"you!"
The barbarian was a little annoyed, but then he smiled and said, "Master Pei, don't rush to refuse. Don't you need to discuss it with your emperor? What if he is willing to exchange this capital for his own safety? Our leader said that as long as you are willing to surrender and give up the capital, then, our barbarian tribe can guarantee that we will not kill your royal family and dignitaries. How about it?"
After hearing this, Liu Yi asked, "Then, what about the other people in the city?"
The barbarian said nonchalantly, "Just kill those ant-like people."
Liu Yi's sword suddenly pressed against the barbarian's neck. "We Celestial Empire people are only loyal to our country and our emperor. We will never bow down to others!"
Liu Yi said angrily, "I will kill you first. If you have the guts, let your leader come in. We would rather die standing than live on our knees!"
The sword moved forward inch by inch, and had already cut the barbarian's neck, causing blood to flow.
"Okay, I've already expected that you stubborn people won't be easily persuaded. When it comes to integrity, you people of the Celestial Empire are indeed worthy of admiration, especially your great general. Wow, he is truly a heroic figure who would rather break than bend!"
Pei Zheng's eyes suddenly darkened. He stretched out his hand to push Liu Yi's sword away, stepped forward and grabbed the barbarian's collar, and said coldly, "What did you say?"
The barbarian touched his still bleeding neck and said, "I say, you Chinese have integrity."
"Have you met Zhao Litang?"
The barbarian pretended to think about it deliberately, and then suddenly realized, "Oh＿＿So the name of that General Zhao is Zhao Litang, no wonder it sounds so familiar."
Pei Zheng's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He grabbed the barbarian and pushed most of his body out of the city wall.
"Tell me everything you know, or else..."
Pei Zheng pushed him outside the dark and deep city wall again, and his entire upper body was hanging in the air.
The barbarian looked very scared, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.
Pei Zheng pushed him out without mercy. The barbarian's face instantly turned pale with fright. He let out a long howl, but did not fall down.
A hand grabbed his collar and his whole body was hanging on the towering city wall. His legs were struggling and flapping wildly like a fish hanging in the wind.
"Go ahead." Pei Zheng's voice was low and without a trace of warmth. The hand that was holding the person showed faint blue veins, but his face was expressionless.
"I say, I say." The barbarian's will had been crushed. He looked down and saw the bottomless darkness like a huge
The mouth that eats people is waiting for him to fall down and fill its stomach.
After the barbarian finished speaking, he looked at Pei Zheng, waiting for him to pull him up.
Pei Zheng just looked at him coldly and then let go of his hand.
Along with a shrill scream, a black shadow fell rapidly from the city wall and disappeared without a sound.
Liu Yi looked worried. "Sir, what he said just now about General Zhao, can it be true? General Zhao, he, he, is not that kind of person."
"Which one?"
Pei Zheng's tone was emotionless. "Even he himself can't figure it out, how can outsiders make a final conclusion based on just a few words?"
At this time, the barbarian vanguard army, which was originally galloping towards the imperial capital, suddenly stopped.
Pei Zheng stared at the fire with cold eyes.
In fact, the Celestial Empire's soldiers had already been ambushed outside the imperial capital. They hid under the cover of night, waiting for the barbarian army to arrive outside the city and kill them by surprise.
But who would have thought that the barbarians seemed to have anticipated this and did not break into the ambush for a long time.
With a "swoosh" sound, an arrow was shot out from the barbarian side, carrying a circle of fire and flying straight towards the gate of the imperial capital.
The city gate was made of iron and was not afraid of fire, but it illuminated the soldiers ambushing at the gate.
The barbarian army immediately cheered and applauded, as if celebrating that there was no ambush.
Seeing that the ambush failed, the Celestial Empire soldiers rushed out and formally engaged in battle with the barbarian vanguard.
The barbarians rode on tall horses, held torches and sharp weapons in their hands, wore ancient robes with intricate patterns, and half of their arms were exposed. They rushed over on their horses, cheering and shouting.
In an instant, a fierce battle broke out outside the city gate, with blood and flesh flying everywhere and corpses scattered all over the ground. The fire flickered on and off, and in the flickering light, it could be seen that most of the Celestial Empire's soldiers had fallen, while the barbarian cavalry had suffered only a small number of losses.
Liu Yi, who was standing on the city wall watching the battle, couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to lead his men to rush out with his sword in hand.
Pei Zheng stopped him and said, "Open the city gate."
Liu Yi was surprised. "Sir, if we open the city gate now, won't it just let the barbarian army attack directly? Then why should we fight?"
"This vanguard team only has a few thousand people. Although the number is small, they are all elite cavalry." Pei Zheng stared at the two sides fighting in chaos under the city wall and said, "The cavalry will lose half of their combat effectiveness without their mounts. Lead them into the city and kill their mounts first."
Liu Yi suddenly realized, took the order and left.
The soldiers in the city were busy in an orderly manner under the command of Liu Yi. After a while, they sent a signal to the soldiers outside the city.
Then the heavy city gate suddenly opened, and the remaining Qing soldiers outside the city turned around and rushed back into the city, then immediately disappeared.
The barbarians stopped outside the city gate. They looked at each other, wondering why the Chinese had opened the city gates. Did they retreat because they couldn't win
Looking inside the city gate, it was quiet and empty, without a sound at all, and the whole city seemed like an empty one.
A brave barbarian cavalryman rode in carefully first, and went all the way to the main street of the imperial capital, but did not see a single person.
Then other barbarian cavalry followed in.
Unexpectedly, just after entering the city gate, they heard a "smashing" sound under their feet. It was a piece of shiny blades flying past the horse's legs at a high speed, directly cutting off most of the horse's legs. The barbarian soldiers on the horses fell off their horses, and then a large number of Celestial Empire soldiers rushed out from nowhere and killed the fallen barbarian soldiers directly.
The barbarian soldiers in front had all been killed, and the barbarian soldiers who came in later had no idea what had happened, and were then killed in the same way.
The entire city gate was filled with blood, with corpses of people and horses piled up in a disorderly manner. A strong bloody smell began to spread throughout the city.
After the last barbarian soldier was killed, all the corpses were thrown out of the city, and then the towering city gates were closed tightly again.
Many soldiers were ambushed outside the city gate again, but having learned from the last lesson, the ambush was more covert.
The soldiers who remained in the city cheered happily. They won the first battle of the night. Maybe, maybe there would be a miracle turn of events tonight!
Liu Yi happily went to report the matter to Pei Zheng, but Pei Zheng did not show any happiness on his face. He just stared at the darkness in the distance without saying a word.
No one knew how huge the army would be behind the several thousand cavalrymen.
Now the distant part of the Imperial Capital is too quiet. The quieter it is, the greater the unrest hidden.
The carriage had already left the imperial capital, but it did not dare to stop for a moment and continued to gallop towards the north.
The little man in the car was still in a deep sleep. The amount of medicine was enough to keep him sleeping for a whole night. When he woke up at dawn, he was already far away from the imperial capital.
Li Yu had been watching carefully by his side, observing his Highness's movements at all times, fearing that he would wake up early.
But His Highness will wake up sooner or later. When the time comes, how should I explain all this to Him and show Him my good intentions
Suddenly, the carriage stopped urgently. A horse was parked on the road in front of it. There was a dark figure on the horse, which could not be seen clearly in the dim moonlight.
The secret guard immediately jumped off the carriage, stood in front of it, and drew his sword to point it at the black shadow in front of him.
The shadow seemed to be not afraid at all and walked towards the carriage step by step.
When they arrived in front of the carriage, a figure jumped off the horse and almost sprained his foot. Only then did they see clearly that there were actually two people on the horse.
The figure limped over, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked inside.
Li Yu was startled and blocked Qi Changyi with his eyes closed, "Who are you?"
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyuzi, it's me."
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Yu suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the person in front of him was Jiang Yubai, whom he had not seen for a long time. His eyes immediately became red.
"Doctor Jiang, you and Guard Feng, why did you come back just now? Wuwuwuwuwu"
Chengfeng also got off the horse and walked to the side of the carriage.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Chengfeng noticed something was wrong and asked.
"His Highness was drugged by the Master and fell asleep." Li Yu said, "The Master wants His Highness and I to leave the city. It seems that there will be a war in the Imperial Capital tonight. The Master wants to send us all to the Northern Territory, and he will stay in the city alone."
"What?" Jiang Yubai's eyes widened. "We have only been walking for a short time, and the Imperial City is about to be captured?"
He looked back at Chengfeng, then made a decision, "You guys go, I want to go back."
As he said this, he turned around and climbed onto the horse's back.
"No." Chengfeng reached out and hugged Jiang Yubai around the waist, stuffed him into the carriage, then turned over and jumped onto the horse.
Jiang Yubai poked his head out of the carriage and said excitedly, "I knew it, I knew it! Let's go, let's go back together!"
Unexpectedly, Chengfeng just turned around, took a deep look at the road leading to the Imperial City, and then said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the Northern Territory."
Jiang Yubai was very shocked, and shouted at Chengfeng's back, "Hey! The one left there is your master! Can you bear to let him face war and death alone? At least go back and take him with you! Hey! It's definitely not too late for us to go back now! If it's too late, the whole city might be gone!"
Chengfeng tightened the reins, stood in the moonlight, and looked back at Jiang Yubai.
Jiang Yubai immediately shut his mouth. Although he couldn't see clearly, he knew that the corners of Chengfeng's eyes were slightly red.
"You don't understand the master. He made this decision after thinking about the consequences. He won't leave with us. Even if we go back, nothing can be changed."
"So, we listen to our master and leave."