Text Chapter 178 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas (Ask for Collection)
Xijing City, the last city left in Xihao at this moment, feng shui takes turns, once upon a time, Zhu Zhou would think of his current fate.
He was desperate to invite the barbarians to knock on the pass, and this time he not only invited the grassland tribes, but also sent people to the alliance of the Western Regions. However, after all, it was still a step too late, the news outside the customs had not yet been returned, and the Xijing City where he was located was in danger.
Xijing City is now surrounded by layers, civil and military officials, as well as the people, fleeing, scattered, and there are only a few loyal ministers stationed on the city tower, vowing to live and die with Xijingcheng.
Zhu Zhou touched the dragon chair under him, and muttered as if mocking: "The imperial power and the throne, all kinds of plans, in the end, the so-called ambition, facing death, are all fantasy bubbles. ”
"The former father, and the elder brother and younger brother!" He regretted a little, he lost everything for all this, and only ruthlessness and imperial heart were left.
However, soon his gaze became firm: "Life is in the world, in order to dominate the world, nothing can be abandoned." I don't regret it, it's just that God's will is hard to disobey, and my fate will not allow me! ”
He got up and said: "Come on, set up the city gate, I will personally supervise the battle, I want to see what these rebellious ministers and thieves can do, even if they die, soon, you will come to accompany me." ”
Zhu Zhou's face was as usual, but there was endless madness in his eyes, he wanted to drag all these people in Xijing City in this battle, and when the barbarians entered the customs, the whole world would be buried with me!
"Zhu Zhou has no way, the world will fight together, you will open the city gate and surrender, we can let you wait for a way out. If you are stubborn, when the city gate is broken, you will be told to wait for death without a complete corpse! ”
In front of the city gate, the coalition army called for battle, hoping to open the city gate with a few words, so as not to cause huge losses in the siege.
Their words were immediately answered, but it was Zhu Zhou who shouted coldly: "The thieves are rampant, I am here, see how you and others break my Xijing City, hahaha, come on, soon you will all die, you will all die!" ”
The people outside the city couldn't hear the specific meaning of Zhu Zhou's words, and thought that they were mocking them for their incompetence and not being able to take Xijing City.
Our six countries, millions of coalition troops, now you have only one Xijing soldier and horse left in your Xihao country, what can you do to stop our troops, and you dare to make a big statement here.
Someone will definitely die, but that person will definitely be you Zhu Zhou!
After a little deliberation by several commanders, they each attacked the city from multiple directions, and the Xijing City was so guarded that they could take it faster after dispersing their forces!
"Give me the siege of the city, whether it is alive or dead, the first one to go to the city, the reward of a thousand gold, the promotion of a centurion, the one who opens the city gate, the reward of ten thousand gold, the commander of a thousand years."
Only by rewarding soldiers can they work harder and burst out with stronger combat effectiveness.
The huge Xijing City, now the soldiers and horses pouring towards it outside the city are like a black torrent, which can be submerged in the next moment.
The rain of arrows was all over the sky, and the mottled city walls were dyed red in a few moments, and human life was fragile, and the continuous death and injury made the hills under the city almost piled up.
How can tens of thousands of people on a city wall stop a million troops, even if there are more boulders and soldiers, even if there are more arrows, even if one is exchanged for ten, it will not be able to stop the other party from attacking the city.
Zhu Zhou personally killed the enemy to boost morale, he had no intention of living at the moment, he had no choice but to kill, kill enough people, and sacrifice himself. Xijing is about to be captured, and they must be excited now! But I wait, the barbarians are coming, and I am waiting for you below.
"Kill! Die, you all die! "On the crowded city wall, I don't know how long it took to kill, anyway, he felt that everything was red in front of him, he was tired, and he really hadn't seen enough of this country.
But the next moment, darkness engulfed it completely.
The fall of the Xihao Kingdom, in fact, there is Zhu Shang, and it is just a change of person to be the emperor again. What the Coalition asked for was achieved today, and it was almost time for the Coalition to dissolve.
However, before the disbandment, everyone still had to divide the roughly discussed benefits, and for this reason, they had a heated debate in the imperial palace in Xijing.
However, before the results came out, 100,000 soldiers came in a hurry, shouting: Barbarians knock on the pass, Wu Yue Kingdom and the border of the Western Regions have lost 20 cities in a row.
It seems to be a coincidence, the soldiers of Shang Zhou and Korea also arrived at the same time, shouting: "The northern grassland is invading, Your Majesty please ask the general to rescue quickly." ”
How to delay such a situation, and the distribution of interests, the commanders of various countries said to Zhu Shang: "Everything will be distributed according to the previous discussion, and we will leave first." ”
Zhu Shang didn't care much about everyone's words, and it was difficult to say anything else, but he was ready to find an excuse to delay the Shang Zhou and Korean lands he occupied in the past, and the result of his discussions with the prime minister and others was like this. Anyway, sooner or later, you have to tear your face, it's better to keep consuming.
However, the wars in the Western Regions and the North provided him with an excuse. As for these barbarian invasions, he didn't pay attention to them at all, these people didn't all eyeing the Central Plains every year, and now the vicissitudes of life, the Central Plains is not our own people making trouble.
I believe that this time is the same, when the soldiers and horses of various countries go back, they will be repulsed sooner or later, and it happens that there are barbarians who can contain him, and he can also be given more time to prepare.
Standing on this familiar Jinluan Palace, Zhu Shang's mind at the moment was only the high dragon chair, the position he once thought was easy, after several twists and turns, and now he finally sat upright by himself again.
Walking towards the dragon chair step by step, the feeling of going up is really different, even if he has been supported by the prime minister and the general before, but sitting here, it seems that the world is in his hands.
"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The general Chen Bingshu knelt down and said, he has always been loyal, and he chose Zhu Shang, so he naturally supported him.
Seeing this, the others also knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”
Most of them here are military generals, after all, they are fighting, and Zhu Shang followed him not only to boost morale, but also to be able to return to his former home as soon as possible.
However, Qin Bin and others have already begun to move, and the turmoil in the DPRK has just ended, and they need to be rectified. Zhu Shang, like his father Zhu Hongtian, has the ambition to dominate the world, and now that he can finally hold power, the next step is to make every effort to prepare for the domination of the world.
It's just that what he doesn't know yet is that his so-called ambition will usher in a huge obstacle, and even almost cut off the belonging of Xihao Country and even the Central Plains.
In the Western Regions and the north, the iron hooves of the alien races seem to be able to step through everything in front of them, and when the soldiers and horses of various countries return to help, the land of many counties has fallen into their hands. This time, these alien races will not let go of this excellent opportunity, not to mention the scale, but it is absolutely unprecedented, and it is difficult to stop the power of only one country, not to mention that because of internal fighting, the soldiers and horses of many countries are a little tired.
"Kill, slaughter these lambs of the Central Plains for me, and this piece of wealth will belong to the warriors of our steppe in the future."
"Hahaha, and the women of the Central Plains Water Spirit, they are all ours."
Menacing, cruel and vicious, these people don't treat the people of the Central Plains as human beings at all, killing and killing, plundering and plundering, and even using them as rations, they are simply mad.
The news of the successive defeats, in just half a month, Shang Zhou and Korea almost really gave a horse to Pingchuan, if it was not for the timely return of reinforcements, it was not impossible to directly attack the imperial capitals of the two countries.
But even if they block their troops for a while, they can't save the decline, and if they continue to stalemate like this, they will lose sooner or later.
The alliance has just been dissolved, and it seems that there is a tendency to reunite again, but this time it is against people of different races. Everyone understands that if the Shang and Zhou dynasties and the Han countries fall, the Western Regions will not be able to resist, the Central Plains will fall into the hands of foreign races, and they will be the sinners of the nation.
"What's the situation in Xihao Country, when will Zhu Shang send troops to help?" Shang Zhou Guoda Jinluan Hall on Ji Wei's face was solemn.
"Your Majesty, the envoy has replied that Xihao sent 500,000 troops to the north to support, and it will take about half a month to arrive." A minister said.
"Half a moon? Can we still hold on to today's situation? What else do you say? ”
"The Third Family promised to send 250,000 troops, and the Ziyun Kingdom 100,000. Wu Yue needed to deal with the Western Regions, and other forces also had to increase their troops there. ”
"Alas, in an eventful autumn, I hope to be able to resist the ground, and then recruit troops from the whole country, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, in this time of crisis, we need to unite the strength of the whole country, and ultimately rely on ourselves."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The escalation of the war, the collision between the two civilizations, the alien race will not have the slightest morality and mercy to the people of the Central Plains, and wielding a knife to kill people can make them even more excited.
All countries are discussing the issue of reinforcements, which is nominally the first unanimous war in the Central Plains, but because each has its own belonging, the effect is not as good as imagined, and it is still just a bitter persistence.
However, there was one place they had neglected before, and they didn't think about it at all at the moment, and that was Yuyang County. In their eyes, although Yuyang County seems to be strong, the congenital conditions are destined to not be able to come up with more soldiers and horses. Before, the countries didn't move there, but it was just not good for their own troops to be involved, and Yuyang County didn't seem to have the heart to fight for hegemony.
It's just that none of them thought that the one from Yuyang County was the one who was really powerful among them.
Faced with such a situation, at this time, in Liu Feiyun's house in Yuyang County, he asked, "Liu Yi, how is the decision of the empire?" ”
"Your Majesty, your proposal has been approved, although the empire has spent most of its energy exploring the sea in recent years, it has not stopped drawing the territory of the Central Plains and its surroundings."
In the hearts of these generals of the Yanhuang Empire, the whole world will belong to the Yanhuang Empire sooner or later, and it is appropriate to draw their own territory in detail.
"When will the troops be sent?"
"Half a month later, this time we will send a division of troops to enter from Beihaikou, directly sweep all the way over, and wipe out all the tribes in the grassland."
Millions of young and middle-aged people of the steppe tribe went south, and most of the remaining ones are now old, weak, sick and disabled, and even if his tribe comes back to help, a well-equipped division is enough.
Liu Feiyun felt quite reasonable about this, and even he felt that the strength of a division was a bit much, you must know that now the firearms of the Yanhuang Empire have been upgraded again, and the stronger firepower makes the cavalry that the grassland tribes rely on to survive is not worth mentioning at all.
"Then the places outside the Central Plains will be included in the territory first, and those places don't have to have too many scruples!"