Lieutenant Julong, who stood upright, shouted loudly, and immediately, the fire-seal dragon cannons once again sprayed out cannon fire like flowing gold and flying flames.
The red-hot cannonball was instantly released and exploded on the shield wall in front of Shenlong Palace. The dazzling fire and explosion blew away countless figures. The extremely high-temperature gold liquid that splashed after the cannonball shattered instantly penetrated the Shuolong Forbidden City.
Wei's body, his body and armor evaporated.
When the smoke dissipated, the ground and the walls of Shenlong Palace were covered with debris and cooled metal particles, making it a mess.
Facing the broken shield formation, the Dragon-Armored Golden Armored Army did not show any happy expressions, but remained calmly reloading and ready for battle.
Sure enough, during the gap between reloading, the Shuolong guards outside Shenlong Hall took out black and white crossbows to fight back. These crossbows had octagonal compasses. As the light flowed and rotated, the crossbow strings were automatically wound.
A sharp 'Moon Penetrating Wu Hook' was pressed into the bore of the crossbow.
Amidst the sound of drizzle breaking through the air, these crossbows passed through the black afterimages and shot into the array of the dragon-holding golden armored troops. The dragon-bitten gold shields that could have withstood the full blow of the sixth-level transcendent were thrown into the dark.
In the drizzle, they were like thin paper, easily penetrated, and the Dragon-Armed Golden Armored Army on the mountain road and plank road also fell in pieces in this black rain, many rolled off the cliff and fell into the vast sea of clouds.
The shouts of killing shook the sky. After the black rain of missing crossbows, the Fire Seal Dragon Cannon protected at the rear was loaded again and was waiting to be fired.
Seeing the blazing fire light up again, the lines on the barrel lit up and spread one after another, and a loud shout interrupted the increasingly cruel battlefield.
"Stop! Stop everyone! I am Xiao Yubing, the princess of the dynasty, holding the edict of the Emperor Phoenix Fire!"
In the battlefield filled with smoke and flames, a woman wearing a black phoenix bird costume walked out of the gate of Shenlong Palace, held up a golden and red edict scroll, and walked step by step to the open space in front of the main hall. On the periphery of Shenlong Palace,
Shuolong's imperial guards who were originally resisting the defense also gave way one by one after seeing the edict, and they separated like a tide.
Although it was still uncertain whether the edict was true or false, now that the gate of Shenlong Palace was open, the soldiers of the Long Army no longer had any reason to continue firing, so they stopped and listened to the order.
"Lord Siji?" A young lieutenant in golden armor came to the platform on the top of the mountain and asked the general who was commanding here.
"I understand, please stop first."
"Yes, sir."
Soon after, under the protection of a group of sergeants holding heavy shields high, a dozen ministers and nobles slowly came to the front of the hall and then stopped.
"Princess Xiao Yubing, where is His Majesty the Emperor?" A minister in purple robes stepped forward and asked the princess with alert eyes.
"The Emperor is unwell and is in imminent danger. He hereby issues an edict as a warning to the world." The princess said as she moved forward. The phoenix fire edict in her hand exuded the aura of burning fire, attracting everyone's attention.
The soldier's mind was swaying, and he almost wanted to surrender.
The edict of Phoenix Fire, the Mandate of Heaven.
Even though the edict has not yet been unfolded, the aura emanating from it has already shown that it is true, which made the ministers and generals in front of Shenlong Palace both surprised and suspicious.
Why is it this time, and His Majesty the Emperor still hasn't come out? Could it be that...
Everyone didn't dare to think about it anymore, so they all bent down and held their hands, and then slowly knelt down.
By the time Xiao Yubing walked into the formation of the Dragon-Armed Golden Armored Army with the edict in hand, no one was standing there, and they were all kneeling on the ground.
Seeing this, the princess finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But when she slowly put down the edict and was about to open it and announce it, a crossbow was shot from the direction of Shenlong Palace, like a stream of light, reaching her back and causing a splash of blood.
"Cough..." Xiao Yubing covered her chest and staggered forward a few steps, dripping blood along the way.
"Protect the princess."
Immediately, the lieutenant in the dragon army noticed something was wrong and shouted anxiously. Then the soldiers who had been lying on the ground quickly stood up and set up the shield wall again.
"Who is so impudent!" A general wearing tiger-bite gold armor stepped forward and stopped in front of the main hall.
"It's me, Dong Guanfu Division, Li Jingfang!"
As he said this, a minister dressed in white with silver embroidery walked out of Shenlong Palace. He was the one who had previously dissuaded Prince Zhaolong.
At first, everyone present wanted to scold the official who secretly attacked, but the figure slowly lifted out from behind Li Jingfang forced everyone to shut up. The two imperial doctors held the dragon bed and carefully lifted the emperor.
Leave the main hall.
"How is your Majesty?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty has decided to make Prince Zhaolong the emperor, to inherit the throne and inherit the destiny of heaven!" As he said this, the minister took a big step forward, turned around and raised his hands, saluted the unconscious emperor, and then stood up.
After saying this extremely sudden imperial edict, everyone present was shocked and in disbelief.
Although Prince Zhaolong is favored, everyone with a discerning eye knows that this young prince has no foundation in the court and is completely unable to compete with his two elder brothers. If he is to be forced to be king, both the court and the court must be eliminated.
King's party members, but now the world is inherently unstable and chaos is everywhere. With such fierce cleaning and suppression, if you are not careful, it will lead to chaos.
"How is this possible?" The faces of several supporters of King Dai and King Huainan changed drastically, and they looked shocked.
"Why not, hehe." After saying this, the minister strode forward towards the crowd, aiming directly at Xiao Yubing, who was injured and fell to the ground.
After a short period of emergency treatment, Xiao Yubing covered her chest and stood up slowly with a hoarse voice, "No, he is pretending... Ahem, it's not true..." Before he could finish, he vomited blood again.
out.
"Bring it here, you rebellious princess!" The courtiers who had been extremely respectful in the palace before were now extremely cold and stern as they snatched the edict back.
"Xiao Yubing tampered with the edict, intending to support his father as king and plot a great rebellion!" He held the Phoenix Fire edict tightly with one hand and pointed directly at the weak princess lying on the ground.
"No, I'm not..." Xiao Yubing tried to take back the edict, but was opened by the prepared minister.
"Come here, take him down and imprison him." He ordered sternly, which moved many soldiers to quietly surround the princess.
Fortunately, at this time, Si Ji, the general of the Long Army, strode over and asked the soldiers to retreat first.
"You two seem to be having a dispute, and His Majesty is unconscious now. We are really in a dilemma."
"Oh, of course I know the general and everyone's doubts."
Li Jingfang held the edict in his hand, and his eyes slowly glanced at the generals and ministers present. All of these people were high-ranking officials and important ministers of the country. In the past, even among these people, he could only be considered a middle-class person at best.
It's called one or two.
But today is different. The overthrow of the dynasty can only be attributed to one's own thoughts.
"Please follow me, everyone, and I will tell you the contents of the edict."
Then he took the edict and walked towards the opened Shenlong Palace again.
A few minutes later, the ministers and generals walked into the long-sealed Shenlong Palace. The emperor was still unconscious and his breath had almost stopped. Although everyone was worried, the emperor's lamp had run out and there was nothing they could do.
In fact, they had long been mentally prepared for the possible death of the emperor, but they did not expect that so many things had happened in the past few days that the focus was no longer on the dying emperor.
Everyone wanted to know what was going on with Chifeng and why the emperor temporarily changed his fate to let Prince Zhaolong succeed to the throne.
"Please Sir Si Ji, please let your subordinates avoid it." After stepping up to the sacrificial platform of Shenlong Palace step by step, Li Jingfang looked down at the tiger-bitten gold-armored general.
The general frowned slightly, but still raised his hand and waved back, and then his golden-armored sergeants walked out of the hall one by one.
Half a minute later, as the card clicked, the door of Shenlong Palace slowly closed, and the place became silent again. Everyone present looked at Li Jingfang, wondering what he meant and why he made it so mysterious.
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Seeing that everything was tightly closed and outsiders could not know what was going on in the hall, Li Jing slowly spoke.
"I know that you all have many doubts in your hearts, but today's events are serious and must not be leaked."
"This is the edict of Fenghuo. The emperor has ordered us to tell it to the world." As he spoke, he slowly opened the edict, and a hot and scorching wind slowly came over.
"Of course, there are times when the Emperor's orders are not obeyed."
"If this order is followed, both you and me, and even the whole world, will be in ruins." After saying this, he shook the edict, unfolded its contents, and faced the ministers.
At first, everyone was still dissatisfied, but when their eyes glanced over the golden edict, the bright red handwriting came into their eyes. The things described in it made people almost faint and horrified.
"This...this, how could it be like this!?"
"Absurd, simply ridiculous." Someone sighed with his head down.
"The sky is falling..."
A few minutes later, when everyone's emotions calmed down, Li Jing spoke again.
"It is precisely for this reason that I did not hesitate to injure people with my arrows and stop Princess Xiao." Although some people still felt disdain for his actions, no one paid attention to such a trivial matter at this time. Most people were attracted by this huge
The impact of information and accidents has not yet recovered, and I have to figure out what to do in the future.
However, although they didn't think about it for a while, Li Jingfang thought about it for a long time in the past few days.
"First of all, we must not let this news leak out, no matter who it is or in what name."
"The emperor blames himself, and we know it, but the current dynasty cannot be overthrown and collapsed because of the emperor's fault. In a time of great chaos, smoke is everywhere, the people are in dire straits, and the casualties are not limited to the natural disasters and dragons in front of us."
"Now is an emergency. We should do something extraordinary. We should quickly make Prince Zhaolong the emperor to inherit the great power and bring peace to the world."
After he finished speaking, many supporters of King Dai and King Huainan among the ministers frowned and immediately objected.
"No, absolutely impossible. Prince Zhaolong is young and cannot convince the public to bear such a great rebellion." They all shook their heads.
"We should invite King Dai/King Huainan to return to Luojing quickly, use thunderous skills to conquer the world, subdue all directions, and support the building before it collapses."
"How far is King Dai from Luojing, and how far is King Huainan from Luojing? If they wait for the two to return to the capital, there will be another fight. When the winner is decided, who knows who will know.
He will bite back and leak the news even before death."
"In the current situation, it is time to cut through the mess quickly and immediately support the new emperor to ascend the throne. This is also to use this to eliminate the two kings' gang members, free up a large number of official positions, grant thrones to appease the people, and then gather weapons and troops to clean up the world."
"I know that many of you have had good relations with the two kings, but today is different from the past. Prince Zhaolong ascended the throne alone, and he needs your help even more. Why should your allegiance be only to the two kings, and not to his inevitable true destiny?
Emperor." Li Jingfang's words were sharp, he analyzed the pros and cons, and he made many ministers present feel shaken and began to hesitate.
Although many of them are party members of the two kings, is this alliance really so strong? Is it really necessary to mess with the two princes who have been crowned kings? I am afraid that most of the time, they are just optimistic about the future and interests of the two kings.
Just a combination.
If you continue to hold on, regardless of whether you can walk out of this hall today, even if the two kings return in the future, no one can guarantee that the king they support will be able to ascend the throne. If you fail, knowing the truth about the disaster that is now overwhelming, victory will be
The other party must use brutal cleaning to keep this secret tightly.
The environment for the two kings to fight for the heir has changed. Now it is a cruel life-and-death struggle. There is no room for relaxation or retreat for both sides. Maybe if they failed before, at most they would just lose their official position and go home to retire, but now, instead of
If they think about it for themselves, they would never dare to let the person who knew today's secret return to their hometown easily. They would definitely be closely guarded or even silenced.
There was a dead silence in the Shenlong Palace. The more than a dozen frontier officials and generals present had solemn eyes, and beads of sweat fell from their foreheads. Everyone was thinking urgently, looking for a way to break the situation.
Time passed by minute by second, and the hall that had been closed for a long time began to feel stuffy, but now no one has the mind to care about these details, only the extremely difficult choice.
Finally, after a long period of silence, a voice broke the status quo.
Nolanzhou Jiedushi, who was dressed in purple clothes, took a step forward and bowed to Prince Zhaolong who was already waiting on the high platform.
"I, Jian Qingyan, am willing to follow Your Majesty to the death." After saying this, he slowly lowered his body and performed three kowtows and nine bows.
At this time, even Prince Zhaolong, who knew he had to keep his composure, couldn't help but be moved. He tried his best to calm down his voice. He took a deep breath and stepped forward slowly.
"I forgive."
After he finished speaking, he slowly helped the frontier official up, and Li Jingfang on the side also closed his eyes slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
With this first place, it will be easier to talk about later.
Sure enough, several more people slowly came forward one after another and swore allegiance.
"We are willing to follow Your Majesty until the end of the mountains and rivers, the end of the Nine Netherworld."
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Looking at the Jiedushi who held a heavy army, Jian Qingyan swore an oath of surrender. Others present gradually became anxious. Some people began to regret why they were not the first. This kind of thing usually leaves the deepest impression on the first few.
After that it becomes nothing more than general.
So one after another, more people came forward and swore allegiance, until only three people were left standing alone in the field, never moving.
By this time, everyone else was surrounding Prince Zhaolong, looking at the three people with concentrated eyes. Some of them were joking, some were contemptuous, some were admiring, and some were hostile.
Li Jingfang spoke again, but this time his voice was obviously much colder.
"Are you still insisting on your own opinions and refusing to be with us?"
"Or maybe you just pretend to be noble and don't know the sufferings of the common people. You seem to be loyal, but you are actually a great evil." His words became colder and colder, and there was even a hint of murderous intent.