Chapter 122: Chess in Troubled Times

In the spring of the fifth year of Qianfu, the ice melted and the snow disappeared, and it was extremely cold.

Originally, he was the king of Xianzhi, who was the general trend of the world, and was surrounded by Zeng Yuanyu in Huangmeidi, and swore not to surrender. That battle lasted for three days and three nights, and Brigade Marshal Ran personally led a hundred horsemen to experience it, and had several encounters with that person.

Although they belong to two camps, they have a sense of sympathy. If it weren't for the fact that there were no people left in this troubled world, why wouldn't it be here? The sound of swords and axes resounded through the wilderness, and the dark clouds covered the sun, and only the cold light reflected by the soldiers could make people catch a trace of life.

The long knife in Ran Qi's hand has been slashed countless times, and those comrades who used to fight side by side have also died one after another. The last inch of the land was stained red with blood, so much so that no matter how much it sprayed, it could no longer penetrate into the land, and it could only flow under his feet.

No one dared to stop, and if there was the slightest slackness, it was death. After all, he was still defeated by the tens of thousands of late Tang troops, Wang Xianzhi was killed in battle, and all 50,000 heroes died. When Huang Chao heard this, he looked up to the sky and howled, scolding the injustice of heaven and the temple without a way.

In the spring of the fifth year of Qianfu, Huang Chao led the army south, and won the full support of the old Wang Chongyin, like a tiger with wings. In the same year, he was stationed in Fuzhou and recuperated.

In the sixth year of dry charm, frost fell.

The Huangchao army numbered in the millions, taking advantage of the right time and place, and waved their troops north. But unfortunately, the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes. It was a million male lions, but it was plagued by a miasma, and tens of thousands of people were killed and injured. The situation forced us to retreat. But what kind of people in Huangchao, despite the admonition of the generals, they still decided to go on a northern expedition.

At that time, the court was already prepared. Troops have already been sent to Huangchao in Sailing to wait for work. But the teacher who waits for work at ease, but there is no one who has experienced a hundred battles, and everyone is talking on paper. Although it has a favorable location, it still gives victory to others.

Under the city of Tanzhou, 100,000 in the late Tang Dynasty, the blood stained the Xiangjiang River. According to Ran Qi's later recollections, it was a beautiful day in Japan, but suddenly the wind was fierce, and there was a faint thing soaring in the sky. After a short time, the Huangchao army arrived, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and in less than a day, Tanzhou was conquered.

The late Tang Emperor, who was already a frightened bird, could only retire gloomily. The stormy country will be handed over to future generations.

The first year of Guangming, spring.

Gao Biao sent the general Zhang Lan to cross the river to the south, and Ran Brigade Marshal went out with the army. You come and go, and you hurt each other. The war lasted for more than three months, coinciding with the turn of spring and summer, when the Lingnan epidemic broke out again, and the Huangchao army suffered heavy losses.

In the first year of Guangming, the great heat.

The Huang Chao Army is back and waiting for it. defeated Cao Quansheng in one fell swoop, bravely crossed the Huai River, and approached northern Hunan Province. After ten days, he waved his army all the way to the west, fought fiercely for many days, and captured Tongguan. After that, they went all the way west and approached Chang'an.

The first year of neutralization, the vernal equinox.

Huang Chao led the crowd to attack Chang'an, and in the autumn of the same year, it was located in the Hanyuan Palace, and established the Great Qi regime, with the year name Jintong. In the second year of Zhonghe, the late Tang army made a comeback and once invaded Chang'an. In the late autumn of the same year, Zhu Wen, the general of the Qi army, defected, and the situation of Huangchao was in danger.

In the fourth year of neutralization, the beginning of spring.

is destined to be an extraordinary year, Li Keyong led 50,000 troops, and even the Huangchao army. In the same year, Huang Chao retreated to Mount Tai and could not come out. At this point, the Huangchao Rebellion, which had plagued the late Tang Dynasty for decades, came to an end.

In this protracted battle, too many heroes have emerged, and there are too many stories to sing and cry about. But in the end, it's just a handful of loess. The successive battles made Ran Lushuai look down on the battlefield of the court, and the death of his brothers and sisters also made him disheartened.

It was a late Tang Dynasty full of holes, and it collapsed overnight.

Above the tall buildings, all the armor is destroyed. The rivers and lakes are far away, when to return. In the year when Ran Brigade Marshal disarmed and returned to the field, there was no longer the Tang Dynasty, and it was a group of generals who hated the same enemy, but they fell apart overnight, and the building collapsed, only in the morning and night.

Ironically, with the approval of the Tang Dynasty, Ran Brigade Shuai, can only ride a thin old horse, from the fantasy of the prosperous capital of Nanuo to the barren land that seems to be not far away but has been forgotten. In the past, Longshou County had half of the current scenery

Brigade Marshal Ran took off his armor and returned his free body. If you seek an official position, you are an idle person. Stopping all the way, watching the mountains and rivers shatter, where is there still that little bit of righteous indignation. There is nothing more than lamenting the impermanence of time and the shortness of the hero's breath.

What is ironic is that on the way to Longshou County, Ran Qi passed by a dilapidated wine shop. While resting, I suddenly heard that the Tang Dynasty had died, and the place where it is now is the land of the Later Tang Dynasty. For a while, the mountains and rivers have changed the day, and where should they go?

As a brigade commander of the Tang Dynasty, he was almost reduced to a lost dog at this time. had to avoid the official road and leave the desert. It was because of this fate that I was able to meet her. If you haven't met her, then how will you live the rest of your life?

If she hadn't liked him, the story wouldn't have ended like this.

Ran Junshou hugged his Han'er, slowly walked up the stone stairs next to the city wall, and walked very carefully step by step. And the rest of the people, except for Zhang Maitreya, who was already dying and alive in pain, without exception, all looked up at Ran County Shou and the county guard's wife.

Between heaven and earth, it seems that there is no longer any disturbance at this moment, only morning and twilight.

I still remember that on the day I first saw her, the scorching sun scorched the earth. A man and a horse are bored on the yellow sand. Today, when the mountains and rivers are shaking, only outside this plug has not yet been stained.

Ran Qi, who was not in a hurry to go to work, was bored, borrowed a few water bladders from the janitor of the post station, and went to find the legendary "Crescent Spring". The land of Loulan is already ethereal, so if you want to find it, wouldn't it be a fool's dream.

But he couldn't stand Ran Qi's pleading, and the old janitor still gave food and borrowed a water bladder. He also advised, "If you see the blood-red sun, don't go any further, remember."

Ran Qi only said that the janitor was alarmist, so he took his old horse and embarked on the unreal road of dreaming. That ethereal place, rumored to be able to gain insight into heaven and earth, and know the rise and fall of the past and the present.

Ran Qi has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and now once the country is broken and the way of heaven collapses, he wants to find the ethereal truth. But how can there be the truth, the truth is just a conversation after tea and dinner for future generations.

The former commander of the Ran brigade, the county guard of the land last night, and the general Ran of the present dynasty are just evading, evading the unacceptable facts.

This road is a little difficult to walk, although it is a perennial battle and strong physique, but it is not resistant to high temperature and heat, and I have never found the "crescent spring" after walking for several days. When he was almost desperate, she met him.

Maybe I've been waiting here for a long time, or maybe it's God's arrangement. A woman lies on a pile of sand not far away, staring intently at the sky.

Ran Qi wiped his eyes unconsciously, he felt that he must have been dazzled. In this vast desert and yellow sand, how can there be such a stunning and gorgeous woman, and she is still so comfortable.

The woman knew that someone was coming, but she still lay on the ground and refused to get up. She may be waiting for someone, a storm. Maybe it's just waiting for the distant scenery, waiting for the red sun to slowly set and the stars to shine all over the sky.

When Ran Qi raised his eyes again, he could see the blood-red sun everywhere he looked. Later, he learned that the so-called blood day was nothing more than a fantasy of the traveler's eyes due to fatigue and blood.

The old man who watched the gate had been stationed in this place for many years, and he had already been looked down upon by many people, but he occasionally felt pleasing to the eye and reminded him that he had accumulated merit. Before Ran Qi fell, the last thing he saw was a pair of smart autumn eyes, such as the rumored "Crescent Spring", which was fascinating. Maybe he found it, maybe he didn't, and who really cares

When Ran Qi woke up again, the woman was already by his side. And the old man who watched the post station, sitting at the door, chewing fragrant leaves, as far as the eye could see, were all memories.

Seeing Ran Qi wake up, the woman was overjoyed. When he heard what Ran Qi was looking for, he burst out laughing, "How can there be an idiot like you in the world who tries to find something that doesn't exist in the first place."

Ran Qi wanted to refute, but swallowed his words back. Just staring at her stupidly. Xu is so beautiful, just like yesterday, in the endless sea of sand, the world is independent.

The woman's face was crimson, just like the blood-red sunset yesterday, and she fell into Ran Qi's heart.

The encounter in life is such a coincidence, Ran Qi is convinced. The woman seemed to be full of curiosity about the stunned man, and she became familiar with each other as she went back and forth. A few days later, Ran Qi finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Where is the girl that day, is she waiting for someone?"

The woman was about to speak, but after her eyes flickered, she sneered, "I'm waiting for a fool." Ran Qi touched the back of his head, noncommittal.

When the woman saw Ran Qimune, she had no intention of continuing to tease, but said indifferently, "That day, I will be here again, but I want to see the sunrise." I've seen so many sunsets that I've never really seen a sunrise once. ”

Although he didn't know the true meaning of the woman's words, Ran Qi nodded stubbornly, pushed the door and ran out. When I came back after half an hour, my hands were full of food and water bladders.

Seeing that the woman was puzzled, she smiled and said, "I owe the girl that day, and I will make up for it." The woman bowed her head and was silent when she heard this, and when she raised it again, her eyes were already full of affection.

When the two of them walked out of the dilapidated courtyard gate of the post station one after the other, the old man who was chewing fragrant leaves took a sip unconsciously, "I don't see the long river falling into the river, I have to go to see the sunrise of Nalaoshzi." ”

The woman turned her head and glanced at the old man with disgust, and the old man at the door realized that he was at a loss, so he turned his back and ignored it. When the woman gained momentum, she smiled, pulled Ran Qi to trot all the way, and ran towards the thin horse.

Although it is a thin horse, it is the "survivor" who has fought on the battlefield for many years, and like Ran Qi, he survives in this troubled world. The thin horse did not go fast, but the woman on the back did not urge, but talked and laughed with the wood leading the horse.

Hearing that Ran Qi was going to Longshou County to take office, the woman suddenly said with a sad face, "As soon as you leave, who will accompany me to watch the sunrise?"

A secret promise is a lifetime without regrets.

At this time, Ran Qi didn't know that this was a doomed game. The people in front of them are just pawns laid at the beginning of this troubled era. But that sympathy for each other, or the same people who have fallen to the end of the world, Ran Qi didn't say anything about him, and said with a smile, "Then you will go with me." ”

The "real" woman was gloomy, and her face suddenly bloomed with a touch of red.

"Really" Ran Qi already knew the woman's intentions, stopped, and looked at the beautiful woman on the horse.

At this point, one person is deeply involved in the game, and the other is willing to become a chess player. It was a cold night, and the skinny horse curled up by the fire, sobbing desperately. Maybe in its thoughts, it would be warmer. Ran Qi hugged the woman and leaned next to the thin horse, and the two of them waited like this, waiting for the rising sun.

The moment the fiery red jumped out of the horizon, the woman jumped with joy, pointed to the distance and asked, "What's over there?" Ran Qi thought for a while, "Maybe there is also a person who is looking at this rising sun." ”