Huaigui

Thirty miles outside the city of Suzhou, the new wind howled, blowing away the fresh spring.

Feishuang let out a sharp neigh, Li Ciyuan looked up and saw it rushing several feet backwards, then flew back and hovered in the sky, his expression became serious: "Are you here?"

Those who joined him in the rear are all the former troops of the Western Army who followed Li Ciyuan in the past. Seeing him thinking a little bit now, and Feishuang's behavior is so abnormal, and thinking about the previous plan, it is easy to find that the Longyou Army will definitely keep people forcibly .

Someone beside him asked, "General, what should we do?"

Li Ciyuan said: "You go to the front and tell Mingyue to go faster, Tang Feiyi is at the Central Army, try to make her tighten her formation and keep it stable." The man was about to leave when Li Ciyuan called to stop him, " Also, Shuang'er is not far away from me now, if you tell him to look for Mingyue, it's best... let that person surnamed Lin protect him."

The man heard the ominous meaning in the words: "I will follow the general to the death!"

Li Ciyuan shouldn't have sworn this sentence: "Get lost!"

In front of the march, someone held a torch to illuminate the desolate hills. This scene reminded Li Ciyuan of the past.At that time, the Western Army was the most valiant iron cavalry in Beining, and they were all elite from top to bottom. It was rumored that the Western Army had never failed, but Li Ciyuan knew that this sentence was just to comfort himself. Peace of mind.

He joined the Western Army at the age of 15, and it has been almost 30 years since he was so glorious, then he hid in Tibet, and now he finally has a little hope—he knows that the Western Army is not just Helan Maojia.

The defeat, embarrassment, and even despair of the Western Army are hidden behind every victory. The whole world respects them as the victorious division, so no one remembers that they are also human beings, and they are also riddled with holes on the battlefield.

The commander-in-chief said back then: "Joining the Western Army, you not only fight for the country, you can be invincible only if you have a family in your heart."

At that time, Li Ciyuan was full of only his hero, no worries and no worries, and he didn't understand the meaning of Helan Maojia's words.After many years, in the pause just now, he suddenly understood everything.

Before departure, when He Lan Mingyue insisted not to let him go, she said: "Have you never thought about Shuang'er?"

Li Ciyuan answered brilliantly, now that the pursuers have arrived, he weighed the disparity between the enemy and himself, and only when he thought of Li Queshuang did he feel that if he really couldn't go back... I don't know if Li Queshuang would hate him.

The person sent to interrogate came back, and Helan Mingyue was with him.

Helan Mingyue was obviously still in a hurry when he was galloping all the way. Seeing Feishuang neighing, he scolded: "What do you mean by that?! I said, if there are any pursuers, let me deal with them!"

"You can't do it." Li Ciyuan said contemptuously, "Do you know how many soldiers and elites the Longyou Army is pursuing first? What are the marching habits? What are the tactical arrangements? You don't know anything. Do you want to throw eggs at rocks?"

Helan Mingyue said angrily: "Fourth Uncle, don't be brave! Tell me, and then go ahead and take someone away!"

As soon as the voice fell, smoke and dust rose not far behind, and the torches almost illuminated half of the sky.

Li Ciyuan's heart was actually very calm: "It's too late."

They moved out of the camp abruptly, and they have not left the border of the Longyou Governor's Mansion until now. Although Hua Mu was a little bit late in ordering troops to start again, they hurriedly marched to catch up, and the night was getting dark.

Looking up, the stars are shining brightly.

The running can't last long, and from time to time there are archers on standby in the rear.Helan Mingyue still had an arrow wound that hadn't healed yet, seeing this group of people, she became angry, she took off the iron bow behind her and wanted to chase them out.

The rein of the horse was suddenly restrained by Li Ciyuan's hand: "Nonsense!"

When he turned his head, before he could say the words to ask the other party to leave first, the torch was suddenly extinguished.Li Ciyuan sucked his lips to call the whistle, and Feishuang immediately turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, several people in the rear turned their horses' heads one by one, and rushed to the front without fear of death!

The first rain of blood dripped from the Huangsha Gobi.

The soldier chasing at the forefront in the Longyou Army let out a scream, covered his right eye and fell heavily to the ground, the horseshoes behind him couldn't stop and stomped frantically, the phalanx suddenly became chaotic.The horses neighed, and the flames huddled in front and back stopped for a moment, like stars falling to the ground. They didn't expect that they could launch the attack first, and they were caught off guard for a while.

"There is a valley ahead!" Li Ciyuan said loudly, "I and the old department hold these people back, you take them there to avoid the limelight, the spring is dry, that place is easy to defend but hard to attack, hurry up!"

He Lan Mingyue still wanted to stay: "But..."

Li Ciyuan saw his thoughts, stopped discussing with him, and yanked his mount hard: "Let's go!"

Helan Mingyue's center of gravity was unstable and almost fell, the horse galloped out in pain, he leaned on the horse's back, looked back, and saw that the sword had already been handed over, and there were screams of killing.

It's just that there are not many vanguard troops. He Lan Mingyue gritted her teeth and said to the left and right: "Listen to him to speed up and go to the valley!"

Exchange the smallest loss for most of the preservation, he understands the principles taught by Li Ciyuan, but at this juncture, He Lan Mingyue still can't abandon them with peace of mind.After running for a while, the shouts of killing seemed to be still in my ears, the old western army was fighting and retreating, and the Longyou army was also fighting and chasing, vowing to wipe them all out!

Helan Mingyue stopped abruptly.

He looked at Tang Feiyi: "Miss Tang, lend me some people."

Tang Feiyi agreed without any hesitation, and called out a few names for them to go with Helan Mingyue.He didn't even have time to say thank you, and rushed to the front!

Feishuang moved with the sound of the whistle, and its sharp claws scratched the eyes, ears, and throats of countless enemy soldiers. Seeing Helan Mingyue coming, under the light of the fire, its blue and black wings seemed to be shining, and he was delighted at Helan Mingyue Shout.

In the distance, an archer aimed at Feishuang who stopped briefly.

"Watch out-"

During the melee, the feather arrow pierced Feishuang's left wing, and it wailed, and then fell.

Helan Mingyue rode up and hugged it, and couldn't help but tore off a piece of cloth to protect it on her chest.Yanshan snow slashed down, the enemy shooter shouted on the verge of death, and the next sword cut off his head!

Before he could take a breath, a horse ran into He Lan Mingyue, he fell forward and rolled over, most of his hair was loose, and the horse's hoof behind him was raised high and stomped violently, He Lan looked aside Roll and dodge, and then the second blow came again, his heart slammed, and the long sword tore open the horse's belly——

Hot blood splashed all over his face, and the smell was so strong that it was almost nauseating. He Lan Mingyue wiped away the animal blood that covered his eyes, and Feishuang still had a trace of life in his arms.He was even more angry in his heart, he turned his head and saw the enemy general already rushed over!

The titan came, and Helan Mingyue wrestled with him.

The man was fierce and condescending, he threatened his vitals several times, He Lan Mingyue not only hacked and killed him, but also had to be on guard against the cold arrows and dark guns around him at all times, feeling like he was being attacked.

There were several wounds on the shoulders, ribs and legs, the most dangerous one was the bloody hole on the left shoulder that was pierced by a long knife. He Lan stretched out his hand to cover it, but he couldn't tell whether it was his own blood or the enemy's blood.

Can't go back, can't go back...

As he thought so, his eyes were red with anger.

Seeing that he was stretched to the left and right, and had a new injury, the titan thought he was exhausted and yelled: "Go——!"

When the long knife slashed down, He Lan Mingyue dodged it, and when the second knife came, he took a deep breath, stood up lightly, volleyed a little on the back of the knife, and then stepped on the horse's head!

The enemy general didn't expect that he still had strength, so he quickly raised his knife to parry.He Lan almost lost his strength when he missed the blow, but when he put his left hand to his lips and whistled, Feishuang, who everyone thought was dying in his arms, suddenly struggled and rushed towards the enemy general——

The eye sockets were hooked by sharp claws and burst, and the next moment, there was a deadly sword light!

Helan Mingyue turned over and stepped onto the enemy's steed, without even looking at the corpse that rolled into the yellow sand behind him, he stabbed the horse's hip with one hand to urge the horse to speed up, and then raised his sword and struggled to escape from the encirclement.

When the enemy's vanguard completely lost its combat power, He Lanmingyue rushed to a safe area to join Tang Feiyi.After the Baicheng archers finished their rectification, the rain of arrows soaked in kerosene swept away all the enemy troops.

The valley not far away has arrived.

Helan Mingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Feiyi scribbled on several wounds and applied medicine. After checking that Feishuang's injuries were not fatal.Seeing the falcon in his arms with his eyes slightly closed, he praised, "Thank you for your hard work, good boy!"

They went through dangerous situations, and it took a while for Li Ciyuan to arrive with the remnant troops.

The valley is long and narrow, and people were sent to find boulders to pile up at the entrance.

Although Li Ciyuan was also out of strength, he was much better than Helan Mingyue.After the chaotic war, the most important thing is to arrange for the wounded. Fortunately, the old troops of the Western Army have been battle-hardened and know how to protect themselves to the greatest extent. A woman under Tang Feiyi's men was seriously injured and might die. Other than that, less than [-] people died in battle. More than [-] people were seriously injured, and most of the rest were slightly injured.

It is not easy to win, not to mention even more difficult later.

Li Ciyuan sighed.

He found Helan Mingyue with the helmet in his arms, and when he saw that the wound on his shoulder was almost pierced, he immediately became annoyed: "I told you not to come, but you still want to come! You're disobedient, aren't you?!"

He Lan Mingyue took off half of her clothes and was re-bandaging the Lin Shang. She raised her eyes to look at him and said, "I can't leave you behind, and run for my life safely—you never taught me this."

"You stinky boy!" Li Ciyuan yelled angrily, "If something happens to you, I won't rest in peace. I don't even have the face to see the commander-in-chief and the second brother!"

He Lan Mingyue said: "Fourth Uncle, don't talk about 'death', I feel cold after hearing that."

Li Ciyuan's anger calmed down a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the words: "I know you are worried too much...but if everyone on the battlefield acts recklessly like you, it is impossible to obey military orders."

It was Qihua ointment applied to the wound, and the blood flow continued to almost wash away the wound medicine, and the rotten flesh was stimulated by the medicine. He Lan Mingyue groaned in pain: "Yes, I see."

"You can't stay here for long." Li Ciyuan said, "What do you think?"

He Lan Mingyue called out to the people next to her, "Gao Jing."

Gao Jing had always been a little afraid of Li Ciyuan, and when he heard him get angry on the spot, he also showed timidity when he opened his mouth: "Me? I really don't have much experience in marching and fighting..."

"Not this." Because of the injury, He Lan Mingyue's lips turned white, and her voice softened, "After Suzhou, have you received any news from other places?"

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "Uncle Wang said that Bingzhou is trustworthy."

Bingzhou is Xu Xin's old place, He Lanmingyue trusts this place name, but the crux is not here: "It is still far from this place to Bingzhou."

"Without the Luocheng transfer order, the Longyou army is not allowed to cross the state border, and the Xueguan in the Cangzhou jurisdiction of Beiting is less than [-] miles away from here." Gao Jing covered his eyes to avoid the flames, "Cangzhou Sima is Ding Zuo As Uncle Wang mentioned, it is different from the Bingzhou military governor's position."

He Lan Mingyue said: "Aren't you afraid of meeting another Hua Mu?"

Gao Jingdao: "After this battle, I'm afraid there will be news that the abolished emperor will raise troops at dawn tomorrow. At that time, apart from the fiefdom of Linhai King, only Beiting will be left."

"Okay," He Lanmingyue looked at Li Ciyuan, "Let's go to Cangzhou, fourth uncle, what do you think?"

Li Ciyuan had no objection: "Let's rest at the same place first. If Hua Mu wants to defeat us in his territory, the follow-up luggage will have to keep up. We can almost reach the valley before dawn. If we set off at that time, we may be able to hide past."

Several people made some plans before they went about their own business.

After the wound was bandaged, He Lan changed into a bloody body and sat by the campfire trying to put out the light. At this moment, Gao Jing, who was silent for a long time, asked, "Are you seriously injured?"

He spoke softly and was almost drowned in the wind around him. He Lan Mingyue remembered that after the fight, he was very scared, and his mood was different from the past: "It's not serious."

Gao Jing said sullenly: "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be hurt."

He Lan Mingyue looked at his blank eyes, and said: "It's none of your business, if you feel guilty, remember what you promised."

Gao Jing nodded, didn't care if he didn't understand, but said: "You must be thinking in your heart, 'this person is responsible for all this shit, not only did you hurt yourself, but also caused me to this point', right? ?”

"I did think so before." He Lan Mingyue extinguished the bonfire and sat beside him, "I hated you so much when you pointed your sword at me. I see through it. The journey to Yinzhou was boring, so I pulled you out in my heart and cut you into pieces. Once you relieve your anger, it’s just a waste of time to hate.”

"They took your coat that day, and it was covered with blood." Gao Jing talked about it as if he had returned to that day, his hands were shaking all the time, "I saw that clothes... as if it was cut into pieces. "

"..."

"You said you liked it at that time... This word is too strange to me, and I understand it too late."

"..."

"I deserve it, Mingyue, I deserve it."

He suddenly brought up the topic that was tacitly buried by the two of them. He Lan Mingyue didn't expect Gao Jing to mention the word "like" again, and the mood that he was willing to die for him back then was briefly revived, and his breath paused for a while. I don't know how to respond.

Should I say that I still can't let you go?

Or comfort him?

Or let it go?

"Until you died, I didn't know the weight of that sentence. Maybe God punished me. The next day I saw your blood all over the carpet, which made me breathless. I didn't want them to clean it up, so I kept it." In the East Palace, I don’t have the guts to take a second look.” These seemed to be what He Lanmingyue wanted to hear, and it made him uncomfortable, Gao Jing continued, “I have to say goodbye overnight... I thought at that time , what do you use to replenish you? See you in Huangquan, do you still want me?"

He Lan Mingyue stopped him from continuing: "There is no need to say any more."

Gao Jing shook his head: "I was afraid it would be too late. In the ghost prison, I received a message from Uncle Wang saying that you were still alive...so I walked up to you."

"I……"

He grabbed Helan Mingyue's hand suddenly, as if he had rehearsed it thousands of times in his heart: "If they threaten you, you...you hand me over!"

He Lan Mingyue couldn't believe it: "Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I don't want to lose any more. If I fail, it's fate. You don't have to catch yourself."

He saw two tear streaks across the red mole at the corner of his eyes, his heart ached, and he was about to blurt out comforting words, but he heard Gao Jing say: "This time I would rather die myself than harm you."

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Bei Ting: This place is very different from reality.Historically, the Beiting Duhufu was located in the northern Xinjiang generation and guarded the Western Regions.Then the north in the article refers to the frontier area in the north of the northern part of the Yellow River, which is completely different from the reality. Hereby explain