Ling Hu Zhao woke up and found himself lying on the ground, with a mouthful of sand. I feel alive, because I feel cold in my legs and feet, and I am conscious. So he turned over, coughed violently, coughed sand out of his throat, and spit out a few mouthfuls before he came to his senses and saw the sky full of stars.

When he moved his arms and legs, he seemed to be harmed, and when he touched his chest, his armor was intact and had not been pierced by arrows. He wondered, how could he have not been injured when he had been knocked down with a heavy blow to the chest? Is it really no longer alive and in the underworld?

So he looked around again, and saw that there were many Tang Jun brothers lying beside him, and there was movement not far away, as if a living thing was gnawing at something, could it be really hell?

Suddenly, a pair of sharp eyes with a cold light flashed in the night, "wolf", he shouted, the wolf was also startled, and after taking a few steps back, he began to show his fierce face and grin. It turned out that the wolf was gnawing at the corpse of the Tang Jun brothers, he subconsciously grabbed a handful to the side, grabbed a bow, and then pulled out an arrow from the corpse next to him, took the arrow, and shot it with a "whoosh".

I heard the wolf howl twice, and then struggled and fell. But soon, there was a wolf howl in the distance.

Not good! It's a pack of wolves. He quickly got up, put his bow on his back, and then found a Mo knife in his hand, and collected thirty or so bloody feather arrows, he looked up at the North Star again, and then ran in the direction of the east.

At this time, he found that a mile away was the camp of the Turkic soldiers, and outside the camp there were bonfires and sentinels walking back and forth. He slowed down to avoid alarming the Turks.

The battlefield was full of Tang brothers and Turkic soldiers who died in battle, and some of them died in a very miserable state, and they couldn't care about much. He thought that he might be the only one alive in the camp, and he didn't have time to think about how he was the only one who survived such a tragic battle.

After walking half a mile, he heard a voice shouting, "Brother." ”

He stopped, thinking it was a hallucination, but he shouted again, leaned against a person on the edge of a large rock not far away, and waved to him again. Dead people don't beckon, it's ghosts or people who come to see.

He ran over, it was a surviving Tang soldier, it turned out that he had been hit by an arrow in the calf, and he could be seen in the night with a bloody face, crawling out of the pile of dead people. I can't tell my age, but judging from my voice, I should be about the same age as myself.

The arrow had pierced his left leg, and Ling Hu Zhao took out a dagger, cut off one end of the arrow feather, and pulled out the arrow with great force, so painful that he couldn't help it, "Oops-ah". was so anxious that Ling Hu Zhao hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

Ask him if he has any gold sore medicine? Say no, maybe the team is on the body, and the team is lying not far in front. So Ling Huzhao hurriedly searched for it, turned over more than a dozen corpses, and finally found the gold sore medicine.

While they were medicating the wound, the wolves had found the wolf that had been shot and wailed. This made Ling Hu Zhao very anxious, with the nature of a wolf, he would definitely come to avenge his companions.

He asked the wounded soldier what was the name of the wounded soldier while taking the medicine?

"Situ Yi".

"Which battalion?"

"Weinan Battalion".

"Didn't you break through?"

"As soon as he left the city, the Turks surrounded him...... It is estimated that seven or eight hundred people will be lucky to be able to stand out. ”

"It was a terrible battle."

"We don't think there are many in the Weinan camp."

"When I woke up, I saw a wolf gnawing at my brother's corpse, I shot it dead, and the wolves might smell the smell and come to take revenge, so we have to hurry away."

"I had a leg injury and couldn't walk fast. If you don't go first, leave me alone! Otherwise, if the two of them are together, neither of them will be able to leave. ”

"I've met it, how can I leave you alone. Besides, I'm not hurt, so I can carry you out. After speaking, he couldn't help but say, picked up Situ Yi and left.

The wolves followed, and by the light of the stars, they saw the wolves following like ghosts.

Situ Yi lay on Ling Huzhao's back, glanced back, and saw more than a dozen pairs of wolf eyes glowing green in the dark night, and hurriedly patted it, "Brother, let me down, you go first." I'll break it off. ”

"Don't be afraid, let's go a little farther, away from the Turkic camp, and then clean up these beasts! Take your feathered arrows. ”

Situ Yi was nervous and apologetic, thinking that his injury made this brother who he never knew run on his back very touching. He could have left himself alone to run for his life, and now he was followed by a pack of wolves, and he didn't know how to get rid of it, so he had to hold his bow and feathered arrows in his hands. And Ling Hu Zhao held his leg in one hand and a Mo knife in the other. His belly was on Ling Hu Zhao's shoulder, and he walked out of the three miles with a bump, he really couldn't stand it and vomited, so Ling Hu Zhao put it down.

When one of the two was so tired that he collapsed to the ground, and the other vomited, several black shadows suddenly surrounded him, which made Hu Zhao startled: "It's not good, the wolf is coming, hurry up and shoot arrows." He immediately stood up into a lunge, lowered his waist, and clenched the Mo knife in his hand. Situ Yi was shocked, put on the arrow and pulled the bow and prepared to release the arrow. But the black shadow spoke: "Brother, which battalion?" ”

Hearing that it was Chinese, the two breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Yangzhou Camp" and "Weinan Camp". Five people came around, one of the leaders was the emperor of the "Liangzhou Battalion" team, and the other four were all sergeants of the "Nanyang Battalion".

For the rest of his life after the catastrophe, seven people were glad that they had survived temporarily.

Huangfu is a native of Liangzhou and is quite familiar with the climate and environment of Anxi. When Situ Yi said that he was followed by a pack of wolves, he was unimpressed, saying, "The wolves are very slippery, and when they see that there are seven of us and we have weapons, they will not risk their lives to attack us." The most important thing now is to hurry east, get rid of the Turkic soldiers, and return to Qiuzi by road. ”

"Not going to catch the line?" Nanyang soldier Liu Jin asked.

"The team is now estimated to be only seven or eight hundred people, and there is not enough food and grass, and if we encounter the Turkic cavalry again, we will not be able to parry at all, and we will not be able to keep up, so we can only walk back to Qiuzi on our own."

"How can this brother walk if he has a leg injury?" Liu Jin continued.

After hearing this, Situ Yi said: "Brothers, I can't move and don't bother you, you go quickly." I just thanked Brother Linghu for rescuing me, and let me recuperate here for a few days, and then find a way to the east. ”

Ling Huzhao heard this and said angrily to Nanyang Bing: "Brother Situ was carried back from the pile of dead people, I don't care what you think, in short, I want to carry him on my back." ”

"Brother Linghu, your friendship Situ has received. But please hurry up with them. Otherwise, the Turks will kill us, and we will all die. My brothers from my team have all died here, and I'm not alone. After saying that, he choked up a little.

"No, I'll carry you on my back. I will not leave you. ”

Standing aside, the emperor who had been silent for a long time spoke sincerely: "Don't fight, now we are all grasshoppers on a rope, we have to turn over the snow mountains to the east, go to the Gobi, one more person will have more confidence, one more strength, as long as the seven of us work together, it is not a dream to return to Qiuzi." Brother Linghu, I will carry Brother Situ with you. ”

The other four people saw that the emperor was so righteous and awe-inspiring, so they didn't say anything more. Without further ado, take advantage of the darkness of the night, pack up your weapons and food, and then go east, as far away from the Turkic cavalry as possible......

After that, the four of them spent two months, encountering small groups of Turkic soldiers and robbers who were rampant on the Silk Road...... From the beginning of the leaves, they walked to the heavy snow before they came to the outside of Qiuzi City.

When they arrived at Qiuzi City, they knew that they had returned from Broken Leaf City, and thousands of soldiers from Qiuci lined up to greet them. Because only the seven of them broke through and returned to Qiuzi. Since then, the Liangzhou Battalion, Yangzhou Battalion, Weinan Battalion, and Nanyang Battalion of the Anxi Border Army no longer exist. When they returned to Qiuzi, they became brothers of the opposite sex. A few months later, the border army moved to the defense, so that Hu Zhao, Huang Fu Zhen and the four brothers of the Nanyang battalion were selected into the Yulin Army, Situ Yi was injured by an arrow, his left leg was disabled, and his home was in Weinan, so he went back to Chang'an to open an inn......

A noise came from outside the window, interrupting Ling Huzhao's memories. He immediately became vigilant and listened closely, but it was a cat. From then on, I put my mind down and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, just after washing his face, Situ Yuan came and called: "Uncle, someone is looking for you." ”

Linghu Zhao was suspicious of Dou Sheng, and went out to signal Situ Yuan to speak softly, Situ Yuan said, Early in the morning, a young minister came to see you.

Linghu Zhao came downstairs and came to the inn hall, but he saw a dark, stocky, and handsome descendant waiting.

Seeing Linghu Zhao coming down, he hurriedly asked, "Xiaosheng has seen my uncle." Uncle, please come with me. ”

Ling Huzhao was a little inexplicable when he heard someone called "uncle" in Chang'an, but when he saw that Housheng felt a little familiar, like a Huating person, he had to walk out of the inn with him.

Walking to the corner of the inn, Hou Sheng said: "I hope that my uncle will forgive my sins, and the contemptible person is Xu Chen." ”

As soon as he heard that it was Xu Chen, Ling Huzhao immediately smiled and said, "Virtuous son-in-law, how did you find us?" So anxious to see your lady? Why did you call me out? Isn't it afraid of ugliness? ”

Xu Chen said nervously: "Uncle, come with me first." After passing through a few alleys and finding a hotel in a secluded place, the two went in to find a private room upstairs, Xu Chen ordered a few dishes, warmed a pot of wine, and then began to speak, "Uncle, I received a letter from home a few days ago, and I learned that you brought Linghu Lady to Chang'an to marry me. I asked a few of my subordinates to investigate in front of Tonghua Gate and Chunming Gate all day long, but I didn't expect to miss it. ”

"Virtuous son-in-law, I'm very happy to see that your lady is coming!"

Xu Chen lowered his head, was silent for a moment and said, "Don't hide it from my uncle, I have a family in Chang'an." ”

"Ahh How so? Ling Hu Zhao stood up and was furious.

"Uncle, you calm your anger first, listen to me in detail, how dare I disobey my parents' orders and ruin the marriage. But this is the emperor's marriage, I dare not disobey. ”

"The emperor gives you a marriage, then you can play, you have a marriage contract at home. Xu Chen, you have affected the two families and harmed Yan'er! ”

"I don't feel sorry for the marriage, it is the concubine Niangniang who played to the emperor, saying that I have meritorious service in escorting, and I want to be rewarded, and I will give a palace maid next to me as a wife.

The father-in-law conveyed the emperor's edict to me, and I was busy reporting the truth, saying that I was a person with a marriage contract and did not dare to deceive the king. But the father-in-law said that the emperor is a golden mouth, and the words have already been said, how can you take it back, if you don't obey, it is the crime of deceiving the king!!

"I was astonished, for it is a capital offense to deceive a king. After that, I didn't write a letter to my family for many years, and I wrote a letter to inform my father in code, thinking that he could read and dissolve the marriage contract with Linghu Niangzi at home, but I didn't expect him to send Linghu Niangzi. How this is good. ”

"How do you not know the book? Why don't you write home all the year round? ”

"My uncle also stayed in the Yulin Army, and the letters of the lieutenant and above were to be inspected to avoid leaking secrets. As for not writing letters to my family, it was because of my brothers, and my father wanted to send me to the battlefield and almost died. ”

Ling Hu Yong was taken aback, how did he know that he had been in the Yulin Army? He still said quietly: "Then you don't know how to ask a trustworthy person to start another letter, you are a big rebel, this is not a toss people." ”

"Yes! Be! ”

Ling Hu Zhao was a little angry, thinking that starting from Huating and taking Yan'er to trek through mountains and rivers all the way to Chang'an, it was such a result, if it weren't for this, he would have stayed in Huating and lived a leisurely life. This man sent it, but he couldn't get married. It's called something. How to go back and explain to the eldest brother.

This Xu Chen is really infuriating, he doesn't believe that Xu Chen has no way at all. He said sharply: "Xu Chen, I sent it to you, you can do it!" ”

Xu Chen hurriedly sifted a glass of wine, raised his glass and said, "Uncle, let's drink this cup first and then discuss." ”

Ling Hu Zhao refused to serve the cup, and said: "There is nothing to discuss, I never drink morning wine." ”

Xu Chen had no choice but to put down the cup and said slowly: "Uncle, seeing that you came to Chang'an, I knew your whereabouts so quickly, and you also know that those internal guards in the palace are not vegetarians." As soon as I said it, my uncle must have understood. ”

"You! No wonder you even know that I spent time in the Feather Forest Army!! ”

"Uncle, but things have come to this point, and I can't help it. No one can afford to be guilty of deceit. ”

"You call those internal guards, they couldn't catch me forty years ago, and forty years later, I'm not afraid of them."

"Uncle, it's not as serious as you think. You don't have to think about yourself, but you have to think about Linghu Niangzi. ”

Ling Hu Zhao was hit in the soft underbelly, and his personal affairs were small, but he couldn't bear to affect Yan'er and his eldest brother's family.

"So what do you say?"

"Uncle, you go to Chang'an City to live for a while, eat and drink well, and then you pretend to look for me, and then I will give you an official letter, saying to Linghu Lady that I have been transferred to carry out a secret mission and will not come back for three or five years. Then you can go home, and I will support you on the way. When you go back, don't talk about where I'm doing. It's going to be a troublemaker, and it's not good for anyone. At that time, I will write another book as a proof of dissolution of the marriage contract with Linghu Niangzi, so that she can find a good family again. ”

"You! Well calculated! But Yan'er is now nearly three or seven years old, who has such a big woman and doesn't have a mother-in-law? ”

"Uncle and nephew are also forced to be helpless. This is the only way to deal with the matter. ”

"Don't call me uncle, you can't afford it, you are in vain as the Xu family and as a child of Huating. A sin of deceit, scaring you like this. You are also a person who has been on the battlefield, and you don't covet this bit of glory and wealth, why is this so? ”

Xu Chen's face turned gloomy when he heard this, and he suddenly picked up the glass of wine on the table and drank it down, "Uncle, what the little nephew should say has already been said, as for what you do, you can consider it." The little nephew still has to be on duty, so he can't accompany his uncle more and say goodbye. ”

Xu Chen walked for two or three moments, and Hu Zhao came to his senses. Drink three glasses in a row, sandwich a few pieces of sauced beef on the plate and press the wine. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a familiar voice coming upstairs.

It was Shangguan Yun, hearing the voice of this outsider, it made him feel cordial, and he should have met to thank him for taking care of him, but now that Xu Chen and Yan'er's matter is stiff, he doesn't know how to answer if he is asked.

Just as he hesitated to see or not see, Shangguan Yun opened the curtain and looked, and saw that it was not the person he was looking for, so he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I found the wrong one!" ”

But after thinking about it, Dingqing looked at it and laughed happily: "Ah! It turned out to be Mr. Linghu, what an honor!! ”

Ling Hu Yong hurriedly got up and said: "It turned out to be Lord Wailang, and now it is really a blessing for three lives!" In Dachang'anli, I came out for a morning drink and met an adult! ”

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