On how cannon fodder became a group favorite [Transmigration Book]

Although the deployment on the city wall did delay the time for Xie Yuanqi's army to attack, everyone knew that it was just a stopgap measure, and it wouldn't last long at all. First of all, the oil barrels would be exhausted within three days, and Xie Yuanqi had many people under his command , Even if thousands of people died, he still had tens of thousands left, enough to capture the capital.

It would take ten days at the earliest for Aoxue to transfer troops back and forth, but Xie Yuanqi seemed to be able to break through the capital in a few days.

Everyone raised their hearts to their throats. After the meeting, all the ministers knelt down to Xie Yuanjia.

"What does this mean?" Xie Yuanjia frowned and looked at them.

Li Shangshu is the oldest. He knelt at the front, representing everyone, and said in an old and loud voice:

"Your Majesty, the capital is about to lose its hold. I implore the Emperor... to abandon the capital and escape from the capital."

Xie Yuanjia looked at these people as if he didn't know them: "What are you talking about? Let me run away at this moment? Back then, it was you who asked me to come back."

"Yes." Li Shangshu said with remorse on his face, "The ministers are full of remorse now. If it were not for the selfishness of the ministers who wanted to keep the emperor, the emperor would not have to suffer such a catastrophe. It is only a matter of time before the rebels enter the capital, and the reinforcements do not know yet. When the time comes, I don't want to see the emperor die at the hands of Xiao Xiao, so I implore the emperor to leave the city overnight."

"While there is still a chance."

Xie Yuanjia interrupted him, and replied in a low voice: "How to get out? Now Xie Yuanqi's men surrounded this place with three layers and three layers outside, and even a bird couldn't fly out. How can I be a living person who weighs more than a hundred pounds?" Go out without anyone noticing?"

"Don't tell me to pretend to be disguised, and then you escort it desperately." Xie Yuanjia continued, "First, you people don't have the strength, and second, it's unnecessary."

He raised his head and looked at all the kneeling courtiers, and finally stayed on Li Shang's writing, "I know you all want me to live, and you would rather sacrifice yourself than keep me."

"I don't read the book very well, but I also know that there is a saying called."

"The emperor guards the city gate, and the king dies in the country."

Xie Yuanjia's eyes were determined, "Let me abandon all of you and run away alone, sacrificing your life in exchange for a meager life, I might as well die here."

"Since I promised to come back, I am the only emperor of Dacheng. After enjoying the glory brought by this title, I have to bear the burden of life and death."

Li Shangshu was full of tears, kowtowed his head slowly and heavily, hit the floor and refused to get up, crying bitterly: "It is the minister who harmed the emperor!"

The rest of the officials also kowtowed, but no matter how much they persuaded, Xie Yuanjia refused to let go.

"Looking at you, it seems like we are bound to lose." Xie Yuanjia said with a smile, "Why are you panicking? You are all so old and have been officials for so many years, so you have no confidence in your own people?" ?”

"I believe that Miss Aoxue will definitely come as promised. I also believe that the emperor and the general will return triumphantly with good news. I believe even more that traitors like Xie Yuanqi will eventually be beheaded by the sword."

"I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

All the officials kneeling on the floor were speechless, "Your Majesty, can we still win?"

The household servant raised his head cautiously, and looked at Xie Yuanjia expectantly with tears in his eyes. He was the youngest among these people, only ten years older than Xie Yuanjia.

"I don't think we'll lose."

Xie Yuanjia straightened his back. Although he was very scared, he had to stand up straight. Everyone in this room was counting on him. He couldn't let these people lose their confidence.

Seeing that the emperor's expression was not fake, all the officials seemed to be reassured, as if they could really see the day of victory.

After dismissing everyone, Xie Yuanjia's back was soaked. Lan Kou hurriedly went up to wipe it off for him. She bit her lip and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you really should retreat."

"Before the lord left the capital, he had told the servants that if... if you really come to this point, let the servants take you away. The servants will change their appearance and..."

Before she finished speaking, Xie Yuanjia didn't let her say any more. He looked at Lan Kou and was so serious for the first time: "Auntie, I just said that."

"To live, we live together. To die, we must die in Jiangshan Sheji."

He raised his left hand silently, caressing the white jade ring on his ring finger, his eyes were full of tenderness, "I promised to wait for him to come back, and I also promised to hold the rear for him, how can I break my promise?"

"He will come back safely, with news of victory." Xie Yuanjia lowered his head and smiled, "He is the protagonist."

Lan Kou opened her mouth, but she couldn't say anything more. The emperor looked gentle and easy to speak, but in fact he was firmer than anyone else in his heart. It was impossible for her to change her mind about what was settled, and it was useless for her to say anything.

Big deal, when the day came when the city was broken, she would bring the emperor to fight to the death.

After Xie Yuanjia returned to his bedroom, he thought about it and asked people to go to the Chaoxi Hall to invite the eldest princess.

Qiuyang came soon, and the border was chaotic and the capital was in crisis. This girl who had just turned 15 didn't look anxious at all. Instead, she showed an unusually calm atmosphere. Although the battle situation was imminent, she still walked steadily. Methodical, the aura of the royal princess is very full.

"Brother Huang, are you looking for me?" Qiuyang sat down slowly and turned to look at Xie Yuanjia.

Xie Yuanjia nodded. He stared at Qiuyang seriously. He witnessed Qiuyang grow from a childish 12-year-old girl to a slim, graceful and charming girl, and his heart filled with reluctance.

"Qiuyang, you should know that the situation in the court is critical." Xie Yuanjia said hoarsely.

Qiuyang nodded, "Sister Chen knows."

"What can Chenmei do?" She raised her head and looked at Xie Yuanjia, "No matter what kind of thing, Chenmei is willing to do it."

"There are many things you can do, but I only want you to do one thing, and that is you..." Before Xie Yuanjia finished speaking, Qiuyang laughed.

"Is the emperor going to abandon my sister again?" She looked at Xie Yuanjia quietly, her beautiful almond eyes filled with reproach, "That year, you promised my sister never to leave again."

"Yes, I promised." Xie Yuanjia had a guilty face, "So, this time, I will send you away."

Qiuyang had an unexpected expression on her face, as if she knew it would be like this, she took a sip of tea slowly, graceful and calm, she was like a little adult when she was a child, but now she will only be more calm.

"Sister Chen won't leave."

Xie Yuanjia knew that the little girl was very stubborn, and he didn't know how to persuade others with his eloquence just now.

"Brother Huang wants to stay with Jiangshan Sheji, why should my sister be protected and avoided?" Qiuyang turned to look at him seriously, "Let's not say that my sister is one of the masters of this palace. My house, where else can I go? Could it be that the master didn't even want his own home when he met robbers who robbed him, and gave it to those robbers for nothing? How can there be such a reason in the world?"

"But this time it's different." Xie Yuanjia stroked her hair, "Xie Yuanqi is insidious and cunning, he will not let anyone who supports me go."

"He dare not kill my sister," Qiuyang replied.

"Of course I know." Xie Yuanjia nodded, "But he will give you to those kings of the Western Regions as a gift."

Qiuyang laughed again, "Brother Huang, you forgot that three years ago, if you hadn't stopped me, my sister would have been a corpse on the side of the road in the Western Regions, how can I still be here today?"

"When that day really comes, it's just that everything has returned to the original point." Qiuyang's eyes were filled with tears, "Sister Chen has lived for three more years, it's already very good."

"Although Chenmei is just a harem girl, she also understands what a family, country and world are." Qiuyang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "What's more, the emperor is still here, what is Chenmei afraid of?"

Xie Yuanjia reached out to hug this well-behaved girl into his arms, and patted her on the back: "Good sister."

He raised his head and met Ji Dairou who was standing not far away, and the two exchanged a tacit look.

The day of the city was a day or two later than Xie Yuanjia imagined. Xie Yuanqi's subordinates took the tools to break the city, and their spies had long been mixed in the capital. When the city gate was hit, they opened it the city gate.

The rebels did not move the people in the city, not because their ideological awareness had improved, but because the imperial palace was right in front of them, and their primary goal was to capture the emperor in the palace. The same is true for these small fish and shrimp.

The rebels went all the way, killing countless frontier defenders who wanted to repel them, and even some bloody civilians, and went directly to the capital.

Xie Yuanjia knew that there was no point in defending the palace at this moment, so he simply opened the gates of the palace wide to save the maids and eunuchs from being killed, and let them escape from the palace when the rebels could not take care of them, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

And he stood on the high steps outside the Zhengyang Hall, quietly watching the rebels pouring into the huge square like locusts crossing the border, surprisingly, he didn't feel a trace of fear in his heart.

All the officials in the court tightly surrounded him with solemn expressions, as if they were guarding the emperor's last human shield, although everyone knew that it was useless.

That was the first time Xie Yuanjia saw Xie Yuanqi.

One stood tall on the step paper in a bright yellow five-clawed dragon robe, and the other stood in armor on a big horse under the palace, looking at each other from a distance.

Xie Yuanjia smiled coldly and did not speak.

Xie Yuanqi looked down on Xie Yuanjia, seeing the mocking smile on his lips, he couldn't help asking: "What are you laughing at?"

Xie Yuanjia glanced at him and said softly:

"I laugh, for a villain like you, I really don't know how the readers of the original book fell in love with you."

"You are ridiculous."

Xie Yuanqi's gaze shot up with murderous intent, he didn't look down on Xie Yuanjia at all, he wasn't even a prince, a bastard from somewhere could wear a dragon robe, how dare he look down on himself?

"you wanna die."