Liangzhou.
A majestic pass stands on the east side of the river leading to the main city. The city wall stretches for nearly two miles and stands majestically, guarding the main road leading to the Central Plains.
It was twilight, the smoke from the cooking in the city curled up, and the guards on the tower yawned and took turns changing shifts. Suddenly, they caught a glimpse of the dust on the western plain, and a dozen fast horses galloped in the twilight, and immediately rushed to the front of the observation deck. , sound the horn.
In the sound of the horn, the gate of the outer city opened. Qin Fei, the commander who arrived in Liangzhou not long ago, greeted him and saw Li Xuanzhen, who was dying on horseback, and shouted, "What's going on?"
The prince's personal soldiers rolled off their horses: "We were ambushed on the way back to the city!"
Qin Fei was in a state of impatience, carrying the pale Li Xuanzhen on his back, and strode into the hall: "Who is the one who ambushed you?"
The soldiers shook their heads: "I can't tell how many ways they have gone, it may be the remnants of the He family."
The remnants of Liangzhou have not yet been wiped out. Although Yelu Khan killed the leader of the He clan, the He clan still lurked in secret, waiting for the opportunity.
The military doctor arrived quickly. Li Xuanzhen was hit by a few arrows in the back, and galloped overnight. The wound was terrible, but fortunately, the weather was cold and it had not festered, and the venom on the arrow was a very common poison, and it was not difficult to treat.
Qin Fei paused and said, "Well done, what is your Royal Highness going to do with Ye Lu's department?"
The prince is usually strict, but he doesn't care when he is crazy. For example, he only brings a few personal soldiers and Yelu Khan to the Yelu Department.
The personal soldier wiped his sweat and replied, "Biemu Tie, the adopted son of Yelu Khan, kindly invited him to go to Yelu's department to watch the ceremony, and he also said that he would have a drunken break with His Royal Highness, but His Highness pushed him to go. ."
Li Xuanzhen and Yelu Khan fought together, during which Biemu Tie mentioned several times that the Khan was about to marry Princess Wenzhao. Li Xuanzhen ignored it at first, but when Yelu Khan set off to return to the tribe, he suddenly changed his mind, agreed to Biemutie's invitation, and followed.
Qin Fei frowned lightly: Could it be that the crown prince hurried to watch the ceremony because he missed Princess Wen Zhao's marriage
Didn't the crown prince always hate Princess Wen Zhao...
The military doctor gave Li Xuanzhen a wound medicine. Qin Fei was afraid of any accident at night, so he stayed beside Li Xuanzhen's bed and did not dare to close his eyes.
In the middle of the night, Li Xuanzhen launched a high fever and was full of nonsense.
Qin Fei twisted the handkerchief and wiped Li Xuanzhen's face. Hearing his shouting over and over again, he was stunned, his face full of horror. The handkerchief in his hand fell into the copper basin, splashing a burst of water.
Li Xuanzhen on the bed suddenly straightened up and sat up, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red, and her exposed back muscles were scarred like a ghost.
Qin Fei was startled.
Li Xuanzhen turned to bed barefoot and stumbled out of the room.
"I don't regret it!" In the quiet night, his voice sounded like a desperate roar, "I don't regret it!"
Qin Fei came back to his senses, picked up the clothes on the screen rack, and went downstairs: "Your Highness!"
Li Xuanzhen was naked, her long hair was loose, and she was wearing only a thin pair of gauze trousers. Her bare feet were too deep in the snow to her ankles. She jumped at a soldier on a night tour, pulled him off his horse, and rolled over by himself. Go up, kick the horse's belly, and run out in the snow!
Qin Fei stomped his feet in a hurry and grabbed a horse to follow.
Li Xuanzhen rode out the door and went straight to the west.
The north wind was biting, Qin Fei was riding on the horse, shivering with cold, Li Xuanzhen was wearing no clothes, but he was flying in the wind like nothing else, his long hair was messed up by the strong wind, his body was frozen blue and purple, and his expression was crazy.
Qin Fei urged the horse to come forward, catch up with Li Xuanzhen, stretched out his hand to control his reins, waited for Li Xuanzhen's horse to slow down, and immediately flew forward, holding Li Xuanzhen and rolled off the horse.
With a few puffs, Li Xuanzhen rolled off the horse.
He lay on his back on the icy snow, looking at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, his frantic expression seemed to ease.
"Ayue..." He stretched out his hand and scratched against the icy air, the wound on his back overflowing with blood, "Why are you Xie Manyuan's daughter?"
…
In March of that year, Chunsun was furious, and Liu Chengyingjiao was seriously injured as he is now.
The military doctor told him that only the genius doctor from Chibi could heal his wounds.
Li Xuanzhen disguised as a Nanchu native seeking medical treatment, and went to Chibi alone. At the pier, the boat slowly docked, and a girl on the shore looked over with a smile.
The girl is young, with pink makeup and jade cut, charming and bright, standing there against the wind, smiling, her eyes like a pair of bright crescent moons.
In an instant, Li Xuanzhen felt in a trance that the girl in front of her seemed familiar.
It was the first time he saw him, but he felt very close to the girl in his heart.
It's like walking alone in a snowy night when I suddenly see a cluster of swaying flames, a pot of soup and porridge tumbling, and warmth fills my cold and stiff limbs.
Li Xuanzhen had never felt that way before. She felt strange in her heart, but her face did not show, so she went to the doctor's house to ask for medicine.
The next day, it rained heavily in Chibi. His injuries worsened and he couldn't get up. He lay down on the outside porch of the doctor's house, soaked all over.
In a drowsy state, a pair of small white hands reached out, helped him get up, dragged him into the corridor to avoid the rain, took a bowl of hot medicine to his lips, and fed him to drink.
Li Xuanzhen was confused and did not fully wake up until two days later.
The girl I saw on the pier kicked the Cuju under the porch, and saw that he was awake, a beautiful kick stepped on the Cuju, and a pair of sweet smiles on the cheeks, "Brother, you are awake!"
She delivered medicine to Li Xuanzhen every day, seeing him alone and pitiful, and occasionally gave him some food.
It wasn't until a month later that Li Xuanzhen asked her, "What's your name?"
The girl chuckled: "My name is Ayue."
Li Xuanzhen recited it a few times in her heart, thinking to herself, this name really suits her, as bright as the bright moon.
A Yue asked Li Xuanzhen: "What's the name of Xiongtai?"
"My surname is Yang." Li Xuanzhen thought for a while, "Yang Changsheng."
Yang is a surname in disguise.
Longevity Slave is the name Tang Ying gave him.
He thought that his mother was gone, and no one would call him that again in the future, but when the girl smiled and called him his longevity brother, he suddenly felt that maybe he would not be lonely forever in his life.
The years in Chibi are like a dream.
In the dream, he was Yang Changsheng, and he met a girl named A Yue. He listened to her telling that she had the best brother in the world, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
If Ayue were his sister, he would definitely love her dearly, and would not let her frown, let alone leave her alone in Chibi.
For the first time, he felt unconvinced, like an ordinary pretentious and arrogant son, secretly thinking that he would be a better and stronger brother than A Yue's brother.
Returning to the boat in Wei County, he was surprised that they might be fellow villagers, so he didn't think about it, until Ah Yue stood on the bow of the boat and pointed at the young man riding a horse by the shore in surprise.
"Brother Changsheng, the one riding the black horse is my brother!"
Before she finished speaking, she was stunned when she saw Li Zhongqian's entourage carrying the Tang family flag not far away.
Li Xuanzhen didn't know what Li Yaoying was thinking at that moment.
He only knew that when he recognized Li Zhongqian, there was a buzzing sound in his mind, as if countless thunders were blasting in his ears.
It was as if everyone was laughing at him.
Pain, anger, despair.
hatred.
She lied to him!
She is Xie Manyuan's daughter and Li Zhongqian's sister!
What a big joke God made with him... After the death of his mother, he felt the warmth for the first time, and the girl he couldn't help wanting to get close to and take good care of was actually the daughter of an enemy.
His life is destined to live for revenge.
His mother's burnt face appeared in front of him, "Kill them all! Kill them all!"
At that moment, all the good feelings in the past turned into a surging monstrous hatred, and a raging fire burned in his heart. He felt resentment, shame, and humiliation.
His anger could not be relieved, he wished he could kill her!
In this way, she will always be the Ah Yue he knew, and they can stay in those years forever.
Li Xuanzhen's eyes flashed red and cold, and the blue veins on his forehead bulged, grabbing Yaoying's throat and pinching it tightly.
Yaoying stared at him blankly, trying to separate his cold fingers.
He held his hands hard and mercilessly.
She looked at his blood-red phoenix eyes, "Brother Changsheng..."
…
The wind and snow filled the air, and the silent night seemed to echo the murmur that sounded like a sigh but not a sigh a few years ago: Brother Changsheng...
Li Xuanzhen lay on her back on the snow, trembling all over, her phoenix eyes were red, and she shouted like a trapped beast: "Don't call me that! Don't call me that!"
Qin Fei stood aside and said at a loss, "Your Highness..."
No wonder the Crown Prince has been capricious in recent years. It turns out that he and the Seventh Princess have had such a past.
Li Xuanzhen turned her head to look at Qin Fei, her eyes were straight, she suddenly rushed forward and grabbed his sleeve: "When my aunt died, Li Yaoying hadn't been born yet... She's not born, she doesn't count, right?"
Qin Fei's throat was choked, and he couldn't say a word.
Li Xuanzhen laughed, Qing Jun's brows and eyes showed a bit of grimness, and he continued on his own: "Aniang never mentioned Ayue's name, she doesn't count, she doesn't count, she doesn't count as my enemy!"
He stood up unsteadily.
"I was wrong, I went to pick her up, she doesn't count!"
Qin Fei stopped Li Xuanzhen, who was smiling strangely: "His Royal Highness... Yelu Khan won't let anyone go."
Li Xuanzhen's phoenix eyes were wide open, and there were two bright lights burning in the dark eyes: "Then I will snatch her back."
Qin Fei sighed: "Can you grab it back?"
Li Xuanzhen stopped in her footsteps.
Yes, he couldn't get it back, so he was invited to go to Ye Lu's department on impulse. There were only a few personal soldiers by his side, and he had no ability to bring her back.
Even if she brought it back, Li De would send her out again.
The current situation is caused by him.
If he hadn't asked Yelu Khan to meet her at the Buddha's birthday ceremony, Khan would not have offered to use Liangzhou as a dowry, and Li De would not have hit her.
If it wasn't for Li De's decree to confer marriage first, when Li Zhongqian had an accident, she wouldn't have to exchange it for this.
The fire in Li Xuanzhen's eyes went out little by little, returning to boundless silence.
He looked sluggish, took two steps forward, the wound on his back was aching, and the pain in his heart was even worse, and he fell on the snow with a plop.
Qin Fei sighed, lifted him up and put him back on the horse, and took him back to the room.
Just after returning to the gatehouse, the patrolling soldier rushed up with a letter: "His Royal Highness, letter!"
Qin Fei glanced at the numb Li Xuanzhen and said, "Send it to Changshi first."
The soldier said anxiously: "This letter was sent from the west! That Hu man said that Princess Wenzhao asked him to deliver the letter! There is an urgent need to delay it!"
Qin Fei was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, Li Xuanzhen on the horse suddenly moved, reaching out and grabbing the letter from the soldier's hand.
His hands trembled and he tried several times before opening the letter.
The dim fire shrouded the light, and he read the letter with the faint fire light, his face suddenly sank.
"Alert everywhere! Send out sentinels!" Li Xuanzhen straightened her back, disregarding the wound on her back, and quickly issued an order, "Warn the sentries everywhere, lock them immediately! Close the city gate! No matter who calls the door, no reason!"
"The order goes on, all the ministries stick to it!"
"There are cowards, behead!"
After instructing this, Li Xuanzhen called his own soldiers: "You all go to Yelu Department to pick up Princess Wenzhao back!"
The soldiers in the gatehouse were stunned for a moment, then responded in unison, and split up to execute the order.
The low-pitched horn sounded, piercing through the vast snow and wind, and issuing signals from the pass to the north and south sides, all the passes responded immediately, and the horn sounded throughout the sky.
The atmosphere is chilling.
Qin Fei followed closely behind Li Xuanzhen and rushed to the observation deck.
Li Xuanzhen's face was dignified, completely different from the crazy look just now. She quickly put on her clothes, her long hair was loosely tied, and she stood at the tower in the corner of the city wall, overlooking the endless snowy fields to the west and north.
Biemutie is actually Haidu Aling.
…
Haidu Aling, the most trusted nephew of the Beirong leader.
Legend has it that he was born in a tribe that lived on sheep shepherds on the grassland. Later, his tribe was slaughtered. All the men and women in the tribe were killed by bandits. Adopted by a she-wolf and miraculously survived.
At the age of eleven, he killed the she-wolf who had raised him, and defected to the Beirong tribe. With his outstanding horsemanship and archery skills, he won the appreciation of the tribe's leaders, and was adopted by the leader's knees.
That leader was the Wakhan Khan of Beirong.
Li Xuanzhen had never confronted Haidu Aling head-on, but when Haidu Aling led the tribe south to loot last year, the two had passed each other many times and had heard each other's names.
In the past few years, Wakhan Khan has concentrated his forces to conquer the Western Regions.
Li De and Li Xuanzhen once discussed the deployment of the north with the ministers of the DPRK and China.
They agreed that Beirong would not send troops to the south in recent years, and Beirong's current goal was to unify the entire Western Regions.
Therefore, the Wei Dynasty was eager to recover Liangzhou, lest the Northern Rong army go south in the future, and the Wei Dynasty would be powerless to resist.
…
Unexpectedly, Haidu Aling is Biemu Tie.
Li Xuanzhen gritted his teeth, and a fishy smell came from the roots of his teeth.
The Prince Beirong, whom he and Li De were deeply jealous of, had always been under their noses, and even had a chat with him and competed in martial arts.
In the past six months, Haidu Aling has fought side by side with the Wei army as a member of the Yelu tribe. Has he already figured out the deployment of the Wei army
He was invited to the Yelu Department, and he encountered an ambush on the way back. It could not be a coincidence. The person who started it must be Haidu Aling!
If he stayed in the Yelu Department that day, or came back later, wouldn't he have been poisoned by Haidu Aling long ago
All this is Haidu Aling's strategy, and Haidu Aling was planning a few months ago.
Zhu Luyun and the Hu people have close contacts, and the Yelu tribe is uncharacteristically demanding that the Wei Dynasty grant marriage...
Zhu Luyun!
She said she wanted to go back to the country.
Who gave her the promise of returning to the country
If Zhu Luyun really married the Ye Lu clan, did Haidu Aling plan to attack Chang'an under the banner of Zhu's family and restore the country for Zhu Luyun
What happened in the past six months quickly revolved in my mind.
Li Xuanzhen was terrified, dripping with cold sweat, and slammed her fist on the city wall.
He was tricked, all of them were played by Haidu Aling in the palm of their hand!
Now that the Beirong soldiers are attacking, he is far away in Liangzhou, and it is impossible to rush back to Chang'an immediately. I don't know the situation in Chang'an. Will the Beirong directly bypass Liangzhou
The footsteps were mixed, and the generals rushed to the tower.
Li Xuanzhen asked in a deep voice, "How many guards do we have?"
The generals looked at each other and said in embarrassment: "His Royal Highness, in a hurry, we can only summon about 2,000 people."
Li Xuanzhen closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, murderous intent churned in them.
"Two thousand guards are enough."
Haidu Aling has often been in conflict with other sons of Wahan in recent years, and the internal disputes in Beirong are endless. It is impossible to send all the main forces to attack the Wei. He only needs to hold on until reinforcements arrive.
On the battlefield, no matter how great the disparity between the enemy and us, he has never been afraid.
The generals were apprehensive, but seeing Li Xuanzhen's calm face and the domineering spirit of being one husband and one husband, they slowly calmed down and returned to their own posts to count the number of people separately.
Half an hour later, the sentry came back to report: "His Royal Highness, there is indeed a movement ten miles north of the other side of the river!"
Qin Fei was terrified. It had only been half an hour since Li Xuanzhen read the letter. The enemy army had already arrived. If the letter was sent later, would they still have a chance to prepare for the battle
He was terrified and held the handle of the knife tightly: "How could Princess Wenzhao know about Haidu Aling's plan?"
Li Xuanzhen trembled.
He didn't know either.
She was far away from the Yelu Department, lonely and in a desolate situation. She realized that Biemutie was the prince of Beirong, and sent him a letter, reminding him that Haidu Aling was preparing to divide several troops to attack the Great Wei, so that he could prepare for the battle. .
He wakes up in time and locks the door in time, what about her
What happened to her
In the snowy night, the horns sang one after another.
The enemy is coming.
Li Xuanzhen drew his sword and stood still, calmly looking at the battle formation that was slowly approaching in the dark sky.
He had to defend Liangzhou.
Only by winning this battle can he lead troops to rescue her.
…
The battle between Beirong and the pass guards lasted for more than half a month.
No matter how the Beirong cavalry charged again and again, the defenders in the city never retreated and stood firm on the ground.
Whenever the morale of the defenders was low, the Prince of Wei always took the lead and fought bravely, which boosted the morale of the defenders.
On the eighteenth day, Haidu Aling came from Jincheng, rode up the hillside on the other side of the river, looked at the majestic pass still standing proudly on the other side of the river, and asked the counselor behind him, "Don't you mean that the Prince of Wei has been seriously injured. Yet?"
How can a dying person carry his subordinates for so many days
The advisor lowered his head and said, "He was indeed seriously injured. It's a pity that the people who set up the ambush didn't expect him to return to Liangzhou so quickly. They didn't have time to prepare poison arrows, and only prepared arrows for ordinary hunting."
Prince Wei's luck is very good.
Haidu Aling pouted, and his pale golden eyes slanted: "Since we are going to set up an ambush, we should kill them all! Don't leave any alive!"
The counselor said nothing.
Haidu Aling sneered: "Calculate his fate."
He once wanted to assassinate Li De and Li Xuanzhen, but later found that the risk was too great. Instead, he planned to kill Li Xuanzhen in the Ye Lu Department, and then directly frame the Ye Lu Department, but Li Xuanzhen left that night.
It's up to him to say it himself.
But how could Li Xuanzhen notice the attack of Bei Rong in advance
Haidu Aling frowned.
Not only Li Xuanzhen, but also Jincheng, Xiaoguan, Shanzhou... All the important towns he was going to attack seemed to have received warnings in advance.
He dispatched hundreds of people pretending to be Yelu tribesmen and infiltrated Jincheng in the name of Princess Wenzhao, intending to take Jincheng by surprise and attacking it. A man named Du Sinan in the city ordered to be executed.
Also, Southern Chu and Shu, which were supposed to send troops to attack the Great Wei, suddenly changed their hexagrams and did not move. Only Northern Qi, which was sitting in Fengzhou, sent troops.
Haidu Aling touched his chin.
Which part went wrong
The only way to avoid making the same mistakes is to understand where you went wrong first.
He instructed the advisor: "You personally torture the guard who was captured by Jincheng. I want to know who is the holy person who gave the news!"
A counselor should be.
At this time, there was a faint sound of thunderous hooves from the east, flags fluttered, dust billowed, and a group of dense black spots appeared on the endless plain.
Haidu Aling squinted his eyes and smiled, "Their reinforcements are here, let's stop."
Li Xuanzhen is one of the best warriors in the Central Plains. If you can't kill him in one go, it's best not to fight.
Haidu Aling turned his horse and galloped down the hillside.
One day, he will personally lead the army, with the most heroic warriors in the family to conquer this rich land.
This fertile and fertile field is destined to become the pasture of his Haidu Aling.
Wherever the North Rong Horseshoe goes, he will conquer it.
"Go back to Yelu Department."
The corner of Haidu Aling's mouth twitched.
This time, although I failed to provoke disputes among the countries in the Central Plains as planned and let the Central Plains fall into the midst of the wolf smoke again, but I grabbed a lot of things, destroyed several small countries, and captured the entire Helong area except Liangzhou. Also got a stunning beauty.
Thinking of the delicate and invincible state of the beauty when she was sobbing beside the old khan's bed, he moved his fingers.
He likes to see beautiful women weep.
The beauty of the Central Plains, with thin skin and tender meat, skin like suet, from head to toe, everything is just right, docile, tame, delicate, when I see him, I tremble with fear, like a lamb to be slaughtered, waiting to be slaughtered. swallowed.
Must be the most ecstatic taste.
Haidu Aling laughed lowly.
That night, they climbed over the snow-capped mountains, just in time to bump into the knights sent by Yelu.
The knight immediately flew off his horse and reported, "The eldest prince was killed by a clan elder who was loyal to the old khan!"
Haidu Aling was furious: "Didn't you stop it?"
He expected that the idiot of the eldest prince would not be able to control the tribe, leaving a few followers to act accordingly. Why was the eldest prince still killed
The knight said shyly: "It happened suddenly, and my subordinates didn't expect to be punished suddenly!"
Haidu Aling was stunned: "God's punishment?"
The knight told the story of that night in 1510: "Princess Wenzhao of the Great Wei avenged the old khan and summoned the heavenly punishment, and the people of the tribe were terrified. The princess is gone."
Haidu Aling's face was gloomy, and a sharp eagle-like cold light flashed in his pale golden eyes.
He was fooled.
Princess Wen Zhao can actually speak nonsense!
How could a princess who married in a hurry and was able to learn Hu language quietly, how could she cry at every turn, complaining to the maid over and over again that her brother sent her to marry her
In the same way, how could a princess who only whimpered and complained that her brother sent her to be with her relatives would have the guts to pretend to be a ghost, disturb the entire Yelu clan under the guise of punishment, and take the opportunity to escape
Those expressions of fear, those cowardly actions, were all disguised, making him think she was just a delicate and cowardly ordinary woman.
When he left, she immediately showed her true colors.
Such a gentle and supple!
Haidu Aling sneered.
"In which direction did she flee?"
He wants to bring back that Chinese girl himself!
The knight replied in a loud voice, "The princess is heading east, and some of the subordinates are fast, they should be in front of her!"
As he spoke, he took out several blood-stained letters from his arms.
"My subordinates intercepted and killed a few of the princess's personal accomplices on the road, and each of them had a letter on them! A total of eighteen people were intercepted and robbed of twelve letters!"
Haidu Aling frowned slightly, took the letter, and read it at a glance, with a slightly surprised look on his face.
The person who tipped off was actually a woman.
His overall plan was actually defeated by this woman.
Haidu Aling's slender eagle eyes narrowed, and with a whistle, he called the eagle slave and released the eagle he raised.
The eagle spread its wings and flew high into the sky by the wind.
This eagle is his eye, and it will hover over the nine heavens to find the trace of the Great Wei Princess for him.
She was his prey.
She can't escape.