The climate in Jinling is warm and humid, and the wind always blows lazily, making people drowsy.
Early in the morning, Wei Jinchao took Mei Xueyi up the wall of Beilin City and looked at the inside and outside of the city together.
All the supplies brought with the army have been exhausted.
From the rear, reinforcements from Jinling arrived one after another, hoarding troops to the north, gradually forming a siege.
The only solution now is to divide the troops to defend Beilin City, and then storm Jinling Kyoto.
This is a strategy of injuring the enemy by one thousand and injuring yourself by eight hundred.
Looking at this situation, Mei Xueyi couldn't help but feel worried.
She could understand the paranoid tyrant Wei Jinchao's desire to destroy the Jinling royal family at all costs, but what about after taking Kyoto? This isolated island will surely be submerged in the subsequent waves.
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Nowadays, Jinling reinforcements are coming in a hurry. It is precisely because many vassal kings are dissatisfied with Qin Ji and want to get rid of her with the help of Wei Guo, so they deliberately watch the fire from a distance.
If the Wei Dynasty really overthrows the capital of Jinling, those jackals, tigers and leopards who are waiting for the opportunity will definitely swarm forward to compete for the position of the Lord of Jinling, and by the way, they will eat this isolated and helpless guard army as their first share. Military exploits.
Mei Xueyi frowned, thinking deeply.
She didn't realize that Wei Jinchao beside her had been staring at her for a long time, his eyes filled with memories and infatuation.
"What are you thinking about?" After all, he couldn't see her frowning, so he couldn't help but raise his fingers and smooth the mound between her eyebrows.
Mei Xueyi raised her hand and held his finger.
"Your Majesty has no calluses on his hands."
"Huh?" He was confused and frowned slightly.
She pinched his fingers and put them to her heart, then leaned close to him, stood on tiptoes, and moved her lips to his ears.
He bowed slightly to accommodate her height.
"The script says that Your Majesty has been practicing martial arts all year round, so his hands have calluses." She exhaled like blue and said maliciously into his cold white ears, "Rough... I like it."
His body visibly stiffened.
Unfortunately, the ears are still not red.
"Queen," he coughed lightly, "don't flirt on the battlefield."
She sighed deliberately: "If I don't seize every opportunity, I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future. When Jinling is captured, Your Majesty will definitely run out of ammunition and food."
He laughed and said, "The Queen is very worried. It turns out this is why she is worried."
He raised his hands and clapped them twice.
I saw the Xuanjia Guards taking action under the city wall. Not long after, cart after cart of solid and heavy supplies were transported from several granaries in the city.
There is an endless supply, as if they have been stocked for several years.
Mei Xueyi: "???"
He lowered his head, covered her ear, and said casually: "Several of the biggest merchants in Jinling are my people. Beilin's defense has been bribed long ago, and the ground is hollowed out, full of supplies. This is called, money can help Make the devil grind the mill."
Mei Xueyi: "..."
It turns out that Hunjun is really rich!
Mei Xueyi was filled with emotions, and there was no more burden in her heart.
She rolled her eyes at him: "Your Majesty, I also want Ganoderma lucidum and fairy grass. Go back and collect it for me."
"It's a small matter." Hunjun agreed without blinking.
After a while, he came down again, pressed against her ear and gritted his teeth: "I won't do it, I'll run out of ammunition and food."
Mei Xueyi: "..."
Wei Jinzhao left 50,000 men to guard Beilin, and the remaining 150,000 troops surrounded Jinling and Kyoto.
Qin Ji would never have imagined that the last and most solid northern defense line would be easily defeated and occupied by Wei Jinchao. Guard Huang Lezhi rebelled, General Wei Hu was captured, and the guards came to the city overnight.
Before they could escape south, their escape route was completely blocked.
The army is pressing down on the territory, and dark clouds are covering the sky.
After several unsuccessful attempts to break out of the siege, Qin Ji had to lock the city gate tightly, hoping for reinforcements to capture Beilin City and save Kyoto from the fire.
Mei Xueyi came to the front of the formation.
She discovered that lately, Hun Jun likes to take her to the front line, accompanied by smoke and fire, cold armor and sharp weapons, and he always looks at her with a particularly deep look.
She looked around at the tall and solid walls of Jinling Kyoto, the wide and deep moat, and the city gates made of fine iron, and her brows furrowed again unknowingly.
"It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is blocked by a moat and cannot build siege ladders. We can only attack from the four gates." She slowly shook her head. "It is possible to attack, but the casualties will be heavy."
"What good advice does the queen have?" Wei Jinchao asked with great interest.
"Surround them without attacking, and force them to death." She moved her moist red lips, her tone was soft, calm and indifferent.
No matter how much grain is stored in Jinling, it cannot be more than the underground grain that this foolish king has stored in Beilin for several years. Moreover, there are countless merchants and people gathered in the capital, and so many mouths need to eat.
It depends on whether Jinling's reinforcements break through Beilin City first, or whether Wei Jinchao first traps this isolated island in Kyoto to death.
Judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Patriot army, it is easy to defend Beilin.
Wei Jinzhao happily held her shoulders, he pressed against her ear, his voice was hoarse and cruel: "I will tell the people in the city, King Wei Rende, let five hundred people leave every day, and they can take their belongings with them." .As a result, the inside will soon...become chaotic."
Mei Xueyi turned her head to look at him.
The sinister fire in his eyes and the cold and smiling expression made him look like a big devil.
Unfortunately, this cold and violent look did not last long. An earth-shattering cough suddenly struck him, causing him to bend his back and half-cover his face with his wide black sleeves.
When he slowly stood up while panting, Mei Xueyi could smell the smell of blood keenly.
He should have spit blood on the black clothes.
She was used to hearing him cough and seeing him vomiting blood, but at this moment she actually felt her heart tightening a little. He didn't want her to find out, so she pretended not to know.
She lowered her gaze and thought to herself: 'When he finds Ganoderma lucidum for me, I'll coax him to take one first. '
She doesn't care about him, nor does she have any special meaning for him. She just wants him to live longer and collect more spiritual objects for her.
Right, that is it.
As Wei Jinchao expected, chaos soon broke out in Jinling Kyoto.
Tens of thousands of troops were hoarded in the city, and the daily consumption was staggering. The granary quickly ran out of food. After several failed breakthroughs, Qin Ji had to collect grain from the people and merchants in the capital.
After the surplus grain was handed over, panic spread quickly.
A voice soon began to spread in the city - Wei Jinchao had never hurt the people or robbed property since he invaded Jinling. Since he said he would let five hundred people leave every day, he would definitely keep his word. Rather than starve to death in the city, it is better to believe in King Wei.
Another terrible rumor also began to spread in the city, saying that if the stalemate continued like this, the army would have no food and people would be killed to use it as military food.
This time people were even more panicked.
From bottom to top, people's hearts are quickly shaken.
The soldiers also had relatives, and gradually, voices of support began to rise in the army, believing that innocent people should be allowed to leave.
The Jinling court naturally tried its best to suppress the rumors.
How could Qin Ji not know that this was Wei Jinchao's conspiracy.
Or conspiracy.
If he is not released, the people in the city will become unstable. If you let them go, the city gate will soon be in chaos. One day, the people in the city will ignore the restriction of 500 people and rush to the city gate to flee. The army will also be shaken. There will definitely be deserters pretending to be common people and fleeing from the city.
At that time, Kyoto will be in Wei Jinchao's hands.
what to do
What exactly does Wei Jinchao want
Just before the order in the city was about to completely collapse, Wei Jinchao finally made some movement.
He made a very simple request.
As long as Qin Ji is beheaded in front of the formation, the Wei Kingdom will immediately withdraw its troops.
It's really unreasonable. The young prince of Jinling only coveted the queen of King Wei, and lost his life before he could succeed. However, Wei Jinchao refused to give up. He attacked other people's hometowns and even forced the people in power in Jinling to death.
Really violent and overbearing.
However, there is nothing anyone can do against him. Talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality with a coward and tyrant is just playing the piano to a cow.
The situation in Jinling Kyoto is becoming increasingly severe.
A small-scale commotion occurred at the city gate on the west side, and the city gate was almost taken away by a small rebel army composed of officers, soldiers and civilians.
There is no time to delay.
If Qin Ji refuses and dies, then a war is imminent.
Wei Jinchao no longer takes Mei Xueyi to the front line, but lets her stay in Beilincheng to recuperate.
She hadn't seen him for several days.
At noon that day, while Mei Xueyi was lazily leaning on the soft couch by the window and taking a nap, she suddenly saw the carved wooden door gently opening and then closing quickly, as if someone had entered the house.
But there was no one near the door.
The door... moves by itself
Mei Xueyi thought she was dazzled for a moment.
Immediately, the two maids serving in the room fell to the ground one after another without warning.
She moved her eyelids and cheered up a little.
The 'talented stranger' who abducted Zhao Runru from the execution ground was finally forced out again.
"The visitor is a guest," Mei Xueyi said lazily, "Sit down and talk."
For a long time, there was no movement in the empty big house.
She could clearly feel that someone was watching her and observing her.
She leaned on the pillow and let the other person look at her.
Strangely enough, she trusted Hun Jun unreservedly in her heart. She believed that after the incident at the execution ground, he would definitely stay behind to protect her safety.
Trust without reason.
Besides... she actually wanted to try whether if she met a cultivator, it would turn the cultivator into a pile of ashes just like sucking the spiritual energy from the flying fire sword.
It's wicked and funny.
After a while, an awkward voice floated out of the empty place.
"You have great courage."
The figure gradually emerged. He pinched his hand and put away the hidden magic weapon in his hand.
Mei Xueyi looked indifferently and their eyes met.
He is a young man with a very delicate face, wearing a very ordinary gray monk's robe. The most eye-catching thing about his body is his hair that has a slight white-silver luster. In the golden elixir stage, the appearance can be preserved and the actual age cannot be seen.
A completely unfamiliar face.
He quickly looked away and looked at the ground.
Mei Xueyi's eyes fell on his waist, where there was a jade medal hanging, which was the elder's command talisman of the Flying Fire Sword Sect.
She was slightly startled.
Is there actually an elder from the Flying Fire Sword Sect who slipped through the net
"Are you here to kill me? Or are you going to capture me and use me to threaten His Majesty King Wei?" Mei Xueyi lazily picked up the teapot and poured it into an empty cup, "Take tea."
He hesitated for a moment and sat down opposite her.
"In your words, I am an immortal." He picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp, shook the empty cup in his hand, put it back on the table, then moved it twice before saying quickly, "Poison doesn't care about me. Yes, I advise you not to waste your efforts."
His movements were quite unnatural, and when she watched him, he actually felt a little at a loss. At first glance, he looked like the kind of person who didn't like to interact with others and only liked to practice in seclusion. I don’t know why such a person got involved in a dispute in the mortal world.
What a fool.
Mei Xueyi lowered her head and smiled: "When will immortals be able to descend to earth at will?"
His face visibly stiffened, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he did not answer.
After being depressed for a while, he grimaced and said, "I won't interfere in your disputes, but Qin Yi and Zhao Runru can't touch them."
Mei Xueyi leaned forward slightly and narrowed her eyes: "Why should I move?"
"You're going to die. You're all going to die," he said quickly, still not looking at her.
This is very strange. Protecting Qin Ji and Zhao Runru, but not caring about the only son, Xiao Shijun? What's the point
Mei Xueyi chuckled and leaned back on the pillow: "Why are you protecting these two people? Could it be that Qin Ji is having an affair with one of your immortals in the immortal world, and Zhao Runru is actually the immortal's illegitimate daughter?"
She just said it casually, but she didn't expect that the silver-haired elder's expression immediately became very strange, as if he felt uncomfortable all over.
Mei Xueyi gently covered her lips and said in shock: "I guessed it right? No way?"
The other party's expression became even more ugly, and his hand on the low table unconsciously moved twice more, knocking over the empty glass.
Before the empty cup tipped over, he stabilized it very quickly. The corners of his mouth twitched and his Adam's apple rolled heavily several times.
Mei Xueyi: "..." She looked on, feeling embarrassed for him.
It's really hard for him to be so afraid of dealing with people.
"Anyway!" He cleared his throat, "If you don't want to die, just go back to your own territory."
Mei Xueyi came closer with a smile: "Is this the only request? Didn't Zhao Runru covet my Majesty? Didn't she ask you to force me to leave?"
He looked strange: "Why would such a seriously ill lunatic covet you?"
Mei Xueyi: "..." Her family's foolish prince was openly disliked by others.
"That's all." The unsociable monk stood up, made a secret gesture and used his magic weapon to hide his figure, and after a long while, he added, "Take care of yourself."
Mei Xueyi looked at the carved wooden door that opened and closed quickly with some disappointment.
"Why don't you kill me?" A gloomy voice suddenly sounded in the room.
Mei Xueyi raised her eyes in surprise and saw Hunjun coming back at some point. He was sitting on the bed with his hands on his knees, staring in the direction where the monk left with dark eyes.
"He is an idiot, not a bad person." Mei Xueyi stepped forward and extended her hand to Wei Jinchao, "When did your Majesty come back?"
He dragged her into his arms: "Do you think I will lose my life again?"
Mei Xueyi didn't understand. She looked at him and found that his smile was filled with chills, and his arms hugged her tighter and tighter.
"Queen," he leaned forward and said softly, "you smiled at him three times."
Mei Xueyi: "..." Is this the point
His hand quietly climbed to her cheek, and his fingertips rubbed the corners of her lips.
"How should I punish you?" His eyes were out of control and lingering.
She was surprised to find that calluses had grown on his hands after not seeing him for a few days.