Chang'an is good

Kang Zhi looked fierce and rode forward to fight.

Tang Xing had people following her, ordered to command the rear army formation, and asked a group of cavalry to hold high the Huangzhou military flag, and rode their horses everywhere shouting: "The chaos in Huangzhou has been over, and Huangzhou Governor Sheng Baoming has been executed!"

This high-pitched and powerful voice was repeated over and over again, and soon spread among Cao Hongxuan's army.

The Anzhou rebels, who were holding their last breath by the thought of "reinforcements are coming," heard this, and their morale collapsed, making it difficult to continue.

More people chose to surrender, and the soldiers who were forced to maintain their formation by the general's command to death with a knife completely lost their will to fight.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Cao Hongxuan, who desperately retreated and fled, looked at the collapsed team and morale on the bumpy horseback, and the blood gradually drained from his face.

In confusion and panic, he turned his head and looked to the right in the direction of Han River.

That was the direction his ambition pointed in. He originally planned to cross the river and fight his way to Jingzhou...

But at this moment, he couldn't see the big river, and the road leading there was blocked by the heavy cavalry. Thousands of cavalry stood solemnly, like a huge iron shield, seamless and indestructible.

At the very front of this "iron shield" made of thousands of iron cavalry, a girl in green robes sat high on a horse, holding the reins with one hand and remaining motionless.

Cao Hongxuan couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could see the calmness around her.

Her aura was not tense at all, nor was she even proud of a winner. She was just calmly gazing down at the battle before her, as if she had witnessed the same situation countless times and had already won. Had the same fight countless times.

At this moment, Cao Hongxuan suddenly felt infinite regret in his panic.

The pain of tearing flesh on his lower jaw reminded him how he was no match for the opponent's two moves just now... and the disparity between him and the opponent was not just in terms of skill.

He underestimated the enemy from the beginning.

Also in Huainan Road, he heard many amazing praises about Chang Sui Ning, but he was never convinced, so he always scoffed, thinking that this eighteen-year-old woman relied more on luck and The help of my father and other capable people.

Over time, he came to really think so. No matter how many stories about the other party came to his ears, it would not change his stubborn perception.

It was only then that the sword in the opponent's hand fell on his head... and he was finally able to see the whole picture clearly at this moment.

In addition to looking down on the other party too much, he also thinks too highly of himself.

He boasted that he had some blood of the Li family, and he always felt superior to others. Seeing the turmoil of the current situation, he could no longer restrain his inner restlessness. He often thought that a mere salt seller could dominate a place, and that a yellow-haired girl could be the leader of the Huainan Road. Lord... He, Cao Hongxuan, came from a famous family and had been an official for more than ten years, so why couldn't he be ambitious? !

It wasn't until he was in this defeated situation that he realized that he thought too highly of himself... In addition, he misread the situation and chose the wrong path.

Others have unfinished business, but he has unfinished business... He doesn't even have a chance to escape from Huainan Road!

Feelings of self-mockery and sadness surged in his chest. Cao Hongxuan swallowed the salty blood in his throat and said loudly: "...Follow me and evacuate this place!"

He also ordered that his family must be protected.

On this trip, he betrayed Huainan Road and did not dare to leave his family members in Anzhou. At this moment, his wife and children were all riding in the carriage.

In the chaos, Cao Hongxuan, escorted by the soldiers and confidants beside him, fought his way out and galloped towards the direction of his family members' carriages and horses.

Seeing that Cao Hongxuan was about to abandon the army and retreat, Kang Zhi became impatient and rushed towards the enemy formation without hesitation, shouting: "...don't leave, traitor!"

"Kang Zhi!"

Qinghua galloped forward on horseback, hurriedly intercepting Kang Zhi's path, and scolded: "Have you forgotten the military rules? When two armies are fighting, a team of three must take care of each other to kill the enemy - who allowed you to charge into the battle alone!"

Although this girl is extremely ferocious, when she goes to the battlefield, she is like a wild and untamable wolf, and she is a lone wolf. She is full of thoughts about killing enemies and military exploits, but she does not understand the principle of coordinated combat!

"But Captain, Cao Hongxuan is about to escape!"

Kang Zhi was so anxious that she quickly drew her bow and arrows, and fired several arrows in the direction where Cao Hongxuan was fleeing.

Her arrows were all missed, and each arrow hit the personal guard behind Cao Hongxuan who was responsible for breaking up the rear. However, she failed to hurt Cao Hongxuan in the end.

At this time, several Chang family soldiers followed, and Kang Zhi said quickly: "That's enough for three people! Come on, follow me to get the Cao Hongxuan dog head!"

With that said, he shouted "drive" and hurried forward.

Qinghua sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to follow her immediately - this Kang Ani will definitely have to be disciplined by adults when she comes back!

As for Cao Hongxuan ahead, Qinghua concluded that he could not escape.

The adults in her family have been waiting here for a long time, and the other party has wings out of thin air, but today it is impossible to escape from this dragnet.

Cao Hongxuan asked his soldiers to stop him from behind, and under the protection of the army, he fled with two carriages in front.

Just after escaping some distance, Cao Hongxuan saw in front of him that the leading carriage suddenly slowed down.

Before the carriage came to a stop, a thin gray figure jumped out of the carriage.

"Why are you getting out of the car, madam!" Cao Hongxuan urged urgently: "Get up quickly and leave with me!"

But the woman held up her dress and ran towards him quickly, saying: "Husband, I know a way to leave safely!"

Cao Hongxuan had no choice but to dismount and let the people behind him block the pursuers. He supported the frail woman, stared at her closely and said, "Which way? Madam, please tell me!"

However, the woman who was being supported by him asked with tears in her eyes: "Husband, didn't you promise me that you would never conspire with that Bian Chunliang?"

"My mother, father, brother, uncle, and hundreds of people in the clan...all died under Bian Zei's sword!" The woman's eyes were full of tears: "My heart is as sharp as a knife day and night, and I often dream of my mother. Holding my little nephew in hand, he begged me for help with blood and tears on his face..."

She was the daughter of the Dou family, a noble family in Hengzhou. Hengzhou was destroyed by Bian Chunliang. After the tragic news of her family's destruction reached Anzhou, she grew white hair overnight and became ill.

"Madam, I am just pretending to cooperate with Bian Chunliang temporarily, and at this time..." Cao Hong said halfway, holding the woman's shoulders and said urgently: "This is not the time to talk about this! Madam, what you just said explain……"

At this point, Cao Hongxuan's words suddenly stopped, and his figure suddenly trembled.

After a moment, he lowered his eyes and looked down, and saw that his wife had held a sharp dagger in her hand, and the tip of the knife had already pierced his heart.

The young men and women who got off the carriage and ran over immediately screamed when they saw this.

"Mother!"

"Father!"

"Aunt...!"

"Madam..." Cao Hongxuan looked at his wife who was still holding his shoulders in disbelief: "Do you... hate me so much? You want to kill me now?"

He and his wife, a young couple, have been together day and night for more than 20 years...

Mrs. Dou smiled sadly and said in a low voice: "You can't leave... Husband, you can't let more people die for your fault."

Cao Hongxuan was stunned, and then he understood, and said in a hard voice: "It turns out that this is the way to leave safely as Madam... said."

"grown ups!"

The loyal soldier rushed over quickly with his men, and he raised his sword when he saw this.

Cao Hongxuan suddenly raised a hand, signaling to join the army to stop.

"Okay, madam, you are wise and decisive..." Cao Hongxuan said with uneven breath: "She is indeed my wife, Cao Hongxuan..."

He looked at the crying eldest son and said, "Yude... Later, you will take your father's head to apologize to Chang Suining!" "No, father... father!"

Cao Hongxuan ignored the cry of his eldest son and continued: "It's too late to join the army!"

Joining the army clasped his fists fiercely: "...My subordinate is here!"

"You will behead me... Take your wife, husband, and girl with you... and Chang Sui Ning will surrender and take the blame!"

With tears in his eyes, Joining the Army paused and responded silently.

Cao Hongxuan held his wife's bony hand tremblingly, used up his last bit of strength, and thrust the dagger deeper into his heart.

Mrs. Dou's whole body was trembling, and her tears were like broken beads.

"Madam..." Cao Hongxuan looked at his wife in front of him and said in a weak and inaudible voice: "Thank you..."

Thank you for her determination to save his children and his dignity.

In addition, after being married for many years, he had many other things to thank his wife for, but he was no longer able to think about and remember anything.

Cao Hongxuan could no longer stand, closed his eyes, and fell heavily backward.

Her husband and the dagger fell to the ground in front of her eyes, and Mrs. Dou couldn't support herself and fell down.

Joining the army and the remaining soldiers, he knelt down towards Cao Hongxuan's body and paid the last salute.

Then, joining the army gritted his teeth and took off Cao Hongxuan's head with a knife.

Heart-rending screams broke out among the children of the Cao family.

Joining the Army looked at Cao Hongxuan's eldest son with red eyes: "...Dalangjun!"

The young man looked pale, looked at his father's head, backed away in fear, and kept shaking his head: "No, no..."

Pick up his father's head...he can't do it! Just now, his father was still talking to him!

When Junjun saw this and was about to step forward, he saw Mr. Dou, who had fallen on the ground, crawl forward two steps, stretched out his hands, and picked up the head.

Mrs. Dou burst into tears. She closed her eyes and lowered her head, pressing her forehead against her husband's still warm head. The scene when the two first met when they were teenagers flashed through her mind.

It was so good then. The sky I saw when I looked up seemed to be clearer than now. Paper kites were floating, the clouds were white, and apricot blossoms fell on my shoulders.

Unfortunately, people will change, and so will the world's situation.

For a moment, Dou held the head, stood up slowly, walked towards the approaching Jiangdu Army, and shouted loudly: "...We have killed the sinner Cao Hongxuan! In this way, we express our gratitude to Chang. The envoy apologizes!"

Kang Zhi, who was chasing after him, saw such a situation and froze for a moment on the horse. After a moment, he put away the knife in his hand.

Mr. Dou has been ill for more than a year, and before today, he had been in bed for several months.

No one knew where she got the strength to hold the heavy head and walk up to Chang Suining. With her children and the remnants of Anzhou behind her, she held the head in both hands and knelt down to apologize.

Chang Suining sat on the horse, looking at the thin woman covered in blood, and listening to her words of apology.

After the woman's voice fell, there was a moment of silence.

The sons and daughters of the Cao family behind her were all kneeling there, their heads lowered, not daring to move.

Most of them know that even if their mother kills their father to apologize, they may not be able to survive.

This is Huainan Road, and the girl on horseback controls all the power of life and death on Huainan Road. Even if the other party orders them all to be killed here, no one dares to say anything.

They kneel here, waiting for each other to speak, and decide their life or death with one sentence in one thought.

After a moment, Chang Suining motioned to Shepherd's Purse and stepped forward to take Cao Hongxuan's head.

Mr. Dou folded his bloody hands in front of his forehead and bowed his head.

"I will write to the court and truthfully explain your righteous actions."

The girl's calm voice came from above, and Mrs. Dou immediately lowered her body and cried: "...Thank you, Master Jieshao!"

The sound of horse hooves sounded, and she looked up tremblingly, only to see that the girl in green robe had turned the horse's head and rode away.

Soon, all the cavalry followed, the sound of horse hooves rolling.

When the dust was flying, Ms. Dou stood up with difficulty and looked at her children behind her who were either crying loudly or falling to the ground.

There were also teenagers with sad and hateful eyes, crying and slamming their fists on the ground.

Mrs. Dou looked at them. Among the seven, the eldest son and daughter were born to her, while the remaining five children were all born by concubines.

"If you want to take revenge, you have to recognize your enemy clearly and remember that there are three of you who killed your father." Mrs. Dou looked at them, her thin voice was clanging and powerful: "One is Cao Hongxuan who brought it upon himself, and the other is Cao Hongxuan. That Bian Chunliang who is in Yuezhou... The third one is me, Mr. Dou Shaojun of Hengyang!"

"——Only if it's not the Jiangdu Changjie who spared your life just now!"

The teenagers started crying: "Mother..."

"If you want to avenge your father, go to Yuezhou or come and kill me!" Dou asked in a solemn voice, "Do you remember everything?!"

Everyone had never seen her look so stern before, and they all cried in response.

"Okay..." Mrs. Dou showed a relieved look, her thin body seemed to have been drained of the last bit of strength, scarlet blood gushed out of her mouth, and she fell to the ground like a withered leaf.

"Auntie!"

The blood after the fight mixed with the dampness of the Han River, mixed in the air, and slowly pressed down the dust left by the horses' hooves.

"Sir, Cao Hongxuan's wife, Dou, is gone." In the cavalry team, shepherd's purse reported the news from behind to his lord.

Chang Suining: "Let them give you a generous burial."

"Yes."

Ding Su left with his men to clean up the battlefield, while Chang Suining took two thousand men and went to Anzhou City.

The guards guarding the city of Anzhou saw the cavalry rolling in from a distance. They immediately went on guard and evacuated the people urgently. But when they got closer, they saw that the cavalry clearing the way in front was holding the Jingjielong staff of the Jiedushi. They couldn't help but frown. Shocked.

Although the guards did not know what was going on and that the Jiedushi was actually present, they all rushed forward to greet him and knelt down to salute with respect and awe.

"Welcome to the Lord Jiedushi!"

Jiedu made the Zhu Ya hanging from the gold and bronze staff float in the air under the city gate.

Goodnight everybody!