Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 97: Returning to the South
(I have deep affection and righteousness, and I can't repay you. I can only work hard. Today, let's spend it together.)
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Looking at the moon in the night sky, Ning Que burst into tears until he found that his crying was even worse than the howling of the wolf from a distance, and he stopped in embarrassment.
After waking up, the feeling of hunger instantly occupied his body and mind. His empty stomach and intestines were like the energy of heaven and earth at the entrance of the cliff cave behind the academy, constantly squeezing and tortureing him.
Through the clear and terrible feeling of hunger, he confirmed that he had been in a coma for many days. No wonder he was so weak. He found a few edible weeds from the grass beside him, stuffed them into his mouth with rain, and chewed them until soft floss
It was difficult to swallow it into my stomach, and it took a moment to feel better.
At this time, he didn't know that after the Master ascended to heaven, a lot of rain fell on the whole world. Looking at the water droplets on the meadow, he did not take this seriously.
When the moon disappeared in the early morning, she watched the morning sun identify the direction, Ning Que began to walk south.
He was at a loss now and didn't know exactly where he was going.
Then go back to Chang'an.
His home is there, and the academy is there. Although there are no people in the houses on Lao Bizhai or Yanming Lake now, even though that old guy will never return to the academy again.
Not long after walking, he saw the snow-covered mountains and rivers in the distance, and walked over there. After walking, it was dark again, and the moon climbed into the sky.
Such days have been repeated for a while. He traveled south along the mountain, looking at the moon every night, and occasionally suddenly got angry and cursed at the bright moon with his waist on his waist.
Ning Que knew that the teacher should be alive, but he had a different way of existence and was still fighting against the thief in the sky. The moon's phases were probably the specific presentation of the battle.
But he still felt very sad and angry.
Because no matter how you look at the moon, you don’t look like a teacher.
"The face is like a full moon, which is a description of a beautiful young man. How come he looks like you?"
Ning Que pulled out the Pu Dao, laughing at the teacher in the night sky, while riding the snow rabbit he had just caught, cut open the cumella and peeling. Yuan Shisan Arrow and other weapons were all left on the banks of the Sishui River with the black carriage. Now
There was only that Park knife on him. Sometimes he would occasionally worry about how the big dark horse was now.
After cleaning up the dust, he raised it into the air beside him and said, "Don't bake it."
He was calling Sangsang to roast the rabbit.
But now there is no Sangsang.
He lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and then shouted again.
"Sangsang."
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When he woke up in the early morning, Ning Que continued to travel south at the foot of the mountain.
The mountain range with snow on the top of the peak is Tianqi Mountain. As long as you walk south along the foot of the mountain, you can walk to Minshan, to Chang'an, and back to the academy.
On the way, he met a very small herder tribe.
This herdsman tribe belonged to the Golden Tent Royal Court. He recognized him as a Tangren from his costume accent. Not only did he not invite him to dinner, he also tried to kill him and snatch the obviously extraordinary Park Knife.
So Ning Que killed all the people in the small herdsman tribe.
Afterwards, he ate a meal of mutton full, drank two bags of horse milk wine, and found a tent without blood. He slept beautifully. The fatigue and sadness accumulated over the past few days finally got some explanation.
When leaving the herder tribe full of corpses, he had a boxwood bow on his shoulder and a horse under his body. He also led a horse with a rope, which immediately tied four lamb legs.
A few more days passed.
Ning Que finally saw the famous gap in the Tianqi Mountains, but before he could even give up his joy, he swallowed it back, and the expression on his face suddenly became very serious.
All under Helan City are elite cavalry from the Golden Tent Royal Court!
Looking at the dark scene, there were at least thousands of riders!
What really shocked Ning Que were the four carriages behind the grassland cavalry.
With his keen eyes, he could clearly see the gold, silver and jewelry inlaid on the carriages, and the disks made of fine steel in the carriage. The discs were covered with dense lines.
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On each carriage, there were several strong grassland men wearing armor. The reason why the barbarians were strong grassland men was that the armor on their bodies was not leather armor, but extremely rare metal heavy armor on the grassland!
These grassland powerhouses are not the real protagonists.
They just have to protect the disc and the people who use the disc.
There were skinny old men sitting in each carriage, three of whom were wearing bright royal aristocratic costumes and necklaces grinded with human bones around their necks. Only the old men on the carriage at the end were wearing ordinary grassland costumes.
, there are some special decorations on the body.
"High Priest!"
Ning Que frowned when he looked at the scene. Although he had never seen the high priest of the grassland royal court on the battlefield, he had heard many descriptions of General Ma and the rest of the officers.
The Tang army relies on the formation master Fu Shi when fighting, and the grassland royal court relies on these wizards who can communicate with the energy of heaven and earth with discs. They are respected as priests by the royal court. Only priests who are truly powerful and can communicate directly with the grassland can have them.
Qualifications are called high priests and are given precious metal discs.
It is difficult for Ning Que to understand why the Golden Tent Royal Court dispatched three rare high priests at once. And looking at the old man in the last carriage, I am afraid that his status will be above these three high priests!
"Can you say that there are any important figures in Chang'an City in Helan City?"
He did not think that these grassland cavalry and high priests were attacking Helan City, because no matter how powerful the high priest was, it was difficult to break through Helan City, which had been transformed accordingly at the beginning of construction. As for those grassland cavalry without siege equipment, let alone the
Thousands of riders, even tens of thousands of riders are meaningless.
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After the heavy rain stopped, before the people in Helan City made a decision, the cavalry of the Golden Tent Royal Court, including the four strange and gorgeous carriages, came to the city.
Helan City has been besieged for many days, and the atmosphere in the city is very depressing.
At this time, there were more than 10,000 Iron Cavalry in the city, as well as masters like Master Box Yang, and several powerful men in the army. Logically speaking, it was impossible to be surrounded by thousands of grassland cavalry.
But this is a fact.
When the Jinbei cavalry had just arrived at the city, they left the city and launched a powerful raid. That raid was also the closest success among several attempts afterwards.
Because during that raid, the high priests of the royal court in four carriages had just begun to use their means.
The grassland had been poured through the continuous heavy rain. The four high priests of the Golden Tent royal court used some methods to make the large grassland in front of Helan City softer and more muddy.
The foundation of Helan City has been transformed by the formation master and cannot be affected by the high priest, but the grassland several miles outside the city has completely turned into a swampy ground!
How could the Tang cavalry be good at fighting? They are brave and fearless, but the horse's hooves are trapped in the grassland and cannot rush into the opponent's camp at all. They can only shoot at the enemy and die.
"A few years ago, when the deserted people went south to the first war, the priest of the Left Treasure Royal Court used this trick. At that time, the military headquarters sent a military order from Chang'an City. The generals were thinking,
My Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is different from the deserted people. They take a mobile route and will never be surrounded by a grassland..."
General Historical General stood at the top of the city, looking at the dense grassland cavalry under the city, looking at the four carriages, and looking at the corpses of the Tang army, his face became extremely ugly. He said, "But we have forgotten one thing, this kind of demon
It is very appropriate to use the magic to trap Helan City. And now it seems that these four wizards in the Golden Entrance Royal Court are obviously much better than those in the Left Entrance Royal Court back then!"
If it were before, there would be enough food and grass stored in Helan City. No matter how the Jinzhang Wangting besieged the city, the Tang army would not be afraid. However, now part of the Zhenbei Army is also in Helan City, and the food and grass in the city are already on the verge of exhaustion.
At this time, it is very dangerous to be besieged by the enemy.
"As far as I see, I must make up my mind early. Go to the east through the mountain crest, then go around Yanbei and return to the country. Only in this way can I not be trapped here and die."
Hisang said in a deep voice as he looked at the queen standing by the city wall.
The Empress shook her head and said, "Since the Golden Tent Shanyu dared to attack me, even the national sect who had been hidden for many years had invited out, his main cavalry had already gone south to invade the Tang Dynasty."
"What I am worried about now is the safety of Chang'an City."
The Empress's expression was still very calm, and she said softly: "If it were just the Golden Treasure Wangting family, and if the Shanyu had a few more courage, he would not dare to go south to let go, so the situation facing the Tang Dynasty now must be better than we see.
The imagination is even more difficult, and maybe it is the situation of the whole world in the fight against the Tang Dynasty."
History said: "Then we should attack Yan State more."
"The eastern desert is not peaceful, so it will take too long to go around Yanbei, and attack Yan State cannot slow down the pace of other enemies. What we need most now is time. We must bring the Zhenbei Army back as soon as possible.
Because the Tang Dynasty needed this cavalry more than ever."
The Empress turned around, looked at the two generals of the Zhenbei Army and said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking. I think that the Zhenbei Army is not as good as food and supplies now, what will it do if it rushes back."
"You are wrong. The Zhenbei Army stayed in Helan City. Without food and grass, it was the burden and concern of the Tang Dynasty. If we could return south and find food and grass, we would be the force that scares the enemy."
She said slowly: "I don't know if Chang'an City has thought of this, and I don't know if the grain team in Beidaying was burned by the Wangting or did not come at all, but it is obvious that the Jinzhang Wangting Shanyu looked at it very clearly.
At this point, he paid such a great price to trap us here."
General Historical was silent for a moment and asked, "Empress, what should we do?"
The Empress said: "We must take advantage of the last food and grass to highlight Helan City as soon as possible."
History frowned slightly, and the two generals of the North Town Army also looked a little dim. They actually understood the truth that the empress said. The problem was that the body of the Tang cavalry under the city wall proved the difficulty of this matter.
"It's enough to kill those three priests."
The Empress looked at the city and the four gorgeous carriages behind the grassland cavalry. Her eyes slowly narrowed, and the sound that flowed from her lips seemed to have become a little colder.
Master Box Yang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly smiled and said, "Or, I'll try it."
The Empress shook her head and said, "The priming skills of the grassland barbarians are too good, and the master used to be too dangerous."
A general from Zhenbei Army gritted his teeth and said, "Empress, there are several martial arts powerhouses under the command of the last general. If there are still clouds covering the shaky strange thing tonight, let them try again."
The Queen still shook her head and said, "I have tried it twice before. Since I failed, don't try again. The lives of these soldiers should have more important uses in the future. Don't sacrifice them here for nothing."
There was silence on the top of Helan City.
What should I do? At this time, the most noble person in the city was the Empress. His Majesty's will before his death stated that the sixth prince succeeded to the throne, so the generals naturally followed the empress's leader. However, in the eyes of everyone, the Empress is a weak woman after all, she
What other solutions can be come up with?
The Queen smiled slightly, as if she remembered some memories from a long time ago.
Then she whispered: "I want to give it a try."
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Both history and the two generals of the North Town Army thought they had heard it wrong.
However, before they could react, they could only hear the sound of the wind. The palace skirts were flying on the city wall. The queen actually snatched lightly and jumped out of the city wall!
Han Qing howled bitterly, and reached out to grab the corner of the queen's skirt, but only grabbed the air. The two generals of the North Town Army were shocked and rushed to the city wall after a while.
People on the city wall thought they would see the scene of the queen's death tragically.
Han Qing cried and said, "I should know, Your Majesty is so sudden, how could she bear this blow? I'm afraid she would have wanted to follow Your Majesty long ago, but Oh my Majesty..."
The crying stopped abruptly. He looked at the scene he saw, rubbed his eyes, rubbed his eyes until it turned red, and felt that the scene he saw was not real.
Looking at this scene, the two generals of the North Town Army widened their eyes and their hands on the city wall were about to crush the hard stone bricks. Only Master Box Yang's expression was still calm.
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The Empress jumped off the high city wall, but she did not fade away.
She hadn't fallen to the ground yet.
She was still falling in the air. After a distance, she would stretch out her hand and gently press it on the hard stone wall. The falling momentum suddenly slowed down, and the hem of her skirt rose slightly, and she looked like a dancing flower.
After His Majesty passed away, the queen's clothes were always light, so this was a simple flower.
The queen's feet finally fell to the ground, and the hem of the skirt gradually fell.
The ground outside Helan City is very soft, like a swamp.
Her soles slowly fell downwards.
The grassroots on the shoes are also falling.
She walked towards the golden tent cavalry in the distance, with a quiet expression, as if she was going to inspect the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.
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