Long Live The Emperor! Chapter 17: Not to defend the city, not to save people

"Report~~~ Qi to Marshal, the flood of refugees poured into the imperial capital. Now all the people in the city know that the alien race is coming, and it's too late to escape. General Deng and the city captains of the parties are sending people to maintain the law and order. Young people among the people also volunteered to help defend the city, and General Deng handled special affairs and distributed weapons.”

It's still a calm voice: "I know, I'll report it later."

"Yes, Marshal!"

Under the eaves.

It was getting dark.

Xia Ji took off his armor, leaned the magic halberd against the foot of the wall, hung the rosary on the snow-covered branch, lit a candle, and sat on the small red sandalwood coffee table watching the snow, waiting for Xia Xiaosu.

Before Xia Xiaosu came, another elite bodyguard with a lantern came running from a distance.

"Report~~~ Marshal Qi, the army of ghosts has appeared 30 miles outside the city, but there are still many refugees. General Deng wants to close the city gate, but many people are questioning whether he will take the remaining ones. The refugees were locked outside the city and sent to their deaths. General Deng beheaded more than a dozen people before closing the city gate, but there are still many refugees who cannot enter the city, and those people have already begun to curse under the city."

Xia Jidao: "I know, report it again."

The elite guard hesitated and sighed: "Yes!"

In the snow, Xia Xiaosu, as in the past two years, carried the mahogany lunch box, knocked on the door, walked in with a smile, sat opposite his brother, took out the mutton soup in the lunch box, and took out Two bottles of fine wine.

This meal was very silent.

Halfway through.

There were hurried footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a "report~~~~"

Not long after, another elite bodyguard who sent a message was half-kneeled in front of the door, "Reporting to the marshal, the aliens...the siege has begun. General Deng has not yet discovered the frost giants, but these giants are good at hiding in the wind and snow. , unpredictable!"

Xia Ji took a sip of the hot soup and took time to reply: "I know, I'll report back."

The sound of fighting could be heard in the distance, and the entire imperial city was boiling.

In the palace, some of the concubines began to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Xia Xiaosu drank the soup quietly, and by the candlelight she looked up at her brother, who was always so calm, even if the world was about to collapse, he would still be like this, this peace made her heart quiet. down.

"Report~~~"

"Reporting to Marshal Qi, the ghost party stopped attacking the city and set up camp twenty miles away, but one of the other generals held a knife and invited him to fight under the city. Five fierce generals in the army went to a duel, all of them were beheaded, and the other party laughed. Going away, the morale in the city was even lower, and General Deng ordered people to set up a brazier every 100 meters outside the city to illuminate the line of sight to prevent the frost giant from attacking."

"Understood, report again."

"Marshal, General Deng asked when will you go to the city wall?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Why..."

"Go down."

"Yes..."

After the elite guards left, Xia Xiaosu said: "Brother, let's go tonight. The morale of the front line is low. If you show up, you will always cheer them up."

"Xiao Su, do you think my brother should go to defend the city?"

"Isn't that why my brother stayed?"

"Xiao Su, let me ask you, what would happen to you and me if this city were to be held now?"

"Huh?"

Xia Xiaosu looked confused and began to think. She obviously hadn't thought about this question.

Xia Ji didn't plan to wait for her answer, but while drinking, he said quietly: "The Son of Heaven will come back, I will go to the front line to fight for my life, you will go to the Turks to marry, no one thinks it is important, no one thinks about everything we do. I think it's a big deal, the people, the soldiers, everyone thinks that everyone is holding the city together."

"Brother, isn't this bad?"

"Not good!"

Xia Xiaosu:...

"You think my brother is cruel or selfish, but I was never prepared to defend this city, and I was not prepared to save anyone, not to let aliens kill, not to let them despair, not to let this blood flow into the sea, How do they know I'm important?"

"..."

"My brother does not want fame and fortune, nor does he want others to be feared. What I want is to use this city to change your life and mine. What do other people have to do with me?"

"Brother..." Xia Xiaosu was horrified, but immediately thought about it, in fact, the elder brother is going to the front line to be a mascot, so let him brag, so she swallowed all the words she wanted to argue. When he reached his stomach, he smiled and said, "No matter what, I will stand by my brother."

Xia Ji took a gentle look at the girl in front of him, held her hair with both hands, touched their foreheads, pressed them together, and then said, "Good night."

Xia Xiaosu said a thousand words but didn't say anything, but said softly: "Good night."

It's dawn.

There were no Frost Giants sneak attacks last night, apparently the giants haven't arrived yet.

The ghost general, Chi Kui, rode a giant wolf and continued to challenge outside the city.

This general can also speak the language of the Central Plains, and is shouting: "You are a big business and a big country, so there is no one who can fight? Waste, all are waste!"

He sneered and scolded, and the morale of the soldiers defending the imperial capital slowly declined. After all, there were five heads brought by Chi Kui in the snow under the city.

These five heads are all generals in the army...

But all of them died at the hands of this Chikui last night.

At this time.

The military tent.

Deng Jue didn't sleep all night, he looked around, all were silent.

Suddenly the tent was opened, and the personal soldiers sent a message: "Lu Jiang, the head of the Lu family in the capital, is willing to go out of the city and kill Chi Kui."

Lu Jiang is a well-known great swordsman in the capital. He is famous for his purple electric sword. He has killed many big bandits and won a lot of fame in martial arts.

When Deng Jue heard the name of Lu Jiang, he knew that this was a sign that the people of the Jianghu family were willing to assist in defending the city, so he got up overjoyed, hurried out, and shouted from a distance: "Master Lu, from afar Come, please."

...

Burning incense, taking a shower, changing clothes, and getting a good night's sleep, Xia Ji not only fully recovered, but his state has also reached its peak.

He carried the halberd magic halberd and rode a tall horse through the street. A thousand guards lined up behind him. Xia Xiaosu also rode the horse to the side. I couldn't connect the brother who recited the Buddha with this mighty figure.

There was the sound of drums in front of the sky, and soon... the drums stopped, and then the entire city wall fell silent again. Obviously, another general sent by a big businessman was beheaded.

From far away, there was a loud laugh from an alien scolding, but Deng Jue didn't leave the house, and he no longer sent people to die. Nineteen of them died, and even the previous head of the Lu family died. A swordsman like Lu Family Master is obviously not used to the opponent's rushing to kill with a wolf~IndoMTL.com~ Although he has superb swordsmanship, he only lasted three rounds before being split in half by Chikui.

While Gui Fang had apparently seized a lot of siege weapons from the Shang Dynasty when he broke the city before, he pulled out the catapults of Tongguan, and arrayed, rocked, and threw them in the distance.

Whoohoo!

In an instant, the boulders broke through the air, and they flew over the city wall and flew towards the imperial capital.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The city exploded with flowers, completely in chaos, and the people rushed into the city like a tide.

Suddenly, a boulder fell on the street not far from Xia Ji.

Under the boulder, a little girl was crying, and she seemed to be lost with her relatives.

Seeing that the little girl was about to be smashed into minced meat, a dark shadow suddenly passed by, and the guards suddenly found that the seventh prince on horseback was gone.

Xia Ji grabbed the frightened little girl with his left hand and made a very fast movement.

Then he put the little girl down and touched her hair. A woman in the distance came running and shouted "NanNang", the little girl heard a familiar voice, looked sideways, and cried out loudly, He ran over and threw himself into the woman's arms.

The woman didn't see the previous scene, but when she saw the terrifying and mighty figure, she was so frightened that she hurriedly hugged her daughter and left.

Xia Ji didn't care, returning to the horse, it wasn't tragic enough, so he was not in a hurry to rush out of the city immediately.

Xia Xiaosu smiled, "Brother, you said yesterday that you wouldn't save anyone, but you saved one today. It turns out that men also like to be duplicitous?"

But my brother's movement is really fast, but just being fast is not very useful. Even if she is only a princess, she knows that the most important thing on the battlefield is the strength when confronting each other.