Zhao Wenzan, who has been a general for half his life, never thought that he would have a day when he was calculated.

The soldiers of the Swift Wind Battalion were already good at interspersing and dividing, the army of 20,000 people rushed for hundreds of miles, the forward rear team stretched for several miles, and the light cavalry of the Swift Wind Battalion fought out from both sides of the road, and almost instantly rushed in front of the border army of Maogukou.

As the commander of the three armies, Zhao Wenzan was surrounded by the regiments of the Tianshan White Horse Battalion, looking at the soldiers of the Tianshan White Horse Battalion with spears in their hands and white armor stained with blood, Zhao Wenzan knew how naïve he was, and he would have thought that they would take the initiative to retreat.

"Kill!"

Zhao Wenzan, whose eyes were bloodshot, picked up the big knife in his hand, roared, and rushed straight towards the army.

From the moment Zhao Wenzan led the army out of the city, he was doomed to the end of him and the 20,000 soldiers behind him, both horizontally and vertically, and Zhao Wenzan, who had been famous in the army for half his life, would never let himself lose his old age.

Zhao Wenzan, who rushed to the battlefield with the momentum of seeing death as home, was almost knocked to the ground by an oncoming silver spear before he could make his first sword.

The person who shot was none other than the general of the Tianshan White Horse Battalion, Tian Yi.

The silver moon spear was like a bright moon, cold and sharp, and a shot stabbed Zhao Wenzan back, Zhao Wenzan stopped his horse, looked at the white-armored general in front of him, and said in a lame Dafengguan dialect, "You are Tian Yi, the general of the Tianshan White Horse Battalion?" ”

"You also know my name, yes, depending on your age, is it Song Zhenxian or Zhao Wenzan?" This kind of unclassified news was learned by Tian Yi, and Zhao Wenzan was not surprised at all.

"Old man Zhao Wenzan." Zhao Wenzan said fixedly, but he didn't know that behind him, the soldiers of the White Horse Battalion of Xiangzhou Tianshan were wielding knives and beheading, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Northern Barbarian Army in front of him.

Tian Yi looked at Zhao Wenzan with a solemn expression, and bowed his head slightly, "I am also a general on the battlefield, I respect you as an old general, but we belong to two countries, and today you will either die or I will die." ”

Zhao Wenzanha laughed three times, raised the big knife in his hand and shouted, "Boy, it's not certain who lives and who dies, take your life." ”

The knife was like a raging fire, slashing at Tian Yi's face, Tian Yi's right hand was slightly raised, the silver qi behind him was surrounded, and the true qi under his feet was surrounded, and the moment his right hand was raised, the spear popped out.

This shot pierced into Zhao Wenzan's heart, stabbed out of the back, and the old general's horse drove in front of Tian Yi, and the war horse fell first without stopping.

With the sound of the clang, Zhao Wenzan, a famous general of the Northern Barbarian generation, was shot through the heart.

Tian Yi turned around, lifted the bloodstained silver spear, looked back at the border army of Maogukou who had been killed, and shouted, "Brothers, quickly clean up the battlefield and prepare to return south." ”

The Battle of Maogukou was another defeat of Yunlian's army after the Battle of Nitai, and this defeat also made the Northern Barbarians no longer dare to despise Xiangzhou, and at the same time, it also made Yunlian Leg's lord Yeluguo no longer have the face to stay in Yunlian Leg.

In January, the three cities were destroyed; The three cities combined with 50,000 soldiers were killed, the old general Zhao Wenzan was killed in battle, and the leader of the new generation Xue Liangu was killed in battle, and the result was only a cavalry of 15,000 people.

When the news of the defeat of Maogukou reached Ligao City, Yelu scolded again and again, even more ruthlessly than Wei Huaiying scolded that day.

And when Wei Huaiying entered Ligao with high spirits, Yeluguo directly submitted his resignation to the royal court, resigned from the position of lord of Yunlian Lege, and lost 50,000 soldiers plus two generals.

And Yunlian Lege's military and political power naturally fell into the hands of Wei Huaiying, when Wei Huaiying took charge of the military power, the first thing was to command the army at the imperial pass, but at this time, the Xiangzhou Iron Cavalry had already retreated to the pass.

The news of the defeat of the three cities of Yunlian Legge caused a lot of turmoil in the court of the Northern Barbarians, and there were also two voices in the court, one was led by the eight kings and magnates, hoping that the Great Khan of the Northern Barbarians Yelu Rongguang would raise troops to the south, and take advantage of the new monarch of the Central Plains to ascend the throne and the government was unstable.

The other voice is the young Zhuang faction ministers led by Dong Changling, the envoy of the royal court, who advocated recuperating and waiting for the opportunity to fight.

The two factions are inseparable, and even the Great Khan can't make up his mind, so it's best for the prince to come forward and let the eight kings stop talking nonsense in the court after promising the eight kings heavy profits.

And this is just as Ning He expected, the Beiban does not want to start a war between the two countries.

……

The Beiban Royal Court is not only another name of the Beiban royal family, but also the name of a Beiban capital, and at the same time an irreplaceable symbol in the hearts of many Beiban generals.

The royal palace of the Beiban royal court is called the Daming Palace, which is a complete reference to the Yindu Imperial Palace and established, with red bricks and green tiles, with some Beiban characteristics of the carved ornaments, transformed into the Daming Palace of the Beiban Royal Court.

Outside the Daming Hall is the stone steps of 9981 steps, there are the stone carvings of the zodiac on both sides of the stone steps, when the court goes on weekdays, the Wenchen goes to the left, the military attache goes to the right, the middle is a circle of jade carving ornamentation, in the eyes of outsiders, it is simply magnificent.

At this time, outside the Daming Palace, a young man was dressed in a purple court robe, and the court robe was embroidered with a peony and white tiger, which meant that he was a pivotal figure in the Northern Barbarian Court at a young age, and behind him stood a plainly dressed man.

The man was older, probably not confused, standing next to the young official who stood upright, the man looked extremely inconspicuous, and he did not have any grace, but he was taller.

But the civil and military generals who walked in front of them, no matter who saw the two of them, would bow their hands extremely respectfully, and even most of the officials saluted to this inconspicuous simple man.

The men seldom raised their heads in response, and the young officials returned the salute so that the atmosphere was not too awkward.

The young official took the letter that Yunlian Legge had just sent, handed it to the man next to him after reading it, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Dong, Lord Wei has already taken charge of Yunlian Leg, and the 150,000 elite high-level generals of Yunlian Legge have been replaced by our people, and our plan is very successful." “

Wang Tingjiedu envoy Dong Changling, who was born in the military, sat in the position of the envoy of Wang Tingjiedu from a horse pawn, not only with high martial arts, but also with high attainments in the way of strategy.

As one of the main ministers of the Shaozhuang faction, Dong Changling used his old strategy to the extreme, and said to Murong Zhuozhuo when he continued to increase scouts from Yeluguo to the border of Yumen City, Yeluguo had no one in his eyes, and he underestimated the enemy without a fight, if the Xiangzhou army moved, within three months, Yunlian Legge would be defeated.

But Dong Changling, who calculated this, didn't say much, but just asked Wei Huaiying to go to Yunlian as an envoy of Yunlian Jiedu, saying that he would help Yeluguo deal with the Xiangzhou army, but the real purpose was to take back the military and political power of Yunlian Lege from the old faction of the Eight Kings.

The facts of the defeat of the three cities of Yunlian Legge proved Dong Changling's conjecture, and now that Xilin Legge and Yunlian Legge on the border are in the hands of their Shaozhuang faction, those old immortals in the royal court can still say anything in the future.

"This step has finally been taken, although it is a few years later than expected, but fortunately it has been won." Dong Changling stretched out his hand to straighten his robe, looked into the distance, and said softly.

Murong Zhuozhuo next to him lowered his hands lightly and said calmly, "Dingzhou's chess pieces are already in place, isn't it time to move." ”

Dong Changling looked back at Murong Zhuozhuo and smiled slightly, "It's almost okay, I heard that the pastor of Dingzhou Xinzhou also arrived in Dingzhou the day before, I inquired about this person, and he sat in the position of state pastor by relying on his relationship, and he has no other skills." ”

Murong Zhuozhuo, who had become the leader of the Young Zhuang faction of the royal court at a young age, smiled softly, "When this chess piece moves, it really moves the whole body, Lord Dong, do you say that after many years, will the people of the Khanate thank us, or will they hate us to the core?" ”

The man retracted his gaze and smiled deeply, "Right and wrong, they like to say whatever they want, we, as chess players in the world, have no regrets." ”

The young official breathed a sigh of relief and bowed slightly, "Then I know, so, our next step is ......"

Dong Changling raised his head and pointed to the north and said, "Tiele Slaughter of Tiele River." ”

……

Xiangzhou, Dunhuang City.

The army of 15,000 men annihilated 50,000 enemies, killed 5,000, wounded 3,000, and lost half of the men and horses.

When the people of Xiangzhou were dancing happily for the great military exploits of the White Horse Camp in the Tianshan Mountains, Ning He was not happy on the sidelines.

In the camp of the Xiangzhou Army, Chen Xinru and Zheng Guangyuan looked at Ning He, who was speechless next to them, and looked at each other, and after a while, Ning He took the battle report in his hand and sighed, "It seems that we won this battle, but in fact we lost, and we lost very badly." ”

Chen Xinru and Zheng Guangyuan below were stunned at the same time, and after a long time, Chen Xinru said, "The eldest prince, three battles and three victories, the generals of Yunlian Leg, Zhao Wenzan and Xue Liangu were killed one after another, what a big result is this, why do you say this?" ”

"For soldiers, rush into battle to kill the enemy, and obey the order to break the enemy; As a general, he commands an army, and he should look at the enemy's military situation and study the military formation in order to break the enemy's strategy.

For the commander, in charge of the three armies, pay attention to knowing oneself and knowing the other, the planner wins the war, does not try to win or lose a battle, does not look at the gains and losses of a place, plans and thinks far-sightedly, anticipates the enemy and takes the lead, in this way, you can not be defeated in a hundred battles, although this battle is won, but do you know what the situation is now? Ning He lowered his head and said with a deep brow.

Chen Xinru arched his hand and said, "I heard from the spies that the lord of Yunlian Lege, Yeluguo, resigned and returned to his hometown, and now Yunlian Lege is a Jiedu envoy from the court of the Northern Barbarians who is in management, and he abolished a lord of Lege in a war, what's wrong with this?" ”

Ning He smiled dumbly, "This Jiedu envoy is not someone else, but an important official of the Northern Barbarian Shaozhuang faction, named Wei Huaiying; The old school and the young Zhuang faction in the Northern Barbarian royal court are constantly in dispute, and they do not give in to each other, Yeluguo is an old-fashioned person after he is the eighth king, and now he has been replaced by a minister of the young Zhuang faction, what does this mean I don't need to say more. ”

Zheng Guangyuan suddenly realized and said, "Although we won this battle, we have one more opponent who is more difficult than Yeluguo, and in the long run, we will indeed lose." ”

Ning He nodded and said, "The Northern Barbarian Young Zhuang faction has a good combat strength, and in the first battle of Pingjiao Pass three years ago, if it weren't for the pressure of the Eight Kings to covet fame and make Murong Zhuozhuo withdraw his troops, the outcome of that battle is really hard to say." ”

"Xilin Legge plus Yunlian Leg, not only we are under great pressure, but also Dingzhou and Jingzhou are under great pressure." Chen Xinru said with emotion.

Ning He came to the sand table in front of him, pointed to Yumen City and said, "It's still the same sentence, if Yumen City is broken, no matter who he is Yunlian Lege, he can't stop the iron cavalry of my Xiangzhou army." ”

Ning He's words are not just words.

……

After the Xiangzhou army broke through the three cities in the north, the number of scouts on the border decreased sharply, and a brief peace was restored to the world.

Ning Xiaochuan also received a letter from Shan Susu, who was far away in Jiaozhou, after many years of absence, Ning Xiaochuan was still a little surprised when he received Su Susu's letter.

Su Su blamed Ning Xiaochuan in the letter for not telling her such a big thing as getting married.

In fact, it was not that Ning Xiaochuan didn't want to tell, but because the situation was special at that time, firstly, because the distance from Jiaozhou to Xiangzhou was long and inconvenient; The second is because of Su Su's identity, although Su Su can now appear in Dafeng as the daughter of a single family, but after all, there is a border army behind her, if she goes to Xiangzhou, what do those scholars in the court think?

After all, not everyone in the Yin capital court is Ning Feng, Yu Gongming and the like.

At the same time, Su Su also mentioned a major event in the letter, that is, Renguo Gong was seriously ill and could not last long.

Ning Xiaochuan, who saw the news, chuckled in his heart, the five great princes who followed Emperor Muzong to fight the world, and the only remaining Duke of Renguo will die soon, which has to make people feel that time flies and the years are ruthless.

Yu Xining, who was already a wife next to her, brought tea to her husband and said softly, "Troublesome again?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan sighed, shook his head and said, "Ren Guogong is going to die." ”

"This is Sister Susu's letter?"

"Hmm."

Yu Xining gently grabbed Ning Xiaochuan's arm and said softly, "Do you want to go to Jiaozhou?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan didn't intend to hide it from his wife, and nodded, "No matter what, the Cheng family is also our Ning family's in-laws, Old Man Cheng is seriously ill, and his sister-in-law is about to give birth, so he definitely can't go back."

The eldest brother is busy with military affairs, and he definitely can't go back because of his special status, so if I think about it, I am the only one who can go to Dian Zhou......"

"But you forgot that there are still people in Yindu who want to kill you, as soon as you come out of Xiangzhou, the killer must be crazy to kill you, have you ever thought about what you should do at that time?" Yu Xining raised her head and looked at Ning Xiaochuan with red eyes.

She didn't want Ning Xiaochuan to be in danger again in her life, not once.

Ning Xiaochuan took the woman in front of him into his arms, it is undeniable that what Yu Xining said does make sense, but Ning Xiaochuan still has no choice.

"Silly girl, in this world, the person who can kill me hasn't been born yet."

"And who are you going to take with you on this trip?"

"I'm the only one."

Yu Xining got up suddenly, frowning, "Alone? Pei Yu's seniors didn't follow either? ”

"Since the last time I dealt with Zhuang October, I haven't seen my predecessors again, I guess something happened, and this time I originally planned to go alone, there are many people and the goal is big, and I can be safer alone." Ning Xiaochuan said softly.

Yu Xining's red eyes clenched her teeth, and her eyes were full of reluctance and worry when she looked at Ning Xiaochuan.