Chapter 1167 Shaken
Chapter 1167 Shaken
"General!" Deputy General Zhao grabbed Ye Shouguan's arm and stopped him, then looked at Sima Ruodan, who was crying with tears in his eyes, and said, "General, we Xiliang warriors are all here to protect the people. But there is absolutely no reason to swing a sword at an unarmed foreign female doll just because of a few words... "
Ye Shouguan suppressed his anger, closed his eyes and said, "I, Ye Shouguan, once swore to the gods that I only support the royal family of the Li family in this life, and I will never betray you! If it wasn't because of your youth and ignorance, I would definitely let someone arrest you!" Pull it down and cut it, lest you disturb the morale of my Xiliang army!"
Sima Ruodan was only trembling and crying, as if he was frightened by Ye Shouguan.
Ye Shouguan put the long sword back into the scabbard, and said loudly: "Take these two traitors to me and lock them up! Then they will be punished!"
Sima Ruodan opened his eyes wide, and hurriedly begged again: "Uncle, uncle, please save my father, mother and younger brother!"
Suddenly, the drums of war in the north of the city sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the north of the city in shock.
"Report..." A soldier from the north of the city came quickly, jumped off the horse, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, "General! Da Zhou is coming to attack the city!"
Hearing this, the soldiers who were dragging Sima Ruodan and the accompanying soldiers also stopped, and looked at Ye Shouguan in astonishment.
"Uncle! Surrender, uncle! Opening the gates of the city can save His Majesty, as well as my younger brother and parents, Uncle!" Sima Ruodan shouted loudly, "Otherwise... Da Zhou will really hang His Majesty on the battlefield. Blocking arrows in front of the car, do you want the soldiers to shoot arrows at His Majesty?!"
"Drag them down!" Ye Shouguan yelled sharply and jumped on his horse, leading the soldiers and galloping towards the gate of the city.
When Ye Shouguan led a group of generals up to the city gate, he could see from a distance... the Great Zhou army winding up like a giant dragon, holding high the torches.
Headed by Bai Qingyan, Bai Qingyu, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Qingqi, Bai Qingjue, Bai Qingyun, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua, and Bai Jinse who came to meet up, the nine members of the Bai family lined up and led the cavalry away at the forefront.
The two climbing ladders pushed by more than a dozen soldiers are at the front, and the prefect's wife Ye Yingnan and a woman with disheveled hair are respectively tied to them.
As soon as Vice General Zhao saw Ye Yingnan, his eyes fell on the woman with disheveled hair, and he shouted: "General, it's Your Majesty and the girl!"
Ye Shouguan clutched the sword at his waist, and shouted loudly: "Nu Chuang get ready! Archers get ready!"
The Zhou army came with such a great momentum, but the sentinel did not come to report, which means that Da Zhou killed the sentry in advance, and he clearly came prepared, and Ye Shouguan had to guard against it.
"General! That's Your Majesty!" Deputy General Zhao looked at Ye Shouguan in disbelief.
"I know!" Ye Shouguan turned his head and looked at Deputy General Zhao fiercely, "Get ready to fight! This is an order!"
Deputy General Zhao knelt on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "General! This subordinate requests to go to battle and save His Majesty and the girl!"
Seeing that Vice General Zhao had already knelt down to beg for orders, more generals under Ye Shouguan gnashed their teeth and knelt down one after another, begging for orders: "Your Majesty and the girl are rescued!"
Because of Sima Ruodan's trouble, now almost all the soldiers believed that the one hanging on the climbing ladder was Li Tianfu, and everyone was so angry that they wanted to fight to rescue their own emperor!
After all, hanging their Xiliang emperor on the ladder is no different from hanging their entire Xiliang face on the ladder. How could they bear it as soldiers? !
"Don't panic! Why panic!" Ye Shouguan clenched his fists tightly, "Whether the emperor tied to the ladder is our Xiliang emperor or not, maybe this is a trick of the people of Dazhou! Take the troops out to fight , will only let the troops of Da Zhou go out swallow up, and then attack Yecheng Pass! Yecheng Pass is our last line of defense in Xiliang! If Yecheng Pass is breached, Xiliang will perish!"
The soldiers stared at Ye Shouguan with wide eyes, and suddenly remembered that Sima Ruodan said that Ye Shouguan wanted to occupy the city and become king.
Two people looked at each other, suspicious of Ye Shouguan.
Deputy General Zhao raised his eyes and looked at Ye Shouguan who was staring at the distance. He knew that Ye Shouguan would never send troops to rescue Ye Yingnan because of Ye Shouguan's hatred for Ye Yingnan. He said that the emperor of Xiliang on the ladder was fake, and he seemed to be swearing to ignore the life and death of the emperor and Ye Yingnan.
Deputy General Zhao stood up slowly. He was a soldier of Xiliang, and he swore allegiance to the royal family. He even swore to Old General Ye that he would protect Ye Yingnan's safety. Never let General Ye occupy the city as king!
Seeing that Vice General Zhao had stood up, the other generals followed suit...
"The army of the Great Zhou is approaching. If they push the ladder to help His Majesty approach the city gate, will the general want us to point all our bows and crossbows at the army of the Great Zhou? If this accidentally hurts His Majesty, who can bear the responsibility? ?" Deputy General Zhao spoke so forcefully with Ye Shouguan.
The other generals also nodded: "Yes, general! That's our Xiliang emperor! We soldiers...don't exist just to protect our family and the country. If the emperor is gone, what can we say about the country?"
"General, are you...are you going to occupy the city as king and set up your own family?" The courageous general simply asked Ye Shoucheng directly, "If that's the case, I'm sorry that my subordinates can't go with the general!"
"Old Zhai!" Deputy General Zhao turned his head and scolded.
Ye Shouguan suddenly turned his head to look at the general named Lao Zhai, and glanced at the other generals: "Rebellion?! My Ye family has guarded Ye Chengguan for generations, and I, Ye Shouguan, have also sworn to the gods... Swear allegiance to the death Royal and Xiliang!"
"Then why didn't the general allow me to lead the troops to fight and rescue His Majesty!" Old Zhai asked hoarsely.
"Look for yourself!" Ye Shouguan pointed to the distance, "The main force of the Great Zhou is here! How can you save it? Only if we stick to Yecheng Pass can your majesty be safe and sound! Don't you understand this!"
"What the general said is wrong!" Deputy General Zhao took the lead, "Miss Biao has already said that Da Zhou will push His Majesty and the girl all the way forward, forcing us not to dare to use arrows against Da Zhou!"
"That's right! If Da Zhou really does this, our soldiers will definitely be bound!" Another general said, and he looked into the distance. Da Zhou's army was getting closer and closer, and was about to enter the range of their bows and arrows. "General, you Make up your mind soon!"
Ye Shouguan forced himself to calm down, he clenched his fists, knowing that because of the commotion just now, if he didn't send troops to try to rescue Li Tianfu, Ye Shou's troops would definitely be shaken in the city.
With the enemy at hand, if the army's morale wavered, the battle would have been lost without a fight, so... now he can only send troops to rescue Li Tianfu first!