Everyone laughed and laughed, quickly explained what was going on, and began to prepare for the charge that would come soon.

Li Ran took care of the horses and harnesses, held the narrow knife and waved it a few times, tore off a muslin garment, and carefully wrapped the palms of his hands.

Her hands are too delicate, whether she holds the knife or grasps the reins, they are very easy to wear out and bleed, and there is a lot of blood, whether it is the handle of the knife or the reins, it is very easy to slip.

"If the princess settles down, she will also be an aunt who can support the family." Wang Cui has been paying attention to Li Ran, watching her wrap it carefully, moving her fingers, holding the knife again, and couldn't help laughing.

"She is also surnamed An, you will know in a while, she is in the An family, and she can be regarded as fierce."

Zhou E stretched out her head to look at it, and there was a sigh.

She's seen her ruthlessness.

Everyone was ready, leaving everything that had nothing to do with the charge in place, one person and two horses, leading the horses to a small piece of Gaogang woodland that Zhou E and An Xiaorui were optimistic about.

The sky is slightly white.

An Xiaorui, who was standing on a horizontal branch on the tree, jumped down from under the tree with a loud sigh of excitement.

"Charged?" Zhou E glanced at An Xiaorui, stretched her neck and looked into the distance.

Far away, in front of them, smoke and dust were billowing and the sound of murder was bursting.

"Our judgment is good."

An Xiaorui squatted on the ground, placing small stones.

"The battle array is here, they are ambushed here, they must be raiding the flanks, Qi Yi, they should be here, and the commander is here.

As long as we can break through their team, further forward, it will be our flank, and there will still be a glimmer of life. ”

An Xiaorui said, clapped his hands and stood up, looking at Zhou E and Li Ran, smiling brightly.

Zhou E stood on the horse's pedal, looked at it for a while, jumped off the horse, squatted next to the few stones that An Xiaorui had placed just now, and lit those stones.

"There's a fight here, they're ambushing here, so what's next? Where are the main forces of these tribes in the north? Your eldest brother and they must have arrived now, where are they now?

We have to find out where to rush, rush right, a glimmer of life, rush the wrong ......"

Zhou E didn't say anything about the rest of the story.

"Don't think about it so much, on the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, let's rush forward, whether it is the prince, the Shu army, or An Dalang, they will definitely adjust accordingly."

Li Ran took Zhou E's words and said.

"This is extremely true, the use of the skill, in one mind, on the battlefield, there is no fixed number, let's only see the opportunity to rush forward, the rest of the opportunity to act."

An Xiaorui answered with a smile.

Zhou E nodded, got up and stood on a rock, staring at the flying battlefield in the distance, and the quiet ambush soldiers nearby, waiting for the opportunity.

Li Ran stood behind Zhou E, quietly waiting for Zhou E's order.

The sun climbed up little by little, and when it climbed overhead, Zhou E raised her hand to signal everyone.

"Get on board and get ready! You follow me,"

Zhou E commanded and turned her head to look at Li Ran.

"If I die, Xiao Wu is on top, or Xiao Wu is also dead, someone will definitely be on top, you just have to keep up, no matter what, you can't fall off the horse."

"Well, thank you."

Li Ran responded, looked at Zhou E, and thanked him solemnly.

"You're going to live." Zhou E looked at Li Ran and solemnly confessed.

"Okay." Li Ran smiled.

"Raise the flag!" Zhou E stood at the front of the team and raised his hand to order.

Wang Cui held up the Anzi flag embroidered with gold characters on a light blue background, which was An Xiaorui's banner.

"Rush!"

Zhou E drew her long knife and rushed out on her horse.

Li Ran followed closely behind Zhou E, rushed out of the horse, and subconsciously looked around.

The smoke and dust of their fifty or sixty men, plus fifty or sixty horses, were extremely powerful.

The most mission she has ever undertaken is only about 20 people, and this is the first time she has charged like this.

If there are thousands of troops, I don't know how bloody it is.

The war horse jumped over a stone, Li Ran leaned on the horse's back, retracted his gaze, clenched the long knife, and focused his whole mind on the front.

More than a mile away from them, the northern light cavalry that had already formed their ranks and was ready to charge out, when they saw the Anzi flag waving in the wind, the team was in a commotion, and the shouts of surprise were mixed with the sound of chaotic horses' hooves, and the sound of swords and guns colliding, and it was a mess.

Xie Zezhong's army was not in the direction that Zhou E guessed, and it was much closer to the group of ambush soldiers than Zhou E's guess.

As soon as the Anzi flag was erected, An Xiaozhi saw it and shouted: "It's Xiao Wu!" ”

Xie Ze slammed his horse's head, hurriedly let go, stared at An Xiaozhi and said, "Do you see clearly?" ”

"It's the flag of Xiao Wu, embroidered with gold on a blue background! I'm going to answer them! An Xiaozhi stared at the Anzi flag that was straightened by the wind.

Xie Ze's two hands holding the reins trembled slightly, and he took a deep breath, his face pale.

"Steady! Boom! Filial piety is a bright flag. Xie Ze commanded in a deep voice.

The horse ran faster and faster, and Li Ran leaned on the horse, only to feel the sound of wind in his ears.

An Xiaorui was in front of her, drew the bow round, and the iron arrow shot out, and in the light cavalry in front of her, he was waving a long knife, shouting hoarsely, trying to stabilize the team, and the man who adjusted the battle formation was hit by an arrow in the back and fell off his horse.

The group of light horsemen who had not yet stabilized was even more chaotic, and some men and horses rushed towards Zhou E and them, and more light horses, turning their horses' heads, shouted that they didn't know anything, and rushed to the diagonal front.

Zhou E caught up with the light horse in front, swung his knife and slashed down, and the oncoming light horse flew up with one arm, and the galloping horse rushed past Li Ran's side with a screaming knight, and blood sprayed Li Ran's head and body.

The two armies handed over, and the speed of the horses slowed down.

Li Ran shook his head, clenched the knife in his hand, reined in his horse, and slashed at the light horse that leaned forward to slash Zhou E.

However, after a few breaths late, the Anzi flag that suddenly appeared was reported to Qi Yi.

Qi Yi stood on the saddle, looked at the direction of the Anzi Banner that he couldn't see clearly, snorted coldly, looked at Jian Mingrui and sneered: "Those barbarians in the north are most afraid of the Anjia Army, Xie Ze let people play the Anzi Banner, but it is smart." ”

Qi Yi's words suddenly stopped, "I'm afraid it's the princess!" Did she count the word An from Queen An? What a big face!

In the past, this was not An Jiajun, it was the princess who was shy and self-righteous! Tell them, surround that flag and kill it all! ”

Zhou E's horse, who was rushing to the front, became slower and slower, and Wang Cui threw the Anzi flag to the ground and swung his knife forward.

An Xiaorui protected Li Ran's side, constantly waving the knife, and the blood on the knife and body kept dripping down.

Li Ran looked around, and less than half of the people around her were gone.

Diagonally ahead, the light horses that had just galloped away rushed out from a small earthen bag, and rushed faster than just now, and behind the light horse, a red-background Anzi flag crossed the small earthen bag, biting those hasty light horses to cover up.

"It's big brother! Our flag? ”

An Xiaorui slashed over a light rider with a knife and shouted in surprise.

"Protect the princess!" Zhou E roared, An Xiaorui sighed, and slashed out with a knife.

The red-on-background security flag quickly covered up and surrounded Li Ran and the others in the middle.

Li Ran looked at the iron horse galloping past them, put the knife back, and didn't know if it was the dust raised by the iron horse, or if he lost his strength, and coughed on his horse.

In this big battle, it was not until the early morning of the next day that the situation became slightly clearer.

The Shu army began to retreat, and Xie Ze's army covered and chased all the way, approaching Licheng.

When the sky was bright, Li Ran, Zhou E and others went from the rear of An Xiaoshen's army, which was constantly moving, to the Chinese army camp of Xie Ze, who had just settled down.

Li Ran got off the horse outside the Yuanmen, just entered the Yuanmen, and faced her, Xie Ze rushed over, rushed to her, reached out and pressed on her shoulder, quickly touched it from the arm, stood up, reached out and picked up the hair on her face, breathed a long sigh of relief, reached out to hug her, and pressed his chin against the top of Li Ran's head, for a while, before slowly letting go.

"You're safe."

Xie Ze looked down at Li Ran, his voice hoarse.

"Well, unscathed." Li Ran tilted his head and looked at Xie Ze.

She had not eaten or drunk for two nights and a day, and her throat was so dry and hoarse that she could barely speak.

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran, who was almost speechless, and wanted to say something, but choked in his throat, bent down to pick up Li Ran, and strode into the handsome tent.

Shi Nan and the others hurriedly sent hot water in.

The handsome tent was set up not far from Licheng, and Li Ran rejected Shi Nan's suggestion to ask Wang Cui and others to come and wait for her, she could do everything by herself.

Li Ran washed himself quietly behind the tent, separated by several layers of heavy curtains, and the sound of reporting in front of the tent for a moment was interspersed with Xie Ze's brief and clear orders, which came in clearly.

Li Ran listened intently, among the many voices, the most pleasant was Xie Ze's voice, she once thought that she would never hear him anymore, and she could not see him anymore.

Accompanied by Xie Ze's words that rang from time to time, Li Ran slowly cleaned up and came out of the clean room.

The large tent is separated from the middle by a heavy curtain, the front is used for official business, the second half is separated by a small clean room, and on the other side, it is covered with thick fur and other things, two or three inches high, which is considered a bed.

Li Ran sat on the bed barefoot, stepping on the thick carpet, and just ripped off the big cotton handkerchief that was wrapped around his head, when he heard a sound of footsteps in front of him, the curtain was lifted, and Xie Ze strode in.

"I'll come."

Xie Ze took a few steps, took the cotton handkerchief from Li Ran's hand, sat down behind Li Ran, and wiped her hair.

"I'm fine......"

Li Ran turned his head to look at Xie Ze.

"Don't move."

Xie Ze gently pressed Li Ran's head and motioned for her not to move.

Shi Nan reported outside, hung his head, and brought in a large tray of soup and snacks.

Xie Ze reached out and took a bowl of Daigo soup and handed it to Li Ran, "This shengjin is the best to quench your thirst." ”

Li Ran took it and ate it slowly.

Xie Ze slowly wiped her hair thinly.

"I'm sorry."

Watching Li Ran finish eating the bowl of Daigo soup, Xie Ze said in a low voice.

Li Ran was stunned and looked back at Xie Ze, "What did you do?" Want to be sorry? ”

"From the fall of Jin County to the day before yesterday, I didn't go to ...... when I saw Xiaorui's flag"

Xie Ze's mouth was sticky, and he could barely speak.

"You're sorry because of this?"

Li Ran's eyebrows raised slightly.

Xie Ze nodded.

Li Ran let out a long breath, "You said this, you don't need the three words sorry." ”

"I failed to protect you. You're in crisis, I'm not there for you. Xie Ze had a few surprises.

"I don't feel like you have to protect me all the time, and I don't feel like you have to be there for me when I'm in danger.

Besides, you have already put General Zhou and Xiao Wu next to me. ”

Li Ran paused, was silent for a moment, and looked at Xie Ze, who was looking at her.

"I don't know how to say it. You and I, I am your wife, you are my husband, but in addition, we have other identities, such as you are now the commander of the first army, a husband, and a commander, when you can't do both, what do you do?

If you want to abandon the responsibility of the coach and put the lives of these hundreds of thousands of people at risk for my sake, then you shouldn't be the coach in the first place, right?

If you think, or I think, that as a husband and a wife, you should put your husband and wife in the highest position, and I have a calling, or when I need you, you must rush to the end of everything, then you should not have any other status.

Don't be a manager, don't be a messenger, or even ......"

Li Ran's words paused, and for a moment, his voice was slightly low.

"Don't have children, you just guard me, like the purple eggplant."

Xie Ze heard the sentence not to have children, his face changed slightly, and for a moment, he lowered his head against Li Ran's head, and for a moment, he reached out and took Li Ran into his arms, and after a while, he said in a low voice:

"You are stronger than me, without me, maybe you can live, without you, I ......"

Xie Ze's throat choked.

Li Ran moved and circled Xie Ze, "If you ...... I'll go with you, at least for now, I have nothing to worry about but you.

In case in the future, if you have concerns, you have to live, and you don't know how desolate and lonely it is.

You have to protect yourself, and so will I. ”

"Okay."

"Aze." After a while, Li Ran raised her head from Xie Ze's arms.

"Huh?"

"Why did you want me to go with you to the army? I'm here to divide your heart. ”

"That's what the prince meant."

Xie Ze's eyelids drooped slightly, and he was silent for a moment before he said in a low voice:

"This battle has been prepared for more than ten years, and the grain and grass that have been accumulated for more than ten years are heavy, and the troops and money of Shu are far inferior to ours.

The war is fought with money and food, and this war is only the difference between a big victory and a small victory.

The crown prince hopes to win a big victory and wipe out Shu in one battle.

After the army attacked the city and plundered the land, when the people's livelihood was collected, having you would be of great benefit to the people. ”

"Using my identity to win the hearts of the people, is it your conjecture, or did the prince tell you?"

Li Ran lowered her eyes and asked.

"The prince said,"

"You didn't tell me." Li Ran looked up at Xie Ze, "You should tell me that you should say sorry to me about this matter." ”

"I'm sorry." Xie Ze met Li Ran's gaze, "You also thought of it?" ”

"No, I didn't know anything about the Lu family's bloodline and the people's hearts.

We escaped from Oak City, in the barren mountains and mountains, when the mountains and rivers were almost exhausted, there was an old gentleman surnamed Hong, because of Renzong, who took the life of his whole family to help me and save me.

That's when I thought about it. ”

"I'm sorry." Xie Ze hugged Li Ran hard, "There will be no such thing in the future, you and I are one, I will treat you as myself." ”

"From now on, I will be by your side, I can protect myself, and I can kill people."

"I know, Xiao Wu said you are very powerful." Xie Ze smiled, lowered his head and kissed Li Ran's lips, "In the past few days when you were away, I dreamed of you every night, but now, it seems like in a dream." ”

(End of chapter)