lonely king

Baili Nian had indeed entered Nanming at this time.

It's just that he didn't enter Nanming Wangcheng, but stopped at the foot of Wangming Mountain, ten miles away from Nanming Wangcheng. There is a tall tower on Wangming Mountain. Without the worshipers, there is only the residual fragrance of this lonely pagoda, still standing on the mountain peak.

Baili Nian ordered Mo Yan to park the carriage at Wangming Mountain, and he walked up the mountain again.Mo Yan was puzzled, why the Lord still had leisure time to travel around the mountains and rivers when the battle between the Northern Yan and Southern Ming was so tense.It's just that Baili Nian kept walking forward, and it was inconvenient for Mo Yan to interrupt, and went with Baili Nian.

After walking for half a day to reach the top of the mountain, Baili Nian raised his eyes to look at the Wangming Pagoda, his eyes were desolate. After seven years, this Wangming Pagoda has long since lost its former beauty, only the remnants of cobwebs of fragrance drifting in the wind.

Climbing up to the Wangming Pagoda, the field of vision suddenly widens, and you can see the scenery with a radius of hundreds of miles.

It's just that the wind on the tower was a bit strong, and it made Baili Nian look thinner. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked towards the southeast. Over there was the Nanming King City. At the moment, the city was surrounded by beacon fire, and Yu Wenyang's army had already attacked Nanming. In Wangcheng, Gongsun Zhi's guards are good, and they can resist Yu Wenyang for ten days.

It has been ten days since Yu Wenyang attacked the Nanming King City, with countless casualties, and the first city gate has not yet been breached.It's not that Yu Wenyang's soldiers and horses are not brave, but that they are desperately resisting the Nanming army whose country is ruined and their families are destroyed.The moat of the Nanming King City was full of corpses, and the blood-stained river was a shocking sight, but Baili Nian's eyes were indifferent, with a desolation that no one could understand.

Baili Nian: "Mo Yan, don't you think this scene is very familiar?"

Mo Yan didn't understand Baili Nian's meaning, he glanced in the direction of the Nanming King City, and saw a scene of ruined corpses, he frowned, he didn't like this scene.

Mo Yan: "Subordinate... this subordinate does not feel familiar."

"Aren't you familiar with it?" Baili's eyes seemed to be hollow, and he stretched out his hand to point to the north, "Look, where is that? It's somewhat similar to the Nanming King City."

Mo Yan looked along Baili Nian's fingertips, his brow furrowed suddenly, and his eyes were filled with raging anger.That is Yeling.

Today's Yeling is in the territory of Nanming, close to the Nanming King's City, southeast of Yeling is the Nanming King's City, and west of Yeling is Taoyang City, the farthest from Beiyan.Standing on the high tower, one can have a panoramic view of these cities. Looking at it at this moment, Yeling City is in ruins, and Nanming King City is bloody. It really looks alike.

"The Nanming King's City is not as grand as Yeling. How can a princely king's city compare with my Dajiang King's City." Mo Yan gritted his teeth, and his words were full of anger.

Baili Nian squinted his eyes halfway. He was not as angry as Mo Yan, but inexplicably quiet. In fact, the Nanming Imperial City was not a tragedy. The fire in Yeling burned for three days and three nights. The wild dogs in the mountains came to pick up the corpses, and the rotting corpses lingered for a month. That is the miserable situation in the world, Raksha hell.

It's just that thinking about it now, Baili Nian's heart is not disturbed, it's just extremely desolate.

"Before the Three Kingdoms attacked Yeling, King Gu and Uncle Wang came to Wangming Mountain," Baili Nian murmured to himself, "Uncle Wang said that Nanming is not far from Dajiang, and it is the closest vassal state. If you want to implement the New Deal, you can only win over King Nanming. Uncle Wang said that King Nanming was a king when he was young, with a gentle personality and loyalty to the emperor. He is different from other people who offend the emperor. There is no objection to the new policy, and he even brought generous gifts to Yeling in person to express his loyalty, Uncle Wang trusted him very much."

Speaking of these old things, Baili Nian's eyelashes trembled slightly, his eyes were complicated, and there was no emotion, but the wind made him a little thin.

Baili Nian didn't finish what he said, Mo Yan finished it for him, but Mo Yan was not as calm as Baili Nian, his tone was full of turbulent anger.

Mo Yan: "But when Northern Yan Xizhao rebelled, Nanming Wang Gongsunzhi pretended to be loyal and used his uncle's trust to deceive Da Jiang's 50 troops to the foot of the mountain. The rolling stone fell, the entire army of 50 was wiped out, and my uncle was seriously injured. Without Gongsun Zhi, Yeling would never have been captured so easily!"

Seven years ago, Gongsun Zhi was still a new king in his early twenties. He was loyal to the emperor and sympathetic to his subjects. profit.At that time, both Beiyan and Xizhao were stronger than Nanming, but after the fall of Dajiang, Nanming became the most profitable and powerful vassal state.

But now, the Nanming Royal City has been brutally destroyed by the flames of war, and the ruins have been destroyed.

Baili Nian looked at Nanming Wangcheng with dark eyes, "Things in the world are just so twists and turns."

……

The Nanming Imperial City was in chaos, and the first gate was eventually breached. As long as the first gate was breached, the soldiers would lose their will to resist desperately. It will also break.

Prince Sun Zhiduan of the Southern Ming Dynasty was sitting on the Dragon Throne in the court hall, and now the panic was gone.Knowing that Yu Wenyang had crossed the Baiji River and was about to attack Nanming, Gongsun Zhi was in a panic, and immediately sent people to Xizhao to recruit Zhang You, but the troops he sent had not returned yet, so he knew he was intercepted without even thinking about it. killed.

After waiting for more than ten days, he did not see Zhang You, nor did he wait for Xi Zhao's reinforcements. Now that Yu Wenyang has invaded Wangcheng, Gongsun Zhi knows his status, and his lifespan is already exhausted. No matter how much he struggles , There is no room for return.

The door of the main hall was opened, and a young eunuch tremblingly ran to Gongsun Zhi. He was Gongsun Zhi's close eunuch Wang De.Wang De was very flustered with blood still on his face. When Gongsun Zhi saw him, he grabbed his collar and asked rudely:

"But Zhang You is back?"

Wang De shivered, as if he hadn't recovered yet, "Go back... back to the king, no... it's not Mr. Zhang, it's... it's Bei Yan's army, and it's about to enter the palace!"

"It's not that Zhang You is back."

After hearing only the first half of the sentence, Gongsun Zhi collapsed and didn't listen to the little eunuch's words at all.

Wang De picked up Gongsun Zhi: "Your Majesty, the Northern Yan Army is about to attack the palace, Your Majesty... Your Majesty, run away!"

Wang De followed Gongsun Zhi since he was a child, so he was naturally loyal. He ran to get the Nanming jade seal, randomly tore a piece of red cloth, wrapped the jade seal, and stuffed it into Gongsun Zhi's hands.The country was ruined and the family was destroyed, and Wang De also had tears all over his face. He was the person around Gongsun Zhi, so how could he not feel distressed.

"Your Majesty, take the jade seal and run quickly. Master Zhang will not come back. Even if he comes back, he won't be able to save Nan Ming. Don't wait any longer, Your Majesty, the most important thing is to save your life."

Wang De went to grab Gongsun Zhi, but Gongsun Zhi sat on the ground with a dazed expression instead, muttering to himself, "Yes, even if you come back, you won't be able to save Nanming."

As if all of a sudden, knowing the fact that his country was ruined and his family destroyed, tears welled up in Gongsun Zhi's eyes, and they fell drop by drop on the jade seal in his hand.After ten years in office, he has grown from a small country in the southern border to a powerful country among the vassals, to establishing a country after conquering Yeling, and becoming the strongest country in troubled times, to the current irreversible decline.Gongsun Zhi only felt as if he had passed away, his ambition, his glory, and his calculations were all in vain.

"Wang De!" Gongsun Zhi grabbed Wang De's hand, flustered and solemn, "If Nanming dies, this king must stay here. This king will honor and disgrace his life, and he will never be greedy, but there is still one thing that cannot be let go. Now You are the only one by my side, you must complete this matter for me!"

How could Wang De reject Gongsun Zhi? He knelt down on the ground with tears all over his face, and said with a choked voice, "Your Majesty, don't say one thing, even if it's a thousand things, as long as the King orders you, this servant can do it, and you will be crushed to pieces. Do whatever you want!"

"Okay." Gongsun Zhi nodded, and tears fell with the movement of his head, "Wang De, go and grind it for this king. This king has a letter asking you to bring Nanming out, and there is nothing else."

The voices outside the hall were chaotic, but inside the hall, Gongsun Zhi was writing with a calm face.

……

With the sound of beating and drumming, Yu Wenyang led Beiyan's army into the Nanming Palace. The Nanming Palace, which used to be the most flashy, now looked chaotic.After entering the palace, Yu Wenyang issued an order that no one should be spared in the Nanming Palace, no matter whether it was civil and military officials, concubines in the harem, or eunuchs and maidservants, they would all be killed without mercy.

All of a sudden, the Nanming palace was filled with corpses, blood flowed like a river, and there were screams again and again, just like hell.The red-eyed Yu Wenyang would not let go of even the little maids, cats and dogs. Sui Yi couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to stop Yu Wenyang, but was almost injured by Yu Wenyang's long sword.Although Sui Yixin couldn't bear it, he had no choice but to let him kill people in Nanming Palace.

When Yu Wenyang entered the hall with a long sword in his hand, there was only Gongsun Zhi in the hall. He was still sitting on the dragon chair with an indifferent expression.

Yu Wenyang sneered, "Death is imminent, but you have calmed down."

Gongsun Zhi raised his head, his eyes were indifferent, "No one knows the success or failure of the world, ten years from east to west. Yu Wenyang, how do you know that today's me is not tomorrow's you?"

The impending death of a person seems to have seen through a lot. Gongsun Zhi is calmer than ever. People are always afraid of something, but when that thing comes, they calm down instead, without worry, and open-minded .

Yu Wenyang, who is full of resentment, how can he understand Gongsun Zhi's state of mind, he only thinks that he is dying, and he is full of bullshit!

Yu Wenyang: "It's a pity that you won't be able to see what will happen to this general tomorrow!"

Gongsun Zhi smiled lightly, "That's right, I can't see it anymore, but the general is so violent, and he may not be stronger than the king. Marching and fighting. The king is no match for the general, but the king has ruled Nanming for ten years. , I deeply understand a truth. There will be chaos under cruelty, and water can carry a boat and capsize it."

Since Yu Wenyang attacked Nanming, although he has marched vigorously and fought swiftly, the world knows the cruelty of the methods. Every time a city is destroyed, the city will be massacred and the people will be slaughtered. This method can indeed deter the world, but under the cruelty, it will definitely arouse public resentment , wherever Yu Wenyang went, there were complaints and mourning, and no one greeted him. Even if he took Nanming, he might not be able to rule for a long time.

Yu Wenyang couldn't listen to Gongsunzhi's words. At this time, he just wanted to kill Nanming, and he didn't care about the reputation of being cruel or not, and he didn't want to listen to his long-winded words.

"This nonsense about governing the world, you should discuss it with the king of hell. This general has no time to argue with you. Since you don't want to live too much, this general will fulfill you and send you to the underworld!"

Yu Wenyang's long sword was tightly held in his hand. He never thought of leaving Gongsun to take his life. Yu Wenyang would kill everyone in the Nanming King City, not just one person.As for being cruel or not, he doesn't care at all!

The long sword swung out and was about to stab Gongsun Zhi, but was stopped by Sui Yi who was next to him. Sui Yi didn't want to intervene. He has been by Yu Wenyang's side for many years, and he would never disobey Yu Wenyang, but in the current situation, he had to shot.

"What are you doing!?" Yu Wenyang glared at Sui Yi, very displeased with his actions.

Sui Yi frowned tightly: "General, we have attacked Nanming this time, massacred the city and killed people, and the people have complained and mourned. This King of Nanming is a vassal king. If the general kills him like this, I'm afraid it will attract criticism from all over the world. .”

"Criticism?" Yu Wenyang sneered, "This general never cares about criticism. If anyone wants to speak up, let them speak. This general will definitely kill Gongsun Zhi! He will never be left alive!"

"General!"

Sui Yi held Yu Wenyang tightly, extremely anxious, "It's not easy for the general to want him to die, so why bother to do it himself, imprisoning him for a few years, he can't stand it himself, or he will get sick."

"But General Ben can't wait!"

Yu Wenyang didn't listen to this, he shook off Sui Yi and moved forward with his sword in hand.Sui Yi was also full of anxiety. He knelt in front of Yu Wenyang and grabbed Yu Wenyang's sleeve tightly.

"Even if the general doesn't miss himself, he still wants to miss the king and Beiyan. If Beiyan bears the reputation of brutality, what will he think if the king is here? General, do you still remember the old King Xizhao, when Xizhao destroyed the country? , the old King Xizhao fell in Nanming, and Gongsun Zhi couldn't kill him, so he could only be taken as a hostage and imprisoned Xi Zhao. Although Nanming was defeated, Nanming still had to govern. The general killed Gongsunzhi, so how could Nanming The people obey me, Beiyan."

"If Gongsun Zhi is killed, Nanming may be violent|chaotic, and the country that the general has worked so hard to conquer will not be handed over to others."

Yu Wenyang only knows how to fight, but doesn't know how to govern the country. As everyone knows, the world must be governed after it is conquered.Beiyan is still far away from Nanming, and it is still separated by Baiji River. The best way is to enclose Nanming as a subsidiary country, and the officials of Beiyan and Nanming will be in charge of the government together, and then find a puppet king that is easy to grasp. Nanming held it in his hands.

However, Yu Wenyang didn't bother to move these thoughts, he glanced at Sui Yi, "What do you want to do?"

Seeing that Yu Wenyang had withdrawn his murderous intentions, Sui Yi heaved a sigh of relief and stood up. "General, why don't you imprison Gongsunzhi first, and then ask Mr. Baili what to do. The general doesn't know how to do it well, but he always feels that the King of Nanming can't be killed."

Sui Yi didn't understand the great rituals of poetry and books, but he fought for many years and saw many captives and recovered many small countries. At that time, the kings of those small countries could not be killed, let alone Nanming. Nanming was a powerful country in the world, and everyone's eyes were on him. It's on.

Yu Wenyang pursed his lips. He was very displeased at not being able to kill Gongsun Zhi. He didn't care about those tyrannical | Don't want to get a bad reputation.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenyang put away his long sword as expected, he gave Gongsun Zhi a cold look, his eyes were piercing, and his tone was cold.

"Take him into custody and put him in a dungeon!"

Yu Wenyang left in a huff, unwilling to stay here for a moment, Sui Yi looked at Yu Wenyang's back, and heaved a long sigh. Since the king passed away, General Yuwen was no longer Beiyan's great general protecting the country. , but like a ghost.

As for Gongsun Zhi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, he looked at Yu Wenyang's back and smiled coldly. "This king thought he was a fierce general, but it turned out to be a reckless general."

Hearing this, Sui Yi was very annoyed. He glared at Gongsun Zhi angrily, "He talks too much when he's about to die, come here, tie him up and take him away!"