After a long thick fog, Qingliu Guan looked around, and it was all a remnant gray.

Half a year has passed since the original fire, and the embers are still all over the mountains, and the self-healing ability of nature is amazing, and I am afraid that there will be no one who will not be able to recover the original lush in one hundred and eighty years.

"Several Northern Expeditions have fallen short, not because of the strength of the Manchu resistance, but every time we have villains behind us. This time, I have swept the Quartet and stabilized the south, and I am bound to plow the court and sweep the holes and recover the Central Plains. Hou Xuanyan's voice was slightly tired, and he finally came to Qingliuguan after days of running, and he didn't have time to rest.

Although Yan Yingyuan was silent, the expression on his face was obviously very excited, this was really the best opportunity. If we can't grasp this opportunity, wait for the Manchu Qing to stabilize their foothold in the north, resume production and supply armaments, and try to overcome the dangerous fortresses in the north, and the difficulty of the big cities and cities will be several times more difficult.

And Hou Xuanyan didn't want the young children in the north to grow up under the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty since they were children, and it was not terrible to have braids on their heads, but they were afraid that a small braid would be born in their hearts, and it would be completely hopeless. I still remember the Xinhai Revolution in later generations, the revolutionary army asked the people to shave off their braids, and some people held long pig tails and shouted: This is something handed down by the ancestors, it can't be cut. This is really a blatant irony, a typical example of having braids in the heart.

The Qing soldiers under the mountain went back and forth, arranging the fortifications, and the people of Fengyang hated them to the core, and more than half of the young and strong men in Fengyang Mansion were taken to the mountains to work as coolies, and their heads were cut off to deter the original Northern Expeditionary Army. Unexpectedly, a fire sent them to pay for their lives. Although the Han Eight Banners and the Green Battalion who participated in the massacre were almost burned to death, the Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners fled down the mountain under the favor of Zilharang. The tiger has been destroyed, the tiger is not dead, and the hatred has not yet been repaid.

In the large and small cities of Fengyang Mansion, I don't know how many ladies are looking forward to the return of their beloved; The parents cried and blinded their eyes, and they could no longer see their son; Before the little child understands what filial piety is, he has lost the opportunity to be filial to his father. The moment when tens of thousands of human heads rolled down from Qingliu Pass, Hou Xuanyan completely understood that the law of the jungle is the law of nature, and you should never expect your enemy to be softer than you expected.

The karmic fire of the mountains burned all the bones and turned into green smoke, and the burned butcher's knife turned into molten iron, but it could not burn the hatred that was not part of my race.

Yan Yingyuan saw that he was silent, only when Hou Xuanyan was thinking about the battle situation, he couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "Guogong, when are we going to take down the mountain?" ”

Hou Xuanyan was stunned, his heart was still immersed in the mountains, the deep and secluded mountains stretched and undulated, Wujian Mountain, Huangfu Mountain, Mopan Mountain, Zhangbaling, Laojia Mountain, Changshan, and Sesame Ridge, forming the Jianghuai watershed. The so-called mountains around Chu are also such topography.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army descended the mountain, Zilharang's resistance was bound to be exhausted, and predictable bloody battles were just around the corner. And this place is just a microcosm of the battlefields everywhere, and the same is true for other battlefields. His preparation time is only more than a year, and the Northern Expedition across the entire land of China is bound to cost a lot. It is the limit that one's own reserves can last for half a year, and the great cause of the Northern Expedition must be completed in this half year.

Fortunately, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they have repeatedly made stupid moves, stirring up the rebellion of the Han people in the north again and again. If they adopt a soft policy, Hou Xuanyan may not be able to be sure that he will not be able to beat it. After all, if some of the Han people in the north were determined to be traitors, the combat power of the Manchu Qing would be raised to a great level. Just like the Han soldiers under Kublai Khan, they turned around and fought in Mongolia, and the authentic Mongolian soldiers lost their armor.

Yan Yingyuan saw that he didn't answer, nor did he continue to ask, waited quietly for a while, and saw that Hou Xuanyan was still silent, and couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, Yan Yingyuan's voice was raised a little and he spoke again: "Guogong? ”

Hou Xuanyan was stunned for a moment, then woke up and asked, "Liheng, what's the matter?" ”

"The last general wants to ask the prince of the country, when will we go down the mountain."

Hou Xuanyan breathed a long sigh of relief, put his hands behind his back and raised his head and said: "The second day of February, also known as the dragon raising its head, is the time when everything that has been dormant for a winter is revived, just like we Han people have experienced such a long period of dark disasters, and we have to wake up again and tear the enemy apart." In three days, on the second day of February, I have sent messengers to all places, and they have agreed to attack together on the second day of the second month of February. Speaking of this, Hou Xuanyan kicked the small pebbles in front of him and scolded: "I want to see if this group of wild boars can block my army." ”

Hou Xuanyan has this confidence, because although the previous Northern Expeditions were unsuccessful, they were not in vain. The number of Qing soldiers killed and wounded each time was considerable, and the strength of each other was eliminated, and it can be said that the Northern Expeditionary Army has an overall advantage. There are also water battalions and Hunan soldiers in the south to guard their homes, to ensure that their back roads are worry-free, this time it is the king of heaven, Laozi, don't want to interrupt Hou Xuanyan's Northern Expedition.

"Since ancient times, most of the Northern Expeditioners have died with hatred, which is nothing more than two points: there are traitors in the court, and there are no elite soldiers and fierce generals in their hands. Now we have the Northern Expeditionary Army in our hands and have not tasted defeat, the monarchs and ministers of the DPRK and China have fully supported it, and the people of the four seas are looking forward to it, this time it is foolproof, haha. ”

Yan Yingyuan chuckled lightly twice, as if he was agreeing, Hou Xuanyan knew his character, and he didn't take it to heart.

At this moment, a small soldier climbed up from the foot of the mountain, panting, and gasped seven or eight times without opening his mouth to speak.

After the little soldier took a breath, he said in one breath: "Guogong, General Yan, there is a battle report from Shandong, and the Huozi Battalion is marching all the way, who knows that when it hits Jinan Mansion, a lot of Qing reinforcements suddenly came, and the Huozi Battalion was caught off guard, so it had to give up attacking Jinan and retreat to Mount Tai for repair. ”

"Where's the reinforcements?" Hou Xuanyan and Yan Yingyuan asked.

"It's the Mongols!"

Hou Xuanyan nodded, he was not surprised that the Manchu Qing moved the rescue troops to Mongolia, and he had expected it a long time ago. He chuckled lightly and said: "Liheng don't worry, the Mongols can't make it to the climate, they were slaughtered like dogs by the Manchus on the grassland, and when they arrived in the Central Plains, they still wanted to show off their might on the head of the Han family." ”

Xiao Bing's expression changed, and he continued: "Guogong, the counties around Jinan were slaughtered, and they were killed in ten rooms and nine empty, and corpses were everywhere. ”

Yan Yingyuan said angrily: "Meng Yuan'er, who can't be killed, dare you!" ”

Hou Xuanyan held back his anger and asked: "Jinan Mansion is surrounded by us, as reinforcements from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, why do they not chase our Huozi Battalion and kill the people?"

"Back to the two adults, it was not the Mongols who killed the people, it was the Korean soldiers. Their country was empty, and when they came, Korea did not allocate military rations, and the Manchus could not get food, so they promised that they could collect grain from the Han people wherever they passed. As soon as this order was issued, the Korean soldiers burned, killed, looted, and were ferocious and vicious since they entered the customs, and they were three points more vicious than the Manchus and Mongolians. The number of people they entered the customs was 20,000, and no less than 40,000 civilians were killed along the way. ”

Korea used to be a loyal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but since the Manchus entered the customs, their attitude has changed dramatically, and they have become loyal dogs of the Manchus. The faction in power in the DPRK and China had long wanted to send troops to help the Manchus occupy all the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This time, from the general to the non-commissioned officer, it is the most corrupt branch of military discipline. In order to win the hearts of the people, the Qing court ordered them to be scolded for being too murderous, which has aroused public outrage. But the North Korean soldiers didn't realize it, they were like hunting dogs that spread joy, jumping around in front of the Manchu masters, testing their bottom line.

Hou Xuanyan laughed angrily, his face was blue and gloomy, and there seemed to be countless ants gnawing at his flesh and blood in his heart. Hou Xuanyan, who gritted his teeth, said word by word: "Tell Li Haoxian that if you can't kill these beasts, I will use his head to pay tribute to the dead souls." ”

Xiao Bing was taken aback by Yue Guogong's tone, who in the world didn't know that Li Haoxian was Hou Xuanyan's confidant and favorite general, and he gritted his teeth and said that he wanted his head, which would not have been impossible to say if it wasn't for the extreme of anger.

The little soldier who gave the order answered, got up and left, leaving only two people to stay here. If it was an ordinary general, he would definitely know to come up to comfort him at this time, but Yan Yingyuan was also taciturn by nature, so the two of them were on the top of the mountain together, blowing the cold spring wind, relatively silent.

The dark clouds that shaded the sun in the evening, together with this sudden news, cast a shadow on Hou Xuanyan's heart.

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In Taitai'an Prefecture, Shandong, Li Haoxian's big tent is set up under the city gate, and the fire word camp will gather together.

Li Haoxian is a native of Shandong, fled south for so long and finally led the troops back to his homeland, that kind of agitated mood disappeared after entering Shandong, the white bones and dead corpses everywhere, the villages and towns of Xiaosuo, there is no rooster crow for a hundred miles, and the people are left behind.

Jinan Mansion, which is in a slightly better situation, was also slaughtered bloodily this time in addition to the city. There is no reason, raising a butcher knife is about to kill, Li Haoxian has commanded the army for many years, and he has never seen such a brutal army killing civilians.

After a short fight during the withdrawal, Li Haoxian found that the combat power of these Korean soldiers was not strong, the weapons were not good, and the armor was even more unbearable. At the slightest touch, there were a lot of routs and escapes, and the soldiers were unable to restrain the three armies. But the spies reported that when they killed civilians, it was like a demon coming out of the underworld, and all kinds of tragic situations were unbearable.

Their allies, the Mongols and the Manchu soldiers, couldn't help but look sideways, although they were not good things, and they all killed civilians, but the methods were so cruel that they still caused them discomfort.

The reason why the DPRK hated the Ming Dynasty so much was only because they thought that they were beaten by the Manchus and almost destroyed the country, and the most important reason was that the Ming Dynasty stood by and watched.

The Ming Dynasty once "moved the whole force of the sea several times", used hundreds of thousands of troops before and after, and spent nearly 8 million taels of silver, and after repeated wars and peaces, it finally won the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression with great difficulty, helped the vassal state of Korea, and drove the Japanese out. At that time, North Korea was very obedient to the Ming Dynasty and grateful to Dade.

But by the end of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to support North Korea, which was attacked by the Manchus, and sat back and watched this northeastern barrier fall into the hands of the enemy. The so-called Shengmi Endou Mi Hatred, not only did you not end well when I helped you before, but this time I blamed the Ming Dynasty for not sending troops to destroy the country. This kind of hooligan thinking supported the hatred of the whole country of North Korea for the Ming Dynasty, and the only remaining group of courtiers who were devoted to the Ming Dynasty were also eliminated.

Li Haoxian's face was no longer iron-blue, and even became a little purple, the herald brought orders from the west, and Hou Xuanyan's words were passed on to the Chinese army tent in the Huozi Battalion one by one.

Looking around, all his subordinates were angry, and Li Haoxian raised his voice and said: "I, Li Haoxian, how can I be virtuous, just this one head, it is not enough to pay tribute to tens of thousands of people." I hope you can help me, kill all the Korean thieves, and save my head is secondary, mainly to avenge the people. I, Li Haoxian, thank you. ”

Li Haoxian is a fake hero, a world-class armed force, and shares weal and woe with the soldiers, and every time he goes into battle and charges forward, everyone in the camp returns to his heart. Seeing him say this, he gritted his teeth with hatred, his hair stood on end, and the generals in the tent stood up together, knelt down on one knee and said: "We are bound to fight to the death to wash away the shame of the general." ”

In fact, the Huozi battalion was not defeated, they surrounded Jinan Mansion, and Mongolian and North Korean reinforcements arrived, and if they did not withdraw, they would be counter-surrounded. When the Qing soldiers in the city rushed out and the reinforcements flanked back and forth, no matter how strong the Huozi battalion was, it would inevitably suffer. There was no problem with the withdrawal of troops, but when they encountered the North Korean massacre, things suddenly changed. Regardless of their intentions, their withdrawal led to the wanton massacre of civilians by the North Koreans.

In addition, they have always regarded themselves as Hou Xuanyan's henchmen, but now they have received such a stern order, and everyone's hearts are holding their breath. I can't wait to draw a knife to fight now, so as to relieve the depression in my heart.