Chapter Eighty-Six: An Unbelievable Change

Nanying was attacked at night ......!

When Xie An heard the news, he couldn't believe it, because he couldn't figure out where there were any remaining enemy troops here.

asked his corporal to collect Liang Qiuhao's body, Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Qin Ke'er and others hurried back to Nanying, after all, it was Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, who stayed in Nanying, and Xie An didn't want this talented man to fall here.

When Xie An and the others arrived at Nanying, it was already around the clock, and after just a glance, Xie An frowned, because he found that Li Xian's base camp and Nanying had been burned to the ground, leaving only a piece of wreckage.

"How can this be ・・・・・・" Even the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who can be called a last resort, showed a shocked expression this time, and looked at the ruins in front of him in disbelief, after all, just a day ago, the largest camp of the Zhou army, Li Xian's base camp and Xie An's southern camp, were erected here.

"Stampede ・・・・・・" The sound of horses' hooves came from the forest in the distance.

Xie An turned his head to take a look, and vaguely saw a scout galloping from a distance, looking like a scout of the Zhou army.

Sure enough, the scout-looking man turned over and dismounted after approaching Xie An, knocked on the ground and said, "Little His Royal Highness King Naixian is surrounded by guards, dare to ask you if you are Lord Xie?" ”

"It's this house!" Xie An nodded and asked, "Where is His Royal Highness King Xian?" ”

The guard hugged his fists and said in a deep voice, "Yesterday, the camp was attacked, and my Royal Highness had no soldiers in his hands, so I had to give up, leave the camp to hide, and sit back and watch the thief army burn down my camp. ”

Hearing this, Xie An glanced at the direction pointed by this person from a distance, and vaguely saw a cluster of people standing by the forest in the courtyard, and the leader was like Li Xian, the king of the eight sages.

"Let's go, let's see!" Han Li commanded the thousand people beside him, Xie An led the thousand cavalry towards the forest in the distance, and when he got closer, he saw who was the Confucian scholar standing outside the forest, not Li Xian?

Seeing Xie An coming with a thousand horses from a distance, Li Xian showed a little smile on his face, and bowed his hand from afar, "Xiao Wang congratulates Xie Shangshu and the eldest grandson on their triumphant return!" ”

Listening to Li Xian's words of congratulations, Xie An couldn't cry or laugh, came to Li Xian and turned over and dismounted, and said with a wry smile, "When is it?" Still come to this set of ......" As he spoke, Xie An glanced at the hundreds of wounded soldiers behind Li Xian, frowned and said, "Pit Man King, what ・・・・・・ are you doing?" ”

Nodding to the eldest grandson Xiangyu on the chariot as a courtesy, Li Xian shook his head at Xie An, frowned and said, "To be honest, Xiao Wang can't tell clearly, last night, Xiao Wang was reading a book in the tent, and suddenly heard the patrol guards in the camp hurriedly enter the account to report, saying that your southern camp was attacked and you are coming towards Xiao Wang's base camp...... Xie Shangshu also knew that at that time, Xiao Wang only had hundreds of guards in his hands, and this camp was also lost, so Xiao Wang could only wait for Xie Shangshu and the eldest grandson here! ”

While the two of them were talking, the eldest grandson Xiangyu also stepped out of the carriage with the support of Qin Ke'er and the little girl Wang Xin, Hearing Li Xian's words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said with a strange expression, "The first to be attacked is my husband's Nanying?" In other words, it's not Li Shen, the king of Qin! ”

"The eldest grandson is still so keen, in a word!" Li Xian glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in admiration, nodded and said in a deep voice, "Not bad!" - If the soldiers and horses of Li Shen, the king of Qin, crossed the broken wall of the gourd valley, then Xiao Wang's base camp should be attacked first, but last night, it was Xie Shangshu's southern camp that was attacked first, in other words, this road of soldiers and horses was not the rebel army in the northwest, but from the southeast! ”

"The Taipings?" Xie An frowned, and subconsciously looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

As if he had guessed his husband's thoughts, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head and said in contemplation, "No, Liu Qing should have no remaining troops to say to ・・・・・・, she has obviously calculated that her husband and her concubine will inevitably rush to the decisive valley to fight the final battle with her, so why do I need to attack my husband's southern camp?" - She should know very well that the southern camp of the husband was just an empty camp last night......"

"This is exactly ......what Xiao Wang is worried about" nodded, Li Xian frowned and said, "It's not Li Shen, the king of Qin, it's not Liu Qing in the sky, it should be a third-party soldier ・・・・・・" Speaking of this, Li Xian sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Xiao Wang ordered to withdraw from the camp in time last night, so there was no big loss, just lost an empty camp・・・・・・

After speaking, Li Xian looked at Xie An with earnest eyes, as if waiting for something.

And Xie An obviously guessed something, and his expression was a little unpleasant.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Li Xian couldn't help it anymore, and asked, "Dare to ask Xie Shangshu what he has gained from this battle?" ”

"Humph!" Xie An snorted coldly, turned his head and walked away.

Seeing this, Li Xian turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

On the one hand, he used to be small, and on the other hand, his husband, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was also a little embarrassed, thought about it, and snuggled in one direction.

Looking in the direction indicated by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Li Xian's eyes lit up, because he noticed that on one of the war horses under Xie An's command, there was a corpse lying horizontally, and a corpse full of crossbow arrows.

What kind of corpse did it take Xie An so seriously to bring it back in person?

If Li Xian couldn't even figure this out, he wouldn't be worthy of being called a wise man whose wisdom was comparable to that of Changsun Xiangyu, and after taking a look at the corpse, Li Xian showed a somewhat relieved smile on his face.

"What about Liu Qing?" Li Xian asked the eldest grandson Xiangyu in a low voice.

Quietly glancing at her husband Xie An in the distance, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shrugged his shoulders.

Seeing this, Li Xian suddenly realized, and knew in his heart that it must be Xie An who saw that his wife's cousin Liang Qiuhao had died, and he couldn't bear it, so he let Liu Qing go.

To this, Lee! Xian is not dissatisfied, after all, he is the same as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he is the most jealous! He is Liu Qing, whose wisdom is comparable to that of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but Liang Qiuhao, a peerless fierce general who cannot be judged by strategy and common sense.

The world's first fierce general, the third generation coach of the Taiping Army, Chen Bei... ・・・No, it's Liang Qiuhao, who finally died・・・・・・

God bless the Great Week!

Li Xian secretly said in his heart, as for Liu Qing, who had escaped, he didn't care too much, just as the eldest grandson Xiangyu said, without Liang Qiuhao, Liu Qing was just a very smart little girl at most, and it was difficult to make any mess.

After a few words of greeting, Xie An, Li Xian, Changsun Xiangyu and others returned to Nanying, where they waited for Liao Li, Su Xin, Li Jing, Ma Dan and other Zhou troops to return.

I have to say that when Liu Qing lost to the eldest grandson Xiangyu in terms of wisdom, and Liang Qiuhao died in the forest on the south side, the Taiping army had no room to return to defeat, and when Xie Anku sat in the forest, Liu Qing left several soldiers and horses behind the palace earlier, and were pursued and annihilated by the Zhou army.

According to the battle report sent, in addition to the decisive victory valley, the Taiping Army's shaking god general Yan Lei is still fighting with the Zhou army's general Ma Dan, most of the rest of the battles have ended, at this time, generals like Liao Li, Su Xin and other generals are reorganizing their soldiers and horses, preparing to return to Nanying.

After all, although the Taiping army on the side of Jiangling has been destroyed, they still have a strong enemy of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and Hulu Valley is still a strategically important camp against the king of Qin.

However, it is a pity that the military tents have been almost burned down, so Xie An and Li Xian can only ask the soldiers to build wooden houses in the camp, you must know that it is close to early winter at this time, if there is no place to shelter from the wind and snow, it is a question whether the Zhou army can survive this winter, let alone continue to fight against Li Shen, the king of Qin.

"Let's contact Jiangling," in the first built wooden house, Li Xian rubbed his hands in front of the brazier, and said to Xie An on the other, "If Xiao Wang's expectations are not bad, even if Liang Cheng of the Great Liang Army returns to aid Sichuan Valley, he will at least leave a force to be stationed in Jiangling, Xiao Wang feels that if our army wants to continue to fight against Li Shen, King of Qin, I am afraid that we will have to get some funding from Jiangling・・・・・・ last night's fire almost burned everything in Xiao Wang's camp and Xie Shangshu's southern camp!" ”

Xie An nodded when she heard this, and was about to speak, but saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu smile and said, "Lord Fujun, last night the concubine sent someone to Jiangling to inform the Great Liang Army, asking him to bring some useful things to Nanying ......" Saying that, she saw Xie An's face with a strange expression, and hurriedly said, "Lord Fujun, don't worry, the concubine will naturally not ask the Great Liang Army to take advantage of the hands of the people of Jiangling, and the concubine asked the Great Liang Army to promise the people of Jiangling that as long as they are willing to help our army, the imperial court will exempt them from ・・・・・・taxes for two years."

Xie An didn't have time to speak when he heard this, Li Xian gasped on the side, and said dumbfounded, "Exempt from taxes for two years?" That's a ......."

You must know that Jiangling is the largest city in Jingzhou, and if it is exempt from taxes for two years, the household department of the imperial court will obviously lose a huge amount of taxes, but after thinking about it, Li Xian didn't say anything more, after all, although the two-year tax is a huge tax, it is obviously insignificant compared to the lives of tens of thousands of Great Zhou soldiers here.

Just when everyone was talking, the generals of the Zhou army who had been sent to ambush Liu Qing earlier also returned to Nanying one after another, and they were stunned when they saw that their camp had become what it was now.

As of the end of the day, Liao Li, Qi Hao, Su Xin, Li Jing and other generals returned to Nanying one after another, and even Ma Dan of the Decisive Valley also sent people to Nanying to send a good report to Nanying to destroy Yan Lei, the general of the Taiping Army, but because he wanted to pursue the remnants of the Taiping Army, Ma Dan had not yet returned to Nanying.

As soon as these Zhou soldiers and horses arrived, Xie An's speed of building the camp increased a lot, especially when Wang Huai, the deputy general of Liang Cheng, the commander of the Great Liang Army, came from Jiangling with hundreds of carts of meat and wine, and the Zhou soldiers who were building the camp were even more enthusiastic.

Everyone knows that after eradicating Li Yan, the king of Chu, and the Taiping army, Xie An is bound to hold a celebration banquet to reward the three armies.

"Wang Huai, this will be hard for you!" Patting Wang Huai on the shoulder, Xie An said with a smile.

You must know that from the morning to the present, Xie An and the others, including the soldiers under his command, have not finished the rice, although there is still a lot of rice grain and bacon in the cellar of Li Xian's camp, the problem is that the fire yesterday, the location of the cellar in Li Xian's camp has long been missing. As a result, Wang Huai, who came to Nanying with a lot of food, became the loveliest person in the eyes of Xie An and everyone here.

Wang Huai looked a little embarrassed, after all, their Great Liang Army only picked up a great achievement in conquering Jiangling in vain, and they didn't even catch up with the tail in the most dangerous Battle of the Decisive Valley.

"Well, I can't afford to be praised like an adult...... Not...... There's something I'm going to know about it......"

"What's the matter?" Xie An, who only felt hungry in his abdomen, was busy asking people to prepare meals, and when he heard Wang Huai's words, he looked puzzled.

"This, I can't tell・・・・・・ it's better to see it first・・・・・・ said, Wang Huai turned his head to look outside the wooden house, and shouted in a deep voice, "Bring it up!" ”

As soon as the words fell, several sergeants of Daliang walked in with a woman who seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

As soon as they saw this person, Xie An, Li Xian, and Qin Ke'er gasped in shock, and even the eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes flashed with a hint of consternation.

Because they recognized that the person Wang Huai asked someone to bring it up turned out to be the head of the Taiping Army, the heavenly Ji Liu Qing.

But compared to Liu Qing in Xie An's impression, Liu Qing at this moment looks much haggard, with a muddy and nightmare on his face, where is there still the high spirit when he confronted the eldest grandson in the decisive valley.!

"What's going on?"

Xie An frowned and asked Wang Huai.

Wang Huai shook his head and clenched his fists and said, "This matter has to start before our army attacked Jiangling, and when our army attacked Jiangling, I saw Li Yan, the king of Chu, and his soldiers and horses were stationed on the hill outside the city, and the last general and others felt that Li Yan, the king of Chu, was probably intending to attack the Sichuan Valley・・・・・・ therefore, after the water receded, General Liang Cheng rushed to the Sichuan Valley with 30,000 Liang troops to help General Fei Guo, but halfway through, I heard that the battle in the Sichuan Valley had already ended. General Fei Guo not only annihilated the 40,000 Jiangling soldiers of Li Yan, the king of Chu, and even repelled the soldiers and horses of Li Bo, the prince of Qiuyang, at that time, Liang Cheng realized that the second lady was probably the second lady who fell for Liu Qingsheng's plan to attack the west, and Liu Qing's purpose was probably to use Li Yan to divert the attention of our army and break through from the valley......"

"Yo!" Eldest Sun Xiangyu's eyes flashed with a hint of discoloration, and said lightly, "I can't see it, Liang Cheng's reaction is quite fast...... Amazing, amazing! ”

Wang Huai's face froze when he heard this, and he realized that he had just said the wrong thing, and he couldn't speak.

"Alright, you can go on!" Xie An glanced at the eldest grandson, Xiangyu.

Seeing that Lord Fujun interjected, the eldest grandson Xiangyu pouted and stopped talking.

Cautiously glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Wang Huai continued・"After perceiving this, General Liang Cheng quickly passed the news to the last general who stayed in Jiangling, asking the last general to lead 20,000 soldiers to the valley to support General Ma Dan, but on the way to the valley, he met this female ......" said, he pointed to Liu Qing, who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, as if he was still immersed in his personal world, and said in a deep voice, "At that time, this woman fainted alone on the side of the road, if it wasn't for a general under the command of the last general, the last general really didn't expect it, This woman is actually the head of the Taiping thief army who fought against us earlier, Heavenly Ji Liu Qing! ”

"Alone?" Xie An was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise, "Isn't it?" She didn't have a guard by her side at the time? What about the Tianfu soldiers? At that time, there should have been nearly twenty Tianfu soldiers by her side! ”

"Tianfu soldiers?" Wang Huai was stunned and asked suspiciously, "My lord, what is a Tianfu soldier?" ”

"The most elite team of three hundred people in the Taiping Army......" explained simply, Xie An frowned, after all, in the forest where Liang Qiu Hao died yesterday, Xie An had never seen a single Tianfu sergeant, if nothing else, it was most likely that Liang Qiuhao ordered those Tianfu army soldiers to take Liu Qing away from here.

Could it be that those Tianfu soldiers were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they left Liu Qing and ran away by themselves?

Wrong!

Xie An subconsciously thought in his mind that in the decisive valley, the Tianfu soldiers did not hesitate to use their own flesh and blood to block arrows for their own coach Liang Qiuhao, Xie An shook his head heavily, he didn't believe that the three hundred warriors who could be called heroes would leave Liu Qing and run away by themselves.

The only explanation is ......

Liu Qing has been attacked!

Naturally, Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with an inquiring gaze.

As if noticing a little displeasure in his husband's eyes, a wry smile flashed in the eyes of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and he quickly explained, "Lord Husband, the concubine has not done anything this time...... At that time, Lord Fujun clearly wanted to let Liu Qing go, and even if the concubine had set up an ambush before, he would notify them to stop, not to mention that the concubine never thought that Liang Qiuhao would be able to take Liu Qing to break through from the decisive valley......"

"Not Xiangyu?" Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in surprise.

"The concubine has wronged ・・・・・・" the eldest grandson Xiangyu begged for mercy with a smile, looking at her like this, Qin Ke'er was secretly amused in her heart.

"That's weird・・・・・・" Xie An touched his chin, because he knew that although the eldest grandson Xiangyu had a bad personality, at most he was just doing some small actions behind his back, but he would not deceive him in person. Just like the sniping of Liang Qiuhao, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was indeed deployed without concealing Xie An, but when Xie An asked, the eldest grandson Xiangyu admitted it very calmly.

Although this woman has a bad personality, she is not so bad that she will deceive Xie An, who is her husband, if she says that she did not arrange an ambush to ambush Liu Qing in advance, it means that she really did not do that.

But the question is, who is Xiangyu, who is it if it is not the eldest grandson?

Glancing at Liu Qing, whose face was full of confusion, Xie An thought about it, and knew that Liang Qiuhao's death had an extremely strong impact on this woman, and if he asked her at this time, he might not be able to ask anything.

"That's it, the matter is put on hold for the time being...... Wang Huai, take her down first, find a wooden house and lock her up, and don't slack off on food! ”

"Yes!" Wang Huai hugged his fists and escorted Liu Qing down with a few Liang sergeants.

From beginning to end, Liu Qing didn't say a word, her blank eyes didn't even change, she looked more sad than dead, if nothing went wrong, she was afraid that she didn't even know her current situation.

Looking at Liu Qing's departing back, Li Xian's face showed a bit of a strange look, and he muttered, "This is really ...... Effortless? ”

Glancing at Li Xian, Xie An didn't say anything, although he had the heart to let Liu Qing go, but right now, he couldn't say anything.

And at this moment, a partial general walked into the house and knocked on the ground and said to Li Xian, "Your Highness Qiqi, last night's losses have been counted clearly, and our army is not a reduction in the number of soldiers, but it is ......."

"But what?" Li Xian asked suspiciously.

I saw that the partial general glanced at Xie An, and said in a low voice, "Someone saw last night that Lord Xie had a guard who was taken away by the army that attacked our army camp last night・・・・・・

"The guards of the Mansion?" Xie An was stunned.

"Yes, it seems to be called ・・・・・・ Moyan!"