At this time, the rebel cavalry also reached the shore of Yuehua Lake. As for the lake surface, they who were born in the north have no doubt about its hardness, because in places such as Huizhou, Daizhou, Youzhou, etc., the ice surface on New Year's Eve is not much.
Hundreds of cavalry, even thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of cavalry could bear the burden. So they did not hesitate to ride their horses over the fence and rushed towards the island in the middle of the lake. The captain of the cavalry in front shouted: "Capture the tyrant alive! The reward is ten thousand.
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"Capture the tyrant alive, and the reward will be ten thousand taels!"
"Creak - creak - boom -"
After a loud noise, the ice surface suddenly cracked, and hundreds of war horses fell into Yuehua Lake one after another. The crack in the ice surface became larger and larger, and the war horses behind had no time to stop and rushed straight into the cracked hole.
In the lake, the entire cavalry team fell into the cold lake one after another, and the leading cavalry captain had long since disappeared and landed somewhere in the lake.
"Help!"
"Don't pull me!"
"Someone is coming!"
"mother--"
"I want to go home!"
"Come and save people!"
The miserable cry for help spread from the icy water to all around, and the other rebel infantry that followed quickly stopped. They looked at the people in the icy water in the lake in shock. Suddenly someone reacted and shouted: "Help!
!Hurry up and save people!" Only then did the others react and began to save people. Some used red tassel guns, some used flagpoles, some used ropes, some untied their belts and threw them into the water. They pulled a person and tried their best to save them.
Pulling people.
But no one dared to rush into the water to save people. After all, in this winter icy lake, the extremely cold and poisonous lake water could freeze to death. The rebels on the shore could only watch them drown and freeze to death without being able to do anything.
Some drowning people who knew how to swim hurriedly swam to the shore. However, as they swam, they were grabbed by their ankles, collars, or backs of hands by other drowning people around them, and finally fell into the water. Most of them were farmers in the north, and
There are very few people in the north who know how to swim. Most people are helpless and struggle wildly, eventually drowning.
The cries for help became weaker and weaker, and within a short time, they turned into ice corpses.
On the island in the middle of the lake, Zhang Xiaowu and others looked at the rebel soldiers struggling in the ice water from a distance. They felt sympathy in their hearts but felt that it was okay. After all, this is the battlefield and this is war. Just imagine, what if
They did not fall into the lake and drown, but caught up with the guards. Will they let the guards escape?
In the end, only a dozen of the 120 rebel cavalry were rescued ashore. They were immediately sent to the burning palace to keep warm to avoid freezing to death after getting out of the water. The survivors looked at the lake in the distance and were terrified.
The floating corpses made people cry loudly, and the morale of the rebels suddenly dropped. Some people looked around at a loss, not knowing whether to continue the pursuit or wait for orders.
At this time, Li Canglan finally led his army to attack. Looking at the damaged ice and Yuehua Lake with floating corpses, he shouted and ordered: "The ice on Yuehua Lake is too thin. It is not suitable for large groups of people to stand on it at the same time."
On the ice, everyone immediately moved forward from Yuehua Lake to the island in the middle of the lake in different directions to capture the tyrant alive!"
"Here!"
With Li Canglan's command, the rebels immediately dispersed and carefully attacked the island in the middle of the lake from all directions.
At this time, Zhang Xiaowu and others had already fled to the star-catching platform on the island in the center of the lake. He had broken through several times today but failed. He finally knew what it was like to catch a turtle in a turtle in an urn, that is, no matter how hard you try, there is nothing you can do. Even if a person is no longer able to do anything,
It doesn't matter if you have the ability. When facing a tidal wave of enemies, one's strength cannot go against the sky.
Zhang Xiaowu had given up on breaking out, but when he saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs who were still taking refuge under the star-catching platform, he immediately came up with a plan. He pulled Emperor Dade and whispered: "Your Majesty, the rebels are powerful and the ministers are incompetent. We cannot
Take your majesty to escape. But I have a plan to keep your majesty safe. Your majesty will disguise himself as a palace maid or a eunuch and sneak into the crowd. I will lead the royal guards to pretend to chase you. You can take advantage of the chaos and escape now. This may avoid the pursuit of the rebels.
When Li Canglan knows that I am here, he will definitely be worried that I will lead the silver-clad guards to counterattack the palace, so he will definitely try his best to hunt down Yu Chen. By then, all the thieves will chase me and your majesty will escape from the palace. Your majesty, as long as you find the silver guards
Yiwei, they will definitely help your majesty regain your power, and they will also help your majesty eradicate the traitors. I am incompetent, and I am unworthy of your majesty's trust. I am willing to die to thank your majesty for your love for me."
After hearing this, Emperor Dade cried bitterly, but shook his head extremely firmly, stood upright, and said resolutely: "I have no escape, and my heart remains here to fight the rebels with you."
Zhang Xiaowu was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, you can't stay. If you stay, you will definitely die."
The Dade Emperor said: "I am also a saintly man. Although I have a slight chance of success by escaping in disguise, I am the king of a country, how can I escape in such a despicable manner? I would rather die than disguise myself as a eunuch and a maid. The character of the Xuanyuan family is
We will not allow future generations to be so incompetent. I have made up my mind to stay and fight to the death!" After saying this, he drew out his sword and said loudly: "Zhang Xiaowu, I will fight the rebels with you. I would rather die than surrender."
Zhang Xiaowu looked at Emperor Dade with admiration. He felt the emperor's dignity and integrity, and understood the emperor's choice. He could not escape like this. He looked at Emperor Dade with mixed emotions, heard the sounds of the approaching rebels around him, and nodded:
"In this case, Your Majesty, let us be the first pair of monarchs and ministers to go to hell together. Your Majesty will not fail me in this life, and I will not fail you in this life. Today, I will use my life to repay Your Majesty."
The virtuous emperor smiled and said: "Okay, I will go to hell with you."
"Then they-"
"Let them go. They may survive. I don't want more people to be buried with me."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded solemnly, and then said to everyone: "Everyone listens to the order, the rebel army is strong today and has surrounded us on the island in the middle of the lake. We have no way to hide and no way to hide. Your Majesty and I are determined to fight to the death.
However, you and the maids and eunuchs are not guilty, and the rebels will not kill you. His Majesty ordered that you can escape now, and you can live."
Everyone was shocked at first, and then burst into tears. A palace maid came to the Great Virtue Emperor, knelt down with a bang, and kowtowed respectfully. This was the highest and most respectful etiquette of a holy man, and it showed the deep love in her heart.
Overwhelmed with emotion, the maid said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. You are a good emperor. If there is an afterlife, my maid will still serve Your Majesty." Then she turned and left in tears.
The second maid came forward, kowtowed and thanked her, then turned and left.
The third person, the fourth person, the fifth person——
Everyone left one after another, even the Royal Guards also left. In the end, only a few old eunuchs who could not escape were left. They looked at each other and said with a smile: "I will go with Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty in the underworld."
Emperor Dade cried and laughed at the same time and said: "Okay, okay, okay."
Zhang Xiaowu looked up and said: "We are all married to Zhaixingtai. Even if we die, we will drag countless rebels on our backs."