Chapter 206: Embattled
After seeing Li Qitian leave, Beihe asked softly to the attendants beside him, "Is there any news in Beijing?" ”
The attendant shook his head, Beihe lowered his eyelashes, hiding the sadness in his eyes, it was almost noon, I am afraid that there has been no news for so long...
At this time, Rong Zhang walked in from the side of the hall, Beihe heard his footsteps, so he hurriedly looked up to look at him, only to see Rong Zhang, who had always been quiet and introverted, looking at Beihe with sad eyes, kneeling in front of Beihe, and then couldn't help crying bitterly.
The attendants beside Beihe saw him like this, and looked at Beihe in horror, Beihe had already understood from Rongzhang's painful expression, he looked at Rongzhang motionlessly, and suddenly his eyes were stagnant, his face was red and swollen, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted instantly.
"Sir...."
"Master...."
In the evening, when Beihe woke up, the edict of the court had already arrived in the palace, and the news of Murong Yue's attempted rebellion had spread throughout Chang'an City. And because of his participation in the planning, the military advisor Beihe was also imprisoned by the guards sent by the imperial court, and for a while, the people's hearts were panicked and the army's hearts were shaken.
After spitting out the long-accumulated blood, Beihe's expression seemed to be much better, and after waking up, he immediately ordered the three armies to continue to resist Dahuan's advance, and if there were any escapees, the whole family would be punished. Immediately, he sent an elite army to block Wei Ting, the leader of the central army, in the east of Tongguan. In the end, after hesitating for a while, he still decided to let Rong Zhang go to Xiliang outside Xiao Pass, where there was a strong Rouran army, Beihe had no choice but to ask this iron horse to help him repel Dahuan, even if there was a suspicion of luring wolves into the room, and this was already his last move. Three days. As long as he lasts for another three days, Chang'an will be saved.
Jiang Mei in Chang'an City had already received the news from Luoyang, after dinner, she leisurely leaned under an old banyan tree to enjoy the shade, the comfort at the moment made her feel that her decision was wise, if she stayed in Xiao Moheng's Chinese army, it must be hot. If Xiao Moheng, who had been worried about her, knew Jiang Mei's mood at the moment, she would definitely vomit blood in anger.
However, Jiang Mei is idle, and she is not left behind in the battle reports around her.
"Miss. General Mu personally led people to break through the street pavilion. Zhang Tai, who got the news, immediately dispersed Guan's troops to intercept it, and Beihe also sent his dumb general to lead the troops to Chencang at the same time! Luojun reported the collected battle reports to Jiang Mei one by one.
Jiang Mei nodded, and Luo Jue continued: "Fei Lian has joined forces with Yi Qing and is storming Sanguan!" ”
"Brother Mu has tens of thousands of horses?" Jiang Mei asked.
"Twenty thousand."
"That's good. Although Li Qitian is the most powerful martial artist under Beihe, he can only fight but can't plan, he is not Brother Mu's opponent! Jiang Mei said reassuringly.
"Hmm. Beihe deployed a strong army in the Meridian Road, and Tao Yiran broke some men, but fortunately survived! Luo Jue said lightly,
"Good! So the East Road army has hope of breaking through! Jiang Meixi smiled, and then instructed Luo Jue: "Brother Luo, quickly send a message to His Highness, let him storm the pass tomorrow night, just wait for our army to fight with Gong Shiyuan's army in Qingni, and let the rested Tao Yiran lead the troops to attack from the west!" ”
"Good!" Luojun immediately got up and sent the message.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, Jiang Mei and Jiuzhu, who heard the sound, glanced at each other, Jiuzhu immediately walked to the door and asked outside, "Who is it?" ”
"It's me, Jinghiko!" A familiar voice came from outside the house,
Jiuzhu's face was happy, and he immediately opened the door, and saw Chen Jingyan, who was wearing a green shirt, walking in in a dusty manner.
When Jiang Mei saw that it was him, she was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Miss, Jing Yan has fulfilled his mission and completed Miss's task!" As soon as Jing Yan saw Jiang Mei, he immediately stepped forward to bow.
Jiang Mei hugged him with a smile on her face, and said gently: "Thank you for your hard work!" Come, take a break! So he took him and sat him down.
And Ruoyun, who happened to bring tea and snacks, walked out of the back room, and when he saw Jing Yan coming back, he was also very happy, "Jing Yan, you see how good I am to you, I just wait for you to come back!" ”
Jiuzhu suddenly shook his head speechlessly, Jing Yan knew that she was clever, but she still smiled happily, nodding her head in thanks while eating.
"Look at you, you're obviously hungry!" Jiang Mei chuckled and said, but she didn't know that it was really difficult to see Chen Jingyan gobbling up.
Jing Yan laughed dryly and continued to bow his head and eat.
Jiang Mei looked at his dark eyes, and felt distressed, presumably he must have not closed his eyes last night, and today he came all the way to Chang'an, and the hardships and pressures involved are probably only known to him.
After Jing Yan finished eating, Jiang Mei received another piece of news that she couldn't understand: Beihe sent a single horse to run in the direction of Xiaoguan in the northwest.
"What do you want?" Jiang Mei paced back and forth in the courtyard.
"At this time, there is only one thing out of Xiao Pass, and that is to ask for help!" Jing Yan's eyes were quiet,
Jiang Meiqing's eyes turned and looked at him, "There are Rouran's troops over there in Xiliang!" ”
"Exactly!" Jing Yan greeted Jiang Mei.
Jiang Mei frowned, and said worriedly: "I didn't expect him to make this move!" The soft iron rider is alone in the world, and we are not their opponents in a short time! Jiang Mei was saddened, as soon as Rouran's troops came, the Northern Expedition army was likely to fall short.
"They must be stopped!" Jiang Meiying raised her eyebrows and said with determination.
"I have a way!" At this time, Luo Jue walked out of the house, said lightly, and he casually released the pigeon with the cloth strip in his hand into the sky.
Jiang Mei and Jing Yan were both overjoyed when they heard this, and asked at the same time, "What way?" ”
Luo Jue walked over slowly, looked at Jiang Mei, and said, "A few days ago, Gu Hunjingchi, the leader of Rouran, asked us for a batch of grain and silk cloth, as long as we do something with this material, we can make it impossible for them to come south!" ”
Jiang Mei laughed when she heard this, and suddenly put down a stone in her heart, "Okay, where are these supplies?" ”
"Jincheng-gun!"
Jing Yan said with a smile: "Xuan Ming has arrived in Chang'an, it is most appropriate for him to do this!" ”
As soon as Jing Yan mentioned Xuan Ming, Jiang Mei remembered Xuan Ming's innocent face, and couldn't help laughing.
Jiuzhu and Ruoyun both know Xuanming. immediately knew what Jiang Mei was laughing at. Ruoyun followed with a smile, Jiuzhu shrugged his shoulders, as if he was a little helpless, in Jiuzhu's opinion, Xuan Ming didn't look like a killer, let alone a killer cultivated by Director Luo.
Jing Yan smiled bitterly, looked at Luo Jue and said, "In the past few days, he has caused me a lot of trouble, and once he almost poisoned Murong Xi!" In fact, what he wanted to say was that even he couldn't stand the roar. How did Lord Luo stand him?
Luo Jue looked at Jing Yan's bitter expression. had to comfort him in a low voice: "I'll treat him again when I go back!" ”
"Yo yo, my lord, you've said this no less than ten times, and I haven't seen Xuan Ming change it!" Ruoyun teased at the right time. Bulging those round eyes. It's not cute.
"Haha... Haha..."Jiang Mei held Luo Xuan's shoulder. Laughing forward and leaning back, in fact, the smart Jiang Mei knew that Luo Jue actually liked Xuan Ming very much. As for why Luo Jue likes Xuanming. Jiang Mei didn't think about it, everyone always has their favorite person or thing, and the reasons are also very different, Jiang Mei doesn't want to think about it, because everyone always has an attachment that others don't know.
The reason why Luo Ming likes Xuan Ming is very simple, Xuan Ming looks very similar to Jiang Mei when she laughs, completely harmless and innocent.
Being teased by everyone like this, Luo Jue showed a unique smile, which made Jiang Mei give Ruoyun a great credit.
In this way, this interesting errand was handed over to Xuan Ming, who was still happy in the inn in Chang'an.
Among the five killers of Yiyun Pavilion, Ye Jian is the leader second to none, his internal skills are no less than nine bamboos, and he is calm and modest, and he has won the trust of Jiang Mei and Luoxuan, but Ye Jian is more like a martial arts master.
As the only woman, Jiang Li has a straightforward and neat temperament, in addition to loving to talk with Xuan Ming every day, she also loves to play a little temper, Xuan Ming naturally needless to say, she is a beautiful son with no behavior, Yue Hua has a clear temperament and simple thinking, if Luo Ming likes Xuan Ming the most, then Jiang Mei loves Yue Hua very much, she likes Yue Hua's purity and cheerfulness.
The only killer who is the most like a killer among the five is the ruthless Wu Dan, Wu Dan is silent, does not get into trouble, does not cause trouble, and never has many troubles, for example, Jiang Mei asked him to protect Mu Xiaohe, then his only task is to ensure Mu Xiaohe's safety, as for Mu Xiaohe is thirsty, hungry, winning or losing, he doesn't care, and he doesn't care. He only focused on one thing, and it was precisely because of this that Jiang Mei could rest assured that he could entrust Mu Xiaohe's safety to him.
On the sixth day of the sixth month of the fifteenth year of Dahuan Jingxi, Mr. Beihe of the Jin'an Palace, did not wait for the assistance of the Rouran Iron Cavalry, but waited for the news that the east and west passes had been breached.
"Sir, the pass has been broken, Xiao Moheng led the army to cross the pass and set up a village, and fought against General Gong Shiyuan against Qingni!" After hearing the news, Yu Yanbo, who had just distributed the food and salaries of the various armies, hurried to the palace meeting hall.
Now the second prince is imprisoned in the prison of the capital, and the relatives of the palace wash their faces with tears all day long, although the palace has changed dramatically, Beihe and Yu Yanbo still govern the palace in an orderly manner. And Murong Yue's princess also gave full play to her role as the mistress of the palace, appeased the ladies in the mansion, and arranged the food and clothing of each room. And the scheming Beihe has also quietly moved the prince's concubine to a safe place. This matter was done extremely secretively, and even Yiyun Pavilion, who had been monitoring the palace for twelve hours, did not notice it. So at this time, the little prince in the palace is no longer the real prince.
"Shiyuan only has 70,000 soldiers and horses, but Xiao Moheng has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the situation is unfavorable for our army!" Beihe sighed slightly, at this time he was very calm, in the face of defeat after defeat, he no longer had the strength to be sad and angry, or rather, since the child was sent out, he put down a stone in his heart, as long as there is still a trace of blood in the palace, then Beihe has no worries, there is only one word in his heart, that is, "fight".
Yu Yanbo nodded, and continued: "After Sanguan was captured, General Zhang Tai retreated to Chencang, and now General Zhang guards the city, while General Li guards Yongxian, and General Wenping guards Yixian to prevent the Huan army from raiding Yixian. ”
"The terrain of Chencang is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for the Huan army to break through in a short time, but they will definitely break through from Yixian and Yongxian, you send a message to Li Qitian and Wenping, let them build defenses, defend Yixian and Yongxian, and not fight!" Kitatsuru ordered solemnly.
"Understood!" Yu Yanbo answered, and immediately turned around and prepared to go out of the house to deliver the message.
Beihe suddenly jumped between his eyebrows, and said sharply: "Slow! ”
When Yu Yanbo heard this, he immediately turned around and asked in a panic, "What else does Mr. command?" ”
Beihe had an ominous premonition in his heart, stared at him, and asked in a low voice: "Meridian Valley should have someone to send back news every day, didn't you receive news from Meridian Valley yesterday?" ”
Yu Yanbo was taken aback, and suddenly sweated on his back, and shook his throat and said, "Yes...."
Beihe's eyes closed, his heart was half cold, the Huan army really had the courage to surprise from the Meridian Road, our army's ambush must have been detected by them in advance, the Meridian Road army is the closest to Chang'an, to the north can attack Chang'an, to the east can attack Qingni from behind, so, Gong Shiyuan's army will be defeated.
Beihe steadied himself, raised his head and said, "You go and deliver the message first!" Then he commanded the attendants beside him: "Go and call Rong Zhang!" ”
Yu Yanbo glanced at Beihe worriedly a few times, and finally retreated.
After a short while, Rong Zhang appeared by Beihe's side, he went to Liangzhou to move the rescue troops before, but Rouran clearly agreed to send troops, but there has been no movement so far, so he was very unhappy, and looked at Beihe's eyes were also quite apologetic.
Beihe looked at Rong Zhang, who was kneeling beside him, squeezed out a reluctant smile, and comforted: "Don't blame you, don't blame yourself, Gu Hun Jingchi must be in trouble, and now I need you to do something immediately!" ”
"Please command, master!"
"You immediately go to Gong Shiyuan's camp and ask him to divide his troops to prevent the Huan army from attacking Chang'an!"
"Yes!"
After Rong Zhang received the order, he immediately retreated. And Beihe finally fell asleep due to physical exhaustion.
When Beihe sent Yu Yanbo, the Xilu Huan army was already encamped on the north bank of Weishui. At this time, Mu Bai and Yi Qing had already joined forces. And Fei Lian alone led 10,000 soldiers and horses to camp outside the valley and face Yixian.
On the same day, Jiang Mei, who heard that the two levels had been breached, decided to go back to the camp to join Xiao Moheng. The west gate and the south gate of Chang'an have been closed due to the war, only for military use, Jiang Mei only had to take a detour to the east gate to Qingni, when Jiang Mei rushed to the east gate of Chang'an City with several people who were disguised, saw that many people went out of the city with their wives and children to avoid chaos, Jiang Mei suddenly had a plan in her heart.
That night, Jiang Mei and the others split into two ways to run to Yaoguan, Ruoyun and Jiuzhu all the way, while Jiang Mei went all the way with Luojun and Jingyan.
When Ruoyun and Jiuzhu passed through the territory of Qingni, they were noticed by the scouts of the Yan army, and the scouts were sure that the two were meticulous, so they hurriedly asked people to lead troops to pursue.
Yan Jun Yi will lead dozens of people to pursue Jiuzhu and the two all the way, but after all, they were escaped because of their flexible response, but Yan Jun did not find nothing, this general successfully grabbed the burden of the two, when the general opened the package, found that there were some silver taels and clothes inside, and when he looked closely, he also found a letter. So the general hurriedly opened the letter, and after reading it, he immediately lost his countenance, and even became disheartened, and the soldier next to him saw this, and hurriedly took the letter to read it, and then had the same expression. (To be continued......)