Chapter 9: Escape from the Palace
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since Yan Shi went to the front line, and at this time, a news came from the palace that Yan Shi, the prince of An, went deep into the hinterland of the enemy army alone and killed the enemy general, but he also escaped after a hard battle and was seriously injured. The army of Cangya Country lost its generals and fell into chaos for a while and no longer attacked, so the war fell into a stalemate.
"Brother Huang is seriously injured?" Yanli frowned and looked at Lin Xiao who came to the palace. Since the war between the Wild Goose Kingdom and the Cangya Kingdom, Yan Keguang almost no longer came to see her, and there was no news for her, presumably because he deliberately didn't want her to worry about these things.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Xiao entered the palace, he brought such a piece of news, which made Yanli's heart feel like it was beating for half a beat.
"Yes. Prince An has been seriously injured but still refuses to return to the royal capital to recuperate, go on like this......" Lin Xiao thought about it, and he was also very affectionate to Yan Shi, and he was already crying as he spoke, "Princess, only you can persuade him to come back!" ”
Yanli was silent, and then paced back and forth restlessly. Yan was seriously injured, she didn't know how heavy his injuries were, but as long as she imagined going deep into the enemy army and taking the lives of the enemy generals and retreating, it was as if there was a picture of Jin Ge Iron Horse and sword blood splashing in front of her, which made her heart more and more uneasy.
Lin Xiao was looking at Yan Li, who was pacing, at a loss, but Yan Li seemed to have finally made a decision, she stopped and said softly: "Sister Lin, then you can help me with one thing!" ”
On a small road outside Yiliang City, a carriage was moving rapidly, and a young man in Tsing Yi was sitting in it, his face showing some anxiety that could not be concealed. The young man is very slender, with an ordinary appearance but two bright black eyes, which is the escaping Yanli.
Three days ago, Lin Xiao entered the palace and brought the news that Yan Shi was seriously injured, and Yan Li decided that he had to go to see Yan Shi in person, and if he was really seriously injured, he would have to drag him back. Lin Xiao also wanted to go with her, but Yanli persuaded her to quit on the grounds that the two of them fled at the same time.
It was when the war was tight, and the guards in the palace were far less than on weekdays, and Yanli's appearance was not outstanding, so she was led by Cailan to go out to buy things for the princess, so she went out easily.
Lin Xiao prepared the carriage early, and after Yanli changed into men's clothes, he drove directly to the forefront of the war between the two countries, Qilian Mountain.
"Childe, there is Qilian Mountain in front." The little guy in the carriage informed. Yanli listened, and the fatigue of a few days of traveling seemed to be swept away, her eyes lit up, and she straightened up and lifted the curtain to look ahead.
The Qilian Mountains are on high ground, and from a distance, you can see the flags fluttering in the wind in the camp where the army of the Luoyan Kingdom is stationed. Thinking that Yan Shi was in it, he didn't know how seriously injured he was, Yan Li's palms unconsciously sweated, so he said in a deep voice: "Speed up!" ”
Within an hour, the carriage approached the military camp of the Wild Goose Kingdom, and the guards in the barracks had apparently spotted the carriage heading towards them, and stood in a row with spears in hand to block the way.
"Who's coming?" There was a bit of vigilance in the guards' eyes.
"This is Prime Minister Lin Chengxian's carriage, don't you get out of the way quickly!" The little servant knew that there was a distinguished guest in the carriage, so he pretended to be a tiger.
"You said it's the Prime Minister's carriage, do you have a certificate?" A man in the barracks stepped forward as if he had heard the movement, he was a sturdy man, his eyebrows were resolute, and he was wearing a battle suit that was obviously different from that of ordinary guards, and he seemed to be a leader.
"This lord is not strange, can you take a step to speak." Yanli jumped out of the carriage and raised her hand to make a fist.
The man seemed to hesitate, after all, if there was a spy when the two armies were fighting, it would be a big problem, but seeing Yanli's slender and weak appearance, he nodded again and went with her.
Only then did Yan Li take out his token and said softly: "This palace is the sixth princess of the Falling Wild Goose Country, Yan Li." ”
The man was stunned for a moment, he hadn't heard the slightest news that other members of the royal family were coming to the front, but he carefully looked at the token in the hand of the young man in front of him, but he couldn't say that it was fake. Only then did he take a closer look at the young man, but he did have a bit of a woman's beauty, not like a man. At this thought, the man's heart suddenly startled and he was about to salute.
Yan Li hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't make a noise, this palace just wants to see if the imperial brother is okay." ”
The man came back to his senses, and his eyes were painful: "General, I'm afraid he's not very good." ”
After knowing Yanli's identity, the man told Yanli that his name was Cheng Yong and he was the deputy here. Under his leadership, Yanli soon entered the largest tent in the barracks, and the number of guards here increased significantly, which was obviously where Yanshi was.
Yan Li walked in quickly almost impatiently, and what caught his eye was Yan Shi, who was pale lying on the bed, his originally handsome face was wrapped in a layer of gauze at this time, although his eyes were closed tightly, his brows were also frowned, as if he was enduring great pain. Yan Li lifted the quilt gently, his hands were trembling, and Yan Shi under the futon was wrapped with gauze in many places all over his body, blood seeped out, and some gauze was dyed red, looking extremely frightened.
Yan Li's face was slightly pale, and the hand holding the futon trembled gently, he was so badly injured!
With her lips pursed, Yan Li slowly put down the bedding, then squatted down to look at Yan Shi's frowning brows in her sleep, and called softly: "Brother Huang......"
"Ahri?!" Yan Shi woke up when he heard the movement, his eyes full of disbelief, "Am I dreaming?" ”
He tried to sit up, but the wound was touched, causing a piercing pain. Then his face sank, because he knew that this was not a dream, and Yanli dared to run to the front line!
"Go back!" Yan Shi ordered indifferently.
"Brother Huang, you should go back, my father asked you to lead the troops, not to send you to death." Yanli also collected her tears and spoke coldly. How could he make himself like this? How could he still want to stay here?
"Cheng Yong, send the princess back." Yan Shi didn't seem to hear Yan Li's words, but just looked at Cheng Yong and ordered.
"Yes!" For these people, Yan Shi's order is obviously a military order, and the military order is like a mountain, and it has to be followed.
"Wait!" Yan Li suddenly stood up and said sharply: "Now that Prince An is seriously injured and can't lead the troops, but the enemy general is dead, it is a good time for a sneak attack, and all you lack is a general." I can be this general. ”
"Ahri!" Yan Shi roared in pain, he struggled to sit up, and his expression looked a little hideous, "Don't mess around!" ”
Yan Li hurriedly supported Yan Shi in distress and clicked on his sleeping hole a few times.
Cheng Yong was stunned and hesitated to speak: "Isn't what Her Royal Highness the Princess said joking?" ”
Yan Li didn't answer, she looked deeply at Yan Shi, who was already asleep, turned around and pulled out the sword that Yan Shi was carrying and pointed directly at Cheng Yong: "Let's compete." ”
After Yan Li finished speaking, she took the lead and walked out of the tent.
This competition in the military camp attracted the attention of many people, Cheng Yong thought at first that it was just Yan Li who was going to hurt Yan Li for a while, so he avoided it everywhere, but he found that Yan Li's moves were exactly the same as Yan Shi's swordsmanship, and there was amazing power hidden in such a slender body!
There were more and more people watching the battle, and he was forced to show his real skills, but he was still gradually defeated by Yanli! Others only thought that it was a young man in Tsing Yi from the king's capital, but he knew that this was the real princess, how did the dignified golden branches and jade leaves practice swordsmanship?
"You've lost." Yanli's clear voice sounded, and her sword was pointed directly at Cheng Yong's throat, and if it was any further, it would pierce his throat, and Cheng Yong broke out in a cold sweat.
Everyone knows that Yan Shi, the second prince of Luoyan Kingdom, has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has practiced a set of swordsmanship like fire, but few people know that Yan Li, the little princess of Luoyan Kingdom, can also martial arts, and her swordsmanship is all taught to her by Yan Shi with one move and one style. She didn't like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so he taught her to dance and play with swords. Year after year, although her martial arts are not as good as Yan Shi, she also has seven or eight points of skill.
Yanli put away his sword and looked around at the onlookers, most of their faces were filled with awe, not as contemptuous as before, the army has always advocated force, and this place is naturally no exception, Yanli has won their respect with her strength.
She cleared her throat and said in a low voice: "Now that Prince An is seriously injured and can't lead the troops, but the enemy general is dead, it is a good time for a sneak attack, and all you lack is a general." I can be this general. ”
There was an uproar all around, and no one expected that the young man in Tsing Yi would say such a thing. It was Cheng Yong, whose face was alternately blue and white, obviously impressed by Yanli's swordsmanship, moved by his proposal, but worried about her safety.
"Who are you? Although your swordsmanship is superb, but it is still a little worse than Prince An, how can you say that the position of a general should be deserved? Someone in the crowd shouted.
As soon as these words came out, some people immediately echoed them, but Yan Li clearly heard that most of the people who echoed meant that they were afraid that they would come over to fight a sneak attack and rob Yan Shi of the first credit. It seems that he has been leading the troops for more than a month, and these people have been deeply convinced of the imperial brother, and Yan Li is not only not angry at this time, but happy for Yan Shi.
"You don't need to know who I am, you just need to know that I am qualified to be this general. Now, Prince An needs to go back to the royal capital to recuperate, and I am only temporarily entrusted by him. As soon as Prince An recovers from his injury, I will immediately give up this seat. Yanli smiled and said loudly, her dark eyes were firm and calm, as if giving birth to hope.
The soldiers finally fell silent, their eyes invariably looked at Cheng Yong, obviously persuaded by Yanli, but as soldiers, they handed over the final decision to Cheng Yong.
Cheng Yong bowed his head and was silent, he knew that Yan Shi would never agree to let Yan Li come to risk his life, but what Yan Li said at this time really hit their hearts, they really needed a general to lead them to take advantage of the future reinforcements of Cangya Country to take the enemy by surprise. What to do?
At this moment, Yan Li's gaze locked on him, and his thin lips opened slightly: "If you don't take advantage of the victory to pursue, won't you live up to the advantage created by Prince An risking his life to kill the enemy generals?" On the battlefield, it is changing rapidly. If this advantage is used well, it may be like a spark, enough to start a prairie fire. ”