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Facing the questioning eyes of several young people, Li Cheng sighed softly: "The past events of fifty years ago are still vivid when I think of them now." ”

The other two old men glanced at each other, and they both nodded, quietly waiting for Li Cheng to continue. Li Cheng squinted his eyes slightly and looked up at the roof, as if he wanted to recapture the cause and effect of fifty years ago in these long years:

"Fifty years ago, the former Emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty ordered the general to lead his white-robed army north, and you all know very well this period of history, the white-robed army swept through Lianghuai and Heluo, every enemy must fight, every battle must win, those incompetent Tartars in the north fell into the desert and fled, but it's a pity, the general's sons and daughters are still too few, in the end, we also have a lot of casualties, with 7,000 cavalry to deal with the tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry who continue to cross the river to attack, it is really unbearable, especially the bastard in Luoyang, Not only did he not think about how to supply food to our brothers who saved his life, but he kept thinking about calculating us, even if the general had the ability to turn the tide, he was finally helpless in the face of the turbulent tide again and again······"

Li Xinchen and the others were silent, looking at Li Cheng quietly, listening to the old man's brief and concise recollections, the old man did not use any complicated words, and did not even describe the thrilling battles that made the blood boil of those who knew this period of history, but just described that period of history calmly as an old man and a participant.

If he hadn't known in advance, I'm afraid anyone who heard this account would not have realized that the three old men standing in front of him were the three people in the white death phalanx that swept through Heluo and made more than 100,000 Xianbei cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty invincible fifty years ago. It was they, as well as the rest and many more white-robed cavalry, who created the greatest miracle in the history of warfare for thousands of years under the command of the general, who was famous for his reputation as the god of war.

As a traveler, Li Xinchen is no stranger to Chen Qingzhi, after all, the reputation of this white-robed general in later generations is not small at all, especially on many military websites, which is warmly sought after by netizens. As a depressed little white-collar worker on weekdays, Li Xinchen naturally spent a lot of time on these websites, and he once looked at Chen Qingzhi's brilliant achievements and his blood boiled, wishing that he was also one of the seven thousand cavalry, watching all the enemies collapse like an avalanche in front of him.

But Li Xinchen is definitely not a person who has always been led by the nose by the description in the article, and he also has a lot of reflections on Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition.

This time the northern expedition is not really counted as the Northern Expedition, its purpose is to escort the Northern Wei Dynasty who surrendered to the Southern Dynasty Beihai King Yuan Hao to the north to claim the emperor, so as to make the Northern Wei become a vassal of the Southern Liang, otherwise Emperor Wu of Liang, who is also a generation of heroes, would not be naïve enough to launch the Northern Expedition with 7,000 troops. Chen Qingzhi went north with 7,000 troops, more for political purposes, to express the support of Southern Liang to Yuan Hao, who was terrified, and I am afraid that Emperor Wu of Liang himself did not think of really using these 7,000 troops to break through the defense of tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty and rush into Luoyang.

The strategic purpose of this operation, mainly to political goals, to express the existence of the Southern Liang, and at the same time obviously also has the purpose of disrupting the situation and weakening the strength of the Northern Dynasty, if you simply look at the strength of Chen Qingzhi's command, it seems that there is nothing wrong with this strategic purpose, after all, the 7,000 army is not much of a threat to the huge Northern Wei, but both Emperor Wu of Liang and the Northern Wei Dynasty have ignored Chen Qingzhi's tactical ability and the combat power of this army.

A bluff northward march, under the command of Chen Qingzhi's brilliant tactics, turned into a shocking Northern Expedition, and the fortress and army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which served as a barrier, unexpectedly continued to crumble in front of these 7,000 cavalry.

I'm afraid that this is not only Er Zhurong in the north did not expect, but even Emperor Wu of Liang himself, who gave this order, did not realize it, otherwise he could be regarded as a generation of heroes, and Emperor Wu of Liang, who was definitely ranked first among so many monarchs in the Southern Dynasty, would definitely take this opportunity to go all out on the Northern Expedition.

The emperor of the Southern Dynasty who did not want to go on the Northern Expedition was not a good emperor, let alone Emperor Wu of Liang.

Therefore, in Li Xinchen's view, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition should be regarded as a tactical success and a strategic defeat, except for declaring his influence and discovering a famous general, Nanliang did not gain anything, and even lost the 7,000 elite cavalry that could be regarded as the barrier of Mount Tai, otherwise he would not have been so passive in the Hou Jing Rebellion later, and the entire Southern Liang was cut off.

Li Cheng didn't notice that Li Xinchen was full of thoughts in front of him, but said in his calm tone: "In the face of more and more Northern Wei troops, the general had to give an order to retreat, although the brothers were not happy, but they also knew that if this continued, everyone would have to explain that they could not be here, so they followed the general all the way south to Artemisia and encountered a flash flood ·····."

Zheng Qing and the others pricked up their ears and listened quietly, and Li Xinchen also subconsciously raised his head. It is very clear in the history books that Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army was swallowed up by the torrent in this place, but it is a pity that with the change of geography, it is difficult for later generations to verify where the place with the peculiar place name of Artemisia Gao is, and it can only be judged as an area with relatively high Artemisia grass as the name suggests.

"The three of us old guys present were the general's guards at the time, and they were the only three people who survived the flash flood except the general······ At the time of the incident, the brothers who had trekked all the way to the south to break through were exhausted and were resting, but the torrent was coming and unstoppable," Li Cheng raised his head slowly, "Because at that time, we were resting under a big mountain rock with the general, because of the blockage of this rock, the torrent came a lot slower, we took this opportunity to help the general on the horse, and the general yelled to stay, but Lao Zheng gave the horse a whip in a hurry, and finally rushed out before the torrent swallowed up the entire valley." And the three of us were lucky, we climbed the mountain and rocks, and we were lucky to save our lives. ”

The old man's deep gaze fell on the gun, and his voice couldn't help but tremble: "When the torrent subsides, the entire valley will be full of corpses of people and horses, and those good brothers who can't be defeated or killed by the Xianbei Tartars, that's it······ Annihilated. ”

The eyes of the other two old men were moist again, even after experiencing blood and fire and life and death again and again, thinking back to that day, they still couldn't hold back the rushing tears. Old Man Zheng sighed and said: "When the general left, his gun was stuck in the ground, and it was too late to take it away. ”

Li Chengcha turned the gun at this time, and Li Xinchen and the three of them clearly saw the two words "Ziyun" engraved on the head of the gun.

It is Chen Qingzhi's expression.