In the dark night, the Northland Army on the city wall was patrolling back and forth.
After the Northland Army left, a rope tied with an iron hook was quietly thrown up the city wall.
"Dang Cang."
"What's the sound?" There were many sharp-eared people in the Northern Army who immediately turned around to check the situation when they heard the sound.
The rest of the Northern Army did not dare to neglect when they saw their comrades being like this. After all, the enemy was now in front of them: "Let's go over and have a look."
The pair of northern troops turned back and came to the city wall, where they saw the iron hook stuck on the city wall.
"Quick! Cut it off quickly! There is an enemy attack!" A Northland soldier with quick eyesight and quick hands stepped forward and cut off the rope connected to the iron hook with one knife.
The rope fell, and there was silence below the city.
The soldier picked up the iron hook on the ground, turned around and said to the others: "Everyone, please be more energetic tonight, Beiyi..."
"puff!"
A spear pierced his chest, and a blood-red spearhead emerged from his chest.
The soldier reacted very quickly, endured the severe pain and struck back with a knife, then slashed backwards.
"Ah!" A scream sounded, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling from the city.
The rest of the people hurried forward to help, and two soldiers ran to the city wall and sounded the alarm bell.
"kill!"
Countless Beiyi soldiers jumped into the long city wall that had just been built, climbed up the wall, and cut down anyone with a knife.
Bei Yi attacked the city.
…
In the Beidi Palace, He Yue'er and others had just carried their luggage and were escorted by Tang Xingchang out of the gate of the palace.
"No...it's not good, Your Majesty, Beiyi is attacking the city!"
A Northland soldier covered in blood staggered into the palace. It happened to bump into Man Yong's body, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground, making it difficult to get up.
"What happened?" Man Yong asked, not caring about the blood on his body as he helped the Northland soldier up.
"Bei...Beiyi took advantage of the darkness...to attack the city. Report to the prince quickly..." Before he could finish his words, the soldiers from the North tilted their heads and died with their eyes open.
Man Yong gently helped him close his eyes, and everyone was silent for a while. Tang Xingchang looked at He Yuer nervously, for fear that she would change her mind temporarily.
He Yue'er raised her head: "Yong'er, go report to the prince."
"Mrs. Yi, then we..."
"let's go."
Tang Xingchang breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that the great god didn't change his mind.
After placing the luggage in the car, Man Yong ran out with a look of panic on his face.
"What happened?" He Yue'er asked with a frown, seeing Man Yong's rare panic.
Man Yong replied: "It's not good...the King of the North, the prince is dead..."
"What! He was fine today, why did he die suddenly!" Tang Xingchang was shocked.
"Your Highness...hanged himself."
He Yue'er quickly turned around: "Let's go and have a look!"
Everyone hurriedly followed Man Yong into the palace. In the meeting hall of the palace, through the door, they could see a figure in the darkness gently swinging back and forth in mid-air.
The commotion attracted the servant who held the lamp, and everyone used the light to enter the house to have a look. Sure enough, the King of Beidi had hanged himself on the beam. Qin Xiangqian stepped forward and touched him, but his body was already cold.
"This... is all right. Has the prince been assassinated?" He Yue'er didn't know how to investigate, so she looked at Tang Xingchang for help.
Tang Xingchang stepped forward and took a closer look: "No, the prince is self-determined..."
Qin Changqian and Man Yong worked together to release the King of the North, and then drove away a large group of howling servants with their hands.
"My lord...why are you doing this?" Qin Changqian asked.
He Yue'er looked around and found a letter on the table. He stepped forward to open it and read it.
"The Jin family has been guarding the northern barbarians outside the gates of Daqi since they came to the north of the vassal state. They have worked conscientiously from generation to generation without daring to slack off in the slightest. Now that powerful enemies are pressing down on the territory, it is difficult to protect the city. This is all because of Mu's hidden selfish motives, which has led to Anxi I surrendered to Beiyi, the three vassals were at odds, and the people suffered. I die today to apologize to the people of the north. All the sins are my fault. I hope my son Jinxiao will take his father as a warning and never destroy himself."
"Oh, why bother, Your Majesty?" He Yue'er sighed.
Tang Xingchang also lamented: "The Northern Yi army is so powerful that it is difficult to resist it. It's just one person's fault."
Man Yong slapped his thigh directly: "This... the prince will die sooner or later, but he dies at this time, and Bei Yi is attacking him. What should we do?"
He Yue'er glared at him: "Yong'er, don't be rude!"
Man Yong saw that He Yue'er was angry and did not dare to say anything more.
Tang Xingchang said quickly: "Mrs. Yi, please leave the city first. I will fight to the death to resist the Beiyi soldiers!"
He Yue'er looked at Tang Xingchang and asked, "Can General Tang mobilize the Northern Army in the city?"
Tang Xingchang was speechless when asked, how could he, a general of the imperial court, mobilize the troops in the north?
"Perhaps... the Northern Crown Prince Jin Xiao can be mobilized." Qin Changqian reminded from the side.
Tang Xingchang slowly shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. The soldiers and horses of the North only obey the orders of the King of the North. Jin Xiao is the crown prince. Without the prince's order, he can only mobilize his own guards."
While several people were discussing, suddenly a voice outside shouted: "Dad! Dad, something happened to you? Dad!"
"Oops! The Crown Prince is here!"
"We must not let the Crown Prince see it. If the Crown Prince collapses now, Guicheng will really be doomed!"
Tang Xingchang and He Yue'er worked together and quickly signaled Qin Changqian and Man Yong to go out and stop the Northern Crown Prince Jin Xiao.
As soon as the two of them went out, they saw the crown prince Jin Xiao rushing over. He looked at them in surprise and walked around to go in.
"Your Majesty, wait a minute, Your Majesty... Your Majesty is discussing important matters with General Tang!" Man Yong reacted quickly and made a random excuse.
"Discussing important matters? Is there anything else in the North that I can't listen to?" Crown Prince Jin Xiao said with a frown.
Qin Changqian reacted immediately after being prompted by Man Yong: "It's true, His Royal Highness, Bei Yi is pressing the border, and the prince is discussing countermeasures. I'm afraid that the news will be leaked, so no one else is allowed to get close."
"Is it Jin Xiao? Why are you making so much noise outside? Dad has something to do now, please stay out of the way!" The voice of King Jin Mu of the North came from the hall.
Jin Xiao heard the sound and said quickly: "Dad, a servant just came to tell me that something happened to you."
"Hmph! What can happen to me? Which servant is so talkative? You know that I am discussing important matters, and you are trying to interrupt me. I'm afraid you are not a spy from Beiyi!"
"Okay, I'm relieved that dad is fine." Jin Xiao didn't go into details and turned around to leave.
He Yue'er pretended to be the King of the North in the hall and continued: "Wait a minute, Jin Xiao. I heard that some Beiyi soldiers and horses in the north of the city are harassing them. Please bring some people to keep an eye on them and be careful."
"My child, I obey." Jin Xiao accepted the order and left without any hesitation.
"Huh, I finally got over it."
He Yue'er was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. She didn't know how to explain it just now. Fortunately, Man Yong was smart and helped everyone outside the door.
"Mrs. Yi, get out of the city quickly!" Tang Xingchang was so anxious at this time that he didn't know what to do. I can't take care of this end, I can only take care of that end.
He Yue'er slowly shook her head: "I was able to leave just now, but now I can't leave."
"Why can't we leave? The Beiyi are only in the north of the city. If Mrs. Yi leaves from the south of the city, nothing will happen!"
"I know I can leave, but once I leave, the Northern Army will be leaderless, and returning to the city will be a disaster!"
Tang Xingchang said angrily: "But Mrs. Yi, even if you are here to take charge of the overall situation in place of the King of the North, we will never be able to stop the Northern Yi soldiers!"
He Yue'er was speechless after being refuted, and she knew this was a fact.
The two were in a stalemate for a while, and He Yue'er said: "Stand by for a while, just for a while. I promise you, once the north gate is breached, I will leave immediately!"
Tang Xingchang had no choice but to turn around and leave. He walked out the door and said, "Mrs. Yi, the lives of my family and my family are all tied to you. If something happens to you, Prime Minister Zhou will never let my family go."
He Yue'er nodded: "I understand."
After Tang Xingchang left, He Yue'er looked at Qin Changqian and Man Yong who came in from the door, and they looked back at her.
"Master's wife, stop looking. We won't leave even if the sky falls." Man Yong said with a smile.
"You're still laughing. The Northern Yi soldiers are coming, so you're not afraid?"
Man Yong smiled and said, "I'm afraid, but I won't be afraid if my wife is here. If my master is here, I won't be afraid."
He Yue'er ignored his nonsense and looked at Qin Changqian.
Qin Changqian also shook his head: "I won't leave you even half a step without my brother. Xiaoyong, go and find me some guns."
"Okay, there are eight guns in total, right? Brother Qin, wait!"
…
On the top of the city, people wailed and fell off the city wall from time to time, falling into the boundless darkness.
Jin Xiao stood under the city with a gun in his hand. He was a little confused for a moment. Why were there shouts of killing everywhere? Didn’t it mean that there were only some northern Yi soldiers harassing them?
"Your Highness, didn't the prince say..." the guard behind him asked anxiously.
Jin Xiao was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "That's not my father...I just remembered..."
"Your Highness, what do you remember?"
"Remembering just now...Dad called me by my name. He never calls me by my name..." Jin Xiao stood by the city gate, tears falling quietly.
He was originally the first son of the feudal lord and the future king of the north, but he ended up in the same situation as he is today.
Guicheng was about to be defeated, but his father committed suicide and hanged himself. Now he is like falling from heaven to hell.
"That's all, my father is gone, but I'm still here. Beiyi wants to take Guicheng, well, unless the man named Jin dies!"
Jin Xiao was not a sentimental person. After crying for a while, he rushed up to the tower with an iron gun in hand and started fighting with the Beiyi soldiers.
"Amitabha, why are sentient beings like this..." The young monk put his hands together and stood dozens of feet away from the city gate. After reciting the Buddha's name, he couldn't help but sigh.
Then, he slowly walked towards the city gate.
As he walked past, the dust on the ground was picked up by him, but it was shaped like a lotus. With every step, a small lotus made of dust will bloom behind you.
Lotus grows at every step.
The vision doesn't stop there. Every step that Luo Chen takes is steady and practical. His stature will become taller, and soon, when he reaches the city gate, he has grown into the appearance of an adult man.
"boom!"
The city gate was knocked down.
