cliff mountain
I don't know how this name came from, let alone how many years this name has been called. Fang Jie had visited Yashan several times when he was in Fangu City, the first time he and Mu Xiaoyao lived here for less than a month. At that time, Da Quan went to Fan Gu City to inquire about news, because Fan Gu was very special and would have contacts with Mongolian and Yuan herdsmen, and it would be dangerous if people from the Buddhist sect mixed in there.
However, Big Dog believes that although this place looks dangerous, it is actually not easy to be noticed. Fang Jie felt that it was the same everywhere anyway.
But just to be on the safe side, Big Dog had been inquiring in Fangu City for almost a month, and came in only after making sure that there was no one from the Buddhist sect in the city.
The second time I came to Yashan was when Fang Jie was the deputy of the scout team, and he brought a dozen brothers to Yashan to hunt. Langru Mountain is too close to Fangu City, and there is a possibility of encountering Meng Yuan's scouts, so it is safest to choose Yashan two to three hundred miles away. It will not be known by the law enforcement team in the military, and it will take a lot of effort to manage it.
Although the frontier scouts are dangerous, they also have a lot of free time.
There are a total of more than 30 scouts in the Fangucheng frontier army, and they are divided into two groups to take turns to be on duty. Of course, this is not in line with the rules of the court, but no one in the local area will control it so strictly. Li Xiaozong treated the frontier army in Fan Gucheng pretty well at the beginning, so he turned a blind eye to such violations of discipline.
There was no major event at all, so the scouts were divided into two groups. Each group was on duty for half a month, and they had half a month to relax. As long as there is no matter of suppressing bandits, Li Xiaozong basically doesn't bother to restrain them.
The third time I came to Yashan was because of bandit suppression.
In this place of Fan Gu, although the folk customs are simple and honest, the word "sturdy" must be added after it. There has never been a shortage of rogues in the northwest. People who committed crimes in the city ran out, and it was difficult to catch them even if they tried to catch them in the mountains. There are also horse thieves from the grassland, who are even more vicious.
Back then, Fang Jie, Qiu Xiaoshu and Li Gan were the ones who ambushed a group of horse thieves on Yashan and beheaded more than thirty people.
It was winter, and the blood would freeze quickly when it came out. The sound of riding boots stepping on the ice is very special. It was also because of that battle that Li Gandang was promoted to be the school lieutenant, and Fang Jie was promoted to be the deputy of the scout team. Although during that battle, Fang Jie just hid in the snow nest and shot cold arrows at the horse thief, but he didn't dare to kill anyone.
Although Fang Xie was not present in today's Yashan battle, there is no doubt that his name is destined to appear in this war that will have a huge impact on future generations.
"Black Banner Army?"
Meng Lie, who was sitting in the mud, asked.
After seeing the not thin but extremely weak Han general nodding his head, Meng Lie let out a long breath instead: "It's all right... I guess no one in the northwest except you Black Banner Army will do this anymore." Fight. The Black Banner Army under Fang Jie's command are all lunatics."
Song Zihui didn't deny that, although he didn't join the Black Banner Army for a very long time, perhaps shorter than those generals under his command, but like other Black Banner Army generals, he didn't think Meng Lie's words were true. derogatory term. Crazy, sometimes when describing people, has a tone of awe.
"Me too."
Song Zihui nodded, looked at Meng Lie and asked: "Actually, you are also a lunatic. In this weather, it is not suitable to send troops, but you still brought your troops here."
Meng Lie was silent for a while and asked, "Why are you fighting?"
Without waiting for Song Zihui to answer, Meng Lie continued: "You must not only be doing it for your own future, you are also doing it for your clan, the honor of the soldiers, and the dignity of the country... So, you should understand why I came here. Those after all They are all my people, even if we fought each other not long ago."
Song Zihui understood, and he naturally understood.
If he and Meng Lie switched positions, I'm afraid he would make exactly the same choice. No matter what unhappiness happened with your companions before, when facing foreign enemies, these unhappiness can be temporarily forgotten.
"It's not that I shouldn't have brought soldiers to rescue them..."
Meng Lie raised his head and let the rain wash his face: "I shouldn't have brought him into the customs. If I had been able to dissuade Da Khan when I entered the customs, the entire army would not have been wiped out today. I want to ask you One thing... Is the Great Khan already defeated in the south? Is he still alive?"
"I don't know the details."
Song Zihui shook his head: "But I can tell you for sure that Brother Meng was indeed defeated. Because the lord ordered almost all the Black Banner Army on the front line of Lingmen Pass to evacuate, you should guess what it means. As for your I don't know whether Da Khan is dead or not."
"never mind."
Meng Lie smiled disheartenedly: "After today's battle, I, Meng Yuan, have no more invincible soldiers. So what if the sweat is alive? If Meng Yuan's strength wants to recover, it will not take fifty years Not even a hundred years. I just don’t understand why the Great Khan wanted to go east.”
"Can I die?"
He asked suddenly.
Song Zihui thought for a while, then nodded: "If I capture you alive and send you back to Chang'an City, my military merit may be greater than killing you. But because of what you said just now, I promise you."
Song Zihui was referring to the sentence: You should understand why I came, after all, they are all my people.
"Thanks."
Meng Lie struggled to stand up, then fell to his knees, and kowtowed towards the grassland to the west: "May the God of Wolf bless the grassland with a hundred years of peace from today, so that my people can regain their vitality. May the God of Wolf bless Meng Yuan Indestructible, if the Mongolian Yuan Kingdom is destroyed, there will be no peace in the grassland for a hundred years."
"Your wish may not even be granted by the wolf god."
Song Zihui sighed: "After today's defeat, the Mongolian Yuan's national strength has been greatly damaged, and there are no invincible soldiers. How can those grassland tribes who have been oppressed by the Mongolian Yuan for thousands of years have no reason to do the same? From today onwards, the grassland will be in chaos. , the ministries struggled and fought constantly, just like my Central Plains a few years ago, the sky was dark."
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This world has a long history, and there has never been a shortage of generals who became famous in the first battle. For example, Li Xiao, who has been dormant for many years and became famous all over the world because of the battle against Nanchen. For example, Luo Yao, who has been well-regarded for more than ten years, has shocked the world with the battle to destroy the Shang Kingdom.
Today, with the battle of Yashan, Song Zihui's name is destined to be spread in the northwest and even the entire grassland.
However, his fame is not limited to this victory.
It's because of killing too many people.
This seemingly gentle and humble scholar ordered the massacre of all Mongolian Yuan prisoners after the First Battle of Yashan, and then used Mongolian horses and carriages to preserve all the heads with lime and sent them all the way to the grassland. Dozens of tall mountains of human heads were piled up on the pasture that was once full of Latu.
From then on, the people in the grassland heard Song Zihui's name and dared not think of invading eastward. It was the barbarians who occupied a large pasture. After learning about this, they immediately sent an envoy to see Song Zihui, expressing their willingness to surrender to the Black Banner Army. Song Zihui refused to meet the messenger and sent him directly to Chang'an City.
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Dongjiang
After a few years, Fang Jie set foot on this land again.
"General Nalan sent his subordinates down to welcome the lord."
General Lang, a member of Nalan Dingdong's command, greeted Fang Xie at almost the easternmost part of Dongting Road. This middle-aged general named Wei Kui was also a soldier of the Sui Dynasty. General Ying Yanglang who has been promoted to the fourth rank.
"How's the battle going?"
This is what Fang Jie asked in the first sentence.
Wei Kui talked about the war in Eastern Xinjiang, especially about Mu Xianjun. When Fang Jie heard this name again, he felt something was wrong in his heart.
"When the subordinates came down, General Nalan led his troops to go out to grab the food and grass of Mu Mansion, leaving Mr. Mu Xian to guard the Phoenix Terrace. Mu Guangling ordered all the main roads to be blocked and no longer provide us with food and grass supplies. Because The foreign gunboats blocked the river, so it was difficult for the cargo ship fleet to send supplies there, and General Nalan had to decide to rob the granary."
Wei Kui was afraid that Fang Jie would blame Nalan Dingdong for falling out with Mufu at this time, and his words were all words of explanation for Nalan. He didn't expect that Fang Jie didn't care about it at all, he just replied lightly and snatched it up, and he didn't ask any more questions.
"Mu Xian is guarding the Phoenix Terrace."
Fang Jie smiled: "Nalan is courageous, but he sees it very clearly. I'm not involved in this matter and I don't know the details, but since Nalan's actions must have a reason."
"correct."
Wei Kui said: "When the subordinates came down, they heard that there had been some movement in the Yang Shun clubhouse in Muping City. About 100,000 people left Muping, and it seemed that they were moving in the direction of Phoenix Terrace."
"Yang Shunhui..."
Fang Jie repeated the name with a chill in his tone.
"People from Xiaoqi School have planned to assassinate Yang Shunhui several times, but because they have limited manpower, Yang Shunhui is always on guard against being assassinated, and he has a good cultivation, so he has never succeeded."
Wei Kui said: "This man obviously knows that what he did is outrageous, so the mansion is heavily guarded, and he spent a lot of money to buy many Jiangyang bandits to be bodyguards. Those scum who only recognize money but not people in the dark are bought by him. Quite a few. I heard that he also asked the emperor of the Opru Empire to send him a team of god-slaying musketeers."
"This person is more harmful to Eastern Xinjiang than foreigners."
Wei Kui said: "Because he came out with the worst appearance, and he has already broken the can, and he always shows an attitude that I am surrendering but I am living a good life, so many lazy people The scum also went to him."
"Where is Sanjin Hou's army?"
Fang Jie asked suddenly.
Liao Sheng, who was standing on the side, quickly replied: "The news I got yesterday is that the brigade led by San Jinhou has now entered Shanhaiguan, which is in the area of Guhai County, Changxing Road, and it is about two thousand miles away from us. General Zheng Qiu's navy escorted the team of two generals, Chen Dingnan and Chen Qianshan, to Ninghai, because the foreign fleet blocked the river, and it is estimated that the battle has already begun."
Fang Jie hummed, and calculated the time: "Go to Ninghai first, and I will see how powerful the foreign sailors are. Then I will personally visit Yang Shunhui to see what color his heart is."