After more than ten days of fighting, in the city where the "Zhao Zi Banner" was flying, only the one where Yang Zhen was located was defended, and the rest were recaptured by the officers and soldiers of the Tan Army.
Seeing that the "30-day countdown day" predicted by Yang Guan in his dream was coming, Yang Zhen knew clearly: his fate was the same as that of the city, and the day would come when he would fall and change his banner.
The people in the city share the same hatred against the enemy, and the army and the people are united, and everyone is ready for a life-and-death struggle.
However, the siege outside the city was serious. The government troops only besieged them but not attacked them. They were preparing to seal off the city and trap them to death.
The water source outside the city has been drugged by the army. There is less and less food available in the city. Even the bark of the trees has been stripped off. The water source is gradually drying up. And these days, God has not arranged for rain.
Months of drought have made the people in the city without water and food lose all possibility of resistance.
"Heaven is going to kill me! I know this day has finally arrived!"
This night, the crescent moon was pale and seemed to be gone.
Yang Zhen stood alone at the top of the city, facing the sky, couldn't help but close his eyes, and sighed!
The next day, dark clouds descended on the city and rain was about to come. The strong wind blew the "Zhao" flag at the top of the city and swayed wildly, as if it was performing a last wild dance.
Tan Jun's body gradually recovered and he was able to move. So he decided to come to the battle in person today to talk to Yang Zhen, trying to persuade him to give up and leave the city to surrender.
"As long as you can let the people go, no one will be implicated, and you must be considerate of the common people and not increase taxes, I am willing to offer my head to you, what do you think?"
Yang Zhen already had a plan and shouted to Tan Jun who was pressing down on the city with a large army.
"Can!"
"No!"
Just as Tan Jun agreed loudly, a sharp voice came from the side.
Tan Jun looked at the military formation behind him and saw a junior high school student walking out, coming to the front of the horse, lifting his helmet, revealing a head of hair, which was spread out like a waterfall.
"Your Majesty, do you recognize this object?"
It turns out to be the Luyuan girl!
I saw her take out a "death-free coupon" from her arms, stretch it out, turn around and show it to everyone, and said:
"A gentleman's words are hard to follow! What's more, 'You have no joke'. With this certificate, I beg you to spare my husband's death!"
"this……"
Tanzi saw this "death-free coupon" written by him himself, being held tightly by Luyuan Nu in full view of the public, just as if he was holding the hand of Yang Zhen who was about to fall into the abyss. The middle trembled slightly.
"Madam! You are the best!"
Yang Zhen also saw Lu Yuan Nu under the city. He didn't expect that she would be so disobedient that she would sneak into Tan Jun's men and sneak in just to save his life. He couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and he was shocked and angry. Anxious and resentful, with mixed feelings, he grabbed hold of the crenellations of the city wall and pinched the brick stacks so hard that the fortress was about to be crushed into powder by the force of his fingers.
"If you and I are a couple, will it be difficult for us to live alone?"
The Luyuan girl responded with a cry.
"Your Majesty! Considering our friendship since childhood, can you forgive my husband's death?"
The Luyuan girl took out another piece of deerskin from her arms, gently wiped the blade of a short sleeve knife that was padded under the "death-free iron coupon", and then said:
"Now I am only one step away from you. If you don't allow me, I can stab me with all my strength, and then kill myself, sharing my fate with my husband! But what is your faith? The death of General Zhao today will be the same as the situation in the future!" How can you be safe if you have no faith?"
Tan Zi never thought that one day, he and Luyuan Girl would meet in this way; he never thought that she would come here with the determination to die.
"Bold assassin! How dare you threaten your Majesty!"
The guard commander nearby shouted, and the guards were already at war with each other, surrounding Tan Jun and Luyuan Girl, ready to take action according to the order.
"Come on! If you take one step closer, I will kill Fei Jun first!"
Luyuan Girl's hidden knife was already attached to Tan Jun's heel, trying to cut off his hamstring.
"Your Majesty!"
"Escort!"
Tanzi's wound, which he had only healed a few days ago, was torn open again due to the panic and muscle twitching all over his body. However, the pain on his body was far less than what he was facing now in his mind. The pain:
One is Luyuan Girl, who has been growing up with him since childhood; the other is a former important minister whom he once regarded as a pillar and trusted immensely; no matter what they do now, they are pushing themselves towards a "dead end"!
"Yuan'er, I'm afraid that I want to pardon you, but the general situation won't allow it!"
Tanzi was so sad that he closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at the Luyuan girl who had stepped off the horse and was holding his feet - she had done it like this last time, but that was to help him get on the horse. They played together in Luyuan and practiced The drama of "chasing the deer".
And now, this hard, shiny, and cold blade is reminding him:
"Can not go back!"
"Silly girl! Don't move! I work alone, and I'm the only one responsible! Put down the knife quickly!"
Yang Zhen watched all this from a distance and shouted loudly.
"Today, the three of us can go together!"
Lu Yuannu pressed the blade of the blade closer, and a blood mark was cut. The oozing blood flowed down Tanzi's ankle, and a drop fell on the back of Lu Yuannu's hand and slid down.
"Your Majesty, will you kill me?"
The soldiers and guards shouted loudly, and with the swords and spears in their hands, they surrounded the Luyuan girl like the spokes of a wheel touching the center of the hub.
"Your Majesty, will you kill me?"
This cry not only struck Tan Zi's heart, but also touched Yang Zhen's heart. However, Luyuan Girl stared at Tan Zi's eyes that did not dare to open, and a smile actually appeared at the corner of her mouth. , said in a cold voice:
"Your Majesty, don't you even have the courage to look at me? This is your Majesty who you will devote the rest of your life to? Hahahaha..."
The Luyuan girl's laughter was full of tears. Her laughter was really worse than crying.
"Your Majesty, will you kill me?"
The "spokes" composed of weapons are getting closer and closer to the "hub".
"..."
Tan Zi was still speechless, but he slowly opened his eyes and responded to Lu Yuan Nu's eyes full of red bloodshot eyes. These eyes were her "farewell" to him with her "life".
It was extremely difficult, Tan Zi was speechless, but he slowly raised his right hand higher, higher, and finally, suddenly dropped it!
"Yuan'er!————"
This scream came from Yang Zhen. He knew that he could not stop it. He could only scream wildly, as if his own body was being torn apart.
Tanzi felt a sharp pain in his right hamstring; then he fainted.
And Luyuan Girl, within a moment, had become one with the soil on the ground.
There is only a fragment left on the "iron ticket to avoid death", and there is a single word on it that is barely legible:
"waived".
