"You know, no matter what you do, I will never do anything to you." Yan Xun looked at her and said calmly, "If this happened, other people will naturally pay for it. "
The light outside was suddenly so dazzling, Chu Qiao's eyes were a little sore, the fire in the brazier was crackling, and the room was warm, but she felt that her blood was cooling down inch by inch, almost being frozen into icicles. Her gaze was a bit erratic, as if she was looking at Yan Xun, but also seemed to pass through him, looking far away. His brows and eyes have been weathered, and his eyes are no longer clear. He is no longer the bright boy with sword eyebrows and starry eyes by Chishui Lake, nor the down and out prince in Shengjin Palace who depended on him for life. Time split a huge gap between them, she couldn't get through, and he didn't try to get over it anymore. However, after careful calculation, everything has only passed less than a year. What power is, she finally understood today.
"Understood," Chu Qiao nodded lightly, and slightly cupped her hands, "This subordinate will leave."
"Ah Chu," seeing her so lonely, Yan Xun couldn't bear it slightly, his heart felt like being scratched by the sharp claws of a little beast, "Don't be like this."
Chu Qiao lowered her head and replied calmly: "Although my subordinates are dull, they still don't have the advantages of defecting and killing the lord, being greedy for life and fearing death. Your Highness, please look for such talents. The hope of Yanbei ZTE lies in These people are dead, and the subordinates still have work to do, so please leave." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the big tent without looking at Yan Xun's expression.
The fur curtain moved slightly, and the wind outside suddenly picked up. Sitting behind the table, Yan Xun looked at the door absently, as if he was expecting something.
This was the first time Chu Qiao got angry with him. For so many years, no matter what he did or what mistakes he made, she could keep silent and forgive him for all his actions. Even though he almost gave up the entire Yanbei people a while ago, she was not very angry.
Southwest Township Envoy, Southwest Township Envoy, Yan Xun silently recited the name twice, and the unbearable memory once again echoed in his mind.
"This name is too obtrusive." The young Yanbei Xinwang slowly frowned, tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and fell into a short thought.
This place in Yanbei is always windy, even though it has already stepped out of Yanbei's territory at this moment, the weather has not turned warm at all. As soon as he walked out of the big tent, he saw a young man in a dark blue coat standing there quietly not far away. His figure was tall and straight, but his back was deliberately slightly hunched. She has a bearing and background that ordinary people don't have, and she is very calm. Seeing Chu Qiao approaching, he slowly raised his head, narrowed his eyes, smiled at Chu Qiao, and said softly, "Master Chu has worked hard."
Chu Qiao didn't even look at him, and walked straight to her tent, but she heard him smile lightly: "It seems that your trip is not going well, my lord!"
Chu Qiao stopped slowly, turned her head with a frown, and said in a deep voice, "Cheng Yuan, do you really think I dare not kill you?"
"My lord, why did you say that? My lord followed His Highness in the capital for eight years, and he won many battles and victories. No one can compare to his contribution. Taking the head of the third prince of Daxia among thousands of horses is like picking something out of a bag. What is his subordinate? How can you compete with adults?"
Chu Qiao didn't say a word, she looked at this handsome man with cold eyes, and felt nausea in her stomach.
Cheng Yuan looked at her with a smile, and continued: "It's just that the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Don't you feel that you are too high-profile now? After all, the king of Yanbei is still His Highness!"
Chu Qiao sneered, glanced at the man contemptuously, and said lightly: "General Cheng, you are not qualified enough to separate Yan Xun and me. I call you general today to respect his decision, but it does not mean You can show your teeth and claws in front of me. You better pray that I am in a better mood recently, otherwise it is difficult for me to guarantee whether I will sneak into your tent one night and give you a knife. Even if you die, you think he will do it for you Are you going to break up with me? You are too naive and too self-righteous."
Cheng Yuan narrowed his long and narrow eyes slightly, and looked at Chu Qiao quietly, but did not speak. Chu Qiao turned her head, without even looking at him, and disappeared into the boundless wind and snow.
When Cheng Yuan walked into Yan Xun's big tent, Yan Xun was still sitting in front of the desk quietly lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking. Cheng Yuan tactfully did not make a sound, folded his hands in front of him, and stood quietly by the side with his head down. After a while, a deep voice came from the desk, and Yan Xun didn't turn around, but said slowly, "Stay away from her."
Cheng Yuan quickly nodded and said: "This subordinate must follow His Highness's instructions."
"If you offend her, I can't help you."
"yes."
The horn for supper sounded, and a large number of soldiers walked on the snow, with rustling footsteps. Fengzhi yelled a few times outside the door, asking Yan Xun when to eat, but Yan Xun seemed to be unable to hear, just quietly looking at the situation map, his eyes glancing over the vast land of Daxia one by one, Like a sharp eagle.
After returning to his big tent, Cheng Yuan's complexion suddenly turned cold. He threw the cloak on the bed, and almost twisted his eyebrows. Jiang Teng was his personal bodyguard. He had followed him for several years and was very loyal. Seeing this, he stepped forward and asked, "General, what happened?"
"She must be removed."
He almost spit out these words through his teeth, without saying who it was, but Jiang Teng suddenly changed his face, and said quickly: "General, you have to think twice, let's not say that her own strength should not be underestimated, even if you are lucky If you succeed, His Highness will not let it go."
"I know," Cheng Yuan said slowly, with fierce eyes, "but if I leave this trouble, once she reconciles with His Highness, I will die at her hands sooner or later."
"But Your Highness..."
"Don't worry, I won't kill her for the time being." Cheng Yuan sat slowly on the chair, playing with a translucent jade plaque. The jade plaque is a very common style, and it is not a high-quality jade carving. Chu Qiao's name was engraved on it, and it was exactly the kind of longevity jade tablet, "I will cut off her wings first, and His Highness must be happy to see it."
With a crackling sound, the jade token in Cheng Yuan's hand shattered immediately. He let go of his hand without changing his expression, and it shattered into small pieces of jade token, which fell to the ground with a crisp sound, like Zheng music.
"Besides, it's always because of a woman's hands and feet, how can I achieve great things? Your Highness still has my future and hope!" Xuekui River is a tributary of Chishui, located in the upper reaches of Yanming Pass, separated from the mighty Yanming Pass. The river faces each other, and now the river is covered with heavy snow, and the surface of the river has long been frozen. It only takes less than a cup of tea to travel from Yan Xun's Daying Horse Racing to the opposite Xiongguan. But neither Yan Xun nor Zhao Che recklessly advanced as in the first Northern Expedition. In the five days since, except for the small scout troops from both sides, there hasn't been a big battle yet. They seem to be carefully testing each other's strength, looking for an appropriate time.
The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and they were shouting all day long. The scouts shuttled across the snow-white river, bringing back a little bit of information from each other from time to time. The staff stayed up all night, analyzing pieces of favorable information. Chu Qiao was exhausted for a few days, she obviously lost a lot of weight, but her military quality once again amazed the generals of the Yanbei First Army, Second Army, and Black Eagle Army. Within three days, she had already lost weight. It's the commander in chief of the staff.
In the afternoon, Goji and Xiaohe arrived with another batch of grain and grass, which was marked as transported from Huai Song Dynasty, and there was enough grain and grass in it, as well as cabbage and bacon that were urgently needed in the army. Yan Xun was very happy, and ordered Ah Jing and others to escort Huai Song with a batch of gold mines that had just been produced from the rear.
The battle is imminent, Ah Jing is naturally unwilling to leave, such an errand can be handed over to an ordinary general, but Yan Xun solemnly said that he can't trust others, so he has to go full of worries.
Before leaving, he took a look at Chu Qiao, walking all the way, the people he saw were all young generals, most of the familiar faces before were gone, either to go to the rear to recruit troops, or to lead the people to rebuild their homes, develop farming and animal husbandry , A carefully felt a little uncomfortable. Chu Qiao didn't see him, and Ping An, the gatekeeper, told Ah Jing that she had gone to the scout camp to analyze the information, and she might come back when.
Ah Jing said that it was not a coincidence, and then left dejectedly.
Seeing him go, Ping An entered the room, and asked Chu Qiao strangely why she didn't go to see General Ah Jing. Chu Qiao was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "I am doing it for his own good."
On the second day after Ah Jing left, a battle broke out on Xiong Xipo, eighty miles away. The scale of the battle was not large, and the fight was really unfair. The two hundred scouts encountered one hundred soldiers from the Xia army. The two sides met suddenly, and no one wanted to meet the other. Without showing their weapons, they were chopped together.
It stands to reason that the scout army should have the highest literacy in the whole army. They are not only masters of spying on intelligence, but also elite cavalry. However, most of the troops escorting food and grass were old, weak, sick and disabled in the first army. Two hundred scouts met one hundred grain and grass soldiers. From a common sense point of view, victory should be without a doubt.
However, Yanbei's team of scouts returned in a disastrous defeat. Only ten or twenty people survived. When Chu Qiao saw them, she was almost stunned. Hearing their descriptions, she was even more terrified. She quickly ran back to the staff headquarters, grabbed a combat staff officer and asked, "Who is Yanbei's chief logistics dispatcher this time?"
How could the official know such a confidential matter, his beard was already grey, he stared blankly at Chu Qiao, speechless.
Chu Qiao said angrily: "Say!"
"It's you and my old acquaintance, the fourth son of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Yue." A deep voice sounded from behind, and Chu Qiao turned around immediately, only to see Yan Xun standing at the door with snowflakes on the hood above her head. His face was calm, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes.
He stared at Chu Qiao sharply, as if he wanted to find some fluctuations and clues from her face, but he failed. Chu Qiao still looked like that, looking at him with her brows furrowed, as if she was saying: Why are you here
These days, they have been in a cold war.
"Tell me, how long do you want to fight with me?" Yan Xun sighed, stepped forward, and took Chu Qiao's hand.
Chu Qiao struggled hard, but couldn't break free. She frowned tightly, and wanted to pull out a scissors hand, but saw Yan Xun's backhand nimbly followed her movements, still holding her tightly.
"Ah Chu, don't be angry."
Chu Qiao said coldly: "How dare this subordinate be angry with His Highness?"
Yan Xun's face darkened, and he reprimanded: "Don't make trouble."
Chu Qiao immediately raised her eyebrows, "Yan Xun, do you think I'm playing childish temper with you?"