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"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Martial law—!"

When the moon was in the mid-heaven, the outside of Yanmen Pass suddenly fell into chaos.

The situation that had been stalemate for more than a month suddenly became tense after Su Zhi arrived at Yanmen Pass, but there was no serious handover between the two armies.If things go on like this, the group of well-developed generals of the Huyan tribe seems to have forgotten their purpose of coming here for a short time.Drinking during the day, provoking the guards of the Yanmen from time to time, singing and dancing at night, the small days are extremely leisurely.

Then Su Zhi opened the city gate without warning, and the Xiao cavalry guards conducted a well-trained night attack!

The Turkic camp was full of flames, and countless soldiers were woken up in the middle of the night.Some people didn't even have time to put on their trousers, so they fled out of the account in a panic, only to be pierced by Xue Bai's throat.

The sound of shouting and killing, the neighing of war horses, the sound of bows and arrows piercing through the air...were intertwined in one place, and the full moon reflected in the sky, making it look particularly gloomy.

"Young Lord! This way!" Shen Chengjun waved away a Turkic soldier who rushed forward, and looked to his right. The black horse almost melted into the night, and he suddenly panicked, and shouted, "Su Yan, where are you going?" !"

Su Yan ignored him, the hand holding the sword was still shaking a little.

Before he was ready just now, he sent the Bihai long sword forward when he saw someone.The famous sword cut iron like mud, and pierced the throat of a Turkic soldier in an instant. The blood sprayed three feet high, and dyed half of his palm red. Fell off right away.

He killed someone for the first time, and watched the Turkic soldier stiffen and fall down. It was clearly at night, but Su Yan felt that the hatred and astonishment in the man's pupils were clearly visible.

"Jingfan, let's go! Go to a high place!" Regardless of how Shen Chengjun called him behind him, Su Yan rode his horse and pulled out a feathered arrow with his backhand.

His longbow was hung on the saddle, Su Yan put the sword back into the sheath, and held the longbow in his blood-stained hand.

The Turkic camp was leaning against a height, and when going up, it was blocked by arrows. Su Yan dodged in a panic, and only saw the king's flag hanging on the tent of the Chinese army not far away.

After three days of rest and secret investigation, they knew that Huyantu did not personally lead the army. The Turkic general who attacked Yanmen Pass this time was surnamed Ashina. Therefore, Zhuanmen sent him here—an exiled scattered army of the eldest prince had harassed Yunmenguan before, and he asked Ashina to come, and he also had the intention of using him to lure the eldest prince.

After figuring out what this kid was thinking, Yan Nandu sighed: "Tiger poison doesn't even eat children, it's really uncomfortable if he doesn't kill his brother."

Shen Chengjun laughed: "It seems that this Huyantu has been in Jinling for almost ten years, and he has not learned anything else. He imitated the intrigue in our court so vividly."

Shouldn't be thinking wildly at this moment, Su Yan shook his head, lying on Jingfan to avoid Liu Ya, unexpectedly there was a sudden pain in his shoulder blade.Su Yan let out an "ah" and touched the painful place, and he was shot by an arrow.It's just that the arrow didn't know whether it was too far away or the shooter didn't use enough force, the arrow hadn't completely penetrated into the flesh.

After thinking for a while, Su Yan pulled it out without hesitation, then loosened the wrist guard, pressed a rag on his back, and tightened the wound with the wrist band.This series of actions affected several small injuries before, and cold sweat oozes from Su Yan's forehead, but he is alone and helpless, so he must persevere alone.

Su Yan reined in his horse before the steep slope of the highland. He took a deep breath and put the feather arrow in his hand on the bowstring.

The target is the Turkic king's flag hanging high a hundred feet away.

The sound of breaking through the air sounded, and Su Yan quickly clamped the horse's belly, and the iron bumps on the pedals slashed across the startling sail, making it neigh for a long time, and turned back and ran down the high ground in pain.

In the distance, the Turkic king's flag slowly fell with the wind, and was caught in the fire of the military tent.

He just confirmed that the shot was indeed shot down, and when he looked up, he saw about a dozen Turkic soldiers coming towards him in front of him.Su Yan remained silent, estimated the distance, hung the longbow back to the saddle, and drew the sword again.

The shouting and killing continued until dawn, and blood flowed like rivers.

Su Yan returned to Yanmen Pass covered in blood, and it was Jin Yi who met him here.When he saw Su Yan's eyes were almost covered with blood, he panicked: "Young Lord, are you not injured?!"

Su Yan turned over and got off the horse: "An arrow shot in the back, my calf was cut, and my left wrist was dislocated...but I killed twenty people."

When he said this, his tone was light. Jin Yi's eyes widened. Just as he was about to say something, Su Yan limped towards the tent of the Chinese army with a long sword in one hand.Only then did Jin Yi notice that Su Yan's left wrist was almost deformed, and he quickly patted the soldiers around him: "What are you doing in a daze, find a military doctor!"

Xiao Qiwei's military doctor usually not only treats people, but also takes care of military dogs and horses when they are sick.Over time, several military doctors have become numb to various types of wounds and the unbearable tragedies of ordinary people. No matter what kind of thing comes, no matter how high or low the rank of the wounded is, they all use the same method to ravage the wounded.

The military doctor checked Su Yan's injuries, and after dressing up and leaving, Su Yan lay on the bed, unable to hum.

Shen Chengjun sat down next to him boldly, and began to explode: "Are you capable? Promising? Can you shoot the king's flag? I think you will be lucky and not meet me next time, maybe you will be heroic!"

Su Yan smiled weakly at him: "As soon as the Wang Qi falls, those people panic..."

What he said was the fact that the king's flag is the supreme symbol of the Turks. The sun wolf head on it is the representative of the Turkic kingship and the divine power. When the Khan was not in person, the king's flag was their spiritual support.Su Yan single-handedly killed the high ground, and after one arrow shot down the king's flag, the Turkic soldiers in the army seemed to lose their backbone and almost collapsed.

Su Yan was covered in cold sweat, and proudly raised the corners of his eyes at Shen Chengjun: "Why do you think these people are so superstitious? To be a human being, you still need to study more, even a flag can become a god."

Shen Chengjun: "..."

He didn't really want to tear things apart. This person who hasn't even finished reading "Spring and Autumn" has any right to ask others to read more.

Xiao Qiwei did what he said, and three days after arriving at Yanmen Pass, he rushed out of the pass. Starting with a night attack, he repelled the Turkic army of 3000 with [-] people-nearly half of which were broken by the fire on the night of the night attack. In the middle, the other half was chased and killed by Su Zhi himself, the road was full of yellow sand, and the Turkic soldiers were unprepared and were blinded.

At the right time and place, Su Zhi drove them all the way to a place five hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass, almost killing Wang Ting.

This battle seemed beautiful, but it was not a good one for Xiao Qiwei.It's great that they won more with less, but in this inconspicuous battle, their coach, Pingyuan Hou Suzhi was seriously injured.

The Xiao cavalry guards quickly retreated to Yanmen Pass, because Su Zhi was accidentally hit by a Turkic catapult on the battlefield and fell off his horse.If it wasn't for Yan Nandu's skill to quickly pick up Su Zhi from the ground, he might have been trampled to death by his horse on the spot.

After Su Zhi was carried back, the battle report quickly spread to Jinling.

The coach was injured, but the two countries had formed a bridge again. Huyantu was not willing to let it go. He sent someone to nail the letter of war to the tower of Yanmen Pass with one arrow, and threatened to come back for a visit in a month.

"The commander-in-chief has to go back to Jinling, and if it's not good enough, he has to go back to Luoyang, otherwise the best time will be delayed, and his legs will not be able to move." Shen Chengjun made a decisive decision and began to write the memorial.

Su Zhi refused to go back, but his injury deteriorated extremely, and he couldn't get up the next day.So after discussing with Su Yan, Yan Nandu knocked down the commander with a knife in his hand, and poured some of what he called "Kunlun secret medicine", so that the commander could sleep well on the way.When Su Zhi woke up, he had already been dragged to Xuzhou by a carriage.

There was a note in his bosom, in which Shen Chengjun's handwriting was seriously inconsistent with his own: "I am the master of the golden seal and tiger amulet, and I left it to Ayan."

Su Yan, who "snatched" the military power from his father, was not happy. After recovering from his injuries, he was forced to start studying Ashina's so-called tactics.He was worried that the Turks would attack at any time, so he didn't dare to sleep all night. He played tricks with Yannan during the day, and fought against Shen Chengjun and Jin Yi on the sand table at night.

He never thought that taking over Su Zhi's mantle would be so hasty and muddle-headed.But Su Yan couldn't allow Su Yan to think too much, the facts were already in front of him, and the burden that he once thought was out of reach was heavy on his immature shoulders.

This time it was no longer a joke, nor was it a formality.

At the same time, after the beginning of spring, Jinling received the second piece of good news.

The water conservancy project in Qingguang County was completed, named Donghua Weir, which dredged many tributaries of the Yellow River.The rivers outside Dongyang City are intricate and complicated. An artificial diversion weir was built at the confluence of the Bian River and the Yellow River to artificially divert the flow, so that a large area below Dongyang City was protected from annual floods.

After returning to Jinling, Han Guang was promoted to the third rank and was named Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but when Xiao Yan planned to take the opportunity to become king, Xiao Qichen refused.As if he didn't care about it at all, he hid back in the Chenglan Palace and didn't see anyone coming.Xiao Yan didn't intend to force him, since he didn't want the title of prince and marquis, he didn't force it himself.

Xiao Qichen slept in Chenglan Palace for two days and one night, his bones were almost softened, so he went down for a walk.He didn't go to visit anyone, and Lvyi followed beside him, feeling distressed and relieved.

"Your Highness has lost weight, but has grown a lot taller. Empress Ronghua will be happy to see it in the sky." She made a pot of tea for Xiao Qichen, walked around behind him to help him squeeze his shoulders, "Speaking of which, Your Highness is not old I'm young, a few days ago the Empress sent someone to ask the maidservant, does His Highness have a girl he likes? The Empress said that it is time for His Highness to know about the affairs of the people."

Xiao Qichen stopped flipping the book, raised his eyes and said, "I don't need it."

The green clothes said playfully, "Why are you so shy, Your Highness?"

Xiao Qichen simply put down the book, looked at her seriously, and said: "I really don't need it. I don't need others to teach those things, and I don't want to think about them now. If the queen asks, sister Luyi, you can just say so." Anyway, it's not a day or two since she dislikes me."

The green clothes said "Oh" and asked: "Why doesn't Your Highness want to be crowned king? Didn't I always think that when I was crowned king, I would be freer. If I got a fief in the year of the crown, I would be able to stay away from Taicheng from then on. Travel around the world?"

"That was when I was a child." Xiao Qichen didn't shy away in front of her, thought a little, and said, "I have something more I want now. If you are crowned king, you will be accounted for. Then there will be no change if you are so calm... .”

Lu Yi nodded with a half-understanding, continued to press his shoulders, and told him what had happened in the past few months when Xiao Qichen left Jinling: "Your Highness, Aunt Cuiyu went to the Imperial Dining Hall yesterday, and His Majesty gave Princess Chu an imperial gift." A few dishes. The princess is the first child, and I heard that it is dangerous, so I specially called the imperial doctor to the palace to wait, and it is estimated that she will give birth in May."

"Ah, brother Ping is going to be a father, he must be very happy."

"That's right—and what's more, the young lady of the Pingyuan Hou's Mansion seems to be happy too. When the ladies who ordered to enter the palace to greet the queen that day, Mrs. Hou's face was full of joy. Counting the days, it seems that Ayan... the little marquis had it before he left for the expedition."

Xiao Qichen raised his eyelids slightly, concealed his embarrassment without any trace, and said flatly: "You say that as if you suspect that Rongniang's child is not Ayan's."

The green-clothed man smiled hippie: "This slave listened to what others said, didn't it just feel like a coincidence!"

She thought that according to Xiao Qichen's temperament, she must make a few jokes.Unexpectedly, Xiao Qichen didn't say a word, but only held a distant smile, his eyes were like light-colored glass under the skylight, when he looked straight at the green clothes, it made her heart palpitate.

The green clothes later realized that she had said the wrong thing, and knelt down hastily: "Your Highness, forgive me, this servant is talking too much."

Xiao Qichen said gently: "Sister Luyi has been with me for so many years, so it's better not to say anything in front of me. I don't care where you heard this, I don't care about the gossip that the palace people gossip about me behind my back. You can let the past go, but if you insult Mrs. Ayan's reputation... I can't listen to it anymore."

The green clothes replied: "I will do it now, servant girl."

After she finished speaking, she didn't dare to lift her head, got up from the ground and walked against the wall.The skirt of the green dress disappeared at the end of the corridor, Xiao Qichen leaned back in the chair, and a figure suddenly appeared beside him.

After Xiao Qichen was assassinated on the outskirts of Jinling, Xiao Yan temporarily softened his heart and coaxed him to become addicted, and let his two hidden guards accompany him.It was supposed to let the hidden guards return to the team after catching the assassins, but those two assassins seemed to disappear from the world. After Tian Hui replied that he had no clue, Xiao Yan stopped asking.

Unlike Tianyou, Tianyou only obeys orders and does not recognize the Lord, but Tianhui clearly knows that being under Liu Wenyuan is not a long-term solution.He knew exactly how much the dark guard's martial arts had damaged, but he didn't dare to resist.Being by Xiao Qichen's side can temporarily keep away from Liu Wenyuan's eyes and ears, so when Xiao Qichen asked him if he would like to act together, Tianhui immediately agreed.

The assassins couldn't catch them, they didn't have to go back to Xiao Yan's side, instead they guarded around Chenglan Palace day after day, almost becoming Xiao Qichen's eyes and ears.Tianhui has his own plans, he knows that Xiao Qichen's heart is not limited to a small fiefdom in the future, this kind of ambition makes him boil, so he tries his best to help.

He heard everything Lvyi said just now, Tianhui asked: "Your Highness, after the girl in Lvyi finds those people...do you need to silence her?"

There was no trace of fluctuation on Xiao Qichen's face: "Don't let them die too happily. A bunch of slaves, after staying in Taicheng for a long time, they think they are superior. Now if you dare to gossip about the Pingyuan Hou's Mansion, you may have to say that I am not. Father's planted—"

Tian Hui: "Your Highness, your words."

Xiao Qichen changed his words in a good manner: "I'm sorry, I made you laugh at a momentary gaffe. There's no need to get rid of those people, find out who is spreading the rumors, as long as he is in Jinling City, don't let him go. Release the news after the matter is over, okay Tell others to shut up. Su Yan went abroad to kill enemies for the country, but they hinted that the blood in Madam Hou's stomach was not his blood...their heart is to be punished."

Although his tone was plain and straight, there was a hidden murderous intent in it, it was the first time Tianhui felt fear of Xiao Qichen from the bottom of his heart.Tianhui did not follow him to Qingguang County. From Tianyou's few words, he only knew that Xiao Qichen had indeed changed a lot, but he couldn't tell where the specific changes were.

Until now, Tianhui finally knew that the young man in front of him, who had not reached the crown, was not as weak as he imagined, but gradually had the bearing to decide life and death quietly.

If the time goes by, this bearing will become deeper with Xiao Qichen's experience. What he can control is not only life and death, but also this... Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

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