Mingyue King's body and skin didn't deform like taking ordinary poison, it was still smooth and white, the only reaction was that his eyeballs gradually turned red, and at the same time, the light in his eyes became more and more dim.
King Mingyue turned his head, looked at the Northwest Army formation, and nodded to Yuan Tiangang who had been staring at him.
Yuan Tiangang had a solemn face, not everyone could see the sadness and helplessness in his eyes, he was holding a scroll in his hand, and walked out of the army formation slowly, ten steps away from King Mingyue. stopped.
King Mingyue smiled and said softly: "Tiangang, let's announce!"
Yuan Tiangang's eye circles were red and swollen, he fell to his knees and sobbed, "Your Majesty...!"
King Mingyue sighed: "Tiangang, announce it, this is the last thing this king entrusts to you, I hope you can do it well like before!"
Yuan Tiangang knew that it was impossible for Mingyue King to change his mind at this time. He stood up slowly, his body seemed a little unbearable, and he shook slightly a few times. After standing still, he slowly opened the door with trembling hands. up the scroll.
"Mingyue Wang Yu: Here is the destiny, and it will have its own destiny. All things from the beginning of heaven are kings. Mingyue has lived in Yongzhou for more than ten years. The flames of war have trapped the people of the Northwest in the midst of the flames of war, and I hope that thousands of people will forgive me for this crime." With tears in his eyes, Yuan Tiangang read the scroll: "Hu people took advantage of the situation to invade the south, tigers and wolves were ambitious, and people and gods were angry. , Thinking again and again, ordered: All our soldiers in the northwest, follow the trend of the kingdom of heaven, follow the order of Generalissimo Xue Poye of the Northern Expedition, march northward, stop the Hu bandits at Yangguan, swear to kill the Hu bandits, shake the majesty of our celestial dynasty, this bright moon sincerely wishes Wishing, I hope that my son from the northwest will kill the enemy with a knife, and go to the country of Yangyang, and be loyal. The crime of the bright moon will harm the northwest, and the only way to thank the people is to die, kindness and sincerity!"
Having said that, Yuan Tiangang seemed to be exhausted, and fell to his knees on the ground again.
Although they couldn't understand the words written in the scroll, everyone quickly understood the meaning inside.
This is actually a letter of apology!
King Mingyue was prepared to dismiss this swordsman by death, and he wanted the Northwest Army to abandon their enmity with the Chu Army, follow Xue Poye's order, go to Yangguan, and fight the Hu people to the death.
"Your Majesty!" The generals in the army fell to their knees and sobbed.
The entire Northwest Army was suddenly devastated, which surprised the Chu Army.
A man came out from the Northwest Army, wearing heavy armor, it was General Mao Di, who ran to Yuan Tiangang, knelt down on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I wish to protect Yongzhou to the death and fight to the death with the Chu army...! "
King Mingyue stood up slowly. Although he took poison, he stood up gracefully. Under everyone's gaze, he walked up to Mao Di, bent down to help him up, and said softly, "Modi, follow me for more than ten years." In the past year, you have never disobeyed this king's order, today, this king hopes that you will still be the most loyal friend!"
"Your Majesty!" Mao Di burst into tears: "Why, why did we surrender?"
"Surrender, just to fight!" King Mingyue's voice was still soft: "Surrender to the Chu army and fight barbarians to the death. This is your destination and your real achievement... Mingyue's selfishness, against the court, missed you, you guys Don't blame me, but take the merit of killing Hu Yibiao and others!"
Modi's mighty body trembled at this moment.
King Mingyue looked at the resolute and sad faces in the Northwest Army's formation one after another, walked over gently, walked up to a soldier, stretched out his hand, patted his shoulder lightly, and said softly: "Take him with you." With your weapons, go to fight the barbarians, instead of dying here because of my fault, I look forward to your victory!"
His brows frowned suddenly, and his face showed a slight pain. It was obvious that the poison's properties had begun to take effect.
Because of the pain, Mingyue King's body bent slightly, and he covered his heart with his hands.
"Your Majesty!" The soldier knelt down: "Your Majesty, take care!"
As a result, all the soldiers from the northwest fell to their knees and said in mournful voice, "Your Majesty, take care!"
Seeing this scene, Xue Poye sighed secretly: "Although King Mingyue betrayed the court, his subordinates are really loyal to him!"
At this moment, Yuan Tiangang stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have followed you for more than ten years. You will go today. I will go ahead and serve you underground!" The long knife at Mao Di's waist was resting on his shoulder, and he slashed his throat violently without hesitation, blood spurted out and splashed on the ground, and his body fell heavily on the ground, dying.
The soldiers of both sides witnessed this scene with their own eyes, and they were really thrilled. Under the shock, the soldiers of both sides respected this Yuan Tiangang. No matter what, this person was a loyal person after all.
King Mingyue's face twitched and he closed his eyes. After a while, he walked slowly to Yuan Tiangang's body, sat down cross-legged calmly, looked at Yuan Tiangang's open eyes, reached out his hand to close them gently, and shook his head. Said: "Tiangang, why is this necessary!" Looking towards Xue Poye, he said: "Marshal Xue, this is the Northwest Soldiers Talisman, take it with you and lead my sons and daughters to kill the enemy in blood!" With a slight movement of his hand, A sign flew straight over, Xue Poye reached out to catch it, and after a closer look, it was the Northwest Soldiers Talisman.
"After the king dies, let's be buried in Yongzhou, this is my hometown!" King Mingyue looked around the tall buildings on the left and right, then looked up at the sky, and said slowly: "Tell the emperor, don't embarrass the soldiers in the northwest... Let him Be a good emperor!"
Having said that, he slowly closed his eyes and said nothing.
Mao Di raised his head and looked at the motionless Mingyue King. An extremely strong premonition came to his heart. He used his knees as his feet, crawled to Mingyue King's side, and said sadly: "My lord, my lord...!"
King Mingyue was like a frozen rock, lifeless.
Xue Poye stood up and stared blankly at Mingyue King. He never thought that this war would have such a strange ending.
Although King Mingyue committed a heinous crime, his death was the way of a royal family. He died with great dignity, and after his death, there was a lingering fragrance of people's memories.
Facing Mingyue King, Xue Poye took off his battle helmet, knelt down on one knee, and said calmly: "You can sacrifice your life for righteousness in the end, I admire you!"
I don't know if it was because they saw Xue Poye knelt down, or because the soldiers of the Chu army really respected the noble and elegant Mingyue King from the bottom of their hearts. The soldiers knelt down on one knee silently and gave the prince a Respectful etiquette.
Mao Di burst into tears, suddenly grabbed Yuan Tiangang's suicide knife, and wiped it off his own neck without hesitation.
"boom!"
Before the big knife was wiped on the throat, it flew from Mao Di's hand.
As the big knife fell to the ground, something also fell beside the knife, but it was the Northwest Soldier Talisman that King Mingyue had just given to Xue Poye!
Mao Di turned to look at Xue Poye, saw him looking at him calmly, and said angrily: "Xue Poye, what do you want to do? Why do you want to stop me?"
Xue Poye said indifferently: "Let me ask you, did you commit suicide because you were defeated in the war, or did you commit suicide because you were afraid that the imperial court would punish you with harsher punishments and you didn't have the guts to live?"
"Defeated?" Mao Di looked at each other angrily, then burst out laughing, and said bitterly: "I have many warriors in the northwest, how could I be defeated? If it wasn't for the king's order, I will take your head."
"A warrior is neither defeated nor feared. I really can't figure out why he would give up his life?" Xue Poye said indifferently, "To express his loyalty to King Mingyue?" Looking at Mao Di with a mocking look, he said calmly: "A literati can express his loyalty from death, so should military generals die as well? This is too stupid and irresponsible."
"You...!" Mao Di clenched his fists, moved two steps toward Xue Poye, and said coldly, "What did you say?"
Seeing that Mao Di had the tendency to attack the commander, the soldiers behind Xue Poye hurriedly bent their bows and set arrows, aiming their feather arrows at Mao Di. Seeing this, the Northwest Army, even though King Mingyue asked everyone to obey Xue Poye's orders before he died , but many people couldn't help but bent their bows and pointed their arrows at Xue Poye, and the atmosphere seemed extremely tense for a while.
"You should understand what I said. Before the death of King Mingyue, you also heard what he said. He wanted you to rush to Yangguan to stop the barbarians and to justify the name of the Northwest Army. Now you ignore King Mingyue's order, but want to Where do you put Mingyue King?" Xue Poye stared at Mao Di, and said calmly: "I think, if you really want to express your loyalty to Mingyue King by death, Mingyue King will definitely want you to die in the In the fight with the barbarians, instead of dying here for nothing...soldiers should have their unique way of dying!"
Mao Di's pupils contracted, and a pair of eyes full of resentment waited for Xue Poye, and said word by word: "You mean, you want me to obey your orders and take my children to work hard for you?"
"Your words are wrong." Xue Poye said coldly: "First, you are not for me, but for the people of Dachu, for the people of the Northwest, to prevent them from being harmed by the barbarians... Second, I I didn't ask you to listen to me." He walked over, and under the gaze of all the people, he picked up the Northwest Soldiers Talisman on the ground, threw it to Modi, and said calmly: "You can fight by yourself...or, I will listen to you !"