After nightfall, wolves howled in the jungle.
Xu Zhen was anxious to go to Chang'an, so she asked Xun Qianchun to take her there, Xun Qianchun seemed to be still writing the letter, Xu Zhen leaned over to read it, and saw that the above lines were all about the art of war, she asked curiously: "Who are you writing with? "
Xun Qianchun put down the pen, and said bluntly: "Li Sanlang." She said, and handed a piece of letter paper to Xu Zhen to read.
Xu Zhen read it by candlelight, and saw that it said: "The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, the second is to attack the soldiers, and the next is to attack the city. Don't go to war just because of a moment of anger..."
What it roughly means is that the priority of war should be to disintegrate the opponent through strategy, and then to disintegrate the opponent through diplomatic means, and the lowest priority is to attack the city. Li Sanlang seems to have learned a lot recently, and he actually knows how to persuade Xun Qianchun not to be impulsive. Later, he wrote about Ge Xier's affairs.
Ge Xier has been more active in the past two years, but recently she suddenly became low-key. Li Sanlang and Ge Xier once had a chat over wine. Ge Xier became the king of troubled times, but she just wanted to prove her strength.
She used to want to take the imperial examination, but then the world was chaotic and the imperial examination stagnated, so she had to use this method to prove herself.
Xu Zhen sighed.
After reading it, she put the paper down.
But still a little surprised: "You wouldn't have become an alliance with Li Sanlang and the others, otherwise, why would they know about your plan to attack the city?"
Xun Qianchun just finished writing, she put down her pen and said: "I haven't formed an alliance yet. He knew that I was going to attack the city because I had a large number of troops in the north, and many people saw it on the road."
Xu Zhen asked, "Has he written to you before?"
Xun Qianchun said: "Yes."
As she said that, she got up to get her clothes. There was an envelope inside the clothes, and there were many letters in it, including those from Li Sanlang, Ge Xier and Xie Guang.
It turned out that this group of people had secretly colluded for a long time, and they were not fighting alone as Xu Zhen thought.
As for the content of the letter, Xu Zhen was still a little moved after reading it.
What this group of people are talking about is all the common people in the world, perhaps mixed with their own inner interests, but their foothold is to save the world.
They have not forgotten their true heart.
Xu Zhen was very pleased.
"Do you still remember that I told you earlier that there is a problem with the area in the south of the Yangtze River?" Xu Zhen suddenly thought of this matter.
Xun Qianchun nodded.
Xu Zhen said: "Beggar Xiao's whereabouts are uncertain now. I don't know if she is in Chang'an or Jiangnan, but no matter where she is, I think this is a good time."
Xun Qianchun asked: "What?"
Xu Zhen said: "I used to let her dig gold mines, so many mountains were loose, and those mountains just formed a circle. In addition, there are many on the edge of the city... I will give you a map, you Send people over there directly, use these things, and make a fuss."
Xun Qianchun nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange it now."
She walked straight out of the tent.
Xu Zhen continued to sit in the tent and read the letter. Looking at it, her heart was even more touched.
Now human life is worthless.
Obviously, the education she received since she was a child is that human life is precious and should not be intentionally hurt. But now, if she is asked to talk about caring for the common people, she no longer has such thoughts.
This is like a story she told a student a long time ago: One day at the fork of the official road, there were nine people on the normal kneeling road, and one person in the unused alley, which way should the vehicle go.
This is the case with many choices now.
She can't have it both ways.
After a while, the lights outside the tent were blown out, and there was only the sound of patrol soldiers in armor walking around.
When Xun Qianchun came back, she told Xu Zhen about the arrangement on the Jiangnan side, then blew out the candles in the tent, took out two thin stickers from the cabinet, and asked, "Do you want to disguise yourself?"
Xu Zhen thought for a while: "Should I just go to the prison to find my beloved concubine? It's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Xun Qianchun said: "Not necessarily in prison."
Xu Zhen asked: "Could it be locked in the palace?"
Xun Qianchun nodded.
Xu Zhen said, "Then let's go and see both sides."
Xun Qianchun said: "Let's go."
Xu Zhen stood up, wearing half-sleeves inside and a black veil outside, and drove away with Xun Qianchun.
On a clear summer night, under the cover of willows and flowers, crickets kept chirping. Occasionally, there were refugees lying on the side of the road, and some opened their eyes to see Xu Zhen and Xun Qianchun. Two sentences.
The gates of Chang'an City have long been closed.
Since the palace was seized here, a curfew order has been imposed. If there are still people wandering outside before the first watch, that person will definitely be arrested and put in a prison.
Therefore, although it is not too late at this moment, the city is already empty and there is no one there. The previous singing and dancing lantern festivals are all gone, and there are only fallen leaves swaying in the wind on the street. Chang'an is deserted and deserted, which makes people feel strange.
There are guards on the walls.
Xun Qianchun was already familiar with the road, so he ran up the wall with Xu Zhen in his arms. The prison was near the west gate, surrounded by high walls and broken mud walls. Wild animals roared from time to time. Hold skinny captives who look like barbarians.
Xu Zhen looked away, leaned on the wall and continued to watch.
The prisons here are all open-air, many of them are held in iron cages, the rust is stained with blood, and the surrounding grass is withered.
Xu Zhen searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone, she said: "Your sister's best friend should not be here."
Xun Qianchun said, "Look again."
Xu Zhen said: "The ones locked outside are not very important, and there are also those who are dying. If she is still alive..." Xu Zhen suddenly thought of another possibility, and her voice was lowered, "It should be locked inside. .”
The guards around were dozing off, and some were standing against the wall. It was inconvenient for the two of them to go deeper. Xun Qianchun wanted to knock the guards out, but in this way, the noise would be too loud, and they would definitely be discovered.
The two didn't find any results, so they had to leave here first.
Not being able to find Lan Yi was always a problem for them. Since they were not in the prison, they were probably in the palace, and the two of them walked directly to the palace.
They have been to the palace too many times.
The first time I went there, the palace was still vermilion, the second time it was dark blue, but now it is still light yellow in the dark.
So not too worried this time.
The moon is in the sky, and the silver light is falling on the ground.
Wearing robes, the two walked slowly behind the house, and carefully reached the Kaiyang Gate, the palace gate around the Taixue Hall they were familiar with, and opened the small gate to enter.
And at this moment.
Suddenly, the sound of beating the gong rang in Xu Zhen's ears!
Xu Zhen was shocked!
In the pitch-black night, the lights were as fierce as the day, and bunches of bright torches lit up all around, and there were blue-robed guards holding bows and arrows and long swords in all directions.
Xu Zhen's heart skipped a beat, knowing that she was in an ambush!
She has been here for so long, and she has thought of a lot of tactics for many people, but she rarely encounters tricks by herself.
Xu Zhen's mind went blank for a moment, and she felt that she and the little beggar might be in danger today, after all, there were too many people.
She looked up.
I saw someone standing against the wall by the fence on the second floor, with the moonlight behind his back, looking at her with the corner of his mouth raised.
Xu Zhen roughly recognized it.
She didn't speak.
Qing Xiao who was standing on the second floor said, "Who is this?"
Xu Zhen still didn't speak.
The man continued to laugh and said: "Why did you enter the palace in the middle of the night and didn't go through the gate. If you want to enter the palace, just tell me if you don't mind."
Xu Zhen frowned upon hearing this familiar voice, not knowing whether to say it was bad luck or self-inflicted.
The person talking here is the little beggar from Jiangnan who was rumored to have seized the palace.
The little beggar had a fox face, which made him look treacherous and cunning, and now he was laughing non-stop, making him even more treacherous to the extreme. She was blowing along the hot wind intermittently, and at the same time, the heat from the torch came out.
Xu Zhen pulled down Xun Qianchun's sleeve.
Xun Qianchun understood, put her arms around Xu Zhen's waist, and was about to escape with light work, but before she could get up, a long sword was pointed at her behind her.
The escape route was blocked.
Xun Qianchun's face remained unchanged.
Beggar Xiao stopped laughing, and shook his sleeves and said to Xun Qianchun, "You are the King of Zhenbei, right? What are you doing all the way here? And I have my ineffective counselor with me."
Xu Zhen thought to herself: Who is your advisor
But she dared not speak directly.
Xun Qianchun is under the control of others now, but he is not very polite, saying bluntly: "The man is mine, I am here, and I want to find another person."
Xu Zhen hurriedly said, "Don't tell the whole story."
Xun Qianchun lowered his head to appease, when he treated other people's stern faces, he suddenly softened Xu Zhen a lot. "It's fine," she said.
Beggar Xiao frowned angrily when he saw the flirting and cursing between the two of them, and continued to ask, "Who are you looking for?"
Xun Qianchun said: "Have you seen the one who lived in Chang'an Palace before?"
"The new emperor of Chang'an?" Beggar Xiao laughed when he heard the words, "I thought I was looking for someone, why are you looking for her, are you going to kill her too?"
Xun Qianchun's eyes froze when he heard this.
Beggar Xiao said: "You all like to talk about big things and feel that you want to protect the world, and that favorite concubine just happened to cause chaos in the world, so don't you want to kill her?"
Xun Qianchun did not speak.
Beggar Xiao had heard that Xun Qianchun, king of Zhenbei, was not talkative, so she didn't force her. She just said leisurely, "It's impossible for people to give it to you. I have to snatch my counselor back."
Xun Qianchun said: "Mine."
Xu Zhen was a little anxious. After all, no matter how good the little beggar was, he couldn't beat so many guards.
What should I do
Seeing Xun Qianchun ignoring people so much, Beggar Xiao was so angry that he raised his hand and said, "Catch him alive!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison.
In an instant, swords danced together and arrows shot down.
Xu Zhen subconsciously threw herself on Xun Qianchun's back, wanting to protect her, but before her body touched, Xun Qianchun directly hugged her waist, hugged her tightly, ran forward quickly, dodged the random arrows, and waved her hand to grab her. He took a knife, chopped a few people, and quickly made a way out.
Seeing this, Beggar Xiao frowned: "There's no need to capture them alive!! Just capture them!"
The guards responded in unison again, and the blue robes kept surging in the alleys of the palace, but their skills were not as good as others, so Xun Qianchun was still allowed to run away.
Inside the palace, the ground was in a mess.
It's not just the night that's oppressive.
And the scowl of the new king.
Beggar Xiao squeezed the railing tightly and cursed: "Chasing after them! Even if they are all killed, bring the corpses to me!"
As soon as the voice fell, the horn sounded at the gate of the city.
Beggar Xiao frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
A fine horse ran quickly, and when it was still some distance away from Yangmen, it quickly dismounted, ran to the ground below Beggar Xiao, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty!! The Li family is calling again!!!"
"The Li family?" Beggar Xiao smiled, "It's just right, hit me! Let's fight!"
In the middle of the night, the iron hooves of Chang'an City resounded.
It shocked countless people.
The long lamp is like the day, and the willow branches are frivolous.
The two armies surged like mighty dragons, and with the gate of Chang'an as a barrier, they started a violent handover and collision.
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On the muddy path, Xu Zhen wobbled and felt that she was about to throw up, so she quickly begged the little beggar to put her down.
But Xun Qianchun didn't seem to hear it.
Xu Zhen was so miserable that she couldn't tell. She was okay at first, she was being hugged, and then she was thrown on her shoulders, and was carried all the way almost in an upside-down position. It was disgraceful, so I begged several times, and finally, relying on my own efforts, I finally got rid of the cruel and gentle strap of the little beggar.
The two sat on the side of the road to rest for a while.
There seemed to be no pursuers behind.
Xu Zhen knew what was going on, she had just heard the sound of the horn, if she read correctly, it should be Li Sanlang and the others who went to attack the city.
I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but it helped me a lot.
And Li Sanlang, that brat, said well in the letter that the siege of the city was a trick, but in the end he had a great time attacking the city.
The silver light flickered in the sky.
Xu Zhen was about to say a few words to the little beggar.
When she raised her hand, she saw that her sleeve was covered with wet blood, which was obviously freshly stained.
But he didn't seem to be hurt anywhere.
... Is it a little beggar
Xu Zhen realized something, she turned her head and stared at Xun Qianchun and asked, "Are you injured?"
Xun Qianchun stuck a long sword with a curly blade on the ground, and half sat on his knees.
Xu Zhen asked, "Are you injured?"
Xun Qianchun shook his head slowly: "No."
It was just the pale lip color that betrayed her.
Xu Zhen stretched out her hand to touch the chest and abdomen, Xun Qianchun's complexion turned pale again, Xu Zhen touched the wet and sticky blood, and immediately understood what was going on.
Little beggar, blocked the sword for herself.
There were too many people just now, and it was inevitable that she would be injured. Xu Zhen calmed down, helped her up quickly, and said in a low voice, "Go back to the army tent first."
Xun Qianchun nodded.
The two had already walked out of Chang'an City, and there were few pursuers behind. Relying on her knowledge of Beggar Xiao's subordinates, Xu Zhen found a random place to hide for a while, and went directly to the woods to lead the horse and leave.
Back in the military tent, she quickly shouted for the military doctor, the military doctor was holding the box, only had time to put on a big cloak, and ran over tremblingly to clean Xun Qianchun's wound.
Most of the wounds were on the side and chest. Fortunately, the Chang'an guards were not able to stab the heart because of their inaccurate sword skills.
"Although it's not deep, there are too many wounds." The military doctor said, "Now I can only rely on the hemostatic grass to support it. If I have a fever at night or something, I have to force it through."
What the military doctor said sounded easy, but in fact the situation was not very optimistic. Xu Zhen remembered to ask before she came, and the military doctor said again: "I haven't seen the Lord suffer so many wounds in recent years, it should be urgent. Now, the vital points that should be avoided have been exposed."
Xu Zhen's face sank, and tears almost came out: "Yes...it's me."
The military doctor quickly said: "I have no other intention." After she finished speaking, she left two bottles of medicine and asked the surrounding soldiers to boil water, and guarded in the military tent with Xu Zhen.
The military doctor yawned on the way. Xu Zhen knew that the level of blood transfusion was limited in ancient times, and even if something happened, there was nothing he could do, so she just asked the military doctor to go to sleep and watch by herself.
The military doctor is not polite.
The curtain of the military tent was pulled open and then closed again with the wind. Xu Zhen sat on the edge of the bed and dozed off on her stomach on the soft cushion.
When the day was about to dawn, there was faint sunlight pouring in, and the little beggar really had a fever, so Xu Zhen cooled her with a towel to warm her up, and then wiped her body.
Everything seemed to go back to the night when the two first met, when the frogs were making noise.
She helped the little beggar take off her clothes, and when she saw the messy scars, bloody bandages, and slender waist, Xu Zhen suddenly felt unreal.
After finishing everything, Xu Zhen continued to lie on the bedside, and stared at the little beggar. She saw that the little beggar's lips had turned pale due to blood loss, and her face was also white. There were no scars at the corners of the eyes. , can vaguely see blue blood vessels. Fragile and endearing.
Xu Zhen stretched out her hand and touched it carefully with her fingertips.
She felt that the little beggar's lips seemed to be redder, Xu Zhen touched it a few times, and found that her lips were even redder, so she leaned forward and carefully kissed the little beggar's lips.
The originally depressed mood finally calmed down a lot.
Xu Zhen stroked the little beggar's lips, and said listlessly: "You are also going to die, old age, sickness, even if you consider me, you should live longer and be healthier."
Xu Zhen was a little disappointed.
But it's useless to think too much, now, let's wait.
The author has something to say: I am preparing for the end, so I am still stuck and bald these days