Act IV Chapter 1 The Battle Report Arrives in Beijing and Darkness Rises
At the end of the 16th day of August in the 23rd year of Jingyuan, the entire Jingbei army camp on the bank of the Dingjiang River was silent, Dugu Wenqin coughed up a mouthful of blood, the iron spear in his hand had been bent, and it flew down ten zhang away, his unicorn armor was all shattered, and there was a trace of electricity swimming between the broken armor, his helmet had long been missing, his hair was scattered for most of the time, and there was a long lightning crack on his face, which went directly to the neck from the top of his head; He staggered and turned around, and the three wolf gods behind him, Jebe, had become three black figures, all three wolf god bows were twisted, and the bowstrings were broken; He walked over to Tuoba Hong, reached out and touched the pulse next to Tuoba Hong's neck, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A quarter of an hour ago, the heavenly punishment had already fallen, Qian Wei's body was glowing with lightning arc light, the heavenly punishment slowly stopped, and a terrifying force brewed in heaven and earth, which would descend and wipe out everything at any time.
The glowing body stood up, exuding a fierce murderous aura around it
Dugu Wenqin suddenly shouted: "Retreat!" ”
"I still have three breaths!"
Qian Wei waved the Qiankun Sword in his hand, and in an instant, three lightning balls of light bypassed Dugu Wenqin and flew towards the three wolf gods behind him.
The sound of three arrows breaking through the sky, the sound of three arrows breaking, the sound of lightning exploding, everything is calm
"One breath!"
Dugu Wenqin didn't dare to look back, he took a deep breath! Pick up the iron spear with your feet and place your hands across your chest.
"Mobei prodigal son's ambition, intentions in the Central Plains, you should be careful, kill three people for you today, you should thank me! If you can catch my sword, you will be qualified to live. ”
Qian Wei's second sword was swung out, not a sword shadow, but a spear like lightning, Dugu Wenqin took a step back, bowed his body, suddenly a loud roar, pushed the gun out, a spear blade stabbed out, and the spear with lightning pierced together, the lightning spear blade was blocked, but still slowly moved forward, Dugu Wenqin's black gun shaft bent into a semicircle, Dugu Wenqin tried his best, in a black true qi, there was actually a trace of golden light, that is, this thin layer of bright light, so that the lightning spear could not go further.
"Yes, a trace of innate true qi, after Dugu Wenqin and I leave, you will be the first in the world's martial arts, when your eldest brother led the celestial phenomena, a glimpse of the heavenly machine once said to me: can break the heavenly punishment, the transcendent saint is not you and me, but in the end, my Dugu family will win, you can live!"
As soon as the words fell, the lightning spear burst out, Dugu Wenqin's black spear was knocked to the side, a lightning bolt hit his body, the armor exploded, and a bolt of lightning poured in from the top of his head, wandering on his face, and stopping at his heart.
"The door, I'll open a trace for you, whether you can go in, it depends on your creation, your eldest brother opened a door for me that day, and today I returned the favor of your Dugu family, there must be a warrior in this world to go to that step."
Qian Wei teleported to Tuoba Hong's side like lightning
Dugu Wenqin behind him exclaimed: "Qian Wei, don't kill him!" ”
Qian Wei ignored it, stretched out an index finger, there was a ball of light on the tip of the index finger, and Qian Wei slowly pushed the ball of light into Tuoba Hong's eyebrows.
Then Qian Wei stood up and laughed: "It's too boring to get a glimpse of a hint of heaven, who would have thought that I would fight with Wei for half a lifetime, and the last chance would be given to this child, the way of heaven cannot be violated, and there is a certain number in the dark." ”
After Qian Wei finished speaking, his body suddenly emitted a burst of rainbow light, the clouds and mist in the sky dispersed, a pillar of light shone down from the top of the clouds, and Qian Wei's body disappeared without a trace, except for the Kyushu Mingguang armor and a pair of Qiankun swords, there was nothing left. The pillar of light gradually disappeared, and the sunlight formed several pillars of light through the clouds and shone on the camp of the Jingbei Army.
In the center of the Dingjiang River, at the bow of the dragon ship, Qian Yi, Chen Ziang, Yan Yong, and Zhao Hai knelt down to the north shore and shouted: "Send the big handsome, ascend to the sky!" ”
The remnants of the 30,000 Jingbei Army and the 80,000 Liang Navy Army all knelt down and shouted in unison: "Send the commander, ascend to the sky!" ”
After a long time, the familiar singing voice came from the top of the Dingjiang River again, "Look at the north wind, give the enemy the head, and the Jingbei army will raise the ...... of Kyushu"
The lonely Wen Qin and Tuoba Hong looked back at the Dingjiang River, like a chasm that could not be crossed.
Tuoba Hong couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, did we really win?" ”
Dugu Wenqin sighed and said: "300,000 Beikui troops, 100,000 killed in battle, 10,000 Futu iron cavalry, 3,000 killed in battle, Dugu Ba died in battle, and the three wolf gods Zhebei died in battle, and only 50,000 people remained here in Jingbei Army, but Qian Wei died in battle, and this battle is not a victory, nor a defeat." ”
Tuoba Hong nodded: "But Jiangbei Kefu, there will be no need to fight in the future." ”
Dugu Wenqin shook his head: "Your Highness, the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties will never end, let's go!" ”
Dugu Wenqin turned over on his horse, and Tuoba Hong looked at Dugu Ba's corpse not far away and asked, "Uncle, don't we take him away?" ”
Dugu Wenqin turned around and said: "A hundred years ago, our Xianbei ancestors were on the desert grassland, and if they died in battle, let the gods take away my remains, let's go, let him feel it here again, the grave is too cold, or the battlefield is warm." ”
"Drive!" Dugu Wenqin pulled the reins of the horse and rode away
"Drive!" Tuoba Hong followed
On the Bowang slope in the distance, 200,000 soldiers saw Tuoba Wenqin and Tuoba Hong who were rushing back, and cheered in unison: "Great Wei, Wansheng, Great Wei, Wansheng!" ”
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Two days later, in the middle of the night, the twelve gates of the capital city were closed, and a herald with three red feather flags came from the north, marched to the Tianwu Gate, and shouted: "Eight hundred miles urgent, Jiangbei military report!" Open the door quickly! ”
The gates opened, and the knights rode straight to the door
Late at night in Shangshu Province, the secretary of the Political and Communications Department held the military newspaper in his hand and quickly entered the duty room of Shangshu Ling Xie Xun.
"Xie Xiang, Xie Xiang, Jiangbei Military News, Jiangbei Military News!"
The door of the duty room was opened, and Xie Xiang came out with a cloak and stretched out his hand to take the military report
"You go down first, and the prime minister will go to see Your Majesty immediately, and don't tell anyone about the arrival of the war report in Beijing."
The secretary nodded: "Lord Xiangguo, there are still two notes, which were also delivered to the Political Communication Department when the city gate was closed today, and they were sent by Yue Guogong." Xia Guan originally wanted to send it to Lord Xiangguo, but it was taken away by Fei Xiang, and Fei Xiang seemed to know that these two copies were coming, so he arranged for someone to wait in the Political Department today. ”
Xie Xun asked, "Have you seen the titles of those two notes?" ”
The secretary nodded: "It's for the prince to discuss relatives and send troops to conquer Shushu for the southern army." ”
Xie Xun nodded: "Okay, I know the true appearance, I am afraid that there will be a big storm in today's court, you can do it yourself!" Let's go down. ”
The secretary nodded and retreated, Xie Xun returned to the duty room, and instructed the housekeeper on the side: "Xie Yue, you go to prepare for the car, the prime minister is going to the palace, find someone to inform Cui Xiang, and say that the prime minister is waiting at the palace gate." ”
"Yes, sir!" Xie Guan's family hurriedly went down to make arrangements
"Someone, wide clothes!"
Outside the Chaoyang Gate of Taichen Palace, Cui Xiang's carriage stopped next to Xie Xiang's carriage, and Cui Xiang got off the carriage and got on top of Xie Xiang's carriage.
"Old man Xie, isn't the military report coming?" Cui Yan hurriedly asked anxiously as soon as he got into the car
Xie Xun nodded: "Wen Jing (Cui Yanbiao), I am afraid that there will be a big storm in the court tomorrow, and I will go to the palace with you today to see Your Majesty, so I can discuss countermeasures as soon as possible." ”
"It seems that Jiangbei is lost!"
Cui Yan heard Xie Xun call himself a cousin, and he had already guessed it faintly.
Xie Xun was worried: "Wenjing, I'm afraid that the national situation has changed, and there have also been changes in the southwest, Wang Dun actually wrote to His Majesty, set a marriage for the prince, and took the initiative to send troops into Shu, so that the national policy of cutting down Shu may be difficult to continue." ”
Cui Yan already realized the seriousness of the problem: "Then Wu Guogong, the eldest princess, and the Seventh Highness!" ”
Xie Xun signaled that there was no need to continue: "Let's go, let's enter the palace, this should be the thing Your Majesty is most worried about." ”
The palace gate slowly opened, and Xie Xun and Cui Yan entered the Taichen Palace hand in hand
In the Fei Mansion, Fei Wan summoned several important ministers of the Yue Guogong lineage in the court, Lu Shiyuan, the governor of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, Xu Zhihao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Han Tong, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Mao Xingwen, the superintendent of the imperial history.
Fei Wan had already handed over Yue Guogong's recital to everyone, and everyone's expressions were different
Fei Wan said with a smile: "Everyone, we have all been taken care of by the Duke of Yueguo, so we are in a high position, but don't forget, the person we are loyal to is Your Majesty, is the Jiangshan Sheji, is the prince, and now Your Majesty is too favored by King Fu, there are rumors that Your Majesty has the idea of setting up a young and abandoning the elder, and also pulling Wu Guogong to support King Fu, so sooner or later it will shake the country's capital, set off a dispute for the throne, this is the great misfortune of the country, today to gather everyone to be the country's capital, to get rid of traitors, tomorrow morning's court meeting, you are willing to speak with this minister? ”
The people around looked at each other, and Lu Shiyuan, the governor of the five armies, stepped forward and said: "Fei Xiang, I'm afraid this matter will be more risky, Your Majesty has banned the crown prince and the queen, and because of the matter of King Fu's personal guards, he has successively dismissed the three red-robed members of the military department, Tong Dehai, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Li Quan, and the imperial envoy Zhongcheng Keshu. ”
The other three echoed: "Yes, Fei Xiang, we still have to be cautious." ”
Fei Wan said sharply: "At this time and that time, you won't think about it, I have received a secret report, I am afraid that Jiangbei has been lost, Qian Wei has been defeated, so King Fu and the princess have lost their wings, Your Majesty has the heart to change the reserve, who does King Fu use as help?" The crown prince is on the throne, with innate advantages, there is Yue Guogong outside, and there is a queen inside, don't forget, the Zuo Hou who led the army to attack Shu, but the son-in-law of Yue Guogong, you are hesitant now, once the prince ascends the throne, how will you look at your actions today! ”
Fei Wan roared angrily: "Confused! ”
The four of them immediately surrendered: "We are willing to protect the prince, get rid of the traitors, and look forward to the head of the Fei Xiang and the Duke of the country!" ”
Fei Wan glanced around proudly, and was secretly proud in his heart: "Wang Dun, Wang Dun, thank you for going to the two times, you want your daughter to become the crown princess, it's pure wishful thinking, thank you." ”