Chapter 20 Let the Tiger Return to the Mountain
At this moment, a cloud-piercing arrow shot over, directly knocking the black-clothed man with the knife to the ground, and Chaoping also fell. www.biquge.info Chaoping looked up, it turned out to be the cloud-piercing arrow shot by his grandfather, which was a unique bow and arrow of the Li family, and then Hong Biao and Luo Hu led the troops to rush to the eighteen cavalry of Youyun, they resisted desperately, and sacrificed several soldiers in the blink of an eye, Tian Zhen had already rushed over when the old general's soldiers and horses stepped forward, and when the eighteenth cavalry of Youyun was about to break through, he found that Tian Zhen had already put a knife on the neck of the man in black who was dismounted, and then Tian Zhen shouted: " Don't move, or I'll kill him." "Normally, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, not to mention that they are also cold-blooded and ruthless killers. But this Youyun Eighteen Riders are different, they are about brotherhood, one is prosperous and one is lost. Tian Zhen's shouting really worked, they immediately stopped resisting, Chao Ping saw all these in his eyes, thinking that these killers who killed people without blinking an eye still had some heroism. Seeing this, the old general immediately ordered Hong Biao to take them down, and also to take down the man in black who shot him. Luo Hu hurriedly helped the unconscious Zhang Tao to the stretcher for treatment. This war ended hastily, the old general personally carried his grandson on the horse, and Tian Zhen returned to the barracks with the princess.
Chaoping fell ill on the way back to the barracks, his body was hot all the time, the high fever did not go away, and he lay in the tent for several hours and still did not wake up. On the other hand, the old general was busy restoring that the commander of the imperial court Tian Zhen and the princess were safe, and on the other hand, he was busy interrogating the eighteen horsemen of the clouds. The old general discussed with Tian Zhen in the military tent, and set off to return to Beijing after resting in the army for two days, late at night, the old general was left alone in the tent to write the fold, which was about the safety of the princess, so he wrote in great detail, he had already learned the ins and outs of the matter from Tian Zhen's mouth, he suspected that the princess and the princess's trip was leaked out by the ghosts of the court, but he didn't know what was going on, and hoped that the emperor would be careful. After writing the letter, he sent a reliable person to the capital for 800 miles and sent it urgently. The old general arranged these and went to Chaoping's military tent, he was worried about Chaoping's injury, and watched inch by inch. At this time, Hong Biao came in: "Report, general, this Youyun Eighteen Cavalry is very hard-mouthed, their boss is so seriously injured that they don't know a word, or beat or scold how to judge without saying a word." Li Luoyun was angry: "Then what are you still trying to try, don't try it, gather at the school yard at noon the day after tomorrow, and kill them in front of the whole army to show military might." A large part of what he said was really due to the fact that the military threat posed to them by the Eighteen Cavalry of Youyun was too great, and secondly, he also wanted to avenge his grandson, after all, his grandson almost died at their hands.
In another military tent, Luo Hu looked at Zhang Tao's heart-rending and painful expression with pity, there was a big wound on his face, and the military doctor applied herbs to him after he was disinfected, although he was not dead, it was hard to say, the military doctor said that it would depend on tonight. Zhang Tao was already full of nonsense, and he was no longer awake, but he still kept talking about Chaoping in his mouth, and kept shouting: "Childe be careful, Childe run... "Shouting these words all the time.
And Zhao Biying, who was in another military tent, didn't sleep, she kept thinking about the brother Chaoping, the big boy who had been playing with her, and the big boy who had just rescued her, thinking about his safety, thinking about their previous story over and over again, this six-year-old girl only knew that her father had made a marriage contract for the two of them, and this big brother would not hesitate to kill himself, would he be fine. Little Biying thought about this over and over again, and she was very uneasy, for fear that Brother Chaoping would have an accident.
Time passed quickly, two days passed in a blink of an eye, Chaoping was still not awake this day, and Zhang Tao had been awake for a day, he could only lie on the bed obediently to recuperate, and he was relieved to hear Luo Hu say that Chaoping had nothing to do, just a fever. In the morning, the old general was busy seeing off Tian Zhen and the princess, and sent a team of Li Jiajun to send the princess back to Beijing, Tian Zhen and the princess soon on the road, when leaving, the princess went to Chaoping's tent to see Chaoping a look, hoping that this big brother would get better soon, and he could have the opportunity to go to the capital to play with him, and then they set off.
It was noon, and the old general sat on the platform, watching the sergeants lined up, and the eighteen horsemen knelt in a row in the center of the school field, and the sword and axe men stood on the right side of everyone ready to execute them. The old general had already thought about using them to see if he could lure out the soldiers and horses of Yelu Xiuge of the Liao army. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the old general did not order them to be killed, but let them bask in the sun for a while, firstly, to see if the Liao army would come to the rescue, and secondly, to make them suffer some hardships and avenge the dead soldiers.
Chaoping opened his eyes, the tent was empty, he heard the sound of drums outside, he heard that he was not going to send troops to fight, but to assemble a team in the school field, he couldn't guess what was happening outside, he lay down for a long time, dragged his weak body to open the door of the tent, and saw that the eighteen horsemen of Youyun outside were about to be beheaded, and he was shocked. Luo Hu saw Chao Ping in the tent leaving, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help. Chaoping walked under the handsome platform in front of the three armies and knelt down in front of his grandfather. Li Luoyun was overjoyed to see that his grandson had finally woken up after being in a coma for two days. Chao Ping knelt down and said to Li Luoyun: "Marshal, I have a request, I hope you can agree, I beg you to release this Youyun Eighteen Horsemen." Li Luoyun was very surprised, he didn't know why his grandson would say such a thing, if the traitor heard it, it would be as if he was collaborating with the enemy. Li Chaoping explained: "Grandpa, although they have killed many of our soldiers in the war, which is unforgivable, but they are also because of their different positions, they have killed innocent people, and they can be executed for this point, but the grandson saw that they were chivalrous and chivalrous, and gave birth to a trace of pity. In fact, Chaoping doesn't know why he has a good impression of this Youyun Eighteen Cavalry, probably because he saw the kind of friendship between them, and another reason is that Chaoping saw the origin and story of their Youyun Eighteen Cavalry when he was reading in the Library Pavilion, and he felt sorry for this ancient iron-blooded cavalry, hoping that they could be passed on, but he didn't want to see them do this. The old general disagreed with Chaoping's statement and decided to kill the eighteen horsemen of the clouds. Chaoping walked in front of the Youyun Eighteen Cavalry, turned around and knelt down towards Li Luoyun, and said: "Grandpa, I am the bloodline of the Li family, today I am willing to wear it for this Youyun Eighteen Cavalry, if you want to sentence them to death, then exchange my life for their ancient cavalry A way to live, if you don't agree to me, I can't afford to kneel." Li Luoyun was very angry, and said in front of the three armies: "Then you kneel, you still have to kill those who should be killed." As soon as Li Chaoping closed his eyes, he knelt motionless on the ground. The Eighteen Cavalry of Youyun was originally a cold-blooded army, and it was very moving to see Chaoping come forward for a person they didn't know before. Half an hour passed, Chaoping was covered in sweat, and someone finally spoke, it was the boss who wanted to kill him, he said: "We understand the little general's intentions, we have killed countless people, we have long thought of this day to die on the battlefield, please don't risk it for us." Chaoping didn't say anything. An hour and a half passed, and Chaoping was obviously unable to hold on in this hot desert. At this time, one of the generals of Li Jiajun spoke, came out and knelt down to plead with the old general: "Marshal, please agree to the young marshal's request." "Then one after another, all the soldiers were moved by Chaoping's persistence, although they didn't want the Youyun Eighteen Cavalry to go back alive, but they also didn't want to see the only commander of the Li family fall in the future.
Finally, the old general was moved, he saw Chaoping so persistent, and there was no way in his heart, thinking that it was not worth losing the most important person in his life for so many people, besides, these eighteen people were just elites, although the power of the raid was extremely strong, but it was impossible to control thousands of troops. Li Luoyun ordered: "Don't kill these thieves today, grandson, get up quickly, come on, fork these people out of the barracks." A few sergeants were just about to walk towards the Eighteen Cavalry of Youyun, and Chaoping said, "Slow." Then the sergeants stopped, got up and walked slowly to the platform, and in a sweat in front of his grandfather, he said to his grandfather, "Marshal, can you borrow a sword?" The old general nodded in agreement, Chaoping stood on the platform, holding the sword of the commander of the Li family's army and said to Youyun Eighteen Cavalry: " You are an ancient cavalry handed down from the Central Plains, you have lived in the desert for a long time, today I think that you are the only bloodline of Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, for the sake of your brotherhood and arrogance, so I risked death to intercede to save your lives, but I set three rules with you, if you promise to walk out of the barracks safely, if you should not kill you immediately, if you agree, if you do not repent in the future, I will lead the army to exterminate you, even if you chase to the edge of the desert, I will never give up. Originally, the Youyun Eighteen Cavalry would rather die than compromise, but seeing that Chaoping was really coming forward for them, in just two hours, the Youyun Eighteen Cavalry had a sense of awe in their hearts for this young marshal of the Li family's army. Eighteen people believed in Chaoping's personality and would not make some rude demands, such as leaking the secrets of the Liao army and other unrighteous things. So they all stood up and knelt down again and kowtowed to Chaoping, although they were still tied, they still bowed to Chaoping, and then said in unison: "Thank you Gongzi for saving your life, please show Gongzi if you have any requirements." Chao Ping raised his sword and dragged his heavy body and said: "First, you will never be allowed to invade the border of the Great Song Dynasty again; second, you must not harm an innocent life again; and third, you can no longer obey the orders of the Liao army." "This Youyun Eighteen Horsemen put aside the previous killing, they are really heroes, they are not the mother of the mother, they thought for a while and said to Chaoping: "What Childe said, we remember, thank you Childe for not killing." After Chaoping and Youyun Eighteen Cavalry finished saying this, the three armies applauded in unison, and they all felt that Chaoping had the demeanor of a commander, and felt that what he said was reasonable. Then Li Luoyun ordered the release of the eighteen horsemen of Youyun, they rode out of the barracks and walked away, Chao Ping dragged his sword and fainted covered in sweat. The old general hurriedly stepped forward to help, Luo Hu also stepped forward, Li Luoyun ordered the dismissal of the three armies, everyone helped Chaoping back to the tent, Luo Hu said to the old general: "Will the child's approach let the tiger return to the mountain." The old general said, "Well, who can say for sure what will happen in the future." ”