9429 Chapter 272 Soldiers besiege Shenlie Mountain

At the top of Shenlie Mountain, the wind is howling and the war clouds are thick. Fear and uneasiness gradually spread among the courtiers.

Most of them were powerless ministers, who would have thought that one day war and slaughter would be so close to them, that they seemed to smell the disgusting smell of blood faintly when they breathed.

Many ministers have been frightened to the point of colorlessness, their bodies trembling, the so-called "ministers are not afraid of death and sacrifice their lives for righteousness" that used to hang on their lips have all become empty and pale at this moment, when the enemy's sword is almost up to the tip of their nose, how many people can really die calmly? Human nature is inherently weak, and generals on the bloody battlefield have times when they surrender for fear of death, let alone these civil servants?

The shouts of killing at the bottom of the mountain became more and more intense, and the rebels who heard the sound seemed to have started a bloody battle with the forbidden army guarding the mountain.

At this time, a commander of the forbidden army, covered in blood, staggered to the Temple of Heaven, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is an army of 50,000 people under the mountain who rebelled and wanted to forcibly attack the mountain, and there were few forbidden soldiers. can only resist for a while, please retreat quickly! ”

When the ministers heard this, they were in an uproar, 50,000 people! The prince's rebellion was indeed carefully planned, how could the 10,000 forbidden army withstand the attack of 50,000? The eyes of the ministers are all focused on the emperor, the situation is so urgent, I don't know what the emperor will decide?

Wei Chengde, the secretary of the military department, after a brief period of consternation. immediately returned to normal, at this time, he raised his eyebrows, stood up from the group of ministers, knelt in front of the emperor and said awe-inspiringly: "The ministers die for the king, and it becomes a great righteousness." The emperor please return to the capital as soon as possible, the old minister is the secretary of the military department, although he is a civil minister, but he is also familiar with military affairs, here the old minister commands to resist, to buy time for the emperor to retreat, until the battle to a soldier, the old minister will not let the rebels cross this hill! ”

The emperor glanced at Wei Chengde with relief. Immediately sneered: "Lian is the true Son of Heaven, and the throne of Lian is ordered by Heaven, how can the rebels be helpless against Heaven's will?" Joint, no retreat! ”

The emperor sank like water, his eyes were filled with a cold murderous aura, his eyes swept over the ministers, and he said in a deep voice: "Lian wants you to open your eyes and see clearly how the rebels are wiped out at the feet of Lian!" ”

After speaking, the emperor shouted: "Where is Feng Qiudao?" Where is Han Dashi? ”

The voice fell, and the two of them walked out of the magnificent octagonal round building of the Temple of Heaven, full of clothes and armor, both of them had calm faces, and they showed the fierce spirit of the army between walking.

"The last general will meet the emperor." The two walked up to the emperor and bowed on one knee.

"Two generals, please." The emperor looked at the eyes of the two with some appreciation: "The prince is rebelling, the situation is critical, whether he can turn the tide, it all depends on the two generals." ”

Feng Qiudao and Han Dashi bowed again: "Obey the order!" ”

Then the two got up, walked a few steps in the opposite direction, and then took the strong bow handed by the general, raised their heads to the sky and shot an arrow, and the sharp and piercing roar reached the ninth night. Immediately afterwards, several figures of soldiers wearing the gray uniforms of the Long Wu Army and the Long Xiang Army were slowly revealed, and there were more and more figures, and finally there were gray figures all over the mountains.

After the soldiers revealed their figures, they quickly began to gather down the mountain, like dozens of gray streams. Quickly flowing down the mountain, surging and excited.

It was only at this time that the ministers faintly understood, it turned out. The prince's rebellion has long been in the emperor's calculations, the emperor has already been prepared, whether he has a plan or not, what is the chance of the prince winning?

"Heralds, drums! Join forces! The two generals shouted at the same time.

"Knock knock," the dull and deafening drum beating, the soldiers of the two armies seemed to have received the signal to charge, their morale suddenly rose high, and they shouted in unison: "Kill!" ”

The roar shook the sky, causing the wind and clouds to change color, and the mountains and rivers were confused.

In the shouting of killing, the soldiers of the two armies quickly joined forces, like two torrents meeting, and then merged into a huge current, rushing down the mountain.

At the foot of Shenlie Mountain, the prince sat motionless in the makeshift military tent, his expression was complicated, and he was excited with a little trepidation, this was a battle involving his life and power, with life and death and glory as the bet. Now the bet has been placed on the gambling table, just waiting for the moment when the results are announced, so even if the prince who has been through the storm for a long time, the deep prince of the city, can't help but feel excited and apprehensive in his heart at this moment, this complex emotion has been manifested on his face, his face is twitching at the moment, the hand holding the teacup is also trembling, and the high-pitched shouting outside the tent seems to ignite a dazzling flame in his chest, which makes him have a ** that wants to destroy everything.

Sisi hung her sideburns and sat in the corner of the military tent. Silently debugging the strings of a pipa. She raised her head from time to time and smiled at the prince, her smile was charming, and when she lowered her head. There was a little imperceptible cold light in the beautiful eyes.

To make it die is to make it mad. The prince's excited look fell on her eyes, making her sigh in her heart.

Outside the military tents, soldiers constantly came to report the latest progress of the war.

"Your Highness, our army has surrounded Shenlie Mountain, and the 10,000 horses in the front have begun to fight with the forbidden army!"

"Your Highness, the vanguard of our army has the upper hand. The forbidden army is retreating one after another, and our army is slowly advancing towards the top of the mountain. ”

"Your Highness, our army has occupied the mountainside of the leader Lie Mountain, the forbidden army has suffered heavy casualties, retreated to the top of the mountain, and the current strength is less than 5,000." ”

The battle reports came, and everything was going smoothly in the direction expected by the prince, and the prince's expression became more and more excited, and the strange look just now was long gone.

Fan Rui on the side frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, although the war is going smoothly at present, Your Highness can't take it lightly and worry about it,"

The prince's excitement gradually eased, and he said, "What is Sir worried about?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, I got the news earlier, the emperor has made some arrangements, but until now, in addition to the heavy casualties of the forbidden army following the emperor, I have not seen the emperor have a soldier and a soldier to reinforce, and His Royal Highness's private army has been completely engaged in the war, but the border army of Chai Mengshan has not yet arrived, and I am worried that these two things may affect His Highness's plans."

The prince's heart suddenly sank: "Is there a military report from Chai Mengshan?" ”

Fan Rui nodded: "The messenger came two hours ago, saying that due to the heavy rain overnight, the march was affected. Therefore, it is a little later than the seventh time of the mouth. At present, General Chai's headquarters are about to arrive on the north bank of the Yangtze River to talk about Zhaoyue, "they can cross the river immediately, and after crossing the Yangtze River, they will be able to go straight to the north of Shenlie Mountain, and fight our army in front and back, so that no one can escape."

The crown prince looked depressed and frowned: "I hope he doesn't break his promise, otherwise today's battle will be very variable,"

At this moment, I could only hear the earth-shattering drums on the mountain, and then a shout of killing with thousands of people shouting in unison, like thunder hitting the top, shook the eardrums.

The crown prince and Fan Rui's hearts trembled, and they hurriedly walked out of the military tent, staring at the mountain, only to see a stop. The gray figures all over the field, like a great river, rushed towards the prince's private army on the mountainside, and the shining blades reflected the imposing faces of the soldiers, like a group of hungry wolves, showing their hideous fangs to their prey. The prince's private army on the mountainside was soon overwhelmed by this gray torrent, and even the waves did not rise at all.

Fan Rui's face suddenly turned like ashes. muttered to himself: "Reinforcements" Sure enough, the emperor has already been on the spot,"

The prince's body trembled slightly, and his face was blue. Gritted his teeth and said: "It's just a few tens of thousands of horses, don't forget that we still have 50,000 horses from Chai Mengshan about to arrive, and the two armies will be united at that time, and they will not be able to escape from the palm of their lonely hands even if they have 100,000 horses!" ”

"Herald! The whole army contracted its defenses, resisted the reinforcements on the top of the mountain, insisted on waiting until the border army of Chai Mengshan arrived, and if there were any cowards who retreated, they would be killed." The prince gritted his teeth and gave a military order categorically.

Fan Rui's heart had already sunk into the abyss quickly, and he pursed his lips and opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. At this time, he no longer dared to break the prince's bubble-like expectations.

The emperor has arranged an ambush on this Shenlie Mountain. Didn't he make arrangements for Chai Mengshan? Can the 50,000 border troops that the prince is looking forward to still reach the foot of this Shenlie Mountain?

The prince turned his head, a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth. Father, you have ambushes, don't I have any? Even if Chai Mengshan is completely annihilated by you today, you can't escape the fate of death, the throne will definitely belong to me today, and no one can stop it!

On the upper floor of the northern city of the capital, Fang Zheng was staring coldly at Qin Chong, whose face was gray.

"General Qin, the duty of a courtier. You don't need me to teach you, where to go, you choose for yourself, don't forget, the life and death of more than 50,000 soldiers of the city defense army, as well as the life and death of their families. But it's all up to you, Fang Zheng said coldly.

"I" I don't know. Qin Chong's lips trembled, and there was no trace of blood again.

Fang Zheng sighed and said, "Okay, I won't force you, I hope that when the prince's army is defeated and wants to retreat to the capital to stubbornly resist, General Qin will make the right choice."

Qin Chong froze, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.

Fang Zheng looked at him and nodded affirmatively. said solemnly: "If the prince rebels, he will be defeated!" General Qin. Do it yourself. Now I'm going to do something, and I hope you don't stop me

After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and grinned at the dozen or so city defense army generals standing at the towering platform, and then made a straight face and shouted, "Someone!" Drumming. Gathering! All the generals above the partial general, all go to the Beicheng Tower to listen to the order, if the three drums do not arrive, beheaded! ”

Soon, a dull and ear-damping drum sounded under the city tower, and the sound of "dong dong dong" seemed to knock on the hearts of the generals, making people tremble involuntarily.

Most of the generals of the city defense army were bribed by the crown prince. So Fang Zheng has a lot of resistance and resistance, but after all, Fang Zheng is the nominal general of the city defense army, and the chief general convenes the generals under his command to discuss the matter, who dares not to obey? A few days ago, the deputy general Shen Xin was a good negative teaching material, Fang Zheng beheaded Shen Xin to establish his authority, and this matter has always been deeply feared by the generals.

Soon, the generals gathered in the North Tower, which had been temporarily set up as the main general's tent. Guarding the door and Fang Zheng's side were all guards from the forbidden army, and their cronies were ordered by the emperor to protect Fang Zheng's safety.

The generals were either calm or sneering, pushing and shoving into the city tower.

In the city tower, Fang Zheng sat on the seat of the main general, and there were dozens of guards standing beside him, the guards pressed their swords on their waists, and looked at the generals who were rushing in with cold expressions, and a fierce killing aura gradually spread in the city tower.

Qin Zhong sat on Fang Zheng's right side, his expression was discouraged, his face was mournful, he sat motionless without saying a word, and he didn't even look at the generals who came in the first time.

The point is over, and all the generals have arrived. Fang Zheng smiled, then stood up with a gloomy face. staring at the generals for a moment, he said coldly: "Today, the general gathers the generals for the next military order: from now on, the whole city will be under martial law, all city gates will be closed, and no one will be allowed to enter or exit, and the city defense army will begin to patrol the city in formation, and order Jinling Mansion Yin to immediately send a patrol officer to arrest the city, cooperate with the city defense army to maintain law and order in the city, and post notices everywhere to ensure that the capital does not fall into chaos." ”

"What? Closing the city gates? An adjutant general named Deng Xiang of the city defense army stood up suddenly. Tie Qing's face turned blue, glared at Fang Zheng angrily, and said loudly: "General Fang, what do you mean by this?" Why do you need to close the gates? Whose orders are you under your orders? ”

Fang Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his expression actually showed a little joy, and said with a smile: "Then the general does not agree with General Ben's decision?" Great, come on, come on, tell everyone your point of view, why you don't agree, what do you think, when you questioned General Ben, where did the inexplicable courage come from, let's talk about it. Let's talk about it, speak freely, ah, General Ben is not an unreasonable person, I believe everyone must feel the same way, right? ”

Looking at Fang Zheng's kind smile on his face, which was as kind as a blessing from a heavenly official, a chill pierced the bone marrow rose in the hearts of the generals. A few days ago, when he slashed Shen Xin Liwei on the school field, didn't he also have this creepy smile on his face?

Deng Xiang suffocated unconsciously, Fang Zheng's smile made him very uneasy, this feeling became stronger and stronger, and now he felt his neck cold. The head on his neck seemed to leave his body at any time and fall into the dust, just like his colleague Shen Xin in the army.

But Naxiang turned his head slightly, through the window of the city tower, and saw the dense city defense soldiers lined up under the city wall, Deng Xiang's heart couldn't help but recover a little confidence, I have so many loyal and panicked generals under the city wall, just wait for my order, they will all rush to the small, here and now, this kid surnamed Fang still dares to kill me?

Thinking of this, Na Xiang couldn't help but sneer. Straightened his waist and said coldly: "General Fang, don't button the hat for the last general, our city defense army does have the responsibility of defending the city." However, according to the laws of our Hua Dynasty, unless the emperor personally decrees or the enemy soldiers are approaching the city, the gate of the capital is not allowed to be closed at any time. ”

Fang Zheng smiled and said: "I know, of course General Ben knows" In other words, General Deng disagrees with General Ben's decision, right? ”

Deng Xiang glared angrily and said loudly: "Yes! The last general disagrees! This move is a conspiracy, and the general will not dare to agree! ”

Fang Zheng licked his lips happily, rubbed his hands again, stared at Deng Xiang with his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Great, what do you really want, Lao Tzu is really panicked if he doesn't gamble" was worried about who to take the knife, this stupid bird stood up, tsk, how heroic Then Fang Zhengjun's face sank, and said viciously: "Naxiang, since you dare to disobey the general's military order." You should understand what the consequences will be, and if you don't obey the orders of the Lord, you will speak badly and contradict it, and you should be beheaded for the crime, and it will be auspicious. You're very kind,

After speaking, without waiting for Deng Xiang to speak, Fang Zheng shouted: "Someone! Take down Naxiang, tie it to the arrow girl of the city tower, and behead it in front of all the soldiers! ”

The voice fell, and more than a dozen generals in the city tower stood up at the same time, blocking in front of Na Xiang, glaring at Fang Zheng angrily, and the hostility in his eyes burst out like a raging flame, burning all over Fang Zheng's body.

"What is your attitude?" Fang Zheng saw that all the generals were staring at him without kindness. His neck suddenly shrank, and he asked with a little nervousness.

The generals were silent, just staring at him and sneering, and then everyone turned their eyes to Qin Chong, who was silent, as if they were waiting for him to give an order, and they were waiting to take Fang Zheng down.

Fang Zheng's eyes rolled wildly, and after observing clearly. As if the magazine saw the situation in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but tremble a few times, and said in shock: "You are collectively rebelling? ”

Fang Zheng's guards immediately drew their blades. The movement quickly pointed obliquely at the generals, and at the same time divided four people to surround Fang Zheng in the middle, strictly protecting. The atmosphere in the castle tower suddenly became tense, and the two sides pulled their crossbows from the right, filled with the smell of gunpowder that was about to explode.

Qin Zhong raised his head, glanced at the generals, looked at Fang Zheng who looked panicked, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, and lowered his head again.

"Have you figured it out? Don't regret making this decision, there are no regrets to buy these medicines..."Fang Zheng rolled his eyes and tried to make his last effort.

"Humph! With a tyrannical and domineering commander like you, what if we are the opposite? A general snorted coldly.

Fang Zheng sighed, shook his head and said, "You are finally running naked on the road of crime, running farther and farther, you can't catch up, it's immoral!" ”

Immediately, Fang Zheng suddenly smiled at everyone. Then Ban flattened his face and shouted in a deep voice: "Vinson, send a signal, surround them all!" ”

Wen Sen beside him shook his hand when he heard this, and only heard a loud "bang", Fang Zheng's legs were weak in fright, and he didn't hesitate to drill under the only table in the city tower.

But the situation inside the castle tower has changed here.

I saw countless figures along the window, on the city wall, and even on the beams on the roof, they were wearing uniform black suits, as well as the costumes of the guards of the forbidden army, and the generals in the building had no time to react, and in the blink of an eye, these people surrounded the city tower, and then, these people in groups of three or five, with an uncommon combined attack, quickly exchanged hands with more than a dozen rebel generals in the city tower.

The rebel generals were originally proficient in martial arts, but their greatest strength was the strategy of leading troops and arranging troops. In terms of skill, of course, he can't be as good as the shadow and the master of the Great Internal Forbidden Army, not to mention that there are still several masters besieging one person, so in a few rounds, these rebel generals were all subdued, and the shadows and guards did not dare to be careless, and they were beaten with ropes. It's tied like a rice dumpling.

What was supposed to be a life-and-death rebellion was invisibly eliminated by Fang Zheng's hundreds of guards and shadow subordinates.

Under the city wall, the soldiers of the city defense army were alarmed by the loud noise in the city tower, everyone looked up at the city tower in disbelief, the army began to have some commotion for a while, and the generals who were taken down had their own henchmen in the army, and they also began to move at this time, intending to rescue them.

Qin Chong's face was pale as he stared at these sturdy generals who were tied up, his expression full of horror. Full of disbelief, he kept muttering: "It turns out that you have already made arrangements, it turns out that you have already made arrangements."

turned his head to look for Fang Zheng again, but saw him along the racetrack on the city wall, gritting his teeth to chase and kill Vinson, chasing and fighting, beating and scolding: "Vinson! Lao Tzu wants you to sound an arrow as a signal. What the hell do you mean by setting off a cannon for Lao Tzu? Scare Lao Tzu to death, hello, sit on my height, aren't you? Don't! ”

"Spare your life! The castle tower is a room. Where to put the arrows, only to fire the cannons, Winson screamed mournfully, and did not forget to defend himself.

"Huh? Dare to talk back? It's against you! Flying legs! ”

ashamed

Qin Chong's eyes were dull, and cold sweat flowed down his head uncontrollably."

Look at Fang Zheng's guards and shadow subordinates. They were also full of black lines, and turned around in amusement. Don't look at anything, let Lord Fang play freely"

After the pursuit, Fang Zheng returned to the city tower satisfied, followed by Wen Sen, who was limping and had a blue nose and swollen face.

Seeing the frightened and sturdy-tied generals of the city defense army, Fang Zheng's mood suddenly became comfortable again, he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, then his expression was closed, and he said loudly with a serious face: "Now I declare, you are all Lao Tzu's meat tickets, hurry up and call your family members to pay the ransom, after twelve hours, Lao Tzu will tear up the tickets!" ”

After speaking, Fang Zheng laughed proudly a few times. Then he turned his head and shouted, "Beat the drum!" Order the sergeants to assemble in formation, and General Ben will rob! "It's wrong, it's a card word!"