Chapter 3: The Hourglass of Time
The time of retrospection is like a turbulent river, rushing endlessly. All things in the world are controlled by this incomparable power, rebelling against the laws of life, returning from decay to prosperity, from death to rebirth, and from existence to nothingness.
And in this world, only a vague figure standstill. This person's appearance is a little blurry, and he looks nine points similar to Mu Yi, but his eyes are gloomy, his face is like a knife, and he is dressed in a black robe without wind, as if he is dancing with the pulse of the world.
In his hand, he grabbed a black hourglass, the bottom of the hourglass was hollowed out, and the golden sand particles continued to fall from the hourglass, and then turned into a golden air current, floating to every corner of the world.
Queen Rouran, who was on the run, also slowly turned back into a twenty-eight girl under this power, and then turned back into a pink-carved doll, and finally returned to the moment when she was born, and she was about to return to her mother's womb and return to the eternal nothing.
At this moment, the hourglass in the hand of the man in black suddenly reversed, and the golden air flow disappeared, time rewind stopped, and the man's figure disappeared into the air.
With a "wow", the newborn little princess of Rouran finally cried.
"Congratulations to the Great Khan, Concubine Khan gave birth to a little princess. Wen Po, who had been busy for a long time, was busy picking up the newborn baby, stepping out of the delivery room, and reporting the good news to the anxiously waiting Rouran Khan.
"Daughter, daughter. She was Ben Khan's first child. Ben Khan will sacrifice to Heaven and thank Heaven for his blessings. Rouran Khan, dressed in a fur suit, laughed and looked excited.
Wen Po heard that he didn't mind whether the child was male or female, and she was also relieved, and was about to say something auspicious, when suddenly there was a shout of killing outside the door.
"Great Khan, it's not good, the Cheshi Division rebelled, and the traitors of Yinshi brought most of the men and horses to besiege the royal city, and we only have 30,000 guards in the city, how can this be good. As soon as the words fell, a figure flashed and appeared on the side of Rouran Khan.
Rouran Khan's face was gloomy for a moment, and then he stretched out again: "Yin Shi's good calculation tempted my Rouran's main force to go north to fight the rebellion, and then raise troops to rebel. But he also underestimated us too much. Uncle Wang, let's go and see how many people they have. ”
The two of them left the royal court and walked straight onto the walls of the Rouran King City. The steppe people live on nomadism, and the city wall is not high, only one zhang away, there is no problem in blocking the horse's hooves, and it is useless to use it to defend the city.
At this time, the Cheshi rebels did not attack the city, but only besieged the royal city, apparently to wait for the appearance of Rouran Khan.
"Yin Shi, your Cheshi tribe has been attached to Rouran for more than ten years, and I Rouran will not wait for you, why do you want to rebel. If you retire now, Ben Khan will be guilty of the past, as if none of this had happened. Rouran Khan walked up to the gate tower and shouted to the leader of the Cheshi tribe under the city.
"Haha, Rushan Great Khan, there is no need to talk about such nonsense, how can I Yin Shi be a person who has lived under the people for a long time. Now that I have brought 300,000 horses, what is the use of your 30,000 defenders, think more about yourself. Yin Shi rode on his war horse and laughed loudly, disapproving Rushan's words.
"Hmph, ridiculous. Ru Shan snorted coldly, turned his head to the people beside him: "Uncle Wang, capture the thief and capture the king first, it's up to you." As long as the Yin Stone is captured, the Cheshi Army will be self-defeating. ”
"Okay," Rouran Khan's Wang Shuru Nan snorted, his already born tiger back and bear waist, his body swelled a foot after drinking, and the blue light on his body flowed, like an ancient giant, swooping towards the yin stone under the city.
In the midst of this lightning and flint, a one-foot-thick earthen wall appeared in front of Yin Shi, and Ru Nan's iron fist hit the earthen wall, shattering it in an instant, but his attack was blocked and he was forced to stop.
"Sure enough, I came prepared. Ru Nan looked at the earthy yellow man who came out of the ground and said in a deep voice, "It's just a cultivator in the early stage of the Yuan Infant, and he wants to stop me, it's too whimsical. ”
"What about the other four?" A sweet voice came, and Ru Nan couldn't help frowning. As far as the eye could see, four more people flew in, two men and two women, all of whom were cultivators in the early stage of the Yuan Infant.
Seeing that the other party was strong, Ru Yan had to return to the city tower and whispered to Ru Shan: "The other party has five cultivators in the early stage of the Yuan Infant, and I am only in the middle stage of the Yuan Infant, so I am afraid it will be difficult to resist." ”
"It seems that the only way to do this is to use this last secret. Ru Shan's eyes erupted with fire, staring fiercely at the Yin Stone under the city, "After a while, when time stands still, the second uncle will take me down to kill the Yin Stone and the five cultivators under the city." ”
"Good. Ru Nan obviously knew what the secret Ru Shan was talking about, and nodded in agreement.
Ru Shan took out an object from his arms, it turned out to be a half-crippled hourglass, the color and shape were very similar to the hourglass held by the man in black before, but the hourglass broke from the middle connection, only the upper part, and the lower part was missing.
Ru Shan put the half-crippled hourglass in his left hand, touched a bag from his arms, opened it and looked at it, and immediately changed his face: "This is not the 'sand of time'!"
"Haha," Yin Shi under the city laughed when he saw Rushan's panicked appearance, "Do you think I married my sister to you to please you? It's a pity that you look at this hourglass so tightly, otherwise you wouldn't need to be so excited today. ”
Ru Shan was stunned for a moment, his right hand hung down, and the sandbag in his hand fell.
"Fight. Seeing Ru Shan's appearance, Ru Nan understood that there was nothing to do, so he gritted his teeth and rushed forward, fighting with the other party's five cultivators.
Ru Shan came back to his senses at this time, sighed, and turned around and shouted: "Take the women and children, and follow Ben Khan to break through to the north." ”
The king's walls were low, and it was not good to defend the city, and the children of the steppe were accustomed to fighting on horseback. Ru Shan then stepped on his horse and led the crowd out of the city to meet the enemy. He intended to break through to the north and join up with the main force of Rouran heading north.
After a while, it was difficult for Ru to defeat five, and gradually lost his support, he glanced at the people of Rushan who were also struggling to support, and the fierce color in his eyes flashed, and he actually blew up Yuan Ying in mid-air!
The self-explosion of the cultivator in the middle of the Yuan Infant was extremely powerful, not only were the five cultivators who besieged Ru Nan seriously injured on the spot, but even the cavalry of the Che Master who was several miles below him was also killed.
"Uncle Wang!" Ru Shan in the distance saw that Ru was difficult to explode, and his eyes were split.
"Great Khan. Meng Zi, the commander of the Rouran garrison, grabbed Ru Shan, who wanted to step forward to avenge Ru Nan, "The prince is buying time for us, as long as we can rush out, we can come back to avenge the prince, think twice, don't lose a big one because of a small one." ”
Ru Shan let out a long cry of pain, turned his horse's head, and led his army north again.
Although there were 300,000 chariot divisions besieging the city, most of them were rabble. Rouran's 30,000 horses were the elite of the elite, and after a day and night of fighting, leaving behind more than 20,000 corpses, they finally broke through the encirclement of the charioteer.
"Great Khan, it's not good. Madame has been running all the way and has lost too much blood, so I'm afraid it won't work. A woman dressed as a gentle lady panicked and caught up with Rushan, who was opening the way in front.
This breakthrough was extremely dangerous, so only the family members were brought, and the maids and maids were all abandoned in the royal city. This woman is the wife of General Mengzi, and she has been taking care of Princess Rouran, who has just given birth, all the way.
Rushan, who was in a hurry, hurriedly turned his horse's head and arrived in front of the princess's horse.
"Aifei, how are you? Ru Shan looked at her pale face, filled with remorse. If it weren't for the sister of the driver who favored him, how could he have fallen into such a situation.
The princess shook her head weakly, pointed to the baby next to her, and tilted her head and died.
Ru Shan half-knelt in front of the body, refusing to get up for a long time, tears constantly sliding down his angular face.
"Great Khan, it's not good. Mengzi hurriedly came to bow down.
"Something, say it. Rushan was a little numb, and in just one night, he seemed to have lost everything.
"Visiting the Malay report, our main force was poisoned in the food, and was surrounded and annihilated, and the whole army has been wiped out. Mengzi's voice was full of pain and helplessness.
"It's over, it's all over. Ru Shan didn't jump like thunder when he heard the news, but just shook his head blankly.
Meng Zi sighed, his eyes full of hatred: "Great Khan, we can't just give up, our revenge has not been avenged, we still have hope." ”
"Hope?" Ru Shan raised his head and looked at the sleeping baby beside him, and the desire for revenge gradually surged in his eyes, "Yes, we still have hope, I still have a daughter." Mengzi, you can take her out of here and go south. ”
"No, Great Khan. Meng Zi said eagerly, "I'll lead the chaser to chase the soldiers, and you take the princess away." ”
"Can you lure away the pursuers?" Ru Shan sighed, "Listen to me, now that there is no place for us to stand in the Northern Continent, if we wait for the five cultivators of the Che Master to heal from their injuries, we will not be able to escape even if we have wings." You now immediately leave the Northern Continent to cross the sea to the Great Xia Dynasty, go there to recuperate, and then plan again. ”
"This," Meng Zi was stunned, "Great Khan, how can we survive in the Xia Dynasty." ”
"In the city of Great Waves on the south coast, we have left behind a large fortune and half a bag of 'sands of time'. There is also this 'Hourglass of Time', you take them with you to Great Xia, as a foothold. ”
"But, Great Khan"
"No, but. Ru Shanhao stood up, "Set off immediately, take three thousand men and horses, this is the last hope." ”
"Yes!" Meng bowed down, tears glistening in his eyes.
"If the restoration of the country is really impossible, you can settle down in Great Xia and raise her. Rushan picked up the baby, and his eyes were full of love.
"The last general hereby swears that he will do his best to assist the princess in restoring the kingdom for me. Meng Zi's answer was categorical.
"Good, good. Rushan handed the baby in his hand to Mengzi's wife, "Then I'll be relieved, let's go." ”
"Great Khan, you haven't named the little princess yet. ”
Ru Shan looked at the dead princess sadly, closed his eyes and said, "The so-called Yiren are on the water side. Let's call it Jouy. ”
Seeing Meng Zi and the others go away, Ru Shan's eyes were full of the tragedy and desolation of the hero's twilight, he turned around suddenly, and shouted: "Gentle sons, follow me into battle to kill the enemy!"
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