In the evening, the sun had set, the sky had darkened red, the mountains in the distance had turned a dark black, the mountains and forests became quieter, and some unknown night insects began to hiss excitedly.

On a narrow mountain road, a man walked in the distance, his steps strong and vigorous, and he jumped over the trunk of a tree that was blocked on the mountain path and could only be held by three people.

This is a young man who is 1.9 meters tall, looks to be in his early twenties, shirtless, showing strong bronze muscles, wearing a pair of camouflage military pants underneath, a pair of marching leather boots, a 92-style pistol pinned to the waist, and a military thorn in the leather boots.

The reason why the young man was shirtless was because his shirt was made into a baggage, the sleeves of which were knotted at the chest, and the burden was slanted on his body, and it seemed to contain a lot of things, or rather, the baggage was his food.

The man had a small head, a rectangular face with a sharp outline, a high nose, and a pair of deep, sharp eyes under two thick black eyebrows, which were aimed like arrows at some unseen target in the distant woods, but could turn to the nearby rock in an instant.

Although his eyes were resolute and sharp, there was a faint hint of confusion, and he stopped from time to time to look around, as if wondering where he was.

His name is Zhang Xuan, he was originally a special soldier, he was admitted to the Army Academy two years ago to study military strategy history, five days ago Zhang Xuan and 30 cadets participated in field survival training, he was looking for water, accidentally walked into a bottomless cave.

When he came out of the other side of the cave, he turned back to find that the entrance to the cave was gone, and he had disappeared into the mountains along with his backpack.

Zhang Xuan walked in the endless Qinling Mountains for five days, and did not meet a person, he already felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong?

When he turned a corner, a thatched hut suddenly appeared a hundred meters ahead, and finally there was a trace, he immediately cheered, and ran towards the thatched hut with long legs.

It was a simple hut made of earth and branches, the gaps were covered with cobwebs, the mud walls were half collapsed, the dim starlight peeked through the holes in the wall, there was a broken beast trap on the ground, and a rusty wood knife stuck in the half of the moldy wooden stake next to it.

Its owner seems to be a hunter who hasn't been seen for a long time.

Jag Hyun was about to pull out his firewood knife, but he suddenly turned around, pulled out the pistol at his waist like lightning, and stared at a mud wall with a sharp gaze.

"Who's it, come out!" He shouted under his breath.

"Don't.... Don't hurt us. ”

Jang Hyun heard a trembling voice, and saw two people slowly standing up from behind the mud wall, an old man with gray hair and a boy with a bun.

Zhang Xuan stared at the two of them without blinking, and his heart was shocked that this old man and young man turned out to be ancient costumes.

"Come out, I won't hurt you!"

Making sure there was no fourth man around, he slipped his pistol back into his waist and pulled out the thorn in his boot.

Both seemed frightened, and the young man clung to the old man's arm, and the two of them came out from behind the mud wall trembling.

"We didn't.... Grain, and there is not much money either, only .... This. ”

The old man placed a small parcel and a small string of copper coins on the ground, and dragged the child back two steps.

Zhang Xuan looked at the copper coins that could only be seen in the film, like a gust of wind blowing in the sand, his eyes were extremely stinging, and his heart suddenly became troubled, "What time is it?" ”

"What?" The old man didn't understand what he meant.

"I asked what year it was? Who is the Emperor? Got it? Jang Hyun yelled in despair.

The old man was even more frightened, he knelt down and stammered, "King, we didn't participate.... Yang Xuangan rebelled, we are just civilians who can't escape. ”

'Yang Xuangan rebelled! ’

Zhang Xuan leaned against the wall weakly, and the extreme exhaustion of the five-day trek instantly crushed him, he finally knew who the current emperor was, and he had come to the end of the Sui Dynasty.

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"Young man, in troubled times, it is the greatest luck to be able to save your life, and it is really not a big deal to forget your hometown?"

Knowing that the young man in front of him was not a bandit who was a thief and robber, the old man had a lot of peace in his heart, and he caressed his grandson who was eating yams lovingly, and his smile became bitter again.

"Look at us, we can't go back even though we have a hometown, what's the difference between this and you?"

Zhang Xuan had calmed down from the shock and chaos at the beginning, and silently accepted the reality of being at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he sighed, stopped thinking about the things that bothered him, and asked the old man: "Where are we now?" ”

"We are now located in the area of Lushi County in Hongnong County, and more than 100 miles to the east is Henan County, not far from the capital."

'Hongnong-gun! Zhang Xuan quickly sketched a map in his mind, and that's right, he was lost in the Sanmenxia area.

Zhang Xuan stood up and slowly walked out of the shack, he took a deep breath of cold and fresh air, looking up at the starry sky, the night sky was so pure, like black velvet spreading out to the boundless sky, dotted with countless brilliant gems.

I don't know which constellation his way home is hidden in, and I don't know which star his future is alluded by, in the dark, everything seems to have a providence, at this moment, a deep helplessness and confusion welled up in his heart.

The night was already very deep, Zhang Xuan sat under a big tree and couldn't sleep for a long time, he stared at the starry sky, but his thoughts flew thousands of miles.

Yang Xuangan rebelled, and in the ninth year of the great cause, he conquered Goguryeo for the second time, and all kinds of sporadic information gradually became complete.

Just a month earlier, he had participated in an academy debate about the real reason why Yang Guang had waged the three Goguryeo wars.

Goguryeo's population is only one million, and the area is only equivalent to a state of the Sui Dynasty, while the Sui Dynasty has a population of more than 50 million, the national strength is strong and rich, the Sui army fought in the south and the north, and the war achievements are impressive, and it is the most elite army in history.

To deal with such a small subject country, Yang Guang had to send millions of soldiers with the strength of the whole country, and he also had to drive the expedition in person, you must know that when the Sui army defeated the real strong enemy Turkic, it was only Yang Su who led 100,000 troops, even if Yang Jian launched a war to unify the north and south, there was no such great momentum.

Could it be that Yang Guangzhen is so mentally retarded, seeing that the world is full of smoke, he has to attack Goguryeo three times and lose a million troops?

He can lead a large army to unify the north and the south, win in the bloody and cruel struggle for imperial power, defeat the Turkic enemy, open up the frontier and expand the border, pass through the Western Regions, and dig the Grand Canal to communicate the north and the south.

It is impossible for such a majestic person to make such a low-level mistake, and there must be a deeper reason for Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo.

The Sui Dynasty was only a short-lived dynasty, but it was the beginning of the Middle Ages, the beginning of the reunification of the world, the origin of the imperial examination system, the three provinces and six ministries, the Grand Canal, the Great Wall, Chang'an, Luoyang, Zhaozhou Bridge, and countless great projects were created, and its importance was no less than that of the equally short-lived Qin Dynasty.

He came to this dynasty that was seriously misunderstood and seriously smeared by later generations, so what can he Zhang Xuan do in this era of heroes?

Zhang Xuan took out the pistol from his waist, withdrew from the magazine and looked at it, his luck was very bad, there were only three bullets in the magazine, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was expecting to use this gun to show his skills in the Sui Dynasty, it seems that God doesn't want him to be too strong.

"Uncle, what is this?"

Jag-hyun turned around and saw the young man standing behind him, curiously looking at the gun in his hand.

"It's called a gun!"

"Guns? My dad also had a gun, but it was very long, much longer than that. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "This is another kind of gun, which is different from your father's." ”

"Bao, where's your father?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

The young man lowered his head gloomily, "Daddy really couldn't pay the taxes, so he sent my mother back to my grandfather's house and sold me to a big family, he said that he was also going to be the emperor, and he left with a gun, and it was my grandfather who sold the land to redeem me." ”

"Po!" The old man shouted at the door of the shack.

"Uncle, I'm going back." The boy ran to the shack.

"Bao, don't talk about your father's affairs in the future, you can't say it to anyone, remember?" The old man glanced at Zhang Xuan from a distance and whispered to his grandson.

"Po remembered!"

Zhang Xuan looked up at the night sky and laughed, if one day he was forced to be in a hurry, would he also be like Ah Bao's father, carrying a gun to become the emperor?

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Zhang Xuan was woken up in his sleep, and found that it was already dawn, he quickly stood up, only to see the grandfather and grandson standing beside him, the old man handed him a cyan robe, and said a little embarrassed: "Can you exchange some food with Gongzi?" ”

"You ..... Going? ”

The old man nodded, "I originally came to find a clan brother, he is a hunter in this area, this shack is where he sleeps at night, it seems that he is not there, I plan to take my grandson down the mountain, take the official road to Xiangyang, I lived there for a few years when I was young, although it is not my hometown, but I have something to eat." ”

Jang Hyun put on a long shirt, which was a little short, although the fabric was very coarse, but it was very dry, and when he wore it, his body suddenly felt a burst of warmth.

Zhang Xuan stuffed the burden to the old man and said with a smile: "I'll give it to you!" I wish you a safe arrival in Xiangyang. ”

The grandfather and grandson thanked them for leaving, Zhang Xuan stretched his waist, and slept sweetly last night, which swept away his fatigue for days, and the initial frustration and despair that fell into the end of the Sui Dynasty disappeared without a trace, and the belief that he was unwilling to fail returned to his heart.

He picked up the firewood knife under his feet, raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, and strode down the mountain, Sui Mo, I'm here!

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In July of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Xuangan led more than 100,000 troops to storm Luoyang, but was met with desperate resistance from the Luoyang army and people, and Luoyang could not be captured after several months of bloody battles.

At this time, the Sui Emperor Yang Guang of the expedition to Goguryeo had led a large army to quickly withdraw to the Central Plains, Yuwenshu, Qu Tutong, and Laihu'er soldiers were divided into three ways to kill Luoyang, Yang Xuangan was forced to abandon Luoyang and march into Guanzhong, and was finally caught up by the main force of the Sui army in Hongnong County, and the two sides broke out in Shangpandou and Dong Duyuan.

Yang Xuangan was defeated in successive battles, and finally collapsed on the whole front, Yang Xuangan's army was defeated like a mountain, and the corpses were killed all over the field by the Sui army, the blood flowed like a river, the 100,000 army scattered and fled, and countless prisoners were captured.

The crisis of war enveloped Hongnong County, and at this time, Zhang Xuan had already walked out of the Qinling Mountains and was coming in the direction of Hongnong County.

That afternoon, in a forest about 30 miles south of Hongnong County, Zhang Xuan sat on a large stone and was concentrating on cutting a branch with a firewood knife, the branch was about one meter and a half long, and the mouth of the cup was thick, it was a hard and straight jujube wood pole, and he sharpened the front end of the wooden pole into a sharp cone to make an earthen spear.

There were already three identical earth spears beside him, 'Click! The rusty firewood knife finally couldn't support it and broke in half, Zhang Xuan scolded in a low voice, and threw half of the firewood knife in his hand into the grass.

He scratched his scalp a few times, stared blankly at the distant sky, he had been walking in the wild for two days, and still did not meet a single house, which made him feel an indescribable frustration.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan suddenly heard something, stood up suddenly, he pricked up his ears, and faintly heard someone shouting: "Help!" ”