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Li Chen's men and horses rushed out of the gate shouting "Chun Wang Qiansui is here" all the way. The air was filled with the stench of blood. Nubiha could understand Chinese, narrowed his eyes dangerously, and shouted: "The Emperor of Han!" His son is here to die! Kill him and reward him with 100 taels of gold and twenty women!"

"Kill the Han prince!"

"Stepping down the Yushu Pass!"

Li Chen held his long saber horizontally, his gaze was cold, those people who dare to take their own lives, don't be afraid of back and forth, he raised the saber and shouted, "Kill—"

"Kill!" Behind him, thousands of people shouted at the same time, rushing out of the pass. Their leader died at the hands of these people a few months ago. If they lose again, the new leader will be killed by the Qiang people again. If Yushuguan falls, they will really become Dakang's sinners.

Li Chen ran quickly under the cover of the people around him. There were only a few soldiers left around Shangguan Ling. He was covered in blood and surrounded by three half-chested Qiang soldiers. The three men were dressed differently from the other Qiang soldiers. Li Chen Sneer, is this the so-called "Twelve Yakshas of the Western Owl"?

Shangguan Ling clutched the wound on his chest, and looked at Li Chen with both surprise and joy on his face. Qu Qing and his bodyguard Fang Ge were guarding Li Chen. Killing heart, a gentleman uses a long sword, and a frontier fight is suitable for a knife and gun. This long sword was specially found by him for this expedition, and he vowed not to return it until it was stained with the blood of the Qiang people.

The three Qiang people saw that Li Chen had a higher status, so they made eye contact for a while, and charged towards Li Chen.

When the weapons exchanged, there was a fierce collision sound in the air. Li Chen held the handle of the knife with both hands, shouted loudly, and jumped backwards. The tip of the knife flashed dangerously in the night light. He made a long cut with his long knife, and the tall and fierce Qiang man smiled instead of anger, cursed in a foreign language, held a machete in one hand, and the other was like a palm leaf fan. The Han soldiers who rushed over halfway threw them out.

Qu Qing and Fang Ge each faced a Xixiao Yasha, and it was not easy. They still needed to get out of their minds to see the situation of King Chun. The prince just frowned tightly, and held the long knife horizontally in front of him, not afraid or retreating. When the Qiang scimitar came, the weight of the impact felt hard to Qu Qing, and the prince slid one foot back an inch. .Everyone raised their hearts to their throats, a sneer appeared on Li Chen's face, he withdrew the saber violently, the long saber was thrown upwards, quickly flipped in the air, and landed in Li Chen's hand again, the tip of the saber moved forward, and the Qiang people's eyes widened. Shrunk, and then spat out a mouthful of blood, looking in disbelief at the coldly glowing weapon inserted into his chest.

When Qu Qing was distracted, he was knocked flying by his opponent's elbow, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in his chest. The Qiang man ignored him and rushed towards Li Chen with a roar. Li Chen's eyes were cold, and he greeted him again. up.A few ordinary soldiers around him began to shout loudly: "The prince killed a Xixiao Yasha! The prince killed a Xixiao Yasha——"

This sentence was quickly blurred in the night, and many soldiers who were already desperate were shocked, and shouted from a distance in the empty land: "The prince killed Xixiao Yasha!"

"My lord beheaded Xixiao Yasha—"

Nubiha, who was sitting at the back of the town, was startled, and the Han soldiers began to fight back. The Qiang people who had been killed or injured less than a hundred fell into decline in less than a moment. Next to Nubiha, a Xixiao Yasha had a ferocious face, as if he did not believe that his brother was killed by the weak Han. Killed, but the fact seems to be the case, he said to Nubiha: "General, let me take a few brothers, those Han people who speak wild words will be slaughtered! Then go and catch the Han prince, give me Brothers sacrifice the flag."

Nubiha's face is gloomy. Now their Xixiao tribe is highly valued because of the second prince, and their status is constantly rising. They are about to surpass the Goshawk tribe where the leader's concubine Gu Liqiu belongs. In this battle, the second prince and the leader both Very seriously, how could he fail?

But the current situation is not optimistic.

Nubiha shouted: "Retreat immediately! Return to the garrison!"

The Yaksha beside him hates very much, and Nubiha's eyes are as fierce and cunning as a night owl, "Can't you see? We are defeated in sight, and we can't kill him on the battlefield. We are in Yushu pass," he paused Dun, "In the customs, as long as he leaves the army, we have a solution!"

"The Qiang people withdrew."

"We won! We won—"

"Come on—they're going to run—"

... Li Chen panted heavily, and sat beside a big rock, beside him were the corpses of three Xixiao Yasha and dozens of Qiang soldiers. Qu Qing was supported by his men, and said: "My lord, chase ?”

Li Chen shook his head, "We just won miserably."

Qu Qing saw at a glance that although the Qiang people fled with their tails between their legs, the number of Han casualties was still in the hundreds.

Li Chen stood up and staggered. He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and looked up at the sky. The full moon was neither sad nor happy, still shining brightly.

When Li Chen killed the first yaksha, he was not injured, but he had already used up six points of his strength. The second yaksha came, but he just tried his best to deal with it. Fortunately, Fang Ge was fighting with the third yaksha, and there was no danger It caused him other dangers, and finally when Fang Ge and Qu Qing killed the third person together, Li Chen was already covered in blood and couldn't stand up.

With the help of masters, ordinary soldiers couldn't find the opportunity to join, but they kept the Qiang people who came to support outside, and they didn't make them one step closer to the prince. Dozens.

In the tent of the general in Yushuguan, the last herald rushed over, "Report—the prince has won! Of the 800 Qiang people, only 74 fled. The prince and his own soldiers beheaded three Xixiao Yashas! Killed the Qiang people again!" Soldier Fan [-]! The prince is ordering to clean up the battlefield!"

The tension in the tent suddenly eased, and Zhao Weidu asked, "How is your lord?"

Chuan Linguan said: "The prince is injured, and the military doctors are ready."

Zhao Weidu said, "I'll go and have a look."

Si De was at the back, with his head down, and finally, a smile appeared on his face.

Qi Yunruo was sitting in a narrow room, not close to the pass, but he seemed to hear the battlefield shouting and killing. From here, he could see the general's tent, still brightly lit.

I don't know how long I sat there, it was already dawn, and someone outside shouted in surprise: "The prince is back!"

It seems that the voices of ordinary people came from afar, with surprise and gratitude in their voices, "My lord has won! My lord has driven the Qiang people away!"

"The lord—the lord has won—"

Qi Yunruo's heart was beating fast, he stood up, opened the door excitedly and went out, the camp was full of people, the soldiers who had returned from the victory passed by, Qi Yunruo failed to find Li Chen through the gaps in the crowd, and followed the crowded people in to comfort him. Among the soldiers in the army, there were two young men who looked at each other when they saw Qi Yunruo.

It was Yuan Feiyu and Zha He.

Zha He whispered: "Unexpectedly, even Nubiha and Twelve Yashas were defeated."

Yuan Feiyu said: "Recently, news of the lord of the country is necessary, we just wait patiently." After that, he took a deep look at Qi Yunruo, and pulled Zha He away.

Qi Yunruo anxiously searched back and forth, when someone grabbed his sleeve suddenly, he looked sideways, only to find that it was Qi Yunying, Qi Yunying pulled him out, and said: "My lord told you to go to the military clinic."

Qi Yunruo said: "What's the matter? Is the prince injured? Is it serious?"

Qi Yunying was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know."

At this time, the casualties of last night have been counted. Among Shangguan Ling's thousand men, 370 were killed, 80 were seriously injured, and 190 were slightly injured. three people.

A total of 490 Qiang people were killed.

Since the Qiang people started the war, no matter how many Han troops they faced, they had never encountered such heavy casualties.

Zhao Wei has already written the memorial, without any additions or subtractions, and played it according to the facts to show his merits for Li Chen. Li Chen lay on the wooden bed in the military doctor's office, and said tiredly: "We are always in a passive position. Where is the enemy army? , when to sneak attack again, how many troops there are... We don't know these things, and we still have more battles to fight in the future."

Zhao Weidu nodded, Qi Yunying brought Qi Yunruo in, Qi Yunruo stared wide-eyed, rushed over and knelt by the bed, stretched out his hand to untie his clothes, to see where his injuries were.

Li Chen held him gently, and comforted him: "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, the rest are just skin injuries, it's okay."

Qi Yunruo looked at him with sadness in his eyes.

Zhao Wei said goodbye tactfully, Qi Yunying stood for a while, and then silently withdrew.

Qi Yunruo knelt on the ground, with his head resting on the edge of the wooden bed. The armor on Li Chen's body protected his chest. Most of his wounds were on his arms, but he fought two yakshas in a row. Those two said they could carry a tripod. It's a lie, but the natural strength is real. Li Chen now feels like his whole body has been filled with lead, and there is a dull pain in his heart and lungs, making him breathless.After the medicine was cooked, Qi Yunruo brought it over to Li Chen to feed. After Li Chen finished drinking, he looked at Qi Yunruo's expression and said softly, "Xiao Qi, don't be afraid. I'm really fine. I'll sleep for a while. Come and lie down beside me." .”

Qi Yunruo was also a dark shadow right now, he took off his coat, being careful not to rub against Li Chen's wound, and lying beside Li Chen, Li Chen sensed the familiar aura around him, and soon fell into a sweet dream.

Qi Yunruo didn't feel sleepy, and looked at him sideways.

Li Chen's victory over the Qiang people caused an uproar in the customs. The people who were depressed finally had confidence in the new prince and general, and were also grateful to the emperor and the court who sent the prince. They spontaneously donated their own fruit and food to the army. , Some of the women went to help cook, and some took care of the wounded in the military hospital.

However, in order to avoid spies, only the dependent family members of officers can enter the barracks.

In the afternoon, Qi Yunruo woke up, but Li Chen was still asleep, Qi Yunruo got up carefully, got dressed, and went to make medicine for Li Chen.There were many guards patrolling outside Li Chen's room. Before Qi Yunruo went to the pharmacy, he met Dr. Li, who was the most skilled doctor in the military clinic. Dr. Li said, "My lord at least said that you need to cultivate for ten days. Don't work hard for these ten days. Hey, The prince was punched on the armor, but fortunately he didn't break his bones, we don't have good supplements here, so we can only take it slowly."

Qi Yunruo's eyes lit up, "The Qu family has it!"

Doctor Li said: "This is indeed..."

Qu Qing was also seriously injured this time. The Qu family finally climbed up the big tree of King Chun, so there is no reason why they should not be attentive and attentive. The head of the Qu family, that is, Qu Qing's grandfather, sent his second son to take A box of precious medicinal materials came, including ginseng and deer antler. There was a shortage of medicinal materials in the Northwest and they were expensive. The Qu family opened up a medical center in Yushuguan, their home, and provided them to the army for free.

At night, when Li Chen woke up, he felt that he wasn't that fragile, but Qi Yunruo didn't allow him to move freely, and when he got up to go to the toilet, he also followed each other to support him. Li Chen had no choice but to decide that as long as nothing happened, he would lie on the bed. Qi Yunruo was distressed. Said: "You said that when we left, why did we forget to bring some ginseng and bird's nest?"

Li Chen smiled, "Isn't there now?"

Qi Yunruo said stubbornly: "But, the Wangfu's is definitely better than the Qu's."

"...En." Li Chen looked at him and asked, "Did you get scared last night?"

Qi Yunruo nodded, "I'm scared...not too scared, I think you will win, I'm afraid you will get hurt." Qi Yunruo knew that as long as he was still in Yushu Pass for a day, the prince would always be in danger like last night, he was optimistic Thinking, "My lord, you should take good care of your wounds, maybe after you recover, General Zhao will beat the Qiang people away."

Li Chen laughed and said nothing.As long as the enemy's scattered main force is not defeated one by one, the crisis at Yushu Pass will not be eliminated for a day... What should we do?What should be done to wipe out all the Qiang people.

Early the next morning, Qi Yunruo heard soft voices outside, he got up and went out, and heard a woman's voice, she was here to deliver medicine porridge to the prince.

The guards stopped her, a little hesitant to go in and wake up the prince.

Qi Yunruo opened the door softly, wanting to ask someone to bring in the porridge. The moment he opened the door, he saw the woman across from him, and his heart was shocked. He widened his eyes in disbelief, and looked at her tremblingly. For a long time, he couldn't say a word.

The porcelain bowl in the woman's hand fell to the ground and shattered with a bang, teardrops were already hanging from the corners of her eyes.