Chapter 596 A Sudden Change

Jiang Cheng quickly figured out what to say, and asked Mo Qiong to translate what he was going to say into the current pronunciation and transmit it to him.

Jiang Cheng pretended to be excited to cover up the awkwardness of his accent.

He first bowed to Wen Tianxiang, and then said generously: "The Prime Minister has done his best to be loyal and filial! Students have learned, and the country has fallen to this point. As a member of the royal family, Meng Xun has more than enough sins to die for, how can he be humiliated again?"

"I will... I will die for my country and preserve my integrity... Woo woo woo woo..."

Jiang Cheng was heartbroken and tears flowed down his face.

My position of duke!

He really cried. After saying this, he didn't know whether Wen Tianxiang would live or die. Anyway, he basically wouldn't live long...

Don't think that he and Wen Tianxiang are still treated with courtesy. In fact, life and death are all in the mind of the one in Dadu. Zhang Hongfan just doesn't know how to make decisions.

Except for the emperor and officials who surrendered when Lin'an was broken, the literati, generals and royal family members who were captured later were basically killed.

Even the surrendered Emperor Deyou was later exiled to Tibet and died of illness.

Wen Tianxiang and others were sent to Dadu and would be killed. What's more, as a member of the royal family, if he didn't bear some infamy wholeheartedly, he would have no chance of survival.

After the Battle of Yashan ended and the Southern Song Dynasty was completely destroyed, he, a small member of the royal family, would no longer have any use value and would die.

What's more, he was not a member of the royal family!

Jiang Cheng knew very well that he could not lose his status as a member of the royal family now, because once he knew that he was not a member of the royal family, he would not even survive this month and would die immediately.

Jiang Cheng could only choose to die later or die immediately...

So, he and Wen Tianxiang were both crying here.

Wen Tianxiang was crying for the whole world, knowing that he was hopeless.

Jiang Cheng was crying for himself... He had already taken the 'medicine' and demonstrated his integrity. He was fine during the naval battle, but he would die after the Battle of Yashan.

Zhang Hongfan didn't care, as if he had known this for a long time.

After comforting and regretting Wen Tianxiang for a few words, they were allowed to sit down.

As for Jiang Cheng, he did not mention a word, as if he was not important at all.

Come to think of it, Wen Tianxiang was the person that the Mongols wanted to win over. If he could change his attitude and serve the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty like he served the Song Dynasty, he would not lose his position as prime minister.

But Zhao Mengxu was a member of the royal family, and he would not be used regardless of whether he surrendered or not.

At the banquet, Jiang Cheng ate and drank a lot, calculating when it would be better to escape in the chaos. Wen Tianxiang was dull and silent, not drinking a drop of water.

"After the Battle of Yashan, I will definitely die, either here or in Dadu." Jiang Cheng said secretly.

"As long as you don't reveal your identity, you can still live this month. If you are sent to Dadu, it will be even longer, maybe half a year." Mo Qiong said.

"Can't you help me escape? I can hide my name and be a country bumpkin." Jiang Cheng begged.

Mo Qiong refused and said, "You should have been executed. The extra months you can live in the future with your royal family status are already a huge profit."

"If you want to live forever, you can only rely on yourself. If I help you, what's the difference between that and pardoning you."

Jiang Cheng was at a loss. He could not think of how to escape from the tent no matter how hard he thought.

Every day, he was only allowed to stand on the ship's tower to watch the battle. He was not even allowed to get close to the boat pole, and he was not given the opportunity to jump into the sea.

He didn't have to worry about food and drink, but he couldn't run away.

Seeing the Song army getting worse and worse, he was also anxious. When the Song army was completely defeated, he would be dead.

At this moment, he actually wanted the Song army to persist. If he persisted, he could live here with good food and drink.

But that day was coming.

The weather was bad over Yashan that day. Lightning pierced through the thick dark clouds and whistled over Yashan. In the roaring wind, heavy rain poured down.

Zhang Hongfan finally got impatient when he saw the heavy rain and decided to launch the final general attack.

It turned out that these days, the scattered battles were just to wear down the will of the Song army.

After all, he only had 20,000 Mongolian troops, many of whom were not good at water battles. If he forcibly destroyed the Song army, he would suffer heavy losses.

If he could win without fighting, it would be the best.

The Song army lacked water and food, and the ships were connected by iron chains. Every time the Mongolian army retreated, the Song army was unable to pursue and could only passively be beaten every day.

Zhang Hongfan thought, I'll die if I can endure it.

But the weather was not good. Whenever the Song army was in a desperate situation, there would always be a heavy rain. With the relief of rain, the Song army could always hold on for a few more days.

So this must-win naval battle was fought back and forth for more than 20 days. Including the truce time, it dragged on for a month.

Seeing that it was raining again that day, the Song army had been thirsty for a long time. Zhang Hongfan was furious and did not dare to delay. The emperor in Dadu was still waiting for him to report the good news of completely destroying the exiled court of the Southern Song Dynasty! How could he delay any longer?

Finally, the Mongolian army pressed forward and the final general attack began.

Zhang Hongfan's navy attacked the Song army head-on, and then used linen to cover the ship tower built in advance and ambushed soldiers, using the sound of a gong as the attack signal. The ambush soldiers of various routes were lying on their backs under the rain of arrows, approaching the Song ships. As the ships of the two armies approached, the Mongolian army beat drums, withdrew the cloth and fought, and destroyed seven Song ships in a row, with unstoppable force.

The war lasted for several hours, and the shouts and killing shook the sky! There was a bloody mist on and off the ship.

The Mongolian army took advantage of the high tide to land from behind and attack from the front and back. In addition, the Song army had been floating on the sea for many days, and it was difficult to supply them, and the soldiers were extremely weak. Under the attack from the front and back, there were countless casualties.

Zhang Shijie knew that the situation was over, and thinking that protecting the emperor was important, he went to the central army, intending to break through with the seven-year-old Emperor Huai.

But Lu Xiufu refused resolutely. He pushed them into the sea one by one regardless of his wife and children crying.

Then he said to the young emperor: "At this point in the state affairs, your majesty must die for the country. Emperor Deyou has been humiliated so much that your majesty must not humiliate him again."

After saying that, without waiting for the emperor's reply, and even ignoring the cry of the little emperor, he jumped into the cold sea water with him on his back.

Many people saw this scene. The emperor died and Zhao Song's last flag fell.

The remaining 100,000 soldiers and civilians accompanying him, upon hearing the news of his death, threw themselves into the sea and died for their country.

For a time, hundreds of thousands of corpses were floating in the sea area of ​​​​Yashan Mountain.

Jiang Cheng was moved by the atmosphere and burst into tears.

At this time, only the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, Zhang Shijie, led sixteen ships to break out of the encirclement. After he broke out of the encirclement, he learned of the death of the little emperor and was deeply saddened.

At the same time, because soldiers and civilians threw themselves into the sea and died for their country, the Mongolian army could no longer stop him. It was also the time of high tide. His boat was knocked back by the waves and rushed towards the Mongolian army.

In response, Zhang Shijie gave a bitter smile and let the wind and waves push him towards the enemy. He drew his sword and pointed at the sky and said: "I am the Zhao family, so I try my best. When one king dies, another king is established. Unexpectedly, he will die again. I am still alive." , I just want the enemy soldiers to retreat and not establish the Zhao family to save the country. If the current situation is like this, is it God's will?"

After saying this, he was so sad that he was about to throw himself into the sea, and the rest of his soldiers were also very sad and wanted to die together.

However, at this moment, Zhang Shijie's sword suddenly shined brightly, and a soaring sword shadow broke through the sky, breaking through the deep dark clouds, and revealed the sun through the clouds.

The sunlight leaked from the cloud cave, making the sword light soaring into the sky even more magical.

At the same time, a supreme sword intent that is difficult to describe in words swept across the Yashan Sea.

The Mongolian army paused for a moment, looking at the sword light soaring into the sky in disbelief.

Not to mention them, Zhang Shijie himself was stunned, and the remaining soldiers under his command couldn't help but kneel down under the blinding sword light.

The battlefield that was fierce, painful, and full of sorrow just now became extremely silent for a while.

Only the rough sea water and the roaring sea wind were left.

"What the hell is this!" Jiang Cheng couldn't care less and yelled in a broken voice.

When he shouted, the Mongolian army was also in an uproar.

More than 10,000 Mongolian troops looked at Zhang Shijie in fear as he drew his sword and pointed it towards the sky, feeling that he was facing the divine power. The two forces were fighting, and they immediately dropped their weapons and wanted to escape.

The rising waves pushed Zhang Shijie and the broken boats behind him. Zhang Shijie's ships were like broken bamboos and drove straight into the Mongolian army's formation.

No one in the Mongolian army dared to step forward with a staff, and no one dared to fire an arrow.

Zhang Shijie was so confused that he was ready to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea. Suddenly such an unbelievable change happened, which made people unable to recover.

But he soon came back to his senses, because he stood upright with his sword in hand, and intuitively felt that at this moment, I was the only one in the world.

At this time when the country was in ruins and the land of China was sinking, things suddenly changed at the last moment! An indescribable and supreme self-confidence filled his heart, as if the emperor and heaven were above, supporting him, and the earth was below, supporting him.

It gave Zhang Shijie an indescribable feeling of 'my destiny is mine'.

Look at this sword again. The supreme sword intention rises into the sky, cutting through the floating clouds and splitting the sea below!

Suddenly, Zhang Shijie stood upright on the bow of the boat, riding the wind and waves, and felt that there were only four words in his heart!

"I'm invincible!"

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p.s: Sorry for the D-level traveler infection evolution, sorry for the D-level derivatives.