The sound of galloping horse hooves gradually approached, and everyone's nerves became tense. Xi Qian and Xue Chun hid behind the dense grass, while Yuwen Haoxuan and the others adjusted the attack direction of the city-breaking crossbow to the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from.
A group of iron cavalry came into everyone's sight, raising dust all over the sky. When they came to the open space at the foot of the mountain, they saw a man who looked like a leader. After looking around the carriage that had been shot into a hedgehog by an arrow and crossbow, he quickly ordered the troops to move.
Get into defensive formation.
Then he came to the foot of the mountain single-handedly and shouted to Kongji Mountain, "Just now I saw the emergency fire order rising to the sky, but the people on the mountain set it off?"
Liu Maolin walked some distance down the mountain and replied, "It is indeed us who set it off, but you are the cavalry battalion of the Yangcheng garrison?"
The general was silent for a while, seeming to have doubts about Liu Maolin's identity. "We are indeed a cavalry battalion. May I ask who are the people on the mountain? Why is there an urgent fire order?"
Liu Maolin didn't answer but just threw a golden token. After seeing it, the general who shouted changed his expression and knelt down on the ground, "I don't know that the emperor is coming. Please forgive me for the delay in rescue."
"Are you the captain of the cavalry battalion?" Liu Maolin took a few steps forward and asked.
Although he knew that there was an emperor among the people on the mountain, the generals who were kneeling on the ground were respectful but did not panic.
"No, the general is Xiao Kun, the captain of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, and the captain is Wu Cheng. It was the martial arts captain who named the general to come to check on the urgent fire order. It is dangerous here, so please move to Yangcheng as soon as possible."
Liu Maolin turned around and looked at Yuwen Haoxuan. Yuwen Haoxuan made a gesture to him that only they could understand. Liu Maolin took the hint and turned to Xiao Kun and said, "Excuse me, Captain Xiao, please take the token and ask General Wang to kiss him."
Come."
Xiao Kun looked at him with a troubled expression and said, "General Wang went to inspect the border army the day before yesterday. He is not in Yangcheng now. If we go to invite him now, I'm afraid he won't be able to come over until dark."
"Then go back quickly, the emperor is waiting on the mountain." After Liu Maolin said that, he turned and walked back to the mountain. Xiao Kun did not dare to delay and quickly sent people to rush to the place where the border troops were stationed.
The sky was getting dark, and Xi Qian, who had been hungry all day, was a little exhausted, but there was no movement among the troops at the foot of the mountain. Yu Wen Haoxuan and the other two took turns controlling the city-breaking crossbows. As long as there was anything wrong at the foot of the mountain, they would ignore it.
Shoot without hesitation.
"Are you hungry?" Yuwen Haoxuan came to her side, with concern in his eyes.
Xiqian shook her head with a slightly pale face. She didn't want to distract Yuwen Haoxuan at such a tense moment, but the growling sound in her stomach revealed her embarrassment.
Yuwen Hao
Eat.
"Fruits are for eating, not for pinching." Xia Zizhao walked up to her at some point and actually had a bunch of fruits in the front of his gown.
Xiqian smiled awkwardly and asked Xuechun to take the fruit. Xia Zizhao looked at the few fruits she still held in her hand, a complex emotion flashed past, and he walked to the other side silently.
Just when everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, there was a commotion at the bottom of the mountain. Yuwen Haoxuan held the launching mechanism of the city-breaking crossbow, ready to launch an attack at any time. The others also held weapons in their hands and stared at the movement at the bottom of the mountain.
The commotion at the bottom of the mountain quickly calmed down, and a group of figures walked up the mountain road. The leader of the group sounded an old and loud voice, "Your Majesty! The veteran's help is too late!"
"Old General Wang!" Liu Maolin shouted excitedly, and ran towards the group of people. When he got close, he knelt down with a 'pop', "Xiao Linzi kowtows to you!" After saying that, he kowtowed on the ground a few times.
A ringing head.
The leader of the old man laughed, helped Liu Maolin up and said, "Xiao Linzi is strong again after not seeing him for several years!"
Yuwen Haoxuan also followed Liu Maolin to greet him. The old man was about to kneel down when he saw him. Yuwen Haoxuan hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man and said, "General Wang, there is no need to be polite!"
"Why didn't the emperor send someone to inform me in advance when he was coming to Yangcheng? I should have made preparations in advance. How could today's crisis happen?"
"If you had taken precautions, how could you have induced them to take action?" Yuwen Haoxuan supported General Wang and brought him to the city-breaking crossbow.
The moment he saw the emblem, General Wang glared angrily and slapped the iron frame supporting the city-breaking crossbow with his palm, "Xiao Kun! Aren't these new batches of city-breaking crossbows sealed in the cavalry camp? Why are they here?
here?"
Xiao Kun ran forward from the crowd, looked at the city-breaking crossbow carefully and said, "This is indeed a city-breaking crossbow sealed by the cavalry battalion, but these city-breaking crossbows have always been guarded by the cronies sent by the military school captain. The final general
I don’t know why it’s here.”
General Wang suppressed his anger and asked, "Where is Wu Cheng now?"
"The people sent back by the general said that the martial arts captain is not in the camp. I have sent people around to look for him."
"If you want to see him alive or dead, you must find him back for me!" 'Pa', another iron frame broke under the hands of General Wang.
"General, there is no need to be angry." Yu Wen Haoxuan waved his hand to dismiss Xiao Kun, "Wu Cheng is just a small character. The people behind him are the ones we really have to deal with. I will take this opportunity to completely clean up the dirty work in the general!"
"Old minister, I obey the order!" Sensing Yuwen Haoxuan's determination, General Wang's face, which turned white with anger, showed a trace of rosy. Only then did he see Xi Qian who was following Yuwen Haoxuan.
Xiqian bowed slightly to him and stood aside. Because of Wang Baoluo's relationship, she didn't have much affection for the General Wang in front of her.
Perhaps sensing her discomfort, General Wang turned his gaze to Yu Wen Haoxuan and said, "I wonder if my little girl is well in the palace. I haven't returned to Beijing for many years, and I miss her very much."
Yuwen Haoxuan's face froze, then he smiled and said, "General, don't worry, Wang Zhaoyi is fine in the palace, I will not treat her badly."
"My little girl has been pampered since she was a child. If I have done anything wrong, I hope you will forgive me." General Wang bowed deeply after speaking. Although he was facing Yu Wen Haoxuan, he gave Xi Qian a deep look.
Xi Qian lowered her head and pretended not to see it, but her heart was churning. Things in the palace could not be hidden from others. General Wang must also know that Wang Baoluo had beaten her. He did not need to think carefully about what he did just now.
He was apologizing for Wang Baoluo.
Poor parents in the world! Xi Qian thought to herself, raised her head and smiled back at General Wang. General Wang actually laughed happily like a child who had made a mistake and been forgiven.
Seeing the two people smiling at each other, Yuwen Haoxuan felt relieved, hoping that Wang Baoluo in the palace would one day understand the old general's good intentions.