In the eleventh year of Yuansui, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, the moon had not yet set, but the morning star had slowly risen from the horizon. In the deep blue sky, a touch of fish belly white appeared in the east, gradually overshadowing the brilliance of the entire Milky Way.
Hai Qiuyang stayed up all night to write out a secret letter. He sealed the letter with sealing wax, and printed the double carp seal representing the Duke of Fu with the ring on his little finger, and then spoke out
He called in the soldiers who had been waiting outside the door for a long time and handed the letter into the other party's hands:
"Leave the city immediately and send this letter to Ye Guo's camp twenty miles away!"
The soldiers seemed to be used to such orders, and immediately turned around and left the palace, riding away in a hurry. As soon as they left, Hai Qiuyang, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, heard commotion coming from outside the palace. Then from the north
On top of the Gongchen Gate tower, golden drums also sounded, signaling the intrusion of foreign enemies!
Hai Qiuyang's face darkened, as if he had guessed what was happening outside the city, and immediately ordered people to go to the prison to bring Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun out. He himself hurriedly put on a fur cloak, summoned the palace guards,
He ran up the city wall in a mighty manner.
The Jinlin army responsible for the defense of the capital also quickly assembled and quickly bolted the city gate. The crossbowmen also took up their posture at the top of the city, bending their bows and setting arrows.
On the top of Leiyin Mountain in the east, a ray of orange-red light suddenly lit up. Standing on the wall of Yunzhi City and looking down, I saw a huge army of more than ten thousand people spread out neatly on the endless plain.
Formation. Its vanguard has now advanced to a place no more than three miles away from the city head. The soldiers in the formation are all wearing black armor and holding high the black sea falcon flag as their banner. They are none other than Ye Guo Zhoushi!
A group of soldiers on fast horses galloped out of the formation, and after a while they rushed to the top of the city. The leading general wore a long golden quill on his helmet, but it seemed that he was not here to call for formation, but to pull a sword.
He raised his voice to see the Duke of Fu, but his words showed no respect at all:
"Let Hai Qiuyang come out!"
Seeing this, the crossbowmen on the city aimed their iron arrows at the intruder. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Fu became anxious and shouted loudly:
"Are these idiots trying to kill me? Why don't you all put down your crossbows? Do you really think you can withstand the Ye State army outside the city?"
Immediately, he hurriedly poked his head out from the battlements, completely losing the heroic spirit that he had used three months ago with five hundred brocades to scare off the opponent: "General, Hai is here, here! The Ye Kingdom army is here today.
The troops approaching the city are really frightening. Can you suspend the weapons and let Hai come down and talk to you in detail?"
"It's nonsense! Three months ago, you revised the book and gave it to the Ye Kingdom. It was the Mo family who sent people to intercept our Ye Kingdom's court and took away the death row prisoner Qi Ziyin. We have nothing to do with you or the Fu Kingdom. The matter is of great importance at this time. If we deal with it,
Improper conduct will affect the entire Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce, so His Majesty ordered this general to cooperate with you and put on a show to stabilize the rebels first, and then make long-term plans. But now that the agreed period has passed, you have repeatedly promised to hand it over to our people.
, where is it again?!”
Hai Qiuyang wanted to temporarily stabilize the already chaotic situation, but unexpectedly, the general under the city actually revealed all the secret affairs between him and Ye Guo.
Before he finished speaking, there was an uproar among the defenders at the top of the city. They all turned to look at their lord. Although they were a little embarrassed, Hai Qiuyang had no time to care about it at this time. Instead, he turned to look behind him.
roared:
"Why don't you hurry up and bring the prisoner forward!"
Two figures, one white and one purple, tied up with five-flowered flowers were quickly escorted to the top of the city. Hai Qiuyang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, grabbed the collar of the young man in white, dragged him to the battlements, and continued to attack
The people from the city shouted: "General, please take a look clearly. The traitor Ye Guo wants to catch has already been captured by Hai Mou!"
When Qi Ziyin saw this, the anger in his heart burned fiercely, and he spat on the other person's face: "Despicable villain! You said you would lend me a boat before, but you wouldn't honor it at all, right!?"
Before tonight, he still couldn't believe that the Duke of Fu, who had always behaved upright and awe-inspiring, could actually be a treacherous and courageous person. In March, the other party not only successfully deceived him, but also deceived Mo Zeming.
The Jin-scaled troops at the head of the city were also completely kept in the dark.
Hai Qiuyang raised his sleeves and wiped his face carelessly, with a fierce look in his eyes: "Young Master Ziyin, if you want to complain, then blame that Mo family brat. Hai Mou had a good talk with us a month ago, and he only asked
He handed over Mo's salt mine in Suli Mountain to me to run as a reward for helping you escape this time. Who would have thought that this kid refused and refused to show mercy at all! I, Haishi, am also dignified after all.
The monarch, for more than a hundred years, has protected and supported the Mo family for all to see, and this time he even risked the fate of the entire country of Fu to help him, not even willing to give up a few salt wells!"
"Shameless! Suli Yanjing is the foundation of Mo's family. Why should others give away the family business that they have worked hard for more than a hundred years to you?!"
In this way, Qi Ziyin finally understood why the leader of the Fu Kingdom in front of him, who had helped him so much, suddenly turned against him. He felt a fire in his chest, but there was nothing he could do. After scolding him for a few times, the young man suddenly became worried.
The silver-haired child that I haven't seen for some days - perhaps at this moment, he has been imprisoned by the sanctimonious Duke of Fu in front of him, and has even been poisoned!
Facing Young Master Ye's curse, Hai Qiuyang did not make any excuses, and even refused to look at him at all. Instead, he turned around and continued to smile at the general below the city:
"Last night, Mr. Hai wrote a letter to inform him of this matter. I wonder if the messenger general has seen him?"
"Is this the person you are talking about?"
The general at the bottom of the city sneered and waved to his subordinates to push out a man from behind. Hai Qiuyang saw clearly from a high position that the man was the soldier he sent to deliver the message. At this time, his eyes and tongue had already been gouged out by the other party.
Became a cripple!
"General - General, why is this! Didn't we already have an agreement before? If Hai helps Ye Guo capture Qi Ziyin, he will share the seats and profits that originally belonged to the Mo family in the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce with your country?"
What's more, now it is precisely because of Mo Zeming's obstruction in every possible way that we have no choice but to delay the matter again and again. It is also necessary to teach him a lesson!"
Hai Qiuyang was frightened by the other party, and finally revealed his true identity - he had not made things difficult for Qi Ziyin and his party in the past few months, just because he was bargaining with Ye State. After all, compared with the Chamber of Commerce seats and his 50% profit, it was only Suili Shanzhong.
Those salt wells are not worth mentioning at all.
However, these little tricks of his were still no match for the tens of thousands of troops under the city, wearing armor and sharpening their swords. General Ye Guo waved his hand again and ordered his men to help the half-disabled soldier onto his horse.
:
"Mr. Fu, do you really think that our Duke Ye is a three-year-old child and can be fooled so easily? The Yunzhi Mo family is the leader of the Chamber of Commerce. If you give half of his seat to you, isn't it the same as giving away half of Wanzhou?
His life has been put into your hands?! Stop talking nonsense, this person has been born and died for you, and now I, the general, will return him in front of all the soldiers of Fu. If you still have any conscience, open the door and take him back in person.
!”
After speaking, the opponent whipped the horse's buttocks which was carrying the crippled soldier. The horse felt the pain and galloped away towards the city gate.
However, this put Hai Qiuyang into a complete dilemma. He knew in his heart that this was the opponent's plan to alienate people. If he refused to save people, the last bit of his remaining prestige would be gone. But at this time, Gongchen was confronting the two sides.
The gate is a suspension bridge hanging on the moat. If you want to close it again after it is fully opened, it will take at least a stick of incense. If you open it rashly, Ye Guo's cavalry can attack the city in an instant and take the opportunity to rush in.
Once the city comes, there is no room for maneuver.
Faced with a dilemma, he had to use all his strength to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and continued to cough twice with a smiling face:
"What did the general say? Why can't you trust Hai Mou so much? We, the Fu State, have few major generals, and now your army is standing under the city. Even if Hai Mou wants to open the door to save people, he must also think about the hundreds of thousands of people in the city.
?Please also ask the general to lead everyone back to the camp first. In the future, Hai will send people to escort a group of criminals to the camp to plead guilty."
"Now that things have happened, Duke Fu still wants to delay time? I have already given you the chance, but you have gone against it. While delaying time, you promised to send the two traitors a farewell ship. Do you really think that you are so frivolous?
How can you escape from the eyes and ears of the leader of Ye State?! Today, his old man will only give you two options. One is to hand over the prisoner along with the national seal, and from now on, you will bow your head and become a vassal of our Ye State. The other is to
My army broke into the city and captured the people. From then on, there will be no Fu Kingdom in the world. You make your own choice!"
The ultimatum made Hai Qiuyang completely at a loss. Although he was greedy, he did not expect that all his wishful thinking would come to nothing, and not even a little benefit would be lost. Now not only the originally negotiated benefits have been lost.
If you are in ruins, you will not even be able to protect your own throne!
What made him even more frightened was that a secret agent from the State of Ye had indeed sneaked into the palace, and even the words he and Qi Ziyin had said during the encounter were passed to Qi Shouyu's ears word for word!
Faced with such a situation, Duke Fu finally came up with the idea of defeating the situation: there are no less than ten thousand Jinlin troops stationed in the city. Even if they cannot defend the city, they must not let the other side come in and out freely like searching for things. Moreover, he needs to defend his own.
Escape intact and buy time!
"Set an arrow, shoot an arrow for me immediately!"
The Duke of Fu roared loudly, hoping to use the dense rain of arrows to kill General Ye who was standing under the city at the moment. Unexpectedly, among the thousands of Jinlin troops holding bows and arrows on the city wall, no one took the order. More
What's more, he actually took out all the arrows in his hand.
"A bunch of dog slaves, are you trying to rebel? I spend so much money raising you, is it just to make you disobey me in battle?"
Hai Qiuyang's eyes showed endless despair. After cursing a few words, but still no one paid attention, he actually reached out and snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of a soldier beside him, pulled up the full string and aimed down at the city head. But
How could General Ye Guo be waiting for him where he was? He had already led his entourage back to the formation.
The Duke of Fu was filled with anger and had nowhere to vent, so he turned his arrow and shot the soldier in the chest who had already rushed to the city! The wounded soldier immediately fell off his horse and died, causing an uproar above the city again, but Hai Qiuyang
He didn't care about this anymore, and turned around to look for Qi Ziyin - because he knew in his heart that this young master of Ye Kingdom was the only bargaining chip in his hand that he could continue to use.
The garrison general on the city wall finally couldn't stand it any longer, walked quickly to the king and knelt down on one knee:
"Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say! For the current plan, if these two prisoners are sent out of the city immediately, there may be a chance of peace, so why bother with Ye Guo? I, the Jinlin Army,
You are a good man, and my brothers are not disobedient, but they just don’t want to risk their lives in vain for two outsiders, so please think twice, Your Majesty!”
"Think twice? Do you know that if you hand over these two people, I will get nothing! You are neither disobedient nor greedy for life and fear of death. Now, according to my order, immediately pile up hay everywhere in the city and set fire to it.
!”
"Does the king want to burn the city? What should we do with the thousands of people in the city?"
The general thought for a moment that he had heard wrongly, and he knelt on the ground and did not dare to accept the order.
"Who cares what they do! The Fu Kingdom belongs to Hai Qiuyang alone! In this life, no one can take away what belongs to me! If the Ye Kingdom wants to take it away, I will leave it to you.
They are in ruins!”
At this moment, the Duke of Fu, who was in a desperate situation, was almost crazy. He laughed loudly without any scruples. His hair was also scattered, flying like tangled grass in the wind. The laughter was hoarse and crazy, and it was straight.
The people at the top of the city were horrified to hear this.
"The Lord of the Kingdom, please forgive me... I can't..."
The general knew that the king had already lost his mind at this time, and a drop of cold sweat flowed down his forehead. However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "clang" and then felt a chill on his neck. It was Hai Qiu in front of him.
Yang took out the sword from his waist and chopped off his head with one sword!
"Liars, a bunch of liars! Since you are unwilling to help me, Hai, then everyone will die here together, and no one will survive!"
The Duke of Fu roared wildly and waved the sword in his hand, and chopped down several crossbowmen around him. The top of the city was filled with a fishy smell and turned into a blood-red color.
Unfortunately, Jinlin was an army member of the Fu Kingdom and did not dare to attack easily, let alone rebel. He just kept retreating to avoid the sharp blade in the opponent's hand. In this way, the soldiers who were originally surrounded by soldiers retreated.
However, Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun had nowhere to hide, and were completely exposed to the sight of Duke Fu!
"I am in this state today because of you two and that damn Mo Zeming! Although Hai can't kill you right now, he can still torture you! So he cut off both of your hands first to vent his anger.
Angry, and then go find the whereabouts of the silver-haired kid, chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs!"
Hai Qiuyang gnashed his teeth and cursed, swung his sword and stabbed the boy in white. Qi Ziyin closed his eyes, took a diagonal step to block Leng Jiayun, but suddenly felt a little relieved in his heart:
"Fortunately, Mo Zeming was not arrested..."
In the young man's ears, he clearly heard the soft sound of the sharp blade piercing the flesh and blood. Then the metal rubbed against the backbone and ribs, and then penetrated out of the body. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the person who fell on the top of the city was not
It's me dressed in white, but Hai Qiuyang, who holds a sharp sword in front of him and regards human life as nothing!
It was impossible for anyone to arrive, and the people who took Hai Qiuyang's life were actually two ordinary Jinlin junior sergeants! The garrison at the top of the city immediately felt like it was exploding. They all picked up their weapons and fired.
The two people, Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun, surrounded them together. But suddenly they heard one of them suddenly pointed at the sky above his head and shouted:
"Hurry and find cover! The Ye Kingdom army has begun to attack!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw several bright spots rising into the sky from the Ye State army formation under the dim sky, and soon they flew to the top of the city - they were the stone crossbows used to attack the city. The stone bullets fired by the crossbow machine
Now that it was smeared with kerosene, a raging fire was immediately ignited wherever it touched!
"If you officers and men really care about the people in the city, immediately arrange for them to leave the city through the south gate! Yun Zhi will definitely not be saved this time, but you can still try your best to save every one of them!"
Hearing what the sergeant who assassinated the king said, the Jinlin army on the city was stunned for a moment, and then they all nodded, and began to reorganize defenses at various places on the city head, and actually let them go!
Before Qi Ziyin could react, he saw the other party coming forward, but he cut the rope between his and Leng Jiayun's hands with a dagger:
"Young Master, Miss Leng, we are ordered to rescue you. Come with us quickly!"
"You - aren't you the same two from last night -"
Leng Jiayun suddenly felt that the other party's figure looked familiar. They were actually the two suspicious Ye Kingdom assassins she had seen in Liyue Palace the night before! Suddenly she struggled in fear and refused to let the other party touch her.
own body.
Seeing this situation, Qi Ziyin's heart skipped a beat. Just when he was about to say something, he was hit hard on the back of his neck. Then his vision went dark and he didn't know anything anymore.
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