sinovels Chapter 8
Chapter 8
A deadly silence spread in the hall.
The faces of the civil and military officials were distorted. They looked at Gu Yanqi, He Zhengqi, and Mu Jing. No matter what thoughts were lingering in their hearts, they dared not say them out.
Why He Zhengqi married a male wife, other people don't know, they are clear.
Emperor Huizhe was lingering on the sick bed, and the East Palace was acting perversely. King Gong Mu Jing took advantage of the situation to rise up, and there was a faint tendency to suppress the East Palace.
Prince Gong Mu Jing has the support of two major forces, civil and military. The civil servants are headed by Gu Yanqi's father and the current Taifu, and the generals are the northern army led by the great general He Zhengqi.
He Zhengqi guards the entire northern border of Daqing, and his strength is strong, which also makes the East Palace extremely vigilant.In order to weaken Mu Jing's influence as much as possible, Dong Gong vaguely contacted He Zhengqi, and at the same time tricked Gu Taifu to marry his son to him.
Gu Yanqi's mother came from a humble background, and he was not liked by others since he was a child. The Tai Tu couldn't stop this kind of embarrassing thing, so he sent him there as if he didn't have such a son.
The Daqing family attaches great importance to family inheritance. He Zhengqi was originally trained as the next generation patriarch of the family, but after he married Gu Yanqi, it was impossible to give birth to a son. This made the focus of the He family gradually shift to other families. member.
No way, in this era, offspring are also a part of strength, and a very important part.
This move not only caused He Zhengqi to lose the full support of the He family, but also made Gu Taifu deeply hurt, turned against He Zhengqi, betrayed Mu Jing, and stood on the side of the East Palace ever since.
This matter also gave He Zhengqi a reason to hate Gu Yanqi, the son of a traitor, how could he be a good person.
But he never expected that this lady who disgusted him would steal his seal, run to this remote border town, and even seduce Prince Gong!
He Zhengqi's lungs were about to explode.
The moment Gu Yanqi revealed the identity of the general's wife, he felt his face was trampled under the foot of the other party, and even the eyes of his colleagues around him were full of ridicule and sarcasm!
Just because of this person!He, the number one god of war in Daqing, couldn't hold his head up!
"Your Highness!" He Zhengqi couldn't bear it anymore, he stepped over the mess in front of him, and stood beside the hall, "I still have some private matters with you, so I have to say goodbye first."
He picked up Gu Yanqi's collar and pulled him up from the ground!
Mu Jing was startled, he looked at Gu Yanqi who was picked up by He Zhengqi, and immediately said: "Don't worry, General He, I have pardoned Mrs. Gu's crime of deception!"
Gu Yanqi didn't care that he was grabbed by the collar, and saluted Mu Jing in this awkward posture: "His Royal Highness has already punished the crimes committed by Yanqi, but now it's my family affairs with the general. Your Highness, don't interfere."
Ripples inevitably appeared in Mu Jing's heart, he couldn't care less about the other party's private affairs, but just watched Gu Yanqi being taken away, and couldn't help but think about it.
Such an outstanding person, how could it be that Gu Yanqi!
But he can marry He Zhengqi, why can't he marry...
Mu Jing's complexion changed, and he immediately dismissed the thought. Looking at the untouched banquet in front of him, and then at the group of rough men in the hall, he suddenly felt dull.
The collar was stuck on his neck, and Gu Yanqi had to quickly keep up with He Zhengqi's pace to keep breathing. When the two returned to the yard, Gu Yanqi's face was flushed, his pupils dilated, and he was not far from unconsciousness. up.
For men, He Zhengqi has no idea of sympathy and sympathy.
He rushed into the courtyard of the guard, opened a door at random, and threw Gu Yanqi inside.
Gu Yanqi rolled on the ground twice before stopping.
In the middle of winter, the chill was piercing, his hands and feet had already turned blue from the cold, and the thin prison clothes on his body could hardly provide any warmth. Sitting on the ground, Gu Yanqi couldn't help shivering.
Zhong Wenzhuo and Jing Zhongjin caught up.
After all, Jing Zhongjin had fought under He Zhengqi for several years, so he hesitated at the door of the room for a while.Zhong Wenzhuo didn't have any scruples, he rushed in and pulled the quilt off the bed and wrapped it around Gu Yanqi's body, then turned his head and yelled at He Zhengqi.
"He Zhengqi, aren't you afraid of being reprimanded by King Gong when you treat heroes like this!"
He Zhengqi blushed: "Zhong Wenzhuo, don't use Your Highness to pressure me! Even if you are His Highness's cousin, you are still a servant in my house now!"
"I won't do it now! I'll tell you, if you dare to treat him like this, I want you to look good!"
Jing Zhongjin stood silently but firmly in front of Gu Yanqi, and said, "Madam is weak, let's talk about the general's affairs tomorrow!"
He Zhengqi was so angry that he didn't want to follow. He was about to pull Jing Chongjin away when he heard Zhong Wenzhuo's exclamation.
"Gu Yanqi! Gu Yanqi!"
The thin man in his arms covered his chest with his hands, panting heavily, with a look of unbearable pain on his face, struggling like a dying fish.
"He has a heart attack! Go and call the doctor!"
Jing Zhongjin was anxious, and was afraid of what He Zhengqi would do, so he got so upset that he directly pulled He Zhengqi out of the room.
He Zhengqi was dragged and staggered a few steps, and when he regained his senses, he couldn't continue to care about it, so he had to leave angrily.
As soon as he was about to leave the room, he heard Gu Yanqi's call out in an angry voice.
"General."
He turned his head and saw Gu Yanqi wrapped in a thick quilt, his slender eyelashes were trembling, but his bright black eyes were full of sincerity.
"Yan Qi came here...with no other intentions...just...just worried about the general...safety..."
Before he finished speaking, he passed out, the room was in chaos, and He Zhengqi was completely pulled out of the room.
He stood in the courtyard, looking at the closed door of Gu Yanqi's room, for some reason, a tiny bit of loss suddenly appeared in his heart.
In the early hours of the night, the city guards discovered scattered barbarian cavalry outside the city. By the early morning of the second day, the barbarians had already built a camp 3000 meters away from Yuecheng.
The barbarian cavalry are one man and two horses. When there is no food, they can still use mare's milk to satisfy their hunger. Therefore, the delay on the road is quite small, and they came much earlier than Yuecheng expected. At noon, a handsome flag followed the army. In the camp, at this time, [-] to [-] soldiers and horses have arrived outside Yuecheng one after another.
Everyone knew that there would be more and more barbarian soldiers outside the city, and they could not rely on anyone but themselves.
"Geser Chanyu is here." Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, "Get ready for the battle."
woohoo~~~~~~
The horns of the barbarian attack echoed in the air, the cavalry and infantry sharpened their swords, and rushed to Yuecheng under the leadership of the general!
In this ocean-like tide, Yuecheng is like a flat boat, rickety, and it will sink at some point!
Casualties are starting to appear!
The Daqing soldiers hid behind the first layer of fences, bowed and shot arrows, and slaughtered the enemies in front of them.
A total of three lines of defense were arranged in Yuecheng to tightly surround the city gate. A deep ditch was dug in front of each fence, which made the barbarians have to rush into the deep ditch and then climb up before they could run to the fence, so they charged The pace is greatly slowed down.
When they paid huge casualties and rushed to the fence under the rain of arrows, they found that the nightmare had just begun.
The barbarians used long knives, but the Qing people used guns, and even the long knives couldn't cut through the fence, but the Qing people could easily stab the guns out through the gaps in the fence.
A stab is almost a life.
The barbarians died in front of the fence at a fast speed, and their corpses almost filled the deep ditch in front of the fence!
Geser Shanyu soon realized how powerful the fence was, and he ordered the cavalry to shoot Qingren inside the fence from a distance, but the arrows shot were blocked by the fence.
A great battle lasted until dusk, and thousands of barbarians died, while Qing people's casualties were not even a fraction.
And the fence was only knocked down less than half!
This is not siege at all, this is death!
Geser Shanyu had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
On the first day, keep it.
The generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and asked the soldiers to repair the knocked down fence overnight.
On the second day, Danyu Gesser changed his offensive strategy.
The eldest prince Mo Zhigen led a team of cavalry, with a bundle of ropes tied to the horses. He led the cavalry shouting and rushed to the fence from the left. Before entering the deep pit in front of the fence, he threw the rope out, and the lock was like a lasso Generally firmly tied to the fence.
Then he shouted, accelerated the speed of the horse, and ran back to the barbarian camp from the right!
The horse ran a perfect arc, and the strong pulling force made the rope tense. Amidst the neighing of the steed, the fence that took the lives of countless barbarians was pulled up in response!
Seeing this scene, the barbarian cavalry cheered deafeningly. The cavalry threw ropes one after another, and the nooses quickly pulled out the fence one by one. The speed was so fast that Qingren had no time to untie the ropes!
The barbarian infantry had pushed to the remaining fence like tigers and wolves, and rushed forward!
Half an hour later, King Gong Mu Jing decisively ordered to abandon the first line of defense, and the soldiers moved to the second fence. With preparations, the speed of the barbarian cavalry's removal of the fence slowed down.
But if he finds the right method, Gesell will no longer be as passive as he was on the first day.
The cavalry were dispatched one after another. If the sun had not set, the second line of defense might have fallen too.
That night, Jing Zhongjin, who had been fighting ahead, walked into Gu Yanqi's room.
"Young master, I'm afraid we can only guard for one day."
His words were full of worry.
Gu Yanqi was recuperating in bed, and he asked Zhong Wenzhuo to pour a cup of tea for Jing Zhongjin himself.
"Don't worry, before the reinforcements arrive, there will be no loss in Yuecheng." After saying that, he looked at Zhong Wenzhuo, "Wenzhuo, you can't always wait by my side, this time is a good time, you go ask Prince Gong, you are allowed to participate in this battle!"
"He Zhengqi won't let you go out, I can't leave you alone."
Gu Yanqi smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if He Zhengqi wants to kill me, His Highness Prince Gong will not allow it."
Zhong Wenzhuo hesitated for a moment, but the belligerent youth prevailed.
"Okay, I will go to ask His Highness tomorrow."
"One more thing." Gu Yanqi took out three kits from his bosom and handed them to him, "You take these things well, they will be of great use in the near future."
"What's in it?" Zhong Wenzhuo's eyes showed curiosity, and he wanted to take it apart, "Could it be a clever way to defend the city?"
"No." Gu Yanqi stopped his movement and said, "You can see this wonderful plan after I leave Yuecheng."
"Trust me, it's not far from then."
Before the sun rose on the third day, the second line of defense had just been repaired, and Yuecheng was forced to completely abandon the first line of defense.
The barbarians were not in a hurry to attack. They ate a full meal in front of the Qing people and fed their horses before starting to line up in front of the formation.
Today, they want to completely pull out the thorns on the hedgehog in Yuecheng, and feast on it!
Gu Yanqi put down his pen.
He dried the letter carefully, folded it and put it in his sleeve.
There are no guards in the courtyard, only a small soldier guarding the gate of the courtyard.
The fighting outside the city was fierce, and when you walked outside the door, you could hear the shouts of killing coming from outside.
Gu Yanqi listened intently for a while, then walked into He Zhengqi's room, put the letter in his sleeve on the table, pressed it down with a heavy object, and then quietly retreated out.
After resting for three days, his physical strength has recovered a little.
It's time to get back in front of everyone.
As night fell, several parts of the third line of defense were still resisting the attack of the barbarians, preventing Gesser from attacking the city wall.
In the dark night, it is easy for cavalry to be lost on the chaotic battlefield, and too many barbarians died in the past few days. In order to preserve their strength and appease the leaders of the tribes, Gesser Dashanyu decided to wait until the sky completely darkened. Mingjin withdraws troops.
But since then, the three lines of defense in Yuecheng have been removed, and Yuecheng is like a weak soldier whose armor has been stripped off, waiting nakedly for the barbarians to attack!
three days left!
Three days!
Can Yuecheng wait for reinforcements?