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Chapter 153 Frontier
Sand whirlwind, ups and downs without limit.

Li Xunchuan lifted the big tent to let in the strong wind, and the people in the tent couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and were about to strike with a knife.Seeing this, Li Xunchuan lowered the curtain, bowed his head and got in.

When Li Xunchuan came, he also brought the news of Ye Lanyi's death. When Li Xunchuan passed the news last time, it was the congratulatory letter from Chu Yun when he was just born.However, within a year, this will be the separation between heaven and man forever.

Ye Baiqi's mood fluctuated for a long time before he recovered. Li Xunchuan didn't want him to be too sad, but he couldn't think of words to comfort him.I originally wanted to use this to persuade Ye Baiqi to return to Xiqi, but it seemed to have some counterproductive effects.

"Little life is very comfortable." Li Yanchuan tried not to reveal his gloomy and sad emotions, sat on the wooden bench by himself, raised his arms and looked at the person who was looking down at him, and said in a bright voice, "I still have I thought you were slaughtering the sky here, but I never thought you would be so comfortable."

Ye Baiqi was sitting opposite him, he didn't seem to be crying, but his eyes were filled with desolation: "That's the situation of the battle that you haven't seen a few days ago. Where did you go just now?"

Li Xunchuan said: "I went to order some things. By the way, you should think about what I told you. Ye Ji has already returned to Xiqi. It is not a good decision for you to stay here."

"Then what can I do?" Ye Baiqi sighed and said, "If I go back to Xiqi now, do you think Gao will let us go? After Emperor Taiping ascends the throne, maybe in a few days, I will be able to go back in a fair and honest manner." .”

"What are you thinking?" Li Yanchuan frowned and said, "Jun'an, I'm not joking with you. After the new emperor ascends the throne, he may not be merciful to your subordinates. Besides, Yan Qingyao was brought to Xiqi by Ye Ji. Do you think Yan Chengxuan will Let you go easily?"

Ye Baiqi said in a deep voice: "If you had told me a few years earlier, I would have no hesitation. But Ah Yu, here are my soldiers, and there are battles I haven't fought. If I retreat, the ancient Qiang people will have Taking advantage of this opportunity, it will not be a matter of Xiqi alone."

"Why don't I understand what you're talking about." Li Yanchuan put his arms on the table and said, "But the key now is to protect Xiqi. I can help you here at the border."

"Help me?" Ye Baiqi paused, and said with a smile, "You are a felon in the imperial court now, where do you want me to save face after receiving your kindness?"

"Put it on your neck." Li Yuchuan said, "I'm serious. The border here is not far from Beili. If I help you, go back to Xiqi first. I will inform my brother-in-law to call the Eagle's Nest Department to come here. You don't have to worry. "

Ye Baiqi lowered his head in thought and then shook his head, not knowing whether he agreed or not, he said: "Ah, you don't know the situation on the border. There are not only ancient Qiang people here."

"What do you mean?"

When Li Xunchuan came, Ye Baiqi had just forced back the ancient Qiang people who wanted to cross the border, he was of no help, but fortunately, everyone brought by Ye Baiqi was safe and sound.But he didn't expect that the ancient Qiang people were not the only trouble.

"Do you still remember Peng Ge?" Ye Baiqi looked closely at him.

A trace of elusive emotion flashed across Li Yanchuan's eyes: "Could it be that...the Los Angeles bandits are here too?"

"Although I don't know what's going on in Gaoduli, I always feel that Peng Ge is a bit strange." Ye Baiqi said, "Even if there are people in Tuzhou who are not suitable for a battlefield, he shouldn't drive the Luocheng bandits to the border Come here."

"Wait a minute." Li Yanchuan said, "You mean that Peng Ge deliberately lured the Los Angeles bandits to the border? Did you find anything?"

Ye Baiqi stood up and led Li Xunchuan to the sand table. He pointed his fingertips in the direction of Tuzhou. This is a road, but this road is very narrow. If the bandits in Los Angeles were forced to come to the border, then they must have lost some people on the way. If not, no matter how smart they are, they will not be so energetic I came to the border full. Before the battle with the ancient Qiang people, I had fought against the bandits of Luo City, and even met Peng Ge."

"You've seen him, what about others?"

Ye Baiqi sneered, and said: "Peng Ge didn't even think that I could help him, so he kept backing away. I really haven't seen anyone like him."

"No matter how you say it, General Peng is the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and he would not do such a thing." Li Yuchuan said, "There must be some misunderstanding."

Ye Baiqi glanced at him: "Are you so sure? Why, have you still had heart-to-heart relationships with him in Gaodu all these years?"

Li Xunchuan shook his head.Ye Baiqi said: "I just found out that I didn't understand many things. If I left without knowing why, what would happen to the border and what would my people do? Now I really doubt that the ancient Qiang people have any connection with Peng Ge."

"Junan." Li Yanchuan pointed to the small flag on the sand table and said, "This is an attack from two sides. But since you said so, I will not leave for the time being. I also have some problems with the bandits in Los Angeles. Yes. There has to be a break."

"Okay, then don't leave, help me fight." Ye Baiqi frowned after laughing: "Why do you have enemies with everyone?"

Li Xunchuan said: "It's a long story. Jun'an, do you still remember Li Chengru?"

"How could I not remember." Ye Baiqi said, "At that time, I was very impressive in front of Your Majesty."

"He robbed Concubine Lan's child."

Ye Baiqi opened his eyes wide: "What did you say?"

"Don't worry." Li Yuchuan said, "Didn't you also see that I was still holding him when I came. At that time, Li Chengru was completely rebellious, and he directly robbed Chuyun and brought him to Suicheng. It was a coincidence, so he quietly Bring him back to Gaodu."

"That's it." Ye Baiqi heaved a sigh of relief.When Li Xunchuan came, he told him that the person in his arms was his little nephew, and Ye Baiqi was drowning in the grief of his elder sister's death, so he didn't dare to reach out to touch him, but asked someone to take good care of Chuyun, and went to a place where no one was sad.

Li Xunchuan knew that he was sad, so he didn't say much.There are many things that I can't tell Ye Baiqi all of them, so I can only comfort him silently.Ye Baiqi sighed: "Ah Yu, take good care of him and raise him up."

"You didn't intend to take him back?"

Ye Baiqi shook his head: "Since you didn't hand him over to Second Sister, it must be because of your father's failure. Instead of letting him get involved in the turmoil again, it's better to stay by your side and grow up well."

Actually, it's the same as what Ye Ji said.Li Yunchuan smiled helplessly, and suddenly thought of Zhuo Ran again.When they were in Luzhou, they were still clamoring for a child. If they really had a child, Zhuo Ran and his plan would be completely changed.But it's not impossible.The child who looks like Zhuo Ran is cute no matter what he says.

Seeing Li Yanchuan smiling at the sand table, Ye Bai felt that this person was a little bewildered, so he stretched out his arm and poked him: "What are you thinking, smiling so happily?"

"It's nothing." Li Yanchuan smiled, and said seriously, "The 2000 people I brought are not too bad. Tell me about your plan, and I'll see if I can help you."

Ye Bai nodded and said: "The ancient Qiang people who crossed the border are led by the leader of the Fengyang tribe, called Zhe Shicuo. He is the latest rising team, and he has no deep entanglement with Xianling. Over the years, Agamula advocated Self-cultivation, dwelling in the interior and avoiding going out, Baier only shows up occasionally, Zhe Shicuo took the opportunity to take over the influence, but this person is reckless, impatient, and wants to rush forward whenever he has an idea, so I can temporarily push him back .”

Li Xunchuan nodded: "It's a character. Aghmura didn't restrain him, and wanted to support him. According to what you said, he will make a comeback. You have to be prepared."

"Naturally." Ye Baiqi said, "Only one thing, I was able to force him back only through devious tactics, and I am not good at cavalry. Now with the Los Angeles bandits, if both sides come together, I will be completely uncertain. "

Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm here. Don't worry, go and fight Zhe Shicuo. I'll come to the bandits in Luo City."

"Ah..."

"I know what you're worried about." Li Yuchuan said, "Although I haven't been on the battlefield for so many years, I'm sure I can help you win. Besides, the imperial troops I lead are not idiots, they are capable."

"Have you ever thought that if you brought them back to Beili, would those people recognize the Imperial Army?" Ye Baiqi said in a deep voice, "You should know this truth. To put it bluntly, I don't know I must believe that the Beili cavalry can still adapt to your command, after all, you are no longer the former champion."

"I know." Li Yanchuan raised his head and said, "I don't care whether they obey or adapt, what they want to do is to win, not to look at the coach and they can't hold a knife or put up a posture. This is not the army I want..."

Ye Baiqi smiled: "You seem to have changed, but you don't seem to have changed."

Li Xunchuan patted him on the shoulder: "Let's think about how to win the battle."

***
Xiong Zhenghao was waiting outside the tent, while Li Yanchuan wrapped up his armor inside the tent, removed the red rope from his wrist and stuffed it into his chest, and locked it firmly on his heart.Wu Song helped Li Xunchuan tie up his arms, and looked up at Li Xunchuan motionless.

"Songzi," Li Yuchuan said, "you stay in the camp and take care of Chuyun. The camp is safe, don't be afraid."

Wu Song nodded, wanting to follow Li Xunchuan but didn't dare, so he could only help Li Xunchuan pick up the curtain, and watched Li Xunchuan lead the people out of the camp.

Li Xunchuan expected that Zhe Shicuo and the Luocheng bandits would attack at the same time, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.Ye Baiqi peeked out his eyes from the helmet and looked at Li Yanchuan. The two led the team separately, sweeping like two swimming dragons, galloping away in opposite directions.

Xiong Zhenghao followed behind Li Xunchuan, and Zhushi rushed forward like crazy, lifting Li Xunchuan's clothes and fluttering in the strong wind.The horse's hooves crossed the yellow sand, rolling up the dust, Li Yunchuan clenched the handle of the evil knife, and rushed into the bandits in Luo City like a shooting arrow, bringing out a streak of blood.

Contrary to Li Yanchuan's expectation, the Los Angeles bandits didn't want to fight Li Yanchuan, but retreated quickly.Li Xunchuan frowned slightly, and could only catch up without thinking too much.

Xiong Zhenghao led the people along the path that Li Xunchuan killed. He looked up, and under those layers of protection, he saw a very familiar figure.

"Master Hou!" Xiong Zhenghao reacted immediately, and shouted with all his strength, "It's Li Chengru!"

Li Xunchuan looked in the direction Xiong Zhenghao was pointing at, and sure enough, he saw Li Chengru being guarded behind him, and seemed a little anxious.Li Xunchuan snorted softly, and ran straight towards Li Chengru.

Xiong Zhenghao raised the reins, intending to follow Li Xunchuan, but was stopped halfway.Xiong Zhenghao raised his knife and was about to chop, but the man jumped on his food like a hungry tiger, grabbed his hand holding the knife and threw him off the horse.

"Fuck me?" Xiong Zhenghao didn't dodge it. He was a little surprised. He wrapped his legs around the man's, turned over with his arms and stood up, and then he wanted to take the knife.

"You..." The man didn't get up, he pinched Xiong Zhenghao's ankle to put him down, Xiong Zhenghao's eyes widened, and he was about to step on it.

"Xiong Zhenghao!"

Xiong Zhenghao was stunned for a moment, the man pulled his pants and got up from the ground, Xiong Zhenghao put the knife between the two of them.The man frowned: "What are you doing, your own!"

"Peng... General Peng?" Xiong Zhenghao's eyes widened.

Peng Ge pushed his blade away and blocked the attack from behind. He shook his head helplessly: "Be careful. You reckless man, I was almost strangled to death by you."

"What about General Peng?" Before Xiong Zhenghao finished asking, Peng Ge signaled him to get on the horse. Xiong Zhenghao got on the horse and heard Peng Ge say, "I'm going to help the governor kill Li Chengru. Look carefully." Son, those who wear almost the same clothes as me are my own people!"

"Oh." Xiong Zhengmo nodded in a daze, watching Peng Ge run towards Li Yuchuan.

Li Xunchuan bent down, stretched his arms and hooked the spear with the tip of the knife. He squinted at Li Chengru and threw the spear out with great effort.Li Chengru didn't have the slightest fear, there was a sea of ​​people standing in front of him.

"The Governor!"

Li Xunchuan looked back, Peng Ge threw him a bow and arrow, and shouted: "Kill Li Chengru!"

He stretched out his arm to catch what Peng Ge threw, and shot towards the person beside Li Chengru with an arrow.He knew that it was impossible for Peng Ge to collude with Li Chengru. Peng Ge kept handing over feather arrows, and Li Xunchuan shot all the arrows, but Peng Ge shook his head.

"Not enough!" Peng Ge frowned, "Governor, you and I rushed up together."

"Okay!" Li Yanchuan responded in a low voice, Peng Ge clamped his horse's belly and rushed in front of Li Yanchuan, Li Yanchuan got up and stepped on the back of the bamboo stone, and flew across the road cut by Peng Ge.

"You didn't kill me when you were in Los Angeles," Li Yanchuan looked at Li Chengru, "Let's end it today."

Li Chengru looked at Li Yuchuan, but smiled with his lips drawn.He said in a low voice: "Kill him."

Yuan Lu waited behind, Li Chengru was still the same as that day in Luocheng, watching Li Yuchuan getting farther and farther away from him, he thought it was very funny.He just likes it like this, hanging on Li Yuchuan's heart, watching him become angry from embarrassment, it's more relieved than anything else.

For the arrogance of the champion family.

"Godfather, please slow down." Yuan Lu gave Li Chengru a hand to make Li Chengru stand firm before trying to help him get on the horse.

Li Xunchuan frowned tightly, Zhushi bypassed the obstacle and kept moving forward.

Peng Ge sensed that Li Yanchuan was about to leave, and just wanted to call Li Yanchuan, and rushed up with him, but saw a snow-white figure suddenly appearing beside Li Chengru, straddling the horse with a knife and slashing at the person standing in front of Yuanlu.

Li Xunchuan was even more stunned.At that moment, his heart was beating like a drum, and his mind was so shocked that his mind went blank. He was only focused on looking at the situation of the white shadow, and he didn't even notice the pain of the wound on his arm in time.

Before Li Chengru could get on his horse in the future, he immediately reacted and pulled Yuan Lu back. The people who had stopped Li Yuchuan just now were also blocking them at this moment.Li Chengru couldn't help laughing out loud: "It's really hard to find a place after you have broken through the iron shoes. It doesn't take much effort to get here."

Zhuo Ran just tilted her head frivolously when she heard the words, her expression oozing with horror, she said coldly: "Deliberately sending news to Tuzhou, Li Chengru, do you think you are very smart?"

"But you still came to the border, didn't you?" Li Chengru sighed quietly, "Why, finally found out your true identity?"

"So what?" Zhuo Ran raised Gu Songyin's blade horizontally, and said in a deep voice, "I don't care, but today you must die."

Li Chengru laughed loudly, amidst the continuous laughter, the clanging and clashing of weapons was so ear-piercing.Zhuo Ran turned over and got off the horse. Wei Xun didn't keep up with Zhuo Ran's speed, and now she was found to have gotten off the horse.Wei Xun didn't have time to inform Zisha Hall, there were only a few people at the moment, and they couldn't reach Zhuo Ran after being blocked by a group of people.

Li Xunchuan's heart seemed to be suspended in the air by a thread that was about to break, and he felt that he was about to suffocate.Zhuo Ran didn't even wear armor, so he was exposed to these terrifying weapons.Li Xunchuan bit his lower lip, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "...Zhuo Xiaqiu."

Li Chengru knew Zhuo Ran's physical condition, as long as she disturbed Zhuo Ran's mind, she would naturally be overwhelmed.Li Chengru patted the horse's mane quite complacently, and said, "It seems that you still want to know about the battle at Luxi, otherwise you wouldn't have chased here."

Zhuo Ran took a step forward and glared at Li Chengru: "Shut up!"

"What are you doing so angry? I'm not wrong." Li Chengru saw that Zhuo Ran's rules were in disarray. Sure enough, the rumors at that time were true, and Zhuo Ran couldn't last long at all.Thinking of this, Li Chengru couldn't help grinning.

Although he really wanted to kill Li Chengru, Zhuo Ran still had one last question, which was where Liao He was.Zhuo Ran bit her lower lip, and was blocked by two people. Zhuo Ran took their arms, tapped her toes, and turned around. Gu Songyin was thrown in the air in a beautiful arc, Zhuo Ran stretched out Grasping the hilt of the sword with his arm, he flung it towards Li Chengru.

Yuan Lu pushed Li Chengru away, Gu Song Yin fell to the ground in response, Zhuo Ran limp and passed by like a snake, before Li Chengru could see clearly, Zhuo Ran had already arrived beside him.Yuan Lu's eyes widened, he stretched out his foot and kicked Gu Songyin away, and was kicked out by Zhuo Ran.

Li Chengru slightly hooked his lips, and stretched out his finger in his sleeve to get the thin silver needle from last time. Of course, Zhuo Ran didn't give him this chance.Before Li Chengru's hand was taken out, Zhuo Ran leaned back slightly, her cheek brushed past the sword blade, she turned slightly, stretched out her arm to grab Li Chengru's arm, and restrained his movements.

"No hidden weapon," Zhuo Ran took his hand with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "Do you think you can hurt me?"

(End of this chapter)