On the rugged mountain road, Nalan Zhen is riding a horse.

The mountain road is difficult, although she is good at riding, the back of her hand was accidentally scratched a little yesterday, at this time it has been bandaged, holding the reins with one hand, thinking in her mind that if she is unwilling to be only a different princess after marrying Nanzhao, she must master the military power.

When she was about four or five years old, she met Princess Tang Jincheng and saw how hard a woman who married alone and far away lived, and was deeply impressed. She told herself that she would never be able to live like Princess Jincheng.

It is not enough to rely on Lun Ruozan alone, he is just the son of a weak high-ranking official, and he will return soon after sending her to Nanzhao. Nalan Zhen thinks she has to directly control a part of the force.

Not only the guards sent to her by her father, but she needed more troops, and this time, whether or not the Tang army invaded, it was an opportunity for her to experience in the army and try to master part of the military power.

Thinking of this, Nalan Zhen's gaze turned and fell on a tall general in front of her.

This man's name is Shang Dongzan, and he is the nephew of the important Tibetan minister Dazaru Gong, and he is very brave.

Nalan Zhen has some understanding of the Tibetan ministers, and among the nine ministers, what she admires the most is Dazaru Gong, who is now not high in status but has outstanding intelligence, and is a good choice for an ally.

"General Shang Dongzan, is your uncle okay lately?"

"Princess." Shang Dongzan heard the question, turned around, and said, "He is fine, but he is worried about the war in Qinghai and wants to personally lead the troops to repel Ge Shuhan." ”

Nalan Zhen asked, "What did he say about my marriage to Nanzhao?" ”

Shang Dong praised: "Uncle said that if you can subdue Nanzhao, Tubo will be stronger. ”

"I haven't taken it yet." Nalan Zhen said, "Ge Luofeng is a powerful person, I have to have more power to help Tubo control Nanzhao." ”

Shang Dongzan didn't expect the princess to have such ambitions, and was stunned for a moment.

What Nalan Zhen wanted was such an effect, to win over the other party, she observed Shang Dongzan's reaction, and said: "This time I went south, I hope the general will help me, if I can make Nanzhao obedient, your uncle can also use this credit to become a great minister." ”

"As long as the princess tells me, I will do it."

Suddenly, there was a muffled thunder ahead.

"Thunder?" Lun Ruozan looked up and saw that the sky was clear in the morning, and it didn't look like it was going to rain.

Nalan Zhen said: "The voice seems to be coming from the front, send someone to take a look first." ”

Shang Dongzan immediately obeyed the order, and did not need Lun Ruozan's orders, and immediately sent a probe horse forward.

"Drive."

Tanma galloped all the way along the valley, and suddenly saw someone stopping there in front of him, and when he got closer, he saw that it was a few women crying there, and he immediately asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Tang army has attacked!" The one who spoke was a man with a dark face, also dressed as a netter, with a dirty black sheepskin crotch, cut into the shape of a frog, and the netters worshiped frogs, and spoke Tubo very fluently.

There are many Tibetan tribes, and it is often the princes and nobles and the army who speak the Tibetan language.

"Nonsense! Where did the Don Army come from? ”

"Really, the Tang army took advantage of the thunder to open the gate of the village with a bang, and everyone was so frightened that they fled outside."

"And then?"

"And then I ran away."

"Have you seen Tang Jun?"

"No, I just heard everyone shouting 'Tang Jun is coming'."

"Let's go, take me to see."

The Nafan army continued to move forward, and on the way looked up into the valley, and could see that some people were fleeing to the west.

When I arrived at the big tree village, I saw that the gate of the south side was closed, and there were many people standing on the city tower, and one of them was screaming in an incomprehensible Internet language.

"What is he shouting?"

"I guess that's ...... The stockade was held. The man from the network department listened for a while, showed a surprised expression, and said, "Great, we have repelled the Tang army." ”

"Open the gate, I'm going to go in and have a look."

"The leader said no, I'm afraid that the people are pretending to be Tang Jun."

"Fart, I don't look like Tang Jun, wait for me to report to the general, see if you dare not open the door?!"

The Tibetan army was furious and beat him with a whip.

The man of the network department hurriedly raised his hand to block it, and the Fan army probed the horse and noticed that his left hand was cut in half.

"Where did you break your hand?"

"Qianjie City, interrupted when resisting the Tang Army."

"You've been a soldier too? Yes, go, go back with me to the general, and you ride that horse. ”

~~

Big tree village, city tower.

Xue Bai looked at the back of the Fan army exploring the horse and put down the clairvoyant mirror.

The Tang army was in the stockade, and they touched the wall before dawn, and when they were ready, they lit the explosives package and blew up the wall. Smashed in like a divine soldier from heaven and took control of the walled city.

After bringing panic to the network troops of Zidadi, Xue Bai asked Tian Shengong to chase after the fleeing netmen, and lit explosives on the cliff to the west to inform Wang Zhonghe.

The situation has only eased, but the main force of the Tubo army has come again, and the number of people watching the dust and smoke is not small.

Although the Tang army succeeded in a surprise attack on Dashuzhai, it took advantage of the weakness to enter, and the actual strength was only more than 120 people, and after many days of marching and overnight running, it was hungry and tired, and it was impossible to resist the counterattack of the Tubo army.

At the critical juncture, Xue Bai had no choice but to let Luo chase forward to delay and pass on some fake news.

After taking away the Tubo Tanma, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked Tian Shengong, "Has Wang Jieshuai replied?" When will reinforcements arrive. ”

"The Courier hasn't returned yet." Tian Shengong also knew that the situation was not good, and said: "It seems that there is a fierce battle going on on the Zidadi side, and the reinforcements may not come too soon." ”

"Let the soldiers have enough to eat first."

Xue Bai's eyes were filled with thought, if Wang Zhongsi could successfully cross the river in Zidadi, then in the worst case, Dashuzhai could abandon the village and retreat north of the Dadu River.

If this is the case, I am afraid that this Tibetan army will ruin their plan to attack Nanzhao.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xue Bai had a plan.

"Prepare, let's let the Tubo army enter the village."

"Into the village?"

Tian Shengong finally had time to pick up a piece of naan and bite it, and after listening to Xue Bai's words, he was choked and almost lost his breath.

Xue Bai whispered a few more words, Tian Shengong understood, and hurriedly ran to make arrangements.

After only a short rest, the Tang soldiers were busy again, they piled up all the firewood in the village on both sides of the walled gate, moved stones to the city tower, and tied explosives to the city tower.

Busy time always flies quickly, and before the arrangement is completed, the sound of horses' hooves is already approaching.

Xue Bai picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked over, only to see the Tubo cavalry coming from the valley, among which a tall general in light armor rushed to the front of the walled city, straddled the war horse, and shouted majestically to this side.

"Listen to the people of the village! I am Shang Dongzan, the general of Bada, come to help you defeat the Tang army, quickly open the door and let my soldiers and horses enter the village! ”

Shang Dong's praise was as loud as thunder, and it spread to the city tower.

Tian Shengong asked in a low voice, "Lang Jun, what should I do?" ”

"Ignore him yet." Xue Bai said: "Continue to prepare." ”

"Whoa." Tian Shengong immediately went to urge the soldiers.

Xue Bai continued to observe Shang Dongzan with a clairvoyant mirror, he knew some Tibetan customs, the strong and strong are called "Zan", and those with this word in their names are often people with extraordinary status, which is equivalent to being called "Lang" in the Tang Dynasty.

Time passed little by little, Shang Dongzan shouted a few more words, impatiently beat the horse in a circle, and shouted again: "If you don't open the gate of the village again, I will regard you as betraying Tibet!" ”

Xue Bai's gaze moved away from the clairvoyant mirror and glanced at the situation in the stockade, although it was not completely properly prepared, it should be able to cause a lot of damage to the Tubo army.

It is best to destroy the morale of the Tibetan army in one fell swoop, and if not, at least it can return to the Dadu River.

"Open the gate." Xue Bai ordered.

Tian Shengong immediately became serious and beckoned his subordinates to open the gate.

Their armor had all been removed, and their faces had been smeared gray with mud, and at first glance, it was impossible to tell that it was the Tang Army. But there are still traces of blood in the stockade, and I don't know if Shang Dongzan can see the clues.

In the sound of squeaking, the gate of the village gradually opened in front of the Tubo army, and a cavalry drove into the village.

~~

Luo Chai had been brought to the ranks of the Tibetan army, and the line was very long, lined up in the mountain road, and there was no end to sight.

He saw the Tubo army enter the big tree village and knew that they had been tricked.

In the depths of his heart, he had actually thought that his wife and children were taken away by the Tibetan army, and they were probably dead. Xue Bai's promise to save each other as best is fake, but it is good to be able to kill and injure these Tibetan troops and avenge them......

A soldier came over and said, "You, come with me, the minister wants to see you." ”

"Me?"

"yes, why don't you hurry?!"

Luo Chai was afraid that his lying about the news had been exposed, and he was worried, but he had no choice but to follow the other party to the Chinese army. When you come here, you can't escape if you want to.

"Minister, the netizen who reported the news brought it."

Lun Ruozan was personally boiling snow water, preparing to make tea for the princess, and there was still a while before he entered the village, and he had time.

He didn't raise his head, and asked to himself, "Is there really a Tang army coming?" ”

"The villain didn't see it, but I heard that there was."

"I've heard there are, too." Lun Ruozan said, "But I haven't seen any Tang Army now, it's just your network and yak departments shouting." ”

Luo Chai only depicts the panic of the people in the big tree village when they hear the thunder, and whenever he says anything else, he shakes his head to show that he doesn't know.

As he spoke, he secretly looked at a tent in the valley, wondering why the Tubo army was resting temporarily and setting up tents.

Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out.

"What are you looking at?"

Luo Chai was startled, turned his head to look, and found that there was a little woman dressed as a man sitting behind Lun Ruozan's guards, who was clearly beautiful, but her expression was extremely serious, which made people a little scared.

"Villain...... The villain wasn't looking at anything. ”

"Dare to quibble, I clearly see your eyes dodging."

The little woman stood up, raised her hand, and said, "Do you know how to speak the Internet?" Tell me. ”

Luo Chai was startled and shocked in his heart, but when he raised his head again, he saw that the little woman was wrapped in a piece of silk in her hand.

It was a piece of red brocade, smooth, soft and delicate. Last year, he made a trade with the merchants, and when he exchanged the foal for tea, he asked for a horse, and cut clothes for Deji Medo, for Shu brocade was a very luxurious thing for them, and Deji Medo cherished it very much.

"How did it come?!" Luo Chai immediately asked.

When he thought that his family had been taken away by this Tibetan army, all kinds of possibilities came to his mind, his eyes widened, and he couldn't care about anything else.

"Bold! How dare you shout to the princess?! ”

The guards immediately pounced and held Luo Chase.

Nalan Zhen observed his reaction, untied the silk wrapped in his hand, and threw it aside.

Like a bullfight, Luo Chai's gaze immediately followed the past, and the person also rushed forward.

"You're from the Yak Ministry." Nalan Zhen said, "Your daughter is waiting for you to come home, and her eyes look very similar to yours. ”

"What happened to them?!"

"Your son is sick and dead."

"Ahh Luo Chai roared madly, "Die! Die! ”

At this moment, he almost said something like "You will all die at the hands of Tang Jun", but he restrained himself stiffly, he wanted to make them defenseless.

Nalan Zhen turned her head and ordered, "Bring people here", and then she was not in a hurry, she stood there with a cold expression and watched Luo Chai go crazy.

Until Deji Medo appeared in front of him with his daughter's figure, Luo Chai was stunned, his extremely angry and sad mood changed dramatically, and he lay on the ground and cried.

"You want to save them, tell me the truth." Nalan Zhen said: "You are from the Yak Department, why are you pretending to be a netter?" ”

Luo Chai was still crying.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Nalan Zhen personally drew her sword and walked towards Deji Medo.

"I say!" Luo Chai hurriedly shouted, "It was Tang Jun who asked me to do this." ”

"You betrayed Tubo and surrendered to the Tang army." Lun Ruozan scoffed and scolded: "Traitor. ”

Nalan Zhen was very indifferent to this, and said lightly: "If it is useful, let's talk about the details." ”

She asked very carefully, giving Luo Chai the illusion that he was interrogated by Xue Bai last night.

“……”

"Only more than 100 people crossed the river and took the big tree village?" Nalan Zhen was a little unconvinced, but she still turned to Lun Ruozan and said, "Go and tell Shang Dongzan." ”

"Okay."

Nalan Zhen continued to ask, "Who is the commander of this Tang Army?" ”

"Xue Bai." Luo Chai subconsciously replied to the person who impressed him the most, "I don't know what kind of official position he has in the Tang Army, but everyone is willing to listen to him, he is very capable." ”

"How capable are you?"

"He's only about twenty years old, but he knows everything."

Speaking of this, Luo Chai waved his hands a little exaggeratedly, depicting Xue Bai's talent, as if he was reciting a poem.

"He knows why the snow-capped mountains are golden when the sun shines on them; Know what causes people to be uncomfortable on the plateau; Know where to cross the Dadu River; As long as it is a plan he makes, Tang Jun will do it and can do it; It was he who attracted the gods and blasted open the walls of the big tree village......"

"Smack!"

Nalan Zhen frowned when she heard this, snatched a knife, and gave Luo Chai a mouth with the scabbard.

"You're lying to me."

"The villain doesn't dare to lie to the princess."

Nalan Zhen's expression was serious, and she couldn't believe Luo Chai's praise for the enemy, and said, "I don't believe ......."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was another thunderclap, interrupting the conversation of the Chinese army here.

Nalan Zhen looked up and saw a scene she couldn't believe - the wall of the big tree village collapsed in an instant, smashing into the Tubo soldiers and horses who were entering the city.

Dust rises.

This was followed by screams, as well as all kinds of noisy sounds, which made people's heads buzz and make it impossible to hear anything clearly.

~~

Shang Dongzan actually discovered the anomaly not long after entering the city, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and there was no head of the network to greet him.

"Stop!"

He didn't dare to let the soldiers know about the plan right away, lest they panic. The first thing he did was to untie his bow and arrows, and aimed at him and swept away the people who most looked like the generals of the Tang Army.

However, before he could show his prowess, a loud shout rang out.

"Do it!"

With a loud bang, he looked up and saw that the stones on the wall were being smashed in this direction.

Shang Dongzan realized that he was too careless, and he should have been more cautious, but who would have thought that Tang Jun would be in a netizen village? In addition, he had to admit that a large part of the reason why he was in a hurry to enter the village was that he wanted to show himself in front of Princess Nalanzhen too much.

And so, that beautiful and cold face floated in his mind.

"Bang!"

Stones fall.

The beautiful face in Shang Dongzan's mind dissipated.

His head dissipated.

The fire ignited, and the big tree village gradually fell into the sea of fire.

~~

There are really big trees in the big tree village, which grow on a high mountain next to the village.

Xue Bai was standing under the tree at this time, watching the situation on the battlefield.

There were not many Tibetan soldiers and horses who entered the village at the first time, and the real casualties caused by his arrangements were only more than 300 people. But it moved a lot, and the blow to the morale of the Tibetan army should not be underestimated.

Although Xue Bai could also withdraw to the Dadu River after inflicting certain casualties on the Tubo army, in this way, when the opposing commander eased up, under this narrow terrain, the Tibetan army would encircle and intercept the Tang army, and at that time, the Tang army's losses would only be greater.

While observing the situation and thinking, the messenger finally rushed back.

"Xue Lang, the marshal has sent reinforcements, and they are on the way!"

Xue Bai was overjoyed, and immediately shouted: "Drumming!" ”

He wanted to shock the Tibetan army again with the sound of drums, and not give them a chance to regain their senses.

"Knock, knock, knock, knock!"

The sound of drums spread, and more than 100 Tang troops gained the momentum of thousands of people.

~~

Nalan Zhen heard the sound of the drum and turned her head a little dazedly.

It was normal for her, a sixteen-year-old girl, to be frightened by the sudden battlefield.

Shang Dongzan's banner has never appeared since it entered the village, and it is likely that he has died under the thunder. This general she just wooed was killed at the hands of the Tang Army in the blink of an eye?

She was so shocked that her hands were shaking.

But after a while, she clenched her fists.

"Who is that Don general you just said?"

"Xue Bai."

Luo Chai lowered his head, he didn't plan to answer anymore, he had to try to save his wife and daughter.

Nalan Zhen repeated "Xue Bai" in a low voice and wrote down the name.

Ahead, the Tibetan soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran one after another.

Lun Ruozan hurriedly arranged, and at the end, he rushed back in person to protect Nalan Zhen.

"Princess, go quickly."

Nalan Zhen subconsciously took a few steps, instinctively wanting to leave this cruel battlefield, but when she came to her senses, she remembered something.

"Can't be withdrawn, the Tang army only has more than 100 people."

Lun Ruozan had no choice but to stop and said, "It's not how many people there are in the Tang army, but the morale has dispersed, and we will fight again after retiring." ”

Nalan Zhen shook her head, assuming the majestic and wise appearance of her father when he handled state affairs...... At least it looks somewhat similar.

She muttered, "Didn't you just hear that? The main force of the Tang army is in Zidadi, and now that the network is in chaos, it is likely that they have crossed the river and outflanked us. ”

"That's why we have to retreat right away."

"Nope." Nalan Zhen said: "Retreat to the south, they are all narrow valleys, our troops can't be spread, and morale is low, if it is blocked, it will be defeated soon." On the contrary, it was to defeat the more than 100 Tang troops and occupy the advantageous position of Dashuzhai, so that the Tang army could not advance or retreat. ”

Lun Ruozan didn't agree with her judgment, but he really cared about her safety, so he said softly: "Princess, my duty is to escort you to Nanzhao, not to defeat the Tang army, I must ensure your safety." ”

After saying this, he shouted to the soldiers: "Withdraw! ”

Nalan Zhen deeply hated that she was not a man and could not really control the power of the army.

She has a younger brother, Trisong Detsen, who is eight years old and the only heir to the throne of Tibet. She often feels envious of him, especially after countless efforts in the past few years, but nothing can be changed, she can only marry outside, which has become a splash of water.

With this in mind, she galloped under the support of the guards.

After walking for more than ten miles, the terrain is getting narrower, and there are still two miles ahead to reach a fork in the road.

Nalan Zhen looked up at the situation where the mountains were high and the valleys were deep, and thought to herself, if she was the commander of the Tang Army, she would set up an ambush here......

"Whoosh!"

The sound of a dense wind breaking suddenly sounded, followed by a scream.

Nalan Zhen couldn't see the scene ahead, but she knew what was happening, and they were ambushed.

At this point, it was impossible to think about it, so Lun Ruozan had no choice but to order the soldiers and horses to turn around and kill the big tree village again.

The horn sounded one after another, and it was the Tang army that pursued it, forcing the Tubo soldiers to trample on each other, leaving a large number of casualties.

"Princess!"

Lun Ruozan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and at the same time extremely embarrassed. He couldn't face his clumsy command now, and he just wanted to escort Nalan Zhen away and end this nightmare as soon as possible.

However, when the Fan army returned to Dashu Village, the Tang army was already waiting in front of it.

~~

"The marshal himself led reinforcements from the north bank of the Dadu River and was crossing the river; Wang Tianyun, Li Sheng and other troops have gone around to the south to intercept the Tibetan army. ”

"Okay."

Xue Bai swept towards the Dadu River with a clairvoyant mirror and found that although Wang Zhonghe's banner was already crossing the river, he didn't have many soldiers and horses.

In a hurry, there were not too many soldiers.

Although the Fan army was in chaos, there were many people, so they stood there and killed the Tang army, and they might not be able to kill it in two days and two nights.

Just thinking about it, Wang Zhongsi had arrived, and walked to Xue Bai's side resolutely, scanning the situation on the battlefield.

"Open the gap and let the Tibetan army break through."

"I don't know what the festival commander means?" Xue Bai asked.

Wang Zhongsi said: "There are many soldiers in Tibet, and there will be reinforcements in the future." Our army is alone, and the soldiers are hungry. At this time, they have the upper hand, but once the war is stalemate, it will not be a good thing for our army, so we can surround them and let them break through. ”

Xue Bai asked, "Isn't the festival commander afraid that they will rush to Nanzhao to report the news?" ”

"Ordinary soldiers, defeated, escaped from the battlefield, trekked through mountains and rivers to other countries to report the news?" Wang Zhongsi pointed to the banner of the Chinese army of the Tibetan army and said: "Capture the thief first and capture the king, get rid of their commander, and others will never go to Nanzhao again." ”

Xue Bai realized, but he was still thinking about it.

Wang Zhongsi smiled rarely, pointed to the mountains on both sides of the big tree village, and said, "We will occupy the high place first, and then let go of the encirclement." Naturally, the Fan army would rush through the big tree village and flee along the river. ”

Xue Bai said: "If you can't walk along both sides of the river, it won't be far away from the cliff near the river, so the location of the big tree village is important." ”

"If there is no way, drive them into the Dadu River."

"And the boat?"

Wang Zhongsi said: "And leave some hope for them, they have a lot of troops, and they can't be forced to a dead end." ”

"Siege three queone, not only can be used during the siege of the city, but also teachable."

Soon, the Tang army acted according to Wang Zhonghe's orders.

Xue Bai led his men up the steep slope on the east flank, ready to fire arrows and charge at any time, hoping to inflict a large number of casualties on the broken through Fan army.

Zhao Yuliang held his heavy arquebus, set it up, filled it, and prepared to light it.

Xue Bai looked at it and didn't say anything, almost all the components of this arquebus were made by hand, which could not be made in batches and was not very easy to use, and the meaning was more about experimenting, accumulating experience and finding ways to improve. I didn't expect that Zhao Yuliang could use such a troublesome thing so well.

The surrounding Tang Jun wanted to laugh at Zhao Yuliang and said: "With so much grinding, I have shot ten arrows, what is the use of you holding this thing all the way?" ”

Zhao Yuliang said: "But I can't shoot arrows." ”

His comrades all shook their heads and scolded him for having no ambition. But what else can I do when I say that, anyway, I can't shoot arrows, and it's better to have something to kill the enemy than nothing.

"Here we are."

~~

"Breakout!"

Lun Ruozan kept drinking orders, and finally, he protected Nalan Zhen to fight his way out of the encirclement.

It's a pity that the Fan army has lost the opportunity to defend the big tree village, so it can only rush through the ruins of the big tree village and run to the Dadu River.

Rounding the canyon, some soldiers ran to the east and west.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows fell from his head, leaving a trail of corpses.

"Kill!"

The Tang army made a loud noise, killing generals from both sides. The Tibetan army couldn't help but be in chaos, crowding people and squeezing many people into the Dadu River. The merciless waters swept in and swept them downstream.

The screams were incessant.

In just one moment, the number of people who died in the raging river was more than ten times higher than the casualties of the two hours of fierce fighting.

Lun Ruozan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he didn't care about the handsome flag at all, and personally hugged Nalan Zhen and left.

"Hurry up and protect the princess."

"Grab the boat."

One of the guards raised his shield to block them, broke away from the banner, and went straight to the Dadu River.

However, the few ferries parked there were like traps left by the Tang army to attract the lives of the Tibetan army, and the Tibetan army killed each other to seize the boat.

"There are no oars!" Someone shouted.

"Poof."

The man had fallen in despair in the boat.

"Kill them all!"

Lun Ruozan arrived, was ruthless, ordered to kill all the surrounding Fan troops, and finally took Nalan Zhen to board a small boat full of blood.

"No oars!"

"Push the boat!"

Guards kept falling, blood pouring out, staining the Dadu River red.

After paying countless lives, the boat finally moved.

Lun Ruozan saw that the river began to push the boat, and his feelings were extremely complicated, but fortunately, he tried his best to protect his princess.

The surroundings are hellish conditions, and only the boat carries the hope of escape.

He saw that Nalan Zhen's face was pale, her little lips were bloodless, and she was standing pitifully in a pool of blood, distressed.

"Princess, don't be afraid, I will protect you, sit down and ......"

"Bang."

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound.

Lun Ruozan felt a pain in his back and snorted in pain, but he didn't understand what was happening. He was still thinking that maybe he wouldn't go to Nanzhao, and he could take Princess Nalanzhen away.

However, the glint in his eyes gradually faded, and he could only sit down weakly and look at Nalan Zhen with the last of his strength.

"Nalanzhen, I'...... I've been ...... since I was a child."

The last image in front of him was Nalan Zhen's beautiful face, and she came to see him.

Lun Ruozan felt a pang of satisfaction, and finally fell silent.

Nalan Zhen looked at Lun Ruozan, a little puzzled, and finally asked the guards to turn Lun Ruozan's body over.

She crouched down, examined the wound above, looked at the riverbank with a look of shock in her eyes, and muttered in a tone of disbelief.

"Is it really that powerful?"

(End of chapter)