In the night, there was a faint sound of thunder in the sky.

This is a very remote rocky hill, not far from the rocky hill, there is a forest, in the night, the forest is dark, even the most daring hunters, do not dare to enter this forest in the middle of the night.

Qin Xiao in the forest.

In addition to Qin Xiao, there are also Yuwen Chengchao and three night crows who broke through.

That night, several people escorted the general's body and rushed to the city gate, although there were dozens of guards at the city gate, but after Qin Xiao killed several people in a row, he was frightened by the others, and he was forced to open the city gate by a few people and break out.

The blood stains of the battle were still on their bodies, and the dirty blood on the faces of several people had already congealed.

The general's body was covered with a black cloth, and several people gathered around the general without a sound for a long time.

And Su Changyu and Fat Yu and others fought in the Hou Mansion, and how they lived and died, several people didn't know anything.

They ran for a whole day and a night, only choosing the deserted road, but fortunately it snowed again at dusk, but they covered up the horseshoe prints of several people, and did not worry about the deathwing cavalry following the horseshoe prints.

The battle of Chinese New Year's Eve can be described as extremely tragic.

The general was killed, and many officials and night crows also fell in pools of blood.

The five of them were all leaning on the trunk of the tree, and that night of bloody fighting, it took a lot of physical strength, and they rode horses for a day and a night, even Qin Xiao, his body had reached the limit.

"It's buried here." After a long time, Qin Xiao finally said.

And since Wen Budao didn't stop it at that time, at least for a short time, he wouldn't send death-wing cavalry to chase and kill.

The mood of several people was extremely low, and no one would have thought that such a thing would happen on the most important Chinese New Year's Eve of the Tang people.

The Night Raven's lips moved, and he stopped talking, but he didn't say anything after all.

"When Xiling returns to the Tang Dynasty, we will remove the general's body." Qin Xiao said: "But now we can only let the general rest here." He looked at Yuwen Chengchao and asked, "Eldest Prince, what is your opinion?" ”

One of the night crows immediately objected: "No, we must take the general back to the gate." The general was killed, such a major event must be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court needs to give the general a grand funeral. ”

"What's the point of a funeral now that it's not solemn?" Qin Xiao said lightly: "The general's lifelong wish is to protect the safety of Xiling, and now that he is gone, I believe he still hopes to stay in Xiling." ”

"You decide." Yuwen Chengchao finally said: "It's okay to be buried here, even if the general leaves, he still guards the territory of Xiling." He stood up and said, "The general's body is safe, I should also go, Qin Xiao, I'll leave it to you here." ”

"Where are you going?"

Yuwen Chengchao's whole person looked very decadent.

In the past, even in the most dangerous times, he maintained an unyielding fighting spirit, but now he looked depressed, and there was no sparkle in his eyes.

"Lucky?" Yuwen Chengchao's eyes showed anger: "I killed the general, I might as well die, do you think."

Am I lucky to survive? ”

"Back to Black Sun City." Yuwen Chengchao's eyes finally showed killing intent: "Fan Ziqi is not dead, Bai Jingzhai is not dead, there are Hu Huo, and Dapeng, these people are going to die." ”

Qin Xiao sneered: "Does the eldest prince want to go back alone to take revenge?" You are lucky to have survived until now, do you think you can kill back to Black Sun City alone? ”

Qin Xiao's face did not change, and said indifferently: "I asked you to hurry up and send you to death, don't you understand?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao's eyes were frightened, but he finally let go of his hand and turned around to leave, when he heard Qin Xiao say behind him: "If you want to go, you can go, the tiger wing knife that the general gave you, do you also want to take it to Fan Ziqi?" ”

Qin Xiao also stood up, looked at Yuwen Chengchao and said, "So you want to go back to Black Yang City to send you to death?" He raised his hand and said: "Eldest prince, since you want to die so much, then go all the way, Fan Ziqi should be waiting for you to drill into his net, you throw yourself into the net, naturally there is no place to die." ”

Yuwen Chengchao heard Qin Xiao's tone with mockery, and rushed forward, grabbed Qin Xiao's collar, and said angrily: "What did you say? ”

Yuwen Cheng shook his body, pulled out the tiger wing knife at his waist, his body trembled slightly, and finally sat down on the ground in a gloomy manner.

"The Yuwen family no longer exists." Yuwen Chengchao said weakly: "The tiger horse will definitely be controlled by them in the Fan Zi period, we want no people, we want money and no money, how to recover Xiling?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao's body was shocked.

"The general has ordered that you must not commit suicide under any circumstances, and what is the difference between you going to die now and committing suicide?" Qin Xiao stared at Yuwen Chengchao's broad back: "The general gave you the Tiger Wing Knife, hoping that you can one day return Xiling to the Tang Dynasty, the Tiger Wing Sword accompanied him for half his life, and finally handed it over to you, it can be seen that he has high hopes for you, and he also told you that after Xiling returns to the Tang Dynasty, your knife will be returned to his old man." The voice suddenly became cold: "Do you take the general's words as fart?" ”

"Do you think the imperial court will send troops to Xiling?"

"I don't know." Qin Xiao sneered: "But the generals of the Tang Empire were murdered, if His Majesty the Emperor is indifferent, how can he explain to the Tang Dynasty soldiers and civilians?" I heard that the emperor is deeply respected by the emperor, he and the general are sworn brothers, and now the general has been killed, is the night indifferent? As long as he can convince the emperor to transfer troops out of the customs, we can have a duel with Fan Ziqi, and if he dies on the battlefield at that time, even if he fails to kill that group of people to avenge the general, it will not be too embarrassing. ”

Qin Xiao walked behind Yuwen Chengchao, patted him on the shoulder, sat down beside him, and said softly, "I know your mood now. But the eldest son in my heart will never be depressed because of any setbacks. Eldest prince, as long as we are alive, there is still hope, if we don't take Xiling back and kill those people, we are not qualified to die. ”

Yuwen Chengchao turned his head, Qin Xiao nodded slightly, and said, "There is also the Immortal Army, there is also the Imperial Court, and there is ...... The night hangs in the night, the general is killed, and they will never give up. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yuwen Chengchao wondered.

A night crow couldn't help but say, "As long as the imperial court allows the Immortal Army to leave the customs, it will definitely be able to avenge the general." ”

Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said, "What you said is right, the imperial court will not be indifferent." He clenched his fists and sneered: "The immortal army under the command of the general is brave and good at fighting, they will definitely ask for their life to get out of the customs, as long as the imperial court mobilizes the immortal army, they will not live long in the Fan Zi period." ”

Qin Xiao's face became solemn, and he shook his head and said, "Things are not that simple. ”

Yuwen Chengchao and the three night crows all changed their faces drastically.

"The Vedas are going to attack Xiling?" Yuwen Chengchao subconsciously said: "Are they really moving so fast? ”

"You don't know, outside Kunlun Pass, thousands of elites have been gathered at this time." Qin Xiao said: "They are the elites selected by the Eight Divisions of Wutuo, and they are now stationed in the area of Zhuma Lake, and they are only three days away from Kunlun Pass. And the defenders of Kunlun Pass have already committed treason

, they blocked the pass and did not let the news of the assembly of the Vedic cavalry reach the pass. ”

"I know from him that the Vedas did not intend to invade Xiling, but were hired by others." Qin Xiao's eyes flashed with a cold light: "At that time, I didn't know who hired them, although I knew that something might happen in Xiling, but I didn't expect that it would be Fan Ziqi's gang who made trouble." Now it seems that the Wutuo cavalry should be hired by Fan Ziqi's group. ”

Yuwen Chengchao only felt incredible: "You mean, they hired Wutuo cavalry during the Fan Zi period?" ”

Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "Just a few thousand people want to attack Xiling, and the Wutuo people are not so stupid. The Kunlun guard will be called Yin Bupo, can the eldest prince know? ”

Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "I know, he is originally from Xiling, and the hundreds of people stationed in Kunlun Pass are almost all from Xiling." ”

"It's not." Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "Things are not that simple, and Fan Ziqi may not really want to give up Xiling. ”

Yuwen Chengchao looked at Qin Xiao suspiciously, and Qin Xiao said: "If Fan Ziqi really took refuge in the Wutuo, the task is to murder the general, and after succeeding, he will hand over Xiling to the general, then there will not be only a few thousand Wutuo cavalry outside the pass." The three counties of Xiling have vast land, and only a few thousand people are dispatched, which is not enough to guard Xiling. If I were Brother Nalu Sheng, I would at least mobilize 10,000 or 20,000 people as the vanguard, just wait for the general to be killed, and immediately enter the customs to quickly control the situation in Xiling, at this time, it is better to do it sooner rather than later, but Brother Nalu Sheng did not do this, and Yin Bupo claimed that those Wutuo cavalry were hired, even eight cavalry, I believe that what Yin Bupo said is probably true, those cavalry are indeed hired. ”

"If I guessed correctly, they dared to make trouble during the Fan Zi period, and their confidence came from the Woods." Qin Xiao said slowly: "If this is not the case, how dare they murder the general and put Xiling in a situation where they are attacked on both sides?" This group of people has already colluded with the Vedas. ”

Yuwen Chengchao gasped, clenched his fists and said, "They are crazy, they want to give Xiling to the Wutuo people ......!"

"If Xiling is really handed over, there will be no so-called employment." A night raven next to him frowned.

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, and said, "So I suspect that some kind of agreement should have been reached between them, but the specific content of the agreement is difficult to know." ”

"What was the purpose of their hiring of the Vedic cavalry?" Night Raven asked, "They tricked the general into the city and took the opportunity to control the Duhu army, and the city was full of people they ambushed, and there were so many people that there was no need for the Vedas." And it is true that the Vedas did not appear. ”

"Immortals!" Qin Xiao was very sure: "I have finally figured out now that the Wutuo cavalry assembled outside the pass is not to deal with the general, but to deal with the Immortal Army. After the general was killed, once the Changsheng army went out of the pass to quell the chaos, the Wutuo cavalry would inevitably quietly enter Xiling, and then ambush in Xiling, waiting for work, the court and the Changsheng army did not know that the Wutuo cavalry had entered Xiling, so that they could be caught off guard by the Changsheng army. ”

Yuwen Chengchao said in horror: "I see, that group of people not only wanted to kill the general, but also ambushed the Immortal Army, and with the help of the power of the Vedic people, they wiped out the Immortal Army, which is really vicious and abnormal." ”