Three months later, at noon one day, in the hall of the main courtyard of the Taizhou County Government, King Hai Lao looked at the generals under the hall with a gloomy face.

At this time, he lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows, a drop of sweat flowed down his forehead into his eyes, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, and he didn't even dare to blink his eyes. After three defeats in a row, it is a question whether the head can be saved, so how can you take care of this discomfort.

At this time, a member of the army trembled and said: "Your Majesty, that Li Ze is treacherous and cunning, and it is really difficult to deal with. In addition, the Central Plains is humid and hot in summer, and there are many people in our army who suffer from heat stroke, and the combat effectiveness has declined. ”

Another general plucked up his courage: "Your Majesty, Qingzhou County has gathered nearly 100,000 horses, and our army has been unable to break the city for a month, and there are many casualties. ”

King Hailing's eyes narrowed slightly: "Do you want to persuade me to surrender to Dayun next?" Well? ”

When the generals heard this, they all knelt on the ground and shouted, "Don't dare." ”

The soldier said: "Our army is short of food and grass, and most of them don't know the nature of water, and I hope the emperor will think twice about crossing the river." ”

King Hai Lian unwillingly clenched his fist: "Li Ze! Green bamboo! I can't imagine that there is such a character in the Great Cloud Country. ”

Li Ze was the commander of the Yun army newly appointed by King Kang, and he not only blocked the first batch of Xuanguo troops who crossed the river, but also led 10,000 elite soldiers to cross to Jiangbei at night and recaptured the capital Anyang.

As for Qingzhu, he stuck to the county seat of Qingzhou before, and now he has gathered the scattered troops and people of Jiangbei to Qingzhou, and is in opposition to the Xuan army! The most hateful thing is that this green bamboo only defends and does not attack, makes full use of people and geographical advantages, and strengthens the city day and night.

He suddenly remembered King Ge. If he hadn't taken Qingzhou a long time ago, Xuanjun would not have fallen into such a situation. But now he cannot cure King Ge's sin. Although he asked King Ge to take Qingzhou first, he didn't say that he must take Qingzhou City, and then he transferred King Ge and his subordinates to Taizhou by a holy decree.

Later, although he asked King Ge to lead his troops to Qingzhou quickly. As a result, although he could not conquer it, he could not be punished for his crime by attacking the city, otherwise half of the generals in the army would have to be pulled out and cut down, and besides, King Ge only had a small group of elite soldiers at that time and had no siege equipment, and King Ge himself was seriously injured, if he was punished for his crime, he would not be criticized, saying that he borrowed a knife to kill people.

The person who thinks about it and makes mistakes the most is actually himself. He underestimated the Great Cloud Kingdom too much, this was not a sick cat, but a sleeping tiger. Now the tiger is awake! And the King Kang who he thought he had been playing with was actually a cunning fox, he knew better than himself how much he fought within the Great Cloud Kingdom, no matter how corrupt he was, he was not allowed to intervene as an outsider.

Thinking of this, he didn't know how to deal with the Great Cloud Kingdom, and now their army and people are united and have the same hatred for the enemy, and all the conditions are unfavorable to him. But he must not withdraw his troops, because he has no way out. For this southward trip, he almost hollowed out the Xuanguo and even killed all the people who opposed him, including the Queen Mother, he had offended the subjects of the Xuanguo all over the place, and if he returned in vain, what was waiting for him would be condemned by the whole country.

Twilight fell, but the air was still sweltering. The cicadas chirped loudly, and the King of Hai Ling waved his hand to sweep a table of dinner to the ground, and called a few shadow guards loudly: "I have cut down the trees outside." ”

Several shadow guards glanced at each other, and immediately went to the courtyard to beckon a few soldiers to start cutting down trees. Wind Wing took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the kitchen. "The weather is hot, and the emperor has lost his appetite. Prepare some mung bean soup for the emperor to cool off. ”

A thin palace maid said, "I'll go draw water." ”

She walked out with Wind Wing's feet, and Wind Wing's brocade bag fell to the ground, and she bent down to pick it up: "My lord." Your money bag. ”

Feng Yi turned around and took it, nodded with a light smile, and left quickly without saying anything.

A smile also appeared on the palace maid's lips. Trotted in the direction of the well.

The next morning, King Hai had just had breakfast, and the maid said, "General Wu Shu has something important to see. ”

King Hai Lao frowned slightly. Rather impatiently, he said, "Come in." ”

Wu Shu entered the door and knelt down to salute: "...... minister"

"Excuse me, let's talk about something."

Wu Shu hurriedly said: "I just got the secret report, and the vanguard general under Li Ze, who is known as the Heavenly God General, is Xia Chen, who was wanted by the emperor before!" ”

Hearing this, King Hai's eyes widened: "What did you say! Suddenly, he laughed twice: "I should have thought it was him." "It is said that the gods of the Great Cloud Country descended from the sky, the phoenix eyes and wings, and the divine soldiers in their hands can call the wind and rain, and they can turn things into nothing, which is very magical.

Wu Shu saw that King Hai Lian was laughing, and his heart was a little bottomless, and he said tremblingly: "If the last battle with the Xuan army hadn't been for the sudden rise of the wind and the fact that he shot the banner with an arrow, our army would not have been defeated. ”

King Hai's face turned cold: "What? Do you also believe that he is a god general? ”

Wu Shu didn't even believe it, but his eyes revealed his jealousy of Xia Chen.

King Hai thought for a while: "Pass the order, the whole army is ready, and tomorrow I will personally lead the troops to attack Anyang." ”

"Yes!" Although Wu Shu didn't agree or understand why King Hai Ling had to take Anyang, which was like a ruined city, he felt furious every time he saw King Hai Ling, because he could never figure out King Hai Lao's thoughts, and he couldn't even tell whether he was happy or angry.

King Hai Lian's understanding of Xia Chen is more than half-understood, and there is one person who knows about him no more, and this person is now locked up in the dungeon of this county government.

Xia Zhongyang knelt on the ground in fear: "Long live the emperor." ”

A trace of disdain flashed on King Hai's face: "General Xia, now there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if you can do this well, I will not only release your whole family, but also seal you as a wait." ”

Xia Zhongyang hurriedly said: "The guilty minister Xie Lord Longen." ”

King Hai Lang snorted lightly: "Don't be busy thanking you yet, if you can't do it, I will take the life of your whole family." ”

"The wicked shall do what he can." Xia Zhongyang thought to himself that since Emperor Xuan personally came to him in prison to find him, this matter must be him.

King Hai Liang said: "Actually, the life and death of General Xia's family is not in my hands, but in the hands of General Xia's nephew. ”

Xia Zhongyang was stunned: "What did the emperor say?" Chen'er? ”

King Hai Ling said slowly: "Yes, he is now a fierce general under the commander of the Yun Army, and he is against me everywhere. What do you say? ”

The corners of Xia Zhongyang's eyes jumped, what should I do? He didn't know what to do. "Please make it clear to the emperor."

"If you let him work for me. Your Xia family's status in the Xuan Kingdom is definitely higher than in Dayun. ”

Xia Zhongyang's cold sweat ran down the ground, and his whole body trembled like chaff: "Your Majesty." The nephew of the criminal is eager to kill the criminal minister, and he will not care if the criminal minister lives or dies. ”

King Hai Ling frowned slightly: "You are his uncle, why does he resent you?" On the day when the Xuan army broke through Anyang, Xia Zhongyang came with a box of jewels, and when he learned his surname, he asked carefully, he was Xia Chen's uncle, thinking that it might be useful to keep them, so he was temporarily detained. Unexpectedly, there was enmity between their uncles and nephews.

Xia Zhongyang said: "He thought that the criminal minister killed his father." ”

"Oh? Did you do it? The King of the Sea suddenly became curious.

Xia Zhongyang sighed heavily: "How could a criminal kill his own brother!" His father offended King Kang, it was King Kang who wanted his father's life, and the guilty ministers were forced to have no choice but for the sake of the Xia family. I can only pretend that I don't know. ”

King Hai Lian thought for a while: "Interesting, I'm afraid you don't know that the current emperor of the Great Cloud Kingdom is King Kang, and your nephew is giving the enemy who killed his father as a courtier!" ”

When Xia Zhongyang heard this, he suddenly saw a glimmer of hope: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to give a letter of resignation to Chen'er one by one, and tell them in detail about the events of that year." ”

"Back then? Thinking that there is no way to confirm this, will he believe your words lightly! ”

Xia Zhongyang gritted his teeth: "The minister still knows one thing, if Chen'er knows, he will never work for Dayun again." ”

King Hai Lao clapped his hands, "Okay!" As long as he no longer serves Dayun, I will let you go. After that, he commanded the attendant: "Fetch pen and ink." ”

After reading Xia Zhongyang's letter, a slightly mysterious smile appeared on the corner of King Hailing's lips: "General Xia." Tomorrow I will personally lead the army to Anyang, and you will go with me. ”

"Yes."

Back in the study, King Hai Lian sealed the letter written by Xia Zhongyang, and then wrote another letter and handed it to Qingyi: "Send these two letters to Anyang and hand them over to General Li Ze." ”

Qingyi took the letter with both hands and was about to put it in his arms, but found that there was a letter without a wax seal: "Your Majesty." How about forwarding this letter to King Kang? He didn't believe that the emperor would be so careless.

The King of Hai Ling hooked the corners of his mouth slightly: "Just send it like this!" ”

Qingyi immediately understood, carefully put away the letter and retreated.

King Hai Ling said to himself: "Li Ze, you don't want to look at it!" ”

At this time, Li Ze and Xia Chen were sitting in the hearing hall converted into a public hall in Anyang City Mansion. Listen to Tanma's report on the latest military situation.

Li Ze smiled when he heard this: "The matter of the god general spread among the Xuan army so quickly, wow!" ”

Xia Chen took out a note: "General Li." The King of Hai Lian is going to be angry even with the big tree, and the situation of the Xuan Army must be worse than what we have discovered. ”

Li Zeluo thought for a moment and slapped the table: "In this case, we will contact Qingzhou immediately." Prepare to give them a beating of the water dogs when the Xuan army withdraws. ”

Xia Chen pondered for a while: "General Li must first guard against the Xuanjun dog jumping over the wall to attack Anyang. ”

Li Ze was slightly stunned: "General Xia said this?" ”

Xia Chen smiled faintly: "King Hai has three ambitions in this life, and the first two are considered to have been realized, only the last one is missing." And the king of Hai Wei himself has been conceited to the point of contempt, he would rather die than admit defeat, and the use of troops abroad is also the best way to alleviate internal contradictions, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not withdraw his troops. Speaking of this, she paused: "Besides, King Hailing's favorite thing is to be unexpected and unexpected, otherwise he would not have made such a dangerous move as attacking Anyang first, and capturing the second emperor of Anyang also made him taste the sweetness, and he is likely to take extraordinary measures again." ”

Li Ze nodded again and again: "It makes sense, but is it still necessary for him to attack Anyang now?" ”

"Of course! Jiangbei is uncertain, he will definitely not cross the river. And to determine Jiangbei, it is necessary to occupy Anyang. First, it can frustrate our confidence in regaining the lost territory, second, it is also good to prepare for the future attack on Jiangnan, and third, taking Jiangbei can also give an account to the people of Xuanguo. ”

Li Ze twisted his beard: "I didn't expect General Xia to see the King of Hai and the situation so thoroughly, the Xuan army is indeed not just looting this time, but ambitious to occupy Dayun." I will summon all the generals to deploy the defense of the city. ”

At this time, someone knocked on the door and said, "General Xia, Master Taishi has a letter." ”

Xia Chen threw his hand at Li Ze: "I won't participate in the deployment." ”

"Hmm."

Xia Chen pushed open the door and saw Lei Ying standing at the door with a brocade box in his hand. "Didn't you mean letters?"

Lei Ying said: "It's a letter, and a few bottles of wound medicine prepared by the son himself." There are for the general, and there are for the merchant to take to King Ge. ”

Xia Chen nodded: "Let's go, let's talk to me." ”

The two walked to the backyard together, and Lei Ying said, "Doesn't the general still refuse to forgive my son-in-law?" ”

Xia Chen picked a flower leaf casually: "What's the point of forgiving the past?" Brother Yue and my dead family can't come back, and there are ...... Never mind. Wei Han has been secretly escorted to Xuanguo and imprisoned, and Helan Yong has spent many weeks to find out that Wei Han is not worried about his life for the time being, but his eyes cannot be restored.

Lei Ying hurriedly said: "But my son-in-law saved Yueniang and Lu Gongzi, and healed King Ge's injuries for the general, and he recommended you as a general with his life as a guarantee, and ...... In short, my son-in-law never wanted to hurt the general and his friends. ”

"Your son-in-law must have been busy lately, right?" Xia Chen didn't want to discuss this matter with her anymore, Hua Manlou saved King Ge at a price, and he did everything for a purpose!

Lei Ying smiled bitterly: "It's very busy." ”

Xia Chen smiled and sighed lightly with some disdain: "He finally got his wish and was above everyone." ”

Lei Ying bit her lip: "My son-in-law recently got drunk and said that this is not what he wants!" All he wants is you, the general. ”

Xia Chen pushed open the door: "You sit in the house first, I'll come when I go." ”

Lei Ying sighed: "Hmm." Looking at Xia Chen's back, she wanted to complain but couldn't complain, she was the person next to Hua Manlou, she knew very well how deep Hua Manlou's feelings for this almost legendary woman were, and she knew that she couldn't compare with her, so she couldn't even be jealous, she could only sigh that the world made people, Luohua deliberately followed the flowing water, and Liushui had no intention of falling in love with Luohua.

Xia Chen walked quickly to the small garden in the backyard, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he held a tree trunk with one hand, and knelt on one knee with the other hand covering his chest, his face was pale and cold sweat was like rain.

Although Hua Manlou's medical skills are high, it is impossible to connect the bones that have been broken for several days, let alone bring them back to life. That day, she chased the injured He Yiyi all the way to a valley, when he lost too much blood and fell unconscious, and she had to turn to Qingluan for help. And Qingluan's previous detoxification for her exhausted the little mana that was easy to cultivate, even if she didn't consume her mana, she could only use it by attaching it to her.

And she is not an immortal body, and her body is very weak, and the result of forcibly exerting her magic power is that the seven meridians and eight veins are completely broken, and the five internal organs are damaged.

At that time, Qingluan asked, "Have you figured it out?" Haven't you always been conflicted? I don't want to force you anymore. If he dies, I will go with him, and you will not be liberated? ”

Xia Chen glanced at He Wuyi and nodded: "I only have one thought now, and that is to keep him alive." "No grudge or grudge can be worth the love for him, she can leave him, she can look at Jiang Hai, but she can't lose him forever, looking at his face, her mind flashed not only in this life but also in the past life, it turns out that she has been deceiving herself all along, this person has long been in her heart! Seeing that his life was dying, she felt that her life was also passing.

"Huh." Qingluan's laughter sounded very gentle, and it was heartfelt happiness. "Love in the world is really strange, obviously love each other deeply but have to force yourself for many meaningless things, but, the more difficult it is to know, the more precious it is, I am willing to fulfill you."

Qingluan has no intention of continuing his life, but in order to save her life, he can't completely heal him and become one with her life and soul like Hongfeng.

As a result, she had to ask Shang Wuchen to find Hua Manlou to continue to heal He Wuyi, and promised him three conditions. And she herself had to endure the torture of the sequelae left by the damage to the meridians and viscera. To put it bluntly, her body is now full of scars, and if her blood and qi are not smooth, she will be in pain all over her body, pain through her heart and lungs, pain to her bones and flesh, and pain to the point that every blood vessel is like countless needles piercing.

But she felt that this qiē was worth it, because she was with him, because she cherished him, because he was worth it. (To be continued......)

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