Chapter 311: 309 Siege of Kyoto
Before Gu Hua and Xiao Junlin led their troops to attack Kyoto City, the imperial court sent someone to meet with them to negotiate…

Gu Hua said, “Since you’re here, come and meet me!”

When Xiao Junlin saw Gu Hua say this but sit there without moving, he knew that she had no intention of giving the person sent by the court such a big honor to meet in person.

Therefore, people were sent to ask General Shen’s second daughter Shen Hongling, who was relatively calm and cautious, Han Jinyan, who was rather sharp-tongued, and Luo Dingshan, who was a very agile general in the palace, to receive the guests and see what the people sent by the court wanted to talk about.

Soon after, Gu Hua and Xiao Junlin, who were sitting in the military tent leisurely drinking tea, saw the guards beside them hurriedly report that Han Jinyan and Luo Dingshan had beaten the people sent by the court to negotiate.

As soon as Gu Hua and Xiao Junlin walked past the big tent, they saw Shen Hongling, Han Jinyan and Luo Dingshan walking towards them with grim expressions.

“What the hell.” Han Jinyan saw Gu Hua coming to her side with a sarcastic tone, saying, “Master, do you know what those grandsons are talking about?”

Gu Hua glanced at Han Jinyan who was leaning towards him like a Husky, and said, “If you want to say it, just say it…”

Han Jinyan followed Gu Hua’s gaze and saw Shen Hongling and Luo Dingshan walking behind him. He understood what she meant. If he didn’t say it, they would come over and report it.

“Humph!” Han Jinyan said, “Master, didn’t you see the few pieces of rotten ginger that the court sent over for peace talks this time, and you dare to act like a big shot here?

I don’t care if they are the sons of powerful nobles or high-ranking officials. I will just give them a good beating.”

Gu Hua looked at Shen Hongling and Luo Dingshan and wanted to hear their versions.

Luo Dingshan curled his lips and said, “Those people in the court are still so stupid. Their condescending attitude is annoying. They came up and asked us to surrender without saying a word, and asked us to disband our troops and be incorporated into the court.”

“What else?” Gu Hua heard this, and he was sure that there were more things that made them beat people so quickly. He raised the corner of his mouth sarcastically, “What else did the people from the court say to provoke you?”

Han Jinyan continued, “Those people also said that as long as you are willing to lead your troops to surrender to the court, they will not mind that you have four children and will allow you to enter the palace to become Xiao Yang’s concubine and enjoy wealth and glory…”

Gu Hua: “So you just beat those people up.”

The three of them looked at each other and said nothing, which was regarded as their agreement.

Although Shen Hongling did not help in the beating, it was because she saw Han Jinyan and Luo Dingshan beating the people sent by the imperial court, which was not much different from pinching a chicken, that she did not join in the fight.

When Xiao Junlin, who was standing next to him, heard this, his narrow and long phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously, the man’s naturally thin lips were tightly pursed, and the aura of his whole body suddenly turned cold.

“Some people are too smart for their own good. It’s time to clean it up.”

Xiao Junlin had already guessed that this foolish peace talk, which was filled with a bit of resentment, jealousy and provocation, should be the work of Mei Yue, who was picked up by the palace since childhood and trained as a spy, and was cruel and ruthless but lacked wisdom and talent.

……

Not to mention that Gu Hua and the others didn’t take the people sent by the court seriously at all.

In the palace.

When Concubine Yue learned that the person she sent out was sent back with a swollen face, her charming face became gloomy and dark as ink.

“This is a real confrontation with the imperial court.” Some of the ministers who were summoned to the palace had disdain in their eyes. The enemy has already fought not far from the capital, isn’t it obvious enough that they are serious about confronting the imperial court?
The ministers raised their heads slightly, and looked with dark eyes at the imperial concubine Mei Yue, who once seduced the king and was favored by him, sitting on the chair in the hall. If they hadn’t been secretly fed an unknown poison,

Now that the situation in the capital is not good, they have sent people to bring their important family members into the palace as hostages. How could these powerful officials of the noble families be willing to stay in the capital and accompany this arrogant and ruthless woman to control the power of the court?

The other side of the palace.

Xiao Yang, who seemed to live in darkness, was holding a wooden handle with a fuse at the back. He heard from the people who came to pay him that it was a grenade.

Hearing his subordinates report that the woman sent to negotiate was slapped in the face, a smile appeared on the man’s feminine face, like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to devour people.

“I want to give that female leader to me as a concubine. This is a good idea.”

“Uh ho ho ho!”

The sinister and cunning laughter, coupled with the remote and gloomy atmosphere of the palace, made the listeners feel creepy.

“All of these bitches want to compete with me for the throne. I will kill you bitches.”

“Hehehe…” The sinister laughter spread throughout the hall.

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Most of the ordinary people in the capital were secretly released in the middle of the night by Gu Hua who instructed Mu Yu to send people to bribe the people guarding the city.

Although she was not a good person, she did not want to besiege the city and let the people suffer from the war.

She has done her best and given everyone the choice to escape. As for those who don’t want to leave the capital, I’m sorry, what they will encounter next is their own choice.
After all the people who were willing to escape had left the capital, Gu Hua began to select his troops and prepare to lead the army to surround and attack first, to see if the people inside could be stronger and drive them away before the food was eaten up, thus successfully defending the city.

When Concubine Yue in the palace learned that Gu Hua and his men had set up camp outside the city and were only besieging but not attacking, she initially thought there was some room for them to turn around, until the imperial kitchen in the palace was short of everything, and even couldn’t get two plates of the dishes that a noble like her wanted to eat.

Yue Mei then realized that Gu Hua wanted to kill them all in this once prosperous capital.

On the tall and majestic walls of Kyoto City, the people of the Imperial Camp who had always been guarding the city, smelled the aroma of barbecue wafting in the air, and everyone swallowed their saliva.

“Fuck, those beasts outside the city are nothing. They have trapped us inside with little food and water, while they are not far below, eating meat and drinking wine. I am so greedy that I want to open the city gate and end this offensive and defensive battle as soon as possible.”

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the city was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops. With less than 100,000 soldiers stationed in the imperial capital, responsible for guarding the palace, the capital and the capital’s surrounding areas, if they held on here… they would probably be finished.

But there are the imperial guards who are under the control of high-ranking officials and nobles and are responsible for guarding the palace and providing security. There are also the imperial guards who have always been directly under the control of the emperor.

Thinking that they had to guard the city tower every day, exposed to the wind and sun, while those people were still living a life of debauchery and extravagance in the capital, the soldiers guarding the city felt even more upset and wanted to open the city gates.

Gu Hua looked at his four children playing with the soldiers, sitting around the campfire, eating the meat they had grilled, sticking out their tongues from the heat, and smiling with a look of satisfaction.

Xiao Junlin looked at the beautiful woman who was smiling at the children. He also curled up his thin lips slightly and smiled faintly, as if at this moment, it was worth it for him to die fighting for them and their children.