Chapter 21: Capture the city

The swordsmen at the door fought, and the guard screamed again and again. A loud noise suddenly fell outside the door. The fire was shining, accompanied by heavy smoke, the sound of cracking stones and wood, and the ground shook.
"Be careful!" Yuxiu fluttered at me, and I was speechless by the thick smoke, and my eyes were blurred, I just grasped Yuxiu tightly.
Suddenly I heard a man's voice, "Subordinate Pang Gui, see the county master!" In the thick smoke, only a ghostly figure approached, kneeling down at me. He called me the county owner, since the registration number "Pang Gui"-the dark man did not have his own name. The dark man leaders in various places took Tiangan as the group and the earth branch as the number. The comer really was his own. I was surprised, and blurted out, "It's you!"
Pang Gui held his sword in his hand. "It's not too late, General Song should answer outside, please go with his subordinates!"
We rushed out of the room, hiding in the dark night smoke, and stalking all the way to the entrance of the inner courtyard.
A large group of guards outside the door were fighting with more than a hundred iron armored guards. The first one was Song Huaien.
The fire flickered behind us, the footsteps shook the ground, and a brigade was coming.
Pang Gui shouted, "The princess has been rescued, General Song escorted the princess first, I will wait for it!"
Song Huaien made the horse jump out of the siege, leaned over and dragged me onto the horse's back, grasped me tightly, and rushed away. The warmth on his arm soaked my shirt, but it was blood spewing from the wound. Without thinking, I hurriedly held the wound with my hand, trying to stop the bleeding.
"It doesn't matter." He opened a halberd stabbed in front of the horse with his backhand, gritted his teeth and gasped, and said to me, "Don't stain the Princess' hands."
This was a pain in my heart, and when I saw these great men shed blood for me, although the sword did not fall on me, they still carved their bones, and I wish they could stop them immediately.
"stop--"
Suddenly a drink came from behind him.
I looked back in surprise, but when I saw Mu Lianyi's sword immediately, it stood outside ten feet away, the group of soldiers behind them waited, bows and crosses, lances stood, the torch in the hands reflected the sky, the cold light of the sword armour shone brightly.
Song Huai'en's breath sank behind him, slowly holding me tightly, Hengjian was ahead, and he was fully alert.
Pang Gui and others swiftly surrounded to form a fan array, blocked in front of our horses, and the two sides with red eyes stopped and faced each other.
My heart hung tight, and I stared at Mu Lian.
The fire was fierce, and his face was half-bright and half-dark. The night breeze was full of saltpeter and pine oil smell, faintly wrapped in blood.
Song Huaien slowly lowered his hand and silently clasped the carved bow hanging beside the saddle.
"A false alarm, it turned out to be his own brother." Mu Lian said lightly, holding his sword and issuing an order, "Let it go--"
The words fell to the ground, everyone was shocked, and Song Huaien was stunned behind me. Only I was relieved.
After a moment of stalemate, the defenders at the door pulled back, the sword was sheathed, and the halberd was withdrawn, giving way to the middle passage.
Pang Gui looked back at Song Huaien's eyes, and I whispered to Song Huaien, "This person is credible."
Song Huaien nodded slightly, and said to Mu Lianlang, "Thank you."
Mu Lian nodded and waved his arm, "Be careful on the road."
He looked at us, indistinct expression, I just felt that he wanted to stop talking.
Suddenly he rode out from behind him and pulled his sword at us. "They are the king of Yuzhang, and the princess is in their hands!"
Pang Gui waited for Huo Ran, and before we responded, Mu Lian had scolded, "Why! What is Yuzhang Wang, you dazzled!"
The deputy brought Lema closer to the two steps. "Well, you, Mu Lian, dare to invade the enemy in private! Come, take down this rebel!"
The garrison all around remained motionless, one by one as firm as a stone, looking to Mu Lian.
Mu Lian coldly bowed his head, and without saying a word, there was murderous force to force people to come.
The vice general Cangjie looked around, panicking, "You ... you all rebelled?"
Suddenly yelling, Mu Lian drew his sword, fell his sword in his hand, and smashed the man off the horse without even humming!
There was a sudden change in sight, and the man's corpse rolled a few times on the ground, and then the sound of surprise and whistle broke out.
I never thought that Mu Lianhui would kill the Vice Admiral in public and was so speechless. I saw Mu Lianding looking at the sword in his hand and standing for a long time, Huo Ran raised his head and screamed at us, "Not yet!"
Song Huaien held Ma Yile, and I held his hand. "Slow."
Everyone's eyes were gathered in me. I took a deep breath and exclaimed, "The rebel Wu Qian rebelled and committed disorder. Mu Lian righteousness destroyed his family, and he was courageous and commendable. When Yu Zhang Wang Dajun entered the city, he calmed down the Huizhou chaos , You must be on the court and praise your meritorious service; all the soldiers and fighters will be rewarded for their merit. "
Mu Lianding looked at me as if he had stayed.
Just in the stalemate, Song Huai'en raised his sword to the sky, and exclaimed, "We swear to follow the king of Yuzhang, allegiance to the royal family, long live my emperor-"
"Long live my emperor!" Tieqi Jingwei and Pang Gui and others immediately knelt in response.
The garrison soldiers all over there knelt on the ground without hesitation, and the sound of long lived mountains shouted through the night sky, shaking my heart.
Mu Lian turned over and got off the horse, silently bowed his head for a moment, bowed his knees, "Long live my lord!"
It is not too late, and once Wu Qian learns about the changes in the hall, we lose all the opportunities.
Song Huai'en and Mu Lian, Pang Gui and others immediately agreed on a plan in the building, and the soldiers acted in three ways.
Mu Lian led his men's guards and took advantage of the opportunity to change the guard at the city head. They attacked the north gate at night and divided the two to win the second defense with weak defense. Reported to Xiao Jun's forward army; Song Huaien led the five hundred elite riders, killed and entered the Assassin's Mansion, restrained Wu Qian, and then joined with Mu Lian to seize the soldiers at the garrison in the south of the city, ordering the whole city to defend; Pang Gui led his men to sneak into the secret place of Huizhou-Guancang, government treasury, barracks, set fire to the city, spread the news that King Yuzhang attacked the city, shook the Huizhou army, and caused the whole city to fall into chaos.
At this moment, the sky was twilight, and five days had passed. It was the most slack moment when people would wake up.
We have only one chance, either to succeed in one blow or to annihilate the entire army.
Song, Mou and Pang each ordered soldiers and horses, and mounted them.
Song Huainlema turned his head and bowed his sword at me.
I gazed deeply at his young and resolute face, and bowed down to worship the three of them. "Wang Xi is waiting for the three to return safely!"
More than two hundred guards stayed to guard the pavilion. I led Yuxiu and other waitresses to take care of the wounded soldiers at night. Everything in the hall was well organized, and the guards waited for the signal in the city. Then I pulled back to the room and hurriedly refreshed the whole thing.
After about two or three columns of incense, the guard came to report that the fire had already begun in the city.
I hurriedly boarded the pavilion after the highest mountain, overlooking the city against the railing.
Under the haze of heavy clouds, Huizhou is a frightened scene. The city is full of flaming lights, and the first morning light of the sky has been covered by thick smoke. The clouds were heavy and heavy, and it seemed that there would be heavy rain today.
From the building platform on the outskirts of the city, although I can't see the city streets, there is a horrible scene of soldiers, horses and horses chaos, and the crowd is running around ... At this point, the entire Huizhou city has fallen into panic and chaos. The people who awakened from their sleep, seeing with their eyes open, are like the sight before me, faintly like the end.
After a while, the horn blew in the direction of the North Gate and stunned the whole city-that was the signal we had agreed, and Mu Lian had succeeded.
The sky is thick and the clouds are low, and the sky is still dark like night.
The North Gate was taken down by Mu Lian, and the secret man of Pegasus News went out of the city smoothly. I looked to the north, closed my eyes and prayed silently, hoping that Xiao Yan would come quickly.
According to Pang Gui's contribution, at this moment more than a hundred cavalrymen should have left the city, lit with smoke along the road, tied to the pony tail with branches, running around a mile away from the city, stepping on the sand and dust, the smoke raging all the way, the dust spread. The defenders in the city have always been in awe of Yuzhang Wang Weiming, and they suddenly heard that Xiao Xi was leading the army. It was a stunned soul. When they saw the North Gate had been broken, a cloud of smoke soared outside the city, and they looked far away in the dim sky, just like thousands of troops. Coming from the mighty place, where can I still distinguish the authenticity? Sure enough, within half an hour, the east gate and the west gate successively came down the clarion horns. The two defenders broke down without fighting, and both were won by Mu Lian.
The chaos in the city became more and more fierce, and the fire light reddened half of the sky, and the smoke rose like a reckless black snake dancing.
At this time, Huizhou was changing, the whole city was burning with fire, and the smoke was blocking the sun. It is expected that King Ning also saw this scene across the river.
Would he believe that Xiao Yan's army attacked the city, and if this old fox could not be deceived, he would still be forced to cross the river by him. What should he do? The back of my palms was covered with cold sweat, and even after experiencing the dangers of life and death again and again, in the face of the flames of this city, a fierce battle was imminent.
Suddenly there was a low snoring sound behind me, and I turned around, but saw that Yuxiu was pale, raising his hand to wipe tears.
"What are you afraid of?" I lowered my face, slowly glanced at the guards wearing swords behind me, and whispered to Yuxiu, "There are no timid people here, the soldiers will forget to die." They are all true warriors. It is your glory to live and die with them. "
The guards behind him were all moved, and Yuxiu threw himself on his knees, "The slave knew what was wrong."
In the end she was a fifteen-year-old child, she was already very brave. I couldn't bear it in my heart, and looked a little slower, and reached out to lift her up. "The soldiers are fighting hard, I don't want to see anyone cry at this moment."
Yuxiu's tears twitched in her eyes, and she trembled, "The slaves are not afraid, the slaves are just, but they are afraid that General Song is in danger."
The girl's big round eyes were full of concern and fear. My heart was suddenly disturbed, and there was a moment of certainty. If I changed Xiao Xiao to fight in front of me today, I might not be so calm.
Xiao Yan's calm eyes appeared in front of me ... It seemed that there was an inexplicable power injected into my heart, which made my thinking clear.
I looked directly at Yuxiu and decided to say, "They are the most brave fighters, and they will definitely return to us safely."
My voice didn't fall, and a loud horn came from outside the city to the south. The sound of it rose to the sky, and it broke into the morning sky. Then there were thousands of battle drums, and the sound of the drums came.
It should be that Song Huai'en captured the garrison camp. According to prior agreement, he rang a drum of war, blew his horn, and demonstrated to King Suining across the river.
I was standing on the high platform, and my heart shook for a moment, and I clenched the fence. I couldn't believe everything went so smoothly.
Yuxiu had no regard for etiquette, grabbed my robe sleeve, and kept asking, "Prince, listen! What's that? How's it going?"
I pressed my lips tightly and didn't dare to speak. I didn't dare to have any luck before I heard the news from them.
The waiting time of Banzhuxiang was long and difficult, almost exhausting all my concentration.
`` Report-''
A guard rushed up and said, "The Huizhou Assassin Wu Qian ambush, the defender abandoned the armor and surrendered, and the city gates on all sides have been won. Two generals of Song Mou have taken over Huizhou military and political affairs, and a large number of people are rushing to the hall! "
Yuxiu jumped up and shouted, "Thank goodness, thank goodness!"
The guards cheered behind him, and the words of inspiration and excitement overflowed with words.
"Very well, prepare to drive into the city." I nodded with a smile, restraining my excitement, without letting my voice tremble.
Turning to look up at the sky, I closed my eyes and repeated Yu Xiu's words in my heart. I wish I could kneel immediately and thank God for blessing me.
When Pang Gui rushed back to the hall, heavy rain finally poured down.
I grabbed him before he bowed down and thanked him and the warriors who were bathed in blood with a smile.
Pang Gui gave up his helmet, wiped the rain on his face, and laughed loudly, "I have been a dark man for half my life. Today, I was able to fight with two generals in front of me, killing one, and it is a great luck for my subordinates!"
Such a heroic man, unfortunately, as a dark man, is destined to disappear forever. I stared at Pang Gui and smiled, "If you return to Beijing with me and follow His Majesty King Yuzhang from now on, would you be willing?"
Pang Gui fell on his knees without saying a word. "His subordinate is a dark man who once received the generosity of Wang's family and vowed to be loyal to him.
I was stunned, and my heart was stunned, and suddenly I thought back to God, "So, what if you follow me?"
"But it was driven by the princess!" Pang Gui looked up, his eyes bright and a smile.
Looking at Pang Gui and the dark man kneeling to the ground behind him, I was suddenly shocked at this moment-the former Wang family was bright and dark, the two forces in the field were dominated by their father and uncle, and now I It was pushed before them by the current situation and replaced the authority of their fathers for the first time. What I receive is not only the fate of the people in front of me, but also their loyalty to the Wang family.
Only in one thought, there seemed to be a powerful force pouring into the heart, making the bottom of the heart a little harder.
The car and accompanying guards passed through the city, and the people along the road panicked and evaded, and no one dared to watch as yesterday.
The city is already heavily guarded. After this chaos, Huizhou has become a panic, and wealthy families have swept away from the city to escape. Ordinary people are unable to abandon their homes and travel.
On the way, I saw garrison soldiers disturbing the people, and Huizhou, which was still a bustling scene yesterday, became desolate overnight.
I lowered the curtain and couldn't bear to look again.
The car was a mess before it reached Tashishifu.
There were still unwashed blood on the stone steps in front of the door, and it was vaguely visible that a melee was last night. Documents in front of the court were scattered all over the place, but there was no servant girl, soldiers with heavy armored swords everywhere.
Song Huai'en greeted them with officials from Huizhou. All the clerks and generals had met in Huizhou in the past. At that time, every time the festival drank, it was indispensable to everyone. Everywhere I went, everyone bowed their heads to raise their interest, and it was like the situation in Huizhou at the beginning of the year, but at that time, everything was very different.
Song Huai'en's armor was unloaded, and the wound on his arm was only scratched, his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and he was still full of spirits.
He briefed the battle situation one by one, not mentioning the tragic situation in between, but only said that Wu Qian had fled and ran into the chaos and was shot dead by his own hands. King Suining sent over ten small boats to investigate along the river.
For a while, I was secretly anxious. In front of Huizhou officials, I had to remain calm.
I ordered three things. One is to stabilize the hearts of the people and calm down the riots in the city before dark; the second is to strengthen the defense of the city and be ready to resist the army of King Suining; the third is to reserve grain and wait for the arrival of King Yuzhang.
Mou Lian was not seen in the house, and Song Huaien was asked, but he looked hesitant.
Having retired the other officials, I returned to the inner court and frowned at Song Huai'en.
He whispered, "Leader Mu is in Madam Wu's room."
I raised an eyebrow, and I had an ominous feeling in my heart. I only heard him say, "After the return of Wu Qian's death, Mrs. Wu blew herself up."
Mrs. Wu's body was buried by herself.
She didn't leave a single word, and she walked away with extreme decisiveness. Wu Qian's two chambers cried, only to say that the wife gave Miss Xin Xin to them, and went back to the room by herself, unexpectedly, he used his saber to cross his neck.
A woman who couldn't stay out of the boudoir's court never touched the sword in her life, but chose this way to follow her husband.
I didn't step into her hall of worship, nor did I go to her for the last trip—she must not want to see me. Before leaving yesterday, my words were still in my ears. I once told her, "Benefits of protection and adversity will be reported tomorrow."
She supported each other in distress, in exchange for the tragic changes in her family, and my reward was to seduce her proud nephew and kill her husband.
"Prince, it's almost dark, you can come out and eat something." Yuxiu whispered outside the door.
I sat silent under the window, looking at the northern sky in a daze, watching the night turn around little by little. I don't want to see anyone, and I don't want to say anything. I locked myself in the room and didn't have the courage to go and see Mu Lian, and look at the girl who was embarrassed. I heard that Wu Xing's heart fainted and fainted many times. Suspended beams were attempted. At this time, she was still lying on the bed with no water.
Yuxiu still begging me to open the door, I walked to the door, stood silent for a moment, and opened the door.
"Take me to see Wu Yan's heart." I said lightly, Yu Xiuyu looked at me, did not dare to dissuade, and immediately turned to lead the way.
Before stepping into the door of the boudoir, she heard the woman's cry, accompanied by the sound of cracked porcelain.
A woman hurriedly greeted her. She was dressed in filial piety, her face was beautiful, she gave me salute without being humble, and claimed to be Cao.
I didn't want to say a word, walked straight into the room, just saw the pale and weak girl broke the porridge served by the maid.
I took the porridge bowl in the servant's hand, walked to her bed, and stared at her.
The servants around kneeled down, and looked up with tears in their hearts, looking at me in suspicion, their eyes were red and swollen.
"Open your mouth." I scooped a spoonful of porridge and fed it to her lips.
She stared at me with her eyes wide open, and I said coldly, "The porridge is poisonous, and it's for you."
His heart trembled, his eyes trembling, his lips trembling violently.
"If you want to die, I will fulfill you." I forced the spoon into her lips.
She flinched involuntarily, shivering, tears falling down, "Who are you ..."
I lowered the bowl, stared at her eyes, and said slowly, "I am Princess Yuzhang."
Her pupils widened suddenly, screaming, "You killed my father and mother!"
I didn't shy away and let her pounce on me to grab my placket, a flower in front of her, and she slapped her palm on her cheek.
Behind Yuxiu and Cao grabbed to block, I raised my hand to stop them, and received her backhand, her cheeks immediately became hot.
Xinxin stretched out her hand to pinch my neck again. I avoided it and clasped her wrist.
My body is already thin, this girl is a bit thinner than me, with weak hands, and I can't hold it.
"I owe your mother these two palms." I said lightly. "If you want revenge yourself, live and talk."
I let go of Wu Yanxin and got up and walked away.
The Cao followed me to the court all the way and leaned down, "Thank you Princess."
"Wu Xin is not really begging for death, she will survive well." I sighed wearily, remembering that Yu Xiu mentioned before, Wu Lixin was taken care of by Mrs. Mou Lian ... I looked at her sideways, "You are Mou lady?"
Cao said with a bowed head.
I was speechless for a while, and said for a moment, "How is General Mu?"
"Thanks to the princess for your patronage. The grandson has rushed to the camp to assist General Song in defense." Cao's voice was soft and generous, unlike ordinary boudoir women. I shouted, "It's hard for General and his wife."
Cao's face turned red, and he stopped talking. I felt strange, looking back at her. After a moment's hesitation, she finally said, "The grandson is just the guard leader, humbled and can't afford the title of general."
I froze, surprised, "How could Mu Lian's position be so low? Isn't he Mrs. Wu's nephew?"
Cao was a little embarrassed, and he seemed to have the courage to speak with a moment of silence. "The foreigner refused to cling to the apron, and the uncle was afraid that he would bring the official voice ... It is the ambition of the son to report the country, but he cannot be promoted for many years. The foreign son had also tried to persuade the rebels. When the princess entered the city, the foreign son came to his feet and did not make a big mistake. Although his body was ignorant, he also knew that good horses needed to meet Bole, and good ones needed to vote for the master. I beg the princess to say goodbye to her son, don't count on the court, don't let Liangliang serve the country! "She said in a sigh, her cheeks flushed, and bowed down to me," I thank the princess here! "
Although these words are out of selfishness, lest Mou Lian be implicated, as a surrender, he will be despised, so he begs for him ... but from her mouth, it is sincere and candid, not half charming. Seeing that she was about the same age as her brother, she was brave enough to lose her eyebrows and asked me to give her admiration with enthusiasm and help her to lift her up.
"If Mu Lian has a good wife, it can be seen that he is not only a good general, but also a good general." I raised a smile at her, not realizing the closeness, "Wang Wang is young and inexperienced. I wish to mention it to me from time to time to discuss the business here. "
Cao was overjoyed and fell down again.
It was night, sleepless.
Song Huai'en insisted on moving me from the museum to Tashishifu. Although it was well guarded and safe, I thought of Madam Wu as soon as I closed my eyes. It was deeper at night, and I still didn't feel sleepy. I just cloaked up and walked out of the courtyard.
The night sky was dark and there was no moonlight. Only the faint fire light reflected the twilight of the sky, and the vigilante soldiers were walking around the city. I took only a few nightmaids, and did not awaken Yuxiu. She was so horrified that she was so sleepy that she returned home.
He walked to the gate of the inner court, but saw that the outer court was still brightly lit, and there were still sergeants in and out of the sergeant's office.
I walked quietly to the side hall, and signaled the guard at the door not to speak. I saw several schools in the hall gathered in front of the map, one of them was Song Huaien. He changed into a dark blue robe. From the light point of view, he became more and more clear, calm and firm, with the general style hidden.
When I wanted to come back, when Xiao Yan was a teenager, he was so spirited.
I stood quietly outside the door for a while, but he didn't realize that he was only focusing on deploying troops to the generals. I was relieved and turned to leave, but someone behind me was surprised and said, "Prince!"
Looking back, Song Huaien looked up arrogantly, and fixed his eyes on me.
"It's too late. If it wasn't for emergency military affairs, you should return to your house to rest earlier." I stepped into the hall and smiled warmly to everyone.
Song Huai'en gave a smile, and demobilized everyone.
I stepped in front of the map Xu Xu, he followed me silently, keeping a few feet away, respectful and restrained as always.
"How is your injury?" I smiled and turned my head.
He lowered his head and said, "It's no problem, it's just a flesh wound. Thank you Princess for your concerns."
Seeing his expression getting more cramped, I couldn't help laughing, "Whyon, why always talk to me like an enemy?"
He stayed as if startled by my joke, his ears turned red again.
Seeing that he was so embarrassed, I didn't dare to laugh any more. I coughed slightly, and said in a straight line, "According to the current situation, do you think King Suining will cross the river first?"
Song Huai'en looked a little embarrassed, and after a moment he replied, "Today's chaos in Huizhou is full of smoke. Sui Ning Wang Sulai is cautious and suspicious. In this case, he will not dare to cross the river. However, his subordinates worry about the longer the time, It makes him more suspicious. "
I shouted, "Yes, if the army is here, you will not be able to defend the city. The more you stay, the more exposed you will be, and sooner or later he will be taken out of our details."
"Master Wang received the letter. If the journey goes smoothly, he should be able to arrive within five days." Song Huai'en frowned deeply. "How to drag these five days is the key. Mu Lian has already flagged Yu Zhang Wang Shuai as a flag. At the head of the city, the garrison camp increased the cooking stove smoke, patrolling day and night, creating the fake appearance of the army entering the city ... even so, according to the subordinates, it can only be delayed for up to three days. "
I was silent, I had already prepared for it, and the worst was probably the opposite.
"Speaking of this, after three days, a fierce battle is inevitable?" I looked at him with jealousy.
Song Huaien nodded resolutely, "We still need to stand for at least two days, to keep King Suining out of Huizhou City, waiting for Wang Ye to come."
I frowned slowly and said, "Huizhou's troops are far from enough. The defenders have always been accustomed to eating royal food. They are tired and lazy, negligent in training, and at the time when people's hearts are floating ... If they fight hard, I am worried about the delay In two days. "
"If you can't stop it, you must stop it!" Song Huai'en lifted his eyes, his eyes were frozen, "My subordinates have ordered the entire army. Once the city breaks, I set the city on fire, so that all the city's defenders, old and weak women and children are buried with the rebels. ! "
I was shocked and stared at him in shock, for a long while I couldn't speak.
He stared at me suddenly and said slowly, "If so, there will be no more retreat, but life-threatening!"