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38. Break the West Pass(1/2)

Four soldiers were kneeling at the door of the golden tent. In the golden tent, Bo Lai was reporting to Yang Hao with a dark face to declare the declaration and asking for poisoning.W     w W.

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CoM suddenly heard a chaos outside the tent. Dongfang Lan jumped out with a knife. Soon he was tearing apart with a woman. Seeing his hands and feet cramped, Yang Hao wanted to scold him. When he saw the face of the woman wrapped in black veil, his anger disappeared.

"Let him come in." Yang Hao shouted from the air.

Dongfang Lan hurriedly threw away her hand, and the woman did not bother him. She walked straight into the golden tent and walked straight towards Yang Hao. There were seven or eight civil and military officials in the golden tent, but no one dared to stop him. Everyone knew the somewhat unusual story between this woman and the commander.

Qing'er walked to Yang Hao and stopped, her face as white as a piece of paper. Suddenly she pulled out a shiny dagger from her sleeve and stabbed Yang Hao's neck. All the generals were stunned, and only Bo Lai shouted: "Master-in-law, be careful!"

Yang Hao had already read from Qing'er's gaze that she had a bad intention. As soon as she raised her hand holding the knife, Yang Hao became alert. He grabbed her wrist with a sharp look on her face. Seeing that the assassination failed, Qing'er spat on his face and scolded viciously: "Despicable."

Bo Lai had already rushed behind Qing'er. Seeing this, he waved his hand to call out two Jianpu camp guards and shouted: "Catch them."

Yang Hao wiped off the phlegm with his sleeve, threw Qing'er's knife on the table, and said, "I didn't kill anyone."

Qing'er said, "The genius believes in you!"

Bo Lai said: "Madam, don't wrongly accus the general. Xiao Qingyi, who poisoned General Guan, pretended to be soldiers and sneaked into the military camp to feed General Guan and eat poison. Please see, the four kneeling outside the door are."

Qing'er sneer said, "Is that so? Since she is the murderer, can I kill them to avenge her husband?"

Bo Lai said: "Madam wants to kill the enemy with her hand to avenge her husband? This is a heroic act, please give me a favor."

Qing'er glared at him, shook the two guards away, grabbed the dagger and rushed to the four people kneeling in front of the door. The guard stopped him and refused. Bo Lai shouted: "A person has accepted his guilt, can be killed."

The guard then let her approach. Qing'er plucked up the courage to grab a person's head, screamed and slashed, and stabbed him in the neck. She thought that someone would have to stop her as soon as she tried her best, but unexpectedly, the man screamed "ah" and blood gushed. Qing'er's hand trembled, and the dagger fell to the ground. When she saw her hand covered in blood, she fainted with a "ah".

Bo Lai stepped forward to check and returned to Yang Hao: "What should I do if the person fainted when he was scared?"

Yang Hao said angrily: "What do you think of assassinating the head coach in the Golden Tent? My General Bo." After speaking, he shook his hand and left. Bo Lai was speechless and couldn't speak. He watched Yang Hao walk away. He looked at the generals in the Tent again. Everyone laughed and said, "General Bo, be cautious, be cautious."

Bo Lai also came to his senses, smiled self-deprecatingly, and ordered the guards: "This person assassinating the Grand Marshal is a serious offender. I will take a good trial. Listen, show me carefully. If something goes wrong, I want your heads!"

The guards agreed.

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Almost the same as previously thought, when the three armies of Suide, Weiyuan and Xining surrounded Lingwu and Lingzhou in a three-legged manner, the Wang family, which had long been terminally ill, immediately collapsed.

Wang Chong'an, who succeeded Wang Chongwen as the governor, has been seriously ill for three years. The 20-year-old governor has almost never lived a stable life since he took over the scepter from his brother's hand. He has lived in the shadow of his grandmother Tang's, living in endless fear. He has never even had the idea of ​​revitalizing the Wang family. He has had a strange disease and cannot afford to get sick. Shuofang's military and political affairs are completely controlled by Tang's hand.

With the power accumulated by Wang Xilian over the decades, coupled with the almost ignorant loyalty of Shuofang old ministers such as Xie Bozhi and Wang Dongchuan, Shuofang Town, which had long been hollowed out by internal and external troubles, was still breathing and dead without being stiff, and it has been dragged to this day.

But when the Xining Army's flag appeared outside the city again, everyone except the Tang clan realized that the Wang family in Shuofang was over.

Tang clan was banned from the family of all the top figures in the city by holding a banquet, and used it as a hostage, forcing all troops to fight to the end with the Xining army.

In a critical moment, Xie Bozhi and Wang Dongchuan joined forces to rebel and attacked the Wang family's old house in one fell swoop. The stubborn Tang dragged his seriously ill grandson to the Wang family's ancestral hall. After crying in front of the spiritual throne of the ancestor of the Wang family, he asked Wang Chong'an to commit suicide. Wang Chong'an could not hold the knife, and Tang asked him to take poison. Wang Chong'an told his grandmother that he believed in Buddhism and those who committed suicide could not be entrusted to be a human being in the next life. Tang's heart was disheartened and resolutely caused trouble.

As soon as the fire broke out, Lingzhou County Magistrate Tang Chun led three soldiers into the ancestral hall. Tang, who was jumping and screaming in the fire, rescued Wang Chong'an, who was burned half of his body. After this fright, Wang Chong'an, the governor of Shuofang, could not stand up again. After wailing in pain for a night, the morning of the second day after Tang was killed, the Minister of Revenue, Shuofang, the Minister of Revenue, and the Marquis of Hexi, Wang Chong'an, returned to the west at the age of twenty.

The officials and the people of Hecheng elected Xie Bozhi as an ambassador to seek peace and went out of the city to negotiate with the Khitan Galgudu.

Xie Bozhi came to the Xining Army camp outside the city. The gatekeeper refused to accept it, threatening to never accept it unless the soldiers and civilians of Shuofang left the city to surrender. Xie Bozhi said: "In the past, the Yang army sent tens of thousands of troops to siege Lingwu for months and could not defeat him. The army was exhausted and lost to Duke Wen. Today, the Yang army came back and his power was several times higher than before. However, our Shuofang was unfortunate, and his fortune was approaching. Now the Wang family cannot support the Shuofang family. The people of the Hecheng City hoped that the Yang army envoy would be in a long drought and rain. The Duke recommended that the military envoy stayed in peace. The military envoy stayed in the door and wouldn't it cool the hearts of the people in the city, let alone the wishes of the people. Xie Bozhi came here to obey the imperial order of Princess Yichun. The military envoy would not be able to meet the Buddha's face if the military envoy was long. Wouldn't he see him next?"

The battalion officer went back to report, and immediately came back, saying to Xie Bozhi: "My commander said that he really asked for peace. Please ask Princess Yichun to come to my camp to show his sincerity. If you don't see the princess's carriage before sunset, our three armies will attack the city tomorrow. The city will be broken and no grass will grow."

Xie Bozhi had no choice but to return it. When he walked halfway, he suddenly fell off his horse. He dodged his waist and could not walk or ride a horse. He had to take a token for his followers and ordered him to return it to the city and hand it over to Wang Dongchuan, asking him to lead the officials and people in the city to ask Princess Yichun Li Qing to move to the Xining Army camp outside the city.

When Wang Dongchuan received the token, he was reluctant and helpless, so he had to gather officials and bit the bullet and invite the princess. Along the way, most of the officials escaped. When he arrived at the Princess's Mansion in Xijie, there were only three or five low-ranking officials including Tang Chun. Wang Dongchuan asked the princess to move out of the city with great righteousness. The princess refused and said to Wang Dongchuan who came to invite her: "My husband was demoted for crimes. Although I am a princess, I am inconvenient to interfere in government affairs. Jieshuai was killed. You should recommend the queen and report to the emperor, but come to ask me what I did?"

Wang Dongchuan said: "Can you know who the Khitan tribe outside the city?"

Princess Yichun said, "Who is he? What does he have to do with me? You can't force my daughter out of the city to kill the enemy, right?"

Wang Dongchuan said: "I dare not. It's just that the princess doesn't come out, I'm afraid that Lingzhou and Lingwu cities will be difficult to preserve."

Li Qing said calmly: "I have prepared a pot of medicinal wine for myself. I would rather die than do anything that would damage my identity."

Wang Dongchuan said: "If the princess knew that the Galgudu from outside the city was actually Yang Hao from Fengzhou in the past, how would she feel?"

Li Qing heard this and smiled angrily, "It's great, it's great, you can save your glory and wealth by giving me out. What are you waiting for? Take action."

Wang Dongchuan hesitated, and Tang Chun, the magistrate of Lingwu County, who came with him, advised: "General, you must not hesitate anymore. For the sake of the people in the city, please ask the princess to leave the city."

Wang Dongchuan then gritted his teeth and asked Li Qing to go on the road. The generals surrounded the princess's mansion and urged the princess to go on the road. The voices were strong and shocked half of the city. Li Qing had no choice but to bite her teeth and leave the mansion. Before the trip, the female official Jin Taoyin was busy telling the maid to look forward to her home. Li Qing said: "What else can I see? Can I come back after I go?"

Everyone cried bitterly when they heard the sound, surrounding her and refused to let her go out. Tang Chun looked at the sky and became impatient for a moment. He ordered the soldiers to beat the palace servants with wooden sticks, holding hands to separate the way.

After coming out of the east gate of Lingzhou, I saw the Xining Army's camp. The flags fluttered in the camp were still familiar to me, but now my mood is very different from the past. Li Qing's face was as deep as water, and she walked into the Xining Army camp calmly. Tang Chun and others who were escorting her were stopped at the gate. Tang Chun was furious: "I am the princess's escort, why did you stop me? What's your intention?"

The camp officer shouted, "Why are you yelling? Who are you? Do you know where this is? Xining Army Camp! Are you so arrogant here? Don't say that you are a little princess, even if the prince of the Tang Dynasty comes, you have to obediently obediently. If you don't accept it, you can go back to the city. Tomorrow we will fight with real swords and guns, it will be your pussy or my soft-boy."

Tang Chun still had to argue, and Li Qing sarcastically said, "Don't show off her power here anymore. These savages will not be devoted to goodness just because they changed their names. If he really kills him, you will die in vain." Li Qing asked the battalion official: "Report to your military commander to know, so he said that Princess Yichun from Chang'an has come to see him. If you want to kill and cut him, you will be told."

Tang Chun shouted: "Princess should not take risks, come back soon."

Li Qing gave him a contemptuous look and looked at the central army's tent with his chest.

More than twenty horses rumbled over the yellow dust, surrounding Li Qing and his group. The female official Jin Taoyin and Huayi Guard led Tang Yu to guard Li Qing with swords. Tang Yu reminded Li Qing: "Princess, be careful, these savages have always killed people without blinking."

Li Qing sneered without saying a word, and pushed the two away and continued to move forward, openly not afraid.

The horse team surrounded Li Qing and the other two to make various thrilling movements, "Yo Hey" and "Yo Hey" made all kinds of strange sounds, just like the equestrian performance in a circus, but they did not dare to step over the line until they were five feet away from the Central Army tent. The horse team dispersed. There were six big men with blue eyes standing in front of the Central Army tent. Everyone was wearing round-necked robes and scimitars decorated with gold and gems on their waists. None of them had their right palms on the hilt. From the eyes of everyone and the movement of their fingers to hold the knife, Tang Yu noticed a murderous aura of Ling Li Qing. She stretched out her arm to stop Li Qing and reminded: "The princess can't move forward any more."

Li Qing also noticed the murderous aura emitted from these swordsmen, so she also stopped. Jin Taoyin shouted: "My princess is here, why is the commander-in-chief who is neglected to this point?"

After calling twice, the curtain of the central army tent was lifted. A handsome lieutenant walked out with great strides and bowed to Li Qing and said, "Dongfanglan meets Princess Yichun. My general is full of military affairs, so it is not convenient to welcome him far away. Please enter the princess."

Dongfang Lan stood beside her, with a respectful manner. Jin Taoyin was about to scold Yang Hao for being rude, but Li Qing stopped him, sneered, straightened his clothes and entered the central army tent. Jin Taoyin and Tang Yu also wanted to enter, but were stopped by Dongfang Lan. The two of them were a little dissatisfied, and suddenly they saw the six long-robed guards glaring at them, which scared them so much that they did not dare to act rashly again.

The tent of the central army was lit incense, and a faint sweet fragrance wafted. The tooth sign was hanging high, and the masters were arranged on both sides. However, Yang Hao was not seen. Dongfang Lan asked Li Qing to sit down for tea. Li Qing accepted it calmly. He also saw that he was not tall, thin, and obviously lame when walking, and brought the official to a tea shop for her to enjoy it.

Li Qing twisted a piece of cake and put it on her lips to sniff it. Yes, it was her favorite Hu cake from Hu Shisan's family in Shengyefang. It was a store opened by a merchant from the Western Regions. It was famous in Chang'an City and opened a branch in Luoyang City. Apart from that, there was no branch. She put down the Hu cake and said to the middle-aged man who looked like an officer: "I have arrived, where is the Grand Marshal?"

The middle-aged man was Bo Lai. He replied, "Your Highness, please be careful not to be impatient. The general is dealing with an emergency official business."

Li Qing then refused to answer and drank tea, but did not eat the Hu cake. After about one stick of incense, he drank the tea twice before Dongfang Lan entered the tent and reported: "The Grand Marshal, please invite His Royal Highness the Princess."

Li Qing put down the tea bowl, tidy up her clothes, and followed Dongfang Lan around the screen. It turned out that Yang Hao was sitting in the signing room behind the screen. When Li Qing met, she said, "Mayor Yang is busy with all kinds of things and share the worries of the country. Fortunately, he is suffering."

Yang Hao stood up and greeted him: "The princess has been in trouble, and I am lucky to have a hard time. Please sit down."

Li Qing asked: "Is there a seat in front of the Grand Marshal?"

When Yang Hao heard that she was not good at speaking, he walked around the Hu bench and table, and personally brought a Hu chair with him to the upper seat, saying, "You are a noble man in heaven, how could you not sit there?"

Li Qing was not polite, and sat down. Bo Lai offered tea again. Li Qing refused to accept it and said, "I drank a lot of tea, but I won't drink it." Bo Lai looked at Yang Hao, and Yang Hao said, "Prepare a banquet to welcome the princess."

While looking at Li Qing again, he sneered: "I haven't seen you for several years, and the princess's style remains the same."

Li Qing said: "The general is getting more majestic."

Yang Hao said: "Did the princess blame me for being disrespectful?"

Li Qing said: "How dare you? You are now the commander of the Khitan, the general of President Mobei, Hexi, Zhenwu, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers under your command. How dare I, a princess in trouble, compete for any etiquette? The general is still thinking about giving me a piece of cake and giving me a bowl of tea, and I am satisfied."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "The princess's lyrics are still so sharp, so I feel relieved. It seems that the wind and frost of years have not erased the fire in your heart. You are still you, and it is no different from when you were in Chang'an. If you have to say that there is, it means that you have experienced the wind and rain, and have gotten rid of your youth and become mature."

Li Qing said with a calm face: "The general has been in Hu for a long time and has completely become a Hu person."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "What's wrong with Hu people? Hu people will say everything they have hidden in their hearts. Unlike us Tang people, who always like to hide their own worries when speaking and doing things."

After hearing this, Li Qing couldn't help but feel excited. She couldn't help but pick up the tea left by her hand and drink it again.

Seeing her forced calm appearance, Yang Hao felt at a loss and said, "I came here to follow the secret order to control Zhenwu, Shuofang, and Mobei military affairs, and make a last fight with the eunuch. I was afraid that the sword would be eyeless and shocked the princess, so I wanted to ask the princess to move the imperial carriage to Fengzhou. This is also the practice of the Old Testament a few years ago."

Li Qing said: "What if I don't follow?"

Yang Hao smiled and said, "I believe the princess will think about the overall situation."

Li Qing scolded: "The more rude you become, you want to manipulate me, and I will tell you that even if I die, I will never be your puppet."

Li Qing suddenly turned her back and threw the tea bowl and rushed out of the tent. Bo Lai and Dongfang Lan watched her leave without any stopping. Li Qing rushed out of the central army tent. Seeing Jin Taoyin and Tang Yu two female officials leading more than twenty flower guards, lined up outside, with a bag on their arms, looking shocked and suspicious. Behind them was a team of soldiers, with cold faces as iron as they were. Everyone pressed the handle of the knife. Just waited for a command, they immediately took the heads of the twenty flower guards.

Everyone in the Huayiwei was selected by Li Qing. He was with each other day and night, and he had already been like his sisters. In times of crisis, they didn't care about any etiquette and surrounded him to ask for safety. His words were sincere, and Li Qing's eyes turned red. One person asked her: "They said the princess had promised to move to Fengzhou and let us pack our luggage and follow him. If the princess refused to go, we would rather die than obey." Everyone agreed and said: "We are willing to follow the princess to death." Jin Taoyin scolded: "Where are you who are determined to die? " She choked and said: "We swore to accompany the princess until death. Today we are trapped in the enemy camp. No matter how humiliated and tortured you are, you must protect the princess. How can you be loyal to your reputation and abandon the princess?"

Everyone quickly changed their words, and Li Qing wiped his tears and said, "You fools, you are not going to the end of the country. Yang Dama is my old friend. Uighurs defeated the country and soldiers are everywhere. He asked me to move to Fengzhou because of my safety. He was originally a good intention of protecting, but why did you say that you are separated from life and death? You and my sister have experienced so many hardships, and the good days have just begun."

After hearing this, everyone became happy. Li Qing comforted everyone, then turned her back to the tent, and said to Yang Hao, "You are really good enough. I am convinced. You want to take revenge and come to me! Why bother to implicate my servant?" Yang Hao sneered and refused to answer. Li Qing paused, changed into a smile, and said, "I know you are kind-hearted, I have received your kindness. Didn't you say you have prepared a banquet? I'm hungry."

After hearing this, Yang Hao lost the official document in his hand, got up, patted his clothes, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Li Qing, and said with a smile: "That's right. I was kind-hearted, but I was told by you that I had ulterior motives. This really makes people die unjustly."

He ordered Bo Lai: "Teach the princess servant to wash, and after that, we will go to the banquet together."

Li Qing said: "Isn't there a single woman in your camp?"

Dongfang Lan looked at Bo Lai and laughed, and Bo Lai's face immediately turned red.

Li Qing looked at Bo Lai who had left with her legs, looked back at Yang Hao, and said sarcastically: "You are ambition." Yang Hao took back his handkerchief from her hand, turned around and scolded Dongfang Lan, and said: "Damn it and insult the general of the army, go out to get thirty military sticks by himself."

Dongfang Lan yelled, took off her waist knife and walked out, and Li Qing shouted, "Stop! This is because of me, why bother others? Yang Dashui, if you want to hit me."

Yang Hao said, "Princess is joking. You are a noble man in heaven. How dare you greet you?" He ordered him to say, "Princess's decree: Dongfang Lan's thirty military sticks are exempted. Dongfang Lan, you are not grateful."

Dongfang Lan then knelt down and thanked her, tied her belt, put on a knife, and stood in front of the desk.

Yang Hao approached and asked Li Qing in a low voice: "Do you think he looks like Yang Kai from the past?"

Li Qing's face suddenly turned cold like frost. She slapped him in the face and turned around and left the central army's tent.

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To be continued...
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