Deep underground, a shrill and piercing roar was heard. The deafening cry was like that of a bird of prey.
Li Yu focused his eyes and saw that the protruding claws also had sharp hooks.
A hole opened in the earth, and the surrounding land turned over like an earth dragon. Everyone on the ground began to shake. Only the towering city walls remained firm.
Bianliang City is indeed the first city in the Six Dynasties. Its hardware is enough to be outstanding in the world, but the owner inside is a bit inferior.
In Ligustrum's camp, the strange and strange drum sound never stops for a moment.
The shamanistic wizards waved their hands with strange postures and primitive movements. Their movements were very much like beasts dormant before hunting, or like they were biting and swooping.
At this time, thick smoke billowed out from the cracked opening. The smoke was like the ghost gas coming out of the Nine Netherworlds underground, carrying a strong odor, and the black gas became increasingly dense.
The black smoke covered the sky and the sun, as if there were strange forces coming from nowhere. Li Yu couldn't figure out what these spiritual powers were, and they did not belong to any known spiritual powers.
However, it is so surging and majestic that it is not difficult for people to know how powerful it is.
The huge claws of the beast moved forward slowly, pushing away all the soil. The tremors of the earth stopped for a moment, but it was like the calm before the storm. Although everyone's hearts were in their throats, the shouts inside and outside the city gradually became inaudible. , the world seemed to be quiet at this moment.
With a roar, a huge figure flew into the air. It stirred up dust all over the sky and raised endless black mist, like a demon emerging from the Nine Nether Hell.
Although since the war started, the spells used by both the enemy and ourselves have been powerful and shocking.
But the movement this time was still the most outrageous. It seemed like the end of the world was coming. Dark clouds were gathering, and there were lightning and thunder in the clouds. With a trace of light, they illuminated countless dull faces on the ground.
The black clouds dispersed, revealing its true appearance. A giant bird with snow-white feathers and black spots was hovering in the sky. Its eyes were sharp, but there seemed to be a piece of carrion hanging from its mouth. If you looked closely, you could see that it was its own flesh. See the bones.
Its wings are spread nearly a hundred feet apart, its beak is pointed and its eyes are sharp, and its claws are also sharp and huge. Every time it flaps its wings, there is a strong wind.
Without any hesitation, the giant bird swooped down and attacked Zhao Fujin with its sharp beak and giant claws.
The aura of the Human Emperor awakened in her, and she became the most hated target of all wild beasts. There was no need for wizards to cast spells for guidance. All wild beasts would target her first.
Zhao Fujin did not escape this time, let alone hold her head. She stood bravely in front of all the wild beasts, even though these monsters had big mouths of blood and exuded the stench that she was most afraid of. Several of them were just hornets. His teeth are as big as Zhao Fujin's body.
There was no hatred, no fear, or even waves in her eyes. A peaceful and sacred aura emanated from her body. This was definitely not the aura of a human emperor.
The Human Emperor, as the lord of the earth, has always been extremely domineering. The Human Emperor's aura is unstoppable in power. If he stamps his feet, the whole world will be shaken. With a wave of his arm, billions of creatures will be driven by him.
Li Yu knew that this was Zhao Fujin's own aura. She was so supportive of Old Man Zhang's request that Li Yu couldn't help but feel a hint of relief in his eyes.
Old man, did you see this? This is the apprentice I found for you.
Li Yu let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and the Five Elements Flag flew out, setting up a spirit-gathering array. This time he didn't hold back at all. The two avenues around him were all in motion, his fingers were flying, and various spells appeared in an endless stream, all of which were auxiliary spells.
Although Li Yu often has to take action himself, his greatest ability and most powerful ability has always been assisting.
Hide in the dark, take control of the situation, and strengthen your teammates.
In fact, this is more difficult than charging into battle, and more important than charging forward without hesitation.
He was in the clouds, pouring all his spiritual power into Zhao Fujin's body to help her stand firm.
With the help of this gold medal, Zhao Fujin's pressure was reduced a lot. She worked hard to activate the thick soil technique to protect more people. The three clay figures suddenly grew up from the soles of her feet.
They stretched out their hands to grab a large number of civilians, and carefully carried them behind Zhao Fujin. A wild beast rushed over, and the fists of the three clay figures smashed into it like a hill.
The people who were driven out by the Privet Tartars and came to Bianliang City found that the gates of Bianliang City were tightly closed and were already in despair.
But at this moment, they rekindled their hope. What gave them hope was the Di Ji in front of them. She was shining with golden light, like a legendary fairy, protecting the innocent and weak.
Why did the human race rise? In ancient times, there were countless wild beasts on the earth. Each of them had a body a hundred or a thousand times that of a human being, and had the ability to destroy mountains and crack the earth.
But only the strong ones of the human race will have compassion and protect the weak ones of their own race.
Over time, a kind of thought power called faith appeared between heaven and earth and became one of the three thousand avenues.
The strong were in their position, the weak were benefited from it, and the human race relied on this to gradually become stronger. The arrogant beasts were defeated one by one and buried in the extremely cold land in the north.
Everyone is silently praying for Di Ji. Faith at the time of life and death is the purest form of thought.
On the city tower, the defenders also looked at the scene in front of them with tears. Emperor Ji's petite body was like a mountain, guarding the city.
No one could see Li Yu setting up formations behind him, healing his wounds and transmitting spiritual energy, nor could anyone see how many spiritual seals Lin Lingsu had drawn for blessing. At this time, only Zhao Fujin was paying attention.
"It looks like a sea turtle." Lin Lingsu looked at the giant bird in the sky and whispered.
"Haitongqing?" Li Yu shook his head and said, "How can it be so big?"
Lin Lingsu laughed, "Although they all believe in shamanism in the Northern Desert, their totems are different. Ligustrum uses sea green as its totem, Jurchen uses wild boar as its totem, Khitan uses wolf as its totem, and Dangxiang uses sheep as its totem.
This giant beast may be Hai Dongqing's ancestral beast. During the wilderness period, spiritual power was abundant, so it is not surprising that such a body was born."
"No matter what he is, he can still defeat the dragon's legend?"
Li Yu rolled his eyes and thought about it.
You like to control wild beasts to hurt people, right?
His eyes looked at his palm——
Cai Jing's mansion was crowded with officials from all walks of life.
Among them are the war faction, the peace faction, and the surrender faction, but no matter which faction they are, they are Cai Jing's confidants first.
In the past few years, Cai Jing has controlled the government and displayed amazing art of officialdom struggle, driving almost all his political opponents out of Bianliang.
They were all waiting for Cai Jing to make up his mind, but Cai Jing never showed up.
In the inner courtyard of the Cai Mansion, in the study room, there were several guards in fine uniforms standing at the door guarding the door.
There are people guarding the corridors and long verandas.
Lan Congxi looked at everything in front of her in surprise. Cai Jing was sitting at the top, with a group of unfamiliar faces below.
They behave strangely and their dress is a relic of the old Han Dynasty.
"The Privet Tatars broke their faith and went south to the Central Plains, disrupting my plan. Now the situation is out of control. In my opinion, it is better to make mistakes and seize the opportunity."
Lan Congxi's hands and feet were so frightened that the Grand Master actually planned to rebel and had accumulated so many dead soldiers.
Judging from their appearance, they don't look like people from the Song Dynasty.
Cai Jing looked at Lan Congxi with a smile and asked, "What do you think?"
Lan Congxi's back was completely soaked with sweat. He stood up in a panic, knelt down and said, "Students are just as kind as you are and follow your lead."
Cai Jing said with a smile: "What are you doing? We have known each other for a long time and have shared weal and woe. I support you and you are loyal to me. I am going to send you to the Privet Camp to talk to the Tatars."
and."
"Your Majesty, they are approaching the city with great momentum. Can they agree to our peace negotiation?"
Cai Jing sneered, "Tatars were born in a bitter cold land. They have never enjoyed the wealth of the Central Plains. Going south is nothing more than being extremely hungry and looking for food. After you go, tell Wanyan Zonghan that as long as he is willing to withdraw his troops, the people in Bianliang will
Beauty, gold, silver, and cloth are all he wants to ask for."
Lan Congxi was even more frightened. Wasn't this asking him to betray his country? With this condition, I don't know how many people would lose their families because of this treaty; I don't know how many female relatives would be ravaged and defiled; and how many shops would be looted.
This is a humiliation that has never happened before in the Central Plains, and it will definitely be remembered for thousands of years. Going forward a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years ago, there is no such example.
Lan Congxi, who has reached this point in his official career, is definitely not a fool. He knows very well that if the day comes when the Privet Tatars really retreat, there is no doubt that he will be pushed out to take the blame.
When the time comes, I am afraid that I will die to thank the world and wash away Cai Jing's sins.
Just as Lan Congxi was about to speak, the person next to Cai Jing walked up to him.
He stretched out his hand and covered Lan Congxi's forehead, and soon the fear in Lan Congxi's eyes slowly disappeared.
He knelt there numbly, his expression dull and expressionless.
People in the study seemed indifferent to such a strange scene. Cai Jing stood up and said, "Let's do it without further ado!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and a guard from the Cai Mansion came in from outside. He rolled into the room, cupped his fists and said, "Grand Master, something has changed outside the city!"
"The city is broken?"
Cai Jing and others suddenly stood up and asked excitedly.
If the city is destroyed, all their plans will be in vain, and their own lives may even be in danger.
After all, the ferocity of the Privet Tartars had long been spread throughout the Six Dynasties, especially after the news came that they bloodyly and cruelly massacred and abused the Khitan nobles.
The guard loudly said: "The city gate is not broken, someone defended Privet's attack."
"Who is it!"
"Empress Maode."
Cai Jing's eyes widened in shock and confusion, and the people behind him also took a step forward, "Who is the master of Emperor Maode?"
"She is His Majesty's favorite concubine. She has been studying Taoism with Lin Lingsu."
Cai Jing keenly discovered the strangeness of the matter. He lowered his voice and said, "Before she went to Shenxiao Palace, Emperor Maode was taken out of the palace by Li Yu. The Zhengjing Sect and Shenxiao Palace are basically the same. Their heads Li Yu and Lin Ling
We have been hanging out with each other all day long, and have been advancing and retreating together over the years. This matter is not that simple!"
"It's Li Yu again!" The man in Han-style robes gritted his teeth and said, "We can't let him ruin my big event this time."
Behind them, Hua Zixu lowered his head, feeling very nervous.
How to spread the news and hand it over to the master?
Hua Zixu lowered his eyes and began to think about it——
Seeing that the emperor refused to go up the city wall, Li Gang and other main war factions were helpless.
They gathered all the officials who were leading the battle, but there were only a dozen of them in total. The other officials were either expelled from the capital by Cai Jing or assassinated by Cai Jing's men.
"At this point in the country, we are the only ones who have a chance to fight to the death, right?"
Li Gang pinched his waist with one hand and raised his sword with the other. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly went straight.
He gathered up the soldiers on the tower and shouted, "Who is that? Who is blocking the Tatars?"
"It's Princess Maode!"
"Empress Maode?" Li Gang was stunned, looking at the petite figure, she was indeed a girl.
Maode Diji blocked the Tatars?
More than a dozen main battle officers looked at each other. They came to die to serve the country, but now it seems that they don't have to die.
Emperor Maode had a fight in Shenxiao Palace, subdued the great monk Bianji, abandoned Buddhism and became a Taoist, and worshiped under Emperor Ji's disciples. Although this incident was widely circulated, the civil servants did not attach much importance to it.
I didn’t expect that she is really so powerful, and I am the Song Dynasty who will never die!
Li Gang looked up to the sky and smiled, and then cursed: "The Emperor Ji fought tooth and nail to block the Tatars. You don't open the city gate to welcome the people in, so why are you standing here stupidly?"
At this time, a military general on the city tower came over, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty has an edict. It is strictly forbidden to open the city. Anyone who disobeys will be killed by the nine tribes."
Li Gang cursed angrily: "What nonsense, how dare you tarnish His Majesty's reputation? If you don't open the city gate, are you going to sit back and watch the people die?"
"Li Shaoqing, the general knows that you are serving the country and the people, but there are so many military orders, let alone an imperial decree."
Li Gang laughed, pointed at the people below, and said: "Eighty percent of these people are people from Kaifeng Prefecture. Maybe they have your relatives and old friends. Do you really not open the city gate?"
"I'm sorry, but I obey!"
Behind Li Gang, an official said angrily: "Isn't it just to kill the nine tribes? Our ten tribes combined are not as many as ten thousandths of the people outside. I will open the city gate. If you want to kill or cut into pieces in the future, just come to me."
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Li Gang grabbed him, thought for a moment, and said loudly: "Let's cut the rope together. In the future, if His Majesty blames you, we will bear it together."
The relationships among the scholar-officials of the Great Song Dynasty were complicated, and almost all of them were related to each other for several generations. So many people killed the nine tribes together, which was equivalent to killing all the scholar-officials of the Great Song Dynasty.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, it is expected that Your Majesty will not dare to do such a thing in the future, unless he is willing to bear the infamy in the world.
Li Gang led a group of civil servants to the city gate, but this city gate was the city gate of Bianliang. It had to be a hundred or ten strong men, otherwise it would be difficult to lower the suspension bridge.
The surrounding soldiers looked at each other in silence for a long time. Finally, one of the city guards stood up and wiped away his tears.
He joined the civil servants, and soon more and more soldiers came out.
Soon, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and the sound of the city gate opening made the people below the city look back in shock, and then their eyes filled with ecstasy.
