In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

In Liangdu, 300,000 barbarian cavalry surrounded the city on three sides.

Only the south gate was left, without a single soldier or pawn.

In the imperial court hall, a woman sat high on a golden dragon throne, with civil and military officials standing respectfully below her.

Following the eunuch's loud call for the court to begin, the voices of all officials followed:

"Long live Emperor Zhao!"

Such a mighty sound resounded throughout the hall.

No one dared to look up at the woman sitting high on the dragon throne.

"Stand up." Emperor Zhao shouted in a cold voice, and only then did the ministers dare to stand up straight.

Look straight ahead.

Their dignified appearance was as stiff as wooden stakes.

"At this point, our Daliang Dynasty has reached the point of a life-and-death battle."

"It will be of no benefit to us to continue to delay."

"My dear ministers, do you have any battle strategies?" On the dragon throne, Emperor Zhao's kingly aura instantly spread out, and his voice reached everyone's ears without distinction.

But he could face Emperor Zhao's questions.

No one answered.

Civil officials should not look sideways, their nose should look at their mouth, and their mouth should look at their heart.

The generals lowered their heads in unison and remained silent.

Especially the various royalist armies, they have arrived in the city for a long time.

However, the organization has not been integrated and has always been operating independently.

The same is true for defending a city. Everyone is afraid that the enemy will attack the city gate while they are defending the city, thus damaging their own strength.

In this situation, who dares to talk about war and who dares to talk about war tactics?

Victory would be achieved if we could delay the barbarian army until it retreats south.

Emperor Zhao looked at this group of ministers and found that no one answered him. For a moment, the gloomy and cold eyes burst out completely.

The North was not her supportive territory after all.

These military generals and civil officials are all careless.

If he were in the southern border at this moment, relying on his prestige in the southern border, he would definitely be able to mobilize a hundred people to respond to his call, and even gather millions of soldiers, let alone the mere 200,000 in the capital.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhao waved his hand:

"Since there is no way to fight, then there is no need to delay."

"Abandon the city and move south!"

The words fell.

The civil and military officials in the court, who had been calm, suddenly panicked.

One by one, they prostrated themselves on the ground, shouting:

"Your Majesty, this is unacceptable! The capital of Liang has been here for hundreds of years. Why move south?"

"When was there ever a time when the southern border invaded the north? It was always the northern border that invaded the south. It has been like this since ancient times. The southern border troops cannot fight. Your Majesty, please think twice."

"We only have over 200,000 soldiers, and that's still not enough. Abandoning the capital would be tantamount to suicide. Your Majesty, please be cautious."

"..."

Emperor Zhao looked at his civil and military officials and finally stopped pretending to be dead.

Sneered again and again.

When I asked you about your strategy before, you all lowered your heads and remained silent.

You are no longer needed now.

I have decided to move south. You all stand up to refute me. After all, I am merciful.

"I've made up my mind."

"Tonight I will organize 50,000 imperial troops to break out of the South City."

"If you are willing to defend the capital to the death, then do so."

"When the barbarians retreat, those of you who defend Liangdu will be granted the title of Duke!"

"Dismiss the dynasty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Zhao swung the sleeves of his broad dragon robe vigorously.

The whistling sound of the wind was carried out by her sleeves, which showed the anger in her heart.

Wait for Emperor Zhao to leave.

All the civil and military officials in the court stood where they were, looking at each other in bewilderment.

No one dared to speak.

The chief eunuch Liang Zhaozhong hasn't left yet!

If they spoke carelessly at this time, they might be captured by the eunuch and used as a sacrifice.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Liang Zhaozhong couldn't help but chuckle:

"What's the point of you staring at our house like this?"

"We're already moving south, and Emperor Zhao isn't around anymore. How can we possibly get involved with you?"

"While we can still gather all the ministers together, I think you should all speak freely."

Liang Zhaozhong's generous reminder made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Only one general spoke:

"Zhaodi's migration south will definitely not work."

"I think we should do a good job of guarding the South Gate. Once Emperor Zhao leads his men out, we can directly seal the South Gate and defend Liangdu to the death. This is definitely the best way."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately aroused a chorus of approval.

As for the civil servants, some sighed and some worried, because this was where their family property was located.

If I flee tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to take all my wealth with me.

If they were left behind in Liangdu, it would be unknown whether these properties would still belong to him even if he returned to the northern border.

"Why can't Emperor Zhao think this through? If we defend the city, how can the barbarians get in?" A civil servant complained softly.

Don't wait for others to agree.

Liang Zhaozhong immediately pulled out a knife, flashed in front of the man, and put the knife directly on his neck.

With Liang Zhaozhong's knife at his neck, the civil servant's eyes widened.

His lips trembled slightly and he stammered:

"Liang... What does Lord Liang mean?"

"Didn't you say that you wouldn't report what you said today to Emperor Zhao?"

Facing the civil servant's questioning, Liang Zhaozhong narrowed his eyes and chuckled:

"I won't report this to Emperor Zhao, but tonight, we still need someone to perform the sacrifice."

"You just happened to come to my door. You guys can chat first. I'll take this person away first."

After he finished speaking, Liang Zhaozhong led his men away.

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the huge palace.

After Liang Zhaozhong's figure disappeared, they looked at the young eunuchs standing around and lost interest in chatting.

They left the hall one after another and returned home to plan how to take over the defense of the South City Gate tonight.

......

Night falls.

Emperor Zhao's eyes were terribly cold as she glanced back and forth at the 50,000 imperial guards. Tonight... in such a huge capital, hers was the only army that decided to move south.

The remaining generals all planned to stay and defend to the death.

What a bunch of cowards! Emperor Liang Zhao cursed inwardly.

But he did not dwell on this matter any further. Instead, he looked at the eunuch Liang Zhaozhong and asked:

"Are you well prepared?"

"Plenty." Liang Zhaozhong nodded in response.

"The Fire Bull Formation is also ready. We are surrounded on three sides and have one missing. We will face at least 30,000 barbarian cavalry ambushes, but we have 8,000 bulls, which is enough to break the formation."

Speaking of this, Liang Zhaozhong exuded an air of extreme confidence.

Emperor Zhao felt at ease seeing this.

"In that case, then give the order to open the city gates."

"After wiping out the 30,000 bandits, those who don't have horses can take them and head south." Emperor Zhao nodded and agreed.

They were short of horses in Daliang. Even the imperial guards, even those recruited from all over the place, could only gather 20,000 horses.

This was even after all the horses from the various armies supporting the king were requisitioned.

"Yes!" Liang Zhaozhong responded.

When Liang Zhaozhong went to give the order, Emperor Zhao looked at Emperor Mu, who was imprisoned beside him and sitting in the prison cart, and asked:

"Is my brother ready?"

In response to Emperor Zhao's question, Emperor Mu closed his eyes tightly.

No response at all.

This made Emperor Zhao feel a little angry. He pulled out a hairpin from his hair and gently poked it into Emperor Mu's toenails.

The extreme pain made Emperor Mu open his eyes instantly.

But the power of being an emperor made him hold back from screaming.

She just waited for Emperor Zhao with her eyes filled with despair.

"You are different from those officials in the North. They are... all spineless."

"Only you, the emperor, are a tough nut to crack." After Emperor Zhao finished speaking, he pulled out the hairpin and threw it on the side of the road.

The south gate of Liangdu was opened wide, and 50,000 imperial guards rushed out and headed south.

The barbarians, upon hearing the sound of horse hooves, instantly became agitated and gathered together.

Each of them showed excitement on their faces, and at the command of their general, they jumped on their horses.

Rushed towards the direction where the noise from the Imperial Guards came from!

"Kill!" the barbarians shouted in their unique language as they madly approached the south city gate.

However, the imperial guards stopped one thousand meters outside the south city gate and made the middle corridor available.

In an instant, eight thousand cattle with kerosene tied to their tails were set on fire and rushed out.

The barbarian approached, looked at the burning cattle across from him, and asked softly:

"what?"

Don't wait for their reaction.

The fan-shaped fire bull formation collided with their tens of thousands of cavalry.

The huge impact force knocked these heavily armored cavalry to a standstill, but the frenzied cattle did not stop, breaking through the formation and piercing through it all the way!

The 30,000 cavalry were completely defeated by the charge of 8,000 fire bulls.

The imperial guards seized the opportunity, Liang Zhaozhong took the head of a man and shouted loudly:

"Charge with me!"

"Massacre the barbarians."

"The opportunity to migrate south lies here!"

"Daliang is mighty!" The soldiers naturally saw the barbarians being defeated by the fire bull formation and responded loudly.

Fighting spirit high.

At the same time...snowflakes were falling from the sky.