Volume 2 – The Forbidden Peak

Chapter 146: Northwest Crisis

Night

The officers and troops on Huling gradually retreated under the instruction of An Yi, some of them were led by Zhao Shuang to return to Long'an Mansion, and the rest of the men and horses withdrew to Chengdu.

Before leaving, An Yi specially explained to Zhao Shuang, and opened several villages and counties in Long'an Mansion near the northwest, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties when the Wugu Sect passed.

After the Fox Ridge Fortress fell into darkness again and there was no movement, Ning Er took the Five Grain Sect to extinguish the torch in his hand, and quickly crossed the city and disappeared into the night.

An Yi and Liu Siyi rode at the end, and after seeing them all pass not far from the Huling Fortress, they turned the horse's head and followed the green battalion army to Chengdu.

At this point, the matter has basically come to an end, but there is still a doubt lingering in the comfortable heart, and I can't help but ask Liu Siyi on the side: "Until now, I don't understand why this Bamboo Zongchen is in a hurry to cultivate his hands and get rid of the Five Grains Sect that has been used for so many years." ”

Liu Siyi thought for a while, and said to him: "Could Zhu Zongchen be planning to go to the capital?" ”

"Beijing?"

"Yes, I remember hearing Zhu Zongchen mention it before, it turned out that the uncle of Huayang County Ling Zhutori was the left servant of the official department of the dynasty, and later climbed up to Gonggong Xu, and now he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I don't know if Zhu Zongchen is running to him."

Taketori's uncle An Yi has heard of it, when the scientific examination was approaching before, the old man An Zhiyuan was quite close to Taketori for a long time for this relationship, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long for him to sit in the position of the secretary of the ministry.

He shook his head helplessly, sighed and said: "The eunuchs are in power, and the officials at all levels are all flattering. ”

Liu Siyi continued: "Moreover, Zhu Zongchen also has a son and a daughter in Wang Jingli, it seems that he is not very old, I don't know the specific situation, he rarely mentions it." ”

"No wonder."

An Yi suddenly said: "One mind goes to the capital, the eight achievements are because he didn't plan to stay in Sichuan from the beginning, and the Wugu Sect was also cultivated for his son Taketori." It's just that as soon as this Taketori dies, no one will take over the affairs of the Five Grains Sect, but it will become a hidden danger that can threaten him at any time, so it is better to get rid of one hundred. ”

Liu Siyi nodded: "It's just that he doesn't know, everything in Ning'er is advertised by Zhu Zongchen, and his desires and ambitions are also learned. It's just that Ning Er is a person who shows weakness everywhere, and Zhu Zongchen brought it up single-handedly, which made him a little more vigilant, so that Ning Er had a chance. ”

"That'....... If Zhu Zongchen didn't plan to do anything to the Wugu Sect, but simply wanted to get rid of you, with your understanding of Ning Er, do you think she would let you go? ”

Liu Siyi, who asked this question comfortably, sat on the horse and fell into deep thought, and after a while, he shook his chin lightly and said: "I don't know, Ning'er is determined to be ruthless in his work, and he never drags mud and water, Wu Yi's more than 4,000 cavalry let her kill all of them with an order, more than 4,000 lives!" She didn't even blink. ”

"Yes, I know that. Ning'er is the kind of person who can make decisions in a very short time and then put them into action, if you hadn't taught me a hand last time, she would have really been caught in the camp just now. ”

Then An Yi continued to tilt his head with interest and asked, "Oh? What about you? I heard that Isn't Liu Protector also a decisive person? ”

Liu Siyi flashed his bright eyes reflecting the moonlight, and said frankly: "I have always felt that I have always felt that I am a woman wandering alone in the rivers and lakes, and I have to be very spicy to survive, and I have also forced myself to do a lot of killing, but ........ I always feel that my ruthlessness is like being able to show others, and the stronger the ruthlessness on the surface, the stronger the resistance in my heart, so that I am a little disgusted with myself later. And this feeling became even more obvious after I met you, and even Yun'er said that I became like a little girl. ”

"Hahahaha!"

An Yi listened to her words, looked up and laughed loudly,

"If you have good thoughts in your heart, why show others evil, you are destined to be a good person, accept your fate!"

Liu Siyi lowered his head and said lightly: "Maybe, anyway, you don't have to worry about it in the future, just be yourself." ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at An Yi again: "Is it okay?" ”

An Yi looked ahead without hearing at all, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Dare to ask the girl, but ask again?" ”

Liu Siyi knew her intentions, covered his lips lightly and smiled, and then asked again seriously, "Is it okay?" My lord. ”

An Yi nodded at her with a satisfied look, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "It depends on whether you can serve the master, and you can serve well." ”

Liu Siyi's bright eyes were bent into a crescent moon with slender eyelashes, and then he held the horse's head with both hands, and jumped on the horse dexterously with his legs.

"What are you going to do?"

An Yi looked at Liu Siyi's movements, I don't know what this girl is thinking again,

Liu Siyi didn't answer, after stabilizing her petite figure, she stepped onto the comfortable horse, and then she slowly squatted behind the comfortable saddle, a pair of slender hands gently attached to his shoulders, and her white cheeks went forward to the root of the comfortable ear,

"Didn't the master say that? After serving, you can do it. ”

Although An Yi's bones were crispy from the breath exhaled from her sandalwood mouth, listening to Liu Siyi's tone, she also knew that she had something strange in her heart, so she wanted to reach out and stop her.

It's just that where is Liu Siyi's opponent these two times?

Liu Siyi curled his wrist and pressed his hand behind him.

An Yi was so pressed by the anti-joint, although Liu Siyi didn't make him feel pain, but he still had to lean back, so that his face facing the sky was facing Liu Siyi's smiling face.

Liu Siyi slowly picked up the green silk hanging down from his sideburns with his slender hands, and then gently swept around on his comfortable forehead, nose tip, and ears.

"How? The master thinks that the concubine is still thoughtful in her service? ”

These places on An Yi's face were like countless ants crawling around, and the place where the green silk swept was like a feather paddling, and the feeling was as if it was oozing out of the cracks of the bones, which was really unbearable, and it didn't take long for him to beg for mercy again and again: "Okay, well, it's all up to you." ”

Liu Siyi let go of Anyi's arm after hearing this, and then turned over and jumped back on his horse, looking at him with a smug face.

An Yi hurriedly scratched his face with his hands as if he had met amnesty,

"You remember, I'll let you return everything under this bed, master."

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northwest

Lanzhou City

The northwest battlefield was under the command of Han Guangde, and the Empress Dowager Xiao came to the front line to boost morale, the fierce Liao army was like a bamboo, and the battle was victorious, and the Great Xia army and Lotus Village were defeated several times, and even the Chongzheng Emperor who came to the city wall of Lanzhou could see the figure of the Liao army's sentry cavalry.

This made Gao Youxiao even more eager to win, regardless of the dissuasion of Sun Dezhang, the governor of the five armies, and insisted on using the tactics of adding fuel to the city of Lanzhou to constantly transfer the Xia army from Lanzhou City to help defend Lotus Village.

It is precisely because of this that the drawbacks of the Great Xia military system not being subordinate to each other have emerged.

Most of the Xia troops who were personally recruited from all over the country were stationed in Lanzhou City, and when they were stationed in Lanzhou City, Emperor Chongzheng was in charge, and there were five armies under the command of the governor, so there was no situation where the order could not go down. And the lotus village is commanded by Wang Guoyuan, the chief soldier of Gansu, and Liao Ying, the commander of Shaanxi, and now it is actually a command of the border army and a command of the green battalion, but there is nothing wrong.

But

Gao Youxiao's paper order, that is, more Xia Jun from other provinces and even border towns all poured into the command of these two people.

Although the number of people has increased, but Shanxi, Hebei, Lianghu and even Jiangsu and Zhejiang, including the border army, the green camp, and the guard station are simply a hodgepodge, no one wants to use their own men and horses to knock on the hooves of the Liao people, they all want to preserve their strength, once the dirty work is a little bit less or less, they will have to go to Wang Guoyuan and Liao Ying to quarrel, so that these two people will not only command the battle, but also be overwhelmed by these things.

Even so, it can only be held out like this, and the emperor's holy decree cannot be violated, and it must be won, because according to Chongzheng's logic, my people and horses have fallen to the two of you, and you two can still lose, if you return to Lanzhou, the two of you can't eat and walk around,

The two generals had no choice but to hold on to the Lotus Village.

However, the Liao army, which had high morale due to the might of victory, obviously did not intend to let the scattered Xia army drag on for too long!

December 16, 40th year of Chongzheng

The Liao army attacked the Lotus Village at night, and broke the Xia Army for the fourth time, the Xia Army due to the large number of soldiers and horses in the Lotus Village, which caused some of the men and horses to retreat without authorization, and the battalion on duty did not get the news of the retreat, thinking that it was a mutiny and refused to let go! So much so that when the Liao army had broken through the wall, the Xia army in the wall was still in the midst of the armed struggle.

The bearded general Liao Ying and the Gansu general Wang Guoyuan couldn't stop these generals from other cities at all, so they could only order them to let them go east.

Their retreat caused the defenders on the walled wall to also move, after all, no one wants to face the fierce Liao army, right?

So much so that when the Liao people finally invaded the village, Liao Ying and Wang Guoyuan were left with part of the border army in Gansu Town and the Shaanxi Green Battalion in the hands of the Liao army.

Under the insistence of Wang Guoyuan, Liao Ying led the army to break through and escape to Lanzhou, while Wang Zongbing was surrounded by the army in Lotus Village in order to win time for the Xia army to retreat, and died in battle.

So far

Lianhuazhai, which is regarded as the key city of Lanzhou barrier, has fallen, Wang Guoyuan, the chief soldier of Gansu Town, died in battle, and the Xia army has been killed and wounded by tens of thousands, and Lanzhou City has no barrier to defend in front of the Liao army.

December 20, 40th year of Chongzheng

The Liao army drove to the city of Lanzhou, so that this northwest Xiongguan was exposed to the military might of foreign races for the first time in nearly three hundred years.

"See for yourself!"

In the Qingcheng Palace in Lanzhou, Gao Youxiao angrily slammed several books on his desk in front of Liao Ying, who was kneeling on the ground.

"You yourself are thinking about the folds sent by Wang Jingli these days! The fierce words of these ministers to me are almost to the point of scolding, like the shrews in the market! What peels off the skin and sucks the marrow, heavy and tired, causing natural disasters and landslides! In their eyes now, I am a faint king who ransoms his army, is inconsiderate of the people's feelings, and comes to disrupt the government! And all this is thanks to you! I just want to win a battle, even if it is one, not to mention the loss of your troops, and lose this lotus village, I think it won't be long before the Liao people will fight in Lanzhou City! ”

Chongzheng was furious, the King of Shu and Sun Dezhang who were sitting around hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and no one dared to talk, the two of them knew that as long as the northwest was defeated, the civil officials in Wang Jingli would inevitably throw pieces of paper at Chongzheng's case, I am afraid that there are still impeachments of the two of them, not to mention Liao Ying, I am afraid that there are all requests to kill him,

Although most of these civil officials who know the people are gentlemen, but the ancestral system is like this, no one can do it, if Chongzheng kills them in a rage, but instead sits on the name of this faint monarch who blocks the way of speech, those who can speak can leave a name in history.

Liao Ying, who was kneeling in the middle, had just come back from Lotus Village, and the blood stains on her body were still hanging on her armor before she had time to change and rushed to see Chongzheng.

Of course, what Chongzheng wanted was not this, after losing his temper, he turned around and sat back on the dragon chair behind the handsome case, and asked a few people with the fire in his heart: "Okay!" It's all lost, now it's even if you cut off Liao Ying's head, you can't exchange it with the Liao people for Lotus Village, everyone is flat, let's talk about it, what to do now! ”