Chapter 312: The Fisherman

Yin Xuan scoffed at the vigilance of the Son of Heaven.

Obviously, the majesty of his father Yin Jiao smashing the Tianshu Pagoda with one palm will become a legend, and anyone who is an enemy of the Yin family must be vigilant enough in the air and guard against the earth-shattering blow that falls from the sky.

That's a good thing, it's always a good thing to have your opponent be a bird of surprise and be on the defensive mentally.

Yin Xuan didn't have that kind of strength, and in the face of the heavily guarded mobile palace, he didn't have the ability to break the enemy with one palm. He flew to the top of the Son of Heaven's head, on the one hand, to show his own existence, and on the other hand, to inspect the Son of Heaven's arrangement.

When he was young, the Son of Heaven also lived in the army for more than ten years and had some experience in warfare. However, commanding an army of 900,000 was a bit too complicated for him. It is impossible for him to be able to command as he wishes.

Even with Yin Xuan's experience, he could see that the Son of Heaven's formation was vain, and it was not vulnerable at all.

He flew slowly northwest and landed on a hill covered with green trees.

Xiahou Mengde, a small and stocky tiger general, sat on a boulder, holding up a clairvoyant, looking at the outpost of the army that had just appeared on the horizon in the distance. Hearing the sound of Yin Xuan's wings falling to the ground, he chuckled, handed the clairvoyance to his eldest son Xiahou Huan, and stood up.

"Major General, how's that?"

"Bluffing is nothing more than a piece of fat to be sent to the general. Yin Xuan strode up and bowed respectfully. Although Xiahou Mengde was a head shorter than him, with a hippie smile, and he didn't look very majestic, he knew very well that this Hubu general was definitely a ruthless person.

"Where, where. Xiahou Mengde shook his head again and again, leading Yin Xuan to the boulder. The pen and ink have been placed on the boulder, and Yin Xuan is not polite, lifting the pen and saying. While writing and drawing on paper. It didn't take long for a marching map to appear in front of Xiahou Mengde.

"Please take the general's axe. Yin Xuan washed his hands in the basin brought by the guard, and said politely.

Xiahou Mengde held his chin in front of his chest with one hand and his chin in the other, staring at the marching map for a long time. "In the opinion of the young general, how to attack?"

Yin Xuan laughed and didn't shirk. "Harassing guerrillas before and after, luring the enemy deep, and using tigers and leopards to ride straight through the Chinese army. If the general needs it, I can lead three thousand Xuan Eagle Guards to launch a surprise attack from the air. Pin down the Chinese army. ”

Xiahou Mengde glanced at Yin Xuan and laughed.

"Thank you, General, for your kindness. The young general came to watch the battle and march, I am already grateful, how can I work for the major general to take action in person. Please take a break here for the young general, and the old man will accompany the young general to play a game. ”

Yin Xuan also smiled. "Dare to disobey. ”

……

A day later, the Son of Heaven received a reply from Xiahou Mengde: Xiang Shang's head of the edict messenger.

The Son of Heaven was furious and ordered the whole army to speed up, making sure to break the Hubu Army and cut off the head of Xiahou Mengde. to set the record straight.

At the sound of an order, the army distributed within a radius of hundreds of miles began to accelerate its advance, and for a while, the flag was unfurled. The dragon roars.

A day later, the front army was blocked by the Tiger Infantry Legion. However, in front of the well-armed and murderous Golden Army. The generals of these Tiger Infantry Legions did not hold out for long, and after only one hour, they threw down their positions and thousands of corpses. Retreat quickly.

The former army generals arranged for people to pursue while reporting to the Son of Heaven. Although the Son of Heaven was happy, he had not lost his mind, and asked the former army general to advance cautiously and not to break away from the Chinese army, so as not to go deep alone and fall into an ambush.

There were more and more battles large and small, and the front army fought successively, pursuing more than 500 miles forward in a few days, approaching the base camp of the Hubu Army.

As the news of the victory of the former army continued to come, the mood of the Son of Heaven became better and better. The battle was as he expected, although the Tiger Infantry Legion also had a million troops, but in front of the most elite Golden Legion in the empire, Xiahou Mengde had no power to fight back at all.

The optimism of the Son of Heaven influenced his generals, and they all fought for the most important feat: the opportunity to kill Xiahou Mengde.

The speed of the march increased sharply, and the distance between the front army and the middle army became farther and farther, and even the left and right armies increased their speed, and they couldn't wait to rush to the battlefield of the decisive battle. The speed of the Chinese army was not fast, and even if the dragon and the long-haired giant elephant were whipped to the point of mooing, the heavy mountain of palace chariots could not keep up with the rapid pace of advance.

Unconsciously, the two ribs of the Chinese army were exposed.

At the beginning, the Son of Heaven also issued several orders in succession, asking the two wings of the army to control the speed and ensure safety, but later, as the war progressed smoothly and the front line was frequently reported, he could not care about these things.

The front and rear dispatch of the 900,000 army had already kept him busy, and the military newspapers delivered to the desk every day were like a tide, drowning his last trace of vigilance.

On a cold morning when the wind was howling, when Tianzi finally dragged himself from the arms of his young and beautiful concubine with bloodshot eyes open and with great effort, he heard the faint roar of tigers and leopards.

"What's going on, where did the beast come from?"

"Your Majesty, it's a tiger and a leopard ride!" a Lang official rushed in, his face frightened.

The Son of Heaven was taken aback, turned over and jumped up, and rushed out of the room without bothering to put on his clothes.

For a moment, he was dumbfounded.

In the pale yellow meadows, under the rolling dark clouds, there are fierce beasts all over the mountains, and at the front are groups of colorful tigers, followed by leopards covered with money patterns.

The tiger descended the mountain, unstoppable, and one after another rushed wildly, easily knocking down the centaur knight who stepped forward to intercept him. In front of these behemoths, the strong centaur knight had no resistance at all, was torn to shreds, and bit his throat off. Screams rang out and blood splattered.

The Tigers tore through the line and quickly widened the gap.

The leopard followed, rushing at an even faster speed towards the tiger benlang who was waiting for him. The members of the Tiger Benlang are also powerful lifelines such as tigers and leopards, regardless of super beasts such as saber-toothed tigers. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was in danger, they did not hesitate to transform and roared to meet them.

For a time, thousands of fierce beasts fought around the palace chariot of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven stood on the palace car, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead.

In terms of physical elements, the tiger Benlang and the centaur Yulin are stronger than the tiger and leopard cavalry, and in terms of combat skills, they are all trained by the Heavenly Sword Academy, which can be said to be the place where the masters of the empire are most concentrated. But in front of the tiger and leopard riders, they are very passive. Not only was the reaction a beat slower, but the will to fight was also obviously insufficient, and he was forced to retreat step by step by the tiger and leopard horseman.

The Son of Heaven scolded. These tiger ben and feather forests are pampered, they eat too well, their bodies are full of fat, they look majestic, and they are as stupid as pigs when they really fight. They can only be honor guards, but they are not qualified warriors.

"Immediately launch a circle and shoot these rebels. The Son of Heaven hissed and roared. The original calm and composure disappeared without a trace in the face of life and death.

"Your Majesty, immediately send an edict to all armies to shrink, and it is important to protect Your Majesty's safety. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he woke up like a dream, and immediately ordered someone to beat the war drum, ordered the front and rear armies to return to help, and at the same time commanded the Chinese army to counterattack with all their might.

It's a pity that Xiahou Mengde didn't give him any chance, he commanded the Hubu Legion. Attacks were launched from all directions, interspersed and divided, entangled the armies, and prevented them from supporting the Son of Heaven. And put all the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry into battle, desperately attacking, the Chinese army of the Son of Heaven.

Each side commanded nearly a million armies, fighting on the battlefield within a radius of hundreds of miles.

On the level of command at this level. The Son of Heaven obviously could not be compared with Xiahou Mengde, who had been promoted step by step by virtue of his military exploits, and it didn't take long for him to find that the front and rear armies had lost contact. Immediately afterwards, the left and right armies also fell into bitter battles, and they could not spare their hands to rescue the Chinese army.

The Son of Heaven was so angry that in the face of more and more tigers and leopards, he activated the magic circle on the palace chariot and shot a dense number of arrows, but he still couldn't stop the fierce attacks of the tigers and leopards. Herds of tigers and leopards surrounded the palace chariot, and in front of the Son of Heaven, the tiger Benlang and Yulin cavalry, who regarded him as dependent, were slaughtered, leaving only the lonely palace chariot.

When night fell, the battlefield slowly subsided, Xiahou Mengde and Yin Xuan came together, boarded the palace car, and stood in front of the Son of Heaven.

Xiahou Mengde waved his hand, and an entourage put wine and meat on it.

"You've been hungry for a day, haven't you?" Xiahou Mengde smiled, as happy as if he had seen an old friend. "Would you like a drink?"

The Son of Heaven looked at Xiahou Mengde, and then looked at the wine and meat on the case. "Xiahou Mengde, aren't you afraid of the Zhulian Nine Clans?"

"Why should I be afraid?" Xiahou Mengde laughed: "Can your edict still be sent to Xianyang?

"Why doesn't anyone carry out my edict?" the Son of Heaven forced his composure and shouted angrily: "The queen is still in Xianyang, as long as my edict arrives, tens of thousands of people in the Xiahou family will fall to the ground." ”

"Innocent!" Xiahou Mengde raised his wine glass, and someone immediately poured him a glass of wine. He took a sip of it. "There are less than 500,000 soldiers left in Xianyang, but what we have to face is the siege of four million border troops, how long can the queen hold out as a woman?"

He glanced at the Son of Heaven and said with a smile: "Do you think these tens of thousands of captives in my hands can be exchanged for my people? Will those courtiers be willing to sacrifice their children to avenge you because I am a rebel?"

The face of the Son of Heaven darkened, and the last glimmer of hope was dashed.

The generals in the Golden Legion are all sons of powerful people. With these hostages in hand, the ministers of the DPRK and China will not insist on justice. That's right, there are nearly 500,000 Praetorian Guards in Xianyang, but can these Praetorian Guards hold Xianyang, it is because he deliberately picked the remaining old and weak.

The Great Qin Empire is over. It was only at this time that the Son of Heaven realized why Yin Congzhou and the others agreed so happily.

Xiahou Mengde turned his head to look at the old eunuch who had been hunched over, and walked in front of him with his hands behind his back. "Do you want to continue to stay and serve the Son of Heaven, or do you want to defend the dignity of the Son of Heaven with your death? ”

The old eunuch slowly straightened up, but he didn't look at Xiahou Mengde, his gaze crossed Xiahou Mengde's head and looked at the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven waved his hand: "Forget it, even if you die in battle, it won't help, so let's stay with me." ”

"Only!" the old eunuch replied, and slowly bowed down.

Xiahou Mengde raised his fingers and struck the old eunuch a few times. The old eunuch's face showed a look of pain, and the look in his eyes quickly dimmed, and the wrinkles deepened. But he didn't say a word, turned around and helped the Son of Heaven up, and walked under the palace car.

Xiahou Mengde sighed lightly: "I didn't expect a dignified son of heaven to be as backbone as a eunuch in the end." If it were me, I'd rather die now. ”

Yin Xuan smiled. "If he has half of the general's means, who else would dare to disagree?

Xiahou Mengde smiled slightly: "If it weren't for General Yingyang, I wouldn't dare now." He turned to look at the palatial palace car. "My admiration for General Yingyang is like a mountain and a river, and I can't express it, so I will dedicate this palace car and the Son of Heaven to General Yingyang, how about it? When General Yingyang enters Xianyang, if you can leave me a place on the side of the car, I will be satisfied. ”

Yin Xuan couldn't help but laugh. "General, I have long known that you are like a god in your army, but I didn't expect you to have such scheming. 900,000 Golden Army, you swallowed it in one bite and didn't let us get a piece of the pie, but you handed over the Son of Heaven and the palace car to me, do you want to roast my father and son on the fire?"

Xiahou Mengde smiled. "I can't think of anyone else in the world other than General Ying Yang who is qualified to ride in this car. ”

Yin Xuan smiled and said nothing.

……

A goshawk sent the news of the annihilation of the Golden Legion and the capture of the Son of Heaven to Xianyang.

Xianyang was in turmoil.

The Empress immediately ordered martial law, but found that it was useless, and almost no one listened to her orders except for the Praetorian Guards who guarded the palace. She ordered to ask Meng Zili, the national teacher of Tianrong Academy, to discuss, but Meng Zili did not show up for a long time.

Ying Ziqing came and brought bad news to the queen: almost all the ministers rushed to the Tiance Academy.

The queen sat for a long time, helpless.

When she knew that it was the goshawk who sent the news, she knew who was the mastermind behind it. When the Son of Heaven rushed to the northwest, the Yin family had plenty of time to contact the courtiers, and everyone knew that this day would come, but they didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would be defeated in a battle, and the 900,000 army would be wiped out.

The battle was fought by General Hubu, but the person who commanded General Hubu was General Yingyang.

Now, there is Yin Congzhou, the national teacher of the Tiance Academy, in the Yin family, and General Ying Yang, who holds most of the empire's troops, who else can resist his pace?

Perhaps, without waiting for him to come to Xianyang, the throne of Afang Palace will change his surname.

"Your Highness, the only way to do this now is to ask the national teacher to come forward to preside over the plan, and maybe there is a glimmer of opportunity. ”

"Meng Guoshi?" the queen sneered: "He still has the power to return to heaven?"

"Your Highness, although the northern border has fallen, the southern border is still stable. The Meng family has always been loyal to the imperial court, and the Meng family will not be willing to bow down to the suburbs. With the Dragon Xiang Legion and the Phoenix Dance Legion in hand, plus the Seven Princes and Seven Princesses, at least half of the country can be kept. ”

The queen suddenly realized, but she was even more angry. "It turns out that he wants to be a fisherman, waiting for me to beg him. The Meng family is really a loyal minister of Great Qin. ”

Ying Ziqing kowtowed again and again-

(To be continued......)