Shi Fei stared blankly at the old man in the wheelchair. After a moment of silence, he slowly pulled up the mask on his face, revealing that resolute and indifferent face. After all, he is an important minister of the Qing army. Since he took over as the commander of the Kyoto garrison, he knows that his life is no longer just struggling under the pressure of Beilu and Uesugi Tiger, but he has to choose something actively or passively. . In the face of His Majesty's imperial decree, he had no choice but to come to Dazhou, and then surrounded Chen Pingping's convoy returning home.
Now that it has been surrounded, since it has already been shot, there is no possibility of stopping. The war horses are in the field, uneasily stepping on the plants in the field in early autumn, always ready to attack. Shi Fei slowly raised his right hand, and the more than 3,000 armored cavalry in the field began to slowly change their formation, approaching the convoy on the official road, and the women in the convoy gasped in surprise.
"Wait!" A clear and sharp whistle sounded from the black convoy. It was unknown which Overwatch Council official who was in charge of Chen Pingping's safety was the first to issue the order under the coercion of the Qing cavalry.
"Wait!"
"Wait!"
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At the exit of Twelve Voices, I don’t know how many black crossbows protruded from the carriage. The assassins of the Overwatch Council began to disappear completely.
After the first sound resounded on both sides of the official road, countless clear and indifferent whistling sounds were heard in the convoy of thirty black carriages, followed by a series of densely packed sounds of machine springs and the sound of metal collisions. , There is the shrill sound of a broken string, the muffled sound of a crossbow being tightened, and the friction sound of an iron brazing being unsheathed.
Countless palpitating voices, in the shape of a wave, spread extremely quickly in the long convoy in a certain order that was extremely proficient and tacitly understood.
The crossbow tips and arrows all shone with a frightening blue light. The ability to use poison in the three divisions of the Overwatch Council is undoubtedly the most powerful in the world.
Shi Fei, who had just put his right arm down slowly, looked at this scene, and his pupils narrowed rapidly. He knew the horror of the Overwatch Council, but he did not expect that there would be such a thing hidden in a mere thirty black carriages. There are many crossbowmen, and those who walk in the dark.
The word "waiting" was very sharp, and Shi Fei knew that it was an order from the Overwatch Council. Once the word "waiting" was over and someone issued an order, those poisonous crossbow arrows would be ruthlessly shot at his more than 3,000 cavalrymen.
Even if the cavalry brigade could break down the Overwatch Council's defensive circle formed by the carriages, how many people would die? After those poisonous metals were inserted into their bodies, how many of them could survive
Shi Fei's eyes narrowed, as if he wanted to hide the chill in his heart and the shrunken pupils. His body and mind seemed to have been shaken by those indifferent and ruthless voices before.
He was riding a horse and standing at the place closest to the official road. He could clearly see several swordsmen in linen clothes standing in front of Old Dean Chen, who still lowered his head slightly, It seems that they are not afraid of the thousands of cavalry who are coming soon.
The sound of hooves was originally like thunder, but now that the two sides were close at hand, the sound of thunder was even more resounding in the ears. On the official road, the sergeants of the Dazhou yamen had already shrunk back in fright, and the eunuchs of the inner court headed by He Qigan and the masters of the 13th yamen of the Ministry of Punishment were also pale. In the end, it turned out to be the most secretive action of the court.
The only ones whose faces remained unchanged were Chen Pingping in the wheelchair, the men in sackcloth beside Chen Pingping, the old servants behind him, the Overwatch Council officials holding crossbows and arrows in the carriage, the Overwatch Council officials holding bows, and the Overwatch Council officials holding iron brazes. official.
In other words, the officials of the Overwatch Council have iron-like nerves that ordinary people don't have. Facing the iron cavalry that seems to be rushing across the mountains, they don't even bother to tremble their eyelashes. Their fingers didn't even tremble, they were not afraid or nervous, they just waited indifferently for the last command, the command to launch a counterattack after the twelve-tone greeting.
Shi Fei tightly held the scabbard by his waist, and squinted his eyes to stare at Chen Pingping who was not far away in front of him. He felt that the surrounding environment became weird because of the silence and indifference of the people in the Overwatch Council. The cavalry of the Kyoto garrison around the official road are not far away, why it seems that they have rushed for a long time and still haven't rushed over
This feeling was too weird, Shi Fei blinked his eyes, only to find that his eyes were a little dry, but nervousness gave him some illusions, his right arm had just been put down, and the cavalry had just started to speed up.
Shi Fei stood alone at the forefront. He didn't know when the people of the Overwatch Council would attack him. Even if the cavalry of the garrison division could really break through the line of defense formed by these indifferent Overwatch Council officials, but... he still didn't feel any joy Mood.
He didn't want to see this scene happen, because he couldn't control what might happen after this charge, such as the knife that might come from behind him at any time.
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At this moment, Chen Pingping waved to Shi Fei from the wheelchair, not like an old man being chased and culled, but like an elder who has something to tell.
Shi Fei showed a struggling face, suddenly clamped his horse's belly, and shouted: "Take it!"
This sound resounded on both sides of the official road like a thunderstorm. As an important minister of the military, General Shi Fei's personal cultivation is indeed very powerful, and the sound quickly spread to the wild cavalry who were already very close to each other. .
The military order was like a mountain, and following Shi Fei's yell, all the generals and vanguards snorted, forcibly pulled the mount that had already mentioned the extreme speed to a stop, countless pairs of iron hands ruthlessly pulled back the tough reins, and even pulled the full It was Laojiao's hands that were bleeding, and finally stopped the galloping iron cavalry less than a few feet away from the official road.
But there were still more than a dozen riders who couldn't hold on. The horse groaned twice, its legs went limp, and it hit the stone fence on both sides of the official road, and its limbs were broken and bleeding!
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There was a rapid breathing sound, and a nervous look at each other.
General Shi Fei yelled violently, and the three thousand cavalry stopped violently like this. This man's skill in defending soldiers is really top-notch in the world. Only in this way, the iron cavalry lost their speed advantage, and the two sides were so close that the cavalry of the Kyoto garrison were completely exposed in front of the crossbow arrows of the Overwatch Council. In front of the pervert.
All the subordinates of the Overwatch Council have been waiting calmly since those waiting words. Even though the incoming cavalry suddenly made such a big mistake and gave everyone in the Overwatch Council such a good opportunity, they still did not act without authorization. But just looked indifferently at the densely packed cavalry.
Shi Fei took several heavy breaths, and the armor on his chest rose and fell slightly. There was no cold sweat breaking out from his body. Since he chose to take the risk, he would not regret his choice. A moment later, he drove forward indifferently, and under the vigilant eyes of the officials of the Overwatch Council and the aiming of the dark crossbow arrows, he parted a path and walked towards Chen Pingping step by step.
The horse stopped not far from the wheelchair. Shi Fei maintained his respect and dismounted. The weight of the armor on his body made his footsteps seem extremely heavy, making a buzzing sound in the quiet night. Chen Pingping looked at this brave general, smiled slightly, showing appreciation, and said: "In the future of Qing Kingdom, there should be no problem with outstanding young people like you. If that's the case, I don't want to kill you."
Shi Fei was silent for a long time, then knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Pingping's wheelchair, took off the helmet and hugged it in his arms, and said, "I beg the old dean for orders."
"Which order?" Chen Pingping looked at him quietly, admiring this person's decision from the bottom of her heart. Previously, the old king asked himself to obey the order, but...he smiled and said: "I want to take Gao Gao away. As for the order, you also know that your majesty never thought that I would obey the order. You are persuading me to obey the order at this time." I'm afraid His Majesty won't like it if he knows about it."
Shi Fei didn't answer this question. He stood up and said, "The garrison is my Daqing's garrison, and the Overwatch Council is my Daqing's Overwatch Council. I don't want any losses on both sides."
Chen Pingping glanced at him slightly mockingly, and said, "Three thousand six hundred and forty elite cavalry from the Kyoto garrison have followed them thousands of miles away. Don't you think it's as simple as obeying orders or not?"
Of course, this matter is not as simple as obeying orders. Shi Fei only expressed his attitude in front of the Overwatch Council and Dazhou officials. He couldn't help getting cold, he knew that the fear he had hidden in the deepest part of his heart was true, if he hadn't taken the risk to stop the cavalry's impact, maybe the first person to fall at this time... was himself.
There are people from the old dean Chen in the Jingdu garrison, and this is what Shi Fei is most afraid of.
"Your Majesty has a strict decree that if you violate Gundam, you must be arrested and brought back to Beijing." Shi Fei took a deep breath, swallowed all the uneasiness, looked at Chen Pingping and said indifferently: "Even if you want to resist the decree, my lord, I will He must be brought back."
"I will go back to Beijing with you." Chen Pingping closed her eyes and said slowly.
Shi Fei was shocked, standing in front of Chen Pingping didn't know what to say, the helmet in his arms seemed so heavy. At the same time, the official of the Overwatch Council who had been following Chen Pingping was also shocked, and even some of the most powerful swordsmen in linen from the Six Divisions around him showed some kind of horrified expressions.
"Dean, you can't go back to Beijing." The Overwatch Council official who claimed to be the deputy director of the Second Division suddenly said angrily.
Chen Pingping slowly opened her eyes, he knew that only the old servant behind him would not be surprised by this decision. He looked at Shi Fei with a smile, and said, "Why didn't you rush over earlier? Thinking about it, you also know that you can't control everything here with only more than 3,000 cavalry. In reality, only I can control everything here." , so if I want to go with you, you can only take me with you."
The face of the Overwatch Council official next to him suddenly became stiff, as if a strange layer of makeup had been applied to his face, but there was a touch of fear and anxiety in this stiffness.
Chen Pingping ignored the horror shown by these loyal subordinates beside him, he just looked at Shi Fei indifferently and said: "Since I am in control of the situation, I should be the one to say what to do."
Shi Fei stared at him in a daze, subconsciously gripped the helmet's gas eye tightly with his fingers, and said in a hoarse voice: "If Mr. Dean is going back to Beijing at the end of the day, please give me your instructions."
The so-called asking the dean to follow the order is just a lie. Of course, Shi Fei knew that His Majesty meant to capture the old dean Chen alive, but this was originally an impossible task, but now... it seems to be about to change. Come true.
"I brought thirty cars of luggage and women." Chen Pingping looked at Shi Fei with a smile and said, "I know what His Majesty's will will be, so you don't have to hide anything from me. What I want you to do now is to pretend that there is nothing. Saw the luggage and the women."
Shi Fei's breathing became heavy, blood began to appear in his eyes, and he said, "Do you know His Majesty's will?"
Chen Pingping smiled gently: "I know better than anyone what kind of person His Majesty is. If he doesn't destroy everything I care about, how can he be happy?"
The old man in the wheelchair looked very far-sighted, and said slowly: "My life should have ended long ago, but those luggage will not be broken, and those women are even more youthful..." He sighed and said: "If it is not for sending They left the capital, why should I leave the capital and accompany His Majesty on such a big circle?"
Shi Fei's throat was very dry. He stared blankly at Chen Pingping, only to realize that although everything that happened in Dazhou was not under the complete control of the old dean, it was still under the calculation of the other party. He had long known that His Majesty would send him Come to chase him, and know how ruthless His Majesty's will is. Except for Chen Pingping, everyone here will not be alive.
However, Chen Pingping took advantage of this point, gathered all the people, all the people he wanted to protect to this point in Dazhou, and then easily controlled the situation in the field, forcing Shi Fei to acquiesce to this fact, using Chen Pingping's Returning to Beijing alone in exchange for the safety of everyone here.
The question is, can Chen Pingping easily control the situation in the field? The crossbow arrows in the 30 carriages are always limited, and the swordsmen in the darkness are always numerous. When 3,600 Kyoto defenders rush forward, how long can the Overwatch Council really resist
Shi Fei's eyes narrowed, he remembered His Majesty's secret decree clearly, except for Chen Pingping... no one left!
Not one left!
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"I think His Majesty wants you to stay alone." Chen Pingping looked at him with a touch of sarcasm, "I feel pity for the people of the Qing Kingdom and these sergeants of the garrison division, so I will give you a chance, otherwise I can let you go." None of you will stay."
Shi Fei didn't believe this sentence, he looked at Chen Pingping quietly, and had to choose between this terrifying figure and His Majesty's strict orders. Gundam, he had to take it back, and the people here had to die, but maybe he didn't even realize it. From the timidity at the beginning, and the fact that he handed over the secret decree to the soldier, he didn't have the guts to expect to be able to really hand over these Overwatch Council kill all of them.
What helped Shi Fei make a choice was a black line that suddenly appeared on the surrounding hills. These black lines floated up from every hill. Under the silver moonlight, it was as if someone used a very black Charcoal, to give a lot of weight to these unsurprising valley lines.
These black lines are made up of people one by one, more precisely, it is a black cavalry, plus a black cavalry, countless black cavalry standing on the top of the hill, forming these black lines.
black ride.
The convoy had been vigilantly watching the cavalry in the field, and the Overwatch Council officials who were holding the crossbow tightly in their hands had a slight smile on their lips. They didn't know that Old Dean Chen had done a horrifying move. Decided, they just looked at the seemingly endless black cavalry brothers on the mountain, and confirmed once again that in the mountains and fields inside Qing Kingdom, the Overwatch Council will always be invincible.
Contrary to the mood of the officials of the Overwatch Council, when those black lines appeared on the hills and gradually became clear under the silver moonlight, after illuminating those black armors that seemed to have a ghostly meaning, they came to kill the supervisors. The cavalry of the Kyoto Garrison Division in the Academy fell into a state of panic and despair. It turned out that it was not he who surrounded the Overwatch Council, but the Overwatch Council surrounded him, and he was surrounded by the most powerful force of the Overwatch Council, the most powerful cavalry in the world, the black cavalry!
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There was a deathly silence, Shi Fei slowly retracted his eyes from the black cavalry, the black cavalry was still some distance away, but he knew the strength of the black cavalry, if these black cavalry rushed down like this, he was afraid that his None of the cavalry of the Kyoto garrison survived.
What made Shi Fei even more angry and horrified was that the powerful black cavalry of the Overwatch Council had always been strictly limited to less than a thousand by the imperial court, but at this time the number of black cavalry on these hills clearly exceeded four thousand!
He suddenly turned his head, stared at Chen Pingping and said, "You already knew that His Majesty would order me to ambush in Dazhou?"
"No, I never have to think about these things. I just know that Your Majesty... is reluctant to let me go." Chen Pingping looked at him indifferently, "Now you can think about my conditions."
Shi Fei's body trembled angrily: "The imperial court strictly ordered the number of black riders to be no more than a thousand! This is treason!"
Chen Pingping looked at him calmly and said, "So what?"
Shi Fei was completely devastated by this sentence. He stood in front of the wheelchair as if he had lost something, and said in a hoarse voice after a while: "If your majesty does not act personally, no one in this world can keep you. Why don't you leave, but wait I show up?"
"Because I never thought of leaving." Chen Pingping looked at him calmly, and said slowly: "I... just came to see someone off."
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Shi Fei returned to his subordinates. The cavalry of the garrison division did not set up camp, but stood in separate camps a little tired and helpless. A sense of defeat and helplessness shrouded the thousands of cavalry. The elite cavalry of the garrison, who are the proud sons of the Qing Dynasty, have been following the Overwatch Council convoy outside the capital for several days. The seemingly powerful cavalry is nothing but a joke.
Shi Fei rested with his eyes closed. He had already agreed to all of Chen Pingping's conditions. In such a situation, there is no room for him not to agree. He just still doesn't understand why a person like Old Dean Chen, who has no plans to leave anything behind, is willing to go back to the capital with the capital's garrison at this moment, even though he has arranged for himself a black knight to come to meet him.
All of His Majesty's thoughts fell into the speculative plan of Old Dean Chen. Shi Fei closed his eyes, and his awe of Dean Chen reached another level. He knew that the one who could control everything in the field could only be Dean Chen, and it would never be himself.
There was already a large open space in front of the black convoy. Dozens of Overwatch Council officials were kneeling in front of the black wheelchair, kowtowing desperately, begging the old man in the wheelchair not to follow the Kyoto garrison back to the capital.
At this moment, all the officials of the Overwatch Council knew what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking. If Old Dean Chen really returned to the capital, there would be no way out. When the Overwatch Council officials were admitted to the hospital, they had to accept the education of being loyal to the Qing Kingdom and His Majesty. However, the subordinates of the Overwatch Council who escorted Chen Pingping back to the capital were the ones who had followed him the longest. But when Chen Pingping's life was seriously threatened, they instinctively stood behind Chen Pingping as a substitute for his unhealthy back beam.
They are members of the Overwatch Council, and the Overwatch Council is Chen Pingping's Overwatch Council. This gloomy courtyard has already been marked with countless coldness from Chen Pingping. Get rid of them all. If there is such a thing as charisma in the world, if there is charm in a dark personality, then Chen Pingping is undoubtedly the most attractive person in the world, making all her confidantes and subordinates give up their hearts.
Chen Pingping gently stroked the armrest of the wheelchair, tapping it lightly, making a buzzing sound. He looked at the subordinates who were kneeling on the ground in front of him with relief. There was no sadness on his face when he was parting, and there was only satisfaction with his life's work.
He wanted to go back to the capital, and he never thought of leaving the capital, and these had nothing to do with his career, the future of the Qing Kingdom, or the Overwatch Council, but only with his own life.
"I'm just going back to Beijing to chat with His Majesty about the past, why are you crying?" He frowned and glanced disapprovingly. All the officials of the Overwatch Council fell silent, and a few officials who were crying bitterly lowered their heads in shame.
The subordinates of the Overwatch Council couldn't understand that even if His Majesty wanted to deal with the old dean, the dean had already grasped the entire situation. Over there, the elite cavalry of the Kyoto garrison led by General Shi Fei had become the Queen of Autumn. The grasshopper, who couldn't even find a trace of courage, why did the dean go back to the capital to die!
As for why His Majesty the Emperor wanted to deal with the old dean, these subordinates were not clear, they just subconsciously believed that this was probably a historical inevitability, the old dean knew too much about His Majesty's secrets
Chen Pingping drove these subordinates away a little tiredly, leaving only the deputy director of the Second Division who had been by his side all the time. He looked at him quietly and said, "I'm going to live. It will take many days for Anzhi to return to Beijing." , logically speaking, no one can tell him the news in advance."
The official lowered his head and said with a sigh: "None of us can change the decision you made, maybe only Mrs. Fan can change all of this."
"No, even he can't change this matter." Chen Pingping looked at him indifferently and said, "Don't think that you are the fastest runner in the world, just think about telling Fan Xian something, I'll leave you here Therefore, I just want to tell you that this is my order. Later, you will send these 30 carriages straight into Jiangbei with Heiqi, and enter Dongyi City at the fastest speed, and then find the person I told you earlier. Find Shijia Village through him."
The official did not expect that the old dean would puncture his deepest thoughts with a single word, and a trace of sadness appeared on that stiff face.
"Don't cry and laugh all the time, or this mask won't cover you for a few days." Chen Pingping looked at him indifferently, "Wang Qinian, back then you escaped from Dadong Mountain on your own and thought you were thinking of Fan Xian, but have you ever thought about it? For Fan Xian, how much trouble did you bring me?"
It turns out that the masked official is none other than Wang Qinian, who has been missing for three years! Fan Xian knew that he disappeared under Chen Pingping's arrangement, and secretly thought about investigating him, thinking about it for a long time, but he must have never guessed that Chen Pingping actually arranged Wang Qinian in the Overwatch Council!
Wang Qinian took a deep breath and said, "But I still don't understand why you want to go back? Don't you think that no matter whether you live or die in the end, Mr. Fan will get into the trouble you don't want him to get into?" ?”
Chen Pingping didn't answer this question, but just looked at her black motorcade indifferently, and suddenly felt that the black color was so pleasing to the eye, so pleasing to the heart.
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The Kyoto garrison obediently gave way, and the twenty-nine black carriages, surrounded by the sadness, anger and complex emotions of the Overwatch Council officials, and the crying voices of Chen Yuanmeiji, continued to move along the official road, towards the Qing Kingdom's journey to the east.
But the black wheelchair stayed, alone. Chen Pingping wiped the flying hair from her temples, smiled and said to the old servant behind her: "Your body is better than mine, why bother to accompany me back to die."
The old servant grinned and said nothing. Those black lines on the hill have been cut off, some of the black riders have begun to secretly follow the twenty-nine black carriages, and there are still many black riders who are still stationed on the hill indifferently, monitoring the defense of Kyoto The movement of the teacher.
Shi Fei came to the wheelchair with a calm expression, and said after a moment of silence: "The last general's acting garrisoner thanked the old dean for not killing him."
Chen Pingping smiled and said nothing.
Shi Fei lowered his head and asked, "But I still don't understand why."
"If I had to leave earlier, what would you have done?" Chen Pingping narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the little lights of fire on the official road in the distance.
After a moment of silence, Shi Fei said: "I am a subject of His Majesty, even if I know I am invincible, I will fight to the last man."
"Yes, this is a compromise. If I stay, you will save a few lives, and my son from the Overwatch Council will also save a few lives... You must know that I have never thought that my life is so worthless." Chen Pingping said with a smile: " I am an old man, and my life is really worthless."
"The Kyoto garrison is loyal to Qing, the Overwatch Council is loyal to Qing, and I am also loyal to Qing." The old man in the wheelchair said gently, "I have killed many people in my life, but I am only willing to kill the enemy, not my own people. Habit."
Shi Fei was puzzled, especially the so-called loyalty to the Qing Kingdom, what were these four thousand black knights who exceeded the limit? What is non-compliance
Chen Pingping didn't say anything, just sat quietly. In his heart, Qingguo is Qingguo, and His Majesty is His Majesty. The two have not been the same thing in his heart many years ago. He wanted to go back to the capital to ask that man, but he didn't want the entire Qing Kingdom to be plunged into turmoil because of his break with that man, and he didn't even want the war between the imperial court and the Overwatch Council to cause countless people in the Qing Kingdom to be displaced.
So he chose to return to the capital, and let the Overwatch Council retreat in front of the capital's garrison division. In the final analysis, this was a war between Chen Pingping and Emperor Qing, and neither of them wanted this private matter to become an internal affair of Qing. war.
"Go back." Chen Pingping said softly.
"Yes... Lord Dean." Various feelings emerged in Shi Fei's heart. He beckoned for the black carriage specially left by the Overwatch Council, saluted Chen Pingping very respectfully, and then carefully hugged the carriage. The black wheelchair gets into the black carriage.
At this moment, the line formed by the black rider on the hill suddenly became a little messy. Chen Pingping, who was sitting by the car door, seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly looked back, her eyes were extremely sharp!
In an instant, Heiqi calmed down helplessly and sadly.