The Bohai War intensified, and when Li Congjing dispatched the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces, and the Khitan army led by Yelu Abaoji, fought fiercely in the areas of Zhengzhou, Hengzhou, and Bo Aocheng, thousands of miles away in Shudi, there was also a war that was going on at a critical time.

On September 18 of the third year of Tongguang, the Tang Dynasty sent Li Jiqi, the king of Wei, and Guo Chongtao, the privy envoy, to lead 60,000 troops to attack the Shu kingdom of Wang Yan, the lord of Shu. However, the demise of Shu did not stop the sudden war, on the contrary, it was just the beginning of the Shu Kingdom, which had been stable for decades, and was involved in the torrent of great disputes in the world.

The successive murders of Guo Chongtao and Li Lingde became the trigger-fire-cable for the resurgence of the beacon smoke in Shudi, and Li Shaochen, who was then the general of the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Division, the old Liang military general whose real name was Kang Yanxiao, took the lead in exposing his right arm and rebelling against the imperial court. Kang Yanxiao, who moved to Chengdu and led the army from Jianzhou to Xichuan in the west, does not know it now, but his revelation rose up, opening the prelude to the world's anti-Tang Dynasty.

Hanzhou is located in the northeast of Chengdu, the two are only one or two hundred miles apart, the former can be called the eastern gateway of the latter.

Kang Yanxiao, who broke away from the Tang Dynasty in Wulian, erected an anti-Tang banner, and took advantage of the hatred of the Shu people to destroy the country, before he arrived in Hanzhou, the neighboring states and towns responded one after another, and soon gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the momentum was great for a while.

Outside the city of Hanzhou, the two armies faced each other, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses galloped back and forth, the dust covered the sky and the sun, and the soldiers fought and fought.

The North Gate Tower, now Kang Yanxiao, who has restored his real name, is neatly draped, and is staring at the battlefield outside the city, with a solemn expression. Beside him, there was a young and strong general in armor and blood, looking at it, he should have just been withdrawn from the battlefield.

"Li Shaohong's grandson is really a fucking dog, he chased him all the way from Jianzhou to here, and he is so energetic, Lao Tzu has no bones for him to eat, he is so happy, damn it, bite Lao Tzu to death!" The young general is Jiao Wu, the general who has "the skill of following the dragon" to Kang Yanxiao, he wiped the sweat on his face and took a sip of it.

The battle outside the city did not stop, and the soldiers of the two armies came and went, although the scene was very stale, but the discerning people who had been on the battlefield for a long time could see that this battle with a large difference in strength could not tell the winner for a while. Li Shaohong, who pursued all the way from Jianzhou to here, led only half of Kang Yanxiao's troops, but the soldiers and horses gathered by Kang Yanxiao were half Shu soldiers with ordinary combat strength, and half were young and strong people who were coerced on the way.

Before this, Kang Yanxiao had a holiday with Li Shaohong, he stared at the city, and said coldly: "Li Shaohong, who relied on Guo Chongtao's favor and trust before, has never looked at Ben Shuai in his eyes, this time he was ordered by Li Jiqi's chick to pursue us and others, naturally no different from a mad dog that saw bones." Speaking of this, he sneered, "But he wants to take away a military merit from Ben Shuai, how can it be so easy, if he wants to gnaw on this hard bone, he is not afraid of breaking his teeth!" ”

Kang Yanxiao's words were tough, but in fact, he moved from him to Chengdu, and now he is only in Hanzhou, and he was bitten by Li Shaohong, and he had to give up the next two hundred miles of distance, and was forced to fight with Li Shaohong here, which can explain some problems.

Jiao Wu stared at the battlefield with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Marshal, at most three days, the last general will break this thief for the marshal!" ”

Stretching out his hand to caress the cold female wall, Kang Yanxiao put one hand on the hilt of the knife, his eyes were cold, but he was not a shallow person after all, and said slowly: "What is the combat strength of the Tang Army, you and I know it, there is no need to say more, Li Shaohong can also be regarded as a fierce general, otherwise, we don't have to fight with it here." With these soldiers and people in Shudi, not to mention that the army is twice as strong as Li Shaohong, it is three times, and it is impossible to defeat it. After a pause, he continued: "When attacking Shu a few years ago, Ben Shuai, as a vanguard, attacked the city and pulled out the village, if he entered a no-man's land, how could the Shu soldiers be able to resist half a point? ”

As for that, after all, he was a little angry that he was so ambitious, and then sneered: "However, the current Tang Army, where is there still half of the sharpness when it was in the original attack on Shu?" Li Cunmiao not only suspected the minister, but also did not trust the soldiers, not to mention that after entering the Central Plains, the money was used to favor the demon queen in the harem. On the contrary, Meng Zhixiang, who did not participate in the battle of Shu, ran to Chengdu after the war stopped, and inexplicably served as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival. And Guo Chongtao and Li Lingde died one after another, which made the soldiers who were already quite resentful even more resentful, and the generals in the army were all in danger. In this case, how many people are willing to work wholeheartedly for him? Then Li Jiqi, since the war in Shu, the corpse is just a vegetarian meal, and he has no work, how can he make the soldiers willing to obey? The morale of the Tang army is low, and if this war continues, Li Shaohong will definitely lose! ”

Although Kang Yanxiao's words have some subjective colors, the things discussed are not much different from the facts, after Jiao Wu heard it, he was convinced in his heart, and his fighting spirit faintly rose a few points.

"At present, our army is fighting with Li Shaohong, as long as nothing goes wrong and it is not difficult to win, the only possible variable is Meng Zhixiang, who sneaked to Chengdu and served as the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu." Kang Yanxiao continued, mentioning Meng Zhixiang, Kang Yanxiao gave birth to another anger out of thin air, and this anger was even heavier than mentioning Li Shaohong. As the general with the most outstanding achievements in the previous war against Shu, Kang Yanxiao has always regarded the Xichuan Jiedu envoy as something in his pocket, and now he is being stolen by an outsider who has no half credit, and Kang Yanxiao's anger naturally burned to Meng Zhixiang.

"Meng Zhixiang" Kang Yanxiao repeated the name, closed his eyes and exhaled a long breath, looking at his appearance, he should have greeted Meng Zhixiang's ancestors countless times in his heart.

Jiao Wu took care of Kang Yanxiao's mood very much, and pouted: "Meng Zhixiang, a scholar, but relying on Li Keyong's son-in-law, this is the only way to make progress, there is no need to worry, the reason why he was able to serve as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival is only that when Guo Chongtao served as the envoy of the Zhongmen, he was recommended by him, and this time Guo Chongtao reciprocated the favor." ”

Kang Yanxiao nodded, was silent for a moment, and said half-loudly: "After all, Chengdu is in my belly, and I can't help but take precautions, divide three thousand soldiers and horses, and stare at the direction of Chengdu." ”

Jiao Wu promised and took the order.

He leaned against the wall and looked at the battlefield, his ears were filled with shouts of killing and fighting, his eyes gradually became calm, and then became hot, through the heavy military formation, he seemed to see the victory that would come soon.

If this battle is won, no one will be able to stop it.

The land of two rivers, the rich township, especially Chengdu, has been said to be "one benefit two" a hundred years ago, which should be the foundation of hegemony. Even if it is not good, it can also divide one side and achieve the princes of one side.

The things in this world have to be fought for after all, and if you don't fight, you won't have anything, and if you fight, everything is possible. If you are a good man, even in this world, you may not be able to compete.

Kang Yanxiao chuckled, "Xichuan Jiedu envoy, since you don't want to give it, then I'll take it myself." But when I need to take it myself, it's not just Nishikawa! ”

On the official road connecting Chengdu and Hanzhou in the hinterland of Xichuan, an army of less than 5,000 men is marching rapidly.

The leading general, although he was covered all over his body, still had a bookish atmosphere, about fifty years old, his face was full of energy, and his round face made him look quite kind, only a pair of slightly narrowed eyes, and the occasional flash of sharp color conveyed that this person was not as ordinary as it seemed.

The location of this army is not far from Hanzhou, where the war is stalemate. Near noon, the rangers who rushed back in front reported to the elegant old man in armor about the military situation in Hanzhou, as well as the three thousand soldiers and horses who were staring at the official road like tigers.

"Three thousand?" The elegant old man is the useless scholar in Kang Yanxiao's mouth, and when he heard this, he smiled noncommittally, and said to the left and right with a relaxed expression: "The old man heard that Kang Yanxiao has 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he is fighting fiercely with Li Shaohong, but now he is generous, and he has 3,000 people to stare at Chengdu, but he looks down on the old man." ”

Some people on the left and right said angrily: "The erector is rampant, this is self-inflicted!" The army commander, the last general asked to lead a thousand horsemen as the vanguard, first go to break the three thousand thieves, and open the way for the army! ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Meng Zhixiang laughed twice, twisted his beard under his chin and said: "Kang Yanxiao is not an incapable person, in the previous battle of Shu, among the many generals, he made the greatest contribution, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village, not to mention defeat, there is no one who can even stop his troops a little, this is not something that ordinary generals can do." ”

Some of the generals on the left and right were not angry, but in the face of such an old man who had almost no killing spirit, after Meng Zhixiang's words, no one dared to say anything more.

Meng Zhixiang looked up at the front, there was an indifference and calmness formed by years of precipitation and rich experience in his gas, and he said in a normal tone: "Pass the order, and the army will rest for an hour." An hour later, the whole army rushed, gathered all the strength, and in one go, removed the roadblocks in the first battle, and broke its military formation in the second battle! ”

After receiving this military order, which was not said in a loud voice, all the generals solemnly accepted the order and promised with their fists.

Meng Zhixiang raised his eyes to look to the east, as if he had seen the city where there was a big battle in front of the city, and said in a faint tone: "Kang Yanxiao, Kang Yanxiao, your heart is too big and you are jumping too high, the old man will come to suppress your shock." ”

Two hours later, when the 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the south of Hanzhou City saw the strange soldiers who appeared in the field of vision, the other party had already started to charge.

On the same day, Meng Zhixiang led the Chengdu Tang Army, broke 3,000 rebels in one battle, and broke into the rebel formation in another battle, and joined forces with Li Shaohong to defeat the rebels.

Kang Yanxiao, the leader of the rebels, fled from Hanzhou, with only a dozen horsemen left around him

Running away desperately all night, when the sky was bright again, Kang Yanxiao had already arrived at the Mianzhu realm.

Looking back again, there was no pursuing Tang Army in the field of vision, Kang Yanxiao, who was sweating profusely, breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, he was no longer in the high-spirited state of yesterday, replaced by a completely embarrassed appearance, and glanced at the more than ten horsemen around him, Kang Yanxiao slowed down his horse, gasped and said to Jiao Wu, who was closely following him: "Rest for a while." ”

"Stop, rest." Jiao Wu raised his hand and beckoned the remnants of the defeated soldiers beside him.

Everyone got off the horse, Jiao Wu took the first step, helped Kang Yanxiao off the horse, found a vacant place, sat down in front of a big tree, untied the water bladder on his waist, and handed it to Kang Yanxiao.

At the moment when Kang Yanxiao drank water for ventilation, Jiao Wu asked worriedly: "Marshal, what should we do next, where are we going?" ”

Kang Yanxiao put down the water bladder, exhaled heavily, and said after a while of silence: "Commander Xiaojie makes Zhao Zaili have an old relationship with Ben Shuai, so I can go to him first." ”

Jiao Wu nodded and didn't say anything.

Everyone rested for a while, and when they were about to set off again, they suddenly heard the thunder rolling around, and when Kang Yanxiao was shocked, a Tang horse appeared in the field of vision and surrounded everyone. The leader was none other than Meng Zhixiang, who was an elegant and scholarly man.

Seeing Meng Zhixiang from afar, Kang Yanxiao was startled, but only for a moment, this brave general who dared to lead the army against the Tang Dynasty and march into Chengdu, intending to divide one side of the great cause, his panicked look turned hideous, his eyes were even more scarlet, and his eyes seemed to burst out. He pulled out his horizontal knife, turned over on his horse, and roared to greet a group of lost dogs beside him, "Meng Zhixiang is in front, rush over with Ben Shuai, kill him, and we will be able to take his army and kill him back to Chengdu!" ”

His feet clamped the horse's belly fiercely, and when Kang Yanxiao was about to rush out, with the keen sense of smell that Rong Ma's half body had experienced, he noticed a sudden gust of cold wind behind him. At the last moment, Kang Yanxiao desperately turned sideways, but it was too late, and the person who attacked him from behind still slashed him in the back with a knife and cut him off the horse.

Falling on the cold ground, Kang Yanxiao spurted out a stream of blood, dizzy, he turned his head and glared at the person in front of him, and roared: "Jiao Wu, you dare!" ”

Jiao Wu on horseback looked down at Kang Yanxiao, his eyes were so cold that he didn't have any emotion, "I thought that by supporting you to be self-reliant, you could get a fortune, but I never thought that your luck was so bad, and before you became a powerhouse, you became a lost dog." To take refuge in the army of Xiaojie, thousands of miles away? Are you kidding! Since there is no hope with you, then I am no wonder, and you don't stare at me, who made you unlucky? ”

When the mutation protruded, Meng Zhixiang had already arrived. Jiao Wu threw away his horizontal sword, rolled off the saddle, and took a step forward to bow down, "General Meng, the guilty general has captured the traitor, listen to the general!" ”

This change that came too quickly overwhelmed the remaining dozen or so traitor remnants for a while. Meng Zhixiang reined in the war horse, glanced at Jiao Wu playfully, nodded with a smile, got off the horse, walked to Kang Yanxiao and squatted down, looked at the traitor who was already unable to move, shook his head and sighed, "I knew now, why bother in the first place." As a great hero of the destruction of Shu, he has his own glory and wealth after returning to the dynasty, why should he be a chaotic minister and thief and seek his own death? ”

The injury on his back was too serious, Jiao Wu's knife was so tight that it had cut off Kang Yanxiao's spine, he was lying on the ground, no different from a dog, but even if it was a dying dog, he still raised his chin proudly, "Meng Zhixiang, you don't need to cry here, if it weren't for bad luck, would you have the opportunity to wait for the erector to be strong?" ”

Meng Zhixiang did not hide the pity in his eyes, and still shook his head, "This is not luck, but the general trend." Do you buck the trend, how can you get a good result? ”

"The general trend?" Kang Yanxiao seemed to have heard a big joke, but he couldn't laugh anymore, he could only make a rude voice, "What is the general trend?" Those who follow the trend win the world, and the world is broken by the contrarians, and the cycle repeats, and the cycle repeats. Who is the trend? Life since ancient times, amorous and heroic, countless characters in the world, and only true heroes can be true! You are just an eagle dog of Li Cunmiao, showing your teeth and dancing for others, how do you know the pride and excitement of being born in troubled times and seeking a hegemony for yourself? ”

Meng Zhixiang's face sank, but he didn't speak again. And Fang Cai's words seemed to exhaust Kang Yanxiao's little energy left, he no longer supported himself, and let his body fall to the ground on his back. Looking at the distant sky, Kang Yanxiao's eyes gradually dizzled, his voice gradually weakened, and he murmured softly: "Being born in troubled times is unfortunate and fortunate. I, Kang Yanxiao, fought and bled for others all my life, and at the end, I finally fought for myself, although I lost, I lost and there was nothing left, but I didn't lose! ”

After saying this, Kang Yanxiao closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

Coming, this chaotic minister and thief, walked very safely.

Meng Zhixiang slowly stood up, silent, and finally waved his hand, signaling his soldiers to deal with the endgame, while he turned over and galloped away.