Chapter 180: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice

The imperial capital of Great Xia, Yunbo Inn.

"I'm Yunbo, dead?"

Mu Tianyue was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person froze in place, his face turned pale.

She knelt outside the noon gate for five days and five nights, but the Great Xia Emperor never meant to see her.

Not long after I came back, I received the news that the imperial capital had been broken and Yunbo had been destroyed, what a major blow was this?

Looking at the desperate and sad Mu Qianyue, although several henchmen were a little unbearable, they were helpless.

"Where's my father?"

After a long time, Mu Tianyue muttered softly, her voice hoarse.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, he is ...... heaven"

Hearing the news, Mu Tianyue's body trembled again, followed by a bitter hatred in her eyes.

"Great Xia !!"

"Your Highness, it's not Great Xia, it's Prime Minister Ke Xin! Ke Xin secretly voted for the Qingqiu Dynasty and launched a mutiny that night, forcing His Majesty to death. ”

A confidant hurriedly explained, for fear that Mu Tianyue would make some irrational move because of her hatred for Great Xia.

"However, Ke Xin's old thief can be regarded as retribution, and soon the Great Xia army killed him, and I heard that Ke Xin and other traitors have been killed!"

Mu Tianyue was stunned for a moment, only to feel that the anger and hatred in her heart suddenly had no direction to vent, which made her depressed.

After more than ten breaths, Mu Tianyue's body suddenly went weak and sat on the soft chair.

"Your Highness......"

"Go out, stay alone for a while."

Mu Qianyue waved her hand tiredly.

"It's... Be. ”

Several henchmen glanced at each other, sighed secretly, and bowed out.

As the wooden door was closed, only the sound of Mu Qianyue's messy and low breathing remained in this bedroom, which was even more depressing.

After sitting alone for a long time, Mu Tianyue got up and walked to the dresser, and slowly combed her messy hair in front of the mirror.

She originally wanted to use this beautiful skin to fight for Yunbo's life, but in the end, she couldn't even meet the target.

Now that the Yunbo Dynasty has fallen and her father has died, what is the point of her being alone in this world?

Tears finally flowed from her eyes, but Mu Qianyue's expression became extremely calm, and she even hummed a ballad softly, which was the most well-known song of the Yunbo Dynasty.

After combing her hair, Mu Qianyue wiped away the tears on her face, changed into a set of clean long dresses that she liked most on weekdays, and cleaned up her makeup.

A quarter of an hour later, the embarrassed and sloppy Mu Tianyue regained her brilliance, except for her face was a little pale, she bloomed again in other aspects, as if she had returned to the most beautiful moment of the past.

However, the more delicate the flowers, the more sad they will be when they wither.

As a silver hairpin pierced into the heart, bright red blood oozed out, dyeing the pink dress and the sight of the beautiful woman in the mirror.

Feeling the continuous flow of vitality from her body, Mu Tianyue smiled sadly and slowly closed her eyes.

Half an hour later, a personal maid knocked on the door for a long time but did not get a response, and broke into the door in a hurry, only to find that Mu Tianyue had withered.

……

Great Xia Palace, Wentai Palace.

At this time, it was late at night, and Xia Ao naturally had a good time with the concubine in the Wentai Palace.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly walked in and found Xia Ao, who was learning a musical instrument.

"Your Majesty, the Bifang Legion has successfully captured the Empress Dowager of Great Chu, the Little Emperor, and a number of Great Chu officials. Moreover, the Empress Dowager Chu has already promised to surrender! ”

Shangguan Wan'er's words fell, and the surrounding concubines' eyes instantly lit up, and Xia Ao also raised his head with a smile in his eyes.

"Yes, this week's baby is still quite capable, and he will give me such a big surprise as soon as he comes up."

Named Zhou Ying the commander of the Bifang Army, in fact, Xia Ao was still a little uneasy in his heart.

Although Zhou Ying inherited Gao Shun's inheritance, in terms of the ability to command large-scale army operations, compared with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and others, I am afraid there is still a big gap.

However, the results of this battle also made Xia Ao feel a lot more relieved.

"Since the overall situation of Da Chu has been locked, let the two of them cooperate closely with Zhou Ying to pacify the entire Da Chu in the shortest possible time and completely merge it into my Da Xia!"

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er bowed her head respectfully, but did not leave immediately.

"What else?"

Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er wanted to speak and stopped, Xia Ao asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, there has just been news that Princess Yunbo is the princess... Committed suicide ......"

Suicide?

Xia Ao was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head and sighed.

"It's still a loyal, filial and patriotic woman, it's just that she is relieved to do this."

"For her bravery's sake, I will fulfill her. In this way, arrange for someone to collect her body and send her back to the Yunbo Imperial Mausoleum for burial. ”

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor's heart was unpredictable, and she was afraid that Her Majesty would be angry.

……

On the seventh day of August, Songjiang.

At this time, the main forces of Daxia and Qingqiu had basically arrived, and more than one million troops were facing each other along the long river shoreline.

In the middle reaches of the Songjiang River, the camp of the Qingqiu Chinese Army.

On the high platform, more than a dozen Qingqiu generals were talking about something in a low voice, and from time to time they would point to the other side.

Among them, surrounded in the middle is a veteran in golden armor and a navy blue cloak.

This person is the hussar general of the Qingqiu Dynasty and the commander of the army that attacked the Yunbo Dynasty, Liu Yongtai.

"Liu Shuai, there is only one day left, what should we do?"

Some generals looked at Liu Yongtai and asked, their brows furrowed.

In fact, they have come up with a lot of strategies, but after discussion and argumentation, none of them can really work.

Seeing that the time set by the empress was getting closer and closer, and the Great Xia army was also constantly subduing the cities in the central and northern parts of the Yunbo Dynasty, how could they not be in a hurry?

"Liu Shuai, the last general suddenly thought of a clever move!"

At this time, a big-eyed general suddenly spoke, looking a little excited.

"Oh? What is Shen Xu's plan? Let's hear about it. ”

Liu Yongtai was in good spirits and looked over with interest.

"Liu Shuai, we can use Yunbo to drop troops!"

General Xu said with a smile.

"Yunbo descended? How to use it? ”

Liu Yongtai was more interested.

"Liu Shuai, we can hide the elite of our army in Yunbo's surrender, and then let them cross the river in the name of dismissing Yunbo's prisoners and letting them return to China!"

"As long as these captives successfully cross the river, then our elite will be able to use their physical superiority to form a human wall on the other side to forcibly clear a foothold for our army to cross the river!"

"As long as our people don't use their weapons first and don't directly attack the Great Xia soldiers, it won't be a violation!"

General Xu said excitedly, looking confident.

It's just that as soon as his words fell, he immediately ushered in doubts.

"I'm afraid that this suggestion is untenable. The people of Great Xia are not stupid, they must be able to guess what plans are hidden behind our move to send prisoners, as long as there is this suspicion, how can they allow those prisoners to cross the river? ”

In the face of doubts, General Xu was calm and composed, obviously having already thought of the basis for rebuttal.

"Even if they did, what could they do? If Great Xia wants to take all the cities and places of Yunbo safely, and win the hearts of Yunbo's people, he can't stop the captives from crossing the river, let alone kill them! ”

"Then again, even if the Great Xia army doesn't agree, we can force the prisoners to cross the river. If the Great Xia army goes on a killing spree, although our goal cannot be achieved, we can still make Great Xia's reputation stink, and let the anger and the will to resist spread in the territory of Yunbo! It's a bonus, isn't it? ”

After listening to General Xu's explanation, the eyes of all the Qingqiu generals lit up.

Liu Yongtai thought for a while and nodded slowly.

"It's really a worthwhile idea. Just do it, even if it doesn't work, Ben Shuai has another alternative. ”

"General Xu, since this policy is proposed by you, then you are responsible for commanding, go and do it, hurry up!"

"No!"

General Xu looked overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and got off the high platform.

About an hour later, a large number of ragged and depressed Yunbo prisoners were caught up on the ship.

At the same time, a young Qingqiu general with a white flag behind his back flew to the center of the river and shouted loudly at the Great Xia army on the opposite bank.

"Listen to the people of Great Xia, my Qingqiu Dynasty has the virtue of a good life, and now we have decided to dismiss the Yunbo captives, so that they can return to their homeland to live in peace, don't stop them!"

Hearing the shouts, many of the Yunbo captives were stunned, a little incredulous.

The Qingqiu army is going to release them? Is this true or false?

Most people don't want to believe it, because they don't believe that people in Qingqiu would be so kind.

However, as they got on board and the Qingqiu soldiers removed their shackles, many people began to believe.

At this moment, the originally lifeless captives suddenly began to be restless, and their eyes reappeared with brilliance, which was the hope of returning to their homeland and regaining their freedom!

On the other side, the generals of Great Xia frowned.

"Meng Shuai, they are definitely uneasy and kind to do this! There must be a conspiracy in it! Can't let those captives cross the river! ”

"Yes, Meng Shuai, the people of Qingqiu will definitely not give up, the reason why they do this must be because they have a plan, we can't be fooled!"

"But how can we stop those Yunbo captives from crossing the river, will we be able to kill them on a large scale?"

"Regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, he will directly overturn all the boats crossing the river!"

"No! If we do this, it will inevitably arouse the resistance of the Yunbo army and civilians, which will not be conducive to our quick takeover of the Yunbo territory! ”

"So what do you say? We can't know that the other party has a conspiracy, and we still watch them go viral, right? ”

For a time, the generals held their own opinions and fought for red-facedness.

"Alright."

Meng Tian snorted coldly, and finally stopped arguing.

"The other party is doing this, nine times out of ten, he wants to hide Qingqiu's soldiers in it, so that he can get by."

The generals were shocked.

"Huh? This Qingqiu man is really cunning! ”

"Since that's the case, then you can't let them cross the river!"

Those who have a tough attitude will take the lead and speak out, and the other faction that was originally opposed is silent at this time.

It's just that Meng Tian shook his head.

"No, let them go!"

"Put?"

The generals were stunned and looked at Meng Tian in amazement.

"Put! But it needs to be conditionally put! Ben Shuai wants to let the people of Qingqiu steal chickens and rice! ”

Meng Tian said softly, with a playful sneer on his face.

……

Soon after, a large number of large and small boats with no end in sight began to cross the river.

As time passed slowly, both the Yunbo captives and the Qingqiu generals became nervous.

The reason why the former was nervous was naturally because they were afraid that the Great Xia army would kill them!

As for the latter, they were nervous, but they had some inexplicable expectations.

They feared that the Great Xia army would attack directly, because in this way, the people they sent out would suffer.

But at the same time, they secretly expected that if the Great Xia army really went on a killing spree, it would be tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall!

The power center of the Yunbo Dynasty has surrendered, and these are just innocent captives who have not fought against the Great Xia army.

If Great Xia goes on a killing spree, it will not only arouse the anger of Yunbo's soldiers and civilians, but also spread the notoriety all over the world, making others have more worries before surrendering!

Time passed in this oppressive and tense atmosphere, and when some of the ships crossed the river, the Great Xia army on the opposite bank suddenly opened their bows and arrows.

At the same time, a figure flew into the air.

"All the soldiers of Yunbo, listen, the Yunbo Dynasty has surrendered to my Great Xia, so from now on, you will be my people of Great Xia! Our soldiers welcome you back! ”

"However, it is likely that among you, there are some hidden evildoers. So, now take off all your shirts and wash your faces with river water! ”

"Rest assured, when we get ashore, we will provide new clothes and a sumptuous meal to prepare!"

"If someone doesn't comply, it proves that they are not all the way and are full of malice! If these people dare to come closer, our soldiers will shoot them immediately! ”

Hearing this person's shouting, the Yunbo captives did not resist, and they had a good impression of the attitude of the Great Xia army.

But on the other side, the generals of Qingqiu were dumbfounded.

"They... Guessed? ”

"And this simple way to deal with it? Why didn't I think of that?! ”

"What to do? It's hard to do now. ”

"Yes, all the Yunbo captives are yellow and thin, and their expressions are languishing, but our people are ruddy and full of energy, if you remove your clothes and wash off the disguise on your face, the difference can be seen at a glance!"

"What to do? Or let people withdraw it? ”

The generals talked a lot, wanting to order the disguised elite to withdraw, but they were unwilling, and they still had a little hope of getting through the trick, so they couldn't make up their minds for a while.

At the same time, the Yunbo captives had begun to undress and wash their faces, and the disguised Qingqiu elite had no choice but to follow suit.

As the ship at the front got closer and closer, thousands of golden iron horsemen suddenly rose into the air, divided into five layers, and spread their bows and arrows in mid-air.

"Centurions listen to orders! Divide the objectives according to the order of the military formation, and prepare! ”

The Great Xia general standing high in the air let out a loud shout, and after leaving ten breaths of time to prepare, he waved his big arm violently.

"Shoot!"

As soon as the military order was issued, thousands of arrows with faint fluorescent light shot out and rushed towards dozens of ships!

(End of chapter)