"Yes, I originally thought that if we could attract two thousand to three thousand people, we would be 90% sure of seizing the city. It seems that there are more people going." He Qizhou said.
"Four thousand people! I originally only wanted to send three thousand people, but this damn guy said he had the Wind Control Realm and insisted on letting me release them all!" He Lianmin said angrily.
"When I set out, He Qizhou told me that after entering the city, let the barbarians seize the west gate, and then send a hundred of the weakest pretenders to gather at the Jingmiao." Urna said with a smile.
"The two of them and Shadadi stayed at the inn and Jingmiao just to attract the guards of the royal city?" Haji said painfully.
"Of course, but you have also seen that after your army leaves the city, it is only a matter of time before they invade the palace. At this point, people cannot guard against it. The only pity is that you let three of your men go to Tuyuhun to rebel.
Although we later sent people to report the news to the army, it would still be at least a day or two late." He Qizhou said.
"Idiot!" Helianmin cursed at Haji again, and then said to He Qizhou: "I have done everything you asked for, can I leave now?"
"Why are you so anxious? It's very windy and sandy on the road, so at least bring some extra clothes." He Qizhou said.
"Okay, I'll get it right away." Helianmin walked straight to the inner room.
Motuo said to the dozen concubines: "You should also go back and prepare your luggage. You can take away some jewelry and money, but don't go too far. Those who live in the city can go back to their homes now. Those who are not in the city can
Yes, I will send someone to take you out of the city tomorrow."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The women immediately knelt down and thanked him.
Helianmin yelled and cursed from the back room. After a while, Helianmin walked back to the poolside with a big package in his hand. He still cursed non-stop: "These are all my mother's things, how dare those barbarians not do it?"
Ask me to take away a gold coin, bah! He, can I leave? Don’t forget to promise me the carriage, food, grass and water."
"Okay, we just have to wait a little longer."
"You dare to break your promise! What are you waiting for?"
"You can leave after Zahuo recognizes the new king." He Qizhou said, leaving Helianmin behind because he was afraid that Zahuo would ask for a face-to-face confrontation.
Shadadi returned to the palace after an hour, looking like a defeated rooster. They basically agreed to He Qizhou's request and gave in as long as Kangche State compensated one thousand taels of gold. This time they attacked Hu City.
On the merchant side, ten people died and more than twenty were injured, of which two hundred taels were paid to the dead and injured, and the rest was considered compensation for delaying the merchant trip.
Motuo thought it was still a bit much, because he also wanted to compensate the soldiers of Qi and Tuyuhun at the same amount. The two countries together also suffered more than 20 casualties. The final compensation plan was set at 10 taels of gold for each dead person and 10 taels of gold for the injured.
The man was compensated for his injuries; he was compensated 500 taels for delaying his business trip, but in the end the total was less than 800 taels of gold.
Because the difference was not big, Shadadi decided on his own, and then ordered all the barbarians in the city to return the proceeds of the robbery. Facing the four thousand cavalry who were about to return to the city, the two sides reconciled.
Everything was settled, but there was still no trace of Li Jichen. When He Qizhou looked around, he suddenly discovered that there was a slender figure on the highest dome in the north of the palace. Under the night wind, his clothes were fluttering, like an immortal.
"Is that your master? What is he doing?" He Qizhou pointed to the north and asked, what can be seen there in the dark night?
"What do you know? This is what a peerless expert looks like! Master - what are you doing?" Xu Mu raised his head and shouted loudly.
Li Jichen, who was facing the palace with his hands behind his hands to enjoy the shade, heard the call and turned around. He saw a line of fire in the east spreading out from the horizon. He hurriedly shouted: "An army is coming quickly, about twenty miles away from here." He said that he was enjoying the shade.
, I don’t know if anyone believes it. After the overall situation has been decided, he is not willing to care about those trivial things.
When Zahuo ran to the east gate, the city was already occupied by the allied forces of Qi, Tu, Hu, and Kang. Someone flew out of the city on horseback, and the queen's letter of confession and the prince's edict were delivered to Zahuo at the same time.
Zahuo is a close confidant of the king. Now he has basically all the soldiers in the royal city. When he was still hesitating whether to surrender or what conditions he should put forward, he was kidnapped by three captains who had quietly negotiated.
He pledged his allegiance to the new king.
All the soldiers were very happy. They didn't have to go on another expedition. The king who was the main battler had simply died. Who would be willing to go to war with Tu Yuhun and Qi?
He Qizhou and others decided to stay overnight in the palace and go east with the huge Hu merchant team tomorrow. It was time to completely solve the rebellion problem of Prince Haijun.
In the middle of the night, He Qizhou couldn't stand the strong fragrance in the concubine's room, and wanted to chat with Xiaoxue, but there was also Urna in the other room, which seemed inconvenient, so he could only talk to Urhan and others who lived in the same room.
, I have to go to enjoy the cool air.
It was quite cool in the lotus pond, and the lotus flowers were beautiful. However, there were still a few concubines who did not dare to go back to their palaces, sleeping together in the pavilion. They were waiting for Motuo to send someone to send them back after daybreak. If they went there, they would not say anything.
Not sure, where to go? By the way, the dome that Li Jichen went to is pretty good!
Directly north of the palace, there is a square tower with an inch-square colored glaze on the outer wall. He Qizhou remembered that Motuo said that this building enshrines the gods of Kangche Kingdom, so no one can be accommodated here.
Only then did we arrange for a few distinguished guests to stay in the vacant harem room.
Of course, He Qizhou didn't want to break the door and enter from inside, so he used the deep swirling skill and crawled on the smooth glass wall. The smoother it felt, the easier it was to save effort.
The main body of the tower is about twenty feet high, and there is a strange pagoda on the top. The whole pagoda is about five feet high and looks like an overturned bowl. However, the bottom of the bowl is round, and there is a branch several feet high on the top.
of spikes.
Tasha was a little tired from climbing, as if he was climbing a huge glass ball. The long upward section was sloping outwards. He Qizhou could only hang his body and suck with one palm, put one palm on the ground, and even be ready to use his mouth at any time.
The dagger in it. Two feet, one foot. Okay, the most dangerous place has been passed and we are about to climb to the top.
While He Qizhou was reciting silently, he suddenly felt the sound of breathing on the top of the tower, and then the sound of footsteps approaching step by step. No, now he has almost no resistance, just like Zhan Tiancheng who fell into the ice crevice at that time.
!
A plain hand stretched out in front of He Qizhou. That hand couldn't be more familiar. Even if He Qizhou didn't recognize his own hand, he would never forget it, so he handed it over without hesitation and followed the other person's direction.
With a gentle pull, he jumped to the top of the tower...
This is the highest place in the entire palace, and also the highest place in the entire royal city. The moon is very round, but the moonlight tonight is not good, as if it has been covered with a thick veil. To the north, there is a thin layer of snow.
The Tianshan Mountains are vaguely visible, and there is endless darkness in the other three directions. At the feet are the sleeping palaces and royal cities, and the lights are flickering on and off, like fireflies dancing in the middle of the night.
"What a coincidence." He Qizhou said with a smile.
"Yes." Xu Mu had already taken off the square scarf on his head. His hair was long and fluttering in the wind. Half of it was dark and shiny, and the other half was dry and burnt.
"What can you see up here? Why did your master stand here for so long?"
"Ask him yourself."
"I'm not going!"
"Can you please let go of your hands first?" On the dome of the tower, a pair of figures sat closely together, facing the deep desert, sitting side by side.
"No! By the way, how did you get up here?" He Qizhou tightened his fingers crossed with Xu Muxue's and asked with a shy face.
"How dare you question me with your light breaking skills?" Xu Mu said proudly.
"Of course I believe your master came up, but that arc hanging upside down..." He Qizhou still didn't believe it.
"Did you almost fall?" Xu Mu asked.
"It was a bit dangerous when I didn't hold it when I changed my palms twice. I didn't have to go under the knife." He Qizhou said.
"Hahaha! Idiot, there are small stone steps behind the dome! My master didn't even notice it!" Xu Mu laughed happily.
He Qizhou, who turned his head sideways and looked at the jade-like white teeth, couldn't help but ask: "Can I kiss you!"
"I'm wearing male makeup now. I said I couldn't, so I couldn't!" Xu Mu turned his head away.
"Just a moment!"
"It won't work at once!"
Xu Mu used his other hand to gently lift off the mask on his face, and then gently pushed one side of his hair behind his ear, revealing a face that could make all the concubines in the palace eclipse, shame Izuku Qinglian, make Yunmingyue dim, and even more.
It was the beautiful face that fascinated He Qizhou.
"Two times!" Xu Mu's voice was deliberately lowered, sounding shy and slightly wild.
"Okay! Do the math when you're out of breath!" He Qizhou took Xiaoxue into his arms.
The two shadows at the highest point of the royal city suddenly turned into one. I don't know how long it took, until the moon was too embarrassed to stay in the sky, and the shadows returned to two, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
…
At the south pass of Summer Ranch in the West of the Sea, a team of more than 300 people was hurrying down the mountain, with more than 600 horses and dozens of camels traveling with them. Seeing off at the top of the pass were two old faces that were about to cry without tears.
.The last glimmer of hope left by Prime Minister Kang Che and Ruocha Ku to persuade each other was shattered as the cavalry drove away.
The South Pass is more than forty miles away from the North Pass where the army is stationed. If you go around the mountain, it will be more than seventy miles away. In the pile of rocks at the foot of the pass, several pairs of vigilant eyes are watching every move on the mountain.
"It seems to be the Yulin Army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. No, Chi Yan and Helian Changji want to run away. Go and notify my grandpa quickly." Zhang Mufeng said to Liu Junzhi beside him. The two of them volunteered to come over to monitor the situation at the pass.
After spending the night here, we found that someone was leaving.
"It's better that you report, I'll follow them from a distance! I'll leave a mark for you then," Liu Junzhi said.
There were four people guarding the pass, and the other two were Tuyuhun cavalry who were familiar with the terrain. Zhang Mufeng offered to come as an informant, and Liu Junzhi immediately said that he would accompany Zhang Mufeng. Zhang Zhiren knew that his children had been wandering around since childhood.
They were happy to have the shrewd Liu Junzhi take care of them, so he agreed to their request.