Chapter 168: Anti-thief ambush
The situation in front of him has already been completely out of Zhao Rui's control.
At first, the army in his hands was twice as large as that of the Eastern Emperor, and if you count Dai Bin's support, it would be more than three times.
This kind of lineup, relying on life for life, can play the Eastern Emperor to death.
However, instead of helping, the hundreds of thousands of troops that should have belonged to him became the people of the Emperor of the East......
Zhao Rui now has less than 300,000 troops on hand, and this number is still decreasing rapidly, and the people who are still alive are also shaken.
How can these people alone deal with an enemy who is several times larger than their own?
Zhao Rui still underestimated the Eastern Emperor, he didn't even know how the Eastern Emperor did this.
But in between, all his arrangements turned into a joke.
"God won't help me, God won't help me!" Zhao Rui shouted wildly in the sky.
At this moment, the Eastern Emperor gave another order.
"The generals of Northern Xinjiang obeyed the order, and now they lay down their arms, and they can still be exempted from capital crimes! I don't want to see the people of Fengyun Kingdom killing each other, Zhao Rui is the mastermind, why do you suffer from him?"
This order undoubtedly drove Zhao Rui into the abyss completely.
At this time, the soldiers who were still under Zhao Rui's command had been sharply reduced from nearly 300,000 to more than 200,000.
Because of the other party's internal and external attacks, these people are miserable, many of them are regrets and despair, do we really want to die so worthless?
But the Emperor of the East actually gave them a chance again.
As a result, even some of Zhao Rui's henchmen laid down their weapons and abandoned the darkness to the light.
They knew very well that the Emperor of the East would definitely not give a third chance.
Zhao Rui saw his subordinates surrender one by one, and he vomited blood on the spot.
"Waste, rice buckets, rats! When the Jiangtai army presses the border, isn't the old dog in the East certain to die?"
Zhao Rui is really crazy.
He actually knew very well in his heart that he was finished.
Even if Prince Guang can capture the palace and take the national capital, even if Jiang Tai can successfully enter the customs, even if Fengyun really changes the dynasty in the end, it has nothing to do with him Zhao Rui.
Because before the change of dynasty in Fengyun Kingdom, Zhao Rui was enough to die several times.
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The Eastern Emperor, Chu Yun and others on the city tower had already begun to discuss and chat.
"Your Majesty, there are not many people under Zhao Rui who still don't surrender, and all that's left is to put the finishing touches on it. Song Jie said respectfully.
The Eastern Emperor was very sorry and said bitterly: "I tried my best to reduce my losses, but I still sacrificed so many people, alas. ”
"All these are the sins of the traitors. If it weren't for His Majesty, the damage would have only increased. There was some hatred in Chu Hongwang's voice.
He didn't know how many soldiers in the northern Xinjiang had died innocently because of Zhao Rui's conspiracy.
"Zhao Rui, this person, must let General Chu kill him with his own hands, in order to comfort the original 100,000 souls. The Eastern Emperor sighed again.
Then, Chu Yun handed a bow to Chu Hongwang.
"Do you want an arrow?"
Chu Yun glanced at Zhao Rui below.
At this time, Zhao Rui was constantly besieged, covered in blood, and was seriously injured.
Chu Hongwang took the bow and arrow, stretched out the bow, and finally put the bow down again: "Forget it, most of the people below are ours, Zhao Rui's death is a foregone conclusion, if my arrow goes down, it will not be good if it hits ordinary soldiers." ”
"You guy, are you so unconfident in your own arrows?" Chu Yun teased.
"Don't underestimate Zhao Rui......" Chu Hongwang's heart was a little desolate.
Although the traitor will die, those innocent soldiers who died will not wake up again.
In the process of Chu Hongwang putting down his bow and arrows, Song Jie and the Eastern Emperor discussed a few words in a whisper.
Afterwards, Song Jie shouted from the upper floor of the early city: "Capture the thief alive, seal the marquis of ten thousand households! Capture the general of Zhao Rui's department alive, and the reward will be ten thousand taels!"
Zhao Rui was completely desperate.
Together with some of his remaining diehards, they also know that there is no way to live.
"I can't imagine that I, Zhao Rui, have been scheming hard for half my life, but in the end, I ended up like this. ”
Zhao Rui kept wielding his sword, and for a while, he burst out with extremely strong power, slashing dozens of people in a row.
However, in the face of countless soldiers, he couldn't change anything after all.
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Half an hour later, Roaring City finally regained its calm.
The scuffle, the end of it for good.
And Zhao Rui has also been sent to the city tower.
Some other anti-thief generals were imprisoned, and only Zhao Rui was qualified to be escorted to the city tower as soon as possible.
Zhao Rui was covered in bruises and was pressed to his knees on the ground.
The Eastern Emperor stared at Zhao Rui for a long time before he spoke, "Zhao Rui, do you have anything else to say?"
Zhao Rui bit his lip and didn't say a word.
Defeated, defeated, and it makes no sense to say anything.
When he embarked on this path, he was destined to have only two endings, one was rich and rich, and the other was death.
Perhaps, Prince Guang will be the biggest winner in the end. After all, the emperors of the East have already arrived in the northern frontier, and if Prince Guang can't capture the palace, it will be too much to say.
Perhaps, Jiang Tai still has hope of annexing Fengyun State.
Zhao Rui thought about these silently in his heart, but he didn't feel envious.
What do you envy when you are about to die?
"Looks like you don't have anything to say. The Eastern Emperor shook his head helplessly.
If Zhao Rui was a good general in northern Xinjiang, he could become a pillar of the country, but he embarked on this road of no return.
Therefore, the Eastern Emperor was very sorry and sad.
After Zhao Rui heard the emperor's question, he just grinned at the corners of his mouth, and his hoarse voice came out: "I hope you can make the emperor's position more stable." ”
"Look for death!" Song Jie was furious and stabbed a knife on Zhao Rui's neck.
"Song Jie. The Eastern Emperor was not angry, but lightly ordered, "Give the knife to General Chu." ”
Then, the Eastern Emperor turned around, turned his back to Zhao Rui, and didn't look at it anymore.
When Song Jie heard this, he immediately put the handle of the knife in Chu Hongwang's hand.
Chu Hongwang took a deep breath and firmly grasped the hilt of the knife.
"What are you doing in a daze? If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. Zhao Rui looked like a broken jar.
Chu Hongwang shook the knife and couldn't help but ask, "Zhao Rui, do you regret it?"
"Regret? Zhao Rui did not answer.
"That's it. Chu Hongwang understood that this person was hopeless, so he raised the knife in his hand.
"Wait!" Before the knife fell, Zhao Rui stopped.
The blade was hanging in the air, Chu Hongwang didn't move, he wanted to know what the last words of this dying man would be.
"Chu Hongwang, before I hit the road, I have a request. Zhao Rui's tone was a little pale.
Say. Chu Hong said.
"Let me die facing that side. Zhao Rui's chin raised and pointed to the other side of the tower.
"Are you going to die facing the direction of Jiang Tai?" Chu Hongwang only felt infinitely sad.
Song Jie couldn't help but interject: "Even if you die, do you have to face the enemy country? You are really a qualified traitor." ”
However, Zhao Rui buried his head and lowered his voice: "It's not because I yearn for Jiang Thailand, but because Zhao ...... Me, my father...... It was from there that I jumped. ”