Empress Chu

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The atmosphere in the room returned to the warmth of spring, Xie Yanfang put on her cloak and bowed out.

"Master Xie." Deng Yi called him again and asked, "Where are you Xie Jiayan planning to abduct the Empress?"

After being attacked, Chu Zhao refused to come back. Now that Xiliang has stragglers crossing Yunzhong County, there is still no news of Chu Zhao coming back.

Xie Yanlai, who is said to have been ordered by the emperor to pick up the empress, has no news either.

"Third Young Master, you can command princes by holding on to the emperor, but you can only command General Chu Ling by holding on to the empress, and the gains outweigh the losses. You should be very clear."

Xie Yanfang turned her head, smiled and said, "Your Majesty is too worried, we just want to ensure the safety of the empress."

Say no more words and walk away slowly.

Standing outside the hall, the cold wind dispelled the warmth and blocked Deng Yi's sight. Xie Yanfang smiled. In fact, Deng Yi was wrong. It wasn't Xie Jiayan who abducted the empress, it should be the empress who abducted her. Xie Jiayan came.

Xie Yanlai ignored the emperor's order to leave the capital, how could it be to bring her back.

If you cherish her, you will naturally cherish what she wishes.

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Dense snow particles fell from the sky, and the northwest ushered in the first snow, but there was no joy of auspicious snow heralding a good year, and no one even noticed that it was snowing.

There were torches scattered on the city wall, smoke from the remnants of the fire, blood-stained soldiers squatted among them, weakly gnawing on dry biscuits, I don’t know how long it had been since they had eaten, but they didn’t feel too hungry when they got the dry food, as if they would eat or not. It doesn't matter anymore.

Dangdang several gongs, accompanied by shouts of "The Xiliang thief is coming again!", the soldiers who gnawed on the dry biscuits jumped up and rushed to the top of the wall.

A group of people on the ground came like wolves and tigers. They shouted and shouted, and the snow particles in mid-air on the ground flew in all directions.

"These damned Xiliang thieves." A general murmured, "They are bound to win us."

The officer with a wound cloth on his arm shouted, "Where are the reinforcements? When will the reinforcements come?"

The general looked back: "The reinforcements from Yunzhong County are too far away, and it will take six days at the earliest."

The official grabbed him with his uninjured hand: "I'm asking about the nearest reinforcements, not about Yunzhong County. Yunzhong County is too far away, and I don't even count on it. Where is the nearest place, Taiyuan County? It won't take six days to get here." .”

The general looked at him, his split lips moved: "No."

What does no mean?The officer looked at him.

"Except for Yunzhong County, the soldiers and horses in other places have not moved, and they are stationed in place." The general simply explained, "My lord, we have no other choice but to wait for reinforcements from Yunzhong County."

The official looked at him, seeming to understand but not understanding.

"Six days?" he roared in a low voice, pointing at the city wall, "Look at how many people we have? Why didn't you just say that we have no other choice but to die?"

The general followed what he pointed to, and the dozen or so people remaining on the city wall also looked at him. Everyone was dumbfounded, and there was no life in their eyes.

"Yes." The general nodded, "Your Excellency is right, we have no other choice but to die."

He raised the knife in his hand.

"Brothers, we must defend the city, otherwise Xiliang people occupy the city, not only we will die, but everyone in the city will die, not only the people in our city will die, but many cities around here will also die—"

The numb soldiers raised their weapons: "Death—"

His voice was so hoarse that he couldn't even utter words, and the injured official smiled wryly: "Is there really no other way?"

The general looked at him: "Don't worry, even if the Xiliang people seized the city, when General Chu's reinforcements arrive, they can take it back."

The official suddenly wanted to laugh, yes, he is not worried, General Chu's reinforcements have arrived, the city will definitely be taken back, and the imperial court will definitely drive out the Xiliang thieves in the future and avenge everyone——

But, they, so many people, died, they died——

He is not afraid of death, he is just unwilling, unwilling!

The official turned around abruptly and stood in front of the drum. He beat the drum with his uninjured arm and raised his head to let the snow particles hit his face and eyes, which was cold and stinging.

Accompanied by the war drums, Xiliang soldiers in the distance have already drawn their bows and arrows, and the arrow feathers are wrapped in snow particles and spread towards the city wall.

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After a round of arrow rain, a few more people were injured, and Xiliang soldiers approached the city wall even more through the arrow rain, and they dragged the siege ladder behind them——

"Let the civilians prepare to defend the city." The general ordered.

I don't know how many civilian husbands who climbed the city wall can survive this time.

The cries in the city seemed to grow louder in an instant, and the general stood on the wall with his ears buzzing.

"Master Li!" He couldn't help roaring, "Have you injured your arm and you have no strength to beat the drum?"

The official's drumming did stop. He held the drumstick and stared blankly at the distance outside the city.

"Look, are those reinforcements?" he said.

Reinforcement?

The general looked around in disbelief, and sure enough, he saw snow and fog billowing on the ground in the distance, as if thousands of troops were rushing.

In the snow and fog, a large flag was waved and fluttered in the wind. In the vast white world, the Chinese character Chu on a black background shone brightly like sunlight breaking through the clouds.

Chu!

"General Chu's reinforcements!"

"General Chu is here!"

The originally numb soldiers on the city wall burst into shouts, and the shouts swept through like a gust of wind, causing the Xiliang soldiers and horses approaching the city wall to sway instantly, and the formation was chaotic.

General Chu?

Chu Ling is here? !

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The snow particles turned into snowflakes in the strong wind, and the ground in the distance was covered with a layer of white gauze, but not here in front of the city gate.

Horseshoes, swords and swords, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, making it impossible for snowflakes to fall.

But the battle wasn't too fierce, the officials on the city wall still held the drumsticks in their hands thought, because from the moment they saw the Chu character flag, thunderous people and horses had arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye.

Some of them were wearing armor, some were not, and the one running in front was okay, with a complete set of swords, guns, swords and halberds, while the ones behind were messy with everything.

There is no trick, just a group of people rushing in, chopping anyone they see——

But with such a fierce fighting style, the Xiliang soldiers who are best at field battles were caught off guard. They changed from a group of beasts into chickens and ducks, running around and jumping around without any resistance.

So it doesn't look that drastic.

But in fact, it was still very intense, especially one of the young generals, who was waving a horse in his hand, and the flesh and blood of Xiliang soldiers flying along with snowflakes wherever he passed, emitting a strange light.

The sound of fighting was deafening, and it seemed to be over in the blink of an eye.

The Xiliang soldiers who rushed to the city were all killed, and the escaped Xiliang soldiers failed to save their lives. There was still a group of people watching the battle in the distance, and the big Chu character flag was flying among them. It's even weirder, not only are there no soldiers wearing armor, but there are also women among them.

The fleeing Xiliang soldiers thought they had found a breakthrough, and rushed over with the last of their strength, but one of the girls rode up to meet them, and chopped off the Xiliang soldiers with a single knife, and the others rushed up again, and it was over in three or two strokes. After killing the deserters from Xiliang, the rest of the troops spread their wings like eagles, agitating in all directions, blocking all escape routes.

The battle is over.

The official stood on the city wall and looked at the other people around him. Everyone was wearing a snow cloak.

"You—" the general took a step forward, shook off the snow from his body, and shouted, "Are the reinforcements sent by General Wei Chu Ling?"

The young general holding a horse under the city gate raised his head, his flesh and blood against the background, amidst the white snow, his eyes fluttered, and the corner of his mouth curled into a smile: "No."

No?

All the generals, officers and soldiers at the city gate were stunned for a moment, they didn't know whether they were stunned by seeing the young general, or by hearing the words.

The young general waved Ma Qian to the distance, and said loudly, "It's Queen Chu."

Empress Chu?

The people at the city gate were even more stunned, their eyes followed the horse in the young general's hand and looked into the distance, the people standing there before were running towards this side, the leader was a woman with a black horse and a black cloak, her face was like White as snow.

Queen?

Queen!

Chapter 59 knowing

For the public, the queen is neither strange nor unfamiliar.

The notice from the previous imperial court has been spread all over the world. Everyone knows that the first emperor passed away, the new emperor ascended the throne, and there is a new empress.

This queen is the daughter of General Wei Chu Ling.

But there is no specific idea, just the wife of the emperor in the distant imperial city.

At this moment, the people in the city who had escaped from death poured out one after another, looking at the people and horses coming in through the city gate, and at the leading woman riding on the horse-she was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and she was carrying a bow on her back. A crossbow, a knife hanging from the horse's back, and a rough robe with bloodstains all over it.

She is the daughter of General Chu, a tiger father without a dog daughter.

She is Daxia's new queen, but she is not far away and high above her.

General Chu guarded Bian County in Yunzhong County and blocked the Xiliang army, while his daughter came here from the distant imperial city and killed the Xiliang stragglers.

They thought they were abandoned, but they didn't expect the Empress Empress to rescue them in person.

"The Empress!"

"The empress is mighty!"

"Thank you Empress Empress for saving her life!"

Countless voices and snowflakes swept across the city.

Ding Dahui, who was walking in the queue, lost his legs and feet, but luckily someone beside him helped him in time.

Ding Dachui turned his head and saw that it was his "wife".

Aunt Ding still covered her face, and snowflakes were flying around, making her face even more blurred.

"You, you." Ding Dachui couldn't help but whispered, "You guessed her, she—"

This girl turned out to be a queen.

Queen!

He didn't have the slightest weakness in his knees when he charged the Xiliang soldiers before, but he really wanted to kneel down when he heard the overwhelming call for queen.

The girl said that her family had a big business. He had guessed that this was true, but he would never have guessed that the family's business was so big!

This is how to do?

Can this big fish still be caught?

Um--

Ding Dachui stood up straight again and looked at the woman holding his arm. If he immediately pushed the woman to the ground to expose her identity and malicious intentions, would he be considered a crime in front of the queen?

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After entering the city, Xie Yanlai led his troops to wipe out the Xiliang stragglers nearby, and Chu Zhao and the officials went to comfort the injured people. Fortunately, the city was not destroyed and the casualties were not too great.

Chu Zhao personally bandaged the wound for the wounded.

The girl tied up her sleeves, and she didn't have the slightest fear of the bloody wound, but the wounded who knew her identity didn't care about the pain and expressed her thanks in fear.

It wasn't until dusk fell that Chu Zhao returned to the official office. Xie Yanlai had just washed and changed when Xie Yanlai stepped forward covered in thick snow.

"Have you eaten? Has the wound been bandaged?" Chu Zhao asked repeatedly.

Xie Yanlai glanced at her, and didn't answer her useless questions, only said: "This area has been wiped out, and there are about a hundred Xiliang soldiers." He snorted again, "It's ridiculous, just a few hundred can been raging for so long."

Chu Zhao sighed lightly: "After all, it has been a long time since the war, so I was caught off guard." Then he raised his head and asked, "Are you hurt—"

"I haven't eaten, and the injury has been treated." Xie Yanlai impatiently interrupted her, and asked, "Is there anything else? No, I will retire."

As he spoke, he turned his feet to leave.

Chu Zhao reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "Yes, yes, yes."