Chapter 957 Clouds cover the sun, and swallows return to their nests (9)
At dusk, the Tengu Army arrived at Daqian Capital as scheduled in accordance with Wei Changtian's order.
Since the news of Jing Guoqing's death had not yet spread completely, many soldiers left behind at the Sifang City Gate did not know about it. At the same time, many people thought it was false information, so the Tengu Army was not able to enter the city unimpeded. There was a fierce battle with the defenders.
Immediately afterwards, the four evil men lurking near the four city gates immediately took action, and the internal and external cooperation caused chaos in each city gate, and dangers abounded.
Although there are many defenders in the capital, their number far exceeds that of the Tengu Army.
However, because many people rushed to the palace before, and the Tengu army arrived too suddenly, the Dagan soldiers were caught off guard, and they soon fell into a difficult battle to maintain their strength.
Caught in the shadow of swords and swords, there are overwhelming beasts in front of you, and there are roars from behind from time to time...
The Daqian garrison was about to collapse several times, but in the end they managed to hold on.
As a result, the battle temporarily fell into a stalemate, and an unknown number of people died in just a quarter of an hour after the battle began.
In fact, without unified command and encountering sneak attacks, it was not easy for the Dakan defenders to withstand the first few waves of offensives from the Tengu Army.
Facing the menacing Tengu army, they gritted their teeth and defended while waiting for reinforcements and Jing Guoqing to step forward and stabilize the situation.
Little did they know that the situation in the capital at the moment was no better than on the city wall.
Jing Guoqing was killed in full view of everyone, and all the other Jing family members who stayed in the palace also died under Wei Changtian's sword.
Even though the latter has left, for a while the imperial court was unable to recommend a person who could direct the overall situation.
After all, the royal family is dead, and most of the remaining officials and ministers have their own agendas, and power cannot be centralized at all.
Therefore, there is no one in the huge capital city who can convince the public at this moment.
Taking a step back, even if there is such a person, whether he dares to stand up is another matter.
After all, Wei Changtian will definitely not let the various forces in Daqian form a joint force again, so once anyone dares to stand up, that person will definitely be the one Wei Changtian wants to kill.
No one would not understand this truth, so no one would dare to show off at this time.
Most of the people with some power are hiding now, hoping to wait until the situation becomes clearer before taking the next step.
And since they do nothing, what can ordinary soldiers and civilians do?
"ah!!"
"The rebels are coming! Run!"
"The Emperor passed away! The Emperor passed away!!!"
"I don't want to die! Someone come and save me!"
"Jun, Junye, what are you doing?"
"Whoa! Whoa whoa!"
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
"..."
Cries, shouts, the sound of horse hooves, footsteps, and all kinds of noisy and chaotic sounds soon spread to every corner of the city.
Most of the people ran home in panic, while the soldiers either turned back to the city wall to reinforce the battlefield, or ran home to find their relatives, or rushed into street shops or even the palace to loot, or simply took off their armor. Find a place to hide...
The loss of control caused by the lack of power and the collapse of the system is vividly reflected at this moment. When a group facing an extreme crisis suddenly loses its unified leadership, the end may be so vulnerable.
The culprit who caused all this, Wei Changtian, was slowly walking through the chaotic crowd with a calm expression, as if he didn't care about what was happening around him.
He has experienced similar scenes too many times.
He has seen even more exaggerated and cruel ones.
The Wonju Fortress Massacre killed three million people in one night.
The Battle of Niutoushan killed 200,000 people in one battle.
I don't know since when, Wei Changtian's attitude towards "life", or "human life", has changed a lot.
Thinking back to the first time he heard that Ning Yongnian was willing to kill three million people in Fengyuan City in order to eliminate the main force of Daqian, he was furious and even decided to support Ning Yuke's rebellion.
Later in the Niutoushan ambush, when he saw the counter-rebellion army entering the valley and how he could take hundreds of thousands of lives with just one thought, Wei Changtian also hesitated, and in the end he could only say "war is for peace". Convince yourself.
But what now?
Wei Changtian suddenly found that he no longer had any psychological fluctuations due to similar things, and he no longer needed to rely on some "reasons" to commit murder.
As long as someone needs to be killed for you, then kill them.
As long as some people deserve to die based on their own interests, then they will die.
Life seems to no longer have any special meaning, sometimes it is just a number.
When he just killed Jing Guoqing, Wei Changtian felt no emotion in his heart, nor did he feel any sorrow or regret for the emperor.
This is undoubtedly completely different from his mentality when he killed Xiao Feng, Yunlian, and Ning Yongnian before.
So...have you become cold-blooded?
After pausing for a moment, Wei Changtian turned to look at a little girl not far away who was covered in dirt and fell to the ground crying, and then continued to walk forward indifferently.
From a certain perspective, in such a feudal society with a low level of civilization, in a world of cultivation where the law of the jungle is the lowest rule, his transformation is inevitable and necessary.
But when it comes to being completely cold-blooded, Wei Changtian doesn't seem to be able to do it.
Otherwise, he would not let Wang Qian, Tang Chen, Chu An, or even Chu Xianping go.
In this way, he seems to still retain a trace of "compassion" that seems to be undue.
Wei Changtian didn't know whether this contradiction occurred because he was a time traveler or because of human nature.
He also doesn't resent that he is sometimes too "cruel" and sometimes too "kind".
He just can't understand some of the things he does sometimes.
For example, now...
Looking down at the pastry box in his hand, Wei Changtian showed a wry smile. He still doesn't understand why he really brought these three boxes of mung bean cakes back.
If it's because of You Jia, Cui'er has made it clear that she has nothing to do with You Jia.
Even Yujia was just an assassin who once wanted to harm him, but ended up being used by him instead. He had no reason to care about her life or death.
So it's just for Tweety?
But this is even more puzzling.
What does such a maid have to do with me?
"well......"
Sighing and shaking his head, Wei Changtian turned a corner and walked into the alley.
Compared to the chaos outside, it is much quieter here. At first glance, there is no one in the alley, except for a few old willow trees slowly shaking their thousands of branches in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Stopping under one of the old willow trees, Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked at the closed courtyard door in front of him, then looked down at the blood stains on his body, and paused for a moment with his hand stretched out in the air.
In the end, he did not knock on the courtyard door, but gently placed three boxes of mung bean cakes in front of the door, then turned and walked away.
"Squeak~"
And shortly after he left, with a slight sound of opening the door, the courtyard door slowly opened a small crack.
Cui'er looked at the back figure in the distance through the crack in the door, biting her lip gently, her expression extremely complicated.
Obviously, based on the poem Wei Changtian left yesterday and the warning this morning, even if Cui'er still can't connect him with the rumored "Wei Yanluo", she can definitely tell that Wei Changtian is a rebel
People over there.
Therefore, she should undoubtedly not have any more interactions with such dangerous people now.
However, after struggling for a moment, she suddenly walked out of the door and shouted quickly to the figure behind:
"Wei, Mr. Wei!"
"..."
The figure in the distance paused, slowly turned his head and looked over, but did not speak.
Seeing the blood stains on Wei Changtian's body, Cui'er was stunned for a moment, and couldn't say the words that came to her lips.
She stayed like this for a long time, and then she summoned up the courage to whisper in a voice that perhaps only she could hear:
"Thanks......"
"..."
It's hard to say what he was thanking for this "thank you", but I guess it wasn't the three boxes of mung bean cakes.
Faced with such a thank you, Wei Changtian did not respond. He just smiled and nodded, and then returned to his small courtyard.
I walked into the house, took out the jade and sent a few messages, boiled water and made a pot of tea, then sat at the table and stared at the sunset outside the window in a daze.
The setting sun has lost its imperial aura, half entering the river wind and half entering the clouds.
The noise seemed to become more and more ethereal. Wei Changtian sat quietly, watching this twilight scene, waiting for the end of a dynasty.
...
...
That night, at the end of Youshi.
As the Tengu Army attacked the city for the seventh time, the west gate of Dagan Capital City was the first to be breached.
The news of Jing Guoqing's death had spread throughout the city. Therefore, the demoralized Daqian defenders were unable to stop the counterattack. They could only fight and retreat, and fled towards the city.
Countless ferocious monsters appeared in front of the people for the first time, and the black Tengu flag stood on the city wall for the first time.
A moment of Xu.
The west city gate was broken, and the pressure on the remaining three city gates doubled.
However, since there were loyal generals leading troops in these three directions to fight to the death, and the Tengu army was at a numerical disadvantage, they did not continue to attack by force, but used the "air force" to conduct a large-scale "air attack."
For a time, the three walls of the city exploded with flames. Countless guards died in the explosion. The explosion was so deafening that it could be heard throughout the city.
Xu hour three quarters.
After a round of bombing, the Tengu army continued to attack the city in an all-out manner, and within two quarters of an hour they captured the north and south gates one after another.
Three of the four city gates have been destroyed, and the city's defeat is a foregone conclusion. However, fierce fighting is still going on at the remaining east city gate, where many soldiers are fighting bloody battles, but they have not yet been defeated.
At the beginning of Haishi.
One hour earlier than expected, most of the 300,000 rebel troops arrived at the East City Gate battlefield.
Although the army had been marching rapidly for several days, the army was already exhausted. However, at this moment, the Daqian defenders had run out of ammunition and food, so they were finally defeated after half an hour and retreated into the city.
A quarter of the hour.
The city gates on all four sides were broken, and the offensive and defensive battles turned into street battles. The rebels surrounded and suppressed the city from the outside in. The ground was filled with corpses, including ordinary people who were accidentally killed.
To this day, only one out of ten Daqian soldiers still has the will to fight, and countless surrendered and fled.
Five quarters of a hour.
After more than an hour of street fighting, all the soldiers and civilians in Daqian Capital who were determined to fight to the death were forced back into the palace, leaving only about 30,000 people.
Among them, there are only two masters of the upper third level, and they are both of the third level.
The rest of the Daqian masters are missing.
Ugly moment.
The Daqian Palace was destroyed, most of the 30,000 generals were killed by the rebel swords, and the remaining people retreated to the Jinluan Palace.
Ugly moment two.
The rebel army invaded the Jinluan Palace, and all the dead warriors were killed. The last soldier shouted "Sorrow" three times before dying.
Three moments of ugliness.
Under the guard of the rebel army, the leader of the rebel army, Su Qi, walked into the Golden Palace.
...
"Congratulations, sir!"
"The faint king is dead! A new dynasty should be established! I wish you a prosperous age!"
The Jinluan Hall was crowded with people, and the corpses and blood everywhere could not stop everyone's excitement at all.
Although these rebels were originally from Dagan, they did not want to participate in this "uprising" at all at first, but they were forced to do so by Wei Changtian.
Even most people have already made up their minds, thinking that they will "rebel" as soon as the fight begins, and will never do such things as killing fellow citizens.
But when they arrived at the battlefield, they never expected such a situation.
Jing Guoqing died, the Tengu army had broken through three city gates, and Daqian's defeat was a foregone conclusion...
This is simply a mistake!
No one is a fool, and everyone can certainly see what to choose in this situation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So no one thought about "rebellion" anymore, and all of them simply "uprising", and they all raised their swords mercilessly towards " "Compatriots" were killed.
Since Daqian is destined to die, it is better to make a declaration of surrender as soon as possible.
In this way, when Su Qizhen sits on the throne, not only will he not be liquidated, but he will still be a definite "founding hero".
But now, this dream is already within reach...
"Congratulations, sir!"
"Master Su, I wonder what we are going to do now?"
"..."
The rebel generals gathered around Su Qi with excitement on their faces. While thinking about their future success, they congratulated and flattered Su Qi.
They only focused on showing their faces in front of the man who was destined to become the new emperor, but they didn't notice Su Qi's expression and eyes at this moment.
Su Qi opened his mouth and his eyes fell on the blood-stained gold plaque "Guotai Minan" right in front of him. Su Qi couldn't say a word.
The fact that he can stand here today and sit on that dragon throne in the future has almost nothing to do with himself.
In other words, Wei Changtian just needs one person to fill this position. Without him, it would be the same if he just finds another one.
Not only Su Qi, but everyone present was also very aware of this.
But others don't care about this.
After all, Su Qi is the nominal emperor of the new dynasty, and they are the founding generals of the new dynasty. They will surely enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future.
As for where this emperor came from, it doesn't matter.
In fact, Su Qi knew that he should think so too.
Because only in this way can you save your life and not spend the rest of your life in guilt and self-blame.
But......
Slowly closing his eyes, two lines of old tears streaked across the corners of his eyes, and the tears fell drop by drop into a pool of blood on the ground.
In the astonished eyes of everyone, Su Qi slowly knelt on the blood stains and kowtowed three times to the empty dragon chair.
It took a long time for him to make the final kowtow, and the noise in the hall gradually died down amidst the whining cold wind.