Chapter 358 Fragile Prosperity
Murong Wan couldn't see Helian Shuchi clearly.
But Helian Shuchi noticed the smile on Murong Wan's face.
Helian Shuchi's heart was beating violently in his chest, as if it was about to burst out of his chest at any time.
“Ah—ah—ah—!”
Her eyes were bloodshot and she raised her head and howled in despair and sorrow like a lone wolf.
The north wind ruffled her hair.
Goose-feather-like snowflakes finally fell.
She was like a she-wolf howling and sobbing in the northern snow.
Then, Helian Shuchi opened his mouth wide and roared out a series of secret codes from his throat.
That string of secret codes sounded like nonsense, but it wasn't nonsense.
She screamed at the top of her lungs, her voice piercing through the wind, snow, and weapons, reaching the ears of everyone present.
The Hu people who heard Helian Shuchi's roar also roared towards the city, passing a series of secret codes to the next group of people.
At the same time, the Hu soldiers who were fighting for life and death with the Dayu soldiers suddenly turned around and retreated one by one.
Even the Hu people who were fighting with the Black Mountain Army in Chang'an City fled out of the city while screaming secret signals.
They ran cleanly, and even if they were slashed from behind, they would still cling to their horses and run away.
Dayu's army was surprised for a moment.
Qin Xiao and Wei Dashuan had been fighting for many years, and their hearts sank when they saw this scene.
not good!
They didn't understand Helian Shuchi's secret code, but this abnormal situation definitely meant something was wrong.
"All Black Mountain troops, leave the city immediately!"
The retreat flag was waved and the Montenegrin army poured out of the city gate.
Su Zhizhi and others were on the city wall and were about to leave.
Su Zhizhi caught a glimpse of a corner of the city from the corner of her eye. A fleeing Hu man found a torch from somewhere and threw it fiercely at the street corner while riding away on his horse.
The burning torch turned into exploding sparks in Su Zhizhi's eyes.
She seemed to see the entire city turned into sparks scattered across the sky.
Su Zhizhi's face changed and she shouted:
"gunpowder!"
"They are going to burn down Chang'an City!"
The Black Mountain Army and the Hu people poured out of the city gate like a torrent.
Behind him, several flames suddenly shot up into the sky.
The flames spread rapidly in the blink of an eye, and the area near the north city gate was instantly engulfed in a sea of fire.
The smile on Murong Wan's face was shattered by this sudden change, and her figure was separated by the raging fire.
Helian Shuchi saw Murong Wan's expression suddenly twisted with pain, and her fleeing figure disappeared in the sea of fire.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Helian Shuchi's roar turned into laughter.
The wounds on her body were still bleeding, but she felt no pain.
When her son died, she wanted all those people dead and the entire city of Chang'an to be buried with her son.
Helian Shuchi had already ordered people to bury gunpowder in Chang'an City and pour wine and oil everywhere.
If she can't get the land, she will destroy it.
The wolves that migrated south from the northern grasslands had long been prepared to die together.
Those soldiers who did not have time to escape, whether they were from Dayu or Hu, were engulfed by the sea of fire.
Yuan Chi was also fighting with the Black Mountain Army, and he led his men into the city.
Before the fire broke out, at the critical moment, he led his men out of the city, but the back of his clothes was still burned by sparks.
"You don't even want the lives of your own people!" Yuan Chi waved his spear and pointed it at Helian Shuchi's chest.
Helian Shuchi said nothing, but actually leaned towards the tip of Yuan Chi's spear, letting the tip pierce her heart.
"You——!" Yuan Chi put away his gun in time.
Helian Shuchi fell to the ground and asked with gritted teeth:
"I shot you with an arrow last time, why didn't you take revenge?"
Yuan Chi asked the soldiers to pull a piece of cloth to cover Helian Shuchi's mouth. He glared at him:
"You want to die so easily? Don't even think about it!"
He wanted to kill Helian Shuchi to avenge his dead brothers.
But the war is not over yet, and there is still territory in the north to be fought back.
In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers, they wanted to negotiate with Helian Shuchi and Tiele Khan. If they could not reach an agreement, they would kill them.
Helian Shuchi was tied up and taken away.
The Hu soldiers had also fled.
Snowflakes are falling.
Floating over the burning city of Chang'an, the snowflakes turned into water droplets.
The water droplets evaporated completely in the air.
The fire was too big, and this little bit of wind and snow was not enough to put it out.
Su Zhizhi stood outside the city, the long whip in her hand covered with a layer of crystal snowflakes.
The snow fell on her eyelashes, but she didn't feel cold.
She recalled the scene she saw when she first arrived in Chang'an City a few years ago.
The hustle and bustle of traffic is beyond words.
And now, she smelled the scent of wind, the scent of blood, the scent of fire...all the smells blended together.
It is the smell of prosperity disappearing.
Su Zhizhi recalled playing with chestnuts picked from trees when she was a child.
Chestnut shells are very hard and difficult to peel, but they will burst open when thrown into the fire and become very fragile in the fire.
At this moment, Su Zhizhi felt that the prosperity of Chang'an was just like a chestnut shell.
So fragile.
Su Zhizhi said to Wu Yingniang:
"Mom, our Black Mountain Mansion is going to be burned down too."
Wu Yingniang put her arm around Su Zhizhi's shoulders:
"As long as we are here, we will have a bigger Black Mountain Mansion in the future."
When Su Zhizhi regarded the capital as a chestnut that fell into a fire, someone was fleeing in a panic from this burning chestnut.
"Quick, this way!"
"Prince, be careful!"
Murong Qi and his group were riding their horses hurriedly towards the city gate.
Murong Qi's face was covered with burnt ash, and he was holding a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose.
"Cough cough..." Despite covering his mouth and nose, Murong Qi was still choked by the thick smoke.
A group of people rode their horses crookedly and followed Murong Qi.
Fu Qian's fat body swayed on the horse's back. He was sweating profusely from the smoke from the fire and couldn't even open his eyes.
Bang!
A pillar on the street collapsed with a loud bang.
It didn't hit Fu Qian, but it hit the horse under him.
Both the man and the horse fell to the ground.
"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Fu Qian's leg was pinned down by the horse and he couldn't get up.
He watched the fire creep toward him, crawling up his clothes and ankles like a swarm of poisonous insects.
He screamed in pain: "Save me... Save me..."
At this time, everyone was running for their lives and no one cared about anyone else.
He Tingfang and He Yan's horses hurriedly stepped over Fu Qian, fearing that the fire would spread to them.
Murong Qi didn't have enough manpower around him and had no time to rescue Fu Qian. He didn't turn back even though Fu Qian was shouting behind him.
boom!
Another explosion.
The gunpowder buried somewhere behind exploded.
Fu Qian's voice was completely swallowed up by the sea of fire.
Murong Qi could imagine what happened next without even looking back.
He held the reins in one hand and covered his mouth and nose with the other, cursing Helian Shuchi in his heart.
These barbarians are all crazy.
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