On the border of Hezhou, war is imminent.
If there is thunder coming from the land in the direction of Youzhou, Cai Nan, the envoy of the Lianghuai Festival, is wearing iron armor and holding his iron gun tightly. This border general is full of sadness. Fight to the end, but die in civil strife
The infantry of the Lianghuai army stayed in the center and refused to ride horses, and the cavalry's two wings echoed. The formation was very mediocre. It wasn't that Cai Nan didn't want to fight horses against cavalry, and had a dignified and deadly battle with the Beiliang iron cavalry. Even if the old party's troops are superior, they still don't have the confidence to play tricks with that army. Cai Nan didn't expect his Lianghuai forces to stop the young feudal lord, he could only hope to keep as many Xu family cavalry troops as possible, two thousand, or three thousand? As for how many troops the imperial court can stop at the several passes bordering Jizhou and the Central Plains in the future, it is really Cai Nan's "posthumous event". Afterwards.
Cai Nan raised his eyes and saw that the terrain was flat, with no obvious ups and downs, and there were large expanses of white snow. He couldn't think of a very ugly word for no reason, the bones were not cold. Thinking about his body in a few hours, it should be cold soon, right
The Northwest is snowy and large, and there are athletes from the extremely cold place. In Jizhou, Lianghuai Road, Yang Shenxing's Jinan infantry was known as the unrivaled in the world. Cai Nan, who was promoted to Jiedushi, was near the water, and the Lianghuai frontier army under his command was quickly defeated. Regarded as the first-class combat power of the Liyang court after the Liao Dynasty, after Tang Tieshuang, several local officials who were also former generals of the Gu department came to Beijing to take up important positions. Seeing a few traces of danger, in the final analysis, those are all worthless transactions in which the king exchanged the yellow and purple official uniforms for local military power. The reason why they are gentle and affectionate is not because their common benefactor Dazhu Kingdom Gu Jiantang is still standing on the border ? And the power of hundreds of thousands of frontier troops held by the general
Cai Nan let out a heavy breath, seeing the young emperor as his confidant, sent Han Lin out of the battlefield, and then led his army to die in a heroic battle. Isn't that a fair confession to the general, the court, and the emperor? Well, does this count as the so-called loyalty and integrity in the history books
Living in the peaceful and happy world for a long time, and becoming a feudal official who has enjoyed many years of blessings, Cai Nan didn't realize until this moment that the stunned young man who followed behind the general and wanted to die was actually starting to be a little afraid of death, especially death. I don't know why.
The neat horseshoes of Beiliang cavalry were like beating a drum, hitting Cai Nan's heart drum hard, every time, making it difficult for the Jiedu Envoy to catch his breath.
Cai Nan could see with the naked eye that the cavalry was just on the edge of the optimal charge distance, and that the cavalry did not move forward. One cavalry took the lead, and then about a hundred cavalry followed the horse. .
Cai Nan, whose heartstrings were tense, was at a loss and became more and more anxious. The confrontation between the two armies on the battlefield is not a child's play in romance novels. But in front of him, there were indeed more than a hundred riders who left the Beiliang army alone. Could it be that Xu, in order to win the hearts of the army, relied on his own strength as a land god to take the head of the general from the army? Cai Nan felt a little angry when he thought of this, really thought that his bed crossbow formation could not be deployed? In order to deal with Xu Fengnian's disruptive formation of thousands of enemies on the battlefield, Cai Nan specially sent people with Jiedu envoy talismans to search the entire Lianghuai Road, and almost all the bed crossbows outside the northern defense line were requisitioned or seconded. There are more than fifty bed crossbows, and the families of Lianghuai Road are placed behind Cai Nan in an open and bright manner. Not only can they deal with the single-handed attack of a few cavalry, but also have a great deterrent to the collective charge of that cavalry.
He rode in the lead, and the horseshoes did not stop until Cai Nan was three hundred steps away from the front of the formation. Not only the general Cai Nan, who was a young master, but also the elite guards and two infantry generals were all watching. Clear the majestic appearance of that ride.
It is Xu Fengnian, the famous king of Beiliang!
This young vassal king who followed his surname Xu, killed no less than ten of the top masters in Jianghu, and killed 300,000 of the Beimang army. His hands were bloody, and he killed all the way to this day, even here.
Even in the hostile camp, facing this person, there is still a bit of admiration and awe that I have to admit. Among the sons of the two-character vassal kings of the older generation in Liyang, this young man can be said to be the best. The same hereditary Wang replaced the prince of his father's generation, but his eyebrows were pleasing to the eye like a watchdog of the emperor's family. Zhao Zhu, who was originally known as the first son of Liyang, was criticized in Guangling Road. Zhao Yi, the eldest son of Zhao Yi, could not be regarded as conspicuous in the battle between the two Liaos. Cai Nan waved his hand casually, and the sweaty elite scout Ye Bushou hurriedly retreated. Cai Nan stared at the young man in the middle of the two armies. One sword must be the Baijian of the Wu family that was widely circulated in the Central Plains Jianghu last year. As the leading general guarding one side for the imperial court, Cai Nan has always had little interest in Jianghu affairs. Killing ability, in the early years, he had a private discussion with a famous martial arts master of the same level in his jurisdiction. After winning easily, Cai Nan's feeling was only one word, soft.
But Cai Nan didn't dare to underestimate the hundred riders in front of him. As for the young vassal king in charge, Cai Nan naturally didn't dare to take it lightly. If it wasn't for Xu Fengnian who stopped at three hundred paces away, Cai Nan wouldn't even care about his demeanor, and would order the bed crossbow to shoot on the spot without saying a word. The bloody forest lessons in exchange for his life, especially the heavy bed crossbow, has the reputation of "flying swords within half a hundred", Cai Nan thinks he dare not face several bed crossbows with arrows as big as guns. If it weren't for this, Bei Mang wouldn't have greeted the King of Bei Liang with a crossbow outside Hutou City last year.
The Wu family rode a hundred swords and stopped their horses solemnly.
This is the first time they have returned to the Central Plains after leaving the Wu Family Sword Tomb and entering Beiliang. Behind the sword crown Wu Liuding and the sword attendant Cuihua, the devil named Zhu even closed his eyes and sniffed hard, his face full of intoxication, and he said, "Tsk tsk." : "I've smelled a lot of blood and horse manure outside the Liangzhou Pass, but the air here is more comfortable. I just don't know if I can smell the smell of wine and powder when I'm in the south of the Central Plains."
Only two horses away from the Wu family swordsman whose real name is Zhu Huang, Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "According to the previous agreement, as long as you follow the king all the way south this time, and reach the place where you can see the top of the Western Chu capital wall, a hundred of you can recover." If you are free, whether it is to go to the rivers and lakes to make a comeback, or find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to hide your name, this king doesn't care, and the Wu family doesn't care."
The big devil Zhu who was also extremely bloodthirsty in the Wu Family Sword Tomb back then said with a strange smile: "My lord, these words are useful to others, but I can't be kind to Lao Zhu. Back then in that ghost place, it was just too much killing." I bought a few fellows surnamed Wu, and Mr. Wu himself had no skills, so he co-operated with others and knocked sixty nails into my body. Without those things, Lao Zhu has always had a temper that would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. It was the first time he entered the Central Plains rivers and lakes. I'm sorry that I have suffered more than 40 years of crimes in the Wu family, so, with these nails on my body, I have to bother the prince to intercede with that old Wu, as long as the prince is willing to say this, even though Lao Zhu never I know what morality is, but I am not the kind of ungrateful person, even if the prince wants me to go to Tai'an City to kill someone, Lao Zhu will be able to agree to it, prince, how about this deal, do you want to do it?"
The shady Zhu Huang and Deng Tai'er were both the illegitimate children of the Wu family, and they were thrown to Jianshan to fend for themselves. It's just that in the first battle, the winning Deng Tai'er entered the Jianghu and became the Peach Blossom Sword God. Afterwards, Zhu Huang was too murderous, especially the killer who almost killed a side house of the Wu family, and was imprisoned by the furious Wu family ancestor with the secret technique of not passing on. Liang, Zhu Huang, whose cultivation level can be called a god, is doomed to never let the world know that there is such a number one sword fairy in the world. As for leading the Wu family's Baijian to Guangling Road this time, not only Xu Weixiong, but even Chu Lushan had objections, because Xu Fengnian promised their freedom, which was not a negligible loss to Beiliang. On the battlefield where the battle situation is stalemate, this Wu family has a hundred people and a hundred swords. Once put into the battlefield, it can definitely become the key player to reverse the outcome. Can't kill Tuoba Bodhisattva, but his strength is as strong as Hong Jingyan Murong Baoding's and others, so I'm afraid they will be frightened.
Before Xu Fengnian could speak, Wu Liuding, who regarded Zhu Huang as an enemy, turned his head and said angrily: "My surname Zhu, if you can pull out sixty nails, I can help you insert another sixty!"
Zhu Huang said lazily and sarcastically: "Only because of you? The women around you say this, and they are tougher than you. Haha, your Wu family is really interesting. These two generations are all in control, why don't you?" With a handle."
The sword servant Cuihua moved her fingers slightly.
The little old man with a very long and thin ancient sword on his back frowned and said, "Zhu Huang, don't push yourself too hard."
This old man also has a detached status in the Wu Family Sword Tomb where countless secrets of swords are buried. Because he is a sword idiot, Wu Liuding helped to pick up the humorous nickname "Grandpa Married Sword" when he was a child, unlike Zhu Huang who had never left the Wu family. , or Zhang Luantai, Gongsun Xiushui, and Nalan Huaiyu, famous swordsmen who still have hopes of returning to the arena. The eighty-year-old man has only been infatuated with kendo in his life, but he is limited by his own cultivation. Empty is full of unique kendo insights and stomach full of swordsmanship knowledge, but he has never been able to practice the sword himself. When the old man entered Beiliang, he talked about kendo with the young vassal twice. , there is the idea of losing his mantle to Beiliang. As for the family, country and world that both literati and warriors value, the old man has always been very indifferent.
Xu Fengnian didn't turn around, and said softly: "Everything will be discussed at the capital of Xichu. If there is no surprise, there should be one or two battles to be fought. Let's fight for our Beiliang Daxuelongqi to survive, and of course you don't die either. Good job. Jianghu is waiting for the seniors to become famous."
Wu Liuding said unhappily: "Leave some seeds for Jianghu, right? I'm so surprised. This kind of thing of beating a swollen face to pretend to be a fat man, no matter how outsiders look at it, looks like a fool's deed. Why did it come to you? Does it look extraordinarily arrogant?"
Xu Fengnian turned his head and glanced at the young sword crown who was confronting him from beginning to end, and didn't care about it.
On the contrary, Hong Shuwen, the former member of Fengziying who traveled with King Beiliang this time, sneered and said: "Our prince is more handsome than you, and his skills are several floors higher than yours. Are you not convinced?"
Wu Liuding smiled skinny and said: "What's wrong with being unconvinced?"
Hong Shuwen said with a straight face: "Not convinced? Then you have played tricks with our prince?"
Xu Fengnian ignored the bickering between the two, and shouted loudly to the army of Lianghuai Road: "Cai Nan, let's talk before the battle?"
Cai Nan didn't hesitate too much after hearing the sound, and rode out alone. The infantry general wanted to stop him, so he naturally didn't want his own general to put himself in danger. Master Jiedu made an understatement and said, "Xu Fengnian wanted to kill people, so he wouldn't do it like this."
The two riders each stepped forward for more than a hundred steps, stopped their horses and looked at each other, Cai Nan took a deep breath, looked at Xu Fengnian in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "If your lord wants to keep this general away, don't waste your words!"
Cai Nan, who was holding the iron gun slantingly, saw that the young feudal lord seemed to be blocked by himself, and his gaze was just looking past him, one man and one horse, looking at the frontier troops of the two Huaihe Rivers. You are a martial arts master who is a head above General Gu, but you are not your father after all, you are not General Xu Xiao, and you are still not worthy of me, Cai Nan, dismounting!"
Xu Fengnian withdrew his gaze and asked: "If I remember correctly, the king has already sent a message to General Cai from Fushuifang's spies. It's okay for the general to block the way today, but try to place the elite on the two wings and let our cavalry charge. But, if we die less, you can reduce death even more. Isn't that good?"
Cai Nan said coldly: "I will pretend that I didn't receive that news, as a general in charge of border military affairs..."
Xu Fengnian suddenly interrupted Cai Nan's words, "General, you haven't received the imperial edict, have you?"
Cai Nan's expression was indifferent.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "General Cai thought that Tai'an City was caught off guard when my Beiliang cavalry came out suddenly? The general really thought that the Zhao Gou spies stationed in Hezhou were so unbearable? No matter how slow the Beiliang cavalry advances, the The imperial decree is also doomed not to be sent to this Hezhou on time, it will always be neither faster nor slower than this battle, just one step behind."
Cai Nan said with a blank expression: "So what? The imperial court has its own opinions of princes and dukes. I, Cai Nan, only need to be worthy of the Liyang iron armor on my body!"
Xu Fengnian twitched the corners of his mouth, "Don't worry, this king offered to reminisce with you, Cai Nan, and didn't intend to ask your army to make way. The reason why I gave you a message earlier was because the general gave some old guy some face. And the reason why I am talking nonsense to you today is because there is an old man who is a high-ranking official in Tai'an City, and he has spoken his heart to this king."
Xu Fengnian turned his horse's head and left slowly. Cai Nan's indifferent words came into Cai Nan's ears, "Since they don't want to put on a show, and the two Huaihe border troops want to be loyal to the country, then Beiliang will let you go." Wish. On the battlefield, against my Beiliang iron cavalry, how difficult is it to die?"
Cai Nan turned pale and returned to her own formation.
The spring of the third year of Xiangfu.
The heavy snow dragon cavalry rushed past like a tide, and the Lianghuai elite with a force of nearly 40,000 was routed.