It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

It was night, and the cold evening wind blew past the tall and majestic city gate. The soldiers patrolling above the city gate held their halberds tightly, looking nervously at the miasma forest lurking far below in the darkness.

There was a faint sound of horseshoes coming from a distance, and the figures of the group gradually became clear under the lights.

The Southwest King's attitude was rare and tough. Even though he was full of reluctance and anger, Deng Lei still had to bring the most elite soldiers of the Xin'an Army and gathered under the city gate in the dark.

Deng Lei held the reins with both hands, turned his head, and said with a serious face, "In all our actions tonight, we must not startle the enemy. Once the body of the prince is retrieved, everyone will return to the city immediately and must not stay longer. But I still heard clearly ?”

"Subordinates understand!" The soldiers replied in unison.

"Okay, the whole army is going!" Deng Lei opened his mouth to give an order, watching the city gate in front of him slowly open, suppressing the inexplicable unease in his heart.

Before assembling in line tonight, his eyelids kept twitching, and he seemed a little restless.In normal times, he would never send troops easily at such a tense moment, but he couldn't resist the order of the King of Southwest - since his troops are still in Jinyang City for a day, they cannot be completely torn apart from them. fall out.

Deng Lei sighed almost inaudibly, forced all his worries and hesitation back to the bottom of his heart, and took the lead out of the city gate.

Not far away is the miasma forest under the cover of night. The trees in the forest are already tall and dense. Now, due to the occasional gleam of moonlight leaking through the clouds, within the miasma that permeates everywhere, you can faintly see ghostly shadows intertwined and entangled. Together, they set off the atmosphere even more terrifying.A human figure hangs on the outermost edge of the miasma forest. The fine clothes on the body are still exquisite, but there is no trace of life on the face that is as white as ashes.

The closer he was to the miasma forest, the slower Deng Lei slowed down, scanning the surrounding environment cautiously with his falcon-like eyes.Shizi's figure could already be seen more clearly, but the surroundings were still quiet, except for a few or two chirps of insects and the rattling of horseshoes, there was no other movement heard.

"General, this subordinate will go and put the prince down."

The soldier behind said something, got off his horse, and was about to move forward.

Deng Lei suddenly felt a change in the surrounding atmosphere at this moment, and the wind blowing across his face seemed to be wrapped in a strange and inexplicable breath.Alarm bells rang in his heart, and he waved his hand to stop the soldier who had already taken a step.

"Be careful! Something is wrong here!"

The people stopped by him and the soldiers and horses behind him were all taken aback when they heard the words. They still hadn't reacted yet, but suddenly a large flame burst out in the miasma forest under the deep night, and leaped out of the dark The swaying iron armored soldiers drew their swords one after another, their eyes were stained with bloodthirsty light, and they rushed all the way without fear.

"There is an ambush! Hurry back to the city for support!"

Deng Lei was shocked, and quickly drew out the long knife at his side to block it, and ordered loudly to the soldiers behind him.

However, Yan Yunqi, who had been in ambush for a long time, could not do what he wanted. Liang Yan led a group of elites to suddenly enter from the slope, and the sharp and cold swords and the fierce and tall horses completely dispersed Deng Lei's army. Like a long sword, it pierces straight into the heart of the enemy.

"kill!"

The officers and soldiers of Yan Yunqi burst into shouts, and all of them slashed at the faces of the Xin'an army in a desperate posture, like hot lava wrapped in a thick boulder.The morale of the Xin'an army was already low, and they were suddenly attacked in the dark, and they inevitably messed up their hands and feet, so it was quite difficult to resist, and they were almost at a loss.With a large number of troops rushing in from all directions, the encirclement circle narrowed further and further. Under the silver light interlaced by chaotic horseshoes and swords, was the retreating Xin'an army, with a river of blood flowing behind them.

"General, we can't go on like this, we must report back to the city!"

A general fought all the way to Deng Lei's side. He was already covered with several paints, and a stream of bright red blood was slowly flowing from his left forehead.

"Ask the surrounding soldiers to cover me. We will tear a hole from the southwest side, and we must return to the city no matter what!" Deng Lei barely blocked the sword cut from the right side, and blocked it with both hands, hurriedly panting.

"Yes!"

The general pursed his lips and whistled, and the surrounding Xin'an army immediately looked serious, and quickly gathered beside Deng Lei, fighting even more desperately.They surrounded Deng Lei and slowly moved towards the weaker southwest entrance. Yan Yunqi couldn't allocate more troops to hinder the group of dead soldiers from breaking through, and they were about to move to the gap in the encirclement.

Kicking away the soldier who was waving a knife and rushing in front of him, he retreated to Liang Yan's side while beating him, "General, look at them..."

"No hurry, let them go." Liang Yan casually wiped away the few drops of blood splashed on his face, curled up his lips and smiled coldly, without any emotion, "Presumably our Vice General Liu has been waiting It's been a long time."

Deng Lei and his party had already retreated to the outermost periphery of the encirclement. After a desperate fight, they finally broke through the siege of Yan Yunqi.The rest of the soldiers were covering behind Deng Lei, and he was escorted all the way by the general just now, and he hurried towards the city gate.

"General, hurry up! We're rushing out!" The general shouted excitedly.

"That's right! Let's go directly..." Deng Lei's smile from the aftermath of the catastrophe had not yet fully bloomed, but it had already froze on his face.His mount did not slow down and rushed towards the city gate, but he seemed to be nailed to the horse's back suddenly. The whole person stared stiffly at a group of armored soldiers slowly circling out from under the city wall, his expression slightly tinged with shock. fear.

"It's finally time for you, Mr. Deng."

Liu Da rubbed his nose, with a simple and honest smile on his face, the next second, he waved his right hand resolutely, his eyes were sharp, "If anyone takes Deng Lei's head, the general will be rewarded!"

"Kill!"

The elite who had been watching for a long time heard the sound of killing outside the miasma forest, and their blood was boiling and itching. Now that they see Deng Lei coming to their door, they finally have a chance to do something, who would like to let it go.

It took Deng Lei a lot of effort to break through the encirclement encircled by Yan Yunqi, and the rest of the soldiers beside him were some wounded soldiers, and seeing the glimmer of hope that he finally got was shattered in front of his eyes, his heart almost burst into tears. Filled with despair.

Like a pack of wolves, Yan Yunqi rushed towards his face with swords and swords. The swords and swords mercilessly attacked the opponent's most vulnerable place, and brought the Xin'an army who had escaped from death back to the dangerous situation again.It's just that this time, there was no such good luck as before, allowing them to find a way out.

The sore arms and the slightly tingling sweat continuously dripping into his eyes all reminded Deng Lei that he has exhausted all his strength and is at the end of his strength.Now he is supporting himself with his last breath, he can only swing his arms mechanically, and he may fall down at any time every second.

The most elite dead soldiers around him fell down one by one, howling, and they were almost powerless in front of Yan Yunqi, who completely ignored life and death and waited for a long time to work.Finally, amidst the flying flesh and blood, the soldiers of the Xin'an Army fell to the ground one after another, and there was a large area around them for no reason. Only Deng Lei was left struggling to stand on the ground with a long knife in his hand.

"Lord Deng, I'm sorry..." Liu Da shook off the blood on the tip of the knife, and approached Deng Lei step by step, "However, this war has dragged on for too long, and it's time to end it."

"噗嗤" came the sound of the blade piercing into the flesh, and after the blade was pulled out, the man who had been powerful in the Southwest battlefield and the imperial court in the capital finally closed his eyes and fell to the ground, with warm blood rushing out from the wound. Gather and diffuse in low-lying places on the ground.

Liu Da counted the rest of the soldiers, turned around and waved his hand to signal them to follow him and rush into the city. He still didn't forget to yell at the crowd in the distance: "The leader of the Xin'an Army, Deng Lei, conspired to rebel and harmed the people of Li. !"

The nearest soldier in the distance heard it, and immediately yelled loudly at the entangled battle situation, looking excited.

"The leader of the Xin'an Army, Deng Lei, conspired against the people and harmed the people. He has now been executed!"

The soldiers of Yan Yunqi shouted and sent messages one after another, and the news of Deng Lei's death quickly spread to every corner of the battlefield.The Xin'an army was struggling to hold on, but now that they heard that their chief generals were decapitated, their entire body seemed to be drained of strength, and even a few of them put down their swords in despair, closed their eyes and waited. With an inevitable end.

"All obey orders, follow me to capture Jinyang City!"

Liang Yan pierced the chest of the person behind him who was trying to sneak attack with his sword, and pulled Zhan Liu back with a swipe, without looking back at the soldier who was slowly falling down with a muffled sound, he shouted at all the soldiers.

"Conquer Jinyang City!"

The soldiers of Yan Yunqi were all red-eyed, and when they heard that the war had finally come to an end, they were even more excited, and their strength increased by two points.The rest of the Xin'an army was already powerless to resist, and within a short while, they were almost wiped out, leaving behind scattered weapons and bloodstains all over the place.

"Come on!"

The soldiers shouted and rushed towards Jinyang City. Liu Da had already led someone to break into the outermost city gate. The hunting Yan Yunqi army flag.

There were almost no obstacles to enter the city gate. The ordinary people in Jinyang City were startled by the raging fire outside the city, and closed their gates tightly. Next, rushed up one after another in a panic, and was quickly dealt with by the Yanyun cavalry who were in full swing.

"Well, what's going on?"

After meeting Liu Da, Liang Yan rode up to him and asked in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, general, the road ahead has already been cleared by the general." Liu Da chuckled, "I'm afraid that the old bastard of the Southwest King will want to run away when he hears the wind, and the general has already asked people to block the front and rear doors of the palace. caught."

"You've done a good job." Liang Yan nodded approvingly, half-closed his eyes and looked towards the Southwest Palace not far away, "Go, take the soldiers, and we'll go straight to the palace!"

Yan Yun's iron hooves trampled all the way across the avenue in Jinyang City. Amid the long neighing of the steed, the gate of the Southwest Palace was finally within easy reach.The soldiers at the front kicked open the closed gate, and immediately the maidservant screamed loudly in panic.

"Forgive your life, spare your life!"

Liang Yan didn't look at them at all, he grabbed a trembling maid with one hand, lowered his head and looked indifferently, "Where is your lord?"

"My lord is...in, in the study, just go all the way to the south." The maid almost rolled her eyes and passed out, pointing in a direction with trembling fingers.

Liang Yan let go of her hand, and let her fall to the ground limply, holding Zhan Liu on her waist and hurriedly walked towards the study, "All follow!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers behind them responded in unison, and followed behind with small steps.

"General, is there still an ambush?" Liu Da scratched his head and thought for a while, then ran to Liang Yan's side nervously.

"Whether it's an ambush or not, we have to go there."

There was no warmth in Liang Yan's pitch-black eyes, and his voice was equally cold.

Seeing this, Liu Da didn't say much anymore, but waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to hurry up.

The closer you get to the study, the less you can see any flustered servants.An oil lamp was lit in the study, reflecting a figure sitting upright on the seat on the window screen.The sound of Yan Yunqi's footsteps was getting closer, but the figure still didn't move, and was still sitting upright.

Holding a knife in one hand, Liu Da walked carefully out of the door, and gave Liang Yan a questioning look.

Liang Yan frowned and nodded resolutely.In the next second, the soldiers knocked open the lock of the door with their elbows, and broke into the spacious study with weapons in hand.

"King of the Southwest, you..."

Liu Da's sharp shout was only halfway out, but he suddenly stopped, closed his mouth and looked at Liang Yan in surprise.

Liang Yan didn't look back at him, but frowned even tighter, looking deeply at the seat in front of the table——

The King of the Southwest was sitting on the chair in a fine attire, but his eyes were closed tightly, his face was pale, and a trace of blood was slowly dripping from the corner of his mouth.On the table in front of him was a wine glass studded with gemstones, the orange liquid in the glass was almost drank, only a shallow layer remained at the bottom, flickering and reflecting halos under the light of candles .

Liang Yan put Zhan Liu back into the scabbard, strode forward, picked up the wine glass, put it under the tip of his nose, and took a sniff.

"...It's a hook kiss." He put down his wine glass and glanced sideways at the silent King Xixi, "He walked cleanly."

Liu Da put away his surprised expression, and his face was obviously relieved, "It can be considered that the king of the Southwest knows his own way. We broke the Jinyang City, and now he has no chance to stand up again. Instead of being hacked to death with knives, It’s better to tidy up and settle it yourself.”

"I don't care how he died."

Liang Yan took two steps back, turned around to look at the boundless night outside the window, and looked towards the direction of the distant tent, as if he also saw the young man in the tent who was anxiously waiting for their return.

He paused, the ice on his face finally melted away, revealing his first smile since tonight.The slightly raised corners of his lips were extremely shallow, but no one would mistake him for the tenderness and relief that flashed in his eyes at that moment.

"All I know is that we won...all of this is finally over."

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