Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky: Third, what is the limit of the world 1

The fourth day of June in the third year of Yuan Ding.

On the day the Northern Expeditionary Army set off, hundreds of officials saw off outside the north gate of the imperial capital.

In front of the city gate, the army stands still, with shining armor, and at a glance, the majestic and majestic momentum takes your breath away. In mid-air, flags were flying, and the most eye-catching ones were of course the Canglong flag and the white phoenix flag fluttering in the wind. On the red banner, a canglong with its teeth and claws entrenched among the clouds is the canglong banner of Dong Shixiu, who is so powerful in the troubled times. A white phoenix on the black flag spreads its wings and soars into the sky.

In front of Wanjun, there are two horses standing tall. The one with red armor and black horse is the emperor Dongshixiu of the dynasty, and the one with white horse and silver armor is "General Fengying" Feng Duying. After all the officials finished their salutes, Dong Shixiu raised his hand, and the army shouted in unison, and the sound was like thunder in an instant, shaking the sky and the earth.

Didn't stop drinking, Feng Duying whipped his horsewhip, and galloped away like an arrow. The real phoenix spreads its wings, extremely gorgeous. And behind her, thousands of troops and horses followed like a torrent, so majestic and majestic, the officials and people were amazed: General Feng really lived up to the name of "Phoenix".

"Seventh Sister really likes going to war the most." Ning Jingyuan sighed softly as she watched off the army who was far ahead.

"On this point, Big Brother and Seventh Sister are in agreement." Bai Yima said.

"Heh..." Ning Jingyuan chuckled and nodded.

"That's why Big Brother left us brothers and only brought Seventh Sister with us." Nan Pianyue muttered.

"Eighth brother, just give up, I will never give you a chance to fight again in this life." Hua Jingtai stretched out his hand and rubbed his head.

"Hmph, don't forget that elder brother is the emperor, and his words count." Nan Pianyue was not convinced.

"Let's wait and see whose words count." Hua Jingtai disagreed.

Seeing that the two men were about to quarrel again, Huang Ti swept his eyes away and silenced each other.

Looking at Tranquility Yuan, he didn't find it funny. His eyes glanced at Feng Ji, and seeing him still looking at the distant direction of the army, he felt a little pity for some reason.

When the army disappeared, the courtiers and commoners who saw him off dispersed, and the six brothers planned to return home.

Hua Jingtai was about to propose to rob Ning Jingyuan's mansion, but before he could say anything, Ning Jingyuan looked at Huang Ti and said, "Second brother, how about we go for a walk together?"

After hearing this, Hua Jingtai hurriedly said: "Third brother, you and your second brother will stop by to buy some good wine. My fourth brother, fifth brother, and eighth brother will go to your mansion first to wait for you." Fengji, Baiyima, and Nanpianyue winked, and the three of them understood, and they all agreed: "Second brother, third brother, we are one step ahead."

Then the four brothers went to Ning Mansion first, to see if there was a beautiful Mengcheng hiding before Ning Yuan returned to the mansion.

When the crowd dispersed and the brothers had gone far away, Huang Ti asked, "Does the third brother have something to tell me?"

Ning Jingyuan nodded, glanced over, then pointed to a hillside tens of feet away and said, "Second brother, how about we go there?"

Huang Ti nodded.

Riding on the hillside, standing on a high place, you can still see the billowing dust rising in the air in the distance, which is obviously where the army has passed. The two got off their horses and looked into the distance. After a while, Huang Ti asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

Tranquility looked away, "I heard that the second brother intends to make Gu Yunyuan our sister-in-law?"

Huang Ti nodded: "I did say that before."

Ning Jingyuan shook his head: "Second brother, no."

"Why?" Huang Ti's eyes flashed.

Looking at the distance for a moment, Tranquility said, "Second Brother, I know that you love Seventh Sister so much that's why you care so much about her life-long affairs. Sigh, in fact, it's just this one girl, who among us brothers doesn't love her?" She is in the bone. But... this matter is absolutely unacceptable."

Huang Ti's eyes were fixed and he remained silent.

"Second Brother, you and I both know that Seventh Sister is still unmarried." Tranquility looked at the dust flying in the mid-air in the distance, and her heart seemed to be covered with dust, "If you really If you want to marry Seventh Sister to Gu Yunyuan, let alone the reaction of the eldest brother and fourth brother, even Seventh Sister will not agree."

Huang Ti was silent for a moment, and then he said with some anger and pity: "It's because of the two of them that Seventh Sister wasted her life. Sometimes I really want to slap each of them."

Ning Ningyuan smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Second brother, if it is really a matter that can be solved with a slap, why have our brothers been in trouble until now. You must know that today, a supreme ruler in the world and a grand ruler in charge of the country are all drawn together. If the whole country moves, one carelessness can lead to catastrophe."

"Alas." Huang Ti sighed in a rare way, and his face was full of disappointment, "I really don't know who is wrong among the three of them today, and who is more wrong."

"No one is right." Tranquility also sighed, "It's just... the temperament of the fourth brother who seeks perfection in everything, it can be said that it is a success and a failure, which is why it is impossible to advance or retreat today."

"You can't blame the fourth brother." Huang Ti shook his head, "What happened back then, if it were you and me, it would be the same. After all, he was the one who let me down."

Ning Jingyuan paused for a moment, raised his hand to caress the horse beside him, and then said: "All these years, you and my brothers have married wives and had children, but the fourth brother is alone. I think that is the reason."

Huang Ti didn't make a sound, and was silent for a while, before turning his head to look at him: "You and I can only watch helplessly?" This younger brother has always been the smartest, and he always has endless tricks and tricks .

Watched by Huang Ti's implicitly expectant eyes, Tranquility shook his head helplessly: "Second brother, if there is a way, why should I wait until today. There are many things in this world that can be solved by tricks and means, but The only thing that cannot be changed is the human heart, which depends on the human heart. So...Second brother, whether you are for the fourth brother, or you really like Gu Yunyuan, you have to get rid of that idea." He looked at Huang Ti, His expression was rare and serious, "There is no distinction between gentlemen and villains among those who plan a country, but a gentleman and direct ministers are needed to govern a country. Gu Yunyuan is a gentleman and a talent. You must not involve him in it, it will only destroy him."

"I know." Huang Ti nodded, "It's just..."

He didn't continue to say the following words, but Tranquility understood, he sighed softly, extremely melancholy: "We can only hope that after a few years, each of them will lose their minds, and then they will naturally be happy." I don’t have any scruples." He paused, then said softly: "Or we can go on like this, at least the eight of us are together, and our friendship will never change.

Regarding his words, Huang Ti was silent for a long time before saying: "The world is unpredictable."

On that day, both of them acquiesced to maintain the status quo, but what happened in the future also fulfilled Huang Ti's saying that "the world is unpredictable".

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In the far north, when the news that Emperor Dadong led an army of 200,000 troops to march in person reached Beihai King Capital, it immediately caused panic among everyone.

Originally, the King of Beihai was full of ambition. After more than 20 years of management, the country has become rich and the people are strong, and he has formed an alliance with Mengcheng. He is thinking of sending his army south to make a big splash. The thousand-year achievements of the king of a country are also for the eternal generations of the Beihai Dynasty. But... what he never expected was that just after he made a move, civil strife broke out in Mengcheng. Not only did the planned coalition fail to be agreed, but also Dadong's reaction was so fast, which was even more terrifying. It was his initiative to send troops that gave Dadong the rightful name to conquer Beihai.

Now, the Beihai army is attacking Dalong, Yingcheng, and Youcheng in three directions. However, the troops and food in the three cities are unexpectedly sufficient. After several days of attacking the city, they failed to capture a single city. On the contrary, our own side lost a lot of soldiers and horses. From this point of view, the matter of going south must have been leaked early, so that the people of Dadong were prepared. The news... is that the momentum disappears before the teacher is out!

When the court heard the news, it was panicked and everyone was in danger. Most of the courtiers asked the king to suspend the army to seek peace. Only a few courtiers expressed their willingness to fight with all their might.

Sitting in the court hall, the king of Beihai listened indifferently to the discussions of his highness and ministers, but in fact he knew better than anyone else.

Although Beihai is richer and stronger today than in the past, it cannot compare with Dadong, which is more than ten times larger in terms of land, financial resources, and population. But with a strong enemy at your side, how can you feel at ease? Only by defeating it in one fell swoop when its strength is weak can we have our own century-old peace. That's why he decided to form an alliance with Meng Cheng. If the strength of the two countries can be combined, the Dadong Cavalry will be defeated and the fertile soil of the Dadong will be swallowed. It's a pity... when everything is ready, the shareholder wind——Meng Cheng The army --- can't keep the appointment! Today, Beihai is single and weak, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in a tiny place, against Dadong's 200,000 elite cavalry who have experienced many battles, the outcome... I dare not guess. What's more... not only Dadong's emperor Dong Shixiu was leading the army this time, but also the "Blood-devouring Phoenix" Feng Duying who made the enemy fearful!

Alas! King Beihai sighed heavily in his heart, frustration, annoyance, indignation, helplessness and other feelings mixed together, like a piece of soldering iron rolling back and forth in his heart. However, as the king of a country, he can't bow his knees to Da Dong for peace as the courtiers asked him to do. In that case, Beihai will be subdued under Da Dong forever, so what face will he have as the king of a country, and how will he see the underground after a hundred years? How does he face the descendants of the common people in the country!

Weighing for a long time, the King of Beihai ordered the three armies to retreat and return to defend the cities of Hao, Bo, and Gui, so as to block the powerful enemies from the gate of the country. One is to hope that after the retreat, the Emperor of Dadong may be able to retreat and return to the court when he sees that there is nothing wrong with the border; the other is to hold on to the three cities so that Dadong cannot be attacked for a long time. In spite of face, he also held the terms of peace in his hands.

After the king's order was passed down, all the three armies in Beihai stopped attacking Dadongbian City, and retreated back to their own country's Haocheng, Bocheng, and Guicheng.

Hao City, Bo City, and Gui City are the three border cities bordering Dadong in Beihai. The three cities have 40,000 soldiers and horses respectively. The three cities are not far from each other. They form natural horns and can support each other. These three cities can also be regarded as a strong city with 120,000 soldiers and sufficient food and grass. The generals of the three armies guarding the three cities were Bei Yihe in Gaocheng, Bei Yiye in Bocheng, and Fuhuan in Guicheng. Among them, Fu Huan is a famous general with outstanding military exploits in Beihai, while brothers Bei Yihe and Bei Yiye are the third and sixth princes of Beihai Kingdom, and they are also well-known in China. This time when he sent troops to the south, the king of Beihai appointed Fu Huan as the commander-in-chief and appointed his two sons as the left and right deputy commanders. He also wanted to train his sons and examine their talents in order to prepare for the selection of the crown prince.

On June 12th, the Dadong army arrived in Youcheng and rested that night.

On the morning of the 13th, Feng Duying led an army of 100,000 to set off first, heading for the North Sea, Dong Shixiuyi stopped in Yucheng.

At you hour on the thirteenth day, the army arrived at Xishanpo, which was five miles east of Gaocheng, seven miles west of Bocheng, and ten miles straight ahead of Guicheng. Feng Duying ordered the army to camp here.

Hearing the news that the Eastern Army has arrived, the three generals of the three cities of Hao, Bo, and Gui are waiting in full battle.

On the 14th, the Eastern Army did not make any offensive moves. Bei Yihe, Bei Yiye, and Fu Huan were rewarded by spies: Feng Duying, the main general of the Eastern Army, set up a ring in front of the camp to let everyone Generals compete in martial arts, and the winner will be her lieutenant general. On that day, only bursts of cheers could be heard in the camp of the Eastern Army.

On the 15th, the Eastern Army still did not attack the city. The spies reported to the generals of the three cities in Beihai that the Eastern Army was throwing wine to celebrate the selection of the vanguard. That day, the Eastern Army camp could only smell the smell of wine.

On the 16th, the camp of the Eastern Army was quiet, and there was still no attack on the city.

Nevertheless, Bei Yihe, Bei Yiye, and Fu Huan in Haocheng, Bocheng, and Guicheng were as vigilant as before and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. But similarly, they did not go out of the city to attack the Eastern Army. . The will of the King of the North Sea is to "keep", to guard the city gates, and not let the people from the east step in. At the same time, this is also the wish of most of the ministers and generals in the country, to keep the Dongren out of the country, and when the time is right, the two sides can make peace. Therefore, the command given by the Lord General Fu Huan is: if the enemy moves, I will move, and if the enemy does not move, I will not move. Whenever one city is attacked, two cities will be saved immediately.

On the seventeenth day, Mao time.

At dawn when the sky was dark and the people were sleepy, 40,000 cavalry from the Eastern Army quietly and quickly rushed to Pickaxe City.

Getting the news from the spies, Yiye in the north of Bocheng and Fuhuan in Guicheng immediately dispatched 20,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Haocheng.

Therefore, when the 40,000 Eastern Army arrived outside the city of Hao, Bei Yihe, who had been waiting for a long time, led the troops to fight, plus the 40,000 soldiers who rushed to Bei Yiye and Fuhuan for reinforcements, the strength of the army was very different. In the next moment, the two sides fought fiercely for less than half an hour, and the Eastern Army was defeated and fled. The Northern Army did not pursue.

Although this battle was small, it defeated the generals under the command of Feng Duying, the world-famous "General Fengying". He looks happy.

Bei Yihe in the pick city just smiled disdainfully, and said to himself: That's just a feigned defeat by the Dong people, the purpose is to lure me to pursue and then set up an ambush to attack me, Xiao Wang will not be fooled.

Bei Yiye in Bocheng is also proud of his wise deduction: Feng Duying clearly has 100,000 troops, but only 40,000 troops are sent out, obviously to test the situation of our army, such a small trick is trivial How can the king not see it. Hmph, is this Feng Duying nothing special?

Fu Huan in Guicheng wondered: The famous "General Fengying" has only such a little ability?

And then, Feng Duying's actions made the disdainful even more disdainful, the complacent ones even more complacent, and the contemplative ones even more puzzled.

On the eighteenth day, 40,000 soldiers and horses from the Eastern Army attacked Guicheng.

Naturally, Fu Huan led the troops out of the city to fight, and the Bei Yihe and Bei Yiye brothers in Haocheng and Bocheng were trusted and immediately sent reinforcements. Half an hour later, the Eastern Army was defeated and fled.

All of a sudden, the Northern Army in the three cities ridiculed: The so-called brave Dadong Iron Cavalry is nothing more than that, and it is no match for our Beihai elite soldiers. The generals even thought that the prestige of "General Fengying" was exaggerated. Judging from the actions that everyone like her has seen at a glance in the past few days, it is true that there is no such thing as a famous general, but an ignorant one. Generations nothing more.

So, on the 19th, when the spies reported that there was movement at Dayingmao of the Eastern Army, the brothers Bei Yiye and Bei Yihe who were awakened from their sleep just sneered: Is this Feng Duying trying to attack the city again? Where is she attacking this time? If she wants to attack, she will attack. Xiao Wang is waiting for her. Even when Fu Huan in Guicheng heard the news, he only ordered the generals to prepare for defense or reinforcements.

At a quarter of a hour, the spies reported that the Eastern Army had gone to Bocheng.

Bei Yihe in Haocheng learned about it, yawned and thought: Anyway, Fuhuan will send troops to reinforce, and the Eastern Army will definitely return without success. Lie back under the bed, just send one of his lieutenants to order 20,000 soldiers and horses, and set off at Chenshi to reinforce Bocheng, let's go through the motions.

In Bocheng, Bei Yiye heard that the Eastern Army was coming, and thought that the Eastern Army would come in half an hour, so he lazily got up and dressed, and ordered the soldiers to be summoned to the Huxiao Hall to listen.

On that day, the sun rose from the east, and the golden-red morning sun shone on the earth. The green hills, green trees, red flowers and red clouds seemed to be full of vitality.

In the bright morning light, a streak of yellow dust traversed the mid-air, billowing towards it, covering the sky and the sun.

It was the dust raised by the galloping horses.

So, when Bei Yiye washed up unhurriedly and was about to have breakfast, a soldier rushed over in a panic: "Your Highness, it's not good, the Eastern Army... The Eastern Army is here !”

"Boom!"

The bowl slipped from Bei Yiye's hand, and the soup instantly soaked the tablecloth. He looked up at the panting soldier: "What are you talking about? What Eastern Army is here? How could they be so fast?" In just two minutes, how could they have arrived?

Before the soldiers had time to answer, the generals in the Tiger Roaring Hall heard the news and rushed over: "Your Highness! The Eastern Army has arrived at the city!"

When Bei Yiye led the generals to rush to the city tower, he saw the white phoenix flag flying in the wind under the bright sun!

"It's...it's Feng...Feng Yingqi!" Someone exclaimed.

"Your Highness... this... this is Feng Duying arriving in person!" Someone yelled in horror.

Under the city tower, there are silver-armored and dazzling cavalry, and the tops of the silver helmets are decorated with red tassels. Absolute blood river!

That is the "Fengying Cavalry" that General Fengying wears!

That is the "White Phoenix" that smashed through the city and wiped out countless enemies!

"This..." Above the city tower, Bei Yiye, who was accustomed to battles, was also forced by the murderous aura of the "Feng Yingqi" below the city, and his face turned pale.

"Your Highness..." The lieutenant beside him couldn't help being worried when he saw his expression.

Is this the real speed of Dadong cavalry? As fast as thunder, it will arrive in an instant!

Is this the real momentum of the Dadong cavalry? The momentum is like Yuanyue, and the killing intent soaks into the skin!

Bei Yiye stared blankly at the city tower.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" the lieutenant called repeatedly.

"Yeah." Bei Yiye came back to his senses, looked at the lieutenant general, "Hurry up! Send people to pickaxe city and Gui city to spread the news, and ask them to send reinforcements quickly!"

"Yes!"

Bei Yiye turned his head and looked at the generals beside him, all of them looked pale and flustered.

Before fighting, the will to fight has completely disappeared!

Turning around, his eyes shifted to the silver, white and bright red all over the ground below the city tower. There were obviously tens of thousands of people here, but there was no sound, but the momentum seemed to be rolling in like white waves and red floods.

"Send the order, and the soldiers in the city will not be able to defend it!"

"Yes... yes!"

The sun rises higher and higher.

A moment passes.

Two moments passed.

Three quarters passed.

…

An hour passed.

Two hours have passed.

On the city tower, the hand that draws the bow is sore, the arm that holds the knife is numb, the prepared rolled wood and thunder stones are all over the city tower, and the hot oil has cooled down... But, the people below the city tower The Eastern Army did not move at all, it still stood tall like a deep abyss, its armor was still like silver, its swords and guns were still sharp, but there was no attack at all.

What's going on? Why haven't the reinforcements from Third Brother and General Fu arrived yet?

On the tower, Bei Yiye was thinking.

Why didn't the Eastern Army attack the city?

All the soldiers in Bo City are thinking.

They were puzzled by the tens of thousands of Eastern troops who were motionless under the city tower, and they wondered why the reinforcements had not arrived for so long.

"Tat-tat-tat..."

Suddenly, there was the sound of hooves in the distance, and then they got closer and closer.

For a while, all the soldiers of the Northern Army on the tower were delighted, this must be the arrival of reinforcements!

"Tat-tat-tat..."

The sound of hooves got closer, and then they saw the iron horses coming like clouds, the flags fluttering in the air, and they arrived in front of them in an instant, and when they saw clearly, Bei Yiye and the generals on the tower were like falling into an ice cellar.

"The pickaxe city is broken, Bei Yihe bows his head!"

Before Bei Yiye and the others regained their composure, the sky-shattering roar came through the air, like a thunderclap, shaking the hearts and souls of all the soldiers in Bocheng.

"The pickaxe city is broken, Bei Yihe bows his head!"

Wan Qi rushed forward, roaring like thunder and roaring, and the city of Bo was panicked.

When the dust stopped and the flying cavalry drew back their feet, Bei Yiye and the others who were standing on the top of the city tower could clearly see that the armor of the general who had just arrived on the opposite side was stained with blood, and his sword was red, obviously he had just experienced Had a **** battle.

And when the Eastern Army hung a head high in front of the formation, Bei Yiye's eyes darkened and he became dizzy for a while.

"The pickaxe city is broken, Bei Yihe bows his head!"

The roar shook the heavens and the earth, and only shocked the people on the tower to their wits!

Everyone can see clearly—that head is the third prince Bei Yihe!

The pickaxe city is broken?

Has Pickaxe City been taken by the Eastern Army? !

But isn't Feng Duying here? Then why did the pickaxe city break? What about General Volt? What happened to Guicheng? Why didn't reinforcements arrive?

While there was a panic up and down in Bo City, suddenly the sound of drums under the tower shook loudly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Bei Yiye woke up and heard the sound of war drums. Then he saw the Eastern Army in front of the formation, riding forward, with white horses and silver armor, and long swords like rainbows.

"Siege!"

The clear and cold voice fell, and the long sword drew a bright arc in the air.

In an instant, silver armor was rushing like a tide.

The Dadong Cavalry finally launched the siege.

The Northern Army, which had already exhausted its vigor and panicked, could not resist the Dadong cavalry who were recharging their energy.

Among the gold and iron horses, the fight is shocking!

In the **** wind, howling and mourning!

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"Book of the East? Liehou? The Biography of Fengwang" records: On June 19th in the third year of Yuanding, Fengwang took the two cities of pickaxe and Bo in one day.

The capture of the two cities, the bloodshed of countless Dadong soldiers, and the corpses of countless Beihai soldiers, but it fell into the historian's pen, but only a few words.

When Bocheng was broken and Bei Yiye was captured alive, he still didn't understand why he was defeated like this, how the Baocheng guarded by his elder brother Bei Yihe was broken, and why General Fuhuan didn't come save?

He would never know that when Feng Duying led the "Feng Yingqi" to surround Bocheng, when the 20,000 reinforcements from Haocheng rushed out of the city, Uncle Yan Xia, her deputy, led an army of 50,000 to attack Haocheng , while Bei Yihe was still asleep.

The pickaxe city was attacked by surprise, and it changed hands in an instant. And the 20,000 reinforcements were ambushed shortly after leaving the city, and all were wiped out in the valley. As for Fu Huan, when he was about to lead the troops to rescue Bocheng, he saw dust flying outside the city, and 50,000 Dadong cavalry surrounded Guicheng. In publicity. That was the arrival of Dadong Emperor Dong Shixiu! At that moment, he knew that pickaxe city and Bo city were not in good shape, so he immediately ordered to defend Guicheng to the death.

On June 19th in the third year of Yuanding, the sky was as blue as washing, and the sun was as bright as gold.

It was a sunny and good day, and I was never frightened by the corpse mound in the city of Hao, nor frightened by the fighting in the city of Bo.

It's just how the Northern Army, which practiced day and night and seldom fought, was the opponent of the Phoenix Shadow Cavalry who killed countless enemies across the battlefield.

How could Bei Yihe and Bei Yiye, the pampered princes of the royal family, be the opponents of Feng Duying, who was tempered by swords and blood at the age of nine.

What's more, the Dadong Iron Cavalry, which has experienced many battles, is far superior to the Northern Army in terms of strength.

So, the city of Pickaxe was broken, and the city of Bo was also closed.

When the sun was setting, General Fengying's white phoenix flag was already floating on the tower of Bocheng.