At the beginning of November of the fourth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the front line sent a battle report, and the small units of the Northern Wei Dynasty scattered in the towns near Fenzhou were recovered one by one by the enemy in the form of burning camps, night raids, and internal responses, so that the Northern Wei army that had fought and won successive battles in the past few months suffered a slight setback here, and the main force of the Northern Wei Dynasty of 100,000 troops has been stationed in Fenzhou, and there is no sign that the army will continue to go north to conquer Jinyi.

Among them, the most discussed is the reason why the commander of the army, Shuo Wang Xiao Tang, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and immediately waved his army north to Jinyi to fight to the death with the Northern Qi army......

When this happens, the imperial court often intervenes in the war regardless of the battlefield affairs, so that the generals are centrifuged, and the morale is greatly reduced, and it will affect the war situation.

This kind of trick, the Empress Dowager is also a famous general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can she not know that the more critical moments at this moment, the more the imperial court must show its trust in the commanders of the leading forces abroad, so as to prevent the enemy army from vainly trying to divide the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers with a plan to attack the heart, and finally do stupid things that harm others and themselves.

It's just that this matter has been played by the officials, and according to the rules of the imperial court, a supervisor must be sent to the front line to supervise the responsibility, so as to calm the hearts of the hundred officials.

Because the supervising army has the right to control important military such as transportation and supplies, rewards and punishments for generals, and the communication between the army and the imperial court, because it can directly participate in the planning of strategic deployment, has an important impact on the decision-making of generals, and changes in the war, whether the candidate is appropriate or not is directly related to whether this person will impose more constraints on the commander of the army, whether he can handle the relationship between the civil servants and the generals, and then affect the overall battle strategy, has become a problem that has to be carefully considered.

And Cheng Gaochen's initiative in the imperial history solved this thorny problem for the empress dowager, because the imperial court has always had the tradition of the imperial history and the supervisor of the army, which is justified, and no one in the court will object. In addition, his status as a horse governor can also alleviate the contradictions between the court and the generals, and minimize mutual suspicion and anxiety.

What's more, the Empress Dowager believes that the imperial historian Gao Chen can do a good job of fulfilling the heavy responsibility of supervising the army, and what she wants Gao Chen to do is not only to appease the front-line army to show the court's trust in the soldiers, but also to hope that he can coordinate the relationship between the civil servants and the generals, so as not to interfere in the military and politics at will, and to focus on national affairs.

Such civil and military cooperation and cooperation are the blessings of the country and the happiness of the community!

Therefore, soon, the Empress Dowager issued an edict ordering Cheng Gaochen in the imperial history to be the supervisor of the army, and crossed the border with the quartermaster who was responsible for escorting grain and grass materials to finally arrive in Fenzhou to meet the main army according to the march route of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, that is, to listen to the order of Xiao Tang, the king of Shuo, and it was necessary to set off in a few days.

In order to take care of me on the way, the Empress Dowager also allowed Ah Zheng to go with me, Ah Zheng packed a few changes of clothes and winter clothes for me, and put away the official seal. The book and the appointment documents issued by the officials, and on the day of departure, they went with me to meet with Yang Quan, the quartermaster in charge of transporting grain and grass materials, this General Yang Quan is a brave general who was raised by King Shuo, and let him be in charge of military supplies It is conceivable that King Shuo also trusts him very much, and the Empress Dowager means that he will escort me to the front camp along the way, and I can feel a little relieved.

Before leaving, my uncle Gao Qin dragged the sick body to see me off, and told me a few words, hoping that I would be careful all the way, cautious and respectful, and not to live up to the emperor's order.

After sending my uncle away, Aunt Luo Xia asked me to meet alone, and she wanted to give me more advice.

Look at me in a royal history uniform, majestic and upright, Aunt Luo Xia can't help but rejoice in her heart, the child in front of her is becoming more and more powerful as an official, this black hedgehog pattern official uniform is worn on the body, which makes people feel majestic and dare not offend at will, and I don't feel a slight sigh.

Worried that his expression was too strict and frightened Aunt Luo Xia, he looked at Aunt Luo Xia with a gentle smile on his face, and respectfully bowed to Aunt Luo Xia, and said:

"My aunt has something important to tell Chen'er, and Chen'er listens attentively!"

Aunt Luo Xia immediately raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said:

"I can see Wan'er this time, are you happy?"

At the mention of Wan'er, my face was very different, my face was flushed, worried that the Empress Dowager was deliberately asking Aunt Luo Xia to mention herself, so I hurriedly waved my hand and explained:

"Aunt Luo Xia, Chen'er knows that this action is very important, and she will never dare to neglect her official duties because of her children's private feelings......"

When Aunt Luo Xia saw me like this, she couldn't help but purse her lips and be happy, and asked rhetorically, saying:

"So, you don't want to see Wan'er anymore?"

"No, I ......"

This time, I found out that Aunt Luo Xia was ridiculing herself, so I could only blush, not daring to answer the stubble again, lest Aunt Luo Xia catch me and take the opportunity to ridicule myself.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you, your child has grown up, the priorities are urgent, I know that you know in your heart, and you have all the instructions in your heart, I won't say anything, Aunt Luo Xia only said one word, after all, the road is dangerous, and you will take care of yourself along the way, don't let Wan'er worry, do you know?"

I nodded very respectfully, and said:

"Well, Chen'er woke up, and asked Aunt Luo Xia to greet the imperial grandmother on behalf of Chen'er, and Chen'er set off with the army. ”

After speaking, he knelt down in his robe, and respectfully bowed to Aunt Luo Xia, in order to show that he could not be filial in front of the elders and show his indebtedness.

Aunt Luo Xia hurriedly helped me up, seeing that this child was very filial, and she was also very relieved in her heart, she tidied up my clothes a little, and said with relief:

"Good boy, go ahead!"

I bowed and nodded,

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After this transport army departs from the capital and passes through Tongguan and then passes through Puban, it can cross the border line and enter the territory of Northern Qi, the first stop is Yongzhou, the western gateway of Northern Qi, and the Tongguan transport team will be divided into two groups, most of which will continue to go north to join the large army of Fenzhou, and a small part will transport grain and grass materials to Luoyang to support the Southern Route Army.

Within three days, the transport army arrived at Tongguan, and General Yang Quan also took care of me along the way, fearing that I, a weak scholar, would not be able to adapt to the hardships of this long journey, so I intentionally or unintentionally slowed down the march.

Although there were more than eight hours of marching on horseback on this day, but along the way, my legs were numb, I was tired, and even the sides of my legs were ground out with large blood blisters, as well as various discomforts in life, which made this trip miserable!

At this time, I felt a little that the march and battle were not easy and difficult, and I felt more and more distressed.

After learning of General Yang Quan's kindness, I thanked him with good words, and let General Yang move forward at a normal marching speed, so as not to delay the time of escorting the grain and grass baggage because of me, so as not to damage the morale of the front-line sergeants due to the delay in the arrival of the grain and grass baggage.

General Yang also looked at me differently after listening to my words, and was originally worried that this polite and weak man was a very difficult master to serve, and the empress dowager also had a strict order to come down, and he must be protected on the way, so he did not dare not regard him as a fragile treasure to take care of him.

General Yang Quan and I continued all the way north to Fenzhou, while the deputy general led the team to transport grain and grass materials to Luoyang.

Just when the Tongguan Post Station was resting and reorganizing, I received a letter from the imperial history sent to the thirteen states town to inspect, this is a letter from the imperial history of Xiangzhou, the letter does not say much, and there are many obscurities, saying that it is in the Shangluo in Xiangzhou to find the clues of the Xiangzhou governor plotting to rebel, the letter said that he is still collecting relevant criminal evidence, I believe that there will be something soon.

can check the date of this letter, it stands to reason that no matter whether this imperial historian finds relevant evidence or not, there should be a reply, but now that he has not received the receipt, I think this imperial historian has already been more than lucky.

I have a faint worry in my heart, thinking that Shangluo is not far south of Tongguan, and a few horsemen and horses can return to Puban as soon as possible to meet Yang Quan's army in three or four days, whether it is to find out the life and death of this imperial historian or to investigate the matter of Xiangzhou, I have the responsibility to investigate to the end and investigate this matter clearly.

I clenched the letter in my hand, and the gloomy look on my face was difficult to hide, although I knew that my first move would touch the nerves of the governor of the state and town, and I also knew that they would definitely make a move, but if they had already unscrupulously and secretly made a move to the imperial history sent by the imperial court, it meant that they did not take the imperial court seriously at all.

If that's the case, then I'll definitely make them pay a terrible price!

After discussing with General Yang Quan for a while, I finally persuaded General Yang to agree to my trip south to Shangluo, and he assigned me his lieutenant general Shen Yu and five elite soldiers to accompany me, and agreed that no matter what the outcome would be in six days, I would be escorted back to Pusaka to join the army.

With General Yang's permission, I arranged for Ah Zheng to go to Pusaka with General Yang's army first, and would meet them on time in six days.

I was in a hurry, and for the sake of convenience, I and several sergeants were dressed as civilians, and rushed to Shangluo almost non-stop, night and day, and finally arrived at Shangluo, and it was already the night of the second day.

I missed the post station, and I missed the time to enter the city, but fortunately, there is a temple in the suburbs that has been abandoned for a long time, and I am afraid that I can only stay here for one night tonight.

Adjutant General Shen Yu immediately sent his soldiers to pick up some dry firewood and dead leaves nearby to light for warmth, it is now November, and the climate is gradually getting colder, even on the horse, you can feel the cold wind began to show the cold light of the blade, and there is a little sting on the face, and soon a bonfire was lit on the ground, and it was not too difficult to stand tonight.

Take a mat from the horseback and spread it on the ground, a few people sit on the ground around the bonfire, and the deputy general Shen Yu also handed the kettle to their respective hands, it has been almost two days, all the way to the dust, non-stop, and really hard, first let a few sergeants drink water and eat, and I took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the baggage.

The trip was in a hurry, and before he had time to play to the imperial grandmother, he planned to record the situation of the trip first, and then send someone to the capital to report to the imperial grandmother.

I was writing an excerpt with my head down, when I suddenly heard the slightly rapid hoof neighing of the horses outside the temple, and suddenly my heart was uneasy, and I raised my head to the outside of the temple.

Horses are very vigilant at night, if there is danger approaching, they will be restless, raising their hooves and neighing, after all, this is the suburbs, is there a wild beast approaching?

Deputy General Shen Yu can be regarded as having been born and died on the battlefield, and he can still cope with this kind of battle, so he sneered and said indifferently:

"Don't be in a hurry, the beasts in the suburbs must have come to attack because they smelled the breath of the living, and when the last general goes, he will come, and maybe he can shoot down a few game!"

Turning to look at the other soldiers, he sternly ordered:

"You are here to protect the supervising army, you must not leave one step less, if the supervising army is injured in the slightest, you must be subject to military law!"

"Yes!"

Shen Yu gave an order, lifted his personal blade and walked outside the temple, and the other five soldiers pulled out their blades one after another, and formed a circle to protect me in it.

Soon after Shen Yu walked out, the horse stopped neighing, but the surroundings suddenly became a little terrifying, and the uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense, and I put down the pen and reached out to touch my sword, held the sword tightly in my hand, and stood up, and the whole person was in a state of preparation.

And just as I expected, danger was coming suddenly.

Not long after I got up, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and before I could come to my senses, an arrow pierced the chest of the soldier next to me, almost killing me with one arrow.

With such speed and penetration, it is conceivable that the other party must be holding a crossbow.

"Get down on your stomach and find cover!"

I hurriedly shouted, and then pulled the other soldiers around me who had not yet reacted to the bottom of the body, but I was still a step too late, and another person was shot on the spot by the incoming arrows.

The remaining three people were also quick to react, and they were busy escorting me to the dead corner where the arrows could not shoot, and although a few people suddenly panicked, they still protected me behind me, holding the blade tightly in their hands, and they were going to protect me to the last moment.

After a burst of arrows, a group of black-clothed people besieged one after another, and the blades in their hands swept a trace of cold in the moonlight, as if they were expecting to fill its bloodthirsty ** with human blood.

The moment the arrow appeared in front of my eyes, I already knew what was waiting for me next, did Dugu Xin finally start to attack me seriously? Now I can almost be sure that this qiē is a deadly trap arranged by Dugu Xin to wait for me to enter the urn!

It seems that tonight will be my greatest calamity to date, and if God bless me, let me return to her alive!

No matter what, I have to live and return to Wan'er alive......

Pulling the sword out of its scabbard, I have never been more sharp-eyed, the courage and faith in my chest have overcome the fear of death, I only know that I want to live!

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Fenzhou, the main army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Beiying.

Tonight's moonlight is a little flickering, probably because of the dark clouds covering the moon, which makes people feel unpredictable and unpredictable.

After personally inspecting the barracks, Xiao Jue, the young marshal of the Northern Route Army, was about to return to the military tent with the vanguard Luo Qing, but temporarily changed the route, gave up the following of the guards, and only took Luo Qing and the two of them to ride their horses onto a small hill in the north.

The wind blew and blew up the cloak behind him, raising it high and grinning.

After many years of marching and fighting, I always felt that the strong wind on the battlefield was different from other places, and everywhere was full of fierce, killing and bloody atmosphere.

Looking up, the stars in the sky are sparse, the light is dim, and the deep night sky only makes the darkness seem more and more lonely;

Looking at this situation, Xiao Yu sighed faintly for some reason.

"Luo, the arrow that the craftsman temporarily transformed has been completed?"

Luo Qing behind him clenched his fists and replied:

"Back to the young marshal, that arrow is already half complete, and it will be completed in a few days. ”

When it comes to this arrow, Luo Qing is also quite excited in his heart, after this arrow has been transformed by the young marshal, its armor-piercing ability is many times stronger than the arrow used in the past, and when this arrow is equipped in the hands of Yanyun Dragon Rider, it is tantamount to adding another wing to the tiger.

"The Son of Heaven in Northern Qi is still a little bit of the Son of Heaven!"

Hearing that the young marshal suddenly praised the absurd genius of Northern Qi, Luo Qing was slightly stunned, and then said:

"What did the young marshal say about the reversal of the attack and defense of several surrounding towns these days?"

Although it is normal to say that the towns on the battlefield that were attacked for a while were recaptured by the other party, after all, the people stationed in those towns were stragglers, not the main army, and the rebound of such forces did not have much impact on the overall shape of the battle situation.

It's just that judging from the battle reports of the past few days, the Northern Qi almost overwhelmingly defeated the Northern Wei garrisons around the periphery, and it can be said that it is almost effortless to recapture these towns.

The most terrifying army in Northern Qi was not the Feiyun Iron Cavalry created by Yu Wenyi, but the elite from the Feiyun Iron Cavalry were selected layer by layer, and finally a forged "Baibao" Iron Army - heavily armored cavalry!

The advent of stirrups made it easier to fight on horseback, and cavalry gradually became the most important force on the battlefield. Because the Northern Qi Dynasty occupied the mining resources and superior iron-smelting technology, coupled with the wealth of the country, it made it possible for the cavalry to equip the cavalry with the protective armor of the horses and the sergeants, and to equip them with layers of protection.

Dense forest-like arrows could not effectively penetrate the armor of heavily armored cavalry, and the sergeant on the horse, armed with a lance, charged into the local battle formation, and could cut off the opposing army in a matter of moments. And this fierce team has always been locked in the command camp of the Chinese army, the situation is often the two armies before the war starts, the commander of the heavily armored cavalry will lead this fierce cavalry straight to the Chinese army, with its sharp momentum, the enemy commander in the Chinese army either fled with wolves, or died under this legendary cavalry, the commander of the commander fell, the victory or defeat of the battle has been divided.

Xiao Jue's tone was light, but his eyes seemed to have penetrated the low and dark night, looking farther north, and only listened to him:

"The heavy armored cavalry of the Northern Qi Dynasty was not sent in large quantities, so it can be seen that these are just a small test of the Son of Heaven of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he is demonstrating to my Northern Wei Yanyun Dragoon. ”

The status of the heavily armored cavalry of the Northern Qi Dynasty is equivalent to the Yanyun Dragon Cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the confrontation between the two armies is almost an inescapable fate, so it can be said that if you want to conquer the other party's country, you must first take down the opponent's cavalry to protect the country!

This is also the real significance of Xiao Jue's participation in this Eastern Crusade, he wants to make the name of Yanyun Dragoon Guard once again shock the Central Plains and shake the world, and the one who can make Yanyun Dragoon Cavalry become this hegemony is none other than the Northern Qi Heavy Armored Cavalry!

"Those who can conquer the Northern Qi heavily armored cavalry will be my Northern Wei Yanyun dragoon!"

Luo Qing's generous words behind him swore that Yan Yun Dragon Rider was indomitable and became stronger when encountered!

Xiao Jue really smiled at this time, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky again, only to see that the dark clouds had already dispersed at this time, and the moonlight shone down without hindrance, taking all things and the earth into its gentle embrace......

"It's getting late, let's go back to camp!"

After speaking, Xiao Jue turned the horse's head neatly, but for some reason, the concentric rope that had been tied to his wrist suddenly broke and slipped from his wrist uncontrollably.

At that moment, Xiao Jue almost subconsciously reached out to grab it, but a sharp pain that suddenly came from his heart made Xiao Jue's face turn pale for a moment, and after all, he still couldn't grasp the red rope, so he watched it fall from his fingers......

Xiao Jue stretched out his hand to caress his heart, and only then did the Buddha have an arrow piercing his heart from his chest, this ominous aura that symbolizes death still made Xiao Jue, who has always been calm and calm, suddenly panic.

Seeing the young marshal's strange appearance, Luo Qing hurriedly leaned over and asked eagerly:

"Young Marshal ......"

Xiao Jue stretched out his hand to stop Luo Qing, turned over and got off the horse, bent down and picked up the concentric rope himself, and then dragged it in his palm, as if he could hear an intermittent soft call from his mouth.

“...... Morning ......"

I have always had a strong feeling in my heart that I am suing myself, she, something is wrong!

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