Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 155 Fishing in troubled waters
Lou Wang Ting was slaughtering cattle and sheep at this time, preparing for the bonfire party.

The barbarians in the grassland are not like the people in the Central Plains, who wear luxurious clothes and live in luxurious mansions, so the wedding is not so particular. Even if it is such a happy event as King Loufan marrying Princess Daqin, it is just a gathering of the clansmen and ordering a long one. The bonfire, and then men and women dance around the bonfire, and then sing and sing, the wedding is considered complete.

However, King Loufan changed into the clothes of the Central Plains people based on his uncle's suggestion.

At this moment, King Loufan, who had put on the clothes of the Central Plains, walked out of the domed tent like a dog, surrounded by more than a dozen generals of Loufan. He heard the noise outside the tent just now, and King Loufan thought it was The people who greeted the relatives came back, counting the time, the people who went to Jiuyuan to greet the relatives should also come back.

But when Lou Fanwang got out of the tent and took a look, it was not the case at all.

The people who went to welcome the relatives disappeared, only a few hundred remnant horses escaped back!

"What's going on?" King Lou Fan frowned and asked loudly, "Where's the princess?"

"Your Majesty, we have been fooled by the old Qin people!" A Loufan general who was going to welcome his relatives got off his horse, knelt down at the feet of Loufan King, and said tragically, "On the way back to the royal court, we were met In the ambush of the old Qin people, more than half of the nearly thousand troops were lost, and Her Royal Highness was snatched back by the old Qin people."

"What are you talking about?" Lou Fanwang said suddenly, "The princess was snatched back by the old Qin people?"

Uncle Gong said, but his face changed slightly: "Your Majesty, this matter is a bit strange, I don't think the old Qin people did it."

"Military division, that's right, they are from the old Qin!" The leader of the building said loudly, "They are all wearing scales and armor, and they still hold Qin crossbows in their hands. They are the kind that can shoot hundreds of steps away. A Qin crossbow that can shoot through horses! I see it for real, it is definitely the old Qin people, besides the old Qin people, who else in Hetao can wear scale armor and hold a Qin crossbow?!"

"Qin Nu?!" King Lou Fan said viciously, "That must be from the old Qin."

Uncle Gong also said silently, Qin Nu is a sharp weapon on the battlefield, and the old Qin people strictly control the outflow, and the other party has Qin Nu, it seems that they are really old Qin people.

"These dishonest old Qin people, this king must kill them all!" Lou Fan Wang immediately returned to the big tent, copied a few golden arrows from it, and handed them to several trusted attendants, "Hold on!" This king, Golden Arrow, immediately summoned the cavalry of all the tribes, and quickly informed King Baiyang and King Linhu, asking them to join forces to attack Jiuyuan!"

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In the unknown depths of the desert, dozens of bonfires were also lit.

Five hundred soldiers of the Chu army were surrounding dozens of bonfires, drinking the water and wine in the sheepskin bags, and gnawing on the fat leg of lamb that had been roasted until it was shiny. Princess Yingzhen, who was sitting by the fire, was full of appetite Nothing, until this moment, she didn't know what was going on?I don't know who are these people who snatched the marriage?

"Sister Princess, would you like to eat some too?" Baili Yishui sat beside Yingzhen at some point, with a piece of roasted golden-yellow mutton leg on the dagger in his hand.

"Little sister, do you know these people?" Ying Zhen asked in a low voice.

As early as when she was hijacked by this group of people, Yingzhen found that Baili Yishui didn't seem to be worried at all, but now, this group of people is even more unsuspecting about Baili Yishui. Allowing her to carry a knife, Yingzhen Bingxue was smart, and immediately guessed that Baili Yishui must know this group of people.

Baili Yishui didn't answer, but begged Yingzhen, "Sister Princess, why don't you eat something?"

Since being hijacked by the Chu army at noon until now, Yingzhen has never touched a drop of water or eaten anything. Baili Yishui is really worried that Yingzhen will get sick from hunger, because Yingzhen is not like a martial artist like her. very weak.

"You don't eat if you don't tell my sister, just starve to death." Yingzhen turned her head away stubbornly.

When Baili Yishui was in a difficult situation, a majestic figure suddenly strode up to the two of them.

Baili Yishui straightened up and was about to salute the man, but was stopped by the man stretching out his hand.

"Don't eat? Go on a hunger strike? Do you want to die?" The man stared straight at Yingzhen with sharp eyes, and suddenly pulled out a dagger from his boot and threw it in front of Yingzhen. If you wipe this knife on your neck casually, everything will be over, your life and your destiny."

Yingzhen didn't go to pick up the dagger, but just looked up at the man steadily.

Maybe it was because of looking up, the man looked very tall, like a towering mountain, he just stood there casually, but Ying Zhen clearly felt a strong momentum, a kind of look at the world The aura, when she was young, she had felt this aura more than once from her father.

This man actually has the same powerful aura as his father, who is he?

The man suddenly grinned, but the cold killing intent was evident from the corner of his mouth, and he said indifferently: "If you want to die, use that dagger to kill yourself. If you don't want to die, then hurry up and eat something to fill your stomach. For the next part of the road, no one will help you go, if you can’t ride a horse, then stay in the desert to feed the wild wolves.”

After finishing speaking, the man turned around and left, but Yingzhen lost his mind for a moment.

Baili Yishui handed the roasted leg of lamb to Yingzhen again, and said softly, "Sister Princess, should you eat?"

Yingzhen took the leg of lamb silently, took another small bite, and asked, "Little sister, who is this person?"

Baili Yishui said with some embarrassment: "Sister Princess, elder brother won't let me tell you, but in a few days at most, you will know all the truth." Having said this, Baili Yishui said happily again , "And no matter what, princess sister, you don't have to marry that flirtatious and dirty King Loufan anymore, do you?"

Yingzhen sighed faintly, she knew that she would not be able to ask any more questions.

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In Jiuyuan, the night is getting dark.

On the top of the city, a pine torch was inserted obliquely every ten steps. Although the faint light of the fire was not enough to illuminate the outside of the city, it was enough to illuminate the entire city. In the flickering light of the fire, two guards were keeping watch. In the distance, a group of seven patrolmen was lined up neatly, driving towards this side at a neat pace.

Although the Hu people had retreated to rescue the siege, the old Qin people were not careless.

A sentry walked up to the battlements, raised his war robe and was releasing water outside the city. He seemed to see a little light from the corner of his eyes. He turned his head to look carefully, and he saw the ghostly ghost under the night sky in the north. A little flame jumped out, the sentry still couldn't believe it, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, but the flame seemed to be brighter.

After less than a moment, the light of the fire turned into two points, and then four points. When another sentry and the patrolmen passing by the city were attracted, a large fire appeared under the northern night sky. In the flickering light of the fire, one can faintly hear the neighing of horses and people boiling, barbarians, barbarians!
"Human, damn it, it's a Huren!" The chief of the patrol suddenly took a breath, and then hissed and howled, "Humans are attacking the city, blow the horn, blow the horn to warn..."

In an instant, the short sound of the horn has already soared into the sky.

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When the horn sounded, Meng Ji was still awake, still reading in the study.

At that moment, Meng Ke stood up, put on his clothes in a hurry, and headed straight for the North City with dozens of soldiers. When Meng Ke and his soldiers boarded the enemy tower in the North City, countless Hu Qimen had already flooded in with torches. Arriving outside Jiuyuan City, with the bright daylight of the fire, Meng Ji discovered that the barbarians outside the city turned out to be Lou Annoying!
"The building is annoying?!" Meng Chu couldn't help frowning.

What is Lou Fan Wang doing?The princess just married him. On the wedding night, instead of staying in the royal court to accompany the princess, why did he raise troops and come to Jiuyuan?Also, just come, why bring so many Huqi?Looking at the situation outside the city, King Loufan probably brought all the [-] strong men of the Loufan tribe with him, right?

Could it be that King Loufan wanted to take advantage of this time to sneak attack Jiuyuan?

It's a good idea, but it's a pity that the old Qin people would never make such a mistake.

Immediately, Meng Xun shouted: "I pass on my general order, the whole city is under martial law, and all gates are on guard to prevent barbarian spies from sneaking into the city gate!"

Previously, because of Princess Yingzhen's marriage, many Hu people took the opportunity to flood into Jiuyuan City. Now that the old Qin people can't care about hunting down these Hu people for the time being, they can only implement martial law first, and then strengthen the defense of the city gates. .

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In the post house, Bailixian and Youyuan are listening to the movement on the street outside the window.

Not long ago, the two were awakened by a sound of horns.

Soon, there was a rush of horseshoes on the street outside, and then a loud voice rang out: "General Meng has an order, from now on the whole city is under martial law, everyone stays in the house obediently, No one is allowed to go to the streets without permission, listen carefully, no one is allowed to go to the streets, anyone who violates the order...will be killed immediately!"

You Yuan, who was about to go out to inspect, sat back on the table, frowned and said: "It's all right, why is martial law enforced?"

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and said calmly: "It is likely that the general has won, and King Loufan became angry and led Loufan's army to attack Jiuyuan again, ha ha."

You Yuan said: "You mean, the general has already succeeded?"

"Nine times out of ten it is like this." Bai Lixian smiled and said, "King Lou Fan's good things come to naught, but Meng Ji is hard to argue with. This scuffle between the old Qin people and Lou Fanren is probably inevitable. Together with the melee, the Aries and the Linhu people will definitely be involved, so that the water in Jiuyuan will be completely muddied, and then we will see how the general fishes in troubled waters."

Youyuan grinned and said with a smirk: "Brother Baili, you have already muddied the water in Jiuyuan, why should the general catch a few big fish? It would be best if he could annoy the buildings in Hetao. The Baiyang people and the Linhu people are all integrated, and with the addition of the old Qin people in Jiuyuan City, we can almost gain a foothold in Hetao, right?"

"Lilu Hetao?" Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said, "No, Hetao is a dead place, not worth it. The general will eventually return to Jiangdong."

(End of this chapter)