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This is the second time for Qi Xiao to attack Huaiyan Pass, the first time was just over a month ago.

Now the defenders of the city have changed, but the situation is not much different.

At the first moment of time, Qi Xiao rode to the city gate alone, Baixiqiao and Zong Sheng were worried, and followed closely behind two feet away.

The city gate of Huaiyan Pass has been opened, and more than a hundred defenders of the Qi State came out in line, surrounded by the old and the young.

The older one is an old acquaintance, it is Xu Zheng, and the younger one is wearing a golden armor and looks extraordinary, so he should be the second prince of Qi Kingdom.

The second prince slowly walked out of the guard formation on horseback, and took a red-tasseled gun from the guard beside him, his eyes were on Qi Xiao from the beginning to the end.

The King of Chu of the Chen Kingdom was even younger than he expected, with shiny armor and a long knife on his waist. His eyes were full of arrogance, but he was calm and unhurried.

Really look down on him? !

The second prince clenched his spear tightly and said in a loud voice, "Qi, Zhao Chengyou, come to fight!"

Qi Xiao raised the corner of his mouth, lightly pulled the rein of the horse and walked forward for a while, before raising his voice to respond: "Qi Xiao, I have long admired the name of the Second Prince."

"Greetings are unnecessary.

please. "

Zhao Chengyou raised his spear and pointed it straight at Qi Xiao.

Qi Xiao was still smiling, turned his head slightly to look behind Zhao Chengyou, and said: "It's still early, why don't you invite General Xu to come forward and have a chat together."

Zhao Chengyou stared at Qi Xiao, not knowing what tricks he was going to play, and said, "I have already accepted your challenge, so this battle has nothing to do with others."

"Second Prince's words are wrong.

This battle is about the fate of the two countries, Chen and Qi. Either you die or I die. Since the second prince is going to fight, he is ready to die for the country. It is only careful to prepare his last words beforehand. "

"You! Speaking wild words is not a skill, you will know who wins and who loses after the battle!" Zhao Chengyou was so angry that Qi Xiao gritted his teeth, knowing that Qi Xiao was deliberately provoking him, but at this critical moment of life and death, the country of Qi depends on him, No matter what, he couldn't be calm.

Qi Xiao glanced at Zhao Chengyou with a smile, then leaned his head to the side, and shouted to Xu Zheng: "Is General Xu still afraid that I will eat you?"

Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped on his horse: "What advice does King Chu have?"

"Nothing to chat about.

This is the second time for me to visit Huaiyanguan, so I feel a little hurt. "

Qi Xiao looked at Xu Zheng and Zhao Chengyou with a flash of doubt, smiled and said, "Touching the scene is an inappropriate word, but it just reminds me of an event not long ago, and I feel a little bit emotional. , I want to talk to you two."

Zhao Chengyou shouldn't, Xu Zheng shouldn't either, they don't have the time to chat with Qi Xiao, and they don't have the time to listen to his casual nonsense.

It's just that it was the first time they knew that Qi Xiao had been to Huaiyan Pass before.

What did he come here for?When was it not so long ago?Zhao Chengyou and Xu Zheng really wanted to ask clearly.

Qi Xiao didn't take it seriously, and continued: "The former guard of Huaiyan Pass is called Xing Rui, I wonder if General Xu can recognize him?"

Xu Zheng frowned slightly, but still didn't answer.

Zhao Chengyou turned his head to look at Xu Zheng. He had heard of Xing Rui. He was from a poor family. He knew that he was guilty of treason, so he died at the hands of the Yaoshan army so that he would not be implicated in the nine clans.

The Holy Majesty was furious and almost killed all the soldiers defending the city, but the battle situation was critical, so they were only allowed to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.

"To tell the truth, the Second Prince and General Xu came from Jialin Pass, and saw a lot along the way, only this Xing Rui made me admire a lot.

People born in Xingwu are full of ambition to serve the country, which is what they should do, but Xing Rui can still have a heart of compassion, which is really rare. "

Xu Zheng and Zhao Chengyou suddenly understood that Qi Xiao was among them when the Yaoshan Army attacked Huaiyan Pass a month ago.

It's no wonder that since he joined Qi, he disappeared after rumors spread that Sirius killed the gods, and he couldn't even find anyone in the office.

And the Yaoshan army is not a rebel army at all, they are all ordinary people who have been fooled by Qi Xiao!

Qi Xiao ignored the anger in Zhao Chengyou's eyes, walked leisurely on the horse, and continued to say: "For the sake of the country, the king, and fame and fortune, Xing Rui can guard Huaiyan Pass for at least half a month, and then let the entire Huaiyan Pass It is not difficult to die for the country with him.

The difficult thing is to make a choice between loyal to the army and serving the country and the common people, to bear the eternal infamy with one's own body, and to save hundreds of thousands of lives. "

Qi Xiao turned his head to look at Xu Zheng, and asked, "If General Xu, what choice would he make?"

Whether Xu Zheng defends the city or Xing Rui defends the city is the same.

"Xing Rui is nothing but a coward! Since the king of Chu admires Xing Rui, he might as well follow his example and withdraw his troops back to Chen for the sake of the common people! It's really strange for someone with a butcher knife in his hand to persuade someone to become a Buddha!"

Qi Xiao was not annoyed when he heard Zhao Chengyou's words, what he said was true, Qi Xiao was ordered to attack the city and occupy the territory, indeed he had a butcher knife in his hand, the persuasion to surrender was just to reduce the number of murders, he wanted to show mercy, so he had to give a license to surrender, it was simply Nonsense, confusing black and white, unreasonable.

"Hey, what the second prince said is true, I am famous for killing gods, it is absolutely impossible to put down the butcher knife now.

I'm just expressing my feelings, and expressing my feelings. "

Zhao Chengyou raised his spear again and pointed at Qi Xiao: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Sure enough, Zhao Chengyou no longer gave Qi Xiao the time to speak, and rode his horse and raised his gun to charge at Qi Xiao. The strong wind rushed towards Qi Xiao with a murderous aura, quite imposing.

The second prince of the Qi Kingdom was not a useless waste who was used to being pampered.

Qi Xiao smiled. The second prince had the courage to ask the emperor of Qi to have an army of [-] Xiang troops rush out of Shuoliang City, meet hand-to-hand with the Yaoshan army, and go all the way to Huaiyan to advance and retreat with Xu Zheng. Much better than the one shrunk in Shuoliang Imperial City.

Qi Xiao's long knife was not out of its sheath, and Zhao Chengyou's spear tip was blocked with just the scabbard.

Those who stood watching from a distance could only see that Zhao Chengyou's spear was fierce, and Qi Xiao didn't even have the chance to draw the sword in a hurry, so he had to use the scabbard to block it.

But Zhao Chengyou himself knew best that when the tip of the spear touched the scabbard, it felt as if it had been stuck on a thick steel plate. The strength at both ends was broken from it.

Zhao Chengyou let go of his strength, withdrew his spear, turned his horse's head and attacked Qi Xiao again at the speed of charging.

He was born and grew up in the imperial city. He once thought that his enemy was the eldest prince. His diligent study was to one day be able to ascend the throne, hold imperial power, inherit the way of heaven, and inherit the inheritance of his ancestors. It was because of that day, until Chen Jun went south like a broken bamboo, and the overturning of the country was only a few minutes away, until Shuoliang City was closed, and the officials petitioned to move the capital, the father was indecisive, simply ignored the government, and simply covered his ears and steal the bell, he realized that he was ridiculous. ridiculous!

It's ridiculous to be a king for a country, it's also ridiculous to be for the people and the common people, he Zhao Chengyou has always been only for himself!He just didn't want to be a coward, that's all!

Qi Xiao could clearly see the burning anger and hatred in Zhao Chengyou's eyes, it was the enmity of the country and the family, and it was also a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry.

The long spear was coming towards him, Qi Xiao turned sideways to avoid it, and suddenly reached out to grasp the barrel of the gun, almost at the same moment he drew the knife out of its sheath, and the long knife swung, directly cutting off Zhao Chengyou's arm holding the gun.

"Ahhhhh!!"

The heart-piercing howls of pain were earth-shattering. Thousands of people on and outside the city tower watched this scene helplessly. Qi Xiao's knife was so fast that only a few people could see it clearly. A phantom, and a man who fell from his horse and fell into a pool of blood and shouted.

Just two strokes...too fast...

"Help people!" Xu Zheng hurried forward, calling for someone to save Zhao Chengyou.

Qi Xiao sat firmly on the high horse, stood in front of Xu Zheng, pointed Zhao Chengyou's spear at his chest, and said to Xu Zheng: "General Xu, the battle between me and the second prince has not yet been decided."

"You!!" Xu Zheng glared at Qi Xiao angrily, but he didn't dare to easily tell the fact that the victory and defeat had already been decided and that the second prince Zhao Chengyou had lost.

"General Xu, how do you choose?"

Zhao Chengyou struggled to get up, but the wound on his arm was bleeding profusely. In addition to the severe pain, he was also dizzy and weak. He wanted to curse Qi Xiao, but he spit out a mouthful of hot blood, making him even more embarrassed.

Qi Xiao looked at Xu Zheng and said, "Well, General Xu, I'll give you one more chance, me, or General Baixiqiao Bai, as long as you can defeat any of us, I will order the withdrawal of the troops, how about that?" ?”

Qi Xiao turned his head and gave Bai Xiqiao a wink, calling him to come forward.

Bai Xiqiao stepped forward, only a foot away from Xu Zheng, and finally, he stood in his father Bai Liu's place, facing Xu Zheng.

Xu Zheng looked at Baixiqiao and sighed, "Baixiqiao? It's Bailiu's son."

He had already checked this point clearly, the tiger father had no dogs, he was even a little happy for Bai Liu, the old thief Bai Liu died so boringly, fortunately his son looked like Bai Liu back then, and he had someone to succeed him.

"General Xu, I would like to say hello to you on behalf of my father."

Xu Zheng raised the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Come on, children with yellow mouths are also worthy?!"

Bai Xiqiao also smiled: "Then I will ask General Xu to enlighten me."

That's what Bai Xiqiao said, but he was not in a hurry to fight Xu Zheng, because Qi Xiao was not in a hurry, and Xu Zheng didn't intend to do it, and he didn't have any murderous looks on him.

A veteran like Xu Zheng, with restrained sharpness and calmness like a rock, should not be underestimated even if he is old.

Seeing Bai Xiqiao's cautious look, Xu Zheng laughed again, he is a thief like his father!

Xu Zheng couldn't be fooled by Qi Xiao, so he just said: "If the king of Chu hasn't had a good fight, I promise to accompany you, but it's not right now, the second highness's injury needs urgent treatment."

Qi Xiao smiled, raised his hand and directly plunged the spear into Zhao Chengyou's chest: "There is no need to worry."

Even Xu Zheng was dumbfounded at this moment, he thought that Qi Xiao was threatening Zhao Chengyou's life to open the gate of Huaiyan, but Qi Xiao killed him without any warning!If he wanted to kill Zhao Chengyou wholeheartedly, there was no need to cut off his arm just now, and it would be no difficulty to just wipe his neck with a knife!

Xu Zheng unsheathed his saber and pointed it at Qi Xiao, shouting loudly: "Beat the drum!" This is about to start a war.

"Dong dong dong dong!" Drums of war sounded densely at the city gate of Huaiyan Pass. Shields and spears were arrayed at the gate of the city gate, and bows and crossbows erected at the city gate were all aimed at Qi Xiao.

Seeing this battle, Bai Xiqiao's scalp became numb, thinking how to drag Qi Xiao to escape.

Qi Xiao suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly: "General Xu, if I kill one person, I will kill it, and if I kill ten thousand people, I will kill it.

When the second prince left the customs, he should have understood that he must die today, and his death may change the lives of thousands of people. Didn't General Xu also want to fulfill him? "

Xu Zheng stared straight at Qi Xiao without saying a word.

"General Xu, carry the second prince's body back."

Xu Zheng froze for a while and did not move, the drums were still beating, and the rapid sound was like summer thunder, prompting the sky to change dramatically.

Xu Zheng slowly raised his hand, and recruited someone to collect the second prince's corpse, without saying a word, he returned to Huaiyan Pass.

Baixi Bridge heaved a sigh of relief until the city gate was closed: "... Fuck, I was scared to death! We were all within the range of the bow and crossbow just now, but with a wave of Xu Zheng's arms, we became hedgehogs! What are you saying? What's wrong?!"

Qi Xiao reined in his horse, turned around and walked slowly back to the station, while explaining to Baixiqiao: "Xu Zheng won't order the arrows to be released."

"Heh! You killed their second prince, and the people on the tower were excited. Maybe some reckless man would shoot an arrow? Besides, you guessed that Xu Zheng wouldn't shoot an arrow, so he wouldn't?"

"Not guessing.

The Qi State wants to negotiate a peace, and if I kill me, the negotiation will fail, and the prince will die in vain. "

Bai Xiqiao shook his head again and again: "Soldiers are approaching the city, and they are talking about bullshit.

It's ridiculous. "

Qi Xiao smiled: "Who said it wasn't?"

The author says:

The second prince almost died without a name or surname...