Dingwu stood at the head of the city, looking at the raging fire burning in the Heavenly Palace, looking very calm, but the gloomy look in the depths of his eyes had already revealed his helpless mood.

The soldiers standing at the head of the city looked at the raging fire of the Heavenly Palace, but their eyes were also split.

Although it is far away from the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace is located on a high place, and coupled with the dark winter night, the flames that soar into the sky are even more dazzling.

"Holy!" Seeing the gloomy look in Ding Wu's eyes, Xuanyuan Shao knew that Ding Wu's current mood must be extremely painful, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

As the king of the empire, watching the barbarians wreak havoc under his nose, but he was helpless, the pain in Dingwu's heart can be imagined.

The guards in the city have defended the city to this day, but they have endured to the extreme, as long as Dingwu gives an order, even if there are ten times as many barbarian soldiers, these guards will rush over and fight them to the end without hesitation.

But Dingwu could only endure it.

In fact, many people know in their hearts that although the Heavenly Palace was built magnificently, when Dingwu moved to Wuping Mansion City, all the gold and silver treasures in the Heavenly Palace were transferred to Wuping Mansion City.

But within the Heavenly Palace, there is an extremely important thing, which is better than countless gold and silver for the Great Qin Empire, and that is the body of the first emperor.

After the death of Xuan Yuan, the body remained in the Heavenly Palace, and when Dingwu was transferred to Wuping Mansion, Xuan Yuan's body remained in the Heavenly Palace, and he also sent Xuanzhen Taoist Sect to lead a group of Taoist priests to escort him.

Immortal Dao is already good at the art of elixir, although it can't really make Xuan Yuan immortal, but it is not difficult to preserve Xuan Yuan's corpse intact.

Although Dingwu has announced to the world that the first emperor has died, but did not hold a national funeral for Dingwu, after all, it is a very time, and Hexi is a temporary shelter, when Xuan Yuan was still sober, in fact, he has already chosen the feng shui treasure land for burial, Dingwu inherited the throne, everything is like Mao, but he really has no energy to hold a funeral for Xuan Yuan, so he can only temporarily park his body in the Heavenly Palace.

Now that the barbarians have broken through the Heavenly Palace, they naturally have to search around in the Heavenly Palace, Dingwu only hopes that the Taoist priests who guard the remains can collect the corpse of Xuan Yuan, otherwise once the corpse of Xuan Yuan falls into the hands of the Yi Barbarians, the consequences are really unimaginable.

He was worried, but Xuanyuan Shao had already said softly: "Holy Lord, the barbarians attacked the city of Wuping Mansion and aimed the spearhead at the Heavenly Palace, if the palace is broken today, Yao Chong is only afraid!" ”

Dingwu put his hands behind his back, just looked at the firelight in the distance, and asked, "Xuanyuan, why do you think the barbarians turned to attack the Heavenly Palace?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao thought for a moment before he said, "Holy Lord, could it be that the barbarians are not just here to vent their anger? ”

"I hope they're just venting their anger." Ding Wu sneered: "But they stormed the Heavenly Palace for a few days, and if they didn't stop until they reached their goal, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, they knew that I was in Wuping Mansion City, but why did they storm the Heavenly Palace at any cost?" His gaze became cold, "I'm afraid that Tushi Khan is beginning to understand how to attack the city." ”

Xuanyuan Shao is naturally also a shrewd person, and when he understood, his brows tightened, "Holy Lord, could it be that the barbarians attacked the Heavenly Palace for the sake of those in the Heavenly Palace!" But he didn't go on.

"Many of the strong men who retreated to the Heavenly Palace were skilled craftsmen, and with the ability of those craftsmen, it was not difficult to create siege weapons." Dingwu said slowly: "I'm afraid that it won't be long before the barbarians have a large number of siege weapons in their hands, and at that time, this Wuping Mansion City may not be able to defend it." ”

Xuanyuan Shao clenched his fists, but did not speak.

After a while, Ding Wucai asked softly, "Xuanyuan, if Tushi Khan suddenly dies, do you think the barbarians will retreat?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what Dingwu meant, and said softly: "The Holy Lord said that he sent the Divine Clothes Guard to assassinate Tushi Khan?" ”

"Although the barbarians are not educated, they are not fools, I have observed that Tushi Khan is very careful to protect his safety, and there are never less than twenty guards by his side." Dingwu said softly: "Let the Shenyi Guard sneak into their camp secretly, the Shenyi Guard may be able to do it, but if you want to assassinate and sweat in the camp, there is almost no possibility." ”

Xuanyuan Shao frowned slightly, but he understood in his heart that Dingwu had obviously reached a desperate situation, otherwise he would never have thought of a way to assassinate the enemy chieftain.

When the two armies face each other, it is true that they can do everything they can to win the war by all means, but the method of assassinating the enemy's head is really a strategy of the last resort.

This is of course because when the battle is fought, both sides will inevitably protect their leaders closely, and the possibility of assassination is very small, but also because this kind of trick is a sneaky act after all, which is despised.

Although the Qin State has now fallen, there is only a corner of the land, but after all, there is still the brand of the Great Qin Empire, and the dignified Central Plains Empire is fighting against the reckless barbarians, and is forced to secretly assassinate the leader of the other party, even if it is successful, but once it spreads, it will have a great impact on the reputation of the Qin State and Dingwu.

However, Xuanyuan Shao also understands that at this point, it is important to keep the safety of Wuping Mansion, and if it is reputational, Dingwu will naturally not be able to care about it now.

"What chance do you think I'll have if I go there in person?" Dingwu pondered for a moment and finally asked.

Xuanyuan Shao changed color slightly.

Throughout the ages, it is not uncommon for emperors to command wars on the front line, whether it is an imperial expedition or an emperor who is forced into a desperate situation by helplessness, it is not an exception in history.

But with the dignity of the emperor, he actually wanted to personally assassinate the enemy chieftain, looking at the ancient and modern, it is an extremely rare thing.

"Holy Lord, never!" Xuanyuan Shao immediately said: "The body of the Holy Ten Thousand Venerables, how can it be easy to take risks? These days, the saint also knows that although the barbarians are wild and untamable, and the marching and fighting are not unorthodox, but the enemy chieftains are very serious about their own safety, their tents are in the hinterland of the military camp, and they are heavily protected all around, and it is almost impossible to get close to the enemy chieftain's big tent, but once there is a slight negligence, it is surrounded by tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers, that is, Da Luo Jinxian, and it is impossible to evacuate! ”

Ding Wu smiled faintly and said, "My martial arts, can't I come and go freely?" ”

Of course, Xuanyuan Shao knew that Dingwu's martial arts were haunted, and it might not be impossible to enter the enemy camp, but he knew better that even if Xuanyuan Shao's martial arts were unpredictable, as long as there was the slightest negligence, once he really fell into the enemy camp and was discovered, it was impossible for him to return safely from the thousands of troops.

"Holy Lord, with all due respect, with the Holy Martial Arts, it is not difficult to enter the enemy camp, even if it is to assassinate Tushi Khan, it can be easily held." Xuanyuan Shao said: "But the minister thinks that even if the Holy Lord really kills Tushi Khan, and even kills all the barbarian generals around him, it will be useless." Previously, the barbarians suddenly rebelled, and Tushi Khan had not yet arrived, but they still attacked the city with all their might, which shows that even if Tushi Khan really died, there would be new barbarians to replace him. The barbarians are originally a tribal alliance, and they are not convinced by each other, and the saint also said a few days ago that Tushi Khan can command the barbarian army, just because the barbarians need such a commander, not that they really need Tushi Khan. It doesn't matter to them who the commander-in-chief is, if one dies, another will appear. ”

Dingwu groaned slightly, and then bowed his head slightly, "You are right, Tushi Khan and I are naturally different. ”

The raging fire of the Heavenly Palace burned until dawn, and it did not weaken in the slightest, and the magnificent Heavenly Palace, which had consumed a lot of financial resources and manpower, was just a useless thing that could neither be eaten nor drunk nor taken away in the eyes of the barbarians.

Countless barbarians rushed into the Daotian Palace, in order to attack the city of Wuping Mansion and the Heavenly Palace, thousands of people were killed and wounded before and after, almost every tribe had people killed on the battlefield, and now the city is broken, that is, the new hatred and old hatred are counted together, and the saber ruthlessly slaughters the people in the Heavenly Palace.

In addition to the tens of thousands of strong men who followed Yao Chong to retreat and enter, there were also many palace maids and eunuchs who stayed here, although the three halls covered an open area, but tens of thousands of people were among them, but they were also extremely crowded, and there were shouts and screams everywhere.

Yao Chong led the people of the Heavenly Palace to fight hard for several days in a row, the strong men in the Heavenly Palace did not have much combat experience, under the siege of several days, there were heavy casualties, and most of them did not have any weapons in hand, bare-handed, now the fierce barbarians rushed in, there was no danger to defend, the people in the Heavenly Palace did not have any resistance at all, just like wolves rushed into the flock, the sword light flew, the spear was ruthless, and in the screaming and screaming, one after another fell in a pool of blood.

The barbarians are obviously very good at slaughtering, 20,000 soldiers will be surrounded by the heavenly palace impenetrable, that is, not even a fly is released, the barbarians who rushed into the heavenly palace are actually only half, some are slashing and killing, some are searching around, trying to find something valuable, there are already some barbarians who see the young and beautiful palace maid, carrying it on their shoulders, laughing wildly.

The entire heavenly palace is like a purgatory on earth.

To the disappointment of the barbarian soldiers, there was no gold and silver treasure in the heavenly palace they imagined, and even the food could not be found, although the buildings in the heavenly palace were exquisite, and the carving was ingenious, but in the eyes of the barbarian soldiers, they were worthless, and the extraordinary anger of the disappointed barbarian mutiny, not only wantonly slashed and killed to vent the anger in their hearts, but also set fire everywhere, which was determined to burn this heavenly palace that disappointed them to the core.

From the time they entered the city, they began to kill and set fires everywhere, and by dawn, the corpses in the heavenly palace were piled up, and many people were forced into their houses and burned to death.

This terrible massacre was not completely quelled until the Turish Khan sent people to stop it.

Although before the barbarian soldiers attacked the Heavenly Palace, the Turish Khan repeatedly ordered that after the capture of the Heavenly Palace, although all the people who resisted should be killed, as long as someone surrendered, they could not be slaughtered and could only be captured, but under the fury of the barbarian soldiers, there were still thousands of people who died under the butcher's knife, if it were not for the Turish Khan's bent desire to get the craftsmen in the Heavenly Palace to make siege weapons, the tens of thousands of people in the Heavenly Palace would be difficult to get rid of the enemy.

The Nine Shades of Purgatory, nothing more than this!