Ye Tianzhan took advantage of the situation to pursue the rebels, and Qing Chen didn't want to delay for a long time, so he urged Eleven to set off afterward. The garrison is only a day's journey away from Yanzhou, but on the 11th, they ordered to go slowly, and there were many rests along the way, and they did not approach Yanzhou until the afternoon of the second day.
The silver charcoal stove in front of me is very warm, and there is a faint fragrance of sandalwood, and when the charcoal is burned out, it is silvery white and delicate, and every inch is turned into ashes. Qing Chen was wearing a sable fur cape, leaning halfway in the car with his eyes closed to rest, a voice came from his ear, and a slight smile rose from the corner of her mouth.
Eleven and Yin Caiqian were riding together on horseback, arguing with each other outside the car. Although Eleven is not as sloppy as Ye Tianli, but he is not someone to be provoked. Today, Yin Caiqian always loses the wind for some reason, and shouts angrily: "If you have a younger brother, you must have a younger brother. You really have a relationship with the Twelve Princes. He is a brother of the same mother!"
Eleven said slowly, "Wrong, I taught Twelfth Brother his abilities from childhood, but I'm usually too lazy to mess around like him. If you sincerely ask for advice, I'll tell you how to deal with him later."
Yin Caiqian was about to refute, when a fast horse galloped in front of her, and when she saw the person on Shishi, she said with a smile: "Long March, what is your urgent matter, you are in such a hurry?"
Wei Changzheng turned his horse to the front, and bowed on horseback: "Your Highness, is the princess in the car?"
"I sent you here to remind me, Brother Si, have you been worried?" Eleven just said with a smile, but found Wei Changzheng's face was worried, and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Wei Changzheng leaned over and replied in a low voice, Eleven frowned: "How did this happen?"
With a movement of the car window, the curtain was raised with bare hands like jade, and Qing Chen's calm voice came: "Long March, what happened?"
Wei Changzheng saw that Qing Chen's brows and eyes were tired, his complexion was not much better than the day before, and he was pale under the fur coat. He hesitated in his heart, and finally stepped forward and said: "Princess, Your Highness and King Zhan are angry because of General Li, and now they are in a stalemate. We can't talk. I don't know when the concubine will be able to arrive at the camp."
Before he finished speaking, Qing Chen had already ordered: "Stop!" Then he got up and got out of the car. Yun Cheng had been following close by, but now he saw his master and leaned forward, Qing Chen got on his horse and said, "Eleventh, Chang Zheng and I will go first, you guys should hurry up too."
"You nonsense!" Eleven raised his hand and grabbed her reins, Wei Changzheng said anxiously: "Princess, don't worry about this moment!"
"But it's only such a short distance, what are you worried about?" Qing Chen was a little anxious: "If they quarrel at this time, it will be even more difficult to deal with it in the future." Taking advantage of the vacillation of Eleven, she raised her whip and urged the horse. , Eleven failed to stop him, so he urgently ordered Mingzhi to lead a team of guards to escort them, ordering the whole army to speed up.
On the road, Wei Changzheng explained the cause and effect to Qing Chen in detail. After a great battle yesterday, the Xuanjia Army and the Chinese Army still failed to intercept Conan Xu, and he retreated back to guard Yanzhou.
However, because of this battle, Conan Xu has no time to care about Lincang. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Lue used a strategy to lure the enemy, feigning a frontal attack with great fanfare, but Li Bu's 50,000 Hezhou Army's surprise soldiers rose up and burned half of Lincang City in one fell swoop.
This campaign was a great victory, and the situation of the rebel army took a turn for the worse. At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, Li Bu led his army back, and joined the Xuanjia Army under King Ling and the 200,000 Chinese Army under the command of King Zhan in Nanliangyu, rested and reorganized their troops to replenish their needs, and prepared to deploy immediately. Army Yanzhou.
As long as Yanzhou is captured and Yu Cheng guards Jizhou alone, there will be no way to do anything. The victory of the biggest rebellion of the Shengwu Dynasty is almost clear.
However, after the rendezvous of the three armies, Li Bu was detained by the supervising army camp under the name of a traitor general, and reported to the commander-in-chief camp of the Chinese army. Although Li Bu made great achievements this time, Yu Cheng was the first to betray the country, and then turned against Yu Cheng before the battle, which made King Zhan extremely disgusted.
There has long been a precedent in the military law. The crime of treason is unforgivable. All beheaded for public display, and notified to all states as a warning.
The commander-in-chief of the Chinese army is like a mountain. Previously, several rebel generals had been beheaded since Liaozhou patrolled Gaotong, so no one dared to make any changes to the other guards in the sixteen prefectures of Youji who were waiting to see if they were lucky. Clear.
But at this time, if you want to ask Li Bu to kill him, how can the 50,000 elite soldiers from Hezhou wait to die, and in a moment of anger, they surrounded the prison camp and forced them to release them. This disturbance was out of control, and finally alarmed the two princes.
The Hezhou army dared to be so presumptuous, Ye Tianzhan was already furious, and Li Bu could not forgive the crime of conniving his subordinates to rebel and make trouble in the barracks.
However, Ye Tianling believed that Li Bu could not be hastily executed in order to appease the anger of the Hezhou army. What's more, Li Bu contributed a lot in the battles of Hezhou, Jingzhou and Lincang, and the matter of rebellion should be dealt with according to the circumstances. Even if it wasn't for these reasons, just because Li Bu was Ye Yanzhao's general, Ye Tianling would defend it to the end, but Ye Tianzhan noticed something strange about his persistence.
Li Bu slandered the Emperor of Heaven because of the past events. When he joined forces with Yu Cheng, he declared that he would rather submit to Yu Cheng than to do anything to the Heavenly Dynasty. His firm attitude is well known throughout the world. At this time, he was willing to surrender Qimen Pass to surrender Ye Tianling, not only him, but also Liu Guangyu who used literature to guard the border and was very popular among the people in the sixteen prefectures of Youji. This can't help but make people think about the mystery.
Ye Tianzhan insisted on prosecuting Li Bu. He could save Nangong Jing, but he had absolutely no reason to let Li Bu go.
In such a situation, after a few words, there will be a stalemate, and it will almost turn into a confrontation between the Xuanjia Army and the Chinese Army. From Gong Sicheng to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Shi Zhonghou, the military counselors and generals in front of the account were all under the wrath of the two princes, and no one dared to say a word. Even the Hezhou Army who provoked the incident realized the seriousness of the situation and held their breath. , dare not act rashly.
The enemy is at present, and the army has changed. Tang Chu and the others had no good plan, so after discussing, they had to order Wei Changzheng to hurry to invite Princess Ling.
It was getting dark very early in winter, and when Qing Chen and Wei Changzheng arrived at the camp, the sun was already gone. At a glance, the campfire was just going up, and the torches burning everywhere in the military tents illuminated swords, swords, and shadows.
The fast horse splashed the snow and galloped to the gate. The guard saw the person driving straight in and out without stopping, and shouted: "Who is it!"
Wei Changzheng shouted in a deep voice: "Presumptuous!" He swung his whip to block the guard who was going forward to stop him. The guard was startled, and leaned over and said: "The last general didn't see clearly that it was Commander Wei, so I ask Commander Wei to forgive me!"
At that very moment, Qing Chen led Ming Zhi and dozens of other guards into the camp. She dismounted quietly in front of the overseeing army barracks, and saw Li Bu being held under the sword by the overseeing army soldiers in the middle of the open space, with his eyes slightly closed, his face was full of grief and indignation.
The surrounding soldiers were divided into three branches, the Hezhou Army and the Chinese Army faced each other, and the Xuanjia Army cut through it. Thousands of people gathered in such a huge place, but they didn't hear a single word. They could only hear the crackling of burning torches in the wind. Occasionally, a horse neighed or two, which suddenly brought out uneasiness in the dark dark place.
All eyes were on the two princes in front of the army. Under the Yishixuanjia robe, there are slightly similar eyebrows and eyes. When you look closely, you can see the rigidity behind the warmth and coldness, and the deepness in the solemnity. The eyes in it are like two swords out of their sheaths.
They were in a stalemate, but one had a jade-like complexion, and the other had a stern expression. Even the cold light that flashed for a moment made people doubt whether it was real, but there was only a stern sword energy, which could not be restrained.
Soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles are familiar with this kind of atmosphere. It is the undercurrent of the situation before the decisive battle between the two armies. Just waiting for a tiny spark, the flames of war will soar into the sky.
The army quietly gave way, Tang Chu and Shi Zhonghou saw Qing Chen, and whispered: "Princess!"
Qing Chen nodded slightly, and said to Gong Sicheng: "Mr. Gong." She and Gong Sicheng had met many times in the Zhan Palace, but the words were not speculative, and Gong Sicheng was always quite alienated from her. But she knew that Gong Sicheng played an important role in Ye Tianzhan's staff, and Gong Sicheng also knew what she meant to Ye Tianzhan, not to mention that she was the only one who could persuade King Ling.
"Wangfei," Gong Sicheng raised his hand and said bluntly: "The big battle is imminent, this situation is worrying, please worry about it."
Qing Chen said softly, "The key lies in Li Bu."
Gong Sicheng said: "Li Bu doesn't have to be killed. Before the military situation, killing is not at this time."
In any case, Ye Tianzhan only needs the word "Military Order" is enough. Seeing that Gong Sicheng and others are holding the idea of calming things down, Qing Chen smiles reassuringly: "Mr. Gong's words are enough." She raised her head, suddenly A slight astonishment flashed in his eyes.
Gong Sicheng and others followed her gaze, and they all noticed something strange in unison.
Ye Tianling's face was facing away from the firelight at this time, and his expression was blurred in the depths. He could only see Ye Tianzhan's usual smile faintly hanging on the corner of his lips, even a little darker than usual. However, the smile was as cold as frost, and his eyes were condensed and emotionless. He suddenly threw two words between his teeth: "Let me go!"
Just a few words are like blades formed by the cold wind, and the originally undercurrent torrent is interrupted abruptly. Ye Tianling put something back in his hand, turned slightly, the torch reflected a deep outline on his angular face, and there was no wave in the deep eyes.
The situation was so reversed that everyone was a little surprised. No one saw clearly what Ye Tianling was holding in his hand, but Qing Chen felt helpless in his heart.
It was a black jade dragon talisman, like the tiger talisman in Ye Tianzhan's hand, and the leopard talisman in the hands of Li Bu and other generals on the border, they were tokens of the Celestial Dynasty's military control. The difference is that there are two lines of inscriptions on the Xuanyu Dragon Talisman, "A Talisman of Armored Soldiers, as if I come in person." The eight small gold characters symbolize the supreme power of the Celestial Dynasty to mobilize troops. No one dares not to obey orders for thousands of troops.
In the past dynasties, the dragon talisman was rarely handed over to the generals who led the army as a personal belonging of the emperor. However, the emperor of heaven and Ye Tianling agreed on the strategy of the northern border. Afterwards, Ye Tianling will mobilize soldiers and horses from various states to attack the Turks, completely smashing the coveted enemies of Mobei, and then march to the Western Regions to reorganize the thirty-six countries to contain the increasingly powerful Tubo.
In one battle, Yongjing Northwest. The trust and reliance in it are known by heaven and earth, father and son know by heart, other than that, only Qing Chen understands. It's just that she didn't expect that Ye Tianling would use this dragon talisman to protect Li Bu at this time. In this way, the delicate balance and avoidance between him and Ye Tianzhan finally showed the first obvious crack. Along this gap, there will be a world that cannot be turned back.
The wind was blowing fiercely above the desert plain, and the jagged and undulating shadows of mountains in the distance melted into the already dark night, deeply surrounding the entire military camp. There is no end to the darkness around, only the dancing torches in front of you are clear.
Qing Chen stood in a dark place out of the reach of the fire and looked at the two men who had attracted much attention in front of her. She didn't have much to cherish in this inexplicable life, but some people kept a ray of love with their hearts. Misty souls, they melted into her flesh and blood, and reshaped her bit by bit, making her forget the desolation of the sea and the emptiness of the past.
This life has stained his demeanor and affected his heart and bones, but rebirth from the ashes is painful. I don't know where the pain is, and it entangles every inch of it.
In front of her is a man's world of swords, lights and swords. Without the persecution of the situation, she doesn't want to take another step forward.
At this moment, she realized that the bottom of her heart was extremely weak. She just faced the facts that had been foreseen without hesitation, and she was stubborn and strong in such a direct confrontation.
The generals were still somewhat puzzled by the turn of events, so Qing Chen turned around and said softly: "General Shi, you and General Tang will send Li Bu back to the camp together, to comfort him, and to remind him to take good care of his cooperation. The state army, no matter what happened tonight, the Fourth Highness will not spare him. His Eleventh Highness and General Nangong will arrive later, arrange camps, and restrain all subordinates to recharge their batteries. There will be wars in the near future, so don't relax."
Although Shi Zhonghou was dispatched by the Chinese army at this time, he had always been used to being under the command of King Ling. When Dang even took orders with Tang Chu, Gong Sicheng frowned. After Qing Chen said these few words, he quietly backed away before anyone noticed her. Unexpectedly, Gong Sicheng followed up: "Princess, please stay."
Qing Chen stopped in his tracks: "Mr. Gong, is there anything else?"
Gong Sicheng stared directly at the bottom of Qing Chen's eyes like electricity, with a hint of hidden worry: "Princess, there are two tigers on the mountain, and two commanders in the army. According to the situation tonight, the army is in chaos. How can we win?"
With the firelight behind Qing Chen's back, there was silence in the bottom of his eyes. She smiled very lightly, the shadow of her smile was pale, but she revealed a calm and composed smile, which reminded Gong Sicheng of the several contacts he had had in Prince Zhan's mansion in the early days.
At that time, she used to accompany King Zhan to deliver refreshments in Yanbo, interpreting words like flowers, and fragrant jade like jade, talking about ancient customs, laughing at the time, it was Bo Tangwu, not Zhou Kong, laughing and cursing were different, but she always carried such a feeling in her bones. This inherent calmness seems to float beyond the spring and summer shadows, and it just penetrates into people's hearts so silently.
The calmness of a woman makes Gong Sicheng intuitively feel that it is unusual, especially after she refused to become Princess Zhan, Gong Sicheng directly reminded King Zhan to be cautious with her. However, some things will not change the existing journey because of foresight or vigilance, such as feelings.
At this time, Gong Sicheng was facing Qing Chen's eyes, and after a trace of fatigue and sadness, there was still an unchanging calmness in those eyes, which Gong Sicheng was familiar with.
Qing Chen said indifferently: "Mr. Gong, you might as well write down a sentence. There is only one commander in the 300,000 army to suppress the rebellion, and that is His Royal Highness King Zhan."
Gong Sicheng's old eyes flashed brightly, and then he asked: "I don't know what His Royal Highness Ling is thinking about the words of the concubine?"
Qing Chen still looked at him so quietly: "My words are just like Ling Wang himself said, Mr. Gong, can you rest assured?"
Gong Sicheng's eyes paused on her face for a moment, as if he was considering the weight of his words.
At this time, Qing Chen saw Gong Sicheng's face was slightly blurred, and the flames in front of his eyes seemed to be gradually merging with the night, becoming blurred, deep and shallow. After a while, Gong Sicheng took a step back slowly, raised his hand and bowed: "For disturbing the princess, Gong will apologize first."
Gong Sicheng's voice was mixed with the sounds of people and horses all around, and it sounded a little erratic, as if there was a lot of noise in the distance, but there was a blank silence in front of him. Qing Chen maintained a smile on the corner of his lips, and reluctantly nodded. She turned around and walked, with Ming Zhi and Wei Changzheng guarding her side, seeing that her gait was a little unsteady, but they didn't dare to rush forward to help her. At this time, there was a sound of clanging boots behind him, and someone walked up to Qing Chen's waist from behind, and that strong arm immediately gave her stable support.
"Your Highness!"
Ye Tianling waved his hand, put his arm around Qing Chen's and lowered his head and asked, "Long Zheng said that the eleventh brother and you will arrive later, why are you here by yourself?"
"I'll be back first." Qing Chen leaned against him, his hand was steady and strong, as if endless power was transmitted along the palm to the bone marrow and blood, all weakness and pain gave way, as strong as a mountain, as warm as the sea, He quietly protected her from the crowd.
As soon as he was out of sight of the generals, Ye Tianling raised his hand and hugged Qing Chen horizontally, and strode towards the tent. There were still many soldiers patrolling the camp around, Wei Changzheng followed behind for a moment, and the Xuanjia guards in front of the tent were also stunned, and rushed forward with their heads lowered, and lifted the curtain.
"You look so bad, what's the matter?" Ye Tianling leaned over to look at Qing Chen, his expression seemed stern and frightening, as if his anger was still lingering.
When Wei Changzheng came back, Qing Chen told him to only report four words: everything is safe. Ye Tianling turned his head and glanced at Wei Changzheng, and Wei Changzheng stepped forward and knelt on one knee: "Long Zheng knows his mistake!"
Ye Tianling said coldly: "You are really bold."
Qing Chen hurriedly took Ye Tianling's hand: "Why are you venting your anger on the Long March for such a trivial matter? I told him to come back, so you can just find me, but now I'm tired, let me take a rest first , and explain to you later." He raised his eyes to signal Wei Changzheng to retreat first, so as not to suffer from disaster.
Ye Tianling turned back and glared at her angrily, but the sharpness in his eyes softened slightly, and he reached out to caress her cheek. Qing Chen was greedy for the warmth of his palm: "Fourth brother, I am no match for Conan Xu. If I want to break Yanzhou, I have to invite Mr. Zuo. Let Li Bu return to the state, so as not to cause trouble."
Ye Tianling's voice was cold: "Conan Xu hurt you?"
Qing Chen smiled: "I didn't have the upper hand, but he didn't win either."
Ye Tianling said: "He was able to break through the interception of our Xuanjia Army yesterday. He is indeed a good opponent. Unfortunately, this person needs to be left to Mr. Zuo. I have already sent someone to Hezhou. You should rest in the tent. If you let him When I see such a face, I will immediately send you back to Tiandu." His tone was so firm that no one dared to refute. Qing Chen knew that there were still many things waiting for him to deal with outside, so he closed his eyes obediently, and opened them again when he thought of something: "By the way, I and Gong Sicheng just now..."
Before she finished speaking, Ye Tianling covered her eyes with the palm of her hand, and she was blocked from seeing and couldn't see anything, but she felt Ye Tianling smiled softly: "I heard it,' my words are like King Ling's own mouth As you said, how can this king take the face of the princess? Rest assured and sleep."
The darkness shrouded in front of Qing Chen's eyes lightened slightly, Ye Tianling got up, waved off the lights, and the tent went dark again. Qing Chen saw his slender figure flashing out of the big tent, she quietly looked at the dim light ahead, her face was still covered with the warmth of his palm, and his breath was still all around her, she listened carefully Jin Tuo's voice was cold, and at night in the barracks of the armored and ice-sword warrior Ma Jinge, she felt subtle but distinct happiness at this moment. There was an involuntary smile on his lips, and through the quiet light and shadow, he carefully traced the appearance of his smile, as if there were flowing water, and the beauty of March's fragrance illuminated her delicate eyebrows and eyes, slightly rippling, charming and elegant like water.