I believe that with Yan Qixing's ability, he will definitely be able to save the lives of the two of us, there is no doubt about it.

History doomed Yi Zhixian to be the defeated general of the Han Dynasty, while Yu Shan is unknown, if he is a wise and warlike monarch, the history will rewrite the history of the Han-Hungarian War, and what variables will be the result, I can have a hundred imaginations, and each of them will not be what I am happy to see.

I decided to put the messed history back in its place. So I didn't mention a word about the secret of the King of the Right Valley.

The next day, I secretly ordered the two Han troops to secretly monitor the movements of the King of Yougu Li, and I made all the preparations myself, and then followed Yan Qixing every step of the way. After what happened last night, it was inevitable that it would be embarrassing to see him again, but he did not change his face, and was busy as usual.

I secretly laughed at myself: Look, this is the difference between men and women. It's just a kiss, what men don't care about, women take it seriously.

It's a little sour, but it's also a sense of relief.

Because the upheaval is imminent, this day is extremely long, and there have been a few times when Yan Qixing felt my uneasiness, but he didn't ask.

Finally, in the evening, I dressed up, took a long sword, and carried two bags of wine to Yan Qixing's tent.

He was surprised to see me like this.

I said, "I've never really fought you since I met you." Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, which is suitable for killing people and goods, and it is also suitable for drinking and drinking, how about it?"

"Good. Yan Qixing replied happily.

A bonfire was lit on the grassland, and in the thick night, Yan Qixing's figures and I were shuttling and jumping in the firelight, and the crisp sound of the two swords intersecting was particularly clear in the open field.

Yan Qixing's swordsmanship is very simple and direct, basically "picking, stabbing, splitting, and sweeping" movements, with few tricks, which is related to his rich practical experience. The moves on the field of life and death are desperate, and being faster than the opponent is the only way to win.

I am a martial arts fan, I like Jin Daxia's martial arts novels very much, his novels begin like a trickle, branch veins and then form rivers, and finally merge into the endless ocean, with an all-inclusive bearing. His brilliant writing, profound knowledge of Chinese literature, and extensive knowledge are all eye-opening, and what is even more amazing is that his descriptions of martial arts moves are simply superb.

In contrast, Gu Long's novel is like a steep mountain, or like a sword plunging into the sky, giving people an extreme sense of "verticality". The description of his martial arts moves is very concise, or there is no one at all, just one word -- "fast"!

Li Xunhuan's knife, A Fei's sword, the speed is worthy of the word "incredible". In his martial arts world, "fast" and "life" are linked together, whoever is fast has a life, and whoever is slow has no life.

In fact, whether it is war or kung fu, this is the key to defeating the enemy.

Yan Qixing's sword is very fast, not only fast but also extremely powerful, the sword and sword are all with the sound of "whirring", and his people are almost wrapped in the wind. Moreover, his confident and steady demeanor, Zhuang Su's fierce momentum also took advantage psychologically, making the opponent extremely frightened under his imminent attack.

My swordsmanship is also known for being "fast", but the strength is a big difference compared to Yan Qixing, when I start to be full of physical strength, I gradually feel powerless after thirty moves, every time I take his sword is very difficult, and after more than ten moves I actually panted, like this, at most twenty strokes, I have to lose.

With a "choking" sound, the two swords intersected again, I took a few steps back, raised my hand and shouted, "Stop!"

Asking him to fight is just an excuse, in order to take him away from the center of the royal court, there are still big things to do in a while, and he has a brain disease to consume his physical strength on such things as martial arts.

Taking a deep breath, taking a deep breath, I exclaimed, "Isn't it desperate, what are you doing so hard?"

Yan Qixing smiled, sat down by the bonfire, picked up the sheepskin bag and took a sip of wine, and said: "Since the beginning of learning swordsmanship, the master has warned me that if I can't get used to it, I will be afraid of war, even if I practice swords on weekdays, I will do my best." ”

"Makes sense. I sat down and wiped my sweat. "But forget it tonight. Ay...... I'm not saying this because I can't beat you, although your strength is greater than mine, but if you really have to fight hard, it's really hard to say who will win and who will lose. ”

Yan Qixing didn't argue with me, smiled faintly, and drank quietly.

I also drank and the scene cooled down, he didn't speak, I didn't know what to say, most of the time we were looking at the campfire, and the atmosphere was so strangely glued that it was very uncomfortable.

I was wrong, he cared about last night.

I took the most sincere attitude and whispered, "I'm sorry." ”

Hey, I'm surprised, it's clear that he's the one who took the initiative, and he should apologize to me, why does it feel all twisted now?

Yan Qixing looked at me steadily, his eyes were very gentle.

His demeanor relaxed me, smiled, and I said, "I have always been a relatively strong woman, with strong self-control, relying on myself in everything, and rarely relying on psychology, to be honest, sometimes even I feel that I don't look like a woman......"

I restrained my smile and said seriously, "You are the first man who made me feel dependent. ”

This kind of dependence has never been felt even on Xiao Jian.

The firelight flickered on Yan Qixing's face, and the lines of his face softened a lot.

Since leaving Chang'an, Yan Qixing has been the leader in many things, and I am the staff officer. On the one hand, it is because his official rank is higher than mine, but the more important reason is that I am too lazy to care, anyway, there are Yan Qixing, he comes to make plans, he makes decisions, I just need to follow him.

Yan Qixing is a stronger person than me, and his calmness and shrewdness are reassuring to remove the mask of indifference.

I went on to say, "There's a saying that's popular over there. A man is surrounded by a female friend who is spiritually independent, equal in soul, and has a spiritual resonance with you, except for his wife, is called a confidant. ”

There are so many modern words, I'm afraid he may not be able to understand them.

"How can I say it, farther than my wife, but closer than my friends, but absolutely nothing...... Uh, the kind of relationship that kisses skin. On the other hand, if a woman has such a male friend by her side, she is called a blue face confidant. It is not the love of men and women, nor is it the meaning of ordinary friends, it is more focused on the exchange and dependence of ...... "I point to the head" thoughts, and sometimes even becomes the spiritual sustenance of each other. Whoever knows you must have a deep understanding and understanding of you, know each other deeply, and can trust each other, rely on each other, share weal and woe, just like you men ......"

Yan Qixing said suddenly: "Brotherhood, friends of life and death." ”

I raised my eyebrows and pointed at him: "By the way, it's a bit like this brotherhood, friends of life and death......"

"A loved one may change his mind, a husband and wife may break up, and the love between a man and a woman is very fragile and cannot withstand many storms. But knowing can be a lifetime, even if the world is different, even if you can't see each other for ten or twenty years, or even a lifetime, knowing that you will always be knowing, and this relationship is more stable and reliable than anything else. ”

I looked at him earnestly: "I want to have that relationship with you." Brotherhood, the acquaintance of friends of life and death. ”

I was afraid that he would say something like "Will you kiss each other?" or something like that, but he didn't say it, just took a big sip of wine, looked at the dark distance, and said for a long time: "The red face knows it, the blue face knows it, because it can't be combined and can't be broken, take a step back and become a friend, half a step back, it's the so-called knowing it." ”

Looking at him, I was speechless.

Yan Qixing's gaze fell on me, and he said loudly: "Okay, Liu Dan is decisive and refreshing, and Yan Qixing is definitely not a person who drags mud and water, so he will be a confidant with you!"

I was stunned. So happy?

He stood up and showed great pride, took the leather bag and raised his hand to me, saying, "Come, drink this bag of wine, you and I will be brothers from now on, and we are already known friends." ”

I was overjoyed, and immediately drank the wine in the dry bag with him, and the brother knew that it was settled. The wine slid hot into his throat as he swallowed a wisp of abruptness.

Maybe he is right, taking a step back is a friend, and there is no longer the bond of love between men and women; As for what the red face knows and the blue face knows, it's just an illusory and fascinating neon feather coat in order to justify this inexplicable relationship, at least that's the case with him.

Then again, it's better to wear it than not to wear it. The neon dress and feather coat are good, beautiful and can cover shame.

Once the "name" of the acquaintance is determined, it becomes easy to speak, I talk to Yan Qixing about life experience, experience, life, friendship, and love, in addition to traveling through time and space, Hetian Yu, Xiao Jian, I even told the fact that I was once a "thief". The most talked about was the part about being trained in the organization, Yan Qixing listened very attentively, and occasionally interjected to express a few words of his own opinions, but most of them were me.

Now he knows me more than I know him.

Under the pretext of going to the toilet, I secretly looked at my watch, and the hour hand was already pointing to ten o'clock, and eleven o'clock was the sub hour, and I delayed him for another hour, and it was done.

Contradiction, just said that they trust each other and rely on each other, and they betrayed him on my side when they still heard it, alas, in fact, we are still far from knowing.

After sitting for a while, there was an unusual noise in the depths of the night sky. I looked up at the sky, frowned, and said, "It looks like it's going to rain." ”

Sure enough, the thunder gradually became clearer, carrying a sweeping might, and it was terrifying to approach from afar.

Yan Qixing jumped up in shock and shouted, "It's not thunder, it's the sound of horses' hooves! ”

The battle has begun!

I quickly stopped in front of Yan Qixing, and said with a tense face, "Don't go back." ”

He stared at me with wide eyes, bewildered.

I calmly met his gaze and said calmly: "The king of the right valley is the inner response of Yi Zhixi, and they are scheduled to raid the royal court at the beginning of the night. ”

Yan Qixing suddenly calmed down, his expression was indifferent, and asked, "How do you know?"

"Before I went to the king's tent to find you last night. "I looked in the direction of the royal court, and the fire was already burning.

Yan Qixing sneered, with enlightenment, and said: "On the day of your birthday, for a woman, you changed your original intention to make the military minister Shan Yu be killed; Liu Dan, it turns out that the most fickle and impermanent person is actually yourself. ”

With that, he pushed me away and got straight on my horse. I rushed forward and grabbed the reins of my horse and shouted, "I'm not just doing this for his few words, but for the sake of the future of the great man." Now that there are internal strategies and enemy soldiers outside, the royal court has no precautions, and you will have nothing to do when you go back, so why bother to send them to death?"

"Let it go!" he couldn't listen to me at all, and stared at me coldly.

"Don't let go!" I grabbed at the reins.

He drew his long sword with a "choking", cut the reins with a "brush", and urged the horse to gallop away.

He made this series of actions very decisively, with an indescribable determination of a strong man to break his wrist. I took a few steps back, holding the half-cut rope in a daze.

The royal court was caught in the sea of fire, and the inner work of the king of the right valley was very good, the fire burned the royal court, the army pressed the border, and the double disaster came, and the royal court was caught off guard, and the central army of the Huns responded in a hurry, and some even had no time to wear armor, and some were simply burned alive in the tent.

At the beginning, everyone was ignorant, and they didn't know what was going on, but the Yizhi army poured out, why didn't there be any movement in advance of such a big battle, and the scouts sent out didn't notice it?

No one can explain why, and perhaps the one who knows best what is going on is Yi Zhixian himself.

Although it was attacked by a surprise attack, the royal court army still showed extraordinary adaptability, some princes led a part of the army, intercepting the incoming rebels, just in the front of the royal court, the two armies were mixed together, in the sky full of fire, the sound of fighting was earth-shattering, and the battle was very fierce.

I had to face the scene of war for the second time, avoiding the opposing armies and rushing into the royal court from the flanks.

Not for anything else, for that sentence of life and death, brotherhood!

I couldn't find Yan Qixing, nor did I find Princess Nangong, except for the princess's sleeping tent intact, almost every tent was lit, and there were cries everywhere, including the screams of women and children.

Passing over a few Hun soldiers, I saw an old man whose body was on fire screaming and rolling on the ground, and the howl was like a dying wolf, terrible. The people who ran by in a hurry around him, the people who screamed, but none of them reached out to him.

I recognized him almost immediately, as the old Han slave who revered Lao Shangshan Yu. I jumped off my horse, quickly untied my thick cloak, and threw the flames out of my body for him.

The flames were finally extinguished, and the old man was burned all over his body, and when he saw that it was not possible, he barely opened his eyes and looked at me, his throat was ringing, as if he wanted to speak, but at last he didn't say anything, and he died of exhaustion.

My heart was trembling, and my hands were shaking, I never thought that this would be the case, and I never imagined that because of me, so many innocent old and young women and children would be caused to suffer and even innocent and tragic deaths.

Some of the rebels had already rushed in, their armor bright and their scimitars in their hands, ignoring the panicked people, allowing their horses to trample at will, and shouting and cutting down the soldiers in the royal court.

A cavalryman charged at me.

I didn't have time to get back on the horse, I "choked" and drew the sword out of the sheath, flashed the horse's head with agility, and drew a long wound on the horse's body, the horse was in pain, and the front hooves were raised, and the cavalry on the horse was lifted off, and I jumped up and mended a sword with my hand, and the blood burst out and sprayed on the corpse of the old Han slave lying on the ground.

Two more horses rushed over, and when they looked at it, it was actually the two Han soldiers. I had made an appointment with them to wait for a rendezvous ten miles away, and I expected that they would not come to look for us for a long time.

"Lord Liu, why are you and Lord Yan still in the royal court?"

The two of them had blood stains on their bodies, and they didn't know if it was their own or someone else's.

I couldn't explain it to them, but yelled, "Since you're here, find Lord Yan." ”

Turning back and jumping on the horse, the three of us scurried blindly in the royal court. The fire was gradually extinguished, the royal court was unrecognizable, almost all the tents were reduced to ashes, and the scorched earth was everywhere, and there was no way to find the right direction.

A team of more than 30 men and horses in front of them, with a clear banner, is the subordinates of the king of the right valley. When they saw me, they immediately rushed over, shouting in the Hun language, "Kill Ahuer." ”

I clenched my sword and stood still, and as soon as the first cavalry arrived in front of me, I pierced the chest with a sword, snatched the scimitar from his hand, and the dead body fell from the horse.

Turning around, he shouted at the two Han soldiers, "Rush out." ”

The scimitar was raised high and rushed towards the cavalry behind, and with a bloodthirsty cold light, the scimitar grazed the neck of one soldier, cutting off the arm of another who was holding the knife, and severing off the third half of the head.

I never thought I would be so ruthless, and when I killed someone in this way, my heart stopped trembling, and it was like a horse I stepped on, it was excited, and the blood seemed to be burning.

Sweaty and bloody rode through the enemy's ranks, carrying its master to kill one warrior after another who tried to stand in its way.

Blood stained my clothes, my hand holding the knife was red, blood splashed down my cheeks, and I galloped my horse, mechanically raising and falling my arms. The horses that straddled down cleverly cooperated with me, dodging possible dangers and approaching the chance of victory.

The two Han armies were still behind me at the beginning, but they were scattered in a blink of an eye.

More and more enemies fell, and I gradually began to lose strength, without Takahashi's saddle, I still had to hold the reins in one hand, relying on this to stabilize my body, and the other arm was soon numb and even painful by the incessant action of "chopping, wiping, splitting, and teasing", and I was almost unable to hold the sword.

I gritted my teeth, trying to think of breaking through a bloody path, killing people is not the goal, my goal is to find Yan Qixing.

Just when I couldn't hold it anymore, the enemy suddenly became in chaos, and when I looked closely, it was Yu Dan's army, Yan Qixing had already rushed towards me first, and there were countless casualties along the way, and the rest saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled.

"Why did you come back?" he yelled at me on his horse, his face covered in blood.

"Fight the last battle with you. I told him plainly.

I want him to understand that I'm not a villain who is greedy for life and fears death. What's more, appearing in the royal court can also indirectly prove that betraying Yu Shan is not just to save his life.

Yan Qixing frowned and looked at me with an embarrassed look, and asked, "Are you hurt?"

I shook my head, and he said, "The rebels are so strong that Wang Tingjun can't resist them, so we must rush out and make another plan." ”

A little farther away, Princess Nangong's voice came: "Two adults, there is not much time, it is the best strategy to go!"

I had already expected that the princess would be safe, and Yi Zhixian would never kill her, but I thought that the king of Yougu Li would place her properly in advance when he started, but I didn't want to be in the single army.

There were only 8,000 men and horses left around Yu Dan, who were the personal guards of the military minister Shan Yu, all of whom were die-hard soldiers, guarding Yu Shan and a cadre of people, attacking the Yizhi army from the left flank, paying the price of nearly half of the casualties, and finally opened a gap, and left the royal court under the cover of night.

At dawn, the remnants of the defeated battle stopped to rest after running for a hundred miles.

The question now is: what next? will we find a way to plan for a renewed decisive battle with the rebels, or will we stay away?

Several people got together to discuss, and Yan Qixing and Princess Nangong said in unison: "Go back to the Han Dynasty." ”

Yu Shan resolutely objected: "The shame of the defeated army cannot be ignored, and the revenge of the father and Khan cannot be avenged." I must not let Yi Zhixian go!"

I was very surprised to hear him say this, didn't he always think that I was the murderer of the military minister Shan Yu? Why is he pointing the finger at Yi Zhi again? I ...... Is there something wrong?

Turning his head to look at Yan Qixing, he met his gaze unexpectedly, and there was a little pity and sadness in his eyes when he looked at me.

My heart shook.

I only heard Princess Nangong say: "Now that we have no troops and no food and grass, how easy is it to take revenge on the shame? ”

At this time, a scout reported that there were traces of cavalry three miles away, and the banner was Zuo Xianwang's department that broke through.

We immediately mounted our horses and ordered the remaining hundred archers to draw their bows and arrows, and the melee cavalry lined up to meet the enemy.

In ancient times, the communication of warfare was backward, and the banner was often deceiving, who knew if it was King Zuoxian, even if it was really him, who knew if he would turn against him before the battle, and it was still necessary to take precautions.

The roar of horses' hooves resounded faintly in the open grassland, and in the morning light of dawn, I saw that the black cavalry was like an ant, dense and rapid moving towards us in the green field in front of us.

Yu Shan was overjoyed and said, "It is the banner of King Zuoxian." ”

Yan Qixing's expression was grim, and he said: "After the Zuo Xian Wang's troops clashed with the enemy, how could the army be so neat? How could the number of people be so numerous?"

Princess Nangong shouted: "Whether it is or not, for the sake of everything, let's go." ”

Yu Shan was still hesitating, and I shouted, "Shan Yu, let's go." ”

At the sound of an order, thousands of war horsemen immediately headed south in the direction of Dahan.

The faster we ran here, the tighter we chased after us, and after all, after a night of tossing, we were already sleepy, and we saw that the pursuers were gradually closing the distance between us and us.

Yu Dan was young and vigorous in the end, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Instead of running away in embarrassment, it is better to fight to the death." ”

Turn the horse's head and leave the group, and turn back to meet him.

His move was really abrupt, and Yan Qixing had no choice but to order: "The rear team becomes the front team, prepare to meet the enemy!"

The sun came out, shining on the green and shining of the grassland, more than 5,000 light riders in front, heavy in the back, lined up on the grassland, stretched out the bow and controlled the strings, waiting for another fierce battle.

Everyone has made up their minds to die, and if we are chasing friends or foes, this place is where we will be buried.

I subconsciously touched my chest, there was a pocket sewn there, and there was a jade pendant that could send me home, although the jade pendant was there, I was afraid that my wish to go home would never come true. But I don't regret it, if I really left Yan Qixing and ran away alone last night regardless of morality, then I will spend my future life in regret.

I rode my horse, my mood was calm and peaceful, and the question of life and death became very small in an instant, but my mind was broadened.

The pursuers are closer, so close that you can see the face of King Zuo Xian, and there is also a Yi Zhi slanting!

Everyone's faces turned pale, King Zuo Xian really turned against him, his hope was disappointed, and the fierce battle was just around the corner!

......The horns of the battle sounded, and the archers aimed at the enemy, and when they were within range, the battle began.

"Stop!" the voice came from Princess Nangong, low and quiet.

I turned my head to look at the princess beside me, her face was snow-white, and there were obvious signs of gnawing on her lower lip, but her expression was calm and resolute, and her eyes flashed with an unusually bright light. The sunlight cast a golden halo on her, making her whole person look so beautiful that she dared not look up.

"Mother?" Yu Shan looked at her in amazement.

Princess Nangong looked straight ahead, and outside the firing range, the pursuers also stopped.

"Five thousand men against tens of thousands of iron horsemen, but death. ”

Princess Nangong's face turned to her son, her eyes full of sadness: "Yu Dan, listen to your mother's words, go to the Han Dynasty, go to your uncle, he will treat you as his own son." ”

"Mother, no!" Yu Shan seemed to realize something, and there was panic in his voice.

I also realized what the princess wanted to do, yes, she was the only one who could save us at the moment.

In the distance in the Yizhi slanted army, the flag fluttered in the wind, and a horse rushed out, coming towards us.

"The king asked the Yan clan to come out and speak. The visitor shouted loudly, speaking in Chinese.

Princess Nangong rode out of the queue and shouted: "I am the Yan clan, what do you have to say?" ”

The person who came immediately saluted and said, "The king has an order, as long as the Yan clan passes through the camp, let the rest of the people leave safely." ”

Yan Qixing urged the horse to move, I stopped him and whispered: "The princess values nothing more than Yu Dan's life." ”

Yan Qixing looked at me, and finally didn't move again.

Yu Shan rushed out of the queue and greeted the princess: "Mother, let me fight with them." ”

"Go back!" Princess Nangong was full of emotion, glaring at Yu Dan angrily. "If you are my son, do as your mother asks. ”

Yu Shan Yan couldn't move in place.

Princess Nangong quickly turned around and said to us: "Two lords, please be sure to protect Yu Shan and send him back to the Han Dynasty safely." Tell my brother that my sister is in a distant foreign land, and she will pray for him and for me day and night. ”

"Princess, have you really figured it out?" I asked.

Princess Nangong nodded, her beautiful face was sad and firm, and said, "Providence is like this, I want to die in the desert." ”

After that, he jumped off the horse, shook his head solemnly in the direction of the Southern Han Dynasty, stood up and got on his horse, walked to Yu Dan's side, whispered a few words, and finally looked back at us and shouted, "Please." "The horse is gone, and there is no turning back.

Yu Shan remained silent, silently looking at his mother's thin figure, which was getting smaller and smaller, and disappeared into the enemy camp.

I whispered, "She is the most beautiful and noble woman I have ever seen in my life." ”

Yan Qixing was silent.

Yizhi withdrew his troops, when he came, when he went, tens of thousands of iron horsemen disappeared into the vast grassland, leaving only the blue sky and green fields, the wind and clouds, and the remnants of our defeated generals.