This was the twelfth day of departure from Qingzhou, they marched on the misty land, the cavalry was at the front, two 5,000 foot soldiers and crossbowmen mixed with a square team followed, Wang Cheng sat in the middle army, the 5,000 recruits were close to the middle army, and the rest were divided into five phalanxes, and the Chinese army was tightly wrapped in the middle with the strength of crane wings. Ahead is Wolong Mountain, beyond that mountain, there are only sixty miles left from the imperial capital, and these sixty miles are endless plains, which is an excellent combat ground for Chiyun Cavalry.

Wu Hongce immediately stepped forward, came to Wang Cheng's side, and said: "My lord, behind Wolong Mountain is a plain that stretches for sixty miles, and the sergeants have been exhausted for eleven days in a row. ”

Wang Cheng nodded, although he had no military talent, he also knew this truth, "Pass on my military order, foot soldiers, crossbowmen abandon their baggage and light equipment, cross Wolong Mountain, set up a guard at the foot of the mountain, and the new army will pack up its baggage, speed up the march, and be at the foot of Wolong Mountain tonight." ”

The standard-bearers waved their red flags, and the phalanx of foot soldiers and crossbowmen stirred at first, then suddenly increased their pace, and as they marched they gradually gathered into a long dragon and marched along the avenue.

"Lord, presumably the news of our northern entry into the imperial capital Tuoba Yan has already known, and he will definitely send a Biao army to stop us, but it is not clear which one he will send."

"Does it make a difference which one to send?" Wang Cheng glanced around, silently observing the situation of the soldiers.

"If we send Tuoba Yan's elite Chiyun and Jackdaw to come, our army's chance of victory is less than one percent, this is in the absence of Gongsun Yuan, if Gongsun Yuan is here, we will have no chance of winning."

"Wu Hong, how many years have you been with the old man?" Wang Cheng suddenly asked.

"His Majesty and the crown have followed the lord, and it has been seventeen years since the thirty-thirty years of the Chinese New Year's Eve."

"How do you compare to Gongsun Yuan?"

"Pheasant Yu Feng." Wu Hong didn't think twice, "There is only Tuoba Yan alone, the Northern Liang Army can never compete with the princes of the world, although Tuoba Yan has ambitions, he doesn't dare to do such an arrogant thing now." ”

"In today's world, to get Gongsun Yuan is to get most of the world." After being silent for a long time, Wu Hong said again. Unexpectedly, this time Wang Cheng did not refute, Gongsun Yuan's name he had heard, a few years ago in the battle of Longmen Pass, he led seven hundred light cavalry, night attack on the enemy camp, almost beheaded the king of Mobei under the knife, only two people were lost, the king of Mobei was amazed by the combat power of the Zhongzhou army, and also admired that Zhongzhou has such a talent, and there is no intention of the southern expedition, and the southern expedition of the 70,000 barbarian iron cavalry will also end.

"As soon as General Su dies, only an old man like me will be left who can protect Daxi." Wang Cheng smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Isn't that making us do coolies?" Ryuuji bent down to pick up a bag and muttered quietly.

"We are a new army, and our combat effectiveness is the weakest among all, and to save our physical strength for others is to preserve our strength." Nie Qing explained on the side.

"Weak combat effectiveness? Look at me! Ryuuji suddenly became excited again, and he raised his knife and smashed his breastplate with a clatter.

"Not everyone is like you," Nie Qing smiled helplessly, he pointed at Su Jingchen, "Aren't there people like me and that little brother over there?" ”

"How can such a little kid compare to you?" Long Er's face was full of disdain, "Looking at him like that, I'm afraid he can't even lift a knife, brother, you know so much about the art of war, what does he know?"

"You say we can beat that...... What's coming? Can you beat him?" Zhang Xiao was carrying two bags and suddenly came up.

"Yes, 100,000 coalition troops have been wiped out, are we enough?" Xie Chao also asked.

"The coalition was destroyed because of the inner ghost! Zhang Ren's Yanzhou Army and Tuoba Yan's Beiliang Army were surrounded before and after, and no matter how many the coalition forces were, it would be useless. Nie Qing was suddenly a little excited, but then calmed down.

"Also, because he is the king of Beiliang, he still does such a lack of virtue as stabbing a knife in the back." Zhang Xiao said hatefully.

"In a war, the king becomes the king and loses the king, relying on strategy, how can there be a knife in the back?" Nie Qiang picked up another bag, "Let's go, arrive early, and rest early, everyone is tired." ”

"This is Wolong Mountain? Doesn't that mean the scenery is beautiful? I don't look good. Xie Chao looked around, really like a traveler who came to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

"Not long ago, the battle here was just over, how beautiful do you think it can be?" Zhang Xiao retorted to him, "If you had been a few years ago, it would have been about the same. ”

"yes, the battle just ended here, so ...... What about the corpses?" After Xie Chao said this, he was suddenly stunned. The leaves of the trees in the distance shook slightly, and a gust of mountain wind suddenly blew, but the mountain wind brought not the fragrance of the earth, but a foul smell, the stench of the corpse.

"Hey, what's that smell?" Ryuuji hurriedly covered his nose and lowered his head to the ground retching, "Dead pig or dead sheep." ”

"No...... Neither, it's ...... People!" Nie Qing walked in the front, he climbed up to a dirt bag on the top of the mountain, stood motionless, and did not cover his mouth and nose, as if he couldn't smell the stench, he looked into the distance and whispered softly, "There...... It is the place where 100,000 allied troops were buried. ”

The sun rose slowly behind them, and the sunlight immediately dispelled the fog that filled the air, spreading out in front of them little by little, and the purgatory-like scene of the sunken mountain plain spread out in front of them little by little, and they even forgot to breathe, allowing the scene to be carved into their minds little by little, and it was impossible to forget it again.

After a month of wind and rain, it was still impossible to completely wash away the blood stains on the ground, and the corpses were lying on the blood-soaked ground, piled up into countless hills, and tens of thousands of pairs of eyes that had already been cloudy were still unwillingly open under the scarred armor. Swords were scattered all over the ground, spears and shields intertwined, and occasionally a hand broke through their confinement, trying to reach for the sky and not fall. On a small earthen bag, a man pierced by a spear was half-kneeling on the ground, curled up slightly, one hand hanging down his chest, and the other hand clutching a broken flag, which was deeply sunk into the earth, and the tiger sun protection map embroidered on the flag had long been soaked in blood. Beside him, corpses were piled up higher than anywhere else, and they dragged their broken bodies one after the other, as if just to make sure the flag stood tall.

Su Jingchen was also stunned, and in a trance, he seemed to have returned to that day, facing the overwhelming enemy, the sky was full of arrows, and flesh and blood were flying.

"Is that the burial ground of 100,000 coalition troops?" Their minds went blank, and before they knew it, they stopped walking.

"What are you doing?" A commander rode his horse from behind, he glanced ahead and frowned slightly, without revealing any more expression, "Rub around here, and you will be the next to lie there." He scolded, flicking his whip into the air, and there was a bang in the air.

The team moved again, and they descended the hill along the road, where there were already several scattered corpses, all of whom had been stabbed in the back.

I probably wanted to escape, but I didn't escape.

It was close to the foot of the mountain, and the stench of the corpses was so smoky that people couldn't walk anymore, and many people couldn't bear it anymore, so they turned to the side of the road and vomited repeatedly, and the commander also tore off a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and nose, "Move those corpses together and burn them on the spot!" ”

The crowd was indifferent, and no one wanted to touch the disgusting corpses.

"It's an order!" The commander suddenly became angry, these people are all new soldiers, they are used to being casual on weekdays, and they may not know what the so-called military orders in the army mean by such a mountain, "You are soldiers now!" It's a sergeant! You are eating the king's food! He received the military salary of Lord Wang, and if he did not obey the order, he would be dealt with by military law! ”

"Military law? What is military law? Someone in the crowd sneered, "Lao Tzu drove for twelve days just to smell the stench of these corpses?" Still moving? What will happen if Lao Tzu doesn't move? ”

"What will happen? Those who disobey military orders in wartime will be killed! The commander dismounted, sneered and walked into the person who had just spoken, "Even if it is not wartime now, but you don't listen to the restraints, and it is even more difficult to teach the system. ”

The man suddenly stopped, he couldn't stop taking two steps back, cold sweat ran down his forehead, he had only heard that the army was strictly disciplined, but he didn't expect it to come to this point, he wanted to beg for mercy, but he raised his head and saw that the commander was not a burly body, and he only grabbed a whip in his hand, he suddenly grabbed the long knife in his hand and rushed towards the commander. Kill him and he will live, and all he has left in his head is this idea.

The commander turned slightly sideways, dodged the man's attack, and then swung the horsewhip, leaving a blood mark on the man's leg, the man fell to the ground with a wail, and tried to raise the knife, but the commander took out another whip and knocked down the knife in the man's hand.

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives, and the little ones are also confused to do this kind of thing, just ask the adults to spare the lives of the little ones!" The man lay on the ground, legs curled up, one hand clutching the other injured hand, and pleading.

"What is the crime of attacking a superior?" The commander walked to the man's side, picked up the knife he dropped, and paced slowly beside the man, he scanned everyone around him with his snake-like eyes, as if questioning them.

"It's a capital offense, too," said the commander lightly, as if he had just cut off not a head, but just a slash out of thin air, "Now, I think you know what you're going to do." ”

The invisible coercion exploded in the crowd, and people scrambled to drag the corpses they had just hated, for fear that it would be themselves who were one step behind and whose heads were moved. Now they all understand that disobeying military orders is a dead end.

"The rest of the people keep going, and before sunset, be sure to set up camp and repair the fortifications!"