The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 310 The Tiger Awakens
"Your Majesty, hurry up"

"This way!"

In the distance, the Longguang Gate in the dark night was illuminated by fire. In the massacre, cavalrymen with torches swarmed out, spreading across the countryside north of Luoyang.

At two o'clock, the sound of fighting faintly resounded in the rear, the cold wind whimpered through the nearby forest, and the smell of blood dissipated lightly with the staggering figure sitting slumped.

Niu Cunjie was covered in blood, with half an arrow sticking out of his shoulder. Under Longguangmen, when the crane-controlling army drew their bows and shot arrows, he blocked Zhu Wen behind him. The entire left arm cloth was dyed red.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

When rushing out of Longguang Gate, he was still fighting with the rushing Longwu Army soldiers, and then rushed out and fled all the way to the present. The escorting emperor didn't even speak. Niu Cunjie quickly squatted on the ground and looked. Wen gritted his teeth and just shook his head, staring straight at the ground.

"Can you send someone to Zezhou?"

"When I left Longguang Gate, I sent people to go ahead quickly." Niu Cunjie found bloodstains on the emperor's arms and waist. He guessed that he was injured by a cold knife and arrow in the previous charge. He tore off the cloth strip and applied the wound medicine in a hurry Bandaging him up, he said in a low voice: "It is estimated that at dawn, the army from Zezhou should be able to arrive. Your Majesty must hold on, and I will escort your Majesty safely."

"I have been a soldier all my life, how could I not be able to survive this distance?"

Zhu Wen's face was a little pale, but he was trying to say these words. He is no longer young. When he followed Huang Chao, he was also a titan in the army. It's fat meat, and last night, he spent a lot of time on the bed with the two daughters of Zhang and Liu, making his body feel a little tired.

Thinking about it carefully, it must be Zhu Yougui's plan. No, Zhu Wen covered his wound and narrowed his eyes. He suddenly realized that there was Liu Shi in it, and Jing Xiang must have participated.

'It must be his plan. It must be him.'

There were only dozens of Yuan Cong's soldiers left around, and they were more or less injured. They rushed out of the encirclement and fled to this side. They were already exhausted and almost fainted while sitting on the ground.Among them, a young general who looked to be in his twenties had stab wounds on his legs, arms, and back. He was leaning on an iron gun and swearing energetically at his subordinates or colleagues around him.

"My son killed my father, I have never seen such a disgusting person."

"I was going to take off my armor and go home. I'm not leaving now, but I want to see how long Zhu Yougui can sit on the throne!"

The young general spoke vulgarly and had no scruples. Zhu Wen, who heard the words, didn't mean to blame him. Instead, he grinned, held the knife stuck in the ground, and asked, "Who is your name? In the army."

The man was not timid either, he let go of the handle of the gun, clasped his fists boldly, and said loudly:
"Return to Your Majesty, my name is Xia Luqi, I joined the Xuanwu Army three years ago!"

"Sitting in the general school for three years, is martial arts amazing?"

"Three or fifty people in the chaotic formation can't get close."

I don't know if it's a lie, but after coming out of Luoyang, Zhu Wen laughed out loud for the first time, and leaned his head against the trunk of the tree.

"I didn't expect there to be such a fierce general by my side."

Niu Cunjie looked at the emperor who was covered in wounds, his big fierce face was full of water, and begged Zhu Wen to stop talking. At this moment, in the darkness outside the mountains and forests, the sound of horseshoes spread chaotically. , Lin Li's flames spread and ran around the field, and high-pitched cries came from time to time.

"This mountain forest, send a team of people in to check—"

Several clusters of torches meandered towards them immediately, and ten figures on horseback came down from their horses, armed with swords and torches, and quickly entered the forest. After a while, one person shouted: "There are traces here, Zhu Wen stayed here!"

"Search along the forest!"

At the same time that the cavalry commander outside issued an order, the news spread to the farther troops, and began to encircle the foothills. When the soldiers of the Crane Control Army arrived, they opened the front line and searched into the mountain inch by inch.

The mountains were quiet for a short time, and soon after, the movement of fighting spread towards the north.

At the third quarter of Yin time, it is at Pingdan.

The pitch-black sky is gradually turning blue, and a ray of brilliance blooms in the eastern sky, which slowly spreads between the heaven and the earth. Zezhou, which has been quiet for half a month, has also become noisy at the fifth watch. After Luoyang, they pulled out their camps one by one and prepared to cross Huazhou and cross the Yellow River.

As cavalry, the Longxiang Army had already left the first day, and Geng Qing also followed the army in a carriage. When he arrived, the sky was bright, he woke up from the car, and asked Li Siyuan outside, only to find out that he had just passed Huazhou More than ten miles.

The early morning wind blowing on his face made Geng Qing startled. Standing on the slowly moving chariot, as far as he could see, it was the mighty cavalry array slowly advancing ahead, and it was just the two thousand cavalry in the rear. In the daylight that pushed away the clouds and haze, pieces of armor and weapons glowed with metallic luster, rising and falling one after another in people's sight.

Geng Qing asked Shi Jingtang who was driving to stop, he got out of the car, and walked beside the car with Li Siyuan, while walking, he did a few chest-expanding exercises to stretch his muscles and bones.

As they got closer and closer to Luoyang, Li Siyuan on the side felt a bit uneasy, and if it fell into Zhu Wen's hands, what would happen to him and Shi Jingtang in the future seemed to make people anxious.

He has big ambitions, if he dies like this with everything he has learned, he will really die with regret.

The scout who sent the order ran over in the field, and Geng Qing, who moved his arms, looked back, probably sensing the young man's thoughts beside him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"This is the way of the world. If others die, you can't die? Look at it, if I like it, I will keep you two safe, and at most you will suffer."

"Then later."

"Don't think about the future. It's not too late. If the King of Jin dies, maybe I'll consider letting you go back. You must be thinking, let you go back at that time, isn't it for you to seize power? Let you fight Li Cunxu to the death ?”

Geng Qing smiled, and in Li Siyuan's sight, nodded affirmatively: "You are right, I let you go back at that moment, and let you fight with Li Keyong's son. You followed Li Keyong when you were young. You have prestige in the army and you are an adopted son, so you are qualified to seize power, but..."

When he said this, he looked ahead. The morning sun had become brilliant, and there were vaguely knights galloping towards the rear. Geng Qing continued: "But it's not my own selfish desire. I hope the war will end soon. You also participated in this battle. It was dangerous several times. Even I almost died. Moreover, you also saw the appearance of the Khitan people. The Tang Dynasty is gone. They are getting stronger and stronger. Let’s fight again Go down, do you think the Khitan people will come over one day and take our heads off?"

The galloping knight was approaching, it was Yang Huaixiong.

"After these two wars, don't look at driving the Hu people away, but many people died on both sides of us, the people were also affected, the fields were destroyed, and this winter they will starve again. Only the Khitan people got the advantage. We They are all losers. It is my selfishness to tell you this. Anyway, when the time comes, you have to go back if you don’t go back. People who doubt you will eventually force you to seize power. suspect."

Li Siyuan looked at Mr. Fox who stretched his arms easily, with a sinister smile on his face.

Before he could speak, Yang Huaixiong, who had come from far away, had already rode his horse over, tightened the reins, let out a 'wow', stopped the horse, and then rolled over to the ground. !"

Geng Qing restrained his smile and frowned.

"Luoyang?"

Yang Huaixiong nodded with a heavy expression, "Just received the fast rider sent by His Majesty, Zhu Yougui rebelled, and His Majesty was hunted down. I don't know where it is now, and it may be approaching the south bank of the Yellow River."

Geng Qing's complexion also became ugly.

"Send Kuaiqi to meet them first, and then notify Yang Shihou and Ge Congzhou behind to see how they react."

As soon as Yang Huaixiong left, Li Cunxiao came out from the carriage dressed in normal clothes, and came over here: "Brother, what happened?"

"Zhu Yougui rebelled against his son and wanted to kill Lao Tzu."

"need help?"

Geng Qing smiled and nodded, "I'm relieved if you go."

"The elder brother's matter is the matter of Cunxiao, and it may happen that he hasn't done anything for a long time." Li Cunxiao smiled gently, loosened the tight wrists, turned his head and whistled, and a fiery red horse galloped from behind come.

Grabbing Yu Wang's lance that was hanging across the side of the horse, he turned over, and with a wave of the lance, there was a heavy whistling sound in the air.

"Come on for a few rides, and go to the front with a certain family!"

(End of this chapter)