The royal garden Beiyuan, which is connected to Jiankang Palace, has been expanded several times. The pavilions, towers, green tiles and red tiles are hidden among the flowers and trees. There are endless carved railings and jade bricks, flying pavilions and flowing elixirs, like a fairyland on earth.

Now even here cannot escape the fate of being ravaged. The rebels rushed in like locusts, plundering all the valuable things inside, and even the gilded outer layer decorating the gallery columns was stripped away, leaving bare pillars. As for the flowers, trees, birds and birds in the garden, they were either trampled and leveled, or broken necks and wings, swept in turn, and then they roared away after they were completely robbed.

This night, the fourth update was about to pass, and it was the darkest moment before dawn. The northern garden was pitch black, and the cold wind blew across the corners of the flying eaves and the sound was rustling.

...

The secret passage is very narrow and at the widest point, it can only allow two people to pass side by side. It is about ten miles long, starting from the underground of the original site of Xingshan Temple and leading to the city.

The end of the secret path is in the Beiyuan. The opening is extremely small, so one can only bend over and go in and out, and hide in a rockery, covered by strange rocks, which fits seamlessly with the surroundings. Over time, it is covered with moss. If it is not an insider, even if it is stopped in front of the rockery, there will be no clue.

After exploring the situation overnight, the group followed the original path and quickly returned, summoning people to discuss countermeasures.

Considering that the secret passage is narrow, it is difficult to allow a large group of soldiers to go up at the same time in a short period of time. The distance from Beiyuan to the pit yard where the hostages were killed is not close. With the vigilance of the rebels in the city today, it is impossible not to be discovered in the middle.

The person who led the soldiers into the city not only wanted to ensure that he could escape from the numerous encirclements he might face, but more importantly, he rescued hostages who could die at any time before the main force attacked the city and arrived at the pit.

The difficulty of this action can be imagined.

The tent was brightly lit, illuminating the faces.

None of the generals in the military who were usually brave and powerful said at this moment. There was silence in the tent.

It’s not that I’m afraid to accept it, but that I’m worried that I’m not capable enough. If it doesn’t work, the consequences can be imagined.

No one can afford to bear thousands of lives.

Gao Yin was about to take it by himself, but suddenly he heard Li Mu say, "I'll take people into the city."

Gao Yin was stunned and hurriedly said, "I'll go. I will do my best to protect the hostage's life."

Li Mu said: "If you were to command the siege battle, how sure would you be?"

Gao Yin thought for a while.

"After the Jiankang City Wall was first built, it has been reported several times in recent years. Due to the wet and soft foundation, it collapsed and deformed. Although it has been repaired several times, if a large number of boulders were thrown at the same time with a catapult and continued to impact, it will be effective for one hour."

"Then let's make arrangements. You are responsible for siegeing the city outside. I will take people to the secret road into the city, work inside and outside, and try to minimize casualties."

After he finished speaking, the tent went silent again.

Gao Yin looked at Li Mu.

His eyes were calm and his tone was as usual, without any ostentatious, but it made people feel a calmness and hidden power as if Tai Yue was standing in front of him.

Gao Yin knew very well that if he was to do this, his chances of winning would be greater than that of himself.

But correspondingly, the danger is even greater.

And the people he wanted to save were his hostility not long ago.

He and Li Mu looked at each other for a moment.

For the first time in his life, he really knew what respect was.

He stopped insisting. He got up from his seat, came to him, knelt down on one knee, gave him a military court, and said respectfully: "Gao Yin will accept the order and will not let down the Grand Sima's entrusted!"

The other generals in the tent followed suit, and all knelt behind Gao Yin, striving to hope to enter the city with Li Mu.

Li Mu stood up, helped Gao Yin and everyone up one by one, and smiled and said, "Those who jumped the beams will be killed even if they are strong, let alone these mobs! In this battle, we will eliminate evil to the end, so as to alert all directions and promote Yiwu!"

Everyone was excited and gathered together. After receiving the order, they dispersed and prepared, and quickly disappeared into the night.

The battle is coming.

...

After Murong Die entered the city and killed Rongkang, he did not step into Jiankang Palace again without stepping into the barracks near the city gate.

In the second half of the night of early winter, before the fifth day of the day, he woke up from his dark dream and suddenly felt an almost instinctive ominous premonition in his heart.

It seemed that at this moment, there was a danger that he could not know about in this city.

He knew that the army outside the city would launch a strong attack sooner or later.

He also knew it well that it was a fool to rely on the thugs in the city to take up the power again, even if he just defended Jiankang.

The rebels who were willing to gather under him for the time being with his shaking lips and tongues and real gold were just like him, but they had their own plans. They were like a house built on quicksand, shaking and facing collapse at any time.

But he didn't care about this.

Those people died in the end, and they could only blame themselves for being driven by the desire for profit.

When he entered the city alone, he had no idea about the future.

He is a man without a future.

He only thought about one thing, that is, waiting for Li Mu's arrival.

Li Mu's primary purpose must be to rescue the hostages. He has set up many checkpoints at the city gate and is waiting for heavy troops.

As long as Li Mu conquers the city, the hostages will be completely buried alive.

Among those people, in addition to the senior gentry officials of the Southern Dynasties, there were many surrendered soldiers.

He wanted Li Mu to taste the helpless feeling in the face of failure.

Murong Di's eyes became congested and red due to the fatigue and excitement that had been intertwined for several days.

He was about to walk out of the camp when he heard a noise coming from the direction of the city in the distance.

His heart beat, and he rushed out immediately. When he saw a beating fire in that direction, it was extremely dazzling under the reflection of the dawn that was about to break through the dawn in the distance.

A former general of Rong Kang was riding a horse. When he got closer, he told him with excitement that the Southern Dynasty soldiers outside the city had just approached and tried to launch a surprise attack on the city while the darkness was taking advantage of the situation. However, the city was prepared for a long time. Under the countermeasures of the turbulent oil and arrow formations, the opponent stopped, gave up the siege, and retreated.

"Your Majesty is indeed a brilliant plan. He expected that the people of the Southern Dynasty would attack! Then Li Mu was just right! Please rest assured that I have brought my brothers to set up a net of heaven and earth. As long as Li Mu dares to enter the city, he will ask him to go but not return..."

The man kept flattering in Murong Di's ears. But the ominous sign in Murong Di's heart became stronger and stronger.

He turned his head and stared at the direction of the pit. While he was still hesitating, suddenly, the direction of the northern palace in the city seemed to be vaguely shouting again.

Although it seems to be nothing, because the city is silent, the sound still comes into my ears.

His face changed slightly.

Rong Kang's general also heard this and was stunned. Anger appeared on his face and cursed: "All the mud that can't help the wall! I don't look at when it will be, and I just want to fight for it! If something is broken, I will chop their heads first!"

He called a deputy stern and ordered him to immediately take someone over to check the truth, and arrested all the soldiers who dared to leave their posts and fight each other at such a time.

Over the years, soldiers have often fought and even killed each other due to uneven distribution of spoils. The noise must have been like this again.

The deputy was about to take the order and left, but Murong suddenly shouted: "You go in person, transfer more people, add crossbows, if there is any abnormality, I will defend you!"

The man hesitated: "Your Majesty, it should be just a fight between soldiers. There are enough people there. If you transfer it there, wouldn't it be that the army is dispersed and the original plan is broken..."

"Do as I say!"

Murong roared.

The man was stunned and reacted, secretly scolding the Xianbei people for being gloomy and difficult to serve. If he had not been frightened by his identity as the Emperor of Northern Yan, he would have hoped to rely on his plan to eliminate Li Mu's confidant troubles and permanently occupy the fertile land of the Southern Dynasty in the future, how could he have followed the command of the Xianbei people?

He was resentful, but he did not dare to neglect his actions, so he hurriedly called people to mobilize troops to rush there.

Murong Fei had already snatched a war horse, flew up, and rushed towards the direction of the hustle and bustle. Halfway through, he met several soldiers who were panicking and running towards this side, shouting: "Your Majesty, it's not good. An army of Southern Dynasties suddenly came out of Beiyuan and was heading towards the pit site. We can't resist..."

Their shouts were filled with fear.

With a "boom", Murong Di's blood seemed to rush onto his forehead at this moment.

He froze for a moment, drew his sword suddenly, stabbed a soldier running to him with one sword, then turned his horse's head and galloped towards the pit.

...

The dawn broke out in the east and the sky was getting whiter.

In the hazy and dim morning light, Li Mu and the team behind him who followed him from the underground successfully passed through the deserted and devastated Beiyuan.

But shortly after he came out, he was rushing towards the pit site and was noticed by Murong Die on the whole city, attracting nearby soldiers.

Without any extra words, Li Mu pulled down the facial protective gear connected to the pouch, and with hundreds of soldiers behind him wearing full armor, holding shields in one hand and knife in the other, strode towards the opposite side, and waved the sword in his hand towards the first opponent who rushed to him.

In the dim dawn, the blade drew a most dazzling cold rainbow light, as fast as lightning.

Before the other party could even raise the knife, the person was cut off from the head.

A stream of blood with salty and heat suddenly splattered into the air and sprinkled on Li Mu's mask.

The massacre kicked off in such a cold and cruel way.

The secret passage in Beiyuan has been discovered and quickly blocked.

Here, opposite Li Mu, there were dozens of people at first, hundreds, and then thousands.

More and more rebels came as news. Under the command of the leader, they wanted to slaughter this broken underground legion on their way to the pit site.

But this triangular legion consisting of hundreds of people is moving forward quickly.

The warrior listed on the tip of the triangle opposite, the rebels could not see his face hidden behind the mask, and they didn't know who it was.

In their pupils, they only saw the man like a sharp sword that cuts through the waves. One shield, one sword, one step, one person. Wherever they passed, their broken limbs flew across, and their flesh and blood were like rain, so that the rebel soldiers ordered to come to encircle and suppress the terrible lethal power that seemed unstoppable by human power, and did not dare to approach him anymore. They walked forward and retreated one after another.

"General Li Mu is here!"

"Those who block the way will be killed without mercy-"
To be continued...