one step closer to the end

"Young man! Always like to make strange and dangerous moves..."

Emperor Yongji said contemptuously: "He fought a big victory outside the pass, so he thought he was invincible, but he didn't know that it was just a third-rate miscellaneous army, and the Beiwei army was mostly strong and powerful, and its combat power was still higher than that of the frontier army. Come on, I think he's going to make a big somersault!"

"Stay soldier! Is there any news from Jiangnan Road..."

A minister hurriedly asked, and the postman replied: "My lord! The national defense army is still building anti-epidemic fortifications. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, headed by the Zhang family of the empress, announced yesterday that they will not stand in line, do not fight, produce and farm, and serve the court. !"

"Good good!"

Emperor Yongji looked at the queen with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Queen! Your Majesty is worthy of being a veteran of the three dynasties. He has read the books of sages and sages. He is sober and decisive in the face of national crises. He can be a pillar of the country, unlike some villains who only follow others , The book has been read into the dog's belly!"

"Your Majesty is wrong!"

The queen nodded slightly with a stern smile, but before she could finish her sentence, a deputy commander of the Dragon Guards rushed in and shouted with a pale face, "The big thing is wrong, the emperor of Shunguo died, five A few days ago, the dead body changed at the border!"

"what?"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty exclaimed in unison, Emperor Yongji also stood up suddenly, and Yongning didn't care about his face, he opened the bead curtain and rushed out, and asked in a hurry: "Please tell me clearly, who is it?" The corpse has changed, what happened to my grandpa?"

"Crown Princess! Your grandpa passed away..."

The deputy commander patted his thigh anxiously, Yongning rolled his eyes and almost passed out, but luckily Luo Tan hugged her, the prince also exclaimed in shock, rushed over and carried her back to the chair.

"Speak clearly..."

Emperor Yongji yelled impatiently: "Whether Emperor Shunyao was assassinated or turned into a dead body, how did he die?"

"Your Majesty! Your dead soldier..."

The other side said with a livid face: "King Zhao found out the identity of the Jinyi Dark Guard, and he was actually a border lieutenant of the Shun Kingdom. After he learned that his identity was exposed, he jumped over the wall in a hurry and quietly poisoned the emperor's palace. There was no one in the palace. Spare me!"

"Puff~"

Emperor Yongji fell back on the dragon chair, and asked with a pale face: "Have you told Shun Guo that this matter has nothing to do with me? No orders were given to him!"

"Your Majesty! You may be innocent, but the hidden guards belong to Ye Yunchen..."

The deputy commander said fiercely: "This incident happened seven days ago. The Shun Kingdom has already announced it to the world. Princess Jian Guo ascended the throne immediately and vowed to avenge their late emperor."

"what?"

Yongning ran out like an electric shock again, and said in shock: "Has my aunt ascended the throne, has she, has she become a queen, is there no objection?"

"Crown princess! I don't know if anyone objects to a humble position..."

The deputy commander cupped his hands and said: "The Seventeenth Princess of Shun Kingdom has become the first female emperor in the ages, and the first imperial decree she promulgated was to avenge the late emperor. Jin Wuming, the commander of the imperial army, led a million frontier troops out of the customs, and it should be done yesterday." We are attacking the border of our country!"

Emperor Yongji hurriedly shouted: "Shangshu of the Ministry of War! How many soldiers are there in the frontier army, send more reinforcements!"

"Your Majesty! During the reign of the late emperor, he dispatched 15 Xiangbei troops to frighten the barbarians..."

The Minister of the Ministry of War said helplessly: "The 15 Xiangbei troops are far away from the water and can't quench their thirst. Now there are only 25 troops left at the border, and the [-] Yuan's army is stuck in the throat. Unless the Yuan's army is willing to help, otherwise they are a lone army! "

"Your Majesty! Shun Kingdom has more than a million troops..."

The deputy commander added: "The former crown prince and Prince Duan of Shunguo led a navy of 50 to go to sea. It is said that they will go around to the mouth of the sea and land in the south of the Yangtze River. The common people take every penny, take off Ye Yunchen's head and leave!"

"Damn it! I already know that Zhao Yunxuan will never waste his efforts in Jiangnan..."

Emperor Yongji scolded ferociously: "The bastard has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for so long, and he actually wants to let the soldiers of the Shun Kingdom land. From the very beginning, he has no good intentions. He came here to invade my Daji territory. There is no balance!"

"..."

A group of civil and military personnel were dumbfounded. They thought it was just a civil war, and they completely forgot that there was a Dashun Kingdom behind Zhao Guanren, and they didn't expect that he was ready to drag the Shun Kingdom in, and it was so The name is justified.

"Your Majesty! I advise you to break up with Ye Yunchen..."

Qiu Ning cupped his hands and said: "The older generation of the Yuan family let him kill them all, and the younger generation of the Yuan family no longer cares about the situation. I think they will not only fight against the enemy together, but they might even attack the frontier army and open the door to follow the country." Let the army in!"

"Impossible! No matter how ignorant they are, they would never do such a thing. Jiguo Jiangshan belongs to their family..."

When Emperor Yongji said this, he had no confidence at all. Besides, although the people of Shunguo like to brag, they are always a million-dollar army, but now they are sending troops with all their strength, and there are more than 70 troops left after half of the water is cut off.

"Your Majesty! Fighting the enemy together means a truce, but do you think the two sides will cease the war..."

Qiu Ning sneered and said: "If you don't stop fighting, you have to fight on. Ye Yunchen has sent out a team of marvelous soldiers. Wouldn't the Yuan family wait to die? At least they have a good relationship with Zhao Wang, and maybe they will be allowed to sit in the country. Or plan to rule the river!"

"His Majesty!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials said: "For now, the only plan is to cut off the dog's head of the false emperor, and Shunguo will calm down. At that time, you and the Yuan family will reconcile as before, and jointly resist foreign enemies. Wouldn't it be good to return to the same as before? At least you are still the emperor. Ji country is still Ji country!"

"Your Majesty! If you don't stop, you will suffer from it..."

Many ministers stepped forward to speak one after another. Emperor Yongji's face was gloomy, looking at the ground for a long time without saying a word...

Chapter 0616

Zhao Guanren once saw an army of tens of thousands of corpses with his own eyes, which could not fit in a huge city, but he found that an army of more than [-] looked similar. It is impossible to see the end at a glance.

"Tsk tsk~ This camp is very well-organized, and I can't find any flaws..."

Zhao Guanren led a large number of generals to the cliff. Under his feet was the last hilly area of ​​Daji Kingdom. After leaving the mountain pass, there was Yimapingchuan. More than 20 Beiwei troops had already set up camp.

The neat camp stretched for more than ten miles. Not only did wooden walls, watchtowers, and horses be set up in front of the formation, but three trenches were even dug.

"My lord! The commander of the Beiwei Army, Wang Rushan, is notoriously cautious..."

The general of the Sirius Army said helplessly: "No matter what the situation is, this person fights steadily and steadily. He won't be provoked or gnawed. He is nicknamed Wang Rugui. Especially if you lead the army here in person, he won't attack. They must be waiting for the grassland army to attack us!"

"This is not prudence, this is cowardly..."

Zhao Guanren leaned on the saber on the ground, narrowed his eyes and said, "But such a big turtle is really difficult to eat. If you are the coach, how do you plan to attack?"

"Uh~"

The chief generals of the Sirius Army looked at each other, and a middle-aged man hesitated and said: "My lord! The prairie tribes come from Beichuankou, and they can arrive in five days at most. If 40 troops attack from both sides, I think... It is safer to go back and defend the city!"

"My lord! I really can't move..."

A general said dejectedly: "We won't gain much by guarding the mountain. Besides, there are elite troops on both sides. Before the prairie people arrive, we still have time to go back to the city!"

"They are not attacking the city, what city are you guarding..."

Zhao Guanren turned around and said: "The Beiwei army only wants to cross the river and kick Yuan Laoer's ass. You are not in the middle of the city, and you will die when they cross the river. You have to stop them here, old man." Only two can fight together!"

"My lord!"

A veteran spread his hands and said: "We all understand the truth, but this place really can't be defended. Don't use us as dragoons. We really don't have that ability!"

"There is a saying that a general who doesn't pay for nothing is not a good general..."

Zhao Guanren said with a smile: "Excluding the [-] unpaid soldiers, [-] soy sauce goods, and [-] miscellaneous cards that were forced into the army, he can fight with only [-] elite cavalry. As long as they destroy their cavalry barracks, the others will be defeated." They will all be scattered!"

"My lord! Your calculation is correct, but it's not feasible..."

A lieutenant stepped forward and said: "Although we have 5000 soldiers who are not mixed with water, the total number of cavalry is only [-]. Besides, if you want to rush into the cavalry camp, you have to break through the vanguard camp first. Let's go to the camp to seek death!"

"Remember one sentence, the strongest city is breached from the inside..."

Zhao Guanren pointed to his head and said: "Don't just think about the superficial things. From today onwards, we are all brothers in life and death. Don't distinguish between you and me. Now I will let you see how our Dragon Knights fight. !"

"Brothers! Work..."

The dragon riding generals yelled, and a large number of engineers set off in their carriages, and came directly to the forefront of the mountains. They nailed up a large wooden sign on the mountainside with ping-pong-pong, followed by the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers. It's like a New Year's Eve.

"What is the Jiangbei army doing, what are the words written on the mountain..."

The Beiwei military camp was only a few thousand meters away, and the soldiers walked to the front of the position wonderingly, and they could see the red lettering on the wooden sign on the mountainside from a distance.

"Recycling infantry weapons at a high price..."

A sharp-eyed squint said: "500 taels of swords and guns, 2000 taels of armor, cavalry equipment is rejected, and you can get it as soon as you arrive. The amount is limited. The top [-] people will all get a set of Jinling mansions, [-] acres of fertile land, beautiful land." A concubine, such a big deal?"

"Oh~"

The soldiers were all amazed, and someone muttered: "Isn't this just a cover-up to persuade us to surrender, but...they won't let us fight, just hand over our weapons, and besides, Jinling is our imperial city, so we won't be counted as deserters if we go back to the imperial city." Bar?"

"Whoever believes in him will force it, how can he give so much money, it's guaranteed to be a knife to go up the mountain..."

Some people pursed their lips in disdain, but some people wondered: "But why don't they accept the cavalry's things? Wouldn't it be better to deceive the cavalry? I guess they really lack weapons. Jiangbei's elite have all gone south. It’s bad that they don’t even have the armor together!”

"Stop talking, the army chief is here..."

A group of big soldiers quickly got into the camp, only to see that many generals also came to the front of the camp, looked at the opposite side suspiciously and discussed for a while, but it was only to be strengthened, and those who dared to escape the camp would be beheaded.

The sun was gradually setting to the west, and the news of the high-priced recovery was spreading rapidly. The billboards of the Dragoons had been nailed up in more than one place, and almost the entire vanguard battalion could see them. The topics changed from women and battles to A mansion and a concubine.

"Welcome, welcome! Warmly welcome..."

suddenly!

Shouts came like a tsunami, and the spread was especially far-reaching on the plain. The soldiers of the Beiwei Army hurried out to wait and see, and unexpectedly saw two soldiers wearing Beiwei Army armor, which made the Jiangbei Army happily carry them up the mountain. .

"Damn it! Someone defected..."

The soldiers cursed out of righteous indignation, but the two traitors not only put on big red flowers, but also happily grabbed two handfuls of silver ingots and waved them around. A large counting board appeared on the mountain, and the number of buyers changed from one thousand to Ninety-eight!

"Really! Our whole body is worth 500 taels..."

All the soldiers were drooling with envy. Although they were scolding the traitors, they knew in their hearts that the people on the opposite mountain were also their own people. Anyway, they were soldiers from the Kyrgyz country, so they were not considered traitors. Just eat.

"Go back! Everyone go back, don't watch..."

The generals rushed out in a hurry to chase away the people, and the chief general of the vanguard battalion even rushed out and shouted angrily: "All soldiers! If there is a traitor in your subordinates, drag them out and punish the twenty army sticks. Whoever has an accident in the future will be punished." I'm just asking the chief officer!"

"General! No one is a traitor..."

A lieutenant ran over and said angrily: "Those two are not ours at all. The Jiangbei Army is cheating, but if they can cheat, we can too. At worst, we will pay double, or let them go on like this. I'm shaken!"

"No! I pay three times, and the empty promise who won't..."

The master called the people men aggressively, and asked them to make billboards quickly, but it was dark before the sign was ready, but lanterns were hung on the opposite mountain, and a bunch of firecrackers were set up from time to time, and the counting boards kept going down. flip.

"Damn it!"

A scout said cursingly: "Over 100 people ran away in just half a day, a group of dead traitors, but where did they run from, the supervising team has all been thrown out!"

"It must be the supervisor of the battle team who ran away, two thousand five hundred taels of silver, you can't earn it in a lifetime..."

The scouts talked enviously and contemptuously, all of them were staring at the constantly flipping counting board, but the night was getting darker, and the soldiers were also sleeping in their clothes, holding their swords and guns in their arms and dared not let go.

The camp stretching for dozens of miles was silent, but the billboard of the Jiangbei Army suddenly changed. The round lanterns actually formed a row of big characters, which was more conspicuous than during the day.

"Not good, the other party wants to steal camp..."

The sentries suddenly exclaimed, and all stretched their necks to look towards the opposite side, and some even read aloud: "Zishi steals the camp! Squat down with a white cloth on your head, and you will be rewarded if you don't kill! This... this is too rampant, right? How can there be such a blatant stealing camp?"

"Whether it's true or not, let's put a white cloth on our body first, just in case..."

After looking at each other, the sentries in the watchtower looked for the white cloth and tore it, and then went to inform the general, and some ran to tell their friends that the news of the camp stealing spread like a plague.

"Is it fake? You don't want us to sleep..."

The generals were discussing suspiciously, but it was not long before midnight, and they had to wake up everyone to be alert. Even the chief general was dressed neatly, sitting on the horses and waiting for the enemy to attack, and sent someone to notify the rear camp. The cavalry battalions were set up.

"They have a maximum of [-] cavalry, and they are looking for death by rushing to our camp..."

The general held a hand-rolled cigarette in disdain, and many bonfires were lit on the plain ahead, which could be seen as long as the Jiangbei army came out of the mountain, but when the half hour passed, the Jiangbei army did not come out with a hair.

"It's moving! The sign is moving..."

The soldiers suddenly stretched their necks agitatedly, only to see that the billboard on the opposite mountain was swaying for a while, and two sets of lanterns were hung on it, but everyone's eyes suddenly popped up, and the newly appeared two words turned out to be "Tomorrow" ——It's time to steal camp tomorrow!

"You grandma! His mother's bastard..."

The generals were all angry and yelled at them, and finally realized that the other party was just playing with them, and they couldn't rest well. Can't get up.

"Let the archers take turns, if you dare to come over, let me shoot arrows..."

The general returned to the camp angrily, took off his armor and fell asleep, but suddenly he heard a sound of "bang bang bang", a large number of signal flares shot into the sky, and there was crazy beating of gongs and rumbling horseshoes from the opposite side It is overwhelming.

"Steal the camp! Steal the camp! Get up quickly..."

The whole camp was blown up in one fell swoop, the general didn't even bother to put on his armor, he picked up a horse spear and rushed out, but he rushed to the front of the camp in a hurry and saw that it was just a thousand-man cavalry. Turned around and ran back.

"Bastard! Don't run away, fight grandpa to the death..."

The general was so angry that he was about to go crazy. If his subordinates didn't hold him tightly, he would have rushed out to fight the enemy with his life. However, all Jiangbei troops were hiding in the mountain. Although the mountain is not high, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is not an all-out attack. It's hard to take advantage.

"My lord! Calm down, they just don't want us to sleep..."

The generals persuaded helplessly. After the main general fired an evil fire, his whole body was like a dead ball. Although he understood that the Jiangbei army was fighting psychological warfare, they were on the front line, and they had to stand up for any trouble. Otherwise, it's just a joke about my life.

"Huh? Why is it snowing, it's only October..."

It didn't stop for half an hour, and large flakes of snow suddenly fell from the sky, but when they fell on their heads, the soldiers realized that it was not snowflakes at all, but a leaflet issued by the Jiangbei Army, but it fell all over the entire camp .