Chapter 99: The Door(1/2)
The green shade surrounds Huangshadao City, which is the most comfortable time for Huangshadao. The spring breeze and sand are receding and the hot summer is not coming. The soldiers standing on the city wall are looking around, and their tight faces can't help but become soft until they see the ruins of Huangshadao.
The deserted Huangsha Road ruins are particularly eye-catching in the dark green area, and there is a dazzling depression in the distance, which is the collapsed Queen's Mausoleum.
The soldier's face tensed again, and the waist knife in his hand was tightened, and noise came from the city behind him.
"...It's been raining for so long..."
"......This is the Queen's angry..."
".....Miss Rong is still locked up..."
"......What's going on? Why don't the government ignore such a big thing..."
The soldiers did not look back, and the people in the city were panicked again. After a moment, the sound of footsteps and armor clattered from behind.
"No gatherings are allowed, they all scatter."
"Miracles and secrets must not be discussed!"
The soldiers' scolding made the noise even more intense, but under the pressure of the government and weapons, the people quickly dispersed, and the streets became quiet. The big yellow teeth in the carriage shop beside them looked at it.
Although people are not allowed to gather and the city gates are closed all over the world, life in the city still maintains daily life and does not prohibit people from walking. The shops are also open, but people are not interested in shopping, eating, drinking, and buying and selling.
"There are several levels of soldiers and horses outside the city, and I don't know how long it will take to close the city." The owner of the carriage shop whispered behind Dahuangya, "The business cannot be done." He looked worried and looked back at the empty inn.
Dahuangya didn't worry at all and said, "Don't have such a short vision, the business will be big in the future." Although many days have passed, I still look excited when I think about it, "I'll see the Queen appear with my own eyes. I won't worry about my business in this life, and our Huangshadao's business will no longer worry about."
The innkeeper looked at him and said, "Business? What if there is no yellow sand road?"
No more yellow sand road? Dahuangya looked back at him.
The innkeeper looked at the people who were walking tremblingly on the street, the closed city gate not far away, and the soldiers with thick armor, and sighed.
"If you can turn a yellow sand road into a ruin, you can turn the second yellow sand road into a ruin." He said, looking up at the sunshine, "The sky is turning upside down."
Dahuangya sneered: "Stop learning from those literati who are sad about spring and autumn. The Yellow Sha Dao is a place where heaven appears, and no one can destroy it." He turned his head and held the door frame and looked outside.
He knew the concerns of the innkeeper, which was also the concerns of the people of Huangshadao. It was not because the Queen's Mausoleum collapsed again this time, and the government responded to the concerns. In fact, the people of Huangshadao have always been worried. Since the fire, looking at the ruins in front of him, they were trembling day and night...
Will they be the next evil spirit?
Will this Huangsha Road also become a ruin?
No one knows, only God knows, God knows.
So they can only believe in heaven and can only grasp the gods tightly.
The Empress has appeared, and the Empress is guarding the Yellow Sha Road!
Dahuang's teeth gritted his teeth and said, "It can't be destroyed."
I ran in front of the city gate, and the closed city gate was opened. Are you going to open the door? Dahuangya and the innkeeper both stared at each other and took a step out. The running officers and soldiers had already closed the city gate, and a group of dusty commanders galloped past.
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There is no noise and noise in the prison on Huangshadao. No matter the season, it is always cold, and there is no wailing or complaining in other cells. It is quiet here.
The footsteps broke the silence, the prison guards ran, the chains clattered, and the prison door was pushed open respectfully by them. The garrison general of the Huangsha Road walked in with a calm face.
In the depths of the prison cell, Guo Zian was no longer tied to the punishment frame, and the guards were replaced by the prison guards.
The leather boots stopped in the cell and looked down at Guo Zi'an lying on the dead grass. The young man's face was pale and closed his eyes. The black and red stained prison clothes were tightly attached to his skin, as if embedded in the flesh.
"I'll let you rest for two days, so that you won't die before you even enter Beijing." The general said coldly, "Guo Zi'an, I'll ask you for the last time if you are Xue Qing's accomplice, who has conveyed the message to you, and who is involved in it."
Guo Zian on the dead grass was motionless and as if he was fainted.
The general looked behind him, and the prison guards who were protruding their heads immediately retreated. Only the generals were left in the cell. He bent his knees and squatted down and looked at Guo Zi'an.
"Guo Zi'an, it's better if you don't say anything else, as long as you admit that you are Xue Qing's accomplice." His voice was low, "I'll give you some fun."
The young man in front of him still did not respond.
"You have to know that entering the capital is not a traumatic pain. If you enter the prison cell there, you cannot die or survive." The general said, "You have also heard of the means of prison in the Ministry of Justice. Duan Shan..."
Speaking of this, Guo Zian, who was fainting, suddenly laughed, and the general was stunned.
"What are you laughing at?" he frowned.
Guo Zian opened his eyes, and his pale face was covered with red silk, looking at the general without saying anything.
"Duan Shan is dead, but his methods are not dead." The general said, "Guo Zi'an, you have followed me for so long, I..."
Guo Zi'an's chapped lips moved, interrupting the general's words.
"I'm not a member of the party, I don't know anything."
The voice was weak and powerless, but the general heard it clearly. These words were repeated these days. Even if he didn't make a sound, he could know when he watched his lips squirming. The general looked coldly at the young man in front of him for a moment.
"Okay, the order from the capital has arrived. I will send you to the capital today." He said, standing up and walking out with his leather boots, with no sound behind him.
Walking out of the dark cell, the general looked at the green shade and said, "I don't know if I should admire him or..."
This kind of young man who would rather die than surrender is the best quality in the army, but he will be a thief...
He clearly has a bright future, so why do he have to destroy himself? He really can't understand the young people today.
"Escort him into Beijing." He said.
The soldiers guarding outside the door responded, and just as they were about to move, a sharp horn suddenly came from the air. Although the tense atmosphere in Huangshadao City had been long, the horn suddenly sounded, and the general could not help but tremble.
"What?" he said, looking surprised.
He didn't know what the sound of this horn was. Any soldier knew it, let alone being a general.
This is an alarm for enemy attacks.
However, there is no war in Xiliang, no rebellion in the territory, and it is not a border, so I rarely hear it except when training troops.
There is no training now, why...there is an enemy attack?
The horn continued, harsh, and the general was shocked, looking at the stunned soldiers beside him, roaring, "What are you stupid? Are you all stupid?"
The soldiers came to their senses by this drink and ran quickly.
The streets of Huangshadao City are already full of soldiers and horses running around.
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"General Hu, General Hu."
The Huangshadao Magistrate hurriedly walked up to the city center surrounded by officials.
"Are you a native of Xiliang?"
The general said: "If the people of Xiliang could fight to us, they would be discovered and would be destroyed in half a Great Zhou."
Yes, Huangsha Road is not a border, and the people of Xiliang were unable to kill here quietly under the heavy troops. The prefect breathed a sigh of relief and raised his breath: "Who is that?"
Looking around, I looked over the deserted Huangsha Road ruins, and a group of people could be seen four or five miles away. The number was not large, three or four hundred.
Because the Queen's Mausoleum collapsed again, soldiers and horses were added outside Huangshadao City and three fortresses were set up. How did these more than 300 people avoid coming here? What were they doing?
"We came forward to ask, but they were knocked off the horse before we could approach." said an officer, holding up an arrow, "using this."
It was killed just by killing. Is there any weapon that works? The prefect frowned and looked slightly surprised. This was a very common arrow, but there was no arrow.
"Don't hurt people?" The prefect quickly understood and said even more surprised, "What are these people going to do?"
The officer will say, "They want us to... surrender."
Surrender? Why? Because of these three hundred people?
Everyone looked into the distance again, and saw more than 300 people beginning to approach Huangshadao City. Their speed was not fast, and they looked relaxed and casual, but they moved slowly but were imposing, as if they were preying on wild animals. They dispersed and gathered together, slowly raised like swords, and slowly pulled open like a big net...
They had only more than 300 people, and their horses were pedaling like thousands of people running in front of them, with their paces neatly, calm and majestic...
The officers and soldiers on the top of the city were tense, and the troops under the city gate were slightly restless.
"They are soldiers." General Hu said, with a serious expression. "They are well-trained soldiers, not thugs."
The prefect's eyes fell on the three hundred people. Their unified black cloth robe seemed to have turned into armor. Their horses were even more majestic than the horses garrisoned by Huangsha Road.
What kind of soldiers are they?
No matter what kind of soldiers they are, they cannot let them continue to show off their power and show their power. The morale of the army may really be surrendered.
"Catch them!" General Hu said.
With his order, the order on the city wall was activated. The cavalry that had already been arranged under the city wall ran out, with fierce horse hooves and shaking on the ground. These were cavalry with a total of thousands of people. There was no need to be fair in the battle, and they had to use crushing forces to solve the enemy as soon as possible.
Standing on the city wall, you can see the fan-shaped cavalry of thousands of people scattering like a palm, and the iron hooves stomp the sand, dust and smoke, and you want to slap the three hundred cavalry coming to death.
At the same time, the wolf smoke lit a lit up the order of the fortress to send troops, which was to attack forward and backward.
"When we arrived at the city gate silently, we must annihilate them with thunder, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable." General Hu said, his face was ugly. It was probably the first time that he encountered such a shameful thing in so many years of marching and fighting.
The prefect didn't think much about the morale of the army. His heart was indeed unstable. He felt the shock of the army's attack, and his eyes fell firmly on the three hundred cavalry. In front of the cavalry that was thundering, they were still maintaining their previous pace, strolling in the garden, condescending...
Their speed has accelerated, just like a lion and leopard that finally took action, facing twice as many prey as themselves...
To be continued...