Late Tang

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The eldest daughter Aixi was already six years old when she returned to her father's palace for the first time, and she entered Youzhou in the evening.When Zhang Yingying brought many gifts to pay a formal visit to her mother-in-law Han, she slipped out and entered the Yeting Palace, where the maids lived and worked. Several young maids were washing old woolen threads by the well. , I saw a girl quietly squeezed in from the moon gate, and what came in was a female doll in a white dress and a white skirt.

The maids mistakenly thought that the eldest lady Ruiwen who had gone to Changping was back. Ruiwen always likes to come here to play with them, and she always gets everyone's love and love.

I went up to see it, but it wasn't, it was a pink, extremely cute doll.At this time, Aixi had long black hair that was pulled down to her waist, and was tied with a naked ribbon. Her face was round and flat, she didn't wear any makeup, but she was naked. The hair is rosy and rosy.

Aixi got into the courtyard, stood in front of the well and looked around blankly, holding a white bear doll in her hand beside her white skirt, which was always sent to him by her father who had never met each other on her birthday every year. One of the dolls.Under the summer sun, Aixi's face was covered with gold, exuding a pure and lovely aura.

She raised her arm to wipe the sweat off her face, and the palace hairs noticed that he didn't wipe the sweat with his sleeves but held a scented handkerchief, his graceful movements left a deep impression on them.

Aixi walked to the well, and asked curiously to Lian'er who was washing wool, "What is this? Why does water come out of this iron pipe after pressing it a few times? Could it be a water dragon?"

Lian'er went over and took a clean bucket to press a bucket of water, smiled and said to her: "Oh, this, this is a hand-pressed well, after pressing, water will come out. This water-pressed well is very economical. You don’t have to stand on the edge of an open well to fetch water, which saves energy and you don’t have to worry about the side of the well slipping in rainy or snowy days.” As she spoke, she threw a veil into the bucket, “Look at the sweat on your head, come here. Wash your face, the well water is cooling."

Aixi walked to the bucket, but didn't take Lian Er's handkerchief, but directly bent down and buried her whole face in the water. Her body was bent like a bow, her face was buried in the water continuously swinging.

Lian Er said: "Do you want fragrant pancakes?" Ai Xi didn't speak, but Lian Er said again, "Is the water too cold? Ai Xi still didn't speak.

They couldn't help but be amazed to see this cute female doll who buried her face in the barrel for so long and didn't come out.Lian'er winked at the other court ladies by the well, covered her mouth and smiled.They guessed that the little girl was the daughter of a relative of the King of Qin, perhaps the daughter of a general who came into the palace with her mother. They heard that the Queen of Korea came to the palace today. Everyone has heard that the Queen of North Korea is actually King Qin A woman outside.

Perhaps this little girl was the daughter of a Qin feudal official's wife who brought her into the palace with her when she came to see the Korean queen.

At this time, Ai Xi finally raised her head from the bucket, her face was more eye-catching and exquisite after washing, her two eyebrows were very thin and black, like two willow leaves, curved and slender.

Ai Xi glanced at Lian Er, "Why are you laughing, if I were in the sea, I could hold my breath longer."

Lian Er still smiled and said: "Wow, who are you, you are so powerful, have you ever seen the sea, the little guy is still bragging."

Aixi snorted angrily, turned her head away, and left the well with her little bear in her hand. After walking a few steps, she turned her head and said, "You guys will know who I am sooner or later."

The next day, everyone in the Forbidden Palace knew that the Queen of Korea did not come to visit her mother-in-law alone yesterday. She also brought her six-year-old daughter Aixi into the palace.At this time, Lian Er and the others realized that the little girl from yesterday turned out to be the eldest daughter of King Qin and Rui Wen's concubine elder sister. Two sisters who had never met each other, one was the first daughter of King Qin, from the Kingdom of Yan in the Tang Dynasty. The princess, one is the daughter of the Queen of Korea, the Crown Prince, Princess Qinghe.

The next day, Zhang Yingying, who had visited the Han family, left Yanjing, but left her [-] soldiers and horses behind and sent them to the military capital to listen to Hou Lijing's dispatch. Among them was her most elite naval force. Legion.In addition, she left her daughter behind.

Yu Youniang, who is in charge of the palace now, arranged Aixi to live in Jiangxuexuan, next to the Cining Palace where the Han family lives now, away from the Kunning Palace of Youniang and the Yikun Palace of Wang Guiniang, Wang Wanjun The Changchun Palace in Beijing and the Yonghe Palace in Xiao Yulou are not too far away.Yu Youniang selected a group of capable court ladies and maids from Yeting Palace and transferred them to Jiangxuexuan, and Lian'er was arranged to be the maid of honor for the eldest lady Aixi.

When Lian Er went to Jiangxuexuan the next day, she was timid and lowered her head and called Princess, but Ai Xi had already forgotten Lian Er's confrontation with her, or Ai Xi didn't care what Lian Er said at all.Aixi changed into a sky blue skirt and a pair of clogs on her feet this day. Her complexion was very good, but she seemed to be a little silent, as if she had just parted from her mother.

Lian Er envies Ai Xi and feels sorry for her.I envy her background, as soon as she was born, she was destined to be rich and honored all her life.But it is pitiful to have such a pair of parents, so that no family has been reunited since childhood, and when I was six years old, I have not seen my father.

She pulled Aixi to her side, looked at her carefully, "Are you reluctant to part with your mother?"

Aixi carried a purple cloth monkey in her hand today, and in Lian'er's impression, it seemed that she would never leave these dolls in her hands.

"Mother said to let Aixi stay here, and said that grandma and father wanted to see Aixi. Grandma had already seen Aixi, but where is father, why didn't he come to see Aixi?"

"His Royal Highness King Qin is fighting in the north, and he will return triumphantly soon, and then we will see the lovely Princess Aixi." Lian'er said with a light smile.

At this time, Li Jing had already left the military capital, and arrived at Duanyunling military stronghold on the edge of the Yang River in Xinzhou. From here, he went up the river and continued forward. Qingsai Army City has been occupied by Hu people.

Li Jing couldn't wait for the follow-up troops to assemble, so he rushed out of the pass immediately after Liu Xun, and personally led 5 horses composed of guards, town soldiers, Xuejun and a part of Wuhu cavalry to go out to the pass. Go northwest along the Guanhe River, instead of following Liu Xun's footsteps to go south to Weizhou.

The Military Intelligence Department reported that Li Siyuan hadn't died in battle, and had just discovered their whereabouts. They were trapped at the source of the upper reaches of the Yang River, just outside the Great Wall.Since Li Siyuan is not dead, Li Jing does not intend to give up on him.This is not only because Li Siyuan has tens of thousands of horses in his hands, but also because Li Siyuan is a banner of Shatuo that has defected to him, and he cannot let Li Siyuan fall like this.

However, if Li Jing wants to open up the channel with Li Siyuan, he must first take down the Tiancheng Military City and Qingsai Military City in the north of Yuzhou that are blocked between them.

Outside the Great Wall!

Tie Muci and Gui Chi'er each led [-] cavalry, with horses in their titles, and the people were silent, lurking quietly at the foot of the hill. This is one of the two must-pass roads for the Shatuo people to break through. , with the help of starlight, you can barely see the situation several miles down the slope.In the same situation, it is difficult to find the situation on the slope downhill.

Six thousand cavalrymen of the Tatar Alliance were deployed in battle formation in the dark night, looking from a distance like two dense trees.

According to Tiemu Ci's calculations, a defeated lone soldier like Shatuo, with their personality far superior to many grassland tribes, they will never just sit around and wait for death, they will definitely break through.And if you break through, either go west, or east, north or south, you will encounter Hu Jun's large troops.Therefore, there are only two options left for Shatuo, East or West.

Tie Muci judged that the Shatuo people would go east, because to the east is the territory of the Zhenwu Army, which is not only far away from the Zhenwu Army, but also sparsely populated, difficult to supply, and easy to be overtaken by cavalry.And to the west, as long as you can cross the Great Wall, you can enter the territory of Weizhou, which is now Li Jing's territory.

To the east, within twenty miles, there is only this intersection.

They directly laid down heavy troops here, no matter how the Shatuo people would break through, but facing the encirclement of more than [-] soldiers and horses, even if they rushed out, they would just break up and flee.Therefore, when Tiemu Ci proposed to the leaders of the surrounding tribes that [-] tribesmen from the Tatar Alliance should ambush here, the other leaders agreed.

They waited here, the purpose is to wipe out Li Siyuan's troops, leaving no one behind.

Faintly hearing the shouts of killing on the main battlefield in the distance, one could imagine that the battle over there was extremely fierce. Both of them couldn't help praying secretly, hoping that these Shatuo people were not so unlucky. No matter what, they had to support It would be better to escape and become their captive.

The two waited patiently, like hunting on the grassland.

As time went by, the shouts of killing on the battlefield over there gradually subsided. For a moment, Tie Muci and Gui Chi'er even thought that the Shatuo people had been killed.But the sporadic and continuous sound of killing never stopped, but it made them look forward to it a little more.

Finally, when their patience was about to run out, the sound of galloping iron hooves like a storm came to their ears, and under the starlight, a group of black cavalry charged straight forward.

Temura was excited for a while, staring at the Shatuo army.He turned his head and glanced at Gui Chi'er. They all belonged to the tribes of the Tatar Alliance, but this alliance was very loose before being conquered by the Khitan, let alone the new alliance today.Tie Muci and Gui Chi'er had no affiliation relationship, the two had equal status and status, and each led the warriors of their own tribes. He was worried that Gui Chi'er would be impulsive and act early.

Fortunately, there was no change in Gui Chi'er's department, so Tie Muci felt relieved.Continue to observe the Shatuo army that broke through.

Yes, he has seen that this is a breakout, not a collapse.Although it was in the dark night, as long as he listened to the sound and looked at the overall momentum of the team's advance, he could tell that the Shatuo army was still maintaining a solid formation at this time, and their number exceeded his expectations.

At least three thousand or more, and it may reach around four thousand.

This team had obviously just experienced a fierce riding battle. They were still adjusting the formation while galloping, but no one panicked, no one fell behind, and no one escaped from the team.

Tie Muci had no choice but to praise secretly in his heart, the Shatuo cavalry is indeed the best in the world!

"Li Siyuan is not dead yet!" Tiemu Ci immediately came to a conclusion. If Li Siyuan died in battle, even the Shatuo people would never have such a cohesive force at this time.Just looking at the momentum of the Shatuo people at this time, he knew that Li Siyuan was definitely not dead, and he was in this army.He couldn't hide the ecstasy in his heart, Li Siyuan's head belonged to me.Three thousand Han slaves, plus three thousand war horses, are all mine.Three thousand Han slaves and three thousand war horses were Li Keyong's real reward to the tribal leaders for capturing the head of Li Siyuan.Even for a tribal leader like Tie Muci, this is a heartwarming reward.

Li Siyuan led his horse and galloped wildly on the vast grassland shrouded in darkness. The summer breeze was blowing on his face, making him feel a kind of pleasure like being released from restraint.When he broke out of the encirclement and returned to the wilderness, he had the joy of a dragon returning to the sea and a tiger entering the forest.

Here, out of the encirclement, the Shatuo people will never be afraid of any enemy if they fight alone.

However, Li Siyuan did not dare to relax his vigilance at all. The battle is not over yet, and the danger still exists. On this grassland, there may be enemy troops rushing out at any time!

"Go east, keep going!" (To be continued.)