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Just as Li Suining said, Cui Jing knew she would come.

He didn't want her to come, but he knew she would definitely come.

He said: "I thought Taifu could persuade me."

"The teacher didn't persuade me this time." Li Suining smiled and said, "And he personally sent me out of Taiyuan City."

She looked at the young man in front of her who had just retreated from the battlefield, and said to him: "Cui Jing, I will retreat to Beidi with you first, and then you will help me get back the capital."

The young man raised his hand, and the sword and wrist armor in his hand struck each other: "Yes, Cui Jing takes the order."

The other generals, Military Master Jiao and others also followed him to salute.

With their morale high, Li Suining, Cui Jing and others walked towards the camp. A voice that was incompatible with the exciting atmosphere sounded around them: "Your Highness...at such a juncture, you probably shouldn't be here in person."

He was a veteran, very senior and very old. Among the current Xuance Army, apart from Cui Jing, this person was the most prestigious.

He also went to the frontline battlefield in person this time. At this time, he took off his quilt and held it in his hands. His bun was a little messy, and there was condensed blood on his hanging gray hair.

He knew that it was not his place to say these words to the Crown Princess whom he had only met a few times, but he still said it, perhaps because of the familiar temperament of the other party, or perhaps because of the general attitude of everyone at this time. The words "Your Highness" made him feel trance-like for no reason.

Obviously, he wanted to persuade Li Suining to go back and go to the capital.

"General Zhong, the capital does not need me at this moment." The woman's voice sounded particularly clear in the **** post-war military camp: "Uncle Wang is already doing the work of expelling the Bian thieves. Uncle Wang is dedicated to doing this. I can't be more relieved that I will quell the civil strife for the Li family."

General Zhong was stunned for a moment. King Rong’s supporters did not recognize the identity of the Crown Princess. Naturally, her words could not be out of naive trust in King Rong. It could only mean that there had been trade-offs and arrangements -

In Li Suining's opinion, Uncle Wang likes to act, so it's better to let him complete the whole set of dramas first.

Allowing King Rong to attack Bian's army was also a way of containing and draining King Rong's power.

He should take the trouble to rectify the trouble caused by his adding fuel to the flames.

After that, it is still unclear who made the wedding dress for whom.

Although she had to make sacrifices and concessions in order to think about the Northern Territory, this concession did not mean abandoning everything and letting things happen.

It would be better if her little uncle thought she was just an impulsive person.

Li Suining did not elaborate on the arrangements he had made, but General Zhong was already a little more settled. In any case, as long as her coming here was not a blind and impulsive decision.

However, no matter what the arrangement is, it is always a fact that she puts herself in danger...

General Zhong always speaks very directly: "Since Your Highness is here, if you want to return to the capital smoothly, the premise is that we can win the battle in Beidi..."

But no one dared to say this with confidence at this time.

But Li Suining said in turn: "If you add me, the outcome of this battle is still unknown, then we can't just let you soldiers support here alone, so I have to come."

When General Zhong heard this, he looked at the mysterious woman half a step ahead and was speechless for a moment.

"I think we will definitely win this battle." Li Suining said, looking at Cui Jing on the left: "What do you think, Governor Cui?"

Cui Jing: "His Royal Highness is here in person, and he will definitely be able to kill the Beidi thieves."

Gong Dou and others echoed energetically.

General Zhong, who had always been down-to-earth, was a little worried when he heard this - although he had never questioned the reputation of Her Royal Highness, the Crown Princess, but the other party had no experience in fighting Beidi, so how could she use the word "kill"? General, he always seeks truth from facts, why would he say such baseless and beautiful words?

It is understandable that such words should be used to boost morale, but the general's demeanor seemed to be extremely confident, and it was obvious that even he believed it.

Under the cheers and echoes of the crowd, Cui Jing silently looked at Li Suining in front of him, with more faith in his heart than in his expression.

This time they had two generals.

Even two Xuance armies.

The Xuance Army can be the collective name for the elite unit. As long as the soldiers she brings out, they are all Xuance Army.

With her here, we can win.

And what he has to do is do everything he can to let her win as safely as possible.

Of the 100,000 people Li Suining brought this time, more than 90,000 were infantry, crossbowmen and heavy baggage troops. First of all, the 10,000 cavalry she brought to Taiyuan arrived in the north together with Cui Jing's 40,000 Taiyuan cavalry as early as the first month of the year. Then she transferred another 2,000 to follow her back to Taiyuan, and then turned back.

After counting, it can be seen that including the Longyou Army and Shuofang Army, plus the troops brought by Li Suining, the total number of troops currently stationed in the northern border is 320,000. Excluding the losses, the available cavalry is close to 80,000. Among them, there are about four thousand fine cavalry.

The number of cavalry gathered together was extremely powerful in the grand scheme of things, but the number of Beidi cavalry they needed to resist was still several times greater.

A few days later, Tang Xing and Kang Zhi arrived from Fan Yang with 30,000 troops, and brought thousands more cavalry.

When Tang Xing and others led their troops towards Fan Yang and subdued the remnants of Fan Yang's army along the way, the number of troops in Fan Yang was naturally more than these 30,000. But the total strength is one thing, the number that can be gathered and transferred is another. Hebei Road has just been recovered, and the troops need to be dispersed to suppress it. Bai Hong is responsible for this matter -

In addition, the Pinglu Army Jiedushi changed hands again, and at the same time it was necessary to have sufficient troops to guard against the invasion of nomadic foreign tribes from the northeast of the country. These 30,000 horses were already the maximum number that could be mobilized.

After meeting Kang Zhi, Li Suining asked Kang Cong whether his appointment as Pinglu Jiedushi was going smoothly.

"Envoy...Your Highness, don't worry, everything is going well!" Kang Zhi said: "Thanks to Your Highness's kindness!"

After hearing the news that Gyeonggi Province had been breached, she had planned to kill the Pinglu Military Envoy appointed by the empress. The plan had been prepared, but when she was about to implement it, she suddenly heard a message from Taiyuan saying that her family's Military Envoy had been appointed. The Crown Princess!

Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess quickly issued an edict appointing Kang Cong as the new Pinglu Jiedushi.

The former Pinglu Jiedushi was transferred to Jiangdu for appointment.

Therefore, Yuan Pinglu Jiedu, who had escaped the disaster, kowtowed in the direction of Taiyuan again and again, packed up his bags and went to Jiangdu to undergo ideological reform.

As a result, Pinglujun changed his surname back to Kang again.

But Kang Zhi knew very well that her brother's skills and prestige still needed to be honed and accumulated, and Shi Man, the former general of the Pinglu Army, was indispensable to help him, so she gritted her teeth and agreed to her brother's marriage to Shi Wen - as if he was for the overall good. And got married!

But she didn't want to stay for the wedding banquet at all. When she heard that the order to mobilize troops was issued, she hurriedly followed him.

After asking about the situation in Pinglu's army, Li Suining asked Kang Zhi: "Why don't you stay in Hebei Province with General Bai?" "The subordinate thought, although His Highness did not say that he would allow his subordinates to come down, he also did not say that he was not allowed to come down. …”

Kang Zhi said, seeing that her lord didn't seem to want to blame, she gradually straightened her waist: "Also, His Highness is able to come here with a body of thousands of gold, but there is no reason why Ani can't come here because of her despicable life."

There was undisguised ambition in the girl's deep eyes: "Ani wants to join His Highness in killing the most ferocious enemies and achieving the most heroic military exploits!"

"Okay." Li Suining said to her: "Go to shepherd's purse and ask her to take you to see General Gong Dou. From tomorrow on, you will practice with them."

"Yes!" Kang Zhi clasped her fists hard: "I accept your orders!"

After Kang Zhi exited, Tang Xing was left alone by Li Suining.

"Don't worry, I have something I need to entrust to you, and you are the best candidate." Li Suining said bluntly beforehand: "But this trip is extremely dangerous and difficult, and you need to be focused on it, which is something ordinary people can't do, and you will die a hundred times for a lifetime. If you I will never force or blame you if you don’t want to.”

When Tang Xing heard this, he raised his hand and saluted: "Your Highness, please entrust me, Xing is willing to go!"

Li Suining looked at him: "I haven't said what happened yet—"

"What ordinary people can't do must be something magnificent and extraordinary." Tang Xing smiled, his eyes firm: "It has been Xing's lifelong goal to follow His Highness to accomplish anything, and there is no reason not to follow His Highness's entrustment!"

After this conversation, Tang Xing left secretly two days later.

Li Suining sent him off in person.

Watching the team of carriages and horses leave, and watching the smoke and dust they brought gradually settle, Li Suining said: "I know that I will never pursue Qiwei all my life. As long as I ask, no matter how dangerous it is, he will definitely agree to go. I will give him the best of his life." Xiang Bai, this is not a calculation."

Cui Jing stood beside her and said after hearing the words: "A plan that has not been concealed is not a plan. Your Highness holds this position and must know how to make good use of people."

"And Your Highness knows where he is going, and he knows what His Highness needs. His Highness entrusts you with trust, and he entrusts you with life and death -" Cui Jing also looked at the direction in which the people and horses were leaving, and said: "The heart is kind, and even though he died nine times, he still hasn't." regret."

Tang Xing was like this, and the soldiers who escorted Tang Xing were also worthy of respect.

Anyone who protects the territory with his body and life, whether openly or secretly, is a great hero.

The wind stirred up dust and the fighting broke out again.

This time, Beidi forces participated in the attack on the northern border of Dasheng. There were more than ten tribes, large and small. In recent years, the Beidi forces have been seriously divided among the tribal forces. However, in the face of carving up the interests of Dasheng, their goals are highly consistent.

The large Beidi tribe mobilized tens of thousands of troops, and the small tribes also gathered thousands of troops. At first, the latter mostly fought independently and launched raids everywhere. However, because they could not break the Xuance Army's defense for a long time, they gradually moved closer to the forces of the larger tribes. For the time being, They chose to march under the orders of Asteh Genri, the coach loyal to the current Beidi Khan.

This time, the Beidi tribesmen, led by Ashide Yuanli, once again gathered 100,000 troops and marched in front of the Yinshan Fortress pass.

The pass here was rebuilt by the Xuance Army, the stone walls were heightened and reinforced, and the supply routes at the rear were opened again.

As the Beidi army approached, a Beidi general who led it stood in front of the formation. He squinted at the gatekeeper above the stone tower, suddenly burst into laughter, and joked loudly in Chinese: "She is indeed a bitch!"

"The female emperor of Dasheng has just lost her country, and she actually appointed a female crown prince! This female prince still dares to go to the battlefield. It seems that Dasheng really has no one left!"

He said something in Beidi language to the generals on the left and right. The laughter became more and more wild. Someone pointed a knife at Li Suining on the tower and asked loudly: "You are also the princess of Dasheng. Do you recognize Chongyue?" ! Have you ever heard how she was cut into pieces by our Khanate warriors!"

"I only know how your former coach died without a fight—"

Li Suining didn't care whether they could hear this answer clearly. She raised her moon bow above the stone tower and narrowed one eye slightly: "Whether I am the prince or the princess, if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time." Second time!”

"call out-!"

The feathered arrow flew towards him, and the general who spoke first raised his sword in anger to block it, but it missed the target. Gein's feathered arrow actually flew through the air from a position two to three and a half feet tall above his head. —

Even with his **** accuracy, he dares to shoot the first arrow before the formation, and he is not afraid of damaging the morale of the army!

Just when the Beidi general was about to laugh out loud, the sharp arrow flew to the chariot behind him in an instant, hitting the tallest military flag of the Khanate among them.

The flagpole was cracked in the middle. Although it was not completely broken, it was enough to make the war flag fluttering vertically in the wind droop, like a dead branch without life.

"Today this place can be the burial place for our entire army, but no living alien can pass through this pass!" Li Suining ordered loudly: "Beat the drum! Kill the enemy!"

Inside and outside the pass, war drums sounded loudly, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

First, they used arrows, crossbows, fire formations and stone attacks to force the troops in Beidi's front line to retreat a hundred steps. Then they took the opportunity to close the door and open it wide. Cui Jing, wearing black armor, led the cavalry in front. Chang Sui'an followed closely behind, rolling iron hooves towards the enemy formation. Rush away.

In the wind and sand, the flames of war and blood mist surged into the sky.

Among the troops on both sides, people kept falling off their horses.

In this battle, Sheng Jun's cavalry tried a new cone-shaped formation. Twenty people can form a formation, which is more suitable for fighting in mountain canyons with insufficient openness.

This formation is led by the two most courageous and elite cavalry vanguards of the Xuance Army. Nine cavalry are placed on each side of the formation. They use horse sculptures as weapons to break through the enemy's ranks and break up their formation. This formation followed the chariot, and the chariot was surrounded by infantry to close the gap between the chariot and the chariot. The men and chariots cooperated to form a formation, and when the enemy was disrupted and dismounted by the conical formation in front, they rushed up to kill them.

He Wuhu, Kang Zhi and others were all placed in the chariot formation. They had no experience in fighting Beidi, so it was impossible to defeat the vanguard. They needed to get used to the unfamiliar battlefield first.

The process of running in was brutal. They witnessed the ferocity of the enemy army, constantly witnessed the death of their own soldiers, and watched the blood feed the dry sand under their feet again and again, and the sand filled with blood turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Excluding raids, the Beidi Army launched such large-scale key battles three times in just over a month.

The soldiers guarding the pass practiced their loyalty to the territory behind them with their blood, and did not allow anyone who was not of our race to enter the pass.

In this solemn place where the days are extremely long, no one dares to relax and feel sad for a moment.

As the Beidi army retreated without success again and again, it gradually showed impetuousness. Some tribal generals began to question Asteh Yuanli. He once said that the Sheng army could resist for at least one month and then they would be unable to defend it. The Beidi cavalry could ride on it. Crossing the Yin Mountain... But in the end, repeated attacks failed, and they lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses!

But even so, they had no intention of retreating. This impetuousness only made them more eager and violent, like beasts that became more manic due to injuries.

It was midsummer in June, and the battle was as blazing as the scorching sun.

The news that the Crown Princess led the army to the northern border spread throughout Dasheng and beyond, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas in summer, and no one knew about it.

Everyone who heard the news had different reactions.

In Luoyang City, Luo Guanlin, who had become increasingly taciturn since learning about this incident, stood alone under the jujube tree in the courtyard all night during a sleepless night.

At dawn, he made a decision. (End of chapter)