"Who said that the camp in the east of the river is all shrunken turtles?" Liu Wuzhou stood on the high White Dragon Mountain, looking at Linquan City in the southeast. At night, wisps of white smoke had risen there, and Liu Wuzhou couldn't tell whether the victors were happily drinking barbecue or burning the bodies of the war dead they had left along the way. He looked back at the small colonel's military robe that he had snatched halfway through, as well as the more than 1,000 people who had barely gathered around him, and sighed and said, "In today's battle, I realized that we are not even as good as a group of turtles with shrunken heads. ”

Liu Wuzhou's left servant, Yuan Junzhang, turned his head to look at Liu Wuzhou, but he didn't say a word.

Jin Ke, the general of Zuo Wuwei, frowned and said: "Chen Jun endured for two years, but once he counterattacked, he was so sharp. What are those firearms in the Sanggan River today, they are so powerful, who else in the world can stop Bei Chen's blow? ”

Song Xiaoxian also sighed, looking at the Han monarchs and ministers who had already lost 50,000 defeats in just one day, and even the country had been defeated. "Your Majesty, you said that Chen Kefu forbears for two years this time, and suddenly counterattacked, why did he defeat the Shen family father and daughter in Jiangnan, but he suddenly withdrew his troops and gave up all the counties captured by Jiangnan to the Shen family. Why didn't they destroy the Shen family and recover Jiangnan in one go, but suddenly sent troops to Hedong and came at us in one fell swoop? This thing, no matter how you look at it, is a little puzzling. ”

"Chen Pojun, who was a dog, let Shen Faxing, who arrested his father, not fight, but he never forgot about us. This kind of unfilial person who doesn't even care about his father. Lao Tzu hated it the most. Jin Ke depressedly took his sword and roasted it on a charcoal fire wearing a piece of horse meat. In order to avoid the fire causing the pursuers to find out. Jin Ke had to dig a large pit in the ground with great effort and then build a fire in the pit.

The monarchs and ministers of the Han State sighed with a sigh, in the past two years, Beichen has been fully defended in Hedong, and the petty fights made them all think that Beichen was already like that. Who would have thought that the sick cats in the past would be so brave as soon as they launched their might, which made them suddenly think of the prestige of the Hebei Army that swept the Central Plains.

The Yellow River under Bailong Mountain is rushing day after day in the night, and the smell of the Yellow River full of water and smell is everywhere. A small fleet of boats was rowing quietly on the Yellow River, but there was no light in the night. Even except for the small sound of the boat pulp breaking the waves, there was not a trace of Yihao's noise at all.

The paddle paddled lightly across the water. It is as if the carp in the Yellow River are gently jumping up to the surface of the water at night. The autumn wind whined low across the banks of the Yellow River, adding a bit of mystery to the night.

In the midst of the flotilla of small fishing boats, a military commander shrouded in silver armor stood at the bow of the boat. He was tall and high-spirited. A gorgeous armor is draped on the body, which is even more majestic. He stood motionless, his hand on the long sword at his waist, and the gaze under the helmet and armor was firm and bright. The moonlight wine in the night reflected a faint light on the armor.

Zhang Xuansu, dressed in a moon-white robe, stood there looking at the military general at the bow of the ship, sighed low in his heart, and stepped forward.

Look at the guards around them with knotted hair and leather armor. Zhang Xuansu whispered: "Is all this really worth it?" ”

The tall military general was silent for a long time when he heard this, and only after a long time did he say: "There is no turning back when I open the bow, I also thought about it at the beginning, so I would be incognito, and then take those hundreds of people to live in seclusion." But there is no such good thing in this world, and no matter where we go, we have to be bound by this and that. Two years ago, the Tiele tribe attacked our pastures and captured our men. From that moment on, I already knew that we couldn't really enjoy a quiet life. ”

"But in order to save everyone, you chose this path, don't you really regret it?" …,

"The path was not chosen by me. I have no choice. ”

Zhang Xuansu looked at the guards around him, and there was still a trace of unwillingness in his heart. Persuaded: "Do you understand what you are doing now?" ”

"Of course I do."

"Do you really understand?"

"Really."

"You don't have Huayi in your heart?" Zhang Xuansu still didn't give up, and said bitterly.

A bitter chuckle rang out, and there seemed to be an incomparably heavy voice in that voice.

He didn't look back, but raised his head to look at the sparse stars in the sky, "Do you know how I found the rescuer two years ago?" ”

"You never mentioned it, and we didn't ask about it. Would you like to talk about it now? Zhang Xuansu said.

"Actually, there is nothing to say, at that time I escaped the pursuit of the Tiele cavalry with dozens of horses. And then you know, the vast grassland, the sky and the earth are big, I have nowhere to go, no reinforcements to move. Those hundreds of women and children were all entrusted to me by my father at the beginning, so that I could take care of them. Even my little brother, whom my father had entrusted to me, was taken captive. At that time, my heart was full of self-blame and remorse, and I even planned to rush back and fight with those Tiele cavalry several times. ”

The general paused, raised his hand and took off the steel helmet on his head, and under the faint moonlight, he shook his head lightly, reached out and untied the hairband on his head, and suddenly the long black hair like a waterfall slid down like silk and fell over his shoulders.

She turned her head slightly, but it was Dou Hongxian, the daughter of Dou Jiande, who escaped from Hebei more than two years ago and followed the outside of the Saiwai.

It's just that Dou Hongxian has a little more vicissitudes and maturity at this time, and there is always a cold feeling all over his body, but his gaze is becoming more and more calm, like two bottomless autumn water.

She stroked her hair and exhaled a long breath, as if she was immersed in the past two years ago.

"Just when I was very confused, I ran into a group of Xi people. The other side has hundreds of riders, and we only have more than a dozen. In a tragic encounter, the Xi people did not give us a chance to speak, and the brothers fought desperately, but they fell one by one. Eventually, my horse was trapped, and I was captured and taken back to their tribal camp. I became the slave girl of that tribal leader! ”

Zhang Xuansu looked at Dou Hongxian with some surprise, he was originally an official of the Sui Dynasty, and then Dou Jiande broke through the city he was defending. Because the people interceded for him, Dou Jiande did not kill him, and he also demoted Dou Jiande. After following Dou Jiande for several years, he also knew a lot about Dou Jiande and the generals of the Hejian Rebel Army. He knew that Dou Hongxian was not an ordinary woman, but he never thought that Dou Hongxian would have such an experience. "Why didn't you talk to us?"

"What is there to say about that? On the grassland, the weak eat the strong, it has always been like this. In short, I worked as a slave for the leader of the Xi tribe for about half a month, and suddenly one day a group of Turks attacked the camp of the Xi people, and they killed their warriors, took their livestock, and robbed their women and children, and slaves. I was taken to the tent of the former Eastern Turks and became a slave of a Turkic nobleman. Until one day, about half a year later, I met a man from the Central Plains who had long since taken refuge in the Turks. That man used to be Wang Subha's subordinate, but later my father and Wei Dao'er launched a rebellion, killed Wang Subather, and took his throne. The man fled to the outside of the fortress and defected to the Turks. ”

Speaking of this, Dou Hongxian smiled, "Actually, there are a lot of Han people outside the Saiwai now, I believe you already know it." There were those who fled from the army and bandits, those who were forcibly captured and sold to the Turks as slaves by those powerful people on the Central Plains, and there were those who fled after defeat in the Central Plains like us. In short, because the man recognized my identity, I was later passed on to the Turkic Khan, and finally the Turkic Great Khan Yehu came to see me and offered to be my concubine. I have made a request, that is, that he rescue all of you who were taken captive by the Tielers. As long as he does it, I will be his woman. ”…,

Zhang Xuansu sighed lightly: "The Turks and later the Turkic Tiele people, I heard that they wiped out thirteen tribes in a row. When we were rescued by the Turks, we didn't understand why the Turks and Tiele were at war, but it turned out that the reason behind this was you. ”

"But I heard that Tong Yehu was able to become a Turkic Khan back then, and it was because of his alliance with Chen Pojun that he defeated Daro Khan in one fell swoop and won the position of Khan. You weren't worried that the Tongye Hu Khan would hand you over to Bei Chen? ”

Dou Hongxian smiled lightly: "What Elder Zhang said is right, the relationship between the Emperor Yehu Khan and Chen Pojun was indeed very good. Chen Pojun helped Tong Ye Hu become a Turkic Khan, and Tong Ye Hu also refused the envoys sent by Li Yuan and other envoys to borrow troops from the alliance. Even Tong Yehu sent his daughter to Hebei to marry Chen Pojun, and the relationship between the two can be described as close. However, that was all in the past, Tong Yehu sent his concubine to Hebei, but Chen Pojun was reluctant to marry the original Sui family to the princess of the Eastern Turks for Kedun and send it to him. Not only that, Chen Kefu even began to secretly support the nobles of the Xi tribe, the Xi tribe, the Tiele Khanate, and the former Eastern Turkic Khanate to secretly oppose the Eastern Crusade of Tong Yehu, preventing him from unifying the eastern and western Turkic regions and rebuilding the Turkic Empire. ”

"No matter what kind of alliance it is, the basic thing is nothing more than interests. When Tong Ye Hu and Chen Pojun went from the intimate relationship of allies to the gradual prevention and even hostile relationship now, the same is true. Otherwise, why do you think I have been able to go from a female slave of the Turks to the current Tongye Hukedun in just two years? All of this is because Tong Ye Hu and Chen Pojun have finally come to an end. ”

Zhang Xuansu frowned tightly, and only said after a long time: "But Huayi is a great defense after all, you can't ignore the defense of the Turks and the Central Plains because of family hatred?" This time, you took the initiative to propose to lead troops south to support Liu Wuzhou, have you thought carefully about the consequences? Once the Turks and the Central Plains really start a full-scale war, then the Central Plains, which is now just about to be unified, may have countless more people falling into fire and water. ”

"Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs! Zhang Lao, without my Dou red line, there will still be a red line, Wang Honghong, the battle between the Central Plains and the grassland tribes will not be any different because of me. What's more, in order to defeat Chen Pojun, I am willing to pay any price! Dou Hongxian said indifferently. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )