Chapter 21: The Emperor Hates the Palace
The defensive headquarters was destroyed, and the guards of Chaoge Castle were really in disarray. Unable to organize an effective resistance, for a time the coalition forces were like a rainbow and advanced one after another.
But Qiao Kun found that the people of the entire Chaoge City had suffered a lot.
King Wu declared that it was a righteous act to the outside world, but where is there any absolute justice in the war?
Even though the Great Zhou army had strict military discipline and could not commit any offence against these people, were the rest of the princes really so honest?
Many princes are uneven, not to mention their soldiers? All kinds of crooked melons and cracked dates, and there are those with inferior character. It doesn't matter if you are in the army on weekdays, but now you have the essence.
At the beginning of the battle, the common people closed their doors and did not dare to show their heads, but some soldiers could not touch the enemy, so they would go to harass the people, kill people and set fires.
As a female offender, I don't know how many unsightly things there are.
Of course, there were also some local residents of Chaoge who took advantage of the fire to loot, and when some people tried to take up arms to resist, even greater chaos and crime broke out.
Perhaps it was due to the evil spirit around Chaoge, or perhaps it was the war and chaos, the people and soldiers of Chaoge City became more irritable and darker.
Qiao Kun looked at the surrounding cavalry and said to several lieutenant generals, "Before leaving, Marshal Jiang and King Wu specially explained that they want us to restrain the three armies, we are righteous soldiers, and we should not bully the people here!"
Huang Feibiao, Liu Fu, Pang Hong, and Bukit all said, "What the general said is true!"
Qiao Kun urged the martial arts exercises, and then used the breeze to transmit a voice and said: "The order of King Zunwu and the king of Donglou is now with the people of Chaoge, and many princes have three chapters of the law, those who kill the people for no reason die, and those who injure people and thieves are guilty!"
This kind of thing cannot be done in his own name, but can only borrow the orders of others, so as not to be liquidated later.
His voice was not loud, but he urged the "Nameless Wind Sword Technique" to transmit the sound through the breeze, enveloping the entire Chaoge. He was confident that all the soldiers and the people would be able to hear it.
But the voice, while it can do a little bit of a job, is not that loud. There are always some soldiers who do not believe in evil and continue to do some illegal deeds.
Qiao Kun knew that this matter could not be good, so he took his own bow and arrow, shot with a bow and arrow, and shot a soldier who slaughtered the people with a knife.
This bow and arrow is specially made by him in the past few days, and it can use evil energy, although it is not as good as his thousands of miles of clouds and smoke, but the effective range is also seven or eight miles, and his archery skills are not bad, and it is not a problem to hit a hundred shots.
The arrow caused a lot of evil qi to erupt in an instant, and the tail of the arrow brought out a cloud of turbulence, whistling past, but in an instant, it crossed hundreds of zhang, bursting the soldier's head, and then the remaining momentum continued unabated, and the people's houses were also collapsed, but there were no casualties among the people.
The loss of power of this arrow is not ordinary for the immortals, but it is indeed a bit big for ordinary soldiers, and they all stopped, surprised.
Qiao Kun didn't see any happiness on his face, after all, he was slaughtering the human race, so what was there to be proud of?
He was not in a hurry to find King Wucheng, but led the cavalry to ride around the city and maintain order. But those who disobey are killed with an arrow.
The power of this arrow is amazing, and the soldiers can't resist it, and they are much more honest.
This cavalry of several thousand people, as soon as he finished fighting the great merchant soldiers, took action against his allies.
On the way, when he encountered a soldier who attacked innocent people, he came to shoot an arrow and added, "King Zunwu and the king of Donglou decreed, those who kill the people without reason die, and those who injure people and thieves are guilty!"
Not only was the evil man and Fei Lian not half impatient, but he became more and more happy, and although he did not dare to shoot the coalition army, he took the initiative to help maintain order.
Qiao Kun remembered Lu Renjie's words again, and knew that most of these two were reluctant to lose their family wealth, so they chose to surrender.
If there is order, there will be much less loss, and of course they will be happy.
However, people have selfish thoughts, and it is true, at least they have saved a lot of time for the coalition forces and avoided many tough battles, which is meritorious.
Qiao Kun was not soft, and in a short period of time, he killed hundreds of people, and quickly quelled the riot.
In the end, Dong Bohou Jiang Wenhuan and Nan Bohou Eshun all joined in to maintain order
among the ranks. Strangled many evils in the cradle.
The people did not come out, the situation became clear in an instant, and the big merchants and soldiers were also divided into more than a dozen sporadic resistance forces.
Soon Qiao Kun encountered one of more than a dozen rebel forces, and Yin Po led more than 1,000 people to resist and refused to surrender. The old general's armor was covered with stains, his body was wounded in many places, and his spirit was full of exhaustion. But it's still persistent.
Seeing this, Qiao Kun couldn't help but ask, "Why is the old general doing this?"
Yin Po heard his voice, so he spoke: "The last general is willing to say a few words to the general, and I hope the general will agree."
Qiao Kun agreed, and the attack stopped for a while, and Yin broke out of the battle and saluted, "Thank you General for protecting the people of Xiqi."
Of course, Qiao Kun didn't admit it, "It's just a matter of respecting the martial king's order. We are the teachers of justice, and we will not harm the people by hanging them for their crimes. General, the world is the world of the people, not the world of one person, the general is dedicated to the country, why insist on it?"
Yin Po shook his head with a smile, "I have never been noble enough to do anything for the country and the world, I am just loyal to repay Your Majesty."
Then he added, "I only hope that the general will grant me a request and fight me fairly."
In fact, Yin Rui was already very tired and couldn't exert much strength. But Qiao Kun still nodded in response, he could see that Yin Rui asked for a battle, not to defeat anyone, but to die on the battlefield, to die in front of the battle, this is the last dignity for a veteran.
Qiao Kun intends to fulfill him.
Yin Rui shouted to the soldiers behind him, "If I die, you must not avenge me. All of them must return to the Great Week, and they shall not be careless."
As soon as he turned around, there was a sudden "ha" behind him, and a yellow gas spat out of his mouth, and then took advantage of Yin's broken spirit for a while, and beheaded Yin Rui.
"Father!" "General!" Behind Yin's defeat, many soldiers and generals shouted loudly.
The general who had beheaded Yin Rui copied Yin's ruined head in his hand, rode the fire-eyed golden-eyed beast to Qiao Kun's approach, and saluted: "The last general beheaded Yin Rui, and his head is specially dedicated to the general."
Qiao Kun looked at the general who offered his head, and couldn't help but feel a kind of disgust from the bottom of his heart, not only because the general was his enemy Chen Qi, but also because he ruined the glory of an old general's dignified death.
Yin Rui's group of soldiers and subordinates couldn't avenge Yin Rui because of Yin Rui's order, and they also suspected that Chen Qi was Qiao Kun's instigation, and they were at a loss and didn't know what to do next.
In fact, Chen Qi is also persecuting Qiao Kun, there are many witnesses, he is also meritorious, if he is beheaded, wouldn't it seem that Da Zhou can't tolerate people?
"Okay, very." Qiao Kun sneered, condensed his killing intent and slashed towards Chen Qi like a sword.
Qiao Kun's spiritual cultivation and martial arts cultivation are extremely high, he has killed hundreds of human races today, and the killing intent is in full swing, and he will use it at this moment, it is as solid as substance, and he can kill people, how can Chen Qi resist?
He had to resist, a yellow gas came out of his mouth, and at the same time, he took out a knife in his left hand, and carried a demon pestle in his right hand to hit Qiao Kun. Although he wanted to surrender, he really couldn't care about anything else when his life and death were threatened.
Qiao Kun picked up the spear in his right hand and pierced Chen Qi through.
This change was between the lightning and flint, and everyone did not react. I saw that Chen Qi cut Yin's ruined head, surrendered to Qiao Kun, and then suddenly burst out and wanted to kill Qiao Kun, and was finally dressed as a sugar gourd by Qiao Kun, and died so much that he couldn't die anymore.
The crowd didn't understand what was going on or what it was for.
Qiao Kun sighed and said, "It turns out that this Chen Qi is so loyal to the Great Shang, and he used the life of Old General Yin to let me relax my vigilance, and then exchange it for the opportunity to sneak attack the Martial King. Seeing that I see a flaw, they want to do something to me."
This is to put Chen Qi on the plot and intention to assassinate the Martial King.
"Does General Yin know about it?" Liu Fu asked next to him, looking at the besieged soldiers, he had the intention of exterminating these soldiers.
Qiao Kun motioned for Liu Fu to relax, and then said to those soldiers, "I hope that Er and others will obey the last wishes of the old general Yin and return to the Great Zhou."
All the generals and soldiers looked at a middle-aged general, who was the one who called Yin's ruined father just now, Yin's ruined son.
The general stepped forward and shouted to the soldiers, "I am the son of the old general Yin, Yin Chengxiu, and I will bring you to surrender to the Great Zhou today." After that, he put down his weapon and removed his armor. The soldiers also followed suit.
Because of the incident just now, the soldiers of the Great Zhou still had some doubts about their surrender and were more vigilant, but this time Yin Chengxiu's surrender was indeed sincere, and they were safe.
The surrender process proceeded smoothly, and finally Yin Chengxiu saluted Qiao Kun and said, "Thank you Gongzi for avenging my father."
If it weren't for Qiao Kun stabbing Chen Qi to death with one shot, it would still be difficult for Yin Chengxiu to take revenge. And Yin Rui told not to avenge him, he was very entangled and didn't know what to do.
Qiao Kun knew that he couldn't hide Yin Chengxiu's words just now, but he didn't say anything, he wanted to kill Chen Qi to avenge Deng Xiu.
Of course, there is also part of the reason for Yin's ruin, after all, the two are old acquaintances, and he really wanted to fulfill Yin's ruined glory at that time.
Originally, Qiao Kun's task was only to break through the south gate and open the east gate, but now he has exceeded the task.
It was not his job to encircle and suppress the rebellion against the Great Shang army, so he did not participate in the rest of the work.
After doing this, Qiao Kun led the troops to inspect and kill the female criminals. It's all in the name of King Wu Ji Fa.
As for the hundreds of princes who jointly made trouble with him in the future, he didn't care.
After the Great Tribulation of the Gods, the sky is high and the birds fly, how can he care about ordinary princes? If he can't survive the catastrophe, then everything is even more Shut Ti.
After a series of brutal repressions, there are very few female offenders.
"Whoever kills the people without a cause dies, and those who injure and steal are guilty!" It is the "law", and it is a key step towards the rule of law.
Although the Fa is very simple, it is catchy and can be recited by the people, which helps to stabilize the situation.
Perhaps it was this situation that made the soldiers of the Great Merchants realize that they did not need to work hard to defend their families, and they surrendered one after another, and the little resistance they had gradually weakened.
Gradually, there is less and less resistance. There are only two or three scattered places, and they can no longer affect the overall situation.
But at this time, King Wucheng and Di Xin were both there, and they had the ability to behead, and Qiao Kun could not lead King Wu into the city to avoid some danger.
At this time, Evil Lai said to Qiao Kun again, and went to the place where King Wucheng guarded.
Qiao Kun agreed, originally it was his task for him to resist King Wucheng, but King Wucheng never appeared. He had a battle with King Wu Cheng, and he couldn't avoid it.
He continued to patrol the streets with Huang Feibiao, Liu Fu, Pang Hong, and Wu Ji, and led his soldiers to find King Wu Cheng.
But Liu Fu was not at ease, so he had to follow Qiao Kun, Qiao Kun thought that there were indeed fewer female prisoners at this time, and there was no need for many people, so he agreed.
As for Jiang Wenhuan, he also has to go together, this Jiang Wenhuan's identity is the same level as Ji Fa, and Qiao Kun can't order it, so he has to follow him.
Under the guidance of evil, everyone quickly arrived at the palace, and the main gate of the palace was attacked by soldiers and generals, and the two sides were deadlocked. Evil came but led Qiao Kun to a side door, and then took a detour to the path, and soon arrived in front of a courtyard.
If it weren't for someone to guide you, you wouldn't know that there was such a place in the depths of the palace.
"This is it!" Evil Lai pointed to the small door of the courtyard and said.
Jiang Wenhuan next to him couldn't help frowning, "It's a bit eerie here." Jiang Wenhuan is a martial arts legend, and his intuition is very accurate, if he feels that it is eerie and terrifying, it must be really terrifying.
In fact, Qiao Kun also felt this way, in that courtyard, there was something that frightened him very much, and at the same time something attracted him. He knew in his heart that this place must be very important, and it might be the so-called "Dingding Center".
He instructed his soldiers, "Inform Marshal Jiang and bring a large army over." He was afraid that he would not be safe, so he went to tell him about a dozen soldiers. Jiang Wenhuan also arranged for someone to invite the army over.
"Yes." Dozens of soldiers immediately received the order and rode their horses.
Qiao Kun said to Jiang Wenhuan: "Dong Bohou, the so-called son of a daughter, if you don't sit in the hall, you won't enter here, right?"
Dong Bohou laughed, "Prince Xiqi is also in danger, how can I make you specialize in beauty?"
With that, push open the door and enter the courtyard. Joe
Kun was worried that Jiang Wenhuan would be injured, so he also followed, and Evil Lai, Liu Fu, and more than 100 soldiers also followed.
When they arrived in the courtyard, they found that it was empty, and there was no one to guard it. There is only one palace in front of it, and the palace is majestic, but the style is incompatible with the royal palace, as if it was hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The stone plaque on it has two large characters "Emperor Hate", but it is written in stone drum script. This word does not look imposing, and the edge between the strokes is extremely restrained. Out of the writing of these two words, the martial arts cultivation is extremely high.
Jiang Wenhuan said: "The building here is a bit like the Great Xia Palace."
Summer Palace? Qiao Kun hadn't seen it and didn't know it. Although he should be a member of the Great Xia royal family.
It's just that these two words are very particular. Now Di Xin and the previous Shang kings should be just kings. Even if it is a soup, it cannot be called an emperor.
And Xia Neng is estimated to be the emperor only the ancestor Xia Yu.
Hate is not hatred, but regret. So the thing in this is actually Xia Yu's regret? What could that be?
At this time, everyone returned from exploring the courtyard, and there was nothing suspicious. Jiang Wenhuan consulted with Qiao Kun for a while, and everyone still decided to see what was in the palace.
It was Qiao Kun who pushed the palace door open.