The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

The battle in Yanzhou was fought from dark to dawn, and from dawn to dark. +++Cartino novel website www.NovelMTL.com The soldiers on both sides are immortal, shooting swords and swords in the fire, shooting blood, and dyeing the ground under their feet. When Mingjin retreated his troops, blood was bleed outside the city, and corpses were everywhere.

An Changqing sat on the roof of the General's Mansion, looking forward to the darkening of the sky.

The gates of Yanzhou city were closed, and patrolling soldiers were faintly visible on the walls.

Xiao Zhige did not come back all day and night. An Changqing couldn't hold it anymore, and got down from the roof under Zhou Helan's persuasion. After washing hastily, she fell asleep.

As a result, on the second day, before dawn, An Changqing opened his eyes spontaneously. There was a faint shout (to kill sha) again outside the city, it should be Beidi who started the second attack on the city. An Changqing was only staying in the mansion that day, and didn't go anywhere. When I am really upset, I can only take out the purple jade to polish it carefully, and force myself to calm down with this (强qiang).

The stone clothes on the outside of the purple jade have been completely polished (dry gan), (exposing) the transparent luster inside. Placing it in the palm of his hand and examining it carefully, An Changqing finally decided to use this purple jade to carve a seal-giving it to Xiao Zhige as a private seal.

The irregular purple jade was gradually polished into rounded edges and corners. Unknowingly, another day passed, and Xiao Zhige still did not return to his mansion. In the evening, An Changqing remembered the man's instructions, saying that Yeyu hurt her eyes at night, and finally put down the jade in her hand and took Chen Su out to breathe.

The people in the city lived their lives as usual, but the fighting outside affected the people in the city to some extent. Everyone's expressions were a little heavy, and they looked at the direction of the city gate from time to time. Although Yanzhou would not be defeated if he knew that there was a general, but when the fight really started, he still couldn't help but worry.

The second day passed so peacefully. In the middle of the night, the gate of the General Mansion was knocked, and the sleeping An Changqing turned over with a grunt, and ran to the gate after only approving a piece of clothes. The gate of the General Mansion was opened. Qing thought it was Xiao Zhige who had come back, so he called out "The Lord" hastily.

Then when he arrived at the door, he saw the tall body of the iron tiger. He scratched his head and saluted: "Wang Hao, Tiehu is fortunate enough to live, and the remaining 20,000 stones, grains and grass have been delivered."

An Changqing lowered his eyes in disappointment, lowered the expression in his eyes, and when he raised his head again, a smile appeared on his face: "Thank you."

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Early the next morning, Qi Wei brought people to Fuzhong to check the number of grain and grass with Tiehu. During the war, there was a great loss of grain and grass. The 20,000 stones that had been sent earlier had already seen the bottom, and the two thousand stones sent by Tiehu were just right.

Qi Wei's face was almost smiling into a flower, and he slapped Tiehu on the shoulder: "Good brother!"

Tiehu carried his back collar and drove him away: "Go to the side, this is all raised by the princess. I was only ordered to send him, Old Tie!"

Qi Wei straightened his collar, then gave An Changqing a hand, solemnly said: "On behalf of the soldiers of Yanzhou, I thank the princess!"

An Changqing smiled lightly, telling him to be polite. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Is the prince staying in the barracks? What can I lack? I can ask someone to send it there."

Qi Wei's smile was stagnant, and he quickly concealed the past: "Yes, nothing is missing. The general must sit in the army, so he won't have time to return to his home.

An Changqing's eyes were sharp and he didn't miss his expression for a moment, and she curled her eyebrows: "Really? But before the war, the prince told me that he was not in the city these days."

"The general even said this?" Qi Wei was startled and quickly persuaded him: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, the general will return safely."

"So the prince is not in the city?" An Changqing lied out the truth, her heart sank, suddenly remembering Xiao Zhige's words to him before leaving, "will definitely come back", now I want to come, if it is an ordinary battle, why bother to say In this case?

Panic in her heart, An Changqing tried her best to calm down and said, "What the **** did the prince do?"

Qi Wei didn't expect that the princess, who looked pure and good-tempered, could still use his words, suddenly his face turned green, and he faltered for a long while, (gan gan) knelt on one knee and clasped his fists: "The military order is like a mountain, please forgive the end. Say!"

An Changqing stared at him for a long while, did not persistently question Xiao Zhige's whereabouts, only asked: "Is it dangerous?"

"This..." Qi Wei was embarrassed and hesitated: "There are some dangers, but generals who use soldiers like gods will surely reduce the danger!"

He might as well leave it alone, An Changqing's lips were two points white, and he calmed down and said, "I know."

After that, he went back to the bedroom, but couldn't sleep anymore, and took the purple jade to ponder the middle of the night.

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On the fourth day, it was a (yanyan) sunny day. It was bright early. After three days of fighting, the two armies faced each other, and the momentum was not as strong as that of the first battle.

An eagle circled several times in the sky, swooped down, and fell into the Beidi Army barracks.

Huyanart took the message from the eagle's foot that was parked on his arm, and quickly swept it across, his face (color) suddenly changed: "The Wang Court is in trouble, Xiao Zhige led an army to attack the Wang Court! A father called us back to help quickly !"

Both Huyan Ate and Hu Yanzhi are the sons of King Beidi. They both looked at Hu Yanxun anxiously: "Withdraw your troops immediately and return to the king's court!"

Hu Yanxun drew a light in his eyes, and his one arm on the knife sank slightly: "Xiao Zhige is not there, we can just take the opportunity to capture Yanzhou, occupy Yanzhou, and then welcome Brother Wang. Yanzhou is the new one. King Court!"

"You don't want to withdraw troops?" Huyan Ate's face (color) changed.

Hu Yanxun gritted his teeth and sneered: "This is the best opportunity!"

"Die, let's go!" Huyan Ate took a deep look at him, not wanting to waste his tongue with him, and said to Hu Yan.

Hu Yanzhi followed him, the two called their soldiers, retreated without hesitation, and ran to the depths of the North Desert...

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"Report! Huyanat and Huyanzhi withdrew their troops to Beimo!"

Xie Ling stood up suddenly: "Send someone to stop them!"

The scout said, "Huh Yanxun's army is still outside the city."

Qi Wei patted the table: "No matter Hu Yanxun, send people to stop them! How many people did they take!"

"About ten thousand people."

Beidi 50,000 soldiers, Huyan Ate and Hu Yanzhi took 10,000, and there were 40,000 outside the city gate.

Xie Ling gritted his teeth: "Be sure to stop me!"

***

Xiao Zhige took the five thousand iron armour and rushed to the Beidi Palace at the fastest speed.

The Royal Palace of Beidi is located on the oasis in the hinterland of North Desert, but due to the nomadic nature (sexual xing), the city's defenses are not stable. He took a surprise attack with five thousand armored troops and beat them by surprise, but two days and two nights , (强qiang) went to break the city and (杀sha) entered the court of the king.

But in the royal court, except for the servants who fled around, they didn't see Beidi King Hu Yanqie and the prince Hu Yanting.

The three warriors of Beidi were all in Yanzhou, while King Beidi and his eldest son were in the royal court. Now that the king's court is broken, the two of them have disappeared.

Xiao Zhige led the people to turn the king's court upside down, and on the fifth day, he finally found a tunnel in Hu Yanqie's palace. The tunnel leads directly outside the city. Xiao Zhige led people to chase after him, and finally found King Beidi and the Great Prince who were hiding in embarrassment.

The two fled in panic, with only a dozen guards by their side. The armored army surrounded them and easily took the heads of the two men.

This battle went smoother than expected, but Xiao Zhige felt a sense of crisis suddenly passing through his heart for some reason. He squinted his eyes and looked at the direction of Wang Ting. Xiao Zhige waved his hand and led the men and horses from the other side, preparing to bypass the Wang Ting. Go back to Yanzhou again.

After riding the horse for ten miles, billowing dust suddenly came from behind, the ground vibrated, and the horse hissed uncomfortably under his hips.

The pathfinder soldier leaned on the ground and listened, solemnly said: "It is the Beidi people who have caught up. The number is at least half more than us."

After thinking about it, Xiao Zhige guessed that Yanzhou's army had withdrawn. Right now they are far away from Yanzhou, they are already exhausted in the long-distance raid, and they are facing each other. They are definitely not the opponent of Beidi Army. Quickly surveying the surrounding terrain, there is a rolling hill on the right, Xiao Zhige waved his hand: "Go in!"

When Huyanart led his troops to catch up, Xiao Zhige had just entered the hill. Looking at the continuous horseshoe prints on the ground, Huyanart stopped the soldiers behind him and said grimly: "Dare to enter the Evil Ghost Ridge, I must tell them to go and never return!"

The horseshoe stomped on the ground for a few times, and Huyanart sent a small group of people in cautiously to investigate. Evil Ghost Ridge is a restricted area in North Desert, and even the shepherds who are most familiar with North Desert dare not enter. The terrain inside is as complicated as a maze, as well as quicksand and poison. It is said that if you go in, you don't want to come out alive.

After waiting in place for a long while, the soldiers who went in to investigate finally came back. The number of soldiers was two less than when they entered, but they carried back a battle flag. The black background with gold characters is the usual "Ge" flag in Xiao Zhige's army. Said: "I didn't find their trace, it should be going deep."

Huyan Ate’s face (color) looks better: "Xiao Zhige will undoubtedly die this time! It is also considered revenge for Father and Brother!"

"All the soldiers, come back to Yanzhou with me (kill sha)! Take down Yanzhou as the new royal court!" Huyan Ate raised his arms, and the 10,000 Beidi soldiers behind him also shouted loudly, carrying the leftover." The flag with the word "Ge" will go back to Yanzhou with the wind speed (to kill sha).

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Under Yanzhou City, Hu Yanxun was facing the Yanzhou army. The eagle spreading the letter hovered and fell. When Hu Yanxun saw the death of King Beidi and the prince, a smile appeared on his mouth. Just as he was about to order the withdrawal of troops back to the royal court, they saw Huyan Ate and Hu Yanzhi behind them with nearly 20,000 horses, and (killing sha) mightily come back.

Hu Yanxun greeted him, and found that there were more people in Mali and even a lot of (female nu) people, and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"Xiao Zhige broke the royal court, (killing sha) killed A's father and A's brother!" Huyan Ate said: "But he himself entered the Evil Ghost Ridge, and he will definitely die. I have brought all the people in this battle. Be sure to take down Yanzhou!"

Behind him, the Beidi people raised their arms and shouted, "Take down Yanzhou!"

Hu Yanxun's eyes flashed slightly, (exposed) a smile, and he patted Huyan Ate on the shoulder, and raised his arms: "Xiao Zhige is dead! Take down Yanzhou and avenge Huyan King!"

Tens of thousands of Bei Di Jun shouted outside the city, and the flag of "Ge" in gold on a black background was (inserted) in front of Bei Di Jun's formation.

The Yanzhou soldiers guarding the city looked at each other, their expressions changed.

Qi Wei and others also heard the movement outside. Qi Wei gritted his teeth and said: "The general can't have an accident!"

Xie Lingmian (color) hesitated: "But we didn't stop Huyan Ate."

At that time, Huyanart brought people back to the court, Xie Ling led troops to intercept, but Hu Yanxun noticed the motivation to disrupt the situation, missed the opportunity, and asked Huyanart to lead his troops back to North Desert one day in advance.

If Xiao Zhige and Huyanart face each other, the odds of winning are not great.

"These **** will talk nonsense." Tiehu slapped the table: "Is the general so easy to lose? If it is really folded in their hands, wouldn't the general's body be hung in front of the formation as a flag?"

Tiehu’s words were rough and not rough, and several generals looked at each other, and finally they were firm in their expressions: "Yes! The general has never been defeated! We can't mess up the military's mind by ourselves."

After that, several people went out to appease the military. Prepare to deal with the Beidi siege.

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Many people in the city also heard the cry of Bei Dijun. Many people laughed at first, and the general was undefeated in their hearts.

However, as time goes by, one day, two days, three days...ten days.

The Beidi Army's offensive became more and more fierce, but Xiao Zhige never (showed) his face, and there were rumors that the general's flag was cut off by the Beidi people, and this firm belief began to waver. Shops that could be opened normally have closed one after another, and the people are shrinking at home, worrying or frightened.

Even the lieutenant generals were affected to a certain extent. Facing the fierce Beidi army, they gradually began to lose their power. The house leak happened to be rainy night, and at this time, only half of the grain and grass remained. If the Beidi people continue to fight like this, the city will be in a predicament of lack of food.

Qi Wei and the others were in a hurry, but the spies sent out did not detect anything. There was no news from Xiao Zhige and the Five Thousand Armored Army.

It took An Changqing four or five days to learn about the rumors outside. Zhou Helan strictly ordered the soldiers in the palace to hide the news. Fortunately, An Changqing stayed peacefully in the mansion these few days and did not go out, so that she was able to keep the secret.

However, this day An Changqing finally cheered up and wanted to go out, but Chen Su hesitated to stop him from going out.

An Changqing was puzzled, and when he saw him hesitated and went out regardless of his obstruction, all he saw was the deserted streets. After finally finding an old woman to inquire, the other person looked at him sympathetically, telling him to mourn and change.

An Changqing was stunned, then reacted violently, and ran to the barracks quickly.

The guard at the gate did not dare to stop him, An Changqing rushed into the chamber and saw Qi Wei stubbornly tantrum at the two soldiers: "If you dare to spread the rumors, you will get thirty army sticks!"

After the reprimand, he raised his head and met An Changqing's gaze. His face (color) changed, and before he thought about how to make it round, he listened to An Changqing calmly asking, "What happened to the prince?"

Qi Wei hesitated and refused to say.

An Changqing pushed him away and walked in: "Where is Tiehu? Tell him to come and see me."

Several other generals, including Tiehu, rushed to hear the news. But no one dared to speak first. In the end, Tiehu couldn't hold back the first one: "The Beidi people are holding the battle flag, and they say that the general is dead. Don't believe it, Lao Tie! Don't believe it, Princess!"

An Changqing asked after some questions, and then figured out the ins and outs.

He strained his teeth, thinking about the man who promised "will definitely come back" before leaving, closed his eyes, and said, "I don't believe it. The prince said he would come back, then he will definitely come back!"

"You have to see people in life, and corpses in death!" An Changqing said sternly: "You have to get along with the prince longer than me. You should know that he is not so easy to lose!"

Tiehu and others were shocked, and the shaky confidence these days was pulled back again. Of course they believed in the general's ability. It's just that Bei Dijun clamored outside every day, and the spies couldn't find the trace of Xiao Zhige and his party. The original firm confidence gradually began to collapse.

"Before the prince returns, you must defend Yanzhou City!"

Tiehu slapped his legs and echoed: "The princess is right! Even if you fight this life, you must defend Yanzhou! If the general returns, Yanzhou will be gone, and we will have no face to live!"

Several people looked at each other and knelt down on one knee together, "I'll wait to defend Yanzhou!"

Slender fingers pinched the palms of her palms, and An Changqing paused and said: "I will be with you to guard Yanzhou and wait for the general to triumph!"

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On the city wall of Yanzhou, a row of "Ge" flags was erected, and Qi Wei deployed his troops for defense. Tiehu and Xie Ling led the two teams waiting behind the city gate, ready to go out of the city at any time to compete with the Beidi people.

Standing on the city wall, An Changqing looked at Bei Di Jun who was pressing down outside the city, Shen (color) took the drumsticks from the drummer's hands, and tried his best to beat the first drum. , He said loudly: "I am the princess An Changqing of the Northern War. All the soldiers of Yanzhou have listened carefully. Your general led the army to raid the court of Beidi and cut (sha) the king of Beidi and the great prince of Beidi. On the way back to Yanzhou! Don’t believe in Beidi’s tricks!"

"I will defend Yanzhou City with you, waiting for the general to triumph!"

When the sound fell, the war drums rang, and the sound was tight. The soldiers of Yanzhou, who had been in a downturn for several days, refreshed, looking at the princess on the wall, and listening to the sound of war drums in his ears, his blood boiled.

"Desperate Yanzhou! Wait for the general to triumph!"

The sound is like a landslide, and the momentum is like a rainbow.

Then the city gate opened wide, and the two armies fought together (to kill sha).

Because of An Changqing's appearance, the Yanzhou soldiers' aura was invigorated again. An Changqing did what he said, and he really went forward and retreated with them, regardless of danger, beating the drums of war on the wall every day to help out.

So it lasted for another five days.

In the chamber, Qi Wei gritted his teeth and said, "There is not enough food and grass. Liangzhou and Chenzhou can borrow both."

Xie Ling said: "Where is Suzhou? Could it be possible to send troops to help?"

"Shen Tuxu is a stubborn child. Without his majesty's transfer order, he dare not send troops." Tie Hu said angrily. The urgent report was sent out, and Yejing has not replied yet.

An Changqing sat at the end: "How much food is there?"

Qi Wei said: "There are only five thousand stones left."

An Changqing looked down and thought for a moment, and said: "I once read a method in a book. The grain is cooked in water, steamed twice and then dried (dry gan). One stone of grain can get two stones (dry gan). Liang. It’s just that it’s never been verified."

Qi Wei (sexual xing) is anxious: "I'll tell someone to try!"

Everyone immediately followed him out, and in a hurry they asked people to take a bucket of rice to cook. Half a day passed, everyone was anxiously waiting, but saw that the steamed and dried (dried gan) rice grains were more than before. The bucket that originally contained rice can only hold half of it at this time.

Qi Wei was happy: "Assemble people and immediately start making (dry gan) food."

An Changqing hurriedly said, "Now that the war is tight, it is better to ask the people in the city to help."

The others felt reasonable, so they hurriedly sent people to gather the people in the city. The boiler was soon set up in the city and began to steam and dry the grain.

It temporarily solved the food and grass problem, and it can last a few more days. Qi Wei and the others were very relaxed. Seeing An Changqing's face (color) haggard, they couldn't help but persuade him to go back to rest. Otherwise, the general will come back and see the princess become like this, but he won't let them go.

An Changqing shook her head and walked straight to the city wall: "I said, I will advance and retreat together with the soldiers of Yanzhou."

In the evening, the Beidi people attacked again after the rest. Standing on the city wall, An Changqing watched the two armies fight (kill sha) coldly. Except for the vibrating drumhead in front of him, there was only the sound of (kill sha) in the ear.

This battle seemed to last longer than before. An Changqing's arm was strong, but he gritted his teeth and continued beating his drums.

Under the wall, I didn’t know who it was. Suddenly shouted: "The general is back! The general is back!"

An Changqing's mind was dumbfounded, and the drumsticks in his hands fell on the ground. He rushed to the city wall and looked down. He saw a familiar tall figure, riding a horse towards the gate of the city surrounded by soldiers.

His eyes were hot, he rushed back to pick up the drumsticks, and shouted loudly while beating the drum: "The general is back! Yanzhou will win!"

"Yanzhou will win!"

The echoes of the mountains in the city, the lights were on in the people's homes, and they walked to the street and shouted loudly.

Xiao Zhige raised his head and glanced up with feeling, then with a touch of blood and sweat on his face, he raised his black gold spear and said in a deep voice: Kill sha)!"

Behind him, the "Ge" character flag Lie Lie, shouting (to kill sha) shook the sky.

When Hu Yanxun and others saw Xiao Zhige who suddenly appeared, they knew that the battle would be defeated. Gritting his teeth, Hu Yanxun glanced at each other with the two mates, and sneered: "This is what you said that Xiao Zhige must die? I won't be with you anymore!"

After speaking, Ming Jin took his men and horses and quickly retreated to the other side. Huyan Ate and Hu Yanzhi looked at each other, seeing Yanzhou soldiers and horses coming with great momentum (to kill sha), they could only retreat with hatred.

Xiao Zhige's iron armored spear stood in front of the city gate, and only when he saw the Beidi people fleeing away, did he order to return to the city.

The heavy city gate closed behind him. Xiao Zhige got off his horse and walked a few steps quickly, and he saw An Changqing coming down from the city wall.

An Changqing was wearing a poorly fitted battle armor, with blood stains on her face, looking at the same embarrassment as Xiao Zhige. His eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Zhige.

Xiao Zhige strode forward, and was about to stop at him, but he staggered and avoided him, turning around and walking outside without saying a word.

"Here here." Xiao Zhige grabbed his hand, (shen) shook his body twice, hugged him tiredly from behind, and leaned his head on his shoulder: "Let me hold him for a while."

An Changqing clenched her fingers, but did not move any more.

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