The news of the broken cities spread one by one into the royal palace. Now the Royal Palace of the kingdom of Mo is in panic and chaos. The bodyguards are facing great enemies and rush back and forth, while the palace maids are busy avoiding disasters and flee in panic.
In the main hall of the palace, Shao Fang sat on the king's chair, his face was gloomy, his fist was clucking, and angrily scolded: "these villains and sycophants always talk about serving the country, but at the critical moment, they either defected or fled. At the beginning, the king was really blind to reuse these traitors and thieves!"
As the saying goes, the trees fall and the monkeys scatter. There are only less than ten Mozambican ministers who are still around Shaofang, of which Tian Zhong is the highest official rank.
General Li Jin and Taifu Zhang Rong have already taken refuge in Fengguo. Zuo Xiang Guo Hui also runs faster than rabbits and has disappeared. So many dignitaries and dignitaries in the huge Mozambican court are fleeing, descending and hiding. In the end, only Tian Zhong is left.
Shao Fang scolded for a while, then stopped his voice and looked down. There were only a few literary ministers and military generals left in the hall. After looking at it, he couldn't help but be happy again, but his happiness is worse than crying.
His eyes fell on Tian Zhong and asked, "Tian Zhong, why don't you run at this time?"
Tian Zhong is an old minister of the former dynasty, not Shaofang's lineal origin, and he has a stubborn and hard temper and won't please people, so Shaofang doesn't like him very much on weekdays. The reason why he still stays is that he hasn't found a better candidate to be a Tingwei than Tian Zhong.
At this moment, Tian Zhong will stay with him, which makes Shaofang somewhat surprised.
Hearing that the king asked about himself, Tian Zhong raised his head and said with an arched hand, "Wei minister is a Mo person, and death is also a Mo ghost. Even if he wants to die, Wei minister will die before the king."
He was obviously reading the funeral Sutra. If it was normal, Shaofang would have been very angry. Even if he didn't kill him, he would have to scold him. But now, instead of being angry, Shaofang is quite moved.
He nodded, closed his eyes, murmured in a low voice, "this... Why..."
Through Shao Fang's whisper, everyone present can realize that the king is desperate now.
Tian Zhong suddenly bent down, picked up a small package at his feet, went directly up the steps and put the package on the table in front of Shaofang. Then he opened the package, which was a set of crude linen pants. Tian Zhong said positively, "Your Majesty, now the capital is in chaos and the enemy has failed to control the whole city. Take this opportunity, you'd better run quickly! Keep the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood. As long as you can escape this disaster, you can regroup and make a comeback in the south!"
Shao Fang looked at the clothes and trousers on the table and was stunned. Then he provoked a bitter smile from the corners of his mouth. He slowly raised his head, looked at shangtianzhong's eager eyes, and said faintly, "if the king wants to run, why wait until now? Zhenjiang is the foundation of our Mozambican country. If Zhenjiang is absent, it is like the subjugation of our Mozambican country. Although the king is not a Ming king, he disdains to be a subjugated king king king who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" As he spoke, he waved his arm and swept all the clothes and trousers on the table to the ground.
"Your Majesty..." seeing this, Tian Zhong and other ministers burst into tears. Yes, Shao Fang is indeed not the emperor of Ming Dynasty, but he is not a soft hearted monarch. It is clear that he has the opportunity to escape, but he chose to live or die with the capital of the country.
"You don't have to persuade me anymore!" Shao Fang waved his hand, staggered to his feet, and said in a hoarse voice, "you all go. Ben Wang is also tired. I want to go back to my bedroom and have a good sleep..."
Shao Fang, who was so young and strong and so spirited at the beginning, now looks as if he has suddenly aged into a teenager. His face has lost its luster and is replaced by dead ashes.
Tian Zhong and others still want to stop him, but Shaofang has turned and left and walked to the harem.
As a monarch, Shao Fang is still like this. We can imagine the morale of the soldiers below. The imperial guards, palace guards and the scattered soldiers of the central army who escaped from defeat can add up to more than 100000 people. The wall of the palace is also high and strong. It is not so easy to defend. Even if there are many enemies, it is not so easy to fight down. But now the Mozambican soldiers have no fighting spirit. Even the imperial guards and palace guards are in turmoil.
Shao Fang returned to his bedroom. As soon as he came in, he heard a tassel sound, followed by a fragrant wind. Shao Fang looked up and saw that one of his favorite wives, Xueyao, was coming.
Seeing her, Shao Fang's face showed a rare trace of gentle smile. He asked, "Yao'er, why did you get here when you weren't in your bedroom?"
"Your Majesty, I heard that the wind army has invaded the city?" Xueyao's beautiful face is a little pale. She walks up to Shaofang and subconsciously grabs his arm.
Shao Fang gently stroked her cheek, pushed her tightly frowned Dai Mei, smiled and said, "are you afraid?"
Xueyao shook her head and said, "as long as there is a king, Yao'er is not afraid of anything!"
What if I'm gone? Shao Fang sighed in his heart. Looking at Xueyao's beautiful face, he couldn't imagine what would happen to her after she was captured alive by the Feng army. Thinking of this, his heart was like being pricked by a needle, and the pain was unbearable.
Shao Fang narrowed his eyes and remained silent for a long time. Then he took a long breath and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Yao'er, go and make a cup of tea for me. I like your tea making skills best."
Xueyao didn't doubt it. She answered softly, turned back and walked to the hall.
But at the moment she turned around, Shao Fang suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed Xueyao's back heart without warning. Just listen to the snort, the cold sword edge runs through Xueyao's body, and the edge of the sword sticks out in front of her chest.
There was no struggle or even a cry. Xueyao's delicate body fell to the ground. The gurgling blood instantly dyed the blanket on the ground red. Seeing this scene, the bodyguards and maids around were stunned. On weekdays, the king regarded Mrs. Xueyao as a treasure. He was afraid to be frightened in the palm of his hand and melt in his mouth. He was very considerate and loved her, but now he killed Mrs. Xueyao!
Suddenly, Shao Fang laughed at the man around him as if he didn't have a good sword. He didn't know whether it was a good man who could dye his own blood. He suddenly shouted at the woman around him, ha ha
As he spoke, he suddenly looked up. At this time, he looked at Shaofang again. The whole handsome face had been distorted into a shape, with a ferocious expression like a fierce ghost. The surrounding palace maids and bodyguards all stirred up a cold war and retreated in fear.
Shaofang ignored the people around him. He squatted down slowly, picked up Xueyao's body and began to cry bitterly. People looked at each other and had only one idea in their hearts. The king was crazy. The king was mad when the enemy attacked the capital!
They were worried and retreated again and again. They didn't dare to stay with Shaofang anymore.
Although he is crying now, who knows if he will be nervous again and kill with a sword. The palace maids and guards are not fools. At this time, who is willing to stay and wait for Shaofang to kill.
The palace was so chaotic and full of despair. At this time, the Fengyu allied forces had attacked the front door of the palace.
There are two generals who take the lead, one is Shangguan yuanrang of the wind country, and the other is Shixiao of the jade country. The two of them have cooperated for the second time since Fang Zhen. As old acquaintances, they can cooperate easily.
The two of them were ordered to take the lead. They looked at the tightly closed Palace door in front and the Mo army standing on the top of the palace wall. They met and laughed. Shangguan yuan asked to hand over the three pointed and two edged knife to his left hand, turned around and pointed to a Ministry, and shouted, "hurry up and push our army's stone throwing machine. Today, I will break down the wall of the palace anyway!"
Hearing his words, Shi Xiao also ordered his men to quickly carry large siege weapons such as stone throwers and broken city crossbows. The two armies of Fengyu pushed their stone throwers and broken city crossbows to the front door of the palace, opened their posture and prepared for a strong attack.
At this time, Tang Yin's Herald rushed to the palace with a flag in hand and ordered Shangguan yuanrang and Shixiao not to use stone throwing machines and broken city crossbows when attacking the palace.
Shangguanyuan frowned, grabbed the herald's neck and brought him close to him. He asked, "is this really the king's order?"
The herald trembled and stammered, "general yuan rang, just... Even if the villain has great courage, he doesn't dare to falsely preach the king's will."
Shangguan yuanrang sent the herald away, and then asked angrily, "why doesn't your king let you use the riprap machine and broken city crossbow?"
The herald shook his head and said, "if the king doesn't say, the villain doesn't know!"
Shangguanyuan let him wave his hand upset and said, "I know. Go back and recover your life!"
"Farewell, villain!" Relieved, the herald ran back.
After he left, Shi Xiao came forward and whispered, "maybe his highness King Feng didn't want to damage King Mo's palace, so he ordered us not to use large weapons."
Shangguan yuanrang couldn't understand this. He grumbled angrily, "what's the use of keeping the unlucky land of the subjugated country? In my opinion, it should be burned clean!"
Shi Xiaole was happy. His idea coincided with Shangguan yuanrang. However, they could not disobey the will of King Feng. They had to give up large siege weapons and push forward with manpower according to Tang Yin's intention.
It was Tang Yin who gave up the order to attack the king Mo palace with large weapons. Shi Xiao was right. Tang Yin didn't want to damage the king Mo palace.
Now, Tang Yin has begun to make plans for the future. After the annexation of Mozambique, the territory of Fengguo can be expanded on a large scale, but at that time, the location of Yancheng, the capital of Fengguo, is too inappropriate. Located in a remote place and far from the center of the country, it is inconvenient everywhere. It is inevitable to move the capital to the south. Zhenjiang is the best choice for the Fengguo to move the capital in the future. It extends in all directions. The surrounding environment and even the climate of the whole year are much better than Yancheng.