Chapter 19: The Iron Rider Stands Out

The offensive of the Liao army was in full swing, Qi Hao and the remaining ministers gathered the soldiers of the whole city, incorporated the soldiers of the wealthy lords into the army, and recruited the people as soldiers in the city, and urged the soldiers in front of the city to defend the city and kill the enemy day and night.

This time, the Liao people sent 200,000 iron cavalry, all of whom were elite soldiers, and the battle to defend the city was extremely fierce.

In the past three days in the harem, under the queen's coercion and iron-fisted methods, no one dared to talk openly about the war on the front line, but whispers in private were still indispensable. The harem has changed from the original loneliness to a strange silence. This silence is extremely depressing, like a dark cloud, black and heavy on everyone's heart. The palace people became cautious when they walked on the road, and it seemed that a slightly heavier step would alarm the Liao army outside the city. The entire court is like a tightened bow, which may break at any time because of this tense tension.

Most of the concubines stayed at home, and the daily visits and feasts were all stopped, and only one place was unexpectedly lively, that is, the small Buddha hall of the harem. Many of the concubines prepared enough offerings to bow down and pray, praying for the blessing of the Buddha with unprecedented devotion and humility to survive this crisis safely.

Su Mi naturally didn't have the mood to pray to God and worship Buddha, she was busy contacting the forces outside the palace. The contact with the outside of the palace is unimpeded, but the city is besieged by the Liao army, and the people of Nanchen cannot send the news out, and now Ge Chengming, Wen Xian, and Chen Yan are not in the capital. Su Midi's heart was also full of uneasiness.

"Mother, it's too windy here, let's go back. Mi Qing suggested. These days, Su Mi would go to the tower of Shenwu Gate early every morning, looking into the distance, watching the battle of blood and fire on the city wall. Although the distance made it impossible for them to see anything clearly, the Liao army of black crows and crows that kept pouring up outside still made Mi Qing feel an instinctive fear. It's like a series of endless black waves, eager to open their huge mouths and devour everything.

Su Mi looked back at Mi Qing's face. Half-smiled and asked, "Scared?" ”

Mi Qing nodded hesitantly, although they had experienced the war of the Patriotic Destruction Land, but the behavior of King Wei directly opening the city and surrendering made them not see the scene of the siege, and when everything was not clear, the Qi army entered the city and entered the palace.

"Niangniang, it's safer to go back to the palace, it's too dangerous here, right?"

"Isn't this the palace?" Su Mi said with a smile. Shenwu Gate is a heavy city tower at the front of the imperial city, and it is also the highest point of the entire imperial city palace, "It's not standing on the head of the city, what are you afraid of?" ”

"The slave is just worried," Mi Qing lowered her head and said, "Although I can't see clearly, but ...... Looking at those Liao soldiers, I felt scared. ”

"Actually...... It's the safest place to be. Su Mi suddenly smiled and said: "Once the Liao people break the city, the first place to enter the ground must be the palace, and the harem is the most dangerous." It's at least close to the palace gate, so you can escape a lot faster. ”

"Niangniang is all jokes," Mi Qing reluctantly smiled: "The slave doesn't have the guts of Niangniang......

"Forget it, let's go down, I'm afraid it's a stalemate like this today. Su Mi looked outside the city again, nodded and said.

As if pardoned. Mi Qing's face relaxed.

The two walked down the tower, walking slowly all the way, but halfway through they saw a person walking briskly towards this side. met Su Mi and hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted.

"Commander Song doesn't have to be polite, where is this going? But what happened in the palace? Su Mi asked. The person in front of him was Song Dan, the deputy commander of the guard. Because Mu Qinghan was transferred and left, Ni Tingxuan returned to Yongzhou, and now among the internal guards, he, the deputy commander, temporarily takes over the position.

"Back to Niangniang's words," Song Dan said: "It's the queen Niangniang, considering that the guards in the palace are weak now, and she is worried that the palace people are not careful." There was an accident. I want to lock the doors of several palaces in the harem. It is forbidden to move around, and you have to discuss with Prince Yu if you are lowly. "Now many of the Ouchi guards have been transferred to the front line by Qi Hao. There is also a shortage of guards in the palace.

"Seeing that Prince Yu is about to come back, you can go to Shenwu Gate and wait. Su Mi nodded and said. Originally, Qi Hao commanded the battle, and stayed on the underground tower of the outer city, until he had a moment to return to the palace in the evening to deal with some chores, but he didn't dare to leave far away, so he rested for a while in the dormitory at the Shenwu Gate Tower, ready to go to the battlefield again at any time. However, in recent days, the offensive of the Liao people has slowed down a little, and every day he will take time to come back in the morning to deal with the affairs of the palace.

She asked casually, "How short is the shortage of guards in the palace?" He even wanted to close all four gates. ”

Song Dan smiled bitterly and said: "Prince Yu actually didn't transfer many people, but the last time Commander Mu left, many brothers wanted to follow him, so they all took the opportunity to submit a recital and transferred a lot of them to the army. Thinking of the companions who followed his boss to the border pass, Song Dan said with a gloomy expression: "These brothers still have Commander Mu, and I don't know what is going on now." ”

Su Mi nodded noncommittally, and Song Dan's words aroused the doubts that had been bothering her for the past few days, how did the Liao army appear silently under the walls of Qijing? If you meet the 30,000 horses that Mu Qinghan is carrying, even if the 200,000 iron cavalry elites are invincible, Mu Qinghan can't resist them, at least someone should be defeated and return to report the news.

Su Mi absolutely didn't believe that the iron cavalry of the Liao army could be so elite, and of course he didn't believe that there would be any immortal spells to help them.

The elite of the Liao army is unstoppable, famous all over the world, it is not surprising to break through Juyu Pass, and it is not surprising to defeat Mu Qinghan's reinforcements, but all the soldiers and horses were annihilated, and not even one escaped and came back to report the news, these Liao people are really legendary.

Unless, these two armies have never met at all......

Haven't met ...... How can it be. The Liao army has no wings, unless it is ......

Unless it's ......

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through Su Mi's mind, this vague thought was so terrifying that her body couldn't help but shake, and she could barely stand.

Suddenly, a series of seemingly mundane and reasonable events of these days drilled into her mind one after another......

Ni Tingxuan left the capital just right. Returned to Yongzhou and avoided the siege of the Liao. Qi Long happened to be taken away by Ni Yuan under the pretext of a royal expedition. Even most of the soldiers and horses in the capital were brought out, making the capital heavy and the garrison unprecedentedly empty......

Thinking of what he realized from time to time in the past, the power in Ni Yuan's hands was as strong as it was if it was unexistent, and a few days ago, he secretly sent someone to pretend to be his father-in-law and infiltrate the palace......

Su Mi only felt a chill emerge from her heart. Her eyebrows swelled, and in an instant, her heart suddenly became cold. The thought was so shocking and terrifying that she couldn't help but scream.

The Liao State attacked Juyu Pass every year, trying to go south and loot, so that everyone felt that if the Liao army came, it should come from there.

If the Liao army did not go south from Juyu Pass, it can even be said that Juyu Pass is still unscathed until now?

The Ni family has guarded Yongzhou for generations. Yongzhou is located in the extreme eastern part of the mainland, although it also borders with Liao, but the border between the two places is an extremely barren and remote desert area of Liao, and between Liao, there are inaccessible deep mountains and old forests, endless mountains, and the only gateway is broken. It is also buried in the mountains, almost impossible to conquer, so Yongzhou has never been attacked and plundered by the Liao State, and Emperor Qi Wu treated the Ni family with the strategy of recruiting An, if ......

"Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Mi Qing exclaimed.

Su Mi's face suddenly became pale as paper, weirdly scary.

Mi Qing hurriedly stepped forward to support Su Mi, but Su Mi waved his hand suddenly and said nothing. She turned around and walked towards the Shenwu Gate Tower that she had just stepped down.

Mi Qing hurriedly followed Su Midi's footsteps. Panting, he climbed up the tower of the Shenwu Gate.

"What about Prince Yu?" As soon as he ascended the city tower, Su Mi couldn't wait to ask. The tone was sharp and sharp, as if shouting, with a rare sharpness.

Mi Qing and Song Dan, who was following closely behind, were taken aback, and the inner eunuch guarding the city tower said, "Prince Yu has just come back and is discussing affairs with a few adults inside. ”

Su Mi immediately walked towards the hall, and when he walked to the gate of the hall, several auxiliary ministers who had just finished discussing affairs with Qi Hao were about to leave, and when they saw Su Mi's figure, they all showed puzzled looks.

Su Mi didn't have time to deal with them. Hurried into the house.

Qi Hao was looking at a map. When he looked up, he saw Su Mi walking in, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

Su Mi calmed down and said what she thought.

Before Su Mi's words were finished, Qi Hao's face had already changed, "What did you say?" This time, the Liao army is breaking the pass, how is it possible? This ......"

Qi Hao's words came to an end, if this was true......

Let the Liao army enter the customs, is Ni Yuan crazy, what benefits can he get? Isn't he afraid that the Liao army will collude with Nan Chen and take the opportunity to eliminate him?

No, the Liao army didn't dare to do this, if the Liao army really took the route of breaking the pass, then their grain and grass supply was in the hands of Ni Yuan, and Ni Yuan must have already reached a secret agreement with them.

Qi Haodi's mind turned quickly......

If this was really the case, Ni Yuan had already planned it, and Qi Hao couldn't imagine such consequences.

The idea was simply too frightening. But in his heart, he had a vague feeling that it was very likely, and he tried to come up with some reason to reject the hypothesis, but the deeper he thought about it, the more the fear and doubt snowballed, and grew bigger and bigger.

What should I do if I am Ni Yuan? By the way, you must first leave Qi Longyin* out of the capital and control it in your own hands. Then you need to let your son go with these people and find an excuse to leave.

If the Liao army is allowed to enter the customs, of course, it must first reach an agreement with the Liao army, or cede land or pay compensation, and the wolf ambition of the Liao army has long coveted the Central Plains, and it will inevitably agree. However, to lure a wolf into the house, you can't do without the slightest defense against it, especially if you cooperate with the Liao, which is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. Let the Liao army cut off the Yongguan into the Central Plains, which is equivalent to completely controlling the replenishment of the Liao army and the liaison in the rear, and Yongzhou also has its own army, which can just Chen soldiers on the border.

The Liao army broke through the capital, and the gate lord forces and royal nobles in the capital were inevitably swept away. The Supreme Qi of the Son of Heaven of Great Qi was completely in his hands at this time......

When he goes north again with the merit of destroying Nan Chen, who else in the world can compete with him at that time? Moreover, the royal family and nobles of Daqi were all slaughtered, and only Qi Long was left alone. Within a few years, either assassination or Zen concession, the throne was simply in his pocket.

The more Qi Hao thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that everything was reasonable, and if he was Ni Yuan, he would definitely do the same. Could it be that this world is going to be ...... after all? In an instant, he only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and they all fell into a game, a well-arranged, step-by-step, almost flawless, impeccable game.

"Now is not the time to worry about this," Su Mi's hurried voice interrupted his thoughts: "If it is really Ni Yuan's plan, he will definitely try to get the Liao army to attack the capital as soon as possible." ”

"That's right," Qi Hao reacted suddenly, if this matter was really Ni Yuan's plan, then Ni Yuan's reinforcements would definitely not be able to count on it. But if Juyuguan is really safe and sound, after more than ten days, he will definitely get news that reinforcements will come back to rescue. There is no need to even Juyu Pass, the men and horses led by Mu Qinghan have just left, maybe they haven't arrived at Juyu Pass, and they will inevitably turn around and rush back when they get the news that the capital is trapped.

Therefore, for Ni Yuan, if he wants to break through Qi Jing, he must do it as soon as possible.

So......

Qi Hao immediately strode out and asked the generals outside, "Who among the current guards is old with Ni Yuan?!" ”

Several generals who were waiting for the return of affairs were stunned for a moment, and one of them said: "Isn't General Cao, who is in charge of guarding the city gate today, the old department of Ni Shangshu, who was just replaced in the last war and incorporated into the forbidden army." ”

It's your turn to guard the gates today! Hearing this, Su Mi and Qi Hao's faces changed.

Several generals looked at the two in front of them inexplicably.

"Find someone to replace him immediately......" Before Qi Hao's shouting command was finished, Yu Yun was drowned in an earth-shattering loud noise. It was the sound of something collapsing, and it shook the city.

Su Mi and Qi Hao's movements froze for a moment, and they turned their heads with difficulty and looked at the distant city gate from the window.

It's all late!!

"The city gate is broken, and the Liao army has attacked!" The terrible screams outside came from far and near, and the faces of the soldiers on the city tower changed one after another.

If there's anything in this world that spreads faster than rumors, it's fear. Accompanied by a deafening scream, the firelight and commotion spread to the entire city in almost a moment.

Su Mi turned her head, and she saw that Qi Hao's face was as pale as herself......

On the ninth day of the first month of the first year of Tiantong, on this day that should be a family reunion and a happy New Year, and on this day when the whole world should celebrate together and all the people rest, the people of the Great Qi Jingshi fell into the deepest part of hell.

The Great Qi Imperial Capital, which had never been breached for nearly a hundred years after its completion, fell when the Great Qi country was at its most prosperous and when the people of Great Qi were at their most confident......

With this drastic change in the first year of Tiantong, the capital of Daqi began a two-year life of alien rule, known as the "Tiantong Rebellion". Corresponding to the incident of Emperor Qi's change of Yuan, it has become a great irony in the history books of later generations.

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