Chapter 33: The Turning Point (1)
Undoubtedly, the anger of Jiangyu and the others was justified. Any normal person will understand that Cheng Lu Guang and Duan Ye conspired to paralyze Qiuzi under the pretense of making peace, and the army took the opportunity to attack the city, took it by surprise, and conquered it in one fell swoop. Duan Ye was even more indignant in his heart, Lu Guang made it clear that he was trapping, now that the army is attacking the city, he has almost lost his meaning to Qiuzi, since he can't blackmail the opponent if he stays, he probably can't hold it back, and he doesn't have to stay behind the back road, so it's better to kill the messenger, so as to boost the morale of the defenders, in case of emergency.
At least, that's what Mengbai thinks. Besides, the White House has changed violently, and the royal family has been wiped out in one fell swoop, and an excuse is needed. Now that Lu Guang's army is attacking the city, the messenger is the best scapegoat, and the cause and effect are very complete, and everyone will believe it.
But Duan Ye couldn't make them believe it, so he said in a preemptive voice: "Two! Please listen to Duan Ye's words, in Duan Ye's eyes, his life is many times more important than many, many things. Duan Ye wouldn't have put himself to death. ”
"In this way, what should be the explanation of the army attacking the city?" Mengbai said coldly.
"Duan Ye doesn't know." Duan Ye used the simplest and most undesirable answer. But Jiang Yu believed it for the first time, and she didn't know why she believed it so surely.
"Master Duan, now that Lu Guang is treacherous, covering up the war with peace, and ignoring your life and death, how will you be?"
"What I mean is that the city of Qiuzi surrenders and reduces casualties." Duan Ye smiled bitterly, "Don't doubt it, if you attack the city and the boulder cannons go into battle, you won't be able to hold it for long, there will only be a large number of dead people, and the pressure of other people in the city will not be able to withstand the pressure of the two of you, and you will inevitably kill me to vent your anger, and if you capture Qiuzi, I'm afraid you will also slaughter the city, which is not good for everyone." If I surrender, I can reduce the casualties, and I will probably be able to return alive. ”
"However, now, we can't trust the people of Qin." Meng Bai raised a most realistic question, "Before, you forced peace by war, and we obeyed, and we agreed to your conditions, but before the covenant was concluded, you waved your army to attack, how can people believe?" ”
"None of this is something I can lead," Duan Ye said with a wry smile, "Now, you probably don't believe what I say." But you two, you don't have much time, and in any case, you have to have an explanation, and when the boulder hits your head, I'm afraid it's too late. ”
The two of them were silent, Duan Ye's words couldn't be more sincere, now that Lu Guang can't even wait for the covenant, he must attack the city, it can be said that in a sense, Duan Ye's interests are tied to them, and at this time, there is no need to cheat.
Although it was only a short while, for Duan Ye, this moment seemed so long, the saddest thing for people was that they couldn't control their own fate, and at this moment, Duan Ye couldn't change the situation in front of him with his own strength. People are knives and I am fish and meat, that's probably what I said.
"It can only be like this", Meng Bai sighed, "Her Royal Highness the Queen, it can only be like this, the old minister sent several henchmen to escort you from the west gate, and the old minister led the crowd to defend Qiuzi to buy time for the queen." After you leave the city, gather the rest of the army and borrow troops from other countries to avenge this! ”
"But the turtle can't hold it," said Jiangyu urgently.
"Nope." Meng Bai waved his hand and didn't let her continue, "What you said is not wrong, Qiuzi can't be defended, but if you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" Since the old thief Lu Guang didn't even kneel for us to beg him, he didn't agree, so we could only stand and fight him to the end! But the king, you are a royal family, with you, Qiuzi will not die, and with the old minister, there will be no such effect! Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, king, decide quickly. ”
"Once the Qin army enters the city...... Fierce white, you can. Why don't we send someone to talk to Lu Guang again, no matter what the conditions, we can agree to him. Jiangyu's eyes were red, and she could naturally see that the fierce white method was to use her example as bait to buy time for Jiangyu and the others to escape.
"It's useless", Duan Ye said at this time, "The meaning of the section is actually to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, he wants to use the blood of Qiuci to deter the countries of the Western Regions and take Qiuci peacefully, he also needs to fight Shache, Chechnya, Gaochang one by one; But if the blood is washed in Qiuzi, I am afraid that these countries will surrender directly, hehehe, my lord, you are so calculating. ”
Duan Ye said this, but his heart was extremely sad, he didn't mix here for long, and he was sold, which was not pleasant. Not to mention Duan Ping, although they didn't dare to say anything clearly because of their long-term reverence for Jiexia, their faces were undoubtedly revealed.
"Then Lord Duan, what should you do?" As soon as Jiang Yu asked this, she naturally decided to break through. Meng Bai was overjoyed, and while ordering his henchmen to sort out the things that Jiangyu needed to take away, such as the seal of the country and the book of the treasury, he also had to send people to the head of the city to supervise the battle, so he went out first.
Duan Ye took a deep breath and said, "Duan Ye naturally can't wait for death. But at this time, if Duan Ye went to find Jiexia by himself, then the betrayal of the alliance and the siege of the city would definitely be exposed, and I am afraid that Duan Ye's head would be ...... Hehe, therefore, Duan Ye also has to break through, as for whether to break through alone or with you, please ask Her Royal Highness the Queen to decide. ”
"Would you like to go with me?" Jiang Yu didn't know why she asked, and as soon as she said it, her little face suddenly burned like fire.
Duan Ye smiled, "I'm willing to be your hostage." ”
Hostage? Jiang Yu quickly understood what Duan Ye meant, and her eyes couldn't help but light up. Yes, if it is King Qiuzi who coerces Duan Ye to break through, Lu Guang will not kill people because of his conspiracy, and if there is a chance in the future, Duan Ye still has a place to return to the world, and he can go back. No matter what, Jiang Yu believes that after this incident, Duan Ye will not be able to have any loyalty to Lu Guang, so it will definitely not be harmful for Duan Ye to return to Lu Guang in this way.
At this moment, Duan Ye glanced at Duan Ping, Duan Ping suddenly pulled out his knife, the knife flashed, and he followed behind Liu Guo, Li Qiu, who didn't talk much, fell to the ground with his stomach covered, rolled twice, and then tilted his head and died.
Duan Ye didn't look at it, and said: "Everyone, you all know that he is one of the people around us who are staring at us, kill him, do you have anything to say?" ”
"Everything is up to the adults!" Liu Guo and others said loudly.
"Liu Guo! You go back and quickly gather everyone and explain the current situation to them, needless to say, Jiexia sent someone to keep an eye on us, in addition to Li Qiu, there are two people, who you must know, take advantage of the chaos to ...... him" Duan Ye made a chopping action, "Then you also have to take care of yourself, remember, you have to be injured, and when the city is broken, find a way to return to Jiexia!" If you are only with you, and if you don't go back all of them, the festival will not embarrass you. ”
"Don't worry, my lord, how can my lord treat the lowly rank these days, the lowly rank and the other people have a mirror in their hearts, Liu Guo dares to guarantee for the brothers, and in the future, the more than 100 catties will be sold to the adults!" Liu Guo patted his chest and said.
"Take care!" Duan Ye gently patted Liu Guo's shoulder, but bit a few words in Liu Guo's ear, and Liu Guo took people and rushed out.
"Duan Ping, derivation, you two follow me. If they all go back, Lu Guang will definitely be suspicious, besides, I also need to employ people around me, how about it? ”
"Everything is as your lord commands." Duan Ping's expression was firm. It's just that when he saw that the situation had changed, he actually started to eat again, and Duan Ye couldn't help but want to grab the ground with his head.
Jiang Yu saw that Duan Ye assigned the task in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but say sourly, "I can't see that your subordinates are so loyal to you." ”
"No, they're not subordinates, they're brothers." Duan Ye's expression was very firm, "I will live and die with them!" ”