The long knife was drawn out and placed on the neck. The soldier looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.
"Liangzhou has been defended, and it was a young general who led the manpower to turn the tide. I have also fulfilled my duty."
"Xiu Niang, Erba, I'm here..."
The soldier closed his eyes and tried hard with his arms, trying to wipe his throat with the blade.
However, he failed to do so.
A powerful palm held his arm, as if there was a huge force, making it difficult for him to move.
The soldier suddenly opened his eyes, looked sideways, and said in a little astonishment, "General?"
"You shouldn't die." Li Chengqian said.
At this moment, although Li Chengqian seemed to be calm, he actually had infinite sadness and resentment in his heart.
And all of this was caused by the Turks.
Behind him, Liu Sheng and the other soldiers were also full of grief.
In the scene just now, they were all watching, but they didn't dare to disturb.
"I shouldn't die?" The soldier murmured in despair, with a lonely expression and dull eyes. He looked at Li Chengqian with bloodshot eyes and said, "I don't deserve to die. Who deserves to die? For Erwa, I am not worthy to be her father. As far as Xiuniang is concerned, I am not worthy to be her husband either. If I don’t deserve to die, who deserves to die?”
Li Chengqian was in a heavy heart. He knew that this scene would have a huge blow to the soldiers. He took a deep breath and said slowly, "Even if you deserve to die, it's not time to die."
"When was that?" the soldier asked, his arm was still being held by Li Chengqian's seemingly small but powerful palm.
"At this time, I feel even more that your life should be left on the battlefield to kill the enemy, so as to comfort their spirits in heaven."
Li Chengqian stared into the soldier's eyes, and said word by word, the flames in his eyes were clearly seen by the soldier.
Of course, there is nothing more sad than heartbreak. If the soldier insisted on dying at this time, Li Chengqian would not stop him.
Slowly letting go of the soldier's arm, Li Chengqian looked at the soldier and said, "At this moment, whether to die or to reunite with your family. Whether to live or not, it's all up to you."
He was looking at the soldier, and Liu Sheng and others were also looking at the soldier, waiting for the soldier's choice.
The soldier raised his head, laughed at himself, and said weakly: "But I'm just an ordinary soldier, why..."
His eyes flicked over the silent white-robed soldiers, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his words froze.
"General." The soldier looked at Li Chengqian, knelt down suddenly, and said in a pleading and eager tone: "Please take him in, General, Ding Yue will definitely follow him to the death..."
"Have you figured it out?" Li Chengqian asked quietly.
"Think it over." Ding Yue's eyes were firm.
"Yeah." Li Chengqian nodded, turned around and walked away, and said, "For the time being, bury the family. After this battle, you will join me."
He didn't want to stay here for a long time, every time he saw the corpses of Xiu Niang's mother and son, Li Chengqian felt pain in his heart.
The people of Datang should not be like this.
"Thank you, General." Ding Yue's expression was agitated, and the raging fire was rekindled in his eyes.
Watching Li Chengqian and others leave, Ding Yue looked at Xiu Niang's mother and son again, and said softly: "We are a family, no matter when, we will never be separated."
"You mother and child are one body, after death, they will also be one body."
The flames rise!
Ding Yue stood in front of the fire, quietly watching his wife and son being burned by the flames.
When the flames were exhausted, he put away the ashes of the two people and put them in the water bag he carried with him, fastening them around his waist.
"From now on, our family of three will never be separated." Ding Yue caressed the water sac and muttered to himself.
In the city, tragic scenes abound.
The joy of the survivors did not last long, and the survivors fell into great sorrow.
Li Chengqian witnessed with his own eyes that the idea of exterminating the Turks became more and more intense.
He turned his head, looked at Liu Sheng, and said, "The prefect has been taken in alone, I hope the prefect doesn't mind."
Liu Sheng shook his head and sighed: "Following the general is Ding Yue's best destination, so why would Liu care about it. In the end, it is Liu who owes him."
No, it was the court who owed him... Li Chengqian looked forward and didn't say much.
"father."
"Daddy..."
Two voices sounded one after another, and sister Liu Ruoxi came towards her.
Liu Yiyi was in front, and threw herself into Liu Sheng's arms.
Liu Ruoxi was behind, and when she came closer, she glanced at Li Chengqian, her pretty face was slightly red.
Immediately, she put both hands in front of her left chest, pressed her right hand against her left hand, bent her right leg back, bowed her knees, bowed her head, bowed, and said softly: "Just now, I thank the general for saving my life. The little girl and my sister are very grateful."
"Big brother, thank you for saving Yiyi." Liu Yiyi also raised her head, looked at Li Chengqian and said.
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "It's easy to do, there's no need to worry about it."
"If the general hadn't taken action, I'm afraid Liu will be too regretful at this moment, and he will be distraught." Liu Sheng said with emotion.
"General."
"Little General..."
The surviving common people gathered around, and they looked at Li Chengqian with expressions of gratitude beyond words.
"Thank you, General, for saving the people from the fire and water." A trembling old man knelt down first to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, General, for saving people from fire and water."
In an instant, all the surviving people were like this.
They knew that without the appearance of this young general, Liangzhou would have turned into a ghost town today.
There was no way to hide, Li Chengqian had no choice but to sigh in his heart.
"You should hate me, why thank me..."
"After all, I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Liangzhou can have today, and the culprit is above that court!"
Chapter 9 The prince is here to avenge us
As night fell, thirty miles away from Youzhou, the two Khans of Eastern Turks, Jieli and Tuli, were stationed here.
At this moment, Youzhou City is at the end of its strength, and another round of fierce attack tomorrow morning will take Youzhou City, making it scorched and turned into a ghost city.
But Ashina Yeqi's hasty return made the two of them change their minds.
"You mean, Prince Tang is in Liangzhou?" Jieli stared at the embarrassed Ashina Yeqi with gloomy eyes.
"Exactly." Ashina Yeqi didn't dare to hide anything, and told the whole story in detail, and finally gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "The Tang army is so despicable, not only hiding such a terrifying army, but also planning to lure me When they entered the city, the warriors were caught off guard and had no room to fight back."
Thinking of what happened today, Ashina Yeqi shuddered and still had lingering fears.
"What an arrogant little yellow-haired boy." Jie Li laughed back in anger. Just using the word "dog thing" was enough to make him murderous. What is he? Since he wants to die, Ben Khan will fulfill him.
As for the brave army?Heh... In front of 20 Turkic warriors, Ben Khan made him disappear in an instant. "
That's right, there are 20 Turkic troops stationed here at this time.
Because before dusk, the [-] troops led by Jieli and Tuli had just joined up.
According to the plan, after Ashina Yeqi captured Liangzhou, he would also quickly come to reconcile, and then prepare his team to go straight to Chang'an.
But no one expected that the prince of the Tang Dynasty would fall from the sky and disrupt their plans.
However, Xieli and Tuli were more excited than angry.
"Humph..." Jieli snorted coldly, and said with deep eyes: "Tomorrow morning, the army will move out and point directly at Liangzhou."
Tu Li followed with a smile and said, "Compared to Prince Tang's head, Youzhou is not worth mentioning."
"Hahaha……"
The decision of the two khans made many generals in the camp excited, all of them gearing up and eager to try, wishing to go straight to Liangzhou with their knives and take off Li Chengqian's head in person.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the camp became lively, and Ashina Yeqi, who had been terrified all the time, became much more stable.
……
At the same time, in the opposite direction from here, fifty miles away from Liangzhou, the army led by Li Jing was resting here.
They did not set up camp, and time was short. In order to catch up with Li Chengqian as soon as possible, Li Jing chose to rest for a short time, and then marched at night.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already arrived in Liangzhou. I don't know whether it is life or death...Looking in the direction of Liangzhou, Li Jing looked worried and remained silent.
It is not easy to dispatch the army. Compared with Li Chengqian's one-man-one-rider, they are too slow.
It's already a quarter of an hour's rest, and after another half quarter of rest, let's continue marching.Even though people are exhausted, the prince's life is at stake, so he can't be careless... Li Jing was thinking like this, and suddenly he heard Cheng Yaojin's loud laughter from afar.
"Haha... Chief Manager, happy event, great happy event..."
Li Jing frowned, looked around, and vaguely saw Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong rushing towards him, and there was another person beside him, but because of the darkness at this time, he couldn't see their faces clearly.But judging by his attire, he is definitely not a member of this army.
When he got closer, before the two of them could speak, Li Jing said displeasedly, "His Royal Highness is still alive and dead, so you can still laugh?"
"Aren't you happy? I won't laugh anymore." Cheng Yaojin restrained his smile, and immediately brought the strange soldier to the front, grinning and said: "This is the chief officer of the Jingzhou Road Marching, and you will tell the battle situation in Liangzhou as it is." Inform the chief executive."
Chapter 10 The White Robe Army, Peerless in the World
Chief Manager, you said that young general, could it be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? " Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Jing and said like this.
The soldier just now came from Liangzhou to deliver the good news to Chang'an.
It is a big taboo to intercept the postman privately.Naturally, Li Jing didn't want him to stay too long, after knowing the general situation in Liangzhou, he let him go, and now he had disappeared into the vast night.
Hearing that a magical soldier descended from the sky, Liangzhou not only defended, but also achieved a great victory.Of the [-] Turks who had been killed, only five or six thousand remained, throwing away their helmets and armor, and fled in a panic. Li Jing's anxious mood eased somewhat.
In this way, there is a high chance that His Royal Highness is still alive.
But his worry was not reduced by half, because just now he specifically asked the postman that there was no other young man in brocade clothes in Liangzhou City.
"What do you think?" Li Jing frowned at Cheng Yaojin's words, then shook his head and sighed: "I also hope that person is the prince, after all, according to what the postman said, this person is about the same age as the prince. But... absolutely nothing Such a possibility."
Yuchi Gong glanced at him, and snorted angrily: "Yes, I don't think about it. Even if His Royal Highness has learned martial arts, it is only for physical fitness. How can he be as brave and unparalleled as the postman said?
Not to mention His Royal Highness, even if it is you and me, I am afraid that we will not be the opponent of that young general.Besides, His Highness the Crown Prince rides lightly, not to mention the white-robed army..."
"All right, all right, shut up." Cheng Yaojin interrupted impatiently, then he smiled, rubbed the back of his head and said, "I don't care if I care about it, so it's messy. My dear... how come I haven't heard of the inheritance of the White Robe Army?" ? Are they hidden from the world for generations?"
"General Wang Shi, don't be imprisoned, thousands of troops avoid white robes!" Li Jing murmured to himself, looking in the direction of Liangzhou, his heart was burning.
Such a legendary army, even Li Jing, who was revered as the military god of the Tang Dynasty by later generations, is highly respected and admired.
However, thinking about the uncertainty of the life and death of His Royal Highness, most of the heat in his heart was extinguished.
"Boss, what's next?" Yu Chigong asked.
In private, the three of them actually had a very good friendship, after all, they were comrades-in-arms who once followed Li Shimin to conquer the world and fought side by side.
But the military discipline is strict, and when marching and fighting, no matter how good the friendship is, they still have to be honored as the general manager.
Li Jing thought for a while, then said helplessly: "Notify the soldiers to continue marching in a hurry. If I don't find His Royal Highness, I won't relax even a day."
"What if the prince is not in Liangzhou?" Cheng Yaojin put away his playful smile and said in a deep voice.
"Then go to Youzhou or other places to look for it." Li Jing said firmly.
He always kept in mind the mission of his trip: to find the prince and bring him back to Chang'an safely.
As for the others?
He could only lament in his heart and consider himself a sinner.
After thinking for a while, he sighed with emotion, and said, "Fortunately, the divine soldiers descended from the sky, and there are white-robed troops stationed in Liangzhou. I am also relieved. When I arrive in Liangzhou, I will pay a visit to the young general and ask if I have seen him." The trace of His Royal Highness."
"we can only do this……"
Apart from this, there is no other way, Cheng Yaojin and the two are equally helpless.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the [-] troops followed orders and moved, chasing the stars and the moon in the night!
Fifty miles, strictly speaking, is not far.
But the [-] army was already exhausted, and it was a difficult night journey, so that when they arrived outside Liangzhou City, it was almost ugly.
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