"Will there be a war?" Duan Ling asked.
Wanli Benxiao stopped halfway up the mountain and headed down. Huaide has become a vast ocean of refugees. Refugees evacuated from Huchang and Jinde City are still fleeing westward in an endless stream, with the purpose of passing through Altun Mountain, or Enter Shangjing, or escape into Yubi Pass.
"Yes." Li Jianhong replied.
"What about Batu and the others?" Duan Ling asked.
"The Yuan people have been raising their troops for a long time, and the General Lingxia hasn't fought. After all, it's about this time. If you don't save Batu, this battle will definitely start." Li Jianhong said, "It's just a waste of compensation for the two of them. It's only life."
Duan Ling saw this scene for the first time and asked, "Who will win?"
"It's hard to say." Li Jianhong replied, "Who do you want to win?"
Although Shangjing is a Liao native, Duan Ling has lived in Shangjing for a long time. He is like a second hometown. He does not want Liao to lose in his heart.
"Father, are we going too?" Duan Ling asked.
"I don't know." Li Jianhong said, "but there will be an answer soon, let's go."
Li Jianhong turned his horse's head, and hurried along the mountain road for thousands of miles and entered the mountains. After a while, Duan Ling said busyly, "Father!"
Li Jianhong looked at the place pointed by Duan Ling, and in the morning, the mountain stream was full of white fog, and in the fog, a group of Yuan cavalry came meandering. After a while, the bodies of several Liao soldiers appeared on the ground, apparently there had been an encounter.
"How long have we been gone?" Li Jianhong asked.
"It's almost an hour." Duan Ling said nervously, "Why is there a Yuan army here?"
"Take it." Li Jianhong threw the Liao soldier's quiver, hand|crossbow and longbow to Duan Ling, then turned on his horse, weighed the bow, and said, "The first group of troops must be planning to bypass Altun Mountain and make a sneak attack. Wilder, here, this is for you. Count how many of them there are."
"One-five, ten..." Duan Ling replied, "One hundred people."
Li Jianhong taught Duan Ling to pull the hand | crossbow, test it a few times, then put it on his back, put on the longbow again, and said, "Well, don't panic when you encounter the enemy's leading troops on the road."
Duan Ling nodded, and Li Jianhong explained again: "Hide yourself well first, and then measure the strength of the enemy and us, the terrain, the weather, and the people.
"But there are only two of us." Duan Ling said.
"King Wei of Qi asked his grandson." Li Jianhong said, "Do you remember what it said in the book? Is there a way to fight one against ten?"
"Yes!" Duan Ling replied after reading this paragraph, "Attack it by surprise, by surprise!"
Li Jianhong smiled.
"drive!"
Li Jianhong's legs were tucked into the horse's belly, and he galloped on his horse. Thousands of miles of sky and mountains were like flat ground, and he walked through dense forests like a plain, constantly approaching the enemy at a rapid pace.
"You control the horse." Li Jianhong said.
Duan Ling took over the reins, and Li Jianhong said, "Turn!"
As soon as Duan Ling pulled the reins, thousands of miles were running fast on the mountain road. Li Jianhong stepped on the stirrups, his slender figure protruded, his long bow was fully drawn, and the strings were loosened!
With a soft sound, Li Jianhong got back on his horse and said, "Turn around again!"
Duan Ling shook the reins again, and Li Jianhong shot three arrows in a row again. After a while, a scream came from the foot of the mountain, and the Yuan army fell. Then there were three more screams, one after another.
"Between the first sneak attack and the second, be fast, ruthless, and accurate." Li Jianhong taught in Duan Ling's ear, "This way the enemy will be suspicious and not know the details of the opponent. If it is just an arrow, the opponent will Guess there's only one person."
"Understood." Duan Ling said.
Li Jianhong and Duan Ling crossed the stream and did not leave immediately. Following behind, the Yuan army became suspicious and formed a formation on the spot, not daring to advance rashly.
"What now?" Duan Ling asked again.
Li Jianhong rode on the horse, took out the flint in his arms, and said, "The weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. Who said that?"
Duan Ling said, "It seems to be Mencius."
Li Jianhong buried his head in rubbing the flint, and said, "By the way, the land should be used to the best of its ability. Since the formation is in the forest, it is natural to smoke them out with smoke."
At this time, the mountains and forests were overgrown with bushes, the fallen leaves were messy, and above the bushes, there was a thick spring fog, which was divided into several layers, from wet to dry, stacked on top of each other. Li Jianhong ignited the dry leaves under his feet, making a crackling sound. The fire took advantage of the wind, and when it burned, a large amount of white smoke burst out, and was attacked by the wind towards the forest.
"Pay attention to the one who is dressed differently from others." Li Jianhong said, "He is the head of a hundred households."
The Yuan army coughed loudly, but the formation was not chaotic at all, and clamored to withdraw from the woods, but the white smoke spread, and the surrounding could no longer be seen, and then a war horse rushed out of the smoke, and Duan Ling controlled the horse and stepped into the enemy camp. . Li Jianhong held a sword in each of his hands, and shook it away, blood was everywhere, and he swept away all the way!
"Throw the rope!" Li Jianhong said.
Duan Ling threw out the rope and hit the neck of a hundred households. The soldier's 180-pound weight almost took him off his horse, but Li Jianhong was quick-witted and grabbed the rope with one hand. Out of the encirclement.
Duan Ling was still panting, and the head of Hundred Households was tied by his neck, holding the rope tightly with both hands and dragging him along the mountain road.
"The Yuan people's military rules are strict. When a hundred heads of households are dead, fifty heads of households are on top." Li Jianhong said, "So don't try to take hostages in vain. Soldiers don't eat this."
"Then we... What are we going to do with him?" Duan Ling had lingering fears and couldn't help but look back.
Li Jianhong grabbed the rope and, with the power of a galloping horse, circled the tree several times, and knotted it firmly, and the head of the hundred households was hanged from the tree. The two rode their horses away again, and stationed the horses on a high place, overlooking the hundred heads of households from a distance.
"This is called defending the corpse and attacking the aid." Li Jianhong said, "I watched it."
The Yuan army rushed out of the dense forest and wanted to rescue their head of Hundred Households. Li Jianhong put the six arrows on the bowstring and waited until the opponent rushed to the head of Hundred Households and released the arrows instantly!
The six arrows galloped away like a shooting star, and they killed several more people. In the upper wind, the arrows could not greet him, so they had to retreat.
During the retreat, Li Jianhong flew arrow after arrow again, killing more than ten people like cutting straw.
Duan Ling's heart was beating wildly, and Li Jianhong said again, "Do you understand?"
"Look... I understand." Duan Ling nodded, his eyes full of fear.
"Don't be afraid." Li Jianhong lowered his head, kissed Duan Ling's ear, and said, "We are killing people, and we are also saving people. If you have seen the Yuan army massacre the city in this life, you will know how many arrows there are, but you don't know how to save people. How many lives have been lost?"
"I know." Duan Ling had heard of the tragic scene of the Yuan army killing innocent people, but the current situation had given him too much impact.
"Don't be afraid to kill." Li Jianhong said, "As long as you believe you are right."
While speaking, Li Jianhong shot two more arrows and brought down two Yuan troops again. process.
Li Jianhong said to his son again: "These people are all bloody hands. The reason for strangling his neck is to make him speechless, so he can't warn him, or sacrifice himself to let his comrades evacuate."
"Yeah." Duan Ling said in a trembling voice.
Seeing that the Yuan army's eyes were all red, but they did not dare to go forward, Li Jianhong shot an arrow, a hundred paces away in the middle of the hanging rope, and the head of a hundred households rolled down from a tree ten feet high. Following that, Li Jianhong turned his horse's head and disappeared behind the slope.
The Yuan army rushed forward and wanted to rescue their leader. Duan Ling was about to ask, "Is this gone?" Li Jianhong turned around and appeared from behind the hillside again. Like a sprinkling, it enveloped the Yuan army who came to save people. Immediately, there were screams and corpses. The blood flowed into rivers.
"This is called 'fraud'." Li Jianhong said, "A soldier never tires of fraud."
Duan Ling: "..."
In the end, Li Jianhong shot another arrow and flew to the head of the hundred households, completely ending his life and saying, "Let's go."
The Yuan army's 100-strong vanguard was unexpectedly attacked by Li Jianhong, killing nearly half of them. It was like a bird in shock for a while, not daring to act rashly.
Thousands of miles to the sky, he did not enter the mountain forest, shuttled through the dense forest, Duan Ling's ear still echoed the tragic cry of death just now.
"Dad doesn't want you to kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"But Dad doesn't want you to be indecisive in the face of danger and have no resistance. Sometimes you can't make up your mind. It's not that you can't do it, it's just because you don't want to."
"Kill the one who deserves to be killed, and the one who deserves to be saved. Although there are tens of thousands of people and I will go, in this world, except yourself, no one can come to condemn you."
Li Jianhong's voice was deep and gentle, dispelling the screams that echoed in Duan Ling's ears.
The sun rose, and the light spots in the forest flickered and passed over them, like thousands of meteors in the quiet darkness, fleeting.
"My son, use your eyes to see clearly."
"Life is too short to live in this world and have to face many tragic and cruel things."
In the blink of an eye, the scorching sun shot like a flame. They rushed out of the mountain forest, and suddenly the sun was shining brightly. The sea of clouds was already under their feet. The billowing sea of clouds supported a mountain top, a horse, and two people, like a small boat coming from across the sea.
"When you stand tall enough." Li Jianhong said lightly, "everything will be left behind by you, you just have to listen here..."
He held a horse whip in one hand, pressed it on Duan Ling's left chest, and said earnestly, "Listen to your heart and don't be afraid."
Duan Ling's eyes reflected the mountains and rolling stratus clouds, and at that moment he truly felt that under the protection of his father, he was very small, but he was standing at the highest point in the world. All living beings are just a reflection of the ups and downs in the sea of clouds under their feet.
Li Jianhong slowed down and walked slowly along the winding road at the top of the peak.
"I'm not afraid." Duan Ling said.
"I know that you have killed people." Li Jianhong said, "In order to protect Lang Junxia, but you have never understood that sometimes killing people is more to protect those who have never met, those people, who will not know that you are far away. No matter how much sacrifice the place has made for them, even in a lifetime, it will never say a word of 'thank you' to you."
"But Dad thinks you can still do it." Li Jianhong said, "Can you do it?"
"Yes." Duan Ling nodded.
They turned around a hill and looked at the end of the rolling peaks, where there was a temple, which was burning in the sun, and it continued to burn.
Duan Ling said, "It's burning!"
"Oops, we're late." Li Jianhong said to himself.
"Go rescue?" Duan Ling asked.
"I hope it's not too late... Drive!" Li Jianhong galloped on his horse, bypassing the winding mountain path, and hurried to the temple.