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The one in Yizhou City that was breached by the Chu army was the East Gate.

The east gate is the key attack target of the Chu army. After a fierce battle, there are corpses everywhere here, and the blood flows like a river. However, the thick east gate of Yizhou City was also smashed open by the tiger's head hammer. At the east gate, both sides The soldiers fought hand to hand, fighting to the death.

The sound of "Boom" suddenly sounded from behind.

Everyone could see that the Southern Cavalry Regiment of the Chu Army was rushing towards them in a mighty manner, and that aura was terrifying.

It seems that the Southern Cavalry Regiment was expected to attack the city, and the Northwest Cavalry Regiment in the city also began to usher in it.

The Southern Cavalry Regiment rushed through the east gate, broke into the city, and immediately met with the Northwest Cavalry Regiment, and the cavalry on both sides began a fierce horse battle in the city.

Obviously, the horse combat skills of the cavalry of the Southern Cavalry Regiment and the cavalry of the Northwest Cavalry Regiment are not the same, at least two grades behind. In the bloody battle between the two sides, gold and daggers collided, horses neighed, and there was blood and killing sounds everywhere inside and outside the east gate.

The east gate was broken, and the news spread quickly. The morale of the generals of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and the morale of the defenders was severely hit. The defenders couldn't hold on anymore, and many soldiers of the Chu army climbed up to the top of the city by ladders, and fought bloody battles with the defenders at the top of the city.

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Xue Poye rode on the horse, looking at the Yizhou City that was already in his hands, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

As a commander who is on the battlefield for the first time, leading a group of soldiers who can't even be called real soldiers, he insists on making progress together in this battle, and even is about to break through Yizhou City. Small record.

But listening to the screams of the soldiers before they died, and watching the soldiers fall one after another in a pool of blood, his heart was filled with grief and indignation.

This is a civil war. Whether it is the Chu Army, the Yizhou Army, or the Northwest Army, they are all soldiers of the Great Chu, and they are all compatriots. However, due to the political ambitions of some powerful figures, they have become tools of war.

Their flesh and blood were just needlessly poured into a pool of blood.

"My lord." Seeing Xue Poye's abnormal expression, Ximen Leizang said softly, "My lord should be happy that the city of Yizhou is broken."

Xue Poye took a look at Ximen Leizang, and sighed: "Brother Ximen, countless brothers died like this in the Yizhou battle alone. Next, we will advance to the northwest and attack Yongzhou. I don't know how many brothers will be buried." Bone Northwest Barren Hill... how can you make me happy!"

Ximen Leizang's expression also became gloomy, and he said slowly: "Once the general is successful, all bones will be destroyed. This Mingyue King wants to conquer the world, but he wants countless people from the northwest to accompany him to die."

"After this battle, our army's combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. In future battles, brothers will not die so easily." Xue Poye was slightly relieved, because in this battle, besides being able to win Yizhou The city can also fundamentally exercise the fighting skills and fighting awareness of the Chu army.

Suddenly there was another burst of cheers ahead, but it turned out that the north gate of Yizhou City had also been breached.

In the city of Yizhou, although the Northwest Cavalry was extremely powerful, they were not as numerous as the Chu Army. Thousands of Southern Cavalry surrounded the Northwest Cavalry, which was less than a quarter of its strength, and fought round after round. Sprinting and fighting, although the southern cavalry regiment suffered heavy casualties, the northwest cavalry was also completely lost. In the end, only three or four hundred cavalry were still fighting hard.

Yang Yijun's saber was stained with blood, looking at the surrounded cavalry in the northwest, he said coldly, "I'm not surrendering anymore, do you really want to die cleanly?"

The Northwest Cavalry who survived the battle still maintained their formation, facing several times the Southern Cavalry regiment, without the slightest fear, and some even sneered, "Does the Chu army only talk nonsense? We Northwest warriors would rather die than surrender." …It’s not that easy to kill us.”

"Okay!" Yang Yijun looked indifferent. Although he had some admiration for this group of northwest cavalry in his heart, they were enemies and rebels after all. He swung his long knife and said, "Kill!"

The Southern Cavalry Regiment on all sides once again hit the Northwest Cavalry like a tide. Every time they hit, the exhausted Northwest Cavalry lost many people.

Hong Wei cut down several soldiers of the Chu army in succession at the top of the city, and then retreated to the tower under the protection of two generals.

"General, I can't hold it anymore, the last general begs the general to break through!"

Hong Wei shook his head with a calm voice: "Now that the Chu army has breached Yizhou City, the city is full of Chu troops and surrounded by Chu troops. How can we break through?"

"General, I am willing to protect the general to break out of the siege. The general rides a fast horse. With the general's ability and our protection by his side, it is possible to break out of the siege." The general said.

Hong Wei laughed loudly: "I, Hong Wei, have been in charge of the army for many years and have fought many battles, but I would never do the thing of abandoning my subordinates to break through the siege alone. If Yizhou City is lost, I will have no face to see Dou Shuaihe again." King Mingyue, today we can only fight with all our might to give an answer to Dou Shuai and King Mingyue."

"General...!" Several generals tried to persuade him again.

Hong Wei raised his knife and stood up, shook his head and said: "No need to say anymore, I have made up my mind, brothers, I will swear to kill the enemy today, and serve the Mingyue King!" He rushed into the crowd first and fought hard.

The generals shouted in unison and rushed forward.

Although the fierce battle is still going on, there is no doubt that Yizhou City has been breached and has become the palm of the Chu army.

In the city, the local Yizhou soldiers did not put up too much unnecessary resistance. Amidst the armed forces and iron horses, under the deterrence of the Chu army, they knelt down and surrendered in batches.

The last resistance was Hong Wei's Northwest Army.

The Northwest Army's fighting will surprised the Chu Army. These people seemed to be like steel. No one surrendered voluntarily. Even if they were seriously injured, they had to fight for the final duel.

The flames of war continued until the early morning, and some sporadic battles were still going on in Yizhou City, but all four gates were broken, and Yizhou City was completely controlled by the Chu army.

All the people in the city shrank in their homes, trembling with fear.

Before the Chu army attacked the city, they naturally received an order not to harm the people in the city, so the whole army obeyed this order.

When the flames of war were completely extinguished, Xue Poye's Habayashi guards and a group of cavalry slowly entered the city.

Stepping on the corpses everywhere, smelling the disgusting smell of blood in the air, Xue Poye felt extremely depressed, and now he fully understands the devastating consequences of war.

People died and the city was broken.

A large number of Yizhou Army laid down their weapons and was gathered together by the Chu Army. Many Yizhou Army soldiers squinted their eyes on the spot, and they couldn't care what kind of fate they would face next. Let's take a good rest first. Now that the city is broken, fate has already passed. In the hands of others, the tired and tense heart relaxed at this moment.

Die or die, go to hell.

A total of 4000 people from the Northwest Army stayed in Yizhou City. After two major battles and countless small battles, most of the casualties were lost. Now there are only 4000 people who are still stubbornly resisting. Army, no matter how capable they are, they can only be slaughtered.

Surrounded by the crowd, Xue Poye was walking in the city when he saw a group of prisoners from the Chu Army pushing and shoving them over.

The first person, Xue Poye looked at his official uniform, and knew that it was Yin Houzhang of Yizhou Prefecture. Behind him, there were also many civil and military officials from Yizhou City. Everyone's face was full of frustration.

The officials were pushed not far in front of Xue Poye, and the escorting Chu soldiers hurriedly stopped when they saw the general, and saluted together.

Xue Poye looked coldly at Hou Zhang, and Hou Zhang also looked up at Xue Poye.

"You... are Xue Poye?" Hou Zhang couldn't believe it. This young man in his 20s was really the commander who planned to break through Yizhou City and command hundreds of thousands of Chu troops?

"I am!"

Hou Zhang sneered and said: "Congratulations, Yizhou City was destroyed, and you have contributed a lot."

Xue Poye was expressionless: "Do you think it is worthy of congratulations? Because of your cowardice and insidiousness, you surrendered to the Northwest Army. How many people died in this battle? Look at your feet, those blood, they are worth shedding ?"

The corners of Hou Zhang's mouth twitched, his expression darkened, Nuonuo said: "If I don't surrender... the people in the city will...!"

Xue Poye interrupted him unceremoniously: "Resist our army, you last for several days, resist the Northwest Army, you can't last a day or two? You should know, as long as you hold on for a day or two, I will You will lead troops to the rescue, and you will be promoted to rank, at least...you are worthy of the brothers who guarded the Yihe River...thousands of brothers died at the hands of the Northwest Army, but you surrendered without hesitation, and you still find such a The reason, Hou Zhang, you are really shameless. Look, following the Northwest Army, you can’t even expect reinforcements...you are such a stupid pig." He ordered: "Send these traitors to the capital and hand them over to the Holy Majesty. !"

After Hou Zhang and others were escorted, Yang Yijun galloped over and said, "Commander, Yizhou City has been brought under control, the Yizhou Army has surrendered, and the Northwest Army has also been pacified."

Xue Poye nodded and said, "Where will the lion be now?"

"Hong Wei... was defeated and committed suicide!" Yang Yijun sighed.

Xue Poye looked up at the night sky and murmured: "The Northwest Army...is really loyal and brave!"

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The good news of Yizhou quickly spread to Kyoto by means of flying pigeons.

Originally, the capital had already received news that Yizhou had fallen, and the Northwest Army had advanced into Qingzhou. In those few days, the court was filled with anxiety. Everyone knew that once Yizhou and Qingzhou were captured at the same time, it would be difficult to pacify Yongzhou. It's even harder.

But Yizhou's good news made the whole court feel relieved. In addition to praising the majesty of the emperor, the ministers naturally also praised Xue Poye greatly for a while.

For this good news, some are happy, and naturally some are not.

Empress Dowager Han Min in the Palace of Mercy Ning was extremely angry.

Her complexion was very bad. As soon as she got the news, she threw the flower in her hand on the ground and trampled it into flower mud.

The man in black sitting across from her sighed, and said softly: "Why are you so angry, your angry appearance breaks my heart."

The queen mother bit her lip, glared at the man in black, and said softly, "What should we do now? It is said that Xue Poye's army is about to march into the northwest...then what should we do?"

The man in black said indifferently: "Are you worried about that prince in the northwest?"

"What time is it, and you are still jealous." The queen mother winked and stared at the man in black, "You know, in my heart... I only have you in my heart...!" She stood up, twisted her waist, walked I went to the man in black, sat in the man's arms, and said softly: "Fool, if Xue Poye conquers Yongzhou, then we will have no chance... Only when King Mingyue hits the capital, can I win?" Control him so we can live a good life."

The man in black smiled wryly, and his voice was full of helplessness: "Min'er, will we really be able to live a good life when King Mingyue enters the capital? We'd better...leave here...I've been having nightmares for a while, and I've always had bad dreams in my heart. Take it easy, it seems that something is going to happen...!" He suddenly hugged the Queen Mother tightly, and his breathing became short of breath: "I...I am afraid that I will lose you, Miner, let's go... Let's leave the capital, okay...I will Treat you well and make you happy...!"

The queen mother's expression turned cold, she pushed the man in black away, and said coldly: "You will escape, if you want to leave, I will not stop you, I will not go with you. My most precious youth was wasted by Deqing In this cage-like palace... I want to get justice for my lost youth, I want to pay back...!"

"You... so what if you get what you want?" The man in black said calmly, "You are just a woman after all!"

"What's wrong with the woman?" The Empress Dowager's eyes were as cold as a knife's edge: "I am a woman who wants to trample all the people under my feet. I want them to bow down...I want to be their queen, haha... ...!"

She laughed wildly, and the man in black shook his head silently.

After the laughter stopped, the queen mother hugged the man in black again, stretched out her small tongue, and gently licked the man in black's neck, which made the man in black tremble all over.

"You help me, you have to help me!" The queen mother said softly.

"How to help?"

"The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are advancing smoothly. If this continues, it will be very bad for us... We must organize them!" The queen mother said firmly.

The man in black sighed, and said, "Are you confused? Hundreds of thousands of troops, how to stop it? Who can stop it? Now the court is full of confidence, and Liu Zichan and Lan Wuqing firmly support Xue Poye. It is impossible to withdraw troops."

"Of course it is impossible for us to order them to withdraw their troops." The queen mother licked her lips, her eyes were full of spring, and she said softly, "But we can think of a way to make them have to withdraw their troops."

"What way?"

"I have a solution... but I need your help." The queen mother said softly, "Would you like to help me?"

"What way?"

The queen mother stared at the man in black with her spring eyes, and slowly said word by word: "Kill her!"

The man in black shook his body: "Who?"

"Liu Zichan!" The Empress Dowager's spring eyes showed murderous intent: "If Liu Zichan is killed, the king will die and the court will be in turmoil, and the Northern Expeditionary Army will have to retreat."

The man in black suddenly stood up, looked at the queen mother coldly and said in a deep voice, "Min'er, you... you are crazy!"

"Crazy?" Han Min sneered: "My son-in-law, I've been crazy for a long time. I've been crazy since the first time we slept together, and you've been crazy too... So, why can't we keep going crazy?"

This man in black turned out to be the eldest princess' husband, son-in-law Yi Chenyuan!

Yi Chenyuan stared blankly at Han Min, finally let out a long sigh, and sat down dejectedly.

Han Min said indifferently: "Do you think that woman doesn't know about our going to bed? You underestimate her too much, maybe she knows exactly what we said in bed... She has been holding back , just waiting for the best opportunity. Once she seizes the opportunity, she will mercilessly send us... the adulterer and adulteress to a place of eternal doom, hee hee... That woman's method, you compare I also know that her heart is cold enough!"

Yi Chenyuan smiled wryly: "She already knew? Why did you tell me now?"

"If I had told you earlier, what would you do?" Han Min said indifferently, "Leave me and return to her arms? Do you think she will still have feelings for you?"

Yi Chenyuan sat quietly on the chair without speaking.

"Your marriage with him, like my marriage with Deqing, is a tragedy." Han Min said calmly, "I'm just Ye Qingyao's substitute, and you...that old witch just thought her daughter You should marry the best and most handsome man. She decides to make you a couple, but ask yourself, have you ever really liked her in your heart? Has she ever liked you? You may only have lust for her favorite...!"

The "old witch" in Han Min's mouth naturally refers to the dead old queen.

"Stop talking." Yi Chenyuan roared, "She...she is a good woman!"

"Oh!" Han Min smiled contemptuously: "Then I'm a bad woman? Son-in-law, why did you abandon a good woman and climb into the bed of a bad woman..."

Yi Chenyuan rushed over madly, picked up Han Min, and threw her on the spring couch next to her, like a beast that had been stimulated, mercilessly tearing at Han Min's clothes.

Han Min looked at him coldly, allowing him to frantically strip off his clothes, and then enter his plump, snow-white body.

Yi Chenyuan's handsome face was full of hostility at this time, it was terrifying, he sprinted frantically on Han Min's snow-white body, roaring in a low voice, until he completely sprayed his own essence into Han Min's body , and then lay down on Han Min's body and stopped moving.

The air seemed to freeze, and it was eerily quiet.

Suddenly, low sobs sounded, and Yi Chenyuan, who was lying on Han Min's plump, snow-white body, actually cried.

Han Min sat up, naked, hugged Yi Chenyuan's head, pressed his face against his plump chest, stroked his head, and said softly: "In this world, only I pity you, only I Truly love you...we are truly a match made in heaven...we want to live a good life...!"

Like a child, Yi Chenyuan buried his face deep between Han Min's breasts.

After a long time, Yi Chenyuan raised his head, looked at Han Min, and said slowly: "I will obey you, I will help you, I will obey you in everything, kill... Liu Zichan!"