Chapter 135 The Queen Falls into the Trap (End)
"Go away!"

Li Cunxu was furious. He kicked away the guard beside him and pointed his spear at the "Xiao" banner that was almost within reach. He shouted, "Take this banner and the Hebei army will surely fall apart!"

"Prince, retreat quickly!" The personal soldier held Li Cunxu's legs tightly and said with a slightly crying voice: "The enemy army cannot be defeated..."

Li Yazi's face turned pale. He stood up from the horse, looking a little dazed.

The entire battlefield was filled with the sounds of fighting, the neighing of horses and soldiers, and smoke and dust flying all over the sky. This was the dust kicked up by countless horses and soldiers, and there seemed to be wisps of blood mist mixed in the dust.

The front line of the two armies had already become twisted and no longer clearly defined. The Hebei Army was sandwiched between the Jin Army, and the Jin Army was sandwiched between the Hebei Army. It was a complete melee, with swords and guns flying everywhere, like a mess.

Especially the unit he was in, which was like a sharp sword, piercing through the layers of Hebei army in a cone shape, and joined forces with Li Cunxiao's troops, and was only a hundred steps away from the big banner.

Victory seems to be within reach...

But in fact, everyone knew that this was the only way to fight this battle. The ones guarding the banner were the real heavy-armored infantrymen of Dingbadu, Hebei, not the Mobei people who were "disguised as Han people". The Flying Tigers charged several times at all costs, but they failed to break through the infantry formation.

At this moment, everyone, including Li Cunxu, was covered in blood, as if they had crawled out of a pool of blood. They were so tired that they could not straighten their backs, and their mounts were breathing heavily and panting, unable to fight anymore.

Only in front of him, Li Cunxu could still see Li Cunxiao's 10-foot-tall figure roaring and charging barefoot. With one collision, dozens of heavily armored infantrymen vomited blood and flew backwards. But even so, these Dingbadu infantrymen seemed to be killing like crazy, relying on dense heavy shields and long spears protruding one after another, just resisting fearlessly. This resilience is evident.

Not only that, there was also a strong man from Mobei dragging an eight-foot miasma horn in front of the formation. He was also half a meter tall. When they occasionally fought, he could actually hold his own against Li Cunxiao with his strength. Although he was no match for Li Cunxiao, he was still a threat.

But this muscular man from Mobei with a face full of flesh did not easily confront Li Cunxiao. Instead, his greatest threat to the Jin army was the miasma horn he carried on his back. As soon as he took it off and blew it into his mouth, a purple poisonous mist that covered the sky and the earth gushed out. In addition to blocking his vision, the poison in it was very strong. Once inhaled into the nose, it could make people dizzy and bleed uncontrollably from all seven orifices.

Looking at the Dingba soldiers around, they were obviously prepared, and each of them had a scarf wrapped around their face to protect their mouth and nose.

Comparing the two sides, it is extremely infuriating.

With so many obstacles ahead, it will be very difficult to charge.

But the most crucial thing is that even if we destroy the central army now, we may not necessarily win.

Everyone was already distracted, but at first they were still able to withstand the pressure and focus on breaking the formation. However, when their momentum declined and the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves came from the rear, the Jin army began to change color.

The personal soldier kept looking back, and saw that the whole mountains and plains were filled with cavalrymen riding their war horses charging, like a sea of ​​people and even more like a wave of war horses, with their sabers raised high, flashing a frightening cold light in the setting sun.

"Rumble..."

The sounds of countless horse hooves became a continuous thunder. The "Mobei Army" that came to support arrived almost in the blink of an eye. The Jin army didn't even have time to turn around and shoot a wave of arrows. Tens of thousands of cavalry had instantly crashed into the rear formation of the Jin army.

These "Mobei troops" were all light cavalry, but they had the momentum of heavy cavalry, rushed into the battlefield all at once, and started a melee fight.

But it was more of a one-sided massacre than a melee. The "Mobei Army" that came to help looked down from a high position and slashed at the Jin Army crazily. At the same time, the "Hebei Army" that had been fighting for a long time suddenly stabilized its defeated front when it saw the reinforcements coming, and then the morale of the army was boosted, and they cooperated with the reinforcements to attack the Jin Army from both sides.

The morale of the Jin army or the infantry of the Dangxiang, Tatar, Uighur and other tribes had already been greatly reduced at this time. They would be slaughtered one-sidedly, and under attack from both sides, they would be defeated in the blink of an eye, and the officers would be unable to control them.

The Jin army's eastern expedition this time was mostly composed of volunteers, that is, the Hu soldiers from the five tribes of Yinshan. The Dangxiang and other tribes sent troops just for the money and Li Keyong's reputation. Apart from being wild and cheap, they were not qualified to be compared with the professional soldiers in the Central Plains.

At this time, there might still be Hedong soldiers forming a battle formation to protect themselves, but these Yicong troops had already scattered. After their defeat, the rebel soldiers continued to attack the rest of the Jin army, but were trapped in the middle with nowhere to escape, and many of them surrendered.

In the chaos of the battle, Li Cunxu's personal soldiers closed their eyes in pain and hugged the legs of this peerless commander: "Prince, there is no hope. Break through and escape quickly..."

Li Cunxu did not respond. He stood straight, staring blankly at his troops fleeing in all directions, with countless of them kneeling on the ground begging for surrender.

He turned back and looked at the big banner fluttering in the wind. It only took a hundred steps, the last hundred steps...

In the purple poisonous fog, the figure of the Mirror Heart Demon flashed out.

He held a long narrow scimitar in each hand, with blood stains on the knives, obviously he had been in a fierce battle.

The Mirror Heart Demon flew onto an ownerless warhorse and said in a sharp voice, "My Lord, as long as you have the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. There is still a long way to go!"

After that, he didn't care about delaying any longer. If Li Cunxu died here today, Yuan Tiangang would not forgive him. He loudly ordered his left and right: "The Flying Tiger Army will lead the way, and the Crow Army will cover the rear. Prepare to break out to the west!"

Li Cunxu's close generals usually looked down on Jing Xin Mo, but now they seemed to have found their backbone and were ready to respond to his orders immediately.

But immediately, Li Cunxu suddenly pulled off his facial mask and said calmly: "To the south, the defenses of Zhuo and Yi are insufficient, and the retreat route may have been cut off. To the south, you can cross the Juma River and then find an opportunity to return to Hedong!"

After saying that, he glanced in the direction of the banner, tears in his eyes, and then he said resolutely: "Break through!"

This time, everyone no longer hesitated and responded loudly.

In the poisonous fog, Li Cunxiao and Li Cunzhong retreated in a panic, and then led the remaining 100 cavalrymen of the Flying Tiger Army, and used the last bit of horsepower to tear through the blockade in the south.

The Yaer Army was indeed elite. Although their morale was greatly reduced at this moment, they still carried out military orders meticulously. The remaining thousand cavalrymen were divided into three sides and escaped in three directions, so that the pursuers could not distinguish Li Cunxu's location.

From behind, the sound of horse hooves came, and Li Cunxu looked back.

In sight, several hundred heavily armored cavalrymen killed their way through the chaotic soldiers and chased after them. At the forefront, Xiao Yan's armor was still bright and shiny, as if it had not been stained with blood, but the lance in his hand was dripping with blood, and it was unknown how many people he had killed.

Li Cunxu pulled the reins and pointed the whip at him with a decisive look.

"Xiao Yan, if I don't die, I will make sure you die at my hands!"

The latter reined in his horse and stopped, staring for a long time at the escaping figure on the horse, and slowly stopped his hand that was reaching for the heavy bow.

But beside him, a man on horseback whizzed past. It was Wang Yanzhang, dressed in Mobei clothes.

Wang Yanzhang raised his iron spear forward and laughed ferociously.

"It's Li Cunxu who's emitting it, don't let Li Yazi go!"

Afterwards, thousands of horses galloped like a tidal wave, and everyone went straight to Li Cunxu.

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In this battle, the Hebei army turned defeat into victory.

The Jin army lost countless prisoners, and captured thousands of horses, as well as countless baggage, food, and other supplies.

Wang Yanzhang's pursuit lasted until the evening, and he only managed to return to Youzhou to report.

There are still thousands of cavalrymen chasing southward.

"That fellow Li Cunxu cut off his hair and escaped..."

Although he failed to capture Li Yazi, Wang Yanzhang was still very happy. He grabbed a handful of his messy hair and reported with a grin: "In this battle, the Flying Tiger Army was completely wiped out. Their men and horses were all wearing heavy armor and could not run. Many of them were captured alive because their mounts had lost horsepower."

"And the Ya'er Army, they are really good at fighting, and their riding and archery skills are better than those of the Mobei people. It was because of them that Li Cunxu was lucky enough to escape. But I also killed more than 200 of their cavalrymen. They fled in too scattered directions, so I can't tell how many remnants are left."

A day of fierce fighting had ended, and thousands of prisoners were still being held by the Gaoliang River. As night had already fallen, Xiao Yan ordered them to be taken back to Youzhou one by one at dawn. He himself returned to Youzhou first, because there were also some Jin army prisoners there, and the defenders in the city were still short of manpower.

At this time, he received the letter about the "secret passage" mentioned by Li Mang. Li Mang's intention was to transport troops into the city through the secret passage, and then they could defeat the Jin army under the city of Youzhou through internal and external cooperation. Unfortunately, this plan had not been implemented yet and Li Cunxu had already been defeated.

As for the Saker Falcon with injured wings, it was almost half dead when it was found by the Bad People and had been handed over to the veterinarians among the Bad People for care.

Xiao Yan took the handful of messy hair, rubbed it in his hands, frowned and said nothing.

Wang Yanzhang was stunned when he saw that he didn't say anything, and subconsciously asked: "Is the military commander blaming me for not capturing and killing Li Cunxu? Don't take this nonsense to heart. Everyone says that Li Cunxu is good at fighting, but didn't he lose to you today? I think he is just praised by others."

"Li Cunxu was defeated because he was too good at fighting." Xiao Yan said after a long while, "If I didn't use this trick to deceive the world, or if he could sacrifice his face and join forces with Mobei, I would definitely lose."

Wang Yanzhang smacked his lips. He was not too sure about the result, because Li Cunxu was indeed tricked in this battle. If the armies of Hebei and Mobei had not been exchanged, the victory might not have been easy. But if Li Cunxu was really good at fighting, he actually didn't see it. It might be because this young commander who was famous all over the world underestimated the enemy.

He clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, I will bring you this guy's head even if I have to search the mountains and seas. I can issue a military order that Li Cunxu will not be able to escape back to Hedong!"

Xiao Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't underestimate this man. I don't think you can capture and kill him."

"I……"

Wang Yanzhang was very anxious. Without saying anything, he got off the city wall and gathered his men and horses, and chased south with torches.

Xiao Yan did not stop him. He placed one hand on the broken parapet and tapped it lightly with his fingers.

……

"General Xiao's subordinates are truly loyal, which makes me envious."

Behind me, a voice slowly approached.

Without even turning his head, Xiao Yan replied, "The queen's subordinates are not bad."

Shulido had a calm expression on his face. He stood beside him and looked out at the Hebei area with him.

In the night, there were bonfires flickering in the distance, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood that could not be blown away by the wind. Because outside the city was the Jin army camp, too many people died during the day. At that time, the army rushed to Gaoliang River to help, and there was no one to collect the bodies. Only now did they mobilize the civilians to carry the bodies and burn them. In the summer, so many dead bodies would inevitably cause epidemics.

"General Xiao is really too busy. To be honest, I haven't had time to congratulate General Xiao on his great victory." Shuliduo looked into the distance calmly and said meaningfully, "But General Xiao, don't forget that this great victory cost the lives of thousands of Mobei men."

"The Queen wants to blame me?"

"General Xiao must be returned to me."

"Your Majesty, you are joking." Xiao Yan said with a smile: "You and I will soon go out together, isn't this compensation?" "This compensation is included in the conditions, General Xiao must have another bargaining chip."

Xiao Yan frowned and waved his hands, saying, "Don't talk about this. The queen said at that time that she wanted to express her gratitude to me in Youzhou. I..."

"Oh?"

Shuliduo raised her beautiful eyes and looked at him: "General Xiao, do you care about this thank-you gift?"

Xiao Yan did not comment, and turned to walk down the tower. "I have important matters in the city. Liu Rengong wants to see me, so I won't talk to the queen for long. By the way, if the queen is interested, do you want to go with me to see him?"

"How can meeting Liu Rengong be as useful as meeting General Xiao?"

Shuliduo walked forward calmly, naturally stretched out her hand, straightened Xiao Yan's collar, and said softly, "General Xiao, if you haven't thought of any chips to add, you might as well come to find me later. By then, General Xiao may have some inspiration."

The latter frowned, brushed her hand away, and strode down the city wall.

Shulido followed him with her eyes, then raised them and looked at the entire Youzhou city.

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Liu Rengong talked a lot of nonsense, but Xiao Yan basically ignored him. There were many wealthy families from Yandi in the city who also wanted to see him, but he was not someone who could be seen just by asking.

He has been too busy these days, and now he just wants to take a hot bath and have a good sleep.

When he was escorted by the bad guys to the house where he was staying, he was still wondering whether to go to Cangzhou first or Mobei first.

At the gate, Shili Qixiang was waiting with his head bowed.

Xiao Yan glanced at her expressionlessly, ignored her, dismounted and went inside.

A bad guy shouted, "What are you doing here?"

"My queen said that she has state affairs to discuss. She has been waiting for Envoy Xiao in the inner courtyard for a long time..." There was something indescribably strange in Shili Qixiang's tone. She lowered her head, as if she didn't want them to see her expression.

Xiao Yan frowned, but was not surprised why Shuliduo was able to enter here. The queen entered the city before him, so maybe she arranged this house.

In the inner courtyard, a room had already been lit, and Shili Qixiang was leading the way, extending her hand to invite everyone in.

"The Queen said that Envoy Xiao will never regret it..."

Xiao Yan was a little surprised and pushed the door open.

Outside the door, Shiri Qixiang strode forward and closed the door.

There was a screen inside the door. Xiao Yan turned around, frowned, glanced at the closed door, and then called out, "Queen?"

No one answered him.

He walked around the screen, but immediately stopped subconsciously.

Behind the screen stood a square wooden frame, on which hung a bright yellow dragon robe. It was of the Central Plains style, but it was obvious that it was made in a hurry and was a little rough.

But it did not prevent the candlelight from reflecting on it, emitting an extremely attractive glow, a bright yellow golden light, emitting a faint luster, as if there was a magical power, whispering softly in the ear: "Put it on... Put it on..."

Xiao Yan stood there with his hands behind his back, his face indifferent, as if he was not avoiding anything, and looked at him with open eyes.

"Jiulang, what do you think of this thank you gift?"

Shuliduo lifted the pearl curtain and walked out slowly from the inner room holding a candle.

"Is this the state affair that the Queen is talking about?" Xiao Yan pointed at the dragon robe and shook his head: "The Queen is a little too naive."

"Ah……"

Shuliduo laughed, placed the candle on the table, and just looked at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's heart moved slightly.

I don't know if it's because of the light, but at this moment I feel that Shuliduo's charm is not inferior to that of the beautiful surrendered minister. Her beautiful eyes have a unique heroic spirit, and a hint of charm unique to beautiful women. When she looks at him, there is a special sense of teasing.

"Queen, you..."

Xiao Yan's voice stopped instantly.

In the sight, Shuliduo gently unbuttoned the lavender military uniform, and her white jade neck shone brightly in the candlelight. But what was even more dazzling was the dragon robe under the military uniform.

This dragon robe fits her body very well, as if it was tailor-made for Shulido. It looks relatively loose, but even so, the outline of the waist is easily highlighted by smooth lines under the candlelight.

As she walked slowly over, her bulging chest, long straight legs, and curvy hips were all easily revealed. The Queen of Mobei was filled with an indescribable feeling, majestic yet slightly frivolous.

But in short, the aura of majesty far outweighs frivolity.

"Li Jiulang——"

Shuliduo stared into Xiao Yan's eyes, with a hint of charm on her heroic face: "Are you satisfied with me?"

The latter glanced at her and turned away without any expression.

Shuliduo was not in a hurry. She gently placed her hands between her thighs, sat on her seat, and raised her beautiful eyes slightly: "I command you -

"stop."

Xiao Yan's back suddenly tensed up and he stood beside the screen.

Shuliduo sat upright in the main seat, with a composed look on his face. He was about to say something else, but the next moment he subconsciously uttered a low hum.

But Xiao Yan suddenly turned around and picked up the queen by the waist.

"Why, isn't Jiulang very patient?" Shuliduo was not annoyed, but just raised her chin slightly, pressed her red lips against Xiao Yan's, and bit his earlobe with her pearly teeth: "I order you not to be rude."

"I'm sorry I won't obey the king's order."

Xiao Yan threw her on the couch, his voice a little hoarse.

The queen pinched his chin, her breath was as sweet as orchid, her beautiful eyes were clear: "I have one condition, remember, you..."

But before she finished speaking, her voice suddenly changed and began to tremble slightly.

“Before you finish speaking, take your hands out from under your skirt!

"You are presumptuous!"

"Forgive me for my impoliteness in front of you, my Lord." Xiao Yan's lips were a little dry, and his lips kept moving around Shuliduo's soft and delicate neck. "Madam Shu, don't you like to wear a lining under your dragon robe?"

"Well……"

After a moment, a slight sound of clothes tearing was heard.

"Too outrageous! Too outrageous!"

The queen shouted angrily, but after a while, her whole body became weak and her arms that were supporting her on the couch began to shake.

After a while, she finally couldn't bite her lips anymore, and her tough tone became soft, begging in a voice that sounded like sobbing but not crying.

"Wait...I forgive you...Wait a minute..."

"You need me!"

Tears oozed from the corners of the queen's eyes, and half of her body was covered in sweat. She immediately responded in a mournful manner: "I forgive you, Jiulang, please don't...ah!"

Xiao Yan lowered his head and whispered softly in the queen's ear: "Your Majesty, I have violated your majesty. You shall not be forgiven."

"You are so presumptuous..."

Shulido seemed to be bearing the gravity and was crying a little.

……

"Wait... Not today, not today..."

"Tell me the conditions."

"Hmm...wait...let me think about it later." Shuliduo's face was covered in sweat, his hair was messy, and his eyes were blurred. He could have easily said the conditions before, but now he thought about them for a long time.

"My son Yaoguang...should be...king."

"can."

(End of this chapter)