Chapter 78, Night Pursuit
The soldiers were stunned when they saw Queen Quan Zhiyu holding Zu Zhao, and no one dared to say more. What's the situation? Why did the queen hold a foreign general? Is she going to marry this man? Besides, men and women are not intimable, especially in the Central Plains, and men and women are not allowed to contact each other. Now, the queen actually hugged Zu Zhao, and they can't help but be surprised.
Zu Zhao saw everyone staring at them, coughing and said, "Hey, your people are looking at you. You have to control your emotions."
Hearing this, Quan Zhiyu also trembled in an instant. He couldn't control it for a while and actually gave a hug in front of the three armies, which was really embarrassing. However, she did not let go of Zu Zhao immediately, but calmed down, calmly let go of Zu Zhao, and said majestically to the three armies, "All the generals, you all know that peace with the Han Dynasty is the most effective way to establish an alliance between the two countries. This time I went to the Han Dynasty and have been engaged to this general. He is a royal family. I For the Queen of Silla and his marriage, this is the right family. This return to Silla is to choose a day to marry him. At that time, Silla will be an ally of the Han Dynasty. No one dares to bully us in the future. We can't disturb the Han Dynasty. Similarly, the Han Dynasty will not invade our Silla.
Hearing this, all the soldiers of the three armies of Silla were stunned. Later, they all raised their weapons in their hands and shouted "Hurray, the Queen" loudly. In their opinion, there is no need to fight with the Han Dynasty. This is naturally the best thing. The queen can give up her noble status and make friends with the Han Dynasty. Isn't this for the people of Silla? Everyone cheered.
Z Zhao listened and said to himself, "It seems that I have been killed by you. Your queen's adaptability is really strong. The three armies know that you are going to marry me. I can't escape this marriage." As a last resort, in order to cooperate with Quan Zhiyu's acting, he could only wave his hand to the Silla soldiers.
In the cheers of the army, the competition continued. In the following competition, the generals of Silla gave full play to their strength, among which there were many fierce generals. There were also two or three people who could compete with the vicious general. Zu Zhao suggested that these two or three people were worth it. The promoted candidates are also very loyal to Quan Zhiyu and respect their opponents.
Quan Zhiyu adopted Zu Zhao's opinion and summoned the three of them immediately after the game. They were awarded the title of officials respectively. The three of them thanked them and expressed their loyalty to the Queen to the death. As for the matter of the general, Quan Zhiyu followed Zu Zhao's suggestion and did not choose among these people, but left a suspense. After she returns as the queen, she will select capable people nationwide. In this way, the queen will naturally attract all the capable people from Silla.
The three people were not dissatisfied because the queen did not fulfill her promise to seal their undisputed general, but all felt that it was wise for the queen to do so. Although they stood out at this moment, they were not necessarily the most powerful in the country. Now the queen can look up to them. Their promotion has been valued by them, and they will definitely rely on their loyal loyalty to the queen in the future.
It was night, and everything was arranged properly. Quan Zhiyu still came to Zu Zhao's room and wanted to sleep with Zu Zhao.
"Is it time for us to take off our clothes and sleep together tonight?" Zu Zhao asked with a smile.
Quan Zhiyu asked puzzledly, "Why did you take it off tonight?"
Zu Zhao said, "Tonight is worth celebrating. I give you a new skill. Sister Cai Wenji didn't give you, so that you can really have a baby for me."
Quan Zhiyu blushed and said, "Really? Since you like it, take it off and go to sleep."
Zu Zhao stared at her and thought to himself whether the queen was pretending in front of him, like a little girl who knew nothing, but in front of the three armies, she was quick to react and very queen-like. No matter how she looked at it, she did not look like a person who didn't know how to have a child.
He doesn't want to care so much, pretending or whatever. Anyway, it seems that she will be her own person sooner or later, or she will be her person sooner or later. It's better to teach her how to be a person tonight. However, she is still young and can't let her conceive a child like this. The contraceptive measures should be taken, otherwise she will be full of children and grandchildren.
The two chatted with each other for a while, and Zu Zhao naturally said a lot of provocative love words. Finally, he teased Quan Zhiyu up and down, and when he was about to launch an attack, there was suddenly a sound of chaos outside. Zu Zhao didn't understand who dared to make such a mess in his yard.
As soon as he got up, the door was knocked open. As soon as he was about to get angry, he saw that his guard was covered with blood and had several arrows in his body. Zu Zhao was shocked and immediately ordered Quan Zhiyu to put on his clothes. At the same time, he drove forward to help the guards and ask what was going on.
The guards spit blood and said intermittently, "General, the Silla people launched a rebellion, saying that the queen was a wandering woman who wanted to destroy Silla. They came to remove the queen for the dignity of Silla."
Zu Zhao was shocked and asked, "Who is so bold?"
"It's the general Silla who fought with Vice General Ma in the ring." The guard said.
"Is it him? Wasn't he arrested?" Zu Zhao asked in shock.
The guard spit out a mouthful of blood, blinked his eyes several times, and then said, "General, he joined forces with his subordinates and entangled some people who hold you with you today. They have killed the general in. General, go quickly. I don't have the ability to protect the general. I really deserve it."
Zhu Zhao hugged him and said, "You have been loyal." After saying that, the guard spewed out a mouthful of blood, twitched for a while, his head tilted, and died in Zu Zhao's arms.
At this time, Quan Zhiyu had also dressed up and came to Zu Zhao. Seeing the bloody guards, he was shocked and asked what was going on. Zu Zhao said, "The general who was arrested today entangled a group of people who had an opinion on you to launch a rebellion and wanted to arrest us. Don't say so much, we must leave here."
As soon as Zu Zhao finished speaking, he only heard a sound of swords. Dozens of Silla soldiers rushed in from the door and window. The first person was the partial general who should have been imprisoned. He sneered with a treacherous smile on his face and said, "Your Majesty, where else do you want to go?"
Quan Zhiyu was angry and scolded, "Are you going to rebel?"
The general pointed to Quan Zhiyu and laughed, "You're going to reverse it. You are the queen of Silla, and you actually hugged the Han Dynasty men before you got married. What's the form? It's really detrimental to the dignity of our Silla country. You don't accompany me to be the queen of Silla at all. I'm going to escort you back to Kyoto and tell your ugly things to the people of Silla. Are you still sleeping with this dog tonight? Our Silla's face has been lost by you. If we don't put you to death, we are sorry for the Silla royal family and have no face to face to the people.
Quan Zhiyu said, "I have made a marriage with him. What's wrong with me holding him? If you dare to kidnap the queen, this is a serious crime to kill the nine clans. Now that you take your pawn away, I can hold you less accountable.
The general sneered and said, "Don't scare me with your queen's airs. Now Silla has a new king, not you, an shameless woman. I will arrest you, a man and a woman, and I will go back to Kyoto. Wouldn't it be pleasant for you to be promoted to the throne? Come on, grab these two dogs.
The soldier got the order and immediately rushed to Zu Zhao and the whole Yu with a sword and halberd. Quan Zhiyu had never seen such a rush, and immediately turned pale with fear, and his feet were soft and he was almost unstable. Zu Zhao secretly shouted in his heart that he had to hold on until Zhang Yuan and others arrived, but now he has no weapons in his hand, and he has to take care of the whole situation. The other party is dozens of armed people, and I'm afraid he can't hold on for a long time.
Thinking about it, Zu Zhao rushed up with a sword waved. Zu Zhao's eyes and hands quickly, kicked him to the ground, took the long sword from his hand, and fought with the other people who rushed up. Because it was too chaotic, he could not take care of the whole cause unconsciously. He was fighting to rush out of the door when he suddenly heard an explosion. Roar, and then the unfamiliar Chinese came to his ear: "Put down your sword, or I will kill her."
Zu Zhao turned around when she heard the words and saw that Quan Zhiyu had been caught by the general. The sword was on her neck. She looked at Zu Zhao coldly, with a proud smile on the corners of her mouth, and said, "Sure enough, the general of Hanbang, his ability is really good, but what about you? Now the queen is in my hands. If you dare to do it again, I will kill her.
When Zu Zhao heard the words, he held the sword in his hand tightly and wanted to kill the general with one sword. However, he had not made any obvious movements. The long sword in the general's hand moved, and Quan Zhiyu screamed, and a shallow blood stain immediately appeared on her white and tender neck.
"Let's see if you are fast or me." General Xinluo said fiercely, "If you want to save her, put down your weapon immediately, or I will kill her."
"No, put down our weapons and we will all die." Quan Zhiyu said loudly.
Zu Zhao smiled, looked at Quan Zhiyu tenderly, and said, "But I can't watch you die first. You are my wife now." As soon as he said, he only heard a bang, and the sword in his hand had fallen to the ground.
As soon as his sword landed, a Silla soldier beside him immediately stabbed him with a sword. Zu Zhao was unprepared and immediately hit by a sword in the abdomen. Fortunately, he twisted himself in time to dodge, so that he did not hurt the key. He just cut a big cut, but he still screamed in pain, fell to the ground, covered the wound with blood bleed. It came out of his fingers and dyed his clothes red.
When Quan Zhiyu saw that Zu Zhao was injured, he remembered to cry, his eyes were full of tears, and said sadly, "Go away, leave me alone."
Zuzuo struggled to stand up, tried to squeeze out a smile and said, "You are my woman. Can I leave you alone?" It was you who said that you were engaged to me. As a man, I have the responsibility to protect you, even if I die myself.
Quan Zhiyu was moved for a long time. He didn't expect that Zu Zhao valued her so much in his heart and would rather die for her. Thinking about the first time we met, Zu Zhao had no good impression of her, and now, he would rather be injured or killed for himself. How can she not be moved by such a man?
"You are so stupid." She can only express her heart with these three words.
The general sneered and said, "It's really a friendly couple. But it's a pity. Tie him up and get out of here immediately.
"Yes." The soldiers answered, took out the rope and tied up Zu Zhao, and then escorted them out together, rushing to the gate, a total of two or three hundred horses.
After a while, I suddenly heard a shout from the back: "Don't hurt my lord, get down quickly."
Everyone turned around, but Zhang Yuan rode the first to kill him, and the cavalry behind had long been left behind by him. General Silla knew that Zhang Yuan was powerful and immediately ordered his attendants to escape and not to fight. A team of people suddenly waved their whips, drove the horses, and fled to the gate.
But Zhang Yuan was fast and immediately caught up with him. He picked up his long gun, and the last two cavalrymen had been stabbed under the horse. General Xinluo was stunned when he saw it and ordered, "Throw him down." In this speech, he naturally refers to Zu Zhao.
The soldier got the order and immediately threw Zu Zhao off the horse, and then protected the general and continued to flee to the gate.
When Zhang Yuan saw that Zu Zhao was dismounted, he rolled on the ground several times, and finally hit the corner of the wall. He was shocked. He immediately flew off the horse and rushed forward in a few steps. With a sound, he inserted his long gun on the ground and leaned down to help Zu Zhao. Seeing that he was covered with blood, he was shocked and shouted, "General, you can't be fine, general."
Zu Zhao was just a little dizzy after being knocked down. Now he wakes up. Although the pain is severe, it's nothing big. Zhang Yuan was overjoyed when he saw Zu Zhao open his eyes and immediately hugged him to get on the horse and said, "General, I'll take you back for treatment."
Zui Zhao grabbed him and said, "Wen Yuan, I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me now."
Zhang Yuan was shocked and said, "General, you are covered with blood. How can I care about you? Don't worry, I'll take you back immediately. You'll be fine."
Zui Zhao said, "I'm just a skin injury. You order you to chase them immediately. You must chase Quan Zhiyu back and don't let them go back to Kyoto, otherwise we will fail to send our troops to Silla this time.
"But general, how can I leave you alone if you are like this now? Shall I take you back first and chase them?" Zhang Yuan said urgently.
Zui said, "When they go out of the city, once you lose your vision, you can't catch up with them. This is their territory. You are not familiar with the environment here. How can you find them? Quan Zhiyu can't be fine, otherwise I will only ask you.
"But the general..."
"It's an order to chase them. If there is something wrong with them, you are the biggest sin. Military law disposal is not acceptable." Zu Zhao shouted and scolded.
"General..." Zhang Yuan is also anxious. He doesn't want Zu Zhao to be fine.
"I'm fine. Go after them. Do you want to disobey them?" Zu Zhao said.
Zhang Yuan was stunned and immediately said, "I dare not." Seeing that Ma Yuan had brought people to catch up behind him, he saw that the Silla people were about to leave the gate and said, "General, take care. I will definitely bring the queen back safely."
After saying that, he put down Zu Zhao, picked up the long gun, stepped on the horse's back, and clamped his legs. Only the horse's hissing was heard. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yuan had rushed out dozens of meters away. Zu Zhao looked in his eyes and said quietly, "You must chase her back intact."
At this moment, Ma Yuan also caught up with people and saw Zu Zhao. The whole team immediately turned over and got off the horse and surrounded Zu Zhao. Seeing Zu Zhao's waist bleeding, everyone was shocked.
"General, it's too late, please forgive me." Ma Yuan and others immediately knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty to Zu Zhao.
Zu Zhao said, "Get up, the Silla people raided, and no one expected it. Ma Yuan, you should take someone to answer Zhang Yuan immediately. There must be no mistake.
Ma Yuan said, "But you, General?"
"I'm fine. You must bring the whole Yu back intact, otherwise it will be disposed of by military law. I will ride back." Zu Zhao raised his voice and said.
Ma Yuan sent more than a dozen people to escort Zu Zhao back. He chased after him with more than 100 horses. At this moment, there were no traces of Silla soldiers and Zhang Yuan, but there were dust in the faint firelight, flying and spreading in the air.
Let's say that Zhang Yuan first chased the Silla soldiers out of the city gate. The other party entered a path and did not dare to stop and escorted Quan Zhiyu to move forward quickly. The Silla general saw that Zhang Yuan was fast and was about to catch up. He ordered more than a dozen cavalry to turn around and block Zhang Yuan, and he continued to flee with Quan Zhiyu.
The cavalry turned around and stabbed Zhang Yuan with a gun. Zhang Yuan was not afraid at all. He kept roaring and roared. The gun went away like the wind. He killed the person in front of him with one shot. Then he flew up and pulled out another shot and stabbed two people with one stone. The rest of the people couldn't help sucking cold air, swallowing and pulling. Don't dare to stand on the mount.
Zhang Yuan pulled back his long gun and did not hesitate at all. Seeing this, the cavalry knew that the enemy was far away, so they turned their horses and did not dare to walk, and flashed into the jungle one after another. Zhang Yuan drove immediately and did not chase them, but chased them away.
After chasing for a while, General Silla heard the sound of horses' hoofs behind him. Looking back, Zhang Yuan had caught up with him, which was not enough. He was shocked how brave the general was to come so quickly.
"Kshe him to death." General Silla shouted.
The soldiers were ordered to pull out 40 or 50 people, took arrows and pulled bows, and saw flying arrows shooting at Zhang Yuan like raindrops. Zhang Yuan was not afraid at all. He pushed away the arrows he shot with his gun and accelerated forward. When the soldiers saw it, they were all stunned and continued to shoot at him with arrows, and the front and back were orderly, bound to block Zhang Yuan's road.
Zhang Yuan was shaken, and the long gun danced. In front of the horse, the gun flew in front of him, forming a barrier and blocking the arrows one after another. In the cold, several arrows were shot in the jungle. He blocked some of them, but they had been directly on his shoulder, almost hitting him in the neck. Blood spewed out and dyed half of his face red.
This completely annoyed Zhang Yuan. He roared, shot out, and stabbed a person to death. The mounts of the Silla cavalry were frightened when they heard Zhang Yuan's roar, raised their legs and hissed, shaking the cavalry to the ground one after another and fled.