Chapter 100: The Front

If you don't die at all, the bad luck is still there, and the curse will be broken when you come back from the dead, Amber knows a lot about the mountain stream, Song Yang already knows Amber's original intention of letting herself 'enter the earth for peace', so he naturally understands why Mu En recognized this matter and had to ask for an understanding.

This time, Song Yang was not polite, but he was not exaggerating, he just told the truth: "I am a doctor myself, so I understand very well that in terms of this skin alone, death is death, and there is no reason to come back to life." But to be clear, I died unconscious and unconscious in the wasteland; When I woke up, I didn't remember where I was, I couldn't remember where I came from or who I was, and then I found my companion and recovered my memory until I returned home, and I really felt like I was dead and alive again. ”

As he spoke, Song Yang let out a long sullen breath, and his tone relaxed: "That's the way it is, I'm not dead at all, I'm still reincarnated as a human being, it's better for you to be the master." ”

The old woman looked down and thought about it, then rolled her eyes to look at him: "Then are you not dead, or are you dead and come back to life?" ”

Song Yang couldn't communicate with the barbarians in the mountains, so he shook his hand and took the two daughters-in-law and left.

That night, at the night banquet in the Hou Mansion, Ren Churong not only summoned the leaders of the various armed forces in the fiefdom, but simply invited Gu Zhaojun, Shi Xiaoxiao and even blacksmiths, blind people, dwarfs and other characters who could be named.

The stingy emperor in the Nanli Palace in Phoenix City back then, when he was angry or happy, he smashed his chopsticks and did not change. In the entire fiefdom, the person who cares most about Nanli is none other than Feng Long, and it is normal for him to be happy and excited at this moment.

The fiefdom was full of money and food, and there was no problem in sending troops, but there were still countless details to do, and for a period of time, the fiefdom was busy...... Fifteen days.

Half a month has passed since the news of the fall of Hongkou, and the whereabouts of King Zhenxi are still unknown. The imperial court is still drawing and assembling new reinforcements. The soldiers were unstoppable, swarming out of Hongkou, and the mountains swept eastward like a tsunami, and none of the Nanli cities along the way could hold out for two days under the onslaught of the Fan army.

Tubo was devastated, and southern and western Xinjiang was completely defeated.

Every day, urgent documents from the front line were sent to Phoenix, but before the imperial court's letterhead of 'the army is coming, standing firm and waiting for help' was sent back, the front line became the rear: the rear of the enemy.

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At dusk, Liu Hou was restless, pacing back and forth in the hall, occasionally standing for a moment, bowing his head for a little contemplation, then shaking his head and sighing, and began to pace again.

A Nanli military academy stood in front of him, waited for a long time to see that he was still silent, the military academy finally couldn't help it, hugged his fists and said: "The soldiers are menacing, and the soldiers in the city of Tanglou are difficult to resist, if Qingyang does not send reinforcements, when the Tubo army arrives, the Tanglou will be over, and I ask the adults to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Liu Houguan worships Taishou and is in charge of Qingyang, when Song Yang participated in the selection of talents, he had some dealings with him, and he was also Song Yang's old man.

The tenement city is located in the west of Qingyang, only five days away, if you can fly to the sky to a bird's eye view, the two cities are considered neighbors on the same street, and now they have become grasshoppers on a rope. In just 15 days, after conquering the important town of Hongkou, the Tubo people swept through several soldiers and horse camps in one go, broke four cities in a row, and rushed towards Luocheng with a mighty momentum.

The military academy in the hall was sent by Tang Lou to ask Qingyang for help.

Lord Liu finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "This official and a thousand of you will return to the tenement building to help!" ”

The look of disappointment was beyond words, and the Tang Lou Military Academy tried to calm down its voice: "The number of troops is 100,000, and only 1,000 reinforcements are really a drop in the bucket. ”

Lord Liu's voice was low and slightly hoarse: "Then 1,200 people." ”

The Tang Lou Military Academy was still unwilling, and wanted to ask for more reinforcements, so he shook his head and said, "My lord, Mingjian......"

This time, without waiting for him to finish speaking, Lord Liu couldn't hold back any longer, quickened his pace and walked to the table, waved his palm and slapped it heavily, making a loud 'bang', and scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu has a total of 6,000 soldiers, and 1,000 and 2 are already cramps and bones, and I want to ask for more people, I will prepare a horse for you, and you will go to Phoenix City!" ”

It's not that Liu Hou supported the army to defend himself and disregarded his comrades, he was really powerless...... Qingyang City is the capital of a state, whether it is city construction or garrison is stronger than other cities in the same state, there are a lot of soldiers and horses stationed in the southwest, and there is a large battalion of soldiers and horses in the southwest direction, echoing with Qingyang into a corner, in terms of defense alone, it can be regarded as a number in the entire western Xinjiang.

However, in order to support the front line, the prince transferred heavy troops from the rear defense areas of Western Xinjiang to reinforce Kushui, and Qingyang only left the most basic 6,000 garrisons, and all the remaining soldiers were transferred, and the soldiers and horses in its southwest simply pulled out the camp and rushed to the front line...... Qingyang is like this, and Western Xinjiang is like this everywhere, almost all of them have been hollowed out, which is also an important reason why the Tubo people can be invincible after breaking through the two Xiongguan before and after.

Liu Hou only has 6,000 people left in his hands now, and he insists on giving 20% to Tang Lou, which is really benevolent and righteous.

Seeing that the muscles and muscles on Lord Taishou's face were shaking and distorting, the Tang Lou Military Academy didn't dare to bargain anymore, bowed down to thank him, Liu Hou also talked nonsense, and ordered someone to take a pen and paper and start writing the order, but just wrote a few words, suddenly a sergeant came outside the door, and there was an important military situation in front of him: Tang Lou Taishou fled without a fight, and his soldiers and horses abandoned the city and scattered!

Liu Hou only felt a buzzing sound in his ears, and his head was about to explode. 1,200 reinforcements were about to set off, but before the Tubo people arrived, the tenement building was over.

The tenement building is no more, and Qingyang has become the front line.

Although Lord Liu is a military attaché, he has never thought about going to the front line, but this time it can't be regarded as him going to the front line, it can only be regarded as being given to him by the front line.

The brush was thrown on the table, and the guards and soldiers in the city in front of them all ran away, of course, there was no need to write down this transfer order, Liu Hou raised his head and glared at the Tang Lou Military Academy in front of him, the latter was pale, obviously stunned by the news.

Liu Hou clenched his fists with both hands, hate, anger, shock and fear in his heart, and only after a long time did he take a deep breath and speak again: "Mao Qing, let me ask you, your family is too guarded and fled without a fight, what about you?" Are you going to run away too? ”

The officer from the Tang Mansion was called Mao Qing, and when he came, he had informed Liu Hou of his name, so that Liu Hou knew what his name was.

Mao Qing shook his head vigorously: "I'd rather die than retreat." ”

Liu Hou slapped the table again and said loudly: "Good man, it should be like this!" Saying that, he picked up the pen again, changed a new piece of paper, and wrote a letter again, but this time it was no longer a troop transfer document, after writing, Liu Hou handed it to Mao Qing: "It's too guarded to escape, there will always be some loyal and brave soldiers to stay, and the army is large, there is no owner in the city, they can't fight this battle, the official will quickly return to the Tang Mansion with you, collect the Nanli soldiers along the way, and take them to retreat to Qingyang. ”

Mao Qing responded to the order, received the warrant of Lord Liu, and chose to go out of the city immediately, but after he galloped west for a while and made sure that there was no one around, he turned the horse's head with the reins, and no longer went to the tenement building but ran towards the mountains in the south.

The herald asked Mao Qing to collect the remnants of the army, but in all fairness, Lord Liu really didn't expect anything from him, after Mao Qing left, Liu Hou still paced, the tenement building was over, Qingyang became the front line, a city, six thousand soldiers, to resist the overwhelming Tubo iron cavalry?

There is no need to think about winning anymore, it is absolutely impossible, whether to live and die with the city or to abandon the city and flee for your life like the Tang Lou is too guarded, this is a problem...... After pondering for almost a stick of incense, Lord Liu finally exhaled a sullen breath and decided to stay. It's not that he's not afraid of death, and it's not that he wants to repay the country with death, the reason for staying is very simple:

His father used to be a small Beijing official, and after saying goodbye to old age, he settled in Phoenix, and it was a great sin to escape from the battle as a guard, and he would use heavy codes during the war, maybe the court would really punish his nine clans when he investigated and dealt with it, and he could escape his father but had nowhere to go.

Even if the court doesn't kill his father, his father will be poked in the backbone by 10,000 people, the old man has lived a peaceful and respected life all his life, and when he is a son, how can he be affected and suffer that sin.

In that case, let's stay!

Qingyang is too vigilant to pass the order, the whole city rectifies the defense, and the soldiers and horses of each department perform their duties; No young man between the ages of fifteen and forty-five in the city was allowed to leave the city, and he was to be added to the army in time of war; As for the middle-aged, weak, women and children who want to leave, they can leave, but the time limit is two days, and after two days, the door is sealed and locked, and no one is allowed to leave at that time.

The order was passed down, and Qingyang City became a mess in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, the soldiers in the city had already prepared, and more than 1,000 soldiers were divided into teams to guard the streets and guide the people.

And this busyness before the war has no intention of killing, only a dull and dead air! Even an old woman who is blinded or a little baby who is not yet sensible can understand that this battle has not been fought at all.

However, to Liu Hou's surprise, there were not too many people who fled Qingyang in two days... In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the young and strong are forced to stay, the old people are reluctant to their sons, women are reluctant to husbands, and children are inseparable from their parents.

Two days later, the twilight bell in Qingyang City rang, the time limit had arrived, and with the transmission of an order, the four gates of Qingyang City slowly closed.

Liu Hou sat in the main hall of the military garrison, his eyes closed and his face expressionless, he didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he didn't think about anything, to be honest, there was really nothing to think about. At this time, suddenly a sound of footsteps sounded, Liu Hou opened his eyes and saw that the old man Sima Ge of Qingyang was stumbling and running, the old man looked excited, and his mouth was incoherent: "My lord, here, here, barbarian, soldier ......"

Barbarian? Tibetans? The Han people are used to calling the plateau people Fanzi, but there are also those who call them the Western Barbarians, Qingyang City has already been sent out to investigate, and the Tubo people have not arrived yet, is Lord Sima crazy? Liu Hou smiled and didn't pursue anything, but asked curiously: "Aren't you leaving?" Why is it still there? ”

Ge Sima is more than sixty years old, and he has already reached the age of saying goodbye to the old man and returning to his hometown, this time Liu Hou decided to stay in Qingyang and live and die with the city, and he also specially issued a certificate of merit to give to the old man Ge, this form is written, which means that Lord Sima is no longer an official figure, and then he can go, in addition, Liu Hou is also very gracious, allowing him to take all his family members with him, including his two sons who are in the prime of life and a grandson who has just turned fifteen.

Although Old Man Ge is usually not very good at being a man and is not very well treated by Liu Hou, after all, he is a comrade who has lived together for decades, and Lord Liu finally left him a way back. When Liu Hou handed over the form and the release order to Master Sima two days ago, the old man didn't say much, just nodded, and he hadn't seen him since.

I didn't expect him to leave yet.

Not only did Old Man Ge not leave, but his two sons also stayed, and the others and the grandchildren of the Ge family left.

Master Sima didn't have the heart to talk to him about those things, he waved his hand vigorously, and still shouted vigorously: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

Lord Liu stepped forward and pressed the old man's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, say slowly, what's coming?" ”

"Barbarians, reinforcements, and the Marquis of Ivy Chun are here!" The old man finally smoothed this breath, and he didn't care about the etiquette of Shangguan's subordinates, so he grabbed Lord Liu's herbal tea and poured it into his mouth.

Liu Hou stood in the hall and looked at him stunned: "You talk about it again?" ”

Without waiting for Lord Sima to speak again, his own soldiers rushed to report that Chang Chunhou led the army to aid Qingyang City, and the advance team had entered the eastern suburbs of Qingyang...... It doesn't matter what the advance brigade or Rory is verbos, what really matters is only five words: Changchunhou, reinforcements!

Liu Hou Huoran was overjoyed! With a cheer, he hurried to the east gate with all the important officials in the city, and the city gate that had just been closed was reopened, and at this time the advance of the fiefdom had already come into sight:

Under the red clouds in the sky, the three-pole banner is waving in the wind, the left is the 'red wave', the middle is 'Changchun', and the right is the princess's special green phoenix flag, and the word 'Xuanji' is written to dance the dragon and the phoenix.

There is no Changchunhou under the banner, only a young woman with a helmet and crown armor, holding the reins in her left hand and holding a knife in her right hand, her beautiful eyes are looking left and right, her indescribable majesty and pride, and her indescribable heroic posture are so happy, it seems that leading the troops to fight makes her too happy, the pear vortex on her pretty face is deep, and her laugh lines are scattered, not who Ren Xiaoyu is!

Chang Chunhou had such a big scene, and he actually used the dignified Princess Nanli to make him the advance.

When the princess led the team closer, when Liu Hou and the other officials saw the military appearance led by the princess, everyone was stunned, and the smile on their faces stiffened...... The princess followed almost two thousand Nanli soldiers, since Yunding made trouble in Yanziping, the king of Zhenxi sent defenders to Fengyi, and now Fengyi has raised troops to resist, and all the armed forces have poured out, this army and horses naturally follow, there is nothing to say, but in addition to the two thousand teams, the princess is also decorated with a large herd of livestock: cattle and sheep.

The Nanli soldiers now make cameo appearances as shepherd boys and shepherds, and there are more than a dozen hunting dogs patrolling back and forth around the large herd.

Although he led an army of cattle and sheep, it did not prevent Her Royal Highness from finding her own feelings and smiling from ear to ear.

Even if it is a cow or sheep, it is better than nothing, not to mention that the princess is also followed by two thousand soldiers, Liu Hou led everyone to trot all the way forward, according to the identity to see the gifts, greetings and politeness, not to mention, these are not a problem for Ren Xiaoyu, after the kind words, Xiaozhu pointed to the livestock behind him, and said with a smile: "These are rations, in the team led by the Marquis of Changchun, there is a large amount of food, I'm afraid you can't cope with it, so let's just bring it from the fiefdom ourselves, and the meat is for use, and Lord Liu will help us keep it." ”

Liu Houlian claimed that it was, and hurriedly ordered someone to settle the livestock, of course, it was indispensable to say another word of gratitude, and then invited the princess to enter the city to rest.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhu's eyes glared: "Now I'm going into the city?" How can I do it, I have to wait for Chang Chunhou to be with me. ”

As he spoke, he turned the big knife in his hand, pulled a beautiful knife flower, and then hung it on the Desheng hook of the war horse, and then turned over and dismounted, entered Qingyang City to greet the team of officials, and waited for his sweetheart to arrive with a smile.