Pour the glass

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

When the fire cluster collided with those Gu insects, there was a series of crisp sounds. The momentary fire light made the rushing insects hesitate for a moment, and it also left Ye Lingxi and Jin Nu with a chance of survival.

"Take Her Royal Highness to Hanxi Pass for shelter first!"

White horses and red robes, silver armor and purple cherry blossoms, a familiar and slightly childish female voice sounded——

"Little song!" Ye Lingxi followed the sound, and saw a thin young female general with a bow sitting on the white horse, with handsome eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a frosty face. Yan Ge.

"No! Major General!"

The two lieutenants on the left and right rushed forward, pulled Ye Lingxi and Jin Nu onto their horses, reined in their horses and galloped towards Hanxi Pass.

Yan Ge put another cluster of fire on the bowstring and shot it towards the center of the insect swarm, and immediately said calmly: "Shoot the arrow!" As soon as the words fell, the other soldiers in the entourage shot the cluster of fire at the insect swarm.

The swarm is afraid of fire, and is instantly scattered by the cluster of fire——

"Follow me and burn this place clean!"

"promise!"

Yan Ge put away the longbow, tightened the rein with one hand, picked up a cluster of fire that was still burning on the ground with the other, and chased after the flying insects.Behind her, the accompanying soldiers burned the corpses of the twelve palace guards on the ground, and followed Yan Ge to continue killing insects with fire clusters.

When Ye Lingxi and Jin Nu stepped into Hanxi Pass safely, their shocking hearts finally calmed down a lot.

"Princess Chushan is here, hurry up and tell the general!"

"promise!"

"Princess, this way please!"

Ye Lingxi nodded slightly, and took a closer look at the former deputy general who was leading the way in front of him—although this person was young, for some reason, he felt a little more at ease after following him.

"May I ask what the general's name is?"

"Bailiyong," the former deputy general turned his face, cupped his fists respectfully to Ye Lingxi and said with a smile, "the last general is the adopted son of the great general."

Ye Lingxi nodded, "All these years, Xiaoge stayed in Haoling because of your filial piety by General Yan's side."

Baili Yong suddenly bowed to Ye Lingxi again, "I will thank the princess on behalf of my adoptive father."

Ye Lingxi was stunned for a moment, "Why did you say that?"

Baili Yongzheng said in dismay: "Xiao Ge told me that it was Her Royal Highness who released her privately and let her reunite with her adoptive father. I should thank you for such kindness."

"After all, our Ye family has treated us badly..."

"Your Highness, you don't need to say these words." A cool voice suddenly sounded from behind, Yan Ge took off his helmet, hugged it on his waist, and strode over, "I didn't expect you to come to Hanxi Pass." After finishing speaking , let out a soft sigh, her eyes were full of deep worry that did not belong to her 14-year-old childishness, "Perhaps, you shouldn't have come at all."

Ye Lingxi thought of those horrible bugs just now, and couldn't help shivering, and asked, "Since they're here, there's no need to do it or not." After a pause, Ye Lingxi continued, "It seems that this time Jin Guo The intruder has used Gu worms, how is the current battle going?"

Yan Ge looked at Ye Lingxi, and said in a deep voice, "As the princess has seen, we can only defend Hanxi Pass with fire."

"How long can you stay?" Ye Lingxi asked with concern.

"The princess sees the scene of Hanxi Pass now, how long do you think we can last?" Yan Ge asked back with a strong nasal voice, and looked at Bailiyong anxiously, "Brother Baili, father commander is feeling better today ?”

Ye Lingxi asked in surprise, "General Yan is injured?"

Bailiyong nodded and said: "My foster father had already gained the upper hand in the first battle against the enemy, but the enemy suddenly released Gu worms..." Halfway through speaking, Bailiyong held back his words, gritted his teeth and let out a long sigh.

"Take me quickly to see General Yan!" Ye Lingxi said urgently.

"promise!"

Hanxiguan is built along the mountain wall, and the walls are chiseled to form houses. When you step into the pass, there are trails on the left and right stone walls leading to the rest rooms of the soldiers.

Not long after, Ye Lingxi followed Bai Liyong to the stone house of the Chinese army, the room of Yan Qian, the general of the town army.

"The old minister pays homage to His Highness the Princess." In front of the general's seat, the gray-haired weak general knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily.

Ye Lingxi hurriedly stepped forward to help Yan Qian, but the moment her hands touched Yan Qian's shoulders, she froze for an instant—the military robe and sleeves were empty, and he clearly had no arms.

Tears welled up in his eyes in an instant, and Ye Lingxi said in a shy voice, "General..." She was so choked up that she couldn't speak.

Yan Ge rubbed his red eyes, stepped forward and helped his father to sit back in the general's seat, and said in a hoarse voice: "You see, this is the price of defending Hanxiguan, father commander was bitten by those bugs on both arms , Seeing that the bug is about to penetrate into his body, he can only...can only ask his comrades to cut off his arms..."

"Xiao Ge, don't be rude. How can you speak to Her Royal Highness like this?" Yan Qian glanced at Yan Ge and shouted, "The general died in a hundred battles. This is our way home. We can't blame anyone!"

"Father... we are here to die, but the court..."

"The imperial court has sent reinforcements." Ye Lingxi said quickly, "I believe they will arrive here in two days."

Yan Ge sniffed, shook his head and said, "What we asked the imperial court for was strong wine and saltpeter. Without these, Han Xiguan might not be able to last half a month!"

"Xiao Ge!" Yan Qian shouted angrily, "You still need to take care of the outside, go out quickly and take the brothers to continue exterminating insects!"

"father……"

"Military orders are like mountains! Hurry up!"

"Xiao Ge," Baili Yong tugged at Yan Ge's robe, "Let's go, at this time, Yifu's medicine is almost ready, let's get the soup first."

"Brother Baili..." Yan Ge's eyes turned red, he glanced at Yan Qian distressedly, followed Bailiyong out of the Chinese Army Stone House with a sullen head.

"Yan Ge is ignorant, please don't blame her, Your Royal Highness." Yan Qian said apologetically, with tears in his eyes, "Now in Hanxiguan, we can only rely on her and Yong'er to take care of this useless old minister. "

Ye Lingxi looked at Yan Qian with red eyes, "The Yan family is a loyal family, and they sacrificed too much for our Ye family. Xiaoge has resentment in her heart. I understand, so how can you blame her?" After finishing speaking , Ye Lingxi glanced at Jin Nu, "Jin Nu, hurry up and ask the military officer, how much spirits and saltpeter are left in Hanxi Pass?"

"promise!"

Watching Jinnu walk out of the Chinese army's stone house, Yan Qian sighed deeply, and said, "Actually, even if the imperial court allocates enough spirits and saltpeter, it can only keep Hanxi Pass from being infested by Gu insects. What worries the veteran most is that the Jin's soldiers and horses have only increased these days. Today's spies reported that there are millions of enemy troops outside the pass. Once they cooperate with the Gu worms to attack Hanxi Pass, the [-] soldiers of Hanxi Pass may not be able to hold it for three months. "

"One million!" Ye Lingxi turned pale with shock.

"What's worse is that the person who manipulated the Gu worms this time is Ayana, the national teacher of Jin. , if this person uses Emperor Gu to attack the city, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Yan Qian couldn't help but let out a violent cough when he said that he was excited, and in an instant the sharp pain touched the severed arm, he couldn't help but frowned, and said no for a long time Speak up.

Ye Lingxi hurried forward to support Yan Qian's trembling body, and said coldly, "General Yan, is there no way to break the situation?"

"It's difficult... old minister... the only way to go is to defend Hanxi Pass..."

"General, I will repair a book and send it back to Lin'an in eight hundred miles, and present it to the emperor to ask for more reinforcements and supplies!"

"Your Highness, you should go back to Lin'an." Suddenly, Bai Liyong came outside the stone house with the soup, and saw him walk up to Yan Qian, nodding respectfully, "Xiao Ge is worried about the injury of her adoptive father, and also afraid that her adoptive father will blame her. Just now, I was rude to Her Royal Highness, so I brought the medicine for her."

"Silly girl..." Yan Qian shook his head, looking at the decoction in Bailiyong's hand, he felt a little sad, "She doesn't blame me for making her a scapegoat, how could I be willing to blame her..."

Ye Lingxi was silent, thinking about the meaning of what Baili Yong said just now.

While carefully feeding Yan Qian the medicine, Bailiyong said: "Everyone in Hanxiguan is a man who is not afraid of death, everyone can stick to it until the last moment, but..." Bailiyong suddenly stopped the spoon in his hand, He sighed, "It's been a few days since the report to the imperial court asking for spirits and saltpeter, and there is no news from the imperial court. I'm afraid the situation in Lin'an City is no better than Hanxi Pass."

Ye Lingxi suddenly said: "You mean, someone secretly withheld the border report?"

"The princess is smart, so she naturally understands the meaning of the last general." Saying this, Baili Yong took a deep look at Yan Qian, "Father, Xiao Ge is like me, she won't shed a single tear when she dies in battle, but if she dies in vain, In the hands of some traitors, they will not be reconciled even under the Nine Springs."

"I understand what to do." Ye Lingxi nodded thoughtfully, "I will hurry back to Lin'an now."

"Rong Mo will give the princess a ride." Baili Yong finished feeding the soup and said to Yan Qian, "Father, rest well, I will take good care of Han Xiguan's brother and Xiaoge."

"Okay..." Yan Qian nodded weakly.

"Princess please."

Holding an empty bowl, Bailiyong led Ye Lingxi out of the stone house of the Chinese Army, and said again, "Everyone in Dayun said that Princess Chushan cares about the country and the people. Seeing her now, she really deserves her reputation."

"you?"

"These days when Xiaoge came back, the person who mentioned it the most is Her Royal Highness." Baili Yong smiled sadly, "I know, Xiaoge actually respects Her Royal Highness in his heart."

Ye Lingxi smiled self-deprecatingly, "Our Ye family has treated Xiao Ge too much, we are really ashamed."

"If your highness really feels indebted, can you agree to the last general?" Baili Yong paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Lingxi seriously, "If you can get Princess Chushan's promise, even if the last general dies in battle outside Hanxi Pass, you will be fine." No regrets."

Ye Lingxi asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness, please find a reason to bring Xiao Ge back to Lin'an... My adoptive father and I both hope that she can stay away from Hanxiguan, the Shura field..."

"I promise you."

"Thank you, Your Highness, Princess!"

Ye Lingxi stared at Bailiyong for a moment, and finally said, "You have the heart to protect her, and I have the meaning to protect her. If I am safe, I will keep her safe, too."

Being watched by Ye Lingxi so scorchingly, Bailiyong felt a little warmth in his heart, and immediately bowed heavily to Ye Lingxi with cupped fists.