Demolition

Lu Chen never thought that he would return to Yangyue City in such a posture. When he saw the vermilion gate again, he felt that things were different. The gate that closed behind him three months ago, Never open for him again.The red all over the eyes only made Lu Chen feel sad.Yingxiu's [-] troops approached the city, and Yangyue City fell into unprecedented tension.

Lu Chen and Ying Xiuzhi sat in the tent, watching Ying Xiuzhi studying with a book of chess, Lu Chen was puzzled and wanted to ask, but he couldn't help thinking of the way the other party looked at him when he talked about Lu Jie.Fortunately, there is Ye Ji who is bigger than him beside him.

"The sixth prince seems to be very confident."

Lu Chen cocked his ears pretending to be relaxed, and was seen by Ying Xiuzhi,

"Master Lu seems to have a clear understanding of this king's plan, why not let Master Lu explain it."

Lu Chen was called out suddenly and couldn't speak a word.Ji Chuan smiled and came over to make a relief

"My lord is waiting."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait for who is more impatient."

The more Ye Ji listened, the more confused he became. Unfortunately, the only two people present who knew the truth seemed to be inscrutable.

"Xiao Ye, do you know who we are waiting for?"

"do not know."

"Then why don't you look at all curious?"

"Anyway, just wait. Whoever gets curious first will be the one to be waited for."

Lu Chen was also confused, and the few of them sat from dawn to dusk.Everything in the barracks was as usual. Apart from sealing the city gates to prevent people from entering or leaving Yangyue City, even the defenses on the city walls remained unchanged.

"Is there really no problem?" Lu Chen really didn't think it was a good idea for Ying Xiuzhi to wait, but Ji Chuan was very relaxed, and hugged him and kissed the corner of his mouth

"No problem, just rest assured, young master."

Lu Chen was powerless against him. He finally understood why the king never went to court early.He had no choice but to drag Ye Ji around the camp.

"what is that?"

The two of them were so bored that they walked to the boundary line of the camp without paying attention. Not far away was the moat, and across the river was Yangyue City.Lu Chen followed Ye Ji's hand and saw a flag fluttering in the wind on the watchtower closest to the city wall, flaunting and arrogant in the bonfire at night.The most important thing is that the flag was not the flag of the army brought by Ying Xiuzhi, but the flag of Ren Yuan that Lu Chen had seen in Anqing Mansion!

But isn't Ren Yuan already dead?In the blink of an eye, Lu Chen understood exactly what Ying Xiuzhi was waiting for.Ying Xiuzhi had no military power, and the troops who escaped from the capital in a hurry were all personal guards. There were no more than 3 people at all, and there was a tough battle with Ying Yuanzhi before, so it is impossible for the remaining people to have [-] people.Lu Chen guessed that he had recruited Ying Yuanzhi's men and horses under his command, but he did not expect that he would make the best use of everything.

Ji Lan is now in control of Emperor Ying. As long as Ying Xiuzhi dares to bring a soldier into Yangyue City, he has the ability to give Ying Xiuzhi the title of regicide and usurpation of the throne. He will be put under house arrest by Ji Lan on the charge of a three-legged crow.Ji Lan wanted Ying Xiuzhi to fall into a dilemma, and then had to cooperate with him, but Ying Xiuzhi was not as good as he wished.

Now Ji Lan's only taboo is a sentence, "Take the emperor to make the princes." His background and his foundation doomed him to walk on the rope every step from the moment he imprisoned the emperor, and his body would be smashed to pieces if he was not careful.He can't let the thousands of students in the world know what he is doing, otherwise he will be the first to attack.He wanted Xiuzhi Ying to choose him, but what choice did he have?The news of Ying Yuanzhi's failure must have reached Ji Lan's ears. He wanted to give up Ying Yuanzhi, and what Ying Xiuzhi had to do was to prevent him from getting rid of this burden so smoothly.

Ying Yuanzhi went out with great fanfare two months ago, and everyone in the city of Guangdong knew that the third prince was leading the army to go out under the emperor's order. People don't know how the battle is going now, they only saw the battle that happened two months ago. The military flag, which was expected to return in triumph, is now flying outside the city wall.Why don't they come in?If the battle is won, shouldn't the emperor open the door to welcome them in?If they lost the battle, how dare they station tens of thousands of troops at the feet of the emperor?The civilians don't understand anything, they only know that the presence of an army means disaster is imminent.

What trouble?

Ji Lan didn't dare to move, the flag outside belonged to Ying Yuanzhi, and the people outside belonged to Ying Yuanzhi in the eyes of everyone.If the army outside wanted to rebel, it would be Ying Yuan who wanted to rebel. Not only would he personally destroy the rebels for Emperor Ying, but he would also enthroned the remaining Ying Xiuzhi in the end.It’s okay not to rebel, open the city gate and let Emperor Ying come out to meet them in person, can you conjure Ying Yuanzhi to be a hero? Another thing is that Ji Lan can’t conjure a Ying Di in the first place.

Presumably by now Ji Lan should hate Ying Yuanzhi to death, and what he accomplished was more than what was revealed, which instead left him in a dilemma.

Ying Xiuzhi is waiting, waiting for Ji Lan to make a decision.

"Do you think he would want to be emperor himself?"

On the third day of the stalemate between the two sides, everything remained the same, Lu Chen asked Ji Chuan

"I hope he thinks. If he really has this ambition, we don't have to wait here."

"Lord Lu, the prince is here to invite you."

"understood."

In the tent, Ying Xiuzhi was fully armed and sat upright.

"Let's put on our best spirits, it's the last fight."

"Is it tonight?"

"I watched the stars last night and calculated that there will be a bloody disaster today." Ying Xiuzhi joked, but his eyes were staring darkly ahead. He knew how long Ji Lan could wait, how much patience the other party had, and how to challenge his bottom line.Ji Lan couldn't wait for tonight, he could imagine the other party viciously cursing him like a trapped beast in the palace.He himself had driven himself out of that place, and now it was his turn.

The winter in the south is different from that in the north. There has been a day of light rain during the day, and the temperature drops at night, and the water mist is condensed, as if entering another world.Lu Chen, Ji Chuan, Jiang Ye, Ye Ji, and Duan Lin lined up on both sides of Ying Xiuzhi, like a group of beasts waiting for their prey to approach, quietly waiting for the movement on the city wall with the faint fire.

"Crack, crackle", all the movements in the silence are amplified, and a sound of machine rotation comes from the wall

"It's a trebuchet!" Lu Chen reacted very quickly, and Ying Xiuzhi immediately signaled everyone to retreat [-] feet urgently. Just as they stopped, they saw countless huge stones falling from the sky. "Boom", just less than two feet away from Lu Chen, a huge boulder fell heavily, stirring up layers of dust, the whole ground was shaking, and the woods behind him rustled.After a while, the dust blocking the line of sight gradually dissipated, and what lay in front of them was a rock the size of a hill.

Ying Xiuzhi waited for a while with a cold face, and when there was no more movement from the other party, he beckoned to move forward.The army pierced through the stone forest, and Yangyue City fell into a deathly calm.Everyone's nerves were tense, the moat was at their feet, and the soldiers methodically erected the wooden bridge they had made before on both sides of the river. When half of the people passed through, the faint fire on the city wall was completely extinguished.

The only light disappeared, everyone froze for a while, and then continued to move towards the city gate without saying a word.

Lu Chen frowned

"There is a fraud!"

Lu Chen Chongjiang also nodded with Ye Ji, and took the lead in jumping from the horse into the air. Almost at the same time, there was a "crash" sound, and densely packed bows and arrows suddenly appeared on the city wall. , extremely ghostly. 'Boom', the sudden sound of war drums hit everyone's eardrums, and the moment the drum sound stopped, all arrows were fired.

Jiang Ye's white silk unfolded quickly, and Lu Chen's sword pointed at the very center of the white silk, continuously injecting true energy into the white silk, and the sharp arrows in the dark sky seemed to be racing against the Locking Crow Brocade, and the infinitely stretched white silk At the last moment, a faint light burst out, like a sea wave under the morning sun, the transparent wave silently enveloped everyone under it, and when the edge of the wave just reached the outermost edge of the army, the arrow arrived.

The violent impact of the 'bang' caused the unsuspecting people to stagger in an instant, and the people protected by the crow brocade felt that something hit their foreheads through the thick quilt, and their internal organs were squeezed.And the people on the city wall were not much better. Compared with the boulder just now, the aftershocks caused by the impact could only be said to be worse. Many figures couldn't stand the pressure and fell from the high wall to death.

But Lu Chen seemed to be okay, the arrow slowly plunged into the transparent liquid, but ended up being melted by it.Lu Chen picked it up with his sword, and the Brocade of Locking Crows was brought up and down in the air by him, just like the real tide ebbed and flowed. With a push of his force, the surrounding covers were quickly retracted into the Brocade of Locking Crows, and then Jiang Ye shook his wrists, and threw the white cloth high, causing countless screams.

At this time, Ying Xiuzhi's army had all passed the moat.

"The emperor was held hostage by treacherous ministers, and the Southern Dynasty is in jeopardy. For the sake of the people of the world, we are determined to recapture Yangyue City." Someone shouted under the city wall, and the overwhelming voice followed him.

"Take back Yangyue City! Take back Yangyue City! Take back Yangyue City!"

The thick ramming posts were carried by the crowd, and in the sound of unanimous orders, they slammed into the vermilion gate time and time again.

At this time, an unusual figure appeared on the city wall. The man was dressed very differently from ordinary soldiers, with long hair flying and long skirt fluttering.A fire ignited the beacon tower next to her, illuminating her face, and it turned out to be the imperial concubine!

Ji Lan actually wanted to use Ying Xiuzhi's biological mother to force him to show up!

Before Ying Xiuzhi could react, Lu Chen had already jumped up.Jiang Ye's white silk hadn't been retracted yet, he stepped on it, and leaped to the height of the city wall with his strength. In the darkness, he was like a flat swallow. Before everyone had time to move, Lu Chen descended like a ghost.

The murderous aura of the Taiyi Sword caused all the weapons to vibrate slightly. When Lu Chen's face appeared in the bright light, the people who saw it couldn't help shivering and retreating.With a wave of the long sword, the soldiers on both sides of the noble concubine were swept down the city wall, and the people nearby rushed to support them immediately. Lu Chen's feet landed on the edge of the wall, cold light flowed on the edge of the sword, and the white blade flashed. Huh, the sword energy penetrated the body.

There was a person behind the imperial concubine with a sword around her neck, and Lu Chen knew who he was the moment he saw that person.It's those men in the iron mask!This person didn't wear a mask, and his face was ordinary, but his eyes were like bloodthirsty wolves, which made Lu Chen remember his eyes for more than ten years!

The imperial concubine's delicate appearance in the past no longer exists, but she doesn't look frightened at all when she is threatened with a knife. Even if her clothes are slightly disheveled, her aura is even more astonishing. She looked at Lu Chen and said

"The traitor is plotting rebellion, the emperor is at stake, I now order you to arrest the traitor at all costs!"

Lu Chen looked at the imperial concubine, whose shocking face was even more dazzling in the swaying firelight, he slowly raised his sword,

"Follow the imperial concubine's order!"

As soon as the opponent's wolf-like eyes entered, he was about to pull the person in his hand to his chest, but Lu Chen's movements were several times faster than him!He raised his left foot and kicked the man's shoulder sideways. The man staggered back a few steps. Lu Chen took advantage of the situation and swung the sword in his hand. The imperial concubine pulled behind her.The masked man stretched out his sleeves and threw countless hidden weapons. Lu Chen was already depressed, but being attacked by him made the fire even worse. He swayed his shoulders left and right, and the blade of the sword moved in the air like silver. Suddenly, the hidden weapon fell to the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the man immediately turned around as if running away, how could Lu Chen let him go so easily.He was protecting the imperial concubine with one hand, while holding the sword in the other hand, the light of the sword was chasing the wind and lightning, pointing directly at the vital parts of the chest and abdomen.The man raised his sword to block it, and with a "clang" sound, the two swords collided, and Lu Chen's sword circled along his sword like a ghost. The man only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and arm. Turning the sword in his hand directly broke his arm, and he immediately changed hands, but Lu Chen's sword was fierce, as if passing through no one's land, stabbing and slashing with extraordinary speed.The man retreated steadily, blood was already running down his body.

"You are two points stronger than your father." The man was about to die, and he had no power to recover, so he could only use evil words to anger Lu Chen.Lu Chen's eyes sank, and the blade of the sword was lifted upwards, hitting his brow bone with the hilt. The man was dizzy for an instant, and his legs softened and he knelt in front of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen stood with his sword, grabbed his neck with one hand, forcing him to raise his head, only his eyes

"You are not even qualified to hold a sword for my father."

The man's face turned red suddenly, like a dehydrated fish opening his mouth to inhale in vain, Lu Chen's arms protruded, and he lifted the man from the ground.The man's legs were kicking in vain in mid-air, his arm had already been broken by Lu Chen, and he couldn't even make a sound.

"Killing you is really cheap for you."

As soon as Lu Chen let go, a corpse fell to the ground.He walked to the other side of the city wall and looked down, Ying Xiuzhi's army had already set foot on the land of Yangyue City.