Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 406 - 243: Die, Dog Emperor! (8000 words, soliciting monthly votes)_2

Chapter 406: Chapter 243: Die, Dog Emperor! (8000 words, soliciting monthly votes)_2

This thing was definitely something that people of his ilk could never procure; it was only to be found in the Ministry of War’s storerooms.

"Alright, then let’s have a blast!"

"But... I have a question, who do you plan to use this thing against?"

Li Hongyun looked at Chu Ge, puzzled.

Chu Ge didn’t answer immediately but merely smiled slightly, "What do you think?"

...

Underneath the night sky, the capital was still as before, calm yet repressive.

In this Trial Illusion, Jin soldiers had already begun their approach.

Li Hongyun had fled the moment he was born in Cen Bridge Inn and arrived at the capital.

Therefore, some of the counties surrounding the capital had already experienced the ravages of war, but the capital itself was temporarily safe.

In other words, this was the last window period for the emperor to escape.

Emperor Yingzong of Qi was well aware that if he delayed any longer, in just another two or three days, perhaps the Jin soldiers would completely surround the entire capital, making escape utterly impossible.

Under the veil of night, the emperor’s carriage was very low-key, merely disguised as that of a high-ranking official, heading towards the side gates.

Since they were taking a back road, it was not very wide. The entire procession was stretched out long.

The emperor’s guards surrounded the carriage, protecting it as fiercely as possible, guarding against dangers that were unlikely to be nearby.

Meanwhile, within the carriage, Emperor Yingzong was complaining to an inner servant.

"These officials are all traitors to the state!"

"The Jin forces are upon us, yet these people are still busy attacking each other, offering no strategies for retreat, forcing me to stay in the capital!

"I am the Son of Heaven; how can I be trapped in a dire situation? If something goes wrong, can they bear the responsibility?

"Humph, that Li Boxi is really capable, managing to even win over the Imperial Censor Li Hao, attempting to usurp me?

"He, Li Hao, is the Imperial Censor; doesn’t he know what he should be doing? I appointed him to supervise the officials, not to spy on me for Li Boxi!

"Well, since that’s the case, I’ll leave the defense of the capital to Li Boxi. Let him wrangle with the officials here!"

Outside the carriage, the inner servant’s voice came softly: "Your Majesty, having heard the words of Imperial Censor Li Hao, it seems he has quite an insightful view?"

Emperor Yingzong snorted coldly: "Nothing but empty talk!

"What ’defending the capital’? What ’choosing the capable for appointments’? What ’holding the Yellow River’? All nonsense!

"If there really were capable ministers who could achieve these for me, would I need to toil every day like this, exhausting every resource, unable to sleep at night?

"These officials are all the same, preaching grand principles, but when it comes to actual work, who can truly assure me?

"Forget it, forget it, let’s hurry before Li Boxi finds out!"

In different Trial Illusions, this Emperor Yingzong had already tried escaping more than once.

But in this Trial Illusion, this was his first escape attempt.

Ordinarily, if not for the intervention of Imperial Censor Chu Ge, once Emperor Yingzong escaped, the entire capital would have fallen into great chaos, leading to the Jingping Rebellion breaking out prematurely.

Since Emperor Yingzong was the current legitimate emperor, without abdicating to anyone else, his departure meant that various orders would still need to be relayed to him.

This would result in three centers of command for the Qi Dynasty: one being the Supreme Emperor Qihui who had already fled far to the south, another being Emperor Yingzong just having escaped from the capital, and the last one being Left Minister Li Boxi who remained in the capital.

With unclear orders and mutual inhibition, the end situation would inevitably be even worse than if Emperor Yingzong had stayed in the capital.

Moreover, the emperor’s public flight and abandonment of the capital was a deadly blow to the morale of both the capital’s citizens and soldiers.

With the emperor here, he could perhaps encourage the people to defend the city, but what if the emperor had fled?

That would leave everyone fearing for their safety, and morale would instantly collapse.

Therefore, Li Boxi had to use every means necessary to prevent Emperor Yingzong from escaping.

Under normal circumstances, Chu Ge would have gone immediately to Li Boxi’s residence to bring the Left Minister, then gather many pro-war officials to stop Emperor Yingzong’s carriage and persuade him to return.

After all, he was the emperor; even if he fled, what could his ministers do?

But this time, Emperor Yingzong’s carriage was almost at the side gate, and it had been smooth sailing all along, without any incident.

Everything was quiet.

"Your Majesty, someone has been sent to inform the troops to open the gate," the inner servant reported softly outside the carriage curtain.

A huge weight was lifted from Emperor Yingzong’s heart, and he slightly lifted the carriage curtain, only seeing the night deep as water outside.

What a perfect time to escape!

Emperor Yingzong once again prided himself on his wisdom and martial prowess.

This atmosphere, in turn, caused everyone else in the carriage to relax briefly.

They had reached the city gate!

That meant that there were likely no problems inside the city anymore.

The guards all around, who had been tense throughout the journey, could finally relax for a few minutes.

Once they were out of the city, they would have to tense up again and continue running for their lives.

However, just as they were informing the city gate guards to open the gates, a sudden roar erupted in the quiet night.

"Die, you damned emperor!"

The guards around Emperor Yingzong’s carriage were immediately startled, hurrying to stand guard.

But as they traced the direction of the sound, they found that it was coming from mid-air.

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