Chapter 50

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date="2021-09-03"

title="Chapter 50"

weight="134541"

series = ["The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress"]

mode = "manual"

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The battle of Yanzhou was fought from dark to dawn and from dawn to dark. The officers and soldiers of both sides were immortal, with swords and swords in the light of the fire, and a burst of blood, which stained the ground beneath their feet red. When Mingjin ended his troops, there was bloodshed and bodies everywhere outside the city.

An Changqing sat on the roof of the general's office, looking forward to another dark sky.

The gate of Yanzhou is closed, and patrolling soldiers can be seen faintly on the city wall.

This day and night, Xiao Zhige did not come back. An Changqing really could not hold up. Under the persuasion of Zhou Helan, she came down from the roof, washed hastily, and went to sleep.

As a result, the next day, before dawn, an Changqing opened her eyes spontaneously. Once again, there was a faint cry of killing outside the city. Beidi should have begun the second attack on the city. On this day, an Changqing only stayed in the house and didn't go anywhere. When I was really upset, I could only take out that piece of purple emerald to polish it carefully, so as to force myself to calm down.

The stone clothes outside the purple emerald have been completely polished, revealing the glossy inside. After carefully examining it in the palm of his hand, an Changqing finally decided to carve a seal with this purple emerald-- give it to Xiao Zhige as a private seal.

Irregular purple jade is gradually polished out of round edges and corners, unwittingly another day has passed, Xiao Zhige still has not returned to the mansion. In the evening, an Changqing remembered the man's advice that making jade hurt her eyes in the evening, so she finally put down the emerald in her hand and went out with Chen Su to get some air.

The people in the city still live their own lives, but the fighting outside affects the people in the city more or less, and everyone looks a little heavy on their faces, glancing at the direction of the city gate from time to time. Although knowing that there is a general, Yanzhou will not be defeated, but really fight, but still can not help but worry.

The second day passed calmly, and in the middle of the night, the door of the general's office was knocked, and the sleeping an Changqing turned up and ran to the gate with a grunt. The door of the general's office had already been opened, and an Changqing thought Xiao Zhige had come back. He hurriedly called out "your Majesty."

Then when he arrived at the door, he saw the tall body of the iron tiger. He scratched his head and saluted: "Princess, Tiehu is lucky not to lose his life, and the remaining 20,000 stones of food and grass have been delivered."

An Changqing lowered her eyes in disappointment and looked down. When she raised her head again, she smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

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Early the next morning, Qi Wei brought people to the house to check the number of grain and grass with the iron tiger. During the war, there was a great loss of food and forage, and the 20,000 stones sent earlier had reached the bottom, and the twenty thousand stones sent by the Iron Tiger were just right.

Qi Wei's face almost laughed like a flower and slapped the iron tiger on the shoulder: "good brother!"

Tiehu held his back collar and drove people away: "go to the side, this is what the princess tried to raise." Old man, I was just ordered to send it! "

Qi Wei straightened the collar of the whole dress, then handed it to an Changqing and solemnly said, "I thank the princess on behalf of the Yanzhou officers and soldiers!"

An Changqing smiled and told him to make himself at home. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "is your Majesty staying in the barracks?" But what is missing? I can have it delivered. "

Qi Wei smiled and quickly covered up the past: "Yes, there is no lack of anything." The general wants to sit in the army and is not allowed to return home free for the time being. "

An Changqing, with sharp eyes, did not miss his expression for a moment, twisted her eyebrow and said, "really?" But before the war, Prince told me that he was not in the city these days. "

"the general even said that?" Qi Wei was surprised and hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry about my sister-in-law, the general will return safely."

"so Prince is really not in the city?" When an Changqing cheated out the truth, his heart sank, and he suddenly remembered what Xiao Zhige had said to him before he left. Now, if it was an ordinary battle, why would he say such a thing?

Pressing the panic in his heart, an Changqing tried his best to calm down and said, "what on earth did Prince do?"

Qi Wei did not expect that the princess, who looked at the princess with a pure good temper, could still trap his words. Immediately her face turned green, hesitated for a long time, and she simply got down on one knee and hugged her fist: "military orders are like mountains. Please forgive me if you can't say!"

An Changqing froze him for a long time, but did not insist on asking where Xiao Zhige was going, but only asked, "is it dangerous?"

"this." In a dilemma, Qi Wei said hesitatingly, "there are some dangers, but if the general uses his troops like a god, he will be able to overcome the danger!"

He might as well not say it. An Changqing's lips were white, and when he settled down, he said, "I know."

Then went back to bedroom, but couldn't sleep any more. took that piece of purple emerald and pondered it carefully in the middle of the night.

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The fourth day was a sunny day, and it was early in the morning, and after three days of fighting, the two armies faced each other, and their momentum was not as strong as that of the first World War.

The eagle circled several times in the sky, swooped down and fell into the North Di army barracks.

Huyan art took the message from the eagle's foot, which stopped on his arm, and swept it quickly, his face suddenly changed: "Wang Ting is in trouble, Xiao Zhige leads the Sucker Punch King's Court!" Father told us to come back as soon as possible! "

Huyanart and Huyanzhi were both sons of King Beidi, and they looked anxiously at Huyanxun: "withdraw your troops immediately and go back to the royal court!"

Hu Yanxun cut a light in his eyes, and his one arm on the knife sank slightly: "Xiao Zhige is not here, so we can take advantage of the opportunity to capture Yanzhou, occupy Yanzhou, and welcome brother Wang." Yanzhou is the new Wang Ting! "

"you don't want to withdraw?" Huyan art's face changed.

Hu Yanxun gritted his teeth and sneered: "this is the best opportunity!"

"Di, let's go!" Huyanart took a deep look at him and did not want to waste his breath with him.

After Huyanzhi followed him, the two men summoned their officers and soldiers, retreated without hesitation, and ran straight to the depths of the northern desert.

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"newspaper! Huyanart and Huyanzhi have withdrawn their troops to the north desert! "

Xie Ling sprang to his feet and said, "send someone to stop them!"

The scout said, "but Huyanxun's army is still outside the city."

Qi Wei patted the table: "No matter Huyanxun, send men to stop them!" How many people have they taken away? "

"about ten thousand."

Beidi fifty thousand soldiers, Huyan Ate and Huyanzhi took away ten thousand, and there were forty thousand outside the city gate.

Xie Ling gritted her teeth: "you must stop me!"

With five thousand iron armour, Xiao Zhige arrived at Beidi Wangting as fast as he could.

Beidi Wangting was located on the oasis of the hinterland of the North Desert, but because of its nomadic characteristics, the city defense was not stable. with 5,000 iron armour, he caught them by surprise, but for two days and two nights, he forcibly broke through the city and entered the king's court.

It's just that in the royal court, except for the servants who fled everywhere, they did not see Huyanche, the king of Beidi, and Huyanting, the eldest prince.

The three warriors of Beidi are in Yanzhou, while King Beidi and his eldest son sit in the king's court. Now that the royal court has been broken, the two men have disappeared.

Xiao Zhige turned the king's court upside down, and on the fifth day, he finally found a tunnel in the dormitory of Huyanche. The tunnel leads to the outside of the city. Xiao Zhige chased after people and finally found the embarrassed Beidi King and the eldest prince.

The two fled in a panic, surrounded by only a dozen guards. The iron armour surrounded them and easily took the heads of the two men.

The battle went more smoothly than expected, but somehow Xiao Zhige suddenly crossed a sense of crisis and squinted at the direction of Royal court. Xiao Zhige waved his hand and took his men from the other side, ready to bypass Royal court and return to Yanzhou.

After riding his horse for more than ten miles, there was a sudden cloud of dust behind him, the ground shook, and the horse in his crotch hissed nervously.

The soldier who explored the way listened to it on the ground and said solemnly, "the Beidi people are catching up, and the number is at least half that of us."

Xiao Zhige thought about paying and guessed that the army of Yanzhou had withdrawn. At present, it is very far away from Yanzhou, and they are exhausted after a long-distance attack, and they are absolutely no match for the Beidi army. Taking a quick look at the surrounding terrain, there is a rolling hill on the right. Xiao Zhige waved: "get in!"

When Huyan art led his troops to catch up, Xiao Zhige had just entered the hill. Looking at the continuous horseshoe prints on the ground, Huyan Art drank to stop the soldiers behind him and said with a ferocious look: "dare to enter the Devil Ridge, I must tell them never to return!"

The horse's hoof trampled on the ground a few times, and Huyanat sent a small team to go in cautiously to explore. The Devil Ridge is a restricted area in the North Desert, and even the shepherds who are most familiar with the North Desert dare not go in. The terrain inside is as complex as a labyrinth, with quicksand and poisons. It is said that if you go in, you will not be able to get out alive.

After waiting in place for a long time, the soldiers who went in to explore finally came back, two fewer than when they entered, but they carried back a flag of war, with gold characters on a black background, which is the commonly used "GE" flag in Xiao Zhige's army. The leader replied, "there is no sign of them." he must have gone deep. "

Huyan art's face looked better: "Xiao Zhige will definitely die this time!" It can also be counted as revenge for my father and brother! "

"all officers and men, follow me back to Yanzhou! Take down Yanzhou to be the new king's court! " Huyan art waved his arms, and ten thousand Beidi soldiers followed and shouted loudly behind him, carrying the lost "GE" flag, and the wind rushed back to Yanzhou.

Under the city of Yanzhou, Hu Yanxun is fighting against the army of Yanzhou. The eagle who sent the message spiraled down, and when Hu Yanxun saw the death of King Beidi and the eldest prince, there was a smile on his lips. Just as he was about to order the withdrawal of the troops back to the royal court, he saw that Huyanart and Huyanzhi, with nearly twenty thousand men, came back mightily.

Huyanxun greeted him and found that there were even many women in the back. He frowned and said, "what's going on?"

"Xiao Zhige broke the king's court and killed his father and brother!" Huyanart said, "but he himself has entered the Devil Ridge and is bound to die." I have taken all my people with me, and we must defeat Yanzhou in this battle! "

Behind him, the Beidi people raised their arms and shouted, "take down Yanzhou!"

Huyanxun's eyes flashed slightly, showed a smile, patted Huyanart hard on the shoulder, and waved his arm and said, "Xiao Zhige is dead!" Take down Yanzhou and avenge King Huyan! "

Tens of thousands of Beidi troops shouted outside the city, and the flag of "GE" with gold characters on the black background was planted in front of the Beidi army array.

The officers and soldiers of Yanzhou who guarded the city looked at each other, their expressions all changed.

Qi Wei and others also heard the noise outside. Qi Wei gritted his teeth and said, "nothing can happen to the general!"

Xie Ling hesitated: "but we didn't stop Huyan art."

At that time, Huyanart brought people back to the king's court, and Xie Ling led troops to intercept, but he was disturbed by Huyanxun's motive, missed the opportunity, and asked Huyanart to lead troops back to the North Desert one day in advance.

If Xiao Zhige and Huyan art are facing each other, there is little chance of winning.

"these bastards will talk nonsense." Iron tiger patted the table: "the general is so easy to defeat?" If it is really folded in their hands, can't the body of the general be hung as a flag in front of the battle? "

Iron tiger words are not rough, several generals looked at each other, and finally simultaneously confirmed the look: "that's right!" The general has never been defeated! We can't upset the morale of the army by ourselves. "

Having said that, several people went out one after another to appease the morale of the army. Prepare for the Beidi attack.

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Many people in the city also heard the shouts of the Beidi army. Many people laugh at it at first, and the general is invincible in their hearts.

However, with the passage of time, one day, two days, three days. Ten days.

The offensive of the Beidi army became more and more fierce, but Xiao Zhige never showed up, and there were rumors that the general's flag had been cut off by the Beidi people, and this firm belief began to be shaken. Shops that could have opened normally closed one after another, and people huddled at home, worried or frightened.

Even the officers and men in the army were affected to a certain extent, and they gradually began to fall short of their abilities in the face of the fierce offensive of the North Di Army. The house happened to rain all night, but at this time, there was only half of the food and forage left. if the people of Beidi continued to fight like this, the city would be caught in a predicament of running out of food.

Qi Wei and others were in a hurry, but the spies sent out did not find anything, and there was no news from Xiao Zhige and five thousand iron armour.

It took an Changqing four or five days to know about the rumors outside. Zhou Helan strictly ordered the soldiers in the house to hide the news. Fortunately, an Changqing stayed in the house these days and didn't go out, so she was able to hide it.

However, on this day, an Changqing finally cheered up and wanted to go out for a walk, but Chen Suzhi stumbled and refused to let him go out.

An Changqing was full of puzzlement, and saw that he stumbled, regardless of his resistance to go out, but saw only the deserted streets. It was not easy to find an old woman to inquire about, but the other party looked at him sympathetically and told him to be sorry for his loss.

An Changqing was confused, then suddenly reacted and ran quickly to the barracks.

The gatekeeper did not dare to stop him. An Changqing rushed into the Chamber and saw that Qi Wei was losing his temper at the two soldiers with unshaven beards: "if you dare to spread rumors again, go and get thirty batons!"

As soon as he looked up after the reprimand, he was right in the eye of an Changqing. As soon as his face changed, and before he had figured out how to get over it, he heard an Changqing ask calmly and abnormally, "what happened to your Majesty?"

Qi Wei hesitated and refused to talk.

An Changqing pushed him away and walked in: "where is the iron tiger?" Tell him to come and see me. "

Several other generals, including Iron Tiger, came when they heard the news. But no one dared to say a word first. In the end, the iron tiger could not help saying, "the Beidi people are holding the war flag and say that the general is dead, but the old man does not believe it!" Don't believe it, princess! "

After some questioning, an Changqing figured out the whole story.

He clenched his teeth, thinking that the man had promised "he would come back" before he left. He closed his eyes and said, "I don't believe it." Prince said he would come back, so he would certainly come back! "

"if you want to see people if you live, you want to see a corpse if you die!" An Changqing said harshly, "you have to get along with Prince longer than I do, and you should know that he is not so easily defeated!"

As soon as Tiehu and others were shocked, the shaky confidence these days was pulled back again. Of course they believe in the general's ability. It was just that the Beidi army was shouting outside every day, and the spies could not find any trace of Xiao Zhige and his party. The original firm confidence gradually began to fade away.

"the city of Yanzhou must be guarded before Prince comes back!"

Tiehu clapped his legs and agreed, "the princess is right!" Even if you give your life, you have to keep Yanzhou! If the general comes back, but Yanzhou is gone, we will have no face to live! "

Several people looked at each other and knelt down on one knee with clasped fists: "I swear to defend Yanzhou to the death!"

Holding the palm of his hand with slender fingers, an Changqing said one word at a time: "I will work with you to guard Yangzhou and wait for the general to return triumphantly!"

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On the city wall of Yanzhou, a row of "GE" flags were erected, and Qi Wei deployed troops for defense. Tiehu and Xie Ling led two teams of men waiting behind the city gate, ready to kill out of the city and compete with the Beidi people.

An Changqing stood on the city wall and looked at the dark army outside the city. Shen Shi took the drumstick from the drummer's hand and beat the first drum with all his strength. In the drumming, he said in a loud voice, "I am an Changqing, Princess of the Northern War." Listen up, officers and men of Yanzhou, your general led troops to Beidi King Court of Sucker Punch, beheaded Beidi King and Big Prince of Beidi. Now I'm on my way back to Yanzhou! Don't believe the tricks of the Beidi people! "

"I will stick to the city of Yanzhou with you and wait for the general to return triumphantly!"

The sound fell and the drums beat, one by one. Yanzhou officers and soldiers who had been in the doldrums for several days cheered up and looked at the princess standing on the city wall, listening to the sound of war drums in her ears, and her blood was boiling all over her body.

"stick to Yanzhou! Wait for the general to return triumphantly! "

The sound is like a landslide and the momentum is like a rainbow.

Then the city gate opened wide and the two armies fought each other.

Because of the appearance of an Changqing, the momentum of the officers and men in Yanzhou was exhilarated again. An Changqing did what he said, seriously advancing and retreating with them, regardless of danger, beating war drums on the city wall every day.

So for another five days.

In the Chamber, Qi Wei clenched his teeth and said, "there is not enough food and grass." Both Liangzhou and Chenzhou can be borrowed. "

Xie Ling said, "what about Suzhou? Maybe send troops to help? "

"Shentu Xu is a coward who dare not send troops without the order of his Majesty." Tiehu said angrily. The urgent report was sent out, and there has been no reply from Beijing.

An Changqing sat at the end: "how much food is there?"

Qi Wei said, "there are only five thousand stones left."

An Changqing looked down and thought for a moment and said, "I have read in a book a way to boil grain in water and steam it twice before drying it. If you have one stone of grain, you can get two stones of dry grain." It's just that it's never been verified to be true or false. "

Qi Wei was impatient: "I'll send someone to try it!"

The people immediately went out with him and hurriedly sent for a bucket of rice to be boiled. Half a day passed, and everyone waited nervously, only to see that there was more steamed and dried rice than before. The bucket that used to hold rice and grain can only hold half of it at this time.

Qi Wei was delighted: "gather the men and immediately start making dry food."

An Changqing hurriedly said, "now that the war is tight, we might as well ask the people in the city to help."

The others felt that it was reasonable, so they hurriedly sent someone to the city to gather the people. A boiler was soon set up in the city and began to steam and dry the grain.

If the problem of food and forage has been solved for the time being, we can survive for a few more days. Qi Wei and others all looked relaxed. Seeing that an Changqing looked haggard, he could not help persuading him to go back and have a rest. Otherwise, when the general comes back and sees the princess like this, he will not let them go.

An Changqing shook her head and walked straight to the city wall: "I said, I advance and retreat with the officers and men of Yanzhou."

In the evening, after recuperation, the Beidi attacked again. An Changqing stood on the city wall, watching the two armies fight with a cold eye, except for the vibrating drum face in front of his eyes, leaving only the sound of killing in his ear.

The battle seemed to last longer than ever before. An Changqing lost her arm, but clenched her teeth and went on beating the drum.

Under the city wall, I do not know who suddenly shouted: "the general is back!" The general is back! "

An Changqing lost his head and fell to the ground with his drumstick in his hand. he rushed to the wall and looked down, and saw a familiar tall figure, surrounded by officers and soldiers, riding his horse to the city gate.

With a heat in his eyes, he rushed back to pick up the drumstick, beat the drum and shouted, "the general is back!" Yanzhou will win! "

"Yanzhou will win!"

The echoes of the mountains in the city, and the lights of the people's residence were on, and they went out into the street one after another, and shouted loudly.

Xiao Zhige looked up with some feeling, then wiped the blood and sweat on his face, raised his black gold gun and said, "Kill!"

Behind him, the flag of the word "GE" was fierce, and the sound of killing was loud.

When Hu Yanxun and others saw the sudden appearance of Xiao Zhige, they knew that the battle would be defeated. Gritting his teeth, Hu Yanxun looked at each other with two nephews and sneered: "is this what you say that Xiao Zhige will die?" I will not accompany you! "

With a shout, Mingjin retreated quickly to the other side with his men. Huyanart and Huyanzhi looked at each other, seeing Yanzhou troops and horses coming with momentum and momentum, and could only be followed by a resentful retreat.

Xiao Zhige's iron long gun stood in front of the city gate, and seeing the Beidi people fleeing far away, he ordered to return to the city.

The heavy gate closed behind him, and when Xiao Zhige got off his horse and walked quickly, he saw an Changqing coming down from the city wall.

An Changqing wore ill-fitting armor, and her face was splashed with blood somewhere. she looked as embarrassed as Xiao Zhige. His eyes were red and he clenched his teeth and looked at Xiao Zhige.

Xiao Zhige strode forward and was about to touch him, but he staggered away and turned out without saying a word.

"here you are." Xiao Zhige grabbed his hand, shook his body, hugged him wearily from behind, and leaned his head against his shoulder socket: "Let me hold it for a while."

An Changqing clenched her fingers, but she didn't move again after all.

The author has something to say: counseling (guilty):. Here, I'm hurt.

Here (sneers): you deserve it.

Countenance:. (how fierce it is!)