"Boom!"
The sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, the city walls shook, as if they were about to collapse.
The soldiers standing guard on the city wall remained motionless, with tall and straight figures, and someone rushed up in the smoke and dust, knocking down those tall and straight figures.
"Stupid, why don't you get down quickly, what face do you care about at this time?"
Someone was pushed to the ground, subconsciously protecting his head, and suddenly saw another giant black shadow flying from the distant sky amidst the billowing smoke and dust. No one needed to be pressed at this moment, and everyone subconsciously lay down to avoid it.
"boom!"
The city wall shook violently again.
The shock lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and finally subsided gradually. A silver-white armored figure climbed up on the city wall, and waved his hand in front of his eyes, trying to disperse the smoke and dust to see more clearly.
The soldiers also got up gradually, paying attention to the direction of the boulder flying, lest there would be another wave.
"Damn it, these Xikun people are too ruthless!"
Kun Yuyang's silver-white armor was stained with blood, and the generals beside him rushed forward upon seeing this, "General, are you injured?"
"It's him."
Kun Yuyang pointed to a young soldier under her protection. She saw him standing upright, and tried to push him down to avoid him but couldn't. The young man was full of blood and strength.
Seeing a huge boulder flying towards them, Kun Yuyang pushed him down with all his might, but he was still scratched by the boulder and injured his arm.
The general breathed a sigh of relief, and waved his hand to greet people, "Send him back for treatment, can you go?"
He looked at the young soldier and saw him standing up with his arms covered, "I can walk without medical treatment. It's my turn to stand guard today, and I still have an hour to finish my guard."
A juvenile face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, the skin is dark but very sunny, and the complexion is as firm as iron.
Kun Yuyang sized him up, "You still want to stand guard after being so injured? Why didn't you hide just now? You didn't hide even if I pressed you to hide?"
The young man was serious, "Soldiers standing guard on the city tower must stand upright and not waver, and they cannot move around unless there is an urgent report. This is a military rule!"
Military regulations did not stipulate that he could move, so he remained motionless, not even caring about boulders being thrown at him.
The general looked at Kun Yuyang in embarrassment, "General, I'm afraid this is a young man who has just been recruited into the army. You know, this time Xikun invaded suddenly, and we recruited a lot of recruits in several surrounding cities."
"I was a little stunned, but it's good to be loyal to my duty."
Kun Yuyang waved his hand, "Take him back for treatment, he injured his arm at a young age, how will he carry his sword to defend his family and country in the future?"
The young man froze for a while, and wanted to continue standing guard, but was pulled by the neck and slipped down by the general, "You almost got the general injured, what else do you want? The general doesn't have time to spend with you, so get out of here quickly." …”
Hearing their movements getting farther and farther away, Kun Yuyang shook his head helplessly, "Hurry up and send someone to check the city wall, and report immediately if there is any looseness. Soldiers and civilians who were hit by boulders in the city should be ordered to be treated by military doctors quickly. The people in the house should be given corresponding resettlement.”
"Yes, General!"
Everyone was ordered to do it, and Kun Yuyang jumped up to the highest point of the city wall in a few steps to observe the movement of the Xikun army below the city.
They threw huge stones into the city for nothing more than to shake the city walls, but if the walls of Weizhou City could be breached with huge stones, how could the Xikun army have been repeatedly defeated by the Gu family army
Knowing that the other party was still persevering, Kun Yuyang let out a long breath, and said to his side: "Try to form a layer of nets on the inside of the city wall, the coverage does not need to be too large, as long as it is enough for the soldiers to stand without being hit by boulders. There is a resistance when the boulder falls on the net, even if it breaks through the net, the lethality will be greatly reduced."
The eyes of the people next to him suddenly brightened, "That's a good idea! The general is really smart!"
"How can this be considered clever? It's just a matter of using some careful thinking to deal with those treacherous people in Xikun. If they don't use such tricks, I would rather fight them openly!"
In fact, Kun Yuyang was almost suffocated to death, the enemy had a 100,000 army, but she could mobilize less than 30,000 men, so she could only hide in this Weizhou city and defend it.
A group of people around them suddenly felt ashamed, "General, you always scold people from Xikun, aren't you also from Xikun..."
These people only knew that Kun Yuyang came from Dongling and was the wife of the royal family of Dongling.
If Kun Junyue hadn't had a conversation with her when passing through Weizhou City, everyone would not have known that Kun Yuyang was the princess of Xikun, who came to Dongling after being married and married.
Kun Yuyang glared at him, "Dongling pays attention to marrying a chicken as a chicken and a dog as a dog. Since I marry a Dongling, I am a Dongling. Now I am just a person who was exiled from Dongling to Beili. It has nothing to do with Xikun!"
"Yes, yes, we all know!"
If they heard the conversation on the city wall, they were still wondering why they ordered a Xikun princess as the general to come to Weizhou City to defend against Xikun's invasion.
But after seeing how Kun Yuyang treated Kun Junyue, they didn't have the slightest suspicion—Kun Yuyang was obviously very dissatisfied with Xikun, his mother country, and he didn't even look good towards his elder brother.
After inquiring about how she was sent to marry Dongling back then, everyone had a plan in their minds.
"Report-General, the city wall is not damaged, not even a single crack, we have checked it carefully!"
Soon the news came from below, and Kun Yuyang jumped down from a high place, "Are you sure?"
"There is no doubt about it!"
Everyone's hearts finally fell to the ground, Kun Yuyang waved his hands, "That's good, you go down."
She looked up at the place where the Xikun army was stationed not far away, and her eyes could not help turning to the inner city, but she couldn't see the situation north of Weizhou City through the huge city.
Everyone followed her gaze, all in a daze, "General, what should we do now?"
"Wait, wait for General Gu to come."
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"Our letter of credence was sent to Xikun, but there was no response. The Xikun army's invasion of Weizhou is still continuing. Fortunately, the city has not yet been broken, and General Gu has arrived in time."
In the imperial study room, Chen Jingxing reported back with the urgent report that had just been delivered, and the situation was better than expected.
But there was no slack on Yufu's face, "No response? What does no response mean? Xikun wants to have a bad relationship with me, Beili, or is it that we are friendly but dare not respond?"
Chen Jingxing hurriedly bowed and cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will continue to send letters to Xikun. If necessary, I will go on a mission in person, and I will definitely be able to clarify the matter."
Yu Fu's brows gradually loosened, and his tone softened a lot, "I didn't mean to blame Mr. Chen, but I just felt that this matter was too strange. No matter how ambitious Emperor Kun is, he knows that I, Bei Li, cannot be offended, so he slapped the prince Send Beili to congratulate him. Isn't it too strange that he doesn't even do superficial work now? Unless...he is dead."
Chen Jingxing felt a chill down his spine, "How is that possible? If Emperor Kun died, news should have reached Bei Li!"
Now there is no news at all, and the letter of credence spread to Xikun like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no response at all.
Yu Fu's guesses are also limited to guesses, so it's hard to make a decision.
After thinking for a moment, she said: "How about this, write a personal letter to Kun Wushang in my name, and ask him what happened."
"Will Kun Wushang reply to the letter?"
Chen Jingxing seemed to have noticed something. If Emperor Kun died, it would be clear at a glance who was in charge of the Xikun Dynasty.
Yu Fu said: "If he doesn't reply, then many things will be clear, and I don't have to worry about it anymore."
Chen Jingxing bowed his hands and resigned, "Yes, I will do it now."
The crisis in Weizhou City has not yet been resolved. Seeing that Bei Li was attacked by the enemy, the southern uprising army immediately launched an attack.
But this time they were not attacking Lin'an City, but the ten important towns in the northern territory of Dongling that had been ceded to Beili. Ouyang Qi organized the defense while sending people back to China to ask for more troops.
One wave of ups and downs, one wave after another, the Beili Dynasty fell into the chaos of repeated wars.
"General, why do you only repel the enemy and not return them?"
In the city of Weizhou, Kun Yuyang wiped the blood from his hands, watching the Xikun army fleeing in defeat below the city.
But Gu Shubai remained motionless, standing there gazing at the chaotic battle below the city, like a god in charge of life and death, with compassion in his eyes.
After all, Kun Yuyang is from Xikun, and the Xikun people's militant blood flows through her body. She has been aggrieved in Weizhou City for so long, and after finally waiting for Gu Shubai to come, she wants to fight a beautiful victory.
Now victory is victory, and the enemy's fleeing is considered beautiful.
But this is completely different from what Kun Yuyang imagined.
Gu Shubai glanced at her and handed her a handkerchief, "Your Majesty once promised Emperor Kun not to invade Xikun during his lifetime. What's more, I came here with the purpose of reinforcing Weizhou City, not attacking Xikun. "
Kun Yuyang wiped the blood on her hands with the handkerchief casually. She was a pampered wife in Dongling, and the skin on her palms was as thin as silk. Now that the sword is back on the battlefield, the palm of his hand is so worn that the skin oozes blood.
She didn't care about the small wound, and just looked at Gu Shubai, "Even if we fight back, no one will say that His Majesty didn't honor his promise, but that Xikun invaded first! You forgot the lesson Gu Jiajun taught back then." Is it? Just keep defending and don't fight back, the enemy will come back soon!"
Back then, the Gu family's army fought back only once, and at that time, the main force of Xikun was wiped out, and it has stopped since then.
Gu Shubai couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard about the Gu family's army back then. After thinking about it, he calmed down and said, "Then do you know why the Xikun army was always defeated? outside reasons."
Kun Yuyang thought for a moment, but couldn't think of a reason.
If the Xikun people knew what was wrong with them that caused them to lose repeatedly, they would have improved a long time ago.
Gu Shubai smiled lightly, "Because Xikun's army has no faith."
"Belief?"
"Yes, it is faith."
Gu Shubai looked into the distance, "The belief of the Gu family army, at a young age, is to believe in their father. They believe in their father's ability. They will definitely lead them to victory and bring them back to see their families safely. Even if they die in battle, father Nor will they treat widows and orphans in their families badly."
"In a big way, what they believe in is the country and the feelings of defending the country. Only when an army has faith can it have the confidence to move forward. The father and the old Emperor Ning could give the soldiers such faith. Today's Yufu can also give the soldiers such faith, but Emperor Kun or any person in power in Xikun still cannot."
They didn't care about the lives of the soldiers, they didn't protect their families, and they didn't give them any belief in defending their homes—
Some are just killing, just aggression.
Kun Yuyang couldn't help being taken aback, and Gu Shubai said: "If you are now led by the anger in your heart to kill the Xikun army, it is equivalent to cutting down the faith of our soldiers. You have to believe that Yu Fu will Make the right choice, we just have to wait."
After that, he walked towards the tower, his steps were not too fast, and he didn't look like he had just commanded a big battle at all.
It's like drinking tea with others all afternoon, or playing a game of chess under the shade of a tree, so leisurely.
Kun Yu raised his forehead, feeling ashamed of himself.
She has martial arts and the ability to kill enemies, but she doesn't have the style of a general. If she faces a general like Gu Shubai, she will only lose before fighting.
Discouragement made her feel tired, and the blood from her palm was still oozing out. She walked into the military doctor's tent unknowingly, and wanted him to bandage herself briefly.
"General, let me bandage you."
A somewhat familiar voice came, and Kun Yuyang turned his head to see that it was the young man who was injured on the city wall and insisted on standing guard.
She couldn't help laughing, "It's you, aren't you standing guard anymore?"
It was rare that she was still in the mood to joke, the boy lowered his head, his face was probably reddish, but his skin was too dark to tell.
He came up with gauze and water and cleaned the dust from her palms, "After I was injured last time, they said that I was not suitable for guard duty, but only suitable for standing there as a target, so they transferred me to the military doctor to help."
Kun Yuyang knew that soldiers in the army were not willing to do this kind of miscellaneous work, just like the Huotou army who was in charge of cooking, they were all considered useless in the army.
She couldn't help consoling her: "This place is quite suitable for you. If you use your tenacity to treat wounded soldiers, you may be able to save a few more people."
The young man didn't seem to be comforted at all, he just lowered his head to bandage her wound, "General, you don't need to comfort me, I actually think it's good to be here."
Kun Yuyang was a little disappointed, thinking that this person had no ambitions and was willing to hide in a safe place to save his life.
But the young man continued: "The duty of a soldier is not just to fight. I am willing to do anything that is beneficial to the common people, to the country, and to my fellow soldiers. As the general said, my temperament may Better for saving lives than standing guard on a city wall."
Kun Yuyang couldn't help being taken aback, thinking of what Gu Shubai said just now, he couldn't help feeling that the image of the young man in front of him was much more radiant.
He understands the truth, but Kun Yuyang himself has been obsessed with it.
She secretly admired, "You think very clearly. It's not easy to have such a broad mind at such a young age."
The young man suddenly raised his head to look at him, "Young? The general said that he is very old, but I think the general is only seventeen or eighteen years old, maybe he is as old as me!"
"How old are you and what's your name?"
The boy said seriously: "I am eighteen years old, and my name is Lin Xuan."
Kun Yuyang was slightly distracted, and then realized that he said his name was Lin Xuan, not Ning Xuan.
She thought that she would be able to forget the beauty and pain of the past when she returned to the battlefield and killed every day. Only now did she realize that a similar name could make her heart fall to the bottom again.
She stared blankly at her palm, which had been wrapped with layers of pure white gauze.
Lin Xuan's dressing skills are excellent, and it seems that she has worked hard to study it. It can cover the wound completely without affecting her hand movements.
"General, close your hands and try."
Lin Xuan obviously didn't see her absent-mindedness, and quickly packed up her things, but Kun Yuyang stood up, "You bandaged it well, I'll leave first if I have something to do."
After saying that, she walked out, and the soldiers who met her on the way bowed to her, but she didn't see it in a daze.
She remembered that Ning Xuan would rather die in order to defend an important city than to retreat. His stubbornness was similar to the young recruits on the city wall that day.
He always looks unrestrained on weekdays. Although he gradually settled down to serve in the court after marriage, Kun Yuyang never imagined that he would have the determination to die in battle.
So before he left, although she was uneasy, she still believed his words.
He said that once he was in danger, he would never fight to the death, saving his life was the most important thing, so he came back with his life to go to Beili with her.
Later, he broke his promise, and she was the only one left in this world.
She staggered and sat on the ground behind the tent. When she lowered her head, two lines of hot tears fell unconsciously.
Behind her, someone touched her shoulder, and a clean handkerchief was handed over.
She smiled, "I'm fine, General, I just miss him."
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I haven’t replied to the comment on guessing the question yesterday, because I haven’t written that place yet, and I will announce the answer + rewards when I write it, but I am still shocked after reading your answers, hahaha~