Chapter 854: The Great Earthquake Pass Breaks
When Ye Qing returned to the Song court from Xia Kingdom, he met Zhao Ruyu and Han Tuozhou in Lanzhou Prefecture. In addition, the Jingzhao Prefecture Road had not been recovered at that time, so there was only one path they could choose, that was to enter the Song Dynasty through Dasan Pass.
Now Jingzhao Prefecture Road has become the territory of the Song court, so Ye Qing naturally wanted to enter Guanshan and Jingzhao Prefecture to return to Song.
The torches illuminated the entire Dazhen Pass. The cold temperature could not stop the drunken soldiers of the Song army and the Xia soldiers playing boxing and ordering. The entire Guanjian was full of a lively scene, but they had their own ulterior motives.
Li Xiao pointed indirectly at why Ye Qing didn't go to Dasan Pass and into Song Dynasty, and Ye Qing, who was drinking too poorly, had already put all his thoughts on the rest of the Song army who might enter Dasan Pass tonight.
Of course, Ye Qing, who was seventy-point drunk and three-point proud, would never tell Li Xiao that the main reason why he did not go to Dasan Pass was because he didn't know whether Han Tuozhou, who had been fighting against Luodian and Qi in the southwest, would kill him halfway.
The closing of the Great Zhen Pass has been open since Ye Qing entered the pass. He originally planned to close the door after nightfall, but when Ye Qing said that it was possible that his subordinates would rob the treasures they had plundered from the Khwarezmians overnight in order to rush to the road, Li Xiao gave up the idea of closing the city gate.
In his opinion, Ye Qing was still a turtle in the jar. Whether he was alive or dead was completely up to his mood. Moreover, the Song army in front of him was drinking, eating meat with big mouthfuls, and shaking and struggling to stand firmly, which made him not worried at all. The Song army tonight would pose a threat to him, Li Xiao, and he didn't believe that these Song people would cause trouble in the Great Zhenguan.
There were more than 4,000 people guarding the pass, and now they only had a thousand people here. Even with the other Song troops who rushed over at night, the number of the two soldiers was equal. The little advantage of the number of people occupied by the Song army can be completely negligible.
So under such circumstances, Li Xiao did not take Ye Qing and others seriously at all, let alone be wary of his guard.
At the open gate of the gate camp, dozens of soldiers guarding the gate were unknowingly drunk, Song Jun and Xia Ren, who were drunk, rushed over and drank together. Although they were responsible for guarding the gate, they looked at the happy faces of drinking and sweating, and the Xia Ren, who was guarding the gate, couldn't help swallowing. After leaving less than ten people to continue guarding the gate, the rest were pulled into the team of drinking.
The bonfire in Guanying gradually dimmed, and more and more soldiers were drunk. Ye Qing opened his chest, exposed his chest and exuded a heat of alcohol. From time to time, he still cheered the others who were fighting for alcohol.
Although Li Xiao was already drinking, his face was blushing, but because of his covetousness for rare and rare products, he, who had a deep alcohol tolerance, was still awake enough at this time. He would glance at Ye Qing from time to time and then sneer, and his whole body looked extremely gloomy and weird.
But even so, Ye Qing still knew from the quite sober Li Xiao that there were nearly 20,000 Xia soldiers in the Anrong Pass, the next pass stationed by Noriyou. In addition to the more than 3,000 people drawn from Dazhen Pass, Su Dao, who had passed by from then on, led nearly 20,000 people to pass there from then, and also left 5,000 troops to Noriyou, and then continued to go to Malu Pass.
The night became darker and deeper, and as the chill became heavier, the noise in the entire camp began to gradually fade away. As the end was approaching, there would be really drunk summer soldiers roaring at the valleys on both sides, but with such a weak momentum, even the birds and beasts in the forest were indifferent and too lazy to pay attention to it.
The small river flowing through the Dazhen Pass was still flowing tirelessly. The crisp sound of flowing water seemed particularly clear and crisp under the quieter night. Unconsciously, except for a few Xia soldiers who remained awake because of the on-duty, the rest of the people had fallen asleep intoxication.
Jia She entered the camp gate with dust and was already waiting for a little impatient Li Xiao, looking at the drunk Ye Qing. Jia She dismounted to Ye Qing and said, "Sir, it will take about an hour before our people can reach General Li's Great Seismic Pass."
Now it is approaching midnight, and more than an hour later, it is already ugly. Entering the pass late at night? This made Li Xiao frown slightly, and a sense of worry surged in his heart for no reason. After all, this time is a bit dangerous for the barracks tonight.
During the dinner for more than two hours, most of the soldiers were drunk. If Ye Qing had any unfair intentions, it would be easy to break the Great Earthquake with his nearly 4,000 new force.
While hesitating, thinking about whether it is a rare treasure or a life, and whether he should insist on letting Ye Qing enter the Great Zhen Pass overnight, he heard Ye Qing's mouth vaguely say, "Let's thank you for your hard work, just let them camp anywhere. It's not too late to come here tomorrow morning. It's so late, everyone should rest. Don't bother General Li late at night..."
"It's okay, it's okay to close the door and open it. Just let them enter the pass tonight." Li Xiao was almost conditioned reflexive, pressing his hand on Ye Qing's arm on the edge of the table, his face was red, and a smile squeezed out on his chubby face and said, "The dew at night in Guanshan is deep and cold, so Lord Ye still needs to be more polite to his soldiers."
Li Xiao's words came from instinct. Although his reason told him that he should not be so careless, in the end it was like the words that although he was unwilling to speak, but his body was very honest. The impulse finally defeated Li Xiao's reason.
However, although Li Xiao was greedy for money, he was also extremely caring about his life. Since he had said it, he immediately came up with a remedy, which was to take Ye Qingsi by his side, just in case something else happened.
So after Jia She nodded and left again, Ye Qing, who wanted to sleep, was enthusiastically invited by Li Xiao to sleep in the same room with him!
Ye Qing opened his eyes wide, looked at Li Xiao who was as chubby as a meat mountain drunk, and murmured: "General Li won't be..."
Li Xiao was stunned at first, thinking that Ye Qing guessed what he was thinking, but looking at Ye Qing's somewhat sarcastic gaze, he finally understood what Ye Qing was referring to, and laughed and said, "Mr. Ye is really funny. Although there are a shortage of women here, Li is not bored yet..."
"Then I'll be relieved, haha." Ye Qing put his arm on Li Xiao's shoulder and said, "I'm saying that I'm the same with General Li today. I still have a lot of things to talk to General Li. Why don't we stop drunk?"
"Okay, Li is doing this." Li Xiao turned his head and looked at Ye Qing with a smile, and then took the opportunity to go to the toilet to free himself from Ye Qing's heavy arms.
Seeing his subordinates leading Ye Qing towards his own room first, the smile on Li Xiao's face was gradually replaced by a sneer. He waved casually, and someone immediately walked over.
"Be smarter tonight, and hide it around my room later. When I heard my greetings, I broke in and took him down for me." At this time, Li Xiao was like he was not drinking at all, and there was no sign of alcohol on his face.
After explaining to his subordinates, Li Xiao changed his smile again and walked towards his room with leisurely steps. In his opinion, no matter whether Ye Qing would make trouble tonight, as long as Ye Qing is in his hands, everything is still in his control.
"Take money to kill me! Alas... I, Li Xiao, just want to make money, but who made you, Ye Qing, already a dead person? The rare and rare goods you plundered will be given to others in the end, so it is better to be given to me, Li Xiao. As for death... What's the difference between a few days earlier and a few days later? When you pass Anrong Pass, you will still die, so it's better for me, Li Xiao, to help you first, so you won't suffer." Li Xiao, who was standing not far from the door, muttered to himself for a while, then listened to Ye Qing's sound of wine in the room and walked in.
But when he entered the room, the drunk Ye Qing smiled at him, and then fell down on his back. In a short while, a steady snoring sound came out.
Li Xiao glanced at his subordinate standing at the door, waved his hand and said lightly: "Go down, be wary at the gate of Guanying. When the Song army arrives, you must check it out clearly."
As his subordinates left and returned to peace, only Ye Qing's intermittent snoring sounded. Li Xiao pricked his ears and listened for a long time, but he did not hear any movement around his room. But he believed that as long as he ordered, his subordinates outside the door would immediately rush in and tie up the drunk Ye Qing to Wuhua.
"Mr. Ye, Lord Ye, Lord Ye..." Looking at Ye Qing who was sleeping like a dead pig and was not guarded, Li Xiao stepped forward and pushed hard a few times. After seeing that Ye Qing was still unresponsive, he smiled with satisfaction.
Looking at the watch exposed on Ye Qing's wrist, Li Xiao couldn't help but show doubt. Although he didn't know what this bracelet-like thing was and how precious it was, he saw it tonight. Ye Qing would shake his wrist from time to time, and then look down at the thing.
So at this time, Li Xiao had already regarded the watch on Ye Qing's wrist as a treasure. After all, if it weren't for a good thing worth a thousand gold, how could Ye Qing carry it with him? And he would have to take a look at it from time to time, afraid of losing it?
Looking at the windows and doors of the room, Li Xiao walked to Ye Qing and pushed Ye Qing silently again. Seeing that Ye Qing was snoring like thunder, Li Xiao grabbed Ye Qing's wrist and looked at the watch carefully.
Looking at the transparent watch, Li Xiao immediately thought of Poli. As for the pointer below the watch face, Li Xiao never thought about what it was to study now.
He just started to turn Ye Qing's wrist curiously, looked at the black metal strap again, and tried to pull it off Ye Qing's wrist directly, but he was stuck tightly and could not take it down.
"How did you put this on? Is there any mechanism?" Li Xiao murmured to himself, and his other hand began to study the strap.
Almost unprepared, even Li Xiao didn't know where he pressed it hard, and then he heard a crisp sound. Then with a rustling sound, the black metal bracelet suddenly became larger on Ye Qing's wrist, and then the bracelet was easily taken off Ye Qing's wrist.
I looked at the watch curiously and looked at the small circle for a long time. I really couldn't see anything. I could only see the thin needles moving little by little under the transparent Poli, while the other two were motionless.
"What is this?" Li Xiao couldn't help but come to the oil lamp, lowered his head and muttered to himself.
Just as he was about to imitate Ye Qing and was about to put the watch on his wrist, he suddenly felt the light in front of him dim, and then his neck felt a little cold.
"This is called a watch, it depends on the time. For example, now it is... you take it backwards. Yes, that's it. Look at the direction of the hour hand and look at the point where the minute hand points. You can know that it is twelve:30, of course, it can also be called 0:30 in the morning. As for other functions, you will not understand it. There are also calendars, such as today is October 11th, half an hour ago or October 10th, and then he will jump to 11th when it reaches 0:00." Ye Qing patted Li Xiao's shoulder, then took Li Xiao's stiff arm with one hand, slowly handed over the watch, and continued to say lightly: "Don't make a sound, I know you have someone outside. The knife on your neck is very sharp. I don't care if you cut your neck."
"Ye Qing...what do you want to do?" Li Xiao's fat face trembled, and he kept sitting in front of the oil lamp and said motionlessly.
"What do you want to do?" Ye Qing put the watch on his wrist awkwardly again, then pulled a chair and sat down behind Li Xiao, showing a satisfied expression and said: "Yes, I'm performing very well now. I have a few questions. I'll ask you to answer. I can't say I don't know, how about it?"
Li Xiao gritted his teeth and wanted to look back at Ye Qing's face, but his fat neck moved slightly and immediately felt the slight stinging sensation coming, and said with some hatred: "Mr. Ye, did I, Li Xiao, have you ever made things difficult for you today?"
"People die for money, birds die for food. Since General Li is already attacking me, Ye Qing, how can I not beware of it?" Ye Qing smiled and asked, "In the next pass, there are other guards in Anrong Pass?"
"No." Li Xiao replied decisively: "Ye Qing, you can't escape. Your current situation is hard to fly. Whether you are moving forward or backward, there is our army..."
"You don't need to say anything if I didn't ask."
"You knew it a long time ago?" Li Xiao's heart suddenly lit up and he asked in shock.
"What do you know?" Ye Qing said: "Do you know that Rela Gongji, Jin people, and Song Ting join forces to kill me?"
"Sir Ye, since you already know, then you should know that the only person who can save you now is me, Li Xiao."
"How do you save me?" Ye Qing looked back from time to time at the door behind him, beware that someone would suddenly rush in.
"As long as you let me go, I will plead for you in front of the Prime Minister, and you are now at the gate of my Daxia. As long as I don't let anyone go, no matter whether it is the Jin people or you Song people, you can't do anything to me. And I also promise that you will definitely be safe in the Great Zhen Pass." Li Xiao said quickly. He knew very well that if he said something he was stumbling, it would only make Ye Qing even more suspicious of his sincerity.
But he obviously forgot that since Ye Qing had known about Jin, Xia, and Song would encircle and annihilate him, why did he run over and take the initiative to die?
"I believe you, a ghost." Ye Qing smiled and said, "How many people are waiting for me at Malu Pass now? How many defenders are there in Laoyeling and Fu Hanping?"
"Yeliyou has 20,000 people in Anrong Pass, 30,000 people in Malu Pass, Laoyeling and Fu Hanping's defenders were all transferred to Malu Pass, and there were Jin people around him to help and surround you..."
"Where is the Golden Man?" Ye Qing asked tightly with the field sword in his hand.
"At first, at Malu Pass, and then... after Su Dao went to Malu, they should stay in Changning Post. In this way, as long as you enter Anrong Pass, before arriving at Malu, whether it is walking Malu or changing to Changning Post, they can maintain an absolute advantage over you in military strength. The Jin people also have nearly 20,000 troops, and the more than 20,000 people who were waiting for you to pass by Qinjiayuan Road, their military strength is comparable to Guanlong Road. So Lord Ye, you can only go to a dead end when you go forward. Now we are the two brothers who can save you." Li Xiao started sweating on his forehead, but he did not hide the deployment of the military strength of the six gates of Guanlong Road, because in his opinion, only in this way can Ye Qing feel pressure and create a chance to survive.
Of course, he was afraid that Ye Qing would fight him to death at the time of desperate situation, so he would never conceal anything about Guanlongdao, but would answer questions and even give some other things for free.
"How to save me?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.
"I'll let you leave Dazhen Pass and return to Gu Pass, and then Lord Ye can go to Song through Dashan Pass again. Wouldn't you be able to escape the net of heaven and earth set up by the Prime Minister? As for me, Li Xiao, I can deny it to my younger brother at that time, and I have never seen Lord Ye's army pass by. Of course, if Lord Ye is willing, I can also say that Lord Ye has entered Anrong Pass. As for why it suddenly disappeared, then I, Li Xiao, don't know, what?" Li Xiao thought very carefully.
"I'm afraid that General Li will immediately send troops to pursue me when I retreated to Dazhen Pass just now? Wouldn't I still be unable to escape and die?" Ye Qing smiled and said, "General Li has a good idea. He seems to be thinking about me. Unfortunately... I can't believe you, let alone believe that you will let Ling's revenge not be avenged, but let me, the enemy, leave Dazhen Pass."
"Mr. Ye, what do you mean?" Li Xiao was shocked, and a bad premonition arose in his heart. Could it be that Li Ren had already...
Li Xiao wanted to turn around to confirm his guess, but he had no choice but to feel the sharp knife on his neck, and a trace of it flowed down his neck into his collar.
"When did Su Dao pass through the Great Zhen Pass?" Ye Qing did not answer Li Xiao's doubts and continued to ask.
"On the night of October 8th... on our scout, we found out that Lord Ye's army... After finding out that Lord Ye's army came straight towards Guanshan, Lord Su was able to pass by yesterday and took away more than 3,000 defenders from Dazhen Pass." Li Xiao answered questions and asked: "My Lord Ye, my brother's life and death..."
"You will know in a while. Why are you in a hurry? Are you in a hurry to meet him?" The field knife in Ye Qing's hand increased its strength again.
"Mr. Ye, you really killed..."
"On the way to Dasan Pass, there are other troops from your Xia Kingdom waiting for me, Ye Qing?" Ye Qing continued to ask.
"I don't know this. I am just a guardian of the six gates of Guanlong. I just told Lord Ye that it was because I wanted to ambush Lord Ye here that Su Dao would speak to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't even know these. Lord Ye, Li Xiao is full of sincerity. I promise that even if my brother died at your hands,... Li Xiao will never seek revenge on the adults. After all, Li Xiao has an eighty mother above and a three-year-old child below to support me. I, Li Xiao, swear to the sky..." Before Li Xiao finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the door with a bang.
Several of his subordinates rushed in with panic on their faces, but before he could ask, Li Xiao felt a pain in his neck, and the sound of a sharp blade cutting into the flesh sounded clearly in his ears...
"Save me..." Li Xiao wanted to yell, but the sound he made was weak. He covered his neck with one hand and looked at his subordinates at the door. In a panic, he suddenly groaned and fell to the ground.
Ye Qing had already slowly stood up in front of him, looking at him with a smile on his face. The black dagger in his hand looked wet. As the black liquid dripped on the blade fell to the ground, he could see clearly that it was black and red blood.
Chapter completed!