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Chapter 168 Pentium
Going further north from Dingbeiguan is the Xijie Grassland. I missed the best season and came back. At this time, the ground is golden like a carpet, and it is vast and boundless from a distance.Spreading into the distance is the light blue sky. The wind has been strong these few days, and the clouds have been blown away like a gauze covering the distant Cangshan Mountain. It has been a long time since I have seen such a scene.

Li Xunchuan led the people straight to Dajing.Although it was not appropriate to take the Forbidden Army back at this time, just now he had a conversation with Qi Du and mentioned the follow-up arrangements between the Forbidden Army and Beili, and he suddenly realized that there really seemed to be no way to turn around.Now Beili is fully committed to the war with the ancient Qiang people. The imperial army has never been on the battlefield. The largest scale is to fight in Gaodu. Now it will be even more difficult for them to use the same tactics as Beili to win.What's more, the forbidden army followed Li Xunchuan and believed that he wanted to seek survival. If Li Xunchuan let the forbidden army do nothing, then the forbidden army would be a team that lost its leader, and it would only collapse even more.

Xiao Qijing is the king of Beili, and at this time he couldn't figure out how to arrange for the person Li Yanchuan brought back.Qi Du was right in saying one sentence, Li Yanchuan returned to Beili, which would boost Beili's morale, but if the imperial army is delayed, no one is willing to recognize them, and this has to be resolved by Li Yanchuan himself.

There are still many generals in Beili, and now under the arrangement of Xiao Qijing, Li Xunchuan has returned to Dajing. Whether he should replace Xiao Qijing or be a coach in the rear is also a question.After all, Xiao Qijing has been in charge these years, and even Li Yunchuan, the champion, has not reached the point where everyone respects him and everyone needs to listen to his orders. This is not a good sign.But how should Li Xunchuan explain this? If Xiao Qijing knew Li Xunchuan's difficulties, he would definitely give him the seat of King Beili, because Li Xunchuan was the king of Beili.Now that Emperor Chongwen is gone, the title of Champion Marquis will naturally have to be changed. This can be regarded as self-reliance as king.

Li Xunchuan can guess Xiao Qijing's thoughts, but now he doesn't want these things, but the most important thing right now is to win the battle with the ancient Qiang people. He needs a victory to comfort himself and enrich the imperial army, no matter what it is He wanted to explain it to Xiao Qijing.

Gu Zhao and Qi Du are very familiar, but Qi Du was too busy talking to Li Yuchuan, so they hurriedly met each other, Gu Zhao has been talking about Qi Du now.Xiyu is much younger than the two of them, but Xiyu has been with Li Yanchuan for a longer time. When Qidu and Li Yanchuan entered Gaodu, Li Yuchuan specially put Xiyu in Beili, and later put him and Gu Zhao together. And called over.

Xiyu was also puzzled about Qi Du's matter, he frowned and looked at Gu Zhao, and said, "Qi Du has more seniority than you and me, how could he be assigned to Dingbei Pass?"

Gu Zhao shook his head and said: "I don't know, the master didn't say anything, but in my opinion, Qi Du didn't want to explain clearly, probably because of his own difficulties. If he doesn't want to tell the master, there is no way to find out? Qi Du is really, what to say It can always be solved when you come out."

"I didn't want to talk to Qi Du when I watched the master leave. He really provoked the master." Xiyu sighed, "Actually, Qi Du is also very suitable to be by the master's side. We returned to Beili to help Did the prince drive out the ancient Qiang people? He is so powerful..."

Xiong Zheng had never met Qi Du before, and he couldn't get in a word when they were talking. Like the Forbidden Army, he seemed to have changed since he entered Dingbei Pass, and he didn't speak. Originally, he just followed Li Yuchuan. Then silently retreated behind them, as cautious as a guest.

Gu Zhao looked back at Xiong Zhenghao, and found that he was not very interested, but Li Yuchuan didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to say anything for fear of offending both of them, so he could only wink at Xiyu and tell him to stop talking. As a result, Xiyu didn't understand what he meant, and continued to talk, asking Xiong Zhenghao to look at these things he hadn't seen before, and Gu Zhao could only sigh.

After running for a while, Li Xunchuan pulled Zhushi to a stop, not to mention that Zhushi started having fun after entering the Xijie Grassland, he even wanted to go down and run around himself.But now it is better to rush back to Dajing as soon as possible.

It's not as bad as Li Yanchuan imagined, the big territory is still the same as when he left, someone immediately recognized Li Yanchuan as the leader, and he yelled loudly when he was still far away, all the people in the camps rushed out to see , Seeing Li Xunchuan, he hurriedly moved closer, and quickly gathered together to salute Li Xunchuan.

"Welcome Lord Hou to return!"

The sound is higher than the sound.

Li Xunchuan turned over and got out of the carriage. His face was very familiar, but he couldn't remember his name.Li Xunchuan approached and raised his hand: "Get up, where is the prince?"

Before anyone could reply, Li Junchuan saw Li Junyi who had just opened the curtain and was looking at her with teary eyes. She seemed to have forgotten what she was going to do. Seeing that Li Yanchuan didn't move for a long time, she just spoke in a trembling voice, a little unbelievable. Said: "Ah... Ah Yu..."

Li Xunchuan frowned, and the cavalry retreated to both sides, and quickly gave way, but Li Xunchuan felt as if he couldn't move his legs. Every step he took, he felt that he didn't feel safe when he stepped on the cotton. He didn't know why Which posture did he use to get in front of Li Junyi? He originally had a lot to say, and he had already thought about how to explain his affairs in Gaodu to Li Junyi and Xiao Qijing, but now he couldn't spell out a complete word. Talking, just looking at Li Junyi's tears falling down, just like Jin Lumei's morning dew dripping on the slender and curved grass leaves, falling down will only make people feel distressed.

"Sister..." Li Yuchuan stopped his trembling voice, supported Li Junyi's arm, and hugged him into his arms.Li Junyi gripped the clothes behind Li Yanchuan's back, and said in a hoarse voice, "I thought there were still a few days left, how could it be so fast..."

Li Xunchuan raised his hand to wipe away his tears, patted Li Junyi on the back, and then let go of her: "I was also very worried about Beili's situation in my sister's letter, so I didn't dare to delay for a moment, but I came back late , did not help brother-in-law... By the way, where is brother-in-law, is he okay?"

Li Junyi nodded, and Li Yunchuan helped wipe away the tears hanging from the corners of Li Junyi's eyes, and heard her say: "Don't worry, he's been well fed these days, and he just fell asleep."

When the news of Gaodu came back to Beili, Li Junyi heard that Li Yuchuan came back with the imperial army, and now it seems that there are quite a few of them.Li Xunchuan explained in a low voice: "Sister, some things happened before, so we left separately, and we will meet outside Dingbei Pass. I will arrange them first, and sister will wait for me."

Li Junyi nodded.

Gu Zhao and Xiyu were busy reminiscing about the old days. Their comrades were all here, but some were not there. It is said that they were taken to the battlefield by Shang Luoqiu.Xiao Qijing was seriously injured, so Shang Luoqiu went into battle himself.

Li Xunchuan came over and listened to a few words, but he didn't have the energy to understand it right now, so he just ordered Gu Zhao and Xiyu to help Xiong Zhenghao get acquainted with the iron cavalry.Xiong Zhenghao had reminded the imperial guards not to talk nonsense, but at this moment he was on the alert without any laughter. Li Xunchuan patted him on the shoulder: "Smelly bear, this is home, don't be cautious, Gu Zhao and Xiyu are needed for help."

Xiong Zhenghao looked up at Li Yuchuan, and nodded slowly.

As soon as Li Xunchuan entered the big tent, someone hugged his long legs.Li Xunchuan lowered his eyes and saw that Xiao Ziyi was smiling at him with his head raised and his big eyes wide open: "Hug, uncle!"

Li Junyi prepared some food and put it on the table, Li Xunchuan bent down and hugged Xiao Ziyi, a little more than before, Xiao Ziyi put his arms around Li Xunchuan's neck, and waved to his mother.

"Yi'er," Li Junyi walked towards them, grabbed Xiao Ziyi's hand, and said seriously, "Have you forgotten what mother told you?"

Xiao Ziyi was about to come down, Li Yuchuan put him down half-understood, Xiao Ziyi saluted Li Yuchuan, very respectful.Li Xunchuan looked at Li Junyi, couldn't help but smiled, and said, "Actually, sister doesn't need to do this, Yi'er is still young, so there is no need to restrict these etiquettes, and it won't be too late to learn them in a few years later."

Li Xunchuan raised Xiao Ziyi's arm and hugged him again. Seeing that his mother was not angry, Xiao Ziyi buried his head in Li Xunchuan's neck.Seeing this, Li Junyi shook his head and said, "He is so careless, I'm also afraid that his temper will become more free and easy, and it will be more difficult to control."

"You can't say that," Li Xunchuan raised his eyebrows, "Didn't my sister also say that I was stubborn?"

Li Junyi pulled down Xiao Ziyi's wrinkled clothes from behind, and tidied them up carefully. Li Yunchuan did not forget the business: "Sister, brother-in-law, I want to talk to him about something."

Xiao Qijing was injured on the shoulder, and Li Junyi said that Xiao Qijing didn't bring many people with him during his inspections, because Cangshan Mountain is now considered to be Beili, and Gu Qiang dared not come here no matter how ambitious he was, but they still launched a surprise attack and dispatched many heavy weapons.Xiao Qijing's saber was no match at all, the tip of the saber was directly smashed into a gap by the iron hammer of the ancient Qiang people, the wound on Xiao Qijing's body was left by the ancient axe directly chopping off the armor, and the wound was extremely deep.When someone risked his life to bring him back, Li Junyi was terrified. Xiao Qijing was lifeless at that time, and his body was covered with blood. If Xiao Qijing hadn't woken up with his strength and stretched out his finger to hook his wife's finger, Li Junyi would have Doubt whether Xiao Qijing is still alive.

Xiao Qijing can't even get out of bed now, and the wound can be torn apart with a slight movement. Li Junyi has been guarding every step these days, and all matters are left to Shang Luoqiu and several veterans in the camp.Xiao Qijing's healing is not slow, but for the frontline war, it has been delayed for a long time.Xiao Qijing is now the leader of the Beili Iron Cavalry, and he is recovering from his injuries. For those soldiers, it is inevitable that they will lose their morale, but there is no way around it.

Xiao Qijing closed his eyes tightly, his face was pale, it was cold these few days, Li Junyi covered him with a thick quilt, but this would press the wound.Li Xunchuan sighed deeply, and said he wanted to talk about something, but he didn't expect Xiao Qijing's injury to be more serious than what Li Junyi described.

Li Junyi bit her lips: "I understand that you also have difficulties, but there is no way out. My sister doesn't know what to do, so I can only send a message to you hoping to find a way. The ancient Qiang people are pressing harder and harder. We are really... "

"Sister, don't worry." Li Yuchuan said softly, "I know what you're worried about, but it's not important. I'm from Beili when I come back. Now that Emperor Taiping is on the throne, it doesn't matter what he wants, as long as Get rid of Gu Qiang first, everything is easy to talk about."

Li Junyi wanted to ask more questions, but felt that it was better for Xiao Qijing to say some things.Li Yunchuan led Li Junyi out of the screen, and said softly: "Sister, I want to ask you about Qidu. Shouldn't he be by my brother-in-law's side? Why was he there when I entered Dingbeiguan? Did not say."

Li Junyi asked Li Yuchuan to sit down first, and said: "Qidu has indeed been with Ah Jing since he came back. His ability is obvious to all. He is a very suitable person to be a general, but you don't know that he followed Ah Jing. At the beginning of the second year, he lost one."

"Defeated?" Li Yanchuan frowned.

Li Junyi said in a deep voice: "At that time, there was no Agamula leader in Gu Qiang, and Bayer was also missing. They were some unorganized teams who came to provoke the big territory. Qi Du was ordered by Ah Jing to solve it. It is reasonable Said that these people were not worth mentioning to him, and there was no reason to take them seriously, but Qi Du was still defeated. He was carried back by his subordinates, and after returning, he seemed to be a different person. The cavalry could not stop trembling. At that time, they couldn't even hold up their sabers. I asked the people who rescued him what happened, but they said that Qi Du chased him alone, and Qi Du didn't want them to work hard. So I asked everyone to stay behind, and I didn't expect an accident."

"I knew he couldn't get rid of this problem!" Li Yuchuan said bitterly, "At that time, I always liked to be brave and go on my own. I told him that some things should not be considered too much, and his comrades are also his strength. If you don’t listen to it, you want to do it, what’s going on?”

Li Junyi said: "Don't blame him, there must have been something that irritated him at the time. Ah Jing asked him to come out to ask questions, and tried to bring him back to the battlefield, but it has never been successful. Qi Du will be killed as soon as he goes up. He seemed to be terribly afraid of those swords, guns and swords. As long as there was a sound of killing, he would automatically disarm and surrender. In the end, he asked to be replaced and wanted to stay away from the battlefield. Put it in Dingbei Pass."

"So, no one in him said the reason why he became like this." Li Yanchuan raised his forehead, "Is he so fragile after following me for so long?"

"Ah Jing and I have been trying to help him find the reason," Li Junyi sighed helplessly, "but he has been resisting and escaping. In fact, you don't recommend him. We also know his ability, but Qi Du was really tripped by something. It’s down. He liked to fight side by side with you before, maybe you can help him solve these things when you come back this time. But Ah, you can’t worry about many things, he is very fragile now, you have to give him time walk out……"

"It's been three years and still can't get out?" Li Yuchuan frowned and said, "I don't believe he is willing to go on like this."

Li Junyi sighed, and wanted to persuade her a few more words, but she really had nothing to say at the moment.She was delighted when Li Xunchuan came back, but Xiao Qijing never got better, her heart was hanging there all the time, unable to settle down for a long time.

"By the way, sister, I want to know whether the one who fought against brother-in-law that day is the first zero tribe or another tribe?" Li Yuchuan said in a deep voice, "Now I suspect that Agamula has been planning other things all these years. He I want Bayer to be the next Agamula, replacing Beili."

Li Junyi looked at him, and Li Yuchuan said: "I happened to meet Zhe Shicuo of the Fengyang Department at the border and in Jun'an. They have changed a lot in terms of numbers and weapons, especially when they used fire attacks. The manufacture of firearms is very mature, and Jun'an was caught off guard."

"The ancient Qiang is not divided into ten parts now." Li Junyi said, "The Zhe Shicuo you mentioned just now is actually just one of them. All ten parts have outstanding people, and they are all elite soldiers. I heard that the ancient Qiang We also set up a camp at the Pingxi mountain stream. Although it is called a camp, it is similar to our school ground. We have not been to the Pingxi mountain stream in these years. We think that place is bloody and hostile, so they train strong soldiers there. The news we got a few days ago. Aghmura has also put in a lot of painstaking efforts over the years."

"With Zhuo Ting here before, he can show off his power for the time being, but now his enemy is me, but it's not as simple as he imagined." Li Yanchuan smiled.

But Li Junyi shook his head, put his finger on Li Xunchuan's arm, and said softly: "No, Ah Xun, you have underestimated Agamula. The ancient Qiang people have a strong physique and a large body. Even at an advanced age, you should not underestimate it." , besides, the people who went to the battlefield were all young people. Although we Beili have a large number of people, we may not have the upper hand in a real fight, and now we don't have any source of weapons. We don't know anything about the firearms you mentioned .”

"What's the matter?" Li Yuchuan raised his eyebrows, "I'm back, haven't I? Sister, leave this matter to me, I have a solution."

"Do you have a solution?" Li Junyi squinted his eyes and looked at him, "Ah, speaking of it, how did I find that you talk more and you are a little gentler, why, did you not tell Sister about what happened in these years? "

Li Xunchuan put on a gesture: "Do I have it?"

Li Junyi smiled, pointed to the bronze mirror on the table and said to him, "Go and see for yourself, it's so gentle to the bone."

Li Xunchuan rolled his eyes, after thinking for a long time, he still felt that this introduction was a bit hasty, and he would announce it after everyone was ready.When Li Xunchuan thought of Zhuo Ran, he couldn't help asking: "Sister, you and your brother-in-law didn't favor any girl for me, did you? This battle is so tight, don't add to my burden."

"Oh!" Li Junyi slapped his thigh and said as if he had come to his senses, "I forgot if you didn't mention it. Your brother-in-law did tell me about someone. Also soft-spoken, and you really are a perfect match. It's called Lan, we Beili people."

"You really looked for it?" Li Xunchuan's eyes widened.

"What else is true?" Li Junyi looked at Li Yuchuan, "You will be twenty-three soon, and if you don't find a wife to take care of the family, do you still want to die alone in the future?"

Li Xunchuan curled his lips: "I'm just afraid that you guys will mess up the mandarin ducks. I'm too young to mention it now. You and your brother-in-law can help you choose for Yi'er. I think I have to wait a few more years."

Li Junyi frowned.

(End of this chapter)