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Volume 2: Looking to Chang'an Chapter 21: Leaving Tongguan and Returning to Anxi (Part 1)

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    Li Zuoguo was sitting in the front office of the Anxi Protectorate Mansion handling official duties. The entire autumn harvest had ended, and Anxi had ushered in the fifth harvest. All civil affairs had basically come to an end. Winter was Li Zuoguo's favorite time to use the army. At this time, he was usually ready to send troops to the army.  The surrounding small countries or tribes took action, but obviously they would not take such action again this time. Li Siye led troops into Chang'an to participate in pacifying the Anlu Mountain Rebellion. Li Zuoguo originally wanted to take action on behalf of his father, but under Li Siye's insistence  Li Zuoguo stayed in Anxi.

    Li Zuoguo put down an account book in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and looked up at the door. Li Zuoguo's soldiers stood upright at the door, motionless like a statue. Li Zuoguo has been a little uneasy these days. Li Zuoguo always thought that his son was too naughty.  , Li Zuoguo has been sleeping with his son these past few nights. His son Li Zhongyang is two years old. It is the time when curiosity and energy are at their strongest. Li Zuoguo doesn't like his son hanging around with women at home, so he spends this period of time with his son for parent-child activities.  During the interaction, Li Zuoguo wanted to compensate for his neglect of his son when he often went to war.

    Thinking of his son Li Zuoguo, he couldn't help but smile on his face. At this time, a servant came in from the door. Li Zuoguo knew by looking at his clothes that this was a servant at home, probably the concierge. When the servant saw Li Zuoguo, he kowtowed at the door from a distance, and then  With a happy face, he said: "Guardian is very happy. Madam felt unwell occasionally today. She asked the doctor of the mansion to check her, and the result confirmed that she is two months pregnant."

    Li Zuoguo was overjoyed. No wonder Ariel has been feeling a little weird these days, looking sickly. It turns out she is pregnant. Li Zuoguo is happy. Ariel has been unhappy because she has no children. She feels that she has not given birth to a boy for Li Zuoguo.  Feeling guilty because she was half a woman, she suggested several times that Li Zuoguo choose a concubine among the women he was marrying, but Li Zuoguo always disagreed. Now that Ariel was married, Li Zuoguo could imagine how happy Ariel was.

    The official business was no longer handled, and Li Zuoguo went directly back to the backyard. At this time, the entire Duhu Mansion had already known the news. The wife was pregnant, which was a great joy. The whole family was overjoyed. Seeing Li Zuoguo coming, many maids and servants came to Li Zuoguo from afar.  Zuo Guo said congratulations, and Li Zuoguo returned the favor with a smile. He found Ali lying on the bed when she was a child, stroking her belly with a kind face. Li Zuoguo smiled and waved to the maids in the room to step back and walked to the bed.  He sat down, put his arms around Ariel's shoulders and said, "You won't be depressed now? You have my flesh and blood too. You have to take care of yourself, you know?"

    Ariel leaned her head into Li Zuoguo's arms and sighed contentedly: "Ariel is so happy that she finally has Da Lang's child. I hope that this child will become a great hero like his grandfather and father in the future.  ."

    Li Zuoguo smiled and said, "You knew it was a boy even before the baby was born? I even said it was a girl as beautiful as my Ariel."

    Ariel pouted and said angrily: "I know it's a boy, not a girl. Am I still not as good as Sister Yun?"

    The last sentence exposed Ariel's little thoughts. Li Zuoguo laughed loudly, hugged Ariel and said: "As long as it is my child you give birth to, whether it is a boy or a girl, I like it. We are still young. In the future, boys will be born."  It¡¯s okay for three girls to have three children.¡±

    Ariel said longingly: "That's good. My mother said that being able to give birth to a child for your lover is the happiest thing. I feel very happy now."

    Li Zuoguo held Ariel in his arms and suddenly thought of his father. I wonder how his father is doing now?  The courtyard outside Ariel's small building is already a scene of late autumn. The two big trees in the courtyard have lost all their leaves, and their bare branches are pointing ferociously towards the sky. When the next spring, new leaves will appear again, and life will come.  Just like this reincarnation, Li Zuoguo's heart was filled with peace and joy.

    After more than a hundred miles of continuous galloping, the seated war horse was already out of breath. If it weren't for the good physique of the war horse, this kind of galloping without hesitation would have directly destroyed this rare and rare horse. The knight on the horse was not considerate at all.  Horsepower means that the war horse is still beating hard. The war horse is panting and trying hard to gallop, but the speed can no longer be increased. This war horse is followed not far away by six other war horses, six of the same quality.  The Dawan horse was also panting heavily, but it was much better than the first horse, because the first war horse had two figures on its back.

    The first horse was Zheng Chunyun. Li Siye's body was already cold behind Zheng Chunyun. Zheng Chunyun's heart was as cold as Li Siye's body. Zheng Chunyun didn't know how to explain to Li Zuoguo. All that was left on his usually handsome face was distortion.  , Zheng Chunyun made up his mind to deliver Li Siye's body to Li Hu, and then committed suicide. He really had no face to see Li Zuoguo. The tall city wall of Chang'an was already visible from a distance. Zheng Chunyun did not intend to enter Chang'an again. He urged his war horse.  This small cavalry marched around Chang'an.

    Li Hu is currently sitting in a manor in the west of Chang'an. This is the manor that Li Hu bought when he first entered Chang'an. It is also a wine store in Li Hu's hands. Li HuFrowning, he said: "What happened? Blood feathers were suddenly sent out. Now is the critical time to evacuate Chang'an. Is there any major event that requires blood feathers to be sent out? There is only one content. Let us wait here for a day. What happened to Zheng Chunyun?"

    The three questions in a row were asked by Li Jianqin. There were only two people in the room, Li Hu and Li Jianqin. In fact, Li Hu was afraid. Xue Yu was a peregrine falcon domesticated by Li Zuoguo, which was specially used to carry messages because it was a dedicated person in charge, unlike homing pigeons.  , so over the past few years, only ten peregrine falcons have been trained and can be used to send messages. Li Hu only has two, and the peregrine falcons cannot be used to send messages except in emergencies. This is the blood feather of Yinying.

    What Li Hu is afraid of is that Zheng Chunyun went to report the message to Li Siye specifically, and was also responsible for protecting Li Siye. As a result, Zheng Chunyun used blood feathers to send the message, which made Li Hu scared to death. Could it be that something happened to Li Siye?  Li Hu subconsciously did not dare to think about this aspect at all, but looking at Li Jianqin's ugly face, Li Hu's heart was wandering, and he felt weak all over, and his body was cold and hot.

    Li Jianqin sat there without saying a word. The hilt of the long sword at his waist was squeezed by Li Jianqin so much that it made a "clucking" sound. Suddenly, the wooden door of the room was pushed open with a "bang", and Zheng Chunyun walked away with Li Siye's body in his arms.  He came in, followed by six silver guards. As soon as Zheng Chunyun entered the door, he carefully placed Li Siye on the ground. Zheng Chunyun knelt on the ground. The six silver guards behind him also knelt down. Several swordsmen from the silver camp were outside the door.  They looked inside the door in confusion, the expressions on their faces were frightened and anxious, as if they had seen something.

    Li Jianqin walked over calmly and said at the door: "Everyone leave this courtyard and guard the outside. If anyone approaches, no matter what personality he is, kill him." The silver guard outside agreed, and then everyone went out. Li Jianqin closed the door and left.  When he came over, Li Hu was already standing there as if he had been struck by lightning. Li Siye's body was tall. When he came in, Li Hu could tell it was Li Siye, but he couldn't believe that Li Siye's body was right in front of him.

    Li Siye's head was covered by Zheng Chunyun's coat, and his chest was covered with blood. Zheng Chunyun had hastily dealt with it, but the blood stains were still visible. Zheng Chunyun lowered his head and knelt in front of Li Siye's body. Six silver guards knelt in the row behind them.  Wei was carefully selected since he was a child and practiced martial arts hard. It was instilled in his mind that he was loyal to Li Siye and his son. As a result, Li Siye committed suicide in front of their eyes, and they all wanted to die.

    Everyone in the room stood still except for Li Jianqin who was walking around. Li Jianqin walked to where Yin Wei was kneeling and suddenly broke out. He kicked six people flying with one kick, and the six people hit the chair in the room and fell sideways.  Li Jianqin pulled out the long sword from his waist, and the scabbard was all over his head and face with a series of beatings. Li Jianqin, who had always been as calm as a stone man, completely lost his usual cold demeanor at this time, his eyes were red, and the scabbard was wrapped with steel wire, and it was a piece when he pulled it away.  Flesh and blood flew up, but Li Jianqin's men did not withdraw their strength. The six Silver Guards lowered their heads and allowed Li Jianqin to beat them violently without any resistance.

    Li Jianqin was beating and scolding: "You useless things, I asked you to protect the head of the family, but the head of the family died. Why didn't you die together? Why did you come back? I'll beat you bitches to death."

    "Papa papa" The sound of the sword sheathing against flesh sounded breathtaking, but none of the six people made a sound. Blood flowed down the faces of the six silver guards. Li Hu suddenly knelt down to Li Siye as if his bones had been taken away.  He kowtowed in front of the corpse and cried while kowtowing: "Master, Li Hu deserves to die. I didn't protect you well. How can I explain to the young master? Li Hu is useless, Li Hu is useless."

    Li Hu, who was usually deep and reserved, cried bitterly, and his forehead soon turned purple. Seeing this, Li Jianqin put away his sword, turned around and knelt with Li Hu, kowtowed nine times, "Puff" twice, and the two were killed by Li Jianqin.  The Yin Guard who was beaten too hard fainted and fell to the ground. The other four struggled to kneel down in front of Li Siye's body, dragging their beaten and bruised bodies.

    Li Jianqin did not say a word to Zheng Chunyun. Zheng Chunyun's identity was Li Zuoguo's junior brother. Li Jianqin believed that he was Li Zuoguo's domestic servant, so he was not qualified to blame Zheng Chunyun. Li Hu had the same reason. Zheng Chunyun raised his head at this time and said: "  Changnu failed to protect Dadu, causing Dadu to die. Please give me a sword, and Changnu will follow Dadu and protect himself underground."

    Li Jianqin looked at Zheng Chunyun, with unspeakable madness in his eyes: "It's in vain that Li Hu and I trust you so much. I ask you to report to the family leader and protect the family leader. Where did your martial arts come from? What about your mother, brother, and the young master?  Taking care of me? Is this what you did? Just put the body of the family master in front of us."

    Li Jianqin stood up and slowly pulled out his sword. The bright sword light wandered along the blade: "I will kill you today and then kill myself to prove that I am blind."

    Zheng Chunyun closed his eyes and raised his chin to expose his neck, with regret on his face. Just as Li Jianqin was about to stab him with his sword, Li Hu suddenly shouted: "Stop."

    ? ???Jianqin looked at Li Hu with red eyes: "What? Why can't you kill this person who exposed the incident?"

    Li Hu stood up and slapped Li Jianqin on the face, shouting: "Where are you normally calm? The family master is dead and you don't even ask the reason why you kill him? Do you know who killed the family master? What's more, Zheng  My father-in-law is the young master's junior brother, what qualifications do you have to kill him? I think you are dizzy, put your sword away, and get out. Don't enter this room until you calm down."

    Li Jianqin and Li Hu usually cooperate with each other and have no subordinate relationship. At this moment, Li Hu's anger is astonishing. Li Hu's martial arts skills and Li Jianqin can kill him with one finger, but Li Jianqin's slap from Li Hu is life-threatening.  Li Jianqin calmed down a little. Li Jianqin lowered his head and said nothing, turned around and was about to go out. When he walked to the door, he paused and said: "You guys take some medicine and rub it. You wake up the two who have fainted. My mind is messed up."  ."

    After Li Jianqin went out, Li Hu asked Zheng Chunyun to get up. Zheng Chunyun said: "I'd better kneel down and say it. I don't have the face to see Zuo Guo. If I didn't want to snatch the body back, I would have died a long time ago."

    Li Hu did not force himself and asked what was going on. Zheng Chunyun told him one by one how he entered Tongguan and how he met Li Siye. He also told Tang Xuanzong that he wanted to kill Li Siye and Feng Changqing, but he himself  Thinking that Li Siye had already taken precautions, he relaxed his vigilance and rested. As a result, Li Siye went out to receive the order. When he rushed there, he only saw Li Siye dead, so he snatched Li Siye's body and returned.

    After Zheng Chunyun said that, his face became more and more desperate, and his eyes were already ashen. He kowtowed to Li Hu three times and said, "I have been greatly favored by the Li family. However, I volunteered to go to Tongguan but failed to complete the task, which caused great harm to everyone."  I have died protecting my body, and I have no shame to go to see Zuo Guo. I will commit suicide today. The chief steward helped me tell Zuo Guo that Chang Nu has no way to repay his kindness, and I only hope that I can still serve him in the next life." After saying this, Zheng Chunyun raised his hand.  He slapped his palm on his forehead. The silver guards behind him had seen Zheng Chunyun's terrifying palm skills. Those fleshy palms were like battering rams, and they all screamed in surprise.

    Zuo Chao backed away, only half of the spear in his hand was left, and a large gash was opened on the chest of the armor on his body. This knife was made by Sanjani. If Zuo Chao hadn't dodged quickly, it would have been split into two pieces.  The corpses were placed on the ground. The ground was already covered with a layer of corpses that had been chopped into two pieces. The blood had washed the bluestone in the courtyard. The Mo Dao soldiers on the opposite side, all hidden under their heavy armor, still seemed to be working tirelessly.  A meat grinder generally harvests the lives of soldiers.

    The Mo Dao soldiers came back and forth just a few times, slashing diagonally, slashing horizontally, slashing straight, and flipping back. They only used their thick armor to block the arrows, and they used their armor to block the arrows.  A single counterattack can be fatal. As long as you are hit, no matter how thick the armor is, you will die. If the armor is thin, the body will be dismembered. If the armor is thick, it will be even worse. There will be various fractures and internal bleeding.

    The next team on the left driver was proud of his bravery. He wore double armor and came forward with a horizontal knife. When he slashed Sanjani's neck with the knife, the blade was blocked by Sanjani's steel neck guard, and Sanjani swept across.  A knife hit his waist. The knife did not split the captain's double-layered armor, but his whole body was almost split into half by Sanjani's knife. He flew out more than three meters and landed directly on the ground.  A lot of blood flowed out of Kuai's armor, and he was killed without even screaming.

    Only then did Zuo Che realize that Mo Dao soldiers were so incomprehensible in defense. When Mo Dao soldiers were promoted as a unit, Ge Shuhan also wanted to promote it in the army. As a result, neither Ge Shuhan nor Zuo Che paid much attention to it. In half a year, Mo Dao troops could not be seen.  It was disbanded, and Zuocha now feels like a mouse pulling a turtle.

    In the room where there were many crossbowmen on the wall, only a handful of Mo Dao soldiers were injured by crossbow arrows that penetrated their armor. None of them fell down. These Mo Dao soldiers were in excellent physical condition and tall, and their armor was filled with crossbow arrows, just like hedgehogs.  , but as long as the Tang army came close to attack, the Mo Dao soldiers would swing the Mo Dao in their hands and cut open everything in front of them, whether it was human bodies or weapons.

    The shouts of killing outside are getting louder and louder. The Anxi infantry led by Duan Heng has already arrived and is fighting with the army led by Ge Shuhan who is blocking the door. The approaching shouts of killing can tell that Ge Shuhan's army is resisting.  Unable to hold on any longer, Han Chengkui led his remaining 1,000 or so Jinwu guards to attack wildly, but they failed to advance. Zuo Cha did not see the tragic situation outside. The left and right sides of Mo Dao soldiers were already covered with corpses, and none of Han Chengkui's men were attacking.  A foothold was lost, and this kind of tragic death was very damaging to morale. Now the Tang army under Han Chengkui did not dare to rush towards the Mo Dao army. Fear was spreading. The brave soldiers had turned into corpses and fell at the feet of the Mo Dao soldiers.  Such a mere 100 people actually blocked the attack of more than 2,000 Tang troops in front and behind, and the situation was very bad.

    Zuocha is in dire need. If the main gate cannot be taken back, everyone on his side will die when the Anxi army attacks. The heavy armor on Mo Daobing's body weighs twenty-eight kilograms.It is heavy, already the lightest weight of the whole body armor, plus the long-barred Mo Dao ranging from fifteen to twenty kilograms. If these Mo Dao soldiers had not gone through hard training and had excellent physiques, it would be impossible to continue  The Mo Dao soldiers have been fighting for so long, but many Mo Dao soldiers are already tired. The back row has been replaced by the front row more than five times. Except for Sanjani, who has been standing at the front, the heavy breathing of the Mo Dao soldiers through the visor is heard.  Clearly audible.

    Zuo Che shouted: "They are tired. Bring your guns and attack again. If you don't take down the gate, everyone will die today. If you all rush me, we will pile them up to death."

    Zuo Che took a big gun, raised the gun and rushed forward, followed by about two hundred people, all holding long weapons. Through the previous fight, Zuo Che knew that the Mo Dao soldiers were not fast enough and could effectively use long weapons.  After attacking Mo Dao Bing, he was not easily hit by Mo Dao. This time, Zuo Chao was also fierce. The Tang Army behind him was also a soldier of Ge Shuhan and had strong combat power. The attack was effective and Mo Dao Bing fell.  More than a dozen of them. The continuous swing of the sword consumed a lot of physical strength. If they were hit by several long weapons, the Mo Dao soldiers would lose their balance and fall to the ground if they were not careful. Once they fell, they would have almost no chance to get up and fight.  Entering an unprecedentedly tragic situation, both sides were fighting tooth and nail, and the sound of fighting outside became louder.
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