Chapter 172

When the dust cleared and everything returned to calm, it was as if the world had also woken up from the apocalypse, revealing a thousand rays of light at the end of the distant horizon.

After the war, everything was as if it were a world away.

It's just that the blood flowers blooming brilliantly on the ground, stinging everyone's eyes, the corpses everywhere, the diffuse blood, and the bloody smell that soars to the sky, showing everything that has just happened, it is a nightmare bloody battle!

When will it be able to stop completely.

I don't know who it is, but let out a long sigh.

This battle ended with the Shadow Legion snatching Wan Yan Shuo, Liang Jian, Wang Huaiyi and others who were still fighting hard from the Yan reinforcement array, and the remaining soldiers on the left and right flanks joined forces to break through the encirclement of the Yan army and flee south.

The soldiers on the left and right wings of the Yan State took the opportunity to counterattack and chase together with the reinforcements in the middle, along the way, the guards suffered heavy losses, and the heavy grain and grass were almost lost, but fortunately, Wan Yanshuo did not ignore the soldiers because of the fiasco, and personally led the army to break off, so that the guards would not be wiped out.

After chasing and killing for a long time, the Yan army returned with a full load under the leadership of generals from all walks of life.

This is the end of the patriotic "Northern Expedition" --

The wind rose again, blowing yellow sand covering the sky and the sun, blowing in the face.

A layer of gold covered the river of red blood that was still flowing on the ground.

In the Yan army array, Shangguan Yu stood with his hands in his hands, he was not in a hurry to meet the emperor, but after directing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, he squinted his eyes and looked south for a while, then put away his expression, turned his head coldly, looked at the emperor of Yan who had been silent, and bowed slightly:

"The old minister Shangguan Yu has seen the emperor, and the old minister is late to save the driver, which frightened the emperor, and I hope the emperor will forgive the sin!"

Before the words fell, Shangguan Yu's eyes flashed, he suddenly raised his head and sneered, and continued to the emperor: "The old minister is in armor, it is inconvenient to salute, the emperor won't blame me, right?" ”

Hearing this, the soldiers of the Yan Army, who were still happy with the victory over the country, suddenly held their breath, and countless eyes instantly looked at the two monarchs and ministers.

There was a dead silence in the crowd.

Seeing that Shangguan Yu was disrespectful to him, the emperor couldn't help frowning slightly, tilted his head slightly, and a murderous aura flashed in the depths of his eyes, but in an instant, a warm smile appeared on his face, he lifted the reins, took the initiative to ride forward, came to Shangguan Yu's side, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Shangguan Qing's words are serious, you have a meritorious role in saving the driver, how can I blame you?"

Shangguan Yu subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but before he could make a move, he saw the emperor standing beside him suddenly squint his eyes and look behind him.

Shangguan Yu frowned, followed the emperor's gaze and turned back, and the moment he turned around, his gaze met with Wan Yanzhao's gaze behind him in the air.

Those are calm but full of vitality and even ambition!

Even if he was used to seeing life and death, Shangguan Yu still couldn't help but shudder, Wan Yan Zhao had ambitions, why did he stay by his side?

At this time, the emperor suddenly coughed lightly, and Shangguan Yu turned around, only to see that the emperor, who was still gloomy just now, became extremely majestic in an instant.

Wanyan Zhao saw Murong Dan looking at him, hurriedly drove his horse forward, and after coming to the emperor's side, he turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground, shouting loudly: "After the minister, Yan Shuo has seen the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Shangguan Yu's eyes tightened suddenly, staring at Wan Yan Zhao.

The emperor seemed to feel something, glanced at Yan Zhao again, then moved his gaze to Shangguan Yu, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but after pondering for a while, he shook his head and did not speak, he glanced at Shangguan Yu again, turned his head and turned to Wan Yan Zhao with a smile and said:

"You're finished? Flatten. ”

Wan Yan Zhao replied respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty." With that, he stood up and stood aside.

Seeing that he was so humble, Murong Dan's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at him deeply and said, "This time, General Shangguan led the army to rescue King Qin, and you have made great contributions to Yan Zhao, and I will never treat you badly," Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at Yan Zhao, and waited for him to answer.

But Wan Yan Zhao's expression remained unchanged as if he didn't know the deep meaning of these words, and he just bowed and saluted: "This is Wan Yan Zhao's business, and he can't afford to be rewarded by the emperor." ”

The emperor frowned when he heard this, but there was a smile on his face, and said: "Very good, it is rare to have a young man like you who is not proud of your merits, Shangguan Yu has found me a good person to govern the country," Speaking of this, he paused, turned his head to look at the busy soldiers in front of him, and slowly continued:

"You are a very methodical person, I have a lot of 'arrangements' in Yaonan, and the enemy of the Weiguo Auxiliary Road Army is unknown, once you leave the city rashly and lose Yaonan, no one can afford this responsibility, in such a difficult situation, you can still let Shangguan Yu lead the army to Zhongliang City, and do something almost impossible, hey, I fell into the enemy's tricks by mistake and almost perished here, I didn't expect you to be able to get such a talent as you in Yan Kingdom, I am very relieved."

Wan Yanzhao's face remained unchanged, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have won the award." ”

The emperor's eyes were dark, but the smile on his face did not decrease at all, and he waved his hand and replied lightly:

"I never knew what a 'prize' was, and since you have this ability, how can I let the yellow sand bury the pearls?"

Hearing this, Wan Yanzhao's face changed slightly, and he looked up at Murong Dan, only to feel that the emperor's gaze was faintly sharp in his decisive smile, as sharp and dazzling as a blade, making people dare not look directly.

The emperor also looked at Yan Zhao, and after looking at him for a long time, the emperor suddenly smiled and said, "There are still in the imperial court."

Before the words fell, I saw that Shangguan Yu, who came to the two of them at some point, suddenly screamed, and the two hurriedly turned their heads, only to see Shangguan Yu's war horse under his crotch as if frightened, and suddenly raised his head and neighed, rushing towards the two.

The Yulin Army, which was not far away, couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw that the emperor was in danger, and they drew their swords and wanted to step forward to escort them, but they were stopped by a group of soldiers before they could act.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyuan's hands holding the long sword trembled uncontrollably, even if the cold wind was biting, there was still cold sweat on his head.

He looked ahead, clenched his fists fiercely, took a deep breath, suppressed his impulse, and then waved his hand to stop his subordinates, preventing them from acting rashly, and at the same time put away his sword, frowned, and looked at the soldiers in front of him, only to see that although Shangguan Yu's subordinates were not much different from other soldiers, but their eyebrows were different from those of the Imperial People, at this moment they were all smiling and looking gentle, but they rode their horses to block the way, without the slightest intention of moving away.

Li Dongyuan's thoughts turned sharply, wanting to find a good opportunity to break through the encirclement to save the emperor, at the same time, his eyes were firmly fixed on the direction of the emperor, at this moment he pulled the reins tightly with his left hand, and quietly retracted his right hand into his sleeve, once he found that Shangguan Yu had a bad plan or his horse injured the emperor, he threw out the flying sword in his sleeve to assassinate Shangguan Yu.

In front, Shangguan Yu's horse lost control and rushed straight towards the emperor with Shangguan Yu.

The incident happened suddenly, and the emperor had no time to dodge, so he could only watch the horse rush towards him.

All of them happened in the light of calcium carbide fires.

Li Dongyuan saw that the situation was not good, and suddenly grinned at the soldier who stopped him, and at the same time his right hand clasped the flying sword in his sleeve, and when he saw Shangguan Yu, he was about to throw the sword and assassinate him, but before he could make a move, he suddenly changed sharply, and saw that the horse had just rushed to the emperor, and then as if he had seen something extremely strange, as if he was very frightened, the horse suddenly let out a long neigh, and then stepped on the air with his front hooves, and the person stood up.

Everyone was taken aback by this sudden change, especially Shangguan Yu on horseback, who was shocked, subconsciously released the reins, and suddenly screamed in fright, waving his hands wildly, trying to grab something in order to maintain balance.

Not far behind Shangguan Yu, several generals saw that the situation was not good, and after glancing at each other, they hurriedly drove forward, and at this time Shangguan Yu could no longer support it, and he was about to fall off the horse. The horse's hooves fell to the ground and rushed forward.

Shangguan Yu thought that he had to get out of the big trouble, and just breathed a sigh of relief, but he was brought forward by the horse, and he didn't take a breath, choking and coughing, and his face turned red in an instant.

Seeing this, the young man frowned, looked at Wan Yanzhao, who was watching indifferently on the side, and saw that the latter nodded slightly, so the young man chased forward, and after running a few steps, he pulled a war horse, and then turned over and chased after the crazy horse.

The boy drove the horse in a hurry, but it was not long before he caught up with the crazy horse.

Everyone was horrified and held their breath, although the soldiers had the heart to rescue, they were helpless, they could only look forward to the young man's contribution and save Shangguan Yu.

I saw that after the young man caught up with the horse, he cautiously approached the horse, and suddenly pulled his right hand, and everyone only saw a flash of white light, and then saw the young man pull Shangguan Yu back, and then clamped his crotch and got off the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed forward, just catching Shangguan Yu.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

And the "crazy horse" was injured by the young man, lost control, and with a mournful roar at the same time as Shangguan Yu fell, the horse rushed forward a few more steps before falling down.

Blood poured out of its neck, staining the yellow sand and stinging everyone's hearts.

There was a dead silence on the vast battlefield, only the ancient cool breeze blowing from the north and the endless whining of the yellow sofa resounded between heaven and earth.

The yellow sand fills the earth, as if it covers the earth, covering everything on the earth with a layer of yellow.

The shocking red color is slowly hidden by the yellow sand, and it will soon be invisible.

After a long time, the emperor took a deep breath, stood up straight, and tried to relax himself, but even he felt that every muscle in his body was already tense under the armor, and even at this time he did not relax.

And the soldiers who stopped Li Dongyuan and the others made way for them.

Li Dongyuan hurriedly led the crowd to the emperor, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Weichen was late to save the car, he was shocked by the holy driver, and he committed a capital crime, so I beg Your Majesty to punish you!" ”

All the surrounding soldiers fell to their knees with them.

In an instant, there were only two people standing between heaven and earth, the emperor and Shangguan Yu.