concubines

When Zhao Weidu was strictly investigating each pass, two people were secretly brought by Si De. They were the leaders of Xin Yuanguo's spies in the pass, named Yuan Feiyu and Zha He.

After Li Chen left, Qi Yunruo originally wanted to go to Sister Yuanyuan's house to see the child before coming back, but on the way he saw Brother Ah Cheng in casual clothes leading two people away. Seeing those two people, Qi Yunruo frowned suspiciously, Those two people were somewhat familiar. Although they didn't know each other, they seemed to appear in front of him often.

Qi Yunruo changed his route by accident and followed him from a distance. Isn't General Si De in charge of support, and isn't General Zhao Weidu investigating spies?Brother Ah Cheng is under General Si De, what is he doing?

Qi Yunruo's heart seemed to be stung, and it hurt sharply for a moment.

Si De's camp is special because many of them are local military households who know each other well, and local hired workers often come to wash clothes and cook meals. It's not like Zhao Wei's camp, which has a strict hierarchy and sentry posts. Qi Yunruo didn't He has attracted too many people's attention, but the more people go inside, the more people gather. It is too obvious that he is a stranger.what to do?Who to go to?General Zhao is not in the camp, and the prince's people have been taken away. Will others believe him?It was just a secret intuition, because seeing two familiar people brought by Si De, who would believe that there might be a conspiracy hidden in it.

At this time, it was only half an hour before Li Chen's army set out.

Qi Yunruo's mind suddenly turned. The two people with special identities came from the main entrance, but they probably wouldn't go through the main entrance. Qi Yunruo went around to the side gate behind the camp. From here, it was closer to Zhao Weidu's camp. After that, Qi Yunruo felt that he was inexplicable for a moment, and wanted to leave here, but his feet seemed to have taken root, and he couldn't move.

A moment later, Yuan Feiyu and Zha He came out. Yuan Feiyu still had a sneer on his face. He remembered that Si De said just now: "You really think that your actions are all unexpected by this general? When this general started guarding Yushu Pass, you still Where's the fur kid?"

Yuan Feiyu and Zha He didn't speak, and they could only listen to Si De's disposition, but Si De calmly prepared to let them go, and made a request - Si De wanted them to leave the customs as soon as possible. Si De's own troops were assembled to ambush Si De's own troops a few hours before falling into the valley.

Zha He's eyes widened with disbelief on his face, but Yuan Feiyu quickly figured it out, and said with a sneer, "General Si wants to delay time and let your lord die?"

Si De's eyes were gloomy and cold, "There is no harm in doing this. If King Chun wins, the next one to suffer is your Xinyuan Kingdom."

Yuan Feiyu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "General Si must also know about Fu Liang."

Si De smiled, with a strong mockery in his eyes.

Yuan Feiyu's heart became more and more relaxed. There was a lot of intrigue among the princes of Dakang, and the death of King Chun would indeed be more beneficial to them. As far as he knew, the other princes of Dakang were not as talented as King Chun.

"Okay! We promise you." Yuan Feiyu smiled.

Qi Yunruo felt terrified when he saw the two people coming out from a distance, but a burst of horns saved him. Si De's army began to pack up and leave at any time. They will leave the pass to support King Chun in two hours.In an instant, everyone around him started to move. Qi Yunruo took a deep breath, picked up a broom and began to clean the dirt on the ground. Yuan Feiyu and Zha He had something on their minds and didn't see him.

But when he saw the person behind them, Qi Yunruo took a breath, it was Brother A Cheng.

Dong Cheng looked at him silently, the gaze was too complicated, Qi Yunruo hurriedly lowered his head, but didn't see it.Dong Cheng took two people to lead the horse, and then he would lead them away from another secret pass. Qi Yunruo followed silently. Dong Cheng heard the voice and didn't stop him—he just knew what the general meant. He felt that even if the prince died, Qi Yunruo would be free. The lives of their husband and wife were saved by the general, and he would do whatever the general asked him to do.

In the chaotic footsteps, Dong Cheng took them to Si De's private stable, Qi Yunruo hid outside, and suddenly heard Zha He laughing: "Thank you, sir, for leading the way, our brothers will go and gather troops to stop your general." , the calculation must be accurate, and when General Si arrives at King Chun and King Chun dies, he will reap the benefits of being a fisherman."

Yuan Feiyu chose the horse, Dong Cheng led them out silently, Qi Yunruo tightly covered his mouth and nose, hid aside, and waited for them to go away before standing up and galloping out.

Qi Yunruo's mind was in a mess, he got on his horse, and realized that he couldn't leave the customs at this time, Zhao Wei didn't know where to patrol, and no one would believe him.

——"I will leave a seal for you, if you are in urgent need, don't panic."

Qi Yunruo took out a jade private seal from his bosom.

Qi Yunruo galloped out of the gate, and at this time, an hour had passed since Li Chen left.

In an hour, the distance to Yanluo Valley, if it is fast, it will take almost one-third of the journey.

Qi Yunruo only glanced at the map when the prince was looking at it, and knew the general direction, but he didn't study the map in detail like Li Chen. Mr. Si De didn't dare to blatantly disadvantage the prince, as long as he stopped the prince and let the prince not encounter the Qiang people for the time being while Si De was procrastinating, he would not be afraid of how many Qiang people faced by 5000 people in the future.

Afterwards, Si De had his own prince to deal with.

It's just that after all, it was an hour slower, Qi Yunruo's horse's footsteps were not fast, and half a day later, it was noon, Qi Yunruo was covered in sweat, looking at the bright sun, he couldn't find the direction of the road for a while.

Yanluo Valley, Yanluo Valley... Walking along the Yun River in front of Yanluo Valley, he vaguely heard the prince say that after the land changes and the sand becomes less, the traces on the road will become less and less clear, and the border areas will be sparsely populated. Walking and identifying the direction, the speed is getting slower and slower.

In fact, because 5000 people must be faster than 10 people, Li Chen's march was not too fast. In the afternoon, they faintly saw Yan Luogu.

Li Chen didn't know why, but suddenly looked back at Yushuguan, Li Yue beside him asked strangely: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Li Chen shook his head, turned around, "It's okay." But he couldn't suppress a strange feeling that suddenly rose in his heart, did Xiao Qi start to worry about him, did he miss him?

"Report—My lord, there is no danger in the first three miles."

"Pause to rest."

"Yes."

Li Chen got off his horse and glanced back at the direction of Yushuguan. His expression was a little soft. Xiao Qi would probably be worried. Unfortunately, this business is so dangerous, and he couldn't bring him here.

At this time, Si De's army should have set off for a while, and the beasts in the distance began to scream in the dusk, but they did not dare to come over. After resting enough, Li Yue came over and asked if the army would continue to march, and Li Chen nodded.

Suddenly there was a wolf howling not far away. Li Chen was about to mount his horse, but his movements stopped. He looked at the faintly visible Yanluo Valley in the distance, and then at the direction of Yunhe on the other side, "Go on."

The army set off towards Yunhe, Li Chen felt uneasy for some reason.

In the evening, Qi Yunruo met wolves, but it was not a pack of wolves, but a lone wolf. Qi Yunruo was riding on a tired horse, and the lone wolf lay down and stared at him coldly.

Qi Yunruo had no food, no weapons, he felt a terrible despair, he felt his horse trembling with fear, it was also very tired, it couldn't outrun a wolf.

The lone wolf saw that he was weak, and rushed over. Qi Yunruo's horse neighed. Qi Yunruo's eyes widened, and he drove the horse away. Between the calcium carbide flames, an arrow shot from a distance and hit the lone wolf. , The lone wolf threw himself to the ground.

Qi Yunruo couldn't hold on any longer, and fell off the horse all of a sudden.

"Little Qi—"

Li Chen's eyes were shattered, Qi Yunruo's elbows touched the bottom, and the pain was unbearable for a moment, and he couldn't help saying aloud, when Li Chen rushed over, Qi Yunruo forgot the pain, widened his eyes, and said eagerly: "My lord, put me The army stopped, Si De would not come early, he contacted the spies, pretending to be ambushed, and when he arrives late, it may be too late."

Li Chen frowned slightly, and then began to look at Qi Yunruo's injuries. Qi Yunruo's elbows were quickly red and swollen. Fortunately, the ground was soft, the horse was not high, and no bones were injured. Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief and helped Qi Yunruo get up. Qi Yunruo continued: "My lord, what should we do? Is there any danger here?" He looked nervously at the nearby mountains, "Could the Qiang people just hide in the mountains?"

Li Chen was silent for a moment, as if he was in deep thought, he held Qi Yunruo's hand and slowly walked back to the team.

"My lord?" Qi Yunruo said.

It was already dark, and they were already able to reach the vicinity of Yunhe, but Li Chen asked people to stop. An inexplicable force seemed to tell him to stop, and someone would catch up.

Li Chen lowered his head and rested his forehead on top of Qi Yunruo's, and Qi Yunruo closed his eyes wearily.The two stood quietly, the night breeze was blowing, and the starlight was on. Li Chen seemed to sigh, but also seemed to be emotional, "Xiao Qi, you are here."

Qi Yunruo raised his eyes to look at him, with an indelible firmness in his eyes.

Li Chen said, "Tell me what happened today."

After Qi Yunruo clearly stated what he saw and heard today, he took Li Chen's water bag and took a big sip of water. Li Chen said, "Don't worry, there is plenty of water."

Qi Yunruo said: "Shall we go back?"

Li Chen shook his head.

"What should I do?"

Under the light of the torch, Li Chen looked at the map and said, "The people Si De contacted are spies from the Xinyuan Kingdom. We don't know where they will choose to wait for Si De, so we can't go back rashly."

Qi Yunruo sighed softly: "It's too dangerous, my lord, why do you have to go out?"

Li Chen smiled.

The 5000 people had already stopped and surrounded Li Chen and the others. Qi Yunruo continued: "Is it really worth it for you to risk yourself like this?"

After a while, Li Chen sighed: "Do you know how many Qiang soldiers were there who wiped out our 6 people?"

Qi Yunruo shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"They set up numerous ambushes in Buzhi Mountain and Qishan Mountain. After leading Situ Xu out of the pass, they first scattered people, crushed them with boulders, assassinated them with arrow rain, and various methods."

Qi Yunruo couldn't help but nodded when he remembered that when he first came, Li Chen kept asking those defeated generals Situ Xu what happened the day he died in battle.

"Combining the situation in previous years, I speculate that the number of Qiang people who went to the expedition was no more than 5000 at most. I led [-] people, and it was indeed lost. The Yunhe is close to the flat terrain and cannot ambush. We are prepared for where they come from. The Qiang people have no idea. The art of war has always been about fighting bravely, and I asked Si De to postpone the three hours, not only to wait for the Qiang people to come from all over the country, but also to allow time to set up the formation." When fighting with the Qiang people, do they It was time for people to set up a battle, but this time Li Chen wanted to wait for them to come, and there was plenty of time.

Qi Yunruo nodded in relief.

Li Chen continued: "My Dakang generals, many good generals with both intelligence and resourcefulness, have never won a big victory after so many years. They often fear the Qiang people too early and dare not go out... It's just Si De... A gloomy look flashed across Li Chen's face.

Thinking of Brother A Cheng and Sister Yuanyuan, Qi Yunruo couldn't help but feel sad. Li Chen seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said calmly, "I promise you, no matter what Si De thinks, I will save the lives of their husband and wife."

Li Chen didn't trust Si De at first, but the reason for entrusting him with this important task this time is that among the 10 people led by General Si De, there are also people from Zhao Weidu. Si De can't play tricks, but he can contact the new The people of the Yuan Kingdom... the new Yuan Kingdom...

For so many years, no one in the court has doubted it, even Li Chen has thought that the surname of the new Yuan Kingdom is Cheng, and the previous dynasty is also Cheng, but the Xinyuan Kingdom has never played the signboard of the previous Hong Dynasty. Offended the border once, and never raised the banner of restoring the country.

Qi Yunruo didn't even bring thick clothes, so he could only put on Li Chen's overcoat.

The Yun River and the Luo River are two big rivers that nurtured the Xinyuan Kingdom. After the Yun River left the border of the Xinyuan Kingdom, it flowed further north. The Luo River entered Suzhou and raised the people of Qingluo, Heluo, and Miluo. .

Morale is what you need to go out to fight. Even if you take a step back, your morale will probably drop by half. In the middle of the night, the air is very quiet, and a murderous intent is brewing.

How long can Si De delay?Li Chen opened his eyes in the night and sneered.

The sound of horseshoes and shouts sounded almost instantly. Li Chen pushed Qi Yunruo behind him and took a deep look at him. my own."

"Follow me." Li Chen said in a deep voice.

Qi Yunruo nodded.

Li Chen looked ahead and shouted: "Beat the drums! Set up the formation——"

Qi Yunruo and Li Chen were located in the center. He saw at a glance that in the night, the army quickly changed from a square to a circle. The Qiang people charged in a straight line, but there were countless gaps in the circle. Half of the Dakang people were infantry. Qi Yunruo didn't I don't understand why the cavalry didn't fight on the outermost periphery, but surrounded the inside layer by layer, and the outermost part was mostly infantry.

The Qiang people galloped their horses, waved their weapons, and rushed into the formation shouting. After the first wave of people entered, they quickly rotated in a circle in the ring, surrounding the Qiang people in the formation. Eight people attacked together, and a cavalry supported them. If you can't wear Lulu, the Qiang people's first heavy vanguard cavalry will be quickly wiped out.

If Qi Yun knew the art of war, he would know that Li Chen's first circular formation was the simplest Eight Diagrams formation.

The Qiang people are not fools, they stopped immediately after a bad start, and their pioneers were not wiped out all at once.

Li Chen brandished his knife and shouted: "Beat the drum! Change to the Liuhua Formation—"

Behind the Qiang people, Bo Tuke said coldly: "Unexpectedly, this Han prince has some tricks."

Nubiha sneered: "It's only a few thousand people, even if they have some extraordinary skills, how long can they last?" He flicked his scimitar, and the nine warriors behind him roared loudly. I don't believe that I can trap the bravest man in Xi Xiao!"