"Prepare explosives and blow open the city gates." Seeing that the other party began to release arrows, Wen Chou also gave an order at this moment, this time he took the initiative to invite Ying, no matter what, he had to make a great contribution before he could go back, otherwise he would not be laughed to death.

Wen Chou, who had already done a good job of attacking the city at a certain price, had just given the military order, and his soldiers had not yet lit the explosives and transported them, and the tall gate of the palace was pushed open from the inside out, and then the two important ministers of Rus, Yiwen and Wuwu, appeared in sight.

Wen is Terekin, Wu is Yesenin, the two most important courtiers around Ivan actually took the initiative to open the city gate, as if to welcome the Celestial Empire army into the city.

Terekin had such an idea for a long time, and perhaps in his opinion, only by surrendering could there be a way out, and only by surviving could he live with his life. As for General Yesenin, he was indeed forced by the situation.

As a general in the army, it is clear how much the combat effectiveness of the army can be exerted without food. The army of the palace, which has long been out of food, may not be the opponent of the army of the Celestial Empire even in its heyday, not to mention that the morale is low and the morale of the army is unstable now, in such a situation, it is almost impossible to win the battle. As a general, he couldn't watch his soldiers die in vain, so after knowing what Terekin might do, he also made a choice, that is, surrendering, hoping to save the lives of other soldiers.

Prince Ivan was still making a final push on the tower, but two of his important men had already made the decision to surrender. Of course, the Wenchou Department under the city was not polite, put away bundles of explosives, and the cavalry army entered the city.

The self-defeating city gate was seen in Ivan's eyes, making him understand that the general trend was going.

Ivan once thought about dying in a glorious battle, and as for doing so, others will say that he is a man, worthy of being the son of the powerful emperor of Axiongfu. But now, God didn't even give him a chance to fight to the death, and he was completely disappointed for a while.

Seeing that the army of the Celestial Empire entered the city, it should soon be able to attack the city tower, Ivan simply did not do anything, and put the sword in his hand to his neck, and sighed: "Heaven is dead to my Ross." After that, as soon as the arm was forced, a stream of blood came out, and the whole person killed himself.

Prince Ivan actually committed suicide, which greatly surprised many people.

Originally, the loyal Terekin thought that his choice could force Prince Ivan to surrender, but now the result is indeed unexpected. But it had happened, and he couldn't do anything about it. He could only pray to General Wenchou to collect the body of Prince Ivan and bury it properly.

Wen Chou can't make decisions about this kind of thing at will, and immediately report the news to Emperor Zhang Chao. Soon received an echo - people die for the greatest, put into the ground for peace, and bury the scenery for the funeral.

Zhang Chao replied to these twelve words, firstly, because Ivan is a prince, and he is still a prince with real power, even if he is dead, he is a person with status, and he cannot be placed at will. Second, he also wants to show other Rus' people, he still pays attention to etiquette in the Celestial Empire, think about it, even a dead person can be so respectful, how will he treat the living? As long as you surrender, the treatment should not be much worse.

The palace was destroyed, Ivan committed suicide, and the news spread like the wind to the city of Great Rus, the capital of the country.

When Prince Anatoly heard this, he just looked ugly. This is his own brother, but he is also his own enemy, and his position will be strengthened after his death, which may be considered a happy event. It's just that on the surface, you have to pretend to be sad.

But even if he was sad, Aguntoli only pretended to be for a moment. After all, the current situation is dangerous, with the arrival of spring, the army of the Celestial Empire has been active, whether it is the army of the northeast or the northwest, they are all in action, and now what he has to do is how to stabilize the situation, and there is not much energy to think about other things.

However, the national teacher Fera Dimir, not long after receiving the news of Prince Ivan's suicide, an even more shocking news followed, after the imperial concubine Natasha learned that her son had committed suicide, she actually hanged herself in the palace.

Natasha died, and Feradimir, who heard the news, hurriedly rushed into the palace, only to see a cold and stunning corpse.

Holding Natasha's corpse, Ferakimir's face was very calm at this moment, but his heart was indeed full of hatred. This is the only woman he has ever liked in his life, and it is also the woman he cares about the most, but now he is dying in front of him because of his incompetence, as a man, or a proud man, he feels that his self-esteem has been hurt, as if he has been stripped naked and thrown on the street for people to watch, it is a feeling that life and death are not as good as life.

"Come on, pass on Li Shi to see me." After holding Natasha's body for a long time, these words came out to Feradimir. Then he stroked the stunning face with his hand and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely kill the Emperor of the Celestial Empire and avenge Prince Ivan, this is the last promise I made to you." ”

Li Shi is here. This is a middle-aged man with both an oriental face and Rus' ancestry.

He is not very tall, wearing a brocade robe, and his figure is not very burly, so it is difficult for people to attract the attention of others when they stand there. But only Feradimir himself knows that the Li Shi in front of him is not just as simple as it seems. It looks like a businessman, but it's actually a top-notch killer.

Ten years ago, the name of the shadow was in full swing in the Rus' country, and many powerful people talked about it. Because it was this man called Shadow who took the lives of many important ministers and magnates of the Rus' kingdom in the dark night. And often as the target, even when he died, he didn't know who did it, and most of them were found to be out of breath by his wife who shared the bed, and only then did he find that the person was dead.

The shadow comes without a trace, goes without a trace, kills people in silence, like the shadow of the night, which makes people scratch their heads, and deserves this name.

At the beginning, the shadow incident had a very bad impact on the high-level of the Rus' country, and Axiong Fuqiang was furious, so he ordered Feradimir, who was the national teacher, to investigate the matter.

With Feradimir's cleverness, he really found some clues, and finally found out that Li Shi's true identity was the shadow, but he did not report the matter to the public, but deliberately kept a hand and spared Li Shi's life, but as a condition, the other party also promised to do something for him.

Now it's finally time to use Li Shi, that is, Zhang Chao, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, killed Ivan and indirectly killed Natasha, then this time is also the time to have an explanation, it's a big deal for everyone to die together.

Li Shi came quickly, and stayed in Feradimir's study for nearly an hour before leaving. Soon after, a team of dozens of people mixed in with the ordinary people and left the Great Rus City, aiming directly at the place where Zhang Chao was.

At this time, Zhang Chao was commanding a large army to launch a fierce attack on Yakov's headquarters.

Yakov deserves the name of the fortress general, and after surviving the cold winter, he still has the ability to face the last struggle of the Celestial Empire army. Although the outcome of this struggle was predestined, they still existed anyway, and delayed the advance of the Celestial Empire's army.

Like a tortoise, Yakov used heavy troops to launch a multi-layered defense, and when facing the attack of the Celestial Empire army on the northeast front, he was also standing, and even had the ability to counterattack from time to time while defending.

The battle lasted for half a month, but it still did not completely break the defensive line, Yakov is still alive, but the number of his army has changed from the original 500,000 to the current 300,000.

It's just that although the other party has eliminated 200,000 people, the Celestial Empire army has also paid the price of more than 100,000 people.

Such a difficult bone made Zhang Chao angry for a while, but there was really no better way. Seeing that the soldiers of the army were tired for half a month, he had to give the order to stop the attack and rest the whole army.

Hard against hard, Zhang Chao is not afraid of anyone and any country. But there is a hurry, and if too much time is delayed here in Yakov, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to giving Anatoly too much time to prepare. There has been news that the prince of the Rus' country, and the only prince in power now, has begun to ask for help from Ukraine and Kazakhstan, and even promised a lot of favorable conditions.

In today's situation, the number of troops of the Celestial Empire army is not superior, and the military strength is not able to sweep everything, if you participate in the war and enter the two countries, it is really difficult to predict what the result will be, for this reason, Yakov's matter must be resolved.

Another night came, Zhang Chao thought about it for a day, and he didn't think of any better way, he walked out of the camp tent, and walked around the palace casually under the protection of the head of the guard, Xu Chu, and a few iron guards.

This is also one of Zhang Chao's habits, when he is free, or when he encounters problems that cannot be solved, he likes to walk around. First, take a look at the soldiers under his command and cheer them up, and secondly, change their brains and ideas.

That night, Zhang Chao was still walking around outside the barracks as usual. From time to time, you can still see some patrols walking in front of them, when these soldiers recognize that they meet the emperor Zhang Chao, the person they respect and admire the most, so the patrol soldiers are standing in place and saluting, and when Zhang Chao walks away, the morale of these soldiers is even higher.