CHAPTER XXIII

"Marching Night Talk: Little Beggars Dominate Western Xia, Set Up Ambushes on the Way to Encounter Tiger Roaring Thieves and Do Evil"

Han Bin guarded the military camp, and Yue was different from managing political affairs. He walked into the workshop overnight, explained the next research route of the old building, and arranged everything properly, and Su Hua led a thousand soldiers and horses to Hanshan Pass.

This group of troops is the treasure of Su Hua, and it costs a lot of money just to form this thousand cavalry. The horses bought by the Liao State, the top armor and the sharp Tang swords, Su Hua was still apprehensive when he sent troops this time, and only brought 500 cavalry. The remaining 500 people chose inferior horses to act as defenders, and if this battle was unfavorable, this loss would be bleeding from Su Huaxin.

By this time, it was almost time to get close, and the army had been on the march for four hours.

The taste of rushing overnight is really uncomfortable, the autumn wind is cold, dark and sleepy, the road is bumpy, and the sound of Ding Ling Dang Dang can mess up a person's heart. In order to arrive at Hanshan Pass and join Duan Sandao in one step, Su Hua also ordered the team to move forward at full speed.

"Major General, you have arrived at Houqiu, and you will step into the cold mountain realm in three hours."

Lu Xinyu is the commander of the cavalry, and he is also a talent recommended by Han Bin to join the army.

This man was twenty-eight years old, and he was born white. Because he followed his father to raise horses since he was a child, he had an understanding of riding that was different from ordinary people. Only then did he get a half-official position in the army and became a cavalry commander.

Looking at Su Hua's eyes that couldn't stop fighting, his figure gradually shook. Lu Xinyu knew that Su Hua was sleepy, so he couldn't help but remind.

Su Hua was woken up by Lu Xinyu's words, and suddenly sobered up a lot. Yesterday I was busy in the workshop for a day, and I pointed to the fact that I could sleep well at night, but I didn't expect to encounter this thing again and I could only rush overnight, many soldiers who were in a hurry were already exhausted, not to mention Su Hua, who was young and underloaded.

"After Houqiu is Cangzhen, the plain area of Cangzhen, which is conducive to the attack of our army."

Su Hua thought back to the nearby terrain and breathed a sigh of relief, the rest of the road was much easier. Looking at the tired soldiers beside him, Su Hua couldn't give an order.

"The whole army is trimmed, and the defender becomes the striker. Half an hour to make a fire to cook, half an hour to rest, and strive to arrive at Hanshan Pass at noon. ”

The 500 cavalry who had opened the road earlier could finally rest, and the head and tail exchanged with each other for the rest of the march. These 500 cavalry still need to experience a fierce battle when they reach Rongwu Mountain, and they should save their physical strength at this time. Originally, Su Hua planned to give only half an hour to rest, but when he thought that there would be a long journey of six hours in the future, he thought twice and gave him an hour.

The whole army began to alternate formations, and the leaders of the gang slowly used local materials to cook, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

"Brothers, hard work."

Su Hua dismounted and said to the soldiers sitting on the ground while inspecting, first, to appease the morale of the army, and second, to enhance prestige.

"Generals, we don't work hard." was about to get up and salute Su Hua.

"Sit and rest, don't worry about the rules." After that, Su Hua also sat among the soldiers, and everyone subconsciously vacated Su Hua's empty place.

"Would you like to have something together?"

"It's okay, I'm hungry when I run all night. Let me see how breakfast tastes today. Su Hua took the broth handed by a soldier and sniffed it.

"Well, it's meaty, and it's full."

The stomach is full of warmth in one bite, and although there is less meat, you can still eat a large piece with good luck. In this era, the military rations were made of millet and wild vegetables, and they could catch prey during the march, and occasionally they could open meat, and the leaders of the army were responsible for hunting and gathering wild vegetables.

Of course, this is not bad, if the situation is worse, there is no food to plunder, and even eat the corpses of the enemy.

Su Hua naturally wouldn't let his army's food be so poor, and he had already equipped it with dried meat and pancakes. It can provide a month's worth of food, and in order to strengthen the resistance of the soldiers, he also specially ordered to add some ginger when cooking.

"How about it, the first time you go to the battlefield, are you afraid?" Su Hua patted the shoulder of the little soldier next to him and asked.

"To be honest, there was some fear. Since we have chosen to join the army, we will have to go to the battlefield sooner or later, and we will get used to it in the future after we have endured enough hardships. ”

"It's good, it's my brother in Ling Yanying."

"Young General, I heard that you have followed General Su to the battlefield since you were a child. Tell us about how you felt at that time. ”

"Yes, young general, let's talk about it, we're all curious."

Listening to the sound here, many soldiers put their ears to it. They also wanted to know what it was like for the major general to go to the battlefield at a young age, and seeing that everyone was looking forward to it, Su Hua was not easy to refuse.

crossed his legs, opened his throat and said.

"Since you want to hear it, I'll tell you a story."

Su Hua's magnetic voice came, and many soldiers were relieved.

"It all started when I was 10 years old, when the Great Liang was in decline and the dynasty was in the dark and cholera. Gaozu Guanling raised troops, led the army south, and attacked the city and went through more than 600 battles of all sizes before creating today's Tang Dynasty.

It gradually formed the Tang Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom, and the Western Xia, a three-legged trend.

If you want to talk about the current Western Xia King Li Yuanji, he has a lot of origins.

That year, I followed my father to the Northern Expedition of Western Xia, passing through Dongzhou Tuan of Western Xia. After Li Yuanji ascended the throne, he was known for his murderous attacks, and those who did not submit had to face his so-called Western Xia Iron Cavalry. After years of war, this place has long been deserted, and there is no grass wherever the iron hoof goes.

The move of the house, the flight of the fleeing. Only the old and grieving were left, and the young children who had lost their parents in the war, who guarded the place and refused to leave.

As far as the eye can see, there is no escape from the iron hooves of this troubled world. can only be here, a lifetime of hardship.

There are many corpses in the wilderness, and the plague brought by the death in battle is extremely difficult to find even a clean water source.

There is no harvest, and there is no peace and tranquility of the past. What they have to do every day is to look for the remnants of food in the ruins, horses killed in battle, rotting human breasts, all of which are delicacies in their eyes, and they are hungry.

That night, my father was moved by compassion and took out some surplus food to help these poor widows and widows.

In the ruined temple, the old man told us about the past of Western Xia.

A little beggar who lost his parents to the war and could only live around. A six-year-old child survived to the age of nineteen, and you can see how strong his heart has become.

That year, the Western Xia was still the commander of the Nangong clan, and the Western Xia general Nangong was at war with the Liao State. It's a pity that the outnumbered people suffered a defeat, and Nangong Zheng fled single-handedly, fleeing for three days and two nights.

When I couldn't hold it anymore, when I was unconscious, I saw a ruined temple in front of me. There was even smoke coming out, he was sure that someone must be here, and he saw hope to live.

At this time, Nangong Zheng was already dying, and he used all his strength to crawl towards the broken temple.

It is also Nangong Zheng's fate, and he really guessed correctly. There was really a little beggar in the ruined temple, who was cooking on a fire at this time. When the little beggar saw that the man was still breathing, he helped him into the temple.

With a warm bonfire, Nangong Zheng also slowly woke up. Just as he was about to thank the kind Samaritan who saved him, there was a scream in his stomach.

The little beggar hadn't eaten a full meal for three days, and the current meal he had desperately stolen from under the noses of others. looked at Nangong Zheng, who was embarrassed to speak, and kindly gave half to him.

In this way, a bowl of stolen leftovers saved the high-ranking and powerful general of Western Xia.

Nangong remembered his kindness and brought the little beggar back to Western Xia. Raised as his own, taught martial arts and taught the skills of leading soldiers. The little beggar also cherished this opportunity of his own, and studied everything that Nangong was teaching very hard.

Slowly, the little beggar went from a small soldier to a captain, the right general of Western Xia, and the general of Wufu... He has repeatedly made miraculous achievements and is famous, and the king of Western Xia personally received him, and was awarded the title of first-class hussar general, the youngest general of the Three Princes in the history of Western Xia, and his power was only under Nangong Zheng.

As he began to taste the benefits of power, he longed to stand above it. He began to wage war against the small states around Western Xia that did not submit to him, and he was invincible wherever he went, and the territory of Western Xia slowly expanded.

Nangong Zhengdu's change of the little beggar was in his eyes, he didn't expect that what he had cultivated with his own hands would be a decisive demon. If this continues, Western Xia will face a situation of attacking it in groups.

Nangong Zheng thought about it again and again and decided to get rid of the little beggar in person, and persuaded the king of Xixia to trick into the palace in the name of Princess Duanyang's marriage. When the time comes, he will be unarmed and will have to sit and wait for death.

It's a pity that the little beggar is no longer the child who didn't know the world at the beginning.

Finally, the cause of the Western Xia riots began.

In the Taiji Hall of the Xixia Palace, Nangong Zheng was killed, and the Son of Heaven was threatened to order hundreds of officials. The Shangdemen mutinied, and the entire palace was in a sea of blood. The little beggar was red-eyed, and when he took sole power, he ordered the entire Nangong royal family to be killed, and even the emperor who used it to contain the civil and military officials was not spared.

The Nangong Qi veins were all cut off, and the Nangong Dynasty, which had ruled the Western Xia for two hundred years, disappeared from then on.

But it was replaced by the Li Dynasty, and this little beggar is the current Western Xia King Li Yuanji. ”

After Su Hua's story was finished, everyone gasped. This story is indeed true, which old man said it is also true, the unknown secret of the Li royal family.

Killing the monarch is not a good reputation, and Li Yuan suppressed the matter after he ascended the throne. Basically, there is a little rumor that will face the great disaster of the Zhulian Nine Clans, in order to supervise the people, Li Yuanji listened to the words of Li Shi and established the Xixia Six Martial Arts Hall.

"In this way, Li Yuanji is still a hero."

"Murder and rebellion, disloyalty and unfilial piety, not heroes."

"That person has the ability, how can you say that he also became the emperor of Western Xia!"

Everyone is arguing with each other, everyone's point of view is different, and Su Hua doesn't want to explain more.

"General, tell me, is this Li Yuanji a hero or a traitor?"

Su Hua stood up and shook off the dust from his clothes.

"I don't count if I say it, I have to judge a person after his death. Whether it is loyalty or treachery, descendants have commented that Li Yuanji dominated the Western Xia and fought against the Tang Dynasty for nearly 50 years. He went from a soldier to more than 10,000 people, which is not a kind of ability.

Some people are born kings, and some people fall into the grass.

Some people have been notorious for a long time, and some people have been famous for a long time.

No matter what, each of us has thousands of paths under our feet, and the key depends on how you go and what you use.

But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. ”

After Su Hua finished speaking, he walked into the distance and left a poem for everyone to understand. In fact, the meaning he wants to express is very simple, a person will encounter many roads in his life. It's your own decision to decide how to go, and in the end, don't forget your original intention.

This is, of course, a small episode, and it is not much to introduce.

Su Hua fell asleep leaning against a tree, and Lao Hei next to him seemed to know that the master was resting, so he was careful when eating and drinking, until Su Hua was woken up by Lu Xinyu's soft voice.

Su Hua stretched his waist and asked, "When the time comes, you can pull it out." ”

"General, you've only slept for less than a while." Lu Xinyu replied.

"Just for a moment? How I feel like I've been asleep for an hour. Su Hua rubbed his temples, it seemed that he was really tired, and he felt like he had slept for a long time after sleeping for a while.

"What happened?" Lu Xinyu is not a fool, and he will definitely not come to disturb Su Hua's dream. I can't help but sigh in my heart, it really corresponds to that idiom, eventful.

"Report to the general, the scouts in front have come to report, and an unknown small force has been discovered."

Hearing this, Su Hua's heart tightened. Looking at Su Hua's spirit, Lu Xinyu continued.

"There were less than 100 people, not wearing official uniforms, but all of them rode horses and held weapons. There was one person in front of him, less than three miles away from the team behind him. He was rushing towards us, and his subordinates suspected that there was an enemy attack, so they came to disturb the general's dream. ”

If it was the team of Duan Sandao and the others, they would definitely be wearing official uniforms, could it be the team sent by Hanshan Pass to pick them up?

Su Hua thought for a while and felt that no matter who came, he had to be cautious.

"The whole army entered the first level of alert, stumbling and preparing, and the rest of the people went into the forest to find a bunker and ambush."

At the sound of the order, all the soldiers hurriedly cleared the remaining signs on the ground, and the place where the fire was lit was also covered by tree branches. For a while, Su Hua's team all dived into the forest, as if no one had ever arrived here.

Half a moment later, Su Hua heard a horse cry, and said in his heart: Here it is.

Signaling to use the tripwire to prepare, the soldiers also tightened their spirits and prepared for the battle situation.

It was just dawn, and it was still a little dark.

The crowd couldn't see the appearance of the comer, only vaguely saw the straw hat.

Just as the man was about to run out of Su Hua's sight on the prancing horse, the tripping horse rope suddenly straightened, and even the man and the horse fell to the ground. When everyone just wanted to rush out, Su Hua signaled to wait.

The man didn't care about the pain and hurriedly went over to help the horse up, but unfortunately, the stumbling rope painted by Su was made of iron chains and had sharp blades. The horse's legs were wounded, and even if they could stand up, they couldn't run.

Before he could think of how the horse would suddenly fall, the team behind him caught up, and the leader took the reins.

Raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha, God has eyes, see how you run this time." ”

"Yan Laosan, you kill my whole family and spoil my sister, you can't die a good death!"

It turned out to be a woman who spoke, Su Hua heard that something bad was wrong in the secret way, but she was cautious but did something bad, it seems that this group of thieves should be chasing and killing this woman, originally she could have escaped the catastrophe. Su Hua is like this, and her current situation is not optimistic.

"What's the matter, this Jiangnan is not our Tiger Roaring Hall."

It's Tiger Roaring Hall again, and it seems that the management of the rumored Mid-range Tianba is not necessarily very good. I don't know how many evil things have been suppressed, and when I thought of this, Su Hua was furious. Just as the leader was about to draw his knife, Su Hua made a move.

The fire lit up, and the Ling Yan Camp instantly surrounded the group. This group of thieves in the Tiger Roaring Hall couldn't open their eyes by the sudden bright light. Ling Yan's soldiers were tense one by one, and the air around them seemed to drop to a minimum at once. Everyone didn't dare to come out, and Yan Laosan didn't expect that such a situation would occur.

The army slowly dispersed a path, and Su Hua rode out with a spear in his hand.

"Jiangnan, is it your Tiger Roar Hall that has the final say?"

Su Hua glared at Yan Laosan, and the anger on his face had not subsided.

"Who are you? Dare to meddle with my Tiger Roaring Hall's gossip! Yan Laosan didn't necessarily know what kind of tone he could say when he came, and looked at Su Hua with disdain: "Boy? I see that you are still young, so you should go home and find your mother to sip! Don't be a nameless ghost under Uncle Ben's knife! ”

Lao Yan San's swear words came out frequently, and Lu Xinyu heard that it would be as light as Su Hua.

"The junior who is young has insulted General Ling Yan, and he is not going to die quickly!"

Urging the war horse, Lu Xinyu took the lead in swinging the Tang knife in his hand and slashed at Yan Laosan.

This Lu Xinyu's knife technique was learned from Duan Sandao, and it seems that there is still a Duan Sandao five-point style. This Yan Laosan uses a meteor hammer, which is a soft weapon, both soft and hard. Those who use this weapon are despicable and immoral, and only bandits love to use them.

The meteor hammer is generally in an iron chain or a soft rope, dancing like a meteor, as the name meteor hammer, it is very difficult to resist. Because when you resist it, it changes direction. For example, the horizontal slash of the sword, you block or bounce away, this can be dodged. But the Meteor Hammer can't, first of all, you can't pick it up, and the second is that even if you do, it will flung it in other directions and attack you again. This is the horror of soft weapons, overcoming rigidity with softness.

The inland Xinyu of the Three Breaths has already fought back and forth with Yan Laosan twice, and Yan Laosan's ability to be the little leader of the Tiger Roaring Hall is not low. Seeing that Lu Xinyu was stabbing Yan Baihu, Su Hua's eyes were sharp, and he saw a thief with a thief's eyebrows and rat eyes, pointing at the back of Lu Xinyu's head.

Su Hua's eyes were quick to draw his bow and arrows, and he directly shot the man with an arrow. Su Hua knew what he wanted to do, and in addition to the meteor hammer, there were many similar immoral weapons, including hidden weapons, such as the Hidden Arrow.

That person just wanted to send a hidden arrow to sneak attack, but unfortunately he was recognized by Su Hua.

"You are actually playing a ninth-rate trick, and General Ben is not welcome. The whole army attacks, if those who unload their weapons start and fall, those who disobey will be killed! ”

At the sound of the order, the results are obvious.

All the thieves, including Yan Laosan, have been punished, and those who disobey have already been beheaded.

Only then did Su Hua pick up the woman who fell to the ground, and said with some guilt.

"I'm sorry, just in case the enemy comes to attack, I use a tripwire, and I hope the girl won't blame."