Chapter 229 General Qi is still alive
After the queen finished speaking, she continued to look at the map and ignored them.
Lu Xinran didn't dare to walk towards the table, which was full of military reports. Although she could get all the news through the system, she wouldn't look at the things she shouldn't see.
She looked around the tent and finally chose to walk over to the Queen to look at the map together.
"This battle is actually already very easy to fight."
After the cold winter, there is no need to worry about whether the soldiers can withstand the heavy snow and the freezing cold.
Although the nights in April are still chilly, they are not freezing cold enough.
Lu Xinran listened to the Queen's words and knew that she was not talking to them, but just talking to herself out of habit, so she continued to stare at the map.
Song Junyan surrounded the empress with them. He spoke very little along the way and just stared at the empress for more and more time.
It seemed as if he wanted to take a closer look at this mother, whom he had not understood thoroughly.
The sounds of fighting, screams, and horse hooves rang out all night long, and only gradually subsided at dawn.
The queen listened to the military reports sent back and counted on the map with satisfaction.
"Pass the order down. Everyone rest for two hours. The army will set off after two hours."
She grew up here and is familiar with the terrain of several dangerous passes better than anyone else.
She had sent people to explore the road the day before and confirmed that the snow on the path leading to Hanyu Pass had melted long ago and there was no one guarding either side of the road.
The army can take this opportunity to take a shortcut and head straight for Hanyu Pass today, resolving the urgent need at Hanyu Pass in the shortest time and with the least damage.
When Lu Xinran saw the Queen's arrangements in the booklet, she was so exhausted that she almost crushed the word "admiration" into pieces.
How can the Queen be so brave!
Although she had just arrived here, she seemed to have already seen the day of victory.
As the army moved forward, she sent people to deal with all the spies sent by the enemy.
We still had to march quickly, going into the mountains and passing through the winding paths. As evening approached, we could already see the towering walls of Hanyu Pass.
The queen calmly waved her hand, signaling the army to set up camp.
"Pass the order not to use open flames."
Their whereabouts must not be discovered by the barbarians, so that they can achieve unexpected results tomorrow.
After everything was settled, Lu Xinran watched the empress change into her night clothes, ordered people to wrap the horse's hooves tightly with cloth, and then left quietly.
Song Junyan and Lu Xinlan looked at Lu Xinran almost subconsciously, while Lu Xinran opened the system.
[It is too risky for the Queen to do this. What if Qi Yu is still seriously injured and unconscious? It will be very dangerous for her to go to the city alone.]
[And after so many years, can Qi Yu still remember the bone flute message? ]
Twenty years have passed. Time is like an invisible hand that can erase all traces of the existence of many things.
If they can't communicate with people in the same city, then wouldn't their current location become somewhat dangerous?
Listening to her mumbling, Song Junyan's brows were deeply furrowed.
Since leaving Beijing, my impression of my mother seems to have become a different person.
He didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, he just hoped that she could finish the battle unharmed.
All three of them waited anxiously in the main tent until the empress came back exhausted after half past midnight.
Lu Xinran opened the booklet almost immediately and felt relieved when he saw the contents.
[Great, great, General Qi is still alive. ]
Not only is he alive, he is also in contact with the queen through the bone flute.
They will definitely be able to stabilize the situation tomorrow by working together inside and outside to drive back the barbarians besieging outside Hanyu Pass.
Hearing her excited voice, the queen smiled.
"I'm sorry to have worried you. It's late now. Go back and get some rest."
Song Junyan hesitated, but in the end he said nothing. He just bowed to the queen and left.
Lu Xinran did not dare to show his joy. He just looked at the empress again and again with admiration, and then pulled Lu Xinlan back to the tent.
Before dawn the next day, the entire camp was in motion again.
Although Qi Yu was cooperating in the city, it was obvious that there would be a tough battle to fight today, so the three of them were taken to the Queen as soon as they got up.
As always, once a war breaks out, no one can guarantee to protect them, so it is safest to stay with the Queen.
Lu Xinran was nervous and excited. She didn't know how to fight today's tough battle, nor did she know whether everything would go as the Queen expected.
The soldiers' feet were wrapped with cloth, and tens of thousands of them moved through the mountains and forests in a silent manner.
There was only half an hour left before the agreed time. The queen sat on her horse, looked up at the high walls of Hanyu Pass, raised her hand and gestured to the deputy general beside her.
In the morning light, a streak of white smoke suddenly crossed the sky.
The tightly closed city gate suddenly opened, and before the Dana leader was prepared, the Qi family army rushed out of the city gate and directly rushed into their camp.
The Queen had already ordered several lieutenants to lead their men to surround the small road.
Their goal today is to escape, not to eat up all the surrounding enemy forces.
So the goal is very clear, go straight to the location of Leader Dana.
The war started suddenly and ended quickly.
The Dana leader had no time to respond and could only fight and retreat under the protection of his personal guards, allowing the Queen and the Qi family army in the city to tear open a hole in the encirclement and allow the reinforcements to enter Hanyu Pass smoothly.
With the smell of blood still lingering at the tip of his nose, Lu Xinran sat in the study room of the general's mansion feeling a little dazed.
The critical situation that made the emperor worried to the point of losing his hair was reversed so quickly?
Are the generals in the court really too stupid, or is the queen too incompetent?
She suppressed her shock and quickly came back to her senses. She wrote to Yuguan with a task that she had assigned to herself.
She had to find the traitor before the empress prepared to take back Yuchengguan.
It wasn’t the first time that Qi Yu heard his inner voice, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.
He was afraid that he would become invisible in the midst of these inner voices, and reveal all his unspeakable secrets to the Queen.
He sat up with difficulty and wanted to salute the queen, but she waved her hand to refuse.
"My lady, why are you here?"
"There is no queen here, only General Zhang."
The queen sat calmly in the chair, her eyes once again turning to the map.
Qi Yu smiled, then felt a little ashamed.
"I am useless. I lost Yuchengguan and still need you to rescue me."
The queen didn't want to hear more, but her eyes moved from Yutu to him: "How badly are you injured? Is there any serious damage?"
"No, I just hurt my heart and lungs. It looks serious. I will be able to recover after some time."
Injuries to the heart and lungs are not serious?
Lu Xinran immediately opened the booklet with concern, [He lied, he had a narrow escape this time, he almost didn't make it. ]
[And he is so badly injured that he may not be able to fight in the future. ]
[He asked the military doctor to conceal his true condition, fearing that it would shake the morale of the army and give traitors an opportunity to take advantage of it.]