The next day, at noon, the repatriated envoy brought news that the protector of Ziyang City, Lu Zuo, had agreed to the conditions proposed by the imperial army. Li Yunshen pretended to be Xu Dazhi and followed the envoy out of the imperial army camp.

The two rode their horses and headed for Ziyang City. As soon as he entered the city gate, a group of members of Xu Dazhi's headquarters lined up to greet him. Li Yunshen didn't know anyone, and he didn't know how Xu Dazhi had always gotten along with his subordinates, but he had the ability to observe words and colors, and to observe people.

After separating from the sect members of the headquarters, he went to the Taishou Mansion with the envoy to resume his life. He was completely unfamiliar with the road here, thanks to the messenger who had returned his life together, all the way to the inner hall of the Taishou Mansion.

There were already several people sitting in the inner hall at this time, and when they saw Li Yunshen coming, they all stood up and condoled, only the chief man with a black robe and long hair and a fairy style was still unmoved, which was naturally the supreme commander in this city.

Li Yunshen strode up to the man and bowed, "The disciple has seen Lu Zuo's protector!" ”

From the torture of the captives, Li Yunshen also roughly knew some information about several leaders in Ziyang City. Lu Zuo's Dharma Protector's name is Lu Zongmou, and in the structure of the Six Dust Sect, there are several elders above him in addition to Master Yiquan, but in fact, judging from the real power he holds, he can be regarded as the role of the second and third in command. And the others, respectively, are the deacons in the sect, whose status is above that of ordinary disciples, but below Lu Xu and the others.

Lu Zongmou said happily: "Dazhi has suffered. ”

Li Yunshen pretended to be depressed and said: "The disciple is ashamed, he can't break the enemy, but he will be humiliated by being captured. Shame on me. The disciple felt extremely guilty in his heart. ”

Lu Zongmou shook his head, and said with a light smile that was not salty or light: "It's good that you're back, don't blame yourself too much." It's the old man who made a mistake in making a decision and didn't listen to your advice. only then did he fall for the tricks of the Zhou thieves, and there was such a defeat. ”

When Lu Zongmou said this, Li Yunshen sensitively noticed that the others were showing stunned expressions. They looked at each other, and it was clear that what he said did not match the facts.

He then said, "Why did Lu Zuo Protector say this? If the disciple had such a clever plan, how could he be defeated and captured? ”

Only then did Lu Zongmou show some relaxation, and said with a smile: "It's the old man who is confused." Dazhi, if your body is fine, you can be the vanguard when you pursue the Zhou thieves tomorrow. ”

When Li Yunshen heard this, his heart lit up: Sure enough. Their compromise is fake, and it is true to take advantage of the chaos to pursue. If the dynastic army retreated as agreed, they would surely intercept the rear army, rob the grain and grass, and suffer heavy losses.

"Xie Lu Zuo Protector! The disciple couldn't ask for it. Li Yunshen arched his hand and said: "However, in this way, wouldn't Senior Brother Yu's life be difficult to protect?" ”

"Don't worry." Lu Zongmou said without hurrying: "Now that they want to keep Yu Cheng as a hostage, they will naturally not harm him." At the time of the withdrawal, the prisoners were also mostly arranged in the rear army. When he is attacked by our army, the enemy only cares about fleeing for his life, and how can he have time to take care of the prisoners? ”

Li Yunshen pretended to be relieved and said: "Lu Zuo's protector is really thoughtful! It's just that if the Zhou thief also thought of our plan and was prepared, what would happen? ”

This question made everyone smile proudly.

One person replied for Lu Zongmou: "Senior Brother Xu." The Zhou thief retreated three days later, but yesterday there were already 3,000 brothers from Pingzhou, day and night, the ambush soldiers in the Zhou thief retreat must pass through the place, and the pursuit of the army here echoed the end, will definitely hit the Zhou thief in chaos, crying father and mother!

Li Yunshen listened. Although he was secretly shocked in his heart, he immediately showed an agitated expression and knelt down and said: "Lu Zuo's Dharma Protector is clever!" This time, the disciple must live up to his mission! ”

Three days later, at the fourth watch, the barracks began to cook around the hearth, and after the sergeants finished eating, they began to pack up the camp and prepare to officially start withdrawing troops on the fifth watch.

The military order was like a mountain, and as soon as the fifth watch arrived, all the three battalions of troops rose up and withdrew in the direction away from Ziyang.

Helan Chu helped Zuo Ying to board the carriage, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister just received the spy report, the thieves in Pingzhou City have moved, I am afraid that the road ahead is not smooth, please go with Your Majesty." ”

Zuo Ying said: "Aiqing is the commander of the three armies, and he should not scatter his energy too much on protecting me, otherwise there will be complaints in the army." ”

Helan Chu bowed his head slightly and said, "I respectfully obey Your Majesty's holy decree." ”

The army slowly marched forward, preparing to turn back when they saw the wolf smoke released by the ambush soldiers outside Ziyang City, and the outposts kept searching for information on all sides.

It was the depths of winter, and although there was no snow during this time, the weather was already quite cold. Zuo Ying walked with the army in the carriage, neither exercising nor heating equipment, and was a little uncomfortable cold. Whether it was Li Yunshen, who was responding in Ziyang City, or Ashina Wuji, who led the troops to ambush with Xiahou Yuan, it all made Zuo Ying a little uneasy.

Just when she was restless, there was a commotion outside.

"When is the noise?" Zuo Ying asked.

A slightly frightened voice from an adjutant general outside, "Your Majesty, the sky has changed!" ”

Zuo Ying opened the curtains, and sure enough, she found that the sky outside had become extremely gloomy, as if it was evening, and it was completely different from what the sun should be.

The army had stopped, and the cavalry, infantry, and archers were all on alert, on the lookout for possible enemies.

It was only a dozen seconds, and the sky had changed from gloomy in the evening to dark at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and gradually it was almost impossible to see the appearance of the brothers around him.

At this moment, a loud noise came from nowhere, followed by a scream. Followed by two and three ...... Countless more and more intensive knocking sounds came, like the sound of a heavy object falling on his canopy upstairs, and exclamations were also heard one after another. Everyone knew that it was not good, but they only panicked, and they didn't know what was going on, how to dodge and fight back.

With a faint light, people saw countless lumpy hard things falling from the sky overhead, the largest one was the size of a fist, and the smallest one was the size of an egg, and it fell from such a high height that even the people with helmets were knocked unconscious and fell, and many war horses were hit on the head and fell to the ground on the spot. The army was in chaos.

"Hail—" someone shouted.

By this time, the sky had completely darkened to the point where nothing could be seen.

As early as when someone shouted out, Zuo Ying had already realized that the sudden darkening of the sky was a sign of extreme weather such as hail. The carriage she was in was not made of wood, even if it was made of iron, it couldn't withstand the hail falling from a height of 10,000 meters.

She quickly climbed out of the carriage, trying to find a place to hide before the hail actually fell. But as soon as he stretched out half his head from the car, he heard a loud noise in front of him, and then the body leaned forward, and the whole person lost his balance and fell to the ground. When I looked closely at what was happening, I realized that the wheels had been broken.

By this time, everyone was already in chaos, and everyone only cared about protecting the vital point with their shields or curling up on the ground to resist, and no one had the consciousness to protect her safety.

She hid under the crooked carriage, and the sound of "boom" kept coming overhead, and one side of the carriage wall had been hit by a lot of hailstones, but it had not been smashed through to the side where Zuo Ying was hiding because of the buffer. Taking advantage of the few seconds when it was not completely dark, she spotted a rocky bulge on the cliff by the roadside, and strode over with her head in her hands, until she hit the rock wall, and then curled up and squatted down.

As the sky cleared, the sound of hail faded away, but in its place there was a shouting and killing sound that seemed to come from all directions.

The soldiers, who were still frightened by the hail attack, had become frightened birds one by one, not knowing where the enemy was, nor knowing how many of them were, and their hearts were already panicked.

A wave of unevenness has risen again and again. As the shouts got closer and closer, countless clusters of arrows suddenly rained down from the heights of the nearby cliffs. Those who reacted quickly resisted with shields, and those who reacted slowly were immediately shot and killed on the spot.

"The master has an order! Prepare for battle now, and slash those who flee in vain! ”

The herald's orders came again and again from far and near, but the fighting spirit had been cut by half of the people by accident one after another, and it was difficult for them to immediately regain their spirits for a while, and only a few people immediately returned fire with bows and arrows, but because they could not see the direction of the enemy, most of them were only empty; Many more were on patrol, hiding behind their shields and looking around at the enemy forces that seemed to reappear at any moment. If this continues, the fighter plane will be delayed, the defeat will be certain, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this moment, a scream came from the cliff, and a thief suddenly fell from the cliff with an arrow. Immediately after that, the second man also rolled down the hill.

"The enemy only has a few hundred suspicious soldiers, and I order you to meet them immediately!"

A loud voice rang out from the crowd. Everyone saw Zuo Ying holding a bow and arrow, and he didn't avoid the arrows and aimed at another target on the top of the cliff!

"Kill—"

The empress's bravery greatly encouraged everyone, and the sudden outburst of shouts in the army was earth-shattering. The arrows that returned fire rained down on the cliff, and a large group of men and horses rushed up the hill to fight the enemy around the gentle slope.

It didn't take long for the thieves on the cliff, which were not enough to compete with the dynasty army, to be clashed by the dynasty army, and the two sides started a vicious battle on the mountain.

Helan Chu, who had deployed a counterattack, was able to leap to Zuo Ying's side, dismounted and took off his armor on Zuo Ying's body, and hugged her on the horse.

"Aiqing," Zuo Ying, who was on horseback, bowed his head and said to Helan Chu, "Please ride with me." ”

Helan Chu didn't know why, but seeing Zuo Ying's unrequited firmness, he still took the order to step on the back of the horse and ride on the horse with Zuo Ying.

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