I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 413
Dafeng, Fengyuan City.

The continuous flames, angry roars, cracked gravel, desperate wailing... The cruel scene of war composed of light, shadow and sound has not stopped for two days.

There are more than [-] Daning troops and nearly [-] Dafeng defenders.

[-] people fought for two full days in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and severed limbs and blood can be seen everywhere on the city wall, like purgatory.

With the "same" hatred for the Yuanzhou City tragedy, the soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, just wanting to send the "culprit" of all this to the underworld.

At this moment, the truth about who killed the three million people in Yuanzhou City is no longer important.

Whoever loses will be that cruel and inhuman demon.

Whoever loses, whose name will be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in history by the historian, and will be reviled by countless people in future generations.

Therefore, this is no longer just a war of aggression that determines the life and death of a country.

It is more a struggle for the power to "write history".

But now, the balance of this battle was tilted to one side, but because of Li Qi's serious injury and coma, it fell heavily to Daning's side again by a few inches.

Although it has not really bottomed out yet, it is at the last minute.

Dafeng Palace, Tianlu Pavilion.

As Li Qi's former study, the original hall full of singing birds and flowers is no longer as pleasant as it used to be.

Dozens of court officials in official uniforms gathered here, but the first one sitting was a haggard woman.

She was dressed in black, her long hair was tied into a bun, and a strand of black hair was scattered around her ears, shaking slightly in the candlelight.

"My lords."

"you."

Listening to the constant roar in the distance, looking at the court officials who were discussing in the hall, Li Wutong wanted to say something, but probably because her voice was too low, no one noticed at the moment.

"My lords, I wonder if I can listen to what I have to say."

The fists hidden under the table were tightly clenched, Li Wutong took a deep breath, and slightly raised the volume.

However, the turbulent debate in the hall still did not stop.

Prevarication, blame, sue for peace, fight to the death, retreat westward.
Every purple-robed official was arguing with his colleagues with red ears and a thick neck, but no one raised his head to look at Li Wutong.

Although after Li Qi was seriously injured and unconscious, the latter began to preside over the government in accordance with the law, and he did sit in this seat.

But for these court officials, they actually only need Li Wutong to sit there.

What can a woman know?
How could it be possible to decide on state affairs?

Bound by the deep-rooted idea of ​​​​"male superiority and female inferiority" in this world, almost everyone thinks so.

What's more, Li Wutong is only a woman in her early twenties.

Therefore, at this time, no one cared what Li Wutong was thinking and what he wanted to say.

They had actually heard those two sentences long ago, but they pretended not to have heard them.

They even refused to give time to listen to Li Wutong's "nonsense".

As for the latter, it seemed that he didn't have the courage to speak for the third time.

"."

The fist against the knee trembled slightly, Li Wutong slowly lowered his head, his eyes tightly closed.

She really wanted to yell and tell everyone to shut up.

But she also understood that even if she really did this, she would not be able to say anything useful.

Because even if everyone obeys her, she doesn't have the courage to make decisions as a "person in power".

she's afraid of choosing the wrong one
Until now, Li Wutong understood how difficult it is to be a person with great power.

She finally understood Li Qi and Wei Changtian.

I understand that every choice they make will determine the heavy pressure of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of lives.

But now when the heavy burden is on his shoulders, this feeling of walking on thin ice makes Li Wutong almost breathless.

"."

The long skirt shook for a while, Li Wutong stood up silently from behind the desk, walked around the screen, and left through the side door of the main hall.

The noise behind him remained the same, but no one cared.

Leaving Tianlu Pavilion, walked along the long corridor for a while, and passed through a courtyard.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Wutong came to Li Qi's bedroom again alone.

The heavy-handed imperial guards saluted her respectfully, finally giving her back a little bit of dignity.

Li Wutong forced a smile, and then the smile faded away after entering the hall.

"Grandpa, how is the father?"

All the way to the bed of Floating Cloud Diaolong, Li Wutong looked at an old man who was guarding the bed, and softly asked a question that had been asked countless times.

And the answers are still the same.

"Still asleep."

The old man shook his head, with some helplessness and self-blame in his eyes.

His name is Zhu Tianhong, he is a retainer of the Li family, and he is also the person of the highest level who guards Li Qi's side when he ascends the tower.

At that time, it was also he who blocked the "ordinary soldier" who rose up violently, so that the latter did not die on the spot.

An unknown second-rank master dressed up as an ordinary soldier tried to attack and kill Li Qi but failed. Zhu Tianhong thought that the matter would pass without any danger.

But the move that obviously didn't hit Li Qi made the latter pass out after a few breaths.

Although surprised, everyone still thought it was not a big problem at first.

After all, the Dafeng royal family has all kinds of natural treasures in reserve, and everyone feels that it should not be difficult to cure Li Qi.

Not only Ning Yongnian and Wei Changtian have mica mushrooms, but Dafeng also has them.

However, the fact is that no matter what treasures are used, no matter how many imperial doctors are visited, Li Qi, who has no external injuries or internal injuries, is still unconscious.

And he was obviously not injured, but his life fire was getting weaker and weaker, until now there was only the last trace left.

No one has seen this disease, let alone cure it.

Then those who were waiting for Li Qi might have to die in a coma like this.

"."

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes again, Li Wutong bit his lip and stopped looking at Li Qi who seemed to be asleep, but hurriedly wiped away his tears, and then slowly sat down opposite Zhu Tianhong.

"Grandpa, if the father is still awake, what will Dafeng do?"

"Ugh."

Zhu Tianhong sighed deeply: "Princess, but what did those court officials tell you?"

"No, no."

Li Wutong's eyes dodged a little: "Yes, I want to hear your opinion."

"."

Shaking his head, Zhu Tianhong seemed to have guessed something.

But he didn't point it out, but slowly explained all the options to Li Wutong.
To put it simply, there are only four roads in front of Dafeng, or the Li family.

One, stick to Fengyuan, would rather die than flee, even if the last soldier dies.

Second, cede land for peace, but Ning Yongnian, who has the upper hand, will most likely not agree. Even if he is willing, the price Dafeng will have to pay for it is absolutely unimaginable.

Third, abandon Fengyuan and continue to retreat westward.Judging from the current battle situation, at most it can be regarded as lingering for a while.

Four, give up the whole Dabong.Taking advantage of Daning's failure to break the city, he fled with all the property of the Li family and started anew in another place. There might be a possibility of restoring the country after a few years.

Undoubtedly, each of these four options has desperation written all over it.

However, as Zhu Tianhong said, no matter how much the court officials discussed, in the end it was nothing more than choosing one of these four.

so.
"Princess, which one do you want to choose?"

"..."

"Grandpa Zhu, I want to go to the top of the city wall to have a look."

(End of this chapter)