Chapter 161: For Whom Sacrifices Are Made
At this time, the thirteenth princess slowed down her horse and walked side by side with Zhaoju.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, did you finish the oath this morning, and the army will set off immediately?"
The thirteenth princess nodded happily.
"Of course, Father Khan said that as long as the siege of Nanjin City is lifted, the first thing will be to marry us!"
"Oh, who will stay in Youzhou City, and how many people will stay?"
The thirteenth princess said innocently: "I don't know, anyway, the fourth brother has arranged it, so we don't have to worry about it." ”
Zhaoju is still pondering, waiting for the army in Youzhou to start, Yele Jincha will definitely take him with him, how can he find an excuse to sneak away?
When I came to the city, I saw two big bird country battle flags fluttering upstairs, one was the big bird flag, the other was the sun and moon flag, and the big bird on the big bird flag was an eagle with open wings.
The people dismounted, and there was a beating of drums at the head of the city.
In the sound of drums, Yele Jincha pulled up the sleeves of Zhaoju and said, "Master Horse, go upstairs with this prince!" ”
Zhaoju flicked his sleeves.
"Thank you, Fourth Prince, I'll go next."
Norakutsuza sneered and strode up the steps.
The thirteenth princess grinned, her smile was like a flower, and she pulled up Zhaoju's sleeve.
"Brother Pony, you look fierce, and you are also very fierce, I'll go up with you!"
Zhaoju smiled bitterly, this thirteen princess is really difficult, but at this time, he couldn't refuse, so he had to let the thirteenth princess lead him and step by step.
After walking a few steps, Zhaoju looked back and found that in addition to Captain Gao, Xianyu Zhenren and the nine guards were blocked by a group of soldiers, he stopped and wanted to go down, the thirteenth princess pulled his sleeve and smiled: "Let them wait here, not everyone can go up to the military parade on it today!" ”
Zhaoju had no choice but to wave his hand downward, signaling the Xianyu real people to wait in place.
When he stepped on the city, Zhaoju was surprised, because he saw that in the middle of the city, there was a bamboo platform, on which was placed a golden glitter, and on both sides of the dagwl, stood two naked men, who were shirtless and did not shiver on such a cold day.
Under the banner of the city head, a group of soldiers with bright armor stood solemnly, carrying waist knives in their waists and longbows on their backs, all of them were strong and burly.
"Whoosh, whoosh—"
Some soldiers lit three fireworks, which was a signal for Zhaoju and them to contact Tong Dashuai, and this signal was issued, indicating that Youzhou City was empty at the moment.
Zhaoju's body shook and he almost fell, and it was only then that he realized that his plan had been revealed.
The thirteenth princess asked in surprise, "Fourth brother, what are we doing here?" ”
"Haha, this is the altar, and the sacrifice must be held before the army fights!"
"You don't need a golden dog to open a sacrifice, this, this is to kill the highest-level criminal, who are you going to kill?"
Under the banner, a gold-armored general stood proudly with a sword on his waist, and Zhao Ju almost exclaimed in surprise when he saw the general's face.
This golden-armored general is half a head taller than Yele Jincha, he has a beard, and there are seven golden feathers on the golden helmet on his head, he is none other than the second prince of the Great Bird Country.
At this moment, Zhaoju suddenly understood that the real master of Youzhou was not Ye Le Jincha, but Ye Le, and the secret stakes here had not heard the truth before!
The thirteenth princess exclaimed: "Second brother, you, why are you here?" ”
Ye Le beckoned, the thirteen princesses ran over, Ye Le looked at the thirteen princesses lovingly, and her expression became serious.
"Sister, the second brother has always been there, but I can't tell you."
Zhaoju looked into the city, only to see that there was a black pressure below, and four or five thousand people had gathered near the south gate, he was horrified in his heart, not that Youzhou City only added up to about two thousand people, and the big handsome man brought five thousand people to sneak attack, wouldn't he take any advantage?
The beat of the drum changes.
The soldiers under the city began to line up.
A soldier pushed Zhaoju to Ye Leyu.
Zhao Ju calmed down at the moment, and he asked lightly: "Second prince, what kind of play are you going to play today?" ”
Ye Le snorted, and said sharply: "Your Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes, you are still pretending at this time, Da Wei took advantage of the danger of others, colluded with Dajing, and tried to join forces to destroy our country, your conspiracy and tricks have long been seen through by this king!" ”
Zhaoju was stunned for a moment, and the thirteenth princess suddenly lost her face.
"Second brother, what are you talking about, when did Brother Ma collude with Dajing?"
Ye Leyu threw down a piece of yellow paper and said viciously: "This is the document issued by Dajing yesterday, which states that Dajing has united Dawei and Xichun to conquer my Da Bird Country, and there are seals of the Three Kingdoms on it!" ”
The thirteenth princess picked up the yellow paper and couldn't believe it.
Zhaoju was a little confused, who was in charge in the palace, was it the crown prince and the king of Qi, or the queen, why did they stab themselves in the back at the critical moment?
Ye Lejincha smiled proudly: "The second brother is extremely clever, the 100,000 troops of Dawei have been stationed in the state, only a hundred miles away from Youzhou, when we are deaf and blind, if you don't think of confusing them with a friendly plan, how can you delay it for so long!" ”
The thirteenth princess sighed.
"Brother, what are you talking about, what is the plan to make peace?"
Ye Le Jincha apologized to the thirteenth princess and said: "I'm sorry, sister, the plan to be close is a plan to delay the army, our big bird country is suffering from the enemy, only by relieving the strength, can we fight back!" ”
"This, so to speak, is it fake?"
"Yes, sister, this Nine Emperor Princes didn't really come to marry you, and now the thousands of cavalry in their state are waiting for an opportunity from twenty miles away from us!"
Zhaoju was a little moved, he couldn't imagine that the big bird country knew everything about their actions, could it be that he was a traitor?
"So, the fourth prince proposed to this king yesterday to borrow troops and boost morale, but it's all fake?"
"Of course it's fake, because if you launched a sneak attack last night, the defenders of Youzhou City are only a few hundred, and they can't hold it at all, my purpose is to stabilize you!"
Zhaoju was taken aback.
"Aren't there two thousand defenders in Youzhou City, haven't you been recruiting troops for the past few days, why were there only a few hundred last night?"
Ye Lejin looked up to the sky and laughed.
"In the whole Youzhou, there were only the old and frail and women, children and children left yesterday, and now what you see are the recruits we recruited from Jizhou and Danzhou overnight!"
Hearing this, the thirteenth princess was also shocked, she couldn't imagine that the battle of Nanjin City had consumed the Great Bird Country to such a huge extent.
Zhaoju shook his head again and again, he couldn't believe that this was the truth, Youzhou City was so empty, how could they not even get such news from the secret pile here?
Seeing Zhaoju's doubts, Ye Lejin said proudly: "Your dark stake in Youzhou has long been uprooted by us, and the news you have received is all arranged by us!" ”
"No, it can't be!"
Zhaoju broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't believe that his every move fell into the eyes of the other party.
The thirteenth princess stopped in front of Zhaoju, she looked angry, and shouted to the two elder brothers: "Second brother, fourth brother, are you going to take the flag of the horse brother today, no, I will never allow it!" ”
Ye Le waved his hand.
"Sister, if you mess around again, my brother is not polite to you!"
"Second brother, tell me, you don't want to kill the horse, right?"
"He's not a colt at all, he's here to take our Youzhou City!"
Zhao Ju sneered: "The sixteen states in the former Youqian have been the land of the Han people since ancient times, and you have occupied it for more than a hundred years, and you should return it!" ”
Ye Lejincha immediately retorted.
"Joke, you Han people don't say that the world is not the world of one person, only the virtuous live in it!"
"May I ask how you can do the Great Bird Country, now that the Great Capital Kingdom has been killed in Nanjin and is about to be overturned, it is better to return the first sixteen states of Da Wei You!"
Ye Lejin was furious, brushed the ground and pulled out his waist knife.
The thirteenth princess stood in front of Zhaoju, shook her head again and again, and she cried: "No, no, even if he is not a colt, don't kill him!" ”
At this time, Zhaoju looked coldly at Captain Gao who was standing on the side.
"Lord Taiwei, all of this is your ghost behind your back and betraying everyone, isn't it?"
Captain Gao lowered his head, timidly not daring to look at Zhaoju.