In the sixteenth year of Jingtai's reign, Xia Yunshen looked at the group of hungry and emaciated soldiers in front of him, but still swore allegiance to the death, and smiled solemnly.
After several years of conquest, from the beginning it was overwhelming, but after Xia Jue's death, he was struggling.
At first, he thought he could successfully regain Xia Jue's power, but who knew that the barbarian tribes on the frontier were just a bunch of lunatics who drank hair and blood.
When fighting a war, there is no restriction at all, and you can do whatever you want. After conquering cities and territories all the way, you are not satisfied with being crowned king and prime minister. You still want to divide the country with him and rule it, and only give you a yearly coin.
That's all. From the very beginning of this battle, he was under the banner of the cruel emperor. But the soldiers and horses under him, these barbarians, once they invaded a city, they would definitely massacre the people and humiliate the women.
, old, weak, women and children will not be spared.
As a result, his reputation was greatly damaged among the people. However, Xia Jie relied on the continuous supply of food and grass from Beijing and the south of the Yangtze River. Even when he besieged the city with a large army, he would ensure that the people in the city had enough food and clothing.
worry.
This is exactly what he lacks most.
I heard that she personally went to the south of the Yangtze River to persuade the wealthy businessmen in the south to voluntarily donate the food and grass, especially the luggage for the past two years. What Xia Jie wanted to do was to give these wealthy businessmen a chance after the chaos was over.
With a small title, a monument of merit will be built for these people, and their names will be engraved on it, so that their names will go down in history.
What a great idea. Being a businessman has a low status.
Being able to have a title and be praised by future generations.
In this way, there is no need for the government to forcefully collect grain and hold fund-raising meetings. The wealthy people and landowners who have countless rice hoards at home are rushing to take out the grain and property at home, fearing that they will fall behind.
And he could have done so, but even so, he had lost the opportunity.
Xia Jie's strength increased greatly. After he had no worries about food, grass and baggage, his morale was like a rainbow, and public opinion surged. He took several important towns from his hands in one fell swoop. His strength was damaged, and the wealthy businessmen in the several state capitals he occupied had noticed him.
When they were defeated, they all moved their property to the mountains and hid it, for fear of being associated with him. The titles and promises he sealed were just empty words and had no effect at all.
One wrong step, one wrong step!
Now, he has been defeated one after another, and has not won a single victory in half a year.
Every time the soldiers under his command took advantage of the confrontation between the two armies, they pretended to be defeated and captured, and more and more people took the opportunity to surrender to the enemy.
Until three months ago, he was besieged here in Qicheng with only 50,000 people left. The retreat was cut off by the right-wing troops sent by Xia Jie in the rear, and Xia Jie personally led the army in front.
With no way forward or retreat, defeat is the inevitable outcome.
During these three months, the whole army had no food to eat. In the military camp, some people had secretly brought back the bodies of soldiers who died on the battlefield to satisfy their hunger.
He saw it in his eyes, but there was nothing he could do.
Qingshan layman looked at Xia Yunshen's silence, took a deep breath, knelt on the ground, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, please leave quickly with the Yunyi Thirteen Iron Guards."
Xia Yun closed his eyes deeply, and when he opened them again, there was a look of ridicule in his eyes, "Leave, go somewhere, hide here and there like a wild dog, or stay anonymous, and live a life like no one and no ghosts!"
If he was destined to lose, he would rather die than live like this.
A soldier stood up and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, you are the eldest son of the late emperor, with a noble status. Now the sky has no eyes to protect the evil emperor and the evil concubine. You should leave first, wait for the opportunity, and then come back to take back the country.
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Xia Yunshen looked at the city wall in the distance with erratic eyes. It was filled with rosy-faced and energetic soldiers. But on his side, they were all weak people.
The soldiers on the opposite side should know that they are about to win.
Xia Jie and her were in the room at this time, hugging each other, waiting for the good news of his defeat.
Yifang, Yifang...
These words echoed over and over in my heart, and I can no longer remember exactly when it started. Her face gradually became blurry. It turns out that time is the most powerful thing in the world, even for the woman she loved so much.
Such a charming woman will be cut apart beyond recognition by the sharpness of time.
But why, her name was still in his heart, echoing over and over again, day after day, year after year.
Even when I wield my butcher knife to attack the enemy on the battlefield, I will still think of this name and think about whether that woman will see my most cruel face.
In the past few years, layman Qingshan has seen Xia Yunshen look like this in a trance, as if drunk to death too many times.
He felt bitter in his heart.
Sure enough, the children he trained with his own hands still followed his path.
I have been madly in love for half my life and missed you my whole life.
Time is also destiny!
The woman named Dou Yifang was indeed a demon concubine, but she did not kill Xia Jie, but killed Yunshen and fulfilled Xia Jie's wish.
If it weren't for this woman, Yun Shen lost all his sanity, even disrupted the harem structure, and even affected the previous dynasty. Maybe the battle between Yun Shen and Xia Jie would not have been resolved by war, and Yun Shen might not have
lose.
But Yun Shen still didn't hate her after all. He even executed Hua Yunqing in that way for her.
The soldiers in the military camp all said that Yun Shen felt guilty and executed his wife in such a cruel and cruel way, so he asked an eminent monk to seal Hua Yunqing's soul so that he would be imprisoned forever and never be reincarnated.
Only he, a master, can understand.
Yun Shen was not worried about himself, but worried about that woman.
I have lost my country, I have lost everything, and now, I am about to lose my life and pride, and I will be defeated at the hands of the person I hate the most. Do I still think about her?
If I had known that Yun Shen's obsession was so deep, maybe when I saw the signs of Yun Shen's affection for that woman, I should have found a way to get that woman before Emperor Ru was so fond of her and had his true feelings.
The woman was taken out of the palace and sent to Yun Shen.
Now, everything is too late.
Thinking of his promise, layman Qingshan stood up, waved away the others, looked at Xia Yunshen for a long time, and suddenly said calmly: "Shen'er, go ahead, go far away, whether you stay in Qingshan or not,
It doesn’t matter whether you live in seclusion at the end of the world from now on, you must leave your own life behind."
Xia Yunshen laughed, pointed to the sky above his head, and said sadly: "Master, the world is so big that there is no place for me to be alone." He paused for a moment, his eyes were stern, "Besides, master, don't you remember?
You have taught me since I was a child that I must ascend the throne and be the emperor. Only in this way can you and me be worthy of the queen's heart, and worthy of the queen's years of humiliation and silence."
Qingshan layman hesitated and said, "Shen'er, your mother is doing this for your own good." At that time, if Shen'er was the eldest son but had no ambition, I am afraid that Emperor Jing'an would not have kept Shen'er long ago.
After all, the reason why Emperor Jing'an was willing to protect Shen'er and keep Shen'er at the beginning was because of the late emperor's decree that only Shen'er was the legitimate heir to the throne and could confront Xia Jie. If Shen'er was not there, the throne would be lost.
He will always be of Xia Jie’s lineage.
Therefore, if Shen'er had expressed his unwillingness to be the crown prince at that time, I am afraid that the first person who could not tolerate Shen'er would be Emperor Jing'an.
Who would have thought that after years of planning, Shen'er's fate would be met with the fate of Dou Yifang.
Moreover, Shen'er just couldn't escape despite the storm.
Xia Yun narrowed his eyes and laughed lowly, looking at the opposite side intently. In the past three months, he had often stood here.
In the past, he often looked at it like this. During the days when the two armies were fighting, he knew that she lived in the city opposite, so he stared at it carefully, looking at it with his life. He hoped that even if it was just a blink of an eye, she would appear.
On the tower, he could take a look.
But in the past, he was mostly resentful and unwilling.
She resented the injustice of God and was unwilling to lose her after all.
Now, trapped here, his defeat was certain, his heart calmed down as he looked at the tower opposite.
He no longer expected her to appear. After all, it was too dangerous on the tower and she should not appear. He just wanted to take a look at where she was living. From the highest place, he looked at the place where she was most likely to appear.
The place closest to her, watching quietly, inhaling the same breath as hers, exhaling the hurt that lingers in my heart.
"Master, what do you think she is doing right now?"
Qingshan layman was speechless.
Xia Yunshen didn't seem to need Qingshan layman's response, he kept talking to himself.
"I used to always think that in this life, as long as you have a country, you can get everything, so it doesn't matter what you sacrifice or lose for the sake of the country."
The corners of his lips stretched, revealing a forced smile, "Later, when I met her, I thought, it's not a big deal, as long as I don't care about her chastity, wait for me to sit on the dragon throne, and then snatch her back. Whether it's placement
It doesn't matter whether it's in the palace or in a separate courtyard outside. I won't be thinking about her day and night like this, and it's hard for me to sleep peacefully."
"But I later learned that there are some people that you cannot use, sacrifice, or abandon, no matter what the reason, no matter how big the country is."
Xia Yunshen said quietly with deep eyes: "Master, you said that at the beginning of this battle, I told Xia Jie that if he gave her to me, I would take her away and never be with her again.
If he fights, will Xia Jie agree?"
Qingshan layman remained silent, but Xia Yunshen had already answered himself.
"Xia Jie must be unwilling. He values her more than anything else. How could he be willing? I am not as good as Xia Jie, not as good as Xia Jie. During that meeting in the East Palace, I still wanted to use her."
Xia Yun closed his eyes deeply, and the constricting pain in his organs became more and more clear and frequent.
That's fine, with Xia Jie here, he can feel at ease even if he dies!
His eyes suddenly opened, Xia Yunshen looked at layman Qingshan, and said in a calm tone: "Master, I have already made up my mind about whether to leave. You can go down first."
Qingshan layman looked at Xia Yunshen like this, and for some reason, a strong sense of sadness arose in his heart.
He could vaguely guess Xia Yunshen's decision. But he was powerless to stop it.
Even though he is the most talented person in the world, he cannot change the outcome of this battle. Yun Shen is a member of the royal family. He has been aloof since he was a child. Even though he has been living in the cracks, he still inherits the pride and arrogance of the Daxia royal family in his blood.
Hiding from the world and running away are obviously not things that a true royal family member can tolerate.
So that choice, even though it is cruel, is really the only choice.
This will probably be a chapter about overseas travel.