On the first day of the second month, just after the five drums, a cavalry flew to Qin Yan's tent.

"General, Xitang handed over the war book!" The horseman had no time to dismount and shouted into the tent.

Qin Yan had no sleep all night, and it was easy to get to the fourth watch, but he woke up after a slight squint, and he didn't tie the belt when he just put on his robe.

"Come in!" Buckling his belt, he realized that it was much looser.

The cavalry entered the tent and handed over the letter, and walked backwards out of the big tent.

Qin Yan opened the sealed fire paint and took out the letter from the envelope, with only a few lines: At noon today, the 300,000 troops of our Western Tang Dynasty are waiting in the plains, and the safety of Wuling City is all tied here.

The letter was signed by a name: Tang Yitian, and was stamped with a seal the size of a baby's fist, and the cinnabar still exuded a fresh smell.

Qin Yan threw the letter on the case, his brows were locked but he washed quietly, and then sat behind the case and looked at the letter inviting war again, picked it up casually and read it again.

"Jiang Tao!" The sound was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted through the wide tent to the outside of the door.

Jiang Tao originally slept in Qin Yan's tent, and Qin Yan did not allow him to sleep here since Weiyang stayed overnight that day. Jiang Tao still remembers the events at that time: "General, then where do I sleep?" Qin Yan glanced at him coldly, retracted his gaze and ignored him, he had to rub his nose and find a place to sleep.

It's not far away, Qin Yan is used to taking care of everything, and there are not many places to use him to serve, just a few errands on weekdays.

Jiang Tao agreed to pick up the curtain to enter the door, and still asked with three points of unconsciousness: "Childe, do you want to eat first or ......?"

Qin Yan cut off his words without raising his head, "Go and gather everyone into the big tent to discuss the matter." ”

Jiang Tao suddenly came to his senses, turned around and was about to run.

Qin Yan's voice rose again: "In addition, please ask Gongzi Qi and City Lord Wei to come over, be quick!" ”

Jiang Tao agreed, and then went out of the big tent, ordered the guards on duty to go to the battalions to invite people, and asked people to gallop to Wuling City.

In a quarter of an hour, everyone entered Qin Yan's big tent.

Jiang Tao handed the battle stickers he received in the morning to the crowd, passed them one by one, read them once, and handed them to Jiang Tao.

"General Qi, from today onwards, you only have 100,000 soldiers and horses guarding Qixia Pass, don't act rashly, wait for the news from Pingye to make a decision." Qin Yan threw down an ebony stick.

Qi Jingxun took the order.

"Xiang Tianqi, from today onwards, you will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses of the vanguard battalion to fight in the front, and you are only allowed to win but not retreat, is it possible to do it?" Qin Yan threw another lot.

Xiang Tianqi was a little excited, and he could finally have a good fight, so he replied heroically: "Xiang Tianqi obeys the general's orders, and will never take half a step back without an order!" ”

"Lu Shaoqian, you are still leading the news camp, but this time I will give you another task: to find out who the black-clothed people in Wuling City are, and where they are going!" Qin Yan said very seriously.

After this battle, Wuling City was safe and sound, and he suspected in his heart that those were Weiyang's people, but he could be sure.

"The last general will do his best!" Lu Shaoqian also received the order.

"Wei Xiangdong, you lead 50,000 people on the left flank, just wait for the order of the forward battalion to go up!" Qin Yan looked at him, and said with a determined gaze: "General Ben allows you to personally pick people!" ”

"General Xie, the last general will retire first!" Wei Xiangdong took the order and went to the barracks seriously.

Qin Yan threw down another stick, "Ye Heng, you lead the bow and arrow battalion to the right flank, don't rush in, use the shield battalion as a cover, and take it by surprise." ”

"Order!" Ye Heng took a step forward, picked up the sticks and left.

An hour later, when Qi Yan entered the tent, everyone had already walked cleanly.

"General, Qi Yan is late!" Qi Yan and Wei Daying entered the door together.

Qin Yan's eyes finally left the map, he got up from behind the bookcase and grabbed a few pieces of paper and put them on the table in front of Qi Yan, "Young Master Qi look at these, Wuling City is in extreme danger right now, and he has to use some extraordinary means. ”

Qi Yan picked up the drawing paper on the table and was stunned after only one glance. After quickly skimming through the things on the four pages of drawing paper, he raised his head to look at Qin Yan with some uncertainty, and stopped talking.

"Master Qi, I also know that this matter is difficult, but I have to be cautious at this time. I don't know how to fight outside the city today, if the city of Wuling is broken, the south wall of East Chu will inevitably be opened; Nanzhao is better, but if Xitang gains momentum because of this, it will be difficult to resist. Qin Yan said earnestly.

Qi Yan shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and then took out a few pieces of drawing paper from his cuffs and spread them in front of Qin Yan, stretching out one hand to make a gesture of please look.

Qin Yan withdrew his eyes and looked at the drawing papers, and was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the drawings were drawn on the map, the lines were simple and direct, and there were specific numbers on the key points, such as how far away from the city wall, the depth and width of the geometry, and the traps set up under the city walls, what kind of ambush was built into the traps, etc., and so on, all of which were detailed, and he couldn't help but look at Qi Yan.

Qi Yan shook his head again.

The two drawings are identical, only Qi Yan's more detailed.

Qin Yan's eyes looked at the picture again, it was drawn with an ink pen, and the handwriting was small and clear with a little frivolity. After thinking about it carefully, this font was unfamiliar and tight, which he had never seen before.

"Since Gongzi Qi has the help of a master, Qin Yan can fight with peace of mind!" Qin Yan did not take credit, and his atmosphere was calm.

Wei Daying was a rough man, and the shrewdness and carefulness of his Wei family were not reflected in him in the slightest.

The two still returned to Wuling City, and Qi Yan sorted out the similarities and differences of the two drawings and re-transcribed them.

A ditch was dug deep under the city wall, filled with water, and kept watch day and night for a tunnel outside the city to enter the city.

According to the drawings given to him twice before and after Weiyang, craftsmen were recruited to build weapons. Nandi lacks everything, only good wood is everywhere, just what Weiyang gave him is all wood can be made, these ten days have built two rows of crossbows, two stone throwers, he tried one by one, compared to the previous ones, I don't know how many times more exquisite.

He had the heart to go to Qingqing Winery for a gathering, but he was not summoned by Weiyang, so he was a little taboo about what happened before, and he was not very embarrassed to take the initiative to go. Coupled with the busy days, I put down the thoughts in my heart, and only urged the craftsmen every day to rush to work day and night.

At that time, Qin Yan was dressed in a red robe and black armor, and he flew out of the big tent and flew on the meteor horse, and after a few war drums, he waved his hand, and the neat footsteps of the 300,000 army stepped on the ground of Qixia Pass, which was nearly a hundred miles away, and marched towards the plains.

It's noon.

Eastern Chu is in the east, and the 300,000 army is neatly lined.

The Western Tang Dynasty is in the west, and it is also 300,000 strong soldiers, semi-hidden in the forest.

It is the only way for Wuling City to go to Qixia Pass, and the two armies are facing each other.

Qin Yan patted his horse and came to the front of the formation, and raised his eyes to the west to see the person and horse who rode out of the formation. The horse was as red as coals, and the man was dressed in a blood-red robe, blood-red armor, and a long black cloak, with a solemn but somewhat careless expression on his face.

If you don't look at it, Qin Yan's brows furrowed at this glance, this person he not only knows, but can also be regarded as familiar.

After the two looked at each other for a long time, they only heard the person on the other side say lightly, "Qin Yan, from now on, there is only the country between you and me, and there is no her!" ”

Qin Yan replied to him coldly, "Zuo Qing? I think I should call you Prince Yi! On the battlefield today, each according to her ability, what does it matter to her? ”

"Well said, each according to his ability!" Zuo Qing's ruffian smile is no longer what it used to be, and he is a little crazy.

The two of them fought their horses and returned to the battle.

Xiang Tianqi rode out of the ranks, and shouted to the camp of the Western Tang Dynasty: "General Ren Fu invited me to fight again, I didn't have a good time last time." ”

Immediately, someone responded, and a tiger general in the Xitang camp stepped forward, and the two didn't say much, and each of them started to fight in one place. In the blink of an eye, there were thirty moves, but they didn't give in, only between the two.

The drums sounded, and the forward battalion shouted for a while, and the men and horses of the two sides each ordered their troops, and a battle unfolded in the dense forest where birds do not lay eggs in the plains.

Qin Yanli gave orders from time to time behind the formation, directing the speed of the attack and the men and horses that were replaced.

Zuo Qing put away more than 20 years of sluggishness, although the corners of his mouth were solemn and abnormal, the soldiers and horses of the Western Tang Dynasty were really like divine weapons in his hands, unstoppable.

When two strong people meet, it is like two tigers fighting, they will only lose both, and they don't think about it.

This battle lasted for a day and a half of the night, and the injuries of each were not light.

A sudden rainstorm without warning drenched the hearts of the casualties. The rain poured down like a waterfall, and people could not open their eyes or stand firm in the rain. In a matter of moments, several blood-colored streams in the woodland slowly descended from north to south, and the commanders of the two countries had to be forced to withdraw their troops, and each counted the number of people, and all of them were killed and wounded.

At the same time that Qin Yan received the war letter, Weiyang received the news that Butterfly Valley was invaded and Hua Xun was placed under house arrest by Nanzhao Guoshi.

Weiyang didn't dare to tell Hua Lu that his brother and sister had been dependent on each other since childhood, and if he knew that Brother Xun was banned, Hua Lu would definitely secretly save him, and with her martial arts, it was just a fish sent to the door, and she could be slaughtered and cut.

After seeing that the young master sent the flower dew, the afterimage entered the door, "Young master, what should I do now?" ”

Weiyang's eyes were dark, and he squinted slightly in thought.

"Can you find out where Brother Xun is?"

The afterimage nodded, "Young Master, Xun Gongzi is now in the national teacher's tent, and the dragon envoy returns, and the national teacher is very evil." ”

"Don't act rashly, wait for me to think of a foolproof plan before I do it, don't let Hualu know, it's messy enough!" Weiyang looked out of the open window and saw Hua Lu coming upstairs with a plate.

He gave the afterimage a look, and the afterimage nodded and went out.

"Sister, look at what this is?" Hua Lu Xianbao brought a few golden cakes on the plate to Weiyang's nose and let her smell the aroma.

Weiyang was really attracted to her, and couldn't wait to reach out and pick up one and bite it, and a scent of incense soaked in his heart and spleen spread, "Well, this is... What the...... Flowers are so fragrant! She asked her inarticulate with a loaf of bread in her mouth.

Hua Lu was completely satisfied by her gluttony, and tilted her head proudly, "Hmph, I won't tell you!" ”

The two of them laughed.

Shen Luochen looked in from the window, his heart was so warm that the sun outside the window was so warm, he hoped that he would only see her smile like this in his life, and when there was no more suffering, he was willing to exchange anything for him.

While eating the cake, Weiyang took a few sips of the bitter tea that Hualu handed her. These days have been used to drinking, and he is no longer as resistant as he was at the beginning, while pretending to ask casually, "Lu'er, who is the Nanzhao National Teacher, do you know him?" ”

Hua Lu also drank half of the tea, put down the tea cup and said, "Yes, when my father was here, she and Uncle Ruan came to Butterfly Valley." ”

"Oh? Uncle and she know each other? Weiyang opened his mouth to take the walnut kernels fed by Hualu, and asked while eating.

Hualu was smashing walnuts with a small hammer, and Shen Gongzi said that she only smashed this because it was good for her little nephew.

"Well, my father often told me to stay away from the national teacher and save me from suffering." There is no city in the heart of the flower dew.

Weiyang listened quietly, urging Hua Lu, "You smash it quickly, it's not enough for me to eat!" ”

Hua Lu glanced at her hatefully, and muttered, "For the sake of my little nephew, I don't care about you, hum!" After putting a broken walnut in front of Weiyang, he touched another one and continued to smash it.

"Then, is King Nanzhao good to you and Brother Xun?" Weiyang resisted the urge to vomit.

Hualu knew what she was going to do when she looked at her, and pointed her hand at Weiyang's forehead and puffed out her mouth: "If you dare to spit it out for me, see if I will smash it for you next time!" ”

Weiyang hurriedly drank two sips of bitter tea to suppress the urge to vomit, and looked at Hua Lu aggrievedly.

Flower Dew was deflated.

"It's not bad, Sister Luo'er used to come to play with me, but since she got older, she just pestered Brother Xun, looking at me as if she was going to eat me, and I didn't want to pay attention to her." Hualu cleaned up the walnut skin on the table, "Sister Luo'er is the princess of Nanzhao, and the national teacher also has a daughter, it seems that she was born with the king of Nanzhao, I haven't seen it once, Sister Luo'er hates it so much." ”

Weiyang sighed, "Brother Xun said that King Nanzhao seems to like my mother, why did he have a child with Guosheng again?" ”

"I don't know, when Brother Xun sent me, he said that if I can't live in Butterfly Valley, I can only be safe by my sister's side, and I also think that you are here." Hualu counted the walnut skins and ate three today, half more than yesterday.

Weiyang looked at her thin fingers and counted them one by one, and said, "Then you stay here to take care of me, your little nephew won't let me eat a bite of food when he leaves you, and he will vomit whatever he eats." ”

"It's okay, I was originally worried that Brother Xun would be embarrassed by the national teacher, but ......" Hua Lu bit a finger and looked at Weiyang hesitantly, "It seems that my sister and little nephew are more worried about me, then I will wait here for him to come out!" ”

Weiyang hugged her and said softly, "Good"

She grew up in the palm of her hand by her grandfather, Aunt Chu Han and Brother Han since she was a child, and she wanted whatever she wanted, but she never tried to spoil someone, and Hualu became the child who was spoiled by her, and she wanted to give her the best.

Hua Lu carefully reached out to touch the belly that had protruded slightly under Weiyang's wide robe, and her eyes were as bright as stars.

That night, after Hua Lu fell asleep, Weiyang came out of the room and entered the room of the afterimage.