At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"What do you mean it's a long story?"

Princess Rouyue frowned, and even Eriyuki and Shi Huan looked over curiously.

"this one……"

Ren Hao coughed twice and hesitated for a moment, but finally told the whole truth, how he destroyed the Wei River to rescue the Zhan Shen Pass, and how he drifted to the Western Regions and became a slave.

When Shi Huan heard that his respected master dared to be captured and used as a parasite, he immediately became indignant and said, "Master, where is the bastard who captured you? I will go and avenge you right now."

"There's no need to help me get revenge. They have all paid the price for their actions." Ren Hao waved his hand and returned to the previous topic.

"Princess Rouyue, you were going to marry the Northern Hu, but you were kidnapped on the way. This was a conspiracy planned by them."

"Even if you insist on marrying Wudun Chanyu now, you cannot avoid the situation of war between the two countries." Ren Hao shrugged helplessly. All he could do now was to repel the 100,000 cavalry led by Wudun Chanyu.

"How could this happen?" Princess Rouyue couldn't believe it and looked at King Minglan beside her.

"That's true." Prince Minglan sighed and nodded.

He forced the princess to marry Udon Chanyu, thinking that Udon Chanyu was just coveting the princess's beauty.

But when the princess disappeared and rumors spread that she eloped with a prince of a certain country, he immediately realized that something was wrong. You know, even if his daughter wanted to elope, she would definitely elope with China Tongwei, and would never elope with a prince of some small country.

Princess Rouyue and Captain China were childhood sweethearts who grew up together. One was the most beautiful woman known as the Pearl of the Western Regions, and the other was the most powerful warrior in the Western Regions.

If it weren't for the incident with Udon Chanyu, King Minglan would have been willing to marry his daughter to China.

After all, the two of them are in love with each other.

In order to awaken the depressed will of Commander Chi Na, King Minglan promised: "Commander Chi Na, if you can successfully repel the 100,000 cavalry led by Chanyu Wu Dun this time, I will ask the general to preside over your marriage with the princess."

Commander Chi Na, who was originally disappointed and sad because Princess Rouyue ignored him, his dim eyes suddenly brightened up when he heard this.

However, before Commander Chi Na could excitedly open his mouth and swear to King Minglan that he would protect Minglan until his death, Princess Rouyue interrupted him coldly, saying, "Father, Chanyu Wudun is about to lead 100,000 cavalrymen to the city. Now is not the time to be sentimental. I will marry Commander Chi Na after we defeat Chanyu Wudun."

After saying that, Princess Rouyue walked out of the palace.

If you were to ask Princess Rouyue whether she had ever loved Captain Chi Na before, the answer would definitely be yes.

But this love died in her heart when Commander Chi Na refused to elope with her and wanted her to marry Chanyu Wu Dun.

What a bullshit number one warrior in the Western Regions, he could even give up his beloved woman.

He is simply the biggest coward in the Western Regions.

"Princess……"

Captain Chi Na felt heartbroken and lost consciousness again.

He slowly stretched out his hand to keep her, but he didn't know how.

It was all his cowardice that caused all this.

If he had known that all this was a conspiracy of Chanyu Wudun, he would have gritted his teeth and eloped with Princess Rouyue, and the current irreversible situation would not have occurred.

But there is no way to know in advance in this world.

Looking at the two people who could no longer be together, Prince Minglan could only shake his head secretly.

……

Two days later.

The 5,000 Hanjing light cavalry led by Xu Qing, under the guidance of the Hu cavalry sent by the Minglan Kingdom, finally crossed the snow-capped mountains and saw the Dongzi Kingdom at the foot of the mountain.

"Pass on my order for the entire army to dismount and reorganize, and then launch a surprise attack on the Dongzi Kingdom after dark." After Xu Qing gave the order to the deputy general next to him, he was the first to dismount from his horse to rest and eat.

Due to the large temperature difference on the mountain, the water and dried meat had frozen into lumps of ice and were inedible, so someone suggested making a fire to melt the water and dried meat before eating.

However, this proposal was directly rejected by Xu Qing. Wouldn't it be telling the spies of Dongzi Country that we are coming to attack them if we start a fire now?

"General, brothers... we can not eat, but... but at least we should drink water, right?" said the deputy general next to him helplessly.

water?

Do you Han people have eyes that are meant to vent anger?

The Hu cavalry that followed them grumbled to themselves, then pointed to the ground and said, "Isn't there water everywhere on the ground? You can use it as you like."

"where is it?"

The soldiers lowered their heads and saw nothing but a vast expanse of white on the ground, but no trace of the water source that the Hu cavalry had mentioned.

"That's it." Hu Qi grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Is this really edible?" Xu Qing frowned in doubt.

"General, this snow will turn into water when it melts."

"This is a gift from the Moon God." Hu Qi pointed to the snow under his feet and then pointed to the sky.

A knight who couldn't bear the thirst grabbed a handful of snow and put it into his mouth. The cold and sweet feeling that melted in his mouth made him excitedly shout: "General, this... this is really water!!!"

After this knight tried it, more knights grabbed the snow on the ground and put it into their mouths.

Xu Qing also tried to scoop up a handful of snow and put it into his mouth.

It is indeed cool and sweet.

"You are such a mean boy. You didn't tell us earlier that this thing called snow can be used as drinkable water."

"You made me and everyone else thirsty along the way." Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the Hu cavalryman.

"Ah, no."

"General, I... I didn't mean to hide it. I thought you all knew it." Hu Qi also said cautiously.

Of course, this is not Xu Qing's fault or the lack of knowledge of these Beijing cavalry. It can only be blamed on the fact that the winter in the Central Plains is very short, unlike the long and cold winter in the north.

The snow turned into rain before it solidified into snowflakes and fell.

……

While Xu Qing and his companions were drinking snow to gather their strength, there was singing and dancing in the palace of Dongzi. The King of Dongzi was drinking and chatting happily with Yandan, the envoy of the Wudun Royal Court, and they were planning together about the affairs of the Western Regions.

When the sun was about to set and thousands of lights were lit up in Dongzi, Xu Qing led the army and stopped about a mile away from Dongzi.

He ordered six knights who had seen the power of thunderbolts in Wei River to pull the two carts of thunderbolts to the foot of the city and set them on fire.

At this time, the Dongzi guards stationed on the city wall did not pay any attention to the six Hanjing light cavalrymen pulling a cart close to the city gate. They just regarded them as merchants who arrived late and kindly told them: "The city gate is closed now. If you want to enter the city, you can..."

Before the guard could finish his words about accepting bribes, they saw the six Hanjing cavalrymen throw the lit torches onto the carriage, turn around and ride away.

Only the confused guards were left.