official? It seems that I have never heard of any high-ranking officials with the surname of generals in southern Xinjiang
Ikaluo raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and subconsciously turned the clairvoyance in his hand.
wait a minute!
Guan, this surname is not common even in Dayu!
Yi Kaluo couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and suddenly remembered that among the generals of Dayu, there was indeed a famous general with the surname Guan, Guan Ruyan's official, and now, Guan Ruyan and the Guanjia army disappeared in the game between Xiye and Dayu, But the official family still has only one descendant, Guan Yubai.
Could it be that the official language came to southern Xinjiang in vain, and it was also used by the prince of Zhennan? !
Ikaluo couldn't help shrinking his pupils, but then he said to himself, it's impossible, Dayu is so big, it's impossible to have only one family with official surnames.
He slowly moved the clairvoyance in his hand down along the banner, and then down...
When a handsome, elegant and somewhat familiar face came into view, Ikaluo's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and his whole body froze.
Guan Yubai is actually that Guan Yubai!
Although the other person's appearance has changed slightly from when he was young, he has become thinner, more restrained, and more secretive, but he can still be sure that this man who looks like a scholar in moon white robes is Guan Yubai, the one who used to be called Guan Yubai. The official language of the major general is white.
The other party seemed to have seen him too, raised his head and smiled slightly above the city gate, with a relaxed and indifferent expression, as if he was not in a battlefield where two armies were confronting each other, but a place where literati and refined scholars discussed poetry and classics.
Then, the other party opened his lips with a smile and spit out four words.
The distance between the two was a mile, and of course Ikaluo couldn't hear Guan Yubai's voice, but he could easily tell what the other party was saying just by the shape of his mouth—
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
really! Back then, Guan Yubai really saw himself!
It turned out that I almost lost my life in Dayu Xijiang...
For a moment, Ikaluo trembled violently, and scenes from many years ago flashed in his mind like a revolving lantern...
At that time, although he knew about the thunderous official army, he didn't know the official language Bai.
In the winter of that year, King Xiye wrote a letter to the king, which meant that Xiye wanted to use troops against Dayu, and invited Baiyue to join them in Nanliang to send troops against Dayu, and Dayu was caught off guard. Enemy from both sides.
The King of Nanliang had been eyeing Dayu's southern border for a long time, but he was suffering from the fact that Baiyue was separated. If he sent troops to Baiyue, he was afraid that the two tigers would fight against each other, and both sides would suffer. Instead, Nanjiang would take advantage!
At that time, the King of Nanliang sent him to Xiye to get in touch with Xiye and Baiyue to test each other...
But if he wanted to enter Xiye, he had to go through Dayu's western border. Xiye sent a general to meet him. However, he didn't even have the chance to meet him. When a group of cavalry surrounded the inn where General Xiye was staying, all the Xiye people were killed. Fortunately, he and a few of his own soldiers were a step late, so they escaped.
Ikaluo still remembered that the young man who led the team at that time was handsome and elegant, but full of heroic spirit, which made him know for the first time that the Confucian generals mentioned in the history of the Central Plains probably had this feeling.
The young man glanced back at the direction where he was hiding, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, those dark and deep eyes seemed to be able to penetrate all people's hearts, as if he had already found out where he was hiding.
When Ikaluo was hesitating whether to return to Nanliang, Xiye Wang sent people to contact him again and sent two groups of people in disguise to meet him. The people who defected to their relatives and friends were in the dark. At first, just like the king of the west night, the caravan was interrogated by the officers and soldiers, but those who pretended to be the people successfully passed the customs and successfully met the third prince of the west night sent by the king of the west night to welcome them. Unexpectedly, at this moment, they discovered that they had already been followed by a cavalry as fast as ghosts...
Thinking of the situation at that time, Yi Kaluo shuddered. If he hadn't been cautious and ordered his own soldiers to go instead, he might not be able to go back to Nanliang.
The god of the young man who used soldiers, and his scheming, made Ikaluo engraved in his heart. At that time, he only had one thought in his mind, if he could, he would never meet this young man in this life.
Later, he found out that the amazing and talented young man was named Guan Yubai.
Only fifteen years old, Dayu is already a well-known young general, and the official army is just like a tiger with wings added because of Guan Yubai, from a brave army to an invincible army.
Since he returned to Nanliang, he has truthfully reported what he saw and heard to the King of Nanliang. The King of Nanliang is wise and decisive. He feels that Dayu is still like a growing tiger. If he wants to kill this tiger, he must wait for the right time. , waiting for the tiger to be weak, injured or old...
This wait is so many years.
They finally waited until Dayu had no generals, and when Baiyue was seriously injured in the battle with Southern Xinjiang last year, and the new king Nuhar's throne was not stable, so they decisively used Baiyue to send troops northward in one fell swoop, breaking several cities in a row …
Unexpectedly, the Prince of Zhennan led the army in person and quickly reversed the situation!
Unexpectedly, today he would meet the boy who shocked and frightened him back then—Guan Yubai.
He has heard that Guan Yubai has lost all his martial arts skills and is weak now, but he does not rely on the courage of a man to be a general. Guan Yubai has experienced many battles in Western Xinjiang. His intelligence and strategy, his use of soldiers like a god, the army led by him may be the strongest opponent he has encountered in this life...
No wonder, the five kings and the 20,000 troops folded so silently!
Thinking about it, Ikaluo couldn't help shivering, a kind of fear that came from the bottom of his heart couldn't help but spread in his heart, making him feel like falling into an ice cellar...
"Handsome!"
The general on the side looked at Ikaluo nervously. He had been with Ikaluo for many years, and he had never seen the general like this, as if a wild beast had seen its natural enemy.
What the hell did he see? !
Ikaluo put down the clairvoyance in his hand, his face sank like water. He tightly held the clairvoyance in his hand, his face turned blue and turned white.
After he settled down, he finally calmed down a little bit, but his whole body was still like a big bow that was fully drawn, almost collapsed to the extreme, and said to the general: "Berhe, immediately order the whole army to stand by, and the north and south All the gates of the city are heavily guarded, and there must be no slack in the slightest!"
"Yes, handsome!"
Boerhe accepted the order with his fists folded, but there was a trace of strangeness in his heart. Even if there were more than 10,000 Southern Border soldiers approaching the city, they were not weak when they climbed Licheng, and there were still 20,000 troops in the city. Dengli City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so their odds of winning should still be greater than those of the Southern Border Army.
As if seeing the doubts in Boerhe's heart, Ikaluo said slowly: "We must not be negligent in this opponent. Although the coach of the Southern Border Army is young, he has experienced many battles. As long as he finds a loophole, our 20,000 army will stop here."
Berhe looked at the swaying silver-white banner in disbelief, who on earth could be evaluated by the commander-in-chief? !
Berhe didn't dare to be contemptuous anymore, and hurriedly went down the city wall.
In an instant, the entire Dengli City was in commotion, one by one torches were lit on the dark streets, and the Nanliang soldiers holding the torches rumbled through the streets in the city, and set out for the gates on both sides in a well-trained manner. , murderous.
Of course, the remaining people in the city also noticed the commotion in the city, but no one dared to light a candle, and no one dared to open the door. They just cautiously watched the outside through the narrow door crack or the small hole in the window paper, feeling anxious in their hearts. Guessing what happened in the end, it made the city panic, as if facing a big enemy...
Could it be that the Southern Border Army is calling? !
Could it be that they finally hoped to drive away these Nanliang people when they climbed Licheng
A spark of hope finally ignited in the ashes of the people.
Rumble...
Amidst the sound of heavy footsteps, the whole Dengli City was filled with a strange atmosphere, and the dense fires all over the city illuminated the whole city like stars all over the sky.
After two incense sticks, the number of torches on the city wall had doubled again. In the light of the fire, countless blades and arrows shone with a chilling light.
"Master!" Boerhe hurried up the city wall to report, "The army has been laid out!"
But Ikaluo didn't seem to hear Boerhe's voice, and muttered with a frown: "How could this happen?! Why did the Southern Border Army suddenly close the camp again?!"
This official language led the army to attack the city with lightning speed, and sent a declaration of war and the provocation of the heads of the five and nine kings, but when it came to the critical moment, they suddenly stopped and closed the camp
What is the other party planning? !
Is Guan Yubai planning to let them take it lightly and launch another surprise attack
There must be some conspiracy in this!
You must be careful, and you must not fall into the other party's tricks!
This night, Ikaluo is destined not to have a good sleep.
The night was getting darker, tens of thousands of troops were fighting against each other in Dengli City and outside the city, and swords were on the verge of breaking out. In the night, countless stars blinked and looked down, silently watching all this...
At the same time, dozens of miles away, on a path in a large swamp, the sound of countless horseshoes and footsteps mixed together, echoing on the vast swamp.
In a radius of more than ten miles, there was a thick gray mist, thick and strange, and the visibility was only within three feet of the whole body.
This is the miasma produced by the swamp. Once inhaled, it will kill you.
On weekdays, this swamp is desolate and deserted, without a trace of life. The birds and beasts living around here seem to know the horror of this miasma, and they all avoid it.
But at this moment, there are thousands, no, tens of thousands of soldiers running on this land of death.
Everyone wears a white mask on their face, their footsteps are rumbling, and they are full of energy.
Even when they first entered the swamp, they had a little panic, but after marching for an hour, they found that their comrades and the whole army were safe and sound, so they were relieved.
These masks soaked in medicinal juice can indeed dissolve the toxicity of miasma!
The eyes of the soldiers outside their masks gleamed brightly in the miasma like dense fog.
"Master!" Mo Xiuyu rode his horse to Xiao Yi's side, through a mask, his voice was a bit low and muffled, "The soldiers didn't respond to discomfort, if this continues, we will be able to get out of the swamp in another four hours .”
Xiao Yi responded, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped away, full of vigor.
If Xiaobai was the key to the last battle, then the key this time is himself!
Tread Tread...
The 10,000 troops from Southern Xinjiang marched neatly through the path...
The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the light of dawn illuminated Yanding City.
Xiao Yi was not there, logically speaking, no one disturbed Nangong Yue's peaceful sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep anyway, after waking up when the rooster crowed, she couldn't fall asleep again.
She simply got up, and after a simple breakfast, she went to Xiao Yi's study in the outer courtyard of the garrison mansion.
Xiao Yi has always been careless. Although Zhuzi is careful and reliable in his work, tidying up is really not his strong point. Although Nangong Yue had carefully tidied it up half a month ago when she arrived in Yanding City, Xiao Yi's study had already changed a lot at this moment, as before... orderly in chaos.
Looking at the slightly messy military books on the mahogany desk, Nangong Yue couldn't help laughing, as if Xiao Yi was still beside her.
She enthusiastically put away military books, pens, inks, papers, paperweights, and official documents for Xiao Yi... her impetuous heart gradually calmed down while she was packing up, and her expression became calm.
After two sticks of incense, Nangong Yue tidied things up. She looked around the study slowly and smiled with satisfaction.
When her eyes glanced at the partition door leading to the inner room, she paused for a moment. She thought of something, opened the door and went in, and went straight to a wall.
There is a huge map hanging on this wall. Looking at the terrain, one can tell that it is a map of southern Xinjiang.
Nangong Yue took another step closer to the map, and immediately found the location of Yanding City, stretched out an index finger, and tapped the map with the tip of her finger.
She remembered that Ah Yi should have gone in this direction...
According to the location in memory, Nangong Yue slowly moved her index finger on the map, starting from Yanding City and going all the way to the southeast... passing a swamp, and then going south a little.
Her fingers finally came to rest at a certain point. Counting the time, A Yi will soon pass through this swamp!
If everything goes well, the war will end soon, and Ah Yi can go home!
Thinking about it, the corners of Nangong Yue's mouth turned up slightly, her eyes were soft and sweet, as if she could see Xiao Yi appearing in front of her in the next moment.
She stood there in a daze for a while, and was about to leave, but suddenly noticed something, and her steps stopped again.
She raised her index finger again, and clicked on a mountain range on the map. There was a familiar name on the mountain range——
Mount Sigley!
It turns out that Mount Sigley is here.
Nangong Yue frowned thoughtfully, and continued to slide her index finger. This time, she quickly found Luoyue City smoothly.
Judging from the location on the map, Sigley Mountain is not far from her return trip, and it should take half a day to get there.
Nangong Yue's index finger moved twice on Luoyue City. When she returned to the palace, it might not be so convenient for her to come out again.
Thinking of what Sun Xinyi had said about the past, Nangong Yue felt that she should take the opportunity of going back and go there to have a look.
Now that she had made a decision, Nangong Yue ordered decisively as soon as she came out of the inner room: "Baihui, go and call Zhou Dacheng."
Seeing Nangong Yue's face, Baihui knew that she must have something serious to do, so she hurried to go.
After a while, Zhou Dacheng came with Baihui. He thought that Nangong Yue asked him to come to discuss the return journey, but he didn't expect that after he saluted, Nangong Yue's first sentence was: "Zhou Dacheng, what do you say to Xi Jinping?" How much does Graishan know?"
Mount Sigle? ! Zhou Dacheng frowned, and he couldn't hide his surprise on Heibo's face. Why did the Crown Princess suddenly ask about Sigleishan? !
The location of Mount Sigley is remote and desolate. It is not a scenic spot, and it is not worth mentioning among the many mountains in southern Xinjiang... Could it be that the Crown Princess is because of the Fang family
Zhou Dacheng immediately clasped his fists and said: "This subordinate knows that Fang's family has an iron mine in Siglei Mountain..."
This time, the surprised person became Nangong Yue.
She wanted to inquire about Mount Sigley, but she didn't expect Zhou Dacheng's exit to be the Fang family's iron ore. Everyone in southern Xinjiang knows that the Fang family has many mines. I'm afraid even the Fang family can't remember all the mines. Location... I was just asking casually, Zhou Dacheng could tell myself this information so clearly.
Could it be that Xiao Yi asked Zhou Dacheng
wrong…
Nangong Yue immediately rejected this possibility. If Xiao Yi had asked, Zhou Dacheng's reply to her would be different.
Nangong Yue didn't hesitate, and asked directly: "Zhou Dacheng, did someone ask you about Mount Siglei before?"
Zhou Dacheng was even more surprised. Why is the crown prince getting more and more amazing? !
But that was many years ago...
Zhou Dacheng didn't think that it had anything to do with the matter that the Crown Princess wanted to ask, but since the Crown Princess asked, he replied truthfully: "Return to the Crown Princess, in fact, the old prince also went to Sigle Mountain before his death..." As he said that, Zhou Dacheng's complexion was a little gloomy, "Shortly after the old prince came back, he called the steward Shen, his subordinates, Cheng Yu, Zhu Xing, and others..."
Even if Zhou Dacheng didn't say anything about it, Nangong Yue would know about it.
That is to say, the old Zhennan King only thought of Tuogu after he came back from Sigle Mountain. What happened to make the old Zhennan King feel uneasy and make him want to leave a queen for Xiao Yi
Nangong Yue pondered for a while, then asked: "Grandpa, what else did he say?"
"The old prince said that he wanted to investigate something..." Zhou Dacheng said slowly and difficultly, thinking of the past, his heart was still heavy. Later, the old prince passed away, and naturally no one knew what he wanted to investigate.
Hearing this, Nangong Yue's expression became more serious. The cause of death of Xiao Yi's mother and concubine, Dafang, is related to Sigle Mountain. Now even the old Zhennan King seems to have something to do with Sigle Mountain. Is this really just a coincidence
Nangong Yue originally planned to go to Mount Siglei, but now she became more determined, and said, "Zhou Dacheng, we will leave for Luoyue City in the future. On the way, I want to take a detour to Mount Siglei."
Zhou Dacheng complied with Nangong Yue's order, but at the same time, he felt something was wrong.
Could it be that the Crown Princess mentioned Mount Sigle not for the Fang family
Meeting Zhou Dacheng's thoughtful eyes, Nangong Yue did not hide it from him. If she wanted to investigate the past, she must be useful to Zhou Dacheng. What's more, this matter is of great importance, and only Leave it to Zhou Dacheng and Zhu Xing.
Nangong Yue told Sun Xinyi in detail what Sun Xinyi had revealed, and Zhou Dacheng's eyes widened and his heart sank.
No one knows why the old prince suddenly thought of going to Sigelan Mountain back then, but later the old prince went there in such a hurry, so fast, could it be that...
There are also hidden secrets in this? !
It was quiet in the study room, both Nangong Yue and Zhou Dacheng had the same question in their hearts.
Especially Zhou Dacheng, his complexion was extremely ugly, and he blamed himself and regretted: After so many years, they might not find the clue so easily!
I'm going to set off the next day, so I have to prepare quickly, and I must bring the elite under my command for this trip.
Zhou Dacheng hastily stepped back and went to work, leaving Nangong Yue sitting in the study for a long time, feeling heavy in his heart...
Time passes in thought...
The next day, the gate of Yanding City was grandly opened again. Nangong Yue, Lin Jingchen and Han Qixia left from the gate under the escort of a team of palace guards and a hundred elite soldiers.
Nangong Yue has only been in Yanding City for only one month, and she has always kept a low profile, but everyone in the army knows that all the medicines used in the army are all developed by her. These medicines with better curative effects than before have saved many people on the battlefield. lives.
General Zheng Shen, Su Yuming, Li Shoubei and other veterans guarding the city led a group of soldiers to see them off at the city gate, and all of them clasped their fists in a military salute. There was gratitude and respect among them. In the future, Southern Xinjiang will have such a Mistress, this is the luck of Southern Xinjiang!
The sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, but the soldiers did not leave for a long time...
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The story of the young Guan Yubai in Ikaluo's memory will be included in "Fanwai: Nobody in the World Knows the King (3)".
(This piece of Xiaobai is so wonderful, I can’t bear to write it, and it’s not appropriate to put it in the main text. Fortunately, there is a side story!)
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