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Its right.
Kangcheng was the place occupied by King Xia.
Xiao Man stood on the city wall terrified, she saw the bright blue sky was filled with smoke, dust was flying, and the sky was completely gloomy.
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Two hours ago.
Xiaoman is not here.
And in a carriage on a forest road.
Woke up in a turbulent state.
In the carriage, two maids looked at her in panic... They were the maids who usually served her, but she was clearly in the military tent, so how could she be in this carriage? She asked the maids, and the maids only said that the master asked them to accompany the mistress.
Today is the day when the Western Xia army passes through Kangcheng. Shangguan Jingcong is stationed at the city where the Western Xia entered the pass. If the Western Xia wants to reach Dongling, they must pass through Kangcheng.
According to the secret agreement, Shangguan Jingchong will open the city gates to allow Chunfeng and the Western Xia generals to lead their troops through. The Western Xia troops will march eastward, and Yan Zixi in the south will also march eastward, attacking from both sides. In addition, Shangguan Jinghao will lead his troops out of the city, and the three armies will capture Yecheng together.
Originally, such a strong force was not needed to defeat Shangguan Jinghong's troops, but Shangguan Jinghao vowed to annihilate all of Shangguan Jinghong's remaining more than 100,000 troops at once and capture Shangguan Jinghong.
Upon success, two sevenths of Dongling's territory will be donated to the two countries.
The King of Western Xia and Yan Zixi agreed - although the two coveted the territory of Dongling, as Shangguan Jinghao analyzed, even if they joined forces, they would really defeat his and Shangguan Jinghong's troops and swallow Dongling, which would inevitably result in huge losses of their own troops. There are also several other powerful countries surrounding the two countries. In this case, if other countries took the opportunity to attack, the two countries would find it difficult to resist, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
But now Shangguan Jinghao is no longer their enemy, and the three parties will join forces to kill Shangguan Jinghong, and the consumption of each party's troops will be reduced to a minimum.
Only a small number of soldiers would be lost each time, and one seventh of the country could be obtained. Why not do it
Shangguan Jinghao would not go back on his word, otherwise if Xixia and Yanxiang joined forces, Shangguan Jinghao would definitely not be able to compete with them.
On the other hand, Shangguan Jinghao made an alliance with Shangguan Jingchong, ordering him to open the city to allow the Western Xia troops to pass, and to guard Kangcheng to prevent any unusual movements from Western Xia and Yanxiang. Shangguan Jingchong was stationed at the northwest checkpoint, and no one knew his past attitude. Shangguan Jinghao made a condition that if Shangguan Jinghao agreed to let them pass, the overall situation of Dongling would be settled, and he would give him five cities as a gift, allowing him to enjoy the right of governance forever.
The matter of Concubine Zhuang... Xiao Man knew that a war between Xia and Rui was inevitable. Now that there was a secret meeting and the risk was transferred, Xiao Man was still worried. She always had an inexplicable feeling of shock towards Shangguan Jinghao, and she did not agree to divide the territory of Dongling.
But Shangguan Jingcong had made up his mind, and that seemed to be the best approach for them, without having to fight...
And today, at this critical moment, where would Shangguan Jingchong send her? Although the four parties had reached an agreement, he was still afraid that if the Xixia army entered the city, there would be unpredictable dangers. This matter was of great importance, and to show his sincerity, Shangguan Jinghao did not return to Chaoge. After the meeting, he followed the Xixia King to the Xixia camp three days ago, and today he entered the city with the Xixia army.
Xiao Man's heart skipped a beat and she immediately stopped the carriage. Manager Xia's face appeared from behind the curtains and he said with a smile, "Madam, my master has ordered you to follow me to a nearby village to recuperate. I will come to see you after I finish my work here."
"Bang"-
At this moment, a cannon shot suddenly broke through the air, and Manager Xia was shocked, and Xiao Man was also shocked. She made up her mind instantly. Manager Xia saw her suddenly put her hand into her arms, and was startled, so he reached out to grab her. Xiao Man had quickly taken out a dagger from her arms and put it to her throat...
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She came back and threatened to kill Xia.
However, she really didn't expect to see such a scene - the city gates were closed.
Outside the city gate, Shangguan Jingcong led his troops in a fierce battle with the Western Xia army.
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There was smoke and dust everywhere, ... On the city gate, there were slingshots, bows and arrows, crossbows, and fierce soldiers... Under the city gate, there were artillery batteries, sharp horse spikes in the distance, scattered desert swords, and corpses of soldiers and horses who died in various postures, some ferocious and some peaceful, and a river of blood...
The frantic neighing of war horses and the fierce sounds of fighting rose to the sky. She was surrounded by General Xia and several soldiers. She stood on the city wall, staring at everything in a daze...
Shangguan Jingchong did not allow the Western Xia army to pass through Kangcheng where he was guarding. He arranged everything and attacked the Western Xia army.
The Western Xia army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.
However, the enemy had more soldiers after all, and he was now in a losing position.
The soldiers around him fell one after another...
His battle robe was blood red, but he still rushed forward before the soldiers and killed the enemy again and again.
Her face was full of tears, and she suddenly remembered the unpleasant experience they had before going to bed last night.
She said she disagreed with him letting the Western Xia army into the city.
She even looked at him with some contempt and said, Are you going to sell your own country like this
Now, she knew, he didn't.
It wasn't a decision made based on what she said.
All these weapons and arrangements on the battlefield cannot be prepared in just one or two nights.
He was well prepared.
However, the difference in military strength was too great.
Her heart went cold. In her sight, the flag with the word "Xia" on it fell down. She could even see the deep wing of the Xixia army. The Xixia King and Shangguan Jinghao were shocked and angry at first, but now they were smiling coldly. At this time, she saw a cloud of dust rising from the side. It turned out that an army was coming quickly from another direction.
The word "Yan" on the military flag is majestic and high-spirited.
Yan Zixi's troops heard the news and came over? !
But he was camped in Chengtang, south of Dongling, which was a long way away, and he should have already set out for Yecheng... How could he appear here
The armies of Xixia and Yanxiang will join forces, and Kangcheng will be captured in an instant!
What should I do now
She was just startled when she heard General Xia exclaim, and saw Shangguan Jinghao in the Xixia army slowly raising his bow and arrow and shooting at Shangguan Jingcong -
"Jingcong!"
She was so frightened that her heart and liver were shattered... Amid the roar of killing, her voice was not loud enough to carry far. It was unknown whether Shangguan Jingcong sensed her shouting and jumped high to avoid her when he turned around to look. However, his expression changed immediately -
Xiao Man only heard a few "puffs" and "puffs" sounds, and General Xia and more than a dozen soldiers around him fell down in an instant, with sharp arrows piercing their chests. She was startled and fell forward, falling straight down.
The sound of the wind whistling was all around her ears. She closed her eyes for a moment and fell into someone's arms. She opened her eyes with a start and saw a white-haired man holding her tightly and jumping off the city wall.
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I don’t know if it was the prematurely graying hair of the man that shocked me, or his face that resembled Shangguan Jinghao, but Xiao Man felt as if she was burned by fire and her whole body trembled. This man with indifferent eyebrows and eyes actually made her feel unspeakable, a feeling as if she was suffocated. .
She stared blankly at her tears dripping onto his arm. The man seemed to be slightly shocked, and his sharp eyes, which were originally looking at the smoke and crowd around, suddenly turned their gaze to her.
But soon, in mid-air, he threw her hard... Xiao Man was so grateful for this that even if she died immediately, she would not stay in this man's arms for even a moment longer... Come...
"Uncle Tie, Jing Ping and Jing Qing, she is my ninth brother's woman, you must protect her and don't let her get away."
The voice was low and rapid, and then faded away in an instant... Someone suddenly grabbed her waist, and there was a neighing of horses under her crotch. An ugly man with one arm protected her on the saddle, and at the same time, there were two young men protecting them on both sides.
The place where she landed was right at the city gate. When she glanced over, she was shocked again. Why was the city gate wide open? Did these people come out of Kangcheng
Ninth brother? He is Shangguan Jingcong's brother? Who is he? Why did he save her? Did he want to use her to threaten Shangguan Jingcong
In the chaos, in front, Shangguan Jinghao's face changed drastically - it had changed drastically a long time ago, to a sinister and cruel look. He rushed out on his horse, galloping towards the white-haired man, the sword in his hand rolling up the snow and carrying the waves.
The white-haired man laughed loudly, and also rode his horse and brandished his sword to meet Shangguan Jinghao. Xiaoman couldn't see the expression on his face, she only saw that his body wrapped in silver-gray armor was very thin, but his back was tense and straight, but there was a sense of determination, unlike his sparse eyes.
Her gaze only passed by for a moment, and all her attention was on Shangguan Jingcong. She was soon shocked again. Chunfeng had a bow and arrow in his hand at some point, and the bow and arrow were aimed at Shangguan Jingcong, who was still staring at her amid the deafening noise at the junction of the two armies.
He was obviously frightened by the life-and-death situation she had just faced, and he stared at her infatuatedly. It was the soldiers around him who protected him that made him forget about fighting, and about life and death.
Unfortunately, she couldn't even scream this time, as the arrow had already shot out and went straight to Shangguan Jingcong's heart.
She smiled sadly, thinking that she would go with him, since this time they would be together for life and death.
The desire for power, love and hate, human desires are always too great, so how can there not be wars? Between people and between countries.
Friendship, family and country, every step is a choice, how can there be no casualties. You, him.
Where is the tomorrow that she and he had longed for
She smiled and quietly pulled out the dagger that she had hidden in her clothes. Ever since the night of the secret conversation, she had asked the servants for the dagger without telling Shangguan Jingcong, and kept it close to her body for reasons she couldn't explain.
It turns out it was for today.
"Master, no!"
It was a sharp shout from the one-armed man, as if tearing the sky and the earth apart - her hand holding the dagger trembled, and she saw Shangguan Jinghao's sword flashing everywhere. The sword that the white-haired man raised to block suddenly turned, and a long arc, a crystal light in the air, the sword flew out, and the feather arrow that was close to Shangguan Jingcong was instantly thrown down and fell into the vast army and horses.
At the same time, Shangguan Jinghao's sword, with its powerful internal force, pierced through the armor and stabbed into the man's heart, penetrating more than half of it.
The man grasped the sword and pushed it hard. He used all his strength, the strength to kill a tiger and hunt a bear. Shangguan Jinghao was about to stab the sword deep into his muscles, but was forced back by his push. The sword was pushed out from in front of his chest. The man then hooked his foot and kicked Shangguan Jinghao's horse in the belly. The warhorse howled and stood up on its front legs. Shangguan Jinghao's eyes darkened, and the hand holding the sword grasped the reins to steady his body.
How could one hear such a subtle sound of swords entering flesh on the battlefield? However, Xiao Man seemed to hear the sound of a sword being swung. Then, everything in front of her eyes turned white and she could no longer see the scene clearly.
Who was shouting in surprise, "Lord Prince Yan, it's just right that you came here after hearing the news. Prince Rui is seriously injured. You and I must trap him to death here today!"
Was it the King of Xixia, who was surrounded by soldiers and had bright joy in his eyes? Or was it Chunfeng and Caining who were beside him
"Jinghong..."
Who is shouting with fear and anger
Is it the old friend behind him, Jingping and Jingqing on the left and right sides
Or the Emperor, Prince Ning, Xia Haibing, Fan Rusu, General Lang, who rode out of Kangcheng with countless horses...
I remember what I saw on the way back. Kangcheng had almost become an empty city. All the people had evacuated to the villages in the rear. The few soldiers left in the city closed the city, and all the soldiers in the city went out to kill the enemy. After that, the battle was so fierce that even the guards on the city walls who threw stones and shot arrows were few in number, and many were killed and wounded.
The King of Western Xia said that King Rui was seriously injured.
White hair and jade-like face, green robe and silver armor, this man is King Rui
Prince Rui Shangguan Jinghong
He had just led his troops out of Kangcheng. He was charging in the front and saw her falling from the city wall. He jumped off his horse and caught her
In the back city of Kangcheng, Shangguan Jingcong led his troops to fight against Western Xia - Western Xia wanted to pass through the back city and go to Yecheng in the east, while the gate of the front city of Kangcheng had already been opened, allowing King Rui to lead his troops in
Prince Rui Shangguan Jinghong and Shangguan Jinghao had actually teamed up long ago? !
No, the Emperor, Prince Ning... How come she seemed to know these people and knew which one was which
Everything that happened before and after happened happened in the blink of an eye. Her heart seemed to be cut by the sword, and a corner of it was removed. A sharp pain spread from the depths of her head, as if it was going to break her head open. As the world was spinning, Xiao Man tried hard to open her eyes and look at Shangguan Jinghong, but saw Yan Zixi in the distance - the man with ordinary appearance but suddenly calm, with fierce eyes, spear in hand, leading the way, and riding his horse to land next to Shangguan Jinghong and Shangguan Jinghao.
The soldiers around the two men were fighting each other, one from Xixia and the other from Shangguan Jingcong.
Shangguan Jinghong was staggering on the horse's back. The moment Yan Zixi raised his sword and jumped up, he suddenly pounced on Shangguan Jinghao with all his strength.
Xiaoman thought that when children fight and the weaker one cannot beat the older one, he would do that.
Even if that is actually a life-threatening way of playing.
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Unfortunately, Xiaoman below was not able to see it again.
When Shangguan Jinghong knocked Shangguan Jinghao into the vast army, a sharp pain swept through her heart and brain, and she fainted in her old friend's arms.
Yan Zixi swung the spear in his hand swiftly and threw it towards the Xixia King. Cai Ning screamed in shock. Chunfeng suddenly fell out and blocked the Xixia King. The spear pierced his heart and he fell off his horse immediately...
Everyone's attention was on Shangguan Jinghong and Shangguan Jinghao, and since Yan was an ally of Western Xia, no one had expected that he would want to take the life of the King of Western Xia.
"kill-"
The King of Western Xia let out a mournful howl, but it was suddenly drowned out by a long roar. A man in green robes and silver armor leaped up from the hooves of the soldiers' horses in the boiling dust. He pressed his chest tightly with one hand, his eyes like lightning, scanning the surroundings.
That's love-hate.
That's history.
The dust was so thick that it covered the sky.
It was still a three-army attack, but unlike the secret meeting in Kangcheng at night, the Hong army, Xia army and Yan army attacked the Western Xia army in Kangcheng from three directions.
240,000 - The Hong army was nominally transferred to the easternmost mountain of Chaoge, but actually secretly passed through Chencang and marched to Kangcheng with 20,000 soldiers, the Yan army was 120,000, the Xia army was 100,000, and they fought against the Western Xia army of 300,000.
In this battle, nearly 100,000 Western Xia troops were killed or wounded.
There are spies in the hateful melee