Chapter 3: Before Dawn
One night three years later, Wang Yue and Gao Ze sat on the ground on the top of this South Mountain, with several jars of wine on the side, and neither of them spoke for a long time. This is also the first time Gao Ze has drunk since he was born, and he is drunk like mud. Lying on the ground, Wang Yue looked at him and said with a smile
"Apprentice, although you and I are fateful, but when I accepted you as an apprentice, in addition to satisfying my curiosity. What's more important is a promise, in his mouth you are the one who changes the chess game of the world. I'm not interested in that, but I'm also curious to know what the difference is between you who can instantly comprehend the Heavenly Sword Realm. Wang Yue picked up the wine jar and drank it all, and continued
"It turns out that your comprehension of kendo has its own unique side. But your desire to kill is too heavy, and I don't know if the original choice is right or wrong for this world. However, no matter how you choose, your life will be full of legends. It's just that I don't know if for this crumbling man, your appearance represents rebirth or destruction" Wang Yue laughed at himself and picked up the wine jar and drank it all, and suddenly a leaf moved with the wind and fell on Wang Yue's shoulder, Wang Yue picked up the leaf and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he burst out laughing
"Hahaha,,,, the reincarnation of heaven and the reincarnation of yin and yang, everything may have a fixed number. But I'm very happy to be a teacher, I have you as a disciple" Suddenly Wang Yue rose into the air and disappeared into the endless night, as if he had been relieved of everything. In the endless night sky, there was only a sound of "The long road is long, only the sword is the companion".
Gao Ze slowly opened his eyes, picked up the only remaining wine jar and drank it all and laughed, "Hahaha, I see."
"Master, the road I walked is full of dry bones, for the current world, what I represent is destruction, but after destruction, isn't it rebirth. I don't know, will you be able to see that day coming. I was looking for answers, but I didn't expect to find another puzzle. Who the hell is that 'he'? ”。
As he spoke, he got up and bowed in the direction where Wang Yue left
"Apprentice, send off the teacher"
After another two years, Gao Ze embarked on a trip to merge the state, and he was only eight years old at this time. Although Gao Yi and Li Shi did not allow it, he understood that he had no choice, and only if he was strong enough could he protect the people he wanted to protect. So he left a letter, saying that he wanted to meet his brother, whom he had never met. So that the Li family can rest assured.
However, the state is a land of four wars, and foreign incursions are continuous. Gao Ze relied on his martial arts to gather some young and strong people who had a deep hatred for foreign races, and the people in the border were all able to ride horses and shoot arrows, so they were born with high-quality soldiers, and they were being modernized and trained. Therefore, they often sneak up and plunder some tribes with relatively weak defenses. During the attack when he was 12 years old, he met Gao Lan, one of the four court pillars of Hebei in history. Since then, Gao Ze, Gao Shun, and Gao Ran have galloped with the entire Mobei grassland, and then established the terrifying Blood Wolf Corps.
Gao Ze slowly opened his eyes and woke up from the thoughts of reminiscence. He shook the long sword in his hand and kicked the horse's belly violently, and the horse galloped forward like an arrow from the string...
"Venerable Lord Brissa Lord, the leader has ordered us to return to the grasslands as quickly as possible, and prepare to confront Budugen and Suri. Moreover, the Huns reported that they had found traces of the blood wolf cavalry," said the extremely obscene-looking man. Although this person is unsightly, he is deeply trusted by Brissa .
"When," Brissa said with a horrified face
"Three days ago in Gohara-gun"
"In Wuyuan, in Wuyuan, I am in charge of Lao Tzu's. We are in the clouds, and the difference between the two places is more than 300 miles. Besides, we don't think we are in the territory of the clouds, can he find it, hmph, if they dare to come, I don't recommend that they disappear like this, kill me so many Xianbei warriors, if he dares to come, then settle them all together" Brisha's voice changed and she angrily smashed the wine jar with a punch
"Those Huns have long been feared by the Han people, and they are cunning, and they should not be gullible on their side, but you order to go down, many sentry posts, take strict precautions, and be ready to give them a head-on attack at any time. We'll go and meet the chief tomorrow morning."
"Yes, my lord"
"Let's go"
Although he had not exterminated this cavalry in the past few years, he also knew that although this cavalry was elite, it numbered less than a thousand, and he had never had a head-on confrontation with them, and every time it was a sneak attack or harassment.
But there are always exceptions to everything, and that was a day that the entire Xianbei clan could not forget, the blood wolf cavalry sneaked up on the Xianbei royal court far away in the northern frontier, killing the only heir and company of the Xianbei king Shihuai. and killed 172 members of the royal family, including Princess Xianbei, and what is even more shameful is that the 30,000 troops guarding the royal court did not have time to react (maybe someone didn't want them to react at all)
The death of Helian torn apart the originally unified Xianbei clan. Subsequently, this cavalry made several surprise attacks on the northern tribes. What's even more helpless is that they still don't know who the commander of this cavalry is, or even what kind of tribe they are, only that they seem to be enemies of everyone. In order to better hide himself, Gao Ze would often harass Han towns.
"But this time is different, I didn't plan to look for you, but if you come to me, with the 5,000 elites in my hands, I don't think you can kill me. And I'm wondering, who are you? Hahaha. Brissa said with a hideous smile
His laughter was not only crazy, but also very harsh, and he looked at the Han woman on the bed, trembling with fright. ridiculed, "The Han woman is really a stunner, her delicate face really wants to eat you in one bite, this silky smooth skin, it's really intoxicating, hahaha" randomly let out a beast-like roar...
In 185 A.D., the seventeenth year of the succession of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty in the second year of Zhongping, since Emperor Ling succeeded to the throne, the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty has been terminally ill, and the world's droughts, floods, locust plagues and other disasters are frequent, and there are many complaints everywhere, the people are not able to make a living, and the country is further declining.
In addition, the eunuchs and their relatives fought for power and profit, and finally the eunuchs overthrew their relatives Dou and put the Empress Dowager Dou under house arrest, seized power, and killed more than 100 people including the righteous Tai students Li Ying and Fan Yan, exiled and imprisoned more than 800 people, and died tragically in prison, causing the second disaster of the party.
In addition to indulging in wine, the mediocre Emperor Ling also blindly favored the eunuchs, respected Zhang Rang and others as the "Ten Permanent Servants", and said that "Zhang Rang is my father, and Zhao Chang is my mother", and the eunuchs were favored by the emperor, and acted recklessly, extorting money from the people, and wantonly looting the people's fat and ointment, which can be described as extremely corrupt. Emperor Ling's favor and dependence on the eunuchs was the fuse of the later rebellion.
The further weakening of the Han Dynasty prompted the northern Hu people to burn, kill and loot in our northern Xinjiang more unscrupulously, and do all kinds of evil. Brave and sturdy, he was scheming and chose to be the leader of the tribe.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he established a royal court in Danhan Mountain, plundered the Eastern Han Dynasty to the south, resisted Ding Ling to the north, repelled Fuyu to the east, attacked Wusun to the west, completely occupied the homeland of the Xiongnu, and even once attacked the Wa Kingdom, reaching more than 14,000 li from east to west, and more than 7,000 li from north to south.
In the third year of Jianning and 170 years, he led an army to attack Yunzhong County. In the fourth year of Xiping and 175 years, he repeatedly attacked the nine counties on the edge of the border and harassed the subject states of Liaodong. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty was very worried and wanted to be crowned king and asked for peace. Tanshi Huai insisted on not accepting it, stepped up the invasion, established three departments, and put each under the command of an adult. In the 176th year of the fifth year of Xiping, after Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, the border counties of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou were attacked by Xianbei every year, and those who were killed and looted were innumerable. In August 178 of the sixth year of Xiping, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent Karasuma Captain Xia Yu to set off from Gaoliu, Po Xianbei Zhonglang to set off Tian Yan from Yunzhong, and Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zang Min led the Southern Xiongnu's Tu Teruo corpse to set off from Yanmen alone, each leading more than 10,000 cavalry people, and the three routes were divided into troops to go out of the fortress, intending to advance more than 2,000 miles.
Tanshi Huai ordered the leaders of the eastern, central, and western divisions to lead their subordinates to meet the battle. Xia Yu and others suffered a crushing defeat, and even lost all the charms and baggage, and each led dozens of cavalry to flee for their lives, and the Han soldiers were killed in as many as seven or eight tenths, and only one-tenth of the Han soldiers returned to the Han Dynasty. After this battle, in December of the same year, Shi Huai died of illness, and it was spread to be located in Helian. In May 183, the sixth year of Guanghe, He Lian died in the Mobei royal court. Since then, the northern steppes have become even more chaotic...
Now Gao Ze has been galloping on this grassland for 5 years, looking at the Xianbei tribe not far away, without the slightest fluctuation, as if looking at a dead person.
At this time, the northwest border of Yunzhong County. A heroic young man, holding a spear in his hand, stared deeply into the distance. There are more than 100 people around him, but the equipment is varied, not like a soldier, but more like a temporary formation of village warriors.
"Go," ordered a rough-looking middle-aged man, who was supposed to be their leader. But the direction of their actions was surprisingly consistent with Gao Ze's goal.
Gao Ze looked at the Xianbei people not far away and sat quietly on the grassland. I don't know what he was waiting for, maybe he was enjoying this, the last calm on the eve of the Great War. Before dawn, at the last moment of nightfall. It's the most relaxing moment of the day and the darkest time in the sky.
The action of the blood wolf cavalry was deliberately discovered by the Huns, that is, to let them tell the Xianbei people, I, am coming. And the Xianbei people on this night, everyone is ready for war, they have been waiting, waiting for the moment when the enemy will attack, and then tear them to pieces.
It's just that tonight is surprisingly quiet, and you can even hear the sound of horses fighting against the grass, and time is passing away minute by minute, and their spirit and will are slowly dissipating. In addition, they were about to return to the grassland, so they had ransacked several towns in a row in the past two days, and everyone's body and mind were overdrawn to the limit.
"Damn blood wolves, will they come at all" looked at these tired soldiers, their faces full of sleepiness. If this continues, it will be a problem whether you will return tomorrow, and the current grassland is in chaos, and it may be attacked by all sides at any time. I need to meet Mistress Brissa in sight
"Honorable, Lord Brissa Your loyal subordinate, Sabi asks to be seen"
"What's the matter" Brissa was holding the Han woman in her arms, enjoying the warmth after the rain, and she was very annoyed when she was suddenly disturbed. But when he heard it, he still endured it, after all, this man was loyal to him, and he had quite a brain.
"My lord, the blood wolf's target should not be us. And now our soldiers are tired and tired. It is better to let our army rest and send only a small number of troops to guard. It's okay to prepare for tomorrow's trip," Sabi asked off-the-books
"Go ahead, I said the blood wolf he wouldn't dare"
"Yes, sir. Subordinates are dull"
In two hours it will be dawn, and after dawn I will be safe. Venerable god of the steppes, your faithful sons and daughters pray to you and bless us. Sabi prayed silently in his heart.
But sometimes, it always backfires. No one is destined to sleep tonight.