Chapter 575: Ultimatum
The eighth master was very relieved to see that Zhaozhen handled these affairs in a clear and orderly manner, and along the way, he watched King Xin gradually mature, from an ignorant teenager to a responsible young man, and how many tribulations he went through.
And Zhao Zhen didn't breathe a sigh of relief until this time, he asked Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie to kill Wu Tiandang, in fact, it was to give the two of them a chance to make meritorious contributions, but Wu Tiandang also had to be killed, this person colluded with Dajingguo, and he must not be forgiven, the most important thing is to reduce Zhao Shu's strength, and not let him rise up again.
Outside the government.
A round of scorching sun was in the sky, and it was nearly noon at this time.
Zhaoshu took Guo Ziyu, Xie Caijian and others out of the east gate of Ezhou, panicked, and went to the south in a hurry.
They fled fifty or sixty miles in one go, and then they reined in their horses and looked back.
Zhao Shu ran sweaty and panting.
Xie Caijian gasped.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, it seems that King Xin really let us go, no, didn't send someone to chase and kill."
Guo Ziyu snorted.
"That kid Zhaozhen bought people's hearts, and Lord Xie was deceived by him so easily?"
Xie Caijian did have admiration for Zhao Zhen just now, but as soon as Guo Zilu said it, he immediately shook his head.
"Lord Guo, what you said, that kid is true to buy people's hearts, but is he really determined to fight to the death with Wan Yan and Ah Shilan?"
Guo Ziyu laughed darkly.
"Hehe, if that kid really doesn't want to set up a small court, then His Royal Highness King Qi still has a chance!"
Zhao Shu took a breath and asked Guo Zihu: "Lord Guo, where are we going now, Linjiang was defeated, and I don't know what the situation is in Tanzhou?" β
Xie Caijian pouted.
"He Guangfei, that coward, must have been frightened when he heard that the entire army in Linjiang was annihilated, and he didn't know where to flee, but we can only go back to Tanzhou first."
Zhao Shu looked at Guo Ziyu to see what he had in mind.
Guo Ziyu said hatefully: "No, when I go back to Tanzhou, I will wait for death, and the order of King Xin will come soon, and now the Jiangnan Recruitment Division will command everything, and after this battle, we will be discredited." β
Xie Caijian was a little resentful.
"Then what should we do, should we go to Linjiang and find that useless person in Wu Tiandang?"
"Of course I have to look for it, I don't know how many people there are under Wu Tiandang."
Zhao Shu snorted.
"It's a waste if you find it, does this king still expect people like Wu Tiandang to fight for me?"
Guo Ziyu's eyes rolled, and he suddenly slapped his palms and laughed proudly.
"Yes, let's go to Dongting Lake first."
Zhao Shu was a little strange.
"What are you doing at Dongting Lake?"
"Didn't Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie have 10,000 remnants of the defeated army left there, let's go and tell them that the main general has been killed by King Xin, let's take over this team, and then go to Linjiang to clean up the remnants."
Zhao Shu hesitated, once those soldiers knew that Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie were not dead, they would definitely rise up and rebel, and it would be difficult for them to control the situation at that time.
But Xie Caijian had already given a thumbs up.
"Master Guo, you really have a strange plan, King Xin wants to buy people's hearts, we will teach him to regret it!"
Hearing Xie Caijian's praise, Zhao Shu felt that this was a clever plan, and the three of them discussed it for a while, and galloped towards Dongting Lake.
Zhao Zhen didn't know Guo Zigang's scheme, the difference between him and Zhao Shu and these people was that Zhao Shu used conspiracy, while Zhao Zhen used yang conspiracy, and those who used conspiracy could only move forward in secret, because he couldn't see the light; The use of Yangmou is different, he will get more and more trust and recognition, this is Yue'er told Zhaozhen to behave in the world.
Time flies.
July 27 in the blink of an eye.
The sun is setting, and dusk is approaching.
The head of the inner city of Windy City.
The weather was very hot, the city was in ruins, and several places were in danger of collapsing.
In the past seventeen days, Wan Yan A Shilan commanded the Dajing army to attack the city every morning and evening, and the inner city was already in danger.
At this moment, at the head of Dongcheng City, there is a girl looking into the distance.
"Rustleβ"
Suddenly a light streaked through the sky, like a fiery dragon flying across the sky, and there was a crackling sound.
Someone exclaimed: "Look, fire meteor! β
"Is a fire meteor a bad omen?"
"I don't know."
The girl looked up at the sky and smiled.
"What a bad omen, the ancients said that there is a comet in the sky, in order to remove the filth, it means that the Great Capital Kingdom is about to be defeated by us!"
This girl is none other than Yue'er.
At this moment, Yue'er is dressed in a short dress, with a heart armor on her chest, and three flying knives pinned to her waist, because of the heat, she is sweating, and her face is also sweaty, especially a pair of big eyes are bloodshot, at this moment her eye sockets are slightly sunken, and she looks tired, obviously these days are very tiring. And she is wearing it today for ease of movement.
Murong Xu, Wang Rulin and Wen Ji followed behind Yue'er, all three of them looked very haggard, the most haggard was Murong Xu, the military uniform on his body could no longer distinguish the color, because Lin Chengyong vomited blood and fell into a coma last night, and now the pressure of the command in the city is all on Murong Xu.
"Lord Commander, I think that the outer city can no longer be defended, and the soldiers should be withdrawn to the imperial city, and we will make the final defense!"
Murong Xu's voice was very hoarse, he understood what it meant to retreat, it was impossible for all the people in the inner city to enter the palace, and they must be unlucky if they fell into the hands of Wan Yan A Shilan.
Yue'er looked at the military camp of Dajingguo, the military camp was crowded, and they were mobilizing people and horses to start a crazy night battle.
"Can't you keep it for four more days? The plan of this commander was to hold out until August. β
Yue'er's voice was very dry.
Murong Xu gritted his teeth and shook his head.
"The inner city will withstand one or two more attacks at most."
"How many people are left to fight now?"
"Including the wounded soldiers, fifty or sixty thousand, so we have to shrink the defensive line."
"The palace can accommodate up to 200,000 people, if you retreat to the palace, then this battle will be even more tragic than Emperor Taizu's back then!"
"yes, the key is to keep going."
Yue'er turned around and asked Wen Ji: "Captain Wen, do you have a way to hold the inner city until August?" β
Wenji only smiled wryly.
"The commander of the envoy, the last general is also poor in donkey skills now, and at most he will delay one or two when the Dajing army is attacking the city."
Yue'er raised her eyebrows.
"How do you delay?"
"Throw some stakes on the city, and then pour grease and burn them, and before the fire is burned out, it will be impossible for Wanyan and Shilan to advance."
Murong Xu smiled resolutely.
"No, what Lord Lin and Ben are going to do is even worse than this, we have people bury sulfur gunpowder under the city, and as long as they retreat, they will detonate it and kill those siege barbarians!"
Wenji shouted hello.
"Lord Lin and General Murong are more thoughtful than their humble duties!"
Yue'er snorted.
"In fact, the inner city can be defended for so long, it is already a victory, Wan Yan A Shilan has been attacking the city in a hurry for several days, it should also be at the end of the strong crossbow, he can't beat the capital anymore, and the food will not be supplied."
Murong Xu nodded.
"Yes, they are now roasting and eating people, and it can be seen that they can't hold it anymore!"
The sunset is like fire.
In the military camp of Dajing under the city, a dull bull's horn blew.
The soldiers in the city, who were sitting or lying on the city, heard the sound of the trumpet, raised their heads one by one, and slowly stood up with their weapons.
A war horse ran out of the Dajing army, and the knight immediately carried a broken flag on his shoulder, embroidered with a big Yu character on the flag, and something hung at one end of the flag, which looked like a human head.
Yue'er couldn't help frowning, could it be that we have any important characters who have been killed?
The cavalry came to a halt sixty or seventy paces below the city.
"Well, the people in the city listen, this is the head of Yu Yuanxiang, the marshal of Caizhou, you have no food and grass, no rescuers outside, now open the door and surrender, my lord is merciful, and give you a way to live, if you hesitate, when the city is broken, no one will live, this is an ultimatum!"
Yu Yuanxiang's name has become a legend in the capital, because he defeated the Dajing army several times, beat Wan Yan Licheng and did not dare to fight, and killed the eldest prince Wan Yan Congji, could it be that he died?
Murong Xu stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, shooting at a distance of three feet in front of the cavalry's warhorse.
"Go back and tell you Lord Lang, if you want to fight, you will fight, if you don't fight, you will go, Hugh is going to talk nonsense here-"
The cavalryman understood that the other party wanted to take his own life, and he could not run away from this distance, so he immediately waved his hand and stuck the flagpole on the ground, slapped his horse away.
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