Chapter 498: Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (29)
The half-set sun stained the vast sky like crimson blood. The fiery red clouds in the sky fluttered in the wind, giving people a feeling of extreme desolation and sadness under the rendering of the setting sun.
Outside Bianliang City, the flames and smoke on the ground have not completely dissipated, and the black soot rises misty and soars into the sky.
The fertile fields were already devastated. The best grains are trampled to the point that it is unbearable to see. A few black-skinned wild dogs with blood-red eyes scurrying across the messy fields, stenching with bloody mutilated human limbs in their mouths!
Flocks of black-feathered crows fluttered in the sky with a mournful song, enjoying this rare and sumptuous dinner.
Looking up, the ground outside Bianliang City was littered with burnt objects, broken weapons, overturned carts, broken flags, and endless corpses that almost covered the entire land!
This is a desolate and ruined place after the Great War!
"Jingle bell~~~" A sound of horse-neck bells with a melodious rhythm echoed in the open field, startling a large group of black feathers.
A few black-skinned wild dogs hung from their bulging bellies, whimpered and roared a few times, and then unwillingly picked up their tails and turned their heads into the distance.
A majestic tall horse, a gorgeous armor as clean as a mirror and engraved with a hollow pattern, and a burly and strong heroic knight. Anyone who sees it must praise a good man!
Dozens of men riding tall horses and wearing brilliant armor were divided into two columns, escorting a magnificent carriage inlaid with gold and jade. Look at the coats of arms on the carriages and the patterns printed on the capes behind the knights, this is a royal convoy!
The carriage moved slowly, and the rider sat on the frame with a blank face, his eyes full of endless sadness.
Dozens of knights guarded the carriage tightly, their postures were erect, but their faces were almost all pale.
These knights were all among the leaders of the former divisions of the Great Song Emperor's Palace. It's not that their martial arts are superb or their courage is outstanding. It's that they're all nobles. Not to mention the tall and straight figure, the faces are also handsome and extraordinary, and at first glance they are from a rich and noble family.
The war horses under the crotch are all handsome war horses that are secretly sold from the north at a huge cost. The armor on the body is made by masters. Not only is it gorgeous and dazzling, but what is even more commendable is that the weight is much lighter than that of the real battle armor, which can make it possible for those who have not exercised all year round to wear it out to support the scene.
And on that royal carriage sat a young woman with a tragic fate. Even mentioning her name after a thousand years will make countless Han family men ashamed of the Maode Emperor Zhao Fujin!
Zhao Fujin is the fourth daughter of Song Huizong, and her biological mother is Empress Mingda. Emperor Maude was born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, and she is the most admired by all the young talents in Bianliang City.
When she married Xuanhe Hall to be made Cai Ying, I don't know how many young talents were sad. How many people have made many gorgeous and beautiful words under the sadness of drinking. It's a pity that poetry and poetry can't beat the barbarians' knives and guns!
The descendants of the young nobles who guarded the vicinity of the carriage had also been suitors of Emperor Maud before. At this moment, the long-admired goddess is in the frame beside her. But they no longer have the same heart as before.
Perhaps it was because Emperor Maude's glamorous fame was so great that it even reached the ears of the Jurchens. Shortly after the end of the war, Wanyan Zongbi appointed the envoy of the Song State who came to beg for peace to send Emperor Maode over!
After crossing the Yellow River, Wanyan Zongwang's army went straight to the city of Bianliang like a bamboo. The Song armies were defeated one after another, and no one could stop him at all.
After Yan Zongwang's army approached Bianliang City and blocked the passage of escape inside and outside the city, the two emperors of the Song State, who were forced to a dead end, could only try their best to coerce and lure the Dumen Forbidden Army to resist the Jin army. Song Huizong even went to deliver food to the forbidden soldiers in person! For him, this is really driven to a dead end.
The forbidden army, who were forced to be anxious, had to reluctantly go out of the city to fight fiercely with the Jin army.
What's the use of facing a battle in such a thing as a war! If it's useful, then it's going to be practiced in winter. What does Xia Lian Sanfu do?! Before every war, it would be good to ask the emperor to deliver food.
The Forbidden Army was defeated without surprise. After leaving corpses all over the ground, the Praetorian Army broke up again. After escaping back to the city, no matter how much the emperor and his ministers coerced and lured, no one was willing to go out and die!
In the absence of any other option. Song Huizong, who was anxious, had no choice but to send Guo Jing and his Liujia Divine Army.
A bloody battle outside Xuanhua Gate!
Almost like a rabble, the Rokko Divine Army, composed of ruffians and hooligans, was killed in front of the elite Jurchen elite horsemen, and the blood flowed like a river, and the corpses were all over the field!
After Guo Jing fled alone, the emperor and ministers of the Song State, who had no choice but to surrender and beg for peace.
Wanyan Zongwang replied to the Emperor of the Song State that "cede Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian." Following the practice of the former Liao to give the year's coin. The amount is ten times that of Qianliao! Declare the victorious army a traitor and strangle it with all his might. ”
The Emperor of Song, who had already burned his buttocks, did not hesitate at all, and immediately agreed to all of them.
But the conditions for Wanyan Zongwang are not over. "This time. The cost was huge, and Song Guodang paid for the military expenses. The amount was set at one million ingots of gold and five million of silver. Must be delivered within three days! ”
The envoys of the Song State were dumbfounded. Even if you sweep the treasury like light, sweep the palace clean, and then raid all the noble ministers, it is impossible to get so much money!
Under the bitter pleading, Wanyan Zongwang said that he could use the daughter of the clan to pay off the debt. "The emperor and the princess are allowed to get 1,000 ingots of gold, one person of Zongji is allowed to get 500 ingots of gold, one person of the clan concubine is allowed to get 200 ingots of gold, one person of the clan wife is allowed to get 500 ingots of silver, one of the clan women is allowed to get 200 ingots of silver, and one of the noble relatives and daughters is allowed to get 100 ingots of silver, and it is up to the Shuai Mansion to choose."
Wanyan Zongbi on the side said that Emperor Maode Zhao Fujin must be sent to the camp immediately. Otherwise, tomorrow the army will attack the city!
In order to keep his throne, Song Huizong showed the ruthless side of his ruthless imperial family. He actually sent someone to arrest his daughter and send her out of the city to be a prostitute for the Jurchens!
Horses neighed and wheels rolled.
Dressed in the most luxurious clothes and dazzling and precious accessories, the beautiful Maude Emperor sat quietly in the carriage. There is only a handmaiden Qiu Yue who has been with him for many years.
"Yue'er, why do you have to come out with you to suffer. It's too late to go back at this point. Emperor Maude's eyes were as clear as the cold night sky, looking at the handmaiden who had been with her for many years, and her voice was full of sadness.
"Yue'er won't go back. Yue'er will always be by the princess's side. The handmaiden with a beautiful face lowered her head slightly, a dark color flashed in her autumn-like eyes, and murmured, "That home, don't go back." ”
Hearing Qiu Yue's words, Maude's soul-seducing clear eyes couldn't help but leave tears anymore!
In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and on earth I wish to be a branch. When I first got married, my husband was so vowed!
But now? What life and death promise, what this life will not give up! When the disaster comes, they fly separately.
When he wanted to discuss life and death with his husband, this husband was actually paralyzed to the ground with fright! The pale face waved his hand again and again, trembling with fright, and he couldn't even speak clearly!
That's not all, Cai Yan actually gave himself to Kaifeng Mansion Yin, who came to arrest people!
My father had to rely on himself to save his life. His husband also has to rely on himself to save his life. She is obviously just a weak woman, how can these weak shoulders carry such a heavy responsibility? Are all the men in the Great Song Dynasty dead!?
As a nobleman and an emperor, he is sold like a commodity. There is only one handmaiden by his side! At this time, Maude had already lost all hopes. It's better to live than to die!
"Princess, I'm not afraid of death. I'm just afraid I can't stay with you. I accompanied the princess when I was eleven years old, and now that the princess is going to travel far away, how can I not be by my side? Qiu Yue's white cheeks tried to squeeze out a smile, and the two shallow pear nests were beautiful.
Tears welled up in Maude's eyes like balls. Tribulation sees true love, and it is really time for tribulation. His own father and his husband pushed themselves into the sea of fire with their own hands. The only ones who are really willing to leave are the handmaidens around them!
"Good moon!" Maude hugged Qiuyue, buried his head in her shoulder, and cried loudly.
"Princess." The tears that were forcibly endured could no longer be controlled. Qiuyue, who pretended to be calm, hugged Maude tightly and cried bitterly! Where are they going, what are they going to do. I know it all! Because I understand, I cry sadly. So the heart is like ashes!
Choked weeping came from the carriage. The hand in front of the car bit his lip so hard that the whip in his hand was about to bleed!
And those Song warriors who rode tall horses and wore gorgeous armor were expressionless. The look is indifferent like an ice sculpture! They couldn't care about the fate of the woman in the carriage. At this moment, all they have left in their hearts is the thought that they must go back alive!
There are still beautiful wives and concubines at home, mansions and fertile land at home, and thousands of wealth at home! They are still young, they have not lived enough! What about the Emperor? What about the first beauty in the heavenly family? Can it be compared to his own net worth?!
At this time, the Great Song Dynasty, Bianliang City at this moment, has no men.
The convoy moved away from Bianliang City and gradually drifted away. After a while, I saw the Jin Guojun formation in the distance!
Tens of thousands of troops! Facing the setting sun, the dense array was lined up in front of the convoy. These are Wanyan Zongbi who came to pick people up! If you can't get people today, then these troops will go to Bianliang City to get them in person!
watched the convoy in the distance with the royal flag of the Song Kingdom gradually coming. Wanyan Zongbi raised his head proudly and laughed. The world is so good!
Reaching out and touching his bald head, his eyes were full of lust. "I have to have a good time tonight!"
"Princess!" Looking through the car window, the boundless and boundless, black pressure is like a black cloud pressing the top of the Jin army. Qiu Yue's expression turned pale and hugged Emperor Maude tightly.
Emperor Maode's autumn-like eyes were full of dead ashes, and she was completely desperate at this time!
"Let's die, it's better to die." Emperor Maud muttered in a blank voice.
"Princess!" Qiu Yue didn't know what to do at this time, should she persuade her, or just go away? The flustered maid could only use her best strength to hug Emperor Maude tightly.
"Hum ~~~~~~" Just when they were desperate to die, a majestic horn sound with endless desolation came leisurely from the distance where heaven and earth interact! (To be continued......)