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"Shandong participated in politics Tie Xuan bowed to His Royal Highness King Yan: the traitorous ministers were disloyal, so that the king braved the frost and dew, and worried about the society. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWho is not the son of Emperor Gao? Its drop also! However, the people of the East China Sea do not practice soldiers, see the army pressing the border, and do not know the meaning of the king An Tianxia and Zi Yuanyuan, so it is said to gather and annihilate it. In the dead of night, we are tired and hasty, our people are troubled, and it is difficult to salute. Please retreat ten miles from the king's division, and only lead a thousand horsemen into the city at noon tomorrow to show mercy to the people. The ministers brought the people of the whole city to greet them with pot pulp, and tied up the thief and the minister Shen Ruoyu under the city. ”

Sheng Yong will shoot down the table to the city.

King Yan quickly replied: everything is as promised.

Under the cover of night, the Yan army, which was overwhelmed by the black clouds, really slowly withdrew from the tall city wall of Jinan.

Fortifications were built all night, repeatedly blocked, inspected; Ensuring that the entire western city wall was truly free of hidden dangers, Shen Ruoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body was soaked with several layers of sweat from midsummer.

It was already completely dawn. He rushed to the palace, where Tie Hyun was waiting. The walls on the east and south sides have also been blocked with rammed earth, and they are foolproof. The northern city wall is ready, and only the central gate remains, which is reserved for welcoming the Yan King.

"Would you like to take a nap?" Tie Xuan saw him and asked, "Commander Sheng is resting in the back now, you should also sleep for a while, and then you can have your energy later." This time, what we have to fight is not an ordinary battle, and we must not make the slightest mistake. Especially you, you have to be aware of the importance of the role you are playing. Hurry up and go to sleep for a while. ”

Shen Ruoyu obediently lay down in Tiexuan's room; He was indeed very tired, and soon fell asleep. It didn't take long for a sudden scoop of cold water to pour on his face, down his nostrils and ears, and into his head. Shen Ruoyu woke up suddenly, and suddenly felt that all seven orifices were choked by water, and he couldn't breathe, causing him to cough violently.

Seeing that he was choking, Tie Xuan beat his back while taking the handkerchief in the servant's hand to wipe his face, and when he calmed down, he shook his head and smiled helplessly, and said:

"I didn't expect to choke you, I'm sorry. I have to blame you for sleeping like a dead man, and you don't react to hitting your ass with a stick. What else can I do? ”

Shen Ruoyu gasped for a long time, and was a little delirious for a while. He asked:

"What's wrong?"

"It's time, there is still an hour before King Yan will receive the city. It's time to prepare the gates. -- Don't hurry up yet! ”

Shen Ruoyu rushed to the city tower, but he didn't dare to go up and show his face, so he only helped at the bottom. Tie Xuan had already ordered someone to carry the big rusty iron plate in the treasury, carry it up to the castle tower, and hide it in the chosen location. The crossbowmen also lay in ambush behind the battlements according to Sheng Yong's arrangement. Sheng Yong carefully selected a hundred soldiers with high martial arts skills to put on the clothes of the common people, and hid short soldiers behind him, holding the pot pulp prepared to reward the Yan army, waiting on both sides of the city gate.

Everything is ready. Tie Xuan carefully checked the hinges of the suspension bridge again, and then turned his head, looked at Shen Ruoliao, and said with a smile:

"Now, it's time for us to dress you up."

He ordered someone to plaster Shen Ruoliao's face and body, scratch his hair, put him in a prison car, handcuff his hands and feet to the railing of the prison car, lock it, and then take away his autumn wind.

At noon, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had already led a thousand cavalry to wait under the city. Looking from the castle tower, except for the thousand men and horses, there was no trace of the army in the extreme place. King Yan really kept his promise and withdrew the army ten miles away.

Tie Hyun carefully surveyed the area around the city gate once more. The sacks of earth and stone ready to block the water were already stacked high on both sides of the city gate. Sheng Yong leaned down from the city wall and nodded at him. Everything is ready and there are no problems.

Tie Hyun nodded; The drawbridge slowly fell, and the gates slowly opened. Tie Xuan was dressed in official clothes, holding the crown ribbon ribbon and the autumn wind sword in front of his chest, solemnly looking at the honor guard of King Yan outside the city, standing still for a moment, and walking towards the city gate. The soldiers beside him followed Lord Tie's footsteps, pulled the prisoner cart, and slowly moved towards the city gate with Shen Ruoliao.

Inside and outside the city walls, at this moment, there is silence. Nervous silence. The only sounds that could be heard were the sound of rushing water floating above the moat, the irritable chirping of cicadas under the scorching sun.

Tie Hyun calmly walked past the gate and stopped at the gate of the city. The prisoner cart stopped beside him; The soldier pulling the cart immediately turned around and ran into the city gate, leaving Tie Xuan alone, staying at the city gate with Shen Ruoliao in the prisoner car.

Tie Xuan and Zhu Di looked at each other across the bridge, and no one said anything for a while. A thousand swallows ride without moving, and the Xuan-colored swallow characters that are high in the scorching sun seem to be static pillboxes or steel halberds.

Finally, Tie Xuan spoke: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the lower officials Tie Xuan and the soldiers and civilians of Jinan have been waiting for a long time. ”

Through the city gate, King Yan and a thousand guards saw that inside the city gate, a group of people in cloth clothes were standing far away, eating pot pulp, and probing their brains outside the city.

Zhu Di responded with a smile: "Brother Keystone, I know that without those kind and innocent people behind you, I would not have had such a conversation with you. You can rest assured, Lone will never hurt the people at all, and you are still a pillar of my country. You can keep the official seal of Shandong's participation in politics. ”

Tie Xuan was unmoved, and said calmly:

"Please ask Your Highness to take back Tie Xuan's crown ribbon. Please also ask Your Highness not to call me Keystone again. Tie Xuan is ashamed of the word Keystone. Today's matter is desperate, how can Tie Xuan still have the face to continue to stay in Jinan. Please allow me to return to my parents. Tie Xuan is not loyal to his ministers, but only wants to be filial to his son. ”

Zhu Di's face darkened a little. King Yan still smiled gracefully:

"Keystone is a man of loyalty; Your wishes, Lone will take into account. However, it is too early to tell. You don't have to worry, Lone will give you an answer as soon as possible. ”

After that, Zhu Di finally set his eyes on Shen Ruoxiao, whom he had noticed at the beginning.

"This is the imperial guard appointed by the Son of Heaven, the commander of Yu Linwei, the governor of the Twelve Guards, and the supervisor of the Pingyan army, Lord Shen?"

Tie Xuan said coldly: "Your Highness forgot? He was also your proud son-in-law. ”

Zhu Di glanced at the people in the prisoner car with disdain, and said with a faint smile:

"Is this him? Lone was very skeptical. With his martial arts, it stands to reason that it will not be like this. ”

Tie Xuan replied with a sneer: "Your Highness is wise. Tie Moujie literati, if he wants to deal with a martial arts master like him, he naturally can't use martial arts. Now, he's yours. Whatever you do, I'm the one who says nothing. ”

Zhu Di looked directly at Tie Xuan thoughtfully; Across the river, King Yan's gaze seemed to be able to penetrate Tie Xuan's heart:

"Nothing to say? Lone knows, he is not only your good friend, but also an important minister of the imperial court, you Tie Keystone will have no words? ”

Tie Xuan looked back at King Yan straightly, and said frankly: "This person sees the wind and rudder, is depraved and degenerate, and his morality is degraded, which is really a harm to the court." What's more, he insulted my daughter - Tie Xuan even dedicated His Royal Highness to Jinan City today, how can he be reluctant to give up on him as a scum. Please dispose of him, Your Highness. ”

Zhu Di looked at the disgraced Shen Ruoliao in the prisoner car from a distance. Shen Ruoyu just turned his head away and didn't look at King Yan. He didn't know what kind of posture he should put on pretending to be a prisoner at this time, so he had to hide.

Zhu Di looked at him, smiled deeply, habitually stroked his thick long hair, and said slowly:

"He's the same, don't be in a hurry. Lone will carefully consider how to deal with it, you don't have to be in a hurry. ”

Tie Xuan said: "In this case, please enter the city with Your Highness." With that, he took a step to the side, made way out of the city gate, and still faced the King of Yan, standing tall and waiting.

King Yan was secretly relieved in his heart. This is exactly the iron keystone he knew; Although he surrendered this time, he still has the integrity to do so. Zhu Di did not have the slightest doubt, waved his horsewhip back, led a thousand guards, and led the horse towards the bridge.

At this moment, without warning, an arrow suddenly broke through the air from behind King Yan, flew over King Yan's shoulder, and shot straight at Shen Ruoliao in the prisoner car on the other side of the bridge.

None of them have seen it clearly. Shen Ruoyu felt the strong wind blowing in his face, and instinctively hid to the side, but forgot that his limbs were firmly handcuffed to the railing of the prisoner car with iron shackles, and he couldn't move for a while, and his heart suddenly felt cold.

He can break the railing; He almost did. But he couldn't; King Yan has not yet made it to the bridge. The prisoner cart broke through, and King Yan would immediately understand that everything was a conspiracy.

But he couldn't let King Yan be fooled; The iron plate on the castle tower fell, and King Yan would die on the spot. This was not the result he wanted. This was in fact the result he feared the most.

Shen Ruoyu panicked, and before he could figure out what to do, where did the arrow from the string allow him to think carefully, and in an instant, he rushed in front of him without any hindrance and plunged into the prisoner car. Shen Ruoxiao only felt a heavy blow to his chest, screamed, and watched as the sharp arrow sank deep into his chest.

King Yan was taken aback and subconsciously reined in his horse; The Yan army behind him also stopped, looking at everything at the city gate in surprise and wariness.

Tie Hyun was even more surprised; He designed all these traps, but he never expected such a change to happen, and he was dumbfounded for a while.

The sharp pain that pierced the heart struck and instantly spread throughout the body; Shen Ruoyu couldn't move. At this moment, he wanted to break the prisoner car, but he was so painful that he had no strength.

What's worse is that he doesn't want anything to happen to King Yan, he doesn't want to watch King Yan die under the iron plate that falls from the sky. So far, all his efforts have been to try his best to thwart King Yan, but he doesn't want to really stop him. What should he do?

At this moment, Tie Hyun has also realized all possible consequences. He looked at Shen Ruoliao in the prison car, and the bright red color had already appeared on his chest, spreading rapidly. The Shandong Counselor did not know how serious the arrow was, but he clearly saw the painful look on the face of the person who was hit by the arrow.

The situation is critical; Tie Xuan could clearly feel that King Yan's eyes were watching him suspiciously. The thousand swallow riders were also watching him. His words and deeds will determine the success or failure of the entire plan, including Shen Ruoxiao's life and death.

Tie Xuan turned his head, Tie Xia no longer looked at Shen Ruoyu, and secretly prayed to God to bless him to hold on, while looking at King Yan. A calm smile returned to his face; He said calmly:

"It seems that Your Highness underestimated the determination of the people behind you to deal with Shen Ruoyu."

Zhu Di looked at him quietly for a long time. Shen Ruoliao in the prisoner car only hoped that King Yan would go to the bridge immediately and come over immediately, and his torture could end as soon as possible. King Yan just wanted to make him suffer. In the dead silence, the people on both sides of the suspension bridge could no longer hear the sound of running water and cicadas, only Shen Ruoxiao's heavy breathing, and his gritted teeth and moaning patiently.

Zhu Di turned his head and sternly glanced at the thousand escort cavalry behind him. He didn't speak, he turned around, and with a flick of his whip, the dragon horse strode back towards the bridge.

King Yan went up to the bridge; The guards behind him lined up in a long line, and they also got on the bridge and walked towards the city gate.

The length of the bridge is actually only ten zhang; Tie Hyun felt like he had been waiting for ten years. He even heard that Shen Ruoyu was bleeding profusely, but he didn't know if it was his hallucination, and he didn't dare to take a look. It seems that it is not Shen Ruoliao, but he himself is being tortured and tormented, and he can't show any performance. For a moment, he was afraid that he would really break down. The appearance of the Shandong political suffocators is still as hard as iron and as hard as a keystone; Deep down, Tiehyun only heard a noisy cry of pain, and heard himself trembling and praying to the heavens.

King Yan slowly got closer and closer to the city gate. Behind him, there was a long line of thousands of guards, and most of them had not set foot on the drawbridge.

Shen Ruoyu's eyes widened and he watched without blinking, as King Yan slowly approached the city gate. He couldn't hold it anymore. Because of the pain, but also because of the idea that King Yan was about to die. But what could he do?

Tear the prisoner cart to pieces - King Yan will be scared away, and he will get out safely. But in this way, he failed Tie Hyun. From now on, Cheol Hyun will no longer trust him. The Battle of Jinan is far from the end. The ideals he worked for, all his efforts, including the arrow in his chest now, including Qiu'er, who he left home in the cold, were all in vain.

King Yan finally stepped off the drawbridge and walked towards the city gate; Two more steps, and he came to the gate of the city, directly below the tower. The iron plate of the ambush on the tower of the city will fall, and the bow and crossbow will be fired in unison, and he will die without a place to be buried.

Behind him, the cavalry of the Yan Army who did not go to the bridge were still surging towards the bridge in a hula-la-la.

Seeing that King Yan was only an inch away. Shen Ruoyu was in a hurry, and suddenly felt an extreme suffocation rise from the wound, knocking him unconscious like a heavy hammer. Nothing was out of his control anymore. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, splashing straight to a foot away, splashing King Yan and the dragon horse under his crotch all over the city gate.

The dragon foal hissed and jumped high. Before Zhu Di, the king of Yan, could react, he suddenly felt the wind rise above his head, and a large black shadow swooped down on his head and face, covering the dazzling noon sunlight in front of him. As soon as he looked up, a huge weight whistled past the tip of his nose and slammed into the dragon's head, knocking King Yan off his horse.

Everything happened too fast. The people inside and outside the city gate heard only a loud bang, and the entire tower and the earth shook violently. The iron plate fell to the ground and stirred up a huge cloud of dust, which rushed in all directions along with the powerful air current. For a moment, everyone instinctively raised their arms to protect their heads and faces, and their minds went blank.

The dust slowly dissipated. King Yan, who was in the center, was still lying on the ground, looking at the huge and heavy iron plate in front of him in horror. Under the iron plate, the tall dragon pony was still outside, and his head and neck had been completely smashed into meatloaf.

In the slightest difference, you will become a part of this meatloaf. If it weren't for Long Ju being frightened and jumping up, he Zhu Di would have been a dead ghost under the iron plate by now.

Shen Ruoyu didn't know anything about everything, and the whole person had already passed out in the prison car.

Sheng Yong's shout suddenly came from the city tower: "Release the arrow!" Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

Bows and crossbows fired in unison. In an instant, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ate two arrows on his body. Zhu Di pulled out the Flying Sun Sword to block the arrows that flew like locusts. At the same time that Sheng Yong threw down the iron plate, the suspension bridge had already been pulled up; The guards of the Yan army, who had not yet gone to the bridge, saw that the situation had changed abruptly, the king of Yan was in extreme danger, and the arrows of the southern army were also pouring down to the other side of the river, and most of the guards could only avoid the rain of arrows for a while, while standing outside the moat and watching the king of Yan and his brother hit the arrows, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

There were only more than 200 Yan troops on the bridge; As the drawbridge was pulled up, arrows rained down on the city wall, and the Yan soldiers fell off their horses, rolled into a ball, and fell into the river. Tie Xuan had already beckoned the soldiers of the Southern Army disguised as civilians in the city to rush over. The lonely and disadvantaged Yan army only had one thought of rescuing King Yan at the moment, and had completely disregarded life and death, and rushed towards King Yan one after another, covering King Yan with his own body. Seeing that the soldiers who had been shot by Sheng Yong were turned into hedgehogs, they still went forward one after another, without fear.

The drawbridge was covered with dead bodies and blood all over the city gates. The Yan army continued to fall off the bridge, and the water of the moat was dyed a miserable red. The Yan army on the other side of the river quickly regained its order, took out bows and arrows to shoot back at the city tower, and covered some people to jump down the river to respond. The Yan army on the bridge is still fighting for his life to save his own Yan King; A soldier carried the wounded Yan Wang on his back, and more than a dozen people surrounded him tightly, using himself as a shield to protect Yan Wang, and sent Yan Wang off the suspension bridge. The rest of the people desperately resisted the rushing Southern Army, blocking the non-stop rain of arrows for King Yan and other comrades.

On and off the bridge, in addition to the dead bodies at this time, there are wounded people bleeding all over their bodies. Yan Jun, who was still alive, was completely unaware of his injuries, as if he was unconscious, and everyone just rescued King Yan regardless of the consequences. The river is not very deep, but it is not up to the chest, and the current is very fast, so several strong Yan troops can hold the Yan King firmly. The Yan army on the other side jumped into the river to rescue the Yan King, and some people were shot to death in the river by the southern army in order to cover the Yan King. The Yan army on the shore saw that King Yan was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whose it was, so he only felt worried.

There was a sea of blood everywhere. Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan shouted hoarsely and told the southern army to just release the arrows, just rush forward to kill people, and never let go of King Yan; Yan Jun, who was still on the bridge, knew that he had no way to live, so he became more and more brave and fearless, and only the only thing left was to protect the Yan King to escape. The arrows of the Southern Army seem to be inexhaustible. Gradually, the Yan army became less and less; The Yan army that crossed the bridge was all killed at this moment, and only the Yan army on the other side of the river jumped down the river to continue to rescue the Yan King. The bows and arrows of the Yan army covering on the shore had been shot, so they unarmed all their weapons and threw them at the archers on the city tower and the southern army rushing onto the bridge.

Zhu Di finally climbed to the other side of the moat with difficulty under the pushing, pulling and hugging of the soldiers he had died. The Yan army on the shore immediately carried the Yan King to the horse's back and protected it tightly with his body. Yan Jun in the river shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up!" Come on! ――”

The arrows of the Southern army were still coming in densely; The drawbridge was lowered, and Sheng Yong had already led the cavalry out of the city to chase after him. The remaining 500 men and horses left their brothers in the river with tears, turned around and escorted the king of Yan and fled in a hurry, riding their horses frantically, and fled to the camp twenty miles away.