"The capital is in urgent need, please ask Hall Master Yan to help when the time comes." Helian Changji cupped his fists and bowed to Yan Wuji. Now every Chengzong is very important to him.
Yan Wuji nodded and said thoughtfully: "It's time for me to contribute."
Helian Changji was quite surprised that the leader of the wooden hall who had always stayed out of the matter could express his stance like this.
"Huotang, where are the people from Huotang?" He called Huotang twice, but no one responded. Helian Changji couldn't help but get angry again.
"Your Highness, there is no one in our fire hall." Someone in the corner finally responded weakly.
"You're not a fucking human being!" Helian Changji couldn't help but yell angrily. The other party was just a captain, and he still had the confidence to scold a captain.
The Huotang Captain in his early fifties looked aggrieved and said: "I, I am just the deputy captain in charge of the accounts. Hall Master Shen's whereabouts are still unknown. The two deputy hall masters and the capable captain have been killed by Your Majesty.
We have been summoned to Shanhaiguan, and there is really no one in the hall."
"Shut up, I order you to gather thirty people before noon and go to Tingwei Yamen to wait for orders!"
"Your Highness, including those who clean the latrines, there are only nineteen people in the hall..."
"Get out, we can't gather thirty people to handle it with military law!" Helian Changji also hated Shen Tinggu's disappearance to the bone, and he savaged the lonely Huotang in one breath.
The deputy captain dared not say anything more, and ran out crawling on the ground. Helian Changji continued to ask: "Weiwei, where is Tingwei?"
"I'm here." The two military attaches responded at the same time, but their expressions were much more arrogant than those of the other officials.
Helian Changji hurriedly put away his anger and said to the two emperor's ministers: "I also ask you, sir, to strengthen the security in the city in the past two days to prevent the spies of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty from causing trouble. In addition, please bring out more prisoners from the prison and let them serve their crimes."
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Tingwei replied: "Your Highness, four hundred prisoners have been trained in the past few days. Following His Majesty's orders, the seven hundred people from our Tingwei Yamen will also participate in the battle to defend the city!"
"Changji thanks you, Mr. Shaoqing."
"Master Prime Minister, please also ask all the Cao Cao in charge of water, soil, people, and gold to mobilize more people and hurry up to control the rebels, Lu Chai! In case the rebels approach the city!" Helian Changji finally stood up and issued an order to the powerful Shangshu.
Bow and bow.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the defense will be completed the day after tomorrow at the latest!" The old Shangshu Ling did not believe that seven thousand people could attack the capital, and he looked a hundred times calmer than Helian Changji.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, all the royal brothers and ministers and generals. If the capital is lost, we will have no face to see our father again. I hope that everyone will work together to kill the enemy in the city. Changji thanks you for this!" Helian Changji!
With a look of tears of gratitude, he bowed deeply to the ministers whom he called in the middle of the night.
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"Master, it was not like this when we came to Wuchuan last time." Luo Yu looked at the empty town in a daze.
"Don't follow me. Go help Qingqing take care of the wounded. Master will come as soon as he goes." He Qizhou crossed Wuchuan Town and walked towards the mountains in the north of the town.
This time, He Qizhou did not give up on Mu City, which could be attacked, retreated and defended. Instead, he left 500 people to assist the Two Immortals Sect and a thousand captives who sincerely surrendered to jointly guard Mu City;
More than two hundred soldiers who were injured during the siege also stayed in Mucheng to recuperate. Of course, except for Tan Zhuang;
Thousands of surrendered soldiers who defended the city were released to their respective tribes or their homes in Anzhou. Only He Lianpeng, Lian Kang and more than 70 people were imprisoned until their crimes were found out before being punished.
He Qizhou also recruited more than 800 elite troops from the surrendered troops defending the city, and always kept the attacking army at 7,000.
After marching for two days and one night and stationed in Wuchuan, He Qizhou wanted to go alone to the Mingyue Palace not far away to take a look.
"Brother He, wait a minute -" Yuwen Lingyun, who was calling from far away and performing Qinggong, came to He Qizhou in a blink of an eye: "There is a guy who claims to be from Tongwan City and he says he insists on seeing you. Ask him who he is.
Who sent it and refused to say whether he was alive or dead."
Tongwan City? Could it be Zhai Biao? "I'll go take a look!" He Qizhou immediately followed Yuwen Lingyun to the camp where the army was stationed.
The person who came was not Zhai Biao, but He Qizhou had also seen that person. It was Zhai Biao who he had spared that day at Guo Wen Village.
Seeing that the other party was covered in dust and fatigue, and must have been running all the way, He Qizhou knew that he had something important to tell him, so he dismissed everyone, leaving only Yu Wen Lingyun and Luo Yu. Only then did the visitor speak out the message he had brought:
"Sixth brother is in charge of Tongwan City and it is inconvenient to come here, so he sent me here to report the news! On the third day of the lunar month, that is, six days ago, our Shuitang got the news that you led the army to march towards Qingcheng. The source of the news was a brother who escaped from Luzhou privately.
After Sixth Brother learned about it, he deliberately suppressed the news;
On the fifth day of the lunar month, Xuancheng Shuitang reported a message on horseback. He said that he had received an order from the main hall to send martial arts experts to Qingcheng to help prevent the Eastern Zhou rebels from breaking through the Mucheng defense line. On the same day, someone from Tutang also came to verify the news and said that there was still something left.
Don’t believe this;
At that time, Sixth Brother suddenly remembered something. Wu Shi, who had been guarding Tongwan City, quit the heaven-sacrifice ceremony in the middle of the first day of the Lunar New Year. He suddenly left the city with a dozen of his most capable disciples and came east along Shanyin. That day happened to be
Cullen's messenger arrived, and Sixth Brother calculated that Wu Shi had known about Goshawk's defeat since then, even before Qingcheng, but he did not inform Qinglong Temple of the matter.
Brother Six felt a little strange, so he immediately tried to find a way to go to the Prince's Mansion to find out. He learned that the direction of Wushi's trip was not Qingcheng, but Wuchuan Town! Because it was estimated that you should be attacking Mu City, he asked me to rush to Wuchuan immediately.
, inform you to be careful of Wushi!"
"It seems a bit strange. Going to Wuchuan is not as good as going to Mucheng. At least there is a city to defend. If you are going to Qingcheng, it is much more convenient to go over the Yinshan Mountain from Xuancheng. Why is Wushi coming to Wuchuan?"
He Qizhou was a little confused for a moment.
"Mingyue Palace!" He Qizhou and Luo Yu shouted almost at the same time after thinking for a moment.
Just now, He Qizhou wanted to go alone to Mingyue Palace, eight miles north of Wuchuan Town. It was once the residence of his biological mother, and it was also where he last saw He Qingshan.
When entering Qingcheng, he will definitely spend the night in Wuchuan Town. It seems natural to take a look at his parents' former residence. He Qizhou somewhat guessed where Wu Shi went!
"Master, let's send an army there!" Luo Yu suggested.
"The view from the mountain is wide. If we send an army there, they will have disappeared long ago. Besides, what if we guess wrong? Everyone has missed the chance to have a good night's sleep."
"Why don't you go?" Luo Yu said worriedly.
"I don't know when I will pass by here next time. Go, I still want to go." He Qizhou raised his head and looked at the peak in the mountains.
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"They have arrived in Wuchuan." Looking out from the dark study room of Mingyue Palace, the mountains and valleys in the distance were filled with dots of firelight.
"Well, are you sure he will come?"
"Not sure, but if I were him, I would definitely come and take a look."
"I think so too, then just wait!"
"It seems like someone is coming."
"Well, I saw it, three!"
"Then send him to see the princess."
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"How is your injury?" Yuwen Lingyun asked. The mountain road leading to Mingyue Palace was built around the solitary peak. After turning the last bend, in the night sky, the lonely palace on the top of the mountain seemed to be hanging in the sky.
He Qizhou secretly let the true energy in his body go away for another week. After taking a deep breath of cool air, he replied in a low voice: "The injuries from the fight with Lin Hu have basically healed. There are still some old injuries that I think will never heal in this life, but
Don't worry, I'm stronger than ever!"
He Qizhou was not blindly confident. When he first opened the Eight Meridians, he did feel like he was completely transformed. However, he also knew that the Governor Meridian was not very stable. After the battle with Lin Hu, several meridians connected by flesh and blood were already as solid as
Panshi, the pain when the Qi circulated quietly disappeared. He Qizhou, who had fought against Wu Shi before, was convinced that he would be able to defeat the opponent!
"That's good!" Yuwen Lingyun seemed slightly excited. He turned to Yuwen Zhu next to him and said, "Uncle Six, it's enough for the two of us to come. Your injury has not healed, so why are you here to join in the fun?"
"Why, I wanted to come and see how Wushi died but couldn't?" Yuwen Zhu said angrily.
"Better be careful, his disciples and disciples are very powerful in battle, and they will be even more powerful after forming a formation!" He Qizhou reminded.
"Do you think Wu Shi is hiding inside?" Yuwen Lingyun asked again as the closed door was close at hand.
"Nine times out of ten." He Qizhou pointed to the locked copper lock at the door and said: "This is a bit misleading. If the people guarding the palace evacuated in a hurry, the door would not be cleaned so cleanly, and there is no need.
Hang up this spotless lock that no one can guard against."
"It makes sense! This is to make you think that there must be no one in the palace, so you can relax your guard." Yuwen Lingyun whispered. Then the sword flashed, and with a "bang", the broken copper lock fell to the ground in the open space.
There was a sudden clear sound from the top of the mountain.
"Brother congratulations, let's light the lanterns first." Yu Wen Lingyun put away his sword, lit the fire seal, and pulled Yu Wen Zhu into the palace first. Both of them dressed up as ordinary soldiers.
"Let's go together." He Qizhou knew that they were doing it for his own good, and he was moved. He hurriedly approached the two of them and said, "We have to march tomorrow, so I will take a look at the study and leave after reading it!"
"Okay!" Yuwen Lingyun lit two oil lamps on the wall. The spacious front hall was empty. The three of them passed through the front hall and continued towards the study room in the back hall. This time, of course, He Qizhou, who had been here once, led the way.
Passing through the front hall is a long courtyard built along the mountain. It is about ten feet wide and only three feet deep. The study room is in the southwest corner of the yard. As soon as the three of them stepped into the yard, they heard a "whoosh" sound after a few steps.
"Whoosh" sound, all the sounds are almost rushing to one person - He Qizhou!
As the three pieces of sword light danced, the sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" could be heard endlessly, and sparks shone in the night sky. Two figures soared into the sky and swept over the six or seven-foot-high roofs of the front hall and the back hall respectively. This chapter has been completed!