Chapter 264: Lucky to be rescued
After destroying the Second Army Division, the King of Thieves lost a lot of anger, and realized that he should sit in the palace and command everyone to resist the attack of the Han army.
The southeast corner of the palace has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the arrival of the king of thieves has boosted the morale of the soldiers, and the palace is not as chaotic as it was just now. The palace maids and eunuchs were ordered to gather in the Juyi Hall, which was the core fortress in the palace, and it was impossible for anyone to break through with the presence of the king of thieves.
The Fourth Army Division led hundreds of guards to help and joined forces with the King of Thieves.
"Brother Wang, how could the Han army enter the city?" Chai Jiangtao didn't know what was going on.
The king of thieves gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Muyang is a traitor, he opened the east gate and let the Han army in." ”
"What, did the Second Army Division do it?" Chai Jiangtao expressed disbelief.
The king of thieves said angrily: "What a second army division, it is clearly a chaotic minister and thief, we have been deceived by his loyal appearance! At the beginning, he strongly opposed this king's investigation of spies, but it turned out that he was the biggest spy, and this king regretted that he did not recognize his traitorous nature earlier, so that it made a big mistake!"
Chai Jiangtao still couldn't believe it, in his impression, the Great Army Division and the Second Army Division were all wise men, and they were loyal to Nanshan, how could Chen Muyang become a traitor.
The king of thieves asked him, "What about the army division, why didn't he lead his subordinates to King Qin?"
Although it happened suddenly, with Zhuge Hao's IQ, he would definitely think of what the situation was, even Chai Jiangtao knew that he would lead his subordinates to support the palace, he couldn't have thought of this.
Chai Jiangtao frowned and said: "When you asked, I remembered the strange thing that happened on the road, there were dozens of fully loaded carriages heading towards the south gate, at that time I was worried about the safety of the palace, so I didn't pay much attention to it, now I think about it, those carriages all carry the mark of the Great Army Division." ”
The king of thieves was stunned, what do you mean?
Could it be that Zhuge Haotang fled with his family? Unlikely, the Han army had just entered the city, where did he get the time to pack up the gold and silver?
Or, this guy already knew that the Han army was going to enter the city, so he was ready to flee in advance, he and Chen Muyang wouldn't be the same all the way, right?
He felt that this possibility was extremely high, Zhuge Haotang must know some inside information, and not reporting it showed that he also had a problem.
"Damn, Zhuge Haotang is also a bastard who eats inside and out!" "The king of thieves is angry, he originally wanted to rely on the strength of the martial artist of the Golden Body Realm of the Great Army Division, and one more master has a lot of chances of winning.
Now it seems that you can only rely on yourself.
Originally, there were five masters of the Golden Body Realm in the City of the King of Thieves, namely the King of Thieves and the four military divisions, but now it is okay, the third army division Du Fuwei died in the task of sneaking up on Nanyue Mansion, the army division Zhuge Hao fled with his family, and the second army division Chen Muyang was a traitor, leaving only the two brothers of the thief king and Chai Jiangtao.
Chai Jiangtao realized the seriousness of the situation and asked: "Brother Wang, what should we do now?" I made a rough estimate on the way here just now, the number of Han troops is not less than 50,000, but we only have 20,000 defenders, plus several thousand palace guards, which is only half of the enemy's strength, and we will definitely not be able to hold it for a long time. ”
The king of thieves gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision: "Send a signal immediately, order the army outside to return to the royal city, and solve the crisis here first!"
Chai Jiangtao knew that this was not a good idea, once the army of the Wangcheng defense line was mobilized, the Han army and the Vietnamese army that confronted it would inevitably be pursued and killed on all fronts, and his own side would definitely fall into a rout.
However, there is only one feasible plan for the moment, otherwise the royal city will be lost. Once the royal city was lost, the Nanshan army would lose its base, leading to low morale and a new round of rout.
As long as the royal city can be kept, it is not a big deal to lose tens of thousands of people.
On the street, the Han army and the thieves started street battles, in addition to the 20,000 horses responsible for besieging the palace, Yin Falcon let the remaining 30,000 people be responsible for clearing the enemy army defending the city, if possible, try to take the remaining three city gates, and turn the thief city into a complete dead city......
Dozens of carriages drove on the streets without any obstacles, and he had to admit that Zhuge Haotang was a talent, and when the first shout sounded, he ordered the convoy to pull out, and under his command, he avoided the streets that were in the midst of fierce battles, and galloped towards the south gate.
When passing through the Second Army Division's Mansion, he saw the courtyard full of messes through the dilapidated wall, and he was full of emotion: "Although Chen Muyang is very smart, he will always be a little worse than me, his biggest weakness is that he doesn't think about himself, obviously he is going to do the task of luring the Han army into the city, but he doesn't let his family leave the mansion in advance, this is taking the initiative to wait for others to retaliate!"
Zhuge Yingqi, who was in the same car, snorted: "That is, people are not like some people, they will prepare to escape in advance, and they will not leave anything valuable." ”
The old man's eyes widened: "What's wrong with this, to protect money and life...... Stop, stop, driver!"
The coachman tugged on the reins, and the horse pulling the cart stopped, but by inertia, the carriage slid forward some distance, and the vehicle behind it almost did not collide.
Zhuge Yingqi asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"
The old man said to Nunu in front of him: "Don't you think that the person lying on the street looks familiar?"
Zhuge Yingqi looked at it and suddenly exclaimed: "Ye Yunyang, how could he be lying on the street, it looks like ...... Dead, right?"
Zhuge Haotang shook his head and said, "I'm not dead yet, but I only have one breath left." It seems that this kid has not escaped the revenge of the king of thieves, what should we do?"
Zhuge Yingqi showed her attitude with her actions, she jumped out of the car, squatted beside Ye Yunyang, stretched out two fingers to probe his snort, it was really very weak, and then shouted: "Why are you still stunned, come over and lift him to the car." ”
Zhuge Haotang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Knowing that you would do this, I shouldn't have asked more!"
Ye Yunyang was carefully placed on a carriage, Zhuge Yingqi personally fed him healing medicine, and the convoy continued to march towards the south gate.
Most of the soldiers on the city wall were transferred to support the palace, and the south gate was no exception, only a few hundred people guarded the city gate, and after Zhuge Haotang killed the three officers with brutal means, all the soldiers were intimidated and obediently opened the door.
Zhuge Haotang watched the convoy go out of the city, and proposed: "Soldiers, there is no hope for the City of Thieves, there is a dead end to stay here, it is better to follow this army division to the southern line, where there are 150,000 of our army stationed, it is a good place to go, and when this army division is in charge of the military power, I will take you back to kill, are you willing?"
Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, shouting and killing is close at hand, seeing that the enemy will kill him, just a few hundred people are not enough to stuff people's teeth, everyone's hearts are crossed, and they say in unison: "We are willing to follow the army division." ”
"Okay, then follow me and act as a guard for the convoy. Zhuge Haotang said with a smile, why not spend a penny to have a few hundred more guards.
A few minutes later, the convoy disappeared into the night.
The palace was surrounded by 20,000 Han legions, rockets and crossbows kept coming in, and screams came one after another. Reinforcements withdrawn from the city walls were blocked in the way, and the situation of the royal palace was precarious.
Yin Falcon stood in front of the palace gate, the palace gate was full of holes and crumbling, the reason why it has not been broken is not because the Han army is not brave enough, but he ordered his subordinates not to rush in.
Because both the royal palace and the royal city have useful value, if they are quickly breached, the thieves of the royal city defense line will not come to the rescue, and the Han army and the Vietnamese army will have no chance to pursue the enemy.
Yin Falcon ordered his subordinates to suspend the release of arrows, and said loudly: "The thief king Chai Haitao, I am the general of Fubo of the Han Emperor, and I led an army of 50,000 to attack the royal city. You should be able to see the current situation clearly, you and your people have no chance of turning defeat into victory, as the old saying goes, knowing the times is a good man, I will advise you to surrender, as long as your confession attitude is good, my emperor has always been generous, and he will definitely spare you from death. ”
There was an invincible laugh from the king of thieves in the palace: "Hahaha, a general who gathers the gods dares to propose to let this king surrender, you are too arrogant, right? ”
"It seems that you are trying to fight to the end. Yin Falcon shook his head and said, "Chai Haitao, you also underestimate the general, since I dare to lead troops into your lair, how can I not prepare in advance." Not to mention that you only have two Golden Body Realm martial artists left, even if there are ten or eight, you will receive them all. ”
In the palace, Chai Haitao said with a heavy face: "Brother Wang, the enemy general should not lie, the Han Emperor is accustomed to setting up the post of supervising the army in the army, which is usually held by a master of martial arts, and it is generally above the golden body realm, just like the last time the three army divisions died outside the city of Nanyue Mansion, they died in the hands of a great Han national division." ”
The king of thieves gritted his teeth and said: "Then you can't surrender, Nanshan has been at odds with the Han for many years, and they hate us to the core, even if they surrender, it won't end well." In addition to you and me, there are also two thieves from the Abyss Realm in the palace, and the four of us will definitely be able to fight a bloody way together. ”
"That's right, fight a bloody way!" said the Eastern thief general with confidence, and then said: "I am willing to fight for the king of thieves and the four army divisions, even if you fight for this life, you must ensure the safety of the two of you." ”
The western thief will echo: "I am willing to die for His Royal Highness the King of Thieves, as long as you two can survive, we have hope of turning over in Nanshan." ”
Chai Jiangtao was affected by the two, clenched his weapon tightly and said, "Brother Wang, we will fight a bloody path for you." ”
Before the king of thieves could speak in time, Yin Falcon's voice came first: "Chai Haitao, you have to think about it, there are three overseers in this army who are in the Golden Body Realm alone, plus Chen Muyang, the second army division, and tens of thousands of troops, is it possible for you to escape?"
Outside, Chen Muyang walked to Yin Falcon's side, the two exchanged a look, and he said, "King of Thieves, you should surrender now, don't do useless struggles." ”
The king of thieves immediately scolded: "The surname is Chen, you bastard, you eat inside and out, what point is this king not good for you, you actually surrendered to the big man!"
Chen Muyang replied: "The king of thieves is wrong, I am not surrendering, I was originally a citizen of the Han Dynasty, I was entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor to go undercover in Nanshan, I have been thinking about the Han for many years, you don't know anyone, you can only blame yourself, you can't blame me." ”
The thief king's hateful teeth itched: "Count your luck just now, you didn't stay in the mansion, otherwise you would have been a dead man." ”
Chen Muyang chuckled in his heart, what did the king of thieves mean by this, had he been to the Second Army Division's Mansion, Ye Yunyang and the others would not encounter danger, right?
At this time, a man covered in blood was carried over by the soldiers, and the soldiers said, "General Yin, Chen Junshi, this person has come to us and said that he has something important to tell you." ”
"Old Sun, how could it be you, what's going on at home?" Chen Muyang recognized this person at a glance as the second housekeeper Lao Sun.
Lao Sun was already dying, and when he heard his master's inquiry, he opened his eyes with great effort and replied: "A quarter of an hour ago, the king of thieves washed the Second Army Division Mansion in blood, and everyone ...... Everybody ......"
Chen Muyang's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What about Ye Yunyang...... No, I'm asking Wang Qiliang, how is he?"
"I saw him...... The sword aura of the king of thieves ...... Gas hit, fell on the street, should be...... Die ......" Lao Sun couldn't finish the last sentence, and his head was crooked and he died.