also fights bravely. The old man's face was shining. ”

The old man looked back and shouted to the old and weak women and children who had long been crying behind him: "The sons and daughters of our family went out to fight, not afraid of death, and fought bravely. Worthy of His Majesty's trust, and worthy of the expectations of our families.

They have no regrets, and we have no regrets.

Get out of the way and send the sons and daughters to Zhongyi Mountain. ”

The old man's prestige was very high, and he shouted.

The old and weak women and children automatically got out of the way.

Wang Xing did not let the hearse move, but took a package from behind the hearse and solemnly handed it to the old man.

"Brother, the brothers want to be buried in Zhongyi Mountain, this is the long-cherished wish of the brothers, so I can't give you this ashes. This is the military card of your county brothers, and I will give it to you. ”

The old man trembled and took the military card and nodded heavily.

The hearse started again.

Sail to Zhongyi Mountain.

The old and weak women and children spontaneously followed the hearse to send their men on their last ride.

Among the crowds of people who were about to leave the city, whispers resumed.

"These veterans are really powerful, 100,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, and they fought to death 50,000 Liao troops......"

"If you want me to say, that's stupid. A group of sick seedlings, running to fight something. ”

"Shut up!"

An angry shout interrupted the cool man.

"Who are you, and you have to care what others say?"

"I'm a Yanren!"

Leaving these four words, the man shook off his robe, put his hands behind his back, and left arrogantly.

Behind him, his wife and children ran after him.

"Xianggong, aren't we running away?"

The man glanced at his wife and said flatly, "Why do you want to run away?" Yan has soldiers like this, who can defeat it? You take your children and grandchildren home to stay, and your husband is going to send the loyal soul on a ride. ”

"Daddy, I'll go too!"

"I'm going too, Daddy!"

The two sons scrambled to speak.

The man nodded heavily, "Good! Daddy will take you there. Daddy wants you to remember one thing, too. He is summoned by the king of Yan, and there will be a place for the two of you on the battlefield. ”

The two brothers looked at each other and saluted the man together, "The child must follow his father's teachings. ”

"Go ......"

At this point, the father and son embarked on the road of escorting the loyal soul.

City gates.

A loud chirp sounded.

Those people who were about to flee were filled with righteous indignation at the moment and spat at the person who had just said cool things.

Then they dragged their families back to their homes in the city.

The man who said the cool words turned red and ashamed.

Wait until everyone is gone.

He scolded angrily: "I think they all deserve to die, and you deserve to die too......"

"I think it's you the most damned."

An angry voice rang in his ears.

"Who?"

He turned his head and saw a man dressed in the costume of a servant, standing coldly behind him.

He took a step back in fright, "Who are you and what do you want to do?" ”

The official stared at him coldly and said in a low voice: "Once, I was also a member of the Renaissance Army. As for what I want to do? Hehe, no one told you that in Yan Kingdom, loyalty and righteousness cannot be disgraced? ”

"Huh~"

The long knife came out of its sheath and slammed into the man's neck.

The man's eyes widened and he fainted.

"Come two people and send him to the prisoner camp in Xixia Mansion."

Dispose of this insulting bastard.

The officials hurriedly caught up with the team escorting the loyal souls.

It only took three days to get from Chungyi Mountain to Haosui River.

On the way back, it cost fifteen people.

Everywhere I went.

There will be tens of thousands of people waiting.

Wang Xing will also leave the military badges of the brothers who died in the battle to their families.

And the people who escorted the loyal souls to the Zhongyi Mountain gathered more and more.

Finally, we arrived at Zhongyi Mountain.

The number of people escorting the loyal souls is as many as hundreds of thousands.

In this battle, the people who died the most were still Zhongyizhuang.

The old and weak women and children were looking forward to it, reading it, and watching it at the mouth of Zhongyi Village.

When they saw the long procession of hearses, they wailed.

The women gathered around the king and asked him heartbreakingly, "Why didn't you die when your child died?"

Wang Xing was in tears, and he tried his best to compensate them, claiming that he was guilty, but he didn't protect those children.

An old man who was paralyzed was carried by four women to Wang Xing.

When Wang Xing saw the old man, he said in a mournful voice, "Old brother...... I didn't protect your doll......"

The old man raised his hand and patted it.

The daughter-in-law next to her cried and asked, "My father asks you, is my baby afraid of death?" ”

"Don't be afraid of death!"

"Can the good water river be kept?"

"Hold on!"

“……”

The old man was lying on the couch with tears in his eyes but a smile on his face.

I don't know if it's happy or sad.

His name is Wang Cheng.

There are five people in the family.

A father, two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson.

Two sons and one grandson, both died on the battlefield.

He cried because the white-haired man sent the black-haired man.

He laughed because his children and grandchildren died on the battlefield and defended his family and country, and he was happy.

In the midst of a wail.

Wang Xing sent the ashes of 100,000 old soldiers to the foot of Zhongyi Mountain.

I didn't climb the mountain, but I was stopped.

Peng Pai held a bright yellow scroll in his hand, standing heavily at the foot of Zhongyi Mountain, stopping in front of Wang Xing and hundreds of thousands of other people.

"Huh~"

In the limelight.

Peng Pai unfolded Huang Juan and muttered in a deep voice, "The edict said: Stop the spirit of Zhongyi Mountain, set up an ancestral hall to show meritorious service, and pay tribute to the people." On another day, I will bring the heads of millions of thieves to lay the ground, and then send the loyal souls back to the mountain...... Chin this. ”

"No!"

……

Port City.

Inside the camp.

Kou Zhun, who rushed over from Yanjing City, was stopped outside the study.

Kou Zhun impatiently shouted at the guards guarding the door: "Open the door, this official wants to go in." ”

The soldier guarding the door had a bitter face and said in a low voice: "Lord Kou, it's not that we don't open the door for you, it's that Your Majesty has an order, and no one will see it." ”

Kou Zhun had a gloomy face and roared: "The official has been here for three days, he hasn't stepped out of this door for three days, and the water and rice haven't entered for three days, and if he continues like this, he will die." You want to see him die? ”

The guard guarding the door looked even more bitter, "We don't want to, but our duty is what." Ever since His Majesty got the battle report of the good water river, he locked himself in the room and did not let people in or out.

If it weren't for the military order, we would have rushed in. ”

Kou Zhun said coldly: "Open the door and let the official in, if something happens, the official will bear it." ”

The guards guarding the door glanced at each other, smiled wryly and shook their heads, "Where are our duties......

After a pause, one of the soldiers looked at Kou Zhun and said in a low voice, "If you break in, Lord Kou, we may not be able to stop ......."

Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows, comprehending.

Immediately, he opened his legs and rushed inside.

The guards at the door only symbolically resisted, and let Kou Zhun break in.

"Whew~"

Kou Zhun rushed open the door, and a puff of smoke wafted out of the door.

The pungent smell choked Kou and coughed straight.

Kou Zhun endured the choking smoke and rushed into the room.

In the mist of the clouds, I saw Yang Qi sitting at the desk with his hair scattered, swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog.

On the floor in front of the table, there were cigarette butts scattered all over the ground.

Yang Qi looked out the window in a daze, smoking one after another.

Seeing this, Kou Zhun was angry, and he said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, is this frightened by the Liao people?" A man hides here and licks his wounds. ”

Yang Qi paused the hand that gave the cigarette butt to his mouth, turned his head, and glanced at Kou Zhun.

Only then did Kou Zhun see Yang Qi's face clearly.

Unkempt and stubble.

Like a beggar.

Half-lying on the chair, holding a cigarette, Yang Qi asked Kou Zhun with some sadness, "Kou Zhun...... Originally, I established the Southern Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom just to protect more people.

But now?

More people are dying because of me.

Do you think I'm right or wrong? ”

Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, frowning, not knowing how to answer.

Yang Qi suddenly grinned, "You can't laugh at that, I, the lord of the country who has two big powers, actually have no interest in the throne at all?" After all, the enemy's ambition was nurtured, and I thought I was weak and deceitful, which caused so many soldiers and people to die tragically. ”

The smile on Yang Qi's face became more and more hideous, his voice became higher and higher, and he roared angrily, "It's because I don't claim to be the emperor that they see the ambition of subduing me, and let them think that I, Yang Yansi, am just a small country lord who can be bullied casually."

If I had been stronger, I would have been more ruthless.

Tell them that I am an emperor, and that it will be miserable to provoke me.

Wouldn't they be so reckless? ”

Kou Zhun was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "This matter has nothing to do with whether he is called an emperor or not......

Yang Qi shook his head slowly, "Yes!" It has a lot to do with it! If I don't call myself emperor, I will always remember some old feelings and keep everything in my hands. Give them a respite. If I am the emperor, I will kill people, and there will be millions of floating corpses, and they will not dare to have any bad thoughts about me again. In this way, there will not be so many people who die tragically because of me, and only the enemy will die. ”

"I gave you three points for the sake of all loyalty, but why don't you understand?"

Kou Zhun blinked, not understanding what Yang Qi was talking about.

But he felt that under Yang Qi's calm surface, the anger in his heart was unprecedented.

Yang Qi dropped the cigarette butt in his hand, slowly stood up, looked at Kou Zhun calmly, and said lightly: "From now on, I, Yan Kingdom, will no longer belong to the Song Kingdom."

I, Yang Yansi, am no longer the canonized King of Yan of the Song Kingdom.

From now on, my Yan Kingdom is only a Yan Country, which only belongs to the people of Yan Kingdom, and does not belong to anyone else.

Since then, there has been no king in the Yan Kingdom, only one emperor. ”

Kou Zhun was extremely shocked, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, is this going to tear your face with Song Guo?" ”

Yang Qi said lightly: "They tore their faces first." ”

Kou Zhun slowly lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "The minister understands. ”

Yang Qi nodded and said, "You came just in time, help me draft a few military orders and pass them on." ”

"No!"

"One letter was sent to the south and told Yang Yanding and Yang Yanguang not to lead the forbidden army of the Song State to fight guerrillas in the mountains. Artillery and gunpowder are on the battlefield, give me a crush of them, and counterattack Yongzhou. ”

"One letter was sent to Haoshuichuan and told Yang Yande to lead the soldiers and horses to gallop to the aid of the Beiliang Kingdom and destroy Li Jiqian, a bedbug. I don't want to see this bug jump out of it again and disgust people. ”

"One letter was sent to Gubeikou and told Yang Yanping to let him show me Brother Yelu Xiu, don't let Brother Yelu Xiu run away."

"The last letter...... Send it to Dongtou Island and tell Fallen Leaf that after staying on Dongtou Island for a long time, it's time to move. Let him lead the water bandits who followed him at the beginning, and entangle Han Qiong at sea for me.

Don't let Han Qiong bypass Dengzhou and appear in the territory of my Yan Kingdom.

Otherwise, there is a good-looking one for him. ”

The drafting of the three military orders was completed.

Yang Qi stamped the seal and ordered someone to send it out quickly.

And Yang Qi himself, went out and washed up.

Summoned all the soldiers and horses in the port city.

"The whole army hurried to Gubeikou."

The soldiers of the Earthquake Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the Yan Army, after regrouping, rushed to Gubeikou with Yang Qi.

Eat and sleep all the way.

Ten days' journey.

It took only seven days for the soldiers.

Seven days later.

Yang Qi stepped on the wall of Gubeikou under the worship of all the soldiers of Gubeikou.

Outside the city.

In the vastness.

There are many battle flags and countless armors.

The momentum of the Heavenly Gate Array can be seen clearly from afar.

Yang Qi stood with his hands folded, looked at the Heavenly Gate Great Array from afar, and waved his hand calmly.

The artillery of the statue, with the wave of Yang Qi's hand, was carried up to the Gubeikou.