Outside the door, there was a rush of footsteps.
He is a soldier of the Border Army.
The soldier ran in a panic. At this moment, he was no longer in the mood to think about the rules of knocking on the door. Instead, he rushed directly into the room and reported: "General Guan, the south has been lost!"
Upon hearing the news of the loss, Guan Jing stood up immediately.
This was something he didn't expect at all.
The Border Army might be defeated. This was something he was prepared for, but he never expected that the Border Army would fall so quickly.
The soldiers continued to report: "General Guan, the north is about to be overwhelmed. There are too many demons, and their strength is much stronger than expected."
Guan Jing immediately rushed out of the ancient mansion and came to the streets of Kyoto.
At this time, the south was already a scene where people were in dire straits. All the people were hiding in their houses, shivering and crying. Those people who had not yet had time to return home were completely ruined by the demon.
Although the defeated southern border army tried its best to protect the people, their efforts were in vain.
Guan Jing immediately joined the battle with his sword, slashing left and right. After saving the two children, he heard a large number of footsteps. 33
He looked up and saw a large black mass of demons running towards him.
Like a pack of wolves.
Groups of monsters were like hungry wolves, eating away at the last border troops in the south.
Guan Jing immediately raised his sword and moved forward. These monsters couldn't stop him at all, but again, there were too many people.
Moreover, these demons are much stronger than the demons Gu Xiaotian had in Jinning City.
In Jinning City, most of the demons were ordinary people and weak scholars. But when Guan Jing faced this group of demons, he had been a solid warrior before. Although his realm was not high, after becoming a demon, his realm had reached a new level. took several steps.
If Guan Jing is allowed to use it at this time, he can indeed repel these monsters, but the effort will actually be more.
The battle has just begun. If you hand over all your cards now, what will happen next?
Guan Jing knew this very well, and so did the border army.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers who were following Guan Jing immediately stopped in front of Guan Jing and shouted: "General Guan, leave quickly! Leave this place to us. We can hold it for a while!"
Guan Jing gritted his teeth. Although he didn't want to see the border army in front of him die in vain, if even the border army retreated, then the people of Kyoto would really suffer.
The remaining border troops began to retreat steadily, and the battle flags belonging to the border troops continued to fall, but someone kept picking them up.
Guan Jing no longer hesitated and immediately grabbed the two rescued children and swept them back.
When he looked back, the soldier was already submerged in the monsters.
And at the last moment of the soldier's life, he raised a battle flag.
The battle flag of the Border Army.
It’s better to die ten steps forward than live even half a step back!
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The lines of defense stationed by the border troops were compressed in a short period of time.
Except for the eastern defense line guarded by Xu Yuanzhi, the other three defense lines have already been defeated.
The south and north sides were completely occupied, and after Guan Jing left, he rushed to the west to command the border troops. After retreating several lines of defense, he was barely able to stabilize.
But in the south and north, people are already in dire straits.
The border troops gathered together, everyone was dejected.
Today's battle must be tragic for the border army.
Perhaps even they themselves had never imagined that the brave and capable border troops could not hold on for even half a day.
Guan Jing's battle armor had long been stained red with blood. He looked at the dejected expressions of the border troops, but he rarely said a lesson.
Just a few minutes after the Border Army took a breather, the figure of the demon appeared again.
Guan Jing said nothing, picked up the knife, and walked step by step in front of these border troops.
A soldier saw that Guan Jing was about to step forward to kill the enemy again. After all, he couldn't bear it. He quickly stood up and stopped him: "General Guan, the west side cannot be defended anymore. Your efforts like this are in vain..."
Halfway through his words, he stopped talking.
Guan Jing naturally knew what the soldier meant.
The fall of the west will only happen sooner or later.
No matter how much we do now, it will only delay the process for a while, but it will not have much effect on the actual battle situation.
And what this soldier thought was very simple.
He didn't want to see Guan Jing waste time for them, because this battle had just begun, and the border army couldn't hold it back and would wrong anyone.
That's how it is when you go to the battlefield. If you don't have enough strength, you don't have enough strength. Even if you die, there is nothing to feel wronged about.
Guan Jing looked at the soldier and remained silent.
Then, he turned around and walked resolutely towards the group of monsters.
The border troops guarding the west looked at each other. The general had already set an example, and naturally they could not continue to be so dejected.
The worst possible outcome is death!
They are not afraid. When they joined the border army, they had already given half of their lives to the underworld. Now it only depends on whether they can get this half of their lives out of the underworld or whether they will have to take the other half of their lives in.
The war cry came again, and the battle flag waved in Kyoto again.
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In the Gu Mansion, Gu Xiaotian was anxiously waiting for the news. Just now he knew that the north and south sides had been completely occupied, but the west side was not much better.
Seeing that the defense line built by the border army was about to completely collapse, but at this moment I couldn't do anything, I couldn't help but feel anxious.
Li Pingping suddenly said: "Your Highness, Gu Xiaotian, I will escort you out of Kyoto."
Gu Xiaotian turned to look at Li Pingping, his eyes showing surprise.
He immediately shook his head and said: "Prime Minister Li, if you leave Kyoto at this time, what will be the difference between you and the deserter?"
Li Pingping sighed: "It's not a desertion, it's just keeping hope."
The situation in Kyoto is now clear.
If the border army can hold on for a whole day, maybe there will be some changes in this matter, some support will be waiting, and then the clarion call for counterattack will be blown.
But now, the facts are here. At this rate, the border army can only hold on for two or three hours at most before being completely defeated. There is no need to wait for support.
The fall of Kyoto seems to have become a doomed fact.
Outside the house, there was suddenly an unusual noise.
Gu Xiaotian hurriedly ran out of the room to take a look, and suddenly frowned when he saw the person coming.
The person who came was none other than the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked around, looked at Gu Xiaotian, and said hello: "We meet again, Gu Xiaotian."
Gu Xiaotian slowly held the scabbard with his hand, and the sword intention was already flowing in his body at this moment.
Seeing Gu Xiaotian's appearance, the Queen Mother covered her mouth and chuckled: "Is this how the Gu family treats guests?"
Gu Xiaotian sneered, "Queen Mother, you're already here, so don't act in front of me."
Originally, he thought that the Queen Mother was taking advantage of the situation when Kyoto was about to fall to add insult to injury, but unexpectedly, the Queen Mother's next words filled Gu Xiaotian's head with questions.
"Gu Xiaotian, are you willing to cooperate with me?"
Gu Xiaotian looked at the Queen Mother suspiciously, wondering what this woman was planning.
He didn't know what happened between the Queen Mother and Sun Yanlu in the woods last night.
After the Queen Mother left the woods, she thought about it seriously.
What Asuka said is indeed true. If the person on the chair can't be pulled down, then why sit on that chair?
But the Queen Mother still had concerns.
Even if the person on that chair is pulled down, the person sitting on that chair will most likely still be Sun Yanlu.
There has never been a woman sitting on that chair.
So even if Feiniao said this, the Queen Mother would still have some scruples because she didn't want to watch Sun Yanlu sit on that chair.
She also knew what she would face if Sun Yanlu sat on that chair.
Last night, she had exposed everything to Sun Yanlu.
Since the death of the eldest prince in the battle, the Queen Mother has been hiding in Cining Palace and practicing demonic arts, in order to one day stand up and sit in that chair for the eldest prince.
Over the years, she has been hiding well, and no one knows except the palace maids who are her sparring partners.
The Queen Mother simply said: "I don't have to kill Sun Gusheng, as long as I can sit on that chair."
Gu Xiaotian twitched his lips and asked, "Why do you think I am willing to cooperate with you?"
The Queen Mother chuckled and said: "You have no choice. It is only a matter of time before Kyoto falls. And after it falls, do you think you can really run away?"
"Many people are staring at Gufu. They don't show up now just because the time is not right. But don't forget that Gufu is a thorn in the eyes of those people after all. If they don't get rid of it, how can they feel at ease?"
Every sentence talks about the difficulties Gu Xiaotian is facing now.
Seeing that Gu Xiaotian did not respond, the Queen Mother waved her hands and said: "You don't have to worry, I can wait, but there must be a time limit before this. I will only give you one hour to think about it. If you are still unwilling, then I can only help those people to completely destroy the ancient mansion."
As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother turned into a ball of evil spirit and left.
Gu Xiaotian stood there blankly.
In his mind, he was thinking about the advantages or disadvantages of cooperating with the Queen Mother.
He had encountered many such things before, where his enemies suddenly turned against him and sided with him. Most of the time, he didn't think much about it, because cooperation between the two was ultimately a good thing. As for what to do after the cooperation was over.
But only this time, he felt that cooperation was inappropriate.
Cooperating with the Queen Mother completely explained that he wanted to deal with Sun Yanlu.
But if he doesn't cooperate with the Queen Mother, Sun Yanlu may not be able to let him go.
"Cooperate with her. This is the only way to find a turnaround at the moment."
Just as Gu Xiaotian was hesitating, Sun Gusheng came behind him at some point and said calmly.
Gu Xiaotian looked back at Sun Gusheng, shook his head and said, "But if we cooperate with the Queen Mother, we will definitely not be able to deal with Sun Yanlu."
Sun Gusheng looked gloomy and sighed: "At least it's better than the entire Gu Mansion being wiped out. Sun Yanlu just wants my life, and he might be able to tolerate it when facing the Gu Mansion."
The weather in Kyoto is very sunny today.
The sun shone on Sun Gusheng, but it was a bit sad.
Sun Gusheng looked at Gu Xiaotian and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if I really die. At least I know that there is someone who is still fighting for the world, and then I can feel at ease."
Some people died, but not completely...
