The Beacon of Kyushu

Ten days later, Qu Yue returned to the west.

Ten miles outside Xijie City, there is a wide gravel road. At the end of the gravel road, there is an endless stretch of mountains. Although it is not an inaccessible place, there are very few pedestrians. It is so quiet that you can clearly hear the roar of beasts in the mountains and the chirping of birds in the forest.

Suddenly, the earth trembled slightly, the sand and stones shook slightly, and a thunderous sound came from the southeast. The loud noise was getting closer and closer, becoming more and more deafening, instantly annihilating all the sounds of nature. Soon, a large army came from the gravel road, a large army with bright helmets and flags flying everywhere.

At the front of the army, there was a tall horse. The man on the horse was wearing golden armor and holding a one-legged bronze man's spear upside down. He always had a greedy and cruel smile on his mouth, like a bloodthirsty demon god. Behind him followed a young man with a silver helmet and plain armor, holding a spear in his hand. His face was handsome and kind, which gave people an inexplicable sense of intimacy, but the murderous intent hidden in his eyes was even more terrifying than that of a lifelong military general.

The leader sat on the horse, looking far into the distance, and said to the young man beside him: "Zhaoyan, how far is it from Xijie?"

The young man pointed to the northwest and said: "Your Majesty, this place is only ten miles away from Xijie. If you look in the direction that the general is pointing, you can vaguely see a city, and that is Xijie."

When Li Huan heard this, the smile on his face became colder and colder, "Hahaha, great! You convey my orders quickly, and you must take down Xijie in one go today! So that this bunch of losers from the Song Kingdom will know completely that they have offended someone What a mighty emperor, what a powerful country he violated!"

Li Gongyun hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being blunt. The Western Route Army led by General Chen Qinzuo of Song Dynasty is now almost all stationed in Xijie City. Even though we have slightly more troops than them, it is probably not realistic to capture Xijie in one fell swoop."

Li Huan said disapprovingly: "Zhaoyan, what you said is wrong! Not to mention that Xijie is only a small city, and the guard is an unknown person like Chen Qinzuo. Even though he is facing Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, the guard general If it were Cao Bin, Pan Mei and other famous generals, I would have them wiped out in a blink of an eye!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a scout on horseback suddenly came running from the west. The scout rode his horse to the front of the army, quickly dismounted, and knelt down in front of Li Huan's horse. "Your Majesty, for some reason, Dali suddenly withdrew the 30,000 to 40,000 troops stationed on the border between Song and Li."

"Withdraw troops suddenly?" Li Huan reined in his mount, a look of worry appeared on his face, "Dali is withdrawing its troops at this moment. Could it be that it has united with Song State and intends to jointly attack my Qu Yue?"

Li Gongyun frowned and asked Li Huan: "Your Majesty, if Dali and Song really unite, Qu Yue may be in danger of being destroyed. I wonder if your Majesty has any good plan to solve this disaster?"

Li Huan thought for a while and then said confidently: "Zhaoyan, don't panic, this matter is easy to handle. In my opinion, it is better for you to continue to lead the army to capture Xijie, and then transfer Fan Jubei from Huabu to be responsible for resisting the Dali army. Such a siege and reinforcements will definitely pay off!"

Li Gongyun said in confusion: "Your Majesty, you asked the last general to lead the army to attack the city, then where are you going?"

Li Huan stared at the southeast and said with a heavy tone, "I must return to Hualu immediately. Otherwise, if someone in the court takes the opportunity to support Ding Xuan, we will face the army of the Three Kingdoms. If we are attacked from both sides, we will really face the end of our annihilation." Disaster!"

Five days later, late at night.

The bright moonlight shines into the palace through the window lattice of the bedroom, and shines on a gum bed in the palace. Under the illumination of the bright moon, the gums reflect a milky white halo, making them look even more gorgeous and delicate. Li Huan hugged Yang Yun'e and fell asleep soundly on the bed. Yang Yun'e turned her back to him, her body twitched slightly, and her eyes had shed tears of humiliation countless times.

Every time she went to bed, she had never felt happy in her heart, and she was always planning how to kill the man in front of her. But she knew that she would never be able to attack him, she could only let him humiliate her and let him play with her. Because, once he really kills him, the mother and son will be in danger of their lives the next moment. She could despise or even despise her own life and death, but she could never accept that her son had sacrificed his young and precious life for her own impulse.

Yang Yun'e was tired from crying for a long time. She was just about to close her eyes and take a nap, but suddenly she saw that the door of the bedroom was pushed open. Under the moonlight, you can clearly see that the person pushing the door is a young man wearing a yellow suit and a very handsome face.

"Who are you!" Yang Yun'e sat up in surprise, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, and stared at the young man blankly. Li Huan was awakened by Yang Yun'e's voice. He casually pulled out the extremely sharp Malay knife from under the pillow and glared at the visitor.

The young man pointed at Li Huan and shouted in a low voice: "Li Huan, please return my Yaoyao to me quickly, otherwise I will be rude to you!"

"Yao Yao?" Li Huan was startled and looked at Yang Yun'e subconsciously, "Yun'e, your nickname is Yaoyao? What does it have to do with this gangster named Duan?"

Yang Yun'e shook her head hurriedly and said: "I don't have a nickname, I have never heard of Yaoyao, and I don't even know this assassin!"

Li Huan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Hahaha, as a majestic prince of Dali, you came to my harem late at night to look for Yaoyao. Could it be that you, Dali's lack of beauties, are crazy, so you came to me to snatch women. !"

Duan Siming said angrily: "Li, stop talking nonsense! You sent someone to write a fake battle report a few days ago in an attempt to lure Liu Cheng's army to the barren mountains of Beining to rescue people. You must still remember this!" Li Huan nodded and said proudly: "This matter was planned carefully by me, and I naturally have an impression. Liu Cheng and the others were clever but their cleverness misled them. Instead of leading the entire army to aid Beining, they instead stationed themselves in Duoluo Village for several days. Only then were we able to annihilate the enemy in the middle in one fell swoop.”

Duan Siming said: "Although Liu Cheng and the others were not fooled by you, my king's Yaoyao fell into your trick and went to Beining City alone. I was in Dali at that time. After hearing the news, I immediately I rushed to Beining in a hurry. In one day, I searched all the barren mountains outside Beining, but I couldn't find anyone alive or dead. If you hadn't arrested Yaoyao, could she have disappeared out of thin air? "

Li Huan smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Duan, the Yaoyao you are talking about is probably the girl in purple who had a fight with me a few months ago. Although her martial arts skills are a little worse than mine, she is still rare in this world. She’s a master, you’re not so stupid as to think that I can catch her with just a few thousand soldiers, are you?”

Duan Siming thought for a while and then said: "Li, do you really mean what you said? If you really didn't capture my king's Yaoyao, then let's meet again!" As he said this, he turned around and tried to turn his toes. Quyue Palace, but suddenly felt a chill behind him.

"Li, what are you doing!" Duan Siming exclaimed, dodged the weapon coming from behind, and roared angrily at Li Huan.

Li Huan got up from the bed at some point and stood behind Duan Siming with a sinister smile, still holding the shining keris in his hand, "Prince Duan, you don't really think that you can come to my bedroom whenever you want. Just a place to go, right?”

Duan Siming smiled and said: "You are the emperor and I am the prince. You are indeed one level higher than me. However, no matter how powerful you are, Emperor Qu Yue, can you still control me, the prince of Dali? If you dare to kill me today, My king, my cousin will not let you go!"

Li Huan curled his lips and said: "I would rather talk to a slovenly man like Wan Jianfeng, who is both civilized and military, than to talk to a man like Prince Duan, who has a big head but is just for decoration. Do you think that Apart from killing you, do I have no other way to deal with you? "

Duan Siming was already jealous of Wan Jianfeng, but he was always relieved in his heart. His beloved Yaoyao was just deceived by Wan Jianfeng's sweet words. Sooner or later, she would choose him. But he never expected that not only Yaoyao preferred Wan Jianfeng among the two, but even a ruthless and cunning guy like Li Huan also preferred Wan Jianfeng among the two. Could it be that as a prince, the beloved son of heaven who has been born since childhood, is really worse than a beggar?
But at this time, there were so many dangers that he could not be jealous. This thought only flashed in his mind, and he suppressed it in his heart, "Li Huan, if you don't kill me and don't let me go, are you trying to Isn’t it possible for me to imprison you, Qu Yue?”

Li Huan nodded, and the smile on his lips became brighter, "Haha, that's right! I have heard for a long time that you have a close brotherly relationship with the Emperor of Dali, Duan Sicong. I think he will give up the alliance with the Song Dynasty for you and join forces with me instead."

Duan Siming rolled his eyes and said hurriedly: "Li, what you said is totally wrong! My uncle has usurped the throne of my eldest brother. How could his son, my cousin Duan Sicong, not be on guard against us? Brother, fight with him for the throne? If you imprison me in Quyue, wouldn't he take the opportunity to get rid of a trouble in his heart? I would like to advise you, if you really want to unite with me, Dali, let me go. When I return to Dali, I will never forget your kindness!"

"Oh, really?" Li Huan smiled coldly, obviously seeing through Duan Siming's calculations at a glance, "Prince Duan, I want to make a bet with you. If I win, you, Dali, will join forces with me, Qu Yue, If I lose, your life will be ruined in Qu Yue. What do you think?"

Duan Siming hurriedly shook his head and said: "Li, what kind of gambling do you call this? Why does it benefit you no matter you win or lose! I don't want to bet with you, so I'm leaving now!"

"Haha, whether you want to gamble or not, it's up to me, not you!" Li Huan didn't wait for Duan Siming to escape, and his sword struck like lightning. Duan Siming hurriedly used all his strength to jump back violently, opening a few feet away from Li Huan. Immediately, a finger made a "chichi" sound in the air and pointed towards Li Huan's eyebrows.

Li Huan felt slightly surprised and swung his sword fiercely towards the incoming sword energy. The blade and the sword energy intersected, and thousands of firelights shot out in mid-air, and the air seemed to be shaken by it. Li Huan only felt that his wrist was slightly sore, but he still had the strength to fight, but Duan Siming was so stunned that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

Since his father Duan Siping created this martial art, there have been people who can dodge a sword, evade a sword, and bounce back a sword, but there is no one who can resist a sword and still remain unscathed. But today Li Huan did it, and he did it with just a lot of effort. This was undoubtedly beyond Duan Siming's imagination.

Duan Siming subconsciously took a few steps back, turned around and wanted to escape, but before he could jump up, Li Huan's sword had already struck him. Duan Siming could only bite the bullet and attack with another finger, but he was so flustered that the sword energy from this attack was not as sharp as before.

Li Huan laughed loudly and cut off Duan's incoming sword energy with one strike. The tip of the sword touched Duan Siming's throat, "Prince Duan, is this the Lingxu Divine Sword of your Dali Duan family that is said to be so magical? In my opinion, it's not as good as The swords of the Changjian Sect are roaring in all directions!"

Duan Siming was dissatisfied and argued: "I have been looking for Yaoyao day and night for the past two days. I have been exhausted for a long time, so I have not shown my true level. If you are really capable, let me rest for a few days. Let’s compete again later!”

Li Huan smiled and said: "Okay, then I will ask Prince Duan to rest in my prison for a few days! If Prince Duan is still in the mood to compete, I will accompany him to the end!"

It was not that the guards in the palace did not discover the assassin, and it was not that they did not dare to rush in and capture the daring Duan Siming. But they were well aware of Li Huan's temper, and were afraid that Li Huan would rush over before he had fully enjoyed himself, and would be punished by Li Huan. Therefore, they had been hiding nearby and no one dared to come over. As Li Huan's words fell, they rushed over quickly without any hesitation and tied up Duan Siming, who was gritting his teeth.

"Li, please release me quickly, otherwise Dali will not bypass you!" Duan Siming roared angrily as he was pushed away from the dormitory by the guards, and soon disappeared into the darkness in the distance.

Li Huan looked at the direction Duan Siming was leaving and showed a contemptuous smile, "Prince Duan, I have no intention of capturing you. Who asked you to come to my door? I will send Duan Sicong a letter of credence tomorrow to see if he cares about it. Faith, I still care about you!" (End of Chapter)