The night was like ink, the wind was strong and the dark clouds were rolling, and the horse of fire cloud ran wildly regardless of life and death; Qin Mubai lay on the horse, hugging the horse's neck tightly with the last bit of strength, and struggled to open his eyelashes, which were frozen Zha's eyes looked forward... In the vast darkness, there seemed to be a city with bright lights and flying flags, standing not far away.
"Has... finally... arrived?"
Suddenly his vision went dark and his mind became dizzy, and he almost fell off his horse.
The mane between the Huoyun Horse's mouth and nose was already covered with icicles made of white foam. It seemed to have seen the end point ahead. With a hysterical roar, it used up its last remaining strength and ran towards Shanzhou City with all its strength!
The guards on the top of the city noticed the movement below the city.
"Look! There's a horse coming!"
"It's so cold at night that the people on the horse aren't freezing to death?"
"Look at the man lying on the back of the horse. Isn't he going to die?"
At this moment, the Huoyun horse ran to the closed city gate and suddenly stopped. It raised its front hooves and neighed, but its hind legs suddenly became unable to support it, and both the man and the horse fell to the ground.
Qin Mubai had already passed out. Fortunately, he was not suppressed by the fire cloud during this fall, otherwise he would have been turned into meat!
The soldiers at the top of the city were shocked!
"Quick, save people!"
"Wait a minute! What if there is a scam and a large number of enemy troops follow behind? - Brothers, be on guard!"
"That's right! ... But, are we really willing to die without saving our lives?"
The cold wind howled, Qin Mubai and Huo Yun lay on the ground together, their bodies cold and completely unconscious.
The soldiers on the city tower craned their necks and looked around, wanting to save people but not daring to open the city gate.
After a while, the sergeants were surprised to see that the horse that had just fallen to the ground neighed twice and struggled to get up. Looking at the situation, the left hind leg could no longer touch the ground, so he could only support himself on three legs and jump towards the city gate.
"Hey, what is this horse going to do?"
"Bang-bang-bang!"
Huoyunma hit his head on the door!
"This horse is so smart!" All the sergeants exclaimed!
"咴-咴!" He screamed repeatedly, as if asking for help, and the mournful sound pierced people's heart.
"It's so pitiful! How can we ignore death?"
"Report to General Hou first! Let him decide!"
"good!"
The sergeants made an agreement and hurried to call Hou Jun to gather.
"Bang bang bang" the sound of banging on the door shook the night sky. The miserable neighing of the Huoyun Horse moved everyone who heard it.
Hou Junji came, lying on the female wall and looking down. He, who had always been very calm, jumped up and shouted: "Hurry, open the city gate quickly! Save people!!!"
"yes-"
All the military schools hurriedly ran downstairs!
Hou Junji's heart, which had been weathered for a long time, was beating wildly at this moment!
"Fire Cloud Horse! That's Fire Cloud Horse!!!"
…
It was late at night, and Li Daozong was sitting in the commander's tent reviewing military records, unable to help but feel tired. So he leaned on the table with his forehead and took a nap.
Countless sleepless nights in succession made it a bit too much for him, a strong warrior. The whole person has lost weight, and the handsome middle-aged man who was once dignified and elegant has also lost a lot of his charm.
After a short nap, I also fell into a dream. In the haze, he saw a person walking in front of him. His face seemed familiar, but it was a little blurry and could not be clearly identified.
"Who are you?" Li Daozong asked.
"My lord, don't you recognize me?" The man opposite had a majestic figure, a fluttering beard, and a graceful manner.
"Uncle Bao!!" Li Daozong was shocked, "You, aren't you already?..."
"Your Majesty, you are well!" Qin Shubao chuckled, stroking his beard, "It has been a year since we last passed, and I never imagined that we would all be old. Qin often recalled the time under Tongguan, when he and the prince galloped together to kill the general. The joy of the flag!”
Li Daozong, who was half asleep and half awake, seemed to realize something. He suddenly asked, "Shu Bao, do you want to entrust me with something?"
"Great rivers and mountains, don't give up... Prince, take care!" As he said this, Qin Shubao's figure gradually blurred.
"Uncle!!!" Li Daozong woke up with a loud cry. He accidentally knocked over the inkstone at hand. The ink was dripping, and the inkstone fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.
The guards outside the tent hurriedly entered. Li Daozong was covered in cold sweat and waved his hands dejectedly, "Get out, it's okay."
"I think it's because I have been too tired and nervous recently..." Li Daozong frowned and shook his head in pain, "Lanzhou is the foundation that the Qin family and his son have worked hard to lay. Now, is it going to be ruined in my hands, Li Daozong?... Don't say that I have no face to go back to the court to see the emperor. If I go underground in the future, how can I go to see Shu Bao and Mu Bai? "
Li Daozong, who had been a hero for half his life in the military, felt helpless for the first time, and it could even be said that there was some despair.
"If I had known this, it would be better to stick to Dafeichuan, at least there is still room for one step to retreat... But how to explain that inexplicable military order?" Thinking of this, Li Daozong suddenly woke up and said, "Yes! Although I have long advocated withdrawing from Dafeichuan to preserve our strength and retreat to Shanzhou, waiting for the coming of winter and the court's reinforcements, but how could Qin Mubai, who had passed away long ago, leave such an inexplicable Military order?”
"Am I confused? I should have figured it out a long time ago! This kid Qin Mubai is definitely not dead!!" Thinking of this, Li Daozong became inexplicably excited and a little annoyed. He patted the desk several times and said, "Here comes someone." ! Come here! Call Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun!”
"Your Majesty, stop shouting, we are coming." At this moment, a group of people suddenly rushed in from the handsome tent.
Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun, and more than ten generals and assistants came in together, and also brought a stretcher.
"What are you... doing?" Li Daozong asked in confusion. When he looked down, he saw that the man on the stretcher was wrapped tightly in quilts. His face was bruised and bruised by the cold, and his face was almost indistinguishable.
"Who is this? Why did you bring him in?" Li Daozong asked curiously.
Hou Junji took a deep breath and said three words again, "Qin Mubai."
"What?!" Li Daozong was shocked, annoyed, happy and angry. He clapped his legs and jumped up, "I'm going to kill him!"
"Your Highness, please take action." Hou Junji deliberately stepped aside and said calmly, "On behalf of Gar Qin Ling and the 300,000 Tibetan enemy troops, thank you."
Although Li Daozong would not take action seriously, he was shocked when he heard these words, "What do you mean by this?"
"Since he is back, it means that the plan has been completed." Hou Junji lowered his eyebrows and said seriously, "The enemy can only be defeated today!"
"Okay, great!" Li Daozong's voice was trembling a little, and he roared, "Now, I don't care what method you use to wake him up!"
"No need to bother, Your Majesty, I'm awake." Qin Mubai, lying on the stretcher, breathed out a few words weakly.
Everyone was immediately overjoyed. They squatted down and gathered around the stretcher, shouting, "Young Marshal!!"
"Hey, hey... I'm sorry, did I scare you by pretending to be a corpse?" Qin Mubai barely had the energy to open his eyes and wanted to smile, but his face refused to obey his orders, so his expression was extremely ugly.
"If you have something to say, just say it!" Li Daozong was surprised, worried, a little distressed and angry. All the emotions rushed into his heart unexpectedly, making him feel a little panicked and disoriented.
Qin Mubai stretched out his right arm from the quilt, raised it with difficulty, raised a trembling index finger, exerted all his strength, and said four words -
"Beat, drum! Gather, general!"
…
"Bang-bang-bang-"
A few drums sounded in the middle of the night, like thunder on the ground, shaking the city!
Yuwen Hongtai, who was kneeling in the mourning hall and burning paper, jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, and shouted, "Damn it, is the killing coming? - Third brother, I'm going to chop off the dog's head!... Hey, Where’s the tiger-headed gold gun?”
"What the hell is going on! A tiger's head with a golden gun, but these bitches... Oh no, Princess Wencheng carried her into the bridal chamber!" Yuwen Hongtai was so anxious that he scratched his head and rushed to the door of the bridal chamber, but he didn't dare to knock on the door. .
"Squeaky", the door was opened, and Chen Yan walked out.
"Heizi, you stayed up most of the night and came here to cause trouble. How can you behave like this?" Chen Yan said.
"Uh, sister-in-law, didn't you hear the drum sound?" Yuwen Hongtai said timidly like a child.
"I heard it." Chen Yan said calmly, "But the army is beating drums to gather the generals. Could it be that the Tubo people are coming to kill them?"
"It must be!" Yuwen Hongtai's eyes suddenly stared like bells, and a murderous face suddenly appeared, and he shouted in a deep voice, "I want to use the tiger head of the third brother to chisel the golden gun to chop off a few more Tubo dog heads!"
"Then wait." Chen Yan's tone never changed. She said calmly, turned around, walked into the house, and walked out after a moment.
"Take it, the princess agreed." Chen Yan handed Yuwen Hongtai a tiger-headed golden gun with a red scarf wrapped around it.
"Yes." Yuwen Hongtai took the gun, nodded in agreement, turned around and left. He just took a few steps but stopped again. He turned around in surprise and said, "Sister-in-law, why are you following me?... Hey, why are you still holding the sword?"
"When it comes to killing people, you are far from my opponent." Chen Yan said lightly and walked forward.
"Ah!" This frightened Yuwen Hongtai, who hurriedly chased after him and shouted, "Sister-in-law, this is absolutely impossible! How can it be your turn when we go into battle? The battlefield is not another place where you can do whatever you want. No matter how powerful you are in martial arts, it’s all in vain if you have three strengths and two weaknesses..."
"Shut up! I've never seen a man as verbose as you! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll cut out your tongue!"
"Uh!" Yuwen Hongtai was frightened. He subconsciously covered his mouth, widened his eyes and wondered, "I'm... verbose?"
Another sound of the drum sounded, and the whole city suddenly woke up from its sleep. The lights in the military camp were brightly lit, people were shouting, and the common people also opened their doors to watch and inquire, but the Tubo people were attacking
The wind was howling, the temperature dropped again, and the water turned into ice.
In front of the Chinese general's stage, eighteen large drums as tall as one person rumbled, and eighteen golden horns roared into the sky. The Imperial Guards of the Chinese Army stood on the stage with spears in their hands, the twelfth rank in command, the twenty-fourth rank in charge of halberds stood in front of the stage, sixteen execution knives in red, and thirty-two flags of various colors were arranged in a solemn array.
The torches are like a forest, illuminating an area like daylight. Nearly a thousand generals and commanders of the whole army were arranged in front, and more than 100,000 troops were waiting in their respective camps.
After all the soldiers were assembled, Li Daozong, Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun and other important generals boarded the general platform.
The drums and horns stopped, and the whole place was solemn and silent.
Li Daozong glanced at all the soldiers and shouted in a deep voice: "Soldiers, defeat the enemy today only!"
The soldiers only thought that the Tibetans were coming to meet the enemy, so they shouted together, "I swear to fight the Tibetans to the death!"
At this time, Yuwen Hongtai and Chen Yan had just arrived from the Governor's Mansion and stood in front of the general stage. Li Daozong glanced at Chen Yan holding the sword, and immediately frowned, but he couldn't say much in front of everyone.
"Today, our army is dispatching troops in formation to launch a counterattack against Tibet!" Li Daozong raised his arms and shouted loudly, "Soldiers, listen clearly! This is not a defensive battle, but a counterattack!"
"Oh?" As expected, all the soldiers made an incredible sound of surprise.
"Don't be surprised. When you see this person appear in front of you, you will understand everything." Li Daozong said, "Of course, when you see this person, you will be even more surprised!"
"who is it?"
"Could it be that the imperial court has sent reinforcements?"
"I once heard that if our army is defeated, His Majesty the Emperor will personally conquer it. Could it be that the Emperor's Holy Gong is coming?"
…
While everyone was discussing, from the Chinese army's commander's tent, several sergeants slowly walked out carrying the huge handsome chair.
There was a person sitting on the handsome chair. His whole body was wrapped in a thick quilt. His face could not be seen clearly under the flickering torch.
"Hey, who is it?" Everyone stretched their necks to look, guessing endlessly.
The sergeants carried the handsome chair and placed it on the general stand.
Li Daozong, Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun and other important generals all took a step back in unison and stood behind the handsome chair, standing like stars surrounding the moon.
Chen Yan, who had been standing with her sword in her arms, glanced at the "mysterious man" for a few times, and suddenly her heart beat wildly and her whole body trembled, "It's, it's him?!"
"Who is it, sister-in-law? Do you know her?" Yuwen Hongtai asked in confusion.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Hongtai felt a cool breeze rushing around his body, and Chen Yan suddenly disappeared. When she blinked again, she actually appeared on the general stage, standing in front of the mysterious man.
"Yan!..." Qin Mubai's swollen eyelids from the cold could only squint open, and he could vaguely see the person in front of him, and he screamed with difficulty.
"It's really you." Chen Yan said these four words, and suddenly her mind went blank. She stared blankly at Qin Mubai, who was almost out of human form, and was stunned.
"It's me." Qin Mubai struggled to squeeze out an ugly smile. He stretched out a hand from the bed, holding a ball in his hand, and slowly placed it on top of his head.
Peacock double feathers hair crown!
"Ah!! Isn't that the feather crown that the young marshal used?"
"That woman...isn't she the young marshal's wife?"
"Could it be!..."
All the soldiers were shocked.
At this time, in full view of everyone, Chen Yan knelt down, put down her sword, stretched her hands to the side of Qin Mubai's head, and tied up the crown for him.
A pair of long peacock feathers fluttering in the wind!
Chen Yan looked at Qin Mubai quietly, neither crying nor laughing, just like when they had dinner at the same table in the small building outside Xiangyang City, with clear eyes and a spring-like smile.
"I said, as long as you don't leave, I will definitely not leave you, Yan."
With one sentence, Chen Yan's tears finally fell from her eyes. She rushed forward unscrupulously and as if no one was watching, and hugged Qin Mubai tightly.
No words, no crying, just a tight hug like this. Even if a hundred thousand people came to watch on the spot, she didn't care at all!
"Young Marshal! It's really Young Marshal! I can see it clearly!"
"Ah! How is this possible?"
"It's true! It's true!"
"We can't see clearly. Can the young marshal and his wife still admit their mistake?"
…
Shanzhou City was boiling overnight!