The words "General Li Duan, died in battle" were like hammers smashed on Qi Guogong's heart. He tried his best to suppress his excitement and forced himself to read the battle report, and after reading it, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and what he was most worried about had happened.

It turned out that at that time, Li Duan had won a victory and recaptured Qingcheng. However, Qingcheng has become an empty city, and property, livestock, and even people have been plundered. This kind of scene surprised everyone, but Li Duan did not explain it in the battle report, because he was determined to chase it all back. Therefore, after writing the battle report submitted to the emperor, he was ready to lead his troops to chase him.

Deputy General Tian, who followed him, felt that Li Duan was too risky to do this, and did not approve of him going, but Li Duan stubbornly believed that he should take advantage of the enemy's demoralization after the defeat to eliminate them in one go, and they must not be able to go fast with so many property, livestock, and so many men, women, and children. Deputy General Tian's persuasion was fruitless, so Li Duan took the 3,000 men and horses to chase the enemy, leaving only 100 people to follow Deputy General Tian to defend the city.

Don't you know that this is exactly what Jigri's plan is, and their spies have already found out that Li Duan only brought 3,000 military horses to Qingcheng. So he hid the goods, the livestock, and the people of the city in the nearby mountains, and put troops to guard them. Originally, this Qingcheng was only a small city, and there were only 100 households living in the city, and it was cleaned up in just a few days. Therefore, when Li Duan came, he saw such an empty city, thinking that the people of Great Qin had taken all these things away, and made a wrong judgment.

Ji Geli is the meaning of the eighteen warriors of Great Qin, where it is so easy to admit defeat, but he was ordered by Yingji Chu, although this Li Duan is unstoppable, but he is brave and unscrupulous, and he is impulsive, suitable for outwitting. So Gigri feigned defeat and let Li Duan chase him and lure the enemy deeper.

Li Duan chased after the men and horses for a long time without seeing a figure, so he was a little impatient. The soldiers were ordered to speed up. It was dark until dark, and still nothing was found. Li Duan had to order to stop and rest, because if he continued to walk at night, it would be even more troublesome if he got lost. They came out in a hurry, and they didn't eat much. Not even a tent. Everyone could only eat some casually, and then quickly rested.

Qingcheng was on the edge of the desert, and Li Duan and the others had already walked for a whole day, and they had gone deep into the desert. At night, the temperature drops suddenly. The wind was biting, and it was not at all what it was like to be hot at noon. The soldiers, who were not dressed much, were even more cold, and several people gathered in pairs, keeping warm and napping.

But at this moment, a sudden shout woke everyone up from their sleep. The soldier who had just woken up had no time to lift his weapon and collapsed in a pool of blood. Li Duan stood up when he heard the movement, carried his spear, and stepped on the war horse. But in the darkness of the night, it was difficult to distinguish whether it was friend or foe by the light of a few bonfires, so he could only carry a gun and kill indiscriminately.

I finally survived until dawn, and the bright light on the horizon shone on this Shura-like place, and the ground was lying all my own men, and the ground was full of stumps and broken limbs. Li Duan looked at all this, extremely sad and indignant, and fought all night in a daze, not even figuring out who his enemy was. Of the 3,000 men, there were only a hundred and ten left, watching it all. Li Duan's heart was holding a fire, and it was about to burn him.

He had no choice but to take more than 100 people and return along the way he came, where could he talk about what to pursue at this time. At noon. The sun was shining so that people could not open their eyes, there was nothing to eat or drink, and all the people were exhausted. At night, it was not easy for them to reach Qingcheng, but they found that the flags on the city wall had been changed, and the flags with the words Daqin were fluttering on the city's head. Li Duan looked at it and was furious. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the man shook off the horse.

At this time someone on the city wall shouted,

"Who's coming?"

Li Duan, someone here replied:

"The Celestial Empire's expedition to the west, General Li Duan, and General Li are here. Hearing Li Duan's name, a burst of laughter erupted from the city wall.

"What is the general of Zhengxi, he is not a defeated general under General Jiaji, he was scared last night, like a lost dog. Li Duan was so angry that he was angry.

"The thieves can't come down and die!"

I saw the city gate open, and a group of people and horses flashed out, lined up in the shape of geese, each holding a torch in his hand, illuminating the place outside the city as if it were day. In the middle is a general, tall and large, wearing a black battle armor, a dark cloud helmet on his head, his face is also black, the whole person looks like a black-faced god, this person is one of the eighteen warriors of Great Qin, Ji Geri.

"I have heard the name of General Zhengxi for a long time, but today I have the opportunity to let my old Ji meet. The man's voice was like a bell, and it was deafening.

"Thief, come and die. Li Duan shouted, and also slapped his horse to meet him, and the two of them fought together. Li Duan has been fighting all night, and there is something to do on this day, and the fatigue of his body has already reached the limit. Although he is brave, he is a man after all. Na Jigri was born with divine power, so that a pair of sledgehammers, at first Li Duan could cope with his skillful horse kung fu, but gradually Li Duan began to be unable to resist, an careless sledgehammer was smashed on the shoulder by Ji Gri, the spear in his hand fell to the ground, and the person fell off the horse. How could that Jigri be merciful, pull out the saber on his body and stab it on Li Duan's chest at once. Pity a dignified general of Zhengxi, the prince of the Duke of Qi actually died outside such a border town.

It turned out that after Li Duan left, it didn't take long for Ji Geri to lead people to fight Qingcheng, and Qingcheng only had one hundred and ten people led by Deputy General Tian, how could they be Ji Geri's opponents, and he was soon outnumbered and fled to Xincheng from the East City Gate. He recaptured Qingcheng without much effort, and took Shinseong by the way while chasing after Deputy General Tian.

Qi Guogong barely finished reading the battle report in his hand, and then fell to his knees all of a sudden.

"Please calm the emperor's anger, and the old minister will ask for his life. ”

I gave Li Duan 100,000 troops, but he did not listen to the dissuasion, insisted on advancing, ordered 3,000 soldiers to die, and lost Qingcheng and Xincheng. I saw the wrong person...... "The emperor's anger is more because he insisted on fighting the main battle, but he got such a result, and even the general lost his life, which damaged his reputation."

In fact, the Duke of Qi also knew very well in his heart that although Daqin was strong and strong, after all, the founding time was short and the strength was limited, and he surrounded Qingcheng for a period of time with the strength of the Celestial Empire, cutting off their supplies and recapturing the city sooner or later, but his son's competitiveness cost him his life.

"You step back first, this matter will be discussed later, now the men and horses led by General Wei have arrived outside Xincheng and set up camp. "The emperor's implication is that there is no need for the Duke of Qi to take care of it anymore.

Qi Guogong returned to the mansion in despair. Lian Shi came out, and Qi Guogong saw that his wife could no longer control himself, and said to his wife with tears:

"Duan'er died in battle. Lian's mind went blank after hearing this, and he fainted as soon as he rolled his eyes. The servants hurriedly picked her up and returned to the inner room.

The news spread throughout the Guogong Mansion, Huang hugged his daughter and cried bitterly, and rushed to the main courtyard of the Guogong Mansion.

"What about Duan'er, what about Duan'er?" But when she saw her daughter-in-law and crying little granddaughter with tears on her face, she knew that her son was really gone, so she also cried bitterly. The Guogong Mansion was a mess, everyone was panicking, everyone didn't know what they should do, and the housekeeper was too busy to do it alone.

Qi Guogong was sad, seeing that the house was in chaos, his heart was even more troubled, and at this time he thought of Li Yi who was far away in Shandong, and smiled bitterly, the most feared thing still came. But at the moment, I couldn't take care of so much, so I hurriedly repaired the book and sent someone to Shandong overnight.

Li Yi also paid attention to the news in the capital in Shandong, and naturally knew the news of Li Duan's absence, although his relationship with this cousin has not been very good, but after all, blood is thicker than water. The hand holding the letter couldn't help but clench tightly, and his mood was also depressed.

When he returned to the house and saw his mother, Shi saw that his son's face was not good, so he persuaded him to go back to rest. Li Yi was afraid that his mother would know the news, so he decided to tell her slowly later. Li Yi returned to his house, and the maids automatically retreated when they saw him. Saitama saw that Li Yi's face was not good, and asked with some concern:

"What happened?" Li Yi listened to Saitama's words, did not speak, but stepped forward and gently hugged Saitama, Saitama was surprised and just wanted to push Li Yi away and ask him what was wrong. But I heard Li Yi say:

"Don't move, let me hold for a while. Saitama obeyed, and clapped Li Yi lightly with both hands. After a while, Li Yi let go of Saitama and put his hands on Saitama's shoulders. Saitama looked into Li Yi's eyes and said:

"What the hell happened, can you say it now?" Li Yi nodded,

"Big brother died in battle?"

"What?" Saitama asked, surprised. She had very little contact with Li Duan, but she just felt that this person was not smiling, and he always looked like a young man, but she didn't expect it to be gone.

Not only that, but he also lost Qingcheng and Xincheng, and the emperor was very angry. Li Yi said again.

"Is there any danger in the Kuni Mansion?" Saitama immediately thought.

"I don't know for the time being, but this matter won't affect the Nine Clans, so it shouldn't have much impact. Li Yi comforted. In order not to let Saitama think nonsense, he diverted the topic,

"Did he make any trouble today?"

"Huh?" Saitama didn't react at once, who was he in Li Yi's mouth, and paused before saying:

"This guy must be restless, and he kept kicking me, and now you come back as if you were asleep. Li Yi put his hand on Saitama's slightly uplifted belly, although he didn't touch anything, but he could feel the vigorous vitality, this feeling diluted the sadness in his heart, and made him determined to protect them, protect himself, and the family will always be together. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) )

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