Stepping on the winter sunset, against the cold and biting north wind, Zhao Yan climbed up step by step along the steep and slippery mountain road, Niu Lie next to him kept persuading him not to take risks in person, just send them guards to send things up, but Zhao Yan was very stubborn this time, and did not listen to Niu Lie and others at all, and still walked towards the mountain step by step.

During this time, Zhao Yan continued to visit the military cadets who were sent to the battlefield by him, no matter where the other party was, he had to take a look in person, and then say a few words to the other party, and do his best to help the other party complete some careful wishes, such as some people want to write a letter to their families, some people miss the food in Tokyo City, and some people want to have a good weapon, most of these things are not difficult for Zhao Yan, and he also tries his best to help the other party.

In addition, for those military cadets who have died in battle, Zhao Yan will silently help the other party collect the corpses, he plans to send the bodies of these students back to the capital, and persuade their families to bury their bodies next to the military school, and even he has planned to build a group cemetery of military cadets next to the military school, as long as the students who died in the war will be buried there, so that later generations can remember their exploits.

Today, Zhao Yan came to visit Hu Yanqing stationed on this steep mountain, speaking of Hu Yanqing in later folklore is a hero, but this is not consistent with the real history of Hu Yanqing in later generations, but with Zhao Yan's intervention, Hu Yanqing has also become a member of the military academy, and compared with other students, Hu Yanqing can be said to be well-read, and also proficient in foreign languages such as Xixia dialect and Khitan dialect, in addition to language talent, Hu Yanqing's talent in military affairs is also slowly excavated in the military academy, And became one of the best among the first class of students.

For Hu Yanqing's table xiàn. Zhao Yan was also very satisfied, this time the cadets of the military academy were sent to the army, and Zhao Yan also specially told Zhou Dong to take more care of Hu Yanqing, and it was precisely because of this that after Hu Yanqing entered the army, he became one of the few students who directly became the head of the capital. In contrast, most of the other students started from their juniors.

After Hu Yanqing became the head of the capital, his cousin did not disappoint Zhao Yan, and soon trained his soldiers to be very obedient, and also kicked the deputy head of the capital who had been against him out of the army, and when he raided Xi'an Prefecture later, Hu Yanqing also led his soldiers to take the lead and became the first batch of soldiers to enter the city.

In addition, in the next war, Hu Yanqing was also excellent. has made a lot of contributions, and even in the end, Yang Wenguang can't wait to talk about meritorious deeds after the war, and is preparing to directly promote Hu Yanqing to the battalion commander, a battalion is in charge of five capitals, that is, 500 people, which already belongs to the absolute middle-level generals in the army.

Zhao Yan thought of the above, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a little smile, which proved that his vision was really good. But then he thought about what was next, but he couldn't help but sigh helplessly. Because when Hu Yanqing was about to be promoted, even Yang Wenguang had ordered Hu Yanqing's boss to reveal his words, everyone thought that Hu Yanqing was about to be promoted, and his soldiers were also very excited, because after Hu Yanqing was promoted, they must also be on the rise. The promotion of those who should be promoted, the fortune of those who should be rich, but unfortunately at this critical moment, an accident happened.

At that time, the city of Jingzhou had not yet been conquered by the Song army, and the Dadu in the city and the Song army should join forces with the outside world. The Great Song army finally entered the city, and because of the rebellion, the Western Xia army in the city collapsed without a fight, and the Western Xia generals in the city also fled with people everywhere, which also brought a great opportunity for the Song army generals to make meritorious contributions, and many generals led their men to chase and intercept these Western Xia generals, including Hu Yanqing.

Speaking of Hu Yanqing's good luck, he actually found a Western Xia general with a small number of guards fleeing westward in a panic, which made him and his subordinates also very excited, and immediately chased down, because Jingzhou City was broken very suddenly, the fleeing Western Xia army did not even ride horses, and some soldiers did not even wear clothes, which can be said to be the extreme of wolves, which also made Hu Yanqing chase closer and closer, and he could catch up with the other party in front of him.

But what Hu Yanqing and the others never expected was that not long after the deserters in front fled into a village, the men in this village began to attack Hu Yanqing and them as if they were crazy, but these farmers didn't know how to cooperate at all, and they didn't have any decent weapons in their hands, so when they encountered an elite team like Hu Yanqing, they naturally had to be slaughtered.

At first, Hu Yanqing thought that the fleeing Western Xia generals were very prestigious, so he let the Western Xia people in that village risk death to stop them, but he soon found that this situation was more and more, almost as long as the other party passed by a village, the men in this village would go crazy, ignoring the gap in numbers and weapons, which finally made Hu Yanqing suspicious, and immediately grabbed a prisoner and asked, but the answer he got made him angry.

It turned out that every time those deserters entered a village, they would drive the people in the village together, and then threaten the men in the village with the old people, women and children in the village, so that they could take the initiative to attack the Song army to block their footsteps, so as to buy time for them to escape.

Originally, he had long been surprised by the brutality of the Western Xia army, but this time it was different, because when he killed the farmers who were forced to stop him, he found that the deserters in the village had already run out, and what was even more outrageous was that they did not keep their previous promises at all, and after the farmers left the village, they slaughtered the remaining old people, women and children, even the babies in swaddling clothes, which was even more brutal than wild beasts.

As a bloody young man, Hu Yanqing also showed a hideous look on his face when he saw this situation, especially when he saw the corpses of babies less than a foot long in the pile of dead people, and the soldiers under him were also angry, and in the next few days, they were almost sleepless chasing each other, and finally stopped each other in front of a big river, and quickly broke up the other party's formation, at this time, the other party's generals were also very aware of the current affairs, and when they saw that the shape was not good, they immediately raised the white flag and surrendered, It's a pity that everyone didn't expect that Hu Yanqing made a move that shocked the whole army.

In order to disintegrate the strength of the Tangut people, Yang Wenguang had long declared in the army that when any army encountered the Tangut people who were willing to surrender, they must not kill prisoners, after all, after these surrendered captives were sent to the army, they would be set up as a model by the Great Song army, and assure the other armies of the Western Xia that the Great Song Dynasty would treat the prisoners preferentially, so as to divide and disintegrate the Western Xia army.

However, after Hu Yanqing captured the Western Xia general and his personal guards, he did not plan to escort them to the military camp for military merits, but instead ordered to kill all these people to comfort those ordinary villagers who died innocently.

For Hu Yanqing's order, his soldiers did not dare to carry it out at all, because in the army sent to hunt down the Western Xia generals, there was a clerk directly subordinate to the marshal's mansion, and the functions of this clerk were similar to those of the gendarmes in later generations.

It was also the clerk's cunning that made Hu Yanqing's subordinates dare not obey his orders, and the clerk also kindly reminded Hu Yanqing that although killing these people relieved his hatred, he violated the military order and would behead him if he didn't do it, so it was better to send them back to the barracks for merit, and with this military merit, Hu Yanqing's battalion commander would sit firmly.

However, Hu Yanqing didn't care about any credit, he pulled the Western Xia general and his personal guards outside the slaughtered village, and then cut off the other party's ears, nose and tongue with his own hands, and the eyes were also gouged out, and the hands, feet, limbs, and descendants were all cut off by him, that is, the other party was made into a bare human stick. The Western Xia general, along with more than 50 of his guards, were all cut into sticks by Hu Yanqing, and it is said that they wailed outside the village for days before dying.

Hu Yanqing's incident was recorded by the clerk in its original form, and sent to Yang Wenguang's hands, and then soon spread throughout the army, as a result, the entire army was shocked by Hu Yanqing's cruel methods, and for a while everyone called him a madman, after all, just for some unknown Xixia people, he actually destroyed his bright and lofty future, what is this kind of person not a madman?

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh, if it was him, he would probably kill those Xixia people like Hu Yanqing, because he knew that if he didn't do this, he would feel guilty for this matter in the next few decades, so paying this small price now is nothing at all, presumably Hu Yanqing is not as thorough as he thought, I'm afraid it is for the same reason, he just wants to have a clear conscience.

However, having a clear conscience also requires a price, Hu Yanqing's battalion commander is gone, and even according to the military order, Hu Yanqing's life may still be in danger, but although the Yang family and Hu Yanjia are not as close to each other as in the romance novel, they are also world friends, and Yang Wenguang has always attached great importance to the talents in the generals, so in the end, he was extrajudicial and did not punish Hu Yanqing much, but this time he was transferred to this difficult mountain to be stationed in order to sharpen his temperament. (To be continued......)

ps: Finally finished the code, I didn't come back until half past nine, and it took an hour and a half to code out a chapter, which is a miracle for the old fish!