Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 274

The defender of Yunzhou gave up resistance at the beginning of the city's destruction and led some generals to surrender. Only one deposed city gate officer, Liu Runan, put on his battle robe when he was in danger, and led a group of soldiers who would not abandon the city to guard the gap. Killed 32 people in a row at the city wall, hacked the long knife, and finally lost the weapon. Seeing the enemy surrounded, he laughed and said: "The enemy's corpses are piled up, and my husband died on them. Happy! Happy!"

Climb up the 32 corpses, touch the wall and die.

The coalition soldiers stood silently, and no one stepped forward to trample on the corpse. The man's heart is heroic. Even if he is hostile and cruel, he still cannot help but be moved by this. A small captain bowed three times solemnly, and put Liu Runan's body on the ground. Hundreds of thousands of coalition troops followed None of the soldiers insulted Liu Runan's body when they passed by.

At midnight, within an hour, Yunzhou City had already been occupied.

Under the moonlight, the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Several riders came from Juechen, and the hooves of the horses jumped like wires like electricity.

The soldiers lined up on the side of the city gate, forming a line that could not be seen at a glance. Seeing the horse galloping ahead, they all knelt down.

Immediately, the knight reined in, and his pale gold robe was billowing in the wind. He slowly raised his head and looked at the city gate, where the two big characters of Yunzhou, which were bony and exquisite, shone brightly.

Under the cold moonlight, the man's raised chin has a flowing charm and elegance.

When he raised his eyebrows, the mountains and rivers a hundred thousand miles away were lush and green.

Smiling lazily, the man swung his whip and drove straight in with the support of the horsemen, piercing through Yunzhou like a sharp sword.

Amidst the roaring cheers of the allied forces, the man climbed onto the tower and looked down calmly, with only a darting look in his eyes, and the voice stopped immediately.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers looked at the commander who looked like a god-man in their minds with admiration and anticipation, and looked at this man with extraordinary bearing who broke the myth of Xiliang's dominance of the world with a snap of his fingers.

Seeing him chuckle, he spoke calmly, his voice was not loud, but it resounded throughout the city.

"Slaughter the city."

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Qianyuan, catastrophe befell Yunzhou. The Wei-Yan coalition army had 30 troops in advance, and the magic soldiers suddenly descended at the foot of Queshang Mountain. After the defenders were caught off guard and broke through the city wall, they cheered and rushed into the streets and alleys of Yunzhou under the command of the coalition commander Bai Yuan to supplement their own food and clothes with other people's heads; Knife and gun skills; using other people's sisters and daughters to comfort oneself "long-lasting body and mind."

The city was full of black smoke, crying loudly, countless people were killed, and countless doors were smashed. Wherever soldiers like wolves rushed in, there would be horrible screams, and wherever they rushed out, they would bark out. A pool of blood above the threshold.

The old people were trampled on the soles of their feet, the babies were picked on the tip of the knife, and the young and strong men were killed immediately. The largest Chengtian Street in Yunzhou City, there were three layers of corpses, and none of them was complete.

While the boxes and cages were overturned all over the street, the soldiers laughed wildly, filled their pockets with silver taels, hung gold chains around their necks, dozens of bracelets jingling on their wrists, and even their crotches were stuffed with jewelry.

Those young women were dragged out together with colorful quilts, and the soldiers took turns preaching on the street.

Liu Ying, the daughter of Liu Runan who died in battle at the entrance of the city wall, suffered the same fate. She and her mother were dragged out before they could hang themselves. At the city gate, a group of soldiers blocked her. When a soldier jumped on her body, she bit off the soldier's tongue, chewed the tongue into pieces, swallowed half of it viciously, and spit out the other half on the ground.

All the soldiers waiting for the violence in the street were shocked.

Hearing the woman's mouth full of blood, she raised her head and shouted: "Queen! Yunzhou is the place where you dive, why don't you protect my hundreds of thousands of sisters in Yunzhou!"

Someone stepped forward to pull her, only to find that her own tongue had been bitten off in her open mouth.

When the night wind lingered low and screamed fiercely, the soldiers felt soft at the end of the killing, so they simply dug a hole and buried them together. At first, they all went to gang rape when they saw women, but later they became one for each person. .

At dawn, Yunzhou City had already become a dead zone, and the order of Bai Yuan Guoshi's massacre of the city was carried out very thoroughly.

This night is known in history as "Yunzhou Extinction Night."

In the early morning, the faint sunlight rises, but what shines on is no longer the peaceful faces of the elders in Yunzhou, but the corpses of those who have died in the catastrophe.

The soldiers who had been excited all night walked through the pile of corpses like ghosts, leaning on the pile of heads to eat dry food.

Many people changed into the clothes of Xiliang soldiers and went to guard the city tower.

Ma Sirui's imperial residence is naturally Bai Yuan's residence now, the courtyard here is deep and the walls are high, the cries and blood from outside, the tragedy and anger of Yunzhou City will not be heard in.

Bai Yuan is playing chess.

He was dressed lightly, with a leisurely attitude, and his brows flowed like changing winds and clouds.

Gently tapping the chess surface with one hand, Bai Yuan smiled and said to the woman in Chinese clothes opposite: "Your Majesty is known as the national player of the Northern Wei Dynasty, how can you be so distracted in today's chess? Could it be that the massacre of the city also made you soft?"

The woman smiled, her smile was charming and gorgeous, it was Wanyan Chunzhen, the concubine of the Northern Wei Dynasty, "It's my intention to massacre the city, why should I be soft?"

"Speaking of this, I also find it strange why the empress must slaughter all the elders in Yunzhou?"

"The national teacher is so clean, didn't you issue this order yourself?" Wanyan Chunzhen looked innocent.

Bai Yuan tapped the chess piece lightly, smiled lightly and said nothing.

An announcement came from outside the door, and Bai Yuan responded, and the one who opened the curtain came in was Guo Heng, the surrendered general of Yunzhou, who knelt down on the ground and bowed his head deeply, not daring to let out his breath.

Bai Yuan turned slightly sideways, glanced at him, and said, "General Guo, the mansion has not been disturbed, has it?"

Guo Heng said in a trembling voice: "...No, thank you for the protection of the national teacher, the officials must be loyal to the national teacher, willing to be a pawn..."

"Oh, very good, you don't need to do it yourself as the pawn, but you are the most suitable for the vanguard," Wanyan Chunzhen said with a coquettish smile, "Your master is coming soon, order three thousand soldiers and horses, you go out of the city to meet him. "

"Ah..." Guo Heng froze and was at a loss. He wanted to use 20 soldiers to fight against His Majesty's [-] troops?Doesn't this mean that he wants to die without a place to bury himself?

Bai Yuan chuckled lightly, glanced at Wanyan Chunzhen, and said lightly, "Your Majesty was joking with you, she meant that you went to greet her, not to fight."

Guo Heng was startled, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back. Dare these two great figures want to welcome His Majesty into Yunzhou by themselves, then close the city gate, and kill His Majesty and Grand Master in one fell swoop!

Guo Heng's fingers trembled, but he suppressed himself and dared not speak out. His family, young and old, were all "protected" by coalition soldiers.

Bai Yuan suddenly smiled and waved, "Come here."

Guo Heng trembled, approaching hesitantly, Bai Yuan stretched out his hand, and patted him on the chest, Guo Heng opened his mouth involuntarily, Bai Yuan flicked his finger, a black light flashed before Guo Heng's eyes, and a pill-like thing was flicked When it reached his mouth, Gulu rolled down, and then there was a faint bitter taste deep in his throat.

"You are really a little timid. I'm afraid that you will show your weakness when you meet Tianyan later. I will give you a big tonic pill to strengthen your courage." Bai Yuan stopped looking at him and continued to play chess. If you die, give me a little more courage."

Guo Heng's face was ashen, he said yes again and again, and retreated tremblingly. Wanyan Chunzhen smiled, put down the chess piece with a snap, and said: "General! I will kill you, old man, and I will tell you to go and never return!"

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, there was a three quarter difference in noon.

The Xiliang army appeared on the horizon.

Qin Changge looked up at the black dragon flag of Xiliang flying peacefully in front of Yunzhou City in front of him. His eyes passed over the city head one by one meticulously. There was no trace of siege or blood.

With a wave of Xiao Jue's hand, a group of soldiers turned to the west of the city to look at the rumored demolished city wall. When they came back after a short while, they reported that the broken bricks were indeed covered with gray plaster and could easily be breached.

Xiao Jue's raised long eyebrows flashed and then faded in anger, he waved his hand and said, "Go to the city and settle the score!"

The army approached, and the first officer led the team to ride the horses forward. After a while, three cannons were fired in the city. Guo Heng, the guard of Yunzhou, led [-] soldiers and horses, and the army came out in an orderly manner.

Starting from Xiao Jue, the three of them looked at the whole body of Guo Heng and the soldiers under his command extremely strictly. The armor was neat, the swords were bright, and their mental state was normal. But that really wasn't grounds for doubt.

The gate of the city was opened, and Yunzhou City was exposed in front of the army. The straight road of Chengtian Street was faintly visible, and pedestrians walked in twos and threes from time to time. It was a peaceful and peaceful scene without being disturbed.

The generals and soldiers all showed joyful expressions. These days, the army has traveled long distances and rushed day and night. They are really exhausted. They finally rushed in front of the enemy army. The city welcomes the incoming enemy, and they can't wait.

Xiao Jue and Qin Changge entered the city under the respectful guidance of Guo Heng, followed by a mighty army. When they passed the moat, Qin Changge leaned over to look at the water surface in the moat, and then carefully looked at the turret on the city gate , smiled and said: "General Guo's subordinates are worthy of my Xiliang Jianer. Their posture and footwork all look murderous."

Guo Heng lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, and bowed again and again, "Praise from the Grand Master, praise from the Grand Master..."

At this time, Xiao Jue, Qin Changge, and Feng Ziguang, the commander-in-chief of the army, had all entered the city gate. Xiao Jue stared at the front, stopped his horse lightly, and said with emotion: "Yunzhou City still looks the same. Still there?"

He looked a little far away, thinking of the beautiful woman in the plum grove looking back with a smile many years ago, remembering that he and Changge fought side by side in the battle of Yunzhou, and he didn't want to have a moment in this life to fight against the enemy with Changge again in Yunzhou, fate overturned reincarnation, It's really amazing.

Guo Heng pulled the corner of his mouth bitterly, his expression was lowered so that people could not see his expression, he just said repeatedly: "It's still there, it's still there."

(End of this chapter)