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Ouyang Qing chased out in a hurry, inquiring all the way, but Xiao Yue went out of the north gate, and there was no trace of him.

I can't find it.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ouyang Qing was hesitant, but he was unwilling to return, his heart was depressed, and he sat on the ground. After all, he experienced a major injury not long ago, and after running outside for most of the day, his limbs were weak for a while, his chest was even more painful, and the wound was oozing blood again, and Ouyang Qing's energy was also lost with blood.

I only heard the shrill voice of the Heavenly Demon coming out of the forest: "Ouyang Qing, I finally found you." ”

I saw Siyue pushing a wooden rotating chair out of the woods. The Heavenly Demon sat on it, and the whole person looked weak and tired, and it seemed that he couldn't even walk.

Ouyang Qing knew that he made a move when he was besieging Lu Changfeng, and his internal breath was damaged, so he didn't ask much, but just cared: "Have you seen Xiaoyue?"

Heavenly Demon said in a deep voice: "Somehow, she blended into the princess team and gave the cook a hand. Fearing for her safety, I took her to the princess as a court maid. You can rest assured, Satsuki is safe. ”

Ouyang Qing shook his head and said, "No." I'm going to see Satsuki with my own eyes. There are other things I have to explain to her. ”

The Heavenly Demon looked at Ouyang Qing's face and knew that the two were in conflict, so he smiled lightly: "If you have a disagreement, don't meet too early." After a few months, when Xiaoyue returns, there will only be thoughts about you, and there will be no resentment. ”

Ouyang Qing still shook his head: "No." I'm afraid it's dangerous to go to the frontier on the way, and I want to protect Satsuki. ”

Heavenly Demon said: "Your current skills, I'm afraid you can't even beat a strong man who doesn't know martial arts." Even if you go to the Western Frontier, the sword wound on your chest can be basically healed, but the blood you lost can't be replenished in a day or two. After a tiring journey, your body is only weaker, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover even the strength of the three successes. For you to protect Xiaoyue, it is far better to let Mr. Gong Qi replace you. You better stay in Luoyang and recuperate. ”

Ouyang Qing knew that what the Heavenly Demon said made sense.

But now everyone in Luoyang knows that Ouyang Qing has gone to the western frontier as a marrying general, if there is another Ouyang Qing in Luoyang, and when the time comes, will he not be guilty of defrauding the king?

I can't go to all the places of fun, so I can only sit in the secret room and honestly wait for Mr. Gong Qi to come back. Originally, with Xiaoyue by her side, this day was also comfortable, but now that there is no Xiaoyue, how can you endure it?

Ouyang Qing thought of the dark and dreary secret room, and felt very bored in his heart, and said, "It's not interesting to go back." Well, I'll be with you. Even if you look at Satsuki from afar, it's good. ”

Heavenly Demon frowned and said: "Soon after you come back from the frontier, you will have to discuss martial arts, this is a good opportunity for you to become famous in the world, how can you easily miss it? ”

Ouyang Qing smiled and said, "It's okay." I have the Flying Fish Sword, and I am not afraid of them. This time, I went to the northern Xinjiang. ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, the Heavenly Demon didn't dissuade him anymore, nodded and asked Ouyang Qing to join him.

The Heavenly Demon and Siyue, as well as a small number of people and horses, went far away with the princess's convoy. Ouyang Qing thought of Xiaoyue in his heart, although he couldn't see each other, as long as he could follow, he would be satisfied.

At this time, Luo Bing finally got the whereabouts of Lu Changfeng, so he naturally came desperately to investigate.

It's just that not long after leaving Luoyang, the news of Lu Changfeng was cut off. Luo Bing thought that there were people around Lu Changfeng that day, but he was afraid that he was an enemy or a friend, and he was even more worried.

Finally, he got a clue in a pantry that a man in a wheelchair had personally said that he was going to northern Xinjiang. Luo Bingxin said: "Lu Changfeng left me a message to go to Northern Xinjiang that day, could it be that he really has power there, just go directly to Northern Xinjiang."

Lu Changfeng was arrogant and didn't want me to help, so I rushed there before him. Now Lu Changfeng has someone by his side, and he should be safe. If there is any trouble in the northern Xinjiang, I will help him take care of it again. ”

With this in mind, he set off and went straight to the northwest.

As soon as he left, Chu Qiushui over there also held a note in his hand, on which was scribbled handwriting: "Luo Bing is going to Northern Xinjiang." ”

Luoyang, a place where masters from all walks of life gather, has finally calmed down in the past few days.

Although the winter morning sun rises slowly, it still carries heat, illuminating the frontier of light smoke and mist little by little. In the distance, the shadow of the mountain covered the hot sand, and the mountain seemed to be steaming.

A few days ago, everyone passed through Yinchuan and Xining, and it was already quite cold, and everyone took out winter clothes to keep out the cold.

Many eunuchs and palace maids were worried: "There is still some distance in northern Xinjiang, and it has become like this." If it is hot, won't it roast everyone?"

Mr. Gong Qi's makeup Ouyang Qing was equipped with a steel knife on his waist, his shoulders were covered with armor, and he was riding a white horse under his crotch, just like a young general.

Mr. Gong Qi looked into the distance, and there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows.

"General Ouyang General Ouyang"

On the hot sand, I saw a pawn running quickly towards Mr. Gong Qi, obviously in a hurry. The little soldier was angry and shouted loudly: "General Ouyang, Prime Minister Kong wants you to go." ”

It turned out that Yang Lin and Bao Ziyun debated in court that day, and afterwards Bao Ziyun slandered him, and the emperor was furious, so he sent this veteran of the three dynasties, the senior citizen of the court, to accompany Ouyang Qing to escort the princess.

It's just that after the old prime minister was planted, he still refused to fall into his prestige, and even when he saw Ouyang Qing, he asked the soldiers to pass it on and let Ouyang Qing run in person.

Mr. Gong Qi chuckled and said, "This old guy, the shelf is not small. How dare the little soldier answer, so he had to give the order again loudly: "Qi Yu marries the general, Prime Minister Yang Cheng is looking for something urgent, please return to the base camp quickly." ”

Mr. Gong Qi nodded and said, "I'll be there immediately." With his legs between the horse's belly, he slowly walked towards Yang Lin's sedan chair.

The princess's honor guard was extremely long, and Mr. Gong Qi walked very slowly, and it took a while to arrive in front of Yang Lin's sedan chair, and said lazily: "Prime Minister Yang, is there something wrong?"

The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted suddenly, and the silver-haired Yang Lin probed out. He looked up at the scorching sun in the distance, narrowed his eyes and said, "It's so dazzling." ”

Mr. Gong Qi said lightly: "Lord Yang came to me, is that what he said?"

Yang Lin smiled: "Where." The old man saw that General Ouyang's soldiers and horses were all strong, thousands of people, but they were surprisingly neat, everyone was in good spirits, the sword was dazzling, the armor was bright, and they were mighty divisions. ”

Mr. Gong Qi smiled slightly: "My lord is overrated. ”

Yang Lin said in a deep voice: "This place is only two or three days away from the northern frontier, but you need to turn over the volcano in front of you. I wonder if General Ouyang has a plan to march?"

Mr. Gong Qi said: "What other plans can you have, follow the main road, stay overnight, and walk for a few days." ”

Yang Lin shook his head again and again: "The general doesn't know. The volcano was extremely hot, not only was the heat unbearable, but the sand and rocks on the ground were so hot that it was impossible to walk. If he forcibly climbed the mountain, General Ouyang's martial arts would be strong, but the rest of the sergeants, and even the palace maids and eunuchs, were afraid that few of them would be able to make it to the north alive. ”

Mr. Gong Qi knew that Yang Lin was old and tired, and he didn't want to brave the heat to move forward, so he didn't pierce it, and asked, "What does Lord Yang think?"

Yang Lin stroked his beard and said: "You can't walk during the day, you can only walk at night." Walk for three or four hours in the morning and evening every day, and find a place to rest in the shade during the day. General Ouyang, what do you think?"

Mr. Gong Qi frowned and said, "Wouldn't this greatly delay time?"

Yang Lin shook his head and said, "If you march all the way, I'm afraid the princess won't be able to bear it." "This reason is even more far-fetched, the princess is sitting in the jade chariot, there is a palace maid to serve, shaking a fan for her, and there are melons, fruits and clear water at any time, what can she suffer? But Mr. Gong Qi thought about it, Xiaoyue was in the princess's convoy, if he went hard, he was afraid that Ouyang Qing would be distressed, so he smiled and said: "My lord is reasonable." That's it. ”

In the early morning, I saw two big moves held high in the distance, with the words "avoidance" and "solemnity".

In front of him, more than 100 palace people were holding silk drum instruments and playing music by themselves. In the music, the princess's car slowly moved forward, and the jade chariot was lacquered with gold and inlaid with jade, and the treasure was extraordinary. Sixteen long-legged white horses were divided into four columns, and they were jogging with their hooves in front of them, pulling the carts forward.

At the end of the convoy, there was a small carriage, but it was Prime Minister Yang.

Everyone came to the Western Regions for the first time, and they saw that the volcano was majestic and magnificent, stretching continuously, the whole body was black and red, with layers of faint purple gas, and there seemed to be hot smoke emitting. Hurrying early, seeing that the sky was already bright, Mr. Gong Qi gave the order to come, and the three armies set up camp, rested a few miles away from the Flame Mountain, and continued to advance in the evening.

It was already extremely hot here, and everyone was hot and tired, so they hurriedly set up their tents.

It's just that there is a shortage of water in northern Xinjiang, and thousands of soldiers consume a lot of water, and the princess washes her face and washes her face and eats, and a small amount of water is far from enough.

Thirsty, some soldiers took up strong liquor and drank it. It's just that the wine enters the stomach, and the whole body is hot, the sun is scorching outside, and the fire is raging inside, which is even more uncomfortable.

After the princess's convoy, she also followed the group, and naturally it was the Heavenly Demon, Siyue, Ouyang Qing and the dead soldiers of dozens of Heavenly Demons.

At the moment, the sun is not too strong, everyone is riding on horses, and the food and water are abundant, which is considered comfortable.

Ouyang Qing smiled and said, "Heavenly Demon, I don't know who the crown prince of Hefan is this time?"

The Heavenly Demon sighed in a low voice, "This matter is also very troublesome. These days, I'm tired of it. ”

Ouyang Qingqi asked: "After the princess marries, Hui Su has to give face and canonize the princess." Even if she can't become a queen in the future, it won't be a big deal. Why bother?"

The Heavenly Demon sighed: "The emperor chose a righteous daughter as the princess, and married the princess. Alas, there is no need to say much about what this princess looks like, her temperament is also extremely tricky, it is said that she has proposed to resist marriage three times and twice in the palace, and even tried her own way to refuse. ”

Ouyang Qing couldn't help but be curious, and let out an "oh".

Heavenly Demon said: "The crown prince who the princess is going to marry, named Erhan, is the only son of the current Hui. Although this person is a crown prince, he has no cultivation, and the northerners are barbaric and rude. What if he sees that the princess is not at all good-looking, and not at all disobedient?"

Ouyang Qing said: "Maybe there is no princess here." ”

The Heavenly Demon sighed, "That's what I'm worried about. The princess is determined not to marry far away, and I am afraid that it will be difficult in every possible way. In case he annoyed Dadabar Khan, he proposed to withdraw from the marriage, and his thoughts were in vain. ”

Ouyang Qing heard this, and shouted out "Ah".

The Heavenly Demon sighed, "I just hope that the princess can be obedient." Otherwise, even if you use some means that you shouldn't use, you can't do anything. ”

Ouyang Qing bowed slightly: "This is natural." The princess has a big mission. The armament of our dynasty has been fighting for many years, and it is far worse than when it was in the Tang Dynasty. The safety of the northern Xinjiang region depends on her alone. Although this harmony will ruin her happiness, it can save the lives of thousands of soldiers. It's a worthwhile business. Mr. Gong Qi is a shrewd person and knows this. Even if the princess resists, it will solve the problem. ”

The Heavenly Demon nodded, "Not bad." The marriage between the two countries is not much about love, but after the princess marries, Tubo can remember the affection of her in-laws and no longer harass her surroundings. ”

Ouyang Qing said in a deep voice: "That's right. If Tibet and Northern Hungary are united, I am afraid that a catastrophe will come. At that time, the soldiers will be in trouble, and I don't know how many battles will be fought. And our dynasty is facing its demise. ”

The Heavenly Demon nodded, "Exactly." Fortunately, after the Anshi Rebellion that year, the power of the Hui State declined and was almost annexed by the Yue Clan. Otherwise, the three kingdoms would join forces, and thousands of miles of defense lines would be on fire everywhere, and the declining Tang would have long since died. ”

While the two were talking, they saw that the footsteps in front of them had stopped. Thousands of soldiers encamped on the spot, shouting and shouting.

The Heavenly Demon couldn't help but change color on his face, and said, "What's going on, why did you stop here?"

Ouyang Qing groaned: "It is probably too hard to go up the mountain during the day, and Mr. Gong Qi ordered to rest here and march again at night." ”

The Heavenly Demon shook his head again and again: "How can you stop here? Although this place is close to the northern frontier, there is a vast desert in all directions, and there is no garrison. If someone attacks, it only takes a flank from the back to force us to the volcano, you see, this is a flat river, and this is where the cavalry comes in. We are only 8,000 men, most of them are still infantry, and the opponent only needs one charge to break up the formation and have their backs to the volcano, so can we let these remnants of the defeated army go over the mountain with wounds?"

Ouyang Qing said in a deep voice: "Heavenly Demon, you are too worried. We're just escorting the princess, where is anyone going to sneak attack?"

The Heavenly Demon sighed, "You're too careless. This place is not far from the capital of the Yue Clan, and there must be an army nearby. If the other party deploys troops and captures the princess, it can greatly damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and secondly, it will prevent the connection between Hui Hui and our dynasty, and maybe he can take this opportunity to win over Hui Hui. When the time comes, the situation will be critical. ”

Ouyang Qing felt reasonable, but he still hesitated: "Is there really someone who will come to hunt us down?" You see, it's quite calm here. ”

The Heavenly Demon shook his head and said, "Immediately find someone to summon Mr. Gong Qi, and let him go day and night to cross the volcano immediately." ”

One of them got the order, quickly slapped his horse forward, and rushed over.

Ouyang Qing looked back into the distance, only to see the smoke and dust billowing out, listening attentively, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, he couldn't help but change color and said: "If it's bad, just say bad things, and bad things will come." What should I do?"

The Heavenly Demon took out a Wanli mirror from his arms, looked at it from a distance, and his face changed greatly, and he said in a deep voice: "Go and meet Ouyang Qing with the princess's team, you bring a human skin mask, don't let people find out." ”

Before the Heavenly Demon people arrived at Mr. Gong Qi's side, a sentry had already rushed to Mr. Gong Qi's side and said, "General Qiqi, there are about 10,000 troops in the rear, and they are galloping towards us."

Mr. Gong Qi was shocked and changed color, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw a sea of people more than ten miles away, surging like a tide, but the number of people was probably ten thousand.

The momentum of the army was galloping, and the sunlight was shining on countless swords and guns, and the dazzling reflection was extremely dazzling. It's so hot, but everyone is wearing heavy armor and galloping, not showing any fatigue, obviously a battle-hardened elite.

Yang Lin frowned and said, "How can you welcome a kiss and bring so many soldiers and horses?"

Mr. Gong Qi shook his head: "These people are not quite right, I'm afraid they don't have good intentions." ”

The opposing cavalry was moving so fast, and in a blink of an eye, some of them were rushing fast, and even the thick beards on their faces and their hideous expressions could be seen.

The more Mr. Gong Qi looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he stretched out his hand and shouted: "The three armies are lined up to meet the enemy" Eight thousand soldiers and horses shouted violently, only to see all the sergeants unsheathed, arrows wound, waving swords and raising flags, people galloping horses, and setting up a formation on the hill when boarding.

Yang Lin said: "What if they come to greet their relatives? And there are so many people on the other side, we can't beat them." ”

Mr. Gong Qi shook his head and said, "Take a closer look, do you need to run so wildly when the Hui people come to greet their relatives?" Judging from the clothes and armor, these people are probably from the Yue Clan. We have the responsibility to protect the marriage, even if we are defeated, we have to fight to the death."

Yang Lin listened to Mr. Gong Qi's official words, and he was very unhappy. But the person who came was indeed quite hostile, and his civil official said: "That's right...... It's all under the command of General Ouyang. ”

I saw that the 10,000 cavalry troops, except for a few vanguards, were all stopped two miles away. The vanguard was about 1,000 people, and they all relied on a hundred zhang.

A rough general said a few words, but he didn't know what they were.

A person next to him translated loudly: "The Southern Barbarians of the Central Plains, surrender quickly, my general can spare you from death" The man's voice was clear, although it was far away, but the eight thousand Ming troops heard it clearly.

Mr. Gong Qi said in a deep voice: "The Tang sergeant, there are only heroes who died in battle, and cowards who did not surrender are also generals, you can come, we will never back down."

The other party deliberated for a moment, and then the previous person translated: "Who is here? Why don't you report your name?"

Mr. Gong Qi's face changed, and then he took the name card from the person around him, and was about to step forward.

Yang Lin was shocked: "General Ouyang, if you go, the other party will rush up immediately, who will command the people here?"

Suddenly, a person said lightly: "General Ouyang, this is the other party's conspiracy, you must not go." Everyone turned around suddenly, and saw a person in a green robe and a long robe, wearing a bronze mask, naturally a heavenly demon.

Yang Lin knew that he was Bao Ziyun's first staff, and he had always been resourceful, so he was calm in his heart.

Heavenly Demon said lightly: "This person's move is to lure General Ouyang out of the horse, kill him in public, disturb the hearts of our army, and take the opportunity to surrender in one fell swoop." ”

Mr. Gong Qi frowned and said: "The enemy is outnumbered, and it only takes three or four moments to easily slaughter our army, why play this trick?"

Heavenly Demon said: "If the princess is captured alive, whether it is given to Hui Hui or humiliated, it can greatly damage my prestige." At that time, the king of Hui only said that my Datang should really have a slack armament, far from it, so he naturally threw himself at them. But if the princess dies in the battle, it won't have that effect. ”

Everyone nodded.

The Heavenly Demon said again: "General Ouyang, please send someone to inform the King of Tubo immediately and ask for assistance." Then lead the troops and horses and retreat around the Flaming Mountain. With the cover of the mountains, it is difficult for the cavalry to exert their might, so we can resist for more time and wait for reinforcements to return. ”

Several people were discussing with themselves, but they heard each other shouting again: "Central Plains barbarian, are you scared? Don't you even dare to send a post?"

Mr. Gong Qi frowned and said, "If you don't send someone, I'm afraid that you will fall into the military prestige." ”

Turning his head and saying, "Who will send the name card on my behalf?" He said twice, but all the sergeants were frightened by the majestic appearance of the Yue Clan, how dare they go up to send them to death, but no one agreed.

A person behind the Heavenly Demon stepped forward and said to Mr. Gong Qi: "I wish to act as the general and his party." ”

The Heavenly Demon nodded, "Not bad." This friend of mine was injured, and his martial arts skills were not as good as before, but he may not have lost too much to General Ouyang. Among the chaotic army, he is the only one who has the ability to come and go freely. Let him go, it couldn't be more appropriate. ”

Yang Lin saw that the man was of medium stature, with a sallow complexion, without any expression, and his appearance could be said to be extremely ugly, so he couldn't help but hesitate: "This person ...... Can he do it? If there is a mistake, it will break the morale of the army. ”

When Mr. Gong Qi heard the voice of the man when he asked for the order, he already knew that he was Ouyang Qing, and immediately smiled reassuringly: "Prime Minister Yang don't worry, this person's martial arts are extremely high, and he will be fine." ”

Ouyang Qing nodded, took the name card, and strode up.

Mr. Gong Qi immediately reined in his army and retreated into the volcano.

Ouyang Qing drove forward, the other party intended to suppress his majesty, the 40,000 army shouted together, many people tightened the reins, the horses jumped, and for a while the mud and dust were flying, overwhelming, and the roar of thunder was mixed with the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, which really grabbed people's hearts.