In the evening, after the rain, the sky cleared up, then strong winds blew, and the water on the ground began to evaporate. If this continues, the Qin army will be able to attack the city again early tomorrow morning.
"Your Majesty, please lead a group of ministers to the city wall!" Ji Jie made his request.
King Zhou Nan and his ministers looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. Why did he ask us to climb the city wall to boost morale? There is no war tonight!
"To tell you the truth!" Ji Jie said with his hands behind his back: "I have dug a passage leading to the outside of the city. One night is enough for the entire royal city's soldiers and civilians to move out!"
"Transfer to where?"
"Zhaocheng!"
King Zhou Nan frowned slightly and said, "What if the Qin army pursues us?"
"So I want you to board the city!" Ji Jie explained: "The people evacuate first, and the army takes the rear. Only in this way can we ensure the order we should have. Otherwise, everyone will become a mess and no one will be able to escape. When the soldiers saw the emperor leading
The ministers staying with them can keep the morale of the army stable, and with the army at the rear, it doesn't matter even if the Qin army comes to kill. I sent the Zhaocheng defenders twenty miles out of the city to meet them. The moonlight is good today, as long as you don't light torches and don't make loud noises
Noisy, but safe!"
When it came to leaving here, King Zhou Nan wished he was the first person to enter the tunnel. He said shamelessly: "Nephew, uncle is old and can't stand the trouble. Do you think someone from the royal family will leave first..."
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"No need to discuss!" Ji Jie interrupted him mercilessly and said, "Either you do as I say, or you wait here to die!"
King Zhou Nan had no choice but to agree. After dinner, he led a group of ministers to the city wall. The people began to rush to the entrance of the tunnel one after another. In order to ensure the speed of passage, no one entering the tunnel was allowed to use vehicles. Except for food and money, they were not allowed to carry more than three
A square box.
After exiting the tunnel, no one is allowed to make any noise or light torches, and go to Zhaocheng as quickly as possible.
With the emperor in charge, the morale of the army was stable, and tens of thousands of people were moving smoothly. Just after midnight, the soldiers began to enter the tunnel. According to Ji Jie's request, the emperor and the ministers had to wait until the end, otherwise he would immediately send a signal to seal the tunnel.
exit.
The soldiers withdrew one after another, except for one on the city wall, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Qin army.
At this time, a group of Qin scouts rushed to the city. Their task was to check when the ground would be dried by the wind to determine the time for tomorrow's attack.
"Qin Jun..." King Zhou Nan was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he shouted hysterically: "hurry up... shoot the arrow... Qin Jun is coming..."
There is no trace of the majesty of the emperor, and he is worse than a recruit who goes to the battlefield for the first time. It should be said that he has commanded an army in battle when he was young, so he would not be so scared!
The accompanying palace guards each carried an arrow pot on their backs, which were the only arrows left in the entire Zhou Dynasty. They bent their bows and nocked arrows, and shot at the Qin army.
The Qin soldiers began to fight back. The archery skills of these waiting soldiers were outstanding, while they avoided the arrows.
"Ah...ah..."
There were several screams, and several members of the guard were shot down.
"It's too dangerous. Your Majesty, you should leave here quickly!" Several ministers advised. Their legs were shaking with fear and they wished they could leave here as soon as possible.
King Zhou Nan nodded and walked towards the stairs.
It would be okay if he stayed where he was. The tall arrow stack blocked the incoming arrows, and he was exposed to the sight of Qin soldiers as soon as he moved.
When the scout team leader saw him in bright clothes, he thought he must be a big fish, so he shot an arrow at him without thinking.
"puff……"
The feather arrow hit King Zhou Nan's neck accurately and penetrated the entire neck. He spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground immediately.
"Your Majesty!" Many ministers fell on the side of King Zhou Nan, crying.
Who would have thought that the Emperor would appear on the top of the city. The scout team leader thought he was just a minister supervising the war. Only when he heard the cries from above did he realize the seriousness of the matter, waved his hand and said: "Get out!"
"Shoot these people to death and avenge Your Majesty!" Hysterical roars rang out.
It's a pity that the Qin soldiers have already turned their horses and galloped away. It's quite shameful to say that after fighting with others for such a long time, the Qin soldiers were unscathed. Several of them were broken on their own, and a King Nan of Zhou was taken with him.
King Zhou Nan's life breath was quickly passing away, and Ji Jie rushed up, followed by a group of soldiers.
"Carry the emperor down for treatment!" Ji Jie gave the order: "Others, stay where I am. Anyone who dares to follow or say one more nonsense will be killed without mercy! Notify Prince Ji Jia immediately and let him stay with the emperor!"
The first time he saw King Zhou Nan, Ji Jie concluded that this old guy would not survive. He would at most insist on meeting the Lord of Hell for a while. Asking someone to inform Ji Jia was just to let their father and son see each other for the last time.
It can be considered that we have done our best.
King Zhou Nan was carried down with all hands and feet, and Ji Jie began to ask the ministers what happened just now.
A group of soldiers following Ji Jie came from Zhaocheng. They only listened to Ji Jie's orders and held bright steel knives in their hands. Many of the knives were stained with blood. They had killed many unruly people before.
After listening to the explanations of the ministers, Ji Jie smiled bitterly and thought to himself, King Zhou Nan, you are a big stick. It's okay. Why did you order the arrows to be fired? If they come to investigate, just let them investigate. Fortunately, it's not the turn of the people on the city wall yet.
The defenders have to go into the tunnel, otherwise everything will be exposed!
Forget it if you shoot an arrow, just hide away. Can such a small Qin army threaten your safety?
"Who the hell gave His Majesty the advice?" Ji Jie asked sharply.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one answered.
"Don't tell me!" Ji Jie said with a sneer: "That's good, I'll be buried with the emperor! If you don't want to die, just tell me honestly!"
The few people who just proposed to let King Zhou Nan leave were pushed to the front. It was a matter of life and death. Who cares?
These are Dazai, Taifu, Taichang and other ministers who can talk to the emperor. They are all incompetent people who are good at flattering horses. A few of them were trembling like chaff. If it weren't for listening to
With their opinions, the emperor would not be hit by an arrow.
"You old immortals who have achieved nothing but failed!" Ji Jie pretended to be filled with hatred and shouted: "Take it down for me. If His Majesty passes away, you will not be able to survive!"
In fact, Ji Jie was extremely happy, not in front of so many people and having to invite them to drink!
It turned out that I was still worried about how to face King Nan of Zhou after inviting him back to Zhaocheng. After all, he is the emperor and I am a minister. Is it possible to give away the city that I have worked so hard to build?
Even if you don’t give him anything, you still have to feed him well and feed him well, and you still have to kowtow to him when you meet him. It’s so uncomfortable!
Now it's better, the emperor was killed and Ji Jie was relieved without a nominal boss.