Chapter 345: Grass Mustard
Don't ask where the restaurant is, it's a little leisurely!
On the official road, an ox cart, a little dilapidated, loaded with half a cart of straw, on the straw, lay a young man, the young man held a jar of wine in his hand, occasionally drank a few sips. The old ox in front of him was undriven, walking slowly by himself. When the pedestrians on the road saw this, they talked about it, but the young man ignored it. I don't know how long it took, there were fewer and fewer people on the road, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, the young man opened his eyes, sat up, turned over and pulled the rope, and asked a sixty-year-old man with a stick next to him: "Uncle, what's wrong ahead, looking at you like this, it seems that you are preparing to take refuge?"
"Young man, don't you know? There is going to be a war, there are two armies gathered in the Han Pass in front, and there is a possibility of fighting at any time!"
Liuhan Pass, an important town at the junction of the Southern Regions and the Western Regions, adjacent to the two major dynasties of the Southern Regions and the two major dynasties of the Western Regions, but does not belong to any dynasty, but simply as a battlefield, there have been many wars since ancient times, and many soldiers are gone, so they are named Liuhan!
"Uncle, do you know who is fighting with whom?" The young man looked at the miserable old and weak along the way, and his heart couldn't help but feel sympathy, the so-called war hurts the people, a war, not to mention how many soldiers have to sacrifice for this, even ordinary people, will also leave their hometowns because of this, and their families will be ruined.
The old man shook his head and replied: "We don't know about this, there have been wars in Hanguan all the year round, and after fighting for so many years, each time it is a different person, except for countless corpses, nothing is left! Young man, I advise you not to go any further, leave quickly!"
The young man thanked the old man, looking at the direction of Liuhan Pass, since leaving Nanhuai City, he went all the way west, never thought that he would encounter a war, now he has no cultivation, if he is involved, I am afraid of danger, but looking at them who have left their hometowns, they still want to do their part in their hearts, shouting, and carrying the ox cart forward.
Autumn is cool and the war drums are beating, the entire Liuhan Pass, dense armor, neat spears, seemingly majestic, but in fact miserable, how many people have to fight to the death for a word, and their parents, wives and children at home have been separated forever. Yunqi stood alone on the yellow slope in the distance, watching the two armies face each other, the iron armor was cold and the guns were cold, but it was not the autumn equinox at the moment, but it was like the harsh winter of the wax moon, many soldiers had dry lips and cracked mouths, and the tiger's mouth was like a long-arid land, with traces of blood.
At the front of the two armies, two tiger-backed generals rode on the war horses, and put a few cruel words to each other, followed by the sound of war drums, tens of thousands of people shook the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves, swords, shouts, and wails were all together, composing the most miserable song in the world. Yun Qi looked worried, his fists clenched the loess, and he wanted to smash them even more.
An hour later, black clouds shrouded and thunder roared. The soil of the Han Pass has long been dyed red, both sides have been killed and wounded, countless, in the distance, a thunderbolt fell, followed by a heavy rain down, fighting in the rain, inconvenient to move, the two sides only then Ming Jin retreated, choose another day to fight. Luckily, I picked it up
One life, the unlucky, the head is in a different place, and there is not even a corpse to collect, so they can only stay in the same place, waiting for corrosion or air drying.
The people have receded, but the wild beasts are not afraid of the wind and rain, and they come out in groups, and the vultures in the air have been coiled for a long time, swooping down one by one to peck at the corpses, and the ravines not far away soon converge into a river, and the rain is mixed with loess and blood, and finally it forms a dark red color. Yunqi lay in the rain, smelling the smell of blood everywhere, hating himself for being powerless. Although he knew the battlefield was tragic since he was a child, Fan Lei never let him see it with his own eyes, so it was just his hearsay or imagination, until he saw it with his own eyes today, and he realized that all this was far more miserable than he thought, and the real life was like a mustard, and tens of thousands of people died.
Dragging a heavy body, Yunqi walked in the rain, aimlessly, and I don't know how long I walked, I found a thatched hut, next to the thatched hut, there were several lonely graves, without a name and no surname. Yunqi approached the hut, found that the door was ajar, knocked on the door, no one answered, so he pushed the door in, there was a small hall in the house, and the two rooms on the left and right were full of dust, as if they had not lived for a long time. After some cleaning, I found some dry firewood to make a fire to keep warm, unconsciously, into a sleep, in the dream, he returned to Liuhan Pass, saw a hideous face of the soldiers to ask him for help, couldn't help but be frightened to wake up, look outside the house, the sky has been bright, the rain has stopped. Through the window, you can intuitively see the lonely tombs beside you, Yunqi stood for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and headed towards the south.
Sixty miles away from the southeast of the Han Pass, there is a city in the Southern Regions, called Yiling City, which is the border city of the Chasing Sun Dynasty, belonging to the Wind and Thunder Sect, and is also one of the belligerents, and the other side is the Yinyue Dynasty of the Western Regions, which belongs to the Breaking Sun Palace, speaking of this battle, it is also quite dramatic, the relationship between the Chasing Sun Dynasty and the Lunar Moon Dynasty was originally good, just because they recently participated in a grand meeting in the Western Regions, the two sides made a little contradiction at the meeting, under the mediation of others, I thought that this matter would pass, but I didn't expect to go back, they each ordered a war, and the generals defending the city could only receive orders。
The general who led the troops stationed in Yiling City was named Tian Xingping, and he was a pseudo-respectful realm, and some of them were greedy and cheap. At this moment, he was discussing the battle plan with several lieutenant generals in the palace, when suddenly a guard at the door came to report that someone had asked to see him; Tian Xingping was a little surprised, and asked who asked to see him, and the guard told him that he was a teenager and had never seen him, but the young man said that he would bring treasure here, and when Tian Xingping heard it, he immediately became interested and asked him to invite him to the lobby.
In the lobby, Yunqi was drinking tea alone, waiting for Tian Xingping's arrival, and after a while, he heard Tian Xingping's voice coming: "Do you want to see me?" Wearing a heavy armor, he appeared in the hall, and his eyes kept looking at Yunqi.
Yunqi got up and saluted: "In Xia Yunqi, I have seen General Tian!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I happened to be in Liuhan Pass yesterday, and I saw that the two sides were fighting, the situation was tragic, and there were countless casualties, so I hope the general can withdraw his troops!"
"What did you say?" Tian Xingping
Furious, I almost thought I had heard it wrong, a young man who looked no more than twenty actually ran to the door and asked him to call Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, he had never encountered such a thing in Yiling City for so many years.
Before Yun Qi came, he had already made a general understanding of everything, so he hugged his fists again and said: "General Tian, I have also heard a little about the reason for this battle, this is actually not a big deal, there is no need to fight at all, why didn't the general report to the chasing Japanese dynasty, and collect troops and reconcile, in this way, how many soldiers can be spared!"
Tian Xingping shouted loudly: "Presumptuous, the major affairs of the family and the country, how can you be discussed by a hairy boy! I think of your first offense, don't care about you, you retreat quickly, otherwise don't blame me for dealing with it according to military law!"
Yunqi was about to say anything more, when suddenly the war drums sounded, and a guard ran in and said: "General, the spies in front have reported that the Yinyue Dynasty has sent troops to Liuhan Pass again, there are 100,000 people!"
"How can it be reasonable, immediately pass on my order, all the troops gather, and go to Liuhan Pass!" Tian Xingping did not look at Yunqi again, but prepared to walk outside.
Yunqi heard that there would be another battle, thinking about the hideous faces in the dream last night, he had no choice but to take out a jade bottle and call Tian Xingping: "Wait a minute, General Tian, what do you think this is?"
Tian Xingping stopped, took the jade bottle, and saw that there was a mellow pill lying inside, the pill level, but he had never seen it, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and looked at the young man in front of him again, seeing that the young man's breath was ordinary, and there was no source qi condensation around him, he didn't look like a cultivator at all, but this pill was real, and it couldn't be faked, so he asked with some scruples: "Are you a Danshi?"
"Sort of!"
"Then this elixir..."
As long as General Tian can stop this war, it will be yours!"
"Five-pin pill?" Tian Xingping's eyes were so frightened that they almost jumped out, where had he seen a five-pin pill for a character like him. Looking at the pill in his hand, he began to weigh it in his heart, the reason for this battle is indeed not a big deal, if he and the other party's generals can strike at the same time, and then return to the dynasty, it is very likely that they will be able to avoid war, after all, the emperor is far away, and it is not up to him to decide how to report it, I am afraid that the other party will not buy it, and it is impossible to stop the war by himself alone.
"I can try, but I explain in advance that it may not be successful, and this elixir?" Tian Xingping didn't continue, he had to wait for Yunqi to speak. Yun Qi naturally understood what he meant, no matter whether it was successful or not, this elixir would not be returned, he thought about it in his heart, there was no way, now that the war was imminent, he had to stop it no matter what, so he could only reply: "As long as General Tian has mercy on the soldiers and is willing to try, no matter whether it succeeds or not, this elixir belongs to the general!"
"Okay, refreshing. You are waiting for my news in the house!" Tian Xingping took the jade bottle into his arms and went out.