In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, no matter how beautiful she is, she can't compare to the beauty of Jiangshan.
Where is Jiang Shanmei? The beauty is that this is Gu Yuanbai's country.
Watching his decrees come true one by one, watching the country move forward slowly in his hands, politics, rights, all the centers are revolving around Gu Yuanbai.
This is so touching, so unbearable, how can one or two beauties compare to such a feeling
The two walked all the way to the tea house, and then returned to the palace in a low-key manner. As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the minister of the Ministry of War coming to face the Holy Spirit, and after seeing Gu Yuanbai, he reported that more than 2,000 people had fallen into robbery on the Xiguang Mountain more than 200 kilometers away from the capital, oppressing the surrounding people and robbing villages and towns. The food made the people unable to live in peace. The surrounding local officials wrote to the request. The Ministry of War has discussed with the Privy Council and decided to send troops to suppress the bandits.
Gu Yuanbai nodded and said, "Who is leading the army?"
"The people in the Privy Council are discussing with the ministers," said the Minister of War. "The ministers have come to ask the Holy Master's ideas."
Hearing the bandit suppression, Xue Yuan couldn't help but look over.
Gu Yuanbai noticed his gaze, he pondered for a while, and said, "Xue Yuan."
Xue Yuan grinned and strode over to salute, "This minister is here."
"Have you brought soldiers before?" Gu Yuanbai asked.
"This minister once led 5,000 troops to fight," Xue Yuan said calmly, "and took down tens of thousands of enemy heads."
Leading an army is not easy. Some people are powerful and heroic on the battlefield, but it does not mean that they are suitable for leading soldiers. Thousands of people... until they are gradually trained among tens of thousands of people.
When the number of soldiers reaches tens of thousands, there will be fewer generals who can lead and utilize this tens of thousands of troops.
Some people can only carry a few hundred people at their limit. More soldiers will result in unreasonable distribution, unreasonable use, and unreasonable use of soldiers. Instead, they will be in chaos, and then they will be sent to the head in vain.
Xue Yuan has been honed under General Xue for several years. Before returning to Beijing, his enemy leaders had gained the most on the battlefield, and he already had the ability to lead tens of thousands of troops. Put more lives in the hands of Xue Yuan.
There are many Daheng generals, and there are many good seedlings in the five-year martial arts, but among these seedlings, very few can bring more than 5,000 soldiers, and very few can bring tens of thousands of soldiers. How many of those who led tens of thousands of soldiers to fight in battle are not famous in history
Gu Yuanbai wanted to see Xue Yuan's ability, and said directly: "In that case, you will lead the troops to encircle and suppress the bandits in Xiguangshan."
Xue Yuan had been hungry for a long time. Hearing this, he couldn't help but let out a smile, "This minister follows the order."
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One thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry rushed to Xiguang Mountain, two hundred kilometers away.
Xue Yuan was also accompanied by a man named Qin Sheng. Qin Sheng had never been on the battlefield, but Xue Yuan was different. Be vigilant even on the road, dike sneak attacks. The sentries spread out, keeping an eye out for changes in the surrounding situation.
When he arrived at the foot of Xiguang Mountain, Xue Yuan ordered people to wait on the spot, and brought a team of light cavalry forward to check.
Xiguang Mountain is high and condescending. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it was on the flat ground, five hundred cavalry would be able to beat them to tears. Now this battle is difficult because of the terrain.
Xue Yuan took the people around and crouched on the mountain road to ambush. After a while, a group of bandits of about a hundred people came down the mountain. Xue Yuan led people to rush up and killed them directly.
After killing most of the people and all the remaining prisoners, Xue Yuan interrogated them: "What's the situation on Xiguang Mountain?"
The big knife in his hand was still dripping with blood, and he wore black armor to make him look taller and stronger. Xue Yuan took the knife face and slapped the captive's face, "Tell me obediently."
The prisoner cried and talked about the situation on the mountain. Only then did Xue Yuan and the soldiers around him know that there was more than one bandit on the top of Xiguang Mountain.
The village owner of Xiguang Mountain invited the village owners of the other two hilltops to discuss important matters together. From what these little scoundrels know, it was because their village owners knew that the imperial court was going to send troops to encircle and suppress them, so they wanted to join the bandits from the other two hilltops. want to form an alliance.
Xue Yuan laughed directly, and the little boy said tremblingly: "Official, official, there are a lot of bandits on the top of the three hills."
If the three people from the top of the mountain really gathered together, there would be seven or eight thousand in pieces.
"So you have to thank your village owners," Xue Yuan smiled with satisfaction, "give you a chance to make great contributions."
After asking the question, these little minions were killed directly by him, leaving only two people to lead the way.
After that, Xue Yuan left another 500 people stationed on the spot, and asked them to raise the flags and set up the drums. After listening to the order, they immediately waved the drums vigorously, creating a picture of the army pressing down on the border and the government and the whole army being dispatched.
After instructing these things, Xue Yuan divided the troops and horses into two parts. One part was handed over to the elite Qin Sheng who seemed to be trained by the sage, and the other part was led by himself. He left Xiguang Mountain directly and went straight to the base camp of the other two village owners. .
The village owner at the top of their mountain brought most of the people to Xiguang Mountain, and there were very few people left in the village. In the eyes of these elite soldiers raised with good grain and rice, these rabble people are like lambs alive and only waiting to be slaughtered for meritorious service.
Xue Yuan led the troops directly to Wang Tushan, killing all the people they were stalking as they made their way up. Probably never thought that there would be officials and soldiers from the imperial court coming to suppress the bandits.
And this made it cheaper for this group of soldiers who were eager to make meritorious deeds. They rushed into the bandit den of Wang Tushan, like wolves running into the sheepfold.
Fighting and blood splatter.
Xue Yuan knew that many of the soldiers behind him entered the battlefield for the first time and killed someone for the first time. In this case, Xue Yuan rushed to the front, like a sharp knife, he led the soldiers behind him to kill with red eyes.
The resisting bandits fought back with big knives, all weapons at their disposal. But the more you resist, the more you let the soldiers know that this is military merit, and if you kill them, you will be rewarded!
Don't be afraid, don't stop, the hand that swings the knife must be fast and forceful. Surrounded by blood, corpses, and people trying to resist and escape, but they couldn't back down and rushed out after Xue Yuan.
The black armor on Xue Yuan's body already had blood slipping from the bottom, and he rushed even harder. The knife in his hand took one life after another. The bloody aura wrapped around his strongly beating heart. The general dared to charge and gave it to the people behind him Incredible courage. The soldiers behind him were bloodied by him. There were only human heads in their eyes, and their legs were stiff. They only knew how to rush forward. After staring at one person and then staring at the other, the exhaustion could no longer be felt, and the movements of waving were extremely mechanical. .
The shield was blocking the front, and the big knife and the thorn stabbed out from the gap of the shield. Except for the initial run-in, the soldiers were already familiar with this kind of attack.
This is the easiest way to protect yourself and your peers.
Xue Yuan cut off the head of another person with one knife. With a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw someone protecting a person who was hurriedly escaping. In his eyes, he knew that this person must be a big head.
Xue Yuan rushed straight over and shouted, "Come with me!"
The soldiers who were protecting him roared and followed Xue Yuan and rushed towards the group of people, pushing their shields away one after another. They listened to what Xue Yuan said. Soon, they made a way out, protecting Xue Yuan and rushing forward.
Everyone who tried to stop them was killed by a knife, and their heads were still on their horrified expressions. The owner of Erzhai, who was running away, panicked in his heart. Suddenly, a scream sounded from behind, and the chill rose. The owner of Erzhai turned his head to look, and he was confronted with a cold knife that was washed with blood.
Heads fall.
The bandit who was protecting Erzhaizhu grieved: "Erzhaizhu!!!"
After learning the identity of this person, Xue Yuan immediately said loudly: "You wait for the owner of the second village to die!"
The soldiers who heard his words were even more turbulent, and they immediately shouted at the top of their voices: "Wang Tushan's second village owner is dead! If you don't get it, you will be captured!"
Only a moment passed, and soldiers from all over the country shouted this sentence. The cry of "The Lord of the Second Village is dead" became louder and louder, and the bandits on Wangtu Mountain were sluggish, looking at the soldiers whose momentum was soaring in disbelief. They were terrified of being beaten, and as soon as the backbone died, the entire team began to disintegrate. People kept running to the foot of the mountain, and the more people ran, the bigger the collapse.
They threw down their weapons, put down their guarding leaders, big and small, and ran down the mountain with all their might, running at the fastest speed in their lives, to all places where there were no Daheng soldiers.
If your legs are weak and you can't run, then you have to roll down the mountain. Many people slipped and fell on the blood-covered ground, but these people didn't have time to grieve who the blood came from. They only knew to run, run fast, and run fast to save their lives.
Xue Yuan watched them flee and raised his hand to stop the soldiers from chasing.
All the soldiers were standing in the blood. They were stopped by Xue Yuan, so they would not chase after the order. Once they stopped, endless exhaustion surged up. Tired like a waste.
Everyone was breathing heavily, their minds were blank, and lying on the ground felt like they were floating in the air.
Xue Yuan took a few breaths, wiped the blood from his face, picked up the head of the second village owner, looked at the soldiers on the ground, and kicked them fiercely, "Allow me to wake up. "
After killing people with extreme concentration like this, the whole person will be in a trance and need to slow down to feel down-to-earth.
This is called killing the head.
After being awakened by Xue Yuan's voice, the soldiers stumbled to their feet. After this battle against bandits, they had already developed the instinct to trust and surrender to Xue Yuan.
Everyone was full of suffocation. Xue Yuan held his head and pointed to a cavalryman: "Hurry up and see the results of the other team."
In the stockade with the sea of corpses, Xue Yuan sat on a chair, the heads collected by the soldiers were piled aside, the swords in his hands were stationed, leaning on the swords and looking at the stockade mouth, his eyes were heavy.
The bandit den was built on the hill because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now, Xue Yuan led people to fight against the guests.
He waited for the owner of Wang Tu Shanzhai in the Xiguang Mountains to come back and watched their sheep enter the tiger's mouth.
Why are they coming back? Because their wives and children are here.
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On the other hand, Qin Sheng's action to clear the troops was also exceptionally smooth, and he also sent cavalry to inform Xue Yuan of the situation. In the end, Xue Yuan sent someone to inform the soldiers guarding at the foot of Xiguang Mountain to start waving flags and beating drums.
Half of the five hundred people were hidden in the mountains and forests, and half appeared on the road. When looking down from a height, there seemed to be countless people hidden among the layers of dense leaves.
Before the bells and whistles, on the Xiguang Mountain, the three village masters sat in a triangle.
The village owner of Xiguang Mountain is called Liu Yun, and the other two village owners, one surnamed Zhang, is the boss of Wang Tushan. Another surnamed Wang is the owner of the bandit den in Songzi Mountain.
Liu Yun is an inferior scholar, quite a bit quick-witted. He is trying his best to persuade the two village owners to join him in defending against Master Wang. He speaks dryly. Seeing that they are still unmoved, it is half a threat and half a yes. Reasonable: "The two village owners should think about it. We are the most eye-catching hills on the west side of Beijing. If the court really suppresses bandits, then I will definitely bear the brunt. But after me, there are the two big brothers. ."
The owner of Wangzhai was a little hesitant: "The imperial court has really sent troops to suppress the bandits? Where did you get the news?"
Liu Yun just wanted to speak, but he heard a wailing sound not far away: "—Zhaizhu!"
The three village masters turned their heads immediately, Zhang village master's face changed, he frowned and looked at his subordinates who were supposed to be in the cottage: "What's the matter with you?"
"The officers and soldiers are calling Wang Tushan!" There was panic and fear written on the subordinates' faces, and blood was stained on the clothes on the trousers. When he saw Zhang Zhaizhu, he burst into tears, "Second Zhaizhu is also dead!"
"What!" Wang Zhaizhu stood up in surprise.
He was flustered in his heart, just about to say something, when he saw a few people who were brought up from the mountain pass. These people are also miserable and pitiful, and there are people from Wang Tushan among them!
Obviously, Xiguangshan, where the officers and soldiers wanted to encircle and suppress it, was fine, but the two village owners invited by Liu Yun were attacked.
The two village owners stared at Liu Yun with ugly expressions.
Liu Yun's face changed greatly, "This is impossible, the court wants to suppress me, how did I become you?"
He was startled suddenly, his scalp tingling and said: "Is it possible, is it possible that it is a sound that hits the west?"
Zhaizhu Zhang and Zhaizhu Wang didn't know whether to believe it or not. They looked at the people in the stockade who fell to the ground and were too frightened to stand up, and their backs were chilled. They were all like this. What about the other people in the stockade
How are their wives and children now!
Seeing their expressions, Liu Yun gritted his teeth and said, "The two village owners want to go down the mountain now?"
Zhang Zhaizhu was shocked and angry, "How can you not go back!"
"But your stockade has been suppressed by the imperial court," Liu Yun sighed, "The two big brothers are just going to die now, so why don't you stay with me with the people around you, and then discuss how to deal with this matter. "
The atmosphere was deadlocked for a while, but suddenly he heard the sound of drums coming from down the mountain, and cold sweat broke out on Liu Yun's back instantly. He hurriedly ran to the edge of the high platform, looked down the mountain, and was so scared that he froze in place.
On the edge of the jungle, countless soldiers in armor stood there waving flags vigorously, drums blaring, and people panicked when they saw that the flags were one after another, densely packed, and the jungle was also full of shadows. How can so many people come!
"Quick," Liu Yun said loudly, "Quickly seal the mountain road, close the gate of the village, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are attacking!"
The people from the other two stockades who had just escaped here heard the words, and their crying stopped abruptly. They seemed to be stunned and stared at Liu Yun in a daze.
Liu Yun's scalp was numb, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger. He roared: "Don't hurry and seal the road!"
"Liu Xiaodi," Zhang Zhaizhu said suddenly, "you are no longer safe here."
Zhang Zhaizhu stood on the side and glanced down, his breath stagnated, and he muttered: "So many officers and soldiers are gathered here, aren't they..."
Hadn't they finished slaughtering their two stockades!
Zhang Zhaizhu couldn't wait any longer, and regardless of Liu Yun's obstruction, he just brought his own people down the mountain and rushed to Wangtu Mountain. Seeing that the place was no longer safe, Wang Zhaizhu fled in a panic.
Liu Yun blocked the mountain road and waited nervously for the officers and soldiers to attack. There was water in the mountains, and the food in the stockade was enough for a month, but if the imperial court attacked hard—
Liu Yun shuddered violently.
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Xue Yuan stepped on the head of the second village owner who rolled to his feet, looked at the sentinel who ran back to report the news, and smiled: "Come on."
The soldiers around him were all standing aside. The previous weapons had been worn out and could no longer be used, so they searched out Wang Tushan's weapons. These people robbed a lot of good things. After reading their inventory, these soldiers who were just tired and couldn't move were in high spirits, and they stared at the road in front of the stockade.
The beheaded heads were piled aside by Xue Yuan, whoever looked at them would have their legs numb.
Except for this group of soldiers who have already killed red eyes.
Their blood was contagious one by one, and the eyes looking at the heads seemed to be looking at the gold. When Zhang Zhaizhu led the people up the mountain, he saw this group of wolf-like soldiers.
Xue Yuan's nose was full of blood. He looked at Zhang Zhaizhu, who was being guarded in the middle, and there was a fiery beating in his chest.
This head is not good-looking, but it should be worth a lot of money and can be dedicated to the little emperor.
Xue Yuan took the lead and rushed over, the cold light of the broadsword flashed to the ground, and when he moved, all the soldiers rushed over.
Zhang Zhaizhu's heart stopped suddenly, but he calmed down quickly, and when he was about to meet him, those who escaped from the stockade and came back with him, but they were madly crying and running around, such a collapse It quickly caused the team to disintegrate, and even if Zhang Zhaizhu killed people to prevent them from escaping, he couldn't stop them.
In the confrontation, the most feared is the defeat of the team. The escape of one person can cause panic among a group of people, not to mention this rabble
Xue Yuan led people into the crowd fiercely. Xue Yuan couldn't remember how many people he had killed, and in his eyes was only the one who kept retreating and running away under the protection of others.
kill him.
Take his valuable head.
The breathing of the people around him was heavy, and Xue Yuan's own breathing was heavy, but he still waved the knife again and again. If the knife is broken, pick up another one on the spot.
Finally, he faced the sluggish man who was being guarded in the middle. Xue Yuan pulled the corners of his lips, raised his hand vigorously and waved, and the head of the enemy leader rolled to the ground.
Blood splattered on Xue Yuan's face, Xue Yuan wiped his face at will, glanced at the person who had been stunned beside the village master, raised his head with the tip of the knife, and took it with his left hand easily.
Then with a wave of the long knife, these stunned people were also killed.
Xue Yuan raised Zhang Zhaizhu's head with a heavy expression on his face, and shouted loudly: "The enemy leader is dead!!!"
Many people came back with Zhang Zhaizhu, and many people are still alive. Xue Yuan looked at them and grinned.
The emperor seems to lack the coolie to build roads.
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After capturing Wang Tushan's people, Xue Yuan sent someone to notify the court to come to collect them, and he rushed to Xiguang Mountain with his troops first.
Again and again, but the sun moved westward a little, Xue Yuan rode his horse, heading towards the dusky scorching sun. The horses had been bundled down the mountain before, clean, and they were too scared to stop when they smelled the blood on Xue Yuan's body.
Some of the soldiers beside him asked loudly, "Sir, can you capture Xiguang Mountain today?"
Xue Yuan lifted his eyelids and said, "It's difficult."
The terrain of Xiguang Mountain is high, and the cottage above can be commanding, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The reason why they were able to capture Wangtu Mountain and Songzi Mountain was because the gates of their cottages were wide open. Although the soldiers blocking the Xiguang Mountain now prevented these bandits from escaping, they also scared these guys away from the mountain.
Since ancient times, camps have been built around water. There is water on the Xiguang Mountains, and they still have food. If they have to consume it, they will definitely not be able to consume the imperial court. However, the efficiency is too low, and Xue Yuan is ashamed.
He didn't seem to be in a hurry, and took his soldiers to the foot of Xiguang Mountain. The five hundred infantry soldiers who stayed here looked at them with envy and excitement as they looked at their blood-soaked horses and the heads they held in their hands.
Xue Yuan got off the horse and asked people to bring the horses to the water to feed them, and asked, "Have the people who went to Songzi Mountain come back?"
The little officer who stayed behind said, "They haven't come back yet."
Xue Yuan raised his brows, glanced in the direction of Songzi Mountain, took the water bag handed over by the soldier on the side, raised his neck and gulped, and said, "He'd better be fine."
After half an hour, Qin Sheng's team rushed over, all of them were also covered in blood, with their heads in their hands and on the back of their horses. When Xue Yuan divided the soldiers and horses into two teams, he gave Qin Sheng the most, but when he counted the wounded, Qin Sheng's team had more wounded than his.
Qin Sheng pursed his lips and whispered to Xue Yuan what happened. Qin Sheng has a cautious personality, neither humble nor arrogant. He is a very good order executor. He does things bit by bit according to Xue Yuan's orders, and does not dare to reveal a flaw.
He didn't have Xue Yuankuang, nor did Xue Yuan have the confidence and confidence to go up and down the battlefield several times. After he took the soldiers and horses to clear the remaining people in the village, he led them to lurking in the forest, preparing for a sneak attack. war.
It's just that there are all kinds of poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the wild forest, and the terrain on the mountain is unknown.
After Xue Yuan heard this, his expression remained unchanged, "It's not an example."
Qin Sheng was surprised and glanced at him, not understanding that he had such a plain expression. After all, neither of Xue Yuan's temper and temperament seemed to be easy to talk.
Xue Yuan noticed his expression, and suddenly smiled sullenly, "Why, do you still want Lao Tzu to praise you?"
"Don't dare." Qin Sheng quickly stepped back.
Xue Yuan sat on the stone with a golden sword, thinking that Qin Sheng was quite capable.
Xue Yuan himself is a person who leads troops and generals, and is born with talent for fighting. He also appreciates people who are also gifted. Such people can remember after they miss it once.
Anyway, Xue Yuan was impatient to listen to the lessons of others, including his father.
His father's talent is not as good as him, and he does not dare to fight with his troops. General Xue may not have the sadness of an old hero, but if he is not comparable, he is not comparable. Can Xue Yuan let him fail
The sunset gradually turned yellow, reflecting the red sunset in the sky. Xue Yuan threw the water bag to the side, stood up and said, "Jing Guan, put it in the most obvious place for Lao Tzu."
"My lord," asked the rest of the officers, "are you going to attack before dawn?"
"Attack a fart," Xue Yuan, "The terrain is dangerous and there are many organs, how do you attack?"
The officer was embarrassed, resisting the pressure and then asked, "Then what should we do?"
"Set up camp," Xue Yuan looked up at Xiguang Mountain, and found a conspicuous place on the mountain where he could see the bottom at a glance, "Jingguan is here, the fire is lit, there are fish in the river, and pheasants at the foot of the mountain. Hare, send someone to catch a little more, and have a full meal around Jingguan first."
Hearing the order, Qin Sheng didn't even ask any questions, and directly followed the order to instruct Xiao Bing to move the piled up heads to the place designated by Xue Yuan. The rest of the officers looked at each other with strange expressions.
Have a full meal around Jingguan
Master Xue is really... really informal.