Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 340
At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the Fenshui River is full of brilliance, the riverside is brightly lit, and the fire is flowing in the water. The Fenshui River in Taiyuan City is like a sparkling river of blood.

Blood was indeed flowing in the river, all hidden under the firelight, and there were often half-dew floating corpses floating by, heaving and falling in the gentle waves.

On both sides of the river, baffles and stone barriers have been erected, with three or five steps a post, scattered figures everywhere, and arrows flying across the river from time to time.
Yang Jiye wore dark armor and held a spear in his hand, leading a team to patrol the Fen River.

Not far away, a two-story private house caught fire accidentally, and the flames were flickering. Fortunately, the fire was not big, and the back eaves were burned, and there were bricks and stones underneath, and rescue was still possible.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Qin army were going back and forth to fetch water from wooden barrels to put out the fire. The owner, six of them, shivered by the side, unable to say anything, with both panic and panic on their faces.

It's no wonder that the family was too frightened to move. Even Yang Jiye himself found it incredible that Qin Jun actually helped the people put out the fire.

In the past, it would have been a great act of kindness for these soldiers not to kill people, let alone not to rape and plunder, but now after the Qin army entered the city, they did nothing wrong with the people in the city, and even helped them put out the fire.

Yang Jiye was extremely shocked, and in the light of the fire, they saw officials from the state of Qin shuttling through the city, counting the population and household registration everywhere under the protection of a few soldiers.

The officials and soldiers of the Qin army looked very skilled. Obviously, it was not the first time they had done such a thing, and the common people cooperated cautiously in fear.

After walking for a while, I came to a broken bridge. The bridge was still on fire. The bridge was burned by the enemy troops on the other side when the city was broken, and there was still a smell of fish oil around it.

After stopping, Yang Jiye could vaguely see figures on the opposite bank dozens of steps away. Compared with the hustle and bustle here, the other side was much quieter, and the figures could only be seen vaguely, except for the torches fixed on the wall by the river, It's hard to see anything anymore, because the Qin army on the other side set up many bed crossbows by the river, laying down many heavy crossbows and strong bows, all facing the opposite bank.

However, a large amount of equipment and materials of the Northern Han Army were discarded in Dongcheng during the defeat, and they had no ability to fight against the Qin Army across the river.

Or to put it bluntly, I never thought that Dongcheng would fall so soon.

Yang Jiye was originally a general of the Northern Han Dynasty. He had experienced the planning of Taiyuan's city defense. Their best idea was to occupy the enemy outside the city and use the moat, Yangma City, and Nanguan City to resist the enemy.

If we take another step back, we will block the enemy in the east of the city. The last line of defense is Fenshui, the imperial city.

Therefore, most of the equipment and military supplies in Taiyuan were hoarded in the east of the city to support the battles in Yangma City and Nanguan City outside.

It's just that the Qin army fought too hard later, and didn't expect Nanguan City and Dongcheng to fall so quickly, so that it was too late to take care of them, and a large amount of supplies were all discarded in the east of the city.

The other bank was silent in fear, and the panic could be felt even across the river.

Looking at the flames at the bridgehead, he couldn't help but said, "It's like a dream, a strong city like Taiyuan only survived for two days."

Several accompanying lieutenants were also speechless. They were originally surrendered generals from the Northern Han Kingdom.

"I heard the rumors about the Qin army back then. They have been fighting everywhere in these years. I thought it might be exaggerated. Now I see that it really lives up to its reputation."

Everyone fell silent. Until then, they also realized that the taste of surrender was not pleasant. Neither Qin Jun nor the former comrades in arms on the opposite side looked at them so friendly.

When Qin Jun passed by occasionally, some people would nod to them, but most of them turned a blind eye.

"If I had known earlier, it would be better for Qin Jun to kill me." Someone murmured.

"What nonsense, what will you do if you die?" Yang Jiye said. Fortunately, his home is in the east of the city. When the Qin army broke the city, he followed him in. He was afraid that his family would be killed. Fortunately, everything was dusty afterwards. It's settled, everyone in the family is fine.

Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, now he didn't dare to die even for the sake of his family.

Yang Jiye said conveniently: "People fight for breath, if we want them not to see it that way, we need to fight for it ourselves."

"Everyone is angry, but they don't want to think about why Qin Jun's nostrils are turned upside down.

It was won one after another, including Shu, Chu, Jingzhou, Tang, Liao, and us.

If we want others to look up to us, we have to live up to ourselves first.”

The lieutenant general and the accompanying soldiers around him stopped talking, with some hesitation in their expressions, looking at the other side of the river with flickering eyes.

He understands everyone's thoughts, it's not that they don't want to prove themselves, it's not that they don't want to show the new emperor a good fight, but on the other side of the Fen River, many of them are their brothers and relatives
"Yang Dushi, why don't you tell His Majesty, let's go to the north to fight the Khitan people. Even if I put my life to the test, I will let them see how powerful the Hedong man is." Someone suggested.

After a while, many people looked at him, and some avoided him. Not all of them wanted to fight the Khitans, some wanted to win, and some didn't care.

Yang Jiye thought for a while: "That's right, I'll talk to the officials when I find a chance."

On the other side of the Fen River, the shadow of fear enveloped the west of the city, and an atmosphere of uneasiness quietly permeated the night.

Taiyuan has lost half of it.
From the outer gate to the inner gate avenue of the imperial city, there are guards in iron armor everywhere. The commander of the horse infantry, Guo Wanchao, personally sits on the tower of the outer gate of the imperial city to command, and the soldiers patrolling day and night.

The figures of people coming and going in and out of the imperial city were chaotic, and there were scenes of hurrying everywhere.

In the main hall of the imperial palace, the lord Liu Jun was in great grief, with tears running down his face. More than [-] important ministers, civil and military, were waiting in front of the hall. There were more officials on the periphery, and the few concubines were serving him, and they also looked terrified.

Liu Jun is in poor health and has no children so far. Because of this, his harem is also simple and not many.

"The fortified city that I worked so hard to build, the fortified city that was besieged by Zhou Shizong's [-] troops at the beginning, has only blocked Shi Congyun for two days!

Did I make a big mistake, and will God punish me? "Liu Jun's voice was sad and desolate, indescribably lonely, and his whole person was haggard.

The prince Liu Jien next to him also had no idea, so he could only cry along with him.

The father and son cried, and among the many courtiers waiting at the gate of the hall, none answered.

After a while, two armored men came in pushing a scribe with disheveled hair and beard. The prince rushed up and kicked and beat him, crying while beating, and yelling, "You dog thief, traitor!" stop.

The person who was escorted in turned out to be Guo Wuwei, one of the country's prime ministers.

Liu Jun looked at Guo Wuwei, who was caught in a panic, and said sharply: "I treat you well, and I also invite you with great courtesy. I promised you a high official and generous salary, why did you defect!"

Facing the harsh questioning, many civil and military officers nearby lowered their heads a little, as if they were the ones who were questioning them.

At noon today, Prime Minister Guo Wuwei wanted to lead his family across the Fen River to the east of the city to surrender to the Qin army, but was denounced by his servants.

The lord was furious and sent the forbidden army to arrest him. Soon Guo Wuwei's family was blocked by the Fen River. Except for his whole family of more than ten members, including the youngest two-year-old daughter, all were killed.

Facing the questioning, Guo Wuwei, who had already lost his strength, sighed: "Your Majesty, why bother to ask? The Qin Army's military song can be heard in the palace. They have invaded Taiyuan City in two days. By this time, you can't protect yourself. How can we protect yourself?" How, birds and beasts also know that they are greedy for life, let alone people in the world, they just want to live.

We can't fight Shi Congyun's, the destiny is set, the world will be in chaos for a long time, who else can rule?

Destiny is numberless, and going against heaven will not end well."

"You!" Liu Jun was so angry that he couldn't speak, so he quickly said in a low voice: "Kill him, kill him quickly, don't listen to the evil words to confuse the crowd, right here, I want to see him die!"

The soldiers of the imperial army moved swiftly, kicked Guo Wuwei to the knees, and pushed him to the ground like an animal waiting to be slaughtered. Guo Wuwei did not resist at all.

Raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, the head rolled several times, the blood was all over the ground, and the concubines in the palace screamed in fright.

When Liu Jun saw the blood, he felt happy and laughed, but he couldn't hide his helplessness and fear, so he laughed a few times and burst into tears.

"Tell me, tell me what you can do now."

The hall was very quiet, no one spoke, Guo Wuwei's body was cleaned up, the blood was not dry, and no one dared to speak.

"Are you all dumb!"

Zhao Huari came out, "Your Majesty, we still have envoys from Qin State in our hands. They were sent by Li Yun back then. Maybe they can help spread the message."

As soon as the words came out, the hall was quiet for a while, and everyone knew the meaning of the words.

"The country of our Liu family, the foundation of our ancestors, is it going to be buried in my hands?" Liu Jun wailed, and immediately passed out with his head covered.

Everyone was in a hurry, and even stepped forward to check.

Some people also took advantage of the darkness and panic to quietly withdraw
It was not until dawn that Liu Jun woke up slowly.

When he woke up, there were quite a few people waiting outside, not even the Crown Prince Liu Ji'en, so he asked with difficulty: "What's going on outside?"

The twenty people who were still in the hall did not answer.

In the end, Zhao Rihua came out, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, before dawn today, the Qin army has begun to attack the west of the city. Zhang Huan and Feng Jinke died in battle."

Liu Jun hurriedly asked, "Where's Shi Bin?"

"I don't know whereabouts yet, the west of the city is in chaos."

"Where's Guo Wanchao? Where is Guo Wanchao! Tell him to gather all the soldiers and horses outside the imperial city to defend against Shi Congyun for me!"

Zhao Rihua sighed: "Your Majesty, Guo Wanchao has surrendered to the Qin army, and the Qin army has entered the imperial city."

Liu Junru was struck by lightning.

Then he wanted to struggle to stand up, but the only eunuch who hadn't escaped even helped him to struggle.

Everyone remained silent, knowing in their hearts that the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed.
Liu Jun walked out of the hall, outside were hundreds of guards from the imperial guards with tense expressions guarding the door, and at the gate of the palace more than a hundred steps away, there were black armored Qin soldiers, densely packed, and they had already surrounded them.

Looking up, the flags of the State of Qin fluttered on the towers at the four corners of the imperial city. In the distance, there was a large amount of bright red blood stains on the white jade bricks.

Qin Jun surrounded the hall but didn't come close, just watched from a distance.

Liu Jun looked at Qin Jun who surrounded them heavily, with empty eyes, and asked, "Where is the prince?"

"Dead." A soldier pointed to the pile of corpses in the distance, and the pale prince was inside, "He wanted to escape, and someone told him that the Qin army's bows and crossbows don't have eyes, but the prince is in a hurry. Eye."

Liu Jun raised his head and looked at the dark Qin army in the distance, like a fortified wall, making him breathless.

"If they don't kill them, what are they waiting for?" Someone whispered.

"Wait until we surrender, or wait for someone."

Everyone swallowed, and had similar guesses in their hearts.

"Waiting."

"Maybe"

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After a long time, the formidable Qin army in the distance suddenly moved. They all moved out of the way, and saw a tall figure riding on horseback in the distance, slowly approaching the direction of the hall.

He was clad in armor, and his shiny shoulder glistened in the sun.

There are many Senhan iron cavalry accompanying him behind him, his whole body is wrapped in thick iron armor, with a ferocious bronze animal mask on his face, and there is nothing leaking out of his whole body.

No matter whether they were officials or soldiers, they couldn't help stretching their necks to look at it. Everyone knew in their hearts that it must be the legendary character Shi Congyun. The huge Luan behind him was only qualified by the emperor of Qin.

I saw him slowing down his horse and coming slowly, followed by the animal-faced guard behind him, and many soldiers of the Qin Army also followed with neat steps. It was frightening to hear.

As the legendary figure and the army behind him got closer and closer, everyone couldn't help breathing quickly, and their hands and feet trembled.

His power, his terror, his cruelty, his lust, his bravery, his combat prowess... All kinds of rumors and stories, all kinds of earth-shattering deeds, seem to come with him majesticly and vastly, every step he takes , are trembling heart, weak knees.

I don't know who was nervous, and suddenly dropped the knife on the ground, making a loud bang, and then others followed suit, throwing away their weapons one after another, knelt on the ground unevenly.

Hundreds of forbidden soldiers all dropped their weapons and prostrated on the ground in a short time. No one from Wenwu and Liu Jun in the rear spoke, and many people had sweat on their foreheads, looking left and right.

When the tall figure in the distance walked within fifty steps, someone couldn't bear it anymore and knelt down with a plop.

This kneeling seemed to be contagious, and many civil and military people around also bowed in the direction of the emperor of Qin.

When Emperor Qin and the armored guards around him stopped more than ten steps outside the main hall, only three people stood in front of him.

Liu Jun, the old eunuch supporting Liu Jun, and Prime Minister Zhao Huari.

Qin Emperor Shi Congyun looked at the three of them condescendingly, standing in front of hundreds of people who were prostrate on the ground, and asked in a stern voice: "Since you have seen the emperor, why don't you worship?"

Zhao Huari bowed his hands and saluted, his legs and lips were trembling, but he never knelt down, "The king is right behind him, so there is no reason to worship the king of another country."

Liu Jun over there did not speak.

Shi Congyun glanced at him: "You were once the lord of a country, I beg you to spare your life."

Liu Jun's complexion changed for a while, and finally, with the support of the old eunuch, he bowed slowly: "Meet the emperor of China."

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, pointed at Zhao Huari and said, "Look now, where is your lord? There will be no more Han kingdoms in the world, and this is my Daqin's Taiyuan Mansion!"

(End of this chapter)