Pour the glass

"Come here, you guys, hurry up and prepare some saltpeter spirits," Baili Yong waved to his comrades in the Hanxi Pass, "Good luck escorting Her Royal Highness back to Lin'an."

"Promise!" After accepting the order with fists folded, the six Han Xiguan officers and soldiers withdrew temporarily the supplies they were going to escort.

"Xiao Ge." Ye Lingxi glanced back at the busy soldiers patrolling Hanxi Pass, and finally stopped at Yan Ge at the end of the pass, who was secretly showing the purple helmet tassel, "I have something to trouble you. "

Yan Ge came out, raised his jaw slightly, "Say it."

Ye Lingxi said solemnly: "Bugs plague the road constantly, I want you to personally escort me."

"But..." Yan Ge glanced at Baili Yong hesitantly, "Han Xiguan can't do without me."

Bailiyong shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Xiaoge, with me here, Hanxiguan will be fine, so you can escort the princess with peace of mind." After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Lingxi, "I am in Hanxiguan. They are rough guys, they are not as careful as the palace guards in serving the princess, so it will be more convenient for you to escort them along the way."

"Can……"

"If Xiaoge really doesn't want to, General Baili doesn't have to force her." Ye Lingxi said with a sudden smile, "Although I come from a deep palace, I'm not someone who can't bear hardships. Waiting for Jinnu to collect supplies When the shortage comes back, let’s go back to Lin’an.”

"I……"

"The sooner this palace returns to Lin'an, the supplies needed by Hanxiguan can be dispatched earlier. It is also a good thing for Hanxiguan, isn't it?"

"Okay, I'll give you a ride!"

"Okay!" Ye Lingxi glanced at Baili Yong quietly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Bailiyong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to Ye Lingxi, "I will go and choose a good horse for the princess."

"En." Ye Lingxi nodded slightly.

Bailiyong retreated, Xiaoge lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Ye Lingxi stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder, asking, "What's wrong with you?"

Yan Ge rubbed his nose, raised his face suddenly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Highness, do you think I don't know about your agreement with Brother Baili?"

Ye Lingxi was startled, "Since you know, why did you agree to me?"

Yan Ge gritted his teeth, "Father Commander called me just now, and he told me to go back to Lin'an with you to help you." After a slight pause, Yan Ge's red eyes fixedly looked at Ye Lingxi, "I I know that your situation is actually not much better, but I can only go this trip with you according to my father's command, one is because of the military order, and the other is because..." After the words, Yan Ge forcibly held back .

"Military orders are like mountains..." Ye Lingxi muttered, and suddenly felt that these four words were so heavy. It was because of these four words six years ago that Xiao Ge became a demon boy in troubled times and lost what should belong to her. Six years later, because of these four words, Xiao Ge had to leave her father who lost both arms.

Yan Ge raised his hand and rubbed his nose again, "You also think this word is heavy, don't you?"

Ye Lingxi nodded silently, raised her hand, and wanted to caress Yan Ge's face, but Yan Ge avoided it.

"Six years ago, I didn't understand these four words, so I did a wrong thing that I can never turn back." As he spoke, Yan Ge wiped away the tears welling up in the corner of his eyes, and said plainly, "So Haoling Six Years is the punishment I deserve, you don't have to sympathize with me, and I don't want you to sympathize with me!"

"Little song..."

"Your Highness, the old slave has already collected the amount of supplies that are in short supply." Jin Nu walked over with a booklet in his arms, and handed the booklet to Ye Lingxi respectfully.

Ye Lingxi opened it and looked at it hastily, and couldn't help frowning, "Han Xiguan has been really hard these years."

"Yeah, if we don't replenish these supplies quickly, I'm afraid Han Xiguan won't last long." Jin Nu was worried.

Yan Ge waited for Jin Nu to finish speaking, then turned around suddenly, and walked quickly towards the stone house of the stable, saying as he walked, "So we should set off quickly!"

"This little girl is still as rude as ever." Jin Nu sighed, and looked at Ye Lingxi worriedly, "Your Highness, I have been traveling day and night these days, and this old slave is worried about your health."

Ye Lingxi waved her hand and said seriously: "If the Hanxi Pass is broken, I will perish. Even if I am healthy, I am destined to be a slave to the subjugated country. What's the point? So I can bear all these hardships! After pondering for a moment, Ye Lingxi thought of something, "However, General Yan's concerns are right, so what if I return to Lin'an? The military power is in the hands of Shen You, and Cao Ya's government and the public are all in charge." People, even if the father wants to allocate supplies and soldiers, I am afraid that he will be powerless."

"Doesn't Captain Qi still have 1 troops?" Jin Nu reminded, "Since the [-] reinforcements are just a drop in the bucket for Han Xiguan, they might as well be used elsewhere."

Ye Lingxi thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, Captain Qi's 1 horses can indeed be used."

A moment later, nine horses galloped out of Hanxi Pass, all the way east, the goal was not Lin'an, but the [-] reinforcements who were still on the way.

The sun was sinking to the west, three hundred miles away from Hanxiguan, in the wilderness, there were many military camps, and the smoke from the kitchen was curling up.

After seven days in a row, the lieutenant general who went to inquire about the news did not come back for a long time. In addition, she kept receiving letters from Feige from the brother of Zui Jinxiao's guard camp, and Ziyuan's uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, Ah Ling lit a lamp and put it on the small table, illuminating Ziyuan's livid face.

"What are you thinking?" A Ling noticed Ziyuan's abnormality and couldn't help asking.

Ziyuan pursed her lips and shook her head, "I was wondering if the lieutenant general who sent the list of deserters also ran away halfway?"

"No wonder I haven't seen your lieutenant these days." Ah Ling's doubts were finally resolved.

Ziyuan shrugged, "It seems that I am really not suitable to be a general. I became a general for the first time, and I was a deserter and a deserter. Tell me, will it be possible that when I finally go to the battlefield, only Will I be the one?"

Ah Ling glared at Ziyuan, "Aren't I human?"

Ziyuan was startled, not knowing how to respond to Ah Ling's words.

Ah Ling realized that what he just said was really inappropriate, and explained immediately: "I mean, if you don't know how to lead soldiers, I will teach you how to lead soldiers, so you will never be left alone no matter what. "After speaking, I just felt a little guilty, and quietly stroked my cheeks, and the touch of my fingertips was warm.

Ziyuan nodded in relief, and was about to say something when she was interrupted by a voice outside the tent.

"General Qi, it's not good, it's not good!"

"What's the matter?" Ziyuan suppressed her smile, quickly lifted the curtain and walked out of the big tent, asking the soldier who came to report in a hurry.

Xiaobing replied in horror: "General Qi, we can't go to Hanxiguan, if we go, we must die!"

"How to say?"

"The last general was chopping firewood outside the camp, and met a group of refugees fleeing from Hanxiguan. They said that Hanxiguan is now being attacked by Gu insects, and I'm afraid it won't last long!" After finishing speaking, the soldier suddenly thumped Kneeling down on the ground, kowtowing again and again, "General Qi, we are going to Hanxiguan, we are undoubtedly going to die! Please also report back to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to let us go back!"

"I beg the general to let us go back!"

The pleadings of the little soldiers made all the soldiers in the battalion fall to their knees, hoping to find a way out for themselves.

"You all get up!" Ziyuan sternly said, "So what if I let you go back, if Hanxiguan is really breached by Gu worms, and then the Gu worms will drive straight in, where can you hide?" Ziyuan's gaze swept over the crowd coldly, "It's fine if you want to go back, I just want to ask you one question, if the Gu worm crawls to the foot of Lin'an City, will you continue to stay at home and wait to die, or stand up to protect your family?"

"..."

"It's the same boy from Dayun, and the soldiers of Hanxiguan are fighting to the death. How come you are here, one by one, greedy for life and afraid of death, what kind of man are you?" Ziyuan said angrily, and suddenly her voice became hoarse, "I also have relatives in Lin'an, and I also have relatives. I want to go back alive, but I know what it means to have an overturned nest, and how can there be no eggs! Blindly retreating is only a dead end! It’s better to fight desperately, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!”

"..."

The camp fell into a deadly silence for an instant.

Suddenly, through the curtain, Ah Ling lightly poked Ziyuan's vest with her fingers, and said in a low voice: "I want to know what kind of Gu the attacking Gu is, can I ask some refugees to come in and ask a question or two? "

Ziyuan nodded silently, then turned her head and said, "You bring some refugees in, I want to ask about the current situation of Han Xiguan."

"promise……"

The little soldier from just now nodded dejectedly, got up and walked away.

The coolness on Ziyuan's face faded a little, "Back off, do what you should do, if you want to continue to be deserters, I will not stop you. I just want to say one thing, sometimes people are in dangerous places. You may not necessarily die, and you may not be safe in a safe place." After speaking, Ziyuan lifted the curtain and walked into the Chinese army tent.

"It seems that some people will escape again tonight." Ziyuan shook her head, "This time, I really have no way to stop them."

A-Ling pondered for a moment, and then said: "These people are not Dayun's personal soldiers in the first place, but come from the minister's personal soldiers, how could they obediently work for Dayun... I think Emperor Yunhui is really a poor man..."

Ziyuan nodded, and said worriedly: "In this way, I don't know how long the Hanxiguan battle will last. I... worry about my sister..."

A-Ling's eyes darkened, "You don't have to worry, if I know what kind of Gu worm is attacking this time, maybe I can help Han Xiguan defeat the enemy."

"Aling," Ziyuan suddenly stretched out her hand and supported Aling's shoulders, "If you encounter a Gu worm, you run first, and I will come to the rear."

A Ling opened Ziyuan's hand, smiled sourly, and stared at Ziyuan fiercely with her beautiful eyes, "I don't need such a sacrifice from you, even if you die, you should die in front of Zhexue, the last thing you should do is to die." Just die in front of me!"

"When you get angry, you are more fierce than your sister..."

"..."