Ten Beijing temples rise from the ground!
The plains for tens of miles from Qingluoyuan to Dafeichuan have become a hell on earth with blood pools and corpse mountains. When the cold wind blew, Hou Junji could smell the smell of blood while sitting in the commander's tent.
In the rear army's baggage area, there were many chopping knives and deformed shovels. Many executioners had their jaws broken and their arms cramped from the exhaustion of chopping people's necks.
More than 50,000 lives were lost!
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The wind and snow stopped for a while, and a large number of carriages and horses were meandering more than 20 miles northwest of Dafeichuan.
A general's flag walking in front has the word "长grandson" written on it.
Changsun Huan was riding on his horse, looking at the Dafeichuan military camp looming in front of him. He was already very uneasy, and his mood became more and more depressed.
"Li Daozong is sensible. After I took the initiative to come back and plead guilty, he didn't blame me much. He just recorded a personal mistake for me and ordered me to make meritorious service." Changsun Huan thought to himself, "However, I don't think Li Daozong is a good person. He is also one of the important figures in the military. An important reason why he did not reprimand and punish me is probably because he did not want to get into trouble with this cunning old fox! "
"Li Daozong only temporarily sat in the rear of Lanzhou on behalf of Qin Mubai, mainly taking care of civil affairs and logistics. All the power of the Guanxi Army is firmly in the hands of Qin Mubai, and the person in charge of military law, sentencing and punishment is Hou Junji This Marching Sima is the mortal enemy of my eldest son’s family!”
Thinking of this, Changsun Huan became more and more nervous and had to take a deep breath to calm down.
"Li Daozong asked me to commit a crime and perform a meritorious service to deliver food to Dafeichuan... I don't know whether this trip is bad or good. Does he, Hou Junji, really dare to avenge his private revenge and hold me to account? This guy who has just turned over from bad luck was once my father's son. My defeated general, now living under Qin Mubai's roof, shouldn't be as arrogant as before, right? Why does it depend on the master to beat a dog? He won't target me privately behind Qin Mubai's back and let his master Qin Mu Bai has a blood feud with my father. Is he really stupid? Even Li Daozong turned a blind eye and ignored the matter. He shouldn't be confused with me at this juncture... "
After thinking about it for a while, Changsun Huan finally found a little reason to comfort himself. Looking at the more than ten miles long convoy of mules, horses, civilians, and soldiers behind him, he felt a little more relieved, "How can I say, I even braved the wind and snow to deliver him food, grass, and baggage. It was truly a timely help, and he also You should be grateful to me!”
Finally feeling a little more at ease, Changsun Huan shouted loudly - "Speed up the advance and try to deliver the grain and grass before dark, so that I can report my order to General Hou!"
It was getting dark, and Hou Junji sat alone in the tent, writing a letter. The already thin face was a bit cold and ferocious because of its tightness.
After finishing writing, he put down the pen, carefully folded the letter and put it into an envelope. He picked up the other two letters on the side, stroked them gently in his hand, and sighed: "Forget it, these are my last words!"
At this moment, Yuwen Hongtai came. He ignored the notification and rushed straight into the handsome tent. How dare the tent officials and servants stand in his way.
"Hou Junji! Are you going to rebel?!" Yuwen Hongtai was furious, pointed at Hou Junji's nose and cursed. Some generals and commanders were alarmed, and they all gathered around the commander's tent.
"How do you say this?" Hou Junji glanced at him and said coldly.
"You asked me to take people to build a dam on the Buha River, but it turns out you deliberately drove me away!" Yuwen Hongtai yelled angrily, "But you were good at making your own decisions and attacking Qingluoyuan, and you killed so many prisoners - What did my third brother tell you before leaving? I told you to guard the stronghold and not to kill prisoners! What are you doing if you are not rebelling?"
"The general has not received his life. Who are you, and you dare to accuse me?" Hou Junji glanced at him nonchalantly, turned his face and said coldly, "You know how to keep taking yours?" When has 'Third Brother' ever done anything serious when he oppressed someone?"
"What did you say?" Yuwen Hongtai suddenly became furious. He rushed forward, picked up Hou Junji's lapel, and roared, "You surnamed Hou, you white-eyed wolf! Don't forget who is behind you." I gave you a hand when I was in despair, and I still trusted you with my heavy responsibility! But now you do this, are you still a human being?"
"Let go!" Hou Junji was also angry and slapped Yuwen Hongtai on the wrist. What's more, Yuwen Hongtai's strength was so strong that he had a firm grip. Instead of letting go, he roared and lifted Hou Junji up into the air and spun him around!
The generals outside the tent were immediately frightened. They rushed in together and grabbed Yuwen Hongtai, shouting "General Yuwen, stop it!"
"You rebelled!"
Hou Junji was so angry that he drew his sword and cut Yuwen Hongtai's wrist in public. Yuwen Hongtai had no choice but to let go.
"Come here! Tie up this reckless man who ignores military law and commits crimes below!"
"Who dares!!" Yuwen Hongtai also pulled out his knife and shouted with blood-red eyes, "Come up one, I'll chop one up!"
The tension was tense, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense!
The generals were frightened and hurriedly stood between the two of them. They tried hard to persuade them, but finally they took the knives from their hands and separated them on both sides.
"Hou Junji, you treacherous minister and traitor! You ignore the king's laws and are arrogant, you white-eyed wolf who cannot be loved!" Yuwen Hongtai, who was hugged tightly by a group of generals, pointed at Hou Junji and stamped his feet and cursed. , "You dare to rebel, I will be the first to refuse! Look at the long knife in grandpa's hand, he will be the first to chop off your dog's head and clean up the house!"
"Forget it, General Yuwen, just say a few words..." The generals tried hard to stop him and finally pushed him out of the military tent.
Hou Junji took a few breaths and looked really unhappy. The generals also advised him not to be on the same level as Yuwen Hongtai. This guy had always been rude and rude and would not buy into anyone except Marshal Qin. This was not the first day.
"You!" Hou Junji pointed to his confidant Zhonghou and said to him, "Tie up Yuwen Hongtai with a whole team of people, take away his military talisman and seal letter, and then send him to Shanzhou!"
"General, this is inappropriate..." Zhonghou said carefully, "Although Yuwen Hongtai has offended the general, he is still Marshal Qin's confidant. If you do this..."
"Why, do you even think that Hou is going to rebel?" Hou Junji glared at him angrily and said, "This rude man is too wild and violent, and I cannot restrain him. It is precisely because he is a general of the Kansai Army who has made military exploits. He is Marshal Qin's confidant, so I sent him back. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Without him, my military orders cannot be passed. Are you waiting to lose the battle? "
All the generals around him were silent when they heard what Hou Junji said. Zhonghou had no choice but to accept the promise and take people to do things. Soon, Yuwen Hongtai's yelling and fighting sounds were heard outside. This man like a bison was pressed to the ground by a group of people and tied up.
Hou Junji came out and backed away, squatting next to Yuwen Hongtai and taking out the three letters.
"Yuwen Hongtai, I have no choice but to do this." Hou Junji said in a low voice, "I don't have time to argue with you, and I will never betray anyone. Believe it or not, it's up to you. . I will send someone to take you back to Shanzhou and ask you to forward these three letters to him."
Yuwen Hongtai, who was struggling and yelling, suddenly froze and looked at Hou Junji with wide eyes, "What do you want to do? What on earth do you want to do?!"
Hou Junji sighed heavily, with a smile on his face. He reached out and patted Yuwen Hongtai's big black face, and said, "You will know later. Let's just say goodbye and get on your way!"
"Just say goodbye?" Yuwen Hongtai blinked his big copper bell eyes blankly, and the anger in his heart disappeared without knowing when, and he suddenly shouted, "Are you seeking death?"
"Hou is a person who has died countless times, so he is not so worthless." Hou Junji smiled and stood up, turned around and walked into the handsome tent, waved his hand and shouted - "Send General Yuwen away." !”
Dozens of sergeants swarmed around and pulled Yuwen Hongtai up from the ground, lifted him up and left.
Yuwen Hongtai kept struggling and yelled: "Let me go, let me go—Hou Junji, what do you want to do?"
Soon he was put into a carriage and escorted away by a group of cavalry, gradually drifting away.
After Jing Yuwen Hongtai made such a fuss, the already solemn atmosphere in the military camp became even more tense. The generals vaguely felt that Hou Junji seemed to be planning some amazing plan.
Not long after Yuwen Hongtai left, Hou Junji calmed down and was about to convene a military meeting with the generals to announce his decision. The rear army came to report that a large amount of grain and grass had been shipped from Shanzhou and was being unloaded into the warehouse.
"God is really helping me! Could it be that God, who has fooled Mr. Hou for decades, opened his eyes at this time?" Hou Junji was very happy and asked casually, "Who sent it?"
"It's General Changsun. Along with him are more than 10,000 Lanzhou recruits and more than 20,000 civilians."
"Which General Changsun?" Hou Junji was a little surprised.
The deputy general replied: "That is General Zuo Weiwei, deputy commander-in-chief of the Saikaidō March..."
Hou Junji raised his hand fiercely, interrupting the deputy general's words.
"He still dares to come back?" Hou Junji grinned coldly, and the deputy general next to him felt a little chilly in his heart.
"Let him come to me!"
"promise!"
Not long after, Changsun Huan came to the commander's tent of the Chinese army. He lingered outside the tent with his heart beating for a long time. Then he bravely walked in. With a strong smile, he cupped his fists and saluted: "General Changsun Huan, pay your respects to General Hou! I will serve as the king of Jiangxia." On my order, I sent General Hou 80,000 shi of food and grass, more than 30,000 sets of cold clothes, and..."
"Shut up." Hou Junji shouted, looked at him expressionlessly, and said coldly, "Looking at your situation, you seem to be waiting for me to praise you, don't you?"
Changsun Huan was confused and said cautiously: "General Hou, what do you mean by this?"
"Food and grass are the lifeblood of an army. It's freezing today and people are short of food and horses. In the past, countless cattle, sheep and horses were frozen to death!" Hou Junji's face was gloomy, and he clapped his hand on the table, "You This grain officer regards the lives of the soldiers on the front line as if they are nothing, and he slowly and slowly delays delivering the grain and grass for many days overdue, and he still dares to ask for credit with a smile on his face! "
"This!..." Changsun Huan suddenly panicked. He missed the food period, but it is a serious crime, no less than the crime of losing the battle on the front line. He hurriedly said, "General Hou, where do you start with these words? The last general received the fate of Jun. We didn’t dare to delay for even a moment and went through all kinds of hardships and braved the wind and snow to deliver it to Dafeichuan!”
"Going through all the hardships and braving the wind and snow?" Hou Junji sneered, "How can you, a spoiled young man, endure such hardships? In the past, Shanzhou's trip to Dafeichuan to transport grain would take fifteen days at most, but you dragged your feet. I’ve been gone for more than thirty days! Isn’t this a delay?”
"It's so snowy and freezing that it's so cold that even if I want to, I can't get up! Even though the general is urging me to move faster despite the hardships, the mules, horses, and vehicles are stuck in the snow, and I can't move any faster even if I want to!" Changsun Huan hurriedly argued, "If General Hou doesn't believe it, you can ask the soldiers accompanying the general to find out if the general was wasted even half a minute on the road!"
"You dare to quibble!" Hou Junji shouted angrily and slapped several cases, "You and me, please help me take down this arrogant general who shirks his responsibility!"
"promise!"
In the commander's tent, those on the left and right were all Hou Junji's confidant generals. As soon as he heard the order, he rushed out and caught Changsun Huan. He first took off his saber and then tied him tightly with a rope.
"General Hou! Why do you want to take someone without asking?" Changsun Huan was frightened and angry. He was making a final struggle and shouted, "The king of Jiangxia just handed over the food and grass to the general, and the general rushed to the general without stopping. It's not like Sichuan was lucky enough, and there was no delay along the way! Even if it's a few days late, it's God's fault, and there's nothing human power can do about it."
"God is blocking me?" Hou Junji smiled coldly, walked up to Changsun Huan with his hands clasped behind his back, looked at Changsun Huan with murderous eyes, and said in a low voice, "So, it's God's will." kill you!"
"Wha, what!" Changsun Huan was shocked and turned pale, "Hou Junji, you are avenging your personal revenge!!!"
"There are strict regulations in the Tang army. Those who are late in transporting grain for less than three days will be punished with thirty sticks; those who are delayed for more than three days will be punished with fifty sticks and will be demoted to the first class and fined half a year's salary; those who are delayed for more than ten days will be punished with one hundred sticks, reduced in rank and dismissed; If you are late for more than half a month, you will be executed!" After Hou Junji said this, he slightly raised his lips and said coldly, "Military orders are like mountains, and the law will not tolerate mercy. When it comes to the King of Heaven, it is reasonable for Hou to kill you - Come on, push it out!"
Without saying a word, the guards on the left and right put Changsun Huan down and dragged him out.
"Hou Junji!! You bastard! You avenge yourself and kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Changsun Huan struggled desperately and cursed loudly. Suddenly, the bottom of his pants became wet, and he was pissed.
"Coward! - Stop his stinking mouth, first give him a hundred sticks, and then kill him!" Hou Junji shouted.
Soon, there were heavy sounds of hitting boards outside the tent. The executioners were all Hou Junji's confidant generals. They didn't have the slightest fondness for Changsun Huan, and each of them struck more cruelly than the last. Within a few decades, this pampered young man's skin and flesh were torn apart, and he could see that he had less air coming in and more air coming out.
"The cool air will wake you up, and let's continue the beating!"
Hou Junji personally supervised the execution, and everyone obeyed his orders.
Changsun Huan, life and death, life and death. With one final slash, the human skull rolled down.
Mentioning Changsun Huan's bloody head, Hou Junji's eyes overflowed with wolfish light. He snorted and said to himself: "Old thief Changsun, it will be easier for you to kill your son, who is like a pig and a dog. In the next life, Someone will settle the score with you again!"
"Give me the order. All generals will assemble. I will announce the military order!"
Soon, all the generals and subordinates of the whole army gathered in the commander's tent. Everyone already knew that Hou Junji massacred the prisoners, drove away Yuwen Hongtai, and killed the eldest son Sun Huan with a stick. Everyone speculated that he had done things so ruthlessly and without regard to the consequences. He must have put himself to death to do something shocking.
"I will order all Dafeichuan soldiers and horses to attack on the plateau and take Luoche City directly!" Hou Junji said this, causing an uproar in the entire army and everyone was stunned.
"General Hou, this is impossible! Our army has few troops and insufficient food and grass. Now it is snowy and the mountains are closed, which is really not conducive to our army's combat. Furthermore, didn't General Hou say that the Garqin Tomb will definitely go and come back?" Why don't we set up an ambush at a critical place so that we can make up for the mistake?"
"Shut up!" Hou Junji shouted, "This general is giving orders, not discussing with you! Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be severely punished by military law!"
Everyone was speechless, holding back their words and not daring to say a word. Changsun Huan's bloody head was still on the side.
Hou Junji glanced at the generals coldly and said: "Letting Gar Qin Ling go and harming the Central Plains, Hou should be punished for his crime, and you all should be punished together! We want to ambush Gar Qin Ling, and before he comes back to the court People have been sent to take our lives! - If you want to save your lives, just go to the plateau and attack the enemy's nest with Hou Mou, and capture the abandoned Zong Nongzan!"
Although the generals felt that it was reasonable, they all felt that Hou Junji's move was too crazy. How can these tens of thousands of people alone destroy a country? As long as you step out of Dafeichuan and step onto the plateau, you will go deep alone. Regardless of whether we can win this battle or not, it is possible that we will freeze to death or starve to death on the plateau.
Seeing that the generals were still hesitant, Hou Junji stretched out his hand to pick up Chang Sun Huan's head and put it on the table, "It's not Hou who wants to force you. At this moment, we are already on the same boat. , there is no retreat or choice, we must unite and move forward. Anyone who dares to hesitate on this ship and miss the big event will be the end!"
"General, listen to the order!" The generals had no choice but to accept the promise with all their heart.
"Okay! - Send the order, the whole army must assemble troops and troops to tidy up and advance to the northwest!!"