During the war in the south of the city, Li Yu and the court officials almost lost control of the situation. The only thing they could do was to make a decision and refuse to surrender and fight the Zhou army.

As for the specific deployment of the war, it was very chaotic due to the various disadvantages of being surrounded by lonely cities, low morale and panic. The water camp guarding the river surface was very chaotic and sloppy, and it was easily burned by the Zhou army at first, and then the originally elite imperial guards were about to collapse at one touch and could not rescue each other.

The Southern Tang army had more than 100,000 people, and they were defeated in one day. At this time, Jiangning City turned into a lonely city. The land outside the city wall was lost and all of them were controlled by the enemy.

The next day, when Li Yu climbed the gatehouse of the imperial city, he heard the sound of stones hitting the city walls, and the shouts of people coming from afar. The Zhou army in the south of the city began to take the lead in siege, and the enemy troops from other directions would also begin to siege this city... The foundation of the decades of foundation established by the ancestors of the Li family.

Even though Li Yu had never fought a war, he knew that Jiangning City could not be kept for too long and could be destroyed at any time. The ancients said that the country lies in virtue but not in danger; no matter how strong the fortifications are, how can people's morale be kept?

He suddenly felt that the pressure was reduced, and it was a very strange feeling. In the past, the Zhou army was in a hurry and was worried all day long; but now he felt that he could breathe a sigh of relief. Anyway, the ending was right in front of him, and he was completely helpless.

Li Yu returned to the hall where he was in court. After thinking for a long time, he asked someone to prepare firewood and bring the turbulent oil to the hall. He wanted to burn the fire after the city was broken, and he would be destroyed.

This move alarmed his biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhong, and led the palace servants to the hall to cry and persuaded Li Yu to save his life. Li Yu only said: "The country is destroyed and I am ashamed of the people. There is only one way to go."

Empress Dowager Zhong cried and choked and said, "My son is a kind and kind person. He has no mistakes. If he is wrong, he should not let you be the emperor. You are not the one who is the emperor!"

After all, Li Yu was born by Empress Dowager Zhong. Empress Dowager Zhong knew his personality and talked about the painful situation when the fire burned and the tragic situation after his death. Sure enough, Li Yu looked fearful.

But after thinking about it, he still did not give up the idea of ​​burning himself. At this moment, Li Yu's eyes were inadvertently attracted by the little girl behind Empress Dowager Zhong. She was Zhou Jiamin, the younger sister of Zhou Ehuang, the queen of the country. The little girl was only nine years old, but she was beautiful and beautiful, even more delicate and beautiful. After all, Ehuang had been the queen and had a dignified temperament. However, these two girls were born charming and had a charm at a young age.

Li Yu couldn't help but think: That dog, the blacksmith of Japan, caught Zhou Ermei, can she let her go?

"My mother no longer needs to persuade her. Let Jiamin stay in this hall with me." Li Yu said.

Although the little girl was less than ten years old, she was smart and understood the meaning at once. "No..." Zhou Jiamin lost her charm and turned around and was about to run away, but immediately a eunuch grabbed her petite body. Li Yu sighed and said kindly: "I am also for your own good."

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The people in the palace went to the military camp to get the hot turbulent oil used to defend the city. When the general Jun Yan found out, he asked about the use. The eunuch replied that the matters that His Majesty ordered to be moved to the main hall.

After hearing this, Wan Yan and his generals Ma Chengxin and others knelt down in the direction of the imperial city, and they felt sad. Wan Yan was ashamed: "We have received the emperor's grace and salary, but now we cannot defend the emperor. We are sitting on the ground and we are devastated, and we are completely disappointed and have no face to survive!"

After hearing this, the soldiers around him lowered their heads and felt sad.

Ji Yan looked up at the ramp of the city. Some law enforcement officers were holding weapons and shouting and beating soldiers to force them to go to the city. The soldiers were in chaos and had no intention of fighting. They knew in their hearts that the city could not be defended, and soldiers could not fight by threats and forcing them.

"Bang! Bang..." Another round of big stones flew from the air and kept hitting the city wall. Ji Yan was in the military camp under the city, and his feelings were even stronger at this moment. The bricks and stones on the female wall splashed, and the whole city seemed to be being shaken.

"Everyone..." Ji Yan stood up and said with his head raised, "Since ancient times, there has been no country that has not perished. Surrender is just a humiliation. Your Majesty also wants to die for his country. Who is willing to fight with me to serve the country?"

Ma Chengxin and other generals agreed and were willing to fight to the death with Ji Yan.

Ji Yan said again: "The city cannot be defended anymore. Let's deploy our own troops in the city and wait for the enemy to enter the city and fight with it."

... Within a few days, the Wu Yue army and the three sides of the Zhou army were besieged by the ants. The south city wall was the first to be climbed to the wall by the Zhou army. Soon, the south city gate was opened from the inside. The Zhou army was waiting for the infantry and cavalry outside to swarm in, and the army rushed into the city like a flood.

Ji Yan led his army to set up formations on the street outside the main gate of the imperial city, and ordered Ma Chengxin to set up a square formation on the front of the street to resist the Zhou army's edge. He led his troops to ambush in the flank alley. After using the square formation to block the Zhou army's vanguard, the ambush came out from the flank and attacked on both sides.

As the horse's hooves roared closer and closer. The van of the Zhou army's van simply entered the central axis and rushed straight to the direction of the imperial city. Ji Yan shouted to Ma Chengxin at the entrance of the alley: "Good come, Brother Ma is ready!"

As the Zhou army was expected to enter the center with cavalry, and the square formation was covered with thick spearmen, with sharp spear heads densely facing the front. Soon, they saw the horse soldiers coming, and a group of chaotic soldiers were not in a row, rushing wildly. The streets here were covered with flat bricks and stones, and the sound of iron hooves stepping on the hard ground was even louder, making people's ears buzzing.

The cavalry's sharp edge had no intention of stopping. Wan Yan widened his eyes, holding his breath, waiting for the moment when the two armies confronted each other.

"Ah, ah..." Suddenly, a large number of guns were thrown in the air, and some people fell down one after another in the southern Tang army formation. Shaoqing, a man hit the spear directly on the spear, and the horse was not blocked, and he fell to the ground with his neighing. The military man quickly got up with the horses falling to the ground with the war horses. The weapons in his hand were chopping randomly, and the sound of "ding ding clatter..." was endless. The ground was flat and hard, and the horse's hooves did not catch the ground. Several horses hit the spear in succession, and the heavy people and horses rushed to the square formation.

"Fuck!" An iron horse raised its front hooves high, then fell heavily, and finally stopped its momentum. A nine-foot man immediately had a tall and strong figure than everyone else. At this time, the general of the square formation, Ma Chengxin, was shouting: "Don't retreat when he fights to death!" The nine-foot man suddenly threw an iron spear over! Ma Chengxin was alert and raised a shield to block it. "Bang!" With a loud bang, the iron spear actually pierced the shield and pierced it into Ma Chengxin's chest with two layers of heavy armor!

Brother Ma was killed like this? All this happened in an instant. Ji Yan was stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth and raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!" He ran out with the long sword in both hands.

The Zhou army was as brave as crazy, not afraid of spears, and not afraid of death. The cavalry rushed into the phalanx to trample on the Southern Tang army. After a while, the phalanx scattered the phalanx and the soldiers scattered. Ji Yan led the crowd to rush forward and fought desperately, but was slaughtered by the cavalry. Even the fallen knights were extremely difficult to kill. The sharp weapon did not pierce the plate armor without any force, and it was even more difficult to break the armor after chopping. Ji Yan saw two soldiers pressing a downed knight, knocking on the head with a stone.

The scattered losses were heavy, and he retreated, and returned to the alley. The place was narrow and it was difficult for the cavalry to advance. The two cavalrymen came in without any chance and were also attacked and pulled off the horse. The nine-foot man got off the horse and asked his subordinates to get off the horse.

Just then, Ji Yan heard a sound of killing behind him. When he turned to look, a group of elite Zhou soldiers came over on the other side of the alley. When a fierce man danced with a big axe, he cut off the Southern Tang army's ghosts and howls.

Someone shouted: "Surrender will save you from death!"

Ji Yan shouted: "Today, we are serving the country with death!"

Then he turned around to fight the person who carried the axe, but there were too many people and he didn't squeeze in for a while. The Zhou army dismounted the horse and the cavalry on the street also came over. The group of people did not line up in battle, and rushed up in chaos and fought.
Chapter completed!