It was dark, and the surroundings were empty. Xia Yunshen's long general robe was covered with blood. He stood at the top of the city, looking at the city opposite, silently counting in his heart, this was the third city.
Since he announced the crusade, this is the third city in Daxia that he has conquered. On the surface, his army seems to be winning every victory, and the morale of his men is also high, but he is the only one.
I knew in my heart that this battle was probably unwinnable.
The original estimate was to take advantage of Xia Jie's unpreparedness, and not hesitate to unite Xia Jue's troops to attack him in one fell swoop, and then deal with Xia Jie later. After all, there were only seven months in total, at least to be able to fight with Xia Jie.
Xia Jie took half of the world.
Unexpectedly, after fighting for a full year, they only captured three cities.
Xia Jie had dug up many of Xia Jue's men who had been buried in various state capitals in advance. Only six state capitals responded to his call, and the leaders of two more state capitals were assassinated after they were made public.
Xia Jie took back control.
When he first launched his army, he was also ill-prepared. Until now, every time he conquered one of the three cities, when he entered the city, he saw that they were all empty. Except for the mourners everywhere, there was not a drop of food in the granaries, and the able men were also guarded.
The soldiers were killed first according to the order. Although this move made everyone in the world call Xia Jie cruel, it was also because of his raising an army that the world was in chaos. Therefore, he and Xia Jie were half as bad as each other!
Moreover, it can also stop his plan to replenish food and fodder. This trick is really good, very good. It is already winter, the soldiers are short of food and clothing, and their morale on the surface is wasted by the lack of food on the inside.
If we cannot find food compensation within four months, there will be no need to continue this war.
"Your Highness."
A soldier came over with hot broth and offered it to Xia Yunshen with both hands. Xia Yunshen took it and drank it. Suddenly he saw colorful fireworks blooming in the city opposite. His heart tightened and the corners of his eyes twitched.
, asked calmly: "What day is today?"
The soldier was stunned and did not reply.
"Today is the first birthday of the eldest son of Emperor Ru."
Ever since Xia Yunshen announced Xia Jie's ten deadly sins and informed the world that he was going to kill Xia Jie's qualified tyrant Emperor Ruodi for the royal family, people on Xia Yunshen's side all called Xia Jie Emperor Rude.
Xia Yunshen's hands holding the large porcelain bowl were stiff for a long time. He raised his head and drank up the broth. The hot soup flowed down his throat and into his stomach, burning his internal organs together.
But he still felt cold.
A smile appeared at the corner of his lips, and he stared across the street in a daze, his lonely voice floating faintly in the night wind.
"Her son is already one year old."
Qingshan layman sighed, waved his hand to signal the surrounding soldiers to step back, stood next to Xia Yunshen, and looked with him at the colorful and bright fireworks in the sky opposite.
"Shen'er, put it down. You have already raised an army, and she has given birth to the emperor's crown prince. Do you still remember what you wrote in your memorandum?"
Xia Yunshen smiled coldly, but his eyes were still staring at the opposite side for a moment, as if with all his strength, he could see through the thick city wall on the opposite side and see the woman's smiling face.
"Of course I remember, that day I wrote this proclamation in my own hand to announce to the world that my imperial uncle, who did not want to make progress, pampered the enchantress and caused troubles all day long, killed loyal and good people, and was the master of the ruin of the country. For the sake of the world, I had to raise an army.
Invade the imperial city, kill the traitorous concubines, get rid of the foolish emperor, and reorganize our Daxia royal family." After Xia Yunshen finished speaking, his mouth was already full of bitterness.
Qingshan layman nodded, stared at Xia Yunshen's thin side face and said: "As long as you remember it, you wrote those things with your own hands that day and chose to raise an army. You should know that there is no possibility between the two of you.
Already."
"She was the one who let me out of the palace that day."
Xia Yunshen interrupted what layman Qingshan was saying, and suddenly smiled and uttered something that shocked layman Qingshan as well.
Qingshan layman looked at Xia Yunshen in disbelief and said with a trembling voice: "What did you say?"
Xia Yunshen smiled slightly and repeated: "She was the one who let me out of the palace that day.
He lowered his head and took out a jade pendant from his arms, his eyes shining with tiny rays of light.
"Xia Jie sent Murong Yi over that day. I knew that Xia Jie had noticed that I would fight against him at all costs and even contacted Xia Jue. In such a situation, Xia Jie could not tolerate me. The master had already left the palace to contact the generals from various places. The East Palace
Being surrounded by everyone, I had no choice but to sneak into the harem, trying to find the secret passage Bi Ruge told me earlier. Unexpectedly, I happened to run into her. When she saw me, she was just surprised and asked Cui'er to take me in.
Your Highness Shouyan, the Queen Mother, I found out that there was the Dragon Vein there. After the searchers in the palace had passed, I followed Your Highness Shouyan's underground river out of the palace and found you."
Layman Qingshan suddenly had a complex expression on his face.
When he saw that Shen'er was deeply in love with Concubine Yi and could not extricate himself, he was afraid that Shen'er would eventually give up his great career for that woman and be willing to sacrifice his life to Emperor Ru.
With no other choice, he could only speed up the process and form an alliance with Xia Jue first. After negotiating the terms, he told Shen'er, half forcing Shen'er to take action. He thought that his arrangements were good enough, and that Emperor Ru was not aware of this.
He dared to leave the palace with confidence only after receiving the news. How could he have known that Emperor Wu actually found out about the news, and also learned in advance from the daughter of Prince Kang's house that the late emperor had buried secret chess pieces for Xia Jue in various prefectures.
He pulled out secret chess pieces from all over the place, and took advantage of the fact that they, the confidants of the East Palace, were out of the palace, and wanted to catch Shen'er first, without hesitation to frame him.
Being so caught off guard, they were so anxious outside that they even planned to hand over everything they had if it didn't work out, replace Shen'er first, and then go to the southeastern border outside the Great Wall, waiting for an opportunity to resurrect.
Who would have thought that Shen'er, under Emperor Ru's lightning-fast offensive and arrangement, would actually come out of the palace unscathed and find them. They were all ecstatic at the time. Unexpectedly, it turned out that...
It turned out to be that woman...
But that woman, knowing full well what it meant to let Shen'er go under the situation at that time, which meant the disaster of war in Daxia and the threat to the country of Emperor Ru, she still let Shen'er go.
What does this mean?
Qingshan layman couldn't help frowning when he thought of this, and asked: "What does she want?"
Xia Yunshen glanced at Qingshan layman lightly, and then turned all his attention to the city opposite. At this time, the bright fireworks could no longer be seen in the sky. But Xia Yunshen felt that at night, that one
The flickering clouds seemed to be slowly gathering together, transforming into the appearance of a person, looking at him with a smile, just like the light and decisive smile she had when she let him leave that day.
When I was talking last night, I forgot that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. My house has always been crowded with people. I'm sorry for everyone. I will definitely make up for it. I will go to the Internet cafe to write tomorrow.