After the discussion was over, Xue Binghan glanced at the goshawk, and the two came to the garden outside the hall, Xue Binghan saw that there was no one around, his expression hesitated, and asked: "Brother Goshawk, I have been thinking about this matter since yesterday, and I always feel very strange, and now that I know the news of the Tartar invasion, I vaguely have a thought, it seems that this matter is all empty and empty." ”

Goshawk pondered for a moment, then comprehended, and said: "Are you saying that Kong Wuyun knew that the Tartars were going to conquer Kunming, so he assassinated the emperor?"

Xue Binghan nodded and said: "Kong Wuxuan seems to know everything about the world's major affairs, and all provinces, imperial courts, rivers and lakes are full of his meticulous informants. If he had known about this, why did he rush to collude with those assassins to murder the emperor?"

Goshawk said, "He may have already defected to the Tartars?"

Xue Binghan laughed: "You know it's not." How stubborn is his convictions, how could he suddenly change his stance? In my opinion, this is a bitter trick. ”

Goshawk remembered that he was in the Snow Lotus Sect in the past, pretending to be molesting the Nine Foxes, and in desperation, he was attracted by ghosts into the Ghost Sword Gate, and was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he said: "Our little emperor is really anxious and afraid, and he doesn't know anything about what Kong Wudu did to him, and he can't pretend to come." And the assassin was merciless when he assassinated him. ”

Xue Binghan said: "This is the genius of Kongwu Escape, he knows that Zhao Sheng is not good at cheating, so he can only deceive his own people first, and then deceive the enemy." He knew that the Tartars must have spies by Zhao Sheng's side, and they could spread the news of the court. And this time, if the Tartar army presses the border, if we attack slowly, fight steadily, first conquer the surrounding towns and villages, and then become encircled, and attack with siege stone artillery, we will have no chance of winning. The only plan is to lure the enemy deeper, hoping that they will attack quickly, and even be isolated from the front and back, and the rescue will not be possible. ”

The goshawk said "ah", thinking about this matter back and forth, although there is no evidence, but with an empty person, this method is also very likely. He said: "He took away 50,000 Tu tribes in Yunnan to show weakness to the enemy. The Tartars have always marched as fast as lightning, and the soldiers are dangerous, and if they learn of this from the mouth of the fine work, they must be divided into two routes, and the first army marches at night and arrives quickly. When the Tartars attacked the city, he suddenly came out from the side, and he won a great victory, taking the lead. The Tartars are suspicious, and in the future, our chances of victory will be doubled. ”

Xue Binghan smiled: "The child can be taught, not bad, not bad." ”

Goshawk asked again, "Then do you say we should tell Zhao Sheng?"

Xue Bing said coldly: "I just don't know who that fine work is, how many people there are, and how to send the message out." If Zhao Sheng is informed, he will let people take precautions as soon as possible, then take a look at it in his eyes and inform the Tartars, then the plan of empty enlightenment will not work, and this matter is completely groundless, if the guess is not accurate, it will provoke the little emperor to complain. ”

Goshawk nodded, "Then when do you estimate when the Tartars will come?"

Xue Binghan pinched his fingers and said: "More than a month, less than half a month, the Tartar army may arrive, let's tell the hall master in private, ask him to be cautious, don't listen to Zhao Sheng's words too much." ”

Goshawk knows that what she said is good, at this moment, you are not a clear king, the future is unknown, everyone should try their best to protect themselves, it is the best policy. But when it comes to the end, if the real soldiers come to the city and the two sides fight fiercely, how can Goshawk, Li Tingyu and others be left out of it?

The two of them chose to inform Li Tingyu of this matter, Li Tingyu was shocked, but she also believed Xue Binghan's words, and she trained soldiers all day long, and practiced formations, all of which were some roundabout means of preservation. Zhao Sheng sent a letter and ordered the cities in the rear to send troops to help, but if it came early, the Tartars might not besiege the city, and the grain and grass in the city would be tight, so it would be worth the loss, so it was agreed that two months later, they would gather in the city of Kunming. The cities listened to the order, and although they were panicked, they were not in a hurry to send troops. The spies in the army reported every day, saying that there was no sign of the Yuan army within a radius of 100 miles, Zhao Sheng felt a little relieved, and ordered the generals to be on standby.

After more than 20 days, late at night that day, a strong wind blew outside the city, and the tiger cried like a ghost, Zhao Sheng was upset, wearing a dragon robe, and paced repeatedly in the room. Qiu Xin turned over on the bed, saw Zhao Sheng fidgeting, and asked softly, "Your Majesty, can't you sleep?"

Zhao Sheng nodded and said, "My heart is empty today, but I can't say why. ”

Qiu Xin leaned on Zhao Sheng and said softly: "Your Majesty, let the concubine solve problems for the emperor and dissolve troubles." Kissing and biting lightly in Zhao Sheng's ear, Zhao Sheng has always loved Qiu Xin's methods, and he can't help but be interested, and he wants to be happy with her, and suddenly he heard someone crying in a low voice on the roof, the voice was soft, like a baby, and it was creepy to listen to in the dark night.

Zhao Sheng was so frightened that he was about to ask, but the guards were already alert, flashed their blades, and shouted, "Who is it?"

I only heard Xiao Qiuyang say: "I'm afraid, I want to see the emperor." ”

Zhao Shengden was relieved and thought to himself: "It turned out that the sheep came to me." He regarded Xiaoqiuyang as his daughter and loved her very much, but her appearance was abnormal, and Zhao Sheng knew that she was not human, but he didn't think about it.

He pushed the door out, saw Xiao Qiuyang pounced into his arms, and cried: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid, I'm afraid!" Qiu Xinping always went crazy with jealousy when he learned that Zhao Sheng was in love with the rest of the women, and Zhao Sheng often comforted her sincerely afterwards and accompanied her for a few days before she felt better. At this time, seeing Xiao Qiuyang and Zhao Sheng hugging, she knew that the two had nothing to do with each other, but she still couldn't help but feel slightly angry, but she could only endure it secretly and did not attack.

Zhao Sheng smiled: "Silly boy, what are you afraid of? But you have a nightmare?"

Xiao Qiuyang said: "My emperor, the Mongols are coming, and they are outside the city." I'm afraid, I'm afraid they'll catch me. ”

Zhao Sheng said: "They won't come now, and when they come, our reinforcements have arrived, and they are not our opponents." ”

Xiao Qiuyang cried: "They are really here, Emperor, if you don't believe it, accompany the sheep to the city wall to have a look." ”

Zhao Sheng laughed, his heart was soft, he couldn't sleep, and he wanted to walk around the city wall, looking at Qiu Xin apologetically, Qiu Xin gritted his teeth and nodded, Zhao Sheng said: "Okay, sheep, then let's go and see the scenery outside the city." ”

Xiao Qiuyang screamed timidly, curled up in Zhao Sheng's arms, his body was soft and gentle, Zhao Sheng was slightly moved, and said in his heart: "This animal is more loyal than a human, if I treat her well, she will also treat me wholeheartedly." ”

He called a large group of guards to find the goshawk, but he didn't find it, so he came to Zhang Lan to accompany him. Everyone climbed the city wall and looked at the vast darkness from afar, and the wind howled in the forests and fields, and in an instant they all felt awe. Zhao Sheng thought to himself: "Although I am respected as the emperor by tens of millions of people, I am really small and powerless between heaven and earth. ”

He said to Xiaoqiu Yang: "Sheep, look, where is the shadow of the tartar? It's windy at night, let's go back." ”

Xiao Qiuyang's eyes widened, her body trembled, and there was a very slight "baa, baa" sound in her throat, she pointed to the distance and whispered: "The Tartar is here, the emperor, the Tartar is really here." ”

Zhao Sheng sneered and said: "Where is there" Halfway through his words, he froze in place, his throat was bitter, as if a cool air poured down from the top of his head.

Figures gradually appeared in the darkness, one after another, blurred, endless, like a devil drilled out of hell, and in just an instant, countless black-armored warriors had broken out of the curtain of darkness, flashed their blades, and ran towards the city wall.

The vicious and violent wind that sounded out of nowhere, raging in the wilderness, covered their footsteps, covered their killing intent, and made them unknowingly descend on the human world and in front of Zhao Sheng's eyes.

Zhao Sheng mustered up all his strength and shouted hoarsely: "The Tartars are coming, face the battle!"

Hearing the sound of "bell", Zhang Lan's long sword was unsheathed, blocking the flying arrows of the black-armored warrior, grabbing Zhao Sheng and Qiu Yang, and floating backwards. The defenders on the wall had also found traces of the black-armored warriors, but they were hiding in the dark, and if they didn't bother to look for them, they would be difficult to detect. Only when you get to the city, in the firelight, can you see a little clue. If it weren't for Zhao Sheng's reminder from Xiao Qiuyang and shouting out first, these warriors' arrows would have been accurate and deadly, and they would have all killed the defenders.

But those black-armored warriors have also gathered under the city, stabilized their positions, and the defenders on the wall held bows to shoot each other, the Song army's archery skills were far inferior to the Yuan army, and they were in the firelight, and they were shot to death by the Yuan people one by one. Not long after, the formation of the black-armored warriors under the city dispersed in an orderly manner, and with a bang, a stone the size of two people flew over and smashed against the wall, and several soldiers defending the city screamed loudly and crushed into pulp. Then I heard the sound of gurgling, and a cloud ladder was erected on the wall, and many people were like apes, rushing upwards. The defenders were in a hurry, and a rain of arrows was fired, but they were overwhelmed by the arrows of the black-armored warriors under the city.

Zhao Sheng was frightened, fell to the side, the little autumn sheep picked up Zhao Sheng, jumped lightly, jumped off the wall, and landed steadily, this autumn sheep is very good at jumping, holding a person, falling from a high altitude, but unharmed.

Zhang Lan shouted: "Quickly mobilize the army, gather at the head of the wall to defend the city!" Some soldiers immediately beat the drum and blow the trumpet, fortunately in these days the crisis is approaching, all the soldiers in the city tower are very vigilant, the trumpet sounded, not long after there were many reinforcements to come, and there are also many black-armored warriors on the city wall, and the defenders fight, the enemy is extremely brave, the strength is like an ox, although the defenders are brave, with two enemies and one, it is difficult to gain the upper hand, and then after a cup of tea, there are more and more enemies on the wall.

Zhao Sheng's mind was in a mess, and Xiao Qiuyang shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Cheer up!" Zhao Sheng's body trembled, and he was in a hurry, but suddenly he saw several people jumping on the city wall lightly, exerting their kung fu, knocking the black-armored warrior to the ground, and the situation was reversed. Zhao Sheng saw that the person who came was Goshawk, Li Ruolan, Mo Wei, Duan Yushui, Xiang'er, Guo Yuanzheng and other masters. In an instant, Zhao Feng, Wu Ling, Tao Snake and other Jianglong gangs also came in a big way, climbed the wall, and killed the enemy on the wall with a snap of their fingers to resolve the crisis.

Zhao Sheng was overjoyed and thought, "They came so fast." Only slightly slower than the defenders stationed in the towers. With them here, we can finally hold the wall. After a while, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that Zhou Hanhai had arrived with a large army. Although he thought that Zhou Hanhai came too late, he couldn't help but be pleased. (To be continued.) )