Tuoba Yan's hair was messy, but his martial uniform was neat. Obviously, when the scouts found him, it took a lot of effort to subdue this guy. Although Tuoba Yan's martial arts were not as good as Da Chanyu's, the title of the commander of the Imperial Army was not given casually, and Fu Jian's martial arts had to be taught by Fu Jian himself.
"Da Chan is early," Tuoba Yan smiled politely, "Da Exorcist is early."
Chen Xing was very surprised that this time Tuoba Yan actually came to Chilechuan from a long distance.
"How many people did he bring?" Xiang Shu didn't avoid Tuoba Yan, he got up and changed his clothes.
"Reporting to Da Shanyu, he was the only one when he found out." The scout said.
Chen Xing raised his eyes to see Xiang Shu, Xiang Shu put on the royal robe and motioned to loosen him.
Tuoba Yan smiled calmly, tidying up his robes, Xiang Shu said solemnly, "Fu Jian sent you here?"
Tuoba Yan thought for a while and replied, "Your Majesty asked me to find out the whereabouts of Princess Qinghe."
Xiang Shu said, "You're chasing the wrong place. The place to go now is Pingyang."
Tuoba Yan couldn't help but look at Chen Xing more, Xiang Shu immediately noticed it, and then cast a vigilant look.
Tuoba Yan then nodded and said again: "I passed by Chile River and found that the north seems to be not peaceful."
"This has nothing to do with you." Xiang Shu said, "Someone! Tie him up and send him back to Chang'an! No, just head back."
Chen Xing: "Wait!"
"Da Chanyu!" Tuoba Yan said immediately, "Please listen to me!"
Tuoba Yan talked with Xiang Shu, but he was looking at Chen Xing.
Xiang Shu frowned, Tuoba Yan hesitated for a long time, and finally asked: "What happened in Chang'an City? Your Majesty has become different from before."
Chen Xing: "…"
Tuoba Yan said: "To tell the truth, I was put in prison by Your Majesty, and all my property was confiscated. After escaping from prison, I really had nowhere to go, so I came to Chilechuan and wanted to ask what Wang Ziye did to His Majesty. If you send me back to Chang'an now, I will only be asked to be executed."
Chen Xing and Xiang Shu exchanged glances, feeling that Xiang Shu doesn't like Tuoba Yan very much, but it seems that the various ministries are very busy today, and within a moment of getting up, someone will come to report in turn, and Chen Xing urged Xiang Shu to deal with family affairs , also knowing that he was just trying to scare Tuoba Yan, but in fact he would not kill him, so he explained slowly to Tuoba Yan, and asked about the situation of Fu Jian's court.
It turned out that after the Chaos in Chang'an, the Daqin court was in violent turmoil, and Fu Jian even made people search for Wang Ziye's whereabouts, intending to gather the army and gather in Xiangyang, Luoyang and other places to act as the vanguard of the attack on the Southern Jin Dynasty.
This proposal was immediately opposed by the Han courtiers in horror, but the Murong family, who were not too concerned about the spectacle, had long been distracted by the Huns and other ministries, but instead contributed to the fire, and it was rare to agree with Fu Jian's move. As long as the fire doesn't burn on himself, in this Southern Expedition War, the bearded brothers will die less, why not do it? Anyway, the dead people are living corpses on one side, and Han people on the other side, and it doesn't matter if they are vertical or horizontal.
Only Tuoba Yan stood on the side of the civil servants and tried his best to persuade Fu Jian that he might cause serious turmoil and instead involve Da Qin. Then he really angered Fu Jian and was thrown into prison. After taking the opportunity to escape from prison, he went to Chile Chuan, and was hungry for several days. Tuoba Yan sat opposite Chen Xing and devoured it. Chen Xing did not hide it from him when he saw it, and told Tuoba Yan all of Wang Ziye's plans.
Tuoba Yan's beautiful and heroic face changed a little for a short time, and soon returned to its original state. Chen Xing thought to himself that since he didn't like him at first sight last time, it shouldn't matter this time, right
"Your Majesty treats me as a brother, but loves my father and son." Tuoba Yan put down the teacup, let out a long sigh, and said helplessly, "Now that I am immersed in the grand cause of refining the army, before the prince's night comes, , what he said was exactly what Your Majesty said..."
This kind of thing has happened once, and Chen Xing didn't find it strange at all, he just pondered Wang Ziye's next action plan.
"Is there any way to bring him back to his senses?" Tuoba Yan said anxiously, "I know you can definitely do it, although the Chang'an Rebellion was brought down by Da Shanyu and his troops, in the final analysis, it was because of your contribution, you Let His Majesty wake up! Chen Tianchi, you must help me with this."
Chen Xing said helplessly: "Why don't I know the pros and cons of it? Once Fu Jian becomes mad and becomes an army, there will be chaos after the war. But Tuoba Yan, don't you understand? Princess Qinghe and Feng Qianyi were killed by the devil. It’s not bad that blood influences this, but Fu Jian’s ambitions obviously stem from his own desires!”
There is no seed of demon blood in his heart, and he has never been corrupted by resentment, so where does Chen Xing start
Tuoba Yan just said repeatedly: "Your Majesty was not like this in the past! It was not until Wang Meng died and Prince Ye came, that His Majesty became like this, and you can't listen to anything..."
"People change, Tuoba Yan," Chen Xing said to Tuoba Yan, "you have to understand that he is not your former majesty."
Tuoba Yan insisted: "He will be sober, Chen Xing, this is not only his business, but also the world's business."
"Need help?" Phoenix came again.
"Who? Who is talking?" Tuoba Yan was taken aback.
Chen Xing: "Can you help Fu Jian regain his sobriety?"
Phoenix: "No, but if a fire blows him to death, it's probably not a big problem."
Chen Xing: "If he is sprayed to death, no one will be the emperor? Can this be considered a solution to the problem? Don't make trouble, go."
With surprise in his eyes, Tuoba Yan looked at the flying Phoenix, and then at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing remembered the last time they told him the cause of Tuoba Yan's death, and his heart was filled with sighs. At that time, he knew that Tuoba Yan's time was short, but he did not expect that now, if Tuoba Yan went back alone to stop Fu Jian , I'm afraid that everything has to be repeated again, and he can't let him die in vain.
Chen Xing said: "I can only promise you to do my best, I can't change Fu Jian's heart, but as long as he goes on like this according to my plan, he will have no use in the end, and the situation you expect will not happen."
Tuoba Yan and Chen Xing stared at each other for a long time. Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "What do you plan to do next?"
Tuoba Yan said: "What else can I plan? I thought about it when I came to Chilechuan. I can only help you, so as not to watch your majesty go down the path of infatuation."
Chen Xing wanted to say stop making trouble, what can you do? But after thinking about it, now Tuoba Yan has nowhere to go, as long as he speaks, Xiang Shu will naturally expel him from Hala and Lin, and even have the right to exile him to the south of the Great Wall, but Tuoba Yan is a lonely figure. I can only wander, where can I go
"I can help protect you," Tuoba Yan said, "I'm also good at martial arts. Although it's not as good as Da Chanyu's, I still have no problem fighting the enemy. Da Chanyu manages all kinds of opportunities every day. After returning to Chilechuan, he You have to lead the battle and take care of your safety. If you make a mistake, who will take care of you?"
"Stop!" Seeing that something was wrong, Chen Xing immediately called to stop, thinking that Xiang Shu was there, but he had good intentions. If Xiang Shu has something he can't take care of, there is Xiao Shan who is strong in combat.
Tuoba Yan said: "As long as you promise, finally take me to eradicate Wang Ziye and burn him clean."
Chen Xing said: "Even if you don't ask me, I will do it. It has nothing to do with whether you need your protection or not."
"It's my fault," Tuoba Yan sighed again and said, "I didn't protect Your Majesty well. If I stayed by His Majesty's side that day, things... things wouldn't turn out like this in the end."
Chen Xing finally understood - Tuoba Yan felt ashamed and wanted to atone for it.
He got up, patted Tuoba Yan's shoulder, and said, "I'll ask Da Chanyu what he means."
Tuoba Yan: "I can follow you from now on, if you need it, just tell me."
Chen Xing: "If you really want to be strong in martial arts, you won't be caught by a few scouts."
Tuoba Yan smiled gently and said: "I want to say that I was arrested on purpose, do you believe it? Otherwise, how can I see your face smoothly? Where are you going? It's windy outside..."
Chen Xing: "No, what do you think of me? I've learned..."
As soon as Chen Xing opened the door, the whole person was swept out by the wind and shouted:
"Help me—"
In the main hall of the Halla and Lin Palace, the wind was so strong that the entire palace was torn up. There was endless quarrel in the hall, and the patriarchs of Hu were loudly accusing each other. Xiang Shu's face was gloomy, sitting on the throne, wearing two seals in his hands, and slender fingers cradling a wine glass.
Chen Xing came to the door of the hall against the wind, patted the door, and shouted: "Xiang Shu!"
Xiang Shu heard it right away, got up, and walked out across the crowd. As soon as the quarrel in the hall stopped, Xiang Shu pulled open the stone door weighing hundreds of pounds with one hand, pulled Chen Xing in, closed the door again, and locked Tuoba Yan inside. outside.
The hall was silent, looking at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing thought to himself, is this a meeting that outsiders are not allowed to attend? So he said, "You... are you busy? Then I'll go back and wait for you first."
Xiang Shu raised his eyebrows inquiringly and handed him the wine glass. Chen Xing reluctantly drank a little and said, "Tuoba Yan wants to stay."
Xiang Shu replied, "I know."
Everyone in the hall looked at Chen Xing silently, their eyes seemed to be very complicated. Chen Xing knew that Xiang Shu's "understood" was like the emperor's "read", which actually meant "good", or "you can do whatever you like." If he wants to say "no", he will say "shut up", or give the other person a look that makes people feel submissive.
He looked up at Xiang Shu, then at Yu Ren, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
Xiang Shu said: "It's about to shave the white-haired wind. We're discussing countermeasures. Just sit down."
Xiang Shu didn't care about other people's eyes, so he let Chen Xing sit on the king's couch and sat side by side with him. It was a very high etiquette to conduct such a move at the meetings of the various ministries. Chen Xing still remembered that when he was in Chilechuan last time, Xiang Shu never let him attend every meeting.
For a while, everyone looked at Chen Xing's hand holding the silver cup, and he was wearing one of Xiang Shu's seal rings.
"Return the ring to me for now." Xiang Shu remembered and ordered.
Chen Xing took off the seal ring and handed it to Xiang Shu, who put it on himself.
"Let's all go to work," Xiang Shu said. "Time is running out. When the white-haired wind comes, it will make things worse."
The rest of the people got up one after another and backed out. Chen Xing asked, "What is the white hair wind?"
Xiang Shu briefly explained that the white-haired wind is an extremely serious disaster outside the Great Wall. It is the snow powder rolled in the wind, and when it blows, it immediately covers the sky, causing cattle and sheep to flee in fright. The snow and fog were connected into one piece, and the five fingers could not be seen. There was a strong wind all night last night, and there were dense clouds outside Hala and Lin City. Looking at the shape of the clouds and the direction of the wind, it was a precursor to the upcoming white-haired wind.
If you go under the Chile River, you can naturally avoid it, but Hala and Lin are located on the plain, and the strong winds together are overwhelming. Chen Xing now sees why everyone does not want to move to Hala and Lin. The storm is fine, but the worst thing is the enemy! Now I just don't know when the enemy will come.
It was very windy outside, and Chen Xing was blown unsteadily, so Xiang Shu freed his hand, half hugged Chen Xing, left the palace, and walked quickly to the tower. Outside the city of Lin, as soon as Blizzard started talking, the sky and the earth were already a vast expanse of white.
"Oh, it's a bad thing! Bai Maofeng!" Na Tuo led the dog, kicked on his hind legs, looked out on the city wall, and sniffed fiercely. Chen Xing loses his temper every time he sees this monster walking his dog, it feels like one dog is walking another dog.
"Let's go." Xiang Shu lifted the back of his neck, threw it aside, and looked into the wind.
Nian: "If you come to attack the city at this time, it will be troublesome."
"Don't be a crow!" Chen Xing and Xiang Shu scolded angrily at the same time.
The last time was also such a snowy night, Chen Xing had an ominous feeling in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. Xiang Shu immediately turned around and instructed: "Assemble, strengthen your alert!"
The torches were all blown out by the gust of wind, and even though it was daytime, it was already dark in front of me, unable to distinguish the sun and the moon. In that wind, Xiang Shu suddenly turned to his ear and recognized the subtle sound.
"What did you hear?" Chen Xing asked nervously.
Xiang Shu was puzzled and said, "The sound of stepping on the snow."
Chen Xing: "The enemy is here!"
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The next moment, in that boundless gust of wind, the first white-boned corpse appeared and rushed towards the city wall! Immediately afterwards, the Bone Legion slammed into the outer city of Hala and Lin!
This time, there was no Rouran iron cavalry that turned into a scorpion, there was no ancient corpse of Youduo and Akler, the skeleton army that formed a mountain and a sea was swept into the city by the force of the huge natural disaster, like a huge wave, over the city wall!
Along with the white-haired wind, the snow powder ripped the sky to the ground, accompanied by flying sand and rocks, and the sound of the drums came from the upper wind, but it never came close. Chen Xing sacrificed the heart lamp and bombarded the bones under the city wall. The heart lamp flashed light, but he couldn't tell the sky, and he couldn't break the offensive. He shook the white tiger flag again, but it didn't work.
Wolves, tigers, leopards and even falcons rushed forward one after another, Xiang Shu shouted, "Heart lamp!"
Chen Xingjian couldn't use the heart lamp to disperse the storm mixed with gravel and snow, so he had to press both hands and inject the heart lamp into Xiang Shu's back, Xiang Shu turned sideways, and instantly transformed into a god of war. The golden light exploded, and "Boom" flew out from the city wall. !
I saw Xiang Shu disappear in a flash, the long hiss of the elephants came from under the city wall, and the next moment, two giant elephants collided with the city wall! Chen Xing couldn't stand still, he was about to fall down when he shouted, and suddenly a hand stretched out from behind and grabbed him.
"Go!" Che Luofeng shouted, "I can't hold it anymore!"
Chen Xing was still in shock, and looked at Che Luofeng, both of them were startled, Chen Xing said: "Thank... Thank you."
Xiang Shu flew back and shouted, "Shi Mokun! Order all to withdraw into the palace! The city wall is abandoned!"
In the strong wind, the city of Hala and Lin was already in chaos. Bones poured into the city from the east and north. Before the warriors could figure out what happened, they rushed out to protect the old and the weak. Xiang Shu resolutely gave a wise order, everyone retreated to the palace, otherwise the four walls could not be defended at all.
Che Luofeng dragged Chen Xing to run under the city wall, and the dog followed behind. The dog was so excited that he went around to grab the bones. Chen Xing hurriedly shouted: "Xiang Shu! This way! Come here!"
Then, Xiang Shu emerged from the gust of wind, his body covered with snow powder, and shouted, "What's wrong?!"
Chen Xing: "I... My name is Gou... Hurry up and cover everyone's retreat, I didn't call you."
Xiang Shu was furious: "The solitary king beat you to death!"
Che Luofeng: "… "
Tuoba Yan also rushed out, danced a long halberd, and shouted, "Leave this to me!"
Chen Xing followed Tuoba Yan, Che Luofeng bent bows and arrows, supported Xiang Shu, and the last group withdrew into the palace. Shi Mokun and others had closed the four gates of the palace, leaving only one main gate, and the four rushed into the crack of the door. , Xiang Shu carried it on his shoulders, and the door closed with a loud noise.
At the last moment, Chen Xing saw the densely packed bones all over the city.
As soon as the main gate of the palace was closed, the world suddenly fell into darkness, torches were lit one after another, and the hall was full of people from the Hu tribe.
Xiang Shu calmed down and said, "How many enemies are there?"
No one answered, the Bone Legion was not human, and the number could no longer be estimated.
"It's them," Shi Mokun gasped, "it's them, chasing us all the way here."
Chen Xing lit his heart lamp and looked at everyone, the old, the weak, the sick, the young and the middle-aged, nearly 120,000 people gathered in the palace.
"Where are the horses?" Xiang Shu asked again.
"It's too late to withdraw," said Patriarch Rouran, "it's all outside."
Che Luofeng seemed to have lost all his strength, leaned back against the door, and sat down slowly. Immediately afterwards, the sound of bones climbing up came from outside, and the rattling sounded along the gate to the top of the main hall of the palace.
"The skylight has been closed." Shi Mokun said.
Xiang Shu looked at Chen Xing, Chen Xing frowned, and said, "The white tiger flags can't be used, these skeletons are not human."
Xiang Shu frowned and said, "Let's think of a way, what is that rattle?"
"The magic weapon," Chen Xing said, "must be in Zhou Zhen's hands, and Zhou Zhen should be hiding at the end of the army at this moment."
At this moment, there was the sound of smashing stones falling to the ground outside the palace, and the Corps of Skeletons began to demolish the palace.
"Need help?" a polite voice asked.
The surrounding barbarians exclaimed and stepped back in horror. The phoenix came flying and landed on the stone dragon head that the Huns had placed in the palace hundreds of years ago.
The phoenix's body glowed faintly, illuminating the dark palace, and the rest of the people moved aside one after another, staring at it at a loss, and then turned to look at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing took a deep breath, it seemed that there was no way out.
Just as he was about to say his third wish to Fenghuang, Xiang Shu put one hand on Chen Xing's shoulder and said coldly, "No need."
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Xiang Shu ordered: "Shi Mokun prepares armor for me, and the troops are divided into two groups. You go out from the back door of the palace to attract attention. Che Luofeng will go out with me to find Zhou Zhen's whereabouts."
Shi Mokun said, "Da Chanyu! It's too dangerous outside!"
Xiang Shu turned a deaf ear, and said to Chen Xing: "One last confirmation! Can't all the magic weapons break through this pile of bones?"
Chen Xing's brows were deeply furrowed, and he thought that he would either invite Phoenix to fight, but if that happened, he would definitely... What should we do? The Yin-Yang Mirror has been broken, and the White Tiger Banner and the Zuyu Banner are only valid for the army of men who were human during their lifetime. Feng Qianjun and Xiao Shan are not there, facing the mighty army of miscellaneous soldiers, if there is such a magic weapon as the sky is split...
"Can you build a defensive wall here like Wang Ziye?" Xiang Shu asked, "As long as you resist the lonely king for a while, until I find Zhou Zhen..."
Chen Xing said, "I only have the White Tiger Banner and the Zuyu Banner in my hands. Let me try it out. I have to draw a magic circle first!"
Xiang Shu: "I'm going to change the armor, try your best, how long you can stop it. Later, the solitary king will go to snipe Zhou Zhen, you stay..."
"No," Chen Xing frowned, "I have to go with you!"
"There is no room for negotiation!" Xiang Shu said solemnly, "The enemy is not the army, and your heart lamp will not work."
"Then, will you use it to retrieve the Drum?" Chen Xing took a step forward with anxiety in his eyes.
Xiang Shu: "I will bring it back to you."
Chen Xing said, "Prince Ye used his resentment..."
"There is no room for negotiation!" Xiang Shu roared, "I don't understand?! Stay here for me! You are not allowed to leave the palace!"
When Xiang Shu roared, the king's majesty was in full swing, and everyone in the palace shuddered. Chen Xing had become accustomed to Xiang Shu, which was different from before, and everything was negotiable. Doubtful side. I saw the people of Chilechuan and the others. No one dared to contradict him. They must always be in awe of him. As long as they made a decision, no one dared to reject him, let alone in front of so many people.
With an obvious anger, Xiang Shu stretched out his fingers and pointed to the ground a little further away, meaning to stay here, and then turned to leave.
Chen Xing stood for a while, thinking that this guy's temper still can't change, so he said: "Go someone, help me get the cinnabar from the pharmacy."
Xiang Shu hurriedly left to change his armor, surrounded by the warriors. Chen Xing recalled the magic formation guarding the imperial wall, and was about to draw a formation on the ground. However, in this palace, there was resentment on all sides. Instead, it isolated the power of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, covering the palace like a barrier.
Suddenly, Chen Xing remembered something, turned around immediately, and ran to the back porch of the palace.