Chapter 123: The Emperor's Decision
Suddenly, he stepped into Hoga, who was within three feet of him, and the corner of Leon's mouth sneered, and if the Persian sword master thought that his swordsmanship was only extremely fast and powerful, then he would die a miserable death. Leon gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, and the blade of the black greatsword that thrust forward spun back sharply, slashing at Hoga's back.
The scimitar in his left hand flipped back to block the attacking blade, and the scimitar in Hoga's right hand slashed towards Leon's chest, but unfortunately the huge force of the swords behind him made the scimitar in his right hand lose its balance, and when the blade shook, Leon mistakenly avoided the blade and went around behind Hogar.
With the strength of his waist and abdomen, the scimitar in Hoga's right hand slashed at the black giant sword behind him with the power of side spin, and his body flipped over like a spinning top, and the scimitar in both hands was like a flying butterfly, constantly slashing at the blade of the sword.
Li Ang's wrist trembled, and the heavy giant sword erupted with strong force in the square inch, shaking Hoga's hand holding the knife numb for a while, and almost came out of his hand. Leon slammed into the snow, and in a dull sound, the giant sword in his hand exerted another force, sending Huo Jia Zhen flying. Looking at the Hoga flying upside down, Leon swung his sword with both hands and chased after him.
Huo Jia, who landed on the ground, looked at the whistling sword blade that was about to come, and felt bitter in his heart, he didn't expect that the black-clothed officer in front of him would wield such a heavy and huge long sword, and he could also use the esoteric sword style in close combat, such a sword was almost invincible.
Under the powerful sword slash of the black giant sword, Hoga felt the warm pain in the tiger's mouth, and he knew that he could no longer take the heavy sword slash, and another sword slash, this time. He could no longer hold his two scimitars.
In the night sky, two crescent-like scimitars fell into the snow. Hoga closed his eyes as he looked at the black greatsword that swept towards his neck. The sword fell silent with a whistling voice, resting on Hoga's shoulder, not cutting off his head.
Hoga looked at the cold black-clad officer in front of him, not knowing why he didn't make a move, when there was the sound of running footsteps behind him. The petite figure has arms outstretched. Stopped in front of Li Ang, staring at the cold snow-capped man in front of him with blue eyes, and stared at each other without fear.
"Let go of my master, I'll listen to you for everything." Daiya Xiaosi looked at the black-clothed officer in front of her, and her voice was quiet.
"You're not qualified to negotiate terms with me." Leon's answer was cold and ruthless, and he withdrew his greatsword, "As a tribute to your master, I will give him a whole corpse so that his remains can be returned to his homeland." ”
The beautiful blue eyes like a lake churned with turbulent waves, and the girl who was as quiet as a fawn suddenly pounced on the black-clothed officer in front of her like a bolt of lightning. She already had a sharp, cold-glittering dagger in her hand.
The girl's body flew upside down and streaked through the air. Falling heavily on the ground, in the splash of snowflakes, the petite girl hunched over, her chest and abdomen rose and fell violently, and the last mouthful of blood spat out.
"General, don't kill her. You promised to spare her life. Hoga stood in front of the girl, looked at the black-clothed officer who was holding a giant sword and was as cold as a demon god, and bowed his head.
"If there's a next time, it's my sword beckoning." Li Ang replied coldly, "Explain the aftermath to her!" ”
Hoga glanced at Leon gratefully, turned to look at the girl in the snow, and said quietly, "Xiaosi, live well." Back in Persia, remember to tell Your Majesty. Stop trying to challenge Great Qin, peace in Persia is more important than anything else. ”
"Master." Looking at the tall figure that turned around, the girl cried, she was the eldest daughter of the king of Upper Persia, and the holy son of Manichaeism, but the only person who was really good to her was the master in front of her, but now he was going to die, die in front of her, and she could not do anything, she could only watch.
Hoga pulled back his clothes, revealing his chest, and he sang an ancient Persian ballad with a smile on his face. "Thank you!" He looked at the black-clothed officer in front of him and slowly closed his eyes.
The black greatsword pierced the chest of the Persian in front of him, and the blood fell like a spring down the broad blade of the sword into the snow, staining it red. Leon drew the blade of his sword, shook off the beads of blood on it, and returned the sword into its sheath.
Hoga fell down and fell into the girl's arms, with a smile on his face, looking at the girl's tears, he used his last strength to caress her face, "Master... Want... Go see... Da Ming Zun... What should you be for... The master was delighted... Remember... No... Thinking about revenge... The master died... And not resentful... And not resentful! "With a fading voice, Hoga Hassan, the master of the Manichaean sword of Upper Persia, died in Chang'an on a winter night, with no regrets.
The girl looked at the master who had closed her eyes in her arms and walked peacefully, and gently lowered his body. Suddenly, like a female leopard, she rushed towards the black-clothed officer who was not far away, looking coldly. She wants to kill him and avenge her master.
"Smack!" Leon stepped sideways to get out of the way of the girl and slapped her the cheek, knocking her over in the snow. The girl got up again and rushed towards the black-clad officer, but it was still a ruthless slap in the girl's face.
Looking at the girl who was knocked over to the ground again and again, but still got up and rushed towards her adult, Li Yanzong and the soldiers of the dark cavalry battalion in the corridor were a little unbearable.
The girl fell into the snow again, her cheeks swollen purple and the corners of her mouth spilling blood, and she stood up with her body propped up, trying to rush towards the unshakable black figure.
"If you disrespect your master's wishes so much, I can fulfill you." Looking at the stubborn girl who still didn't give up, Li Ang said coldly, and put his hand on the hilt of the black giant sword, "I promised you to survive, just because your master is a person worthy of my respect, not because you have any value to survive." ”
Listening to the cold words, Daiya Xiaosi's body trembled, and she knelt weakly in front of the master's gradually cold body, crying bitterly.
"Yan Zong, send someone to watch over her and the people in the house, and wait for me to come back." Li Ang didn't take a second look at the crying girl on the ground, he just turned around, looked at the sky that revealed the white belly of the fish, commanded Li Yanzong, and then walked out of the hall filled with the smell of blood.
On the streets, the shops have sent out their men to sweep the snow in front of the shops. Leon walked on the road that had been swept away to reveal the bluestone street, and the smell of blood still smelled from his body. The pedestrians on the street were a little frightened and did not dare to look at him.
Half an hour later, Li Ang had already arrived at the military hall, and the halberdiers guarding him looked at him with a wary look. Showing off their military cards, the halberdiers breathed a sigh of relief. Put in this cold, somewhat terrifying-looking officer.
Under the guidance of several local staff officers, Li Ang went straight
In the Hujie Hall, in the quiet hall, the staff officers who had been buried in military affairs were alarmed by him and looked at him one after another. Da Sima, who was still dozing off on the 'tiger foot', couldn't help but move his nose, opened his eyes, looked at Li Ang, and frowned. handed the two books in his arms to the staff officer beside him. Li Ang asked him to hand it over to the Great Sima on the 'Tiger Stand'.
After taking the two books, Zhou Ting opened them and read a few pages. His face changed drastically, and he stood up suddenly, making the staff officers who were dealing with military affairs look a little sideways, they had never seen such a terrible face as Da Sima. "You all go out and ask the chief to come over." Zhou Ting glanced at the staff officers in the White Tiger Festival Hall, and his voice was so low that it was terrifying.
Not sure what happened. Those staff officers looked at each other a few times, and finally they all respectfully withdrew, they did not dare to disobey the will of the Great Sima. After the gate was closed, only Zhou Ting and Li Ang were left in the Great White Tiger Festival Hall.
"Where did you get these?" Looking at the two books on the case, Zhou Ting stared at Li Ang, who was always dozing off, and his sleepy eyes, which seemed a little worried, burst out with a cold glow like lightning.
"A traitor who colluded with the Persians found a place in his home." Li Ang replied, telling the big Sima in front of him about his affairs in the Kong family and the decisions he made afterwards.
"You're sure everyone who knew about the plan died." Listening to Li Ang's words, Zhou Ting looked at him.
"The last general gave the order to the camp of the dark cavalry not to leave a mouth alive. It's just that Lord Dong of Honglu Temple didn't make decisions on his own. Just killed those Persian Manichaeans and Master Dong. Li Ang replied quietly.
"You're doing the right thing, no one who knows about this can stay." Zhou Ting paced and said in a deep voice, suddenly he looked at Li Ang, "Dong Wenzhong, how is it now?" ”
"The last general has sent someone to watch over their family." Li Ang looked at Zhou Ting with a murderous face, and his heart was shocked. At this moment, the door was pushed open, and it was the chief of the military hall, Guo Ran, who walked in.
"What the hell is going on?" Looking at Zhou Ting, who had a stern face, Guo Ran's white eyebrows furrowed, even thirty years ago, when the war between Great Qin and Rome was deadlocked, he had never seen this old friend have such a grim face.
"See for yourself." Looking at Guo Ran who was coming, Zhou Ting picked up the two volumes on the case and handed them to Guo Ran. Glancing at Zhou Ting, Guo Ran flipped through it casually, and soon his face changed, even colder than Zhou Ting.
"Qing Yuan, I have sent someone to destroy all the living people of the Persians who know about this." Looking at Guo Ran with a gloomy face, Zhou Ting glanced at Li Ang, who was standing quietly in the hall, and said in a deep voice, telling Guo Ran about the matter.
"I'll send the Secret Guard to take over at once." Knowing that Li Ang did not execute Dong Wenzhong's family, Guo Ran groaned for a moment and said coldly, "You bring these two documents to see Your Majesty first, and I will come immediately." ”
"Okay." Zhou Ting was stunned for a moment, then put the two volumes into his arms and went straight to the passage leading to the imperial city dormitory in the back hall. Waiting for him to leave, Guo Ran looked at Li Ang, "Do you know about this matter?" ”
"Yes, the last general didn't tell anyone, and he transferred troops to deal with this matter without authorization, please ask the chief to confess." Leon took a step forward and said, although he didn't know how many Persians he had exterminated the Dark Cavalry Camp, but it would never be less.
"Letting you form a dark cavalry camp is to let you do it, and you did a good job in this matter." Guo Ran glanced at Li Ang and said with relief, "That princess of Persia, what are you going to do if you leave her alive?" ”
"The last general agreed to that Hoga, but only to spare her life, and what to do with it is all up to the commander's orders." Li Ang replied, without any expression on his face, even with Guo Ran's eyesight, he couldn't see through it.
"Then let's keep it for now!" Guo Ran thought for a while and said, "This time, so many Persians suddenly died overnight, plus what you did before, the cabinet will definitely find a way to deal with you, during this time, you should rest for a while, and don't get involved in anything again." ”
"The Admiral knows." Li Ang replied, he also knew that the movement he had made this time was too big, and the reason for the partiality must not be said, I am afraid that in the eyes of the cabinet and civil officials, he is an out-and-out troublemaker.
"Upper Persia, Manichaeism, playing tricks on Daqin's head, very good, very good." Watching Li Ang withdraw from the White Tiger Festival Hall, Guo Ran sneered, and the expression on his face was chilling.
Half an hour later, in the palace and in the imperial study, the emperor withdrew his guards, picked up the book presented by Zhou Ting, and looked at it, gradually, the emperor's always peaceful face became more and more gloomy.
"Good, good." The emperor said that it was very good, but there was a cold glow in his eyes, which was completely different from his usual kind appearance. "If you want to assassinate the crown prince, Upper Persia is too bold." The emperor looked at Zhou Ting, "Your plan to expand the army has been approved." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Ting thanked him, and there was no expression on his calm face.
"Are you wrong to say that I have rested with the people in the past 30 years?" Sitting in the chair, the emperor looked at Zhou Ting and suddenly asked.
"Your Majesty set the national policy back then, and the ministers did not dare to discuss it, but the ministers only knew that Emperor Taizu once said that Great Qin established the country with military strength and hegemony with military strength, and every twenty years will be used as a sword soldier, so that all the countries in the world will know the majesty of my Han family." Zhou Ting looked at the emperor and replied calmly.
"You're still weirding me." Looking at the courtiers who had fought side by side in front of him, the emperor sighed, "Now the Turks, Persia, Rome, and all countries are ready to move, but the military strength of Great Qin is only 30% of what it used to be, and you should indeed blame me." ”
"Your Majesty's words are serious, Turkic and Persian are just clowns, as long as they start to restore their armaments now, in ten years, Great Qin can set foot in any country, including Rome." Zhou Ting looked at the emperor and said.
"You still have the will of Emperor Taizu in mind to destroy Haixi Europe." The emperor looked at the courtier and friend from his youth in front of him and shook his head.
"The white barbarians are cruel and faithless, and only by educating the Han family can the world be stable." Zhou Ting replied, "Emperor Taizu's will, Your Majesty should obey it even more as a descendant." ”
"Perhaps Emperor Taizu is right, since the day Great Qin seized hegemony, we have been far from peace." The emperor stood up and glanced at the courtiers opposite, "I haven't been to the military hall for a long time, you can go with me!" ”
"Whoa!" Zhou Ting did not answer with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, but responded to the emperor with an answer in the army, and followed him out of the imperial study.