Chapter 31: The Invasion of Kyoto
Prince Nao chewed on a wriggling frog in his mouth, and the daring frog actually jumped in his face. Having been hungry and thirsty for several days, he did not hesitate to stuff the frog into his mouth.
The frog's thighs were still fluttering profitably, and its sharp claws cut through the corners of his mouth, and the straight prince's mouth bit hard. There was a slight cracking sound of bones in his mouth, and the pair of legs that were struggling to kick did not move.
The sticky smell was in my mouth, and the muscles seemed to be still wriggling. But Prince Zhi, who had been hungry for two days, couldn't care about it, and now as long as he could stuff it into his mouth, he could even bite two bites of stones.
It was getting darker, and the muddy water in the rice fields was getting much colder. Prince Zhi quietly stood up in the water, and casually removed the two huge locusts attached to his arms. There must be other places on his body, but at this moment, he has no time to care about this little thing.
Both hands kept grasping the almost full ears of rice, and the rice grains with skin kept stuffing into their mouths. His teeth rattled as he chewed, and the white, viscous rice milk trickled down the corners of his mouth.
There was no feeling of fullness in his stomach, and Prince Zhi glanced at Yun Xiao's camp. The lights were bright, and from time to time the cheerful laughter of the soldiers could be heard.
Prince Nao gritted his teeth, the victor is always cheerful. Losers are always lonely, and this has been the case since ancient times. There is no sweeter fruit than victory, and it takes blood to pluck it.
After eating a lot of ears of rice, Prince Nao carefully walked out of the rice field. Under the cover of darkness, we rushed all the way to Kyoto. There is the hope of his comeback, and as long as he returns to Kyoto, he will have the same qiē as before.
The eyes of Prince Nao, who was running in the dark night, were as bright as wolves, and there was an unwilling heart rushing in his undulating chest.
A splendid carriage galloped down the main road, surrounded by a dozen knightly guards. Aiko sat in the car in a full princess dress, holding a bamboo folding fan in her hand. The white tassel was embedded with her emblem, a woody rose made of gold.
She is a royal princess. She is the niece of the current emperor. But now, she had to persuade another uncle, Prince Rei's subordinates, to oppose the emperor. This is the sorrow of the Dongying royal family, and the lovely son is helpless. Because if persuasion fails, all of her daughters will become singers.
Yun Xiao told her that her son would be sent back to the Great King City with his limbs broken. Since then, I have to live by begging. If the trolls could not be persuaded to mutiny, this would become a reality. She was reluctant to go. But she had to make the trip.
A cool breeze blows across the sea, and the waves of the sea crash against the shore as usual. Aiko stepped out of the carriage and boarded a dinghy, and Yun Xiao gave her a boat to save her from the pain of traveling by land.
Glancing back at Masako who saw her off, she and her younger siblings were escorted by the vicious Yun family guards. A burst of sadness welled up in Aiko's heart, and at this moment her heart was dripping blood. Dongying's royal bloodline has fallen to this, which makes the heart of his beloved son, who thinks he is extremely noble, like a knife.
Prince Nao finally saw the tall walls of Kyoto, and he fell to his knees in agony. He cried loudly, but he couldn't make a sound. The three-day escape made him a frightened bird, observing his surroundings attentively everywhere he went. Then try not to make a single sound through guò. Even when he met the village, he did not dare to say his identity. Because he didn't know if those villagers had taken refuge under the banner of Dayuanjun.
When I finally returned to Kyoto, where I had been absent for a long time, the three-day escape seemed as long as three Chinese New Year's Eve. Normally, it would only be a day and a half at most, but he walked for three days.
Emperor Jimmu almost didn't dare to recognize his son when he saw him, and this guy with a scruffy beard and beggar in front of him could actually be his son? The straight prince who has extremely heavy edges and groomes himself meticulously every day?
"Father!" When Prince Nao saw Emperor Jimmu kneeling on the ground and wept bitterly, he didn't dare to let go of his demons until this time. dared to cry loudly at his father, and the days of fear, grievance, and patience turned into tears in his eyes at this moment. Turbulent welled out of the eye sockets.
"Has my son suffered?" Seeing Prince Nao like this, Emperor Jimmu couldn't help but shed tears.
To save him. Minamoto Yoshikyo led an army of more than 10,000 people. But only a few dozen people escaped, all of them bearing the marks of the fire. Some of the wounds were so terrifying that people didn't dare to look at them directly, and these remnants of the defeated soldiers only brought back one piece of news.
Prince Nao is finished, reinforcements are finished, and Gen Yoshikyo is finished. Emperor Jimmu, who heard the news, almost fainted, thinking that he would never see his beloved son again. Unexpectedly, Prince Zhi's life was so great that he actually escaped back. It's coming these days. He got the most exciting news.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly...... Hey, don't choke! "Emperor Jimmu dissuaded his son like an old lady.
Prince Nao's eating appearance is really flattering, and he grabbed a rice ball with one hand. The two cheeks bulged out like a large squirrel, and they kept stuffing them into their mouths. If it weren't for the attendants, maybe they would have choked to death.
Eating and eating. Prince Nao's tears fell in pairs. The bitter wine of failure is actually the taste of this, bitter and bitter that is difficult to swallow. His defeat was so complete, the 3,000 guards he led and more than 10,000 people rescued, counting him, only dozens of people came back.
Aiko looked at the rough sea, and had just eaten the Yun family's noodles. I have to admit that the Yun family's food can't catch up with Dongying. The cook's skill exploded the emperor's imperial kitchen, and Aiko's heart was so uneven. I actually ate a big bowl and drank half a bowl of noodle soup.
Ordinary shrimp can actually make such a delicacy. It's rare for a cook to have a heart, Aiko smiled bitterly. Now that I have the heart to go on a hunger strike, I am afraid that I will not have the will to go on a hunger strike. The food was so tempting, like the man who gave her wireless fear.
She hated him and wanted to throw him out of the clouds. But in his spare time, he often comes to mind. This man is sometimes gentle, sometimes domineering and ruthless. Is he an angel or a devil from God?
He is the most gentlemanly man when he is gentle, and seems to be polite to all. When he was domineering, he was the most ferocious jackal, and those tiger-wolf-like black-armored warriors were as careful as sheep in front of him.
He turned his hands into clouds and his hands into rain, and ordered thousands of heads to fall to the ground. He seemed to be merciful, and he lightly pardoned tens of thousands of captives.
Aiko looked at the waves crashing against the hull of the boat, and couldn't figure out what kind of person this was.
The boat is always faster than the carriage, because the wind does not get tired and the horse does. Driving day and night, Yokosuka is getting closer and closer. Aiko's heart is becoming more and more entangled, and one step further is to betray Dongying. Although she was forced, the emperor would not forgive her. Dongying's royal family will not forgive her, regardless of the success or failure of this trip. She is no longer allowed to be allowed by the royal family, and she is not allowed to be allowed to Dongying.
The sun was sinking and setting in the west, and the fiery sunset reflected the entire sky. If possible, Aiko hopes that it will never fall. Because the next sunrise will be in front of her, Yokosuka.
Yun Xiaoxin walked on the main road by the reins, and in front of him was Kyoto. In the ancient capital that later generations walked with the group, the cherry blossoms there were really beautiful. In particular, the clusters of pink cherry blossoms in the sunset are breathtakingly beautiful and refreshing.
Now the historic city is right in front of you, and behind you is an army that stretches for miles. Maybe it's tomorrow, or maybe it's the day after tomorrow. He will step into this historic city as a conqueror, and this qiē will depend on his mood.
There were countless Japanese soldiers standing on the head of the city, but in Yun Xiao's eyes, they were all decorations. The Ichiki family crest hanging high in the air swayed in the wind.
"Shoot that thing down for Lao Tzu, it's like a conjuring!" Yun Xiao waved his horsewhip casually, and the back of his army squeaked and rolled out a three-bow bed crossbow.
The three-bow bed crossbow creaked and wound, and a thick crossbow arrow was placed in the groove. With a cloud of green smoke, the crossbow bolt shot straight out.
Damn, these boys actually use gunpowder crossbows.
Yun Xiao glanced at the crossbowmen helplessly, and then there was a loud noise from the city tower in the distance.
All the soldiers on the city wall were lying on the ground, waiting for them to calm down and look back. I found that the mark of the head of the family had turned into a cloud of flying ash and disappeared.
"Shout and tell them to come out and surrender. Ben Hou promised to surrender if he did. After entering the city, do not kill a person, do not take anything in vain. If you refuse to surrender, there will be no chickens and dogs left after the city is broken. ”
Genghis Khan's domineering, Yun Xiao decided to learn it. After all, he has the strength now. His own army of 20,000 surrounded Kyoto to death, and even a mouse didn't want to escape. The defenders of Kyoto, who were greatly damaged, would not be their opponents in any case.
A guy with a loud voice stepped forward, and this guy was indeed loud. A mile away, they started yelling, but it didn't work very well. Yun Xiao didn't wait for the soldiers who went out of the city to surrender, but waited for the arrows flying in the sky. Although, outside the firing range. But Yun Xiao was still frightened, it turned out that the salvo of the crossbow actually had the effect of covering the sky and the sun. made Yun Xiao think that he had experienced a total solar eclipse.
The loud brother had a lot of arrows stuck in his shield, and he ran back in a daze.
"Hey, life doesn't go in and death doesn't go out. It's you who have survived on your own, and you can't blame me. ”
Yun Xiao shook his head helplessly, Genghis Khan's prestige was killed. If you want such a prestige, you have to sit down for some tragedies first. But Yun Xiao really didn't have this cruelty, and hundreds of thousands of people died in Daqiu. The depressed knot almost killed him, but he didn't dare to do the slaughter of the city anymore. This body has to enjoy the second half of his life, and he still has a flowery wife and three lovely concubines at home. (To be continued......)