Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wind and Sand Strike

With an army of 100,000 under his command, Ji Wuchen asked the deputy marshal to take it back to accept Ruoxi's point acceptance.

Ji Wuchen was alone, standing on a hill near Mocheng, looking in the direction of Dong Yao, and muttered to himself, "Ling Ruoxi, don't worry, you will pay the price soon." For Lingyunsi, pay the price. ”

Ruoxi, who was waiting for the imperial court to send someone to take over the political affairs in Dongyao, also felt that something was wrong. Although the people besieging Mocheng had withdrawn, Ji Wuchen did not return with the army. And the more he learned about Dongyao's situation, the more strange Ruoxi felt. Dongyao's current national strength, military strength and people's sentiments do not have the ability to compete with Liguo at all, why did he suddenly launch this war. According to the old queen mother, it was Ji Wuchen who instigated her to send troops.

Ji Wuchen's background has been carefully checked, and it is the old department of Lin Xiao, a subordinate of Ling Yunsi. If Ruoxi didn't guess wrong, this Ji Wuchen wanted to avenge Lin Xiao, so he encouraged the Queen Mother to send troops, but why could Ji Wuchen pat his chest and promise the Queen Mother that he would definitely win this battle.

Ruoxi thought about it for a few days, but didn't figure it out, so she simply took Mo Ze to the street to have a look. The officials of the imperial court will not arrive in a few days, but under Ruoxi's governance, Dongyao has changed from the desertion when he first entered the city these days, and there are even many more people on the streets. But for some reason, Ruoxi always had a faint feeling of uneasiness in her heart, and this feeling became more and more intense.

Before Ruoxi went out, someone came to report that someone must see Ruoxi.

"Marshal, marshal, something is wrong!"

After listening to this old man's words, Ruoxi understood where this uneasy feeling came from, no wonder Ji Wuchen dared to send troops to Liguo.

He wanted to take advantage of this strong wind and sand to bury the soldiers of Liguo here.

If you look outside the door, it will be dark soon. The leaves outside the door were blown and whirring, and the wind and sand were not far away tonight.

"Mo Ze, after I leave the city, close the city gate, and let the soldiers in the city prepare for the wind and sand."

"Marshal, you can't go!" Mo Ze pulled Ruoxi who rushed out of the door, "General, I'll go." ”

"Stay honest, and get this guy up for me! Notify Changfeng and thoroughly investigate suspicious people in the city. ”

Ruoxi hurried all the way to the garrison of the army. She finally figured it out, Ji Wuchen didn't think about helping Dongyao conquer Mocheng from the beginning. He just used Dongyao to lead himself to the border, and then deliberately sent someone to inform him about the wind and sand. It seems that this Ji Wuchen knows himself very well, and he has calculated that he will definitely go out of the city to save people. When the time comes, you can bury yourself in the wind and sand.

"Phew~"

"Count the men and horses immediately, and evacuate quickly!"

The group retreated lightly.

"Marshal, why is that? Why, why did you evacuate suddenly? Before Ruoxi could explain, he heard the exclamation of a soldier from the back of the team.

"Look, look!"

Behind the group, the yellow sand in the sky was screaming and tearing, rolling up the yellow sand on the ground, strengthening its own power, and then continuing to roar forward. Where have these soldiers, who have lived in the rich capital all year round, seen such a battle, and the originally neat queue was instantly chaotic. The soldiers screamed and fled privately!

"Don't panic! Don't panic! If the internal force is infused, the purple mang "ding" out of the sheath, and the sword is pointed at one side, "Withdraw!" Everyone retreated in panic in the direction pointed by the Zimang sword.

Or in other words, fleeing in panic.

Seeing the wind and sand behind me approaching closer and closer.

"Marshal, what should I do?" The adjutant general looked at Ruoxi and asked.

Ruoxi looked around privately.

"Brothers, that leeward slope ahead. Cover your mouth and nose with your clothes and hold your breath. Everyone held each other and didn't let the wind sweep away. ”

In addition to the guards who stayed in Mocheng and Dongyao, the remaining more than 10,000 people lay on the ground in rows according to Ruoxi's orders, pulling each other apart.

The sky was overcast and gloomy, as if it would fall in the next moment. The wind and sand pressed down in a rage, and in an instant, the people of this place were annihilated......

After a full half a moment, Ruoxi shook off the sand at one end and got up from the ground.

"How's it going, brothers? Hurry up if it's okay! ”

One after another, people got up from the ground.

"Adjutant General, count the number of people!"

Fortunately, Ruoxi was experienced and no one was damaged, and he successfully avoided the wind and sand. But now they face an even more serious problem.

Blindly avoiding the wind and sand, they went deep into the hinterland of the desert, and after the wind and sand, the landscape was greatly changed, and even Ruoxi was difficult to discern the direction.

"What should I do about it, marshal?" The grizzled soldiers looked at Ruoxi with blank eyes, waiting for Ruoxi to give them only a clear way.

In order to avoid the wind and sand, they all travel lightly, and they can carry it without food, but how can they survive without water. Looking at his eyes, he couldn't see the shadow of Dongyao at all.

Ruoxi raised a handful of sand, tested the direction of the wind, and determined a direction.

"Let's go!" Ruoxi had just retreated with them in the direction of Mocheng. And the wind and sand chased from their rear. Although the wind and sand have passed, the wind direction should not change much in a short period of time, coupled with the direction of the sand on the ground, Ruoxi can probably deduce the direction of Mocheng.

This Dongyao country is located in the northwest region, although the climate is arid, but as long as you work hard, it is not without a way to live. It was not for nothing that the Queen Mother was in a hurry to attack Mocheng. In normal times, if you encounter a vision from the sky, a huge movable desert will appear in front of the gate of Dongyao Kingdom. Dongyao people believe that this is an ominous omen. They are worried that one day this moving great desert will erode their country. That's why the Queen Mother was in such a hurry to take Mocheng and move the whole country.

The sun hung brightly overhead, baking the few moistures on the ground. The group walked until their lips were chapped and their strength was exhausted, and they continued to move towards the invisible goal with only a mouthful of faith support.

"Marshal, it's been a day and a night, and the brothers can't hold it anymore." Approaching the evening, Ruoxi saw that everyone couldn't walk anymore, so he found a leeward sand slope for everyone to rest temporarily.

"Marshal, you said that this desert will move, should you take us to some kind of place?" Everyone couldn't sleep, so they chatted with Ruoxi.

However, this reminding Ruoxi that this desert is movable, and under this desert, when there is no sand, there is also green grass and extensive vegetation. I heard Haochu mention a lot of strange things when he was in the rivers and lakes. I vaguely remember that he had talked about the method of drawing water from this desert.

Ruoxi suddenly jumped up and startled the adjutant general, "What's the matter, Marshal?" ”

"Brothers, whoever still has a helmet on their body, bring it over!"

"Marshal, what is this for?" A group of rough men watched for some unknown reason, as Ruoxi took the purple mang and dug a pit on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the current environment was too bad, everyone would probably be unable to help but complain, Zimang is also a high-grade sword, and it was used to dig soil.

Ruoxi estimated that he was almost done, and placed his helmet in it, and with the spears that the soldiers carried, he propped up his sword and hung it above the helmet.

"Brothers, do as you like! There will be water to drink tomorrow morning. ”

Everyone did a good job according to Ruoxi's practice, and fell asleep in disbelief.

"Marshal, marshal! We've got water, we've got water! The soldiers were holding their helmets and running happily to find Ruoxi.

"Marshal, you take a sip first!" Ruoxi couldn't refuse, took a sip, and handed it to everyone.

"Brothers, let's continue on our way when we are full."

This road is not long, but everyone is exhausted and the foot slows down. However, after walking for two days, I finally saw the shadow of Mocheng. "Brothers, work hard, Mocheng is just around the corner."

When the general guarding the city saw that it was Ruoxi, he personally opened the city gate and welcomed the group in.

"Marshal, what's going on?" Ruoxi drank a sip of water before telling everyone what had happened.

"Marshal Ling, this Ji Wuchen has been arrested by us."

"What? Great, this Ji Wuchen will be a scourge if he stays, press to Kyoto as soon as possible, and send it as soon as possible. "If Xi already knows Ji Wuchen's identity, I am afraid that something will change, and I just want to kill him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles.

The battle of Dongyao won a complete victory. Dongyao changed the country to a province and was included in the territory of Liguo, and Nangong Chen appointed his cronies to govern. In the following 100 years, in Dongyao Province, Haiqing River Yan was a feast. Ji Wuchen, the initiator of the whole incident, was also pressed to death in Kyoto. Ruoxi, on the other hand, won the victory at a small price, and General Anping's prestige and prestige reached the extreme again.

As the saying goes, things must be reversed, and if the limelight is too strong, it is easy to cause trouble......

Ruochen, who had just returned from the White Day Medical Hall, was slapped in the back before he could go out.

"Young Master Lin."

Ruochen glanced at the man suspiciously, "I'm sorry you recognized the wrong person, I'm not Young Master Lin." ”

Li Han lowered his head and smiled, "Young Master Lin, you might as well go back and ask your sister, how did your father and mother die?" Also, who is the rebel who pressed back from the battle of Mocheng this time, and why is it opposed? ”

Lihan let go of Ruochen's hand and let him go.

The seeds of doubt, once planted, will slowly sprout on their own.

After a delay of more than a month in Mocheng, Ruochen specially instructed the kitchen to cook a few more dishes, and wanted to have a good meal with his sister. Bai Yitian and his senior brother went to study incurable diseases tonight, and they were not at home, only their sister and brother at home. Ruochen thought about it and felt that the person he met in the afternoon was very strange.

"Sister, this afternoon, someone suddenly called me Young Master Lin, and asked me to come back and ask you about the cause of my father's death." Ruochen originally mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect Ruoxi's reaction to be unexpected. Ruochen helped Ruoxi hold the bowl that almost overturned, "Sister, what's wrong?" ”

"It's okay! Ruochen, don't listen to these rumors, don't you hear! Study medicine with Master and don't think nonsense. ”

Ruoxi's hurried away figure made Ruochen feel strange, why was her sister so panicked? Could it be that he is really not a child of the Ling family?

Ruoxi is standing in the garden, will the truth that she and her mother have painstakingly concealed be exposed like this?

Ji Wuchen had just returned to Beijing, and she had strictly blocked Ji Wuchen's identity, who was it that she mastered Ji Wuchen's identity so quickly, and also found out Ruochen's life experience, and even so fast that she had already taken action?