At a post station three miles away from Changgeng City in Youzhou, a young man wearing a thick fur coat to keep out the wind and cold stood by the side of the road, and beside him stood a child, dipping in his saliva and flipping through a yellowed book. There are many pagoda trees and willows planted on both sides of the post road on Beiliang Road, but this post road is a little different, only the phoenix trees that "know leap and autumn". It is said that there is a lot of secrecy here, when the great general Xu Xiao made him the king, the rich men of Chang Gung City specially replaced nearly a thousand green sycamore trees in order to curry favor with this man who claimed to be a murderer without blinking an eye. There is a phoenix character in His Royal Highness's name, "The phoenix is not a phoenix tree that does not live in it". It's a pity that the army detoured and continued westward. Xu Xiao never entered the city. It was embarrassing to let those tyrants who cut their flesh eat. Chang Gung City's master, so those old people are happy, showing off to their younger generations how foresight they are. Last year, the officialdom in Lingzhou, where Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu was in charge, was turned upside down, but Youzhou was able to live in peace. These old men were even more proud, and Huangfu Ping did take good care of this group of old people's families. Nowadays, there is an interesting saying in Changgeng City that "it's not too late to flatter a horse with a beard".
Dust rose from the post road in the distance, and the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. The young man put away his thoughts, and the first rider was wearing the rare purple robe official uniform in Beiliang. Paojing officials are not as powerful as local officials who wear scarlet robes but can shepherd a place. When the feudal official got off his horse and was about to kneel down, the young man smiled and waved his hands and said, "I'm in a hurry, don't worry about it. Get in the car and talk."
The person who came was Huang Fuping, the general of Youzhou, and the only one who could make him bow down was Xu Fengnian, king of Beiliang. The two sat in the carriage, and Xu Fengnian's great apprentice Yu Dilong carefully put away the booklet and became the coachman. Mi Fengjie, the master of swordsmanship with a long box on his back, and Fan Xiaochai, a dead soldier with a cold knife on his waist, these two masters escorted the carriage respectively. Xu Fengnian and Huangfuping sat facing each other, one casually cross-legged, the other kneeling meticulously. Huangfu Ping pleaded guilty: "I kept the prince waiting for a long time."
Xu Fengnian didn't speak, and Huangfuping also knew that the official entertainment would only make the person in front of him disgusted, so he said immediately: "According to the latest intelligence, the spider web poles, Tingmen and Butterfly Catchers that have infiltrated the territory of Youzhou have all been killed. The masters of Beimang's rivers and lakes have all been dealt with except for six people who have disappeared, and two of them have instigated rebellion, one of them was used to catch the six fish that slipped through the net, and one of them was used as a dark chess to repatriate Beimang."
Xu Fengnian nodded, he would not get involved in specific affairs, and he would not point fingers at the Fushui House that Chu Lushan had painstakingly managed, so he changed the subject and asked, "What's going on with Xu Yanbing?"
Huangfu Ping replied: "On the way to kill, the ten people who intercepted and killed Yan Wenluan at that time, except the cavalry who was thirsty, died on the spot, and the other eight fled to the north together. He was regarded as an abandoned son by other masters and killed in Fengqi Pass for Xu Yanbing. Four days ago, Ahema, the demon leader of Beimang, died 30 miles north of the border of Youzhou, but he also managed to hold Xu Yanbing back. Three days ago, the Qi practitioners of the Guanyin Sect found some clues, only to realize that the six people had turned back to Sheliu County in the northwest of Youzhou, and they almost escaped. "
Xu Feng said with a young smile: "Then only Xiaoniandou from Gongzhufen, Dayuefu, that old friend who is said to be Li Mibi from the spider web, and Tiemu who is the most hopeful to become a sword fairy after Jianqi is close to Huangqing are left." Die'er, the top ten top masters were dispatched together, and the tricks were exhausted before, and they ended up in such a bleak end, I'm afraid neither the old woman nor Li Mibi could have imagined it. By the way, it is rumored that Tiemu Die'er is very young, and the Beimang Jianghu has always said that he It's Deng Tai'a on the grassland, and his realm skyrocketed during his escape, not only was he promoted to Zhixuan quickly, but Feng Qiguan's last sword had a bit of sword fairy demeanor, isn't it true?"
Huangfuping nodded and said: "Tie Mudie'er is different from other Beimang masters who have stagnated in his realm. His martial arts cultivation is advancing rapidly, and he gains almost every death battle he experiences. According to the intelligence information, this person is at most twenty-eight or nineteen years old, with a medium build. , but moss grows under the armpit, which looks like dragon scales, and it is rumored that he has the aura of a real dragon."
Speaking of this, Huangfuping sneered: "Tie Mudie'er's ancestor is indeed the hero of the grassland, and the last vitality of the Dafeng Dynasty was tossed away by his ancestors. As for the dragon scales under his armpit, it is a good thing in my opinion. nonsense."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Since Huang Qing's fate after death was not given to a piece of willow, it was on Tie Mu Dier's body. Maybe the share of the ancestor of the bronze man was also given to him."
Although Huangfuping was born in the Jianghu, he just hates the Jianghu the most, it can even be said that he hates it to the bone.
Xu Fengnian suddenly laughed, "The result is still dead, who made him meet a half-step martial saint. It can be seen that Uncle Xu's realm is also steadily rising. Compared with others, his small half-step has broken several realms in a row." That would be terrifying."
Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes, leaned against the wall of the car, and said slowly: "The old rivers and lakes are under the iron hooves of war horses, and will soon become extinct. I don't know what the future rivers and lakes will be like. Before this, the Beiliang Yulong Gang Whether it is Daxueping in Huishan or Daxueping, it is all a flash in the pan.”
Tao Dezong, Qijian Yuefu, Tibing Mountain, Princess Tomb.
Wudang Mountain, Xu Yanbing, Sui Xiegu, Mi Fengjie, the Wu family with a hundred horses and a hundred swords.
In addition, the Guanyin Sect of the South China Sea and Mount Lanta of the Western Regions, who have been unable to withdraw.
How many masters will die in Beiliang next
Huangfuping said bitterly: "Northern Mang just mobilized more than 20,000 cavalry troops casually, and all the eighty fortresses outside the Jibei Fortress have been moved inward. This gang of reckless wine pockets and rice bags, if they have the ability, they can simply take Hengshui and Yinyao. The city is also given up!"
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Liu Yanlang, the guard of Yinyao City, is notoriously a wallbreaker. Whenever there is a wind blowing in the capital, he can move faster than the officials in the capital. The Jibei border gate with Yuan Tingshan here must deliberately give Beimang The release of water is already a certainty, so we should not have any hope."
Huangfuping's face was gloomy and he said: "If Liu Yanlang really lost the silver harrier, then Hengshui City would be like hanging outside the pass, not to mention Wei Jingtang, the general who holds Hengshui City, is one of the few favored disciples of Zhang Julu who went to the army to climb up. This person has always held strong hostility towards Beiliang for so many years. Now that Zhang Julu is dead, it will be difficult for Wei Jingtang to protect himself, let alone confront the Ministry of War. Maybe he will withdraw more decisively than Liu Yanlang. Wide open, once Beimang continues to invest in troops, and Gu Jiantang's Liaoxi frontier army does not move at all, then I, Youzhou Hulukou, may really be attacked by the enemy. The situation of Yu Luandao's Youzhou cavalry is not good! The strategy of looting outside the mouth of the gourd and cutting off the grain and grass on the eastern front of Beimang has become empty talk."
Xu Fengnian sneered and said, "It's okay, if Liu Yanlang's Wei Jingtang is unwilling to guard the gate of the country, let Yu Luan's 10,000 Youzhou cavalry troops guard it for them!"
High in the sky, a handsome bird suddenly broke through the sky and fell obliquely. Yu Dilong, who was temporarily acting as a groom, raised his arm with a bright smile on his face. With a strong aura, he is simply a freak. This six-year-old phoenix species of Haidongqing only comes from Liaodong. It was boiled by Chu Lushan himself and given to His Royal Highness. The tributes from Liangliao are divided into nine classes. Among the two rare species of C. crinoids, which are said by hunters in Liangliao as "nine deaths, one green is rare", the two rare species of three-year-old dragon and autumn yellow rank first, and six-year-old phoenix is even rarer. . It was Xu Fengchu's first trip to the rivers and lakes. Apart from Lao Huang and that bad horse, he was accompanied by the six-year-old Feng.
Yu Dilong cheerfully called out Master, Xu Fengnian leaned out the curtain, took the gyrfalcon, stroked its head affectionately, and then untied the string tied to its legs, then lightly waved his arms, Six Years Phoenix followed He spread his wings and flew high, circling a few times above his master's head before suddenly pulling away at high speed.
The information sent was only three simple words: Wei Shishou.
The meaning is very clear, Wei Jingtang will stick to Hengshui City.
Xu Feng said with emotion in a young voice: "The strong wind knows the strong grass."
When he was happy, Huangfu Ping asked suspiciously: "Why did Wei Jingtang risk his life to defend Hengshui City? Could it be Chu Duhu's secret plan?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No matter how powerful Fushuifang is, it's impossible to bribe a scholar like Wei Jingtang."
Xu Fengnian thought for a while and said, "Probably the death of his mentor Zhang Julu made Wei Jingtang make up his mind."
Huangfuping was still indignant, "It's a pity that only one Wei Jingtang came out of such a big Jizhou."
Xu Fengnian said expressionlessly: "Why don't you say that the Liyang Dynasty is so big that only Zhang Julu came out."
After a brief silence, Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "It seems that you have gone to Youzhou alone. I will go to Jibei to find Yu Luan Dao, and I will meet that Wei Jingtang by the way."
Huangfuping's heart trembled, and he said in shock: "My lord, are you going to put yourself in danger and lead the troops to go out of the gourd mouth?"
Before Xu Fengnian could speak, Huangfuping jumped out of the carriage, flied to the front of the post road, then knelt down with a plop, without saying a word, just knelt there.
Yu Dilong hastily stopped the carriage, and after Xu Fengnian got off the carriage, he walked over to help the disrespectful Youzhou general, but Huangfuping, who was ridiculed by Lingzhou officials as "the number one watchdog under Qingliang Mountain", refused to do so. get up.
Xu Fengnian said in a deep voice, "Get up!"
Huangfuping lay on the post road, and said in a dull voice: "If Huangfuping doesn't stop the prince today, he will be beaten to death by Duhu Chu, Commander Yan and the second princess tomorrow! A man who killed tens of thousands of enemies but died heroically The king of Beiliang is not as good as a king of Beiliang who is alive and well in the territory of Beiliang!"
Xu Fengnian frowned and said: "You don't need to remind me of this, I know the importance better than anyone else. Don't worry, I will bring Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai with me. Besides, although my realm is not as good as before, it is not difficult to run for my life to protect myself. There are really not many top players in Beimang now."
Huangfuping obviously made up his mind to stick to the end, looked up at Xu Fengnian, and asked: "If Tuoba Bodhisattva personally intercepts and kills the prince, what should we do?!"
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Tuoba Bodhisattva is on his way to Liuzhou according to the order. What's more, you forgot the Xu Yanbing who will be finished soon on the border of Youzhou?"
Seeing that Huangfuping was still unwilling to get up, Xu Fengnian kicked him, and said with an angry smile: "Huangfuping, your deadly remonstrance is far worse than that of Tai'an city's speech officer. Get up."
Huangfuping got up slowly, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "My lord, I'm telling you the truth, you can't die. If you die, Huangfuping will never be able to be Gu Jiantang of Beiliang in this lifetime."
Xu Fengnian just glanced at the Youzhou general and laughed at Huangfuping's outburst. Then he and Yu Dilong each got on a horse, and with Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai, they rode off into the distance.
Huangfuping didn't wipe the sweat off his forehead.
Both sides knew well that what Huang Fuping really wanted to talk about was not Gu Jiantang from Beiliang, but Xu Xiao from Liyang Dynasty.
One day, the earth will be cracked and the king will be crowned.
Huang Fuping also didn't mind that Xu Fengnian knew about his ambitions.
Four riders galloped eastward on the post road.
Yu Dilong, who was already very skilled in riding, turned his head and glanced at the cavalry team, and said, "Master, what did General Youzhou say, what kind of oil and lamps?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "You want to say it's not a fuel-efficient lamp? Who did you learn from, junior sister Wang Sheng or junior brother Lu Yunchang?"
The child laughed.
Xu Fengnian joked: "I miss Wang Sheng? Then why didn't you go to Beimang with her?"
The child quickly straightened his face and said solemnly: "She and that white fox face went to Beimang to forge martial arts. I can't hold her back. She said that when she returns to Qingliang Mountain, she will beat me and Lu Yunchang one by one. .”
Xu Fengnian said with deep meaning: "You, you lost half."
Yu Dilong was stunned for a moment, "Junior Sister really can practice the most powerful swordsmanship in Beimang?"
Then he couldn't help laughing happily to himself.
Xu Fengnian shook his head.
Mi Fengjie, who had been silent all the time, said worriedly: "Jizhou is not Beiliang after all, there are many lurking Zhao Gou eyeliners, the prince should be more careful."
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Mi Fengjie glanced at the dead woman Fan Xiaochai without showing any trace.
The name refers to Xuan Zongshi who doesn't understand why Xu Fengnian wants to take her along.
Mi Fengjie made up his mind to keep a close eye on her to prevent accidents.
Fan Xiaochai with an indifferent expression looked ahead.
Jizhou used to belong to the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty.
In fact, it was not only the Han family in Jizhou, but also the Northern Han Dynasty, which lasted for more than 160 years. There were too many noble families who were the courtiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, and her Fan family was full of loyalty from generation to generation.
Xu Fengnian suddenly said: "This time, you will drop by to give a toast to the ancestors of the Fan family. You may not have the chance in the future. If you finally decide to stay in Jizhou, I can promise you right now. You don't have to rush to answer. When you get there Say it again."
Fan Xiaochai bit her lip suddenly, scarlet blood oozing out, her eyes crazy, she smiled and said: "I don't have the face to toast in front of my ancestor's grave, since I can't kill you, I don't even dare to shoot you, but I can watch you with my own eyes Die on the battlefield."
The famous sword in Mi Fengjie's box shook violently, and said angrily, "Fan Xiaochai! Are you looking for death?!"
Fan Xiaochai's shoulders trembled slightly, and her laughter grew louder. Sitting high on the horse's back, her face was full of disdain, "Tsk tsk, master Xuan, I'm really afraid of death."
Xu Fengnian said flatly: "Enough."
Mi Fengjie took a deep breath, and Fan Xiaochai immediately restrained his madness.
The horseshoes of the two of them stopped for no reason.
The neglected child, Yu Dilong, glanced at the old man who stretched out his hand to support the sword box, and then at the young woman with blue fingers holding the rein, Xu Fengnian's great apprentice secretly pouted.
Xu Fengnian closed his eyes.
He knew that many people had already started to die in Hulukou of Youzhou.
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The Hanlin seniors of the Liyang Dynasty compiled the "History of the Northern Han Dynasty" without hesitation. Unlike the deliberate belittling of the East, Vietnam and Tang, they especially appreciated the Northern Han Dynasty, especially Jizhou, and called it "Jizhou full of heroes", "all For a generous warrior, he has a worthy soul after death." However, in the confrontation between the Fan family, the mainstay of the Northern Han army, and Tu Xuxiao, one after another generously died, after the Han family took refuge in Liyang and was finally executed by all the families, after the veteran Yang Shenxing took the lead in leading the Jizhou veteran After the pawn was trapped in Guangling Road, Jizhou's bravery was exhausted, and Jizhou was like an old man who refused to accept his old age, after all, he was really old.
As the sun set in the west, the two stood side by side in the afterglow at the head of Hengshui City, which was at the forefront of Jibei.
The man in Liyang's civil official uniform is in his forties, with a refined temperament, but his face has the rough and vicissitudes of living in the border. He is the guard of Hengshui City, Wei Jingtang, the second place in the ninth year of Yonghui, but he has no choice. Using the Imperial Academy as a springboard for officialdom to accumulate popularity, he first watched politics in the Ministry of War for half a year, and soon he took the initiative to ask his teacher Zhang Julu to be transferred to the frontier. The Chief Assistant only half agreed to his transfer, but Wei Jingtang did not agree to go there In Liaodong, Wei Jingtang came to Jizhou. He first served as the magistrate in Jinan. The chief officer of Hengshui City's military and political affairs is only a fourth rank. In terms of making money, as long as he doesn't touch the border business, he is not even comparable to the county magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River. The best of the best, even worse. There was a fellow from the same year who was only a third-class Jinshi in the same year. He had a gap with him when he was young. He was just a head of the military department in the capital. He has been wearing small shoes for so many years. Before the military officials visited the border areas, there was a colleague of the same year in the military department in the team He sent a letter to Wei Jingtang, in which he gloated and asked "how does the northwestern wind and sand taste like", and threatened to let him drink for a lifetime in Hengqiu, a place where no shit is like a bird. Wei Jingtang just laughed it off, the same year who clinged to the capital city of Jinsaburo will probably never understand how magnificent the barren desert frontier in his eyes is, and how to make a scholar abandon his pen and join the army without regret of!
The young general standing beside Wei Jingtang is Yu Luandao, the young general of Youzhou Wanyu Cavalry Army.
Before the Northern Mang cavalry army demonstrated outside the pass, Liu Yanlang abandoned Yinyao City, leaving only some old and weak soldiers, and a dozen or so officials who didn't know how to honor their superiors and were left to die. Yu Luandao's cavalry army did not rush into the city, but stationed outside Yinyao City, and then found that Hengshui City was quiet, so they entered the city alone two days ago and found Wei Jingtang, after which Yu Luandao's men took over Yinyao Wei Jingtang can manage the granary in the city as usual, but he just turned a blind eye to it. Some of his subordinates were annoyed. If you take one, some people will lose their official position, but instead of being regarded as an invasion of the South by the barbarians of the North Mang, and handed over to someone who is willing to draw the sword to the North Mang, so what?"
In addition to the peerless and famous ancestral sword "Da Luan" on his waist, the handsome and extraordinary Yu Luan also has a brand new cold knife that is also eye-catching. He asked softly: "Master Wei, I still can't figure it out. But I I still want to thank you instead of Beiliang."
Wei Jingtang was silent, with a resolute expression, looking at the boundless yellow sand desert.
It is a crime not to move south, and it is even more a crime to allow the silver harriers to be taken over by the Youzhou cavalry army. It would be another crime if the official of the Ministry of War, who was watching politics, read the book after returning to Beijing, and said a few words similar to ineffective governance in the booklet.
Combined punishment for several crimes is enough for Wei Jingtang to lose his head.
Those old brothers in Hengqiu City who had changed their lives didn't understand either. Some people almost wanted to tie him to Jinan directly, saying that Hengshui City would have them to guard it to the death, and you, Wei Jingtang, were not missing.
But Wei Jingtang is still standing here in the end.
Yu Luan said with a smile: "Although some people in Jizhou took the risk to secretly support my 10,000 cavalry supply, but if there is no Yinyao granary, I will still be stretched today. Yuan Tingshan can't wait to give it to me." I'll take a look at the color."
Wei Jingtang said impartially: "Although his character is like a clown, it is disgusting, but I have to admit that this person is quite good in running the army."
Yu Luandao looked at the wisps of wolf smoke rising tens of miles away, and said with a smile: "Master Wei, let Yu be angry with you, and I will finally teach you something today. Although the Youzhou Cavalry Not as good as the Liangzhou Cavalry, but much stronger than your Jibei Cavalry."
Wei Jingtang smiled but said helplessly: "I will wait and see."
Yu Luandao turned around and was about to stride away, then turned back suddenly, took off the cold knife at his waist, put it on the city wall, and said solemnly: "Master Wei, whether you take it or not, I will take this cold knife For you. I, Beiliang, respect all those who dare to fight to the death!"
Wei Jingtang didn't go to pick up the cold knife, and asked with a smile: "Even if I am the disciple of Lord Shoufu? Even if I keep calling General Xu Xiao a traitor to the country?"
Yu Luandao laughed loudly, clasped his fists suddenly, left his cold knife behind, and left gracefully.
Wei Jingtang watched the eldest grandson of the Yu family, who was supposed to have a bright future in Liyang's officialdom, walk down the wall, looked away, looked at the Beiliang knife, and said softly, "What a Beiliang."
Wei Jingtang raised his head to look at the sky, with tears in his eyes, he smiled and said: "Men, you asked me in the letter if I dared to go down for a drink together, student Wei Jingtang, I am very happy!"
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Outside the gourd mouth of Youzhou, in a huge tent guarded by heavy soldiers, the charcoal fire produced by the first-class carp kiln was burning. armor, and the other half were dressed in the official uniforms of the Ministry of War of the Southern Dynasties. The latter were all between 20 and 30 years old. At this time, the vanguard of the army has already begun to rush into the gourd mouth. The front army has more than 90,000 people. The main general Yang Yuanzan is in charge of all the troops. But the real elites are the 20,000 Rouran iron cavalry under the command of Hong Jingyan, who temporarily held the title of Minister of War of the Southern Dynasties. Compared with other places, the Rouran iron cavalry is more obedient and disciplined, willing to commit suicide and fight to the death. Beimang Liyang fought so many battles during the Yonghui period, and the bravery displayed by Rouran's iron cavalry attracted the attention of many famous generals in the Central Plains. At that time, Liyang's old chief assistant had to admit that "the barbarians here have the ancient style of the Great Qin Dynasty." Except for the vanguard army led by Yang Yuanzan who had already driven southward, the other 200,000 soldiers remained at the mouth of the gourd. Compared with the historical nomads' raiding and plundering, this trip to the north and north was obviously more organized. Yang Yuanzan is the nominal commander of the Eastern Front of Beimang, but after Yang Yuanzan led the troops out, there was no confusion in the seemingly leaderless commander's tent, and countless military orders for dispatching troops were issued to all armies accurately from here. Dong Zhuo, the number one person in military affairs in the Southern Dynasties, after he became the great queen of the Southern Academy, focused on restructuring the Ministry of War and added the post of "Military Officer in Front of the Scene". , so they are also nicknamed "the man in front of the curtain". The states hold festivals and generals such as Yang Yuanzan and Hong Jingyan must follow the routine. After the war broke out, these military fighters all left the Ministry of War to go with the army, and most of them rushed to the Eastern Front. Dong Zhuo gave them the power to "act on their own merits". Of course, it is impossible for there to be no opposition in the Xijing temple. Taking the imperial decree of the Empress as a shield, and those young people who entered the center of the court overnight, most of them were Yelu Murong, or they were the "burning and plump" Longguan noble children, who came from Beimang" The young leader among the ten surnames A and B in Beiqi Nansan, the last one is also the big surname B in Beimang. It can be said that Dong Zhuo's promotion has almost wiped out all the top nobles in Beimang. Therefore, the little spit of Xijing, Even the King of Nanyuan who "know how to be a man" doesn't need to refute in person, he has already been submerged in the more Much saliva. It's just that Bei Mang soon realized Dong Fatty's insidiousness and cunning. These military fighters were divided into two groups. One group went to the east front to restrain General Yang Yuanzan, and the other group went to the west line where General Liu Gui was. None of the midlines! It's just that the overall situation has been decided, and the war in the north of Liangzhou is destined to be the deadliest and bloodiest. It is not easy to go there to gain military merits.
It's just that when almost everyone thought that the battle of Hulukou in Youzhou was just a side dish for the battle in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo, the king of the Southern Court, actually rushed here in person, among a group of military fighters. In the military tent as wide as a hall, Dong Zhuo stood at the northernmost position at one end of the long table. On the table was a sand table with mountains, rivers, and city pools. After three hundred years of perfection, Huang Longshi proposed the theory of altitude, which brought the art of sand table making to its peak. Therefore, the fineness and accuracy of today's sand table is enough to make the ancients dumbfounded. On this sand table, the Hulukou Wubao system created by Hong Xinjia is most intuitively reflected. Three cities, six passes, and two hundred villages are marked on the sand table. The larger number of beacons are too small, and only those occupying dangerous places The important beacon towers are represented by small flags that are no longer than an inch long.
The travel-stained King of the Southern Yard has just arrived here with hundreds of Dong’s relatives on horseback. He only drank a sip of crude milk tea with a strong mutton smell to slightly drive away the cold, and let a young soldier from a noble family in Gusai Prefecture start to talk about Hulukou. As the battle progressed, the latter was holding a slender pole made of jasper in his hand, and he was not afraid of being staged among a group of murderous generals. He drew a large circle on the sand table and said loudly: "Beiliang will use Hong Xinjia again. , Youzhou Hulukou built two hundred and fourteen forts in the hands of this person. The incident of Liyang Daxing Fortress began in the early years of Yonghui... "
Hearing this, soon there was a prairie owner who came to Youzhou to grab food, people, and military exploits. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "Don't talk about those boring things, just say that our son killed him at the mouth of the gourd. Where is it, how many heads have been beheaded, you can easily say it, and Dong Dawang and we can also listen to it. Every time you who have read the book are talking there, and the two mouths are chattering, I will fight Doze off!"
Dong Zhuo didn't even look at the big-talking Da Xitiao, staring at the sand table and said slowly: "Continue."
The prairie owner immediately shrank his neck, not daring to make a fuss.
The military man in front of the screen continued: "The Daxing Fortress in Liyang was first proposed by the Han family in Jizhou. The original intention was to relieve the pressure of food and grass supply in the early days of Liyang's war. To relocate, enrich the defense of the interior, shorten the distance for transporting food, and once a war breaks out, the fortress can be used to block the advance of the soldiers, and then the main force from the rear can wait for an opportunity to attack. It is just that for more than ten years, Liyang has deliberately focused on the two Liaos and neglected thistle. Bei, obviously, intends to use this soft persimmon in Jizhou as the gourd mouth of Youzhou, as long as our army goes south and chooses Jizhou as a breakthrough point, Beiliang and Liangliao can start a pincer attack."
The long jasper pole in Jun Jilang's hand pointed to a place in the north of Hulukou, "Beiliangbao village is particularly majestic. Dazhai has more than a thousand steps a week, and Xiaozhai has 800 steps a week. The big fort has a hundred steps on Saturdays, and the small fort has a hundred steps on Wednesdays. Moreover, the forts have never been fixed in shape, and are closely connected with the geographical situation of Hulukou, tightly controlling the main roads of the valley. Most of the walls are rammed earth and covered with bricks. Be careful, even if our side succeeds in breaking into the gate of the fort, there is still a tough battle to fight, which shows that Hong Xinjia has sinister intentions. Just like the Hulukou Fort group here, with Zaoma Village as the core, Qingfeng Village and Fengqi Fort are ten The Eight Fortresses are guarded and echoed with each other, and there are a total of 3,400 generals and soldiers guarding Wu, and this place will definitely have the first fierce battle between the two sides."
The jade pole in his hand was slightly shifted to the south, "If Hulukou in Beiliang is only blocked by these fort beacons, it is not worth mentioning, but after Chen Zhibao became the governor of Beiliang, three towering city walls were built in Hulukou. Although the strong city is far inferior to Hutou City, the most powerful town in the northwest, it must not be underestimated. This Wogong City built on the mountain is one of them. In fact, all the Wubao beacons are attached to the northern defense line of Hulukou. Lying Gong City. Different from the fortress guards, there are various numbers of Youzhou elite cavalry stationed in the three cities of Hulukou."
A military general of the third rank in Juzizhou said with a smile: "Then Youzhou also has a good cavalry army? I thought Yan Wenluan only had a group of tortoise-crawling infantry under his command."
The allusion of the turtle crawling has been circulated in Beimang for a long time. In the past 20 years, most of the battles in Liangmang took place on the northern line of Liangzhou. In the eyes of Bei Mang, the tiger has no power at all. The younger generation of Bei Mang generals, who protect Chu Lushan in Beiliang, or Yuan Zuozong, the new commander of the cavalry army, are still convinced. In the large-scale battle in the hinterland of Beimang, Yuan Zuozong's military exploits were obvious to all, and Na Luqiu'er even chased and killed the current king of Nanyuan all the way for almost a thousand miles. Furthermore, Beimang's iron cavalry are like the wind, how can they look down on the slow infantry? So Yan Wenluan had the nickname of General Turtle in Beimang.
Dong Zhuo finally spoke out, and said with a solemn face: "You all know that most of my more than 100,000 Dong family troops are infantry, but you may not know that how I, Dong Zhuo, trained the infantry in the first place, I followed Yan Wenluan's step by step. Although now Enough to disdain the vast majority of Youzhou infantry, but Yan Wenluan, who you laugh at as a turtle general, among other things, he has a thousand armored soldiers under his command, and his combat power is still well-deserved as the first army in the world .How about the combat power of 'Dong Buzu', do I still need to boast a few words?"
Dong Zhuo looked up at everyone present, his eyes were cold, "The Youzhou Cavalry Army can't get on the table? Don't forget, the Dragon Elephant Army that beat our Gusai Prefecture into a sieve, has its roots in the Youzhou Army."
Dong Zhuo smiled sinisterly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, "By the way, I forgot to tell you a secret. General Yang Yuanzan has already arranged his funeral after learning that he was going to face Yan Wenluan. If you think that I, Dong Zhuo This is to make others want to destroy one's own prestige, it doesn't matter, hey, anyway, I'll talk about the ugly first, and whoever is hurt by the Youzhou defenders, remember not to go to me and His Majesty to complain."
The armored generals present were a little resentful, but the group of military officers who had been staring at each other recently felt very happy. Some time ago, the latter took the trouble to explain to the vanguard the topography, structure and distribution of troops of the Wubao Group in the northern part of Hulukou in detail. When they arrived at every stronghold and every beacon, these seemingly trivial news were precious military information exchanged by the blood of the Northern Mang spies, but at that time most military attaches yawned and scribbled to deal with them. In their view, the Northern Mang Iron Cavalry Wherever the horse's hooves go, those who descend will be killed if they do not descend, and those who surrender will be killed even more. Fighting is so simple, where there is no need to embroider with a woman. This kind of deep-rooted cognition can't be changed by the military fighters whose official position is only from the sixth rank to the seventh rank, but Dong Zhuo, the king of the South Court who is in the limelight for a while, is here, and all the generals are more or less vigilant, especially the sentence "General" Yang Yuanzan arranged the funeral, which made several Yang Yuanzan's confidants and generals in the tent break out in cold sweat.
Inspired by Dong Zhuo's eyes, the refreshed military man with a pole said, "To block our army's offensive with a series of fortresses, that was just the plan of the civil servants in Liyang Chaotang more than ten years ago." Naive view, in fact, at that time, the prototype of Wubao in Jibei had already clearly told the two countries that without the strong town and big city as the core of defense, Liyang's so-called idea of "making the mangqi unable to penetrate into the enemy" was too naive At that time, there were not a few frontier strongholds in Jibei, with distances of 50 miles and those close to 30 miles, which can be said to be closely listed in the key points of defense. But back then, I, Damang, used countless successful surprise attacks to prove one thing. To prevent the agile cavalry from going south, it's just a dream. There are many fortresses in Jizhou, and the troops are divided everywhere. How dare you fight? So later Liyang officials impeached the captains of Wubao in Jibei, scolding them, "The big bandits will shrink, and the small bandits will shrink." Still dare not fight, only Kou retreats hundreds of miles."
Speaking of this, Jun Jilang smiled slightly, and pointed to his nose, "Well, the 'bandit' mentioned by the Liyang officials refers to our Beimang cavalry."
There was a roar of laughter in the tent, even Dong Zhuo had a slight smile on his face.
A prairie master with tens of thousands of herdsmen laughed and said, "Huyan Junji, if you had said this earlier, we bastards wouldn't be impatient. I keep talking about those fortresses in Youzhou. No matter how powerful you are, don’t give us a big compliment, we rough men who think that reading and writing are more terrifying than beheading, won’t they be deaf to our ears?”
Dong Zhuo's visit to Youzhou this time was mainly to pour cold water on the generals on the eastern front, but he did not have the intention to improve the stiff relationship between Jun Jilang and the powerful generals. Regarding the matter of leading troops to fight, in Beimang, especially in the royal court of the northern grassland, one word can sum it up ,rough! Dong Zhuo, as the number one person in the temple of the Southern Dynasty, what he has to do is to combine the brains of the Southern Dynasty with the force of the Northern Court. Not only can the two sides not hold back, but also try their best to cooperate. This is by no means Dong Zhuo's daydream, because those who know more about the war in the Central Plains The essence is more proficient in military strategies on paper, and the frontline generals are grasshoppers on the same line. In the end, everyone is prosperous and the other is damaged. As long as Dong Zhuo pierces the window paper, the two sides can work together. Earning military merits on the top, dividing military merits on horseback, and defeating Youzhou and Beiliang in one go, it is tantamount to stripping off the clothes of this fake and noble lady in the Central Plains. It's time to take the surname Murong with His Majesty.
Dong Zhuo knocked his teeth subconsciously