Haiyan

Zhao Yuqing turned his head and looked at the country where he had lived for more than ten years. The majestic and sturdy high-rise buildings had been reduced to scorched earth under the attack of artillery fire and sharp knives. On the long street, there were cries and screams everywhere, mutilated corpses lay everywhere, children sat beside their mothers and cried, old people hunched over and ran hard, women and children were still protecting Shang Babies in their infancy, the flames of war can be seen everywhere, men are conscripted to defend against internal and external turmoil, and the city is weak and weak, but they are all trampled underfoot by black iron hooves. When their brains exploded, they even still It wasn't too late to see clearly whether the murderer was the enemy army or the Central Army. The chaotic people and horses passed by all the way. Everyone wanted to escape from the imprisoned city gate, but no one could escape.

Warm blood slowly rolled down his cheeks and down his neck, and the young man on the horse suddenly raised his eyes to look at the sun above his head. The weather was rare, and it was not yet midsummer, but he felt the sun was glaring.

In the nearly one month since he came from Bozhou, Li Su and Yin Ping have led the army to the last line of defense of this ancient empire. The city of Kyoto is not far ahead. In the places he has traveled, there are his ancestors, his relatives, his siblings, and all his subjects of the Zhao family.

Since the Army of Justice officially entered the Western Han Dynasty, he has never participated in any battle during this period. He could not use the butcher knife in his hand to kill his former subjects. Those soldiers were with him in the Gyeonggi Palace many years ago Friends of Gong, after many years, they reunited on the battlefield, and he, following the enemy's team, trampled under the horse's hoof inch by inch the mountains and rivers that his ancestors had guarded for hundreds of years.

The surrounding shouts and fighting sounds disappeared in an instant. He looked at the city not far away in a daze. The huge Bauhinia flag was slowly falling under the dazzling light, like a majestic mountain range crashing in the blink of an eye. When it collapsed, the unseen broken rocks splashed out, causing him to be covered in cuts and bruises all over his body.

The bodies that fell one after another in front of him made him feel a little dazed for a moment. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain from his ankle. When he lowered his head, he found that an old man was cutting his dagger fiercely. The ankle hanging on the stirrup didn't even have time to realize what was going on, and saw the old man staring at him with extremely hateful eyes, and then the whole person seemed to be unable to hold on anymore, with a touch Just fell down.

He froze for a moment and blinked, only to realize that there were three black arrows sticking out of the old man's back. The arrows looked familiar to him, they were arrows from the Central Army.

The voice next to his ear resounded again, Zhao Yuqing took a deep breath, and felt that the anger that was about to erupt was faintly burning from head to toe. This is the method of the Western Han Dynasty. Life and death, Rao is now that the army of justice has invaded the outside of the capital city. They will try their best to avoid those innocent people along the way, but as the army and imperial power that protect this country, they don't mind letting them flee in a panic. The people were shot and killed on the ground just because they were the burden and burden of this empire, and when necessary, they would be cleaned up together with the army of justice.

The sound of horseshoes sounded from beside him, and his arm was slightly hurt from being caught under the strong force. He turned his face with a trace of sluggishness. Yin Kang was talking to him anxiously, and then suddenly turned over and got off the horse, putting his hands on his ankles. moving.

"Are you crazy? You're injured and you don't know how to bandage yourself. What are you doing here!" Yin Kang growled at him, and the strong bloody smell on his body made him almost vomit.

"Yuqing, what's wrong with you?"

As if sensing something wrong with him, Yin Kang frowned and stared at his face closely. Seeing that he didn't respond, he said after a while, "Go, I'll take you to rest."

Zhao Yuqing stretched out his hand and tugged at his sleeve, then suddenly pointed at the city wall not far away, on which was a half-broken flagpole.

"The Wang Qi has already fallen, Yin Kang, the next stop is the capital city."

Behind the capital city is Wangyu.

Yin Kang lowered his eyelids and didn't look at him, but his hands hidden in his sleeves couldn't help shaking. Although he wasn't there when the Western Han Dynasty invaded Yebei, the situation at that time was probably even more tragic than today. The Han army is inhumane, they don't care about the life and death of the people in the Northland. When the eagle flag fell from the top of the Golden Tent Palace, what kind of despair and fear did his family and his subjects experience.

The army pushed open the gate of Gubeikou, and the herald had already planted the eagle flag and Luzhan flag of King Guangming on the tower. Yin Kang raised his eyelids, but was speechless for a while.

"I can't retreat, Yin Kang." Zhao Yuqing said, the black iron battle armor on his body had been dyed crimson red, his temples were slightly disheveled, and he couldn't hide the sharpness and determination in his expression. He held the long sword in his hand There was some imperceptible trembling, with streaks of bright red dripping down the horse's hooves, stretching far away, and they were the corpses of soldiers and innocent people: "I have been looking for you since I decided to find you 15 years ago." I betrayed my country and my ancestors, but I don't regret it. They say that karma in this world has reincarnation. How they treated Hokuriku back then should be punished now. I have already prepared for it. I have to bear all the preparations for the consequences of today's events. Besides, it's already at the door of my house, so I can't back down!

Yin Kang grabbed him and did not let go, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Zhao Yuqing smiled, and suddenly stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on Yin Kang's chin lightly. He said solemnly and seriously, "Although I said long ago that my surname is no longer Zhao, there are people living there. In the end, they are all relatives who are connected with me by blood, and I have to explain to them. Don't look at me like that, Yin Kang, don't worry, I have never regretted anything I have done. "

When the horse galloped past, Yin Kang grabbed it subconsciously, and the corner of his clothes slipped past his palm, leaving only a trace of warm wind, cooling the fine sweat in his palm.

Cheers and shouts were like waves rising and falling on the avenue of Gubeikou. After five years, the eagle flag of Yebei was finally about to be planted in Wangyu. Without the arrogance and nobility of the past, embarrassment and panic filled his eyes. He knelt down at the feet of the northern land warriors with a humble begging like a beast. I don’t know where the vast long song began to be sung. The army is like an endless long dragon, and the singing voice with extremely fierce killing spirit seems to pierce a huge hole in the long river, and the black smoke left behind by the remnants of the artillery fire drifts with the wind It rises in the air, mixed with white clouds, like a big joke.

The warriors shuttled back and forth among the wolves all had strong smiles on their faces, as if the warriors could only express their inner excitement at the moment by waving the horsewhip vigorously in their hands.Yin Kang was silent for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to caress the horse's back a few times, then looked at the majestic corner of the palace, and let out a deep breath.

At night, when the army stopped outside Gubeikou, the kingfisher stood on the branch and sang softly, and a burst of joy and laughter came into the room. When Li Su pushed the door and entered, the room was completely dark, and only when he walked around the screen did he see Changsheng standing on the ground. Standing with his back facing the wooden barrel, he took off the bloody soft armor. The wooden barrel was full of hot air. The young man's thin white and strong waist was like an aphrodisiac, which immediately made him tense up. Throat.

Standing there for a moment, Chang Sheng was whistling and was about to take off his pants, when he heard a slightly rough breath coming from behind, almost subconsciously, he turned his head, and happened to meet Li Su's pair of eyes that didn't know where to go. Which glanced at the eyes.

Chang Sheng: "..."

"Where are you standing stealthily to scare anyone!" Chang Sheng glared at him, the braids all over his head were removed, and the curly hair was scattered on his bare shoulders as if it had been bombed. He walked a few steps forward and stopped in front of Li Su, stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes, and said with a smile, "Have you seen enough? Do you think I'm so handsome?"

Li Su grabbed his hand, put it near his mouth and bit his fingertips lightly, and asked, "Why did you come back without saying a word?"

Chang Sheng said: "I see that they are eating and drinking, so I don't have the nerve to say, it's getting late, isn't it going to enter the capital city tomorrow? I'll come back and take a bath, I'm full of fishy smell, it stinks to death."

Li Su stretched out his hand and squeezed his warm arm. Chang Sheng is really lucky. After all these years of battles, he has not suffered too much injury. Only the two hideous scars on his shoulders are still there. He was injured by the Central Army on the cliff that year. Apart from that, there are no obvious traces of war.

The room was very quiet, except for the noisy play outside, Li Su suddenly stretched out his hand along his arm and began to rub it up little by little, finally stopped at the neck, and then repeatedly swept it with his fingertips , until Chang Sheng got goose bumps all over his body, and asked him: "What's wrong with you?"

Li Su glanced at him inexplicably, and suddenly asked, "Are you going to take a bath?"

Chang Sheng: "..."

Li Su suddenly moved closer to him, put his mouth on his ear, and said in a low voice, "Let's wash together, shall we?"

Chang Sheng clearly saw a wicked smile flashing in his eyes, and before he could react, he was hugged up, and the last weight on his body was immediately removed, and the two of them got into the hot water together.

An hour later, the sky outside was already very dark. Chang Sheng casually put on a coat and went out, but felt that the night wind still had a tinge of coldness.

Li Su was talking to Liang Xiao not far away. He wanted to let go to find Yin Ping, but Liang Xiao suddenly pointed his way. Li Su came over and asked him, "Did you just say that Are you tired and want to sleep? Where are you going?"

Chang Sheng saw that he was wearing thin clothes, and there was still a trace of fresh fragrance on his body after a bath, so he said, "Didn't you say you would only come out for a while?"

Li Su nodded: "Well, I'll go back now." He raised his eyebrows: "Did you come here specially to find me?"

Chang Sheng said sincerely: "No, I want to talk to Yin Ping."

A trace of displeasure flashed across Li Su's face, and he snorted, "Got it."

Chang Sheng said with a smile: "You go in first, I'll be back in a while."

Li Su grabbed him, and suddenly asked: "It's so late, is there anything I can't tell him tomorrow?"

Chang Sheng said: "I want to tell him about going to the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Li Su frowned, and his face immediately sank: "Have you decided?"

Chang Sheng nodded, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Li Su didn't say anything, just looked at him.

Chang Sheng squeezed his palms: "Jing Rong and the others have already occupied the Zijin Palace, and Liu Fei was guarded by dozens of people personally brought by Jing Qi. If my brother is still alive, maybe he can leave Liu Fei a little bit now." I have a chance to live, but my brother is gone, so I have to avenge him."

Li Su frowned slightly: "Do you have to go alone?"

Chang Sheng said stubbornly: "Well, I know you have always wanted to kill Zhao Yuqiang with your own hands, I understand, but I don't want to wait any longer. In the past few days, I have often dreamed about the words my brother said to me when he was dying, I always feel uneasy in my heart. If I don’t act as soon as possible, I’m afraid that there will be some troubles. Now that their Nine Route King’s Army is in a mess, I always feel that sooner or later these people will find out that you have set up a scheme to deceive them. Once you regain your senses and fight with our people, once Liu Fei is taken away by them, it will be very troublesome."

Li Su asked him, "Have you decided when to leave?"

Chang Sheng: "I originally planned to go to Wangyu with you tomorrow, but I changed my mind after talking to you just now."

He straightened his expression and said seriously: "I want to leave tomorrow."

Liang Xiao stepped forward and stood behind Li Su and asked him, "Do you really want the third prince to come over tomorrow?"

Li Su said expressionlessly: "I have no reason to stop him, and I can't stop him."

Liang Xiao said: "At the very least, we have to be with someone here. What if something happens along the way? It will take seven or eight days at the fastest to go to the Eastern Han Dynasty from here."

Li Su said lightly: "Don't worry, Jiang Xing and the others will definitely not be left behind."

The moon hangs upside down overhead, shrouding the ancient and majestic palace brightly. On the main road of Bauhinia Avenue, the palace people are running away in panic with their bags in their arms. The dedicated Central Army has long gone to nowhere. The Hall of Eternal Life is already a mess, with valuables scattered all over the place. The door of the hall is wide open, and the inside is pitch black, but you can vaguely see the huge plaque at the end of the cabinet crashing. Landing on the ground, he fell on the golden dragon chair. The whole palace seemed to be crushed by black clouds, with a huge air of desolation. There was no savior, let alone the protection of the so-called imperial power.

The powerful nobles had already fled when the Northern Army invaded Gubeikou. The civil strife rising from the states and the joint attack of the five princes soon disintegrated the interior of the Western Han Dynasty like moths. The emperor started from yesterday. They had already disappeared, and everyone was trembling and frightened, for fear that when the army of justice invaded, they would become the ghosts of those northern landmen.

Suddenly, a dull sound of horseshoes sounded from nowhere, and the palace people began to scream in horror. The flames instantly illuminated the dark corridor, and the leader was covered in blood. sharpness between.

"Crazy, all crazy, where is the Central Army! Where is the Forbidden Army!"

Zhao Yuxuan yelled loudly while sitting on the horse. The long sword hanging by his waist had long since lost its hilt, and there were several large gaps on the edge of the sword. There was a strong evil spirit all over his body. Behind him was a small team of less than 30 soldiers. The soldiers were all downcast, obviously no longer having the courage to go on the battlefield. He got off his horse and almost staggered. He ran forward a few steps and grabbed a young eunuch who was still running, and shouted angrily: "Where are the others! Where is Your Majesty! What about the army! Where is the commander of the Gyeonggi Palace! Where are they all! Ah! Where are they all!"

The little eunuch tremblingly said: "Ten... Thirteen Princes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has disappeared since yesterday... There has been no one in the Gyeonggi Hall for a long time, and the Central Army... all nobody."

"What do you mean missing!"

He roared almost in despair, the depths of his eyes were dark red, and there were blood stains that hadn't been washed off for several days and stubble that hadn't been cleaned up on his face.

A few days ago, he took [-] central troops to Xisuoguan to intercept and kill the Northland army, because at that time the king of the north was taking less than [-] soldiers to defend Xisuoguan in an attempt to use Xisuoguan as a means of defense. He thought that as long as Yin Ping could be resolved, the North Army's mind would be in a state of confusion, and their remaining tens of thousands of Central Army could easily defeat this group of enemies, but he didn't want to meet them halfway. Li Su's Golden Armored Army, old friends met, Li Su's men surrounded and wiped out almost all of his soldiers, but did not kill him. He hated himself at that time, hated himself for letting him go five years ago, but in the end, he became annihilated One of the executioners who lost his country.

"I don't know, the thirteenth prince, after you led the troops away seven days ago, our palace was in chaos. Those clansmen all disappeared, the prime minister, and the king of Qin, they all ran away, your majesty, your majesty yesterday noon I can't find it..."

Zhao Yuxuan let go of the hand holding the young eunuch's neckline weakly, and in a split second, the little eunuch staggered and ran away without a trace. Then blurred.

"It's over, it's over..."

The soldiers behind came up to help him, but found that they couldn't move the royal family at all, so they had to kneel down and said, "Please take care of yourselves, the rest of us will follow the prince to the end." Moment!"

Zhao Yujue wiped his face with his hand, turned his head to look at the chaotic inner court behind him, and said in a low voice, "The last moment? The last moment! His Majesty has already run away, who shall we guard? Well? Who shall we guard!"

The soldier did not speak, and did not dare to move.

Zhao Yuzheng sat on the spot for a while, thought of something, suddenly stood up and got on the horse, and before the soldiers asked, he rushed forward suddenly.

The night was dark, and when the thick stone wall was opened with a mechanism, it made an old friction sound. After walking through a brightly lit corridor, a huge palace soon appeared in front of him. Zhao Yuzhen stopped and stared at Daoming After looking at Huang's back for a long time, he finally opened his mouth and said, "You are indeed here."

The young emperor sitting cross-legged did not turn around, and replied, "I didn't expect you to come back alive."

"So you had the idea of ​​letting me die from the beginning, right?"

"You are my younger brother. Although you were not born to the same mother, you are the son of the late emperor. Why do I expect you to die if you serve as a soldier for the country?"

Zhao Yuzheng took two quick steps forward, stood in front of him, and blocked the huge sacrificial wall in front of him behind him. Zhao Yuqiang raised his head to look at him. There was hardly much expression on his face, but there was an imperceptible trace in his eyes. Disappointment still flashed out in an instant, and was caught by the person in front of him.

"Do you think they can't find you if you hide here now? Don't forget, our Eighth Prince is standing with the Beilu army now. Once the army invades the king's domain, they can't find you. You Think he can't figure out that you're hiding here?!"

"Do you think I'm sitting here to avoid them?" Zhao Yuqiang raised his eyebrows and asked back, suddenly raised his hand and slapped the bloody smell from Zhao Yujuan's body with a little disgust.

"According to your temperament, isn't it?" Zhao Yuzhen ignored his movements and stood still.

Zhao Yuqiang smiled instead of anger: "So, in your heart, I have always been a coward?"

"No." Zhao Yuzhen said firmly: "You are not only a coward, but also a butcher!"

Zhao Yuqiang continued to laugh: "The butcher? Who did you slaughter? Those lowly slaves from the North? Those outside?!" He stretched out his hands to support the ground, stood up with some difficulty, moved a few steps to the side, and then moved his eyes from Scanning the portraits of Emperor Zhao listed as emperors on the altar wall, he finally stopped on the one of Emperor Ai, and said, "Can you kill our good emperor father?"

"Enough!" Zhao Yuzhen turned his head and yelled angrily at him: "How much better do you think you are than him?! It's just that a mountain is higher than a mountain, just as cruel and shameless, and you are even worse, you Not only cruel, but also a mediocre! Look at the good things you have done these years! Do you think you can sit safely on the throne even without the army of the Northland! Think about it all these years because of you The people who rebelled from the ground! How they were trampled under your feet! Think about those captives from the six neighboring counties and the slaves who were defeated in the Great Bei, what kind of life they lived in the Western Han Dynasty all these years! You Do you think that the surname of Zhao in this world will be surnamed Zhao in 100 years and 1000 years?! You tyrant, stupid king! Like your father, you like to snatch other people's things and want to control everything in your own hands You are selfish and arrogant, just as stupid as you are! Can you hear that? Ah? Can you hear the lion roaring outside? Can you hear the leopard flag? Are there any rumors? They are coming! My lord, they have already arrived at the door of the house, but what are you doing? Where are the clan relatives who usually support you? Where are the elders of the Senate? Where are the soldiers? Where have they all gone? Look, are there any of them helping you? Yes? Yes!"

The loud voice echoed in the empty palace, shaking the surrounding lights to jump again and again.

On the surrounding walls are hung 500 emperors of the Western Han Dynasty over the past 29 years—Gaozu Zhao Qi, Yangzu Zhao Guangyi, Taizong Zhao Ziyong, Zhao Emperor Zhao Zhong, Yi Wang Zhao Xun, Yuan Emperor Zhao Pingsi, Zhongzong Zhao Changqu, Xiaosi Wang Zhao Zuxuan...... Ai Emperor Zhao Che.

The interlaced shadows of the two were stretched very long, which seemed a little weird at this moment.

"If you were able to govern the world well back then, at least those people and princes would not stab us inside when the Northern Army invaded the city! If you didn't send Li Zongyao to Pingshachuan back then but stayed He is in Beijing, at least Li Su will not bring the Golden Armored Army to stand on the other side of the Yin family in Beilu! And Liang Guoying, the family of the Duke of the Protectorate is full of loyalty, how were you and the emperor humiliated and trampled by you in those years, even if I really doubt that the third father-in-law let go of Yin's two children for his aunt, but what did Liang Xiao do wrong? Are you really deliberately revenge for your own selfishness or what you know best, if it is not because of your mistake No matter how wrong you are, are you still sitting helplessly in the mourning hall of your ancestors like a lonely family at this moment, waiting for their army to enter the city tomorrow? Even the Central Army has betrayed you, and your army is gone. What do you have to do with them? Dou? Take these 29 portraits of our ancestors!"

"You are enough!" Zhao Yuqiang finally got angry, turned around and shouted at him: "Do you think I want to see the situation like today? Do you think all this would not happen even if I didn't sit in this position?" The Western Han Dynasty has long been rotten from the inside, rotten from the root! When the father was in power, what kind of life did the powerful and nobles live, and what kind of life did the untouchables live? What's the difference? Ah? Now you're pushing everything on my head, why? I ask you, why? Are you afraid of your father? You are really his good son, my thirteen Brother! Even though he has been dead for so many years, you are still so filial to support him, no matter what he did wrong, you think it is very right, and if I do something wrong, those Whatever I did or didn't do, it's all my fault... Good son, what a good son."

Zhao Yuxuan tilted his head weakly, and looked at the portrait of Emperor Ai with some blank eyes. After a long time, he said: "I never thought that everything he did was right, especially when he dealt with Beilu back then. Everything is retribution!"

He suddenly walked towards him, Zhao Yuqiang immediately turned his head and shouted: "Stop! Where are you going!"

Zhao Yuxuan sneered without looking back: "Our Majesty is hiding under the protection of his ancestors like a coward. Naturally, I want to go out and defend him against the killers outside. You can bear our palace walls being destroyed by them." Destroy it with artillery fire, but I can't do it."

Zhao Yuqiang closed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "How many troops do you have?"

Zhao Yuzheng said in a cold voice: "A man? No, I only have myself!"

All the chaos on the palace road seemed to have stopped. Looking around, except for the twenty Central Army soldiers who followed him just now, there was no one to be seen anymore. The huge royal court seemed to be wiped out overnight. Empty, people are gone, and the country is almost gone.

The night wind hit his face, and the blood-stained hair on the sideburns kept burrowing into his neck. The soldiers stood at the bottom of the jade steps and looked at him expressionlessly. When he scanned it, Zhao Yuzhen felt a little funny in his heart for a while.

What a mess.He thought, at this moment, he must be more embarrassed than them.

He sighed, pulled out the long sword that had lost its hilt, raised it high and pointed to the sky, and shouted: "Soldiers, we are the only ones left in the king's domain. Come in, don't be afraid of death, go up with me and defend the last dignity of the Western Han Dynasty!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The night is black as ink, and if anything can be done for this crumbling empire, it will be the last.

In the early morning, the sky was not yet bright, and the mist was shrouded, and the three armies moved together.

Li Su carefully tied the long knife around Chang Sheng's waist, and then through the breeze, he lowered his head and brushed gently against his forehead against his lips. Jiang Xingguan Chong and Yang Zhen waited behind, reaching out to grab Grabbing the soft armor on both sides of his waist, Chang Sheng said: "You must wait for me to come back, let's go back to Zhongzhou together."

Li Su reached out his hand to brush the loose hair on his sideburns, and said softly, "Okay."

Changsheng grabbed his shoulders and hugged him, pressed it to his ear and said, "Some things are embarrassing to say, but I still want to say them. Li Su, although we can't be like those men and women who love each other, we can have a lifetime in this life." A pile of children, but I love you, I only love you in my life, I want to be with you forever, I am not afraid of what the world will think of you and me, as long as I can guard you, watch you, follow you, that is enough , I don’t want to be separated from you for another ten or three years, I don’t want to be separated from you for three months or three days, after I kill Liu Fei, we will go to Zhongzhou, I don’t want to delay any more.”

Li Su patted him on the back, with a smile on his lips, and said in a deep voice, "Okay."

Chang Sheng stood up, and suddenly stomped hard on his foot, pouted at him as if he was a child, and complained: "Remember to miss me, I'm leaving."

Li Su endured the pain but laughed out loud, "Be careful on the road!"

After Chang Sheng got on the horse, he added: "Come back as soon as possible, you understand!"

Chang Sheng nodded emphatically, slammed down the whip, and the group quickly disappeared on the ancient road.

The summer dawned very early, and the thin mist had already dissipated. Li Su rode his horse and chased to the front of the team. Yin Ping asked, "Are you leaving?"

Li Su nodded and said to him, "Let's go."

"The whole army obeys the order and sets off!"

The herald shouted loudly, the king's flag in his hand swung down in mid-air, the horn blared, passed through Gubeikou, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were slowly approaching the capital city.

The author has something to say: Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was Zhao Qi. I had always called him Liu Qi before, but I was dizzy, so I changed it.

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