At this moment, Huaiqing felt a shock in his mind, and there was a sense of panic that he had hidden the deepest secret, and that he had been ruthlessly punctured, so that he was slightly at a loss.

He, he knows I'm number one, he already knows my identity?!

In the past few days, he has been looking for me to pass on books in private, and he has wanted to ask me to meet several times, but I sternly refused, he, what did he think at the time, he must have laughed secretly in his heart, no, or even laughed out loud.........

Not only did he know my identity, but he also announced it in front of Li Miaozhen.........

The eldest daughter of the emperor froze on her beautiful and delicate face, and her eyes widened slightly, with her scheming city, this was an extremely poor performance.

Li Miaozhen's eyes immediately widened, and her small mouth was long enough to stuff eggs, she really didn't expect to hear such exciting news.

No. 1 is Huaiqing, the princess of the royal family, and the eldest daughter of Emperor Yuanjing?!

After the shock, Li Miaozhen remembered his mantra in the Heaven and Earth Society: "I want to stab Emperor Yuan Jing to death", "Is Emperor Yuan Jing dead?", "When will Emperor Yuan Jing die!"

The Holy Maiden of Tianzong's scalp was tingling a little, and her neck was raised with layers of goosebumps, and she had the urge to rush out of the room and jump into the well.

The embarrassment made her almost embarrassed.

Huaiqing's eyes flickered, he regained his cold composure, and said lightly: "When did you know, Yunlu Academy student, Xu Gongzi... ”

........ Xu Qi'an's expression also stiffened slightly, coughed, and said quietly:

"It's just a matter of the near future, well, for example, His Royal Highness is extremely smart, and he instructed Lin'an to go to Wenyuan Pavilion to borrow books. ”

While speaking, Xu Qi'an glanced at Li Miaozhen on his side, and said in his heart that it was really good, everyone would die together.

Huaiqing nodded, his face calm: "Gongzi Xu is really smart, he is worthy of being a reader who has read the books of sages and sages, no worse than your eldest brother who single-handedly blocked eight thousand rebels in Yunzhou." ”

Xu Qi'an nodded slowly: "After the award, His Royal Highness is the smartest person in the Heaven and Earth Society, on the grounds of borrowing the autumn hunting map, arousing the interest of Lin'an hunting, and hiding himself very well." ”

Huaiqing said expressionlessly: "Xu Gongzi is so powerful, do others know." ”

"Don't, don't say it........." Li Miaozhen covered her face silently.

Xu Qi'an and Huaiqing were silent at the same time, keeping a straight face and not speaking.

As long as we are not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.

Xu Qi'an glanced at the eldest daughter of the emperor who looked as usual and was not shocked, and muttered a few words in his heart:

If I hadn't seen you stunned just now, I really thought you had no shame and a clear conscience.........

Li Miaozhen cleared her throat, looked at them, and proposed, "Today's matter is only known to the three of us, how about it?"

"I'm okay with that. Xu Qi'an nodded calmly.

Wonderful and really good assist!

Huaiqing bowed his head, glanced at him lightly, and said, "Who else knows your identity?"

Xu Qi'an replied: "No, just the two of you." ”

Automatically ignore Lina.

After a moment of silence, Huaiqing brought the topic back to the right path and said, "The case has been investigated?"

Xu Qi'an said "um", "Before that, the two of you answered me a question, Your Highness, are you the fragment of the Book from the Ground that you got six years ago?"

Huaiqing was stunned and did not refute.

Xu Qi'an asked again: "Miaozhen, are you the fragment of the Book of the Earth that the Golden Lotus Dao Master gave you when he went to the Heavenly Sect." ”

Li Miaozhen couldn't hide her surprise: "How do you know?"

My assumption was not wrong, I was right.......... Xu Qi'an let out a breath and said, "I have indeed investigated the case clearly, and I first have to tell you one thing, the Golden Lotus Dao Leader is the head of the Earth Sect." ”

Huaiqing and Li Miaozhen's expressions froze instantly.

Huaiqing's face was solemn and serious, and he said word by word: "What the hell is going on?"

"The first of the Earth Sect Dao fell into the demon, but he did not completely fall into it, and the good thoughts split out and became the Golden Lotus Dao Master. Miao Zhen should remember that when guarding the lotus seeds, the Golden Lotus Dao Master entangled the black lotus alone and entangled with his wisp of demonic thoughts. Xu Qi'an looked at the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Sect.

Li Miaozhen frowned: "I did have confusion at the time, even if it was a wisp of demonic thought, it was also a demonic thought of the second-grade tribulation period, and the Golden Lotus Daoist was not even a third-grade demonic thought, how could I contend with it........?"

It's just that you're too lazy to use your brain!" Xu Qi'an complained in his heart.

If Huaiqing was present at the time, it is estimated that he would have thought about more things, but unfortunately Huaiqing was a weak chicken and did not cultivate.

Xu Qi'an did not pause, and told the two of them the original retelling of his and Luo Yuheng's speculations, in this retelling, Luo Yuheng hid his merits and fame and did not appear.

It is not good for him to talk about his private friendship with the national teacher, unless the national teacher allows it.

In the process, Huaiqing's face changed greatly, stunned, angry, and gloomy......... In the end, he sank like water, and did not say a word, as if he had lost the function of language.

Li Miaozhen's expression froze into: glaring and opening his mouth. It's like a solidified doll figure.

The head of the earth sect seemed to be normal back then, but in fact there were signs of falling into the devil, King Huai and Yuan Jing met him in Nanyuan, so they were polluted and became a seemingly normal, but in fact psychologically distorted madman.

Therefore, for his own selfishness, King Huai slaughtered the city for alchemy.

Therefore, Emperor Yuanjing knew that he could not live forever with luck, but he just didn't believe in evil.

Normal people don't do that, but what if it's a half-crazy person with a twisted mentality?

"It turns out that the culprit of all this is the Golden Lotus Dao Chief........" Li Miaozhen muttered in a sigh-like tone.

"So, you asked me to meet privately that day, instead of sending a message with a letter from the earth, because you were afraid of being seen by the Golden Lotus Daoist, and you didn't trust the Golden Lotus Daoist. Huaiqing said in a low voice.

"Yes, I'm not sure if the Golden Lotus Dao Elder knows these things, I, I don't believe him anymore. Xu Qi'an sighed.

Huaiqing nodded, anyone would be like this, I thought it was a trustworthy senior, but it turned out that it was the culprit of everything.

"The anomaly in the ground of the dragon vein, could it be another incarnation of the Golden Lotus Dao Master?" asked Li Miaozhen.

Damn, I didn't deduce the truth of the case at all, and I was so far behind Xu Qi'an, all because he didn't share clues with me.......... The Holy Maiden of Tianzong redeemed herself.

"I don't know, in half a month, I will explore the dragon vein again, and this time there will be results. Xu Qi'an did not explain why there was a result this time.

Li Miaozhen and Huaiqing didn't ask much.

"So, the Soul Pill is actually the one in the underground dragon vein, and the same is true of the pill that my father has refined over the years?" Huaiqing muttered.

"It should be. Xu Qi'an said.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Father can still clean up the pollution?"

"First of all, we have to understand what the nature of pollution is, and if a person's nature changes, it will be difficult to recover," Xu said. If he was controlled, then the Golden Lotus Daoist might have a way. ”

The former is that he has become bad, and the whole person's nature has been broken, and it is difficult to recover it. In the latter, it only needs to be released to recover.

When Li Miaozhen heard this, he interjected: "No, even if the nature is broken, if the Buddhist monks can help, they can make Yuan Jingming see his heart and restore his true nature." ”

Huaiqing's eyes lit up slightly.

"By the way, do you want to tell Lina about these things? The Swift asked.

"Tell her what to do?" Xu Qi'an asked rhetorically.

Huaiqing didn't speak, but looking at Li Miaozhen's eyes, he was also expressing the same meaning.

"It's good to call her when you're fighting, you don't have to use your brain, don't embarrass others. Xu Qi'an said.

Makes sense!" Li Miaozhen nodded slowly.

After agreeing to wait for the situation for half a month, Xu Qi'an sent Huaiqing out of the house.

Before leaving, Huaiqing lowered his voice and said, "Half a month later, if all the truth is revealed, you don't have to leave the capital." ”

The princes and the prison will definitely try their best to solve the problem of their father's "half-madness".

Can't you bear me.......... Xu Qi'an smiled and did not answer.

After a pause, Huaiqing said again: "During this period, I will review all the clues, and I will notify you if there is a problem." ”

With that, she boarded the carriage and drove off the street.

............

The ruined city, inside the urn city.

The high-ranking generals of Daebong gathered together and quarreled fiercely.

Wei Yuan turned a deaf ear, stood in front of Kanyutu, and was silent.

It has been ten years since the breakthrough of Dingguan City, and under the leadership of Wei Yuan, the army attacked the city and pulled out the village, like a sharp knife, piercing into the hinterland of the Yan Kingdom.

Now it has captured a full seven cities, advanced hundreds of miles, and now the city is called Xucheng, which is the last pass in the capital of Yanguo.

Only one step is missing, he can hit the capital of the Yan country, and in ten years, Wei Yuan only took ten years to lose his armor and abandon this country, which is known as a country with countless dangers.

For the capital of the Yan country, whether to fight or not to fight, among the generals of the army, there were serious disagreements.

Because the Daebong army has fallen into a state of extreme embarrassment and is short of food!

"Why hasn't the grain and grass come yet, according to the previous deployment, three days ago, the first batch of grain and grass should have arrived. We can't fight anymore, the front is dragging on too long, and our supply lines are broken. There is no food and grass, no artillery, no crossbow arrows, how can you fight?"

A young general stood up, his face grim, and said, "From Dingguan City to Sucheng, we have lost more than half of our soldiers. And the capital of Yanguo is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and with our current strength alone, we can't gnaw it at all. If nothing else, there must be a third-rank wizard in the capital of the Yan Kingdom. ”

This young general's name is Zhao Ying, he was born in the forbidden army, a master of the four grades, and he is a leader in the Dafeng Qingzhuang faction.

He advocated retreat and was the leader of the conservative faction.

The radical faction, led by Nangong Qianrou, advocated taking the Yan State in one go.

"Sixty miles to the northeast, it is the capital of Yanguo, after capturing Xucheng, our grain, grass and artillery shells have been replenished, and we can fully support another battle. Nangong Qianrou said lightly:

"We can fight here by relying on the words "soldier and god speed", once we retreat, it is equivalent to giving Yanguo a chance to breathe. However, if Yandu is captured, the armament and grain and grass can be replenished. ”

was able to achieve such a big victory, thanks to the almost desperate quick victory of the righteous father, which crushed the momentum of the Yan army. Now that the Feng army is like a rainbow, it is time to go all out.

Once it retreats, this invincible momentum subsides, and in the face of such a steep and majestic city as the capital of the Yan country, and in the face of the reinforcements of the Kang country, it will be difficult to win.

Zhao Ying stared at Nangong Qianrou viciously, and said in a deep voice:

"The soldiers are noble and fast, not suitable for Yandu, Yandu is surrounded by mountains on both sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a flying beast army stationed in the mountain, which is far from being comparable to other cities. In addition, we slaughtered seven cities in a row, and along the way, the people, the people in the rivers and lakes, and the defeated soldiers of the Yan Kingdom were all fleeing to Yandu.

"If the city is broken, everyone will die, this is their consensus. Now Yandu must unite as one and defend the city. Our troops can't bite it. And once we suffer heavy losses in the siege, it is when the other side counterattacks, and there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated.

"It's better to retreat for the time being, recuperate, replenish food, grass and armaments, and start again. ”

Yandu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and most of the generals present have no confidence, so there are more conservatives present than the main battle faction.

The reason why they are still arguing is nothing more than that they still have expectations for Wei Yuan.

"Rest for the night, set off tomorrow, and the army will be under the city. Wei Yuan pointed to the map, the capital of the Yan Kingdom.

The argument subsided.

.............

Sixty miles away, the capital of the Yan Kingdom was built in a huge valley. The majestic city wall of 300 zhang connects the two peaks.

The mountain peaks are steep and steep, the city walls are majestic and tall, supplemented by artillery, bed crossbows, rolling stones and other defensive equipment, which can be called impregnable. Any military strategist will be amazed when he sees this majestic city.

Throughout history, since the establishment of the capital of the Yan State, more than 1,400 years, the city has only been broken once, that is the heyday of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a prince of the Great Zhou royal family, Hedao Wufu, Erpin, led the army to attack the Yan capital.

According to the historical records of the Yan Kingdom, the battle was very tragic, the witch god sect killed a rain master (second grade), a Linghui (third grade), and finally the witch god personally killed the peak of the second rank prince.

This is not that Yandu's defense is inadequate, but that the opponent's combat power is already standing at the top of Kyushu.

The national capital, the palace.

Although the monarch of the Yan country, Nurhega, is gray-haired, his figure is still burly, this monarch is extremely talented, he took the martial arts route when he was young, and after the peak of the four grades, he has no inch.

Then he transferred to the wizard system, and after the fourth grade, he entered the bottleneck again.

Dual systems are extremely rare, not because different systems will produce rejection, but because of the difficulty of cultivation, focusing on one system, you can go higher and farther.

Nurhega, who is over fifty years old, has no chance of being a three-pinty, whether it is a martial arts system or a wizard system.

He didn't think it was a pity, third-grade masters were rare, and it was the norm that they couldn't be cultivated. And a dual system like him, the single combat effectiveness is stronger than the four products of any system.

Nurhega sat on the throne and listened to the heated discussions of the courtiers.

The high-level officials of the Yan Kingdom were not frustrated or angry because of Wei Yuan's strength, and they had long been mentally prepared to suffer a big defeat.

"Wei Yuan has already captured Xucheng, and tomorrow he will have troops under the city. ”

"How did he manage to break seven cities in a row in just one decade. ”

"Can the kingdom be defended?"

In the main hall, the atmosphere was a little solemn, and the ministers of the Yan Kingdom had grim faces, as if they were facing a great enemy.

At this moment, some of the old ministers seemed to have returned to the Battle of Shanhaiguan, recalling the fear and shame of being dominated by Wei Yuan.

"According to the news from the dog scout, the strength of the Feng army is only 50,000 at most, no matter how Wei Yuan uses his troops like a god, it is extremely difficult to break the national capital with 50,000 troops. ”

"Now the whole city is united, and the defenders, armaments, and food and grass are sufficient. It's a big deal to fight with Wei Gelding. ”

“............”

Nurhega couldn't help but look at the old man who was wrapped in a robe, wearing a hood, and holding a gem-inlaid golden scepter in his hand, and said respectfully: "National Master Ilbu, what do you think?"

The three countries in the Northeast, each country has a Sanpin Linghui as a national teacher, who will not participate in government affairs on weekdays, but his status is higher than that of the king of a country, because they represent the general altar and the witch god cult.

Ilbu, who was lucky enough to pick up a life in Chuzhou, held the golden scepter in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The 50,000 troops of Kang State have entered the territory of Yan State, and in five days at most, they will be able to form an encirclement with us." ”

Nurhega nodded in a deep voice: "Yandu has stood for more than a thousand years, has experienced many wars, and has only broken once, Wei Yuan wants to break the city, but he can't do it in the short term." But for the current Feng army, time is of the essence. They are short of food and grass. ”

The ministers in the palace nodded slowly:

"Even, as long as the Kang army cuts off their grain and grass supply routes, we hold the city, and within three days, we can make Wei Yuan retreat. ”

"This battle, it depends on how Wei Yuan fights. ”

Ilb looked through the temple door and looked out at the blue sky.

slaughtered seven cities in a row, cut the luck of my witch god sect, and pointed at the witch god........... Wei Yuan, you think that you are unparalleled in your scheming, and you think that all the deployments last year are leaky, heh, but you don't know that we are waiting for you.

With less than 100,000 troops, they want to hit the main altar, and they are foolish dreams.

.............

At the head of the ruined city, Wei Yuan was draped in a dark cyan coat, and from a bird's-eye view, the great soldiers pushed a flatbed cart and threw the corpses into the deep pit and into the torches.

Smoke rises, mixed with the stench of burning flesh.

Those who were burned were not only the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom and the people, but also the soldiers of Dafeng himself.

In just one decade, the Dafeng army lost more than 30,000 generals and soldiers.

The soldiers acted silently, and the war over the past few days, the baptism of blood and fire, made the soldiers silent, and the courage was hidden in this silence.

Nangong Qianrou came behind Wei Yuan and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, after this battle, you will not be able to escape infamy. ”

Slaughtering seven cities in a row, stained with blood for hundreds of miles, in Nangong Qianrou's view, it is understandable to kill and surrender pawns, and the Dafeng army is a lone army that goes deep into the enemy's belly.

Not only do you have to worry about rebellion, but you also have more mouths to eat and consume grain and grass.

But killing the people is a taboo for soldiers, not to mention slaughtering seven cities in a row. Even if he returns to the dynasty in triumph, he will be criticized by those defenders.

Since the dispatch of the army, the grain and grass on the Dafeng side have never come, and they have burned and looted along the way, fed the war with war, and all they looted is the grain, grass and armaments of the Yan country.

This is not a good sign.

Those generals of the new generation are only the father-in-law's unique mode of leading troops, and after tasting the sweetness one after another, they are excited. But now, I gradually realize that something is wrong.

Therefore, the new generation of generals chose to withdraw.

The new generation of generals is still like this, not to mention Nangong Qianrou, an old man who has followed Wei Yuan for more than ten or twenty years.

"There will be no more food and grass. ”

Wei Yuan's smile was as gentle as ever, and his tone was as plain as ever: "How much grain and grass we bring, there is only grain and grass." Dabong will not give even a grain of grain. ”

"Who dares to cut off food?" Nangong Qianrou was full of murderous aura.

"The whole Dafeng, who else can there be. Wei Yuan asked with a smile.

Nangong Qianrou's pupils contracted violently.

"I know that you want to take Yandu in one go, and then the dove occupies the magpie's nest, uses this danger to deal with the Kangguo reinforcements, and joins the reinforcements from Jingxiang and Henan to surround the Kangguo reinforcements. It's a pity, it's a hard bone to gnaw, and we can't gnaw it. I've moved all the troops in the three states elsewhere. ”

Wei Yuan's expression remained unchanged, looking at the flames that were burning and licking the corpses, and said lightly: "Tomorrow, the army will advance fifty miles, and confront Yandu for three days." After three days, you leave with 10,000 heavy horsemen, and the others don't care, they have to stay here. ”

As he spoke, he took out two sachets from his arms, one purple and one red.

"After three days, open the purple bag and it will tell you where to go. Once you've arrived at your destination, open the red tip and it will show you what to do later. ”

...........

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Xu Xinnian commanded his soldiers to burn corpses and dissect war horses, and they had just won a skirmish.

The total annihilation of 800 enemy troops and the loss of 1,000 were already a very gratifying victory.

It had been a few days since the attack that night, and that large-scale attack had dispersed the tripartite alliance of the demon barbarians and Dafeng.

The Yasukuni army immediately made a decision, divided its troops, and pursued and killed!

In the past few days, Xu Xinnian has a deeper understanding of the cruelty of war, and has also seen the bravery of the firearmor army. I also saw the weird and terrifying way of the wizard waking up the corpse and turning into a corpse soldier.

There are heavy cavalry and wizards who can manipulate corpses, and the Dabong army is completely filling in with their lives, filling in the victory.

When the coalition army was dispersed, Xu Xinnian and Chu Yuanzhen only brought 600 soldiers with them, and after so many days, they collected the remnants of the army all the way, and the number expanded to 1,700 people.

Now there are only seven hundred left.

After burning the corpse, Xu Xin'an refused to wait for the patrol, and immediately asked the soldiers to set up a pot to cook horse meat.

The soldier skillfully cut the horse meat, and then several people worked together, brandished the saber that had just killed the person, chopped the horse meat to a pulp, and then put it into the pot to boil.

This is the method that Xu Xinnian came up with, the horse meat is rough and hard, the taste is extremely poor, and it is not easy to digest, it is okay to eat a meal occasionally, but if you eat horse meat for a few days in a row, the soldier's stomach can't stand it.

I can't even pull out the.

Therefore, Xu Xinnian proposed to chop the horse meat and then boil it in a pot to increase the taste and promote digestion.

"If it weren't for Brother Chu, we would have to die a few hundred more people before we could eat this wave of enemy troops. ”

Xu Xinnian walked to Chu Yuanzhen's side, took off the water bladder and handed it over.

Chu Yuanzhen drank half a bag, and said with a somewhat lonely smile:

"When I was young, I spent a few books on the war, and I thought I was a genius who led soldiers to war. Now that I have been on the battlefield, I know that I am not that material. It's you, growing rapidly, which of these soldiers doesn't obey you right now?"

Xu Xinnian smiled: "Everyone has their own strengths, if I don't have this talent, the teacher will not ask me to major in the art of war." I do understand that on the battlefield, there are only a few when they use stratagems. Most of the time, you have to rely on the strength of the army. Martial arts and armament forces play a vital role. It's a pity that only three artillery pieces and six crossbows were brought out. ”

If you want to change to Xu Erlang before going to the battlefield, you should now have your chin held high, with a proud face, but hypocritically saying something modest.......... Chu Yuanzhen sighed again.

As he was talking, a scout galloped over and said in a loud voice: "Xu Yishi, I found a remnant army, thirty people." ”

There is no trumpet, which means that it is the Dafeng army, his own people.

Xu Xinnian and Chu Yuanzhen got up, and the former muttered, "Let them come over." ”

After that, he turned his head and smiled bitterly at Chu Yuanzhen: "It's okay, it's okay, there are not many people, and the rations can be saved." ”

In Russia, the scout led a remnant of thirty men, and this remnant also carried a cannon and a dozen shells.

Their faces were covered with exhaustion, dust, torn armor, stab marks, and wounds on each of them.

It looks as if they have just experienced the battle.

Looking at the steaming iron pot and smelling the aroma of the meat soup, the two hundred infantry swallowed their saliva.

Xu Xinnian greeted him and said, "Who has the highest position, come forward to speak." ”

A bearded man stepped forward, nearly forty years old, hugged his fists and said: "The general banner of the hundred households in Yongzhou Xi County, Zhao Panyi." ”

Xu Xinnian said: "This official Dingzhou is a judge of the court, and the Hanlin Academy is a Jishi, Xu Xinnian." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Panyi's face changed, he glared at Xu Xinnian viciously, snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Xu Xinnian was stunned for a moment, a blank look flashed on his face, and he frowned: "Mr. Zhao stays, does this official know you?"

"I don't know!" Zhao Panyi said in a muffled voice.

I don't know, I thought I robbed your daughter-in-law when I didn't know it......... Xu Xinnian was slandered in his heart, and his brows furrowed even tighter:

"Since you don't know each other, what is the reason for Mr. Zhao?"

"The words are really literary, worthy of being a reader, Xu Pingzhi's son of a bitch raised a seed of reading. I heard that Xu Yinluo's cousin was also in the army, but I didn't expect to meet him today. Zhao Panyi sneered and said:

"I don't know you, but I know you Lao Tzu, during the Battle of Shanhaiguan, we were still brothers. ”

Is this your attitude of being a brother? Xu Erlang was shocked.

"Zhao Zongqi has an old grudge against my father?"

"I don't have old grudges, I just can't get used to him as an ungrateful person. ”

Zhao Panyi snorted and said:

"During the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Xu Pingzhi and I were on the same team, and there was another person named Zhou Biao at that time. The three of us have a great relationship, and we are brothers who can give each other's backs.

"At the end of the Battle of Shanhaiguan, we were sent to intercept the corpse soldiers of the Wushen Sect, and in the fierce battle, Zhou Biao blocked a knife for your father and died on the battlefield. Xu Pingzhi vowed at that time that he would take Zhou Biao's old mother to the capital to be raised, and he would raise his children to adulthood.

"Damn, Lao Tzu later learned that this ungrateful thing didn't go to Zhou Biao's hometown to pick up people at all. Lao Tzu is a dog, and what kind of good person is his son? They are all bad species, even if I, Zhao Panyi, starve to death and die on the battlefield, I will not eat a mouthful of your food or drink a mouthful of soup from you. Phew!"