Chapter 103: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
It's officially winter. In the evening, there were some sporadic snowflakes, the snow was not large, and the snowflakes turned into moist air before they landed, and when the wind came, there was a sudden chill, and the temperature dropped a lot compared to the daytime.
The dog baby was carrying a gun, and as soon as she was blown by the cold wind on the street, she couldn't help but shiver: "Damn, it's really cold tonight, but the mother-in-law is careful, and she turned out the dog skin's shoulder, or this half of the night is worth sleeping, and it won't freeze into a human dry?" ”
He turned his head to look at the soldiers of his small team, all of them shrunk their necks, and couldn't help but smile: "Blessed are those who marry their daughters-in-law, my family Qiuxiang is not good, but he knows cold and hot, and he knows that he loves his man." ”
He touched the two steamed buns that his daughter-in-law had forced into his arms, a large piece of stewed beef, tsk, and a little hot. The dog baby puffed up her chest triumphantly and shouted: "Be in good spirits, watch the night!" ”
So, a squad cruising the streets......
Tuoba Wu's house is crowded at the moment, and the clansmen are crowded in the back house, one by one holding on to bright weapons, some of them are wearing simple leather armor, staring at a pair of fierce eyes, a bloodthirsty look on their faces, and a murderous posture.
"This Western Xia Kingdom is the Western Xia Kingdom of our Tuoba Clan, and the king can have the world today, but it is difficult for us to set the five states, and we rely on our party members to start the business, what is it now? The king sat in the dragon court, and the people of our Tuoba family not only did not get any benefits, did not get the most abundant pastures, did not assign various cities to be city lords, but also had to take out some benefits to share with other tribes. That's it, a few days ago, the king used the excuse that the two Tuoba Han Chan brothers did not obey the king's orders, cut off their heads, canceled the hereditary system of the department, and removed the Weiwu tribe from now on! ”
"Without a leader, you are like a baby without a father, and you are not as bullied by others? Without a leader, who will be in charge of your house? In this savannah. How can a family survive with a single person? The king is the righteous son of Lord Li Guangcen of our Tuoba clan, why do you treat our people like this? It's because he's around...... There are people like Fang, Ding Chengzong, Lin Pengyu, Qin Jiang, and those surnamed Xu and Xiao who bewitch the king, as well as Li Jitan, Li Tianlun, Tuoba Cangmu, and other scum who eat inside and outside to slander and confuse the king. ”
"Tonight, we killed the traitors and the Qing monarch, not only to fight for the interests of our people, but also to protect the king and maintain the world of our Tuoba family. Tonight, not only will we do it, but also Tuoba 100 will work together to celebrate the grand event. Everyone tied the white towel that was distributed to their left arm, as long as they were not tied to the towel, they were not our people, and they would be killed!! ”
The courtyard was filled with the sound of Suosuo, and after a while, Tuoba Wu swept away the clansmen who were about to stop, waved the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Go!" ”
The dog baby was cruising the streets, and suddenly saw a crowd of people rushing in front of him. immediately stepped forward to meet him and shouted: "Stop, in the middle of the night, who went to the street without permission?" Didn't you know that the imperial court had a curfew? ”
As he spoke, he had clenched the spear in his hand, but the people in front of him did not answer at all, and the head and face were a chaotic arrow, and the soldiers patrolling the city were caught off guard, and they were shot down on the spot, screaming miserably. Immediately, I saw a big man in a beard with a white scarf on his arms swooping over, his face full of hideousness and slashing with a knife.
The rain of arrows had wounded the patrolling squad, and a few of those who had not been shot had time to escape, and the wolf-like enemy had already pounced on them, and in a matter of moments they had been cut to pulp. Tuoba Wu's bloody long knife was gently pulled up, and a soldier on the ground who was screaming from an arrow had stopped breathing.
Tuoba Wu waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Time is urgent, go straight to the palace!" ”
Hundreds of his clansmen hurried away with him. Leather boots stomped on the ground, and blood chirped on the ground.
After the group left, there was a sudden movement in the pile of corpses, and a man with a bloody face crawled out, he touched his chest with palpitations, and an arrow was in the middle of his heart, and fortunately, he was blocked by a large piece of beef and two steamed buns in his heart, and the arrow did not penetrate deep into the flesh, and it was not enough to kill. He pulled it out with all his might, threw the arrow to the ground, and looked at the many robes in the area where the corpse was ambushed, his lips trembled, and he quickly flashed into an alley.
After a few moments. A cloud-piercing firework bomb burst out of the alley and sounded in the dark and silent sky, and a brilliant firework was launched......
At this time, Tuoba Cangmu led the clan with two knives in his hand and just killed a group of people besieging his mansion, this group of people belonged to a small tribe of the Tuoba clan, the head of the tribe was a fat man with a short stature, usually saw him always smiled before speaking, and was extremely flattering, I didn't expect that this Humpty Dumpty man was like a leopard at this time, and actually cut off a piece of meat on his thigh with a knife, which weighed half a catty, and Tuoba Cangmu grinned in pain.
"He's **, fortunately after listening to the reminder of the conversation, he quietly sent his family out, otherwise he really wanted to be planted here, and my family would have confessed, my daughter-in-law Ma Buir Ke just conceived my little grandson."
Tuoba Cangmu gasped for breath happily, and then a firework flag arrow broke through the air in the night sky, which was extremely gorgeous, and then, fireworks were lit up everywhere in the city, and Tuoba Cangmu's face tightened, and he shouted: "It's not good." The thieves went to the palace. ”
He looked back at the hundreds of clansmen who were following him closely, and shouted: "Come, follow the old man to the palace, and King Qin will save you!" ”
At the same time, Tuoba Wu also saw the fireworks in the night sky, and couldn't help but smile cruelly: "The king is also careful, hum, now that his whereabouts have been revealed, there is no need to hide and hide, rush forward, just rush over." There is no need to be entangled in love, hurry to the palace gate and join the other tribes! ”
The subordinates agreed, let go of their hands and feet, and fought and shouted in the direction of the palace, and in the face, a team of officers and soldiers with a gun and a shield in the other hand were already lined up to meet each other, and it was another battle......
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The reaction of the imperial court is not unpleasant, the palace guards are in the hands of Ding Chengzong, they have already closed the palace gate of the inner city, the city is full of armor, arrows are like rain, desperately suppressing more and more Tuoba people gathered in the square, and the city guards are controlled by Yang Yanpu, Tuoba Haofeng, Li Jitan, Jupiter four generals, the city has changed, they immediately waved their troops to help, at this time the city has been full of fire, the hundreds of people who originally fled to Xingzhou for refuge are panicked and wandering around, for a while the bandits and the people are difficult to distinguish, greatly delayed the time for the return of soldiers and horses from the four routes.
In front of the palace gate, Tuoba Wu, Tuoba Qingyun and other soldiers and horses converged.
"Did you catch the planting?"
"No, this old boy is not in the house, and it is said that he went to drink with Ding Chengzong."
"Hmph, I knew they were complicit and embarrassed. In the same way, if you catch Ding Chengzong, you will also catch the seeding. ”
"Did Lin Pengyu catch it?"
"No, I arrested a family member to force a confession, saying that this old guy went to Widow Liu's house in the west of the city to spend the night, and I have sent someone to it."
"Hey, this old bastard, people are not old, Lao Tzu fulfilled him, let him be a romantic ghost, what about Fan Siqi? This is the God of Wealth of our Western Xia Kingdom, who has controlled him, right? ”
One of the leaders in charge of the raid on Fan Shangshu's mansion squeezed in breathlessly: "I didn't catch him." I don't know where this kid has gone. ”
"It's okay, caught his family, right? The surname Fan is a baby son, who controls the small one, and is not afraid of the old one going to the sky. ”
"I didn't catch it, it is said that his wife and children have returned to their parents' house."
"Hui Niang...... Back to your mother's head! ”
Tuoba Wu was in a hurry, and he couldn't care about the identity of the other party who was also the head of the clan, so he scolded: "That bastard is originally from the Han Kingdom, his mother's home is far away from this mountain, and now he is under the rule of the Song Kingdom, and he is about to count the nine cold winters, at this time his wife and children will return to their parents' home?" You don't have a long heart......"
"Not good!"
Before he finished scolding, Tuoba Wu's face suddenly changed: "Why is it so coincidental?" None of them are at home, and the main owner has not been caught, can their family members be caught? ”
Tuoba Wu stared, all the leaders looked at each other, and none of them answered, and Tuoba's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sinking valley.
"Boom!"
A fire lotus bloomed in the air, followed by countless torches lit up in all directions, and the city guards who arrived in time were surrounded on three sides, with spears and halberds, short knives and giant shields, layers of copper walls and iron walls, and they were as strong as mountains!
And behind them, there is the tall and majestic palace wall, and on the marching road on the palace wall, there are densely packed palace guards, all of whom are holding bows and crossbows, waiting for the battle.
All the heads looked at each other, suddenly the lights on the noon gate were bright, the flags on both sides were displayed, and a person slowly appeared in the city tower, wearing a white robe with a round neck, a blue Zhuge scarf on his head, sitting on a wooden wheel square chair car, with a ...... in his hand actually shook a feather fan in his hand, it was Ding Chengzong.
On a cold day, lupine scarf, full of Zhuge Liang? As soon as he saw Ding Chengzong's appearance, Tuoba Wu's nose was almost crooked.
Zhuge Liang is famous in the Yibarian Hu Di clan, and his image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Tuoba Wu naturally knows it.
"Tuoba Qingyun, Tutuowu ......, there are so many leaders who come to the noon gate in the middle of the night? The officer greets the late, forgives the sins, forgives the sins. ”
On the city tower, Ding Chengzong laughed and said loudly: "I just don't know, what do you want to do when you are fighting with open fire and gathering at the palace gate at night?" ”
"In this case, the situation must have been exposed early, could it be that there is a traitor among us?"
Tuoba Wu glanced behind him, forced the doubts in his heart, raised his head, and shouted: "Ding Chengzong, don't be cowardly, do you think you will win if you get the news early?" Together, our troops are no less than the sum of the palace guards and city guards, fighting to the death, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable. ”
Tuoba Wu raised his arms and shouted: "The king, is the king of my Tuoba clan, Ding Chengzong held the king hostage, excluded my clan, and had bad intentions, we want to clear the king's side, restore the royal power, suppress the court, and kill traitors." The leaders of all ethnic groups, for the sake of the great cause, kill! ”
Tuoba Wu gave an order, countless arrows suddenly flew into the air, straight to the noon gate tower, Ding Chengzong chuckled, the wheel car suddenly slid backwards, two giant shields in front of him, like two door panels, "tuk tuk tuk" sounded, and the door panel suddenly became obscene.
Immediately, the lights on the castle tower dimmed, the torches were all extinguished, and there was a complete silence, and then several dark things were thrown out of the night sky, although it was night, the sky was a little clear after all, so that the color was darker than the sky, and it was faintly visible.
"What's that? Hurry up! ”
Tuoba clan people also put a stone thrower in the inner city, this thing is easy to use to destroy the city, and it is really not useful to kill people, everyone dodged away, and saw seven or eight black and heavy things hit the ground with a bang, and suddenly became fragments, Tuoba Qingyun couldn't help but be surprised, and snatched a torch from the hands of his subordinates, and looked closer.
As soon as he lowered his head, he saw that there was a black oily liquid spreading everywhere on the ground, he raised the leather whip, only to feel that his feet were sticky, so he came closer to look, his nose smelled a smell, and he couldn't help but be shocked: "This is fierce fire oil!" ”
Without saying a word, the city was dotted with stars, like bright lights, hundreds of rockets were sprinkled all over the sky, and the ground ignited the fierce fire oil, Tuoba Qingyun was standing in the fierce fire oil, and suddenly burned into a burning man, Tuoba Qingyun screamed, the fire was in the face, and it was difficult to open his eyes, so he could only run out with his eyes closed, and the fire oil was sticky and wet under his feet.
In all directions, the Tuoba clan people were stunned to look at Tuoba Qingyun who danced like a flame and screamed like killing pigs, and then, only listening to the sound of the swishing wind, many tribal warriors screamed and fell, and Tuoba Wu fell straight next to him, with a sharp arrow stuck straight in his back, the arrow had penetrated to the arrow feather, and the strength was amazing, it must be a good bow equipped by the palace guards.
Tuoba Wu's eyes were red, and he shouted: "Bow and arrow to suppress the head of the city, attack on three sides!" ”
They also secretly created some siege equipment in the mansion, the inner city is no taller and steeper than the outer city, these relatively simple equipment is enough, but it is impossible to attack the city smoothly at the moment, the city guards are watching from three sides, will they be allowed to attack the palace? Moreover, there were seven or eight flames burning in the crowd, and they were now a group of live targets, and the palace guards were hidden in the shadows, and they could harvest their lives with only arrows, and only by pulling the city guards surrounded by three sides into the melee could they stop the threat of arrows at the head of the city. In terms of numbers, their numbers are not under the city guards who are surrounded on three sides, and if the palace guards do not open the door to meet the enemy, their strength is still above the city guards, and it is expected that there is still a chance of victory.
After paying thousands of lives, Li Jitan and Yang Yanpu's military formation was the first to break through, and the two sides fell into a melee.
The fire is blazing, countless soldiers are fighting to the death, the soldiers in the blood fall one by one, but no one retreats, and there is no way to retreat, in front of and behind, on the left and on the right, either the enemy or the enemy, everyone's eyes are bloodshot, wanton slaughter, what moves, what martial arts, in such a melee between the two armies is completely useless, swords, guns and halberds are like a storm, the competition is who has more strength, whose speed is faster, whose shot is more decisive and ruthless, who is stronger, can hold the slash, one face, life and death are instantaneous.
Finally, the people on Tuoba Wu's side were completely suppressed, the fire of the fierce fire oil was already a little weak, Tuoba Wu's people were completely suppressed in the middle, they still had the strength to fight, and they could resist stubbornly, at least half of the city guards could be consumed, but defeat was inevitable, and everyone's hearts were full of despair.
"Disarm and surrender!"
"Disarm and surrender!"
The shouts were magnificent, sounding from all directions, the lights on the city tower reappeared, Ding Chengzong reappeared, and shouted loudly with a calm face: "When the general trend has gone, you still don't surrender?" ”
"Surrender!"
"Surrender!"
The palace guards shouted in unison, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and the faces of the people in the Tuoba Department were like earth, but they still gritted their teeth and waited for the battle.
Li Jitan shouted loudly: "Tuoba Wu, Tuoba Qingyun, for their own selfish interests, bewitching Er, etc., the general trend has gone, the defeat has been decided, do you still want to be obsessed and follow them to the road to Huangquan?" Immediately abandon the weapon and surrender, the king will open the net, and Rao Er will not die. ”
Li Jitan was already injured, coupled with the blood splashed on his body, the whole person was more powerful, the black crowd in front of the palace gate was silent for a while, and a head man in front of him said in a trembling voice: "Jitan, you ...... Are you telling the truth? King...... Can the king really forgive us? ”
Li Jitan glanced at him, recognized that it was an elder of his clan, and he should be his cousin in terms of seniority, so he said: "Sixth uncle, the king is my Buddha's protector, he uses thunderbolt methods, has the heart of a bodhisattva, and the first evil should be punished, as long as you repent, the king will not slaughter, but ...... The law is strict, and punishment is inevitable. ”
"Don't listen to his nonsense, he's the scum of our Tuoba clan, kill him! We, the Tuoba clan, can only die by standing, and no one lives on their knees! ”
There was a loud shout in the crowd, but it was Tuoba Wu who spoke, Tuoba Wu broke an arm in the melee, lost too much blood, his face was pale, and he stood there shaky, but still strong support.
Li Jitan also shouted: "Tuoba Wu is the culprit, kill him, raise his head and surrender, and ask my king for guilt!" ”
Tuoba Wu's face was hideous, and he had the heart to pounce in front of Li Jitan and slash him with a knife, but it was a pity that he knew his own family affairs, and he also knew that with his strong crossbow body, he really wanted to rush to Li Jitan, but he was just trying the knife for him.
The crowd remained silent, and after a long time, a pair of eyes gradually moved back from the enemy in front of them and cast them on Tuoba Wu. At first, those eyes were still a little wandering, but gradually, they began to lock on him, and the pair of gloomy eyes under the firelight were like a group of wild wolves that chose to devour people......
"Boom ......"
When Tuoba Wu was divided by his own people, his head rolled down to the ground, his eyes were still open, and he didn't blink to death, the palace gate slowly opened, the honor guard slowly lined up, the middle of the yellow Luo umbrella cover, Yang Hao's python robe and jade belt, and a majestic white horse under the crotch, under the protection of the guards holding the moon like stars.
Yang Yanpu shouted: "The king has arrived, and he won't give up his weapons!" ”
There was a sound of "clanging", throwing away the weapons everywhere, and the Tuoba clan who wanted to clear the side of the Qing Jun knelt on the ground, and the city guards monitored them with bows and crossbows.
The king's guard of honor stopped in the blood-soaked square, and the soldiers of the city guards on three sides all looked at their king, and among them was a pair of eyes, which suddenly flashed in the deep night, just like the eyes of those Tuoba clan people when they stared at Tuoba Wu, like wolves, as if they had seen a piece of delicious mutton .......