When the news of Shu Qin's sudden death came, it was just in the evening, and the sky looked gloomy. The city gates in the distance were closed tightly, and no one could be seen, but occasionally smoke could be seen floating into the sky. , In the tranquility, it seems that a storm is coming.
Jiang Tangzhou put down his chopsticks, and said with a little tastelessness: "Let's withdraw."
"I just ate two mouthfuls." Ting Yu said, "The crown prince ordered me to keep an eye on my master, let alone eat half a bowl."
Jiang Tangzhou's face has become thinner visible to the naked eye recently. When he touched it, his body was full of ribs. He was accidentally blown by the wind, and he covered his lips and coughed uncontrollably. He coughed up blood a few times, but Jiang Tangzhou didn't let Yin Wenzheng Discover.
In fact, he is always like this in winter, and he has been used to it for so many years, but now there is an extra Yin Wenzheng, so he hides it for fear that he will worry.
Jiang Tangzhou didn't have much appetite at first, but he forced himself to eat half a bowl of rice. He felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he took the food away after listening to the rain.
Ting Yu came back after putting away all his things, and seeing Jiang Tangzhou opened the curtain to blow the air at the door, he hurriedly helped him into the room, and complained: "My lord, can you take care of me?" Take a look at your body, you don’t cherish it, but I do, do you know that there is a saying that the emperor does not rush the eunuch?”
Jiang Tangzhou couldn't hold back his smile and said, "Are you an eunuch?"
"Master!" Ting Yu pouted, "Don't make fun of Ting Yu."
The sky outside became a bit darker, and the thick dark clouds in the distance pressed down firmly, as if they were going to cover the whole city in haze. Ting Yu glanced at it, and quickly took his eyes back.
"Then Shu Qin couldn't be said to have died suddenly." Jiang Tangzhou returned to the previous topic at this time, and said, "That was intentional, but his move will definitely cause a backlash from Lu Yanfeng's faction. I don’t know if the road ahead will be easy or not.”
"Why didn't you stop the prince?" Ting Yu asked.
"Do you think I can stop him?" Jiang Tangzhou smiled, "What's more, I am also willing to respect his ideas. If he thinks it is best to do so, then let him do it. Others don't understand him. If I go to stop him too, wouldn't he be alone and helpless?"
Ting Yu burst into tears: "Master, you are so kind."
Jiang Tangzhou patted her on the head: "How are you preparing everything I asked you to prepare?"
"It's all ready." Ting Yu moved closer and whispered to Jiang Tangzhou, "I heard that Na Shuji is leaving tonight."
...
Deeper and heavier.
Inside the city, the lights of thousands of houses had already been extinguished, and the cold wind in winter caused a biting pain on the face. Jiang Tangzhou was tightly wrapped in a cloak, but the cold wind still penetrated.
The sound of horseshoes trampling the soil was heard in the distance, and the figure of someone gradually approached.
The horse came from the darkness, without a trace of light, and a person on the horse's back was holding the reins tightly, protecting the things in his chest. The speed of Lei Jun disappeared before his eyes, and his figure continued to enter the darkness. And it disappeared very quickly.
"See clearly?"
"I see clearly." Ting Yu replied, "It's Shu Ji, the son of Shu Qin."
"Well." Jiang Tangzhou tugged at the skirt of his clothes and said, "Shu Qin's sudden death, the Lu Yanfeng faction must not be able to sit still, as long as this secret letter of Shuji is delivered to Lu Yanfeng, the curtain will be officially opened When the curtain opens, guess who will be the one who jumps the most?"
"I don't know who jumps the most. I only know that you should go back to rest now." Ting Yu frowned and said, "Even if you want to make sure if Shu Ji has gone to the capital, let me come alone. Is it? You come here, if you catch the wind and cold, wouldn't you want my life?"
"I caught the cold, so what does it matter to you?" Jiang Tangzhou chuckled twice.
"What do you think?" Ting Yu muttered in a low voice, "Ting Yu regards you as a member of the family, if something happens to you, won't I be sad to death?"
"You girl." Jiang Tangzhou tapped her forehead lightly, "Let's go, go back."
Tingyu helped Jiang Tangzhou to go back, but after only two steps, he suddenly saw a cluster of flames suddenly rising into the sky not far away, and before giving people time to react, there were three loud "bang bang bang" sounds, Visible to the naked eye, three balls of fire rushed towards the city gate from a little distance away.
Then there were three loud bangs of "bang—", the darkness was suddenly dispelled by the fire, and the whole sky was reflected in a red light.
Someone at the city gate shouted heart-piercingly: "Siege-the city-"
After Yin Wenzheng's arrival, the first battle at the border began.
The one on the other end was in a hurry, and Ting Yu on this end was no exception, his legs almost went limp, he hurriedly supported Jiang Tangzhou's hand and said, "Master, let's go back to the camp quickly."
The sound of horseshoes became more and more obvious, and it was obvious that the large army was not far behind. Jiang Tangzhou's eyes darkened, and he asked, "How far is the city wall from us?"
"About ten meters."
"Let's go up the city wall." Jiang Tangzhou said, "The artillery fire came from about a mile away, and there is still a while before they come. This time is enough for us to go up the city wall."
Ting Yu had a kind of blind trust in Jiang Tang Zhou, and when he heard this, he dragged Jiang Tang Zhou and ran towards the city wall without saying a word.
The city gate was closed tightly, so Ting Yu borrowed a bear-hearted leopard gall to put on his body, and shouted at it: "We are relatives of the prince, let us in!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a group of extremely neatly lined up troops came towards the city gate not far from where the tents were set up.
The leader was Wu Cong, who changed into a silver armor, raised his hand and ordered someone to stand in front of the city gate, the crowd swarmed in, and Jiang Tangzhou and the two were soon forced to stick close to the city gate.
Holding the weapon, Wu Cong pressed the arrow against Jiangtangzhou's neck with a "clang".
"What are you doing!" Ting Yu immediately stood in front of Jiang Tangzhou, glaring at the man in front of him sternly.
Wu Cong spat out a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "All the old, weak, sick and disabled should hide behind me, don't get in the way here!" The city gate shouted, "Open the city gate!"
"You..." Ting Yu was so angry that she was about to explode, and she was about to kick Wu Cong, but Jiang Tangzhou grabbed her arm.
Jiang Tangzhou asked in a deep voice, "Where is the prince?"
"Ghost knows where the prince from the capital is hiding out of greed for life and fear of death!" Wu Cong let out a "bah" and said with extreme disdain, "All of you rich and noble sons from the capital only know how to talk on paper!"
"Vice General Wu," not far away, the smiling voice gradually approached, "I'm still here, so you're here to make up the orphans, isn't it a little too much?"
Yin Wenzheng has also put on a golden armor, the armor covers his vitals, revealing a pair of smiling eyes, he is quite handsome with one foot on the horse's back, as if the thousands of troops and horses behind him have become his foil .
Ting Yu couldn't help blinking, and said, "Master, your prince is so handsome."
Jiang Tangzhou who couldn't see anything: "..."
"A Tang." Yin Wenzheng jumped off the horse, held Jiang Tangzhou's wrist, and said, "Go wait for me on the city wall."
"Okay." Jiang Tangzhou didn't say anything about going to the battlefield with him. His status was embarrassing. Although he promised Yin Wenzheng to help him, no matter what, beheading his own people would still make him feel uncomfortable. Comfortable, secondly, he is blind, even if he goes to the battlefield, he will only drag Yin Wenzheng down and cannot help him in any way.
So to a certain extent, Wu Cong's sentence "old, weak, sick and disabled" just now is really reasonable.
Jiang Tangzhou held Yin Wenzheng's palm instead, and said with great care, "Wenzheng, take care of everything."
"Don't worry." Yin Wenzheng smiled, regardless of the people around him, he leaned forward and kissed the red mole on the tip of his nose, "Wait until I come back safely."
...
"I thought that Wu Cong would encourage all his people to hide and not fight." Ting Yu helped Jiang Tangzhou climb up the city wall, "I didn't expect him to be quite reliable at critical moments."
"Well." Jiang Tangzhou nodded, and said, "The Lu Yanfeng faction is insidious and cunning, but the Fourth Prince's faction is not. Their faction has been stationed in the border for so many years, and they have feelings for all the cities here, and they know them. They hold the lives of tens of millions of people in their hands, so naturally they will not have any problems when it comes to major issues."
Ting Yu suddenly said: "So this is the reason why the prince dared to touch Shu Qin, isn't it?"
"Yes," Jiang Tangzhou nodded slightly, "To a certain extent, Yin Wenzheng is standing with Wu Cong—although Wu Cong seems to be forced."
Only then did Ting Yu nod seriously: "Even if there is something wrong with Lu Yanfeng, Wu Cong will stand up to it, and the border will not be without cards."
When the two of them reached the city wall, Qin Guo's army had already arrived. The two sides negotiated first, but at the end they didn't know what the result would be. Anyway, Yin Wenzheng gave an order, and the two sides began to fight.
The bloody smell in the air quickly rushed towards his face, reminding Jiang Tangzhou of the rusty smell that never fades away in the desert of the dead.
"Let the arrow!"
"Swish Swish Swish—"
Qin Guo was clearly prepared. Arrows flew towards the city as if piercing through the void. Although the city gate blocked most of the arrows, they still missed the soldiers guarding the city wall. Jiang Tangzhou knew that This is no longer a place to stay for a long time, so he held Ting Yu's hand and said: "Let's go to the city first and see if we can find a place to stay."
Ting Yu supported Jiang Tangzhou and nodded heavily. Before she left, she looked back one last time, and saw that the Qin State Army had already begun to climb up the city wall, and was about to break through the siege in an instant. It seemed that this battle, Heng Kingdom was in danger again .
The flames were shining in the sky, and there were also bursts of screams in the city. No one could take care of rest. They had already packed up all their belongings and tried to escape from this prison-like hell.