I'm not Murong Chong

"You didn't go out of the city to fight at all, just to lure me to appear."

"You already knew my plan of suspicious soldiers."

"You have already buried eyeliner in various iron shops in the city."

"I know you far better than you know me." Tuoba Gui whispered softly, "You are still here, how can I leave? Even if the army is overwhelming, so what? No one can take you away from me .”

A drop of sweat slid into the eyelashes from the flames, and Ren Zhen closed his eyes in despair: "You...crazy."

Tuobagui walked towards him slowly: "I'm not crazy, I don't regret every step I've taken along the way." If he hadn't put all his eggs in one basket and rebelled back then, he would still be just a dog by his side, trying his best to please him Allegiance can only share his feelings for a moment at most, he doesn't bother to ask for it!

Ren Zhen drew out his knife with a whoosh, raised it towards Tuobagui, and said sharply: "The loser of the ages is the only one who dies, and I will never restrain you for you!"

"You can't bear it." Tuoba Gui really stopped, and said mockingly, "You can't bear to bear your little lovers, and you can't bear to give up revenge."

As soon as the words fell, he moved quickly, and with every move, he grabbed the blade empty-handed, subdued him, and said condescendingly: "I said before that I tied you up and refused to fight with you, but I was afraid of hurting you."

Ren Zhen hit one knee on the ground, sweating profusely under the new injury and old trouble, he endured the severe pain of dismembered muscles and bones, raised his head and glared angrily: "The thing I regret most is that there was no one-knife murder in Weiyang Palace 12 years ago. you!"

Tuobagui's eyes flashed, and before he could speak, he heard horses galloping in the street, and in a blink of an eye, the messenger had rolled off his horse, knelt down in front of the emperor and said in panic, "Your Majesty, General Changsun has been defeated! Our army has already retreated, The Yan-Liang Allied Forces pursued aggressively, Your Majesty, please support them!" These words were like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and all the generals were in an uproar—Chang Sun Fei took the initiative to attack with the elite cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they were defeated and retreated in less than half a day!

"Your Majesty! What should I do now?"

"Your Majesty! Please hurry up and order your troops. Whether to fight or withdraw, there must be a decision!"

Tuobagui didn't panic, didn't make any changes, just stood there like a stone sculpture and wood sculpture, seeing the joy flashing across Ren Zhen's eyebrows, the storm in his eyes couldn't be suppressed: "Do you think they can save you?" He suddenly With a wild laugh, he leaned down and whispered fiercely in his ear: "I, Tuoba Gui, have never lost a hundred and eighty battles in my life, but I lost this battle because of you. No way, I can only borrow it from you."

In the next moment, Tuobagui suddenly clenched his wrist, his right hand rose and fell, the knife flashed, and blood gushed like a fountain—the three severed fingers fell into the pool of blood!

Ren Zhen looked at his bloody, mutilated right hand in disbelief - Emperor Dayan, who was on horseback and Xianbei, could no longer hold a spear and go to the battlefield!He was so bitter and resentful that he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Tuobagui looked down at him coldly, and said in a serious tone: "If you run away once, I will kill you. Ren Zhen, you can try again." try!"

Murong Yong hastily entered the account, and said to Fu Jian, "Why camp? We won the first battle today, why don't we take advantage of the victory and go straight to Pingyang! He is in the city!"

With his back facing him, Fu Jian was taking off his armor. He was in his forties, his muscles were still muscular and his physique was strong, and he looked stalwart.He hastily dealt with the scratches on his shoulder blades, and then he pulled up his shirt and turned around, his brows were full of vicissitudes and fatigue: "Tuoba Gui is also there. If you are forced to jump over the wall and the Wei army evacuates Pingyang, why do you and I want this empty city? The best solution is to besiege the city and force Tuoba Gui to sit down and negotiate with us."

Murong Yong sat down dejectedly, and rubbed his face fiercely. He naturally knew that what Fu Jian said was reasonable, but in the past few months, he threw everything away and fought this battle at all costs. So far no one has been rescued. He still has an empty center, and the empire is almost unable to sustain it.

For a while, both of them were speechless, until there was a commotion outside the barracks, and the soldiers reported in: "The Wei army sent envoys!"

Fu Jian and Murong Yong stood up together, both of them were shocked, Murong Yong hurriedly said: "Bring it up!"

What they all hoped was a peace letter, but when they saw the small wooden box in the messenger's hand, both of them fell silent.Fu strengthened his composure, and stepped forward to open it—three amputated fingers, shocking.

Murong Yong's liver and gallbladder were torn, he drew out his saber and wiped it directly at Wei Shi's neck, and said ferociously, "Tuoba Gui!"

The Wei man knew that he would go and never return, so he was not afraid, he raised his head and said: "Our country is willing to ask you two to retreat, if not, tomorrow your Majesty will be bound on the tower, and you will be the same as Pingyang." Murong Before he could finish speaking, he had already sealed his throat with a knife.He looked at the corpse on the ground in panic, and turned to Fu Jian, with the last sliver of hope: "Could it be that guy's trick... Yes, is it fake?" After all, they all know what Tuoba Gui has to Ren Zhen attempt.

Fu Jian closed the wooden box, clenched it slowly, with a gloomy expression like Yama of the Ten Palaces: "Withdraw the troops—Tuobagui is a lunatic, it's true." Wrong people's hearts—or perhaps Tuobagui, never can be saved by ordinary people.

At dawn the next day, the Yan-Liang coalition forces retreated quietly, failing in success.

However, they still underestimated Tuobagui's madness and viciousness.The army of the Northern Wei Dynasty immediately launched a strategic counterattack. When the army left Pingyang, Tuobagui burned the sea of ​​phoenix-tailed phoenix trees in the west of the city to ashes.When attacking Monan, a small town on the border between Yan and Wei, encountered the desperate resistance of the defending Yan generals, and vowed not to surrender even if they ran out of ammunition and food. Enter.In a fit of rage, Tuoba Gui tied Ren Zhen's five flowers and pushed him out of the front of the formation, with a sharp knife on his neck, forcing the defender to open the door and offer the city.

Ren Zhen saw the light of day in a daze, but unexpectedly Tuobagui would use such a method, and immediately struggled fiercely, but unfortunately his mouth was numb, and no one could hear what he was saying except for angry sobs.Tuobagui gave him a ruthless look, increased strength in his hands, the blade slightly penetrated into the flesh, and cut a smear of red marks, he turned his head and shouted: "If you don't surrender, you will be treason and regicide! Wait until the city is broken, It will become a powder!"

The defenders of the city wall fell into a deathly silence. Finally, the general who defended the city jumped off the city wall after beckoning three times, martyrdom. Ren Zhen closed his eyes tightly. After being captured for 97 days, he shed tears for the first time The next line was full of tears—he didn't even remember the name and official position of the guard in this small border town!It was his incompetence, yet he taught so many people to die for him without hesitation!

The remaining Yan army had no choice but to surrender, and Monan was finally defeated.After Tuobagui entered the city, due to the great sacrifices in the previous siege, all the generals in the army wanted revenge, so they connived and killed all the surrendered Yan troops.Within three days, Mo Nan City was in flames and filled with corpses, until now it was almost in ruins.

Since then, every time the Wei army attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold, the captured Emperor Xiyan would be bound in front of the chariot, and he would enter and exit like no one in the midst of swords, swords, shadows, beacons, and smoke.Seeing such a battle, the Yan army dared not resist, but retreated steadily and retreated all the way.

From that day on, Ren Zhen refused to open his eyes to look at him, no matter day or night, no matter where he was, he deceived himself and trapped himself in ignorance.But because of this, Tuoba Gui felt a distorted pleasure of revenge - until now, who will suffer more than whom?

From summer to autumn, the Wei army not only regained the lost ground along the way, but even pushed the war to the land of Guanzhong.

Tuobagui sat in the tiger leather seat, with a gloomy expression, he picked up a piece of paper and threw it on the ground: "The Eastern Jin Dynasty is just a small country of Quer in a remote corner! What does Xie Xuan think he is?! One with a broken arm He can only rely on Liu Yu to fight for him - dare to threaten me?! He is not the emperor of the Sima family! Didn't he just capture Pengcheng and surround Guanggu? That's Murong De Murong Chao is useless! He If you want to destroy Nanyan, just destroy it, I don't care about that so-called ally! I don't care about the accusations!"

Cui Hao lowered his head and frowned secretly—he felt that with Wei Jun's dominance on the battlefield, His Majesty the Emperor was getting more and more wrong. Jun's demeanor, but now... moody, murderous, and roaring at every turn.He is a Han Chinese and a member of the Cui family, so he is naturally close to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Wang Xie's children. Why did he send this note with stern words to order Wei Jun not to take Murong Chong as a hostage and go south to Hangu, otherwise he would declare war as an enemy with the Beifu Army? Murong Chong once sacrificed the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in disregard of the face of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the two families must have secretly quarreled—could it be to maintain the balance of power in the Central Plains?Or was it because Luoyang, which had not yet been warmed up by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, felt threatened as the Wei army's iron hooves continued to invade the south?

In any case, Cui Hao didn't want the Northern Wei Dynasty to be at odds with the Eastern Jin Dynasty and fall into multi-front battles. He was about to persuade him, but Tuobagui frowned angrily and said to himself: "What does Xie Xuan have to do with him? I used to pretend to be an envoy to Jiankang for more than half a year, so maybe I got involved..." He thumped a few cases violently, Cui Hao's heart tightened, and he said, "If your majesty feels irritable, you can take Xiaoyao Wan again. Your Majesty's complexion is very good after taking the medicine yesterday." The so-called Xiaoyao Pill is a elixir refined by Jianghu method. Its pharmacology is similar to that of Wushi Powder, but it is not so overbearing. It can make people temporarily forget their worries, Tuobagui Nodding his head, he also felt that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to control his latent tyrannical temper, and he had to vent it violently from time to time, which was undoubtedly very unfavorable at this moment.

Tuoba Gui, who had used the Xiaoyao Pill, really calmed down, and his thoughts began to become clear. He immediately summoned several generals to discuss the capture of Hangu Pass—in fact, this was another war without any suspense.The guard of Hangu Pass is Wu Lie, Ren Zhen's most important general of Huben, so it is self-evident what the result will be.

However, after recapturing Hangu Pass almost without bloodshed, Tuobagui came to the commander's tent gloomyly without taking off his armor. At this moment, several military doctors were nervously looking inside, seeing Tuobagui entering, they all got up and greeted him.

Tuoba Gui waved his hand, frowned and said, "How is it?"

The leading military doctor hurriedly got up and said: "Skin trauma, it's not life-threatening. It's just—"

Tuobagui knew what he was going to say, and interrupted rudely: "It's fine if you can't die. Everyone go down!"

In order to prevent Ren Zhen from escaping again, as soon as he stepped off the battlefield, he was handcuffed to the couch by four 88-jin black irons. He had to go through the hands of others to eat, drink, and salad, and he would never be free for a moment. There were 180 guards in total. There are many layers of shifts, and they don't know each other, and they are not allowed to speak a word with him.

Tuobagui stepped forward in a room full of blood and medicine, and raised Ren Zhen's chin: "You are really disappointing more and more. You taught me that it is better to live than to die. As long as I survive, there will always be a new start." Opportunity, and it turned out to be stupid enough to commit suicide on the battlefield? Do you think your life is so valuable, the moment you jump off the chariot and rush towards the axe, no one will stop you desperately?"

Tuobagui leaned down, and maliciously sent airflow into his ear: "I just realized that your usefulness is not limited to the bed, as long as I have you in hand, I can take down Qinchuan for eight hundred miles without a single soldier—" ——Ren Zhen, do you want to count how many cities in Xiyan we broke through with your help——how could I be willing to let you die?"

Ren Zhen closed his eyes, and his blood-losing face became even paler. Ren Tuobagui's cold fingertips slowly touched his right hand along his veins, like a serpent snake. "I almost forgot to say that after the supply here, the Wei army will go westward, and the next step will be Tongguan—ha, I have been your watchdog for several years in Tongguan, and now I can be regarded as revisiting the old place. It's a different person." His eyes were fixed on his mutilated palm and became dark, he turned his eyes away, but his tone was still gloomy, "Do you think the Tongguan guards dare to treat their emperor's life and death like a child's play? "

Ren Zhen didn't respond, except for his trembling hands, which revealed his panic——Tongguan is the last stronghold to defend Chang'an. Once Tongguan is broken, Chang'an will have no natural dangers, and a horse can be reached.It was to guard against Tuobagui that Ren Zhen spared no effort to capture Hangu Pass east of Tongguan in order to have another line of defense against the enemy. Who knew that in the end, he would not be able to defend against the Northern Wei Dynasty even if he lost Yao Song!

"I used to be too soft-hearted towards you, so long ago—" Tuoba Gui suddenly turned his head, "You have long been mine."

Ren Zhen vomited in a muffled voice without warning, and the gastric juice and blood froth vomited out violently, and Tuobagui was thrown up all over by surprise, then pushed half a step away, and said with a vicious grin: "What? You hate me Disgusting? It doesn't matter, I don't dislike you, I don't dislike you for being old and useless, and I don't dislike you for bringing disaster to the country and the people." Tuobagui squinted his eyes, and the resentment in his heart was so vicious, "Yao Song has been trampled into meat by thousands of troops. , As for the others, when I enter the Weiyang Palace, I will kill them with my own hands in front of you..."

He patted Ren Zhen's filthy cheek, and said viciously: "I will take you personally in the next battle and break through Tongguan!"

Ren Zhen didn't open his eyes to look at him from beginning to end, and even gave him the hatred at the beginning of the humiliation that day.It doesn't matter.Tuobagui thought to himself, one day he would let him open his eyes again, and engrave the reborn Tuobagui into his bones!

For such a man, Huairou is useless at all, only stronger and more ruthless than him can he have it - it turned out that he woke up too late.

As long as I am willing, you are mine, and the world is mine too!You forced me!Anyway, up to now, you have hated me to the bone, so you hate me so badly that you can only tolerate me alone in your eyes!

Tuobagui took one last look at him, then turned and left resolutely.

The Northern Wei Dynasty captured Hangu, and took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to go all the way to the Northern Expedition. Now Liu Yu, who is temporarily stationed in Luoyang, also received an imperial edict from the imperial court. If the Wei army moved to Tongguan, the Eastern Jin Dynasty would send troops to capture Hangu Pass.Liu Yu accepted the imperial decree respectfully, and He Wuji asked in a place where no one was around: "Deyu really wants to send troops? With our national power, it is already difficult to occupy Luoyang. Even if we occupy Hangu Pass, we will still defend it." Can't stop, in case Tuoba Gui kills the carbine—"

Liu Yu groaned and remained silent. In his opinion, the move of Grand Tutor Xie Xuan, who is in charge of the government, was simply a bad move.Someone in the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty had already told him that the Wei army was aiming at Yan, not Luoyang.Although he has led the Beifu army to successive battles and victories in the past year, he has been staying in Luoyang, waiting and watching temporarily, just not wanting to fall into the muddy waters of the Wei-Yan battle if the situation is unclear.

Seeing that Liu Yu didn't answer, He Wuji said that he still cared about Xie Xuan: "Deyu, you have now controlled more than half of the Beifu army. The Northern Expedition was also to accumulate military achievements and completely defeat my uncle Liu Laozhi. Xie Gong is now He can't go to the battlefield anymore, and he also verbally promised you to be the next governor of the Northern Mansion, but he never forgot to control and balance your power in Jiankang remote control—how can he know that this move of his is not to use strength to weaken your power? The prestige and strength in the army, so that you will be used by him all the time?"

Liu Yu glanced at him indifferently—how could he have found nothing about the inside story that He Wuji could see?Yet somehow, it sounded especially infuriating right now!He knew that Xie Xuan's move was to weaken the force to check and balance him to see if he would still obey him, and another reason... I'm afraid it was still because of that man.

Heh, the majestic king of a country was captured by his subordinates in the past, and he was held hostage all the way to knock down the gates of the city. When a man and a husband come to this point, they may wish to kill themselves-it's just that the subjects of Xiyan are really willing to do it for an emperor. The three armies disarmed and captured, and gave up all this great river and mountain?He really wanted to see how this matter would end!

Liu Yu raised the corner of his mouth maliciously, and slowly raised his hand to burn the imperial decree on the candle. He Wuji was first happy and then worried: "After all, this is an imperial decree. If you blatantly don't obey it, I'm afraid Mr. Xie will investigate it... His prestige in the army and among the people can't be compared with ours at the moment." Liu Yu said lightly: "This commander wanted to follow the order to send troops, but the barbarians in Luoyang city suddenly started an uprising. This commander was afraid that Luoyang would change, so he had to stay behind to put down the rebellion. The heart of the country is for the people, and the sun and the moon can be revealed."

He Wuji smiled and said, "I'm going to make preparations right away, and I must do everything without leaking. Xie Gongyuan is in Jiankang, so even if he is suspicious, he will be beyond his reach."

Liu Yu nodded slightly - he was indeed a "best friend" who had cooperated with him for many years.But then—who knows?Zhu Di's purple clothes and poor family's black clothes may not necessarily be different!

Times have changed, things have changed, and Xie Xuan is no longer the heroic orchid and jade tree that he only dared to look up to when he charged into battle, and he is no longer the Liu Jinu who relied on others to survive.

The peaks and ridges are like clusters, the waves are like anger, and the Jinge all the way, the majestic pass through the ages.

On the chariot, Tuobagui squinted his eyes, raised his head, and looked at Tongguan standing quietly in front of him—he used to be willing to be subordinated, and a loyal dog was here to guard the pass and protect the country for him, so that he could sleep peacefully; but this time He is armed with iron-armored soldiers, and he wants to make the entire land of Guanzhong, one hundred thousand people of Yan Kingdom, tremble for the iron hooves of Wei!

He slowly turned to the heavily tied man beside him. Ren Zhen's face became paler under the scorching sun, his chapped and bleeding lips were tightly pressed, and his dull and empty eyes opened a thin slit quietly, looking blankly at Tongguan's gloomy city ​​walls.

Compared with the first time and the second time, this time he was on the battlefield, he was much calmer.Only Tuobagui knew in his heart that he had been humiliated to this point, and his heart was ashamed. What could be more humiliating and painful than the empire he created with his own hands falling apart step by step?Tuobagui flashed a flash of revenge: He just wanted to destroy his dignity and his retreat, leaving him with nothing but living under his control!

He Lanjun rode over and glanced at Ren Zhen in the dark, feeling a little cold in his heart: This man was once the king of North China, and he was once forced to hide in Tibet with nowhere to go, but now he is made into such a half-dead appearance.The awe of Tuoba Gui deepened a bit, and He Lanjun whispered: "The deadline is almost here, and there is still no response from the customs. Do you want to... send an order to prepare for the battle?"

Tuobagui glanced at the hourglass. Unlike the previous smooth marches, they had sent out an ultimatum when the soldiers approached the city yesterday. Now it has been a whole day and night, and the Tongguan defenders still have no movement.But it is also different from the previous land cities, Xiyan has been rooted in Qinchuan since the founding of the country, and the land of Guanzhong is their root. If they really want to open the door and give it up, for the entire Murong family, it will be tantamount to the destruction of the country.

"Wait first. They will give in." Tuoba Gui sneered, "Even if other relatives in Chang'an are unwilling, Murong Yong will try his best to turn the tide and exchange the whole country for the emperor's life."

Ren Zhen seemed to ignore it, and the wind of the loess was blowing at his half-length hair, which was tangled with blood and sweat, blocking his sight.However, he still didn't move, staring at the city wall in front of him obsessively - he knew that this might be the last time in his life to visit Tongguan and take another look at the customs of his hometown.

It's ridiculous, he is just a ray of dead soul who came in by mistake. After more than ten years, he did not expect that he really regarded his hometown as his hometown. Shuming and Datou, he hasn't had enough of every day and moment here, but unfortunately, when he cherishes it, he will lose it.

At the end of every moment, the Wei army has already begun to stir up - the bloodless victories of several cities make the blood of each of them clamor, and they all want to carry out a war and slaughter with victory and prestige - anyway, they have the trump card in their hands Hands are invincible!

Just at this time, the bell of the city tower rang, and Diao Yun, the guard of Tongguan, stepped out in a tiger's stride.Diao Yun looked condescendingly at the chariot in the Wei army's formation, slowly raised his clothes and knelt down, and knocked his head.

Tuobagui raised his thick eyebrows and stared at the tower, Changsun Fei was eager to avenge the shame of Pingyang's defeat that day, so he couldn't help shouting: "Yangou, your emperor is here, do you want to kill the king?!"

Diao Yun got up without saying a word, suddenly drew an arrow with his back behind his back, pulled the bow full of the moon, and shot an arrow at Changsun Fei with lightning speed. In the middle of the forehead, he also fell off the horse in embarrassment amidst the neighing of the horse.

Diao Yun's voice sounded like a cloud, and it blew into everyone's heart: "Your Majesty is in trouble, His Royal Highness Hedong King has been enthroned by order, and we are ordered by the new emperor to guard Tongguan to the end and fight bloody to the end!"

The Yan army on the tower all drew their bows and arrows, and the crossbow aimed at the leading chariot: "Defend Tongguan to the end, and fight to the end!"

The Iron Army of the Imperial Guards of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved upon hearing the news, and spread out a shield formation in unison, protecting Tuobagui in the middle.

Tuobagui suddenly laughed wildly, and turned to Ren Zhen: "Murong Yong has usurped the throne—this is your right-hand man, your true love!"

Ren Zhen closed his eyes tightly, raised his head slightly as if untouched, but the corners of his mouth curled up in a long-lost arc.Tuobagui was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "You have already expected it? Or did you acquiesce in Murong Yong's betrayal?!"

Ren Zhen congealed a smile, and turned his face away - he was finally relieved of the heavy responsibility and heart-wrenching pain, the victory or defeat of this battlefield has nothing to do with him.

Changsun Fei got up from the ground, drew his sword, pointed at Ren Zhen, and roared angrily, "This group of swallow dogs are dead! Hit them as soon as they are hit, lest he do anything wrong! Kill Murong Chong to sacrifice the flag first!"

Tuobagui's blood surged, he raised his hand and slammed the whip, and a piece of flesh and blood flew from Changsun Fatty's face, furiously: "Get out!"

He Lanjun's scalp went numb, and he looked at the completely unfamiliar Tuobagui without daring to breathe, and when he raised his hand, he ordered decisively: "Withdraw the troops!"

Although Tuobagui was about to go mad with anger, wishing to slaughter thousands of people to vent his anger, at this moment, he still had a sliver of reason - the mourning soldiers must win.

The army of Yan has established a new king and is determined to sacrifice Murong Chong in order to protect the family and the country. In this way, they are fighting against the enemy alone. On the other hand, the army of Wei is not prepared to attack the city. The result can be imagined.

What's more, no one knows better than him how steep Tongguan is, how difficult it is to break through, and a decisive battle will never win. The only way to retreat in time is to retreat when invincible.

With one order, the wolf-like Wei army began to change formations in an orderly manner. The rear team took the lead, the front army was on alert, and retreated from Tongguan one after another like the ebb tide.

In the autumn of [-] A.D., Murong Yong, the king of Hedong in Xiyan, succeeded the emperor in Chang'an, and changed his name to Zhongxing in the Yuan Dynasty, and was called Yan in history.Emperor Wu Heng.