Hearing the sound of fireworks flying into the sky, the ghost city lord stood up uneasily, looked at the golden flames that crossed the sky like meteors, and muttered, "They have begun." ”

Li Qingbai, who was sitting like a mountain in the corner of the wall, suddenly opened his eyes and got up with his sword.

"There's a war going on outside, where are you going?" The ghost city lord stopped him.

"You're right, I have no children and grandchildren in my life, and I am a fate to cut off children and grandchildren. Originally, I was so free and easy, but who let me take in two apprentices? Although they have never even seen the portrait of their grandfather, they are teachers for one day and fathers for life. ”

Li Qingbai held on to the door frame and strode out the door, the wine gourd on his waist swaying.

"Children are debt collectors."

——

The rapidly expanding bamboo pipes and the wildly rising temperature ignited the gunpowder in a moment, and the Beidi people only felt that the ground under their feet was subdued, and then they were overturned by a heat wave. In the explosion, a dense insect-like hard object exploded together, hitting the human skin with severe pain and scalding, almost penetrating the flesh.

At the time of the explosion, the Beidi soldiers who were attached to the city wall were shocked and flew down, smashed heavily on the bamboo pipe that had not been cleaned, and was blown into a leaking gourd; Some fell on their companions, cracking their skulls and turning their internal organs into a puddle of blurred flesh.

The moment the Tiance army on the city wall saw the fireworks, they immediately turned over and dismounted, erecting their shields in front of the Arakawa army. The violent shaking made them unsteady on their feet, and they held each other to prevent them from rolling to the ground in embarrassment.

The torrential rain of iron sand hit the shield like a noisy rain of blood.

When the gunpowder explodes, the iron sand heated by high temperature hits the human skin like a maggot on the tarsal bone, which cannot be picked out or torn off, and the pain is endless. If you are injured in a fatal part of the skin such as the eyes and temples, you will be killed on the spot.

The war horse under Mo Rigen's crotch was pierced through his chest by iron sand, and his chest was covered with dense blood-colored pits, and he fell to the ground with a wail.

Mozhigen rolled down on the spot, trying to cover himself with the corpse of his warhorse, but every inch of the ground that had not been torn apart by the explosion could overturn and tear the people standing there in the next moment. He realized that he had stepped into a dangerous situation from which he could never recover, and the battle for military fortresses and fortifications, as well as the advance and retreat, were all bait.

They were all carried away by the victory, so they underestimated the twenty-one-year-old king of Zhenbei. She is more forbearant and decisive than everyone thinks.

The unburned oil in the bamboo pipe penetrated the sand on the ground, and the flames spread like flowing water.

The inner and outer sides of the fortifications exploded at the same time, and the rubble and iron sand were wrapped in burning gunpowder and fell all over the sky, as if the gods were angry and fell from the sky.

The mountain-like fortifications did not collapse immediately, but "molted" down layer by layer like bamboo shoots. Each time the shell mixed with gunpowder and iron sand was removed, the wall became weaker, the explosion became more violent, and the iron sand became denser.

The last explosion fell, and the year-long construction of the fortifications was reduced to ruins.

From the first day of its inauguration, destruction was its destiny.

The snow closes the gates of the city and opens wide.

The tiger and leopard rode out from under the city gate like a stream of iron, using the blade as a wave, drowning and devouring the life that remained in the sea of fire. The firelight reflected on the black armor of the tiger and leopard rider, as if the sun was setting gold. Wherever the white cranes fluttering their wings on the black flag, their carcasses fell like wheat.

The buzz of the explosion was in Mozhigen's ears, and he stumbled to his feet, meeting a white horse. He subconsciously drew his knife and slashed at the horse's leg, but his eyes ached, and his eyes were pitch black, and the blade fell short.

"As you think, I'll take your second eye."

——

Golden fireworks rushed into the sky.

Erdan's heart trembled, and he pulled the herald over and shouted: "We have been tricked, let Mozhigen withdraw!" ”

Da Nayan, who was standing beside Erdan on horseback, was stunned when he heard this, and before the herald could rush into the battlefield to spread the word, he heard earth-shattering explosions one after another. The frightened horses were restless and tried to escape, barely being controlled by the cavalry.

The bloodstained fortifications in front of him suddenly shook and exploded. Da Nayan slammed Erdan's head under the horse's belly, and the splatters of iron sand and gravel hit the ground with a popping sound.

Erdan and Da Nayan were not at the forefront, and the impact was not severe. But the cavalry at the forefront had already covered their faces and fell off their horses in pain, and the horses were either covered with iron and sand, or they lost control and fled for their lives in a panic.

The fortifications collapsed, creating a hill that was neither high nor low, cutting off their route of advance.

"Don't mess around, retreat to the Snow Line River!" Erdan jumped back on his horse and said loudly.

Out of the corner of Erdan's eyes, he glanced at Qianfeng Mountain, a small cloud of snow dust that could barely be ignored from this long-standing snow-capped mountain. But only those who are in it know that the fear of being submerged in the snow can be suffocated by being buried alive in the snow, or being smashed by the roaring white waves, and the internal organs will be broken and died.

From the beginning of answering Bai Yu, Erdan has been groping his way into Qianfeng. But he didn't expect Chu Zhixia to be so crazy, and an explosion buried all the people on the front and side battlefields. Erdan gritted his teeth with hatred, but his face was calm and calm, and he commanded the army to retreat north.

Da Nayan suddenly pulled out his scimitar, and Erdan's spirit sank.

"The pro-guard escorts the Great Khan to the north, and the others will follow me!" Da Nayan stared at the tiger and leopard rider who rushed out of the ruins, and said in a cold tone.

"My sister is still waiting for you," Da Nayan said, glancing at Erdan, "You must be worthy of her, worthy of my father's entrustment." ”

——

The Beidi cavalry, which was briefly dispersed by the explosion, quickly gathered, and an inconspicuous squad broke away from the army and headed north.

Chu Zhixia withdrew his gaze and looked coldly at the man in front of Beidi's army. Wanbei horse, steel chain mail, with eagle feather decoration around the waist, is more gorgeous and pompous than Hazar's, this person's identity is very noble in the Blue Eagle Department.

"Chu clan in the clouds, Chu Zhixia."

"The Green Eagle Ministry, Jisha Guletai." Da Nayan's eyes were fierce, and he said, "The elder brother of Hongji Thorn Guletai." ”

"Don't talk like I'm a bad person." Chu Zhixia sighed and said, "There are only a lot more people buried on the battlefield by the Chu clan in the clouds than the Guletai family. ”

The trumpets sounded, and the battle broke out in an instant.

Chu Zhixia's spear slashed at the scimitar blocked by Jisha, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two fierce Beidi soldiers holding spears and rushing towards the snow skulls under her crotch. Cheng Yuan rushed out from the side and slashed at one person's chest. Chu Zhixia took advantage of the situation to raise the tip of the spear, the spear slashed through a semicircle, and the tail of the spear stabbed Ji Sha in the chest like a dragon.

Gisha fell backwards and rolled off his horse.

However, more than a dozen Beidi soldiers surrounded Chu Zhixia and raised their spears to stab Xue Cong's chest. Cheng Yuan's fists were invincible to his four hands, and he rolled off his horse in embarrassment, grabbing the spear that had stabbed half of his lower abdomen.

A shadow burst through from the outside of the encirclement, and the five fingers of Xue Liang easily grabbed the back of a person's neck, and forcibly grabbed the spine under the skin. Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up, and he swung his knife to cut the tendons of the soldier holding the spear. The man who tore through the encirclement grabbed Cheng Yuan's hand and took him out, and seven or eight spears pierced into the place where he was originally lying.

Luo Shuangyi and Cheng Yuan were back to back, and not far away was Chu Zhixia, who had fallen off his horse.

"Miss!" Cheng Yuan was anxious.

"Take care of yourself." Luo Shuangyi's gaze swept over the face of the ferocious Beidi soldier and said coldly.

——

Snowskull jerked half-up, spear piercing through its chest.

Chu Zhixia let go of the reins and pulled out the drinking stream snow on his waist the moment he rolled from the saddle and landed. The Beidi soldiers who had taken her off the horse drew their swords and rushed up, Chu Zhixia pressed his sword and did not move, cutting his throat at the moment when the first person approached, grabbing his corpse and smashing it to the opposite side.

Seven or eight wolf slashing knives slashed from all directions, Chu Zhixia held the sword from top to bottom to hold the attack, and the metal made a terrible hiss. Her back was empty, and three wolf slashers could easily tear her to shreds. The knives crashed to the ground, and the arrows pierced the back of the soldier's head and out of his throat, and the feathers trembled.

Triple beads.

Chu Zhixia's hand holding the sword suddenly loosened, leaned back, and grabbed the sword that fell to the ground and held it on the ground for a short time. The blade grazed her visor, and the wind nearly cut her facetle. There was only half a breath of time for drinking the snow to support it on the ground, and Chu Zhixia bounced up with his strength, turned around and slashed through the throat of the soldier with his sword.

Blood sprayed and splashed from the gap in the visor onto Chu Zhixia's face.

A knife slashed at Chu Shixia's neck from the side, and she raised her hand to block it, and the bracer made a crisp sound that almost collapsed. The other party was shocked to the point that his arm was numb, and Chu Zhixia stabbed him in the chest with a sword in his backhand.

More and more people gathered around.

General Cui Lie's cavalry had clearly outflanked the Beidi army from the flank, but they were not afraid at all, and did not even struggle to break through, and frantically launched an attack on the tiger and leopard cavalry - just to protect Erdan's retreat.

Erdan's image in the hearts of the Beidi people is already like a god.

Ye Qian tore through the encirclement and stood with Chu Zhixia, with the tiger and leopard flag planted in the middle of them.

"If Erdan escapes back north of the Snow Line, will we still have a chance?" Ye Qian wiped the blood off his face, and Wen Xiu's face showed a ruthless color.

"It's better not to." Chu Zhixia's answer was obvious.

"Understood." Ye Qian nodded vigorously and said, "Then let your subordinates open the way for the general." ”

"But if the tiger and leopard riders are damaged here, our battle today will be in vain." Chu Zhixia pressed his shoulder and shook his head.

"Apprentice, after so many years, you still can't learn well."

The casual and lazy voice pierced through the hustle and bustle of the battlefield and pierced Chu Shixia's ears. Chu Zhixia was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Qingbai, who was strolling leisurely outside the crowd. He was dressed in white straw sandals and a wide robe, and drank slowly with a jug of wine, and in the other hand he carried the head of Jisha.

"I'm still a child, and I always pretend to be an adult." Li Qingbai threw away the wine gourd, raised his eyes to look at the Beidi soldiers who surrounded him, and said with a smile, "I still refuse to ask for help." ”

Chu Zhixia's face changed abruptly, and he said, "Master, don't want it!" ”

More than ten years ago, when Li Qingbai accepted Chu Zhixia as an apprentice, he once said that there was a taboo in the master's sect. "Don't touch wealth, don't get close to the powerful", contaminated with earthly desires and cause and effect, and delusional thoughts are rampant, they will abuse the sword of vicissitudes and cause turmoil.

Once you set foot in the struggle for power and the gain or loss of wealth, you will break your vows, and your mind will backfire.

Chu Mingyan once promised that Chu Shixia would stay away from the power vortex of the Chu clan in the clouds - this was the life that Chu Mingyan had planned for her.

But Li Qingbai was still not at ease, so he only taught her swordsmanship, not her mental skills. And without mental methods, even if you practice swordsmanship perfectly, it is difficult to break through the bottleneck. What Chu Zhixia learned was only the surface of the Cangliu swordsmanship.

The sword slipped out of its sheath, and the tip of the sword cut a bleak straight line, and the throat of the oncoming Beidi soldier was cracked, and the wound was deep and bone-piercing.

"The last Cangliu sword technique in the world, you have a good look."

Li Qingbai's feet paused slightly, and he stepped forward with his sword. The Beidi soldier who rushed towards him with a knife was slashed open by a man with a knife, and the blade of the sword stuck into the hard ribs, as if bitten to death by a bony cage. The soldier grabbed Li Qingbai's sword viciously and stared at him with wide eyes.

Li Qingbai smiled contemptuously, abandoned his sword and stepped on his knees to take off, and the long knives that swung behind him slashed at the soldiers. Li Qingbai stepped on his Heavenly Spirit Gai with one foot, and the soldier fell to his knees in the sand.

"I'm not going to hunt down Erdan, why are you stunned?" Li Qingbai sighed, turned his head to look at Chu Zhixia, and there was a thin stream of blood flowing from the corners of his eyes, "Don't worry, your master and I can't die." ”

A group of tigers and leopards took the opportunity to pass through the Beidi army in a straight line.

Shen Zhou prostrated himself from the horse, pulled Chu Shixia on the horse, Cheng Yuan grabbed Ye Qian on the horse, and the group galloped away.

Li Qingbai showed a faint smile.

——

In the third year of Xuande, the second day of November.

There was a sound of shouting and shouting outside the golden tent, which was what the major nobles were saying. Nearly three-quarters of the strength of the 10th Beidi Division was lost, two-quarters were lost in the explosion of the fortifications, and a quarter were intercepted by the Yi cavalry. Erdan's proud general Dotos, Mozhigan could not even find his entire body.

The eldest son of the Guldai family was killed.

Erdan retreated from the battlefield in disgrace, and was chased by tiger and leopard riders across the Snow Line River, and was almost shot on the banks of the Snow Line River. If it weren't for Chu Zhixia's arrow that was half an inch off, and the arrow cluster flew past his neck, he would probably hate Xuexian River.

Erdan looked down at the baby in the cradle, a healthy boy. The Da Yan sat on the edge of the cradle, with white flowers in his hair, and his face was haggard.

"Do you hate me?" Erdan asked suddenly.

Da Yan shook his head.

"I'm sorry." Erdan whispered, "If only I had rescued you from the wolf's mouth and turned around and left immediately." ”

So he remained a slave herding sheep, looking up at the skirt of the noble lady, shepherding sheep during the day and resting in the stables by night. The general trend of the world, the life and death of the grassland, the ambitions of the nobles and the war have nothing to do with him. Maybe on the day the war breaks out, he will also go to the battlefield and die without knowing it; Or before the war came, he starved to death in a cold and hungry winter.

Erdan crossed the cradle and hugged Da Yan, kissed her hair, and said, "Those people outside will not let me go." Chu Shixia is different from her brothers, she is very desperate for me to die. I'll send you away tonight, and I'll pick you up when things are stable. ”

Da Yanshi trembled his lips and said, "No." ”

"Obedient." Erdan stroked her hair and said with a sad smile, "Although you have never been a good girl, this time, you have to listen to me." I'm sorry for the death of Jisha and Hiroyoshi. ”

"If there is a next life, let's live in a world where there is no cold and hunger, and we can live without working hard." Erdan smiled and said, "Although a person like me will definitely go to hell." ”