General Suzaku is dead.
He was covered in blood, but it was not as bright as the red cloak on his back.
This general who made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty and conquered a total of thirty cities during his lifetime did not die in the enemy's attack, but died among the Tang Dynasty's own people who he had served all his life.
Hate?
He didn't hate. He followed the King of Chu from south to north, fought all his life, and saved too many people. It was a true rescue, and he had no regrets.
Maybe there are regrets.
If he had known that tonight was the day of his death, he would have seen the King of Chu for the last time, three days ago, to take another look at the child he had watched grow up.
That's not right, that child is now the God of War, a man of indomitable authority, not a child.
He just wanted to look at the God of War a few more times.
That's all.
"Da da da……."
Li Xiaogong came on horseback, and Yu immediately looked at his former confidant with complicated expressions.
As a confidant.
He knew how loyal General Suzaku was to the King of Chu, and he also knew that he could not persuade General Suzaku to come back.
But even though he knew he couldn't do it, he still had to do it.
What if!
What if General Suzaku really turns back?
If you don’t work hard, how can you know the result?
And the facts proved that he failed. No miracle happened. Maybe there are miracles in the world, but there is no one tonight.
"Why.……"
A long sigh expressed Li Xiaogong's regret.
He turned over and dismounted, pulled the cloak off his back, and covered General Suzaku.
"Give General Suzaku and his soldiers a grand burial."
Li Xiaogong issued the order loudly.
"General!"
At this time, the commander of the Black Armored Cavalry arrived and said, "Your Majesty wants the heads of the four beast generals."
Li Xiaogong frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, I will explain to you that I will not accept your orders. Now! I am in command here. Do you have any objections?"
He stared directly at the commander of the Black Armored Cavalry with a murderous gaze.
The commander of the Xuanjia cavalry was trembling all over, lowered his head and said: "My subordinates dare not, so we will act according to the general's orders."
He left quickly, not daring to stay any longer for fear that Li Xiaogong would vent his anger at losing his confidant on himself.
Li Xiaogong asked people to bury General Zhuque's soldiers in a lavish manner. As for General Zhuque, he did not let anyone touch him because he wanted to bury his confidant in person.
But before the grand burial, he had other things to do.
He led two hundred black-armored cavalry to the ship docking place, where the villagers of Chuhe Village fled. There were originally many spare ships, but General Suzaku had already taken all the remaining ships after the last batch of Chuhe Village villagers boarded the ship. burn.
Currently, in front of Li Xiaogong and others, there is a sea of burned-out remnants of fire.
There was nothing there and they could not cross the river.
correct.
Looking carefully, there is something else.
Only at the shore, the black flag of the Chu Palace hung high in the sky, fluttering in the wind.
Li Xiaogong dismounted, looked at the flag, and sighed.
In the past, this black flag was the most reassuring thing for many military attachés of the Tang Dynasty, because whenever it appeared, it represented the support of one's own side. One of the four ace armies of the empire was extremely reassuring.
But today, it has become the enemy.
Li Xiaogong could not imagine this scene, nor could Qin Qiong and others who were far away in Chang'an City.
Li Xiaogong came under the black flag.
Then, he spoke loudly.
"All troops! Follow me and send the former God of War of the Tang Dynasty, King Chu! Have a safe journey!!"
Li Xiaogong shouted while cutting his right palm, and blood dripped from his palm onto the ground. He used the highest military farewell etiquette in the Chu Palace to bid farewell to the former God of War of the Tang Dynasty!
No one among the Xuanjia cavalry who came with them questioned him. They had also watched the deeds of King Chu, so they cut their palms decisively and let the blood drip onto the ground.
"Send it off, King Chu!!"
One after another, they spoke in unison, and the voices of one person seemed to be louder than the lightning in the sky.
.…….….….….….
Villagers of Chuhe Village after crossing the river.
Travel along a canyon.
This is also the only road after crossing the river.
The canyon has a line of sky.
It rained harder.
The villagers in Chuhe Village supported each other as they walked. Ninety percent of them were old and weak, women and children, and only ten percent were men, and these ten percent were men who had retired from various armies.
Chuhe Village was originally a village where soldiers' families were accommodated.
So most of them are old, weak, women and children.
Their men and fathers were all in the army of the King of Chu. The changes in Chuhe Village happened so fast this time. It had only been a day and a half since Jieli Khan said he wanted the prince to be his hostage.
How they reunited with their men, their fathers.
"Oh, oh, oh, mother, Grandpa Atan is dead. He died on the other side of the river."
"It's okay, good boy. Grandpa is just one step ahead of us. We will probably be reunited with him later. We will never be separated."
"Grandma! Grandma! Ah Bao [one year old] is crying again. I...I, I, I, I can't help it."
"Grandpa, I'm hungry."
"Mom, can we still go back to Chuhe Village?"
"Be good, be good, Fangfang, don't cry. Mom is here. Mom is here to give you a hug."
"Grandpa! Why can't I see General Suzaku? When he carried me onto the boat just now, he clearly promised to come later. Is he behind?"
"……."
The old, weak, women and children do not have the military literacy of the army. They just experienced the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Now after escaping, most of the children are crying. There are also children who are constantly wandering around, asking, "Where is my mother? Where is my mother?" Where is it?"
at the same time.
Directly above this Xiantian Canyon, more than ten meters away, there were dark soldiers on both sides of the canyon.
That is.
Tang Jun!
Tang Jun still maintains fighting status in the rain!
And leading them was none other than the earlier God of War of the Tang Dynasty, General Tiance Li Shimin!
Admiral Tiance is always like this. In battle, he can appear at unexpected places and give the enemy a fatal attack.
It's great when he's a teammate, but it's a nightmare when he's an enemy.
now.
Li Shimin was surrounded by generals from the prince's faction such as Hou Junji, Niu Jinda, Li Tai, etc., as well as generals he trusted.
Li Shimin saw all the villagers in Chuhe Village below entering the canyon, and he knew it was time to attack.
He didn't want to kill them, but he had a reason to kill them.
These people are not followers of that man, they are his believers.
How terrifying faith is, Li Shimin, who has spent his life in the military, knows all too well that he is a madman who will fight for his faith as long as he has a breath, even if his body is broken.
Sometimes, Li Shimin thought that Chuhe Village and Jiangdong were not the territory of King Chu, but the King of Chu's sect.
"Raise your bow."
He spoke casually, but soon many commanders came to convey his will, asking the Tang army on the canyon to raise their bows.
Many soldiers were at a loss. Weren't they asked to suppress the rebellion? Why...why are the targets targeting the old, weak, women and children?
They looked left and right, full of confusion and disbelief, but in the end they raised their bows under the pressure of the major commanders, a minute or two later than the normal bow raising of the entire army.
Li Shimin had expected this. He knew the consequences of attacking the old, weak, women and children, but he had done it once before. That time, he killed Li Jiancheng's family members.
Those family members were equally innocent, but in order to eliminate the root cause, he still wielded the butcher knife.
This is the emperor's house.
The most ruthless, the imperial family!
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
The commanders everywhere proclaimed Li Shimin's will, but those soldiers finally fired their arrows in self-blame.
“Swish swish!!”
In an instant, the already dark and rainy sky over the canyon became even darker.
Some villagers noticed that there were fewer light sources, so they looked up and saw a group of arrows covering the sky.
At that moment, she was not confused or afraid, she smiled.
Another old couple looked up at the sky, watching this scene, and they hugged each other tightly.
"Old woman, do you regret marrying me? If you didn't marry me, maybe you wouldn't have to be involved in this war."
The retired veteran looked at his wife with tender eyes.
His wife smiled and shook her head, her face full of determination: "I have no regrets. If I had it to do over again, I would still want His Highness to be our witness, and I would also let you continue to be his soldier, accompany him to conquer the world, and protect him. "
"By the way, don't let me get angry with you when we get down there. We used to quarrel with each other and let the kids see it when we get down there. It's not good."
The retired veteran smiled and nodded.
The two hugged each other tightly.
"Chi chi chi!!"
The next moment, a sea of arrows fell into the crowd, blooming into bright blood flowers.
In front of the sea of arrows, children, women, children, and the elderly are all treated equally.
After shooting more than thirty waves.
Li Shimin then led the army down the canyon.
They entered from both sides of the canyon, and all the soldiers were holding swords. Whenever they passed a villager from Chuhe Village, even if he was covered in blood, they would lower their swords to make up for it.
"Uuuuuuuuu, mother, mother..."
"Don't sleep, don't sleep."
On the left side of Li Shimin, there was a little boy who was crying helplessly. His mother had protected him with her body just now. His mother's back was full of arrows, but he was intact.
When Li Shimin saw this scene, he didn't know why, even though the Xuanwu Sect had already experienced this kind of thing once, he still had tears in his eyes.
He didn't want to kill them, he really didn't!
But if these people are not eliminated, the future will be in danger, and the prince will be in danger.
He had a reason why he had to kill them.
A slight drizzle fell on Li Shimin's face, making it unclear whether his sad expression was due to tears or rain.
Just as he was about to wave his hand to kill the child, Li Tai pulled out his sword and said loudly: "Father, let me do it!"
Without waiting for Li Shimin to answer, he walked directly behind the child and raised his sword high.
The child didn't know that Li Tai was coming, and he didn't want to know. He only had eyes for his mother. He wanted her to wake up, and he only wanted her to wake up.
"scold!!"
Li Tai slashed the child's back with a knife, and blood spurted out. This was his first time killing someone, but his eyes were extremely crazy at this moment.
Because he regarded the boy as the King of Chu, and they were somewhat similar.
"King Chu, King Chu! Let you take away my Yan'er, let you take her away, let you take her away..."
Li Tai kept talking crazily, his hatred for King Chu was so deep that he hated him to the core.
Li Shimin ignored him and continued to move forward.
In front, there is another woman alive.
She seemed to have cried, and her eyes were dark. She had a child in her arms who was shot to death by an arrow. She must have shed tears for her child.
The woman was originally numb, calmly waiting for death.
But after seeing Li Shimin, his whole body seemed to be filled with strength at that moment.
She stood up.
His voice was hoarse and angry.
"Li Shimin!!!"
Her eyes were blood red as she walked towards Li Shimin.
Niu Jinda wanted to block the woman for Li Shimin, but Li Shimin waved his hand without looking back, telling him not to move.
Li Shimin only had eyes for that woman. After the woman walked in, she hit Li Shimin with her fists with all her strength.
"Li Shimin! Li Shimin!"
"You bastard, a few years ago, my husband, Mo Daowei No. 252, blocked the knife for you! He died for you! If I had known you were such a beast, my husband should not have blocked the knife for you in the first place!"
The woman burst into tears: "Give me back my husband, my husband's children, and General Suzaku of Chuhe Village. Give me back...Give me Chuhe Village..."
The more the beatings continued, the less strength the woman had. She was tired and had lost all strength from crying.
Li Shimin's originally firm eyes turned completely rosy at this moment. He remembered this woman! It was precisely because of remembering that he blocked Niu from entering.
"sorry."
Li Shimin had tears in his eyes.
The woman was still beating weakly: "Give me back my husband, my home, and..."
"scold!"
While still thinking, his stomach was penetrated by a sword.
Li Shimin used his sword to penetrate the woman's body very gently, trying to make her death as painless as possible.
"Give me back your husband, give me back..."
The woman was still reciting it, but after a few seconds she could no longer recite it.
She is dead.
Fall back.
But when she fell, Li Shimin dropped the sword in his hand, caught her, and hugged her.
"sorry Sorry sorry……."
"I don't want to, I really don't want to, but King Chu is too dazzling, too dazzling, I'm afraid! I'm afraid! I'm more afraid than anyone else! I just want to inherit the throne!"
Li Shimin hugged her tightly, cried bitterly, and told the dead woman his true feelings.
When Niu Jinda saw this, he sighed and quickly led the others away from this place, leaving this place only for Li Shimin himself.
Li Shimin was still crying and expressing his feelings. He did not call me, "It's me", as if he was not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was untouchable at this time, but the King of Qin in that war-torn era, who was talking and laughing with many villagers in Chuhe Village. .
now.
The rain became heavier, and lightning flashed across, covering up the sound of Li Shimin's collapse. After the lightning, the thoughts of this all-powerful general could not help but wander, as if he had returned to the time of the Xuanwumen mutiny not long ago.
The scene of that day seemed to appear before his eyes again.
His Xuanjia Army, King Chu's Modao Guards and the Prince's Army fought in front of the palace gate, and the Xuanwu Gate gate was slammed shut.
The ground was stained with blood, with broken arrows and broken swords everywhere, as well as the corpses of countless of his own people.
The final ending ended with Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji having their heads separated.
The look of the two brothers lying in front of him, breathless and pale, is still deeply imprinted in Li Shimin's mind.
This scene was so similar to tonight that he couldn't help but feel crushed.
He doesn't want to, he really doesn't want to!
He used to be the King of Qin, and now he is an emperor. Even if he is an emperor, an emperor is still a human being and has feelings. He doesn't want to, he really doesn't want to do this.
But he must do this.
That night, General Tiance cried.
Look into the devil within yourself.
After this night, he will eventually become stronger.
