Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 125 The little prince's ascension to the throne, Uesugi's death (finale)

Idealistic flowers will eventually bloom in the soil of romanticism, but enthusiasm will not be extinguished in the ordinary reality.

In the past few years, the flames of war have continued, heroes have emerged in large numbers, and magnificent chapters have been written with their lives.

In August of the 25th year of Tai'an, the third prince defeated the Great Wall, and the great shaman Xiya signed an armistice agreement with King Yan of Xueguo. So far, the two sides have paid a total of 25 warriors and the three-year war has finally come to an end.

In September of the same year, the eldest prince was killed by an arrow at Yumen Pass. King Dongfang Yu of the Western Regions had no choice but to agree to the terms of the Great Wilderness Nation, and was forced to sign an armistice agreement that humiliated the country.

The little prince traveled from Luoyang to Xuchang in a Kowloon royal carriage, and went to the cemetery of Huangshi, the tomb of King Xuchang, to pay his respects.

In front of the solemn inscription.

The little prince buckled his head step by step, but no one underestimated this young prince who was only 13 years old.

Huangshi's warning sounded in his ears.

"The emperor's family, among the three generations, there must be some people with great ambitions, some with slanted swords, and some with ruthless hearts."

Looking around the world, who is qualified to compete with the little prince for the throne?
An old minister felt uncomfortable and persuaded: "Your Highness, King Xuchang is an eunuch after all. You have a high status and will be the dragon body of the Ninth Five-Year King. Kneeling an eunuch is not in line with the etiquette."

The little prince squinted at him, and said coldly: "If there is no Xuchang King Huangshi in this Great Liang, I really don't know how many people will be kings, and how many people will be the hegemony? There is no one in the royal family, so it is absurd to speculate and suspect that he has a different heart. If there is no King Xuchang, who will devote himself to helping the country, the world will be in chaos and the people will be panic. You disorderly officials and thieves, dare to say anything?"

"Your Highness..."

"Come on, drag it down and cut it off."

……

In November, the Jiangdong battlefield almost came to an end. Uesugi deployed his troops and exhausted all his life's knowledge, but even so, he still couldn't stop the rebel cavalry. After the fall of Yuhang, the Dongying army kept retreating, stimulating both inside and outside From then on, people with lofty ideals continued to emerge in Yuezhou, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

On November [-]th, Chen Ci drafted a declaration. In order to end the war as soon as possible, a swearing-in meeting was held: "During the thrilling war from last year to the present, the whole army has gathered a consensus, that is, to fight hard, regain lost ground, and expel Japanese pirates. Even if my Jiangdong man fights to the last soldier, he will never stop his determination to resist the war, and almost all casualties are exhausted. This battle has left the last glorious history for Jiangdong's soldiers..."

On the [-]th of the same month, the Taozhi Mountain Rebel Army led by Lu Qian attacked Yingcheng and paid a heavy price. Unfortunately, Lu Qian died in battle and the entire army was wiped out.

Before his death, it was rumored that he had held a mobilization meeting and shouted: "There are dead bones buried everywhere in the green hills, so why return the corpse wrapped in horse leather?"

Lu Qian's Taozhi Mountain Rebel Army has been active in Jiangdong for several years, leaving a strong mark for the Battle of Jiangdong.

On the [-]th, Yan Dong's army occupied Yingcheng across the board, cutting off the last line of defense for the Dongying Army to withdraw from Jiangdong.

On the 19th, the [-]th Route Corps of the First Allied Army of Japan fought stubbornly and fought a bloody battle with Yan Dong. Some people say that Yan Dong wrote in his suicide note: "Serve the country and fulfill the responsibility of a man, wealth and honor are nothing but floating clouds outside the body."

Since Yan Dong led the army to fight, he had dissipated all his family wealth and dismissed his female family members. He had already prepared the mentality of seeing death as home, but many years later, people knew that Yan Dong had been an official for [-] years, and there was only [-] shi of grain in the mansion. , not a little bit of gold and silver.

A few pages of Qing History should be left with his name.

December tenth.

The 5th, 6th and 11th Navy Fleets of the First Allied Forces of Japan tried to break through the blockade of the rebels, and fought fiercely with the Allied Forces of the Daliang Navy, and were eventually wiped out.

On December 7, Uesugi took about [-] remnants and had to retreat to Kuaiji Mountain for the final battle.

Over the course of a year, the Dongying Army's hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, leaving only the [-] men left. Although the Daliang Rebel Army fought more and more, they actually paid a heavy price, with almost twice as many casualties as the Japanese pirates.

……

Kuaiji Mountain.

Winter is coming, the sky is freezing, the mountains are very cold and damp, and even lighting a fire has become a luxury.In the morning, there was frost in the forest, it was cold and damp. In this harsh environment, the soldiers were defeated and had no food, so they could only hunt in a daze. They fled and ran for several days, exhausted from fighting. In the morning, another officer approached Shang Shanqi to report, and a dozen soldiers were killed by hungry wolves at night.

This war has been fought for too long.

The soldiers unconsciously put down their weapons, no longer had the will to fight, some were desperate, stimulated by the Bushido spirit in their hearts, and committed seppuku.People leaned against each other, snoring tiredly.

The mountains and forests are deserted, and sometimes there are miserable cries like howling ghosts and wolves, and the soldiers are ashamed. In their eyes, there are ashes after the flame of faith is extinguished.

"It's my incompetence."

"Soldiers, I am incompetent, sorry."

"I can't take you all out."

Uesugi Qi spoke hoarsely.

If it was in the past, there must have been soldiers who raised their long swords full of righteous indignation and said: "Commander, let's fight out, and we will die together with the enemy."

But now, no one pays attention to Shang Shanqi, they all look at each other silently, looking miserable.

They are so exhausted and now only long to go home, to their hometown.

Thinking back to the expedition to Wuyue three years ago, how invincible an army of millions was, high-spirited, going around in circles, but in just four years, they ended up in this field.

Millions of troops are defeated, so what is the point?
Numbness and heaviness lingered on the faces of the soldiers.

This year is coming to an end.

However, Uesugi found it strange that they were already at the end of their battles. As long as the enemy army swarmed up or set fire to the mountain, their [-] to [-] troops would have no way to survive, but the enemy army did nothing. There was no sign of attack, nor It is strange that there is no idea of ​​evacuation. Uesugi knows that the enemy army is destroying their will to fight, so as to minimize casualties. You must know that it is very terrifying for an army of [-] to [-] to retreat and fight trapped beasts. .

……

Huiji County.

Hundreds of generals are attending the meeting.

These days, they were all skeptical about Chen Ci's policy of besieging Kuaiji Mountain and not attacking it, but after Chen Ci explained the reason, everyone was relieved.Indeed, 8 to [-] people gathered in Kuaiji Mountain. If they really ordered to attack, it might cause the Japanese pirates to fight trapped beasts, and the rabbits would bite people when they were in a hurry, not to mention [-] to [-] armed Soldier?
"King Wu, give the order, what should our army do? We can't just surround him like this, can we?" a man asked rudely.

Everyone looked at Chen Ci.

Chen Ci pondered for a while, and said: "Pass down my military order to order my subordinates to transport peach and cherry trees from various places and plant them at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain. The larger the number, the better."

"Wu Wang, why is this?"

"I want to break down the fighting will of the Japanese people and let them voluntarily surrender. Our army is running out of soldiers. Too many people have been sacrificed in this battle."

Although everyone was puzzled, they could only follow suit.

Soldiers cut down millions of peach trees from Taoyuan Town, Guangling, and transported them by warships. The construction started vigorously, and people began to plant peach trees and cherry blossoms at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain. No one objected to such a waste of money and money. For nothing else, a military order was issued because of the statement.What is most important now?Of course young people are the most important.

In the past year, too many soldiers have been killed or injured, and even every household in Jiangdong is full of women and children, all dressed in white and plain, without a pillar.

No one wants to make fearless sacrifices anymore.

……

Royal Palace.

After dressing up, the little prince put on a golden robe embellished with a five-clawed dragon pattern, and a crown symbolizing the Ninth Five-Year Emperor. He walked slowly to the dragon chair. At this moment, he was the loneliest man in the world. people.

He is the Emperor of Great Liang.

The Last Emperor.

In this world, wars are raging, turbulent and treacherous, and finally unified. This world, after all, has a new look, and the surname is still Ji.

Inside the Jinluan Hall, all the civil and military officials kowtowed, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

As the little prince watched this scene, figures flashed in his mind.

Big brother.

third brother.

yellowstone.

Empress.

elder sister……

On this day, the war in Jiangdong came to an end, one success after another came, and the little prince rewarded him for his merits.

Yan Dong, the general of the Southern Expedition, was posthumously named the general of the country.

Canonize Lin Gusheng, the leader of the Wuzhou Rebel Army, as the Grand Marshal of the Zhongzhou Iron Army.

Lu Qian, the leader of the Taozhi Mountain Rebel Army, was posthumously named Marquis of Huaiyin.

Canonize Li Shangyang, the leader of the Jingzhou Expeditionary Army, as Marquis of Haizhou.

Canonize Yang Yu, the leader of the Jiangxi Expeditionary Army, as Marquis of Hailing.

……

The little prince distributed the land of 18 counties in the two prefectures of Wu and Yue to 18 generals with meritorious service in protecting the country.

Only the knighthood that did not leave a statement.

On January 26st of the 26th year of Tai'an, the little prince Ji Guo ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang.

……

March of the first year of Tianshou.

Winter goes to spring, the snowflakes melt, and everything recovers.At the foot of Kuaiji Mountain, there are abundant peach blossoms and juicy water. Walking all the way down the mountain is like being in a sea of ​​flowers and wandering in the red ocean.

Uesugi, unkempt, wielding an iron sword, looked down at the foot of the mountain and saw this scene.

In the past few months, because the Allied forces stopped attacking, they were able to have enough breathing time to hunt and gather firewood in the mountains because the Allied forces stopped their offensive. Now seeing this scene, more and more soldiers came out , Seeing the sea of ​​flowers, they all missed the cherry blossoms in their hometown. Countless soldiers put down their weapons, embraced each other, and cried bitterly.

War is merciless.

But people have feelings, they are also other people's children, husbands or fathers.

They left their homes and came to this land with weapons in their hands. They sacrificed almost everything for the belief in their hearts and the ambition of politicians.

midnight.

Not far from the foot of the mountain came intermittent Japanese songs, faintly present, intertwined with the cold wind, like the humming of countless mothers who missed their children.

The sound is getting louder.

As a result, spread far and wide.

Uesugi felt the disintegrated fighting will of the soldiers, and laughed at himself:
"The Allies are down the mountain."

"Masters, do you still want to fight?"

"You wait here, lay down your weapons, take off your armor, and don't go anywhere."

"They won't hurt you."

"You can go home now."

After saying this, Uesugi picked up his saber and walked down the mountain alone, no one stopped him, everyone was stunned, looking at his lonely back, at the foot of the mountain, the lights were dim, and there were countless soldiers densely packed. The pawns were singing the songs of Dongying hard. They were all soldiers who followed Qianhezi who were captured in Wuzhou last year.The statement promised to let them go.

Down the mountain.

10,000+ rebels had already gathered, countless tall horses neighing anxiously, hundreds of generals stroked their long swords, and stared at Uesugi with cold eyes.

Behind them, there are countless flying military flags.

Banners cover the sky.

This is the final decisive battle, and Shang Shanqi has already had no way to go to heaven and no way to go down to earth.

"Chen, I can feel the chill on the edge of your sword from miles away."

Chen Ci was silent, and with a wave of his hand, he took out the ancient winter solstice sword, got off his horse, and came to Shang Shanqi.

Uesugi took a deep breath, smiled sadly, bowed slightly, and offered his command knife symbolizing his military rank with both hands: "King Wu, the commander of the First Allied Army in Dongying, Uesugi, surrenders to you. I sincerely hope that King Wu will abide by the combat regulations and don't harm me. Lay down your fellow countrymen."

see this scene.

Hundreds of generals holding torches behind Chen Ci burst out laughing, and for a moment, they looked at Shang Shanqi with contempt, disdain, doubt and hatred.

"Hahaha, Uesugi, do you think you are qualified to negotiate terms with us?" Someone taunted while blowing a whistle.

"Shangshanqi, don't worry, you can't escape, you have to die here."

"..."

Uesugi Kei was taciturn, just staring at the statement full of hope.

Chen Ci sighed: "Sorry, Uesugi, I can't do it."

Kei Uesugi was still holding high the saber that symbolized his military rank.

He took the statement and threw it on the ground casually.

With his backhand, he raised the ancient winter solstice sword, pointing at the center of Uesugi Qi's eyebrows.

"Uesugi, take up your weapons and fight to the death with me. As I said, when you take up your weapons, break into our homes, trample on our land, and mutilate our compatriots, we will not stop dying."

Uesugi stared at Chen Ci and suddenly laughed, his laughter was sad at this moment.

He was laughing, he couldn't bring the soldiers home after all.

Uesugi slowly grasped the bamboo sword, "Chen, I also long for a battle between us, so come on and see how far your swordsmanship goes."

"Then, let's just listen to the sword chant."

The two pulled apart.

Everyone held their breath, looking forward to the battle on the battlefield.

Uesugi Qi is the most powerful warrior in Dongpu, his swordsmanship is incomparably exquisite, and he has already been sublimated.

In this life, a person can only live a hundred years, know only a thousand people, and travel only a thousand miles.The rivers and lakes are too big, no matter how amazing and talented people are, they will be buried by time, but Uesugi's name is like thunder, everyone knows that he is a master of martial arts, he is a master of a generation, he has been famous for a long time, people want to watch Which one is better, Chen Ci or Uesugi Qi.

However, this contest ended up being a lot of thunder and a little rain.

Chen Ci strode into the sky in one step, offering sacrifices to the winter solstice, as if he wanted to open up the sun, moon and stars with a sword. It was surprising that the sword cut off the peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain.

In an instant, the wind and cloud gathered, and the sky was filled with sword light.

This sword is truly incomparable and fascinating. I can't help being intoxicated in dreams and full of praise.

The surrounding scenery became illusory, like the moon in the water, flowers in the mirror, very unreal, the brilliance of this sword shook the ancient and modern, shocked the earth, it was indescribable, but suddenly, it became plain, back to basics, simple Nothing fancy.

Shang Shanqi didn't move, he watched Jian Guang coming towards his forehead, he put down the bamboo knife.

He closed his eyes and suddenly smiled.

He smiled in relief.

Seeing this, Chen Ci hastily withdrew his sword, but it was still too late, the long sword penetrated Shang Shanqi's chest, Chen Ci panicked, stumbled and hugged Shang Shanqi, who lowered his head and smiled sadly: "Chen, I want gone."

"Chen, one or two confidants are better than all casual acquaintances."

"See you on Huangquan Road."

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