Chapter 164: The Wild Wilderness

The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August. ---------Tang Dynasty. Cen Shen "Bai Xue Ge Sends the Military Judge Back to Beijing"

The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep; Chen Long and Chu Feiyan led 20,000 cavalry from Mayi County to the northwest, the terrain gradually higher and higher, deep into the grassland.

Zhao Yun, Zhou Budo and Shamoke slowly followed the Chinese army, admiring the exotic grassland scenery. The grassland is vast, the horizon is blue and green, and the sky also transitions from clear blue to pale blue, and then merges with crimson clouds, and a few faint wisps of dark clouds cover the sky like a veil. The wind was cold, blowing white clouds in the blue sky and blowing down patches of blue grass. All kinds of green, verdant green, green, yellow and green intertwined prairies are like a chessboard that covers the pale yellow hills one by one, and divides them neatly. From time to time, all kinds of small animals in the field pop up to chase for food, showing full of vitality.

Chen Long and his guide walked in the forefront, and the direction was directed towards the Tabdharahai area where King Zuo Xian and his men lived. Tabuda Luohai is one of the military markets built in the Hetao area during the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and the ruins are in Tali Village, Xincheng District, Hohhot.

With the infrastructure construction made by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Huns, who had always lived by water and grass, gradually had a relatively fixed settlement and formed some towns. In peacetime, the main function of these towns, especially near the steppes and inland borders, was to exchange trade. Silk and tea from the south, sheepskins and Mongolian horses from the north have entered each other's territory here.

However, once powerful kings such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty passed away, the Hu people in the frontier who were good at killing with martial arts would be ready to move, and the border would often usher in a period of war. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Three Kingdoms period, when the Central Plains was chaotic, the Xiongnu took advantage of the chaos to plunder the population and wealth in the Central Plains, and the state became the first unlucky area, and the people were forced to move farther inland, and the rest had to rebel with local overlords like Zhang Yan to protect the villagers.

This time, Chen Long's soldiers were very fast, and he wanted to take King Zuo Xian by surprise, betting that he would not have imagined that there would be troops from the Central Plains who would dare to fight deep into the grassland. The purpose of the battle was also to rescue Cai Wenji, and at the same time, to hit the morale of the Huns in plundering the frontier, and lay a good foundation for Chu Yan to consolidate the frontier.

Chu Feiyan also went deep into the grassland for the first time, although she was not lightly frozen, she was still in high spirits, chattering endlessly beside Chen Long. The 10,000 cavalry she brought was incomparable with the 10,000 cavalry of Zhao Yun and Fu Tong, so she mainly swept away small groups of Xiongnu troops, pacified Xiongnu herdsmen and gave military early warning mainly in the flank and rear army.

The grassland night comes, and the four fields are quiet, like an eternal wilderness. The weather was getting colder and colder, the temperature dropped sharply as the sun went down, and the sergeants shivered from the cold, so Long Chen ordered the soldiers to start setting up tents and rest on the spot for the night. Chu Feiyan set up another tent and had his own personal guards guarding it.

After chewing a few pieces of dry food, Chen Long wrapped a few more layers of clothes, and stepped out of the camp tent, intending to see the situation of the sergeants camping, just Chu Feiyan's camp tent door curtain was also slightly raised, and the thin and tall Feiyan also walked out wrapped in a thick blanket, and when he saw Chen Long under the light of the torch, he smiled and seemed to be very happy with Chen Long, and said with a smile: "This prairie is really cold!"

Chen Long and Chu Feiyan mounted their horses and walked together, slowly circling the camp along the torches around the camp, and where they passed, the guards saluted one after another. After the two of them, the spread of good deeds has already spread, this General Chen and General Chu are in and out of pairs, talented and beautiful, and it is estimated that good things will happen soon. The words are getting more and more evil, although there is no malice, but it has become the best talking point for everyone before falling asleep.

After patrolling the camp, the two of them made a small slope on their horses, just enough to overlook the lights of the entire military camp. The soldiers guarded at the bottom of the slope and did not come up, there were only Chen Long and Feiyan on the slope, Chen Long was watching the camp under the slope, and suddenly Chu Feiyan next to him shouted happily: "It's so beautiful!"

Chen Long turned his head to look, only to see Chu Feiyan looking up at the infinite starry sky, cheering loudly. Chen Long also looked up, only to see a sky full of stars, flashing with pearl-like light, like countless silver beads, densely inlaid with deep black night. The glittering Milky Way, like a faintly glowing white belt, spans the starry sky, reminiscent of the beautiful legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

The two of them were instantly lost in the dark night starry sky, and even the well-informed modern man Chen Long was still attracted by the mysterious and profound power of the endless starry sky.

The two dismounted and looked up at the sky on the slightly sloping steppe hillside. The beautiful night, the sky is high, the sky is full of stars, and they blink their deep eyes, as if they are welcoming these guests from afar.

Between the stars, the heaven and the earth are quiet, the evening breeze blows gently, the grass waves rise and fall with the wind, Chen Long is immersed in the endless galaxy, only to feel that his arms are very warm, a fiery body does not know when to get into his arms, and the two figures become one.

Chen Long is like being in a fantasy world, the bear's waist is wrapped in a pair of soft wattles, and he only feels warm; The face wants to be pasted, but I feel that the breath is blended. The starlight gradually turned into a firefly floating around them, revolving around a pair of wonderful people, and the loss under the starry sky in the dark night is as confusing as the starry sky itself, but it is also desirable. The next morning, Long Chen woke up from the military tent, his mouth was hot, and he first remembered the beautiful scenery under the stars last night. The mouth hurts so much, is it because someone has kissed it? Or do you want to kiss someone and get bitten?

This question gave Chen Long an extremely headache, thinking that he was drunk under the romantic starry sky last night and didn't remember anything.

Finally packed up and walked out of the military tent, fortunately Chu Feiyan hadn't come out yet, Chen Long hurriedly got on his horse and came to the outside of the camp, Zhao Yun and Fu Tong commanded the army to gather for breakfast and set off.

Zhou Bu was a big ghost, walked to Chen Long's side with a smile, and saluted: "Morning, lord." The lord is mighty. Congratulations, my lord. ”

Chen Longzheng was full of physical and mental illness, and when he heard this, he grabbed Zhou Bu and asked, "Little guy, I heard what you said, did I do something last night?" ”

Zhou Budo was surprised: "Lord, you really can't remember?" ”

Chen Long didn't answer, scratching the back of his head with his big hand, embarrassed to speak. Seeing this, Zhou Budo couldn't help laughing and said, "Lord, don't wait like this, don't you want to repay the debt!"

Chen Long was about to scold, when suddenly a military horse flew over, and it was a scout on the periphery, shouting: "Lord, there seems to be a dense sound of horses' hooves in the northeast!"

Chen Long immediately let go of Zhou Budo, and when he saw that Zhao Yun and Fu Tong had already arrived with troops behind him, he ordered: "Arrange a defensive formation." ”

Fu Tong's 10,000 cavalry had experienced a hundred battles, and they were already like fingers, and they met the enemy according to Zhao Yun's instructions at the moment. The left and right flanks are covered with horse archers, and a strong army in the middle draws a shiny saber with a brush, led by Zhao Yun, once the invading enemy is shot by the horse archers and the chaos is overturned, they will immediately attack.

Scouts rode out in all directions, constantly reporting on the enemy's situation. Gradually, the intelligence became clear, and this Hun cavalry numbered as many as 1,000 people, and the direction was in the direction of Yanmen Pass in Dai County, Nanxia, and it seemed that they were cavalry preparing to cross the border and rob. This thousand-strong team hurried by, seemingly unaware of the existence of Chen Long's troops.

At this time, Chu Feiyan also finished neatly and came behind Chen Long. Chen Long happened to be listening to the report of the scout cavalry, and did not notice Chu Feiyan, and when the scout cavalry finished speaking, Chen Long was thinking about whether to send troops, or let them go, and went straight to the goal of Zuo Xianwang, just wanted to speak, only to hear Feiyan say angrily: "Don't hurry up and send troops to destroy this enemy army!"