The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 224: Lure him into a ditch

The King of Wei arranged the following matters in a few words.

The soldier could hardly stand at the entrance of the tent, as if his butt was on fire.

The King of Wei glanced at him and was about to walk out, but suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask He Songning: "Why didn't you say a word today?"

He Songning said calmly: "If you are not good at this, you must be careful in what you say and do, so as not to mislead His Highness and make a big mistake."

The King of Wei nodded: "That's right..." At least it's better than Hou Qiyun's talkativeness, which has not been put to good use yet.

The King of Wei did not hesitate any more, put on heavy armor and walked out.

Fang Chengzhong sighed, "I thought Hou Qiyun would ask Your Highness to help. He must have spent a lot of time on Zheng Feng. Zheng Feng died so miserably, but he just endured it?"

"Hou Qiyun can't give up his conscience, but he doesn't have the courage and means to take responsibility." King Xuan paused, and said in a cold and concise voice: "He cut off his own retreat."

Fang Chengzhong was puzzled: "If that's the case, why doesn't Your Majesty change a more powerful general? Such as Pei Jing and Li Xiwei... who are resolute and decisive, and are not afraid of offending King Wei."

"Hou Qiyun is a touchstone."

Fang Chengzhong's puzzled expression became even stronger. What is a touchstone?

Is it used to test whether King Wei is still useful?

The Xu family fell, but King Wei was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Army to conquer Yizhou, taking away the command power from King Xuan.

Everyone thought that this was His Majesty's intention to train King Wei.

But now it sounds like... it's not the case.

What if after trying, we find that the King of Wei is indeed stupid?

Fang Chengzhong shook his head and didn't dare to think further.

At this time, King Xuan suddenly said, "There is a sound."

Fang Chengzhong said, "The sound of galloping horses? King Wei is going to lead the army to block Deji?"

King Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance: "It can't be blocked."

He said confidently, and immediately ordered: "Immediately withdraw the camp and retreat to Guanlingpo four miles away."

After he said that, Fang Chengzhong said, "Go and ask the King of Wei to withdraw the army."

Fang Chengzhong didn't react at all: "Ah?" He responded heavily with "Yes", and without asking the reason, he galloped away.

But he was stopped before he got close.

Looking from a distance.

I saw King Wei looking at Deji and shouting: "Quick, bite him!"

King Wei's army rushed forward.

Deji sneered, "You Central Plains men also have shameless tricks! Bullying the minority with numbers!"

The King of Wei sneered, "If you are not of my race, you must be killed! Getting rid of you and saving the people of Yizhou is the way of a gentleman!"

Deji shook his head slowly when he heard the voice, and he was not in a hurry. He swung his knife like flying and broke through the encirclement.

He wanted to go back to the city.

Even those Meng soldiers were hacked to death at his feet, and he didn't even blink.

The King of Wei was delighted to see him trying to escape.

His method was really good!

One escaped, the other chased.

Soon they approached the trench.

Fang Chengzhong saw this and stopped persuading him. After a while, he ran back.

"They can't see the King of Wei. They just said they would report it..." Fang Chengzhong was helpless.

As soon as he finished speaking, the rumbling sound became louder.

Fang Chengzhong turned his head back instinctively.

The trench built around the entire city turned into a long, thick, curved black line in his eyes. Above the black line, under the sun, a white light suddenly appeared, followed by more and more white light, more and more!

Finally it turned into a roaring, muddy yellow python!

The Wei army rushed straight up.

Then they were swept away.

Fang Chengzhong's face suddenly changed: "The flood has been released!"

He raised his whip high: "Gee! Go!"

Instinctively went to the guard beside King Xuan.

But then he thought of what King Xuan had just said about retreating to Guanlingpo... Your Highness noticed it when he first asked about the sound, right?

But how can Your Highness King Xuan be sure that it is a flood?

It hasn't rained recently!

Fang Chengzhong was full of doubts.

The Wei army was also stunned by the sudden flood.

The flood rushed down the trench. Because the trench was shallow, it soon overflowed. When the huge impact force collided with the ditch bank, the splash of water hit the face and hurt.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Hou Qiyun had seen the power of the Huai River before, and it was no exaggeration to say that it left a shadow in his heart.

He wanted to give advice to the King of Wei before, and it would be better to wait until the flood season flooded Yizhou City before taking action. Who knew that now they would be flooded first.

The King of Wei had not yet reacted.

This scene came abruptly.

It was like a stroke of the battle between gods and demons in the myths and legends depicted in the scroll, rising from the ground.

He only heard Hou Qiyun roaring more hoarsely: "Grab food and grass! Don't let it be flooded! Quick! Turn back!"

Hou Qiyun shouted hoarsely: "The trench is shallow, it is because of the silt and sand accumulation after the flood! Someone is discharging the flood on top... We are in trouble!"

Since ancient times, only people have suffered from floods.

How could Hou Qiyun think that there are still people who dare to divert the river directly to deal with the enemy?

He regretted it, but he didn't dare to leave the King of Wei too far.

Hou Qiyun calmed himself down and looked up at the King of Wei.

But he saw Deji laughing up to the sky and dragging the King of Wei off the horse.

The horse was unstable under the impact of the flood.

Even the King of Wei was staggering and could only let him control him.

Deji stood there steadily, and when he saw the King of Wei struggling, he slapped him twice.

"What a bastard prince of Liang Dynasty, that's all. Grandpa, am I not worthy of fighting you? Haha, are you afraid of being beaten by your grandpa and me?"

Deji quickly tied King Wei with a rope and kicked him into the ditch.

Hou Qiyun was so frightened that he almost lost his mind: "What are you doing standing still? Save King Wei! Save King Wei!"

A moment of chaos.

The scene was chaotic.

Deji laughed loudly and threw the rope to the slaves on the side: "Hold on, we should go! If he is lost, your whole family will be dragged to sacrifice!"

The Mon people have always had the habit of bringing slaves with them to war.

Slaves would carry food and bow and arrow ropes on their backs.

There are so many of them that it would not be a pity to die.

At this moment, he seemed to be Deji's most capable lieutenant. Dozens of them rushed forward together, firmly grasping the knot, entangled themselves, and crawled forward from the increasingly flooded water.

Some people were also washed away along the way.

But soon someone else came up.

Because they are tied to a rope, they are less likely to be washed away.

The army of King Wei could not catch up with him, nor could he cross him.

I was all in a hurry.

He could only watch as they crawled back to the city gate.

Countless sandbags were thrown down from upstairs, forming a line of defense at the city gate.

I think they were prepared.

"Creak--" That was the heart-wrenching sound of the city gate opening wide.

They stared intently at the wide open door, eager to fly over.

But in the end... they could only obey Hou Qiyun's order and rush to rescue food and grass.

One dip and it's all over.

They can starve to death here without spending a single soldier!

With tears in his eyes, Hou Qiyun reluctantly turned around and gave up rescuing King Wei...

King Wei thought he was going to die.

The extremely dirty water poured into his mouth and nose.

His head kept hitting the wall of the ditch.

The head seems to be about to split!

But it didn't crack.

It was just the suffocating, brain-piercing pain that accompanied him and tortured him...

He was dragged all the way into Yizhou City.

The rough ground rubbed his body and face.

He hurt more.

How much he wanted to show off and shout heroically, it's such a big insult, why not kill me!

But his throat seemed to be stuck.

No sound was made at all.

At least... at least I didn't cry out in pain. I still retain the character of my Liang Dynasty!

"Master, the King of Wei is here." Deji said with a smile as if he were offering a treasure.

Lin Gu looked at the miserable man in front of him, his armor had been taken off, his inner clothes were in tatters, and even his head was red and swollen...

"Both are the sons of the Liang Dynasty emperor, how come there is such a big gap?" Lin Gu wondered from the bottom of his heart.

But it also really hit the sore spot of King Wei.

King Wei raised his head with difficulty and cursed: "You kidnapped Princess Xuan, and now you dare to kidnap me. By insulting the Liang Dynasty like this, do you know that you will only attract more powerful generals?"

He thought sadly in his heart, wondering where Princess Xuan was.

Now that we have reached such a desperate situation... it would not be bad if we died together with Princess Xuan.

Although they don’t have the same quilt in life, they have the same acupuncture point in death, and they can even make King Xuan’s nose crooked with anger!

Lin Gu grinned: "I don't know. Please tell me carefully, which generals are coming to chop off my head?"

King Wei frowned and began to give his name.

Lin Gu was very happy after hearing this. He turned around and said, "How about it? But you know them all?"

Yao Minghui, who was sitting there motionless, just put down the pen in his hand and glanced at the list he had just completed.

Yao Minghui said: "Most of them know what tactics they are good at, what weapons they are good at, which division they are from, what battles they have participated in... I know a little bit."

Lin Gu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "General Yao is really my best friend of the Meng people! The Meng people will never survive without you! In this way... except for King Xuan, we have no bottom, and everything else is out of the question. !”

When King Wei heard this, he felt something was wrong.

He suddenly looked up at Yao Minghui.

Of course he didn't know who Yao Minghui was, but his appearance and accent were obviously different from those of the Mon people...

"He's a traitor!" King Wei cursed.

Yao Minghui corrected him: "You are the traitor."

He turned the list to King Wei and said, "This is what you said yourself."

King Wei's heart fell into the bottomless abyss.

How could I have made such a mistake?

I...how could I?

"We will not kill you. It would be even more shameful for Emperor Liang De to have a fool like you alive," Yao Minghui said.

Lin Gu interrupted: "I haven't found Princess Xuan for a long time... You say, hang her on the tower tomorrow to lure his brother, Prince Xuan, to rescue him. Do you think it's okay?"

Sweat rolled down King Wei's forehead.

He immediately started racking his brains to recall whether he and King Xuan had ever had a moment of brotherly tenderness...

He racked his brains for a long time and finally found out.

No!

Not at all!

King Xuan’s only tenderness was given to Xue Qingyin!

He thought sadly... It would be better to put him in women's clothes and ask him to pretend to be Xue Qingyin.

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