Chapter 42: The Great War Begins
Shenwu calendar 141, early August, Luoyang, Imperial Palace.
Although there have been sufficient preparations for the invasion of foreign races, neither Zhuo Ao nor the Manchu Dynasty civil and military have imagined that it was not the fierce and cunning Hun Ya people who came and went like the wind that opened the prelude to this war, nor the mighty 36-nation coalition army of the Western Regions, but what really opened the prelude to this war was that it had been silent, and no one felt that it could threaten Goryeo, and ignited the war with a surprise attack that caught everyone off guard.
On the Hall of Eternal Life, a dusty border captain said bitterly: "This person has no hair, silver crown and silver armor, white horse and silver gun, brave and abnormal, eight passes in the day, Jiuzhai at night, the entire Liaodong Mansion was occupied by Goryeo thieves in ten days, and a big battle was protected by the bank of Liaoshui, which occupied three days and three nights, the four generals were defeated and retreated, and the special general starry night and night, rushed back to Luoyang, the four generals said that this person is not Zilong, Xu Da two marshals, when the court, no one is invincible. ”
"Have you ever found out this person's name?" Above the golden steps, Zhuo Ao frowned slightly, Yang Shilang is among the four tigers of the Yang family, although his cultivation is not the strongest, but it is by no means the weakest, a hundred years of hard cultivation, now whether it is martial arts or mana, even if Xue Feiyu came again a hundred years ago, he may not be his opponent, and if he can defeat him head-on, there must be no doubt that it will be from heaven.
It's just a reincarnation body, and it's only been twenty years before and after, and there are only a few people who have such ability, even if they look at the heavenly court, I'm afraid there are few of them.
"Back to Your Majesty, this person claims to be named Huang Tianxiang." The little school said astringently.
"Huang Tianxiang?" Zhuo Ao raised his eyebrows slightly, quite surprised.
"Your Majesty knows about this person?" Xu Da looked at Zhuo Ao in surprise and asked.
"Hmm." Zhuo Ao nodded and said in a deep voice: "If it is him, I am afraid that one of the two of you will indeed need to go there in person." ”
"Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of magical powers this person has?" Xu Da asked, since Zhuo Ao showed such a look. Presumably, this person must be from heaven.
"Not very powerful." Zhuo Ao shook his head: "But he is a superb martial artist, in the battle of the gods, with the body of a mortal, he defeated the immortals in a row, and finally fell for the enemy's spell because of carelessness, and was defeated and captured." Since Shiro can fight with him for three days and three nights, thinking about coming at this time, this person's cultivation is probably far inferior to Shiro. ”
The battle of the gods, that is when all the gods show their powers, the generals on the battlefield, almost all play the role of waving the flag and shouting, but there are always some exceptions to everything, this Huang Tianxiang is the most brilliant one. At least in Zhuo Ao's opinion, there is no one who can defeat the immortals with pure martial arts, and even the saints can take action in the battle of the gods, but it is not like now, the heavenly court does not dare to directly interfere in the affairs of mortals, in that era when the gods are crawling all over the ground. Each of the glorious characters who left a brilliant mark on the battlefield with the body of a military general must not be underestimated.
"Your Majesty. The minister wants to meet this world's number one general. Xu Da asked Zhuo Ao for battle.
"Oh?" Zhuo Ao looked at Xu Da, although he is the generalissimo Liang in his hands now, but the focus is not the same, Zhao Yun has superb martial arts, and in terms of command, he is slightly lacking compared to Xu Da. And Xu Da is just the opposite, although his martial arts are good, there is still a gap compared to Zhao Yun, not Zhao Yun's kind of fierce general, but he commands soldiers and horses. Strategizing, but it is a cut above Zhao Yun, Zhuo Ao's original intention was to let Zhao Yun go to the enemy, and also give Zhao Yun a chance to sharpen, but he didn't expect that this time, Xu Da actually took the initiative to ask for battle.
"I want to meet this General Huang." Xu Da smiled and said, "Let's see if the minister can capture him for Your Majesty." ”
"Haha, it turned out that I wanted to outwit you, okay, I ordered you to set off immediately and rush to Yanzhou Mansion as quickly as possible, not only to repel Huang Tianxiang, but also to Goryeo, there is no need to exist." Zhuo Ao laughed loudly.
"Yes, I obey." A flash of fierceness flashed in Xu Da's eyes, and he bowed down to receive the order.
"Now that the war has been provoked, the other parties should also send troops soon, Zilong, you immediately go to the Western Regions and preside over the war in the Western Regions." Zhuo Ao said in a deep voice.
"Yes, the minister." Zhao Yun took the order, and then looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously: "Your Majesty, the defense of the Yanmen area, now it seems that Da Lang may not be able to deal with it." ”
"Yanmen." Zhuo Ao smiled and said, "I will go to the town in person, Zilong don't worry." ”
Zhao Yun and Xu Da were relieved when they heard this, but a group of ministers were not calm, Zhuo Ao's record in this world was more than a hundred years ago, although the history books also recorded Zhuo Ao's brilliant achievements several times, but after all, he had not been to the front line for more than a hundred years, and he went rashly, if he won, it would be fine, but if he lost, then Shenwu would be over.
"If the Yanmen is broken, Shenwu will also be finished, and Goguryeo has a figure like Huang Tianxiang, as the main force of the Hun Ya and Rakshasa coalition forces, the leading figure is probably not simple, and he must not be allowed to take a step beyond the thunder pool, I decided to move the imperial court to Taiyuan Mansion, and guard the country with the Son of Heaven, if this battle is lost, then Shenwu will die, if it wins, then the territory of my Shenwu Empire will reach Beihai in the north, Daqin in the west, and the sea in the east, and the banner of my Shenwu Empire will be planted in every inch of this world!"
"I'll follow Your Majesty to the death." Seeing that Zhuo Ao had made up his mind, and Zhao Yun and Xu Da, the two trees in the court, also had a supportive attitude, others were naturally not easy to refute.
On the same day, Zhuo Ao led the generals of the DPRK and the Central Committee to go north to Taiyuan Mansion first, while the other ministers were responsible for packing up and preparing to move to Taiyuan.
At the same time, Liangzhou, Xiaoguan.
The black oppressive army was lined up in front of the city gate, a depressing atmosphere, above Xiao Pass, Yang Yanzhao looked at the army in front of him with different colors of clothing but orderly, his eyes flashed with a dignified light, this is the vanguard of the coalition army from the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, and it is known that a group of soldiers from various countries in the Western Regions can be trained in an orderly manner, and the characters behind this army are not simple.
"Sixth brother, the news just came out, over there in Liaodong, Gao Li called, and in a few days, Liaodong Mansion was almost occupied, and the fourth brother will be fine, right?" Shichiro stood on the city wall and looked at Rokuro Dao, who was looking at the enemy's situation.
"Don't worry, the fourth brother is more capable than you, and he will be fine." Rokuro shook his head, but his eyes were wandering in front of the opponent's formation, and it was difficult to find obvious flaws in this army that was obviously put together temporarily, and said in a deep voice: "On the contrary, this time, we seem to be in big trouble, but I don't know, who is the commander of this army?" ”
"What's so difficult about this, I'll go out of the city to challenge, and find out their bottom first." Yang Qilang looked at the army in front of him, his military level was naturally not low, and he could see that this army was not easy to mess with, but he was born stubborn and strong, and at this time, the two armies were facing each other, so naturally he couldn't shrink into the city and not come out, weakening his own momentum.
"It's okay, be careful to deal with the enemy, don't fall for the enemy's agitation, if you can't disobey, go back to the city immediately." Yang Yanzhao instructed.
In ancient wars, momentum was a very key part, although Shichiro was one of the seven brothers with a more fiery personality and often caused trouble, but in the same way, in front of the two armies, this kind of person was often the most able to drive morale.
Shichiro got the general's order, lit a cavalry and rushed out of the side gate like the wind, came to the front of the enemy army, pointed the silver spear at the enemy, and said, "Tell your vanguard to come out and speak." ”
In the coalition army, the four tigers sweated profusely, and said a lot, Qilang was stunned that he didn't understand a word, but the other party's rich expression and body language had already explained a lot of things, and he immediately snorted coldly: "Who went up for me to cut these four strange things?" It's an eyesore to look at. ”
"The seventh general will wait for a while, and the junior general will go." A young general hit his horse and galloped out, heading straight for the four generals.
Qilang looked interesting, although the four generals of the Western Regions were not in his eyes, but if they were at the level of mortals, they could be regarded as fierce generals, that general was not bad, but he could win at most one, and at the same time against four, he was afraid that he would suffer, so he waved his hand and let several generals behind him step forward and sweep the formation.
The four Western Regions generals saw that someone from the other side came out, and one of them rushed up brandishing a cooked copper stick, obviously not ready to take advantage of the number of people, and the cooked copper stick brought a sharp whistling sound in the air, and smashed it towards the head of the young general.
I didn't see how the young general moved, turned sideways slightly, and avoided the cooked copper stick, when the two horses were in the stirrup, there seemed to be a silver light between the two of them, the body of the Western Regions military general suddenly stiffened, after staggering the war horse, he rushed straight forward a few steps, and suddenly fell from the horse, and the young general rushed directly towards the other three Western Regions generals, ignoring the Western Regions generals behind him, obviously very confident in his own means.
"Good marksmanship, who is this young general?" Qilang's eyes lit up, the seven brothers of the Yang family are already famous for their marksmanship, as militants, Yang Qilang has a lot of hard work in marksmanship, although the two fought for a short time before, but the young general's actions naturally can't hide his eyes, the young general is actually when the two sides are wrong, the silver spear pierced the throat of the Western Regions military general at a strange angle, but he was too fast, so that the other party did not reveal the wound until he rushed out a few steps.
"General Hui, this person is a subordinate of Han, originally a county lieutenant under Yangzhou Mansion, two years ago, there were Wa Ronin people in Yangzhou who made trouble, and he led people to strangle him, and made some contributions, and later transferred to the end of the general to come to the border with the army." Behind Shichiro, a military general smiled.
"I'm asking you what's his name?" Qilang glanced at the general speechlessly, it didn't matter what he did before, this ability alone was enough for him to reuse.
"Well, it's a general, this person's name is Qi Jiguang, and he is now a military captain." General Han hurriedly said.
"Qi Jiguang?" Qilang looked at the young general who had already fought with the three Western Regions generals, and said with a smile: "General Han, I think this kid is good, and he will be on an errand under me in the future, I don't know if General Han is willing to cut his love?" ”
"This is not difficult, it is also his blessing to be favored by the general." General Han said with a smile.
At this time, Qi Jiguang over there had already picked two generals of the Western Regions, and the remaining one of the generals of the Western Regions had been killed and wanted to escape, but Qi Jiguang took the opportunity to shoot and kill. (To be continued.) )