Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

The cold sword penetrated his skin and internal organs, causing severe pain that could devour a person.

"Yes... it's you..."

Li Yancheng glared at Gong Ming. His bloody right hand used his last strength to grab Gong Ming's arm and put a bloody mark on his sleeve.

Compared to Li Yancheng, who was struggling to his death, Gong Ming looked much more relaxed, with a smile on his face and the corners of his mouth raised.

That face that used to be so friendly now just looks scary no matter how you look at it.

"Of course it is me……"

Gong Ming chuckled, then twisted the handle, and the blade instantly circled Li Yancheng's abdomen, causing huge pain.

Li Yancheng fell to the ground with a 'poof', his eyes filled with blood and the boundless darkness that was about to swallow him up.

"Hehehe..."

Gong Ming kicked Li Yancheng's body away and turned his face upward, admiring the general's miserable appearance.

Li Yancheng's mouth was bleeding, and his eyes were staring into the void.

In the end, he died with his eyes closed.

After seeing Li Yancheng take his last breath, the smile on Gong Ming's face subsided. He hurriedly carried Li Yancheng's body on his back, pretended to look sad, and left the camp with the sword in his hand as a crutch. .

After living incognito for thirteen years, it was finally time to show off his skills.

On the grassland, wolf smoke is constantly billowing, and roars or clanging sounds of war can be heard everywhere.

A big war has already started before dawn falls on the grassland.

But Gong Ming couldn't care about so much anymore. He had already completed the most critical step. All he needed to do next was to wipe away a tear and show his loyalty... Thinking of this, Gong Ming couldn't help but snickered secretly. Like those fools, Without General Li as their coach, the Daxia generals were like a group of dragons without a leader.

Gong Ming carried Li Yancheng's body on his back. Li Yancheng was wearing armor when he was alive, and the weight of his whole body exceeded Gong Ming's estimate. But now he could only grit his teeth and hold on, half carrying and half dragging Li Yancheng out. Camp.

He grabbed a horse at the entrance of the camp. With the morning light and the rolling yellow sand of the desert, Gong Ming waved his whip and accelerated towards the meeting point five kilometers away.

After walking for almost a stick of incense, Gong Ming saw a dark pile of people behind the pile of sand.

It seemed that he came at just the right time.Gong Ming thought, while trying to adjust his posture, he fell off his horse in front of everyone with a sad expression.

This fall was not light, making Gong Ming's eyes darken and he took a breath.

But fortunately, everyone's attention was not on him who fell, but on Li Yancheng's body carried on the horse.

"This is……"

"General Li, this is General Li!!"

In just a moment, someone recognized the general who was leading their attack and taking the lead.

"What's going on?" A deputy general with the highest rank quickly walked up to Gong Ming, who had just fallen off his horse, grabbed his collar, and asked loudly.

The deputy general's face was surprisingly angry, with a layer of sad gray on his face, but his hands holding Gong Ming's collar were exceptionally strong.

"General... General, he was attacked by someone." Gong Ming gritted his teeth and held back a few tears from his eyes. His voice was hoarse, as if he was overly sad and even lost his voice.

"I...when I returned, I happened to encounter that scene..."

"It's me!! I didn't have time to kill that Qingyi dog thief, so I let him... let him kill the general..."

Gong Ming pretended to be sad and choked while telling the story he made up, while secretly watching everyone's expressions.

After seeing the deputy general purse his lips and relax his hand holding his collar, Gong Ming felt relieved.

They already believed his words, at least for now he passed this level.

But before he could get up from the ground, a man suddenly pierced Gong Ming's chest with a sword.

The man's skill with the sword was excellent, and he stabbed Gong Ming straight into the heart.

For such an injury, even if the best doctor is nearby, it will not come back without medicine and stone.

Gong Ming raised his head in disbelief with his last strength, only to find that the person who killed him was just an unknown person whose name he couldn't even remember.

"why……"

Before Gong Ming finished asking, he lay on the ground, his pupils lost their light, and his whole body no longer breathed.

Everyone around looked at this scene coldly, no one drew a sword to resist, and no one asked why.

When the sun gradually rose, the last time had come, and the remaining few lucky people rushed to this location as if they were fleeing.

But what they saw, apart from those colleagues who had regrouped, was the broken body on the ground.

Just when they didn't know why, they saw a man lying upside down on one of the horses. When they walked in, they saw that the man was Li Yancheng who had led them to charge.

His quick mind quickly understood what was happening.

"Is he a spy?"

someone asked.

"Yes." The colleagues who had just been riding on the horse responded.

"What a pity. Didn't he always follow the general?"

"Who knows?"

"The general himself gave the order. Anyone who comes back with his body is a traitor."

Then there was a long silence.

"What if he's not a spy?"

Someone tilted his head and asked. This person obviously thought of the previous scene where Gong Ming fell off his horse in sadness and shed tears again.

"That's what he deserves."

The voice of the person who answered was cold, like an unsheathed sword, full of edge.

After that, before they could continue talking, the horses galloped quickly on the grassland, heading into the distance in the yellow sand.

……

On the official road outside Jingzhou City, two teams of people gathered together. The black flag with white stripes was waving. The flag was recognized by everyone, with a huge "Chinese" character.

This is the King of Han's team and guard of honor, but the person riding on the tall horse is not the King of Han, but a frail young man.

Lu Qing waited in the wilderness for three hours with cold eyes, from the noon hour when the sun was shining brightly, until now.

The scouts originally sent to the city to inform the King of Han came one after another, but none of them came back and all disappeared without a trace.

Lu Qing just stood there in a stalemate on the outskirts of Jingzhou City. The thousand soldiers and horses he brought with him followed him and stood obediently under the sun. Even the horses under him did not move. Neighing, the horse's hooves scratched the ground, and Lu Qing, who was sitting on the horse, was swaying.

He knew very well what King Han wanted to do.

That man simply has no brains... Lu Qing couldn't help but look at the sky and rolled his eyes when he thought of this.

The King of Han just wanted to temper his anger, and it was Lu Qing's punishment for his overt and covert disrespect during this period.

But he underestimated himself too much. Lu Qing bit his lip unconsciously, laughing in his heart at this arrogant prince who had no brain.

Not to mention the late emperor, his methods are not even as good as the current His Majesty.He didn't see King Wen's provocation like that, and despite the constant rumors inside and outside the court, His Majesty was able to calmly send His Highness King Wen back to the vassal territory.

If the King of Han had dealt with this matter, the result would have been even more disastrous...

A drop of sweat streaked across Lu Qing's forehead. The sun was shining high, spreading his brilliance endlessly.

It's not that Lu Qing can't find a shady place to enjoy the coolness, but the King of Han is obviously going to teach him a lesson. Even if he escapes this time, he will probably be even more serious next time.

Lu Qing pursed his lips and continued to wait on the horse.After all, according to his body, if he was standing on the ground, the King of Han would probably be able to find him in the Hall of the King of Hell in less than three hours.

This is not an exaggeration. The injuries in the past few days heal slowly, not to mention the weather is getting colder. It is easier to catch a cold when it is cold and when it is hot.

Even if Lu Qing wore the thick clothes given by the King of Han these days, he would inevitably catch the cold.

The cough is better now, but the underlying condition of the body is still there.

Lu Qing narrowed his eyes and took a short rest.

"Send someone else..." Lu Qing waved his hand, and after a while, a man on horseback came from behind and rode towards the city gate.

This was already the fifth person, and Lu Qing's expression became increasingly cold. After all, no one would be happy after being treated like a monkey.

Everyone stood in silence for another half an hour, and finally saw a large black army appearing in their field of vision.

Lu Qing held the reins with one hand and quietly waited here with his people.

The figure on the opposite side is getting closer and closer. The King of Han is wearing armor, which makes his burly and muscular body look even bigger. He is riding on a tall horse, and his face is still sad.

Lu Qing sneered in his heart.

Ha, it seems that the fifth brother who cried for him cried a lot.

When King Han walked in on horseback, Lu Qing still had the same cold look on his face, but King Han was very satisfied with his trembling figure when he saw him riding on the horse.

"Let's go..."

The dark crowds on both sides gathered together and drove on the official road in a mighty manner.

……

Chengzhou City

Basically all the teams have returned to the city, and the guards at the city gate happily win back one team after another.

Almost all the teams who came back were tired but cheerful.

The Wolf Throat was completely captured. After a whole night's attack, they had basically pulled out all the surrounding Qingyi people's outposts.

This is a victory, a big victory!
This can be seen in the number of enemy kills reported from each team.

Although only [-] of the [-] men and horses led by General Wang returned now, they killed more than [-] enemy people and captured nearly [-].

The other teams were similar, they all won, but most of them were just miserable losses.

Now, except for the troops stationed at Langhou, the rest of the troops have returned to Chengzhou City.

No... there's a team of people.

The team of several thousand people led by General Li himself has not yet returned.

By the time the sun had completely risen, the city gatekeepers had already closed the heavy city gate, and the group of people still had not returned.

Those who were originally filled with joy during the night battle are now looking silently at the rolling yellow sand in the distance.

A faint sense of uneasiness gradually enveloped everyone.

Like a plague, he stopped the laughter and replaced it with heavy sighs and sad expressions of lowered eyes.

Time passed by second by second, and the yellow sand in the desert was blown endlessly by the wind and scattered everywhere, on the dunes, in the land full of crops, and on top of the city where the man was waiting silently.

Those who were not wearing hats had yellow sand falling on their heads within a few moments.

Mature people with military-issued armor on their heads were still standing or sitting quietly, waiting.The young man was angry and annoyed about this situation. He looked at the city wall eagerly, expecting someone to come on horseback not far away.

It seemed that their strong expectations had taken effect, as the sound of horse hooves gradually came.

While everyone held the weapons in their hands tightly, they couldn't help but expect that the person coming was their robe.

"Open the door, open the door quickly..."

It was the voice of Daxia people.

This cheered everyone up, and the people waiting in the city also heard the heavy sound of the door opening.

People rushed over to express their victory, just like noisy children seeking praise from their parents.

The gates opened.

The people who were surrounding him happily suddenly stopped talking.

The words he wanted to say were all choked in his throat.

The breaking point of conflict and the trigger of all emotions is one sentence.

"Why don't you protect the general?!"

It was a roar, and it was also a question.

But no one answered.

What it faced were only the gloomy faces of people and the neighing of horses.

Everyone saw that the person on the horse was General Li Yancheng who led them to victory this time.

After a long silence, the existing generals drove everyone back to the barracks except for the group that had just returned.

The footsteps gradually dispersed, and people walked farther and farther away.

Li Yancheng was carried back to the camp, and someone invited a military doctor.

"There was a stab wound on the abdomen, which was a fatal wound..."

The military doctor briefly inspected the body, said this to everyone, and hurried back. He still had more patients to treat.

"Who moved the hand?"

The person who raised this question was the eldest General Mu here. His old hair had turned gray, but he still stood firm on this killing battlefield.

When Li Yancheng arrived a few days ago, he also advised him to return to his hometown to spend his old age and enjoy happiness.

But now the person who said this is lying coldly on this bed, and he, an old immortal, is still alive and well in the world.

This is like God mocking them.

"Yes……"

The people entering the city looked at each other, checked their eyes, and then said with certainty: "It's Vice General Gong."

"Gong Ming?"

"What about the others?"

General Mu asked seriously.

If someone really did it deliberately, Chengzhou will not be stable unless the thieves are eliminated.

"died……"

One of the soldiers, who was tall and tall and had a stern face, said with a fresh wound on his face.

"I killed him"

Old General Mu sighed, but in the end he did not pursue his fault.

"Go down."