"Can you tell me, then, why the other recruits are able to go about their normal work, while my brothers and I have to undergo inhuman training every day?"

Zhu Wei was unwilling to be rejected like this, he wanted to say inhuman torture, but finally changed his words.

The centurion listened to his words, his face was helpless, and he smiled bitterly and pointed to a few recruits passing by, "Look for yourself, they are like paper men, can they withstand high-intensity training?" ”

Zhu Wei followed his line of sight, he knew the physical condition of the recruits, but Rao was like this, and these were not reasons to torture them.

Listening to what he meant, was it their fault that he and his brothers were physically strong?

"After long-term high-intensity training, my brothers and I can't stand it!"

The centurion patted him on the shoulder with sympathy, "No matter how insistent everyone is, I will also report your situation to Lord Sima, but I can't guarantee you how to arrange it above, what do you think of this treatment?" ”

Zhu Wei sighed, "It can only be like this, Lord Sima will have to bother your lord to worry about us more." ”

The centurion nodded and looked at him with satisfaction: "This group of people in your village is really not simple, they are all sturdy, have a good body and have great righteousness, it is really rare. ”

"The other recruits are thin and weak, although the conscripts have entered the barracks, we still have to take care of their bodies during this time, so that we can properly increase the training tasks, this process will delay a lot of time, and we can't force them to come."

Zhu Wei: "."

If you can't force the other recruits to come, you will train their brothers to the death!

"Still." The centurion changed the topic and began to care about them again, "Although you have a good body, but the food in the barracks, I don't think it is as good as when you are at home, so in addition to your usual training, you should also pay attention to your body. ”

Zhu Wei didn't want to talk at this moment, they weren't rice buckets, they just didn't want to reduce the intensity of training a little.

——

The curtain is four, and the palace door is locked.

Jiankang spent the 80th day of the siege safely.

The siege of nearly 80 days did not cost people's lives, but it was extremely torturous.

In the first year of his accession to the throne, the new emperor was worried about internal strife and external worries, hoping that the sky would be auspicious, so he discussed with the ministers and changed the name of the year to Mingxi, and this year is the first year of Mingxi.

On the tenth day of the first month of March in the first year of Ming Xi, the emperor's bedroom in the Jiankang Palace was slightly lit, indicating that Emperor Ming Xi had fallen asleep early.

The personal eunuch who kept watch stood motionless three feet away from the dragon couch, and in the dead of night, the eunuch began to feel sleepy.

He felt a pair of yin owl eyes staring at him like a life-seeking Hades, and the night watchman woke up from his dream, and when he opened his eyes, he wanted to check Emperor Mingxi's sleeping situation, but he didn't want to directly face a pair of deep-set eyes, and his eyes stared at him for a moment.

"Ahhh

The night watchman was so frightened that he screamed directly!

The screams in the emperor's dormitory were definitely a terrifying thing in the middle of the night.

The cry of the night watchman had not yet fallen, and the door of the palace had been pushed open from the outside, and the eunuchs and imperial guards on duty outside all rushed in.

On duty outside tonight was Dai Yizi's eunuch named Dai Jie, who was the last to rush in, and because it was too crowded when he rushed in, he raised his hand to hold the three-mountain hat on his head, and looked at the frightened eyes of the eunuch on the night watch.

"What's going on? What's your name in the middle of the night? If you disturb the emperor because of this, you will be responsible for your death! ”

Speaking of the emperor, Dai Xie turned his head to look at the dragon couch, it doesn't matter what he sees, there is no one on the dragon couch!!

Dai Jie's heart jumped twice, and he unexpectedly looked at Emperor Mingxi's big sunken eyes.

"Your Majesty!" He raised his hand and wanted to cover his beating heart, but as soon as he raised his hand, he suddenly remembered that this action was inappropriate in front of the emperor.

He stepped forward smartly and quietly supported Emperor Mingxi, "Your Majesty, why did you go to the ground?" Is this minion disturbing your dreams? ”

Emperor Mingxi's skinny body seemed to be unloaded, and the weight of his whole body was pressed on Dai Jie's body.

The other eunuchs and imperial guards all took two steps back and stood still, seeing that the emperor was not in danger.

When he was about to turn around, Emperor Mingxi's shriveled lips said, "Pull it out and cut it!" ”

Emperor Mingxi's words made everyone present stunned for a moment.

The first to react was the imperial guards, who went forward and gagged the night vigil eunuch and escorted him out.

The rest of the imperial guards inspected the dormitory and found no danger before retreating.

When Emperor Mingxi sat down, he found that the back of his dirty clothes was wet, "Your Majesty, your clothes are sweaty, and the servants will help you change them." ”

Emperor Mingxi was uncomfortable, his lips were chapped, and most importantly, he had palpitations, the nightmare just now really scared him to death.

The rebels besieged the city, and after a few months, he slowly developed the habit of being haunted by nightmares every night, but whenever he fell asleep, he would be haunted by nightmares.

The scene I dreamed of every time was strikingly similar, and it was everyone's ending when Jiankang City was destroyed.

Such a nightmare entanglement made him nervous every day, and his body collapsed, and he lost weight visibly with the naked eye.

Now I've almost become a paper man!

Emperor Mingxi changed into dry clothes and leaned back, he patted the dragon couch under his buttocks, "Dai Jie, do you like this position under me?" ”

Dai Xie heard his sensitive words, and was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, a slave is cheap, and you will never dare to think about it if you give me 10,000 guts!" ”

Emperor Mingxi stared at the night outside the window, and said faintly: "You don't dare to think about it, the world is fascinated by supreme power, but I don't know that this position is the most fatal talisman in the world!" ”

Since sitting in this position, after the initial novelty, he feels that every day of his life is torment!

He thought about liberation, but he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to his ancestors and ancestors when he went underground, and it would be even more difficult to die and live, and this pain was tormenting him every day, making him worse than dead!

Substitution: "." He couldn't feel it, because he had already lost the opportunity!

It seemed that Emperor Mingxi didn't want him to answer, and he asked again: "Did the rebels outside the city attack the city today?" ”

Dai Xie looked out the window, "Your Majesty, the rebels besieged but did not attack during the day, and now that it is dark, they will not be stupid enough to attack the city late at night!" ”

"You all don't think they're stupid. Siege in the middle of the night? ”

Emperor Mingxi sat up suddenly, "Attack the city in the middle of the night!" Siege in the middle of the night! You all think they won't do it, but I dreamed."

Dai Xie couldn't understand why Emperor Mingxi suddenly became excited, "Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Mingxi ignored the explanation, and he shouted outside the door: "Someone! Come! ”

"Your Majesty!"

The imperial guards rushed in again, seeing that Emperor Mingxi was a little crazy, and his eyes showed doubts.

Emperor Mingxi stood barefoot and got to the ground, he pointed out the door, and couldn't wait to roar: "You go and inform the generals guarding the city to let them strengthen their vigilance, everyone don't sleep tonight, the rebels will attack the city tonight!" ”

Although the imperial guards did not know why the emperor knew that the rebels were attacking the city tonight, they did not prevent him from carrying out the emperor's orders.

After he left, Emperor Mingxi ordered the other guards to inform Zhu Chong, the chief soldier of the Gyeonggi battalion, and Lord Chen, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and asked them to lead people to the city wall overnight to assist in the defense with the generals defending the city.

After arranging the task, Emperor Mingxi found that his dirty clothes were sweaty again.

He leaned weakly on the dragon couch and let Dai Xie change his clothes for him.

The night was spent unharmed in the anxiety of the people, and the next morning, some courtiers were dissatisfied with the emperor's actions last night.

"Your Majesty, now that Jiankang City uses one day less grain and grass, do you know that last night the labor mobilized the people, and at least three more days of grain and grass were consumed?"

"Last night, the Gyeonggi camp and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division should not have been soldiers at all, which made the people in the city panic, which is not conducive to defending the city!"

Dai Yi reminded the ministers, "That's not called all the grass and trees are soldiers, that's called being prepared and taking precautions!" ”

Emperor Mingxi sat on the dragon chair and yawned, and Dai Yi, who was standing next to him, instantly understood his meaning.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!"

Lord Zhang, the head of the household department, gritted his teeth and took a step forward, "Your Majesty, now that Jiankang City has been holding out for nearly three months, the consumption of grain and grass has almost reached the limit, and the rebels outside the city have no signs of retreating; The grain in the granary in the city is only enough to last for half a month at most, so should we change three meals to two meals next? ”

Emperor Mingxi coughed a few times, and only then looked at Lord Zhang when he came over, "The whole city can't reduce the three meals of the soldiers in the city, the local official, are you an official for many years, and you don't know that the physical consumption can't keep up, and the soldiers will not have the strength to kill the enemy?" ”

"This" Lord Zhang's face was ugly, and this kind of thankless errand was difficult to implement.

"Okay, defending the city is a big deal, so the magistrate should arrange it quickly."

After Emperor Mingxi finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the apse, not giving the courtiers a chance to refute.

Mr. Zhang: "."

He looked at the official Shangshu next to him and shook his head: "Grain and grass are such a big thing, the emperor actually chose to escape." ”

The official Shangshu sighed: "The character is like this, even if he wants to be responsible, it is difficult, and a strong character is not suitable for everyone!" ”

That night, Emperor Mingxi had the same dream again, Jiankang City was broken, and the rebels attacked the palace, forcing him to have no way to escape, and was pierced through the heart by the rebel leader Qin Lang

Emperor Mingxi was drenched in cold sweat and woke up from his nightmare, gasping for breath, with a bad premonition lingering in his heart.

"The nightmare of the broken city began to dream last night, last night the head was cut off, today the heart was pierced, tomorrow is the dream of being beheaded in half?"

This bad premonition has been haunting his heart, so that he will never sleep again.

The eunuch who kept vigil brought a cup of warm water for Emperor Mingxi to drink, and then waited for him to change into his sweaty clothes.

"Knock knock!"

Dense drumming traveled far from the night sky.

The sound of the drums seemed to hit the tips of everyone's hearts.

When Emperor Mingxi heard the sound of the drum, his brain was buzzing, and his body couldn't help but tremble, "Big Companion, what's going on outside?" ”

Dai Yi was on duty tonight, and when he heard Emperor Mingxi's voice, he walked in quickly.

"Back to the emperor, this is the drum on the city wall, it should be that the rebels outside the city are attacking the city again, what is the specific situation will wait for the news to come in from outside!"

Even if there is speculation, Dai Yi has dealt with the emperor for decades, and his cautious personality makes him not to say his guesses.

The news from the city wall quickly came in, and sure enough, as Dai Yi guessed, the rebels outside the city launched a general attack on the city tonight.

The momentum is unprecedented!

Emperor Mingxi's face changed suddenly, regardless of his weak body, he walked around the hall, muttering, "How can this be?" How so? The dream of halving has not been finished, why did the rebels attack the city again? Are they really going to break the net with me? ”

If Qin Lang knew his thoughts, he must have sneered, it is possible for the fish to die, but the net will not break!

"Your Majesty, calm down and rest for a while, otherwise your body won't be able to stand it!" Reminder of righteousness.

After his reminder, Emperor Mingxi realized that his hands and feet were weak, and he was indeed tired.

"Companion, pass on the decree, let the palace doors in the palace be closed, the palace people are not allowed to move around without an edict, and those who resist the decree will be beheaded!"

"Then pass the decree, let the Gyeonggi battalion and the five city soldiers and horses go up to the city wall to defend against the enemy! Those who do not listen to orders will be killed! ”

The order was issued, and everyone in the palace could only wait for news from the front line.

Emperor Mingxi has never been out of Gyeonggi in his life, and since he fled to Jiankang, he was also protected throughout the whole process.

A man who has not experienced strong winds and waves has a cowardly personality and is not suitable for being a king.

Just like Emperor Mingxi's current situation.

He was blind to the strength of the forces in each city, and the specific situation of the rebels outside the city could only be communicated through letters.

In Jiankang City, it was not only the palace that paid attention to the battle situation, but the people of the whole city were waiting for the good news of repelling the enemy.

It's just that the east is spitting white, and the smoke outside the city is still filling.

Emperor Mingxi pinched his eyebrows and held on all night, he was too tired!

"Your Majesty, after the night, it should be that the rebels have retreated, can you rest with some liquid food?" Dai Yi sent someone to the Imperial Kitchen to bring some simple breakfast.

"Then eat some." Emperor Mingxi felt a little hungry, so he waved his hand and said, "Except for the big companion, you all go out." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not good, Your Majesty, the rebels have attacked!"

At this moment, the eunuch on duty outside the door ran in in a panic: "The rebels are attacking Xihuamen with the main force, and the combined soldiers and horses of several parties are not the opponent of the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the rebels!" ”

"What?!"

Emperor Mingxi got up abruptly and looked out sharply, and then he looked at Dai Yi again.

The other eunuchs all lowered their heads in horror, not daring to look at Xia Jing.

Dai Yi reminded him: "Your Majesty, at present, we should block or lock several doors out of the palace, so as to delay the rebels from attacking the palace!" ”

Emperor Mingxi came back to his senses with a stir, "Come on, spread my will, the Praetorian Guard is divided into five teams, one team protects the emperor, and the other teams guard the four palace gates!" If the Gyeonggi camp and the Five Cities Terracotta Division come to defend the palace, let them defend outside the gate! ”

The moment of life and death is coming, but I don't know who loses and who wins?

Dayu's soldiers and horses fought and retreated, and when they retreated to the gate of the palace at noon, they found that the gate was closed, and no one in the palace opened the door for them.

I can only watch as the soldiers who are left behind are killed by the enemy!

Which tragic scenes directly stimulated the hearts of the soldiers, but the people in the noon gate were indifferent to them!

Chilling!

(End of chapter)