Chapter 198: Killing with a Knife
In the early spring of the third year of Yongxi, the Xiongnu knocked on the northern border of Li Tang again, and for a time, many rumors and news of the soldiers were spread everywhere, appeasing the people's hearts, and Liu Xi repaired the book and Yecheng and Xiapi two cities in the north of the town, so that they should deal with it carefully and not act recklessly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Li Wei, the Marquis of Guanshan, led his troops to take the initiative to meet the enemy, defeated the Xiongnu outside Xiapi City, and then pursued the victory, wanting to lead people to annihilate the Xiongnu.
In the Yangqu City barracks, Liu Xi dropped the scroll he was looking at in his hand and said to Qu Lang, who was entering the house, "It seems that this Li Wei is really meritorious." ”
"The subordinates sent the son's letter, but he ignored it after taking a look, since he couldn't recognize the hearts of the people, he could only take the blame for himself."
Glancing at Qu Lang who was smiling evilly, Liu Xi's face was very anxious, "How can that be good, Guan Shanhou did not listen to dissuasion, and rashly went deep into the grassland, if something happened, the court will definitely blame, Qu Lang, you quickly gather people and horses to obey the order, I will repair a letter and report it to the court." ”
Holding back a smile, Qu Lang took the order and bowed back, and he went to Qin Yi's house to eat two cups of tea slowly, and said something more, so he rested for an hour, and then went to inform the Tong Jun and others to gather the soldiers.
After the soldiers accumulated, it was estimated that after the time of the two pillars of incense, Liu Xicai, who had written the letter, appeared on the school field, and said very sadly that the Huns were attacking again, and 'Guangwu' did not listen to the dissuasion and had gone deep into the hinterland of the grassland, and it was very likely that he had fallen into the trap of the enemy.
On the side, Ma Xiu, who was shaking a folding fan, pursed his lips and forcibly endured the smile, but a pair of autumn peach blossom eyes betrayed his mood at the moment.
I really couldn't, Ma Xiu could only cover his face with a folding fan, let go and laughed for a while.
This Yusheng is really good at demagoguery, obviously under the banner of rescuing 'Guangwu', but how can he mobilize the disgust of the soldiers, so how can they care about Li Wei's life and death?
The army went out of the city, Liu Xi handed over Xiao Ling'er to Qin still to take care of, during this time in Yangqu City, Xiao Ling'er's personality gradually became more and more well-behaved, although sometimes naughty but no different from ordinary children, and this march is a matter of life and death, Liu Xi did not want Xiao Ling'er to be contaminated with too much anger, thus changing her temperament again.
After Yangqu City sent troops, Xiapi and Yecheng were also led by the young general to help, but the 'Guangwu' seemed to be too fast with the Xiongnu, and the grass on the grassland of the spring return to the earth had grown, which could cover the walking marks, so that the armies of the three cities could not find traces, and only sent people to investigate around while marching, so as to find out the whereabouts of the warring parties.
What's more, there is Liu Xi's deliberate guidance, this time, the speed of the march is naturally going to slow down.
At nightfall, Liu Xi ordered the army to stop and rest, and his soldiers naturally received the order, and there was a gap with the 'Guangwu' before, so these soldiers did not care about the life and death of the 'Guangwu' who showed off their might, they actually came out this time more to avenge the last time the Huns went south, hoping to avenge the dead family with their own hands.
is also like Guo Pinggong, the son of Guo Wei.
The starry sky of the grassland is still as bright as ever, and the moon and the moon are slightly drunk with the warmth of the night breeze, blowing the green grass, and playing with the torches between the camps.
After discussing some things with Ma Xiu, Liu Xi was about to go back to the tent to change into night clothes, when he happened to see a thin figure standing in the distance, his armor had not been removed, and he had a single knife in his hand, standing there looking at the north like a spear.
Sighing, Liu Xi remembered the burly figure, stubbornly defending the rampage brigade, even if he threw away his life, Guo Wei who was not sparing anything.
Walking forward and standing with Guo Pinggong, Liu Xi said softly, "Why can't you sleep, Pinggong?" ”
seemed to wake up from the deepest part of his memory, a trace of consternation flashed on Guo Pinggong's slightly immature face, and then he hurriedly wanted to salute Liu Xi, but was stopped by the latter reaching out and stopping him, "Now you and me, you don't need to be so polite, is there something on your mind if you haven't slept late at night?" ”
Guo Pinggong's eyes welled up with loneliness and sadness that he didn't want to call his age, and he whispered after a while, "When Pinggong was young, my father's army often went out of the city to pursue the Huns, and when I came back, I would always tell Pinggong about some things on the grassland, and now Pinggong can't help but think of my father when he sees this grassland." ”
Hearing this, Liu Xi sighed deeply and patted Guo Pinggong on the shoulder, "Pinggong, your father is a man who stands up to the sky, and you will be like him in the future, and be a real man." ”
As if Liu Xi mentioned his most glorious thing, Guo Pinggong nodded heavily, and the hand holding the single knife tightened a little, "Don't worry, my lord, even if Pinggong dies, he must be like my father, dignified!" ”
Looking at the face full of determination, Liu Xi's heart suddenly welled up with a little debt, he knew that Guo Pinggong's crazy training was to be able to go into battle to kill the Huns one day, but the Huns were no longer the biggest threat to Yangqu City under his secret operation.
After saying a few words to Guo Pinggong again, Liu Xi ordered him to go back to rest earlier, and when the latter entered the camp, Liu Xi also changed into his night clothes, and waited for more than an hour, and when he arrived, he left the camp softly, and his feet stepped on the blades of grass like dragonflies and water, and he was a hundred feet away in the blink of an eye.
Later, another figure leaped out of the camp and quietly disappeared into the night while the soldiers on duty were not paying attention.
"Yusheng, you slow down, how can my foot strength be comparable to yours."
It was also a night suit, but Ma Xiu was still holding a Qiankun fan, looking nondescript, and while talking, he quickly chased forward under his feet.
Hearing this, Liu Xi, who was far away in front of him, couldn't help but slow down his steps, so the two figures shuttled across the prairie like ghosts in the night, as fast as lightning, fleeting, so frightened that the wolves didn't dare to squeak.
On the other side of the grassland, Li Wei was immediately in the night, and behind him was the 'Guangwu' soldiers who were waiting for him, and soon, several flying horses came from a distance.
"Report to the general, the Huns are camped ten miles ahead."
Hearing this, Li Wei immediately reined in his horse and beckoned his soldiers, and the adjutant general beside him hesitated a little, "General, can you think about it again?" ”
"Humph!"
Li Wei snorted coldly, and his face showed a look of annoyance, "The time is ahead, how can you defeat the Huns if you are afraid!" That hairy boy can break the Hun army, how can I not be 'Guangwu'! Previously, the Huns saw my sons and daughters and threw away their armor, which shows that the Huns are only in vain, and now let Ben Hou lead the sons and daughters to smash the Yellow Dragon and capture the Hun Khan! ”
After saying this, Li Wei galloped away, the deputy general could only say no more, following Li Wei for many years, he knew that the Hou Ye needed military exploits to add glory, and also needed military exploits to stand firm in the northern frontier.
For the soldiers, only obey orders.
Thousands of iron horsemen took advantage of the night to move, the horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth, the horse's mouth was copper, and they headed towards the Hun camp, in order to be precautionary, when they arrived at the Hun camp for three miles, Li Wei ordered his troops to dismount and hold the reins.
Finally, seeing the bonfire in front of him, Li Wei opened his mind and explored a little around, except for the neighing of horses from time to time, there was nothing unusual, and the Huns really didn't expect him to be reluctant to pursue here.
In this way, this is also what Li Wei wants, and he can kill the Huns by surprise.
Turning over and getting on the horse, Li Wei drew his sword, and the soldiers behind him screamed and followed him forward.
Under the fast horse, the wind whistled in his ears, and when he was still half a mile away from the Hun camp, suddenly Li Wei's horse tripped and fell to the ground, and the surrounding soldiers did the same, and they fell to the ground one after another.
At this time, Li Wei realized that the grass under his feet had been dug out of traps.
Because they were all advancing rapidly, there was a commotion in front of them, and the entire 'Guangwu' was in chaos, and the Xiongnu camp that should have been quiet not far away was on fire, and the sound became noisy.
How could Li Wei not understand that he had fallen into the trap of the Huns.
As if out of thin air, countless Huns appeared around, and in the dark night, the rain of arrows flashing cold and bright came overwhelmingly, and the casualties on this steppe without avoidance can be described as extremely heavy.
Listening to the screams one after another, Li Wei couldn't help but be furious, and with a long groan, he jumped up, and the light of the long sword in his hand skyrocketed, like a long flying rainbow swept towards the Huns who were shooting arrows on the side.
Like a sharp blade cutting a piece of green grass, it immediately strangled dozens of Huns, but just as Li Wei was about to rush forward, a figure flew out of the night and struck the tip of his sword with a palm.
The visible light turned into water streaks and scattered in all directions.
"Click!"
The crisp sound was drowned out in the humming sound of flying arrows piercing the night sky, and ordinary people naturally couldn't detect it, but Li Wei clearly knew that the long sword made of fine iron in his hand had broken into several pieces.
He is a master, and his cultivation is comparable to him, but his exercises are above him.
Li Wei was shocked in his heart, he really didn't expect that there would be such a master among the Huns, knowing that there would be no chance to win tonight, he suddenly roared angrily, "Retreat!" ”
After speaking, he couldn't take care of those soldiers, Li Wei started to run away, but Zhou You followed him like a shadow, and the gap between the two cultivators was very small, but Zhou You's Kunlun mastery had a slight suppression of Li Wei, so it was difficult to win Zhou You within a thousand moves, but Li Wei couldn't do it if he wanted to escape.
When the two were deadlocked, Liu Xi and Ma Xiu also arrived, and hundreds of miles away at the feet of the two were only half an hour's effort.
Seeing that the Huns had killed the 'Guangwu', Liu Xi flew up, and the 'Shangxi' also flew out of his body, and the whole person turned into a glow, breaking the night.
Soon, the light faded, and the three of them floated in mid-air, Zhou You glanced at Liu Xi with horror in his eyes, and then floated down.
"Boom!"
There was a muffled sound, but it was Li Wei who fell straight to the ground, and when he looked closely, even his armor was cut by a sharp blade.
Thousands of miles away, Li Gao, who was drinking flower wine in the green [building], was groping on the towering jade ball, when suddenly a crisp sound came from the brocade bag around his waist.
Hearing this sound, Li Gao, who was still lewd, immediately changed his complexion, hurriedly took out the brocade bag, and took out the contents of it, but it was a warm and clear jade ring.
It's just that there is a clearly visible crack on the jade ring, which divides the jade ring into two halves.
Seeing this scene, he didn't care about putting on his clothes and pants, Li Gao rushed out of the warm fragrant nephrite room as if he had lost his soul, and the two women who were amused by him were full of grievances.
Thousands of miles away in the night, the towering Lingxiao Pavilion of the Li Tang Imperial Palace, the bell of the masterpiece broke the silence of the night, and the 'flying armor' golden sword guards who were waiting around the Lantern Pavilion hurriedly bowed their heads and bowed to the ground.
Not long after, a white-robed figure leaped out of the Lingxiao Pavilion, and in his hand, he also held a cracked white jade ring.