Qin Canglan interrupted him without any hesitation: "Your Highness, Leng Jue was a deserter and evacuated the defense of the right wing of the canyon, causing the remaining soldiers to be killed, and the young Marquis Jing was also captured! This old minister would like to ask General Leng if he has colluded with Beiyan and deliberately harmed the soldiers of my Great Zhou and let the Beiyan assassins go!"

Leng Kui was furious: "Qin Canglan! Stop slandering me!"

Qin Canglan snorted coldly: "My granddaughter has a way to kill the assassins. If Leng Jue hadn't deliberately evacuated the right wing, that group of powerful assassins would have died long ago! Leng Kui, do you know who your grandson let go? It will be difficult to have such an opportunity next time! I don't know how many soldiers will die and how tragic the price will be to kill that group of assassins! Moreover, thanks to you, His Highness has exposed his identity outside the city wall. I believe it won't be long before Beiyan will know that His Highness has come to the border. Do you think that group of assassins will come to assassinate His Highness?"

"You——" Leng Kui was choked and the blood rushed to his head.

Every word Qin Canglan said hit the sore spot of Xiao Duye. Firstly, he was afraid that the price would be too high. Even if he won the battle, it would only be a narrow victory and his credit would be greatly reduced. Secondly, he was indeed afraid of being assassinated by the Northern Yan's assassins.

Besides, what Qin Canglan said was right. It was Leng Kui's failure to open the city gate that exposed him! Qin Canglan sighed: "If Jing Yi were here, I wouldn't be afraid of someone coming to assassinate His Highness."

Yes, Jing Yi is so skilled in martial arts, he can definitely protect himself.

Because of whom was Jing Yi captured by Bei Yan?

Leng Kui's grandson.

Could this Leng guy really be colluding with the Northern Yan people? Seeing the suspicious look Xiao Duye cast at him, Leng Kui felt very upset. He advocated peace, but he did not collaborate with the enemy and commit treason!

He knelt on one knee and said, "I am willing to swear on my life that I will be loyal to the Great Zhou and will never have second thoughts!"

Don’t worry about your nagging... Xiao Duye was worried about the assassination attempt by Beiyan, so he walked into the tent without looking back.

Xiao Duye is a perfect tool. If Su Xiaoxiao brought Xiao Shunyang with her on this trip, she would not be so easily instigated.

Qin Canglan said to the two juniors, "Xiaoxiao, Mo'er, let's go."

Su Mo put away his sword, wiped Su Xiaoxiao's long sword clean, put it back into her scabbard, and held her wrist: "Let's go."

Su Xiaoxiao walked past Leng Kui and his grandson in the cold wind with an expressionless face.

Looking at the three people's receding backs, Leng Kui held his grandson's head, endless hatred and anger flashing in his eyes.

Back in the tent, the three discussed a plan to rescue Jing Yi.

Su Mo recalled: "I followed the horse's hoof prints, but when I reached the river, there was no clue. I guess they either walked across the river on the ice, or there is a hidden secret passage nearby."

Qin Canglan sat opposite the two of them. He thought for a moment and said, "Tuoba Lie chose Xiaofeng Mountain as the place to camp. It seems that he had made arrangements in advance."

Su Xiaoxiao whispered, "After they lost the battle, they will definitely not treat Jing Yi well and will take their anger out on him."

Qin Canglan didn't say anything.

There were prisoners of war from the Great Zhou who fell into the hands of the Northern Yan people. They were tortured and could neither live nor die.

Su Mo said solemnly: "Now I don't know where Jing Yi is hiding. Otherwise, maybe we can rescue Jing Yi secretly."

At Xiaofeng Mountain, the fleeing Northern Yan army set up camp in the woods.

Tuoba Lie took off his shirt in his tent, revealing his muscular bare arms.

The accompanying medical officer was treating his injuries. His left shoulder was cut by Qin Canglan's big knife, so deep that the bone was visible. Blood was flowing all the way, and his face was pale.

But compared with the casualties of the army, my injuries were nothing.

"Thirty thousand...thirty thousand troops!"

After a confrontation with Qin Canglan, he lost 30,000 soldiers. This is a great shame! The medical officer did not dare to respond and concentrated on healing him.

The trusted deputy general said: "General, don't be angry. After all, he is Qin Canglan, a person that even General Helian is worried about and afraid of."

Tuoba Lie certainly knew that losing to Qin Canglan was not shameful, but that was when the forces were equal. Today, his own forces clearly far outnumbered the enemy's, yet he was defeated in less than half a day.

He couldn't swallow this! "That Su Mo is not an easy person to deal with!"

Among the 30,000 troops, 10,000 were surrounded and killed by Su Mo and Leng Hua.

Su Mo also killed three assassins who were protecting him!

The trusted deputy general said: "General, this trip is not without gain. We have captured Jing Yi. Jing Yi has been with Qin Canglan's granddaughter and they seem to have a very close relationship. We can use Jing Yi to negotiate with Qin Canglan. We are not afraid that Qin Canglan will not agree!"

"yes!"

The trusted deputy general took a barbed whip and went to the tent where Jing Yi was imprisoned.

After the assassins brought Jing Yi over, they threw him into the tent and left him there. He was seriously injured and couldn't run away, so no one was watching him.

He had a high fever and was lying on the cold ground, unconscious.

In his arms, a little macaw was awakened by the scald and crawled out with its smoking tongue hanging out.

My humble abode is finally no longer my humble abode, but has become a furnace, but the Five Tigers are not happy.

It jumped onto Jingyi's head and scratched Jingyi's face with its wings, but Jingyi didn't react.

It jumped onto Jingyi again, jumping around to try to wake him up.

But Jingyi just wouldn't wake up.

The five tigers thought about it, flapped their wings and flew under the curtain, then struggled to get out through the gap.

A cold wind mixed with ice and snow came over the surface, blowing it to the ground and making it roll.

It shook off the snowflakes on its body and was about to fly away, when suddenly, a falcon swooped down from the branch and swallowed the five tigers in one gulp.

The five tigers were so scared that they quickly hid back in the tent! This falcon was trained by Tuoba Lie to convey messages to Helian Ye. It was very ferocious and loved to eat rabbits and small birds like the five tigers.

Wu Hu found some decorative bird feathers in the tent and disguised himself as a charming little female eagle.

It first stretched out its charming little bird claws and waved them outside twice, making sure that the other party did not attack it, then it walked out boldly.

It shook its little bird butt seductively and shook the beautiful tail on its butt.

Falcon was completely confused.

The five tigers walked forward gracefully, twisting their wings as they walked. Suddenly, they flapped their wings and flew away!

The falcon flew out to catch the tigers reflexively, but the five tigers passed through a crisscross of vines. The falcon was too big and got stuck.

The five tigers successfully escaped, braving the biting wind and snow, flapping their little wings until smoke came out, and finally flew back to the military camp in Wengcheng.

"Boss, boss! The Five Tigers are back!"

Wei Xun held the small ice sculpture that fell from the sky and ran quickly to Su Xiaoxiao's tent.

Su Xiaoxiao took the frozen parrot and asked, "Is Jingyi still alive?"

The little parrot nodded.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Take me to find him!"

The little parrot hesitated.

Su Xiaoxiao: "Five bird food."

It’s not a question of whether there is bird food or not. It’s just that the wind outside is so strong that the bird can’t flap its little wings!

I want to live in a nice and soft place! Su Xiaoxiao: "Ten."

The frozen little wings came back to life in a second, and the five tigers flew up majestically.

Where to live!

Life never stops, struggle never ceases! Working birds are so domineering! Su Xiaoxiao put on her cloak, grabbed the long sword on the table, and looked at the snow in the sky.

Jingyi, wait for me.

(End of this chapter)