King's Landing GL

Chapter 54 Desperate Battle

Let's talk about Guigu Mountain here, Liu Rufeng had been waiting for him that day after he sent the letter to Li Wu, but unexpectedly at night, he waited for an unexpected person to come back - Zong Qi.

Zong Qi saluted Liu Rufeng and said:

"Zongqi has met Master."

Liu Rufeng helped her up and asked:

"I haven't returned to the mountain for many years, why did I suddenly come back today?"

Even though Zong Qi had already passed the assessment for going down the mountain, he had always been led astray by Su Yu, and he was very casual. Fortunately, the gate of Guigu Mountain was open, so he was not dealt with by her.Because of this, he couldn't force Zongheng not to return to the mountain.

Zong Qi took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Liu Rufeng, Liu Rufeng took it and opened it, his expression changed greatly:

"Xuan Yi is in Qin State?"

Zong Qi nods:

"After checking for a long time, I can confirm."

Liu Rufeng paced around the room, frowning tightly:

"No! I have to go down the mountain! If he finds out Zongheng's identity, then your senior brother will die!"

Zong Qi was stunned:

"Brother didn't..."

"This matter is of great importance. Guigu deacon Yuling handed it over to you back then?"

Zong Qi nods.

"Now you and Heng Yi will take charge of the affairs of the sect."

Zong Qi was silent for a while, and said:

"If it's because of Senior Brother...Master, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"what?"

"Brother's army started the battle with Chen yesterday."

Liu Rufeng smiled:

"Xuan Yi is quite conceited. If he really knows the identity of your senior brother, he will definitely go there by himself instead of letting others do it."

Liu Rufeng understood Xuan Yi, and understood that all his conceit came from his inferiority complex.He guessed right, and Sylphy would indeed take Zongheng's life himself as he said, but before that, he had to bury a gift first, so that he could give it to Xiang Yan's daughter-in-law in the future.

Qin State Qi Palace

"Sir, now that Chen and Qin are at war, what should we do?" Murong Yu asked the man wearing the silver mask.

Sylphy waved his folding fan, looking outrageously suave.

"Next step?" He smiled, "Naturally let Prime Minister Gan join us."

"But Ganluo is absolutely loyal to Murong Bai..." Murong Yu frowned, the elders of the two dynasties of Ganluo, if he could let Ganluo help him, he would have done it already, why wait today?

"Naturally, we need to use tricks." Xuan Yi took out a small bottle with a blue background and blue scorpion, "This is a high-quality Gu, corrosive to people's minds, and a good medicine."

"Can......"

"Don't be afraid, my lord," Xuan Yi's eyes flashed coldly, "It's not a good thing for an old thing to live too long."

Murong Yu looked at the bottle of Gu medicine and shuddered inexplicably. Compared with this iron face, his heart was much better.

When Liu Rufeng came down the mountain, the first thing he did was go to King Qin's Palace.Jian An was taken aback when she saw him, she never expected that Liu Rufeng would come to her at this time.Compared to her surprise, Liu Rufeng was much calmer.He nodded to Jian An and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but is it safe?"

Jian An pursed her lips and did not reply, but her eyes were fixed on Liu Rufeng without blinking.Counting the time, their 30-year agreement is coming soon, so Liu Rufeng came here to take her away?

Liu Rufeng smiled, but her temples were already gray, even if she didn't care about it, the years still took away the young him, the one who was once clear and handsome, knocked on the door of Jian's mansion with high spirits, and said he wanted to marry her.

Seeing Jian An's silence, Liu Rufeng smiled and said, "I'm here today to tell you something important."

"what?"

"Xuan Yi is in Qin State."

Jian An was taken aback for a moment, and said in disbelief, "Xuan Yi? ——He's in Qin?!"

Liu Rufeng nodded, and said: "Although it is not sure where he is hiding, I think he must have come here for Zongheng."

"Zongheng..." Jian An frowned and sighed long, "She is a good child, but she wants to ruin Wang'er."

"So you forced Murong Bai to give birth to that child?" Liu Rufeng said helplessly, "Why is this so, you clearly know..."

"Yes, I know all about it." Jian An interrupted Liu Rufeng, and said, "But I can't let them go! My child carries the entire Qin Kingdom on her shoulders, and she can't be helpless!"

"Wuyong?" Liu Rufeng smiled, mockingly, "Your daughter is much better."

Jian An pursed her lips and remained silent. In fact, she did know how powerful her daughter was. She was trapped in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, which is the best example.

"Let them take care of the juniors," Liu Rufeng persuaded, "Besides... Zongheng is the brother's child."

"Murong Bai is also my child."

Liu Rufeng sighed long, he is used to compromise with her, but he also has a bottom line:

"Take a step back, you don't want to trip Zongheng again."

"..." Jian An didn't speak, she looked at Liu Rufeng for a long time, and suddenly said softly: "You are old..."

"I'm getting old." Liu Rufeng looked at her and smiled, "But my heart is still the same."

Jian An was startled, then turned her face away, and said coldly:

"I never loved you."

"I know," Liu Rufeng walked in front of her, bent down, Zeng Junlang's brows were full of traces of time, he said softly, "I say my heart has not changed."

"..." Jian An's eyes suddenly turned red.

Liu Rufeng gently hugged her into his arms, and said lightly: "Jian An, whether you believe it or not, the only one I love has always been you. We have spent more than thirty years, and if we continue, I'm afraid... .Time is running out."

Jian An leaned against Liu Rufeng's arms, tears finally flowed from his red eyes.

Yes, they spent too long, so long that they no longer believe in love.A lie trapped two young people. When the annual rings of the years crushed the obsessions of the past, what was left was only a heart full of reluctance.

Liu Rufeng, Liu Rufeng... Jian An whispered the name in her heart, and after a long silence she said, "Rufeng..."

"I'm here."

"Play the flute for me again, just play the song you composed for my wedding that year..."

"it is good."

A flute sound that is indifferently sad but forced to be joyful spreads to every corner of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Time is merciless and people are changing, and a sigh is sentimental.

"Like the wind."

"I'm here."

"I'll keep my word. Now...is not the time."

"I know, I know..."

Chen Guoyuncheng

Today is the second time Chen Jun has attacked the city. It is already dusk, but the drums are still beating.I washed my face, ate two steamed buns, and when I was about to go up the tower, Li Wu sent someone to call me.

"Captain, General Li has a request."

I paused, then followed.

Li Wu was originally the residence of the city lord of Yuncheng, but now that it has become the meeting hall of the Qin army, I found out that besides Li Wu, there is also Li Yi.I had some doubts in my heart, but I didn't show it on my face. I walked forward calmly and saluted.

"The valley of the last general sees the general from the south."

Li Wu coughed lightly and said to me: "There is no need to be polite."

He said to me and Li Yi: "I called you two today because there is something important for you to do."

Li Yi and I saluted and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"It's been five days since Chen's army attacked the city, but they are getting more and more aggressive. I'm worried that if this continues, our army will suffer losses."

I lowered my eyebrows and thought quietly.As Li Wu said, it was never easy for the Qin army to fight protracted wars. Besides, Yuncheng was originally owned by Chen Guo. It took a lot of effort to appease the people in the city these days.

"What the general said is very true." Li Yi clasped his fists and said.

"So, I will order you two to lead 1000 people each to go around the enemy's back when it is dark, and kill them by surprise!" Li Wu pointed out on the blueprint.

"The last general takes orders!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Li Yi and I said in unison.

"Then let's prepare first." Li Wudao, "Stay from the south first."

"No." Li Yi resigned.

After Li Yi left, only Li Wu and I were left in the room. Li Wu said: "Do you know why I kept you?"

I shook my head.

Li Wu smiled and said: "You lead the army to attack tonight...you can leave when you have an opportunity. With your martial arts, this is not a difficult task."

I was silent for a while, and asked, "You want me to be a deserter?"

"Aspect!"

I smiled at Li Wu: "Uncle Wu, Zongheng knows your kindness. But I promised Murong Bai that I will go back."

"Go back?—how to go back?" Li Wu frowned, lowering his voice a little, "Don't tell me you don't know the current situation! It's clear that the order of the king before the expedition was for you to be an idle official, what about now? You are the vanguard who leads the army to kill at the front. You know how many people you have offended in this court. No matter how powerful the king is, there are times when he can’t control it! Orders are sent from the capital to the front line, and there is any link in the middle. An accident can kill you!"

I am silent.

"You have been in the mountains for a long time, and then you are in the palace. You don't know the dangers of this officialdom. I can protect you now, but not in a few days!"

"What do you mean?" I realized something was wrong.

Li Wu sneered, and said: "The imperial edict for you to lead the army alone is probably coming soon."

I was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "I'm only the seventh-rank official, let me lead the battle...how is it possible?"

"There are fears of misfortune in the court..." Li Wu said in a daze, "People leave tea cold, and military power...is worthless."

I wanted to say something else, but Li Wu waved his hand and said to me: "Forget it, it's useless to talk too much. There is only one chance...you think about it yourself."

"......promise."

At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of Li Wu's words. I thought he was just entrusted by Liu Rufeng to persuade me to go back to the mountain. I didn't think deeply about it at all.Later, when I faced a hundred thousand enemy troops alone, I understood: it turned out that they had planned to let me die on the battlefield from the very beginning.

Haishi Yuncheng gate opens

Li Yi and I each led a thousand elite soldiers out of the city at night, we went east, he went west, and took advantage of the outflanking situation to ambush towards Chen Jun.Unexpectedly, the march was only half an hour, and even before reaching the outflanking point, Chen Jun suddenly beat the drums and sent out troops to attack the city again.

I screamed in my heart that it was not good, if a large number of Chen Jun's troops attacked, wouldn't I be outflanked instead?I immediately ordered my subordinates to retreat in the opposite direction, but the order passed on for a long time, but they were still advancing.

"Adjutant! What's going on!" I shouted.

But there was no sign of the adjutant for a long time, I scolded my mother in my heart, then drew out my sword, and shouted: "Stop it all for me! Pull back!!"

The sound of the drums approached, and no matter how loud I roared, only the dozens or hundreds of people nearby could hear me, and more people were still moving forward.I said a bad word angrily, Chen Jun is approaching, if I drag it on, I'm afraid I won't be able to withdraw.So I immediately ordered to hide on the spot, and then hurried to the front. When I reached the vanguard, I suppressed my anger and asked, "Why don't you stop?! Are you going to disobey the military order!"

A corps leader stepped forward and said, "Captain, the military order we received is to move forward."

With a livid face, I was speechless angrily. I clearly asked the adjutant to order the troops to retreat, but now they told me that the military order they received was not this.

I looked back at Chen Jun who was getting closer and closer, thought for a while, and said loudly: "All officers and men obey orders! Take cover on the spot and prepare for battle!"

This completely messed up my plan. Because of the mistake in the military order, my army is about to be made dumplings by Chen Guo's army!And it's the stuffing I sent by myself!

Chen Jun's iron cavalry rushed forward first, and I couldn't help it. I could only hold the long sword and roared:

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

No matter how powerful we are, we are like ants in the face of Chen Guo's tens of thousands of troops, letting others hack and kill us.I raised my sword and slashed at Chen Jun who was attacking me. Now we are on the side of Chen Jun. As long as we resist with all our strength, we can tear a hole with all our strength and wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

But after a while, I realized that this was a fool's dream, because Chen Jun's main force turned his head and rushed straight towards him!

I struggled to resist, and I knew in my heart that this was a show of courage.In the chaos of swords and swords, I could barely distinguish between the enemy and myself, and only knew to keep slashing at those who attacked me.A low growl of injuries continued to be heard beside him.My mind went blank, my hair was red with blood—it was the first time I faced the cruelty of the battlefield.I thought I was ready, but when I actually faced the Asura Field, I was still afraid.

I'm afraid I've lost my word and can't go back.

"Sir!!" A soldier came to my side and said to me, "This subordinate is ordered by the general to cover Mr. from leaving!"

"Leave?" I opened my mouth and said a word tremblingly, "Can I still leave?"

"Sir, be careful!!" The soldier suddenly raised his sword and stabbed me behind. I dodged sideways, and when I turned around, I found that an enemy soldier wanted to kill me just now while I was speaking.But it was just this hiding that a group of enemy troops rushed to the side, my heart sank and I raised my sword to defend.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and my physical strength began to gradually run out.But at this time, a middle-aged man with a gun rushed out from the enemy army. I took a few steps back and confronted him head-on.As the saying goes, one inch is long and one inch is strong, this statement is unreasonable, within fifty strokes I was crushed to death by that man, I wanted to escape, but unexpectedly he turned around and shot me directly at the gate of life.I was terrified, and turned to avoid the fatal blow, only to get out of the dragon pool and into the tiger's den.I saw a flash of white light, and the sword was coming towards me. I couldn't dodge it, and I got the knife, which hit the left side of my cheek. Although it didn't hurt my life, it was deep enough to see the bones. The blood dripped down my cheek and onto the back of my hand holding the sword. Now, I don't feel any pain anymore.With a loud roar, I used Zhanlu to use vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, forcing the enemy army who surrounded and killed me to retreat three feet away from me.I took a breath and fixed my eyes on the man holding the gun.I saw that man stepped forward and said:

"Your Excellency is brave, but your subordinates have all been beheaded. If you can surrender, we will naturally not embarrass you."

I spat out blood, propped my sword on the ground, not letting myself fall down, and smiled: "I've been in the army for less than a year, I'm a commoner, and I don't know military regulations, but at least I know what an honor it is to die in battle."

"If that's the case, then you're welcome!" The man held a gun and ordered, "Go!"

The crowd attacked me again, I pulled out the Zhanlu sword from the ground to meet it, more and more sword wounds were on my body, just when I was still counting for myself how many quarters of an hour I could live, suddenly I heard the sound of the Qin army fighting, I Overjoyed, I kicked away the enemy army that was entangled with me. I looked up and saw Li Yi in a silver military uniform, riding a horse and rushing towards me with a long sword in his hand:

"Be careful from the south!"

I said in my heart that this kid is worthy of being friends with me, and finally came to save me!

Compared with me who was crushed and beaten when I first went to the battlefield, Li Yi, as a major general, was much braver. He only led more than [-] people and rushed into the enemy's interior, tearing open a hole and saving the soldiers. I bleed clean.Back in the city, after he put me down, he turned his horse back to the battlefield again.I froze in place, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. Only after this battle did I realize my own shortcomings.

The military doctor came to treat me, but he shivered when he saw that I was covered in blood. Only then did I feel the pain in my body.The military doctor cleaned the wound for me. I was afraid that my identity would be discovered, so I refused. I only took the medicine and someone helped me back to the barracks.After I cleaned up the wounds on my body, I saw a knife wound about two inches long on the left cheek, and the bone was visible deep.

"Zong... from the south!" Li Wu rushed into my barracks and said urgently, "I only heard people report... Ah! What's wrong with your face?!"

I leaned against the table, I didn't even have the strength to stand up, I lost a lot of blood, and my face became very pale, but I still asked Li Wu:

"Now...how is the battle going?"

"Thanks to you holding back the main force of the Chen army, now our army has the upper hand, and we can win before dawn."

I smiled wryly, and said in my heart that I am not holding back any main force, obviously I was surrounded and beaten by people, and now I think about it, I am afraid after a meal......

"By the way! Didn't I let someone take you away? Why do you..."

"Uncle Wu..." I said weakly, "I can't leave even if I want to..."

"then you......"

"Forget it, I... I didn't want to leave at all..." My eyes were a little heavy, and my voice lowered, "Let me... sleep well... sleep... sleep... ...don't declare the military doctor...tired..."

"Nephew! Nephew!" Li Wu was still talking but I couldn't hear him anymore, leaned against the table and passed out.

This sleep lasted for two days, fortunately Li Wuzhen obeyed me and did not call for a military doctor, otherwise I would not be able to keep my identity as a woman disguised as a man.After waking up, I asked someone to fetch water, and asked about the war. As Li Wu said, our army won a complete victory this time.I breathed a sigh of relief, washed the blood on my body, and applied the medicine again, and the place that should be bandaged was wrapped up.It's just that the injury on my face was too severe, so I had to call the military doctor again and ask him to sew a few stitches for me.Now it's all right, the face that was originally not very good-looking has also been wounded by a sword, making it even uglier.But in this battalion, it's another matter. Because of my meritorious service in both battles, I was promoted to a third rank, from a fourth-rank general.And the sword wound on my face became the reason for all the soldiers to admire.

It is said that I am a young general, brave and resourceful, but I know how lucky I am this time.I am completely unaccustomed to the instantaneous changes on the battlefield. If I am passive, I am afraid that I will have to confess on the battlefield sooner or later.So after I recovered from the injury, I found Li Yi and asked him to teach me about the battlefield.

Hall of Mental Cultivation in Qin Palace

Murong Bai came to the backyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a serious face, where the Empress Dowager Jian An was feeding the fish.Murong Bai withdrew his servants, stepped forward and said coldly:

"The Empress Dowager."

Jian An paused, lowered her gaze, and said:

"The queen mother?"

Murong Bai's face was expressionless, but his eyes were filled with fire:

"I just want to know if the empress dowager has tampered with in the Zhen Guo army."

Jian An turned around, looked at the best king who was taught by the power of Qin, and said in a low voice: "What? The king is doubting me?"

Murong Bai sneered and said:

"I don't dare, I just want to remind the empress dowager, how did my husband go to the battlefield, then he has to return safely. I know that the queen mother has power, but this country of Qin is lonely. I hope that the queen mother will die in the future Don't worry about Gu, the Queen Mother is getting old, so let's take good care of her heart in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"Murong Bai, are you threatening me?"

"No," Murong Bai's eyes were piercing, "I'm just telling the Queen Mother what to do and what not to do."

When she heard from Mo Shan that the empress dowager was actually placed in the Zhen Guojun, she felt that she was about to explode. In that moment, all her calmness disappeared, and the rest was all It's anger: She clearly gave her an idle official, but the people below dare to make her a pioneer and go to the battlefield!She didn't want to go this far, for fear of shaking the foundation of the country, but now it seems that some people are more daring than her, and they are all arrogant to this point.Since someone moved her reverse scales, she would no longer be able to be a virtuous king.

"Wang Er, don't forget, who gave you the power in your hands!" Jian An also said coldly.

Murong Bai smiled very meaningfully:

"Empress Dowager, you forgot that Gu is the king."

Murong Bai lowered his face and said:

"Mo Shan!"

A woman wearing a black dress and holding a long sword jumped out of the darkness and said:

"Lord."

"From today onwards, you will stay in this Hall of Mental Cultivation to protect the Empress Dowager."

"promise."

"Murong Bai!" Jian An's chest rose and fell violently twice, his voice was full of fire.how?It doesn't count if her daughter imprisoned her here, but she still needs to find someone to watch her? !

She really is the good daughter she and Murong Ji taught!

"In addition, the palace servants in this palace should also be changed. I'm afraid they won't take good care of the Queen Mother."

"you!"

Murong Bai said calmly: "Empress Dowager, do you think that Gu really doesn't know who are the second ministers in the court?"

"you......"

Murong Bai hooked the corners of his mouth, but he hid his smile:

"Leaving them alone in the past, it was Gu who wanted to use their hands to solve some problems and block some troubles for Gu... But now it seems that they are useless."

"Hahahaha..." Jian An burst out laughing loudly, pointing at Murong Bai, and said, "She is really a good daughter of this palace, good! Good! Originally, the palace wanted to see, how did you do it?" That woman ruined Qin!"

"I repeat," Murong Bai said flatly, "I like Guigu Zongheng, but I still rule the world!"

"Good! Good! Good!!" Jian An flung his sleeves and left, leaving Murong Bai alone.

Township Army Barracks

After the first battle in Yuncheng, the Chen army was defeated steadily, and the Qin army was as powerful as a broken bamboo. In just two months, they took down 23 cities in the Chen state and almost entered the hinterland of the Chen state.But at the beginning of December, there was heavy snow in Chen State, making it difficult to march.In the beginning, he was able to fight Chen Jun twice, but later, when the mountains were covered by heavy snow, he stopped fighting and confronted Chen Jun.

This is a rare few days of leisure during the months of war, although everyone knows that there are murderous intentions hidden in this leisure.

I followed Li Yi to learn combat skills. Because of my injuries, I went to the battlefield less often in the later period.I have been in the army for more than a year, from the initial unaccustomed to the current numbness, I have become beyond recognition.The best representatives are the large and small sword wounds on my body, and... the hideous scar on the left side of my face.

I got up early today, I am already a fourth-rank general and I don't have to go to the martial arts arena, but I am used to getting up early.I am afraid that if I sleep too long, the blood on the battlefield will drown me in my dream.

(End of this chapter)