Chapter 254 Raid
The urgent news from the border was like a thunderclap, breaking the peace in Huainan.
The cavalry battalion stationed at the camp was attacked, and General Li hurriedly led his troops to resist. However, the enemy was so aggressive and ruthless that the cavalry battalion gradually could not resist and could only send people to rush back to report the news.
The cavalryman who delivered the message was already unconscious, and the military report only briefly stated that the Xilin army had launched a surprise attack, warning and asking for help. Su Qingwan looked at this brief and tense military report, and her eyebrows slightly frowned.
The peace talks between the two countries had just ended, the armistice treaty had been signed, and Xilin Yongxuan had already sent a message back to Xilin. Logically, the Xilin border troops would never cross the Lanning River and massacre the Huainan Cavalry Guard Camp. What went wrong?
After General Xiao Ning learned the news, he quickly put on his light armor. The 3,000 vanguards assembled in the shortest possible time. He came to Su Qingwan, knelt on one knee and asked for orders to rush to the camp for rescue. Su Qingwan thought about it for a while, and immediately ordered someone to fetch her light armor. She decided to lead the vanguard to the cavalry camp in person.
Seeing this, General Xiao Ning advised with a worried look on his face: "Princess, the current situation of the camp is completely unknown. You should stay in the city and close the city gates to ensure safety. I will lead the troops to investigate. As soon as I have any news, I will send someone to tell you."
Su Qingwan looked solemn, shook her head and said, "Xilin Yongxuan's delegation should have arrived at Lanning River by now. The Xilin border army chose to raid the camp at this critical moment, and I'm worried that something might have happened. It's a waste of time to send messages back and forth, I must go with you!"
As he spoke, Luzhu had already swiftly brought the light armor.
Su Qingwan moved quickly and put on her light armor in the blink of an eye. Chenfeng, Luzhu and Qingyun followed closely behind her, and together with General Xiaoning, they led the vanguard team to gallop towards the cavalry camp.
General Xiao Ning had accompanied Su Qingwan to Xilin. As her bodyguard, he knew that the princess was determined and it would be difficult to stop her once she made a decision. He had no choice but to follow her.
When they arrived at the Cavalry Guard camp, the scene before them was like hell on earth, with blood flowing like a river and the sound of killing shaking the sky. In the camp, in addition to the fierce fighting between the Huainan Cavalry Guard and the Xilin Border Army, there was also the Xilin Yongxuan team. It turned out that on this dark and windy night, the three parties met on a narrow road upstream of the valley, and the situation instantly got out of control, and a conflict broke out directly.
Xilin Yongxuan was also confused at this moment, and several officials in the delegation were even more at a loss. They had no idea why such a small-scale conflict suddenly broke out on the border.
The Xilin delegation consisted of more than 2,000 people, all of whom were elite soldiers.
General Chen, who led the troops, was Xilin Yongxuan's childhood friend and his confidant. Faced with the sudden situation, General Chen immediately led the delegation's guards to fight with both sides. At first, the Huainan guards did not recognize the Xilin delegation in the dark. They only saw that they were hanging Xilin's flags, so they mistook them for Xilin's reinforcements, and the two sides fought hard.
Although the news from the Cavalry Guard Camp was relatively closed, they exchanged news with Huainan City every day. General Li knew that Xilin Yongxuan was discussing with the princess, but it was too dark at night and he could not recognize them for a while. When he found that the two sides had already fought and both had casualties, he finally recognized that it was the Xilin delegation.
General Li thought to himself that something was wrong, so he rushed to General Chen alone and explained the reason loudly, explaining that this was a surprise attack by the Xilin border army on the Huainan Cavalry Guard camp.
When General Chen heard this, he hurriedly called for a stop and quickly reported the situation to Xilin Yongxuan. When Xilin Yongxuan heard the news, he felt a pang in his heart and secretly felt that something was wrong.
Before he could make a decision, he heard the sound of killing from the river valley again. Someone shouted at the top of his voice: "The Huainan Cavalry Guards are plotting against the Second Prince. Follow me to kill the enemy!"
The situation got out of control in an instant, and the two sides fought fiercely again. Xilin Yongxuan's heart sank, and he keenly realized that something might have happened in the country, and someone wanted to kill him on the border and then put the blame on Huainan. He didn't dare to delay for a moment and immediately got ready to ride. At this time, the Xilin border army had already rushed over like a tide, and collided fiercely with the Huainan cavalry.
"Second Prince, we are here to rescue you! Dayuan tore up the armistice agreement and went back on its word. We, Xilin, will never reconcile with it!" After this loud shout, the other party did not care whether Xilin Yongxuan responded or not, and led his troops to kill him.
Xilin Yongxuan frowned, turned his horse around without hesitation, and galloped towards Huainan City. He knew in his heart that he must not die! Once he died, the armistice agreement would be immediately invalidated, and the trade cooperation he and Su Qingwan had worked so hard to negotiate would become a piece of waste paper, and the two countries would definitely fall into war again.
This must be because there was trouble in the country, and someone wanted to stop him from returning to the country. In order to get rid of him, they planned to kill him at the border and then put the blame on Huainan, using this as a perfect excuse to start a war.
At this moment, the three parties were fighting in a mess, and everyone was confused by the chaotic situation. The two sides of Xilin were all confused and could only fight blindly.
What was even more terrifying was that a mutiny broke out within the delegation. Hundreds of soldiers suddenly turned against their own forces and attacked their brothers with swords. For a moment, the battlefield was filled with flashing swords and shadows, and corpses were everywhere. The scene was too tragic to bear. General Li could not care about the chaos and fighting within the delegation. He followed Xilin Yongxuan closely with his cavalry guards.
Although he was confused, he remained calm and ordered loudly: "No matter what happens, we must do our best to protect the Second Prince of Xilin!" He knew in his heart that if the Second Prince of Xilin died, the crime of murder would definitely be pinned on Huainan.
"Yes!" the guards responded in unison, their voices firm and powerful.
Su Qingwan and General Xiao Ning led three thousand light cavalry and galloped all the way in the dark night.
The Xilin delegation had many people and many carriages, and the pace was very slow. It took them a whole day to reach the river valley. The light cavalry galloped all the way, like black lightning. Xilin Yongxuan was also fleeing towards Huainan. In just one hour, the two sides met halfway.
Su Qingwan saw the flickering fire from afar and also heard the sound of fighting. General Xiao Ning waved his hand, and the three thousand light cavalry instantly split into two teams, like a black dragon, quickly spreading to the left and right, and then quickly surrounded and rushed into the fighting circle with great momentum.
The flag of the Huainan Palace fluttered vigorously in the night wind. Under the flag, Su Qingwan, dressed in light armor and white clothes, looked heroic.
She held a longbow in her hand, took the rocket from Luzhu, looked determined, raised her hand and shot it towards the battlefield. The rocket, with dazzling flames, streaked across the night sky like a meteor and landed on the battlefield.
General Xiao Ning saw this and shouted, "The cavalry guards move to the right. The princess is here. All soldiers follow me!"
In the dark battle, it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, and General Xiao Ning could only command the troops by shouting slogans.
The Huainan army had its own unique training standards. After hearing General Xiaoning's call, the cavalry quickly gathered to the right and rushed to the battlefield in an orderly manner. The Huainan light cavalry rushed into the battlefield like a surging tide.
"Princess!" A shout was heard, and Xilin Yongxuan was seen holding his chest, staggering, looking very embarrassed.
He had fallen off his horse, with a knife wound to his right chest. Blood was pouring out, staining his clothes red. He dragged his heavy steps and walked towards Su Qingwan with difficulty.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers from the Xilin border army came this time, all of them were elite troops with a large number of people. Xilin Yongxuan fled all the way to Huainan City, and they chased him all the way here. During this escape, Xilin Yongxuan was stabbed several times, and at this moment, he was in a very miserable state.
Su Qingwan also saw him at a glance. Xilin Yongxuan was wearing the prince's gorgeous clothes and was very conspicuous in the crowd.
At this moment, suddenly an arrow shot towards Xilin Yongxuan's back like lightning. Xilin Yongxuan was exhausted at this moment and had no power to stop it.
At this critical moment, Su Qingwan did not hesitate, drew the bow and arrow again, squeezed the horse's belly with her legs, and the horse neighed and galloped forward like an arrow.
Almost at the same time, the arrow in Su Qingwan's hand shot out from the bow.
Xilin Yongxuan opened his eyes wide and looked at Su Qingwan from a distance. At that moment, he was filled with despair, thinking that this arrow would kill him. However, to his surprise, the arrow shot by Su Qingwan went through his ear accurately and knocked down the cold arrow shot from behind.
Behind him stood a soldier he was familiar with, and it was that soldier who shot the fatal arrow. Xilin Yongxuan watched this scene, and for a moment, he stood there in a daze, with mixed feelings in his heart. He could never have imagined that his own people would actually put him to death, and the one who saved his life at the critical moment was actually the Princess of Huainan, who was regarded as his old enemy.
No, not only an enemy, but also a friend.
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