Chapter 62: Drifting Away
Recently, the weather in the sixteen states of Yanyun has been unusually hot, and on this day, the sky above Youzhou City is even more cloudy, and the sky is thundering, as if the sky is going to split this land with a sharp sword.
Li Minghe had already heard the news of the invasion of the coalition army, and at this time he was sad in his heart, standing alone at the head of the city, holding the red dragon sword at his waist, and said to himself: "Your Majesty entrusted me with the important task of guarding the sixteen states of Yanyun, and handed over the safety of the people to me. β
He looked into the distance and couldn't help but be distracted. At this moment, the wind howled, stirring his red cloak and ruffling his hair. The rain poured down on him, but he didn't realize it......
"Marshal, General Han led his troops to support, and it is only three miles away from here!" Tanma ran to Li Minghe to report.
When Li Minghe heard that Han Yonglin was coming, he couldn't help but be shocked, "Your Majesty can be regarded as sending reinforcements, now the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are saved!" He said and greeted him outside the city gates.
Soon, Han Yonglin arrived in front of the city gate, he saw Li Minghe hurriedly dismounted, and arched his hand: "I've seen the handsome!" It's too late! β
Li Minghe smiled, "General Han, it's good if you can come." Let's go to the city and talk about it. Han Yonglin nodded, and the two of them came to the Shuai Mansion.
After arriving at the Shuaifu, the two sat down in the hall. Li Minghe asked with concern: "General Han, how is it in the capital?" Your Majesty, how is it? I heard that the prime minister is gone, but is it true? β
Han Yonglin sighed, "Dashuai, it's true, they're all gone." Alas, the handsome man has been absent from the court for a long time, if you are in the court, I think you will be able to persuade Your Majesty! β
Li Minghe nodded, "Yes, if I were in the court, even if I gave up my life, I would definitely persuade Your Majesty to take back your life!" β
Han Yonglin said: "Dashuai, now that the prime minister is gone, you are Dayan's Optimus Bo Jade Pillar!" The success or failure of Dayan depends on Da Shuai! This time, I can fight the enemy together with the marshal, and I, Han Yonglin, will die on the battlefield, and I will definitely help the marshal defend the sixteen states of Yanyun! β
Li Minghe sighed slightly, "General Han, the enemy army is fierce, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to hold the sixteen states of Yanyun!" However, Your Majesty has the grace of knowing me Li Minghe, I am trying my best to take my last breath, and I also want to protect the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and what is there to fear about the horse leather shroud! β
The next day, the coalition army called for battle outside the city, Li Minghe sent Han Yonglin to lead his troops to the front of the battle to resist, but he was outnumbered, and soon Han Yonglin was seriously injured and returned defeated. When Li Minghe saw Han Yonglin's defeat, his heart became more and more depressed. He had no choice but to redeploy his forces and order the city to be held tightly, and no one was allowed to fight without his orders.
On this day, Li Minghe was discussing with Han Yonglin and others about retreating from the enemy, when he suddenly heard a panic in the house. He didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly came out to check, and saw that the people in the house were talking about each other, and he was even more panicked when he saw Li Minghe.
Li Minghe called a little guy and asked sharply, "What's wrong?" What the hell are you talking about? Tell Ben Shuai the truth! β
The subordinates didn't dare to hide it, and said tremblingly: "Marshal, we heard from outsiders that Zhao Kuangyin's coalition army has captured three cities one after another, burned and looted after entering the city, and wantonly slaughtered the people. They also said that the reason why the coalition forces wanted to slaughter the city was because Zhao Kuangyin had a grudge against the marshal, and threatened to ......"
"What else is threatened? Say it! Li Minghe shouted.
"Say...... If you really think about the people, commit suicide and apologize......" The subordinate shook nervously.
Li Minghe frowned and said angrily: "Zhao Kuangyin! You despicable villain actually implicated the grievances of you and me on these thousands of innocent people, and committed such heinous and evil deeds, it is really too many to write! β
He didn't know how to deal with it for a while, when Han Yonglin ran in. He saw Li Minghe and said in a panic: "Dashuai, something is wrong!" There has been a civil revolt in the city, and those ignorant people have come to the gate of the house to ask you for an explanation! β
When Li Minghe heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the house. As soon as I left the house, I saw hundreds of people holding shovels, pickaxes and sticks, which was very noisy. They were menacing, and the front of the house was flooded. Several of the leaders were about to rush in to see Li Minghe, but fortunately, there were many guards at the door, so they stopped these people.
"Li Minghe, the coalition forces have an enmity with you, but they want to kill us innocent people, you must give us an explanation today, otherwise we will rise up!" Several middle-aged men who took the lead shouted.
Li Minghe said: "Everyone, calm down first, I am the Li Minghe you want to see." β
A leading man said angrily: "Li Minghe! Hundreds of people have died because of you, so don't you kill yourself quickly and apologize! The people of our sixteen states in Yanyun were originally prosperous, stable and prosperous. Now because of you, you have been killed, and your family is ruined! Now the coalition army is only fifty or sixty miles away, if you don't die today, it will be difficult for the people of my Youzhou to survive tomorrow! β
Hundreds of people shouted one after another: "Li Minghe, you have already killed so many people for you, isn't it enough, do you want to kill more people?" You must die today to atone for your sins! β
Han Yonglin glanced at Li Minghe and whispered, "Dashuai, these are all ignorant mobs, why don't you order them to be killed!" β
Li Minghe shook his head, "No, these leaders are not good, these people must be bewitched by them, killing them at this time will only arouse the people's resentment even more." The people were also afraid of Zhao Kuangyin, so they were used by some people with ulterior motives. Although their behavior is excessive, they are the Li people of Dayan after all! β
He then said to everyone: "Everyone, listen to my Li Minghe. We should now be sincerely united, and the army and the people should be united, so that we can resist those brutal tiger and wolf armies and truly protect our own lives! β
Everyone was speechless for a while, and they all felt that Li Minghe's words seemed to have some truth. But at this moment, a big man who took the lead sneered: "Hahaha, you don't have to bully people, don't you know about your repeated defeats in front of the martial prison pass?" Even if you can resist the coalition army and protect the people, it's really ridiculous! β
When Han Yonglin heard this, he put out a tiger head knife and was about to kill the person who spoke. Li Minghe stopped him, "I, Li Minghe, once said that I will love the people like a son and value the lives of the people more than my own." But you're right, I really don't dare to say that I have the ability to protect everyone. If I can be worthy of Your Majesty, Da Yan, and these thousands of Li people with death today, then what does it matter if I Li Ming and die! As he spoke, he pulled out the Red Dragon Sword at his waist.
Han Yonglin led all the officers and soldiers to stop him. All the officers and soldiers left tears in their eyes at this time, and shouted in unison: "Commander, you can't!" Dashuai, don't! β
Li Minghe looked up at the sky, and at this time, the sunset was all over the sky, like fire and blood, burning half of the sky. He looked at the mountains in the distance, and they were full of mountains and mountains. At this moment, a breeze blew, ruffling his green silk and lifting his clothes. Standing proudly between heaven and earth, he seemed to see through life and death, his eyes were full of death, he laughed loudly, and said generously: "What is the cause of righteousness, what is the blessing and the curse; As a result of love, life and death can be light. I, Li Minghe, today for the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, what are I afraid of if I die! β
As he spoke, he swiped his sword between his necks, and in an instant he was drenched in blood and died.
Everyone saw that Li Minghe really died for the people, and there was a dead silence in the crowd. Everyone's hearts went from anger to guilt to emotion. In the end, they all knelt down and cried so much that they grabbed the ground. But Li Minghe is dead, and no amount of gratitude and sadness can be exchanged for him......
As soon as Li Minghe died, the sixteen states of Yanyun were soon captured by the coalition forces, and Han Yonglin led the crowd to retreat to Longcheng in a hurry.
Soon, Zhao Kuangyin was killed near Longcheng, Murong Yanyun hurriedly discussed the Golden Palace, discussed countermeasures with the ministers, and suddenly saw Han Yonglin coming back, he couldn't help but be stunned, "General Han, I didn't transfer you back to Beijing, how dare you leave Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures without permission?" β
Han Yonglin knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, the handsome man is dead, and the sixteen states of Yanyun have been lost!" β
When Murong Yanyun heard this, the whole person almost fainted, and he pointed at Han Yonglin and said, "You...... What are you talking about, Dashuai is dead, and the sixteen states of Yanyun are also lost! How is this possible, how is it possible! β
Murong Pingzhou and Youfan were also stunned when they heard this, how many years the brothers had lived and died together, how many times they had gone on expeditions together, how many times they had drunk and talked together, they all thought that the brothers could end the troubled times together and never separate.
But now that Yun Yimo is gone, Li Minghe has also gone before them, no one can strategize anymore, no one can lead the troops to fight, is the ideal that everyone dreams of......
Murong Yanyun relieved his breath for a long time, stood up angrily from the dragon chair, he pointed to the south, and shouted angrily: "Zhao Kuangyin, you deceive people too much!" I will drive the expedition in person, and if I don't cut off your head to avenge the handsome, I will never return to Beijing! β
Tanmalai reported that the army led by Zhao Kuangyin was going to pass through the Snake Valley not far from Dragon City.
Murong Yanyun was extremely familiar with the terrain around Dragon City, and knew that there was a fork in the road in the Snake Valley, and if he led his troops to kill from the fork in the road, he could cut off the enemy army from it, making it difficult to take care of it. He immediately ordered Murong Pingzhou and Han Yonglin to accompany him, and the army hurried to the Snake Valley.
A few hours later, Murong Yanyun led his troops to the Snake Valley and ambushed him.
After a while, Zhao Kuangyin led a large group of people to pass through the valley. When Murong Yanyun waited for Zhao Kuangyin's army to march halfway, he personally led his troops to kill them. The BMW under his crotch was as fast as lightning, and with a swing of the sky-chasing sword in his hand, it was a bloody light, and immediately, the heads of countless Song soldiers fell to the ground.
Murong Pingzhou and Han Yonglin also killed and slashed fiercely, and soon the Song army suffered more than 100 casualties, and the army rioted. When Zhao Kuangyin saw the turmoil in the rear army, he knew that Murong Yanyun and others had killed him, so he hurriedly took Zhao Pu, Gao Chujun, Shi Shouxin and other generals back to help the rear army.
Murong Yanyun was about to kill, and suddenly saw many yellow brocade flags coming from the front army rushing towards this side, and all of these flags had the word "Zhao" on them. Murong Yanyun understood that this was Zhao Kuangyin personally bringing people back to help.
Soon, Zhao Kuangyin rode a tall horse, holding a golden stick, majestic and murderous, and came straight to Murong Yanyun.
Murong Yanyun pointed at Zhao Kuangyin and said angrily: "Zhao Kuangyin, you snatched my cousin, and forced the handsome Li Minghe to death, and captured the sixteen states of Yanyun that captured me, I will fight you to the death today!" β
Zhao Kuangyin sneered, "Hahaha, Murong Yanyun! You are just a reckless man, and you dare to call yourself the emperor, you really don't know the height of the sky! I have the virtue of a good life, and I don't want to do more killing, if you also apologize for your crimes, I will never embarrass your subordinates! β
Both of them are high emperors, but at this time, they are urging horses to fight in one place. The two swords exchanged sticks and fought fiercely. In the blink of an eye, the two of them passed fifty or sixty moves, and Zhao Kuangyin was full of tigers and tigers, and hit Murong Yanyun in the chest with a stick.
Murong Yanyun grabbed the big stick, he secretly used his internal strength to snatch the big stick from Zhao Kuangyin's hands. Both of them had extremely strong internal strength, and they used their strength at the same time, and they both rolled off their horses.
Murong Yanyun rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and as soon as the strength in his hand was loosened, the big stick was taken back by Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin held a big stick in his hand and hit Murong Yanyun again, and the two fought fiercely for nearly 100 rounds without a winner. And Gao Chujun, Shi Shouxin and others also entangled Murong Pingzhou and Han Yonglin at this time.
The two sides were evenly matched, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a long time. Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Zhao Pu when he saw the situation, Zhao Pu immediately understood, only to see him whistle, and countless Song troops suddenly appeared on the top of the Snake Valley, surrounding Murong Yanyun and others.
Han Yonglin shouted to Murong Yanyun at this time: "Your Majesty, now that the situation is critical, quickly send someone back to Longcheng to ask for help!" β
Murong Yanyun was shocked in his heart, and his thoughts quickly worked, "What Han Yonglin said is true, if you don't move troops at this time, there is only one way to die." But who should be sent? He felt that it was most appropriate to send Han Yonglin at the moment. But Yun Yimo's parting words clearly pointed to Han Yonglin! Wan Mengsheng is gone, Li Minghe is gone, and Youfanyi is my cousin, this traitor doesn't seem to be anyone else except Han Yonglin, right? What should I do now? β
Just when Murong Yanyun hesitated, Murong Pingzhou said: "Your Majesty, the last general will not leave, I wish life and death go with you, you let General Han go and rescue the troops!" Han Yonglin also said: "General Murong's martial arts are slightly better than the last general, and he will be more useful to His Majesty if he stays by His Majesty's side." β
Murong Yanyun groaned slightly, "Okay, let General Han go to Dragon City to move troops." Be sure to let General You quickly send troops to the rescue! β
Han Yonglin clenched his fists, and then led his troops to fight hard, fought out of the encirclement, and hurried towards Dragon City.
Murong Yanyun saw that Han Yonglin was gone, and he and Murong Pingzhou looked at each other, and they were about to use the Canglong Roaring Heaven Formation to fight the enemy together. Zhao Kuangyin knew that the two of them were peerless masters, and if he fought with one of them, he might not be able to win, and if he was one against two, he would have no chance of winning. Hurriedly waved his hand behind him.
At this time, Gao Chujun and Shi Shouxin attacked Murong Pingzhou together, both of them were rare fierce generals in the Song Dynasty, Murong Pingzhou suddenly felt a little difficult, where could he still withdraw and play a formation with Murong Yanyun?
Murong Yanyun and Zhao Kuangyin fought for a long time, and they killed the heavens and the earth, and the sun and the moon were dull, but they still did not distinguish between high and low.
Suddenly, Murong Yanyun heard a few "snort" sounds breaking the air behind him, its speed was as fast as the wind, and its momentum was fiercer than the arrow. He wanted to turn around and resist, but Zhao Kuangyin's big stick became more and more powerful at this time, not giving Murong Yanyun a chance to breathe.
Murong Yanyun's heart was shocked, and cold sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead. He knew that even if he tried to change the sky, it would be impossible to bounce off all these hundreds of hidden weapons. He sighed in his heart, "It's not good, could it be that God will do this?" Am I really going to die here today? β
The hidden weapon was less than five feet away from his back, and he didn't know what to do. Suddenly, I heard a gust of wind behind me, followed by a muffled snort, as if someone was seriously injured. The sky-chasing sword in his hand became faster and faster, and Zhao Kuangyin was defeated and retreated again and again, and then he turned around.
He never expected that it was the general Murong Pingzhou who used his body to block the hidden weapon for himself. At this time, Murong Pingzhou was hit by Zhao Pu's silver needle all over his body, and the needle was highly poisonous, not to mention that he shot several, and a single silver needle was enough to kill people.
"General Murong, how are you!" Murong Yanyun saw that Murong Pingzhou was slowly falling, so he grabbed Murong Pingzhou and shouted anxiously.
Murong Pingzhou smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, the last general once said that I am the only one in this world who is qualified to take your life. I didn't expect that now I am leaving, there is really no one in this world who can harm Your Majesty, Your Majesty is really long live......" His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he closed his eyes and passed away suddenly......
"Pingzhou! My good brother! Murong Yanyun hugged his corpse and shouted heartbreakingly: "Pingzhou, I won't allow you to die!" I don't want to live forever, you saved my life, I killed your father, I am waiting to return your life! Open your eyes and look at me! β
Zhao Kuangyin saw that Murong Pingzhou died to save Murong Yanyun, and his heart was mixed, and he was stunned for a while. Zhao Pu smiled brightly, "Hahaha, Murong Pingzhou!" Isn't your assassination that day very majestic, didn't you think you would be where you are today! β
"Ahh Murong Yanyun roared angrily, and the whole person was like crazy, and the sky-chasing sword in his hand was like a hidden dragon going out to sea, domineering. He has no intention of defending at all, and his swords and swords are only attacking and not defending, and he will die with Zhao Pu!
Zhao Pu saw that Murong Yanyun had already killed his eyes, how dare he fight with him. Busy with light work, a few dodged into the chaos and disappeared.
Murong Yanyun was full of grief and anger at this time, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, and he was going to attack Zhao Kuangyin again. Zhao Kuangyin sneered, "Hahaha, Murong Yanyun, you still have a heart to fight, now I'm afraid that your Dragon City has fallen into my hands, and your cousin Youfanyi has also died in the chaos, right?" β
"Impossible!" Murong Yanyun looked at Long Cheng unintentionally, as if he had seen everything.
Han Yonglin fought his way out of the siege and went from a mountain path to Dragon City. When he arrived at the city, he saw Youfanyi patrolling the city, and shouted: "General You, open the city gate quickly, Your Majesty is in ambush in the Snake Valley, please send troops to the rescue quickly!" β
When Youfan heard this, he hurriedly opened the city gate and let Han Yonglin go to the city. Han Yonglin saw You Fanyi and said anxiously: "General You, you can quickly lead the troops and me to save Your Majesty." I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be more auspicious! β
"General Han, Zhao Kuangyin has always been cautious in using soldiers, and he will set up countless ambushes, I don't know which road it is safer for me to lead my troops?" You Fan asked.
Han Yonglin said: "Now there are no ambushes at the farthest and most dangerous gourd mouth, so I finally arrived in Dragon City." β
Youfan nodded, "I know, I'll go to save Your Majesty, and Longcheng will be handed over to General Han!" As he spoke, he turned and went down to the city, and quickly headed for the mouth of the gourd.
The army marched all the way, and an hour later they reached the mouth of the gourd. When you see this place, the road is narrow, the cliffs on both sides are steep, and there are dense forests on it. You Fan couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, "Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu are like gods with soldiers, how can they not set up an ambush here, could it be that there is a fraud in it?" β
As he thought, the man had crossed the path and reached an empty valley. In addition to the road to this valley, there is only a small road one mile ahead to get out of the valley, and the rest of the valley is steep cliffs and dense forests. The more You Fan thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he was about to order the withdrawal of the army. Suddenly, a gong sounded, and countless Song Dynasty ambushes appeared in the dense forests of the mountain cliffs and the path ahead, and the number was no less than 30,000 or 40,000.
Among these ambushes, the leader was the general Han Chongyun, and when he saw Youfan, he couldn't help but sneer, "Hahaha, the prime minister is really clever!" Youfanyi, you are really bold, I didn't expect you to dare to take this dangerous road! Now that you have fallen into the hands of my Han Chongyun, do you still want to live? β
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the Song army fired arrows in unison, and in an instant, the arrow rain came overwhelmingly. You Fan wielded the Clear Shadow Sword with one hand and knocked the arrows into chaos, although his martial arts were high, but the arrow rain was dense, one after another, where could he stop it.
You Fan Yi was quickly hit by several arrows, but he resisted by himself, and he shouted to the army behind him: "You guys quickly go out of the valley and save Your Majesty!" β
When Han Chongyun heard this, he sneered again, and he pointed at Youfan: "Hahaha, Youfanyi, you are too naΓ―ve!" The path behind you has long been cut off by my Song army, and you have no way back today! β
You Fan was furious in his heart, and he was about to fly to Han Chongyun's side and die with him, but the moment he jumped up, countless random arrows were shot at his body. Youfan fell down heavily.
"The eldest husband was born in troubled times, and if he fails in his will, he will die, but what can he do! Your Majesty, my cousin can't come to save you, let's see you in the next life! Youfan shouted a few times and passed away......
Murong Yanyun came back to his senses and saw a snow-white and extremely spiritual pigeon flying in the sky. When the pigeon saw Murong Yanyun wailing a few times, it landed on Murong Yanyun's shoulder, and it didn't move. Murong Yanyun knew that this pigeon was Yun Yimo's white snow, and he hurriedly took down the letter on the pigeon's feet.
When he opened the letter, he found that half of the letter had been stained with blood, and the content of the letter was very simple, "Your Majesty, you must not lead troops to the Snake Valley, and keep an eye on Han Yonglin at all times." Abandon the minister Yun Yimo kowtow"
Murong Yanyun clutched the letter tightly, "Brother Yun, you are in Lianxia Mountain, but you still care about Dayan, and you care so much about my safety. I'm sorry for you! I'm sorry brothers! He immediately saw the bloodstains on the letter, and couldn't help but look at the south worriedly, wondering if Brother Yun was alive or dead now......