Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 395 Meng Yi
  As Ying Zheng's most trusted veteran, Cai Ze certainly knew about Gu Xun's existence and his strength. After introducing himself, he immediately bowed to Ying Zheng and suggested:

"Your Majesty, the rebels are currently in rebellion, and the Qinian Palace is not a place that can be defended for a long time. It may break through the defense of the guards and attack at any time. Since Mr. Gu has profound Qinggong that can come and go at will, I would like to ask Your Majesty to break through and leave with him first."

Ying Zheng was not surprised at all that Cai Ze would make this suggestion. This kind of old minister who wanted stability naturally believed that a gentleman would not stand behind a dangerous wall. Even if he knew that Ying Zheng would be safe if he stayed here, he would make such a request.

The other ministers on the side also expressed their opinions and agreed.

As long as the King of Qin is fine, they will probably be fine. After all, Lao Ai's main target is still Ying Zheng, but if the King of Qin is fine, they will probably be fine.

Among all the people, the only ones who remained silent were the person involved, Ying Zheng, his personal bodyguard Matt Zhao Gao, the chief bodyguard Gai Nie, and Gu Xun.

"I'm here, I'm not going anywhere." Ying Zheng's eyes swept across the ministers silently, making them all shut their mouths unconsciously, and then responded lightly.

There were shouts of killing outside, and in front of the palace were a group of Qin courtiers and their king with different thoughts.

Well... not only the courtiers, but also a large number of people in the royal family, who may not have official positions, but have high status.

There was also Gu Xun, who was looking around like an outsider.

Ying Zheng was wearing a solemn and luxurious black royal robe today, with silk embroidery and strange cloud patterns. It formed a strong contrast with the white plain robe in Gu Xun's impression.

There is a saying that wearing such a suit, Ying Zheng's majesty as a king is even stronger, and his ethereal aura alone is enough to overwhelm the ministers.

Then, Gu Xun turned his attention to the direction of the palace gate, which was the main battlefield where the two sides fought.

When he flew down just now, he took a glance and saw that there were three palace walls in Qinian Palace. The outermost one had been breached at this moment. The Qin King's guards were continuing to struggle with Lao Ai's people on the second palace wall.

At this time, a tall man wearing full armor, covered in blood, including blood on his face, walked in from the palace gate.

Looking at this outfit, Gu Xun could easily guess that this man must be the commander of the Imperial Guards outside.

He held a long sword in one hand and held his helmet in the other. Blood dripped from the edge of his skirt and armor on the ground from time to time. He walked up to Ying Zheng, half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head and saluted, and said loudly and forcefully:

"Your Majesty, the rebels are strong and our troops are insufficient. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for an hour or three. The only plan for now is to lead people to hold them back and detach an elite team to lead your Majesty to break out!"

The Qinian Palace is just a palace, and the palace wall and the city wall cannot be generalized at all. It is just a slightly higher wall, which has a certain blocking effect, but not much. The most important thing is that the Imperial Guards have no The equipment used for defense, except for a small number of arrows and crossbows, is just for pure hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.

Lao Ai's side was well prepared. Although the soldiers' combat effectiveness was average, they had all kinds of equipment on hand and plenty of armor.

At present, nearly half of the Imperial Guards have been lost, with more than 400 dead and wounded. Although Lao Ai's side has suffered more deaths, at least thousands, but there are still 3,000 people, while the Imperial Guards only have 500 or 600 people.

Upon hearing what the general said, the ministers and princes behind him suddenly became commotion again and began to persuade Ying Zheng to withdraw first.

Ying Zheng remained indifferent, looking at the palace gate with a cold face that was filled with shouts of killing and the smell of blood, and asked slowly:
  "Meng Yi, how long can you hold on?"

Meng Yi?

As soon as Gu Xun heard the familiar name, he who originally didn't care about the young general immediately turned his attention and carefully identified him.

Hmm... Although his face was covered with red and black blood, he could vaguely see that his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Meng Tian's. It seemed that he was indeed Meng Tian's second brother.

Gu Xun actually only knew Meng Yi by one name, and the rest...well, it was the mythical Jackie Chan... I didn't expect that Ying Zheng would be the commander of the accompanying guards when he came to Yongdi to be crowned.

"Back to the king, the most junior general... can withstand for up to two quarters of an hour, by which time the rebels and traitors will break through the inner palace wall." Meng Yi thought for a moment and gave the answer.

"Two quarters of an hour... is enough. You can go ahead." Ying Zheng waved his right hand, signaling Meng Yi to go and fend off the rebels first.

Meng Yi was so anxious in his heart. It didn't matter if he died in the battle. King Qin didn't protect him well, and even his father Meng Wu wouldn't be able to reap the benefits. However, the king's orders cannot be violated, so he could only bow his head and accept it.

"But... I will obey your orders."

After saying that, he stood up, put on his helmet again, gripped his weapon, and returned to the battlefield.

Gu Xun said at this time, "If there is a difficult enemy and ordinary soldiers are not enough to deal with it, General Meng can just send people in."

Meng Yi did not speak, but looked at Ying Zheng.

He doesn't know Gu Xun, so who knows whether you can speak well or not.

By the way, is there such a handsome young man in the team accompanying the King's crown this time? I am responsible for security matters, but I have no impression of him at all... This is impossible. With such a conspicuous face, why don't we just forget about him?

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and ordered, "General Meng can do as you are told. There is no need to worry about my safety."

"...The general will understand." When Meng Yi arrived, he couldn't remember the origin of this person or when he appeared. However, seeing that his own king had acquiesced to the other party's existence, he didn't say much, nodded in agreement, and turned around to leave.

Although he got Ying Zheng's nod of approval, which proved that the stranger's words were effective, Meng Yi did not intend to do so.

Although this could greatly reduce the pressure on his soldiers, he did not dare to risk the king's safety.

Gu Xun could see that Meng Yi didn't take his words seriously and didn't care. He just did it casually. If he wanted to, just save a few soldiers. If he didn't want to, it didn't matter.

Seeing that nothing happened for the time being, Gu Xun started chatting with Ying Zheng, first talking about Meng Yi:

"Is this General Meng Yi related to Meng Tian?"

Gangchengjun Cai Ze, who was on the side, took the initiative to answer, "Meng Yi is Meng Tian's younger brother and the son of Meng Wu."

He is a veteran minister with a high status. He is considered to be the same generation as Meng Ao. He has some moderate friendship with the Meng family, so he calls the three men Meng Wu and his son by their first names.

Gu Xun nodded and sighed casually, "Both brothers are very good!"

Ying Zheng nodded and praised, "Montes's generation...is really good."

The powerful courtiers who were a little closer heard Ying Zheng's simple praise and knew it in their hearts. Based on this sentence, as long as their king survives this disaster, the Meng family, which has begun to fall into silence, will definitely have another attack. Rise up.

Gu Xun didn't have much reaction to this. He knew what would happen to Meng Tian in the future!

(End of this chapter)