Chapter 154: Red Flowers Blooming in the Chaos of War
"Quack!" A strange cry sounded in the forest, and the letter crow, which had been holding its wings and perched on the bamboo branches, spread its wings and flew up: "What a affectionate Wei Xiao!" It burst out laughing, looking at the two people on the ground, and the dark purple bird's eyes showed a mocking look: "Wei Xiao, don't forget! When you decided to use 50,000 horses of our country to meet the 800,000 army of the demon general Yechen of the Zhenglan Empire, the high priest of our country had high hopes for you!" But I have to worry, how can I face the 800,000 iron cavalry of the imperial army with only 50,000 people?"
There was a look of schadenfreude in its eyes: "General Tiance, you have to remember that you can't lose every battle, if you lose, not only will you be crushed, but this white girl next to you will also be doomed!"
Wei Xiao turned around in front of the horse, when he looked at the crow, his eyes had been replaced with complete composure and calmness, when the crow saw him like that, he couldn't help but be stunned, and a sense of foreboding immediately rose in his heart, it immediately flapped its wings and flew upward, but it was still a step slower, and the bird's belly was shot by Wei Xiao's finger sword, and the blood dripped down!
Xin Crow endured the severe pain, struggled to spread his wings to the sky, and fled all the way to the distance, blood droplets were sprinkled along the road, Xin Crow turned back hatefully: "Wei Xiao, you won't always be so lucky, one day, you will fall into my hands!"
This sentence, like a poisonous curse, swept through the sky.
Bai Qianyu sat on the horseback, couldn't help but raise his head, looking at the direction where the crow left, and a touch of melancholy appeared in his pure eyes.
She turned her head and looked at Wei Xiao: "How sure are you going to Wudinghe?" She looked at Wei Xiao's eyes: "Don't lie to me, tell the truth." β
Wei Xiao hesitated for a moment, and finally replied truthfully: "Five points...... Or less. β
"That'...... In other words, even you are completely unsure, right?" Bai Qianyu frowned slightly, the poisonous hair had just healed, her body was still very weak, and after a cold wind, she coughed lightly, and subconsciously pulled the black fox fur cloak on her shoulder.
She looked at the greenery in the bamboo forest, but she thought worriedly: "Outside this bamboo forest, I'm afraid it's already a bleak place, withered by thousands of trees, cold and deep winter, this battle ...... I'm afraid it's getting harder and harder!"
Wei Xiao saw that she was sick and weak, jumped on the horse, took the reins in her hand, and the two rode together, urging Lu Ju to walk slowly outside the bamboo forest.
"Ouch hey!, wait, wait, waitβ" Clover shouted all the way, jumped up and down, put it on Wei Xiao's outstretched palm, jumped on the horse's back, and stuck between him and Bai Qianyu: "I said that you two, you can only see each other in your eyes, can't you see such a cute clover like me?"
Bai Qianyu's face turned red, but Wei Xiao stretched out his arm, let the clover crawl along his arm to his shoulder, sat down, and said with a smile: "How can there be? We don't dare to forget you at any time, Lord Burning Fairy Grass!"
"ββShhhh
Wei Xiao smiled slightly, but didn't say anything anymore, just urged Lu Ju to go on the road silently.
At that moment, although it was winter, the heart of the Heavenly Martial God General was warm.
The two of them rode under the speed of Lu, the god horse, and in less than half a day, they caught up with the road of the army.
At this time, it was the middle of winter, the weather was cold, the horses' hooves were slipping on the frozen road, they were walking slowly along the Wuding River, only to see the grass all the way to the sky, the reeds were blowing, and the river seemed to be frozen, flowing slowly.
Wei Xiao suddenly strangled the green horse, jumped off the horse, Bai Qianyu followed his figure a little strangely and looked over, only to see Wei Xiao walk to the shore, in a piece of grass, a small red flower was red like fire, swaying in the wind, it looked very eye-catching, Wei Xiao bent down, folded the small flower, and returned to the horse.
"Let me show you, such a delicate flower," he held up the saffron to her eyes, "I'm afraid this is the last blooming flower this winter," and the warmth of spring water flowed in his eyes, "for you." β
Bai Qianyu smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to take it, and saw the delicate petals of the small red flowers trembling in the wind, as if they were weak and couldn't help the wind, but the red flowers that bloomed in the war made people's hearts warm.
Wei Xiao led the horse and walked slowly along the Wuding River, inspecting the traces left by the army along the way.
Sure enough, there were a lot of hoof prints on the roadside, stretching into the distance.
After another journey, Wei Xiao suddenly squatted down, looked carefully on the ground, and put his ear to the ground to listen carefully.
"What are you looking at?" Clover lay on Wei Xiao's shoulder and looked to the ground, only to see some messy marks on the soil.
"Look here," Wei Xiao picked up a dry branch from the ground and pointed, "In the middle of this triangular imprint, there are still some unburned firewood, this is the remnant of the stove used in the march of the army." β
"The stove is the cooking utensils used by the army to make a fire for cooking, one stove can cook the food of ten soldiers, burn, you count, how many stoves are there here?"
Clover glanced down, only to see that the furnace was densely grown, it counted left and right, only to count to dozens, and it had already fainted, and then looked at the front, there seemed to be countless more, and couldn't help but deject and said: "How can this be counted?"
Wei Xiao smiled slightly, only to see Bai Qianyu sitting on the back of the horse and said, "Don't count, it's a total of five thousand stove marks." β
"Hey, how do you know?" Clover was a little surprised: "Little white girl, when did you have such good mental arithmetic?"
Bai Qianyu glanced at Wei Xiao, both of them smiled, Bai Qianyu said: "What we are chasing now is the army that Wei Xiaoling led the army to the east along the Wuding River, this army has a total of 50,000 people, so naturally there are 5,000 stoves!"
"Oh, I see!" Clover suddenly realized, but he was puzzled, "But what are we going to do with these burnt marks?"
Wei Xiao didn't answer, but pulled it: "These have their own wonderful uses." Let's go quickly, Yechen's army will soon catch up!"
Shamrock looked at the distant sky, the twilight was low, but there was no figure, it couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Wei Xiao, why are you so sure that Yechen's army will definitely chase after you?"
"Naturally, I used the 'Earth Hearing Technique'," Wei Xiao said: "Using the 'Earth Hearing Technique' to lie on the ground, you can hear the sound on the ground three hundred miles away, I have heard just now, the sound of hundreds of thousands of troops marching in our direction has come in our direction," he smiled slightly: "Yechen is really as I expected, abandon Ti Ying and chase me!"
Bai Qianyu was a little worried: "Yechen abandoned Ti Ying and chased you, if he didn't defeat you in one fell swoop, he would never return in vain." β
"I just want to take advantage of this point of him to restrain him," Wei Xiao jumped on the horse and tightened the reins: "Me and him, just like two fishermen who are fishing with bait, I am using myself as bait to lure him into the bait, and why didn't he lay a net and wait to lure me into the bait?"
"He laid a net of heaven and earth," Bai Qianyu was worried: "With an army of 800,000 and 50,000 horses, his net can be opened wide enough." β
Wei Xiao smiled: "The net must be sparse, and there will always be fish that slip through the net." β
He urged his horses and marched forward: "Now we will catch up with the army before it is dark. β
He looked at Bai Qianyu's hand, still holding the small red flower, couldn't help but smile, took the small flower, and gently inserted Bai Qianyu's sideburns.
Bai Qianyu turned his head, looked at him, and smiled: "Is it good-looking?"
The girl's eyebrows are picturesque, her smile is like a flower, and her white face reflects red flowers, which is extremely delicate.
"Good-looking," Wei Xiao replied, her eyes shining: "Qianyu, you look good in everything." β
On the bank of the Wuding River, the cold water is long, the hero is like jade, the beauty is like a rainbow, ride together, and go to life and death for thousands of miles.
"Good looking. Yechen sat in the carriage, looked at Kuang Feiyu opposite, took a sip of wine, and seemed to smile on her pale face: "Even if the princess loses, she is still so good-looking." β
"What are you talking about?" Kuang Feiyu slapped his palm on the small table lying in the carriage, a little annoyed: "General Yechen, did you deliberately come to laugh at me?"
Yechen put the golden cup on the table, stretched out a finger, and shook it: "Definitely." β
"The ancients said that there are beautiful women in the northern country, who are independent and independent, and they are shocked by the appearance of the country and the city. In my opinion, the princess has such a celestial appearance, a quiet and beautiful posture, which is why Wei Xiao couldn't bear to kill the princess although he saw through the princess's intention to kill him!
He talked eloquently, but Kuang Feiyu was a little convinced, and turned his anger into joy: "I can't imagine that General Yechen, who has fought on the battlefield and killed more than 10,000 people, has such a clever mouth." β
Yechen smiled slightly, noncommittal, but listened to the sound of the chariot outside the carriage, the sound of the army marching, and suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
The army paused, Yechen opened the door in the middle of the day, and the deputy general Ye Yu hurriedly dismounted, ran to the door, and clenched his fists: "General, what are your orders?"
Yechen looked outside: "This is the Wuding River anymore?"
"Exactly!" Ye Yu replied: "There are already hoof marks and footprints ahead, and it must be the Heavenly Ce Army of the Illusory Kingdom passing by." β
Yechen muttered: "When the army marches, there will be stove marks, you go and count, how many stove marks are there?"
"Command!" Ye Yu said, and immediately ordered fifty people to step forward, dividing the stove marks on the ground into ten sections, ordering each person to count, and he himself came back after a while: "General, a total of five thousand stove marks." β
Yechen said: "One stove can supply ten people, then the Tiance army led by Wei Xiao is only 50,000, and there are 30,000 horses, he must be divided into troops to stick to Ti Ying," he groaned for a while, and the red light in his eyes suddenly lit up: "Wei Xiao dares to only use 50,000 to meet my 800,000 army, he is so bold!"
"General......" Ye Yu hesitated for a moment, and Ye Chen said: "If you have anything to say, say it quickly!"
Ye Yu then presented a strip of white cloth with both hands: "This strip of white cloth was originally hung on a dead branch, and it was swaying in the wind, and when the last general saw that there were words on it, he took it down." β
Yechen took the strip of white cloth, only to see that the burnt dead branches were used as pens on it, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced and wrote: " General Yechen is like a meeting: the general since the unparalleled general, the command of the three armies, the south invasion of the phantom country, first there is my Yongliang defenders to resist the enemy, the defeat of the Chongyue Department, and Zitong Pass set up an empty city plan, so that the general under the 300,000 troops of the different departments of the army are wiped out, now the general is in person, Xiao is uneasy, willing to retreat for the general, please retreat from the north of the Chilian River, the empire and the phantom country, across the river, two parts of the world, if the general does not listen, Xiao Dang led 50,000 soldiers to lie down and taste the courage, to the death to kill, although the general is many, it is difficult to stop my soldiers united as one, Fight to the death!"
The inscription was: "Wei Xiao said goodbye and asked the general if he was in good health?"
After reading it, Yechen subconsciously stroked the sword wound on his heart with his left hand, there, although the wound has been restored, but the wound left on the heart by the sword is difficult to heal, he held the white cloth tightly in his palm, held it together, and finally showed a trace of anger on his usually moody face: "Wei Xiao is deliberately provoking me, he knows that I will not retreat, but he deliberately laughs at the defeat of our army, and wants me to retreat!"
The red eyes in his right eye lit up sharply, and a red flame shot out from his eye, and with a "Teng" moment, the white cloth strip in his hand was burned, and it instantly turned into ashes.
Ye Chen let go of his hand, the black ashes in his palm dispersed with the wind, and he pointed his arm forward: "Pass my order, the three armies speed up their pace and advance quickly, so as to catch up with Wei Xiao's Tiance army!"
"Yes!" Ye Yu received the order, and immediately got on his horse and urged the army: "The three armies are marching forward!"
Yechen closed the carriage door, the carriage started again, Yechen leaned his back against the wall of the carriage, closed his eyes, and the red demon light in his eyes gradually faded.
When he opened his eyes again, he had completely regained his usual coldness and composure.
"Did the princess see it?" Ye Chen smiled slightly, and the corners of his lips hooked: "Wei Xiao knew that with 50,000 against 800,000, it was almost impossible to win, so he wanted to write this cloth letter, which was intended to provoke me and disturb my mind, and the commander's heart was confused, and the three armies could collapse!"
Kuang Feiyu raised his eyebrows: "Wei Xiao, his wisdom is really not under the general, before, I underestimated him!"
"So," Yechen stroked his eyebrows: "If you want to single-handedly pick up such a stupid thing as Wei Xiao, please don't do it again in the future!"
"You!" Kuang Feiyu was annoyed and angry, his expression changed in an instant, and the murderous intent surged, but he finally pressed down his anger and said coldly: "Yechen, if it weren't for your high achievements, with your arrogant and domineering nature, I don't know how many people in my country want to kill you!"
"I know ......" Yechen's pale face was unmoved, he just closed his eyes, and seemed to be a little tired: "The people who want to kill me, from the emperor's relatives, dukes and princes, to peddlers and pawns, and remnants of various ethnic groups, I'm afraid there are too many, but it's just ...... But no one can kill me!"
Kuang Feiyu looked at him with an unmoved tired face, and finally shut up.