Chapter 18: The End of the Hero
"Impossible!" Li Chongjin kicked him to the ground.
He shouted angrily: "The city wall is so strong, how can it be breached. You dare to spread rumors and bewitch the hearts of the army, Lao Tzu cut you! ”
The junior general got up in fright, knelt on the ground and said, "General, listen to the outside, what his subordinates said is indeed true." ”
Li Chongjin listened carefully and heard the shouts and killings outside, but he was still unwilling to accept this fact in his heart.
Just a few hours ago, he had just finished inspecting the city defense, and the Song army had not made any movement.
Even if the Song army attacked the city overnight, he had already arranged everything, so that the other party would not break through the city gate without knowing it.
"Impossible...... It can't ......," he muttered repeatedly.
He dressed haphazardly, carried his sword, and walked out.
Along the way, I saw that the servants and soldiers in the palace were panicked, scattered and fled, and there was chaos.
Standing in the courtyard, the shouts of "The Song army has entered the city, surrender and will not be killed" on the street outside clearly came into my ears.
Li Chongjin's mind was a little blank, and the hand holding the sword began to tremble.
"Impossible!" He forced himself to compose himself and walked towards the door.
The panicked people in the mansion saw Li Chong come in, settled down a little, and followed him.
When he walked to the gate of the house, he was about to order someone to open the door and go out to check.
"Bang!" There was a loud bang, and a heavy object slammed against the gate.
"Resist it!" Li Chongjin shouted instinctively.
The guards rushed over to hold the gate.
Before he could rush over, "Bang! "Another loud bang.
Two huge wooden doors shook and collapsed with a loud noise.
The people in the house were stunned in place.
The huge wooden door fell to the ground, raising a gust of wind and dust, blowing it and blinding people's eyes.
The sky was not yet bright, gray, and the morning mist was cool and misty.
A man walked in through the door.
With fear and hesitation, the crowd struggled to see through the mist.
The tall figure gradually became clear, and the red gold armor was extremely dazzling in the fog.
He was holding a gilded pear blossom wooden dragon stick in his hand, and stepped on the plaque that fell to the ground, which read big: Li Fu.
The majestic stride came, the gray mist was like his cloak, and the majestic aura spread to all sides, shocking people's hearts.
A pair of eyes were full of perseverance, sweeping through everyone, which was terrifying.
In the end, his eyes were fixed on Li Chongjin.
The person who came was none other than Zhao Ting.
An adjutant general near the door forced himself to calm down and shouted, "Who are you?" Just broke into the General's Mansion. ”
Zhao Tingxing's eyes swept away, and he said in a loud voice: "Yangzhou City has been broken by the Song army, and it will be surrendered quickly, and Rao Er will not die." Those who dare to resist - no mercy! ”
The adjutant general who questioned him was thrilled in his heart, afraid and hateful, shouted loudly, and slashed with his knife.
Zhao Ting staggered sideways, turned around, and the dragon stick swept over, driving a piece of golden light, and everywhere the stick reached, the pair was forced to fly out.
flew two feet away, and when he fell to the ground, he was already out of breath.
This shocked everyone, and the rest of the Li Mansion guards who wanted to rush forward stood in place in shock, not daring to move forward.
"The defense of Yangzhou City is impregnable, and it is impossible to be breached so quickly. Who are you? Li Chongjin shouted majestically, but he calmed down at the moment.
He Chong, who was behind Zhao Ting, shouted loudly: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Wei of the Great Song Dynasty." You don't have to put down your weapons and surrender quickly. ”
Although I saw it many years ago, after all, after many years, Li Chongjin didn't expect that the little brother who followed Zhao Kuangyin back then would already look so handsome and mighty.
I have also heard a lot of legends and achievements about him in the army, and Zhao Kuangyin has been able to get to this day with the help of most of his military exploits.
Seeing that he was standing majestically in front of him at this time, the fact that the city had been breached, even if he was surprised, he had to believe it.
It may not be possible for others, but it can be done for Zhao Ting, the king of Wei.
His heart suddenly felt cold, and he sighed: "Heaven is going to kill me!" Heaven damn me! ”
"It's come to this, so let's do it! General Li is also a rare general, and the imperial brother needs someone like you, and he will definitely use it. Zhao Ting said loudly.
Although he knew that Li Chongjin had great ambitions, in order to minimize casualties and capture Yangzhou as soon as possible, he also hoped that Li Chongjin could be surrendered as soon as possible.
"Hahaha......" Li Chongjin laughed loudly, and gradually turned into a miserable laugh.
"Becoming a king or defeating a king, Zhao Kuangyin can be the emperor, why can't Lao Tzu? used to be an official in the same dynasty, and in the future, let Lao Tzu kneel down and obey him, but Lao Tzu will not accept it! ”
Zhao Ting sneered: "Just for your selfish desires, you want to take the lives of the people in the city." You have ambitions, but you don't have the heart to tolerate the world. It's people like you who make the world messy. ”
"The throne is inhabited by the capable, he Zhao Kuangyin can usurp the throne, and I, Li Chongjin, are no worse than him. It's just how did you break through this Yangzhou city? Li Chongjin still thinks it's incredible.
His own tens of thousands of troops, a strong city, in just a few hours......
But Zhao Ting was already standing in front of him, if it wasn't for the city being broken, how could he come to him so calmly.
Zhao Ting didn't want to delay for too long, at this time Yangzhou City was actually not breached, but Li Chongjin's army was busy guarding the city gate.
No one knew that an accident would happen in the Li Mansion.
The people sent by the generals from all over the city gate to report the news were intercepted and killed outside by Zhao Ting's guards.
The people of the Li Mansion were confused by the shouting and killing sound outside, and were shocked by Zhao Ting's appearance, so they thought that the general trend had gone.
However, Zhao Ting's faction did not have many people to intercept outside, and it was delayed for a long time, in case Li Chongjin's army knew that something had happened to the Li Mansion and rushed to the rescue, it would be himself who would be passive at that time.
He said loudly: "No matter how you break it, in short, this king has stood in front of you. If you yourself say that you are the king and the king is defeated, then you will be surrendered quickly!"
glanced at Li Chongjin's family members behind him.
"You don't think about yourself, at least you have to think about the wife and children behind you. Disobedience and rebellion is a great sin against the nine clans. If you wake up now and serve the emperor, this king can ensure that you are unharmed. If you are obsessed, not only will you not be able to protect yourself, but you will also be implicated. ”
Li Chongjin turned around to look, only to see the old mother's white hair scattered, full of tears, trembling and being supported by two maids.
And Mrs. Li and several concubines were holding or holding the children in their arms, standing next to the old lady.
The whole family was suddenly awakened, untidy, pale, and looked at themselves with frightened eyes.
Hundreds of domestic servants and guards behind him also looked at him with hopeful eyes.
Zhao Ting's words were heard by everyone, and they naturally hoped to live, as long as he was willing to surrender, everyone still had hope of life.
Looking at all this, looking at these expectant eyes, looking at their desire to live.
Li Chongjin suddenly felt infinite sadness and despair.
Rong Ma has fought all his life, and he has fought all his life, for what?
Even though there are hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, guarding one side and glorifying most of their lives, it will end miserably after all.
I don't know how I lost - this is the most miserable thing for him.
Just a few hours ago, he was still standing on the city wall and looking at the fire of the Song army camp in the distance, with incomparable contempt and ridicule.
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't work in the city for several days.
The Quartet gradually gathered Yangzhou to support themselves and unite with him.
He was more ambitious and confident.
The golden dragon chair seemed to be in front of him.
As long as he repels the Song army this time, he will establish himself as king and create a country.
The creation belongs to his prosperous glory.
All of this was still haunting him just a few hours ago.
But at this moment......
It's all gone!