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Chapter 555 The Last Son (asking for monthly ticket)

"Who dares to attack my city?!"

"Yes, it's the Taiping Army..."

"Taiping Army?!"

"The Taiping Army died early, so you guys shouldn't be laughed at here."

Wang Chuan Ning, the general defending the city near the Beiyu Pass of Ying State, was awakened by the noisy noise. When he angrily led his army to the city wall, what he saw was the ancient Taiping Army flag dancing wildly in the wind.

In front of the Taiping Army, several generals lined up in a row.

Weapons were raised high one by one.

Thus, the edge of the Taiping Army during its heyday was revealed here, weapons were laid down, Wang Chuan Ning's hands and feet were cold amid Yan Xuanji's angry roar.

I?
Facing the Taiping Army at its peak?
In fact, it is not just the Taiping Army in its heyday. The realms of these veterans are stronger than before. They are lacking in blood and physique, but at this moment, an emotion stronger than "pitying soldiers" is surging in their hearts.

This will definitely be the Taiping Army’s last battle!

Regardless of victory or defeat, after this battle, they will withdraw from the battlefield.

The three words "Taiping Army" may eventually be swept away into a corner of time and will eventually be forgotten by people, but before that, before our glory is submerged by the times, there is still this battle!
This battle cannot be lost!

In less than a day, the city gate was breached.

General Wang Chuan Ning of Ying State was beheaded on the spot by Yuan Shitong, and the morale of the Taiping Army was greatly boosted. After defeating the enemy one after another, they no longer blocked the rear and occupied the city as usual, but instead, like a sharp blade, they charged directly towards the direction of Dongdu.

During this period, top generals and front-line troops confronted each other at the front.

The rest of the second-line corps had to go and suppress the rebels, and now, the Taiping Army, which was also a top corps, was advancing straight ahead, and there were almost no people who could stop them.

If you put aside many other things to think about, it will only take a few days to break into the gate of Dongdu.

This news spread quickly to the palace.

Jiang Gao sat in the main hall of the imperial palace, dazed and absent-minded. He had not been able to sleep for several days. Even when he took a rest he only closed his eyes for a short time. In front of him were rolls of documents spread out, all with red words written in cinnabar.

It represents the most urgent and pressing military situation in the entire world.

This level of military intelligence is like a battlefield involving 100,000 troops.

In the past, this happened only a few times in a decade.

But now, it keeps appearing at an extremely high frequency.

"Report!!"

"General Qin Yulong was defeated by Yue Qianfeng and had to retreat fifty miles and defend himself among the mountains and rivers—"

"Three-tenths of the army was lost!"

"Report!"

"The rebel army's attack on Zhenbei City failed, and there are still generals stationed in Zhenbei City!"

"Report——!"

"Grand Tutor Jiang Su wanted to retreat, but Emperor Qin Li Guanyi advanced, and Grand Tutor Jiang Su was pinned down by the Emperor Qin, and could not retreat to provide assistance!"

"Report, urgent military information!"

"General Taishu Yi killed the imperial envoys, proclaimed himself general, and called himself king!"

"Report——"

News was transmitted almost non-stop, and the scouts and elite cavalry galloping into the Ying State Palace were almost endless. In order to speed up the transmission of these information, Jiang Gao even opened the gates of the palace directly.

Then all the screening measures that were originally used to prevent assassins were stopped.

Everything is done to speed up the transmission of intelligence throughout Ying State.

Wei Yiwen said that this was not possible, as the safety of His Majesty could not be guaranteed. However, Jiang Gao just said that the situation in the world had reached such a point, and if the news was handled late even once, it would affect the overall situation.

How can we put the world and our country behind just to guard against an assassin that we didn't intend to assassinate?
So all the gates of the palace were demolished.

Intelligence was transmitted in continuously, and then many civil officials and counselors helped Jiang Gao process the information, and then passed it out at the same fast speed. However, the world was so exhausted that one person could no longer change the situation.

Even though Jiang Gao was trying so hard.

Looking up, I saw that the files and intelligence that had not been processed were still piling up like a mountain. Not only had there been no decrease, but there were even more of them than before!

Wei Yiwen's eye bags were obviously bigger. Even Jiang Cai looked a little tired. At this moment, she was holding the file and just sitting next to the red pillar, taking a nap against the pillar that supported the royal hall of Ying State.

But, is it the pillars or the people who support this palace and the royal majesty?

Jiang Gao did not wake them up. He just walked out slowly with light steps and looked at the sky. It was already a little dark today. The summer sky was still slightly bright blue even at night, and the outline of the sea of ​​clouds could be faintly seen.

Jiang Gao hadn't rested for several days. At this moment, he was staring at the sky, dazed.

This majestic and luxurious palace was like a lock, locking up the vast sky and Jiang Gao. He stood there quietly. The palace was quiet and silent, still prosperous, but with an inexplicable sense of desolation that made him want to immerse himself in this emotion and stay away from the world.

There were footsteps behind me.

"……His Majesty."

Jiang Gao looked back and saw Wei Yiwen standing behind him. The old prime minister's face was quite tired. Before this, Wei Yiwen actually paid great attention to the maintenance of his body. There were still some black hair among his white hair, and his hair also had a lustrous luster.

There is a sense of elegance, luxury and comfort.

And now, only a dozen days have passed.

The old man's hair had turned completely white, like the ashes left after a fire had burned out. The wrinkles on his face grew more and more every day. In just half a month, it seemed like he had aged more than ten years.

It takes too much energy.

A day passes like a whole spring and autumn.

Wei Yiwen knew that his body was already like oil boiling on fire, and the only reason he could still hold on was because he was supported by the important events in the world, and there was still a breath stuck in his chest, refusing to go down!

Once this incident happened, even if the Daying Kingdom managed to preserve its national destiny for the time being and was not defeated by Emperor Qin, as was the case in the worst case scenario, he would not have much time left to live. He would probably die suddenly in a month at most or a few days at least.

He suddenly understood Jiang Wanxiang's condition and state of mind at that time.

To die is to die.

I only regret that my wish has not been fulfilled and my body has decayed.

Jiang Gao said, "Prime Minister Wei has been working hard for a long time, don't you want to take a good rest?"

Wei Yiwen said, "Your Majesty is still like this, how dare this old minister say he is tired?"

Jiang Gao did not say anything polite. He just looked into the distance, with his hands behind his back, and said, "Before I came here, I was just a prince. I just felt that solving a problem was just a problem, and victory on a battlefield was victory."

“I just realized something is wrong now.”

"This world is vast, but just one battlefield can consume so much energy. Zhenbei City, Beiyu Pass, and the southern battlefield are all parts of this huge battlefield. Victory in one place and defeat in another can only affect the final outcome to a certain extent."

“The world is like a person’s breath, it changes over time.”

"And only at this moment."

"I just realized that the battlefield is not just a battlefield. There are also civilians, rivers and lakes, terrain and current affairs. And this complex and three-dimensional state of stacking up layer by layer is the real battlefield."

"Every day, every battlefield has different intelligence."

"It comes from the people, from the past, from the enemy, from the battlefield, and even from logistics..."

"This information is already extremely numerous and complex."

"And each piece of intelligence has an impact on each other, interfering with and coordinating with each other, and each of them will directly affect the entire war situation and the direction of the world. Countless pieces of information and intelligence are gathered together, and judgments must be made in a very short time."

"The judgments made will in turn affect the intelligence that follows."

"It's very brain-consuming..."

Jiang Gao stretched out his hand and picked up the hair at his temples. There were many white hairs among the originally black hair. He had a complicated expression and laughed at himself:
"This is a large-scale, long-front, multi-regional operation with the entire world as the battlefield and the future direction as the outcome."

"There has never been such a thing before."

"In just these ten days, I feel like I am completely exhausted. Even a famous general cannot sustain several battles of this magnitude in his lifetime."

"Li Guanyi, Li Guanyi, how can he have the ability to stir up such a big wave at this age?! Is he a martial arts legend?"

"Did he achieve such feats by becoming a legend in martial arts, or was it in the process of achieving such feats that he earned the honorable name of a legend?"

"It's only been a dozen days."

"My Great Ying State has already started to feel the desolation of a building about to collapse."

Wei Yiwen remained silent for a long time.

The old minister bowed his head and said:

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Jiang Gao said: "You can speak freely."

Wei Yiwen exhaled and finally said, "Your Majesty, let's move the capital..."

Jiang Gao was stunned. Looking at this white-haired old man who seemed to have used up his remaining lifespan in just a dozen days, Wei Yiwen said with a bitter look on his face, "Now all the troops have been mobilized, and only these imperial guards in the East Capital are left."

"This kind of imperial army doesn't have much power."

"Listen to what the old minister has to say."

"As the military strategists say, the right time, right place, and right people are the key."

"The Emperor of Qin seized the right time from the beginning and took advantage of our weakest weakness, which put us in a passive position from the beginning. In just over half a month, the death zone was in flames."

"Your Majesty, the only way to survive is to escape."

"If we can keep the momentum, we may be able to make a comeback!"

Jiang Gao looked at the old minister, suddenly chuckled and said:
"I know that you have done your best. I also know that you and my father have a good relationship with each other. And I understand that you feel guilty about Yuan'er's matter towards me and my father."

"I know you hope that my Great Ying Kingdom can still survive."

"But if we lose our people, our land and our ancestral temples, and our capital, what is the point of our survival? It is nothing more than a lingering survival."

Jiang Gao smiled and said, "I am also the emperor of Daying."

"Even if I die, I will live and die with the country." "It's almost time to rest, Prime Minister Wei, let's go back and deal with the files."

Wei Yiwen turned around suddenly. The old minister could hardly control himself and raised his voice, "But, Your Majesty, at the moment, the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards in the Eastern Capital only have 20,000 men combined, but the Taiping Army has nearly 100,000 men!"

"Your Majesty, there are 100,000 people, with the will of a mourning army, counselors and generals are bravely fighting together, we, we can't stop them!!!"

Wei Yiwen was a famous official and was also quite resourceful.

However, precisely because he was a famous official with strategies, when looking back over the past few years, he was able to realize how terrifying the strategist in the Taiping Army was.

That would almost make him one of the top ten most powerful strategists of all time.

He also knew that when the Taiping Army, which had been absent from the world for 22 years, made a comeback, it would burst out with brilliant brilliance and display such strong fighting spirit and edge.

Not to mention 20,000 troops against 100,000.

Even if there really are 100,000 imperial guards.

However, they lacked famous generals who could compete with the Taiping Army and were definitely no match for them.

Even if the imperial guards were said to be the elite of the second-line troops, the Taiping Army, which had returned to the world and the battlefield, could not be said to be anything else, but in this battle to attack the Eastern Capital, they were undoubtedly the elite of the first-line troops.

That was a terrifying existence that was enough to crush 20,000 imperial guards with just 8,000 men.

And now, there are 80,000 people!

Plus the 20,000 Iron Pagodas reorganized by the seventh king Ashina.

Twenty thousand imperial guards, fighting against this lineup? !
It's impossible to beat it.

During the three days after receiving the intelligence, Wei Yiwen never closed his eyes. Almost every moment he was thinking about how to defeat, no, it cannot even be said to be defeat, but rather how to delay and confront this lineup.

He was also considered a famous scholar in the world, and he had pondered countless ideas and strategies, but in the face of a power gap that was so huge that it was hopeless, the so-called strategies of the famous scholars were meaningless.

This is the reason why Wei Yiwen proposed to [move the capital] in desperation.

Jiang Gao looked at the old minister and said, "If you can't win, then you won't fight?"

"Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is the principle of a counsellor."

"But it is definitely not the king's choice."

Wei Yiwen was stunned.

Jiang Gao walked forward slowly, his sleeves fluttering like an emperor, his brows weary, but in this fatigue, he still had a majestic sense of calmness, and said: "If we win, we can still come back later, but if we lose..."

"The king dies in the country."

"As it should be."

"My death will usher in an era of peace."

Jiang Gao, with his back straight, passed by Wei Yiwen, who was bowing and crying. His hair fell down, and his expression was open, calm and powerful. In a trance, he seemed to be standing next to the old king who walked like a dragon and a tiger. He said:

"Yes, I am proud of it!!!"

Wei Yiwen opened his mouth, but choked with sobs.

If a king with such courage and determination had appeared before, he would have been so happy and proud. However, the appearance of such a king in this desperate situation made him completely powerless to save the situation, which would only make him more sad and painful.

It’s not that Jiang Su, He Ruoqinhu, and Yuwen Lie were not powerful. In the peaceful times in the past, these three had the possibility of pursuing the number one in the world; it’s also not that Ying’s territory is not vast enough. With a territory of tens of thousands of miles, it is worthy of being a magnificent country in the Central Plains.

It’s not that Jiang Gao’s spirit is not dignified and upright at this moment.

Jiang Gao has transformed rapidly under this kind of pressure.

In any era in the past, the combination of these people was enough to flatten the world and end chaos, and open up a new era. They were very powerful and could be called the most powerful in history.

Only this time, they encountered a stronger opponent.

This time the world is unified and the world is at peace, not because of the so-called enthronement between the weak, by bullying orphans and widows, betraying their masters, and deceiving the world, but because of the most magnificent king, with top-notch generals and first-class troops.

With the most majestic and powerful posture, they collide fiercely to determine the winner.

It has its own grand and heroic spirit.

But the defeated party was so unwilling to accept the defeat.

Jiang Gao returned to the main hall. He looked at the volumes of files sent in from all directions. On them were military intelligence from all over the world, the foundation of military strategists, or in other words, the exchange of information. However, at this moment, Ying State was powerless.

These countless pieces of information, which come from all over the place, are interconnected and coordinated with each other. Each piece of information is enough to influence the trend of the world. When they are gathered together, they are like chains and thousands of knots in troubled times.

Jiang Gao looked at this for a long time, sensing the depressing atmosphere.

Even a famous prime minister like Wei Yiwen was helpless.

Even a strategist like Jiang Cai was powerless.

Jiang Gao held the sword and suddenly stood up. The gentleman's sword flew out of the scabbard. The sword light was murderous and sharp, and it chopped down suddenly. The sword light cut the table and the information on the table in the middle.

A murderous aura suddenly spread out.

The counselors, ministers, Jiang Cai, and Wei Yiwen here were all struck by this fierce energy, as if needles were pricking their skin. A numbing and itchy feeling spread, making their scalps numb and making them tense up and look towards the center.

Jiang Gao, who was wearing a royal robe with a blue dragon pattern, had a calm look in his eyes: "Now that things have come to this, there is no room for maneuver. Thank you for your hard work, and leave the rest to me."

"I have made a decision."

"Convey my will..."

Dongdu City is a big city in the entire Central Plains. Although the city is not as magnificent and luxurious as Jiangzhou City of Chen State, it is also majestic and solemn. On this day, Emperor Ying Jiang Gao personally ordered to summon the people.

Then, he ordered the people to lock the doors and leave the city.

The people were all stunned.

Jiang Gao stood at the place where the heaven and earth were originally worshipped. Beside him, Jiang Cai held a tray with the imperial seal on it. Jiang Gao stood on a high place, looking at the dense crowds of people in the distance. He whispered, "The Taiping Army of Qin will arrive here soon."

"There will be a great war here, but this war is between us and has nothing to do with the common people. Everyone, please leave here first and wait until the day when the war is over and there is no more fighting, then come back!"

"When the world is at peace, come back!"

Jiang Gao's voice spread far and wide with the help of the country's fortune.

He read history books and knew that in history, when defending a city, the people would be conquered, and women and children would be sent to defend the city, and in the end, the flesh and blood of the people would be eaten, all for the purpose of defending the city. Jiang Gao didn't know whether he would do the same when he was in desperate situation.

He knew he was just an ordinary person.

However, he can avoid this possibility in advance.

The dispute between you and me has nothing to do with the people.

Jiang Gao exhaled, then he placed his right hand on his left hand, and bowed deeply to the crowd and the people. His voice was choked with sobs, but he said loudly: "Jiang Gao, a person of low moral character is lucky to have this position."

"But he is unable to protect his country and his people."

"My fellow countrymen, I'm sorry..."

"After all, I am not a qualified king."

The people of Dongdu knew how kind Jiang Gao was and that all the previous things were done by Jiang Yuan. They cried bitterly because they had to be far away from their homeland, but they were still persuaded and led by Jiang Gao to leave.

In the city of Dongdu, only the original 10,000 guards and 20,000 imperial guards were left.

One day after he asked the people to leave, the Taiping Army arrived nearby.

Jiang Cai, Wei Yiwen looked at Jiang Gao in front of him.

He took off the imperial robe made of the finest silk and embroidered with gold thread, and only wore a set of armor and a dark blue battle robe with sleeves. His hand was on a spear, and his fingers slowly stroked the spear.

The fingertips felt the murderous aura of steel coming from the weapon.

He suddenly became dazed.

Thinking about things that happened long, long ago.

After that incident, when his mother was still alive and he was a teenager, Jiang Yuan was still a simple child. His father let the two children sit on his shoulders, then held a spear and performed martial arts with laughter.

The world keeps turning...

If you want to enjoy something, you must first shoulder your responsibilities.

"People talk about cause and effect, but in my opinion, the cause and effect of the royal family's children is actually reversed. I have already enjoyed the respected status of the royal family's children in advance. After that, I only need to fulfill the [cause] and perform my duties."

Jiang Gao grasped the weapon, grasped the Jiang Wanxiang's gun.

He turned around, his sleeves fluttering.

He looked at Jiang Cai and Wei Yiwen, the once gentle gentleman who later became the king who murdered his own family. His demeanor was now even more different. He said softly, "The rules of the military are nothing more than a mere exchange of pieces."

"Now all four sides are exchanging pieces. They have Dou De and others, as well as the Taiping Army from before. But exchanging pieces, exchanging pieces. My Great Ying Kingdom still has a piece outside the chessboard, and they don't know it yet."

The Taiping Army's flags fluttered across the land like waves, and in this majestic Eastern Capital City, Jiang Gao personally stepped onto the battlefield, with flags fluttering in all directions and flying eagles spreading in all directions.

Emperor Jiang Gao of Ying State issued an order:

Each corps, according to previous orders, intercepted Dou De and other floating troops.

Even if the king died in battle.

Please continue to gallop on the battlefield.

The king can die, but the country cannot die!

Jiang Gao can die, but our family and country cannot die!

"I will personally be the son of one."

"Open up a path forward for you all!"

The emperor, wearing a battle robe and armor, personally stepped onto the battlefield and stood on the top of the Eastern Capital City. He let all the people go, and then led the last guards forward, with the Azure Dragon Flag dancing wildly above his head.

"Even among the famous generals in the world who exchanged their sons, there was still one son like me!"

“Not in the game yet!”

"Come!!!"

(End of this chapter)