Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei, who was standing in the courtyard of the palace and was melancholy, suddenly received the call of the eunuch of the decree, and hurriedly cleaned up his mood and hurriedly entered the palace with the eunuch. When he saw Liu Qian, he was inexplicably scolded, and when he heard it in a daze, he realized that Yun Niang was missing.

Bidding farewell to a few brothers, he hurried to the military camp outside the city, went to Deyun Niang's bedroom, looked around, and finally found some clues.

Yun Niang's usual clothes are all gone, everything else is untouched, and her long knife and war horse are missing.

Tong Wei, who had a sad face, gently tugged the corner of Guan Yu's clothes and whispered in his ear: "Marshal Guan, can you take a step to speak?" ”。

Guan Yu walked out of the account with Tong Wei, away from the crowd, Tong Wei looked back again, and then mysteriously took out a sealed letter from his arms, held it to Guan Yu with both hands, and said: "Before General Nie left, he told the last general to hand over this letter to Marshal Guan by hand. ”

Guan Yu hurriedly took the letter, tore open the seal, and walked away quickly.

Under a big tree in the wilderness, Guan Yu spread out the letter in his hand. The autumn wind whistled across the treetops above him, shaking the dead leaves of half of the trees.

In order to make it easier to understand, Nie Yunniang's letter was translated into several versions, and after several comparisons, the "Qiong Yao version" was finally selected as follows:

Shameless:

I decided to stay away from here, away from you, although I was still a little reluctant in my heart.

In fact, I've always struggled in my heart, and you may not understand what I said.

I respect Sister Qing'er and like her in my heart, and her departure makes me very sad and tearful. When I learned that you were spitting blood in your mouth for her, my tears were even more difficult to stop. For her, for you, and for me.

I know that Sister Qing'er is irreplaceable in your heart, just as you are irreplaceable in my heart. I have always felt that everyone's mind is limited, perhaps, in a lifetime, can only pretend to be one person, not others! Why can a man have three wives and four concubines, but a woman has to start from the beginning? I never figured it out. Sister Ling'er is simple and honest, you must treat her well.

I always thought you were a ridiculous person, but with a good heart. But maybe I'm mistaken about you! Or, it's you who have changed. You have become cruel, domineering, and unreasonable. The king of Zhendong, Nguyen Vu Xing, rebelled, and he deserved death, and I could kill him with my own hands. But most of his subordinates may not really follow him in rebellion, and besides, aren't they also wearing red scarves on their heads, the same identity as us? Moreover, they have already disarmed and surrendered, and according to your past practice, you will either send them out of the army, or scatter them into our ranks, and increase the number of our troops.

I can't tolerate it: you raised a butcher's knife against them! And he is completely on top, and he can't listen to the good advice of others. I seem to have seen the scene before the fall of the Black Flag Army again: brothers against each other, fratricide! When I joined the army with my mother, my mother made an oath: to overthrow the Great Qi, eradicate injustice, and let the people of the world live a quiet and peaceful life. Now that the Great Qi Dynasty has not fallen, you have trampled on each other in order to compete for power and profit, and completely forgot the suffering of the people in the world.

Remember when I asked you what your brothers would do to the other rebels if one day they won the world? You didn't answer me at the time. Now, I have seen such a scene. I am disappointed that I have treated my brothers and sisters in the past, and I can imagine how I will treat my brothers from all walks of life in the future.

I suddenly got tired of killing, tired of being here, and just wanted to find a pure place and think about it behind closed doors.

Once, I was so eager to marry you and accompany you on the battlefield. Now, the opportunity is in front of me, but I choose to give it up.

If your brother blames you for this, tell them that this is my Nie Yunniang's choice, and it has nothing to do with you.

Tong Wei and Lei Zhen, two generals, have followed our mother and daughter for many years, are loyal and brave and good at fighting, and those brothers under me are entrusted to you. You don't have to treat them badly, give them a good future, Yun Niang is here to thank you.

You don't have to go around looking for me, since I've made up my mind, I won't let you find it. You don't have to worry about my livelihood, the world is so big, there is always a place for me to live. Or, even if I beg you, I know that the killing is too heavy, and I just want to cultivate my mind and temperament in peace, and I don't want to be disturbed.

I will try to convince myself to forget you, and if I still can't forget after all the years, I will come back to you.

Yun Niang's own handwriting.

After reading it, Guan Yu raised his head and looked up at the clear blue sky.

Thousands of miles in the sky, the autumn mood is thick, the autumn wind passes everywhere, only hear its sound, do not see its shape.

Under the city of Quzhou, the fight is still in full swing.

But since that day when he arrogantly went out of the city to pick up the gun, Wang Heming, who swaggered back into the city, seemed to have suddenly changed his temper. Let the Tianping army shout and curse outside the city, the artillery under the city bombards indiscriminately, and the soldiers will attack and kill bravely, but they will not go out, and only shoot those Tianping bandits who are ready to climb the city with the help of cloud ladders at the head of the city.

Let the wind blow and the waves blow, and I will not move. The soldiers of the New Army for the Protector of the Motherland in Quzhou City have become veritable "nail households".

Looking at the rising and setting sun overhead, Gao Jinbao's heart also rose and fell, up and down, becoming more and more restless. Originally, it was thought that it would take as little as three or five days, or as long as ten or eight days to exterminate this stubborn bandit, but the longer it was delayed, the more precarious the Linghe defense line became. He still has a lot of trust in Lai Qingsheng, the general who "subdues the dragon and subdues the tiger and swallows the mountains and rivers in a hundred battles and a hundred victories", otherwise he would not dare to entrust the entire Linghe defense line to him.

Gao Jinbao firmly believes that he has the grace of not killing Lai Qingsheng and the virtue of regeneration, and he will definitely repay him with death. But the question is, is Lai Qingsheng the opponent of the treacherous, old and immortal white-bearded old man? At this time, he left Quzhou and ignored it, and led the army back to the bank of the Ling River? The yellow-faced silver spear in the city will definitely stir up his empty rear, and what is the foundation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Relying on the superiority of their own forces, Quzhou can be taken sooner or later. But that white-bearded old man would never let him attack Quzhou with peace of mind, stabbing him in the back and smashing stones in the back of his head is the old immortal's specialty!

After careful consideration, Gao Jinbao decided to divide the troops. Leaving enough soldiers and horses to deal with the bandits in the city, they were consumed with them, so that they did not dare to go out of the city to make a move, and he led the rest of the men and horses to return to the Linghe defense line unconsciously to assist Lai Qingsheng.

"Thor" Gao Jinbao's self-righteous plan of action hastened the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because in terms of total strength, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a great advantage. And General Yan's strategy has always been: to attack the east and attack the west, divide and annihilate.

What he didn't expect was that he turned around with great interest and was about to pull the brother who was good at gambling, but the brother didn't bother to pay attention to him, he was already dead, and at this time he was about to gamble with the bull head and horse face of the underworld.

Not long after traveling, the brigade led by Gao Jinbao crashed headlong into the arms of the new army for the protection of the country who came with murderous spirit and was ready to take his old nest.

General Yan was unusual, and did not immediately launch an attack, but steadily lined up a large formation. After all, the team came all the way and needed to catch their breath.

Seeing the shiny black iron armor array on the opposite side, the Taiping army, including Gao Jinbao, was half cold in their hearts. Needless to say, the so-called Linghe defense line has come to naught, and the glorious title of "General of a Hundred Battles and Hundred Victories in a Hundred Battles and Conquering the Dragon and the Tiger" can only be used as a posthumous nickname.

Seeing that the morale of his own soldiers was a little low, the one-eyed dragon Gao Jinbao rode his horse to the front of the team, pulled out the Longquan sword at his waist with a "swish", and galloped back and forth twice in front of his own soldiers, desperately waving the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Heavenly soldiers and generals of the Celestial Empire, you have the protection of the immortals of the Heavenly Palace, and the invulnerable King Kong is indestructible, and our soldiers and horses are almost twice as many as the other party's bandits!" Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, as long as the big guys work together and unite as one, they will definitely be able to resist the enemy outside the country and completely crush these bandits in front of them into powder! ”。

With that, he waved to the back of the line, revealing his secret weapon.

A group of barebacked, barefoot and barefoot strong men running forward, dancing in the open space in front of the two armies, as if no one was around. Yellow spells fluttered all over the sky, and they sweated earnestly and cheered hard, cheering for their soldiers with this dance.

Gao Jinbao pulled his horse and retreated to the side, in fact, he was a little weak when he shouted those words just now. But at this life-and-death moment, in front of tens of thousands of his own soldiers, he could only show full confidence. Sneaking a glance at the other party's neat and majestic lineup, he secretly said in his heart: The white-bearded man is immortal, and the deity has endured it again and again, and quietly moved the so-called "national gate" back more than a hundred miles! You'd better retreat in the face of difficulties and stop in moderation, otherwise you will have to make inches and bully others!

In the camp of the new army on the opposite side, the strong and powerful autumn wind blew the banner overhead. Under the banner of the Chinese army, the old general Yan in golden armor held a heavy silver beard and stared at the front with blazing eyes.

An adjutant general urged his horse to come to his side, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your lord, my army has already lined up and can charge at any time!" ”。

Old General Yan said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, what do you see the other party's bandits doing?" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly turned his head to glance at a group of strong men who were dancing in front of the two armies, shook his head and said, "The last general is lonely and unheard, I really don't know what the hell they are doing!" ”。

General Yan smiled and said: "This is called the great god of dancing among the people, it is said that it can drive away ghosts and subdue demons, and the old man has not seen it for many years." Our soldiers and horses galloped all the way, the horses and soldiers were a little tired, just to rest for a moment to catch their breath, but also let the soldiers open their eyes, I am afraid that there will be no chance to see such a fresh performance in the future! Wait until they're done jumping before attacking. ”