Thinking of practicing swordsmanship, Qi Zhengzhong felt that he should save her. No matter what happened to her, if...if she died, then the entire Zixu Kingdom would be buried with her, even if he turned into a murderous demon king.
No matter what, the anger in his heart was just like when he found out that Hui'er had been arrested. He was going crazy. He was going crazy.
After the roar, Qi Zhengzhong pulled his own horse and the horses of the two officials and galloped away, leaving behind a trail of smoke and dust and the two frightened officials in the tea shed.
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"Your Majesty, I sincerely ask your Majesty to let the immortals from Ji Daoyuan come forward to rescue my daughter!" Zhu Zhenyun knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face. More than a month had passed, and Zhu Zhenyun, who was in his forties, seemed to have aged all of a sudden.
I'm gone, and now I look like I'm over fifty.
Emperor Renwu on the throne also looked gloomy. Zixu Kingdom's offensive this time was extremely fierce. First, Zhu Minglan was mysteriously taken away, which made Zhu Zhenyun uneasy. Then, he suffered repeated defeats. Seeing that Zixu Kingdom had captured a large area,
They were about to attack the capital, but Zhu Minglan had no news at all.
"Zhenyun! Get up quickly. It's not that I haven't invited you, but I've been there several times. I'm also worried about Xiao Minglan, but they refuse to take action, saying that it's inconvenient for them to interfere in worldly matters! But
"Don't worry, I have sent Zhai Hongxing to Zixu Kingdom to rescue Xiao Minglan!" Emperor Renwu said with a gloomy expression.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to go to Zixu Kingdom to rescue my daughter!" Although Zhu Zhenyun heard that Zhai Hongxing went to rescue his daughter, he also knew that as long as Qiu Jiansheng, the top master of Zixu Kingdom, was here, Zhai Hongxing's chance of success was almost
zero.
"Zhenyun, I need you, Fengxian Kingdom also needs you, how can you put yourself in danger? Have you forgotten the promise between the two of us!" Emperor Renwu said with a strong voice, but his tone was mostly
Helpless, he could no longer bear to scold this old friend, old minister, and old hero who had been with him for more than twenty years.
"Your Majesty!" Zhu Zhenyun cried out sadly, then kowtowed to the ground and refused to get up again.
"That's all, that's all. I'll go to Ji Dao Yuan again and I must ask them to rescue Xiao Minglan! If they refuse again, I will declare my surrender to Zixu Kingdom!" Emperor Renwu stood up and said calmly.
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"Ta-ta! Ta-ta!" A fast horse stopped in front of the Zhenguo General's Mansion. A young man jumped off the horse and ran towards the general's palace. It was in a hurry.
Qi Zhengzhong, who rushed back, did not go directly to Zixu Kingdom because he did not know the exact information yet, so he first went back to Fengxian Kingdom Zhenguo General's Mansion to find out the information.
After entering the inner courtyard, everything in sight was gray and white, all white silk. The desolate scene made people feel frightened. In addition, there were faint sounds of crying. Qi Zhengzhong didn't know who had passed away, so he quickly followed the instructions.
He came to the mourning hall with the sound of crying. On the coffin in front of the coffin, he saw that the "seat of his beloved daughter Zhu Minglan" was enshrined.
Qi Zhengzhong was suddenly confused. He hadn't felt this kind of heartache for many years. Zhu Minglan's voice and smile were in his mind as if they were yesterday. Tears slowly stayed on his cheeks. Youdao said: Man
He didn't shed tears easily, just because he was sad. Qi Zhengzhong walked to the coffin with a staggering step, and "poof" he knelt down. His whole body seemed to have fallen apart, without any energy.
As soon as he knelt down, the people in the mourning hall noticed him. Especially Mrs. Zhu who was crying so hard that she was already dead. She raised her head slightly, glanced up, shook her body, and asked tremblingly: "Zhongzhong, is this my nephew you?"
?" After saying that, he started crying again. While crying, he said to the coffin: "My poor daughter, have you seen that he came back to see you in the middle of the day? Why don't you come back to life! Don't you always want to
Do you see him? Open your eyes and take a look!"
The old lady's words were like needles, piercing Qi Zhengzhong's heart hard, causing blood to flow out. 'Minglan has been waiting for me to come back. Why, why are you so stupid!'
Qi Zhengzhong straightened up, kowtowed to the coffin a few times, and stood up. Now was not the time for him to cry. He wanted to avenge Zhu Minglan. He walked to the old lady and asked softly: "Auntie, wasn't Minglan arrested?"
Are you gone? How did you die? Who did it?"
At this time, Mrs. Zhu was crying so much that she lost consciousness and fainted. Fortunately, the girl beside her supported her and prevented her from falling to the ground. That girl had always been waiting for Mrs. Zhu, so she knew Qi Zhengzhong, and she helped her
The old lady said as she said: "Mr. Qi, the young lady was forced to death by people from the Zixu Kingdom, but I don't know who did it. The young lady's body has not been recovered yet!" The maid cried miserably as she spoke.
Sad.
Qi Zhengzhong listened to the maid's words like a piece of wood and continued to ask blankly: "Where is Mr. Zhu?"
"The master is fighting in Cornerstone City, and he wants to avenge the young lady!" the maid continued to answer.
"Take good care of the old lady, and when she wakes up, tell her that I, Qi Zhengzhong, will definitely destroy the Zixu Kingdom and let them bury Minglan with her! Also, I will find Minglan's body, and I will not let her live in a foreign country.
Lonely and helpless!" Qi Zhengzhong finally said with murderous intent. At this time, no one would doubt Qi Zhengzhong's words.
After paying homage to Zhu Minglan, Qi Zheng went to the ### gate and galloped towards Cornerstone City.
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"Marshal, the soldiers have suffered a great loss! Every time Zixu Kingdom attacks the city, there are several martial arts masters among them, specifically to deal with our generals. Often, as soon as the general dies, his subordinates are defeated, and we have to fight again."
It will take a large number of manpower to recapture the city wall!" Deputy General An Yong said to Zhu Zhenyun.
After listening to the deputy general's report, "Follow me to the commander's station!" After Zhu Zhenyun said that, he picked up his thirty-six kilogram sword and walked out step by step. Every step was unswerving. In order to avenge his daughter,
He must win this war, and the generals behind him are closely following him. They all understand the marshal's mood.
Standing on the three-foot-high general-ordering platform, Zhu Zhenyun snatched the drummer's drumstick and knocked it on the cowhide-masked drum. The sound was like thunder. All the soldiers on the city wall looked back, wondering.
Who was beating the drum at this time? But when they saw that it was Zhu Zhenyun who was playing the drum himself, they were all shocked. Every drum beat hit their hearts, and every beat made them tremble.
Their blood, the marshal himself beats the drum, what does this mean? It means that the city is alive and the people are alive, but the city is dead and the people are dead.
Seeing that everyone on the city wall was looking back at him, Zhu Zhenyun stopped the drumming and used his inner strength to send the sound to the entire city wall: "Fengxian Kingdom soldiers, behind us is the emperor, our home.
Can we bear to watch them being enslaved by the people of Zixu Kingdom? No, so from now on, if the captain of ten thousand men is killed in battle, he will be led by the captain of his first thousand men. If the captain of the first thousand men is killed in battle, there will be the second thousand men.
The commander will lead you, and so on. Unless I serve the Immortal Kingdom and have no soldiers, I will never retreat even half a step. I, Zhu Zhenyun, swear here that I will live and die with this city."
"I swear to live and die with this city! I swear to live and die with this city!" Military morale can sometimes be mobilized with just a sensational word, but Zhu Zhenyun didn't just say it. After he finished speaking, he climbed onto the tower in person.
, he wanted to tell the entire army that he, Zhu Zhenyun, would live and die with them.
The morale of the army was all improved. Although many martial arts masters were included in the subsequent siege of Zixu Kingdom, this was a battlefield after all. When they showed up to attack the generals, even if they succeeded, they would find that they would immediately
Surrounded by soldiers nearby and beaten to death, only a handful of people were able to save their lives. It was no longer like before when the soldiers retreated as soon as the general died.
At this time, no generals were dead on the city wall. The soldiers were as dumbfounded as headless flies. Some just raised their weapons and slashed at the enemy harder. The battle continued all day long, and Zhu Zhenyun stood there.
On the city tower, reserve troops were commanded from time to time to support the city walls in various crises.