Text Chapter 136 Life is like an ant, life and death have a period
In the long course of history, there are many special phenomena that people at the time could not understand, mysterious and terrifying, so they are called miracles.
The Siege of Mayi in the spring of that year marked the official beginning of Han and Hungary as enemy states. Tear off the veil of concealment and plane, and from then on there will only be war, the winner will be the world, and the loser may be wiped out!
In the siege of Mayi, the army of 100,000 Huns went on an expedition and returned in vain. The Han army was more than 300,000, planning for 100 days, spending countless money and food, and the five-way army did not build an inch.
Only a fire in Yanshan that day remained in the memory of many people, whether it was an opponent or a comrade, whether it was a Han or a Huns, whether it was love or hate, whether it was a curse or worship, a person's name was firmly remembered in their hearts.
In the strategy chapter of "History of the Han Empire • The Yuan Gong Family", this story of the Yuan Gong is described in rich and colorful terms.
“…… Shi Yuangong rode into battle as a young man, slashed King Zuoxian, and escaped with Princess Li'an among the ten thousand troops. The Huns were angry, the iron cavalry chased to the Yanshan Gorge, surrounded but did not go, Yuan Gong was injured by an arrow, and the Huns were very anxious to attack, and the situation was dangerous! The sky is approaching dusk, the black clouds are overwhelming, the thunder and lightning wind roar, and Yuan Gong leads the thunder and fire to hit it. There is a spirit snake to dance, the huge thunder is like a pillar, half of the mountain peaks are poured, the mouth of the valley is covered, the flames follow, and the six thousand captives in the valley are wiped out! The rest of the people were cracked, and the wolves rushed away. The fire is difficult to extinguish at night, it can be seen for hundreds of miles, Shan Yu fled to the north, looked at it from afar, hated, and marveled that the Han family had such a person to help! Since then, hearing the name of the Yuan Duke, the Huns are afraid of it, and privately call it the 'Shenhou'......".
The Yanshan fire, not only Yu Yi Zhixie saw it, but also the guards of Yanmen Pass, and the Five Route Army that set up an ambush within a hundred miles also saw it.
However, at this time, Liu Gongyou and Feng De, the guards of Yanmen, couldn't care about what was going on over there, because the fire under their noses was enough for them to be anxious.
More than ten border tuns near Yanmen Pass have been razed to the ground by the angry Hun cavalry, and no one can escape their iron hooves. The house is burning, like the anger of the Huns, everything in front of them must be burned and killed!
Tens of thousands of rockets were fired into the city, and several nearby streets and alleys were also burned.
All the defenders went up to the city walls and defended them tightly, beware of the enemy taking advantage of the chaos to attack the city. Fortunately, the Huns were afraid that there would be pursuers to catch up, and it was too late to attack. After spilling their anger on the borderlands, the brigade finally retreated north.
By the time the Han army finally determined the traces of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the rest of the Fourth Route Army generals received Wang Hui's message, they decided that when the ambush soldiers chased after them, the Huns had already fled into the grassland and disappeared.
Failure is a failure, and success falls short! Such a result cast a shadow on everyone's minds.
As a general who leads the troops, he understands what serious consequences will be in the future. With a heroic character like Shan Yu Yi Zhixi, how can he be humiliated by this in vain!
Next, he can come to Han Land to invade endlessly. There will be no peace on the border of northern Xinjiang!
Moreover, when the ambitious and personally planned "Shooting the Sky Wolf" ended so sloppily and ended in embarrassment, the blow to his prestige was huge.
Would the pride of the Emperor's Heart accept such a failure? Presumably, there will be another bloody storm in the DPRK and China next!
After the unsuccessful five-way army chasing the Huns converged, they stopped inside and outside Yanmen Pass, quietly waiting for orders from the emperor, waiting for the next fate and stay.
The next day, when everything came into view, the consequences of the Huns' revenge were shocking! More than a dozen villagers, young and old, were killed. It's a bloody affair, but that's just the beginning. In the next two or three years, similar situations will continue to play out.
In addition to worrying about the military situation, the veteran general Li Guang was even more anxiously waiting for news from another direction. On the top of the city, he had come up several times to watch, but in the vast place on the side of Yanshan, no one had returned.
Yesterday, Wei Qing and the others rushed to the vicinity of the Dexi Valley in front of the Flying Horseman. After seeing Li Guang, he quickly reported the previous situation, and was so anxious that he begged to send troops to meet Yuan Zhao and rescue the princess.
Li Guangda was shocked, only then did he know that the plan had failed and the Xiongnu retreated north. What's the ambush going on here!
At the moment, it was too late to inquire in detail, on the one hand, he ordered the whole army to prepare for pursuit, and on the other hand, he separately allocated 5,000 elite cavalry, and ordered the deputy general Zhang Jin to lead it, and quickly accompanied Wei Qing and others, and went north to receive support first.
This time and again, it was close to two or three hours, how are Yuan Zhao and the princess doing now?
Of the people from Chang'an, no one stayed to rest, and more than 300 people changed horses and continued to return with the brigade.
Wei Qing, Cao Xiang, Xie Jiu, Cui Hong, Su Jian...... There is only one firm thought in everyone's hearts now: it's okay, they'll be okay! With that ability to kill King Zuoxian, the little marquis will definitely be able to get out safely.
However, against the thunder of the north wind, the horses galloped until they escaped from the hands of the Huns, and there was no trace of anyone along the way, only the traces of countless horses' hooves.
Just when everyone's hearts were heavy and there were many bad expectations, in the midst of the thunder, they suddenly felt the vibration and roar from the southeast of the earth!
The horses were a little frightened and neighed uneasily. Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what had happened in that direction.
"Look! There's a fire! The sharp-eyed Cui Hong stood on his horse and shouted loudly.
"Could it be the little marquis...... Fast! The whole army turned around and immediately went over there to see what was going on. ”
In the sound of the shouting, the anxious Cui Hong had already taken the lead, and more than 5,000 horsemen followed one after another, galloping away to .......
The fire in the canyon burned all night. The girl on the top of the cliff did not sleep soundly, and in the haze she always seemed to hear screams coming from below.
However, every time she opened her eyes and saw the figure sitting cross-legged by the fire, her heart was much more peaceful.
The size of the boy has not yet grown, and he is actually not very tall. In the light of the fire, the shadow projected was very wide, like a huge protective film, tightly wrapping her inside.
Su Xi couldn't help but reach out his hand, through the void, and grabbed the corner of his clothes, which was close at hand! This feeling made her feel extremely grounded.
"Thousands of miles away, in the mountains, I would spend the night with him in such a place. It's weird! Is this a dream that I have never thought of in the palace city of Chang'an? If that's the kind of companionship...... Then it doesn't matter if the night is a little longer. ”
She half-squinted at the jumping sparks and the young man who closed her eyes to recuperate, and when the sleepiness came up again, the corners of her mouth with a satisfied smile finally gradually fell asleep again.
Yuan Zhao didn't notice the small movements and subtle thoughts of the girl behind him. He was quietly leveling his breath and cultivating his body.
This was the first real danger he encountered since he came to this world, and it was also the first time he was physically injured. It stands to reason that such a severe arrow wound should cause great damage to the body. However, when he examined it just now, it was a little strange that in just a few hours, the two wounds had not only stopped bleeding, but had slowly scabbed. If you recover like this, the big deal will be four or five days, and the wound will be completely healed.
"It's kind of amazing...... Hehe! Is this also a benefit brought by time travel? ”
Hearing the girl's slight turnover, he glanced back, and saw that she was sleeping soundly, and added some more fire to the fire. In addition to many dry vines on the top of the cliff, there are also a large number of feather arrows shot by the Huns, which are just used as things for roasting fire at this time.
The wind and thunder had long since disappeared in the first half of the night, and the dark clouds on the top of the cover had disappeared. At this time, the sky is deep and the sky is full of stars, but it is a good scenery in the mountains.
"With such a big fire, the Huns in the valley below must have already burned out, right? By dawn, I should be able to swagger and leave the ...... safely. ”
Thinking so, he clasped his hands between his arms, and gradually closed his eyes.
When the morning light drove away the darkness and the fire that burned everything was gradually extinguished, and the smoke was swirling, Yuan Zhao jumped up to the rock on the edge of the cliff and saw the familiar banner of the Han army at the mouth of the valley.
After searching for 5,000 Han cavalry all night without success, dozens of corpses of Hun cavalry were found outside the mouth of the canyon, all of which were crushed to death by the first rocks to roll down.
Then, under the leadership of Cui Hong, when dozens of military masters carefully climbed the broken rock blocking the valley mouth from the outer edge, and endured the baking of the heat wave, what they saw in front of them made these hard-hearted warriors tremble!
As far as the eye can see, everything is black and gray, and everything you see in your eyes is white bones. This is not a Langlang world, but a burning hell!
Burning black knives, arrows, weapons, piles of bones, some of which could no longer be distinguished from human bones or horse bones, at the bottom of the canyon, behind the rocks, and between the walls of the mountains...... Everywhere, huddled, climbing, kneeling and praying, maintaining any shape, it can be seen that the struggle before death is tragic.
The bones of 6,000 Hun cavalrymen covered the entire canyon, as if this was a natural cemetery made in heaven, just waiting for their fate.
There was silence, no one spoke. The team waiting for the news below probably guessed the situation inside. Even if they are enemies of life and death, opponents who do not share the sky, in the face of such a tragic situation, there is only sigh and sadness.
There was a deep flute sound coming from above, the tone was very clear, with solemnity and tranquility, but also with compassion and forgiveness. With the sound of pine and cypress in the mountains, the sun rises in the east, the sun shines all over the earth, and there seem to be many painful souls in the air that have been relieved and are slowly passing ......away.
When they heard the movement, everyone looked up, but they saw that the morning sun was rising, and the light was shining through the vast dense forest of the mountains here, and projected on the body of the young man high on the cliff, and he held a piccolo to his mouth with his bare arms. He couldn't see his face clearly, and after the light was refracted, a golden silhouette was formed around him, shining brightly, like the legendary ancient gods coming to the mortal world!
Whether it was Wei Qing, Cui Hong and others, who had known him for a long time, or the five thousand Han cavalry who came with the deputy general Zhang Jin, at this moment, the same thought surged up in the same heart: Heaven descends from the sky, bless me Han!
Not far behind her, Princess Suxi, who was awakened by the sound of the flute, quietly poked out half of her little head, staring at the back a little stupidly, thinking in her heart, no one knew what .......
On the way back, the scenery is still the same, and the mood has changed greatly.
After the deputy general Zhang Jin found Yuan Zhao and Princess Li'an safely, he immediately sent a flying horse to report to Li Guang, who was in Yanmen Pass. The veteran sent a message and ordered him to immediately lead the elite cavalry of the headquarters to escort the princess back to Beiping. Therefore, the 5,000 people did not stop and set out on their way home.
This time, the driver was replaced by Cui Hong, who rode the horse very steadily, for fear that there would be a little bump and touch the master's wound again. Yuan Zhao leaned lazily on the side of the wheel, answering the questions of the princess who was incarnated as a curious baby in the carriage.
“…… Are you telling the truth? Did you recite some incantation to lure the thunder down? ”
"I told you a long time ago! The mantra is what you said to me, hehe! ”
"Why don't people remember? It's going to deceive people, huh! I won't talk about ignoring you, ....... ”
"Didn't you want God to thunder and slash those Hun bad guys, so I'll attach your words to the kite and give it to him! It must be to see that you are such a beautiful little princess, and you can't bear to refuse, so you can click! The Huns are finished...... Ha ha! ”
"Flim Flam! ...... at such a young age Ignore you! ”
The girl's head shrank into the carriage, a little shy and a little sweet, it turns out that he also thinks he is beautiful?
Cui Hong, who was driving on the side, admired the little master! It turns out that the little marquis is also so powerful? What a capable person can do!
He waved his whip gently, and the carriage galloped, with the sound of hooves, the flag half rolled, and the ancient road of the slanting sun, which was full of ...... of the Han family.