Chapter 12: Jumping Down
The current situation doesn't allow Liu Ning to think too much, she just wants to run out quickly, don't be taken hostage, Liu Ning has no weapons in her hand, and she is a little powerless to resist, plus recalling what Tang Changyu said to herself just now, she feels sad and a little distracted, she is about to be captured, and a figure is in front of her, Tang Changyu is dealing with those royal forest troops, and at the same time he turns his head and says to Liuning: "You go quickly, I said I wouldn't lie to you, and you will understand the reason in the future, go quickly." ”
Liu Ning had just stepped out of the door, and when he turned his head, Tang Changyu had already been captured, and the leader of the Imperial Forest Army said to him: "Marshal Tang, I have offended, but you are guilty of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the little one dare not slack off." ”
Liuning was suspicious: collaborating with the enemy and treason? Why did the man say that he collaborated with the enemy and treason? When Liuning hesitated, Zhao Nan and Ding Chuchu, who heard the fighting, ran in, Liuning hurriedly grabbed Chu Chu and asked what was going on, Chu Chu only said that it was Jingli who used and deceited, and Liuning understood that he wanted to take himself as a hostage, and Tang Changyu was sacrificing the country's righteousness to protect himself, Liuning didn't think much about it, and turned around and returned to the house.
Tang Changyu was very surprised to see Liuning come back, and just wanted to speak but was stopped by Liuning, Liuning looked at Tang Changyu and said firmly: "Changyu, I don't want to embarrass you, I believe in you." ”
After Liu Ning finished speaking, he was escorted out by the Royal Forest Army.
That night, no one slept peacefully.
Early the next morning, Jingli came to Qingjing City with the soldiers and horses hidden outside the city, but saw that the city gate was not opened as promised, on the contrary, it was tightly closed, Jingli immediately asked to open the city gate, to enter the city to meet him, Liubin on the city wall wondered if he should have stayed in the city after attending the wedding last night, how to bring the soldiers and horses outside now, and saw Jingli menacing, and felt a little strange.
At this time, Liubin guarded the city wall all night, and didn't know what happened in the cave room last night, Liubin looked at Ding Ming with some concern, Ding Ming naturally knew Jingli's tricks, in order to protect Liubin and Liuning, Ding Ming asked Liubin to report to the emperor first, and told him to protect Princess Liuning.
When Liubin wanted to go down the city wall to find the emperor, a team of royal forest soldiers surrounded him, and the emperor walked up with Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan, and the soldiers behind escorted Liuning, she was still wearing a red wedding dress, but her hair had been draped down, and she did not wear any jewelry.
After a sleepless night, she thought a lot, thought about the first encounter with Tang Changyu in Chang'an, saw each other on the battlefield and was inseparable, thought about the father and brother who loved her since childhood and sacrificed themselves in front of interests, Liuning with a tired expression, there is a sad beauty, Liuning and Tang Changyu looked at each other, Tang Changyu's expression was solemn, and Liuning couldn't understand his expression.
Li Shimin stood on the city wall, staring down, his subordinates pushed Liuning up, Li Shimin pointed at Liuning with a sword, and said to Jingli under the city: "I knew your conspiracy early on, with the strength in your hands, now you want to attack the city is simply an egg to hit a stone, if you are captured now, I can also deal with it lightly, otherwise, I will kill your younger brother and sister first, and let them bury you first." ”
Ding Chuchu was worried and sleepless all night, so he went to find Liuning early in the morning, and when he saw the terrible silence in the barracks, he couldn't help but be a little worried, afraid that something big would happen, and hurriedly ran to the city gate.
As soon as I ran to the city wall, I heard the emperor say that he was going to kill Liuning and Liubin, and hurriedly knelt in front of the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Sister Liuning and Brother Liubin don't know about Jingli's deception, and those who don't know are not guilty, didn't you say that the Tang Dynasty is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, didn't you also promise that as long as the two of them really want to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, you will also reuse it, and Sister Liuning and Marshal Tang really love each other, I hope you can spare the two of them and give them both a chance." ”
Ding Ming also knelt down to intercede for Liuning and Liubin: "Your Majesty, when the old minister surrendered, you promised that you would not want the lives of Princess Liuning and Prince Liubin. ”
Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan also knelt in front of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin asked with some surprise: "Two Aiqing, do you also want to intercede for this enemy general?" ”
Tang Changyu kowtowed to Li Shimin, looked at Li Shimin and said sincerely: "The minister's promise to marry Princess Liuning is not just to agree to Jingli's peace negotiation conditions, but also the minister and Princess Liuning have known each other when they were in Chang'an, and the minister fell in love with Princess Liuning at first sight, and on the battlefield, the princess rescued each other several times, which can be regarded as life and death, if the emperor is willing to leave the lives of their brothers and sisters, the minister is willing to write off all military achievements, and no longer enjoy the royal power and wealth, and the minister can also guarantee that the two of them have no two hearts for the emperor with their lives." ”
Zhao Nan also persuaded the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, you just see that Marshal Tang is in love, and their brothers and sisters don't know it, spare them, you have always loved and cherished talents, and their brothers and sisters are also rare generals." ”
Li Shimin was a little moved by the persuasion of several people, put down the sword, Jingli saw that there was chaos on the city wall, as if he was discussing something, and immediately ordered the arrow to be released, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to shoot Li Shimin, ten thousand arrows were fired together, the ** on the city wall was not guarded, panicked for a while, an arrow straight to Li Shimin flew forward, Li Shimin didn't have time to react, the arrow was already close in front of him, at this time a figure flew out, blocking in front of Li Shimin, everyone was shocked, the arrow was straight and straight into the chest of the old general Ding Ming.
Ding Chuchu was already stunned when she saw such a scene, tears burst out of her eyes, she ran to her father, hugged her father, crying speechless, just intermittently screaming: "Dad... Daddy..."
Ding Ming saw his daughter crying into tears, he was very distressed, raised his hand with all his might, wiped his daughter's tears, and said weakly: "Chu Chu, don't cry, talk more with my father." ”
Chu Chu nodded obediently, wiped his tears vigorously, Ding Ming touched Chu Chu's hair, and then said: "Your mother has been going since you were a child, after Dad brought you to Qingjing City, you have been playing alone, Dad also feels sorry for you, Dad wants to be good to you, so he quietly looked at your wishes, you won't blame Dad." But Daddy's happy expression when he saw your wish come true, Daddy felt that even if one day you knew the truth and blamed Daddy, it would be worth it. ”
Chu Chu was even more sad when he heard this, tears fell again, and none of the people present did not have red eyes, Ding Ming seemed to be fighting all over his body and opened his mouth and said: "It's just that Dad can't fulfill your wish under the peach blossom tree for you anymore, in the future, you have to take good care of yourself, marry a man who can continue to fulfill your wishes, so that Dad can rest assured to see your mother, okay." ”
Ding Chuchu cried and nodded, and promised repeatedly: "Okay, okay." ”
Ding Ming saw that his daughter agreed, and he was relieved, and his hand to wipe his tears for Chu Chu fell, and he closed his eyes forever on the wall of Qingjing City, and ended his life tragically and greatly, dying for the king and sacrificing his life for the country, perhaps he once said that death is heavier than Mount Tai.
Everyone present had red eyes, the archers of ** were already in place and began to resist, many of the enemy soldiers under the city fell to the ground, ** gradually gained the upper hand, the soldiers have entered the battle state, some people put rolling stones, some people resist the flying arrows, Ding Chuchu knelt on the ground and cried sadly, Zhao Nan didn't know how to comfort this little girl who used to look like she would always be cheerful and optimistic, so she could only stand beside her and block every arrow flying in her direction.
At this time, Liuning was still tied, in order to keep her from being injured, Tang Changyu pushed her behind him, Li Shimin saw the death of General Ding, sad and angry, and pointed at Liuning with a sword again, seeing Tang Changyu protecting Liuning behind him, he said angrily: "Marshal Tang, do you know what you are doing, I order you to kill her immediately." ”
Tang Changyu knelt in front of Li Shimin again and said: "It is difficult for the minister to obey his fate. ”
Hearing this, Li Shimin was even more furious, threw his sword in front of Tang Changyu, and asked Tang Changyu: "Do you want me to cure you for the crime of resisting the order and disobeying the enemy's will!" ”
Tang Changyu lowered his head and was silent, Liuning saw Tang Changyu and the emperor silently confronting each other, very embarrassed, unwilling to let him make a choice before the country and himself, quietly retreated to the city wall, and called Tang Changyu softly: "Changyu." He didn't leave a word, just looked at Tang Changyu tightly, as if he wanted to engrave his appearance into his eyes forever.
The wind blew up Liuning's hair, covering Liuning's eyes full of tears, in everyone's surprise, Liuning turned around decisively, jumped down from the city wall, black hair and red clothes intertwined in the air, Liuning slowly fell, the red wedding dress was blown away by the wind, as if to bloom a stunning and poignant flower, people thought that the moment of death, time stopped.
Liubin shouted that his sister didn't want to, and wanted to try his best to break free from the encirclement of the Royal Forest Army.
Ding Chuchu shouted with tears in her eyes, Sister Liuning, she really couldn't accept the loss of her father and best sister who loved her the most in a short period of time.
Li Shimin was shocked, he didn't expect that there would be such a woman in this world who worked hard for her beloved, and regretted his decision a little.
Tang Changyu didn't dare to think about it, he also flew out, jumped off the city wall, in the air, desperately trying to catch Liuning, he controlled his body, let himself fall quickly, stretched out his hand to Liuning, and finally hugged Liuning, Tang Changyu held Liuning tightly in his arms, as if to carve Liuning into the bone marrow, the young man in white and the beauty in red were entangled in the wind to create such a mournful and moving scene, they rotated together in the air.
Liuning felt that he was suddenly surrounded by a warm and powerful breath, his waist was surrounded by a pair of powerful arms, he opened his eyes in surprise, but what he saw was Tang Changyu's face close at hand, and he didn't have time to react, the two of them had already fallen to the ground together, but Tang Changyu took Liuning to turn over in the air, and he fell heavily to the ground, Liuning instinctively pulled out his hand to protect Tang Changyu's head and lay on his body.
Although both of them are martial arts practitioners, they can jump from such a high city wall, and it is fortunate that they did not die. Tang Changyu didn't care about looking at the injuries on his body, so he asked Liu Ning how he was doing, and Liu Ning smiled and said that he was all skin injuries and was not in the way, so that Changyu could rest assured.
Liubin has broken through the encirclement of the Imperial Forest Army, helped resist a burst of arrows on the city wall, and was entrusted by Zhao Nan to escort Li Shimin off the city wall, Li Shimin was grateful for Liubin's life-saving grace, and said to Liubin: "I was wrong, I am sorry for your brothers and sisters, I blame you, I hope you can forgive me." ”
Liubin saluted like the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, you are serious, you can believe in our brother and sister, and the minister will go to save my sister and say goodbye first." ”
Liubin ordered his subordinates to open the city gate, running in the direction of Liuning and Tang Changyu, and then a large number of soldiers were killed in the city gate.
Tang Changyu handed Liuning over to Liubin, and told Liubin to take Liuning to a safe place to recuperate, but before he could say goodbye, he turned around and ran to the battlefield. The remnants of the Turks were originally for assassination, a life-and-death fight, and now the assassination is not a head-to-head confrontation with **, but also the end of the crossbow, the commander fled from the battle, the army was disheartened, and was defeated without a fight.
Soon, all the soldiers who had been ambushed outside Sunny Mirror City were killed.