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Chapter 88: Emperor Longqing

"what?"

Sun Li put away the knife: "Didn't you come back?"

"Correct!"

Sun Buqi nodded seriously: "I asked the captain surnamed Liu, and he said that they came back early after waiting for less than half an incense stick at the meeting place."

"Sister Tong!"

Listen to the conversation between the two.

Tong in the yard collapsed on the spot and almost fainted.

Gu Xinlan supported her and asked, "Sister Li, is... is there something wrong?"

"Don't panic yet."

Sun Li comforted him, "Maybe he got lost, or something delayed him. Maybe he'll come back if he waits a little longer."

"get lost?"

Gu Xinlan grasped the key point: "Did Shi Ge'er and the others leave the Great Wall?"

How could she not understand her own man?

How could I get lost if I run in and out of Hutou Mountain all day?

If we have to say that we are lost, it can only be that we are in an unfamiliar grassland.

"Ah."

Sun Li agreed: "Wait a little longer."

The atmosphere in the house suddenly seemed to freeze.

There was no movement until dawn.

In the second half of the night, even Xu Wencai brought Wang Li and others to inquire about the situation.

Since there were women in the house and it was inconvenient to approach, he would just stand far away outside the door.

"Will something happen to Master Chen?"

Wang Li looked solemn, and pressed the sword on his waist: "Old Xu, please speak. Deputy Captain Luo and Captain Liu are back, but you are not back."

Xu Wencai paced back and forth: "Don't panic, don't panic! Sir, good luck will come to you, everything will be fine!"

That being said.

A whole night passed.

Until dawn, the military settlement was still eerily quiet.

"I already knew that Tang Ruoshan was a waste!"

Sun Buqi cursed: "He killed my third brother, and now he can't even protect Sanshi! There is only one internal organ warrior in the Xihe tribe!"

"Xihe..."

Gu Xinlan felt a chill in her heart.

Everyone in Poyang knows it.

The barbarians who came to massacre the village many years ago were from the Xihe tribe.

This is, being sent to the enemy base?
He hasn't returned yet.

Would not it be……

Sun Buqi said anxiously: "Sister, what should we do? How about we borrow some people and go out to have a look?"

"Nonsense!"

Sun Li scolded: "Can you resist thousands of troops? Keep waiting. If you don't come back today..."

She paused and said, "That only means that we are not destined to be with this junior brother."

Cruel words.

But it is true.

soldier.

How can there be immortality?
Don’t say it’s Chen Sanshi.

Even before the Eight Great Battalions, the number of geniuses who died before they could grow up was too many to be counted on one hand.

"Ugh!"

Sun Buqi stamped his feet.

But we can only accept the facts.

"Woooooooo..."

Tong cried loudly: "You insist on going to war, and keep shouting at home about making contributions every day, but you don't even consider whether you have the ability to do it. The child hasn't even been born yet..."

"..."

Gu Xinlan's eyes turned red, but she didn't cry.

She just went back to the house, took out her needlework tools, sat on a stone block, and started sewing stitch by stitch.

A faint light appeared in the east.

Hope was extinguished in the hearts of the people.

"Walk."

Finally, Sun Li couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Buqi, come with me out of the city and try to look for it."

"it is good!"

Sun Buqi couldn't help it any longer.

The brother and sister left the house and prepared to get the horses.

"Om-"

It was at this time.

A deafening horn sounded, and billowing black smoke rose slowly, covering the sky and the sun.

"Raise three beacons, raise two flags on the dock, burn three piles of firewood, and there must be more than 2,000 enemy troops approaching!"

Sun Buqi recognized the signal.

……

Great Wall.

Zhao Kang, who was in charge of the rotation, stayed up all night but did not wait for the other night patrol team to return.

"Totally dead."

He shook his head slightly and said to himself, "What's the use of having a good talent? He had a promising future, but he died before he even left Poyang County. Fatty Wang also died. Now many masters in the city must be very happy."

Zhao Kang returned to the dock, sat down against the wall, and prepared to take a short rest.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the soldiers on the watchtower shouted loudly.

"Enemy attack!"

"The army is invading! The army is invading!"

"..."

"An army, what army?!"

Zhao Kang was startled and all sleepiness disappeared. He hurriedly climbed up to the observation deck along the ladder.

Ten miles away, on the boundless land, a black mass of cavalry appeared. Judging from the number, there were at least two thousand of them!
It is true that the Xihe tribe has two thousand people, but not all of them are cavalry.

Are the troops really being increased?
Zhao Kang was even more confused.

How can you fight a war like this?
It takes time to attack a city.

Even if the Xihe tribe wanted to attack Poyang, they should first find a place to set up camp and then proceed slowly. No one would rush towards this side on horseback. Wouldn't that be tantamount to seeking death?
and many more!

They are chasing people!

Zhao Kang squinted his eyes hard, trying to make his vision clearer.

He saw it in front of the barbarian army.

There are eight more riders.

The barbarian cavalry were chasing these eight riders, and seemed not to dare to get close. They just followed from a distance, as if they were afraid.

"drive--"

Qianhu had the fastest reaction and sent out the entire army to attack.

The cavalry arrived at the Great Wall first.

Xiang Tingchun took the lead and rushed to the city wall like flying. Luo Dongquan followed closely behind him, then Sun Buqi, Sun Li, and finally Wang Li, Wu Da and others also came on war horses.

"what happened!"

Xiang Tingchun climbed up to the observation deck.

too suddenly.

He learned from Luo Dongquan that the Xihe tribe had increased its troops.

But it’s too fast!

It is absolutely impossible to attack immediately.

"Sir, it's... it's Captain Chen and the others!"

Zhao Kang finally saw the eight riders in front of him clearly.

"Junior brother?" Sun Li and others also followed him up to the observation deck.

Among the eight riders walking in front, a white horse was the most conspicuous.

Who else could it be if not Chen Sanshi sitting there?

In front of him, there was a young nobleman in barbarian clothes being held hostage.

"hostage?"

How could people not understand this?

Obviously.

Chen Sanshi and his group were surrounded by barbarians, but they captured hostages and used them to threaten the enemy to gain a chance of survival.

How precious must a hostage be if he can prevent two thousand barbarian cavalry from acting rashly?
How could such a precious person appear in the Xihe tribe? !
"how come……"

Luo Dongquan subconsciously leaned forward, put his arms on the wall, stretched his neck and looked forward.

……

"Back off!"

After several days and nights of hard work, everyone was already exhausted.

Even Chen Sanshi's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice became hoarse: "Retreat five miles!"

"This little brother."

The barbarian captain followed on horseback from a distance: "You have reached the border, isn't it time to return His Highness to us?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's talk after we enter the city!"

Chen Sanshi signaled the Ninth Prince to speak.

The Ninth Prince understood what he meant: "Do as he said, retreat five miles, give them enough safe distance to enter the city!"

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes.

The barbarian cavalry kept retreating, not daring to move forward even half a step.

Chen Sanshi led everyone and successfully arrived at the city wall.

"Little junior brother!"

Sun Li asked the wall: "What happened? Why did you attract so many cavalrymen?"

Chen Sanshi replied: "When we were investigating, we were surrounded by the cavalry of the Xihe tribe. Fortunately, we got this man and were able to escape!"

It really was an encounter with cavalry.

In this situation.

He can actually survive!
It's a once-in-a-decade opportunity.

Not only that.

Everyone also saw that two horses were carrying corpses, and even the bodies of dead comrades were brought back!

Wonderful work!

Xiang Tingchun hurriedly asked: "Who is this?!"

"Maybe it's a prince!"

Chen Sanshi ordered: "Introduce yourself to everyone."

"Okay... okay! You, you guys listen!"

The prince said: "I am the ninth prince of the Yuwen clan! If you dare to kill me, my father will definitely massacre Poyang County."

Prince!

"Ninth Prince?"

Sun Buqi muttered, "I heard that Yuwen Khan had ten sons, but he loved the Ninth Prince the most. He was said to be training him to be the next Khan. Why did he come to the Xihe tribe instead of staying in Dadu, and was captured alive by Sanshi?"

Capture the prince alive...

Xiang Tingchun's expression became excited.

Wonderful work!

Who could have imagined.

Several teams were sent out but not collected at night.

He actually managed to capture the future Khan of the Yuwen clan alive!
What a miraculous achievement this is!

Subordinates made meritorious service
Shangguan will also benefit from it!
"Good, good, good!"

Xiang Tingchun said three good words in a row: "Open the city gate, quickly, let Captain Chen and the others in!"

More than one hundred cavalrymen went out of the city to provide support.

The moment they returned to the territory, five out of six people fell.

Only Chen Sanshi was still able to hold on.

He casually threw the prince off his horse and was immediately subdued by officers and soldiers.

"Luo Dongquan! I want your life!"

"Keng——"

After Wang Zhi caught his breath, he got up from the ground, pulled out a long sword from the waist of a soldier beside him, and slashed directly at Luo Dongquan. However, he was a bone-training warrior and had suffered serious injuries, so there was no way he could be his opponent.

Luo Dongquan blocked with his sword and easily knocked the opponent back: "Are you crazy?!"

"To Qianhu!"

Wang Zhi shouted at the top of his lungs: "We were inexplicably discovered and surrounded by the barbarian cavalry on the grassland. I suspect someone deliberately alarmed the barbarians and wanted to kill us! This person is Luo Dongquan!"

"You are slandering me! Why would I harm my own people?!"

Luo Dongquan said angrily: "You accidentally exposed yourself, what does it have to do with me! Thirty pairs of eyes saw with their own eyes that I was not going in the same direction as you! If you want to slander me, you must have evidence!"

"Liu Jinkui!"

Xiang Tingchun asked: "Tell me the truth!"

"What Captain Luo said is true."

Liu Jinkui stated truthfully: "He is in the far northwest, with me between us, and very far away from Captain Chen and his men."

"Ah."

Xiang Tingchun nodded: "Wang Zhi, it must be a misunderstanding. Leaking secrets and plotting to murder comrades is a capital crime. Besides, you have returned alive, without any danger, and have made great achievements!"

"I……"

Wang Zhi was speechless.

It is indeed just speculation, without any substantial evidence.

Come back alive?

Chen Sanshi sneered in his heart.

He came back alive, but what about Li Dazhi, Xia Erniu and others?
evidence.

If it’s hard to find, just forget about looking!

Is refining the internal organs very far away?

Xiang Tingchun obviously didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

Because Luo Dongquan is his most trusted confidant.

No procedural justice.

The only outcome is justice.

Chen Sanshi remained calm and just said, "Sir, please provide relief to the families of our deceased brothers!"

"More than that?"

Xiang Tingchun was very happy: "After this matter is reported to the court, it will surely shock the whole country! Each of you will be rewarded for this trip!"

"Dasheng officers and soldiers, listen up—"

Outside the city wall.

A cavalryman who was carrying a message came to the city wall and shouted, "If you don't send His Highness out, we will massacre Poyang with blood!"

"Then you can try it!"

Xiang Tingchun said word by word: "I am waiting for you here!"

"Okay! Just wait!"

The barbarian cavalry gradually retreated and disappeared at the end of the sight.

Attacking a city is not something that can be done easily; it requires a lot of preparation.

Today, the challenge has been declared.

……

Seven days later, a war report from a remote county on the border will be submitted by the Ministry of War to the Cabinet, then to the Imperial Household Department, and finally to the Wanshou Palace, where it will be read aloud by the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department:
"On the second day of November, Chen Sanshi, the sixth-rank Chengxin school lieutenant of Poyang County, led a ten-man night squad and penetrated deep into enemy territory. They captured the ninth prince of Yuwen alive amidst the siege of two thousand cavalrymen and returned safely."

"interesting."

Behind the curtain, the sound was as calm as a still well.

"It's a pity that I was born in the wrong place."

"Never mind. I have three treasures, one of which is kindness."

"Give this young captain a chance."

(End of this chapter)