Chapter 64: Soldiers Descend on the City
Xia Xuehan shook in the air, a flame burst out, Xia Xuehan smiled: "I only hate you for following a reckless man who can only fight!" As the words passed by, there was also the fire fold, and the sparks of the stars were so dazzling in the plain white of the mountains, at this moment thousands of people held their breath, and their eyes followed the flames across thousands of mountains and rivers.
"Farewell!"
These three words were like knives, and they were cut at the hearts of every Liao soldier, and for a while, they forgot to breathe and fled in pain, and watched the fire fold cross an arc in the sky, as if there was an era so long.
The fire fold fell on the clothes, and the "whoosh" sound ignited, and it turned out that the clothes had been soaked in the oil and caught fire when they caught fire, although there were people and horses standing on it, but the flames still flew past like sharp arrows. In just an instant, a fire dragon seemed to roar from under the Nine Shadows, spreading its teeth and claws, unstoppable.
The eight thousand Liao soldiers were all blocked on the path three or four feet wide, and it was definitely too late to retreat, and if they wanted to move forward, there was another Xia Xuehan in front of them who was comparable to death.
For a while, the screams came and went, some were burned into a fireball on the spot, some rolled down the cliff in a panic and there were no bones left, and some were trampled by their companions to the point of blurred flesh and blood...... More than 8,000 people, except for a few who walked behind and barely picked up their lives, the rest of the corpses were difficult to find.
In this situation, even the corners of Xia Xuehan's mouth couldn't help twitching, he bent down and bowed to the opposite side, turned over his horse, and walked away.
"Damn, Xia Xuehan, I don't share the sky with you!" Ren Tianxing was naked, looking up to the sky in the snow and shouting, which shook the ears of all the sergeants. After a long time, he was either angry with Xia Xuehan, or his head was confused for a while, and he didn't go to other places to find a way to chase after him, until the fire was extinguished by the melting snow, and then he waved the Qinglong knife in his hand and roared: "Chase!"
As soon as the Liao soldiers stepped onto the path covered with ashes, they heard a soft sound of "boom", and it turned out that the snow on the mountain could still bear the weight of people under the roasting of the fire.
As soon as more than 100 soldiers stepped on, there was a loud "boom", and a large area of snow on the top of the cliff slid down. It was said that it was a piece of snow, but it was better to say that even half of the entire mountain had collapsed, and the white expanse rolled down, sweeping the more than 100 people into the abyss, and there was no chance to even cry out for help.
Seeing this, the soldiers behind dared to step on, and they all looked back at Ren Tianxing, who had already knelt in the snow. At this time, Ren Tianxing's face was full of wood, he had lost the demeanor and self-confidence that he should have as a general, and he sat on the ground with his hands deep into the snow.
"Send someone to send a message to General Yun, the last general is incompetent, and he has lost a line of gorges, so I will bury the eight thousand Khitan disciples today!" After a long time, Ren Tianxing slowly stood up, as if he had lost his soul.
Ren Tianxing pulled out the sword of a subordinate general with his backhand, and was about to cut himself by the neck, but several generals around him were shocked and hurriedly rushed up to hug him.
"General, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, don't kill yourself!"
"He will definitely have a chance to take revenge when he makes a comeback, if he goes this time, won't he even have the idea of revenge!"
After listening to some persuasion, Ren Tianxing was slightly distracted, and the generals snatched the sword from his hand, and someone brought a burqa to put on him, and returned to the camp together.
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In Chang'an, the summer capital thousands of miles away, in the upper study, Xia Lang was immersed in reading the recital, looking at a report that Yin Shenglin had urgently delivered from the front line for 800 miles, and couldn't help laughing.
"I don't know what can make the emperor's dragon face happy?" Xu Ci has always been good at observing words and feelings, and seeing Xia Lang overjoyed, he hurriedly handed over a cup of ginseng tea and asked without a trace.
Xia Lang put down the chapter, took a sip of the tea he handed over, and said: "Xia Xuehan led 30,000 troops to challenge Yun Yifan's 200,000 army, unless he has the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers and make Sokcho a general, otherwise why should he come back alive from Yun Yifan, who is on a par with him!"
Xu Ci took a step forward and whispered: "The emperor must not take it lightly, Xia Xuehan is not only a general, he is also a world-famous martial arts master, I am afraid it will not be so easy to let him die on the battlefield!"
Xia Lang waved his hand and said, "What if he comes back alive? Losing the first battle, falling into the prestige of our army, avoiding the war, and communicating with foreign countries, once these crimes are established, does he still want to live to continue to be his prince?"
Xu Ci glanced at Xia Lang, who was not without pride, and reminded him: "Forgive the old slave for talking too much, you have to beware of Xia Xuehan dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, in case he is unhappy in his heart and gathers the crowd to go out......"
"Smack!" Charon slammed the imperial pen in his hand on the table, and the thick ink stained a piece of music, but Charon didn't care too much, and didn't even look at it. raised his thick eyebrows and said coldly: "If he dares to rebel, he will be a rebellious minister and thief who usurps power and plots rebellion, which is unpopular, and he will be infamous for eternity after death." Hehe, needless to say, I will use all my strength to crusade, even that person, I'm afraid I won't sit idly by!"
"Emperor Qi, Yongwang Xia Yan asks to see you!" a small eunuch at the head of the door knelt on Dan Fan and said respectfully.
Xia Lang's brows furrowed slightly, and he was a little more suspicious, and couldn't help asking, "Oh, what is he doing here?" After thinking for a while, he still said, "Pass him in!"
Since Xia Lang ascended the throne as the emperor, in order to win the hearts of the people and reward the ministers, the second prince Xia Yan was named King Yong, but according to Xia Lang's temperament, how could he hand over the real power, this King Yong is just a gimmick in name only.
Not long after, Xia Yan, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume, walked in, and after performing the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, Xia Lang stepped forward to help him up personally, and said: "The emperor's brother doesn't need to be polite, his father and the emperor unfortunately passed away, and the foolish brother doesn't know anything about governing the country and the people, and he has to rely on the emperor's brother more!"
Xia Yan was taken aback at first, hurriedly took a step back, made a big salute, and said, "Whatever the imperial brother says, the younger brother should do his duty!"
A smile flowed in Xia Lang's eyes, and he said, "When the emperor enters the palace to see me, is there any important military and political matter?" He blocked Xia Yan with one sentence, and the implication was that if it was not a military and political matter, then there was no need to say it again.
Xia Yan frowned, but still said: "Imperial Brother Shengju, King Langya sent troops to the north, it was the month of Layue, and the sky was full of snow, so it was not appropriate to raise troops at this time." But when the younger brother heard that the governor of the capital, Yin Shenglin, ordered the king of Langya to lead 30,000 troops to the north to attack Liao, the younger brother thought that it was very inappropriate, and it was not the order of the imperial brother, and asked the imperial brother to issue an edict to let the governor of Yin take back his order, so as not to add to the casualties!" After speaking, Xia Yan's knees weakened and knelt down.
Xia Lang hurriedly helped Xia Yan up, with a helpless expression, and said: "This, this matter makes the foolish brother very difficult! Don't you know that 'the general is outside, the king's order is not affected' Fang Caizhen has already received a report, and the king of Langya has already led the army to the battle, and the change of the order on the battlefield will not kill his own sharp spirit." ”
"But Brother Huang, King Langya is a pillar of the country, if there is a slight mistake......" Xia Yan wanted to say something, but Xia Lang waved him off.
"The emperor's brother has not fought on the battlefield, and he doesn't understand the mysteries on the battlefield, so don't worry too much about this matter, Yin Dudu is familiar with the art of war, he must have his reason for doing this, and King Langya has been through a hundred battles, and he will definitely be safe and sound. You stand down first, I'm tired, I'm going to rest!" Sharon turned around and said coldly.
Xia Yan just opened his mouth, but when he saw Xia Lang's impatient look, he had to retreat stupidly. Xia Lang looked back at Xia Yan's retreating back, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, at this moment, he had already moved to kill this kind-hearted imperial brother.
Zixia Palace has also been closed by Xia Lang's edict since the death of Emperor Chongming, and it is heavily guarded by heavy soldiers, and even flies cannot fly over one.
Ruobing stood in front of the window, and through the dim candlelight, she could see that her cold face was a little haggard, and her cold eyes stared at Re Yihan beside her without blinking. Reihan's face was a little pale, and there were some tear stains on her sideburns, and she was pruning a violet plant with a pair of scissors, but she was always a little absent-minded.
"Did he send him to spy on me?" asked Reyhan suddenly, the scissors in his hand finally stopped.
Ruobing looked at the gray sky outside the window, feeling a little depressed, cloudy days, it will always make people very uncomfortable. After a long time, she said lightly: "He is not qualified to let me do anything!"
It's just a few simple words, but it makes Reyihan's eyebrows stretch slightly, Ruobing doesn't speak anymore, it seems that as long as the other party doesn't speak, she can stay silent.
The winter in Chang'an is also very cold, Re Yihan stretched out his hand and gently stroked the violet in front of him, the flowers were a little listless, and they would wither at some point, "The winter is too cold, only this violet is left, but I don't know how long I can live." She seemed to be talking about violet, and more like talking about herself.
"What did you agree with Xia Lang?" Ruobing didn't care what she said, just asked lightly, and then her eyes moved into the distance, as if she was not interested in answering or not answering.
"Doesn't he just want this world!" Reyihan finally spoke, but there was great disdain in his words, "Men, they have always liked power, and women just want a man who loves her, simply for a lifetime." However, the two are contradictory, and it is too difficult for women to realize their dreams......"
Listening to Re Yihan's long sigh, Ruo Bing didn't speak, her black dress was blown by the wind, and she looked a little thin, "Did he miss the appointment?" Ruo Bing didn't speak after a long time, and Re Yihan didn't mind, it seemed that as long as there was someone to talk to her, she would be very satisfied.
"I know too much about what is enough to make him irreversible, he put me under house arrest in this Zixia Palace, maybe it is the best ending of my life!" Reyihan did not complain, but had a kind of resignation to fate.
"A person without feelings has no weakness, although I hate such a man, but I have to admit that it is terrifying!" No one can understand the feelings flowing in Ruobing's cold eyes, and the fragrance of a few wisps of plum blossoms came from outside the palace wall, she sniffed carefully, but what she smelled was indifference and blood.
The 10,000 Great Xia cavalry led by Xia Xuehan lost hundreds of people in the first-line gorge, and now they are rushing towards Nan'an City. Nan'an City towers over the boundless snowfield, like a lonely old man, leaning his back, bearing the wind and snow and loneliness alone.
This may be Xia Xuehan's hobby, or maybe it is to hide people's eyes and ears in the snow, the 10,000 cavalry are all wearing white armor, and even the war horses are mostly white.
The road was unimpeded, stepping on the thick snow, and came to a place two miles outside the city of Nan'an, but found that the city was as silent as death, there were no guards on the city, no flags, and even the city gate was wide open, but it looked like an empty city.
Xia Xuehan waved his hand to stop the 10,000 sergeants in place, he rode forward to check, the cold wind blew through his eyes, and he felt a trace of blur, this is not an empty city, because there are people in the city, but there is only one person, at least there is only one person who can be seen.
The man stood on the city tower, I don't know if he was frozen by the ice and snow or thinking about something, he didn't move since Xia Xuehan led the sergeant to rush over, just stared intently at the young general in white armor and silver robe in front of the team, maybe it should be said that the robe had been dyed red.
"Is that you?"
Xia Xuehan got closer, and finally saw the person's face clearly, perhaps this was the first time in all these years that someone had surprised him so much.
The man looked at Xia Xuehan condescendingly, his pursed lips did not move, and there was not the slightest surprise in his eyes, as if he had expected to come.
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