Chapter 197: Enemy at the Gate

Dong Qi lay on the ground. ReadМ

Amidst the loud noise just now, he didn't dare to raise his head at all.

But now, he can no longer play dead.

If he still lay here, the cavalry's horses would trample him to a pulp.

He got up from the ground and ran desperately towards the Yuan family soldiers who had fled.

But before he had even taken ten steps, he felt a pain in his chest.

Looking down, he saw a sharp arrow piercing his back and out of his chest.

His vision went dark and he fell to the ground.

The moment he lost consciousness, he regretted that he had made a wrong decision.

Beside Zhao Xu, Xu Lie slowly retracted his bow and arrow.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said nothing.

His eyes stayed on the heavy cavalry led by Chen Hu.

At this time, the Yuan family's soldiers and horses were like 20,000 chickens running over the mountains and fields.

The heavy cavalry rushed in and rolled over them like a steamroller. No one could stop them.

"Zhongli, drive these Yuan family soldiers together." Zhao Xu said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhong Li swallowed hard.

He is now very lucky to have joined King Yan, otherwise he would have been the one to face all this.

He definitely didn't want to taste the shells fired from these artillery pieces.

"Rumble" the sound of horse hooves sounded, and Zhongli led the light cavalry in scale armor to gallop out.

They outflanked the two wings and drove the fleeing Yuan soldiers towards the center.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the Yuan soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Surrender.

At this time, Zhao Xu glanced at Chang Wei, and the royal army moved forward again.

Coming to the surrendered soldiers of the Yuan family, Zhao Xu said: "Common people of Yanzhou, Yuan Li is plotting a rebellion and Yanguan is in danger. Do you want to continue to follow him to cause rebellion? Are you willing to become the slaves of the Beidi people?"

The soldiers of the Yuan family looked at King Yan.

They had long heard everything about King Yan in Yan County and Shanggu County.

They longed for King Yan.

However, they are not the people of King Yan's fiefdom.

"Your Highness, we don't want to rebel. We are forced. If we don't come, it will be a violation of military law." A soldier of the Yuan family shouted.

"Your Highness, spare your life, we never want to rebel."

"We can't help ourselves."

"..."

The Yuan family soldiers shouted one by one.

Zhao Xu nodded. The reason why he said this was because when he destroyed the three families of Zhang, Huang, and Du, many wealthy private soldiers directly chose to surrender.

In Ping County, he believed that many people were also coerced by wealthy families.

In the final analysis, the Yuan family is just a super wealthy family in Yanzhou.

"In this case, take up your swords and kill the generals who enslaved you. If you have the courage, follow me to Yanguan, defeat the Yuan family, resist the invasion of Beidi people, and become my king from now on." Zhao Xu said loudly. , these generals all come from wealthy families, it is no pity.

"Your Highness?" A Yuan soldier's eyes flashed with excitement.

Looking at the Yuan general who was trembling with fear beside him, he picked up the long sword on the ground and stabbed him.

The general of the Yuan family immediately fell into a pool of blood.

The actions of this Yuan family soldier served as an example.

Many soldiers picked up their swords from the ground and searched for the generals of the Yuan family.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the ground was covered with the bodies of Yuan family generals.

There was no trace of pity in Zhao Xu's eyes.

If there had been no rebellion by the Yuan family, he might have kept these Yuan family generals to dig in the mines.

But now he has no time to deal with these Yuan family generals.

Moreover, these generals of the Yuan family are a destabilizing factor in Yanzhou, leaving a very dangerous situation.

If they do special things in special times, they can only die.

The royal army continued to advance.

Soldiers of the Yuan family, you look at me and I look at you.

Some brave soldiers joined the royal soldiers, and they set out towards Yanguan behind the royal army.

Some soldiers also dropped their swords, and their figures disappeared into the open fields.

Not long after, several generals from the royal family came to the back and organized them into the army as they walked.

"Your Highness, eight thousand people have come with us." Chang Wei rushed up and reported to Zhao Xu with a sigh, "There are still many Yuan family soldiers who have escaped."

"Eight thousand people are not bad." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "The world is like this. When the country is in danger, it is always the bravest people who are willing to sacrifice their lives to defend. Cowards are unnecessary on the battlefield."

"Your Highness is right." Chang Wei followed King Yan's gaze and glanced at the majestic and high-spirited soldiers of the palace, and smiled boldly.

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Yanguan.

Xiao Yuanshan was drinking wine leisurely in the yard.

At this time, a general came quickly, sweating profusely.

"What are you doing in a hurry?" Xiao Yuanshan was very dissatisfied with the general who came in without knocking on the door.

The general didn't pay attention to Xiao Yuanshan's anger. He said anxiously: "General, something big has happened. The Yuan family has rebelled. The Yuan family's army is twenty miles outside the city and will soon reach Yanguan."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan threw the wine glass and said angrily: "It's nonsense. Mo Zhai is spreading rumors about the Yuan family. Now he committed suicide out of fear of guilt. How can you still believe it? Why, do you have any dissatisfaction with me, the general of Yanguan?" ?"

"General, I don't dare to talk nonsense. This is a situation detected by detective horses. Please ask the general to immediately deploy troops to defend the south wall." The general continued, his tone extremely anxious.

"Come here, drag this nonsense talker out of here." Xiao Yuanshan was a little drunk.

Although Mo Zhai died, he knew Mo Zhai's prestige in Yanguan.

The generals at the moment were absolutely dissatisfied with his leadership of Yanguan.

He was thinking about promoting his confidants and suppressing Mo Di's people.

Now this general gave him the opportunity to establish his authority.

As soon as he finished speaking, another general came in a hurry.

Kneeling on one knee in front of him, the general said, "General, we found the Beidi army fifty miles away, with no less than 300,000 people."

"Hahaha..." Xiao Yuanshan suddenly laughed.

Now he was more convinced that it was the generals under Mo Di who were teasing him.

As the laughter died down, his face suddenly turned cold, "Come on, drag them both down together and beat them with forty military sticks. If there are any more nonsense and disturbing the morale of the army, they should be beheaded and shown to the public."

"General, this is not nonsense, Yanguan is in danger, Yanguan is in danger..."

The two generals were dragged down by the guards, struggling and shouting.

But Xiao Yuanshan ignored them at all and continued to drink wine.

"Although the King of Yan is annoying, the wine he brews is delicious, hehe..." Xiao Yuanshan picked up the wine glass and drank it all again.

After drinking a pot of wine, Xiao Yuanshan was six points drunk and went back to the house to sleep.

Midnight.

A general hurried into Xiao Yuanshan's house.

The general was pale and trembling.

"General, Yanguan is over, Yanguan is over." The general shouted.

Xiao Yuanshan saw the face of the person who came and said angrily: "Why are you fooling around with those generals?"

The general who came this time was named Xiao Qing, and he was a member of his Xiao family.

"General, how could I lie to you? The Yuan family really rebelled, and the northern barbarians really came. They are already at the gates of the city. If you don't believe it, you can go and see it." Xiao Qing cried.

"Okay, I must expose your lies today." Xiao Yuanshan was furious.

One general was like this, and two generals were like this, which made him extremely angry.

How could it be possible? The northern barbarians would never attack Yanguan in the middle of winter.

He put on his clothes and went to the north wall, but when he climbed the wall and saw the torches like countless fireflies in the darkness, his drunkenness immediately flew away.

In his heart, there was only a fear as thick as the night.