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Chapter 720 Qin Yin Ancient Ambush ([-])

Gyeongju state city.

The beacon and chaos continued, and the towering city wall had been replaced with the flag of the Xixia people.

On the southeast side of the city, the smoke was still filling the sky. On the third day of the city's destruction, the southeast side of the city was not blocked. At this time, the meritorious Xixia soldiers were carrying out their final madness.For the sake of future rule, the Xixia King Li Ganshun did not allow the army's madness to continue indefinitely, but of course, even if there was an order, the other directions of the city at this time could not be called peace.

For such a city that has resisted, the anger accumulated by the army is also huge.On the southeast side of the demarcation line, the meritorious army wantonly slaughtered, looted, abused and raped, and other teams that had not been allocated the sweet spot often looted and humiliated the local people in other places. was killed easily.In such a war, being able to leave a life for a person is already a huge gift in the eyes of the slaughter.

Once a courtyard of Yang Ju, a tycoon of Gyeongju City, it became the temporary palace of the King of Xixia at this time.The civil servants whose names were Lin Houxuan in Han Dynasty and Qu Nuze in Western Xia were waiting for Li Ganshun's reception in the courtyard room.

There were six people in that group, and the leader was very strange.It is a woman in a lady's dress. The woman is beautiful. The dress is blue and white, bright but not bright.When Lin Houxuan came in, she once stood up politely and smiled slightly at him. Since then, she has been sitting in a chair and thinking about something, her eyes are calm, and she does not talk to the few people around.

The temperament of this woman is very similar to that of a Han Chinese lady who has read many books, but on the other hand, she looks like a person in power who has been in charge of a lot of things. She spoke loudly, but never dared to ignore her attitude also proved this.

This is the room waiting for the emperor's reception. The team led by a Han woman looks really intriguing.

His official career was positioned on the way of speech, vertical and horizontal, and he was accustomed to people's temperament and observation. After thinking about the origin of the woman and his party, an official came in outside the door and waved him aside.This official was his father, Qu Ligai, who was also the leader of the party's aristocracy.The old man was not happy about the return of this son and failed to persuade the army of the Wu Dynasty to surrender Xiaocanghe. Although this was not a fault, on the other hand, there was no credit at all.

"Your Majesty will see you soon."

"Yes."

"You can't make the mission this time. When you meet Your Majesty, don't pretend, don't shirk responsibility. What's going on in the mountains, what's going on, what to do, it's up to Your Majesty to decide."

"Yes."

After a few words, the old official nodded and left.After a while, someone came over to announce his official entry, and once again saw the emperor of the Xixia Dangxiang family, Li Ganshun.

Compared with the Wu Dynasty, which has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, the Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun was 44 years old at this time, and he was in the prime of life and at the peak of his spring and autumn.

Xixia is a real country with military force.Among these countries west of the Wu Dynasty, Dali is located in the south of the sky, with rugged terrain and many mountains, but the country is an uncompromising pacifist. Because of its favorable geographical location, although it is weak to the outside world, the Wu Dynasty and Tubo next to it are very weak. Not much to bully it.At present, Tubo's vassal kings are co-existing and the forces are complex. The people among them are not good people, but there is not much possibility of expansion. In the early years, they were on the thigh of the Wu Dynasty and occasionally helped to resist the Western Xia. In the past few years, the Wu Dynasty has weakened. Tubo also stopped helping Wu Chao.

Only Xixia, which has been independent for so many years, has fought with the Wu Dynasty, with the Tubo, and with the Liao Kingdom.If it hadn't met the talented Chong Shidao in the past few decades, and there was a strong economic strength of the Wu Dynasty behind him, it would not have been driven out of the Hengshan area.

The barrier to the south disappeared, and seeing the imminent peril, the middle and upper class subjects of Xixia had a more or less sense of urgency.Under such an atmosphere, Li Ganshun, as the ruler of a country, seized the opportunity of Jurchen's southern invasion to form an alliance with him, and then pushed the army through Hengshan. All were planed, and at the beginning of the year, the rest of the army was dispersed, and it was a great achievement for the master of ZTE.The monarch of a country has broken ground, and his power is at an unprecedented peak.

When Lin Houxuan was summoned in, there was a discussion in the hall of the main hall. Several big leaders of the Dangxiang clan, such as Ye Lichong, Li Nu, Jiuyanmu, and several generals in the army, such as Meile and Naduhan. All are seated.At the time of the war, Na Du Han, a general known for his ferocity and skill in battle, had a bloody aura, and he didn't know where he came from killing people.Standing in front of him, Li Ganshun, with a short beard and a dignified gaze, asked Lin Houxuan to explain the matter of Xiaocanghe in detail, but the other party also asked, "What is that place?"

"East of Yanzhou, a small valley." Li Ganshun pointed to the map behind him.

The big leader Ye Lichong said: "There is a rebel army of the Wu Dynasty entrenched in it, about [-] people, it can be regarded as a talent, I went to recruit Qu Nu to surrender, but was rejected by him. Therefore, Your Majesty would like to hear what happened."

That Duhan nodded slightly, Lin Houxuan saluted everyone, and just now started talking about his journey to Xiaocanghe.He could also see at this time that, for the big strategy in the minds of these people right now, what Xiao Canghe is nothing but a problem of moss mustard, he didn't dare to add oil and vinegar, and just took this small one by one. The whole story of the trip to Canghe was told, everyone just listened, and when they learned that the other party refused to see people for a few days, they lost their interest, and the general sister Le snorted coldly.Lin Houxuan continued, and no one was surprised when it came to the conversation between the two sides.

After he finished speaking, Li Ganshun frowned and waved his hand. He was not angry, but his voice became a little lower: "In that case, let him go to this small place." He swept the army of more than [-] Northwest, willing to surrender is to give the other side face, since the other side refuses, then the next thing is to erase it.

Ye Lichong said: "Qu Nu is right, I want to revise the book, Marshal Jin Guozonghan, resign without losing the general, and order him to block the northern line of Luliang. In addition, I ordered La Seile to block the direction of Luliang. All those who came and went from the mountains were killed. There is no food in the mountains, and it is our top priority to stabilize the situation in the southwest. We can trap them in the mountains and ignore them."

At this time, there were whispers in the hall, and some people told the origin of the Xiao Canghe army to the people around them.Everyone knew that the emperor of the Wu Dynasty was killed last year, but it was the team in front of him who killed the king, such as Nadu Han, who had never understood.Looking at the map carefully at this time, Xuan shook his head and smiled again.

"Rebel and kill the emperor of the Wu Dynasty... a group of lunatics. Look at these people, they may have fighting power at first, but they dare not even occupy a state or a county. They only dare to get into those mountains and defend themselves. They are really stupid. If they don't let me wait, they will starve and die in the mountains, and when the situation in the south is certain, I can also send them for a ride."

"You don't need to worry about it, but it shouldn't be taken lightly." Li Ganshun waved his hand and looked at Ye Lichong, "The matter will be decided by the leader of Ye Li, and he also needs to instruct Ji La Seile, who guards the northeast front line, Yu Zhe family army, These bandits in the mountains need to be treated with caution. However, these bandits in the mountains have killed the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty, and there is no possibility of forming an alliance with the Zhe family. I will calm down the southwest and move up the northeast.

Mei Le said: "It's the people who were swept away from the Chong's army at the beginning, and now they are wandering around, and they need to prevent them from forming an alliance with the bandits in the mountains."

"Clearing out the remnants of this line is the immediate priority, but if they escape into the mountains, in my opinion, they don't have to worry. There is no food in the mountains, and the more outsiders they accept, the more difficult it will be to support them."

"Chong Lie is now fleeing to Huanzhou and Yuanzhou. Now that we have won Qingzhou, we can consider attacking Yuanzhou. If he retreats to Huanzhou, our army can cut off his back..."

For the Xixia army at this time, the real confidant is still the Western Army.If you go to the northeast, the Zhe family army has been keeping a low profile during this period of time. Now sitting in Fuzhou in the northeast, Zhe family owner Zhe Keqiu has never sent troops to rescue the family, but for the Xixia army, it is always a threat.Ji La Seile, a general who is currently guarding with [-] troops near Yanzhou, has the main task of guarding against the sudden southward movement of the Zhe family.

On the west side, since the last defeat by Zhong Lie, he has led thousands of troops of the family's direct line to deal with nearby places, trying to recruit troops or save the fire.For the Xixia people, there is no suspense in sieging the city, but to sweep the northwest of the Wu Dynasty, it must be based on the premise of completely destroying the Western Army.

As for the Xiao Canghe—the northwest folks are sturdy, and now there are uprising bandits everywhere in the northwest, this is only a slightly larger number, like a snake locked in a urn, you reach out and take it , maybe it can only be pulled out and killed after being bitten, but after the urn is sealed, it will naturally die after a while.

Whoever rules a country will take a group of bandits too seriously.

Everyone was talking, and the topic ran away to a larger strategic level.Ye Lichong waved his hand at Lin Houxuan, and Li Ganshun above said, "Qu Nu Zeqing has done a good job on this mission, let's go and rest. There is still a place for you to go on an mission in the future." Lin Houxuan then thanked him and went out. "

Gyeongju City was still in the midst of great chaos. Regarding Xiaocanghe, the people in the hall only said a few words, but Lin Houxuan understood that the fate of the valley had already been decided.Once the situation on this side is slightly settled, even if the other side is not trapped to death, it will be swept away by their own army.He was still wondering about the attitude of the leader surnamed Ning in the river valley, but at this time he really put it behind him.

He had more to do than bother with the dead.

On the way out from the courtyard, he saw a group of six people who had been in the same room with him, led by the woman, were summoned by the emperor.

……

Lou Shuwan walked through the courtyard of the temporary palace in Xixia, turning the indifferent expression on her face into a soft and confident smile.Afterwards, he walked into the hall where the Xixia Emperor discussed affairs.

She came with Tian Hu's seal and a list of many businessmen along the way.

Not long after, she accidentally saw something on the map in front of the conference hall.That was the location of the inner demon Ning Yi and others, and a cross was newly drawn.

……

It was the second time that the Western Xia Emperor Li Ganshun and several leaders and ministers heard about the rebels of the Wu Dynasty and Xiao Canghe.

He looked at the beautiful woman at the head of the hall with serious eyes, and frowned: "Wait, do you have an old relationship with the people here?"

For the Wu Dynasty, the Tiger King was also a convicted bandit in a rebellion.He was thousands of miles away and wanted to come and cooperate, but Li Ganshun did not reject him.He didn't care much about the bandits in Xiaocanghe, but he had just sentenced the place to death in his heart, but in the emperor's heart, he was very taboo that someone would make him change his mind.

The woman below lowered her head: "Ning Yi, the heart demon, is the most deviant person. He once killed Shu Wan's father and eldest brother with his own hands. Lou's family and him... have a shared feud!"

"Oh." Li Ganshun waved his hand, and then he laughed, "The revenge of killing my father...don't worry about it. It's a dead place."

When Lou Shuwan walked out of the courtyard, the documents to Jin Guo had already been issued.The summer sun was shining, and she suddenly felt dizzy.

When she came over from the Tiger King, she had already analyzed Xiao Canghe's intentions and understood the other party's efforts to open up business routes.She took advantage of the situation to run around, lobby, gather a group of businessmen, and first surrender to Xixia for peace, that is, to disrupt the layout of Xiaocanghe to the greatest extent possible.

She didn't know whether her efforts would be successful or not. She expected that the other party would fall into huge quagmire and difficulties because of her efforts.She also looked forward to Xiao Canghe's death in difficulties, and the man named Ning Yi died in pain.However, when Li Ganshun casually said "that's the place of death" today, she suddenly felt a little unreal.

This matter is too simple.But Li Qianshun would not lie, he didn't need it at all, the 1 Xixia army swept across the northwest, and there are more troops coming from Xixia to consolidate this area.The more than [-] people hiding in that poor mountain and bitter soil are now hostile to Xixia and blocked by the Jin Kingdom. In addition, they committed the crime of treason and inhumanity in the Wu Dynasty. They are really enemies of the world. Any chance possible.But it's still too simple, as if everything is fake.

Sometimes the overall situation is like this, and many things will happen without a sense of reality.In her fantasy, there was naturally Ning Yi's death. At that time, he should beg for mercy in front of her - no, he may not beg for mercy, but at least he will die in agony in front of her.

But now it seems that she will only suddenly get a message one day, telling her: Ning Yi is dead, and there will never be such a person in the world again.Thinking about it now, it's suffocating.

"What would you do..." she whispered, walking through the chaotic city.

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"Wow, wow—"

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang...Sister don't cry, look here, look here..."

"Did she wake up by me? Sister sister..."

Mixed with the cries of children, at noon in the small courtyard, there was a chaotic and noisy scene.

After lunch, Luo Ye, who was left to eat, also left. In Yunzhu's room, the little baby who was only one month old cried without warning after drinking milk.The five-year-old Ning Xi was holding a rattle next to her and wanted to coax her. Ning Ji stood there biting her fingers, thinking that she had woken up her sister, and she was panic-stricken, and then went to coax her too, wearing a white single-clothing shirt. The cloud bamboo sits on the edge of the bed and holds the child, shaking it gently.

"What happened?"

Ning Yi came in from the door, followed by Jin'er.Ning Xi shook his head: "My brother and I are reading the villain book by the side, and we didn't quarrel with my sister." He was turning the rattle in one hand and holding a villain book drawn by Ning Yi and Yunzhu in the other, Ning Yi smiled. He patted his head and went over to look at the crying child in Yunzhu's arms: "Let me see." He took her over and held her in his arms.

Entering Ning Yi's arms, the baby's cry became smaller.

As Ning Yi's third child, after this little girl was born, life was a little difficult.She was weak and had difficulty breathing. One month after she was born, she had suffered from the cold twice.As a mother, Yunzhu almost died in the dystocia. After lying on the bed for more than half a month, it was difficult to stabilize.Previously, Ning Yi had found a wet nurse in Guzhong to breastfeed the child, and the wet nurse would drink medicine and mix it into the milk to treat the child.Yunzhu was a little better, so she insisted on feeding the child and taking medicine by herself, so that she just sat sloppy this month. If it wasn't for Ning Yi who insisted on controlling her behavior many times and relieved her mood, I am afraid that she would feel sorry for the child because of her distress. , Yunzhu's body will recover more slowly.

In these days, the situation inside and outside the valley was not optimistic either. Ning Yi took care of almost every day-to-day affairs in the valley, but what was unstoppable was that he would come here every night to take care of the children and his wife.The frail and sickly baby would cry uncomfortably every night. Yunzhu was too weak to be able to coax the child. Ning Yi came over and hugged the baby to coax her to sleep. At this time, he was more concerned about how to coax the little girl. Yunzhu is even better at it.

"Let me see... I didn't pee my pants, I just finished drinking my milk. Ning Xi, don't beat the rattle, it'll make trouble for my sister. And Ning Ji, don't worry, you didn't wake her up... I guess it's because there's a little bit in the room. It's boring, let's go outside and sit, um, it's really not windy today."

He went outside with the child in his arms. Yun Zhu took out his embroidered shoes and took out the gauze to cover the child's face slightly.In the afternoon, there was a slight cicada chirping in the yard, the sun shone down, and a warm light shone between the trees. There was only a breeze, and the swing under the tree swayed slightly.

Sure enough, after this count, the child in his arms stopped crying.Jin Er sat on the swing and swayed, Ning Yi and Yun Zhu also sat next to them, Ning Xi and Ning Ji saw their sister quiet down, so they ran to the side to read a book, this time they ran far away.After Yunzhu took the child, he looked at the sleeping face of the child under the veil: "I'm not good at being a mother."

"You lost half of your life when you gave birth to her. Whoever said you were bad, I'll hit him." Ning Yi laughed softly.

Yunzhu bowed her head and smiled. She had a calm temperament, and her appearance did not change much from before. Her beautiful and pure face was just a lot thinner.Ning Yi reached out and touched her cheek, recalling the thrill of giving birth to a child a month ago, and still feeling uneasy.

He has experienced many major events over the years. It was not difficult for Tan'er and Xiaochan to give birth to two children before. When Yunzhu had a difficult childbirth this time, his mood fluctuated even more violently than killing Zhou Zhe in the Golden Palace. In the middle of the night, listening to Yunzhu's pain, he even got up and rushed into the delivery room, trying to force the doctor to kill the child to save the mother if he couldn't.

Perhaps because of this, he felt a little guilty for this child who survived the hardship, and because he was a girl, the care he gave in his heart was actually more.Of course, on the surface, he refused to admit it.

Yunzhu knew what he was thinking, and smiled at this time: "My sister has lost weight too. If you have something to do, you don't have to sit here with us. Both you and your sister have a heavy burden."

She is older than Tan'er, but when it comes to Tan'er, she is mostly called her sister, and sometimes she is called Tan'er sister.Ning Yi nodded, sat next to her and basked in the sun for a while, then turned and left.

He still has a lot to deal with.After leaving the courtyard, I went to the council room accompanied by Chen Fan. This afternoon, I met many people, made a boring summary of affairs, and couldn't catch up with dinner.Jin'er and Chen Fan's wife, Ji Qian'er, brought a food box over. After finishing their work, they ate dinner on the hill watching the setting sun. After that, they had a little free time, and the group went on the hill. Take a slow walk.

It was getting dark, and Jin Er whispered about some interesting things that happened today, and occasionally expressed some trivial thoughts.When she stopped on the grassy slope, she crossed her legs and asked Ning Yi to lie down with her head resting on it, and stretched out her hand to massage him.In a soft voice, Jin'er, who couldn't hide her words, occasionally asked about things in the valley.During dinner today, she saw that Tan'er was also a little thin. She was very busy, but the situation might not be better.The grain in the valley was a bit reluctant to eat until June and July. At this time, it had gradually bottomed out, but it seemed that there was no good news from the people who went out.

"...I heard from Duan Shanhua that Qingmu Village was also a little anxious, so I advised her that nothing would happen... Well, actually, I don't understand these things, but I know that if you are so calm, Li Heng, you will definitely be fine. ...But sometimes I am also a little worried, Liheng, is there really so much food outside the mountains that can be brought in? We have more than 1 people, including Qingmu Village, almost 4 people, so we have to eat every day... Uh, how much to eat..."

While massaging Ning Yi's head, she whispered rambles, but when she came back, she saw that Ning Yi opened his eyes and was looking at her from below with a half-smile.

"What, is it uncomfortable to press?"

"You made me fall asleep." Ning Yi smiled.

"That's not good, then you can rest for a while."

In Jin'er's voice, Ning Yi had already sat up cross-legged, night had come, and the mountain wind was still warm.Jin'er approached and pressed his shoulders for him.

"...You deal with so many things every day, and you have all the big and small things in your hands. It's very tiring... Didn't you just leave it to the people below to do it? I saw the previous shopkeepers and the children of Zhuo Xiaofeng. , are very reliable... You work so late every day, my sister and I are very worried, let you sleep but you don't sleep..."

This kind of chatter continued, until at a certain moment, she heard Ning Yi speak in a low voice.

"It's hard, but it's not impossible..."

"Ok?"

The hand in front grabbed the hand on the shoulder, Jin'er was pulled over, she knelt behind Ning Yi, and wrapped his neck from the back, I saw Ning Yi looking at the valley below, and after a while, slowly and He said in a low voice, "Look, what does Xiao Canghe look like now?"

"what?"

Jin'er widened her eyes, then blinked.In fact, she is also a smart woman. Knowing that what Ning Yi said at this time is mostly the answer, although she doesn't need to think about it, of course she will be interested in it.

Looking down from here, on the banks of the Xiaocang River and in the residential area, the lights are gathered, and you can see people in twos and threes, or gathered or scattered.This small valley is surrounded by the blackness of the distant mountains, making it lively and lonely.

What is it like?

However, this night, Jin'er has not been able to guess the answer to the mystery...

It was also on this night that a figure cautiously avoided the outer sentry of the Xiaocang River and quietly escaped towards the mountain forest to the east. Due to the acceptance of some refugees in the winter, although there were not many spies from other forces mixed in among the refugees, But it can't be avoided.At the same time, Xixia documents, who asked Jin Guo to block the smuggling road north of Luliang, flew on the road.

In the turmoil in the world, the vicious situation of the ambush around Xiaocanghe and Qingmu Village has gradually unfolded.

Malice is about to come over...

(End of this chapter)