Chapter 196: Zhong Lingxiu's Death
Hua Lianyue looked at Zhong Lingxiu, who slowly fell to the ground, and her heart was mixed, and she couldn't tell what it was like. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Her delicate veil was cut in two by a blade and fell, revealing her distorted face and eyes full of horror and disbelief. Blood gushed from her throat on her plain clothes, like a cluster of blooming wild roses.
She grabbed her neckline tightly with one hand, making a terrible "gurgling" sound in her throat, and stretched out her other hand with difficulty to Hua Lianyue, not knowing whether to ask for help or extreme unwillingness.
Yu Guang looked back at her and said coldly: "You relied on my trust, offended Miss Hua, and even colluded with the third child, in a vain attempt to stretch out your hand to my backyard." This is yourself looking for death, but I can't complain about my cruelty. ”
Streams of blood foam poured out from the wound on Zhong Lingxiu's throat, and she stared at Yu Guang, her lips kept squirming, as if she wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound because her throat was cut. She let out another tooth-souring gurgling sound before finally falling to the ground with a thud.
Yu Guang slowly wiped the tip of the bloodstained sword on her clothes, and said coldly: "Come on, drag her down to feed the wolf." ”
"Yes!"
The guards outside the hall hurriedly came in and carried Zhong Lingxiu's body out. Hua Lianyue could only watch her long hair, dragging on the cold floor of the hall like a black dead snake. She never closed her eyes, looking up at the sky lifelessly. In the rude drag, two long-accumulated tears quietly slipped from the corners of her cloudy eyes.
Although he is burdened with the burden of revitalizing the whole clan, and although he has been doing sneaky things, Zhong Lingxiu has always been proud. Probably she never thought that she would die so abruptly, so lightly, so worthlessly.
The maids brought water and wiped the blood stains in the hall. Soon, the hall was back to its original state, and nothing seemed to have happened except for the remnants of blood in the air.
Yu Guang casually put the sword back in its place, and then took the handkerchief given by the maid, and carefully wiped each finger. Only then did he look at Hua Lianyue, chuckled and asked again: "Miss Hua, are you still satisfied?"
He seems to be polite, with a strong aura on his body, and a yin owl's calculation hidden in his eyes, like a smiling tiger who chooses people and devours them.
Such a trick of killing chickens and monkeys, Hua Lianyue didn't understand. She shuddered, resisted the urge to vomit, and barely squeezed out a smile,
"Come, prepare pen and ink. Yu Guang immediately raised his voice and commanded.
Soon a maid sent the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to Hua Lianyue, she hesitated for a moment, and finally lifted the pen and covered it with ink, bowed her head and started to write.
After writing a letter to Liu Gu, Hua Lianyue was taken back to Fenghua Palace. There was silence in the room, the same as when she left, but Yiqing didn't know where she went.
Her composure was immediately removed, and she shuddered and climbed onto the bed, wrapping herself tightly in a thin blanket. But I felt that the chill that came out of my heart couldn't be dispelled.
She was scared, she was really scared. She is not afraid of death, but she is as worthless as an ant. In the end, even the corpse had to be fed to the hungry wolf, leaving no bones left.
The night was thick as ink, with the occasional pleasant chirping of insects coming from the grass, and the faint scent of roses floating in the air. Hua Liyue tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep. Suddenly, she was stunned, only to see a dark shadow outside the half-open window lattice. This person is silent like a ghost, and I don't know how long I have been here.
Hua Lianyue looked at the black shadow, but slowly curled the corners of her lips, revealing a relieved smile.
On the second day, just after dawn, several strange maids came uninvited. Without saying a word, they forcibly dragged Hua Lianyue up, and took them out of the Fenghua Hall after a little dressing up.
Hua Lianyue was stunned until she stood outside the main hall of the palace, watching the neatly draped Yu Guang surrounded by countless generals with the same armor, and hurriedly walked out. A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in her mind, and only then did she react that Yu Guang was going to personally lead the troops to fight to the death with the third prince Yu Yuan.
A guard brought a tall war horse, Yu Guang turned over on the horse, drew the long sword at his waist and pointed it to the sky. The generals who followed him, including the attendants around him, immediately fell to their knees. Everyone was pulling their necks and roaring: "Victory, victory, victory......"
Hua Lianyue was still stretching her neck to watch the excitement, and she was kicked hard in the crook of her knee, and she involuntarily fell to the ground in severe pain. Hua Lianyue looked back angrily, but met the indifferent eyes of several maids behind her.
Forget it, the hero doesn't suffer the immediate loss, and Hua Lianyue comforts himself stupidly. had to honestly prostrate on the ground, like those generals and maids, and listened to Yu Guang's impassioned pre-war propaganda. When he finally brandished his long sword and shouted "go", everyone saddled their horses and followed Yu Guang to the outside of the palace in an orderly manner.
Hua Lianyue was held hostage by two powerful maids, and she also got on a war horse and went out of the palace with the flow of people. In the school yard not far from the palace, the 100,000-strong army has been assembled. Hahiro once again stood on a high earthen platform and took a pre-battle oath. originally thought that the shouts of the 100,000 army would be earth-shattering and moving, but who knew that the momentum of the army was more than a little lower than those generals.
In fact, you don't have to think about it to understand that the civil war initiated by Yuguang Yuyuan is completely a selfish struggle for power. The officers and men of the two armies who slaughtered each other may meet their former brothers, friends, relatives...... In this way, how could the army really be motivated because of Yu Guang's words.
Anyway, the army still poured out. Hua Lianyue was in ignorance and was forced to embark on the road of conquest with Yu Guang.
For the rest of the day, the army was in a hurry. Hua Lianyue tried to ask the two accompanying maids what the destination of this trip was. But he only got the opposite of indifference, with four big white eyes.
Hua Lianyue was depressed, and suddenly missed the timid and scared things, and she casually told Yiqing all the news and everything.
For the first few days, everyone just walked with their heads covered, and on the night of the seventh day, Hua Lianyue slept honestly in the camp according to the rules. The moonlight is like water, flowing slowly in the dark night.
Suddenly, there was a noisy sound, and Hua Liyue woke up from her sleep. She listened with bated breath for a moment, and the sounds of the fighting seemed to come from all directions, mixed with the sound of golden drums. Hua Lianyue's heart tightened, and she murmured: "The armies on both sides are finally facing each other, this is the soldiers and horses of the third prince Yuyuan attacking the camp at night!"
It's just that she doesn't understand, although she has heard Liu Hui and her brother say that Yu Guang's power is indeed inferior to Yu Yuan, only slightly stronger than the crown prince, but it is not so different, right?
However, after studying the military book for a few days, and after thinking about it carefully, she understood a little bit of the trick.
The two maids who are responsible for taking care of her, don't look at Kong Wuli, but they have lived in the palace for a long time and have no knowledge. If you really want to be lost in this thousands of troops, I am afraid that you will only be trampled into a pulp. In the heart-numbing shouts of killing, they finally showed a look of panic.
Seeing that Hua Lianyue suddenly opened the tent and wanted to go out, one of the maids hurriedly pulled her and said sharply, "Where are you going?"
Hua Lianyue glanced at her and said unceremoniously: "Of course it's a run for your life!
"No, the second prince hasn't ordered yet, you can't walk around!" another maid immediately stepped forward and stopped her rash move.
The corners of Hua Lianyue's mouth twitched, and she smiled helplessly: "Two sisters, I believe you also know." Now I'm just a prisoner of your second prince, and I may still have some use value, so I will bother you to guard it closely.
But tonight's chaotic situation, the second prince himself is too busy to take care of himself at the moment, do you think he will still care about the life and death of a prisoner? It doesn't matter if I die, if the two sisters are killed in this chaotic army, it will be a sin. ”
The sound of fighting outside was getting louder and louder, and the two maids looked at each other, both of them seeing horror in each other's eyes.
Seeing this, Hua Lianyue struck while the iron was hot and said: "The two sisters have thought about it, should we wait for death here in a group, or go out together to find a way to live?" Seeing that the two of them were still silent, she couldn't help but stomp her feet and said eagerly: "What are you afraid of, as long as you follow me, I can't escape even if I want to!"
One of the maids seemed to be moved by Hua Liyue's words, and she whispered to the other maid: "Sister, what she said seems to have some truth, we just need to follow her, and we are not afraid that she will run away." If you really give your life here because of this, it's really not worth it. ”
"That makes sense, let's go!" The other maid was finally shaken, after all, at such a life-and-death moment, no one wanted to sit stupidly and wait for their lives to escape.
The three girls stumbled out of the tent, expecting to be able to escape, but they were still dumbfounded by the chaos in front of them. I saw countless soldiers running around like headless flies, pulled by the sound of golden drums and shouts of killing. In the distance, you can still see the blazing fire and the black smoke in the sky, and it seems that the enemy troops who sneak up on fire have set fire to many of the tents in the camp by taking advantage of the night.
"Where are we going?" one of the maids finally couldn't help but ask aloud when she saw that Hua Lianyue was calm.
Hua Lianyue blinked and said, "The night is deep, the enemy situation is unknown, we are like three little ants in the torrent." The slightest negligence will kill us, so we must not act rashly. It is better to find out the reality of the enemy army before making plans. ”
The two maids were stunned for a moment, but they were inexplicably a little convinced of Hua Lianyue. I heard Hua Lianyue continue: "I don't know which sister can climb a tree, why don't you go to the highest place and take a closer look at the surrounding situation." ”
"I'll go!"
The maid who spoke quickly climbed the tallest tree nearby, and she carefully looked in all four directions according to Hua Liyue's instructions. After half a cup of tea, he returned to Hua Lianyue's side sweating profusely.
Hua Lianyue asked, "Which direction of the camp is the loudest shouting and killing?"
The maid replied very quickly, "The south camp! ”
Hua Lianyue nodded, and asked again, "Which direction has the most fire in the camp?"
"Nanying! ”
"Which direction has the most intense drums of camp warfare?"
"It's Nanying too!"
"Very good!" Hua Lianyue nodded with satisfaction and said, "Last question, which direction is the quietest camp now?"
The maid didn't think about it, and said directly: "Xiying! Although there is also a faint sound of shouting and killing, it is not as loud as the camp tents in the other three directions. ”
After a pause, she said again: "I faintly saw the banner of the second prince just now, and he seems to have gone to Xiying." ”
The other maid was already in the chaos, brought their war horses, and said eagerly: "Let's go to the west too!" The second prince must be an elite soldier, and following him will naturally have a few more chances of survival.
Hua Lianyue pursed her lips and said, "If you want to die, you can go, I won't go anyway." She saddled her horse and condescendingly said to the distraught two, "If you don't want to die, you can go with me!" she turned her horse's head and went north without hesitation.
According to her guess, Hamoto did not have enough troops to envelop Hahiro's 100,000 army. Although he chose four camps to attack at the same time, he must have been both false and real in terms of troop deployment.
If you don't know the art of war, you will definitely think that the south has the strongest army, and if you know the art of war, you will definitely think that the south is just a bluff, and the real wonder army must be hidden in the west.
Their tent was in the east camp near the west camp, which was extremely dangerous in Hua Lianyue's heart, so she chose to go to the north camp. Because it doesn't matter if the other side puts heavy troops in the south camp or the west camp. She all believed that the enemy forces in the northern camp must be relatively weak.
The two maids glanced at each other, and neatly saddled their horses. However, only one person followed Hua Liyue closely, and the maid who climbed the tree still chose to believe Yu Guang, and she turned her horse's head and headed west.
The sound of the tragic battle lasted only two incense sticks, and then gradually fell silent, and the Chinese army sent a signal that the enemy had retreated. This kind of sneak attack is to take it by surprise, once the other party has a guard or a timely response, and then continues to entangle, the sneak attack will become a decisive battle.
Obviously, Yu Yuan has no intention of fighting Yu Guang tonight, he is just provoking this second brother and disturbing the morale of the army by the way.
Hua Lianyue, who was unharmed and unharmed, supported each other and slowly walked back to the tent where she had rested earlier. But to his astonishment, he found that in addition to them, dozens of tents in Fang Yuan had been trampled by random horses.
The maid inquired with a familiar soldier, only to know that the other party really had elite cavalry, took off the bell, wrapped the horse's hooves in thick cotton, and took advantage of the night to kill from the west camp. Silently shot countless soldiers. In the end, it was Yu Guang who brought the elite soldiers to catch up with this well-equipped cavalry, and they took it when they saw it, and took advantage of the chaos to kill from the east.
The maid smacked her tongue when she heard this, and was secretly glad that she had listened to Hua Lianyue's advice and did not stay in the tent. Otherwise, they will be leveled along with these tents.