Chapter 78, Dark Night Pursuit
All the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they saw that Queen Quan Zhiyu was actually holding Zu Zhao, and no one dared to speak more. What is the situation, why would the queen hold a foreign general, is she going to marry this man? Besides, men and women are not allowed to kiss, especially in the Central Plains, men and women are not allowed to contact each other, and now, the queen actually hugged Zu Zhao, so they couldn't help but be surprised.
Zu Zhao saw that everyone was looking at them dumbfounded, coughed lightly, and said, "Hey, your people are looking at you, you have to control your emotions." ”
When Quan Zhiyu heard this, he also trembled instantly, he didn't control it for a while, and he actually gave a hug in front of the three armies, which was really embarrassing. But she didn't let go of Zu Zhao immediately, but made up her mind, calmly let go of Zu Zhao, and said to the three armies very majestically: "All the generals, you all know that making peace with the Han Dynasty is the most effective way to establish an alliance between the two countries. This time I went back to Silla, I wanted to marry him on a certain day, and then Silla would be an ally of the Han Dynasty, and no one would dare to bully us in the future, we could not disturb the Han Dynasty, and similarly, the Han Dynasty would not invade our Silla. “
When the soldiers of the three armies of Silla heard this, they were all stunned at first, and then they all raised their weapons in their hands and shouted loudly, "Long live the Queen", in their opinion, there is no need to fight with the Han Dynasty, this is naturally the best thing, the queen can give up her noble status and make peace with the Han Dynasty, isn't this for the sake of the people of Silla, so everyone cheered.
When Zu Zhao heard this, he secretly said in his heart: "It seems that I have fallen into your way, your queen is really very adaptable, and the three armies all know that you are going to marry me, and I can't escape this marriage." As a last resort, in order to cooperate with Quan Zhiyu's acting, he could only wave his hand to greet the Silla soldiers.
In a burst of cheers from the army, the ring game continued, and in the next game, the generals of Silla gave full play to their strength, among which there were many fierce generals, and there were two or three people who could compete with the vicious generals, Zu Zhao suggested that these two or three people were worthy of promotion, and they were also very loyal to Quan Zhiyu and respected their opponents.
Quan Zhiyu adopted Zu Zhao's opinion, and immediately after the game, he summoned the three of them and knighted them respectively, and the three of them thanked them for their kindness and expressed their allegiance to the queen. As for the matter of the general, Quan Zhiyu followed Zu Zhao's suggestion and did not choose among these people, but left a suspense, and after she became the queen again, she would select capable people from all over the country, so that the queen personally made the imperial list, and naturally she could attract all the capable people in Silla.
The three of them were not dissatisfied with the queen's failure to fulfill her promise to make them the generals, but they all felt that the queen did this wisely, although they stood out at this moment, but they were placed in the whole country, and they were not necessarily the most powerful, and now the queen can afford to promote them, it is already a value for them, and in the future, they must rely on their loyal allegiance to the queen.
That night, everything was arranged, and Quan Zhiyu still came to Zu Zhao's house to sleep with Zu Zhao.
"Tonight, shouldn't we take off our clothes and sleep together?" Zu Zhao asked with a smile.
Quan Zhiyu asked puzzledly: "I didn't take it off before, why do you want to take it off tonight?" ”
Zu Zhao said: "It's worth celebrating tonight, I handed you a new trick, but Sister Cai Wenji didn't hand it over to you, so that you can really give birth to a child for me." ”
Quan Zhiyu blushed and said, "Really? Since you like it, then take it off and go to sleep. ”
Zu Zhao stared at her, wondering in his heart, whether this queen was pretending to be in front of her, like a little girl who didn't know anything, but she was in front of the three armies, but she reacted quickly, and she had the demeanor of a queen, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a person who didn't know what to do to have children.
He doesn't want to care so much, no matter how much he pretends to be, anyway, it seems that sooner or later she will be her own person, or that he will be her person sooner or later, so let's teach her to be a man tonight. However, she is still young, and she can't just let her conceive a child, and the contraceptive measures that should be taken must still be taken, otherwise she will really have children and grandchildren all over the world by then.
The two chatted with each other for a while, Zu Zhao naturally didn't say less provocative love words, and finally teased all the people who were itching up and down, and when they were about to attack, suddenly there was a chaotic sound outside. Zu Zhao was puzzled, who dared to mess around like this in his own yard.
As soon as he got dressed and got up, the door was slammed open, and he was about to get angry, but he saw his guards crashing in covered in blood, and there were several arrows stuck in their bodies. Zu Zhao was shocked, and immediately ordered Quan Zhiyu to put on his clothes, and at the same time drove forward to help the guards and ask what was going on.
The guard spat blood and said intermittently: "General, the Silla people have launched a rebellion, saying that the queen is a prodigal woman who wants to destroy Silla, and they want to get rid of the queen for the sake of Silla's dignity." ”
Zu Zhao was shocked and asked, "Who is so bold?" ”
"It's the Silla general who fought with Vice Admiral Ma in the ring." Said the guard.
"Is that him? Wasn't he arrested? Zu Zhao asked in surprise.
The guard spat out a mouthful of blood, blinked his eyes several times, and then said: "General, he united with his subordinates, and entangled some people who have prejudices against the queen today, and he has already killed the general, general, you go quickly, I can't protect the general, I really deserve to die." ”
Zu Zhao hugged him and said, "You have been loyal." Before he could speak, the guard spurted out a mouthful of blood, convulsed for a while, tilted his head, and died in Zu Zhao's arms.
At this time, Quan Zhiyu had already dressed hastily and came to Zu Zhao's side, and when he saw the guards covered in blood, he was shocked and hurriedly asked what was going on. Zu Zhao said: "The general who was arrested today has entangled a group of people who have prejudices against you to launch a rebellion, and wants to arrest us, don't say so much, we must leave here." ”
As soon as Zu Zhao's words fell, he only heard the sound of swords and swords, and dozens of Silla soldiers immediately rushed in at the door and window, and the first one was the partial general who should have been locked up in prison, with a treacherous sneer on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, where do you want to go?" ”
Quan Zhiyu was angry and scolded: "Are you trying to rebel? ”
The general pointed at Quanzhi, and Da Lu smiled: "It's you who want to rebel." You are the queen of Silla, and you actually hugged and hugged a man from Han before you got married, what kind of system did you become, it really hurts the dignity of my Silla country, you don't accompany me as the queen of Silla at all, I will escort you back to Kyoto and tell the people of Silla about your scandal. Tonight, you're still sleeping with this dog, right? Your face has been disgraced by you, and if you don't put you to death, I'm sorry for the Silla royal family, and I don't have the face to be ashamed of the people. ”
Quan Zhiyu said: "I have already married him, what is the fault of me holding him together." You dare to kidnap the queen, this is a great sin for the Nine Clans. Now that you step back with your footmen, I can hold you less accountable. ”
General Bi sneered: "Don't scare me with your queen's frame, now Silla has a new king, not you, a shameless woman." Wouldn't it be nice for me to arrest you dog men and women and go back to Kyoto, and then to be promoted to the rank of knight. Someone came and grabbed the two dogs, men and women. ”
When the soldier received the order, he immediately brandished his sword, gun, sword and halberd and rushed towards Zu Zhao and Quan Zhiyu. Where had Quan Zhiyu seen such a rush, and he was immediately frightened to the point that his face turned pale, his feet were weak, and he was almost unsteady on his feet. Zu Zhao secretly screamed in his heart, no matter what he said, he had to hold out until Zhang Yuan and them arrived, but now he had no weapons in his hands, and he had to take care of everything, the other party was dozens of armed people, and he was afraid that he would not be able to hold it for long.
Just thinking about it, when a person brandished a sword and rushed up, Zu Zhao was quick, kicked him to the ground, snatched the long sword from his hand, and fought with other people who rushed up, because it was too chaotic, he couldn't take care of the whole thing unconsciously, and was desperately trying to rush out of the door, when he suddenly heard a roar, and then the very unfamiliar Chinese came into his ears: "Put down the sword, otherwise I will kill her." ”
Zu Zhao turned around when she heard this, only to see that Quan Zhiyu had been grabbed by the general, and the sword was on her neck, she looked at Zu Zhao coldly, with a smug smile on the corner of her mouth, and said: "Sure enough, General Hanbang, your ability is really good, but how good are you?" Now that the queen is in my hands, if you dare to do it again, I will kill her. ”
When Zu Zhao heard this, the sword in his hand was clenched tightly, and he couldn't wait to kill the general with a sword. But before he could make an obvious move, the long sword in the general's hand moved, and Quan Zhiyu screamed, and a shallow blood mark immediately appeared on her white and tender neck.
"Let's see if you're fast or I'm fast." General Silla said fiercely: "If you want to save her, put down your weapon immediately, or I will kill her." ”
"No, put down your weapons, we'll all die." Quan Zhiyu said loudly.
Zu Zhao smiled, glanced at Quan Zhiyu tenderly, and said, "But I can't watch you die first, you are now my wife." When the words fell, I heard a clang, and the sword in my hand had fallen to the ground.
As soon as his sword landed, a Silla soldier on the side immediately stabbed with a sword, Zu Zhao was defenseless, and immediately hit a sword in the abdomen, but fortunately, he turned around in time to dodge, so he didn't hurt the vital point, but only cut a big hole, but it was still painful, he screamed, knelt on the ground, covered the wound with his hand, blood gushed out from his fingers, and stained his clothes red.
When Quan Zhiyu saw Zu Zhao injured, he remembered crying, his eyes were full of tears, and he said sadly: "You go quickly, you don't care about me." ”
Zu Zhao struggled to stand up, tried to squeeze out a smile, and said, "You are my woman, can I leave you alone?" You said that you are already engaged to me, and as a man, I have a duty to protect you, even if I die. ”
Quan Zhiyu was already moved in his heart, he couldn't imagine that Zu Zhao valued her so much in his heart, and would rather die for her, thinking about the first time they met, Zu Zhao didn't have a good impression of her, and now, he would rather be injured or killed for himself, such a man, how could she not be moved.
"You're so stupid." She can only express her heart in these three words.
General Bi sneered: "Sure enough, it's a friendly couple." But it's a pity. Tie him up and get out of here at once. ”
"Yes." The soldiers agreed, took out ropes and tied Zu Zhao, and then escorted them out of the city together, and hurried to the city gate, a total of two or three hundred horsemen.
After walking for a while, I suddenly heard a loud shout from behind: "Stop hurting my lord, and surrender quickly." ”
Everyone turned around, but it was Zhang Yuan who rode the leading general, and the cavalry that followed behind had already been left behind by him. The Silla general, knowing that Jang Yuan was powerful, immediately ordered his attendants to flee and not to fight. A group of men swung their whips violently, drove their horses, and fled beyond the ordinary city gate.
But Zhang Yuan's horse was fast, and he immediately chased after him, only to see that his spear was raised, and the two cavalrymen who ran behind the most horse had been stabbed under the horse. When General Silla saw this, he was horrified and ordered, "Throw him down." In these words, he naturally refers to Zu Zhao.
The soldier received the order, immediately threw Zu Zhao off his horse, and then escorted the partial general to continue to flee towards the city gate.
Zhang Yuan saw that Zu Zhao was allowed to dismount, rolled on the ground several times, and finally hit the corner of the wall, he was shocked, immediately flew off the horse, rushed forward in a few steps, and when he snorted, he stuck the spear on the ground, leaned over to help Zu Zhao, saw that he was covered in blood, his heart was shocked, and he said loudly: "General, you can't have anything, General." ”
Zu Zhao was just a little dizzy from the fall, and now he is awake, although he is in severe pain, but there is nothing serious. Zhang Yuan saw Zu Zhao open his eyes, his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately hugged him to get on the horse, and said, "General, I'll take you back for treatment." ”
Zu Zhao grabbed him and said, "Wenyuan, I have nothing to do, you don't have to worry about me now." ”
Zhang Yuan was shocked: "General, you are covered in blood, how can I ignore you." Don't worry, I'll take you back immediately, and you'll be fine. ”
Zu Zhao said: "I just have a skin injury. You ordered you to chase them immediately, and you must chase them back, and you can't let them take them back to Kyoto, otherwise we will fail this time out of Silla. ”
"But General, how can I let you go if you are like this? I'll take you back first, and I'm chasing them, right? Zhang Yuan said hurriedly.
Zu Zhao said: "When they go out of the city, once you lose your vision, you won't be able to catch up with them, this is their territory, you are not familiar with the environment here, how to find them?" There can't be anything wrong with Quanzhi, otherwise I will only ask you. “
"But the general"
"Go after them, this is an order, if there is something wrong with Quan, you are the biggest sin, and military law does not allow mercy." Zu Zhao shouted and reprimanded.
"General" Zhang Yuan was also anxious, he didn't want Zu Zhao to have anything to do.
"I have nothing to do, go after them, do you want to disobey?" Zu Zhao said.
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "My subordinates don't dare." He saw that Ma Yuan had already led people to chase after him, and then saw that those Silla people were about to leave the city gate, and said, "Take care, general, I will definitely bring the queen back safe and sound." ”
After speaking, he put Zu Zhao down, lifted the spear, stepped on the horse's back, clamped his legs, only heard the neighing of the horse, and in the blink of an eye, Zhang Yuan had already rushed out dozens of meters away. Zu Zhao saw it in his eyes, and said quietly: "You must chase her back intact." ”
At this moment, Ma Yuan also led people to chase after him, and when he saw Zu Zhao, the whole team immediately turned over and dismounted, surrounded Zu Zhao, and saw Zu Zhao's waist bleeding, everyone was shocked.
"General, your subordinates are late, please forgive me." Ma Yuan and the others immediately knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty to Zu Zhao.
Zu Zhao said: "Get up, the Silla people raided, no one thought of it." Ma Yuan, you immediately take someone to pick up Zhang Yuan, there must be no mistake. ”
Ma Yuan said: "But you, general? ”
"I don't have anything to do, you lead people to go immediately, you must bring back all the dangers intact, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law. I'll ride back. Zu Zhao raised his voice and said.
Ma Yuan said "oh", sent more than a dozen people to escort Zu Zhao back, he chased after him with more than 100 horses, and at this moment there was no trace of the Silla soldiers and Zhang Yuan, but there were bursts of dust left in the faint firelight, flying and spreading in the air.
Let's say that Zhang Yuan rode alone and chased the Silla soldiers out of the city gate, and the other party entered a small road, and did not dare to stop, and moved forward quickly with Quan Zhiyu. The Silla general saw that Zhang Yuan's horse was fast and would soon catch up, so he ordered a dozen cavalry to turn around and block Zhang Yuan, while he continued to flee with Quan Zhiyu.
The cavalry got the order, turned around one after another, and stabbed Zhang Yuan with a gun, Zhang Yuan was not afraid at all, he didn't stop, roared angrily, the gun went like the wind, and killed the first person with one shot, and then flew up, and another shot was pulled out, directly stabbing two people with one stone, and the rest of the people saw this, and couldn't help but gasp, swallow their saliva, and pull the mount and didn't dare to step forward.
Zhang Yuan drew back his spear, did not slack off, and stepped forward. Seeing this, the cavalry knew that the enemy Zhang Yuan could not be reached, so they turned their horses' heads one after another, and did not dare to walk on the road, and flashed into the jungle one after another. Zhang Yuan drove forward immediately, and did not chase them, but chased after them in the hope of the whole danger.
After chasing for a short time, the Silla general heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked back, Zhang Yuan had already caught up. He was horrified in his heart, how brave this general was, and how fast he came.
"Shoot him." General Silla shouted.
The soldiers were ordered, and they drew forty or fifty people, took arrows and drew bows, only to see flying arrows shooting towards Zhang Yuan like raindrops. Zhang Yuan was not afraid at all, and used his gun to pull away the arrows and speed forward. When those soldiers saw this, they were all shocked in their hearts, and continued to shoot at him with arrows and bows, and they were orderly in front and back, which was bound to block Zhang Yuan's way.
I saw Zhang Yuan shaking his spirits, the spear danced, and the gun flew up in front of him, forming a barrier and blocking the flying arrows one after another. Suddenly, several more arrows were shot out of the jungle, and he parried some of them, but all the way to his shoulder, almost hitting him in the neck, and blood spurted out, staining half of his face.
This completely annoyed Zhang Yuan, he roared angrily, shot out, and stabbed one person to death. When the mounts of the Silla cavalry heard Zhang Yuan's roar, they were frightened, raised their legs and neighed, shaking the cavalry to the ground one after another, and fled by themselves.