Chapter 9 Chapter Eight Life and Death

"Brother Huang... sister-in-law, is sister-in-law feeling unwell?" On the second day, while drinking Yunqi tea in the inner hall, Prince Xueya, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked. Prince Chengde flicked his sleeves wide, the sharpness in his eyes flashed imperceptibly, and smiled lightly: "It's not a big deal, but it seems that she suffered from a bit of wind and cold the night before, and she got up in the morning and said that her head was a little heavy, so I advised her to rest gone." "Oh." Prince Xueya just responded softly, turned his head sideways, as if he was just looking at the thick battle clouds in the northern sky, and after a long time, he said calmly, "The weather is getting colder and colder, so be careful."

There was a smile on Prince Chengde's lips, but he didn't speak. He was blowing the tea foam in the teacup absent-mindedly, as if he was looking forward to something.At this time, horseshoes sounded in a hurry on the street, and the city guards rolled off their horses panting, and prostrated themselves on the ground, "To the Crown Prince, Your Highness Seventh! Outside the city, outside the city...the rebels, today they sent Sun Tiejian to call for a fight! " There was no surprise in the eyes of Prince Chengde, he raised his head at this moment, and after looking at the screen in the inner hall, the Taifu Xu Fuyan had already arrived, seeing the prince's gaze, he just nodded imperceptibly and smiled with his beard.

It turned out that everything was going smoothly according to plan... "Sun Zhiquan?!" As expected, when he heard this name, the eyes of the usually indifferent and steady seventh brother suddenly brightened, as if lightning had shone on a sharp blade. He pulled up the sentinel and asked coldly, "Who is calling for war under the city?" ? Sun Tiejian?" The sentinel had never seen His Highness the Seventh Prince's gaze so cold and stern, he was stuttering and unable to speak, and just nodded desperately. Prince Xueya slowly let go of his hand, causing the sentinel to stagger back and take a deep breath. He pondered, with uncontrollable anger rising and falling between his brows.Breathing slowly and rapidly, Prince Chengde waited closely——

"Brother Huang, wait for me to behead that guy!" Finally, Prince Chengde heard his younger brother plead for orders. There was a fleeting smile on the corner of Prince Chengde's lips, he kept looking into the hall, at this time Taifu Xu had already walked out slowly, nodded slightly with his beard, his eyes were so deep that he couldn't see to the end. Prince Chengde dissuaded him: "Seventh brother, it's better to stay behind closed doors." "Sun Tiejian kept defeating our military power and killing my general over and over again. Today, my brother insists on taking his head back!" Yan Bai's hands were clenched tightly, and his eyes shone like lightning.He pondered for a while, and finally said: "Brother Huang, let me go out with three hundred elite soldiers, ride on fast horses, and fight quickly. You should be able to return to the city with your head in a cup of tea!"

"Okay! The Seventh Prince is wise and brave. Isn't it easy to take the head of an enemy general among a million troops? Behead the enemy first, and then the food and grass will arrive. The morale of the army in the city will definitely be boosted!" Some people applauded.Xu Taifu walked out of the hall in a long gown and feather crown, and said to Prince Chengde: "Please also order the prince to open the city immediately!" "Snow Cliff! Snow Cliff! Don't leave the city! Don't leave the city!" In the deep hall, behind the heavy curtains, Changsun Wuchen could hear the horns blowing continuously outside, and the sound of the golden watchtower resounded inside and outside, and he felt his whole body tremble suddenly. cold.

However, the strength of her arms could not even support her to sit up from the brocade quilt.Struggling with all her strength, she just rolled off the bed and fell to the ground, with no strength in her limbs. She moved towards the door inch by inch on the ground——however, the door of the bedroom was tightly closed, and all the maids who served her disappeared. Soldiers with mounted swords. Outside the window, the cold wind of Longshou Yuan's winter whizzed past, and the window paper was torn apart like a sword. The Crown Princess was shaking her hands and gritting her teeth, but tears still flowed slowly from the corners of her closed eyes.

"Xue Ya, don't leave the city..." "Squeak—ah—" The one-foot-thick city gate finally opened slowly with the joint efforts of dozens of soldiers, making a long sound.The huge noose at the top of the city slowly slid under the rotation of the wheel, and the suspension bridge was slowly leveled. "May His Highness the Seventh Highness honor our army!" Shao Yun, the general of the right army, stood at the entrance of the city, clasped his fists, and congratulated in a loud voice. Jin Tuo was in a hurry, the horse neighed, the iron clothes were cold, and a group of iron cavalry rushed out from the opened gate of the city.Suddenly, Shao Yun was startled - because at that time he suddenly realized that the general in silver armor who led the troops out of the city was not the Seventh Prince!

"General, the Seventh Highness has just left the city alone through the side gate in light clothes - the one wearing his armor just now is Fang Mengsheng, the captain of the left army." A soldier nearby reported.Shao Yun suddenly understood: "Crossing Chen Cang?" On Longshou Plain, the grass and trees in winter are bleak, gray and yellow, and the wind and sand are so strong that people's faces are almost split. Thousands of horses and horses crowded under the city, surrounded by a general, the banner beside him kept rolling in the wind, and the word "Sun" was as eye-catching as blood.Two soldiers carried a longbow to the left and right. The bow was as tall as a person. It was made of black iron, as black as ink, and as thick as a child's arm. Carried by two strong men, it looked quite heavy.

"Oh, it's that guy Yan Xueya who came!" Under the banner, the general in the black cloak stared at Yecheng, saw a line of cavalry rushing out of the city, saw the first person in the billowing yellow dust, and laughed suddenly, He seemed very excited: "Little ones, quickly bring the magic arm bow to the grandfather!" The left and right said yes, and the two strong men said black, and the giant bow was lifted onto the horse's back. Sun Tiejian lightly stretched the ape's arms, and gripped the longbow tightly.The bow was not light, as soon as it was held, the black steed under its crotch stomped its hooves and snorted loudly, before it stopped firmly.Sun Zhiquan held the longbow in his hand, raised it flatly, pulled out a mace arrow from the quiver beside the saddle, and aimed at the general in white who was rushing out of the city.

"General Sun, before the gong blew to start the battle, you want... this, isn't that good?" The general next to him had thick brows and blushed face, obviously a little naive, and couldn't help muttering a question. "Bah! It's not good for your size! Do you know what kind of character Yan Xueya is? If you don't kill him now, if he runs within ten feet, your head and mine will be lost!" Sun Zhiquan didn't even look at it. Look at the subordinates and scold them severely. Without answering any more, he held the bow in his left hand and slowly pulled it closer to his side like holding a baby in his right.The bow stretched like a full moon, and it contained amazing strength. Sun Tiejian's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a cold light in his falcon-like eyes.

When the group of people rushed within a hundred feet, he let go instantly, and shot an arrow like thunder. The white-robed knight swung his sword to block it, but the huge force on the arrow actually split the sword into two parts. The momentum still continued, shooting into his shoulder and passing through.The horse was still galloping, but the rider staggered and fell off the horse. Sun Zhiquan laughed loudly, but, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the turmoil on the left wing of the army—— The white-robed man who was riding alone rushed over without making a sound, taking advantage of the chaos, and was already within ten feet away! On the female wall of Ye City, Shao Yun, the deputy general of the right army, saw that the last rider had also rushed out of the city, and a sneer flashed in his eyes. Suddenly, he waved his hand vigorously: "Close the city gate! Put away the suspension bridge!" The surrounding soldiers didn't react for a while, and stood there in a daze. Shao Yun's eyes were stern, and suddenly he whipped the soldier next to him, and said sharply: "I order you to close the door! Are you fucking deaf?!" "Keep, but His Royal Highness the Seventh..." The soldier was a little stupid after being beaten, and he answered in a long while, pointing his finger to the outside of the city - there, on the Dragon's Head Plain in the windy yellow sand, three hundred horsemen and horses had just left the city to greet him. Those hundreds of iron cavalry are the dark lineup of the rebels, and Sun Tiejian who raised his banner with a hundred shots and a hundred hits! "The prince has an order: shut down the city immediately without delay!" Shao Yun slapped the soldier across the face, and ordered sharply to the guards on the city—at this time, all the soldiers on duty in Yecheng were right soldiers and horses, Shao Yun Jun Ping was very strict in governing the army. At this moment, when he gave an order, although it was unreasonable, his subordinates only hesitated a little, and still silently began to follow suit. With a sound of "squeak - ah -", the heavy city gate was closed again, the soldiers on the city shook the wheels vigorously together, and the suspension bridge on the moat was also closed one by one. The cold wind howled and rolled in, the weapons were like snow, and the sword energy was like frost.The isolated city of Ye was like a cold snow mountain on the Longshou Plain, the battle clouds weighed heavily on it, and the armor light shone like golden scales. "Oh! How could the food and grass be delivered so quickly?" The canal has never been so lively. The two fleets from the north and the south meet at Dayan Bay on the border of the country of Xi, filling the entire harbor densely.When Jin Bihui saw the red sun and blue sea flag on the southern fleet, he was overjoyed, jumped up, and shouted to Shen Tiexin: "Brother brought the fleet! Brother, brother actually delivered the food and grass himself!" The smile of the woman in red is like a flower in full bloom, bright and radiant. Shouting and laughing, Jin Bihui forgot to even mention the skirt, and jumped out of the cabin, but her feet stepped on the front skirt, almost staggered and fell, she suddenly became angry, and tore off half of the skirt. "Hey, why did you still have this virtue after you got married?" Suddenly, he heard someone laughing and asked next to his ear, and he was hit hard on his shoulder. , the water-dividing dagger shot out like an electric shock: "Bah! Marrying is not reincarnation, why do you want me to change my face?" "Zheng", the small dagger trembled slightly between the man's rough fingers, and the tall chestnut-skinned man suddenly laughed: "Ha, it seems that Dad finally miscalculated once! Fifth sister, you will change it even if you kill him!" I no longer have the temper of a man-in-law." "Third brother! Why did dad let you come here from the South China Sea?" The woman in red shouted joyfully, jumped over and took her brother's hand, and put her head on her brother's chest coquettishly like a child, and then came out Shen The deputy general was dumbfounded. It turned out that this tall man with bronze-colored lustrous skin exposed to the scorching sun was Suan Ni, the third son of Sea King and known as the King of the South China Sea.Since Sea King returned to the land to take care of himself, his four sons have inherited his sea business, and they are respectively in charge of the four fleets. "Not only I'm here, but also the boss and the second child are here!" Suan Ni stopped the smile in her eyes suddenly, and patted the little girl's shoulder, "Don't ask why we all came here—you know, Dad! Once...for seriousness." "Seriously? Seriously?" Jin Bihui raised his head inexplicably, looking at the third brother's face. Thick eyebrows were furrowed, Suan Ni rested her hand on her younger sister's shoulder, and said word by word: "Father really wants you to be the Empress of Li Kingdom!" The woman in red was startled suddenly, she jumped away like an electric shock, and stared at her brother in disbelief: "You, are you crazy?" "What's crazy... Isn't this what should be done? What kind of person is my father! The four brothers are all rich in the world, and even the aunt is the mother of the country of Xi. You are our sister, why should you be the only one left behind?" Suan Ni He raised his eyebrows and stared at him contemptuously, "Father has always loved you the most, and it's not like you don't know that—this time I chose a husband-in-law for you, and I want to give you Li Guo as a dowry!" "Nonsense! Sowing dissension, what is your intention?" Shen Tiexin finally couldn't help shouting angrily. Such words are simply blatantly provoking the Seventh Highness to rebel against the Crown Prince! ——Fortunately, he brought soldiers from the left army this time. If the prince's subordinates listened to him, wouldn't Prince Xueya be jealous? "Brother, shut up! Why didn't you ask my opinion for such a messy arrangement?!" Jin Bihui also became stubborn, with his hands on his hips, glaring at the third brother. Suan Ni was taken aback, seeing that the little girl was really angry, her tone suddenly softened, and she said with a smile: "Alas... Actually, it is for your own good that I plan to do this—" He paused, looking full of hostility Shen Tiexin, who was standing with his saber on his shoulders, said loudly: "General Shen, think about it—compared with Prince Xueya and Prince Chengde, which one is the wise king in troubled times? It’s hard to tell if it’s been unified a long time ago!” Shen Tiexin's heart also moved slightly: It's not that he has never had this kind of thought, but no matter from which point of view, this kind of thought is outrageous.So every time it appears, I forcefully press it down. "Tell you, whether that guy Yan Bai is suitable to be an emperor is one thing, but whether he is willing to be an emperor is another matter!" Still unrelenting, Jin Bihui glared at Suan Ni. Suan Ni laughed loudly: "No way...Little sister, you have only been married for a few days, and your arm is turned out?" He laughed, seeing Jin Bihui blushing with gritted teeth, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to beat him up, but his face sank: "Wait a minute. Listen to me—we were just delivering food and grass this time, and nothing happened yet." Bing's plan. But, do you know why the boss and the second are not here now?" "Why?" Jin Bihui was stunned, and blurted out. Suan Ni looked at the northern sky, and said slowly: "Late last night, I received a letter from Neiying Feige: Prince Chengde suspects Yan Bai, the seventh prince, and is ready to kill! About today, I will find an opportunity to borrow the hand of the rebels." kill him--" Jin Bihui was stunned when he heard that, remembering Prince Chengde's usual gentle and calm demeanor, blurted out: "Nonsense! No way!" Suan Ni sneered, looked at Shen Tiexin, and saw that his face was livid, but he didn't say anything to refute - this experienced general obviously knew that this matter was not only completely possible, but also how likely it was! Suan Ni Fu Gang raised his eyebrows: "It's like putting out a fire. When the news arrived last night, we discussed it. The boss and the second immediately divided up and went north. The second went around Yecheng and went straight to Longshouyuan to rescue my brother-in-law - the boss went back to the sea. Lijiang went deep into the territory, and turned back to Fang Chaofeng, the rear of the Four Emperor Uncles! Only I was left with food and grass and continued up the canal to meet you." Jin Bihui stared blankly at the third brother's cautious expression, then at Shen Tiexin's ashen face, slowly clenched his hands, unable to say anything. "Little sister... you have to remember: even if the second child goes too late, even if, even if you become a widow... the brothers will not leave you alone." Suan Ni's hand pressed her shoulder hard, heavily Shaking her, eyes pity. However, when he saw the girl's eyes suddenly go blank, he was startled, and quickly comforted him: "There must be time! The second child is always fast, and he must make it to Longshouyuan in time! Don't be afraid...don't be afraid!" "I... I'm not afraid." Jin Bihui muttered to himself, but his eyes slowly gathered together, sharp as needles, "I'm not afraid!" With a sudden struggle, she got out of Suan Ni's hand, stepped back a few steps, flipped over the side of the boat, and jumped onto the river bank.Looking up at his elder brother: "Third brother! Lend me your dragon horse! I'm going to Ye City!" "Shua", when the black iron long arrow came, Yan Bai immediately leaned back, but the bitter wind still pierced his neck with pain, he leaned back on the saddle, but the mount did not move at all. Stop, and run towards the enemy's central army at high speed. Before he straightened up, he heard two more roars in the air, knowing that Sun Zhiquan's iron arrows were hitting him without a break, he felt a surge of pride in his heart.He drew his sword with his backhand and saw the direction of the arrow. The blade scraped along the shaft of the iron arrow, making an ear-piercing sound. With a sound of "ding", a strong force surged, and he felt a shock in his wrist, and the arrow's tail feather had already touched the blade of the sword. The arrow's going slowed down, he turned his wrist, and quickly caught the arrow, before the fourth arrow hit, he let out a clear whistle, grabbed the bow beside the saddle, and the arrow bounced off Sun Zhiquan. Sun Zhiquan saw that the arrow did not come very quickly, so he swung his whip and struck it away. However, the strength contained in the arrow was a bit strange, it didn't shoot down after the blow, it just missed it, and wiped a bruise on the general's face. A bloodstain. With just such a resistance, the line of cavalry has approached tens of feet. Seeing the leading rider galloping towards him, with sword energy like frost, invincible, Sun Zhiquan wiped off the blood on his cheek, and coldly ordered: "Give me an order to gather two hundred archers and shoot Yanbai for me! The rest will come People, don't worry about it!" "Decree!" The herald hurried away. Sun Zhiquan raised his hand again, and beckoned another herald to come forward: "Order the left and right wings to encircle and cut off their way back!" "Decree!" It was almost noon, but the sun was submerged by the dim yellow dust, and on the Dragon's Head Plain, there was only strong wind howling. Sun Tiejian's eyes turned cold - today, he is going to behead the Prince Xueya, who has been said to be invincible in the past ten years, in the chaos! However, as soon as the left and right wings moved, they obviously understood the other party's intentions. The knight in the silver armor immediately issued an order, and the remaining hundreds of cavalry speeded up obviously—from the very beginning, the few hundred cavalry in this area behaved He came up with an accurate strategy: Although it was advancing rapidly, the formation never slackened in the slightest. Although there are not many people and horses, and they are constantly attrition in the process of advancing, they are concentrated in one place, but they show surprising strength - it is like a sharp sword, tearing open the army's mouth and piercing the heart! Sun Zhiquan saw the flags in front of him in disarray and the shouts one after another, knowing that the opponent was approaching rapidly.And once submerged in one's own formation, the archers originally called would be useless at all.He picked up the arrow again and shouted: "People in front, get out of the way!" Under the general's order, the soldiers stepped aside one after another and retreated through a gap. Sun Zhiquan saw the young man in white robe and long sword again. He took a deep breath and pulled his bow away. The distance was gradually approaching, and suddenly, Yan Bai jumped up from the horse's back, touched the shoulders of several soldiers around him with his toes, and after a few jumps, he was several feet closer and fell into the enemy's formation. The moment he jumped up, Sun Zhiquan seized the perfect opportunity, followed the trajectory of his figure, and shot straight at the helpless man in white in mid-air! With a strong wind, the black iron arrow shot directly at Yan Bai's shoulders and heart. Yan Bai swung his sword away from the arrow that was shot first, but the huge force on the arrow still pulled his upward figure to a standstill. In an instant, the other two arrows had already been shot, and he stretched out his foot to catch the arrow that was slightly lower. With a step on it, he jumped up, and reached out to grab the other tail feather, but it was half a beat too late. With a "poof", the black iron arrow pierced into his waist. Immediately, bright red flowers bloomed on the white robe. Sun Zhiquan laughed, and without hesitation, he took a series of shots with his bow, but was suddenly taken aback—he just lowered his head to draw out the arrow, and when he raised his head among the flying banners, he suddenly lost sight of it. The shadow of that white robe and white armor! After estimating the remaining distance between them when they finally shot Yan Bai, they suddenly knew something was wrong, so they immediately rode back and walked back, but suddenly they heard the wind whistling in their ears—— He turned his head in horror, and saw the young white-robed general seem to emerge from the ground. He killed a cavalryman with a sword, pushed the corpse off the horse, sat on it himself, picked up the cavalryman's spear, raised his hand and threw it at him. . Sun Zhiquan had always admired his archery skills all his life, but at this moment he had no time to raise his bow, and watched helplessly as the throwing spear whizzed towards him. "Yang Ding, you can rest in peace." The moment the spear pierced his body, Sun Zhiquan suddenly heard someone sigh softly.His eyes bulged with pain, and suddenly he let out a dying laugh. "Didn't expect it! Didn't expect me... I'm still dead in your hands..." He coughed, watching Yan Bai rushing towards his neck in the chaos, and he just laughed, " But you, you don’t want to go back alive!——Your brother betrayed you!” "Nonsense." Without hesitation at all, Yan Bai rushed over, coldly cut the throat of the enemy general with the long sword in his hand, and then stretched out his hand, grabbing the red tassel on the helmet.Bright red blood spurted out, and the head was severed from the body, however, the expression of laughing and gloating was still maintained. Yan Bai succeeded in one blow, and the long sword swung back, blocking the long spear that greeted him.Hang the head of the enemy general on the side of the saddle, turn the horse's head, and prepare to return quickly. However, his eyes suddenly froze—— Ye City!The door of Ye City... is closed! Brother Huang... Brother Huang!