Chapter 207: Raging for the crown(1/2)
Chapter 207: A rage
In the New Year of the ninth year of Tianbao, Li Qing'an spent the New Year with the Tang Army soldiers in Suiye City. After nearly three months of busyness, the situation in Suiye City has gradually stabilized. Seventeen civil servants drawn from Beiting have adapted to Suiye's environment, and various political and military affairs have gradually gotten on the right track. In early February, with the arrival of the most formal appointment and reward from the court, Li Qing'an, who had been promoted to the champion general, returned to Beijing to report his duties. He entrusted the matter of Suiye to Duan Xiushi, who had been officially appointed as the governor of Suiye, and set off to return to Beiting. He would go directly to Beijing after a brief stay in Beiting.
In mid-February, Li Qing'an led a triumphant army of 10,000 to Yuegong City. Yuegong City in February is still covered with snow, but the breath of spring has spread here. Under the ice and snow, the stream begins to flow, and flocks of antelope have appeared on the forests and meadows. Over the endless forest, flocks of birds are playing and flying, and the chirping sounds throughout the mountain stream.
Arriving at Yuegong City, the Tang army will rest here for three days, and then continue to head southeast. On the morning of that day, several hundred Sogdian merchants who returned from Jinman County, Beiting also took advantage of the opportunity that the ice and snow began to melt to Yuegong City. The arrival of a large group of camels and goods made Yuegong City lively. Li Qing'an was patrolling the city, and suddenly a soldier came from the deputy city, "General!"
"What's up?"
"General!" the soldier raised his head under the city and shouted: "Your sister is here, in the deputy city."
"Sister?" Li Qingan was stunned. Who is coming? Xiaolian? Still like a poetic and picturesque. Without thinking, he immediately ran down the city tower and followed the soldiers to the deputy city.
When I crossed a hillside, I saw a woman in a red dress running towards me from afar. The woman also saw him, waved her hands, and screamed excitedly, as if she had discovered a bird in the back of the road.
"Pearl!"
Li Qingan was stunned. He felt a little incredible. How could it be Mingzhu? Wasn't she in Chang'an? She actually traveled thousands of miles to Beiting. What happened?
"Brother Li!"
Mingzhu rushed into his arms and cried with excitement. Two months of hard trekking and two months of wind swords and frost swords, she suffered all the hardships. Now that she has ended her hardships, she finally saw the person she had always dreamed of, why didn't she be so excited?
"Mingzhu, calm down and tell me what happened first?"
"Brother, save my sister!" Mingzhu suddenly felt dizzy, and she felt her legs were weak and she could no longer support her.
"Mingyue!" Li Qingan was shocked. He grabbed Mingzhu's arm and asked, "What happened to Mingyue?"
"General, go back to the city and talk!" a soldier whispered.
Li Qingan then realized that Mingzhu's face was a little abnormally red. He touched her forehead and it turned out to be hot. "Hurry! Go into the city quickly." Li Qingan helped her run into the city.
In the room, the military doctor saw Mingzhu, but she was too tired and was suffering from a cold. Mingzhu lay in the quilt, wiping her tears while telling Li Qing'an what happened in Chang'an.
"The emperor appointed my father as prime minister and issued an order to let my sister marry Geluo. Dad said that Prince Geluo had taken a fancy to his sister. In order to appease the people of Geluo, the emperor agreed to this marriage. In order to appease the people of Geluo, his sister was forced to agree to his father for the survival of the family. But I know that she would never marry Hu Man and Brother Li, which would force her sister to death! Please let the emperor cancel this marriage. Sister is so pitiful."
Li Qing comforted the black hair on his hand, and there was a trace of the bright moon left on it. This was her entrusting her life to herself. Anger rose in Li Qing'an's heart. The Gelulu people dared to steal their women, and even appointed Mingyue to marry. Needless to say, this was revenge against herself, and her kindness actually brought humiliation from the Gelulu people.
Li Qing'an's fist was almost crushed, "Gelu people!"
He suddenly turned around and ordered: "Tell me my order, the army gathers, and bloodshed Gelu!"
In the afternoon of that day, ten thousand Tang cavalry set out. Their target was no longer Beiting, but Geluo in the northeast. Five days later, ten thousand cavalry crossed Duotan Ridge, less than two hundred miles away from Geluo's den. Chief Geluo was planning to stab Heishan and hurriedly sent an envoy to meet Li Qing'an.
The envoy was taken into the big tent by the Tang army. As soon as he entered the tent, the envoy knelt down and kowtowed, "General, Ge Luolu followed the general's orders and never dared to cross the border. However, the general came to raise troops to ask for punishment. Why is this?"
Li Qing'an said angrily: "Gelu wants to take my wife, how can he be innocent?"
The envoy was shocked, "General, where does this start? How dare Gelu seize the general's wife?"
"Go and ask your chief, he knows better than anyone else!"
Li Qingan gritted his teeth and said, "I will give you three days and I won't explain it clearly to me. I will send the Beiting army to attack Geluo, and kill you all without leaving any other!"
The envoy was so scared that he fled back to his tent and was anxious to stab Heishan. He had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the envoy running back, he asked anxiously: "Have you asked clearly? Why did Li Qing'an lead his troops?"
"Reporting to the chief, General Li said that we, Geluo, robbed his wife, was extremely angry."
Heishan was shocked and gave him the courage to rob the wife of the Beiting Jiedushi. Could it be that someone did it privately? He couldn't help but be furious and shouted: "Who is it! Who did it?"
"Father, I know what's going on?"
Moushu Sihan walked in quickly, and he stepped forward to salute his father, "Father, I know very well about this?"
"What do you think?"
"Father, do you remember the last time I went to Chang'an with my elder brother? My elder brother fell in love with a woman in Chang'an. Later, I learned that this woman was Li Qing'an's fiancée. I advised my elder brother not to anger Li Qing'an, but my elder brother said that it was because it was Li Qing'an's woman that he wanted to get the hands. When he came back, he stole his father's seal and forged a letter of state to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty."
"asshole!"
Miaotao Heishan was furious and furious. He shouted like crazy: "Catch that rebel! Capture me!"
Seeing that the time had come, he fanned the flames again and said, "Father, the eldest brother deliberately took revenge because Li Qing'an arrested his woman last time. For his own grudge, he pushed us Gelu into the abyss. If we want to properly resolve this matter, we must apologize to Li Qing'an."
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers escorted Musseldo in. He entered the tent and shouted: "Father, why are you arresting me? I haven't committed any crime?"
"You dare to say that you have committed a crime?"
Mousshe rushed up and slapped the face several times, pointing at the brink of the mouth and cursing: "Who told you to take Li Qing'an's woman? If you don't want to live, just die. Don't harm the entire tribe!"
The eldest son's lust and stupidity brought endless disasters to Geluo, and he wanted to kill this son with one knife.
Moushuluo was beaten wildly. When he saw Moushusihan sneering, he suddenly understood and shouted, "Battleman, how dare you betray me!"
He suddenly broke free from the soldier's hand, pulled out the dagger from his boot and slashed at Mushihan's chest. Before he could get closer, the soldiers around him rushed up, pressed him to the ground, and tied them up with a rope.
At this moment, a soldier came from outside the tent and reported: "The chief, about 1,000 Tang cavalrymen are already thirty miles away. Li Qing'an ordered the prince to be handed over, otherwise Ge Luolu would be killed."
"Don't be afraid of him, Father!"
Mushuluo screamed like a wild wolf: "He only brought a thousand people to him, and asked me to lead the troops to kill him, kill him for a moment, to avenge his previous shame!"
Mouta Heishan was so angry that he almost fainted. He pointed at Moutarudo and said tremblingly: "How could I have you, a son who is stupider than a pig? Forget it! Forget it! In order to protect my entire family of Gelu, I have to hand over you. This is what you asked for. Don't blame me!"
He turned around and waved his order and said, "Escort him to Tang Camp and let Li Qing'an deal with it!"
Dozens of soldiers were trying to slaughter the tent. At this time, Tslaughter Sihan was afraid of another accident, so he said to his father: "The child is willing to apologize to Li Qing'an for his father!"
Moutao Heishan sighed, "Go! He can agree to any conditions he has."
Mushuluoduo was disheveled and yelled all the way, trying to call his tribe to save him, but until he walked out of the camp, no one came to save him. Mushuluoduo was finally scared, and he turned around and shouted to Mushusihan: "Second brother, we are brothers, how can you let me die?"
Mousai Sihan smiled sinisterly and said to himself: "Brother? Humph! If you don't die, when will it be my turn to Chief Geluo?"
"Second brother, you let me go, and I will give you all my women and money."
"Second brother, brother beg you, let me go!"
Mushuluoduo screamed in tears, and he was almost desperate. Mushusihan glanced at him coldly and said, "Closing his mouth!"
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar. The Tang cavalry suddenly appeared. They were divided into two teams, rushing towards them like lightning, and instantly rushed past Mushi Sihan and his party. The two armies intertwined and formed a large circle. The cavalry tightened and tightened. In a moment, they formed a wall of humans like iron walls, surrounding dozens of Geluolu people in the middle. The sword light was cold and murderous.
Li Qingan flew out with a horse and pointed at the long bow: "Where is the person I want?"
Two Gelu soldiers led Mutaroduo, who was tied up on horseback, and Mutaroshi Sihan stepped forward and said, "General Li, my father has found out the truth. This is Mutaroduo's unauthorized act and has nothing to do with Gelulu people."
Li Qingan snorted coldly and said, "It doesn't matter! What's going on with the letter of national letter that is proposing to marry?"
"He also forged the letter of the country and secretly stamped his father's seal. General Li, in front of the Ci'en Temple in Chang'an, saw that Miss Mingyue was beautiful, and he became malicious and wanted to rush forward and molested him. I tried my best to stop him. He also heard that Miss Yue was General Li's fiancée, so he wanted to take revenge on General Li. This is his personal anger and has nothing to do with Geluo. My father handed him over to you and let General Li deal with it."
What Moushu Sihan said was the same as Mingzhu said. Li Qing'an's eyes suddenly became murderous intent, staring at Moushu Luodu coldly, and slowly drew an arrow from behind.
"I will give you a chance. If you can escape from my arrow, I will spare your life. If you can't escape, you should die!"
When he waved his hand, Tang Jun dodged a path, and several Tang Jun came up with knives to cut off the rope on Mutaruduo's body. Mutaruduo immediately reached out to take out the rag from his exit, pointed at Mutarushihan and cursed: "Wait for me, I will cut you into pieces!"
He turned his horse's head and fled. He grew up on the horse's back since he was a child. He was extremely agile on the horse. When he pulled the war horse, the war horse galloped out like an arrow, and in an instant he was twenty steps away.
Li Qing'an slowly pulled the bow away, and the bow was like a full moon, his eyes narrowed. At this time, Mushuluoduo had already rushed out seventy steps away. He kept churning on the horse and dodging left and right. Eighty steps, Li Qing'an's bow string loosened, and a long arrow shot out like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he reached behind Mushuluoduo. At this time, Mushuluoduo had a kite turned over and turned down from the horse's belly. He suddenly heard a sound of breaking through the air behind his head, trying to avoid it, but he could no longer control his body's inertia. He heard a "puff!" sound, and the long arrow shot from the back of his head. The tip of the arrow protruded from the forehead, and his eyes bulged and fell to the ground from the horse.
Li Qingan took back the bow, and he sneered at Mushi Sihan and said, "Tell your father that the person who wants to marry is dead, and he can break the engagement from the Tang Dynasty."
After saying that, he turned his horse's head and waved his long bow, "Let's go!"
A thousand cavalry roared away, and the cold corpses of Mutarodo were lying on the grassland, and a few crows were hovering in the air.
Five days later, the Tang army returned to the Silk Road and guarded the capture in Xilin. They met the Tang army escorted Mingzhu back to Beiting. The two armies gathered and headed towards Beiting.
The army returned to Jinman County, and the people of the county came out to welcome the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had returned in triumphant success. The road was crowded with dense crowds of people. They cheered and excitedly handed a pot of wine and bread to the soldiers of the Tang army. Deputy guru Yang Fengche brought Wang Changling and other civil servants to welcome him. He laughed from afar and said, "Eunuch, do you still remember me waiting for half a year after leaving?"
Li Qingan jumped off the horse and hugged them one by one, and said with a smile: "You are my logistics. If I forget you, I will be hungry."
Everyone laughed, and Yang Fengche said to everyone loudly: "Everyone, the envoy Gaosheng, you haven't treated you yet, what do you want to do?"
"The envoy wants to treat you, drink three hundred cups!"
Everyone was talking and forced to treat him. Li Qing'an raised his hand and smiled: "I'll treat you tonight. Everyone goes to Qing'an Restaurant to eat and drink whatever they want. Even if you want, they will be kept in my account."
"Will the envoy not go?"
At this time, Li Qingan had already seen his family from afar and smiled and said, "I have been away from home for half a year. I must reunite with my family first!"
Everyone laughed, "I know! I know! We will go to Qing'an Restaurant."
Everyone stopped pestering him and went to drink together. At this time, the Tang army returned to the military camp. After a little rest, they would have three days off.
Li Qingan brought Mingzhu to his family. His women stretched their necks and looked for a long time. After not seeing each other for half a year, everyone was extremely excited. However, behind Mingzhu, they were embarrassed to step forward. Li Qingan jumped off the horse and smiled and said, "Why, after not seeing each other for half a year, you don't know me anymore?"
Wuyi smiled with her lips and said with her hands behind her back: "Are we here to welcome the Tang army soldiers to triumph? Do you want to go home for dinner or go to the restaurant to have a drink, you can do whatever you want."
"Of course I'm going home for dinner!"
When Li Qingan turned around, he saw Mingzhu feeling a little sad, so he gave Rushi a wink. Rushi knew Rushi. She pulled Rushi and greeted her. They met each other when they were in Chang'an and had a good relationship.
"Mingzhu, when will you come to Beiting? Why don't you come to us?"
Mingzhu reluctantly smiled and said, "If you have something to do at home, I'm in a hurry to find Brother Li."
"Let's talk about it when you have something to do when you go home! Come on, I'll help you get something." Ruhua took the package and held her arm with a smile.
Wuyi walked up and held Li Qing'an's hand, smiled and said, "Li Lang, are you going back to Chang'an?"
"Yes! I have been wasting time on the road and can only stay at home for three days. I have to rush back to Chang'an to report my work."
To be continued...