Flowing Years

King Qilie of Mosang and Wang Qiyuan of Ning'an met Emperor Lan He of Yunxia, ​​and offered 1000 million taels of silver, 200 million taels of gold, and ten boxes of treasures as indemnity for defeat.Lan He gave Qiyuan a four-entry house in Kyoto, several maidservants and slaves, and stayed to watch the Tuxiang Festival, which is held every three years in Xiaxia.Qi Lie smiled, and naturally agreed.

At the gate of the palace, Qi Lie and Qi Yuan parted ways.Qi Yuan watched Qi Lie step onto the chariot without a single pause, and it would be a lie to say that he was not at all lost.In Huanxia, ​​that is the only family member.In the future, in this strange country, he will have no one to rely on.

Qiyuan couldn't help but think of the "second brother" who accompanied him all the way, who would occasionally look at him gently and take him to taste the snacks in Xiaoxia.Because he is not the real Emperor Mosang, he must be kind to himself.

Qiyuan turned around and looked at the majestic imperial city of Daisy.The previous rain had drenched the blue bricks thoroughly, making them all black.Even though it hasn't rained today, it's still damp.In the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to leave this capital again.Qiyuan remembered the hesitant look in that person's eyes when he asked the "emperor" if he could return to Mosang.Only now did I understand that it was not about whether he could let himself go back to Mosang, but whether he should tell this white lie.Qiyuan smiled faintly, with a hint of bitterness.

"My lord," Xiao Linzi called from behind, and said, "Let's go back."

Qiyuan looked at the carriage waiting for him, and beside him stood a few guards sent down by Emperor Yunxia.In the future, I'm afraid that every move will be under the noses of those people.If you come here, let it be at ease, from now on, you can only take a step forward, Qiyuan thought as he looked at the green bricks soaked in water vapor under his feet.

Qiyuan nodded and walked slowly.The young man in the moon-white brocade dress stepped forward gracefully, behind him were the dark blue clouds and the dark blue imperial city, as beautiful as a scroll of paper.

Bo Ancient Town, Yunxia Military Camp.

"Report!" A man in black armor walked outside the tent, "General Lan, General Huo led [-] soldiers to attack Lanqiao. After the Luo Na army arrived, they did not rush to fight, but guarded and surrounded the city wall of Lanqiao."

Lan Yu stared, frowning slightly.Luo Na was not afraid that our army would seize food and grass, so he surrounded him directly.Could it be that the plan was leaked?Currently only Bai Zezhi, Huo Tingli and themselves know this strategy, and if they know this strategy, they should fight directly from Bogu to Lanqiao, so that they won't have the opportunity to go to shallow water to extend the battle line.But now I just want to block the support for the soldiers who attacked Lanqiao.Lan Yu then vetoed the possibility of the strategy being leaked.

"How many soldiers did Luo Na bring?" Lan Yu asked.

"About one hundred thousand." The man in black armor replied.

"The general will bring fifty thousand cavalry to the meeting! There is a lot of food in Lanqiao, so I will go to support General Huo and bring some!" Lan Yu said to the deputy general, "You stay at Bogu, and you must guard the bayonet! It is not a last resort , the [-] soldiers at the bayonet must not be used."

"Yes!" The lieutenant clasped his fists.

Lan Yu kicked the gun, reached out to catch it, and walked away with the curtain.

The dazzling sunlight pierced through the clouds, making the ground steaming hot.The forest is lush and the grass is long, and the vines and kudzu are entangled. It is very difficult for fifty thousand cavalry to move.

Lan Yu looked at the Luo Na army stationed on the city wall of Lanqiao far away, but it was strange that he didn't find that [-] Huo Tingli in Lanqiao city came out to fight against the siege.Could it be that there is an ambush in Lanqiao City?Lan Yu frowned.

The Luo Na army on the opposite side had already seen the Huan Xia army who came to fight.Among the white sergeants, a man in blue was very eye-catching.

The blue-clothed man squinted his eyes and smiled sideways, looking at the rows of sergeants on horseback opposite him, very high-spirited.Without haste, he took out a blue bamboo flute from behind him, put it to his lips and played it.

Hundreds of black-bottomed yellow-spotted snakes swam over from the Luo Na army.

"So many snakes!" The Xia army started to riot.

Lan Yu pulled the rein, the horse jumped twice and neighed.People in Yunxia are afraid of snakes, so they have nothing to do with such pestering insects.There are so many snakes, if you cut them with a knife, you may get entangled before they are cut off!

"Archer, shoot realgar powder!" Lan Yu said.

The archer tied a paper packet of realgar powder to the tip of the arrow and shot it.The arrow shot into the soil, the paper package broke, the yellow-brown medicinal powder scattered, and a small amount of smoke rose.

The Xia army looked nervously at a realgar powder line.Surprisingly, the snakes passed through the realgar powder steadily, without being affected by the realgar powder at all, and crawled towards the Xiajun with their heads poked and their bodies twisted.

"Why isn't this snake afraid of realgar powder?" Li Duwei behind Lan Yu asked strangely.

Lan Yu looked at the flute player and frowned: "Even if it's a snake controlled by the flute, it's not afraid of the realgar powder at all."

"At the end of the day, we will bring someone to shoot the flute player before we can finish the snake!" Captain Li stared at the blue-clothed man, and pulled the reins with his hand.

Lan Yu waved his hand and stopped Li Duwei: "It's too far away, and it's difficult to cover well with someone."

"The last general is not afraid!" Li Duwei raised his head.

"Don't act rashly!" Lan Yu glanced at him, and said, "Snakes are always a big obstacle. The piper is gone, and the snake is behind the realgar powder line. If we rush to kill the enemy, it will be impossible for the realgar powder line." ?”

"What are the snakes afraid of?" Captain Li frowned in disgust.

Lan Yu frowned and remained silent, he didn't like such cold things, the thin red tongue, the ugly snake head, and the body covered with fine scales.cold?Lan Yu's eyes lit up, and he was quick to think.

"Get the kerosene, the archers are ready!" Lan Yu said.

"The general is wise!" Captain Li's eyes lit up.

The archer wrapped kerosene on the arrow and shot it "swish".The arrow wrapped in kerosene fell to the ground, igniting some yellow short grass.Immediately, a wall of fire blocked the formation of snakes.The sun is very poisonous, and the wind is very small, but it caused the wall of fire to spread towards the Luo Na army.The snakes scrambled around behind the fire wall in a panic, and some of the burned snakes immediately grabbed the unburned snakes and twisted them into a ball.The piper's flute sound turned around, and the snake array twisted backwards, but it was still twisting nonsense, leading many snakes into the fire wall.

The blue-clothed man put down his bamboo flute and approached a little closer, as if he was studying whether there was a gap for the snake to pass through the wall of fire.

"Now, Captain Li, take a small team and rush over to shoot the Piper!" Lan Yu said.

"Yes!" Li Duwei clamped the horse's belly, pulled the rein with his hand, and galloped out.Several soldiers also rushed out.

Before the piper could react, the Luo Na army behind him had shot an arrow to cover the piper's retreat.

The soldiers who were covering were swinging their knives to chop off the incoming arrows, and their speed slowed down a little.Seeing that the Piper retreated further, Li Duwei would have no chance to shoot, so he jumped up from the horse's back with his horse's belly clamped, took three arrows in one hand, and shot at the Piper repeatedly. past.But at this moment, it was too late to dodge an oncoming arrow.Before Captain Li fell to the ground, he looked at the piper in the middle of his chest, smiled slightly, tried to open his eyes a few times, and finally everything was blurred.