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Chapter 77
"Married to a Dead Eunuch" Source:
When Cheng Hui got on the carriage to Jianbei, she keenly noticed that Li Youde's mood didn't seem very good. She glanced at him secretly several times, and found that he was absent-minded and seemed to be worried about something.
Cheng Hui retracted his gaze and sat upright and far away. If he wants to come, he is still worrying about her coming, right? He agreed to it himself, and it doesn't matter to her... However, since the purpose has been achieved, she is better off at the moment. Don't irritate him. It's not good to make any irrational actions.
Jianbei City is thirty miles northwest of Fanyang. Both cities are surrounded by the endless mountains of the Liyang Mountains. The two cities are connected by a mountain road that is not wide. The middle is wide and sometimes narrow. With several horse-drawn carriages running in parallel, one of the horse-drawn carriages owned by Li Youde in a narrow place can barely go. Thirty miles to say that the length is not long, or that the short is not short. Maintain a normal speed, and it will take about two hours.
Cheng Hui looked outside from time to time. When she came to a small place, she looked up curiously, and quickly retracted her head. Such a narrow terrain is really suitable for carrying out a surprise attack from top to bottom. For example, if the stone is thrown down from above, there are several people below who have to explain here.
"What are you looking at?" Li You had to go all the way, and finally stopped struggling. Seeing Chen Hui's strange expression, he asked. He decided to wait until the war was over, and then think of a way to make Chen Hui Niang settle down. Let's do this now.
Cheng Hui said his thoughts, but what he got was a sneer from Li Youde.
"This mountain is steep and there are soldiers patrolling the nearby roads. It's not easy to move when there are too many people. You can't escape the eyes of the scouts. There are few people who can get in, but it doesn't make the weather.
Cheng Hui glanced at Li Youde and responded slowly. If this was Li Youde's own judgment, she felt suspicious, but if it was Lang Yu and the others, she would be relieved. She thought about it for a while and felt that this should be what Lang Yu and the others said, so she didn't worry any more.
The carriage was unstable on the mountain road in the second half. Cheng Hui almost couldn't sit still. After a bump, she slammed her head on the wall of the car and almost hit her injured nose. She was busy covering her nose with one hand and grasping the wall of the car with one hand. She missed the modern car very much. But without such a trick, even the stomach acid would come out.
When Li Youde saw it, he felt a little pain in his heart, but he decided not to show it, and said with a mockery: "I also said that I am not afraid of hardship and have to follow me. I regret it now...Um..."
The car was too bumpy, and while he was talking, the car bumped and never stopped. This accidentally bit his tongue.
Cheng Hui originally wanted to refute it. After seeing Li Youde accidentally bit her tongue, her face turned black. She closed her lips tightly. She didn't dare to speak, but she was laughing crazy in her heart. Let him talk too much and be condemned by God! God has eyes!
Li Youde accidentally bit his tongue and felt painful and embarrassing. At this moment, he caught a glimpse of Cheng Hui's smile-bearing appearance, and his heart became even more angry, but he was helpless with her. He would not dare to let him speak and scold her at this moment. Yes, in case he bites again, he won't live.
With Cheng Hui secretly holding back a smile and Li Youde staring at her stalemate, the team finally reached Jianbei City. Not all the troops brought from the capital were brought here. Some of the troops and grain remained in Fan Yang, and the other part was brought to support Jianbei.
At first glance, Jianbei City is not much different from Fan Yang, but the city is smaller, and the tension in the city is more intense. However, as Li Youde said, the scale of the war was not large. Although the people were nervous, most of them felt that there was no problem holding the city, so there were no people who even fled the city.
The current leader of Jianbei City led out the city generals Lang Yu and Li Youde to welcome them into the city. The military information reported by Fan Yang had already been reported in advance, but now it is just a report on the latest developments. A few days ago, the Xi people had a less intense siege attempt, which naturally did not succeed. They thought it would become more frequent in the past few days. Who knows that the Xi people seem to be dumb and quiet as if they have retreated. Similar. The scouts had just been dispatched before, and it would take the night to get news at the earliest.
Before going to rest and waiting for news, Cheng Hui followed Li Youde and Lang Yu up to the city wall. She had only been to the Great Wall once before, and some sections were really difficult to climb. Suddenly, without iron railings, she couldn't climb at all. She was always curious about how the ancients walked on the Great Wall... but a city. The city walls are naturally different. The stones underneath are very smooth, with blood stains from time to time. The wall is very wide, and it can even be used for horse racing. Looking from the top to the bottom, the height of more than ten meters is an excellent barrier. There is an arrow tower at a distance, and it shoots arrows from a higher place. If the number of archers and arrows is enough, a round of volley shooting can take away many enemies.
And on the muddy ground outside the wall, there are many people's corpses and horse corpses stacked. In a few places, people died concentratedly, and pools of blood formed, but even pools of blood coagulated into blood clots.
Cheng Hui came with the mentality of visiting at the beginning. Even if she knew that war was not a childβs play, there would be many dead people, but when she saw so many corpses without being mentally prepared at all, she paled suddenly and turned around. Opened his sight.
Li Youde in the past ordered people to be killed and framed to death. There were countless people who watched the emperor execute them. The number of people who died on the battlefield was still not seen. When he turned his head, he saw that Cheng Hui's face was not very good. He was behind everyone. A few steps, whispered: "If you're afraid, go down."
Cheng Hui doesn't know how long he will stay on this battlefield. If he is afraid of corpses, how can he stop Li Youde to death?
"I'm not afraid..." Meeting Li Youde's squinted eyes, Cheng Hui changed his mouth again, "I'm a little scared... But wait until I look more and get used to it."
"Girls, what are you used to doing? Is it possible that you still plan to fight the enemy?" Li Youde said displeased.
Cheng Hui solemnly said: "If it's father-in-law, Hui Niang will definitely follow!"
"Okay, will you run on me?" Li Youde smiled angrily.
Cheng Hui shook his head and looked innocent: "Father-in-law, this is my loyalty to you!"
"Faithful? Huh." Li Youde smiled lowly, not knowing what it meant, and said again, "Really not going down?"
"Really no less." Cheng Hui was firm.
Li Youde said, "Okay, it's up to you."
He looked forward, and those corpses were really nothing special in his eyes, and he looked at Cheng Hui casually, only to see that she was forcibly looking at the corpses, she was very scared, but forced himself to look.
Suddenly Li Youde wanted to raise his hand to cover Cheng Hui's eyes so as not to let her see the bloody scenes, but at this moment, the intense and tight horn was blown.
Li Youde and Cheng Hui were both stunned, and then they heard one shout after another.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Cheng Hui stared wide-eyed and looked into the distance, only to see a puff of smoke and dust, and he could not see how many troops were approaching quickly. She wanted to look more closely, but she was suddenly hit by someone, and she was hugged by Li Youde to stabilize her.
At the same time when the enemy attack alarm was issued, the soldiers on the wall immediately acted. They were well-trained. Although Lang Yu was a civilian, he was quite calm at this time and began to command the soldiers to respond to the enemy. In comparison, Li Youde and the people he brought with him were much inferior. When they were hit by the soldiers coming and going, they couldn't find North.
"Eunuch Li, please go downstairs first." Gong Shenjiang looked solemn and came to lead Li Youde downstairs.
Li Youde was a little hesitant at first. As a supervising army, it was a little uncomfortable for him to go on like this. But looking at the aggressively rushing enemy army, he was finally empty. Under the guidance of General Gong, he hurried downstairs Go.
Cheng Hui followed Li Youde and walked fast, but she was originally timid, so she didn't feel the slightest guilty conscience for her behavior, but Li Youde...she glanced at him and saw that although he tried to stay calm, But that tight appearance can't deceive people.
After Li Youde accidentally stepped on the last step and almost fell, Cheng Hui's ridicule finally took shape-let you install it on the tower, let's show it!