Chapter 15 - Xuancheng Moonlit Night
The girl stubbornly raised her head and replied-for-tat: "Why doesn't it matter? I see countless wounded and killed soldiers almost every day. They are all fighting for your so-called hegemony. But now, Dad, have you been carried away by the emperor? If we continue to entangle here now, it will not do us the slightest good! It will only make the casualties worse!"
Mocha was really enraged by his daughter's words, and his nerves were already highly tense. He was afraid that he had some selfishness, and his purpose of wanting to ascend the throne and become emperor would be discovered by his army. Since these armies are basically spontaneously formed by the Yue people, these soldiers are also Mocha people, and the reason why they are ready to rebel against the Qi State is because Mocha, as the patriarch, instigated and provoked them ordinary people. But now, although their uprising is very strong, if they give up here in Xuancheng now, it will be a waste of their previous efforts.
For this reason, Mocha desperately encouraged his soldiers, deceiving them that reinforcements would not arrive soon. As long as they capture Xuancheng and arrange defenses, even if all the Qi troops come, they are actually not worthy. It was through bribery and deception that Mocha was able to make their men desperately attack the city, and it has not stopped until now. However, Xuancheng has not yet been captured. This made Mocha feel extremely anxious. It's just at this time that his only daughter should be the one who knows her mood best. He actually came to dissuade himself and demanded that he withdraw from the army. How can Mocha endure it?
Thinking of this, Mocha was really furious. He looked at his daughter and several soldiers in front of him, and there seemed to be no sign of retreating. Mocha was so confused that he could only shout at the few people in front of him: "Get out of here! Don't appear in front of me! Get out of here!"
"Dad, you have been carried away by victory, these people are all advice, how can you not listen" The girl in deerskin soft armor in front of her tried to dissuade Mocha, but was suddenly interrupted by a roar that shook the sky.
"Luo Yinying, don't think that you can be unscrupulous if you are my daughter! My junior sister needs you to educate me? Come on, take the princess away for me! By the way, these soldiers, execute me immediately!" Mocha stood up and roared angrily outside the tent of the Chinese army. Two heavily armed soldiers walked in and looked at Mocha and the princess "Luo Yinying". The two soldiers had no choice but to say silently: "I'm sorry princess, please go back."
The princess named "Luo Yinying" was invited out by these two soldiers, and the soldiers who originally followed the princess "Luo Yinying" were taken away by the rest of the soldiers and immediately executed and killed.
Luo Yinying was "invited" out by two soldiers, but she still didn't give up, and kept shouting to the Chinese army tent: "Dad, how can you be like this, you let me down so much, it is impossible for us to win if we continue like this, because you can't listen to any persuasion at all."
Mocha was already upset, his ears kept his daughter Luo Yinying's words as if mocking, Mocha was distraught, and could only yell to the other soldiers outside the tent of the Chinese military camp: "You send the princess to Que City for me"
"It's us going now" Several other soldiers standing outside the tent of the Chinese military camp saw Mocha's angry voice, and they could only silently agree. chased after the back of Luo Yinying, who left with Luo Yinying, and then chased over, in fact, these soldiers didn't want to just bring their princess to Que City. Especially seeing Luo Yinying's resolute and indifferent eyes, these soldiers were naturally even more unbearable. They just escorted Luo Yinying to Licheng, which was closer here. secretly placed Luo Yinying there, and then came back to restore her life. Mocha is now upset, where can he care so much, and it is precisely for this reason that he will have a new life that Luo Yinying herself dare not imagine in the future
The weather is gradually starting to get warmer, and the soft sunlight is gradually starting to fill with a hint of warmth. Now that the time is approaching summer, there is a faint hint of summer everywhere. The people took off their winter clothes and changed into light clothes that are characteristic of summer, and went into the fields to start farming. The sound of cicadas and crickets also heralding the coming summer.
The leisurely and far-reaching bamboo forest is also full of a hint of their summer atmosphere. It only grows quickly when summer comes, and ghost bamboo and hundred-leaf bamboo rarely grow on weekdays. It was during this period that bamboo poles and bamboo flutes were able to grow and be successfully used. And in this bamboo forest, which is full of approaching summer, there is a faint voice of complaint.
"Dad, we really want to go to Axuan City, but now we are still under deep siege, aren't we going to fall into the net now," a still immature male voice revealed a faint calmness, and this voice said in front of him.
The answer to the little boy's question was a slightly calm voice, "Yes, I also don't think it's a particularly good time to do it, but we really have to go to Xuancheng once, your mother has already sent a letter, let us go as soon as possible." Let's get ready now, and the siege of Xuancheng will be lifted in a few days. ”
"I see, then I'll inform Sister Yue," the little boy nodded deeply and stopped talking. In the shadow of the hidden bamboo forest, there is a small peach blossom forest, in which a middle-aged man dressed in white takes the lead in pushing open the small bamboo door of a bamboo house in the middle of the peach blossom forest.
The middle-aged man pushed open the door and nodded to a young boy in his early teens who was dressed in white behind him. Signaling that he could go and inform the little boy of the "Sister Yue" in his mouth. The little boy cheered with joy, stepped on the cherry blossoms that fell to the ground in the peach blossom forest, and rushed out, straight out of the bamboo forest.
The middle-aged man in his early thirties had blazing eyes as he watched the little boy's back leave quickly. He couldn't help but secretly raise his head and look up at the stars in the blue sky. The middle-aged man said as if talking to himself: "Actually, Qing'er, if you don't have that identity, maybe this won't be like this."
After speaking, the middle-aged man in white clothes let out a long sigh, slowly turned around and walked into the distant and unfamiliar peach blossom forest hut shrouded in moonlight
The dawn first appeared, and a faint glow appeared in the Demon Spirit Continent. The glow of the sun heralds a bright future. It also heralds the fading of darkness.
In the glow of the sun, there was a faintly outlined city, and the shouts of war had already sounded, and countless soldiers outside the city who had already prepared resolutely struggled to climb the tower. Although every soldier who climbed up was stopped by the bows and arrows and stones on the tower. But the charge did not stop, and these soldiers were followed by a larger number of soldiers, ready to make up for it at any time. The soldiers were going to rely on this method of warfare until they captured the city. Because if they delay for another day or two, their sentry will already know that reinforcements from all over the Qi country will arrive soon.
This city is the state of Qi Xuancheng, and the rebellion of the Yue people caught the Qi people by surprise. Fortunately, there is a strong possibility of civil unrest in the country. Therefore, the feudal state does not have the strength to free up its hands to deal with the Qi country for the time being. Otherwise, if the feudal state and the Yue clan send troops at the same time, the Qi country will definitely perish.
Now that Xuancheng has been besieged for the fourteenth day, for the few soldiers in the city, such perseverance and stubbornness day after day do not know when it will be the end. If they continue to persist like this, I don't know how long they will be able to hold on to Xuancheng. Many soldiers were already holding their weapons in their hands, leaning on the tower of Xuancheng and looking at the endless plains in the distance, waiting for reinforcements there. But after all these days, the defenders of Xuancheng still did not see the reinforcements they had been expecting for a long time.
In fact, Xuancheng has already collapsed, and the soldiers have been tired and running around many times, and the grain and grass are about to bottom out. If it weren't for the encouragement and persistence of Xia Yu, the first prince of Qi State, who went into battle with illness and commanded the soldiers to repel the attacks of the Yue army many times. Otherwise, Xuancheng would have fallen.
"Look at it, there is the banner of our Qi country" Xuancheng's guard battle this day has lasted until noon, and the army guarding at the head of Xuancheng City has already looked a little tired, and suddenly, a soldier who was still standing there watching suddenly looked excited, and he didn't even notice that the spear in his hand fell off the city tower. He shouted vigorously to the brothers who were resting on the tower.
Hearing such a voice, the rest of the soldiers who were ready to start their rotation all stood up in unison. They looked at the flags fluttering faintly in the distance, and their voices trembled a little. "This is really reinforcements, Xuancheng is saved, go and report to Duke Xia Yu"