In the late autumn of 988 in the Shenzhou calendar, the Northern Yuan Empire tore up the armistice agreement, poured the strength of the whole country, and raised 300,000 troops to attack the northern border of the Xuanping Dynasty.

The two armies fought on the Mobei Plain in front of Beiding City.

With deliberate calculations or unintentional, in the case of the unpreparedness of the Xuanping Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Empire only used 50,000 light cavalry, and 20,000 heavy cavalry completely defeated the army of the Xuanping Dynasty.

After the overwhelming feather arrows, the eyes of the soldiers of the Xuanping Dynasty were countless swords, iron bones, and endless torrents of steel.

In the end, the Northern Yuan Empire won the victory with an overwhelming advantage, and the result of the battle: the Xuanping Dynasty army lost 120,000 dead and 20,000 wounded, and the casualties of the Northern Yuan army were ignored.

One of the ten martial marquis, the Marquis of Huiyong, died in battle.

The battle lasted until dusk, and finally the two sides Mingjin withdrew their troops, and 30,000 Xuanping soldiers retreated to Beiding City.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the entire Mobei Plain, showing a gorgeous crimson and dazzling red.

A Wu Commander struggled to stand up, looked at the immature face of the recruit next to him who had told him last night that he must become Xuanping Wuhou in the future, and smiled miserably.

Then he pulled out the arrow from his body, and then stroked the clear and bright eyes with his hand, but the clear eyes did not cooperate, closed and opened again.

In desperation, Commander Wu turned the recruits over, and then carved a line of words on the ground with the arrow in his hand: Give up my blood and bones, stay here forever, turn into a combat soul, and defend Xuanping forever.

After finishing writing, the commander of the army supported the ground with both hands and crawled towards the direction of the military flag in the distance, and after half a quarter of an hour, the commander finally came to the side of the military flag and laboriously broke the fingers of the soldiers carrying the flag one by one. Raise the fallen flag anew.

He faced the north, and after shouting the word "kill" with the last strength of his life, he slowly closed his eyes.

When the night came, the remaining soldiers in Beiding City went out of the city to collect the corpses of their own dead robes, blood and water mixed with broken bones and stumps and mud stepped on it and creaked, and some young soldiers who stayed in the city during the day and did not fight saw the miserable scene in the world, and couldn't help crying. Where have the newly enlisted soldiers seen such a tragic situation in the world?

Since the rule of the Northern Yuan Empire was overthrown by Yao Zhen, the founding monarch of the Xuanping Dynasty a hundred years ago, it has never been defeated so quickly and so miserably.

Soon after the second monarch ascended the throne, he made great efforts to govern the country, taking advantage of the chaos of the alternation of power in the Northern Yuan Empire, and led six martial marquis to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty three times, and the Northern Yuan Empire could not raise its head.

Even if you fight with the demons west of the Heavenly Trench Mountain, you must know that the demons are not better than the human race, with a hard green skin and a strong body, it often takes two human soldiers to deal with a demon race.

In the final analysis, the fundamental reason for the failure of this battle was not that Xuanping was too weak, but that the iron cavalry of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was too strong, that the Northern Yuan sent troops suddenly and clumsily, and that the peace of the Xuanping Dynasty was too long to make the Xuanping Dynasty forget how the iron cavalry on the grassland trampled on the splendid mountains and rivers of the Central Plains in the past.

After all, after the fourth monarch personally led his troops to retreat the demon clan to the west of Tianyan Mountain, he pursued more than 2,000 miles of great achievements, which is really amazing.

Let the officials and the people cheer, let the Northern Yuan Empire be frightened, and from then on, the Xuanping Dynasty was the mainstay, so that Xuanping thought that his dynasty was really invincible in the world.

Since that battle to chase demons, Xuanping has hardly fought a large-scale war, at most there have been a few small frictions with the demons outside the rest of the city.

More than ten years have made the world forget too much blood and tears, and the only ones who can remember are probably those veterans who participated in the battle to chase demons.

Although the victory was raised, the price paid was staggering, but there has never been a victory for hundreds of years that people have selectively forgotten those griefs.

After that, the Northern Yuan was a vassal to Xuanping, and the two sides signed a hundred-year peace agreement, and after that, the Northern Yuan was indeed honest, and the two sides were safe.

With the end of the war, the Xuanping Dynasty began to develop rapidly, and in just a few years, it showed a prosperous scene of peace in the four seas and peace in the country.

After inheriting the throne fifteen years ago, the current monarch began to slack off, ignoring political affairs and greedy for pleasure.

The monarch is the minister's watch, and with Yao Qian's "example", some courtiers also began to be dishonest, and the national strength began to slowly consume.

But fortunately, the mainstay of the Xuanping Dynasty is still there, and the ten martial marquis are still loyal, stationed at the border, and powerful the border pass. Xuanping Dynasty opened the country with martial arts, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was named ten marquis, commanded the army, and the position of marquis was no better than others. So much so that the people and soldiers have special respect and worship for the martial marquis of the past dynasties.

In the night, some soldiers' bodies trembled slightly, I don't know if they were too sad for the death of their comrades, or the late autumn in the north was too cold, or the scene in front of them was too Liaoren.

The news soon spread back to the imperial capital of Ping'an City, and in an instant, the government and the opposition were shaken.

After hearing the news, Yao Qian, the Xuanping monarch who was playing in the pool with several beauties, suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, and after being silent for a long time, Yao Qian got up and staggered towards the direction of the dormitory.

Zhang Jin, the eunuch who came to deliver the message, hurriedly turned around and followed. No one noticed the disappointment in Zhang Jin's eyes and the inaudible sigh in his eyes when he looked at Yao Qian's back.

As soon as the monarch leaves, I will return you a sister and a sister. The beauties, who were more affectionate than their sisters, immediately treated each other coldly, and after leaving words such as "he", "hum" and "cut", they drove back to the palace accompanied by their respective maids.

On the morning of the second day, in the Heavenly Temple, under the plaque of "Diligent Government for the People", Yao Qian rarely appeared on the dragon chair that had been waiting for its owner for many days. Last time, it was "lucky", and it seemed that it was still stained with the light of the flood in Guangling Road.

The Marquis of Changxing, who was stationed in the imperial city, also appeared in the court today, and the Marquis of Xuanping was not responsible for the army and the government on weekdays, and was only responsible for expanding the territory and guarding the Quartet.

Ten Wuhou, Huiyong, Pingchuan two Wuhou guarded the northern border to resist the Northern Yuan Empire, Ning'an, Zhige two Wuhou stationed in the city of rest to prevent the demons from attacking,

The Marquis of Changxing was in the imperial capital, the Marquis of Chicheng guarded the first pass, Jiangnan Province and Guangling Province provided nearly one-third of the taxes for Xuanping, and there was also a Marquis of Wu who led the Jiangling Army to garrison.

There are also two stationed in Jingchu Dao and Nanjiang Dao respectively, as for why there are few people who know the inside story. The last Wuhou is little known.

Yao Qian looked at the strange and familiar courtiers below and said, "Let's talk about it!" ”

The ministers, who usually like to talk the most, are silent at the moment, and one by one they bow their heads and look at their toes.

I don't know if there is a girl embroidered on the upper of the shoe that looks better than the first card in the drunken dream building, so that these people are so fascinated when they look down, and they are not afraid of cervical spondylosis.

But someone always has to come out to be the first bird, and Li Heng, the secretary of the military department, was just about to come out of the ranks, but he was preempted by others.

Inspector Zuo Shi Yangrui stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the invasion of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is the fault of the Marquis Huiyong's dereliction of duty, if they are more vigilant and precautionary, they will not cause such a tragedy, and my 120,000 sons of Xuanping will not stay on the Mobei Plain forever." ”

Yang Rui's voice was subdued and frustrated, and it was loud, so that people couldn't help but want to nod their heads in agreement.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" The head of the household department is still the boss of the money.

"The minister also seconded it!" Li Xun, the Taifu Temple, came out of the line.

"Seconded the fart, Beiyuan suddenly sent 300,000 troops, 110,000 light cavalry, 50,000 heavy cavalry, who can stop it?" Zhao An, the right attendant of the military department, said with a red face and controversy.

"Qian Shangshu, have you forgotten that five years ago, it was you who shouted that the treasury was empty and asked Your Majesty to disarm, otherwise why would the northern border be so weak?" The right governor knew that Zhao An was not good at words, so he helped.

"And you, Taifu Siqing, Taizu has always emphasized the importance of Ma Zheng when he was in power, why is the Northern Yuan Iron Cavalry so powerful? It's not because they have a natural horse source, I originally had few horses, but you, Li Xun, are in charge of horse administration, and after taking office, you added a few war horses to my Xuanping? ”

"Defeat is defeat, where do you have so many excuses, heh!" Boss Qian responded with a sneer.

"Even if you say the sky today, you can't hide the fact that Huiyonghou was defeated." Someone else stood up to speak.

"Father, the son thinks Lord Yang is reasonable."

"Father, I don't agree with the third brother's words."

“…………”

Above the court, you and I kept arguing with each other, and the military attachés and generals such as the Metropolitan Governor and the Marquis of Changxing did not say a word, and stood quietly, as if they had never heard their words. Prime Minister Li Zifang moved his lips, wanting to say something, but finally gave up.

Yao Qian yawned, a little sleepy, and then got up to leave, Zhang Jin hurriedly shouted "retreat" when he saw this, and hurriedly followed.

The ministers seem to have long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and they are not surprised. Continue to argue there.

Tao Li looked at the people in front of him, he was furious, and finally he was helpless, he was just a small five-grade soldier, and his boss didn't say anything, how could he overcome.

Outside the hall, Tao Li stood on the steps paved with white jade, looked at the exquisite and gorgeous palace buildings, and looked back at the plaque of "Diligent Government for the People" hanging high behind him, and couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

Above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, and between the palace and the majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu. The lord is faint and mediocre, how can such a dynasty stop the iron cavalry of the Northern Yuan?

"I'm in the house after noon!" A gentle voice sounded in Tao Li's ears, Tao Li looked up, and the person who spoke was the official of the court, Sui Jianzhi, the secretary of the ministry.

Tao Li hurriedly bowed to his mentor and replied respectfully: "Yes!" ”

After Sui Jianzhi left, Tao Li raised his body, frowned, and silently looked at the direction of Beiding City for a long time. Then he closed his eyes, and at this moment, the rising sun made him feel like he was in dusk.

In the early morning of this day, there were a few more ink spots on the white jade steps outside the Heavenly Temple, dripping and scattering with the wind.