"I haven't promised myself to anyone yet."
Faced with such teasing, Li Qionghua, for some unknown reason, actually spoke out immediately. Although her voice was as soft as a mosquito's, she glanced at Zhao Zilong affectionately, showing infinite shyness and charm.
Yuchi Jin found it more and more funny. She thought back then, she was not so shy. Instead, she went to fight with Zhu Li every day, beating him until Zhu Li was confused and didn't know why he was beating him.
Just as she was vaguely recalling the past, a group of cavalry suddenly came galloping from a distance. Judging from the style of their armor, they were undoubtedly the Crow Guards.
The captain was obviously coming for Li Qionghua. When he approached, he immediately jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee, and said with a folded hand, "Madam, the Madam has ordered you to return home immediately."
She was in a state of deep affection, but someone suddenly showed up to disrupt the situation. Li Qionghua turned around unhappily and asked, "What's the urgent matter, mother? Why can't you wait until I get back? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Qionghua is the eldest daughter of Li Keyong and the first child of Madam Liu. Her status in the General Manager's Mansion is higher than that of even Madam Cao.
Although Cao became the empress because of her son's status, that was a later event. But at the moment, she was only a concubine in the Li Mansion and naturally could not compare to Li Qionghua, the eldest daughter.
Although Li Qionghua was young, she was firmly in the fourth position in the Li Mansion. The Ya'er guards naturally dared not answer her question. They just glanced at Zhao Zilong and Yuchi Jin and found that Li Qionghua had no intention of avoiding them. Then they said in a deep voice: "Heshuo Zhuli has broken through Tianmen and is heading straight for Taiyuan. Madam, please call your wife back to make sure everything is safe."
"What? How could Tianmen be breached? Aren't there two great generals Xue and An guarding it? How could it be breached without any noise?" Hearing the response from the Ya'er guard, Li Qionghua was horrified and questioned in shock.
How could this Crow Guard know the specific reason? Hearing this, he could only helplessly say, "Forgive me, Madam. You should go back to the mansion and ask Madam for the specific reason. I really don't know."
The situation was serious and Li Qionghua could not delay. Although she was reluctant to leave her lover, she was still ready to return home immediately.
She turned around and gave Zhao Zilong a deep look, as if she wanted to imprint his image in her heart. Then she took off a jade pendant from her body, took two steps forward and said, "My two gentlemen, the thief Zhu Li has broken through the Tianmen Gate. I'm afraid Taiyuan will soon be in trouble. If you have no choice, you can go to the Governor's Mansion to look for me. This is my jade pendant. I'll leave it to you as a token of my love."
As soon as she finished her words, without waiting for Yuchi Jin and Zhao Zilong to refuse, she bravely stuffed the jade pendant into their hands, and turned and left without waiting for Zhao Zilong to refuse.
Looking at each other's receding backs, Yuchi Jin and Zhao Zilong looked at each other, and a hint of frustration emerged in their eyes.
The two of them put in a lot of effort and took risks to create a chance to easily capture Yangqu, but in the blink of an eye, the situation in Yangqu is still unknown, and Zhu Li was the first to capture Tianmen Pass. The two were surprised and naturally disappointed.
Speaking of Yangqu, let’s take a look at the situation of Yangqu.
At Ningwu Pass, after Huo Qing received the news from Yuchi Jin, he left Wang Zhongba to lead 8,000 guards to guard Ningwu. He and Wang Chan immediately led 30,000 Heshuo troops and attacked Yangqu directly.
We have to mention Wang Zhongba here. Wang Zhongba was originally a general of Huang Chao. After Huang Chao was defeated in Chang'an and fled eastward, Wang Chaoba saw that Huang Chao's luck had run out, and did not follow Huang Chao eastward. Instead, he led his troops to capture Fengtian.
Unfortunately, Zhu Mei lost his post as governor of Daizhou due to his poor performance in defending Daizhou. He wanted to run to Chang'an to take advantage of the opportunity and earn some merit so that the court could re-employ him.
What was even more unfortunate was that the place occupied by Zhu Mei was Fengtian. As a result, Zhu Mei not only did not get any chance, but was also beaten up by Wang Zhongba and fled from Fengtian in disgrace.
Wang Zhongba, the former governor of Daizhou who occupied Fengtian, was full of righteousness and even boasted about beating Zhu Mei to show off his bravery when he boasted to others.
Phrases like "Zhu Mei, that turtle monkey, was beaten to a pulp by me", "Who the hell is Zhu Mei? She's still a defeated general by me", etc., are all Wang Zhongba's catchphrases for showing off.
But the good times did not last long. Zhu Mei soon defected to Li Xiaochang, and finally killed Li Xiaochang and became the Jiedushi of Yanzhou.
Wang Zhongba was dumbfounded. The boy who had been bullied by him in the past had turned over a new leaf and became the governor of Yan. How could Wang Zhongba dare to stay in Fengtian? After much thought, he immediately led his troops north and joined his old comrade-in-arms Meng Juehai.
Wang Zhongba was a very cunning person, and Meng Juehai didn't like him privately, so he threw him to Gao Su. Gao Su was not picky, but he felt that he was not needed, so he asked him to go to Ningwu to help Huo Qing, so Wang Zhongba appeared at Ningwu Pass.
However, Wang Zhongba did not have much resentment towards the fact that Meng Juehai left him to Gao Su. It was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to stay away from Yan and Zhu Mei, so he was naturally very willing to stay in Hedong.
Huo Qing had his own way of employing people. When Wang Zhongba worked under him, his cunningness naturally turned into wisdom. In addition, Wang Zhongba was good at serving people, so Huo Qing liked him very much.
This can be seen from the fact that Huo Qing attacked Yangqu and handed over his rear base to Wang Zhongba.
When Huo Qing led his troops to attack Yangqu, unfortunately, on the way to Yangqu, they suddenly encountered Xue Tieshan, who was leading his troops on a patrol and was about to cooperate with Wang Xingshen and Cheng Huaixin to encircle and suppress the bandits in Yunzhong Mountain.
The news that Kang Junli was killed in Yunzhongshan was sent to Jinyang. Wu Gong, who was in charge of Jinyang, immediately discussed and made a decision with Madam Liu.
Two generals of Hedong were captured alive and one was killed, which had an extremely bad impact. What's more, the person who did this was an unknown bandit. Once the news got out, the whole Hedong would become a laughing stock of the outside world.
After some consideration, the two men had a surprisingly consistent attitude towards the bandits and immediately sent troops to encircle and suppress them.
With this decision, Wang Xingshen and Cheng Huaixin, who were originally stationed in Jinyang, were sent to Yunzhong Mountain to suppress the bandits. Xue Tieshan, who was aware of the situation, also received an order from Wu Gong and had to participate in the encirclement and suppression operation.
Because they were relatively close to Yunzhong Mountain, Xue Tieshan naturally set out late, which is why he encountered Huo Qing.
The two sides saw each other's flags from afar. Huo Qing was dazed for a moment, and immediately turned to Wang Chan and said, "Yangqu County has two defenders. He Huihu has been captured alive by my wife's brother-in-law. The only defender, Xue Tieshan, actually dared to run out. This is an opportunity."
"I will entangle the enemy here, and you will immediately lead more than 10,000 soldiers to Yangqu, take advantage of the opportunity and capture Yangqu."
"Yes." Wang Chan did not dare to neglect it. Knowing that the matter was of great importance, he immediately turned his horse around and dived into the army formation, presumably to dispatch troops and prepare to seize the opportunity to leave the main group and attack Yangqu.
Xue Tieshan, who was far away, saw Huo Qing's flag and was also puzzled. Wasn't Huo Qing at Ningwu Pass? Why did he suddenly lead his troops into Taiyuan? What did he want to do
After just a moment's thought, he thought of a possibility. When he thought of this possibility, his heart instantly became tense.
Why did Huo Qing appear in Taiyuan, and why did he choose to appear in Taiyuan just when He Huihu was captured and he led his troops to suppress the bandits? How could this be such a coincidence
Xue Tieshan was suspicious and smelled a hint of conspiracy, but at this time, Huo Qing had already launched the attack. The Ningwu Army, without saying a word, suddenly rushed to the front of the battle like a tide with countless sword and shield soldiers, mixed in with countless rows of spearmen, followed by countless foot archers, with feather arrows on the string, and with a "whoosh" sound, feather arrows filled the sky and shot towards the
Hedong Prefecture Guard.
"Damn it." Xue Tieshan's eyes twitched when he saw this scene and he spat fiercely. He was just stunned for a moment when Huo Qing launched an attack without even saying hello. It was really unreasonable.
"General, be careful." A deputy general immediately rode his horse and rushed to Xue Tieshan, waving the spear in his hand to deflect the arrows for him.
"A field battle?" Xue Tieshan sneered playfully. When had the Hedong Shatuo army ever been afraid of a field battle? Huo Qing actually dared to attack him first in the field. Isn't this like an old man hanging himself to seek death
"The sword and shield soldiers, please hold up and block the arrows. The cavalry raise their spears and break through the enemy's sword and shield soldiers. The infantry will provide cover." In response to Gao Su's provocation, Xue Tieshan made arrangements without thinking.
The reason for his reaction was based on the Shatuo people's reputation of being invincible in field battles, but after making such an arrangement, he was really fooled.
How could Gao Su allow his charging cavalry to get so close to his sword and shield soldiers so easily
On the battlefield, arrows were flying like rain. The Shatuo Yue cavalry waved their spears and rushed fiercely towards the sword and shield soldiers in front of Huo Qing's army in the rain of arrows.
Along the way, knights were constantly shot by arrows and fell off their horses, but this scene still could not stop the Shatuo people from charging bravely.
Thousands of Yue cavalry were unable to ride their horses, the mountains and rivers were shaking, the wind was howling, and in just a few breaths, the charging cavalry from Hedong were about to reach the sword and shield soldiers.
A lieutenant of the Ningwu Army who was in charge of delivering the message suddenly shouted, "Raise your spears."
As he gave the order, many sharp spears suddenly emerged from the gaps between the large shields, and the spears were directed at the Hedong cavalry who were charging bravely.
This sudden scene frightened countless Hedong knights, who immediately pulled the reins of their horses, trying to stop the charge of their war horses. They couldn't charge, as charging would be suicide. Everyone knew that a spear could kill a charging cavalryman. The enemy was obviously well prepared, with countless spears erected, waiting for them to be killed.
But was it too late for them to rein in their horses suddenly? Those who were closer could not stop the charge at all and ran headfirst into the spears. Both the horses and the men were pierced through by countless spears in an instant and became skewers.
Of course, there were also people who reined in their horses, but the knights behind them could not see the situation in front of them. They were unable to pull back in time, and both they and their horses crashed into the Yue cavalry in front of them. For a moment, in the middle of the battlefield, people and horses fell to the ground, blood splattered, and arrows flew like rain and shouts of killing were heard. It was a classic example of using infantry to defeat cavalry.
In the first round of the encounter between the two, Huo Qing used a little trick to make a fortune by losing thousands of Xue Tieshan's troops.
A misjudgment resulted in such a disastrous loss. Xue Tieshan was so angry that he screamed and glared with bloodshot eyes, but he couldn't find anyone to vent his anger on. He was so frustrated that he almost went crazy.
Although he was furious, Xue Tieshan was no fool after all, and he began to be cautious. However, after thousands of his subordinates were suddenly killed, he would not let it go.
You know, since the Shatuo people entered the Central Plains, they have never suffered such heavy losses at the first battle. Xue Tieshan has set a precedent. This is the first time for a young lady to get married. If this gets out, how can he survive in Hedong in the future
Holding back his anger, Xue Tieshan and Huo Qing started to confront each other.
But Huo Qing was very cunning. If the Hedong Guards led by Xue Tieshan were compared to a lion, then Huo Qing was the hydrangea in front of the lion. He was not afraid of the ferocity of the lion at all. As long as you rush forward, I will roll away.
But if Xue Tieshan stopped, Huo Qing would act like a flirtatious prostitute, either flirting with him with a wink or making a glare to shock everyone.
This doesn't look like an encounter between two armies, a fight to the death between brave warriors meeting on a narrow road. It's just like a circus clown constantly walking around with a monkey.