It was getting brighter.

In the morning light, the rebels retreated like the black pressure of the low tide towards the moat, leaving corpses and discarded armor and weapons all over the ground.

Large sections of the moat had been filled in, and the blood and water had infiltrated the mud and sand, paving the stumps and broken limbs, and leaving a few mottled arrow marks on the city walls, but fortunately, the casualties of the defending soldiers were limited.

In the second half of the night, hundreds of catapults were brought from the military camp outside the city, and the fire of the crossbows on the tower was suppressed, allowing the rebels to attack close to the city walls.

At the moment of crisis, the Baban Dragon and Snake Array exerted unimaginable power, and the light and shadow of the dragon and snake rose and fell one after another, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, rolling up the rebels who climbed the ladder and strangling, greatly reducing the pressure on the soldiers defending the city.

After several sieges, the imperial city remained immovable, which also made Qi Longxiang and Xiang Ran sigh in vain.

The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard on the city tower cheered and cheered, laughing and scolding at the retreating soldiers below, as if they were celebrating a festival.

Geng Tian's mood did not dare to relax at all, he knew that Qi Longxiang was powerful, the several sieges at night were just to test the defensive strength of the imperial city, the rebels were far from really exerting their strength, and the hard bloody battle was still to come.

At this time, a confidant soldier hurried up to the city tower and whispered a few words in Geng Tian's ear.

Geng Tian looked happy and said to Xiang Yu: "Your Highness, please follow me to the Jade Pavilion as soon as possible." ”

Xiang Yu was shocked when he heard this, and was about to ask carefully, but he heard Geng Tian pass the voice into the secret and said: "Your Majesty is back!"

Xiang Yu was pleasantly surprised: "You mean ......?"

Geng Tian immediately interrupted her words and reminded: "Your Majesty is seriously injured, this matter still needs to be kept secret, Your Highness will know when you go to the Jade Pavilion!"

The two of them went down to the city tower and rushed to the Jade Pavilion with a team of personal guards.

When he came to the outside of the Jade Pavilion, a little eunuch greeted him and said, "The slave knocks on Her Royal Highness the princess and the Geng overseer!"

Xiang Yu recognized that this little eunuch was Qian Bao, the son of Song Guangyi, and asked in a low voice, "Where is my father and how is his injury?"

Qian Baocheng said in fear: "How did the slave know? It's just that on the order of Gonggong Song, I am here to greet Her Royal Highness the princess and Governor Geng. ”

Geng Tian couldn't see the gist, and urged: "Don't lead us to see Gonggong Song yet!"

Qian Bao hurriedly responded, got up and walked to the Jade Pavilion and said, "Please come with Her Royal Highness the Princess and Inspector Geng!"

There are two layers of courtyards before and after the jade pavilion, the wall in the front yard is engraved with the picture of the dragon playing with the phoenix, and the two pairs of dragon eyes and phoenix eyes are shining in the morning light.

Walking around the wall, as soon as he entered the main hall of the Jade Pavilion, he saw Song Guangyi waiting there.

Although he is a eunuch, he is Xiang Yi's personal confidant, and he has served in the palace for many years, and he is unwilling to slack off in front of him with the authority of Geng Tian's overseer, so he clasped his fists and saluted: "Gonggong Song!"

Song Guangyi is kind and kind-eyed, and he is quite popular in the palace, and Xiang Yu is often close to him on weekdays, so he said: "Father-in-law Song, what is the matter with my father?"

Song Guangyi replied while leading the two inside: "Your Majesty is extremely injured, so I have to invite the two of you to meet here." The old slave has already invited the imperial doctor Gu, and Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't need to worry too much. ”

Xiang Yu frowned and said, "Father is so seriously injured, why don't you stay by his side?"

Song Guangyi smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know Your Majesty's temperament, he ordered the old slave to wait here for Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Geng Overseer, who dares to disobey?"

"Really?!" Xiang Yu faintly felt a strange feeling in his heart, shook his head and said: "Gonggong Song has always been cautious, but he has never left his post without permission. ”

Geng Tian's heart swept through the cold, and he quietly pressed the handle of the knife and said, "Gonggong Song, where is Your Majesty?!"

"Bang!" the door slammed shut, and the light in the hall suddenly became dark and gloomy.

"Hmm-" The secret doors on both sides of the main hall opened together, and more than a dozen eunuchs poured out, either holding bows and crossbows or staring coldly, surrounding Geng Tian and Xiang Yu in the middle.

Xiang Yu was taken aback, and his mind turned angry and said, "Gonggong Song, you dare to rebel?"

Song Guangyi's face was frosty, as if he had changed someone, and he didn't pay attention to Xiang Yu's scolding, and said to Geng Tiandao: "Hand over the secret key of the formation eye of the Eight Dragon and Snake Great Array!"

Geng Tian quickly calmed down after a burst of anger, protected Xiang Yu with a horizontal knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Song Guangyi, betraying Your Majesty is a big crime to destroy the Nine Clans, have you thought about it?!"

Song Guangyi sneered: "I am a person who is a great witch and have never been loyal to Xiang Yi, so where did I betray him?"

Xiang Yu never dreamed that the closest servant by his father's side would actually be Tang Yan's undercover agent, and his pretty face turned red and scolded angrily: "Despicable!"

Song Guangyi didn't think so, and didn't take Xiang Yu in his eyes at all, staring at Geng Tiandao: "Hand over the secret key of the Eight Dragon and Snake Great Array, I will protect you from death!"

Geng Tian shook his head and said, "The secret key is not on me!"

He thought about countermeasures while delaying, the soldiers he brought were all outside the Jade Pavilion, even if they were not restrained by Song Guangyi's cronies, they were far from quenching their thirst.

Not to mention Song Guangyi's cultivation and his uncle, with only the dozens of fierce and vicious eunuchs around him, he didn't have the slightest confidence that he could protect Xiang Yu and make the Jade Pavilion.

Song Guangyi said: "It's okay, Supervisor Geng only needs to tell me the location of the secret key, and he will send someone to pick it up." ”

Geng Tiandao: "Except for Your Majesty, only I can enter that place!"

Song Guangyi smiled very kindly and said, "Very good, I'll go with you to get it." The princess stays here, and if she wants to live, Don't play tricks with the Geng Overseers. ”

Geng Tian secretly screamed badly, and when he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard Xiang Yu ask: "Gonggong Song, these eunuchs under you are also witch cult believers?"

Song Guangyi said proudly: "That's nature!"

Xiang Yu smiled and said, "That's very good!" took out an object from his sleeve and held it high and said, "Witch Sect disciple kneel down and listen to orders!"

Song Guangyi changed color and said, "Witch King Order!"

This decree is a symbol of the supreme authority of the witchcraft, waiting for the great witch to come in person. As long as he holds the Witch King Decree, even if it is a three-year-old doll, his words and deeds are like the sound of the Imperial Decree, and even the leaders of the four major guardians have to obey.

Song Guangyi was stunned and disobeyed, but when he thought of the fate of disobeying the witch king's order, he couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp.

"Kneel!" Xiang Yu saw the color change on Song Guangyi's face, gritted his teeth and raised the Witch King Order and shouted.

Song Guangyi stared at Xiang Yu resentfully, knelt down helplessly, and said, "Disciple Song Guangyi pays a visit to the commander of the order. ”

The surrounding eunuchs saw Song Guangyi kneeling, and they also knelt down and said, "Meet the commander." ”

Xiang Yu didn't know if he would comply, if he ordered Song Guangyi to commit suicide, the dead eunuch would comply, so he was afraid that he would have a long night and many dreams, so he said in a low voice: "General Geng, let's go!"

Geng Tian nodded, escorted Xiang Yu and retreated to the hall door.

Seeing that Xiang Yu and Geng Tian were about to get out of control step by step towards the hall door, Song Guangyi gritted his teeth and said with a fierce look: "If I let Xiang Yu and Geng Tian go and ruin the plan, Da Wu Zhu will definitely refuse to spare him, and his parents and brothers will also be implicated, and life is better than death." Rather than being a death like this, it is better to fight for your life, kill Xiang Yu and apologize for his crimes, and the great witch wishes me to be loyal and will treat my family well!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly bounced up from the ground and said, "Do it, kill!"

Those eunuchs were Song Guangyi's sworn friends who had been cultivated for many years, and they were ordered to obey the gods, and immediately subconsciously set up a bow and crossbow to shoot at Xiang Yu and Geng Tian.

"Boom, Boom—" The bolts flickered, and the brilliance of the runes shot out like a storm.

Xiang Yu was taken aback and shouted, "Song Guangyi, you dare to disobey the order?!"

Geng Tian reacted faster, used himself as a meat shield to block in front of Xiang Yu, waved his knife and fired a crossbow arrow: "Your Highness, go quickly!"

Song Guangyi broke the cauldron and cast a witch spell to blast Geng Tiandao: "None of you can leave, everyone will die together!"

"Click!" Black lightning tore through the void, and the sound was fierce.

Geng Tian had to block the crossbow arrows and parry the lightning, but he was tired of coping with the loss, and finally Baimi Yishu was shot in the left rib by the crossbow arrow. Although it is protected by body protection and close soft armor, the runes blessed on the crossbow arrows are not ornaments, and the blood is suddenly gushing like a spring.

His heart sank and said: "Could it be that I really want to die here today? I don't care if I die, if Her Royal Highness the princess has a bad pool, Geng will die and will not be redeemed!"

At this moment of life and death, the door of the hall behind the two suddenly opened, and the dazzling glow shone into the hall, shaking everyone's eyes, and the shadows saw two people standing outside the hall.

"Empress, King Wen?!"

Song Guangyi's expression seemed to be alive, and he looked at the two figures outside the hall door like a chicken.

The queen is just that, he has already indicated his identity to kill Xiang Yu Gengtian is to kill, and one more Concubine Yu is also killed. But King Wen Fan Jian is very different, this old cultivator and Qi Longxiang have always been far superior to themselves, not to mention that he and Yu Yu Youyan will come alone?

Sure enough, a team of Tiger Ben Army warriors poured in outside the hall door, and without saying a word, they launched a strong bow and crossbow to shoot at the eunuchs in the hall.

The screams in the hall were incessant, and in an instant, Song Guangyi's henchmen fell to the ground and died, leaving him alone and shivering.

Xiang Yu threw himself into Yu Yu's arms and shouted, "Queen Mother!"

Geng Tian escaped death and pulled out the crossbow arrow under his ribs, and said with a smile: "Gonggong Song, what else do you have to say?"

Song Guangyi fell to his knees and shouted in his mouth: "Great Wu Zhu, the lowly and incompetent have a heavy trust!" Black blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and he actually bit and smashed the poison pill hidden in his mouth, and in the blink of an eye, he died of poison and fell to death.

Xiang Yu couldn't care about Song Guangyi's life or death, and asked anxiously: "Queen Mother, where is my father?"

Yu Yu was just about to answer, but Fan Jian was the first to respond loudly: "Your Majesty has heard that Tang Yanqi Longxiang has rebelled, and has rushed to the Fengshan camp to mobilize troops and horses, and you can put down the rebels in a hurry!"

As soon as these words came out, the joy in and outside the hall was thunderous and deafening, as if everyone had seen the dawn of victory.

(End of chapter)