Chapter 176: Chu Feng (I)

The Mengyuan secret post on the Wolf Milk Mountain was cleaned up by the Sui army, and the army of the Great Sui immediately set off from Fangu. And the reason why there is a Nirvana City in the west of the Wolf Milk Mountain Range and a Fangu City in the east. It is because there is only one canyon that stretches for thousands of miles that can be passed, so Meng Yuan and Da Sui coincidentally built border cities on both sides of this canyon.

At the beginning, Meng Yuan Great Khan Kuketai Meng Ge and Great Sui Tianyou Emperor Yang Yi met in the widest place in the middle of this canyon. The terrain here is very suitable for ambushes, and when the emperor and Meng Ge set the place for the meeting here, the courtiers were against it, fearing that the Meng Yuan people would set up an ambush.

At that time, His Majesty, the emperor of the Great Sui, just smiled faintly and said: "You are worried about the Meng Yuan people setting up an ambush, why don't the Meng Yuan people worry about us sending troops?" Since everyone is worried and afraid, they are all on guard, but it is the safest. I just want to meet Meng Ge in such a place to see if Meng Ge has the courage to go to the appointment. ”

The emperor of the Great Sui dared to come, how could the Great Khan of Mengyuan not dare to come. Although Meng Yuan's Ai Jin, special service and other high-ranking officials dissuaded Meng Ge one after another, he rejected his courtiers' kindness with almost the same words as the Great Sui Emperor's rejection of his courtiers.

This is the second meeting between the two supremes in more than 100 years. The first time was when the Great Khan of Mengyuan and Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui Dynasty signed an armistice agreement to demarcate the territory.

Therefore, both sides of this meeting attach great importance to it. No one wants to lose their dignity, and naturally they don't want to lose their manners. Although the people of Mengyuan did not have so many cumbersome things about etiquette, the thousand-year-old empire naturally had a set of their special etiquette. To put it simply, it's face, and you can't look petty in front of the other party.

On that day, the supremes of both sides only brought more than 100 followers to meet in Qingxia. The Great Sui Emperor was followed by Luo Weiran, the commander of the Da Nei Guards, and Hou Wenji, the envoy of the Qing Ya Town, the general Yu Manlou with eighty armor soldiers, and the civil officials headed by Huaiqiu Gong, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, as well as two scholars from Wenyuan Pavilion and Shuhua Pavilion.

On Meng Yuan's side, guarding Meng Ge were eighty Golden Horde warriors. Meng Ge's younger brother, the special service Koktai Menglie, personally carried the umbrella for Meng Ge, followed by two unknown attendants, a monk wearing a gray cloth monk's robe and a red robe, and Mandu Latu, the master of the Mandu banner.

The two sides held talks in Qingxia for three days in a row, and then the two emperors actually held their hands and traveled to the Wolf Milk Mountain, talking and laughing, where can they see any hostility, and the entourage of the two countries behind them were dumbfounded. Speaking of which, these two supremes actually have very similar personalities, Meng Ge is familiar with Han allusions, and Yang Yi also knows a lot about Meng Yuan. The two emperors talked about the past and the present, wore hats and sat by the lake to fish, and even had the idea of riding a horse to try out the art of shooting.

It's just that I don't know what this hunting will be.

Before the talks, no one would have thought that these two supremes, who were destined to be enemies by birth, would get along so harmoniously and so satisfactorily. There was not a word of quarrel, just like two old friends who had been reunited after a long absence. In a very relaxed atmosphere, a trade treaty was signed, designating Fangu as the place where the people of the two countries traded goods. The place was decided, and the two supremes let it go, and handed it over to the courtiers below to fight for each other, and kept bargaining.

The two of them, who should travel to the mountains and play in the water, simply shook their hands and looked very relaxed.

However, after the two emperors returned after three days of talks, they also issued a will. Emperor Yang Yi ordered Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Xiaowei garrison in the northwest, to raise troops to the west for one hundred and fifty miles, and ordered the governor of Shandong Province to increase the number of county soldiers. Great Khan Meng Ge ordered that Mandu Ratu, the owner of the Mandu Banner, must always be able to call 50,000 elite soldiers, and asked Mandu Ratu to choose the most warlike Mandu Banner general to replace the original Nirvana City general to defend Qingxia.

It is precisely because the two of them found that the other party has so many similarities with themselves, and it is inevitable to sympathize with each other, but more often than not, they are afraid of the enemy.

The Mengyuan secret sentry on the Wolf Milk Mountain is always monitoring Qingxia, as long as the army of the Great Sui enters Qingxia, they will immediately light up the wolf smoke.

The Right Xiao Guard Brigade led He Dazhuang to lead people to sweep away the scouts of the Mengyuan people overnight, and there were only sixty-seven people left when the hundred elite soldiers went down the mountain.

On the mountain, they buried the corpse of the Meng Yuan scout, and then carried the corpse of their comrade down the mountain. This is the rule of the Great Sui soldiers, although it is unwritten, it has not changed for more than 100 years. They would not leave behind a single companion, not even a cold corpse, unless they had to.

The mighty army entered Qingxia like a giant dragon in the early morning, and 5,000 elite soldiers of the Right Xiao Guard advanced westward under the leadership of the reactivated Wupinya general Li Xiaozong. At the moment of walking into Qingxia, Li Xiaozong couldn't help but restrain his horse and look back at Fan Gu, he knew that just by leading the troops into this Qingxia, his name would also be written into the history books.

For more than a hundred years, this is the first time that the army of the Eastern Empire has crossed the Langlu Mountain, the first time to jump over the Fangu line, and the army can cross the Qingxia in another hour, and the feet of the Han people will step on the grassland for the first time.

Li Xiaozong's face looked calm, who knew that his heart was already turbulent at this time.

He had been looking forward to this moment for ten years. At this moment, the Great Sui has been looking forward to it for a hundred years.

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Although the Wolf Milk Mountain Range is very high, it does not look majestic from a distance, and the mountain is very gentle. However, in fact, it is almost impossible to climb over the Wolf Milk Mountain, and the seemingly gentle mountain is actually lined with green trees, and there are endless killing opportunities hidden under the gentle arc like a milk-room.

Not to mention that there are many fierce beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains, after entering the mountain, you will find that what you can't see behind the green trees are a series of cliffs that are not very high but very steep. This mountain has a strange shape, and you can even beat horses below the mountainside. Halfway up the mountain, cliffs will appear in front of you, and if the army wants to climb over them, they must inlay the ladder on the cliffs, which is a great achievement. It took a lot of manpower and material resources to build the ladder, and how long did it take for the soldiers to climb over it one by one?

The cliffs above the waist of the Wolf Milk Mountain were like a barrier built by God to prevent the discord between his two favorite sons. And in order for the two most powerful empires not to lose contact, then Qingxia became the only link.

Great Sui and Meng Yuan are like giants who can no longer grow on their respective territories. They have developed to the extreme of what they can develop in their respective regions, and if they don't get out of the ground, no one will increase their height by another meter. Meng Yuan's cavalry crisscrossed the prairie, and the tribes had already surrendered and did not dare to give birth to the slightest disrespect. Where the flying wolf flag floated over, the herdsmen bowed their heads to worship.

And the infantry of the Great Sui was so strong that they could not find any enemy in the Central Plains. From the beginning of Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui Dynasty, the infantry of the Great Sui continued to advance along a glorious avenue. Whether it was Nan Chen, who once dominated the south of the Yangtze River and was known as the invincible sailor, or the big businessman who lived in the southwest of the country and had millions of soldiers, these towering giants were all knocked down by the newly rising giants with a punch and could no longer stand up. And now, the giant of Da Sui is lonely and invincible, and without the foreshadowing of the enemy's corpse, he can't stand one level higher.

Perhaps, a war between these two countries is inevitable.

Emperor Yang Yi of the Great Sui once said that even if I don't use troops against Meng Yuan, who can guarantee that Meng Yuan will not use troops against my Great Sui? Although I had only met Meng Ge once, I could see in his eyes his covetousness for the Central Plains. As long as the time is ripe, he will not hesitate to take Meng Yuan Wolf to ride over the Wolf Milk Mountain. Do you want to wait until Meng Ge drinks the Yellow River and then I fight back?

Only the Great Sui stood on the enemy's territory and laughed, and no enemy could step into the land of the Great Sui.

Li Xiaozong, Li Xiaozong, who only has a five-grade military position.

Li Xiaozong, who once committed a blood debt.

What a complicated look at Fan Gu's eyes. He had thought more than once about taking those 800 frontier troops to the western prairie. Those border troops, he wished they were his own arms, wielding the standard horizontal knife of the Great Sui, and making contributions with him.

However, all this disappeared with that bloodbath.

That night, the person who was going to be killed was actually Wu Peisheng, Fang Jie...... Just a damn guy at the right time. From the very beginning, Li Yuanshan asked Wu Peisheng to bring people to Fan Gu to kill Fang Jie, which was a trap set against Wu Peisheng. Even if there is no solution, there will still be people like Li Jie, Sun Jie, and Chen Xie as excuses to lure Wu Peisheng into Fan Gu City. And at the moment when Wu Peisheng entered Fangu, the 2,000 people and 800 border troops in the city were destined to be funeral.

Fang Xie is just an insignificant fish that has slipped through the net. And later, this fish that slipped through the net also became someone else's means.

It seems that all the conspiracies and traps set against Fang Xie are actually aimed at Wu Peisheng, the old eunuch who has lost most of the power of the eunuch Bingbi, and should not come to the northwest. If it's just to kill a solution, why slaughter the city? The death of the city is just the smoke and dust sprinkled for Wu Peisheng's death, which fascinated the eyes of many people.

Few people know the truth behind Fang Jie's ability to reach the imperial capital Chang'an alive, how can it be as simple as having big dogs around him to protect him, and he himself is lucky?

Only if Fang Xie does not die, the eyes of the imperial capital will be fixed on him, and it is precisely the most important Wu Peisheng who has become the one that people ignore. Fang Xie walked into Chang'an City alive, and those who tried to find out the truth of Fan Gu's bloody case all subconsciously focused on Fang Jie, the nearly 3,000 lives in Fan Gu City were a layer of fog, Fang Xie ...... It's another layer.

Li Xiaozong led so many men for the first time since he left Chang'an City. But he didn't panic, except for the complicated eyes when he looked back at Fan Gu, the rest of the time, his eyes were full of confidence. He shook off the chaotic thoughts and erased the shadow of the handsome young man who suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Faster!"

He ordered in a cold voice: "Within half an hour, we must cross the Qingxia, set up a defensive line on the opposite side of the canyon, set up antlers to resist horses, and guard this gate for the army!" ”

"Whoa!"

His men answered, and the horn sounded to speed up the march. When the five thousand elite soldiers heard the sound of the horn, they immediately accelerated, and the soldiers ran towards the unknown world on the other side of the canyon.

Everyone's eyes are so hot.

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To the west of Qingxia, more than a dozen cavalry riding the Mandu banner galloped in the direction of Qingxia. The cavalry commander at the head shouted: "Every day before the sun rises, the scouts on the mountain will send back the news that they are safe, but the news has not been sent back today, and I don't know if something happened to those brothers." The army of the Sui people on the other side of the mountain is already gathering, and they can't be careless. Hurry up and rush to Qingxia to check! The east side of the Wolf Milk Mountain is the land of demons that have been abandoned by the Immortal Heavens, and those damn Sui people can do anything! ”

"Phew!"

The cavalry behind him answered in unison, and followed closely behind the ten-division commander.

Just as they could see the canyon, suddenly a large red flag rolled out of the canyon like a burning cloud. Immediately after, a cloud of dust and smoke erupted from the canyon. In the dust and smoke, countless Sui infantry in black armor strode out.

"Sui people!"

A Mandu Banner cavalryman could not hide his frightened snoring, and his voice trembled a little.

"The three of you go back to report the news, and say that the Sui people have passed through the Qingxia! We'll cover the three of you, let's go! ”

The Tenth Elder shouted, then drew the scimitar at his waist.

On the opposite side, among the Sui soldiers and horses who also found them, dozens of cavalry were divided into dozens of horses and rushed towards this side.

"The Great Snow Mountain has given us infinite strength, and the mana of King Ming has made us invincible!"

The Captain of Ten shouted sincerely, and led seven or eight of his men to meet their destined enemy without hesitation. The Sui people are proud, the Mengyuan people, why not?