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Xie Xuanchen said lightly, but he stayed with Mu Mingtang for a while, and when it got dark, he left.


  Any victory is hard-won, as is the long-lost God of War.


  Mu Mingtang waited for a while, but couldn't keep herself from falling asleep. In the middle of the night, I vaguely heard movement around me. When I woke up the next day, I found that I had changed a place and moved into the bed.


  Xie Xuanchen came back last night, but left again early in the morning.


  For several days, he went out early and returned late. The Zhao family used to be very afraid of Xie Xuanchen, but a few days later, the Zhao family saw Xie Xuanchen running back every day, and when they came back, they went to talk to his wife, which was no different from the folk men. After they got used to it, they felt that Xie Xuanchen was not as scary as the rumors.


  Zhao Niang came to send Mu Mingtang the buttermilk she made at home, and couldn't help complaining to Mu Mingtang: "It's all to blame for these god-killed Khitan people. "


  Qinghe Town relies on the river to eat the river, and the annual spring festival offering to the river is highly valued. In their view, this matter is related to the water transport throughout the next year and is more serious than the New Year.


  Mu Mingtang has never heard of this festival, so he has to ask more questions. She and Zhao Niang were talking, and suddenly heard the maid passing a message outside the door: "The prince is back."


  The maid's voice fell, and Xie Xuanchen opened the bead curtain and walked in. When Zhao Niang saw Xie Xuanchen coming back, she immediately stood up and was about to leave.


  Xie Xuanchen didn't care much about Zhao Niang either. He was not free these days, and because he was afraid that Mu Mingtang would be bored alone, he asked the Zhao family's female relatives to speak with Mu Mingtang. When Xie Xuanchen entered the door, he vaguely heard Mu Mingtang say what a pity, and asked: "What were you talking about just now, what was a pity?"


  Mu Mingtang stood up and took off his cloak, and said, "It's nothing, Zhao Niang told me about the sacrifice to the river. I heard that the sacrifice is related to a year's peace and harvest. Now that the war cannot be done, I feel a little regretful. ."


  When Xie Xuanchen heard his eyes move, he stood on the ground thinking for a while, and said, "It might be impossible."


  "Ok?"


  Xie Xuanchen suddenly hugged Mu Mingtang's shoulders, and said with a little guilt: "I have to go out again. I can't accompany you. You can stay by yourself for a while, and I'll be back soon."


  Mu Mingtang didn't know what Xie Xuanchen thought of, but it wasn't a big deal for her to wait a while. Xie Xuanchen's business affairs were more important. She reorganized Xie Xuanchen's cloak again, and personally sent him out.


  Xie Xuanchen didn't know what he said to the person in charge of Qinghe Town that day. Instead, the next day, the town was going to make sacrifices and collected firecrackers, firecrackers, and other items with households.


  Mu Mingtang didn't know what Xie Xuanchen wanted to do. Qinghe Town looked really like a holiday, and even a bonfire was lit at night, and there was noisy and cannons. The noise could be heard from far away. Because of the pressure of the army, there are black holes everywhere at night. They light a bonfire here, which is particularly conspicuous at night.


  On the other side of the river, the escort followed behind Yelu's fuselage and looked at the opposite side incomprehensibly: "The war is about to start. The Han people are not busy preparing to resist, but they even set fire to celebrate? What are they doing?"


  Yeluji put down the telescope and asked, "Is it a holiday for the Han people?"


  The Bei Rong army advanced to the river, and naturally many Han people who understood the languages ​​of the two countries led the way. The subordinate went down to ask the Han spies, and after returning, said, "King Dongdan, those Han people said that this is a river sacrifice. I pray that the river god will not be angry and flood the water this year."


  Yeluji clearly showed a look of incomprehension after hearing this: "We have all hit here, they still have the heart to sacrifice to the river? They ask the river god instead of coming to me, this year the Yellow River will become the territory of my Great Rong, a mere river god, What can you do with me?"


  The Khitan people on the scene laughed loudly after hearing this: "King Dongdan said that this place is only ten miles away from the court of Ye Kingdom, and the Han people can't even keep their emperor. What use is it to ask the god of the river?"


  Yeluji laughed loudly. He looked at the ice-bound river in front of him and his heart was stirring, and he drew his knife to the other side quickly: "I heard that the Ye Dynasty sent the Qiyang King, who they can fight most, to fight. Now it seems that he is just as timid Rat, pray for God to worship Buddha's sheep. Let the order go on and cross the river tomorrow. I want people in the world to take a good look. Even if there is a god, I can't stop this king!"


  The Jihe River in Qinghe Town was lively for two days. On the third day, Mu Mingtang was suddenly awakened from his sleep. There was the sound of a horn in the distance, and Beirong people crossed the river.


  Mu Mingtang suddenly lost his sleep, and panicked crying and shouting came from outside. The maidservants all squeezed in, frightened, with cold hands and feet: "Wang Hao, Bei Rong people have crossed the river. There are 100,000 of them, and the prince only brought 8,000. What should I do?"


  This kind of scene happened when Mu Mingtang was twelve years old. At that time, she was too scared to stop crying. Now there are more foreign enemies and closer distance, but Mu Mingtang found that she was not afraid at all.


  Maybe it was because she knew Xie Xuanchen was there from the beginning this time.


  Mu Mingtang was still very calm, and said, "Why are you crying? There is a prince here, what can you panic. Go outside and close the doors and windows, take good care of our belongings, and restrain other people to stay in the yard without my orders. If anyone dares to go out and run around, regardless of their status, they will be liable for thirty."


  The maids were frightened by Mu Mingtang's call, and they hurried out to pass the message. I was panicked just now, but now that Mu Mingtang is strictly restrained, the maids don't panic.


  The atmosphere of the palace also spread to other people. The other people in Qinghe Town were panicked, but they saw that King Qiyang's own family members were all living in the house. What were they running? If something really happened, wouldn't the princess be more informed than them?


  Everyone was relieved and followed Mu Mingtang's example, closing the doors and windows, and the whole family stood together and waited.


  At the moment on the glacier, Yeluji is leading everyone across the river. The marchers are very solemn to the natural dangers, let alone such a big river. If the river does not freeze solid, or if it gets lost in the middle, it is a disaster. Yeluji cautiously arrested the locals and sent several passers-by out to explore the way. After confirming that there were no more problems, he launched the charge today.


  In order to disperse the pressure, Yeluji also wanted to show off his strength, so that a platoon of 100,000 people would grow into a long line, which looked like a million heroes, and the dark clouds were pressing on the environment, causing great psychological pressure on the opponent.


  The Forbidden Army displayed on the other side of the river was indeed horrified, and even several deputy commanders were implicitly worried.


  With hundreds of thousands of people, the Bei Rong people have always been brave in battle. How do you fight this battle? Xie Xuanchen didn't seem to be rushing, holding the reins, quietly watching the Bei Rong people step across the river's middle line step by step, getting closer and closer to the river bank.


  The deputy commander was panicked, looked at Xie Xuanchen frequently, wanted to speak repeatedly, but was suppressed by Xie Xuanchen's speechless aura. Later, a person couldn't help but asked: "Master, are we still still?"


  As soon as his voice fell, a column of water suddenly rushed up on the river, Xie Xuanchen's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he arrived.


  He didn't say a word, just strangling forward, everyone in front of the formation looked at him quietly and nervously. Xie Xuanchen walked to the front of the array, raised his hand, and said, "Prepare for the arrow formation in the middle, draw the bow..."


  His palm sank sharply and pointed directly at the Bei Rong army in chaos in the middle of the river: "Fall arrows!"


  When Yeluji took people across the river, he had been cautious in the first half to prevent Xie Xuanchen from using his hands and feet. But until halfway through the journey, there was no movement from the other side.


  Yeluji was relieved, guessing that Xie Xuanchen wanted to wait until they completely crossed the river and the formation was disorganized. Yeluji laughed disdainfully. This is the God of War of the Ye Dynasty, and this is the character who is known as the frontier of the Ye Dynasty.


  Yeluji came out of war and raised his sword and shouted in Khitan: "Khitan warriors, the richest king of the Ye Dynasty is not far away, rush forward, grab their food and treasure, and go back to help us. The affected parents, brothers and sisters!"


  When the soldiers heard Yeluji's words, they were excited, and they all roared and ran forward. One of them stepped on the ice, and suddenly the whole piece of ice broke and fell, and he fell into the ice hole.


  In winter, the water under the ice was very cold, and the soldiers who fell into the water gave a violent shock and hurriedly tried their best to climb up. But in this moment of effort, he couldn't find the ice hole just now.


  He was trapped under the ice and frantically patted the ice on his head, but this winter was extremely cold and the ice was so frozen that he could not find an exit to float up to his death. The other soldiers above were also frightened by this incident. They saw their companions crying for help under the ice, chop the ice under their feet, and wanted to rescue their companions. But the ice is indestructible. The person under the ice was carried here and there again by the water. Every soldier was hitting the ice hard wherever he went, but before they broke a gap, the person under the ice was already Because he couldn't change his breath, he was choked to death.


  Numerous soldiers watched helplessly as their companions slapped the ice and called for help, and finally ran out of breath, suffocated to death in front of them, and plunged into the dark water.


  He died in pain before their eyes, everything was just a blink of an eye.


  This caused a great impact in the hearts of the Khitan soldiers, and at this time, the sound of falling water came from the ears.


  For a while, shouts and cries were everywhere on the ice. Yeluji found that the situation was not right, and it was a taboo for the army in front of the battle to be upset. Before he could regroup, a rain of arrows flew across the sky.


  The soldiers of Bei Rong had been shocked by the accident just now. They looked up and saw the arrows coming, and the formation was in chaos. During the push, more and more ice holes were trampled on, and more and more people fell into the ice water unsuspectingly, crying and shouting loudly.


  Yeluji finally understood why Xie Xuanchen stayed on the other side of the river and did not move, because he had secretly carved out an ice hole in the ice, leaving only the last layer before it fell. Normally, the ice layer cannot be connected. Once he stands on one. An adult man was crushed immediately.


  The number of people who lost their lives due to the falling ice water was insignificant to the hundreds of thousands of Beirong, but the panic caused by this in the team was Xie Xuanchen's real goal. What is fighting before the battle is the army's mind, and the army's mind is confused, and this battle has been lost.


  Even Xie Xuanchen deliberately lit a bonfire a few days ago, not to sacrifice the river, but to paralyze the people of Beirong.


  Yeluji understood that he underestimated the enemy, he shouted loudly, trying to stabilize the soldiers. Now that Xie Xuanchen's tricks have been seen through, the next step is simple. Xie Xuanchen's people will inevitably leave traces when they shovel the ice. At first, they will step on the air without paying attention. Now, if you look carefully, they will no longer be hit.


  Yeluji was very prestigious in Beirong, and his voice was loud and he spoke Khitan, and soon a group of people gathered. Seeing more and more people leaning in the direction of Yeluji, Xie Xuanchen changed his hand gesture, and the commanders of several phalanxes immediately changed their flags and waved vigorously.


  Command to change the flag, the small soldiers in the phalanx were trained according to the previous days, followed by another arrow. These arrows are tied with special paintballs, which are used for acrobatics in Tokyo. One arrow flies out to draw a long color smoke, the red and green are spectacular. There were also arrows tied to firecrackers and water bombs. When the waves of arrows were shot out, the ice surface immediately crackled and exploded into a pile, colorful and very lively.


  Yeluji shouted halfway through, and was suddenly covered by various shells. What is especially hateful is the colored smoke, which is so loud that it is almost impossible to see the road ahead.


  Yeluji was shielded by his guards and backed away. He yelled, "The Han people are treacherous! When did they develop these weapons, they even pretended to make peace with Darong last year! Despicable and shameless!"


  In the past, everyone in the hall was still blaming the Bei Rong people for not keeping their promises and tearing up their contracts. If these adults heard Yeluji, they would not know what they would think.


  Xie Xuanchen took a paintball and played with it in his hand, and said: "During the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor was


  At that time, I found this kind of paintball to be very useful. The smoke is fast and the smoke is big, and I am not afraid of water. It's a pity to leave it to perform for the imperial court ladies. "


  Last year's Dragon Boat Festival Yeluyan came to Tokyo to negotiate peace. The emperor held a feast at Jinmingchi and performed a grand water show. It was in the water play that Xie Xuanchen took a fancy to this kind of thing. He thought at the time that if it could be used in military actual combat, the effect should be very good.


  Some people saw the prosperity of singing and dancing, while others saw unlimited opportunities.


  After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, he tied the paintball to the arrow, and then drew the bow to wind the bowstring almost stretched into a full moon.


  He took aim, suddenly let go, the bowstring vibrated sharply through the air, and the arrow shot out even more. Flying generally pulled out an arc in the empty space and hit Yeluji's back.


  Yeluji snorted, and the guard saw hurriedly shouting: "King Dongdan!"


  "Don't say anything!" Yeluji yelled, and then endured the pain and broke the arrow shaft left outside, saying, "They won't be able to hold on for long by these tricks. Just rush to the river bank and we win."


  "Yes."


  Yeluji's thinking was right, but now he was surrounded by colored smoke, and people outside couldn't see him. To Ye Jun on the other side of the river, Yeluji was simply a living target.


  The deputy commander shouted in each phalanx: "Yelüji is in the yellow smoke, where is the yellow smoke!"


  The arrow rain suddenly became dense, and Yeluji could not lift his head under the pressure of the arrows. Xie Xuanchen saw that Yeluji had been completely caught, and said to the deputy commander: "You stay here and stare at him, don't let him take your head. I'll take The right army cut off their east road."


  "Lord!"


  "It's okay." Xie Xuanchen strangled his horse and suddenly ran out from the front of the formation. "There is only one person in the world who can hurt me. He is still waiting for me at home."


  The eight thousand forbidden forces were divided into three left, middle and right, four thousand people in the middle, carrying shields and arrows to intercept Yeluji in the center. Both the left and the right were in ambush on the side of the road, and as soon as the signal was reached, they rushed out to intercept the Beirong people.


  Xie Xuanchen personally led the right army to charge, Xie Xuanchen led the cavalry forward, and the infantry followed behind. The horses of the cavalry were covered with cotton cloth so that they would not slip on the ice.


  Although Yeluji brought 100,000 people, all these 100,000 people were under the command of Yeluji alone. In order to show off his military might, Yeluji deliberately arranged people to cross the river in a line, stretching things for several miles. It seems that there are many people and the dark clouds are overwhelming, but because of the long east-west front, the exchange of news is also very slow.


  It was obvious that there was a problem in the middle road led by Yeluji. The east and west wings were unknown, so they didn't know what was happening, and they were suddenly dispersed by the cavalry. The North Rong front was stretched long and was cut into pieces as soon as they were dashed by the cavalry. They lost the command of the center and panicked. Then the Ye Chao cavalry formed a circle and reaped the heads by taking advantage of their height.


  The East Wing of Bei Rong was completely lost. During this period, the idea of ​​gathering was slightly revealed, and it was dissipated by the cavalry of the Ye Dynasty. Xie Xuanchen also sent people to shout out the news that Yeluji was dead in Khitan. The soldiers of Bei Rong didn't know the truth and were panicked. They were beaten by the cavalry in Yechao and collapsed in confidence, and they were quickly defeated.


  The people who died of falling water and arrows were only a few, and the two wings that were strangled by Xie Xuanchen's heart attack were the main casualties.


  Yeluji was so angry that he learned that the two wings had lost contact. The guards were shocked and shouted "King Dongdan." Yeluji knew that he was completely defeated in this battle, and shouted angrily: "Mingjin withdraw troops!"


  Guan Ming's fight this time was very enjoyable. He spent several years in the Forbidden Army, and never once had his blood boiled and been as enjoyable as he is today. There was blood on his face, and the horse was too tired to run. He got off his horse and saw a round of round sun slanting westward, and the Bei Rong people who were still invincible in the morning hurriedly withdrew.


  A fellow villager met him and rode towards him: "Guan Ming, how many people did you kill today?"


  "Twenty-five." Guan Ming was extremely proud, and his fellow villagers showed admiration after hearing this: "Awesome, I am only twenty-one, so I am ashamed."


  The two of them laughed at each other after talking, and the Ye Dynasty's military power was notoriously vulnerable. It has always been suppressed by the Beirong, and even Xixia dared to look down on the Ye Dynasty. Who would have thought that one day, they would be able to give a sigh of relief in the war with the Beirong people.


  After Guan Ming laughed, he saw a man approaching on a horse from a distance. He quickly grabbed his fellow villager, and the two stood by the side of the road, respectfully saluting the visitor: "His Royal Highness Qiyang."


  Xie Xuanchen would naturally ignore the two small captains on the side of the road. The commander of the right army now followed Xie Xuanchen and asked: "My lord, Yeluji was injured and evacuated in embarrassment. Are we going to chase after victory?"


  "Don't chase the poor." Xie Xuanchen had a faint expression on his face. His face was clean and his expression was indifferent. He was in sharp contrast with the blood-stained horse under his seat. "It's not safe on the ice. If the horse's leg was broken, the loss would be comparable to killing a few Beirong men. There is no need to chase them, let someone sort out the battlefield, take off all the armor and weapons, and return to the camp."


  "Yes!"


  Xie Xuanchen talked to the commander and walked away. Guan Ming and his fellow villagers just breathed again after Xie Xuanchen's back was gone. The fellow villager hit Guan Ming's arm and asked in a low voice, "King Qiyang... how many people did he kill?"


  Guan Ming shook his head, his fellow villagers regretted, but he also felt understandable: "Can't you say?"


  "No." Guan Ming said slowly, "I don't know. There are too many, let alone count, I can't estimate it."


  For the whole day today, Qinghe Town has no life.


  No one in each household dared to go out, anxiously waiting for the sickle to fall. Mu Mingtang was frightened just thinking about it, she didn't dare to look, but she couldn't help listening to the movement outside.


  At first it was the Beirong people shouting and killing, the voice was rough and could not understand what was said, I thought it was in Khitan. Suddenly, various cannons sounded outside, and then another scream for killing.


  Listen to the sound, like on their side.


  At first, no one dared to go out, but then the brave boys secretly went out to watch, and then the young and strong men followed out. At the end, Zhao Xiangshen Zhao Niang couldn't help going out.


  The maid followed the Zhao family out to inquire about the news. When she came back, she was full of joy: "Wang Hao, I heard that the prince shot and injured some king of Bei Rong. They couldn't win the fight. Many people have died."


  Mu Mingtang was surprised and couldn't help but stand up from his seat: "Really?"


  "really."


  Before Mu Mingtang had time to ask, he suddenly heard a low and dull sound of gold ringing outside. Mu Mingtang was taken aback and hurriedly rushed out to see.


  At this moment, there were beaming people everywhere in the streets and alleys, and everyone was spreading words to each other: "The Beirong people have retired!"


  Some people cried as they talked, crying and laughing, very excited. Not only him, but most of the others on the street behaved like this.


  Yeluji retired, and they won the first battle.


  Mu Mingtang felt relieved and raised it again. She quickly asked the maid who had just inquired about: "Where is the prince? Is there any injury?"


  The maid shook her head, she also heard from others, how would she know the details on the battlefield. Mu Mingtang raised his eyes and looked towards the end of the street, and could only hold back his worry and wait.


  Xie Xuanchen didn't come back until very late. As soon as Mu Mingtang heard something in the yard, he immediately threw down the things in his hand and ran outside the door. Xie Xuanchen was asking about feeding the horse, and when he turned to see Mu Mingtang, he smiled immediately.


  When Mu Mingtang saw him standing in front of him with all his beards, he felt that his heart had fallen back to its true place. The tears in her eyes burst out, ignoring that there were people outside, she immediately rushed into Xie Xuanchen's arms: "Why did you come back? Are you injured?"


  "No." Xie Xuanchen stretched out his hand to catch Mu Mingtang steadily, and naturally hugged her in his arms, "It took a long time to count the number of people, so I came back late. Next time I will let someone tell you that I won't let her You are waiting."


  As Xie Xuanchen said, he gestured with his eyes to the people behind him, did he have any eyesight, and what else was he doing?


  A few relatives retired quietly, and took the horse away before leaving.


  The prince talked to the princess, not to mention people, not even beasts.


  Xie Xuanchen scared away the unimportant people with his eyes. His eyes were fierce, but his tone of voice to Mu Mingtang was still gentle: "It's okay, I won't be hurt, don't believe you come in for investigation?"


  Xie Xuanchen gathered Mu Mingtang back to the room, and the maid had disappeared long ago. Only the two of them were left in the room. After Mu Mingtang returned to the house, he felt emotional, like a child.


  She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, a little embarrassed: "Who wants to check you."


  Xie Xuanchen was a little disappointed in his heart, but he was actually looking forward to it. However, Mu Mingtang can coax him well. He took Mu Mingtang to sit on his lap and asked, "Did you scare you today? I was too selfish and wanted to put you by my side. You didn't need it. Suffer these."


  Mu Mingtang shook his head: "No, if I can't see you, I'll worry more. Have you eaten?"


  Xie Xuanchen nodded: "I ate it in the barracks." He felt wrong after he finished speaking, and moved his eyebrows: "You haven't eaten yet?"


  "Wait for you. I can't eat if you haven't come back."


  "Naughty!" Xie Xuanchen was really angry this time, "This kind of day will still grow, do you hungry yourself like this every time? Do you want to toss yourself or to toss me?"


  Even though he said so, he still let people set up food immediately. This time Xie Xuanchen was angry and must punish Mu Mingtang, saying, "If you don't punish you, you don't have a long memory. This time I'll feed you. Don't be picky eaters. Eat them all."


  Of course Mu Mingtang refused. How old is she, so how can she feed her food? But this time Xie Xuanchen refused to let her go anyway, and Mu Mingtang had no choice but to feed it by Xie Xuanchen.


  Mu Mingtang was trapped in his lap and was forced to feed. Later Xie Xuanchen looked hungry and snatched a lot of food from her mouth. Mu Mingtang ate the most difficult meal ever, and then she couldn't eat it anymore, and said shamelessly: "I don't eat anymore, my belly is round."


  Xie Xuanchen immediately verified it with his own hands, and saw that Mu Mingtang really couldn't eat it, so he reluctantly let her go: "Okay. This time I will remember it for you first, and continue after half the punishment."


  Xie Xuanchen let go reluctantly, and as soon as Mu Mingtang was free, he immediately jumped up. Xie Xuanchen's arms were suddenly empty, quite reluctant to give up.


  Mu Mingtang clutched his stomach to digest in the room, hiding from Xie Xuanchen and staying away. After a while, she twisted and walked over: "Why did you change your clothes?"


  Xie Xuanchen looked down and said, "Oh, my clothes were stained with blood when I just came down from the battlefield. I don't want to bring these things back and hit you. I just came back after taking a shower in the camp."


  Mu Mingtang responded, and suddenly his little finger hooked up on Xie Xuanchen's sleeve, and gently tugged: "Didn't you say that I should check it."


  Xie Xuanchen didn't react for a moment: "Huh?"


  Under the light, Mu Mingtang's skin was as delicate as porcelain, and Gu Pan was radiant. She was a little embarrassed, but still grabbed Xie Xuanchen's sleeves, her eyes seemed to smile, "You said you weren't hurt, I don't believe it. There is no proof, I want to check."




  **The author has something to say: Double is more in one.


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