Chapter 222 The decisive battle begins
When this news reached the court, the emperor was so angry that he almost fell off the throne.
"Useless! This bunch of useless people, they didn't even fight and just surrendered to the enemy like that?!"
"Are they crazy?!"
"Uh, Your Majesty..." A minister said with a sad face: "Folk legend says that Miss Shen is the reincarnation of Nuwa, invincible in battle. Even my wife yearns for her..."
Bang, the emperor threw a memorial over.
"Even if she's a frog, a bitter melon, or a toad, I'll kill her! The battle is still undecided, and you're just saying these discouraging words. Someone..."
Before the emperor could finish his words, another urgent message was delivered.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened..."
When the emperor saw it, he was shocked. Shen Lixin and Song Yunshu's army had captured 11 provinces overnight, and their strength had increased by 200,000, and they surrounded the capital.
???
How on earth did they do this?!
Even if you pull your grandson out of his coffin, you still can't achieve this kind of results?
Shu Yan said hehe.
Hey, it's just changing 1 to 11. Now that I have enough points, I can just push quickly. Who would bother wasting time with them?
She returned to her barracks and asked the system to call Shen Lixin's original owner.
With a flash of light, the original owner appeared in the air.
"Chen Lixin, we're going to attack the city tomorrow." Shu Yan sat down and said, "Is there anything else you want to do or say?"
Shen Lixin was silent in the air for a moment, and then said: “Then tomorrow, can you let me fight by myself?”
These days, she followed the system and watched the entire process of Shu Yan's revenge on the palace and the conquest of the country. She was very grateful to her, but it would be even better if she could put an end to this experience with her own hands.
"First of all, I want to make a clean break with Xia Jian."
"Secondly, the system previously told me that as long as Xia Jian died, I could return to the modern era. I wanted to do something myself before returning."
"You don't have to worry about me not knowing anything. I am also a soldier's daughter in modern times and have learned martial arts." She hurriedly explained.
Shu Yan thought about it and agreed.
Anyway, she can still view it on the system interface. Well, those modern items that are planned to be left behind need to be prepared in advance.
She opened the system mall and spent 300 points to buy a complete set of steam engines, a complete set of modern basic natural + humanities and social sciences, and basic modern weapons.
They were not physical objects, but books, including instructions for making and using them. They were so bulky that Shu Yan locked them in the warehouse and came to Song Yunshu with the key.
Song Yunshu was sweating profusely in front of the sandbag.
After following Shu Yan in battle these days, her skin has become tanned.
The mistress who was pale and noble but like a pool of stagnant water now seemed to be glowing all over, as if she was living for herself.
Shu Yan only changed the characters for the big battles, leaving some small battles unchanged, during which Song Yunshu also gained a lot of training.
"Yunshu, come here, stop exercising."
Song Yunshu walked over quickly, picked up the kettle and drank from it.
"Xin'er, what do you want to say?"
Shu Yan didn't know why, but she suddenly felt her eyes getting hot: "...I might have to leave tomorrow."
Song Yunshu was stunned and suddenly realized something.
"You...are going back to your own time?"
Shu Yan nodded.
"Have you ever thought about why we're rebelling?" she asked softly, "What are we going to do when we conquer this world?"
Song Yunshu turned his head away, exhaled, and paused: "I... don't know... I always thought I would continue to follow you and govern this country, but you want to leave, then I don't know either... eh..."
No, if she left, wouldn’t he be the biggest leader of the rebel army?
Then myself...
"Well, after I'm gone, the whole country will depend on you." Shu Yan nodded. In her shocked eyes, he took out the key to the warehouse and handed it to her: "Keep it safe. There will be things you need to govern the country in it."
“Remember, always put the people first.”
"When you ascend the throne, I'm afraid you'll encounter many obstacles. Before I leave, I'll designate you as the one to ascend the throne, but..."
"That's all." Song Yunshu took the key, calmed down, and said, "Aren't there several concubines in Prince Zhao's mansion who have become generals? And those female soldiers, they all support us."
"During this time, I've also sent people to gather evidence of past crimes committed by our male generals. Their families have also been taken into custody by me and are temporarily hidden where they can't be found."
During this period, Shen Lixin was commanding the battle, so of course she couldn't be idle. Originally, she kept this trick to prevent them from replacing Shen Lixin, and now it was her turn, the same thing would happen.
Shu Yan expressed her approval.
As expected of the mistress of the house, she is not stupid.
After explaining some other things, Song Yunshu suddenly fell silent for a long time and asked, "Will you come back again?"
Shu Yan smiled and patted her: "When you bring this country to the forefront of the world, I will definitely come back to see you."
Song Yunshu also laughed.
"Then it's a deal."
…
The next day, early morning.
The day of the official siege.
Shu Yan mobilized the army, and then specifically let Song Yunshu speak.
On the high platform, Song Yunshu stood in front of the huge army. In a trance, he seemed to see the scene when he first entered the palace and gave a lecture to the servants.
But now, she has become the leader of the rebel army.
Along the way, step by step, she left behind the false position of power and headed towards the real center of power.
She saw her younger self reciting the Book of Commandments for Women and her teenage self gazing at the flying birds in the sky.
It is written in the books that one should live as a hero, but the farmers in the fields are shedding tears and blood like rain.
At first, she started this rebellion just to save her own life. But gradually, she saw the suffering of the women in the house and heard the cries of the common people struggling with poverty and illness.
She has traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers, witnessed the ups and downs of the world, and walked step by step towards her long-lost self, scooping up the fiery light in her heart.
"We gather here today to capture the Dog Emperor's last city."
"Why are we rebelling?"
Her voice was clear, and after a night of reflection, her eyes were clearer than ever before: "Because we have all experienced injustice in the past."
"Some of us are women, some are poor, and some are both women and poor, suffering double hardships."
“We bear the weight of reality, but we are unwilling to succumb to it.”
"We want to create our own world, where all injustices become a thing of the past. We want a world without hunger, poverty, or suffering."
"We have suffered, so we must hold up this umbrella for those who come after us. We want everyone in this world, regardless of where they come from or what their identity is, to be able to live as a human being, freely, equally, and with dignity."
"This is a difficult goal to achieve, and perhaps one that will never be realized. But for this goal, I will always persevere. I encourage you all."
…
The siege begins.
Shu Yan stepped out and let Shen Lixin go on his own, just watching on the system interface.
Because she was not in the plot, she could no longer use the cheat code during this siege. However, fortunately, she had trained these soldiers in actual combat before and made preparations for the siege.
At daybreak, Shen Lixin led an army of 500,000 to besiege the city gate.
There are only 200,000 defenders in the capital, but if the city is well defended, it will take some time to break in.
But the rebels had a plan.
The old emperor had a habit of drinking ginseng soup made from a drop of blood from each of 99 young girls every day.
The girl was raised on the purest mountain in the suburbs. Every day, her blood had to be transported into the city through a tunnel secretly dug by the old emperor, and then directly escorted into the palace by the old emperor's most trusted secret guard leader.
Song Yunshu brought five female soldiers disguised as palace maids and hid directly in the blood carriage before the blood was transported.
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