long live the queen

Chapter 26

When Yang Yi's earth-shattering sneeze sounded, the penultimate car of the convoy just entered the city gate, and the guards on horseback and the little leader who guarded the gate were standing next to the last car. I can hear you clearly.

"Who is it? Come out!" The little leader immediately drew his sword and shouted on guard.

The soldier also frowned and stared at the location where the voice came from.

In the end, the driver of this car was also taken aback. He didn't dare to move on, and the cart stopped suddenly.

If there were no personal soldiers outside, Wei Yunqing might be able to think of an excuse to get over it.But with that soldier around, she and Yang Yi couldn't get along at all.

What should I do?Was caught without a fight and was taken back, or...

Wei Yunqing was still thinking quickly, Yang Yi, who had caused a catastrophe, reached out and grabbed her tightly, his trembling hands revealed his panic.

Wei Yunqing made a slap in the face, this time she said nothing and didn't want to be taken back!This soldier was ordered to watch her, he must know Li Zhuo's attitude towards her, and would not dare to hurt her easily, so she will fight it out!

After making up his mind, Wei Yunqing tightened the package on his back, pushed away the forage and stood up from the cart. The flying forage blocked everyone's sight for a moment, and the little leader was waiting for an order to take the man down first. , the soldier was close, but he saw clearly that the person in the middle was Wei Yunqing, and hurriedly stopped him: "Don't hurt her by mistake!"

It was too late to say it was too late, Wei Yunqing saw that the soldier was beside her with horses and horses, so he didn't care too much, and kicked the soldier.The soldier didn't guard against this hand, he was kicked off the horse before he could react, his body just pressed on the little leader, and the two of them were in a mess.

Wei Yunqing immediately pulled the reins of the horse, but fortunately she was standing on the cart at the moment, although the horse was tall, it was easy for her to get on it.Before she could sit still, she stretched out her hand to Yang Yi behind her: "A Yi, come up!"

Yang Yi was still in the panic of causing a catastrophe just now, when he saw Wei Yunqing calling him, even though he didn't understand what was going on at the moment, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and sat on the horse with his strength. back.

"Hold on!" After shouting, Wei Yunqing clamped the horse's belly, and under the stimulation of the spurs, this fine-bred war horse immediately ran forward.

The doorway here is not very spacious, and it is even more crowded when there is a caravan at this time, but this horse is not big, and it is not affected at all to carry two people forward from the gap between the caravan and the wall. hinder.

The soldier had already got up at this moment, shouting at the top of his voice: "Catch up with them, catch up with them! Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"

As long as the city gate is closed once, the two of them will really become a veritable shackle.

Wei Yunqing gritted his teeth and shouted at Yang Yi: "A Yi, light the torch and throw it into the convoy! Throw it on the fabric!"

Yang Yi couldn't care about anything in a panic. He took out the fire bag from his arms, opened it and blew hard, and when sparks came out of it, he quickly threw it into a cart full of fabrics.

"Hurry up!" Seeing that the soldiers at the outer city gate ahead were about to close the gate, Wei Yunqing shouted immediately, and at the same time clamped the horse's belly tightly.

The speed of the war horse is faster.

Yang Yi tightly hugged Wei Yunqing's waist, and looked back.The torch was slow to ignite, and it gradually started to smoke after being left behind for a while. The cart was full of fabrics, and soon caught fire. Immediately, horses neighed and people shouted, and the fire and chaotic people surrounded the narrow space. The doorway was tightly blocked, and the soldiers behind wanted to catch up with them on horseback, but they couldn't.

This doorway is relatively small compared to the main entrance, but it is not small in terms of width. How can it be so easy to close the door?Moreover, Wei Yunqing's shock came suddenly. When she led Yang Yi out of the outer city gate, the city gate was only half closed.

But even after leaving the city gate, Wei Yunqing didn't dare to relax his vigilance, and kept speeding away at this speed.Just as she guessed, the soldiers did not dare to hurt her, so they were naturally timid. Although the soldiers above the city gate had bows and arrows in their hands, first of all, she escaped too fast on horseback, and their accuracy was not enough. There were not many soldiers on the top of the city gate, and they couldn't shoot a few arrows, so it was impossible to form an impenetrable rain of arrows to stop the two of them.After the soldiers reacted and told the soldiers upstairs to stop quickly, it was even more impossible for them to stop them.

Wei Yunqing glanced back, she remembered Qian Dashan's name, and when she had money to send Yang Yi back to the palace, she would compensate him for the cloth when she had a chance.With her contribution to saving Yang Yi several times, if the rewards are not enough to compensate, then the little emperor's life is too worthless.

"Hurry up, we're not safe yet!" Wei Yunqing reminded Yang Yi again, and concentrated on riding forward.

It has to be said that she really planned for the rainy day when she asked to learn how to ride a horse, otherwise, relying on Yang Yi's riding skills alone, she really wouldn't dare to carry out such an act.After all, Yang Yi said he could ride a horse, but she didn't have much hope for how the riding skills would be.Her own riding skills are actually very average, and she always feels as if she will fall off the horse if she is not careful, so her nerves are very tense, and she dare not be distracted at all.

Li Zhuo didn't have many people left in Xuancheng, and it took some time to open the gate on the other side to chase after him. Therefore, when Wei Yunqing slowed down and entered the forest, he could vaguely see a group of people in the city. Chased out.

Looking at it from a distance, I felt that the team of people was much more powerful than her single-handed horse. Wei Yunqing didn't dare to stop, and accelerated the speed of the horse again.She knows that she and Yang Yi are a bit heavy for this horse, but luckily she and Yang Yi are both light in weight and don't wear armor. It is estimated that the combined weight of the two is not much different from those soldiers wearing iron armor. .Moreover, this horse is the war horse used by Li Zhuo's personal soldiers, so it must have better endurance, but no matter how good the horse is, there is a limit to the distance it can run continuously. She only hopes that this horse can last longer, until they escape from Xuancheng's sphere of influence.

After entering the forest, the speed of the horses dropped significantly, which was due to the terrain, but their speed was not fast, and the speed of the pursuers could not be fast, which was the only consolation.

Wei Yunqing nervously steered the horse forward while thinking of ways to get rid of the pursuers.

If she just kept running like this, it would be a matter of time before those personal soldiers caught up with them, so she had to think of a way to lure the pursuers away.Now she and Yang Yi are the two of them, she is a good bait, Li Zhuo only needs her, as long as she appears, she is enough to lure away the pursuers.Can Yang Yi be left alone?She was sure he wouldn't make it through the night.And she really didn't want to sacrifice her life for righteousness again.It's okay to use Yang Yi as a bait, as long as the pursuers can't tell who is who, but Yang Yi is her bargaining chip for success, how can she let it go?And once he was captured, the identity of the emperor would be revealed in a short time, and he would be dead.No matter in terms of personal feelings or interests, it is impossible for her to let Yang Yi take risks.

Since neither she nor Yang Yi can be used as bait, isn't this the only horse that can be used as bait?

Wei Yunqing got used to walking when she first arrived in this world, so it's okay without a horse, and she's not good at riding, so her thighs will probably hurt again after riding for a long time.This forest looked similar to the previous one, and this time they brought food and drink, so they were not afraid to sleep in the wilderness.

After thinking about the whole plan, Wei Yunqing reined in the horse and stopped, and first helped Yang Yi get him off the horse. Who would have thought that when he got off the horse, he sat down as if his legs were weak, and she couldn't help him even on the horse. I only had time to shout: "Be careful!"

Then Yang Yi not only sat down on his buttocks, but before he could sit still, he fell on his back, like a tortoise whose shell had turned over.

Wei Yunqing: "..."

Stepping on the stirrups, she turned over and jumped off the horse, and stretched out her hand to help Yang Yi who was stunned, as if she didn't see his embarrassment just now.

Then, she broke a branch from a roadside tree, intentionally made the cut sharper, and stabbed hard at the horse's butt.The war horse was frightened, neighed and ran forward crazily, and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

Wei Yunqing signaled Yang Yi to retreat to the depths of the forest, and left behind to cover up the traces of Yang Yi's fall and where she dismounted, before going to join Yang Yi.But she didn't continue to go deeper, but pulled Yang Yi to lie down on the spot and watched the front.

In fact, there are some people walking out of this forest. The road is not very wide or smooth, but it is a road after all.Just now Wei Yunqing controlled the horse to walk on this kind of dirt road, otherwise the forest on both sides would be full of potholes and trees, and she would probably be caught by the branches just after she rode the horse in.

Wei Yunqing warned in a low voice: "This time, don't sneeze again."

Yang Yi just now had fodder getting into his nostrils, so he couldn't help sneezing. She told him that he knew how much trouble he had just caused.The two of them could have left Xuancheng safely. If it wasn't for his sneeze, they wouldn't have to face the pursuers.So when she mentioned it, he was ashamed: "Sister Yunqing, I, I know..."

Soon, the team of pursuers flew past Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi on the road in front of them, without realizing that they were hiding not far away.This is the only road here, and they didn't think much about it when they chased it.

However, the horse couldn't run far when it was stabbed, and they would soon know that they had been fooled, so Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi still had to leave here quickly.

Wei Yunqing's destination is Jinyang.But this point, I am afraid that those chasing soldiers will never think of it anyway.In their view, Wei Yunqing was trying to escape from Li Zhuo, and Li Zhuo went to the front line, that is, Jinyang, so how could she throw herself into the trap?
Therefore, Wei Yunqing was almost certain that as long as they chose the right direction, those chasing soldiers would not be able to catch them until they died.

The question now is the direction, Jinyang, which direction is it?

Wei Yunqing can still determine the general direction, the south, but is the south east or west?
At this time, she suddenly remembered that when she went to Xuancheng with the refugees, she heard Lu Daniu and his wife say that Xuancheng is directly north of Jinyang.That is to say, they can reach Jinyang as long as they walk to the south.Moreover, Lu Daniu and his wife also said that the two cities meet for more than 100 miles, that is, more than 50 kilometers. If they walk fast, they can walk for a whole day.

For Wei Yunqing, this is undoubtedly exciting news for her. After telling Yang Yi about this, his face also revealed a look of expectation.He knew very well what it meant to be in Jinyang.Here he is just a dumb brother who always causes troubles for Wei Yunqing, but when he arrives in Jinyang and joins General Yan's army, he will turn back into the emperor, and it's his turn to protect her.

After judging the direction, the two of them stayed away from that road a little bit, and picked places that they couldn't go.

After walking like this for a whole day, they rested three or four times in between, and once they had lunch, both of them had blisters on their feet, so they found a place to rest before it was dark.On this day, the two of them only walked more than 30 kilometers, and they were already exhausted, which showed that she had overestimated the two of them before.

This time Wei Yunqing seemed to have seen some large animals in the woods, so he didn't dare to sleep with Yang Yi at the same time, and discussed with her that one of them would stay up in the middle of the night and the other would keep watch in the second half of the night.The fire pocket on Yang Yi's body was lost, but Wei Yunqing prepared some things in advance before fleeing this time.

Of the 300 taels she got from the finger puller, almost 250 taels of it were in Zhou Tong's hands. She only had 50 taels of bank notes left, so she simply went to the bank to change the silver and bought some necessary supplies, such as fire pockets. , fire sickles and other fire-making devices, ropes, kettles, and cold-proof clothes were divided into two packages, one for her and one for Yang Yi.She told Yang Yi to hide things like silver and fire pockets on her body and not to put them in the package. After all, packages are too easy to lose, but she was right. How could Yang Yi get the package when he jumped on the horse and ran away? In the end, only she remembered to take the package with her.Fortunately, Huozhezi was in Yang Yi's arms at the time, and she also taught him how to use it. He did not make any mistakes during the chaos and successfully caused chaos at the city gate, otherwise they would not have escaped so easily.

But except for the Huozhangzi, most of the things she gave Yang Yi were lost, and he only had another jade ring finger, a piece of five taels of silver, and a small bag of pastries.It was the first time Wei Yunqing saw such a person who accomplished more than ruined things, but he was young, and she was used to being tricked by him, and even the sneeze at the city gate didn't have the energy to talk about him again.Did it help?It should be a bad thing, he is still a bad thing.

But thinking that Li Zhuo was the one who provoked the biggest trouble now, Wei Yunqing's unhappiness was a little more balanced, and neither of them was more worried than the other, even if it was half a catty.

Wei Yunqing's package contained a set of clothes, which can only be used as a quilt at the moment.She ordered Yang Yi to move around nearby, pick up some dead branches that fell on the ground, and come back to make a fire, which can not only keep warm from the cold, but also drive away wild animals.Fortunately, she still has a fire sickle in her package, and a fire pocket in her arms, which can light a fire.

After lighting the fire, the two ate and rested around the fire.Seeing that Yang Yi was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, his head was nodding, and the pastry was almost stuffed in his nostrils, Wei Yunqing told him to go to bed first.She took out her watch and looked at the time. It could no longer show the exact time, but at least it could indicate the time interval.

Wei Yunqing was also very sleepy, afraid that she would fall asleep, so she got up and moved around, gathered some firewood, and looked around from time to time to see if there were any ferocious animals.A few times, she saw small green dots in the distance, flashing by, and couldn't help feeling afraid.It's not that she's afraid of ghosts, it's just that there are green dots in the middle of the night. She will think of wolves, leopards and other animals, and then bloody images of the animal world will appear in her mind, and she will feel even more restless.She immediately picked up more dead branches and threw them into the fire to make the fire burn more vigorously.

I don't know if she misread it, or the existence of the fire scared away the animals with ulterior motives, so the first half of the night was spent peacefully.Wei Yunqing was also very sleepy, so he woke Yang Yi softly.Yang Yi seemed to be dreaming, and muttered: "I'm sleepy, don't call me, or I will kill you from the nine clans..."

Wei Yunqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pushed him awake with more movement. She wanted to be considerate of Yang Yi, but she was too sleepy, and she had to go on the road tomorrow, so of course she had to sleep.Yang Yi was finally woken up, but it took him a while to fully wake up. Wei Yunqing reminded him that there might be man-eating wild animals around, reminding him to remember to keep the fire burning, and fell asleep immediately.

When the sky was slightly bright, Wei Yun woke up. She slept deeply, but she didn't sleep well. If someone changed the vigil, even if it was Li Zhuo, she wouldn't be as restless as she is now. It's Yang Yi who is so uncomfortable Reliable.When she woke up, she saw that the fire was still burning, but it was much smaller than when she fell asleep, and what about Yang Yi?He actually grabbed her sleeves and curled up beside her, his head was still a little bit, as if he was about to sleep or not.

Wei Yunqing's movement when he turned over and sat up woke Yang Yi up, and he immediately said in a daze, "I'm not afraid, I haven't slept..."

Wei Yunqing was a little dumbfounded, it seemed that he was afraid and fell asleep again.

She didn't say anything, the two ate something casually, packed up and went on the road again.

On this day, thinking that they would be able to reach Jinyang that day, although Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi didn't sleep well last night, they were still in high spirits. By two or three o'clock in the afternoon, they had walked almost twenty kilometers.Wei Yunqing reckoned that they might be approaching Jinyang soon - of course, the premise was that they didn't go in the wrong direction.

Along the way, Wei Yunqing tried her best not to stray too far from the dirt road, because as she went in the opposite direction, the forest became denser and the terrain became more tortuous, so she didn't dare to go deep.It stands to reason that the dirt road was walked by people and horses, and it would lead to at least one town.But in order to keep the secret, she can't get too close to the dirt road, so it's even harder for her to lead the way, exhausting physical and mental energy, thinking that she will soon reach the destination in order to maintain the motivation to move forward.

There was a steep upward slope in front of him. Wei Yunqing had already been used to this kind of hillside, so he told Yang Yi to be careful, and the two climbed up together.She had a premonition that after passing this slightly higher steep slope, she might be able to see Jinyang City.

However, what is disappointing is that after turning over this hillside, there is a road on the other side, and there are endless mountains and forests. It is impossible to see which direction Jinyang is in.

Wei Yunqing couldn't help but wonder, maybe they really went in the wrong direction?If you keep going, where will you go?
Yang Yi buried his head and walked all the way, not as much thought as Wei Yunqing, turned over the hillside and walked down in the original direction.

There was no other way at the moment, Wei Yunqing went down the slope, followed Yang Yi not far or near, and walked downhill with difficulty.

The two of them crawled halfway, when they suddenly heard a commotion not far away from far to near. This sound was like the sound of many people and many horses stepping on the ground, and it seemed to be mixed with shouts.

The two listened quietly for a few seconds, then their expressions suddenly changed.

"Climb back quickly!" Wei Yunqing yelled, and climbed up the hillside with hands and feet.

——That was the sound of the battlefield moving over!
The two reacted quickly, but the sound also came quickly.Soon, some soldiers with knives ran out around the corner. Wei Yunqing took a quick glance, and they seemed to be... Daliang's soldiers!
But how dare she stop?Those soldiers ran so fast, as if they were being hunted down, who else could they be hunted down by?Isn't it the Great Song Army?Even if the Daliang soldiers marched through normally, Wei Yunqing didn't dare to stop them. Who knows if they would be killed before seeing the person in charge?

The two had already climbed halfway. Although the speed of climbing back was not slow at this time, they were still far from the top of the slope. Some Daliang soldiers who had been hunted down had already run over from the road below them.These two people were crawling in the middle of the slope, their targets were conspicuous, some Daliang soldiers saw them, but they were busy running for their lives, so how could they care about them?

Not many Daliang soldiers escaped, and Song soldiers appeared soon after, chasing after these Daliang soldiers, shouting to fight and kill.The deafening shouts made Wei Yunqing a little weak-this is a battlefield!
The soldiers of Daliang couldn't control Wei Yunqing and Wei Yunqing, but the soldiers of Song Dynasty who were chasing the soldiers of Daliang were not prepared to let them escape, especially the cavalry who were chasing after them. Noticed that the two were wearing civilian clothes, not soldiers at all.But even if they noticed, they would still choose to shoot and kill. Those who broke into the battlefield, since they were not friendly troops, they were enemy troops.

A rider from the Song Dynasty raised his bow and shot an arrow at Wei Yunqing and the two of them!

After all, the distance was a bit far, the arrow crossed an arc, and finally shot into the soil in front of Wei Yunqing, the tail of the arrow kept trembling.Wei Yunqing was startled, she was about to climb to the top of the slope, and just about to be happy, a sudden arrow almost scared her out of her wits.

Seeing that the first arrow missed, the rider did not give up, and drew the bow and shot the second arrow.This time Wei Yunqing was prepared. He looked up and saw the arrow flying towards him, so he quickly hid to the side, but when he hid, he panicked and couldn't choose a place to land, so he stepped on the air and rolled down the slope!

Yang Yi ran fast, and when he returned to the top of the slope first, but turned around and saw Wei Yunqing rolling down the slope, he couldn't help shouting in panic: "Sister Yunqing!"

It was Daliang soldiers who were running past in panic at the bottom of the slope, suddenly saw a figure coming down from the side, they all avoided in a panic, thinking they had been ambushed.

After Wei Yunqing managed to stabilize his figure, he felt the ground below him shaking. So many Liang soldiers ran past her very close to her, the lights of their knives flickered, and there was chaos.She backed away almost unconsciously, a panicked Daliang soldier saw someone blocking the way ahead, and cut it down with a knife, she hurriedly rolled to the side, when the knife fell on her side, the mud splashed on her face, She could almost see her pale face in the reflection of the blade.

Rolling down the hillside caused her a lot of bruises on her body. The most important thing is that she is so dizzy now that she can't even stand up. Seeing another knife slashing at her, she wants to hide, but her body doesn't listen. handle.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion in a movie. Wei Yunqing saw the knife falling towards her, and an arrow suddenly flew out from the stabbing, and hit the soldier holding the knife in the chest. He also dropped his hand on her side.

The passage of time returned to normal at this moment, Wei Yunqing hurriedly retreated to the side of the slope, trying to climb up again with hands and feet, and hurriedly escaped from this chaotic and dangerous battlefield.At this moment, she couldn't care less about who shot that life-saving arrow.

However, the sound of horseshoes among the running sounds behind her was so obvious, and it was getting closer and closer, as if it was coming towards her. She didn't want to think about it, and climbed two meters up the slope in a few strokes.But... it was only two meters away. When the sound of the horse's hooves reached behind her, she felt a weight on her waist. After a short period of weightlessness, she finally landed steadily on a war horse.

She looked sideways, and it was Li Zhuo with a livid face who picked her up on the horse's back!
(End of this chapter)