No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 219 Traitor!

Twenty miles northwest of Shangyonghuang City, on an unknown hill, there are several solitary graves standing in the valley facing northwest.

There is only a monument in front of the grave, but nothing is written on it.

After many years of wind and rain, the body of the stele was gradually eroded by the wind and rain and lost its original corners, and a faint moss was quietly climbing up at the bottom.

People may pass by here from time to time in these years, and they will feel curious when they see these lonely tombs.No one would have imagined that the people buried here would be Cui Liao, the famous Dasheng Dingyuan General in those days, and his family.

Cui Liao was one of the first generals to follow Gaozu back then, and in terms of seniority, he was much older than Luo Yun today.In terms of combat achievements, although it is not as good as Luo Yun, it is not bad.

The most important thing is that his adopted son and son-in-law, Yu Chen, was born out of blue and better than blue. Back then, he was hailed as the next generation of battlefield wizards after Luo Yun.

At that time, Luo Yun alone led the army to wipe out the southwest, and the Zhenguo Army in charge of the northwest had just been taken over by Yu Chen, who was only 27 years old, from Cui Liao, who was unable to fight due to injury.

At that time, Xie Yan was still a young general who had not yet reached the championship. Although he had also made great achievements in military affairs and had been in charge of the personal guards beside the late emperor, he was still very different from Yu Chen who was in charge of a town of more than 27 troops at the age of 30.

However, just half a year after Yu Chen took charge of the Zhen Guojun, in the last critical battle of the Northwest Campaign, Yu Chen surrendered to the enemy and almost led the more than 30 Zhen Guo Army into the siege of the remnants of the Bai family and the Qi people.

After General Cui Liao found out that something was wrong, he forcibly dragged his sick body and led his troops to rescue him, but he fell into a siege and died in a fierce battle.

Although Luo Yun and Xie Yan rushed to rescue them from two directions after hearing the news, Luo Yunyuan was far away in the southwest mountains, and Xie Yan had only 30 personal guards in his hands.It took more than a month to finally break out of the Zhen Guojun that surrounded the original more than 18 people, leaving less than [-] people.

Among them, 10 to [-] joined the enemy with Yu Chen, and nearly [-] died in battle.This battle caused Dasheng heavy losses, and the plan that could have wiped out the remnants of the Bai family entrenched in the northwest corner of the northwest in one fell swoop also failed.At the same time, when the first emperor passed away four years later, the Qi people took the opportunity to invade Dasheng again, laying the groundwork.

If you fail in one battle, you can come back next time. At that time, Yu Chen's defection to the enemy was the biggest blow to Zhen Guojun and even Dasheng as a whole.

One of the top generals in Dasheng, he only needs a few more battles to be able to surrender to the enemy, the commander of the Zhen Guojun who is almost as famous as Luo Yun.It was almost a fatal blow to the Zhen Guojun at that time.

For a while, the entire Zhen Guojun was distracted, and rumors spread everywhere.

Some even escaped, and the generals who had a good relationship with Yu Chen couldn't accept the casualties of their own soldiers and committed suicide.At that time, the ruling and opposition parties also unanimously demanded that the first emperor depose the Zhen Guojun and reorganize a new army.

At that time, Gaozu passed away only two years ago, and the foundation of the late emperor was not stable, and Dasheng could no longer withstand the slightest wind and rain.

At that time, Xie Yan, who had just turned [-], was parachuted into the Zhen Guo Army by the first emperor's order, and became the general of Zhen Guo.

At that time, no one cared about this matter. In everyone's eyes, the Zhen Guojun was a building that would collapse. Even if a young man who was only 20 years old became a general with great military exploits, it would only speed up the pace of the Zhen Guo Army's annihilation.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yan led a group of generals who were about his age or even younger, and it only took two or three years for the Zhen Guojun to gradually stabilize.

In the year when the first emperor died, Xie Yan led an army thousands of miles away to quell the rebellion of the three kings with lightning speed.They returned to the border at an extremely fast speed, but it took several months to push the invading Qi people back beyond the border, and the Zhen Guojun really stood up again.

Afterwards, Xie Yan retrieved Cui Liao's body from the rebel army, along with his body was a last letter written in blood.

Cui Liao wrote in his last pen: He didn't know people clearly, so that the Zhen Guojun suffered such a catastrophe, and he had no face to face the world.Even if he was divided into pieces by five horses, his bones and ashes would not atone for this crime. I just ask His Majesty to forgive the lives of his wife and children.

At that time, Cui Liao's wife was ill and died within a few days after hearing that her son-in-law had defected to the enemy and her husband was missing, probably a few days earlier than Cui Liao.

Cui Liao also has a son who was originally a captain by Yu Chen's side.After Yu Chen surrendered to the enemy, his whereabouts have been unknown since then, most likely he was secretly killed by Yu Chen.

In the end, there was only one daughter left, Yu Chen's wife, who was 19 years old at the time and her name was Cui Wanyu.

Xie Yan secretly brought back Cui Liao's body and last letter. The late emperor just sighed after a sleepless night, and ordered people to bring Cui Liao's body back to Shangyong to be buried quietly with Mrs. Cui.

It was announced to the outside world that Miss Cui's Yu Cui's Wanyu was ashamed of her surname Yu, and had committed suicide to follow her parents.

This statement is half true and half false, and the false one is that Cui Wanyu committed suicide.

Really, from now on there will be no more Cui Wanyu in the world, only Cui Zheyu.

Yu Chen is a tall, middle-aged man. Although he almost destroyed half of Dasheng's soldiers and horses by himself, and has been unknown for nearly ten years, he is actually only 36 years old this year.

His appearance is not very good, there is not much expression on his face, his eyes are deep and silent, he seems to be a taciturn person.

If it weren't for the aura that made him look unusual, just looking at his appearance would almost make people think that he was just an ordinary big northern man.

At this moment, Yu Chen was dressed in black, with seven or eight people by his side.Two of them could be seen as Qi people at a glance, but the rest all looked like people from the Central Plains.

They stood in front of the four solitary graves, looked down at the empty tombstones in front of them, and remained silent.

Although it was a solitary tomb, the surrounding area was very clean, obviously someone took care of it.

The two men standing closest to Yu Chen seemed to be about the same age as him, and they looked down at the lonely graves with complicated expressions.

They were all former generals of the Zhen Guojun who joined the enemy with Yu Chen back then.It also means that the person lying in this lonely grave was once their boss and colleague.

The atmosphere in front of the grave was somewhat dignified, Yu Chen looked down at the tombstone and did not speak for a long time.

After an unknown period of time, the two Qi people standing aside were obviously a little impatient.

After all, they were in Shangyong, and somehow they came to this kind of wilderness to see a few lonely graves, isn't there something wrong with that?
However, although Yu Chen was from the Central Plains, he was deeply trusted and valued by Mrs. Rong, and his status in the Qi tribe was unusual. Although the two Qi tribe people were impatient, they didn't say much.

Yu Chen suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of the grave, and reached out to pull a clump of dead grass beside the tombstone.

Just when his hand was about to touch the withered grass, a feathered arrow shot from the side with a whoosh.

"..." If he hadn't withdrawn quickly, the feather arrow would have nailed his palm in front of the tombstone.

The people around him immediately became alert and surrounded Yu Chen one after another.

Yu Chen stood up and looked in the direction of the arrow.

On the other side of the hillside, a woman in black was walking towards this side with a bow and arrow, and behind her was a young general wearing the armor of the general of the Zhen Guojun.

While they were walking towards this side, there were crowds of people at the bottom of the hillside, and there was a faint silver light flickering in the hidden place.

That's the arrow of Feather Arrow.

"General, we are surrounded." The general who was following Yu Chen whispered.

Yu Chen was not in a hurry, he looked up at the couple walking towards this side.

When his eyes fell on the woman, his eyes were in a trance for a while.

The woman was beautiful, but she was no longer the familiar appearance in his memory.

The woman who was once elegant and slightly playful, now has a face full of frost.

She was dressed in black, her long hair was pulled lightly, without any accessories in her hair, only a white flower on her hair.

With makeup on her face, slightly raised brows, and red lips like blood, she was walking on the mountain path with a bow in her hand, making people feel that she was a voluptuous ghost who came to claim her life.

Apparently he wasn't the only one who felt this way, the man standing on his left couldn't help taking a step back, and said in a low voice, "Eldest...Eldest Miss..."

"Wanyu." Yu Chen looked at Cui Zheyu for a long time before saying softly.

Cui Zheyu stood a few feet away from them, and said coldly, "Cui Wanyu is there."

Yu Chen glanced sideways at the four solitary graves, and quickly turned his gaze back to Cui Zheyu, apparently not taking her words seriously.

A slight smile appeared on Cui Zheyu's lips, and there was a little more charm between his brows, "You don't believe me? If you don't believe me, dig it out and you'll find out."

Yu Chen shook his head and said, "You are Wanyu." Although it doesn't look like one at all.

Cui Zheyu chuckled and ignored her.

Gu Jue, who was standing behind Cui Zheyu, said in a deep voice, "Yu Chen, what do you want to do?"

Yu Chen looked at Gu Jue and frowned slightly, "You are?"

The person standing beside Yu Chen said in a low voice: "He is Gu Jue, the chief general of the Western Army of the Zhen Guojun."

Yu Chen looked at Gu Jue, and after a while he said, "Xie Yan's subordinates, I haven't seen you before." Since surrendering to the enemy, Yu Chen and his soldiers have occasionally fought against the Dingguo Army a few times, but they haven't. Encountered the Zhen Guojun.

Perhaps Bai Jingrong and Ji Sui were also worried that Yu Chen's subordinates would lose their sense of proportion or turn against them again when they encountered the Zhen Guojun.

Therefore, Yu Chen has indeed never met the new generation of generals in the Zhen Guo Army.

He knew Xie Yan, Xie Yan used to be Gaozu's nephew, and after Gaozu passed away, he was the late emperor's most trusted and trusted brother.The two of them naturally had to deal with each other, and they even fought against each other. Xie Yan even stayed in Zhen Guojun for a while.

Gu Jue said coldly: "A traitor is also worthy of mentioning the name of the prince."

The corner of Yu Chen's mouth twitched slightly, but he did not defend himself.

"I just want to pay homage to my old friend, I don't intend to cause trouble." Yu Chen said.

Gu Jue sneered, "Worshiping the dead? Your head is also suitable as a sacrifice." He raised his hand, and the soldiers and horses of the Zhen Guo Army hidden in the dark poured out from all around, and hundreds of feathered arrows surrounded them. surrounded.

Yu Chen glanced around, not looking in a hurry.

He was not in a hurry but someone was in a hurry, one of the two Qi people stood up and said, "We are Qi people's envoys, what do you Dasheng mean? Are you trying to assassinate the envoys?"

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Zheyu raised his hand and an arrow hit him in the heart.

The Qi people's eyes widened in astonishment, the severe pain made him speechless.

He lowered his head and stared at the arrow in his heart and the bright red blood that kept gushing out, and there was blood constantly overflowing from his mouth.

The faces of the people around Yu Chen changed in an instant, obviously they did not expect Cui Zheyu to do it as soon as he said so.

"you!"

Cui Zheyu put away his bow and said with a sneer, "If you have the ability, let Bai Jingrong file a complaint."

These words were somewhat provocative, now that Bai Jingrong was asking for Dasheng, even if all these people died here, it would be in vain.

Yu Chen looked at Cui Zheyu, frowning slightly.

He didn't pay attention to that arrow before, but now this arrow really surprised him.

It turns out... the once gentle and kind woman can kill someone without changing her face?
Yu Chen glanced at the people on the ground, then looked at Cui Zheyu and said, "Wanyu, I don't want to hurt you. We will go down the mountain after paying homage to our adoptive father. Let these people withdraw."

Cui Zheyu sneered and said: "Worship? Who wants you to worship? You can do it if you want, you... and you, you, if you leave one arm for each of you, it is considered as a sacrifice. Seeing that you are Qi people For the sake of the messenger, you can go down the mountain today."

Yu Chen's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "Wanyu, don't force me."

Gu Jue's expression changed slightly, and he took two steps forward calmly, standing at the most convenient place to make a move.

Yu Chen glanced at him and said, "You are not my opponent."

Gu Jue smiled and said, "General Yu, it's better to keep a low profile."

Gu Jue waved his hand, and said in a deep voice, "The people of the Qi tribe trespassed on the restricted area of ​​the Zhen Guo army, and they will be killed without mercy!"

The people around Yu Chen said angrily: "Since when is this place restricted by the Zhen Guo Army?"

Gu Jue smiled and said: "Now! Our Zhen Guojun has designated this place for drills. Anyone who trespasses will die!"

When Gu Jue said the word "now", he grabbed Cui Zheyu and retreated with one hand. When the word "death" fell, the two had already retreated to the other side of the hillside. Yu Chen and the others were completely separated.

At the same time, the surrounding feather arrows mercilessly shot at the people in front of the tombstone.

Although it had been prepared for a long time, it was still difficult to deal with so many archers in this small place.

Fortunately, this place is really small and cannot accommodate more archers.

Those who followed Yu Chen were not mediocre, even so, but a few people were injured in a short while, and two of them fell to the ground, apparently dead.

Yu Chen's eyes sank, and he kicked lightly with his feet, and a knife that fell at his feet was picked up and fell into his hands.

The knife that was less than three feet trembled in his hand, and he was like a hunting eagle, rushing towards the archer in front of him with a cold light.

The sharp knife light slashed down, and he tore a gap in the encirclement in an instant.

But the archers of the Zhen Guojun are all experienced soldiers, even in the face of such a powerful enemy, they did not panic, and instantly changed their formation to close the gap.

Several people were still surrounded, but the archer turned most of his attention to Yu Chen, in order to relieve the pressure on others.

The others looked at each other, and one of them said in a deep voice: "Spread out, rush out!" Several people broke through in several directions.

There are rocks and trees to cover the terrain and the terrain is narrow. Compared with a place in the wilderness, there is a little more possibility of escape.

Yu Chen turned his head and glanced at the people running away behind him, turned around and flew towards Gu Jue and Cui Zheyu.

Gu Jue pushed Cui Zheyu behind him, and stepped forward to meet him.

Before that, Gu Jue always treated Yu Chen with a bit of contempt. Even if a traitor is powerful, how powerful can he be?
Even the most basic situation is not accurate!

If Yu Chen hadn't surrendered to the enemy back then, Dasheng would have at least [-]% chance of annihilating the remnants of the Bai family in one fell swoop, and there would be no more wars in Dasheng Central Plains from then on.

How much trouble can Bai Jingrong, who is a lone family and widowed as a concubine in the Qi clan, stir up?At that time, even if Yu Chen's achievements are not as good as Luo Yun's, he will still be one of the most famous generals in Dasheng.

But what did Yu Chen choose?
When he surrendered to the enemy, almost all the Cui family was wiped out, and the strength of the Zhen Guo army was greatly damaged. What did Yu Chen get for himself?
For nearly ten years, there were only a few small battles with General Luo, and almost no bargain was made.It really makes people suspect that Yu Chen's reputation as a young man was earned by a wave.

In these years, he had never heard of Yu Chen's reputation, and he almost became Bai Jingrong's personal guard.

It's no wonder that people were puzzled by Yu Chen's defection to the enemy, and finally came to a conclusion of obsession.

Back then, Gu Jue was a young soldier who had just joined the army. He didn't understand anything but he still remembered when they were surrounded, they ran for their lives in a hurry, and they were panicked afterwards.

And they scolded Yu Chen as a traitor in the encirclement of the enemy army, but they could only watch the people around them fall down one by one, helpless.

Seeing Yu Chen rushing towards him at this time, Gu Jue naturally went up to meet him without dodging or avoiding.

It wasn't until Gu Jue actually fought against each other that he realized that what the prince said was indeed right.

Yu Chen is not only a general, but also a very rare master.

As soon as they fought, Gu Jue felt great pressure.

During the fight between the two, Yu Chen said calmly: "The strength is not bad, but it's a pity that it's still not ready."

Gu Jue didn't say a word, and just slashed his sword with his backhand.

Cui Zheyu, who retreated to the side, looked silent. She took out a silver object and put it on her lips, and blew vigorously twice.

Two sharp whistles sounded in the forest, and a moment later, a group of men in black came from all around.

These people are obviously different from the archers brought by Gu Jue. Although they are all dressed in black, their weapons are quite different, and there is no formation.

Some people chased after the scattered people, while others surrounded them.

Gu Jue was taken aback, and flew back a few steps to give an order, "Archer, retreat!"

The generals of the Zhen Guojun ordered to prohibit them, and immediately put away their bows and arrows and disappeared into the forest without any hesitation.

They didn't really retreat completely, but went to join the people in the second encirclement on the mountainside.

Yu Chen looked coldly at the man in black approaching him, and looked at Cui Zheyu, "Wanyu, do you really want to kill me?"

Cui Zheyu smiled like a flower, her eyes seemed to be filled with anticipation, "I have worked so hard all these years to wait for this day, Brother Yu Chen, can you please help me?"

"Not good." Yu Chen shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I can't die yet."

Cui Zheyu pursed his lips and said, "Then you can go down the mountain alive first."

Those men in black didn't seem to hear their conversation, they besieged Yu Chen without saying a word.

Cui Zheyu's laughter filled the forest, "One catty of Yu Chen's meat can be exchanged for a hundred taels of gold. I'm waiting for you at the foot of the mountain."

　Hey~~There is no prince and Yaoyao today~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)