Chapter Thirty-Nine
The parting was imminent, Zhang Feng took Li Xiuning back to Chenliu.
Daddy Zhang Miao's heart is disorganized, I don't know where to start, Zhang Feng is already a member of 2,000 stones at a young age, it is indeed a blessing for the family, but Shuofang's place is barbaric and messy, if you are not careful, you will lose your head, and you will worry about him when you think about it.
Zhang Feng's mother cried like a tearful person, and finally saw that her son had grown up and had a future, but she was sad to be separated for a long time.
Zhang Feng is one head and two big at this time, and his father Zhang Miao, as Chen Liutaishou, cannot go to Shuofang with himself, but he is worried that in the future, the princes will compete for hegemony, so that he will be deeply involved.
"Zhongqing, you write to Your Majesty, saying that if you don't go to Shuofang, you will stay in Chenliu, we shouldn't be the captain of the Huns."
Zhang's mother cried.
Zhang Feng frowned, although this matter is what he wants, but if he doesn't go, the relatives headed by He Jin will definitely take advantage of the topic to play, and when the time comes, it is a trivial matter if the official is not there, I am afraid that even my father will be implicated.
"Mother, this matter is already in the boat, and it can't be changed, I don't believe you ask your father."
Zhang's mother shouted to Zhang Miao again: "You said, can you ask someone to help and let Zhongqing stay in Chenliu." ”
Zhang Miao smiled bitterly: "The woman is a woman, but she has a short knowledge, this matter was personally decided by His Majesty, if you don't go, you will be killed." ”
Zhang Miao told Zhang Feng again: "Zhongqing, go to Shuofang, you have to be very careful, don't fight and kill all day long, wait for three or five years, Your Majesty will change your mind, maybe you will come back." ”
Zhang Feng nodded and agreed.
Hearing that there was a risk of killing her head, Zhang's mother had no choice but to give up, and then she recalled that Zhang Feng was followed by a woman, who was born with a good appearance, compared to those ladies in Chen Liujun, it was indeed stronger I don't know how many grades.
"Zhongqing, this is Li Xiuning?"
Li Xiuning bowed and greeted: "The child has seen his father and mother. ”
Mother Zhang nodded, being able to run a family and train soldiers is indeed rare.
"Come here, let me take a closer look."
Mother Zhang called Li Xiuning to her side, looked at it carefully, and said happily: "It is indeed worthy of my son, come, this pair of bracelets was passed to me by my mother when I passed the door, and now I will pass it to you, I hope you will give our Zhang family branches and leaves as soon as possible." ”
Li Xiuning's face turned crimson in an instant, and he lowered his head, and he was hesitant, but Zhang Fengle on the side was broken.
"Xiuning, thank you."
"The child thanked his mother."
Mother Zhang said again: "I was going to have a big wedding for you, but it seems that there is not much time, Mrs. Wang, go and prepare a wedding wine." ”
Mrs. Wang is Zhang's mother's maid, but he watched Zhang Feng grow up little by little, and now that this son-in-law has grown up and married a daughter-in-law, she is also very happy.
"Ma'am, I've already prepared it."
In this way, after drinking the wedding wine, Li Xiuning officially became a member of the Zhang family.
The beautiful scenery of a good day, the days are hard.
The good days are gone, Zhang Feng can only take his own hard road and march towards Shuofang.
On the day of leaving the sour date, at least thousands of people went out of the city to see each other, including the families of the soldiers, and some people who were favored by Zhang Feng and Li Xiuning.
In August of the first year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty (184 AD), Zhang Feng, the lieutenant general of the Han Dynasty Army and the captain of the Huns, led 3,000 officers and 3,000 righteous soldiers to cross the Yellow River to the north, pass through Jizhou, pass through the state, and enter the Shuofang boundary from Shangjun.
In September, he arrived at Sanfeng County, the seat of Shuofang County.
Shuofang County, located in the north of Chang'an in the Han Empire, has three seals, Shuofang, Xiudu, Linhe, Hudao, Kouhun, Qusou, Woye, Guangmu, Linrong ten counties.
Shuofang County was set up in the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.
In 127 B.C. (the second year of Yuanzhen), Emperor Wu sent Wei Qing and Li Xi to lead troops to attack the Xiongnu, from Yunzhong, west through Gaoque, and then west to Fuli (now northern Gansu), recovering the jurisdiction of the Qin Dynasty in Hetao and Fuyuan, and setting up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County in the Herong area south of Yinshan.
In the second year, he sent Su Jian, the school captain, to lead 100,000 people to build the Great Wall at the foot of Yinshan Fulu, and to build Shuofang County and its subordinate counties.
But at this moment, this northwest land is the most chaotic time.
In the adjacent Mobei land, there are many tribes, there are Xianbei Yuelu, Deduction, Murong, Tuoba, Kuitou, Qianman, Suli, Mijia, Que Ji and other departments, there are Wuhuan Sufuyan Department, Pufu Lu Department, Naloulai Department, Qiu Liju Department, Tu Gehu and Qianghu tribes living in the Hetao area, all forces are intertwined, attacking each other, coupled with the rebellion of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, the situation is even more chaotic.
The remnant sun is like blood, and the wind and sand are full of sky.
"Purr ......"
The snort of a heavy war horse sounded leisurely, and on the rolling mountain beams, a ghostly horse appeared, the knight wore a felt hat and a beard, wore a scimitar at his waist, and carried a longbow on his shoulder, and three or five feathered arrows poked out from behind his shoulder, piercing the sky.
"Appeal ......"
The knight drank the war horse, stood solemnly on the mountain beam like a wolf, and his sharp eyes stared at the bottom of the mountain for a moment, not far from the bottom of the mountain, there was a lively bazaar, where people came and went to sell furs and livestock, there were Han people, Southern Xiongnu, Qianghu people, and Han merchants from the Central Plains sold silk, salt and iron and other things to trade with.
In the bazaar, a Hu man looked left and right, took off the tiger skin on his body casually, waved it three times in the air, and shouted loudly: "Tiger skin, good tiger skin, buy it as soon as possible!" If it's too late, it's gone. ”
On the mountain beam, the bearded knight's eyes were cold for a moment, and he turned his horse away, quickly hiding behind the mountain beam.
Half an hour later, a knight in a bearded suit appeared on the mountain beam again, the sharp scimitar came to his hand, and he swung forward, and a group of cavalry appeared behind the knight like a shadow, all holding scimitars, and the sharp blades reflected the remnants of the sun in the west.
"Woo woo woo ......"
On the watchtower outside the bazaar, the sharp-eyed garrison officers and soldiers immediately spotted the Hufu cavalry on the mountain beam, and immediately sounded the trumpet to warn, and for a time the low and loud horn sounded in the sky.
"Whew......"
An arrow swept through the air, coldly piercing the throat of the warning officer.
"Uh......"
The officers and soldiers let out a half-scream and fell from the watchtower, and the low and desolate sound of the horn came to an abrupt end.
"The Xianbei people are here...... The Xianbei people have been killed......"
The residents and merchants in the bazaar finally came to their senses, and I don't know who was the first to shout, and in an instant, the whole bazaar exploded, and the panicked people rushed for their lives, the wolves rushed to the ground, the vendors toppled, the tea shops and wine tables overturned to the ground, the materials and goods were scattered, and the whole bazaar was in shambles!
"Whew......"
A strange shout resounded in the sky, and the bearded knight who appeared first swung his scimitar forward fiercely, and rushed down from the mountain beam, the heavy horse's hooves struck on the dry and hard earth, and suddenly billowing smoke and dust rose up, and in the smoke and dust flying in the sky, countless cavalry swept out from behind the mountain beam, and flooded the market below the mountain like a tide!
From the ridge to the bazaar, it was only a few hundred paces, and the cavalry charge was instantaneous.
"Close the door!"
"Crossbow Bolts Ready!"
"Raise the beacon fire and ask for help from the nearby barracks!"
Dozens of officers and soldiers stationed at the entrance of the bazaar quickly closed the gate under the leadership of the colonel, lit a beacon fire, and prepared to meet the battle, although they only had dozens of people, and the Xianbei cavalry was enough to have as many as a thousand horsemen, but they had no way to retreat, their net worth and life had been tied to the bazaar, once the bazaar was breached, no one could run.
Since the left and right are dead, why not fight to the death with the Xianbei barbarians?
"Boom!"
The Xianbei cavalry came like a tide, and on horseback, the hideous faces of the Xianbei people were already clearly visible!
"Put!"
"Instigation......
The colonel gave an order, and dozens of crossbow arrows shot out like lightning.
"Ahh
"Wow......"
In the terrible screams, dozens of Xianbei cavalry fell from their horses, fell into dust, and were quickly trampled into pulp by the follow-up cavalry, but this level of damage from the officers and soldiers was not enough to stop the charge of the large group of Xianbei cavalry, and the cavalry array rushed forward like a frenzy and rushed to the almost rudimentary fence of the market in an instant!
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The violent impact and the neighing of the war horses resounded in the sky in an instant, and the simple fence collapsed under the violent impact of the Xianbei cavalry, and many Xianbei cavalry were injured by the antlers placed in front of the fence, either falling to the ground and being trampled into flesh, or pierced through the body by sharp wooden stakes.
The junior colonel of the official army was furious, his eyes showed a hideous color, he slammed the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, fight with these Xianbei dogs......
"Fight!"
Dozens of officers and soldiers howled wolf in response, each brandishing their weapons and swearing to follow behind the junior colonel of the official army, facing the surging Xianbei cavalry formation, and there were also more than a dozen homeless people who were not afraid of death, holding sharp weapons, following behind the officers and soldiers.
"Rub it!"
The cold light shone, dozens of sharp scimitars slashed down at the same time, dozens of officers and soldiers and more than a dozen homeless people were submerged by the rolling Xianbei iron cavalry in an instant, like a small pebble thrown into the raging river, although there was also a small splash, but in the blink of an eye, it disappeared without a trace!
"Peng!"
The raging iron hooves trampled through the burning bonfire, splashing sparks all over the sky, several burning firewood tumbled and tumbled from the air, and happened to fall in the haystack, and the dry thatch burst into flames, and in the flickering firelight, the Xianbei cavalry scattered and began to kill and loot cruelly, and the unarmed merchants and homeless people wailed and fell in pools of blood!
The slaughter had just begun, and the vicious Xianbei people began their post-war revelry, which was unbearable.
"Let go of me, let go of ......"
A woman ran out of the house, running wildly, describing it as miserable.
"Hahaha......"
Before she could run a few steps, she was caught up by another humble man, who turned her around and carried her on her shoulders and into a room, and suddenly there was a pleasant laughter from the house, and the laughter was full of pride and arrogance.
"Woo ......"
A child of seven or eight years old came out of the haystack and ran to a dead old man crying.
"Grandpa......"
The child's cry attracted the attention of a Xianbei cavalryman, who galloped towards him.
"Woo!"
The dazzling cold light passed, and the boy's cry stopped abruptly, and the weak body collapsed limply, clinging to the old man's body in a pool of blood.
This is the real battle situation in the northwest frontier, such a scene has been staged for hundreds of years, it used to be the Huns, and now it is the Xianbei people!
……
When Zhang Feng led his army to pass through this place, the Xianbei people had already fled away, and the entire market was already in ruins, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and the stench of burnt corpses.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, an inexplicable cold surged from Zhang Feng's eyes, and he roared angrily: "Even the children are not spared, these beasts, butchers, and beasts are not as good!" ”