The pungent smell in the air became heavier, and the war horse shook its head uneasily.

In front of the Ling'an city wall, the guards have occupied most of them, and they are desperately climbing up the ladder. Above the city wall, the Jin army is struggling to lift the huge boulder. Human cushion.

Seeing this scene, many guards hesitated.

"Attack with all your strength, and anyone who opens the city gate can be promoted to lieutenant general." In the chariot, Sun Hua said viciously.

On the city wall, Qin Yue's face became more and more serious. The stones they had prepared were used up. If they didn't do anything again, they might not be able to stop the guards from attacking the city.

"General!"

Qin Yue gritted his teeth, "Send the order, the archers are ready."

"Yes."

The officers and soldiers of the Jin army who threw stones all retreated, and countless archers and soldiers holding fire stakes separated from the wall.

"Report!" After the large guard army, a fine horse galloped over. The man in ragged clothes knelt down in front of Sun Hua with a plop, and Sun Hua felt something bad in his heart.

"What happened?"

"There were traitors in the Qi army. Fifty thousand elite soldiers were attacked on the way to Zhaoguan, and only a few hundred escaped."

"What?" Sun Hua's eyes widened, but at this time another guard came galloping, "General, hurry back, the food tent is on fire."

"What? Isn't the food account guarded all the time?"

"The guard was knocked out, and the fire was out of control when he found out." The reporter said sadly. "And we once discovered that a group of Jin soldiers appeared in the back mountain of Fufeng City."

"Why did the Jin soldiers appear in the back mountain of Fufeng City? It's too bad, the granary in the back mountain!" Sun Hua's face was dark, and he gritted his teeth, "No wonder I said why the Jin army is so vulnerable tonight. This kid's trick."

Unwillingly, Sun Hua glanced at Ling'an City, which was within his reach, and gritted his teeth: "Here's an order, retreat quickly, and turn to the back mountain of Fufeng City."

"Want to leave?" Qin Yue sneered, the third firework had already risen in the sky, Qin Yue waved back, "Light the fire and let the arrows go, it's time to show our Jin country's hospitality."

The arrows covered with kerosene were ignited, and the flames burned extremely vigorously. Following Qin Yue's order, the flames all over the sky galloped towards the guards.

The burning arrow fell to the ground and immediately ignited the ground.

"Retreat! There is fire oil on the ground." Realizing that something was wrong, Sun Hua got off the chariot directly, grabbed the horse next to him and fled, but many guards had no time to retreat.

boom--

Following a heat wave, a large crater was blown out where they were, and flames filled the entire battlefield in an instant.

The sea of ​​fire is ruthless, and a sea of ​​fire has become another wall between the state of Jin and the state of Wei. Those surrounded by the sea of ​​fire cannot escape, and those outside the sea of ​​fire cannot pass through.

"It's really hot." On the city wall, a lieutenant subconsciously wiped his sweat with his sleeve, but he forgot that he was wearing armor, and the temperature of the iron armguard had already been raised by the raging fire.

Qin Yue looked solemnly at the fallen figures one after another in the sea of ​​flames below, a little unbearable, but Qin Yue knew that if he couldn't stop the army of the Wei Kingdom today, then Ling'an would suffer in the sea of ​​flames in the future of the people.

"The idea of ​​the general and the prince is really good. Firstly, it will cause Weiguo to lose its soldiers and generals, and secondly, it will cut off their food and grass. In a short time, Weiguo will no longer have the capital to attack Ling'an."

"It's a pity that such a big fire blocked us. If we can catch up with him and take advantage of his illness to take advantage of his illness, we can weaken the guard." Someone sighed regretfully.

The fire outside Ling'an City burned all night, and the back mountain of Fufeng City also burned all day and night. The accumulated accumulation over the years was reduced to a pile of ashes. Sun Hua was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out on the spot.

However, this is not over yet, Qi State sent troops to Wei State on the grounds that Wei State deliberately broke the contract and killed Qi State's reinforcements.

At some point in the Northern Qi army, there was a rumor that someone in Northern Qi conspired with the second prince of Wei to assassinate the third prince of Wei. After being assassinated, the third prince was furious, and planned to leak the places where the reinforcements from Qi must pass to the Jin army, deliberately attracting the Jin army. The army went to ambush and killed [-] elite soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The rumors became more and more fierce, and the [-] elite soldiers were actually lost. How could Bei Qi bear this tone? No matter whether the rumors were true or not, as long as they were enough to be used as an excuse to tear up the alliance agreement.

Wei Chao, who had already returned to the Weiguo Palace to recuperate his body, somehow caught a cauldron that fell from the sky.

Outside the gate of Ling'an City, although the fire dissipated, the smell of smoke in the air was indeed extremely strong. On the city wall, Zheng Er, who had already returned to Ling'an, looked into the distance from time to time.

Qin Yue pinched the bridge of his nose, and from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dozen black spots approaching from far away, and his expression immediately relaxed.

"My lord is back!" Qin Yue thumped and ran down the city wall, "Quickly open the city gate."

Qi Heng pulled the reins, and the horse vacated and then stood still. He didn't dismount, because besides the scorched land, the vest also had a lot of bones.

"My lord!" Qin Yue galloped to Qi Heng on horseback, his face was full of joy, "You're back, didn't you get hurt along the way?"

"Let's go to the city first." Qi Heng shook his head. He was not injured, but his clothes were stained with Qi Jun's blood, which stinks. "By the way, let people tidy up here. Since people have already slept forever, let them go to the ground for peace."

A smile cracked on Qin Yue's face, "So the prince and I wanted to go together."

"How about the casualties?"

Qin Yue replied: "We injured 430 people, but they were all minor injuries, and there was no danger of their lives."

"Thanks to the method of inviting the king into the urn given by the prince, that Sun Hua is blind and arrogant. He really thought he had the upper hand and chased him all the way."

The two said, and walked to the city gate together.

"Master." Zheng Er, who was waiting at the city gate, saluted immediately.

Qi Heng dismounted, threw the reins onto the horse's back, and walked to a remote place with Zheng Er, "What's the matter?"

"The emperor issued an imperial decree to let the master and the eldest prince return to Beijing quickly." Zheng Er said in a low voice, "The imperial decree hastened to [-] miles, and it is estimated that it will arrive in two days."

Qi Heng had expected it a long time ago, so he was not surprised at all, because he knew that Emperor Jin Yuan's illness could not be delayed.

The toxin has penetrated deeply, and the internal organs have been exhausted, even the detoxification pill made by the century-old Xuechan cannot save it.

As Zheng Er said, two days later, the imperial decree really came to Qi Heng. The servant who escorted the imperial decree saw that Qi Heng received it but remained silent, and seemed to casually mention that Princess Chen is currently staying in the palace temporarily, trying to dispel those things in his heart. act rashly.

Only the pale eldest prince beside him showed joy. When the battle started that day, he sneaked to the city wall, but he was terribly frightened by the fire outside the wall. As soon as he fell asleep, he would dream of the piles of bones outside Ling'an city.

But now that he was about to leave this ghostly place of Ling'an, Qi Shao was so moved that he wanted to cry, he would never come here again in his life.

The army couldn't leave for the time being, so there were only a thousand elite soldiers escorting them, as well as Qin Yue, Qi Heng and Qi Shao, who returned to Beijing together. The journey was much easier than when they first came here.

In the dimly lit Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Jin and Yuan slowly put a bright yellow scroll into the brocade box with trembling hands. His palm fell on the scroll, and then remained still.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that Emperor Jin Yuan hadn't moved for a long time, the manager Lin Dahai called out worriedly.

Emperor Jin Yuan coughed heart-piercingly, Lin Dahai didn't care about anything else, so he hurried forward to help Emperor Jin Yuan.

Emperor Jin Yuan wiped his lips with a towel, then held the towel tightly in his palm, "Where is Prince Chen?"

"Your Majesty, drink some water." Lin Dahai held the tea cup in both hands and handed it to Emperor Jin Yuan, "General Qin's message said that he could enter the city early in the morning the day after tomorrow."

"Lin Dahai, what do you think of Prince Chen?"

Lin Dahai hurriedly knelt down: "I dare not speak rashly."

"Just say what I want you to say." Emperor Jin Yuan was neither happy nor angry. Even if Lin Dahai had served him for many years, he couldn't understand his mood at the moment, so he had to carefully probe: "The prince won the battle, and many people outside are talking about the prince. He was so resourceful that he repelled the guards without a single soldier."

"Excellent resourcefulness." Emperor Jin Yuan sat down on the dragon chair, and he waved his hands weakly, "Lin Dahai, go down, I will be alone."

Hearing the exhaustion in Emperor Jin Yuan's voice, Lin Dahai bowed quietly and took his leave.

Emperor Jin Yuan spread out his palms, and the handkerchief lay quietly in the middle, and there was a cloud of dark red blood on the pure white handkerchief.

Out of oil.

Inside the Hall of Qinzheng, there was a sudden noise, and Lin Dahai, who was guarding the door, tentatively called out to His Majesty, but there was no response.

He waited for a while, and there was still no response when he shouted again. Lin Dahai didn't care about disobeying the order, and opened the door in a panic——

"His Majesty!"

The wind picked up suddenly, and the news of Emperor Jin Yuan's fainting quickly reached Qi Heng. It would have taken two days to travel, but he arrived in one night under the haste of the horse.

Qin Yue, Qi Heng, and Qi Shao stood outside Emperor Jin Yuan's bedroom, Lin Dahai carefully closed the door, and quickly walked in front of the three of them.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty let you in." Lin Dahai bowed, Qi Heng nodded, and then strode towards Emperor Jin Yuan's bedroom.

"What? Eunuch Lin, what about me?" Qi Shao repeatedly asked, "Father, is he in good health? Did he say to see me later?"

In the bedroom, the incense was wafting, and the maids and eunuchs were all standing aside. Emperor Jin Yuan was lying quietly on the dragon bed with a pale face. Qi Heng walked to a place three steps away from the dragon bed and stood still, "Brother Emperor."

"You're back." Emperor Jin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and the servants at the side saw him move, and immediately stepped forward to help him half lean against the head of the bed.

Qi Heng said: "The imperial decree is coming down immediately, and my younger brother should hurry up."

"My time is running out." Emperor Jin Yuan said suddenly, and the surrounding eunuchs and maids knelt down, holding their breath and daring not to speak.

"Brother Huang is the son of heaven, so he will naturally have an auspicious appearance."

"Stop." Emperor Jin Yuan interrupted Qi Heng, "Do you know why I called you back so urgently?"

"My brother doesn't know." Qi Heng lowered his eyes and spoke lightly.

"You don't know." Emperor Jin Yuan said in a very serious tone, "I'll ask you again, do you know what the responsibility of the king is?"

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