Volume 7 Getaway Chapter 6 Holding the Lance (Part I)

"With the lance as a flagpole, what is the flag used for that!" Li Jiancheng was very incomprehensible to Xuzi's ingenious move. But within a few days, he found the answer.

The marching commander Shi Fang Yannian drove a large number of cattle from Dingyuan Fort into the customs. Seeing the long lance standing on the top of the Great Wall, he immediately took down a mess of woolen fabrics from the pack horses beside him and gave it to his own soldiers, and ordered with a smile: "Hang it on the highest part of the Great Wall, and let the shepherds see the fate of those who offend my Central Plains Tianwei!" ”

"No!" The soldiers with meaty faces picked up the pile of fabrics that smelled of mutton, and ran to the highest point of the Great Wall in one breath. Without using a rope, the fabrics in his hands were directly picked on the lance like a rag. There were all kinds of flags, wolf's heads, leopards, wild deer, wild geese...... There are many of them, and each banner represents a tribe that has been defeated by Wang Xuba and others. Most of the flags were covered in blood, and at a glance it was clear that someone had paid with their lives for him. There are also a few sides that are very glamorous, according to Fang Yannian's proud introduction, some small tribes who came from the call of the beginning found that the cost of robbery was very large, and abandoned the camp and fled north overnight.

"Why don't you hang this side?" Li Jiancheng was in a happy mood when he heard this, and pointed to a flag that Fang Yannian was half-rolled behind the saddle and asked. It was a banner made of Shu brocade, embroidered with seven white swans, just arranged in a herringbone.

"This needs to be confirmed by the Hussar General. Probably his old friend. The idea was very strong, and we created one of their tribes with the help of people. But the opposing follow-up forces pursued us for several days until we got close to the Great Wall! Fang Yannian shrugged his shoulders and replied in a rough voice. always mixed up with Wang Xuba, the "bandit leader", and he now speaks with a lot of special words for the rivers and lakes. Those who don't know can't tell that he once applied for the imperial examination, and achieved a good score of third among all the scholars who took the examination in the six counties of Hebei.

Li Jiancheng's eyes widened instantly, "Do you think it's Ashina's Gutuolu's person?" He couldn't have come so fast! What about General Wang and General Dou, where did the two of them go? ”

"General Wang and General Dou went to Wanquanwei as originally planned." Fang Yannian reported to him frankly, "The two of them asked me to escort the lottery numbers and loot back first. Not a bone toru man! That's for sure. According to the captives, the people of Gutoru were still waiting for more tribes to converge near the wet water. ”

"I'm afraid I'm waiting for Shibi Khan to go first. Lest you take the lead and lose too much! Chen Yanshou shook his head with a smile, "Shibi Khan came so slowly, I'm afraid he was also waiting for the other major tribes to go first." No one wants to be in the heat of the fire. But everyone wants to be the last one to take advantage! ”

"I guess that's the same. The Khan would not let his wolf riders be the first wave of siegers. He would drive warriors from other tribes to act as substitutes for the dead. Fang Yannian nodded very seriously. But this time there were a lot of tribes. In particular, those tribes that are very far away from the Great Wall began to march almost two months ago, and now it is difficult to ride tigers! ”

They rushed to plunder, and finally returned empty-handed. The leader of the tribe would not be able to make a difference to the young and old of the tribe waiting to be fed in the camp. Therefore, even if the Khan does not force persecution, as long as there is a little agitation, many tribes will fight bravely. For those big and small, at this point, there is no turning back.

"Such an insidious villain is actually worthy of calling himself Tian Khan!" Li Jiancheng's face became more and more gloomy. He couldn't help but think of the scene when his father sent Liu Wenjing to swear allegiance to Shibi before he raised the army. Although the father later explained that it was to paralyze the wolf rider and protect the back road of everyone. Although after conquering Chang'an, my father has tried his best to make up for this wrong decision. But this wrong decision left a very big shadow in everyone's hearts. Especially against the high-morale Boling Army, Li Jiancheng always felt that the other party would secretly laugh at him behind his back.

"On the grassland, strength is indeed king, which is very different from the rules on our side." After half a month of training on the plug, Fang Yannian was deeply touched in his heart. No matter what the princes of the Central Plains usually do, they like to talk about morality. And there are not so many scruples on the grassland at all, the strong bully the weak, the weak or wag their tails and beg for mercy, or die without a place to be buried, everything seems to be justified. On more than one occasion during the march, a small tribe that had been crippled sent an envoy to the king to ask for surrender in front of the bones of the tribal warriors, asking the entire tribe to become a vassal of Li Khan. If Wang Subaken agreed to take in the old and young of the clan, they were even willing to turn around and take the lead for the Boling army.

In order to ensure the speed of the march, Wang Subal did not accept these converts. But he didn't blindly kill them all, but gave some of the spoils to the other party and ordered them to go outside Lulongsai and rest under Luo Yi's nose. As for how Luo Yi treats these guests from afar, Wang Suba doesn't want to interfere. In his opinion, this was already a very kind act, at least much kinder than Luo Yi's move to withdraw the tiger and iron horses and deliberately let the Turks go south.

"Then let's let the shepherd see the strength of the Central Plains!" Li Jiancheng sneered and responded. At the moment, the only way to wash away the shame of the Li family is to give Shibi Khan a head-on blow. In that way, if future generations do not carefully study this history, they will easily believe the statement of "this is just a cover and steal the bell" mentioned by their father, and do not think that the Li family betrayed the entire Central Plains for their own family.

"General Wang and General Dou asked me to bring news to the prince and the general, saying that the recent wave of shepherds should arrive within three days!" Fang Yannian smiled and nodded, "Does the prince know where the Great General is, I need to find him as soon as possible?" ”

"Meet Dou Jiande's generals at the two mountain passes!" Li Jiancheng and Chen Yanshou replied at the same time. Out of cherishing the honor of the family, they did not accompany Li Xu to meet a group of bandits. Although the three parties will soon have to fight side by side. In the eyes of the two of them, Dou Jiande's ability to not pull everyone back from behind is already the biggest help. As for the 30,000 disheveled reinforcements, forget it. It is used to carry baggage, and it is okay to transport grain and grass. If you really go to the battlefield, I'm afraid it will drag everyone down and be unlucky.

"Ahh Fang Yannian obviously didn't expect that Dou Jiande would really send troops to help. But he quickly adapted to the change. General Li told everyone not to treat the Dou Jiajun as an ordinary bandit. The so-called bandits refer to the actions of a group of people in troubled times, not their original origins. Dou Jiande was able to reclaim barren fields in southern Hebei and settle the people. On the contrary, it was those who were originally officials of the Great Sui, but they took advantage of the war to desperately loot ......

Politely greeted Li Jiancheng, Chen Yanshou and others, Fang Yannian took the captured swan flag to find his own coach. In the past two years, the Boling Army commissioned merchants to buy horses outside the Saiwai, and one of the important footholds was the Xibu and the Khitan Yuling Department. Both tribes had businesses in Li Xu's name, and Wang Kewang, who stayed outside the Saiwai, would dutifully accept the unsold goods, and then hand over the privately purchased horses to the merchants to take away.

Among them, the white swan flag is played by the Kabube. I had heard some related rumors, so the careful Fang Yannian left the swan flag and handed it over to his own general for identification. According to his instincts, after discovering that his fellow clan had been attacked, the group of warriors from the nearby tribe did not do their best. In particular, one of the leaders, who was about forty years old, had archery skills comparable to that of General Lee. But from beginning to end, he did not let his subordinates get too close to the Boling and Hedong coalition forces. Otherwise, a bloody battle between the two sides is likely to be a lose-lose outcome.

When he arrived at the two mountain passes, he saw his general greeting a strong man with a height of nine feet. The reinforcements were indeed as described by Li Jiancheng and others, and the armor and equipment were very simple. But the morale was very high, and the military appearance was very neat. Compared to any rogue army that had ever been defeated by the Boling Army, this batch of reinforcements could indeed be called an elite division. In particular, some strong men who were equipped with standard infantry lances and wide-backed machetes stood there with a murderous spirit, and at a glance they knew that they were veterans who had survived many battles.

"Yannian, you came just in time. This is the general of Zhengbei under the command of King Dou Tian, General Wang! Li Xu didn't seem to be surprised anymore, and when he saw Fang Yannian jumping off the horse, he immediately introduced him with a smile.

"Shi Fang Yannian, the marching commander of the Boling Left Army, has seen General Wang!" Fang Yannian hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted the guests.

The visitor was a very rough man, hugged his fists back, and then added loudly, "What is the general of Zhengbei, surnamed Wang, called Fubao." This time I came here to listen to General Lee's dispatch. Our King Dou said that General Li called our group of people as his own brothers. If anyone dares to disobey orders, the Boling army will enforce any military law. He has nothing to say! ”

couldn't help but prolong the year, and almost everyone was moved when they heard these words. "Thank you Dou Tianwang for your righteousness!" In order not to be rude, Li Xu hugged his fists again and thanked him.

"It stands to reason that the one who should be thanked is our family King Dou. The brethren had never used such good armor or such a fast sword! Wang Fubao responded with a laugh. Our king said that General Li is not guarding Zhuojun, but the gateway of the entire Central Plains. Everyone outside has come to the door, and no matter what holidays there are between their brothers, they must put it aside for the time being. What is this called, look at my head! He smiled and patted the back of his head, "National hatred is greater than personal grudge!" ”

National enmity is greater than personal enmity. Before sending troops, facing the doubts of Gao Kaidao, Yang Gongqing and others, Dou Jiande explained. With this sentence alone, he has completely whitewashed his past identity.

He is not a bandit, in this troubled world, he is a hero.

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