In the afternoon, they also saw the prisoners who were driven away by the Youzhou cavalry. They were acting as human shields to clear away the caltrops in the snow.
The old king looked around, and because he understood the number of Youzhou cavalry on the opposite side, his heart was no longer so weak. He finally let the heavy snow fall on his body. The Khan of the Hun tribe and hundreds of people came up, still using a bamboo basket. A hanging one.
Since coming up, the Khan of the Hun tribe has been following the old king and asked him to send troops to support the other khans who were in trouble far away. But the old king had just made a plan, so how could he agree to his request.
Suzila Kun smiled coldly from a distance and climbed to the highest point of the city wall.
The Khan of the Hun tribe followed the old king, and the cavalry behind him followed him. The old king looked at them. If the Khan of the Hun tribe had not been asked to bear witness to prove that the other Khans were killed by Zhou Manzi, he would In fact, I don't want to keep him.
He climbed onto the city wall, not far from him were the three-bow bed/crossbow and the crossbowman.
The crossbowman concentrated on calculating the distance of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry. The prisoner entered, but the Youzhou Iron Cavalry had not yet entered the shooting range.
The old king is also calculating. He is calculating when Zhou Xu will come. With the three-bow bed/crossbow, he is not afraid of even the heavy armored cavalry. As long as the city gate is closed tightly, what can he do to me?
"City Lord Meng, please send troops to support the other khans."
The tribal Khan was still chattering in his ears. The old king turned around impatiently, waved his hand and said, "This matter is not urgent."
The Khan of the Hun tribe stood in front of the old king, his eyes widened as he listened to the old king's refusal, and all he could think of was what Zhou Xu had said to him.
"One life for one."
If he wants to live, he must exchange the life of another person.
The Hun tribe Khan looked at the old king.
"Heavy armored cavalry are difficult to deal with. Wait until Suzilakun and I discuss a plan, and then..."
Before the old king finished speaking, the Khan of the Hun tribe hugged his waist and asked him to climb down the city wall. Except for the dozens of people from the Hun tribe who protected the Khan, all the people from other tribes fled. On the city wall Chaos.
The guards patrolling the city wall all saw the city lord falling.
Then there was a muffled sound from the ground, as if something had been exploded.
The captain of the guard was shocked, and everyone on the city wall was stunned for a moment. They looked at the Khan of the Hun tribe and found a twisted smile on his face.
The city lord fell from the highest wall. The eldest prince had not yet reacted. He couldn't believe that his father, who had been pressing him down, died like this.
"Quick! Quick! Open the city gate!" A soldier from below shouted frantically: "The king is outside the city."
Suzilakun had a bad premonition and ran down quickly: "You can't open the city gate."
The city gates are wide open.
The soldiers who returned to Yicheng looked at the body of the city lord, and they were confused. Half of them were kneeling on the ground, and the other half wanted to inform the eldest prince. At this moment, Jin Ben suddenly got angry and rushed towards the eldest prince without thinking, with his dagger. Touching the opening of his back vest, the eldest prince shivered in fright. He felt the dagger go deeper, and he quickly begged for mercy.
Jin Ben said something in his ear, and then the dagger went a little deeper.
The eldest prince quickly shouted: "Come, come, come quickly." The palace guards came one after another and surrounded the Hun tribe Khan who committed the crime. After hearing the eldest prince's words, they all looked at the crossbowmen.
"Catch them!" the eldest prince ordered in a shocked voice, "They are also the murderers of the king."
"Catch them quickly!"
Once the king died, the eldest prince was naturally in charge, and hundreds of palace guards swarmed over.
The eldest prince noticed that the dagger at his back was still advancing, and his voice shrieked with fear: "Come quickly, kill those crossbowmen!"
There was thunder and rumble from the ground, and the uniformly heavy armored cavalry charged towards the wide open city gate. The prisoners in front were used as human shields and hung on the iron formation. As the heavy cavalry charged, the city gate quickly became A one-sided fighting battlefield.
"Close the city gate!" Su Rilakun's voice was drowned in the sound of fear. He retreated hurriedly and saw with his own eyes that a pagoda rider was cut off from his horse by huge two-edged swords. The heavy armored cavalry charged too fast. It was fast, faster than Suzilakun expected.
Why haven't the crossbowmen fired their arrows yet?
Su Rilakun's eyes widened and he saw the Youzhou Jiedushi.
I saw him picking up old King Huiyi's gem belt lying on the ground with one shot, as if he was picking up a gorgeous and ugly dead thing, and entered the city gate in deathly silence.
Behind him, countless elite cavalry rushed toward both sides of the street. They quickly controlled all the commanding heights and entrances and exits. If they encountered resistance, they would kill them without mercy!
Surelakun was also captured by a Tuoba tribesman.
He knelt on the lotus white jade platform in a daze, his hands tied behind his back, and the same was true for Tumi'er.
In front of him were the crossbowmen, and sixty crossbowmen were also tied to the ground behind their backs.
The eldest prince who returned to Yicheng smiled flatteringly at Youzhou Jiedu, who was sitting on the throne.
Zhou Xu took a look at this magnificent palace.
Then he looked at the crossbowmen.
"Push it out and chop it."
The eldest prince's knees weakened and he knelt on the ground with a plop. When he found out it was a crossbowman, he stood up with weak legs.
When he noticed the cold eyes falling on him, the eldest prince still knelt down, fear making him burst into tears and burst into tears.
"Master Jiedushi, I am still useful. Please don't kill me. I am the great prince of Huiyi. From now on, I will be your vassal and pay tribute year after year. You must obey me, sir."
"No need, I already have someone chosen." Zhou Xu asked Tuoba Agu to open all the windows in the hall to blow away the unpleasant smell of powder inside.
Arilang walked into the main hall and saw his dead father and his eldest brother who kept begging for mercy at a glance. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the words of Lord Jiedushi.
When the eldest prince was dragged down, he was still cursing him and begging for mercy from Lord Jiedushi.
Arilang left here with a sad expression.
Li Xun glanced at the old king: "Sir, what should I do with Huiyi as the city lord?"
"Let's light the sky lantern." Zhou Xu originally planned to hang it on the city wall, but seeing how fat the old king was, it would be a pity to hang it on the city wall.
Zhou Xu looked at the Turks on the ground, the eldest son of the Turk Khan, and his daughter, who was also the old king's concubine.
"They keep it for viewing."
Zhou Xudao.
"Wei!" Everyone bowed their heads and worshiped.
When everyone in the hall left, Zhou Xu walked out of the hall. It was still snowing outside.
The cold wind blows on my face.
Zhou Xu suddenly smiled.
He missed his wife very much.
Just do what you think of, Zhou Xu, Li Xun, Zhou Xuan, Tuoba Agu and the others exchanged a few words and then rode out of the city.
Chapter 92
The seventh day of October.
When Xiao Luolan woke up early in the morning, he saw that it was still snowing in the sky. It stopped snowing yesterday, and it continued again today. In the evening, the snow and wind subsided a little. By this time, the camp was already covered in snow, and everything was covered with snow. It was a vast expanse of white, with dark blue-purple mixed with orange-red in the distant sky, and stars had quietly appeared in the sky on the other side.
It gets dark early in winter, and it got darker faster because of the snow in the past two days. It must be the same today.
The snow here is not like the fine snow in the south that Xiao Luolan has seen before. It is all over the sky and the snow is falling all at once. It is so far away that even the silhouettes of people are swaying. And because of the cold weather, the snow falls. It will not dissipate, but will be piled up layer by layer, making a creaking sound when you step on it.
It’s hard to imagine that winter hasn’t arrived here yet, not even the beginning of winter, which will only happen in seven days.
How on earth are we going to fight this battle in such a cold weather?
Xiao Luolan took a breath, which immediately turned into white mist. She felt that she was not afraid of the cold, but it was too cold here. The coldness was a bit beyond her imagination. She didn't know if Qingxue would be suitable in Langge. Despite the cold climate here, she and her daughter are both authentic southerners. Even her daughter chose to go to college in the next province. Xiao Luolan thought for a while and put the past things in her heart.
Dongxue walked in with a tray and saw her mistress standing outside the tent looking at the sky. She thought about it and walked a few steps quickly, opened the curtain, put the food on the table, and whispered: "Madam, I will ride a horse in the evening." Let’s see how the battle is going on the front line? I’ll probably be back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”
Xiao Luolan was shocked when he heard this and shook his head quickly: "How can this be done? It's too dangerous. We just wait here."
"We're just waiting here." Worried that Dongxue would do something outrageous, Xiao Luolan said again. It was freezing outside. There might be wild wolves out there, and there was probably a war on the front line. Xiao Luolan Lan could think of many unexpected situations when he thought about it. What if the horse slipped due to heavy snow and ice, what if he encountered a wild beast, what if he was discovered by the enemy?
"Then it's up to you." Dongxue just wanted to relieve her mistress' worries. Seeing her firm objection, she stopped insisting. She knelt down on the carpet and laid out the food one by one. There were only three or four items, a bowl of porridge, There was also a small plate of roasted rabbit hind legs and a small plate of preserved fruits. The rabbit was hunted by Zheng Yuxin yesterday. The mistress first gave half of it to them, but then she didn’t finish them all. The food will not spoil in the cold weather. It can be eaten hot, as well as a small piece of crispy sesame seed cake.
Winter vegetables are already in short supply, especially on the battlefield, but Zheng Yuxin can always find some wild berries to give to his mistress. Although they share the food every time, Dongxue is very fond of Zheng Yuxin who comes from the land of Miao. The impression was still a bit better, and the atmosphere between the two was much peaceful.
"Have you eaten?" Xiao Luolan asked.
"To my wife, I have already eaten." Dongxue said with a smile. She ate the same as everyone else in the military camp. Most of the people in the military camp boiled snow and boiled dried biscuits into paste, and there was less dried meat in the pot than before. It's a bit more difficult than when we first entered the grassland, but it's still bearable. It's winter after all.
And what the mistress eats is also very simple. The rabbit meat was specially given to the mistress by Zheng Yuxin. If it were normal, it would be several kinds of pickled vegetables brought from Langge, and the pickled fish and bacon would have been cooked into a large pot of light salty meat soup. After replenishing the health of the injured below, the Tuoba cavalryman who was most seriously injured before was able to get to the ground.
After Xiao Luolan finished eating, it became dark.
After she finished washing, she went into the tent to rest.
Miss Zheng was holding a travel journal and reading it carefully. She was wearing a set of gray fur coat and leather boots, with her face buried in the fur. She was sitting on a charcoal basin warming herself by the fire, rubbing her hands together from time to time to keep warm.
"Drink some hot water." Seeing that she was also afraid of the cold, Xiao Luolan poured a cup of hot water for her and sat across from her.
Zheng Yuxin pinched her ears. This was her first time to go on an expedition with the army. In previous years, she would sit on the fire pit in the Langge courtyard she bought. Unexpectedly, it was really cold outside the Great Wall, even colder than Langge. She had no energy to move. .
She took the hot tea from the mistress: "Thank you, mistress."
Xiao Luolan was wearing a crane cloak and warming herself by the fire. She had just gone out to take a look and found that Dongxue was staying well in her tent and did not go out, so she came back relieved. However, it started to snow again outside.
"Mother, are you worried about the situation on the front line?" Zheng Yuxin immediately guessed what her mistress was thinking, so she asked.
Xiao Luolan nodded and said yes. She was indeed worried.
Zheng Yuxin smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are Commander Cui and the Lord in front of us."
"Maybe the battle is over." Zheng Yuxin made a casual guess.
Xiao Luolan found that everyone in the military camp had an inexplicable strong trust in Sect Master Zhou. In her opinion, this kind of combat conditions were already very harsh. Maybe she really didn't know how to fight. Xiao Luolan sighed in her heart. Take a breath.
Zheng Yuxin didn't stay in the mistress's tent for long. She sat there for a while longer and left.
Xiao Luolan took off her crane cloak, first wrote today's diary, then pulled out the hairpin on her head, blew out the oil lamp, and then got into bed in the dark.
The wind and snow are beating against the warm curtains, the heating inside the house is faint, and the cold wind is howling outside.
Xiao Luolan didn't sleep very well, and she barely managed to fall asleep until the middle of the night. Suddenly she felt an unfamiliar cold air and bloody smell rush into the room. She opened her eyes suddenly and found that the candle light had turned on again at some point. She got up, and Sect Master Zhou just sat on the edge of the bed quietly and looked at her.
Xiao Luolan stood up, his eyes filled with uncertainty and obvious shock. He felt a bit like he was in a dream. He came back so soon. Is the battle over? Did they win?
There were obviously many things she wanted to ask, but she was stunned when she saw Sect Master Zhou in front of her. Such Sect Master Zhou was completely different from the ones she had seen before.
Not to mention the unkempt beard, there is a thin layer of snow on the crown of his hair, and the strands of hair are tangled together as if they were knotted. His face is a little tired, his lips are chapped, his eyes are black and bloodshot, and he has numerous black armors on his body. In this sunken and cracked place, only a pair of eyes were still astonishingly bright, and the strong smell of blood hit his face.
Xiao Luolan was not sure for a moment whether this person was Sect Leader Zhou.
