Yanhou Mansion, Youzhou.

Pingbei Hou Yanzhou Road Festival made Chen Yun.

Chen was originally the wife of Yan Hou, ten years ago Yan Hou died on the battlefield, and now the emperor actually named his wife to attack his knight, and still led Yanzhou Road, but did not attract objections in the court, because Chen Yun came to his own Chen family in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Chen family has been favored by the emperor since she was a child, only because the Chen family already has a queen, if she is included in the palace again, she will be jealous of other families, in order to avoid more life and death, Emperor Dinglong sent her to the extreme north, and with the background of the Chen family, the emperor has made a decision, and others dare not say much, as long as she stays in the northern region, the parties in the court and China will no longer have much trouble.

Yan Hou, who was in her thirties but extremely beautiful, was only fist-supporting in the military tent at this time, looking at the two letters in front of her, she was dressed in a military uniform, but her long hair was shawl, and Zhang Zhao, who was sitting at the bottom, was breathing heavily.

Yanhou Chen Yun sighed lightly: "The military advisor can't be anxious about what I am anxious about, but he is distracted!" ”

Zhang Zhao's old face flushed: "Master Hou, the villain is rude!" It's just that the matter in front of me is not difficult to decide. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"The letter of the Marquis of Zhao and the crown prince is nothing more than a strong statement that troops must not be sent, and a strong statement that troops must be sent. The soldiers of the Great Wall, to bear the threat of 300,000 Huns is absolutely insufficient, from here to send troops to defend, it may not be able to hold, as for the prince, according to the view of King Zhao, because the queen is a member of the Chen family, if the prince ascends the throne, the world will be lost from the hands of the Chen family, according to the humble opinion, this is not enough. ”

"Huh?"

"Even the emperor born to the empress has his own empress, relatives, and even cronies, and instead of letting the grandson of the Chen family ascend the throne, unless...... The dynasty has also been changed, otherwise the world is still the world of the Sima family, it is better to marry the daughter to the prince as now, and bet on many parties, it is the best policy. ”

"Takami, but the queen will hate me to death, even if it's a family, you can't say this to her, so you think we should save the prince? This offended Zhao Hou again. ”

"What Yan Hou said is that the offensive and defensive alliance of the three towns is still not ready to be torn, so we can only enrich the defense line of the Great Wall, hoping that the prince will ...... It should be said to see if the prince can escape back in the hands of the Huns, so that it will not offend the Marquis of Zhao, nor will it make the emperor think that we have sacrificed the country, and on the prince's side, we will send a batch of ordnance and food first, so as not to offend him. “

"Well, I really want to see who this new prince is!"

******

Beidaying is about 100 miles north.

Hearing Long Er's bold words, Sima Dan was overjoyed: "General, please speak." ”

"We'll set up a bonfire in the camp, and then we'll be back in the night, and we should be back in the camp before dawn in the morning."

Deng Bing sneered: "If we are besieged in the night, it will be annihilation!" ”

"No, fight in the dark, there are comrades in front and back, left and right, and the opponent's bow and arrow will also be inaccurate in the night, we are wearing iron armor, we can get off the horse and form a formation in the dark night, and we can attack at any time when we advance, and the other party is not our opponent."

"Humph! Such tactics are only what the books of war say, and if the courage of a soldier is broken, it is like a lamb to the slaughter! ”

"The general's words are extremely true, as long as the prince is here, we have confidence, I will be by the prince's side to protect him, and you will cut off my head after leaving three steps!"

Deng Bing sneered: "The war is in chaos, the prince is the safest by his side, your mind is really easy to use." ”

Sima Dan asked, "General Deng also agrees with this plan?" ”

Long Er hurriedly said: "If the other party finds that we have no reinforcements, we will surround the camp tonight, and only break through then, and there will be too few people who can return to the camp......"

Deng Bing glanced at Long Er fiercely: "What this guy said is also true, staying in the camp, the danger is also great, it is better to Yibo, please ask the prince to decide." ”

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Everyone acted according to the dragon's plan, let the war horse recuperate for an hour, and then assembled and set off in the cold night.

It was the night when the moonlight was covered by black clouds, and everyone only relied on hearing the sound to line up, and the dragon ear and the prince were at the front of the team.

After walking for about two hours, the moon showed its face, and everyone could see, so they let go of their horses and ran straight into a small wood, and the dragon ear ordered everyone to dismount and rest.

Deng Bing stepped forward: "What are you doing?" In another hour, you will be able to see the North Daying! ”

Long Er shook his head: "I can't make it!" There were falcons in the sky above us just now, they have rushed to the vicinity, we first hide here and ambush them, the falcons have lost our trace, they will hurry up to chase them, and our brother's revenge will be avenged here! ”

Sima Danqi said: "We can't see the falcon here?" ”

Long Er smiled: "Although this forest is sparse, but it is dark now, and the falcon is not a human, we send a few horsemen to walk forward, can it tell the difference?" ”

Deng Bing sneered: "You have already thought about setting up an ambush here?" Now that the moonlight is so good, we can run back quickly, and the other party may not be able to catch up. ”

Long Er shrugged: "Then you have to ask the prince!" Is it revenge for yesterday? Let's go back safely first! Besides, we haven't been able to find any news about the other party, what's the point of returning to Beidaying? ”

Sima Dan laughed: "Fuck! Attaboy! Ambush more than 100 people with thirty people! It depends on whether our brothers have faith or not! ”

Long Er shouted: "Brothers, we don't have to annihilate them all, I will definitely only kill half of them, and they will immediately walk away with their tails between their legs, and we will catch a few more people and go back to torture, wouldn't it be a great achievement?" Also, I used to patrol here a lot, and I buried 200 iron arrows and 50 guns, which happened to come in handy tonight! ”

So, Sima Dan saw the soldiers under his command cheering, and Deng Bing couldn't help but smile.

******

When the Jin soldiers were ambushed in the woods, the first enemy they had to face was the cold.

Holding your breath in the ice and snow, all you can do is to warm each other in groups of two or three people.

The large blanket on horseback was untied and wrapped around Sima Dan and Deng Tong, but the two of them were still completely trembling.

Sima Dan asked in a low voice, "Who is this dragon ear, why haven't I noticed him before?" ”

Deng Tong was silent for a while: "Alas! …… This man is so clever that he can always make others say what is in his heart and help him do what he wants. ”

"So you sent him to bring the wounded soldiers back first, and we became his men and horses to help his palace?"

“…… It can be said that with only three horses, he covered the return of a dozen wounded soldiers, and only he has this ability. Moreover, they had to convince the Huns that they were fleeing south in large numbers. ”

"Besides, although we only have more than twenty people now, we can complete the task he designed."

"Yes! He has a share of the credit, and the death belongs to us. The prince you should follow him! ”

"You haven't said why I didn't notice him before?"

"Humph! Damn it! General Cao deliberately sent him as a scout, but he still came out, didn't he? ”

******

The horses were all tightly tied, but they were still in a commotion.

Finally, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and the glow of enemy torches was already faintly visible.

Deng Tong let out a cry like a birdsong, and in the blink of an eye, several echoes sounded around him: the enemy rushed directly towards the encirclement.

The wounded soldiers brought by Long Er brought more horses, and sure enough, the Xiongnu thought that Sima Dan was speeding up their footsteps, so they hurriedly chased after them and broke into the ambush prepared for them by the Jin soldiers.

A large group of men and horses roared past, rolling up the rolling waves of snow.

The Jin soldiers let go of the three or two horses that were running in the front, and only jumped to accompany the horse rope when the large army arrived.

The forward of the Huns' horse team turned on their backs, and the latecomers could not stop their horses, and they all screamed and neighed.

At this time, the Jin soldiers on both sides used iron crossbows to shoot at the Xiongnu, according to Sima Dan's requirements, three arrows must kill an enemy, and in a blink of an eye, more than 30 Xiongnu were hit by arrows.

It takes time for the iron crossbow to be loaded with arrows, which is several times longer than the time to draw the bow, and when the Rouran warriors first wake up from a dream, someone has already opened their bows and arrows, but in the dark night, they have just entered the woods, and the Jin soldiers who have been in the woods for a long time have become accustomed to the light of the woods, so they are not the same for a while, where to find the enemy?

But the torches of the Huns instead exposed their position.

Another burst of iron arrows.

The Huns screamed and exclaimed, and hid under the belly of the horses, and the men and horses were in a mess, and those with torches were either shot down or hurriedly threw their torches, and fell to the ground.

Unexpectedly, the Jin soldiers moved rapidly, outflanking the Rouran knights who were more tail, and when the Huns who entered the woods were reining in their horses to check the situation ahead, the Jin soldiers had already drowned in the woods and fired death arrows at them.

First of all, it is necessary to use the iron arrows left behind by the dragon's ears to inflict maximum casualties on the enemy.

At this time, Sima Dan held two knives in his hand at the forefront of the opponent, and Deng Bing and another officer and soldier named Luo Shan, who was one foot tall, followed closely and rushed towards the enemy forward who had been killed and wounded in a chaotic group.

Luo Shan's big shield was arranged by Deng Bing to protect the crown prince, and the saber in his right hand was also extremely flexible, protecting Sima Dan's right flank.

Sima Dan held two knives in his hand, when he rushed into the enemy formation first, several Huns who had stood up rushed towards him with knives in the loud shouts, Sima Dan stabbed left and right, stabbed down two people in a blink of an eye, and at the same time fell to avoid a knife to the plate, and broke the enemy's head into two pieces from top to bottom with a single knife.

The arrows shot from both sides were blocked by Luo Shan and Deng Bing, and Sima Dan went down the mountain like a fierce tiger, stabbing the enemy in front of him one by one, and killing four or five people in the blink of an eye.

When the killing was about to start, Deng Bing issued an order, and the three of them turned into Luo Shan in front, Sima Dan covered the left side for him, Sima Dan scolded, knowing that Deng Bing was afraid that he was young and cowardly and could not last.

Sima Dan practiced martial arts under the teaching of Zhuge Sheng since he was a child, and the muscles and joints and bones of the whole body can exert force and transmit strength, not only fierce when attacking, but also opening the opponent's knife when defending, but also using force to transmit power from the left hand to the right hand, which is what Zhuge Sheng called through the arm.

The snake has no hands or feet to crawl, and the crane's wings can use the strength of the whole body, which is the goal of Sima Dan's training.

So in fact, he is not tired at all now, but is in the excitement, but he does not dare to break away from the battle formation and act alone, so that Luo Shan's right flank will be in danger.

Sure enough, a few arrows came, Sima Dan's eyes were quick, and he used his knife to pull them away, and at this time, two Huns held spears in their hands and rushed straight side by side.

At this time, you can't move your position, otherwise you won't be able to protect your comrades.

It was not easy to break the double spear with two swords face to face, and Sima Dan threw a saber in his left hand, nailing it straight into the chest of the enemy on the left.

The Rouran warrior on the right is tall and strong, and he doesn't blink when his comrades fall, but he is still like a mountain.

Sima Dan pulled out a heavy short sword at his waist in his left hand, slashed the sword, cut the spear from it, the sword broke down, but the enemy jumped away in time, at this time, Luo Shan cut an enemy, the enemy was dying but hugged Sima Dan, a knife to slash, Sima Dan knelt down on one leg, the short sword was standing, the right knife stabbed, although the person died, the whole person pressed to Sima Dan, and devoured Sima Dan's left arm.

The blood of the enemy made Sima Dan's face heat for a while, but the sharp pain in his left arm also made him scream, and the enemy in front of him screamed again, slashing with knives in both hands.

Deng Bing paid attention to the prince's situation while fighting, this prince had nothing to say about his sword skills, but what he fought on the battlefield was experience, and a slight mistake was death, he hurriedly shouted: "Turn!" ”

The three-person formation has been trained for a long time, and the three of them didn't think about it when they heard the password, Luo Shan's giant shield smashed away the corpse that was staying on Sima Dan's body, and at the same time blocked Sima Dan's knife from the enemy in front of him, Sima Dan also slashed with both blades, and took Deng Bing's position between turns.

Behind the enemy, the arrows of the Jin soldiers in the woods have also been used up, the two sides are falling into a chaotic battle, the Jin soldiers are scattered to kill the enemy soldiers in a mess, the torches that fell to the ground helped them to find the busy enemy, they silently rushed to the opponent's back is a knife, even if the enemy raised his blade to resist, the swords of the Jin soldiers can also hit with one blow, the power of "breaking and killing" is fully revealed at this time, and the use of absolute people in the assault is overwhelming.

The Xiongnu had retreated and wanted to use bows and arrows, seeing that the momentum of the Jin soldiers was like a rainbow, taking advantage of the situation to cover the killing, the white-knuckle battle between the two sides was only a moment before the victory and defeat were divided, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to turn back, and ran desperately out of the woods.

In an instant, more than twenty Jin soldiers rushed into the crowd, and killed forty or fifty Huns, and the rest were either injured or fled, Sima Dan's fight at the forefront attracted more than a dozen Huns, but when more Jin soldiers joined, the Huns were quickly defeated.

******

By the time the torches that had fallen to the ground were completely extinguished, the Jin soldiers had regrouped, and all of them were leading an uninjured horse, whether it was originally from the Jin army or the Huns, and waited for the military order again.

Sima Dan gasped, his hands trembling, still like he was in a dream.

Deng Bing pulled Sima Dan on his horse, and then gave an order, and everyone got on the horse while reporting the number, a total of twenty-two soldiers who could still ride horses, and the rest had seven seriously injured brothers.

******

When the Jin soldiers divided the soldiers of both sides into a dilemma and cremated firewood, and lived in the fire, Sima Dan felt the meaning of war.

Whoever dies in battle will be reduced to a pile of dirt.

As for the Survival Covenant, dying on the battlefield may be their only belonging.

He finally understands the brutality of war, which makes his promise to the soldiers to return home safely a joke.

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