Chapter 198: Breaking the City
Regarding the siege war, Su Hong's understanding of this comes more from the movie and, although she has been on the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty once, but her perceptual understanding of ancient warfare comes from effect blockbusters such as "Casting a Name" and "Ink Attack".
However, when you are in the battlefield of cold weapons again. Su Hong still recalls the last time there was a shortage of soldiers: the neighing of war horses, the incessant sound of blade collisions, blood, and dying cries......
At this moment, all this was so close that even she had to raise her sword and join the ranks of the battle.
The attack of the Yue people was very rapid, which made the defense of Wu look like a broken reed mat, it was twisted vigorously and continuously, and occasionally let out a few tragic screams, which were the dying roars of the Wu soldiers who rose up to resist. In a few days, the Changmen Gate and Chapter 198 Breaking the City Xu Gate, Panmen and Xiangmen were broken one by one, and Gusu fell.
Gusutai.
The beautiful and elegant building in the past, but now it has become a massacre field, this is the last fortress of the Wu State, the remaining Wu people still refuse to surrender, the Yue people can not be like Su Hong that night, climb from the edge to the high platform, so they use the ladder to climb up, the defenders of the Wu State are all slashed with knives, and then use ropes to lasso the ladder, pick out with guns, and finally do not pick, directly pour hot oil down and set fire......
Wu Ren, like Gou Jian, is completely crazy. In order to keep this towering lonely platform.
Attacking, non-stop attacking, Su Hong no longer knows how many people died in this fight. But she couldn't stop, she couldn't hide behind without firing a sword, and the Yue swordsmen trained by herself rushed into Gusutai and finally killed Xi Shi.
The fierce battle lasted until dusk, layer by layer of attacks, there were fewer and fewer Wu people on the defensive, and Su Hong's heart also hung up, she was eager to end this flesh-and-blood battle quickly, but on the other hand, she was afraid to witness the most terrible ending with her own eyes: when she reached the top of the high platform, she could only see Xi Shi's cold corpse......
The best result is that Xi Shi has been rescued by her father, Chapter 198, Breaking the City Mother's Covenant, as long as there is no one on the Gusu platform, then this result can be expected.
Thinking of this, Su Hong quickened her pace. The Yue swordsmen on both sides continued to use their blades to open the way forward for her, Su Hong didn't care about the flesh and blood around her, she had only one thought in her heart: Hurry up! Get to the top!
This is a strange, almost unprovoked anxiety, and Su Hong can't even figure out herself. Why should you be so interested in a strange woman, just because she is also a modern person?
It's as if there was something that held her firm and ordered her not to let go of it, and it wasn't because she was asked to figure everything out. Although Liang Yi asked Su Hong to carry photographic equipment, he must get the information of Xi Shi's parents when the time comes. But she's not just about getting things done.
Su Hong couldn't figure out what it was, she only let it control herself to do it.
Just ran to the highest place with a blank in his mind, and before he stepped on the steps, Su Hong had already heard the copper bell from above!
Someone has already gone up!
Su Hong panicked! She pressed the tip of her sword against the wooden steps, and her body flew over the trunk and rushed into the corridor!
Less than ten meters away, she saw that Xi Shi was still kneeling on the ground in white, and beside her, there was a bearded man, who was holding a sharp axe in his hand!
"General Ling! β¦β¦β
Su Hong screamed loudly, it was none other than Sima Linggufu of Yue Guoda who was holding a sharp axe to hurt Xi Shi!
When she called her like this, Linggu was stunned. The axe in his hand paused.
"What does General Ling want?!" Su Hong said sharply.
When Linggu Fu saw that it was her, her expression settled.
"The doctor has an order in the literature, and he will kill him after seeing Wu Guo." He said coldly, "Mrs. Fang doesn't even know about this?" β
Su Hong only felt that her blood was swelling, and a cold anger arose spontaneously from the bottom of her heart!
She raised her sword: "General Ling can't be like this!" Miss Yiguang is a hero of the Yue Kingdom, why did you kill her?! β
"She is already the queen of Wu." Linggu glanced at Xi Shi, "And she is pregnant......"
Anyone can see that Shih Tzu is pregnant.
Those Yue swordsmen who followed behind Su Hong. They also gathered behind Su Hong, and they put away the swords in their hands, feeling a little confused for a while.
Between his own teacher and the Great Sima. It looks like there's a disagreement, what's going on?!
"Is the doctor going to cut the grass and eradicate the roots?" Su Hong sneered slightly, "General Ling, are you going to personally kill a weak woman who is powerless?" β
As soon as she said this, Linggufu's expression also moved slightly.
Who knew that at this time, Xi Shi opened his mouth: "Miss Su, if he wants to kill me, let him kill him." Since I'm staying here, I don't plan to live. β
Xi Shi used a modern language, so that no one could understand it except Su Hong.
At this moment, Su Hong was inconvenient to express her acquaintance with Xi Shi, she only reached out and took out a piece of something from her waist and threw it in front of Linggufu.
"General Ling can recognize this?"
Linggu took a fixed look, it was Gou Jian's talisman!
"The king gave me this talisman." Su Hong said lightly, "The king ordered me to bring back the whole body of Miss Yiguang, and he said that he had something to question Miss Yiguang in person." β
Now that Su Hong took out the talisman given by Gou Jian, it was inconvenient for Linggufu to be tough, he put away his sharp axe and hugged his fists: "I respectfully respect the order of the king." β
The danger was lifted, Su Hong breathed a sigh of relief, she quickly untied the red outer sheath on her body, and stepped forward to wrap Xi Shi.
"I'll send you back to Yue Kingdom first, and then find a way to escape." She whispered in Shih Tzu's ear.
Xi Shi's eyes looked a little dazed. She neither nodded nor shook her head.
The war has ended, the entire army of Wu has been destroyed, and as far as the eye can see from the high platform, there are broken walls and ruins everywhere. The burned houses were full of dead and wounded soldiers...... Pitch-black smoke envelops this beautiful city like bad luck.
Su Hong ordered someone to find a car, she was originally riding a horse like the Vietnamese army, but she also abandoned the horse and did not ride at the moment. Ride in the same car with Shih Tzu. Su Hong was still not at ease, she was worried that Wen Chong would still order someone to rob and kill Xi Shi on the road, so she didn't dare to ask Xi Shi to leave her for a while.
Along the way, Xi Shi told Su Hong everything that happened in Wu Kingdom.
According to her, the first day of the Vietnamese attack. The husband got the news.
"He told me to run first, but I wouldn't." Xi Shi lowered his eyes, "I said that I will stay in this high platform, and I should not go anywhere." He has a place where he should go, and I have a place where I should stay, and Gusutai can't be empty. β
Su Hong silently held Xi Shi's hand.
ββ¦β¦ When he saw that I insisted, he stopped persuading. "Before leaving, he said, Yiguang, this is probably the last time I kill someone." β
"The husband sent him ......"
When Xi Shi said this, his eyes suddenly flickered.
He said that this was a method he could come up with once and for all, and he was going to return this life to Wu Guo. And the ancestors, but beyond that. And he refused to give anything. β
"Anything else?" Su Hong didn't understand the meaning of these words for a while.
"It's his own thing." Xi Shi even smiled slightly, "Those who don't belong to the Wu Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom, or even those who don't belong to anyone belong only to him." β
Then, the man got off Gusutai and never came back.
Along the way, Xi Shi occasionally wanted to vomit because of pregnancy reactions, and Su Hong wanted to make the car less stuffy. I kept lifting the curtain of the car to let some fresh breeze in, but fortunately it was July, and there was a cool breeze blowing, and people felt comfortable.
It went on for two days, that day. They finally returned to Huiji.
And just as the carriage was approaching the city gates, it was originally leaning on the cloth 1 small said Ξ±. tidying
Xi Shi, who was blowing the curtain, suddenly turned pale, she turned around and buried her face in Su Hong's arms!
Su Hong thought that she was uncomfortable, she leaned over slightly, and her eyes fell on the gate of the Huiji Capital.
Right on there, hangs a bloody human head!
That's the head of the husband!
Su Hong was horrified!
She couldn't help but hug Xi Shi with her hand! Su Hong could feel that the woman in her arm was trembling slightly!
Su Hong couldn't say anything, she only hugged Xi Shi tighter with her arms, she lowered her head and put her face on her dirty hair. While gently patting her back with his hand......
At that moment, Su Hong felt as if she was in the wilderness of a vast desert, with no air, no water, and no light, and she could see a woman, standing lonely and dry, with countless invisible blades. Flying towards the woman all over the sky, stabbing her mercilessly......
In this bloodless slaughter, the only one who could protect her was Su Hong herself.
It was Fan Li who greeted Su Hong and their car. He had already learned the news that Su Hong had brought Yiguang back.
"Miss Yiguang, you're finally back." His calm voice seemed to have expected this to happen.
Still veiled, Shih Tzu glanced at him, but didn't say anything.
Fan Li ordered someone to help Xi Shi into the room and take good care of it. When he had been told, he turned around.
"This time, Mrs. Fang has made a great contribution." He said.
"Do I have any credit for the killing?" Su Hong replied to him tiredly and coldly.
"No, the credit for bringing Miss Yiguang back." After Fan Li finished speaking, he said, "The king will treat his wife differently." β
"Well, but I'm afraid the doctor will hate me to the bone." Su Hong snorted.
"That'...... Nor will it. Fan Li actually showed a slight smile, "In the future, he will rely on you, Mrs. Wen." β
"What?" Su Hong didn't understand.
But Fan Li refused to explain any more, he only saluted slightly: "Fang Yishi has returned, he is waiting for you in the front hall." β
Knowing that there was nothing to dig out of this ghost guy's mouth, Su Hong glared at him and turned around to go to the front hall.
As Fan Li said, Fang Wuying was sitting in the front hall with a big grin, he wiped the sword in his hand, the armor on his body had not been taken off, and there were dots of dried blood on it, and when he saw his wife come in, he raised his hand slightly: "Yo!" β
Su Hong walked up to him and looked at him carefully: "Are you okay?" β
"Hmm." He lowered his head and continued to wipe the blade of his sword.
Su Hong sat down next to him and slowly: "I didn't see Xi Shi's parents. β
"Yes." Fang Wuying's expression looked. It doesn't seem to be a surprise to this.
After a while, he suddenly said, "Fucha is not a suicide. β
Su Hong was slightly shocked!
"LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn Zhihua Chapter" records, "The husband is about to die, and he says: 'If the deceased knows, how can I see Zixu underground!'" He died with a veil of his face. This is to say that the husband regretted that he did not listen to Wu Zixu's persuasion at the beginning, and finally died in the country, so he took a piece of cloth to cover his face and committed suicide.
"It's not what Lu Buwei said at all, what 'I'm old, I can't be a king' or something, at least I didn't see it, I'm afraid those are the works of the Central Propaganda Department of the Yue Kingdom." Fang Wuying whispered, "He has never surrendered, all the people around him have died in battle, and only a large number of Yue people are left in front of him, and he is fighting to the death." Like a true warrior. When he died, he did not cover his face. The expression was also completely unremorseful. β
In this way, Fang Wuying saw his husband die in battle......
"I was amazed at how he did." Fang Wuying stared at the blade in his hand, and suddenly smiled deeply, "You know? Su Hong, in that situation, he was completely just a trapped beast, but I couldn't see the slightest fear and anger in him, until the moment of death, he was extremely calm. β
"Huh?!"
"Well, in the end he was the only one left, and at that time, he looked around and just said, 'It's all right.' He put down his knife. Fang Wuying frowned slightly, "Then, the three Yue soldiers rushed up and killed him." β
Su Hong felt that her chest was dry, as if something had risen up and was stuck there, which made her extremely uncomfortable.
"That feels so strange, Su Hong, he was obviously killed with his hands down, he should have been angry and desperate, plus frightened and unwilling to do anything...... But none of the emotions he should have, and the husband's face looked as serene as a baby, and his eyes were full of pity. Fang Wuying said this. The expression was even more confused, "How could he do this?" It feels like ...... That's right. It is like the son of God who refuses to drink the last medicine. β
This is a metaphor that no one will be able to understand except Su Hong.
Su Hong sat beside him, staring at the Vietnamese soldiers outside the door, where the young soldiers were tiredly lining up, arranging their weapons, and whispering jokes to each otherβa feeling that reminded Su Hong of a group of flattened scarecrows that had been drained of air.
"Gou Jian asked me to bring Xi Shi back, and he said he had something to ask her." Su Hong whispered, "Wen Chong doesn't know about this, I'm afraid, I don't want to see this kind of thing." β
"There has long been a rift between this pair of monarchs and ministers." Fang Wuying said lightly, "There was a husband who was bridging this gap before, but now there is no adhesive anymore." β
I really didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so Su Hong stood up: "I'll go see Xi Shi." β
When Su Hong entered Xi Shi's room, two maids brought in the warm water for cleaning. Shih Tzu took off his veil and was wiping the dust off his face and bun.
She looked a little older than Su Hong remembered that night. The scar is still there. Coupled with the swelling of the body caused by pregnancy, Xi Shi's face looks even more unbearable to witness than the previous time......
A burst of sourness rushed to Su Hong's heart!
However, she tried to suppress that emotion, and only forced a smile: "Yiguang girl." β
Xi Shi looked up and saw that it was her, so he put down the cloth towel in his hand.
"Miss Su, this time...... Thank you very much. She whispered.
"I didn't do anything." Su Hong shook her head, "It was Gou Jian who ordered to protect your life, and I just acted on orders." β
Hearing the word "Goujian", Xi Shi was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his eyes.
This is really a troublesome situation, Su Hong couldn't help but think anxiously, no matter what topic is talked about at this moment, it is not appropriate.
"Yiguang girl, it's come to this, don't be too sad......" Su Hongyan couldn't help but comfort, she almost hated herself for not being able to think of a better word.
She was chattering here, but Xi Shi's eyes were dazed, as if she didn't listen to Su Hong's words.
"I remember......," she said suddenly, softly.
Su Hong stopped and looked at her quietly.
"I think of what my mother said to me before she died." Shih Tzu paused, as if in thought. After a while, he continued, "She said, death, not as I thought. β
Su Hong was so shocked that she forgot to breathe!
"Your mother, she...... She's dead?! β
If Xi Shi's mother is dead, then it is simply impossible to say anything to save her or something!
Xi Shi thought for a moment before shaking his head: "I still haven't remembered the specific scene, I only remember what my mother said." β
"Are you sure your mother said that?"
"Hmm." Xi Shi nodded lightly: "I remember that I was in front of her bed, and I gradually remembered what she said." β
"What did she say?"
Xi Shi did not immediately answer Su Hong's question. But suddenly asked: "Miss Su, do you know what the radio is?" β
β¦β¦ Radio?
Su Hong nodded: "I know, I can do it...... A household appliance where you can listen to music and listen to stories. β
"Well, I seem to be a little impressed when you say that......" Shih Tzu sighed, "I probably don't use it very often over there, so I'm not too impressed." β
"Not many people use the radio now." Su Hong smiled bitterly, "When I was in college, I liked to listen to that stuff. Ordering a song show or something. β
Xi Shi nodded: "My mother said at the time that death is like taking the radio away." β
"What does that mean?" Su Hong was confused.
"Before, because I had a radio, I could get signals and hear singing and laughing." "But as soon as the radio was taken away, it was no longer audible β but there was still a signal in the room." β
Su Hong was stunned!
"**, it's just a condition." She turned her face and looked at Su Hong, "It makes the signal visible, but we can't say it, because there is no radio, and the signal does not exist." β
Su Hong suddenly thought, is this kid crazy?
"And she also said a sentence that I didn't remember a word wrong."
"What?"
"The death of one dimension is the birth of another." Slowly, word by word, Shih Tzu said, "So we died in this universe." And how do you know that we are not alive in another universe? β
Su Hong looked at Xi Shi with pity, she couldn't accept these statements at all, in Su Hong's opinion, Xi Shi was because of the continuous blows of the death of her relatives. That's why I came up with these strange remarks to comfort myself.
"So, I suddenly thought of Fucha." When Xi Shi said this, she paused for a long time, and then she burst out laughing.
"Yiguang girl?!"
"I feel like I've heard him." She used eyes that were so clear that they were almost transparent. Staring intently into the void, "Huh." He was also laughing, still like a child, he said: Yiguang, the taste of a complete cold on the buttocks, it's really uncomfortable! β
Su Hong looked at Xi Shi with great sadness.
She couldn't understand this at all, and even wondered if Xi Shi was crazy, maybe it was the death of her husband who couldn't bear it at all, especially. She also saw her husband's head with her own eyes......
At this time, he saw a maid coming in from outside the door. She walked up to Su Hong, leaned over and whispered, "Madam, the king is here." β
Su Hong hurriedly got up, and after a while, the door curtain was lifted, and Gou Jian walked into the house.
Seeing someone coming in, Xi Shi's eyes turned to the other party, and when she saw that it was Gou Jian who came in, the face that had not been veiled also showed a look of surprise!
Even more bizarre than her look was Gou Jian. Ever since he entered the house, his gaze has been staring straight at Shih Tzu. It's like seeing a monster that hasn't been seen in 10,000 years!
After being stunned for a few seconds, Su Hong suddenly came to her senses!
In Gou Jian's memory, she still has the appearance of Xi Shi ten years ago, when she must have been a charming young girl......
However, the woman in front of him had long since lost the beauty of her youth, her face was covered with knife marks, her hair was yellow, her limbs were swollen, and her bloated figure revealed another fact that he could not bear: she was pregnant with the child of the enemy......
The air in the room was like frozen ice!
It was Shih Tzu who was the first to speak, and she didn't get up to salute, or even move.
"Long time no see." She said serenely.
After a long time, Su Hong heard Gou Jian's hoarse and harsh voice: "...... Yes, it's been a long time. β
I realized that I was getting in the way here. Su Hong didn't dare to stay longer, she saluted and hurriedly retreated.
Get out of that room before closing the door. Su Hong looked back at the two people in the room, Gou Jian was still nailed in place, Xi Shi looked up, his eyes were pure, and he had no shame or fear.
Su Hong sighed and closed the door!!