In the night, there was a faint sound of thunder in the sky.
This is an extremely remote rocky hill. Not far from the rocky hill, there is a forest. In the night, the forest is so dark that even the most courageous hunter would not dare to walk into this forest in the middle of the night.
Qin Xiao is in the forest.
In addition to Qin Xiao, there were also Yuwen Chengchao and three Night Crows who broke out.
That night, several people protected the general's body and rushed to the city gate. Although there were dozens of guards at the city gate, Qin Xiao frightened the others after killing several people. He forced a few people to open the city gate and break through.
And out.
The blood stains from the fight were still on their bodies, and the dirty blood on several people's faces had already condensed.
The general's body was covered with black cloth. Several people gathered around the general, and there was no sound for a long time.
The battle on New Year's Eve was extremely brutal.
The general was killed, and many officials and Night Crow also fell in a pool of blood.
Su Changyu, Pang Yu and others fought a bloody battle in the Hou Mansion, and few of them knew anything about life or death.
They ran for a whole day and night, only choosing deserted roads. Fortunately, it snowed again at dusk, which covered up the horse hoof prints of a few of them, and they did not worry about the Deathwing cavalry following the horse hoof prints.
Moreover, since Wen Budao did not stop him at that time, at least within a short period of time, he would not send out the Deathwing Cavalry to pursue him.
The mood of several people was extremely low. No one had thought that such a thing would happen on the most important New Year's Eve in the Tang Dynasty.
The five of them were all leaning on the tree trunk. The bloody battle that night consumed a lot of physical strength, and they rode horses continuously for a day and a night. Even Qin Xiao's body had reached its limit.
"Just bury it here." After a long time, Qin Xiao finally said.
A Night Crow immediately objected: "No, we must take the general back to the pass. The general has been killed. Such a major event must be reported to the court, and the court needs to give the general a grand funeral."
"Whether the funeral is grand or not, what's the point?" Qin Xiao said lightly: "The general's long-cherished wish in his life is to protect the safety of Xiling. Although he is gone now, I believe he still hopes to stay in Xiling."
Ye Crow's lips moved, but he hesitated to speak, but finally no words came out.
"When Xiling returns to the Tang Dynasty, we will move the general's body." Qin Xiao said: "But now we can only let the general rest here." He looked at Yuwen Chengchao and asked: "My eldest son, who are you?
Opinion?"
Yuwen Chengchao looked very decadent.
He used to maintain an unyielding fighting spirit even in the most dangerous times, but now he looked depressed and there was no luster in his eyes.
"You decide." Yuwen Chengchao finally said: "It's good to be buried here. Even if the general leaves, he will still guard the territory of Xiling." He stood up and said: "The general's body is safe, it's time for me to leave, Qin
Xiao, I leave this place to you."
"where are you going?"
"Go back to Heiyang City." Yu Wen Chengchao finally showed murderous intent in his eyes: "Fan Ziqi is not dead yet, Bai Jingzhai is not dead yet, Hu Tuo, and Dapeng, these people are all going to die."
Qin Xiao sneered and said: "Young master, do you want to go back alone to take revenge? You are lucky to be alive until now. Do you think you can fight back to Black Sun City alone?"
"Fortunately?" Yu Wen Chengchao's eyes showed anger: "I killed the general. My life is worse than death. What do you think?"
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Am I lucky to be alive?”
Qin Xiao also stood up, looked at Yu Wencheng and said, "So you want to go back to Heiyang City to die?" He raised his hand and said, "Master, since you want to die so much, then go all the way. Fan Ziqi should be waiting there.
If you slip into his net and you throw yourself into the trap, you will naturally die without a burial place."
Yuwen Chengchao heard the sarcasm in Qin Xiao's tone, rushed forward, grabbed Qin Xiao's collar, and said angrily: "What did you say?"
Qin Xiao's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "I asked you to go and die quickly, don't you understand?"
Yuwen Cheng's eyes flashed with fear, but he finally let go of his hand and turned to leave. He heard Qin Xiao say from behind: "You can leave if you want. Do you also want to take the tiger-wing knife that the general gave you?"
Fan Ziqi?"
Yuwen Chengchao's body was shaken.
"The general has ordered that you are not allowed to commit suicide under any circumstances. What's the difference between committing suicide now and committing suicide?" Qin Xiao stared at Yuwen Chengchao's broad back: "The general gave you the tiger-wing knife.
I hope you can one day return Xiling to the Tang Dynasty. The Tiger Wing Sword has been with him for half his life and will finally be handed over to you. This shows that he has high hopes for you. He also told you that after Xiling returns to the Tang Dynasty, you will have to return the knife.
He's an old man." His voice suddenly became cold and stern: "Do you regard the general's words as farts?"
Yu Wencheng shook his body, pulled out the tiger-wing knife from his waist, his body trembled slightly, and finally sat down on the ground slumped.
"The Yuwen family no longer exists." Yuwen Chengchao said feebly: "The Tiger Cavalry must also be controlled by Fan Ziqi and the others. We have no one and no one, how can we regain Xiling?"
Qin Xiao walked up behind Yuwen Chengchao, patted his shoulder, sat down next to him, and said softly: "I know how you feel now. But the eldest son in my heart will never be depressed because of any setbacks.
"Young Master, as long as we are still alive, there is still hope. If we don't take back Xiling and kill all those people, we are not qualified to die."
Yuwen Chengchao turned his head, Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "There are also the Changsheng Army, the imperial court, and... Tantai Xuanye, the general was killed, and they will never let it go."
"Do you think the imperial court will send troops to Xiling?"
"I don't know." Qin Xiao sneered: "But the general of the Tang Empire was murdered. If our Emperor is indifferent, how can he explain to the soldiers and people of the Tang Dynasty? I heard that Tantai Xuanye was highly valued by the emperor, and he and the general
We are sworn brothers. Now that the general is killed, is Tantai Xuanye indifferent? As long as he can convince the emperor to mobilize his troops out of the border, we can have a showdown with Fan Ziqi. If he died on the battlefield at that time, even if he failed to kill the gang, we would
A general would not be too cowardly to take revenge."
Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "You are right, the imperial court will not remain indifferent." He clenched his fists and sneered: "The Changsheng Army under the general is brave and good at fighting. They will definitely ask for orders to leave. As long as the imperial court mobilizes the Changsheng Army, Fan Ziqi and the others will also
He won’t live long.”
Qin Xiao's expression turned solemn, and he shook his head and said, "Things are not that simple."
"What do you mean?" Yu Wen Chengchao asked doubtfully.
A night crow couldn't help but said: "As long as the imperial court allows the Changsheng Army to leave the border, it will surely avenge the general."
"What you don't know is that thousands of elites have gathered outside Kunlun Pass." Qin Xiao said: "They are the elites selected by the eight tribes of Wutuo. They are now stationed in the Zhuma Lake area, which is only three days away from Kunlun Pass.
On the way. Moreover, the defenders at Kunlun Pass have committed treason.
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, they blocked the pass and did not let the news of the Wutuo cavalry gathering reach the pass."
The expressions of Yuwen Chengchao and the three Night Crows changed drastically.
"The Wutuo people are going to attack Xiling?" Yuwen Chengchao asked subconsciously: "Are they really moving so fast?"
Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "A mere few thousand people want to attack Xiling. The Wutuo people are not that stupid. The guard general of Kunlun Gate is called Yin Bupo. Does the eldest master know him?"
Yu Wen Cheng nodded and said, "I know him. He is originally from Xiling. Almost all of the hundreds of people stationed at Kunlun Pass are from Xiling."
"I knew from his mouth that those Wutuo people did not intend to invade Xiling, but were hired by others." Qin Xiao's eyes flashed coldly: "I didn't know who hired them at the time, although I knew that there might be someone in Xiling.
Something unexpected was going to happen, but I didn't expect that it would be Fan Ziqi's group causing trouble. Now it seems that the Wutuo cavalry should be hired by Fan Ziqi's group."
Yuwen Chengchao only found it incredible: "You mean, Fan Ziqi and the others hired the Wutuo cavalry?"
"If I'm not wrong, the reason why Fan Ziqi and others dared to cause rebellion was because they came from Wu Tuo." Qin Xiao said slowly: "If not, how could they dare to murder the general and put Xiling in a situation where they were attacked from both sides? This group of people has already contacted Wu Tuo.
Tuo has colluded."
Yuwen Chengchao took a breath of cold air, clenched his fists and said: "They are crazy, they want to give Xiling to the Wutuo people...!"
"No." Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "Things are not that simple, and Fan Ziqi may not really want to give up Xiling."
Yuwen Chengchao looked at Qin Xiao suspiciously, and Qin Xiao said: "If Fan Ziqi really defected to Wutuo, and his mission was to murder the general, and after he succeeded, he would hand over Xiling to the general, then there would not be only a few thousand Wutuo cavalry outside the pass. Xiling
The three counties have vast territory, and only a few thousand people are dispatched, which is not enough to guard Xiling. If I were Brother Narusheng, I would mobilize at least 10,000 to 20,000 people as vanguards. I would only wait for the general to be killed, then immediately enter the pass and quickly control it.
The situation in Xiling is now sooner rather than later, but Brother Narusheng did not do this, and Yin Bupo claimed that the Wutuo cavalry were hired, even eight cavalrymen. I believe what Yin Bupo said is probably true.
Those cavalry were indeed hired."
"If Xiling is really handed over, there will be no such thing as employment." A Night Crow next to him frowned.
Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "So I suspect that they should have reached some kind of agreement. The specific content of the agreement is difficult to know."
"What is the purpose of hiring the Wutuo cavalry?" Ye Ya asked: "They deceived the general into entering the city and took the opportunity to control the protective army. The city was full of people they had ambushed. With so many people, there was no need for the Wutuo people.
.And the Wutuo people did not appear."
"The Immortal Army!" Qin Xiao said with certainty: "Now I finally want to understand that the Wutuo cavalry gathered outside the pass is not to deal with the general, but to deal with the Immortal Army. The Wutuo cavalry appeared outside the pass, and no one knew about it. The general
After being killed, once the Changsheng Army came out to quell the chaos, the Wutuo Cavalry would enter Xiling quietly, and then lie in wait in Xiling. The court and the Changsheng Army did not know that the Wutuo Cavalry had entered Xiling. In this way, they
Then we can catch the Immortal Army off guard."
Yuwen Chengchao said horrified: "So that's it. Not only did that group of people want to kill the general, but they also wanted to ambush the Changsheng Army and use the power of the Wutuo people to kill the Changsheng Army in one fell swoop. It's really vicious."