Yan Huaqing and Shu Jinxuan led their troops to fight all the way through difficulties and obstacles, and finally broke through the siege. When they arrived at the Datong Governor's Mansion, only a few dozen riders remained in the team of hundreds of people.
It wasn't until they saw the city tower in the distance that everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking at the city wall, Yan Huaqing shouted: "I am Yan Huaqing, the commander of the army rushing to rescue Mobei. Our army encountered an enemy ambush when we marched to Yanmen Pass. The military situation in Mobei is urgent. Please ask Governor Zhang to send troops immediately to help.
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After waiting for a long time, there was a response from the city: "General Yan Shen, I have received military information, saying that someone is colluding with the enemy to harm our country. At present, the situation between the enemy and us is unclear, so I don't dare to send troops."
"The commander also guessed that there was a gap in the army, so he ordered the last general to break through the encirclement and rush back to Datong to report the news."
Yan Huaqing explained sincerely: "The commander has sacrificed his life to help the emperor escape from the siege. Now I am afraid that the army is in danger. If the governor does not send troops to rescue immediately, I am afraid that the army will be completely annihilated and the soldiers in the front will be isolated."
Helpless.”
"We have heard that one hundred thousand enemy troops are marching straight to the rear of our army. All the fortresses have fallen into the hands of the Tatars. Only General Yan Shen can break through the encirclement. It is really strange."
The people on the city smiled meaningfully and said, "Isn't it true that General Yan Shen is the enemy's internal commander and wants to seize my city together with internal and external support?"
"It doesn't make sense."
Yan Huaqing was furious: "Zhang Xian, don't spit on others."
"Pass on my general's order that Yan Huaqing collaborates with the enemy and betrays his country, and he will be shot on the spot."
Zhang Xian waved his big hand, and arrows rained down immediately, approaching the city.
Yan Huaqing watched as the sergeants around him were continuously shot by sharp arrows and fell to the ground dead, so he had to lead the rest of the people to turn around and flee.
Shu Jinxuan had already seen something fishy and said angrily: "I'm afraid someone is deliberately framed and framed."
"I should have expected this."
Yan Huaqing sighed coldly: "We fled all the way, and there were enemy troops everywhere we went. Many fortresses have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Why can we escape safely back to Datong? It seems that someone wants to deliberately imprison me."
This hat of collaboration with the enemy and the country."
"Now how to do?"
Shu Jinxuan looked confused.
Yan Huaqing thought for a while: "We still have 80,000 troops stationed in Xixingguan. I hope the army has not fallen. Now that things have come to this, we can only rush here immediately. General Qin has an old relationship with me, and he is a close friend of Commander Sun.
, as long as we can see him and hand over the commander's military orders to him, he will definitely be able to clear our name."
"good."
Shu Jinxuan gritted his teeth: "I will make a desperate move with Brother Yan."
The two men made up their minds to return to the enemy's lines.
But as soon as they arrived at Yanmen Pass, they encountered thousands of Tatar troops and immediately fell into a heavy siege.
Facing the menacing enemy army, Yan Huaqing drew his sword and shouted to everyone: "Follow me to face the enemy, fight until the last moment, kill yourself and die, and never surrender."
Under his encouragement, dozens of remaining sergeants drew their swords and charged straight into the enemy camp.
Even the whizzing arrows could not withstand the determination of everyone to regard death as home.
After an attack, although hundreds of enemy troops were killed, there were not many sergeants left.
Yan Huaqing was hit by several arrows. He looked at the only two people left around him. One of them was covered in sharp arrows and was leaning on his shoulder. Only Shu Jinxuan was protected by him and remained unscathed.
"Good brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."
Yan Huaqing looked at Shu Jinxuan as he was about to die. He finally couldn't hold on anymore and gradually collapsed.
"It is my honor to fight alongside Mr. Yan."
Shu Jinxuan inserted his sword into the desert, slowly bent down and closed their eyes for the two of them. Seeing the enemy approaching step by step, he calmly arranged his clothes and raised his sword to kill himself.
Blood dyed his clothes red. He looked at the hairpin that fell to the ground not far away, and crawled over with all his strength. When his fingers were about to touch the hairpin, he finally lost the strength, thinking about the hairpin that haunted him.
Her face seemed to be standing right in front of her.
"Cousin, you must be happy."
Hua Rujin woke up from her sleep, it was already bright.
She was covered in cold sweat as she recalled the scene in her dream, as if she dreamed of her elegant cousin dying in battle.
"Well, he is just a military doctor, and he has just joined the army. I'm afraid he won't be able to go to the battlefield for a while."
Hua Rujin comforted herself, got up quickly, scrubbed her body, changed her clothes, and just walked out of the inner courtyard when she saw Hua Youen running in in a hurry.
"Sister, my brother-in-law is here, and I think he seems unhappy."
Hua Youen said gloomily.
"How could he come to the door in person?"
Hua Rujin looked confused and walked slowly to the living room. Seeing Ye Chengguan's gloomy face, she also had some bad premonitions and asked quickly: "What's the emergency, sir? I was about to rush to the government office."
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Ye Chengguan didn't answer in a hurry. After seeing that there was no one else in the hall, he took out the object wrapped in a veil from his arms and handed it to her hand.
Hua Rujin opened the veil and saw that it was the hairpin that her elegant cousin was going to leave before leaving, and her heart suddenly froze.
"Second Young Master Shu died in battle."
Ye Chenggui frowned and said: "Just at Yanmen Pass, Commander Sun's reinforcements were ambushed and the entire 50,000-strong army was wiped out."
"Yanmen Pass?"
Hua Rujin was lost in thought for a long time, and then she said in a confused voice: "Isn't that the territory of our court? It's still hundreds of miles away from the front line. Why was it suddenly ambushed?"
"It is said that there was an insider in the army who revealed our army's march route, which led to heavy losses."
Ye Chenggui was hesitant to speak several times, but finally couldn't bear to close his eyes and said: "This person is none other than Yan Huaqing."
"Master Yan?"
Hua Rujin was stunned: "Do you believe it, sir?"
Ye Chengguan kept smiling bitterly: "It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, the court believes it."
When Hua Youen learned that her cousin had been killed, she burst into tears. She hugged Hua Rujin and kept saying: "Sister, how could my cousin die? He won't die. My brother-in-law lied to us, right?"
After hearing the conversation in the room, Cai Baiwei also walked in and asked in disbelief: "Jin Xuan has just joined the army. How could he die in battle? Mr. Ye, are you mistaken?"
Ye Chengkui felt extremely heavy at this time. Yan Huaqing was his best friend and he knew his temper best. How could he collaborate with the enemy and betray his country?
He didn't have the intention to explain to Cai Baiwei anymore. After silently bowing his hands, he just told Hua Rujin to rest at home for a few days, then turned and left.
"How sad your old grandmother would be if she found out about this."
Cai Baiwei was restless, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "Rujin, I have to go back to Jiangling City. Your father is busy with county government affairs, and your cousin-in-law is about to give birth. The Shu family treats us well.
I have to go over and help you to prevent another accident in Jinxuan's family."
"Well, I will arrange carriages and horses for my mother. Youen Muyang and the others will stay in the provincial capital and I will take care of them. You don't have to worry."
Hua Rujin gave her instructions, put away the hairpin, and went out to set up Cai Baiwei's car in person.
Ye Chengguan had already expected that the mother and daughter would rush back, so he prepared carriages, horses and guards to guard outside the courtyard gate in advance. Hua Rujin did not show any pretense and watched Cai Baiwei hurriedly get into the carriage.
When she returned to the house, her anger and self-blame were intertwined, making her feel unspeakable.