Chapter 143: Return to the Kingdom
Suddenly, there was a startled finch in the forest, and Nan Yu made a gesture towards Ziyu.
Ziyu understood, he understood that the second battalion led by General Qian was afraid that it was about to arrive.
Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps could be heard, and a small group of men and horses slowly walked into their sight.
It's just that the effective range of the attack has already been reached, but Nan Yu did not give the order.
The archers were not impulsive, and waited calmly one by one, without doubting Nan's arrangement.
Ziyu stared at General Qian in front of the team, and her lips tightly pursed into a line.
Suddenly, I saw General Qian raise his hand, he stopped the pace of the team's advance, looked left and right, and his eyes were fixed on the small hillside where Ziyu and the others were ambushing.
Ziyu's heart froze, this General Qian is really an old fox, he must have seen that this terrain is suitable for ambushes, so he became suspicious.
Soon, General Qian had a bow and arrow fetched.
I saw him draw three arrows, put them on his bow together, and raise his hand to pull the strings.
Ziyu bit her lip, but she could only watch as the three random arrows shot at them.
"Whoosh !!" No one hid, and everyone remained motionless, as if they had not heard or seen it.
Ziyu saw an arrow hit a soldier's arm, but he didn't even make a low call.
Ziyu turned her head to look at Nan Yu and began to admire the courage of his soldiers.
Thinking that this General Qian was so cunning, if they had launched an attack and engaged the second battalion head-on, I am afraid it would only be a bitter battle.
After a while, General Qian saw that there was no movement, so he let down his vigilance and let the team move on.
It wasn't until the whole team turned their backs to Ziyu that Nan Yu made a gesture.
So, four archers stood up and fired four arrows towards General Qian.
Although General Qian was wearing a cloth coat on the outside, he was covered with thin armor on the inside, and he carried everything except for an arrow that wounded his knee and caused him to fall off his horse.
Nan Yu was not flustered, and then made a gesture, and the drums around him sounded, and the soldiers and generals shouted loudly, as if they had ambushed thousands of troops.
For a while, the soldiers and horses of the second battalion galloped away, scattering in all directions, all wanting to flee for their lives!
General Qian turned around, pulled out the bow and arrows from his knee, picked up the bow scattered on the ground, and quickly pulled it and shot towards the hillside.
His archery skills were superb, and when he heard the sound, including the generals who happened to be standing next to Ziyu, he actually injured three of them archers in a row.
Ziyu gritted her teeth, snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of the soldier who fell to the ground, and stood up with a bow.
When General Qian saw him, a moment of astonishment flashed in his eyes, but he quickly faded away. His instinct told him that Ziyu was the most dangerous, and there was no time to think about it, General Qian once again drew his bow and raised his hand to release the arrow.
Ziyu squinted slightly, not dodging or dodging.
"Whoosh!" his white-feathered arrow burst out with a sound that broke through the air.
Two bows and arrows meet in the air.
Ziyu raised his head slightly, only to see his white feather arrow break through the end of General Qian's arrow, and then slammed into his right eye.
General Qian opened his mouth wide and fell to the ground before he could let out an exclamation.
His eyes were wide open, but his breath was long gone.
He fought all his life, cautious, and cunning, but he did not believe that he would die at the hands of that useless prince.
Nan Yu turned his head to look at Ziyu. The light leaking from the forest shone on his body, and he put down his bow and arrows, his eyes were full of sorrow and joy, but they were full of the wind of a king.
After killing General Qian, Ziyu and Liwu converged.
Seeing that Liwu had changed back to the costume of the Central Plains, Nan Yu understood that parting was at the moment.
He looked at Ziyu and said, "General Hua's battalion should be there soon." I won't send it anymore, so go!"
Ziyu bowed her head: "I can't thank you! But I always owe you a favor! If there is anything I can promise you another day, just ask me to go!"
Nan Yu smiled, and his expression quickly sank: "Me and you, it's better not to see each other again!"
Ziyu lowered his eyes, he knew very well what he meant, goodbye may be a battlefield, so it's best not to see it.
Nan Yu did not say much, but got up and stepped on the horse.
Liwu suddenly called him: "Nan Zhi !!"
Nan Yu turned his head and looked at her with slightly squinted eyes.
"Thank you!" said Worry sincerely.
The corners of Nan's lips curled. pretended to shout loudly: "Ugly girl, don't forget, if no one is willing to marry you, come back to be my little wife!"
"You!"
"Drive!" Nan Yu laughed, but had already left with his horse.
She looked at his distant back, slowly calmed down, and finally smiled helplessly.
He was the most ferocious wolf in the South, unrestrained, and nothing could hold him back, so where did he need all those thanks from her?
After separating from Nan Yu, Ziyu and Liwei waited for a battalion on the side of the road, and half an hour later, General Hua led the team to appear in the field of vision.
The soldiers saw that there was someone in front of them, so they nervously drew their swords.
General Hua looked over carefully, immediately rode his horse and galloped, and shouted in surprise: "The eldest prince?"
"Oh my God, you're still alive!" General Hua jumped off his horse and pulled Ziyu to look around him.
"General Hua, I'm fine! I'm back safely, please rest assured!" Ziyu replied.
Li Wei was a little frightened and hid behind Ziyu, but instead attracted General Hua's attention.
"What's the soldier's name? Could it be that you saved the prince?"
Ziyu smiled and gently pushed away from the worries.
Li Wei knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to lower his head and shout softly: "Uncle..."
General Hua's body shook, the voice was so familiar!
He pulled Liwu to him and looked at it carefully.
It wasn't until they met those eyes that General Hua pointed his finger at her and said, "Worry? How did you become like this? This..."
Ziyu immediately explained: "Liwu is just dyed with plant juice, it's not true!
General Hua breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ziyu's words, but immediately straightened his face again: "You... You are really fooling around!! eldest prince, it's just that you are not sensible, how can you hide it from me with her!"
Ziyu lowered her head and didn't explain.
Li was anxious, and immediately said: "Uncle, don't blame my brother!
"Then how did you get here?" General Hua obviously didn't believe it!
"I've been hiding under your chariot...", the voice of the worry became lower and lower.
General Hua was stunned: "Why is this? Even if you suffer all this, you must come!"
"It's Ziyu who doesn't work! I can't protect Worry, and I have to let her worry about me!" Ziyu immediately explained.
General Hua pressed the corner of his forehead: "I'm a little confused..."
"Please come over here and meet someone!" Ziyu said.
General Hua bowed his head, and followed Ziyu and Liwu to the back of a big tree.
General Qian's body was lying there quietly, with a white feather bow and arrow still stuck in his eyes.
General Hua immediately squatted down to probe his snort, lowered his voice and shouted angrily: "Who is it! Who killed him?"
"It's me. Ziyu Qingqing replied quietly.
"Great Prince, why do you want to do this? He has always followed me, loyal!" General Hua said fiercely.
"Uncle, you have been deceived by him! This lackey has already been bought by Empress Yan, and he is a pawn she has placed beside you!"
General Hua listened carefully, and his expression turned from surprise to confusion.
After a long time, he looked at Ziyu and asked, "You already know this, why don't you let Sorrow tell me the truth and ask for our help?"
Ziyu glanced at Liwu, who immediately held his hand and encouraged him to say everything.
Ziyu felt warm in his heart, and he told General Hua: "Because I don't want to affect the entire Hua family, I don't want you to be enemies of Empress Yan." ”
General Hua's expression softened a little when he heard this: "If this is the case, then why spread all this out?"
Ziyu looked at him and said solemnly: "Because the means taken by Empress Yan are no longer just to take my life! She also wants to kill two birds with one stone and involve you as well! At that time, if you lose your military power because of this, General Qian will take your place in a grand manner, so that Lu Quan can be his crown prince with peace of mind, and he can be his emperor with peace of mind in the future!"
General Hua rubbed his hand under his chin, knowing that this was the norm when he was thinking.
After a long time, he squatted down, pulled out the white feather arrow that was still inserted in General Qian's eyes, put it in his hand to look at it carefully, and then asked, "Is this arrow really done by you?"
"Yes. ”
"How far is it?
"A hundred meters away, my arrow was the first to break through his feathers. Ziyu replied calmly.
"Haha!" General Hua suddenly laughed, "I didn't expect your archery skills to be so superb? No wonder General Qian didn't blink a blind eye!
Ziyu looked up at him, almost thinking that she had misheard General Hua's last words.
Li Wu was already happily pounced, hugged General Hua's waist, and said coquettishly: "I knew that my uncle would help my brother, I knew it!"
General Hua bowed his head and said to Ziyu: "To tell the truth, I don't want to help you subjectively! My Hua family has been loyal to martyrs for generations, and I don't want to do anything that goes against Your Majesty! However, this Empress Yan will not let us live, even if it is not for you, we will fight!"
Ziyu smiled: "I understand! You don't have to explain this! On the contrary, I'm glad that you have your own position and reasons! If only help based on sympathy is unreliable! Only like this, we all have different purposes, but we have the same enemy, can we work together for this and not defect halfway!"
General Hua patted Ziyu appreciatively: "The eldest prince is not only capable of martial arts, but this moral analysis is also very fine! If the country has this good monarch, it is the way to eternal life!"
Ziyu humbly lowered her head.
Returning to Weiguo represents the beginning of this war, but because of his worries, he has already obtained the first chess piece, and the way forward, even if it is against the current, he can finally raise his head and face it head-on.