Chapter 173: Breaking the City, One Step Late

The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

"Report! Prime Minister, it's not a good thing! The Great Xia army has attacked! ”

Ke Xin frowned slightly, displeased and scolded.

"What are you panicking about? If you come, you will come, and you will be ...... to defend it with all your might."

Speaking of this, Ke Xin's eyes widened suddenly.

"What did you just say? Attacked?! ”

The young general who came to report the news hurriedly nodded, and said with a sad face: "Yes!" Great Xia's army is all in the belly of huge giant birds, those giant birds are like ancient beasts, and their attack and defense are extremely powerful! ”

"Now, the gates of the Quartet have been lost, and the garrison has suffered heavy casualties, and all the troops have fled!"

Hearing this, whether it was Ke Xin or Ke Xin's henchmen, they were all shocked and frightened!

How long has it been since they received news of an unknown enemy? It doesn't seem like there's even time for a stick of incense!

But in such a short period of time, the Great Xia army has already taken the Sifang City Gate, are they dreaming?

"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! ”

"Fake, absolutely fake! This person must be a meticulous work of Great Xia, specially designed to disturb the morale of the army and create chaos! Kill him! ”

"That's right! Take him down and torture him! ”

Hearing the angry shouts of the big guys, the young general who reported the news was full of confusion and frightened the six gods.

I dutifully ran to report the news, but I was put on the name of an enemy country, what is going on?

At this moment, a rumbling sound suddenly came from a distance, and the sound was still approaching.

The people in the hall were all startled, and then they all stared at Ke Xin.

Ke Xin's face turned pale, gritted his teeth and strode out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the rest of the people hurriedly followed.

Standing on the high platform outside the hall, everyone could vaguely see some firelight and a dark red halo swinging in the distance, like a wick in the dark, faint but conspicuous!

"W-What's going on? Could it be that the Great Xia army really came in? ”

"Nope! No way! If it is said that the garrison army collectively rebelled against the water, but the garrison army is obviously resisting, no matter how terrifying the army is, it is impossible to break through the Quartet Gate at the same time in such a short period of time! ”

"That's right, this must be the meticulous work of Great Xia and the traitors in the city who are wreaking havoc! However, thanks to the wisdom of the prime minister, 40,000 forbidden troops have been mobilized and scattered all over the city, and it is believed that the rebellion will be suppressed soon! ”

An unknown and terrifying catastrophe is imminent, but no one wants to believe it, and they keep looking for reasons to convince themselves and paralyze themselves so that they can feel at ease.

However, facts are facts after all, and they cannot be changed by hiding their ears and stealing bells.

When the palace gate and a small section of the palace wall collapsed with a loud rumbling sound, when two huge Jinpeng warships appeared in sight, and when the cavalry with dazzling golden armor and bright red cloaks jumped out of the bottom bilge of the battleship, everyone present was pale and had cold hands and feet.

"Actually, it's true......"

"What the hell is that strange bird? And what are those huge iron chopsticks? How can it be so terrifying? ”

"What the hell is going on with all this?"

The seven or eight ministers here were muttering to themselves in fear, and the battle in the distance had begun.

The Yunbo Palace only retained a total of 50,000 forbidden troops, Ke Xin transferred out 40,000, and now there are only 10,000 forbidden troops left in the palace.

In the fierce bombardment just now, nearly a thousand forbidden troops died tragically along with the collapsed palace gate and palace wall, and although the rest of the forbidden army was frightened, they still rushed forward to kill.

However, they didn't know how big the gap between them and the other party was, it was the Golden Iron Cavalry under Meng Tian's command, and the weakest members of the entire army were all innate triple cultivators, how could they compare?

"Golden Ride, Charge!"

With a cold shout, thousands of golden iron horsemen echoed with a deafening cheer, and then pointed the spear in his hand diagonally forward, without any intention of using long-range instruments such as bows and arrows, spears, etc.

"Attack!"

As soon as the military order was issued, a golden tide rushed forward, sending out strings of long or short, thick or thin golden spears, piercing the cyan Yunbo forbidden army.

When the two armies interspersed, the cyan array was almost invisible, leaving less than a thousand people trembling in the corpses and blood all over the ground.

After the Golden Iron Cavalry charged, only a thousand men were left to clean up the mess, while the rest of the army continued to rush forward, splitting into more than a dozen large and small arrays at the same time, and swept towards the palace.

In front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, looking at the hundreds of golden iron horses rushing towards them, the eunuchs and palace maids were already so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

As for Ke Xin and the others, although they were not so unbearable, their faces were pale and their lips trembled slightly.

The change came so quickly and violently that they couldn't even accept it at this point.

"Where is Emperor Yunbo?!"

A warrior with a full atrium and bright eyes strode onto the high platform, looked around at a group of people present, and shouted coldly.

This person's name is Nie Xing, and he is one of the two great generals of the Golden Iron Cavalry under Meng Tian.

Ke Xin's heart was already like ashes, but after hearing Nie Xing's question, he suddenly felt a stir and had an idea in his heart.

"Back to the general, we wanted to persuade Emperor Yun to surrender to Great Xia, but Emperor Yun would rather die, so we would confil him in seclusion, planning to control the army in the city first, and when your army arrives, I will greet him warmly!"

But he didn't want to, Yunhuang was stubborn and chose to commit suicide directly. And before we can control the army, your army has been slaughtered to ......."

Hearing Ke Xin's words, the rest of the ministers who were already desperate were stunned for a moment, but their eyes lit up.

That's right, what they did, the Great Xia side doesn't know.

And Mu Lianghuai did commit suicide, and he is not afraid of verification.

As long as they are caught, there may be hope to escape!

Therefore, some people have spoken up one after another.

"Oh? Is it? ”

Nie Xing narrowed his eyes, his suspicious eyes constantly scanning the several people.

"Naturally! I'm Yunbo Prime Minister Ke Xin, so I won't be able to talk indiscriminately, right? ”

Ko Xin nodded earnestly, and at the same time reported himself to the door to increase his persuasiveness.

However, when Ko Sin's words fell, an inopportune voice suddenly sounded.

"They're lying!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a palace maid Shi Shiran standing up.

"Ke Xin has already voted for the Qingqiu Dynasty, Mu Lianghuai was also forced to die by him, and the army in the city has also been controlled by him!"

"Bastard! The little palace maid Ann dares to talk nonsense! ”

Ke Xin and the others changed color one after another, and one of them was even more annoyed and angry, and raised his hand to wipe out the palace maid.

However, before he could make a move, Nie Xing slashed him on the spot with the slash of a hand knife.

"Who are you?"

Nie Xing ignored Ke Xin and the others, stared at the palace maid and asked.

"The deputy lieutenant under the command of the bad guy Captain Tianshu, Minglan ."

The palace maid smiled, and at the same time raised her hand to make a strangely patterned seal, which was a way to prove the identity of the bad person.

Nie Xing nodded, and then stared at Ke Xin, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

"Killed his own emperor, and now he dares to deceive this general, he really wants to die!"

"Come on, take them all! If there is resistance, kill on the spot! ”

"No!"

……

At dawn, a cavalry force of more than 100,000 broke through the wheat field and took the fastest path to the south bank of the Songjiang River.

Looking at the mighty and rushing river that was more than 100 zhang wide in front of him, the eyes of the generals at the forefront lit up, and their faces showed a relaxed look.

"It's finally here."

"yes, it's been a great trip."

"At our speed, we will definitely arrive at least an hour earlier than the Great Xia army!"

"Don't be careless, it's better to cross the river as soon as possible and seize the ferry."

However, when they arrived at the river, their expressions froze.

Because on the opposite bank, countless cavalry have been scattered on the bank of the river in a long line, from west to east, and there is no end in sight!

Looking at the Great Xia Dragon Banner that hunted in the wind, the identity of the other party is self-evident!

At this time, two "fishermen" rushed from not far away.

"General Song! You're a step too late......"

The leading general named Song Chao's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and glared at the two fishermen.

"What's going on? How could the Great Xia army arrive so quickly? ”

"I don't know, it should be the other party's mount is very good."

A fisherman shook his head, and then said in a deep voice: "General Song, Great Xia has sent 80,000 cavalry as the vanguard this time, and they have dispersed their forces and completed the seizure of most of the north bank of the Songjiang River!" ”

"As for the rest of the place, if we want to complete the deployment in half an hour, even if we want to cross the river from other places, it will be too late!"

After listening to the report of the secret agent of Tsing Yiwei, the faces of several Qingqiu generals became extremely ugly.

I thought they were fast enough, but where did I think that it was still a step too late!

"General, what should I do?"

As one person asked, the rest of the people also saw Song Chao.

Song Chao's face changed when he squinted, and after pondering for a long time, his eyes suddenly moved.

"How many troops does Great Xia currently have in this area?"

"General Hui Song, this is one of the two most suitable places for the army to cross the river on a large scale, so Great Xia has deployed a total of about 20,000 cavalry in this section."

"Twenty thousand?"

Song Chao's eyes lit up slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked a sneer.

"My Qingqiu Dynasty fought for life and death on the front line, and paid such a heavy price, how could I let Great Xia pick peaches effortlessly?"

"Pass me the order! The whole army, prepare to cross the river! ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the generals couldn't help but change their colors.

"General, no! Your Majesty has made a clear decree that we will not be allowed to meet with the Great Xia soldiers. If we force our way across the river, won't we go to war? ”

"Your Majesty didn't allow us to take the initiative to attack Great Xia, but it didn't say that we can't defend ourselves, right?"

Song Chao laughed, looking playful.

"As long as Great Xia dares to attack us, then we have a reason to fight back!"

"And if they don't do it, then so many of us are afraid that we won't be able to cross the river? At that time, it is only necessary to use 30,000 or 40,000 horses to contain them and confront them, and the rest of the army can complete the crossing of the river and go all the way north! ”

After hearing Song Chao's meaning, several generals couldn't help but have their eyes lit up.

(End of chapter)