Emperor Que Shaohua

The moonlight was bright, and it also sprinkled in a canyon eight hundred miles away from Los Angeles.In the Taiping Valley outside Yumen Pass, a fierce fight that lasted for nearly two hours was coming to an end.

When Yu Chiyan slashed the opponent in front of him until he vomited blood, out of the corner of his eye, he saw not far away that the short blade in Qin Su's hand was slashing across the enemy's throat like lightning, bringing out a smear of blood in the night. Light.Around several camouflaged silver carts at the entrance of the valley, there were more than a dozen corpses of Liao people full of arrows lying in disorder.

There was a faint light of fire in the canyon behind him. Several grain trucks were on fire, but the surrounding area was not affected. Lin Chen, the guard banner general, was commanding the commander's army to put out the fire.

Pinwutang's aggressive attack this time seems to have been carefully planned. During the ten-day trip out of Beijing, the food team encountered tentative attacks many times. Sometimes during the march, sometimes at the campsite, the intention was not It is obvious: let the troops who are holding grain be nervous and restless day and night.But Yu Chiyan could see that the enemy failed to take advantage of the expected all the way here. Qin Su's subordinates usually do not know where they are lurking, and they should be scattered on the road ahead or near the convoy. They can always send the enemy in advance. Party information and trends.Some of the attacks were eliminated by these people secretly before they even started. As for the few Liao people who approached the convoy, they had to fight the Jingyu cavalry head-on. They thought it was easy to deal with.Yu Chiyan once saw with his own eyes that a Liao man leaped back and forth in the convoy relying on his lightness, throwing thunder and fire bombs, but when he grabbed the side of a grain truck, a sharp blade suddenly shot out from the oblique stab, the direction and angle Extremely tricky, it pierced into his waist silently.The samurai only had time to look back before he fell, probably not being able to figure out who gave him the fatal blow among the many sergeants who came forward with swords.

Even though Yu Chiyan had met Qin Su's subordinates before setting off, he still couldn't identify them when they were mixed among thousands of troops. This was just one of the various lurking methods he had seen in the past few days.

The Liao people are used to intercepting food and grass by tracking and attacking. This time, their actions were repeatedly frustrated, but they had no intention of retreating, and they continued to try in different ways.It was found that the grain carts were not as easy to ignite as before, so they killed the horses pulling the carts instead, which also caused a lot of trouble for the grain team.Both sides are testing as much as possible, while putting more pressure on the other side.Yu Chiyan was tense all the time, and he knew in his heart that without the help of Qin Su's order, he might have been exhausted along the way and suffered a great loss.

And tonight outside Yumen Pass, the tension between the two sides finally reached its climax.

There are too many grain trucks, and they can only travel forty or fifty miles a day. Therefore, it is already evening when they leave Yumenguan to reach Taiping Gorge, and they need to cross the canyon to set up camp for the night.When it was nightfall, the vehicles barely passed halfway, and the foreign barbarians who followed all the way chose to show up at this time.

The Martial Arts Hall should have been well-arranged long ago, and a hundred or so figures appeared on the mountain walls on both sides of the valley entrance and descended.The leader is a tall and thin foreign monk wearing a red cassock, his temples are high and protruding, Yu Chiyan knows that this person is called Suo Luntai, the iron Zen stick in his hand has a reputation for evil, and his ranking in martial arts is still ahead of him.

After identifying the origins of several people, he felt a little heavy in his heart. The number of people dispatched by Pinwu Hall was far beyond his expectation. There were no less than five first-class masters in the Jianghu, and the others were all famous in the Northwest. Some of the characters should be Jin Tiesi from Yijin.In the precipitous and narrow terrain at present, the elongated formation of [-] officers and soldiers is not conducive to responding to the enemy. If one is not stuck at the mouth of the valley and trapped, I am afraid that the food, grass and soldiers will suffer heavy losses.

He couldn't help looking at Qin Su who was not far away. After meeting the enemy along the way, the two gradually developed a tacit understanding. Qin Su made a gesture to him, and stretched out his hand into his arms. There was a firework in his palm.

When the purple fireworks exploded in the sky above the valley entrance with a sharp whistle, Yu Chiyan heard a long crackle coming from outside the valley, the sound became clearer and longer, full of energy, at first it was still half a mile away, but in a short while it was approaching.

Deputy Commander Yuchi couldn't figure out how many people appeared in front of him for a while, it seemed that there were always seventy or eighty people.But I saw a group of monks, Taoists and laymen in the group, with different ages and appearances, and they were all dusty. The leader was an old monk in his fifties, with bright eyes, and beside him stood a handsome man of 27 or [-] years old, with a dignified appearance. Calmly, he was raising his hand to signal Qin Su.

Qin Su replied, while simply saying: "Helper." Even without this explanation, Yu Chiyan was already overjoyed. He used to be a disciple of Shaolin laymen, and he immediately recognized that the head old monk was the head master of Luohan Hall, Master Jingming. The few monks behind him were all master uncles back then.Then he saw several familiar faces, all of whom were members of the Central Plains martial arts school or aristocratic family members. He did not expect to gather outside the canyon leading to the northern border tonight to help transport food and grass to Shao'an.

His eyes turned back to Qin Su, who had been his partner for many days. The face of the other party became more and more serious because of the fierce battle. King Ning said that it was friends from the martial arts who came to help, but after more than ten days, he had already noticed that these helpers organized actions He is strict and disciplined, and calm and capable when facing the enemy, far surpassing his cognition of ordinary martial arts people. He is not stupid, and he has already had a guess in his heart, and at this moment, it seems to be confirmed. Huan reappeared in Jianghu again?He didn't care to think about it for the time being, he just felt a surge of pride in his chest, the Liao and Jin warriors did evil recklessly, Jing Yuwei had already suffered many losses, even the commander died at their hands, and it was time to ask for it back tonight.He waved his hand, and said in a low voice to the twelve horsemen behind him: "Separate four people to assist General Lin in protecting the grain truck, and the rest follow me to meet the enemy."

Later, even if he thought about it many years later, Yu Chiyan still felt that the battles he had experienced in his life, if he talked about the most joyful battles, this night should be the most. A look of confidence.

The purpose of the Beiliao side is to destroy food and grab silver carts. Although there are more than a hundred people, only [-] to [-]% of them are martial arts. At this moment, they are ambushed and gradually forced into the canyon. The knights of various sects are attacking from both sides.

More than [-] silver chariots are equipped with lianju crossbows. Tonight is the first time to defend against the enemy. Under the control of the machine, dozens of holes appeared on the walls of the chariots. The arrows are as dense as a rainstorm, making people unable to react. In an instant, the foreign captives who were close to snatching were shot through.

Sorentai saw that more than half of his manpower had been lost, and most of the rest were struggling with their injuries. If he didn't manage to escape, if he continued to fight for a while, he might not be able to escape.He swiped his Zen staff across, regardless of others, he and his younger brother Wen Er would get together and fight out together.

At this moment, he saw not far away that Jin Tuopan and another Yijin warrior were fighting with three young swordsmen. The opponent was using Huashan swordsmanship. With one left hand cut off, it was the end of his battle.This person is the protector of the Kunlun Mansion, so he cannot be allowed to die on the spot.Sorentai frowned, and winked at Wen Erdu, and the two of them charged forward, a wrought-iron Zen staff and two bamboo-jointed copper whips broke through a gap in the sword light, and dragged Jin Tuo without saying a word Pan then left.

Although the two of them could not lead the crowd to victory, they could still escape alone without their subordinates, and they broke out of the encirclement in a short while.Suo Luntai shouted sharply: "I have recorded what happened today in the Martial Arts Hall, and I will definitely report it to you in the future." After saying that, the three of them disappeared outside the valley.

The leading Huashan disciple wanted to chase again, but someone held his shoulders: "Jingyi, don't chase after poor bandits, there is still a chance in the future, so clean up the little ones in front of you first."

Seeing that it was Zhu Jin from Huaibizhuang, Feng Jingyi gritted his teeth and nodded, turned around and fought again.

Once the three of Suo Luntai left, the rest of the Liaojin side were in a state of confusion, they were powerless to fight, and just wanted to find a way to escape.The purpose of this ambush by the heroes of the Central Plains is to make the opponent come and go without mercy. At the end of the battle, except for a few survivors who had their acupuncture points tapped, there were only corpses all over the ground.

Most of Jing Yu's cavalry guards have traveled the rivers and lakes before, but they seldom experienced such a large-scale fight. Although many of them were injured, they were all in high spirits.Everyone counted the casualties. Five of our own people died in this battle, and several others were seriously injured.Pinwutang and Jintiesi have infiltrated and harassed Yu Zhou from time to time since their establishment. Due to their strong and sudden force, they were able to succeed most of the time and retreated unscathed. In the great defeat, less than one-tenth of the hundreds of people escaped, and the rest were wiped out.

Feng Jingyi, covered in blood, walked up to Zhu Jin and bowed to the ground: "I have to help Huaibi Zhuang to avenge my hatred, and my Huashan faction feels great virtue."

Zhu Jin hurriedly supported him. Feng Jingyi was the first disciple of Huashan sect, and his swordsmanship had been taught. On the day when the two guardians of the Kunlun Mansion entered the mountain, he happened to be away. Finally reported a half.

He said softly: "It has not been a day since my Central Plains Wulin has been invaded by foreign enemies. Everyone is fighting against the same enemy. This matter is temporary, but Jingyi is going to Los Angeles next?"

Feng Jingyi hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "My junior brother and I will stay at Yumenguan for a few days to take care of the injured comrades, and then go to Luocheng." Go to the palace to pay a visit to Sect Master Jiang, see what he orders, and don't act rashly."

Zhu Jin said: "Call me Brother Zhu. If you are willing to go to Taipingxia to kill the enemy first, you can see that the overall situation is the most important thing, so I won't say much about it." Not far away, he saw a young man in a dark blue arrow suit. The man was wiping the long sword in his hand with a snow-white silk scarf, and then put the sword back into the sheath, ignoring others, and walked out of the valley with only a few followers.

Zhu Jin patted Feng Jingyi on the shoulder in a hurry, and then chased after him. He waited until he was tens of feet away from the crowd, and then he called out: "Shaoqing, I didn't see you all the way. Since we're here, let's go together." go back."

The young man stopped and turned around after a moment.Under the moonlight, I saw that he was in his twenties, his eyebrows slanted into his temples, his handsome face showed a bit of pride, and his whole body was like a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath.

He looked at Zhu Jin, and his voice was extremely cold: "As I said, act on your own, and I'm not interested in entangled with you."

"You're not a beauty like Wanli, what's the use of me pestering you?" Zhu Jin said angrily, "The Lord has something for me to bring to you, do you want to listen to it?"

"I don't want to hear anything except that he left Luocheng and came back to the south of the Yangtze River," Mu Shaoqing said, "I'm just from the Jianghu. I only know Jianghua, the suzerain of Langhuan, but I can't climb up to His Highness King Jing."

"The lord said that our enemies are all in the court hall of Luocheng, which is a place of contention, and it is not the time for him to leave." Zhu Jin said, "Shaoqing, the lord is not someone who is attached to power and status. Don’t you even understand this when you have acquainted with him when you were young?”

"Let him come to Wanjian Villa and tell me this." Mu Shaoqing only paused for a moment, but his tone was still indifferent, "Who is greedy for power or reckless, no one can tell a beautiful truth, I only see him For so many years, I have been able to leave but have not left, I would rather stay in a square inch, waiting for his ruthless and ruthless emperor Laozi to favor me, and use the wealth and lives of our subordinate brothers to curry favor with the imperial court, I don’t know Luo Yanhua.”

"Didn't you also come to Yumenguan to participate in the battle?" Zhu Jin sighed, "The lord did not force you to come." Although Mu Shaoqing is young, his swordsmanship is excellent, and he is a leader among the younger generation of martial arts. I just met him The sword is full of power, and there are not a few barbarians who died under the cold water sword. Isn't it very happy to kill?

"I come when I want, and leave when I want, can he force it?" Mu Shaoqing said angrily, "He is still a prince, but he has selfish intentions. You don't need to say anything, Mr. Zhu, you'd better go make friends with those court hawks." Well, wouldn’t it be a waste of all his hard work if he missed the opportunity?”

Zhu Jin frowned greatly. It is understandable for Mu Shaoqing to be resentful, but it is unreasonable to have misunderstood the suzerain to such an extent. He said: "Shaoqing, I know you hate the court, but you insist on asking the lord for help." Is there any other reason for leaving Luocheng and returning to Jiangnan?"

Mu Shaoqing's cold face suddenly turned red, and he seemed speechless for a moment, and then said: "The revenge of killing the father is not shared, isn't that enough?" Turning around and leaving, Zhu Jin called again I don't care about it.

Mr. Zhu could only stop, he still had to talk to Qin Su, arrange for his fellow martial artists to join the war, and also needed to meet the deputy commander Yuchi of the food guard team, but he couldn't talk to each other.

Perhaps we can only unravel Mu Shaoqing's knots when Prince Jing arrives in the south of the Yangtze River.

He focused his attention on the mouth of the Taiping Canyon. A long line of grain trucks was passing by in an orderly manner. After walking a few miles, he could camp for the night and continue his journey to the north tomorrow.

That night, in the simple tent, Yu Chiyan wrote down the fierce battle that had just ended on a thin silk book, and then folded it into a very small scroll.He got up and walked to a car, dragged out a wooden cage from inside, and caught a pigeon that was cooing quietly.Yu Chiyan carefully stuffed the silk book into the small tube on the dove's feet, and the gray dove spread its wings and flew up, disappearing into the starry night sky in a blink of an eye.

After finishing this, he smiled at the back of the car: "Tomorrow morning, you will receive the news from Los Angeles, brother Qin, don't worry about it."

Qin Su walked out from one side, his expression was still as solemn as usual, but there was indeed a little more peace of mind in his eyes.He said: "Tomorrow morning there will be 19 more people traveling together."

Yu Chiyan nodded.There are still about ten days away from Shao'an, but since he set off, he also felt a little relieved for the first time. Judging from the information provided by Qin Su, Pinwutang was defeated, and it will be difficult to organize a decent attack in the future. , And among the martial arts knights who shot today, there will be 19 people who will continue to escort the convoy until the food and grass arrive safely.

He said: "It's inconvenient on the way. When we arrive in Shao'an, Brother Qin, I'll treat you to a drink."

Qin Su hummed. For him, this was already a sign of a better mood. He still missed the carrier pigeon flying to Los Angeles. Xuanshuang had his own communication channel, but he needed to get the battle of Taiping Canyon as soon as possible. It was passed to Luo City through Jing Yuwei, and I only hope that this good news can help King Jing's situation in the next period of time.