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Every time the drums of war are sounded, it means that a gunpowder smoke is approaching, the rivers and mountains are crying blood, and the people are displaced, which has never stopped since ancient times. The first address of the mobile terminal of this mobile phone:

Standing on the city wall that has not fallen for a hundred years in the wind and rain, Baihao City stands majestically, and its eyes are as black as night looking at the city - there are 40,000 male soldiers in the most powerful country in Zhongzhou, with cold clothes and iron armor, swords and halberds, and the queue in all directions is neat and orderly, and the proud expression is engraved on the face of every soldier.

The small Zhao Kingdom, which has been reduced to a vassal state and has few people, what strength is enough to fight against the remote army? In this battle, the defenders led by the Bai family were not favored after all.

"The enemy's main general is called Wei Huan, a young general trained by Yaoguo in recent years, acting decisively, with a strong attack style, and actual combat experience is relatively rich among the young generals of Yaoguo. Looking at the situation of their front line arrangement, the cavalry took the lead on all three roads, and it seemed that they wanted to attack directly. The lieutenant general who had followed Bai Haocheng for several years stood next to him and told him about the situation of the Yao Army.

Bai Haocheng remained silent, raised his hand and pointed to a point in the Yaojun array under the city: "It's the Huilong Formation." On the left, on the right, you can break the weakest point of the shield. Our army does not need to come forward to meet the battle, the crossbow soldiers are ordered to tie the crossbow to the tail of the fire, and the shield soldiers will release crossbow arrows as soon as they enter the attack range, Chen Hu and Liu Wu will each lead a thousand light cavalry to outflank them from both sides, only clean up the remaining soldiers, and do not pursue. ”

The adjutant general never doubted Bai Haocheng's command, and sure enough, less than three minutes after the order went down, the screams of the Yao army were faintly heard.

"After all, he is young, and in the end he is still a scholar general on paper, if the other party only has this strength, it is not difficult to hold the capital." Under the gloomy sky, a faint smile appeared on his peaceful face, and a bright silver armor seemed to be a dazzling sign that people did not dare to look at directly. Bai Haocheng turned sideways and looked at the tallest building in the city: "By the way, someone is watching Qige-"

"Look at what I'm doing, and I'm not going to run to the other side and throw myself into the net."

Bai Haocheng's words were interrupted before he could ask, and Bai Qige, who should have been in the palace, appeared in front of him in a plain suit, with his long hair tied behind his head, and he was heroic.

"He's gone?"

Bai Haocheng didn't mention his name, but Bai Qige knew who he was talking about, lowered his head and smiled, without a look of surprise: "Sure enough, I can't escape the eyes and ears of the second brother." Chen Jing left early in the morning, making people realize that it was not good for anyone. Now he has no military power, and he can only watch any orders from the other side, and he probably drinks and sleeps when he goes back. Seeing that the people around him did not question the conversation between the two, Bai Qige approached Bai Haocheng a little and lowered his voice: "The food and grass of the Yao army are protected in the center of the army, and it is not easy to sneak attack, but there is a team of people and horses escorting the earth cannons that have not yet arrived, if they can bypass the sight of the Yao army, they can be intercepted from the rear, and they will have one less sharp weapon to attack the city." ”

"This is easy to do, just let Xu join the army to make a plan and send people. The road of sneak attack on grain and grass had to be abandoned, the other side was outnumbered and heavily guarded, even if the sneak attack was successful, it would lose many soldiers of our army, and it was not worth the risk. After the easy arrangement, Bai Haocheng pulled Bai Qige to the edge of the battlement, and pointed to the banner of the Yao army under the city, "Qige, you see, this is the result of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince being removed from the main general." Wei Huan, who is now commanding the remote army, is inexperienced and young and vigorous, and he is bent on a quick battle, and his arrangement of troops is mainly offensive, but it is a pity that he has more momentum and less experience, and the tactical defects of the remote army are fully exposed. If this continues, it will not be a problem to fight a war of attrition for more than a month, and it is definitely not us who will suffer. ”

Bai Haocheng's language movements were extremely natural, but Bai Qige finally minded his previous words and deeds in his heart, and retracted the hand that was held without a trace.

It's normal for ordinary siblings to hold hands when they're young, but they've all grown up, so it's strange to be so close - although Bai Qige is not a person who is rigid about things, she doesn't want Bai Haocheng to have a slight misunderstanding, especially after Yi Chenjing left.

Thinking of Yi Chenjing's departure when the sky was not clear, Bai Qige was a little stunned.

There was no dispute, no goodbye, Yi Chenjing was very quiet when he left, and even seemed a little indifferent.

He is a man who is always the same when he makes up his mind to do something and does not get support, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he likes to lose his temper like a child. Bai Qige knew his temperament, so he didn't dwell too much on it, anyway, he had promised not to risk fearless sacrifices, for this war that shouldn't have spread, maybe this was the only thing that could make Bai Qige feel at ease.

As Bai Haocheng said, the attack of the remote army did not achieve any results at all, and for three days in a row, in addition to adding many casualties and soldiers, even half an inch of land could not be approached, and the 40,000 soldiers could not help but be a little discouraged while feeling that Bai Haocheng was using soldiers like a god, and even more disheartened people privately shouted that they wanted to flee and not be the next victim of the reckless general.

The gloomy atmosphere in the army Yi Chenjing saw it in his eyes, and he also heard the complaints in his ears, although he was happy to see the Bai family leading the army to defend the city, but the sobs of those wounded soldiers and remembering his comrades-in-arms finally made him unbearable.

"If you continue like this, it will only increase the casualties, who taught you to exchange the flesh and blood of the soldiers for victory?"

"How can there be no reason for immortals to fight a war, and how can a country not fight for tens of thousands of lives to win? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no longer the chief general, please do not interfere with the decision of the last general, this is also what the emperor meant. ”

In the face of Yi Chenjing's rebuke, Wei Huan moved out of Yaohuang, a backer that no one could shake, as a shield, Yi Chenjing had no way to refute, and could only watch him command indiscriminately, trapping the soldiers in danger again and again. The emperor's order is as big as the sky, even if he is the crown prince, he has to bow his head, who let this be the territory of the army, everything is subject to the master?

Among about 40,000 soldiers, there was only one person who was with him.

"During the day, I saw the princess standing at the head of the city from a distance, she seemed to be more robust than when she was on the Northern Expedition, and her clothes were also very energetic, I don't know if you saw me." In the tent where there were only two people, Qiao Erhe looked longing, not moved by the noise outside, "Will Your Highness go to see the princess in the near future?" I want to go with ...... too."

Yi Chenjing shook his head, and there was no hint of joy in his smile: "As soon as the war starts, the soldiers are in chaos, how can I have the opportunity to see her?" I want to take advantage of this time to go back to the imperial capital, it is best to persuade my father to take back his fate, if not, at least there is a chance to explain the situation here, and then let Wei Huan mess around, these 40,000 soldiers may lose most of them. ”

Thinking of the cartload of corpses that were carried back to the camp, Qiao Erhe shivered, his throat gurgled, and his eyes dimmed a lot: "This battle is boring, and many people died but they don't know why they died." If I have the opportunity to see the emperor, I will tell him loudly, just say that the princess is a good person, and she will never defect to the chaotic party and betray the country, and I am willing to vouch for my head! ”

The prince's words didn't work, so what could a little soldier do? Yi Chenjing didn't dampen Qiao Erhe's enthusiasm, poured a glass of freshly scalded liquor and drank it up, which immediately caused him to choke and cough.

"No wonder Qige's wine is so good, Zhaoguo's wine is really domineering." With a wry smile and wiped away the wine stains on his lips, Yi Chenjing took a small sip and slowly sipped it, and poured a glass for Qiao Erhe, "Erhe, whether Wei Huantong agrees or disagrees with me in the past two days, I have to go back to the imperial capital, if Wei Huan is not there any more foolish decision, you will go to General Bai, whether it is to smuggle the information, or help him capture Wei Huan, in short, you can't let Wei Huan do whatever he wants, and teach the rest of the soldiers to give their lives in vain." Raising his hand and shaking in front of Qiao Erhe's stunned face, Yi Chenjing showed a helpless smile: "Don't worry, this is not a surrender to the enemy - like you said, no one knows why this battle is fought, in that case, why add a vain soul to a meaningless victory?" Afterwards, you can go to Qige's side, be her attendant or bodyguard, anything, as long as you can protect her for me. ”

Qiao Erhe thought about it, and seemed to taste the lonely taste in Yi Chenjing's words, and shook his head with red eyes: "Your Highness, don't say that, it sounds unlucky." You still want to grow old with the princess and give birth to a lot of little princes, what is it for me to guard the princess for His Royal Highness? I'm not afraid of the crime of betraying the country or something, anyway, the eldest brother is gone, I am the only one left in the family, where the princess is, it is my home, no matter who scolds me. ”

"I'm relieved to have your words." patted Qiao Erhe on the shoulder, Yi Chenjing lifted the wine glass and drank it all again, and the blazing liquor burned his chest with hot pain.

The thing he hated the most in his life was to give his beloved things to others, but in just three years so far, he has entrusted Bai Qige to others three times - the first time was Ning Xi drunk, the second time was Bai Haocheng, and this time it was Qiao Erhe, every time, it was when he was powerless and could only watch her suffer.

Perhaps, he doesn't have the ability to protect Bai Qige at all, but he is just a useless waste.

The self-deprecating smile rose at the corner of his lips, and before the smile could dissipate, a panicked voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the emperor has a holy decree!" ”

"What's the panic, just take the order."

Yi Chenjing had already broken off his expectation of Emperor Yao's awakening, and when he heard that there was a holy decree, he couldn't hold back his spirits, so he sat lazily and steadily; The soldiers outside muttered to someone twice, and then a clear voice sounded: "The seventh brother is becoming more and more unruly, and the emperor's holy decree will not come out to receive it?" ”

Bang, the small stove burning charcoal to drive away the moisture was knocked to the ground, and as soon as the fiery red charcoal touched the wet ground, it immediately hissed and gradually extinguished.

Surprise and anger were entangled, turning into a complex expression on Qingjun's face, and the knuckles of his clenched fists were pale, but they were not as blue as his face. After so many years of fighting openly and secretly, Yi Chenjing could naturally hear who this voice belonged to, and the appearance of this person meant that there was some conspiracy going on in secret, which had something to do with him, and even more with Bai Qige.

The curtain was lifted, and the personable figure stepped into the tent in a good time, the smile on his face was no different from before, it seemed to be gentle and elegant, and it was sinister and hidden.

"Isn't it unexpectedly that the seventh brother came to convey the holy decree by me? That's right, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm afraid that the seventh brother is about to forget that my brother is still alive. ”

"If you're dead, I remember it a little deeper."

Yi Chenxuan didn't care about Yi Chenjing's painless ridicule, with one hand behind his back, he suddenly threw the holy decree on the low case, and his thin lips were filled with a sneer: "The seventh brother will accept this big gift first, and my father is waiting for you to reply whether it is to protect Bai Qige or the position of the crown prince - of course, I am also looking forward to it." ”

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