On the tower of the city, the Western Xia army not far away can be seen at a glance, and the black pressure is overwhelming. The general of Western Xia laughed loudly: "I have always heard that the emperor of Nanling is a weak and incompetent person, and when I saw it today, it was really so, hahaha." ”

My eyebrows moved slightly, if this kind of person is a person, it's better not to deal with him, the more you deal with him, the more energetic he will be. "Shameless child is not worthy to talk to me, as far as I know, Duan Shuyan is also here, why don't you dare to come out to see me?"

Gu Chen cooperated with me: "Maybe I was scared by the imperial brother." "At this time, Gu Chen and I still reached an agreement and unanimously reached an agreement.

The Western Xia army suddenly got out of the way, and Duan Shuyan rode out slowly. The rivals in love were extremely red, I looked at Duan Shuyan condescendingly, and thought disdainfully, just like this, he still wants to rob Yan Xiaoran with me, hum.

"Emperor Nanling, we meet again." He greeted me in a seemingly friendly manner.

I bowed my head: "The last time we met, you were still the eldest prince, and this time we are on an equal footing with me, the eldest prince is really a good means." "Anyone can say polite words, and there will be no less meat anyway.

"Hmph, Emperor Nan, I won't talk to you about it, my purpose is very simple, as long as you hand over Princess Xiaoran of Dayan, I will immediately withdraw my troops."

"Shameless! Yan Xiaoran is my queen, is it just handed over? I despise Duan Shuyan: "How did the Western Xia let such an emperor ascend the throne, and it turned out that it was so strong that other people's wives were thrown to other countries in shame, everyone said, right?" ”

The soldiers behind me shouted in unison: "Yes, protect the territory, defend the queen!" ”

Duan Shuyan's face was obviously unhappy, but he was still holding on: "I and Xiaoran have known each other since childhood, if it weren't for your Nanling and Dayan harmony, Xiaoran would have married me." ”

I hold my forehead, I have never seen such a brazen person, and he will use strong words. First of all, Yan Xiaoran is a man, even if he doesn't marry me, it is impossible to marry Duan Shuyan, because they are all men. I thought about it, but I felt that it was wrong, when Yan Xiaoran married me, he also thought I was a man.

No matter what...... I put aside these things that made my mind confused, and looked at Duan Shuyan: "If you want my queen, you will die of this heart." ”

"In that case, it's useless to talk more,......" Duan Shuyan waved his hand: "Siege." "If you don't agree, you will start fighting.

"Rush, ......" The Western Xia army outside the city gate rushed over, and the order on the side of Nanling was also orderly, they picked up the stones that had been prepared long ago and threw them under the city tower, and a large group of people fell.

Screams, cries of pain, sounds in my ears. It suddenly occurred to me that there was something cruel about war. Is it really worth sacrificing the lives of so many innocent people because of the ** of those in power? However, if I don't fight back to protect myself, then I can only let others bully me.

The Tangut people wanted to climb the tower with a ladder, and the soldiers on the tower only needed to gently retreat the ladder to push all the people down. Although it is in our favor at the moment, there are many people on the other side, and we can't hold out for long. Duan Shuyan stepped back and looked not far away, I picked up the bow and arrow on the side, tilted my head and asked Gu Chen: "You said that it is so far, can I shoot him?" ”

Gu Chen visually measured the distance: "No." ”

I shrugged, "I didn't want to shoot him anyway." "I aimed my bow and arrow at the Western Xia soldiers on the edge of the tower, and the two arrows were fired in unison, and every shot was missed.

"Gu Shu, be careful."

Gu Chen beside him pounced violently, and we fell to the ground together, and an arrow flew over our heads with a whizz. "This is a battlefield, not a place for you to play." Gu Chen got up from me and looked at me with disdain: "If you want to play, you go back to the capital and play slowly." ”

I patted my clothes and stood up, a little stunned. "Why did you save me?" It stands to reason that if I die in battle now and I have no heirs, Gu Chen will be able to inherit the throne logically.

Gu Chen said coldly: "If something happens to you, it will affect the morale of the whole army, I don't want my ancestors to lose to the Western Xia barbarians like this, so you'd better be careful with me." With a gloomy face, he threw up his sleeves and went somewhere else.

I thoughtfully raised my eyes into the distance and shot my Duan Shuyan with an arrow. There were already Western Xia soldiers gradually climbing up here, and I raised my hand to solve a Western Xia soldier who was about to pounce, and said loudly: "Open the city gate to fight." ”

Facing the battle head-on means that there will be high casualties, and now I can only pray that Shen Qing and his army will arrive in time. I also carried my sword downstairs to kill the enemy together, and the hand qi knife fell, just like cutting cabbage, but blood splashed on my body, and the warm feeling on my face made me sincerely panic.

Whether it's the enemy or us, it's human life.

"General, there are too many people on the other side, and we can't hold out anymore." There were soldiers yelling, I heard it.

"Defend our land and drive out the barbarians!" The general shouted slogans, and his deep voice echoed throughout the battlefield and reached the ears of every soldier who fought bloodily, and the soldiers seemed to be excited, shouting slogans one by one, cheering up and continuing to kill the enemy.

I finally understood the importance of morale.

At this time, Shen Qing finally arrived with the infantry. The Western Xia army didn't expect that we still had troops behind us to arrange a sneak attack, and for a while they panicked, Duan Shuyan glanced at me unwillingly, and turned his head to collect his troops. A thrilling battle that ended with our victory for the time being.

We closed the city gate again and brought Shen Qing's army to the barracks, and Shen Qing knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the minister's escort is late." ”

I helped him up: "General Shen was able to arrive in time, it's already a great luck, go freshen up first and rest well." "It just so happens that I also have to wash well, and my body is full of strong smell of blood, which is very uncomfortable.

I was in the tent, carefully washing off the blood stains on my body and face, feeling a little uncomfortable, I don't know why, and I felt a little nauseous. Then, I remembered the repetitive killing action I had made even more uncomfortable.

The battlefield is really a place full of sin, like a Shura field.

After washing, I am going to discuss with Shen Qing about the tactics after that. When he went outside the tent, he heard a discussion going on inside.

Shen Qing: "There is a big problem with the tactics this time, first of all, we have a small number of people, and there are already certain failure factors. You're still pinning all your hopes on me, so have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if I didn't come in time? ”

"But the Western Xia retreated, which means that we have won." Someone was unhappy to be said by Shen Qing and opened his mouth to refute.

"That's also a fluke, Xixia was just frightened by this sudden situation, if they think about it carefully, they will know that I didn't bring many people, plus we traveled overnight, the soldiers were already exhausted. If they don't retreat and hold on, we have no chance of winning. ”

"Cut, after the fact, everyone will say, you can endure, you can go."

Shen Qing nodded: "Okay, I'll go." ”

“……”

I walked in: "In this case, the future battle plan and leading the troops will be handed over to General Shen." ”

The others were obviously unwilling, and looked at Gu Chen one after another, wanting him to say a fair word. Gu Chen glanced at me, and then looked at several other generals: "There is indeed a problem with today's battle plan, General Shen Qing has followed the mighty general, this king believes in his ability, if you are not convinced, you can come up with a better plan." ”

Gu Chen spoke like this, and the others couldn't say anything more, so they could only accept Shen Qing as a leader unwillingly.

When everyone else went out, and it was just me and Shen Qing left, Shen Qing asked, "Your Majesty isn't being bullied here, is it?" ”

"I am the emperor, who dares to bully?" I didn't want to tell Shen Qing what happened at the beginning, anyway, if I didn't say it, he would know.

Shen Qing nodded: "That's good, Your Majesty will go and rest first, and the ministers will do their best to make a detailed battle plan." ”

I nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your news." I turned around and was about to leave the camp, but who knew that a somewhat familiar figure rushed over and called out to me in surprise: "Your Majesty." ”

Me: "......" I took a closer look and it turned out to be a small pink. She was dressed as a man, gray-headed, but when she smiled, she showed very white and bright teeth. "You...... You...... Why are you here? I turned my head to look at Shen Qing, hoping that he would explain it to me.

Shen Qing obviously also had a headache, he said: "This girl, after hearing that you are going to drive the expedition in person, she came to me and said that she wanted to follow me to the border pass, of course I would not agree to this kind of thing, so she packed up the salute and secretly left." When we got to the border, I realized that she was following us. "Shen Qing treats his soldiers like a big parent, that's why Xiao Taohong dares to do this.

"Majesty, I'm ...... That's what I'm here for...... I just want to serve you...... The environment here is so harsh, you ...... You must be very unaccustomed to it. Little Peach hung her head, her fingers constantly stirring the corners of her clothes.

To tell the truth, I'm still quite moved by Little Peach to do this. But I can't give her any hope, and if I give her hope, it will hurt her. I avoided her green gaze: "I don't need you to take care of it, you have worked hard to follow the army all the way, wash up well, and I will send someone to send you back tomorrow." ”

"Don't ...... Peach wants to follow Majesty. She suddenly looked at me with tears in her eyes: "The queen didn't dare to come over to accompany you, but Xiao Taohong dared!" Majesty, please let Peach stay and take care of you, Xiao Peach doesn't dare to ask for anything else, just be willing to take care of Majesty Xià loyally. She said, kneeling down in front of me with a thud.

"Tsk, I didn't expect that the charm of the imperial brother is really not small, and he actually let a little maid suffer all the way from the capital to here, just to serve you." Gu Chen didn't know when he appeared on the side, he leaned on the edge of the tent, with a mocking face.

The corners of my mouth twitched slightly: "If the imperial brother is envious, it is better to let Taohong serve you." ”

"Little Peach just wants to serve His Majesty, not this person who looks like a sick man."

Me: "Hahaha......" I laughed, probably because I didn't sleep all night last night, Gu Chen's face was a little pale, like a sick tuberculosis.