"Brothers and sisters, be careful all the way here." By the canal, dozens of large ships were sailing, and the woman in red with tight hair tightened her armguards and was about to jump onto the bow when she heard the prince's gentle words behind her.
Jin Bihui turned his head and grinned, but the smile was very forced. She nodded to the prince, but looked at her husband who was seeing him off, as if she hoped he could say something. However, Prince Xueya just looked at her, as if he didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he said: "Two days, go early and return early."
She couldn't help but sneered—in the end, why don't you worry about her? So he sent his lieutenant Shen Tiexin to go back with her, and brought so many people from the left army. The matter of being named Liangcao is very important, and more people should be sent to escort her, but in the final analysis, it is better to prevent her from repenting, right? ... Ha, if she, Jin Bihui, wants to repent, even if she has thousands of troops, what can she do
"In three days, the food and grass will arrive. Don't worry." However, not wanting to embarrass him, she still responded lightly. Prince Xueya nodded slightly, his eyes sparkled. Jin Bihui didn't look at him anymore, he clasped his fists at the crowd who were sending him off, and jumped onto the deck with his clothes on.
The wind on Longshouyuan was so strong that the woman standing at the bow was dressed in red, like a red fire.
The sail was full of wind, and as soon as the cable was untied, the boat quickly went down the current from the pier. Jin Bihui stood at the bow of the boat, but turned her head, no longer looking at the monarchs and ministers who were sending her off from the country, nor at her husband.
However, when she turned her head and went down the river, she could vaguely hear the flute sound in her ears, which was far away and sad. Jin Bihui turned his head suddenly, and among the sails and flags, he saw a platform paved with wooden boards, quietly stretching out of the river, a river bank made of stones, and a lamp fluttering in the wind and rain—a man stood across the river by the ferry, and a nobleman in white was playing the flute. surge.
Iron clothes are cold.
The sound of the flute was as cold as water, and she suddenly felt an indescribable pain in her heart. She just wanted to cry, scold, and hit someone, but she couldn't tell the reason—"Wangfei, the bow of the ship is very windy, go back to the cabin to rest first." How are you?"
Suddenly she heard someone talking in her ear, she turned her head and saw Yan Bai's lieutenant Shen Tiexin. There was concern in the eyes of this general who had been a soldier all his life, but the pungent princess suddenly raised her head and said coldly: "It's your turn to take care of it!"
"As entrusted by His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness, I will take good care of the princess along the way." Shen Tiexin saw the sharp eyes of the woman in red, but he just smiled kindly and replied steadily.
Jin Bihui sneered, but his eyes were stubborn: "Why does he care about me? Anyway, I'll send the food to Yecheng in two days! - Then Yangguan road to the single-plank bridge, don't bother me with wordy words!"
Then, when Shen Tiexin was about to say something, Jin Bihui stopped him and turned his head, as if listening to something in the wind. Shen Tiexin listened together in surprise, but couldn't hear anything.
"It's gone." Somewhat dejectedly, she murmured, and then walked off the deck.
"Brother Huang... Sister-in-law, is sister-in-law feeling unwell?"
On the second day, while drinking Yunqi tea in the inner hall, Prince Xueya, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.
Prince Chengde flicked his sleeves wide, the sharpness in his eyes flashed imperceptibly, and smiled lightly: "It's not a big deal, but it seems that she suffered from a bit of wind and cold the night before, and she got up in the morning and said that her head was a little heavy, so I advised her to rest gone."
"Oh." Prince Xueya just responded softly, turned his head sideways, as if he was just looking at the thick battle clouds in the northern sky, and after a long time, he said calmly, "The weather is getting colder and colder, so be careful."
There was a smile on Prince Chengde's lips, but he didn't speak. He was blowing the tea foam in the teacup absent-mindedly, as if he was looking forward to something. At this moment, the sound of horseshoes on the street hurriedly sounded, and the city guards rolled off their horses panting, and prostrated themselves on the ground, "Report to the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Seventh Highness! Outside the city, outside the city...the rebels have sent Sun Tiejian to call for battle today!"
There was no surprise in the eyes of Prince Chengde, he raised his head at this moment, and after looking at the screen in the inner hall, the Taifu Xu Fuyan had already arrived, seeing the prince's gaze, he just nodded imperceptibly and smiled with his beard.
It turned out that everything went smoothly according to plan...
"Sun Zhiquan?!" As expected, when he heard this name, the eyes of the usually indifferent and steady seventh brother suddenly brightened, as if lightning had shone on a sharp blade. He pulled up the sentinel and asked coldly, "Who is calling for war under the city?" ? Sun Tiejian?"
The sentinel had never seen His Highness the Seventh Prince's gaze so cold and stern, he was stuttering and unable to speak, and just nodded desperately.
Prince Xueya slowly let go of his hand, causing the sentinel to stagger back and take a deep breath. He pondered, with uncontrollable anger rising and falling between his brows. Breathing slowly and rapidly, Prince Chengde waited closely—
"Brother Huang, wait for me to behead that guy!" Finally, Prince Chengde heard his younger brother plead for orders.
There was a fleeting smile on the corner of Prince Chengde's lips, he kept looking into the hall, at this time Taifu Xu had already walked out slowly, nodded slightly with his beard, his eyes were so deep that he couldn't see to the end.
Prince Chengde dissuaded him: "Seventh brother, it's better to stay behind closed doors."
"Sun Tiejian kept defeating our military power and killing my general over and over again. Today, my brother insists on taking his head back!" Yan Bai's hands were clenched tightly, and his eyes shone like lightning. He pondered for a while, and finally said: "Brother Huang, let me go out with three hundred elite soldiers, ride on fast horses, and fight quickly. You should be able to return to the city with your head in a cup of tea!"
"Okay! The Seventh Prince is wise and brave. Isn't it easy to take the head of an enemy general among millions of troops? Behead the enemy first, and then the food and grass will arrive. The morale of the army in the city will definitely be boosted!" Chengde Prince did not respond, and suddenly stood aside Some people applauded. Xu Taifu walked out of the hall in a long gown and feather crown, and said to Prince Chengde: "Please also order the prince to open the city immediately!"
"Snow Cliff! Snow Cliff! Don't leave the city! Don't leave the city!" In the deep hall, behind the heavy curtains, Changsun Wuchen heard the horns blowing continuously outside, and the sound of the golden watchtower resounded inside and outside, and he felt his whole body tremble suddenly. cold.
However, the strength of her arms could not even support her to sit up from the brocade quilt. Struggling with all her strength, she just rolled off the bed and fell to the ground, with no strength in her limbs. She moved inch by inch towards the door on the ground—however, the door of the bedroom was tightly closed, and all the maids who served her were gone. Soldiers with mounted swords.
Outside the window, the cold wind of Longshou Yuan's winter whizzed past, and the window paper was torn like a sword. The Crown Princess' hands trembled and she gritted her teeth, but tears still flowed slowly from the corners of her closed eyes.
"Xue Ya, don't leave the city..."
"Squeak—ah—" The one-foot-thick city gate finally opened slowly with the joint efforts of dozens of soldiers, making a long sound. The huge noose at the top of the city slowly slid under the rotation of the wheel, and the suspension bridge was slowly leveled.
"May His Highness the Seventh Highness honor our army!" Shao Yun, the general of the right army, stood at the entrance of the city, clasped his fists, and congratulated in a loud voice.
Jin Tuo was in a hurry, the horse neighed, the iron clothes were cold, and a group of iron cavalry rushed out from the opened gate of the city. Suddenly, Shao Yun was startled - because at that time he suddenly realized that the general in silver armor who led the troops out of the city was not the Seventh Prince!
"General, the Seventh Highness has just left the city alone through the side gate in light clothes - the one wearing his armor just now is Fang Mengsheng, the captain of the left army." A soldier nearby reported. Shao Yun suddenly understood: "Crossing Chen Cang?"
On Longshou Plain, the grass and trees in winter are bleak, gray and yellow, and the wind and sand are so strong that people's faces are almost split.
Thousands of horses and horses crowded under the city, surrounded by a general, the banner beside him kept rolling in the wind, and the word "Sun" was as eye-catching as blood. Two soldiers carried a longbow to the left and right. The bow was as tall as a person. It was made of black iron, as black as ink, and as thick as a child's arm. Carried by two strong men, it looked quite heavy.
"Oh, it's that guy Yan Xueya who came!" Under the banner, the general in the black cloak stared at Yecheng, saw a line of cavalry rushing out of the city, saw the first person in the billowing yellow dust, suddenly laughed, He seemed very excited: "Little ones, quickly bring the magic arm bow to the grandfather!"
The left and right said yes, and the two strong men said black, and the giant bow was lifted onto the horse's back.
Sun Tiejian lightly stretched the ape's arms, and gripped the longbow tightly. The bow was not light, as soon as it was held, the black steed slammed its hooves and snorted before it stopped firmly. Sun Zhiquan held the longbow in his hand, raised it flatly, pulled out a mace arrow from the quiver beside the saddle, and aimed at the general in white who was rushing out of the city.
"General Sun, before the gong blew to start the battle, you have to... this, this is not good?"
"Bah! It's not good for your size!—Do you know what kind of character Yan Xueya is? If you don't kill him now, if he runs within ten feet, your head and mine will be lost!" Sun Zhiquan didn't even look at it. Subordinates, scold.
Without answering any more, he held the bow in his left hand and slowly pulled it closer to his side like holding a baby in his right. The bow stretched like a full moon, and it contained amazing strength. Sun Tiejian's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a cold light in his falcon-like eyes.
When the group of people rushed within a hundred feet, he let go instantly, and shot an arrow like thunder. The white-robed knight swung his sword to block it, but the huge force on the arrow actually split the sword into two parts. The momentum still continued, shooting into his shoulder and passing through. The horse was still galloping, but the rider staggered and fell off the horse.
Sun Zhiquan laughed loudly, however, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the turmoil on the left wing of the army—
The white-robed man who was riding alone rushed over without making a sound, taking advantage of the chaos, and was already within ten feet away!
On the female wall of Ye City, Shao Yun, the deputy general of the right army, saw that the last rider had also rushed out of the city, and a sneer flashed in his eyes. Suddenly, he waved his hand vigorously: "Close the city gate! Put away the suspension bridge!"
The surrounding soldiers didn't react for a while, and stood there in a daze.
Shao Yun's eyes were stern, and suddenly he whipped the soldier next to him, and said sharply: "I order you to close the door! Are you fucking deaf?!"
"Yes, but His Royal Highness the Seventh..." The soldier was a little stupid after being beaten, and he answered in a long while, pointing his finger outside the city - there, on the Dragon's Head Plain in the yellow sand and windy wind, three hundred riders had just left the city to meet the soldiers. The hundred iron cavalry is the dark lineup of the rebels, and Sun Tiejian who raised his banner with a hundred shots and a hundred hits!
"The crown prince has an order: shut down the city immediately without delay!" Shao Yun slapped the soldier across the face, and ordered sharply to the guards on the city. Usually the army is very strict, but at this moment when he gave an order, although it was unreasonable, his subordinates only hesitated a little, and still silently began to follow suit.
With a sound of "squeak - ah -", the heavy city gate was closed again, the soldiers on the city shook the wheels vigorously together, and the suspension bridge on the moat was also retracted bit by bit.
The cold wind howled and rolled in, the weapons were like snow, and the sword energy was like frost. The isolated city of Ye was like a cold snow mountain on the Longshou Plain, the battle clouds weighed heavily on it, and the armor light shone like golden scales.