concubines

The Qiang king's tent, a man wearing a white background embroidered with a dark dragon pattern is coming out of it, shaking his folding fan, he looks like a handsome young man. He looks to be in his twenties, and he looks like a Han Chinese. He is a strong Qiang man here. In the Qiang royal city, he looked much thinner and thinner, but he had a calm and proud smile on his face, as if he didn't care about the Qiang people around him who were staring at him covetously.His attendant smiled lightly: "Master, you have dug a large piece of meat from the Qiang people this time, so don't make people angry by acting like this."

"Oh, over there, Princess Li is playing the piano again." The man closed his eyes, with a look of enjoyment on his brows, "Go, go and see the princess."

The man is a frequent visitor of Changping Princess Li Yao, but every time, he just sits outside the curtain, listening to the piano for a while quietly, rarely disturbing.

But this time, as soon as the man sat down, he heard the woman's voice inside, "Master Cheng, you are here."

The man stood up, closed the folding fan, cupped his fists and said with a smile, "I hope I didn't disturb the princess's pleasure."

The woman inside plucked the strings of the zither, and said calmly: "The lord of the country is very knowledgeable in zither music, and Chang Ping dare not play the axe."

The man smiled, "Princess, I am humbled. I will never forget the sound of your zither. I have lived for more than twenty years, and I can't find anyone who can compete with you on the lyre."

There was silence in the curtain, and then a song "Pingsha Luoyan" sounded. The man sat down again, closed his eyes and listened quietly, and felt that there was suddenly a vast yellow sand in front of him. , The wild geese went south, and the world was pale.

After the song ended, the man let out a long sigh, and it took him a long time to calm down.

The woman inside was still playing the strings aimlessly as before, and after a while, she said, "Wang'er, serve tea to the king."

Tea is not cheaper than gold in the Northwest. Even if you are the ruler of a country, men have countless treasures, and there are few teas that you love very much. Li Yao's dowry has several boxes of teas of various colors, and the taste will remain the same after a few years.

The two sat apart, savoring the fragrance of the tea, without speaking.

After the bowl was finished, the man stood up and said, "Thank you princess for your kind hospitality. I have nothing else to give, but one piece of news that I can give to the princess as a reward." With a slight smile, "Your younger brother who is second in the row, His Royal Highness King Chun, is currently at Yushu Pass."

After speaking, he stood up, looked at the faintly beautiful figure on the opposite side hidden by the curtain, and said, "I will take my leave."

Inside the curtain, Li Yao's face was still calm.

Wang'er knelt at her feet, with a pleasant smile on her face, "Princess, did you hear that? The second prince is here, and the second prince is here to pick you up."

Li Yao smiled slightly, stroked the hair of her personal maid, and did not speak.Since leaving the capital, she has no plan to go back. She is the first princess of Dakang to marry far away, and now she is a side concubine of a foreign race, which shames her father and brother. Even if her second brother comes to pick her up, she can't go back.

Wang'er lifted the curtain and looked outside, only the man's back was left, Wang'er said: "It's really unexpected, the Xinyuan Kingdom has only a few decades of history, and the leader of the country has such a charm, even better than our noble son in the capital." Don't give up."

Li Yao followed her gaze, and after a long time, she slowly said: "Indeed, it is the demeanor that has been accumulated for hundreds of years."

"Hundreds of years?" Wang'er was startled.

Li Yao lowered her head, stroking the strings, "The first ruler of the Xinyuan Kingdom, in terms of age, is not much different from the previous Prince Ruiwen. You see, he has never shy away from it, and his surname is Cheng."

Wang'er said: "Then what should I do? Princess, if the ruler of the Xinyuan Kingdom is indeed from the previous dynasty, then they must have many spies in the Central Plains. What should the second prince do if he is in danger?"

Li Yao looked out, there were always many Qiang guards around her residence, and now only Wang'er was left with the person she brought with her when she got married, and the rest of the maidservants were either assigned to the generals by Aguermu, or they couldn't bear it. The environment here is bitter and cold, and she got sick and died... Around me, the Qiang people guard her more than tigers and wolves. She is like a bird in a cage, and no news can be spread.

The Xinyuan Kingdom is located in an oasis with sufficient food. This time they provided food and grass for the Qiang people, but they had to take away a lot of land from the Qiang people in exchange. The Qiang people have been trying to conquer the Central Plains for a hundred years. Going to live in a slightly warm and wealthy place in the south, Cheng Sijie persuaded Aguermu with his three inches of immortality, making Aguermu think that Yushu Pass seemed fragile, and he would soon be able to enter the Central Plains, those grasslands that are not fat Grassland, let Xinyuan Kingdom expand its land.

After receiving the information provided by Cheng Sijie, Aguermu quickly sent an order to his second son Bo Tuke outside the Yushu Pass, asking Bo Tuke to make a surprise attack on the same day, and let the weak emperor take a look, and he sent new generals and princes How vulnerable it is in front of its own army.

Compared with the calm and introverted eldest son Berg, Aguermu prefers his second son who is as strong and decisive as himself. He feels that if he can achieve great things, his second son will definitely contribute a lot.As for the Xinyuan Kingdom, when they captured the Central Plains, it would be fine as long as they settled down in the northwest. If there was any dissent, the northwest land would be taken back by themselves.

When the horn blew at night, Li Chen woke up suddenly, got up without any hesitation, put on his armor, and picked up the long knife he had placed by the door.

Qi Yunruo sat up and asked anxiously, "Is it an enemy attack?"

Li Chen nodded, quickly opened the door and went out, paused his steps, turned around and said, "It's good to wait here, don't go out."

Qi Yunruo nodded, and Li Chen quickly disappeared into the night.

Li Chen raised his knife to the general's camp, both Zhao Wei and Si De looked serious, Si De glanced at Li Chen, Li Chen nodded to him, and asked, "How many people are attacking?"

Zhao Wei all signaled to one of the people below, and a captain said: "Less say five hundred, more than one thousand. The Qiang people have launched a sneak attack in the past few months. This is the largest number of people."

Zhao Weidu and Li Chen looked at each other, and soon understood that their army had just arrived, and it was the Qiang people who were going to give them a disarm.

Zhao Weidu looked at Si De, and said coldly: "Why can't we guard against those spies who want to attack?"

Si Dedao: "If the general had a way, he wouldn't be so dangerous that he was almost attacked by the Qiang people and asked the court to increase his troops. Speaking of it, it was all because of the Xinyuan Kingdom. After many people in the pass went out, they stayed behind. They settled down there, but their relatives and friends stayed in the customs, even if we check them one by one, we still can’t sort out all those relationships.”

"General, there are less than 1000 people in the area, and the general is willing to bring 800 people to fight out, so that those Qiang people will come and go."

Zhao Wei didn't speak, but Li Chen looked at the speaker. He was young and his eyes were sharp. Compared with other veterans, his face was tender. Li Chen frowned slightly, knowing who it was.

Zhao Weidu said: "Since they are here to show off the power of the general, the general must show some strength! Deputy Captain Su, you will bring 2000 people to support, Shangguan Ling!"

"The end is here!"

"You personally bring 1000 people out to fight!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Zhao Weidu sternly said: "Order troops immediately! When you come back from victory, I will personally congratulate you!"

"Yes!" Shangguan Ling and Su Yuan said in unison, just as support, Su Yuan was not dissatisfied at all, he had never been on the battlefield before, and his contribution in the Xishan camp was brought out by leading the soldiers, he was not too much He is so confident that he can repel the Qiang people, but he also knows that Zhao Weidu will not let him play in the first battle.And Shangguan Ling is a veteran for many years. He also stayed at another pass in the northwest before and made a lot of military exploits.Zhao Wei trusted him, but he didn't know Shangguan Ling as the lieutenant general. After Shangguan Ling left, he seemed to sit and wait calmly, but his heart kept on worrying.

Li Chen was wearing a commander's dark armor, but his imposing manner was no less than those of the generals here. Everyone knew his identity well, but they didn't take the initiative to reveal it.Since Li Chen received thousands of defeated troops, he was promoted from centurion to thousand commander. For two consecutive days, he had been training his new soldiers. Zhou Shunhai's uncle and nephew also brought a hundred troops with them.

Li Chen has not been close to the anniversary these years, so he is not familiar with Zhou Lingyan of his peer and Zhou Shunhai of the next generation, but they were sent by the queen mother to help him, he can't put people aside, so he entrusts him with The important task is to speculate and observe.

Both the Zhou family and the Yuan family are big aristocratic families not involved in military power, but in recent years they have trained many outstanding children and sent them to the army for training.Li Chen took a deep breath and slowly furrowed his brows.

At the middle of the night, the first messenger ran in panting, "Report—the Qiang people are led by Botuk's general Nubiha this time!"

Zhao Weidu, Li Chen and the others were all shocked. Nubiha is one of Bo Tuke's subordinates, and one of the most outstanding warriors of the Xixiao tribe where Bo Tuke's mother concubine Ayi belongs. At the same time, he is cruel and tyrannical. , fond of slaughter, and known as a child Ye Cry in the customs—Botuk really wanted to give them a big blow, and sent out his most capable men.

Zhao Weidu stood up, paced anxiously, gritted his teeth and said, "Let me block it! You can't ask them to enter the pass!"

……

"Report——Nubiha brought his direct descendants who are known as the 'Twelve Yashas of the Western Owl'. Just these twelve people need a hundred and ten people to resist!"

Zhao Weidu's face was livid, and he looked at Si De, who nodded and said: "General Situ Xu died under Nubiha's hands, and the one who did it was one of the 12 people. It is said that each of the 12 people can carry a tripod. One is against a hundred, swords and guns are invulnerable, rumors say that even if thousands of people attack, they will not be able to stop them."

"Report—General Shangguan was injured and besieged!"

... Si De lowered his head and showed a mocking smile. Zhao Wei is capable of this, and he lost the first match. It depends on how the court treats him.

"Report—more than half of the first thousand people were killed or injured!"

……

Someone below murmured: "Could it be that they are really three-headed and six-armed, waiting for idlers to be their opponents?"

Li Chen took a deep breath, and then said: "The final general is willing to lead troops to support him!"

Zhao Weidu immediately said: "No way!"

As soon as Li Chen's words came out, there was silence in the general's main tent. The 1000 people couldn't hold on for even an hour. Su Yuan was young and didn't seem to have too much ability. No one can afford it, and the prince only has a hundred soldiers and thousands of defeated troops on hand.

Li Chen said in a deep voice: "I never believe that there is anyone who is really invulnerable to swords and guns. Meeting Buddhas and killing Buddhas and meeting gods and gods are just some of the original skills, plus other people's fabrications. The current situation, and the fact that they were the murderers of General Situ, made people even more frightening, but have you forgotten that General Situ was lured and ambushed to death by the enemy? The only thing we rely on is our famous name, which makes us fearful before retreating every step of the way. As long as we can have a louder name than the Qiang people, let the soldiers see that after we are timid, who thinks that our Dakang soldiers are really serious? Not as good as those barbarian soldiers?"

This remark made everyone else fall silent, but Zhao Weidu said sharply: "If you want a name, I will lead the people out in person. Why do you need the prince to lead the troops in person? I will be the Northwest General appointed by the emperor. I am willing to fight with the soldiers." Live and die!"

Li Chen said: "General Zhao is the leader of the Northwest. If something happens to you, the 10,000+ crowd will be left without a leader. I'm just a commander. How can I be more valuable than you?"

Li Chen's tone was calm this time, but Zhao Weidu's heart shuddered.Si De frowned and looked at him, feeling very complicated in his heart. Something happened to King Chun, and he couldn't run away, but what the prince said gave him hope of defeating the enemy. Even if he didn't like Zhao Weidu, Si De didn't think about it. Guo asked Yushuguan to miss under his hands.

Zhao Wei looked at Li Chen carefully, but Li Chen said directly: "Since the general does not object, the last general will send troops."

"Think twice, General!"

"My lord, you have to think clearly..."

"It's better to lead the troops at the end of the day."

……

Zhao Weidu took a deep breath and said, "Sure!"

Li Chen turned around and left with his long knife in hand.

Qi Yunruo sat in the room with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

When the soldiers in the place where he lived started to make noise, he stood up as if he realized something, quickly ran to the window and opened it.

From the blowing of the horn, Li Chen's subordinates were all dressed neatly, and they were being led away in a row in an orderly manner.

If Qi Yun didn't see Li Chen's figure, he blinked in the night, the original uneasiness gradually dissipated, the prince will come back safely, he will.

Standing outside the camp, Li Chen quietly watched thousands of people gather quickly, with a satisfied smile on his face, he said loudly: "This king is the second son of today's son, and he is named King Chun! The country is in danger, and the prince will not be killed." Do not evade, people are frustrated, and the heart of the country cannot retreat, you are willing to follow this king to resist the Qiang people! Protect my border!"

"willing--"