Chapter 040: The Fall
In the distance, 30,000 horses of the Black Eagle tribe were overwhelmingly slaughtering the Black Flag Army camp. They had already seen that the Zhao army on the river beach was about to evacuate. After chasing hundreds of miles, we must not fall short. All the brutes behind the Black Eagle tribe also rushed towards the river beach.
Qin Feng and the others helped the unconscious Zhao Hong to stand on the bow of the boat and look at the river beach, and heroic tears also flowed from the eyes of the iron-like man.
The only 1,000 cavalry left under Qi Yun rushed forward against the barbarians. Behind the cavalry were more than 600 infantry who had just finished fighting the barbarians. Each of these brothers was wounded and exhausted, but none of them flinched. Wielding the weapon in his hand, he crashed headlong into the torrent of the barbarian army.
After the infantry was followed by a thousand archers. All the longbows had been thrown away, and the archers had swords in their hands. Melee combat was not their forte, and they knew that their slender swords could not withstand the powerful tomahawks and hammers of the brutes. But again, no one flinched. The Black Flag Army did not have soldiers who were afraid of the enemy, and there was no commander who was afraid of the enemy.
Qi Yun's war horse passed the archers, crossed the infantry, and rushed to the forefront of the cavalry.
The majestic and vigorous black flag army anthem sounded on horseback.
"A hundred battles in the yellow sand, a hundred battles in the yellow sand...."
"Heroic men wear gold armor...."
"Blood is all over the sky, and the sword is like frost...."
"Raise the whip on the horse, and march in all directions...."
"Black flag man, bend the bow and shoot the wolf...."
"Blood is all over the sky, and the sword is like frost...."
"Slaughter the Northern Barbarians, happy on the battlefield...."
"Horse leather shroud, horse leather shroud, you and I go to heaven together..."
"The strong Black Flag Iron Army, the great Black Flag Man..."
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All the soldiers of the Black Flag Army who were charging sang loudly with Marshal Qi. A loud battle song resounded in the sky. In the song, countless soldiers of the Black Flag Army fought their way into the barbarian army.
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The remnant sun is like blood, and the golden sand beach is red.
Mountains of corpses, a sea of blood, and endless blood reflected the entire sky.
None of the 6,000 Black Flag soldiers survived.
On top of the corpses, which had been piled up into a small mountain, stood a veteran in gold armor with a white beard.
The veteran held a purple gold long knife in his hand, and the hilt of the knife landed firmly on the corpse mountain. The river breeze blew, the veteran's silver hair flew flying, and his robes hunted in the wind.
Countless barbarians surrounded the corpse mountain, and no one dared to take another half step.
The bravery of the veteran intimidated all the soldiers, even the mighty barbarians. They had never seen such a brave soldier, and even the strongest warriors in the tribe could not be looked back on.
The mountain of corpses under the veteran's feet was all done by him alone. The barbarians are afraid, and no matter how fierce they are, they will be afraid when they see the mountain of corpses under the veteran's feet. They saw with their own eyes the waves of clansmen who rushed up the mountain of corpses fell under the old man's golden sword. The mountain of corpses piled higher and higher, and no one could defeat this god-like old man. All the brute soldiers stupidly gathered at the foot of the hill, looking at the majestic old man on the top of the mountain at a loss.
The veteran landed on the ground with a knife and stood motionless on top of the mountain of corpses facing south.
It was already dark, and the barbarian soldiers did not know how long they had been waiting at the foot of the mountain. Still no one dared to take a step forward on the mountain of corpses. They didn't even know if the old man on the mountain was dead or alive.
There was a heavy snow in the sky, but the snowflakes fell on the old man. Gradually, the old man was covered with a white statue like a god.......
On February 16, 2786, the star fell, and Qi Yun, a generation of famous marshals, died in the Golden Beach. He was accompanied by 6,000 brave men of the Black Flag Army.
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After Qi Yun, there was no one in the entire Zhao State who was the frontal enemy of the northern barbarians. There was no army of 6,000 men who could hold back an army of 10,000 barbarians. The Optimus Pillar fell, and the temple of Zhao State, which was already full of wind and rain, was even more crumbling.
But it's far from over. Zhao Hong led more than 50,000 remnants of the army to retreat to the Northern Underworld on the third day. An even more shocking news reached the North Underworld.
King Zhao died, and the second prince Zhao Huai ascended the throne. The Ministry of Rites announced to the world that the enthronement ceremony would be held on March 15, 2786 AD at Wolong Mountain, west of the capital Qiyang.
It is said that King Zhao died of a sudden illness, and before his death, he issued an edict to abolish the current crown prince Zhao Hong, and passed on to the second prince Zhao Huai.
As soon as the edict came out, everyone in the government and the opposition was shocked.
Anyone can see that this edict has a lot to offer. First of all, King Zhao has always been in good health, how could he suddenly fall ill and die. Secondly, the abolition of the crown prince was such a big event, without any warning in advance, and only suddenly appeared in the edict after the death of King Zhao. Although King Zhao came in and alienated the eldest prince Zhao Hong, it was far from the point of abolishing his crown prince. And the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all know that King Zhao actually thinks very highly of the important prince Zhao Hong.
tampered with the edict of the previous king, and the civil and military elites of the Manchu Dynasty were clear in their hearts. Even many people suspect that King Zhao suddenly died of a violent illness for no reason, and he was also killed. And there is no one else who can murder King Zhao in the courtyard of the deep palace, only the people closest to him.
The second prince Zhao Huai.
Everyone is suspecting that all this is Zhao Huai's doing. Because only Zhao Huai could attack King Zhao in the courtyard of the deep palace, and forge or tamper with the edict. It wasn't a day or two that he coveted the throne. There have always been countless things in the royal family that have fought for power and cannibalism, and Zhao Huai and the eldest prince Zhao Hongshi are in the same boat, and it is reasonable to seize the position of the crown prince. It's just that he didn't expect him to really attack his biological father.
Since Zhao Hong led his troops into the north, Wei Chengxiang and others have gradually weakened, and Zhao Huai has almost monopolized the government, and there is no one in the court to contend with. Now that such a major event has occurred, although the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have doubts, no one dares to investigate deeply.
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In the big tent of the underworld army in the northeast of the Wei River, the eldest prince Zhao Hong, Qin Feng, Yuan Yun, Mo Bing, and Huang Hong, the commander of the Northern Underworld, sat silently around the fire.
The eldest prince Zhao Hong looked very haggard, and he had gray hair in his temples before he was thirty taels. He had been trembling on thin ice since he led his troops north, and he had been exhausted from months of fighting with the barbarian army. Marshal Qi Yun, who was his most respected in the first battle of Jinsha, died in battle, and within two days, he received the news that his father had died and Zhao Huai was about to ascend the throne. The successive bad news made the eldest prince in the prime of life physically and mentally exhausted.
Zhao Hong regretted it very much, regretting that he didn't listen to Qi Yun's advice.
Qi Yun once resolutely opposed him personally leading the troops to the battle. Clearly told him that the second prince Zhao Huai will definitely do everything possible to take your crown prince position during your departure from Qiyang. Zhao Huai is ruthless and cruel, and no one knows what vicious means he will use.
At that time, Zhao Hong was bent on leading his troops north to save the people in the north from fire and water. And I feel that even if Zhao Huai has any conspiracy, at most it is aimed at himself. As long as he can save the countless people of Zhao in the north, he will not hesitate to lose the position of the crown prince. So he didn't follow Qi Yun's advice and insisted on going north. How do you know that Zhao Huai's ruthlessness was completely beyond his expectations. In order to seize the crown prince, he did not hesitate to attack his father. Now that the danger in the north has not been lifted, my father has been poisoned, and the entire Zhao court is in chaos.
All this started because of his insistence on going north, and he had to solve it by himself. After being silent for a long time, Zhao Hongzhan finally said to everyone with red eyes: "The edict must have been forged by Zhao Huai." He must not be allowed to ascend the throne without success. I want justice for my father and for the people of the world. ”