At a post station three miles away from Chang Gengcheng in Youzhou, a young man wearing a thick coat to protect himself from the wind and cold stood on the side of the road, and a child stood beside him, dipping his saliva and flipping through a yellowed book. There are many acacia willows planted on both sides of the post road of Beiliang Road, but this post road is a little different, only the sycamore of "knowing the leap and knowing the autumn". It is said that there is a lot of attention to the doorway here, when the general Xu Xiao was crowned the king, the rich man of Chang Gung City in order to please this person who is known as killing people without blinking, specially replaced with nearly a thousand green sycamore trees, just because there is a phoenix in the name of His Royal Highness the prince, "the phoenix is not a sycamore and does not live". It's a pity that the army detoured and continued to go west, Xu Xiao didn't enter the city at all, so it was embarrassing for those gentry who cut meat, but with His Royal Highness the Prince hereditarily replacing the Queen of Beiliang, King Xinliang's henchman Huangfu was promoted to the general of Youzhou and became the master of Chang Gung City, so those old people were happy, and they showed off to their juniors every now and then how prescient they wereIt's an interesting saying that "it's not too late for twenty years".

Bursts of dust were raised on the post road in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the young man put away his thoughts, and when he was the first to ride in a rare purple robe official uniform in Beiliang, you must know that Jing Zi is not as good as the scarlet land, which means that the authority of the purple robe Beijing official is not as good as the local official who wears a scarlet robe but can shepherd a place. When the feudal official turned over and dismounted and was about to kneel, the young man smiled and waved his hand: "I'm in a hurry, I'm sorry." Get in the car and talk. ”

The person who came was the Youzhou general Huangfu Fang, and of course the only one who could make him kneel and worship was Xu Fengnian, the king of Beiliang. The two sat in the carriage, and Xu Fengnian's eldest apprentice, Yu Dilong, carefully put away the booklet and became a coachman. Mi Fengjie, a kendo master with a long box on his back, and Fan Xiaochai, a dead man with a cool knife at his waist, these two masters escorted the carriage on the left and right respectively. Xu Fengnian sat opposite the emperor, just casually cross-legged, and the other kneeled meticulously. The emperor pleaded guilty and said, "Let the prince wait for a long time." ”

Xu Fengnian didn't speak, and Huangfu also knew that the officialdom entertainment would only disgust the person in front of him, and immediately said: "According to the latest spy report, the cobweb pole, fly catcher and butterfly catcher who have infiltrated into Youzhou have all been killed, and the masters of Beimang's rivers and lakes have all been dealt with except for the six people who are missing, and two of them have rebelled, one of them is used to catch the six fish that slipped through the net, and one of them is used as a dark chess to repatriate Beimang. ”

Xu Fengnian nodded, he would not get involved in specific affairs, and he would not point fingers at the water house that Chu Lushan had painstakingly managed, so he changed the topic and asked, "How is Xu Yanbing?"

The emperor replied, " Still on the way to chase and kill, at that time intercepted and killed Yan Wenluan's ten people, except for the iron rider thirsty child killed on the spot, the remaining eight people fled north together, six days ago, the main peak of the army was also the first to be taken by the rest of the masters as an outcast, for Xu Yanbing to kill in Fengqi Pass, four days ago, the North Mang demon Ahma died thirty miles north of the border of Youzhou, but also successfully dragged Xu Yanbing, fortunately, three days ago Guanyin Sect practitioners found clues, only to find that the six people actually turned back to the jet county in the northwest of Youzhou, almost escaped for them, two days ago there were two major Beimang masters died under Xu Yanbing's gun。 ”

Xu Feng laughed younger: "Then only the princess tomb is left with a small thought, Da Yuefu, the old friend who heard that it was the spider web Li Mibi, and the most promising to become a sword immortal after the sword qi was close to Huang Qing, the top ten masters joined forces, and the previous organs were exhausted, and in the end it ended up with such a bleak end, I'm afraid that the old woman and Li Mibi couldn't think of it." By the way, it is rumored that Tiemu Die'er is very young, and Beimang Jianghu has always said that he is Deng Tai'a on the grassland, and his realm skyrocketed on the way to escape, not only was he quickly promoted to Zhixuan, but the last sword of Fengqiguan still has a bit of sword fairy style, is it true?"

Huangfu nodded and said, "Unlike other Beimang masters whose realm has stagnated, Tiemu Die'er cultivates martial arts for a thousand miles a day, and almost every time he experiences a death battle, he has gains. The spy report recorded that this person was at most twenty-eight or nineteen years old, of medium stature, but with moss under his armpits, resembling dragon scales, and it was rumored that he had a real dragon appearance. ”

Speaking of this, Huangfu sneered: "The ancestor of Temudieer is indeed the male lord of the grassland, and the last bit of vitality of the Dafeng Dynasty was tossed by his ancestors. ”

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, since Huang Qing's qi after his death didn't give a piece of willow, it went to Tiemu Die'er, maybe the share of the bronze ancestor was also given to him." ”

Although Huangfu was born in the rivers and lakes, he was precisely the one who hated the rivers and lakes the most, and it could even be said that he hated them to the core.

Xu Fengnian suddenly laughed, "The result is still dead, who let him meet a half-step martial saint." It can be seen that Uncle Xu's realm is also steadily rising, and his small half a step is terrifying compared to others who have broken several realms in a row. ”

Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes, leaned against the wall of the car, and said slowly: "The old rivers and lakes are under the iron hooves of the war horse, and they will soon become a great sound. I don't know what the future of the rivers and lakes will be. Before this, whether it was the Beiliang Fish Dragon Gang or the Huishan Daxueping, they were all short-lived. ”

Daode Zong, Chess and Sword Yuefu, Tibing Mountain, Princess Tomb.

Wudang Mountain, Xu Yanbing, Sui Xiegu, Mi Fengjie, Wu Jiabai Riding and Hundred Swords.

plus the Guanyin Sect of the South China Sea and the Landa Mountain in the Western Regions, which have been unable to withdraw.

How many masters will die in Beiliang next?

Huangfu said hatefully: "Beimang just casually mobilized more than 20,000 cavalry troops, and all the eighty forts outside Jibei Sai moved inward, and these people have the ability to simply let out the two cities of Hengshui and Silver Harrier!"

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Liu Yanlang, the guard of Silver Harrier City, is a well-known wall-head grass, and when the wind blows in the capital, he can move faster than the officials of Gyeonggi. With Yuan Tingshan in the north border of Ji, it is a sure thing that Beimang will deliberately release water, so we should not have hope. ”

Huangfu said with a gloomy face: "If Liu Yanlang really loses the silver harrier, then Hengshui City will be lonely and hanging, not to mention that Wei Jingtang, the military general who holds Hengshui City, is still one of the few proud protégés of the first assistant Zhang Julu to climb in the army, this person has always had a strong hostility towards Beiliang for so many years, and now that Zhang Julu is dead, it is difficult for Wei Jingtang to protect himself, let alone fight against the military department, maybe he will withdraw more decisively than Liu Yanlang." In this way, the gate of Jibei is wide open, once Beimang continues to invest troops, and Gu Jiantang's army in western Liaoning does not move at all, then my Youzhou Hulukou really has the possibility of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen, and the situation of Yuluandao's Youzhou cavalry is not good! ”

Xu Fengnian sneered: "It's okay, if Liu Yanlang Wei Jingtang is unwilling to guard the country, let Yu Luandao's 10,000 Youzhou cavalry help them defend it!"

High in the air, a handsome bird suddenly broke through the clouds, tilted and fell, temporarily acting as a groom Yu Dilong raised his arm with a bright smile, it stopped on the child's arm, its claws were like hooks, and it was powerful and heavy, fortunately, Yu Dilong's qi was strong, and it was a freak at all. This Haidongqing, which belongs to the six-year-old phoenix variety, is only from Liaodong, and was boiled out by Chu Lushan himself and given to His Royal Highness the Prince. The tributes of the two Liaos are divided into nine grades, in the Haidong Qing of the two Liao Orions said that "nine deaths and one life, it is rare to be green", the two rare varieties of the three-year dragon and the autumn yellow are in the first class, and the six-year phoenix is even more unattainable. Xu Fengnian traveled to the rivers and lakes for the first time, in addition to Lao Huang and the inferior horse, he was accompanied by this six-year-old phoenix.

Yu Dilong happily shouted Master, Xu Fengnian leaned out of the curtain, took the spear falcon, touched its head affectionately, and then untied the thin rope tied to its legs, and then gently raised its arms, and the six-year-old phoenix then spread its wings and flew high, hovering a few times above the master's head before suddenly pulling up and flying away.

The information that came in was only three simple words: guard.

The meaning is very clear, Wei Jingtang will defend Hengshui City.

Xu Feng said with emotion in a young voice: "The wind knows the strength of the grass. ”

While being happy, Huangfu was puzzled: "Why did Wei Jingtang fight for his life and defend Hengshui City? Could it be Chu Duhu's secret plan?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful the wrist of the water room is, it is impossible to buy a scholar like Wei Jingtang." ”

Xu Fengnian thought for a while and said, "Probably the death of his mentor Zhang Julu made Wei Jingtang make up his mind." ”

Huangfu was still indignant, "It's a pity that there is a huge Jizhou, and there is a Wei Jingtang." ”

Xu Fengnian said expressionlessly: "Why don't you say that there is a huge Liyang Dynasty, and there is a Zhang Julu." ”

After a short silence, Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "It seems that you have to go to Youzhou alone, I will go to Jibei to find Yu Luandao, and by the way, I will meet that Wei Jingtang." ”

Huangfu Zhen's heart trembled, and he was shocked: "Lord Wang, do you want to risk your life and personally go into battle to lead the troops to the mouth of the gourd?"

Without waiting for Xu Fengnian to speak, Huangfu jumped out of the carriage, swept to the front of the post road, and then knelt down with a plop, without saying a word, just kneeling there.

Yu Dilong hurriedly stopped the carriage, and after Xu Fengnian got out of the car, he walked over to support the Youzhou general who had lost his official manners, but the emperor who had been ridiculed by Lingzhou officialdom as "the number one watchdog under Qingliang Mountain" was reluctant to get up.

Xu Fengnian said in a deep voice: "Get up!"

Huangfu was lying on the post road, and said in a dull voice: "If Huangfu doesn't stop the prince today, he will be beaten to death by Chu Duhu, Yan Commander, and the second county lord tomorrow! A king of Beiliang who killed even tens of thousands of enemies but died bravely is not as good as a king of Beiliang who is alive and well in the territory of Beiliang!"

Xu Fengnian frowned and said: "I don't need you to remind me of this, I know the importance better than anyone else." Don't worry, I will bring Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai, besides, although my realm is not as good as before, it is not difficult to say that I want to escape and protect myself. There are really not many top masters in Beimang now. ”

Huangfu obviously made up his mind to the end, looked up at Xu Fengnian, and asked, "What if Tuoba Bodhisattva personally intercepts and kills the prince?"

Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Tuoba Bodhisattva is on his way to Liuzhou by order. What's more, you forgot about Xu Yanbing, who is about to finish on the border of Youzhou?"

Seeing that Huangfu was still reluctant to get up, Xu Fengnian kicked him and said with an angry smile: "Huangfu Huang, your death advice is 108,000 miles worse than the fire of Tai-Ancheng Yanguan. Get up. ”

Huangfu Yan got up slowly, hesitated, and said softly: "Lord Wang, the lower official said a big rebellious truth, you can't die, you die, Huangfu Fang can't be Beiliang's Gu Jiantang in this life." ”

Regarding Huangfu's heart-to-heart, Xu Fengnian just glanced at the Youzhou general, then laughed at it, and then rode a horse with Yu Dilong, and rode away with Mi Fengjie Fan Xiaochai.

The emperor did not wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The two sides knew that what he Huangfu really wanted to say was not Gu Jiantang of Beiliang, but Xu Xiao of the Liyang Dynasty.

One day, the earth will be torn and crowned king.

Huangfu didn't mind that Xu Fengnian knew his ambitions.

The four rode eastward on the post road.

Yu Dilong, who was already very skilled in riding, turned his head to look at the cavalry team and said, "Master, what does this Youzhou general say, what kind of oil and what kind of lamp." ”

Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "Do you want to say that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp? Who did you learn from, junior sister Wang Sheng or junior brother Lu Yunchang?"

The child laughed.

Xu Fengnian quipped: "I miss Wang Sheng, then why didn't you go to Beimang with her at that time?"

The child hurriedly put up a straight face and said seriously: "She and that white fox face went to Beimang to sharpen their martial arts, how can I hold her back." She said that when she returned to Qingliang Mountain, she would definitely beat me and Lu Yunchang. ”

Xu Fengnian said with deep meaning: "You, you've lost half of it." ”

Yu Dilong was stunned, "Senior sister can really practice the most powerful swordsmanship in Beimang?"

Then he couldn't help but laugh to himself.

Xu Fengnian shook his head.

Mi Fengjie, who had not spoken much, said worriedly: "Jizhou is not Beiliang after all, there are many latent Zhao hook eyeliner, it is better for the prince to be careful." ”

Xu Fengnian nodded.

Mi Fengjie didn't show a trace and glanced at the woman's dead soldier Fan Xiaochai.

This Finger Xuan Sect Master didn't understand why Xu Fengnian wanted to take her with him.

Mi Fengjie made up his mind to keep an eye on her in case of accidents.

Fan Xiaochai, who looked indifferent, looked ahead.

Jizhou once belonged to the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty.

In fact, not only the Han family in Jizhou at the beginning, but also the Northern Han Dynasty for more than 160 years, there are too many wealthy families who have been courtiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, and her Fan family has been full of loyal martyrs for generations.

Xu Fengnian said suddenly: "This time, you go to the grave of the ancestors of the Fan family to toast the second time, and you may not have a chance in the future." If you finally decide to stay in Jizhou, I can promise you now, you don't have to answer in a hurry, you will talk about it when you get there. ”

Fan Xiaochai bit her lip suddenly, oozing scarlet blood, her eyes were crazy, and she smiled: "I don't have the face to go to the ancestral grave to toast, since I can't kill you, I don't even dare to make a move on you, but I can watch you die on the battlefield with my own eyes." ”

The famous sword in the Mi Fengjie box was shocked, and he said angrily: "Fan Xiaochai!

Fan Xiaochai's shoulders trembled slightly, his laughter became louder and louder, and he sat on the back of the horse, his face full of disdain, "Tsk, master Xuan, I'm really afraid of death." ”

Xu Fengnian said flatly: "Enough." ”

Mi Fengjie took a deep breath, and Fan Xiaochai immediately restrained his madness.

The two of them did not come from their mounts.

The neglected child, Yu Dilong, glanced at the old man who reached out to help the sword box, and then at the young woman who was holding the reins and her fingers were a little blue, and this Xu Fengnian's eldest apprentice secretly pouted.

Xu Fengnian closed his eyes.

He knew that many people had begun to die in Hulukou, Youzhou.

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The predecessors of the Hanlin Dynasty of the Liyang Dynasty revised the "History of the Northern Han Dynasty", not sparing pen and ink, different from the deliberate belittlement of the Tang Dynasty in East Vietnam, especially the Northern Han Dynasty, especially Jizhou, called "Jizhou full of heroic martyrs", "all are generous warriors, and they are worthy of the heroic soul after death". However, in the confrontation between the Fan family, which was the mainstay of the Northern Han Army, and the people slaughtered Xu Xiao, one after another generously died, after the Han family took refuge in Liyang and was finally beheaded by the Manmen, after the veteran Yang Shenxing took the lead in Jizhou and the old pawn was trapped in Guangling Road, Jizhou's heroic spirit was exhausted, Jizhou was like a twilight old man who did not accept old age, and he was really old after all.

As the sun set, at the head of Hengshui City, which is located at the forefront of Jibei, the two stood side by side in the afterglow.

The man wearing the official uniform of Liyang is in his forties, with an elegant temperament, but his face has a rough sense of vicissitudes of living in the border for a long time, he is the guard of Hengshui City, Wei Jingtang, the leader of Yonghui for nine years, but he did not choose to use the Hanlin Academy as a springboard for officialdom to accumulate popularity, first watched politics in the military department for half a year, and soon took the initiative to ask Zhang Julu to be transferred to the border, Lord Shoufu only agreed half, promised his transfer, but did not promise Wei Jingtang to go to Liaodong, so Wei Jingtang came to Jizhou, first served as a county commander in Jinan, as the official quality became higher and higher, the jurisdiction of his ruling party was also closer and closer to the border of Jizhou, until he became the chief official of the military and political affairs of Hengshui City, is just four products, in terms of oil and water, as long as he does not touch the border trade, it is not even as good as the county order in the south of the Yangtze River, in terms of official authority, he is much worse than several leaders in the same year of the imperial examination. There was a fellow villager who was just a third-class fellow jinshi in the same year, and he had a gap when he was young, but he was just a head of the military department in the capital, and he had been wearing small shoes for so many years. Wei Jingtang smiled at this, the same year that he climbed the capital city Jinzaburo will probably never be able to understand, what kind of weather is the desert border plug in the barren land in his eyes, and how can he make a scholar abandon his pen and throw himself into the army without regrets!

The young military general standing beside Wei Jingtang was none other than Yu Luandao, the young commander of the more than 10,000 cavalry troops in Youzhou.

Outside the previous demonstration of the Beimang cavalry, Liu Yanlang gave up the Silver Harrier City, leaving only some old and weak soldiers, and a dozen or so officials who did not know how to honor the officials and were left to wait for death. Yu Luandao's cavalry did not rush into the city, but stationed outside the Silver Harrier City, and then found that there was no movement in Hengshui City, so he entered the city alone two days ago to find him Wei Jingtang, and then Yu Luandao's men took over the granary of Silver Harrier City, Wei Jingtang can actually manage it as usual, but he just turned a blind eye to this, and some of his subordinates were angry, Wei Jingtang only said one sentence," Silver Harrier grain and grass, we can't move in Hengshui City, and some people will lose their official positions if they take a grain, but what about being treated as a southern invasion by the northern barbarians and handed over to those who are willing to draw their swords to the north?"

In addition to wearing the ancestral peerless knife "Da Luan" on his waist, the handsome and extraordinary Yu Luan knife also had a brand-new cool knife that was also eye-catching, and he asked softly: "Lord Wei, I have never been able to figure it out. But I still want to thank you on behalf of Bei Liang. ”

Wei Jingtang was silent, his expression was resolute, looking at the endless yellow sand desert.

It is a crime not to migrate south, and it is even more a crime to let the silver harrier grain and grass be possessed by the Youzhou cavalry. If the official of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Military Affairs returns to Beijing and joins the previous book, it is another crime to say a few words on the fold that are similar to the lack of governance.

The combined punishment for several crimes is enough for Wei Jingtang to lose his head.

The old brothers in Hengqiu City who exchanged their lives didn't understand either, and some people almost wanted to tie him up directly to Jinan, saying that Hengshui City had them to defend it, and there was no shortage of you Wei Jingtang.

But Wei Jingtang is still standing here in the end.

Yu Luandao said with a smile: "Although my supply of grain and grass for 10,000 horsemen is secretly supported by some people in Jizhou who take the risk, if there is no silver harrier granary, it will still be stretched thin today." Then Yuan Tingshan can't wait to give me some color to take a look. ”

Wei Jingtang said impartially: "Although his character is like a clown who jumps off the beam and is disgusting, I have to admit that this person is quite good at governing the army." ”

Yu Luan Dao looked at the wisps of wolf smoke rising in the distance dozens of miles away, and said with a smile: "Master Wei, just take Yu Mou's anger with you, today I will finally teach you something, although the Youzhou cavalry is not as good as the Liangzhou iron cavalry, but it is much stronger than your Jibei cavalry." ”

Wei Jingtang seemed to be smiling, and said helplessly: "This official will wait and see." ”

Yu Luan Dao turned around and was about to stride away, but suddenly turned around and came back, took off the cool knife at his waist, rested it on the city wall, and said solemnly: "Lord Wei, whether you accept it or not, I will give you this cold knife." I, Beiliang, respect all those who dare to fight to the death!"

Wei Jingtang didn't pick up the cool knife, and asked with a smile: "Even if I am the protégé of Lord Shoufu, even if I keep scolding the general Xu Xiao for being a thief in the country?"

Yu Luandao laughed, suddenly clenched his fists, left the cool knife, and left in style.

Wei Jingtang watched the eldest grandson of the Yu family, who should have a bright future in Liyang officialdom, walk down the city, retracted his gaze, looked at the Beiliang knife, and said softly: "What a Beiliang." ”

Wei Jingtang looked up at the sky, with tears in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Teacher, you asked me in the letter if I dare to go down to drink together, student Wei Jingtang, I am very happy!"

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Outside the mouth of the gourd in Youzhou, a huge tent guarded by heavy soldiers, the charcoal fire produced by the high-grade carp kiln is burning, and the spring cold is all blocked outside the tent, among the more than 30 people in the tent, half of them are wearing the armor of the high-level military generals of Beimang, and the other half are wearing the official uniforms of the military department of the Southern Dynasty, and the latter are between 20 and 30 years old. At this time, the vanguard of the army has taken the lead in breaking into the gourd mouth, the front army of more than 90,000 people, the main general Yang Yuanzan commands the troops, the main force is the 30,000 pro-army of the general of Beimang, and there are 40,000 soldiers and horses in the major military towns of Longjiao Prefecture, but the real elite is the 20,000 Rouran iron cavalry under the command of Hong Jingyan, who temporarily led the Southern Dynasty military department. There were so many big battles in Beimang Liyang during the Yonghui years, and the bravery shown by the Rouran Iron Cavalry even looked sideways to many famous generals in the Central Plains. In addition to the vanguard army of Yang Yuanzan has been driven south, the remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses are still standing still outside the gourd. Yang Yuanzan is the nominal commander of the Eastern Front of Beimang, but after Yang Yuanzan led the troops to the battle, there was no trace of confusion in the commander's tent that seemed to be leaderless, and countless military orders for the transfer of troops and generals were accurately issued to each army from here, which was due to Dong Zhuo, the first person in the military and political affairs of the Southern Dynasties, after he became the king of the Southern Courtyard, he focused on restructuring the military department, adding the post of "military machine in front of the curtain", and promoted a large number of young people to serve as staff members of the military department, and everyone was given brocade clothes and jade belts, so there was "brocade in front of the scenes" Although the rank is not high, it can be described as a lowly and powerful position, and the strategy they have formulated for the use of troops, as long as it is reviewed by the Xijing Military Department, not to mention the generals of the military town and the lord of the prairie, even the generals of the states and Yang Yuanzan Hong Jingyan must act according to the routine. After the start of the war, these military aircraft all left the military department and went with the army, most of them rushed to the Eastern Front, Dong Zhuo gave them the power to "act cheaply when the opportunity is right", of course, there could be no opposition in the Xijing temple, but Dong Fat didn't care much, and he brazenly took the holy decree of the Empress Xià as a shield, and those young people who seemed to be among the center of the court overnight were mostly Yelu Murong and the two surnames, or they were the children of the Longguan nobles who were "scorching and creamy", from Beimang's "North Seven South Three" It can be said that Dong Zhuo's exceptional promotion almost wiped out all the top nobles in Beimang, so the little spittle in Xijing didn't need to be refuted by the king of the Southern Courtyard who "knows how to be a man", and he was already drowned in more saliva early. It's just that Beimang soon realized the insidious and cunning of Dong Fatzi, these military aircraft Lang were divided into two groups, one went to the eastern front, restraining the general Yang Yuanzan, and the other went to the western front where the general Liu Qi was located, but his middle line, not a single one!

It's just that when almost everyone thought that the Battle of Hulukou in Youzhou was just a side dish for the Liangzhou War, Dong Zhuo, the king of the Southern Courtyard, actually rushed here in person and came to a group of military aircraft. In the military tent that is as wide as the main hall, Dong Zhuo stands in the northernmost position at one end of the long table, there is a sand table with mountains, rivers and cities on the table, the gourd mouth topography is unobstructed, there is a generation of mathematical strangers in the last years of Dafeng who put forward the oblique plane weight difference technique in the work, and later there are six bodies of cartography, after more than 300 years of improvement, after more than 300 years of improvement, Huang Longshi put forward the altitude, so that the sand table making art climbed to the peak, so the fine and accurate sand table today is enough to make the ancients jaw-dropping. On this sand table, Hong Xinjia single-handedly created the gourd mouth Wubao system has been the most intuitive embodiment, three cities, six passes and two hundred forts, all have signs on the sand table, the number of larger beacons is too small, only those important beacons that occupy dangerous places, only with a small banner that is not more than an inch long.

The dusty king of the Southern Courtyard had just led hundreds of Dong family relatives to rush here, and only drank a sip of the poor milk tea with a strong smell of sheep to ward off the cold slightly, and let a young military machine from the Gusai Prefecture family begin to tell about the progress of the Hulukou war, the latter held a slender long pole with jasper texture in his hand, and he was not afraid of the stage in a group of murderous generals, drew a large circle on the sand table, and said loudly: "Beiliang reuses Hong Xinjia, as of the beginning of this year, Youzhou Hulukou has built two hundred and fourteen walled forts in the hands of this person. The incident of Daxing Fort in Liyang originated in the early years of Yonghui......"

Hearing this, soon a prairie master who came to Youzhou with the idea of grabbing grain, grabbing people and military merits couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "Don't talk about those boring things, just say where our sons and daughters have killed the gourd, how many heads have been chopped, you baby can speak easily, and King Dong and we can also listen to it well." Every time I hear you people who have read books talking there, two mouths chirp, and Lao Tzu dozes off!"

Dong Zhuo didn't even glance at the open-mouthed Da Si Kuo, stared at the sand table and said slowly: "Go on." ”

The prairie lord immediately shrunk his neck, not daring to make a mistake.

The military fighter in front of the curtain continued: "Liyang Daxing Fort Tuntian was first proposed by the Han family in Jizhou, the original intention was to alleviate the pressure of grain and grass supply for the early war in Liyang, and later Liyang took advantage of the situation to retreat the border troops of Jizhou towns and migrate inward, enrich the interior defense, shorten the distance of grain transportation, once the war starts, you can also use the walled fort to block the sharp spirit of the soldiers, and then wait for the opportunity to attack by the main forces in the rear. It's just that for more than ten years, Liyang has deliberately focused on the two Liaos and lightened the north of Jizhou, obviously deliberately taking the soft persimmon of Jizhou as the gourd mouth of Youzhou, as long as our army chooses to take Jizhou as a breakthrough point in the south, Beiliang and Liangliao can launch a flanking attack. ”

The long jasper pole in the hand of the military machine man pointed to a place in the north of the gourd mouth, "The Beiliang Fort is particularly majestic, the big village is more than 1,000 steps around, and the small village is 800 steps around." The big fort is 100 steps on Saturday, and the small fort is 100 steps on Wednesday. And the fortress is amorphous, closely connected with the geographical shape shì of the gourd mouth, and the main road of the river valley is tightly controlled. The wall is mostly rammed earth, and there are bricks, many fortresses inside and outside several layers, there is a difference between high and low, a little careless, even if we successfully attack the gate of the fortress, there is still a tough battle to fight, it can be seen that Hong Xinjia's intentions are sinister. Just like the Hulukou fort group here, with Zaoma Village as the core, there are eighteen forts guarding the Qingfeng Zhai Bee Fort, echoing each other, with a total of 3,400 guards, and the first fierce battle between the two sides will definitely occur here. ”

The jade pole in his hand shifted slightly to the south, "If the mouth of the Beiliang gourd is only blocked by these walled forts, it is not worth mentioning, but after Chen Zhibao served as the protector of the Beiliang capital, the gourd mouth built three solid cities with towering walls, although it is far inferior to Hutou City, the first male town in the northwest, it is definitely not to be underestimated." This Lying Bow City built on the mountain is one of them, in fact, the northern defense line of Hulukou, all the Wubao Beacons are attached to the Lying Bow City. Different from the stubborn defense of the fortress, there are a number of elite cavalry troops in Youzhou stationed in the three cities of Hulukou. ”

A military general of the Orange Prefecture is a third-grade military officer said with a smile: "Then Youzhou also has a cavalry army that can handle it?" I thought that Yan Wenluan only had a group of turtle crawling foot soldiers under him. ”

The allusion of the turtle crawling has been circulated in Beimang for a long time, in the past 20 years, most of the Liangmang wars have occurred on the northern line of Liangzhou, Youzhou has always been very little wolf, and Yan Wenluan, the commander of the Northern Liangbu Army, is "old" Tiger in the eyes of Beimang, there is no power at all, the younger generation of Beimang generals, to protect Chu Lushan in Beiliangdu, or the new cavalry commander Yuan Zuozong, are quite convinced, after all, many years ago, those large-scale battles in the hinterland of Beimang, Yuan Zuozong's exploits are obvious to all, and Nalu Qiuer is all the way to chase and kill the current king of the Southern Courtyard for almost a thousand miles. Moreover, Beimang's iron cavalry is like the wind, how can he look down on the slow infantry army? Therefore, Yan Wenluan has the nickname of the turtle general in Beimang.

Dong Zhuo finally spoke up, and said with a solemn face: "You all know that most of my more than 100,000 Dong family troops are foot soldiers, but you may not know that how I, Dong Zhuo, trained the infantry army at the beginning, and they all learned from that Yan Wenluan. Although it is now enough to be proud of the vast majority of Youzhou foot soldiers, Yan Wenluan, who is laughed at by you as a turtle general, not to mention anything else, has a thousand heavily armored iron soldiers under his hands, and his combat power is still a well-deserved first step army in the world. What is the combat power of 'Dong Bupu', do you still need me to boast a few words?"

Dong Zhuo looked up at everyone present, his eyes were cold, "Can't the Youzhou cavalry get on the stage?" Don't forget, the dragon elephant army that turned our Gusaizhou into a sieve is the Youzhou army. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled gloomily, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, "By the way, I forgot to tell you a secret, the general Yang Yuanzan has already arranged the aftermath after learning that he was going to fight against Yan Wenluan." If you think that I, Dong Zhuo, am trying to kill my own prestige, it doesn't matter, hey, anyway, I'll talk about the ugly things in front of you, and whoever will be hurt by the defenders of Youzhou at that time, remember not to run to me and His Majesty to complain. ”

The armored generals present were a little dumbfounded, and the group of military aircraft who had suffered a lot of white eyes recently only felt very happy, some time ago, the latter took the trouble to explain in detail to the vanguard general the topography of the Wubao group in the north of Hulukou. The structure and distribution of troops, almost detailed to each walled fort and each beacon, these seemingly trivial news are the precious military information that the Beimang spies exchanged for blood, but most of the military attachés in the army at that time yawned and scribbled to deal with it, in their opinion, Beimang Iron rode horses' hooves, and those who surrendered could not be killed even more, fighting a war is so simple, where do you need to embroider with a girl. This kind of deep-rooted cognition, the official position can not be changed from the sixth-grade to the seventh-grade military aircraft, but Dong Zhuo, the king of the Southern Courtyard who is in the limelight for a while, came, and all the generals were more or less vigilant, especially the sentence that the general Yang Yuanzan arranged the aftermath, which made several Yang Yuanzan's henchmen and generals in the tent sweat coldly.

Under the instruction of Dong Zhuo's eyes, the refreshed pole-wielding military aircraft man said eloquently, "Blocking our army's offensive with continuous walled forts is just the naïve view of the officials of the Liyang Dynasty more than ten years ago. The idea that the reckless cavalry can not go deep into the trouble, is too naïve, and the border villages in Jibei are not in the minority at that time, and the distance between them is fifty miles, and the near ones are thirty miles, which can be said to be closely listed in the key points of the pass, but I used countless successful surprise attacks to prove one thing, the fortress control is true, and I want to block the flexible cavalry to go south, and the fool is just a dream. Kou Dazhi shrank back, Kou Xiaozhi still didn't dare to fight, only Kou retreated hundreds of miles before he dared to come out'.

Speaking of this, Jun Jilang smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and pointed to his nose, "Well, the 'Kou' that the old man of Liyang Yan said refers to our Beimang Iron Cavalry." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the tent, and even Dong Zhuo had a faint smile on his face.

A grassland herdsman with tens of thousands of herdsmen in his hands laughed and said: "Huyan military aircraft, if you had spoken like this earlier, we big bosses wouldn't be impatient." I always say how powerful those walled forts in Youzhou are, and it's not good to praise our reckless children, we guys who think that reading and reading are more terrible than cutting off their heads, don't you just can't listen to your ears?"

Dong Zhuo's visit to Youzhou this time was mainly to pour cold water on the generals of the Eastern Front, but he did not have the intention of improving the stiff relationship between the military machine and the military generals with real power. Dong Zhuo as the first person in the temple of the Southern Dynasty, what he has to do is to combine the brains of the Southern Dynasty with the armed forces of the Northern Court, not only can the two sides not pull back their legs, but also try their best to cooperate, this is not Dong Zhuo's daydream, because those who understand the essence of the Central Plains war and are more proficient in the military strategy on paper The military aircraft are grasshoppers on the same line with the front-line generals. Knocking Bei Liang down in one go, it is equivalent to stripping off the clothes of the graceful lady of the Central Plains, who are fake and high, and when the time comes, Beimang's iron cavalry is like a broken bamboo, and the lord of the Central Plains should be surnamed Murong with His Majesty.

Dong Zhuo subconsciously knocked his teeth, his eyes were hot, as long as he laid the hard bone of Bei Liang, the general trend would be in the hands of Bei Mang, and he would be able to resist the iron cavalry going south in the future, don't think about what the famous generals of Liyang rely on, the real enemy of Bei Mang is only the tall cities that are in the way. Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo walked to a side table in the tent, on which there was a wooden model of the three cities in the mouth of the gourd, which was made by skilled craftsmen, which was an object carefully built by the craftsmen of Xijing under the Taiping Order, and there were about forty pieces, including all the important cities of Beiliang, specifically to let the front-line generals know the structure of the Beiliang city. There are eight pieces in Youzhou on the eastern front, and three pieces are temporarily placed in the tent, when the carriage was bumpy, and the wooden pieces imitated according to Chang Gung City were bumped and broken, and many military aircraft men went to a clan official who was responsible for the transportation to ask for an explanation, and the guy who relied on his surname Yelu buckled his nose and said what is his love, at that time there were dozens of sturdy servants behind him, all of whom had already drawn their war knives, and almost cut down those military aircraft men without saying a word. Then, within a few days, a holy decree arrived, and the member of the clan was beheaded on the spot, and all the attendants were given to death! The brand-new wooden pieces of Chang Gung City were also delivered, and the messenger only said to the official's backer, 'This thing was personally supervised by the Taiping Order', so the trembling General Yelu immediately dispelled the idea of crying out for his nephew.

Jun Jilang once again told the generals in the tent about the structure of the wooden lying bow, explaining what is a pheasant battlement wall, what is a female wall, what is a horse-faced pier, and the crossbow-bow configuration in various places, interspersed with the Central Plains defense battle of a certain dynasty.

When the dry-mouthed military machine Lang finally finished speaking, Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the Central Plains city has many organs and exquisite layout, you have to remember one thing, as a siege general, we know more about how to defend some cities, then we can live countless more lives in Beimang'erlang!"

Dong Zhuo raised his arm and pointed in the direction of the mouth of the gourd, "Wogong City is the first city in Youzhou, in order to pull it out, we will definitely have thousands or even more than 10,000 people killed there, and we are destined to not be able to return to our hometown of the grassland." Of course, I hope that all of our army can enter the hinterland of Youzhou alive, and even fight all the way to Xiangfan, where they are Liyang, and fight to the southern frontier guarded by King Yan, and take a good look at what the sea looks like! But this is unrealistic, people will die in battle, otherwise the general Yang Yuanzan will not fight this battle with the heart of death. ”

Dong Zhuo's face suddenly turned hideous, and he said sharply: "I, Dong Zhuo, came here today, in fact, I just want to say a few words from my heart to you!"

"Even if I want to die, I will die in the farther south!"

"If you want to die, don't die in Beiliang, where the land is barren and the territory is narrow, you want to die in the rich Central Plains, you want to die under the city of Tai-An, and you want to die on the coast of the South China Sea!"

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The 90,000 vanguard army of Beimang poured into the mouth of the gourd like a flood bursting the embankment, and those fortresses were like inconspicuous stones on the shallows, which were instantly submerged.

The northernmost bee fort at the mouth of the gourd, together with six beacons, one hundred and ninety-seven soldiers in Youzhou, no feather arrows left, and died in battle.

Qingfeng Village was broken, 362 people, all the cool knives were unsheathed, and they died in battle.

The White Horse Fort was broken, 213 people, and there was no place in the fort that could not be filled with gunsmoke, and all of them were killed in battle.

The core of the northern fort group in Hulukou, Zao Ma Village, is full of corpses, except for the Beimang cavalry who was severely damaged by the battle, he mended a knife in the back of the corpse, no one died on the way to escape, and the wounds were all in front of him!

Eighteen large and small forts around Zaoma Village, except for the last Jiming Village in the south, were all broken by the Beimang army.

No one fell.

Unlike other forts that are mostly built in river valleys, Jiming Village is located on a steep cliff on a low mountain. Countless Northern Mang cavalry troops quickly beat their horses on both sides of the foothills, whistling like the wind. Probably in pursuit of the speed of the soldiers, he wanted to advance to the outside of Wogong City as quickly as possible, and did not pay attention to this isolated and inconsequential village.

In the village, he was not even a lieutenant but only the chief general of a sesame officer like an adjutant lieutenant, and gathered all the soldiers and soldiers, more than two hundred and thirty people. Everyone could clearly hear the loud sound of the hooves of the northern horses at the foot of the mountain, and the strange cries of those northern barbarians galloping and shouting.

Tang Yanchao, the deputy lieutenant of Jimingzhai, is a tall middle-aged man, a typical veteran ruffian at the border pass, alcohol is forbidden in the army, several times because of alcoholism, the man who could have been a captain long ago is spent in Jimingzhai, every time he drinks, Tang Yanchao has to boast to most of his young subordinates that he was the personal guard of the former deputy commander of the cavalry Wei Tieshan, and how he followed General Wei to kill all sides in Beimang in his early years. The young people in the village were swaying at first, but when they listened to those things year after year, their ears were calloused, so every time Deputy Tang bragged after drinking, many people began to shake their heads and make grimaces.

In the past, even if there were Youzhou generals who came to inspect the village, Tang Yanchao, who was not neatly dressed, was dressed meticulously for the first time, and even the sloppy face and beard were shaved off, and he almost made people unrecognizable as the lieutenant. If it was usual, there would definitely be some bold young soldiers who stepped forward and said with a hippie smile, the lieutenant is quite human-like and dog-like, why haven't you found your sister-in-law yet. But at this moment, the vast majority of people are only thinking heavily, and they can't squeeze out the slightest smile. The old men in the village were standing beside Tang Yanchao, and they were all silently checking their armor and crossbow knives.

Tang Yanchao looked around, and said indifferently: "Under the age of twenty, and besides, they are the only seedlings at home, and they all stand in place honestly! No, take a step out of the ranks!"

Not counting Tang Yanchao and the seven people on his left and right, there are two hundred and twenty-one people in front, and at a cursory glance, more than half of them came out.

Tang Yanchao raised his eyes and looked, and suddenly pointed to a baby-faced soldier and scolded with a smile: "Bai Youfu, if Lao Tzu is not mistaken, your kid is only eighteen years old, and he is not even fifteen, go back to Lao Tzu!"

Look, the lieutenant finally brought out some "own official" shelves, and after only a few words, he immediately revealed the stuffing, a mouthful of Lao Tzu, who deserved to be unable to take off that sub-word for the rest of his life.

The soldier who called Bai Youfu blushed and said loudly: "Daddy said, it is a matter of course to be paid for being a soldier in a war, so it is also appropriate to go into battle and kill the enemy!"

Tang Yanchao held the Beiliang knife on his waist that had only been replaced this year with one hand, and said with a smile: "Then your mother didn't secretly tell you not to really work hard?"

Bai Youfu's face was full of embarrassment, and he said softly: "I really said it." ”

Laughter erupted.

After Tang Yanchao raised his hand, he returned to the previous silence.

This lieutenant, who was probably not even heard of the assassin history of Youzhou, said in a deep voice: "General Yan had an order before, asking us to only defend the Hulukou Fort and not go out to meet the enemy!"

Tang Yanchao paused, "So this time I went out of the village to kill the barbarians, it was I, Tang Yanchao, who disobeyed the military order, stood in place, stayed in the village, and if I went out of the ranks, I didn't have to go down the mountain." Yes, after going down the mountain, even if I confess to the foot of the mountain in this life, there is nothing to hide, no one is a fool! I, Tang Yanchao, have lived for more than 40 years, and have been in battle more than 40 times, and I have more than once a year, and I have nothing to say in this life except that I have not found a daughter-in-law. You little babies who haven't even reached the age of twenty are still too early to live enough!

Tang Yanchao pointed to the north and said viciously: "Lao Tzu can't be a captain, he can't be a big official, and he won't be ashamed!" But Li Jing, Hu Lin, and Liu Zhiyuan from the northern walled fort must have all died in battle, and if Lao Tzu hides and doesn't die, he can't afford to lose this face! Even if Lao Tzu can afford to lose this face, we can't afford to lose it!"

Tang Yanchao roared angrily: "Those who are out of the ranks, go with Lao Tzu! At the end of the day, there is no military law, Tang Yanchao will have a good drink with all the brothers!"

On this day, 148 people, including Tang Yanchao, the deputy lieutenant of Jiming Village, took the lead in the battle and died at the foot of the mountain outside the village.

Subsequently, the remaining eighty people, all of whom were not yet twenty years old, were killed in battle.

Among them, Bai Youfu was stabbed through the neck with a scimitar by a Beimang cavalry army who was accelerating the charge.

He had only one thought before he died, if he could hit the territory of Beimang, it would be better to die there.

Not long after, a white-haired majestic veteran stopped his horse at the foot of this mountain, and after dismounting, he looked at the bloody battlefield where the corpses were divided into two groups, and the old man calmly asked a bloodstained general with iron armor beside him, "How much has our side lost?"

The military general wiped his face fiercely, "The bow of Youzhou Fort - the crossbow is extremely sharp, and everyone fights to the death." We only know that we have more than 4,000 killed in the battle, and many more wounded. ”

It was Yang Yuanzan, the commander of the Eastern Front, whose face was solemn, and sighed heavily, this has not seen the Lying Bow City of the Three Cities of Hulukou, let alone Yan Wenluan's elite foot soldiers.

Yang Yuanzan looked at the doomed and empty Jiming Village on the mountain, and said to himself: "This battle can't be fought." ”