Late summer and autumn solstice.

Twenty miles outside the city of Wuzhou, tens of thousands of guards were camped here.

Half a mile away from the camp, there is a Wuhu River, which is rippling at this time, sparkling in the warm sun.

Occasionally, fallen leaves fall on the water, and then drift away with the current, or drown in silence, just like human life in this troubled world.

Li Qiucian invited Ye Chong to the riverside.

At this time, it has been two months since Ye Chong returned, and after Dongfang Dingtian returned to the dynasty, they fought several battles with Qin Wuxing outside Liangzhou City, as Dongfang Dingtian expected, Qin Wudaunt was brave and strategic, and controlled a large number of Chu troops, but he was defeated repeatedly.

After a complete defeat, Qin Wuxing had to lead his troops to retreat, and Ye Chong did not have time to enter the city to meet his father at that time, and together with Shen Fengyang and Wu He, he took advantage of the victory to pursue.

Now, the cities lost by the defenders have been regained one after another, and only one Wuzhou remains.

In the past two months, the sudden reversal of the situation on the battlefield of Chuwei can be said to have stunned the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. None of the vassal states expected that the Patriotic Kingdom, which they thought would be destroyed, would be able to turn the tide and regain the lost city!

And this qiē started after Ye Chong came back, not to mention how much he contributed to, many forces have already paid attention to it intentionally or unintentionally, and collected information about Ye Chong.

If you want to say that the most aggrieved, it must be the commander of the Chu army at this time, Qin Wuxing, he finally waited for Dongfang Dingtian to leave, and the opportunity to lead the Chu army by himself was originally thinking of living alone, but he suffered setbacks one after another, and returned all the territory he had laid before, which really responded to Dongfang Dingtian's evaluation - brave and unstrategic, unbearable.

Of course, no one knew that after Dongfang Dingtian left the battlefield, he expected the development of the war situation at this time.

It is said that after Dongfang Dingtian returned to go abroad, he was still recuperating at home and had not gone out, and the king of Chu had found someone to visit secretly, intending to let him go out of the mountain again, but he was excused by him on the pretext that his injuries had not healed.

No one knows what the mood of King Chu is in the face of today's situation.

"Dongfang Dingtian has done us a great favor, although he didn't kill him that day, he took the initiative to return to Chu and handed over all the Chu army to Qin Wudren's hands, and he should have guessed that it was Lu Shan who eavesdropped on the information at that time, but he didn't tell Qin Wudaunt. For more than a month, Lu Shan has eavesdropped on Qin Wudren's battle plan every time with unmistakable accuracy, so that we can defeat them repeatedly and achieve victory with the least losses and the most accurate combat methods. ”

Ye Chong stood on the bank of the Wuhu River and said freely.

The war has developed to this point, and his whole person is a lot easier.

Li Qiuchan's face was still cold, and he said lightly: "This is just a means used by Dongfang Dingtian for his own interests, and the one who really helped you defend the country is still the so-called King of Chu." ”

Ye Chong smiled, "If you really want to get to the bottom of it, you still have the greatest contribution, on the one hand, let the people in the Chu Dynasty join forces to slander Dongfang Dingtian and make the King of Chu suspicious, on the other hand, he brought the people from the Black Wind Mountain here, and did not hesitate to take out the Split Cloud Formation Diagram and share it with the guards, making the guards' combat effectiveness soar." ”

Li Qiuchan didn't appreciate it, "I arranged for someone to slander him, just to create some difficulties for him, and I didn't expect that there would be another group of people who would also do this, and directly guided Dongfang Dingtianxia to decide to withdraw from the battlefield." This qiē is really a mistake, but the promise you promised me before to kill Dongfang Dingtian on the battlefield cannot be fulfilled. ”

From the moment Dongfang Dingtian left the battlefield, it was destined that Ye Chong's promise on the Black Wind Mountain would be disappointed, but fortunately, Dongfang Angtian and Dongfang Qingtian's lives stayed here, so as not to embarrass him too much.

Ye Chong turned to look at Li Qiuchan's cold and beautiful figure, his tone was calm, but he said undoubtedly: "You know that my promise cannot be fully fulfilled, but you still stay in the battlefield, and take out the Cloud Splitting Array Diagram to share with the guards, I will remember this feeling." And what I promised you will definitely be completed, and when Wuzhou is taken and the difficulties of defending the country are all lifted, I will definitely go to Chu State with you to complete what you have to do. ”

In fact, more than a month ago, if Li Qiucian said that he wanted to leave, Ye Chong would not stop him, let alone have a reason to stop him, but Li Qiuchan never did that, nor did he mention this matter, which made Ye Chong feel nostalgic.

"Just remember what you said today. Li Qiucian suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Wuzhou, "I don't know why I have been helping you guards, it stands to reason that those Chu troops are the people of my hometown." ”

She showed a hint of self-deprecating chuckle, "Perhaps, it was my own family that was ruined, so I hated the entire Chu State, or perhaps, I didn't want to see more people, because of the war, my family became as ruined as me." ”

Her eyes suddenly paused on Ye Chong's body for a while, and she didn't say a word, or perhaps, I just wanted to help you.

In fact, she never thought of leaving because Dongfang Dingtian returned to Chu, completely subconsciously, because the thing she promised Ye Chong had not yet been done, because Ye Chong was still on this battlefield, and he was exhausted for the peace of his hometown.

These subtle psychology, she herself more or less perceived, but she didn't show it at all, let Ye Chong know.

She has long been accustomed to being a loner, her life's mission is only to avenge her family, and she resists any emotional bonds.

"But I'm leaving now. Li Qiuchan's eyes glanced into the distance, and he murmured softly: "Now that the Chu army under Qin Wuxing is wounded and dead, the remaining military strength is completely unable to compete with you, and Wuzhou will not be able to resist for a few days, so it will return to the territory of your country." It doesn't matter if I stay here or not. ”

"Are you going to the country of Chu?"

Being invited here by her, Ye Chong was already prepared in his heart, but when she said this, Ye Chong felt a little reluctant in his heart.

Maybe it's because it's become a habit to fight side by side these days.

Ye Chong smiled bitterly, he knew that he had no reason to keep Li Qiuchan, so he nodded immediately and said, "Do you have a specific plan?"

Li Qiucian looked into the distance and did not look back, his voice was as clear as the clear water in the Wuhu River, "This time, I just went to Chu alone, those people on the Black Wind Mountain, they have to wait for you to settle down, they are inconvenient to go to Chu with me, because I don't have the strength to meet the soldiers of the Dongfang family now." When the aftermath of the war subsides, you can arrange for them to enter Chu in batches, and I will meet them in Chu at that time, and when you are needed, I will ...... I will deliver the letter to you. ”

"Good. Ye Chong responded without any hesitation.

Suddenly, Li Qiucian pinched his fingers and whistled. In the distance, a horse galloped by.

Ye Chong's expression moved, and he said, "I remember that I heard you play a tune before, can you let me listen to it once before this separation?"

What he said was the sad elegy that Li Qiucian blew after killing Qi Huang in the Sword Shrine Purple Bamboo Forest.

Li Qiucian didn't respond, just walked under a tree and slapped it with one palm.

The leaves fluttered and fell, Li Qiucian stretched out her hand in the air, and her slender and white fingers caught a diamond-shaped leaf, and then she put the leaves between her lips, and a tactful tune echoed on the banks of the Wuhu River.

Heaven and earth seem to be infected by the pathetic love in the tune at this moment, blowing a bleak autumn wind.

In Ye Chong's mind, he remembered the blood flowing in the mountains and rivers of the soldiers who died in the battle between the two countries during this period of time.

By the time he came back to his senses, Li Qiucian had already jumped on horseback.

"Cherish all the way, and there will be a period later. Ye Chong said in a deep voice.

Li Qiucian didn't answer, crushed the leaves on his fingertips, threw them in the air, and then drove away.

A cyan dress, a cold and beautiful figure, a long sword engraved with autumn cicadas and fallen leaves, and a galloping horse form a lonely and cold picture, which gradually disappears into the distance.

A few footsteps were heard.

Ye Chong turned around and saw Shen Qing'er, Li Hui, Qin Wuyue, Bai Fengnian, and Mingfu all coming to him.

After Qin Wudaunt withdrew his troops that day, Qin Wuyue did not go to Liangzhou, but followed the army and fought all the way to the present. Shen Qing'er did not leave because his father was already in the army. And Bai Fengnian and Ming Fu, because they saw Ye Chong's skills and got along with each other for a long time, they already admired Ye Chong. Li Hui didn't need to say much, he and Ye Chong were their own people from the sword mound. These people have gradually formed a small group in the army, except for Shen Qing'er, they don't have much contact with other people in the army on weekdays.

Although Li Qiucian has a cold temperament, he has also won the respect of this group of people outside the Black Wind Mountain because of his strength.

"The big boss is gone?"

Ming Fu was the first to speak, and the mustard between him and Ye Chong had already disappeared in his heart because of the side by side.

"Yes. Ye Chong nodded, "Regarding the arrangements for the people of Black Wind Mountain, when the war is over, I will discuss it with you in detail." ”

"Hmm. Mingfu didn't say anything more.

"Marquis Shen and General Wu said that this afternoon, they will start a large-scale siege of the city. "Bai Fengnian's main concern is the current war.

There are still more than 800 people left in the 1,000-feather forest army, and many of his comrades have died in this foreign territory, which can be regarded as completing the task assigned by the prince of Qi. Bai Fengnian didn't complain, he just packed the ashes of the cremated bodies of every Yulin Army soldier who died in the war, saying that he wanted to bring the ashes of those comrades back to his hometown for burial after the war ended.

Ye Chong respected this young general of Qi very much, and after hearing his words, he nodded, and said: "Then General Lao Bai and Brother Ming will continue to fight, I will follow this river and enter Wuzhou later, I have made an appointment with Lu Shan to meet outside the mansion where Qin Wuxing temporarily lives, we will kill him in the city first, and when the Chu army is leaderless, Wuzhou will inevitably be recaptured by us!"