After a shower of arrows, there was no one left standing in front of him.
Seeing this, Queen Mi Jiang of Wei slowly moved forward, as if she wanted to take a closer look at her enemy's appearance.
"The Queen..."
Wu Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Shang Shui Army, immediately walked up to Mi Jiang, stopped the noble woman, clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "My queen has a body of gold, and it is not suitable to take risks. Please let the soldiers under the last general search the body first."
, to prevent any accidents."
"Do you really think that I am one of those weak women?"
Mi Jiang frowned slightly and was about to speak when the two generals Yan Shun and Tong Xin, who were standing beside the carriage, reminded them in a low voice: "Your Majesty, your majesty has an order..."
Upon hearing this, Mi Jiang couldn't help but feel discouraged.
Her man, Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei, could use troops against Chu in advance to help him take revenge, but he did not allow her to go into danger alone. She could not get close to even the slightest danger. This was the reason why Mi Jiang left Luo.
The promise Yang Qian made to her husband.
Seeing that the palace lady in front of her looked unhappy, she finally stopped. Yan Shunsui immediately signaled to Wu Ji: "General Wu Ji, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"Commander Yan is serious." Wu Ji nodded, waved his hand and ordered his soldiers: "Search the corpse!"
The so-called search of corpses is actually to see if there are still survivors. If you add the sentence "no prisoners", then for the Shangshui Army, it is just a last-ditch effort - to see who among the enemies is still alive, and then
Kill him with two more swords.
It may seem ruthless, but it is actually to protect our own soldiers, lest our soldiers be killed by the corpses of the enemy soldiers who are still alive when they are carrying the corpses of both the enemy and ourselves in order to clear the battlefield.
After all, the saying "a man is about to die is always good with his words" is not absolute, especially on the battlefield. Both sides of the red-eye killer think more before death, and they still want another enemy to back them up.
"puff--"
"puff--"
Five hundred fully armed Shangshui soldiers advanced while using their swords to pierce the hearts of the corpses at their feet one by one.
"What a pity..."
Yang Wu, the thousand-man general who led this merchant navy, looked at the beautiful faces of the Gonggongmai witches and couldn't help but say in a regretful tone.
After hearing what he said, the soldiers of Shangshui who were responsible for finishing the battle after the war agreed quite a bit.
It has to be said that as a goddess who serves the gods, a witch has certain requirements for appearance. Whether it is Mi Jiang, the Zhurongmai witch on Mi Rui's side, or the Gonggongmai witch on Cang Qing's side, they basically all have good looks.
He has an attractive face.
Don't say anything vulgar, what the soldiers of the Wei State pursue is nothing more than honor, fields, houses, women, money, etc. It is undeniable that the Wei State does have righteous people who purely serve the country, such as when they responded to the call of Wei King Zhao Run and spontaneously
Those Wei people who followed the former to the battlefield of Daliang joined the army, but there were more Wei soldiers who joined the army mainly to glorify their families and obtain rewards for their military exploits.
Just like "Yangwu", he was born as a commoner and now owns a land and mansion. Not only does he have more than 20 Hu people and Ba people slaves to farm for him, but he also has more than a dozen Hu girls as maids. Therefore, in
While becoming a role model in the minds of other Shangshui soldiers, it also made people jealous of this hateful guy.
After Yangwu and the others, the Queen of Wei State, Mi Jiang, slowly stepped forward, and immediately she stopped in front of the pale corpse of the witch witch.
She still remembered that when the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army launched a volley of fire, Cang Qing, the great witch with the current Gonggong lineage, led a dozen witches to try to kill them, but unfortunately, they had not waited for them.
As they approached the Wei army, they were enveloped by the torrential rain of arrows.
Seeing Cang Qing dying with more than twenty arrows in her body with a look of despair and resentment, Mi Jiang sighed in melancholy.
In front of the regular army, which has an absolute numerical advantage, the speed and sword skills that the shrine maidens are proud of cannot be reflected at all.
"You must be trying to say mean, right?"
Glancing at the Wei soldiers who were clearing away all threats in front of her, Mi Jiang once again focused her eyes on the witch named Cang Qing in front of her.
"This is not despicable... As a woman, using the power of her husband, how can this be called despicable?"
Recalling that when she left Luoyang, her husband-in-law had told her not to put herself in danger, the corners of Mi Jiang's mouth rose slightly.
At this moment, she heard Yang Wu's shout from ahead.
"This guy... Judging from his clothes, he should be that Chu Shuijun, right? Queen, we have found Chu Shuijun!"
"..."
Mi Jiang's heart trembled when he heard this, he stood up and walked towards Yang Wu's position.
Immediately, she saw Chu Shuijun, who was still breathing.
Obviously, when the Wei army launched a volley, the guards around Chu Shuijun sacrificed their lives and used their bodies to block the arrows for the monarch. But unfortunately, the Wei army's arrow rain was too dense.
Despite life and death, Chu Shuijun was still hit by an arrow in the neck. As a result, he had too much air coming out and not enough air coming in, so he could die at any time.
If there was still pity and sadness in Mi Jiang's eyes when she saw the pale corpse of the witch, then now when she saw Chu Shuijun, her sisters' lifelong enemy, there was only indifference in her eyes.
At this time, Yang Wu had slapped Chu Shuijun on the face several times, causing the guy who seemed to have fainted to wake up faintly.
Chu Shuijun opened his eyes and saw a graceful and noble woman looking down at him with indifferent eyes.
"Heh...ahem..."
Chu Shuijun might have wanted to laugh, so he forced an ugly smile on his face, but as a result, before he could laugh twice, he was choked by the blood-colored foam gushing out of his throat and coughed repeatedly.
"Chu Shuijun."
With her red lips slightly parted, Mi Jiang slowly recited Chu Shuijun's title, and then looked at him, looking at Chu Shuijun's painful appearance at the moment, and recalling the time when her father, Runan Jun Xiong Hao, committed suicide.
A scene that made me feel inexplicably happy.
According to what Xiong Tuo said at that time, Xiong Xu, the late king of Chu State, actually did not want to force Xiong Hao, the younger brother of Runan Lord, to death. However, the nobles of the Xiong family of Chu East, headed by Lord Chu Shui, insisted on forcing Xiong Hao to death.
Hao, obviously because of the ideas advocated by Xiong Hao, posed a huge threat to the nobles of Eastern Chu.
"As far as I know, you, the late king of Chu (Xiong Xu) and my father (Xiong Hao) are brothers. Why do you want to force my father to death? Or even kill my two sisters?" Mi Jiang asked in a deep voice.
This question has been buried in Mi Jiang's heart for more than thirty years.
Looking at Mi Jiang in front of him, Chu Shuijun showed a look of ridicule or self-deprecation on his face. He no longer focused on the former, but looked blankly at the sky.
Mi Jiang is right. Lord Chu Shui is also the biological brother of Chu King Xiong Xu, Runan Lord Xiong Hao, Juyang Lord Xiong Li and others. However, unlike Xiong Xu and Xiong Hao, he is a commoner.
My mother was just an ordinary maid in the palace of the King of Chu at that time, just like Xiong Tuo, the King of Chu today.
Chu State is a country that attaches great importance to bloodline. It not only values the paternal lineage, but also the maternal lineage. Children like Xiong Xu, Xiong Hao, and Xiong Li who are born from the union of the daughters of the royal family and the great nobility are respected as soon as they are born.
Just like Ju Yangjun Xiong Li, even though he is actually a complete idiot.
But Chu Shuijun was different. He was just a concubine. He had watched Xiong Xu, Xiong Hao, Xiong Li and others enjoy great glory in front of others since he was a child, but he was being pointed at by others, so he naturally felt resentful.
Among Xiong Xu, Xiong Hao, Xiong Li and others, Chu Shuijun was the most resentful, or in other words, the most jealous of Runan Lord Xiong Hao.
Because his mother was the maid serving the mother of Runan Jun Xiong Hao.
Obviously they are brothers, even Chu Shuijun is one year older than Runan Lord Xiong Hao, but because of the national conditions of Chu State, when Xiong Hao grew up, he was named Runan Lord and became the ruler of Western Chu.
Below one person, above ten thousand people, and he, Lord Chu Shui, even got the title of "Lord Chu Shui" in name only because he cried and begged before his father passed away - they are both brothers, why is there such a huge gap?
big?
If Lord Chu Shui was not as capable as Lord Ju Yang and Xiong Li, he would not hold such a grudge. However, he thought that his abilities were not weaker than those of Xiong Xu, Xiong Hao and others. You know, he was completely
With his own ability, he won over the Ji Lian family and other great nobles of Chudong, and took the power of the Gonggongmai witch as his subordinates.
Why did he want to save Runan Jun Xiong Hao?
Although they were brothers, when his mother was pregnant with him, she was still serving Xiong Hao's mother humbly;
Although he is obviously a brother, after he is born, he still has to bow down to Xiong Hao, who is obviously his younger brother;
Obviously they are brothers, the nobles of Chu Dong are vying to marry their daughters to Xiong Hao, but they turn a blind eye to him, Lord Chu Shui.
Why did he want to save Runan Jun Xiong Hao?! "PS: This is a side theme. If you add some grudges and hatred, it will be another palace drama, haha. But I am too tired to write it."
"Just because... I 'hate' him the most."
Focusing his eyes on Mi Jiang again, Chu Shuijun said something with difficulty, and then gradually lost his vitality.
"hatred?"
Mi Jiang was stunned because she felt that when Chu Shuijun mentioned her father, Runan Jun, Xiong Hao, what he expressed was not hatred, but another emotion.
But now that things have happened, there is no point in thinking about it anymore.
Taking a long breath, Mi Jiang raised her head and looked at the sky.
More than thirty years ago, when she was only a few years old, she hugged her infant sister Mi Rui and fled to the country of Ba under the escort of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng.
At that time, she swore to God that when she grew up, she would kill Chu Shuijun, the culprit, and avenge her father and mother.
Today, more than thirty years later, she has finally fulfilled her vow back then, but for some unknown reason, she does not feel the joy of having her revenge avenged.
She suddenly thought of her husband, King Zhao Run of Wei. After Zhao Run witnessed the death of his enemy Xiao Luan, Mi Jiang also asked her husband: What does it feel like to have a great revenge?
Zhao Run told her that there was no such joy as having a great revenge, but only a sense of dull confusion.
Mi Jiang didn't believe it at first, but at this moment, she felt the "boring" that her husband said. This may be because revenge against Xiao Luan (Chu Shuijun) did not affect Zhao Run (Mi Jiang).
) occupies too much in life, and is no longer a place of sustenance.
Or maybe it's because their statuses are so different that revenge is too easy and they can't feel the pleasure.
"elder sister?"
In the distance, a surprised female voice came.
Mi Jiang turned around and saw her sister Mi Rui running towards her quickly with a surprised look on her face.
It turned out that while Mi Jiang was in a daze, Mi Rui also led a group of Zhu Rongmai witches and black crows to chase him out of Wushan.
But when they chased them out of Wushan, they saw all the Gonggongmai witches lying on the ground, and not far away, thousands of Wei soldiers were stationed.
But what surprised Mi Rui the most was that she saw her sister, Mi Jiang, the current Queen of Wei.
"Sister, why are you here?"
After getting closer, Mi Rui asked in surprise and joy.
Immediately, she saw Chu Shuijun lying at Mi Jiang's feet. After staring at the latter for a while, she spat out and said angrily: "It was too easy for him to die!"
At this time, the Zhurongmai witches who followed her looked at the Gonggongmai witches on the ground who were shot to death by random arrows with strange expressions, as well as the thousands of Wei troops lined up in a neat formation in the distance.
.
They may have become curious about Mi Jiang's identity.
Only a few witches who were similar in age to Mi Jiang and Mi Rui showed excitement on their faces at this moment, looking at Mi Jiang without blinking.
After all, there was a time when Mi Jiang was one of them.
However, looking at Mi Jiang's luxurious attire at this moment, these witches hesitated. They didn't know whether they should step forward to say hello to this former sister, or how to interact with the Queen of Wei.
Former sisters greeting.
In the end, Mi Jiang raised her hand, took the initiative to wave to her former sisters, and said hello: "Maji, Hongkui, Lan, and Dan, long time no see."
"...Ginger...is it ginger..."
The Zhurongmai witch, whom Mi Jiang calls "Maji", is quite coy. She no longer has the heroic spirit she had when she fought with Cang Qing and other Gonggongmai witches. She seems to be hesitating that her former sister has become the queen of Wei.
, whether she can still call the other person's name like she did before.
As if she sensed Ma Ji's hesitation, Mi Jiang nodded, took a few steps forward and gestured to get closer: "It's me."
After that, she noticed that among the Zhu Rongmai witches, some young witches who were estimated to be around eighteen or nineteen years old looked at her with confused expressions, or looked at her skirt with envy, and then asked
: "Are these...the newcomers?"
Seeing that Mi Jiang responded to the name "Jiang", the hesitation in the witch Maji's heart also subsided a bit, and she nodded and said: "They were adopted by the village one after another after you left. Unfortunately, when the village was destroyed by those bitches like Gong Gong,
Many sisters died at that time...just like the rest of us, most of them were abandoned 'sacrifice'."
Mi Jiang nodded, of course she knew what a 'sacrifice' was, because the country of Ba has always had the custom of using baby girls to sacrifice to mountain gods and ghosts. However, most of these baby girls who were originally used to sacrifice ghosts and gods would be killed by jackals in the mountains.
Eaten by tigers and leopards, only a small number of lucky ones encounter witches and are taken to witch villages to be raised.
"After so many years, have the Ba people still not changed much?" Mi Jiang sighed quietly.
"Most Ba people are ignorant. Even if we stop them many times, they still don't believe it..."
Miko Mochi said with a complicated expression, because she herself was equivalent to an abandoned sacrifice.
Mi Jiang nodded with emotion.
When she was in the Ba Kingdom, she could not accept certain customs of the Ba Kingdom, and after arriving in the Wei Kingdom, she was even more unacceptable.
Compared with the Ba Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom has almost no such cruel custom of "human sacrifice". Basically, only cattle, sheep and grains are used for sacrifices.
"sister!"
Seeing that her sister ignored her for a long time, Mi Rui was a little anxious and asked again: "Sister, why are you here?" At this point, she seemed to have thought of something, and asked in surprise with her eyes wide open: "You don't know how?
Did he sneak out?"
"Do you think I am you?"
Mi Jiang reached out and knocked on her sister's forehead in annoyance, causing the young witches to open their eyes in surprise. After all, Mi Rui was now their great witch of Zhu Rongmai, that is, their leader.
"Sister, you have learned bad things from your brother-in-law."
Mi Rui said angrily that once upon a time, her brother-in-law liked to hit her forehead with his fingers, which was quite painful.
At this time, Yang Yan, the leader of the black crows who followed Mi Rui and his party, also stepped forward to salute Mi Jiang with fists in his hands: "Queen."
"Hmm."
Mi Jiang nodded and asked Yang Ji, "Where is Zhang Qigong and Captain Zhang?"
Yang Yi replied respectfully: "Captain Zhang is protecting Ba Wangjun and his party from behind..."
As he spoke, he motioned with his eyes to the Black Crows nearby, asking them to immediately notify Zhang Qigong and ask the latter to come as soon as possible.
"Ba Wangcheng? The king of the Ba clan, Bachen?" Mi Jiang asked with a slightly surprised tone.
"Yes, Queen."
"That's it..."
A trace of melancholy flashed through Mi Jiang's eyes. After all, when she left Wushan with her sister Mi Rui more than 20 years ago, Ba Jin had not yet become the king of Ba country. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years later, Ba Jin had become
The king of the Ba Kingdom, Mijiang, already has a teenage son, Zhao Wei.
About an hour later, Zhang Qigong, who learned that Queen Mi had arrived, rushed over panting with Ba Qian and his party.
At that time, the Shang Shui army generals under Wu Ji had collected the bodies of Lord Chu Shui and the witches of the Gonggong line, and then dismissed most of the Wei soldiers, leaving only the 500 soldiers led by Wu Ji himself.
Soldiers, guarding the Queen Mi Jiang of Wei State.
When Zhang Qigong arrived, Mi Jiang was chatting with the witches who were praying for Rongmai. Although the younger generation of witches were very unfamiliar with Mi Jiang, after learning that this sister was once one of them,
And since she was the biological sister of their great witch Ji Rui, the two parties quickly became familiar with each other.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Qigong, pays homage to the Queen."
Arriving in front of Mi Jiang, Zhang Qigong bowed and bowed.
"Captain Zhang, there is no need to be polite."
Mi Jiang raised her right hand to support Zhang Qigong, then pointed at Mi Rui and said to Zhang Qigong: "This silly sister of mine, thanks to Captain Zhang for taking care of me these days..."
Upon hearing this, Mi Rui was unhappy and said angrily: "Sister, why is he taking care of me? I am clearly taking care of him, okay? Without me, he would have been bitten to death by a snake in the mountains."
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong also quickly said: "As Lord Mi Rui said, I am ashamed that I have the entrustment of the Queen and the Empress, yet I still need Lord Mi Rui to take care of me... A woman as beautiful and smart as Lord Mi Rui really does not need me.
Help."
"Sister, take a look." Mi Rui was very satisfied with Zhang Qigong's flattery.
"Excellent and wise? Haha!"
Mi Jiang, who had no expression on his face, let out a soft chuckle after hearing this.
If outsiders don't understand her, will she still not understand her biological sister?
In her opinion, her sister can be called "Xiuwai", after all, she has a good face, but "Huizhong", this may not be the case.
Although she is indeed quite happy now, with a loving husband and a filial son, looking back at the beginning, when she was forced to commit herself to her enemy Zhao Run, wasn't it the stupid thing done by this stupid girl Mi Rui?
Regarding Mi Rui, this stupid girl, Mi Jiang had recalled it more than once, trying to carefully recall that when she was fleeing with her infant sister in her arms, had she bumped into this girl's head on the way? Otherwise, why would this girl be so stupid?
"Look? What are you looking at? Captain Zhang just complimented you politely."
Mi Jiang said to her sister angrily.
Upon hearing this, Mi Rui became even more unhappy and said rudely to Zhang Qigong: "Hey, tell my sister, are you under my care these days?"
Of course, Zhang Qigong did not dare to offend this woman who he thought was smart and vindictive, so he quickly agreed and praised Mi Rui repeatedly.
Listening to Zhang Qigong's expression that didn't seem to be fake when he praised Mi Rui, Mi Jiang was also puzzled and looked at Mi Rui in disbelief.
"Could it be that after not seeing each other for so many years, this silly girl suddenly became enlightened?"
After staring at Mi Rui for a long time, Mi Jiang suddenly said calmly: "Amei, on my carriage, there are your favorite pastries and preserved fruits..."
"Really?" Mi Rui opened her eyes wide in surprise, then turned around and ran towards her sister's carriage.
A moment later, Mi Rui's anxious voice came from the carriage: "Sister, where is it? Why can't I find it?"
"...I lied to you."
After taking a look at the carriage, Mi Jiang shook her head with some regret.
She has confirmed that her sister is still the same foolish and heartless girl she once was.
"Wait a minute! Since that girl is still the same silly girl as before, then this Captain Zhang..."
Turning to look at Zhang Qigong, Mi Jiang's eyes became a little playful.
"Come on, come on, it's this kind of oppressive gaze..."
He murmured in his heart, unable to resist the oppressive eyes of the queen in front of him. Although Zhang Qigong didn't know what was going on, he immediately changed the subject: "Why is the queen here? As far as I know, this is the Yiling area.
, and further to the west is Xiying of Chu State... How did the Queen and General Wu Ji break through the Chu army on the border? "
After hearing Zhang Qigong's confusion, Wu Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Shangshui Army, smiled and explained on his behalf: "Captain Zhang, while you were chasing Lord Chushui in Wushan, we, the Wei Dynasty, started a war against Chu."
"Start a war with Chu?" Zhang Qigong had a look of surprise on his face.
"Yeah." Wu Ji secretly glanced at Queen Mi Jiang who was standing nearby, and said with a chuckle: "After careful consideration, Your Majesty decided to attack "Wu County" and "Xiying County" first to cut off the connection between Chu and Ba.
connect……"
Beside him, a warm smile appeared on Mi Jiang's face.
In fact, what Wu Ji told was just an excuse declared by the Wei court to the outside world. The real reason was that the king of Wei decided to do his best to help his woman intercept and kill his enemy, that's all.
While Wu Ji was explaining to Zhang Qigong, Mi Jiang raised her head and looked at the sky.
She had obviously left Luoyang not long ago, but at this moment, she missed Luoyang, Fengyi Palace, her husband and her beloved son very much.