Phosphorus fire rose little by little from the Beimangshan battlefield and fluttered in the air. As far as the eye can see, there are many corpses lying there in the darkness. The smell of corpses came for a while, as if there was no other smell between heaven and earth.

Everywhere there are traces of the last battle, broken blades, everywhere. With every step out, it seems that you can step on something. Along the way, Yuan Wu also saw a whole group of Xia Jun scouts of more than a dozen people, all facing north, and even the mounts under their crotch were shot into hedgehogs, and there were so many arrows that when they fell, they were all supported off the ground by dense arrow feathers!

It's like a ghost.

"It's still the same here as it is in the back, and you can't even see a dog."

After riding across a small river with the robes again, and after inspecting the villages on the south bank, Yuan Wu, the head of the Xia army's Ruishi battalion, scolded.

Yuan Wu is a native of Luliang, Shandong, he is actually the eldest in the family, and the reason why he was given this name is because the first four brothers and sisters, none of whom lived to be three years old, either died of famine or died of the rebels of the grassland army.

By the time Yuan was fifth, his parents also died, and in order to make a living, he went to the mountains to take refuge in Xia Gui and became a bandit for several years.

At first, he worked as a swordsman in Dabie Mountain for two years, and later a scholar went up the mountain to pick up brave warriors. Because this guy has a large amount of food, more than seven feet and five inches long, strong and fast, and the thief who shoots the arrow is accurate, which just meets the standard of a sharp man.

Together with more than 100 people, he was taken down the mountain by scholars and came to Jiangling, where he entered the Gan family's Ruishi camp.

Later, he learned that the scholar who took him down the mountain was called Wang Mingzhi, and he turned out to be the champion of the Great Song Dynasty Wenqu Xing. Now he has actually done the slaughter of Great Xia. This has always been Yuan Wu's capital to brag and show off in front of his brothers.

More than 100 of them and people selected from other places formed a 3,000-person Ruishi battalion, in the three years of the Ruishi camp, Yuan Wu was painful and happy, he could eat meat every day, and the food was only full, but the training was quite tiring.

A few months ago, Yuan Wu and the rest of the robes participated in the Battle of Xiangfan, and more than a thousand brothers stayed there and never stood up again.

Yuan Wu has superb riding skills, and was selected as the leader of the five scout teams directly under Gan Feng, and all five of his men are good players.

Yuan Wu climbed a small hill, and a lean man climbed to the top of a big tree like a monkey.

"Is the count clear?"

Yuan Wu kicked the big tree and told him to hurry up.

The lean man was busy at the top of the tree: "Huh! I've seen almost, there are 2,000 less stoves here today, and only 3,000 stoves are smoking together! ”

"One stove, ten people eat, that's 30,000, less 20,000?"

This is the rear camp of the steppe army, in addition to the main camp, there are three small battalions in the east, west, and rear, with a garrison of 50,000.

Yuan Wu's complexion changed greatly, and he spit out the fried rice in his mouth: "Go back quickly and report to the Hou Ye." ”

After reading the urgent report sent back by Yuan Wu, Gan Feng looked at the reckless mountains and said with a smile: "Helian Kuo, you still have to attack the other four cities, you know that it is not so easy to attack Zhennan Pass head-on!" ”

After two months of attack, more than 20,000 corpses were left under the Zhennan Pass, and the number of casualties reached 50,000.

But Helian Kuo's eyes were not all on Zhennan Pass.

Helian Kuo said to Shi Tianze beside him: "Order Hua Buchihua, Yan Du, Wang Dechen, and Shao Gan to each have 20,000 soldiers to attack Neijiang, Suizhou, Nanchong, and Dazhou, and you will lead 60,000 troops to attack Chongqing." ”

Shi Tianze bowed his head: "Which side of Zhennan City will be put first?" ”

Helian Kuohun didn't care: "No, the rest of the soldiers and horses are going all out to attack Zhennan City, and I want to let Gan Feng take care of one or the other." ”

Looking down from the hills, I saw only the camps, where they were swarthy and crouching.

The sky had already fallen into night, the stars were dotted overhead, and the moon was in sight, hanging in the sky big and round, and there was silence between heaven and earth.

But in front of Wang Jian's eyes, there was a series of camps, which stretched to the end of the line of sight. The murderous aura of the soldiers enveloped the four fields.

The camp of the grassland army is dug into trenches, and the trees are fences, and the main force of the Yan army here is to fight 50,000 miles in Europa, and the great empire that dominates the world is a lion in a hundred battles.

Whatever is in the world, the scale of this is amazing. Looking at the chain-like extension of the Yan State camp in front of him, and looking at the scattered bucket firelight, it was difficult to breathe! Wang Jian, who looked tired, had a look of perseverance in his eyes.

In this situation, it doesn't matter whether you are afraid or not, in the era when this person is like a mustard and his life is not as good as a chicken, for the children of the Han family behind him, it is at the last time to give up his own skin.

The next day, the trumpet sounded violently, tearing through the white mist.

The people and men who were captured from Sixiang were struggling to carry straw bags up the hillside, forming a bunker wall every few meters, and the bones of fallen people were everywhere in the muddy water.

The dew of the early summer morning makes the mountain road more slippery, there is no food, the amount of work is large, the time is tight, the slightest mistake is a leather whip that splits the head and covers the face, even the sturdy man, can not survive three or five days. One after another, the low walls of bunkers stretched up the mountain, and the corpses of ordinary people were piled on top of each other.

To extend this bunker all the way to the foot of the south of the town, the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes, and it is estimated that it will take another month or two to reach a place suitable for siege, and a large number of corpses will be used to fill in every step forward.

Fifty miles northwest of Zhennan Pass, the main camp of the Yan army. The grassland army that has been fighting here from Shanhaiguan, the attached army, the Han army that has surrendered continuously, the gathering place of hundreds of thousands of people, the countless military tents, and the open space near the Chinese army, Wan Yan Longxi took the tea, sat on the chair and watched the fight in the open space in front of him, didn't there be a deputy who came to say something in his ear, or brought a document to show him, Wan Yan Longxi's eyes were calm, while watching the competition, he dealt with the matter in a few words.

The two people who fought in the open space were both tall, but one was a Jurchen warrior, while the other was wearing Hanfu and looked like a civilian. The Jurchen soldier was burly and powerful like an ox, but he was only above the competition, but he was not the opponent of the Han people. Han civilians, with extremely thick calluses, quick reaction in their hands, and good strength, in a short period of time, knocked over the Jurchen warrior several times.

The Jurchen soldier had a fierce temperament, lost a few times, and blood was already spit out of his mouth, he stood up and shouted, as if he was ferocious, Wanyan Longxi sat there and clapped his hands: "Okay, change people." ”

He chose a Jurchen soldier, removed the armor stomach, and played again, and soon, the new soldier was also hit by this man, and the other soldiers who were watching around were quite unconvinced, and several soldiers with excellent skills in the army volunteered, but Wanyan Longxi was unmoved, thought about it, and ordered a soldier whose martial arts were not very outstanding to go up.

The onlookers cheered loudly and kept shouting. In the middle of the fight, a group of people came from the sidelines, and everyone forgot about it, so they wanted to salute, and the leader waved his hand to ask others not to move, so as not to disturb the competition. This person walked towards Wanyan Longxi, it was Helian Kuo, the Great Khan of Yan Kingdom, who had returned from his daily routine patrol camp, and he glanced at the venue a few times: "Who is this, his martial arts are good." ”

"The Gan family army came over, called Gao Chuan," Wanyan Longxi was shocked by just one sentence, and then said: "I used to be in the Gan family's army, and I was a commander." ”

"Oh? With such skills, it is enough to be a centurion in my army, how did you get out? ”

"Violating military discipline and beating and scolding his subordinates."

Helian Kuo soothed: "It's offended people!" The Gan family army doesn't even know how to use such warriors, so it can be seen that even if you rise up for a while, it will be difficult to last, so you will be in my army, do things with peace of mind, and have your own fame----"

"What kind of moth does the Great Khan think Gan offered?"

Helian Kuo said: "It's still unclear, he must have left a back hand, judging from the situation of the two scouts fighting on the periphery in the past few days, he is quite hesitant, but don't worry too much, send more scouts, and expand the search range of scouts a little bit, just in case of accidents." ”

I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is scissors.

Jiankang Champion Hou Mansion, side door.

Several light men led the horses and stood guard in front of a carriage.

When it was time to arrive, the side door opened, and Gan Tang walked out, followed by two seven or eight-year-old handsome little scholars, carrying a package containing pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

One of the men was dressed in blue cloth, about thirty years old, strong, and when he saw Gan Tang coming out, he stepped forward with a smile: "Uncle Shi, the apprentice grandson will carry you into the car." ”

The doorman next to him laughed when he heard it.

This man is dressed as an ordinary person, but he is the apprentice grandson of Yin Liheng, the youngest apprentice of Zhang Sanfeng in Wudang Mountain, named Shao Shaohuan, who was appointed by the senior brother Yin Chaoyang to come to take the ancestor Zhang Sanfeng to pass on his art.

Out of the first month, Zhang Sanfeng said goodbye, Gan Tang and other Gan family children went to the clan study together, the location of the clan study is a three-entry courtyard, the front is for the students to rest, the middle one is the school, the innermost is the master's residence.

In addition to the children of the disciples of the Gan family, there are also the children of relatives who come to the school, so there are also more than 40 students, the eldest is eleven or twelve years old, the younger is five or six years old, Gan Tang and Gan Hu are the youngest, and Gan Tang is the eldest grandson of the long house, and the seat is in the middle of the first row.

At that time, the class had not yet started, and the Gan Hu next to him was only a few months younger than Gan Tang, and Gan Hu saw that there was another one younger than himself today (look at the head), his little face was full of joy, and he almost danced with his hands.

After a while, only to hear the noise suddenly quieted down, Qian Zheng walked in with square steps, saw Gan Tang, pointed to the Gan Hu next to him, and said to Gan Hu: "This is the Gan Hu of the fourth room, you should call Uncle Shu." ”

Gan Tang got up and gave a salute: "Say hello to uncle!" ”

Gan Hu was stunned and at a loss.

Qian Zheng tugged at the corners of his mouth.

The homework in ancient times was very monotonous, and Qian Zheng first taught a few small ones to write hundreds of family names and thousand-character essays. Gan Tang and a few seven or eight-year-old scholars. Finally, I began to teach a little more and learn the Four Books and the Five Classics.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, it was lunch break, the master went back to the inner house, and the students began to sit in groups of three, and sat in groups of five, and began to eat.

After a half-hour lunch break, the master came to the school again. In the afternoon, the content of the class is to read aloud "Sound Rhyme Enlightenment" and write large characters. "Sound Rhyme Enlightenment" is an enlightenment book for mastering the rhythm of sound rhyme, and the content taught today is: clouds to rain, snow to wind, and late to clear sky. Laihong is against the swallow, and the bird is against the songworm. Three-foot sword, six-jun bow, Lingbei to Jiangdong. -------------- the students shook their heads, read catchy, and saw that everyone had read it a few times, so they asked the students to get up and memorize the first paragraph one by one, and half of them memorized it. After that, the master told everyone to memorize the remaining two paragraphs after returning home.

After reciting "Sound Rhyme Enlightenment", the master asked everyone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and watched everyone write big characters, but the content was the "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text" taught earlier.

At the end of the day, the school was out of class, and the people from each province took up their little master and returned home.

At the side door of the Champion Hou's Mansion, a Taoist priest about thirty years old saluted the gatehouse. The porter was full of impatience, rolled his eyes, and cursed in his mouth. What are you arguing about?

Gantang's carriage arrived, and after he got out of the car, he saw the Taoist eagle-like eyes staring at him not far away, looked at Shao Chen and asked, "Who is that person?"

Shao Chen replied: "I don't know where the wild Taoist priest is almost here to fight the autumn wind, let me ask?" ”

"Forget it, let's go inside."

The Taoist priest watched Gan Tang wait for the door to enter before sneering and turning around.