Chapter III
The smoke of gunpowder rises in the sky above the Guanshu place, the sun sets, the remnant sun is refracted under the city gate like blood, the silver spear and sword halberd are thrown on the ground at will, the blood stains on it have not yet dried, and thousands of soldiers fall in the pool of red blood, heroic and heroic.
Nankai led the soldiers to defend the city gate, used their bodies to block the rain of arrows and fire attacks on the opposite side, and prayed with a strong will that Guan Shu could turn the danger into a disaster, but the truth was not satisfactory. The soldier who was caught in the rain of arrows fell limp from the city wall, holding the consciousness of death, like the autumn wind and falling leaves, without life, leaving the trunk of the tree and returning to the earth, trying his best to do the last thing he could.
In this war, everyone held on to the home they lived up in the belief of death, the enemy set up ladders, quickly climbed to the city gate, and the soldiers lifted boulders and smashed them down. At the same time, the enemy also used catapults to smash it, as if it was raining stones, but this rain accompanied the passage of countless people's lives, and it was a sad song dyed with blood donations.
Nan Kai carried a silver spear, rode a war horse under his crotch and rushed into the enemy's encirclement, but even if his martial arts were high, he could not withstand the protracted wheel battle, and gradually lost the battle, he withdrew from the inside, and the silver spear that assassinated the enemy was inserted into the opponent's body, and the blood spurted out remained on his face, and he turned around and returned to the city gate.
"Quick, close the gates, the enemy is coming."
Nankai roared with the greatest strength in his life, but his voice was already hoarse, the city gate was closed, and everyone held the city gate in stacks of ten, ten stacks of hundreds. Even so, it was still no match for the enemy's siege vehicles, and after hitting again and again, the city gate was already in tatters, and suddenly there was a fierce attack, and the city gate was breached.
The soldiers struggled to stand up, and did not hesitate to fight, entangle, and fight with the enemy, but they were exhausted, and their physical strength could not keep up with perseverance, and a soldier shouted the last sentence hoarsely, "Come on, kill me, step on my corpse!" With that, a gun stabbed into his abdomen, he bit his pale lips, oozing a trace of blood, his heart was fierce, he rushed forward, the silver spear passed through his body, he picked up the dagger and slashed the throat of the other party, and fell down together in the surprised eyes of the other party.
Nankai looked at the soldier, and as a big man, he couldn't help but shed tears, because the morale of the soldier was soaring, and the soldiers all clenched the guns in their hands, making a senseless struggle for this already doomed endgame.
On the other side of the palace, Yun Shu's father asked his subordinates to take Yun Shu's mother and son away, and he stayed to live and die with the soldiers, Yun Shu and his mother refused to agree, entangled for a long time, and finally decided to stay together to guard their country and the city's people.
"Daddy, I'm not leaving, I'm going to be with you."
"Your Majesty, you just let me and Shu'er stay with you, this is also our home."
Outside the palace, the enemy army had already attacked, Nankai took the soldiers to protect the three of them behind him, and the emperor touched Nankai's shoulder and signaled him to get out of the way.
"General Nan, if you can't survive today, take my Tianchi away, I will wait in this land, and one day you will come back."
After speaking, the emperor turned around and hugged his wife and daughter, gently wiped the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes, pinched his daughter's face, showed a gentle and calm smile to comfort them, and then reluctantly let go, and took the sharp and flawless silver sword in the hand of the eunuch beside him.
The emperor took the sword and walked out of the palace step by step, with General Nan in hand, and walked to the battlefield tainted with sin, doing the last thing for his people.
The emperor has always been vigorous, except for some minor injuries, his mental and physical strength is still very good, but General Guannan's side is not optimistic, General Nan's left shoulder has an arrow, blood stained the silver helmet, dripping from his fingers, kneeling on one knee, holding a silver gun, his face has been stained with blood so that he can't see the original appearance clearly, his head is hanging on the gun and leaning, and he can't lift any strength in his body.
The enemy's arrow rain was particularly dazzling in the red sunset, Nankai closed his eyes and quietly waited for death to come, but suddenly something hit him, opened his eyes, and was stunned.
The emperor blocked in front of him and took all the arrows that should have pierced his body, the emperor died in front of him like this, died in her arms, he and the emperor grew up together, and the confidant who had known each other for more than 20 years died like this, Nankai couldn't believe it.
Nankai was stunned for a while, remembering the princess and queen who were still in the palace, picked up the sword in the emperor's hand, dragged the remnants back to the palace, and picked up Yun Shu's mother and son. Nankai picked up the queen, holding the seven-year-old Yun Shu in one hand to avoid the enemy's tracking, and it was getting late, and they found a broken temple everywhere to rest.
The night was deep, the weather was a little cool, the broken temple was burning with firelight, Yun Shu felt a little cold, drilled into the arms of the queen mother, Nankai saw this, took off the big drump on the armor and gave it to the queen, the red blood stains on the dye had already dried out, and it was particularly mad under the bright fire.
"Mother, you will settle for a moment."
The queen took the big coat, wrapped Yun Shu in a ball, and said lightly, her eyes kept looking at Yun Shu gently, but the eyes with tears were extremely sad.
Yun Shu stretched out his little hand and grabbed his mother's sleeve, lowered his head, and asked weakly: "Mother, did Daddy not come back?" The young Yun Shu asked the question that had already been understood, tears fell on the big cloud, the queen grabbed Yun Shu and hugged it tightly in her arms, Yun Shu raised her hand to brush her cheeks and wipe away her tears.
Yun Shu stretched out his hand to hug his mother, patted his mother's back, and said softly, "Mother, Yun Shu will protect you." The little girl is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed, Nankai don't look over her head and dare not look at it, the queen heard Yun Shu's words, nodded lightly, and lay on the hay with Yun Shu in her arms, sleepless all night.