Before dawn, with the darkness of the night, the Eastern Wei army was preparing to attack the city under the cover of night. Just when the Eastern Wei military battle was about to be launched immediately, they did not know that the Western Wei army in Kim Yong City had not relaxed its vigilance as the general Gao Cheng had hoped.

On this day and night, the emperor's ingot torch was not until it was dark but it was about to dawn, and he leaned on the couch by the brazier and fell asleep. The dawn is the time when many people are most tired and relaxed. He fell into a deep sleep, the door of the temple opened silently, and a eunuch stepped forward with a gentle step, and called in a low voice, "Your Lord, ......"

The ingot torch immediately woke up, opened his eyes, and looked at the eunuch blankly. Yesterday, when Yuwentai took Zhao Gui out of the city to see Gao Cheng, he was full of suspicions, but Yuwentai came back and didn't report anything, and the doubts in his heart still couldn't be solved.

"The prime minister has something to report." The eunuch bowed and whispered, then looked at the emperor's expression, waiting for his attitude.

"Invite the Prime Minister in." The ingot torch immediately sat up straight. He knew in his heart that if Yuwentai had something, it must not be a trivial matter.

The eunuch took the order and left. Sure enough, he soon saw Yu Wentai walking in, followed by Zhao Gui. Yuan Baoju carefully looked at Yu Wentai, who was approaching him, and there was no abnormality in his expression, but Zhao Gui behind him frowned slightly, looking a little heavy.

Yuan Bao Ju suddenly remembered when he first met Yuwentai many years ago. At that time, Yuwentai always had a smile on his lips, as if everything was in his chest. Today he saw such Yuwentai again. Yuan Bao Ju felt a trace of emotion in his heart inexplicably, he subconsciously stood up and walked over to meet Yu Wentai. He just reached out and supported Yu Wentai, who walked up to him to salute him. He felt like he had gone back many years ago, when he was the king of Nanyang, not this emperor.

"The prime minister doesn't have to be polite, there must be something important?" Yuan Bao Ju looked at Yu Wentai and asked, not noticing Zhao Gui Shi Li behind him, got up and stared at him.

"Your Majesty," Yu Wentai called, but did not say it immediately, as if he was thinking about whether what he said was appropriate or not, but finally continued, "Kim Yong City is not a place that can be held for a long time, and the only thing that the minister is concerned about is His Majesty's safety, so please change your clothes immediately and leave the city at night." The hussar general Zhao Guike led 20,000 cavalry to protect His Majesty from the siege and return to Chang'an. ”

So that's what he had in mind? This is the result of him seeing Gao Cheng back? Yuan Baoju blurted out, "The hussar general escorted back to Chang'an alone?" All 20,000 cavalry were handed over to the hussar generals? Who else is around the prime minister? Is the prime minister going to serve the tiger with his body? If this is really the case, what kind of face does Lone have to be this emperor? Is Lone's life really more important than the prime minister's life? ”

The voice of the ingot-torch lingered, and he stared at Yuwentai with red eyes. This made Yu Wentai speechless for a while, he didn't expect the Yuan Bao Torch to react so violently. Zhao Gui was even more unexpected, in his heart, the emperor was a weak character, he had no heroic spirit at all, he didn't expect to be so responsible in this time of crisis. This made Zhao Gui also look at the ingot torch with admiration.

"Your Majesty is the lord of Chang'an and the son of Great Wei, and Your Majesty's life is naturally more important than the life of your ministers. With His Majesty here, Dawei is here. It is not difficult to find the carp that seems to be the same as the minister, and the temple is full of talents today, and His Majesty's pro-virtuous ministers and villains naturally have a day of unification of the two Wei and the prosperity of the society. After Yu Wentai finished speaking, he unconsciously glanced at his shoulder and arm.

Before he could let go of him when Yuan Bao Ju helped him up just now, he heard his words, and Yuan Bao Ju involuntarily squeezed his arm with force in his hand. Yu Wentai didn't expect the Yuan Bao Torch to look sick and weak, but it was so powerful, even he couldn't bear such strength.

Yuan Bao Ju was also immediately sensitively aware of this problem, and put down his hand, "Who in the lonely clan can't be the great Wei Tianzi?" But where to find a pillar like the prime minister? How can anyone else compare with the prime minister? If there is no prime minister, there will be no Great Wei today. If the prime minister is damaged when the Great Wei is thriving today, how can the Great Wei have the unification of the two Wei and the prosperity of the society in the future? The voice of the ingots torch was almost choked, and he looked at Yuwentai expectantly.

Zhao Gui also couldn't help but look at Yu Wentai, the emperor's words really went to his heart. But Zhao Gui is a smart person and does not show his attitude at this time.

"Your Majesty, you can't miss the opportunity, but you can take advantage of Gao Cheng's defenselessness to go out of the city, if you delay it, I'm afraid you will miss the opportunity." Yu Wentai persuaded hard.

Yuan Bao Ju stared at Yu Wentai and was silent. "Good...... Good...... Okay......" Suddenly he took a few steps back, still staring at Yuwentai but shouted to the eunuch standing in the corner of the hall, "Come on, serve the lonely change of clothes." ”

Yu Wentai secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that there was not much time left to convince Yuan Bao Torch.

Zhao Gui wondered in his heart, why did the emperor suddenly agree again?

The eunuch stepped forward with his robe, which was an ordinary robe to avoid the Son of Heaven's costume being too conspicuous. Yuan Baoju glanced at the robe in the eunuch's hand, suddenly raised his hand to flip it over, and shouted, "How can Lone do this dress?" Go and get the armor, Lone is also a humble man, and he will never be a person who escapes in distress. ”

The eunuch had never seen the emperor so high-spirited, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he looked at Yuwentai. Yu Wentai was about to persuade again, when he suddenly heard a noisy voice outside. Yu Wentai's attention was immediately attracted, and he and Zhao Gui glanced at each other.

The door of the temple was suddenly pushed open.

"Prime Minister! The Eastern Kou began to siege the city. A voice came from the temple gate, and then a man with a general appearance was seen rushing in.

"The enemy can attack, I can defend, what is there to be afraid of?!" Yu Wentai shouted loudly.

"General Yu Jin has already sent the news, General Li Bi and General Li Hu will arrive on the same day. There are the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister inside, there are heavy troops rushing to help, and there are those who are panicked and disturbed the morale of the army, I will kill them! Zhao Gui had already strode towards the palace gate. He was a hussar general, and he had never been decisive in his actions, and he was immediately shocked. Hearing Zhao Gui say that there were reinforcements, his heart also calmed down.

"Hurry up and change your Majesty's clothes!" Yu Wentai turned around and searched for the eunuch who was holding the clothes just now.

The eunuch agreed to hurry forward at this time, but the robe in his hand was not the robe he had just had. It's really hard for him to work hard for so long, and he really found the armor out of nowhere.

Yuwentai wanted to say something, but he stopped talking. Thinking about it, I also think that the ingot torch wearing armor may be more confusing and unrecognizable.

Yuan Bao Ju took off his clothes by himself, threw the clothes of the Son of Heaven on the ground, without pity, and after a while, he also put on a hood and put on the Mingguang armor, and at this moment he seemed to have changed a person, heroic and powerful, not like the sick and weak Son of Heaven just now.

"Lone's life is not a pity, take care of the prime minister." Yuan Bao Torch stared at Yuwentai, his eyes burning.

"The minister will defend His Majesty with his life." Yu Wentai also stared at him, and said only this sentence without saying much.

The fighting outside is getting louder and louder, and Kim Yong Cheng is breaking today. The two of them finally glanced at each other at this rare moment. After today, no one can predict who will survive and who will die. Maybe it's the right time to say goodbye.

"Is she okay? Has the prime minister ever been to see her? Yuan Bao Ju broke the silence and suddenly asked. Who is this "she" he is talking about, he and Yuwentai are like mirrors.

"Your Majesty shouldn't have asked her again." Yu Wentai's face did not change color, but his voice was cold.

"Is the prime minister really so ruthless?" Yuan Bao Torch fell into tears, and after the abolition, he never asked Yuwentai about Yue'e again, nor did he ask anyone. Now that life and death are at stake, this is the only thing he cares about, but Yuwentai is not even willing to fulfill his last wish. "If Lone can return to Chang'an alive, never ask again. But if I die here alone, when she dies the next day, I will ask the prime minister to bury me and her in a cave, and my wife will be grateful to the prime minister. ”

Yuan Bao Torch said that he actually bowed to Yuwentai.

"Your Majesty!" Yu Wentai grabbed him and picked him up, "Your Majesty is the king of a country, how can you talk about life and death lightly?" Your Majesty should be thinking again and again at this moment about how to get out of the predicament and return to Chang'an Xingsheji, instead of being this kind of child and daughter here. The minister asks His Majesty to get on his horse and leave the city immediately, and the minister will protect His Majesty with his life. He said it so definitely that people couldn't help but believe it.

Yuan Baoju looked at Yu Wentai, not knowing where he came from with such a big grasp. But after many years of friendship, Yuwentai's personality also knows that even if he is not sure at the moment, he can still be so confident. After a while, he said, "What the prime minister said is very true. ”

The two men walked out of the temple together.

Although Kim Yong Castle is small, there are many gates. There are three city gates in the east, west, south and north, and there are twelve city gates in total. The south of the city is adjacent to Luoshui, and even though it is not easy to attack the city, there is no way to escape if Kim Yong Yong comes out of the south of the city. If the Eastern Wei army wanted to attack the city, it would need to divide its troops to attack without knowing the deployment of the Western Wei army in the city. Gao Cheng's purpose is to capture Yuwentai and the ingot torch alive, so no city gate can be let go, and any city gate may be the exit for Yuwentai to escape with the ingots torch.

The problem is simpler for Yuwentai. Theoretically, any of the twelve gates could be his choice. The Western Wei army does not need to divide its troops, as long as it concentrates 20,000 iron cavalry, chooses an exit, and guards the emperor with the prime minister to fight out of the encirclement, and goes straight to Tongguan to get life.

Concentrate all your strength on a breakthrough, which is what Yuwentai does best. Now it's up to you which gate to choose. Of the twelve city gates, the one that was not guarded by Gao Cheng himself was the place that could be broken through. And Gao Cheng will never be separated by twelve people and guard everywhere. This is the source of Yuwentai's self-confidence.

Kim Yong Cheng is adjacent to Luoyang in the north, the east side is far away from the river bridge, only the west wall can go all the way to the west after leaving the city, and then go west to enter Tongguan and return to Chang'an. Luoyang City is dilapidated and not enough to defend. In the case of not knowing when the reinforcements will come, Luoyang cannot hold it, and it is even worse than Kim Yong Cheng.

Going out of town from the east side is the last thing you should do. Heyin City in the south of the river bridge and Beizhong City in the north of the river bridge have always been heavily guarded by the Eastern Wei army. It may be easy to get out of the three gates east of Kim Yong City, but it may be difficult to get out of the city after getting out of the east of the city. Not to mention, once it was held hostage by the Eastern Wei army and crossed the river bridge into Hanoi, and then north was the important place of Shangdang, it was not far from Yecheng, the capital of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. At that time, there was really no chance to get out of trouble, and it was almost impossible to return to Chang'an.

Which way to get out of the city is a big question for Yuwentai, and the same is true for Gao Cheng. And Yuwentai's final choice is to go out of the city from Xiyuan. Kim Yong City is small, and the three gates of Xiyuan are not far apart, and sure enough, as Yu Wentai originally guessed, the three gates of Xiyuan are the places where the Eastern Wei army is heavily guarded. It can be imagined from this that Gao Cheng's strategy was to attack the city on both the east and north sides, and the aggressive offensive was to expel the Western Wei army in the city to the west of the city, which was only defended but not attacked. The Eastern Wei army waited outside the gate west of Kim Yong City to capture Yuwentai and the Yuan Bao Torch.

The actual battle situation is actually different from what Yu Wentai and Gao Cheng originally thought. Yuwentai was originally a thoughtful and steady person, and the more he was at this moment of life and death, the more calm he became. With all the precautions, he and the hussar general Zhao Gui led 20,000 cavalry to rush out of a city gate in the west wall.

In the midst of the shouting and killing, the three monarchs and ministers were all wearing armor and belts, making generals who fought before the battle. Yuan Bao Ju's heart is not so heavy at this time, let go of everything in his heart, and only by returning to Chang'an can he have a future. If you can't go back to Chang'an, don't mention anything. Carrying a sword and getting on the horse, the bloody enemy, may be the deepest wish that he has always hidden in his heart, and it is extremely happy to realize it suddenly at this time.

There are three city gates in the west wall, and Yuwentai did not specifically choose which gate to use as a breakthrough. Sure enough, as he expected, the situation of the Eastern Wei defenders at the three city gates was exactly the same, presumably Gao Cheng couldn't easily draw conclusions about which city gate he broke through.

The 20,000 iron cavalry of the Western Wei army are extremely brave, which can be called elite, and there are emperors, prime ministers, and hussar generals who personally lead them, even the Eastern Wei defenders outside the city gate are also brave, and in the end they still give the Western Wei army an advantage. Yuwentai actually took Zhao Gui to protect the emperor's ingots torch and rushed out to kill.

By this time it was already dawning. In the past few days, the sky has been cloudy and snowfall, and then the Eastern Wei army suddenly besieged the city, including Yuwentai, Yuan Baoju, Zhao Gui, and all the soldiers of the Western Wei army, have been in a nervous mood and obscure to the extreme. After experiencing this catastrophe of life and death, and seeing the sun shining through the snowy fields outside Kim Yong Castle, everyone's mood is very good with the weather.

The snow was so white that it was so bright that it was impossible to open one's eyes. Looking to the west, I always feel that Tongguan is vaguely visible. The sky was exceptionally clear, as if it were transparent, and the cold and dampness of the previous days had been swept away. Yuan Bao Ju looked up at the sky, this is the Luoyang City in his heart. And at this moment, he said goodbye to Luoyang City in his heart, and what made him feel like an arrow was Chang'an, which was far away outside Tongguan. Luoyang, he really can't go back, and Chang'an is the place he should really miss now.

The ingot torch woke up from his contemplation on his own, so that he could settle down to see the situation around him.