Xia Houlie sat down on the chair beside him and felt an unspeakable bitterness in his heart. If he had a choice, he really wanted to make up for Helian Hengzhi for his father, but now he was forced to fight with his roommate by his own brother.

, it was like being stabbed hard by a knife, my heart was beating with blood, and I couldn't live in peace.

A soldier came in and poured tea for the two of them. Helian Moxiao read the document in his hand, took a sip of tea, and then handed the thing in his hand to Xia Houlie.

When Xia Houlie saw the end, his face became more and more ugly, and his temples were beating hard. He rubbed them vigorously, leaned back, and stared at the ceiling of the tent. There was a bottomless loneliness in his eyes.

Really...does it have to go to the point of brothers killing each other?

But if he doesn't act cruelly, Helian Hengzhi will never let them go easily. After this experience, he no longer dares to take risks.

"He has now joined forces with Prince Nanling Chen. Not only is he encircling and suppressing you, but he has also sent a letter to Yun Lanshan and the Fifth Emperor's Uncle. The three parties have joined forces. I am afraid they will not stop until they catch you and me in one fell swoop." Helian Mo Xiao tried his best.

Let your emotions calm down, "We have already tolerated and tolerated in every possible way, and he is still like this!"

Xia Houlie closed his eyes and said softly: "He will never give up until he gets Jiangshan and Wan. So what if we give up? What about brothers? As long as there is a stumbling block for him to seize the beauty of Jiangshan, he will do everything possible to remove it.

."

Helian Moxiao sighed, "That's fine with me. I just didn't expect that he would do this to you, my biological brother..."

Xia Houlie raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "How did you know?"

"I heard my wet nurse say it accidentally a while ago. He hated me so much because he thought it was my mother-in-law who complained to my father. She suspected that he was not his biological son. Later, Helian Hengzhi's mother-in-law

Concubine Lan thought that her deeds had been exposed, so she controlled her father with poison, and then recalled him to the palace. Taking advantage of her father's confusion, Concubine Lan induced him to make a will and pass the throne to Helian Hengzhi. Her father

When the emperor was dying, he suddenly woke up, but he had no time to change the edict, leaving only the edict that Concubine Lan be buried..."

He closed his eyes and continued: "However, all the people who knew about this matter were silenced by Helian Hengzhi. My wet nurse was the only one who managed to escape from the clutches of the devil. In view of the years of brotherly love, I did not

I didn't publicize this matter widely for fear of hurting him, but I didn't expect that he would still press forward step by step, never forgetting to replace me again and take back the Dongmo country..."

Xia Houlie clenched his fists and said solemnly: "If we don't fight back this time, I'm afraid not only you and me will be hurt."

Helian Moxiao nodded and squinted his eyes, "Where is the nearest garrison to Xuan Bingshan in Beiyan?"

Xia Houlie stepped forward, leaned over and looked at the map on the table, pointed to a location on the map and said: "Here, there are 100,000 garrison troops here."

"Right now, I only have 10,000 black-armored cavalry, and the remaining 90,000 troops are stationed in Dagu Town. The other side is the coalition of Helian Hengzhi and Murong Chen, with at least 200,000 troops. They must have discovered you by now.

Escaped, this is where we are stationed now, very close to them, and this is the bottom of Crescent Bay. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if they attack from the east and west, and the Fifth Emperor's troops come from the north,

Although the nearest garrison in Beiyan is only a dozen miles away in the south, there is a cliff in the middle. We can easily be trapped by them. And now that he has murderous intentions towards Qingwan, he might set a fire.

Burning the mountain, we will be unable to fly with no wings..."

Xia Houlie stared at the map on the table, squinted his eyes, and said coldly:

"For the current plan, we can only break out from the north quickly before your Fifth Emperor's soldiers and horses come over. Only by joining our soldiers and horses can we have a chance of winning..."

Helian Moxiao nodded, and after a while, he frowned and said:

"Now I'm just worried about what Yun Lanshan might do in the meantime. I heard that he has returned to Beiyan and gone to Beijing. The remaining power of the Yun family should not be underestimated. I'm afraid you won't be able to count on your 100,000 garrison..."

Xia Houlie's expression suddenly changed, "Yun Lanshan returned to Beijing?"

During this period of time, they were almost isolated from the rest of the world. Except for the rescue letter sent earlier, there was no response to the rest of the letters, which were probably intercepted by Helian Hengzhi's people.

"That's what Showa said. He didn't expect that the situation would be so complicated. He just asked me to tell you that you are out of danger and return to the palace as soon as possible."

Xia Houlie smiled bitterly, "Even if I want to return to the palace now, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Nanling is more than a few thousand miles away from Beijing, the capital of Beiyan. Helian Hengzhi will intercept him at any time on the road. Even if nothing happens, it will probably be delayed for several months. The situation in the court is almost changing rapidly. If Yun Chu wants

If he joins forces with Yun Lanshan again, he is afraid that Zhaohe and the imperial grandmother will not be able to resist him.

After all, Showa lacked experience in governing the country, and my grandmother was already very old.

"How is Qingwan's health? If everything is fine, let's set out tomorrow morning and get out of the tiger's mouth first before making any plans."

Xia Houlie nodded, "Now we can only take one step at a time. If the 100,000 garrison troops really change their tune, it means something is really wrong with the imperial court."

The two discussed some more details, and Xia Houlie returned to his military tent. When he entered, Mu Qingwan was mending his clothes. His clothes were basically scratched from walking in the mountains in the past few days.

He lifted the curtain, and the fiery red sunset shone through the curtain. Her whole body was smeared with a faint golden light, which made him dazzled. The tense emotions just now relaxed, and his heart felt weak.

.

Mu Qingwan felt the sudden light and raised her head, her big eyes slightly swollen.

He couldn't help but smile, put down the curtain and walked in, sat down next to her, pulled her into his arms, raised her chin to look at her carefully, and asked:

"Why are your eyes so swollen?"

She put down the clothes in her hands, grabbed his hand, and rubbed her little face in his palm, like a coquettish kitten. After a while, she sighed: "I slept all afternoon, and my eyes are swollen from sleep."

Already..."

"Sure enough, he is just a little pig, so capable of sleeping." He pinched her nose lovingly, which earned her a dissatisfied look.

"I wanted to go find you just now, but I heard from Leng Ji that you and Helian Moxiao were discussing the war situation, so I didn't bother. How's it going?"

Xia Houlie told her the situation he had just analyzed with Helian Mo Xiao. Mu Qingwan was also surprised, and her tone was quite self-reproaching, "Then we have to get out quickly, we shouldn't have stopped in the first place, it's all

My fault……"

"You little fool!" Xia Houlie leaned over and bit the tip of her nose, "What are you talking about? Don't worry, we have already discussed it. We will set off early tomorrow morning. You have a good rest tonight, because there may be another tough battle next.

It’s going to be a fight.”

"Yeah." Mu Qingwan put her head in his arms and rubbed it. Suddenly she seemed to have thought of something, and quickly stood up and hugged him:

"Come on, let's go take a look at that cliff first and see if we can think of a way to cross over there first. Otherwise, if Prince Rui of Dongmo really leads his troops to catch us by surprise from the north, then we can't do anything but

Are you just sitting back and waiting for death?"

Xia Houlie nodded, called Helian Moxiao and the others, and the five of them walked towards the big cliff south of the military camp.

This cliff is located at the bottom of the mouth of Crescent Bay. The surrounding area is as sharp as a knife and is extremely steep, forming a natural barrier to the south.

Xia Houlie flew to the top and looked around. It turned out that the cliff was just a thin layer and was not connected to any mountains. Instead, there was a huge waterfall hanging down from the west side. It was only a few miles away to climb over the cliff and bypass the waterfall.

It's Beiyan's garrison.

Mu Qingwan stepped forward and looked at the stone texture of the synthetic cliff, and she already had an idea in her mind.

Helian Moxiao saw a smile on her lips and asked quickly: "But is there any way to get over it?"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the large cliff that was thirty or forty meters high. He never thought that a large force could break out from here.

"We can dig a tunnel from here and take a shortcut to the garrison in Beiyan to meet up with the large army. We can also hide our presence so that Helian Hengzhi and the others cannot track our whereabouts."

"Dig a tunnel?" Leng Ji was stunned, "I'm afraid such a big project cannot be solved in a day or two. The pursuers behind will catch up soon."

Mu Qingwan smiled mysteriously, "Of course it's not a manual chisel. I have a secret weapon."

Xia Houlie saw her smiling like a little fox, put his arm around her waist and said with a smile: "Stop being so pretentious, tell everyone."

"That's right." Chu Xia quickly agreed.

Mu Qingwan smiled faintly and said: "The thing I'm talking about is called gunpowder. It is made of saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur in proportion. It is very powerful and can cause mountains to collapse and the ground to crack. However, I have never made this thing before. I just heard it.

As I said, I have to ask Helian Moxiao to recommend a craftsman to come and discuss with me. Also, you must pay attention to safety when making this kind of thing, and the crowd must not get too close during the test..."

"Is there really something so powerful in the world?" Xia Houlie expressed doubts, and Helian Mo Xiao and Leng Ji Chuxia also looked at each other in disbelief.

Gunpowder had not yet been born in this era, so no wonder they were so suspicious.

"You will know when the time comes." Mu Qingwan smiled, "We will break out from the north tomorrow as you have agreed. We will just conduct experiments tonight to prepare for emergencies. If the experiment succeeds, it will be a great success.

Even Rui has sent troops to attack us, so there is no need to be afraid."

Helian Moxiao nodded, "Then I'll ask Lao Zhangtou to come over and discuss it with you when we get back. He has a very flexible mind and likes to make some weird things."

Everyone returned to the camp, and soon a middle-aged man in his forties came over. He looked very simple and honest. When Mu Qingwan mentioned gunpowder, his eyes suddenly widened, and the ecstasy and surprise inside were fully revealed.
Chapter completed!