Chapter II. 151. Guo Xing's Change
Overnight, the troops led by Guo Xing staged a big drama called 'burning the company camp' in various villages, towns and counties along the east of Fengjing. With one fire after another, looking at the hideous and distorted expressions of one after another before dying, the blood flowing in Guo Xing's body completely cooled down.
Guo Xingben is a handsome man who reads poetry and books, both civil and military, and is also a gentle son with a delicate mind and a warm heart; But today, driven by the revenge of killing his father, he has become another person from the inside out.
Every time one of his men added another life, there was a trace of morbid satisfaction in his heart; With this satisfaction comes a flustering feeling of hunger!
Just killing these ordinary people can no longer have any alleviating effect on the resentment and hatred in Guo Xing's heart. Until the sky was already dark, Guo Xing had already led his troops to the bank of a small river at the junction of Guanbei and Zhongshan Road. Facing a bay of clear river water, Guo Xing stopped the war horse that had been running wild all night under his crotch.
He bowed his head with his horse and drank the clear water of the river. As soon as the water entered his throat, Guo Xing immediately felt that his whole body was like rain and the earth, and he could clearly understand the feeling of the cold river flowing through the internal organs of his body! And Guo Xing, who was immersed in killing, also sobered up a lot under this agitation.
He fixed his gaze on the reflection of the people on the water, and their faces were stained with blood and smoky black and red; The already untidy bun had been half disrupted, and there were several cracks on the lips, and although there was no blood flowing out at this time, the flesh could still be seen peeling open; The weirdest thing is that the corners of the mouth also pull out a weird arc! It looked like a cry and a smile, and I felt a little scary in my eyes.
After seeing his face clearly, his throat, which was already a little uncomfortable, felt thirsty again. Guo Xing simply plunged into the river, and the whole person came to his senses completely.
He stared at his unwashed and bloodstained hands through the water, only to feel that the very familiar hands were a little out of shape under the refraction of the river, and there was a little strangeness out of thin air; Looking back on what he did that night, the whole person stood in the chest-deep river in a daze.
"Young marshal, the front should be the boundary of Zhongshan Road...... After we drink the horse, do we rush directly into the hinterland of Zhongshan Road to take revenge? Or is it the garrison of the Zhongshan Governor's Mansion that directly takes Pei Ya? ”
Feng Lian is also an old soldier, and he is extremely familiar with the events of last night, and he did not have such complex feelings as Guo Xing; And what he did last night, although it is not on the table, and it is not a hero's act, but the two countries are at war, and life and death are in peace. It is true that these innocent people in Youbei have bent their own hands to death, so who are they going to ask for it from after the vain death of 100,000 comrades of the Marquis of Pingbei and the rear army? In the continuous centuries-long war between the two norths, the soldiers and people of the two countries who died in battle, who will they go to avenge their grievances?
This is just a confused account, Feng Lian is still a rough person, so he simply stopped thinking about it if he couldn't figure it out. Although his brain is stupid, he has a certain one in his heart: Guo Xing is the only son of Lao Shuai, he is both civil and military at a young age, and what he does, thinks and plans must be more appropriate than himself! Following Guo Xing by himself is no different from following Lao Shuai back then.
The young marshal Guo Xing was first stirred by the cool river water, and now he was asked by him, and finally came back to his senses. He raised his head and looked at the fiery sun that was about to rise above his head, and the expression on his face returned to the same vivid as before. He looked at Feng Lianye, who was waiting for the order, wiped a handful of water droplets on his face that were still reflecting the light, and shook his head:
"We won't take either road! This Zhongshan and Dongyou are the ancestral industries of Guo and Li. And although the old man of the Yan family is nominally the emperor of Youbei Third Road, in fact, he can control all of them, and he only has three acres of land in the north; Although Pei Ya on Zhongshan Road is a loyal dog of the Yan family, the Zhongshan Governor's Army under his command is nostalgic for the old master in his heart; In addition, the army of the Zhongshan Governor's Mansion is all old and trained by Guo Yunsong himself, and all of them are hard-headed, so there is really no reason to take the initiative to provoke them......"
Feng Lian also heard what Guo Xing said, and his heart immediately rejoiced: It seems that his young marshal has calmed down now! Just like last night's 'faint order' of 'storming Fengjing', it should never appear again.
"Now there are only two enemies of our Pingbei Army: first, the father and son in the Fengjing Palace; Second, it is the real murderer who killed my father. One of these two families is the principal offender and the other is an accomplice, and neither of them can be spared. As for what to do after the revenge is avenged, it is natural that we should wait for the arrival of His Majesty's will, and then follow the holy decree and follow the order. ”
Feng Lian also heard Guo Xing's words, and his heart was suddenly comforted by the inspiration of the old handsome in the sky. At this time, the young marshal had even thought about the retreat of the Pingbei Army, and it seemed that he must have regained his calmness and sobriety in the past.
No matter what Guo Xing's background is, after all, he is only a school official at the moment, according to the laws of the country, not only can he not lead the army alone, but his father has just died on the battlefield, so he should have a mourning, and he invited himself to return to his hometown, and Ding Wei Shou was filial piety; But now, he, a school officer, can actually drive himself, a vanguard general, and can also dispatch troops without a holy decree and no tokens. In this way, it is natural not to mention it in wartime, but if someone is caught making a mistake in the future, there will be no Pingbei Marquis who can come forward to protect him; What's more, even if his son inherits his father's business and really completes his father's unfinished business, after recovering the three roads in the north in one fell swoop, what will Emperor Tianyou think? Is this Pingbeijun surnamed Zhou, or surnamed Guo?
"And what do we do now?"
Guo Xing listened to Feng Lianye's inquiry, and casually ripped off a large piece of fabric for his middle coat, and tore it into a long strip of white cloth in a few strokes, and tied it tightly on his forehead:
"It's not busy, everyone has fought bloodily all night, and it has reached the point where people are sleepy and tired, and they can't hold it for a long time. Uncle Feng, let the soldiers drink and cook first, and after filling their stomachs, let's kill him and return to the carbine! This time, we are going to turn Guanbei Road upside down. I want to see if the father and son of the Yan family are in a hurry or not before we turn the entire territory of Guanbei into a human purgatory; Whether he Yan Chongwu will return to help or not! ”
Guo Xing and Feng Lian also made such a big move, and it had already reached Yan Tian's ears as early as the first time. And since he got this coveted position as a prisoner, he has not slept a single peaceful night; Thanks to Yan Chongwu's victory in Puhe, Yan Tian has been able to take a good rest recently.
But he never expected that Guo Xing's revenge would come so quickly; What I didn't expect was that his revenge would be so resolute and cruel!
Yan Tian grew up in the inner courtyard of the deep palace since he was a child, and lived a comfortable life with the stars holding the moon; Even when he became an adult, he was personally trained by his 'unreliable' father, but he had never seen such a tragic battle! Of course, this can't be blamed on Emperor Xuande for hiding his own secrets when he was his godson. After all, if he Yan Zhan could withstand such a tricky situation, he would never have it the turn of a prince to supervise the country!
If it is said that those small tricks such as secretly framing, courtly tilting, or group party disputes, the Yan family father and son can be said to be familiar with old experts. Although the ability at hand is not necessarily very clever, but it is also experienced! But now it's good, Guo Xing, a stunned young man, neither declares war nor condemns, and in the face of the revenge of killing his father, he doesn't even wait for his own imperial order, so he directly burns and loots at the door of his own house!
This whole night, he was disturbed by the ensuing battle reports, and before dawn, Guo Xing, the erector, had come to the border of Zhongshan Road.
"Damn, these brutes are far away! There are 60,000 elite soldiers led by Pei Ya on Zhongshan Road, and our relationship with the Mobei barbarians is quite stable at the moment, so we will immediately issue an order to order Pei Ya to lead the army to clear the enemy! Ha~ I can sleep peacefully! ”
Yan Tian, who was mentally weak, yawned and said to himself. Immediately, he lifted a pen in his hand, and pulled out a volume of his 'beloved' Huang Aya's holy decree, filled it with Mo Gang and was about to put down the pen himself, but was interrupted by Li Qing, the chief manager who shouted outside the door.
"Mr. Li! Rare Guest! What do you have to say, how is my father's health? ”
As soon as Yan Tian saw Li Qing's figure, he immediately put down the pen in his hand and stepped forward. In his heart, although this Chief Manager Li was useless after he ascended the throne, he was now a real head of the four-rank inner court, and he was still his father's favorite intimate person; In addition, Lu Xiangyin recently said that he was sick, and all the mundane things in the palace were all arranged by him.
The most important thing is that he is now serving the 'seriously ill bedridden' Emperor Xuande, and when he can't keep it, he may still use him!
Seeing that Yan Tian got up accordingly, Li Qing hurriedly turned sideways first, saying that he did not dare to accept the courtesy of the prince, and then bent his knees and knelt on the ground.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, Yan Jiuning, the head of the clan mansion, went to ask to see His Majesty, but fortunately he was stopped by the slave in time. Yan Zongzheng said that the cavalry led by Guo Xing, the erector, did all kinds of evil in the territory of our Guanbei, and at this time, the land in the east of our Guanbei was already bleeding like a river of corpses; Wherever the enemy army passed, men, women, and children became the souls of the dead......"
"Governor Li doesn't need to say much, this king already knows about this matter, and he was preparing to draft a decree just now, so that Pei Ya, the governor of Zhongshan, will lead 60,000 governor's troops to the south to kill the enemy! You see, this king has just prepared to write his will, and you are here......"
When Yan Tian heard this, he was already extremely impatient in his heart, but he still let go of his body with a smile on his face, leading Li Qing's gaze to the yellow silk holy decree placed on the bookcase.
Li Deng only glanced at the holy decree with his peripheral vision, and his heart immediately became cold. He lowered his head and said in a dry tone:
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Yan Zongzheng said that in the early morning of this day, the enemy army was just wandering near Weijia Village (a village on the border between Guanbei and Zhongshan), but he didn't expect them to just rest for a while, so he turned his horse's head and went back along the southern line of Guanbei Road to kill. If they want to serve the capital on this trip, they will definitely pass through Longxing County. ......... then"
This Longxing County, the original name was Yanjiagou. It is the place where the ancestors of the Yan family went to Longxing, and it is also the royal mausoleum of Youbei Third Road.
And now Youbei Third Road, with the young marshal of the Pingbei Army of Beiyan, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a friendship of 'digging ancestral graves for each other'.
"Shhh...... Otherwise, let Zhang Huang ...... Forget it, this king immediately gave Yan Chongwu an order, isn't he already halfway to help? Tell him that he doesn't need to enter Beijing, and directly lead the army to Longxing County to intercept and kill the thief army! ”