Chapter 16: Difficult Choices
Outside Wangxiang Pass, a temporary guardrail made of logs, wrapped with thorns, surrounded four people of the Eastern Holy Kingdom with wooden sticks in it, a majestic desert wolf was supporting its fangs, salivating, staring at them viciously, and the Xionglupan soldiers formed several circles and shouted, "Up, up!" ”
The four of them were already pale with fright, and they didn't dare to move even half a step close together.
The desert wolf walked around them a few times, raised his head and roared, and the four of them were even more frightened and sat on the ground, panicking, and when the desert wolf saw this, he suddenly pounced over, pressed one person, and opened his mouth to bite, "Mom! Help! The man subconsciously protected his hands in front of him, and the desert wolf just bit it, blood splattered everywhere, and he pulled it hard, tearing off a large piece of flesh and blood, and the man looked at his arm and screamed heartbreakingly.
The other three were so frightened that they were all told to forgive, "Everyone! Ladies and gentlemen! Leave us alone! Let's get out! ”
The Xionglufan soldiers burst into laughter. Ye Ge looked interested, "Kill the wolf, and let you go!" ”
Seeing that there was no hope of begging for mercy, the three men took up their sticks and howled and rushed towards the desert wolf.
The desert wolf did not retreat, and pounced on the wooden stick, the speed was extremely fast, the three of them were honest farmers, and they usually heard the howl of the desert wolf, and they avoided it, not to mention that it was a face-to-face fight, and he was already trembling with fright, and the wooden stick he swung out was completely inaccurate, and it was not a threat to the desert wolf at all.
One of the wooden sticks grazed the scalp of the desert wolf and flew over, his arm had been bitten to death, and his body was scratched by the wolf's claws, and the pain made the man struggle desperately, and the other two held wooden sticks, not knowing what to do.
In a few moments, the man was so angry that only two peasants remained.
Just watching, the scout came in a panic to report that the Dayue Kingdom united the 100,000 troops of the Xiaolang Kingdom, the Xinwu Kingdom, and the Yanyun Kingdom, and took advantage of the emptiness of the defense of the Xionglu Pan, and had attacked fifty miles away from the capital.
Yego was shocked, Leonard and Osborne scolded Dayue Guo one after another, and asked Yego to immediately return to Beijing to rescue. Yegolio pondered and laughed.
The crowd was puzzled. Ye Ge said, "Okay, let's destroy Dayue and other countries first!" We don't have to go back to Beijing, forgive them and they won't be able to attack, order all the troops, wave the nearest Yanyun Kingdom, and we will go and smash his lair! Let's see who takes it first! ”
When all the soldiers heard this, they all admired it, and immediately set off and went straight to Yanyun Kingdom. The army is invincible.
A scout had already reported to the king of Yanyun, and the king of Yanyun was shocked, and immediately ordered the general Ban Shuai to return to China to rescue, and sent an envoy with two carts of gold, silver and jewelry, to ask Yege for peace and courtesy, and promised to pay tribute every year.
Ye Ge ordered the head of the envoy to be cut off, put it in a box, and gave it to King Yanyun, urging the army to speed up its march.
Yanyun King Hei Ertan knew that he was not an opponent, but in the face of the bloody head of the messenger, he was furious, and he could not be humiliated, let alone the king of a country?
He summoned his ministers and said, "The Xionglu Pan Kingdom is reckless in its military force, repeatedly violating our borders, killing people and overstepping goods. Today, it is a bigger attack, and it has approached the capital, burning, looting, raping and raping ** women along the way, and doing all kinds of evil. Lone is the people of Yanyun, and he wanted to surrender himself to seek peace, but unexpectedly, the thief was brutal, and he actually beheaded the messenger and humiliated Lone. It is a small matter for a lonely person to be humiliated, but the safety and death of the people of Yanyun are a big matter. It is expected that the ambition of the thief and wolf, the warlike and the desire to kill, the day the city is broken, there will be a big killing, and no one in the capital, men, women and children, will be spared. Now the king swears to fight to the death with the thief, although the hare is weak, kick the vulture to death! Although the Naxiong Lupan army is strong, it is not invincible, as long as we are united, everyone is determined to win, not afraid of sacrifice, and move forward, we will definitely be able to defeat any strong enemy! ”
All the ministers were determined and generous to go to war, vowing to live and die with the capital. The next day, the Xionglu Pan army surrounded the capital of Yanyun Kingdom, and Ye Ge showed off his might and patrolled back and forth in front of the battle.
King Yanyun Hale was so angry that his hair stood on end.
He summoned all the soldiers and the people of the city, and shouted word by word, "The soldiers and compatriots of Yanyun Kingdom, I think everyone has seen that the thieves have surrounded us, they are not here to fight, but to slaughter, they are going to storm the city, kill all the people here, take everything we have, they will not give us any mercy, nor will they have mercy on anyone." But will we let them attack easily, will we let them easily take everything from us? ”
"No!"
"Today, let's pick up the weapons in our hands and fight to the death for survival, for Yan Yun. Let the thief know that although I Yanyun is small, I will be punished if I come to commit it! ”
Yanyun Kingdom was full of emotion in Kyoto, vowing to let the Xionglu Panjun see the determination to win.
Ye Ge looked at the army and shouted loudly, "Soldiers, Yanyun Country is despicable and shameless, taking advantage of the holy war in the east of my army, he actually teamed up with a foreign country to attack my capital. Today, let them, the little disciples, see the power of the true God, and let them know that they will provoke the fate of my Xionglu Pan Kingdom! Rush me, kill him and don't leave him! ”
"Chickens and dogs don't stay! Chickens and dogs don't stay! The Xionglu army raised its arms and shouted, and the mountains rushed to the city like a tsunami.
"Shoot me!" Seeing that he had entered the range of arrows and arrows, Ye Ge ordered loudly, tens of thousands of archers took arrows and pulled strings, and ten thousand arrows were fired at once, overwhelmingly shooting at the head of the city, and countless soldiers and people of Yanyun Kingdom were hit by arrows, and they continued to float down the city like falling leaves.
"Siege!" Yego ordered, and the Xionglufan infantry, under the cover of archers, pushed siege carts and carried ladders to rush to the city. They were greeted by rocks and arrows full of hatred. The defenders braved the rain of arrows to fight as if they were dead.
Seeing that the attack could not be carried out, Yego ordered the captured thousands of people on the outskirts of the city to be pushed in front of the army, drove them to the city, set up a ladder, and forced them to climb up.
The soldiers of Yanyun Kingdom couldn't bear it, and after the people climbed up to the city, they rushed up to fight with the soldiers.
Seeing that it was critical, Hale ordered the city gates to be opened, and sent a hundred desert elephant cavalry and a thousand death soldiers to rush out of the city to meet the battle.
The desert elephant cavalry is the most elite army of Yanyun country, the only one hundred in the country, full-time guarding the capital, the desert elephant is wearing heavy armor, ivory copper, sharp blades, each carrying an archer, a hook gunner, each desert elephant, and four elephant warriors, with the attack and killing, very lethal.
In the more than 100,000 Xionglu Pan army, it was like entering a no-man's land. Ye Ge was furious, sent 3,000 dead soldiers, attacked and killed the elephant warriors with all his might, ordered the archers to shoot at the desert elephant cavalry, and ordered Leonard to lead 5,000 cavalry, divide and surround the 1,000 dead soldiers of Yanyun Kingdom, and annihilate them one by one.
Although the desert elephant was strong, it was slow to move, and under the rain of arrows, it became an arrow target, the cavalry was shot into hedgehogs, the elephant warriors were cut into meat sauce, and some desert elephants were shot in the eyes by arrows, and they ran wildly in all directions, rushing the Xionglu soldiers to pieces; Some desert elephants had their legs cut off and fell like hills. The 1,000 dead soldiers were scattered and divided, and they could only fight on their own, facing several times stronger enemies, but they had no fear, and they all fought to the death.
The army of Xionglupan rushed into the city gates, slaughtered and plundered everywhere. Ye Ge led the elite straight to the palace, pitiful for a group of princesses and palace maids, who killed themselves, jumped off the building, and those who didn't have time to commit suicide were all captured alive and became the ** of the Xionglu Pan Army.
Hale stood proudly before the throne in his robes and scimitars, and his courtiers in armor and spears in front of him.
I only heard a bang, the wooden door of the main hall was knocked open, and the Xionglu Pan army was killed. The Hale tanning knife pointed at Ye Ge and shouted, "Gu is the king of Yanyun Hale Tanning, Ye Ge dares to fight to the death with Lone!" ”
Ye Ge laughed, "I think you are a king, and today this king will personally bear you!" ”
He drew his Qingmang Treasure Knife and went straight to the Hale Tanner.
The two of them fought back and forth, killing each other inseparably, one was full of hatred and anger, and the other was battle-hardened and had superb knife skills, both of them wanted to kill each other quickly.
Seeing that he had been defeated for a long time, Yego waved his right hand to cut Hale's scimitar, took the opportunity to bully him closely, and suddenly stabbed out the bee's tail sword in his sleeve with his left hand, which hit Hale's belly. Hale Tanned his body for a moment, Ye Ge took advantage of the situation to stab dozens of swords in a row, Hale Tanned screamed a few times, a mouthful of blood spurted out, like a mountain, fell to the ground on his back, and died of exhaustion.
When all the courtiers saw that the king was dead, they all cried out in pain, and although they fought with one heart and fought bravely to kill the enemy, they were finally defeated by the many powerful soldiers of Xionglufan, and they all tried their best to die in battle. Ye Ge counted the results of the battle, slaughtered more than 20,000 people in the capital of Yanyun Kingdom, and lost more than 40,000 people.
Ye Ge ordered the army to rest for a few days, carnival for three days, and then point to the new Wu country.
The alliance army of the Great Moon Kingdom has been attacking Xijing for a long time, and was shocked to hear that Ye Geti had invaded Yanyun Kingdom, and hurriedly withdrew his troops to rescue, but before reaching the border of Yanyun Kingdom, he had heard that Kyoto had fallen and the city was slaughtered.
The army of Yanyun Kingdom wept bitterly, Prince Avis knelt down to the southeast three times, he stood up and shouted loudly, "The soldiers of Yanyun Kingdom, the thieves think that they can do whatever they want because they are strong and strong, but they are wrong!" Justice does not die, and the spirit lasts forever! Although they captured Kyoto, Yan Yun is still there, Yan Yun is not dead! Today, we swear here that for the sake of Yanyun, for survival, and for justice, we will return to Kyoto, slaughter all the thieves, and revitalize the country! ”
"Kill back to Kyoto, slaughter all the thieves, and revive the country!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted. Aavis agreed with Alberta and Herman, the prince of Xinwu, that the 150,000 allied troops would be divided into two routes, one with 100,000 people, and return to Kyoto with Aives to help him restore the country, and 50,000 people along the way, waiting for an opportunity to ambush and block the reinforcements of the Xionglufan Kingdom.
Wangxiang Pass, the meeting hall, all the soldiers have asked for battle. Wu Di said, "Holy Lord, the Xionglu Pan army has all been evacuated, and our army can attack, it is better than being trapped here and starving to death." ”
Zhu Fuzheng said, "The enemy is very large, and there are only more than 20,000 people in Wangxiang Pass. If you take the risk of attacking, the chances of victory are almost nil. ”
Wei Zheng said, "Madame has been going to Yunwu Pass for more than two months, and it will arrive in ten days at the latest. ”
While he was talking, the scout came to report, saying that Shen Rubin was outside the city and asked to see him. Wei Zheng was taken aback and asked, "How many?" ”
"It's just one person." The scout replied.
"When the two armies are fighting, what is he doing without a single soldier or a soldier?" Wu Di said.
"Whatever he does, just let him in and kill him! Just to avenge the fathers and villagers of Baihu Pass," Zhu Yu gritted his teeth and said.
"No, since he dares to come alone, if I kill him, it will be too immoral. Let him in and hear what he has to say. Wei Zheng said.
After a while, the scout led Shen Rubin to the front of the meeting hall, only to see two rows of sword and axe hands, holding the knife and axe above their heads, crossing in front, Shen Rubin smiled, his face was not afraid, and he walked through from below. When he arrived at the meeting hall, Wei Zheng sat in the hall, Xu Shiyuan stood on one side, his hair was standing up, his eyes were about to explode, and he shouted, "Butcher, do you dare to come?" ”
Shen Rubin didn't pay attention to him, knelt down and saw Wei Zheng, and said, "Shen Rubin has seen the emperor!" ”
"What emperor, called the Holy Lord!" Zhu Fuzheng drew his sword in his hand and shouted.
"Humph! There is only one Holy Lord in my Eastern Holy Kingdom! Shen Rubin stood up and said disdainfully.
"Presumptuous! Take your dog's life! Zhu Fu is swinging his sword.
"Is this your hospitality? I'm coming alone, and if I die here today, it's a joke! Shen Rubin reprimanded arrogantly.
"Stand down!" Wei Zheng drank and retired Zhu Fuzheng. "I see that you are also a man, and it is not difficult for you to be alone. Everyone, don't use knives and guns, there are many opportunities to kill him on the battlefield. Shen Rubin, you say, why are you here today? ”
"For the sake of the Eastern Holy Country!"
"Oh? What a big breath! ”
"Today, the country of Tass and the country where the sun does not set have invaded and conquered a large area of the East Sage, and they regard the people of the East Sage as grass mustard, burning and looting everywhere, and where they pass, chickens and dogs are not born, and corpses are everywhere! It has reached the critical juncture of destroying the country and destroying the species. Shen Rubin's expression was as usual, and he said loudly, "As the emperor and soldier of the Eastern Holy Kingdom, who can sit idly by?" As the saying goes, a brother is against the wall, and he is insulted from the outside. The traitors and traitors also understood this reason, and they recruited peace one after another to resist foreign invasion. The Holy Lord thought of the brotherhood, so he sent me to come today to talk to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would put the country first, take a break from the sword and soldiers, and jointly resist the strong enemy. I don't know what the emperor thinks? ”
"Aren't you cheating? Trick us out of customs? Wu Di said.
"Haha! Joke! My 150,000 troops have surrounded you here for a year and a half, why not, why should I deceive you out of the customs? ”
"You! I ......" Wu Di was about to say again.
Wei Zheng interrupted him, "Is there a seal?" ”
"Yes, the seal is here." Shen Rubin handed Wei Miao's letter to Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng looked at it and said, "In that case, you go back." If Gu agrees, he will write a letter to you, and trouble you to bring it to Wei Miao. ”
"Okay, don't leave it at that, the national disaster is at the head, and I hope to think twice." Shen Rubin said goodbye and left.
Wei Zheng read the seal letter again and handed it to the generals again.
"What do you think?"
"It seems to be true." Zhu Fu is righteous.
"What if it's true? As soon as the Lan family's army arrives, we will just kill it. The two countries invaded, let him invade! He ignored it, and it just so happened that we went to snatch the throne of the Holy Lord! Wu Di said.
"Never!" Zhu Fuzheng said, "In this way, we have lost our morality and won the position of the Holy Lord, and I am afraid we will not be able to sit down!" ”
Wei Zheng said, "Fu Zheng is right! ”
"Then a truce? To fight a foreign enemy? Wu Di said.
Wei Zheng said, "That's not necessarily, they want to recruit An, and we can also recruit An." You scatter all over the place, gather people from all over the world, and only occupy the areas of the two countries, develop your forces, and accumulate strength, and you don't have to fight them. There is no need to quarrel with the Wei Miao army. Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and let them fight to the death! When necessary, it is also necessary to make a good show, fight one or two victories against the guerrilla invasion of the enemy in small groups, and publicize it with great fanfare, so as to win the hearts and minds of the army and the people. ”
"No!" The generals were in high spirits and took the order.
Wei Zheng repaired a letter and ordered the scout to send it to Shen Rubin to transfer it to Wei Miao.
Wei Miao was overjoyed to receive the letter, ordered to relieve the siege of Wangxiang Pass, led 50,000 troops by Xing Buyuan and Xiang Wansan, and stayed at Qingyu Pass with the Shamenghu army, and led 100,000 troops by Shen Rubin and Shen Rupeng, and went east to Xiangyang Pass to fight against the Sun Never Setting Army, and prepared some aphrodisiac medicine, which was sent to Wei Zheng with the letter.
Lan Yusheng led the army to Wangxiang Pass smoothly, and the two armies were overjoyed when they saw each other.
Wei Zheng had seen Lan Zhen's evil father and son and Lan Yan, so he was well settled, and took his wife to the Shuai Mansion to rest.
The two of them were very happy to see each other, and they were even more happy that the siege of Xiangguan had been resolved, and they would meet again after a long absence, and they would inevitably have to turn over the clouds and rain, the two were obsessed for a long time, Lan Yusheng was panting again and again, sweating like rain, Wei Zheng was secretly happy in his heart, and worked harder, and it took a while to finish the work.
Lan Yusheng came back from the unprecedented joy for a long time, leaned his head on Wei Zheng's chest, groped his jade hand down, Lan Xiang spit lightly, and said, "The Holy Lord is so powerful today, I won't see you in March, how can I do it?" ”
Wei Zheng said, "Don't hide it, that traitor Wei Miao sent some pills." I made people try it, and it was wonderful. So I took it casually. ”
Lan Yusheng said, "How can he be so kind, it's better if you don't eat it in the future." ”
Wei Zheng only smiled, "I'm afraid that you will want me to eat it again then." ”
Lan Yusheng blushed and smiled, and said, "I want to persuade you, but you only care about making fun of me, I'm afraid that you are full of joy and refuse to eat." ”
The two laughed, and Lan Yusheng said, "Now that the siege of Wangxiang Pass has been lifted, why don't we go and get it back in the future?" ”
Wei Zheng pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "At present, the Great Moon Kingdom is at war with the Xionglu Pan Kingdom, and it is probably not appropriate to let him come back at this time, if they have a truce with the Xionglu Pan Kingdom." Inevitably, we will attack my Dongsheng again, we are fledgling, and it will be difficult to fight. It should be safe to come to the Great Moon Country. ”
"Please ask my brother to lead the troops, not only to protect the future, but also to frustrate the spirit of the Xionglu Pan Kingdom, and raise the prestige of my Eastern Holy Country, in that way, the Great Moon Kingdom will fight with the Xionglu Pan Kingdom to the end."
"Madame's clever plan!" Wei Zheng was overjoyed.
Lan Yusheng touched his jade hand in the quilt and said with a shy, "The Holy Lord is doing it again!" Wei Zheng laughed, turned over and pressed Lan Yusheng underneath......