This prince is going to heaven

Chapter 713
Thirty miles outside Pingyang Pass.

It was gray and gray.

After removing his armor, Mu Xiqiu stood on a hill in a sky blue long gown with his hands behind his back, a wooden hairpin was randomly inserted on his head, his long hair brushed casually behind him, occasionally the wind blew, and the hair and long gown Flying gently, it has a bit of a dusty mood.

He just stood there quietly, condescending, looking at the city standing in the wind in the distance.

Perhaps it was because of the distance that the city looked like a small village at the moment, but Mu Xiqiu had also experienced that city up close and knew how magnificent it was.

A light cough came from behind, and the old Taoist priest with a sallow complexion and the one-armed Peng Hai came from behind, the five masters around Mu Xiqiu back then were only the two of them left.

At the time when they were traveling in Jingzhou, one of the two Wei brothers was nailed to a tree by Su Bai with a sword, and the other was stabbed in the chest by Ye Linxue with a spear. Empress Qiu was shot at the temple by Wen Ruyan with a chess piece not far away when she was fighting Zhou Bing, and lost her life there.

Peng Hai was also besieged by Ji Ning and Ji Qiu at that time and lost an arm. The seemingly intact old Taoist actually didn't have much time left to live, and his five viscera had already been injured by his desperate efforts time and time again. For his internal organs, Mu Xiqiu sought out all the famous doctors in Southern Chu to treat him, but the effect was minimal.

"Your Majesty, cough!" The old Taoist coughed again, and then continued: "The weather is getting cold, Your Majesty should return to the big tent early, don't catch a cold."

Mu Xiqiu turned around and glanced at the two of them. Seeing that the old Taoist's complexion was getting worse, his brows also frowned slightly, and then he stepped forward and grabbed his wrist to pinch his pulse, but then his The frown deepened.

The old Taoist naturally knew what was going on with his body, and he said with a relieved smile: "Your Majesty, why should you worry about it, the old Taoist is already 58 this year, and his lifespan has surpassed most people, so it is not considered a premature death. Besides, this society will not be able to die right now, Your Majesty has the world in mind, so you shouldn't be distracted by our bodies."

Mu Xiqiu let go of his wrist and turned to look at Pingyang Pass again. After a long silence, he saw his right hand pointing forward, and said: "I will use this Pingyang Pass to see you off when the time comes!"

"The old Taoist is going to be famous forever!" The old Taoist laughed suddenly, and his old face suddenly smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Mu Xiqiu suddenly realized that it seemed that the more things he experienced, the softer his heart would become. In the past, when Qianlong was in Yuan, he didn't care about people in the world, and he treated old Taoist priests and others in a simple way. As if he had become one of his subordinates, it seemed that other than Ning Wan'er, the lives of other people were not important to him at all.

Even if Shen Ling'er blocked an arrow for him and almost died, there were not many waves in his heart.

But now that the sky is soaring, more and more people care about him. Naturally, Ning Wan'er needless to say, Shen Ling'er, who already has his child in his womb, also occupies a very important position in his heart at this moment.

There is also Peng Hai who lost an arm because of him, and the old Taoist priest who has not had a good life for a few days.

Every time he saw the appearance of the two of them, Mu Xiqiu's heart would faintly feel a little bitterness, such a feeling had never appeared in his heart before!

He couldn't understand this point, why other people's hearts became harder the more they experienced, but he was just the opposite of others, from his heart as hard as iron at the beginning to now becoming softer and softer.

While the three of them were chatting, there was a loud hissing sound from above the sky. Mu Xiqiu looked up and saw an eagle hovering above their heads.

I saw Peng Hai put his right hand in his mouth and blew the whistle, and the hovering eagle fell straight from the air onto his shoulder.

Peng Hai took off the letter above and handed it to Mu Xiqiu. When Mu Xiqiu opened it, a smile appeared on his face.

"Go, go back to camp!"

within the tent.

Mu Xiqiu looked at the sand table calmly, and after a while, Sima Zongheng opened the curtain and walked in, but was interrupted by Mu Xiqiu's hand when he was about to salute.

"You don't need to be too polite when you are going out on an expedition."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Sima Zongheng walked to Mu Xiqiu's side, seeing His Majesty studying the sand table carefully, he already guessed the reason why Mu Xiqiu called him over today.

He is the coach of a party, so he will naturally say whatever comes to his mind, and he immediately asked, "Your Majesty is planning to make a move?"

Mu Xiqiu nodded with a light smile, and said, "Wen Ruyan has already gone to the northern region, so I should make trouble for him here."

Sima Zongheng was stunned for a moment, he still didn't understand why His Majesty was so afraid of the Second Prince of the Great Zhou, why he had to wait until he appeared in the Northern Territory before attacking Pingyang Pass.

But then his face returned to normal. What else can we do to discuss this besides wasting time at this time?
"How does Your Majesty plan to do it?" Sima Zongheng asked directly.

Although he has never seen Mu Xiqiu lead troops to fight, and he doesn't know how he uses troops, he believes that Mu Xiqiu, a prince who has not been crowned king as an adult, has overcome all obstacles to sit in his current position step by step. How can Sima Zongheng believe that he has no means to collect such a huge amount of wealth for the treasury in a short period of time?
Therefore, although he was the coach of one side, he did not despise the young Emperor His Majesty in terms of fighting.

Mu Xiqiu didn't answer his question, but looked up at him and asked back: "If I give you 20 troops, can you take Pingyang Pass?"

As soon as he said this, a bitter smile appeared on Sima Zongheng's face, and he said: "20 troops are enough to plunder the land, but it is impossible to attack a city, and it is a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The guard Yang Zhong is even a famous general in the world, and there are no less than 20 Zhou soldiers stationed in Pingyang Pass at this moment, how can such an indestructible city be captured with the same force?"

Mu Xiqiu nodded. In fact, he also understood the truth. He only heard him continue to ask: "Then I will give you 30 troops. I don't ask you to capture Pingyang Pass, but I ask you to hold Yang Zhong and the guards of Pingyang Pass. Hold on, can you do it?"

Sima Zongheng thought for a while, and said directly: "If there is no such unbelievable weapon in Pingyang Pass at this moment, then I will definitely be able to do it!"

Mu Xiqiu raised his mouth slightly, and said, "Don't worry, there shouldn't be such a thing in Pingyang Pass right now, and even if there were, there wouldn't be too many of them. Although I don't know how this thing was made, I do know The process of making this thing won't be too easy, and Wen Ruyan has already brought all of what Wen Ruyan has made to the northern border after such a long time. I told you to stand still to make sure of this!"

Sima Zongheng frowned slightly, and asked, "Your Majesty, is this thing really that powerful?"

Mu Xiqiu looked directly at him, and said directly: "Qingpingguan's [-]-mile-long city wall has been blown up to nearly half, and there are countless houses in the entire city, but nearly [-]% of them have collapsed, what do you think?"

Sima Zongheng turned pale in shock and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Mu Xiqiu waving his hand: "I know you don't believe it now, don't worry, there will be news in the future, and you will know when the time comes!"

(End of this chapter)