"monster?"
"Such a word is really appropriate to describe us!"
At this time, the man finally showed a ferocious smile and spoke to the old sheepherder in front of him in slightly accented Chinese.
"The monster is going to eat people."
Hearing these words, the old sheepherder's eyes widened instantly and he subconsciously wanted to turn around.
But this body was already old after all. The moment he turned around, a crossbow gun hit the back of the old sheepherder's head.
Then, a heavy foot stepped on the old sheepherder's back, making a muffled sound.
"Xia'er, run quickly——"
The old sheepherder used his last strength and let out a cracking roar, which made the girl Xia'er who was playing with the lamb on the other side subconsciously raise her eyes and look this way.
When she saw it, she saw a scene she would never forget.
Under the setting sun, the man who just came to borrow water suddenly pulled the crossbow in his hand. Under the action of the mechanism, the crossbow machine instantly sprayed out a sharp arrow, which pierced the back of the old sheepherder's head!
Before the old sheepherder even had time to groan, he lay down on the ground, making sounds like air leaking from his throat.
Drink—drink—drink—
But in his mouth, a sharp arrow could be seen piercing through his mouth and tongue, and gurgling blood flowed down the wound.
And behind the hilltop not far away, where the horizon meets the sunset, countless cavalry appeared in an instant, like a dark tide pouring into the grassland, about to submerge the city in front of them.
thump.
The man narrowed his eyes, as if he had discovered something, and kicked the old sheepherder again.
I saw a small square wooden sign hanging on the clothes of the old sheepherder on his chest.
The name on it has been eroded by time and has become extremely blurry. Even the wooden sign itself looks like it has been soaked in sewage and blood.
Despite this, the man was able to recognize at a glance that the small wooden sign in front of him was the name tag hung on the chest of the soldiers in the Daxia Army.
Judging from the age of the old sheepherder, it is natural that he cannot be in the army. This wooden sign should have been preserved as a souvenir.
"Damn it, I didn't expect to kill a veteran of Great Xia." The man smiled ferociously and threw the wooden sign on the ground. It cracked instantly when he stepped on it.
Everything that just happened happened too fast. The girl named Xia'er on the side finally realized what happened.
She stood up tremblingly and ran towards the wall of Hanhai City.
She suppressed the fear in her body and didn't make a sound even though her whole body was shaking. However, even so, the gradual sound of horse hooves still shattered his dream of escaping, and he fell to the ground slumped.
"Hehehe, this is a little beauty."
"Little beauty, it's mine!"
"Go away, if you want to fight with me again this time, I have to show you whose fist is stronger!"
A burst of unintelligible nonsense came from the surroundings. Although Xia'er had fallen to the ground at this time, she still struggled to crawl out of the circle formed for herself in front of her.
However, the man who just came to ask for water came over at this moment, picked up Xia'er in front of him like an animal, and spoke in his unique Chinese with an unfamiliar accent.
"Okay, follow us back to the grassland and enjoy the blessings!"
Before Xia'er could open her mouth to retort, she had already received a heavy blow on the back of her neck.
Xia'er's vision, which was already blurred due to panic, suddenly fell into darkness.
…
Early morning two days later, Beijing.
Qianqing Palace.
There was silence in the court hall this morning. All the officials hunched over and stared at the floor of the palace with lowered eyebrows.
The magnificent hall now looked like a cold coffin.
The reason is that the Hu people suddenly went south two days ago and captured three cities in Daxia in an instant. At this speed, it cannot be said to be overwhelming, it can only be said to be effortless.
"presumptuous!"
Wang Chen roared angrily, and the anger in his eyes seemed to want to devour everyone in front of him alive.
"The Hu people went south, and there was no resistance at all in these border cities, allowing the enemy troops to enter directly."
"I, Daxia, still have a shield that can defend against enemies, and a sword that can kill enemies?"
Wang Chen's anger poured down on the courtiers in front of him.
Someone among the ministers immediately stood up and raised his hands to Wang Chen in front of him: "Your Majesty, this is all because these warriors are not in a good position to fight."
"I sincerely request that all these warriors be demoted to a lower level to see the effects!"
This sentence made all the generals in the court extremely angry. But after all, the front line was indeed defeated, and now they had no choice but to break their teeth and swallow it, enduring the pressure from the civil service group.
However, when Wang Chen heard the words of the civil servant in front of him, he sneered.
"In just one day, the barbarians captured three cities. The local officials who were guarding the city escaped faster than anyone else. If I comply with your wishes, will all of you civil servants also have to surrender? class?"
"You are the best at fighting for power. But resisting foreign enemies is chaotic and ineffective!"
"Let me ask you, how many times did Li Zhang use various excuses to cut military spending? How many diplomatic envoys were sent to send gold and silver to these wolf-hearted things!"
"But now, what are the aftereffects?!"
Wang Chen's words were clear and echoed in the hall for a long time. In this low roar, everyone seemed to see the emperor in his prime who was once able to control everything.
Looking at the ministers below who were silent for a long time, Wang Chen continued in a cold voice:
"Now we need a large army to wipe out the rebels and regain the kingdom."
"Is there any of you here who would be willing to recommend yourself?"
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, who usually talked eloquently in the court hall, fell silent again in front of Wang Chen.
"waste!"
Wang Chen's roar came from the dragon table again.
Although Li Zhang has fallen, the forces left behind by Li Zhang still form an independent faction in the court, and they will fight Wang Chen secretly, overtly and covertly.
Especially seeing that Wang Chen is in trouble now, he will not help him. Instead, he will hide aside and watch the fire.
However, at this moment, a voice came:
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the Iron Hand Battalion to fight!"
Before he finished speaking, another voice came from the side.
"Your Majesty, my brother is also willing to fight!"
It was Dai Tianye and Wang Lin who spoke.
It was these two words that made the courtiers present show expressions of horror!
