When Hong Piao led the 1,200 cavalry thieves to the battlefield, the scene in front of them was unforgettable for the rest of their lives. The well-armored cavalry made the horse thieves feel unfamiliar and shocked. Among the horse thieves, there were also well-informed people. It could be seen that the configuration of this cavalry was between heavy cavalry and light cavalry. One person had two or even three cavalry. The Youzhou cavalry army led by Luan Dao is obviously more "majestic", because each cavalry has a heavy spear hanging on it, and as far as the armor is concerned, both men and horses are in the style of "small full armor". After the horse thief entered the battlefield, he was ordered to cut off the heads of the Rouran cavalry one by one, and continue to pile up the corpses as graves, while those "white cavalry" began to remove their armor and hang on the backs of the horses they were not riding, preparing to withdraw from the battlefield. When the horse thieves chopped off the heads of Rouran's cavalry, most of them would subconsciously stare at one of the cavalry. That cavalry was sitting on a high horse, without a helmet, and held a long spear. It was a burly figure. This rider came to Xu Fengnian's side, did not dismount, and looked south with Xu Fengnian, regretting: "It's a pity that Hong Jingyan ran back to Hulukou with hundreds of guards, otherwise as long as he dies here, the remaining Rouran The iron cavalry is not worth mentioning. Yang Yuanzan has lost all the troops capable of flexible and mobile combat. We can directly enter the calabash mouth and compete with Bei Mang to form an encirclement earlier. It is not possible now. Qian Jingqi is still watching from the east."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "Things can never be perfect. If you hadn't arrived in time, Beimang Taipingling would have joined hands with Hong Jingyan, Zhong Liang, and Murong Baoding, not to mention Yu Luan Dao and more than three thousand Youqi, even I think It’s hard to go. Song Diao’er’s betrayal is nothing, but the Tuoba Qiyun who guessed that I would appear outside the gourd mouth early on, this person should not be underestimated. He can persuade the dignified Emperor Beimang to come here, which shows that he He has a terrifying right to speak in the center of Beimang. Brother Yuan, we should be careful when confronting him in the future."
It is Yuan Zuozong, who is currently the commander of the Beiliang Cavalry Army, narrowed his crouching silkworm eyebrows, and nodded, "Beiliang paid more attention to Dong Zhuo before, and indeed ignored Tuoba Qiyun."
Xu Fengnian looked around, "Where is she?"
Yuan Zuozong smiled and said: "Wang Duwei took a pair of crossbowmen and went west first. Probably because he didn't dare to see you."
Xu Fengnian was a little helpless. Qingniao, the second-class servant girl and dead soldier of the Wutong Academy back then, brought back from the Beimang experience with the momentary gun that was a relic of Wang Xiu, and joined the Daxue Dragon Cavalry Army. This trip to Hulukou to "rescue him", she was more anxious than anyone else. She took a standard crossbowman first, and was able to pull away from the main force for nearly a hundred miles. If she followed the Beiliang military law, she should have been scolded by the general long ago Got bloody and expelled from the army. As a result, she disappeared immediately after the war ended. Yuan Zuozong gave the orphan of the Spear Fairy King Xiu the greatest trust and tolerance, not because she was some "vassal king's close minister", but because although she was a woman, she was the best soldier on the battlefield. The heads of the eight soft cavalry were all smashed by her with the "arc gun" in one go. Xu Fengnian glanced back, the third apprentice Lu Yunchang, whom he had reunited with after a long absence, was standing next to his eldest disciple Yu Dilong. It seemed that Lu Yunchang was spitting everywhere, but Yu Dilong was silent. Xu Fengnian sighed, wondering if Wang Sheng, the girl who followed Bai Huer's face to Beimang to practice swords, had any chance for her.
Yuan Zuozong said softly: "It's time to go."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "Yes."
Yu Luan Dao came to Xu Fengnian and Yuan Zuozong's side, Yuan Zuozong asked with a smile: "General Yu, Daxuelongqi still lacks a lieutenant general, are you interested? Although I don't have the power to appoint, the prince is here. If you agree, I will Guarantee that the prince will not refuse, and will only push the boat along."
Xu Fengnian smiled knowingly. The several pro-armies in the Beiliang frontier army are all "family property" left by Xu Xiao to his children, which can be regarded as the most extravagant handwriting in the world. Except for Xu Fengnian's 800 white horse Yicong who has always been outnumbered, the "private army" of his youngest son Xu Longxiang has increased from 10,000 to 30,000, becoming the mainstay of Liuzhou. Xu Fengnian's two elder sisters, Xu Zhihu and Xu Weixiong, each have their own troops, and the nearly ten thousand heavy cavalry in Beiliang are all from these two cavalry armies. The Protectorate of Northern Liang can dispatch all the pro-military troops under the name of the children of General Xu Xiao, but they generally do not intervene in specific military affairs.
Yu Luandao said calmly: "The Daxue Dragon Cavalry is good, but my Youzhou cavalry is not bad at all."
Yuan Zuozong smiled and said nothing, and he didn't care about Yu Luandao's "ignorance of good and evil". On the contrary, he admired this outsider from Beiliang for his persistence.
Xu Fengnian suddenly said: "At that time, Cai Nan, who was in charge of the military affairs of the two prefectures of Heji, stopped him, and the 30,000 cavalry army in Youzhou could only send 10,000 cavalry out of the country. The veteran Tian Heng was angry with Beiliang. Not tough enough, so angry that I don’t want to be that lieutenant general, I took off my armor and returned to Tian Hanyi to play with my grandson, and it is said that Xu Fengnian scolded me in private that all the courage was used up in resisting the imperial decree.”
Yu Luan's heart tightened, "Although General Tian's anger is inappropriate, Tian Heng is mature and prudent, and his troops are extremely upright. The Youzhou Cavalry Army can't do without the Sea God Needle. If the prince wants to question the crime, Yu Luan is willing to use all his military achievements for Tian. Balance the atonement."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "I don't mean to settle accounts after autumn, but I just hope that after you return to Youzhou, you can help me bring a word to Tian Heng so that he can stop being angry. It's not that I don't know what's going on with his family. They all died in battle before reaching the crown. Where did the grandson of the old general come to entertain his grandson? Youzhou's 30,000 cavalry army, he will be the chief general, and you, Yu Luan Dao, will be the deputy general. Cavalry generals, each with 10,000 secluded cavalry. When the time comes, most of the old generals will not be willing to be the chief general, so you can say that it is the order of me and the Protectorate, and he must either become the chief general, or continue to 'follow his grandchildren'."
Yu Luan Dao suddenly smiled, clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders!"
Xu Fengnian said in a deep voice: "These 3,200 riders are set up as a 'non-retirement battalion', and you, Yu Luandao, will serve as the first captain of this battalion! I, Xu Fengnian, also have a name for the soldiers in the battalion, but I am not on active duty. The cavalry counts."
Yu Luan bit his lip with a sword, his eyes turned red, he turned around abruptly, galloped out hundreds of steps, took a Xu flag from a Youzhou cavalry, and faced the 3,200 Youzhou cavalry, Roaring: "The general has an order, I have 3,200 riders in Youzhou, and set up a 'non-retirement camp'!"
Yu Luandao raised the blood-soaked flag high, "Don't retreat! Put up the flag today!"
Three thousand and two hundred riders collectively drew out the Beiliang Saber.
All the Daxuelong Cavalry Army also got on their horses and drew their swords one after another, willing to be the first brave cavalry army to win the "battalion name" among the Youzhou Frontier Army.
Yuan Zuozong, as a "veteran" of Beiliang who had personally participated in a series of Spring and Autumn Wars, subconsciously looked at Xu Fengnian after he also drew his sword.
Yuan Zuozong didn't see the passion and longing that would appear in young generals, Yuan Zuozong said softly: "It is inevitable to fight to the death."
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Let's go."
This cavalry army quickly moved westward, and behind them, they left behind the appalling Jingguan where soft iron cavalry piled up like mountains outside the gourd mouth.
About half an hour later, more than a hundred riders slowly came to this tragic battlefield. The leading two riders were two Beiman generals in their thirties. One of them looked at the Jingguan with a complicated expression. Under such circumstances, if you encounter those ten thousand cavalry, is there really no way to fight?"
The other cavalry said indifferently: "Purely in terms of combat power, our Yelu Murong's two royal tent heavy cavalry are actually not inferior. On a battlefield where the two sides have invested more than 100,000 troops, the heavy cavalry is still a bit weak when it comes to piercing the formation. It's an advantage, but if you want to choose a place to play heads-up with these ten thousand cavalry, there is really no suspense. There is no way, the top elite of the entire Beiliang cavalry army are in this Daxue dragon cavalry army, and the cavalry pawns are all old Between 20 and 30, the middle and low-level generals are all around 40 years old, and all the high-level generals are generals who have fought in the spring and autumn battles. Every horse they ride is a big horse such as Beiliang. We really want It’s not that we can’t afford to build our own Daxue Dragonrider, but the key is who will be the leader? Dong Zhuo fits the bill, but he already has more than 100,000 Dong’s troops. Even if His Majesty is at ease, let’s not say that Beiting is afraid, even in the Southern Dynasty, no one is willing. Generals like Liu Gui and Yang Yuanzan, who are familiar with officialdom, are unwilling to take over this hot potato from the bottom of their hearts."
The first cavalry general dismounted gracefully, squatted on the ground and picked up a Rouran scimitar that was still bloodstained, wiped off the blood with a swipe on the armor, and said with a sneer: "Hong Jingyan is really miserable, the elite soldiers of the entire Rouran Mountain Range It was all his, but in the end, he still failed to grab the king of the South Courtyard, and was appointed as the Minister of the Xijing Military Department. After finally thinking that Hulukou is easy to bully, he wanted to lead 20,000 cavalry to kill in Youzhou. Gongluanhe and Gongluanhe have nothing to do with him, Yang Yuanzan and Zhongtan have started to play Xiaguang, and finally have a chance to make meritorious service, Pidianpidian turned around and ran out of the gourd mouth, okay, let's beat Daxuelongqi all at once Half of the troops are down, the key is that this guy didn't dare to go into battle, I really don't know if he can still sit firmly in the seat of the "Rou Ran Co-Lord". As for what to fight with Dong Zhuo in the future, I think he should understand , there is no play."
The other rider didn't dismount, but shook his head and said, "Hong Jingyan is not that simple."
The general who was squatting lightly touched the blade of Rouran's saber with his thumb, "I'm curious why that guy didn't fight Taiping Ling, if he could kill the medicine jar, Tuoba Qiyun, and the Xia Nabo who was about to be taken away by Tan Tan title, and then he died heroically at the hands of Zhong Liang, that would be great."
Another person laughed and said: "It can be seen from this that in the Liuzhou battle, this buddy was really injured."
The squatting general of Bei Mang stood up, looked at the man on the horseback, and said with a smile, "Master Dong Nabo, Yuan Tingshan in Jizhou personally forced Wei Jingtang out of the city to fight with us. Confused, seven or eight hundred cavalry troops and four thousand infantry dared to fight against our nearly ten thousand cavalry troops out of the city, which made me think that there were tens of thousands of ambush soldiers in Liyang, or that there was a large cavalry army on our tails in western Liaoning Well. As a result, within half an hour, all the troops in Wei Jingtang were dead, and Yuan Tingshan and his father-in-law's 7,000 private army cavalry didn't fart. Starting from Jingguan, I would have thought that if we in Beimang casually picked up 100,000 cavalry troops, we could bypass Beiliang and flatten the Central Plains in one go."
The general known as Dong Na Bo said in a deep voice: "The Jibei cavalry army gathered by Yuan Tingshan and the private army of the Li family in Yanbao must be patiently waiting for us to return to the east line somewhere at this time, you and I Don't be careless."
Qiu Nabo curled his lips, got on his horse and threw out the Rouran scimitar, and stuck it on the top of a Beijing temple, "The mad dog Yuan Tingshan is really not in my eyes, but the remnants of Western Chu on Guangling Road, there are two The ones named Kou Jianghuai and Xie Xizhen are very interested. After Kou Jianghuai put down the pick, Song Li, Zhao Yi's lucky general, quickly led his troops to regain the territory with ease. Their original good situation on the Eastern Front has now fallen It was said that all the faces in the small court hall in Xichu had changed when they were beaten by Song Li. They had previously written a letter impeaching Kou Jianghuai's self-respect, but now they were all dumbfounded, so they started to sing praises to Kou Jianghuai. .”
Dong Nabo said softly: "As long as Cao Zhangqing has not made a move, it means that even if Xi Chu has no chance of victory, it also means that he has not lost the wind."
Qiu Nabo laughed and said, "Anyway, the more chaotic the better."
Suddenly, this Qiu Nabo turned his head and looked at his peers who were one of the four major Nabos, "Wang Jingchong, do you think that one day, Xie Xizhen and Kou Jianghuai will appear in Beiliang?"
Dong Na Bo Wang Jingchong was stunned for a moment, his expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "As big as Shi Wei, you also have this intuition?"
Shi Wei, who was as big as Qiu Nabo, touched his chin, "That would be fun. But I like it."
Wang Jingchong was still a survivor of the Spring and Autumn Period in his early ten years during the Hongjia Beiben. He entered Beimang with the teacher of the family private school reading sage books. He has long forgotten the environment in which he lived when he was a child. On the road, the constant chatter of books between neighboring convoys left a deep memory on Qiu Nabo, who still insists on farming and studying after the family entered Gusai Prefecture. Wang Jingchong fell into deep thought on horseback, and said to himself: "Reviving the country for the sake of one surname will cause the Central Plains to sink again. Cao Changqing, are you suffering in the depths of your heart? Since you know you can't do it, then What exactly are you, Cao Changqing, planning?"
Da Ru Zhe Shi Wei glanced at Qiu Na Bo with complicated emotions. The two are about the same age, but with the military exploits accumulated over the past ten years, the arrogant and conceited Shi Wei has to admit that Wang Jingchong is not only more than himself, but also more than Yelu Yuhu, the she-wolf on the grassland. The one who just made a big splash on the Hulukou battlefield in Youzhou is even more. Zhong Tan just joined the army and became a vanguard general. He just took down the city of Wo Gong, and some people have said that he is more worthy of the name. Bei Mang Xia Nabo, but Wang Jingchong needs to start from the bottom of the soldiers step by step, corps commander, centurion commander, thousand commander, ten thousand commander, but in the end he was able to become Qiu Nabo, thanks to his heel character The Southern Dynasties Yi family whose surnames were married as the backer. Da Ru Zhe Shiwei's complicated attitude towards Wang Jingchong also largely represents the dilemma that the entire Northern Mang has towards these survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period. How enlightened and open-minded is His Majesty the Emperor, he still set off a bloody murder that was secretly described by scholars in the Southern Dynasties as "melon and vine copying" when he ascended the throne. The ashes, the life and death of this kind of person was originally not bothered to look at the North Court, but a memorial suddenly appeared on His Majesty's desk, and then His Majesty ordered that all the old people in the family who did not want to be buried in the family of the Southern Dynasty, except for beheading. All the products are down first class! Even in the more than ten years after the tragedy, elderly survivors still died from time to time, still hoping to bury the ashes in the Central Plains and build false graves in Beimang, and then be exposed. It was not until the Taiping Order became the emperor of Northern Mang that the ban began to be loosened. The Northern Court allowed the adherents of the Southern Dynasties to only set up a clothes tomb after death, leaving their ashes to wait for the horseshoes of the Northern Mang army to flatten the Central Plains.
Daru Shiwei asked with a smile: "Wang Jingchong, we also have a place in Beimang that is known as Jiangnan outside the Great Wall. How is it different from the real Central Plains?"
Wang Jingchong said flatly: "Forgot."
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Xu Fengnian and Yuan Zuozong squatted side by side on the top of a hill when the whole army was resting halfway, Xu Fengnian turned his head and said: "If today's Beiliang's 300,000 frontier troops are named Chen instead of Xu, then Beiliang must It can save people from dying."
Yuan Zuozong did not deny it, "Many people think so, and I am no exception."
Xu Fengnian stretched out his palm and put it on the sand, "But Li Yishan said that once Beiliang is handed over to Chen Zhibao, there will only be one situation, that is, Beiliang will be better and the world will be worse."
Yuan Zuozong was a little puzzled.
Xu Feng smiled young and said: "Second brother Yuan, let me be a fool first. I hope that one day, I can help Master prove that he is not wrong."
Yuan Zuozong smiled and hummed, "I'll just wait, there's no rush."
Remembering the haggard scholar who lived in Tingchao Pavilion and whose ashes were scattered at the border after his death, Xu Fengnian closed his eyes and said in his heart: "Master, don't worry."