Su Qi hugged her, rolled her to the corner with all his strength, and used his body to hold up a small space for her, completely protecting her under him.
Bai Zeqing recognized this man through Su Qi's arms. Wasn't it the brother in the army who came to his uncle's house with wine to congratulate Su Qi on his promotion a few days ago? She could only grit her teeth and shed tears, but she couldn't cry out.
"Brother." Bai Zeqing sobbed softly, "I, I'm so scared..."
Su Qi slid his throat, pulled the corner of his mouth into a smile, and softly comforted: "It's okay...it's okay."
Bai Zeqing heard that Su Qi's breathing became difficult, and there was a strong smell of blood in his breathing.
The wailing around them has gradually subsided, leaving only the unbearable moans of pain and the roar of the wind.
"Brother." Bai Zeqing whispered in the dark corner where Su Qi was guarding with his body, "I will carry you...brother."
Su Qi's body was like a twisted shield. He smiled and said hoarsely: "Brother can walk."
The thick and warm liquid fell drop by drop, landing on her neck and cheeks.
"Brother, have you been hit by an arrow?" Bai Zeqing's worry outweighed her fear and uneasiness. She reached out to touch Su Qi's chainmail, moved it gently, and found the injury.
The blood flowed along the armor to her fingertips, and soon turned cold.
"No." Su Qi tried his best to smile, and said lightly, "...the Qusu Tatar's arrow, no, it's not allowed..." As he spoke, more blood gushed out of his throat.
Bai Zeqing's hands were covered with blood. She reluctantly wiped Su Qi's face and said with a choked voice: "My aunt made dumplings and waited for us to go home. Dumplings, dumplings are delicious. I have eaten them secretly. Brother, we eat a lot."
bowl."
Su Qi's voice gradually became quieter: "Brother, eat...slowly, you...don't grab it."
Bai Zeqing's hand had already touched the tip of the arrow that penetrated Su Qi's chest. The arrow penetrated Su Qi's chest from behind, but did not penetrate the armor on his chest. However, the clothes inside were stained with blood, and even the blood was cold at this moment.
"Brother..." Bai Zeqing felt her blood running cold. She choked and was speechless.
Su Qi seemed to have remembered something, and said seriously: "There is something in my arms... for you..."
Bai Zeqing carefully reached into the chainmail, slowly peeling off the wet and cold clothes, one layer, then two layers, and finally took out a finely carved puppet from the inner layer, which had been soaked in blood.
It turned into a strange dark red color.
"This is what I made for you, as a New Year's Eve gift... You want to learn wood carving... This time, if... you can go home... I will teach you... I can teach you everything..."
Bai Zeqing hugged the wooden figure tightly into his arms and nodded vigorously.
Snow gradually covered Su Qi's body. He seemed very sleepy and his voice became softer. He wanted to smile at his sister, but he didn't even have the strength to lift the corners of his mouth.
"If you have the chance... in the future... I will definitely... Brother Big..." Before he finished speaking, Su Qi had already closed his eyes.
Bai Zeqing held Su Qi's hand tightly and said softly: "I will learn from my brother. When I learn well and make money, I can marry my sister-in-law..."
"elder brother."
"elder brother……"
Bai Zeqing called softly.
Su Qi was silent, as if he was tired of listening to her nagging countless nights as a child and couldn't help but fall asleep...
The thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded again, as if someone in the distance was shouting "Reinforcements are coming..."
Bai Zeqing struggled to open her eyes and trembled all over. She shook Su Qi gently and called him: "Brother, reinforcements are coming. Wake up, brother..."
The sky was dimming, and when the northwest cavalry came across the glacier on horseback, Qusu's army was in the joy of easily capturing Ningzhou City. They raped, raped, raped, murdered, set fire to, and plundered wantonly. They were so unhappy.
It wasn't until a fire broke out in the baggage camp outside the city, and a column of dark heavy cavalry crossed Changning Pass like thunder, and rushed in from outside the gate of Ningzhou City, that the Qusu army realized that something was wrong - as if the battle last night was happening again, they
The sentries were deployed to conduct reconnaissance and monitoring of the Jianmen border troops and the Tongzhou and Jianzhou garrison. Unexpectedly, the first to arrive was the expeditionary force from far northwest.
However, the Northwest Iron Cavalry advanced steadily, fighting with Qusu's army street by street and alley by lane, and vigorously swept away the remaining resistance forces in the city.
The battle was cruel and fierce. The Northwest cavalry had amazing fighting power. They fought without risking their lives. The scene was heroic. The ending is not difficult to imagine: 40,000 elite troops from the Northwest who had experienced hundreds of battles swept away the Qusu army who had been attacking for a long distance and slaughtering all night. There was almost no trace of them.
Big suspense.
When the sun rose above noon, all organized resistance was crushed. The Qusu military flag at the top of Ningzhou City was cut down, and the long eagle black flag of the Northwest Cavalry was flying high. There was no trace of the Qusu Army in the city.
The city was destroyed overnight and recovered in one day.
On January 16, the seventy-eighth year of the Tang Dynasty, as the bright red sun set slowly in the west, Major General Wang Chi, the second son of the Northwest King, led the Northwest Iron Cavalry, the first ace army of the Tang Dynasty, to take back Ningzhou City.
However, the Xisha fortresses outside Ningzhou, Tongzhou, and Jianzhou, which had defended the strongest line of defense for hundreds of years in the Tang Dynasty, were broken, the grain roads were destroyed, and the defenders of the Changning Pass, Tongxia Pass, and Jiannan Pass fortresses were forced to retreat.
The three counties are destined to face continuous war.
The cold wind howled and the snow whipped.
Bai Zeqing's head was in confusion, and she felt colder and colder.
The sound of horse hooves sounds like dull thunder.
Reinforcements are coming? Reinforcements are coming, right?
She saw the black armor of the Northwest Iron Cavalry in the corner where Qi Ge was holding up. She cried and clutched Qi Ge's already cold clothes. The blood had stopped dripping. She could no longer wake Qi Ge.
She forgot how she climbed out. When she stood up holding on to the wall, she choked up.
There were so many arrows on Su Qi's back that he turned into a curled-up hedgehog, but his hands firmly supported the wall and the ground, guarding Bai Zeqing. So much blood was flowing on Bai Zeqing's body, but she was unhurt.
She swallowed back her tears and shouted desperately in the direction of the patrol in black armor: "I am the daughter of the county governor Bai Yan, please take me back to the county governor's mansion!"
Her voice was too hoarse, and it wasn't until she shouted for the fourth time that she attracted the attention of the black-armored cavalry.
Birds of prey from the northwest were hovering in the sky, and the sound of their armor beating against their hearts was heavy. The sound of horse hooves was getting closer, and Bai Zeqing saw the heavy cavalry headed by him charging straight towards him.
The horse under the heavy armor was like a ferocious beast. It was running a few steps away with a breath of heat. Just when it was about to collide, it suddenly reined in. The horse's hooves were raised high. When it stopped, the man on the horse had already turned over.
The person came directly to Bai Zeqing. Before Bai Zeqing could speak, the man kicked Bai Zeqing in the heart with lightning speed!
The force of this kick was so great that Bai Zeqing opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. His whole body rolled out, and his internal organs were about to be vomited out.
Bai Zeqing, who was guarded by Brother Qi with his life, almost died under this kick.
