Chapter 308: The Crisis of the Royal Capital
Several old ministers frowned, very puzzled, based on this alone to make inferences, and also decided that there should be no intention to save the royal capital, it was too hasty.
However, Zhou Kun, as a great teacher, led many cultivators and suppressed many evils in the Jin Kingdom, and he had his own unique ability, and he was also old and steady, so it was impossible to be so hasty.
Wen Liang naturally knew what Zhou Kun was like, thought for a while, and asked, "Why did the great master say this?"
"Without them, the greedy demons of Qingfeng Town would have reached the county seat, and now the county town has long been reduced to ruins. Zhou Kun said solemnly.
Regarding the matter of Qingfeng Town's greedy demons, not many officials know about it, because although this matter is very large, it has not caused any substantial harm after all, only Wen Liang and a few people know, including Zhou Kun, the great master.
The officials who knew nodded in understanding, and those who didn't know heard that there was such a thing, and they were all shocked.
Wen Liang nodded, and said: "The matter of Qingfeng Town, they are really doing well, the great master means that they are also fighting the enemy now, but this time the situation is extraordinary-"
"Ying Wuxin has been practicing outside so far, and all the evil things he has experienced, the truth has all been excavated, and the only thing that is missing at present is only Gu Sanqing here. Zhou Kun said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, there was no Daozun in the county at that time, and the situation was even more severe than ours, but in the end, there were no casualties. β
Wen Liang was stunned for a moment, and was speechless for a while, and several other old ministers heard it, but they still felt that this matter was unreliable, Long Yuan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, should the forbidden army of the royal capital be mobilized?"
"The three armies were dispatched to guard the royal capital. Wen Liang said in a deep voice.
"Yes. Long Yuan, the chief eunuch, and the commander of the forbidden army bowed down together to receive the order, and then turned to leave.
In this regard, Zhou Kun did not have many surprises, just by virtue of a few words of his own, he made the great king give up resistance, that is obviously not a reality, even if His Majesty agrees, other courtiers will not agree, but this is not a good thing, because for Ying Wuxin them, in fact, Zhou Kun himself has no bottom in his heart, so he said that there is hope.
But there is hope, and the probability of this hope appearing is pitiful, and it is natural to be ignored.
"Newspaper. The monsters outside the city had already reached six miles, and there were four Dao Sects in front of them to open the way, and the defenses composed of many patrols were destroyed, and no one survived. β
Wen Liang let out a sigh of relief, "Let those people retreat, they will be killed like chickens slaughtered by the enemy, and they will lose the face of the Jin Kingdom." β
"Yes. β
Hearing the military report, the officials in the cabinet panicked, and their legs began to weaken again, and hundreds of thousands of monsters besieged the royal capital together, and the situation was terrifying when you thought about it.
"Report, the monster outside the city has reached five miles. β
"Report, the monster outside the city has arrived three miles away. β
"Report, the monster outside the city has arrived a mile away. β
"Newspaperβ"
Everyone's hearts hung in the air, ready to receive the worst news, but the content of the voice outside made everyone stunned.
"There are two Dao Sects who have dug hundreds of passages a mile outside the city, and the monsters have all drilled into them, and the Earth Element Dao Sect in the city is currently exploring, what are these monsters going to do?"
"What's going on? What are these monsters doing in the ground?" asked a few officials, puzzled, and the other officials were also full of doubts.
A military general thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, most of these monsters enter the underground to dig a passage from the underground and enter the royal capital. β
"The foundation under the walls of the royal capital is ten zhang deep, and there are many cultivators guarding it together, so these monsters shouldn't be able to enter. One of the officials said.
"If the passage is excavated, the White Tigers and the city defense army have a way to block them, they are afraid, they are not as simple as digging the passage. Zhou Kun said.
Just as everyone was thinking sadly, the sound of reporting sounded outside again.
"Report, the Dao Sect in the city has entered the investigation, and those monsters are eating the soil and advancing. β
"Eat soil?" The ministers were stunned for a while, a little unclear.
Zhou Kun's face changed drastically, and he said in a deep voice: "Damn, they actually used such a vicious strategy. β
"Your Majesty, these monsters should be specially cultivated earth eaters, once they enter the ground, they will eat soil all the way, hollowing out the mud foundation under the city wall, and no matter how strong the city wall is, it will collapse. β
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers changed drastically, and the strong city wall that they thought they could rely on just now was in danger of collapsing, which made them all have a deep sense of crisis.
Wen Liang also frowned, the biggest reliance on the defense of the royal capital is the city wall, once the city wall falls, hundreds of thousands of monsters rush in, the royal capital will inevitably be a mess, even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist such a fierce demon, not to mention, the enemy's spies, most of them still have rebels, they rush in, the king is in danger.
"Order the city defense army and the White Tiger team to defend the city wall, and they must be defended by me. Wen Liang got up and gritted his teeth.
Someone outside took the order to go, but in the cabinet, a group of officials understood in their hearts that it was useless to give this order, hundreds of thousands of earth devils and the army were all in the city, how to defend it?
Now that the Earth Eaters are hiding underground, they have an army of hundreds of thousands, and the attacks they can launch are very limited.
"Report, the army of the Tiger Killing Battalion has pulled out and is heading straight for the royal capital, and the 2,000 cavalry of the vanguard in front have arrived at the city of the royal capital and are clearing the obstacles around it. β
Bang.
Slamming the table, Wen Liang stood up, his face was gloomy and scary, and shouted angrily: "Chen Kill Hu, you traitor-"
The ministers panicked, this tiger killing battalion can be known for its strong combat power, among the many armies outside the city, it definitely belongs to the top three existences, and now they have become rebels, once they attack the royal capital, and cooperate with hundreds of thousands of monsters, the royal capital will become extremely difficult if they want to keep it.
Zhou Kun's face was also gloomy, and things were really going in the worst direction, and there was no room for recovery.
"It's time to prepare. An old voice rang in Wen Liang's ears.
Wen Liang gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, with a little sickly and weak pale cheeks, extreme resentment and unwillingness emerged, inheriting the throne of the most powerful Jin country in the world, originally wanted to show his ambitions and dominate the world, but now that he has not yet sat firmly in the seat, the royal capital has been broken by an unknown enemy.
If such a thing spreads, it will definitely become a joke in the world.
But compared with being ridiculed, Wen Liang obviously understands the current situation better, staying here, most of the time there is only a dead end, and as long as he leaves the royal capital, he still has an army in the Jin Kingdom, and now he is just being exploited by the enemy, and he is not well prepared in all aspects.
"Understood. Wen replied in his conscience.
After looking at the ministers below him, he said gently: "Change into civilian clothes, go out of the palace with me, and see what the situation in the royal capital is now?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed drastically, and everyone understood that His Majesty was going to abandon the king and flee for his life, although several old ministers wanted to persuade them, but thinking of the current situation, what His Majesty did today, they didn't have the courage to speak again.
"The minister obeyed. The old ministers agreed in a deep voice, their faces full of grief and reluctance, because they left like this, and their families obviously had no time to take them away.
Wen Liang left, and a moment later a eunuch brought in clothes and changed them for a few people.
When everything was over, the little eunuch took all the officials to the palace gate, and Wen Liang also changed into an ordinary silk robe, carrying a small package, and smiled gently: "Let's go." β
Several old ministers looked left and right, only two women dressed as men followed, it seemed that so many women in His Majesty's harem were going to be abandoned, and now they only brought a queen and the most beloved concubine.
The group went out of the palace gate and walked to the street of the royal capital, because the forbidden army started, the royal capital had already imposed a curfew, and no one was allowed to go out during the day, but when passing by some houses, Wen Liang could still see some frightened faces lying on the courtyard wall, frightened eyes.
All the way to the west gate of the city, Wen Liang stopped, and asked in his heart: "Ancestor, the west is not besieged, but I am afraid that there is also an ambush, we may not be safe to go here, it is better to go to the east, take advantage of the chaos to leave, there is an army to cover, the enemy may not be able to find out." β
"Whatever you want. The old man's voice said lightly, as Dao Zun protects his descendants, he doesn't care where he goes, as long as the descendants can live.
If he dies, it doesn't matter, there are many descendants, and finding another one to be the emperor will be the same result for him as a Daozun.
"Where's Wen Yu?" Wen Liang asked, turning around.
The eunuch who changed into ordinary clothes next to him replied: "The second prince went to the city defense office. β
Generally, with the new emperor ascending the throne, all the brothers and sisters of the new emperor will be divided, but after Wen Liang ascended the throne, he didn't do this, and he never gave his younger brother the title of prince, and used the original title of the second prince.
The specific meaning of this can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, this is Wen Liang forcing the second prince to submit to softness, and if he does not accept softness, he is still the second prince at the beginning, the prince's biggest competitor, and the biggest rival.
Because to this day, the second prince is still supported by the scholars in the Jin Kingdom, and his reputation is very high, and he is gentle and the emperor has no way to deal with this younger brother who almost became the emperor.
This has also become the most important thing in Wen Liang's heart, a disaster in his heart.
Hearing that his former opponents had gone up to the city wall and what he was going to do, Wen Liang naturally understood, gritted his teeth and scolded, turned around and left, "He can go, I can go." β
The ministers had no choice but to follow, Zhou Kun glanced at the city gate in front of him, and then looked at the sun gradually rising in the east, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Bang bang bang.
A violent explosion was already heard outside the city, and the city defense army began to attack the monsters.
Thundered.
The earth shook violently, and it was obvious that the cultivators in the city also began to attack the earth eaters, and for a while, there were screams in the city, and many people ran out in a panic, and were pushed back by the forbidden army.
The child's cry, the woman's scream, the man's helpless cry resounded in the courtyards of the streets along the way, and Wen Liang clenched his fists as he listened to their fearful and helpless cries.