late night song

Chapter 192
"I want you to kill her!"

Fan Yueqing was shocked when he heard the conditions offered by Qi Jinjue!

The identity of this woman, Gu Yuchu, is a mystery. She was first the princess of Dongqi, and then the princess of Hehe. Now she is involved with Beiling's embroidered messenger. If she is really killed, who knows how much trouble will be caused.But if he didn't kill her, his child's life would not be saved. For a moment, he really couldn't decide which was more serious.

"What? Are you scared?" Qi Jinjue raised his head and laughed, with no trace of blood on his pale face.

"This...as long as Your Highness is willing to let my child go, I will definitely bring her to Your Highness for your disposal." Fan Yueqing was in trouble. He could not kill the princess with his own hands, but he could not ignore the life of his child, so He could only hand the knife to Qi Jinjue and let him make his own decision.

"Don't play tricks with me. If you can't see her head, just wait until next year's Qingming Festival to burn more paper!"

Hearing such a threat, Fan Yueqing gasped, and his face turned pale in shock.

Gu Yuchu stood outside the prison in a daze for a long time, and then rushed in directly.

"Hey, General Fan, someone came to your door automatically, why are you standing there?!" Qi Jinjue ordered, squinting his eyes.

"Qi Jinjue, as long as you are willing to tell the whereabouts of Fan Yuan and the others, I, Gu Yuchu, will be at your disposal and will never break my promise!" Gu Yuchu gritted his teeth and begged in a low voice. It was her idea to let the Hongchai female army sneak into the palace, so She must be responsible for their lives and deaths.

"Leave it to me?" Qi Jinjue laughed sinisterly.

"Yes!"

"Okay! Since you are not afraid of death, why not abolish your martial arts first, then kneel down and beg for mercy from me, and I can consider saving them."

"You are shameless." Gu Yuchu was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"What? You didn't look so righteous just now, but now you don't dare?" Qi Jinjue leaned on the chair, raised his head and squinted at this self-righteous woman, and sneered.

Gu Yuchu didn't waste any more words. He stepped forward, grabbed Qi Jinjue's chin with one hand, and pressed the back of the dagger against the lower part of his nose.

"You have already played tricks on me once, but this time I don't have such a good temper." Gu Yuchu leaned into his ear and continued, "The dignified King Ning has lost his nose. How will he face the world even if he unifies the Eastern Territory in the future?" ?”

"Fan Yueqing! Why are you still standing there? Take action!" Qi Jinjue was once again pinched, and became anxious, and then threatened, "If I make any mistake, your descendants will be buried with me!"

"Princess! Please show mercy!" Fan Yueqing immediately knelt in front of Gu Yuchu and begged.

He knew clearly in his heart that this woman was very good at martial arts. If he had a head-on confrontation with her, it would take a lot of effort, and it would not be conducive to the stability of the military's morale. It would be better to seize her softness and intolerance and force her to submit!

"General Fan, why are you doing this!" She was angry with this general who was so concerned that he was confused, but pitiful parents in the world, she had to be moved by him.

Gu Yuchu shook his head and said to Qi Jinjue, his tone much softer: "How about this, you and I each take a step back, you tell the whereabouts of Fan Yuan and the others, and I will capture them without mercy, and let General Fan send you and I out of the city together."

"Do you think I'm a fool?" Qi Jinjue asked.

At this moment, someone hurriedly came to report that Fan Yuan and several young masters had escaped safely, which shocked Qi Yijue, who had a chance of winning.At this time, Fan Yueqing was slapping his legs and laughing with joy, and the tension in his heart that was about to burst was finally relieved.

Gu Yuchu was equally happy and breathed a long sigh of relief.She treated Qi Jinjue like this, not because she was blindly confident or unwilling to save him, or unkind and mean, but because she knew that in addition to Hehe's own troops, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger and Xunying were also working non-stop to find their whereabouts.

"It seems that Prince Ning's luck is a bit worse." She removed the dagger proudly.

Qi Jinjue didn't say anything. Fan Yueqing bowed his hand to Gu Yuchu and rushed out immediately. However, he was stopped by a small official who reported the news outside the prison. However, this small official was not as happy as the previous one. He was in a panic. , almost falling.

"What's the fuss about?!"

"General, general, under the city, 30 Xirong troops are pressing down on the border."

"Hahahahahahahahahaha" Qi Jinjue laughed wantonly, he finally waited for this time.

"What?!" Fan Yueqing suddenly changed his color and hurried to the meeting hall to discuss countermeasures.

Gu Yuchu was stunned for a long time, and seemed to suddenly realize something. She pointed at Qi Jinjue with one hand, and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

"You already knew that reinforcements were coming from Xirong, right?" she asked.

Qi Jinjue glanced at her sideways, but said nothing. He felt confident in his heart, and even his pale face had some brilliance.

"So in the past three days, you have been deliberately delaying time and diverting the attention of the city garrison. Even the Mu Ting you deliberately mentioned was just to lure us out of the city to report to the Xirong army!"

"I have to admit that you are indeed smart and astute, but it's too late to say anything now. You tried so hard to persuade them to rebel, but in fact you are persuading them to die, hahaha."

"Then it depends on whether you are alive to see that day!"

Gu Yuchu said these harsh words, locked the prison door, and hurried out to confirm the current situation!
The meeting hall had turned into a mess. The Xirong army below the city clamored to let Qi Jinjue go and surrender without killing him. They also issued an ultimatum. If the city gates were not opened before dawn, they would immediately attack the city.

Whether this battle will be fought or not is imminent. Everyone is like ants on a hot fire, panicking.

Someone who said the word "surrender" in fear was ordered by Fan Yueqing to be dragged down and immediately beheaded in public as a warning to others. The country that secretly advocated surrender has been silent since then.

As far as Fan Yueqing is concerned, it is impossible for him to be the second Ding Yi, because he clearly knows that there is no way out.

They were originally slaves of a subjugated country, foreign rebels. Even if they surrendered, Xirong would never let them go. Either they would strangle them on the spot, or they would rush to the front and become traitors in the east, charging and falling under Dong Qi's sword and halberd.

Either way, you will die, so why not give it a try!
But the question is, how to fight?

The generals whose military morale was somewhat stable sat down and analyzed the terrain of Qiongzhou City in detail. After all, this is the capital city. It is surrounded by mountains to the northwest and a river to the southeast. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The city is not laid out symmetrically along the traditional central axis. Except for one main road, the rest of the roads are winding and criss-crossed in the shape of a spider web, which is not conducive to large numbers of soldiers fighting. Instead of facing the enemy head-on, it is better to let them enter the city to respond in a roundabout way. .But how to quickly evacuate the people in the city is the biggest problem. It is less than two and a half hours before dawn, and there is simply not enough time.

Just when everyone was worried, Gu Yuchu arrived and told everyone that Beiling's embroidered messengers had started to send away the women, children and children in the city two days ago.

"It's a joke, how could we, He and the people, be willing to accept the trend of Beiling." Someone said angrily.

"What kind of distinction is there between Beiling and Hehe in this situation?!" Gu Yuchu retorted, but in order to quickly dispel the doubts of this group of people, she swallowed her anger and patiently explained, "There is the widow of Da Sima Hu. If you make a call, the people will naturally believe you!”

"Are you saying that Da Sima has already defected to Beiling?"

Gu Yuchu never expected that when the troops came to the city, this group of people would react like this. She became angry and asked, "Are you going to fight this battle or not?"

"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. We really don't have much chance of victory." Fan Yueqing said to stop everyone's speculation.

"I just listened to the generals' plan. Using the terrain of the city to change from passive to active is a good strategy." Finally returning to the topic, Gu Yuchu couldn't help but feel relaxed.

"But this is not a long-term solution. After all, the opponent has 30 troops. Even if they respond in a roundabout way, they can barely survive five days unless there are reinforcements to support them." A marching Sima said.

"Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? How come there are reinforcements at this time?" someone yelled.

"It's not impossible." Gu Yuchu responded. Although she felt very guilty in her heart, she was still very confident in her appearance. At this point, she had to let everyone see hope so that she could try her best to survive until the end.

"Princess, do you mean Beiling?" Fan Yueqing threw the white chess piece in his hand into the sand table.

Gu Yuchu nodded.

"But why would Beiling send troops to support him? The king previously detained Prince Ling for only a few months, and Beiling also issued a letter of credence to attack him. How can they help now?"

"That's right, if the troops had been sent out long ago, why wait until now?!"

"Riding fire to rob, how is the heart of a thief different from that of Xirong?"

"You are colluding with Bei Linghang, and you are just taking the opportunity to annex Hehe!"

For a while, everyone began to argue again about Beiling's reinforcements intentions.

"We can't believe this woman. Her grandfather was a Lejia traitor and conspirator. Now she just wants to take revenge through the hands of outsiders!"

"Yeah"

"Shut up for me!"

Gu Yuchu roared out all of a sudden, with such momentum that even she didn't expect it.

"If I want to put you to death, why bother to get rid of Ding Yi after he defected to Beiling? Now in this critical moment, instead of working together to think about how to overcome the difficulties, you are entangled in these trivial matters. No wonder Hehe will perish. !”

"Even if I die, I won't be able to take advantage of Beiling!" A reckless person provoked.

"The east has been an old alliance to control the west together for a hundred years. Now that the war in Dongqi is raging and Hehe has fallen, what's the benefit of being with Beiling?" the woman argued rationally.

"Beiling's ambition to dominate the Eastern Territory is obvious. How could they waste such a good opportunity!"

"A bunch of stupid cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Gu Yuchu couldn't hold back and cursed again.

"What did you say?! People like you who betray the country and seek glory should be tortured and die a hard death!"

General He He became angry and was about to tie her up. At this point, Gu Yuchu took a few steps back and realized that the danger Ling Buhuo mentioned did not only come from Xirong, but also from the willfulness of He He and these warriors.

"I believe Mr. Gu!" Fan Yuan appeared out of nowhere, with gauze wrapped around his arm, and resolutely stood in front of her.

"Fan Yuan, how are you?" Gu Yuchu asked with concern. In this situation, there were still people who could step forward to protect her and believe in herself. She was very touched by this.

"Yuan'er, Sir, what are you doing here?" Fan Yueqing scolded, he didn't want his daughter to get into this muddy water.

"Dad, the lives of me, my brother, and the other young masters were all saved by the Embroidered Clothes Messenger!" Fan Yuan said excitedly, "When we were preparing to take everyone to escape according to the plan, we were caught by Qi Yijue, and then he took us We were imprisoned in two waves. We were imprisoned in the underground corridor of Yuquan Palace leading to the outside of the palace. It was full of institutions and there was no water or food. If the messenger of embroidered clothes had not arrived in time, we would all have died there. "

"So what?!" someone questioned.

"If Beiling really wants to cause trouble, why not just threaten my father with our lives and bring you all to surrender?" Fan Yuan retorted sternly, "When a disaster is approaching, what difference does it make between you and me! With Beiling's help, we have a glimmer of hope. !”

"Then how can she guarantee that Beiling will definitely send troops?"

"Are you planning to surrender if Beiling doesn't send troops?" Gu Yuchu asked again, "If you are so hesitant, you might as well learn from Ding Yi, open the city gates, surrender, and welcome the Xirong troops into the city!"

After hearing this, everyone remained silent. After a while, someone asked Fan Yueqing to make a decision.

"General Fan, if you say something, we will fight to the death!"

Fan Yueqing looked around, saw the soldiers' faces turned red with nervousness, and his earnest eyes. Then he threw a dagger into the sand table of the marching exercise, just in time to break Xirong's small blue military flag.

"The princess is right, even if there are no reinforcements, we can no longer be slaves to the subjugation of the country! Even if we die, we will never surrender!"

Fan Yueqing's words seemed to be reassuring, making all the generals put aside their hesitations and determined to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)