Chapter 169: Despair
Although the three of them didn't talk loudly, after all, they didn't pay attention to covering it up in a hurry, and they were immediately listened to by some sharp-eared soldiers and civilians. At the moment, the news that the emperor and the imperial court were going to leave Chang'an and flee from the city soon spread all over the city tower.
The morale of the army immediately became unstable. Many of the recruits were frightened and hesitant, as if they were about to break away from the battle formation, and planned to flee as well. Although there was a veteran supervisor behind him immediately and reprimanded, to be honest, many veterans were also at a loss. As soon as the Huns jumped up to the city, they killed more than a dozen defenders, and the tired people hurriedly rushed forward to block the gap, so that they could almost suppress the position.
"Your Majesty...... We can't be left behind, no matter which Your Majesty! ”
"The imperial court can't bear to go away, watching us being slaughtered like pigs and dogs by the Hu people?"
Many of the people in the city who volunteered to help in the war knelt down towards Sima Ye. Among these people, there are old people, women, and even yellow-haired children. Many people picked up knives and guns for the first time, lifted stones, and fought to the death with the Hu people, they were wounded and bled in the battles that passed by the god of death again and again, without a single tear, but at this moment when they heard that the emperor was going to abandon them and flee south, they shed countless tears.
"Your Majesty! Xiaomin is sixty and two years old this year, and he can still kill thieves for His Majesty! I just beg Your Majesty not to leave us behind! Woohoo......"
A gray-haired old man knelt down in front of Sima Ye tremblingly, kowtowing heavily on the ground, and the tears of grief continued to roll down the old man's vicissitudes of life, wetting a large area of floor tiles.
Hundreds of people cried and cried and fell to their knees. The heartfelt whimpering and sad sound made Sima Ye's heart clenched fiercely, and he opened his mouth to stammer, wanting to say something, but he could only blush and couldn't say a word.
"We are the unowned dogs of the lost family! Since the court doesn't want to take care of us anymore, let him go, it's a big deal to die! Don't cry, everyone, let's fight with the thief, if we want to die, we will die together, and we will save ourselves from living this miserable ghost life every day! ”
Someone cried out in despair, wiped his tears and gritted his teeth, turned around and ran to the battlements, snatched the spear from the soldier's hand, and stabbed it wildly outside. Lu Yun and Suo Qi were already flustered, and now they were so loud and difficult to distinguish by the noise of chaos. The two of them were very anxious in their hearts, thinking that they would have to delay any longer, and once the city fell, they would not be able to fly away, and time would not be delayed any longer.
Suo Qi was sweating profusely, rolled his eyes and was about to attack as soon as he stomped his feet, but was dragged behind by Sima Ye. In any case, at this juncture, planning to abandon his people and steal his life, Sima Ye always felt guilty and guilty.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say." In the crowd, Prince Zhan Shi Dou Shou stood up tremblingly, and the old tears were rampant.
"The old minister used to serve the first emperor, after the city of Luoyang was broken, the first emperor was taken captive, the old minister endured the humiliation and burden, followed the first prince to hunt in the west, but the first prince was also killed by the thief. The old minister worked hard and felt painful, and the reason why he still survived in the world was to wait for His Majesty to rejuvenate the emperor. Now, Chang'an is about to fall again, and the old minister is old and disheartened, that is, he does not want to run endlessly, let alone see His Majesty repeating the story of the first emperor with his own eyes. ”
I don't know what Dou Shou is going to say, and seeing that he seems to be extremely sad and sad, Sima Ye and the others don't know what to say for a while. When he was in a hurry, Dou Shou's gray and white face suddenly showed a strange ruddyness. He stopped his tears, straightened his clothes, and suddenly had a righteous and awe-inspiring look on his old and haggard face.
"The sky has no eyes! Don't bless the emperor! The old minister will take the first step, if there is a spirit under the spring, he will resort to Taizu to drive forward, and ask the Yin soldiers to destroy the thieves for His Majesty, and protect the Zuo of the Great Jin Dynasty. Your Majesty, the old minister is gone, cherish! ”
Without waiting for anyone to react, Dou Shou, who was usually old and weak, ran to the city wall in a few steps and jumped down. In an exclamation, the old man's thin body, like a dead leaf ruthlessly blown down by the wind, fell straight to the city, and died of exhaustion.
And all the people of the city mourned. Looking at the black oppressive crowd prostrate on the ground in front of him, and then looking at the soldiers and people who were trying their best to fight back behind the city wall, the angry shouts and sad cries that kept shouting and killing, and seeing the old ministers who could not bear the humiliation of the country again, and committed suicide in grief and despair, Sima Ye burst into tears.
If you can't keep the country left by your ancestors, how can you have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors underground? A kind of extreme grief and horror that is about to die in person, fiercely tugging at his heart, and there is shame and unspeakable welling up in his heart, as a monarch, he feels powerless, failed to let his people have enough food and clothing but let them face the knives and guns of the Hu people every day, and at the critical moment, but he still has to abandon the people to escape, and let the people be ravaged by the Hu people.
Yes, the Great Jin Dynasty has made mistakes, there are extravagant clans, there are friends who interfere with the government, and there are also drugs that cause chaos in the country, clans and clans, and the king is not sympathetic to civil affairs, so that the world is in turmoil. But no matter how wrong it is, what's the matter with you? It just so happened that the Jin family implemented the policy of preferential treatment of ethnic minorities, instead of the forced migration in the past, and did not take the necessary precautions, and finally by this group of ungrateful alien races, took the opportunity to break into the Central Plains with open fire, burning, killing and looting, and did everything possible to destroy, and finally called the king and called the emperor, and the righteous and bright oppression and abuse of the Han people, it was really enough to be addicted to robbers.
A thousand emotions struck, constantly stimulating Sima Ye's heart, making him tremble like catkins in the wind. Sima Ye was in tears, his eyes were red and swollen, and he finally shouted loudly: "I won't leave!" I want to live and die with this Chang'an City, with your loyal people, even if I die, I will die as I deserve! ”
"Your Majesty is cautious!"
Lu Yun was shocked, knelt down at Sima Ye's feet, and kowtowed again and again. The emperor said such heavy words, which was unheard of and terrifying. In feudal dynasties, the monarch was extremely taboo to mention the word dead, especially when used on himself. Suo Qi originally heard Sima Ye say that he would not leave, and he still had some complaints in his heart, but when he heard the emperor himself say such a decisive word, Suo Qi also immediately knelt down in a hurry, and he was also desperate in his heart, and secretly lamented that this time he was to persuade the car to drive south, and it was also irretrievable, and it seemed that most of them were going to die in this Chang'an City.
On the contrary, there was a cheer on the city. In fact, in all fairness, Sima Ye is just a weak-crowned young man, Wen can't come up with a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, Wu can't dance a knife to kill the enemy, he stays in the city, from a practical point of view, he can't contribute the slightest help.
But his identity determines that he is the backbone and spiritual pillar of all those who still cherish their family and country and rise up to resist the trampling of foreign iron hooves in Chang'an City and even in the whole world. He is there, which means that the spark will not be extinguished, the will will not fall, and the resistance of all sizes will not end; If he escapes or even dies, then it means that the Great Jin Dynasty is over, and the people's hearts are scattered, so he has to stretch out his neck in frustration and cut it off for the Huns.
At this moment, he expressed his resolute attitude not to escape, which is equivalent to giving everyone a reassurance. In addition, if the emperor did not leave, it would be impossible for officials at all levels of the imperial court to leave Chang'an. There was a hint of calmness in his sorrow, since this was the case, he was ready to die for the country. Suo Qi on the side was pale, he didn't want to die, he didn't want to sit back and watch himself fall into a death situation like this. Because morale is high, if you really want to repel the enemy, you still have to rely on fighting with a knife and a gun. The battle strength of the city is becoming more and more exhausted, and after a short period of jubilation, everyone is still quickly awakened by the cruelty of reality, and the Huns are about to break the city!
Suo Qi snorted heavily, and a pair of eye bones turned straight. At this moment, he was repeatedly entangled in his heart, secretly wanting whether to command the soldiers, forcibly embraced Sima Ye into the carriage, and quickly fled from Chang'an to the south. But after all, this move is a great disrespect to the emperor, although it is intended to be good for the emperor, but in the future, if he is picketed and impeached, and the emperor is angry, it will be a big trouble. Suo Qi's face changed, and he couldn't make up his mind.
At the moment of extreme danger, there was the sound of rumbling hooves from afar, and occasionally the sound of shouts mixed in. Suo Qi's heart sank, and he hurriedly ran to the wall, poking his head into the distance, this is most likely the enemy army has backup to kill, so today is really the time of death. More and more people were already screaming in fear, and some were already closing their eyes to death. Suo Qi couldn't help but sigh. The moment when the city fell and the country fell finally came.