The Tiance Army has been in Donghai County for several days.

If it was a peaceful season, galloping along the official road of the former Qin court, these days would be enough time to run around Donghai County for a week. However, now that it is a war, not to mention the abolition of the official road, even if the road is good, it is impossible to directly follow the official road, and many villages, townships or small towns that are not connected to the official road must be swept over one by one.

In the past few days, the Tiance Army has also recovered several villages and towns. Said to be recovered, but there was no war, the Eastern Jin Dynasty stationed more than 100 people in small towns, basically saw that the Tiance army was fleeing from the wind, and if they couldn't escape, they would be cool. The smaller villages were not even garrisoned by the Jin army at all, and the Tiance army was able to recover it after it was pacified and appeased by the people.

"After our army leaves, the Southern Barbarian rout hidden in the shadows may still attack. The villagers can take refuge in the direction of Xiangcheng first, and the imperial court has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Xiangcheng, which will be safe. When the fighting is over, return home. ”

This is a small town that the Tiance Army has just recovered, and it has driven away a small group of Eastern Jin garrisons. Pei Shengqin pacified the people in the town and issued another military order: "The whole army will rest in place for three moments, and then continue to march." ”

The officers and men of the Tiance Army have been accustomed to such a rapid march in the past few days, and immediately sat down to eat dry food without saying a word.

"Childe, if you are in such a hurry all day long, the soldiers will eventually be unable to hold on." Shi Yue was a little worried, walked to Pei Shengqin's side and said with a frown. In order to march in order to march in the past few days, the Tiance army can only sleep for two hours almost every day, and every time it recovers, it can only rest for a few moments.

Pei Shengqin swallowed the dry food in his mouth, took another sip of water, and casually threw the water bladder to Shi Yue, "Uncle Shi drink some water first." ”

Seeing that Shi Yue drank all the water in his bag, Pei Shengqin sighed and said: "The military situation is urgent, we can't delay for a moment, we have to rush all the way to Lanling." ”

The male dog on the side handed another bag of water to Pei Shengqin, and said in a low voice: "Childe, let's take the official road, the villain has observed it in the past few days, although the official road has been damaged a lot by the Nanban, but many road sections can still be used." Take the official road for a few days to reach Lanling. ”

"You, can't you learn to be strong, learn more and talk less. Not to mention that the people in small towns need to be appeased, even if they don't care, from a strategic point of view. If we don't go deep and sweep before advancing, in case there is a large army lurking in the township in the southern barbarians, just wait for our army to cross the official road, and then drill out from behind our army, then our army will not be cut off from the back road, just like Huan Xuan outside the White Emperor City now. Pei Shengqin was angry and funny, shaking his head and explaining to the male dog. The male dog was originally just a team leader in the Yizhou Water Division, and there were only fifty people under him, so it was not much different from the big-headed soldiers. Now Gonggou and Shunqiang have been promoted to the middle-level generals of the Tiance Army, but the strategy has not kept up with the position for the time being, and it feels a little unworthy. The male dog is not as cautious as Shunqiang, and often makes some remarks that expose his IQ, and Pei Shengqin doesn't know how many problems he has explained to him.

Shi Yue pondered: "The attack on Lanling cannot be delayed, but it must not make the soldiers too tired. Otherwise, once we encounter the Southern Barbarian Army, maybe we will be defeated before we reach Lanling, and now there are many people in Xiangcheng waiting to see the performance of our Tiance Army. ”

Pei Shengqin was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Shi is right, the front is to wish him, and if he captures Zhu Qi, he will rest for a day." ”

Shi Yue smiled at this time: "Childe is wise." ”

Now there are indeed many people in the former Qin Dynasty who are not optimistic about the Tiance Army, not only traitorous ministers, but also some loyal ministers.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the Tiance Army has not fought any hard battles. Nine of the successes of the Tiance Army are due to Pei Shengqin's personal courage, if he were to change people, he would not dare to take hundreds of rout troops to collide with Huiji anyway, but Pei Shengqin went, and met the strange king Ningzhi through the ages, which led to this great victory. To put it bluntly, this great victory has little to do with the combat strength of the Tiance soldiers. Later, the battle with Sima Daozi's coalition army could be regarded as a tough battle, but the problem was that the Tiance army didn't win either, so didn't they flee after a few days?

In order to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, the imperial court used the strength of milk to publicize the great victory of the Tiance Army in capturing Huiji, which gave the Tiance Army the ultimate prestige among the army and the people of the whole country. But the people in the temple know the details of this matter, Pei Shengqin, a young man, has the courage and luck, as for the Tiance Army? Isn't it just a group of routs and surrendered troops, but it just happened to catch up with the imperial court and needed to use them for political propaganda, nothing remarkable.

Not to mention the ministers, maybe Emperor Qin thinks so, otherwise he would not arbitrarily arrange the Tiance Army under the command of King Nan'an to be the attached army of the Longxi Army.

Therefore, the battle to recover Donghai County is very important for the Tiance Army. This battle is to justify the name of the Tiance Army in the temple! At this time, if the name of the Tiance Army is not justified, when the limelight of the defeat of Weishui subsides in the future, the imperial court no longer needs the "Great Victory of Huiji" to cover up the defeat of Weishui, and then the Tiance Army will be completely marginalized, and there will be no day to rise.

"You want to use the Tiance Army as the foundation of the Pei Clan?" Magu seemed to see Pei Shengqin's intentions, and asked with a smile.

Pei Shengqin looked at her strangely and said, "Why not?" ”

Magu said with a smile: "Now that the emperor of the Qin Dynasty is gradually cutting down the domain, if your Tiance army is really strong, aren't you afraid of being cleaned up by the emperor of the Qin Dynasty?" ”

Pei Shengqin said with a smile: "If that day really comes, I will hand over the military power, and I will be happy." ”

Pei Shengqin couldn't hear the provocative meaning in Magu's words, this woman was still full of malice towards the Great Qin Dynasty.

However, Pei Shengqin really didn't worry about the Qin Emperor's cutting of the domain, and the Great Qin Dynasty now had countless ministers with private soldiers, such as Youzhou, Yizhou and other remote areas of the state and county chiefs almost all had private soldiers on hand, and his father-in-law Yang An had private soldiers. The most remote feudal officials are even more terrifying, such as the governor of the eastern and western parts outside the Saiwai, the Goguryeo king Gao Qiufu of the Korean Peninsula, the great capital of the Western Regions Hu Lu Guang, and the Luochuan Hou Murong Shaxi on the ice field, etc., which of these feudal officials of the Great Qin Dynasty does not have an army of more than 100,000!

Especially in recent years, the Eastern Jin Dynasty canonized Fuyuju as the king of Baekje, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty court repeatedly ordered Fuyuju to invade the Liaodong region of the former Qin. In order to resist the remnants of the sentence, Gao Qiufu stated the situation in the Shangshu Imperial Court a few years ago, and the Qin Emperor authorized Gao Qiufu to recruit soldiers on the Korean Peninsula on his own. Now this Gao Qiufu has no less than 300,000 private soldiers at hand, which can be described as the largest warlord in the former Qin. At this time, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two parts, and the land of the four former Han counties in the north was the territory of the former Qin, which was guarded by the Goguryeo king canonized by the former Qin. A small half of the land bordering the sea in the south was controlled by the Baekje king canonized by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Qin and Jin dynasties also fought on the Korean Peninsula for many years. Of course, the two vassal kings canonized by Qin and Jin were not good things, and they had to be independent when they disagreed with each other when the imperial court was in decline. In history, until the former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty were cold, Goguryeo and Baekje were fine, and this is the story of the future.

The imperial court wants to cut the feudal domain, and there are these big fish in front of it, where is the turn to get the Tiance army. If it really comes to the time when the Tiance army will also be cut down, it must be when the world is already in its heyday, and the imperial court can no longer tolerate a little sand. If there really is that day, even if the Zitong Pei clan hands over the military power, what does it matter if they go to enjoy the wealth of the generation?

The nineteenth year of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, November 7.

At the same time as the drastic changes occurred outside the Saiwai, thousands of miles away in Xuzhou, the Tiance army arrived to wish it!

Zhuqi is a larger city on the official road of Xuzhou.

Unexpectedly, when the Tiance army arrived in Zhuqi, the flames of war had not been extinguished.

The corpses under the city were piled up into a mountain, and there were Qin troops and Jin troops. The wooden city gate was smashed by the rushing car, exposing the bloodied streets of the city to Pei Shengqin's eyes. On the city wall, the banner of the Great Qin Dynasty is still fluttering, but the soldiers of the Qin army defending the banner have been martyred. Several Eastern Jin Dynasty soldiers laughed and were about to swing their knives to cut off the flagpole.

"Woohoo!"

A few feather arrows broke through the air and instantly pierced the heads of several Jin soldiers on the city tower.

"I wish it to this day... It seems that the Eastern Jin Dynasty has just broken the city, and I don't know who it is, if he doesn't die, Lao Tzu will definitely make friends with him. Yong Jianlan put away her bow and arrows and sighed.

"If our army had arrived a few moments earlier, perhaps this city would not have been breached..."

"Childe, this is not the time to be sad, Nanban is still wreaking havoc in the city. Hurry up and send troops into the city to kill the barbarians! Shi Yue reminded.

"When you enter the city, you will see the barbarians who are plundering the people, and they will all be killed. If you encounter the surviving soldiers of our army, you must rescue them in time! ”

Pei Shengqin ordered in a deep voice.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Tiance Army shouted and slaughtered to wish him.

In an alley, the street fighting is nearing its end. The remaining Qin soldiers were chopped down in a pool of blood by a group of Jin troops, dying.

"Die!"

Li Songlin glared, and a pair of sledgehammers slammed down, killing all the Jin soldiers in the alley.

Pei Shengqin stepped forward quickly, ignoring the blood on the ground, and personally picked up the dying Qin Jun from the ground, looking at Magu with his eyes.

Magu pursed her lips, turned her head and said, "It's hopeless." ”

Pei Shengqin's heart was cold, Magu's medical skills were very clever, she said that if she couldn't save it, it was really hopeless. Feeling the sharp loss of the young life in his arms, Pei Shengqin sighed: "This brother, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

The Qin sergeant struggled and stretched out his finger and pointed to the west: "West... Suburbs... Save people..."

As soon as he said four words, the soldier's arm hung down weakly, and his life was completely cut off.

Pei Shengqin's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "The enemy army is in the western suburbs of Zhuqi, and it is very likely that there are still large troops in Zhuqi's defenders who are being chased and killed by the enemy." Order the whole army to assemble and march to the western suburbs! ”

Best of luck in its western suburbs.

The Qin generals were clad in torn armor, and their scarred bodies were reclining on spears inserted into the dirt, and they relied on the support of their guns to keep their bodies from falling. He looked at the colorful brocade in his hand attentively, and his eyes were full of affection. The few remaining guards surrounded the general, looking around warily.

On the periphery, there was a circle of Jin Dynasty soldiers, surrounding the Qin Dynasty general and his few remaining guards in the middle, impenetrable.

The leading Jin army general came out and sighed: "General Dou, you have been fighting against my 3,000 army for many days with more than a thousand defenders, and you are loyal and brave. Now that the city is broken, the general has become a prisoner under the stairs, why not return quickly to avoid death. ”

The general of the Qin army raised his head proudly and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The general of the Jin army responded: "I am Liu Yu, a soldier of the Northern Mansion of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the word is a slave." Liu admires the heroic spirit of General Dou, if General Meng does not give up, Liu is willing to hire the general to my command as a deputy general, and in the future victory against Qin, he will play His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty and make contributions to General Dou! ”

The generals of the Qin army looked at Liu Yu, and slowly folded the brocade handkerchief in his hand and tied it around his waist. Then a contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said word by word: "Surrender me? You don't deserve it! Nanban is not worthy! There is nothing to say, there is just death. ”

As he spoke, the general of the Qin army slowly pulled out the spear inserted into the soil and pointed the spear at Liu Yu.

"Why is there always so many loyal ministers in the Qin Dynasty... If I had more such loyal people in Dajin, why would I be in today's situation, alas. Liu Yu sighed secretly in his heart. Looking up at the general of the Qin army, he shook his head, and gently threw out a token and landed at the feet of the general of the Qin army.

And the arrow is pointed, that is, the one to be killed.

The Jin army swarmed up, and after a short time, the only remaining guards around the Qin generals were also killed and wounded. Ignoring the new wounds on their bodies, the generals of the Qin army waved their spears vigorously, trying to harvest as many lives of the Jin army as possible, as if they were in charge.

Liu Yu watched this one-man battle quietly on the side, his face expressionless.

"Hui'er... I'm sorry. ”

Until the general of the Qin army finally collapsed from exhaustion, the Jin Pa on his waist also fell off in the fierce battle and slowly fell to the ground. When the general was dying, he seemed to be still remembering something.

Liu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "He's a hero!" ”

"General, the Qin army has re-entered Zhuqi, and it is now heading towards the western suburbs." The soldiers came to Liu Yu's side and passed on the latest news.

Liu Yu sneered: "I received news a few days ago that Fu Deng and Pei Thief have led troops into Donghai County to fight, Fu Deng is in the south, and Pei Thief is in the north. The reinforcements that came today must be Pei thieves. ”

The soldier's eyes lit up, and he said: "Pei Thief kidnapped the general's sister, and the lord hated Pei Thief to the core." If the general can capture and kill the thief, he will definitely be appreciated by the general! ”

Liu Yu shook his head and said: "Our army has been fighting hard for days before conquering Zhuqi, which is the end of the strong crossbow. Pei Thief has abundant troops and high morale, and this is not the time to fight him. Withdraw the troops first, and come to Japan will have its own plans! ”

When the Tiance army arrived in the western suburbs, the Jin army had long since disappeared, leaving only corpses all over the ground, and the corpse of the Qin army general was particularly conspicuous among them.

Looking at these martyrs, Pei Shengqin was helpless at the moment, so he could only sigh silently. Planning is in people, success is in the sky, one step late is one step late, what can I do now?

The clothes of the Qin army guards were very easy to distinguish, Pei Shengqin came to the corpse of the general, and at first glance he saw the blood-stained Jinpa on the ground.

"It's... Xuanji Diagram! Picking up Jinpa, Pei Shengqin muttered softly. Thinking of the love story that has been passed down through the ages and is still reverberating thousands of years later, I already have a rough guess about the identity of the deceased general of the Qin army.

Looking at the strange combination of lines of words embroidered on the brocade, Pei Shengqin sighed: "Set up a grave and bury this general." ”

Looking at the traces of war in this place, it is possible to roughly imagine the scene of this Qin Dynasty general fighting bravely until the last moment and finally exhausting his strength to die for the country.

Liu Zhecun said: "It's just that I don't know the name of this general, and it is difficult to engrave the tombstone, so why don't you go back to Zhu Zhu to find a few people in the city to ask?" ”

Pei Shengqin carefully folded the Fang Jinpa in his hand, shook his head and said, "No need to ask, the tombstone... Write the history of the Great Qin Qinzhou Thorn and the tomb of Dou Tao, the general of Annan! ”

Shi Yue said: "Childe knows this general? ”

Pei Shengqin nodded lightly.

Know? It's natural. Relying solely on this Xuanji diagram that has been passed down to future generations, the name of Dou Tao and Su Hui, who in the world after 2,000 years does not know it?

Yong Jianlan walked over to the corpse of the Qin general, groped gently in his arms, and finally took out a letterhead. This is also a rule in the army, many generals know that the war will be unpredictable, so they will write a suicide note in advance and put it in their arms. Leave it for future generations to take out, so as to leave a word for the surviving relatives.

Pei Shengqin took the letter from Yong Jianlan's hand, and there were eight seal characters written on it.

"Su Hui personally opened, Dou Tao wrote a pen."

"Sure enough..."The letterhead verified Pei Shengqin's guess about the identity of this martyred general.

Soldiers have been sent to dig graves and carve tombstones. Pei Shengqin put the Jinpa and the letterhead close to him, looked at Dou Tao's corpse, and was silent for a long time.

One of the most beautiful love stories in history, the exquisite Xuanji pictures that have been handed down to future generations for thousands of years, have become history at this time.

The afterglow of the slanting sun, wishing there is an extra grave in the western suburbs of the city, and all the soldiers of the Tiance Army collectively worship this tomb and express their respect in their hearts.

On a hidden mountain peak in the distance, Liu Yu peeked at Tiance Army from a distance through the gap in the branches, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.