21. Dagger
The chief manager looked at this scene and sighed softly, knowing in his heart that it was useless for His Highness the Seventh Highness to fight with him.
He glanced at the direction of the tower with a complicated expression, and for the first time in his heart, the thought of "maybe the imperial capital can really be defended" flashed in his heart.
The soldiers have already begun to cheer, most of them shouting "Seven Highnesses are mighty",
"The Seven Highnesses are invincible",
But there are also many scattered voices chanting in the crowd, "His Royal Highness Seven reverently reciting the Buddha, and now he is blessed by the Buddha, and has supreme mana".
"The imperial capital is blessed by the Buddha, and it will definitely be able to keep it",
There are even people hiding in the crowd and saying, "The emperor knows the Seven Princes with his eyes, so he ordered him to defend the city, this is to let him show himself",
"Your Majesty has already made arrangements, and the imperial city will definitely be able to hold it."
Xia Ji sat on the edge of the sound wave, and went down to twilight with the princess.
It's getting dark.
The sun had set over the snow-white horizon, and the moon had cast its bright light on the land.
If it weren't for the ice and snow weather, the Frost Giant would be missing a layer of hard armor, and the charge would naturally be a little weaker.
But the daytime slings gave them a new idea of warfare.
Dozens of frost giants, along with siege catapults collected by the ghost side, went to the front line.
And then...
The Frost Giants stood more than a mile above the city wall, while the Ghost Warriors were urging the refugees to provide a steady stream of boulders, and for those who wanted to escape, they were directly killed.
When the boulders are facing each other and forming a hill, the offensive is launched.
The giants threw, and the catapults kept catapulting.
Whew!
The giant stone turned into a meteor, tore through the night and slammed into the moonlight, whistling and smashing from afar!
Some crashed into the wall,
Some of them have crashed into the battlements,
Some stoned the soldiers to death,
and those who went over the city and smashed into the city,
Bang bang bang bang!!
The roar is endless.
The Imperial City began to tremble.
The meat grinder-like battlefield has opened up in a new situation.
Deng Jue hurriedly reorganized the army, leaving two hundred soldiers at the head of the city, and the rest were withdrawn from the city wall and moved under the wall.
There are high walls to block it, and the casualties can be reduced.
At this time, the city was in chaos.
The Oni Fang and the Ice Giants are stumbling in the distance.
As long as the city walls are knocked down one piece, or the city gate is blown to one side, then the alien army can directly enter the imperial city.
Boom!
Boom!!
In the moonlight, boulders kept falling from the sky.
Houses collapsed and the streets were potholed.
Almost all of the soldiers defending the city of the Great Shang were hidden behind the city walls, gathering together in long formations next to each other, just waiting for the city gate to be broken and then going out to meet the ghost army.
Deng Jue naturally couldn't give orders in the camp of the Chinese army, and Xia Ji and the imperial daughter, as well as the chief steward Mei Gonggong and others also withdrew from the tower to the wall.
There was a lot of talk.
An adjutant general suddenly raised his voice and said: "General Deng, we can't let the frost giant attack like this anymore, outside the west gate is a land of mountains and forests, and the stones are endless, and the ghost side can keep quarrying stones, and then throw stones from a distance, and the city gate will be broken!"
Deng Jue nodded, signaling that he understood.
There is more and more talk.
All the soldiers, you and I are discussing.
...
Suddenly, a slightly yin and yang strange voice came from the crowd: "Your Highness the Seventh is so powerful, you can kill forty-one warriors of the ghost side in front of the battle, even if you face those frost monsters, you can crush them, if Your Highness fights, you will definitely be able to destroy all the catapults, force back many frost giants, and save the entire imperial capital from fire and water." ”
Before long, Ying He's voice suddenly came from the other side: "The people of the imperial city invite His Highness to fight!"
A voice came from the other side: "Your Highness is mighty!"
"Please save the people of the Imperial City!"
Someone took the lead, and more and more people began to echo it, and the voices came and went.
Deng Jue's face darkened, he could naturally hear the "strange meaning" in these words, he looked up to find who was shouting, but the people who spoke out often shouted and didn't shout, just bits and pieces, one sound here and there.
To make matters worse, the other soldiers, and even the knights who remained here, were clearly inclined to the proposal, and began to whisper in agreement.
Because they saw the majesty of the Seven Highnesses.
It is believed that the Seven Highnesses are blessed by the Buddha.
I believe that the wise majesty will have a deep meaning in letting the Seventh Highness stay behind.
And so on...
The more Deng Jue listened, the more angry he became, and when he was about to get up and reprimand, there was a calm voice from the Seven Princes in his ears, "Sit down."
The old general was stunned, but sat down obediently.
In the shouts of everyone, Xia Ji stood up, and simply raised his luck and said, "Okay!"
Then, he stood directly on a high place, and pointed out the soldiers and lieutenant generals who had just started to coax, a total of forty-four people, those people wanted to dodge, but they were still pulled out, Xia Ji said directly: "Everyone, are you willing to fight with me?"
Those adjutant generals and soldiers dodged their eyes, but said: "If we go out of the city, there is only one way to die, and we invite the Seventh Highness to fight!"
"Your Highness is mighty, please save the people of the city!"
"Your Highness will be victorious when he goes to war!"
Hearing these voices, Xia Ji was not surprised, he just sighed in his heart, this city is about to be broken, and there are still people thinking about infighting, wanting to push themselves to a dead end, and wanting to weaken their own merits and prestige to the minimum, which is really interesting.
There will always be many people in this world, and there will be many invisible chess players who control these people.
Kidnapping yourself on behalf of the people of the city?
Leave it to its core, and look like a fool.
Kill them, and appear to be incompetent and furious.
Because it's not the people who are clamoring in front of you who really make a move.
Case...
Xia Ji said softly: "That's fine, if you don't go, you won't go." ”
The lieutenants and soldiers bowed their heads, and their eyes showed a more or less smug look.
As soon as Xia Ji turned his head, he directly transmitted the voice to Deng Jue, "Kill them all, chop them into minced meat." Remember to give me a list, including their posthumous relationships. ”
Deng Jue: ......
Although this old general is straightforward, he is not stupid, his mind moved, and he immediately weighed and understood the stakes, this pot really has to be borne by himself, so he directly said angrily: "Disturb the morale of the army, drag it down, and the military law will deal with it!"
All:???
Deng Jue: "Someone!"
Suddenly, a hundred soldiers in the army came out of the ranks, grabbed the forty-four people and dragged them out, and the forty-four people were still shouting, but they were quickly pressed down by the surrounding soldiers, stuffed soft cloth in their mouths, and dragged to the open space with a lot of flowers.
Deng Jue glanced at Xia Ji, and the old god of the Seventh Highness was looking into the distance, as if he was worried about the battle situation, and he was ruthless in his heart: "Interfere with the battle situation at this time, kill without mercy, and chop it into minced meat!"
All:......
The forty-four were completely frightened, and then many of the soldiers began to shout, "I did not die on the battlefield, but I died in the army"...
Deng Jue killed people without ambiguity, and arrested dozens of soldiers, and according to the orders of the Seven Princes, they were all chopped into minced meat.
A moment later, the more than 100 people all fell into a pool of blood, turning into a pool of blood in the moonlight.
And so, no one spoke.
Xia Ji came back to his senses this time and said, "General Deng, you have gone too far." ”
Deng Jue clenched his fists: "What the marshal said is right! It's the old man who is impatient!"
Xia Ji said: "After the war, I will receive the punishment myself." ”
Deng Jue was stunned, after the war? Is there still a post-war period... But the key to the battle situation is already in the hands of this young highness, ruthless, powerful and mysterious, extremely forbearing, this highness is really a generation of heroes, and he seems to have been tied to him.
He raised his voice, "Yes!"
This matter is passed by.
In the city, there was a sudden silence, and only the incessant roar could be heard.
In such a situation, it is indeed necessary to go out of the city, otherwise the imperial city will be broken tonight.
Deng Jue didn't ask who was willing to fight, and said directly: "The 10,000 soldiers of the Red Leopard Battalion are out of the ranks." ”
Suddenly, 10,000 soldiers stood up.
These 10,000 soldiers are the soldiers who have never participated in the defense of the city and have not participated in any battles, this is an elite that Deng Jue kept to finalize the situation, he swept over the faces that were still full of fighting spirit, and said loudly: "Very good!"
"You go to battle with the old man! Break the enemy!
"I am willing to go with General Deng!"
The morale of the Red Panther Battalion is still high.
Deng Jue glanced at Xia Ji and said in a deep voice: "Then the imperial city will be entrusted to His Royal Highness." ”
Xia Ji raised his hand and said lightly: "I'll go, you guard the city." ”
Deng Jue was stunned, but the prince's voice was full of undoubtedness.
After Xia Ji finished speaking, he stood up and walked into the moonlight.
The beast face swallows the head of the chain armor, the eight dark halberds, the black hair dances like a demon arrogantly, and the look is like a Buddha and is as quiet as stopping water.
He raised his voice and said, "Open the gates!"
Deng Jue followed and shouted: "His Royal Highness is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses who defends the imperial city, he is brave and invincible in front of the battle, what does he have to do with the Buddha? What do you have to do with others? All obey orders! The old man should obey orders too!"
A word roared out loudly.
Tens of thousands of remnants of the army, as well as the surrounding co-defenders and young people, were silent.
Then, there was a wave of voice: "Yes!!!"
The sound of rolling waves.
Xia Ji walked in the front, raised his hand and beckoned, and shouted haughtily: "Sons, go with me." ”
After speaking, he didn't ride a horse, but just carried the black halberd, strode towards the slowly opening city gate, and greeted the alien army outside the city.
Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go.
10,000 red leopard battalions, lined up to accompany each other.
In this situation, Deng Jue's heart shook when he was watching, and the veteran suddenly raised his voice and said: "If the prince can return, my Deng family will only be the prince in the future!!"
Then, the old general looked sideways at the burly general not far away, and said loudly: "Sacrifice your life for the country, just now, rebel, don't go out with His Highness!"
"Yes, father", Deng Gongjiu looked at the demon-like figure, he was already a little enthusiastic, and at this time, as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, he followed with the Qinglong knife.
Deng Jue roared again: "Who else !?"
This roar, hoarse and tragic, like a generous singer, suddenly hundreds of elite knights from the Jianghu family followed out of the city, followed by some soldiers chasing after them, and then, more small groups of soldiers and even militia young men went out.
The moonlight covered the way.
With the opening of the city gates, the imperial city, which was about to be sacrificed, finally slowly showed its sharp fangs in the footsteps of this man who was destined to overturn the world.