The snow melts in winter and the flowers bloom in spring.

After a winter of recuperation, the Chishui Department was ready for battle. The Great Khan of Yel sent a message to Yeleyi for the last time, urging her to evacuate as soon as possible, return to the Chishui Ministry, and command the battle.

Yereyi looked at the letter in his hand, and was in a dilemma. On the one hand, she and Qin Luo had just been married not long ago, and she didn't want to separate from Qin Luo so early. On the other hand, the Chishui Ministry is ready to launch a battle with Qingyun at any time. Coupled with the fact that the great country teacher is eyeing her, she will stay in Qingyun again, and she will be more auspicious than lucky.

And on Tuoba Yan's side, there was still no progress in the confrontation with Nanchu. On the contrary, the grain and grass supplied by Xiang Qiang's logistics are becoming less and less. Xiang Qiang's battle line was too long, and the war lasted too long, and the masses of the people in several unconquered state capitals north of the Lan River began to spontaneously organize uprisings and fight guerrilla warfare, and several times robbed Xiang Qiang of the grain and grass he had supplied.

General Kutulu said: "The people in the rear of Southern Chu revolted, looted and burned a lot of grain and grass. Now we are short of food and grass, just after the New Year, the soldiers have been away from home for several months, everyone is homesick, and the morale of the army is unstable. ”

"Khan, we are too far away from Xiang Qiang, once the other party attacks from the rear and cuts off our rear road, we will face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on our backs." Another general said, "Khan, Yangcheng can't be attacked for a long time, so it's better to ......."

Tuoba stared at the general with red eyes, and interrupted sharply, "Why not what? ”

The general swallowed and foamed, but he didn't say the word "withdraw troops" in the end.

Seeing this, Alem immediately said: "It's just a peasant uprising, what is there to be afraid of." Do they know how to fight, when they meet our Xiang Qiang Iron Cavalry, they will definitely die without a place to bury. They can rob us of our food and grass, but it's just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. ”

General Kutulu said, "But these people, like weeds, are blown and reborn in the spring breeze. We can't kill it, and we can't suppress it. Khan, our Xiang Qiang is the most powerful cavalry, and the best thing is to conquer cities, not defend them. The places we captured in Wupingguan and Yongzhou seem to be fine now, and I am afraid that in the future, the people in the city will be affected by those rebel armies, and they will also make trouble. ”

Tuoba Yan thought about his promise to Qin Luo at that time, he would not slaughter the people of Southern Chu, so he only captured many innocent soldiers as prisoners and sent them back to Qingyun, and did not capture the people of Wuping Pass and Yongzhou as slaves, nor did they kill.

Tuoba didn't expect that his temporary soft-heartedness would leave such a big hidden danger. However, Xiang Qiang's male swore a heavy oath and took life and death lightly, and what they said was like water spilled out, and they would not take it back.

Tuoba Yan swore to Qin Luo that he would never kill the ordinary people of Chu indiscriminately. Even if he lays a hidden danger for the future, he will not break his oath.

Outside the city of Danyang, on the prairie. The grassland in early spring is full of vitality, and the grass turns from yellow to new green after the spring breeze blows. Ye Leyi was wearing a red dress, which was even more beautiful and dazzling under the support of green grass.

Qin Luo came over, Ye Leyi threw himself into Qin Luo's arms, hugged his neck, and didn't let go for a long time. Qin Luo was startled for a moment, trembling slightly, and then thought of something, so he also tightly protected Ye Leyi.

Sure enough, Yereyi said to him, "I'm leaving." ”

"All the way...... Take care...... "Qin Luo hugged Ye Leyi and looked up into the distance, which happened to be the direction of the Chishui Department, and Abu Shenglan Mountain was still towering in the north, overlooking the earth.

Ye Leyi raised his head from Qin Luo's arms and looked at Qin Luo's side face, "Don't you keep me?" ”

"I know that you are not a person who loves children." Qin Luo smiled slightly, "Besides, you are in a crisis in Qingyun now, why should I keep you and make you in a dilemma." ”

Qin Luo's "thoughtfulness" really made Ye Leyi not know what to say. She is indeed not a person who loves children, and it is impossible for her not to leave because of a moment of soft-heartedness. But Qin Luo's calm analysis did not feel at all about parting, and Ye Leyi expressed his dissatisfaction.

She stood on tiptoe, put her hands on Qin Luo's shoulders, hooked his body forward, then closed her eyes and waited......

Qin Luo was puzzled, looked at the face that was about to stick to the tip of his nose in front of him, and said, "You...... Do? ”

Ye Leyi opened her eyes suddenly, glared at Qin Luo, and said angrily, "Kiss me." ”

Qin Luo blushed and gently kissed Ye Leyi's cheek.

Yeleyi is still not satisfied, just touching his cheek, what kind of kiss is it? She said in her heart, sure enough, Qin Luo would not be able to grasp the initiative, otherwise he would go until tomorrow morning.

So Ye Leyi directly pulled Qin Luo and kissed him on the lips. This kiss is different from the previous kisses, as if it was the last carnival, and the stormy kiss revealed a kind of goodbye, a kind of despair.

The world is like this, and as intermediates, they cannot ask for the responsibility and destiny they shoulder.

After a kiss, Ye Leyi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, Qin Luo regained consciousness and asked, "When are you leaving?" ”

"Tonight." Ye Leyi looked up at the sky, it was already evening at this time, and the time that Ye Leyi and Qin Luo had been together was only a little more than an hour. She smiled sadly, "When we meet again, we are enemies." ”

Oh, yes. When we meet again, we will definitely be on the battlefield, on the battlefield where the Chishui Department and the Qingyun Department are facing off. Yeleyi smiled: "I will not show mercy. ”

"Okay." Qin Luo said lightly, as if there was no sadness or joy. He knew that each of them was his own master, public was public, private was private, Qin Luo believed that Ye Leyi would be very clear, and he would not let the Chishui Department attack Danyang City because of Ye Leyi.

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the vast land, as if sprinkling a layer of golden light on the newly sprouted grass. In the distance, the twilight was dim, the remnant sun was like blood, Ye Le leaned on Qin Luo, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was quiet and warm. Ye Leyi looked at the distant sun and hid into the mountain little by little, silently counting the time with Qin Luo in her heart, this was the last time she watched the sunset with her beloved. She wished the sun never set, that time would stop at this moment......

When the sun set and put away the last rays of light, the sky instantly darkened, and the time for Yereyi was up. She turned around in a dashing manner and turned her back to Qin Luo, afraid that Qin Luo would see the tears on her face. She waved her hand and said loudly: "Qin Luo, see you on the battlefield!" ”

"See you on the battlefield!" Qin Luo silently watched Ye Leyi's back gradually drift away, and at the bottom of the mountain, Saren was already waiting for his master with two horses. Qin Luo ran along the mountain range to the other end of the mountain, and while running, he watched Yeleyi and Saren, only to see two people riding fast horses, gradually disappearing into the night......

"What do you say? Is Yeletian missing? Tuoba Yan took the letter from the Great Teacher, and the second prince asked in disbelief, "What does it mean to be missing?" ”

The second prince said coldly, "It's not so much about missing as about escaping." I now believe more and more that Yeleqi is Yeleyi. ”

Tuoba opened the letter in confusion, and it was very clearly written on the letter of the great master. Yelkodun disappeared along with the slave girl Saren she had brought with her from Chishui. And the day before his disappearance, Yelkodun did not let anyone bring him food, and stayed in the Khan's dormitory. In the middle of the night, the slave girls in the palace of Kedun saw that Yele Kedun had not returned, and she was so anxious that she had to push open the door of the Khan's dormitory and find that it was empty.

"Missing from my dormitory?" After reading the letter, Tuoba Yan "chuckled" in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good. How did she disappear out of thin air, could ...... Has the secret of the secret passage been known to Yereyi?

"Khan, the situation is already very critical, and the crisis does not come from the front, but from the rear." Tuoba Ling persuaded bitterly, "If it is really Ye Leyi who has her sister, then how many secrets did she know about Qingyun when we were away?" Didn't you say that the secret passage is in your dormitory, and she goes to your dormitory every day, and I'm afraid she has already discovered this secret. ”

Tuoba thought about it, the second brother's analysis was very reasonable. With Yereyi's intelligence, if he goes to the dormitory every day, I am afraid that he can really guess the method of opening the secret passage.

I only heard the second prince say again: "If Yeleyi returns to the Chishui Department now and tells the King of Yele, then what will they do?" Fear...... They will immediately raise troops and attack Danyang City. ”

The more Tuoba Yan listened, the more frightened he became, and now he no longer liked Yereyi, but hated it. He remembered the hexagram that the great wizard divined before the expedition: auspiciousness is fierce, and it is better to guard it. Tuoba Yan regretted that he was too aggressive and ignored the crisis in the rear.

Tuoba Ling also regretted a little at this time, "I patronized and stared at Qin Luo, but I ignored this woman. Maybe Qin Luo really didn't collaborate with the enemy, stealing information and letting Feng Rubing go, or maybe Ye Leyi. ”

"Why would she do that?" Tuoba Yan doesn't believe it, Ye Leyi, as a Xiangqiang person, will help Nanchu?

The second prince shook his head and smiled bitterly, "For their Chishui Ministry." Do you think, if you were entangled in the Central Plains, wouldn't it be more convenient for them to move? The enemy of the enemy is her friend, so she doesn't care, whether it's Xiang Qiang or Southern Chu. ”

Tuoba Yan was provoked by the second prince and was furious. He didn't expect that Ye Leyi not only betrayed the alliance, but also did this kind of thing, betraying Xiang Qiang. Tuoba Ling, on the other hand, was much calmer, and he suggested, "Now we should immediately withdraw our troops and return to Danyang City." You must know that the distance between us and Danyang City is much farther than that of Chishui. They are now in Parjia Xitang, only a day away from Danyang City. ”

Only then did Tuoba Yan understand why Yeleyi had to ask for the land of Parjia Xitang at that time. It turned out that as early as that time, they had already begun to premeditate and seize Danyang City.

"Return to the city, withdraw the troops!" Tuoba said angrily. In the end, it was not Nan Chu or Feng Rubing who defeated Tuoba Yan, but his ally Chishui Ministry, his favorite woman, Ye Leyi.

Feng Rubing stood on the high city of Yangcheng, looked at the black and oppressed Xiang Qiang soldiers below, and began to retreat. They no longer have the momentum they had when they came, and now they are lifeless and have no fighting spirit. In this battle, Tuoba Yan sent 200,000 troops, and in the end only 100,000 were able to return to their homeland. Like Nan Chu, they paid a heavy price for this battle.

But Feng Rubing didn't have any sense of victory, and he learned from the blacksmith Sun that it was the Chishui tribe that rebelled, so that Tuoba Yan had to turn the sword, turn the direction, and abandon Yangcheng.

The civil strife finally made Xiang Qiang's iron cavalry fall short. All efforts have been made in vain.

The defeat of a country is never because the enemy is strong, but from the inside out, slowly rotting itself, leading to the final defeat.

Xiang Qiang is like this, and so is Da Chu.