Snowy Chang'an Road

This battle without suspense took only two days to break through. It seemed to be an iron wall, but in fact it was vulnerable. After Wei Shao captured Feng Zhuan alive, the 40,000 county soldiers instantly became a mess and became a mess.

Wei Shao did not kill these county soldiers, but ordered them to leave Nancang Kingdom and return to their hometown of Liu'an Kingdom.

In the military tent, Wei Shao sat in the main seat, and Zhong Yang and Xiao Shen sat on the left and right sides.

Feng Zhuan was tied up with five flowers. Bai Zheng walked up to him and pulled out the cloth from his mouth.

"Feng Zhuan, where is King Yunzheng of Lujiang now?"

"..."

"King Peiping, I have heard about your methods early on. Since I, Feng Zhuan, have been captured alive by you, I can kill or behead you as you wish."

"Why should I kill you and chop you up?"

"You attacked us today just to take my life."

"You haven't answered me yet, where is King Yunzheng of Lujiang now?"

"The Lord was taken away by King Nan Cang."

"And your 20,000 county soldiers?"

Feng Zhuan nodded, and then lowered his head dejectedly.

"Okay, that's the case. Here comes the rebel Feng Zhuan. He sent his dead men to assassinate the imperial official. He was immediately dragged out and beheaded in public."

Two soldiers raised Feng Zhuan from the left and right sides.

"King Peiping, when did I send a dead soldier to assassinate you?"

"You dare to quibble when you are about to die."

Wei Shao handed Jinzhai Ganoderma lucidum to Bai Zheng and told him to let Feng Zhuan see it clearly.

"King Peiping, you can't just rely on a piece of Jinzhai Ganoderma lucidum to conclude that I sent a dead soldier to kill you. You and I have no grievances, so why should I kill you?"

"Even if you didn't kill me, it was your people from Liu'an who wanted to kill me. As a deputy general, you failed to lead the troops and laxly controlled your subordinates. You should still be beheaded. Don't talk nonsense and drag me down to behead."

"Wei Shao, you can't kill me. We just want to survive, so we are hiding here. We never wanted to be discovered by you. We can't return to Liu'an Kingdom, and we can't defect to Nancang Kingdom. We are just like the lonely ghosts in this world, but If you want to find a place to survive in troubled times, why do you, the Wei family, force people to death?"

"Don't make excuses. Yun Zheng has led his troops to surrender to King Nan Cang. You are only left here to delay our army's advance."

"No, my lord did not seek refuge with King Nancang. King Nancang knew that we were besieged on all sides. He took advantage of the situation and threatened my lord to hand over 20,000 county soldiers if he wanted to survive. Otherwise, the thousands of miles of mountains in front of him would be impossible for the soldiers to walk without them leading the way. "Go out, the cold winter has arrived, we have fled all the way, and there is not much food left with us. If we fall into the mountains and forests again, there is only one way to die. In order to survive, the lord led 20,000 county soldiers and followed King Nan Cang away."

"Then why don't you leave?"

"My lord, haven't you already said that I am taking these brothers to stop your march south and give them enough time to escape?"

"Okay, let me ask you again, are you really not the one who sent the dead soldiers?"

"I, Feng Zhuan, swear that if I send a dead soldier to assassinate the King of Peking, I will have no descendants and no descendants, and I will never be reincarnated."

"Come here, drag him out and behead him."

When Feng Zhuan was dragged out, the sounds of insults and begging for mercy could be heard endlessly. After a while, it finally became quiet.

"Brother Wei, why did you kill Feng Zhuan?"

"He's lying."

“How come you see?”

"If you were the King of Nancang and had such a pie-in-the-sky opportunity before you, would you only need 20,000 county soldiers? Feng Zhuan is so proud that he can command an army of 60,000 with just one deputy general Forty thousand, have you forgotten where King Lujiang came from?"

Zhong Yang suddenly realized.

"What about Yun Zhengren? A living person will never disappear out of thin air."

Wei Shao didn't speak. He looked out of the tent with a gloomy face.

Bai Zheng hurriedly walked into the tent.

"Your Majesty, as you expected, Yunzheng was killed by Feng Zhuan, and he volunteered 20,000 soldiers to please King Nan Cang. The Liu'an Kingdom's forced recruitment of strong men and plundering of the people was also Feng Zhuan's intention. It's just who assassinated us, soldiers. They don’t know either.”

"it is good."

Wei Shao's hand holding the sword had clear joints. He put the sword down and clenched his fist tighter and tighter. On the third day of the heavy snow festival, the three of them led the army and rushed back to the checkpoint overnight.

After eight or nine consecutive days of fighting on the road, the three of them were a little tired.

In the room, Pei Ying sat next to Wei Shao and listened to him talk about what happened these days.

"The only regret is that the soldiers are not familiar with this place. They can no longer find the place where Feng Zhuan dumped his body. Not to mention that in this barren mountain and wilderness, there are wild beasts everywhere. I am afraid that my uncle's body has long been gone."

Speaking of this, Wei Shao felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Pei Ying said nothing and listened quietly in his arms.

"Are you asleep?"

"No."

"Do you want to say something to me?"

Hearing Wei Shao's question, Pei Ying thought for a while and said: "You have done a good job. You have released 40,000 soldiers back to Liu'an, and you have given women a husband, children a father, and parents a son. This is a big deal." Your judgment is also very accurate. You can see through Feng Zhuan's lies and kill him to avenge Uncle Yun. It is precisely because you have merit in your actions that you are supported by everyone. I don't know if you have noticed it. After you come back this time, the soldiers support you even more, so many good things are added together, I am really happy for you."

"Pei Ying, if you can speak, you can speak more."

"I can't say any more. I'll run out of words if I make it up again."

"So you made it up?"

"Then I'm willing to make it up for you. You've known me for so long, but when have you ever seen me praise other men?"

Wei Shao thought for a while and said, "It seems not."

"What do you mean it seems like it's obviously not okay?"

Listening to Pei Ying's slightly angry coquettish tone, Wei Shao was already happy.

"Pei Ying, there is something serious that I want to talk to you about."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Bai Zheng told me that day that my grandfather said that there is a top priority between you and me."

"What's the top priority?"

Wei Shao lowered his head to Pei Ying's ear. The hot and moist breath from his nose brushed against Pei Ying's ear, making her wake up instantly.

Wei Shao lowered his voice and said, "Give them a great-grandson."

The voice was very soft, but the content of this sentence was very loud. After Wei Shao finished speaking, the silence was deafening.

After waiting for a moment, Pei Ying still didn't respond.

"Pei Ying?"

no respond.

"Pei Ying?"

A faint purring sound came.

Wei Shao pinched her shoulder deliberately and said, "Princess, if you fall asleep, I will not be polite to you."

Wei Shao turned over and faced her. The distance between the two was very close.

"Wei Shao, don't make trouble."

"Are you awake?"

"Okay, I'm pretending that the birth of a great-grandson is a bit too hasty. We can discuss it later when we return to Chang'an, okay?"

Wei Shao paused and said, "Okay, but I have a request now."

"You said."

Wei Shao didn't answer, just lowered his head and kissed her.