Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky Chapter 15: 、The sound of horns is full of autumn chill 2

At the end of the 11th day of the seventh month, Gu Ren, the former fierce general under King Shan and today's leader of the rebel army, arrived at the capital with a rebel army of 50,000.

Since the capture of Qincheng, all parts of Qingzhou have been ordered by the Prime Minister to put all cities on alert. This Gu Ren was under Feng Qingran's command back then, and had also learned some art of war. He was not a reckless person. He knew that these cities that had been guarded for a long time could not be captured easily, and he started his army to fight against the opponent's surprise. The most important thing is to fight quickly, there is no time to surround and slowly attack, otherwise, when Emperor Dadong gets the news and sends a large army to attack, he will only count how to resist it. That's why he came straight to the capital. As long as he captures the capital, which is a symbol of royal power, this Qingzhou will collapse. As long as Qingzhou is taken, there will be heroes from all directions to respond, and this world... will change hands!

So he arrived at the capital on the same day, and after a short rest, he launched an attack on the city at four o'clock in Shenshi.

As for Wangduli, since Jiuyao came back, all the ministers felt relieved. They all knew that it would be a matter of time before the rebels attacked the capital. Word: keep!

So that day Guren attacked the city, and Uncle Yan Xia, the commander in charge of guarding Xu in Wangduli, led the soldiers to resist desperately. In vain.

On the second day, the rebel army attacked the city again, and the two sides fought fiercely.

After these two battles, the soldiers in the city suffered heavy casualties, and there were only 10,000 defenders in the city, which was far from the number of rebels. The invincible General Fengying, who was regarded as a **** by the soldiers, saw that several days had passed, but there was still no news of King Qing, and the morale of the generals in the city was greatly reduced.

On the 13th day of the seventh month, Gu Ren did not launch an attack on the city, and the two sides rested separately.

On July 14th, at Yin time, when it was darkest before dawn and the defenders were most exhausted, Gu Ren poured all his troops into attacking the city from all sides, coming fiercely. Uncle Yan Xia naturally led the soldiers to resist, but the exhaustion of three consecutive battles, the mental panic, and the attacks from all sides made it difficult for the soldiers to support. Uncle Yan Xia was anxious. Seeing that many rebels had climbed up the city tower, and there were also rebels climbing up the wall like ants and insects, he couldn't help but panic. Could it be that he couldn't hold it today?

At this moment, a drum sounded "Boom!", which was deafening and spread throughout the king's city in an instant. Even the beating of swords and swords of the soldiers in the fierce battle could not cover up the sound of the drum!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The sound of huge drums never stopped, one after another, like hitting the hearts of the soldiers, like handing down from the Nine Heavens, scattered in every corner of the city, making those soldiers suddenly burst out with fighting spirit.

"Dark clouds overwhelm the city and destroy it,

Jiaguang opens to Rijinlin.

The sound of horns fills the sky in autumn,

Stuffed with swallow fat and condensed night purple. "

Amidst the deafening drumbeat, a deep and heroic singing voice suddenly sounded, and the sound hit the ears like a heartstring.

The officers and men looked far and wide in their busy schedules, and saw the tallest building in the royal capital - the Tayun Tower standing on the top of the palace. The bird spread its wings and whistled, and flew into the sky with a loud chirp.

"The half-rolled red flag is facing Yishui,

The frost is heavy, the drums are heavy and the cold is loud.

Report to Jun Jintai,

Promoting Yulong to die for the king. "【Note ○1】

At that time, it was the moment when the sun was just rising. Looking from a distance in the faint glow, the sky blue figure towering above the tall building was as majestic as a mountain, and the beautiful blue bird spread its wings on the blue sky and white clouds. The voice is harmonious, passionate and clear and loud. Such a scene, in this remote royal city, in this chilling battlefield, is so wonderful, it is like an oracle from the sky, shaking the soul!

"Qing Huijun!"

The soldiers looked up at the man standing like a **** on the Tayun Tower, and suddenly they were full of pride and blood boiled all over their bodies!

"Report your intentions on the golden platform, and lead Yulong to die for you!" Uncle Yan Xia raised his sword and shouted.

In an instant, there was a thunderous response from the top of the city tower: "Report to the king on the golden platform, and lead the jade dragon to die for the king!"

"Boys, guard the capital, and return with respect to the Lord!"

"Yes!"

Amidst the drumbeat of "Dong Dong Dong...", the soldiers redoubled their courage, raising their swords and spears.

"Kill!" Amidst the loud shouts of killing, the majestic defenders of the royal capital rushed towards the rebels who rushed up the tower, and immediately there were heads rolling over, limbs and arms flying across the sky!

In the king's city, the panic-stricken people who were hiding in their homes could not help calming down a little when they heard the sound of drums and the roar of soldiers. win!

Treading on the top of the cloud building, "Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of the drums continued, and the person who beat the drums looked up at the sky.

Are there any clansmen watching in the sky, or are there mourning souls crying?

On that day, Gu Ren failed to attack the city and suffered heavy casualties, so he had to stop fighting in embarrassment.

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The fourteenth day, unitary time.

After a fierce battle, both sides are resting. At this moment, the soldiers standing on the building and watching from a distance saw a yellow dust rising in the air in the distance, and their hearts jumped suddenly, and they rushed to report .

After receiving Xu Shi's letter, Fengji ordered 20,000 elite soldiers, set off from the royal capital of Yongzhou, ran day and night, and arrived at the border of the two states on the 12th. The imperial decree that Ling sent quickly arrived. As soon as Fengji received the edict, he set off from the camp, led the army across the boundary marker, and rushed to Qingzhou King's Capital.

When it was fifty miles away from the capital, the spies reported that today the rebels fought a fierce battle with the defenders of the capital. Qing Huijun personally played drums to help the battle. The soldiers were extraordinarily brave and repelled the rebel attack.

The general who accompanied the army, Li Ze, said what he said, and rushed to attack immediately, but the rebels were caught off guard.

After pondering for a while, Fengji ordered the army to go another forty miles, and then set up camp on the spot to rest.

Although Li Zexing is strange, he has always admired Fengji, and he only knows that he has other clever strategies and obeys orders.

After he left, Shi Yan asked Fengji, "When the reinforcements arrive, the rebels are naturally panicked. There has been a fierce battle before, which will definitely consume their physical strength. This is a good opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop. Why does the Lord not agree to attack?"

Fengji reined in his horse, raised his eyes to look ahead, and said indifferently: "This mere rebel army can be defeated by a single hand." Such arrogant and arrogant words were spoken by him, which seemed extraordinarily calm and elegant.

Shi Yan, who has been with him all year round, is naturally convinced, so he asked again: "Why doesn't the Lord take the merits that are so easy to get?"

Fengji was silent for a while, and then said wistfully: "Back then, Seventh Sister married him to save him. Although our brother was not happy, there was nothing we could do. Now, Seventh Sister and him are married. If this is the case, then he should at least marry him." To be able to keep pace with Seventh Sister, if he can't, but just a person who is attached to Seventh Sister's hard work..." He paused, and there was a bit of coldness in Yong Ya's brows, "Such a person, it doesn't matter if there is no such thing .”

Shi Yan was startled, looking at the elegant and elegant man on the horse in front of him, he understood, "The Lord wants to consider him?"

Fengji said nothing.

Shi Yan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The master's painstaking efforts are difficult for ordinary people to understand. At this moment, the king's capital is in danger, and the reinforcements cannot save him. In the future, I'm afraid it will attract the world's slander."

"The world slanders..." Fengji murmured, with a smile on his lips, but it was bitter.

In the past, because he demanded perfection in everything, he lost his love. Now... for Seventh Sister, he was willful and selfish for a while. When an enemy gets married, how can there be less love, hatred and pain during the two years, how the Seventh Sister and that man have lived their lives, the brothers don't know, it's just that the Seventh Sister is such a proud person, she will never allow others to intervene. And that person's sinking into grief cannot eliminate resentment, and their brothers can understand, but if Seventh Sister and that person have to live in this hatred and torture for the rest of their lives, then he would rather bear the eternal infamy than cut off the rest of her life for Seventh Sister bondage.

This moment is an opportunity.

The man is willing to go out of the mountain and beat the drums to help, obviously he is not a heartless person, let him see if he has the courage to walk side by side with Seventh Sister, and whether he has the ability to keep pace with Seventh Sister.

His seventh sister is a phoenix in the sky, not a match for the vulgar and narrow-minded people in the world!

If that person...

Feng Ji tightened his grip on the reins, and told Shi Yan, "Since Emperor Hui of Qing is beating the drums, it is clear that Seventh Sister has not returned yet. Immediately recruit two hundred elite soldiers, and hurry to Sanshi Village in Xincheng to find Seventh Sister." /

"Yes." Shi Yan took the order.

At that time, the soldiers in the royal capital were very excited when they heard that the rescuers were coming, and their bodies, which were tired from the fierce battle, instantly surged with strength. Uncle Yan Xia reorganized his troops, and prepared that if King Yong attacked the rebels outside the city, they would immediately go out of the city to meet them.

But then the spies came back to report that King Yong's army was stationed ten miles away, and it seemed that he had no intention of attacking the rebels.

All the soldiers were surprised when they heard the words, and Uncle Yan Xia hurriedly reported the news to the palace.

The ministers were also puzzled when they heard this, and all turned their eyes to Qing Huijun on the jade throne.

After Jiuyao heard the news, after sitting upright for a long time, he sighed softly in his heart, after all, it was her brother.

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However, in the rebel camp, Gu Ren had already been reported by spies. King Yong led the troops to rescue him, and he felt a little uneasy for a while. Already, a peerless general who can turn the city with one move. When he was thinking about whether to retreat, he had to report again. King Yong set up camp ten miles away.

After hearing this, Gu Ren couldn't help feeling puzzled.

Since King Yong came to rescue him, why didn't he make a surprise attack when he was tired? Then he really had no choice but to escape.

Could it be that you need to rest after being tired all the way? Wouldn't it be clear to give him time to escape.

Is there another conspiracy? But what is he plotting?

I thought about it, but I couldn't figure it out. Based on the current situation, he should withdraw his troops, otherwise he will undoubtedly lose when the defenders of the capital and King Yong attack from both sides.

But retreating... is also a defeat!

This time, the timing of the rise of troops can be said to be partly God's will, partly man-made.

Feng Duying died or was injured, and Qingzhou was bound to be in chaos. He seized the capital with lightning speed, and then took down the collapsed Qingzhou. He already has Qingzhou in his hands, and he can deal with it slowly, and at that time, the heroes from all sides who were defeated by the Great Eastern Emperor will inevitably respond, and the Great Eastern Dynasty will be at stake!

It's just that he didn't expect that after several days of attacking the city, with 50,000 troops, he could not capture the capital with only 10,000 defenders, let alone that King Yong's rescue would come so quickly!

Retiring at this moment, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity in the future, and the ambition of the whole life will be ruined. For him, it is a defeat.

If you don't retreat...

He walked out of the tent and looked up at the majestic royal city in the distance. Dried bloodstains hung on the walls of the city, and there were layers of corpses of soldiers who died in battle that were too late to clean up. In the past few days of attacking the city, the defenders of the royal city must have lost thousands of troops. The defenders are even more exhausted than they are now. On my side, there are still more than 40,000 troops, and the spies reported only about 20,000 reinforcements to King Yong. In this way, it is still his side that has the advantage.

Why don't you... give it a try!

As long as the king's capital can be broken and the king's city can be entered, King Yong is nothing to worry about. Qingzhou will be in his hands within ten days!

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered his deputy Gao Hai to lead 10,000 people to garrison five miles away. The purpose was to stop King Yong's troops.

When Gu Ren made up his mind, in the Ziying Palace of the palace, except for Xu Shi who was thinking silently with his eyes downcast, all the officials were restless like ants on a hot pot, guessing the reason why King Yong stood still . It's just guessing, no one can figure it out, and finally looked at Qing Huijun again.

On the jade seat, sitting for a long time, looking at the ministers in the hall, the so-called "dragons without a leader" probably refers to such a situation. He pondered for a while, then opened his mouth and said: "My lords, if the Lord is here..." But he deliberately paused here, his eyes swept over the faces of the ministers one by one.

Sure enough, when they heard "The lord is here", all the ministers looked relieved, but then they all frowned when they realized that King Qing was not here. Jiuyao understood, and continued the previous words, "If the Lord is here, the royal city will be safe, and the rebels will be destroyed without attacking."

Perhaps, he has never experienced it before, but at this moment, he understands it deeply.

Feng Duying is the pillar of Qingzhou, the backbone of the officials, the reassurance of the people, and the king who makes the soldiers submit!

After hearing this, Uncle Yan Xia said: "Mr. Qing Hui, from the humble opinion of the last general, at this moment King Yong's reinforcements are ten miles away from the city, why don't you send someone to send a message, cooperate with King Yong inside and outside, and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop."

Jiu Yao heard the words, nodded slightly, and said: "General Yan's strategy is naturally good, but the poor ones are those soldiers outside the city."

As soon as he said this, the officials couldn't help being stunned, thinking that all the people outside the city are rebels, and rebellion is already a death penalty, and besieging the king's capital at this moment is even more sinful, so what's the pity?

Jiuyao stood up from the throne, his eyes cleared the faintness, and Yuanyuan became sharp in an instant, like a majestic king and a merciful **** looking down on the officials in the palace, "Those rebels outside the city, among them are the real ones There were only a few thousand people who rebelled, and the rest were ordinary people in Qincheng and Juncheng. In order to survive, they were forced to join the army by the rebels due to their coercion." He put his hands behind his back, and said in a serious tone, "In the end, they are also The victims of this rebellion, and it is King Qing and your lords who caused them this catastrophe. The thieves were plotting in Qingzhou under your rule, but you failed to stop them in advance. If you use weapons against them now, they will How innocent and pitiful, how cruel and ruthless we are!"

These words were very pungent, the officials had never heard of them, and they were extremely shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, they were speechless and ashamed.

When the ministers were ashamed and silent, Xu Shi, the Prime Minister of the country, suddenly looked up at the people standing on the jade steps, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, then he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty Qing Hui said so Dao, but do you have a clever plan to save those innocent people?"

Looking at Xu Shi for a long time, he said: "The reason why the rebel army besieged the capital was because the Lord was seriously injured and disappeared, so they had no fear." Speaking of this, thinking of Feng Duying, who has disappeared and has not been heard of until now, He felt suffocated in his chest, but at the moment he was not distracted, he quickly took a deep breath secretly to relieve the pain, and then continued, "At this moment, King Yong's reinforcements have arrived, and the rebels must be flustered. body, the rebel army will be defeated, and they will be destroyed without attack."

The officials all felt reasonable after hearing this, but the problem is that the Lord does not know where he is at this moment! If the Lord is above, how can there be such a rebellion!

For a while, all the officials in the palace whispered to each other, some said that the most important thing now is to find the master quickly, some said that it is better to recruit the rebels outside the city, and some said that rebellion is a capital crime, and capital crimes must never be forgiven... ...

While the ministers were discussing a lot, they fought against the rebels several times in the past few days and witnessed the tragic death of the soldiers. Uncle Yan Xia, who was full of resentment towards the rebels, stepped forward and said: "Mr. If the superior is not here, he cannot deter the rebels, and for the safety of the capital, the general thinks that he can only subdue it by force!"

Jiuyao glanced at Uncle Yan Xia and said, "The lord will show up tomorrow." His voice was not loud, but clear, quite decisive, and at the same time looked at Xu Shi.

Feng Duying is not there, and the officials in Qingzhou are the only ones who follow.

The officials were all surprised when they heard his words. The Lord will show up tomorrow? Have you found the Lord? Now that it has been found, why don't they know about it, but only Qing Huijun knows about it?

When the officials were guessing separately, Xu Shi met Jiu Yao's gaze, and he hesitated for a moment. It's just that the eyes above the jade seat are calm and firm, full of confidence. After a while, Xu Shi bowed and said: "What Qing Huijun said is reasonable, and I follow Qing Huijun's orders." He thought differently from Uncle Yan Xia who was a general, and he paid more attention to the people and the hearts of the people.

The prime minister of the country has his own prestige among the officials, so with Xu Shi's words, the officials are still obedient although they have doubts. As for Uncle Yan Xia, during the **** battle in the early morning, I was grateful for De Jiuyao's help by beating the drums. Seeing how confident he was and how convinced the Prime Minister was, he stopped talking.

Jiuyao ordered: "At Maoshi tomorrow, the lord will definitely show up, please cooperate with General Yan."

"Yes." Uncle Yan Xia took the order, and then said, "Mr. Qing Hui, I will send people out of the city to contact King Yong at night, so as to help accomplish things tomorrow." Although he obeyed Jiu Yao's orders, But he still had doubts, so he wanted to get in touch with King Yong first, and if they would respond to each other, there would be a 100% chance of winning.

Don't want to Jiuyao but said lightly: "King Yong is a man who has experienced many battles. I don't know what we worry about him. General Yan, don't worry about it." In the sky, that King Yong dared to station ten miles away, so all the movements inside and outside the king's city could not be hidden from his eyes and ears.

It was agreed in Ziying Hall that day.

It was night, and the inside and outside of the city passed each other safely.

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On the second day, at dawn, the bright red sun rises from the east, the faint morning light slowly falls, and the sky and the earth gradually become clearer. But inside and outside the royal city, the soldiers are mobilizing their horses and horses, showing a chilling air.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Drums are beating outside the city, and the rebels are about to attack the city.

In the city, Uncle Yan Xia rectified his troops and horses, ready for battle.

When the first ray of sunlight fell on the royal city, the rebels outside the city were already marching towards the city gate with spears and shields in hand.

At this very moment, there was a crisp sound of "嘎!" in the air, breaking through the sound of the "咚咚". look first.

In the east, a big blue bird came flying from above the red sun in the gorgeous morning glory. On the back of the big bird was a person, plain clothes like snow, black hair flowing down, and clothes The golden phoenix feathers on the cloak of the same color as the robe flutter in the wind in mid-air, looking into the distance in the crimson glow, it looks as if the wings of a phoenix are fluttering, bright and dazzling.

In an instant, seeing the figures in the sky inside and outside the royal city, all of them stared wide-eyed, and exclaimed: "My lord!"

Although it is too high and too far to see the face clearly, but in this world, the only one who can be decorated with phoenix feathers and have such an unrivaled demeanor is General Fengying-Feng Duying-King of Qingzhou!

The rebels outside the city were all terrified when they saw it; the soldiers inside the city were all excited and shouted when they saw it.

Above the nine heavens, blue birds flew lightly and approached the capital, so that they could hover high in the sky, looking down upon the multitude of beings below with nobility and awe.

At that moment, no matter how fast the drums beat, the hands of the rebels holding the spears could not help but hang down, and the steps towards the city gate could not be lifted, and they all looked around with panic .

"My lord! My lord! My lord!"

The soldiers on the city tower shouted loudly, and that thunderous shout resounded throughout the battlefield, drowning out the sound of drums outside the city, pouring into the ears of tens of thousands of rebels below the city, like a wave of extinction, Many people were so frightened that their hands and feet became weak, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground.

"You are so bold!"

The majestic voice came down from the sky, as cold as frost and snow covering the plains, as clear as a phoenix singing for nine days, the battlefield was instantly as silent as an abyss, tens of thousands of people were here, but there was no sound.

With just one drink, Gu Ren and other rebel generals who secretly suspected that the evil spirits were out of their wits were blown away, their legs went weak.

It's really King Qing who is here!

Wang Kui's assassination failed!

"Those who put down their weapons will forget the past!" From high above the sky, Qing Wang's clear and majestic voice came again.

As the shouts spread, the rebels who were forcibly conscripted into the army in front of the city were originally the people of Qincheng and Juncheng. Rebellion is a crime of genocide, will the Queen really pardon them?

Also at this moment, on the city tower, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drums rang loudly, and then the city gate opened wide. Uncle Yan Xia took the lead and led thousands of cavalry to gallop out.

When the rebels outside the city saw them, they retreated involuntarily. At the same time, they clenched the contradiction in their hands and looked ahead anxiously.

Uncle Yan Xia led the troops out of the city but did not attack. Instead, he lined up neatly and majestically in front of the city, and the shining silver armor shone brightly in the morning sun.

The rebels breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they hadn't attacked, but at this moment, dust suddenly flew up from the west, and then they saw many rebels rushing in panic, shouting "Yongzhou's army is here!"

And behind those rebels who fled in panic, billowing smoke and dust rose in the air, iron hoofs shook the ground and roared, and ink-colored banners fluttered in the air, that was the arrival of King Yong of Yongzhou!

Uncle Yan Xia saw the iron cavalry rushing towards him like a black tide in the distance, and he couldn't help sighing silently: What a Qing Huijun! What a King Yong! The cooperation is so wonderful!

When he sighed, he raised his right arm, and in an instant, thousands of cavalry in front of the city shouted like thunder: "The Lord has ordered, those who put down their weapons will not be blamed!"

At this point, the rebel army completely collapsed, put down their weapons, and knelt down.

Seeing that the defeat was unavoidable, Gu Ren didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly led thousands of cronies to escape.

Uncle Yan Xia gave the order a long time ago, so he didn't pursue, but led the crowd forward to subdue the surrendered soldiers.

The 10,000 troops sent by Gu Ren to stop King Yong's army were wiped out by Feng Ji with lightning speed, and half of them were wiped out. King Shangqing came in person like a god, and all thoughts were lost in an instant, and he also put down his weapons and surrendered.

When Fengji led the army to arrive, he looked at Gu Ren and other rebels who had fled from a distance, and said in a soft voice: "This trick of 'surrender without fighting' is brilliant, how can there be a general? But there is no heart."

Shi Yan beside him heard this, but said: "That's the best." Then he asked, "Do you want General Li to chase after you?"

Fengji shook his head and reined in his horse, looked up and saw the blue bird slowly flying down the tower in the mid-air, thinking about what happened on Jiuluo Mountain, he was silent for a long time, and finally did not speak.

Above the king's city, the defenders cheered in unison. Below the king's city, there were tens of thousands of rebels who knelt and surrendered. A war that was on the verge of breaking out eventually collapsed without bloodshed.