The second prince and his men waited patiently until they actually saw the Qi army retreating rapidly.
When the Xiongnu army saw the Zhao family's cavalry appearing in their field of vision, everyone was extremely surprised!
Their prince is indeed the chosen one, and he knows things like a god.
Following the second prince's order, the Huns troops immediately moved out and spread in the front and rear directions, forming a situation of catching turtles in an urn surrounded by front and rear.
Soon the second prince appeared in front of them, looking directly at Wen Qingzhu, who was surrounded by everyone.
He shouted in his unsophisticated Central Plains dialect: "Now that you're here, stay over there!"
Wen Qingzhu lowered his eyebrows, turned around and took out a signal pop-up, pulled the rope at the end, and with a whoosh, a bright red flame flower exploded in the sky.
Very tall, very bright.
The Xiongnu army recognized this signal flare and asked the Fu Jiajun for support.
They had deeply felt the terror of Fu Jiajun in Shuangfeng Mountain.
The second prince didn't hesitate at all, stopped talking, and shouted directly to the sky: "Kill!"
Then a series of instructions were given.
Wen Qingzhu saw the customary gestures in the Xiongnu army and instantly understood what the second prince wanted to do.
Catch them alive! If you can't catch him, kill him!
"Protect your lord!" The surrounding soldiers quickly changed their formations to protect Wen Qingzhu.
The Xiongnu army didn't make many changes in their formations, and just laid siege to them like making dumplings.
Zhao Jiajun had only one purpose this time, and that was to send Wen Qingzhu back to the pass.
Three thousand soldiers went out to resist the Huns. The remaining two thousand formed a charging formation and broke through the siege of the Huns.
Wen Qingzhu held the reins tightly and followed the army slowly forward.
The front is already full of fighting. The Qi army is not as powerful as the Xiongnu army, but it is far inferior to the Qi army in terms of teamwork and emergency response.
Within a quarter of an hour, cracks appeared in the Huns' encirclement.
Seeing this opportunity, the Fu Jiajun immediately gathered around Wen Qingzhu. Most of their strength was concentrated at the front, and they rushed out, directly tearing a gap.
"Let's go!" The vanguard immediately adjusted their formation and attacked from both sides of the gap, leaving a safe passage.
Wen Qingzhu immediately speeded up and ran towards the exit.
After a while, she escaped from the encirclement, and Fu Jiajun followed her without hesitation.
Seeing that Fu Jiajun was already leaving here with Wen Qingzhu.
The second prince can no longer sit still. The person who can dispatch the Fu family army to protect is definitely not an ordinary person!
This person might be someone more important than Lei Shuo!
"Come here! Bring me my heavy bow!" the second prince immediately ordered.
He got the heavy bow and asked his subordinates to steady the horse, while he stood on the horse, drew the bow and prepared to release the arrow.
Wen Qingzhu felt a chill running down his spine and looked back while running.
Just in time to meet the second prince's eagle eyes.
Wen Qingzhu was shocked: No!
She immediately turned around and quickly ordered Fu Jiajun to disperse!
Wen Qingzhu was petite and fell sideways, making it difficult to detect him among the crowd.
The second prince lost his goal. The startling look back just now ignited a desire to conquer in his heart.
"People from the first team, follow me!" The second prince was a person who followed his feelings and immediately dispatched his own soldiers to pursue him.
Wen Qingzhu, who was heading southeast, quickly took off his outer shirt, revealing the gray linen clothes common among Xiongnu herdsmen. He then wiped his face with black ash and gave the secret guard two instructions.
The secret guard, who had never questioned anything before, couldn't help but said: "No, sir!"
Wen Qingzhu took out a letter from his sleeve and turned to hand it to him: "Give it to the prince! He will not punish you."
The second prince led his men to chase him. Wen Qingzhu didn't have any chance to explain, so he turned around and dismounted.
Beidou was wearing a yellow-green coat and a cloth scarf of the same color on his head. He was squatting in the grass, almost blending into the grassland.
"Let's go!" Wen Qingzhu lay on Beidou's back and grabbed his arm.
I saw Beidou looking at the depths of the Xiongnu in the northwest, and started running there without hesitation!
Seeing that they had left, the secret guard had no choice but to put on Wen Qingzhu's clothes and run towards Yongheguan.
The second prince tightened his grip on the horse's belly and quickly pursued it...
It's early autumn on the grassland, and there have been almost no battles in Yonghe Pass in the past few years.
Suddenly, the swords collided and the horses neighed, which immediately disturbed the big and small beasts that used to live here.
Beidou was now like a cheetah, with all fours on the ground, his eyes sharp, staring ahead and running forward.
No one noticed this scene, and no one knew that there were humans who could fly across the grassland like wild beasts.
About an hour later, Beidou found a depression by the river and stopped.
Wen Qingzhu's whole body had been shaken to pieces and he was lying on the ground unable to move at all.
After taking a rest, Wen Qingzhu tried hard to get himself moving.
After all, Beidou was the one who worked the hardest, but just as she was about to move, a water bag was handed to her.
Wen Qingzhu looked at him in shock and found that apart from his blush, Beidou was breathing smoothly. It was hard to tell that he had been running with someone for so long.
Beidou handed the mouth of the water bag to her lips and pointed to the river behind, indicating that the water was taken from there.
Wen Qingzhu then opened his mouth, drank water, and rested for two quarters of an hour before he recovered.
After sitting up, Wen Qingzhu asked him, "Aren't you tired? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Beidou shook his head and said in sign language: It's okay, it was like this in the forest before.
After resting, Wen Qingzhu took out the tools he had prepared and began to disguise himself.
Within half an hour, an ordinary-looking Hun woman appeared in front of Beidou.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and took the tool, asked Beidou to squat down, and began to disguise him.
Compared to her, Beidou's face shape and body shape are closer to those of the Huns, so they only need to make slight changes.
After changing their disguises, the sun in the west was already setting.
Wen Qingzhu raised his head and looked in the direction of Yongheguan. The people at Shuangfeng Mountain must have gotten the news.
An hour and a half ago, at noon.
Zhao Qing came with the follow-up troops and saw Lei Yan chasing the Huns.
He looked ahead again. Zhao Jiajun's people were everywhere dead and wounded, including the bodies of Fu Jiajun.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Qing was shaken in his heart. He rushed forward and grabbed someone and asked, "Where is Mr. Wen?"
The injured soldier raised his head and saw Zhao Qing, and immediately knelt down: "General, the second Xiongnu prince led troops to ambush us. We suffered heavy losses. More than half of the remaining Fu family troops were killed or injured. Those who were still alive have returned to the pass and reported to the regent and General Lu. "
Zhao Qing grabbed his collar fiercely: "I asked Mr. Wen! Where is she!"
"I don't know... I only saw the Fu Jiajun who was protecting you being chased. Your Excellency... I don't know what happened..."
Seeing him like this, Zhao Qing could only let go of his hand bitterly and turned around to see that Lei Yan was coming back with his troops.
Stopping in front of Zhao Qing, Lei Yan said with an indifferent expression: "Zhao Jingjun is very capable and led an army of 30,000 people, but the Huns ambushed Mr. Wen outside Yonghe Pass."
"Master Xiao Lei, please listen to me!" Zhao Qing chased after him, but Lei Yan didn't give him any face at all and turned his horse around and left.
Zhao Qing felt cold.
But he didn't want to take more than two steps. Lei Yan stopped again, turned around and looked over, and added: "Looking and telling General Zhao that the emperor's decree has arrived, the emperor will personally come to inspect the border in a month."
After saying this, Zhao Qing's legs softened and he knelt on the ground.
The emperor is coming
Wen Qingzhu's news was immediately sent to Shuangfeng Mountain.
When the messenger arrived, Fu Lie was confirming the time to blow up the mountain.
After hearing about Wen Qingzhu, he immediately read the letter and his heart sank.
Everyone did not dare to speak and waited quietly for Fu Lie's order.
After a moment, Fu Lie looked up at Shuangfeng Mountain with cold eyes and gave the order: "Blow it up! Use three times the amount!"
Some subordinates couldn't help but worry: "But the treasure in the mountain..."
Fu Lie glanced sideways, his eyes were very pale, and the corners of his mouth were raised unusually: "Treasure? Do we, Da Qi, need the things that belong to the deceased king of the previous dynasty?"
"I have too many words! Your Majesty, please forgive me!" The speaker immediately lowered his head to apologize.
Fu Lie did not blame him, but raised his hand, and his subordinates acted quickly.
Half a quarter of an hour later, continuous explosions sounded on Shuangfeng Mountain, and the sound lasted for half an hour.
The half of Twin Peaks visible to the naked eye is just gone.
Fu Lie turned around and ordered: "Notify Zuotang immediately and ask him to prepare to recruit workers to build the city wall!"
It gets dark and the temperature drops sharply.
Fortunately, Wen Qingzhu had prepared extremely light cashmere sweaters in advance, one for her and one for Beidou, so they could barely spend the night.
There are more jackals and wolves in the grassland than in any mountain forest Wen Qingzhu has ever been to.
In order to avoid safety, Wen Qingzhu had to light a fire.
Firstly, to keep warm, and secondly, to be the first to notice something approaching.
Wen Qingzhu slept for the first half of the night, and Beidou slept for the second half of the night.
The first night in the grassland was finally spent peacefully.
Facing the morning sun, Wen Qingzhu washed himself, and Beidou looked for edible grass roots and tubers.
Wen Qingzhu ate it as it was. Although the taste was astringent, it felt pretty good after roasting it on the ashes of the fire that had not yet been extinguished.
After eating breakfast, Wen Qingzhu took a dead branch and looked around.
While thinking about the path she took here, she began to draw a map, and began to supplement it based on the actual situation.
After confirming that it was correct, Wen Qingzhu stood up and buried the ash pile himself.
She looked deep into the Xiongnu and said, "It's time for me to go."
As they walked, Wen Qingzhu taught Beidou how to understand the Huns.
Around noon, they finally saw a nomadic family.
The grass here is almost withered, it's colder than the Yongheguan side, and it looks more desolate.
She leaned on the stick and approached step by step. There was no way to avoid him.
Soon a woman wearing a headscarf saw them.
She watched them approach intently, and then ran into the house.
Soon an old man holding a cigarette pole and a middle-aged man holding a hatchet came out.
Wen Qingzhu stopped three feet outside their fence and said in a very weak voice in Xiongnu dialect: "Auntie, uncle, can you give me some medicine?"
Seeing her like this, the aunt first felt sympathy, turned around and asked the old man in a low voice: "Dad, would you like some dandelions? The girl doesn't seem to be in a good condition."
"No!" Before the old man could reply, the middle-aged man began to object and said with a very grumpy temper, "This place is too close to Daqi, maybe he is a spy of Daqi!"
The aunt didn’t agree: “But that girl spoke our Huns dialect.”
Wen Qingzhu didn't move. Although he heard their words very clearly, he still knew what they were saying through lip reading.
The aunt is just an ordinary woman, and the middle-aged uncle looks full of hatred towards others. Only the old man, who is still smoking a cigarette leisurely, remains unmoved. Under his twitching eyelids, there is a pair of eyes full of wisdom.
"Give me some dandelions, some flatbread and dried meat!" the old man said, then turned around and went in.
The uncle chased after the old man dissatisfied, and kept asking: "Dad, it's already a risk for us to come here..."
Because the uncle's face was completely turned away, Wen Qingzhu couldn't see his lips clearly and didn't know what he was talking about.
On the contrary, the aunt quickly pushed the fence and came out, and said to her enthusiastically: "Girl, don't be afraid, I'm going to get the dandelions and dried meat. Just wait a moment."