Chapter 14: The Return
The two sides were far apart, but they could see each other's expressions clearly from a distance, Fan Xian squinted his eyes, confirmed the other party's departure, and couldn't help but shake his head, and an irrepressible exhaustion welled up in his heart. After being chased and killed by the Xihu wolves for three days, the consumption of both sides has reached its peak, and since the other party has given up, of course he will not have any disappointment, and some are just relieved.
After waiting for three rì in this scene, the chase of three rì was carried out, which looked more like a play game played by children, not so dangerous, and even the two sides did not even pull out their knives, and they did not have an arrow, but in fact, they both knew what this pursuit represented and what kind of danger it hid.
Fan Xian and his party went deep into the hinterland of the grassland, and left with their hooves in a dashing manner, although they never really fought, they left a deep black shadow on the hearts of the Xihu people. Many years ago, Qingguo's largest border expansion operation was also carried out under the secret leadership of the Supervision Yuan, the person named Chen Pingping, until now, is still a legendary symbol of treating demons on the grassland, and Fan Xian's trip to Xihu can be regarded as a continuation of the excellent tradition of the Supervision Yuan, and after taking over, he arrogantly inspected the territory.
This time it was a heavy blow to the people of the grassland, the Xihu Wang Ting intended to unify the grassland and compete with the Qing Kingdom, but he could not leave a group of people who went deep into the hinterland of the grassland, which must have made them have a clearer judgment of their own strength, and it would also make the Xihu tribe, which has been extremely beautiful in the past two years, be much more cautious in sending troops.
Xihudan chased in vain for three days in Subida, and was forced to return depressed, seemingly helpless and sad, but in the eyes of Fan Xian, there was something else, the master of the grassland, retreated so resolutely, this kind of courage to give up, and was able to suppress the belligerent xìng feelings of the Hu cavalry, it was really an alternative on the grassland.
If this person really dominates the grassland with the help of Begonia, I am afraid that he will really become a big problem for Qingguo.
Fan Xian blinked, his long eyelashes were full of dust, he looked like a native man, playing with the strong men on the grassland, but he was not very happy, but he looked a little lonely and helpless.
"Let's go. He took the reins of his horse and galloped under the meadow at dusk, his horse jubilant.
............ Although it seems that the pursuers of the royal court have retreated, the black cavalry generals still dare not relax, who knows if those ruthless Xihu people will create an illusion and then kill them from the side and rear. On the grassland, the Hu people had the help of the flying eagle, which completely offset the utility of the cylinder telescope in Fan Xian's hand.
Because of this, the people who escaped from the grassland still did not dare to slow down, forcibly supported their tired bodies, and urged the war horses oozing with medicinal sweat under them to gallop towards the east. It wasn't until seven days later, when the group entered the Red Mountain Pass, that they were truly relieved.
Red Mountain is a particularly strange terrain in the east of the grassland, completely made of soil and stone naturally piled up, after countless thousands of years of north wind blowing, is divided into a piece of isolated peaks, the peaks are all Chu Hongsè, it looks like the imperial pen Zhu Pi in the imperial study is shocking, full of murderous atmosphere.
The road to the customs is just below these red mountains, and the path is like a sheep's intestine, twisting and turning. Fan Xian walked in front of the team, took the leather bag handed over by Jing Ge, took a sip of water, moistened his sore throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Finish the matter here, and you must lie down for two months when you return to Beijing." ”
There was a thud in the red mountain, as if someone had stepped on the sand and gravel on the mountain, and Jing Ge couldn't help frowning. Fan Xian knew what he was thinking, and laughed, but because of the problem of his voice, the laughter was particularly ugly - the Qingguo Expeditionary Western Army, which was ambushed in the Red Mountain Pass, seemed to be extremely tired, and actually let his group capture such an obvious sound.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded from the valley ahead, and the dusty prince Li Hongcheng greeted him from there with the Dingzhou army, Li Hongcheng clamped the horse's belly, came to Fan Xian's body, looked at Fan Xian's unbearable appearance, couldn't help but shake his head, and said: "I said earlier, how can you be provoked by you?"
Fan Xian glanced at him and said, "At least I took him out for six days, and these six days are enough time to do something." ”
"In order to kill those Northern Qi people in the royal court, you need to be so careful?" Li Hongcheng glanced at him disapprovingly, and confirmed that this kid was unharmed, before he put his mind at ease and continued: "Have you ever done it with the Xihu people?"
"No, just moving my feet. ”
The teams of the two sides converged in one place, and the momentum suddenly soared, and in a short time, they drove out of the Red Mountain Pass, which contained thousands of years of wind and sand. In order to cover up the news and prevent anyone from reporting to the Xihu royal court, a total of 8,000 people were ambushed in Qingguo Jīng Rui at the Hongshan Pass, all of whom were relatives of the Great General's Mansion and front-line soldiers in Qingzhou City, and there was no major transfer from the Dingzhou side.
"We've been waiting here for seven days, but we haven't waited for anything, do you have to give some explanation?" Li Hongcheng pursed his blistered lips.
"Excuse me. Fan Xian lightly pinched the horse's belly, there was no pain in his body, glared at him, the ambush of the red mountain pass in his heart was just a preparation, who could tell how strong Shan Yu's vinegar was, and there was still a few distances from Qingzhou, if you don't go back quickly, you are still arguing here, it is really a risky thing.
What he was concerned about was actually the situation in Dingzhou City: "Did you do it?"
"I'll leave before I do it, and all the people under your command will be cooperated by the Governor's Palace, and I have issued a military order, don't worry. Li Hongcheng looked at him and said: "Although I don't know the specific situation, but even rì has intelligence to come, the action should be very smooth, the nail that Northern Qi put in Dingzhou was basically pulled out by those people under you." ”
Fan Xian nodded, no longer said anything, after this battle, the grassland fell into chaos again, and the most important thing is that one of the subordinates of the Supervision Yuan entered the grassland, and the other belonged to the Xiliang Road, and successfully swept away the spies buried in this vast battlefield of the Northern Qi people.
............ Four days later, nearly 10,000 troops of Qingguo Jīng finally withdrew from the grassland and entered Qingzhou City. This group of troops, without a single battle with Xihu's cavalry, completely served as a background drawing board for the operation of the Supervision Yuan, and naturally their morale was not as high as when they sent out the troops, and they had survived in the Red Mountain Pass for too long, so they looked like defeated soldiers.
The appearance of the black riders of the Supervision Yuan was not much better, if it wasn't for Fan Xian to earn face, I was afraid that these people would immediately fall to the ground and fall asleep.
As soon as they entered Qingzhou City, Fan Xian immediately ordered the black horse to rest, and Jing Ge took the order, but they couldn't go to bathe and eat immediately, first of all, they had to take care of the hundreds of horses specially trained by the Supervision Institute, the medicinal power in the bodies of these horses had begun to reverse, and they were about to be unable to support it, if they didn't hurry up to treat, they were afraid that they would gradually die immediately.
These hundreds of military horses are the life-saving benefactors of the black horses of the Supervision Yuan, and everyone does not want to see them finally fall into a miserable situation, but everyone knows that after this thousands of miles of galloping, this group of dark horses can no longer recover the original divine horses, and they can't help but feel a little gloomy in their hearts.
Fan Xian followed the army of the West Daying, and greeted the suspicious eyes on both sides of the road in Qingzhou City, those soldiers and businessmen guessed the identity of this young man, and naturally guessed that the imperial court must have made a big move on the grassland, but looking at the tired and unpolished appearance of the Dingzhou army, everyone thought that the imperial court's action on the grassland had failed, and the gaze cast was a little strange.
Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng had just entered the Qingzhou Military Office, and Ye Ling'er, who received the news, hurried back from the city wall, rushed into the back room, pushed open the door, and said angrily: "Do you think you are an immortal? You dare to go deep into the grassland with such a few people, and you are not afraid that the Hu people will swallow you alive!"
Ye Ling'er has her own reason to be angry, because Fan Xian went deep into the grassland this time, although he didn't lose anything, but he actually took a big risk, so he didn't care about his own life, Ye Ling'er thought of this, and became angry, if Fan Xian died on the grassland, what would Lin Wan'er do? What about the two children?
As Lin Wan'er's handkerchief, she has every reason to criticize Fan Xian's reckless behavior in the harshest way. Of course, there was another reason why she was angry, that is, Fan Xian came to Qingzhou City, but he didn't come to see him, and he hid such a big thing from himself.
Fan Xian was stunned, with a hint of mist, looking at the eldest lady of the Ye family who broke into the door, his eyes subconsciously moved from the light armor on her body to the familiar and pretty face, and his heart was slightly moved, knowing that the other party was indeed concerned about his own safety, but he ......, "Look at you like this, you want to swallow me alive more than Hu Ren." He said with a sad face: "Princess, Hongcheng and I are not wearing clothes, you are not in a hurry to become like this, right?"
After entering the Qingzhou Military Office, the wind and sand all over the body, the whole body was sore, and the extremely tired Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng relied on their powerful position, and prepared two large buckets of hot water in the Ya for the first time.
Ye Ling'er grew up in the Dingzhou Army since she was a child, and she was very different from ordinary women, and when she heard Fan Xian's words, she found that Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng were stripped into naked pigs and shrunk in a big wooden barrel, especially these two people, who still had a deliberately exposed look of shyness on their faces, which was very hateful.
She wasn't ashamed or annoyed, she just spat at her foot and turned around in a dashing manner.
............ The assassination of King Zuo Xian on the grassland, if something happens to the royal court, it will definitely fall into chaos. Li Hongcheng, as the head of the Qingguo Imperial Court in Xilianglu, had to quickly inform Kyoto of the matter, and at the same time returned to Dingzhou to sit in the camp and deploy troops to deal with the latest changes in the situation on the grassland, so the next day, he left Qingzhou.
But Fan Xian stayed, not because of the good scenery in Qingzhou, not because of Ye Ling'er, but because he would wait for a few people to come back before he could really rest assured.
After a few days, the Central Plains caravan that Fan Xian mixed into finally returned to Qingzhou City covered in dust, and after calculating the time, the speed of this caravan was really fast. The path taken by the caravan on the return journey was not the same as the one that Fan Xian withdrew, but it missed the thrilling pursuit.
Seeing the safe return of this caravan, Fan Xian's mood relaxed, he had been very worried, because of the actions of the Supervision Yuan, these merchants from the Central Plains would become the target of revenge by the Hu people. Unexpectedly, under the anger of the Hu people, they were still able to resist not doing anything to the caravan, it seems that the education of Begonia on the grassland in the past two years has affected many people just because of the decision on the future.
Immediately afterwards, a lonely shepherd who lost his cattle and sheep and couldn't survive on the grassland also entered Qingzhou City, but no one knew that in the past six months, this lonely shepherd played a mute servant who was used to lying around.
The shadow also returned safely, and Fan Xian's heart was relieved of most of it, but Wang Shisanlang's kid had no news, and he didn't know what the situation was, which made him very worried. Although the Inspectorate is accustomed to using dangerous means against all enemies, any means require a strong executor.
Today's Fan Xian, he himself is a powerful master, and he has a shadow under him, if it weren't for these extremely terrifying killers, even if he lured Haitang and Shan Yu away, it would be impossible to achieve the set goal of the Supervision Yuan.
The Northern Qi people in the royal court are dealt with by shadows, and King Zuoxian, who must die, needs another strong man, Fan Xian has been having a headache here, and there are only a dozen of the top masters in the world, and it was not until much later that he sent an invitation to Wang Shisanlang through the way of Guò Hug Yuelou.
After the incident of Dadong Mountain, Wang Shisanlang has been serving the seriously injured and dying Sigu Sword in the Sword House of Dongyi City, but the Sigu Sword has been very miraculously dragged and not dead, so Shisanlang has never appeared in front of people's eyes again. Although Fan Xian and Wang Shisanlang had an agreement two years ago, he didn't know if this agreement was valid now, so this invitation was just a temptation.
And Wang Shisanlang did not reply to this invitation word by word, he left Dongyi City directly, came to Qingguo Kyoto, and found Fan Xian.
Fan Xian, Shadow, Wang Shisanlang, the three masters went deep into the grassland, each performing their duties, if in terms of the execution represented by the top masters, today's Supervision Yuan is even more terrifying than when Chen Pingping was in power.
It was precisely because of the arrival of Wang Shisanlang that Fan Xian made up his mind and entered the grassland. Because this person's identity was too special, Fan Xian didn't want the palace to have too much suspicion of him, so he deliberately concealed his identity along the way, just took him into the caravan, and then separated.
He still didn't understand why Sigu Jian was beaten into a crippled idiot by Emperor Lao Tzu, why Wang Shisanlang was still willing to continue the agreement of the year. He didn't have time to think about this, he only hoped that Wang Shisanlang would be able to return safely after assassinating Queen Xihu Zuoxian.
After counting the rì, Fan Xian finally waited for the news he had been waiting for for a long time, to be precise, everyone knew about Wang Shisanlang's return. Because unlike the quiet return of the shadow, the return of the thirteen disciples of the Sword House alarmed the entire Qingzhou City.
The rì rì hung high in the air, shining on Qingzhou City, the fierce autumn wind dried up without any temper at all, the green bricks at the city gate seemed to be about to smoke, and a bloody man walked into the gate of Qingzhou City like this.
The soldiers of Qingzhou City looked at the bloody man with their spears in their hands, and they were enveloped by the chill and murderous intent emanating from this bloody man, and they were afraid.
This person was wearing a leather jacket of a Hu man, if the leather jacket that had been cut through more than thirty cuts was still a leather jacket, countless blood seeped out of the holes of those leather jackets, coagulated, spread, and covered his whole body.
I don't know how long this bloody man has been walking on the grassland, those bloody wounds have begun to fester, and flies and mosquitoes are flying around him, looking strange and miserable.
The defenders of Qingzhou didn't know who this person was, but they only knew that after being so seriously injured, they could still come out of the grassland, and they must not be ordinary people.
The man opened his eyes, his lips were full of blood blisters, and he spoke to the sergeants surrounding him, "Sue Fan Xian, what I promised him has been done." ”
Fan Xian, who received the news, rushed to him, helped him, looked at the wounds on his body, and felt cold, this action on the grassland, he was responsible for leading out Shan Yu and Begonia, Begonia could not kill himself after all, and the shadow acted quietly, and the risk was not great, and the most difficult part was Wang Shisanlang's assassination of King Zuoxian.
Fan Xian didn't know how Wang Shisanlang killed the powerful Zuo Xian King in the Lian Hu camp, but he only knew that the other party's promise to him had been completed perfectly.
He hugged Wang Shisanlang, who had fainted, returned to the military office, and began to treat the warrior's injuries with a silent face, Ye Ling'er handed the needle knife behind him, his face was full of shock and curiosity, thinking to himself Who is this official of the Supervision Yuan who has been slashed more than 30 times? How can he survive like this?