Steel Dynasty - Chapter 704

[Chapter 703 Death of King Shu]

A gust of breeze blew by, and the willow leaves rustled down.

The King of Shu looked at his eldest brother in front of him in disbelief. Only then did he notice that the brother he once admired and respected was no longer the high-spirited and domineering prince he used to be.

On the contrary, he saw in his brother a lot of vicissitudes and helplessness that had gone through the world.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say, and there was a brief silence between the two.

Finally, the third prince broke the silence and said: “Fifth brother, this is the last chance for you and me to survive. If you surrender to the emperor, you can still keep your glory and wealth. If you continue to persist in your obsession, the city of Yizhou will change hands tomorrow.”

Shu. The king’s chest heaved violently, and he said to the third prince: “Eldest brother, when King Zhao came to attack Shu, my foolish brother did not surrender. How could he choose to surrender at this time? If Xiao Ming wants to capture Shu, he will follow me. “

Fifth brother!” Xiao Zhen was anxious. One of the reasons why he agreed to Xiao Ming this time was to save King Shu’s life, but he underestimated King Shu’s prejudice against Xiao Ming.

Moreover, during the past five years of his vassal career, he had enjoyed a sense of superiority, so how could he be willing to hand over the power in his hands now?

“Eldest brother, there is no need to say anymore. In the past, my foolish brother listened to you, just listen to me this time.” The King of Shu made up his mind the moment he received the order, “This Yizhou City is all sent by Xiao Ming. Artillery, 20,000 people can’t break Yizhou City, and Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from Yizhou. After this failure, he will no longer send troops easily.”

The third prince became more and more anxious, and he said: “You are confused. You don’t understand Xiao Ming at all, and you don’t understand firearms at all. The firearms Xiao Ming gives you can’t defeat the firearms used by his army.”

The King of Shu couldn’t hear what the third prince was saying. He only remembered the relationship between himself and Xiao Ming. He was full of grudges, and firmly believed that Xiao Ming would kill him.

Because of this, he stubbornly refused to surrender, and after Xiao Ming ascended the throne, he was even more terrified.

“Eldest brother, there is no need to persuade me any more. The food on this table will soon be cold. I’d better have a few drinks with my eldest brother,” said the King of Shu.

The third prince said angrily: “Now is not the time to drink. General Di Ying outside the city only gave me an hour. If there is no result within an hour, his warships will bombard Yizhou City. By then It’s too late.”

Facing his brother’s reproach, the King of Shu still shook his head. He could surrender to anyone, but he would not surrender to Xiao Ming.

He didn’t deal with the two in Chang’an, and had fought several times. In his opinion, surrendering now would be death, and a fight would give him a chance of survival.

At this time, he stood up and said to the guards of the palace: “Protect my brother.”

After hearing the words, the guards immediately stood behind the third prince. The King of Shu continued: “Sit down, brother, and I will come as soon as I go.” The

third prince got up and wanted to go.

He tried to stop him, but the palace guards blocked his way.

At this time, he let out a long sigh. Xiao Ming had expected everything today. That was why he sent 20,000 troops to Shu.

There is still a troop of troops in Chang’an who can support here at any time.

Things had gotten to this point and it seemed out of control. He sat down slumped.

Di Ying has been waiting on the battleship outside the city. As time goes by, his patience is getting bit by bit.

When he was hesitating whether to let the warships bombard Yizhou City, he suddenly saw many more soldiers at the top of Yizhou City. These soldiers walked to the cannons on the city wall one by one, with torches in their hands ready to light at any time.

This scene completely made Di Ying give up her fantasy. It was obvious that King Shu now wanted to resist to the end.

After he discussed with the captain of the battleship, the battleships in Nanhe immediately formed an array and prepared to bombard the city wall.

Shu is known as the land of abundance, especially Yizhou, which is densely covered with water networks. The Nanhe River is very wide, but it is very conducive to the movement of warships.

And on the edge of Nanhe River is Yizhou City.

At this time, the warship was docked on the north bank of the Nanhe River. The distance from the north bank to Yizhou City was a thousand meters. Because the range of the naval guns was relatively long, it was enough to bombard Yizhou City from here.

After setting up the array, Di Ying signaled to the captain and prepared to fire a warning shot at Yizhou City. If the King of Shu still persisted in his persistence, the real war would begin.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

As the artillery fired, the battleship’s shells directly hit the Yizhou city wall. Several craters were immediately created in the Yizhou city wall amid the flying smoke.

The loud noise of the artillery instantly resounded throughout Yizhou City. At this time, the wealthy people who were still having a banquet in the palace became anxious.

“Oops, there must be a fight.” A wealthy man said.

“The King of Shu insists on his own way, and now he doesn’t pay attention to us at all. What should we do?”

“We can’t continue to wait like this. This army from Qingzhou is the king’s division. The King of Shu is rebellious. If we follow him, what will happen to us?” They are both rebellious,” one said.

“You’re right. Without further ado, let’s go back and gather our troops to take down the King of Shu. Otherwise, we don’t know what the army will do when they enter the city!”

While everyone was talking about it, a servant from the palace suddenly arrived in the main hall and said to A wealthy man sitting on the left side said a few words.

“Brother Song, what’s wrong?” asked the old man on the opposite right.

The man called Brother Song said: “The third prince Xiao Zhen is in the palace and was watched by people sent by the King of Shu. Now the only one who can save Yizhou City is Xiao Zhen. After all, he is with the emperor. The decree comes and can stop the army outside the city.” The slave just now was his spy in the Shu Palace.

“Without further delay, we will meet the third prince now and let him take charge of the affairs of Yizhou to prevent the King of Shu from misbehaving.”

Everyone reached an agreement and immediately came out of the main palace to the backyard of the palace.

The nobles were so aggressive that the palace guards did not dare to stop them for a while. They soon saw the third prince.

At this time, the wealthy man surnamed Song said: “Third Prince, Yizhou is in danger. For the sake of the people of Yizhou City, I hope the Third Prince can stop the King of Shu.”

Xiao Zhen also heard the sound of cannons, and he knew in his heart that it must be the King of Shu who transferred The dispatch of soldiers angered Di Ying.

He sighed, no matter what, he couldn’t protect the King of Shu. If so, he could only protect himself.

So he said: “In this case, I hope you can help me.”

After that, under the protection of the wealthy family, he went straight to the North City, where the King of Shu was commanding soldiers to defend and attack.

The sudden arrival of the third prince caught the King of Shu off guard. He looked at the wealthy families again and already had a plan in mind.

He smiled sadly, “You have all betrayed me.”

“Fifth brother, those who know the current affairs are heroes. You will only kill more innocent people. I advise you again, surrender.” The third prince persuaded hard. road.

The King of Shu shook his head, his eyes suddenly became indifferent, and he suddenly said to the soldiers behind him: “Kill them!”

At this moment, the third prince was completely disappointed, and he suddenly pulled out a short-barreled musket from his sleeve. , fired a shot at King Shu.

Because the distance between the two sides was only two meters, King Shu had no way to dodge, and the bullet instantly penetrated King Shu’s chest.

Blood flowed down the bullet holes, and the King of Shu slowly fell down…

(End of this chapter)