Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight - Chapter 143

At the time of inflammation, the scorching sun outside the house was like fire, and the yellow sand was burning.

Li Zhongqian wore a brown narrow-sleeved two-finch-breasted brocade robe, with long messy hair tied up, his head wrapped in a scarf, and he sat in the cool cave room to read the report.

Shacheng is severe in winter and summer, and the wind is raging. When building houses, local people will dig down and build caves to live in. Not only is the winter warm and cool, but it also protects against sand.

He watched the afternoon from the morning and frowned, and only ate a few pieces of dried naan during the period.

The waiter sent him a plate of crystal clear ice cream that was frozen into the shape of a snow-capped mountain, and said diligently: “A Lang, this is a good product for relieving heat, sweet and sour and cold. It is called Princess Drunk. Please taste it.”

Hearing the words princess drunk, Li Zhongqian’s eyelids twitched, glanced at the snow-white, bright red, and turquoise mountains in the plate, put down the battle report, tapped the book case with his finger.

“What are you particular about?”

The waiter put down the tray and said with a smile: “The slave heard people say that the princess was drunk from the palace. It is said that in the hot weather, the Buddha had no appetite and poor food. He lectured for half a month and became ill. Can’t eat anything. After seeing Princess Wen Zhao, she was distressed and anxious. She searched for melons and fruits in the market and tried her best to make this soft, sweet, icy yogurt. After the Buddha ate it. Sure enough, the appetite improved a lot. Later, the dignitaries in the holy city would make a large plate of ice cream whenever they held a banquet. Because the ice cream was reddish in the white, it looked like a drunk beauty, so they called it the princess drunk. “

Li Zhongqian’s face sank slightly.

Did Wang Ting people ever see Li Yaoying getting drunk?

The waiter again brought out a plate of colorful and fragrant pilaf, each grain of rice gleaming with golden oily pilaf, “Princess Wen Zhao learned from Tianzhu monk’s vegetarian pilaf, the gravy is fragrant, sour and spicy. It’s sweet, and I also put a kind of raisins that are only available in the old Qi and their manor. When the weather is hot, it tastes refreshing and tender. A Lang uses some.”

The corners of Li Zhongqian’s mouth twitched.

He has heard a lot of such legends along the way. Women’s strong contemporary makeup, exquisite silks and satin, men’s wine, and scripture paper praised by monks, painters and literati, a kind of soft warmth that quickly became popular among folks. The cotton robe, the new and ingenious agricultural irrigation equipment…There is a story behind the story of “Princess Wen Zhao of Han Di tried her best to seduce the Buddha”.

Many of them are far-fetched and gimmicky by Hushang, but the common people are eloquent one by one, as if they have seen it with their own eyes and have heard a lot. Sometimes Li Zhongqian can’t help but wonder if it is true.

He asked Yaoying, she always reported good news but not bad news, so she only picked some small things to tell him. All the soldiers listened to her and would not tell him the whole truth.

Li Zhongqian glanced at the servant. The servant was a member of the caravan. He followed Lao Qi and the others in Wangting and Gaochang, running errands and talking, doing some rough work.

He took out a few silver coins, patted the long sword beside the bookcase, his arm muscles stretched, his eyes gloomy.

“I ask you a few things, and you can answer honestly without concealing it.”

The waiter hurriedly said: “The little one will never deceive Alang.”

Li Zhongqian’s eyes were slanted, his eyes sharper than the scorching sun outside, and he asked, “How do people in the royal court treat the princess?”

The waiter was sweating in cold sweat.

…

Half an hour later, the waiter was sweating profusely, holding a mouthful of ice cream and went out.

Li Zhongqian closed his eyes in front of the stacked battle reports.

In the royal court, the Buddha is admired by the people, and the people here regard Yaoying as a complete joke.

There was a soft footstep on the stairs, Yaoying walked down to the cave room to sort her letters, and saw only a few bites of dried naan next to the book table, and said, “Brother, you can eat something and read it.”

Li Zhongqian condensed the gloomy color and waved his hand to indicate that there was nothing wrong.

Last night, Yaoying talked to him about the formation of the Western Army and the relationship between various families. This morning, he started to read the battle reports sent by all parties from her here. After seeing more than half of it, he understood what the big circle she drew on the sand yesterday represented.

Gaochang is just a small stronghold. The aristocratic families in Shazhou and Guazhou also began to revolt during the Northern Rong turmoil. Li Xuanzhen’s Liangzhou Army cooperated with the Western Army, and the Wang Court pursued the Northern Rong Khan. This huge net stretched from east to west. , From south to north, spanning thousands of miles, involving countless large and small oasis.

If the battle goes well, they can join forces with the royal court to attack Bei Rong and completely wipe out Bei Rong, a powerful enemy.

By then, the Helong area can return to their homeland, the displaced people fulfill their long-cherished wish to return to the east, and the Western Regions, which have lost contact with the Central Plains dynasty for decades, will also end the chaos and divisions that have been raging for many years, and will be reunified and safe.

And Wei Guo of the Central Plains once again obtained a vast horse farm, with a stable source of excellent military horses, and solved the hidden dangers in the north. Why can’t he not dominate the world?

In a few years, the Central Plains will be stable and prosperous, the Western Regions will be smooth, and the ancient post roads in the desert will be prosperous.

All people, regardless of Hu and Han, can stay away from the flames of war and live steadily.

Li Zhongqian sat in the cool cave room, holding the battle report, unable to calm down for a long time.

He could see the long-term intention behind the alliance between Yaoying, Li Xuanzhen and Wang Ting Fuzi, and he knew what great changes this alliance would bring.

Because of this, he hoped that Yaoying could get out as soon as possible.

The Northern Rong tribe will inevitably counterattack in the future, the complex intrigues between the families of the Western Regions, the Wang Ting people hate the Han people, and the unfeeling Li De of the Wei State… are all troublesome.

The Xie family is for the country and the people, and in the generation of his uncle Xie Wuliang, he almost died.

The world praised the boundless gratitude, and sighed at the mention of the Xie family, but faced with the anger of Li De and Li Xuanzhen, the world did not care about the life and death of their mother and son.

This is the world.

Li Zhongqian has long recognized the warmth and coldness of the world. He only has a sister like Li Yaoying, and does not want her to shoulder these important responsibilities and walk the road of immeasurable thanks.

But Yaoying had already made up her mind, and he couldn’t persuade her.

Can only figure it out slowly.

Li Zhongqian put down the battle report and looked up at Yaoying who was sitting aside writing a letter.

“Before I go to the holy city, I want to write a letter to Buddha.”

Yaoying raised her head: “I am writing to the Buddha…”

Li Zhongqian shook his head, walked to her side, took the paper from her pen, and crumpled it into a ball, “I have to write this letter by myself to be sincere. Can the Buddha understand Chinese?”

Yaoying said, “He is very good in Chinese.”

Li Zhongqian put up a pen to spread the paper, and said: “I have heard a lot about you.”

Yaoying hurriedly said: “Brother, those legends are all rumors, and it is all because of me that will affect the Buddha’s reputation.”

“I understand, I will apologize to the Buddha on your behalf.” Li Zhongqian wrote a few words, “Is the one-year period here?”

Yaoying thought about it for a while and nodded.

She tried to talk to Tamara Gha about this, he looked indifferent, thinking that he didn’t care about such trivial matters, so he didn’t urge her.

Li Zhongqian asked: “How did you plan?”

Yaoying looked solemn, pondered for a long time, and said softly: “I don’t want to cause trouble to the Buddha.”

Li Zhongqian nodded: “Don’t worry about it, let Brother handle this matter.”

He wrote the letter and invited Bay of the Guards.

“Please transfer it to the Buddha.”

Bayi immediately returned to the holy city with the letter.

Not long after he left, several eagle chirps spread into the cave house, and General Black Eagle Jin returned with a military report.

Yaoying couldn’t wait, she ran out of the cave with the corner of her skirt, took the copper pipe handed by her soldiers, and after reading the letter, she let out a long sigh.

“Brother, you asked me where Ah Qing went yesterday…”

She handed the letter to Li Zhongqian who was following.

“She helped me guard Baicheng.”

Li Zhongqian unrolled the leather scroll, and there was a row of dragons and phoenix dancing on it: Qing has repelled the enemy, but fortunately he did not humiliate his life.

…

A few days ago.

Thousands of miles away, Baicheng.

The waves are surging and the sun is scorching.

In the desert, the cliffs that have been eroded by wind and sand over the years stand tall in the sun, row upon row, stalking dragons and tigers.

A large blazing beam of light poured down from the clouds, light and shadow scattered, and the dark shadows under the cover of the strangely shaped hills floated slowly, like a living thing.

The squally wind blew, and strange howling sounds filled it.

In the drifting ferocious shadows, a huge team of thousands of knights and 10,000 infantrymen rushed along the rugged and winding roads under the hills, like a torrent of black waves.

Each of them brought two bows, a scimitar, a lasso, and a leather bag. They were fierce, calm, solemn, and brave.

This is an elite team made of blood. The soldiers are brave and courageous. The leader of the generals has a pair of light yellow eagle eyes. When scanning the left and right, the golden light flashes and is brilliant. It is the Beirong Prince Sea who escaped from the royal court not long ago. Du Aling.

Bei Rong was torn apart, Haidu Aling could not find food and grass to supply, burned and looted all the way, raised the war by war, gathered the remnants of various tribes, gathered a team of 20,000 people, and headed for Gaochang.

He had sent spies to Gaochang to inquire about the military situation, Gaochang went as usual, Mrs. Ina was still the wife of the lord, he promised that the lord Yuchi would help him kill Mrs. Ina, and the lord Yuchi immediately sent him a batch of war horse weapons.

Haidu Aling sneered, Mrs. Yina wanted to kill, and Gao Chang wanted to kill too.

The wolf will not let go of the fat sheep, even if the fat sheep is faithful and obedient.

He first cautiously wiped out a few tribes, and encountered no strong resistance all the way. During this period, the fleeing Wakhan Khan issued orders to the various tribes, asking them all to lead troops eastward to help him get rid of the royal court chasing soldiers, so that he could lead the remaining troops back to the grassland, and he also promoted the Haidu Aling as the capital.

Haidu Aling weighed it up. Although the total number of remnants he gathered together was 20,000 horses, they could not quench their immediate thirst. Leading these people on a long journey to save Wakhan Khan might end up in a situation of isolation and helplessness. First occupied Gaochang, and then summoned nearby tribes to form a coalition to attack the royal court and relieve the pressure of Wakhan Khan.

Before that, Baicheng must be captured first.

They appeared in another oasis not long ago, besieging the city, with great momentum, making people think that he was going to take that city, the momentum he was hitting the east and the west, and his target was Baicheng.

The dust was flying ahead, and several scouts came galloping in, “Dutong, Baicheng’s defense is lax, there is no bow|ballista in the city, and their bows and arrows are probably only enough to shoot seven or eight rounds!”

Haidu Alinglema stopped and ordered all soldiers to stop and rest, drink water, and prepare wooden shields that can be assembled.

The weather is sweltering and they are about to start a big battle, and now they must make up for their moisture.

When the soldiers were full of water, Haidu Aling drew his sword: “No one can stop us!”

The soldiers cheered up and responded loudly, roaring across the sky.

The team continued to advance, and soon, a fortress surrounded by a wall of several feet high at the foot of the mountain appeared in front of everyone.

The blue sky was cloudless, and the hills were undulating. Haidu Aling rushed up the hillside on horseback, waving his arms, and the rumbling drums sounded in unison.

When seeing the black torrent over the hillside, the defenders of Baicheng panicked. The defenders of the outer city were too late to withdraw to the city and quickly fell in batches.

The blood stained the scimitars in the soldiers’ hands.

The Baicheng archers rushed up to the tower and hurriedly took arrows.

Before the Beirong soldiers approached, the first round of arrow rain had already fallen.

Haidu Aling sneered. They hadn’t reached the range of the defenders. The defenders had already begun to release arrows. The defenders were indeed unprepared. The front army was defeated, and the whole team’s military spirit had been chaotic.

The army continued to advance, and screams of horns and drums sounded in Baicheng. Several warlord-like men boarded the tower and waved the flags. The archers slowly calmed down. When the warlord’s banner fell, they all released their arrows.

Thousands of arrows were fired.

The soldiers of the Bei Rong took no hurry, raised their wooden shields, and proceeded in neat steps. Gradually, some people were shot by arrows that penetrated through the gaps in the shields, but more people were already approaching Baicheng.

Haidu Aling waited patiently for a while, the shields in the soldiers’ hands were densely packed with arrows, and the sound of arrows dropped from dense to rain, and the archers on the city wall yelled anxiously.

“They are almost running out of arrows.”

“charge!”

The war drum rumbling, the soldiers of Bei Rong shouted Mercedes-Benz like a sharp knife, tearing the air straight into the white city, to tear the fortress to pieces.

Dust was flying in the sky, the earthquake trembled, and Baicheng shivered in the unstoppable offensive of Beirong soldiers.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, the landslide collapsed, and the earthquake trembled. The cavalry rushing quickly fell into the pit one after another. The gravel splashed and the mud was flying, covering the sky and the sun.

There was a sudden change, half of the mountain collapsed, and the loud rumbling sound shook the sky. Countless soldiers of the Northern Rong had not had time to react. They were already involved in the overwhelming mountain and rock torrent.

The soldiers of Beirong behind were crying and howling. The soldiers in front of the siege didn’t know what had happened, so they looked around blankly.

The battlefield seemed to stagnate for a moment.

Haidu Aling was full of blood and blood, and he was about to split, riding a horse rushed forward, watching his rear army swallowed by the collapsed boulder.

How could the mountain suddenly collapse?

The explosion continued, the ground shook and the mountains shook, the horses were frightened, neighed in unison, fled with their hoofs, and slammed the rider off the horse.

At the same time, with a series of weird roars, a huge fireball fell from the sky and fell into the northern battle formation.

The screams broke out, and the battle formation immediately collapsed.

“Tian Lei! Tian Lei!”

The soldiers screamed in fear.

Haidu Aling’s hair stood upright, clenched his fists, and a gust of wind blew him, he was cold and sweaty, and he suddenly recovered from shock.

Morale has been lost, and today they cannot capture Baicheng.

“All retreat! Gather the ruined soldiers!”

The soldiers blew their horns, and the Beirong soldiers retreated screaming. When they passed the collapsed gravel, everyone was frightened and ran away with their heads in their arms.

The subordinates threw their helmets and armors, fled back to Haidu Aling, and persuaded him to leave as soon as possible.

Haidu Aling gritted her teeth, her pupils widened, staring coldly at the white city wall.

He had heard of the weapon that the Baicheng garrison had just used.

When Princess Wen Zhao, Li Yaoying, fled the Yelu tribe, “thunder fell from the sky”, which caused a punishment to escape from the chaos.

He never believed in the punishment of heaven. Li Yaoying must have used some kind of weapon of the Han talents. People from the grassland tribe had never seen it before and mistakenly thought it was a punishment.

The rocks were splashing, the loud noises did not stop, the wind was blowing, and the sand was flying away from the rocks.

In the distance, on the wall of Baicheng, several military flags stood between the yellow sand and gravel in the sky and the vast sky, hunting and flying in the wind.

Haidu Aling narrowed his eyes and looked at the strange flags.

Which small tribe dare to stop him?

On the city wall, a tall general bent his bow to shoot an arrow.

A scream sounded abruptly, and immediately, a military flag in the Northern Rong battle array was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground in response.

The soldiers of Beirong screamed.

The general drew his bow again, and another arrow shot out. The momentum was like a rainbow, and the arrow pierced through the air.

The soldiers were frightened, took off the letter tied to the arrow, and delivered it to Haidu Aling.

Haidu Aling unfolded the letter and glared in anger.

Gaochang has already belonged to the Great Wei Dynasty, and all the prefectures in the Western Regions have been restored.

Starting today, he is not facing the resistance of small tribes, but the entire Western army, which is the Wei Kingdom of the Central Plains.

Haidu Aling stared at the sign at the end, angrily raging, blood boiled, and the knuckles convulsed with force.

It was the Western Army who stopped him.

During this period of time, the Western Army has regained Gaochang! The Lord Yuchi indulged Mrs. Yina and sent him soldiers and weapons. He did not encounter resistance along the way, it was Li Yaoying who was bewitching him!

good!

What a Li Yaoying!

The subordinates were covered in blood and rushed to Haidu Aling, shouting: “Du Tong, where shall we withdraw?”

Haidu Aling’s face twitched a few times, with a hideous expression.

The states of the Western Regions have always been shrewd. They will take refuge in any country that is strong. The local aristocrats have always been dissatisfied with the heavy taxes and taxes. The letter said, even if it is not true, it is not true. Wang Ting and the princess of Han Di joined forces and stopped him outside of Baicheng. The east road of Wakhan Khan’s escape to the grassland must have been cut off. The old Khan is now a turtle in the urn, and he fell step by step in the attack between the king and the Western army. Into the final trap.

When the Western Army and the Royal Court army regain their nets at the same time, the old Khan will undoubtedly die.

Most of his people were killed and injured, and he was unable to turn the tide, and the Bei Rong nobles hated him and would not listen to his orders.

Haidu Aling raised the rein of the horse and turned the head decisively.

“Repair your soldiers and horses, recharge your energy, and wait for the opportunity.”

“The Khan is running away, the nobles are in their own hands, the enemy is fully prepared, I don’t know how many traps there are still hidden, we are the only support of the Khan, we can’t act rashly, when we gather more teams, immediately move east to King Qin!”

The morale that had just collapsed was cheered up again, and the rebels gathered around Haidu Aling and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

On the walls of the White City, the generals watched Haidu Aling retreat. Qi Qi heaved a sigh of relief. He ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded. They looked at each other, unable to restrain their excitement, and laughed loudly.

Only the young general who had just bent his bow and set an arrow had a straight face, without a hint of smile on his face.

Yang Nianxiang took off his helmet and looked at the stern general next to him: “Xie Qing, the two arrows you have just now are powerful, how long have you been practicing?”

Xie Qing said blankly: “Twelve years.”

Yang Nianxiang sighed and sighed, the soldiers rushed up to report the military situation, and everyone was rushing to the gossip.

When Wang Ting’s army and the main force of Bei Rong were in the Sam Valley, several people from Yang Nianxiang rushed back to Gaochang with Li Yaoying’s secret letter, joined with Yang Qian, and helped the master of Yuchi overtake Mrs. Ina and settle the situation in Gaochang. Northern Rong Army.

The Lord Gaochang wrote to Wei immediately, asking Wei to formally canonize Li Yaoying and the Western Army, and give support to the Western Army.

At the same time, Yang Nianxiang and Xie Qing rushed to Baicheng, gathered soldiers and horses, installed equipment, and slapped their troops.

Li Yaoying and them analyzed that Haidu Aling would surely attack the tribes near Gaochang first after accumulating strength, and then take Gaochang. They waited for a long time in Baicheng, and buried weapons secretly transported by caravans throughout the hill. He released false news to lure Bei Rong scout, and waited for Haidu Aling to take the bait.

Today was only the first confrontation. They temporarily frightened Aling Haidu and weakened his troops, but they could not take it lightly. Their task was to defend the western frontier line so that Aling Haidu could not advance eastward.

During this period, the Western Army will unite various places to launch an uprising and gradually recover all states in the Western Regions.

Holding a long bow, Xie Qing led a group of soldiers out of the city to patrol the city.

The princess once told her over and over again that she must not be negligent on the battlefield and guard against arrogance and impetuosity.

Her current strength is not enough to kill Haidu Aling in front of the formation, and she can’t be anxious. She can defend the white city for the princess, so that Haidu Aling can’t go further east.

Xie Qing put away the longbow.

She has practiced arrows for twelve years, and she has known the princess for almost twelve years.

Long wind hunting.

Xie Qing was dressed in armor, and flew with a horizontal sword, looking down at the messy battlefield under the horse’s hoof.

The scholar died for the confidant.

The princess is the leader of the Western Army, and she is about to become the bravest general under the princess’s account.

…

Shacheng.

After reading the dense and detailed battle reports on the paper, Yaoying confirmed that Xie Qing and the others had repelled the Haidu Aling and planned out the previous layout one by one.

She was in the royal court, so there were no men and horses by her side. The main force of the Western Army was fighting the enemy bravely and regaining lost ground on the battlefield. She and the caravan deployed food and grass weapons in the rear to guide them so that they could avoid the Northern Rong army and reduce casualties.

During the days when Wang was with the army, she handled military affairs in the rear and organized intelligence all day long. Now she is very proficient in doing these things.

Li Zhongqian looked at Yaoying with mixed feelings.

All his ambitions and ambitions disappeared after Xie Wuliang died, and now he would rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear him.

Yaoying is different from him.

Once in the Central Plains, she dared not touch these things because of Li De and Li Xuanzhen’s suppression.

In the past three years, he has not been by her side, and she has gone through a lot of hardships. In front of him, she is still a well-behaved sister. In the eyes of others, she is no longer the same she used to be.

The look on Li Zhongqian’s face was gloomy.

Knowing his heart disease, Yaoying shook his arm and said coquettishly: “Brother, you are brave enough to win the three armies. The soldiers will admire you very much. I will ask them to ask you more in the future. You can teach them to line up. ?”

He still wanted to take her back now, she had to let him take over these things slowly first.

Li Zhongqian restrained his mind and nodded: “They have been by your side for the past few years. They are all loyal and brave men and good seedlings. Just ask what you want.”

Yaoying smiled.

After talking for a while, Li Zhongqian supervised Yaoying to go back to the house to take medicine.

That night, the two packed up their bags and prepared to set off for the holy city the next day.

The next morning, Yaoying and Li Zhongqian rode out of the post house, and the refugees who were waiting outside the post house immediately surrounded them.

“Strong man! Take us!”

“Chief, you can’t leave us alone!”

Li Zhongqian straightened the reins, and took a cold look at the refugees who were coming up. The phoenix eyes were full of hostility: “Go away.”

The refugees backed away in fright.

Yaoying and Li Zhongqian walked side by side, taking a look at the refugees behind them.

“Don’t pay attention to them.” Li Zhongqian said, “What is their life and death to me?”

Yaoying thought for a while, “Brother, we are now using people, so it’s better to find out the identities of these people. If they were herdsmen and didn’t do anything evil, it’s better to take them in for the time being. People from these tribes have all grown up. Grown up on horseback, arching horses is adept.”

Li Zhongqian frowned, but after all he couldn’t help Yaoying, “Never mind, it’s up to you.”

…

When the siblings were still on the road, Bayi had already hurried back to the holy city.

Soon, Li Zhongqian’s handwritten letter was delivered to Wangsi.

Tamara Gha has just finished a preaching.

After the war, he held a puja in the temple for half a month as usual. The swelling of his legs recurred. He used hot springs to relieve the pain every night. The leopard was locked up and additional manpower was deployed everywhere in the road.

This time, no one will break into the secret passage.

The letter was sent directly to his meditation room. He was dressed in a bare-shoulder robes and sweaty, holding a Buddhist bead in his hand, slowly sat down with the support of the Prajna, and opened the letter sent back from Shacheng.

Bi Suo, who was standing by the door, couldn’t help turning back, staring nervously at the letter in his hand.

After reading the letter, Tamaragara put it aside, twisting his fingers lightly on the prayer beads, his face was expressionless, and his eyes were cold.

The gilt incense burner is filled with green smoke, and the fragrance bursts.

After a while, Prajna asked curiously: “Wang, what did Princess Wen Zhao say in the letter?”

Tamara Gaya said indifferently: “The letter says that Modern Gaya has figured it out.”

When the one-year period expires, it’s time to officially end.

Prajna clapped his hands and laughed, chanting Buddhism endlessly: “Now it’s all right, the princess has found her elder brother, and the one-year period is over, everyone is happy.”

Tan Moroga looked down and opened a volume of Buddhist scriptures.

Yes, everyone is happy.

She must be very happy.

With the sound of wind, the wild jujube flowers in front of the courtyard swayed with the wind, and there was a drop in front of the steps.

The light and shadow in front of the gallery float.

He sat in the dark meditation room without saying a word.

Bi Suo sighed secretly.