Chapter 51: The Beacon of the North
The northern border of the Great Liang State, Yuling Pass.
The warm spring breeze blew away the ice of the whole land, but it could not blow away the cold winter in the north.
The glaciers in Yulingguan have not yet completely thawed.
Spring in the north will always come late.
The soldiers stationed at the head of the city changed shifts one after another, until it was completely dark.
In the twilight, in the darkness that the soldiers' eyes could not see, a group of Bei Clan strange soldiers, under the cover of the night, were quietly approaching them.
The soldiers defending the city were always more likely to get sleepy at night, so none of them noticed that a group of men in black had arrived under the city.
"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-"
The hooked spears of the hundred chains firmly held the head of the wall, and the people in black silently pulled the chains and climbed up the city wall like ghosts.
"What... People—"
Before the defenders could shout, their necks were wiped first.
The soldiers on the city walls were slaughtered and fell to the ground.
The men in black departed like shadows.
The silence of the night always hides all the blood.
I don't know how long it took, and in Yuling Pass, the flames soared into the sky.
"The city is broken, the city is broken, the people of the Bei clan are coming, everyone is running for their lives!"
The people ran and cried, and the streets were filled with fires and figures.
But no matter how chaotic the crowd was, they didn't dare to go in the direction of the city gate.
Because, at the city gate, there was a group of murderous Northern cavalry, marching in slowly.
The person at the head is the most murderous, like the reincarnation of Shura.
The man on horseback had long and narrow eyes, and was born with vertical pupils, as if he were some kind of cold-blooded animal, with an astonishing coldness and indifference.
The bright red lips seemed to have just drunk human blood, and they were strange and seductive in the moonlight.
He's beautiful.
It's so beautiful that people are scared and want to explore.
This is the new crown prince of the North Clan, Tuoba Jian, who overthrew the king of the North Clan.
Tuoba Jian sat carelessly on horseback, and his wanton appearance seemed to be not on the battlefield, but on a spring outing.
But the words that came out of his mouth made all the people fleeing for their lives desperate and terrified.
The bright red thin lips opened lightly, revealing the white fangs inside, "Pass on my words, burn and loot for three days, and reward me as a warrior of the Northern Clan!"
"Yes!"
The Bei soldiers who received the order had their eyes shining, like hungry wolves, and rushed into the crowd excitedly.
When he saw something that was not pleasing to the eye, he killed it, and there was a little lady who was a little beautiful, and she was taken captive to act in the street.
For a while, the flesh and blood in Yuling Pass were flying, mixed with the heart-rending cry of the woman, and it was purgatory on earth in an instant.
Shrouded in the sky-high fire and the bright moonlight, Tuoba Jian held his chin with great interest, sat on the back of a high horse, and admired the purgatory scene on earth that he had created.
A bloodied soldier suddenly jumped from the roof and slashed at Tuoba Jian with a knife.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his body fell into the air, Tuoba Jian turned his body around like a ghost.
His shot is like lightning, and his body is weirdly fast.
Before the attacking soldier could land, he grabbed his neck with one hand.
"You... Who are you, who are you..." The soldier asked with difficulty.
Tuoba Jian hooked his lips and smiled, but did not answer.
There was a creaking sound of crackling bones.
Pity the Liang soldier who was loyal to the country, and was strangled to death by Tuoba Jian with one hand in a blink of an eye.
Killing a person, Tuoba Jian's interest seemed to be even higher, and he couldn't help but smile.
The two bloodied generals were escorted to his horse's hooves, and Tuoba Jian leaned over with great interest and asked, "It's you who replaced Chu Lingheng to guard the northern border?"
"If you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" The two looked at death as home.
Tuoba Jian looked innocent and shook his head regretfully, "It's really a failure, it's you guys who replace Chu Lingheng..."
Suddenly, he thought of something funny, and smiled at the two Liang generals under the horse: "It's better to be like this, I'll give you a chance to live." I'll count to fifty, and if you run out of range of my bow and arrows, go back and bring a message to your old emperor, and say... The new King of the North Clan is here. ”
After speaking, without waiting for the two to agree, the Bei cavalry counted them together.
"One, two, three..."
In the sea of burning and looting, there was such a sound that shook the sky and counted, it was like a spell that urged people's lives.
The two Great Liang generals glanced at each other and ran out in unison.
"Twenty-one, twenty-two..."
Nearly halfway through the count, Tuoba Jian suddenly lost interest, he waved his hand, and said boredly: "It's really boring, they run really slowly..."
As he spoke, he picked up the bow and arrow on his horse's back and slowly aimed at the two of them who were running farther and farther away.
"One person is enough to report this kind of thing. ”
"Whoosh-"
The sharp arrow came out of its sheath, and one of the Great Liang generals fell in response.
The rest didn't have time to check the situation, so he ran away with his head in his hands...
The imperial capital of Daliang, Bei'an City.
Bei'an Bei'an, which means peace in the north.
The emperor of Daliang City has this meaning, and it is not difficult for people to perceive that the war in the north has always been a major problem for Daliang.
A cavalryman carrying a goose-yellow banner galloped from outside the city, holding up the brocade book in his hand along the way, and shouted: "Eight hundred miles of urgency! The prince of the Northern Clan has broken through the Yuling Pass! No one survives the three massacres of Yuling!"
After shouting, he used all his strength and fell off his horse.
Tai Chi Palace.
Wende Hall.
The old emperor held the blood-stained eight-hundred-mile urgent brocade book in his hand and asked in disbelief: "Yuling Pass... , broken?"
Yuling Pass is the first line of defense of Daliang against the Beiclan, and it is also the most important and strong line of defense.
Once the level is broken, it will be difficult for the city behind to defend it.
The old emperor couldn't figure it out, could it be that except for Chu Lingheng, he had no generals who could resist the Bei clan?
The young god of war stood in the center of the main hall, his expression indifferent and his tone calm.
"Please also ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. ”
Chu Lingheng's attitude was too indifferent, even the old emperor saw it, he didn't care about the life or death of the land under his feet.
has lived for most of his life, and he has also cheated with the princes, as the victorious old emperor, it is the first time that he is not sure of a person like this.
Chu Lingheng was obviously standing at his feet, calling himself a micro-minister, and he never exceeded the rules in front of him, but the old emperor was just afraid.
Chu Lingheng is like a mountain tiger who has no desires, although he is kind, it is difficult for people to let go of that deep fear.
Because he can take your life by raising his hand.
"Hey,····" The emperor on the throne sighed heavily.
"Ling Heng," he had to give in, and said, "The matter of pacifying the war of the Northern Clan still has to be done by you, so that you can do it..."
"Commanded for the ministers. ”
Chu Lingheng happily accepted the holy decree and turned around and left neatly.
If he wants to be idle in the capital to watch these people deceive me, he would rather go to the north and meet the menacing new prince of the North clan for a while.
He is not fighting for the survival of this land, but for the one who exists in this land.
Chu Lingheng sourly realized that even if he wanted to go to the battlefield where he could release his nature, deep in his heart, he still couldn't rest assured...
Rest assured Wen Jinghua···