I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Liu Sihao said to Luo Bai: "I should know why you went to the border."

Luo Bai felt that he was going to make it up again, but couldn't help being curious, and peeked at him.

Liu Sihao stroked the gray beard on his chin: "It is said that in Nanya Mountain not far from Jindu City, there used to be a group of spirit leopards. I don't know what the spirit leopard is, but there are many folk rumors. , What three heads and six arms, half leopard half tiger with a dragon tail and so on. Of course, I am skeptical about this."

He glanced at Luo Bai, and saw that Xiaobao was listening very seriously, looking at him with round eyes, and continued: "Lingbao was born in Nanya Mountain, and it will leave when it grows up, but it doesn't matter if they leave No matter how far away, even if they reach the horizon, when they are close to death, they will return to Nanya Mountain again. There are not many of them in the first place, and no one has seen them in the past hundred years, so they have gradually become rumors. I almost thought The spirit leopard clan is extinct..."

When Liu Sihao said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly went to fiddle with Luo Bai's fur, looking for it carefully.

Luo Bai was listening enthusiastically, and was a little baffled by his action, so he didn't bother to resist, but when Liu Sihao tried to open his mouth, he reacted and shook his head violently.

Speak well, don't touch your hands.

"There is no injury..." Liu Sihao murmured doubtfully.

Injuried?Luo Bai stretched out his front paws towards him.

Does frostbite count?My front paws are a little itchy, it may be from the previous frostbite.

Liu Sihao stretched out his hand to pinch his ear again: "You are still so young, as long as you are not injured, you will be fine, so what are you going to the border for?"

Before Luo Bai could respond, he hissed again: "I see, it is said that there is a Taoist temple on the top of Nanya Mountain..."

It was rumored again, Luo Bai felt that he had heard all the rumors.

"It is said that the Taoist priest who founded the Taoist temple once received the favor of the leopard, so he built a Taoist temple on the top of the mountain, volunteered to be the guardian of the leopard, and guarded Nanya Mountain from generation to generation. It's just that the age is too long, I don't know the Taoist temple Are you still here?"

Liu Sihao tugged at Luo Bai's ear again and asked, "Are you planning to go to that Taoist temple to find your old friend?"

Luo Bai felt that he was talking nonsense, so he simply ignored it, and only used his claws to push away the hand that was pulling his ear, and lifted the car curtain to look outside.

Liu Sihao was originally worried about his son, but after talking to Luo Bai for a while, even though he was talking to himself alone, his mood improved a lot.Seeing that Luo Bai ignored him, he also leaned back on his seat, took out a roasted chestnut, peeled it, stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered vaguely: "My Liu Sihao's luck has always been very good, and it must be the same this time. Open the clouds and mist to see the moon."

Several coachmen took turns to drive the carriage, and the carriage rushed towards the northern border non-stop. Under normal circumstances, it would take four days to arrive, but it took them only two days to reach the northern border.

The pedestrians I met on the road became more and more, all carrying their belongings in big bags and small bags, their faces were indifferent and numb, and they looked like border people who had fled to Shitang Mansion.It's just that after seeing these carriages driving in the opposite direction, they showed a slightly surprised expression, stopped and pointed at the carriages.

"Where are you going? Dugger has already entered the border, do you still dare to go at this time?" Someone asked loudly.

The youngest son also clasped his fists and replied loudly: "Going to visit relatives, may I ask how is the current situation in Jindu City?"

"Jindu City?" The people around looked at each other in blank dismay. "We all came from Baisha City. Don't you know that Jindu City has been besieged?"

The youngest son smiled wryly: "I know, but my father misses his elder brother in Jindu City, so he must go to see it no matter what, just take a look from a distance."

"Isn't that your elder brother? You don't want to see it?" Liu Sihao roared in the carriage.

Luo Bai was looking out of the car window, but was startled by his sudden loud voice, and looked back.

He thought Liu Sihao was a little strange, he looked like he was going to be blown down by the wind, but he was in good spirits when he scolded people.

At this moment, several people said in a hurry: "It's not that you can see it if you want to look outside. The crow's mouth to Jindu has been blocked by the snow falling from the mountain, and you can't get in."

"Yesterday, when Dayin's army arrived there, it was also blocked, and the tens of thousands of troops could not pass through at all."

"Hey, so what if there are reinforcements? Can you count as God? God won't let you pass if you don't."

Liu Sihao couldn't help poking his head out of the car window, and pushed Luo Bai aside: "Tens of thousands of Dayin soldiers can move away even if they are blocked by a snow-capped mountain."

"Old man, I'm afraid you don't know the terrain of Wuyakou. It's also called a line of sky. There are cliffs on both sides. Only a few people can pass side by side. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a natural moat. No matter how many people you are, you can't squeeze in. Ah. What's more, if you want to move snow into Wuyakou, you have to cross a chain bridge, and that bridge has been cut off."

"Who chopped it?" asked the youngest son.

"Do you still have to ask? It must be the Dager people. They cut down the chain bridge, climbed from the mountain inside the crow's mouth to the top, and shot arrows at the bottom. It is difficult for Dayin to even repair the bridge, let alone go to the crow's mouth to move snow. Yes. They have the right time and place, and only a few hundred people can hold the crow's mouth. No matter how many people the Dayin army has, there is nowhere to use it."

Not to mention the youngest son, even Liu Sihao's expression darkened.

Luo Bai didn't quite understand their conversation, but just looking at Liu Sihao's expression, he knew that the situation was not going well, so he couldn't help but feel more worried.

"Father, do we still have to go?" the youngest son asked.

No matter how stubborn Liu Sihao was, he knew that he couldn't move forward. He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the car, and sighed after a long time: "Go back and live in the town where we came for two days."

"Okay." The younger son immediately went to tell the coachman.

Liu Sihao suddenly felt that his knee had been touched, and he opened his eyes to see that Xiaobao was looking up at him, and there seemed to be a question hidden in his eyes.

"Although we have already reached the northern border, we can't go to Jindu. You follow me to stay in the town inn for a few days. I will send people to check for news all the time. We can wait until the bridge over there is repaired and the road is cleared before we go." Liu Sihao patted Little Leopard's head.

Little Leopard didn't respond, but suddenly went to untie the burden on his back. After taking it off, he unfastened the buckle with two paws very flexibly, and spread the burden on the seat.

There was a bundle of straw in the bundle, and a small bag. Little Leopard opened the small bag, poured out a bunch of golden beans, grabbed a small handful and put it in the palm of his claws. It looked like there were seven or eight grains.He hesitated for a while, grabbed a few more golden beans from the pile of golden beans, and handed them to Liu Sihao together.

Liu Sihao didn't reach out to pick it up, Xiaobao moved his paw forward and handed it over again.

"You gave this to me?" Liu Sihao asked.

Luo Bai nodded, looked around the carriage and let out a soft cry.

Thank you for letting me ride Oh, this is the fare.

Liu Sihao sighed, took the handful of golden beans, and rolled them round in his palm, there were more than a dozen of them.

"Are you still going to Jindu City?" he asked.

Luo Bai nodded again.

Liu Sihao looked at him with cloudy eyes: "Are you going to meet your important person?"

Luo Bai nodded again.

"Okay, I understand. If you want to go, you can go. If you can't make it to the crow's mouth, you can turn back. I've always been here. You can come and find me after you turn back." Liu Sihao patted his head and held the cup Putting Jin Dou back into the bag, he wrapped the sauced beef on the small table next to him with oiled paper and stuffed it into the bag, "Your fare will not be charged. If we meet by chance next time, just drink with me."

Luo Bai took out the bundle of straw and a string from the bundle, and began to tie the straw around his body.

Liu Sihao watched his movements, understood his intentions, and said, "If you are afraid of the cold, how about I cover your body with a layer of skin?"

Luo Bai shook his head, indicating that there is no need.

You don't understand, if you are at the border, tigers and leopards have to tie straws when they go out, and they will freeze to death if they tie quilts and leather.

A moment later, Luo Bai, who was covered in straw and only showed his head, jumped out of the carriage.When his paws touched the snow, he felt icy cold, and the cold air instantly poured into his nostrils, making him sneezed several times in a row.

He didn't want to be seen, so he got into the nearby woods from the driveway, turned around after running for a while, saw Liu Sihao was still looking at him from the car window, raised his paws again, and then turned his head and flew away. run out.

Liu Sihao showed him the way just now, as long as he walked straight ahead, he would reach the crow's mouth in half a day.

The snow in the forest was very deep, and the little leopard splashed snow foam when it passed by, and then fell down in waves.Occasionally, I would fall into a snow pit, struggle to climb out again, shake my head to shake off the snow, and run forward again.

On the towering city wall, Chu Yuzhao, dressed in black armor, was standing at the crenel and looking out.His lips were chapped and peeled, and his black armor was stained with black blood, but he was still majestic and calm.

Half a mile outside the city was the dense Dagel army. Their army was still in Ningzuo, and as many as [-] came to besiege Jindu.

The Dagers had attacked aggressively on the first day of their attack, but Chu Yuzhao took advantage of the geographical advantage that Jindu City was surrounded by mountains on three sides and only one side could charge. He insisted on guarding the city gate.

But he also paid a considerable price, the garrison lost two thousand, and his personal guards also lost dozens.

However, the loss of the Dager people was several times that of theirs, roughly tens of thousands of people.Because their major tribes were not united at all, they were just put together temporarily, although they were brave, they refused to accept each other, especially when they encountered the situation of the first wave of giving away heads, in order to preserve the strength of their own tribes, they all shirked each other and beat each other fearfully. Chu Yuzhao took a lot of advantage because he was afraid of hands and feet.

In addition, all the soldiers and people in the city had already heard about the tragedy of Ning Zuo being massacred, and they knew that they had to fight with their backs to have a chance of saving their lives.

What's more, the emperor is here, standing on the city wall and fighting side by side with them. Even when he was facing the most dangerous first wave of the Dagar people, he ignored the begging of General Liu who was stationed in the city and stood with the soldiers .

Dager people rushed to the top of the city like a tide, and set up the ladder. The blades of the Dayin sergeants had already chopped off the curling blades, and they threw them away casually, and picked up another one to continue.

When someone was so tired that he could no longer lift his arms, he saw the tall figure on the city wall wielding the Fengxue knife and chopped off the head of a Dager who had climbed up the city wall. His courage redoubled and he roared again. dash forward.

After the first wave of charge was over, Chu Yuzhao immediately asked the soldiers to take turns to rest and recharge their spirits, saying that the Dugers would definitely not launch such a large-scale charge again.

Although General Liu had doubts in his heart, the facts proved that the young emperor's guess was correct. The Dagers stopped charging and only stationed half a mile away from the city to block the city. They only sent a small group of people from time to time Harassment and scolding.

Today is the fifth day of the siege, but Dayin's army still hasn't arrived, and there are not many arrows left. The soldiers also picked up the arrows that hit the city wall and piled them aside for later use.

At one corner of the city wall, a pile of dry firewood had already been piled up, and a few cauldrons were set up. If the Dagers charged again, they would dump the boiling hot oil down.

Chu Yuzhao stood on the city wall, looked into the distance, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "Liu Hong, how long can the food in the city last?"

Liu Hong, the general stationed behind the city, said: "It should last for three days."

After a moment of silence, Chu Yuzhao said: "If there is no accident, the Dager people will charge tonight."

After these few days of fighting side by side, Liu Hong's attitude toward the young emperor's ability has changed from initial skepticism to the present one. Since the emperor said that the Dagers would charge at night, he must immediately start making arrangements.

"If the army can't make it today, it will be difficult for us to survive tonight." Chu Yuzhao murmured.

Liu Hong lowered his head: "Wuyakou is really a natural moat. If the only cable bridge is cut off and the passage is blocked, no matter how many people there are, there will be nothing they can do."

Chu Yuzhao asked: "What if we send someone from the direction of Jindu?"

"Of course it's possible. Send a few teams and you can get rid of the Dager people guarding the crow's mouth. But Jindu City is besieged, and the soldiers can't go there."

Chu Yuzhao turned his head to look at Liu Hong, his eyes were dark and deep: "How many of us are left now?"

Liu Hong said: "It's less than five thousand."

Chu Yuzhao said in a deep voice: "I need you to lead four thousand soldiers out of the city to launch an attack, and I will bring a hundred guards to follow behind."

Liu Hong didn't think that they would go out to attack with this little manpower, and his eyes widened in astonishment, but he is a general who has experienced many battles after all. A trip to Crow's Mouth?"

"Yes, you don't have to fight hard, just turn around when you are strong enough, I will find the right opportunity and lead the imperial army to bypass from behind."

"No." Liu Hong didn't care that he was facing the emperor, so he immediately refused, "Your Majesty, you can't take the risk yourself. I will leave it to other ministries to deal with the matter of breaking out of the encirclement and going to Wuyakou."

Chu Yuzhao asked back: "Is there anyone in this city who is better than me? Are you sure they can reach the crow's mouth safely and get rid of the Dager people there?"

Liu Hong stopped immediately.

Chu Yuzhao patted the shoulder of the young general in front of him: "Go, it's time like this, don't care what my identity is, I'm just a soldier sticking to Dayin."

He used the self-proclaimed me instead of Zhen, Liu Hong was so excited for a moment, he answered yes loudly, turned around and went to arrange.

Chu Yuzhao also tilted his head and shouted, "Red Four."

"Yes." Hong Si, who was collecting arrows at the side, responded immediately after hearing the order.

"Choose one hundred forbidden troops and prepare to follow me out of the city to Crow's Mouth."

Red Four was startled for a moment, then replied loudly: "Yes."

A moment later, the closed Jindu city gate creaked open, and thousands of Dayin soldiers rushed out with loud shouts.

Because of the disparity in military strength, the Dager people never thought that they would take the initiative to attack, not to mention the herdsmen in the grassland, who are already loose in character. After a few days of besieging Jindu City, all of them became impatient and gathered in their respective divisions to drink and wrestle. After seeing Dayin's army rushing out of the city, he hurriedly mounted his horse with weapons and prepared to fight.

The rumbling drums sounded, and Dager's army, which originally blocked both sides of Jindu City, began to move closer to the middle, preparing to face it head-on, leaving an unattended gap at the very edge.

Unexpectedly, when the soldiers of Dayin rushed to the position where they were approaching the confrontation, a whistle sounded, and Qiqi Lema stopped, turned his head and rushed to the left.

After meeting with the Dagel army on the left, he turned his horse's head and ran back quickly, and returned to the city in an instant, and the city gate creaked shut again.

The Dugers were a little puzzled, they only thought that these people had been besieged for a long time, and they went crazy when they came out, but they also raised their vigilance, stopped drinking loosely, and guarded against the Dayin army rushing out again.

But when Dayin's army rushed from left to right, attracting the attention of all Dager people, a small group of cavalry had quietly left the army, and went around the city without anyone noticing. The gap rushed out.

In the blink of an eye, they were just a group of small black dots on the vast snow field, and as the wind and snow passed by, those black dots were also hidden from sight.