109. Breach the gates
"Report!"
The soldiers urgently reported: "Your Majesty, the Xili army has completely broken through the border defense line of Nanyue and entered the interior of Nanyue!" ”
The emperor was shocked: "Huh?!"
The faces of the ministers of the DPRK and China showed panic.
The Tiger Talisman in the hands of Prince Rong Liang Yuan has been taken back by the emperor, and the other half of the Tiger Talisman has not yet been passed on to Anwar, and the two halves together are all in the hands of the emperor alone.
Wang Xin didn't expect that Xili sent an envoy to ask the emperor to send Princess Qingsui and his relatives, and King Xili would also send troops to attack Nanyue, not to mention that sending a message back to Lingchuan and refusing to send troops would cause such a catastrophe.
The emperor said: "Pass the order, go to the trial court quickly and let Anwar enter the palace immediately!" ”
"Yes!"
The subordinate replied and hurried to the trial court.
Anwar soon entered the palace, and the emperor said: "Anwar, I will hand over half of the soldiers and tiger talismans to you, and now Xili leads 200,000 troops to attack Kyoto, you quickly lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to stop Xili's army from continuing to attack Kyoto!" ”
"Report!"
Suddenly, another soldier came urgently to report: "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of the Xili army in the east will be increased by 5,000, the soldiers and horses in the south will be increased by 5,000, and the soldiers and horses will be increased by 10,000 in the north. ”
The emperor shouted, "Give the order to go down and close the city gates immediately!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers received the message, hurried out of the palace, mounted their horses and rushed to the gates of Kyoto.
Wang Xin and his party were all panicked at the moment, and Wang Xin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Prince Rong Liang Yuan has made outstanding achievements, and the minister proposes to hand over the other half of the soldiers and tiger talismans back to Prince Rong at this moment, so that he can lead the troops to fight again." ”
The emperor's expression was grim, Wang Xin's group of people were still saying in their ears not long ago that Prince Rong won the hearts of the people far better than himself, and some people even wanted to support him as the new emperor, intending to rebel, and they must not pass the soldier and tiger talisman to him again, so they resolutely rejected Wang Xin's proposal.
Anwar was not good, and he didn't understand why the emperor wanted to take back Prince Rong's military power, and let himself, who had never been on the battlefield, lead the troops, and said: "Your Majesty, Prince Rong has made outstanding achievements, and Wechen has not had any experience in leading troops, Wechen needs Prince Rong to go with him, and I also ask the emperor to promise to let Prince Rong and Wechen fight together!" ”
The emperor resolutely refused, and said: "Anwar, I order you to go to meet the battle immediately at this moment, and do not let the Xili army invade Kyoto." ”
"Your Majesty!" Anwar said again.
"I order you to go quickly!"
Anwar received the order, and hurriedly retreated, leading an army of 30,000 to meet the battle.
At this time, Prince Rong entered the palace again and begged the emperor to hand over the other half of the soldier and tiger talisman to himself, and once the battle was over, he would hand over the soldier and tiger talisman back.
Wang Xin and his party all believe that although Anwar is the disciple of the first master of Nanyue, how good is his skill, but after all, he has no experience in leading troops, and it is a big adventure for the emperor to let him lead troops alone.
"Your Majesty, the Xili army has invaded the interior of Nanyue, and now we must focus on the overall situation, and it is a wise move to hand over the other half of the soldiers and tiger talismans to Prince Rong!"
"Your Majesty, although Dean An is Master Cheng's best apprentice, he has never led an army to the battlefield, not to mention that he is still leading an army of 30,000, and it is very inappropriate to let him go to the battlefield alone!"
"Your Majesty, there are not many soldiers and horses in Nanyue, there are only 110,000 left, and now the Xili army leads more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to surround Kyoto, after all, the enemy is outnumbered, and the army led by Prince Rong in the past can still win a big victory in the case of being outnumbered by the enemy, Your Majesty, let Prince Rong lead the troops to battle!"
The emperor saw that this group of old ministers asked Prince Rong to lead the troops to the battle, and once again confirmed in his heart that the Nanyue soldiers, officials and people all thought that his merits were greater than his own.
But at the moment, besides him, who else is more suitable to lead troops into battle?
Anwar's army soon came within three miles of the city gates.
Cheng Zhiyou heard that the emperor had taken back all the military power in Prince Rong's hands, and then handed over the 30,000 army to Anwar, and let Anwar lead the troops alone to stop the Xili army from capturing Kyoto, and said: "The emperor is really confused!" ”
The speed of the Xili army was very fast, but I didn't expect that in less than a day, the Xili army had been stationed outside the city gate.
Anwar and the army were inside the city gate, and suddenly saw Master Cheng Zhiyou and Senior Brother Xie Yunchen coming from a distance, Anwar jumped off the horse and said, "Master, Senior Brother, why are you here?"
Cheng Zhiyou replied: "I really didn't expect that such a big thing happened to Nanyue recently. ”
Xie Yunchen said: "Thirteen, Master hurried back to Kyoto after hearing about Nanyue's accident, I heard the news and wanted to come to you, and then Master and I met on Sanli Street, Thirteen, did the emperor give you the Soldier Tiger Talisman to let you lead the troops to battle?" ”
Anwar nodded: "Yes." ”
Cheng Zhiyou said: "Prince Rong has rich experience on the battlefield, killed countless enemies, and made great achievements, but I didn't expect the emperor to take back his military power. ”
Anwar said: "Master, the thirteenth asked the emperor to let Prince Rong lead the troops, but the emperor did not agree. ”
In Cheng Zhiyou's memory, the emperor had high hopes for Prince Rong, and among all the princes, the most worried about every day was Prince Rong except for Anwar, who did not recognize him, but now he took back his soldier and tiger talisman in such an emergency situation and did not let him fight.
"Report!"
The soldier urgently reported: "Lord Dean, the Xili army from the south has been stationed outside the city gate, and the troops from the east, west, and north directions are also coming!" ”
Anwar was surprised: "So fast! ”
The mighty armies of the two countries gathered inside and outside the gate of Kyoto, and Yu Wenyi, the king of Xili, sat on his horse and shouted: "Where is Prince Rong, the most brave and good at fighting in Nanyue, where is you? Why is it that now that Nanyue is in trouble, he is hiding like a turtle with a shrunken head? ”
Yu Wenyi's words fell for a long time, and no one answered within the city gate, and then shouted: "Why don't you dare to speak or open the city gate?" Are you afraid that once the city gate is opened, your Nanyue will be completely destroyed? ”
General Li Huai looked at the city gate, it was empty, and said: "King, there is no one on this city wall, and no one has answered in the city, could it be an empty city?" ”
Yu Wenyi curled the corners of his lips and said, "Empty city? There are millions of people in Kyoto, and in this short period of time, will they all run out? ”
Li Huai said: "King, have we ordered to break through the city gate at this moment?" ”
Yu Wenyi said lightly: "There is one less person playing the piano on the city wall, and the city gate has not yet been opened, do they have to wait for them to order someone to go up to the city wall to play the piano, and then open the city gate, so that they can stage an empty city plan?" If it weren't for the fact that their remaining soldiers and horses still had some strength, why would this king still take Princess Qingsui as a hostage? Are you right, Qingsui? ”
Yu Wenyi set his eyes on An Yuelian, who was sitting in the sedan chair and was tied by a rope.
An Yuelian said angrily: "Yu Wenyi, you are holding me hostage under the pretense of being close to each other, intending to force the Nanyue army to surrender, I tell you, I will never let your plan succeed!" ”
Yu Wenyi said coldly: "Give me a good look at her, don't let her commit suicide, it's still useful for this king to keep her." ”
The soldier next to him said, "No! ”
General Li Huai said: "Wang, are you breaking through the city gate at this moment?" ”
Yu Wenyi nodded: "Hmm." ”
"All the soldiers obeyed the order and immediately broke through the city gate!"
Li Huai fell, and all the soldiers responded: "Kill!" ”
Anwar walked up to the city wall, ordered the soldiers to block them inside the city gate, and then ordered a group of archers to go to the city wall, shouting, "Shoot the arrows!" ”
"Boom, boom, boom............" Hundreds of arrows flew out in an instant.
Yu Wenyi shouted: "Block it for me!" ”
All the soldiers raised their shields and blocked the flying arrows one by one.
"Put it again!"
...........Hundreds of arrows were shot again, and hundreds of Xili soldiers who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground and died.
"Brother! Elder brother! ”
Anwar suddenly heard the call of his sister An Yuelian.
Anhua followed the prestige, and saw that Yu Wenyi was pinching An Yuelian's neck with his hand, and shouted coldly: "Princess Qingsui is in the hands of this king, I advise you to surrender obediently, otherwise this king will kill her immediately!" ”
Anwar called: "Ripple! ”
Yu Wenyi hooked his lips coldly: "Stop releasing arrows immediately, otherwise this king will push Princess Qingsui out and let her be shot to death by random arrows!" ”
Yu Wenyi said that, grabbed An Yuelian's neck and dragged her off the sedan chair.
An Yuelian was pinched and blushed, out of breath.
"Shameless villain!" Anwar shouted, "Stop firing arrows!" ”
The soldiers at the city gate heard the order and stopped shooting arrows.
"Brother, don't worry about me!" An Yuelian, whose face was flushed, shouted with difficulty.
Yu Wenyi looked at An Yuelian and said, "Princess Qingsui, do you call him brother?" He is not a prince, how can he be your brother? ”
An Yuelian said: "Yuwenyi, to tell you the truth, I am not Princess Qingsui at all, I am the sister of Anwar, the head of the Criminal Court, it is useless for you to hold me hostage, Nanyue will not surrender to you because of me!" ”
Yu Wenyi was stunned.
"Hahaha............." Yu Wenyi laughed out loud instead, "Qingsui, until now, you even said that you are not Princess Qingsui, do you think this king will believe you?" Do you think that if you play a trick with him and show me, I will believe you and let you go? ”
"Hahaha.........." Yuwenyi laughed again, "The princess of the enemy country captured by my Yuwenyi, in addition to letting this king take the enemy country, is death!" ”
An Yuelian said: "Yuwenyi, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect, it is useless for you to take me hostage!" ”
Yu Wenyi asked rhetorically, "It's useless? Don't you see that the president of the trial court who led the troops really cares about you? Do you think he's your old flame? ”
An Yuelian didn't answer, just glared at Yu Wenyi fiercely.
General Li Huai shouted: "You have a kind of come out for me, if you don't come out, you will be a turtle with a shrunken head!" ”
Anwar walked down from the city wall, and was eager to save his sister An Yuelian for a while, so he thought about immediately opening the city gate and rushing out to fight them to the death.
Cheng Zhiyou stopped: "Thirteen, there are more than 200,000 enemy soldiers and horses, and there are only 110,000 left in our country, and there are only 30,000 people present, so don't open the city gate." ”
Anwar asked, "Master, why?" ”
Cheng Zhiyou said: "Now that the enemy is outnumbered, there are more than 200,000 troops outside the city gate, and the food reserves must not be able to support it for many days, and there are no reinforcements outside, so it is better to wait for work, hold on until the Xili army is tired, and then attack them when they retreat." ”
Xie Yunchen said: "The Xili army came from afar, and fought for days, if the city gate is not opened, the Xili army will think that our army is weak and dare not go out, and the fighting spirit will gradually relax." ”
Cheng Zhiyou continued: "It's best for us not to go out for the time being, it's best to give them the illusion of our cowardice, and then dig twenty secret doors in the city wall, and when they just come and are not ready, they will be surprised and go straight to the military account of King Xili, they will be shocked, and it will be too late to take countermeasures, once King Xili is defeated, the army of soldiers who follow will naturally be self-defeating." ”
Anwar frowned: "But what about Ripple?" ”
Xie Yunchen said: "Princess Qingsui is a hostage they are hostage, or the enemy's bargaining chip now, it will not cause much harm to her for the time being." ”
Anwar then followed the advice of the two and ordered twenty secret doors to be set up secretly.
At night, Anwar climbed the city wall to watch, and noticed that the Xili army had slackened, and some soldiers even put down their weapons and lay down in peace.
Anwar led the elite soldiers to raid from the secret gate, who knew that the laxity of the Xili army was just a deliberately created illusion ordered by Yuwenyi, the king of Xili, and this group of elite soldiers led by Anwar could not win, so they could only withdraw quickly.
Yu Wenyi raised the corners of his mouth: "Think you can win with this move?" It's just whimsical! ”
General Zang, who had arrived from Lingchuan, heard that the Xili army had been stationed outside the gate of Kyoto, and quickly led the remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses to the rescue.
"Report!"
A soldier ran over and said, "Lord Dean, the reinforcements led by General Zang have arrived nearby, but there are only 3,000 left. ”
"Report!"
Suddenly, another soldier hurried over, panting, "Lord Dean, there is an unknown army in the western direction heading towards Kyoto!" ”
Cheng Zhiyou climbed the city wall to look over, and saw the word Xili on the army flag in the distance, and said: "Xili actually sent another army over!" ”
"Report!"
Another soldier hurried over and said, "My lord, there is also an army from the east!" ”
It didn't take long for the Xili army to come from the east and the west, with a total of 30,000 new soldiers, and the Xili army. Soon, Kyoto was surrounded again.
Yu Wenyi said: "You will definitely lose, this king advises you to surrender obediently, let the emperor obediently give up the country to this king, and this king will spare you from death, otherwise this king will kill Princess Qingsui, and then let the Xili army kill it, and kill you all!" ”