Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

The first ray of spring wind blowing across the northern border dissipated the cold winter, and the grass and bones buried deep under the snow appeared together.

Everything was silent, and the mountain birds were singing. There was a man standing on the cliff with a sword in his hand, looking at the densely packed corpses and broken limbs at the bottom of the valley, he sighed: "The flames of war are merciless, and it is only us ordinary people who will suffer in the end—"

After the words fell, there was a sudden noise from below, and the corpse lying on the top rolled down the slope.

Wen Qingyan jumped: "My lord, there is a lot of resentment here, let's leave quickly."

"These soldiers died to protect Dayan, even if they turned into ghosts, they won't hurt you." Xie Yuanting stared at the bottom of the valley, wanting to go down and have a look.

"Young master, Beidi's army has arrived at Mount Futai. Now King Jing'an has died in battle, and there is no one to lead the army in Dayan. I heard that His Majesty has ordered the prince to supervise the country. I think something happened in the court. Let's go back quickly." Let's go to the capital."

Xie Yuanting frowned: "Your Majesty is in his prime, and at this time Chen'er is appointed to oversee the country. Is he planning to pass the throne to Chen'er?"

"I don't know the specific reason. I only know that it was agreed by the eldest princess."

When it came to the eldest princess, Wenqing hesitated, subconsciously looked at Xie Yuanting, seeing that his expression was unclear, his heart fluctuated up and down.

Xie Yuanting had a fight with Gu Qingyi in Zixiao Palace that day, and finally fell into the cliff, his life and death are unknown.Everyone thought he was dead, and the queen became seriously ill because of this, and finally passed away.Lushan's revenge for destroying the family was avenged, but he was the only one left in this world.

The people and things in the capital seemed far away to him.

"Young Master." Wen Qing wanted to say something else, but there was another sound from below.

After seeing clearly, he was startled suddenly, retreated behind Xie Yuanting, and said in a trembling voice: "Young master, I seem to have seen a ghost!"

"It's in broad daylight, where did the ghost come from?" Xie Yuanting pulled his hand away angrily, "I think there are probably still people alive, I'll go down and have a look first, you wait here."

After saying that, he jumped up and stepped on the branches on the cliff to explore the bottom of the ghost cliff valley.

Wen Qing was terrified when he saw it, and shouted at the top of his voice, "My lord, you have just recovered from a serious injury, be careful—"

Xie Yuanting quickly reached the bottom of the valley, avoided the corpse, and walked over there.Even though he was used to killing, it was still shocking to walk in this wilderness of corpses.

He used the scabbard to push aside the corpse covering it, and then there was a weak gasp from below.

Without hesitation, Xie Yuanting dropped his sword and dug the man out of the pile of corpses.

The darkness around him was instantly dispelled, and the sudden light made Pei Ce close his eyes involuntarily. He vaguely saw a piece of white, as white as snow, but warmer than snow.

He wriggled his lips with difficulty, his limbs were stiff and unable to move, it seemed that the brutal war hadn't completely ended yet.

Xie Yuanting got closer, the face in front of him was covered with blood, and he couldn't see his face clearly, just looking at his figure, he didn't look like a lieutenant soldier, but more like a nobleman pampering his young son.

"Hey, are you okay?" He poked Pei Ce with his sword.

Pei Ce's expression was numb, he moved his chapped lips, and said two words hoarsely: "Help me."

This time, Xie Yuanting heard clearly, but he did not act immediately, but said: "But I am going to the capital to meet a very important person, if I save you, I will not be able to go to the capital."

Pei Ce gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, took out something from his bosom, and spread out his palm: "If you don't save me, you will never be able to return to the capital!"

When he saw what was in his palm, Xie Yuanting's body shook, and then he said with a smile: "It seems that I really have to save you."

He has done a lot of chivalrous deeds, but after suffering a loss later, he no longer saves people easily, but the young man in front of him is holding a soldier talisman that can command the Liangzhou guards, which made him a little bit more consider.

The Liangzhou guards were brave and good at fighting, but it was a pity that King Jing'an was dead, and the [-] Liangzhou guards had no leader, so they hesitated at Qingyang Pass.

No matter who this young man is, since he survived the battle in Guiya Valley and has Liangzhou Wei's soldier amulet, Xie Yuanting must save him.

It was not a fluke that Pei Ce survived that battle, but King Jing'an saved his life with his own strength.

The Battle of Guiya Valley was very tragic, only Pei Ce survived out of eight thousand soldiers.When he left Ghost Cliff Valley, he looked back at the person lying quietly among the cliffs, his eyes became more and more serious.

In fact, the first corpse he pushed away was his father.
No one thought that the headless corpse that rolled down the slope would be Dayan's god of war—— King Jing'an.His head was taken away by Beidi people, leaving only a body full of arrow feathers lying alone in Guiya Valley. If it weren't for the scar on the tiger's mouth on his right hand, even Pei Ce would not have recognized it.

Once King Jing'an died, half of Dayan's country seemed to be out of protection. Facing the brutal Beidi army, they could only choose to flee for their lives or die.

The mountain wind is clear, blowing away the remaining bloody smell, and this piece of mountains and rivers swept by the flames of war will never have spring again.

Xie Yuanting rescued Pei Ce, and the matter of going to the capital was delayed. The city he escaped from now became a place that he wanted to return but could not return to.
Beidi got the news of Fu Xiuyun's coma, his morale soared, and he went all the way south, but within two days he set up camp a hundred miles away from the capital.

The aristocratic families who originally wanted to escape closed their doors one after another, not daring to step out of the mansion again. The people in the city also closed their doors and windows tightly, and the bustling long street in the past was quiet overnight.

The ministers gathered in the Palace of Political Affairs and were anxious. Beidi's 15 troops were just outside the city, but King Jing'an was martyred, and the Guanning Army was stationed in the northwest, unable to be mobilized.

Fu Xiuyun showed no signs of waking up, the prince was young, and Beidi had sent troops to provoke him these few days, but none of the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty could take up the challenge.

Cai Yuan stood silent in the crowd, and the development of the matter was going as he expected, except for - Fu Mingjue.

Fu Mingjue went to the palace to ask for an order, asking to lead Xuan Yuwei into battle to meet the enemy.

All the ministers had different opinions on this. During the endless debate, Cai Yuan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "In addition to the Xuanyu Guards, there are [-] imperial guards in Beijing, and [-] cavalry are enough to last until the reinforcements arrive. Or, King Jing has commanded the Xuanyu Guard for many years, and I think it would be best for King Jing to meet the enemy in this battle."

As soon as this remark came out, officials headed by Cai Yuan expressed their approval.

Ling Qingyan couldn't understand what kind of medicine Cai Yuan was selling in this gourd, but under the current situation, only Fu Mingjue could fight in court.

At this point, the other ministers had no further objections, and Xuan Yuwei's military power returned to Fu Mingjue's hands again.
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In the spring of the ninth year of Yong'an, when Beidi's army invaded, Fu Mingjue led the order to fight, and took [-] Xuanyu guards to stand guard outside the Beiming Gate.

At that time, the spring was long and the wind was peaceful.

I don't know which spring rain caused the peach tree in the courtyard to sprout pink flowers again. The buds were soaked in rain, and they looked crystal clear and lovely.

After returning to Prince Jing's Mansion, Ling Youyao always liked to sit by the window, watching the snow melt, the grass sprout, and everything revive.She is also looking forward to Fu Mingjue's return as soon as possible to take a look at the peach blossoms in the courtyard
When Zi Lan came in with the soup, she found that she had fallen asleep lying on the table.

There is a war going on right now, apart from the guards in the palace, only Zilan is left to serve.

Zi Lan lightly put down the medicine, before leaving her hand, Ling Youyao woke up: "Is there any news today?"

"Not yet, princess, you should rest more if you are pregnant, the prince will be fine."

Ling Youyao lazily yawned, rubbed her belly and said, "I'm fine, and I don't know when this battle will end."

"Although Beidi has an army of 15, they have not moved for a long time. Presumably they are worried about something. As long as they wait until Liangzhouwei, the battle should be over."

Zilan sent the medicine to her, and continued: "You don't have to worry too much, the prince brought the Xuanyu Guards to slaughter eleven cities of Tatar, it will be fine, you should drink the medicine first .”

"Yeah." Ling Youyao endured the unpleasant smell of the medicine, gritted her teeth and drank it.

With the current strength of the capital, Beidi could go all out to storm the capital, but they did not move. They only sent a small team to challenge every three to five days, and they would never relish a fight.

This can't help but make people think deeply. The reason they did this is what they are waiting for, or is there a disagreement within Beidi?
The answer is naturally the latter.