Chapter 7: Princess Jane
After plotting in the inner room, Meng came out and ordered Hu Mu and the guards to take care of the gods, and he rode to the palace of the king of Ba himself.
When he arrived at the palace of King Ba, Meng first found his sister Princess Jane.
Jane is two years younger than Meng, the girl in her prime is dressed in military uniform as a guard in the palace at this time, seeing her brother's excited look, Jane was a little surprised, even suffered heavy casualties in the defeat, from the king of Ba to the warriors are all sad and heavy, why is the prince's brother actually smiling at this time?
Without waiting for her sister to ask, Meng pulled her into a room and closed the door and whispered, "Jian'er, we are all saved!"
Excitedly, he told his sister briefly about what had happened to Hal, and then asked her to join him in convincing his father to evacuate the capital. Although Jane seemed to understand it or not, she had always believed in the words of this prince's brother.
She looked at Meng with earnest eyes and said, "I listen to my brother, but my brother wants to agree to a request from Jian'er, my brother wants to introduce Brother Hal to Jian'er, and on the way to evacuate the capital, my brother will take Jian'er with Brother Hal to accompany him." ”
Meng said in a firm tone: "As long as we can persuade our father to evacuate the capital, my brother will agree to any request from Jian'er!"
For the first time, Jane's sad face showed a bright smile.
At this time, in the palace of King Ba, King Ba was discussing his next move with Prime Minister Mei and General Wang.
The Ba people only had two small castles less than thirty miles apart on the northwest side of the capital as the last line of defense, but the enemy was outnumbered and the Qin army was brave and good at fighting, so the two castles could be captured at any time. The south of the capital is immediately followed by the Yangtze River moat, because hundreds of warships of the Ba State were all burned by the Qin people in a surprise attack on the way back from Shu, so the Ba people could not evacuate from the river by boat. The remaining troops and grain and grass in the capital are getting smaller and smaller, and if the capital is besieged by the Qin army, it will not be able to support it for long.
But if you abandon the city and flee to the east of the mountains, in case of being intercepted by the Qin army on the way, you will die without a place to be buried, even if you escape into the mountains to survive, it is very difficult, in addition to the Qin army will continue to chase and kill, outside the east mountain is the state of Chu, and the king of Chu will never take in the Ba people.
Just when the king and his two civil and military ministers were in a dilemma, the prince and the princess asked to see him at the same time.
Meng walked in and got straight to the point: "Father, prime minister, general, the god who saved my Ba people has come!" ”
Meng then recounted in detail how Ba Township had met the gods, and as expected, his father and the prime minister were suspicious when they heard it.
The king said to Meng, "Wang'er, are you sure that he is a god?" If Providence does not destroy our country, the gods should have appeared earlier. Now that we are trapped in this lonely city by the Qin soldiers, and the gods themselves are wounded by arrows, how can the gods themselves save our country? ”
Meng replied: "Father, the child saw with his own eyes that the gods burned a group of Qin generals with divine fire, and a vanguard of the Qin army was captured alive by us after being burned by the divine fire of the gods, and now he is hanging in the city for my soldiers and civilians to watch." Because the gods were too young and their divine power was not enough, they would be shot and injured by Qin Bing. ”
General Wang said to King Ba: "My lord, I am afraid that the prince did not meet the gods, but only a small monk from the sacred mountain. Even if Xiao Fangshi can put a few divine fires, but the Qin people have 40,000 iron horses, how can they do anything? ”
Mei Cheng had a glimmer of hope for the advent of the gods, and said to King Ba: "My lord, what happened to the prince today is indeed strange, and there has never been a priest in history who killed the enemy with divine fire in the battle between the two armies. The prince was wise, and if he thought that the person he met was a god, there must be a reason. ”
The princess Jane lost no time in saying: "Father, my brother must have met the gods, my brother went to visit the sacred mountain five years ago, and Dafangshi predicted that when my brother was in danger, he was destined to have the help of the gods, and today, Dafangshi's prophecy came true." ”
King Ba was a little moved when he heard this, so he continued to ask Meng: "Why is Wang Er so sure that the person who releases the divine fire is not a priest but a god from outside the sky?" ”
Meng did not directly answer his father's question, but said, "Father, the gods trust me very much and say a lot about the divine realm. The god of heaven is called Hal in the divine realm, and his age in the heavenly realm is only one year older than mine, and the gods have allowed me to call him Brother Hal . The gods said that he was relegated to the mortal world because he had broken some rules in the divine realm, and most of his divine power was temporarily deprived, so he would be injured by mortal swords and arrows. But the artifact in the hands of the gods has already seen with my own eyes, and the fire released by the divine fire the size of a grain of rice hitting the copper armor can instantly burn through the copper armor, and no one can resist it. As the prime minister said, no one has ever really seen a priest kill an enemy with divine fire on the battlefield. In addition, my brother Har's skin color is different, the pupils of his eyes are golden, and his complexion is blue, so he is a god from the outer heaven god realm and not a monk from this world. If it weren't for the gods who took action in Ba Township and burned the vanguard general under the horse, we would still be fighting hard with the Qin people's brigade cavalry in Ba Township at this time. ”
Jian said with a sad face: "Father, the gods have already taken action to help my country defeat the cavalry of the Qin country in Ba Township, if my father is suspicious of the gods, I am afraid that the gods will be angry and leave the capital, and our country of Ba will have no hope of survival." ”
Seeing the sad look on Jian Er's face, which he regarded as the pearl of his palm, he no longer hesitated, and turned his face to Prime Minister Mei and General Wang and said, "Since the prince firmly believes that what he has encountered is a god, we should go to visit him immediately, and then decide how to act after meeting the god." ”
After King Ba and his entourage arrived at the prince's mansion, the prince ordered Hu Mu and the guards in the room to leave, and then introduced the king and others to Hal, who was sitting upright: "Brother Hal, this is my father, and standing behind him are General Wang, Prime Minister Mei and my sister Jian'er, they want to listen to your advice for themselves." ”
Hal quietly observed the four people in front of him, King Ba was not tall but very strong, General Wang was tall, and Mei Shiguan was polite, and their expressions looked very tired. When he looked at Jane, his heart couldn't help but move, although the princess of Ba was petite, she looked very heroic in a set of silver armor, her facial features were handsome, and her eyes when she looked at Hal were full of joy in the dim light.
But there was no room for Hardo to look at the princess in this moment, and he said politely, "Your Majesty, please sit down with you!" ”
After the king and the others sat down according to the etiquette of the Ba people to meet the distinguished guests, the king of Ba asked with a solemn expression: "Sir, the prince said that you are the god he has been looking forward to for a long time, and you were sent by God to save my Ba people. If this is the case, can the Celestial Gods summon other Celestial Gods in the Divine Realm to help the Ba people defeat the Qin people? ”
The god of heaven said with a serious expression: "Can't! The rules of the divine realm are not to interfere in mortal affairs. It was because I broke the vows that I was deprived of most of my divine power and fell here. Because you Ba people saved my life, I am willing to break the law again and do my best to help you. Since the enemy's forces are far superior to yours, it is better to evacuate to a safe place than to sit here and wait for the siege to be destroyed. I came from the east along the river, and I saw the mountains along the shore, into which you retreated to save your life. ”
General Wang said: "The gods don't know that a total of 40,000 cavalry of the Qin army on two roads were temporarily blocked by our Ba people in the last defense line on the northeast side outside the city. However, there are less than 20,000 soldiers on the front line, and the defense line will be broken at any time. And we only have 4,000 soldiers in the city now, and only half of the cavalry, if we abandon the city and break through and are surrounded by the Qin people, they will only die faster, and our soldiers would rather live with the capital and die as they should, rather than be lonely ghosts outside the city. ”
Mei Shiguan said: "Heavenly God, there are still 5,000 women and children in this city, they are the families of our Ba martyrs and existing soldiers, if the gods can take them to a safe place, their parents will definitely smile at Jiuquan, and we are willing to fight to the death to escort them out of the city." ”
"This city is not far from the mountains on the east bank of the river, and if we quietly move before this city is blocked, the chances of success are very high. If I am blocked by the Qin soldiers, although my divine power is not high, I can still burn the enemy's hundreds of generals. As long as they enter the mountains, the Qin cavalry may not chase after losing their advantage. After that, I can help you Pakistani people find a paradise on earth and rebuild the country of Pakistan. ”
Although Hal gave the kings a glimmer of hope, the chances of evacuating the capital with 5,000 women and children were slim, so the king of Ba was still hesitant to suggest that the gods withdraw from the capital:
"This king knows that the advice of the gods is a way to survive, but the soldiers and civilians in the city know that if they leave the protection of the capital, they may be killed by strong enemies outside the city at any time, and they will become lonely souls and wild ghosts, and they will never be able to live beyond their lives, which is the most feared outcome for my Ba people. Therefore, even if the king orders the evacuation now, I am afraid that the army and the people will not be satisfied. ”
Hal was silent and looked at Wang Zimeng.
Meng said: "Father, general, prime minister, I have asked the captured Qin soldiers to parade through the streets, and ordered my 500 soldiers to spread the miracle of the gods burning the Qin army in Ba Township among the soldiers and civilians of the city, so that all the soldiers and civilians believe that our Ba people have the help of the gods, and the gods will take our Ba people to a paradise on earth." If the father orders to leave the city at this time, the soldiers and civilians in the city will definitely act in peace. ”
Jane, who had been silently watching Hal, said in a firm tone: "Father, as long as we act according to the will of the gods, I, the Ba people, will definitely live well, and the Ba country will not perish!" ”
The words of the prince and princess greatly encouraged General Wang and Professor May.
General Wang said: "King, we can take advantage of the night cover to concentrate our forces to break through to the east, if we are surrounded by the Qin people, as long as the gods still have the divine power to burn the hundred Qin army generals, we will definitely have the ability to break through the Qin army's blockade, as long as I can let my descendants follow the gods to the paradise on earth, it is worth it for our soldiers to die outside the city without a place to be buried." ”
Prime Minister Mei said: "King, with the gods walking with us, we can't lose the hope that my descendants can find a paradise on earth to survive." What's more, the east of the capital and those mountainous areas were originally the land of our Ba people, and even if our soldiers died, they would die on the land of the Ba people, not a place without a place to be buried. ”
King Ba finally made up his mind: "Well, this king follows the advice of the gods. Prime Minister, you convey the order to evacuate the capital among the soldiers and civilians in the city, and let everyone prepare to break through the siege and leave the city at the end of the night. General, send a message to the soldiers on the front, telling them that the gods will take their families to a paradise on earth, and that they must hold the castle until the night. ”
Mon and Jane looked at Hal, and the three of them had knowing smiles on their faces.