In winter, the day is short and the night is long. When Ye Qingping came to Zhongnan Mountain, it was already the sun was weak.
In the bright red sunset, she climbed up the mountain road alone. Weeds were spread on both sides of the road, and white bones were filled with pedestrians along the way, deserted and deserted. Only a few crows yelled hoarsely from time to time and rushed down to eat the dead body's remaining flesh.
Ye Qingping suddenly remembered the Buddha Baptism Festival seven years ago. All the temples on Zhongnan Mountain opened the Heavenly Buddha Temple Fair. The people of Chang'an who burned incense and worshiped Buddhas shoulder to shoulder and spread the road. How lively it was at that time.
As time goes by, the prosperity of the past has long disappeared. The ancient road is windy and the sunset is setting, and the mountains and forests are still there, but the long and bleak shadows of her only on the rugged mountain road, which are indescribable desolation.
Ye Qingping sighed at the impermanence of the world, and before she knew it, she had arrived outside the mountain gate of Jianfu Temple.
The once colorful and magnificent temple has now become a pile of broken walls, only the burnt broken pillars in the hall seem to still tell the glory of the past.
Ye Qingping walked to the foundation stone of the burned hall, looked at the rubble all over the ground, and sighed: It seems that it is not my family who suffered the disaster of fire. It is just that these monks eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name every day, and take it as their responsibility to save all sentient beings, but in the end they can't even save them themselves. It's really ridiculous.
Just as she was stunned, she suddenly heard a tender voice behind her back shouting: Mom, Mom... Ye Qingping was struck by lightning, and her whole body trembled and turned around suddenly. She happened to see the young figure she had been thinking about stumbled towards her.
This must be a dream, it is me thinking about my child crazy... Ye Qingping bit her tongue hard and clearly felt a pain coming from the tip of her tongue. Only then did she make sure she was not crazy. That was really her daughter Zhang Yiyi.
Ye Qingping rushed to her daughter with a steadily, hugged her tightly in her arms, looked at her and touched her again and again, but she still couldn't believe that all this was true.
After not seeing her for a year, her daughter has grown up a lot, her skin has been tanned, and her little face has a bit of wind and frost, but her eyes are bright and energetic.
Qingping, you are okay.As he spoke, Zhang Wenbin, wearing a green shirt, walked in through the mountain gate and followed Li Huan and Liu Fengqin behind him.
Wenbin, Master, you... Ye Qingping felt a mess in her mind, her lips trembled, but she could no longer speak, and two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks.
Why are the girl crying? It should be happy to be reunited by the family. Master Liu, let’s go there to see the scenery.
Liu Fengqin originally wanted to stay and watch the fun, but Li Huan Wu had a lot of skills, so she pulled her away without saying a word.
Only Ye Qingping and his family were left in the hall, and Zhang Wenbin told the story.
It turned out that the Zhang family burned to ashes in a fire that day. He was seriously injured and must have died. Unexpectedly, an old man suddenly appeared, rescued him and his daughter, cured his injuries, and settled his father and daughter in a villa in Qiuye Mountain in the south of the city.
During this period, Zhang Wenbin secretly went to the city several times to inquire about Ye Qingping's whereabouts, but what he got was the news that his wife was dead. He was completely disappointed, but in order to take care of his daughter, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
Three months later, Li Huan and Liu Fengqin, who had returned from Tiaozhi, found them. They were originally going to leave the Central Plains and go to the Western Regions to avoid war. But halfway through, they heard the news that the magic sword reappeared in the world, so they returned again, but they didn't expect to find Ye Qingping in Chang'an.
Ye Qingping listened to these tortuous experiences silently, feeling confused and thought to herself: Old Xu, Old Xu, you lied to me so hard... Zhang Wenbin said for a while, but saw Ye Qingping look strange, just bit her lips and hugged her daughter and sobbing gently, without saying a word.
He was surprised in his heart. After a closer look, he found that his wife was bloated and her abdomen was bulging. She was obviously pregnant and she opened her mouth wide in shock.
Ye Qingping tried her best to resist the urge to cry and said choked: In order to avenge you, I defected to Huang Chao in anger and rebelled. After losing my life, I became pregnant with his child. Who knows you... husband, I'm sorry for you, but now the big mistake has been made. I... I... she finally burst into tears and could not continue to say anything.
Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?
The daughter in her arms also felt her mother's body trembling violently and screamed in fear.
In an instant, Ye Qingping's mind turned countless thoughts, and she felt that it would be better to die than to die if she had no face to live in the world, but she really couldn't bear to leave her daughter, and her pretty face turned pale.
Zhang Wenbin looked at his haggard wife in front of him, as if she was ten years old, and remembered the woman who was so energetic and frownful and smiling a year ago. She felt a pain in her heart. She walked to her side and gently hugged her, comforted her softly: Qingping, stop torture yourself anymore, this is God's will, I don't blame you. It is God’s gift to our family to be reunited, so what else can we hope for? No matter who this child is, as long as you give birth to him, I will raise him as my own son. Is our family leaving this troubled world and spending the rest of their lives in a paradise?
It's too late, everything is too late... Ye Qingping gritted her teeth and said: It's hard to collect water. I slaughtered all the descendants of the Li family in Chang'an and got pregnant with Huang Chao's children. Neither the fool nor Huang Chao would let me go. I followed you and implicated you.Besides, look at my body, how can I ride a horse on the road?
Zhang Wenbin wanted to leave with his wife, but he didn't expect these details and was speechless for a moment.
Ye Qingping slowly put down his daughter, stopped crying, and sighed and said: Wenbin, just think I am dead, and Yiyi will entrust it to you.The world is already in chaos, and all the governors of the various ranks will inevitably raise their troops and compete for the Central Plains. The land of Central Earth may be in chaos and will never have any peace. You should leave as soon as possible and don’t delay any more... Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly heard a sneer: Good, I can’t find you, I can’t find you. It turns out that you, a bitch, have come here to meet your lover.
Huang Chao looked murderous and led more than 50 black-clothed guards to appear at the gate of the mountain. His samurai raised their bows and crossbows and pointed them at Ye Qingping's family. With just one order, they fired arrows at the same time!
At this moment, a sharp roar was heard, and a black shadow pounced down from the tree like a big eagle, as fast as lightning.
Before the defenders could react, the black shadow had already turned behind Huang Chao, and his right hand tightly clamped Huang Chao's throat. He could take his life with just a little force.
Huang Chao is worthy of being a hero of a generation. Although his life is constrained, he is not afraid at all. He sneered, Ye Qingping, how did you promise me?Want to regret it now?
Ye Qingping shook her head, sighed lightly, and said: Master, let him go, I will go back with him.Huang Chao, if you dare to hurt my family and friends, I will immediately kill myself in front of you, and you will die.
Although Huang Chao was not afraid of the world, he was always a little afraid of Ye Qingping. He knew that this woman could do anything when she started madness. Seeing that she was already convinced, he nodded quickly to agree.
Ye Qingping turned around and tightened her collar for her husband and said softly: Wenbin, take good care of Yiyi, don’t come to see me again in the future, forget me.
She squatted down again, pulled her daughter in front of her, touched her little face and told: Mom is going to a very far place, you have to listen to your father... Ye Qingping gave a few more instructions, and saw that her daughter nodded in a vague way, feeling a little comforted in her heart. Finally, she pushed her daughter away and followed Huang Chao down the mountain without looking back.
Mom, don't leave, hug Yiyi...
Qingping... The cry of her daughter came from behind with her husband's call, but Ye Qingping didn't dare to look back. She felt unbearable pain in her chest, as if countless knives were stabbing her heart to pieces.
Ye Qingping was in a daze all the way and returned to Chang'an Palace in a daze. She fell head-on on the bed and couldn't get up.
A few days passed, and although he had been treated by the imperial physician and used countless magic medicines, Ye Qingping's condition did not improve.
Seeing that Ye Qingping was not thinking about food and food all day long, Huang Chao looked out the window blankly, afraid that she would escape, and afraid that she would not think about it for a moment, so he sent more than 20 guards to guard her day and night and imprison her.
As the weather warmed, Ye Qingping's illness finally improved. That night, after taking the medicine, she became more energetic. She struggled to sit up against the back of the bed, and was about to go down the ground to move her stiff legs when a gust of wind blew open the window, and a black shadow flashed in. It was Li Huan.
When Ye Qingping saw his master, she forced a smile and said: I thought you were not here, are Wenbin and Yiyi okay?Why haven't you left yet?
Girl, you really won’t go with us?If you are worried about your daughter, I will invite some friends to help you. How can Huang Chao, a local thief, stop us?
Ye Qingping knew that the friends Li Huan mentioned were all top experts like Jiu Bujie. Seeing that he was willing to put down his face and ask for help, he was moved and said: I am not afraid of Huang Chao, but I have many old subordinates in the army. Once I left, what should Yun'er, Zhang Kui, Liu Mu and others do?What's more, I was pregnant with someone else's child. Although Wenbin didn't blame me, I was still shameless to treat him... Ye Qingping suddenly covered her mouth and coughed violently.
Looking at the bloodstains on the palm of his hand, Ye Qingping smiled helplessly and said: Look, my body is getting worse day by day. Even if I follow you, I may not be able to reach the Western Regions.It is better to have short pain than long pain. Instead of letting them watch me die slowly in the pain, it is better to separate as soon as possible. As long as his father and daughter are safe and I die with my eyes closed, why bother to be together and make them sad.
Li Huan advised him a few more words, and when he saw that Ye Qingping had made up his mind, he had to sigh: Well, we will stay in Shule for a few years when we go to the Western Regions, and then leave when Yiyi grows up.Here is a map of the Western Regions and some pills to cure internal injuries. If you change it, come to us.
After saying that, he took out a map and a small bottle of elixir from his arms and placed it in front of Ye Qingping.
After thanking him, Ye Qingping put away the things and smiled faintly: Master, I am afraid there will be no more meeting today. I will use tea instead of wine, and I will toast you.
She drank the tea and the tea leaves in one gulp, gently put down the tea cup, and suddenly she knelt down on the ground with a plop, pulled out a jade hairpin from her head, and said with tears in her eyes: This is a dangerous journey to the Western Regions. Please bring the magic knife with you.Also, this jade hairpin was given to me by Wenbin. Please give it back to him for me and tell him not to worry about it.Qingping can only repay your great kindness to me in the next life.
After saying that, she kowtowed three times respectfully.
Li Huan couldn't bear it when he saw her saluting her with a big belly, but he knew that this was her last words, so he had to accept her gift and promised to take good care of her family for her.
The master and apprentice chatted a few more old things. Li Huan suddenly remembered something and said: Qingping, this time I came to Chang'an from the Western Regions and passed through Hedong. I saw Li Keyong, a native of Nashatu, who was fighting against the Central Plains.This man accepted an adopted son named Li Cunxiao. It is said that he slaughtered tigers with bare hands when he was thirteen years old. No one could take a move under his hands in dozens of battles. His martial arts may no longer be inferior to Li Moxi back then. You must be careful.Is this magic knife a powerful weapon in the world, or is it left for you...
The candlelight swayed, and a red candle had burned to the end. The master and apprentice bid farewell. Ye Qingping looked at Li Huan's figure disappearing into the night, sighed and said to herself: Wenbin, I'm sorry for you. If I had known this, I was...
In the second year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao's army began to rob Chang'an City, and those who did not follow were killed in the street.
For a time, the city cried and cried, and blood flowed into a river. The civil and military ministers and wealthy families were slaughtered, and ordinary people were even more miserable and corpses were everywhere.
The once blooming gods have completely turned into hell on earth, and the streets are full of corpses abandoned after being killed.
Some of the women were naked and their legs were wide open. They were obviously raped and then killed. Some were beheaded and cut off their breasts. They had long spears penetrated their vaginas. Some were ripped open and their bent and wrinkled intestines flowed all over the ground, and their bodies were covered with maggots and flies. The smell was so terrible.
Ye Qingping threatened Huang Chao several times to persuade him to rectify the military discipline, but at this time the matter had already lost control. Faced with these red-eyed tribes, even Huang Chao had no choice.
In June, Li Yan, who fled to Shu, finally issued an edict to serve the king. A manifesto pointed out Huang Chao's ten major crimes, calling on the clans of the world to kill the rebels, and captured Huang Chao and seized Chang'an to be named the King of Bohai, and hereditary title of king.
The governors from all walks of life were moved and launched troops to suppress the bandits. For a moment, the world was in full swing and the heroes were competing for the destiny.
At the moment of life and death, the Tang Dynasty, a giant with only half of its breath, started a full force for the last time, launching a fatal counterattack against Huang Chao.
For Huang Chao, this summer has become an indelible nightmare. Under the attack of various military governors, the Qi army lost consecutive battles. In less than two months, more than 50 prefectures and counties in Hedong, Hebei, Henan and Shannan were captured by the Tang army.
The so-called disaster never comes alone. Just when Huang Chao was in a state of chaos, Li Keyong, a Shatuo man, led 10,000 elite cavalry to go south and killed Zhao Zhang, the general of the Qi army, and Huazhou and Lantian were successively lost.
Zhu Wen, the most trusted general of Huang Chao, also surrendered to the Tang army at this critical moment and was appointed as the General of Right Jinwu. He led his old subordinates to counterattack and completely drove Huang Chao's forces out of Tongzhou.
In August, the Tang army attacked Chang'an at night. In the chaos, Huang Chao didn't know how many soldiers and horses the other party had arrived. He fled in panic.
Although Huang Chao discovered that there were only a few thousand Tang troops who had attacked last night after dawn the next day, he led his troops back and captured Chang'an, but this escape made him look disgraceful.
Huang Chao scattered all his anger on the people in the city. He slaughtered the city for three days, and the blood was flowing into a river, and the corpses accumulated like mountains were considered to be abandoned.
During this period, Ye Qingping ran around with Huang Chao, unable to withstand the bumps. As soon as she returned to Chang'an, she gave birth to a son and named him Huang Xing.
Huang Chao had his son, and his anger subsided a little. He immediately appointed Ye Qingping as Concubine Li, and his child as King Shun, and a banquet for ministers. Before he was happy, bad news came from the front line again. Li Ke used his powerful general Li Cunxiao to defeat Shang Ran 50,000 iron armor in Liangtianbei, and drove straight into Chang'an.
Huang Chao had no choice but to lead the 80,000 elite Qi troops to set up a battalion in Taibai Mountain, preparing to use his final family background to fight Li Keyong to the death.
Who would have thought that as soon as the war began, Li Cunxiao led the eighteen cavalry to the Qi army formation, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, invincible. There was no general under the spear of King Yu in Huntian.
When Huang Chao saw Li Cunxiao coming straight to him, he killed the generals and seized the flag among thousands of horses, as if he had entered a no-man's land. He was so scared that he turned his head and fled in panic.
When the Qi army saw the commander escape, they no longer had the desire to fight. They were immediately defeated and defeated.
Huang Chao was as anxious as a dog who was strayed from his family. When he fled back to Chang'an, there were only more than 3,000 men left, and he closed his nine gates and never dared to fight again.
But Ye Qingping was taking a nap in the harem on the day. Suddenly, she heard a burst of crying from outside. She quickly got up and put on her clothes to the door. She saw Li Yuner sobbing outside the window.
When he saw Ye Qingping, Yun'er quickly stopped crying, knelt down on the ground with a thunderous sound, and said with a sob: General... Zhang Kui was killed by the dog thief Li Cunxiao. Please give me an elite soldier and let me avenge him...
When Ye Qingping heard the news, she felt a sound in her mind and almost fainted.
Zhang Kui has been with her since she joined the army and is loyal to her. Ye Qingping has long regarded him as a relative. She is afraid that he will be in danger of charging after he is old and weak, so she has always arranged him in the rear army. However, she still died in the battlefield today.
Seeing Ye Qingping crying, Li Yuner couldn't help but say anxiously: General, please give me three thousand elite soldiers, I'll fight with them.
Ye Qingping knew that she and Zhang Kui were in love, so she had already secretly decided to live for life. At this time, she really wanted to sacrifice her life to take revenge. She couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: Zhang Kui has the courage to be unworthy of thousands of men, but she is not Li Cunxiao's opponent. Wouldn't you take your life in vain if you go?... When Li Yuner saw that she refused, she cried with red eyes: If that happens, Zhang Kui will die of vain?Isn't you avenge this?
Ye Qingping gritted her teeth and said: Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter. I will ask me to meet Li Cunxiao tomorrow and see who he is.
Early the next morning, Ye Qingping ordered three thousand troops out of the city to line up, preparing to fight with Li Cunxiao.
Huang Chao also knew that this victory or defeat was related to life and death, so he personally supervised the battle on the city wall.
Amid the shaking cheers of thousands of Qi troops, Ye Qingping, wearing blood-red armor, rode BMW Yunzhongmo and jumped out to the formation of the two armies.
She narrowed her eyes and looked up and down at the general under the battle opposite. She saw that this man was only in his early twenties, over twentieth, like a wolf or a tiger, wearing Tang Dynasty armor, carrying a large spear that was as long as a foot, and was full of heroic spirit, with a sense of unrestrainedness between her eyebrows and eyes, which made her feel a little familiar.
Fifteen years ago, Ye Qingping was the same when she first went to the battlefield. She was arrogant and arrogant. She always thought that she could sweep the eight desolates, sanction the six kingdoms, and unify the world with her own strength.
Time is like flowing water, and once it shines like snow, the ambitions of those days have long been worn out by the cruel reality.
The iron armor was still there, but the invincible female general was no longer there, and all that was left was a scarred body and a broken heart.
Ye Qingping sighed lightly, patted her horse's head, and said: Old man, you are old, can you still fight with me?
Yun Zhongmo seemed to understand her words, and a long hissing, flying four hooves, rushed straight to Li Cunxiao.
Li Cunxiao was yelling in front of the formation, and suddenly saw a beautiful female general rushing out of the enemy formation. She was stunned and raised her spear and shouted in a muffled voice: Du, who are you?I, Li Cunxiao, don’t kill women. Go back and tell Huang Chao, let him fight me by himself, and don’t send a weak woman to die.
Ye Qingping frowned and sighed with a bitter face: Huang Chao is vicious. If I go back like this, I will definitely be executed by him. Anyway, it is better to die at General Li than to be bullied by that evil thief.If you are really a pity girl, just show mercy and make a few tricks to let me go back and hand in the work.
Li Cunxiao looked at Ye Qingping up and down, and saw that she was petite and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow. He also saw that although her appearance was beautiful and unparalleled, her face was extremely poor. Obviously, her serious illness had not been cured, and he couldn't help but feel pity and said: What are the crazy woman talking about? The magic spear of King Yu in my hand was made of Tianshan Xuan Iron, weighing 250 kilograms, which was invincible, and he could smash you into meat paste after a gesture.You, a girl like a flower, wouldn’t it be a pity that you gave Qingqing’s life here?
Seeing that he was so straightforward, Ye Qingping smiled sweetly, and suddenly she was like a flower blooming. She said softly: How can you know if you don’t try it? Maybe you can’t kill me... After saying that, she didn’t wait for the other party to answer. Her wrist trembled, and the black light flashed, and the magic knife slashed her head like thunder and lightning.
After all, Li Cunxiao had experienced many battles. When he saw the dark long sword, he was shocked. He knew that his opponent was definitely not Yi and he did not dare to hold him up. He hurriedly raised his spear and held it towards the long sword with the head of the spear.
The swords and spears intersected, and with a light clang, the magic sword that cuts iron like mud actually bounced out.
Ye Qingping felt her arms numb and her mouth hurt a sharp pain. She almost let go. Looking at the magic knife again, she saw that the crack at the junction in the middle of the blade was much more obvious.
Whose witch are you?What weapon is this?
Li Cunxiao was shocked when he saw that there was a sharp mark on the head of King Yu's magic spear. He thought to himself that if he had used the handle of the spear to pick it up, wouldn't it be cut by the other party with one knife and a cold sweat.
I am your sister Ye, why are you so unbearable? Even your sister beats her?
Ye Qingping said, but her hands kept slashing three consecutive swords, attacking his vital points in his chest and abdomen without giving the other party a chance to breathe.
At this time, Li Cunxiao knew that he had encountered a strong enemy, so he held his breath and focused his mind, kept his guard, and dealt with him when he saw the moves, and no longer gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Ye Qingping failed to attack, so she did not dare to fight head-on. She had to secretly use internal force to use the Boxun sword technique, relying on her own flexibility to fight with Li Cunxiao.
One of them is a generation of war gods who shot the sword saint with one arrow, and the other is an emerging overlord who is invincible with bare hands. This battle lasts thirty rounds without a chance of winning or losing.
Two horses circling, stirring up layers of smoke and dust, weapons intersect, and the sound of golden spears surged one after another, shaking the sky.
Huang Chao, on the top of the city, was extremely anxious when he saw the two fighting hard. He knew that Ye Qingping's body had not yet recovered at this time and would definitely lose after a long battle. He snatched the drumstick from the side and personally cheered for Ye Qingping. When the Qi army saw the emperor beat the drum himself, his morale was greatly boosted, and the cheers were shaken for a while.
Ye Qingping smiled bitterly when she heard the drums.
Ye Qingping naturally knew that Li Cunxiao was young and energetic, and long-term battles were not good for him.
But the opponent's spear technique was very open and closed. Although it was not like Li Moxi's moves that touched the energy of heaven and earth, it was also natural, and it was vaguely in line with the principles of heaven and earth, leaving no flaws at all.
This person has such cultivation at a young age. If he goes through time, his achievements may not be below Li Moxi. It seems that if he wants to defeat him, he must use the Shura blood pupil to enter the state of unity between man and nature. But I don’t know if my body can still hold on?
Ye Qingping was hesitant, and suddenly there was a severe pain in her chest, and cold sweat flowed down her forehead involuntarily.
Seeing Ye Qingping gritting her teeth, her face was pale, as if she was suffering from severe pain. She guessed that her injuries had relapsed, so she shouted: Hey, if you have any injuries, go back to recuperate and come back. Then we will have a good fight.
When Ye Qingping saw him underestimating him, she was furious and scolded: Who wants you to be good at it? Look at the knife!
Then the sword technique changed from wide open to strange and fast. The craftsmanship made a dangerous attack and even used the same fighting style.
Li Cunxiao shouted loudly, and used his spear to storm the magic sword, swept across the road, and hit Ye Qingping's waist.
Ye Qingping was about to dodge, but suddenly couldn't lift it up in one breath. She dodged a little slower and was swept across her vest by the spear.
Although the spear did not hit directly, it wiped it gently, under the invincible King Yu's magic spear, the heart protection mirror suddenly became concave under the invincible spear of King Yu.
Ye Qingping felt that the air in her chest seemed to be squeezed out suddenly. In an instant, her eyes turned black and a sweet liquid rushed to her throat.
Ye Qingping knew that it was the other party's mercy. If she continued to fight, she would really lose her life. She had no choice but to swallow the blood in her mouth, and with a feint, she fled back to her formation.
Ye Qingping fought in her life and never suffered a defeat, but today she was in the hands of Li Cunxiao. How could she swallow this breath?
She discussed with Huang Chao and decided to lead 500 dead soldiers to attack at night, burning the Tang army camp.
Who would have thought that heavy rain suddenly fell that night, and all the sulfur and other substances used for fire attack were soaked. Ye Qingping had no choice but to sigh in secret that way.
A few days later, Li Keyong's army came to the city, and Li Cunxiao led the Qing cavalry to sweep around Chang'an, cutting off the food and grass of the Qi army.
The 30,000 troops in the city had no food to eat, their morale was low, and their morale was unstable, and people kept fleeing from the city to surrender to the Tang army.
Huang Chao was forced to do something, so he simply kept arresting the strong man in the city as laborers to consolidate the city defense, but killed all the young and old women and shared them as military rations.
In an open space in the east of the city, Qi army built more than ten large pots, and the hot water in the pot was boiling.
Teams of naked women tied their hands behind their backs, tied into a string by ropes, and were driven to the center of the empty field with swords and guns like animals.
With the command of the commander, Qi's soldiers rushed toward these weak women who had no resistance, and cries and screams suddenly sounded.
Those lucky ones were stabbed in the vital lungs by swords and guns, and died immediately, but unfortunately, although they were shot several times, they could not die for a while, and they crawled in the pool of blood, rolled and moaned, which was a terrible sight.
As the screams became weaker and weaker until they completely disappeared, there were already mountains of corpses and rivers of blood in the empty field.
However, these murderous soldiers had no sympathy at all. They waved their knives to open the women's belly, hollowed out their internal organs and threw them into the pot to cook.
But those women who finally escaped the disaster in the previous wars, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered and cooked like pigs and dogs.
The once prosperous square market has now become a slaughterhouse, with the walls filled with the dead's heads and internal organs, and the smell is as terrifying as the Shura hell.
As the weather got colder day by day, the governors from all walks of life led their troops to fight, and Huang Chao also had no choice but to withdraw from Chang'an.
That night, Ye Qingping summoned Liu Mu, Li Yuner and other old subordinates to a place and said seriously: Dear generals have been following me for war, but I don’t want to have the disaster today. I’m sorry to everyone... Huang Chao left Chang'an this time, I’m afraid he will not be far from defeat. You don’t have to accompany him to die. I have a few ways to retreat here, you might as well try... Ye Qingping explained the places she thought of, and comforted her with kind words, and then sent off the generals.
After everyone left, Li Yun'er stayed alone. When Ye Qingping saw that she was not leaving, she felt a little strange and asked: Yun'er, why don't you go?Could it be that my arrangements are not suitable for you?
Li Yun'er bit her lip and said: Qingping, we met on the battlefield. Later, we fought on the battlefield and swept the world. We have experienced many ups and downs together over the past ten years. Now we are leaving suddenly, and we are always a little reluctant. Why don't I stay with you and maybe we can overcome this difficulty?
Ye Qingping saw Yun'er's eyes red and tears rolling in her eyes. She was very moved and said softly: There is no banquet in the world that will never end. If I could leave, I would have left long ago. How could I wait until today?Now it is a chaotic world, with heroes competing for the sake of the victory, and those governors are all ambitious. No one will be treated unfairly with your ability.What's more, Qin Liang is now the one who is the only person under Liu Feng, the governor of Dingnan. He has always had feelings for you, so you can take care of him in the rest of your life.In fact, no matter how glorious we women are, they are always duckweed, and they will eventually find a home...
Ye Qingping persuaded Yun'er for a while and saw that she shook her head and refused to listen, she couldn't help but frown. Suddenly, her knees softened and knelt on the ground, and then bowed.
Li Yun'er didn't know what she was going to do, so she hurriedly knelt down and said anxiously: What is the general doing?If there is a place where Yun'er is used, I will go through fire and water without hesitation, and I can't afford such a great gift.
Ye Qingping reached out to help her up, took out a map from her arms, and said slowly: I have promised Su Ru before to raise her son to adulthood.And my youngest son Huang Xing encountered this war disaster just after he was born.If you still think I am a friend, then bring them to Master Jiubujie for me. This is a map of the Western Regions, waiting for the child to grow older...
Li Yuner listened quietly to Ye Qingping's instructions, nodded solemnly and said: As long as I am alive, I will definitely live up to my responsibilities, don't worry.I hope to take care of myself in the future!
Both of them knew that there would be no more meeting when they parted today, but the situation was urgent and there was no need to talk much. The two finally parted in tears and went their separate ways.
That night, Ye Qingping followed Huang Chao alone and rushed south towards Henan.
When Huang Chao learned that she not only dismissed the generals, but also sent her son away, she couldn't help but get furious and wished she could kill this bitch with one knife.
But at this time, Ye Qingping was the only powerful general Huang Chao could trust, so she had to fight and suppress her anger and stop caring about it.
In the third year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao moved to Hebei and Henan. Ye Qingping led her army to avoid the real and defeated the Tang army in Chenzhou. Ye Qingping rushed into the Tang army alone and killed Qin Quan, a general of the Tang Dynasty with one sword. She forced her to break through the siege of various military governors. After all, she could not change the general trend with one person. Under the attack of Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, Huang Chao lost consecutive battles and led his army to flee and struggled.
In the middle of the four years of Zhonghe, Zhu Wen defeated Huang Chao and Wang Mandu, and the generals of the Qi army turned against each other.
Huang Chao had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to fight in Qilu.
In the same year, Li Keyong led 50,000 troops to cross south from Hezhong, defeated the Qi army Yu Taikang and beheaded more than 10,000. After this battle, the last main force of the Qi army was completely eliminated, and Huang Chao was also in a desperate situation.
In November, Huang Chao led the remaining more than 6,000 people into Mount Tai and fled to Langhu Valley.
It was winter at this time, and the mountains were covered with heavy snow. Huang Chao sent a thousand archers to guard the dangerous place at the entrance of the valley and blocked the 100,000 pursuers of the Tang Dynasty outside the valley. However, Huang Chao was also blocked in the valley and could not escape.
The weather in the valley was extremely cold, and at night it dripped into ice. Ye Qingping's old injuries relapsed. She was so painful that she was sweating all over her body. She had no medicine around her, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it. She was tortured and couldn't sleep at night.
That morning, Ye Qingping was napping in the big tent, and suddenly heard a horse neighing outside.
Ye Qingping turned over and jumped up, and even put on her coat, she picked up her knife and rushed out of the tent.
Four Qi soldiers in the stable behind the tent held swords and guns, surrounding Ma Yunzhongmo in the center.
The clouds were the dragon among the horses, extremely ferocious, and even kicked and bitten, but several Qi soldiers could not enter.
When Ye Qingping saw someone trying to kill her horse, her eyes turned red. She shouted loudly, rushed forward, kicked a soldier away with a kick.
Those people knew that this female devil was extremely fierce. If she hadn't been really hungry, she wouldn't have the courage to kill her horse.
I heard a brave soldier say: Empress, killing horses is the order of Your Majesty, and we are also on orders.
Ye Qingping waved the magic knife in her hand and said viciously: No matter who I am ordered, if I want to touch my horse, I will kill me first.
Just when the few people were in a stalemate, someone said: Qingping, now people are almost starving to death, how can they care about a beast? Don’t throw a tantrum again.
Qingping turned her head and saw that it was Huang Chao. She was angry and asked loudly: If you kill the horse, how can we break through?
Huang Chao explained patiently: As long as people are there, there is hope. After the snow in the back mountain melts, we will escape from the small path...
escape?There are Tang troops everywhere, where can you escape?
Huang Chao was originally upset, but when he saw Ye Qingping confronting him again, he was angry and said loudly: There are more than 100,000 Tang troops outside the valley. Even if we are strong, how can we fight out?Now, only by escaping to the south and regrouping can we return to Chang'an.Don't worry, I am the true emperor, follow me... Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by Ye Qingping's laughter. She said sarcastically: What a true emperor, just a scared coward.
Ye Qingping's words were considered as stabbing a hornet's nest. Huang Chao was so angry that he trembled all over. His sword was unsheathed and pointed at Ye Qingping and shouted: Say it again, who is the coward?
Seeing that he had already torn his face, Ye Qingping didn't care about it anymore. She simply vented the anger that had been buried in her chest for a long time and said unwillingly: I only know that Li Cunxiao's 18 cavalry beat you and your 80,000 army was thrown out. Now we have 6,000 troops, why can't we break out? I, Ye Qingping, fought all my life, and have always been advancing but not retreating. But since I followed you, I have been defeated in a row, fleeing from Chang'an to Henan, and then to the mountains of Qilu, as anxious as a dog that has lost a family. I thought you were cruel, but now you were just a timid coward, but now you seemed to be just a coward, and you were in desperate situations but didn't even have the courage to fight to the death.
Huang Chao was humiliated by her, and the blue veins on his head swelled up, his face turned ashen, and he screamed: Ye Qingping, you bully people too much!You say I am a coward, what about you?If you have the ability, go and fight the enemy!
I have this intention. Even if I die in battle, it will be better than being with you.After saying that, Ye Qingping returned to the tent and put on his armor, led Yun Zhongmo, and walked towards the entrance of the valley without looking back.
Get out, I am the true emperor. Without you, my great Qi will be as prosperous as ever... The hysterical cry of Huang Chao behind him gradually submerged in the wind and snow, and it is no longer heard.
In the wilderness outside the valley, the bitter cold wind mixed with goose feathers and heavy snow ruthlessly raging between the world.
Flying snow connected the world together, and there was a vast white area everywhere, and nothing could be seen clearly from ten steps away.
In the knee-deep snow, Ye Qingping squinted her eyes and staggered forward in the strong wind.
Such weather is a good opportunity for sneak attacks. Give me three thousand light cavalry to attack them unpreparedly, and maybe I can really break out of the siege.That coward actually killed all the war horses... Ye Qingping raised her head and looked at the lead-gray sky, and suddenly remembered that fifteen years ago, she embarked on a journey on such a snowy day and headed to the battlefield that changed her destiny from then on.
After that, Ye Qingping held the peerless magic knife in her hand, fought against the eight wildernesses, swept the six-way world, and made great achievements.
At that time, Ye Qingping's men were like clouds and countless masters, and it seemed that unifying the world was just a matter of a single hand.
Su Ru, Wei Qing, Zhang Kui, Li Huan, Liu Mu, Li Yuner, Yuan Yinshan, Liu Fengqin, familiar faces flashed in front of her eyes. Now these people were either dead on the battlefield, turned into dead bones, or left her, and were no longer visible.
Today, Ye Qingping is like the helpless little girl in Lizhou City 18 years ago. She is alone, but she has to face the enemy's troops.
Li Keyong, Zhu Wen, Wang Chongrong, and Zhang Jian are all brave and good at fighting heroes. In addition, the elite soldiers and generals under their command, all the 100,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty gathered here.
Li Cunxiao alone is difficult to deal with. Is there really hope to break through the camp with his own strength and fight a path of blood?
It was not until this moment that Ye Qingping realized the helplessness and despair when Li Moxi rushed towards the tens of thousands of troops.
Maybe Huang Chao is right. Even if he relies on the snow to attack, it will be an impossible war. Since there is no hope, why bother to die?Ye Qingping shook her head and secretly scolded her for being useless.
Starting in the wind and snow, ending in the wind and snow, this can be regarded as a beginning and an end.
Ye Qingping smiled slightly and felt relieved.
A horse neigh came from behind, and she turned around and found that she was not alone, and Yun Zhongmo was following her all the time.
Ye Qingping remembered the pony in Ruzhou City ten years ago, and sighed in her heart and said with a smile: You are the only one who is still by my side.You old guy can't run away, so why are you doing with me?Let's go, I hope you can find a horse lover, even if you go to Lala Miao, it's better than being eaten by those evil thieves when you go back.
After saying that, he took off the saddle reins and thrust hard on the horse's butt with a knife.
Yun Zhongmo ran forward a few steps, but found that the master did not follow him, so he ran back happily.
Ye Qingping drove it away several times but couldn't drive it away. She was furious and cursed: Why are you such a stubborn temper?If you don’t leave, I will cut you with a knife... After cursing for a few words, Ye Qingping suddenly remembered that she would become an animal and would become an animal. She couldn’t help but smile, and ignored it, and used her light skills to rush towards the lights that were vaguely visible in the distance.
In the wind and snow, a small group of Tang soldiers patrolling the camp were walking with difficulty. One of them suddenly stopped, looked at the right side in confusion, and said to himself: Hell, I seemed to see a figure just now.
Have you been urinating too much on horses?Where will anyone come in this ghost weather?
It's true, look!There!
He pointed his finger at the front right and shouted.
The others looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a red figure rushing towards him at an incredible speed.
Who is it?Stop it, or you'll shoot an arrow... The leading officer shouted and took off the longbow on his back.
However, before I could even draw my bow and arrow, I saw a woman covered in red armor rushing out of the wind and snow.
The woman had a beautiful face, her long dark hair was flying in the wind, her vermilion lips seemed to be soaked in blood, her red pupils were burning with the flames burning all over the world, and the huge, dark sword dragged on the snow...
you?... The officer's world suddenly turned over, everything in the world was painted with a thick layer of red, and then it turned dark before his eyes. The officer finally saw endless blood spurting out from his broken neck where he lost his head.
In the bright red sunset, she climbed up the mountain road alone. Weeds were spread on both sides of the road, and white bones were filled with pedestrians along the way, deserted and deserted. Only a few crows yelled hoarsely from time to time and rushed down to eat the dead body's remaining flesh.
Ye Qingping suddenly remembered the Buddha Baptism Festival seven years ago. All the temples on Zhongnan Mountain opened the Heavenly Buddha Temple Fair. The people of Chang'an who burned incense and worshiped Buddhas shoulder to shoulder and spread the road. How lively it was at that time.
As time goes by, the prosperity of the past has long disappeared. The ancient road is windy and the sunset is setting, and the mountains and forests are still there, but the long and bleak shadows of her only on the rugged mountain road, which are indescribable desolation.
Ye Qingping sighed at the impermanence of the world, and before she knew it, she had arrived outside the mountain gate of Jianfu Temple.
The once colorful and magnificent temple has now become a pile of broken walls, only the burnt broken pillars in the hall seem to still tell the glory of the past.
Ye Qingping walked to the foundation stone of the burned hall, looked at the rubble all over the ground, and sighed: It seems that it is not my family who suffered the disaster of fire. It is just that these monks eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name every day, and take it as their responsibility to save all sentient beings, but in the end they can't even save them themselves. It's really ridiculous.
Just as she was stunned, she suddenly heard a tender voice behind her back shouting: Mom, Mom... Ye Qingping was struck by lightning, and her whole body trembled and turned around suddenly. She happened to see the young figure she had been thinking about stumbled towards her.
This must be a dream, it is me thinking about my child crazy... Ye Qingping bit her tongue hard and clearly felt a pain coming from the tip of her tongue. Only then did she make sure she was not crazy. That was really her daughter Zhang Yiyi.
Ye Qingping rushed to her daughter with a steadily, hugged her tightly in her arms, looked at her and touched her again and again, but she still couldn't believe that all this was true.
After not seeing her for a year, her daughter has grown up a lot, her skin has been tanned, and her little face has a bit of wind and frost, but her eyes are bright and energetic.
Qingping, you are okay.As he spoke, Zhang Wenbin, wearing a green shirt, walked in through the mountain gate and followed Li Huan and Liu Fengqin behind him.
Wenbin, Master, you... Ye Qingping felt a mess in her mind, her lips trembled, but she could no longer speak, and two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks.
Why are the girl crying? It should be happy to be reunited by the family. Master Liu, let’s go there to see the scenery.
Liu Fengqin originally wanted to stay and watch the fun, but Li Huan Wu had a lot of skills, so she pulled her away without saying a word.
Only Ye Qingping and his family were left in the hall, and Zhang Wenbin told the story.
It turned out that the Zhang family burned to ashes in a fire that day. He was seriously injured and must have died. Unexpectedly, an old man suddenly appeared, rescued him and his daughter, cured his injuries, and settled his father and daughter in a villa in Qiuye Mountain in the south of the city.
During this period, Zhang Wenbin secretly went to the city several times to inquire about Ye Qingping's whereabouts, but what he got was the news that his wife was dead. He was completely disappointed, but in order to take care of his daughter, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
Three months later, Li Huan and Liu Fengqin, who had returned from Tiaozhi, found them. They were originally going to leave the Central Plains and go to the Western Regions to avoid war. But halfway through, they heard the news that the magic sword reappeared in the world, so they returned again, but they didn't expect to find Ye Qingping in Chang'an.
Ye Qingping listened to these tortuous experiences silently, feeling confused and thought to herself: Old Xu, Old Xu, you lied to me so hard... Zhang Wenbin said for a while, but saw Ye Qingping look strange, just bit her lips and hugged her daughter and sobbing gently, without saying a word.
He was surprised in his heart. After a closer look, he found that his wife was bloated and her abdomen was bulging. She was obviously pregnant and she opened her mouth wide in shock.
Ye Qingping tried her best to resist the urge to cry and said choked: In order to avenge you, I defected to Huang Chao in anger and rebelled. After losing my life, I became pregnant with his child. Who knows you... husband, I'm sorry for you, but now the big mistake has been made. I... I... she finally burst into tears and could not continue to say anything.
Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?
The daughter in her arms also felt her mother's body trembling violently and screamed in fear.
In an instant, Ye Qingping's mind turned countless thoughts, and she felt that it would be better to die than to die if she had no face to live in the world, but she really couldn't bear to leave her daughter, and her pretty face turned pale.
Zhang Wenbin looked at his haggard wife in front of him, as if she was ten years old, and remembered the woman who was so energetic and frownful and smiling a year ago. She felt a pain in her heart. She walked to her side and gently hugged her, comforted her softly: Qingping, stop torture yourself anymore, this is God's will, I don't blame you. It is God’s gift to our family to be reunited, so what else can we hope for? No matter who this child is, as long as you give birth to him, I will raise him as my own son. Is our family leaving this troubled world and spending the rest of their lives in a paradise?
It's too late, everything is too late... Ye Qingping gritted her teeth and said: It's hard to collect water. I slaughtered all the descendants of the Li family in Chang'an and got pregnant with Huang Chao's children. Neither the fool nor Huang Chao would let me go. I followed you and implicated you.Besides, look at my body, how can I ride a horse on the road?
Zhang Wenbin wanted to leave with his wife, but he didn't expect these details and was speechless for a moment.
Ye Qingping slowly put down his daughter, stopped crying, and sighed and said: Wenbin, just think I am dead, and Yiyi will entrust it to you.The world is already in chaos, and all the governors of the various ranks will inevitably raise their troops and compete for the Central Plains. The land of Central Earth may be in chaos and will never have any peace. You should leave as soon as possible and don’t delay any more... Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly heard a sneer: Good, I can’t find you, I can’t find you. It turns out that you, a bitch, have come here to meet your lover.
Huang Chao looked murderous and led more than 50 black-clothed guards to appear at the gate of the mountain. His samurai raised their bows and crossbows and pointed them at Ye Qingping's family. With just one order, they fired arrows at the same time!
At this moment, a sharp roar was heard, and a black shadow pounced down from the tree like a big eagle, as fast as lightning.
Before the defenders could react, the black shadow had already turned behind Huang Chao, and his right hand tightly clamped Huang Chao's throat. He could take his life with just a little force.
Huang Chao is worthy of being a hero of a generation. Although his life is constrained, he is not afraid at all. He sneered, Ye Qingping, how did you promise me?Want to regret it now?
Ye Qingping shook her head, sighed lightly, and said: Master, let him go, I will go back with him.Huang Chao, if you dare to hurt my family and friends, I will immediately kill myself in front of you, and you will die.
Although Huang Chao was not afraid of the world, he was always a little afraid of Ye Qingping. He knew that this woman could do anything when she started madness. Seeing that she was already convinced, he nodded quickly to agree.
Ye Qingping turned around and tightened her collar for her husband and said softly: Wenbin, take good care of Yiyi, don’t come to see me again in the future, forget me.
She squatted down again, pulled her daughter in front of her, touched her little face and told: Mom is going to a very far place, you have to listen to your father... Ye Qingping gave a few more instructions, and saw that her daughter nodded in a vague way, feeling a little comforted in her heart. Finally, she pushed her daughter away and followed Huang Chao down the mountain without looking back.
Mom, don't leave, hug Yiyi...
Qingping... The cry of her daughter came from behind with her husband's call, but Ye Qingping didn't dare to look back. She felt unbearable pain in her chest, as if countless knives were stabbing her heart to pieces.
Ye Qingping was in a daze all the way and returned to Chang'an Palace in a daze. She fell head-on on the bed and couldn't get up.
A few days passed, and although he had been treated by the imperial physician and used countless magic medicines, Ye Qingping's condition did not improve.
Seeing that Ye Qingping was not thinking about food and food all day long, Huang Chao looked out the window blankly, afraid that she would escape, and afraid that she would not think about it for a moment, so he sent more than 20 guards to guard her day and night and imprison her.
As the weather warmed, Ye Qingping's illness finally improved. That night, after taking the medicine, she became more energetic. She struggled to sit up against the back of the bed, and was about to go down the ground to move her stiff legs when a gust of wind blew open the window, and a black shadow flashed in. It was Li Huan.
When Ye Qingping saw his master, she forced a smile and said: I thought you were not here, are Wenbin and Yiyi okay?Why haven't you left yet?
Girl, you really won’t go with us?If you are worried about your daughter, I will invite some friends to help you. How can Huang Chao, a local thief, stop us?
Ye Qingping knew that the friends Li Huan mentioned were all top experts like Jiu Bujie. Seeing that he was willing to put down his face and ask for help, he was moved and said: I am not afraid of Huang Chao, but I have many old subordinates in the army. Once I left, what should Yun'er, Zhang Kui, Liu Mu and others do?What's more, I was pregnant with someone else's child. Although Wenbin didn't blame me, I was still shameless to treat him... Ye Qingping suddenly covered her mouth and coughed violently.
Looking at the bloodstains on the palm of his hand, Ye Qingping smiled helplessly and said: Look, my body is getting worse day by day. Even if I follow you, I may not be able to reach the Western Regions.It is better to have short pain than long pain. Instead of letting them watch me die slowly in the pain, it is better to separate as soon as possible. As long as his father and daughter are safe and I die with my eyes closed, why bother to be together and make them sad.
Li Huan advised him a few more words, and when he saw that Ye Qingping had made up his mind, he had to sigh: Well, we will stay in Shule for a few years when we go to the Western Regions, and then leave when Yiyi grows up.Here is a map of the Western Regions and some pills to cure internal injuries. If you change it, come to us.
After saying that, he took out a map and a small bottle of elixir from his arms and placed it in front of Ye Qingping.
After thanking him, Ye Qingping put away the things and smiled faintly: Master, I am afraid there will be no more meeting today. I will use tea instead of wine, and I will toast you.
She drank the tea and the tea leaves in one gulp, gently put down the tea cup, and suddenly she knelt down on the ground with a plop, pulled out a jade hairpin from her head, and said with tears in her eyes: This is a dangerous journey to the Western Regions. Please bring the magic knife with you.Also, this jade hairpin was given to me by Wenbin. Please give it back to him for me and tell him not to worry about it.Qingping can only repay your great kindness to me in the next life.
After saying that, she kowtowed three times respectfully.
Li Huan couldn't bear it when he saw her saluting her with a big belly, but he knew that this was her last words, so he had to accept her gift and promised to take good care of her family for her.
The master and apprentice chatted a few more old things. Li Huan suddenly remembered something and said: Qingping, this time I came to Chang'an from the Western Regions and passed through Hedong. I saw Li Keyong, a native of Nashatu, who was fighting against the Central Plains.This man accepted an adopted son named Li Cunxiao. It is said that he slaughtered tigers with bare hands when he was thirteen years old. No one could take a move under his hands in dozens of battles. His martial arts may no longer be inferior to Li Moxi back then. You must be careful.Is this magic knife a powerful weapon in the world, or is it left for you...
The candlelight swayed, and a red candle had burned to the end. The master and apprentice bid farewell. Ye Qingping looked at Li Huan's figure disappearing into the night, sighed and said to herself: Wenbin, I'm sorry for you. If I had known this, I was...
In the second year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao's army began to rob Chang'an City, and those who did not follow were killed in the street.
For a time, the city cried and cried, and blood flowed into a river. The civil and military ministers and wealthy families were slaughtered, and ordinary people were even more miserable and corpses were everywhere.
The once blooming gods have completely turned into hell on earth, and the streets are full of corpses abandoned after being killed.
Some of the women were naked and their legs were wide open. They were obviously raped and then killed. Some were beheaded and cut off their breasts. They had long spears penetrated their vaginas. Some were ripped open and their bent and wrinkled intestines flowed all over the ground, and their bodies were covered with maggots and flies. The smell was so terrible.
Ye Qingping threatened Huang Chao several times to persuade him to rectify the military discipline, but at this time the matter had already lost control. Faced with these red-eyed tribes, even Huang Chao had no choice.
In June, Li Yan, who fled to Shu, finally issued an edict to serve the king. A manifesto pointed out Huang Chao's ten major crimes, calling on the clans of the world to kill the rebels, and captured Huang Chao and seized Chang'an to be named the King of Bohai, and hereditary title of king.
The governors from all walks of life were moved and launched troops to suppress the bandits. For a moment, the world was in full swing and the heroes were competing for the destiny.
At the moment of life and death, the Tang Dynasty, a giant with only half of its breath, started a full force for the last time, launching a fatal counterattack against Huang Chao.
For Huang Chao, this summer has become an indelible nightmare. Under the attack of various military governors, the Qi army lost consecutive battles. In less than two months, more than 50 prefectures and counties in Hedong, Hebei, Henan and Shannan were captured by the Tang army.
The so-called disaster never comes alone. Just when Huang Chao was in a state of chaos, Li Keyong, a Shatuo man, led 10,000 elite cavalry to go south and killed Zhao Zhang, the general of the Qi army, and Huazhou and Lantian were successively lost.
Zhu Wen, the most trusted general of Huang Chao, also surrendered to the Tang army at this critical moment and was appointed as the General of Right Jinwu. He led his old subordinates to counterattack and completely drove Huang Chao's forces out of Tongzhou.
In August, the Tang army attacked Chang'an at night. In the chaos, Huang Chao didn't know how many soldiers and horses the other party had arrived. He fled in panic.
Although Huang Chao discovered that there were only a few thousand Tang troops who had attacked last night after dawn the next day, he led his troops back and captured Chang'an, but this escape made him look disgraceful.
Huang Chao scattered all his anger on the people in the city. He slaughtered the city for three days, and the blood was flowing into a river, and the corpses accumulated like mountains were considered to be abandoned.
During this period, Ye Qingping ran around with Huang Chao, unable to withstand the bumps. As soon as she returned to Chang'an, she gave birth to a son and named him Huang Xing.
Huang Chao had his son, and his anger subsided a little. He immediately appointed Ye Qingping as Concubine Li, and his child as King Shun, and a banquet for ministers. Before he was happy, bad news came from the front line again. Li Ke used his powerful general Li Cunxiao to defeat Shang Ran 50,000 iron armor in Liangtianbei, and drove straight into Chang'an.
Huang Chao had no choice but to lead the 80,000 elite Qi troops to set up a battalion in Taibai Mountain, preparing to use his final family background to fight Li Keyong to the death.
Who would have thought that as soon as the war began, Li Cunxiao led the eighteen cavalry to the Qi army formation, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, invincible. There was no general under the spear of King Yu in Huntian.
When Huang Chao saw Li Cunxiao coming straight to him, he killed the generals and seized the flag among thousands of horses, as if he had entered a no-man's land. He was so scared that he turned his head and fled in panic.
When the Qi army saw the commander escape, they no longer had the desire to fight. They were immediately defeated and defeated.
Huang Chao was as anxious as a dog who was strayed from his family. When he fled back to Chang'an, there were only more than 3,000 men left, and he closed his nine gates and never dared to fight again.
But Ye Qingping was taking a nap in the harem on the day. Suddenly, she heard a burst of crying from outside. She quickly got up and put on her clothes to the door. She saw Li Yuner sobbing outside the window.
When he saw Ye Qingping, Yun'er quickly stopped crying, knelt down on the ground with a thunderous sound, and said with a sob: General... Zhang Kui was killed by the dog thief Li Cunxiao. Please give me an elite soldier and let me avenge him...
When Ye Qingping heard the news, she felt a sound in her mind and almost fainted.
Zhang Kui has been with her since she joined the army and is loyal to her. Ye Qingping has long regarded him as a relative. She is afraid that he will be in danger of charging after he is old and weak, so she has always arranged him in the rear army. However, she still died in the battlefield today.
Seeing Ye Qingping crying, Li Yuner couldn't help but say anxiously: General, please give me three thousand elite soldiers, I'll fight with them.
Ye Qingping knew that she and Zhang Kui were in love, so she had already secretly decided to live for life. At this time, she really wanted to sacrifice her life to take revenge. She couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: Zhang Kui has the courage to be unworthy of thousands of men, but she is not Li Cunxiao's opponent. Wouldn't you take your life in vain if you go?... When Li Yuner saw that she refused, she cried with red eyes: If that happens, Zhang Kui will die of vain?Isn't you avenge this?
Ye Qingping gritted her teeth and said: Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter. I will ask me to meet Li Cunxiao tomorrow and see who he is.
Early the next morning, Ye Qingping ordered three thousand troops out of the city to line up, preparing to fight with Li Cunxiao.
Huang Chao also knew that this victory or defeat was related to life and death, so he personally supervised the battle on the city wall.
Amid the shaking cheers of thousands of Qi troops, Ye Qingping, wearing blood-red armor, rode BMW Yunzhongmo and jumped out to the formation of the two armies.
She narrowed her eyes and looked up and down at the general under the battle opposite. She saw that this man was only in his early twenties, over twentieth, like a wolf or a tiger, wearing Tang Dynasty armor, carrying a large spear that was as long as a foot, and was full of heroic spirit, with a sense of unrestrainedness between her eyebrows and eyes, which made her feel a little familiar.
Fifteen years ago, Ye Qingping was the same when she first went to the battlefield. She was arrogant and arrogant. She always thought that she could sweep the eight desolates, sanction the six kingdoms, and unify the world with her own strength.
Time is like flowing water, and once it shines like snow, the ambitions of those days have long been worn out by the cruel reality.
The iron armor was still there, but the invincible female general was no longer there, and all that was left was a scarred body and a broken heart.
Ye Qingping sighed lightly, patted her horse's head, and said: Old man, you are old, can you still fight with me?
Yun Zhongmo seemed to understand her words, and a long hissing, flying four hooves, rushed straight to Li Cunxiao.
Li Cunxiao was yelling in front of the formation, and suddenly saw a beautiful female general rushing out of the enemy formation. She was stunned and raised her spear and shouted in a muffled voice: Du, who are you?I, Li Cunxiao, don’t kill women. Go back and tell Huang Chao, let him fight me by himself, and don’t send a weak woman to die.
Ye Qingping frowned and sighed with a bitter face: Huang Chao is vicious. If I go back like this, I will definitely be executed by him. Anyway, it is better to die at General Li than to be bullied by that evil thief.If you are really a pity girl, just show mercy and make a few tricks to let me go back and hand in the work.
Li Cunxiao looked at Ye Qingping up and down, and saw that she was petite and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow. He also saw that although her appearance was beautiful and unparalleled, her face was extremely poor. Obviously, her serious illness had not been cured, and he couldn't help but feel pity and said: What are the crazy woman talking about? The magic spear of King Yu in my hand was made of Tianshan Xuan Iron, weighing 250 kilograms, which was invincible, and he could smash you into meat paste after a gesture.You, a girl like a flower, wouldn’t it be a pity that you gave Qingqing’s life here?
Seeing that he was so straightforward, Ye Qingping smiled sweetly, and suddenly she was like a flower blooming. She said softly: How can you know if you don’t try it? Maybe you can’t kill me... After saying that, she didn’t wait for the other party to answer. Her wrist trembled, and the black light flashed, and the magic knife slashed her head like thunder and lightning.
After all, Li Cunxiao had experienced many battles. When he saw the dark long sword, he was shocked. He knew that his opponent was definitely not Yi and he did not dare to hold him up. He hurriedly raised his spear and held it towards the long sword with the head of the spear.
The swords and spears intersected, and with a light clang, the magic sword that cuts iron like mud actually bounced out.
Ye Qingping felt her arms numb and her mouth hurt a sharp pain. She almost let go. Looking at the magic knife again, she saw that the crack at the junction in the middle of the blade was much more obvious.
Whose witch are you?What weapon is this?
Li Cunxiao was shocked when he saw that there was a sharp mark on the head of King Yu's magic spear. He thought to himself that if he had used the handle of the spear to pick it up, wouldn't it be cut by the other party with one knife and a cold sweat.
I am your sister Ye, why are you so unbearable? Even your sister beats her?
Ye Qingping said, but her hands kept slashing three consecutive swords, attacking his vital points in his chest and abdomen without giving the other party a chance to breathe.
At this time, Li Cunxiao knew that he had encountered a strong enemy, so he held his breath and focused his mind, kept his guard, and dealt with him when he saw the moves, and no longer gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Ye Qingping failed to attack, so she did not dare to fight head-on. She had to secretly use internal force to use the Boxun sword technique, relying on her own flexibility to fight with Li Cunxiao.
One of them is a generation of war gods who shot the sword saint with one arrow, and the other is an emerging overlord who is invincible with bare hands. This battle lasts thirty rounds without a chance of winning or losing.
Two horses circling, stirring up layers of smoke and dust, weapons intersect, and the sound of golden spears surged one after another, shaking the sky.
Huang Chao, on the top of the city, was extremely anxious when he saw the two fighting hard. He knew that Ye Qingping's body had not yet recovered at this time and would definitely lose after a long battle. He snatched the drumstick from the side and personally cheered for Ye Qingping. When the Qi army saw the emperor beat the drum himself, his morale was greatly boosted, and the cheers were shaken for a while.
Ye Qingping smiled bitterly when she heard the drums.
Ye Qingping naturally knew that Li Cunxiao was young and energetic, and long-term battles were not good for him.
But the opponent's spear technique was very open and closed. Although it was not like Li Moxi's moves that touched the energy of heaven and earth, it was also natural, and it was vaguely in line with the principles of heaven and earth, leaving no flaws at all.
This person has such cultivation at a young age. If he goes through time, his achievements may not be below Li Moxi. It seems that if he wants to defeat him, he must use the Shura blood pupil to enter the state of unity between man and nature. But I don’t know if my body can still hold on?
Ye Qingping was hesitant, and suddenly there was a severe pain in her chest, and cold sweat flowed down her forehead involuntarily.
Seeing Ye Qingping gritting her teeth, her face was pale, as if she was suffering from severe pain. She guessed that her injuries had relapsed, so she shouted: Hey, if you have any injuries, go back to recuperate and come back. Then we will have a good fight.
When Ye Qingping saw him underestimating him, she was furious and scolded: Who wants you to be good at it? Look at the knife!
Then the sword technique changed from wide open to strange and fast. The craftsmanship made a dangerous attack and even used the same fighting style.
Li Cunxiao shouted loudly, and used his spear to storm the magic sword, swept across the road, and hit Ye Qingping's waist.
Ye Qingping was about to dodge, but suddenly couldn't lift it up in one breath. She dodged a little slower and was swept across her vest by the spear.
Although the spear did not hit directly, it wiped it gently, under the invincible King Yu's magic spear, the heart protection mirror suddenly became concave under the invincible spear of King Yu.
Ye Qingping felt that the air in her chest seemed to be squeezed out suddenly. In an instant, her eyes turned black and a sweet liquid rushed to her throat.
Ye Qingping knew that it was the other party's mercy. If she continued to fight, she would really lose her life. She had no choice but to swallow the blood in her mouth, and with a feint, she fled back to her formation.
Ye Qingping fought in her life and never suffered a defeat, but today she was in the hands of Li Cunxiao. How could she swallow this breath?
She discussed with Huang Chao and decided to lead 500 dead soldiers to attack at night, burning the Tang army camp.
Who would have thought that heavy rain suddenly fell that night, and all the sulfur and other substances used for fire attack were soaked. Ye Qingping had no choice but to sigh in secret that way.
A few days later, Li Keyong's army came to the city, and Li Cunxiao led the Qing cavalry to sweep around Chang'an, cutting off the food and grass of the Qi army.
The 30,000 troops in the city had no food to eat, their morale was low, and their morale was unstable, and people kept fleeing from the city to surrender to the Tang army.
Huang Chao was forced to do something, so he simply kept arresting the strong man in the city as laborers to consolidate the city defense, but killed all the young and old women and shared them as military rations.
In an open space in the east of the city, Qi army built more than ten large pots, and the hot water in the pot was boiling.
Teams of naked women tied their hands behind their backs, tied into a string by ropes, and were driven to the center of the empty field with swords and guns like animals.
With the command of the commander, Qi's soldiers rushed toward these weak women who had no resistance, and cries and screams suddenly sounded.
Those lucky ones were stabbed in the vital lungs by swords and guns, and died immediately, but unfortunately, although they were shot several times, they could not die for a while, and they crawled in the pool of blood, rolled and moaned, which was a terrible sight.
As the screams became weaker and weaker until they completely disappeared, there were already mountains of corpses and rivers of blood in the empty field.
However, these murderous soldiers had no sympathy at all. They waved their knives to open the women's belly, hollowed out their internal organs and threw them into the pot to cook.
But those women who finally escaped the disaster in the previous wars, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered and cooked like pigs and dogs.
The once prosperous square market has now become a slaughterhouse, with the walls filled with the dead's heads and internal organs, and the smell is as terrifying as the Shura hell.
As the weather got colder day by day, the governors from all walks of life led their troops to fight, and Huang Chao also had no choice but to withdraw from Chang'an.
That night, Ye Qingping summoned Liu Mu, Li Yuner and other old subordinates to a place and said seriously: Dear generals have been following me for war, but I don’t want to have the disaster today. I’m sorry to everyone... Huang Chao left Chang'an this time, I’m afraid he will not be far from defeat. You don’t have to accompany him to die. I have a few ways to retreat here, you might as well try... Ye Qingping explained the places she thought of, and comforted her with kind words, and then sent off the generals.
After everyone left, Li Yun'er stayed alone. When Ye Qingping saw that she was not leaving, she felt a little strange and asked: Yun'er, why don't you go?Could it be that my arrangements are not suitable for you?
Li Yun'er bit her lip and said: Qingping, we met on the battlefield. Later, we fought on the battlefield and swept the world. We have experienced many ups and downs together over the past ten years. Now we are leaving suddenly, and we are always a little reluctant. Why don't I stay with you and maybe we can overcome this difficulty?
Ye Qingping saw Yun'er's eyes red and tears rolling in her eyes. She was very moved and said softly: There is no banquet in the world that will never end. If I could leave, I would have left long ago. How could I wait until today?Now it is a chaotic world, with heroes competing for the sake of the victory, and those governors are all ambitious. No one will be treated unfairly with your ability.What's more, Qin Liang is now the one who is the only person under Liu Feng, the governor of Dingnan. He has always had feelings for you, so you can take care of him in the rest of your life.In fact, no matter how glorious we women are, they are always duckweed, and they will eventually find a home...
Ye Qingping persuaded Yun'er for a while and saw that she shook her head and refused to listen, she couldn't help but frown. Suddenly, her knees softened and knelt on the ground, and then bowed.
Li Yun'er didn't know what she was going to do, so she hurriedly knelt down and said anxiously: What is the general doing?If there is a place where Yun'er is used, I will go through fire and water without hesitation, and I can't afford such a great gift.
Ye Qingping reached out to help her up, took out a map from her arms, and said slowly: I have promised Su Ru before to raise her son to adulthood.And my youngest son Huang Xing encountered this war disaster just after he was born.If you still think I am a friend, then bring them to Master Jiubujie for me. This is a map of the Western Regions, waiting for the child to grow older...
Li Yuner listened quietly to Ye Qingping's instructions, nodded solemnly and said: As long as I am alive, I will definitely live up to my responsibilities, don't worry.I hope to take care of myself in the future!
Both of them knew that there would be no more meeting when they parted today, but the situation was urgent and there was no need to talk much. The two finally parted in tears and went their separate ways.
That night, Ye Qingping followed Huang Chao alone and rushed south towards Henan.
When Huang Chao learned that she not only dismissed the generals, but also sent her son away, she couldn't help but get furious and wished she could kill this bitch with one knife.
But at this time, Ye Qingping was the only powerful general Huang Chao could trust, so she had to fight and suppress her anger and stop caring about it.
In the third year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao moved to Hebei and Henan. Ye Qingping led her army to avoid the real and defeated the Tang army in Chenzhou. Ye Qingping rushed into the Tang army alone and killed Qin Quan, a general of the Tang Dynasty with one sword. She forced her to break through the siege of various military governors. After all, she could not change the general trend with one person. Under the attack of Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, Huang Chao lost consecutive battles and led his army to flee and struggled.
In the middle of the four years of Zhonghe, Zhu Wen defeated Huang Chao and Wang Mandu, and the generals of the Qi army turned against each other.
Huang Chao had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to fight in Qilu.
In the same year, Li Keyong led 50,000 troops to cross south from Hezhong, defeated the Qi army Yu Taikang and beheaded more than 10,000. After this battle, the last main force of the Qi army was completely eliminated, and Huang Chao was also in a desperate situation.
In November, Huang Chao led the remaining more than 6,000 people into Mount Tai and fled to Langhu Valley.
It was winter at this time, and the mountains were covered with heavy snow. Huang Chao sent a thousand archers to guard the dangerous place at the entrance of the valley and blocked the 100,000 pursuers of the Tang Dynasty outside the valley. However, Huang Chao was also blocked in the valley and could not escape.
The weather in the valley was extremely cold, and at night it dripped into ice. Ye Qingping's old injuries relapsed. She was so painful that she was sweating all over her body. She had no medicine around her, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it. She was tortured and couldn't sleep at night.
That morning, Ye Qingping was napping in the big tent, and suddenly heard a horse neighing outside.
Ye Qingping turned over and jumped up, and even put on her coat, she picked up her knife and rushed out of the tent.
Four Qi soldiers in the stable behind the tent held swords and guns, surrounding Ma Yunzhongmo in the center.
The clouds were the dragon among the horses, extremely ferocious, and even kicked and bitten, but several Qi soldiers could not enter.
When Ye Qingping saw someone trying to kill her horse, her eyes turned red. She shouted loudly, rushed forward, kicked a soldier away with a kick.
Those people knew that this female devil was extremely fierce. If she hadn't been really hungry, she wouldn't have the courage to kill her horse.
I heard a brave soldier say: Empress, killing horses is the order of Your Majesty, and we are also on orders.
Ye Qingping waved the magic knife in her hand and said viciously: No matter who I am ordered, if I want to touch my horse, I will kill me first.
Just when the few people were in a stalemate, someone said: Qingping, now people are almost starving to death, how can they care about a beast? Don’t throw a tantrum again.
Qingping turned her head and saw that it was Huang Chao. She was angry and asked loudly: If you kill the horse, how can we break through?
Huang Chao explained patiently: As long as people are there, there is hope. After the snow in the back mountain melts, we will escape from the small path...
escape?There are Tang troops everywhere, where can you escape?
Huang Chao was originally upset, but when he saw Ye Qingping confronting him again, he was angry and said loudly: There are more than 100,000 Tang troops outside the valley. Even if we are strong, how can we fight out?Now, only by escaping to the south and regrouping can we return to Chang'an.Don't worry, I am the true emperor, follow me... Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by Ye Qingping's laughter. She said sarcastically: What a true emperor, just a scared coward.
Ye Qingping's words were considered as stabbing a hornet's nest. Huang Chao was so angry that he trembled all over. His sword was unsheathed and pointed at Ye Qingping and shouted: Say it again, who is the coward?
Seeing that he had already torn his face, Ye Qingping didn't care about it anymore. She simply vented the anger that had been buried in her chest for a long time and said unwillingly: I only know that Li Cunxiao's 18 cavalry beat you and your 80,000 army was thrown out. Now we have 6,000 troops, why can't we break out? I, Ye Qingping, fought all my life, and have always been advancing but not retreating. But since I followed you, I have been defeated in a row, fleeing from Chang'an to Henan, and then to the mountains of Qilu, as anxious as a dog that has lost a family. I thought you were cruel, but now you were just a timid coward, but now you seemed to be just a coward, and you were in desperate situations but didn't even have the courage to fight to the death.
Huang Chao was humiliated by her, and the blue veins on his head swelled up, his face turned ashen, and he screamed: Ye Qingping, you bully people too much!You say I am a coward, what about you?If you have the ability, go and fight the enemy!
I have this intention. Even if I die in battle, it will be better than being with you.After saying that, Ye Qingping returned to the tent and put on his armor, led Yun Zhongmo, and walked towards the entrance of the valley without looking back.
Get out, I am the true emperor. Without you, my great Qi will be as prosperous as ever... The hysterical cry of Huang Chao behind him gradually submerged in the wind and snow, and it is no longer heard.
In the wilderness outside the valley, the bitter cold wind mixed with goose feathers and heavy snow ruthlessly raging between the world.
Flying snow connected the world together, and there was a vast white area everywhere, and nothing could be seen clearly from ten steps away.
In the knee-deep snow, Ye Qingping squinted her eyes and staggered forward in the strong wind.
Such weather is a good opportunity for sneak attacks. Give me three thousand light cavalry to attack them unpreparedly, and maybe I can really break out of the siege.That coward actually killed all the war horses... Ye Qingping raised her head and looked at the lead-gray sky, and suddenly remembered that fifteen years ago, she embarked on a journey on such a snowy day and headed to the battlefield that changed her destiny from then on.
After that, Ye Qingping held the peerless magic knife in her hand, fought against the eight wildernesses, swept the six-way world, and made great achievements.
At that time, Ye Qingping's men were like clouds and countless masters, and it seemed that unifying the world was just a matter of a single hand.
Su Ru, Wei Qing, Zhang Kui, Li Huan, Liu Mu, Li Yuner, Yuan Yinshan, Liu Fengqin, familiar faces flashed in front of her eyes. Now these people were either dead on the battlefield, turned into dead bones, or left her, and were no longer visible.
Today, Ye Qingping is like the helpless little girl in Lizhou City 18 years ago. She is alone, but she has to face the enemy's troops.
Li Keyong, Zhu Wen, Wang Chongrong, and Zhang Jian are all brave and good at fighting heroes. In addition, the elite soldiers and generals under their command, all the 100,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty gathered here.
Li Cunxiao alone is difficult to deal with. Is there really hope to break through the camp with his own strength and fight a path of blood?
It was not until this moment that Ye Qingping realized the helplessness and despair when Li Moxi rushed towards the tens of thousands of troops.
Maybe Huang Chao is right. Even if he relies on the snow to attack, it will be an impossible war. Since there is no hope, why bother to die?Ye Qingping shook her head and secretly scolded her for being useless.
Starting in the wind and snow, ending in the wind and snow, this can be regarded as a beginning and an end.
Ye Qingping smiled slightly and felt relieved.
A horse neigh came from behind, and she turned around and found that she was not alone, and Yun Zhongmo was following her all the time.
Ye Qingping remembered the pony in Ruzhou City ten years ago, and sighed in her heart and said with a smile: You are the only one who is still by my side.You old guy can't run away, so why are you doing with me?Let's go, I hope you can find a horse lover, even if you go to Lala Miao, it's better than being eaten by those evil thieves when you go back.
After saying that, he took off the saddle reins and thrust hard on the horse's butt with a knife.
Yun Zhongmo ran forward a few steps, but found that the master did not follow him, so he ran back happily.
Ye Qingping drove it away several times but couldn't drive it away. She was furious and cursed: Why are you such a stubborn temper?If you don’t leave, I will cut you with a knife... After cursing for a few words, Ye Qingping suddenly remembered that she would become an animal and would become an animal. She couldn’t help but smile, and ignored it, and used her light skills to rush towards the lights that were vaguely visible in the distance.
In the wind and snow, a small group of Tang soldiers patrolling the camp were walking with difficulty. One of them suddenly stopped, looked at the right side in confusion, and said to himself: Hell, I seemed to see a figure just now.
Have you been urinating too much on horses?Where will anyone come in this ghost weather?
It's true, look!There!
He pointed his finger at the front right and shouted.
The others looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a red figure rushing towards him at an incredible speed.
Who is it?Stop it, or you'll shoot an arrow... The leading officer shouted and took off the longbow on his back.
However, before I could even draw my bow and arrow, I saw a woman covered in red armor rushing out of the wind and snow.
The woman had a beautiful face, her long dark hair was flying in the wind, her vermilion lips seemed to be soaked in blood, her red pupils were burning with the flames burning all over the world, and the huge, dark sword dragged on the snow...
you?... The officer's world suddenly turned over, everything in the world was painted with a thick layer of red, and then it turned dark before his eyes. The officer finally saw endless blood spurting out from his broken neck where he lost his head.
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