The battlefield was slaughtered.

The torches used to ward off the darkness shone through the crowd, and the looming blades reflected a little cold light.

But the torrent of light from countless torches was faintly divided into two factions, as if water and fire were sworn to die.

Inside the crowd, surrounded by soldiers.

"General Yao," Wan Yan Zhao saw Yao Chaozhi's displeased face, sneered, stretched out his hand to point at the right-wing army, and continued to ask in a deep voice:

"Please explain to the emperor why you are gathering troops on the right road, so that the middle lane is empty, and the saint is in danger, if it is not for the timely arrival of the Shangguan general, I am afraid that the emperor has already suffered an accident, dare to ask Lord Yao, what is your intention in doing this?"

Yao Chaozhi obviously didn't expect Yan Zhao to ask this question, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and waved his hand impatiently and replied:

"The Southern Barbarian army attacked the right side of our army, and the old man was the commander of the right army, so he naturally led the army to resist, is it wrong for the old man to do this?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Yu on the side narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"Naturally wrong, you are the commander of the right wing, you naturally know that the three armies are facing each other, the two wings are the protector, General Yao, you have the heavy responsibility of protecting the emperor, but now in times of danger, in order to protect your own safety, you ignore the saint, divide the troops from the middle road without authorization, and hoard the right road, so that the southern barbarian thieves have the opportunity to take advantage of the emperor and fall into danger of the emperor, this is only afraid that it does not match the original intention of setting up the right road, right?"

Yao Chaozhi's face changed after hearing this, he clenched his fists, stared at Shangguan Yu and scolded:

"It's just nonsense, the old man is loyal to the emperor, how can you Shangguan Yu wantonly slander!"

After speaking, he took a step forward and said fiercely with a frown:

"Shangguan Yu, just now Prime Minister Murong Cheng saw you confronting the emperor, and expected that you had misdeeds, so he secretly analyzed your intentions to me, and I called over, the old man told you, don't want to take advantage of this battle to play some tricks, the emperor is wise and wise, how can he be at your mercy? The old man advises you to withdraw your troops immediately and escort the emperor's return to the country, otherwise the old man is afraid that you will die without a place to be buried, and even no one in the Shangguan family will survive! ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Yu's heart froze, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva, but his face did not change much, but his eyes were faintly sharp:

"Then according to the general, is it because he suspects that the old man has bad intentions?"

Yao Chaozhi snorted coldly after hearing this, subconsciously turned his head to look at the emperor behind him, who had been frowning and thinking deeply, and then glanced at Prime Minister Murong Feng, seeing that they were all silent, he was faintly irritable in his heart, but his face still showed a mocking look, and he turned around and said:

"Exactly."

Shangguan Yu's eyebrows flashed with murderous aura, but before he could answer, he saw that after Yan Zhao pondered for a while, he smiled forward and looked at Yao Chaozhi and said:

"General Yao, in front of the emperor, wantonly slandering the minister, but it is a serious crime!"

When Yao Chaozhi heard this, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and turned his head to Wan Yan Zhao and roared:

"The old man is talking to you Shangguan Yu, when will it be your turn to talk nonsense in front of me!" After speaking, he sneered and looked at Shangguan Yu and said, "Shangguan Yu, in front of the emperor, take care of your dog, if you disturb the emperor, you will also be guilty of a capital crime." ”

Wan Yanzhao's eyes flashed, but he said with a smile on his face: "I'm afraid it's not your turn to give orders here, Yao Chaozhi." ”

Yao Chaozhi was stunned for a moment, subconsciously opened his mouth, and before he could speak, he saw the emperor and Prime Minister Murong Feng glance at each other, and said in his heart: "It's here." ”

Murong Feng nodded to the emperor, cleared his throat, and was about to speak, but after hearing Yan Zhao, he suddenly coughed, and ordered loudly: "Someone!" ”

"The subordinates are here!" "In!"

In the crowd, several soldiers obeyed the order and saluted loudly.

Yao Chaozhi frowned, squinted his eyes and looked at Wan Yan Zhao, only to see a strange smile suddenly appear on Wan Yan Zhao's face, and he stretched out his hand to himself.

Behind him, Murong Feng sighed softly, took a step back, and at the same time made a gesture to Li Dongyuan and the others, who understood, and guarded the emperor with his sword.

Seeing the strange situation, Yao Chaozhi was quite impatient in his heart, and pointed to the soldiers in front of Wan Yan Zhao and said, "You are tired of living, do you want to rebel!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard someone in the Yulin army in front of the emperor behind him suddenly shout: "My lord! ”

Yao Chaozhi just wanted to turn around and ask, but suddenly felt a cold in his chest, and a long sword stabbed out of his chest.

Yao Chaozhi was in great pain, gasped, gritted his teeth and looked forward, only to see that in the blink of an eye, the soldier who was kneeling a little far away just now had arrived in front of him.

Yao Chaozhi held the hilt of the sword with both hands, looked at it painfully, and saw that although the soldiers in front of him were wearing Yan Guo armor and were very similar to Yan people in appearance, but if they looked closely, there were some differences.

At this moment, the soldier in front of him suddenly drew his sword back, and the blood seemed to rise to the sky, and a bloody breath instantly diffused.

There was a dead silence on the battlefield again, and I don't know who started first, and the sound of swallowing saliva was endless.

Yao Chaozhi squinted and thought for a long time, suddenly his whole body trembled, his face showed a strange and surprised look, he staggered a step, stepped back, he gritted his teeth to cover the wound, and only muttered when he was a little closer to Yulin Jun: "Eye, eye, out, out"

Blood gushed out from the wound like a spring, taking away the life that should have been fresh, Yao Chaozhi fell weakly, his consciousness gradually blurred, and the light of the flickering torch in the distance slowly disappeared, before he died, the last bit of consciousness that appeared in his heart was still thinking hard:

How did they get here?

The already dead battlefield seems to have no breathing sound at this moment, the yellow sand in the sky is flying with the wind, and the sun and moon are all hidden in it, and the hazy makes the battlefield even darker.

At this moment, Wan Yanshuo suddenly took a step forward, raised his hand and made a move forward, and all the soldiers were ordered to take a few steps forward together.

After that, there was no further action. It's just that the circle surrounding the emperor is much smaller than before.

Quietly, quietly!

No one dared to gasp loudly, perhaps everyone already understood in their hearts that at this moment, their lives, the emperor's lives, and even the fate of the Yan Empire were all in the thoughts of Wan Yan Zhao or Shangguan Yu.

It's just that there are many ways to contain life and death, especially after the encirclement, there are still the main forces of the empire eyeing them, and under the scruples of many parties, Shangguan Yu has not taken actual action.

But Wan Yanzhao suddenly killed Yao Chaozhi, breaking the "calm" situation at once, making everyone a little dazed for a while, and even Shangguan Yu was a little overwhelmed for a moment.

In the dimness, it was as if the world had suddenly fallen silent, and at that moment everyone held their breath and heard their own heartbeat.

In the darkness, in the shadows, on the periphery of the encirclement that everyone had not paid attention to, in the army on the right side of the Yan Empire, there was a sudden uproar, and countless torches were suddenly lit up at the same time.

The flames are blazing!

Everyone was taken aback and looked back one after another, even Emperor Murong Dan, who had been silent, raised his head at this moment and stared there with a gloomy face.

The blade was like the sky, the cold light flickered, and I saw that the soldiers of the Right Route Army suddenly branched to both sides like a tide, forming a passage, and then a group of soldiers in reinforcement armor escorted a column of soldiers in the armor of the Right Route Army out of the crowd.

The emperor frowned, although he was a little far away, he still recognized at a glance that in the escorted crowd, it was Wei Ziang, the deputy general of the Right Army, who was walking in the front.

"Your Majesty," just as everyone was whispering and exchanging heads, Wan Yanzhao suddenly stepped forward, knelt down not far from the Yulin Army, and said slowly:

"The subordinates got the news before the war, saying that Yao Chaozhi had bad intentions, and even as early as a few years ago he had secretly colluded with the Nanban, especially with Liu Xiu, the old minister learned that Yao Chaozhi wanted to do rebellious things when the two countries were at war, and his subordinates knew that this matter was important and did not dare to make claims, so they informed General Shangguan of this matter, and General Shangguan got this news, after weighing the pros and cons, he thought that Yan Guo, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the city defense north of Yaonan is strong, and he can bear a defeated battle, but the emperor must not lose, the military situation is urgent, and he is afraid of leaking the news, It was the above-mentioned generals who raised troops overnight to rescue the driver without a holy decree, but fortunately arrived in time and did not have an accident. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ziang, who was escorted, turned pale and scolded loudly:

"Wan Yan Zhao, you traitor must not die well, General Yao is loyal and dedicated to the country, no one in the world knows!" Speaking of this, he struggled violently twice, and when he saw that he couldn't get rid of it, he was unwilling to scold twice, and after scolding, he shouted loudly to the emperor: "Your Majesty! General Yao has been loyal and good for a generation, and now he has been killed by traitors, you must be the master for him! Emperor! ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard the soldiers who were escorted behind him shouting together: "Your Majesty, you are the master of General Yao!" ”

Hearing the noise of the soldiers in unison, although he had the upper hand at the moment, Shangguan Yu couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw the emperor's expressionless face, he subconsciously stepped forward and walked a few steps, stopped in front of the emperor and the soldiers, and pointed to the soldiers and said:

"Yao Chaozhi rebelled, the evidence is conclusive, and you can't escape this matter! Especially you, Wei Ziang, are even more colluding with the enemy, and there have been correspondence in secret, and I have also seized the letters and documents, and I will present them to the Holy Lord in the near future! ”

After speaking, without waiting for Wei Ziang to open his mouth to argue, he waved his hand and shouted to his soldiers: "Everyone, now Wei Ziang has deliberately rebelled, and he should be punished according to the law!" Now at the critical moment of the war, to avoid the anti-thieves from continuing to secretly collude with the Nanban and secretly deliver news, Ben Shuai decided to kill all the anti-thieves here! Kill me! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, but before they could come back to their senses, they heard a miserable cry suddenly sounded.

But in a moment, corpses were strewn all over the field.

A moment later, in the rush of blood, Shangguan Yu smiled, turned around and walked in front of the emperor, bowed and saluted: "The old minister acted recklessly, which frightened the emperor. ”

The emperor nodded, his face was blank, as if he didn't care about what was happening in front of him, and only said lightly:

"You did the right thing, I will reward you for your meritorious rescue efforts," Speaking of this, the emperor paused, glanced at Shangguan Yu, and saw that he did not have the slightest sense of gratitude, his eyes flashed, he shook his head, and continued:

"Now that the war is over and the weather is getting colder, I'm going to drive back to the capital."

Shangguan Yu saw that the emperor didn't care about his killing of Yao Chaozhi and Wei Ziang, so he couldn't help but be stunned, he groaned slightly, and couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he nodded and said:

"The old minister will arrange it."

After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Wan Yanzhao behind him.

Wan Yan Zhao looked at the field, and at this moment, he and Shangguan Yu both saw at the same time that after killing Yao Chaozhi's own soldiers, there were few soldiers left who were completely loyal to the emperor.

After mastering the emperor, he can hold great power.

Thinking of this, Wan Yanzhao nodded.

Shang Guangyu's face smiled even more when he saw this, at this moment in his heart, even if the young emperor in front of him was once wise and martial, it was a long time ago.

He stood up, pointed to the north, and shouted, "Back to the city!" ”

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