"What's going on? Tangshuiguan was attacked on September 16th, why don't we know anything about it?" Cheng Yuan stood up and asked angrily.
The messenger replied in fear: "All the officers and soldiers are trapped in the pass. The enemy is coming fiercely and has attacked several surrounding counties at the same time. We have no time to report."
"Then officials and people in other counties and counties near the southwest will not be unaware. How could the battle report be delayed to such an extent?"
The messenger raised his head cautiously, glanced at Yan Xun quietly, and after a long time, he whispered, "The area in the southwest is the Shangshen Plateau. Let's not say that there are ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and they all left with Lord Chu." , Those who stayed behind, heard that the enemies outside came to rescue Lord Chu, it would be good if they didn’t help to conceal it, no one came to report at all. The local officials were also captured and tied up by the people.”
"What!" Cheng Yuan said angrily, "What are they trying to do? Rebellion? What about the army? What about the soldiers? Are they all dead? Seeing their chiefs being tied up by foolish people, they don't care?!"
"This... well, my subordinates heard that the local army secretly assisted the enemy in attacking Tangshui Pass, and provided detailed inside information and control information. Otherwise, Tangshui, a powerful pass, would not be easily breached. .”
"It's simply unreasonable!"
"What's going on now?" A low voice suddenly sounded.
Cheng Yuan quickly turned his head away, but Yan Xun asked slowly and expressionlessly, "Tangshuiguan has been breached, how is it now?"
The summoner was sweating profusely, and said tremblingly: "When I received the news, I heard that the Bian Tang navy got the news somehow, and they were already waiting outside the Tangshui Pass. As soon as the city gate was opened, they abandoned their boats and went ashore. Now it has gone to Longyin pass."
"Who commands the soldiers?"
"Yes...it's Emperor Bian Tang."
"How many people are here?"
"No less than one hundred thousand."
Being so close, Yan Xun could even hear Cheng Yuan gasping in shock. His eyes narrowed slowly, and he regained the majesty of the emperor, as if he was not the one who was looking at the night sky from the top of the mountain.
Li Ce? Did you come in person? "Reorganize the army immediately, the first army and the second army are all assembled, follow me to Longyin Pass!"
Three hours later, the army quickly assembled at the foot of Huihui Mountain. Huihui Mountain is located at the edge of Shangshen, only half a day away from Tangshui Pass, and not far from Longyin Pass. At this moment, Yan Xun was sitting on the horse, his black fur was flying with the wind. Cheng Yuan followed him, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, are Bian Tang's troops attacking the pass on September 16?"
"No." Yan Xun shook his head, his eyes were deep, and he said in a deep voice, "Bian Tang is far away from Yanbei. We arrived at Tangshui on the 16th. Presumably, another group of forces got the news in time, secretly notified Bian Tang, and took the lead in attacking Tangshui Pass, so as to open the way for Bian Tang behind."
Cheng Yuan frowned and said, "Who could it be? Da Xia? Impossible."
"Who?" Yan Xun's eyes were cold, and he spoke slowly, "Who can appear in my Yanbei territory so easily?"
Cheng Yuan was startled suddenly, and shouted involuntarily, "Qinghai King?"
"Qinghai King." Yan Xun chewed these three words between his lips and teeth, and said lightly, "Finally we are going to meet."
The morning star suddenly rises, and the sky begins to shine.
"Your Majesty!" A long report came from a distance, and a soldier galloped on his horse and reported loudly, "An unknown enemy army is found ten miles ahead."
"how many people?"
"The enemy blocked our army's advance road from south to north, winding for ten miles. There were thirteen divisions of infantry, eight divisions of cavalry, and seventeen formations of heavy armor. There were also archers, knives and axes. , Shield Armored Hands, the estimated number is more than 150,000."
For a moment, everyone couldn't help exclaiming, such a huge strength appeared in Yanbei without a sound, if they hadn't been bumped into by them today, what kind of terrible scene would it have caused
Yan Xun didn't have such worries, he knew that the other party appeared here just to stop his army, so as to leave a way for Li Ce to retreat.
Faintly, he seemed to have guessed the identity of the other party. Although he was unwilling and surprised, he still felt a little pleasure. Well, if he didn't notice it for a while, he had already calculated that he would reach today's step. If he is an enemy, he should stand up with a sharp sword. He can let his people go, but he can't allow others to come to rescue him!
The morning mist was confused, slowly covering the pitch-black soil. In the mist, the majestic army quietly revealed a corner of its head, laying out ferociously, like a black ocean.
Yan Xun, dressed in black robes and fur, with quiet eyes, rode forward slowly from the army formation. He saw a slender and handsome figure breaking out of the opponent's army formation.
Even though they were so far away, he recognized each other immediately. In an instant, the eyes of the two collided in mid-air. Yan Xun smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Long time no see."
Chu Qiao was awakened amidst the commotion, the sound of horseshoes came so quickly, like thunder in the wind and fire, it was already ringing in her ears as soon as she realized it.
She has not eaten rice for three days, and she has endured the severe cold in the ice and snow, and she is now at the end of her strength. In a hurry, she rushed out of the tent with a knife in her hand, her feet were shaky, her whole body was hot, and her eyes were full of blurred torches, the bright light almost burned half of the sky red. The horse's hooves rumbled, like thunder from the sky rolling across the earth, and there was a noisy sound in her ears, as if someone was rushing towards her.
She heard someone yelling at her, turned her head, and saw He Xiao's red eyes, his mouth opened and closed, he was fighting with people, his body was covered in blood, and he didn't know if he was injured or not. Chu Qiao's head was buzzing, and she didn't know what she was thinking. She wanted to listen carefully to He Xiao's words, but she couldn't hear clearly.
This was the fourth time Zhao Yang robbed the camp today, and Da Xia gradually lost patience with them. The sound of fighting was heard all over her ears. The soldiers guarding her fell down one by one. More and more enemies rushed over. The soldiers fought on their own. to. A sharp arrow was shot, and a guard rushed forward. The arrow pierced through the soldier's forehead and protruded ferociously from the back of his head. The tip of the arrow pointed directly at the tip of Chu Qiao's nose, and drops of blood glaringly flowed down.
"Protect the adults!"
Someone shouted loudly, but the soldiers in the distance couldn't rush over, and there were corpses lying everywhere. The eyes are bright red, the wind is blowing bitingly, and the sky is still filled with snow.
Chu Qiao thought: There is no way out, so let it be. She nodded slightly and said hoarsely, that's it, that's it.
A row of powerful crossbows was set up, and the densely packed crossbow arrows pierced through the cold wind and made a whistling sound. Chu Qiao raised her head, looking at the deadly arrows coming in mid-air, her mind was in a trance for a while.
She thought: Maybe she was going to die, and time seemed to stand still suddenly. She recalled her life in a trance. She was selected by the country since she was a child in an orphanage. After more than ten years of arduous training, she was admitted to a military academy, and then joined the military intelligence department. She assassinated, lurked, and finally sacrificed for the country. In the troubled times, once again experienced a decade of death-like reincarnation. She suddenly felt extremely tired, and the wind was blowing from the opposite side, and she faintly wanted to give up all her persistence and struggle. Over the years, no matter what kind of difficulties she faced, she never gave up hope of survival, but now, she suddenly didn't want to continue fighting. She's too tired, so be it, it's good to rest in this way.
"My lord!" He Xiao's eyes were about to burst, he looked at Chu Qiao standing in place, raised his head and stared blankly at the rain of arrows in mid-air, like a cold icicle.
He felt like his heart was going to be torn apart. He frantically swung the knife, and the lightning-like blade cut a streak of white light in mid-air, two human heads flew up at the same time, blood splashed all over He Xiao's body. But the tide of enemies came up again, he couldn't escape, he couldn't kick away, he could only watch the arrows approaching her figure helplessly.
All the Yanbei Army who closed the Longyin Gate also watched this scene helplessly.
A young soldier's face was pale, his knees softened and he knelt on the ground, looking at the pale woman in the raging fire, he cried mournfully, "Lord Chu!"
He was also a soldier from Shangshen, his parents and sisters were rescued from the slave camp by Chu Qiao, and the land was distributed after being freed from slavery, but he was a timid man, he dared not come out when the Xiuli Army was fighting outside He didn’t dare to make a sound when Daxia robbed the camp again and again, he didn’t dare to make a sound when the wind and snow ravaged the barracks, he didn’t dare to make a sound when the people were crying in the city... Until this moment, my mother’s words echoed in my heart again. , the white-haired old man prostrated himself on the land he owned for the first time in his life and cried loudly, and said to him: "The Millennium Record of the Fruit of Grace, Mr. Chu is our benefactor."
There was a loud cry from the city tower, the rustling of the wormwood on the wasteland, the white snow was flying, and it was a vast expanse.
In the past half a month, the entire Yanbei witnessed the loyalty and bravery of an army, and at this moment, the entire world witnessed the bitterness of a woman.
The arrow flew high, rose to the apex, and then descended, drawing a half-arc, falling with rapid force.
Everyone's eyes were wide open, Chu Qiao's clothes were blown by the strong wind, she narrowed her eyes slightly, the messy hair on her forehead was aroused by the sharpness, and her scalp ached. Her mind was blank, and a pair of eyes vaguely flashed across. He looked at her and said slowly: Live, live.
She smiled, a smile as thin as mist.
After all, I still can't hold on anymore, let me come to you, okay
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound of breaking wind, and on the vertical snow peak on the west side of Longyin Pass, a dark shadow jumped down like a spirit ape. Holding long ropes in their hands, they descended from the sky, and hundreds of scimitars flew out quickly, hitting the powerful crossbows all over the sky with precision like a miracle.
All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the audience, and the black shadows quickly slid down from the snow peak. Everyone was wearing dark blue leather armor. Under the firelight, everyone had dark red tattoos on their faces, their eyes were like wolves, they were brave and brave, and they came towards the dumbfounded Xia Jun.
Before Xia Bing could react, there was a sudden commotion from the southwest, snow, mist and dust rose in the wind, thousands of horseshoes trampled on the ground like rumbling war drums. The elite cavalry in the front row rushed into the camp, slashing with sharp knives, and their moves were fierce. The authentic army's charge stance, silver armor and black sword, full of murderous aura, they were all Bian Tang's sergeants.
The silver armor rushed into the camp, and the young emperor suddenly hugged her tightly with such ferocious strength that he seemed to crush her to pieces. His armor was as cold as a knife, and his heavy breath brought up a large amount of white air. The sound of shouting and killing gradually faded away, and the surroundings were so quiet that a needle could be heard. Thousands of bright torches shone on them, like the warm sun at noon in June.
The wind is gone, rumbling across the surface. Li Ce's voice was low and calm, but there was a hint of fear faintly revealed. He said softly over and over again: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay..."
Chu Qiao didn't want to cry, her heart was in a trance, as if everything was not real, but her tears fell drop by drop, rolling down along the lines of the armor on Li Ce's chest. She closed her eyes, as if she could see thousands of mountains and rivers splashing and destroying, stars falling into ashes, burning ragingly and falling from the sky, raging fire ignited in the sea, boiling and falling, pouring into the bottomless abyss.