Seeing Tao Ying fall in front of him like this, Rao is calm An Ruyi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, until a soldier next to him stabbed him with a sword, he reacted and dodged sideways, and then stabbed the man's chest with his backhand.

"Withdraw the troops!" An Ruyi shouted loudly.

Chu Linche and Han Ye were fighting, and suddenly saw the Great Qi soldiers and horses retreating, and they didn't understand what was going on for a while, until someone around him reported that Tao Ying was dead, Han Ye was a little surprised, and immediately ordered to hunt down the remaining Great Qi soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers of Daqi fleeing, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were instantly excited, and they rushed forward to continue to entangle with them.

The general of the Great Qi is dead, An Ruyi has to do what he can even if he wants to capture Liangzhou again, he doesn't know who Huo Kill Tao Ying said before he died, and he must not take risks.

Even if An Ruyi withdrew his troops in time, he still suffered heavy losses, nearly half of the soldiers were damaged, Tao Ying's death made the morale of the remaining soldiers sluggish, and the original homesickness for the New Year could only fight outside, and now he is even more war-weary.

An Ruyi led the troops back to the camp tent, and it took a long time to calm down.

He asked people to check the background of Huo Killing, and then sent someone to send a letter to Yu Wenrui, asking him to hurry back, anyway, the Xizhou side is just acting.

The entire city of Liangzhou was in a panic, until the news of Daqi's withdrawal came, and the people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But this year is still unstable, the whole city seems to be immersed in a depressing atmosphere, and no one knows when the people of Daqi will come to harass Liangzhou City again.

It's just that because it's Chinese New Year's Eve, every household is still lit up.

Shen Yanshu looked at the firecrackers placed by the housekeeper in the yard and stepped forward with Ah Qi.

"Butler, my cousin is not in the mansion, why do you have so many firecrackers?" asked Shen Yanshu.

The housekeeper smiled: "Miss Biao doesn't know, the general explained, the New Year must be more festive." In previous years, the first artillery battle of the New Year was ordered in the General's Palace, so that the people could dispel the fear in their hearts and welcome the New Year well. ”

Shen Yan shook his head, turned his head to Ah Qi and said, "Ah Qi wants to light fireworks?"

Ah Qi nodded.

Shen Yanshu chuckled: "Then let's keep vigil together, and let you light fireworks when it's time." ”

"Good. Ah Qi replied, his expression was very expectant.

They sat down in the small pavilion, and the people served some fruits and vegetables, and waited for the time to come.

Shen Yanshu told Ah Qi some anecdotes, she used to like to listen to others talk about strange miscellaneous things when she was in the army, but now it is easy to say, and Ah Qi was stunned when she heard it.

"Miss, little boy Pei Xuan is here again. A subordinate stepped forward to report.

Ah Qi turned his head to look at Shen Yanshu, and there was a little expectation in his eyes.

Shen Yanshu's eyes flashed, and he chuckled: "Bring him over." ”

Pei Yao is now in Xuzhou, and no one accompanies Pei Xuan for the New Year, so it is normal for him to think of coming over to find Ah Qi.

They were sitting in the pavilion, there was a fine snow floating in the air, Shen Yanshu looked up, and saw the bright lanterns reflecting the snowflakes in dusk, which reminded her of the previous New Year's scene, but the excitement is gone, and the road in the future is still far away, I don't know how many times such a bleak year will pass?

Pei Xuan followed the direction led by the subordinates to the pavilion in the main courtyard, he was wearing a black fur cloak, which was a light gray brocade robe embroidered with green bamboo, a purple auspicious cloud belt, and the waist was tied with the high-grade mutton fat jade from King Jing's Mansion, his thin body looked particularly firm in the wind and snow, and his angular face was more and more like King Jing.

Seeing Shen Yanshu beside Ah Qi, he stepped forward lightly and bowed, "Pei Xuan has seen Sister Ni and disturbed me." ”

As Pei Xuan, he didn't have to salute her, he came to see her as a friend of Ah Qi, and he was a junior courtesy, which was very humble.

"Since it's Ah Qi's friend, you don't have to be so polite. Shen Yanshu said.

Ah Qi stepped forward and took Pei Xuan's arm to make him sit down.

It's only been two days, but they have seen each other late, and they seem to be very acquainted.

Pei Xuan saw Shen Yanshu for the first time, and had heard that General Han's cousin was in the mansion before, and Ah Qi was her guard, and now when she saw it, she had an inexplicable sense of intimacy in her heart, as if she had seen it before.

"Today, General Han won the battle. Pei Xuan said, "After killing Tao Ying, the main general of Great Qi, they retreated, thinking that they could have a good year." ”

Because the station report quickly spread to the southwest camp, Pei Xuan naturally knew about it early.

Ah Qi said: "I will definitely win." ”

After all, Uncle Huo is such a powerful person, and with the help of Brother Wei and Brother Wenren, and General Han commands, he is confident.

Pei Xuan only thought that he was happy to say it, and said: "In this case, my brother will be able to come back soon, and I will definitely take you to meet my brother when the time comes, he will like you." ”

Ah Qi shook his head: "No." ”

"Why?" Pei Xuan was a little surprised.

Shen Yanshu explained on the side: "King Jing's prince has a lot of affairs, and he will be very busy when he thinks he will come, so I won't bother him. ”

Pei Yao can recognize Ah Qi.

Pei Xuan could hear that Shen Yanshu was just refusing, although he was puzzled, but he didn't ask any further, he knew from General Han that Ni Sheng was very low-key and didn't like to show up.

After another hour, the butler reminded him that the time was almost up, and Ah Qi took a lighted incense stick from his hand and walked towards the courtyard.

He approached slowly, half-crouched and lit the fireworks, and immediately took a step back.

With a "bang", the fireworks jumped directly into the sky, followed by a "bang", and a brilliant firework exploded in the originally silent night sky, lighting up the entire night sky.

The New Year has arrived.

When the people of the entire Liangzhou City heard the sound of this firework, their hearts jumped, and they looked up at the fireworks blooming in the sky, and finally had a hint of New Year's flavor.

Ah Qi continued to light the firecrackers, and the crackling firecrackers sounded, and the surrounding maids and maids covered their ears, but they laughed happily.

The cheers of children and the sounds of adults finally breathing a sigh of relief were drowned out by the sound of fireworks......

The atmosphere in the hussar camp was very good, although there had just been a battle, but their losses were not large, and they successfully killed Tao Ying, which was very happy.

Han Ye asked the gang leader to add food to everyone, improve the food, and eat while chatting, and now looking at the fireworks rising from Liangzhou City, it seems that it looks like they are celebrating their achievements, and the safety of Liangzhou City is all in their hands.

Chu Linche glanced up at the fireworks in the sky, this was the first time he had not spent the New Year in Chang'an, and he didn't know if his father and mother had been worried about his safety in the mansion.

Han Ye, who was next to him, said, "The prince is homesick, right?"

Chu Linche just smiled and didn't answer, who can miss home at this time?

"By the way, that personal soldier of yours, Huo Xu, is quite powerful, and he can actually kill Tao Ying. Chu Linche asked.

He was really curious about this pro-soldier, the last time he went to investigate the road conditions, he felt that he was by no means an ordinary person, his martial arts and ability were not weak, he didn't expect to be able to kill Tao Ying, if he was rewarded for his merits, how could he not be just a pro-soldier.

And he seemed to hear Tao Ying say something like 'you are not dead yet' in surprise when he saw Huo Xu, and Huo Xu's identity made him want to explore.

Regarding Chu Linche's inquiry, Han Ye couldn't tell him Huo Xu's identity, but said: "He is low-key, and he has no big deal. ”

Chu Linche is not a fool, so he naturally doesn't believe his words.

He leaned in front of Han Ye and said, "Just pretend, you hide such a powerful personal soldier, it's not kind!"

Han Ye continued to play dumb, shrugged his shoulders, and turned back to his tent.

Ni Shang intended to let him promote Huo Xu, but Huo Xu didn't seem to have any intention of these things outside his body, so he naturally couldn't force them.

"Hey......" Seeing Han Ye return to his camp, Chu Linche shouted behind his back and sighed lightly.

He suddenly thought of what Yan Qinghan said, in addition to Han Ye's general report to the emperor, it was also sent to others, and they couldn't find out the identity of the person behind it, which made people even more suspicious, maybe this Huo Xu was also a secret related to it.

At the thought of this, his eyes became complicated.

Although happy, but still no one dared to relax their vigilance, An Ruyi is cunning, they have suffered a lot of losses before, I don't know if he will take advantage of their unpreparedness to carry out a sneak attack.

In the Daqi barracks, An Ruyi made a round, and the soldiers were sluggish, and it was really difficult to attack Liangzhou again.

An Ruyi's eyes sank, he had calculated for so long, but he didn't expect that it would be such a scene, which was even more unexpected than the worst consequences he expected.

"Your Excellency. A secret guard stepped forward and said, "We asked a few veterans, and then we asked something about Huo Ji, Huo Shu and Qi Yi were both famous generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty at the beginning, but when Huo Ji's grade was getting higher and higher, they suddenly disappeared, only Qi Yi was left, because they didn't know what it was, anyway, they didn't hear of this person later." ”

"Huo kill, Qi Yi. An Ruyi groaned for a while, if this Huo Kill was really so powerful, they would indeed be underestimating the enemy.

But why did Huo Kill come out here to stir up the situation?

"Is there any news from the Third Prince?" An Ruyi asked.

The Dark Guard shook his head.

An Ruyi said: "Strengthen the defense to avoid the surprise attack of the Great Zhou soldiers." ”

Now in this situation, I can only hope that Yu Wenrui will come back as soon as possible, if there is a conflict with Yan Qinghan and Pei Yao, with his temperament, I am afraid that he will not be able to defeat those two people; if he can bring the army back earlier, and attack Liangzhou City again while he is unprepared, maybe there will be a chance.

An Ruyi turned around and was about to go back to the camp tent, when he suddenly thought of something, paused, turned his head to look at the secret guard, and said, "If there are deserters, they will be killed on the spot." ”