Strange Tale of Qingluan

In the early morning of the next day, the "Ming" flag was hung on the sentry platform of the barracks. It stretched and sometimes waved in the wind, completely declaring Su Zhongming's determination.

Chao Sheng learned that it was Su Zhongming who dominated Naming An Mountain, he was shocked and angry, thinking that when Su Zhongming left Wen Kingdom, he brought Dingxuehou - Li Xuan and the former prime minister - Yi Yeqing, he couldn't help guessing that among the leading generals There are two people.

After thinking about it carefully, Chao Sheng couldn't help feeling remorse. He regretted killing Sheng Shichang Princess Huirou too early, and he also witnessed the Queen Mother of Wen Kingdom Shi Chaojing committing suicide by taking poison. Now there are no hostages around him.

That night, even though he initiated the night attack, he returned in defeat. Chao Sheng was dissatisfied and flustered, but now he walked slowly in front of the throne for a while, but he didn't say a word.

The General Li standing on the hall was originally a subordinate of Dingxuehou Li Xuan. At this moment, after seeing the sadness on Chao Sheng's face, he opened his lips and said: "Your Majesty, there are only 10,000+ troops on Ming'an Mountain, and Ming'an Mountain is also very far away from Jinghong Capital, as long as we persist in fighting, our army will definitely wipe them out in less than a month."

Chao Sheng replied indifferently: "The first battle has been lost, how can you win back for Gu?"

General Li continued, "If you add up all the troops in Wen Kingdom, there are almost 1000 million troops. They won the first battle, but they can't win the 1000 million troops!"

Chao Sheng turned his head, gave him a cold look, then turned around, approached slowly, and grabbed General Li's lapel with one hand, making General Li fearful and flustered.

Chao Sheng opened his lips again, spit directly on his face: "He is not someone else! He is the former monarch of Wen Kingdom! Although he has not been in power for a long time, you can see what is new in Wen Kingdom from the court to the market. Didn’t all the stuff come from him? He left Wenguo back then and brought talented people from the court with him, even Taifu He went with him!” As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his eyes slightly, feeling a sense of self-consciousness. Responsibility, "It's the orphan who doesn't care about his talent. He should have kept the talent in the first place and used it for the orphan! It won't let him have a chance to return!"

General Li hurriedly said good things and comforted him: "Your Majesty! Now, as long as you can catch the previous monarch, the talents who slipped away from His Majesty will definitely submit to Your Majesty!"

Chao Sheng let go of his hand, turned around, and only explained lightly: "Gu will give you another chance, if you lose again, you don't have to come to see Gu again! You will take your place!"

General Li was so frightened that he was sweating coldly, he hurriedly bowed his head and bowed his hands: "Wei... I obey my orders..."

Three days later, the breeze was gentle, and there was a little bit of moisture flowing in the wind, which more or less subdued the floating dust, and the blue sky was clear, which always made people feel a little comfortable, and it was the time to escape into laziness.

Early in the morning, the soldiers standing on the sentry tower couldn't help yawning tiredly, but insisted on self-discipline, stood up straight, puffed up their chests, resisted the strong spring sleepiness that was raging, and continued to stand guard.

Suddenly, a flying arrow hit the pillar on the left side in front of him with a whoosh, and the sentry soldiers suddenly woke up from the strong spring sleepiness, and hurriedly shouted into the barracks: "It's not good! There's something new!"

The news quickly spread into the barracks, and someone took the arrow and presented it to Su Zhongming.Su Zhongming picked up the arrow, took a look at it, and handed it to Li Xuan. Li Xuan took a closer look and blurted out: "This is from my family!"

Su Zhongming was stunned: "Your family? How do you know?"

Li Xuan immediately pointed out one by one: "Look, the head of this piece is diamond-shaped, and the groove at the end of the head is an arc. If you look at the body of this piece, it is made of osmanthus wood. The feathers of a crow!"

Su Zhongming took another look, and as Li Xuan said, word for word was correct, so he asked curiously, "Why did your family's documents be placed on the watchtower?"

Li Xuan replied: "This letter is sending a message of war. There will be a war coming soon, and this letter is sent by the enemy. To put it simply, the next enemy we meet is my Li family." people."

Su Zhongming couldn't help being surprised: "Your family's army!? Li's army?"

Li Xuan continued: "When I left Wenguo with you, I didn't bring Lingxi with me. Maybe it has fallen into Chaosheng's hands. My former subordinates may have already surrendered to Chaosheng to fight. It should be my former subordinate."

Su Zhongming lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "What are you going to do?"

Li Xuan simply said: "There is no other way, we can only take this opportunity to take back the Li family army! But the premise is that we must win this battle!"

After hearing this, Su Zhongming thought it made sense, so he nodded immediately.

Towards evening, the two armies faced each other on the sandy scene below the mountain. Li Xuan personally led 3 horses, and stood proudly in front of Yi Yeqing on horseback, not afraid of the more than 20 Li's army ahead.

General Li snorted, opened his lips and shouted: "Li Xuan! You have brought so few troops here today, it is better to surrender than to fight! I will intercede for you for the sake of you being the lord and my subordinate in the past, Save your life!"

Li Xuan didn't speak, but stretched out his right hand to the side, and a soldier on the side hurriedly handed over the bow and the package.Li Xuan immediately hooked up the branch of Li Jiajun, and set it out without hesitation. The branch quickly pierced through the air and ruthlessly plunged into the soil in front of General Li. Seeing this, General Li was stunned.

Li Xuan returned his bow to the soldiers, and opened his lips and said: "This one shows my determination. If you and your subordinates don't submit to me again, I will disown my relatives and kill everyone!"

General Li snorted coldly: "You have more than 3 horses, can you beat the 20 horses behind me? Since I insist on fighting, I don't want to talk about the old feelings!" He raised his right hand high, signaling to send troops.

More than [-] people bowed their hands, and they immediately filed out of the queue, quickly lined up, knelt down on one knee, held their bows tightly, and sent out arrows. Ten thousand pieces immediately burst through the air, approaching Li Xuan.

Yi Yeqing yelled: "Defense!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a thousand people holding shields quickly filed out of the queue, raising their shields to form a copper wall and an iron wall, blocking the flying arrows.Li Xuan drew out his saber and waved it, and the bowmen in front of the queue immediately sent out arrows, knocking down countless enemy bowmen.

Seeing this, General Li quickly issued an order, and more than [-] soldiers immediately raised their weapons and rushed forward. Li Xuan also generously ordered [-] soldiers to fight. The chaotic fighting broke the peace of the battlefield.

The sound of the weapon's magic is like cutting bones, which makes people anxious and challenges the limit of patience.

The wind blows slowly, blowing up the flags, rolling up the dust and sand, and criss-crossing the battlefield calmly.After fighting for a while in the chaos, Li Xuan felt the presence of this gust of wind, so he asked the soldier beside him, "What direction is the wind blowing now?"

Xiao Bing replied: "Back to the commander! The wind seems to be blowing from behind the stock!"

Li Xuan looked at the battle situation ahead, and wanted to give it a go, so he ordered happily: "Send Zhu Qi!"

As soon as the voice fell, the little soldier turned around, desperately grabbed the sword, light, sword, shadow and arrow, ran forward with all his strength, ran to the flagpole, pulled up the red flag connecting rod, ran to a high place, and waved it towards Ming'an Mountain.

The soldiers on the hillside saw the Zhu flag flashing, and hurriedly reported to Ye Shuangshuang: "The Zhu flag is waved down the mountain!"

Ye Shuangshuang immediately took off the small medicine bottle hanging on her waist, pulled out the stopper, sprinkled the light yellow powder on the dry wood, and then ordered: "Bring the torch!"

A soldier immediately presented the torch that had been burning all the time, and Ye Shuangshuang lit the fire on the dry wood without saying a word.As soon as the flame jumped onto the dry wood, Ye Shuangshuang hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and send out the Zhu flag!"

The soldiers immediately raised the flagpole and waved the red flag down the mountain.

Li Xuan turned his head and saw a smear of red dancing on the mountainside, so he ordered: "Notify everyone, put on the mask!"

As soon as the words fell, the little soldier blew his horns, and the sound shocked the battlefield.

General Li, who was fighting desperately, heard the sound and couldn't help feeling confused. He looked around, but saw that the enemy was wearing strange masks, and Li Xuan was no exception.

At this time, a thick white smoke slowly descended from the mountainside, followed the wind towards the battlefield, swept the battlefield, and there was a faint fragrance in the wind, and the Li family's army immediately became purple and drunk like a soul falling from a light building. Mi.

General Li was confused, but felt that something was wrong, he hurriedly shouted 'cover your nose', but it was too late.His subordinates began to become exhausted, unable to raise their shields, flags, and swords, just like hungry wolves who hadn't eaten a piece of meat for three days and three nights.

General Li also felt dizzy and weak, but he refused to give in. He bit the back of his hand hard, and the skin was broken, and the blood flowed out with pain. .But he persisted, swiping his sword and continuing to fight happily.

Li Xuan went up to meet him, met his weapon, and made several rounds between the two blades.Li Xuan made a low and hoarse voice from the mask: "Submit to me again! Otherwise—!"

General Li resolutely said: "Even if I surrender, so what? I will die if I fight with you, and I will die if I fight with you! It is impossible to defeat everyone in Wen Kingdom with this mere force!"

Li Xuan caught his blood blade with his saber, and advised: "Then hand over the Li family's army to me!"

General Li replied: "I have a wife and son in my family! If this battle is not won, the whole family will be implicated! Wife and son will also be lost! Li Xuan, you will be my soul!" Blade, and with all the strength in his body, he slashed at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan dodged it deftly, pierced the enemy's coach's chest with a sword, and said firmly, "Then I won't keep you!" His body fell from the horse's back to the ground.

Li Xuanwo held his head high, and the chaotic battlefield immediately fell silent. Seeing this, the Li family's army put down their weapons and surrendered.

With the head in hand, Li Xuan led his troops back to Ming'an Mountain and brought back the captured Li family army.

Entering the barracks, everyone took off their masks. Su Zhongming heard the news of the victory, and immediately left the army tent to greet him.

Li Xuan ordered someone to put the head back into a box, and when he turned his head, he saw Su Zhongming and said, "The effect of the magic medicine is good, and the wind blows just right."

Su Zhongming just smiled, and then felt regretful: "But, we can only use this thing nine times."

Li Xuan calmly said: "Before we run out, we should be able to think of other ways to win."

Su Zhongming smiled and said: "You are really sure!"

Yi Yeqing stepped up and interjected: "My lord. This time Li Hou led the troops to fight and captured 16 Li family troops!"

Su Zhongming was overjoyed: "Really? That's great! It can fill our troops!"

Li Xuan opened his lips: "Set them down first, as for the head, I want to send someone to Jinghongdu."

Su Zhongming echoed: "Okay! This time, it should be able to kill Chao Sheng's madness."

Li Xuan then ordered the soldier carrying the wooden box: "You take the dry food, send the head to Jinghongdu, put it at the gate of the city, and come back immediately to report."

The little soldier took the order and withdrew holding the box.

Li Xuan made another decision and said, "Let's hold a banquet tonight."

Su Zhongming was stunned for a moment: "It's only after the second round of the battle that you have a celebration banquet? It's too early..."

Li Xuan explained: "The 16 people captured back are all my former subordinates. I want to treat them well, so that I can recruit them into the barracks and serve us."

Su Zhongming knew it, so he didn't refuse.

That night, with a bright mirror in the sky, the stars were sparse but extremely bright.

On the training ground, the flames were shining brightly, 16 captured soldiers sat in the center, surrounded by Tao Xia soldiers, and also sat on the spot.

Li Xuan, Su Zhongming, and Yi Yeqing stepped into the training ground together, opened their lips and raised their voices: "Send wine!"

The captives, who were looking at them anxiously at first, couldn't help being stunned when they heard this sentence. In a blink of an eye, the porcelain bowl was stuffed into their hands and filled with mellow wine.

With fine wine in hand, they all stood up and looked at the coach in front of them.

Li Xuan opened his lips again: "You are all members of the Li family, former subordinates of my Marquis Dingxue, Li Xuan! If you obey my orders again, we will share joys and sorrows together from now on! After winning the battle, you have regained the royal power! You also have military merits to speak of! I will treat you badly! Those who follow orders, drink this bowl of wine!"

The captives looked down at the bowl of wine in their hands, and after a while, they drank it slowly, then knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "I am willing to obey Hou's orders!"

Li Xuan was overjoyed, so he took a bowl of wine and drank it happily.