In the battle formation, Cao Guangsi, who rushed from left to right, used a long 槊 and a saber to bring down the three cavalry enemy soldiers; he was exhausted and couldn't react, and was challenged by the fourth cavalry enemy. He flew the thick-backed saber in his hand, and pierced and overturned a large piece of flesh including the armor under his ribs.
However, while eating pain, he quickly drew out the big bow on the saddle, slammed it on the side of the opponent and fell back on his back; taking advantage of the situation, he grabbed another short hook gun and blocked the opponent's face. He slanted another machete that had been cut from the wrong body, twisted his hand, splashed blood, and broke many fingers.
At the same time, the spear tip that could not escape the other side penetrated the outside of the thigh and the belly of the horse. In an instant, he had no time to control the rein in the neighing sound of the hot blood splashing, so he followed the unbalanced mount to the other side. While falling down, he smashed through the dust.
In between life and death, he had many dreams; the towering glaciers in the sky with clouds of Helan Mountain, the icy cold and exceptionally clear snow, the herds of cattle and sheep and the horse tents all over the mountains, what are they bold and unrestrained The fierce-tempered women from the clan club have a healthy body and a solid mind.
However, it has become a traveler on the lonely smoke of the dry and yellow desert Gobi, the barren and rugged mountain gorge wilderness; or in the corner oasis at the end of the yellow sand, the settlement surrounded by the clear spring stream and the poplar forest is different from the city. Hard wine, barbecue and Hu Ji's white waist.
Then it became the Shazhou family school, with many children of the same race of different ages, sweating like a rainy body and practicing bow horses since childhood; and for the first time with a soft bow to follow the elders. Shot hunting, and was ridiculed by the fox's clan brother because he only shot a sandgrouse.
And the first time he saw blood in his life, he was gathered together without warning, and took the bow and horse to the sparse pasture on the banks of the Great Moon Lake, to drive away those who were secretly grazing across the border under the instigation of the Uighurs. Fall; because they refused to follow the laws of the Han family and were incorporated into the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but they wanted to take advantage.
After coming back, I received in the ancestral hall the elders who survived that year, but were covered with shocking scars and old scars, showing up to say how hard and desperate it was under the treatment of Ugly. As for the children of the Cao clan, they can neither be weak nor worthy of pity for these non-self races.
Because if they are allowed to occupy a share of water and grass and pasture land, it means that the children of the Han family headed by the Cao family and the future descendants of Wanshi will lose a bit of the land home that can live and nourish, and can only slow down in weakness. Slowly go to extinction.
You know, it was also by Helong's number one hero, Taiwei Zhang, who personally traced their origins and narrated the Lianzong in Central China, and under the permission of the imperial court, traced their ancestors to Bozhou/憔Wangcao, the famous county of the county (now Bo County, Anhui), lived in the Yuanzhimendi of Xizhou, Helong.
From then on, the fishy suspicion of (Li Mo Hu/Zhaowu Nine Surname) can be washed away, and the divine lord of Wei Wu (Cao Mengde) in history can be worshipped with great fanfare and righteousness in the family’s ancestral temple to enjoy the four seasons. Sacrifice.
Therefore, when he finally became an adult, he began to respond to the call and order of the Guazhou Festival Yat again and again, carrying the family-owned bow and saddle and embarking on a long career against all kinds of enemies and foreign captives.
Among them, there are the remnants of Tubo who are unwilling to be lonely outside the mountains and entrenched in waiting for opportunities, and there are also the rebellious six valleys that occupy the river Huang and retreat; there are also allies who returned to the rebel army in the past, but now they are eagerly watching the west. Zhou Huihu; not to mention the various ministries of Wenmo who had been in danger and had trouble with Wanghua.
Therefore, under the leadership of the former Jieshuai Huai Shen, the children of the Guiyi Army worked together to defeat the enemy time and time again. However, apart from the nominal authority, the territory owned by the Guiyi Army did not expand much. The forces of discord are becoming more and more.
Even Duke Huai Shen, who is known as "the most powerful lieutenant of the military", will inevitably show fatigue and decline, and the surnames that form the foundation of the Guiyi Army will inevitably complain; even Cao who once supported the death of the lieutenant the most. Shi, also no longer restrains the children's private grievances.
Because Cao Guangsi has also experienced firsthand that in this endless journey, those familiar faces that grew up together in childhood have also become less and less after the war; the smiles and expectations on the faces of the family members who came to greet him Hope was also replaced by more sorrow and crying.
And Cao Guangsi, who was full of old and new scars, also found himself in a daze when he looked around in a daze. He has become one of the only remaining backbones and pillars of the Cao clan; and although he didn't just marry him Married, but already has three concubines of different origins and races.
So in order to comfort the dead of the tribesmen who died in the war, but also to heal the pain caused by the long-term war, and to punish the movement among the civilians. Since Duke Huai Shen began to reward and present monks to monks and officials, various families have also begun to worship Buddha and vying to build cave statues, thinking that it is fashionable to make offerings to the monks.
Duke Huai Shen even rebuilt the Great Northern Statue of Mogao Grottoes with his own appearance, and built his own Gongde Cave on the north side. For a time, the religious group headed by the principal and deputy monks Tong Fahai and Fajing, as well as the monks and nuns of the 16 temples and three Buddhist caves under its jurisdiction, became an enduring landscape that was active under the rule of the Guiyi Army. ；
However, although Buddhism can temporarily numb the wounds in the hearts of ordinary people, it cannot bridge the gaps and differences between the great surnames and Jieya.
Then, when that day came, he led a group of second and third generations of Cao’s children who were wearing armours and horses. He wanted to spontaneously protect and rescue the handsome Huai Shen father, but he was blocked by several unarmed elders. Outside the archway of "Xinjun Cao" written by Taiwei.
Later, he suddenly understood that in front of the great justice and more power and power brought by the court, even Duke Huai Shen, who had governed the army for more than 30 years, was silently given up by everyone. ; Even sitting and watching Suo Shi chase down his bereaved family.
And the ideal of loyalty and diligence, which Cao Guangsi has believed in his whole life to respect and admire, is like if he died at that moment; only one Cao clan general who followed the interests of the family and moved all the way around the pass.
Now that the Daxi Army Equipment has been reduced to a defeated prisoner. According to the former patriarch, Cao Yijin, Chunchun, who is now a monk named Pu Ming, exhorted: This is the new Taiping Dynasty that is about to seize the world, and can give them these despicable Han family heritage, and finally be able to vote. There is an opportunity for sacrifice and retribution and self-redemption.
The more they selected the children of the Guiyi Army here, the more desperate they were killed and wounded, the more their fathers, brothers and uncles in the Guan behind them, and the relatives of the relatives in Hexi, the more they were able to live and save. Because this is part of the surrender certificates that those Western troops handed over to the Taiping New Dynasty.
As one of the only two adult males in this family, Cao Guangsi resolutely selected the result of nine deaths or even ten deaths in the life signing election with his younger brother Cao Guanggui, and will continue the family and incense. The hope, the admiration of staying in the homeland, and the favorite choice are all entrusted to each other.
Because he felt that since he had no face to face Duke Huai Shen under Jiuquan, he would die vigorously and anonymously, and buried his bones in this Hedong battlefield was also a pretty good choice.
However, those Taiping troops did not seem to have the intention to cooperate and fulfill him; not only did they return the seized full set of armor and saber bows to them, they also sent them relatively sufficient food and supplies for preliminary exercises;
It seems that they don't worry about the possibility of their next moments, or the possibility of fleeing. Then, the person responsible for leading this heavy armored cavalry composed of more than a thousand children of the Returned Army made most people a little unexpected and shocked on the spot.
Because that was the eight male Zhang Yansi who was escorting the father of Huai Shen at the beginning, and all those who fled from Qishan Road alone were escorted to Zhang Chengshi. This is obviously both a humiliation and a spur, because there are many people in this temporary force who are totally shameless.
In other words, under this invisible spur, they can only repay their lives on the battlefield. Obviously, as the leader, Cao Guangsi, who was selected as one of the more than ten riding generals, is a model of fighting for death.
However, after not knowing how long has passed. It is still inevitable that Cao Guangsi slowly opened his heavy eyelids from a feeling of dampness and warmth: only to find that he was still in the fierce battlefield with the roar of gunfire.
And under the increasingly dim sky, the city of Xiangling with the Flame Sun flag on the head of the city still stands tall; but the camp under the city has been broken through and opened several gaps, and it is just as the smoke and fire are above the hustle and bustle. Fall into the fierce fighting and roar.
At this moment, he could not help taking a sigh of disappointment and rejoicing, only to find that he was carrying a pair of two people, slowly walking towards the rear away from the battlefield, and his body was even more tied up by unknown things. Strictly, he couldn't help but speak:
"And...and...put me down"
However, the person in charge of the stand turned his head and glanced at him, and said without hesitation:
"This is not for you! The medical soldier in front of the battle has seen it, but you are seriously injured; although you have done emergency treatment, you have to be sent to the back for treatment, otherwise you will be disabled for the rest of your life. ..."
"..."
Hearing these words, Cao Guangsi, who wanted to say something, lost his voice; as a warrior who had been fighting for a long time, he could hardly imagine that he would survive the rest of his life in a crippled body.
At this time, another person opened his mouth and said:
"It's an obedient midwinter, but the rush is so ferocious! Not only has it entangled the enemy riders, but also people rushed to the enemy camp walls and cut people through the camp fence!"
"But I don't know when our Taiping Army had such a strong and powerful man. The officer who followed specially confessed that one of you who can survive is counted as one, and you have to give priority to sending back for treatment. It."
However, after hearing these words, Cao Guangsi became more and more speechless. (End of this chapter)