Black smoke filled the air, a sea of ​​fire raged, half the sky was illuminated in red, and a reinforcement force under the flag of the Western Army suddenly rushed out and rushed into the Northern Rong camp.

The screams and neighs of horses were heard everywhere, and the morale of the Northern Rong cavalry was greatly reduced, and they retreated in a hurry.

The demoralized defenders on the city walls immediately cheered up and shouted, "Let's go out of the city to support them!"

"etc!"

Yao Ying called Damo, her voice trembling, "How can we be sure that the reinforcements are ours?"

Damo was stunned: "Isn't he one of us?"

Yao Ying said: "The tactics that the Northern Rong people are best at are encirclement, feinting, surprise attack, psychological warfare, wave after wave of charges, hunting, and driving slaves and civilians to break through our fortifications to clear the way for their cavalry. We have seen all of these tactics... The only thing they are not good at is attacking cities."

"We have to guard against their feint to retreat and first find a way to confirm the identity of the reinforcements."

In the book, the army led by the elderly Haidu Aling captured cities with great success. After conquering various places, he promoted a group of skilled craftsmen who were good at making tools. Those craftsmen were not only highly skilled, but also proficient in mathematics. He relied on the various siege weapons they invented to break through the gates of one city after another.

When Yao Ying was in Haidu Aling's camp, she collected sheep dung, sorted wool, fed horses, and carried heavy weapons. She not only remembered the horse breeds that Haidu Aling raised, but also paid attention to the craftsmen he recruited. After escaping to the royal court, she asked Lao Qi to help her keep an eye out for experienced craftsmen. As long as they had a skill, no matter where they were from, she would hire them.

There are not enough craftsmen in Haidu Aling's tent to help him make siege equipment. Even if there are craftsmen, the Northern Rong are divided into pieces, and he cannot gather so many military supplies with his status.

Yao Ying even suspected that the food and fodder for the Northern Rong army outside the city would not last long.

"We don't have enough troops, and we're not good at balancing the cavalry. We can't fight the Northern Rong head-on. We must defend the city and not rush out. If the reinforcements are a trap, we'll fall into their trap if we go out to meet them."

Bodhidharma calmed down and said, "What if the reinforcements are real?"

The guard on the side said: "I also think it is not appropriate to send troops to support, we can send scouts to take a look first."

After the scouts were sent out, Bodhidharma was extremely anxious and stood on the top of the city wall to watch the battle situation in the distance.

The reinforcements that suddenly appeared were still fighting with the Northern Rong army. More than half of the Northern Rong camp was burned down in a blink of an eye. The Northern Rong army flags were toppled, while the Western Army flags were rushing towards Gaochang, fluttering in the wind.

Yaoying's palms were sweating.

If the reinforcements were real, and they didn't send troops to support them, they would lose the best opportunity to attack the Northern Rong from both inside and outside... But the Northern Rong troops outside the city appeared too strangely, and they couldn't take the risk.

Bodhidharma was nervous and paced back and forth.

The soldiers were sweating profusely, staring into the distance with their eyes fixed, their fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.

After a while, a scout ran back to the city, tumbling and crawling: "I can't see the reinforcement commander! The Northern Rong have been retreating..."

Damo's heart sank: "Hold on and keep exploring!"

The scouts knew the main general who was able to come to the rescue. He said that they could not see the main general clearly, and it must be that the other side did it on purpose so that they could not tell which tribe the reinforcements came from.

The defender received the order and more scouts jumped down from the city.

Bodhidharma gritted his teeth and said, "The Northern Rong people are really cunning. They burned the camp and deliberately lured us out of the city. Are they trying to kill our commander? To shake our morale and force us to surrender?"

Yao Ying looked solemn: "If only it were that simple..."

Damo was sweating profusely: "Aren't we their target?"

Yao Ying sighed, dipped her finger in water, and wrote on the mud brick: "Now that Gaochang is under siege, the surrounding Xizhou soldiers will definitely come to rescue us. The Beirong army only needs to hold the main roads and make the reinforcements think that we have been captured. They can set an ambush and the reinforcements will fall into the trap. Then they pretend to be attacked by the reinforcements and retreat urgently to lure us out of the city. If the defenders in the city pursue them, they will most likely be cut off from retreat. By then, the defenders will be besieged by them. How long can we hold out? If we can't hold on, won't the other reinforcements who come here be even more panicked?"

The Northern Rong people can use this trick repeatedly, using the fall of the city as bait to ambush the reinforcements, and using the reinforcements as bait to lure the defenders in the city. As long as either the reinforcements or the defenders fall into the trap, they can take advantage of the situation to wipe out the Xizhou soldiers.

Yao Ying was worried: "We just need to hold on...but the reinforcements can't wait..."

She was worried that the reinforcements had fallen into a trap.

Bodhidharma was sweating profusely.

The reinforcements from Yang Qian and Li Zhongqian were slow to arrive. Could it be that they had been ambushed?

…

Outside Gaochang City, there is the Dahaidao.

Li Zhongqian led several thousand Xizhou soldiers and rode all night long, crossing the sea road which was covered with sand and gravel and had no grass.

His subordinates advised him not to rush overnight: "General, the sea road is full of quicksand. If the horses are not careful, they will fall into the pits in the quicksand. Moreover, we have not rested all the way, and more and more people are falling behind!"

Soldiers who fall behind in the desert are likely to become lost.

Li Zhongqian waved his whip, pointing at the rumbling black smoke from the beacon towers set up every few dozen miles in the direction of Gaochang, his face as gloomy as water: "There is no time to waste, no need to wait for those who fall behind, everyone speed up, we must get to Gaochang before dawn!"

After saying this, he brought down the long whip. With a whoosh, the horse shot out like a sharp arrow.

The subordinate sighed helplessly and ordered the soldiers to follow.

They left behind the exhausted soldiers and finally ran out of the sea the next day. They saw a small oasis in the distance. The soldiers were so thirsty that their throats were smoking as they rushed towards the gray village in the oasis.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves, like a downpour hitting the roof tiles. In the dense forest outside the village, dust flew up and yellow clouds surged.

The deputy general was terrified and quickly reined in his horse: "There is an ambush!"

Following his scream, hundreds of iron riders holding long swords rushed out of the dense forest, full of murderous aura.

Li Zhongqian raised his head and heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Iron arrows, as dense as a rain of locusts, shot out at the same time and enveloped him.

"Alang!"

The guards screamed in fear.

…

In Gaochang City, the Northern Rong pretended to retreat for dozens of miles, abandoning the main camp, but the defenders still did not leave the city.

At night, the defenders in the city and Zhuang Ding seized the opportunity to dig deep trenches outside the city, put up horse ropes and caltrops, and buried gunpowder. The garrison commander personally led people to guard the secret passage to prevent a surprise attack by the Northern Rong people.

The generals gathered in the council hall to discuss countermeasures and a dispute broke out.

Some people thought that they should take the risk and send troops to break out.

More people thought that defending the city was more secure. Yao Ying had previously collected food and fodder for the Western Army, so the city had sufficient food and supplies.

Bodhidharma asked Yaoying for her opinion.

She did not speak her mind directly, and said, "First, we don't know where the cavalry outside the city came from. Before we decided to attack Yizhou, Duke Wei and I sent out scouts to investigate the military situation and confirmed that Haidu Aling's troops were blocked outside Baicheng. How did he lead his troops through the blockade of Baicheng? The cavalry outside the city have been attacking the city time and time again in the past few days, and they are very brave, which is indeed his style, but they are so desperate that it makes me suspicious."

"Wakhan Khan is dead. Haidu Aling should preserve his strength and try to make a comeback instead of leading all the Western Province troops to Gaochang."

Yao Ying frowned slightly. "The Beirong soldiers outside the city have no food supplies, but they are not in a hurry. This army has already put life and death aside. They have not left themselves a way out. Haidu Aling is only the adopted son of Wakhan Khan. Will he disregard his life and death in order to avenge Wakhan Khan?"

Bodhidharma sneered: "Haidu Aling will never avenge Wakhan Khan at all costs."

Yao Ying said: "So, we have to be careful. We are facing a group of dead soldiers. They are likely to be the remnants of the Northern Rong who are wandering around. Haidu Aling abandoned his own troops and led them to besiege Gaochang. He must have other intentions."

Bodhidharma nodded and said, "If they are really the remnants of the Northern Rong, without food and grass, they will not be able to hold out for long. As long as we defend the city, we will not be afraid that they will not retreat."

He paused, looked at Yao Ying, and understood why her face looked increasingly uglier in the past two days.

She was not worried about Gaochang not being able to be defended, she was worried about the reinforcements.

Will the reinforcements be in trouble? Bodhidharma was secretly worried.

The next morning, Bodhidharma's premonition came true.

He was comforting the soldiers in the city. He was exhausted and had just taken a nap in the back hall when he was awakened by a burst of screams. Several soldiers rushed into the meeting room carrying a large box. "The reinforcements coming back from Yizhou were ambushed and wiped out! Duke Wei swore to never surrender, but unfortunately died!"

As he spoke, he took out a long sword, a bloody coat of armor, and the bronze talisman of the Duke of Wei from the box.

There was a lot of noise.

Bodhidharma was stunned for a moment, as if struck by thunder. He looked at Li Yaoying. She looked at the blood-stained sword and armor on the ground, her face as pale as snow, and she was trembling all over.

The guard said sadly: "Princess, I am sorry..."

Yao Ying raised her eyes, and for the first time in several days, a look of loss appeared on her face.

Everyone in the room couldn't help but feel their noses sore and their eyes hot and looked away.

"The Beirong people are calling for battle again!" Footsteps could be heard outside the hall, and the soldiers' voices trembled. "They want to hang the body of the Duke of Wei in front of the battle line!"

Everyone was furious. Yao Ying's face turned pale and he rushed out of the meeting room.

The Northern Rong army lined up outside the city, threw out several burnt military flags, and shouted in unison that the Duke of Wei was dead.

Several Han soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs were brought to the front of the battle. The Beirong people untied their restraints, and the soldiers immediately ran towards the city gate.

Behind them, a dozen Beirong cavalrymen escorted Haidu Aling, who was dressed in golden armor, out of the battle formation. Haidu Aling looked toward the top of the city wall, drew his bow, and fired five arrows in quick succession. With a few whooshing sounds, the frantically running Han soldiers fell down screaming.

Yao Ying stood on the top of the city wall. The strong wind blew, making her hands and feet cold, and shivers ran through her body.

All the personal soldiers were horrified, grasped their weapons tightly, and rushed down the city wall.

“Stop!”

Yao Ying clenched her hands into fists, her fingertips dug deeply into her palms, and her voice trembled.

The bodyguards turned around, their eyes bloodshot.

In front of the battle formation, Haidu Aling sat on horseback, holding a longbow in his hand, gazing at the top of the city wall.

It was too far away for the others to see clearly what was happening on the top of the city wall, but he had extraordinary eyesight and could see more clearly.

In the past few days, regardless of day or night, he looked out at Gaochang City again and again. Across the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he saw that familiar figure standing between the azure sky and the solid city walls. She was a woman, not tall, and although she was in military uniform, she was still graceful and slender. However, her face was blurry and his expression could not be seen clearly.

He wanted her.

It was a pity that he looked down on women at the time and did not guard against her, which led to her escaping to the royal court. He was also schemed against by her time and time again without realizing it, and every step was difficult for him.

Fortunately, there was a Han Chinese man by his side who understood her very well and knew what her greatest weakness was.

Haidu A Ling curled his lips, "Bring it here!"

A soldier rode out on horseback, dragging a corpse behind him. The corpse belonged to a tall man who had been stripped of his clothes. He was naked, with his hands tied with ropes, and was dragging on the sand.

On the top of the city wall, the personal soldiers burst into tears and cursed loudly.

"Princess, I'm going to fight them!"

The guards rushed out.

Yao Ying felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her teeth chattering, and she suddenly raised her hands to stop the guards, "Stop!"

Her voice trembled, she closed her eyes and forced herself to calm down.

"Listen to the princess."

Damo said softly, walked to Yaoying's side and winked at the people around him.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling admiration, pity and pain, and dared not say a word.

Under the city, the Beirong soldiers dragged the corpse in a large circle and began to trample it on their horses. The soldiers leaned over and cut bloody streaks on the corpse with their long knives, while mocking the cowardly generals in the city with words and laughing.

The defenders on the city walls were enraged and furious. Several young generals could not bear it any longer and stepped forward to challenge for battle.

"I request to take two hundred men out of the city to retrieve the remains of Duke Wei!"

Yao Ying stood there motionless with a blank expression. Suddenly, she staggered and fainted.

The guards were horrified and rushed forward to support her.

There was a moment of panic on the city wall, and the soldiers looked around in confusion.

Bodhidharma looked around and realized that the army was already in chaos. He sighed and said, "I will take the princess back to her room. Remember, don't act rashly!"

Everyone exchanged glances, veins throbbing.

Under the city walls, the Northern Rong scouts rode back to the front of the battle formation and shouted, "There's a commotion on the city walls!"

The corners of Haidu A Ling's lips curled up, and a sly smile flashed in his light golden eyes.

The sun sets and the dusk falls.

The subordinates clasped their fists happily and said, "Prince, you have a brilliant plan! We only need to set up an ambush to cut off Gaochang's reinforcements! Now their military morale has been disrupted. Can we gather troops to attack the city tomorrow?"

Haidu A Ling's face darkened. He glanced at the soldiers behind him and sneered, "With such a small number of troops, the men and horses are tired. How can we launch a strong attack?"

"Remember, our goal is to lure reinforcements with these remnants and delay as much time as possible."

The subordinates responded respectfully.

After nightfall, the Beirong people called back their troops with the signal for withdrawal, and returned to the camp with the corpses that had already lost their human form.

…

The night was dark, with no stars or moon, and the atmosphere in Gaochang City was heavy.

Damo paced back and forth outside Yaoying's room, sighing repeatedly and looking worried.

In the middle of the night, the door creaked open and Yao Ying stepped out of the door, still in military uniform and with a pale face.

Bodhidharma didn't know what to say.

Yaoying remained silent and walked towards the city tower. Yuanjue and his personal soldiers followed her with nervous expressions.

Everyone was so angry that they dared not utter a word as they crowded around her and carried her up to the city wall. The night wind was chilly and the ribbon of her kerchief was blown high up by the wind.

Bodhidharma instructed his personal soldiers to take good care of her, and took people to patrol everywhere. After a busy period, when he climbed up to the city wall again, it was already early morning. The sky was pale, dimly illuminating the undulating contours of the mountains on the horizon. Yaoying was still standing in front of the city wall, and a chill emanated from her body.

"Princess, go back to your room and rest..."

Bodhidharma advised.

Yao Ying shook her head and said nothing.

Bodhidharma could not bear to say anything more, so he turned around to talk to the guard, when suddenly a scream was heard beside him.

The soldier with the best eyesight pointed in the direction of the Beirong camp and shouted, "It's burning!"

Bodhidharma was startled and raised his head.

At the horizon, black smoke billowed and flames shot up into the sky.

Damo was stunned for a moment.

"The Northern Rong are using the same old tricks again?"

He Yaoying looked over.

Yao Ying shook her head, "Maybe not this time."

The fire was growing bigger and bigger with no sign of slowing down. The Beirong camp was in chaos and the horses were neighing loudly.

Haidu Aling rushed out of the camp with his sword drawn and jumped on his horse. Several of his personal soldiers quickly gathered around him, while the others rushed forward like headless flies.

From the northwest corner, a horn sounded urgently, dust rose up, and thousands of soldiers, with the glow of the sunset on their shoulders, came in a mighty force, like wolves and tigers, with a majestic momentum.

Behind them, the flags of the royal army and several banners with Chinese characters written on them fluttered in the wind.

The sound of hooves was like thunder. The leading general, wearing a visor on his head, chopped off the Northern Rong soldiers' horses with one sword.

Haidu Aling had a gloomy face. He led his soldiers to resist for a while, but the enemy's morale was high. The Northern Rong soldiers responded hastily and had already lost the initiative. The gates of Gaochang were wide open, and the defenders in the city roared and came to help the reinforcements. They quickly cut off the Northern Rong army's retreat and slowly surrounded the Northern Rong soldiers. If they didn't escape, they would all be wiped out.

"Walk!"

Haidu Aling roared decisively, broke out of the encirclement with several personal soldiers, looked back at the royal army, wiped the blood from his face, and curled his lips.

"Everyone who should have arrived has arrived, and the reinforcements from the royal court have also arrived... Tanmaraka, you also have weaknesses!"

Even a Buddhist who is high and mighty and has no worries can fall into a trap one day.

He could not help but smile, and suddenly several whooshing sounds passed by his ears. The archers of the royal court drew their bows one after another, and thousands of arrows were fired at once. His personal soldiers fled a little slowly, and were pierced through the chest by the iron arrows, falling off their horses and dying.

Then there were several more loud noises, followed by a sharp pain, as two iron arrows pierced through his armor.

Haidu Aling was sweating profusely. He did not dare to be careless. He endured the pain, turned around and galloped away on his horse.

The Beirong camp was in chaos, Haidu Aling ran away again, and the remaining soldiers were soon surrounded on all sides by the royal army and Gaochang defenders. They refused to surrender and fought to the death.

On the top of Gaochang City, Bodhidharma watched the reinforcements and defenders attack from the front and back, completely wiping out the Northern Rong soldiers. His frantic heartbeat could not calm down for a long time.

The battle continued until the evening, and the sun was as dark as blood.

The sound of the trumpet finally rang out.

The defenders on the city wall cheered loudly, and Bodhidharma was so excited that he burst into tears.

The reinforcements and the defenders returned to Gaochang together.

Yao Ying ran down the city tower, rode out of the city gate on his horse, and rushed towards the three generals who were riding in the front.

When the three men saw her, they urged their horses to gallop and wiped the sticky blood off her face.

Yao Ying ran towards one of them first.

"Brother!"

The man in a white robe, dressed as a royal court soldier, raised his lips, reined in his horse, swept his long legs, got off the horse, and hugged Yao Ying who was running towards him.

The other two men rode closer, dismounted, and looked at the brother and sister silently.

Yao Ying let go of Li Zhongqian and looked at the masked man.

The man took off his mask, revealing a young and handsome face with curly hair, brown eyes, and a scar on his cheek.

Yao Ying was startled, "Prince Mobito."

Mobido breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that the princess is safe and sound."

Yao Ying looked behind him and saw his subordinates following behind him. They all seemed to be from the Wujili tribe.

"Alang!"

"Alang is still alive!"

Shouts of surprise were heard, and Yao Ying's personal soldiers rushed forward, recognized Li Zhongqian, and shouted together.

Damo and others came up with smiles on their faces. When they saw Li Zhongqian, they were dumbfounded and exclaimed for a while. They greeted Mo Biduo and their eyes fell on another man who had been standing beside them, staring at Yaoying with a pair of phoenix eyes. They looked at Yaoying with puzzlement on their faces.

"Princess, who is this?"

They saw a Wei Dynasty general's flag among the reinforcements. Could this man be the general sent by the Wei Dynasty to support the Western Army?

Yao Ying held Li Zhongqian's arm, came to her senses, glanced at the man, and met his eyes.

Amidst the vast army, he stared at her, undercurrents surging in his phoenix eyes.

Yao Ying frowned and said calmly, "This is the current Crown Prince."

Everyone was stunned.

The Gaochang defender was ecstatic. The prince's presence meant that Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou had all been recovered. Next, they could work together to recapture Yizhou!

After the joy, the soldiers stayed behind to clean up the battlefield, and everyone returned to the city to discuss the details.

Damo was full of questions: "How did the princess know that Duke Wei was still alive? And how did she know that Duke Wei, the Royal Court Army and the Liangzhou Army would rush to rescue her? The princess fainted at the time!"

Yao Ying smiled, exchanged glances with Li Zhongqian, and said slowly: "When the armor and the bronze talisman were sent back, I knew that my brother was still alive, but I didn't know that my brother could bring back reinforcements."

…

When she saw the long sword, it was like a thunderbolt exploding in her head. Yao Ying could hardly bear it, but when she thought of the detailed description in the battle report, she felt something was wrong. When she saw the armor and the bronze talisman, she calmed down.

The bronze talisman of Duke Wei is with her.

She thought of two possibilities: Li Zhongqian was ambushed, and in order to escape, he asked his personal soldiers to pretend to be him, and the person Haidu Aling caught was not him. Or he joined forces with other reinforcements, saw through Haidu Aling's trick, and deliberately confused Haidu Aling.

Regardless of the possibility, it shows that Li Zhongqian may not be dead.

So she took advantage of the enemy's strategy and deliberately fainted on the city wall. Then she summoned her subordinates and asked them to prepare for battle. If Li Zhongqian was not dead, he would definitely bring reinforcements to attack the Beirong camp.

…

Having said that, Yao Ying glanced at Mo Biduo.

"Why did my brother attack the Northern Rong together with Prince Mobiduo?"

Li Zhongqian let out a long breath and patted Yao Ying on the head.

"It's a long story. When I was about to reach Yizhou, I found no trace of the remnants of the Northern Rong along the way, so I quickly turned around. Halfway through, I learned that the remnants of the Northern Rong were besieging Gaochang, so I hurried back overnight. As soon as I left the Dahaidao, I encountered an ambush by the Northern Rong. Fortunately, the royal court army rushed to rescue me..."

He paused for a moment, and then continued, "Buddhist disciples saw that Haidu Aling deliberately besieged Gaochang and set an ambush to lure out reinforcements. He asked Mobiduo, who was the closest, to lead his troops to provide assistance. His personal soldiers and I fought our way out of the encirclement and sent people disguised as Northern Rong scouts to report back. Haidu Aling believed it and thought that the corpse was me. While he was relaxed, Mobiduo and I reorganized our troops, quietly approached, destroyed their armaments at night, and then launched a surprise attack."

Everyone was horrified when they heard this.

Mo Biduo smiled at Yao Ying, his eyes burning, and said, "Duke Wei and I were worried that the princess would believe it and be taken advantage of by Haidu Aling. Unexpectedly, the princess not only did not fall for it, but also fooled Haidu Aling. The city garrison also reacted quickly, so we were able to surround these Beirong remnants. If we let them escape again, I really won't be able to explain to the king."

When people thought of the thrilling events of the past few days, they all felt as if they had survived a disaster, and they breathed a sigh of relief and burst into laughter.

Yao Ying's eyebrows twitched slightly, she let go of Li Zhongqian and walked to Mo Biduo's side: "What is Haidu Aling planning? Where is the Buddhist now? Is there any trouble in the royal court?"

Mobiduo blushed slightly and whispered, "Princess Buman... most of the 10,000 remnants of the Northern Rong outside the city escaped from the Shahai Road. I was chasing Wakhan Khan in the Shahai Road and saw the Khan fall from his horse with my own eyes... I didn't expect that the Khan was not dead. He was saved by his youngest son Jinbo and mixed into the slaves, trying to sneak away to Samakan."

Yao Ying was shocked.

"Haidu Aling made such a big scene and led all the reinforcements to Gaochang, just to provide cover for the old Khan?"

"That's right. He can't change the overall situation with such a small number of people." Mo Biduo nodded. "It was all because I underestimated the enemy and let the elite cavalry of the Northern Rong escape through the Sand Sea Road... In order to protect the old Khan, all the remnants of the Northern Rong came to Gaochang. The king saw Haidu Aling's plan and ordered me to bring a few thousand people to Gaochang to save the crisis and wipe out all the remnants of the Northern Rong."

Yao Ying's heart was beating like a drum: "What about Wakhan Khan?"

If Wakhan Khan escaped, Haidu Aling's plan would still succeed!

Mobiduo said, "Princess, don't worry. I only brought a few thousand soldiers to Gaochang. The Regent led a large army to pursue Wakhan Khan. I was careless for a moment and almost made a big mistake. If the Regent went out personally, he would definitely be able to kill Wakhan Khan with his own hands."

Yaoying stood there in a daze for a while.

Sultan went to kill Wakhan Khan.

Last time, he led his troops to defeat Wakhan Khan. He was afraid that Haidu Aling would break through the Holy City, and he had to disperse his power as soon as possible. In addition, the Guards could not leave the royal court for too long, so he hurriedly led his troops back to the Holy City and ordered Mobhido to pursue the remnants of the Northern Rong on his behalf. This time, the Guards stayed at the royal court, and he took Mobhido's troops to pursue Wakhan Khan. He did not have to worry about chaos in the Holy City, and he also sent reinforcements to help her. He took all aspects into consideration.

Yuan Jue heard the conversation between the two and opened his mouth wide: "The Regent went to chase Wakhan Khan personally?"

Mobito nodded.

Yuan Jue broke out in a cold sweat, secretly worried: The time interval is too short, will Wang Qiang get into trouble by taking the medicine and practicing martial arts?

They stood aside and talked quietly, while Bodhidharma and others surrounded Li Xuanzhen and asked him questions.

Li Xuanzhen's brows were furrowed, unable to escape, his eyes following Yao Ying all the time, a huge weight lifted off his heart slowly, his body was in sharp pain, the wound burst open again, blood soaked the gauze under the armor.

The pain woke him up and he realized that this was not a dream. She was standing in front of him, whispering with Li Zhongqian and General Wang Ting, and her expression was cold when she looked at him.

Fortunately, he arrived in time.

Yao Ying glanced at Li Xuanzhen and asked Li Zhongqian, "Brother, how did you meet Li Xuanzhen?"

Li Zhongqian said calmly: "Mo Biduo and I quietly rushed back to Gaochang and met him on the road. He was preparing to lead 2,000 people to attack Haidu Aling."

Yao Ying frowned: How come Li Xuanzhen came so quickly?

…

There was laughter and joy everywhere. Yuanjue was secretly frightened. After thinking it over, he still felt uneasy, so he decided to write a letter to Bisha. Now that the remnants of the Northern Rong had been wiped out, the letter could be sent.

He wanted to go to the front to look after Tanmarajiva.

Yuanjue said something to Yaoying, then hurried out of the meeting room and returned to his room. Just as he was about to close the door, he heard heavy footsteps.

A dark shadow flashed by and followed him into the house.

Yuanjue was about to scream when there was a bang and the black shadow fell to the ground. The cloth covering his face slipped off, revealing a face covered with scars.

A thick smell of blood filled the air.

Yuanjue was stunned, unable to speak for a long time, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Regent!"

He cried out in surprise and tremblingly helped Tanmaragha, who had fallen to the ground, to his feet.

Tanmaraka closed his eyes, his consciousness was hazy, and a whisper escaped from his lips: "Don't say anything..."

Yuanjue agreed, helped him lie down, and tore off his clothes.

He had a thick gauze wrapped around his shoulders, which had been stained red after just going through a big battle.