Chapter 108: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
Hearing that Da Chu braved the night to attack the city, Tonggu Pass was immediately unprotected, and Mei Zijin's whole body suddenly cooled.
Tonggu Pass is the last easy to defend and difficult to attack pass of the Great Jin Border Pass, if it is breached, the gate of the Great Jin Dynasty will be completely opened, and the iron cavalry of the Great Chu will no longer be blocked, all the way south to sweep the Central Plains......
With a chill in his heart, Mei Zijin slapped his mount heavily and galloped towards the battle-torn Tonggu Pass.
However, Princess Leyi, who was lying in front of him, was frightened.
Hearing that Tongguguan was about to be lost, Princess Leyi struggled on horseback, turned her head to look at Mei Zijin with a resolute murderous face, and said with red eyes: "You hurry up and let me down...... Tonggu Pass is about to be lost, do you still take this princess back to die? This princess won't play with you anymore, I'm going back to the capital......"
Hearing Princess Leyi's words, Mei Zijin, who was in a hurry, stopped again, stared at Princess Leyi, who was pale, with eyes like blades, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Ben Hou is not in the mood and time to play with the princess. The princess still hurriedly told the general where Guan Qing was hiding, otherwise, Ben Hou took the princess back to Tonggu Pass to look everywhere - when the enemy army attacked, there was no sword, and the princess should not blame Ben Hou for not saving him when he saw death. β
Listening to the more and more clear roar in her ears, the vibration of the ground became more and more violent, although Princess Le Yi had not seen what Tongguguan had become, she couldn't imagine that it must have become a purgatory on earth at this time, so she knew that going back was a death, and everyone else was fleeing, and she would definitely not go back.
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth with a white face and trembled: "I will ...... her I put her in a wooden box and sent her to General Chen's house......"
It turned out that Princess Le Yi originally planned to put Shui Qingqing in a wooden box and bring her back to the capital, but she thought about it later, according to Mei Zijin's temperament, he would definitely chase after Shui Qingqing disappeared.
Therefore, Princess Leyi asked people to quietly send the wooden box containing Shui Qingqing to Chen Zijin, and asked him to find an opportunity to send Shui Qingqing back to the capital and to Li You......
Hearing this, Mei Zijin's expression froze, and her cold eyes looked at Princess Leyi, who was flustered and uncomfortable, and said coldly: "Princess, you'd better not lie to me, otherwise even if you go to the capital, Ben Hou will not let you go!" β
After that, he threw Princess Leyi off the horse with one hand, and led everyone to Tonggu Pass without hesitation.
Although he was treated like this by Mei Zijin, thinking that he was the concubine given to him by his father and the emperor, and he was the person she had always liked, Princess Leyi didn't care about the pain in her body, stepped forward and grabbed Mei Zijin's reins, and shouted in a lost voice: "Tonggu Pass is about to be lost, and your injuries have not healed yet, won't you die when you go back...... Don't go back, come back to the capital with me, it's good to have General Chen guarding here......"
In the deep night, Mei Zijin's expression was annihilated in the flashing firelight in front of him, flickering bright and dark, which made people not real, but he felt that his tenacity made people awe-inspiring!
He glanced sideways at Princess Leyi, who looked worried, and said in a firm tone: "Benhou is the commander of the three armies appointed by the emperor himself, and he swears to defend the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty - if he can't recapture the ten cities on the border, even if Benhou survives on the battlefield, he will take his head to see the emperor." So...... Let go of the princess and hurry back to the capital! β
Princess Leyi was shocked by his words.
She looked up at the grim man like a god, hesitated for a moment and finally let go of the reins in her hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Zijin, I don't blame you anymore for tonight's incident, you must come back safely...... You are the concubine that my father chose for me, and I am waiting for you to come back and marry me in the capital......"
Mei Zijin looked stunned, and wanted to say something, but thinking of the battle in Tonggu Pass, the trapped Shui Qingqing, and even Yun'er, he didn't have time to stop, and he didn't even say a word of farewell to Princess Leyi, and rushed towards Tonggu Pass......
Back to Tonggu Pass, the loud sound in the ears is deafening, there is fire everywhere, the boulder rocket is thrown into the city from outside the city pass like a meteor, the houses are like eggs under the boulder, they are smashed to pieces, the fire spreads everywhere, the whole Tonggu Pass is just a moment, it has become a hell on earth, wailing all over the wilderness......
It turned out that because the terrain of Tongguguan was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Chu army could not attack it for a long time, but this time, Chu Ze was full of strength to break it, not only prepared countless ladders, but also hundreds of stone throwers, and strong crossbows with fire.
The boulders that fell from the sky and the fire woke up the sleeping people, and hundreds of people died before they understood what was going on.
For a while, everyone fled out of the city in fear and screams, and the gate out of the city was soon blocked, and it became the hope of people's survival, and they all rushed to flee outside the city......
As soon as he entered Tonggu Pass, Mei Zijin quickly ordered to go down and let Sanshi take people to Chen Zijin's house to save Shui Qingqing, and 6 Lin took people to rescue Yun'er and Xiaoxi, and after saving people, he didn't stop for a moment and immediately sent them out of the city.
As for himself, he didn't even have time to put on the armor, and he didn't care about the unhealed wounds on his body, so he took the silver spear handed by Sanshi, and rushed towards the tower that entered the gate.
Although Sanshi and Liulin were not worried about him, at this critical juncture, neither of them dared to disobey his words, and went separately to save people according to his instructions.
In the midst of the fire and loud noise, Sanshi led people to rush into Chen Zijin's house.
At that time, Chen Zijin had already climbed the city tower to supervise the battle, and the subordinates in the palace fled in all directions, and there was panic everywhere. Sanshi wanted to stop people and ask where the wooden box sent by Princess Leyi in the morning was placed, but he couldn't find anyone, so he had to lead people to search room by room.
However, just like in the Laiyuan Inn, Sanshi led people to find all the wooden boxes in Chen's mansion, but Shui Qingqing was nowhere to be seen.
Immediately, Sanshi panicked.
Could it be that in the end, Princess Leyi deceived Hou Ye?
Therefore, in the huge Tonggu Pass, where was Shui Qingqing hidden by Princess Leyi?
Looking at the fires burning everywhere outside, as well as the boulders that kept flying, Sanshi was so anxious that he vomited blood.
Before parting, Hou Ye told him to find the county lord to send her out of the city safely. If he can't find the county lord, if the county lord dies in the disaster, what will he do to report to the Hou Ye?
Thinking of this, Sanshi was anxious, and after carefully searching the entire Chen Mansion, he put his last hope on 6 Lin, hoping that Shui Qingqing was rescued in the box, and she went home to find Yun'er......
However, when Sanshi arrived at the courtyard rented by Shui Qingqing, it was found that the small yard had already been smashed by the boulder and became a ruin.
Fortunately, Xiaoxi stood aside safely with Yun'er in her arms, and was successfully found by 6 Lin.
Seeing Sanshi coming back, before 6 Lin could speak, Xiao Xi was already trembling and panicked: "Miss...... Have you found Miss? β
Hearing Xiaoxi's words, the last glimmer of hope in Sanshi's heart was also disappointed, and he said with a white face and trembling voice: "We searched the entire Chen Mansion, but we didn't find the county lord......"
Xiaoxi's whole body trembled, tears rolled down in an instant, and said sadly: "The soldiers are in chaos, the sky is still falling stones, Miss must have had an accident......"
Seeing Xiaoxi crying sadly, Sanshi's heart became more and more anxious and flustered, and he couldn't help but say: "Don't cry first, although we didn't find the county lord in the Chen Mansion, we didn't have the corpse of the current county lord, so ...... Maybe the county lord is still alive and was rescued by someone else...... Let the 6 doctors send you and Yun Gongzi out of the city first, and then I'll take someone to find the county lord in other places......"
6 Lin heard that Sanshi did not find Shui Qingqing, and his face was full of surprise, but at this moment, he only hoped that as Sanshi said, Shui Qingqing was really rescued by others, so together with Sanshi, he persuaded Xiaoxi and Yun'er to leave the dangerous Tonggu Pass with him......
Shui Qingqing was indeed rescued.
The person who saved her was the nameless who decided to leave Tonggu Pass and return to the capital to avenge Liu Jing!
Yesterday, Nameless was outside the upper room of the Shuaifu, and after seeing Mei Zijin and Shui Qingqing together, he was hit hard and vomited blood.
Although Liu Yin wanted to leave Tongguguan with Nameless as soon as possible, he was more worried about his body, because since these days, in order to find Shui Qingqing, Nameless has hardly stopped for a day, and has been running around non-stop, so Liu Yin asked him to stay for a few more days and leave after resting.
After Da Chu launched a night attack on Tonggu Pass, Liu Yin was about to escape from Tonggu Pass with the people with Nameless, but Nameless was worried about Shui Qingqing and Yun'er, so he turned around and went to the courtyard rented by Shui Qingqing to find them.
As soon as he was halfway there, Nameless saw Shui Qingqing who was smashed by the collapsed house.
It turned out that Shui Qingqing, who was put in a wooden box by Princess Leyi and sent to Chen Zijin's mansion, had been trying her best to escape.
Later, Da Chu suddenly attacked, and the subordinates on Chen's mansion fled in a panic and left the front, but there were many subordinates who took advantage of the chaos and took the things in the mansion with their hands.
Therefore, among these people, of course, there are those who are curious about the locked mysterious wooden box that holds Shui Qingqing.
So, some people thought that there was a valuable treasure inside, and immediately pried open the wooden box, only to find that there was a person tied inside.
In this way, Shui Qingqing was 'rescued' by someone, and now the outside has been turned upside down by Da Chu's sudden attack.
Shui Qingqing, who escaped from Chen's mansion, looked at the firelight in the sky and the boulders that kept falling, and the first thing that came to mind was Yun'er and Xiaoxi at home.
Regardless of the tired and numb body, let alone the danger, Shui Qingqing braved the fire and the flying of boulders, and rushed home desperately, for fear that something would happen to Yun'er and Xiaoxi.
However, halfway through, she was hit by a collapsed house, fainted on the spot, and was even rescued by a nameless person and taken out of Tonggu Pass......
Nameless rescued Shui Qingqing from the rubble, and then went to the yard to find Yun'er and Xiaoxi, but when he went, the yard where they lived was also smashed, and Xiaoxi and Yun'er were gone.
Xiaoxi took Yun'er to hide under the eaves of the well behind the yard, and she didn't know that Nameless had come to the yard with Shui Qingqing to look for them, and it wasn't until later that 6 Lin brought someone to come, and she came out of the well with Yun'er, but she missed it with Nameless......
After Nameless took Shui Qingqing out of Tonggu Pass, Shui Qingqing finally woke up from fainting.
The moment she woke up, she looked at the nameless and Liu Yin in front of her in confusion, as well as the dark suburbs where they were, there were no fires and collapsed houses in front of her, and there were no screams and cries, but Shui Qingqing was even more flustered than before.
Because, except for Nameless and Liu Yin in the carriage, she didn't see Yun'er and Xiaoxi.
Too late to ask Nameless how she was with them, she asked him timidly, where is Yun'er? Where is Xiaoxi?
Seeing her panicked appearance, Nameless knew that he couldn't lie to her, so he had to tell her what he saw in her yard.
"When I went to look for Yun'er and Xiaoxi, the house where you lived was hit by a boulder and collapsed...... I didn't find them in the yard......"
When he said this, Nameless was extremely difficult, but he still said it, because he knew that even if he took her to the ends of the earth, if she didn't let her see Yun'er, she would come back here to find himβshe would definitely not give up Yun'er easily.
Sure enough, after listening to his words, Shui Qingqing's tears began to pour out, but her expression was unusually firm, and she said, "I want to go back-I'm going to Tongguguan to find Yun'er and Xiaoxi." β
Since Liu Jiazhuang said goodbye, Liu Yin saw Shui Qingqing again, and her heart was mixed, and her expression was also extremely embarrassing.
Seeing her wake up, Liu Yin sat silently on the wheel outside, but her ears couldn't help but listen to the conversation between the two inside.
When she heard the news that Shui Qingqing was going to return to Tongguguan, her heart was cold.
The curtain was lifted, Shui Qingqing had already got out of the carriage, and smiled sadly at her: "Thank you Liu Yin." β
Liu Yin jumped out of the car, stretched out the horsewhip in her hand to stop her, and said coldly: "Get in the car, we will accompany you to find Yun'er." β
Liu Yin knew that even if she stopped her, Nameless would definitely re-enter Tonggu Pass with Shui Qingqing.
He was worried about her, but she was worried about him.
Moreover, thinking of Yun'er, Liu Yin was also reluctant to ......
In this way, Shui Qingqing, Nameless and Liu Yin returned to Tonggu Pass again.
However, by the time they returned, the gates of Tonggu Pass had been sealed.
Because of the fierce battle, Da Chu will break through the pass at any time and massacre the city, and the generals are trying their best to disperse the people to flee under the order of the commander Mei Zijin, so the city gate is not allowed to enter again.
Separated by only a wall, Tonggu Pass is already a purgatory on earth.
But thinking that Xiaoxi and Yun'er were still inside, Shui Qingqing was heartbroken, and rushed in regardless of the soldiers' obstruction.
However, the heavy city gates have been closed, and there are heavy guards inside and outside, no matter how hard Shui Qingqing struggles, he can no longer enter Tonggu Pass.
"There are also people in it...... And children...... How can you not let us go in and look for ...... Please, my son is still inside, I'm going to go inside and find him......"
Mei Zijin governs the army strictly, but all the orders he gives are always one and the same, and they cannot be disobeyed at all.
Therefore, the soldiers defending the city said coldly: "Master Hou has an order, from this moment on, no one outside the city is allowed to step into the city again-the girl quickly flees with her family to the front, don't make trouble here again!" β
Hearing that it was Mei Ziyuan who personally ordered the city to be sealed, Shui Qingqing was desperate, and fell to the ground weakly.
Nameless looked at the closed city gate in front of him, which was entangled and locked by thick iron cables, and the crack of the door was even nailed with huge rivets, and the guards outside the city still piled up big stones at the door, as if they wanted to completely seal the gate of Tonggu out of the city, and his heart sank.
And the city tower is also gathered a large army, holding swords and longbows in hand.
Nameless had already guessed something in his heart, and his heart became colder and colder.
His chest was tightly gagged, and his eyes were cold. The next moment, his eyes swept coldly from the high city wall, and he turned back to Shui Qingqing, who looked disillusioned and desperate, and said, "You and Liu Yin are waiting for me here, and I will break in to find Yun'er." β
Such a wall can stop ordinary people, but it can't stop nameless.
Hearing this, Shui Qingqing's dead and desperate eyes flashed brightly, but the next moment she was worried-
The nameless martial arts are high, but there are many crises in the city, what if something happens because of the search for Yun'er?
Liu Yin was as worried as Shui Qingqing, and stopped without thinking about it: "When do you go in alone, but you have to find ...... There are many crises in the city, even if you are strong in martial arts, you can't beat so many people...... I won't let you go! β
However, both of them didn't know, and after guessing Mei Zijin's plan to defend against the enemy, Nameless entered the city not only worried about Yun'er, but also worried about ...... He......
The brother born to the compatriots, although Nameless has always had a hateful attitude towards Mei Zijin, it is undeniable that the blood connection makes him understand him better than ordinary people.
After seeing the sealed city gate and the army on the city tower, Nameless had already thought that Mei Zijin was a broken boat, even if the pass could not be defended, he would also take the defenders of the Great Jin Dynasty and the enemy army of Great Chu to end up in Tonggu Pass, so as to prevent the iron cavalry of Great Chu from invading the Central Plains.
That's why he ordered the city gate to be sealed, so that people outside the city would no longer be allowed to enter the city to die, and he also cut off his own way of life......
At the moment of national crisis, personal hatred seems so small and insignificant, especially for an iron-blooded man like Nameless.
What's more, what flows in his bones is the blood of the Mei family's loyal martyrs for generations, and he will not watch his brothers born to his compatriots fighting in blood, but he will run for his life!
The blood in his heart surged, his nameless eyes sank, he looked back at Shui Qingqing with a sad and desperate face, and said in a deep voice: "Can the county lord borrow the purple dragon jade jade given to you by the emperor?" β
Shui Qingqing looked at him in a daze for some reason, but took the jade jade from his body and handed it to Nameless.
Nameless took Yuyu, glanced at her with a last nostalgic look, and said in a deep voice: "If possible, I will do my best to help you rescue Yun'er and ...... The people you want to meet......"
The nameless words finally brought Shui Qingqing back to her senses and realized the deep meaning of his words.
However, before she could figure it out, there was a call in her ears like a heavenly sound: "Miss, Miss......"
Hearing the sound, Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled violently, and she hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound. Even Nameless was slightly startled and stopped.
looked back, but it was Xiaoxi who was holding Yun'er and running towards her.
It turned out that after 6 Lin took Xiaoxi and Yun'er out of the city gate, he never left, waiting for Shui Qingqing at the city gate.
Sure enough, let them wait for her.
The moment she saw Xiaoxi and Yun'er, Shui Qingqing came back to life like a dying person, her suffocated heart resumed beating, and even her breathing was smooth.
She cried with joy, stumbled towards Xiaoxi and Yun'er, hugged both of them in her arms, and cried with relief.
Xiaoxi saw Shui Qingqing again, and she was also so happy that she burst into tears, and the reunion after the catastrophe made everyone excited and happy.
Seeing that Shui Qingqing was safe and sound, 6 Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.
And Liu Yin saw that Yun'er had been rescued, and at the same time she was happy, she was even more relieved.
She grabbed Nameless and said, "Now that Yun'er is fine, you don't have to enter the city anymore, let's get out of here quickly." β
With that, he pulled the nameless one towards the carriage, but the nameless let go of his hand.
He clenched the purple dragon jade in his hand, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Since all of you are fine, leave with the 6 doctors!" β
The moment he let go of his hand by Nameless, Liu Yin's heart was empty, and she panicked.
She looked at the nameless with a determined expression in disbelief, "You...... Won't you come with us? β
Nameless said coldly: "I still have something to go to the city, you go first!" β
Liu Yin lost her voice and said: "Yun'er has been rescued, what are you still doing in there?" Let alone...... Moreover, the gates of the city were sealed...... You have promised to go back to the capital with me to avenge my eldest brother......"
However, the nameless who has already made up his mind, no matter how Liu Yin stops him, he insists on re-entering Tonggu Pass.
He looked at Liu Yin, who had a sad face, and said softly: "I promised you, and I will do it...... But now, I have something else to do! β
After that, Nameless condensed the surrounding internal force, lifted his breath and walked along the city wall, and walked up the wall to the city tower in one breath.
Nameless's move not only alarmed the soldiers defending the city, but also shocked Shui Qingqing!
As Liu Yin thought, she didn't understand, since she found Yun'er, why did Nameless take the risk of entering the city?!
But the next moment, Shui Qingqing thought of the last thing he said to her, and her heart trembled violently, could it be that he went in to save Mei Zijin?!
Why did he save Mei Zijin?
Don't...... He knew that Mei Zijin was in danger?
Since the Battle of Tongguguan, although Shui Qingqing is also worried about Mei Zijin, compared to Yun'er, she thinks that he is the commander of the three armies, even if he is injured, he will definitely be fine.
But now seeing the nameless action, as well as what he just said, his eyes touched the city gate that was sealed again, and Shui Qingqing finally sensed that something was wrong.
The gates of the city are sealed tightly, is it ...... Could it be that Mei Zijin and the soldiers and generals of the Great Jin Dynasty no longer came out of the city gate?
In an instant, Shui Qingqing had just fallen into the abyss again because she had found Yun'er and Xiaoxi's heart, and her body was like being soaked in a cold pool for ten thousand years, even in such a hot summer weather, she was so cold that her whole body shivered-
Could it be that Mei Zijin is actually ready to go out of the city again, and wants to die with the enemy army of the Great Jin?!
Nameless and Shui Qingqing expected, the difference is exactly the same!
When Mei Zijin rushed to the city tower and watched the Great Chu army begin to attack the city with an unstoppable force, he had already seen the defeat of the Great Jin.
Chen Zijin has always only defended but not attacked, and the morale of the army is sluggish. So under the sneak attack that Da Chu came prepared, he was beaten to the ground.
Seeing that the city pass was not protected, Chen Zijin wanted to apologize for his crimes, but was stopped by Mei Ziyuan wielding a gun.
Chen Zijin, who was covered in blood, knelt down in front of Mei Zijin, and said with hatred: "I am a hussar general appointed by the imperial court, and the emperor ordered me to guard Tonggu Pass. β
Mei Zijin stood on the tower of the pass city that was about to be lost in a dark robe, and his deep and endless cold eyes looked coldly at Chen Zijin with a dejected face, and hooked his lips and sneered: "According to General Chen, as the commander of the three armies, is Ben Hou even more willing to judge himself and apologize?!" β
Chen Zijin smiled sadly and bitterly: "Master Hou is different...... Hou Ye is seriously injured and recuperating, Tonggu Pass was lost in my hands, and it has nothing to do with Hou Ye......"
Mei Zijin looked at him coldly, "Until the last moment, the victory or defeat of this battle is not up to you to decide-whether you die or not has nothing to do with Benhou, but it can't affect the morale of the army." β
Hearing this, Chen Zijin's body trembled, and he looked at Mei Zijin with a cold face with a pale face, and said with the last glimmer of hope: "Is there a way for Master Hou to redeem the defeat?" β
Mei Zijin didn't pay attention to him anymore, and coldly watched the army of Da Chu and Hu Di below attack Tonggu Pass like hungry jackals, tigers and leopards foraging for food, and gave orders to the generals behind him in a deep voice-
"Dismiss the people in the city, seal the gate out of the city - let the Chu army enter the pass!"
As soon as this order came out, even the generals who had been with him for several years were dumbfounded.
Chen Zijin was even more incredulous.
Mei Zijin's eyes looked at the dark night sky, it was the darkest hour before dawn came!
He said in a deep voice word by word: "In this battle, lead the enemy into the customs and break the boat!" Or, destroy the enemy army of Dachu in one fell swoop and win a complete victory. Or, the officers and soldiers of the three armies and the enemy will end up in Tonggu Pass together, and defend the last city pass for our Great Jin! β
As soon as these words came out, all the generals were enthusiastic, and said in unison: "Obey the order of the Hou Ye - we will close the door and fight the dogs this time, so that the Chu army will not come back and annihilate at one time!" β
In this way, after the city gate was sealed, the defenders of the pass retreated, and Chu Ze, the prince of Chu, led the Chu army to finally attack Tonggu Pass......
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