Chapter 186 I have to be careful with her in the future

Zhiluo couldn't refute.

She knew that Yun Qingqing was right. If she accepted offerings from mortals and became the patron saint of a region, she would be bound by the corresponding rules.

She nodded:

"Then you must be careful. I will go back to the Imperial Capital and wait for you."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly stepped forward and lightly touched Yun Qingqing's forehead with her lips. Then her figure flashed and turned into a wisp of green smoke and floated away.

Yun Qingqing felt a slight heat on her forehead and felt a little touched.

This girl must have put most of the merits she had accumulated during this period into the blessing just now.

He ran away so abruptly because he was afraid that she would not accept it.

Suddenly, she felt the air pressure beside her drop sharply. Yun Qingqing turned around and saw Xiao Changheng with a cold face and eyes lowered, wondering what he was thinking.

She thought that a great battle was about to begin, and she thought that he must be under a lot of pressure, so she smiled at him:

"Don't worry, I won't hold you back, let's go."

After saying that, he walked out first.

Xiao Changheng looked at her back dimly and gritted his teeth.

It seems that I have to be careful about that mountain ghost in the future!

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Yun Qingqing's dress was too conspicuous in the army, so she changed into silver armor and followed Xiao Changheng as a guard.

This matter was not made public. Except for the senior generals who had met Yun Qingqing, no one noticed that there was an extra guard behind the commander-in-chief.

In the last battle, Liang's 100,000 soldiers faced Xilan's 200,000 troops plus the barbarian's 50,000 troops.

After Xiao Changheng risked his life to kill the enemy general, he finally won a narrow victory. At the cost of losing 20,000 troops, he annihilated more than 50,000 enemies. Now he still has 80,000 troops guarding Linye.

On this day, the city gates were wide open and the 80,000-strong army marched quickly westward. Near dusk, they arrived at a valley more than 70 miles west of the city.

Xiao Changheng ordered the army to stop.

The north wind was bleak, the valley was filled with snow, the mountains on both sides were covered in silver, dotted with green pine and cypress forests.

The birds and beasts were silent, and all things were quiet.

Yun Qingqing gripped the reins tightly, glanced at Xiao Changheng who was leading the group on Qianlixue, and said calmly:

"There's an ambush."

Xiao Changheng just snorted softly, and a sinister laugh echoed in the valley:

"The Regent is well-informed indeed. As soon as Fen County was besieged by the barbarians, you immediately sent troops to help!"

Following this voice, thousands of soldiers suddenly appeared from the dense forests and behind the huge rocks on all sides of the valley. These people wore gray and white robes over their armor and were extremely difficult to be discovered hiding in the snow!

The leading general was nine feet tall, with a broad back and strong arms, but his eyes were sharp and bright.

He looked at Xiao Changheng and laughed:

"Xiao Changheng, you probably didn't expect this, did you? Fen County is just a ruse to lure you into a trap! This general has been waiting for you here for a long time! Hahahaha..."

"Tuoba Peng!" Chang Zongyan looked at the enemy commander and said in a low voice with gritted teeth, "It turns out that Xilan's new commander is him. It's a good time to settle the old scores together!"

Yun Qingqing thought it was normal for border generals to have old grudges with the enemy country, but Nan Zheng suddenly looked at her and whispered:

"When the prince was assassinated and poisoned and fell into a coma, Tuoba Peng led his troops to launch a surprise attack. It is impossible to say that the assassination had nothing to do with him."

Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked back and forth between Tuoba Peng and Xiao Changheng, as if she was thinking about something.

Suddenly a messenger came running from behind and reported:

"Report - Commander, enemy troops have appeared at the exit of the valley behind us, blocking our retreat!"

Tuoba Peng's laughter became more arrogant:

"Xiao Changheng, your army in Linye City is no more than 80,000 at most. Today, I, the general, have brought 170,000 troops to besiege you! If you know what's good for you, surrender now and I can spare your life! Otherwise, neither you nor the 80,000 troops behind you will be able to leave alive today!"

"Oh?" Xiao Changheng's expression was calm. "If I don't want to, how many soldiers are you going to pay to swallow up my 80,000 troops?"

Tuoba Peng's smile froze and he said angrily:

"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin! If you insist on fighting to the death, this general will grant your wish!"

"If I could kill you, the war god of Daliang, no matter how much it costs, this general will definitely go down in history!"

He raised his hand and was about to give an order when he suddenly heard a sharp whistle coming from a distance.

Tuoba Peng paused, turned his head and looked back, only to see a long column of green smoke rising into the sky, and the whistling sound came from there.

"Huh?" He was slightly startled. "Isn't that the signal from the Liang army? How come it appeared in the rear?"

Xiao Changheng's lips finally curled up coldly:

"Tuoba Peng, have you ever thought that the purpose of my trip was never to help Fen County?"

"What!" Tuoba Peng suddenly turned his head to look at him, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

As if to confirm his guess, a messenger came running from the back of Xilan's team and reported:

"It's bad, Commander! The Liang army has appeared in the rear!"

Tuoba Peng took a breath and said in surprise:

"How many people are there?"

"Too many to count! And judging by the momentum, their numbers are no less than ours!" The soldier looked confused.

I originally thought that the Liang State/army was made into dumplings, but I didn’t expect that I was the dumpling filling!

"You are such a jerk, Xiao Changheng!" Tuoba Peng glared at him, "Don't be too complacent too soon. We are evenly matched now, and it's still unknown who will win!"

"Equally matched?" Xiao Changheng raised his chin slightly, his sharp eyes showing a bit of disdain, "Don't you think that we are evenly matched before you, Xilan, lose to me every time?"

He did not shout loudly, but the sound, wrapped in his internal force, reached the ears of every soldier on the battlefield.

The soldiers of Liang State suddenly burst into laughter, shouting that Xilan was defeated, and Tuoba Peng was so angry that his mouth twitched.

Yun Qingqing never bothered to pay attention to Xiao Changheng's deployment of troops, and roughly understood what was going on after listening to the conversation between the two.

Xilan only thought that Xiao Changheng relied on the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Linye City, and another 20,000 were gone after the last battle.

But in fact, the tiger talisman in his hand can mobilize half of Daliang's troops. How could there be only 100,000 troops stationed in the northwest? I think he had already made a perfect arrangement in secret.

Under the challenge from the Liang army, Tuoba Peng finally couldn't hold back any longer and a war broke out.

Over there, Tuoba Peng gritted his teeth and ordered a charge, hoping to capture the king first and then the bandits, to dampen the morale of the Liang army, to join forces with the Xilan army that was responsible for the encirclement at the exit, and then turn around to deal with the enemy behind.

Xiao Changheng raised his hand calmly, and a whistling arrow shot straight into the sky. The sound of war drums behind the Xilan army suddenly became louder!

At the same time, thousands of Liang archers appeared on the mountaintops on both sides, and waves of arrows rained down on the Xilan army from above!

The situation suddenly reversed!

The battlefield was filled with weapons, shouts and screams, and blood flowed like a river.

Xiao Changheng firmly held the center of the army, deployed his troops and made no rash moves.

Yun Qingqing stood beside him, looking at his focused profile, but she knew in her heart that he always paid some attention to her.

Because of this, he did not personally go out to kill the enemy.

However, it seems that he does not need to fight in person in this battle. The advantage of the Liang army has been established from the very beginning. In the subsequent battlefields, under the command of Xiao Changheng, the advantage expanded like a snowball, and finally forced the last 20,000 to 30,000 Xilan troops into a dead end.

Xiao Changheng ordered to stop the attack, looked at Tuoba Peng, and returned his words intact:

"Surrender now, and I will temporarily spare your life."

Tuoba Peng was covered in blood, staring at him with bloodshot eyes, and suddenly laughed wildly:

"You wish!"

"Do you think you won this battle? Hahahahahaha... In the end, you and I are just helping others!"

After saying this, he raised his sword across his neck and screamed:

"Do you still count what you said? I promise you! As long as Xiao Changheng can be killed, you can take his life!"