Manyao dispatched 800 li to send out the battle report urgently, but it would take more than half a month for the reinforcements to arrive at the fastest. With Qiyun Kingdom's marching speed, it may be too late by then. Seeing that the danger of Wucheng was imminent, she didn't have much time to think, so she made a decisive decision and decided to go to Wucheng in person.
The distance of tens of miles, fast horse whip, will arrive in half a day.
At this time, Wucheng was under attack at night.
As soon as Manyao and Xiao Ke entered the city, they hurried to the barracks.
"Stop! Who is so bold, dare to break into the barracks at night! Do you want to die?" The guard at the gate of the barracks saw two black horses rushing towards them, and hurriedly stopped them. He asked sharply.
Xiao Ke showed a golden token, "Look at it! Get out of the way."
Man Yao raised his hand and lifted his hat, revealing his white hair, the guard was stunned for a moment, for such a stunning woman with this white hair, he could guess who it was without looking at the token that symbolizes the noble status.
The guards hurriedly knelt down to salute, and before Man Yao could speak, Man Yao had already said "Quick pass to the general to the chamber", and rode straight into it.
A quarter of an hour later, the meeting hall.
Man Yao sat in the first seat, looking at the three people walking up the steps outside the door with solemn and calm expressions.
The guard of Wucheng was Xiang Wu, the former commander of the imperial guards of the Imperial Palace in the capital. He led two lieutenants to enter quickly. After paying respects, he looked worried and hurriedly said, "Why did you come here alone? The enemy is attacking at night. The city, Wucheng may not last long! Your empress has a golden jade phoenix body and is pregnant with a dragon child, so it is not appropriate to stay here, Vice General Yao, quickly lead twenty elite soldiers to escort your empress back to the palace, and there must be no mistakes on the way."
"Yes, General. Your Majesty, please hurry up." Deputy General Yao stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation, but Man Yao sat still, looking at the three of them one by one, with sharp eyes, staring closely at Xiang Wu's eyes, calmly He said: "As a city guard, this battle has just begun, and you have no confidence, how can you lead the battle?"
Xiang Wu was taken aback, and hurriedly replied: "It's not that I'm not confident, but the difference in the strength of the enemy and us is too great. I can live and die with Wucheng, but your empress..."
Before he could finish speaking, Man Yao stopped and said, "You don't have to worry about the safety of the palace. Just imagine, if Wucheng with 50,000 guards can't be kept, how can the Jiangdu Palace with only a few thousand guards be kept safe?" How many days? Since I am here, I will naturally help the general to keep Wucheng safe."
Xiang Wu felt that what she said was also reasonable. After Wucheng was over, Jiangdu would definitely not be able to keep it. However, how could she as a woman keep the whole city safe? I was puzzled in my heart, but seeing her calm face, the brilliance in her eyes, and the confidence in her voice, she couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the empress has brought reinforcements?"
Man Yao frowned, and asked back: "The imperial palace guards have been dispatched to the disaster area, where can we bring reinforcements?"
Xiang Wu was taken aback, "Did the empress bring a chariot and a secret weapon?"
Man Yao said: "The gunpowder is used to open mountains and stones to divert floods, and there is nothing left."
When the two lieutenants heard this, their eyes unconsciously showed disappointment, and Xiang Wu did the same, but he concealed it better. He frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then asked: "Then only Niangniang and Miss Xiao are here this time. ?”
Xiao Ke was not happy, and stared, "It's just the two of us, what's the matter? Don't you guys look down on me and sister Princess?"
Xiang Wu was taken aback, and quickly saluted Manyao, saying respectfully, "I dare not."
The two lieutenants followed suit, but the message from their eyes made it clear that they were still extremely suspicious in their hearts. Although the imperial concubine's plan to go to the Dust Wind Country to buy war horses made them admire, and the secret weapon of Zixiang Pass was really shocking, but this time is different, with an army of 300,000, they don't believe that without reinforcements and In the case of a secret weapon, how can a woman defeat the enemy!
Man Yao doesn't care what they think, in fact, she is not sure, she just needs to settle their hearts first. For an army, no matter how strong it is, if even the leader is determined to lose, what chance is there of winning? All she can do is try her best to keep it as long as she can.
"Wucheng is the last pass in my direction. No matter what the situation is, this pass must never be lost! Although I am not completely sure, but as the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles. My understanding of Emperor Qiyun is better than that." You need to spare some more. You all sit down and talk about the battle situation." Every time she mentioned Brother Huang or thought of him, she unconsciously felt hairy.
After a little hesitation, the three of them sat down next to each other. The two lieutenants couldn't help wondering, didn't Emperor Qiyun love his empress the most? A year ago, it was because of the empress that she became an enemy of Lintian Kingdom! But why, this time, they would take advantage of the emperor's expedition to send troops to attack the Southern Dynasty? And Niangniang didn't seem sad at all, could it be that the rumors were false? Confusing.
Xiang Wu said: "My lady, this time the enemy army dispatched about 100,000 people to attack the city at night. The enemy general who led the army was named Zuo. It's strange to say that they attack the city in rounds. , each time we quickly go back and change, after taking turns a few times, our bows and stones have been used up a lot, but their casualties are not many."
"According to this, their purpose is not to attack the city?" Man Yao frowned, as the emperor is a human being, she naturally understands that he will never do things that are not sure or have no purpose. She asked again: "General Xiang, what is the enemy's purpose?"
Xiang Wu shook his head, "I have been thinking about it, but I can't figure it out. The spies we sent have no news."
Manyao thought for a while, and then asked: "Apart from the four major gates, are there other entrances to this city?"
Xiang Wu said, "No."
Wucheng is a city in water. Unlike other cities, its walls are built in the moat, and both sides of the city walls are about a foot wide from the ground. Except for the city gate, it is impossible to use ladders to climb over the walls.
After listening to him, Man Yao thought for a while, got up and said, "Take me to see." The more impossible, the more uneasy she felt. If it was said that the purpose of the emperor's siege this time was to waste their bows and stones, she would never believe it anyway.
Xiang Wu nodded, "My lady, please."
The five of them came to the moat beside the city wall. The city wall stood in the middle of the river, so tall and solid that it was impossible to climb. The blue color of the river was glowing with a faint blue light, reflecting the burning torches on the city wall. When the breeze blew, the waves sparkled, and the orange-red flames swayed layer by layer. If there were no flames of war, this would be a nice quiet place.
Man Yao sighed lightly, then frowned suddenly, turned her head and asked, "Why is this river so clear? Isn't it stagnant water?"
Xiang Wu was taken aback by the question, he had only been sent here for a year, and he had never paid attention to these things. On the contrary, Vice General Yao has been here for a few years, and he has heard a few words mentioned. He bent down and cupped his hands and said, "Returning to your mother, I have heard from the elderly people in the city that there is a spring in the river three feet down."
Manyao was taken aback, "Where is the location of the spring?"
"This... the end will be unknown."
"Quickly ask. Ask about the location and size of the spring? When it was connected outside? How many are there in total? Go and go back quickly." She said in a low tone. , Deputy General Yao hurriedly took orders to leave.
Xiang Wu said: "Your Majesty suspects that the enemy army will sneak into the city from underwater?"
"It's just a guess. It's always a good thing to be on guard." As far as she knew, there was a navy in Qiyun Country. They were very good at swimming, so they had to be on guard.
The other lieutenant general wondered, "However, even we don't know about this spring, so how could the people of Qiyun Kingdom know about it?"
Man Yao lowered her eyes in thought, this was also what she was thinking about. Qiyun Kingdom's marching speed is too fast, even if there is no need to attack the city, it will take more than ten days to travel from the border of Qiyun Kingdom to Wucheng. With such a speed, there are only two possibilities, one is the cooperation of spies. If it was just a city, this might be possible, but every city happened to have spies, and the spies knew the terrain well, so most people might not be able to do it in a short time. Unless, there are two possibilities... While she was thinking about it, Vice General Yao had already returned.
"Mistress Qi, I have already found out. The old man in the city said that this underground river is connected with water, and the spring is about one foot square. It is under the base of the west city wall and connects with the Banli River outside the city."
Xiang Wu was startled and said, "Banli River? Isn't that the place where the enemy camped? Your Majesty, I immediately send troops to the west city to guard."
"Wait a minute." She stopped immediately, "Deploying troops at this time will easily be detected by the enemy. Don't worry, there won't be many of them coming. Let's go, go to the west wall."
Behind a gray stele engraved with seal characters, the five of them probed through the gaps in the branches of the old trees extending over, and stared at the movement of the river under the city wall not far away.
Not long after, waves rose in the river, a head stuck out of the water, touched the water on his face, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he swam ashore, and then three more people came out. After the four of them landed, they gathered together to discuss a few words, and Man Yao listened intently, but they couldn't hear a single sound. She frowned, seeing that they seemed to have finished their discussion and were about to separate in four directions. Man Yao immediately raised her hand, and there were four silver needles shining with ice blue between her slender fingers. She gathered her inner strength, raised her hand, and the silver needle pierced through the air, but it was soundless and the speed was astonishingly fast.
When the four of them realized that their complexion had changed drastically, it was too late to react, and they passed out from the injection.
Manyao came out and ordered in a deep voice: "Take it back and check it in detail."
"yes."
Back at the barracks, Manyao and Xiao Ke had a hasty dinner and waited for news in the conference hall.
Xiao Ke leaned over, worried, and asked in a low voice: "Sister Princess, they have 300,000 people, can we... really win?"
Man Yao took a sip of tea, turned to look at her, and smiled, "Ke'er scared?"
"No, Miss Princess underestimates me." Xiao Ke pursed her pink lips, shook her arm in reluctance, then put on a thoughtful look, tilted her head and asked: "Sister Princess, this battle... What will happen to us if we lose?"
Manyao thought for a while, looked seriously into her eyes, and said seriously, "Are you afraid of death?"
Xiao Ke was stunned for a moment, but didn't answer immediately. A person suddenly popped up in her mind, that hateful man who always yelled at her and opposed her. If she died, no one would quarrel with him in the future. , will he miss her
"Reluctant to part with Lao Jiu?" Manyao is someone who has been there, so she can see her thoughts at a glance. Ke'er is still too innocent, she never hides herself, maybe it's because of this that Lao Jiu likes her.
"No, it's not." Being poked at the center, Xiao Ke's face turned red, and he hastily denied, "I won't miss him, I wish I would never see him again."
Man Yao patted her hand, looked at her blush cheeks with girlish thoughts, shook her head and said with a smile: "Although the old nine looks a little unscrupulous, I believe he just has some things to decide, as long as he decides Well, in the future, he will definitely treat you very well. In case, in case the place cannot be kept, I will... "
"Niang Niang," before she could finish her sentence, she walked towards Wu, frowning tightly, and said, "No matter how much we coerce and lure you, those hard bones would rather die than speak. What's even more strange is that nothing was found on them, no weapons, and no poison powder hidden weapons."
Manyao frowned, how could she not find anything? There are only four of them, and there are at least some auxiliary items to complete the task. She asked, "But they were detained separately for interrogation?"
Xiang Wu nodded and said, "Yes."
"Well," she pondered for a while, stood up and said, "Then I will go there in person. Find a night suit."
In the barracks, the execution room. A man whose hands and feet were bound was already covered with welts.
No matter how much Deputy General Yao pressed him, the captured man remained silent like a dumb man, and didn't make a sound. Deputy General Yao became anxious, picked up the red-hot soldering iron, threatened the man, "If you don't say anything, don't blame me for being rude."
The man's eyes flashed, and there was a look of fear in his eyes, but he still didn't open his mouth, and turned his head away, making a look like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
Man Yao quietly hid outside the door, looking at the red-hot soldering iron, a little startled. But she didn't go in to stop him, and saw Vice General Yao approaching the man with a soldering iron, and pressed hard on the man's chest, the man's body trembled suddenly, green smoke rose, and the smell of burnt human flesh wafted away It's unbearably disgusting.
Man Yao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she couldn't help opening her mouth when she saw the man in severe pain, but there was still no sound, just a picture that was convulsed and distorted due to the severe pain, with a hideous and terrifying expression. She suddenly remembered the feeling that she had suffered severe pain but could not scream, and she was taken aback, could they be dumb? However, after they landed, the four of them spoke. Although they didn't hear the sound, they clearly saw their lips moving. Could it be... She turned her eyes, put on the black cloth on her face, and walked into the torture room in a flash. The knife in his hand slashed at the back of Lieutenant Yao's neck.
Before she could make a sound, she raised her head and looked at her, her gaze seemed to ask: Who are you
Man Yao tore off the black mask and turban, revealing white hair like snow, did not ask about his injuries, and did not help him untie the rope, but calmly reprimanded him silently with his lips: "What are you doing? What to do? Being caught so easily is a big deal for the emperor."
The man was startled, looked at her hair, saw that she was using lip language, and what she called "Brother Huang". The man's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Are you a princess?"
Man Yao's expression remained unchanged, but he said in his heart, Brother Huang is indeed cautious enough to sneak into the city with a dumb, even if he is caught, he is not afraid of leaking the news.
The man said again: "Princess, please help the villain untie the rope, time is running out."
Man Yao frowned and said: "The surrounding area is heavily guarded, and you won't be able to get out even if you are released. Even if you escape by chance, once they find that the person is missing, they will definitely send people to search the city and put on strict guard. You want to complete the task. There's no way."
"Leave it to the princess." Manyao looked straight into the man's eyes, neither dodging nor avoiding.
The man stopped talking, looking at her eyes gradually showed suspicion and precaution, Man Yao's eyes sank, his face was solemn and majestic, "You can't trust this princess? Do you think that this princess is the imperial concubine of the Southern Dynasty, why is she not in the Jiangdu Imperial Palace at this moment? And come to Wucheng, which is about to be destroyed?"
The man's eyes moved slightly, after thinking about it, he still hesitated. At this time, there was movement outside, and Man Yao immediately dragged Vice-General Yao who was on the ground to the side and hid in the darkness. Two people outside the door looked through the window hole, and one said, "Huh? When did Vice General Yao leave? Why don't I know?"
Another person sneered: "Who do you think you are? You'll be notified even if your lord is leaving the torture room?"
"That's true. We have to guard it, and tell the general not to let the imperial concubine's people get in. Otherwise, if something happens, we can't afford it..."
The voices of the two guards gradually faded away, and Man Yao came out from the darkness. At this moment, the man who was tied up had no doubts in his eyes, and changed into a respectful expression. He nodded at Manyao, and licked his tongue. Pick and spit out a pitch-black cube.
A strange color flashed in Man Yao's eyes, he frowned, and reached out to catch it. No wonder I couldn't find anything, it turned out to be hidden in my mouth.
The man said: "The villain is also acting according to orders, so I have to be more cautious. I offended the princess, and I ask the princess to forgive me."
Man Yao opened the airtight black metal shell that was wrapped around the small square, revealing a small and thin brown object, looked at it, and said lightly: "This princess understands. What should I do, tell me .”
The humane said: "The troops of the southern army were led to the southern city wall. As long as you light this spice near the southern city gate, within half a quarter of an hour, people and animals within a hundred meters will fall into a coma when they smell the fragrance. When the time comes, open the city gate." Yes, General Zuo will lead his troops into the city when he smells the fragrance of "Lihunxiang" and sees the enemy fainted."
It's that simple? ! Man Yao looked down at the spices in his hands, kept his face calm, and then asked thoughtfully, "General Zuo and the others have taken the antidote?"
"Yes."
"Then... the city gates are wide open, will Brother Huang enter the city?"
"This... the villain doesn't know, if the princess wants to see the emperor, she can go directly to the camping place by the half-mile river."
The implication is that Brother Huang will not enter the city? Man Yao asked again: "How do you know that there is a spring under the city wall?"
"The emperor said..."
After leaving the torture room, Xiang Wu and Xiao Ke were waiting outside.
Manyao handed the piece of spice to Xiao Ke, "Look, do you know this?"
Xiao Ke took it over and looked at it, "This is the 'Lihun Fragrance'. If you are poisoned by it, if you don't take the antidote within twelve hours, you will never wake up."
Man Yao nodded, "That's right, it's the 'Lihun Incense'. They want to burn this incense near the city gate, so they can enter Wucheng without any effort. Keer, do you have a way to detoxify this poison?"
Xiao Ke took out a small package from his bosom, opened it, took out a white thing that was shaped like a candle but smaller than a candle, and said with a bright smile: "Just use it."
Xiang Wu asked, "What is this?"
Xiao Ke said: "This one. I call it 'White Candle'. It is colorless and odorless. As long as you put it together with the Lihun Incense, its toxicity will eliminate the poisonous gas of the Lihun Incense."
Man Yao's eyes lit up, "What will happen to those who have taken the antidote of Lihunxiang?"
Xiao Ke thought for a while, and then said: "One of the medicines in the 'Lihunxiang' antidote can counteract the poisonous gas of the white candle. After taking the 'Lihunxiang' antidote, and then being poisoned by the white candle, the whole body will be paralyzed. If it is heavy, it will die."
One hundred thousand people! Man Yao suddenly felt heavy, she raised her head, took a deep breath, and had no choice. He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, he was full of firmness and determination, covering up the look of struggle and helplessness. Fang ordered: "General Xiang, you order someone to light the 'Lihun Incense' and light the 'White Candle' after our people are unconscious. Have them change into the clothes of the four people and open the city gate."
Xiang Wu took the order and left.
Manyao stood where she was, looking up at the pitch-black sky, thinking that she, a person deeply educated in modern times, came to ancient times, although she was forced by the situation, but she was so murderous, she felt a little uneasy.
This was a real confrontation between her and Emperor Qiyun. That unfathomable man could always give her an invisible but very powerful pressure without having to show up, making her breathless.
Banli River, the place where Qiyun's army camped.
In the large tent in the center, a clear and elegant man sat on the floor in front of the low couch in a posture that was extremely unsuitable for his temperament. The man's legs were slender and slightly bent, his elbows were resting on his knees, and his head was supported by his hands. His ice-gray eyes were darkened, somewhat hollow and sad. He fixedly stared at a very precious white fox blanket on the low couch in front of him.
It was a blanket woven from the fur of dozens of young white foxes, the color of which was like snow, picked out of hundreds of them, the color was exactly the same, and there was no difference. The fur is soft and smooth like the skin and hair of a newborn baby, making it unforgettable. The lotus pattern is embroidered on the blanket, which spreads grandly on the blanket in the same white, holy and enchanting posture, but it is hidden. A corner of the blanket hangs down from the low couch and extends to the big red carpet. Under the illumination of the precious luminous pearl, the pure white color exudes a soft but pale paper-like light. When people look at it, they can't help but think of a People come and cannot control themselves.
He reached out to touch the blanket with a very careful gesture. The slender fingers rubbed the pure white fox fur slowly, a feeling of softness as if it was about to overflow water grew in the bottom of my heart, and it spread rapidly and unstoppably. And the good memory buried in the bottom of my heart is as clear as yesterday.
"Rong'er, are you cold? This blanket was given to you by the emperor yesterday. Give it to Rong'er." In the secluded pavilion, he held a light blue blanket and handed it to the thin girl.
The girl's eyes lit up slightly, and she raised her hand to caress the soft blanket. She looked dazed for a while, and there was a trace of complicated emotions in her eyes, and she murmured: "It's so beautiful."
He smiled and passed the blanket to her a little more, but the girl suddenly withdrew her hand, turned her head away, lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Thank you, but I don't need it."
He was surprised, "Why? Rong'er doesn't like it?"
The girl looked back and smiled, "I like it, but it doesn't belong to me."
"Since it is given to you, it belongs to you." He took her little hand that was frozen red and put the blanket on her hand.
"Yo! Isn't this the sixth emperor's younger brother?! The emperor finally gave you a reward. Although it was left over by us, it is still a reward from the emperor. You just give it to a little maid. If my father finds out, I’m afraid I won’t be able to pick up other people’s leftovers in the future. Hahaha.” A man in a fancy dress surrounded by a group of servants walked towards this side, arrogantly walking mocked him.
The girl was taken aback for a moment, then bowed her head tightly and knelt down to salute, and said in a loud voice on purpose: "My servant has seen the second prince."
He turned his head, gave a slight salute to the man, and said with a gentle smile: "I made the Second Emperor laugh. Rong Qi is not as favored by the Father as the Emperor Brothers, and I have no intention of competing with the Emperor Brothers. I believe the Second Emperor Brother, you won't use such trivial matters to annoy the emperor."
The second prince held his head up, with a haughty expression on his face, and said disdainfully: "Even if you want to fight, you have to be qualified. If you want to blame it, blame your mother who is useless for eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha for being too unfulfilling." The second prince stepped forward Beforehand, he picked up the blanket in the girl's hand, weighed it, shook it loose, and threw it behind him, "This is suitable for the white raccoon as a mat. Brother Liuhuang, you don't mind?"
The girl suddenly raised her head, as if she wanted to grab the blanket back, so he hastily moved his body and stood in front of the girl, preventing his arrogant imperial brother from seeing her face. He watched the servant behind the second prince take his blanket to wrap a little fox. The fox's fur was pure white and extremely beautiful, but he felt disgusted. He said with a smile on his mouth: "Second Brother thinks it is suitable, then it is suitable. Oh, yes, when I came here just now, I seemed to hear people in the First Brother's Palace say that the Father called the First Brother to spend the night together. Meal, it is said that after dinner, Brother Da Huang will also play chess with Father Huang."
"What?" The second prince's arrogance immediately disappeared when he heard it. "Everyone knows that my chess skills are much better than his. Why did the emperor call him and not me?"
"This, the second brother has to ask the father to find out."
"Walk."
The second prince was upset, and led a group of servants to leave quickly. Before leaving, he lifted the blue blanket from the white fox, and threw it into a small lake under the pavilion like a rag, and walked away. go.
He looked at the blanket in the lake, his eyes sank, he pursed his lips tightly, and remained silent.
Without saying a word, the girl turned around and ran down the pavilion, jumping into the lake. He was startled, and it was too late to stop.
The lake water in winter was icy cold. He watched the woman struggling to swim towards the blanket in the lake water, and an inexplicable strange emotion surged in his heart. For once in his life, he knew that one of his belongings could be valued so much. Walking down the pavilion, he stretched out his hand to the girl swimming towards the shore, holding her slender and cold fingers, and looking at her body shivering in the cold wind after landing, he suddenly thought, in this life, he wants to protect her well.
He dragged her to a place where she could shelter from the wind, "It's just a blanket, it's not worth picking it up in the lake. What's more, it's been touched by animals, so don't worry about it." After he finished speaking, he wanted to take it and throw it away Lose.
But the girl didn't agree, she clasped her hands tightly, "No, you said it, give this to me, it belongs to me."
He said, "I'll give you a better one in the future."
"No, the future is the future, this one." The girl lowered her eyes, with a hint of sadness appearing in her eyes. She said: "I can't remember how many years no one gave me a gift. It seems to be eight years, and it seems to be ten years. Thank you, the sixth prince."
He had never seen her expression like this before, she would smile every time she saw him, whether it was really happy or fake, she would always just laugh. Just like him, the gentle smile never leaves the corner of his mouth, but no one knows the bitterness in his heart. He looked at her drooping eyelashes, a thin layer of mist emerging from those beautiful pupils, felt pain in his heart, and unconsciously embraced her body soaked in lake water, so petite and thin.
"Don't call me the prince, just call me by my name. In the future, I will definitely give you a blanket that is unique in the world. At that time, no one will dare to take it away from you."
At that time, he thought that she was really just an ordinary but special court lady.
Such a distant memory, no matter how long it has passed, still cannot fade from his heart, but she has already forgotten it completely. Everything between them, in front of her, was like passing away, leaving no trace. Now, this unique blanket is woven with the same color of fox fur picked out from hundreds of young white foxes, and put in front of her, will she take a second look
"Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine." Xiao Xunzi, the personal eunuch, brought a bowl of medicine into the tent, held it in both hands and respectfully handed it to Emperor Qiyun.
Emperor Qiyun turned around slowly, the corner of his eyes glanced at the black concoction in the delicate porcelain bowl, his clear eyebrows were slightly frowned, and a look of deep hatred flashed in his eyes.
Little Xunzi sighed secretly, handed the hand to him again, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you missing the princess again? It has been two hours since General Zuo sent troops, and it is time to enter the city now. Your Majesty, please hurry up." You can see the princess now."
Emperor Qiyun took the medicine bowl, and as usual, he was used to taking a meal when he drank half of it, feeling the astringent bitterness flowing between his lips and teeth, gradually soaking into his heart and lungs. He frowned slightly, drank the remaining half of the bowl, rinsed his mouth, raised his head, his expression was gloomy.
Yes, see you soon.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" A guard was about to rush into the big tent in a panic, but Xiao Xunzi quickly stepped forward to stop him, and reprimanded him, "Why are you so flustered?"
The man stopped in his tracks and knelt down at the door of the big tent with a plop, his expression dejected and sad.
Emperor Qiyun didn't raise his head, and said indifferently: "What's the matter?"
The man kowtowed to the ground and said in a mournful voice: "Report to the emperor, our plan has been revealed, the army of one hundred thousand brought by General Zuo was completely wiped out."
Emperor Qiyun's hand stroking the blanket froze suddenly, his drooping eyes turned from ice-gray to deep, but he never looked back. Little Xunzi was startled, and opened his eyes wide and asked, "How could it be exposed? Who leaked the news?"
The guard replied tremblingly; "Little man... I don't know."
Little Xunzi's heart sank, and he turned his head to look at the emperor who was still sitting on the red carpet and his posture had not changed. His brows were slightly frowned, and his slightly pale lips were slightly pursed with a sickly elegance. , did not make a sound for a long time.
The guards outside the door did not dare to raise their heads, and little Xunzi remained silent. Half a quarter of an hour later, Emperor Qiyun's face remained expressionless, and he asked softly as if sighing: "Brother Huang has entered the city?"
The guard looked up in surprise, he didn't dare to say it yet, how did the emperor know? ! He nodded in a daze, and reported the news that the spies came from Wucheng one by one.
Emperor Qiyun listened quietly without saying a word.
Treating him in the same way as a man, without a single soldier, so easily wiped out a hundred thousand of him!
"Your Majesty..." Seeing his calm expression, little Xunzi called out worriedly. That's 100,000 people! It's gone like this, how could the emperor be indifferent
Emperor Qiyun ignored Xiao Xunzi's gaze, he slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, showing an elegant smile, and said in his heart: "This is just the beginning!"
He waved his hand to the door, and Xiao Xunzi hurriedly asked the guard to retreat, and just stepped forward to call out again, but was stopped by Emperor Qiyun.
Emperor Qiyun's face was as usual, and there was no trace of emotional fluctuations in the deepness, only a trace of almost invisible sadness and helplessness occasionally flashed across the bottom of his eyes. His eyes lowered slightly, the blanket under his hand spread white in his eyes, as he looked at it, it seemed as if he saw the snow-like silver hair on the woman's head.
He suddenly asked: "Little Xunzi, do you think the imperial sister will like this blanket when she sees it?"
Little Xunzi quickly put on a smiling face, and replied: "The emperor hunted himself, and it took him several years to get such a blanket. Needless to say, it is precious, and the princess will definitely like it just because of this thought." He finished speaking I was thinking in my heart, even if I don't have so much thought, if just such a beautiful and precious blanket is given to some empress in the harem, that empress will be so happy that she can't sleep for several nights.
Emperor Qiyun smiled slightly, but the smile stopped at the corner of his lips, unable to blend into the ice-gray eyes. He laughed at himself: "You're talking about her in the past, and now the imperial sister, I'm afraid... I held the whole world in front of her, and Zongzheng Wuyou looked back at her."
Little Xunzi has been with Emperor Qiyun for many years, and he has won the trust of Emperor Qiyun. He has always been clear about the relationship between the emperor and the princess. But she comforted her and said: "The princess just temporarily forgot about the past between you and her. When she remembers, the position of the emperor in the princess's heart will still be replaced by no one."
Yeah? Emperor Qiyun asked himself in his heart. He used to think so, but now, he can no longer be sure. Emperor Qiyun propped himself up and stood up, turned around and looked at the loess dust blown up by the wind outside the big tent, his face was expressionless, and his voice was elegant and low, "Send the order, the whole army will set off early tomorrow morning."
... The next day, early in the morning. The morning light in late spring and early summer has just emerged, pouring through the gray clouds on this bloody land.
Qiyun's army approached the city again, with 200,000 soldiers and horses, attacking the three major gates of the east, south and west. The east and west gates each had 30,000 troops, and the remaining 140,000 troops gathered under the south gate, forming an orderly formation and preparing to attack the city. The more than 40,000 people guarding the south gate were all assigned to the east and west gates. At this time, there was not a single soldier on the wall of the south gate, only one stunning woman.
Luosha has wide sleeves, floating like a fairy, and her silver hair is like snow, fluttering lightly. A red lotus flower on the forehead, with gold powder strokes, reflects the holy and coquettish light in the morning light, against her beautiful and refined face, like a fairy and elegant figure, making people feel lost at a glance. Can't move my eyes like a soul.
The soldiers under the city looked up, and the amazement in their hearts was revealed in their dazed and puzzled eyes.
Man Yao was alone, standing on the edge of the city wall, her eyes swept down the city, as if looking down on the world, indifferent and cold.
The army of 140,000 was densely packed, and the formation was extremely magnificent. She frowned, but there was no sign of Emperor Qiyun. Slightly raised his eyes and looked around, he caught a glimpse of a natural stone platform hundreds of feet away, full of grandeur, wide and strong. I don't know when there was a solitary chariot parked on it, with a mahogany frame and a gold-inlaid roof. A yellow curtain was lifted obliquely and hung on the shelf on the left. There was no one around the sedan chair, the light inside was dim, and the distance was too long, so she couldn't tell whether there was anyone in the sedan chair or not
"Rong Tao was ordered by the emperor to welcome the princess back home to visit her relatives, and asked the princess to open the gate of the city." The leader of the enemy army was a young general who cupped his hands when he spoke to her, but did not get off his horse. He saw that even though Man Yao was alone on the city wall, he did not dare to act rashly, lest he would fall into her trap like General Zuo.
Man Yao looked coldly at the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses below the city, her face was as calm as usual. She pursed her lips slightly, looked at the sedan chair in the distance, teased lightly, and laughed loudly: "Such a big battle, so it was to pick me up! Brother Huang's kindness made Rong Le feel ashamed. He should have followed When you go back, because Rong Le is pregnant, it is not suitable for a long journey, so I ask the general to report back on your behalf, please forgive me, Brother Huang."
Rong Tao looked a little ugly, and replied: "It is better for the princess to report this to the emperor in person. If the princess does not want to go through the city gate, then... I have no choice but to let them go up the city wall to pick you up." .
Manyao laughed and said, "What's the hurry, General Rong?"
Rong Tao said: "I have the emperor's life in my body, and it is imperative to welcome the princess back to court. I hope the princess will forgive me!"
"Oh?" She stared and smiled, her smile was as bright as the morning glow, but the words she uttered were low and cold, "I don't know... the emperor wants you to greet, is it a living person or a dead person?"
Rong Tao was startled, his eyes turned slightly, and his brows frowned. After thinking for a while, he replied: "The emperor...has never explained. However, as a princess, unless it is absolutely necessary, I never want to hurt the princess's jade body." When he spoke, he mostly looked at his hands or the ground, and occasionally Looking up, he also avoided that breathtakingly beautiful face, especially those eyes, which were crystal clear and hidden in wisdom. Once they met, he felt as if his soul could be seen through those eyes at a glance.
Man Yao just stared into his eyes without blinking, and said helplessly, "If that's the case, then fine. I can go with you, but I have a request."
"Princess, please speak."
Man Yao said, "I'll go with you, you are not allowed to attack the city again."
"This..." Rong Tao hesitated a little, the emperor did not say, if the princess agrees, what should he do, should he continue to attack the city? Or retreat back to camp? After thinking for a while, he said, "The princess will come down first."
Facing his obviously perfunctory answer, Man Yao was not annoyed, and still had a smile on his face.
Rong Tao raised his head unknowingly, and looked at him with a faint and soft smile, not as indifferent and unapproachable as rumored. He froze for a moment, a trace of suspicion ignited in the tiger's eyes, such a woman who looked like a fairy, unarmed, weak and slender, could she really easily destroy their 100,000 troops without any effort? A woman like her doesn't look like a person with bloody hands!
Under his gaze, Man Yao gradually smiled, her black eyebrows were stained with sadness, and the corners of her lips were sad, she sighed, "Forget it. It's just... Rong Le is also the imperial concubine of the Southern Dynasty, so she can't even say hello." If you don’t hit one, just leave without authorization.”
Rong Tao thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he asked: "The princess wants to leave a letter for the Southern Emperor?"
"I don't need to believe it." She turned and looked to the north, with countless thoughts in her eyes, and her expression was so sad that people couldn't bear to look at it. She said quietly: "Since he ascended the throne and became the emperor, the state affairs have been busy. I have been married to him for more than a year, and I haven't played a song for him. Today, I will send a love song to him, hoping that he is thousands of miles away. I can also feel my feelings.”
Moved by emotion, no one can refuse. Even an iron-blooded man will have a moment of soft-heartedness. Rong Tao turned his eyes a few times, and after thinking about it, he took a few steps back on his horse, nodded and said: "Okay. Then please ask the princess to play here, and let me wait and enjoy."
"Thank you, General Rong." She turned her head and called out to the city wall, "Come here, get the zither."
... At the same time, the Northern Dynasty, the capital.
The palace is heavily guarded, with 50,000 imperial guards guarding the city gate, ready to fight at any time.
The southern army conquered Yumen Pass, the last pass of the Northern Dynasty, and a large army approached the capital city. At the same time, the 200,000 troops from the Northern Dynasty who had withdrawn from the east and west borders took the opportunity to intercept Yumen Pass from behind, blocking the southern army in the city. middle.
In terms of military strength, the Southern Army is superior, and in terms of geographical advantages, it is more beneficial to the Northern Dynasty.
The Southern and Northern Dynasties seemed to be at their last stand.
At this time, inside the Yumen Pass, a lieutenant general said anxiously: "General, the southern army is approaching the city, let's hurry to rescue him."
The man known as the general looked serious and nodded solemnly: "Here's the order, the whole army will set out immediately."
"Yes." The deputy general took the order and was about to go down to deliver the order. At this moment, a guard quickly came to report: "General, just intercepted a messenger from the Southern Dynasty outside the city, and found this."
The man handed over a letter stamped with the seal of the Southern Dynasties. The general took it, browsed it briefly, looked overjoyed, and laughed: "Okay, okay! God helped me! With this letter, the capital is in danger." It can be solved. We don't need to send troops, we just wait for them to return here. You, send this letter to the Southern Emperor immediately, Deputy General Zeng, order people to prepare more bows and stones, we must guard the city gate."
Deputy General Zeng asked strangely: "What did the letter say? Is it worthy of the general's happiness?"
The general casually said a few words and handed him the letter directly, "You can read it for yourself."
The deputy general saw it and was also overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Haha, it really is good news! Hurry up and send it to the Southern Emperor, hum, isn't Zongzheng Wuyou amazing? Let me see what he will do this time?"
The guard took the letter, went out, mounted his horse, and headed straight for the capital.
In the capital, the flames of war are raging, and the momentum is extremely tense.
Zongzheng Wuchou was wearing a golden helmet and battle armor, standing on the city wall with his hands behind his back. In front of him were densely packed archers, and guards with knives on the left and right protected him in the center. He looked calm and calm, looking down at the imposing man in golden helmet and battle armor under the city wall.
Zongzheng Wuyou sat proudly on the back of the horse. On the left and right were the Nine Princes and Wu Xiangzi. Behind him were seven thousand cavalry in black clothes headed by Shura Qisha, and behind them were more than 200,000 Southern Dynasty troops with high morale.
He looked cold, his phoenix eyes were sinister and sinister, he looked coldly at the man on the city wall, and clenched his hands unconsciously. It's time to settle the accounts between him and the mother and son!
"Fu Tzu, open the door and surrender, I will protect your whole body." Zongzheng Wuyou sneered contemptuously.
Zongzheng Wuchou sneered: "I'm not you, Zongzheng Wuyou! I will never surrender to the enemy. Just let your horse come here, and the grievances between us will be settled today."
The grievances between them are too deep, so deep that blood and death must be used to end.
"Okay. It's time to finish!" Zongzheng Wuyou's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty color, and with a wave of his long arm, his thin lips uttered two words coldly: "Attack the city!"
The emperor gave an order, and the ready-to-go army rushed forward at a flying speed. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a moment!"
The guard from Yumenguan held up the letter in his hand and hurriedly stopped. The southern army in the rear turned around and moved forward, with their long spears on his neck. "Who are you?"
"Don't care who I am, please present this letter to the Southern Emperor. The content of this letter is related to the life and death of the Southern Dynasty and your imperial concubine."
The soldiers of the Southern Dynasties took the letter suspiciously, saw the seal on it, and quickly accepted the letter. With a sound of "drive", they rode around to the emperor's horse. Get off the horse, knelt down and said: "Report to the emperor, someone sent a letter."
Zongzheng Wuyou glanced lightly, and the Ninth Prince took a look at it, and said in surprise, "Brother Seven, it's an emergency battle report from Babaili!"
Zongzheng Wuyou frowned, "Read."
"Oh." The Ninth Prince opened the letter and read: "Qiyun Kingdom invaded on a large scale, smashing eight cities in a row on the thirteenth, and the force is like a broken bamboo. The 300,000 troops are approaching Wucheng, and Wucheng is in a hurry. There is no reinforcement in the imperial court. The concubine ignored the obstacles of the ministers and others, and resolutely went, Miss Xiao accompanied... Ah! Seventh brother, Seventh sister-in-law and that girl Xiao Ke went to Wucheng! There are only 50,000 defenders in Wucheng!"
Zongzheng Wuyou's eyes changed in surprise, and he didn't wait for him to read any more, he snatched the letter and quickly scanned it, frowning tightly, and cursed: "Nonsense!" Is that woman crazy
She held the battle report tightly with five fingers, both startled and angry.
The Ninth Prince anxiously said: "What should we do? Seventh Brother, let's go back and save them."
Wuxiangzi said calmly: "No way! We have sacrificed countless soldiers, and it is not easy to reach the capital. Seeing that the big event is about to happen, how can we retreat here? Waste all previous efforts!" As a general, he should consider it from the perspective of national interests.
The Ninth Prince argued: "We'll just fight back after we've defeated Qiyun's army."
Wu Xiangzi frowned and said: "Your Majesty, it's simple! At that time, our soldiers will be exhausted, and the emperor of the Northern Dynasty will join their 200,000 troops to wait for work. If we fight again, we will lose both. If Emperor Qiyun fights again How can we resist the invasion of troops? If this continues, the recovery of the Northern Dynasty will be far away."
The Ninth Prince said: "Then we can't just leave it alone! Could it be that Wucheng and Jiangdu are both handed over to others? What about Seventh Sister-in-law? Don't forget, Seventh Sister-in-law is pregnant with the future prince of our Southern Dynasty ! You want to ignore her?"
Wu Xiangzi said: "As long as the capital is occupied and the foundation is stabilized, it will not be too late to retake Jiang. As for the safety of the empress, I think there is no need to worry about this. After all, the empress is the younger sister of Emperor Qiyun, a close relative of flesh and blood, even if Qiyun No matter how insidious and cunning the emperor is, he will not take the life of the empress, as long as the mother is still alive, she will come back when she has a chance."
The Ninth Prince said: "It's easy for you to say. Others don't know, but it's not like you don't know. The matter of Xuande Palace last time was all caused by Emperor Qiyun. If he really thinks that Seventh Sister-in-law is his sister, how could he be so harmful?" she?"
Wu Xiangzi frowned, and was about to speak, but he heard Zongzheng Wuyou yell, "Enough!"
The two shut up immediately. Zongzheng Wuyou pursed his thin lips tightly, looking at the enemy who was close at hand, the country at his fingertips, he tightly grasped the letter in his hand, frowned, and gritted his teeth: "Withdraw!"
When the Ninth Prince heard this, he immediately ordered to retreat loudly.
Wu Xiangzi shook his head and sighed: "It will take more than half a month to go from the capital to Wucheng. By then, not to mention Wucheng, I am afraid that Jiangdu will fall. And if we lose Jiangdu and fail to take the capital, wouldn't we be empty-handed? Your Majesty, have you really decided?" After following him for several years, I already understood his temper, but at this moment I couldn't help but ask again, even though I knew it was unnecessary. Sure enough, Zongzheng Wuyou didn't answer, he didn't even look at him, he just turned around the pier and galloped towards Yumenguan.
"Hey? Why did they suddenly withdraw their troops?" On the city wall, the Imperial Guards of the Northern Dynasty felt strange. Zongzheng Wuchou's expression was even more puzzled. From Zongzheng Wuyou's receipt of the letter to his decision to withdraw troops, there was only a short period of time in the middle. What was it that made Zongzheng Wuyou who hated him to the bone give up the idea that could defeat him? Big opportunity? Looking at the back of Zongzheng Wuyou who was the first to leave on his horse, he felt a little uneasy, so he ordered someone to summon the messenger from the city.
"Chi'er." Surrounded by several courtiers, Fu Yuan climbed up the city wall, Zongzheng Wuchou frowned, "Why is the queen mother here?"
"I heard that there were enemy troops attacking the city, and my mother was worried about you, so I came to take a look." Fu Yuan looked outside the empty city wall, was slightly taken aback, and then asked, "Where is the person?"
Zongzheng said helplessly: "Retired."
Fu Yuan was startled, her voice raised a little unconsciously, and she asked instinctively: "Retired? Why? How could Zongzheng Wuyou let go of such a great opportunity?"
Her unexpected expression, which seemed to come from the heart, caused a trace of doubt and thought to appear in Zongzheng Wuchou's eyes. He stared fixedly at his mother with deep eyes, "What's the matter, is it possible?" The queen mother wants him to call in?"
Fu Yuan's complexion changed slightly, her eyes flashed suddenly, and then she said with displeasure: "What did the emperor say? Aijia just thought it was strange and worried that Zongzheng Wuyou was playing some tricks, so he reminded you. Although Aijia I hope to see him die, but for the mother, the safety of her son is the most important thing. As the empress dowager of a country, the stability of the country is also the most important concern of the family."
Zongzheng listened in vain, his gaze lowered slowly, and he smiled faintly, noncommittal.
Seeing his expression, Fu Yuan frowned slightly, and her voice softened, "What's the matter with Chiuer recently? It seems that I have a lot of things on my mind."
Zongzheng turned his head to look outside the city without any plans, his distant and deep eyes couldn't see any expression, "The empress is too worried."
"My little one pays homage to His Majesty! Greetings to the Empress Dowager!" The guard at the imperial gate who delivered the letter knelt down and saluted, Zongzheng Wuchou didn't look back, and asked, "Where did you get the letter you sent to Zongzheng Wuyou? What was said?"
"Responding to Your Majesty, the villain found the envoy from the Southern Dynasty who was intercepted outside the imperial gate. The villain has not read the letter, and from what the general and deputy general said, it seems that Emperor Qiyun led troops to attack Wucheng of the Southern Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty has no reinforcements to send, and the imperial concubine of the Southern Dynasty went to Wucheng alone to defend against the enemy."
Zongzheng was stunned for a moment, it was really her fault! Only she can make Zongzheng Wuyou give up the hard-won chance of revenge, turn around and leave recklessly.
His handsome eyebrows gradually frowned, no soldiers, no generals, what would she do by herself
"You said Emperor Qiyun led troops to attack the Southern Dynasty?" This sentence was asked by Fu Yuan, her expression was a little strange, as if she didn't believe it.
The guard said yes. Fu Yuan realized that Zongzheng Wuzhou was looking at her, so she quickly calmed down, with a smile on her lips, and said happily: "Emperor Qiyun sent troops at the right time, and it can be regarded as a great favor to us. What is General Yan at the gate going to do?"
The guard said: "Go back to the Empress Dowager, General Yan said, guard the city gate!"
The smile on Fu Yuan's lips was no longer stiff, and she nodded in satisfaction.
Zongzheng Wuchou's eyes deepened, he looked towards the distant direction of the Southern Dynasty, pondered for a moment, and as if he had made some kind of decision, he ordered: "I ordered General Yan to open the city gate quickly and let the southern army pass."
"What? You want to let him go? You... You can make good use of such a good opportunity. Chip..."
Zongzheng Wuchou turned around and interrupted: "Mother, you have been out for a long time, and it's time to go back to the palace. I will accompany you back." He went to help Fu Yuan leave as he said that, and when he went down the stairs, he looked back. Eyes facing south. He said silently in his heart: Rong Le, I hope he can go back in time to save you!
... Southern Dynasties, Wucheng.
A guqin was sent to the top of the city wall, and on the piano case, a sheet of music was spread out, with three words written on it: "Dementor".
Man Yao flicked his sleeves, and placed his slender fingers on the strings.
Raising his eyes with a smile, he swept away the army under the city. Flick your fingers, and a string of musical notes will flow out from your fingertips, empty and clear, just like the sounds of nature, touching your heartstrings, directly touching the softest part of your heart. It was just the beginning, and the soldiers in the city who didn't know the rhythm were fascinated by it, as if they were brought into a wonderful illusion by the sound of the piano.
Rong Tao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and a fantastic beauty appeared in front of his eyes unconsciously.
In the quiet Linxi mountain stream, the yellow sand is far away, the gold and iron horses are no longer there, only the lush vegetation, and the spring water tinkles like a light bell. The water color is blue and clear, holding a handful of clear springs, the mouth is as sweet as nectar, making people overjoyed, imagining a peaceful and prosperous world one day. Just about to have another handful to taste carefully, suddenly the sound of the piano turned in my ear, the mountains and forests in front of me turned into a large sea of flowers, beautiful butterflies danced among the flowers, like young women in tulle, graceful The body of her body is faintly visible, confusing people's minds... Man Yao's red lips are slightly hooked, and she doesn't even look at the soldiers on the battlefield who are holding blood-drinking weapons, but their faces are already mesmerized. Become deep and atmospheric.
Rong Tao seemed to be in the middle of the magnificent sea and the mountains again, looking at the misty clouds and mist, like a dream... While he was intoxicated, suddenly, wild beasts roared in his ears, wild wolves and tigers swarmed from all directions in the mountains, bloodthirsty eyes , sharp teeth, an expression that wanted to tear him apart and swallow him... The blue sea water turned into thick blood in an instant, and the stench filled the tip of his nose, stimulating the violent factor buried deepest in his body.
He raised the sword in his hand and slashed down on the rushing wolves and beasts. Blood spattered, and he felt a damp and hot stickiness on his face. Nausea, but he smelled excited.
Once Rong Tao raised his sword, he couldn't stop it anymore. The bronze-colored armor was bloody red, his eyes were bloodthirsty like a demon, his face was ferocious, and he mechanically repeated killing movements, chopping anyone he saw, like crazy.
Not only him, but everyone under the city wall at this time is like this.
At this moment, they don't know who they are, and they don't know who the other party is. There is only one word in their eyes and hearts: kill! kill! kill!
Xiang Wu, the two lieutenants and Xiao Ke who were hiding at the stairs of the city wall were shocked by such a cruel scene. Xiang Wu and the two lieutenants looked at those people in shock, no, those people can no longer be called human beings, but crazy butchers who have lost their minds.
It turns out that a beautiful piano sound can really be turned into a talisman, so terrifying!
Xiao Ke came out awkwardly, stood beside Manyao, looked at Man Yao's slender and nimble fingers, and then looked at the score next to her, her complexion gradually turned pale. This "Dementor" was created by her master "Sacred Maiden Snow", who once wanted to pass it on to her, but she didn't like martial arts by nature. And this piece of music must have the cooperation of internal forces in order to play its role. The stronger the internal force, the greater the lethality.
Xiao Ke only knew that this song was very powerful and could kill people, but he didn't know that it could also turn people into nightmare ghosts. I have never seen such a grand massacre scene. Looking at the heads rolling on the chaotic battlefield, the internal organs flowing out of the split body in half, and the blood winding into a river. She couldn't accept it for a while, her stomach churned violently, she hurried to the side, bent over and vomited continuously.
Man Yao listened to the sound of fighting coming from below, her eyes only looked at the score, she didn't dare to think about anything, she didn't want to think about anything. If she had no other choice, she would never use this method to kill her fellow citizens in this body. She slowly closed her eyes, and the bloody smell in the air slowly soaked into her heart, and the incomparably tragic wailing of those people before their death echoed in her ears.
Heart trembling, suffocating uncomfortable. How much she wanted to stop this brutal killing, if she could.
At this moment, a sharp arrow pierced through the air and shot towards her from the sedan chair on the stone platform in the distance.
With a sound of "swish", the rapid speed, decisive posture, and unstoppable momentum.
Xiang Wu exclaimed in shock: "Your Majesty, be careful!"
When she opened her eyes, she saw the oncoming arrow, shining dazzlingly white in the sunlight. She didn't respond, because once the song started, she couldn't stop it halfway.
She thought she was going to die like this! However, the arrow was not aimed at her, but at Qin in front of her.
"Zheng!"
The strings are broken, the qin is destroyed, and the sound is absolutely dead.
She looked up in astonishment, and on the stone platform hundreds of meters away, a man stepped out of the sedan chair, wearing a golden crown and bright yellow dragon robe, looking towards her from afar. She couldn't see the man's expression, not even his face.
The person in the sedan chair was not unexpected to her. What surprised her was that from such a long distance, he was able to shoot the Qin in front of her with such precision, not her.
Looking at the qin and the qin case split apart by the force of the arrow, she realized that his archery skills are so good!
The enemy army under the city suddenly woke up, looked at the comrades who died under his sword in disbelief, and looked at the mutilated corpses all around, a monstrous anger suddenly rose up, and the remaining tens of thousands of people stared in unison Looking at the woman in white on the city wall, I thought she was as beautiful as a fairy just now, but looking at it now, I only think that this woman is as terrifying as a devil and makes people hate.
Rong Tao looked up at her, his angry eyes were full of deep hatred. He raised his sword, as if wishing he could chop her up immediately. He couldn't believe that this woman with a fairy-like temperament and appearance was their emperor's favorite princess, how could she have the heart to treat them with such cruel means
He gave her one last painful look, turned around, and faced the rest of the soldiers, his voice mixed with pain and hatred: "Soldiers, this woman actually used tricks to turn us into murderers who killed our own soldiers. Be polite to her again. Such a person is not worthy to be our princess anymore. Brothers, rush up and kill her!"
"Kill her! Kill her!" The power of hatred is indeed infinite. The killing cry soaring to the sky almost collapsed the city.
Manyao slowly clenched her fingers that had been cut by the strings, looking at the soldiers who were overwhelmed by the anger of hatred, her heart was suffocated, and without turning her head, she ordered to the people behind her: "Vice General Yao, send Xiao Xiao to the hospital immediately. You can leave."
Xiang Wu knelt on the ground with a plop, "Your Majesty, you can go too. I leave this place to the minister, and I will do my best. Even with my last breath, I will fight to the end and pledge to protect Wucheng."
Vice-general Yao and another vice-general also knelt down and said, "It's love, empress, please go!"
Man Yao glanced at Xiao Ke who was still vomiting profusely and seemed to be fainting, and seeing Deputy General Yao's eyes sinking, said coldly: "This is my order. How dare you disobey?"
Vice General Yao was taken aback, and wanted to persuade her again, but Xiang Wu saw her unshakable determination, so he had to sigh and motioned to Vice General Yao to do as ordered.
Xiao Ke paused slightly, turned around and protested: "I won't go, I want to accompany the princess sister..."
Man Yao frowned, stepped forward and touched her acupuncture points, and told Vice General Yao: "Go quickly." After saying that, he waved to the city, and dozens of people responded to her gesture, carrying oil drums up the city wall. At this time, the enemy's ladder had already When it was up, Man Yao ordered the soldiers to pour oil on the enemy troops swarming down the city, lighted torches and threw them over, and the fire ignited with a fierce momentum.
Those soldiers who had been splashed with oil screamed in pain in the fire, and the heart-piercing voice was louder and louder, shaking people's eardrums.
The fire didn't completely stop those warriors who were so angry that they went crazy. Some people rushed forward stepping on the corpse in the fire, desperately trying to climb up the city wall and kill her.
Xiang Wu and the lieutenant swung their swords to kill the enemies who climbed up the city wall, but there were too few of them after all, and more and more enemies climbed up the city wall, and they all went towards Man Yao.
Man Yao picked up the Xuan Po, stared intently, touched his stomach, took a deep breath, and mercilessly stabbed the sword into the enemy's body.
Her hands were already stained with blood, and she didn't care about killing more.
She didn't know how long she had been here, but she felt that her hands were about to lose consciousness, her eyes were covered in scarlet, her body seemed to have been splashed with blood, and her white clothes had long lost her original color. The people around her fell down one by one, she and Xiang Wu were still fighting. Like her, Xiang Wu was a man of blood and couldn't tell which was the enemy's blood and which was his own.
Seeing that there were more and more enemies on the city wall, Xiang Wuyan shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty, let's go! Wucheng can be lost, but nothing will happen to you and the unborn little prince in your womb. I beg you, move!"
Man Yao smiled wryly: "I can't leave." Maybe everyone in this city has a chance to leave, but she can't. I don't know how the battle between the east and west gates is going
Just as she was thinking, someone in the city came to report: "I want to report to my lord, the enemy army at the west gate has retreated, more than half of our 20,000 soldiers have been killed or injured, and the rest of the soldiers are rushing here, please hold on!"
Before Man Yao could feel a tinge of relief, another person came to report: "My lady, the East City Gate... the East City Gate is about to lose its hold!"