In early winter, the rebels in Hezhong sent troops from Kangju and marched steadily towards Gushang City.

The Guarding Camp immediately sent troops and horses to march north, with Wang Tongdeng leading the dragon cavalry as the vanguard, and Zhao Xingde personally leading the army to meet the enemy. During the march, it snowed heavily, and the snow was knee-deep, so Zhao Xingde and Kang Hengming had to lower their marching troops.

Speed, while urging the follow-up baggage to catch up as soon as possible. This is the coldest winter in Hezhong in the past century. After many wars, conquests and turmoil, the military and civilian power in Hezhong have been squeezed to the extreme. Although Xia Guo Hezhong is known as

Although the country is prosperous, the life of the people has also become difficult, and many families are struggling with hunger and cold.

The snow was falling heavily, and with the roar of artillery, the city wall of Dawan was blown down, and the siege of the city entered its final moments.

Under the leadership of the officers, the rebels poured into the city like a tide, and almost no living person could be seen on the collapsed city wall. The entire city seemed to be a trapped beast that had drained its blood, crawling on the snowy ground, and was gradually covered by the snow.

Completely covered, only a few black spots are still moving, and those are the only remaining city guard soldiers who are still fighting the final battle. A large number of rebels poured in from various gaps in the city wall, and these tenacious black spots were quickly grouped by the rebels.

Surround and fight until they disappear.

The Xicheng Tower with the dragon flag erected was even more tightly surrounded by people from three floors inside and three outside. A group of rebels were furious and rushed in shouting under the leadership of the officers. However, they were blocked by dozens of dragon tooth sergeants.

They blocked the door with their swords. After the fierce battle, the rebels left corpses on the ground. Seeing that they could not get any advantage, the rebel general who led the team had to order not to attack for the time being, but mobilized troops to surround the tower more tightly. The defending sergeant

All of them were covered in blood, but they didn't take a step back, only looking coldly at the people around them.

Inside the city tower, Zhang Yingda and other generals of the Longya Army surrounded the emperor with weapons in hand.

Chen Xuan's face was calm instead. He had already put on a military uniform and was ready to do what he wanted at this moment.

"Your Majesty, the rebel king Chen Ang has sent someone here to meet with your Majesty."

"Since you are rebellious, you are incompatible with each other," Chen Xuan said slowly, "Why bother to show off." He looked at the generals on the left and right. Zhang Yingda, deputy commander of the Longya Army, and other generals looked sad and angry. At this point in the war, almost all the elites of the Longya Army had been lost.

In the small city of Dawan, there are only about a hundred sergeants left, most of whom are concentrated in this tower. Under the Xia Kingdom's military system, the Longya Army is the emperor's personal soldiers. In addition to the captains of each battalion who are still selected by sergeants, the commanding officer is a centurion.

When it comes to the appointment of officers, the five government offices all respected the emperor's opinion. Therefore, Zhang Yingda and other generals were Chen Xuan's trusted generals, and many of them had been with Chen Xuan in northern Xinjiang since they joined the army.

"The matter has come to this," Chen Xuan said with a gloomy face, "Brothers, when Chen and everyone fought against the horse thieves in northern Xinjiang, there were dozens of battles, large and small, in a year, how happy it was! Later, when the National Protectorate was established, Chen was lucky

When I ascended the throne and took on such a huge responsibility, I originally wanted to have more trusted helpers, and secondly, I wanted to share wealth and wealth with all my brothers. Now it seems that I have actually delayed all my brothers," he looked at Zhang Yingda, deputy commander of the Dragon Tooth Army.

, Colonel Tian Zidu, Chang Chiquan, Centurion Kang Zhongxin, Shi Chou'er, Qu Chengzong and other generals sighed with emotion, "If you were not in the Imperial Guard, you would have fought hard in Northern Xinjiang, and nine out of ten of you would have been able to lead an army on your own.

, speaking of it, I am actually the one who delayed you brothers."

"For those generals who are lucky enough to follow His Majesty, they will only wish to die in ruins!"

"If the traitor wants to come in today, he must step over our dead bodies!"

"The traitors just think that by holding someone Chen hostage, they can hold the government of the country hostage. They can even hold the emperor hostage to order the princes like the traitors of the Eastern Dynasty." Chen Xuan's face darkened and he shook his head. "If he thinks this way, he is making a big mistake.

That's very wrong." He looked at the generals with lightning eyes and said, "The emperor of Daxia is also a sergeant. There are no emperors in Daxia who are held hostage, only sergeants who died in battle."

"However, there were too many dead and wounded soldiers in this battle in the river." Chen Xuan's face turned dark and he said slowly, "The Dragon Tooth Army is a gathering of elites from the forty states. This loss is all my fault!

He looked at Zhang Yingda and other generals and said in a deep voice, "There is no surrendered emperor in Daxia. However, you can suffer some injustice for the time being and hand over Chen's body to my bastard brother. This is my will. Daxia

It's not like the Eastern Dynasty, which didn't care about the life and death of its soldiers. Even the captured soldiers, as long as they don't look down on their appearance and fight against the enemy, will be awarded many titles and generals in the future. You should be a little more aggrieved and save some vitality for Daxia."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yingda's face changed drastically and he said loudly, "I am only willing to fight to the death with the traitors!"

"I only wish to die on the battlefield!"

"I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"

None of the generals were willing to surrender, and they shouted loudly. Although more sergeants did not say a word, they still held their swords tightly, and no one was willing to surrender.

"Okay! In that case," Chen Xuan's face was slightly stern and he said slowly and solemnly, "The rebels only want to capture Chen alive, but they cannot let Chen escape. Therefore, it must be a long-term siege.

However, we will not let them get what they want. While our strength is still there, we will rush out of the city together. Since we are sergeants, we will die on the battlefield."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The generals said loudly. At this last moment, the atmosphere in the tower became more relaxed.

"Okay!" Chen Xuan also pulled out his saber and said: "I usually hear that the armies have killed their generals and slapped their flags. Although I am happy and relieved, my heart is always unhappy. Today I can have a happy battle and die like a real sergeant.

Chen has no regrets in his heart." He smiled and said to Zhang Yingda, "I still remember when we were in northern Xinjiang, every time we encountered a strong enemy, you said that life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth is in heaven. However, if there is something at home,

After having a son, I have nothing to fear. In the past twenty years or so, you and I have not only a son, but also a grandson in our family. We brothers have all had their dreams come true, and are better than many who stayed in northern Xinjiang.

Brother, you are quite lucky."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yingda's voice was a little hoarse, "Your Majesty..." He was choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

"Okay!" Chen Xuan patted his shoulder and looked around, "Are you all ready? Follow me, form an arrow formation, and charge out!"

Zhang Yingda and other generals were all battle-hardened. In silence, the sergeants formed a battle formation inside the tower.

After Chen Xuan reviewed and confirmed again, he shouted and led the sergeants to rush out.

Although there were many rebels outside the city tower, on the one hand they had just arrived at the city, and on the other hand they did not expect that they would dare to rush out of the city tower, and even vacated a space in advance, waiting for the iron barrels and cannons to be brought up from below. The sergeants

With strong martial arts skills and the determination to die, the rebels were overwhelmed by the attack. The rebel generals outside the city tower hurriedly drove their soldiers to fill the gap. They formed formations to block them, but were defeated again and again. Repeatedly, there were unexpectedly

Four times, even the generals commanding from the front were beheaded. The rebel corpses were piled high on the city wall.

Blood flowed down the corridor of the tower, like a stream.

Seeing how brave the soldiers who broke out of the encirclement were, all the soldiers in the regiment behind were trembling with fear, their faces were earth-colored, and their legs were weak.

Even if the officers pressed, the regiment-trained troops did not dare to go forward to fight. As a last resort, the rebel generals had no choice but to draw sergeants from various ministries and lead the elites who were not afraid of death to form a vanguard and go forward to fight, and then stabilized the front line.

, at this time, the regiment training soldiers who had recovered from their injuries were also driven by the officers to form gun formations layer by layer, trying to surround Chen Xuan and other sergeants again. Chen Xuan and others were used to fighting formations, and they knew

When attacking a large number with a small number, you must not stop and allow the larger side to form a formation and squeeze. That is a situation where you are waiting for death. Therefore, even if you trade your life for one, you will never give in. The generals followed Chen Xuan and stood on one side.

While moving, slashing with a knife, he rushed from left to right in the chaos of rebels. People kept falling around Chen Xuan, and people kept coming up. Zhang Yingda, Chang Chiquan and others died one after another. Although the rebels

The army wanted to capture the emperor alive, but in hand-to-hand combat, the swords were blind, and Chen Xuan suffered dozens of wounds, large and small. Although he was once known as the bravest of the three armies when he was young, he was old after all, and gradually felt that his steps were heavy.

, his arms were weak, each swing of the knife became heavier and heavier, and his breathing became rapid.

"Tian Zidu, give me a ride!" Chen Xuan said solemnly, and slashed the rushing rebels with his sword.

"Your Majesty!" Colonel Tian Zidu was also wounded all over, and there were only a dozen sergeants left around him.

"There is no captured emperor in Daxia!" Chen Xuan shouted loudly! "Have you forgotten?"

"I dare not forget!" Tian Zi choked with sobs. His eyes were blurry, and he swung the knife horizontally in his hand. Blood dripped down.

The remaining dozen or so sergeants no longer moved, but were like crazy tigers, surrounding the emperor's body like a trapped beast. When the rebels saw this, they didn't know what was going on, but they surrounded them layer by layer at the urging of the officers behind them.

Go up. Not long after, all the sergeants under Tian Zidu were killed in the battle. The rebel general brought his people up, recognized the body of Emperor Chen Xuan, and then reported the news to the regent Chen Ang.

It was getting late, and wisps of black smoke rose from inside and outside the city. It was the training regiment collecting and burning the bodies of the dead.

Chen Ang listened with a gloomy face to his subordinates' report on the emperor's death.

"Brother, did you leave any words?" He had some expectations in his heart and couldn't help but ask redundantly.

"Your Majesty, no."

Chen Ang looked around the military tent. The generals and sergeants around him all looked gloomy. On the contrary, the few regiments who had followed him had dull expressions. Chen Xuan had done nothing wrong in the decades since he had been in office, even if he had these rebellious henchmen under his command.

, they also had different opinions on the country's major policies. They also admired and sympathized with the emperor himself, let alone resented him.

"It's a good idea to collect His Majesty's body and bury it in Dunhuang after the overall situation is stabilized. Okay, you guys retreat."

Chen Ang closed his eyes. At this moment, it was as if the moments he had spent with Chen Xuan in the past decades flashed through his mind.

"Brother, you are a good son of your father. You are also a good brother, a good father, a good sergeant, and a good general," Chen Ang whispered, "but you are not a good emperor." His eyes were slightly sour, and he lowered his voice.

He murmured loudly, but when he opened his eyes, he was no longer weak at all, "Under the great summer, I will walk for you on the road that you cannot walk. When the great summer conquers the universe and dominates the world, you will know that I will eventually
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