At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 814
On the seventh day of the seventh month of the first year of Daqi Tianbao, Qiqiao Festival, the night is as cool as water, and the galaxy is brilliant.Li Zitong was drinking and having fun with a concubine in the harem, and just as the wine was getting hot, there was a faint sound of killing from the direction of the west gate. At first Li Zitong didn't pay much attention to it, but later the sound of killing was getting closer and closer, and even a booming sound could be heard The sound of horseshoes, Li Zitong was startled, hurriedly pushed the concubine in his arms away, took off the sword on the wall and rushed out the door, and asked sharply, "What happened?"

At this time, Huben Zhonglang General Wen Dongsheng rushed over with a team of guards in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Qi army has entered the city from the west."

Li Zitong turned pale with shock: "How could this be? The city gate has been sealed, how did the Qi army get in... No, it must be that Chen Ling, who is in charge of guarding the west gate, has defected to the enemy and opened the city gate to let the Qi army enter the city." Damn, this ungrateful bastard dared to betray me, he deserves death!"

The Qi army broke into the city suddenly at night, and it would definitely not be possible without insiders, and it was Huyalang General Chen Ling who was in charge of guarding the west gate, so Li Zitong immediately suspected that this person had defected to the enemy.

Wen Dongcheng panicked and said: "Your Majesty, what should we do now? The Qi army has already attacked."

Li Zitong said with a gloomy face: "You must immediately gather people to guard the gate of the palace, and I will go and dress neatly to fight Gao Changqing to the death."

"The last general has an order!" Wen Dongcheng said, suddenly a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he slashed at Li Zitong's neck with a swipe of the knife. A sword pierced the former's lower abdomen.

With a chirping sound, the long sword passed through the abdomen, Wen Dongcheng's eyes bulged, and his expression was incredible: "You...you!"

Li Zitong sneered and said: "I don't even trust the queen, I will trust you. I don't know if Chen Ling will be against me, but you Wen Dongcheng must be against me. If you dare to betray me, Li Zitong, there is only one end, and that is death!"

Li Zitong's eyes suddenly became sharp and ruthless, and he kicked Wen Dongcheng away with his kick. When the long sword was pulled out, he twisted it forcefully, breaking the latter's stomach and intestines.

Wen Dongcheng uttered a scream, fell to the ground and struggled for a few times before not moving, while the dozen or so guards who followed Wen Dongcheng backed away slowly in horror, stared at by Li Zitong, under the awe-inspiring , Immediately frightened, he dropped his weapon and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Li Zitong let out a sinister grin, stepped forward, and chopped down all the guards.Li Zitong, who was covered in blood, stood among a dozen bloody corpses. His face was distorted and he looked like a ghost. The guards around him were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak out.

"Li Chen, immediately gather people to guard the gate of the palace. If there is any mistake, come and see me!" Li Zitong sternly shouted.

Li Chen is the younger brother of Li Zitong's family, and currently holds the post of Supervisor of the Gate. He was ordered to recruit people to guard the palace gate. At this time, the shouts of killing were getting closer, and the rapid sound of horseshoes shattered the quiet night like drums. , and rushed straight to Jiangdu Palace, it was obvious that the Qi army was about to arrive soon.

Li Zitong gritted his teeth, turned back and ran into the house, swung his sword to kill the concubine who was drinking and having fun with him just now, and then ran to the residence of another concubine, hum, even if I kill Li Zitong's woman, I can't into the hands of other men.

Li Zitong was obviously red-eyed, he broke into the palaces with a bloody long sword, killed all the concubines inside, as well as his own flesh and blood, and finally went straight to the Yong'an Palace where the queen was, and he was really ruthless.

At this time, Su Dingfang, the general of Qi, had led his cavalry to the Jiangdu Palace first. Chen Ling, the rebel general of the Wu army, pointed at the gate of the palace and said, "Look, General Su, that's Duanmen. Hey, the Duanmen is closed. It looks like General Wen Lang Failed!"

Su Dingfang nodded and said: "It's okay, General Chen has worked hard, let's go back and rest, and wait for the general to break the door."

Chen Ling quickly retreated!
Li Zitong guessed right. Chen Ling, the tiger-toothed wolf general who was in charge of guarding the west city gate, had already defected to the Qi army. He opened the blocked city gate at night and let the Qi army in.

If Huya Lang Chen Ling was the only one, he would not have dared to rebel. In fact, there were many people who conspired together to rebel, including soldiers in the army, ministers in the court, and many gentry in the city. It went so smoothly, if it wasn't for the failure of Huben Zhonglang General Wen Dongcheng, Su Dingfang could directly lead the Qi army into Jiangdu Palace at this moment.

During this period of time, Jiangdu City was besieged, and it was bombarded every morning, noon and night. Both the defenders and the people in the city were under great pressure. But at this time, Li Zitong allowed the people below to mess around, making the city full of blood and blood. Panicked, everyone is in danger, coupled with Li Zitong's negative performance of smashing jars and jars recently, the ministers in the court and even the soldiers in the army have lost confidence in him.

And this leader is none other than Li Zitong's Taichang Temple Qing Yinqian.This guy is indeed a good material for organizing and contacting. He secretly connected several ministers in the court, and communicated with several generals in the army. The army broke the city.

Gao Bufan and a group of counselors had studied it and agreed without any problem. The two sides finalized the details and decided to launch it on the night of the seventh day of July. There was a mistake in the first link, that is, Huben Zhonglang's general Wen Dongsheng failed to capture Li Zitong. Originally, the Qi army could directly take Jiangdu Palace, but now they can only attack by force.

In addition, Su Dingfang led the Qi army to storm Duanmen, but met the stubborn resistance of the Wu army, and many people were killed or injured. However, Duke Yuchi soon led his troops to attack from the south of the city and joined the ranks of attacking Jiangdu Palace.

Boom—boom—boom!

Three land cannons were pulled into the city, pushed to the front of Jiangdu Palace, and fired a few shots at the palace gate. They were killed and fled in all directions. In the end, those who died died and those who surrendered surrendered.

Commander Qi drove straight in, broke through several palace gates, and finally reached the harem, only to find that the concubine and palace maids were all lying in a pool of blood, and all of them were gone. After asking, they found out that Li Zitong did it.

Seeing this, Su Dingfang couldn't help frowning, this Li Zitong was really ruthless, seeing that the situation was over, he even killed his concubine and even his sons and daughters.

"General Su, his subordinates have captured an enemy general named Li Chen, who is Li Zitong's brother." A Qi army captain escorted a prisoner to Su Ding to report.

Su Dingfang looked at this person coldly, and asked, "Where is Li Zitong?"

Li Chen tremblingly said: "After the palace gate was breached, Huang... Li Zitong fled to the harem. I don't know where he is hiding now, but General Su can go to Yong'an Palace to look for it."

As soon as Li Chen finished speaking, he saw a raging fire in the direction of Yong'an Palace. Su Ding's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly led people to Yong'an Palace, but when he arrived, the West Nuan Pavilion of Yong'an Palace was already in chaos. There was a sea of ​​fire, and the main hall was full of corpses of palace servants, stained with blood, like a piece of purgatory.

Just when Su Dingfang was about to let Li Chen identify the body, a burning man and a woman suddenly rolled out of the blazing Xinuang Pavilion. The clothes and hair on her body were on fire, screaming and rolling violently on the ground.

"It's the Empress!" Li Chen blurted out.

It turned out that this woman was none other than Li Zitong's queen, Cui Shiyao.At this time, an angry roar came from the fire: "Cui Shiyao, you bitch, shameless whore, get out of here quickly, you belong to me, and you are my ghost even if you die!"

I saw a figure trying to rush out of the raging fire, but was hit by a falling beam, and immediately lost his expression, and Cui Shiyao, who was rolling on the ground, finally rolled out the open fire on his body, but he was already burnt. She was inhuman shape, her hair was scorched black, her clothes were almost burnt, her whole body was red and black, and she was dying. It was a horrible sight.

While Su Dingfang ordered people to put out the fire, he also ordered people to fetch well water and pour it on Cui Shiyao's body, but it didn't seem to have much effect, the latter was still moaning in pain like a dying wild dog.

When Gao Bufan arrived, the fire had already been extinguished. It should not be said that it was extinguished, because the entire Xinuang Pavilion was burned down. If the nearby buildings were not knocked down, the entire Yong'an Palace might be gone.

"General Su, where is Li Zitong?" Gao Bufan asked.

Su Dingfang respectfully said: "Back to the emperor, Li Zitong has already set himself on fire in fear of crime, and only found a charred body. The general has confirmed that it is indeed Li Zitong himself."

Gao Bufan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, he didn't even look at the corpse, he just ordered Du Ruhui to make a coffin to restrain Li Zitong, as the saying goes, the dead are the greatest, Li Zitong is also a hero after death, and the respect he should have after death still has to be given .

Gao Bufan was about to leave, but he heard someone shouting in a weak voice: "Gao...Gao Changqing!"

Gao Bufan's footsteps froze, and he turned around to look, and saw a person lying on the ground, his body was scorched black, he couldn't tell the difference between male and female, but his voice seemed familiar, so he couldn't help but frown.

"This person is Li Zitong's Empress Cui Shi, who was kidnapped by Li Zitong and set herself on fire. She probably wanted to die together, but Cui Shi escaped from the sea of ​​fire by chance." Su Dingfang said with a little pity.

Gao Bufan's heart moved, he walked over and asked, "Are you Cui Shiyao?"

Cui Shiyao's eyes lit up, she nodded and said: "You really still remember me, Gao Changqing, do you always miss me?"

Gao Bufan was a little speechless, this woman still felt so good about herself, and said lightly: "It's not impossible to keep thinking about it, but your name is only one word different from Rou'er, so it's not surprising that I remember it."

"Rou'er?" Cui Shiyao lost her mind, gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "Cui Shirou has been a timid and fearful wretch since she was a child, why is she so lucky?"

Gao Bufan frowned and said coldly: "In my eyes, Rou'er is a gentle, sensible and well-behaved woman, ten times better than you."

Cui Shiyao sneered twice, stared at Gao Bufan and said, "Gao Changqing, if I didn't hide when grandpa arranged for us to meet, would you like me?"

"Impossible!" Gao Bufan turned around and wanted to leave.

"Why?" Cui Shiyao said angrily, "Aren't I good-looking enough?"

"You're beautiful, but you don't fit me!" Gao Bufan left without looking back.

"Gao Changqing, it's all your fault that you didn't die, it's all your fault that you didn't agree to marry me, I ended up where I am today, I would hate you even if I was a ghost!" Cui Shiyao screamed desperately, wailing in pain.

Su Dingfang pulled out a dagger and threw it to Cui Shiyao's side, then turned around and walked away. After walking a few steps, there was the sound of a sharp knife piercing into the flesh behind him. Looking back, he found that Cui Shiyao had already stabbed the dagger into his heart.

Su Dingfang sighed, and waved his hands to let the soldiers restrain Cui Shiyao's body. It is really worse than death if a person is burned like this. The hope of surviving is almost zero. It is better to kill yourself as soon as possible. Although this woman hates it, she is still decisive. .

At dawn, the Qi army completely controlled the entire Jiangdu city, and began to clear the remaining resisters in the city. These people were Li Zitong's loyalists, but there were not many of them, and they were all wiped out soon, except for the attack on Jiangdu Palace. Except for a small number of casualties, the Qi army took the first city in the Jianghuai region with almost no losses.

Li Zitong established the state of Wu and it was destroyed!

(End of this chapter)