Chapter 105: A deep feeling of coldness

In the spring of the 27th year of Shengwu, the Xuanjia Army defeated Jizhou, wiped out the remnants of Beiyanhou, rebelled in the Sixteenth State of Jingyou, and withdrew the Northern Fans and established the Beiting and Wuwei Duhu Mansion.
In the same month, the Emperor of Heaven decree to withdraw the East Hou State and set up the Donghai Duhu Mansion. At this point, the vassal states that had controlled the four realms of the celestial dynasty for nearly a hundred years were all abolished, and the military and political powers were gradually divided into state capitals, and the emperor was the only one in the four seas.
After Yetianling settled down the sixteen states, he immediately mobilized soldiers, horses, grain and munitions from all walks of life with dragon symbols, gathered 400,000 cavalry in Jizhou, and marched northward.
The army took the early Tang Dynasty and Nangong Jing as the left and right commanders, divided into two troops, with the Wantong Shuofeng 100,000 pioneers in front, Lian Ke Zuoyu, Su Tuhai, Sihe, Xiasha, Riguo, Yudou, Qingmuchuan The nine cities of Gangu, Yima, and Gan are all in force.
Every time Wan Tuo Shuofeng led his army to pass through a city, he would not take prisoners. Those who pit on the road piled bones like a mountain. The Yunu River that traverses the Mobei land was stained with blood. The waves rolled and the wreckage was ups and downs, which made it unclear for months.
After the war, there were no Turkic people in the nine cities, and most of the land north of Houshan and east of Hanhai belonged to the heavenly territory.
Since the city of Dana was broken by the Xuanjia army in the 19th year of Shengwu, Shiluo Khan worked hard to expand the outer city around the royal capital while opening the hole every ten steps between the city walls. , Built a gold-bronze gun barrel that was more than a few inches thick and half a square square, followed by a kerosene mechanism, which operated like a wheel. Once the enemy is attacking the city, all the agencies are activated at the same time, and there will be kerosene sprayed out of the pipe, and it will ignite instantly, and it will fall straight down the city, like a waterfall of fire splashing endlessly, hurting countless people, and it is called "Smiting Dragon". With this mechanism for defense, almost no army can climb the wall to attack the city, and the ladder chariot within tens of feet will be destroyed as soon as it approaches. Not to mention the flesh and blood of soldiers, it will become one of the most difficult cities in Northern Xinjiang.
If the imperial soldiers approached the city today, the East Turkic general Mujasha led his army to defend the city. Jie Tianlong was extremely lethal. As soon as he confronted, the heavenly army was not prepared for it, and suffered a dark loss in the first battle.
Tang Chu and the others led his troops to attack, and they couldn't get close to the city. Within the scope of the kerosene jet, those who enter are either dead or injured. If they are hit head-on, even if the steel and iron bones are instantly turned into ashes, they will almost not be spared from the tens of thousands of new skills, and the generals will have no good plans for a while.
Ye Tianling sent an order to temporarily retreat to Yimacheng, supplementing grain and grass, and summoning the generals to discuss countermeasures.
Everyone has arrived on this day, but he hasn't seen Mingzhe. Until midday, Ming Zhifang hurried in to see him.
Ye Tianling raised his head from the sand table imitated from the surrounding terrain of Tanah City, and Nangong Jing and the others squeezed a cold sweat for Ming.
Although Mingzhe had a plan in his heart, he was still very nervous when Ye Tianling's gaze was swept away. He hurriedly handed over something before Ye Tianling's attack: "His Royal Highness, your subordinate has a plan to break the city, please check it out!"
Ye Tianling glanced at him faintly, then looked at the cowhide roll he handed over. Tang Chu stood nearby and said casually: "Isn't this a map of Dana City?"
Ming Zhi nodded and said, "It's the city map of Kana."
Tang Chu said: "We don't know the layout of the enemy city, but now under the suppression of the Heaven Smiting Dragon, we can't get close to the city at all. What's the use of the familiar terrain? Now the only way is to wait for rain and snow before attacking the city. Up."
Ming Zhi said anxiously: "Never, the black oil produced from the underground in the northwest is sprayed out by the Heaven Jittering Dragon. After being refined, it is added with sulphur and other substances, and it is sprayed into flames. It will not be destroyed by water, but will burn even more. What's more, if it rains forcibly, our army will lose even more."
Nangong Jingqi said: "Such a thing like this? I have never heard of a flame that never stops running into water."
Mingzhi said: "We have never heard of it, but it is not that it is not. This method of disposing kerosene came from outside the territory, so it is rarely heard in the Central Plains. Especially the water combat is the most powerful for destroying ships. Hard resistance."
Xia Bufeng was the most impatient, and immediately shouted: "According to you, isn't it still impossible to do anything?"
Mingzhi laughed and said: "Since I have said that there is a way, I will not disappoint you." As he put down the drawing, he pointed to the red dots on it and said: "His Royal Highness, please look. These marks are stored in the enemy city. There are ten tanks in the middle of Nacheng City where the oil is located. The ground is a large pond, which is long and horizontally long. All of them are kerosene used by Heaven Jielong. These kerosene must be built and stored in another pond every month or so, otherwise they will encounter The self-immolation house itself is a very dangerous thing. This information was discovered secretly by our brothers from Shenjiying. All the positions are very precise. If we start to destroy the mechanism here, it is called They set themselves on fire in the city and went into chaos without fighting."
The generals turned their heads and looked at each other, but they were still a bit to no avail. Ye Tianling turned back to the seat and said, "Go on."
Ming Zhi said: "His Royal Highness still remember the old craftsman who made fireworks in Shuzhong?"
Ye Tianling's eyes moved slightly, as if remembering something: "Naturally."
Ming Zhi opened the cowhide roll and presented it, saying, "Shen Jiying asked the old craftsman in Shuzhong for advice. He once researched an object in private, but it was originally imperfect. Over the past few days, the system was reformed and some famous halls were created. Maybe it can come in handy, please have a look."
The crowd gathered and saw a bird-shaped pattern painted on it, which seemed to be woven from thin bamboo or reeds. There were two cylindrical devices on both sides of the bird's wings, and a tube was hidden in the belly of the bird. , The tail is slender with a fuze, which looks very strange.
Xia Bufeng looked around the drawing twice and said, "What kind of bird is this? I can't call it or eat it. What is the painting?"
Ming Zhi said: "What do you know? This object is called'Shenhuo Feihuang", and it is a flying fire mechanism specially made by our Shenjiying."
Tang Chu was not as reckless as Xia Bufeng, and said one after another: "Don't interrupt, listen to him."
Mingzhi pointed and said: "There are two fires on the wings of the flying phoenix. The gunpowder inside is ignited by a fuze, which can shoot the flying phoenix into the air. At this time, the gunpowder under the abdomen is ignited, and the force is exerted again. The Feihuang’s belly is equipped with our profound armor fire thunder, and after special configuration, it is added with aconitum, chamaejasme, croton, arsenic and other drugs, which burst into the city, and the poisonous smoke alone is enough for Turkic people to withstand. Once the body explodes, the fire and thunder will rush to the ground, so that the city will be full of fire, and the enemy's oil pool will be hit, and its oil will be destroyed. The Heaven Smiting Dragon mechanism will be like a waste, and it will be useless. This city can go down!"
Wan Tuo Shuofeng was listening, and nodded: "It's so good, but we are suppressed by Heaven Jie Long, and we can't get close to the city. How can this mechanism be urged twice until a hundred meters away?"
Mingzhi laughed and said: "What's so difficult? You haven't seen the fireworks made by craftsmen in Shuzhong. They are lit one after another and burst into the sky. That's wonderful."
The Nangong bidding case said: "Yes, this method is feasible! I don't know if this mechanism is troublesome to make? If you want to fully siege the city and ensure that the opponent's oil pool is burned, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of animals."
Ming Zhi said: "Don't worry, Shenjiying has been rushing to produce these two days, and I must get a hundred in three or five days."
Seeing that the problems plaguing the army can be solved immediately, the generals are all excited. Wan Tuo Shuofeng raised his head, only to see Ye Tianling getting up and walking to the case, looking down at the scalp with his hands down, as if he was admiring the picture above, his expression was faint, and the corners of his lips actually had a faint smile.
He was a little suspicious of himself, and followed Ye Tianling's gaze, he saw a line of elegant small characters next to the Feihuang mechanism, as elegant as wind, beautiful and steady as orchids, down the rough scroll. It doesn't compromise the beauty of the brushstrokes, it looks pleasing to the eye.
After a while, Ye Tianling flicked across the picture scroll with one hand, and looked up at Mingzhi: "A good way."
Ming Zhi has been paying attention to Ye Tianling's expression, and he was relieved immediately, saying: "If your Royal Highness thinks this method is feasible, please move to the outskirts of the city to have a look. The brothers of Shenjiying are experimenting with the Feihuang mechanism, and they must have some new eyebrows. "
Ye Tianling nodded slightly, but said: "If you want to attack with fire, you must consider the weather and wind direction, and there are poisonous smoke in the agency. A careless person may accidentally hurt your camp. Have you thought about this?"
Mingzhi casually said: "The princess said that we must choose the north wind...er..." As soon as he said something, he suddenly felt wrong, and couldn't help but stop to look at Ye Tianling. Unexpectedly, the corners of Ye Tianling's lips raised slightly, only to signal him to continue. Mingzhi continued: "This divine fire flying phoenix cannot be launched against the wind. Only a downwind can reach hundreds of feet. As for the poisonous smoke, the princess naturally deserves the antidote and distributes it to the battalions in advance, which can guarantee nothing."
Nangong Jing and others have recently noticed that King Ling and Concubine Wang are very alienated for some reason, but can't get the slightest clue. In front of Ye Tianling, they didn't even dare to mention it, so even the Japanese march was very careful. Avoid the fish in the pond. Today, Mingzhi accidentally missed his mouth. Everyone went to see Ye Tianling’s reaction. No one spoke. Only Xia Bufeng went straight and blurted out:
It turned out to be the princess’s idea. I even understand the direction of the wind and the blades of grass..."
Halfway through, Nangong Jing turned to stare at him, and Xia Bufeng said in a daze, "Why, did I make a mistake?"
Nangong Jing was extremely helpless, but had no choice but to say, "That's right."
Xia Bufeng said: "Yes, why don't you let me say?"
Tang Chu couldn't hold it by his side, he coughed slightly, and smiled, "Think more and say less, and your Highness asks you the most on weekdays, but you forget the fastest."
Xia Bufeng scratched his head and looked at Ye Tianling, still looking confused. Ye Tianling got up and said to Ming: "Go and see, if this method is feasible, the merits and demerits will be offset, and you will be spared the crime of being late today, otherwise you will not be severely punished."
The words were calm, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, Mingzhi bowed in response, unable to hold a slight smile on his face. "The merits and demerits are equal, he will not cure you of being late." The princess is really wise, and she knows Ling Wang's temper very clearly, even the rhetoric is the same.
After everyone took a few steps, Xia Bufeng suddenly asked Nangong Jing in a whisper, "His Royal Highness and the princess are awkward?"
Nangong Jing cried and laughed nonchalantly: "I just can't figure it out. How could my sister-in-law like you, an old man who knows nothing?"
Unexpectedly, Xia Bufeng said with a serious face: "What's wrong with the old man, the old man has his own benefits."
These two sentences were spoken loudly, and everyone heard clearly and laughed. Ye Tianling walked in front with her hand held, her thin lips slightly raised, and the cold eyes under the sun also filled with a smile.
On the hillside five miles away from the outskirts of the city, the soldiers from Shenjiying were busy in an orderly manner.
Ye Tianling and others walked up to the front and saw that the made Divine Fire Flying Phoenix was about a foot long. The whole body was woven with bamboo strips and pasted with oiled paper. There were four rockets on the front and back, and fire thunder was hidden in the belly. painted.
Everyone was looking at the completed mechanism, but they heard a few loud bangs in the distance, and shocking fires exploded on the opposite mountain. As the rocks broke and smoke billowed, it turned out that other soldiers were testing the power of the Flying Phoenix mechanism. Just for safety, no poisonous gunpowder has been added.
Wan Tuo Shuofeng's eyes lit up, and a cold light appeared: "Dana will be broken in the near future!"
Ye Tianling nodded slightly. He had the precise location of Jie Tianlong to store the kerosene, coupled with the deadly poisonous smoke, and the raging fire, such as burning huge thunder, no matter how strong the city was, it would not be able to withstand it for a long time. He seemed to be in a good mood because of a troublesome incident, and after carefully examining the Feihuang mechanism with the generals, after agreeing on a strategy for siege of the city, he talked and laughed and returned to the city.
When they reached the gate of the city, the two riders on the road ahead galloped towards each other, but it was Wei Changzheng with a guard, looking like a servant, as if he had just returned from a long journey.
Wei Changzheng met Ye Tianling and dismounted to salute. Ye Tianling asked, "Is it done?"
Wei Changzheng said: "There are none in the nearby city. I went down to Qingmuchuan and finally bought it."
Ye Tianling took the horse rein slightly, and confessed: "Give it to Mingzhi." Then he continued on.
Wei Changzheng took off two small packages of things from immediately and handed them to Mingzhi: "I didn't expect you to be there."
Ming Zhi asked: "What is it?"
Wei Changzheng smiled: "Just look at it." Then he rode his horse and went with Ye Tianling.
Meditation lags behind and can't help being filled with questions. The war is imminent. At this time, what is important to Wei Changzheng to visit Qingmuchuan in person? He lowered his head to open the package, Wan Shuo Shuofeng was near him, turned his head and saw, very strange: "Musk?"
Mingzhi laughed in a low voice: "Musk and white sandalwood are used for medicine by the princess. Mobei is not easy to buy, but it is indispensable."
Wan Tuo Shuofeng raised his eyebrows knowingly. Before Wei Changzheng turned his head and smiled, he clasped his fists away and silently made a mouth shape: "Thank you!"
Wei Changzheng shrugged, and when he turned around, he saw that Ye Tianling had swung his whip and hurriedly followed.
After entering the city, everyone went to drill the layout and prepare for the siege. Wei Changzheng returned to the camp with Ye Tianling and did not enter the gate. Suddenly Ye Tianling stopped his horse and turned to look aside.
Wei Changzheng followed his gaze and found that there was a mass of white things nestled beside a few rocks, curled up in a mass, shivering by the cold wind. He dismounted and walked closer to see, it turned out to be a little beast.
When the little beast heard someone coming, his ears cocked, and his head raised alertly, with blue eyes like two ice crystal stones in the snow, enchantingly looking at Wei Changzheng with hostility, whispering in his throat, and struggling. Rubbed back.
Wei Changzheng was amazed at his heart, except for the different eyes and lustre, this little beast was born exactly like Xue Zhan, like a fox but not a fox, like a mink and not a mink, it can't be said to be an animal.
He was about to squat down and study it carefully. Someone stretched out his hand and picked up the little beast without saying a word.
The little beast grumbled, struggling in Ye Tianling's hands, trying to scratch people with its front paws. Ye Tianling frowned, and effortlessly restrained the two dishonest claws. The little beast then hung in the air pitifully, his big tail tucked into a ball, and his body trembled slightly. Wei Changzheng discovered that its hind leg had been injured at this time, and the snow-white fur was stained with blood. It seemed that the injury was not light.
Ye Tianling looked at the little beast for a while, raised his hand and threw it into Wei Changzheng's arms: "For Ming Zhi."
Wei Changzheng took it hurriedly, and was scratched by the little beast on the spot, quite dumbfounded. He stretched out his hand to hold down the little thing he intended to break free, and hurried away.
Three days later, the north wind made great efforts, and the heavenly army was ready to attack the city.
After Ye Tianling used Wanzhao Shuofeng for himself, he rarely led the soldiers personally, only letting him show his talents. Wan Tusuo is warlike by nature, and he knows Mobei and Turks well, and he has no disadvantages in attacking cities. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Nangong Jing and others were suspicious of him for a while, and after a few battles, they could not help but become irresistible friends, known as brothers, and very familiar with each other. Ye Tianling also often talked with him about wine and literary criticism.
Although Wan Tongshuo didn't say anything about it, he admired Ye Tianling in his heart. Not to mention anything else, Ye Tianling was relieved to hand it over to him even in battles like Dana City. Even though he was arrogant and talented, he wondered if he had no such courage.
The tactics are strategized, the bamboo is in the chest, the swords and halberds are everywhere outside the city, the soldiers and horses are like mountains, but Ye Tianling does not even wear the armor, the robe is light, and he sits in the camp.
I closed my eyes and raised my mind for a while, and suddenly there was a very soft noise nearby. He opened his eyes to see, Xue Zhan squatted at the window pane and tilted his head slightly, Jin Tongyi was looking at him.
He stared at the little beast for a moment, got up and walked out. When he walked to the front of the corridor, he was taken aback. The breeze was cool, the Qiong light was faint, and a familiar figure was looking up at the tree, looking helpless.
The moonlight is light and fur, and the clothes are slightly floating, the clear light penetrates the first blooming branches and leaves of Mobei's fine buds and half sprinkles on her side face, a mutton white hosta with light hair, because of the transparent color of the sun And Mingjing. Hair is like a cloud, and people are like jade. He stood here and could see her soft and graceful chin lifted slightly, revealing her slender neck, and a few strands of hair slipped quietly from the hairpins, hanging softly on the side of her ears, and occasionally the spring breeze passed by. Silk Weilan.
She tilted her head, her eyebrows frowned lightly, her soft red lips pursed slightly, with a playful appearance. This frowning smile has been seen thousands of times, and he hasn't been tired of seeing it thousands of times. He stood there quietly looking at the person in front of him, with a smile in his handsome eyes.
"Xueying, she ran around before the injury was healed. She even dared to climb a tree, come down quickly."
On the branch, a snow-white little beast squatted there, looking sideways at the helpless Qing Chen under the tree, with bright blue pupils, reflecting an elegant figure.
Suddenly, Xueying turned his head and looked to the side, a white shadow flashed lightly, and it had already jumped from the tree.
Qing Chen turned around and saw Ye Tianling standing in front of the porch with his hand held down, looking at her quietly. The pale golden sunlight fell from the cloudless sky, covering his clothes, his robes were neatly trimmed, and his body was long and jade, with a three-point cold air, but the deep eyes were soaked with endless softness.
Qing Chen was stunned. He didn't expect Ye Tianling to be camping at this time, staring at him, but saw him suddenly smile, the mountains and clear waters, the clouds are light and breezy.
Several times in the dust, several times looking back, every time I look for his figure, he is always at the nearest place to her. He was silent and speechless, but he was here forever, taking her hand, and staying and abandoning forever.
Qing Chen raised the corners of her lips lightly, but did not speak, Ye Tianling smiled deeper, and said lightly: "Why, don't you know?"
Qing Chen raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile: "Seems familiar."
The dark color of Ye Tianling's eyes fluctuated slightly, and suddenly he noticed the white shadow flickering beside him. Before he could escape, Xueying had already jumped on his shoulder. With a frown of his sword eyebrows, he stretched out his hand and picked up the little beast. Who knew that Xueying was anxious, and his front paws hooked his clothes, saying that he would not loosen anything.
Qing Chen couldn't help laughing as he watched one person and one beast stalemate. The awe-inspiring Royal Highness Ling would not allow a small beast to squat on his shoulders and look all around, and Xue Zhan did not suffer for this. Looking at Ye Tianling, she was already a little intolerable. She hurriedly picked up Xueying’s little paw and rescued it from Ye Tianling’s hand. She laughed and said,
It’s very naughty. It’s even more troublesome than Xuezhan. I don't know how to have this leisure during the Long March, but I picked up such a small thing and came back." As he spoke, his phoenix eyes lifted slightly, smiling like a flower.
Xueying was honest now, lying aggrievedly in Qing Chen's arms, looking pitifully at Ye Tianling from her arm, looking sad, as if accusing Ye Tianling of his innocent behavior.
"Um...huh!" Ye Tianling stared at it, and then he snorted coldly.
Qing Chen put Xueying down to the ground. Seeing that he looked bad, he smiled and asked, "Aren't you thinking about this little guy?"
Her spring-like smile bloomed charmingly in front of Ye Tianling, and she hadn't looked at it for a few days, and the picturesque brows unexpectedly added a touch of gentleness and maturity. He can hardly remember what happened. It seems that every meeting is a beginning, and every time is relatively unforgettable and tender.
His wife, the man he had searched for half his life, was standing in front of him at this moment, looking at him, smiling quietly.
He sighed slightly, but there was a cheerful expression in his sigh: "There are only women and little beasts in the world that are difficult to raise, but there are more and more around me."
Qing Chen blinked: "Oh? So, does your Highness have accepted newcomers in the past few days?"
Ye Tianling didn't expect Qing Chen to ask such a sentence, looked at her carefully, frowned and said, "Even if this king accepts new people, you don't have to be so happy, right?"
Qing Chen glanced at his face, Shi Shiran wanted to turn around: "Then I will be happy."
Before she could take a step, Ye Tianling stretched out her hand to hold her, and narrowed her eyes slightly: "What is Xiaoyao? Who was so domineering at the beginning, but I was her alone?"
Qing Chen laughed lightly, confidently: "Me!"
"Then where are you going to be happy?"
"Ling Prince Mansion!" Qing Chen said with a smile, "You are mine, Ling Prince Mansion belongs to you, and naturally also mine. Any newcomer you have is mine. The place in my mansion is large, and sometimes there are not enough people to guard the house. It should be added."
She tilted her head to plan seriously, Ye Tianling laughed. At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from a distance, followed by one after another, like a landslide and a tsunami, with a shocking momentum.
Qing Chen was unprepared and was taken aback. Before turning around, Ye Tianling stretched out his arms to protect him.
A soaring fire ignited towards the north of the city, and thick smoke burst out, quickly covering the sky. In the smoke of gunpowder, the flames of war were faint, and the color was stained with blood. The whole Mobei land seemed to be torn apart by a huge opening, which made people feel that the mountains and the city were slowly sinking, and the world was overturned.
Qing Chen frowned subconsciously, Ye Tianling covered her ears with one hand, and gently held the person in front of him.
After a long absence of such a pure breath, broad embrace, steady arms, Qing Chen quietly leaned against Ye Tianling's arms, against his chest, and a sound of his heartbeat in his ears clearly covered everything. Suddenly, the turbulent surroundings slowly fell into calm. She seemed to be floating in the clear lake, gently floating, sparkling, and the quiet night was full of stars, and the warmth made people feel sleepy.
Jin Ge and iron horses are far away, only his embrace is so real.
After a long time, the sound of the explosion gradually lowered, and Ye Tianling said indifferently: "Dana city is broken."
Qing Chen raised her head slightly from his arms, her quiet eyes cast into the distance, as if she had seen the clear sky beyond the green mountains and clouds through the smoky sky, she seemed to be talking to herself, and she seemed to be facing the mist. Man Tianguang whispered: "Dana city is broken, and the East Turks are dead."
What about the collapse of the city?