Chapter Ninety-Seven: Bloody Night
"I heard you're leaving Xiadu?" Ji Ping looked at the city quilt and didn't know what to say for a while. He really didn't expect that a plan he came up with to deprive the city of quilts would be disrupted by the city. Indeed, the city is a rare general, but there is less experience and experience, and if it is honed, it may not become a battlefield general. But why can't such a person be of my own use?
"Returning to the prince, this is a last resort."
What does the general mean by that? If the general really thinks that a certain order is just child's play, it would be good to tell Gu directly, why bother to hang up the crown and leave? Prince Ping said in a pertinent tone.
"The prince's words are naturally correct. It's just that the city's talent is low, and I'm afraid that I will live up to the prince's cultivation. ”
"The general's intentions, I'm afraid it's not just that."
The city was no longer speechless, nor did he look at Ji Ping, but just knelt there for a long time.
"Well, since the general has made up his mind, Lone can't stop it. I also hope that the general will go, he will meet again one day, and his subordinates will be merciful. ”
"Prince Xie."
Looking at the back of the city being left, the anger in Prince Ji Ping's heart could no longer be contained. If it is said that the city is just disobedient and does not carry it out, Ji Ping will at most deprive him of his military power. What's more, he also made this kind of plan at the beginning. But who would have thought that he would directly say that he was going to leave the lower capital. This violates Ji Ping's bottom line, to say it is good, this is to be offended, to say that it is ugly, it is disobedient.
"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless." Ji Ping said coldly.
The city was packed up, put away the armor, and walked out of the gate of the mansion. Outside the gate, the guards who had followed him for many years lined up in a row, looking at the dejected appearance of the main general, although he held the weapon in his hand, he knew that it was impossible to follow the general to kill the enemy on the battlefield. The city quilt also looked at these people, and the two sides were so opposed.
It's surprisingly cold today, and when you walk out the door, it seems that you can freeze. There was no moon on the gloomy night, only dark clouds passing through the sky. The city was walked out of the gate, and raised his hand to the people waiting for him, wanting to say something, but he did not know where to start. He was now dressed in civilian clothes, and his armor was in the house, but he was carrying a sword. He rested his left hand on the hilt of his sword and raised his right hand falsely. These people knew that this was the appearance of the city being about to be reprimanded, and they quickly stood up, and they all looked at him intently. In the eyes of these people, there is no armor, no tiger talisman, and the city quilt in front of them is still the commander.
"Let's disperse." The city was waved a hand. All the actions became these three words at this moment. He walked up to his mount, mounted his horse, ran a few steps forward, looked back at the crowd, said, "Disperse," and walked slowly to the city gate. At this moment, goodbye is goodbye.
Just when everyone's eyes rippled with tears, seeing that the city quilt was about to leave, a feather arrow flew out of nowhere, breaking through the air and coming towards the city quilt. The city quilt was immersed in this parting, and he didn't pay attention for a while, only to see the feather arrow cut through the darkness, with the coldness of winter, and the sturdy left chest of the city quilt. A blood flower, blooming in the dark night, bright and dazzling.
Immediately afterward, the sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air was heard in all directions, and the dense rain of arrows was like a poisonous snake in the dark, as if it was about to swallow the whole city. The people who saw them off seemed to be stupid, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while, until someone saw the city being dismounted to avoid the rain of arrows, and then they remembered to rush up and surround the city.
In the empty streets, there was occasionally a dog barking or two, and there seemed to be no other sound. Although the city quilt was hit by an arrow, but fortunately it did not hurt the vital point, in his military career, maybe the damage of this arrow was the lightest, but for the city quilt, it was indeed the most painful.
"General, are you alright?" The adjutant asked eagerly.
Ichijo shook his head without speaking.
"Who the hell is it that dares to assassinate the general, and has the ability to come out to meet!"
The adjutant general's shout did not reply, they seemed to want to know the answer, but this answer is not difficult to guess, the city is known, and some people also know, but this answer is too damaging to say.
"Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished. If you are attached to the rebellion, you will be killed together! ”
Finally, there was an echo in the empty street, a bloodthirsty coldness, to the bone.
"Who is it! Come out! "No one stood up, only the sound of the feather arrows that broke through the air, whistling by, the cold wind and cold night, bringing not only pain, but also despair. The 300-member personal guards were soldiers who had been born and died with the city for many years, and their loyalty was self-evident. I saw that everyone did not dodge in the face of the rain of arrows, but rushed out in the face of the rain of arrows, they just came to bid farewell to the quilt, no one thought that this kind of thing would happen, even if they were all wearing armor and facing the rain of arrows, they were still powerless. Even then, not a single person escaped.
The rain of arrows was like a show, and the fifty people on the periphery fell, and there were fifty more on the next floor, and the fifty people on the next floor were almost dead, and there was still the next layer. With the blood flowers drifting, there is still snow that does not know when it will fall. This elf came at such an inopportune time to try to cover up this disgusting evil, and the city couldn't help but think, why, Ji Ping, you are so vicious!
"It's snowing." Ji Ping looked outside the main hall, and the snowflakes spread all over the ground, and soon became snow-white. The snow at this time of year is definitely not good news for the sub-period outside the city. For Ji Ping in the city, he can spend tonight with peace of mind. After tonight, all sins will be covered.
Don't blame me, Ichifu, the simplest philosophy of the superiors, is ruthlessness. Most of the city defenses and soldiers in Xiadu were arranged by you, if you leave Xiadu, whether it is to defect to Ziqi or Zhao State, it is not good news for Lone. There's no way I'm going to get you out of here, not even out of the gates. So, only let you disappear in front of those of your men. Although your role is far greater than that of a chicken, my goal is the world, and you are nothing more than that in my eyes.
"Lone rested. If you have something to do again, you will come back to disturb Lonely. Ji Ping said to the attendant beside him.
"Whoa."
There are palaces in the lower capital, as a capital, although the palace here is not as good as thistle, but the general equipment is still there, more magnificent than other mansions, and the guards are more strict. The soldiers stomped their feet to keep warm, watching the snowflakes fall, without a trace of happiness at all, this kind of vigil work, generally no one likes, especially in such a night, who is in charge, can only consider themselves unlucky. Outside the palace gate, two soldiers were talking, but they heard the hooves of horses in front of them, and it seemed that thousands of troops and horses were rushing towards them. The two were slightly stunned, wondering what was going on, there was the sound of horses' hooves. You must know that unless the city gate is breached, only your own people have the ability to mobilize troops and horses, but neither of them has heard of the order to mobilize troops and horses tonight.
Just when the two were puzzled, almost without any warning, the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air sent the two to the west sky, and the other soldiers saw that someone was attacking the city gate, and they no longer dared to think about what was going on, so they quickly closed the door and locked it in case of accidents, and at the same time reported to Ji Ping in the city. However, the opponent was a cavalry after all, and the speed was very fast, and before they could drop the bolt, the siege ram had already knocked on the city gate, breaking through their obstruction, and then, five or six hundred cavalry troops rushed into the royal city one after another.
These cavalrymen wore white veils on their heads, their faces were clean and murderous, their armor was wrapped in blood, and they carried bags of black things in their hands. After rushing into the royal city, he showed no mercy to those who dared to come forward to attack, and killed them with one blow, startling the other guards and soldiers, and wrapping them up one after another. Just as he was about to ask about their identities, he saw a person in the middle, whose wounds were still bleeding, but he looked at the guards around them with a resolute face, and shouted: "Who dares to stop me!" ”
Everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, the city was not fake, and a guard general scolded loudly: "The bold city was bold, and you actually led the troops to attack the royal city, you are a rebellion!" ”
"Hahahaha." The city's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at everyone with a sneer and said, "Rebellion? Hehe, this is a crime that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has prepared for me a long time ago, otherwise, five hundred archers would not have been arranged to intercept me halfway! ”
"You... Honest and untrustworthy! ”
"Am I a fool?" He sneered, threw the black thing in his hand to the center of the square, the black veil opened, and a human head rolled out, turned around on the ground a few times, and looked at everyone. Everyone was shocked to take a closer look, and someone shouted in a low voice: "It's General Li!" Immediately, the people behind him also threw their things into the square, and the heads rolled out. The square covered with snowflakes was dyed a blood-red.
"Who among you doesn't know about this person? Who doesn't know? Isn't it the lieutenant general next to the crown prince? This man led 500 archers to lie in an ambush, and one of them was hit by three arrows, and most of the guards around him were killed and wounded. If it weren't for the arrival of a certain lieutenant, I'm afraid that the head in front of everyone must have been taken by the city! ”
"Our city is not said to be loyal to the prince, just say that a certain and a few people went deep into the royal city to rescue the prince, this credit can be regarded as a great achievement. Could it be that just because he wanted to leave the lower capital, the prince didn't care about the old feelings, but instead killed them all, leaving no trouble? ”
"I want to know, is such a prince still worth everyone's life?"
"All of you, who is not from our city who has been pulled up by hand, today I will enter this royal city and ask the prince why he can't keep our city's quilt. If anyone dares to stop me, don't blame me for not thinking about my comrades! ”
The words of the city quilt reached the ears of everyone, some of them pitiful, some sympathetic, but none of them put down their weapons. Seeing that no one had laid down their arms, the city was not afraid, and rode his horse to the highest hall in the royal city. He wants to ask, Ji Ping, what the hell do you mean.
Just when everyone couldn't hold on to each other, I don't know who shouted: "Oh no, the dormitory is gone!" Suddenly, everyone's eyes were immediately attracted to the past, and the scene that was still in a stalemate just now was focused on the dormitory. I only saw a fire dragon that appeared at some point, and swooped into the snowflakes in the sky, which was extremely enchanting.
"Quick, come with me!" The city was shouted, and everyone didn't care about what he would do, so they hurriedly rushed to the dormitory, lest Ji Ping, who was still in the dormitory, was uncertain about his life and death, and then he would be in trouble. The people who were still nervous just now began to work together to fight the fire, but the dry and cold weather in the past few days, coupled with the howling wind, made the dormitory burn very quickly, and soon swallowed up the entire building. Everyone wants to know if Ji Ping is still alive.
In the chaotic scene, a fierce look looked at the tall figure in front of the dormitory, he turned his head and said to the people around him: "Go!" ”
(End of chapter)