The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 153: Dying further south, dying further north

In an inn three miles away from Chang Gung City, Youzhou, a young man dressed in thick fur to keep out the wind and cold stood by the side of the road, with a child standing beside him, dipping his saliva, flipping through a yellowed book. There are many sophora and willows on both sides of the post road in Beiliang Road, but this post road is a bit different, only the phoenix tree that "knows the run and the autumn". It is said that there are a lot of specialties here. In the past, the general Xu Xiao appointed the king to the feudal clan. The rich man of Chang Gung City, in order to please the slaughter who claims to kill people without blinking, specially replaced nearly a thousand green sycamore trees, just because There is a phoenix in His Royal Highness's name, "Feng is not a phoenix tree and does not dwell." It is a pity that the army detoured to continue westward. Xu Xiao did not enter the city at all. It was embarrassing to let those tycoons who cut meat had a meal. However, as His Royal Highness inherited hereditary resignation for Queen Beiliang, Xinliang King’s confidant Huang Fuping was promoted to General Youzhou again. After being the master of Chang Gung City, the old people were happy. Everywhere in Sanchawu, they showed off their foresight to the younger generation. Last year Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu was sitting in the Lingzhou officialdom, but Youzhou was able to live in peace. These old men are even more proud, and Huangfuping does take care of the families of these old people a lot. Nowadays, there is an interesting saying in Chang Gung City that "it's not too late for twenty years".

Dust was raised on the distant post road, and the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. The young man put away his thoughts and regarded Yiqi as wearing a rare purple official uniform in Beiliang. You must know that Jingzi is not as good as Di Fei, and said It is that the authority of the purple-robed Beijing official is not as good as that of a local official who wears a scarlet robe but can shepherd a place. When the chief official in Xinjiang turned over and got off his horse and was about to kneel down, the young man smiled and waved his hand and said, "Hurry up on the road, save it. Get in the car and talk."

The visitor was Huangfuping, General Youzhou, and of course the only person who could make him kneel down was Xu Fengnian, King of Beiliang. The two sat in the carriage, Xu Fengnian's great apprentice, Yu Dilong, carefully put away the booklet and became a coachman. Mi Fengjie, the master of kendo with a long box on his back, and Fan Xiaochai, a dead man with a cold sword on his waist, were escorted by the two masters on the left and right of the carriage. Xu Fengnian sat opposite Huangfu Ping, but one sat cross-legged casually, and the other sat meticulously on her knees. Huangfuping asked, "Let the prince wait a long time."

Xu Fengnian didn’t speak, and Huangfuping knew that official entertainment would only make the person in front of him disgusted. He immediately said: “According to the latest espionage, the spider web sticks, catching dragons, and catching butterflies that have infiltrated the territory of Youzhou have all been cut. After all the killings, the masters of the Beimang River and Lake were cleaned up except for the six people who were missing. Among them, two were instigated, one of them was used to catch the six fish that slipped through the net, and one of them was used as a dark chess to repatriate to Beimang."

Xu Fengnian nodded. He doesn't get involved with specific matters, and he doesn't even point fingers at the Fushui House that Chu Lushan has painstakingly managed, so he changed the subject and asked, "What happened to Xu Yanbing?"

Huangfuping replied: "Still chasing and killing the ten people who killed Yan Wenluan at the time. Except for Tieqier and Thirsty, they were killed on the spot. The other eight people fled north together. Six days ago, the leader of the mountain was promoted. Yili was the first to be regarded as an abandoned son by other masters and killed Xu Yanbing at Fengqi Pass. Four days ago, Beimang demon Ahema died 30 miles north of the border of Youzhou, but he also successfully dragged Xu Yanbing. Fortunately, three days ago, the Guanyinzong Qi practitioners found clues, only to find that the six people actually turned back to the jet-liu county in the northwest of Youzhou, and almost escaped for them. Two days ago, two Beimang masters died in Xuyanbing. Under the gun."

Xu Feng laughed young and said: "Then there is only the little thought of Princess Tomb, Da Yuefu, the old friend of Li Mibi who heard that it is Cobweb Li Mibi, and has the most hope of becoming a sword fairy after the sword spirit is close to Huang Qing. Temudieer, the top ten masters of the United States, joined forces, and the previous agencies were exhausted, and ended up in such a bleak end, I am afraid that the old woman and Li Mibi could not think of it. By the way, it is rumored that Temudie is very young, Beimangjianghu It has been said that he is Deng Tai'a on the grassland, and his realm skyrocketed on the way to escape. Not only did he quickly advance to Zhixuan, but Fengqiguan's last sword also had a bit of a sword fairy demeanor. Isn't it true?"

Huangfu Ping nodded and said: "Temu Die'er is different from other stagnant Beimang masters. His martial arts skills are growing rapidly, and he gains almost every time he goes through a deadly battle. The spy reported that this person was at most twenty years old.** , Of medium build, but with moss on the armpits, resembling dragon scales, and rumored to be a real dragon."

Speaking of this, Huangfu Ping sneered and said: "The ancestor of Tiemu Dieer is indeed the lord of the grassland. The last bit of vitality of the Dafeng dynasty was tossed by his ancestors. As for the dragon scales under the armpit, he said, The nonsense of those who want to come is good."

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Since Huang Qing didn't give a piece of willow to Huang Qing after his death, it was on Tie Mu Dier, maybe the bronze master's share was also given to him." /

Although Huangfu Ping was born in a quagmire, he is precisely the one who hates the quagmire most, and it can even be said that he hates it most.

Xu Fengnian laughed suddenly, "The result is still dead. Who made him meet a half-step martial arts. It can be seen that Xu Shu's realm is also rising steadily, and his half-step is broken compared to others. Several realms can be terrifying."

Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes, leaning against the wall of the car, and slowly said: "The old rivers and lakes will soon become extinct under the iron hooves of the war horses. I don't know what the future rivers and lakes will be like. Before that, Beiliang Whether it’s the Yulong Gang or Huishan Daxueping, it’s all short-lived."

Tao Dezong, Chess and Sword Yuefu, Tibingshan, Princess Tomb.

Wudang Mountain, Xu Yanbing, Sui Xiegu, Mi Fengjie, Wu Family Hundred Horses and Hundred Swords.

In addition, Guanyinzong of the South China Sea and Landuo Mountain of the Western Regions who have been unable to withdraw.

How many masters will die in Beiliang next?

Huangfu said bitterly: "Bei Mang just mobilized more than 20,000 cavalry casually, and all the eighty fortresses outside the Jibei Great Wall were moved inward. These gangs of wine pouches and rice bags who have the ability to simply put Hengshui, The two cities of Silver Harrier are also let out!"

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Silver Harrier city guard Liu Yanlang is a famous wall grass. When the wind blows in the capital, he can move faster than the Gyeonggi officials. The Jibei Border Pass where Yuan Tingshan is in has to be deliberate. It is already a certainty to release water to Beimang, so we should not have any hope."

Huangfuping said with a gloomy face: "If Liu Yanlang really loses the silver harrier, then Hengshui City will be solitary, not to mention that the general Wei Jingtang who holds Hengshui City in his hand is still the pride of Zhang Julu who went to the army to climb. A protégé, this person has always had a strong hostility towards Beiliang for so many years. Now that Zhang Julu died, Wei Jingtang would have difficulty defending himself, and he would not be able to fight against the Ministry of War. Maybe he retreated more decisively than Liu Yanlang. In this way, Ji Ji The north gate is wide open. Once Beimang continues to invest in troops, and Gu Jiantang’s army on the western side of Liaoning is not moving, then my Youzhou Gourd Kou really has the possibility of being attacked. The strategy of swimming outside the mouth of the gourd to cut off the grain and grass on the east line of Beimang became empty talk."

Xu Fengnian sneered and said: "It's okay, if Liu Yanlangwei Jingtang is unwilling to guard the gate, let Yu Luan's 10,000 Youzhou cavalry guard them!"

High in the sky, a beautiful bird suddenly broke through the sky, leaned and fell, temporarily acting as a room for the groom. The dragon raised his arm with a bright smile, and it stopped on the child’s arm, with its claws like a hook, and its power was sinking. Fortunately, Yu Dilong's aura is strong, it is simply a freak. This sea Dongqing, which belongs to the six-year phoenix variety, only comes from Liaodong. It was boiled out by Chu Lushan himself and given to His Royal Highness. The tributes of the two Liao Dynasty are divided into nine grades. Among the Costine, the three-year-old dragon and the autumn-yellow species, both rare species rank first in the Costin, which the hunters of the two Liao Dynasty said as "nine deaths and one green". The six-year phoenix is ​​even more rare . Xu Feng traveled the rivers and lakes for the first time, in addition to Lao Huang and the bad horse, he also had the first six years of phoenix to accompany him.

Yu Dilong happily yelled to Master, Xu Fengnian leaned out the curtain, took the spear falcon, and touched its head affectionately, before untie the string tied to its leg, and then gently shake his arm. Then Nianfeng spread his wings and flew high, hovering a few times above the owner's head before suddenly pulling high and flying away.

The information that came was only three simple words: Guardian Shoushou.

The meaning is very clear, Wei Jingtang will defend Hengshui City forever.

Xu Feng said with emotion in a young voice: "The wind knows the strong grass."

While happy, Huangfu Ping wondered: "Why doesn't Wei Jingtang want to defend Hengshui City with his life? Is it Chu Duhu's secret plan?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful the Fushuifang is, it is impossible to buy a scholar like Wei Jingtang."

Xu Fengnian thought for a while and said: "It's probably the death of his mentor Zhang Julu, let Wei Jingtang make up his mind."

Huangfuping is still indignant, "Unfortunately, only one Weijingtang came out of Jizhou."

Xu Fengnian said with no expression: "Why don't you say that the Liyang Dynasty is so big that a Zhang Julu came out."

After a short silence, Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "It seems that you have to go to Youzhou alone. I will go to Jibei to find Yu Luan Dao and see the Wei Jingtang by the way."

Huangfu Ping's heart trembled, and he was shocked: "My lord, are you going to take the risk, go into battle and lead the troops out of the gourd?"

Without waiting for Xu Fengnian to speak, Huang Fuping jumped out of the carriage and flew to the front of the post road, then knelt down with a plop, and just knelt there without saying a word.

Yu Dilong hurriedly stopped the carriage. After Xu Fengnian got out of the car, he walked over to help the general Youzhou who had misconduct, but Huangfuping, who was once ridiculed by Lingzhou officialdom as "the number one watchdog under Qingliang Mountain", Reluctant to get up.

Xu Fengnian said solemnly: "Get up!"

Huangfu Ping lay on the post road, his voice dulled and said: "If Huangfu Ping does not stop the prince today, tomorrow will be beaten to death by Chu Duhu, leader Yan, and the second county lord! One kills an enemy even if it is tens of thousands but heroic The king of the Northern Liang who died in battle is not comparable to the king of the Northern Liang who lived well in the territory of Beiliang!"

Xu Fengnian frowned and said, "I don’t need you to remind me. I know the importance of it better than anyone. Don’t worry, I will bring Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai. Besides, although my realm is not as good as before, I have to say that I will protect my life and protect myself. It's not difficult. Now there are not many top masters in Beimang."

Huangfu Ping obviously made up his mind to the end, looked up at Xu Fengnian, and asked: "If Tuoba Bodhisattva intercepts the prince himself, what should I do?!"

Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Tuoba Bodhisattva is on his way to Liuzhou by order. What's more, you forgot about Xu Yanbing who will be able to finish immediately on the border of Youzhou?"

Seeing that Huangfu Ping was still unwilling to get up, Xu Fengnian kicked him and said with an angrily: "Huangfu Ping, your death remonstrance is a thousand miles away from the time of the Tai-Ancheng Supervisor. Get up. ."

Huangfuping got up slowly, hesitated for a moment, and whispered softly: "The prince, the next official tells the truth, you can't die, you're dead, Huangfuping will never be the Gu Jiantang of Beiliang in this life." /

For Huangfu Ping’s heart and lungs, Xu Fengnian just glanced at the General Youzhou, then laughed at him, and then rode a horse with Yu Dilong, and rode away with Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai.

Huangfuping does not wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Both sides knew that what Huangfu Ping really wanted to say was not Gu Jiantang from Beiliang, but Xu Xiao from the Liyang Dynasty.

One day, the earth will be cracked and the king will be sealed.

Huangfuping doesn't mind Xu Fengnian knowing his ambitions either.

Siqi galloped eastward on the post road.

The horsemanship is already superb. The dragon turned his head and glanced at the cavalry team, and said: "Master, what did this General Youzhou say? What kind of oil or lamp?"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "You want to say that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp? Who did you learn from, junior sister Wang Sheng or junior brother Lv Yunchang?"

The kid is smiling.

Xu Fengnian joked: "I miss Wang Sheng? Then why didn't you go to Beimang with her?"

The child hurriedly raised his face and said seriously: "She and the white fox face went to Beimang to strengthen the martial arts, how can I hold her back. But she said, when we return to Qingliang Mountain, she will definitely hit me and Lu Yun grows two."

Xu Fengnian said profoundly: "You, I lost half of it."

Yudilong was stunned, "Junior sister really can practice the most powerful swordsmanship in Beimang?"

Then he couldn't help himself laughing happily.

Xu Fengnian shook his head.

Mi Fengjie, who has not spoken much, said worryingly: "Jizhou is not Beiliang after all. There are many lurking eyeliners of Zhao Gou. It is better for the prince to be careful."

Xu Fengnian nodded.

Mi Fengjie glanced at the dead woman Fan Xiaochai without showing a trace.

The name Master Xuan did not understand why Xu Fengnian wanted to take her with him.

Mi Fengjie made up his mind to stare at her, just in case.

The indifferent Fan Xiaochai looked ahead.

Jizhou, once belonged to the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty.

In fact, it is not only the Han family in Jizhou, but also the Northern Han Dynasty for more than 160 years. There are too many wealthy family members who were once the courtiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, and her Fan family has been a fan for generations. Full of loyalty.

Xu Fengnian suddenly said: "This time you drop by to toast the Fan family's ancestors to the grave. You may not have a chance in the future. If you finally decide to stay in Jizhou, I can promise you now, you don’t need to rush to answer. I'll talk over there."

Fan Xiaochai bit her lip suddenly, oozing scarlet blood, her eyes were crazy, she smiled: "I don't have the face to go to the ancestor's grave to toast, since I can't kill you, I don't even dare to shoot you, but I can do it with my own eyes. Watching you die on the battlefield."

The famous sword in Mi Fengjie's box was shocked, and said angrily: "Fan Xiaochai! Are you looking for death?!"

Fan Xiaochai's shoulders trembled slightly, and his laughter grew louder and louder, sitting high on the horseback with disdain, "Tsk tsk, refer to the master Xuan, I am really afraid of death."

Xu Fengnian said flatly: "Enough."

Mi Fengjie took a deep breath, and Fan Xiaochai immediately suppressed the madness.

The horses of the two of them stagnated for no reason.

The neglected child, Yu Dilong, glanced at the old man who stretched out his hand to support the sword box, and glanced at the young woman with a little green finger holding the rein, Xu Fengnian's big apprentice curled his lips secretly.

Xu Fengnian closed his eyes.

He knew that many people had already begun to die in Youzhou Hulukou.

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The Hanlin predecessors of the Liyang Dynasty did not hesitate to write "History of the Northern Han Dynasty", which is different from the deliberate depreciation of the Eastern Vietnam and Tang Dynasties. They greatly appreciated the Northern Han Dynasty, especially Jizhou, and called them "Jizhou Man Heroes". , "All are generous warriors, and they are worthy of their heroic souls after death." However, in the confrontation between the Fan family, who was the mainstay of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Tu Xuxiao, one after another generously went to death. After the Han family took refuge in Liyang and was eventually cut off by the whole family, the veteran Yang Shenxing took the lead in Jizhou old man. After the **** was trapped in Guangling Road, Jizhou's courage was exhausted. Jizhou is like a late old man who refuses to accept his old age. After all, he is really old.

At sunset, the city head of Hengshui City, at the forefront of Jibei, stood side by side in the afterglow.

The man in Liyang's official uniform is in his forties and has a refined temperament, but his face has a sense of roughness and vicissitudes of living in the border for a long time. He is the guard of Hengshui City, Jingtang, and Yonghui’s nine-year leader. However, he did not choose to use the Hanlin Academy as a springboard for officialdom to accumulate people’s attention. First, he spent half a year observing politics in the Ministry of War, and soon took the initiative to request transfer to the border with his teacher Zhang Julu. Mr. Fu only agreed to half of it. He agreed to his transfer, but he did not agree to Wei Jing. Tang went to Liaodong, so Wei Jingtang came to Jizhou. He first served as a county magistrate in Jinan. As the official ranks became higher and higher, the jurisdiction of his ruling party became closer and closer to the border of Jizhou until he became the leader. The chief military officer of Hengshui City in Jizhou is only a grade four. As long as he does not touch the border trade, he is not even as good as the county magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River. He is compared with the number of officials in the same year in that batch of imperial examinations. The outstanding ones with a smooth wind are even worse. There was a fellow of the same year who was only a jinshi of the same year in the top three, and had a gap with him when he was young. In the capital, he was just an officer of the Ministry of War. He has been wearing small shoes for so many years. He brought a letter to Wei Jingtang, in which he gleefully asked "How does the wind and sand in the northwest taste", and even threatened to let him drink for a lifetime in Hengqiu, a place where birds do not shit. Wei Jingtang smiled at this. The same year that Jinsaburo was attached to the capital, he probably would never understand how the desert border fortress in the barren land in his eyes is so beautiful, and how it can make a scholar abandon his pen and join the army without regrets. of!

The young general standing next to Wei Jingtang is the young general Yu Luandao of the Yuzhou Wanyu Cavalry Army.

Previously, the Northern Mang Cavalry demonstrated outside the gate, Liu Yanlang abandoned Yin Harrier City, leaving only some old and weak soldiers, and a dozen officials who did not know how to honor their superiors and were left waiting to die. Yu Luandao’s cavalry was not eager to enter the city, but stationed outside the city of Silver Harrier, and then there was no movement in Hengshui City. Only two days ago, he entered the city alone and found him Wei Jingtang. After that, Yu Luandao's men took over the silver Harrier. Wei Jingtang, the city’s granary, can actually take care of it by law, but he just turned one eye and closed one eye. Some of his subordinates were anxious. Wei Jingtang only said one sentence, "Silver Harrier, we can’t move across the water city. , Some people want to lose their official position when they take a pill, but instead of being taken by Beimang barbarian as a south invader, and handing it over to someone willing to draw his sword to Beimang, what else?"

The handsome and extraordinary Yu Luan knife wears the ancestral famous knife "Da Luan" on the waist, and also has a brand new cold knife that is also eye-catching. He softly asked: "Master Wei, I still can't figure it out. . But I still want to thank you instead of Beiliang."

Wei Jingtang was silent and resolute, looking at the endless yellow sand desert.

It is a sin not to move south, and it is even more sin to allow the silver harrier to occupy the Youzhou cavalry. It would be another crime for the military officer to take part in a book after he returned to Beijing and say a few words that resemble innocuous governance.

The combined punishment of multiple crimes is enough for Wei Jingtang to lose his head.

The old brothers in Hengqiucheng's life-changing acquaintances didn't understand. Someone almost wanted to tie him to Ji Nan directly, saying that Hengshui City had them to guard it, and there was no shortage of you, Wei Jingtang.

But Wei Jingtang still stood here in the end.

Yu Luandao smiled and said: "Although some people in Jizhou took risks to support my food and grass supply for 10,000 riders, if there is no silver harrier granary, they will still be stretched today. Then Yuan Tingshan is. Can’t wait to show me some color."

Wei Jingtang said impartially: "Although his personality resembles a clown and is disgusting, he has to admit that he is quite good in ruling the army and using soldiers."

Yu Luandao looked at the wisps of wolf smoke rising from a distance of several dozens of miles away, and smiled: "Master Wei, just treat you as if Yu is angry with you. I will finally teach you something today, You Although the state cavalry is not as good as the Liangzhou cavalry, it is much better than your Jibei cavalry."

Wei Jingtang smiled rather than smile, and said helplessly: "This official will wait and see."

Yu Luandao turned around and was about to take a big step away, and suddenly turned back, took off the cold knife at his waist, put it on the wall, and said solemnly: "Master Wei, whether you accept it or not, this cold knife , I will give it to you. My Beiliang respects all those who dare to fight to the death!"

Wei Jingtang didn't pick up the cold knife, and smiled and asked, "Even if I am a protégé of Master Fu? Even if I keep calling General Xu Xiao a thief in the country?"

Yu Luan Dao laughed loudly, suddenly clasped his fists, leaving the cold knife, and left.

Wei Jingtang watched the eldest grandson of the Yu family, who was supposed to be in the Liyang officialdom, walked down the city, looked back, looked at the Beiliang knife, and whispered: "What a Northern Liang."

Wei Jingtang looked up to the sky with tears in her eyes and smiled and said: "Master, in your letter, you asked me if I would dare to go down for a drink together. Student Wei Jingtang is extremely happy!"

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Outside the mouth of Youzhou Gourd, inside a huge handsome tent guarded by heavy soldiers, the charcoal fire produced by the high-class carp kiln was burning, and the cold spring was all blocked out of the tent. Among the more than 30 people in the tent, half of them were clothed in the north. Mang's high-level military commander's armor, and the other half is dressed in the uniform of the Southern Dynasties Ministry of War. The latter is between 20 and 30 years old. At this time, the army pioneers have already begun to break into the gourd mouth. The front army has more than 90,000 people. The chief general Yang Yuanzan commanded the troops. The main force is the 30,000 soldiers of the Northern Mang general. The major military towns in Longyao Prefecture have 40,000 soldiers and horses. But the real elite is the 20,000 Rouran cavalry under the rank of Hong Jingyan, who temporarily leads the Southern Dynasties Ministry of War. The Rouran Mountain Range has always been the source of troops for the elite cavalry in the northern grasslands. From other places, Rouran cavalry is more obedient, willing to fight suicide. There were so many battles between Beimang Liyang during the Yonghui period, and the bravery shown by the Rouran cavalry, even many famous generals in the Central Plains looked sideways. At that time, Liyang Laofu had to admit that “the barbarians here have the ancient customs of the Great Qin Dynasty”. Except for Yang Yuanzan's vanguard army, which has been driving south, the remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses are still standing still outside the gourd mouth. Compared with the persuasion and plunder of the upper reaches of the nomadic people, this time going south to Beiliang is obviously more organized. Yang Yuanzan was the nominal head coach of Beimang’s Eastern Front, but after Yang Yuanzan led the troops out of the conquest, there was no trace of confusion in the seemingly unreliable handsome account. Numerous military orders for dispatching troops and generals were accurately issued from here. Credit to Dong Zhuo, the number one military and political man in the Southern Dynasty, after he became the Great Queen of the Southern Academy, he focused on restructuring the Ministry of War, adding the post of "Military Man in Front of the Screen", and promoted a large group of young people to serve as staff of the Ministry of War. Jinyiyudai, therefore, also has the nickname "Jinyilang before the curtain". Although the rank is not high, it can be described as a low-ranking authority. The military strategy they formulated can only be reviewed by the Xijing Ministry of War, not to mention military town generals and prairie owners. Even generals like Yang Yuanzan and Hong Jingyan must act according to their routines. After the start of the war, all these military fighters left the Ministry of War and followed the army, and most of them rushed to the Eastern Front. Dong Zhuo gave them the power to "see the opportunity and act cheaply." Of course, it is impossible to have no opposition in the Xijing temple. I took the imperial decree of the Empress as a shield, and those young people who were ascending to the center of the court in the same night were mostly Yelu Murong, or they were the "scorching anointing" Longguan noble children, from Beimang" The young leader among the ten surnames of "North Seven and South Three" is also the first name of Beimang. It can be said that Dong Zhuo's extraordinary promotion has almost wiped out all the top nobles of Beimang. Therefore, Xijing’s spit, There is no need for the Nanyuan King who is "good at life" to refute himself, and he has been drowned in more saliva early. It’s just that Bei Mang quickly realized Fatty Dong’s insidious and cunning. These military fighters were divided into two groups. There is no one in the middle line! It's just that the overall situation has been decided, and the war north of Liangzhou is destined to be the deadliest and bloodiest. It is not easy to go there to get military exploits. The old and cunning grandparents behind the army fighters also pinched their noses in a tacit understanding.

It's just that when almost everyone thought that the Battle of Youzhou Hulukou was just a side dish of the Liangzhou War, Dong Zhuo, the Great King of the South Yard, personally rushed here and came to a group of military pilots. In the military tent as wide as the main hall, Dong Zhuo stood at the northernmost position at one end of the long table. On the table, there were sand tables lined with mountains, rivers, and cities. He proposed the technique of oblique surface weight difference, and later there were six cartographic drawings. After three hundred years of perfection, Huang Longshi even put forward the idea of ​​altitude, which made sand table making art reach its peak. Therefore, the precision and accuracy of sand table today is enough to make the ancients dumbfounded. On this sand table, the Hulukou Wubao system created by Hong Xinjia is the most intuitive embodiment. Three cities, six gates and two hundred villages are marked on the sand table. The larger number of beacons is too small, and only those occupy dangerous places. The important Fengsui of the People’s Republic of China was represented by a small banner that was not too long.

The servant of the South Yard has just led hundreds of Dong’s family members to ride here. He only drank the crude milk tea with a strong mutton smell to drive off the cold, and let a young military pilot from the family of Gusai state start. Telling the progress of the Hulukou war, the latter carried a slender jasper pole in his hand. He did not have stage fright among a group of murderous generals. He drew a big circle on the sand table and said loudly: "Beiliang reuses Hong Xinjia. As of the beginning of the spring of this year, Youzhou Hulukou had built two hundred and fourteen castles under the hands of this person. The Liyang Daxing fortress began in the early years of Yonghui..."

Hearing this, soon there was a prairie owner who came to Youzhou to grab food, people and military merits with an idea. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "Don't talk about the boring stuff, just say our son Lang kills. Where is the gourd mouth, how many heads have been chopped off, you baby speaks lightly, Dong Dawang and us also listened comfortably. Every time you hear people who have read a book talk there, two mouths are chirp and chirp, I just dozed off!"

Dong Zhuo didn't even glance at the unobstructed Da Xiti, staring at the sand table and slowly said: "Continue."

The Lord of the Prairie suddenly shrank his neck, not daring to make trouble.

The former army fighter continued: "Liyang Daxingbaozhai Tuntian was first proposed by the Han family in Jizhou. The original intention was to relieve the pressure of food and grass supply during the early war in Liyang. Later, Liyang took advantage of the situation to help the border troops in the towns of Jizhou. Retreat and migrate inland, enrich the inland defense, shorten the distance of grain transportation. Once the war starts, you can use the fort to block the strength of the troops first, and then the main force from the rear will wait for the opportunity to attack. It is only for more than ten years that Liyang deliberately weighed two Liaoning provinces. And Qing Jibei, apparently deliberately used this soft persimmon in Jizhou as the gourd mouth of Youzhou. As long as our army chooses to use Jizhou as a breakthrough point, Beiliang and Liangliao will be able to attack."

The jasper pole in the hand of Junjilang pointed to a place in the north of Hulukou, "Beiliang Fortress is particularly majestic. Dazhai has more than a thousand steps, and Xiaozhai has 800 steps. Dabao has a hundred steps on Saturday, and Xiaobao has a hundred steps. Three hundred. Moreover, the fortress has never been shaped and is closely connected with the geographical situation of Hulukou. The walls are mostly rammed earth and covered with bricks. Many of the fortresses have several layers inside and outside, and they have different heights. , Carelessly, even if we succeed in breaking into the gate of the fortress, there is still a tough battle to fight, which shows that Hong Xinjia's intentions are sinister. Just like the Hulukoubaozhai group here, with Zaomazhai as the core, there is Qingfengzhai Fengqibao. The guards in the Neishibabaozhai echoed each other, and there were a total of 3,400 generals and soldiers. There will definitely be the first fierce battle between the two sides."

The jade pole in his hand shifted slightly to the south, "If the Beiliang Gourd Mouth is only blocked by these Zhaibao Fengsui, it is not worth mentioning, but after Chen Zhibao served as the guardian of the North Liang, three Gourd Mouths were built. The towering and solid city walls are far less than Hutou City, the most powerful town in the northwest, but it is definitely not to be underestimated. This lying bow city built on the mountain is one of them. In fact, the northern defense line of Hulukou, all Wubao Fengsui They are all attached to the city of lying bow. Unlike the defense of Baozhai, there are different numbers of elite Youzhou cavalry in the three cities of Hulukou."

A third-grade military commander of Orange Prefecture smiled and said: "So Youzhou also has a good cavalry? I thought that Yan Wenluan only had a group of tortoise crawling pawns."

The allusion of tortoise crawling and crawling has been circulated in Beimang for a long time. In the past two decades, most of the Liangzhou wars have occurred on the northern line of Liangzhou. Youzhou has always had very few wolves. The commander of the Beiliang infantry army, Yan Wenluan, In Beimang's eyes, the "old" tiger has no power to speak of. The younger generation of Beimang generals who protect Chu Lushan in Beiliang, or the new cavalry commander Yuan Zuozong, are still convinced, after all, many years ago. In the large-scale battle in the hinterland of Beimang, Yuan Zuozong's military exploits are obvious to all, and Na Luqiuer has chased and killed the current Nanyuan King all the way for almost a thousand miles. Besides, the iron cavalry of Beimang is like the wind, how can you look at the slow infantry? Therefore, Yan Wenluan has the nickname of a general tortoise in Beimang.

Dong Zhuo finally spoke out, his face solemnly said: "You all know that I have more than one hundred thousand Dong's army in the infantry, but you may not know how I Dong Zhuo first adjusted the infantry, and I followed that Yan Wenluan. Although it is enough to look down on most Youzhou pawns now, but Yan Wenluan, who you laughed at as the tortoise general, among other things, he has a thousand heavy armored fighters under his hand, and his combat power is still the number one in the world. One step army. How strong is'Dong Buzu', do I still need to boast a few words?"

Dong Zhuo raised his head and glanced at everyone present, his eyes cold, "Youzhou Cavalry can't get on the table? Don't forget, the dragon elephant army that beat us into a sieve in Gusai, the old one is Youzhou Army. ."

Dong Zhuo smiled sullenly, showing a mouthful of white teeth, "Yes, I forgot to tell you a secret. General Yang Yuanzan has already arranged the funeral after learning that he is going to play against Yan Wenluan. If you were I feel that I, Dong Zhuo, are cultivating others' aspirations and destroying my own prestige. It doesn't matter, hey, anyway, I will put the ugly words on the front. When the time comes, who is hurt by the Youzhou defenders, remember that you must not run to me and your majesty to complain. "

The armored generals on the scene were a little bit embarrassed. The group of military pilots who had recently suffered a blind eye only felt very happy. Some time ago, the latter took the trouble to explain in detail the topography, structure and distribution of the Wubao group in the northern part of Hulukou. , Almost detailed to every beacon in each fort, these seemingly trivial news are precious military information exchanged with blood by the North Mang spy, but at that time most military officers in the military yawned and scribbled to deal with it. In their opinion, As far as Beimang Tie’s riding hooves, the survivors will kill those who cannot surrender. Fighting is as simple as that, wherever it is necessary to embroider with a lady. This kind of deep-rooted cognition cannot be changed from the ranks of the military fighters who are from the sixth rank to the seventh rank, but Dong Zhuo, the king of the southern courtyard, who has been in the limelight for a while, is coming, and all the generals are more or less alert, especially the general. Yang Yuanzan arranged for the funeral, so that several Yang Yuanzan's confidant generals in the tent were sweating coldly.

The refreshed military man with a pole, under the guidance of Dong Zhuo’s eyes, whispered, "The continuous block of fortresses blocked our army’s offensive. It was only a decade ago from the Liyang Dynasty. Tang Zheng’s naive view, in fact, at that time, the prototype of Wubao in Jibei had clearly told both sides that without the big city of Xiongzhen as the defensive core, Li Yang’s so-called idea of ​​“to prevent Mangqi from getting into trouble”, Too naive. At that time, there were not a few border villages in Jibei. Those who were 50 miles away and 30 miles away were closely listed as the key points of defense. But back then, I used countless successful surprise attacks to prove one thing. Fake, I want to stop the flexible cavalry from going south. I'm just dreaming. There are many castles in Jizhou, and how do you dare to fight? So later the Liyang supervisors impeached those Jibei Wubao school lieutenants, scolding them, "Kou Dazhi will shrink." Kou Xiaozhi still did not dare to fight, only Kou retreated hundreds of miles before daring to fight.

Speaking of this, Junji Lang smiled slightly and pointed his nose, "Well, the ‘Kou’ that the masters of Liyang said refers to our Beimang iron rider."

There was a burst of laughter in the tent, even Dong Zhuo had a slight smile on his face.

A grassland herder who holds tens of thousands of tents in her hands laughed loudly: "Huyan Junji, if you have to talk like this earlier, we won't be impatient with the big bosses. You always talk about those in Youzhou. How powerful is Zhaibao? I don’t want to praise our Da Mang Erlang very much. We guys who think that reading and literacy are more terrible than beheading, don’t you just not listen to it?"

Dong Zhuo came to Youzhou this time mainly to pour cold water on the generals on the eastern front, but he did not have his mind to improve the rigid relationship between the military fighters and the powerful generals. Regarding the matter of leading troops to fight, in Beimang, especially the northern grassland, Wang Court, one word It can be summarized, rough! As the first person in the temple of the Southern Dynasty, what he had to do was to combine the brain of the Southern Dynasty with the force of the Northern Court. Not only could the two sides not be able to pull back, but they had to cooperate as much as possible. This is definitely not a daydream of Dong Zhuo, because those who know more about the war in the Central Plains The quintessence of the military fighters who are more proficient in paper warfare is a grasshopper on the front line. In the final analysis, everyone is prosperous and damaged. As long as Dong Zhuo pierces the window paper, the two sides will be able to work together, everyone on horseback. Earning military merits on horseback, smashing Youzhou and Beiliang in one go, would be tantamount to stripping off the clothes of the fake and noble graceful lady in the Central Plains. At that time, the Northern Mang riding power will be like a broken bamboo. The lord of the Central Plains will It's time to follow your Majesty's surname Murong.

Dong Zhuo subconsciously tapped his teeth with his eyes hot. As long as he knocks down the hard bone of Beiliang, the general situation will be in Beimang's hands. In the future, he will be able to resist the iron cavalry and go south. Don't think about what Liyang famous generals rely on. Beimang's true enemy , Only the tall city that is obstructive. Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo walked to a side table in the tent. The wooden model of the three cities in the gourd mouth was placed on the table. It was made by a skilled craftsman. This is an object carefully crafted by Taiping Lingling Xijing craftsmen. There are about forty pieces, including All the important cities in Beiliang, especially let the frontline generals know the structure of Beiliang city. There are eight in Youzhou on the Eastern Front, and three are temporarily displayed in the tent. At that time, the carriage was bumpy, and the wooden pieces imitation of Chang Gung City were smashed to pieces. It is said that the guy with his surname Yelu held his nose and said that he was awkward. At that time, there were dozens of strong defenders behind him, all of whom had already drawn out their swords, and almost cut off those military fighters. Then within a few days, a letter of imperial decree arrived, and the clan member was beheaded on the spot, and all the followers were given to death! The brand-new wooden pieces of Chang Gung City were also sent, and the decree’s in-house attendant only gave the official’s patron a sentence, “This thing was supervised personally by the Taiping Order”, so the trembling General Yelu immediately dismissed the call for grievances for his nephew. Thoughts.

Jun Jilang once again explained the structure of the wooden bow for the generals in the tent, explaining what is a castellated wall, what is a female wall, what is a horse-faced pier, and various crossbow-bow configurations, interspersed in the middle A certain dynasty's battle of the Central Plains.

When the dry-mouthed army fighter finally finished speaking, Dong Zhuo said solemnly: "Everyone, the Central Plains city has many institutions and a sophisticated layout. You must remember one thing. As siege generals, we know more about the city. How to defend, then we Beimang Erlang can live countless more!"

Dong Zhuo raised his arm and pointed to the direction of the gourd mouth. "Wu Gong City is the first city in Youzhou. In order to pull it out, we must have thousands or even tens of thousands of people killed there. Back to the hometown of the grassland. Of course I hope that everyone in our army can enter the hinterland of Youzhou alive, and even hit them all the way to Xiangfan in Liyang, to the southern border guarded by King Yanchi, and see what the sea is like. It looks like! But this is unrealistic, and people will die in the war, otherwise the general Yang Yuanzan will not come to this battle with a mortal heart."

Dong Zhuo suddenly had a grim face and sternly said: "I, Dong Zhuo, came here today. Actually, I just want to say something to you!"

"Even if I am going to die, I will fight to die further south!"

"To die, don't die in a narrow northern Liang with a barren land, to die in the rich Central Plains, to die under the Tai-An city, to die on the shore of the South China Sea!"

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The 90,000 vanguard army of Beimang burst into the mouth of the gourd like a bank burst, and those fortresses were like inconspicuous stones on the shoal, which were submerged in an instant.

The northernmost bee in the gourd mouth rose from the fort, together with six beacons, 197 soldiers from Youzhou, and died in battle with no feathers left.

Qingfeng Village was broken, three hundred and sixty-two people, all of their cool sabers were unsheathed and killed.

The White Horse Fort was destroyed. Two hundred and thirteen people were killed. There was no place in the fort that could not afford the gunpowder smoke, and they all died in battle.

The core of the northern fort group at Hulukou, Zaomazhai, is full of corpses. Except for the Beimang cavalry, which was severely damaged by the battle, angrily made a knife on the back of the corpse. No one died on the way to escape. The wounds were all in front of them. !

The eighteen large and small fort villages around Zaomazhai, except for the last Jiming village in the south, were all attacked by the Beimang army.

No one came.

Jiming Village is different from other fortresses, which are mostly built in river valleys. It is located on the steep cliff of a low mountain. Countless Northern Mang cavalry rushed past at the foot of the mountain, howling like the wind. Probably because of the pursuit of Binggui, he wanted to advance to the outside of Wogong City as quickly as possible, but he ignored this isolated and insignificant Xiaozhai.

In the village, not even a captain but just a deputy lieutenant, the chief general of a Zhima officer, gathered all the soldiers, more than two hundred and thirty people. Everyone can clearly hear the huge sound of the footsteps of Beimang horseshoes at the foot of the mountain, as well as the strange screams of the northern barbarians running wildly on their horses.

Jiming Village Deputy Lieutenant Tang Yan is a tall, middle-aged man who is a typical border veteran. Alcohol is forbidden in the army. Several times because of alcohol abuse, the man who could have been a captain was in Jiming Village. After consumption, every time he drank, Tang Yan would boast to his most young subordinates that he used to be the guard of the former cavalry deputy commander Tieshan, how he followed General Wei to kill Quartet in the territory of Beimang in his early years. The young people in the village were still swaying at first, but after listening to those things year after year, their ears became calluses, so every time Vice Lieutenant Tang brags after drinking, many people start to shake their heads and make faces, if Tang Yan Not drunk to death, seeing these little **** imitating their own tone behind, they didn't feel very angry, they just cursed a little brat for not knowing how to respect heroes.

Even if a general from Youzhou came to inspect the stockade, Tang Yan, who also wore untidy armor, was so meticulously dressed that he even shaved off his sloppy face and beard, and he almost couldn't recognize the deputy lieutenant. My lord. If it is normal, there will definitely be some bold young soldiers who come forward to hippie and smile and say Yo, the deputy lieutenant is quite human, and I haven't found a sister-in-law yet. But at this moment, most people only have a heavy heart, and they can't squeeze the slightest smile. The few old people in the stockade were standing beside Tang Yan, and they were all silently checking the armor and crossbow knives.

Tang Yan looked around and said in a calm tone: "Those who are under twenty years old, and those who are alone in the house, all stand in place! No, take a step forward!"

Excluding Tang Yan and the seven people on either side of him, two hundred and twenty-one people in front of him, if you look at it roughly, most of them came out.

Tang Yan raised his eyes and suddenly pointed at a baby-faced soldier with a smile and cursed: "Bai Youfu, if I remember correctly, your boy is only 18 years old, and he is not even fifteen years old. Let me go. Go back!"

Look at it, the Vice-Wei-sama managed to put out a bit of "ownership". After only a few words, it was immediately revealed, one mouthful and one laozi, and he deserves to be able to remove the adverb for a lifetime.

The soldier who called Bai Youfu blushed and said loudly: "Daddy said, it's a matter of course to be a soldier and pay for a war, so you should go to battle and kill the enemy!"

Tang Yan held the Beiliang knife at his waist, which was newly replaced this year, and smiled: "Then your mother didn't secretly tell you not to work hard?"

Bai Youfu was embarrassed and said softly: "I really said it."

Suddenly laughter arose.

After Tang Yan raised his hand, he returned to the previous silence.

I'm afraid this deputy lieutenant who hasn't even heard of Youzhou Governor, said in a deep voice: "General Yan has previously ordered that we only need to hold ground at Hulukou Fortress, and we don't need to go out to meet the enemy!"

Tang Yan paused, "So this time I went out to kill the barbarians. I, Tang Yan, disobeyed the military order and stood in place. I stayed in the village and took a step. I didn't need to go down the mountain. Yes, I went down the mountain. , Even if I confessed to the foot of the mountain in this life, there is nothing to hide, no one is a fool! I, Tang Yan, has lived for forty years and played more than forty times. It counts more than once a year. In this life, except for not finding a wife, there is nothing. It's easy to say. Those of you who haven't even reached the age of twenty, it's still too early to live long enough! Live well!"

Tang Yan pointed to the north and said fiercely: "I am not a captain, or a high official, not ashamed! But the gang of Li Jing, Hu Lin, and Liu Zhiyuan in the northern walled castle must have died in battle. If Lao Tzu stays away from death, I can't afford to lose this face! Even if I can afford to lose this face, we can't afford to lose this face at Jiming Village!"

Tang Yan roared: "Get out of the queue, go with Lao Tzu! At the end, without military discipline, Tang Yan will have a good time with all the brothers!"

On this day~IndoMTL.com~One hundred and forty-eight people including Tang Yan, Deputy Lieutenant of Jiming Village, were the first to die at the foot of the mountain outside the village.

After that, the remaining eighty people, who were less than twenty years old, died in battle.

Bai Youfu was stabbed through the neck with a machete by a Northern Mang cavalry who was charging.

He had only one thought before he died. If he could hit Beimang territory, it would be better to die there.

Not long after, a white and majestic veteran stopped his horse at the foot of the mountain. After dismounting, he looked at the **** battlefield where the corpse was divided into two groups. The old man calmly asked a blood-stained general next to him: " How much did we lose?"

The military commander wiped his face severely, "Youzhou Baozhai Bow-Crossbow is extremely sharp, and everyone fights to the end. Only know that we died in the battle more than 4,000, and more injured."

Yang Yuanzhan, who was the coach of the Eastern Front, had a solemn face and sighed heavily. He hadn't seen the Crouching City in the Three Cities of Hulukou, let alone Yan Wenluan's elite steppers.

Yang Yuanzan looked at the doomed Jiming Village on the mountain, and said to himself: "This battle can't be fought."