The next night, the group rushed back to Shanzhou. Zhao Heng urgently summoned Li Jilong to inquire about the battle situation ahead.

Li Jilong hurried over, looking tired and bloodstained in his robe, apparently the fierce battle had continued. After saluting Zhao Heng, he said: "The emperor can be regarded as coming back, and if it is one day late, I am afraid that he will have to withdraw across the Yellow River." ”

Zhao Heng was slightly startled, and asked anxiously: "Uncle, what's the matter, Empress Dowager Xiao is still fighting in person." ”

Li Jilong sighed and talked about the battle situation in the past three days.

After the first day of battle under the protection of the White Mountain Twin Sages, Empress Dowager Xiao was exhausted, but her confidence was greatly boosted and her courage was stronger. In the next few days, she still took the lead in the war, and the soldiers of the Liao State were united and brave.

On the contrary, although the Song army is also known as the imperial driver, they have not seen each other since the first day when they saw the emperor show up. In the past few days, the emperor has seen that the situation is not good, and the rumors of Weifu fleeing south have spread rapidly in the army. The soldiers were originally at a disadvantage, but hearing this rumor became even more decadent, and their combat effectiveness dropped significantly again.

Li Jilong summoned all the generals and conveyed them layer by layer, saying that the emperor did not flee south, and formulated a strategy to retreat from the enemy in the northern city. However, the more this kind of thing is explained, the more confusing it becomes, as long as Zhao Heng does not show up, there will be no result.

In this situation, the Liao State marched forward and broke through the protective ring of the baggage vehicles laid by Li Jilong the next day. The Song army could only retreat to the northern city of Lanzhou. Barely held with a (chuáng) crossbow and bow and arrow.

However, the city wall of Lanzhou is low, less than two zhang, and the Liao soldiers with better physique can jump on the city wall without the help of ladders, so there is almost no danger to defend. Li Jilong personally went to battle, desperately persevered, and finally persevered for another day, but it is conceivable that there will never be a good result tomorrow.

Fortunately, at this critical moment, the emperor is back. Moreover, the great general and the eldest princess, who had high hopes, also returned.

Zhao Heng let out a long sigh of relief and asked, "Mingyue, Ling (ài) Qing, (qíng) is in critical condition, but what can be done?" ”

Zhao Mingyue looked at Ling Kun.

Ling Kun pondered for a moment and said: "The current situation is that the strength of the two sides is about the same, our army is still cut off from its rear road, and it has a slight advantage, the only disadvantage is that the Empress Dowager Xiao personally fought in Liao, and our emperor did not show up." Since this is the case, then tomorrow the emperor will also go to war. ”

"Ling (ài) Qing, this is not appropriate-" Zhao Heng said in a trembling voice.

"There's nothing wrong with it, Empress Dowager Xiao dares to go to war because of the protection of the White Mountain Shuangsha, if the emperor goes to war, I and Allure will post (shēn) protection, the emperor can rest assured, the White Mountain Shuangsha is not worth mentioning in front of us at all, when the time comes, the emperor can just behead the Empress Dowager Xiao under the horse."

Zhao Heng was a little moved: "I personally killed the generalissimo of the Liao State, if I can still kill the Empress Dowager Xiao under the horse, it is naturally good, but it is ...... in this chaotic army." ”

Zhao Mingyue persuaded: "Brother Huang, don't worry, we know the strength of the White Mountain Shuangsha very well, Allure can be destroyed with one hand, and Ling Kun is even more foolproof to protect you." ”

Zhao Heng hesitated, and after a long time, he reluctantly said: "Okay, tomorrow I will fight in person." ”

When everyone saw that he agreed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. They all quit to rest and prepare, but Zhao Heng was still not at ease and left Zhao Mingyue at the end.

"Mingyue, I'm still not at ease, because of what happened before, Ling Kun and Shangguan Chengcheng hated me to death, and they won't harm me on the battlefield, right?"

Zhao Mingyue sneered when she heard this: "Brother Huang, don't you worry about them, don't you worry about me, I can guarantee you that they will definitely not harm you, and besides, if they want to harm you, you don't need to be on the battlefield at all, just now." ”

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "Yes, if you say so, I can rest assured, go back and rest early, and ...... tomorrow Hey......"

Zhao Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled, and left.

次 (rì) early in the morning, the Liao army assembled early, and only waited for the empress dowager to come out to fight. Today's goal is to take the northern city of Lanzhou, across the river from the Song army, and completely take the north of the Yellow River into their pocket.

Empress Dowager Xiao has this confidence, and the soldiers of the Liao State also have this confidence.

The war drums sounded, and Empress Dowager Xiao, under the escort of the left and right of the White Mountain Shuangsha, (shēn) wore gold armor and held a golden knife in her hand, and rushed out as always.

However, today's Song army is significantly different from the past (rì) in that they did not defend the city, but took the initiative to go out of the city to fight. What's even more unexpected is that in the army, a huge Huangluo umbrella also came out with the army.

Seeing that the Song army was loud and morale was high, Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly realized: "It was Zhao Heng who came out to participate in the battle in person, he didn't run away, and the palace really underestimated him." ”

The two saints of Baishan laughed and said: "Queen Mother, kill that little emperor, and the Song Dynasty will be destroyed immediately." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and said, "Since Zhao Heng dares to come out, he probably has something to rely on." ”

"Don't worry, the Queen Mother, those guards of the Song Dynasty, my brother can fight with his eyes closed, and in the Central Plains martial arts, those who can fight with us will not help him." Bai Yuming said very confidently, there are no more than three people who can beat them over the years, Ling Tianxia is dead, Shangguan Allure is a thief, and Ling Kun is said to have broken with the Song Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Xiao nodded and said: "Okay, the matter has come to this point, there is no way out, wait for the palace to personally kill the emperor of the Song Dynasty." As he spoke, he swung his golden knife and rushed in the direction of the Huang Luo umbrella.

At this moment, Zhao Heng is holding the Longquan sword in his hand, wearing a golden dragon armor with a golden dragon helmet on his head, with a splendid colorful on it. The golden dragon pattern is exquisitely made and exquisitely made. After all, it is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the difference in national strength can be seen just by looking at the armor of the lords of the two countries.

Zhao Heng's target was also Empress Dowager Xiao, so under the protection of everyone, the two sides moved closer together at an extremely fast speed.

The sound of killing on the battlefield was earth-shattering, and the morale of the two armies was very sufficient, and the two sides had already clashed fiercely, and they did not give in to each other for a while. It seems that the outcome of this war can only depend on the two people wearing gold armor.

Zhao Heng and Xiao Yanyan were getting closer and closer, and they had completely seen each other's faces. Empress Dowager Xiao stared at Zhao Heng, and saw that he was gorgeously dressed, dignified, and courageously moving forward, and it seemed that he was not the soft egg he had heard before.

Baishan Shuangsha was not interested in Zhao Heng, he only saw what powerful guards he had beside him, but this look almost scared his soul away.

"It's not good, the Queen Mother is retreating quickly, there is a master on Zhao Heng (shēn)." Saying that, the two of them blocked in front of Empress Dowager Xiao at the same time.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at it and said in shock: "Shangguan Allure? Isn't she a thief? How did you become Zhao Heng's guard? ”

"Queen Mother, the man on the other side is Ling Kun, these two are our fierce enemies, Queen Mother, you retreat quickly, we will block them."

Xiao Yanyan was so shocked that she couldn't care about the battlefield anymore, and she was about to flee as soon as she turned (shēn).

However, it was already too late, Ling Kun and Shangguan Chengcheng had already shot at the same time.

The palm wind is whistling, and the sword qi is vertical and horizontal.

In an instant, Baishan Shuangsha had fallen to the ground and his life and death were unknown, and there were no other guards beside Empress Dowager Xiao (shēn).

Seeing that there was no chance, Xiao Yanyan turned back (shēn) and swung a golden knife and shouted, "Zhao Heng, do you dare to fight a fair battle with this palace." ”