987 The End of the National Fortune (II)
After thinking about it, in that case, the old general still decided to enter that other world to explain to the emperor the problem they are currently encountering, this problem the emperor must know, must know, if the emperor can't understand this matter, the other world he likes will be ended by the Tang army, for the emperor Xiร , he should prefer to see himself rather than the commander of the Tang army, the guy who clamored to put himself to death, Although the old general still didn't quite know what Ling Chi's execution meant.
If he could know what Ling Chi's execution was, he would definitely not want to experience it personally, at least not alive, because there were not many people who could carry Ling Chi's criminal law and not die, and it was estimated that there were not many people in the whole world.
"Go and report to Your Majesty, I will come to see Your Majesty!" The old general straightened his clothes and tried his best to calm down, he understood that this emperor would be relieved because of his composure, and he would collapse because of his panic, he was a full straw bag, the old general should have understood this matter early on, and should have been mentally prepared for this.
The psychological preparation is ready, so is the emperor mentally prepared? The more you go into the palace, the more you can feel the unacceptable smell of fat powder, for many years you are used to smelling the wind and sand and bloody smell of the frontier, the old general is very disgusted with this extravagant taste, especially the emperor who has placed high hopes on him and now makes himself infinitely disappointed is drunk and dying in this extravagant smell, how should he fight to save this crumbling country? Redeem this emperor who is simply impossible? This puddle of mud that can't be helped?
"This ...... General, Your Majesty has said a long time ago that everything will be handled by the General, and the General does not need to come to ask His Majesty, and besides, His Majesty does not see anyone now. General, please go back! The doorkeeper was embarrassed and helpless.
The old general was extremely disappointed, but he still said, "Do you see the fire there?" That's the granary burning! The granary was set on fire, our grain is gone, the food is gone, how can we hold on to this lonely city and sue the sรนmajesty. We're going to get out of here, we have to get out of here, or we're all going to be captives! Whether Majesty is willing to be captured by the Tang Army here or follow the general to leave here, Majesty will naturally make a decision! โ
The chamberlain panicked and said, "The granary was burned? This, this...... Checkmate...... General, please come in...... General, please come in! โ
The chamberlain also realized the urgency of the situation, the old general took a deep breath, nodded, and strode into the depths of the palace, the other world of drunken dreams and death. The smell of extravagance, the smell of wine, the smell of fat, the man's laughter, the woman's laughter, the fierce fire outside, reflected everyone's despair, but here it was the dim candlelight. But it made the old general feel that this was a peaceful world of singing and dancing, not a lonely city on the battlefield. What they are trying their best to protect is an emperor who doesn't care about anything at all and only cares about his own pleasure!
Entering the innermost, he pushed away the obstruction of the two chamberlains, and the old general pushed open the palace door, and the unbearable scenes came into his eyes, and he closed his eyes in pain. Until the little emperor, who was already drunk but was still laughing with the beauties around him, saw someone breaking in, but he couldn't see who it was, so he scolded loudly: "Who! Without my orders! Who dares to come in! Come! Behead him for me! โ
The old general opened his eyes and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you are a minister." โ
The little emperor's drunken eyes widened slightly. After looking at it for a while, he saw the old general, and he was stunned for a moment, and then the look on his face was as good as ever, he raised a glass of wine and stumbled towards the old general, and said as he walked: "Hahahahaha, the old general is so excited today, he actually came to me, he came here, he came well, he happened to have good wine and good food here, come and eat and drink together, and there are so many beauties, haha, these are all beautiful wines and delicacies bought from the Tang Kingdom, hahahaha!" Old general, come on, come together! โ
The little emperor's footsteps staggered, one slipped, leaned forward, and poured directly on the old general's body, the old general stretched out his hand to support the little emperor, but the wine in the little emperor's hand sprinkled the old general's body.
"Your Majesty, do you know what's going on in the city?" The old general could barely suppress his anger and disappointment.
"What, what's the matter! What can happen? Didn't the old general just win a big battle? Didn't those rebellious, those rebellious bastards all be killed by the old general? Hahahaha, as long as the old general is here, my country is impregnable, and no one can break it! Hahahaha, come on, old general, I want to toast you, toast you! Hahaha! "The little emperor doesn't seem to hear what the old general meant, and he doesn't know what the old general is doing today, anyway, he doesn't like to be disturbed when he is having fun, but since he is here, he is embarrassed to drive people away, right?
The old general sighed deeply, and the anger that was about to explode disappeared without a trace, leaving only a deep sense of exhaustion: "Your Majesty, there is a fire in the granary in the city, we can support the grain for two years, it is estimated that there is less than one percent left, and it won't last long, if the Tang army besieges the city, sooner or later all the people in our city will starve to death, otherwise we will be taken prisoner alive, and we have no other reinforcements." โ
The little emperor didn't seem to hear the important things, but he just wanted to respect the old general's wine, and entrusted everything to the old general Yunyun, the old general felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness, and then said: "Your Majesty, we are leaving." โ
The little emperor heard a little different taste at this time, and asked suspiciously with confused eyes: "Go?" Why go? Where to go? We are so good here, so many beautiful women, good wine and food, why should we go? Hahahaha! Don't say that anymore, didn't the old general say, starve all the hateful traitors here, and then kill them all! And those hateful Tang people, we have to fight to the Tang Kingdom and snatch all the women in the Tang Kingdom! Hahahahaha! โ
The old general helped the little emperor's soft body up, stared at him and said angrily: "Your Majesty, our grain has been burned down by fine crops, and it is gone, we can't stay in the imperial city anymore, otherwise we will all starve to death!" You understand that there is no majesty! We have to break through, we must break through. Otherwise we will all die, or we will all be captives! โ
The little emperor's eyes gradually widened, as if he finally understood what the old general meant, and he showed a look of surprise: "What, what? Grain, grain is burned? We. Are we going to break through? Old general, what's going on? What do you mean? We, why should we ...... No...... How could the granary be burned! Who did this to you! Whoever did it, I'm going to kill him! โ
The old general sighed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, haven't you understood what the old minister meant?" Now it doesn't matter who burned the granary, the most important thing is how to get His Majesty out of here safely, we don't have any way but to leave here, and even if we leave here, there are not many provinces that still belong to us. Majesty, now we are at a critical juncture of life and death, and Majesty is still there...... The old minister is really powerless, and please think about it yourself, and if you figure it out, you will come to find the old minister, we must break through within three days, otherwise, we will be trapped and die here! ้xiร . The old minister said goodbye! โ
The old general left without looking back, and the little emperor seemed to be still deeply shocked. Some things didn't react, and when he came back to his senses, the figure of the old general was already far away, and he felt an unprecedented panic, more panic than any other moment in the past, so he shouted the old general's name sadly. Let him not leave, let him come and protect himself, but the old general didn't seem to hear it, and left here, this place. He would feel inexplicably miserable for a second longer.
He wants to return to his army, he wants to be with his army, and only with the soldiers in the army can he have unlimited power, whether it is to break through or to hold on...... And according to his judgment, once the Tang army notices the fire here, it will definitely launch a quick attack to hit the morale of the soldiers in the city, I have to say, it is estimated that as soon as the dawn is the beginning of the Tang army's general attack, as well as the traitors who surrounded the entire imperial city, he should know very well that time is running out.
When the day was about to dawn, the statistical results came out, the rescued food, it is estimated that it is only enough for 100,000 troops to eat for three months, if it spreads to the whole city, it is estimated that it will be eaten in ten days, the speed of food burning is very amazing, far exceeding the normal burning rate, the old general approached the place where the fire was most intense, smelled the smell of fire oil, he was even more sure, this is the act of the Tang army spies in the city, he wants to arrest, but long before he came here, there is no Tang people left in the city.
As he expected, as soon as the day dawned, the general offensive of the Tang army began, more than 100 high-strength artillery pieces equipped with Li Tai's latest high-strength gunpowder, the Tang army camp looked at the imperial city, the war knife in his hand was bright, as the main force of the assault, the eastern rebel army coalition army was also looking at the imperial city, they received an order, as long as the artillery collapsed the city wall, they would immediately rush in to save their families! Slay your enemies! Avenge the hundreds of thousands of compatriots of the Western Uprising Coalition who have already died!
The old general was ready, the vital point of the city wall was covered by a thick black object similar to cowhide, Du He couldn't judge what those were, it seemed that it could protect the city wall, but this could not stop the artillery fire of the Tang army at the east gate, artillery breaking the city was already the practice of the Tang army, and compared with the siege of soldiers with too many casualties, the artillery siege was undoubtedly more superior and more cost-effective.
"Load the ammo, set the elements, prepare for launch, ignite!" The artillery commander gave an order, the first round of solid shells bombarded the city wall began, more than a hundred artillery guns roared, its momentum shook the earth, I have to say, although such artillery is not as powerful as modern artillery, but in the sound does make people have a sense of "artifact", people have inexplicable fear, artillery bombardment on the stone city wall, rubble splashed, the Persian defenders on the city wall were terrified inexplicably, and Duhe under the city wall found that the vital part of the city wall protected by unknown objects did not seem to be destroyed by solid bullets.
It seems that they have also done research and preparation, the unidentified object that looks thick seems to have been hit by a very strict blow after the solid bullet came into contact, but the solid bullet could not break through there, and could not penetrate the unknown object and contact the city wall, so that the solid bullet could not cause a severe blow to that part of the city wall, and although the rest of the part could be destroyed, it could not cause the entire collapse of the city wall, that is, the city wall would not collapse.
Du He frowned slightly, and then narrowed his eyes, I have to say, these guys have not grown at all, they scattered and fled when they saw the artillery, but now this is not the case, although they still look a little flustered, but no one flinched, compared with the past, there has been a great improvement, this army and his main general are still a little capable, but do they really think that they have escaped this catastrophe? The national fortunes of the Persian Empire, at this moment, have come to an end! (To be continued......)