laughing soul

When the exporter made a promise to get rid of Chu Yu's poison, Xu Liushan himself sternly ordered him to only recharge his energy during this period of time, and not to disturb his thoughts in the slightest except for his peace of mind.

Xu Liushan stared blankly at Chu Yu's room which had been dark for a long time, looked at the two letters on the left and the right in his hand, and suddenly regretted his arbitrary decision.

After the white bird, another bird came to deliver a letter, but it was sent by He Lingyu who was far away in the camp of the Northwest Army in Weizhou. When he looked at it, his scalp exploded again.

There was another war on the border of Weizhou, Beili actually made red blood again, and the emperor personally marched.

Even though he didn't care about world affairs these years, he still saw that there must be a connection between these two matters, and he also knew that this matter must be extremely important, and it might even be related to the battle situation in Weizhou.When the half-year period comes, no matter what, you must tell Chu Yu everything as soon as possible, so as not to delay the important matter by another step.

Thinking of this, Xu Liushan couldn't help shivering.

At that time, Chu Yu realized that he had known it for a long time, but he just delayed the time and didn't tell him. Would he be beaten to death with random sticks and thrown into the wilderness?

He heard Chu Yu's even and long breathing from inside the room, and knew that this person was already fast asleep. He sniffed against the evening wind, and walked into the guest room beside him with his hands in his hands.

At the same time, Qiu Sheng has been in the Northwest Army camp for a month.

He stayed in the South Camp and followed the old general Han to quell the Nanman rebellion. He and the shaman Chuanmu were old acquaintances, and he could more or less understand the opponent's tactics. Several old enemies know nothing about it.

Last time, he had a fight with Latu. Although the old fox hid his tail and half-actively suffered a defeat, he could still understand the general fighting style.As for the newly appointed Deng Qi, Qiu Sheng had no impression of Deng Qi except that he knew that he was not a good person, and was extremely dissatisfied with his behavior of firing cannons to blow up people just after meeting him.On the battlefield, knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles. Now Qiu Sheng's eyes are completely smeared, all thanks to God's blessing.

Gao Li has woken up, but he is still dizzy and about to fall in a few steps. He is so virtuous, and he is still dancing to go up to the high platform to observe the enemy's situation.Zimmer was on the sidelines not only to guard the person to prevent him from falling into the ground again, but also to prevent him from rushing out of the door due to the burst of skills.

The two had their own headaches in the room, while Qiu Sheng and Wang Deng faced the scorching sun on the high platform and looked at the desert with clairvoyance, admiring the lonely smoke in the desert, stiffened into two not-so-elegant human sticks.

When Qiu Sheng first arrived a month ago, she was quite fresh, jumping up and down to climb all the high pavilions in all directions. She used to fight Nanman people in Jiangnan water town, and now she is trapped in the palace wall every day and is forced to write memorials. The frontier scenery of the Northwest is almost completely new to him.Once out of the imperial city, Qiu Sheng, who even took off the official clothes of Dali Temple, even said brazenly that Weizhou has a beautiful scenery and can escape the summer heat by the way. This trip is not like marching and fighting, but more like sightseeing.

Seven days later, Long Live Lord slapped himself in the face.

In order to have a wide viewing angle, Sifang Gaoge did not consider comfort and practicality at all when it was designed. The four thatched sheds were completely exposed to the sun. Now I will be exposed to a layer of rough skin by the hot sun.

A while ago, he really couldn't bear it, so he took a chance to neglect his duty, and secretly went back to write a long letter with no theme to Chu Yu, and ordered someone to send it to the Huadu post station, find a doctor, and give it to Jingsheng. Grandmaster.Although this task sounds a little cloudy, in fact, there is only one doctor in Huadu Station, Xu Liushan, and the other Zhangs, Lis and Lis are all Xu Liushan told Liu Shi to fool people.

"How long has it been like this?"

Wang Deng took a military book that he brought up by hand and gave Qiu Sheng a symbolic cover from the sun, but was blocked by the other party with a look of disgust, turned his head and looked at Clairvoyance again: "It's almost two months, and the army closest to the camp is here. Mo was patrolling back and forth on the secret road that Mo found when he was chasing that day, and the last general sent troops to wander around there every day, trying to find some faults and launch the attack first, but the gang of grandsons were actually very honest, and they couldn't find a reason."

Unlike Beili, who is simple and decisive, he can fight if he wants to. People in the Central Plains have long-standing grievances and have to analyze every fight to find an excuse. They always feel that it is impolite to go up and fight without saying hello.I just hit it, and I always feel that something is missing.

This is one, and the other is the vast place of "camping thousands of miles without city walls" in northern Xinjiang. At a glance, it is full of yellow sand and fields, and it is impossible to find where the enemy army is.What's more, Beili's war horses have the same temper as their masters. It is not impossible to spread the horseshoes and slip the Northwest Army around twice. If you fall into a dead end in the middle of the desert, that would really make every day unresponsive, and the earth would not work.

They cannot rush to send troops.

Wang Deng glanced back at the tall and handsome Qiu Sheng, and watched the fair-skinned Long Live Lord being tanned into a coal head Baogong, feeling a little bit sorry: "Your Majesty, why don't you change tasks with Zimmer? Or It’s okay to just rest in the tidied up emperor’s tent, as long as there’s a general here.”

Qiu Sheng waved his hand: "What do rough guys pay attention to? I was like a devil in Nandaying back then. After I came back to live a good life, I still raised it. Anyway, my daughter-in-law can't come back these days. It's okay to run around with you in the Northwest Camp." good."

Wang Deng: "Your Majesty's daughter-in-law, shouldn't she be the empress? Isn't the empress in the palace?"

Those border generals who eat and drink in the barracks don't know anything about the gossip in the capital. They don't know that the beauties in the harem of Qiu Sheng are simply forced to do nothing, if they don't think that a bunch of veterans are endless The impeachment is really annoying, and those Yingying and Yanyan have already gone back to their respective homes to find their own mothers.

Qiu Sheng sighed in dismay: "I'm from the rivers and lakes, and I've never been to the harem." He stared at the slightly tanned skin on the back of his hand and asked on a whim: "Hey, do you think he can be inclined to... that kind of rough and heroic? , the image of a slovenly handsome man?"

Wang Deng stared at Clairvoyance intently: "Maybe? After all, many girls like Kong Wu's strong men, probably because they feel more secure."

"That's not true," Qiu Sheng put her hands behind her back, smacked her lips and said with peace of mind, "It's not a girl, what about a man?"

Wang Deng lingered on the yellow sand that was gradually rising in the distance, and he didn't notice something wrong for a while: "Well... probably, also, probably?"

His gaze was torn from the clairvoyance suddenly: "A man?!"

However, Qiu Sheng rubbed his chin indifferently, pondering thoughtfully: "Maybe I can grow a beard by the way to show my masculinity."

Wang Deng was already stupefied by his fright. He stared at Qiu Sheng dumbfounded for a while, and found that the other party had no intention of joking with him at all. His tongue was stuck on his gums and he couldn't say a word.Fortunately, Long Live Lord was immersed in the boundless fantasies in his mind and had no time to talk to him. He waited for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, what about... the heirs? This, this, this..."

"Tsk, why do you look like Jiang Chen and the others? You have Xiao Jingran." Qiu Sheng squinted at him, looked up, and immediately frowned, "Look over there."

The yellow sand filled the sky, and there was no one there. Except for the sound of clashing swords, guns, swords and halberds made by the Northwest Army during their drills, there was a strange and strange light sound mixed in. As the sound became louder and louder, a whirlwind spontaneously The distance is gradually approaching, and it rises up with the loess and gravel all over the ground, and then falls heavily.

That strength is enough to uproot the old tree, and it is easy to take one's life.

Naturally, Qiu Sheng didn't understand what it was, and was staring blankly, but Wang Deng quickly reacted, grabbing and tossing at the corner of the high pavilion with one hand, and leaping, the whole person had already grasped the rope and was half suspended in the air.He circled half a circle in the direction of the natural rotation of the rope, regardless of etiquette, stretched out his other hand and grabbed Qiu Sheng's neckline tightly, and gradually brought Long Live God down like he was holding a chicken. , roared loudly: "Big storm! Enter the underground palace——"

As soon as he said the first three words, there was an orderly sound in the barracks, but with a snap of his fingers, the Northwest Army, which was dotted with guards and patrolling at various locations, assembled in front of the underground palace.

Wang Deng dragged this breath to the end, took another deep breath without stopping for a moment, and said in a calm voice to the bottom of the pavilion: "Miss He, please open the warehouse door."

The people in the room responded softly, and after a while, there was a loud bang.

The rope was pulled to the end, and as soon as Wang Deng fixed the straps, He Lingyu opened the door and stuck his head out: "Master, General Wang."

Desert storms are not uncommon, but the Beili area of ​​Weizhou has not encountered such a situation that requires all the staff to hide in the underground palace for several years. Your Excellency Gao’s underground warehouse has not been opened for a long time, and the warehouse door is blocked. There was a thick layer of dust, and after such a sudden opening and closing movement, the entire ground-floor hut wished to be swallowed up by the dust, and it was almost impossible to see anything clearly after entering.

The three groped to find the door of the warehouse, and closed the door when the howling storm was less than three miles away.

Wang Deng took a few mouthfuls of ashes and said hoarsely, "Your Majesty, I just offended you."

"Don't talk about these useless things, I can go to the battlefield even if I care about these little things?" Qiu Sheng waved his hands with a dignified expression, "What I want you to see is not a yellow sand storm."

Wang Deng was taken aback: "After the wind and sand...?"

Qiu Sheng: "I saw a small group of cavalry after the storm. I couldn't see the number clearly, but they did pass the defense cordon. I thought that the storm was coming from them, or they knew about it. It will blow to us, so send someone to observe our situation at close range first. It doesn’t matter if it’s close, they know we don’t have time to provoke trouble.”

Wang Deng clenched the Sun Moon Knife: "Could it be that they want to borrow the east wind?"

"People in the Central Plains pay attention to the right time, place and people when fighting. It seems that Deng Qi has not been in vain these days in Tiancheng." Qiu Sheng said coldly, "Is the Dicang connected with the Northwest Army's camp? The news spread quickly After the wind and sand blow away, quickly gather the army, we have a big battle to fight."

Wang Deng agreed, and when he turned around, he didn't know which seam he followed.

"He Lingyu," Qiu Sheng saw that Wang Deng had disappeared, and moved closer, "You will stay here when the storm passes, don't go out."

He Lingyu gave him a cold look, and refused without hesitation: "If you want to die, you won't die here."

His subordinates are so loyal, but Qiu Sheng, who is the owner of the station, can't be happy: "You are a young girl in the prime of life, what are you doing with us bastards when you go out to be knifed? Don't ruin your talent for military machinery This ghost place, I can’t take care of you when I go to the battlefield.”

He Lingyu looked at him inexplicably: "Who wants you to take care of?"

Seeing Qiu Sheng covering his head helplessly, He Lingyu, who cherishes words like gold on weekdays, actually began to argue with reason: "I helped look at the black armor and chariot last time, and the one in the imperial court who was paid for nothing The arsenal did not send anyone. When it comes to dispatching troops and generals to fight thousands of miles away, the generals are all masters with one enemy against one hundred, but how many of them can really identify the flaws of the opponent's mass killers? I don't understand the delicate mechanism, but it's just a blind cat trying to kill a mouse, which is a waste of manpower and material resources, and the treasury can still support it? Since it is possible to kill with one blow, why do you still insist on going to this cannibalistic battlefield? What about adding money? Site owner, please abandon your prejudice against delicate women and give it a try."

Qiu Sheng stared at her dumbfounded, realizing that he might have really not seen this girl for a while, and he didn't even know that she had developed from clumsy to eloquent.

"To capture the thief, first capture the king, and to break the formation, first break the eye," He Lingyu continued, "The same is true for ordnance. Give me six throwing knives, and I can stop six enemy chariots for you."

Before Qiu Sheng had time to express his opinion, the shit-stirring stick surnamed Wang actually got out from the side hole: "Your Majesty, please agree, Miss He, follow me, and I will cover you."

He Lingyu wanted to subconsciously refute the sentence "I'm covering you", but looked up at Qiu Sheng's complicated and difficult-to-discern expression, and nodded immediately.

The storm has passed, and the second round of slight vibrations gradually intensified. This is the muffled sound caused by the huge wheels of enemy chariots rolling across the ground. Wang Deng held his breath and realized that Gao Li and Zimmer had led their troops out of the underground palace. .

Qiu Sheng gritted her teeth and pushed open the barn door, while threatening menacingly: "Take care of her, if something goes wrong, I'll catch mice and roast them for you every day!"

Beili Dengqi, who was timid and hesitant to move forward, finally came out in full force after going around and fooling the Northwest Army for two months.Their newly arrived red blood has been used up last time, and the other side of Kunlun Mountain has lost contact again, but time is waiting for no one. If this delay continues indefinitely, Da Yue regains his strength and goes out to fight, or the Northwest Army becomes angry and goes deep into the hinterland. It's the result they don't want to see.

The flames of the Northwest Territory rose again, a hundred chariots roared forward, and the Beili people raised their swords and carried their knives to kill viciously.After the storm raged, the battlefield was still a bit confusing, and the strong horses and cavalry were almost invisible in the yellow sand. Only the strange and inexplicable ballad was almost shouted out by the strong and rough voice of the Northwest man, and the drums of the Northwest Army were clanging The sound was mixed in one place, and out of thin air came out some bloody smell that the old enemy was extremely jealous when they met.

Gao Li almost jumped out of bed when he received Wang Deng's urgent report, and his eyesight and waist pain disappeared immediately. He put on the light armor, mounted the horse and raised the knife a few times, and was about to kill the enemy and drink blood. At this time, he stood on the tall horse and waved his hand The whole army is ready to meet the enemy: "There are ghosts five miles away, and Xiyuying is preparing to—"

He raised his hand and released the letter bomb of the army, and Wang Deng understood: "Archers are ready! The fifth battalion comes with me, ready to outflank!"

The archer's light armor is specially made by He Lingyu. A bow and arrow barrel is added to the back. After adjusting the angle, it is easier to draw the arrow. An extra canister is added on the side waist. When the feather arrow is drawn out of the barrel, it happens to be able to Smear evenly around the poison pot, and anyone who has a little bit of skin and flesh scratched by the arrow will surely die after a stick of incense.

The mighty enemy army was gradually visible in the vast loess, Wang Deng slightly leaned down: "Archers!...One mile! Shoot arrows——"

At the same time, Deng Qi also ordered to fire from the chariot, and the two sides were instantly plunged into a bloody storm.

Northwest Weizhou was once again reduced to a purgatory on earth, and the days of the court officials who stayed in the capital and were thousands of miles away from the battlefield of their deaths were not happy.

First, there was an emergency at the northwest border, and then the wealthy Long Live Lord went to the main battlefield on his own initiative. These civil servants usually respect the golden rule of "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", and they have never seen chicken blood, let alone duck blood. It was a battlefield like a meat grinder, and they got together and scolded Qiu Sheng politely, expressing that this person's extreme enthusiasm for the Shura field made them puzzled.

After such a waste of time, Qiu Sheng still showed no signs of changing his mind, and the old men had no choice but to face the chaotic court situation headed by His Royal Highness Qiu Jingran.

In the spring of the second year of Longming, Emperor Longming Qiu Zizhan appointed his nephew Qiu Jingran as the prince of the East Palace. The child's early growth was actually very satisfactory, not to mention literary and military skills, but he was also knowledgeable and polite. A dislike.It's just that since he was ten years old and gradually grown up, his nature and character began to go astray irresistibly.

The tiger father had no dogs, and he showed the same fatal flaw as the former prince, but it was actually a common fault of the entire Dai Viet dynasty emperors, that is, an extremely strong and pathological desire to control.Now just as a prince, he wished to hold all the power in the world in his hands, and spread his immature minions to the country, but he obviously didn't have the ability to swallow mountains and rivers with anger.

The left and right ministers, Jiang Chen and Lu Yun, are quite comfortable dealing with him now, after all, he is not in power now, and those ignorant and cruel words he said can only be said.Hearing the ministers quarreling in the court, if any wording didn't suit his mind, he slammed the table hard to drag that person out and behead him.

Naturally no one will listen to him.

The little prince is still young, and he hasn't learned how to cover up his emotions without a trace like his predecessors. He was so angry that he pouted on the spot, murmured something in a low voice, and stared at a pair of scarlet eyes. , staring angrily at the person who said something wrong.

Jiang Chen was secretly startled, thinking that as soon as Qiu Sheng came back, he would have to keep Qiu Jing indifferent for a while, this child was born with an obsessive obsession with imperial power, such a person would never be an emperor.

What Jiang Chen didn't know was that the late Emperor also had this kind of thought back then, but he just tried his best to hold back this desire to announce it to the public.

The matter of exchanging paper notes has been temporarily stopped. During the war, there is really no money to take care of the royal power and wealth. Even the people in the court have a lot of opinions on this-probably because their own backgrounds have also been copied. Because of the reason - at this time, they had to bow their heads and obey the arrangements of the large army.Almost all the forces in the imperial court were sent to Weizhou. After all, most people in power don't want Qiu Sheng's life right now.

The next successor is right in front of him, and anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see the pros and cons.

Almost no one wanted the north to be pacified as soon as possible, and the genuine Long Live Lord came back to personally preside over Chao Gang.

Under the expectations of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the entire Central Plains, the Northwest battlefield greatly made the people of Dayue drop their jaws. The battle with Beili alone lasted until the second year.