Yin Caiqian galloped her horse and reined in slightly. In the half-dark night, she walked through the forest with sparse leaves and looked at the high cliff in front of her eyes. Just now I carefully looked at the map in the tent, and it is not far away from Xiefengdu in the upper reaches of the Baima River. Crossing the river and crossing the mountains, crossing Hezhou and Hengling and going eastward, you can enter Lin'an Pass in a few days, and then leave Zhan Wang Dajun is not far away.
Under the moonlight, there are bright ice shadows flickering in the white snow from time to time, exuding a peaceful and magical beauty. Occasionally, the breeze sweeps by, and the thin snow floats up.
Under such a snowy night, the sound of horseshoes seemed to be particularly abrupt. She stayed there for a while, her pink lips slightly bent down, as if she wanted to put away all the annoying things of the day. Ye Tianling's appalling coldness, Shi Shi's impatient expression and Qing Chen's insightful smile were all stuck in her chest, this was simply the most annoying day since she was born.
She frowned subconsciously, and as if venting her anger, she swung the swallow-embedded silver-horned bow hanging behind her, and walked towards the White Horse River with a whip.
But after a while, she suddenly stopped again. Because the night was so quiet, all sounds became clearly audible. In addition to her own hoofbeats, she seemed to hear slight neighing, staggered hoofbeats, and even the sound of armor and swords rubbing against each other, footsteps, and one or two voices mixed in.
Under the slanting wind, the water flow is turbulent, and the snow mixed with ice hits the river rocks, covering up these strange sounds. The Youzhou camp was so dark that it was no longer visible, but sparse fires flickered in front of it.
She immediately led the horse to hide behind a rock and looked quietly. Here, the cliff hangs a line, birds and animals are rare, and there are many rapids and rocks underneath, which is extremely dangerous. Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, I saw figures swaying among the dark rocks, and several groups of people and horses had quietly come to this shore.
In the middle of the night, the sword was cold, quietly exuding the strong murderous aura before the war.
Yin Caiqian was extremely shocked. It was clear that Yu Cheng's rebels took advantage of the night to attack, sparks spread in the mountains, and I don't know how many troops there are.
Countless flashes of thought flashed through her mind, she immediately turned around very carefully, retreated a few steps, and galloped towards the Youzhou Camp.
However, a warning sound came from behind, "There are scouts!"
The hurried horseshoes splashed the snow, and Yin Caiqian galloped under the pursuit of the enemy soldiers. There was only one thought in her mind, and she must rush back to the barracks before being overtaken by them.
Eleven brought several teams of guards and Qing Chen along the road to find him, Xue Zhan jumped onto the rock, circled around, and ran lightly towards the direction of the Baima River.
"Over there." Qing Chen looked at Xue Zhan and said.
Eleven glanced casually, and pointed at the horsewhip: "There are hoof prints on the ground, so it must be true."
"If you go any further, you'll be crossing the wind." Qing Chen followed the winding hoofprints in the snow: "Why did she choose such a remote path?"
The two of them rode their horses forward, and suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves in front of them. A horse galloped over the plain snowy ground, and there were several people chasing after them.
Eleven's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized that the person in front of him was Yin Caiqian, raised his sword eyebrows, and galloped towards him with his horse.
Yin Caiqian was overjoyed when she saw Eleven suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness Eleven, hurry up! Yu Cheng attacked our army from Xiefengdu!"
At this time, the pursuers were approaching, and they all drew their bows and shot their arrows. She lowered her body to dodge, but unexpectedly, a stray arrow hit the horse. The horse stumbled in pain, and threw her forward with a strong force.
She screamed out in shock, her waist tightened suddenly, Shi Shi came forward, leaned over to help her, hugged her in the middle of the air, and rescued her on the horse. Then with a backhand copy, the spear on the horse's side fell into his hand, lightning swept across, and an enemy soldier who was approaching threw the spear away.
Fighting hand to hand, the accompanying guards have already fought with the rebels.
The silver gun in Eleven's hands flashed again, forcing the two of them back, turned around and shouted: "Qing Chen! Go back to the camp and send reinforcements!"
Seeing that the enemy army was so numerous, Qing Chen knew that there was no time to delay, so he made a decisive decision and suddenly raised the reins. With a long hiss, Yun Cheng flew into the air, turned around on the spot, turned into a flash of lightning white light, and rushed to Youzhou camp.
Eleven knew that no one could stop Qing Chen with Yun Cheng's steed, so he felt relieved at the moment, and ordered in a deep voice: "Stop it with all your might, and don't let anyone go!"
Fortunately, the rebel army has not yet been able to cross the river to pursue them all. Dozens of guards are bloody and brave.
The silver spear in Eleven's hands is not slowing down, it is almost like a white dragon flying into the air, the shadow of the gun is reflected in the snow, and it is slashing and sweeping. Once the enemy encounters them, they scream and fall back every time.
Yin Caiqian took a short breath in front of him, and looked up, only to see that the surroundings were densely packed with enemy troops, and her own soldiers were sticking to the front line, about to fall into a tight siege.
The silver light in front of his eyes seemed to be dazzling, and the eleven silver spears were miraculously criss-crossing the enemy crowd. The handsome face is sharp and heroic, even at this moment, there is still a lazy sneer on his lips.
The enemy's blood spattered three feet, but he ignored it and calmly accepted it.
Shenxue was shattered in shock, and blood and mud splashed.
Yin Caiqian regained her composure, and pulled down the flying swallow horn bow on her back with her backhand. She lost all her arrows on her horse, touched the quiver hanging on the side of the eleven horse, and said, "Use the arrow!" The string breaks and the wind hits the enemy soldier in front.
Eleven silver guns twisted the enemy's long sword, like a white rainbow, piercing through the chest and killing the enemy, he said with a long laugh: "The arrow is good!"
Yin Caiqian drew the arrow again: "The women in Tiandu hunt in spring and autumn, no one can match me!"
"I've heard about it." Eleven slashed another enemy while talking and laughing, leading the horse to charge, the enemy's formation was chaotic and commotion. Yin Caiqian's arrow hit the enemy like a shooting star.
The number of rebels continued to increase, and more than half of our own soldiers were injured. The eleventh trial judged the situation and had to lead the crowd to fight and retreat.
After all, Yin Caiqian had never been on a battlefield, and the bloody horror in the dark night was like an amazing nightmare, which made people feel weak. At first, her arrows were not strong enough, but slowly she could only confuse the enemy. At this time, she reached out her hand and felt that the arrows had run out. She turned her head and was about to speak, when she saw a white light shooting, but it was the enemy archers who had spotted eleven arrows. , The cold arrow struck.
She was terrified, and without even thinking about it, she fitted herself up and counterattacked, blocking Eleven's side, the arrow pierced her shoulder, almost knocking her off her horse.
Eleven's mind was shocked, and the force of the gun surged in shock and anger, and several people flew into the air, protecting her with one hand, and shouted: "Yin Caiqian!"
Cold arrows hit frequently. At this moment, sharp howling sounds suddenly sounded from all around, several white-feathered wolf-toothed arrows flashed brightly, and the cold light pierced through the air, cutting across the enemy's arrows, and the remaining force pierced through the enemy's chest and abdomen fiercely, killing several people.
With the sudden cry of killing, a black iron cavalry in the east rolled towards the enemy like a tide.
An angry horse descended from the sky like a dragon, and the sword light around Eleven lit up, and the shock was dazzling in the darkness, and the enemy's head was thrown flying with blood.
The cold light shone brightly on the moon, and where the battle robes flew, Ye Tianling's eyes were as cold as ice, reflecting the color of snow and stealing his soul.
"Fourth brother!"
"Send her away first!" Ye Tianling yelled in a deep voice, and Xuanjia soldiers guarded Eleven, fighting to break the blood.
Walking to a safe place, Eleven carried Yin Caiqian off his horse, only to see a short arrow hit her right shoulder: "What do you think?"
Yin Caiqian was a little dizzy, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't hurt..."
Eleven's sword eyebrows were frowned, and when he looked closely with the torch lit by the soldier, his heart sank suddenly, the wound was black and purple in blood, it was actually a poisonous arrow.
"Why did you suffer from this arrow!" He was slightly sullen.
"During the battle... the commander... there must be no loss..." Yin Caiqian's chest rose and fell rapidly, and she spoke intermittently. I don't know if it was because of the cold snow and cold weather that she was cold all over.
Eleven's face was gloomy, without saying a word, he raised his hand to untie her robe. Yin Caiqian only felt that the wound was itchy, as if countless thick fog had invaded her eyes, she was drowsy, and suddenly her shoulders felt cold, she struggled and said: "You... what are you doing!"
"Hold on a bit." Eleven restrained her swaying arm, and before she could recover, he raised the arrow and shot it out.
Yin Caiqian let out a cry of pain, regained consciousness, and glared angrily.
The wound was thick with black blood. Eleven ignored her angry gaze, expressionless, leaned over to suck out the venom from her wound, and turned her head to spit on the snow.
Shocked and angry, Yin Caiqian couldn't break free. In her shame and annoyance, there was a sudden darkness in front of her eyes, and then she fell into the boundless darkness.
In the night of Guiwei in December, the moon is cold and frosty.
The mysterious armored cavalry pierced the snow like a long blade, swiftly resisting the enemy, and pierced straight into the oblique wind.
Yu Cheng's rebel army did not have a stable foothold and was blocked suddenly, and was cut off into two stragglers.
King Che ordered Pingye General Chai Xiang to lead 3,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, and the two defense forces stationed at Baimahe and Duanshanya in the same place were mainly anti-acceptors.
Yu Cheng's camp was empty, and he hastily mobilized his troops to meet the battle, and the fighting was brutal.
The Xiefengdu rebel army hurried back to defend, and the Xuanjia army took advantage of the situation to chase and kill them.
The main rebel army was surrounded by heavy siege and desperately resisted.
At the dawn of Qingming, the rebel army suffered heavy losses. Seeing that the general situation was over, Yu Cheng abandoned his camp and retreated northward, losing to Hezhou.
Chai Xiang chased after the victory, intercepted and killed the poor bandits, and finally wiped out the enemy in one fell swoop in the wilderness of Xiancheng outside Qimen Pass, and captured Yucheng.
So far, the West Road rebel army has been wiped out, and there are few survivors.
Yu Su lost his eldest son and was furious. King Zhan cooperated with the West Road victory and attacked with all his strength, and won Liaozhou three days later.
Gao Tong, the inspector of Liaozhou, was obsessed with the enemy. After breaking through the city, he refused to realize it. In a fit of rage, King Zhan executed himself Ling Chi and hung him up at the Yuanmen for public display. Thirty-eight of his wives, mothers and children were beheaded outside the city.
From now on, the order to suppress the rebel army will be announced in northern Xinjiang: the guards of all states will follow the rebels and kill them without mercy.
King Ling pacified the West Road, rested for a while, and immediately sent his troops to Qimen Pass.
Li Bu, the guard of Hezhou, had taken refuge with Yu Su since the beginning of the rebellion, and now he was ready to fight, relying on Qimen's natural danger, and vowed to resist.
Qimen Pass is a natural barrier to the north of the Celestial Dynasty. It has strange peaks and steep mountains, cliffs and deep ravines, seventy miles from north to south, and forty miles from east to west. horse. The city of Hezhou stands tall and steep, along the height of the mountain, cut into crenels, with Qishan, Bieyunshan, Yanwangshan and Guanshan on the back, forming an impenetrable defense, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Once this pass was broken, the central plains of the Celestial Dynasty were opened wide and exposed to the coveted eyes of the enemy army. The reason why Yu Su's rebellion was able to drive straight in at the beginning of the army was because Qimen Pass fell into his hands.
Li Bu, the guard general of Hezhou, was born in Yongzhou, Jiangbei. He was born in a poor family. For ten years, Shengwu followed the first crown prince Ye Yanzhao to crusade against Nanfan, defeated the enemy repeatedly, made great achievements in battle, and was highly valued by Ye Yanzhao.
However, when Nanding returned to the imperial court, the officials of Shangshu Province and the Ministry of War reprimanded the generals of the Southern Expedition Department on the grounds of "meaning military orders, self-propelled troops without authorization, and taking credit for actions". Li Bu and others were the first to bear the brunt. When something happened to Ye Yanzhao later, Li Bu moved to Bingzhou from the left, and he was transferred to Hezhou in the 22nd year of Shengwu.
Because of all kinds of reasons, Li Bu had hidden grievances in his heart for many years, and Yu Su knew very well about him, so when he planned the rebellion, he was recruited by many parties, and he deliberately used the name of "righteous monarch" to win him over without a single soldier. He won Hezhou with one death.
The snow is deep, the wind is tight, the sky is freezing, and the Qimen Pass is covered with ice for hundreds of miles. There will be new obstacles, which will make this battle slow and difficult.
Due to the injury of Chen Qimen Pass, a soldier of the West Road Army, no one will mention Yin Caiqian's return to Tiandu for the time being. Under Qing Chen's personal care, the wound on her shoulder was completely healed, but she was weaker due to blood loss.
"I have seen His Highness the Eleventh." The guard's voice came from outside the tent.
"No." The sword armor slammed lightly, and the sound of boots and boots came to my ears, it was Shi Shi who had entered the outer tent.
Yin Caiqian hurriedly stood up, and raised her eyebrows, "Don't come in!" Because she got up too fast, she accidentally touched the wound, and the sudden pain was mixed with a strange feeling, as if reminding her of something that annoyed her . The light of the silver gun reflected the chic and lazy smile, and the man's strange breath was followed by a warm touch between his lips, followed by a burst of embarrassment that had nowhere to vent. The little thoughts of the girl in the girl's dream in spring should have been the fragrance of moonlight and flowers, and the tenderness like water, but unexpectedly, such a situation was deduced in the shadow of arrows and guns.
Yin Caiqian's words were extremely abrupt, Qing Chen was surprised, but when he looked up, he saw her pretty face flushed, full of anger, glaring outside through the screen, and whispered: "...he...shameless!"
Qing Chen smiled helplessly, got up and turned out of the screen. Eleventh Kai armor is not removed, the battle robe is on, he has just returned from the battlefield, the sword still has a sharp and murderous look, and the hem of the clothes is dark red, I don't know who is stained with blood.
Qing Chen carefully looked at his face, and asked cautiously: "What's wrong?"
Eleven shook his head slightly, mocking himself with his lowered lips, and handed over the Feiyan bow inlaid with silver horns in his hand: "This Feiyan bow fell on the battlefield a few days ago, and I have ordered someone to repair it." He obviously didn't want to keep it any longer. After saying that, he turned around and went out of the account.
Qing Chen raised his steps to keep up with him, and shouted, "Eleven!"
On November 1st, in front of the tent, the deep snow has not yet melted, and the meager light of the winter sun reflects a piece of ice-cold crystal in the snow. Perhaps because of the fierceness of the battle, his face was gloomy and he remained silent.
Qing Chen walked around in front of Eleven with a smile: "I have seen it today, so it turns out that our Eleventh Highness's temper is so terrifying."
Eleven seemed to be caught by her smile for a moment, feeling a little relaxed in his heart. He flicked his battle robe with his hand on the sword, turned his head to look in front of the tent, breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly said: "I must have an explanation for this matter. After I return to Tiandu, I will immediately ask Father intended to be married."
He was obviously talking to Yin Caiqian, Qing Chen glared at him, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
Eleven waved his hand, although something unexpected happened, if he refuses the marriage again at this time, it will be a great insult to Yin Caiqian and even the entire Yin clan, even the Emperor of Heaven can't explain it. He secretly hated that it would be better for him to take the arrow directly, so as to save his heart without embarrassment at this time.
People are not as good as heaven, and branches are born out of thin air, and now it is troublesome to advance and retreat. Previously, the Yin family used the marriage alliance to probe Ye Tianling's intentions, but Ye Tianling clearly refused to go back, and made it clear that they would go their separate ways. It is well known that Shi Shi is close to Ye Tianling, and in recent years, he has been increasingly used in the military and government, and everyone is also aware of it. It is not unreasonable for the Yin family to intervene in this move.
They lost a son, how can you not do it
Suddenly the big tent was tilted, and it was Yin Caiqian who came out. She stood still, her face was pale, and her eyes were vaguely filled with emotions different from the past. Suddenly, she slowly retracted her knees, and bowed down to Eleven.
Eleven was stunned, and frowned, "What are you doing?"
Yin Caiqian said indifferently: "Caiqian is young and ignorant, and her words offended His Highness just now, please forgive me." She raised her head and looked at Eleven: "Your Highness is a daughter of gold, very noble, Cai Qian Her nature is stubborn, crude and dull, and she is really not worthy of marriage. I would be very grateful if you take back what you said just now. What happened that day... there was an accident...Your Highness, don't care about it." She bit her bloodless lips lightly, and a blush gradually appeared between her lips. A layer of bright red sets off the bright color of a pair of eyes.
Eleven was stunned for a moment, then said, "Why did you say that?"
"I don't know if this is right or not, but if Your Highness marries out of helplessness, and if I marry out of fame, how will I be able to face each other for the rest of my life? Your Highness is also a man of temperament, so I boldly ask Your Highness to think twice. Otherwise... otherwise I am not Leaving Tiandu for nothing? I am not reconciled!"
The snow was so deep that the world was silent, and there were three people standing quietly in front of the tent. The corner of Qing Chen's lips suddenly revealed a faint smile, unwilling? After talking about something that sounded decent, it turned out to be these three words in the end.
Eleven looked at Yin Caiqian for a while, then suddenly laughed loudly: "The truth is true, I only met Yin Caiqian today. I, Ye Tianche, owe you a favor!"
Yin Caiqian turned her head and said: "It's clear, His Highness saved me first, not to mention that I didn't have time to think carefully when I blocked that arrow."
"Now that I think about it, not only do I feel remorse, do you want to give me another arrow?" Eleven asked.
"Caiqian dare not." Yin Caiqian slightly raised her eyebrows.
"Well, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't dare." Eleven said.
"So what?" Although Yin Caiqian did not admit defeat in words, she looked blankly at the white snow in front of her, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad. The moment Eleven turned to leave, her tears fell silently and melted into the snow quietly.