As soon as Xie Guang entered the city, he received the imperial edict from the chamberlain. The situation was indeed similar to what he expected.
Without Nian Jinsong, the Shengtang court no longer had the courage and ability to check him. The famously elegant emperor Li Chengwu did not dare to fall out with Xie Guang on the spot even if he had a large number of troops.
Although Xie Guang was not the King of Jin back then, his strength was far greater than that of King Jin Li Chengxing. As for those famous generals who can compete with them, He Jingming is bedridden, Xu Lie is old, Bao Yuchun is far away in the East China Sea, and all over the imperial capital, who dares to challenge the Xuanjia Army?
Therefore, for such an act that offended Tianwei like today, the emperor had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. On the surface, he had to help Xie Guang speak his words in order to save some pitiful face for the royal family.
The move of approaching the imperial capital may seem dangerous, but it is actually within your control.
Xie Guang nodded with satisfaction, and ordered his subordinates to send orders outside the city for the Xuanjia Legion to camp on the spot, waiting for the court's reward. He would return home temporarily and formally meet the emperor during the morning court tomorrow.
The messengers carried the command arrows from Shangzhu Kingdom, shouted open the Golden Light Gate, and galloped out of the imperial capital. At this time, the Qilin Army, which was originally on guard here, had already been ordered to withdraw completely.
When the order was delivered to him, Di Xian immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly raised his tent and instructed each banner, division, battalion, and team to set up camp and rest. In addition, another 2,000 patrols were dispatched to patrol a five-mile radius with the camp as the center.
After working hard for a long time, Di Xian arranged everything properly. He looked around at the generals and found that everyone was here except Xu Youchang, the hussar captain.
Di Xian couldn't help but feel angry secretly, thinking about whether to take this opportunity to accuse Xu Youchangan of leaving his post without permission and punish him.
However, he changed his mind and held back.
First, Xu Youchang was quite prestigious in the Xuanjia Army. Many soldiers respected his conduct and martial arts, and he was very popular. If you openly find fault with Xu Youchang at this time, you may offend many people.
Secondly, and more importantly, that guy's grandfather was Xu Lie, and his father and uncle were both officials in the court. The power of the Xu family should not be underestimated. I really can't blame myself for getting into more trouble by punishing Xu Youchang.
After thinking about it, Di Xian decided that it would be better to do less than to do more, and let the issue of Xu Youchang's unauthorized departure be ignored.
Di Xianzheng here felt a little depressed because he couldn't deal with Xu Youchang, but Xu Youchang over there was happy and chatting happily with the little beauty.
Just after the Xuanjia Army received Xie Guang's order and put down all alerts, Xu Youchang finally relaxed a lot. He introduced to Hesijia one by one the various changes in the formation adjustment of the entire army to prove that what he had said before was correct. .
Once the tense atmosphere was cleared, Anya, the maid who had been hiding in the car, appeared and walked to the princess and Xu Youchang.
When Xu Youchang saw that she was here, he suddenly seemed happy and embarrassed. He was eloquent and eloquent at first, but the next moment he immediately became like a fool and only knew how to have fun.
Anya seemed to sense something strange about Xu Youchang, her face turned slightly red and she didn't dare to look at him.
Hesijia looked at their appearance and shook her head gently: "General Xu, your troops have already started setting up camp. Don't you need to go back and take charge of the overall situation?"
"Ah? Oh, it's okay," Xu Youchang replied without thinking: "The few deputies I have are very capable. With them, these small things don't need to be..."
Hesijia interrupted him bluntly: "It's getting late. I want to go back and rest. I wonder if the general agrees?"
Only then did Xu Youchang realize that the Turkic princess was issuing an order to expel the guests, so he hurriedly said: "Oh, princess, you are serious. You have been tired from the journey, and Miss Anya must have been very hard too, so I won't bother you more. If you need anything, just ask. Just tell the guards and let them tell me."
As he said that, he couldn't help but glance at Anya, and at this time, the girl happened to look up at him.
The two made eye contact and blushed at the same time.
As if to cover up her embarrassment, Anya quickly saluted and said, "Thanks to the general for taking care of me on the way. I... thank you."
"No need, no need," Xu Youchang waved his hands nervously: "Girl, you're welcome... Well, you don't have to worry about it next. Even if you get to the imperial capital, I will try to protect you and the princess, for sure!"
Anya's eyes were full of gratitude and she nodded gently to Xu Youchang.
Looking at Xu Youchang's retreating back, Hesijia was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed quietly: "Your Highness, are you really attracted to this guy?"
At this moment, Anya, who was standing next to her, no longer looked like the respectful maid just now. Her face showed a noble and calm demeanor, and she smiled sweetly: "Sister Yinas, that person... is quite... nice."
The Turkic princess whom she called "Yinas" smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Your Highness, please don't forget that we are still prisoners of others, and the secret of our identities must not be discovered by Shengtang, otherwise, How should I explain this to the Great Khan?"
Anya turned to look at the other person: "Sister, I want to tell them directly."
"How can that be done?" Yinas frowned slightly: "Once the people of Shengtang know that you are the real Turkic princess Hesijia, you may never go back! I will never allow you to have any accidents!"
"But I don't want to see you suffer for me." Anya's tone seemed very calm: "There is no reason for a daughter of the Golden Tribe to be cowardly. Besides... I believe in him."
Yinas said angrily: "Believe him? He is just a small captain. He can't even get a title in Shengtang. How can he protect you? Your Highness, please don't be confused. You should follow our instructions." As discussed before, I will try to paralyze them and give you a chance to escape back to the Turks. By then, Shengtang will be unable to threaten the Great Khan with me as a fake princess!"
The soft sunset was about to completely fall behind the distant mountains. The vast and dark distant mountains were framed with a dazzling golden edge, quietly staying in the direction from which the two girls came.
The Turkic princess Hesjia, who transformed into the maid Anya, looked at the majestic imperial capital city and couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Princess Yingyang of the Turkic Empire is the favorite youngest daughter of the Great Khan Ashina Zhijin of the Golden Clan. She has been pure and pure since she was a child, and is smart and alert. She is known as the "Pearl of the Vast Sea" in the Western Continent.
However, unlike ordinary Turkic girls, Hesijia was weak in body. After being injured while riding a horse when she was six years old, she never practiced riding and shooting kung fu again. Ashina loved his daughter dearly and did not hold her to Turkic standards. Instead, he invited many educated people from Persia and China to teach her how to read and write.
At the end of summer and beginning of autumn this year, Hestia, who had just turned eighteen, proposed to her father that she wanted to visit her aunt, Duchess Nanning of Karen.
Hesijia's mother died early, so the princess was raised and cared for by Aunt Naning since she was a child. The two were as close as mother and daughter.
Not long ago, Ashina Zhijin made the decision to betroth his grown-up baby daughter Hesijia to Yun Qianxue, the new generation of young hero of the Turkic Empire and the "Prairie Eagle".
Seeing that she was about to get married, Hesijia wanted to see her aunt. Zhijin Khan couldn't resist his younger daughter, so in the end he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
At this time, the Turkic Blood Wolf tribe had already moved from the land of their ancestors to the Nash area adjacent to the Ghost Desert in Western Xinjiang under the orders of the Great Khan. The little princess went all the way east and just arrived at the Karen tribe, when she happened to catch up with the Duke and his army. Attack the ghost desert.
Hesijia had never been to the battlefield before, let alone Western Xinjiang. Driven by curiosity, she proposed to her uncle that she wanted to go with the army.
At first, Duke Karen was quite hesitant, worried about the danger of the war, and he really couldn't afford it if something happened to the princess.
However, when Hesijia used her special skill - begging coquettishly, the old Duke could not harden his heart and refused flatly.
He had no choice but to ask Yinas, a beautiful expert who was serving on the front line and belonged to the same golden clan as the princess, to serve as his personal bodyguard and accompany Hesijia to follow the army far behind and wander around the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang.
Yinas was born into a Turkic aristocracy. She studied under the Turkic Martial Saint Biro since she was a child and developed good skills. Moreover, she was only three years older than Hesijia. The two grew up together and had a very close relationship. It's perfect to have Inasi escort you along the way.
Therefore, Princess Yingyang bid farewell to her aunt temporarily and embarked on the journey with the army.
The Turkic Blood Wolf Legion entered Western Xinjiang in three batches. In a short period of time, they successively raided Khotan, Gumo, Wensu, Jingjue and other countries, and the Shengtang Town Protectorate of Xinjiang did not dare to fight. Outcrop.
According to the original plan, as long as the Blood Wolf Army can find another opportunity to launch a decisive battle with the Zhenjiang Protectorate and eliminate Shengtang's main force in Western Xinjiang in one fell swoop, they can hope to use the next long cold winter to consolidate their results.
As soon as the weather enters winter, terrible violent snowstorms will completely block the road from Shengtang to the Ghost Desert in Western Xinjiang.
By the time spring came and flowers bloomed the next year, most of Western Xinjiang had already fallen into the hands of the Turks.
What made the Turks happy was that Shengtang's army was gathering together at this time and obediently hid in King Chechi's city, waiting for them to come and annihilate them. As a result, the Blood Wolf Army showed its sharp claws, and the 150,000-strong army rushed towards Chechi.
What happened next was nothing but surprises.
First, the Zhenjiang Protectorate held the Turks in the King's City of Chechi for five days and five nights, until the arrival of the black-armored cavalry.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhenjiang Army, which was mainly infantry, went directly out of the city to challenge the Blood Wolf, making the Turkic generals feel a little embarrassed if they did not stay and fight again.
The commander of the wolf army, Gulitai, decided to first completely defeat the Shengtang infantry in front, and then consider whether to fight or retreat against the black cavalry based on the situation.
However, I never expected that the battle would not go according to the Turks' ideas.
Normally speaking, powerful cavalry can deal with infantry on the plains as easily as sharp wolf teeth tearing into mutton.
But unfortunately, this time the blood wolves bit the bison shoulder blade - the meat was not pulled off, but the teeth were firmly stuck.
From morning to afternoon, the Blood Wolf Cavalry launched wave after wave of charges, and the Zhenjiang Army retreated step by step. The soldiers on both sides were like leeks, cutting down one crop after another, and they could never tell the winner.
Gulitai was so anxious that his eyes were red.
Falling into this stalemate, he couldn't get away even if he wanted to. The black armored cavalry legion in the distance was still staring at him.
He had no other choice but to order his men to attack crazily!
It is a pity that God failed to favor Gulitai and the Blood Wolf Legion in the end.
Just when they were determined to send the main force to the field and plan to completely eliminate the Suppressing Army, the black-armored cavalry who had been watching the battle also moved.
Black waves, black dragons.
The black-armored cavalry wore three layers of heavy armor, with masks on their helmets, with only their eyes and mouths exposed. The horses under their crotches were also covered in iron armor. A slash of the knife would only leave a white mark on the heavy armor, making it almost invulnerable.
But those countless long spears, under the action of the high-speed impact of the war horses, exploded with astonishing lethality.
The Turkic warriors were already exhausted and frightened by this time. In the blink of an eye, they were smashed to pieces by the black-armored cavalry, and they all turned around and ran away.
Chechi Plain under the setting sun is full of scenes of chasing each other, just like a hunting ground.
Hesijia and the others originally stayed at the rear of the Turkic army to watch the battle, but unexpectedly, the Blood Wolf Army was defeated too quickly. The defeated troops all over the place fled back desperately, almost engulfing the princess's guards and scattering them.
Fortunately, Yinas reacted very quickly. Seeing that the situation was not good, she immediately ordered her men to retreat to the northwest, barely avoiding the Turkic army that was even more terrifying than the Shengtang people.
Under the protection of Inas, Hesijia avoided the fierce confrontations between pursuers and deserters, and finally escaped from the main battlefield in danger.
In the next two days, they ran nearly a hundred miles, but in the end, because Hesijia couldn't ride a horse and the carriage was not fast enough, they were overtaken by the scouts led by Du Jian.
