Xiao Wu pondered for a while, took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "I wonder what Kyoto thinks of the fiasco three years ago?" ”

"The government and the opposition in Kyoto also have different opinions, and the mainstream still believes that Xu Xuanzhi, the governor of Hebei Province, made a mistake, the forbidden army expedition was not adapted to the water and soil, the weather in the Far East was bad, and the generals were not in harmony," Wang Jiangnan replied.

Xiao Wu sighed and spoke carefully about the war three years ago.

In the spring and February of the sixth year of Shenlong, the emperor issued an order for the expedition to the Far East, with Xu Qin and Xu Xuanzhi as the general manager of the Hebei Provincial March, and Yang Zhong, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, as the supervising army, mobilizing the left and right military guards, nearly 100,000 forbidden troops of the Right Jin Wuwei, 60,000 soldiers from Hebei Province in Henan, 100,000 troops from the Yingzhou Army of Hedong Province, Pinglu Army, Liaozhou Army, and 100,000 border troops from the Governor's Mansion of the major capitals, 50,000 soldiers from various tribes and tribes in the Far East were requisitioned, and 30,000 and 20,000 Goryeo soldiers were hired, totaling 350,000 horses. Starting from the Songmo Prefecture and the Heishui Prefecture, they swarmed up to seize the Mohe River, in order to uproot the largest stronghold of the Turkic Khanate in the Far East, expel the barbarian troops from the Far East, and solve the northeastern border of the empire in one fell swoop.

In June, when the Far East thawed, the host governor Zuo Wuwei's general Du Guest took the lead in setting out from Boli Prefecture, with Zhao Shaohan, the governor of Heishui, as the vanguard, and gathered the wolf mercenary group and the soldiers of various tribes and tribes to attack Hailan Pao along the Heishui River, and occupied it for ten days, using this city as a base to hoard supplies, grain and grass.

At the beginning of July, the general manager of the West Road marching army was the deputy chief of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate and the black tooth Youtang marched to Tahe, and Xu Xuanzhi, the general manager of the middle road in the middle of the road, rushed to Tahe, and the two armies besieged Tahe, broke the city in early August, and waited until the middle of August when the three road armies gathered under the city of Mohe.

At this time, the third prince of the Turkic Khanate, Shati Luoli Special Service and the left general of the Khanate, Ashina Qijishe, led 10,000 wolf soldiers and 30,000 Tujie soldiers to arrive, and the strength of Mohe City reached 150,000, including 30,000 wolf guards, 50,000 string control soldiers, and 70,000 Hu Tutuo soldiers. In addition, there were 30,000 Turkic soldiers and horses watching in Ardan.

350,000 against 150,000, the attack and defense under Mohe City are rivers of blood. For a whole month, Yan Tang lost more than 50,000 soldiers and horses.

At the end of September, the weather turned cold, the Yan Tang army underestimated the weather, especially the forbidden army from Kyoto began to adapt, the siege slowed down, the Turkic side began to exert force, in early October, Ashina Jishe led 20,000 wolf soldiers to rush the camp, the great shaman Fagaku and the golden wolf warrior Kolkut killed the left Wuwei general Du Bin, the right Wuwei general Chen Zai and other five generals.

Xu Xuanzhi was forced to retreat to the Tahe, the Turks covered all the way, Yan Tang lost countless soldiers, Xu Xuanzhi retreated again, in mid-October, the weather was colder, Yan Tang soldiers and horses were forced to retreat again, and ordered Zhao Shaohan, the governor of Heishui, to lead the soldiers of Heishui Mansion and the Wild Wolf Mercenary Regiment to the far east, after the soldiers of the Far Eastern Tribe, there was only one Hailan Pao City north of the Heishui River at this time.

Sha Ti Rali Special Service and Ashina Qiji set up troops under the city, Zhao Shaohan was killed in battle, Dugu Su, the head of the wolf mercenary group, asked to retreat, Xu Xuanzhi did not allow it, the soldiers of the far east tribe deserted, the Western Chamber Wei surrendered to the Turks, Hailan Pao was besieged, and the month-long tragic Hailan Pao offensive and defensive battle began.

At the end of October, the Far East was already frozen, the main forces of Yan and Tang had all withdrawn to the Heishui Pine Desert, the soldiers and horses had been reduced compared with before the war, and Turkic troops were also roaming on the southern shore of Heishui.

Hailan Pao has become an isolated city, there are less than 30,000 people in Hailan Pao City, and the supply has been cut off, Yang Yifan, the deputy head of the Black Water Mercenary Regiment who stayed in Boli Prefecture, and Erguna, the head of the Shaohai Pirate Regiment, took advantage of the fact that the black water was not yet frozen to transport grain and grass to Hailan Pao.

At that time, he had a brain fever and donated 20,000 stone of food, and led 200 guards to follow the ship.

On the way, there were only half of the 50 boats left when they arrived at Hailanpao, and only 2,000 of the 3,000 people left when Boli set off, in order to transport grain ashore, the wild wolf regiment killed nearly 5,000 people, the deputy head Yang Yifan, and Erguna, who sent grain ashore, were all killed, the captain of the regiment also killed two people, and the leader of the thirteen departments in the Far East also killed three people.

The head of the regiment, Dugu Su, ordered all the soldiers to have a full meal, personally led 10,000 mercenaries to rush to the camp, met the golden wolf warrior Kolkut, Dugu Su was seriously injured, and there were only two thousand mercenaries left in the city, on November 11, Dugu Su was seriously injured and died, and handed over the wolf mercenary group to Dugu Tianxing on his deathbed.

At this time, Dugu Tianxing was only fifteen years old and had joined the group for less than a year.

Dugu Tianxing rectified the remnants of the city, only 18,000 people were left who could pick up weapons, and more than 100,000 Turkic soldiers outside the city attacked the city day and night, and the situation was as dangerous as an egg.

In late November, Hailan soaked grain and grass again, Dugu Tianxing began to organize death squads, drawing lots every day, and the winners entered the Grim Reaper team, gathering 500 people, during the day the Turks attacked the city, and at night the Grim Reaper squad rushed to the camp, every time they went out of the city, it was already the best result to come back one hundred and eighty.

At the end of November, the war horses in Hailan Pao City have been eaten, Dugu Tianxing has not been down the city wall for seven days, the broken city wall poured hot water and immediately froze, a slippery light, vaguely inserted a few broken blades, and a few stumps, covered by snow outside the city, covered with black and black spots, that is the soldiers who died in battle, the sky is blue, the sky is red, the waning moon is like ice, and a few stars look at this killing world coldly.

The warriors of the Khanate had retreated to recuperate, the soldiers of the wolf regiment on the city walls had withdrawn to rest, several sentries were holding their weapons and roasting fires in sheltered from the wind, and Tianxing sat on a battlement and looked at the Turkic camp dotted outside the city. He took a sip and asked me, do you know what the brightest star is called?

Sirius. I look up at the brightest star in the north, where did your name come from, right?

Yes, the wolf is now, and the sword is up. That's an ominous star.

Commander, that's just a rumor, this war has nothing to do with you.

Hehe, yes, it had nothing to do with me. Do you know? My greatest wish is to imagine looking at the world as coldly as Sirius, the world's strife, you cut me and kill, it has nothing to do with me, I just want to eat and drink leisurely, and have fun. But this has thrown me on this battlefield, and maybe we won't survive tomorrow.

After drinking the water, Tianxing threw the helmet back to me and stood up. muttered: Will hold the bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot the wolf. Is his grandma cumming or am I cumming him? I'm going to shoot you in the face.

After speaking, he jumped off the battlements and shouted to Dugushen, the leader of the Grim Reaper squad in the city who was about to set off for a sneak attack: Ah Shen, go out and catch a few alive this time.

Sirius Lone Star, arc arrow. The sky is open, the thieves are up, the arrows are straight, and the world is decided. I looked at the brightest star in the sky and thought about what an old show had said before.

Tianxing went down the city wall and slept for two days and three nights, and when he woke up on the third day, Dugu God and the Grim Reaper team had already caught hundreds of alives and returned. Dugu Tianxing took these unlucky ghosts to the open space and ordered bloodletting, the new law enforcement captain Leng Xuan took matters into his own hands, using a wooden basin to catch blood, just like killing a pig, stabbing a sharp knife in the throat, quickly drawing the knife, and the blood fountain fell into the basin, and then Tianxing carried the blood basin and splashed it on the snow in the clearing, no one paid attention at first, and slowly found that he actually used blood to splash out the appearance of a dragon, dragon body, dragon head, dragon claws, dragon tail, and actually had the leisure to outline the scales of the dragon's whiskers with a long lance. More than a hundred captives were bled out, and a blood dragon of more than 100 meters came to life.

No matter how hot the blood is, it will freeze when it encounters snow, Tianxing touched his chin and looked at his masterpiece, frowned and seemed to be dissatisfied, kicked the dead captives who were already stiff one by one, cut off two heads with less hair with a knife and threw them to the position of the dragon head to make eyes, then he wiped his hands with satisfaction, and ordered everyone not to approach this place, take the corpse, and explain that every time the Grim Reaper team set off, he would use these captives to cook a pot of meat to replenish his strength, and then sit in front of the dragon head with a butt, and just close his eyes and meditate.

The next battle continued, seven days passed, and there were fewer and fewer men and horses in the city, fifteen thousand, twelve thousand, ten thousand, eight thousand, those who died in battle, those who starved to death, those who died of pain after being wounded, and now there are less than five thousand, the wolf mercenary group has been crippled, the commander, the two deputy commanders, and the five captains are all killed, and only one of the four enshrinements remains.

Every night the Grim Reaper team will bring back a few dozen captives, and then let the blood splash on the blood dragon, slowly the blood dragon stood up, became an ice sculpture blood dragon made of blood, Tianxing did not eat or drink at the head of the dragon for seven days and seven nights, just sit and meditate, splash blood on it, carved and chiseled, the blood began to be very thick, into red and black, slowly faded, and finally crystal clear, more than 100 meters of blood dragon covered with thin lines drawn by the lance, mysterious and cold, it looks very beautiful!

The weather was good on this day, there was the sun, it was very dazzling on the snow, the sky was blue and blue, Tianxing ate the one I cooked for him and cooked it with a captive heart, squinting at the sky, the Turkic soldiers outside the city were very patient, knowing that there was a shortage of food in the city, and they were not in a hurry to storm it, a team of 100 people, 20 teams at a time, slowly approached, put an arrow close to the range, and then retreated and was still in the mood to sing:

The bell of the Zhiyuan Retreat echoes the sound of the impermanence of all beings,

The flowers of the twin trees show the principle that the prosperous must decline.

The arrogant will not last long, just like the dream of a spring night,

Warriors will eventually perish, like dust in the wind.

The song was thick and desolate, but it was like a drum beating in the hearts of the defenders. Tianxing listened to the song and said: Let's get down, everyone, then climb up to the dragon's head, roll up his sleeves and slash on his forearm, put it on the dragon's horns, blood gurgles out, vertical dragon head lines flowing, although the weather is cold and steaming, a cup of tea, the whole dragon body is covered with strange blood-red lines, Tianxing's face is pale, and the hair that is scattered slowly turns gray and white at a visible speed, and finally crystal like snow.

Tianxing stepped on Dugushen's shoulders and got down, staggered, regained his footing, and asked, "There is no one in the city, right?"

It's all down.

Good.

Tianxing sat down again and began to chant the mantra, then stood up and walked around the dragon with strange steps, like three circles, stood still in front of the dragon's head, and shouted: All beings obey me, I take all beings as dogs, the gods meet me, open the mountain and split the road, and rise 。。。。。

The clearing began to shake, the snow powder flew, a fog, a low roar sounded, began to be like a pig humming, slowly getting bigger, like a dog barking, like a rooster crowing, like a horse neighing, endlessly, and finally a slight pause, a high-pitched cry tore everyone's eardrums, the dragon groaned! It's definitely a dragon groan! Although no one present had ever seen a real dragon or heard a dragon chant, what came to mind at this moment was that this was the dragon chant!

The snow powder fell, the fog dissipated, and the blood dragon appeared in the clearing, the crystal shining body, extremely translucent, the lines composed of the blood of the nine celestial stars had a sense of flow, the large dragon head of the carriage was raised towards the sky, emitting a clear dragon groan, the dragon's whiskers hung in front of the celestial star, the celestial star looked like an ant in front of it, the celestial star first closed his eyes and then suddenly opened, with a loud bang, for my use, give you strength, the dragon head lowered, the eyes made of the head of the Turkic captives have become skeletons, shining with the light of the orchid, the soul of the soul, the celestial star and he looked at him, and shoutedSubmit! The dragon's head shook violently, and the ice splinters rained down.

Tianxing stood under the dragon's head, Dugu Shen's hand held the long sword, the green tendons bulged, and the new captains on the side, Jin Yifeng, the captain of the first brigade, and the captain of the second brigade were crazy, and the only team left by the forbidden army was Zhao Yong, who became the captain of the cavalry brigade of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Regiment, and the other living soldiers were stunned to look at the vision in front of them, seeing that their regiment leader was so thin and small in front of the dragon.

The thin and small Celestial Star stared at the huge and powerful Blood Sculpture Ice Dragon, and after some struggle, the Blood Dragon finally lowered his high head and prostrate himself on the ground.

I trade my life for your rebirth, I command you to serve in my name, and I go...

With the last shout, the dragon rose to his feet and flew out of the city, and the dragon's tail swept away, and the bricks and stones of the city wall flew like pieces of paper, and with a long roar, a thousand piles of snow were rolled up.

Everyone hurriedly pulled out their regimental commander from the snowdrift, and the regimental commander had fainted.

The military doctor in the regiment, Jin Wuxian, hurriedly checked the pulse, he was too tired to do anything, and he said nothing, and everyone was also in a trance, some fell to the ground weakly, some leaned against the wall, and everyone was a long cry, and they hurriedly climbed the city wall again to arrange defense.

The ice sculpture snow dragon came to the sky above the Turkic camp outside the city, and there was a snow mist.

When Tianxing woke up that night, it was already the third watch. Feast on mutton soup looted from the Turkic camp.

Outside the city was already a mess, 50,000 Turkic warriors turned into icemen, and the rest were scattered as birds and beasts, and the blood carving ice dragon did not know where to go.

Ten days later, the new Anton Protector Duguzhen led an army of 100,000 to Hailanpao, and the remnants of the Turkic army withdrew to Mohe, Duguzhen gave up Hailanpao, withdrew the army back to Heishui, and the Far East returned to the pre-war situation.

After Xiao Wu's story was told, there was a dead silence in the house, the fire in the fireplace was still burning, and the white flames emitted a strange red light reflecting on everyone's faces, all of which were miserable white.

In the end, the two Zheng Da shopkeepers were well-informed, calm, and the earliest. The three little ladies not only turned pale, but also had tears in their eyes.

"How did you come back to life those days?" Zheng Xiu'er asked if she held Xiao Wu's hand reservedly.

"It's just like that, my life is hard" Xiao Wu didn't want to say more, patted the little lady's hand, and pulled it out to make tea for everyone again.

"Summoning a demon dragon, destroying the heavens and destroying the earth, the archmagician is indeed the archmagician." Zheng Er's shopkeeper sighed.

"You're not bad, Tianxing and Li Xiancheng asked me for someone several times, and Li Dudu said that you can be knighted for your merits in this battle" Zheng Shisanlang also sighed.

"In the end, isn't the Demon Wolf Celestial Star just a riding captain? What am I? Xiao Wu sneered.

"Wasn't Xu Xuanzhi dismissed and questioned, and was he deposed far from Lingnan? Yang Zhong, the overseer, was also driven to guard the imperial mausoleum. Zheng Erlang comforted his niece and son-in-law.

"Okay, everyone is tired too, let's rest early after drinking tea, and the day after tomorrow, we will set off to the temple street to meet this demon wolf star," Zheng Shisanlang watched the three little ladies slowly come back to their senses and hurriedly ordered.

The three little ladies bowed and didn't mention it, and the three of them poured tea again.

"I actually have one more thing to do this time," Zheng Erlang took a sip of tea and said again, "Zheng Pei from the second room will come with the army this time, you are the head of the Far East, you must fully cooperate"

"Isn't Zheng Jiu supervising the imperial history? How could he go with the army? "When Zheng 13 was a child, he had a conflict with the ninth eldest of the second room in the clan.

"The last time the war supervised the army was Yang Zhong, the great eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's seal, and he had a disagreement with Xu Xuanzhi, the chief of the marching army, on the way out.

"Zheng Yushi is the one who oversees the army this time?" Xiao Wu asked.

"It should be the host, he arrived in Bohai in mid-February, and we didn't meet anyone when we were going to visit this time."

"Hmph, he's got a big shelf, I don't even know about it."

"Haven't you been in Baekje since the New Year, after all, you are a child of the Zheng family, and the eldest brother has confessed this time, and after the war, he will strive to get him a real job in the Far East."

"Could it be that Zheng Yushi is staring at the lack of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion this time?" Xiao Wu frowned.

"The Far Eastern Governor's Mansion?" Zheng Shisan has never cared much about political affairs.

"Look at you, how old you are, it's not as good as Xiao Wu" Zheng Erlang hates iron and steel. "Xiao Wu knows that a new Far Eastern Governor's Mansion will be set up after the war, but you don't know anything about it?"

"Shopkeeper Zheng has been busy running Goryeo Baekje and doesn't know much about this," Xiao Wu hurriedly defended his future father-in-law.

"Hmph, the war hasn't started yet, but I'm anxious to take credit for the official? Does he Zheng Jiuyi introduce scholars to open a government and set up accounts to be the governor of the capital? ”

"You, you" Zheng Er pointed at his younger brother hatefully, but said, "Xiao Wu, where did you know this news?" ”

"I also happened to be a coincidence, once I met Dugu Dadu Hu eating wine in a wine shop on Temple Street, I happened to receive an old bear paw at the time, so I gave it to drink, Tianxing asked me to serve wine on the side, and I heard most of them talk about it." Xiao Wu said calmly, "But I don't know much, even if there is such a thing, the Grand Governor of the Kaifu will choose from among the generals of the Dadu Protectorate, right?" Could it be that Dr. Zheng is seeking a long history? ”

"Smart" Zheng Erlang clapped his hands and said, "This time, the second room and the eldest brother have shown a lot of favors, and they are determined to win the long history of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion!" ”

"However, Dr. Zheng is now supervising the imperial history, although it is noble, it is only the seventh grade, and the history of the governor is the fifth grade, this... Xiao Wu frowned.

"This time, the supervision of the army has been raised to the next level from the sixth grade, the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion was first built, and it is far away from Kyoto, and the nobles in Kyoto are not very attentive, they may be high and low, and the history of the six products is long."

"Actually, Sima of the Governor's Mansion can be worried" Zheng Shisan also heard the name of the hall, "Why do you spend so much effort, if you want me to say that I can join the army"

"Confused, if you push the fifth grade this time, you can save more than ten years of effort," Zheng Erlang drank, "And it's only a year before Quan Changshi can move to Kyoto, and then the six divisions can find a position."

"How does the big boss want us to cooperate?" Xiao Wu hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Heh, Xiao Wu is clear about officialdom, do you know the honorific title of the six Shangshu? Which ministry does the big Sikong and the big Si Nong correspond to? If you have a heart, I can give you a ministry in Kyoto at that time" Zheng Erlang hated himself.

"No, I'm not interested in those deceits"

"You don't have flies in business? Xiao Wu, you also remember: even if we are in business, even if we are the first in the world, we are not as good as a dog under the Xianggong Sect! Breaking the county order, destroying the door of the mansion Yin is not talking about it"

"Forget it, second brother, you directly tell us what to do," Zheng Shisan hurriedly said when he saw that there was a trend of holding a criticism meeting.

"It's late today, Xiao Wu, you collect the official reputation of the Far East, and then ask Zheng Jiu for details, the reason why we are walking with the three princesses this time is also to get some favors in advance, the three princesses are too high, Li Shushi is the old man of the Han Palace, this time we are the focus"

"Master Li?" Xiao Wu snorted: "It won't be for the Temple Street auction, right?" ”

"I just guessed before, I saw Xiao Wu's magic weapon tonight, I'm sure he came for the things at the auction, we will also go with him when we go to Temple Street, and then we will listen to and figure out "Zheng Erlang's sip of tea" Let's rest early, and set off to Temple Street tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Xiao Wu and Zheng 13 hurriedly agreed, Zheng Erlang took the lead in getting up and going back to the room, Xiao Wu sent out the door and went back to the house to clean up, but Zheng 13 sent his second brother back to the room, and he didn't say anything for a while.