Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 75
The speed of the person coming was extremely fast, and he arrived at the front in no time. The sound of horseshoes was stopped outside the tent. After a while, two guards rushed in from outside the tent with a scout who looked like a mess.

The scout managed to get in, and flung himself away from the guards supporting him. He threw himself in front of Zheng Lun, and said urgently: "General, Taixing is urgent! On May [-]th, Qiu Muling will break through Taixing!"

Shunping had just entered the tent, and when he heard that Taixing City was broken, he was shocked: "Taixing is lost?"

Zheng Lun didn't even look at him, but turned to stare at Chen Nian.Chen Nian stood there for a long while without any response, and after a while, those black and white eyes focused again. She raised her eyes to look at the scout, and asked him, "How is the situation in Taixing City?"

The scout replied: "He Zhen died, the members of the He clan were slaughtered, and Qiu Mulingyue ordered the troops to march for seven days."

Zongbing for seven days, and the Beimo troops who have a deep hatred with the Xia people, this order is no different from massacring the city.Chen Nian's eyes were gloomy, as if they were filled with the thickest ink, they were so dark that there was no light at all.Her face was pale and colorless, even her lips were extremely pale, only the lower lip where her teeth were clenched was bright red with blood.

Zheng Lun was originally angry, but seeing Chen Nian's appearance, he couldn't help calling her in a low voice: "Chen Nian?"

Only then did Chen Nian come back to his senses, and said, "I'm fine."

Zheng Lun wanted to comfort Chen Nian, but he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only look at her quietly.Chennian saw the concern in his eyes, and saw that Shunping was also full of worry, he forced a smile at the two of them, and repeated: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

She took a deep breath, pulled herself together, and said: "We need to rush to Taixing as soon as possible, and take Taixing back before Qiu Muling can gain a firm foothold. However, we need to keep the fact that Taixing has been lost, so as not to disturb the morale of the army. "

Shunping heard that Chen Nian was still going to Taixing, and looked at Zheng Lun with some reproach.Zheng Lun turned a blind eye to it, only unfolded the marching map on the table, and called Chen Nian to look at it.Seeing him like this, Shunping couldn't help himself, so he could only call out to Chen Nian, "Wangfei..."

As soon as this address was spoken, Shunping realized that it was not good, and quickly changed his words: "Xie Da, the prince specially called the younger one to come here, just to stop you and not want you to go to Taixing. He said, He will take care of things on his own, please rest assured."

"Thank you for my lord's kindness." Chennian interrupted Shunping, and said lightly, "It's just that Xie Chennian is the leader of the rebel army, so Taixing has to go."

After she finished speaking, she ignored Shunping and discussed with Zheng Lun which way to get to Taixing as soon as possible.The two discussed in low voices for a while, then Chen Nian bid farewell to Zheng Lun and went back to the rebel army to arrange the march. Zheng Lun also ordered his personal guards to call some of the most trusted generals in the army.

Only then did Shun Ping find an opportunity to talk to Zheng Lun, lowered his voice and said angrily: "Zheng Lun, Zheng Lun, what do you mean? Do you still have a prince in your eyes? He misses his old feelings and tolerates you again and again, but what do you do?" made?"

Zheng Lun looked up at him indifferently, and said, "What did I do?"

"What did you do?" Shunping sneered angrily, and asked, "What did you say you did? Don't act like no one knows what you're thinking about. Don't you just want the princess to be Xie Chennian all the time? No? Is it because of this? But you know! She is no longer Xie Chennian, she is Princess Yunxi, she gave birth to the prince, and she is a family of three. Why are you meddling as an outsider?"

Zheng Lun listened quietly to Shunping's words, looked at him for a while, and said suddenly: "I like her."

Shun Ping was stunned for a moment, and Zheng Lun continued to say: "That's right, I just like Xie Chennian, and I really hope that she can always be Xie Chennian, but I didn't stop her from going to Taixing, but it wasn't because of this." , but I know I can’t stop her. With her temperament, even if I stop her now and drive her and the rebels back, she will go to Taixing alone.”

Shunping didn't want Zheng Lun to say these words, but he was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to react.

"Instead of this, it's better to keep her in our army, at least I can take care of her for a while." Zheng Lun looked at Shunping and said in a deep voice, "Shunping, you and my brother for more than [-] years, you should know , I am not despicable enough to take her life to satisfy my selfish desires, it is because I like her, so I will not. You go back and tell the prince, if she is Princess Yunxi, Zheng Lun will never dare to have the slightest thought for her But if she wants to be Xie Chennian, please ask the prince to allow Zheng Lun to have a woman she likes."

Shunping was so shocked that he was speechless for a while, and finally he only murmured: "Zheng Lun, you are really crazy."

Zheng Lun laughed at himself, but was speechless.He didn't know when he fell in love with her, and sometimes he couldn't sleep at night, so he would take out every meeting he had with her and savor it carefully.I don't know why the love started, but when I woke up again, it was already deep.

Shunping didn't know what to say to Zheng Lun, he stood silently for a moment, only sighed, then turned and left the tent.It was already dark outside, Shunping found a vent and stood there for a while, then his mood gradually calmed down, he thought for a while, and said to the guard behind him: "Come on, let's go to the rebel army and have a look."

The camp of the Rebel Army and the camp of Zheng Lun's army were not set up together, and Shun Ping walked for a while before arriving, and happened to meet Sha Da leading someone to patrol the camp, and when he heard that he was coming to Xun Chen Nian, he took him there himself.Chen Nian was sitting alone in the tent in a daze, when he saw the silly man leading Shunping in, he didn't speak for a while, just looked at Shunping silently.

Shunping chuckled, came over to chat with Chen Nian, took out a carefully folded painting from his arms, and said: "I don't know what the little princess looks like. Whenever the prince has free time, he will I love to paint a few strokes, and after a long time, I actually saved up a thick pile. This time, the little one came here and secretly put out the sheets, you can take a look, do you think the paintings look like it?"

He said, without waiting for Chen Nian to respond, he unfolded the drawing paper and put it in front of Chen Nian.

Chen Nian looked down subconsciously, but was stunned for a moment.The painting depicted a pair of mother and daughter playing.The mother was extremely young, and she clearly looked like her.But the toddler didn't look much like Xiaobao, but rather resembled her round face when she was young.

Shunping has been carefully looking at Chen Nian's expression, seeing her dazed, he sighed, and said in a low voice: "Every time the prince finishes the painting, he always looks fascinated by the painting."

However, Chen Nian was brought back to his senses by his words, and smiled and said: "Your prince's painter is not good, so it is inevitable that the painting will not look like it. But it doesn't matter, if you find a few more real people to paint according to the painting, practice makes perfect gone."

Shunping didn't want Chennian to say this, so he smiled dryly at her, and was thinking of finding another way to express his heartfelt feelings for Feng Junyang, when he heard Chennian ask again: "Mr. Come to me, but what's the matter?"

Shunping could have something important, he choked when he heard this.

Chen Nian glanced at him and said: "The army will march in a hurry tomorrow morning. There are still many things to be done in our army. If Chief Shunping is only here to look for me to admire the paintings, please forgive me for not having time right now. Come back early." As she said that, she put on a gesture of seeing off the guests, and asked Shunping politely, "How many guards are there with me? I'll ask Shada to take someone to take you back?"

"Xie Dazhang -" Before Shunping finished speaking, Chen Nian had already called Shada in, and told him to send Shunping away.Seeing the silly tower-like body walking towards him, Shunping had no choice but to turn around and go out. When he was about to go out, he turned back and asked Chen Nian, "I'm going back tomorrow, do you have a message for me?" Prince?"

Chen Nian shook his head and said lightly: "No."

Only then did Shunping give up, took his guards back, and left Zheng Lun's camp early the next morning.Zheng Lun's army and the rebel army also pulled out their camps early to avoid the hilly areas within Xiangzhou. They will first rush to the small city of Guangyuan, take the relatively flat northern road, pass through the eastern part of Yuzhou, and pass through Qurong, Hongcheng, and Fufeng. On the front line, rush to Taixing quickly.

Thousands of miles away, Feng Junyang's army had already arrived in Yuzhou.Obviously, the soldiers and horses of the Xian clan had received Bu Liuguxiao's instructions before, and they couldn't hold out. In addition, the walls of Yuzhou City were high and thick, and Feng Junyang's army stormed for several days, but they failed to capture Yuzhou City.

Taixing has been lost, and Tuobayao will lead his troops south after he gets the news. If Yuzhou cannot be captured by then, Feng Junyang's army must be in danger of being attacked by the enemy.The situation is already extremely serious, and even Han Hua didn't realize there was worry in his eyes, but Feng Junyang was still calm, saying: "The matter has come to this, the worst is to fight Tuobayao to the death, it may not be impossible to defeat him .”

Han Hua said: "Tuobayao wants to go south, so he will not rest assured that Jingyangguan will be released to the Zhang family. I am afraid that he will use Zhang Huaimin as the vanguard. The Zhang family has lived in Yizhou for a long time and will fight with him. Lost ground."

Feng Junyang smiled slightly when he heard the words: "That's just the worst plan. Naturally, we still have to try our best to capture Yuzhou. Bu Liuguxiao has already led his troops to Taixing, and there must be insufficient troops in Yuzhou City. If you can catch them by surprise, it may not be impossible. Take Yuzhou."

The next day, when the army attacked the city again, Feng Junyang walked around the city of Yuzhou himself, and came back and said to Han Hua: "I want to get the help of the people in the city and lead the guarding forces to one place. Then I will storm the other side of the city." The gate, Yuzhou can be broken."

Han Hua was worried, and said: "Now there is no news inside and outside the city, how can I command the people in the city? Besides, even if the news is clear, I have to contact the people secretly. This matter involves life and death, and the people may not dare to respond."

"It doesn't matter if they dare or not, as long as the Xian family thinks they dare." Feng Junyang said softly.

That night, many Kongming lanterns were set up in the south of Yuzhou City, and they were blown by the south wind and flew slowly over Yuzhou City.The soldiers of the Xian clan stationed in the city and the people in the city were all amazed. One with sharp eyes pointed at the countless bright lights in the night sky and shouted: "Look, there are words on the lights!"

Each lamp is written with big characters in thick ink, which are not the same, but together it is a sentence: "The inside should be combined with the outside, and enter from the north."

The people of the Xian family had just realized that the lamps were used to convey messages, and there was already a roar of killing outside the north city gate. Feng Junyang's army suddenly attacked the city at night, obviously it was as written on the lamp, and wanted to communicate with the people in the city. The inside should be combined with the outside, and the north city gate was broken.The generals of the Xian Clan were flustered, they didn't bother to make a detailed distinction, and hastily mobilized heavy troops to guard the north gate, but they didn't think this place was a feint attack, and the real elite of the Xia people were hiding in the south of the city.

When the South City Gate was in an emergency, it was too late for the Xian family to come back for rescue.Feng Junyang's army entered from the south gate and captured Yuzhou City with lightning speed.

At noon of the second day, when Shun Ping rushed over with his people, Feng Junyang had already entered the Yuzhou City Guard's Mansion.

Feng Junyang was discussing matters with the generals in the hall, Shunping didn't dare to interrupt, and waited until the military discussion was over, then he went in and reported the details of meeting Chen Nian this time.Feng Junyang was silent for a long time after listening, and then ordered someone to invite Han Hua over again, saying: "Tuobayao won't be here for the time being, I have to leave for a few days, sir, please worry about the military affairs."

Han Hua was startled, and glanced at Shun Ping, who was standing silently in the room, and immediately realized what Feng Junyang was going to do, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The prince should put the great cause first, how can he act willfully for the sake of his children? "

Feng Junyang twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a light smile, "Don't worry, sir, I know what's going on."

In the evening of that day, Feng Junyang only brought Shunping and a dozen personal guards with him, and quietly left Yuzhou City, heading southeast.Straight out of the city, Shunping couldn't help persuading: "My lord, look at me, the concubine has already made up her mind to go to Taixing, unless you restrain her and bring her back by force, otherwise it's okay to go." Go for nothing."

Feng Junyang glanced at him lightly, without even saying a word, he rode away.Shunping had no choice but to chase after him.Because Shunping knew the route of Zheng Lun's march, he could figure out where they were by a rough calculation. The group hurried on and took a shortcut to intercept Zheng Lun. On the fourth day, they found the trace of Zheng Lun's army.

Shunping stepped forward to ask Feng Junyang for instructions, and said, "My lord, should we go directly to the army to find Zheng Lun, or order him to come to see you?"

The army was still on the march, so if they went directly like this, it would be too eye-catching. Feng Junyang thought about it, pointed to a forest in the distance, and ordered: "Go there and wait until it gets dark." They set up camp and move on."

After getting his order, the people rode their horses to hide in the woods until it was dark, and then they came out from the inside. After traveling south for more than 20 li, they saw a stretch of military camps.Shunping had just stayed in Zheng Lun's army for a few days before, and he was familiar with the layout of this camp, so he introduced: "This is Zheng Lun's camp for the Chinese army. The rebel army led by the princess belongs to the rear army, and there is another camp." He carefully Glancing at Feng Junyang's expression, he added, "If there is nothing urgent, the princess will only stay in her own camp, and will not easily come to the Chinese army."

Feng Junyang couldn't see any joy or anger on his face. He sat silently on the horse for a while, tapped the horse's belly lightly with his heel, and said, "Go, go to the camp of the Chinese army."

Shunping patted his horse and followed, but secretly prayed in his heart that Chen Nian would not be in Zheng Lun's camp at this time, otherwise Feng Junyang would be jealous.Perhaps God heard Shunping's prayer, and Chen Nian really didn't come to Zheng Lun's place today.

In the camp of the Yi army, just after Chen Nian had toured the camp and returned to the tent, Zheng Lun's messenger came to send a message, asking her to go to the big tent of the Chinese army.Chen Nian didn't think much about it for a while, he thought it was Zheng Lun who was looking for her to discuss military affairs, and followed the messenger to the Central Army alone. When he entered the big tent, he saw Feng Junyang inside, and was startled.

Feng Junyang happened to raise his eyes to look at her, but his eyes were frozen when they fell on her face, and thousands of words were stuck in his throat for a moment, and he couldn't say a word.This was the first time the two had met since Shengdu.However, in just over two years, it seems that countless springs and autumns have passed, which is so long that it is hopeless.

After a while, he lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Come in and sit down, I have something to discuss with you."

There was no one else in the big tent, and Feng Junyang was also dressed lightly. Chen Nian only thought about it for a while, and he had already guessed his purpose, so he went up and sat down opposite him, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing for me?" coming?"

"No." Feng Junyang shook his head slowly, and said softly, "For Xiaobao, for... myself."

He has always known where her heart is the softest. When Chen Nian heard the pain in his heart, he subconsciously held his breath. After a while, when the pain passed, he dared to breathe out lightly, saying: "Qiu Muling is my adoptive father. He has raised me for 16 years. I can't keep myself out of it."

Feng Junyang looked at her quietly, but asked, "What's the use of you going to Taixing? You might persuade Qiu Muling to let go of past grievances and lead troops to leave Taixing?"

"No." Chen Nian replied.

Feng Junyang asked again: "Maybe beheading him in the battle?"

Chen Nian pursed his lips tightly, and after a while he slowly let go, saying: "No."

Feng Junyang laughed angrily: "If you can't persuade him to retreat, and you can't kill him, then why did you go to Taixing? You want to die by his knife, so as to wake him up, tell him to put down the butcher knife, and turn around? "

Chen Nian looked up at him, but refused to answer.

Her reaction finally angered Feng Junyang. He stepped forward and grabbed her arm, lifted her from the chair, approached her, and said coldly: "Xie Chennian, I was the one who sorry for you first, so no matter how you treat her Me, I accept it willingly. You say you don’t want to see me, okay, I don’t see you. You say you don’t want the child to recognize me, okay, I don’t recognize her. Whatever you say, I will follow you. I don’t complain , I have no right to complain, I did all of this myself, and I deserve it. But what about the child? What about Xiaobao? Did she ever forgive you? You gave birth to her just to make her be like you. Did you lose your mother and grow up in the mountains with a moody old Taoist priest? If so, why did you give birth to her?"

With these words, Chen Nian's face suddenly became pale and colorless, but his pupils became darker and deeper, like a dry well that could not see to the bottom, revealing endless sadness.She stared fixedly at Feng Junyang, her lips trembled slightly, she clearly wanted to say something, but she couldn't make a sound.

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Junyang already regretted it, and now seeing Chen Nian like this, he felt even more sad in his heart.He galloped for a few days just to meet her, hoping to persuade her to turn around, how could he say such words to hurt her?
Feng Junyang suddenly felt defeated, he let go of his hand weakly, and after a while, he said in a shy voice: "Chen Nian, don't go to Taixing. Go back to the mountains and live a good life with Xiaobao. As long as you live happily, you will marry another It doesn't matter to others. This time, I keep my word and I will never stop you. "

He had lied to her countless times, but at this moment, what he said was the truth.

The pain and anger in Chen Nian's heart gradually subsided. She raised her chin slightly to look at Feng Junyang, and suddenly asked him softly, "Feng Junyang, do you still love me now? Are you willing to risk life and death for me?"

Feng Junyang stared at her, and asked without answering, "What do you say? Chennian." He grabbed her hand and pressed it to his heart, and asked her again, "What do you say? Xie Chennian."

Although it was just such a simple question, even a hard-hearted person would not feel soft-hearted after hearing it.Chen Nian's nasal cavity was sore, and she lowered her eyes and remained silent for a moment before she could control her emotions. She slowly withdrew her hand and asked Feng Junyang, "If I ask you to drop everything now and follow me back to the mountains to live in seclusion, Would you like to?"

Feng Junyang was taken aback for a moment, with a wry smile on his lips, and said, "Chen Nian, you are messing around."

Chen Nian ignored it, and only asked: "Why don't you want to? But you can't let go of your ambition, or are you afraid that you will lose power and lose your life?"

The corners of Feng Junyang's mouth slowly flattened, and he replied: "In Chennian, Feng Junyang was never afraid of death."

"Then why?" Chen Nian asked.

She asked so seriously, Feng Junyang's expression became serious, and he replied seriously: "Chen Nian, believe it or not, since I first said I like you, my heart for you has never changed. But, I can’t leave everything behind for you. I used to have ambitions, family members who sacrificed for me, and those who followed me loyally. Now, it’s the people of this country. I can’t watch this great river and mountain be destroyed. Trampled by the iron hooves of foreign races, these thousands of people were brutally poisoned."

These words should be kept in the bottom of his heart, but he said them to her so openly.Feng Junyang suddenly felt relieved, yes, he loves her, but he can't abandon everything just to love her. "Chen Nian, I can die for you, but I can't just live for you. No matter before, now, or in the future."

Chen Nian looked at him silently for a while, lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I believe, I believe everything you said. At that time, when I saw the military order you gave Zheng Lun, I knew that you were going to abandon Jiangnan and save Jiangbei , in my heart..." In the middle of speaking, she stopped suddenly, raised her eyes to look at Feng Junyang, but asked, "You have your own responsibilities, you can't abandon these responsibilities and go to live in seclusion in the mountains with me, I like this Are you right?"

Feng Junyang pursed his lips and replied, "Yes."

"But I also have my own responsibilities. Feng Junyang, I also have responsibilities that I need to bear." Chen Nian's voice was not high, but there was stubbornness and persistence in it, "You said you were never afraid of death, but I was, and I never I was afraid of death like I am now. The little fourth master in Qingfengzhai was ignorant and fearless, she was not afraid of death. He Yunchu in Taixing City was all hopeless, and she was not afraid of death. But now I am afraid. I want to live, I want to be with Xiaobao, guard Look after her, protect her, watch her grow up day by day, get married and have children. However, this cannot be an excuse for me to evade responsibility. "

Every word she said fell on his heart like a needle prick, the pain pierced his heart, and it lasted for a long time.Feng Junyang couldn't help reaching out and stroking her hair: "Chen Nian, take a step back and be alone, can't you? You are a woman, you don't have to bear those responsibilities, no one will blame you."

"Yeah." Chen Nian sighed softly, "It's easy to take a step back. If you take a step back, you can go back to the mountains to guard Xiaobao and ignore the world. If you take a step back, you can return to your side and enjoy the glory. Even, And you can take a step back and hide in your backyard, protected from the wind and rain, without worrying about food and clothing."

As long as she wants to quit, she can always find a reason for her selfishness and weakness.Because of Xiaobao, she can choose to be alone, regardless of anyone's life or death.Because she loves Feng Junyang, she has no principles, does not distinguish between good and evil, and does whatever it takes to achieve her goals.Because Feng Junyang loves her deeply, she can forgo her dignity, endure humiliation, and be willing to be his favorite concubine.

It is too easy to take a step back, but every step forward is so difficult. She will be confused, hesitate, timid, tired, hurt, and hurt...

Her eyes gradually cleared up, like black jade just cut out, transparent and moist, shining brightly under the candlelight, "But, how can people always back away? For what? Just for Alive? Then what is the purpose of living?"

Feng Junyang said nothing, just pursed his lips and looked at her.

Chen Nian laughed at himself: "Because of my weakness and selfishness, I have lost too many people, Qingfengzhai, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi... Now, I don't want to abandon my adoptive father. I can't just ignore him I can't just watch him continue to make mistakes, watch him kill innocent people, and watch him die one day. Feng Junyang, I can't just watch, or hide in a place where I can't see it, and just do these things like nothing occur."

"So you must go to Taixing, right? I'll go for you, Chennian, I'll go to Taixing for you, okay? You follow Zheng Lun to guard Yuzhou, and I'll go to Taixing." Feng Junyang said in a deep voice.

Chen Nian stood there motionless, silent for a moment, but suddenly grinned at him and said, "Not good."

She couldn't watch him face off against her adoptive father on the battlefield, she couldn't, she would rather fight against her adoptive father herself than Feng Junyang.

Not far from the big tent of the Chinese army, Zheng Lun and Shunping sat on the ground, both silent.Shunping raised his head and glanced in the direction of the big tent, seeing that there was no unusual movement there, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, just about to sigh a few words, but he glanced at Zheng Lun beside him, so he had to forcefully hold back those words .

After a while, there was some movement at the big tent, Shunping looked up and saw that Chen Nian had come out of the tent, he hurriedly stood up and rushed over.Chen Nian glanced at Shunping, then his gaze fell on Zheng Lun who was following behind him, he bowed his hands to the two of them as a greeting, then turned and left.Looking at this situation, Shunping felt a little dumbfounded, and murmured: "The prince has come in person, why can't he persuade her to come back? Is this woman hard-hearted?"

When Zheng Lun heard this, his mood was extremely chaotic, even he couldn't understand it for a while.He stood outside the tent for a while, stepped into the tent, gave a military salute to Feng Junyang, and called: "My lord."

Feng Junyang sat behind the desk indifferently, without any mention of Zheng Lun's thoughts on Chen Nian, neither questioning nor accusing, just nodded slightly, and ordered: "Call all the generals, I have something to say."

In about a cup of tea, the chiefs and generals of the various armies arrived one after another.After discussing the Taixing war with the generals, Feng Junyang took Shunping away overnight.Before leaving, he called Zheng Lun to the horse, but he didn't give any instructions, he just looked at him indifferently.

Zheng Lun was able to remain calm at the beginning, but later on, he couldn't stand the dead silence, and asked respectfully, "What orders does your lord have?"

Feng Junyang leaned down from the horse, leaned close to Zheng Lun's ear, and said in a low voice, "Since you like her, protect her with your life. She is here with you, and she will hurt you to death."

Zheng Lun's body froze suddenly, and before he could react, Feng Junyang laughed lightly and left with a whip.

In mid-June, Zheng Lun's army finally arrived outside Taixing City, and before that, the He family's navy had already returned.In order to avenge the destruction of the family, He Ze personally led an army ashore to attack the city, but was attacked by Qiu Muling's Yueqing cavalry and suffered heavy losses. In desperation, he had to retreat to the Fuping Water Village on the south bank of the Wanjiang River.

Zheng Lun led the army to set up camp in the east of Taixing. That night, the envoy of the He family's navy arrived. It was He Ze, the current head of the He family.Zheng Lun was not surprised by He Ze's arrival, but he was startled by the white hair on his head when he met him. He couldn't help but look at He Ze more, and then looked away.

He Ze was already used to this kind of situation, he smiled lightly, and said straight to the point: "Taixing City was destroyed, the whole family of the He family was slaughtered, and He Ze lived in this world just to avenge his hatred, and he has no desire to fight for power. Now He Ze There are still more than [-] people in the Jiashui army, all of them will listen to your orders, as long as we can take back Taixing, tell me to kill Qiu Mulingyue."

Zheng Lun already knew that the He family wanted to sneak attack Yiping, and Qiu Muling got the chance to attack Taixing. He looked down on the behavior of the He family, because Feng Junyang told him to fight with He Ze Joining forces to recapture Taixing, they had no choice but to suppress their contempt, and said to He Ze: "The prince has ordered in advance, and the Beimo people and horses have plundered enough, and will not stick to the empty city of Taixing for the sake of the Xian family, as long as the west side of Taixing is released One hundred thousand Northern Desert Tartars can go. So, I will attack the east and north sides, and the south will depend on General He."

He Ze nodded slowly: "No problem."

Zheng Lun said again: "Because our army has rushed all the way here, we didn't bring food, grass and supplies. This has to be resolved by General He."

He Ze responded, and said again: "Food and grass are not a problem. As for other things, I have ordered people to rush to build siege equipment in the south of the Yangtze River, and then they can be transported across the river by boat."

Zheng Lun reminded: "Beware of the Xian's team crossing the river for a surprise attack."

He Ze is a veteran general, so he knew this too, nodded when he heard the words, discussed the battle with Zheng Lun and the two men, settled on a contact method, and then returned to Fuping Water Village.Zheng Lun sent him out, just a few steps away, just in time for Chen Nian to come over and meet He Ze.

He Ze had known for a long time that Chen Nian had led the rebel army to follow Zheng Lunxi. Seeing Chen Nian here and now, his thoughts were quite complicated for a while, and he subconsciously touched the arm that she had crippled.Her sword in Shengdu shattered his collarbone.After returning to Taixing, even though the bone was reattached by Baizhang, he was unable to recover. The arm could no longer exert any strength, and it was almost crippled.

Chen Nian glanced at He Ze's arm, and saw that the sword on his waist was switched to the left side, guessing that his right arm must be useless.If it were someone else, Chen Nian would feel a little bit guilty, but this person is He Ze, Chen Nian only thinks that he deserves what he deserves.She looked at He Ze coldly, and out of respect for Zheng Lun's status as the commander, she turned sideways to the side of the road.

However, He Ze mistakenly thought that Chen Nian's attitude had softened. When passing by her, he couldn't help but stop, and said in a low voice: "There is a mourning hall for my uncle in the Fuping Water Village. If it's convenient for you, go over and burn incense for my uncle."

Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at him when he heard the words, his expression was indifferent, and he refused to answer.Seeing her like this, He Ze was slightly taken aback, pulled the corners of his mouth reluctantly, revealed a very stiff smile, and continued walking outside.Seeing that Chen Nian was looking for him, Zheng Lun guessed that she must have something to do, walked up to her, and asked her in a low voice: "But something is wrong?"

Chen Nian replied: "Suddenly remembered something, I will talk about it when you come back."

Zheng Lun then went to see He Ze off again, when he was about to reach the gate of the camp, he saw a few horses galloping towards the gate from outside the camp.Seeing this, the captain of the camp gate hurriedly led people to stop those riders, and shouted sharply: "Who are you waiting for?"

He Ze had already seen who was coming, and hurriedly said: "He is from my camp."

Those knights had all been captured by the guards at the camp gate. When the leader looked up and saw He Ze, he was overjoyed and called anxiously, "General!"

He Ze stepped forward and asked, "What happened in the camp?"

If there was no urgent matter, they would not have chased after Zheng Lun's army, and they would not even have the time to ask for a report, so they rushed directly to the gate of the camp.Sure enough, the man said anxiously, "Miss Yunsheng is gone."

He Ze's complexion changed slightly when he heard the words, and he asked, "What's going on?"

The man replied: "Miss Yunsheng went to look for the general this morning, and when she learned that you were coming here, she turned to the general's mourning hall. She said she wanted someone to guard the general's spirit, so she drove the rest away. Go out. They didn't realize that Yunsheng had disappeared until noon."

He Ze frowned, and asked again: "Have you searched everywhere in the army?"

The man replied, "I've looked for them all, but none."

Zheng Lun was surprised when he heard that Taixing City was broken. He only thought that Yunsheng had died with the He family, but he didn't think that Yunsheng had survived.Zheng Lun hesitated for a moment, then asked He Ze, "Miss Yunsheng is in your army?"

He Ze's eyes dimmed, and he replied: "Taixing City was destroyed, and the He family only escaped from my aunt, Yunsheng's siblings, my wife and children. Yunsheng sent them to Yunxi and returned. to the water village."

At the beginning, Yunsheng led his mother, Fengshi, and others to escape from Taixing through the secret road, and the Xianshi people pursued and killed them from behind. The guards of the He family died one after another, and in the end there were only three guards left.Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, Yun Sheng made a decisive decision and ordered the three guards to lead the others to go first, but he dragged the exhausted Mo Shi over the mountains and ridges, fleeing for his life.

Mo felt that he was a drag on Yunsheng, so he just wanted to commit suicide to keep his chastity.At that time, Yun Sheng raised his hand and slapped Mo's across the face, and said in a cold voice: "If you want to die, you will die after being caught up by the Xian's people. Then I will never stop you."

After finishing speaking, she dragged Mo Shi forward again to save her life.When they were about to be overtaken by the Xian clan, fortunately the Yunxi troops arrived in time and rescued the two of them.Later, when he heard that He Ze led the Taixing Navy back, Yun Sheng entrusted his relatives to the Yunxi Palace, but he himself came to the army with his guards.

He Ze was already close to Yun Sheng, and after learning about their experience on the way to escape, he became even more grateful and respectful to this cousin.Now that he heard that Yun Sheng disappeared suddenly, he was very anxious. He thought about it for a while, and then asked the messenger: "Are there any ships in the army coming to Jiangbei?"

The man shook his head and said, "No. The subordinates were also afraid that Miss Yunsheng would sneak across the river, so they checked on purpose. Except for your boat, there is no warship crossing the river today." When the man said this, he stopped abruptly. His expression changed, "There is still a boat under my subordinate. I am anxious to cross the river to report to you. I saw an empty boat parked at the pier. I didn't bother to check it for a while, so I drove the boat over. If Miss Yunsheng hid in the cabin ahead of time..."

Hearing this, He Ze couldn't hold back any longer, kicked the man to the ground, and cursed angrily: "Idiot! She is a weak woman, she can't sail across the river by herself, she can only wait for the opportunity to hide in someone else's boat , ask someone to take her across the river. An empty boat is parked there, and you don’t even look at it!”

The man knelt on the ground, not daring to ask for forgiveness, but kowtowed non-stop.Zheng Lun was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but ask He Ze, "What is Yunsheng doing in Jiangbei?"

He Ze's face was gloomy, and he replied, "Taixing, she is going to Taixing to ask for uncle's body."

After Qiu Muling captured Taixing, he hung He Zhen's body on the city tower for three days, and then ordered people to take it back to the city because of the increasingly hot weather.After He Ze came, he sent people to ask Qiu Mulingyue for He Zhen's body, but they failed to get it back.Therefore, although a mourning hall was set up for He Zhen in Fuping Shuizhai, there was no body of him.

Yun Sheng is a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. His temper looks gentle and soft, but inside he is extremely stubborn.She was about to go to Taixing to claim her father's body, but was forcibly stopped by He Ze. Seeing that He Ze is not in the army today, she will definitely take the opportunity to sneak across the river to Taixing.

But Qiu Muling hated the He family more and more, even He Ze refused to accept the offer of gold and silver to redeem the corpses of relatives, so how could he return He Zhen's corpse to Yunsheng?If Yun lives and goes, there will be more bad luck than good luck.He Ze's face was very ugly, and he ordered his followers in a cold voice: "Get on the horse, go to Taixing, and stop her outside the city."

He Ze got on his horse and raised the reins to go, but he heard Zheng Lun say, "I'll go with you."

He Ze was a little surprised, but for a moment he couldn't think about why Zheng Lun wanted to go with him.However, Zheng Lun's martial arts are very strong, if he goes with him, it will be easy to deal with any situation.He cupped his fists gratefully towards Zheng Lun and said, "Thank you."

After saying that, He Ze clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and galloped out first.Zheng Lun ordered people to go back to the camp to deliver a letter to Chennian, and he brought more than a dozen bodyguards and chased him in the direction of Taixing.

Chen Nian was still waiting for Zheng Lun in the big tent of the Chinese Army, seeing that he hadn't come back for a long time, he was surprised when he got the message from the personal guard.Hearing that Zheng Lun went to Taixing with He Ze to pursue Yunsheng, Chen Nian suspected that he had heard wrongly, so he couldn't help asking the guard, "To Taixing together? They went to Taixing like this?"

The guard nodded and said, "Yes."

Chen Nian cursed secretly "absurd", walked back and forth in the tent for a few steps with a sullen face, and told the guard: "Go and find Vice General Chen, and ask him to call out [-] elite soldiers immediately, and go to Taixing to meet General Zheng. go!"

The personal guard went away with the order, and Chen Nian ordered the idiot to report back to the rebel army, saying: "I will go to Taixing to chase General Zheng, you go back and tell Lingque and the others to get ready, Xu De wants to start a war with Xian in advance .”

After finishing speaking, Chen Nian hurried out of the big tent, found a war horse indiscriminately, and hurried west to chase Zheng Lun.

Outside the city of Taixing, Yun Sheng had just walked to the bottom of the city.She was a weak girl alone, and she was dressed in a heavy filial piety. She walked over in such a leisurely manner, but she stunned the soldiers on the city wall. Watching Yunsheng walking down the city step by step.

Yunsheng had been in the Xian clan's royal court for three years, and had already learned the Xian clan dialect, so he said loudly: "I am the daughter of He Zhen, and I want to see your left general, Qiu Mulingyue."

The guards in the city were very surprised to see that she could speak Xian's dialect, and they heard that she was looking for Qiu Mulingyue, so they rushed to report to her.When the news was sent to Qiu Muling, Bu Liuguxiao happened to be with him.Hearing that there was a Han woman in filial piety outside the city looking for him by name, Qiu Muling frowned and said coldly, "Drive her away."

The soldier promised and was about to withdraw, but Bu Liuguxiao stopped him and asked Qiu Muling, "Could it be the year of Chen?"

"So what?" Qiu Muling said indifferently, with an expressionless face, "She considers herself He Zhen's daughter, and I'm showing mercy if I don't kill her."

Bu Liuguxiao thought for a while, and persuaded him: "He Zhen is her biological father after all, and the Xia people value the ethics of loyalty and filial piety the most, so she can't help herself."

Qiu Muling glanced at Bu Liuguxiao indifferently, but he didn't even bother to argue with him, he just asked, "Why? You want her to enter the city?"

Bu Liuguxiao was questioned by him, thinking of the current situation in the city, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "I'll go over and have a look, if it's really Chen Nian, I'll persuade her to leave."

Qiu Muling didn't react much, he didn't respond, but he didn't stop him either.

Bu Liuguxiao knew that he had acquiesced, so he followed the soldier to the city gate, when he arrived under the city wall, he heard someone order on the wall: "Archers get ready, let the arrows go!" The sound of the sky suddenly rose, and it was as dense as torrential rain for a while.Bu Liuguxiao's heart tightened, and he shouted loudly without thinking: "Stop!"

He rushed to the city wall in a few steps and asked, "What's going on?"

The officer of the Xian family on the wall saw him coming, stopped the archers, greeted Bu Liuguxiao, and saluted: "Report to the general, there are dozens of Xia people cavalry rushing down the city. People shoot arrows to block them."

Bu Liuguxiao had also arrived behind the female wall at this time, took a look outside the city, and saw thirty or forty Xia cavalry in the distance, just stopped by the arrow rain from the city. Extraterrestrial.There was also a young woman in heavy filial piety standing outside the nearby city gate, but it was not Chen Nian.

Zheng Lun, He Ze and the others chased here all the way. Seeing that Yun Sheng had arrived at the base of the city, He Ze was in a panic. He wanted to lead someone to rush over to rescue her, but was stopped by the Xian family with bows and arrows on the city, so he had to stop the fight. The horse shouted anxiously: "Yunsheng, come back quickly!"

Yun Sheng only looked back at them, then turned around and looked up at the city.

When in the royal court, Bu Liuguxiao had seen Yunsheng twice, and now he recognized her.Unconsciously, he squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at He Ze, Zheng Lun and the others in the distance. After thinking for a while, he took two steps back and whispered to the guards around him: "Go back to the city guard's mansion quickly." Reported that the person is He Yunsheng, the daughter of He Zhen, and that Zheng Lun and He Ze have already chased him and are outside the city."

The guard showed a look of astonishment, obviously knowing the identities of Zheng Lun and He Ze, and hurriedly rushed down the city.Bu Liuguxiao beckoned to the officer just now, and said: "You keep an eye on the woman below, try not to hurt her, but you can neither let her in nor let her go."

This request is not difficult, it can be done with only some archers, the officer hurriedly responded: "I obey."

Bu Liuguxiao left in a hurry, and as he walked, he ordered the messengers around him: "Send a thousand cavalry to the east gate immediately, and follow me out of the city."

Outside the city, seeing that Yun Sheng couldn't be called back, He Ze tried to push his horse forward again. He didn't expect that as soon as he entered the bow and arrow range of the city, the arrow rain came again, which was even denser than last time, forcing everyone to go again. Backed off.Seeing the arrows on the city wall, Yun Sheng hurriedly shouted back: "Brother Twelve, go back and leave me alone."

He Ze was so angry that he shouted angrily, "He Yunsheng, get the hell out of here!"

Yun Sheng looked stubborn, and pursed his lips: "No! I want to get my father's body back."

When He Ze heard the words, he was so angry that he was speechless for a while.Yun Sheng looked up at the city wall again, and shouted again: "I am the daughter of He Zhen, and I want to see Qiu Mulingyue."

(End of this chapter)