The Orkhon River prairie, which covers an area of 180 miles, has mountains of corpses and rivers of blood!

100,000 elite cavalry of Xue Yantuo, defeated like a mountain, scattered and abandoned their armor, were expelled and covered by the crazy and domineering Tang Army cavalry of the first brigade, and retreated to the north in a hurry!

The battle began at noon and lasted six hours.

The smell of blood wafted in the air, and everywhere you could see people with a residual breath rolling on the ground and twitching, and even the eyes of the scattered war horses were full of panic about killing and blood, running aimlessly.

Xue Rengui carried Fang Tian's halberd, rode a half-red and half-white BMW, and walked slowly. Behind him, the proud Tang Army flag was still fluttering, and thousands of strong soldiers followed him left and right, retreating back.

It was an incredible, unimaginable victory.

But there was no joy or excitement in Xue Rengui's expression. Along the way, I saw the corpses of countless Xue Yantuo, Datang and Hui people, and my face was tense.

"General Xue......" A deputy general beside him called in a hoarse voice, Xue Rengui came back to his senses and asked him what was the matter.

After such a long fierce battle, once it quieted down, people's mental and physical strength were seriously overdrawn, and at this time fatigue began to appear, and even seemed to have no strength to speak.

"Look...... General," said the lieutenant, gesturing not far away, "there is a handful of Hui cavalry over there, who have followed us for miles. ”

Xue Rengui glanced over there, and there was a Hui cavalry following them, and they couldn't see clearly in the night, but they only recognized their traditional white battle caps and battle flags, and the number was about one or two hundred.

In this battle of Fang Cai, Xue Rengui always rushed to the front, and Xue Yantuo's army was suddenly crushed because of the death of the thirteen fierce generals and the fall of Yi Nan, so the Tang army and the Hui army were killed together. However, only the more than 3,000 elite Yue cavalry of his Chinese army, that is, Qin Mubai had pulled out his brigade of elite soldiers before. The other generals of the Tang Army were all looting and covering up; Most of the Hui people were busy taking advantage of the fire to loot - collecting prisoners and snatching weapons and horses.

It was with these 3,000 elite soldiers that Xue Rengui expelled Xue Yantuo's 100,000 troops for nearly 180 miles, killing countless enemies and returning with great victories!

Earlier, I really didn't notice that there was a small number of Hui cavalry, and they followed him closely to kill the enemy.

"If they are allies, please come and go with them! There are few of them, and they are afraid that they will encounter the remnants of Xue Yantuo on the road again. Xue Rengui said.

The deputy general made a promise and invited him in the past. Soon the horses and horses of the Pullback came over.

In the night, they couldn't see each other's characters clearly, and everyone was quite tired, so Xue Rengui didn't say much and continued to command the soldiers and horses to advance. But four or five of the Uighur cavalry came to the Chinese army.

"General Xue, may I ask if there is any medicine in your army to treat injuries and stop bleeding? I have a brother who is bleeding from a wounded body, and his life is on the verge of death, please help the general! ”

As soon as the other general's words spoke, everyone was taken aback.

First, her Chinese is like a native of Han China; Moreover, it is a female voice, and it is a very nice female voice!

"Woman?" Xue Rengui couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes." The general on the other side, like everyone else, was covered in blood and had a hideous face, and she couldn't see her face clearly in the night, she said, "My name is Ashina? Blood lotus. Not the kind of snow of Jinshan Snow Lotus, but this kind of blood. ”

With that, she lifted the brim of her hat lightly, and it was all stained with blood.

"Ashina Blood Lotus ......" Xue Rengui groaned and smiled, "You are from the Ashina family?" ”

"Yes." Blood Lotus said, "The patriarch of the Ashina clan is my father. ”

"You are the daughter of the Khan of Horohu?" Xue Rengui was surprised.

It is only because He Luohu's father, Tuli, was a Turkic khan before, and He Luohu inherited the title and official title given to his father by the Tang Dynasty, and was the spiritual leader among the various tribes of the steppe, so people used to call He Luohu "Khan", but it was no longer a Khan in the actual sense of the past, just out of politeness.

"That's right......" Blood Lotus took a deep breath, spit out with killing intent and anger, and said, "Yi Nan bullied the weak, destroyed my race without faith and righteousness, and killed my father, and I don't share the sky with it!" The great leader of the Hui tribe, Tumidu, is the uncle of my half-sister. If it weren't for my sister and I coming back to visit my uncle a few days ago, I'm afraid I would have been killed by Yi Nan together! ”

"Oh...... I see! Xue Rengui pondered for a moment after listening to it, this interpersonal relationship seems to be quite complicated.

Seeing Xue Rengui's suspicious expression, Xuelian said: "And my biological mother is the lord of the royal family surnamed Li who was married to my father by the Tang Dynasty. So, I can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters...... General, is there any wound medicine, saving people is like fighting fire! ”

"Someone, come over immediately to help heal the wounded of friendly troops!"

"No! ——”

Only then did the blood lotus breathe a sigh of relief, rode a horse and walked beside Xue Rengui, looking at Xue Rengui's invincible Fang Tian painting halberd with great fascination, and said, "General Xue, it is indeed a peerless divine general in the world!" ”

"Don't dare to be." Xue Rengui hurriedly said, "There is only one person in the world who can be called the word 'god general' - he is my Tang Yiguo Gong, Qin Shubao!" ”

"In my opinion, the general's bravery is even better than Qin Shubao! With thousands of armor, the 100,000 army was defeated and retreated, and the army could not be defeated for a hundred miles, such a feat, although the ancient name will not be reached! ”

"Yes......" Xue Rengui replied lightly and didn't say much.

"The general doesn't seem happy about this big victory?" Blood Lotus asked bluntly curiously.

"What's the ......" Xue Rengui smiled slightly, his eyes were especially deep and confused.

"General...... Why do you express sorrow and sorrow? Blood Lotus was even more curious, and still asked straightforwardly.

"I don't want to do a lot of killing. I was just...... I want to go home. Xue Rengui smiled slightly, turned to her and said, "More than 10,000 of us just want to go home." But there are already many people who can't go home. Including the Xue Yantuo people and the Hui people. ”

Blood Lotus looked at Xue Rengui with wide eyes and was confused for a long time, the moonlight illuminated her smart eyes brighter than the stars of the Ye family.

"General...... He has a heart of great compassion and is a true hero! Blood Lotus said suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing, "I didn't think about it so much. I just remembered what a friend said to me in the past, although it is said that 'killing can stop killing', but everyone has his relatives and friends, and his wife and children are looking forward to it...... It is not a crime to kill one person, but it is a great sin to injure a hundred! I don't know how these brothers who died in the Orkhon River grassland will explain to their families when they go back! ”

As soon as he said this, the iron-clad soldiers of the Tang Army in the vicinity burst into tears.

Blood Lotus was suddenly shocked and surprised: "General Xue, you are all true warriors!" Your tears will move the gods! …… When my uncle and they finished cleaning up the battlefield, I asked him to collect the bones of the Tang Army soldiers and cremate them, and let the southbound wind send them home, okay? ”

"What?" Xue Rengui didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"It's the end of summer, and the most southerly wind is blowing to the Central Plains?" Blood Lotus said, "There is a legend in our Ashina tribe that if someone dies in a foreign land, let his ashes pass away with the wind, and the soul will find its way home and reunite with his family. That is, what the Central Plains called 'falling leaves return to their roots'. I think it's been a south wind these days, so it's better to send these heroes home by the Orkhon River tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! ”

"......" Xue Rengui pondered for a long time and nodded lightly.

Two days later, a raging fire broke out by the Orkhon River, singing the military song of the Tang Dynasty - "The vast Hanhai, kiss my family." Roll the dust, and you can do it! Lang Lang Qiankun, the boy is hot-blooded......"

Majestic, far away!

Tragic and desolate!

The south wind whistled on the grassland, and the soldiers of the Tang Army scattered the ashes and shouted the names of the fallen brothers, and their voices were poignant and strong......

"Guanzhong Xianyang Zhao Qingshan, go home!"

"Luoyang Feng Chengde, go home!"

"Lingnan Zhucheng, go home! ……”

Xue Rengui was riding on a horse, his body was no longer stained with blood after the fierce battle, and his white horse and silver robe were majestic, but his brows were always locked, and his eyes were looking at the south from afar.

Ashina Blood Lotus changed back into the daughter of the grassland, and stood beside Xue Rengui on the horse. Her delicate facial features and slightly wheat-colored skin are full of special softness, but also heroic and a hint of wildness.

On the prairie, she and her half-sister are both first-class beauties. It is said that this time, Yi Nan bloodied the Ashina tribe for the reason he found was "marriage proposal rejection" - he wanted to marry the Blood Lotus sisters at the same time, but He Luohu did not agree, so he lit the fuse of the war between the two tribes.

Although it is just an excuse, borrowing it is enough to see the beauty of the Blood Lotus sisters.

"What is the general thinking?"

The blood lotus with the armor removed was obviously much softer than when they first saw the battlefield that day. But despite this, she is also very different from most gentle and pure Central Plains women. She is not half pretentious and jerky in her relationship with men, flaming rectum is true, she can bend her bow and shoot arrows better than men, and she can survive such a fierce battle and continue to lead a group of men, which is enough to see her special excellence.

After two days, Xue Rengui, who had lived and died in the same life, had drunk with her three times, and he almost fell asleep with his brother.

"Homesick." Xue Rengui replied very simply.

"Missing your wife and children at home?"

Xue Rengui smiled slightly, glanced at the blood lotus, and said, "I have two homes. One is Lanzhou Prefecture, where my wife and children are. Of course I miss them, but they will be there to be someone who takes good care of them, and I'm not worried. What I care about the most is another family......"

"Where?"

"Datang, the Kansai Army."

“……”

"We're a bunch, lost kids. They all want to go home. Xue Rengui sighed slowly and said, "After defeating Gaochang, we escaped all the way, and crossed thousands of miles to kill people, with only one purpose, to go home." However, I was afraid to go home......"

"Why?" Blood Lotus wondered.

"I don't have the shame to go back, I will see ......" Speaking of this, Xue Rengui was speechless for a while, and his eyes turned red.

"Don't you dare to meet Qin Mubai?" Blood Lotus answered, sighed and said, "I can't blame you for the death of Yiguo Gong. If you can bring these brothers out, walk here, and then return to Lanzhou, you will do your best. ”

"I let him down, that's the truth. There is no reason to be irrefutable. Xue Rengui pursed his lips, took a deep breath and sighed heavily, saying, "He treats me like a brother without reservation, and when he left, he asked me to serve my father on his behalf, but I ......."

"General ......" Seeing Xue Rengui's eyes closed and shaking his head again and again, he couldn't continue, and Blood Lotus was also a little sad, and said softly, "Although I haven't seen Qin Mubai, he can make a big hero like you put his heart on him, and he must be a great character." And even though I am far away in the grassland, I have heard his legend...... I would love to hear for myself how beautiful the lute he plays. ”

Xue Rengui was silent, and the blood lotus groaned alone. The soldiers of the Tang Army threw ashes and sang military songs. This scene made many Hui people who quietly stopped and watched quietly burst into tears.

"General, when the battle is over and you have taken revenge, I will go to Lanzhou with you." Blood Lotus said suddenly.

"What?" Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment. This woman is always a little unexpected. He said this not in a soliciting tone, but with a very clear "I have decided" attitude.

"My tribe is gone, and my home is gone. When I got my revenge, I went back to my mother's house...... I often heard my mother say how magnificent Chang'an is, how splendid the imperial city is, how prosperous and rich the Central Plains is, but I left Chang'an in my life, came to the grassland and never went back. Blood Lotus said, "Isn't the general going back to Lanzhou, I'll go with you." ”

"......" Xue Rengui was almost speechless for a while, so he had to say, "Lanzhou is a barren and dangerous military town, not the Central Plains as you imagined. You still don't go. ”

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who is afraid of war?" Blood Lotus smiled, her mixed-race light blue eyes revealing confidence and mischievousness, and said, "Perhaps, I can still become a member of your young marshal's command!" ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense, why do you want female generals in the army!"

"What, look down on me?" Blood Lotus Xing's eyes glared at the willow eyebrows, "Or, fight me for another three hundred rounds?" ”

"Forget it......" Xue Rengui couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

In the past two days, Blood Lotus had nothing to do, so she pulled Xue Rengui to compete immediately. This woman with amazing courage and strength is not weak, and her body seems to be branded with the mark of the Turkic circle-wolf, full of wildness, explosiveness, lethality and aggression, and she must do her best in every battle, as if she is going to fight until the fish is dead, and she doesn't know what it means to 'stop at the point', and she has to wait until Xue Rengui has no choice but to knock her off the horse and completely subdue her, and she is willing to admit defeat.

In two days, she lost eighteen battles in a row, but the more she fought, the more brave and fierce she became.

"Then you go to Lanzhou with me!" Blood Lotus took advantage of the victory to pursue the Dao.

Xue Rengui could only shake his head and smile bitterly, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Do you want to go to the Central Plains to have a look, or do you want to ...... Look at my third brother Qin? ”

"Both!" Blood Lotus's heart said bluntly and without hesitation, "If you want to go to the Central Plains, this is not false at all; I want to see Qin Mubai, who is famous all over the world and deeply impresses you, this is also what I think in my heart, and there is nothing to hide. ”

"See what he does?" Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing.

"I just want to meet ......" Blood Lotus finally blushed, but her tone was still unrelenting, and she said in a sonorous voice, "I want to know if he is in vain, or if he is real." Why do you want the world's number one brave general like you to worship him like a god? ”

"You're mistaken, it's not like a god...... Xue Rengui chuckled, "it's trust, and respect." ”

"That's what it means!" Blood Lotus also giggled and said, "Brother Rengui, I fell in love with you at first sight, why don't you become brothers and sisters?" To tell you the truth, the daughters of the steppe love warriors who can fight well, but I don't! Because, I am no worse than those so-called warriors, I am not rare! - But I'm willing to stick a knife in their ribs! - Brother Rengui, you are the most brave warrior I have ever seen, you must be a brother and sister with me! ”

"Haha! All right! Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing, "Even if you worship as a brother, you can do it!" ”

“…… Sibling! It's brother and sister! ”

That night, countless blazing bonfires lit in the camp of the Hui tribe, and the smell of milk wine, barbecued meat, and the sound of Hu Xian's singing voice filled the night sky.

The defeat of Xue Yantuo in the first battle severely injured Yi Nan, and the Hui people who had won countless benefits raised their eyebrows and burst with confidence, and the big leader Tu Fan was even more overjoyed, and personally celebrated the achievements of Xue Ren's noble soldiers.

Xue Rengui was unintentional about these things, but it was difficult to deal with the hardship, and the guest had to obey the host.

At the bonfire banquet, Xue Rengui and Blood Lotus knelt under the wolf totem and the Central Plains Dragon Banner to marry Jin Lan and became brothers and sisters with different surnames. At this time, Blood Lotus told him that her original name was indeed 'Snow Lotus', which was given to her by her grandfather Tuli Khan, who was still alive at the time, when he was in Chang'an. But when she grew up, Blood Lotus felt that the word 'snow' was too weak and not suitable for her personality, so she changed it to her current unruly and sharp name. For this reason, her parents could not dissuade her, and they had to leave it to her.

And the half-sister who grew up with the blood lotus and was inseparable-Ashina? Xiyan has a very different personality from the blood lotus - pure, gentle, kind, and diligent, but it alludes to the temperament of traditional women in the Central Plains. In Bloodlotus's words, her sister was "like a newborn lamb in Uncle Tumidu's cattle pen."

The two big beauties on the grassland, Blood Lotus and Xiyan, and the two sisters sat with Xue Rengui on the left and the right, taking turns to hold the lamp for him, but they envied those Hui men. But these Uighurs can only be convinced-beauties love heroes, which is a tradition in the Central Plains, but it is like an unwritten iron rule in the grassland!

The most beautiful beauty, of course, can only accompany the most heroic warriors!

"Brother Rengui, it's better for you to marry my sister!" Coldly, the blood lotus burst out with another sentence that Xue Rengui didn't expect and almost spewed wine.

"You...... You're fooling around! Seeing Xi Yan blushing on the side, Xue Rengui didn't know what to say for a while, "I already have a wife and children!" ”

"So what! It is normal for a good man to have multiple wives and concubines. Blood Lotus said nonchalantly, "Sister, you will tell the truth to Brother Rengui!" Tell him how much you like him! Apart from him, you will never find a second man like him in your life who makes you fall in love at first sight and die for the ground! - And I also think that only Brother Rengui is worthy of a great beauty like my sister! ”

The folk customs of the grassland are fierce and wild, and the daughters of the grassland are unrestrained and generous, but when it comes to men and women, I am afraid that except for the blood lotus, which woman will be a little shy.

Xiyan is naturally no exception. At this time, he was speechless with his head bowed.

"Blood Lotus, I'm angry if you talk nonsense again!" Xue Rengui put the wine glass on the table, and said, "Sister Ling's country is at a good age, where can I not find a big hero to be a puppet?" Xue is a nobody, a small pawn, and already has a wife and children, and he can make him humiliated! ”

Blood Lotus was about to argue, but Xi Yan hurriedly stood up and bent down to give a salute, "Sister Hugh is going to say...... Brother Rengui, I'm out of company. ”

After that, he hurriedly ran away.

Blood Lotus was suddenly anxious to chase her, but Xue Rengui held her down, "If you want to mess around again, don't blame your brother for turning his face on the spot!" ”

"Ugh! ...... "Blood Lotus had no choice but to give up, biting her lip hatefully, extremely unwilling.

In the early morning of the next day, Xue Rengui was about to walk out of the felt tent and ride a horse to move his muscles, when he bumped into the blood lotus and walked quickly, and with a happy face, he hurriedly went to the big leader's felt tent, and said, "Brother Rengui, hurry up!" Good news, great news! ”

"What's the good news?" Xue Rengui's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "You won't mess around again!" ”

"No, that's good news!" Blood Lotus almost cheered and shouted, "The king master of the Tang Dynasty is here!" The main army of Li Tao, the governor of the state, is coming! Do you know?! The Tang Dynasty is coming to quell Xue Yantuo's rebellion! ”

"Tang Dynasty Wangshi, Li Tao's main !!" Hearing these words, Xue Rengui's blood boiled on the spot!

"Where, take me to-"