Episode 10 Chapter 467

Chapter 467

News of the cities being breached came to the palace one after another. Now the palace of King Mo was filled with panic and chaos. The guards were rushing back and forth as if they were facing a powerful enemy, while the maids were busy avoiding disasters. They were frightened. Running around.

In the main hall of the palace, Shao Fang sat on the king's chair with a gloomy face, clenched his fists, and cursed angrily: "These villains and sycophants usually talk about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, but at the critical moment , either defecting or fleeing, I was really blind before using these treacherous officials and traitors!"

As the saying goes, when a tree falls, the monkeys scatter. There are now less than ten ministers of Mo State who are still with Shao Fang, and the highest-ranking one among them is Tian Zhong.

General Li Jin and Grand Tutor Zhang Rong had already defected to the Feng Kingdom. Guo Hui, the left prime minister, also ran faster than a rabbit and had disappeared. The huge Mo Kingdom court and so many important ministers and dignitaries were either fleeing or surrendering at this time. Surrendering and hiding, in the end, only Tian Zhong, a mere Tingwei, was left.

Shao Fang cursed for a while, then stopped talking, lowered his head and looked down. There were only a handful of civil servants and generals left in the hall. After looking at it, he couldn't help but feel happy again, but his happiness now was uglier than crying.

His eyes fell on Tian Zhong and asked: "Tian Zhong, it's now this time, why don't you run away?"

Tian Zhong is a veteran of the former dynasty, not a direct descendant of Shao Fang. Moreover, he has a stubborn and hard temper, and he is not good at pleasing people, so Shao Fang doesn't like him very much on weekdays, so he still keeps him here. , it’s just that I haven’t found anyone more suitable to be a Tingwei than Tian Zhong.

Shao Fang was somewhat surprised that Tian Zhong would stay with him at this moment.

Hearing that the king asked about him, Tian Zhong raised his head, cupped his hands and said, "Wei Chen is a Mo Ren, and he will die as a Mo Gui. Even if he is going to die, I will die before the King."

His words were obviously reciting mourning sutras. If it were normal, Shao Fang would have been furious. Even if he didn't kill him, he would have scolded him. But now, instead of being angry, Shao Fang was quite annoyed. move.

He nodded, closed his eyes, and murmured in a low voice: "This...why bother..."

Through Shao Fang's whisper, everyone present could realize that the king was now desperate.

Tian Zhong suddenly bent down, picked up a small package placed at his feet, walked directly up the steps, and placed the package on the table in front of Shao Fang. Then, he opened the package and found a set of rough linen clothes inside. pants. Tian Zhong said seriously: "Your Majesty, the capital is in chaos now, and the enemy army has not been able to control the whole city. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Your Majesty, it is better to run away! If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. As long as Your Majesty can escape this disaster, When we get to the south, we can regroup and make a comeback!”

Shao Fang stared at the clothes on the table for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth and gave a wry smile. He slowly raised his head, looked at Tian Zhong's eager eyes, and said quietly: "If I wanted to run away, why did I wait until now? Zhenjiang It is the foundation of our Mo country. If Zhenjiang is not there, it will be like our Mo country will be destroyed. Although I am not a wise king, I don't want to be a subjugated king who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" As he spoke, he waved his arm and put the table on the table. All his clothes were swept to the floor.

"Your Majesty..." Upon seeing this, Tian Zhong and other ministers burst into tears. Yes, Shao Fang was indeed not a wise king, but he was not a soft-hearted monarch either. He had the opportunity to escape, but he chose to live and die with the capital.

"You don't have to persuade me anymore!" Shao Fang waved his hand, stood up unsteadily, and said in a hoarse voice: "You all should go, I am tired too. I want to go back to the palace and have a good sleep..."

Shao Fang, who was so young and strong, and so high-spirited at the beginning, now looked as if he had aged by more than ten years. His face had lost its luster and was replaced by a dead gray.

Tian Zhong and others still wanted to stop him, but Shao Fang had already turned around and left, heading towards the harem.

As a monarch, Shao Fang is like this, so one can imagine the morale of the soldiers below. The capital's imperial guards, palace guards, and Central Army stragglers who had returned from defeat totaled hundreds of thousands of people. The walls of the palace were also high and strong. When defended, even if there were a large number of enemies, it would not be easy to defeat them. Yes, but now the soldiers of the Mo army have no fighting spirit at all, and even the imperial army and the palace guards are in turmoil.

Let's talk about Shao Fang. When he returned to his palace, as soon as he came in, he heard the sound of tassels, followed by a fragrant wind blowing towards him. Shao Fang raised his eyes and saw that it was one of his favorite wives, Xueyao, who was walking towards him.

Seeing her, Shao Fang's face showed a rare gentle smile, and he asked: "Yao'er, you are not in your own palace, why are you here with me?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Feng Army has already entered the city?" Xue Yao's beautiful face was slightly pale. She walked up to Shao Fang and subconsciously grabbed his arm.

Shao Fang gently stroked her cheek, pushed her tightly furrowed eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Are you afraid?"

Xue Yao shook her head vigorously and said: "As long as the king is here, Yao'er is not afraid of anything!"

What if I'm gone? Shao Fang sighed in his heart, looking at Xue Yao's stunning beauty, he couldn't imagine what would happen to her after being captured alive by Feng Jun. Thinking of this, his heart felt like being pricked by needles, and the pain was unbearable.

Shao Fang narrowed his eyes and was silent for a long time. Then, he took a long breath and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Yao'er, go help me make a cup of tea. I like your tea-making skills the most."

Xueyao did not doubt that it was there, she responded softly, turned around and walked towards the palace.

But the moment she turned around, Shao Fang suddenly drew out his sword, without warning, and stabbed Xue Yao in the back of the heart. There was just a thud, the cold sword edge penetrated Xueyao's body, and the edge of the sword poked out from her chest.

There was no struggle or even a cry. Xue Yao's delicate body fell limply to the ground, and the gurgling blood instantly stained the blanket on the ground red. Seeing this scene, the surrounding guards and maids were stunned. Normally, the king regarded Mrs. Xueyao as a treasure. He held it in his hand for fear of being frightened, and held it in his mouth for fear of her melting away. He was extremely caring and pampered like no other. , but now he actually killed Mrs. Xueyao!

After looking down at the corpse lying on the ground for a long time, Shao Fang held the bloody sword and suddenly laughed like crazy. He didn't know whether it was to the people around him or to himself and yelled: "This king's woman, there is no such thing." People can get involved.”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head. When he looked at Shao Fang, his handsome face was distorted and his expression was ferocious, like a ghost. The surrounding palace maids and guards all trembled in fear, and even retreated in fright.

Shao Fang ignored the people around him. He slowly squatted down, picked up Xueyao's body and cried bitterly. People looked at each other in shock, with only one thought in their minds. The king is crazy. The king was driven crazy by the enemy troops who invaded the capital!

Everyone was on tenterhooks and retreated again and again, not daring to stay with Shao Fang any longer.

Even though he is crying and crying now, who knows if he will go crazy again and kill people with a sword. The maids and guards are not fools. Who would be willing to stay and wait for Shao Fang to kill him at this time.

The palace was in such chaos and filled with despair. At this time, the Fengyu coalition had already attacked the main entrance of the palace.

There are two generals leading the way, one is Guan Yuan Rang from the Feng Kingdom, and the other is Shi Xiao from the Jade Kingdom. This is the second time the two of them have cooperated after Fazhen. They are old acquaintances, so they work well together.

The two of them were ordered to lead the battle. They looked at the tightly closed palace gate in front of them and Mo Jun who stood on the top of the palace wall as if facing a formidable enemy. The two met and smiled. Guan Yuanrang handed the three-pointed two-edged sword to his left hand and turned back. Pointing at a general, he shouted loudly: "Hurry up and push our army's trebuchet over. No matter what, we must break open the wall of the palace today!"

After hearing what he said, Shi Xiao also ordered his men to quickly transport large siege weapons such as trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows. The two armies of Feng and Yu pushed their respective trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows to the main entrance of the palace, opened up their posture, and prepared for a strong attack.

At this moment, Tang Yin's messengers arrived quickly with command flags and ordered Guan Yuanrang and Shi Xiao not to use trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows when attacking the palace.

Guan Yuanrang frowned, grabbed the messenger's neck and brought him closer to him, and asked: "Is this really the king's order?"

The messenger trembled with fright and stammered: "General Yuan Rang, just...even if a villain has great courage, he would not dare to pretend to convey the king's will."

Guan Yuanrang sent the messenger away, and then asked angrily: "Why doesn't the king allow the use of trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows?"

The messenger shook his head repeatedly and said: "The king didn't tell me, and the villain doesn't know either!"

Guan Yuanrang waved his hand in annoyance and said: "I understand, you go back and take your life again!"

"Goodbye, villain!" The ordering soldier was relieved and ran back quickly.

After he left, Shi Xiaoqian whispered: "Maybe His Highness Feng Wang didn't want to damage King Mo's palace, so he ordered us not to use large weapons."

Guan Yuanrang couldn't understand this, and muttered angrily: "What's the use of leaving this unlucky place for the country's subjugation? In my opinion, it should be burned clean!"

Shi Xiao was happy. His idea coincided with Guan Yuan Rang's, but they had to obey the Feng King's will. They could only follow Tang Yin's wishes, abandon the large siege weapons, and directly use manpower to push forward.

The order to give up attacking Mo Palace with large weapons was indeed given by Tang Yin. Shi Xiao really guessed it right. Tang Yin did not want to damage Mo Palace.

Now, Tang Yin has begun to make plans for the future. After annexing Mo State, Feng State's territory can be expanded on a large scale, but by then, the location of Yancheng, the capital of Feng State, will be too inappropriate. It is located in a remote place, far away from the center of the country, and it is inconvenient to move anywhere. It is inevitable to move the capital to the south, and Zhenjiang is the best choice for Feng Kingdom to move its capital in the future. Not only is it well connected in all directions, the surrounding environment and even the climate throughout the year are better than Yancheng is much better.